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Vol. 164 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 2018 No. 19 House of Representatives The House met at noon and was Always eyes watching you and the voice out their permission. The Justice De- called to order by the Speaker pro tem- enveloping you. Asleep or awake, indoors or partment wants to black out, or re- pore (Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana). out of doors, in the bath or bed—no escape. dact, portions of it even though they f It talks about government eyes haven’t even seen the memo. They watching America. But it is happening don’t want the public to know what is DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO here in America, Mr. Speaker, behind in it. They think that the American TEMPORE the closed doors of government intel- people ‘‘can’t handle the truth,’’ to The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- ligence and law enforcement agencies. give a quote from Jack Nicholson. fore the House the following commu- Big Brother, in my opinion, is watch- The reality is these agencies would nication from the Speaker: ing. How? Through a piece of legisla- prefer to continue operating in secret, WASHINGTON, DC, tion called the Foreign Intelligence behind the closed, locked doors of in- January 29, 2018. Surveillance Act, or FISA. FISA allows trigue and surveillance. Mr. Speaker, I hereby appoint the Honorable MIKE JOHN- our government to spy on foreign this is exactly why the memo should be SON to act as Speaker pro tempore on this agents, including terrorists, primarily released. day. overseas. The government collects all A transparent government, Mr. PAUL D. RYAN, of this information and puts it into a Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker, is a good thing. That revolu- database. If government wants to use tionary idea sounds to me like some- f or search the database, they go to a se- thing our Founders envisioned when MORNING-HOUR DEBATE cret FISA court, and that court issues they drafted the Fourth Amendment. a secret warrant to search the data- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Remember, the Bill of Rights was in- base. tended to protect us from government. ant to the order of the House of Janu- As chairman of the Subcommittee on Despite the protests of those who ary 8, 2018, the Chair will now recog- Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade wish to offer up our privacy on the nize Members from lists submitted by and a former judge and a prosecutor, I altar of national security, keeping this the majority and minority leaders for want government to go after terrorists memo secret does not make us any morning-hour debate. overseas who seek to harm Americans; safer. The Chair will alternate recognition nab them, lock them up, and get rid of It is clear, Mr. Speaker: Release the between the parties. All time shall be them. equally allocated between the parties, What is of disturbing concern, Mr. memo to the press and to the public. and in no event shall debate continue Speaker, is government uses these Let the public and the media know beyond 1:50 p.m. Each Member, other database communications, texts, and what is happening by our government than the majority and minority leaders emails of Americans to gain informa- behind the dingy, dark rooms of se- and the minority whip, shall be limited tion on them and spy on them without crecy. The memo is proof evident that to 5 minutes. a real probable cause warrant. That is government cannot be trusted. f one reason I did not vote to reauthorize Ironically, the new FISA bill signed into law attempts to protect Ameri- 1984 IS 2018? FISA. This is a direct violation of Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights. cans from foreign terrorists but denies The SPEAKER pro tempore. The For years, I have worked to rein in Americans the right to have their pri- Chair recognizes the gentleman from FISA’s abuse of Americans’ constitu- vacy protected in our homeland. This Texas (Mr. POE) for 5 minutes. tional rights, and now we are learning is not the America our Founders envi- Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, re- more about FISA. And it is not good sioned. corded conversations, warrantless sur- news. The memo speaks for itself. Let the veillance of citizens, and government Recently, Members of Congress were American people see the memo. Gov- invasion of privacy—it sounds like a given access to a top secret memo by ernment has been watching America’s page out of George Orwell’s novel the House Permanent Select Com- conduct. Now it is time we watched the ‘‘1984.’’ I don’t know if you read this in mittee on Intelligence regarding the conduct of government. high school or not, but my generation Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. As George Orwell said in his book did. We never thought that this would The memo outlines improper conduct ‘‘1984,’’ in the eyes of Big Brother gov- ever take place in America. It is a book of government, and its contents are ex- ernment, ‘‘Ignorance is strength.’’ about Big Brother government. tremely disturbing. Well, government may think so, but, To quote Orwell, here is what he says The Justice Department and the FBI Mr. Speaker, ignorance of the people is about government: oppose the release of this memo with- not a strength; it is a weakness. The

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Pursu- protect jobs for American workers and Over the Moon specializes in organic ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair reduce illegal immigration. hay, broilers, hogs, and turkeys. declares the House in recess until 2 The proposal grants amnesty to Lyn has traveled widely, teaching p.m. today. twice as many people as President ecology in Nicaragua and conducting Accordingly (at 12 o’clock and 5 min- Obama did. It gives amnesty today but biological studies in Costa Rica and utes p.m.), the House stood in recess. delays legal immigration reforms until Mexico. She has earned her bachelor’s a distant tomorrow. For example, the degree in zoology and has worked on an f elimination of chain migration won’t 80-cow, 800-acre dairy farm in Colorado. b 1400 occur for 17 years, if then. She has spent decades as a program di- The proposal is also ripe for fraud. Il- rector for the Pennsylvania Integrated AFTER RECESS legal immigrant adults can claim they Pest Management Program at Penn The recess having expired, the House arrived as children, but there is no State University, and she is widely was called to order by the Speaker pro practical way to confirm that. known for helping growers at all scales tempore (Mr. GROTHMAN) at 2 p.m. The immigration plan is not a good understand and manage pests on their f deal for the American people. Immigra- own operations. tion policy should put the interests of Lyn has also worked as an inde- PRAYER American workers first. pendent organic inspector for Penn- The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick f sylvania’s Certified Organic and has J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: REBUILD AMERICA’S CRUMBLING served several terms on PASA’s board Merciful God, we give You thanks for INFRASTRUCTURE of directors. giving us another day. I wholeheartedly congratulate Lyn You not only design but create. You (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given on this well-deserved recognition, and I sustain and shape what we know as re- permission to address the House for 1 thank her for all of her contributions ality. In Your hands, as the craftsman minute.) to the industry. and artist, we are instruments for the Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow President Trump will give his first time You have given us. Fitting into f the palm of Your hand, we can accom- State of the Union Address. It is an op- portunity for the President to dem- plish Your will and produce what You PROTECTING VETERANS FROM have in mind for us, or we can prove onstrate leadership and bring to this floor a discussion for both parties to DEPORTATION unfit to achieve Your purpose for the ´ tasks at hand. come together and pass, number one, a (Ms. BARRAGAN asked and was Almighty God, help the Members of long-term budget that reflects the pri- given permission to address the House this people’s House to see themselves orities of the American people. for 1 minute and to revise and extend as instruments in Your hands, shaping I have come to this floor many times her remarks.) ´ the time in which we live. As well, en- to express my disagreement with this Ms. BARRAGAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise able them to see in each other that President on a number of issues. I have today to introduce my guest for the same creative impulse and responsi- disagreed on his efforts to take away State of the Union, Marco Chavez. bility. healthcare for millions of people, add- Marco Chavez is a veteran who served Only by relating to each other as ing costs to people I represent who this country honorably, came home, Yours can we find our true identity, have health insurance. I have disagreed and was deported to Mexico. work together, and truly give You the with his tax policies and disagree vehe- Mr. Chavez was born in Mexico. He greater honor and glory. mently with the policies enacted here, was brought to California as an infant. Amen. and I am going to continue to speak up He served in the Marine Corps as a law- when I find disagreement. ful permanent resident before being de- f But I also look for areas where we ported. California Governor Brown THE JOURNAL can work together, and it is my hope granted him a full and unconditional that tomorrow the President will ar- pardon for a minor crime he had done, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ticulate one of those: a plan to deal but he was separated from his family Chair has examined the Journal of the with America’s crumbling infrastruc- for 16 years. last day’s proceedings and announces ture, especially in America’s older cit- It is an injustice that our veterans to the House his approval thereof. ies. It has been over a year since the can go and serve overseas and that this Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- President was here and laid out his is how we treat them when they come nal stands approved. plan for a big investment plan and a home after serving this country, many f strategy on infrastructure. of whom put themselves in harm’s way. Words are cheap. We need action. We PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE That is why I have introduced the Vet- need something specific. And I am hop- erans’ Pathway to Citizenship Act, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the ing and willing to work with the Presi- which will make it easier for deported gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. dent if he lays forward such a vision. veterans to return to the United States THOMPSON) come forward and lead the f and ensures that Active-Duty service- House in the Pledge of Allegiance. CONGRATULATING LYN GARLING members don’t leave the military with- Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania led out understanding their options for the Pledge of Allegiance as follows: (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania naturalization. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the asked and was given permission to ad- United States of America, and to the Repub- dress the House for 1 minute and to re- f lic for which it stands, one nation under God, vise and extend his remarks.) indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. COMMUNICATION FROM THE f Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate farmer-educator Lyn Garling for being CLERK OF THE HOUSE ADMINISTRATION’S IMMIGRATION selected as the 2018 recipient of the The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- PROPOSAL IS FLAWED Pennsylvania Association for Sustain- fore the House the following commu- (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was able Agriculture’s PASAbilities Award. nication from the Clerk of the House of given permission to address the House The award honors businesses and indi- Representatives:

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OFFICE OF THE CLERK, Sec. 202. Designation of the United States ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any person who, while a HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Center for Safe Sport. minor, was a victim of a violation of section Washington, DC, January 25, 2018. Sec. 203. Additional requirements for grant- 1589, 1590, 1591, 2241(c), 2242, 2243, 2251, 2251A, Hon. PAUL D. RYAN, ing sanctions for amateur ath- 2252, 2252A, 2260, 2421, 2422, or 2423 of this title The Speaker, House of Representatives, letic competitions. and who suffers personal injury as a result of Washington, DC. Sec. 204. General requirements for youth- such violation, regardless of whether the in- DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the per- serving amateur sports organi- jury occurred while such person was a minor, mission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of zations. may sue in any appropriate United States the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa- TITLE I—PROTECTING YOUNG VICTIMS District Court and shall recover the actual tives, the Clerk received the following mes- FROM SEXUAL ABUSE damages such person sustains or liquidated sage from the Secretary of the Senate on damages in the amount of $150,000, and the SEC. 101. REQUIRED REPORTING OF CHILD AND January 25, 2018, at 5:24 p.m.: SEXUAL ABUSE. cost of the action, including reasonable at- That the Senate passed S. 1873. torney’s fees and other litigation costs rea- With best wishes, I am, (a) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Section 226 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (34 sonably incurred. The court may also award Sincerely, punitive damages and such other prelimi- U.S.C. 20341) is amended— KAREN L. HAAS. nary and equitable relief as the court deter- (1) in subsection (a)— mines to be appropriate.’’; f (A) by striking ‘‘A person who’’ and insert- (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘filed ing the following: RECESS within’’ and all that follows through the end ‘‘(1) COVERED PROFESSIONALS.—A person and inserting the following: ‘‘filed— The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- who’’; and ‘‘(1) not later than 10 years after the date ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair (B) by adding at the end the following: on which the plaintiff reasonably discovers declares the House in recess until ap- ‘‘(2) COVERED INDIVIDUALS.—A covered indi- the later of— proximately 5 p.m. today. vidual who learns of facts that give reason to ‘‘(A) the violation that forms the basis for suspect that a child has suffered an incident Accordingly (at 2 o’clock and 8 min- the claim; or of child abuse, including sexual abuse, shall utes p.m.), the House stood in recess. ‘‘(B) the injury that forms the basis for the as soon as possible make a report of the sus- f claim; or pected abuse to the agency designated by the ‘‘(2) not later than 10 years after the date 1700 Attorney General under subsection (d).’’; b on which the victim reaches 18 years of (2) in subsection (b), in the matter pre- age.’’; and AFTER RECESS ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subsection (3) by adding at the end the following: The recess having expired, the House (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’; ‘‘(c) VENUE; SERVICE OF PROCESS.— (3) in subsection (c)— was called to order by the Speaker pro ‘‘(1) VENUE.—Any action brought under tempore (Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky) at 5 (A) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at subsection (a) may be brought in the district p.m. the end; court of the United States that meets appli- (B) in paragraph (8), by striking the period f cable requirements relating to venue under at the end and inserting a semicolon; and section 1391 of title 28. (C) by adding at the end the following: ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER ‘‘(2) SERVICE OF PROCESS.—In an action PRO TEMPORE ‘‘(9) the term ‘covered individual’ means an brought under subsection (a), process may be adult who is authorized, by a national gov- served in any district in which the defend- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- erning body, a member of a national gov- ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair ant— erning body, or an amateur sports organiza- ‘‘(A) is an inhabitant; or will postpone further proceedings tion that participates in interstate or inter- ‘‘(B) may be found.’’. today on motions to suspend the rules national amateur athletic competition, to interact with a minor or amateur athlete at TITLE II—UNITED STATES CENTER FOR on which a recorded vote or the yeas SAFE SPORT AUTHORIZATION and nays are ordered, or votes objected an amateur sports organization facility or at any event sanctioned by a national gov- SEC. 201. EXPANSION OF THE PURPOSES OF THE to under clause 6 of rule XX. CORPORATION. The House will resume proceedings erning body, a member of a national gov- erning body, or such an amateur sports orga- Section 220503 of title 36, United States on postponed questions at a later time. nization; Code, is amended— f ‘‘(10) the term ‘event’ includes travel, lodg- (1) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a semicolon; PROTECTING YOUNG VICTIMS ing, practice, competition, and health or medical treatment; (2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period FROM SEXUAL ABUSE AND SAFE ‘‘(11) the terms ‘amateur athlete’, ‘amateur at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and SPORT AUTHORIZATION ACT OF athletic competition’, ‘amateur sports orga- (3) by adding at the end the following: 2017 nization’, ‘international amateur athletic ‘‘(15) to promote a safe environment in sports that is free from abuse, including Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I competition’, and ‘national governing body’ have the meanings given the terms in sec- emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, of any move to suspend the rules and pass the amateur athlete.’’. bill (S. 534) to prevent the sexual abuse tion 220501(b) of title 36, United States Code; and SEC. 202. DESIGNATION OF THE UNITED STATES of minors and amateur athletes by re- ‘‘(12) the term ‘as soon as possible’ means CENTER FOR SAFE SPORT. (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2205 of title 36, quiring the prompt reporting of sexual within a 24-hour period.’’; United States Code, is amended by adding at abuse to law enforcement authorities, (4) in subsection (d), in the first sentence, the end the following: and for other purposes, as amended. by inserting ‘‘and for all covered individ- The Clerk read the title of the bill. uals’’ after ‘‘reside’’; ‘‘Subchapter III—United States Center for The text of the bill is as follows: (5) in subsection (f), in the first sentence— Safe Sport S. 534 (A) by striking ‘‘and on all’’ and inserting ‘‘§ 220541. Designation of United States Cen- ter for Safe Sport Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- ‘‘on all’’; and resentatives of the United States of America in (B) by inserting ‘‘and for all covered indi- ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Cen- Congress assembled, viduals,’’ after ‘‘lands,’’; ter for Safe Sport shall— (6) in subsection (h), by inserting ‘‘and all ‘‘(1) serve as the independent national safe SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. covered individuals,’’ after ‘‘facilities,’’; and sport organization and be recognized world- (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as wide as the independent national safe sport the ‘‘Protecting Young Victims from Sexual (7) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(i) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in organization for the United States; Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of this section shall be construed to require a ‘‘(2) exercise jurisdiction over the corpora- 2017’’. (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- victim of child abuse to self-report the tion, each national governing body, and each tents of this Act is as follows: abuse.’’. paralympic sports organization with regard (b) PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO REPORT.—Sec- to safeguarding amateur athletes against Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. tion 2258 of title 18, United States Code, is abuse, including emotional, physical, and TITLE I—PROTECTING YOUNG VICTIMS amended by inserting ‘‘or a covered indi- sexual abuse, in sports; FROM SEXUAL ABUSE vidual as described in subsection (a)(2) of ‘‘(3) maintain an office for education and Sec. 101. Required reporting of child and sex- such section 226 who,’’ after ‘‘facility,’’. outreach that shall develop training, over- ual abuse. SEC. 102. CIVIL REMEDY FOR PERSONAL INJU- sight practices, policies, and procedures to Sec. 102. Civil remedy for personal injuries. RIES. prevent the abuse, including emotional, TITLE II—UNITED STATES CENTER FOR Section 2255 of title 18, United States Code, physical, and sexual abuse, of amateur ath- SAFE SPORT AUTHORIZATION is amended— letes participating in amateur athletic ac- Sec. 201. Expansion of the purposes of the (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting tivities through national governing bodies corporation. the following: and paralympic sports organizations;

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Designation of United States Center incorporated in and made a part of section appropriate authorities; for Safe Sport. 220524 of this title. ‘‘(C) reasonable procedures to limit one-on- ‘‘220542. Additional duties. ‘‘(c) BINDING ARBITRATION.— one interactions between an amateur athlete ‘‘220543. Records, audits, and reports.’’. ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Center may, in its who is a minor and an adult (who is not the discretion, utilize a neutral arbitration body minor’s legal guardian) at a facility under SEC. 203. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR and develop policies and procedures to re- the jurisdiction of a national governing body GRANTING SANCTIONS FOR AMA- TEUR ATHLETIC COMPETITIONS. solve allegations of sexual abuse within its or paralympic sports organization without jurisdiction to determine the opportunity of being in an observable and interruptible dis- Section 220525(b)(4) is amended— any amateur athlete, coach, trainer, man- tance from another adult, except under (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘; and’’ ager, administrator, or official, who is the emergency circumstances; and inserting a semicolon; subject of such an allegation, to participate ‘‘(D) procedures to prohibit retaliation, by (2) in subparagraph (F), by striking the pe- in amateur athletic competition. any national governing body or paralympic riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(2) PRESERVATION OF RIGHTS.—Nothing in sports organization, against any individual this section shall be construed as altering, who makes a report under subparagraph (A) ‘‘(G) the amateur sports organization or superseding, or otherwise affecting the right or subparagraph (B); person requesting sanction from a national of an individual within the Center’s jurisdic- ‘‘(E) oversight procedures, including reg- governing body will implement and abide by tion to pursue civil remedies through the ular and random audits conducted by subject the policies and procedures to prevent the courts for personal injuries arising from matter experts unaffiliated with, and inde- abuse, including emotional, physical, and abuse in violation of the Center’s policies pendent of, a national governing body or a child abuse, of amateur athletes partici- and procedures, nor shall the Center condi- paralympic sports organization of each na- pating in amateur athletic activities appli- tion the participation of any such individual tional governing body and paralympic sports cable to such national governing body.’’. in a proceeding described in paragraph (1) organization to ensure that policies and pro- SEC. 204. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUTH- upon an agreement not to pursue such civil cedures developed under that section are fol- SERVING AMATEUR SPORTS ORGA- NIZATIONS. remedies. lowed correctly and that consistent training ‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.— is offered and given to all adult members (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in who are in regular contact with amateur 2205 of title 36, United States Code, is amend- paragraph (2), an applicable entity shall not athletes who are minors, and subject to pa- ed by adding at the end the following: be liable for damages in any civil action for rental consent, to members who are minors, ‘‘§ 220530. Other amateur sports organizations regarding prevention of child abuse; and defamation, libel, slander, or damage to rep- ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An applicable amateur ‘‘(F) a mechanism by which a national gov- utation arising out of any action or commu- sports organization shall— erning body or paralympic sports organiza- nication, if the action arises from the execu- ‘‘(1) comply with the reporting require- tion can— tion of the responsibilities or functions de- ments of section 226 of the Victims of Child ‘‘(i) share confidentially a report of sus- scribed in this section, section 220542, or sec- Abuse Act of 1990 (34 U.S.C. 20341); pected child abuse of an amateur athlete who tion 220543. ‘‘(2) establish reasonable procedures to is a minor by a member of a national gov- ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not limit one-on-one interactions between an erning body or paralympic sports organiza- apply in any action in which an applicable amateur athlete who is a minor and an adult tion, or an adult authorized by a national entity acted with actual malice, or provided (who is not the minor’s legal guardian) at a governing body, paralympic sports organiza- information or took action not pursuant to facility under the jurisdiction of the applica- tion, or an amateur sports organization to this section, section 220542, or section 220543. ble amateur sports organization without interact with an amateur athlete who is a ‘‘(3) DEFINITION OF APPLICABLE ENTITY.—In being in an observable and interruptible dis- minor, with the Center, which in turn, may this subsection, the term ‘applicable entity’ tance from another adult, except under share with relevant national governing bod- means— emergency circumstances; ies, paralympic sports organizations, and ‘‘(A) the Center; ‘‘(3) offer and provide consistent training other entities; and ‘‘(B) a national governing body; to all adult members who are in regular con- ‘‘(ii) withhold providing to an adult who is ‘‘(C) a paralympic sports organization; tact with amateur athletes who are minors, the subject of an allegation of child abuse ‘‘(D) an amateur sports organization or and subject to parental consent, to members authority to interact with an amateur ath- other person sanctioned by a national gov- who are minors, regarding prevention and re- lete who is a minor until the resolution of erning body under section 220525; porting of child abuse to allow a complain- such allegation. ‘‘(E) an amateur sports organization re- ant to report easily an incident of child ‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in porting under section 220530; abuse to appropriate persons; and ‘‘(F) any officer, employee, agent, or mem- this section shall be construed to limit the ability of a national governing body or ‘‘(4) prohibit retaliation, by the applicable ber of an entity described in subparagraph paralympic sports organization to impose an amateur sports organization, against any in- (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E); and interim measure to prevent an individual dividual who makes a report under para- ‘‘(G) any individual participating in a pro- who is the subject of an allegation of sexual graph (1). ceeding pursuant to this section. abuse from interacting with an amateur ath- ‘‘(b) DEFINITION OF APPLICABLE AMATEUR ‘‘§ 220542. Additional duties. lete prior to the Center exercising its juris- SPORTS ORGANIZATION.—In this section, the ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall— diction over a matter. term ‘applicable amateur sports organiza- tion’ means an amateur sports organiza- ‘‘(1) develop training, oversight practices, ‘‘§ 220543. Records, audits, and reports tion— policies, and procedures for implementation ‘‘(a) RECORDS.—The Center shall keep cor- ‘‘(1) that is not otherwise subject to the re- by a national governing body or paralympic rect and complete records of account. quirements under subchapter III; sports organization to prevent the abuse, in- ‘‘(b) REPORT.—The Center shall submit an cluding emotional, physical, and sexual annual report to Congress, including— ‘‘(2) that participates in an interstate or abuse, of any amateur athlete; and ‘‘(1) an audit conducted and submitted in international amateur athletic competition; ‘‘(2) include in the policies and procedures accordance with section 10101; and and developed under section 220541(a)(3)— ‘‘(2) a description of the activities of the ‘‘(3) whose membership includes any adult ‘‘(A) a requirement that all adult members Center.’’. who is in regular contact with an amateur of a national governing body, a paralympic (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section athlete who is a minor.’’. sports organization, or a facility under the 220501(b) of title 36, United States Code, is (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of jurisdiction of a national governing body or amended— contents of chapter 2205 of title 36, United paralympic sports organization, and all (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through States Code, is amended by inserting after adults authorized by such members to inter- (8) as paragraphs (6) through (10), respec- the item relating to section 220529 the fol- act with an amateur athlete, report imme- tively; and lowing: diately any allegation of child abuse of an (2) by inserting after paragraph (3), the fol- ‘‘220530. Other amateur sports organiza- amateur athlete who is a minor to— lowing: tions.’’.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:23 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0655 E:\CR\FM\A29JA7.003 H29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE January 29, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H635 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Safe Sport will assure these national from Texas having to discuss this life- ant to the rule, the gentleman from governing bodies abide by such policies changing experience for these young Texas (Mr. POE) and the gentlewoman and procedures to assure that preda- athletes who wanted to do nothing else from Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE) each tors like Dr. Nassar will never again be but to make their families proud first, will control 20 minutes. permitted to terrorize young athletes maybe exceed, and be able to adhere to The Chair recognizes the gentleman with impunity. their faith, determination, and resolve from Texas. I would like to thank Mrs. BROOKS of and make their Nation, their State, GENERAL LEAVE Indiana for her hard work on this issue their school proud of them, young Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I ask and for assembling a bipartisan team of girls, women, who, heretofore, Mr. unanimous consent that all Members cosponsors. Protecting our young peo- Speaker, had been held back or told may have 5 legislative days within ple, including those who have sac- that this sport was not for them. which to revise and extend their re- rificed so much to represent the United I am reminded of the women’s hock- marks and include extraneous material States, such as Olympic athletes, is ey team, and I heard a young hockey on S. 534, currently under consider- and should be a bipartisan under- player indicate that her grandmother ation. taking. said that hockey was not for girls. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there I commend my colleagues for their All they wanted to do was to make us objection to the request of the gen- support, and I urge them to vote in proud. All they wanted to do is to show tleman from Texas? favor of S. 534. the strength of women and the resolve There was no objection. Mr. Speaker, I have 133 victim im- of women. That is why I think this bill Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I pact statements of young women that not only is important, Mr. Speaker, yield myself 5 minutes. were made at this sentencing, and I but it is timely to come today; but all Mr. Speaker, I am pleased that today want to read just a few phrases from of us would have wished, with no con- we are voting on S. 534, the Protecting some of these strong athletes who had demnation, that we had it 5 years ago Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and the courage to come forward and tell or 10 years ago. Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017. what Dr. Nassar did to them. But remember what I said: the vol- This important legislation protects The first one is from Donna Mark- canic action was faced with deafening child athletes from both sexual and ham. Donna’s daughter Chelsey was an silence, for those who knew and for the physical abuse. girls who wanted to make us proud Over the past year, the Nation was athlete under the supervision of Nassar. She could not give a victim im- thought that the best way to resolve it horrified to learn of the decades of or to handle it was to embrace it, ac- abuse that occurred within USA Gym- pact statement, and here is why, ac- cording to her mother, Donna: ‘‘In 2009, cept it, suffer, and still make us proud. nastics by Dr. Larry ‘‘Lecherous’’ That is why I believe this bill is cru- she took her own life. She couldn’t deal Nassar. The middle name was added by cial, and I am very glad to be on the with the pain anymore. Every day I me, Mr. Speaker. Last week, Nassar floor with the two House sponsors, and miss her. It all started with him.’’ was sentenced to between 40 and 175 I thank Senator FEINSTEIN for her ef- Danielle Moore: ‘‘I hope being re- years’ incarceration after pleading forts, because this bill would prevent duced to a prison number’’—she is talk- guilty to several counts of sexual as- the sexual abuse of minors and ama- ing to Nassar—‘‘will define you as it sault. teur athletes by requiring the prompt Over 150 women and girls gave victim defined me for so many years. I will no reporting of sexual abuse to law en- impact statements. How a serial pred- longer be known as a number, and I forcement authorities. ator like Dr. Nassar could have preyed will be Dr. Danielle Moore.’’ This is a reasonable and important on so many young girls for such a long Megan Halicek: ‘‘As I stand here, I measure that is intended to protect time in such a flagrant fashion is ap- still flash back to the feelings of fear, young athletes—and listen to the palling. laying frozen in his office, my sweat- sound of the volcano—from abuse and Our amateur gymnasts were failed. ing, shaking body, adrenaline pumping, preserve the sanctity of sports associ- They were failed by the very people painfully clutching the sides of the ated with the U.S. Olympic Committee, who are supposed to protect them and table, waiting for the sick treatment to the organization responsible for pre- do no harm, as doctors are supposed to be over.’’ paring and training young athletes who do. Gwen Anderson: ‘‘I still remember might one day represent our Nation In the past weeks, we have not only him saying, ‘It’s okay. I know you’re competitively all over the world. seen Dr. Nassar brought to justice, but not used to being touched there, but it How proud we are as we sit and view we have also seen many others held ac- will feel better.’’ them on the Nation’s televisions, the countable for their roles of commission And here is what Gwen’s coach had to Summer Olympics and the Winter and omission associated with these say, Thomas Brennan: ‘‘For the record, Olympics that are about to start. How atrocities. Though we are glad to see go to hell. . . . What you did to every- shameful it is that we have to have justice finally served in this case, we one else who trusted you and sent girls this legislation to protect them and, as must take appropriate measures to pre- your way is disgusting, reprehensible, well, the deadening silence at Michigan vent this from occurring again. This unforgivable.’’ State University and Dr. Nassar. I bill will do that. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of guess the only words that he could say Under current law, the Victims of my time. are how ashamed and embarrassed and Child Abuse Act requires persons en- Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I sorry he is. gaged in certain activities and profes- yield myself such time as I may con- Eons and eons and eons of young sions on Federal lands or in Federal fa- sume. women now live with that pain. Chil- cilities to report child abuse. Failure Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of S. dren deserve to fully enjoy the inno- to report could subject such persons to 534, the Protecting Young Victims cence of their youth by exploring the criminal penalties. From Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Au- curiosities of the world, taking pleas- This bill expands these mandatory thorization Act of 2017, but I thank my ure in the art, participating in sports reporting requirements to adults work- colleagues here in the House, Congress- free of abuse. ing at national governing boards, that woman Brooks and Congresswoman Yes, I am going to defend the par- is, amateur sports organizations recog- FRANKEL of Florida. ents. I know some of them are overly nized by the United States Olympic In Michigan, there was a volcanic ac- eager. We have seen them at Little Committee, such as USA Gymnastics tion. One might call it the ‘‘Nassar vol- League, and we have seen them at foot- or USA Tennis, or at sanctioned cano.’’ It acted, and there was no reac- ball competition for little ones and events. The bill also charters a new or- tion. It was deadening silence. No one middle school and high school, and ganization called Safe Sport, tasked responded to the volcano that kept they are overly enthusiastic. You can’t with preventing child abuse within the pouring poisonous lava in the way of condemn a parent for being proud of national governing bodies through edu- young, beautiful athletes. their child. And if that child wants to cation and handling reports of mis- I would hope and wish that I was not be engaged in sports, you can’t con- conduct. on the floor today with my colleague demn that parent for trying to get

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:23 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K29JA7.008 H29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H636 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 29, 2018 them the best doctor and best instruc- provided to the U.S. Center for Safe Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the tor. Those parents were not protected— Sport in the amount of $1 million for gentlewoman from Indiana (Mrs. deafening silence. each of the next 4 years. Unfortu- BROOKS), a former U.S. attorney. Sexual abuse of children and youth is nately, the version of the bill before us Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana. Mr. Speak- an abhorrent practice that is intoler- strips this funding authorization. I be- er, I thank the gentleman from Texas able in any context, and we must take lieve we should have taken up the Sen- (Mr. POE) for yielding me time. appropriate measures to eliminate it ate bill without amendment. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this from youth sports. Young people look Safe Sport is charged with important legislation, S. 534. to adults to protect them and keep responsibilities under this bill with re- I also want to thank my colleague them safe. We all have a responsibility spect to receiving and investigating all from the other side of the aisle, the co- to do so. With S. 534, we have an oppor- allegations of abuse and setting poli- chair of the Congressional Caucus for tunity to ensure that individuals abide cies to prevent future abuse, so this Women’s Issues that I co-chair, Rep- by this duty. bill has taken out that language from resentative LOIS FRANKEL from Flor- Certain other professionals, such as the Senate. ida, for helping me get this bill to this doctors, dentists, social workers, psy- b 1715 point and for helping us support Sen- chologists, teachers, and daycare work- ator FEINSTEIN and Senator THUNE as It is critical that we ensure that the ers, are already bound by law to report they move the bill in the Senate. center is provided the resources for suspected abuse to law enforcement. In less than 2 weeks, over 200 Amer- those things to be done immediately. Finally, S. 534 will require the same of ican athletes will represent our Nation By doing so, I hope we will prevent the at the highest levels of sport in the 2018 adults who interact with young ath- type of abuse and suffering perpetrated Olympic Winter Games in letes in connection with sports activi- by the people like Larry Nassar. ties organized by the national gov- In a recent open letter from the U.S. PyeongChang. erning bodies of various sports. Olympians and Paralympians Associa- These athletes have prepared their The urgent need for this legislation tion to athletes everywhere, they entire lives for these games, and their is best illustrated by the horrible abuse wrote: performances are a result of countless hours of practice, self-discipline, and and exploitation of numerous young The goal of Olympianism is to place sport gymnasts at the hands of Dr. Larry at the service of the harmonious develop- sacrifice. Nassar, who victimized young athletes ment of humankind, womankind, with a view Tragically, we have also learned that participating in USA Gymnastics over to promoting a peaceful society concerned many of our young athletes have been the course of 20 years—20 years, two with the preservation of human dignity. Now subjected to sexual abuse at the hands decades. we must ask: How can athlete dignity be pre- of those who were supposed to be sup- All of our hearts should break. In served when the responsible institutions fail porting them reach their Olympic those 20 years, there were lives ruined. so in their oversight? goals. They will never be the vibrant, excited In an apology letter to Team USA We have seen more than 156 women young women that they were as they from the United States Olympic Com- use their voices to share their agoniz- entered this wonderful experience of mittee issued last week, the committee ing stories of sexual abuse at the hands showing their prowess, their genius, admitted that they had failed these of a doctor they and their parents were and their strength. The stories of abuse young athletes. told to trust, Dr. Larry Nassar. and suffering of these young women are Frankly, I believe that whole com- Their decision to publicly reveal mittee and system should be over- heartbreaking. their traumatic experiences is nothing Many complaints of sexual and emo- hauled, reviewed, inspected, and short of heroic, and it was instru- tional abuse by Nassar and others went changed. While the USA Gymnastics mental is ensuring that Nassar will unreported for years, allowing coaches, scandal is unfortunate, let it be an ex- never again touch another young ath- ample and an incentive to prevent such instructors, and doctors to repeatedly lete. abuse from happening in the nooks and victimize gymnasts as young as 6 years Now, after a 2016 Indianapolis Star crannies of this Nation, in the villages old. The shocking failure of anyone to investigation exposed what is now and cities and counties where young report accusations to law enforcement known as the worst sexual abuse scan- people who are starry-eyed and ready or even keep track of complaints inter- dal in athletics to date, we are taking to accept the leadership of an adult are nally made it possible for some of these action to prevent this heinous action ready to show their proudness as well predators to commit multiple horrific from ever taking place again. as their talent, their strength, and acts over time. We entrust the care of Today, the House will vote on the their resolve. I hope that we will never our children and young athletes to Protecting Young Victims from Sexual end that here in America. Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization those we hope will uphold the trust and Mr. Speaker, accordingly, I encour- Act of 2017. This bipartisanship legisla- not abuse it. age my colleagues to join me in sup- tion mandates training, increases re- One of the more than 150 girls and porting this important legislation. I quirements for reporting abuse, and re- women victimized by Dr. Nassar was hope we will see fit to fund it. recently quoted as saying: Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of forms a broken system that has failed He has everything he needs to be an incred- my time. too many victims. ible leader. He has the personality, the skill, Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I This bill requires any individual who and the knowledge, and he’s using it to prey yield myself 30 seconds. interacts with our amateur athletes to on people. What a waste. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the com- report suspected child abuse, including Last week, a Michigan judge sen- ments of my friend from Texas. Just so sexual abuse, within 24 hours. If they tenced Nassar to a prison sentence of it is clear, I agree with her on the fail to do so, they will be held account- up to 175 years. The judge called money. It should have been funded, but able by the new law. Nassar’s assaults on scores of girls and it was ruled an earmark, and we can’t To prevent future emotional, phys- women under the pretense that he was do earmarks anymore. We have to go ical, and sexual abuse, this bill des- treating them as ‘‘precise, calculated, through another process to get that ignates the United States Center for manipulative, devious, despicable.’’ funding. A good reason why we ought Safe Sport to develop, implement, and She also indicated what a debasing to have earmarks. enforce policies, procedures, and man- human being he was and is. Mr. Speaker, Amanda Barterian said datory training for national governing We must continue to do more to help this at the sentencing hearing: ‘‘I bodies and their members. protect our young athletes, and this refuse to let Larry Nassar take any- The center will ensure that, when re- bill will greatly assist in that effort. thing more from here. He has already ports of abuse are made, they are in- However, I must note a concern with a taken enough.’’ vestigated. It protects those who re- change the bill before us would make Nicole Walker said this at the sen- port abuse from retaliation. As com- to the Senate-passed version of S. 534. tencing hearing: ‘‘I have anxiety and monsense would dictate, it requires The bill unanimously passed by the sleep disorders all because of what that, until the investigation is closed, Senate would authorize funding to be you’’—Nassar—‘‘did to me.’’ an adult who is subject to allegations

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We know portance of protecting the safety and I urge my colleagues to support this that the president of the university well-being of all of our athletes. very, very good bipartisanship legisla- was asked to resign, or in fact has re- Today, we are strengthening protec- tion. signed. As we go forward, there will be tions for victims to ensure trans- Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, others as well. parency and accountability, and put- Katherine Gordon said this at the sen- This should be the clarion call, even ting the safety and the health of our tencing: ‘‘Sexual assault is distant as this legislation is passed and signed athletes and every young athlete who until you realize each girl in the news by the President, for all of these agen- has ever dreamed of the Olympic stage is a broken mirror.’’ cies and associations that run sports first. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the for children to do their own vetting Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Bishop). and internal assessment of individuals for consideration of this bill and I urge Mr. BISHOP of Michigan. Mr. Speak- who are not there for the benefit of my colleagues to pass the Senate bill. er, I rise today in support of S. 534, the children but are there for the benefit of Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I Protecting Young Victims from Sexual themselves. yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization 156-plus women were molested by this from Florida (Ms. FRANKEL), the co- Act of 2017. doctor. One of the victims said some- sponsor of the House bill, and I thank Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman thing that stops your breath. This her for her leadership on these issues. from Texas (Mr. POE) for giving me could have been stopped in 1997, more Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. Mr. Speak- this opportunity to speak. than 20 years ago. er, I want to thank Mr. POE and Ms. Mr. Speaker, last week was a tough So this legislation should move swift- JACKSON LEE for leading this debate week in my district and in our country. ly to the President’s desk. today. And, of course, I want to thank In a courtroom in Lansing, Michigan, Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Susan Brooks, my co-chair of the Con- 156 victims, one by one, bravely faced my time. gressional Caucus for Women’s Issues, depraved sexual predator Larry Nassar b 1730 for her support. This is an example of to recount their personal story of un- bipartisanship at its best. And, of imaginable and despicable atrocities. Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I course, I also thank DIANNE FEINSTEIN As we now know, reports of sexual yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from over in the Senate, whose bill we are misconduct were routinely dismissed Minnesota (Mr. PAULSEN). taking up, our companion bill. or flatly ignored by the management of Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the USA Gymnastics. As a direct result, the gentleman for yielding, and I thank Protecting Young Victims from Sexual hundreds of young women, all of whom the gentleman for his leadership as Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization relied on these trusted professionals all well as the author, Mrs. BROOKS, for Act. It is a long name, but it is impor- around them, were sexually assaulted her leadership on this issue. tant. It came about on the heels of re- under the guise of medical treatment. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support ports of sexual abuse at the highest The court did its part this week and of the Protecting Young Victims from levels of USA Gymnastics. sentenced Nassar to a maximum prison Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Author- Me Too has come to the Olympics, term where he will spend the rest of his ization Act. In the wake of the horren- and we have heard from more than 150 life. But the investigation continues dous revelations of sexual abuse very brave young women, extraor- and others will be held accountable in brought to the forefront by the recent dinary not only in their talent but in days to come. USA Gymnastics case, it is clear that their courage, who have shared their For our part during this process, measures do need to be put in place to harrowing stories of sexual abuse at Members of Congress must do every- protect young athletes and keep them the hands of a doctor, Larry Nassar, thing in their power to ensure that this safe. who they were told to trust. never happens again. With that as our No child should ever be put in the po- One of these stories is from Mattie objective, I believe this bill takes a sition of having their innocence robbed Larson, who was a budding young gym- dramatic step in the right direction. from them, which is why we need to nast and a future Olympic medalist. At Now, I must say in all candor, I stand have the highest protections of the law age 14, she hurt her hip and was sent to before you today in absolute disbelief; from those looking to exploit them and Dr. Nassar, the well-known and now disbelief in the layers of mismanage- take advantage of their vulnerability. disgraced doctor who cared for hun- ment that should have prevented this I would encourage my colleagues to dreds of athletes like Mattie. from happening, but also disbelief that join me in supporting this bipartisan Instead of healing her hip, he crip- it takes an act of Congress to ensure a bill which will require amateur ath- pled her mind. For 5 years, this doctor congressionally chartered organization letic-governing bodies to immediately molested this young woman. She be- fulfill its obligation to care for and report sex abuse allegations to local or came so desperate at one point that she protect the young athletes with whom Federal law enforcement and also to feigned a slip and fall and a concussion their parents have entrusted. make it safe and easy for victims to re- just to try to get out of ever going Mr. Speaker, I would like to join my port that abuse. back to the Olympic facility. constituents in offering our heartfelt As the Olympics approach, there is Mattie said: ‘‘. . . I just couldn’t take prayers to the victims and their fami- no doubt, we will all be reminded, un- any more abuse. I was broken. Larry, lies for the nightmare that they have fortunately, of the recent sexual abuse my coaches, and USA Gymnastics experienced. case that took place with the gym- turned the sport I fell in love with as a To all of you: Please know my col- nastics team. But this is our oppor- kid into my personal living hell.’’ leagues and I will do everything in our tunity to take action, to do everything These children are children, like power to be your strong advocate and in our power to make sure that this Mattie, who want to represent our to ensure justice. does not happen again, and to protect country and who give up so much of Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to all of our young and future athletes, their childhood, getting up early, prac- advocate and support this legislation giving them the confidence that they ticing hard, on weekends going to com- Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I will never be put in a situation where petitions, and then only to be subjected yield myself such time as I may con- an adult or someone who may have in- to sexual abuse by the team doctor, sume. appropriate intentions does not have and then either ignored or encouraged Mr. Speaker, as we have listened to the ability to do so. to keep silent. various speakers, I am glad that we are Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I I say shame, shame, shame on those joined by men and women of the United yield myself such time as I may con- who enabled this. States Congress. All of us have indi- sume.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:19 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K29JA7.012 H29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H638 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 29, 2018 Mr. Speaker, when I read the quote RAINN, We have heard your many stories detailing from the accuser who said this could Washington, DC, November 27, 2017. the sexual and emotional abuse you endured have been stopped in 1997, the article’s Hon. PAUL RYAN, while training and competing in pursuit of headline was that eight times Larry Speaker of the House, your goals and your dreams. We applaud House of Representatives. your individual and collective courage and Nassar could have been stopped. Eight Hon. KEVIN MCCARTHY, conviction in coming forward and telling all times. So it is important to take note House of Representatives. . . . and calling out those who abused your of this legislation as a clarion call, and Hon. JOHN THUNE, trust. these words are most important. U.S. Senate. We are both appalled by the actions of This provision makes it unlawful for Hon. SUSAN BROOKS, those who hurt you and deeply saddened by an adult who is authorized by a na- House of Representatives. your suffering. For those whose stories we Hon. NANCY PELOSI, haven’t heard (and may never hear), we re- tional governing body, a member of a Minority Leader, national governing body, or an ama- spect your decision and your privacy . . . but House of Representatives. also acknowledge the pain you feel in si- teur sports organization that partici- Hon. STENY HOYER, lence. pates in interstate or international House of Representatives. We are united in saying that there is no Hon. DIANNE FEINSTEIN, amateur athletic competition to inter- place for abuse in sport—at any age, at any U.S. Senate. act with a minor or amateur athlete at level, in any venue. As Olympic and Hon. LOIS FRANKEL, specific events to fail to report as soon Paralympic alumni, we want you to know we House of Representatives. as possible child and sexual abuse to are a family that stands strong for the ideals DEAR HOUSE AND SENATE LEADERS: RAINN, local law enforcement or another agen- the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence or- of the Olympic and Paralympic movements. cy. ganization, urges the House of Representa- When we, as athletes, returned from past Many times members of the Judici- tives to pass the Protecting Young Victims Games, we shared an understanding that ary Committee don’t like wide nets. We from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Author- ‘‘The goal of Olympism is to place sport at the service of the harmonious development have a responsibility to adhere to the ization Act. Every two minutes in America, someone is of humankind, with a view to promoting a Constitution. But we are the com- sexually assaulted. Every eight minutes, peaceful society concerned with the preser- mittee that has the responsibility of that individual is a child. The Senate-passed vation of human dignity.’’ Now we must ask upholding the rule of law. And to all of bill, which has RAINN’s support and reflects how can athlete dignity be preserved when those who are now in this wide net, months of bipartisan work and deliberation, the responsible institutions fail so in their that is the rule of law: to be able to is an important step forward in ensuring oversight? protect our children against massive that young athletes can train and compete So what shall we do? We shall continue to sexual abuse as they pursue their in the safe environments they deserve. The advocate for education and safe sport, to dreams. legislation strengthens and streamlines the teach young boys and girls to recognize the process for reporting abuse of amateur ath- signs of abuse and provide a safe place to Just a comment, the requirement letes, and requires officials and coaches who speak without repercussion. Parents, coach- would arise on a person that learns of work with prospective Olympians to undergo es and trainers need to be educated to recog- the facts that give reason to suspect training on sexual abuse. nize the signs and learn how to behave prop- that a child has suffered an incident of Survivors are reaching out to RAINN, erly in coaching situations. We shall support child abuse, including sexual abuse; which operates the National Sexual Assault Title IX, the U.S. Center for SafeSport and Hotline, in record numbers. There has been a and, therefore, those who can say or at- pending federal legislation to protect our 21 percent increase in those contacting our athletes. tempt to say, ‘‘I couldn’t understand hotline. Each day, RAINN’s victim service what the child was saying; it wasn’t programs provide support to approximately For any of you who are currently in need clear,’’ but if they got a sense that 600 individuals affected by sexual violence, (or know someone who is), the newly created there was a problem, they come under assisting a record 19,432 people in October and independent U.S. Center for SafeSport is alone. Many who contact the Hotline are available for confidential 24/7 reporting and that net. I believe that that is appro- crisis support: priate. children or parents seeking support. We urge the House of Representatives to SafeSport.org Let me also indicate that there is a advance this legislation, as passed by the 24/7 SafeSport Crisis Helpline 866–200–0796 long list of sheroes who have been im- Senate, without delay. Doing so will dem- We know the power of commitment to a onstrate a commitment to ensuring young pacted by Dr. Nassar. My constituent belief and to goals; our goal is that your ex- athletes who dream of representing our na- stated, on January 16, a former Olym- periences are never repeated. Together, we tion at the highest levels can achieve their pic gymnast who wowed the world, shall seek to create a way of life based on goals safely and in a respectful environment. Simone Biles, said that she was abused the joy of effort. Thank you and please do not hesitate to by Dr. Nassar. contact RAINN with questions or concerns. Together in sport, The long list of Dr. Nassar’s victims Sincerely, United States Olympians and include U.S. Olympic gymnasts REBECCA W. O’CONNOR, Esq., Paralympians Association Executive Com- McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, and Vice President of Public Policy. mittee Gabby Douglas. They represented the Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, President Dick Fosbury—Track and Field, country and made us proud. And can every 2 minutes in America, someone is 1968 you imagine? They were abused. Let sexually assaulted; every 8 minutes, Willie Banks—Track and Field, 1980/1984/ me thank the many organizations that that individual is a child. 1988 have worked hard to advance this legis- Let me include in the RECORD a let- Allison Baver—Speedskating, 2002/2006/2010 lation, including Rape, Abuse & Incest ter from the U.S. Olympians and Carol Brown—Rowing 1976/1980/1984 National Network, RAINN, the Na- Paralympians Association, and I would Candace Cable—Paralympic Track and tion’s largest antisexual violence orga- like to call out their names. These are Field, 1980/1988/1992/1996, Alpine Skiing, 1992; nization. They have been magnificent. all athletes: Dick Fosbury, track and Nordic Skiing,1994/1998/2002/2006 I include in the RECORD a number of field; Willie Banks, track and field; Al- Caryn Davies—Rowing, 2004/2008/2012 letters, Mr. Speaker, because each day lison Baver, speedskating; Carol Gary Hall Sr.—Swimming, 1968/1972/1976 approximately 600 individuals are af- Brown, rowing; Candace Cable, Paralympic track and field; Caryn Da- Micki King—Diving, 1968/1972 fected by sexual violence, most of Carol Lewis—Track and Field, 1980/1984/1988 whom are children or parents seeking vies, rowing; Gary Hall, Sr., swimming; support, and they are served by this or- Micki King, diving; Carol Lewis, track John Naber—Swimming, 1976 ganization. and field; John Naber, swimming; Bill Bill Toomey—Track and Field, 1968 Toomey, track and field; Iris Zimmer- Iris Zimmerman—Fencing, 2000 The first letter I include in the man, fencing. RECORD supporting this legislation is Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, from RAINN, which urges the House of U.S. OLYMPIANS & PARALYMPIANS likewise, I include in the RECORD a let- ASSOCIATION. Representatives and others to pass this An open letter from the U.S. Olympians ter, dated November 16, 2017, from the legislation so that it can move quickly and Paralympians Association to athletes CWLA, Child Welfare League of Amer- into the position to be signed by the everywhere: ica, an organization that worked on President. We hear you. this issue.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K29JA7.014 H29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE January 29, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H639 CWLA, The DC Coalition Against Domestic Vio- her legacy might live on forever through Washington, DC, November 16, 2017. lence urges the House of Representatives to S.534, and cast such a spark so as to perma- Hon. PAUL RYAN, pass the Protecting Young Victims from nently light the way towards justice for Speaker of the House, Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization those who have been abused. House of Representatives. Act. I would consider it an honor to be included Hon. KEVIN MCCARTHY, This bipartisan legislation is imperative to in the list of supporters for S.534. House of Representatives. respond to the numerous disclosures of child Sincerely, Hon. JOHN THUNE, sexual abuse by our nation’s youngest and HOWARD M RUBIN, U.S. Senate. most accomplished athletes while they were Professor Emeritus. Hon. NANCY PELOSI, training for the U.S. Olympics. Intervention Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I and prevention measures through this legis- Minority Leader, include in the RECORD a letter from the lation are desperately needed to keep our House of Representatives. National Children’s Alliance, which has Hon. STENY HOYER, children safe and hold offenders and entities House of Representatives. accountable for their actions and their si- been working with other advocacy Hon. DIANNE FEINSTEIN, lence. Authorization and funding for the U.S. groups and, again, has done long- U.S. Senate. Center for Safe Sport will be the first signifi- standing work against child abuse, sup- DEAR SPEAKER RYAN, LEADER PELOSI, CON- cant step toward this goal. porting this legislation. We ask the House of Representatives to GRESSMAN MCCARTHY, CONGRESSMAN HOYER, NATIONAL CHILDREN ALLIANCE, SENATOR THUNE, AND SENATOR FEINSTEIN: swiftly and expeditiously pass this legisla- Washington, DC, November 20, 2017. tion to protect our young athletes and show The Child Welfare League of America, Hon. PAUL RYAN, after months of bipartisan work and delib- them they are valued and deserve to excel in Speaker of the House, eration, urges the House of Representatives their chosen sport without fear of and vio- House of Representatives. lence from those they trust. to pass the Protecting Young Victims from Hon. KEVIN MCCARTHY, Thank you for your commitment to ending Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization U.S. House of Representatives. sexual abuse, please do not hesitate to con- Act. Hon. JOHN THUNE, tact our office if we can be of further assist- This bipartisan legislation has now passed U.S. Senate. ance in this charge. the Senate and we firmly believe it will help Hon. SUSAN BROOKS, Sincerely, to address some of the recent reports of child House of Representatives. KARMA COTTMAN, sexual abuse that occurred against some of Hon. NANCY PELOSI, Executive Director. this nation’s finest young athletes while Minority Leader, training for the United States Olympic team. Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I House of Representatives. Based on past history and reports, CWLA be- include in the RECORD a letter from Hon. STENY HOYER, lieves that stronger legislative action is re- Professor Emeritus Howard M. Rubin House of Representatives. quired so that this history does not continue from DePaul University who speaks Hon. DIANNE FEINSTEIN, to repeat itself. U.S. Senate. Over these past several months we have about sexual abuse. ‘‘My wife, Barbara Blaine, knew the lasting damage that Hon. LOIS FRANKEL, been able to work with key congressional of- House of Representatives. fices to enhance the responsibility and the is caused when a child is abused having DEAR SPEAKER RYAN AND LEADER PELOSI: accountability of U.S. Olympic organiza- been a child victim.’’ DEAR CONGRESSMAN MCCARTHY AND CON- tions. Several parts of this bill, including the DEPAUL UNIVERSITY GRESSMAN HOYER: authorization and funding for the U.S. Cen- COLLEGE OF LAW, DEAR SENATOR THUNE AND SENATOR FEIN- ter for Safe Sport, are critical to this ac- Chicago, Illinois, November 16, 2017. STEIN: countability. Re: SB.534/ HR 1973—Protecting Young Vic- DEAR CONGRESSWOMAN BROOKS AND CON- We hope the House of Representatives will tims from Sexual Abuse Act of 2017 GRESSWOMAN FRANKEL: The National Chil- act without delay so parents and young ath- dren’s Alliance, in cooperation with numer- Senator DIANNE FEINSTEIN, letes can live out their dreams of competing ous other advocacy groups, encourages the Senator JOHN THUNE, on behalf of this country and do so with the House of Representatives to pass the Pro- Representative SUSAN BROOKS, assurance they will be safe and respected. tecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse Representative LOIS FRANKEL. Thank you for your attention on behalf of and Safe Sport Authorization Act (S.534). DEAR LAWMAKERS: I am writing to enthu- children. Having recently passed the Senate, this bi- siastically support S.534/HR 1973 and to ex- Sincerely, partisan legislation seeks to address the nu- press my appreciation for your work in CHRISTINE JAMES-BROWN, merous reports of childhood sexual abuse drafting and advancing this legislation. In President/CEO, Child that have occurred against our nation’s the wake of the deluge of sexual harassment Welfare League of young athletes. The recent press surrounding scandals breaking on a daily basis, the America. the United States’ Olympic trainees only American public is crying out for recogni- serves to heighten the need for a strong leg- Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I tion of women’s rights, and the rights of vic- islative response. include in the RECORD a letter from the tims of sexual abuse and harassment. The NCA’s longstanding work on child While there is no way to quantify the DC Coalition Against Domestic Vio- abuse leads us to believe that this legislation struggles of one victim against another a lence. They have worked along with will increase the accountability of U.S. young victim’s childhood is indelibly harmed RAINN and have emphasized that the Olympic organizations and help ensure that by sexual abuse. My wife, Barbara Blaine, Nation’s youngest have been impacted incidences of this nature are not repeated. In knew the lasting damage that is caused when particular, authorization and funding for the by this dastardly series of actions. a child is abused having been a child victim. U.S. Center for Safe Sport is one of the crit- DC COALITION AGAINST For her entire adult life she fought selflessly ical provisions of this bill that will actively DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, and tirelessly to ensure the safety and well- enhance U.S. Olympic organizations’ respon- Washington, DC, November 20, 2017. being of survivors, to prevent children from sibility in these matters. It establishes an of- Hon. PAUL RYAN, suffering abuse, and to hold accountable fice for education and outreach to develop Speaker of the House, those responsible. Abusers and their enablers the appropnate training, policies, and proce- House of Representatives. utilizing their power and status as shields dures to combat and prevent the emotional, Hon. SUSAN BROOKS, against prosecution and retribution were physical, and sexual abuse, of young athletes House of Representatives. dragged out into the light of justice and ac- competing in athletic activities sponsored by Hon. KEVIN MCCARTHY, countability by Barbara’s ceaseless crusade national governing bodies and Paralympic House of Representatives. as advocate. sports organizations. Hon. JOHN THUNE, One of Barbara’s passions was confronting We hope that the House of Representatives U.S. Senate. unfair statute of limitations. They protected will take swift action and stand with us in Hon. NANCY PELOSI, abusers and punished young victims unable ensuring that our young athletes are pro- Minority Leader, to confront their abuse till later in life. The tected as they stave to compete on behalf of House of Representatives. language in S.534 that extends statute of our nation. Hon. LOIS FRANKEL, limitations for victims of child sexual abuse Thank you for your consideration of our House of Representatives. pertaining to federal crimes is a tribute to youth. Hon. STENY HOYER, her efforts. Sincerely, House of Representatives. Barbara cast a bright light against the TERESA HUIZAR, Hon. DIANNE FEINSTEIN, darkness, but tragically, her flame was Executive Director, U.S. Senate. snuffed out far too soon. She left this world National Children’s Alliance. DEAR SPEAKER RYAN, LEADER PELOSI, MS. suddenly and before she could finish her BROOKS, MS. FRANKEL, MR. MCCARTHY, MR. life’s work. It is upon us now to stoke the Ms. JACKSON LEE. CHILD USA: HOYER, MR. THUNE, and MS. FEINSTEIN: embers left in the wake of that lifetime, that Let’s End Child Abuse and Neglect said

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:38 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A29JA7.013 H29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H640 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 29, 2018 in a letter, which I include in the I know this apology is not enough. We have House cosponsors, and the Senator, and RECORD: ‘‘This bill would shine much been working on taking steps at the USOC I want to end with, with that volcanic needed sunlight on the problem of and mandating changes among National action, there was no reaction, a deaf- abuse in sports. It will protect children Governing Bodies to ensure this does not ening silence. Let us, with the passage happen again. Our next steps will be these: in the future.’’ 1. We Must Change the Culture of the of this bill, begin the journey of com- CHILD USA, Sport. This was the primary recommenda- mitment, along with our acknowledg- November 20, 2017. tion of the independent Deborah Daniels Re- ment of the Me Too movement that we Hon. PAUL RYAN, port on USA Gymnastics and the athlete tes- will never be silent again. Speaker of the House, timony underlined its importance. We heard Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of S. 534, the House of Representatives. athletes describe being unsure or unaware of ‘‘Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse Hon. KEVIN MCCARTHY, how to report abuse and to whom, and some- House of Representatives. Act’’. times even what constitutes abuse. We heard This bill will help prevent the sexual abuse Hon. JOHN THUNE, athletes describe being afraid or discouraged U.S. Senate. from reporting abuse. We heard athletes de- of minors and amateur athletes by requiring Hon. SUSAN BROOKS, scribe feeling hurt, betrayed, discounted and the prompt reporting of sexual abuse to law House of Representatives. alone. Since October of last year, we have enforcement authorities. Hon. NANCY PELOSI, been engaged in direct talks with USAG This is a reasonable and important measure Minority Leader, leadership on this fundamental point. New that is intended to protect young athletes from House of Representatives. leadership at the board level is critical and abuse and preserve the sanctity of sports as- Hon. STENY HOYER, you recently saw three USAG board resigna- sociated with the U.S. Olympic Committee— House of Representatives. tions. Further changes are necessary to help the organization responsible for preparing and Hon. DIANNE FEINSTEIN, create a culture that fosters safe sport prac- U.S. Senate. tice, offers athletes strong resources in edu- training young athletes who might one day Hon. LOIS FRANKEL, cation and reporting, and ensures the heal- represent our Nation competitively all over the House of Representatives. ing of the victims and survivors. This in- world. DEAR SPEAKER RYAN, LEADER PELOSI, CON- cludes a full turnover of leadership from the Children deserve to fully enjoy the inno- GRESSMAN MCCARTHY, CONGRESSMAN HOYER, past, which means that all current USAG di- cence of their youth—by exploring the curiosi- SENATOR THUNE, SENATOR FEINSTEIN, CON- rectors must resign. ties of the world, taking pleasure in the arts, GRESSWOMAN BROOKS, and CONGRESSWOMAN 2. We Must Change the Governance Struc- FRANKEL: and participating in sports—free from abuse. ture of the NGB. We need to help USA Gym- Sexual abuse of children and youth is an CHILD USA urges the House of Represent- nastics better support its mission, which is atives to pass the Protecting Young Victims to provide the best resources and safest envi- abhorrent practice that is intolerable in any from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Author- ronment for athletes to train and compete. context, and we must take appropriate meas- ization Act. This bill would shine much need- We have strongly considered decertifying ures to eliminate it from youth sports. ed sunlight on the problem of abuse in USAG as a National Governing Body. But Young people look to adults to protect them sports. It will protect children in the future. The bill, as passed by the Senate, insti- USA Gymnastics includes clubs and athletes and keep them safe. We all have a responsi- tutes important and minimally necessary who had no hand in this and who need to be bility to do so. With S. 534, we have an oppor- measures to ensure the protection of chil- supported. We believe it would hurt more tunity to ensure that individuals abide by this dren from abuse in sports: (1) mandatory re- than help the athletes and their sport. But duty. porting of child abuse to SafeSport and the we will pursue decertification if USA Gym- Certain other professionals—such as doc- nastics does not fully embrace the necessary authorities. Many states do not mandate tors, dentists, social workers, psychologists, such reporting and, therefore, the bill fills changes in their governance structure along that need; (2) a rule against retaliation for with other mandated changes under review teachers, and daycare workers, are already those who report suspected abuse; (3) a limi- right now. bound by law to report suspected abuse to tation on coaches and other adults from tak- 3. We Must Know Who Knew What and law enforcement. S. 534 will require the same ing a child to a place that is not observable When. The USOC has decided to launch an of adults who interact with young athletes in by others; and (4) for the first time, makes investigation by an independent third party connection with sports activities organized by amateur sports organizations accountable to examine how an abuse of this proportion the national governing bodies of various could have gone undetected for so long. We for abuse of children. Taken together, these sports. are large steps forward. need to know when complaints were brought The epidemic of child abuse in the United forward and to who. This investigation will The urgent need for this legislation is best States needs Congress to lead the way on include both USAG and the USOC, and we be- illustrated by the horrible abuse and exploi- child protection with this bill. Children de- lieve USAG will cooperate fully. We will tation of numerous young gymnasts at the serve the protections of the Protecting make the results public. hands of Dr. Larry Nassar, who victimized Young Victims Act and they need it now. 4. We Must Support Safe Sport Victims and young athletes participating in USA Gym- Thank you for your efforts for the protection Survivors. Team USA safe sport assault vic- nastics over the course of 20 years. The sto- of America’s children. tims and survivors need access to testing, ries of abuse and suffering of these young Sincerely, treatment and counseling. The USOC will de- women are heartbreaking. MARCI A. HAMILTON, vote substantial funds to help provide these CEO. resources to victims and survivors. We are Many complaints of sexual and emotional abuse by Nassar and others went unreported Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I working on the details of how this funding for years—allowing coaches, instructors, and also include in the RECORD a letter will become available to athletes and will communicate them soon. doctors to repeatedly victimize gymnasts as from the United States Olympic Com- I hope that all members of Team USA re- mittee, dated January 24, 2018. young as six years old. member that the USOC ombudsman office is The shocking failure of anyone to report ac- UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, always available to provide free, independent cusations to law enforcement, or even keep Colorado Springs, CO, January 24, 2018. and confidential help to athletes with con- track of complaints internally, made it possible TO TEAM USA: The athlete testimony that cerns or questions about safe sport or other just concluded in the Nassar hearings framed matters. Contact information, along with for some of these predators to commit mul- the tragedy through the eyes of the victims other helpful athlete resources, are here. tiple, horrific acts over time. and survivors, and was worse than our own In order to bring even more focus and ur- We entrust the care of our children and worst fears. It was powerful because of the gency to these important points, the USOC young athletes in the hands of those we hope strength of the victims, survivors and par- board of directors has mobilized a board- to uphold that trust and not abuse it. ents, who so eloquently and forcefully told level working group chaired by independent One of the more than 150 girls and women their stories and so rightfully demanded jus- board member Susanne Lyons. victimized by Dr. Nassar was recently quoted tice. The USOC should have been there to Finally, I invite any member of Team USA hear it in person, and I am deeply sorry that to communicate with me or Ms. Lyons di- as saying, ‘‘He has everything he needs to be did not happen. rectly if there is more that you think the an incredible leader. He has the personality The purpose of this message is to tell all of Olympic family can or should be doing for . . . the skill . . . the knowledge. And he’s Nassar’s victims and survivors, directly, how you and your families. using that to prey on people . . . what a incredibly sorry we are We have said it in Sincerely, waste.’’ other contexts, but we have not been direct SCOTT BLACKMUN, Last week, a Michigan judge sentenced enough with you. We are sorry for the pain Chief Executive Officer. caused by this terrible man, and sorry that Nassar to a prison sentence of up to 175 you weren’t afforded a safe opportunity to Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I years. The judge described Nassar’s assault pursue your sports dreams. The Olympic want to thank Mr. POE for his long- of scores of girls and women, under the pre- family is among those that have failed you. standing work on these issues, the two tense that he was treating them, as ‘‘precise,

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We are talking about the symbol of Speaker, that we can work pretty fast, The bill unanimously passed by the Senate everything that is good, and right, and we also can work in a bipartisan man- would authorize funding to be provided to the beautiful about America: these Olym- ner, and we can also work with the U.S. Center for Safe Sport in the amount of $1 pics, the Olympians, and particularly Senate getting legislation that is im- million for each of the next five years. the gymnasts who represent America; portant to America passed. Unfortunately, the version of the bill before the training they go through; the zeal Mr. Speaker, I want to read one last us strips this funding authorization. I believe for which they represent our country statement, and I include in the RECORD we should have taken up the Senate bill, with- and work. Yet, while all of that was the 133 written statements that I have, out amendment. Safe Sport is charged with going on, bad things were happening to subject to length limitation in the important responsibilities under this bill—with them. RECORD. Our gymnasts who just participated respect to receiving and investigating allega- STATEMENTS BY 133 PEOPLE in the last Olympics, who won medals, tions of abuse and setting policies to prevent Kyle Stephens: ‘‘Little girls don’t stay lit- future abuse. It is critical that we ensure that gold medals, they endured abuse, yet tle forever, they grow into strong women the Center is provided the resources for those they went forward to represent our that return to destroy your world.’’ things to be done immediately and effectively. country in the United States Olympics. Jessica Thomashow: ‘‘What you did to me By doing so, I hope we will prevent the type People who harm those girls and was twisted. You manipulated me and my of abuse and suffering perpetrated by people other athletes, male and female, they family. How dare you. like Larry Nassar. need to be held accountable, not just Donna Markham (Speaking on behalf of In a recent open letter from the U.S. Olym- Larry Nassar, but other people need to her daughter, Chelsey, who killed herself 10 be held accountable. This is where law years ago.): ‘‘In 2009, she took her own life. pians and Paralympians Association to ath- She couldn’t deal with the pain anymore. letes everywhere, they wrote: ‘‘The goal of enforcement needs to be involved. Every day I miss her, every day. It all start- Olympism is to place sport at the service of Mr. Speaker, I am a former judge, ed with him.’’ the harmonious development of humankind, and I want to commend the judge in Jade Capua: ‘‘I am no longer broken by with a view to promoting a peaceful society this case, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, you. Every day I grow a new strength and concerned with the preservation of human dig- for allowing all of these victims to tes- look into the mirror to see a strong, un- nity. Now we must ask how can athlete dignity tify in open court. They had the cour- breakable person. Nothing will ever take be preserved when the responsible institutions age to come forward and tell very dif- away what you’ve done to me or to the oth- ficult things, things that are difficult ers that started behind me. However, we can fail so in their oversight?’’ walk free and radiate the strength that In an apology letter to Team USA from the for us to even listen to here on the we’ve gained from your horrific acts, some- United States Olympic Committee issued last House floor. They said it, and they thing you will never be able to do.’’ week, the Committee admitted that it had wanted the criminal to know what he Alexis Moore: ‘‘I don’t like the word vic- failed its young athletes. had done to them impacted them. tim. I am a survivor, but more so I am me. While the USA Gymnastics scandal is unfor- Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate Those 10 years are a part of my story. They tunate, let it be an example and incentive to the judge for allowing that, but also have helped define who I am today.’’ prevent such abuse from happening again. the sentence that she imposed. I want Olivia Cowan: On Michigan State Univer- to read a few more of the statements, sity and USA Gymnastics: Accordingly, I encourage my colleagues to ‘‘If they would have taken action when it join me in supporting this important legislation. Mr. Speaker: was first reported, they would have saved The ‘‘Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Jessica Rodriguez: ‘‘USA Gymnastics me.’’ Abuse Act’’ is a necessary measure to ensure should be held accountable for each Nicole Soos: ‘‘I thought he was a famous young athletes in this country are able to pur- and every one of these acts of abuse doctor. There was no way he would do any- sue their athletic dreams in safe environments, they allowed to happen.’’ thing inappropriately in front of my mom. I free of the fear of being victimized by preda- Taryn Look: ‘‘I was still a child. . . . was wrong.’’ tors. I wanted to end my life.’’ Ashley Erickson: ‘‘Today I can say I’m fi- Mattie Larson: ‘‘I was at the height nally ready to face you . . . Why did you do I thank the many organizations that have this? You were the adult, you were the doc- worked hard to advance this legislation, in- of my career at 19, and the Olympics tor.’’ cluding Rape Abuse & Incest National Net- were just a year away, and I just Rebecca Mark: ‘‘He molested me and he work (RAINN), the Nation’s largest anti-sexual couldn’t take any more of the abuse. I molested me with my mom in the room.’’ violence organization. was broken. Larry, my coaches, and Bethany Bauman: ‘‘I am 100% confident, I’d like to enter into the record a letter from USA Gymnastics turned a sport I fell that if he had not been caught, he would RAINN, which indicates survivors are reaching in love with as a kid to my personal have continued to do this for the rest of his out to its National Sexual Assault Hotline in living hell.’’ life.’’ Mr. Speaker, all of these brave Amer- Kate Mahon: ‘‘By publicly speaking out record numbers, at a 21 percent increase. against Larry Nassar, I’m not just speaking Each day approximately 600 individuals af- icans came forward and testified about out for myself. I’m speaking out for all the fected by sexual violence are served, most of what had happened to them. And we girls and women of the past, present, and fu- whom are children or parents seeking support. should—they are all Olympians for ture that have been or will be affected by For the foregoing reasons, I urge my col- that. They all deserve the gold medal sexual assault.’’ leagues to join me in supporting this bill. for what they did representing our Danielle Moore; ‘‘I hope being reduced to a Mr. Speaker, I ask support of the leg- country and their strength and their (prison) number will define you as it defined islation, and I yield back the balance of courage to testify in open court about me for so many years. I will no longer be my time. what happened to them. known as a number, and I will be Dr. Danielle Moore.’’ Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I The defendant, the convicted crimi- Melissa Imrie: ‘‘Everybody’s story that I yield myself the balance of my time. nal, wrote a letter to the judge, Mr. listened to today is just an echo of every- Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the Speaker, saying he couldn’t take all of thing that I’ve went through. They’re just gentlewoman from Texas, not only for this abuse against him for having to speaking like it’s my voice.’’ her support of the legislation, but also listen to all of the statements by the Megan Halicek: ‘‘As I stand here, I still for her long-time working on these victims. Are you kidding me? He is not flash back to the feelings of fear, laying fro- issues of victims of crime, and her in- the victim. He is the criminal, and he zen in his office, my sweating shaking body, volvement in legislation in the past belongs in jail. adrenaline pumping, painfully clutching the sides of the table, waiting for the sick treat- and in the future on matters such as He belongs in jail, as these victims ment to be over.’’ this. have said, for the rest of his life, to Jamie Dantzscher: ‘‘There is no therapy, This is not a happy event, Mr. Speak- keep him away from little girls. And I no cure for monsters like you. You are pure er. This legislation, as Mr. Bishop said, am glad that that is where he is going, evil.’’

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This is Brad Johnson (Kara and Madeline’s fa- mediately and had a rape kit done . . . you perhaps what scares me the most about ther): ‘‘Your story is dark, sinister, and pure had the audacity to tell [police] I misunder- him.’’ evil.’’ stood the treatment because I wasn’t com- Stephanie Robinson: ‘‘While I came to this William Michell (Larissa’s father): ‘‘You fortable with my body. How dare you? Sadly stand as a victim, I leave as victor.’’ sowed a destructive black seed in my daugh- they took your word instead of mine.’’ Carrie Hogan: ‘‘I am broken, I’m tired, I ter’s innocent mind and body.’’ Anna Ludes (video statement): ‘‘I felt so feel like life has been desperately sucked out Amy Labadie: ‘‘Come hell or high water special and lucky that Larry Nassar would of me.’’ we’ll take every last one of you down that take the time to help me. But it turned out Helena Weick: ‘‘This is not my shame any- could have stopped this monster.’’ that he was a molester.’’ more. It’s yours.’’ Ashley Yost: ‘‘That’s something a 25-year- Lindsey Schuett (video statement): ‘‘If Amanda Cormier: ‘‘These things happened old shouldn’t have to do . . . sleep in their anyone deserves to never see the light of day to me in his office long ago were not short parents’ bed because they’re afraid of a mon- again it is this man.’’ lived and uncomfortable moments. They ster.’’ Marion Siebert: ‘‘You hindered the trajec- were lifelong traumas that changed the way Marie Anderson: ‘‘While his fingers were tories of our lives that we and our parents I walk in the world.’’ inside of me, he would apply pressure to the worked so very hard for, and changed the McKayla Maroney (statement read on her outside of my lower abdomen and massage rest of our lives in ways that we’re still real- behalf): ‘‘He abused my trust. He abused my the inside of my vaginal area.’’ izing and dealing with every day. This is body and he left scars on my psyche that will Kassie Powell: ‘‘You hid for years behind what makes this crime so heinous.’’ never go away. It all started when I was 13 or Olympic rings and a Spartan [Michigan Katelyn Skrabis (statement read on her be- 14 years old. It didn’t end until I left the State University’s mascot] head, but now half): ‘‘Nothing can change what Larry sport.’’ there is nowhere left for you to hide.’’ Nassar did to me.’’ Annette Hill: ‘‘As your former patient, I Doug Powell (Kassie’s father): ‘‘I want you Taylor Stevens (statement read on her be- trusted you, Larry. You sexually abused to fear and cry, and no one to listen. I want half): ‘‘Because of you my life has been for- me.’’ you to remain alive for your eternal life in ever changed. I have to live with the fact Aly Raisman: ‘‘I will not rest until every those [prison] walls.’’ that I am a victim of sexual assault.’’ last trace of your influence on this sport has Megan Ginter: ‘‘I am done being ashamed Breanne Rata (statement read on her be- been destroyed like the cancer it is.’’ of something that was out of my control.’’ half): ‘‘My only relief is knowing my picture Lyndsy Carr Gamet: ‘‘I was a carefree silly Katherine Gordon: ‘‘Sexual assault is dis- is no longer on the wall of your Michigan little girl until this happened and afterwards tant until you realize each girl in the news State office.’’ there was a cloud and the cloud has followed is a broken mirror.’’ Erin McCann: ‘‘I was told over and over me into every relationship in my life, espe- Katelynne Hall: ‘‘What if someone would again how honored I should feel for seeing cially the most important ones.’’ have taken the abuse seriously?’’ Anya Gillengarten: ‘‘I thought the things Dr. Nassar . . . It was no honor. It was dis- Taylor Cole: ‘‘This man has broken my that Larry Nassar did to me would send me gust. It took more than it should have from world.’’ me.’’ Jessica Smith: ‘‘I’m mortified that I didn’t to Hell.’’ Amanda McGeachie: ‘‘MSU has failed to Jennifer Rood-Bedford: ‘‘The road to heal- understand exactly what that meant at that represent us; failed to respect us; failed to ing looks steep from where I am standing time.’’ take accountability for our safety. After now, but I am a warrior.’’ Arianna Guerrero: ‘‘I am only 16. I should being a proud Spartum alum . . . I now feel Gina Nichols (on behalf of her daughter, not even know what an impact statement is. ashamed to have represented a school who Olympic hopeful Maggie Nichols): ‘‘You are I shouldn’t know what the inside of a court- will not take accountability.’’ not a real doctor. You are a serial child mo- room looks like. You have a hard time look- Lindsay Woolever: ‘‘You were in the best lester, a pedophile.’’ ing at me now. But you didn’t seem to have position to help people but you chose to do Tiffany Lopez Thomas: ‘‘I imagine hitting a problem when I was half naked on your the opposite.’’ you if I ever had the opportunity to see you table.’’ again. Instead I will allow my thoughts and Hannah Morrow: ‘‘Life’s handed me lem- Nicole Reeb: ‘‘[Michigan State Univer- ons, and you’d best believe that I am well my feelings to hit your heart.’’ sity’s] response has compounded my pain. I Jeanette Antolin: ‘‘You made me believe prepared to make lemonade.’’ am frustrated and outraged at the adminis- you were my friend. I truly believe you are Jordyn Wieber: ‘‘Even though I am a vic- tration’s inability to take responsibility for the spawn of Satan. There’s no therapy that tim, I won’t live my life as one. I am an handing over children and girls to a predator will fix the evil that’s deep inside you.’’ Olympian. Kayla Spicher: ‘‘I was sexually assaulted, for almost 20 years. I no longer bleed green.’’ Alexis Alvarado: ‘‘I was only a child when Christine Harrison: ‘‘You knew what you but I was unaware, not because I was naive, this abuse started. I didn’t know what he was were doing was wrong and you only asked for but because I was a child.’’ doing was wrong.’’ Gwen Anderson: ‘‘I still remember him forgiveness because you got caught.’’ Morgan McCaul: ‘‘You violated the very saying, ‘‘It’s OK. I know you’re not used to Jessica Tarrant (recorded video): ‘‘I wasn’t principle of your calling: Do no harm.’’ being touched there, but it will feel better.’’ even alive yet the first time he sexually as- Trinea Gonczar: ‘‘It’s time for me to stand Thomas Brennan (Gwen’s coach): ‘‘For the saulted someone and I was only one when he up for these little girls and not stand behind record, go to hell . . . What you did to every- was first reported.’’ you anymore. Goodbye, Larry. May god bless one else who trusted you and sent girls your Brian Tarrant (Jessica’s father): ‘‘I just your dark broken soul.’’ way is disgusting, reprehensible, unforgiv- want to say, Larry, you did nothing to defeat Larissa Michell Boyce: ‘‘Today is a new able.’’ her.’’ day. Today I am claiming my freedom from Amanda Thomashow; ‘‘Larry, the thing Mary Fisher-Follmer (on behalf of her two you. Today I am breaking free from the you didn’t realize when you were sexually as- daughters, Katherine Payne and Maureen chains you put me in 20 years ago. Today I saulting me . . . was that you were building Payne): ‘‘As you deteriorate in prison, I want am finally free. I am standing here reclaim- an army of survivors who would ultimately you to remember you lost.’’ ing the voice that you stole from me. I am expose you for who you are. From this rubble Katie Rasmussen: ‘‘No one did anything reclaiming my confidence. I am reclaiming we will rise as an army of female warriors.’’ because no one believed me. They didn’t un- the power you took from me. I am reclaim- Jaime Doski: ‘‘I want to show my family derstand how such a respectable doctor ing Larissa Michell, that innocent girl you how strong I am and that I’m a survivor.’’ would do something like that. And I don’t abused. I am no longer that little girl. I am Jenelle Moul: ‘‘I hope you are never able to understand how a 14-year-old could make taking her back, I have the control now.’’ walk outside those [prison] walls as a free that up.’’ Bayle Pickel: ‘‘How could you do some- man. Most importantly I hope all of the sur- Madeline Johnson: ‘‘I realized the only way thing so horrible to an innocent young girl?’’ vivors you hurt are able to heal from the I could get him to stop was if I lied and told Adam Boyce (Larissa’s husband): ‘‘It was damage you have done.’’ him pain was all gone.’’ and still is very real for us.’’ Madeline Jones: ‘‘Before every appoint- Chelsea Zerfas: ‘‘I avoided going to prac- Bailey Lorencen: ‘‘While my mind heals ment, I cried in the bathroom. After every tice when I knew I had to see him . . . I felt and filters out the evil sickness that you appointment, I couldn’t wait to get home like I couldn’t breathe and I’d tremble in unwillingly bestowed upon my body your and shower.’’ fear.’’ mind will get darker and darker and you will Amanda Barterian: ‘‘I refuse to let Larry Samantha Ursch: ‘‘I’m not pretending it hate yourself almost as much as everyone Nassar take anything more from here. He’s didn’t happen anymore. I’m just moving past hates you in this room right now.’’ already taken enough.’’ it.’’ Valerie Webb: ‘‘To all my sisters, we need Jennifer Hayes: ‘‘You parted my legs and Kara Johnson: ‘‘The framed photos of pa- to stand, fight back and not rest until this forcefully pushed your dry fingers in my va- tients on his wall told an incredible story of mess is up mopped up; each and every gina . . . You had created a secure world a doctor who could heal anyone.’’ crumb.’’ where you brainwashed everyone around Clasina Syrovy: ‘‘When girls came forward Whitney Mergens: ‘‘All I want is for this you.’’ and told an adult the adults didn’t listen. darkness to go away. I don’t want to look in

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He talked Marta Stern: ‘‘I will no longer carry the Kamerin Moore: ‘‘You molested a little girl about how my muscles were so tight.’’ weight of what you did to me so long ago. who had just lost her father . . . you used my Abigail Mealy: ‘‘The final level of your The burden is yours.’’ father’s death as another opportunity to ma- horrible pyramid of lies is when I had to lie Melody Posthuma-Vanderveen: ‘‘We need nipulate the trust I put in you.’’ on a table in your basement next to your lit to call out the deeper issue at hand. We live Catherine Hannum: ‘‘What he did to me fireplace and your children’s toys sur- in a society where action is not taken when . . . is disgusting, vile, and wrong. I am rounding me while you ’treated’ me for my it’s most needed.’’ going to find my sense of self again and it back problems.’’ Emma Ann Miller: ‘‘[Michigan State Uni- starts with this letter.’’ Ashley Bremer: ‘‘He was only acting as my versity] is still sending bills to my mom for Jessica Chedler Rodriguez: ‘‘USA Gym- friend to gain my trust.’’ appointments where I was sexually as- nastics should be held accountable for each Brooke Hylek: ‘‘All I ever wanted to do was feel better and go back to the sport I saulted.’’ and every one of these acts of abuse they al- loved without any pain.’’ Amanda Smith: ‘‘I will not stop speaking lowed to happen.’’ Abigayle Bergeron: ‘‘I was a victim of until I am heard, until we are heard, until Taryn Look: ‘‘I was still a child .... I Larry Nassar but I will not let that define things are changed.’’ wanted to end my life.’’ me.’’ Taylor Livingston: ‘‘Everyone who contin- Mattie Larson: ‘‘I was at the height of my ued to allow this man, knowing full well Emily Meinke: ‘‘My initial gut reaction career at 19 and the Olympics were just a was to question the technique . . . I couldn’t what he was doing, is to blame.’’ year away and I just couldn’t take any more Lindsey Lemke: ‘‘Larry, I hope you . . . help but wonder how inserting his bare fin- of the abuse. I was broken. Larry, my coach- gers in my vagina was supposed to make my and all others realize you’ve pissed off the es, and USA Gymnastics turned the sport I wrong army of women.’’ pain disappear. Since I hadn’t even had my fell in love with as a kid to my personal liv- period yet I assumed it was my vagina but I Christy Lemke-Akeo (mother of gymnast ing hell.’’ Lindsey Lemke): ‘‘These girls had no idea really didn’t know for sure.’’ Whitney Burns: ‘‘As this man’s hands were this wasn’t a medical procedure.’’ Morgan Valley (statement read by her touching places I had never let any man Krista Wakeman: ‘‘You’re a sick man, mother, Dawn Valley): ‘‘This so-called doc- touch, I told myself I could make it one Larry. I hope you rot in prison because tor took advantage of my pain and my inno- more second without the anger exploding in- that’s where you belong.’’ cence.’’ side me. ‘One more second, Whitney, you can Paula Daniels (on behalf of daughter Marty Valley (father of Morgan Valley): make it one more second.’ ’’ Samantha Daniels): ‘‘When you lay down to ‘‘We’re overcome by anger and guilt for not Isabell Hutchins (statement read on her be- sleep at night I want you to see every little protecting our beautiful, precious daughter. half): ‘‘I couldn’t accept the fact that it hap- girl’s face that you’ve abused. Hundreds of As difficult as it is for us as parents, we pened to me and I was in denial for a long girls Larry, innocent girls who trusted you— know it’s nothing compared to what these time.’’ and know these little girls are all grown-up young women are going through.’’ now and I pray that they haunt you every Natalie Woodland: ‘‘I am strong, and I am Christina Barba: ‘‘We know that a single single day.’’ beautiful, and I am bold, and no one, espe- candle can light a dark room. Imagine what Alliree Gingerich (statement read on her cially not you can take that away from me all these flames can do. We will not live in behalf): ‘‘Not one day goes by where I don’t . . . While standing up here I’m finally real- darkness. We will burn brightly. To all the replay the abuse my head.’’ izing that I’m not alone.’’ abuses and predators and harassers and Jillian Swinehart: ‘‘You have to be the enablers, we will burn your pedestals and Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, here most sick and twisted person ever to do that hiding places to the ground. All your darkest is what Natalie Woodland said: ‘‘I am to young girls.’’ secrets will be brought to light. We are strong, and I am beautiful, and I am Anne Swinehart (Jillian’s mother): ‘‘To strong and will not let you snuff out our bold, and no one, especially you’’— think, I let this happen to my child while I light. We will burn brightly and not with Nassar—‘‘can take that away from me. was sitting right there.’’ hate but with hope.’’ . . . While standing up here, I’m finally Alison Chauvette: ‘‘He was in no way treat- Makayla Thrush: ‘‘Nobody should ever realizing that I’m not alone.’’ ing my body. He was, however using his posi- have to question their doctor, especially one who was the doctor for the US Olympic And she is not alone. We are on her tion, manipulating me as a person changing the person I was, preying on me, a young team.’’ side. We should be on the side of vic- girl, to fulfil his sick fantasies.’’ Sterling Riethman: ‘‘Larry did not violate tims of crime, and this legislation will Anna Dayton: ‘‘You were supposed to be Jane Doe. He did not sexually assault Jane promote a better atmosphere: a lawful, the good guy. Instead you used your power Doe . . . he violated real girls and real good atmosphere for our gymnasts and and your authority to take advantage of me, women. Well, those little girls are here today other athletes to work in. The people to take away my trust, and strip me of my and we said it before and we’ll say it again, who committed these crimes need to be innocence.’’ time’s up. The truth will come out.’’ held accountable, and society has Olivia Venuto (statement read on her be- Kaylee Lorincz: ‘‘You made a critical mis- half): ‘‘I know that we will overcome this.’’ take. You underestimated the mind, power, started with the first culprit, Larry and will of your victims, these accomplished ‘‘Lecherous’’ Nassar, and there should Sarah (no last name provided): ‘‘By coming forward, we victims of Larry Nassar can help athletes.’’ be more to follow. Rachael Denhollander (Her testimony to see that justice is served.’’ And that is just the way it is, Mr. the IndyStar began the legal case): ‘‘I can Kristen Thelen: ‘‘In that moment of terror call what you did evil and wicked because it Speaker. I yield back the balance of and confusion, I completely froze.’’ was . . . I can call it evil because I know my time. Alexandra Romano (statement read by her what goodness is. And this is why I pity Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I include in sister Danielle Romano): ‘‘The pain is just you.’’ the RECORD the following statements from the beginning for you. You disgust me and every- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Nassar trial: one else in this world and like many other question is on the motion offered by Megan Farnsworth (statement read on her girls said, today is the last day you are any- the gentleman from Texas (Mr. POE) behalf): ‘‘He took away something I can’t get thing to me. You are a sad excuse for a back. He took it 18 years ago when he did his human being and from now on you’re dead to that the House suspend the rules and procedures, and again when I was adult and us.’’ pass S. 534, as amended. learned what he had been doing.’’ Jessica Howard (statement read on her be- The question was taken. Kourtney Weidner (statement read on her half): ‘‘My mother blames herself.’’ The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the behalf): ‘‘Through these years I’ve experi- Arianna Castillo: ‘‘He told me I had to go opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being enced increase in anxiety and stress.’’ through pain in order to be successful in the in the affirmative, the ayes have it. Charla Burill (statement read on her be- sport.’’ Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, on half): ‘‘You were the doctor who would give Selena Brennan: ‘‘Today is your time to that I demand the yeas and nays. face me. I want you to continue to look at me a hug, who seemed to understand.’’ The yeas and nays were ordered. Lauren Michalak (statement read on her me while I speak because that is the atten- behalf): ‘‘It makes me feel disgusted that a tion I deserve . . . I want you to know you The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- man that was so respected in the community have not defeated me.’’ ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- could take advantage of a girl who was only Kaylee McDowell: ‘‘My body is scarred by ceedings on this motion will be post- in 8th grade.’’ you . . . You covered me with your illness poned.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:19 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A29JA7.016 H29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H644 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 29, 2018 b 1745 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Common- unbanked, and 19.9 percent is under- wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Amer- banked. ESTABLISHING REQUIREMENTS ican Samoa, Guam, or the United States Virgin FOR USE OF DRIVER’S LICENSE Islands. The FDIC has concluded previously OR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION (13) SCAN.—The term ‘‘scan’’ means the act of that mobile banking is well positioned CARD FOR OPENING AN AC- using a device or software to decipher, in an to meet the day-to-day financial serv- COUNT OR OBTAINING A FINAN- electronically readable format, personal infor- ice needs of underbanked consumers as CIAL PRODUCT OR SERVICE mation displayed on or electronically encoded well as consumers at risk of account on a driver’s license or personal identification closure. Providing mobile financial Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I move to card. services products to these households suspend the rules and pass the bill (b) USE OF A DRIVER’S LICENSE OR PERSONAL has shown to improve their financial (H.R. 1457) to establish requirements IDENTIFICATION CARD.— outcomes by giving consumers more for use of a driver’s license or personal (1) IN GENERAL.—When an individual initiates control over their finances, which helps identification card by certain financial a request through an online service to open an households avoid burdensome fees and institutions for opening an account or account with a financial institution or obtain a financial product or service from a financial in- allows them to manage necessary pay- obtaining a financial product or serv- stitution, the financial institution may record ments more conveniently. ice, and for other purposes, as amend- personal information from a scan of the driver’s ed. license or personal identification card of the in- Further FDIC research suggests that The Clerk read the title of the bill. dividual, or make a copy or receive an image of nearly three-quarters of all under- The text of the bill is as follows: the driver’s license or personal identification banked households have access to a H.R. 1457 card of the individual, and store or retain such smartphone and that more than one- information in any electronic format for the third of underbanked households used Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- purposes described in paragraph (2). resentatives of the United States of America in mobile banking in the past year. In (2) USES OF INFORMATION.—Except as required Congress assembled, particular, the FDIC found that mobile to comply with Federal bank secrecy laws, a fi- financial services improved account SECTION 1. MAKING ONLINE BANKING INITI- nancial institution may only use the informa- ATION LEGAL AND EASY. tion obtained under paragraph (1)— stability by helping underserved con- (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (A) to verify the authenticity of the driver’s li- sumers successfully manage and main- (1) AFFILIATE.—The term ‘‘affiliate’’ has the cense or personal identification card; tain bank accounts. meaning given the term in section 2 of the Bank (B) to verify the identity of the individual; Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841). Unfortunately, access to mobile fi- and nancial service products is not equal (2) DRIVER’S LICENSE.—The term ‘‘driver’s li- (C) to comply with a legal requirement to cense’’ means a license issued by a State to an record, retain, or transmit the personal informa- across the United States. The Making individual that authorizes the individual to op- tion in connection with opening an account or Online Banking Initiation Legal and erate a motor vehicle on public streets, roads, or obtaining a financial product or service. Easy Act remedies this lack of parity highways. (3) DELETION OF IMAGE.—A financial institu- by establishing a uniform policy na- (3) FEDERAL BANK SECRECY LAWS.—The term tion that makes a copy or receives an image of tionwide, allowing a financial institu- ‘‘Federal bank secrecy laws’’ means— a driver’s license or personal identification card tion to record personal information (A) section 21 of the Federal Deposit Insur- of an individual in accordance with paragraph ance Act (12 U.S.C. 1829b); from a driver’s license for the purpose (1) shall, after using the image for the purposes of opening a bank account with a scan (B) section 123 of Public Law 91–508 (84 Stat. described in paragraph (2), permanently delete, 1116); and within a reasonable amount of time— or copy. ©) subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, (A) any image of the driver’s license or per- The MOBILE Act creates uniform ac- United States Code. sonal identification card, as applicable; and cess to helpful financial products and (4) FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBE.— (B) any copy of any such image. provides certainty to financial institu- The term ‘‘federally recognized Indian Tribe’’ (c) DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.— tions to offer their full range of mobile has the meaning given the term by the Secretary Nothing in this section shall be construed to of the Interior under section 104(a) of the Feder- amend, modify, or otherwise affect any State or banking products to all consumers na- ally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 Federal laws that govern a financial institu- tionwide. U.S.C. 5131(a)). tion’s disclosure and security of personal infor- While the MOBILE Act creates a con- (5) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘finan- mation that is not publicly available. sistent law across the United States, it cial institution’’ means— (d) RELATION TO STATE LAW.—The provisions is careful to protect consumer privacy (A) an insured depository institution; of this section shall preempt and supersede any information and existing State privacy (B) an insured credit union; or State law that conflicts with a provision of this (C) any affiliate of an insured depository in- section, but only to the extent of such conflict. laws. The bill requires financial insti- stitution or insured credit union. tutions to delete all copies of a driver’s The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- (6) FINANCIAL PRODUCT OR SERVICE.—The term license and personal identification ‘‘financial product or service’’ has the meaning ant to the rule, the gentleman from after having used them for the per- given the term in section 1002(15) of the Con- Colorado (Mr. TIPTON) and the gentle- mitted purposes of opening an account. sumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (12 woman from New York (Ms. The legislation is also careful not to U.S.C. 5481(15)). VELA´ ZQUEZ) each will control 20 min- (7) INSURED CREDIT UNION.—The term ‘‘in- utes. reduce any financial institution’s com- sured credit union’’ has the meaning given the The Chair recognizes the gentleman mitment to comply with Federal and term in section 101 of the Federal Credit Union from Colorado. State laws aimed at preventing iden- Act (12 U.S.C. 1752). tity theft, financial fraud, money laun- GENERAL LEAVE (8) INSURED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION.—The dering, or know your customer and Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask term ‘‘insured depository institution’’ has the Customer Identification Programs. meaning given the term in section 3 of the Fed- unanimous consent that all Members eral Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813). may have 5 legislative days in which to A Federal Reserve report from 2016 (9) ONLINE SERVICE.—The term ‘‘online serv- revise and extend their remarks and in- found that mobile banking use was ris- ice’’ means any Internet-based service, such as clude extraneous material on the bill. ing at relatively fast rates, reporting a Web site or mobile application. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there that 43 percent of all mobile phone (10) PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARD.—The owners with a bank account had used term ‘‘personal identification card’’ means an objection to the request of the gen- tleman from Colorado? mobile banking in the past 12 months, identification document issued by a State, local up from 39 percent in 2014 and 33 per- government, or federally recognized Indian There was no objection. Tribe to an individual solely for the purpose of Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield cent in 2013. identification of that individual. myself such time as I may consume. Following this trend, the use of mo- (11) PERSONAL INFORMATION.—The term ‘‘per- Mr. Speaker, as financial service bile banking will continue to grow, and sonal information’’ means the information dis- products continue to merge with the the MOBILE Act ensures that every played on or electronically encoded on a driver’s ever-evolving world of technology, the consumer across the country who license or personal identification card that is opportunities to reach unbanked and wants to use a mobile banking product reasonably necessary to fulfill the purpose and uses permitted by subsection (b). underserved households also continue is able to do so. This bill was passed (12) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any to increase. According to the Federal out of the Financial Services Com- State, commonwealth, territory, or possession of Deposit Insurance Corporation, 7 per- mittee on a unanimous, bipartisan the United States, the District of Columbia, the cent of the U.S. population is vote.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K29JA7.026 H29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE January 29, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H645 The MOBILE Act provides consumers products that can improve their overall H.R. 1426 easier access to the highly regulated fi- financial health. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- nancial services industry by simpli- An amendment in the nature of a resentatives of the United States of America in fying their ability to open an account substitute was adopted in committee Congress assembled, through the process of scanning or that makes the MOBILE Act even SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. copying their State-issued identifica- stronger, and I want to thank Mr. TIP- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Sav- ings Association Charter Flexibility Act of tion card. As one State banking asso- TON for putting these improvements 2017’’. ciation wrote to me: forward. SEC. 2. OPTION FOR FEDERAL SAVINGS ASSOCIA- This legislation is mutually beneficial to These improvements require finan- TIONS TO OPERATE AS A COVERED both financial institutions and their cus- cial institutions to permanently delete SAVINGS ASSOCIATION. tomers. The MOBILE Act will help expand copies of consumers’ ID cards within a The Home Owners’ Loan Act is amended by access to critical banking services for under- reasonable amount of time after they inserting after section 5 (12 U.S.C. 1464) the banked populations by offering similar retail have opened the account, made clari- following: services through mobile technology. fying changes to better harmonize the ‘‘SEC. 5A. ELECTION TO OPERATE AS A COVERED Increasing access for mobile financial bill’s requirements with Federal bank SAVINGS ASSOCIATION. ‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term services products also means giving secrecy laws, and recognized identifica- rural communities, like many of the ‘covered savings association’ means a Fed- tion cards issued by federally recog- eral savings association that makes an elec- small towns I represent in Colorado, nized Indian Tribes as an acceptable tion approved under subsection (b). access to financial success. While many identification card. ‘‘(b) ELECTION.— of us can drive a short distance, walk Perhaps most importantly, the bill ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon issuance of the into a bank, and open an account, also prohibits financial institutions rules described in subsection (f), a Federal there are rural communities where from selling or otherwise sharing the savings association may elect to operate as a physical bank locations are few and far personally identifiable information covered savings association by submitting a notice to the Comptroller of such election. between. By allowing those with they collect from consumers with unaf- smartphones to essentially have their ‘‘(2) APPROVAL.—A Federal savings associa- filiated third parties. tion shall be deemed to be approved to oper- bank accounts in their pocket, geog- The bill is supported by several fi- ate as a covered savings association on the raphy is no longer a constraint to ac- nancial technology and industry date that is 60 days after the date on which cessing financial services products. groups, including the Innovative Lend- the Comptroller receives the notice under All families should have the tools ing Platform Association and the Fi- paragraph (1), unless the Comptroller noti- they need to be able to achieve the fi- nancial Services Roundtable. fies the Federal savings association other- nancial stability and the prosperity the Again, in a day and age when more wise. ‘‘(c) RIGHTS AND DUTIES.—Notwithstanding MOBILE Act will provide. and more Americans are conducting Mr. Speaker, this legislation is im- any other provision of law and except as oth- their business online and through their erwise provided in this section, a covered portant for the future financial health smartphones but still continue to lack savings association shall— of our Nation’s customers. I urge its access to traditional banking services ‘‘(1) have the same rights and privileges as passage here today, and I reserve the and financial products, we need to be a national bank that has its main office situ- balance of my time. ated in the same location as the home office ´ doing all we can to simplify the process Ms. VELAZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I and encourage account openings of the covered savings association; and ‘‘(2) be subject to the same duties, restric- yield myself such time as I may con- through these platforms. sume. tions, penalties, liabilities, conditions, and The MOBILE Act is a strong step in limitations that would apply to such a na- Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1457, the Making that direction, and I have been proud Online Banking Initiation Legal and tional bank. to join the bill as a cosponsor. I en- ‘‘(d) TREATMENT OF COVERED SAVINGS ASSO- Easy, or MOBILE, Act, permits finan- courage Members to vote ‘‘yes.’’ CIATIONS.—A covered savings association cial institutions to copy or scan a con- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance shall be treated as a Federal savings associa- sumer’s driver’s license or personal ID of my time. tion for the purposes— card when a consumer decides to ob- Mr. TIPTON. I yield back the balance ‘‘(1) of governance of the covered savings association, including incorporation, bylaws, tain a financial product or service. of my time, Mr. Speaker. At a time when more Americans are boards of directors, shareholders, and dis- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The tribution of dividends; conducting their business online and question is on the motion offered by through their phones, the MOBILE Act ‘‘(2) of consolidation, merger, dissolution, the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. TIP- conversion (including conversion to a stock will help expand access to banking TON) that the House suspend the rules bank or to another charter), conservator- products and financial services for and pass the bill, H.R. 1457, as amend- ship, and receivership; and those consumers who do not have ac- ed. ‘‘(3) determined by regulation of the Comp- cess to a traditional brick-and-mortar The question was taken. troller. ‘‘(e) EXISTING BRANCHES.—A covered sav- financial institution by allowing con- The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the sumers to utilize their smartphones to ings association may continue to operate opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being any branch or agency the covered savings as- open a checking or savings account. in the affirmative, the ayes have it. While financial inclusion has in- sociation operated on the date on which an Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, on that I election under subsection (b) is approved. creased significantly over the past 20 demand the yeas and nays. ‘‘(f) RULEMAKING.—The Comptroller shall years, still, too many Americans do The yeas and nays were ordered. issue rules to carry out this section— not get their basic financial needs met The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ‘‘(1) that establish streamlined standards by traditional financial service pro- ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- and procedures that clearly identify required viders. For example, in June 2016, the documentation or timelines for an election ceedings on this motion will be post- under subsection (b); Obama administration released a re- poned. port indicating that about 7 percent of ‘‘(2) that require a Federal savings associa- tion that makes an election under subsection American households still lack access f (b) to identify specific assets and subsidi- to a bank account, and another 20 per- aries— cent supplement their bank account FEDERAL SAVINGS ASSOCIATION CHARTER FLEXIBILITY ACT OF ‘‘(A) that do not conform to the require- with nontraditional financial services ments for assets and subsidiaries of a na- like check cashing or payday loans. 2017 tional bank; and Technological innovations in the fi- Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I move to ‘‘(B) that are held by the Federal savings nancial industry and commonsense suspend the rules and pass the bill association on the date on which the Federal proposals like the MOBILE Act here in (H.R. 1426) to amend the Home Owners’ savings association submits a notice of such Congress will continue to help us close Loan Act to allow Federal savings as- election; ‘‘(3) that establish— this gap. The bill will expand credit op- sociations to elect to operate as na- ‘‘(A) a transition process for bringing such portunities for consumers who cannot tional banks, and for other purposes. assets and subsidiaries into conformance easily get to a bank in person and pro- The Clerk read the title of the bill. with the requirements for a national bank; vides them access to innovative new The text of the bill is as follows: and

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K29JA7.027 H29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H646 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 29, 2018 ‘‘(B) procedures for allowing the Federal stitutions the ability to exceed the This proposal originated from former savings association to provide a justification commercial and consumer loan limits Comptroller Curry in 2014 to give for grandfathering such assets and subsidi- that apply under the Home Owners’ thrifts flexibility with respect to the aries after electing to operate as a covered Loan Act but continue to benefit from current limitations on the amount of savings association; ‘‘(4) that establish standards and proce- their structure for purposes of consoli- commercial and consumer loans that a dures to allow a covered savings association dation, merger, dissolution, con- thrift can hold. to terminate an election under subsection (b) servatorship, and receivership. While the terms and conditions of a after an appropriate period of time or to Because the Office of the Comptroller charter are important, we should be make a subsequent election; of the Currency already supervises careful about blurring lines. Therefore, ‘‘(5) that clarify requirements for the both national bank and Federal savings I am pleased that the OCC can reject treatment of covered savings associations, association charters, it is uniquely po- providing the flexibility to a particular including the provisions of law that apply to sitioned to provide the structural thrift under this bill and can take covered savings associations; and other supervisory actions to promote ‘‘(6) as the Comptroller deems necessary framework for the election process that would transition the rights and safety and soundness. and in the interests of safety and sound- According to the FDIC, there were ness.’’. duties of a national bank to a thrift. Mr. ROTHFUS’ bill instructs the OCC 768 thrifts as of last September, com- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- pared to nearly 5,000 State and na- ant to the rule, the gentleman from to develop a series of rulemakings to outline this election process, while also tional banks, and all but 15 of these Colorado (Mr. TIPTON) and the gentle- thrifts have less than $10 billion in as- woman from New York (Ms. requiring safeguards to prevent mal- practice in the transition process, as sets, which underscores that this bill VELA´ ZQUEZ) each will control 20 min- will mostly help small institutions bet- utes. well as abuses in the new structure once it has been instituted. ter serve their communities. The Chair recognizes the gentleman Former Comptroller Curry described from Colorado. b 1800 the proposal as a tool for enabling GENERAL LEAVE Community financial institutions ‘‘Federal thrifts to diversify their loan Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask should be given the tools they need to portfolios, maintain their Federal unanimous consent that all Members lend effectively to their communities, charter, and retain the OCC as their may have 5 legislative days in which to and this bill creates the legislative regulator.’’ revise and extend their remarks and in- landscape for savings associations to I thank Mr. ROTHFUS and Mr. HIMES clude extraneous material on this bill. do just that. for introducing this bipartisan bill, and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Ultimately, the bill creates opportu- I urge my colleagues to support it. objection to the request of the gen- nities for families and small businesses Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of tleman from Colorado? to access financing for their important my time. Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 There was no objection. purchases, from buying a home to ex- minutes to the gentleman from Penn- Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield panding a business. sylvania (Mr. ROTHFUS), vice chairman myself such time as I may consume. Federal savings associations have a of the Financial Services Sub- Mr. Speaker, mutual savings banks, long, proud history of being responsive committee on Financial Institutions cooperative banks, and mutual savings to their communities’ needs, and this and Consumer Credit. He is also the and loan associations are essential legislation will help them to enhance sponsor of this legislation. community-based financial institu- and continue that record. Mr. ROTHFUS. Mr. Speaker, I thank tions that have a long history of serv- I cannot give more emphatic support my good friend for yielding. ing their neighbors and promoting for this commonsense, bipartisan legis- I thank my colleagues on both sides small-town economic growth. lation, and I urge my colleagues to sup- of the aisle for their support of this im- However, many of the benefits once port this measure. portant bipartisan legislation, and es- given to Federal savings associations, Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of pecially the lead Democratic cospon- also known as thrifts, that encouraged my time. ´ sor, Representative JIM HIMES from community growth and financial well- Ms. VELAZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I Connecticut. being have been stifled by changes ini- yield myself such time as I may con- The Federal Savings Association tiated under the Dodd-Frank Act. sume. Charter Flexibility Act is a common- While Dodd-Frank eliminated many of Mr. Speaker, currently, the Home sense reform bill that will help to en- the benefits provided to Federal sav- Owners’ Loan Act imposes limitations sure that community banks, many of ings associations, the HOLA restric- on the portfolio mix of loans and in- which have histories stretching back tions, unfortunately, remain. vestments that a thrift institution can generations, can continue to serve the These restrictions have left Federal make. Such limitations include the needs of Main Street businesses and savings associations at a disadvantage amount of commercial and consumer families. and without the flexibility needed to loans that a thrift can hold and a re- Specifically, this bill focuses on Fed- adapt to meet community needs and, quirement that they hold a certain per- eral savings associations, also known as a result, are forcing many mutual centage of qualified thrift investments. as thrifts. These institutions are simi- banks to either close or merge with These restrictions are not currently lar to national banks in the sense that other institutions, meaning fewer and faced by national banks and other fi- they are both chartered and regulated more expensive choices for consumers nancial institutions. by the Office of the Comptroller of the hoping to finance important purchases. If a thrift decides that it wants to en- Currency and the FDIC. H.R. 1426, Mr. ROTHFUS’ bipartisan gage in more commercial lending or But these banks are constrained in legislation that passed out of the Fi- otherwise seeks to expand its product their ability to pursue certain lines of nancial Services Committee unani- offerings beyond what is allowed under business under the Home Owners’ Loan mously, would help to preserve these current law, they have to undergo a Act, also known as HOLA. Specifically, important community financial insti- time-consuming process of converting HOLA subjects Federal thrifts to com- tutions by providing mutual banks the stock form of their organization in mercial lending limits. with a framework to become covered order to apply for a national bank Under what is known as the qualified savings associations. This process charter. For smaller thrifts in par- thrift lender test, at least 65 percent of would provide thrifts the ability to op- ticular, the charter conversion process a Federal thrift’s portfolio assets must erate with the same rights and duties can be costly. comprise certain mortgage and con- as national banks without subjecting H.R. 1426 solves this problem by sumer-related assets. These institu- them to a complex, time-consuming, amending the Home Owners’ Loan Act tions are also constrained in their abil- and costly charter conversion process. and creating an election process for ity to hold commercial loans, paper, or Providing thrifts the flexibility to thrifts to operate as a national bank corporate debt. In contrast, national exercise national bank powers without without having to convert their char- banks enjoy the ability to engage in a changing their charters would give in- ter to a national bank. much wider range of lending activities.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A29JA7.017 H29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE January 29, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H647 These restrictions originally made port for this bill, they wrote: ‘‘. . . this (2) the term ‘‘broker-dealer’’ means a sense because thrifts also enjoyed ad- legislation represents sound, sensible broker and a dealer, as those terms are de- vantages not afforded to national regulatory relief.’’ fined in section 3(a) of the Securities Ex- banks. But changes in law have elimi- They also added that ‘‘Federal sav- change Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)); ings associations are known for being (3) the term ‘‘covered agency’’ means— nated or curtailed many of those bene- (A) a State financial regulatory agency, in- fits, and some thrifts have expressed responsive to their communities’ cluding a State securities or law enforce- frustration that these restrictions pre- needs, and this legislation will help ment authority and a State insurance regu- vent them from being able to meet the them to expand and continue to do so.’’ lator; changing needs of their local commu- I ask that my colleagues support (B) each of the entities represented in the nities. Unfortunately, thrifts have not H.R. 1426, the Federal Savings Associa- membership of the Federal Financial Insti- been immune to the industrywide trend tion Charter Flexibility Act. tutions Examination Council established of consolidations and closures that has Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I under section 1004 of the Federal Financial accelerated over the last decade. yield back the balance of my time. Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 The Federal Savings Association Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield (12 U.S.C. 3303); back the balance of my time. (C) the Securities and Exchange Commis- Charter Flexibility Act provides these sion; banks with additional flexibility to ad- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The (D) a securities association registered just to changing times and continue to question is on the motion offered by under section 15A of the Securities Exchange serve their communities, despite these the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. TIP- Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78o–3); persistent headwinds. TON) that the House suspend the rules (E) a law enforcement agency; and Under current law, the only option and pass the bill, H.R. 1426. (F) a State or local agency responsible for available to Federal savings associa- The question was taken; and (two- administering adult protective service laws; tions is a costly and complicated con- thirds being in the affirmative) the (4) the term ‘‘covered financial institu- version to a national bank charter. rules were suspended and the bill was tion’’ means— passed. (A) a credit union; This is a particularly burdensome proc- (B) a depository institution; ess for mutually chartered Federal A motion to reconsider was laid on (C) an investment adviser; thrifts since it requires that they first the table. (D) a broker-dealer; convert to stock form before con- f (E) an insurance company; (F) an insurance agency; and verting their charter. CLARIFYING ACCEPTANCE OF DO- The Federal Savings Association (G) a transfer agent; NATED MORTGAGE APPRAISALS Charter Flexibility Act provides an- (5) the term ‘‘credit union’’ has the mean- BY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS other, less disruptive option. Under my ing given the term in section 2 of the Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer bill, Federal thrifts will have the abil- Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill Protection Act (12 U.S.C. 5301); ity to pursue a path that will allow (6) the term ‘‘depository institution’’ has them to operate with the same rights (H.R. 2255), to clarify that nonprofit or- the meaning given the term in section 3(c) of and duties as a national bank. But ganizations may accept donated mort- the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. these banks will not have to go gage appraisals, and for other purposes, 1813(c)); through the costly and cumbersome as amended. (7) the term ‘‘exploitation’’ means the process of converting to stock form and The Clerk read the title of the bill. fraudulent or otherwise illegal, unauthor- then rechartering. Instead, the bill sets The text of the bill is as follows: ized, or improper act or process of an indi- H.R. 2255 vidual, including a caregiver or a fiduciary, up a simple 60-day election process that— that will allow these institutions to be- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- (A) uses the resources of a senior citizen come covered savings associations. resentatives of the United States of America in for monetary or personal benefit, profit, or It will also require the OCC, which Congress assembled, gain; or has been supportive of this legislation TITLE I—HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES MADE (B) results in depriving a senior citizen of and has responsibility for regulating EASIER rightful access to or use of benefits, re- Federal savings associations and na- SEC. 101. EXEMPTION FROM TRUTH IN LENDING sources, belongings, or assets; tional banks, to establish an orderly ACT. (8) the term ‘‘insurance agency’’ means and streamlined transition process. Section 129E(i) of the Truth in Lending Act any business entity that sells, solicits, or ne- (15 U.S.C. 1639e(i)) is amended by adding at gotiates insurance coverage; This bill also includes important the end the following: (9) the term ‘‘insurance company’’ has the safeguards to prevent potential fire ‘‘(4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION RELATED TO AP- meaning given the term in section 2(a) of the sales of assets and subsidiaries during PRAISAL DONATIONS.—For purposes of para- Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. the transition process, and it protects graph (1), if a fee appraiser voluntarily do- 80a–2(a)); the OCC’s ability to prevent firms from nates appraisal services to an organization (10) the term ‘‘insurance producer’’ means abusing the new structure. described in section 170(c)(2) of the Internal an individual who is required under State Altogether, this effort will help to Revenue Code of 1986, such voluntary dona- law to be licensed in order to sell, solicit, or ensure that time-tested community fi- tion shall be deemed customary and reason- negotiate insurance coverage; nancial institutions will continue to be able.’’. (11) the term ‘‘investment adviser’’ has the meaning given the term in section 202(a) of able to serve their customers for years TITLE II—EXPANDING ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR RURAL JOB CREATORS the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 to come. U.S.C. 80b–2(a)); The Federal Savings Association SEC. 201. ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR RURAL-AREA SMALL BUSINESSES. (12) the term ‘‘investment adviser rep- Charter Flexibility Act has the support resentative’’ means an individual who— Section 4 of the Securities Exchange Act of (A) is employed by or associated with an of the American Bankers Association 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78d) is amended— investment adviser; and and the Independent Community Bank- (1) in subsection (j)(4)(C), by striking ‘‘and (B) does not perform solely clerical or min- ers of America. It is also bipartisan, women-owned small businesses’’ and insert- isterial acts; and it passed the Financial Services ing ‘‘, women-owned, and rural-area small (13) the term ‘‘registered representative’’ businesses’’; and Committee with a 55–0 vote. Similar means an individual who represents a (2) in subsection (j)(6)(B)(iii), by striking language has been included in the bi- broker-dealer in effecting or attempting to ‘‘and women-owned small businesses’’ and in- partisan Senate Banking Committee effect a purchase or sale of securities; serting ‘‘, women-owned, and rural-area package, also. (14) the term ‘‘senior citizen’’ means an in- small businesses’’. In short, this bill represents the sort dividual who is not younger than 65 years of of reasonable, commonsense, across- TITLE III—SENIOR SAFE age; the-aisle reform that our constituents SEC. 301. IMMUNITY. (15) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the want to see. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this title— several States, the District of Columbia, and I want to briefly share some com- (1) the term ‘‘Bank Secrecy Act officer’’ any territory or possession of the United means an individual responsible for ensuring States; ments from the Pennsylvania Bankers compliance with the requirements mandated (16) the term ‘‘State insurance regulator’’ Association, which represents a wide by subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, has the meaning given the term in section range of banks in the Commonwealth United States Code (commonly known as the 315 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (15 U.S.C. of Pennsylvania. In their letter of sup- ‘‘Bank Secrecy Act’’); 6735);

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:19 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K29JA7.031 H29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H648 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 29, 2018 (17) the term ‘‘State securities or law en- (C) discuss the need to protect the privacy project’s success as well as the number forcement authority’’ has the meaning given and respect the integrity of each individual of families a group can serve. the term in section 24(f)(4) of the Securities customer of the covered financial institu- The Dodd-Frank Act increased re- Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78x(f)(4)); and tion; and quirements for real estate appraisers (18) the term ‘‘transfer agent’’ has the (D) be appropriate to the job responsibil- and transferred rulemaking authority meaning given the term in section 3(a) of the ities of the individual attending the training. for residential mortgage appraisals to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. (2) TIMING.—The training under subsection 78c(a)). (a) shall be provided— the CFPB. Under Dodd-Frank, profes- (b) IMMUNITY FROM SUIT.— (A) as soon as reasonably practicable; and sionals who furnish appraisal services (1) IMMUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS.—An indi- (B) with respect to an individual who be- for a fee are able to receive a payment vidual who has received the training de- gins employment with or becomes affiliated that is ‘‘customary and reasonable’’ for scribed in section 302 shall not be liable, in- or associated with a covered financial insti- the market area where the appraisal cluding in any civil or administrative pro- tution after the date of enactment of this services were performed. However, the ceeding, for disclosing the suspected exploi- Act, not later than 1 year after the indi- tation of a senior citizen to a covered agency CFPB has not defined find the terms vidual becomes employed by or affiliated or ‘‘customary’’ and ‘‘reasonable,’’ which if the individual, at the time of the disclo- associated with the covered financial insti- sure— tution in a position described in paragraph has left nonprofit housing organiza- (A) served as a supervisor or compliance of- (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a). tions with the serious concern that ficer (including as a Bank Secrecy Act offi- (3) RECORDS.—A covered financial institu- they violate the law when the work of cer) for, or, in the case of a registered rep- tion shall— appraisers is donated. resentative, investment adviser representa- (A) maintain a record of each individual If nonprofit housing organizations tive, or insurance producer, was affiliated or who— are required to start paying for ap- associated with, a covered financial institu- (i) is employed by or affiliated or associ- tion; and praisal services, which could cost over ated with the covered financial institution in $1,000 per appraisal, the Dodd-Frank (B) made the disclosure— a position described in paragraph (1), (2), or (i) in good faith; and statute could unintentionally limit the (3) of subsection (a); and number of families in need that these (ii) with reasonable care. (ii) has completed the training under sub- (2) IMMUNITY FOR COVERED FINANCIAL INSTI- section (a), regardless of whether the train- nonprofit organizations can serve. TUTIONS.—A covered financial institution ing was— Mr. TROTT’s legislation, the Housing shall not be liable, including in any civil or (I) provided by the covered financial insti- Opportunities Made Easier Act, would administrative proceeding, for a disclosure tution or a third party selected by the cov- remedy this uncertainty by amending made by an individual described in para- ered financial institution; the Truth in Lending Act to allow graph (1) if— (II) completed before the individual was (A) the individual was employed by, or, in mortgage appraisal services to be do- employed by or affiliated or associated with the case of a registered representative, insur- nated by fee appraisers to an organiza- the covered financial institution; and ance producer, or investment adviser rep- tion that is eligible to receive tax-de- (III) completed before, on, or after the date resentative, affiliated or associated with, the ductible charitable contributions. of enactment of this Act; and covered financial institution at the time of This simple fix will ensure that hous- (B) upon request, provide a record de- the disclosure; and scribed in subparagraph (A) to a covered ing nonprofit organizations can con- (B) before the time of the disclosure, each agency with examination authority over the tinue to provide their incredibly im- individual described in section 302(a) re- covered financial institution. portant services for as many in-need ceived the training described in section 302. SEC. 303. RELATIONSHIP TO STATE LAW. families in our communities as pos- (3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in paragraph (1) or (2) shall be construed to Nothing in this title shall be construed to sible, and I commend Mr. TROTT for limit the liability of an individual or a cov- preempt or limit any provision of State law, this legislation. ered financial institution in a civil action for except only to the extent that section 301 I would also like to voice my support any act, omission, or fraud that is not a dis- provides a greater level of protection against for H.R. 4281, the Expanding Access to closure described in paragraph (1). liability to an individual described in section Capital for Rural Job Creators Act. 301(b)(1) or to a covered financial institution SEC. 302. TRAINING. As a former small-business owner in described in section 301(b)(2) than is provided (a) IN GENERAL.—A covered financial insti- a rural part of Colorado, I know first- tution or a third party selected by a covered under State law. hand how important access to capital financial institution may provide the train- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- is for the success of a small business. ing described in subsection (b)(1) to each offi- ant to the rule, the gentleman from The majority of capital for small busi- cer or employee of, or registered representa- Colorado (Mr. TIPTON) and the gentle- tive, insurance producer, or investment ad- nesses is concentrated in urban areas, woman from New York (Ms. and access to capital for rural small viser representative affiliated or associated ´ with, the covered financial institution who— VELAZQUEZ) each will control 20 min- businesses can be difficult to come by. (1) is described in section 301(b)(1)(A); utes. H.R. 4281 would require the SEC’s Ad- (2) may come into contact with a senior The Chair recognizes the gentleman vocate for Small Business Capital For- citizen as a regular part of the professional from Colorado. mation to identify any unique chal- duties of the individual; or GENERAL LEAVE lenges that rural-area small businesses (3) may review or approve the financial Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask have in securing access to capital and documents, records, or transactions of a sen- unanimous consent that all Members require the Small Business Advocate to ior citizen in connection with providing fi- may have 5 legislative days in which to nancial services to a senior citizen. provide updates on its findings in its (b) CONTENT.— revise and extend their remarks and in- annual report. (1) IN GENERAL.—The content of the train- clude extraneous material on this bill. Small businesses are the lifeblood of ing that a covered financial institution or a The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there communities across our country, pro- third party selected by the covered financial objection to the request of the gen- viding jobs and services to those they institution may provide under subsection (a) tleman from Colorado? serve, and this legislation will help shall— There was no objection. hardworking small businesses in rural (A) be maintained by the covered financial Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield communities to continue to create jobs institution and made available to a covered myself such time as I may consume. agency with examination authority over the and grow their businesses. covered financial institution, upon request, Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the oppor- I would also like to give my support except that a covered financial institution tunity to be able to speak on behalf of to Representative SINEMA’s and Rep- shall not be required to maintain or make these important bills today. resentative POLIQUIN’s bill, the Senior available such content with respect to any While low-income applicants and Safe Act, here today. H.R. 3758 takes individual who is no longer employed by or homebuilders seek to provide afford- important steps to safeguard our senior affiliated or associated with the covered fi- able, decent housing opportunities to citizens from fraud and abuse by en- nancial institution; qualifying individuals and families, couraging covered financial institu- (B) instruct any individual attending the these nonprofits rely on the generosity tions to train supervisors, compliance training on how to identify and report the of others in their communities to ac- suspected exploitation of a senior citizen in- officers, or legal advisers on how to ternally and, as appropriate, to government complish their mission. These groups spot and report predatory activity officials or law enforcement authorities, in- also heavily rely on meticulous budg- against senior citizens. cluding common signs that indicate the fi- ets, and a change in the input costs can This legislation also protects banks, nancial exploitation of a senior citizen; have serious implications for a credit unions, investment advisers and

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Some chapters have tivity ‘‘in good faith’’ and ‘‘with rea- Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman HEN- informed us they may need to stop or sonable care.’’ SARLING, Ranking Member WATERS, limit their work altogether, denying a This group of bills will make impor- and Congressman POLIQUIN from Maine valuable service to many communities. tant and impactful changes for our for working with me on this bipartisan My bill, the HOME Act, which passed communities, and I am pleased to see solution to protect seniors from finan- out of committee with a unanimous bi- them considered here on the floor cial fraud and abuse. We are proud to partisan vote of 55–0, would exempt today. work across the aisle to get things Habitat for Humanity and other non- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of done, and we will continue working to profits from this burdensome rule, al- my time. protect seniors and get results for Ari- lowing them to accept donated apprais- Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I zona. als, which, in turn, will lower the cost yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I am for homes for Michigan families. We in Congress should stand by their from Arizona (Ms. SINEMA). pleased to yield 5 minutes to the gen- Ms. SINEMA. Mr. Speaker, I rise in tleman from Michigan (Mr. TROTT), a side, not in their way. This bill gets Washington out of the way by pro- support of H.R. 2255, a package of three member of the Financial Services Com- viding that a donated appraisal may be commonsense solutions, each passed mittee and the sponsor of this legisla- considered ‘‘customary and reason- unanimously by the House Financial tion. able’’ when benefiting charities. All Services Committee. I thank Congress- Mr. TROTT. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from Colorado for yielding. other consumer protections in the man TROTT of Michigan for his leader- Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. Truth in Lending Act remain in place. ship in moving this package forward. 2255, the Housing Opportunities Made It is a simple, targeted fix that does One of these solutions is H.R. 3758, Easier, or the HOME Act. nothing to harm the underlying law or the Senior Safe Act, legislation we in- Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend Dodd-Frank. troduced to protect seniors from finan- from New Jersey (Mr. GOTTHEIMER), for When I came to Congress, I knew cial fraud and abuse. being the lead Democrat on this bill. I that I would be fighting for small busi- Mr. Speaker, one in five American appreciate his bipartisan leadership nesses who are often ignored or hurt by seniors will be a target of financial and his efforts to bring this bill to the Washington, but I never thought we abuse, and seniors lose an estimated floor for a vote. would need to defend charitable organi- $2.9 billion to exploitation. The finan- I also thank my colleague in the Sen- zations. I am glad that Congress is cial institutions that serve America’s ate, Senator PORTMAN, for his leader- using some common sense to solve this seniors are in a unique position to de- ship on this issue. It has been a pleas- obvious unintended consequence. tect and identify the suspicious pat- ure working with him to ensure Habi- There is no need for debate or dissent terns of activity that often accompany tat for Humanity and other nonprofits on this bill. We cannot let Dodd-Frank financial abuse. are able to continue their important undermine these fine organizations Unfortunately, these institutions do mission. from their mission of providing homes not have the legal flexibility to report Finally, I thank Chairman HEN- to our neighbors in need. suspicious behavior to law enforce- SARLING for his support in the Finan- Again, I thank all of the members of ment. Because of this, financial abuse cial Services Committee. the Financial Services Committee for of our seniors may go unreported and During my first term in Congress, I, their unanimous bipartisan support. I unpunished. That is why we introduced along with my entire district office, urge all of my colleagues to support the Senior Safe Act. had the opportunity to join Habitat for the work of worthy housing charities Our bill helps individuals and finan- by voting ‘‘yes’’ on H.R. 2255. Humanity on one of their builds in ´ cial institutions safely communicate Oakland County, Michigan. It was Ms. VELAZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I instances of financial fraud involving great fun helping them build a Michi- yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. KIHUEN). seniors to the appropriate law enforce- gan family’s home, but I think we ment authority. It creates incentives Mr. KIHUEN. Mr. Speaker, I thank often forget that Habitat for Humanity my colleague for yielding. for firms to train their employees to and other nonprofit housing organiza- Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak about identify and stop financial fraud of sen- tions do so much more than just build the Expanding Access to Capital for iors. It shields advisers and firms that a home. Rural Job Creators Act. responsibly disclose instances of fraud These nonprofits actually offer fami- Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman from legal liability. Importantly, it ac- lies who live in their homes, no- or low- and ranking member for their leader- complishes all of this while providing interest homes, making the dream of ship in including this important and bi- reasonable legal safeguards to ensure homeownership affordable for so many. partisan piece of legislation in the consumers and their data are pro- The home, of course, needs to be ap- package the House is considering tected. praised before a loan may be approved. today. Mr. Speaker, it may seem like years, Many times, professional appraisers Nevadans and all Americans deserve but it was just 4 months ago that the volunteer their services so that the the opportunity to have a good job that then-CEO of Equifax came before Con- nonprofit does not have to incur addi- will help them provide for their fami- gress to testify about the data breach tional expense. lies. Unfortunately, rural communities that exposed the personal information Early last year, I met with Habitat across the country have been hit par- of over 145 million Americans. for Humanity leaders from Michigan ticularly hard by shifts in population b 1815 and I heard about their struggle to en- as people move to bigger cities in sure that homes remain affordable search of employment opportunities. Those who mishandle our private under the regulations promulgated by The changing demographics have data and breach the public trust must Dodd-Frank. Under the new law, all fee made it harder for small businesses in be held accountable. We must also en- appraisers must be paid a customary these areas to get started and to sur- sure that we do all we can to minimize and reasonable fee for their work. vive. Far too many Nevadans, espe- the damage caused by cyber attacks So where does this leave Habitat for cially in our rural areas, have been left and financial fraud. Humanity and other nonprofits? out and left behind from the economic As a result of the Equifax data This means they may no longer ac- growth we have seen in other areas of breach, millions of American seniors cept donated appraisals, forcing them the country. are now more vulnerable to financial to divert money from their core home- I am proud to sponsor the Expanding abuse. It is all but certain that we will building activities. Access to Capital for Rural Job Cre- see increased attempts of financial In fact, Habitat for Humanity told ators Act, which will help expand eco- fraud and identity theft. The Senior me that these complex rules have tri- nomic opportunities for entrepreneurs

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K29JA7.034 H29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H650 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 29, 2018 and small businesses in Nevada’s rural The SPEAKER pro tempore. The First, the Senior Safe Act, introduced by Ms. areas. This bill will help identify and time of the gentleman has expired. SINEMA, which provides employees at financial examine the unique challenges that Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield an institutions with immunity when voluntarily dis- these businesses face when trying to additional 30 seconds to the gentleman closing the possible financial abuse of elders secure access to capital. from Maine. to state and federal regulators, law enforce- By supporting job creators in our Mr. POLIQUIN. It is a commonsense ment, and adult protective services agencies. rural communities, we can create a bill, Mr. Speaker, such that if a bank And second is H.R. 4281, introduced by Mr. path to good-paying jobs for all Nevad- teller speaks to one of his or her cus- KIHUEN which would enhance capital opportu- ans and help make sure that they have tomers they have known for maybe nities for our nation’s rural small businesses the tools to work towards a better life decades, and the senior says, ‘‘I would by requiring the SEC’s Office of the Small for themselves and their families. like to close my account and wire the Businesses Advocate to develop policies and Mr. Speaker, I hope my colleagues proceeds overseas,’’ this bank teller recommend steps Congress can take to drive will join me in supporting this piece of can stop, pause, call the authorities, private investment to our nation’s rural small legislation. and say, ‘‘We might have a problem businesses. Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I am here, Mr. SMITH, so let’s get back to As Ranking Member of the House Small pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gen- you on that,’’ and the teller can do this Business Committee, I have a strong under- tleman from Maine (Mr. POLIQUIN), a without retribution from our privacy standing of the capital challenges our nation’s member of the Financial Services Com- laws. rural small businesses face and I am proud to mittee. Mr. Speaker, I ask everybody, Repub- cosponsor Mr. KIHUEN’s legislation. Mr. POLIQUIN. Mr. Speaker, I thank licans and Democrats, men and women, Mr. Speaker, the inclusion of both Ms. Mr. TIPTON for managing the floor to please support H.R. 2255, which the SINEMA’s and Mr. KIHUEN’s legislation only en- today on this important bill. Senior Safe Act is embedded in. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman of Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I hances what was already a strong bipartisan the Financial Services Committee, Mr. yield back the balance of my time. measure. HENSARLING, for moving this very im- Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield Therefore, I recommend a ‘‘Yes’’ vote. portant bill, H.R. 2255, through the back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The committee and on to the House floor. Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2255, question is on the motion offered by Mr. Speaker, I congratulate and the HOME Act introduced by Mr. TROTT and the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. TIP- thank Mr. TROTT, a terrific representa- Mr. HIMES amends the Truth in Lending Act to TON) that the House suspend the rules tive from the State of Michigan, for all allow fee appraisers to voluntarily donate their and pass the bill, H.R. 2255, as amend- of his work on this bill to help families appraisals to non-profit groups without vio- ed. and charitable organizations through- lating the requirement that lenders and their The question was taken; and (two- out our country. agents compensate fee appraisers at a rate thirds being in the affirmative) the Mr. Speaker, the great State of that is customary and reasonable. rules were suspended and the bill, as Maine that I represent, the rural part Historically, appraisal services relating to amended, was passed. of our State, has the oldest average age no- or low-interest mortgage loans that were A motion to reconsider was laid on in the country. We love our seniors. I provided by non-profit organizations or to fami- the table. know not only in Maine, but across the lies often had to be donated by professional f country, they are very special parts of appraisers in the community and considered our society. My parents are 89 and 87. I permissible charitable donations for tax pur- FINANCIAL INSTITUTION LIVING am very involved in their lives, espe- poses. WILL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2017 cially in their healthcare. However, such non-profit organizations like Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I move to I worry, Mr. Speaker, about our sen- Habitat for Humanity, have raised concerns suspend the rules and pass the bill iors. I worry about their healthcare. I this provision reduced the number of families (H.R. 4292) to reform the living will worry about their safety. And one more it could serve because the voluntary donation process under the Dodd-Frank Wall thing I worry about, Mr. Speaker, is of appraisal services could now be interpreted Street Reform and Consumer Protec- about them becoming victims of finan- as a violation of the TILA’s ‘‘customary and tion Act, as amended. cial scams. reasonable’’ fee requirement. The Clerk read the title of the bill. Now, this happens throughout our While the CFPB—under the direction of The text of the bill is as follows: country, and has increasingly so, such former-Director Richard Cordray—has already H.R. 4292 that, today, almost $3 billion is the re- provided non-profit organizations like Habitat sult of scamming our seniors every sin- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- with informal guidance suggesting that the resentatives of the United States of America in gle year. I will tell you, these con men, ‘‘customary and reasonable’’ provision does Congress assembled, Mr. Speaker, become very creative. not apply to donated appraisals because the In particular, one type of scam that I SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. appraiser is no longer a ‘‘fee appraiser’’ in this This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Insti- have learned about just absolutely hits circumstance, these organizations have con- tution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017’’. me home. A grandmother receives an tinued to raise concerns and are seeking fur- SEC. 2. LIVING WILL REFORMS. email from, supposedly, a grand- ther clarity. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 165(d) of the Dodd- daughter, and this granddaughter is Specifically, non-profit organizations con- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protec- stuck overseas in a country where she tinue to raise concerns that they remain vul- tion Act (12 U.S.C. 5365(d)) is amended— has been traveling. She is emailing her nerable to enforcement actions because this (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘periodi- grandmother, saying: ‘‘Gram, I need guidance appears to be inconsistent with the cally’’ and inserting ‘‘every 2 years’’; and money. I am in trouble. Can you please common industry usage of the term ‘‘fee ap- (2) in paragraph (3)— wire $10,000 to this bank account in praiser’’; they also contend that it remains un- (A) by striking ‘‘The Board’’ and inserting the following: this country so I can get home? And, clear whether or not other agencies would ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Board’’; by the way, please don’t tell mom and align with the CFPB’s interpretation. (B) by striking ‘‘shall review’’ and inserting dad.’’ Thus, this bill provides the non-profits with the following: ‘‘shall— Mr. Speaker, can you imagine the the certainty they are seeking, and builds ‘‘(i) review’’; confusion and the heartache that upon the great work already done by former (C) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; grandparents would have receiving this Director Cordray by clarifying appraisers can and’’; and sort of email? voluntarily donate their appraisal services with- (D) by adding at the end the following: Well, the good news, Mr. Speaker, is out violating TILA’s ‘‘customary and reason- ‘‘(ii) not later than the end of the 6-month pe- that the Senior Safe Act, which I au- able’’ fee provision. riod beginning on the date the company submits thored here in the House, along with The HOME Act passed our Committee ear- the resolution plan, provide feedback to the company on such plan. Ms. SINEMA, is embedded in Mr. lier this month with broad bipartisan support, ‘‘(B) DISCLOSURE OF ASSESSMENT FRAME- ROTT T ’s bill, H.R. 2255. This bill, the and I was proud to support it. WORK.—The Board of Governors and the Cor- Senior Safe Act—now part of Mr. Also included in H.R. 2255, are two other poration shall publicly disclose the assessment TROTT’s bill—will help stop financial pieces of legislation that passed our Com- framework that is used to review information scams of seniors before they happen. mittee with strong bipartisan support. under this paragraph.’’.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:19 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\K29JA7.036 H29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE January 29, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H651 (b) TREATMENT OF OTHER RESOLUTION PLAN Section 165 of the Dodd-Frank Act re- and women in my district, fixing these REQUIREMENTS.— quires bank holding companies with confusing regulations that have choked (1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to an appro- total consolidated assets of $50 billion off community lending can be the de- priate Federal banking agency that requires a or more to annually submit detailed termining factor with regards to get- banking organization to submit to the agency a resolution plan not described under section plans to the Federal Reserve and the ting a small business loan or a mort- 165(d) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation gage. and Consumer Protection Act— that describe the company’s strategy These are the financial products that (A) the respective agency shall ensure that the for rapid and orderly resolution under provide access to the American Dream, review of such resolution plan is consistent with the Bankruptcy Code in the event of its that help communities grow through the requirements contained in the amendments material financial distress or failure. homeownership, and that allow small- made by this Act; The Federal Reserve and the FDIC business owners to hire and expand. (B) the agency may not require the submission have near total discretion in deciding Now, more than ever, we need to be of such a resolution plan more often than every whether a plan is acceptable, and, 2 years; and working on a bipartisan basis to im- (C) paragraphs (6) and (7) of such section therefore, whether an institution will prove the standards and reform the 165(d) shall apply to such a resolution plan. be subject to heavy penalties. confusing regulations that are being (2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub- Mr. ZELDIN’s legislation, the Finan- imposed on our community banks and section: cial Institution Living Will Improve- financial institutions. (A) APPROPRIATE FEDERAL BANKING AGENCY.— ment Act, will do just that: improve This bill changes the procedure for The term ‘‘appropriate Federal banking agen- the regulatory process for both sides of the submission and review of resolu- cy’’— the living will assessment. This bipar- tion plans, also known as living wills. (i) has the meaning given such term under tisan legislation will provide needed section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; b 1830 and change by limiting the frequency of the (ii) means the National Credit Union Adminis- living wills process to a 2-year cycle, This legislation is in line with rec- tration, in the case of an insured credit union. requiring regulators to publicly dis- ommendations from a 2016 GAO report (B) BANKING ORGANIZATION.—The term close the framework used to be able to in which it was recommended that ‘‘banking organization’’ means— review resolution plans, and requiring banking regulators should publicly dis- (i) an insured depository institution; feedback on resolution plans within 6 close the assessment frameworks, con- (ii) an insured credit union; months of the date they were sub- sider shifting to a 2-year cycle, and (iii) a depository institution holding company; (iv) a company that is treated as a bank hold- mitted. provide feedback to companies within a ing company for purposes of section 8 of the Mr. Speaker, the regulators them- minimum of 6 months. International Banking Act; and selves—members of the Board of Gov- The vast discretion granted to Fed- (v) a U.S. intermediate holding company es- ernors of the Federal Reserve System eral regulators under the current law’s tablished by a foreign banking organization and the FDIC—have suggested before living will regime is essentially a li- pursuant to section 252.153 of title 12, Code of Congress that reforms should be made cense for those regulators to decide the Federal Regulations. to the living wills process. Recognition proper size, scale, and business model (C) INSURED CREDIT UNION.—The term ‘‘in- from those running the process that of private sector enterprises. sured credit union’’ has the meaning given that the living wills framework needs to be term under section 101 of the Federal Credit This legislation reins in that un- Union Act. reformed demonstrates the necessity of checked government authority and (D) OTHER BANKING TERMS.—The terms ‘‘de- Mr. ZELDIN’s bill. provides greater accountability and pository institution holding company’’ and ‘‘in- Mr. ZELDIN’s legislation, which was much-needed transparency to the liv- sured depository institution’’ have the meaning voted out of the Financial Services ing will process. given those terms, respectively, under section 3 Committee unanimously, takes steps This bill requires public disclosure of of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. toward effectiveness and efficiency in the rules for living wills and also re- (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this this process, and I urge my colleagues Act, or any amendment made by this Act, shall quires regulators to follow up with fi- to support this measure here today. nancial institutions in a timely fashion be construed as limiting the authority of an ap- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of propriate Federal banking agency (as defined with the feedback necessary to meet my time. under subsection (b)(2)) to obtain information ´ these standards. from an institution in connection with such Ms. VELAZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I These reforms are critical for pro- agency’s authority to examine or require reports yield myself such time as I may con- viding our Nation’s banking systems from the institution. sume. and the customers they serve, to pro- Mr. Speaker, this is straightforward, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- tect our Nation’s banking systems. commonsense legislation. ant to the rule, the gentleman from This bill cleared the Financial Serv- Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. ZELDIN for Colorado (Mr. TIPTON) and the gentle- working with Democrats to make im- ices Committee with a strong bipar- woman from New York (Ms. tisan vote of 60–0. I am especially ´ provements to the bill. VELAZQUEZ) each will control 20 min- Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my Demo- thankful for the bipartisan cooperation utes. cratic colleagues to support the bill, of my colleague, the gentlewoman from The Chair recognizes the gentleman and I yield back the balance of my New York (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY), from Colorado. time. the ranking member of the Capital GENERAL LEAVE Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I am Markets, Securities, and Investment Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask pleased to yield 5 minutes to the gen- Subcommittee. unanimous consent that all Members tleman from New York (Mr. ZELDIN), a Mr. Speaker, I would also like to may have 5 legislative days in which to member of the Financial Services Com- thank Chairmen Hensarling and revise and extend their remarks and to mittee and the sponsor of the legisla- Luetkemeyer for their leadership on include extraneous material on the tion. this important issue. bill. Mr. ZELDIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in Mr. Speaker, I include in the RECORD The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there support of this bipartisan legislation, these letters of support from the Fi- objection to the request of the gen- which I was proud to introduce with nancial Services Roundtable and the tleman from Colorado? my colleague from New York, Con- American Bankers Association. There was no objection. gresswoman CAROLYN MALONEY. FINANCIAL SERVICES ROUNDTABLE, Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield This legislation would provide needed Washington, DC, January 29, 2018. myself such time as I may consume. reforms to the living will submission Hon. PAUL RYAN, Mr. Speaker, the living wills process, process, would ensure that impacted fi- House of Representatives, as mandated under the Dodd-Frank Act nancial institutions get needed feed- Washington, DC. for systemically important financial Hon. NANCY PELOSI, back from their regulators, and would House of Representatives, institutions and designated nonbank fi- uphold sensible standards to protect Washington, DC. nancial companies, has become a heav- the financial system. DEAR SPEAKER RYAN AND LEADER PELOSI: ily burdensome process for the institu- This may sound like wonky financial The Financial Services Roundtable (FSR) tions subjected to it. policy, but to the hardworking men supports H.R. 4292 the ‘‘Financial Institution

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A29JA7.019 H29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H652 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 29, 2018 Living Wills Improvement Act of 2017,’’ spon- House of Representatives to approve H.R. of minors and amateur athletes by re- sored by Representative Lee Zeldin. 4292. quiring the prompt reporting of sexual H.R. 4292 changes the procedure for the Sincerely, abuse to law enforcement authorities, submission and review of resolution plans, JAMES C. BALLENTINE, and for other purposes, as amended, on Executive Vice Presi- also known as ‘‘living wills.’’ The bill would which the yeas and nays were ordered. adjust the frequency of resolution plan sub- dent, Congressional missions from annually to a two-year cycle, Relations and Polit- The Clerk read the title of the bill. require regulators to provide feedback with- ical Affairs. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The in six months of submission and publicly dis- Mr. ZELDIN. Mr. Speaker, I urge question is on the motion offered by close the framework used to review the adoption of this bill. the gentleman from Texas (Mr. POE) plans. Improving the resolution plan process Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield that the House suspend the rules and provides transparency, accountability and back the balance of my time. pass the bill, as amended. efficiency while enabling firms to enhance The vote was taken by electronic de- their plans. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by vice, and there were—yeas 406, nays 3, The Federal Reserve Board and Federal De- not voting 21, as follows: posit Insurance Corporation require resolu- the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. TIP- tion plan submissions be reviewed and up- TON) that the House suspend the rules [Roll No. 45] dated annually. It is increasingly evident, and pass the bill, H.R. 4292, as amend- YEAS—406 however, that these annual requirements are ed. Abraham Cramer Harris neither efficient nor effective for both regu- The question was taken. Adams Crawford Hartzler lators and covered firms. Resolution plans do The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the Aderholt Crist Hastings not change substantially from year to year, Aguilar Crowley Heck absent a material change in a firm’s struc- opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being Allen Cuellar Hensarling ture. A Government Accountability Office in the affirmative, the ayes have it. Amodei Culberson Herrera Beutler Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, on that I Arrington Curtis Hice, Jody B. (GAO) report on resolution planning sup- Babin Davidson Higgins (LA) ports a longer submission cycle so firms have demand the yeas and nays. Bacon Davis (CA) Higgins (NY) sufficient time to revise their plans and in- The yeas and nays were ordered. Banks (IN) Davis, Danny Hill corporate regulatory feedback. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Barletta Davis, Rodney Himes Similarly, GAO recommended that regu- Barr DeFazio Holding ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- ´ lators make the assessment frameworks pub- Barragan DeGette Hollingsworth ceedings on this motion will be post- Beatty Delaney Hoyer lic, noting transparency would promote ac- poned. Bera DeLauro Hudson countability by the agencies and result in Bergman DelBene Huffman better resolution plans. Providing firms clar- f Beyer Demings Huizenga ity as to how determinations are made will REPORT ON RESOLUTION PRO- Biggs Denham Hultgren eliminate the uncertainty around the appro- Bilirakis Dent Hunter priate changes necessary to strengthen the VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF Bishop (GA) DeSantis Hurd resolution plan. Further, requiring regu- SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. Bishop (MI) DeSaulnier Issa 695, CHILD PROTECTION IM- Bishop (UT) Deutch Jackson Lee lators to provide feedback within a defined Black Diaz-Balart Jayapal period will enable firms to address defi- PROVEMENTS ACT OF 2017 Blackburn Dingell Jeffries ciencies and ensure the institution’s Mr. WOODALL, from the Committee Blum Doggett Jenkins (WV) strength in the event of financial distress or Blunt Rochester Donovan Johnson (GA) failure. on Rules, submitted a privileged report Bonamici Doyle, Michael Johnson (LA) H.R. 4292 helps improve how U.S. financial (Rept. No. 115–537) on the resolution (H. Bost F. Johnson (OH) Res. 714) providing for consideration of Boyle, Brendan Duffy Johnson, Sam regulations work for individuals, financial F. Duncan (SC) Jones institutions, and the U.S. economy. FSR the Senate amendments to the bill Brady (PA) Duncan (TN) Jordan supports H.R. 4292 the ‘‘Financial Institution (H.R. 695) to amend the National Child Brady (TX) Dunn Joyce (OH) Living Wills Improvement Act of 2017,’’ and Protection Act of 1993 to establish a Brat Ellison Kaptur urges enactment of important legislation. national criminal history background Bridenstine Emmer Katko Sincerely, Brooks (AL) Engel Keating check system and criminal history re- Brooks (IN) Eshoo Kelly (MS) ANTHONY CIMINO, view program for certain individuals Brown (MD) Espaillat Kelly (PA) Senior Vice President who, related to their employment, have Brownley (CA) Esty (CT) Khanna & Head of Government Affairs. Buchanan Evans Kihuen access to children, the elderly, or indi- Buck Farenthold Kildee AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION, viduals with disabilities, and for other Bucshon Faso Kilmer Washington, DC, January 29, 2018. purposes, which was referred to the Budd Ferguson Kind Burgess Fitzpatrick King (IA) AUL YAN House Calendar and ordered to be Hon. P R , Bustos Fleischmann King (NY) Speaker of the House, printed. Butterfield Flores Kinzinger House of Representatives, Washington, DC. f Byrne Fortenberry Knight Hon. NANCY PELOSI, Calvert Foster Krishnamoorthi Minority Leader, ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Capuano Foxx Kuster (NH) House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Carbajal Frankel (FL) Kustoff (TN) PRO TEMPORE Carson (IN) Frelinghuysen Labrador DEAR SPEAKER RYAN AND MINORITY LEADER The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Carter (GA) Fudge LaHood PELOSI: On behalf of the members of the Carter (TX) Gabbard LaMalfa American Bankers Association, I am writing ant to clause 8 of rule XX, proceedings Cartwright Gaetz Lamborn to express our support for H.R. 4292, the Fi- will resume on motions to suspend the Castor (FL) Gallagher Lance nancial Institution Living Will Improvement rules previously postponed. Castro (TX) Garamendi Langevin Act of 2017. This legislation is scheduled for Votes will be taken in the following Chabot Garrett Larsen (WA) consideration on the January 29th suspen- Cheney Gianforte Larson (CT) order: Chu, Judy Gibbs Latta sion calendar. S. 534, by the yeas and nays; and Cicilline Gohmert Lawrence This bipartisan legislation introduced by H.R. 1457, by the yeas and nays. Clark (MA) Gomez Lawson (FL) Representatives Lee Zeldin and Carolyn The first electronic vote will be con- Clarke (NY) Gonzalez (TX) Lee Maloney, Ranking Member of the Capital Clay Goodlatte Levin Markets, Securities and Investment Sub- ducted as a 15-minute vote. The second Cleaver Gosar Lewis (GA) committee, would improve the process for electronic vote will be conducted as a Clyburn Gottheimer Lewis (MN) 5-minute vote. Coffman Gowdy Lieu, Ted banks subject to the ‘‘living will submis- Cohen Granger Lipinski sions’’ process. Requiring filings no more fre- f Cole Graves (GA) LoBiondo quently than every two years and timely Collins (GA) Graves (LA) Loebsack regulator feedback on the submissions would PROTECTING YOUNG VICTIMS Collins (NY) Graves (MO) Lofgren make the resolution planning process more FROM SEXUAL ABUSE AND SAFE Comer Green, Al Long efficient, while still supporting regulators’ SPORT AUTHORIZATION ACT OF Comstock Green, Gene Loudermilk ability to deal with a failed institution. Conaway Griffith Love 2017 Connolly Grijalva Lowenthal H.R. 4292 passed the House Financial Serv- Cook Grothman Lowey ices Committee on November 15, 2017 by a The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Cooper Guthrie Lucas unanimous vote of 60–0. finished business is the vote on the mo- Correa Hanabusa Luetkemeyer This is a commonsense piece of legislation tion to suspend the rules and pass the Costa Handel Lujan Grisham, that provides needed reforms. We urge the bill (S. 534) to prevent the sexual abuse Costello (PA) Harper M.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:19 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A29JA7.034 H29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE January 29, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H653 Luja´ n, Ben Ray Poe (TX) Smith (NJ) ESTABLISHING REQUIREMENTS Kelly (MS) Murphy (FL) Sensenbrenner Lynch Poliquin Smith (TX) FOR USE OF DRIVER’S LICENSE Kelly (PA) Nadler Serrano MacArthur Polis Smith (WA) Khanna Napolitano Sessions Maloney, Posey Smucker OR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION Kihuen Neal Sewell (AL) Carolyn B. Price (NC) Soto CARD FOR OPENING AN AC- Kildee Newhouse Shea-Porter Maloney, Sean Quigley Speier COUNT OR OBTAINING A FINAN- Kilmer Noem Sherman Marchant Raskin Stefanik CIAL PRODUCT OR SERVICE Kind Nolan Shimkus Marino Ratcliffe Stewart King (IA) Norcross Shuster Marshall Reed Stivers The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- King (NY) Norman Simpson Mast Reichert Suozzi Kinzinger Nunes Sinema Matsui Rice (NY) finished business is the vote on the mo- Swalwell (CA) Knight O’Halleran Sires McCarthy Rice (SC) Takano tion to suspend the rules and pass the Krishnamoorthi O’Rourke Slaughter McCaul Richmond Taylor bill (H.R. 1457) to establish require- Kuster (NH) Olson Smith (MO) McCollum Roby Tenney ments for use of a driver’s license or Kustoff (TN) Palazzo Smith (NE) McEachin Roe (TN) Thompson (CA) LaHood Pallone McGovern Rogers (AL) personal identification card by certain Smith (NJ) Thompson (MS) LaMalfa Palmer McHenry Rogers (KY) Smith (TX) Thompson (PA) financial institutions for opening an Lamborn Panetta McKinley Rohrabacher Smith (WA) Thornberry account or obtaining a financial prod- Lance Pascrell McMorris Rokita Smucker Tipton Langevin Paulsen Rodgers Rooney, Francis uct or service, and for other purposes, Soto Titus Larsen (WA) Payne McSally Rooney, Thomas Speier Tonko as amended, on which the yeas and Meadows J. Larson (CT) Pearce Stefanik Torres nays were ordered. Meehan Ros-Lehtinen Latta Pelosi Stewart Trott Meeks Rosen The Clerk read the title of the bill. Lawrence Perlmutter Stivers Tsongas Meng Roskam The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Lawson (FL) Perry Suozzi Upton Messer Ross Lee Peters Swalwell (CA) Valadao question is on the motion offered by Mitchell Rothfus Levin Peterson Takano Vargas the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. TIP- Moolenaar Rouzer Lewis (GA) Pingree Taylor Veasey Mooney (WV) Roybal-Allard TON) that the House suspend the rules Lewis (MN) Pittenger Tenney Moore Royce (CA) Vela Lieu, Ted Poe (TX) ´ and pass the bill, as amended. Thompson (CA) Moulton Ruiz Velazquez Lipinski Poliquin Visclosky This is a 5-minute vote. Thompson (MS) Mullin Ruppersberger LoBiondo Polis Thompson (PA) Wagner The vote was taken by electronic de- Loebsack Posey Murphy (FL) Rush Thornberry Walberg Lofgren Price (NC) Nadler Rutherford vice, and there were—yeas 397, nays 8, Tipton Walden Long Quigley Napolitano Ryan (OH) not voting 25, as follows: Titus Neal Sa´ nchez Walker Loudermilk Raskin Tonko Newhouse Sarbanes Walorski [Roll No. 46] Love Ratcliffe Torres Noem Scalise Walters, Mimi Lowenthal Reed YEAS—397 Trott Nolan Schakowsky Walz Lowey Reichert Tsongas Norcross Schiff Wasserman Abraham Cole Frankel (FL) Lucas Rice (NY) Upton Norman Schneider Schultz Adams Collins (GA) Frelinghuysen Luetkemeyer Rice (SC) Valadao Nunes Schrader Waters, Maxine Aderholt Collins (NY) Fudge Lujan Grisham, Richmond Vargas O’Halleran Schweikert Watson Coleman Aguilar Comer Gabbard M. Roby Veasey O’Rourke Scott (VA) Weber (TX) Allen Comstock Gaetz Luja´ n, Ben Ray Roe (TN) Amodei Conaway Gallagher Vela Olson Scott, Austin Webster (FL) Lynch Rogers (AL) Arrington Connolly Garamendi ´ Palazzo Scott, David Welch MacArthur Rogers (KY) Velazquez Babin Cook Garrett Pallone Sensenbrenner Wenstrup Maloney, Rohrabacher Visclosky Bacon Cooper Gianforte Palmer Serrano Westerman Carolyn B. Rokita Wagner Banks (IN) Correa Gibbs Panetta Sessions Williams Maloney, Sean Rooney, Francis Walberg Barletta Costa Gohmert Pascrell Sewell (AL) Wilson (FL) Marchant Rooney, Thomas Walden Barr Costello (PA) Gomez Paulsen Shea-Porter Wilson (SC) Marino J. Walker Barraga´ n Cramer Gonzalez (TX) Payne Sherman Wittman Marshall Ros-Lehtinen Walorski Beatty Crawford Goodlatte Pearce Shimkus Womack Mast Rosen Walters, Mimi Bera Crist Gosar Pelosi Shuster Woodall Matsui Roskam Walz Bergman Crowley Gottheimer Perlmutter Simpson Yarmuth McCarthy Ross Wasserman Beyer Cuellar Gowdy Perry Sinema Yoder Rothfus Schultz Biggs Culberson Granger McCaul Peters Sires Yoho McCollum Rouzer Waters, Maxine Peterson Slaughter Young (AK) Bilirakis Curtis Graves (GA) Watson Coleman Bishop (GA) Davidson Graves (LA) McEachin Roybal-Allard Pingree Smith (MO) Young (IA) McGovern Royce (CA) Weber (TX) Pittenger Smith (NE) Zeldin Bishop (MI) Davis (CA) Graves (MO) Webster (FL) Bishop (UT) Davis, Danny Green, Al McHenry Ruiz Welch Blum Davis, Rodney Green, Gene McKinley Ruppersberger NAYS—3 Wenstrup Blunt Rochester DeFazio Grijalva McMorris Rush Westerman Amash Massie Sanford Bonamici DeGette Guthrie Rodgers Rutherford Williams Bost Delaney Hanabusa McSally Ryan (OH) Wilson (FL) NOT VOTING—21 Boyle, Brendan DeLauro Handel Meadows Sa´ nchez F. DelBene Harper Meehan Sarbanes Wilson (SC) Barton DesJarlais Kennedy Brady (PA) Demings Harris Meeks Scalise Wittman Bass Estes (KS) McClintock Brady (TX) Denham Hartzler Meng Schakowsky Womack Blumenauer Gallego McNerney Brat Dent Hastings Messer Schiff Woodall Ca´ rdenas Gutie´rrez Pocan Bridenstine DeSantis Hensarling Mitchell Schneider Yarmuth Courtney Jenkins (KS) Renacci Brooks (AL) DeSaulnier Herrera Beutler Moolenaar Schrader Yoder Cummings Johnson, E. B. Russell Brooks (IN) Deutch Hice, Jody B. Mooney (WV) Schweikert Yoho Curbelo (FL) Kelly (IL) Turner Brown (MD) Diaz-Balart Higgins (LA) Moore Scott (VA) Young (AK) Buchanan Dingell Higgins (NY) Moulton Scott, Austin Young (IA) b 1857 Buck Doggett Hill Mullin Scott, David Zeldin Bucshon Donovan Himes Budd Doyle, Michael Holding NAYS—8 Mr. SANFORD changed his vote from Bustos F. Hollingsworth Amash Griffith Massie ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Butterfield Duffy Hoyer Black Grothman Sanford Byrne Duncan (SC) Hudson Burgess Labrador Mr. PAYNE changed his vote from Calvert Duncan (TN) Huffman ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ Capuano Dunn Huizenga Carbajal Ellison Hultgren NOT VOTING—25 So (two-thirds being in the affirma- Carson (IN) Emmer Hunter Barton Curbelo (FL) Kennedy tive) the rules were suspended and the Carter (GA) Engel Hurd Bass DesJarlais McClintock bill, as amended, was passed. Carter (TX) Eshoo Jackson Lee Blackburn Gallego McNerney Cartwright Espaillat Jayapal Blumenauer Gutie´rrez Pocan The result of the vote was announced Castor (FL) Estes (KS) Jeffries Brownley (CA) Heck Renacci Chabot Esty (CT) Jenkins (WV) Ca´ rdenas Issa Russell as above recorded. Cheney Evans Johnson (GA) Castro (TX) Jenkins (KS) Turner A motion to reconsider was laid on Chu, Judy Farenthold Johnson (LA) Courtney Johnson, E. B. Cicilline Faso Johnson (OH) Cummings Kelly (IL) the table. Clark (MA) Ferguson Johnson, Sam Stated for: Clarke (NY) Fitzpatrick Jones ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Clay Fleischmann Jordan Mr. ESTES of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I was Cleaver Flores Joyce (OH) The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Clyburn Fortenberry Kaptur unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I Coffman Foster Katko the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall No. 45. Cohen Foxx Keating ing.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A29JA7.020 H29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H654 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 29, 2018 b 1906 There was no objection. When we created the Advocate’s Of- So (two-thirds being in the affirma- Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield fice in 2016, we specifically charged it tive) the rules were suspended and the myself such time as I may consume. with looking into the unique chal- bill, as amended, was passed. Mr. Speaker, small businesses across lenges facing minority- and women- The result of the vote was announced the country are especially vulnerable owned small businesses. My bill re- as above recorded. to natural disasters. Recent natural quires the advocate to now also con- A motion to reconsider was laid on disasters like Hurricane Harvey in sider the unique challenges that small the table. Texas and the wildfires in California businesses affected by hurricanes or have left small businesses torn apart in other natural disasters have with se- f their wake. curing access to credit and work to ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Nationally, there has been a survey promote their interests. PRO TEMPORE of 500 small businesses. In 2015, they I developed this legislation because, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- found that 75 percent of small busi- as ranking member of the House Small ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair nesses do not develop plans to be able Business Committee, I understand that will postpone further proceedings to prepare for disasters. This means small businesses are the lifeblood of today on the additional motion to sus- that small businesses are nationally many communities around the coun- pend the rules on which a recorded vote unprepared for natural disasters and try, and I have witnessed firsthand the or the yeas and nays are ordered, or if are likely to experience a fair amount terrible impact hurricanes and other the vote is objected to under clause 6 of of difficulty in reopening their doors, a natural disasters can have on the eco- rule XX. concerning economic challenge in the nomic outlook for small businesses. Any record vote on the postponed aftermath of an already challenging For example, in 2012, Superstorm question will be taken later. time. Sandy ripped through the tristate area Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ’s bill, the Small Busi- and decimated many communities f ness Access to Capital After a Natural along the New Jersey and New York SMALL BUSINESS ACCESS TO CAP- Disaster Act, would help alleviate some coasts. Toms River, New Jersey, was ITAL AFTER A NATURAL DIS- of these challenges by requiring the Se- considered ground zero for the storm. ASTER ACT curities and Exchange Commission’s Half a decade later, the Greater Toms Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I move to Advocate for Small Business Capital River Chamber of Commerce reports suspend the rules and pass the bill Formation to identify any unique chal- that the small businesses in that com- (H.R. 4792) to amend the Securities Ex- lenges in securing access to capital for munity are still trying to recover at a change Act of 1934 to expand access to small businesses that have been af- cost of $600 million in lost ratables, capital for small businesses affected by fected by hurricanes or natural disas- even at this point. hurricanes or other natural disasters, ters. For small businesses in Puerto Rico and for other purposes. As a former small-business owner and and the Virgin Islands trying to re- The Clerk read the title of the bill. co-chair of the Small Business Caucus, cover from the effects of Hurricane The text of the bill is as follows: I know firsthand the positive economic Maria, the situation is much worse. impact a small business can have on re- b 1915 H.R. 4792 gional and local economies that they Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- serve. In the wake of a natural dis- 2017 was the costliest year on record resentatives of the United States of America in aster, small businesses that reopen and for weather and climate disasters in Congress assembled, rebuild can have a major impact on the United States, and the effects of SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. helping the local economy recover. Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rico’s This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Busi- Mr. Speaker, as the small business small businesses are unprecedented. ness Access to Capital After a Natural Dis- Nelson Ramirez, the president of the aster Act’’. advocate is already involved in com- Centro Unido de Detallistas, a small SEC. 2. EXPANDING ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR municating with small businesses, re- SMALL BUSINESSES IMPACTED BY A quiring the SEC to study issues with business advocacy group in San Juan, NATURAL DISASTER. access to capital after a natural dis- estimates two-thirds of the island’s Section 4 of the Securities Exchange Act of aster and report annually on its finding roughly 45,000 small and midsize busi- 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78d) is amended— is common sense. nesses have closed at least tempo- (1) in subsection (j)(4)(C), by striking ‘‘mi- Mr. Speaker, I commend Ms. rarily, and as many as 10,000 will never nority-owned and women-owned small busi- VELA´ ZQUEZ for taking the initiative on reopen. nesses’’ and inserting ‘‘minority-owned small Small and midsized businesses rep- businesses, women-owned small businesses, this important issue, and I encourage and small businesses affected by hurricanes my colleagues to support her legisla- resent 90 percent of the private compa- or other natural disasters’’; and tion. nies on the island and about one-third (2) in subsection (j)(6)(B)(iii), by striking Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of of the workforce. In October, the Puer- ‘‘minority-owned and women-owned small my time. to Rican Retail Trade Association re- businesses’’ and inserting ‘‘minority-owned Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I vealed that a study conducted by small businesses, women-owned small busi- yield myself such time as I may con- economists estimated that the island’s nesses, and small businesses affected by hur- sume. small business sector will lose $8.9 bil- ricanes or other natural disasters’’. Mr. Speaker, I want to start off by lion in a period of 6 months due to a The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- thanking both Chairman HENSARLING lack of electricity on the island. ant to the rule, the gentleman from and Ranking Member WATERS for But while the situation in Puerto Colorado (Mr. TIPTON) and the gentle- working with me on this legislation Rico is unprecedented, this legislation woman from New York (Ms. and moving it onto the floor. This has is about more than just Puerto Rico or VELA´ ZQUEZ) each will control 20 min- truly been a bipartisan effort. the Virgin Islands. This legislation will utes. My bill, H.R. 4792, the Small Business serve to drive capital to other areas of The Chair recognizes the gentleman Access to Capital After a Natural Dis- our Nation impacted by hurricanes and from Colorado. aster Act, is simple and straight- other natural disasters this past season GENERAL LEAVE forward. including Texas; Florida; the U.S. Vir- Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask One of the most important functions gin Islands; and California, which is unanimous consent that all Members of the SEC’s Office of the Advocate for facing the effects of devastating may have 5 legislative days within Small Business Capital Formation is to wildfires and mudslides. which to revise and extend their re- develop proposals and recommend Ninety-nine percent of the companies marks and include extraneous material changes to Congress that will promote in Houston are considered small busi- on this bill. the interests of small businesses and nesses, and most of them do not have The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there their investors, mitigate their prob- the same economic resources as the objection to the request of the gen- lems, and help them secure access to State’s massive oil and medical indus- tleman from Colorado? credit. tries. As a result, these businesses face

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K29JA7.044 H29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE January 29, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H655 a long and expensive road to recovery. We pray for the survivors who are Mr. Speaker, by caring for the most This legislation seeks to shorten that continuing to recover from their inju- vulnerable members of our society, the distance for those businesses as well. ries, and we remember Preston Cope local Red Cross chapter has become a FEMA estimates that nearly 40 per- and Bailey Holt, whose young lives cornerstone of our south Florida com- cent of small businesses never reopen were cut tragically short, as well as munity. So today I would like to con- after a disaster. Therefore, developing their families and friends left behind. gratulate all of the staff and the volun- strategies to drive private capital to a Mr. Speaker, please rise and join me teers of the South Florida Red Cross community’s small business is one of in a moment of silence to honor Pres- for a century of dedication of service the most efficient uses of private sec- ton and Bailey. and of excellence. Thank you for serving as stewards of tor capital and one of the most effec- f tive ways we in the Federal Govern- the Red Cross legacy and for con- PROTECT THE INDEPENDENCE ment can help an area recover. tinuing to provide compassionate care Nearly 4 months after Hurricane AND INTEGRITY OF SPECIAL to all who need it. Maria, the Puerto Rican economy is at COUNSEL MUELLER’S INVES- Congratulations to all. a near standstill and thousands of the TIGATION f island’s small businesses are teetering (Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI asked and HONORING THE MEMORY OF towards insolvency. The businesses in was given permission to address the JAMES ‘‘JIM’’ CARNEY House for 1 minute and to revise and southeast Texas, Florida, the Virgin Is- (Mr. SCHNEIDER asked and was extend his remarks.) lands, and California face tough situa- given permission to address the House Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speak- tions as well, and we must do all that for 1 minute and to revise and extend er, since before his inauguration last we can to help them recover. his remarks.) Mr. Speaker, I again want to thank year, President Trump, his administra- Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, I rise Chairman HENSARLING and Ranking tion, and its allies have tested the today to honor James ‘‘Jim’’ Carney Member WATERS for working with me independence and credibility of the for his selfless service to residents of on this important legislation, which FBI. the 10th District as a firefighter in our passed our committee earlier this Since the appointment of Special communities for more than 2 decades. month on a wide bipartisan basis, 57–0. Counsel Mueller, we have seen these ef- Sadly, Jim passed away last month I also want to thank Representatives forts grow into an apparent attempt to after a heroic 31⁄2-year battle with can- GREEN, SINEMA, and PLASKETT for co- stymie Special Counsel Mueller’s in- cer. Jim was a native of the 10th Dis- sponsoring this legislation with me. vestigation and protect the administra- trict, born in Waukegan, grew up in Mr. Speaker, I urge Members to vote tion from potentially being held ac- Wadsworth, and attended Warren ‘‘yes’’ and I yield back the balance of countable. Township High School. my time. We have seen several pressure tactics After studying at Columbia Southern Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield employed from the firing of former FBI University, Jim returned home to serve back the balance of my time. Director Comey, the ongoing investiga- as an on-call member of the Newport The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. tion into the FBI’s investigation of Hil- Township Fire Protection District in RUTHERFORD). The question is on the lary Clinton’s emails, and most re- Wadsworth and received his paramedic motion offered by the gentleman from cently, reports of the President’s at- license. Later, in 2000, he joined the Colorado (Mr. TIPTON) that the House tempt to fire Special Counsel Mueller Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protec- suspend the rules and pass the bill, himself. tion District and eventually earned the H.R. 4792. This is a clear sign that Congress rank of lieutenant. The question was taken; and (two- must act to protect the independence Jim was both respected and beloved thirds being in the affirmative) the and integrity of the special counsel’s by his fellow firefighters. They remem- rules were suspended and the bill was investigation. I urge my colleagues ber him for his calm under pressure passed. from both sides of the aisle to come to- and for the welcome he extended to the A motion to reconsider was laid on gether in protecting the special counsel new members of the department. the table. from baseless termination and ensuring ‘‘Jim was the kindest person you could ever meet, and he showed every- f that his investigation can follow the facts wherever they may lead. one respect,’’ recalled his close friend MOMENT OF SILENCE HONORING and colleague, Steve Shetsky, in the MARSHALL COUNTY HIGH f Lincolnshire Review. SCHOOL SHOOTING VICTIMS CELEBRATING 100TH ANNIVER- Jim’s memory is one of willingness (Mr. COMER asked and was given SARY OF SOUTH FLORIDA RED to put his own life in danger to save permission to address the House for 1 CROSS those of his neighbors, and our commu- minute.) (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was nities are incredibly grateful for his Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, last Tues- given permission to address the House service. Mr. Speaker, I offer my most sincere day, January 23, at 7:57 a.m., shots for 1 minute and to revise and extend condolences to Jim’s wife, Janelle; to erupted through the commons area of her remarks.) his children, Peyton and Brett; and to Marshall County High School in Ben- Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I many family, friends, and colleagues ton, Kentucky, taking the lives of two rise tonight to celebrate the 100th an- who mourn his loss. students and wounding many others. niversary of the Red Cross South Flor- The school is the cornerstone of life ida. f and activity, and the incomprehensible The Red Cross opened its first south HONORING THE LIFE OF JOHNNY events of last week have shaken the Florida chapter in 1918 in order to meet NELSON community to its core. In the after- the demands of World War I. In the (Mr. OLSON asked and was given per- math of the devastation, a vast net- century since, its wonderful volunteers mission to address the House for 1 work of spirited, compassionate stu- and trained personnel have valiantly minute and to revise and extend his re- dents and alumni have united to sup- responded to our most critical needs marks.) port and further strengthen the tight- during national disasters and other ca- Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, last week, knit, resilient community of Marshall tastrophes. God called home a true icon of Katy, County. While this organization has signifi- Texas: Johnny Nelson. As students and faculty attempt to cantly grown and expanded into five Katy was a little rice farming town return to some semblance of normalcy chapters, it still has remained true to when I moved there in 1972, to south- this week, I am joined by my col- its core mission, which is to be a vital east Texas. It was forever changed by leagues from the Kentucky delegation source of relief for disaster victims Johnny. He served as our mayor from to express our gratitude for the edu- while helping to prevent, to prepare 1983 to 1987, and as our senior adminis- cators and first responders who acted for, and to respond to emergencies trator from 1994 to 2014. Those were bravely and efficiently. across 13 counties. glorious years for Katy, Texas.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K29JA7.047 H29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H656 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 29, 2018 He was the force behind the Katy in the Super Bowl. I look forward to a long history of producing innovators. Mills Mall and the Katy Heritage Mu- seeing Minnetonka represented on the Walter Chrysler, Amelia Earhart, seum. A true Texan, Johnny was a rice field this Sunday. Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Bob Dole farmer and a cattleman, and we all Good luck, Beau. are just a few of the many Kansans who loved his trademark cigar and cowboy f helped shape our Nation and advance hat. our society. b 1930 Mr. Speaker, I will close by para- As I travel through my district and phrasing another Texas icon, Bum COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER the State, I see the economic hardships Phillips, the coach of the Houston Oil- FUNDING our farmers and producers face, but I ers, who said: ‘‘Johnny Nelson may not (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given also see optimism and hope. I am proud be in a class by himself, but whatever permission to address the House for 1 to celebrate my home State today and class he’s in, it don’t take long to call minute and to revise and extend her re- every day as I represent the people of the roll.’’ marks.) the big First District of Kansas. Thank you, Johnny. Welcome home. Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise to f f call out our Republican colleagues for CONGRATULATING RASUL DOUG- HONORING THE LIFE OF SANDY still having left community health cen- LAS ON MAKING IT TO THE CASEY ters falling off a funding cliff for this SUPER BOWL year. (Mr. KIHUEN asked and was given Long-term funding for community (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 health centers expired last September permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his re- 30. These health centers serve more minute and to revise and extend his re- marks.) than 25 million patients in all States in marks.) Mr. KIHUEN. Mr. Speaker, today I this Union and U.S. territories and em- Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, hard work rise to remember the life of Sandy ploy over 50,000 professionals in the pays off. Rasul Douglas, a graduate of Casey. health field nationwide. East Orange Campus High School in Sandy had a great impact on the stu- In Ohio, more than 85 percent of East Orange, New Jersey, is now a cor- dents and family she worked with as a health center patients fall below 200 nerback for the Philadelphia Eagles. special education teacher at Manhat- percent of the poverty line—the poor- This Sunday he will play in the Super tan Beach Middle School. She was pas- est of the poor. In 2015, Ohio health Bowl. sionate about her work and was com- centers served over 600,000 patients— Rasul is one of seven siblings raised mitted to continuing her own learning. over half a million. by his grandmother. He spent his first Sandy would take on new projects that Don’t our Republican colleagues un- 2 years of college at Nassau Commu- came her way, and she was devoted to derstand an ounce of prevention is nity College where he trekked 50 miles all of her students. worth a pound of cure? from home to class and practice every Sandy attended Route 91 Harvest Community health centers remain day, slept on the floor, and sometimes Music Festival in Las Vegas with her the Nation’s largest source of primary, went hungry in pursuit of his dream. fiance, Chris, and her friend. She is re- comprehensive care for medically un- Rasul transferred to West Virginia membered by her community as a fun- derserved populations. They are funda- University and was then selected by loving, free spirit who was a compas- mental to life in our communities and the Eagles in the third round of the sionate and loyal friend. neighborhoods, whether they be urban, 2017 NFL draft. Mr. Speaker, I would like to extend rural, or small town. Mr. Speaker, Rasul Douglas’ success my condolences to Sandy Casey’s fam- In 2015, America celebrated 50 years is a testament to how far a good work ily and friends. Please know that the of the success of community health ethic can take you. Rasul is a shining city of Las Vegas, the State of Nevada, centers. This Congress and its Repub- star for young people in my district. and the whole country grieve with you. lican majority should not continue to Even a Giants fan like me can recog- f let our constituents down who rely so nize talent like his. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to wish CONGRATULATING BEAU ALLEN heavily upon these health centers in life-and-death situations. Rasul and the Eagles good luck in this (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given f weekend’s Super Bowl. permission to address the House for 1 f minute and to revise and extend his re- KANSAS DAY TAX REFORM marks.) (Mr. MARSHALL asked and was Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, I want given permission to address the House (Mr. BIGGS asked and was given per- to congratulate Beau Allen, a for 1 minute.) mission to address the House for 1 Minnetonka High School graduate and Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise minute and to revise and extend his re- defensive tackle for the Philadelphia today to celebrate Kansas Day, a rec- marks.) Eagles, who is now on his way to play ognition of my home State’s 157 years Mr. BIGGS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to- in the Super Bowl after a strong per- of statehood. night to talk about the most aggres- formance in the NFC Championship Kansas was accepted into the Union sively progrowth tax reform package Game just a week ago. as a free State in 1861. Kansans remain passed since the Reagan administra- Beau graduated from Minnetonka resilient, and we work hard to meet the tion. High School in 2010, and he is the only challenges of today; after all, our State Each day, we learn about a new busi- Minnetonka student in history to start motto, ‘‘Ad astra per aspera,’’ means to ness giving a substantial bonus to its all 4 years. After graduating, he went the stars through difficulties. employees, increasing wages, or rein- on to play for Wisconsin and didn’t The Sunflower State has long been vesting into their communities because miss a game in his 4 years on that known for its wheat product, but today of tax reform. Today, ExxonMobil an- team. And then, in 2014, Beau was a our agriculture industry is more di- nounced that they would invest an ad- seventh-round NFL pick and joined the verse than ever. Kansas is home to the ditional $50 billion in the United States Philadelphia Eagles. fastest growing dairy herd and is sec- due to this law. Many Arizonans are He is a key member of the team’s de- ond in the Nation in the number of cat- seeing the benefits from businesses fensive line rotation. The Eagles’ de- tle and calves. such as Boeing, Waste Management, fense is now ranked first against the From the farms to our universities, and Arizona Public Service, just to run, the fourth in the points allowed, Kansas is leading the charge on re- name a few. and fourth overall. search and innovation in agriculture, According to Americans for Tax Re- As a Vikings fan, I was crushed that biosecurity, aviation, medicine, and form: ‘‘At least 3 million Americans our season ended the way that it did, basketball. are receiving special tax reform bo- but it is exciting to see someone from Mr. Speaker, the proof is in the pud- nuses.’’ These successes are taking our community now being able to play ding. Kansans are leaders, and we have place long before tax reform has even

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I am proud and those receiving IV infusions and checks. to honor him and his life in this Cham- tube feeding, whom I have had the Mr. Speaker, tax reform has placed ber, and I ask you to join me in keep- honor of working with on this cause. us on the right course to keep our ing his wife, Casey; and young son, Kanga Roof views their annual Holi- booming economy humming at a good Crew, in your thoughts and prayers. day Roof Giveaway as a way of giving clip and sets the trajectory for even f back to our community and making more significant growth in the future. our community stronger. I would like I predict a very prosperous new year. MOURNING THE LOSS OF PAUL to commend them on their commit- BOOTH f ment to our community and to encour- (Mr. ELLISON asked and was given age all of our constituents to follow STANDING FOR THE PRINCIPLES permission to address the House for 1 Kanga Roof’s lead by being good neigh- OF DEMOCRACY minute.) bors and giving back to our commu- (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Speaker, I come nity. given permission to address the House before this body today with a heavy f for 1 minute.) heart. A dear friend of mine, Mr. PAUL WITHDRAWAL OF APPOINTMENT Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, Booth, we lost him 12 days ago to leu- OF INDIVIDUAL TO CONGRES- just a couple of hours ago, the Repub- kemia. Mr. Booth was a man who dedi- SIONAL AWARD BOARD licans on the Permanent Select Com- cated his life to the simple idea of fair- mittee on Intelligence voted to release ness—fairness for workers, fairness in The SPEAKER pro tempore. The the Nunes report. At the same time, all aspects of life. Chair announces the Speaker’s with- they voted not to allow the rebuttal of- Paul Booth was a leading adviser to drawal of the appointment of the fol- fered by the Democrats to be released. nearly every union president over the lowing individual to the Congressional All I can say, Mr. Speaker, as a Mem- last several years at the American Fed- Award Board on January 25, 2018: ber who has been through impeach- eration of State, County and Municipal Mr. Steve Hart, Washington, D.C. ment of the Federal judiciary and a Employees. He also worked hard to lift f President, not one time did I see any up dignity in all aspects of his life. RELEASE THE FOUR-PAGE MEMO sidetrack opportunities or efforts to He was a student organizer and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under dismantle that ongoing investigation. brought attention to the folly of the We are not in an impeachment pro- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- U.S. involvement in the Vietnam war, ceeding. We have a special counsel that uary 3, 2017, the gentleman from Flor- and he had been active in making is attempting to provide for the Amer- ida (Mr. GAETZ) is recognized for 60 Americans’ lives better his entire life. ican people a detailed and thoughtful minutes as the designee of the major- He understood the very simple idea investigation. ity leader. that working people have dignity and Why the rule of law has been so oblit- Mr. GAETZ. Mr. Speaker, I come to that they must be treated to reflect erated by our Republican friends and the House this evening with several of that dignity by their government. He the idea of democracy and the protec- my colleagues principally to thank Ju- also understood that the linkage be- tion of the institutions of this Nation diciary Committee Chairman BOB tween hard work and prosperity should have been undermined, I am shocked. GOODLATTE, Oversight and Government The American people are not clam- always be close and tight. He recog- Reform Committee Chairman TREY oring for the destruction of the FBI, nized that, in our country today, you GOWDY, and Permanent Select Com- nor are they clamoring for the destruc- can work very hard and still only make mittee on Intelligence Chairman DEVIN tion and undermining of Special Coun- it. That is why he was one of the first NUNES for their tireless pursuit of the sel Mueller’s report. people to work for a living wage policy truth. Let us stand for the principles of de- in this country. He was fighting for a There is a four-page memo. I have mocracy and the Constitution. This living wage before it was popular. read it. Over 190 of my Republican col- kind of undermining is dastardly and Paul Booth also happened to have a leagues have read it. Some Democrats embarrassing. marvelous partner. Her name is Heath- have read it, and some have boycotted er Booth, and everybody knows Heath- f reading it. It details circumstances er. that are deeply troubling to me and HONORING THE LIFE OF TIM But I just want to say, when people that I believe will be deeply troubling NELSON who make a life of service pass from to many Americans. (Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois this life, it is important that we recog- This memo encapsulates an entire asked and was given permission to ad- nize the tremendous debt we owe them. year of work by these committees and dress the House for 1 minute and to re- I want to thank Paul and Heather by these committee chairmen, and vise and extend his remarks.) Booth for their mentorship of me and they are to be commended for the ex- Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. for their service to our country. cellent job that they have done, for the Speaker, I rise today to honor the life f professionalism that they have under- of Tim Nelson, a beloved father, hus- RECOGNIZING KANGA ROOF IN taken, and for the stunning facts that band, community leader, and football BUCKS COUNTY they have uncovered that will soon be coach who passed away on January 16, available for the American people. after a courageous battle against (Mr. FITZPATRICK asked and was I will have more to say on this colorectal cancer since 2013. given permission to address the House throughout the hour, Mr. Speaker, but Despite spending weeks receiving for 1 minute.) first I yield to one of my colleagues in treatment in the hospital and going in Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I the Congress who was one of the first and out of remission, Tim’s resolve and rise today to recognize a company in and loudest voices calling for trans- bravery in his battle against this dis- my district that is making a huge im- parency at the highest levels and to ease never wavered. pact by giving back to our community. the maximum extent possible. The support he and his family re- Kanga Roof, a company that has been Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman ceived in the Metro East and the River providing roofing in the Bucks County from New York (Mr. ZELDIN). Bend never wavered either. A member area for over 30 years, celebrated its Mr. ZELDIN. Mr. Speaker, I thank of the Calhoun High School’s 1992 State 10th Holiday Roof Giveaway this past Mr. GAETZ for organizing this impor- championship football team, Tim December. tant Special Order and all my col- served as head football coach at Mar- Every year for the past 10 years, leagues for coming to the House floor quette Catholic High School in Alton Kanga Roof has held a contest to pro- tonight encouraging the President of and Dupo High School before returning vide a new roof to a deserving family in the United States now to certify the to his home school, Calhoun High our community. This year, they se- release of this memo to the American School, as an assistant in 2013. lected my constituent, Bettemarie public.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K29JA7.052 H29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H658 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 29, 2018 The American public is a lot smarter mittee for their work to restore faith I am stunned at the previous admin- than a whole lot of other people give with the American people. istration’s underhanded surveillance them credit for. Present them with the As a former Army intelligence officer methods and misuse of power at the facts and the truth, and they can form and JAG officer myself, I understand highest levels of the FBI and Depart- their own independent judgment as to the importance of giving our intel- ment of Justice. This should never what transpired. That was the first ligence agencies the critical tools they have been permitted to happen. thought that came to my mind when I need to protect our homeland, assist Moreover, all Federal agencies, in- went to the basement a week before our troops on the front lines, and sur- cluding the FBI, should be held to a last—the basement of the House Cap- veil our enemies. However, it is critical high standard and always be held ac- itol—to read this classified memo of that we strike a balance between na- countable for their actions. The issues the House Permanent Select Com- tional security and civil liberty to pre- that the memo raises must be brought mittee on Intelligence, that this memo vent any gross violation of individual to light and dealt with responsibly. should be immediately released to the liberties under the guise of national se- I am pleased that the House Intel- American public so that they have all curity. ligence Committee voted tonight to re- of the facts. Congress has the responsibility of en- lease the memo, but our work does not In addition to releasing the memo, I suring an appropriate balance is end there. We must continually strive believe it is important to be releasing struck, and when it is not, to release for integrity and openness within all relevant material sourced in the information we feel is in the national levels of government. memo. interest and of public importance. Mr. GAETZ. Mr. Speaker, I yield to Now, tonight, the House Permanent Today, Congress took an important the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Select Committee on Intelligence step in making this possible. BIGGS), who serves on the Judiciary voted to publicly release this memo to Americans deserve the truth. To pull Committee. He has worked very hard the American public, and, at the same the wool over the eyes of the American from the very beginning to ascertain time, the House Democrats came to the public insults their intelligence and de- the bases of claims made and is a true committee calling for the declassifica- bases the freedoms and liberties on investigator at heart. tion and public release of their memo. which our government was founded. Mr. BIGGS. Mr. Speaker, I thank my b 1945 Government transparency and account- friend from Florida for leading to- Let me add a little bit more context ability should be neither partisan nor night’s Special Order. It has been an on this memo that the House Demo- divisive. eye-opening year in office for me, and crats came to the floor asking to be re- I would urge my colleagues on either it is an honor to serve with Represent- leased. side of the aisle, especially those who ative GAETZ on the Judiciary Com- They did not allow the voting mem- have voted against its release, to mittee in the pursuit of justice. bers of the House Intelligence Com- evaluate and reflect upon their posi- Exactly 11 nights ago, Mr. Speaker, I mittee to read the memo tonight be- tion and come together united in favor walked into a secure vault, signed one fore voting to declassify and publicly of our belief that the American public of the most detailed nondisclosure doc- release it. is a lot smarter than many give them uments I have ever seen, and viewed Let me repeat that. The House Demo- credit for. Give them the facts, and we ‘‘the memo.’’ Everything I read was crats, led by Ranking Member ADAM have faith they will be able to form what I expected to read. That is what SCHIFF, went to the House Intelligence their own independent conclusions. is outrageous to me. There was not Committee tonight calling for the pub- Now it is up to the President. I would much that I did not expect to find. lic release of their memo, asking for encourage him to release the memo. I I thank Chairman GOODLATTE, Chair- their colleagues to declassify the would also encourage him to release man GOWDY, Chairman NUNES, and memo and to publicly release it imme- relevant material sourced in it. Ameri- members of the House Intelligence diately, without giving them the op- cans have the right know. If we as Committee who have now voted to portunity to read it first. their elected Representatives fail to present that memo to the public. I am I can speak for myself. I haven’t read stand up for them, who will? looking forward to President Trump the memo that the House Democrats The only way forward is to give the shortly declassifying that memo per- offered up tonight. I haven’t been American public more information, not manently. granted any access to read it. I am not less. Release the memo. I have heard people say to me: You aware of any other of my colleagues I thank Congressman MATT GAETZ are eroding trust in government and in who have been able to read it. I can’t for his leadership throughout this en- the finest law enforcement agency in even confirm it exists. tire process and his efforts to make the country, the FBI, with your con- After the committee met, it was fas- sure the American public learns more, tinual attacks. But they don’t under- cinating to watch the minority mem- not less. stand that we are not attacking the bers of the House Intelligence Com- Mr. GAETZ. Mr. Speaker, I thank the FBI. We are seeking clarity, trans- mittee going straight from the hearing gentleman for his persuasive leader- parency, and an understanding of what room to the cameras to give their nar- ship. The gentleman from New York went on under the leadership of the De- rative. At no point did they mention (Mr. ZELDIN) was one of the first to partment of Justice and the FBI in the whatsoever, when they were saying sign letters to members of the House previous administration. To not reveal that they were outraged that the ma- Intelligence Committee, and particu- that to the public is what erodes trust jority members of that committee larly its chairman, expressing the in their government. didn’t vote to publicly release it, at no sense of this body that we supported Nothing in this memo will impair our point did they mention that they never the transparency that the gentleman national security. But if we are to gave them the opportunity to read it spoke of. withhold this memo from the American first. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman people, I believe that, instead, would What you don’t see, at the same from Colorado (Mr. LAMBORN). harm our national security because it time, are the majority members of the Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I thank would harm the integrity of those House Intelligence Committee racing the gentleman for his leadership on agencies, and it would further erode off to all those same cameras to give this issue and for putting this hour to- the trust that Americans have in their their same side of the narrative, the gether. government. members of that House Intelligence Mr. Speaker, I have reviewed the se- The American people deserve to see Committee. cret memo in a secure setting. After the information that I have read, that What we are asking for is the Amer- having reviewed the contents of the Mr. GAETZ has read, and that over 100 ican public to get the facts so that classified memo relating to FISA Members of Congress have read. The they can form the judgment of this abuses, I support its full release to the leadership of Chairman DEVIN NUNES FISA abuse for themselves. public. Americans deserve the truth, has made a tremendous difference, and I, too, applaud the leadership of Mr. and Congress should always strive for this truth will be exposed. I congratu- NUNES and the House Intelligence Com- transparency. late him.

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Yes, litical partisanship on the other side of law enforcement agencies and that lead I am worried about career bureaucrats the aisle. these agencies and these bodies be or elected officials abusing the power Mr. Speaker, I look back and I think trustworthy, follow the law, and not of the government to get information about what the attitude was of Presi- abuse their power for political gain or on their political enemies, like the dent Trump—actually, even before the purpose. King was doing back in the days of the election and shortly after—when I lis- Mr. Speaker, I trust my constituents. Revolutionary War. This is our oppor- tened to him, and he more or less ex- Frankly, in the last week, I met with tunity to make sure that doesn’t hap- pressed this sentiment, which was that, literally hundreds of my constituents. pen in these United States. with Hillary Clinton and her trans- The most common theme talked about Let’s not lose sight of what the issue gressions and the way she had handled was: When will that classified memo be is here, and that is protecting the peo- the classified material and up to the released so I can read it, so I can make ple not only from foreigners who look secret server next to the bathroom up a determination, so I can understand to do us harm, but also from an oppres- in New York in her place, essentially, what has been going on in our govern- sive government that abuses its power the President’s position was that we ment? to spy on American citizens. need to move America forward. We I am so pleased that the House Intel- I am glad this memo is going to come should not be dug deeply into going ligence Committee voted today to an- out. I urge President Trump to prompt- backwards on this or looking back over swer the question. In short order you ly release it and, in fact, go beyond our shoulder. Let’s move forward. The will be able to read this and make up that: look at some of the sources of the public has litigated this in the elec- tion. your own mind. That is why I encour- material in it, determine that we can Now, I think that is where President age President Trump to quickly declas- reveal some of those sources without Trump wanted it to be, but it wasn’t to sify the memo. jeopardizing our ability to gather intel- be because the left could not accept the Again, I thank my colleague, Rep- ligence, and release the source mate- idea that the American people had spo- resentative GAETZ, and all who have rials so we know what people knew ken. They began to manufacture and been working on this issue to make when they made the decision to pursue continue the manufacture this Russian this memo open and transparent for the material covered in this memo. investigation, these allegations that the people. I think this is a great time for this were collusion allegations with the Mr. GAETZ. Mr. Speaker, I thank the country. I think this is our opportunity Russians to try to manipulate an gentleman for his service on the Judi- to remind ourselves that we do have a American election. ciary Committee. right to be safe and secure in our per- I don’t think anybody doubts that Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman sons and papers from a government the Russians made some effort at that, from Texas (Mr. FARENTHOLD), another that may be trying to do more than but all of us doubt that they had any of my colleagues on the Judiciary protect us. impact whatsoever on our election. Committee. Maybe some of these folks in the gov- Those of us, at least on this side of the Mr. FARENTHOLD. Mr. Speaker, I ernment have shifted from what we aisle, have seen zero information and thank the gentleman from Florida; he need to protect America, such as, well, zero evidence that the campaign of has definitely been a leader on this the best way to protect America is to President Trump had any kind of rela- issue. protect ourselves and our jobs and our tionship that went on with the Rus- I have got to tell you that I, too, am political agenda. sians, that promoted it or colluded in happy the Intelligence Committee has That is not what the job of our law any way. But because there needed to agreed to release the memo. When I enforcement and intelligence commu- be some explanation for this phe- was back home in Texas last week, it nity is. It is to protect us from those nomenal Presidential election of Don- was the number one issue people were who want to do us harm, especially for- ald Trump, we had to be drug back into talking to me about. eigners. I want to give them the power this Russian investigation over and I want to take a minute and step to do that, the ability to do that, but I over again. Now, this began within 2 back and do a little bit of a history les- do not want to give them the ability to weeks of the President’s election, after son. affect elections, to go after their polit- about November 8 or so. The Fourth Amendment to our Con- ical enemies, to spy on any one of us Then as that unfolded, Mr. Speaker, stitution arose from some of the abu- because they can. then we saw what was really going on sive practices that were going on in the Human nature is such that, if we give here. We got into about February or Colonies. The King of England would the government too much power, there March of last year. At that point, I send his troops to rifle through peo- are those who will abuse it. So we in said: They are not going to relent on ple’s effects without a warrant. Our Congress have got to keep our eye on this Russian investigation business. Fourth Amendment said we are not the ball at all times and protect the They are going to continue to belabor going to let that happen in these new constitutional rights that our fore- this point. The election has already United States of America. We are going fathers and our Founding Fathers gave been settled and it is not in question, to require the government to get a us and that our men and women in uni- as far as the results of the polls are warrant before they go through peo- form fight for every day that they are concerned. We have a President. Let’s ple’s papers. We are protected from il- in service to this country. honor the President. Let’s honor the legal searches. will of the American people. Let’s re- b 2000 I have been worried since the first spect the decision made at the polls. day I got here in Congress, but in our Mr. GAETZ. Mr. Speaker, I yield to But, instead, the pressure continued effort to protect ourselves—and per- the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. KING), a on and on, allegations complicit with haps out of fear, some of it, perhaps, fellow member of the Judiciary Com- the mainstream media, the fake news, warranted—we are eroding those mittee, another of the first Members of as we have now finally come to know rights. Congress to demand the appointment them, I think, by habit and fact. At So, as this memo comes out, regard- of a second special counsel to look into that point, I said: If they will not let less of what is in it, we need to be look- matters such as this. up, then it is going to be an obligation ing at the process: how we went to a se- Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I to dig and drill deeply into all of the cret court to get permission to get this thank the gentleman from Florida (Mr. things that bring us together, from information, how that information was GAETZ) for yielding to me. I appreciate Huma Abedin and Anthony Weiner all gathered, what that information was, the gentleman for taking the lead on the way across the board, from Hillary who vetted it, how thoroughly it was this issue back some weeks or months and the sham investigation, the ques- vetted, how the judges reacted, and, ago to bring a resolution to the House tioning of her on July 2, 2016, on and on

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So that says people who work in the FBI and the began to question people from the FBI to me that these assignments of these Department of Justice who are patri- and the people from the Justice De- investigations are either going to over- ots, who go to work every day to pro- partment and, at that time, James lap or there are going to be gaps. When tect us from threats at home and Comey, the Director of the FBI. We put you have nine of them all together, abroad, who really do do a great job in those pieces together. there will be overlapping and there will defense of this country. It is not their Each one of those little incidents be gaps. Where there are overlaps, work that we question; in fact, it is that were testified to kind of stood up there is likely to be some contradic- their work we hope to empower. okay on their own, but when you put tion. When you have circumstances where them together in the string of it had to So the job of the Attorney General is folks at the head shed or the leading be an unbelievable string of coinci- to look at this whole picture and put bureaucrats can rip investigations dences that were presented before the this back together in a way that you away from field offices, can alter the Judiciary Committee and the other can figure out what the contradictions contents of information that is shared committees here on the Hill, it became are, fill in the gaps, investigate the with the American people, it under- clear to us, initiated by Mr. GAETZ, places that haven’t been investigated mines the work that true law enforce- that we need to go much more deeply by the assignments of these various ment members are doing. We want to into this and much more quickly. A committees and the special counsel, highlight and honor that work while, good number of us supported a resolu- and then deliver to the American peo- at the same time, exercising our over- tion to call for special counsel. ple the right kind of view on the jus- sight function to go after the bad con- Now, I support the idea of an addi- tice that needs to come. If there are in- duct and, where we find it systemic, in- tional special counsel to broaden this. I dictments, to make that call for those stitute reforms so that it does not hap- would write the language even more indictments, clearly and unequivo- pen again. broadly than the original resolution. cally, based upon factual evidence. The FBI and the Department of Jus- But we should keep in mind what is That is why I support this memo tice should never be a political weapon going on on this Hill today, that is, being released in the vote of the Select used to go after adversaries. This is an that there are, by my count, at least, Committee on Intelligence today. It is issue where we ought to have more bi- seven different congressional commit- essential that the American people get partisan agreement, Mr. Speaker. tees that are investigating this broad to the truth. They can’t absorb this While I am grateful that the Repub- picture of the subject matter that we truth all in one day. It has to come out licans on the Intelligence Committee are discussing here today. a piece at a time because we are human this evening were able to carry the day On top of that, we have Robert and they are human. in the fight for transparency, I am dis- Mueller’s investigation as a special So I encourage the Attorney General appointed that these issues led to counsel. Additionally, we have an IG to keep his hand on this in the steady party-line votes. investigation going on in the Justice way that he has. I am very confident The reality is that all Americans— Department under Michael Horowitz. that the decisions made on the Select Republican, Democrat, Independent, Michael Horowitz has a good reputa- Committee on Intelligence are the cor- Libertarian, or members of the Whig tion. He has about 450 investigators all rect ones, and I am very confident that Party—have an interest in ensuring together, all of whom are probably not the President will make a decision to that we have systems in place that pro- working on this. I would be surprised if release the memo so the American peo- tect our constitutional rights and lib- they were. So there are seven reports ple can get at the truth. How far the erties. We all have a stake in the ac- from committees that will eventually truth takes us, history will write that tion to ensure that, no matter which come out, Mr. Speaker, and one from book. party wins or loses an election, the po- Robert Mueller that is going to come Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman litical apparatus of intelligence won’t out and one from the IG that is going for putting this all together here this be used to go after enemies or people to come out. evening. we disagree with. This is pretty confusing to try to un- Mr. GAETZ. Mr. Speaker, I thank the I believe this was an opportunity derstand the subject matter that they gentleman from Iowa (Mr. KING) for missed, but it won’t be the last one. I are addressing. It is defined a little bit being a clarion voice for calling this believe that the President is going to differently from committee to com- Congress and this administration to declassify this information within the mittee and from the assigned inves- act in a way that is consistent with the 5-day window allowed to him. When he tigation groups, but I will envision values and the principles of the Amer- does, all Americans will see why Re- this: ican people. publicans have been concerned with the Our Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to how information we have learned. Then the sits there in the Justice Department much time is remaining. opportunity will arise to work to- having, in an honorable way, recused The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- gether, to take these facts, to take himself from the Russian investiga- tleman from Florida has 33 minutes re- what we know, and to liberate our- tion, which keeps his hands off of that. maining. selves from the partisanship of this The recommendation, as I understand Mr. GAETZ. Mr. Speaker, I will not town and to try to make things better that, came from Rod Rosenstein, the take that full allotment of time. I will so that, in the future, you don’t have a acting U.S. Attorney General in the say, though, that it is worth repeating circumstance where one investigation event that Jeff Sessions isn’t there to the great work that Chairman BOB is called a headquarter special and be the Attorney General. That was in GOODLATTE has done in the Judiciary taken away from the Washington field the recommendation, by the testimony Committee; the excellent work that office, as the Hillary Clinton email that I believe I remember, that Jeff TREY GOWDY has done, the chairman of scandal was. Sessions should recuse himself from the Oversight and Government Reform We certainly don’t want cases where the Russian investigation, and that is Committee; and the excellent work people’s family members—familial re- the man who made the appointment of that Chairman DEVIN NUNES has done. lationships, spousal relationships—in- Robert Mueller. Each of these committees has jurisdic- fluence the outcomes of decisions; and So when I look at this whole picture, tion over a different component part of we also don’t want systems in place our Attorney General’s job is a tough the information that is laid out before that allow leaks to the media within one, but it is one I think he can do bet- the American people that has given the apparatus of intelligence to cloud

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Mr. Speaker, cloud the facts, or to cloud the review the staffs of the CBC, Ms. Caren Street, I thank the gentleman for yielding. of our courts. who has worked very closely with my Mr. Speaker, unions empower work- So, again, while I am proud of the staffer, Ms. Seema Ibrahim, who has ers with the freedom to negotiate for a work of the people who have spent a done a remarkable job. fair return on their work and they pro- year investigating these matters, while Our whole team of many Congress- vide a collective voice to advocate for I am confident in the findings of this men from every sector of this country, policies that benefit working people. report, I still remain disappointed that every part of this country, is going to Union workers, including those in we don’t have more unity to ensure come before this House of Representa- the public sector, have more access to that these types of abuses never hap- tives in these next 60 minutes to ex- paid leave, medical and retirement pen again. plain and expose to the American peo- benefits, and higher pay than workers Mr. Speaker, tomorrow, the Presi- ple two important things. who are not unionized. Children of dent of the United States will walk First of all, we want to illustrate our union members experience more up- down the center aisle. He will address deep understanding of the great value ward mobility than children of workers this floor. There might be a few more of the labor unions to this great coun- who are not covered with union con- folks than there are here this evening. try. tracts, and States with higher union I hope that the first thing he does is We also want to expose the great density have stronger workplace pro- hand to the Speaker of the House his threat that is now being faced by our tections. consent and his agreement to allow labor unions. The first group of our There is a long history of unions transparency to rein, to declassify this labor unions that is facing this threat helping the least powerful secure dig- memo, to put it before the American are the public sector unions, most nity on the job. This is the 50th anni- people, and then let’s have a great de- pointedly because in a matter of a few versary of the Memphis sanitation bate about its consequences and about weeks, the Supreme Court will take up workers’ strike in 1968. After two work- the opportunity that it presents to a case, Janus v. AFSCME. ers were crushed in garbage compac- make things better so that these This Janus case is designed to re- tors, the Memphis sanitation workers things never happen again. move what has already been estab- peacefully protested for better pay and Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance lished as the constitutionality of pub- safer working conditions. They sought of my time. lic service unions to be able to man- representation from the American Fed- eration of State, County, and Munic- f date fees and dues for their member- ship, which will be a catastrophic ipal Employees, or AFSCME. They MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE threat to the survival of these unions. marched with placards that simply A message from the Senate by Ms. So we want to explain that. We want to stated: ‘‘I am a man.’’ Byrd, one of its clerks, announced that also share the greatness of this. So this Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., long rec- the Senate has agreed to without is where we are. ognized that the fight for civil rights amendment a concurrent resolution of I want to ask those who are listening was fundamentally linked to economic the House of the following title: over C–SPAN tonight all across this justice and he gave his last public ad- H. Con. Res. 101. Concurrent resolution country to call a neighbor, call a dress before his assassination on behalf providing for a joint session of Congress to friend, tell them to tune in and listen of these workers. receive a message from the President. to these Members of Congress pour out Despite police brutality and the de- f the truth about what is at stake with ployment of 4,000 National Guardsmen, this Janus court case that will be com- the strike was ultimately successful b 2015 ing up before the Supreme Court. and AFSCME negotiated higher wages A THREAT TO LABOR UNIONS The first union that will be dealt and safer conditions. with is AFSCME, but it is far more The unions representing the workers The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under than just AFSCME. It is the public sec- in the public sector continue to em- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- tor unions that will be ruled as to power our workers and communities uary 3, 2017, the gentleman from Geor- whether it is constitutional or not for today. Just this month, when tempera- gia (Mr. DAVID SCOTT) is recognized for them to have dues to be able to play. tures plunged to dangerous lows, the 60 minutes as the designee of the mi- This case comes from an individual, Baltimore Teachers Union fought for nority leader. Mr. Janus, in Illinois who disagreed children who were forced to bundle up GENERAL LEAVE with political endorsements. in coats and hats in their own class- Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. What is important to understand rooms because there was no heat in Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that going forward, Mr. Speaker, is that the their schools. all Members have 5 legislative days to constitutionality has already been Around the country, the SEIU rep- revise and extend their remarks and to upheld. resented hundreds of thousands of include any extraneous material on the On top of that, if there is any union healthcare workers who provide in- subject of this Special Order. member who does not agree with those home healthcare for our Nation’s elder- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there political endorsements, he has a right ly and disabled. In many States, these objection to the request of the gen- to get a financial rebate for that part workers are State employees, and the tleman from Georgia? of the dues that will go to political en- unions play a crucial role in bargaining There was no objection. dorsements. for better wages, better training, and Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. So if Mr. Janus’ concerns have been in advocating for increased Medicaid Speaker, it is with great honor that I dealt with, then why this case? funding so they can deliver services to stand to anchor this special hour be- That is the Achilles’ heel that will the disabled and the elderly. cause this Nation is faced with a very prove the deviousness of what is before Despite the great work these unions serious threat. As a matter of fact, it is us. have done on behalf of working people, a devious threat to the labor unions, Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure they are constantly under attack by our great labor unions that have that I bring on our first speaker. This corporate interests determined to crip- played a most fundamental role in es- gentleman, Representative BOBBY ple the labor movement, and we know tablishing the greatness of the econ- SCOTT, is the ranking member of our why. omy of our great Nation. Education and the Workforce Com- Big corporations and the top 1 per- Mr. Speaker, this evening, first I mittee. On top of that, he is a fierce cent have rigged our economy against want to thank the chairman of the fighter for working families and he is a working people. They have gamed the Congressional Black Caucus, Mr. leader in making sure that labor system, including our tax laws, to re- CEDRIC RICHMOND from Louisiana, for unions will continue to have the rights distribute wealth to a select few. They his great leadership. I appreciate him that they fought so hard for. have starved our economy of invest- giving me this opportunity to anchor Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman ments in education, infrastructure, and this special hour. from Virginia (Mr. SCOTT). housing.

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On Feb- It is very important, as he has men- nities. ruary 26, the Court will hear oral argu- tioned, to note that we are talking Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman ments in Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31, about not just AFSCME, as I said, but from Georgia for leading this caucus in on the question of whether or not to we are talking about nurses unions, this need. overturn 40 years of precedence affirm- educators, the teachers that teach our Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. ing the principle that public employees children, our police, firefighters, every- Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from who choose not to join a union may be one. It is very important that the peo- Illinois (Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS), a leader required to pay a fair share fee to cover ple of this country really get informed and a fighter from the very State the costs of collective bargaining and about this. where Mr. Janus is from. contract enforcement. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. In 1977, the Supreme Court ruled in from Pennsylvania, Representative Speaker, I thank my colleague for an- Abood v. Detroit Board of Education DWIGHT EVANS, who normally anchors choring this session, and all of those that fair share States may authorize this hour and does a great job. who have come to join in it. the payment of fair share fees to sup- Mr. EVANS. Mr. Speaker, I thank I read someplace the other day where port unions’ collective bargaining on the gentleman from the great State of there are three men in this country behalf of employees. The Court found Georgia for introducing me and for this who own as much of the wealth as 50 that the fair share fees are constitu- opportunity to talk about an impor- percent of all the poorest people in this tional under the First Amendment be- tant Supreme Court case, Janus v. country. If it were not for organized cause they support collective bar- AFSCME, Council 31, and the impor- labor, not for unions, and the influ- gaining, not political activities. tance of our unions. ence, millions of individuals who are This practice fosters States’ interests Our unions give us much to celebrate middle class would be working at peon in preventing labor disputes, cures the in our neighborhoods nationwide. wages. Individuals would not be able to free rider problem of employees bene- As we know all too well, this case send their children to college, wouldn’t fiting from union representation while stands to destabilize collective bar- be able to own an automobile or a shifting the costs to their coworkers, gaining rights within the public sector. home. So we can never undermine or and improves the delivery of services This is clearly an attack on freedom not understand the value of organiza- by State and local governments. and liberties of hardworking Ameri- tion. Many of us in this room enjoy the In Janus, the plaintiffs want to over- cans. support of organized labor. You have turn laws in 23 States and the District We are in the business of doing no got to get resources from somewhere. of Columbia that now require public harm. That is what we should be. You have got to get money in order to sector workers who decide not to be All that this case aims to do is take function. members of the union to pay a fair away the rights of the ability of hard- If you cannot match what the big share fee. These workers enjoy all of working Americans to have a strong megabucks individuals can give to the benefits of the union: higher wages, voice in their workplace. That is just maintain control of our society, how do safer workplaces, effective grievance not right. you expect to change it? procedures. Next month, the Supreme Court will hear the oral arguments in this case to So I am simply pleased to join with In these fair share States today, pub- my colleagues and suggest that noth- lic and private employees who do not determine whether fair share fees vio- late the First Amendment rights of ing is more important in the distribu- want to join a union may be required tion and redistribution of the wealth of to pay their fair share for expenses for workers. When it comes to this case, a nega- this country than organized labor. services required by law, not political, tive decision for our unions nationwide Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. but the services required by law to ben- would take us in the wrong direction. Speaker, I am so pleased that the gen- efit all workers. Across the country, more than half of tleman mentioned the important fact Janus seeks to overturn that law and African-American workers and nearly of the fantastic role that labor has allow people to benefit from all of 60 percent of Latino workers are paid played. Without organized labor, there those services without paying their fair less than $15 per hour. Union jobs have would be no middle class in America. share. historically been, and continue to be, a There would be no 40-hour workweek. The challenge to the long-serving path to the middle class for people of Child labor laws would not be on the precedence is the latest move by cor- color, who often face low-wage jobs. books. porate interests to weaponize the First African-American union members The role that organized labor has Amendment against working people. today earn 14.7 percent more and played cannot be communicated better We have seen it before in Citizens Latino workers earn 21.8 percent more than our next speaker, the gentle- United, which used freedom of speech than their nonunion counterparts. In woman from California (Ms. LEE), who in the First Amendment to justify vir- some sections, the difference is even is a legend in standing up and fighting tually unlimited corporate contribu- greater. for working people and labor unions. I tions to political campaigns. African-American women in unions yield to the gentlewoman from Cali- Here in the House of Representatives, earn an average of $21.90 an hour, while fornia (Ms. LEE). we frequently see similar antiunion at- nonunion workers earn $17.04. Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the tacks dedicated to weakening the labor gentleman from Georgia for yielding movement’s ability to function as an b 2030 and for that gracious introduction, but, advocate for working people and as a In addition, there are more than 72 more importantly, for his magnificent counterweight to corporate power. percent of women in unions who have leadership and for constantly looking Whether in the Supreme Court or health insurance, while less than 50 out for working men and women here in Congress, the campaign to percent of nonunion African-American throughout the country. I also thank weaken unions is a campaign to strip women do not. him very much for bringing us together workers of their most basic protec- Our unions are a key road to our this evening to discuss the Supreme tions. This is why it is crucial for Con- growing middle class, especially for Court case, Janus v. AFSCME. gress to defend against any attacks to women and communities of color. Na- Mr. Speaker, as we remember the undermine workers’ freedom to nego- tionwide, our unions continue to be on man and the movement which trans- tiate for better wages and better work- the frontline of fighting for higher pay, formed the soul of America, we must ing conditions. fair wages, safer working conditions, never forget that Dr. Martin Luther

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He Municipal Employees—AFSCME— Speaker, it is so right that the gentle- made a phone call to a man he had met union members went on strike, and Dr. woman from California (Ms. LEE) men- about 10 years earlier. Jim Lawson had King was right there with them, lead- tioned Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., be- just gotten out of prison for refusing to ing and lending his support. cause this year is the 50th anniversary go to Korea. Jim Lawson met Martin In a speech to the sanitation workers of his assassination. And what was he Luther King after he got out of prison. on strike, Dr. King explained why he doing? They both ended up in India, studying was there. He said: ‘‘Now our struggle As you pointed out, he was in Mem- under Gandhi. is for genuine equality, which means phis helping the garbage workers. It Jim Lawson realized that Martin Lu- economic equality. For we know that was Local 1733 that had just got their ther King had started this organization it isn’t enough to integrate lunch charter. And when the threats were out with four others called the Southern counters. What does it profit a man to about him, they wanted him to leave. Christian Leadership Conference, so he be able to eat at an integrated lunch He said: ‘‘No. I don’t know what would called him and said: ‘‘Would you come counter if he doesn’t earn enough happen. We have got some difficult to Memphis? We need you to help with money to buy a hamburger . . . ?’’ days ahead, but I just want to do God’s this sanitation workers’ strike.’’ Now, 50 years after Dr. King’s tragic will.’’ It is little known that when Dr. King assassination after standing up for eco- Mr. Speaker, that is what we are tried to get the SCLC board to vote to nomic justice and fighting to end pov- doing here tonight. come to Memphis, they were not in erty, the Supreme Court is taking up a Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure support. Dr. King struggled around a case that would gut union rights. that I yield to the gentleman from Mis- couple of days by himself, and then let Make no mistake, the Supreme Court souri (Mr. CLEAVER), a dear friend, a everybody know on the board he was case, Janus v. AFSCME, is a political leader in the fight for unions and work- going to go by himself. That, of course, scheme to further endanger the rights ing people who loves this Nation im- changed everybody else’s minds and of working people. This case is yet an- mensely, and who works with me on they joined him in Memphis. We all know what happened to Mar- other attempt by billionaires and cor- the Financial Services Committee. tin Luther King, Jr., when he went to porations to stop working people from Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Speaker, I thank Memphis. He was killed on the balcony joining unions altogether. This case the gentleman from Georgia for yield- of the Lorraine Motel. He sacrificed his will gut the very protections that are ing. He has pulled us together. Those of life for workers, the people who built the fabric of our society, and that is us who have been able to work with him over the years, as I have—13 years this country. our unions. I owe my ‘‘middle classness’’ to my More than 16 million people are rep- on the committee—we appreciate the maternal and my paternal grand- resented by a union, from teachers, gentleman’s work from Georgia’s 13th fathers. Both of them worked for the firefighters, and nurses, to postal District. Southern Pacific Railroad and became workers, and many more. Unions help Mr. Speaker, my colleagues have al- members of a union and earned enough improve lives. They increase wages. ready very eloquently reminded you of the significance, the history, and the money to buy a house. They lift families out of poverty. They In my little town where I was born, benefits of unions. I want to talk to fight for safe working conditions and Waxahachie, Texas, an African Amer- you about the power of unions, the well-deserved benefits. ican owning his own home, not a shan- power to effect change in the work- Unions are especially critical to com- ty? munities of color. For too long, African force. So it inspired his three boys, one of Americans have been locked out of Next month, the U.S. Supreme Court which was my father, to raise his four wage increases because of discrimina- will hear arguments in Janus v. kids in a middle class way. We all went tory practices. But for African Ameri- AFSCME. This will decide whether off to college. We owe that not only to cans who do join unions, they earn 15 workers can receive all the benefits of the ingenuity of my grandfather and percent more than their nonunion a union contract without contributing my parents, but also to the unions. counterparts. African-American any funding in return. We call them So I will support unions as long as I women, in particular, earn an average fair share fees. can. Long after I am out of Congress, I of $22 an hour compared to $17 an hour Unions work because the workers pay intend to support unions because they in a nonunion job, and those wages their fair share, and they all benefit have power to change lives. I am an ex- make a huge difference for families. from what is negotiated. Each worker ample. Plain and simple, unions provide a chooses whether or not to join a union, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. path to the American Dream and the but the union is still required by law to Speaker, I thank Reverend Cleaver for middle class for working people. represent and negotiate on behalf of all his comments. Unfortunately, as union membership of the workers. Some people want to Mr. Speaker, there are 7.1 million has decreased because of attacks on see an end to that, which is why this members of just the public sector working people, income inequality has case is headed to the U.S. Supreme unions. Thirty-four percent of all of risen. From 1973 to 2007, as more States Court. A negative decision could re- the employees in public service belong started forcing working people off of verse a 40-year unanimous precedent to unions, and this Supreme Court case unions, income inequality rose by one- supporting State’s rights. would be devastating to these 7.1 mil- third. That is shameful. Now, I want to say that I believe in lion families. So, Mr. Speaker, the Janus case be- the power of unions. It allows employ- Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure fore the Supreme Court now threatens ees a voice when some of them feel that that I yield to the gentlewoman from the economic security of families all they have been silenced. When they New York (Ms. CLARKE), who serves on across the country. This case will go can’t speak and ask for increased the very influential Energy and Com- against what the American public wages or a safe working environment merce Committee. wants. More than three in five Ameri- for fear of retaliation, the unions Ms. CLARKE of New York. Mr. cans know the importance of labor speak. The unions are their voices and Speaker, I thank my colleague, the unions, yet here we are having to de- they demand fair and reasonable work- gentleman from Georgia, for anchoring fend their very existence. This is out- ing conditions. this very important Special Order this rageous. We saw that power in 1970 during the evening. So we must ensure that working peo- Postal Workers’ strike. Workers had Mr. Speaker, I rise in solidarity with ple, people of color, everyone, continue had enough. And as the gentleman my colleagues in this very important

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That will be the question a few days away beginning in Feb- unions to be paid fair share fees by before the Court. ruary. We must remember people like nonunion members in order to nego- But that is just a very small part of A. Philip Randolph, who was not only a tiate on their behalf. what is really going on. What is really Fair share fees have become increas- union leader, he was a civil rights lead- going on, Mr. Speaker, is that we see er. We can’t forget about E. D. Nixon, ingly significant and important, as the deconstruction of the American unions continue to fight for worker who helped start the Montgomery Bus middle class. The question is: Will Boycott, which led to the beginning of protections in the workplace. America be a land of opportunity; or Now, 40 years later, the Supreme the modern American civil rights will it be a land of stagnation where Court is poised to hear this issue yet movement. And let us not forget our you can work as hard as you want to, again in Janus v. AFSCME. beloved Martin Luther King, whose So what has changed? What has but you are never going to be able to birthday we celebrated a few days ago, changed? make enough to really make it? and who we will recognize the 50th an- Mr. Speaker, I am deeply concerned What is going on here, Mr. Speaker, niversary of his assassination this that this is yet another attempt to put is that the conservative movement in year, died fighting for workers of the big business above working people and our country is trying to break the link American Federation of State, County weaken organized labor as effective between hard work and prosperity as and Municipal Workers, who is one of representatives for the working class. they rifle money and channel it to the the litigants in this case, the Janus I, therefore, ask the Court to be very richest among us, and working case. thoughtful. I ask that they think of the people just have to hope for the best So I want to say, if you care about consequences that will follow by re- and work hard just to get back to work income inequality, if you care about versing this law. I ask the Court not to for whatever they can scrape together. prosperity for working people, you Because at the end of the day, labor be used as pawns by the Republican have got to get on the side of fighting unions have given workers a voice conservatives, millionaires and billion- against this Janus decision. This is which has helped create the great aires, to weaken organized labor and what is going on. American middle class. The lightbulb unions of the 21st century. Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. and the semiconductor are not the If it were not for organized labor, Speaker, I thank Mr. ELLISON for his great inventions of America. They are many of us would not be standing here comments. Well done. representing our constituents today. great inventions, but the greatest in- Mr. Speaker, I yield to the distin- My mother was a member of DC 37, a vention of the United States of Amer- guished gentleman from Texas (Ms. ica is this big, giant middle class which part of AFSCME, and it was through JACKSON LEE). And you talk about a you can work hard and get into. her labor union, her local, that she was fearless fighter, Mr. Speaker, Ms. SHEI- This is what is under threat. This is able to put money aside for my brother LA JACKSON LEE. what we are fighting to uphold tonight. and me to go to college, to make sure Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I that our healthcare was taken care of. Now, Janus is a decision that takes place within the context of other deci- thank the gentleman from Georgia for And here we are in the wealthiest Na- his leadership in galvanizing all of us, tion in the world where millionaires sions. Let us not forget Shelby County, and I thank my colleagues for very elo- and billionaires are lining their pock- a case which attacked our right to quent messages on the floor of the ets with profits, and, at the same time, vote. Let’s not forget Citizens United, House regarding Janus v. AFSCME we have workers who are before the Su- a case which says corporations are peo- Council 31. preme Court just seeking dignity to be ple and they can spend as much money Let me acknowledge Lee Saunders organized through labor and labor on elections as they choose. Let’s not and the AFSCME family, who have unions. forget these tax cuts passed just about This is a time for all Americans to a few weeks ago which rifle money to been champions in fighting for the remember their roots. Organized labor the richest among us and undermine rights of all labor, and that is why we is part of the bedrock of this Nation. It American workers. are on the floor of the House today, be- is my hope that the Supreme Court We are in the middle of a battle over cause we wanted to, in our way as leg- will remember that in their delibera- whether or not the United States will islators, join in this magnificent fight tions. continue to be a place where hard work for constitutional rights of the First Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. pays. That is what this fight is about. Amendment. Speaker, it was so good of the gentle- And that, Mr. Speaker, is what we in- And let me take issue with the 1977 woman to mention the why in all of vite everyone to understand the union Supreme Court case Abood v. Detroit this because, Mr. Speaker, in 1977, 41 difference. If you are Black, being in a Board of Education and turn the years ago, in the Abood v. Detroit union means you are going to make Fourth Amendment back to supporting Board of Education, it was ruled con- more money than other folks. If you those workers who, in fact, want to as- stitutional, and now they want to come are a woman, it will mean the same sociate and participate in unions. back 41 years later and say it is not thing. If you are a veteran, it will Let me also thank my colleague constitutional. That is the big why we mean the same thing. Unions have al- Chairman Richmond of the Congres- are going to get to answer as we move ways done more for the people who are sional Black Caucus for galvanizing us with these great speeches from our in them, and we want to get more peo- as well in this effort. Members from across the country. ple in unions, not fewer. We offered a resolution to honor Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman The attack that we see tonight in the Echol Cole and Robert Walker. On Feb- from Minnesota (Mr. ELLISON), a tire- form of this Janus v. AFSCME is an at- ruary 1, 1968, it will be 50 years that less fighter for working people, who is tack on that union advantage. But these two sanitation workers in Mem- also the vice chairman of our Congres- unions have helped everybody, Mr. phis were killed in a horrific accident sional Progressive Caucus as well as Speaker. If you look at wage stagna- when the compactor on their sanita- the vice chairman of our Democratic tion in America, what you see since tion truck malfunctioned. The key is National Committee and a good friend. World War II, right up until the 1970s, that these individuals had no rights, no We work together on the Financial is pay going up and up and up for work- benefits. They had no death benefits. Services Committee. ing people until we see union density They had no protection for their fami- Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Speaker and Mem- begin to break down, and it is at that lies. They had nothing. And that is why bers, it is important to understand the point that we begin to see wages flat- this Supreme Court decision is so cru- big picture here. ten out and stagnate. cial and why I hope that the Supreme

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The governor of Illinois brought a The Supreme Court cases did the flip for African Americans was through a union lawsuit challenging the law on the ground of the First Amendment and suggested job. that the statute violates the First Amend- that the First Amendment of those 2. African-American workers are more ment by compelling employees who dis- who disapproved unions was being vio- likely to be union members. approve of the union to contribute money to lated. I believe that the Supreme Court 3. Unionized workers promote greater in- it. The district court dismissed the com- got it completely wrong and that the come equality and prevent wage discrimina- plaint on the grounds that the governor tion. First Amendment rights of those who lacked standing to sue because he did not 4. African American union workers earn up stand to suffer injury from the law, but two move positively to be part of a union to $10,000 or 31% more per year than non- public employees intervened in the action to could be argued vigorously that their union members. seek that Abood be overturned. Given that rights are being violated. Not only 7. Few African Americans are self-em- Abood is binding on lower courts, the dis- their rights are being violated, but ployed—only 3.8% reported being self-em- trict court dismissed the claim, and the Sev- their rights to have a liveable wage and ployed in 2011—making them almost half as enth Circuit affirmed dismissal for the same to work in a safe and protected work- likely to be self-employed as Whites (7.2%). reason. force and workplace. That is what I 8. Unionized workers are more likely to re- Legal Question Presented: ceive paid leave, more likely to have em- Should the Court’s decision in Abood v. De- think the real question is as to why ployer-provided health insurance, and are troit Board of Education should be over- those who want to be in a union must more likely to be in employer-provided pen- turned so that public employees who do not be defeated by the constitutional sion plans. belong to a union cannot be required to pay premise of the First Amendment. 9. Unions play a pivotal role by ensuring a fee to cover the union’s costs to negotiate My First Amendment is to join the workers have continued educational access a contract that applies to all public employ- union and to secure the rights and ben- for their current roles as well as encourage ees, including those who are not union mem- efits of those. I hope that the Supreme workers to pursue higher education. bers? Court will look to the fact that union 10. Nationally, 77 percent of union employ- Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 threatens our ees in 2009 were covered by pension plans union and all working families. This case, members who desire to have fees se- that provide a guaranteed monthly retire- which will come before the Supreme Court in lected and utilized for the union de- ment income. Only 20 percent of non-union February, represents a huge threat to our ducted from their salary have every workers are covered by guaranteed (defined- union. As a local leader, you are critical to much a right to the First Amendment. benefit) pensions 20%. how we defend and protect our union, our You can opt out, but you should not 11. Union workers are 53.9% more likely to members and public services in the face of deny those members the right to the have employer-provided pensions. this threat. First Amendment to have their voices 12. When unions are strong and able to rep- This lawsuit aims to take away the free- heard. resent the people who want to join them, dom of working people to join together in strong unions to speak up for themselves and In particular, it is important to note these gains spread throughout the economy and the overall community. their communities. In February, the U.S. Su- the benefits that have come about to 13. Workers who form unions are able to preme Court will hear the case and a deci- the African-American community. And boost wages, which helps attract and retain sion is expected by the summer. that is the African-American commu- staff. What are fair share fees, and why are they nity has seen increasing wages. Afri- 14. When non-union companies increase important? can-American union workers earn up their wages, it gives all workers more pur- Unions work because we all pay our fair to $10,000 or 31 percent more a year chasing power. share and we all benefit from what we nego- 15. Communities with a strong middle class tiate together. Fair share fees provide public than nonunion workers. In 2011, nearly service workers with the power in numbers 20 percent of employed African Ameri- have sufficient tax revenues to support schools, hospitals and roads. they need to negotiate better wages, benefits cans worked for the State, local, or 16. Historically, pensions, social security and protections that improve work condi- Federal Government compared to 14 and personal savings ensured that workers tions and set standards for everyone. percent of other groups. And African could retire with dignity. Each public service worker chooses wheth- Americans are less likely than other 17. With the current recession and the at- er or not to join a union, but the union is groups to work in the private sector. tack on pensions, many workers are left to still required by law to represent and nego- So let me say this about why I stand depend on social security and their personal tiate on behalf of all public service work- savings alone. ers—members and non-members alike. All here to support the unions and their employees receive the wage increases, bene- right to the First Amendment to de- 18. Many African American elders find themselves in a precarious situation after fits and workplace rights negotiated through duct fees to be able to express their decades of work. the union. rights. Let me just quickly say as I 19. Union members played a critical role in The corporate special interests behind this close: Do you know among the many the civil rights struggles of the past and that case want to take away our ability to build things that unions have helped us get involvement continues today. strength in numbers. That is why they want are weekends, all breaks at work, paid 20. When Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed the Supreme Court to rule that workers can vacations, family medical leave, sick for civil disobedience, unions and union receive all the benefits of a union contract members frequently came to his aid with the without contributing anything in return. All leave, Social Security, minimum wage, workers should chip in their fair share to civil rights, overtime, child labor laws, legal and financial help he needed. 21. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin cover the cost of representing them. and workman’s comp? both union leaders help to organize the Is anyone ever forced to join a union or Mr. Speaker, I believe that this is an March on Washington in 1963 and in count- pay for politics? important discussion because so many less cities around the country. No. The simple truth is that no one is good elements of saving lives, so much 22. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and forced to join a union and no one is forced to so that those dear sanitation workers killed while in Memphis to aid striking sani- pay any fees that go to politics or political would not have lost their life, came tation workers. candidates. That is already the law of the land. Nothing in this case will change that. about from the sacrifice of unions, and 23. Today, labor unions are still on the forefront of efforts to ensure that the gains This case is about taking away the freedom we should provide them with the First of working people to join together, speak up Amendment right. of the past are maintained and to fight for those still denied opportunity and equality. for each other and build a better life for Let me salute Clara Caldwell who themselves and their families by under- will be honored by our union brothers FACTS ABOUT JANUS V. AFSCME COUNCIL 31— mining their ability to form strong unions. SOURCE: AFSCME and sisters in Austin, Texas, and let me What is the real impact of this case? say the right thing for the Supreme Facts of the Case When working people have the freedom and In 1977, the Supreme Court, in Abood v. De- opportunity to speak up together through Court to do is rule on behalf of the troit Board of Education, upheld against a unions, we make progress together that ben- unions and their rights to the First First Amendment challenge a Michigan law efits everyone. The wealthy elite behind this Amendment. that allowed a public employer whose em- case are trying to use the highest court in Mr. Speaker, I include in the RECORD ployees were represented by a union to re- the land to take away our freedom to create points about African Americans and quire those of its employees who did not join the power in numbers to secure better lives

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Military Leave billionaires and corporate CEOs behind this sectors collective bargaining rights is an attack 33. The Right to Strike case get their way, they will take away the 34. Public Education for Children on working people and their ability to negotiate freedom of working people to come together 35. Equal Pay Acts of 1963 & 2011 with a strong voice in their workplace. We and build power to fight for the things our 36. (Requires employers pay men and must be unwavering in our support of workers’ families and communities need: everything women equally for the same amount of work) rights. from affordable health care and retirement 37. Laws Ending Sweatshops in the United Over the decades, unions were vital in our security to quicker medical emergency re- States sponse times. Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. communities, particularly for women and com- munities of color. African-American women in What is this case really about? Speaker, I thank Ms. SHEILA JACKSON The case aims to erode the freedom to form unions earn an average of $21.90 an hour LEE for her comments. unions to improve our lives and the commu- Mr. Speaker, I yield to the Congress- while nonunion women earn $17.04. In addi- nities we serve. Real freedom is about mak- tion, more than 72 percent of women in unions ing a decent living from our hard work; it’s man from the great State of New Jer- sey (Mr. PAYNE), who is a strong fight- have health insurance, while less than 50 per- also about having time to take a loved one cent of nonunion African-American women do. to the doctor, attend a parent-teacher con- er on behalf of unions. ference and retire in dignity. The corporate Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, let me The important work that unions do every special interests behind this case do not be- first thank Congressman SCOTT for day is improving our economy and the lives of lieve that working people should have the hosting tonight’s Special Order hour countless working families across this country. freedom to negotiate a fair return on their and his continual dedication to making For example, in New Jersey, unions are work. sure that working families are rep- helping train the next generation of health care Who is behind this case? professionals. To address New Jersey’s nurs- The National Right to Work Foundation is resented by his great leadership. Tonight, the Janus-Council 31 case ing shortage, the AFSCME Local 1199J devel- part of a network funded by corporate bil- oped a system for union members to develop lionaires to use the courts to rig the rules and the value of unions is what we are against working people. For decades, these here to speak about. As we hold this and maintain the skills needed for career ad- wealthy elites have used their massive for- Special Order hour, there are efforts vancement in nursing. tunes to gain outsized influence to chip away across the country working to trample The union also supports programs like the at the progress unions have won for all work- workers’ rights. The Supreme Court Youth Transitions to Work Certified Nursing ing families. Now they want the highest case, Janus v. AFSCME, aims to take Apprenticeship, which helps prepare Newark- court in the land to take away our freedom away the freedom and the opportunity area high school juniors and seniors as they to come together to protect what our com- start a career in nursing. munities need: a living wage, retirement se- for working people to join together and strong unions to speak up for them, As you can see, unions and strong union curity, health benefits, the ability to care membership fill the gaps when others drop the for loved ones and more. their families, and their communities. ball. Janus is the culmination of decades of at- How do unions benefit our communities? 2100 People in unions continue to win rights, b tacks on working people by corporations, the benefits and protections for all working peo- Any effort that threatens to under- wealthiest one percent, and hostile politicians. ple and their communities. When public mine public sector collective bar- This right-wing attack against the middle class service workers belong to strong unions, gaining rights is an attack on working must not stand. they fight for staffing levels, equipment and people and their ability to negotiate The forces behind this case are the same training that saves lives and improves the with a strong voice in their workplace. forces that have pushed for limiting voting public services our communities rely upon. And when union membership is high, entire We must be unwavering in our support rights, attacked immigrants, and undermined communities enjoy higher wages. of workers’ rights. civil rights protections. Over the decades, unions were vital In fact, this is the third instance where the 36 REASONS TO THANK THE UNION MOVEMENT in our communities, particularly for Trump Solicitor General’s office is reversing 1. Weekends 2. All breaks at work, including your lunch women and communities of color. Afri- that office’s position, seriously jeopardizing the breaks can-American women in unions earn an Department of Justice’s reputation before the 3. Paid vacation average of $21.90 an hour, while non- court and undermining the rule of law. 4. FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act) union women earn $17.04 an hour. In ad- It is undeniable that unions have played a 5. Sick leave dition, more than 72 percent of women critical role in building and protecting the mid- 6. Social security in unions have health insurance, while dle class in America. 7. Minimum wage Unions provide hard working people eco- 8. Civil Rights Act Title VII (prohibits Em- less than 50 percent of nonunion Afri- ployer Discrimination) can-American women do. The impor- nomic stability and give them the tools to build 9. 8-Hour work day tant work that unions do every day is a good life, home, and education for them- 10. Overtime pay improving our economy and the lives of selves and their children. We must stand to- 11. Child labor laws countless working families in this gether to ensure that America has strong labor 12. Occupational Safety & Health Act country. protections that work for everyone. (OSHA) Mr. Speaker, I had much more to say, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. 13. 40 Hour Work Week 14. Worker’s Compensation (Worker’s but in the interest of time, I will say I Speaker, I thank the gentleman. I real- Camp) know how important it is to be rep- ly appreciate that. 15. Unemployment Insurance resented. I, in my working career, have I yield to the gentleman from New 16. Pensions been in two labor unions myself, and I York (Mr. JEFFRIES), who is a leader on 17. Workplace Safety Standards and Regu- worked at a company and was fired. My the Judiciary Committee and who lations uncle fired me. My father was the hear- knows full well how wrong it would be 18. Employer Health Care Insurance for the Supreme Court to reverse itself 19. Collective Bargaining Rights for Em- ing officer against me, and my grand- ployees father was the witness against me. Mr. and take away a right that was given 20. Wrongful Termination Laws Speaker, I know how important it is to to labor unions just 41 years ago and 21. Age Discrimination in Employment Act be represented because the union got then switch it back. That is not fair. of 1967 my job back. Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, I thank 22. Whistleblower Protection Laws Thank you, Congressman SCOTT, for the distinguished gentleman from 23. Employee Polygraph Protect Act (Pro- hosting tonight’s Special Order Hour on the Georgia for yielding and for his tre- hibits Employer from using a lie detector mendous leadership on this issue. test on an employee) Janus case, Council 31, and the Value of 24. Veteran’s Employment and Training Unions. Here in America, if you work hard Services (VETS) As we hold this special order hour, there are and play by the rules, you should be 25. Compensation increases and Evalua- efforts across the country working to trample able to provide a comfortable living for tions (Raises) workers’ rights. yourself and for your family; but for

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So the productivity gains of the Amer- pay for the collective bargaining—even I proudly joined the union, and I clear- ican worker have not gone to the if they are not members of the union. ly understood—and it appeared at that American worker; instead, they have The Supreme Court has already en- time that those in management also gone to the privileged few, to million- sured that a union’s political activities understood—that the union was work- aires and billionaires and to big cor- and their collective bargaining activi- ing hard to ensure that employees, porations to subsidize the lifestyles of ties are separate from their fair share both sworn and civilian, worked in a the rich and shameless. That is the dues. No public sector worker is being safe work environment, were paid fair America that we are dealing with right asked to contribute funds to causes to wages, and were fairly compensated in now. which they do not agree. It should be the event of death on the job. Some may explain it as a result of noted that unions go through pains- I was an active member of the union, globalization; some may say it is fully taking detail to ensure that no funds and when I moved to the management negotiated trade deals; some may say are misused. ranks, I met regularly with union lead- it is the outsourcing of good-paying When our first responders, teachers, ership to ensure we continued to have American jobs; some may say it is the and public sector workers come to- a healthy work environment, fair rise of automation. Certainly, all of gether and form strong unions, they wages, meaningful benefits, and safe those factors are implicated, but the win benefits, like better working con- working conditions. That has been and decline in unionization has been a sig- ditions, better wages, healthcare, and continues to be the work of American nificant, if not decisive, reason that so retirement security, which also benefit unions. many people have been struggling to nonunion members. Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. achieve the American Dream. As our economy shifts and the wealth Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from And now the Supremes, in their wis- gap grows, the protective power of Washington (Mr. HECK), a strong fight- dom, want to give us another raw deal, unions must be strengthened, not er for labor unions. Mr. HECK. Mr. Speaker, his name rightwing hit to benefit the wealthy weakened. Without the freedom to was Victor, although he went by Vic. and the well-off to the detriment of come together, working people would He was the oldest of six on their very hardworking Americans. So let’s hope not have the power in numbers they hard scrabble farm in rural South Da- that Justice Kennedy does the right need to make our communities and our kota. thing, that five Justices on the Su- country more prosperous. One day, he came home from school, Mr. Speaker, it is my hope that the preme Court see themselves to not when he was just in the eighth grade, interfere and overturn settled law for Justices will see the value, need, and and he was met at the porch by his fa- the purpose of continuing a march to success of public sector collective bar- ther, who told him, in his broken benefit the privileged few to the det- gaining and that everyone must pay English, that he would have to quit riment of hardworking Americans. their fair share. school to save the family farm, denying Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. I Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. him the education that he wanted so thank the gentleman so much for his Speaker, it is very important to recog- very badly because, you see, it was the comments. nize that Ms. SHEILA JACKSON LEE is a winter of 1930 and the Great Depression It is with great pleasure that I yield senior member of the Judiciary Com- had arrived. to the gentlewoman from Delaware mittee as well and has vowed to lead He lived a life of deprivation before (Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER), who also this fight in the committee, and we ap- and after, kicking around from job to served as the former secretary of labor preciate that. job just to survive, just to keep from of Delaware, whom I have worked with It gives me great pleasure to yield to starving. World War II came. He volun- on our Agriculture Committee. the gentlewoman from Orlando, Flor- teered, and afterwards, he became a Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER. Mr. ida (Mrs. DEMINGS). And may I say, Mr. truck driver and a teamster. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for Speaker, that Mrs. DEMINGS is the The woman he would marry, Jean, yielding and for the opportunity to former chief of police of Orlando. Who had a high school education, no col- speak at this Special Order hour. better to speak to the damage that this lege. She became a telephone operator Mr. Speaker, as the former secretary Supreme Court Janus decision could and a member of Communications of labor and head of personnel for the have on our police officers than the Workers of America. State of Delaware, I am here this former chief of police. Together, they worked very hard and evening on the floor of the House to Mrs. DEMINGS. Mr. Speaker, I thank they raised four children. They owned lend my voice in support of the thou- my colleague from Georgia (Mr. DAVID their own home. They had a wooden sands of men and women across the SCOTT) for his leadership on this very boat in the garage. They took annual country who are dedicated public serv- critical issue. modest vacations. They had healthcare ants who currently belong to public Mr. Speaker, America is a great na- coverage, and they helped each of their sector labor unions; who teach our tion, and tonight we continue to cele- children attend college who wanted to. children, pave our roads, protect us, brate that fact. But we do know that Then they had a secure retirement, and care for our seniors; who don’t receive great things don’t just happen on their they owed it all to the strength of their huge salaries; who don’t work in pala- own. If we take a serious look through unions. tial offices; and whose very right to or- the pages of history, we will see the Mr. Speaker, one of their four chil- ganize and collectively bargain is blood, the sweat, and the tears of many dren stands before you today. Thank under attack. people. Some of those people came on you, Teamsters. Thank you, Commu- At the end of February, the Supreme cruise ships, and some came on slave nications Workers of America. Thank Court is set to hear a case, Janus v. ships. But regardless of the foundation you, unions across America. AFSCME Council 31, which is simply on which our journey in America Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. another attempt to weaken the rights began, many were there helping to Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his of public sector employees in the fight build what we now know as a great na- comments, and I yield to the gen- for better pay, paid sick leave, and the tion. tleman from California (Mr. TAKANO). ability to one day retire with dignity. Mr. Speaker, the American worker is Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Speaker, the plaintiff in this case intertwined in the moral fabric of our the Congressional Black Caucus for seeks to bar the ability for public sec- great society. As America began to holding this important discussion. tor unions from collecting fair share grow as an industrialized society, so For the past 4 years, courts have held fees. Fair share fees are collected from did its workforce and the need to de- that public sector unions can charge a

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It is a po- Court that upholds the rights of public sector powerful at the expense of everyone else. litical attack against American work- unions and one that undermines their exist- Now, those same corporate CEOs and spe- ers and the organizations that rep- ence. cial interests are behind a Supreme Court resent them, and it has been years in And today, President Trump—the real es- case called Janus v. AFSCME—a case that the making. tate billionaire who promised to be a voice for threatens to make things even worse for work- For decades, a relentless, coordinated American workers has pursued the most ag- ing people. campaign supported by large corporate gressive anti-worker agenda in recent mem- This case aims to take away the opportunity interests, advanced by political par- ory. for working people to join together in strong tisans, and funded by the Koch broth- In the White House, in Congress, and now unions to speak up for themselves, their fami- ers has tried to rebrand union member- in the Supreme Court, American workers are lies, and their communities. ship as a burden on American workers. being deprived of the protections that built the When teachers, nurses, police officers, fire- Their campaign is as cynical as it is middle class. And instead of accepting blame fighters, and other public service workers are misleading. for exacerbating the challenges facing working free to build strong unions, they win benefits For nearly a year, the United States families, Republicans are pointing the finger at like better working conditions, better wages, Senate refused to give the highly re- immigrants and refugees in an attempt to di- health care, clean and safe environments, and spected Judge Merrick Garland even vide and distract our nation from the true retirement security that benefit not just union one hearing, then overruled at least 100 source of inequality. members, but all workers. years of Senate tradition to steal a The decision in Janus v. AFSCME must be Given that all workers benefit, it has been seat on the Supreme Court. the beginning of a new effort, supported by all standard practice that all workers contribute That seat is now the difference be- my colleagues here this evening, to restore their fair share of the cost of organizing—a tween a Court that upholds the rights the respect and benefits that American work- practice upheld unanimously by the Supreme of public sector unions and one that ers deserve. Court in 1977. undermines their existence. Today, b 2115 But the CEOs and corporate special inter- President Trump, the real estate bil- Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. ests behind the Janus case have abandoned lionaire who promised to be a voice for Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman the conservative principle of respect for prece- American workers, has pursued the dent. from Illinois (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY). most aggressive antiworker agenda in Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, let They are instead driven by a misguided be- recent memory. lief that working people should be denied the me thank Mr. SCOTT and the Congres- Thank you to my colleagues in the Congres- sional Black Caucus for this Special same ability as they have to effectively nego- sional Black Caucus for holding this important Order. tiate a fair return on their work so that they discussion. The Janus case is critically impor- can provide for themselves and their families. This evening I am speaking—not just as a tant to public employees, but, more The Janus case is a blatantly political and strong supporter of public sector unions—but importantly, to all the people who rely well-funded plot to use the highest court in the as a former union member myself. Throughout on public services that they provide. land to further rig the economic rules against my 24 years in the classroom, I was a proud, This is an Illinois case—it is my everyday working people. dues-paying member of the California Teach- State—Janus v. AFSCME Council 31, a But what these corporate bigwigs fail to rec- ers Association. relentless fighter for American work- ognize is that unions are now more important And here’s why: Union membership means ers. Before becoming Governor, Bruce than ever. higher pay, better training, and safer working Rauner was chairman of a private eq- Unions work because we all pay our fair conditions. It means access to paid sick leave uity firm where he put profits ahead of share and we all benefit from what we nego- if you or a loved one gets sick. It means med- working families. As Governor, he was tiate together. ical benefits, life insurance, and retirement se- the one who filed this suit. The forces behind this case know that by curity for families in communities across the We need to make sure that we pro- joining together in strong unions, working peo- country. It means a compassionate, humane tect workers all over this country. We ple are able to win the power and voice they workplace. And it means greater opportunities need to win this case before the Su- need to level the economic and political play- and a better future for the children of union preme Court. Justice calls for winning ing field. workers. for union members. That is why I will continue to stand with At a time when income inequality is high. Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. American workers and their unions to ensure middle-class wages are stagnant, and work- Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that that they are protected, and that they are able ers’ benefits are rapidly disappearing, collec- Mr. PERLMUTTER may have 4 minutes to pursue their own version of the American tive bargaining is the last remaining source of as our final speaker. dream. leverage for American workers. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Mr. LAWSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise And now the conservatives on the Supreme MARSHALL). The Chair cannot enter- today and ask that we act now to preserve Court are preparing to strip that leverage tain the gentleman’s request. The time and defend labor unions. away. of the gentleman has expired. Unions have played a critical role in building For the past 40 years, Courts have held that Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. and protecting the middle class in America. public sector unions can charge a small fee to Speaker, I had so many Members that They provide hard working people economic workers that benefit from the collective bar- I couldn’t get them all in. But I appre- stability for their families and give them the gaining agreements that unions negotiate and ciate it, and I hope that I have shared tools to build a good life, home and education enforce. Reversing that precedent is not an with the American people tonight this for themselves and their children. honest shift in legal interpretation. It is a polit- case and the threat it holds for our As early as this week, the Supreme Court ical attack against American workers and the very valuable unions. could take up Janus v. AFSCME which aims organizations that represent them . . . and it Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance to take away the ability of working people to has been years in the making. of my time. join together in strong unions. For decades, a relentless, coordinated cam- Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, Janus v. AFSCME would gut the entire pub- paign, supported by large corporate interests, I rise today to pledge my whole-hearted sup- lic sector ‘‘right-to-work’’ in one fell swoop. advanced by political partisans, and funded by port for the right of workers to organize and to Janus is the culmination of decades of at- the Koch Brothers, has tried to rebrand union decry the efforts of powerful corporate inter- tacks on working people by corporate CEOs, membership as a burden on American work- ests to outlaw public sector union fair share the wealthiest 1%. The forces behind this case ers. fees in the Janus v. AFSCME case currently are the same forces that have pushed for lim- Their campaign is as cynical as it is mis- before the Supreme Court. iting voting rights, attacked immigrants, and leading. Today, despite being more productive than undermined civil rights protections. For nearly a year, the United States Senate ever, American workers are working longer When working people have the freedom and refused to give the highly respected Judge hours for less money and fewer benefits. opportunity to speak up together through

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Unions are critical to America’s middle things our communities need: everything from And things are about to get much worse, class, providing economic stability, a good life, affordable health care and retirement security because the Trump tax scam does exactly the home and education for workers and their to quicker medical emergency response times. same thing that has failed us for decades: families. With Janus, CEOs and billionaires want to trickle-down economics. It failed under CEOs and corporate special interests be- use the highest court in the land to take away Reagan, it failed again under Bush. Every time hind this case oppose letting workers nego- our freedom to create the power in numbers to Republicans ram it through, it adds billions, in tiate a fair wage for their work. win better lives for ourselves, our families, our Trump’s case trillions of dollars to our debt, The case was brought to manipulate the Su- communities and our country. and the wealthy walk away with the benefits. preme Court to satisfy blatantly political goals. Labor unions date back to the 18th century. The rich get richer and the rest of us just have In a 10-page State Policy Network (SPN) They were established to help workers with to work harder for less. fundraising letter reported on in The Guardian, work related issues such as low pay, unsafe Meanwhile just in the past six weeks, Sam’s SPN President and CEO Tracie Sharp wrote working conditions, and long hours to have a Club laid off some 11,000 employees. Carrier that the goal of their Koch-backed network’s body of individuals to speak on their behalf. cut another 1,500. AT&T laid off some 4,000. $80 million campaign was to ‘‘defund and de- Labor unions are a brilliant balance of Kimberly Clark, the company that makes Klee- fang’’ unions. power between employees and employers. nex and Huggies, just announced that it would The original plaintiff in this case was Illinois They have gained the power to negotiate use Trump’s tax scam as an opportunity to lay Gov. Bruce Rauner, who launched a political peacefully for adequate treatment and respect off 5,000 or more workers and close 10 manu- attack on public employees after taking office. as the economic backbone of this country. facturing facilities. A U.S. District Court judge ruled in 2015 that Some of the accomplishments include in- Janus v. AFSCME is an effort by the Rauner had ‘‘no standing’’ to bring suit, so the creasing wages, raising the standard of living wealthy and powerful to further insulate their legal arms of the National Right to Work Com- for the working class, ensuring safe and sani- economic power and ability to restrict access mittee and the Liberty Justice Center went tary working conditions, and increased bene- to wealth for the rest of us. looking for plaintiffs to serve as stand-ins for fits for both workers and their families. Strong unions are key to unrigging this Rauner in the federal lawsuit. The group mentality of unions provides the economy, improving local communities and The Supreme Court case Janus v. comfort of inclusion and recognition that em- the lives of union and nonunion families alike. AFSCME, Council 31 aims to take away the ployees seek in the workplace. When an em- Unions are associated with greater produc- freedom of—and opportunity for—working ployee sees his or her needs are important tivity, lower employee turnover, improved people to join together in strong unions to and being met, then the quality of his or her workplace communication, and a better-trained speak up for themselves, their families and work life increases tremendously. workforce. their communities. When teachers, nurses, po- As the working class continues to push the Data shows that unions and unionization lice officers, firefighters and other public serv- economy forward, unions are becoming more lead to increased economic growth and com- ice workers are free to come together in and more necessary. petitiveness. strong unions, they win benefits like better Unions are the spokespersons for the over- According to the BLS, among full-time and working conditions, better wages, health care, worked—and sometimes the underappre- salary workers, in 2017 union members had clean and safe environments and retirement ciated. average weekly earnings of $1,041, non-union security that benefit non-union members as Unions assure that every employee has a members had median weekly earnings of well. But the CEOs and corporate special in- seat at the table. Some business employers $829. terests behind this case simply do not believe may argue that unionized workers create an When union membership is high, entire that working people should have the same atmosphere that lessens the sense of partner- communities enjoy wages that represent a fair freedoms and opportunities as they do: to ne- ship and trust with their supervisors. gotiate a fair return on our work so that we No one is forced to join a union. Member- return for their work and greater social and can provide for ourselves and our families. ship is purely optional. economic stability and mobility. And unions We must preserve the right of employees to advocate for policies that benefit all working They are funding this case through the Na- join together to negotiate for better pay and people, e.g. minimum wage, affordable health tional Right to Work Foundation, because they working conditions. care, and quality public schools. view strong unions as a threat to their power Strong unions also advocate for equal op- Unions provide a path to the middle class and greed. portunity for women and communities of color for working people by increasing their income When working people have the freedom and who have been discriminated against. and the economic security of their families. opportunity to speak up together through Union jobs have historically been and con- As union membership has decreased be- unions, we make progress together that bene- tinue to be a path to the middle class for peo- cause of attacks on working people, income fits everyone. If the billionaires and corporate ple of color, who often face low wages in their inequality has risen in the U.S. Source. CEOs behind this case get their way, how- professions. African-American union members Through collective bargaining, members of ever, they will take away the freedom of work- today earn 14.7 percent more—and Latino strong unions are scoring victories that help ing people to come together and build power union workers 21.8 percent more—than their entire communities—like safer nurse-staffing to fight for the things our communities need: nonunion counterparts. levels that help patients and smaller class- everything from affordable health care and re- As representatives of these great states, we room sizes that help students. tirement security to quicker medical emer- owe it to our middle class to not silence their AFSCME Region President, Ron Briggs, gency response times. The CEOs and billion- voice. They deserve their fair share of the suggested you may recognize the following aires want to use the highest court in the land economic prosperity that they have helped to members because they have worked diligently to take away our freedom to create the power create. to sign agency fee payers in their locals/units in numbers to win better lives for ourselves, Unions are and always will be an important and are active in fighting back against the our families, our communities and our country. factor in making the economy work for all Janus case, right-to-work and the pro-cor- People in unions continue to win rights, ben- Americans. porate agenda: efits and protections not only for union mem- Mr. TONKO. Mr. Speaker, in the years fol- Lorraine Aumic from Local 688 Office of bers, but for all working people and their com- lowing the Great Recession (2009–2012), 91 Temporary & Disability Assistance. She lives munities in and outside of the workplace. percent of all new wealth created accrued to in Schenectady. When nurses, firefighters, 911 dispatchers and the top one percent of earners. Bryan Schaeffer from Local 886 Schenec- EMS workers belong to strong unions, they From 1980 through 2014, incomes for the tady School Districts, Municipalities, and fight for staffing levels, equipment and training wealthiest one percent of Americans rose by Towns. He lives in Delanson. that save lives. And when union membership 204 percent while incomes for the bottom 50 Michele Kuiber from Local 671 Workers is high, entire communities enjoy wages that percent rose by just 1 percent. Compensation Board. She lives in Amsterdam. represent a fair return on their work and great- During that period, the size and productivity Jodi Aubin from Local 655 Environmental er social and economic mobility. Without the of the U.S. economy have essentially doubled. Conservation. She lives in Clifton Park. freedom to come together, working people

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For decades, the have unions to thank. And the outcome of this Unionized workers have greater access to corporate CEOs and billionaires funding this Supreme Court case will impact you. It was paid holidays, paid sick leave, life insurance, case have used their massive fortunes to pay not a benevolent employer who brought fair medical, and retirement benefits. politicians and corporate lobbyists to chip labor standards to the American workforce; it Unionized workforces lead to less turnover away at the freedoms people in unions have was American workers. And an attack on the for employers and more highly skilled workers. won for every single one of us. Now they want ability to organize in the workplace is an at- Children of union members are more likely to the highest court in the land to take away our tack on all of them. climb the ladder to the middle class. States freedom to come together to protect things our Since the inception of labor unions, Amer- with higher union density have better work- families need: a living wage, retirement secu- ican workers—both unionized and non-union- place laws. rity, health benefits, the ability to care for ized—have enjoyed substantial gains in The foundation of U.S. labor law has held loved ones and more. wages, safety, and stability. In fact, throughout firm for nearly 70 years. American standards This case originated from a political scheme the 20th Century, the growth of unions gave are what we strive to hold other countries to by billionaire Bruce Rauner, governor of Illi- rise to the creation of the great American mid- when negotiating trade deals, yet these stand- nois, to advance an agenda benefiting cor- dle-class, who has contributed immensely to ards are constantly under attack. The Supreme Court will soon hear oral ar- porations and the wealthy. Rauner launched a our great nation. Over the years, however, a guments in Janus v. AFSCME, a case that political attack on public service workers im- change in global economy, unfair trade agree- could fundamentally end collective bargaining. mediately after taking office, filing a lawsuit on ments, and a deliberate effort to weaken The question of ‘‘fair share’’ was settled by his own behalf to bar the collection of fair unions have made life much harder for the the Supreme Court years ago. Unions are re- share fees by public service unions. A federal middle class. In fact, for far too many middle- quired by law to represent and negotiate on judge ruled that Rauner could not bring this class families, the American dream has sadly behalf of all public sector employees, regard- action because he was not himself an em- now become nothing more than a memory of less of whether or not a worker decides to for- ployee paying fair share fees. But the legal time passed. mally join the union. arms of the National Right to Work Committee This decimation of the middle class coin- Fair share fees support that requirement and the Liberty Justice Center were able to cides with the Majority’s relentless attacks on and ensure no worker is required to join the carry the case forward by finding plaintiffs as labor unions. The Majority has pushed right-to- union and no one is forced to pay any fees standins for Rauner in the federal lawsuit. The work legislation, tried to weaken enforcement that go toward politics or candidates they dis- district court dismissed the case, based on of workers’ collective rights, and has even agree agree with. But all employees benefit long-standing precedent. The plaintiffs asked tried to repeal prevailing wage laws. They are from union negotiations. It is only fair that all the lower court to fast-track their appeal and working hand-in-glove with the Trump adminis- employees contribute. rule against them in order to more quickly get tration, which supports a national right-to-work This is already the law. Janus is just an- the case before the U.S. Supreme Court. bill. We are seeing many dangerous attacks other in a long line of attacks on unions and Unions work because we all pay our fair on the state level, too. workers. share and we all benefit from what we nego- I continue to fight against these attacks on Since Republicans took control of the House tiate together. Fair share fees provide public our workers. All the while, I will also keep in 2011, they have convened more than 30 service workers with the power in numbers fighting to overhaul NAFTA, which has caused hearings and markups to undermine workers’ they need to negotiate better wages, benefits my district to lose half of its manufacturing rights in the Education and the Workforce and protections that improve work conditions jobs. In holding our trading partners to a high- Committee alone. and set standards for everyone. Each indi- er standard, it is critical that we practice what Rather than attacking workers’ rights, we vidual public service worker chooses whether we preach. That means promoting strong should focus on raising wages and improving or not to join a union, but the union is still re- labor standards here at home and protecting working conditions for all Americans. We quired by law to represent and negotiate on American workers against unyielding efforts to should work to ensure paid family, sick and behalf of all public service workers—members weaken their right to organize. medical leave, improve access to child care, and nonmembers alike. The corporate special Ms. FUDGE. Mr. Speaker, Janus v. and ensure access to quality, affordable health interests behind this case want to take away AFSCME comes down to a binary choice: will care for all Americans. the freedom of public service workers to have the U.S. stand up for the fundamental right of It’s time for my colleagues to turn their the power in numbers to provide for their fami- workers to form a union and collectively bar- words into actions. It’s time to support unions lies and make their communities stronger. gain; or will the Supreme Court allow large and the American worker. The real middle That is why they want the Supreme Court to corporations to continue their assault on hard- class. rule that workers can receive all the benefits working Americans. Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. of a union contract without contributing any- Unions are a vital part of our nation. Dec- Mr. Speaker, labor unions have played a cru- thing in return. Look at it this way: If you go ades ago, Congress protected the right of cial role in the formation of United States. out to dinner with a group of friends, you still workers to join together and bargain for better Since 1869, unions have provided a platform pay your fair share of the check even if you wages, regular work hours and improved safe- for workers to collectively bargain for better didn’t get to choose the restaurant. ty conditions, giving workers a voice when ne- wages, better hours, and safer working condi- No one is forced to join a union and no one gotiating with large corporations. tions. Every single worker living in the United is forced to pay any fees that go to politics or Despite their role in creating and maintain- States today has benefitted in some way from political candidates. That is already the law of ing America’s working middle class, unions the role of unions, helping to shape our nation the land. Nothing in this case will change that. are under relentless attack. into the country that we all know and admire. This case is about taking away the freedom of It is no coincidence that a dramatic rise in Today, unions play a more important role working people to come together, speak up for income inequality coincides with a nation-wide than ever before in recent history, particularly each other and build a better life for them- campaign against unionization. for the most vulnerable segments of our popu- selves and their families. American workers have become more pro- lation, such as women and communities of Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, today I join ductive, yet wages have stagnated. Their hard color. When unions are strong, communities my colleagues in calling attention to an attack work has created billions of dollars in profits, are stronger. Yet now, as union membership on one of our most basic fundamental rights all while working longer hours for less pay and declines, so have opportunities for working as American citizens—the right to organize in fewer benefits. and middle class families. In 2016, there were our workplace. Endless attacks have been launched 14.6 million unionized members in the United The impending Supreme Court case, Janus against workers’ overtime pay, retirement sav- States, down from 17.7 million in 1983. Union v. AFSCME, is nothing more than a continued ings, and health care. membership in the private sector has fallen to attack by corporate CEOs on American work- The tax code was just tilted even more to- below seven percent. Wages have also re- ers’ right to unite and advocate for fair labor ward the wealthiest individuals and corpora- mained stagnant since the 1970s, while peo- standards. This critical right offers working tions. ple continue to work longer hours and often

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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral real threat to what I believe is the York Times. arguments on this case on February 26, 2018, greatest law enforcement institution in ‘‘In the message, Mr. Wray also said which will question the future of ‘‘fair share the history of mankind, the Federal he wouldn’t comment on a pending re- fees’’—or fees requiring non-union members Bureau of Investigation. As former port from the Justice Department’s in- to help cover the costs of a union’s collective Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich spector general, or inhouse watchdog, bargaining activities—in the context of our has pointed out a number of times, had which is expected to criticize the FBI’s First Amendment rights. The Supreme Court candidate Hillary Clinton won the handling of an investigation into Hil- has the potential to upend more than 40 years Presidency in November of 2016, we lary Clinton’s email arrangement when of unanimous precedent supporting a states’ would have no idea how badly or how she was Secretary of State. The report ability to determine its own labor policy. It is significantly the Department of Jus- is expected to prompt some personnel truly another important milestone in our na- tice and the FBI had been weaponized changes.’’ tion’s history which will define who we are for politically. I just thank God we had the You think? generations to come. opportunity to find out before it was ‘‘Mr. McCabe’s decision Monday was Mr. Speaker, as wages remain stagnant and too late and to do something about it. a surprise to many inside the FBI’’— more workers fail to find gainful employment, Today’s news has been that, as The apparently those who had gotten used we need to question the direction in which our Wall Street Journal article by Aruna to it being weaponized and politicized. country is headed. Do we want all bargaining Viswanatha and Del Quentin Wilber ‘‘Officials abruptly canceled a press power to be concentrated in the hands of only today reported: FBI deputy chief steps conference to discuss an unrelated the wealthiest corporations? Or do we believe down after Trump criticism. criminal operation. . . .’’ that American workers should retain reason- The article points out: ‘‘Deputy FBI It goes on to say: ‘‘The U.S. intel- able means to organize when wages, benefits, Director Andrew McCabe left his post ligence community, in January 2017, and working conditions decline? I believe in on Monday after his bosses urged him said it believed Russia had conducted the latter. I believe in the American people. to step aside, said people familiar with an influence operation with the goal of This Congress must do more to protect the the matter, following weeks of criti- hurting Mrs. Clinton and helping Mr. collective bargaining rights of working families, cism from President Donald Trump and Trump in the 2016 Presidential elec- not only because it is the right thing to do but other Republicans.’’ tion.’’ because our nation is stronger when we do I guess I would be one of those other Gee, okay, so this article is citing so. Republicans. the U.S. intelligence community. I f ‘‘Mr. McCabe will take leftover vaca- guess that would include the part of DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE FBI tion time until he is technically eligi- the intelligence community that made STEPS DOWN ble to retire from the Federal Bureau the decision in 2012, along with the of Investigation in March, the people State Department—that would be Sec- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under said. retary of State Hillary Clinton—to the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- ‘‘Mr. McCabe has faced a steady leave the Ambassador to Libya exposed uary 3, 2017, the Chair recognizes the string of attacks over an alleged con- to grave danger, and even after seeing gentleman from Texas (Mr. GOHMERT) flict of interest stemming from his footage of attacks, the same intel- for 22 minutes. Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield wife’s previous run for Virginia State ligence community that decided they to the gentlewoman from North Caro- Senate as a Democrat before he became were better off leaving people to die and ordering four heroes to stand down lina (Ms. FOXX). deputy director. He has denied any con- Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I thank my flict. and not go protect the Ambassador and colleague, Mr. GOHMERT, my classmate, ‘‘But Mr. Trump and other Repub- others from dying, that same intel- for yielding to me. licans have cited it as part of a broader ligence community. How about that? Mr. Speaker, tomorrow night the assertion of bias on the part of the FBI, They, apparently, according to the President will come before this Cham- Justice Department, and special coun- article, said they believed Russia con- ber to address Americans and the wider sel’s office as they investigate Russian ducted an influence operation. It turns world. While some in this Chamber and meddling in the 2016 campaign and any out the same intelligence community those watching at home will disagree links between the Trump campaign and that couldn’t stand George W. Bush with the President’s vision, I hope that Moscow in that effort. Mr. Trump has and leaked plenty of information to we may all agree to pay attention to specifically called for Mr. McCabe’s hurt his Presidency, and also has done the facts. ouster. a great job of leaking material to hurt The fact remains that our economy is ‘‘Democrats say these assertions are President Trump’s administration, if booming. Thanks to the Tax Cuts and an attempt to distract from the inves- this article is correct, they helped the Jobs Act, middle class Americans are tigations and discredit them. weaponized Department of Justice receiving bonuses and are empowered ‘‘FBI Director Chris Wray, addressing launch an investigation into potential to keep more of their paychecks. En- Mr. McCabe’s departure in an email to Russian influence. ergy companies are slashing their rates employees, said Mr. Wray ‘will not be It is just so amazing, when we start so that taxpayers are spending less on swayed by political or other pressure’ finding out facts that there was a dos- energy. Families are now able to keep in making decisions, according to a sier that Fusion GPS was involved in more of their hard-earned money to person familiar with the message.’’ getting, strictly an opposition research spend any way they wish. That is quite interesting coming this effort that ended up having totally fab- The Dow Jones has soared into new long after evidence was slapping people ricated, really outrageously outlandish heights under this administration. in the face, figuratively speaking. It allegations, and according to the news These facts will surely be addressed by appears that evidence that is overly media, what was in that dossier was so the President, even if they are conven- compelling also may not actually sway outrageous, if you were a Russian, you iently ignored by some in this Chamber Chris Wray into taking actions as the would think, these stupid Americans and members of the news media. Director of the FBI that a reasonable will have to be out of their minds to I look forward to attending the State and prudent Director of the FBI would think that Donald Trump would have of the Union and encourage all those have taken under the same or similar done something like this. But maybe— tuning in to remember the facts. circumstances. maybe—the now weaponized Depart- Mr. GOHMERT. My friend, former ‘‘Mr. Wray thanked Mr. McCabe for ment of Justice in America and the President FOXX, collegiate president his service, adding’’—I guess that in- Obama administration when coupled

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Had we hip friend, Mr. Comey. bad in the end, and that would cer- had an FBI Director that was as inter- He could not properly investigate tainly affect the election if the cam- ested in seeking out radical Islamist what will be in the inspector general’s paign were crazy enough to utilize such killers as he was in having community report, but it certainly should require a totally fabricated dossier, I guess outreach with the mosque that was further investigation. He can’t do that. that would affect the election. started by a man who is now doing 23 It needs to be totally independent. I am I still have trouble getting over the years in Federal prison for supporting not talking about the godfather of one decision to tell American heroes to terrorism, if he had not been so inter- of Mr. Comey’s kids, Patrick Fitz- stand down, don’t go try to save the ested in playing patty-cake out with gerald, who conveniently got appointed lives of our Ambassador and the others his community partnership and instead after he talked John Ashcroft into there with the Ambassador. Tyrone gone to the mosque and been asking recusing himself. I am talking about Woods, Ty, was not going to have any specific questions about the older somebody totally independent. That is of it. He and the other heroes headed Tsarnaev brother after we got two no- what we need. out there to help as they could, includ- tices that he had been radicalized— Where does the DOJ go to get its rep- ing willingness to lay down their lives they never asked a question, not one, utation back? to protect other Americans, something about Tsarnaev; about what he has It is going to be a long process and it the CIA station chief, in collaboration been concentrating on, what he is read- is going to take truly independent peo- with other ‘‘U.S. intelligence commu- ing, what he is memorizing, what he is ple cleaning up the mess that has been created so that can happen. We need a nity,’’ apparently decided was not talking about, what books he has got. reputable Department of Justice and worthwhile. They didn’t know what questions to FBI, and it is high time we got one This article goes on to say: ‘‘Mr. ask because Director Mueller had seen back. McCabe’s abrupt departure is the latest to the purging of the FBI training ma- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance terials so the FBI agents didn’t know event in a highly unusual back-and- of my time. forth between the Trump administra- what questions to ask. They didn’t tion and a Federal law enforcement es- know what they were looking for in a f tablishment that is both investigating radicalized Islamist. RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION him as it works for him and cherishes The same scenario has played out The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under its independence.’’ time and again. Tsarnaev should have the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- We know that is not true. They don’t never been able to carry out that uary 3, 2017, the Chair recognizes the cherish their independence. Oh, yeah, bombing, because he came into the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. PERL- the FBI, in other levels, absolutely crosshairs of the FBI investigation. Ba- MUTTER) for 22 minutes. does. But then, at the same time, they sically, from all we can find out from Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I also cherish their good working rela- the hearings, they asked him if he was am joined today by JARED HUFFMAN tionship with other local and State law a terrorist. He said he wasn’t. They from California. And eventually, I enforcement. asked his mom if he was a terrorist. think, BRENDAN BOYLE from Philadel- This article further down said: ‘‘Mr. She said: He is a good boy. phia, the home of the new NFC cham- McCabe’s resignation also comes as the That is an encapsulation of it. But pions, is also going to join us. FBI faces fallout from thousands of they didn’t know what to ask because What we are going to talk about is: text messages between an FBI agent of Mueller. What are the Republicans afraid of? and lawyer who were involved in the Michele Bachmann and I reviewed What is it they are hiding? What is it Russia investigation, including some material that was purged. The FBI they think is going on with respect to texts harshly critical of Mr. Trump.’’ classified it so we couldn’t reveal, Mr. this investigation of the President and How about that? The lawyer working Speaker, to others publicly what was his ties to Russia? for Mr. McCabe. purged. Some of it was silly and needed It starts from the very beginning. Apparently, Mr. McCabe is racing the to be purged. This time last year, we asked the clock to retire with full benefits as the Say, for example, there were a purg- President: Are you going to turn over President himself tweeted out. I can’t ing of verses from the Koran. Why your tax returns so that people can see help but still go back to the former Di- should anything ever be purged from what is in your tax returns; whether rector of the FBI, Mr. Mueller, who set the Koran if it is part of the training you have relations with the Russians, up a personnel program that would en- materials? or who knows who? sure that the thousands and thousands You have to ask Mr. Mueller that. Every President for the last 40 or 50 of years of incredible law enforcement The FBI and the DOJ deserve better. years has turned over their tax returns. experience that was obtained by honor- We are looking forward to finding out But, of course, the President did not able, honest FBI supervisors—that what the IG report has to say, but it is turn over his tax returns and has re- they would be run off by Mr. Mueller. time for games to stop. It is time for fused to turn over his tax returns. He didn’t want those people hanging law enforcement to do their jobs at the The first thing you ask is: What is in around. Department of Justice and the FBI. there? What are you hiding? Jeff Sessions has got his hands full. It Now, what we see is a concerted ef- b 2130 was obvious that he felt like he could fort by the Republicans in the Congress He put a personal policy in place that trust those who were called career DOJ and in the White House to smear and ran off thousands of years of incredible employees. Hopefully he has learned disparage hardworking law enforce- law enforcement experience from the some of those career employees didn’t ment officers in the FBI, in the intel- FBI. have the law enforcement long in the ligence community, and the Depart- I can’t help but think that if Mr. tooth to give them the benefit of their ment of Justice, who have been tasked Mueller had not had such a policy to experience because Mueller ran them with trying to figure out whether or get rid of people that had great experi- off. They got off into an area of not Russia involved itself criminally in ence in law enforcement from the FBI, politicization of the DOJ and the FBI. our elections last year and whether or there would have been people who He can’t trust the people he would have not there is any implication of the could have gently nudged people like been able to otherwise, had the FBI not Trump campaign with respect to those Andrew McCabe or Mr. Strzok or Lisa gotten so far off track. particular efforts by the Russians. Page and would have warned them We need a second special counsel, as We need to make sure that Russia when they were getting close to the I advised the President back in June, does not hack into our elections, does edge before they got into such total and we need it now. Investigations can- not participate in a way that favors politicization of our important FBI and not be conducted by Mueller into what one party over another or one can- DOJ. But those people weren’t there Mueller did during the prior Russian didate over another.

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Our Founders actively dealings that they have had with Rus- Since that has occurred, there have debated this question about whether sia; and to others in this administra- been a couple of indictments and a cou- we would be a country of laws and in- tion who had repeated contacts with ple of plea agreements. Michael Flynn, stitutions or a country of men. Russia. who was the intelligence head for the Would we have some people above the And, of course, no one can forget the President, has faced part of this inves- law or would we all be subject to the intelligence chairman’s trip to the tigation. There was Paul Manafort and law? White House last year, where he staged Richard Gates, who were involved in They answered it loud and clear. We an impromptu news conference, claim- the campaign, and then George were going to be a country of law and ing that he had briefed the White Papadopoulos. institutions. At every critical test in House about a source who could ex- But that is just the tip of the iceberg. our history, we have reaffirmed that plain how Trump campaign officials All these people, both on the Trump essential great aspect of what it is to were caught up in foreign intelligence campaign side and all of these Rus- be the United States of America. That intercepts. His unnamed sources that sians, have played some kind of a role, is what Watergate was all about, as we he rushed to brief the White House and this investigation must be pursued. are beginning to remember. about, well, it turned out they were My friends on the Republican side of Yet, today, it seems that that propo- White House officials. the aisle can complain, can stomp their sition is being retested all over again. This was a completely choreographed feet, can throw mud at the individuals To my dismay, some of our colleagues stunt. They had planted the misleading who are asked to do these investiga- are hoping for a different answer as we information with the chairman in the tions, but these investigations must retest that proposition this time. That first place, obviously desperate to give continue so that the people understand is very troubling. some cover to the President who had exactly what happened and to make I am not in the habit of quoting FOX tweeted out about wiretapping, con- sure that the Russians are not allowed News very often, and certainly not spiracies, and on it goes. their news hosts, but one of their hosts, to participate and infiltrate and affect Mr. Speaker, my colleague, ED PERL- Shepard Smith, said something that our elections once again. MUTTER, is asking all of the right ques- There are just a couple of questions: really struck a cord in the last few tions. This investigation is beginning What are you afraid of? What are you days. Here is what he said about the so- to answer those questions in very, very hiding? Is there a coverup of some kind called Nunes memo: ‘‘A memo can be a important ways. We need to make sure here? weapon of partisan mass distraction.’’ that it runs its course. It is important That is exactly what this is: a des- The bottom line is: just let our law to finding out the truth. The American perate attempt to protect President enforcement individuals do their detec- people deserve to know the truth. tive work, do what they were asked to Trump from investigation and account- It is also important to reaffirming do, and leave them alone and let it be ability. that incredibly important aspect of I think we need to recap a few facts done. If it exculpates and proved that what makes this country great, and that brought us to this point. nothing happened, then great. But if Back in November 2016, when the that is that we are a nation of laws and there is some wrongdoing here, Amer- chairman of the House Intelligence institutions. We have to reaffirm that, ica needs to know about it. Committee was appointed to President- unfortunately, over and over again Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman elect Trump’s transition team, he, like from time to time. from northern California (Mr. Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I our President, started sowing doubts HUFFMAN). thank my friend from California for his about whether Russia had interfered Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I thank comments. He was talking about a with the 2016 election, incorrectly the gentleman from Colorado for orga- memo. claiming that there was some kind of nizing this Special Order hour con- One of the former chairmen of the disagreement between our intelligence versation. House Intelligence Committee, a guy agencies on the subject. You asked the right question: What IKE OGERS In fact, there was no disagreement. named M R , was also a pan- are they hiding and what are they All of the American intelligence com- elist, I think, on a CNN program. Ap- afraid of? munity agreed that, as they had looked parently, this memo is going to be re- It is a bit of a rhetorical question, be- into this, they determined that Rus- leased today against all sorts of norms cause when you think about that chart sian operatives had worked to under- with respect to the Intelligence Com- you have displayed there, when you mine the integrity of our election. mittee and classified information. His think about the indictments and the That conclusion has been reinforced words were, releasing a memo like this plea deals and all of the other informa- and reaffirmed by everything we have is farcical. tion that we are beginning to glean, it It is a mistake. It starts to under- learned since then. is pretty obvious what they are afraid The chairman told Politico shortly mine so many things with respect to of and what they are hiding. before President Trump’s inauguration our intelligence community, the trust This investigation is getting pretty that the House should not investigate that we have with our allies, and all of darn close to the personal and political contacts between Russia and the it to kind of put up this smoke screen. and financial ties between this Presi- Trump camp, even though his Senate They go after the law enforcement dency and those around him and Rus- intelligence counterparts had already agents, who are the detectives on the sia, and it is a lot of information that committed to following the facts wher- beat. Now they are releasing informa- they don’t want the world to know ever they may lead. So he had already tion that is incomplete and, in MIKE about. That is why we are seeing all of made up his mind. ROGERS’s words, ‘‘farcical,’’ to try to these distractions, all of these elabo- distract, divert, avoid the real con- rate and increasingly desperate at- b 2145 versation, which is: What did the Rus- tempts to change the subject and cre- The chairman described the Trump- sians do? How did they play in the elec- ate diversions. Russia connections as a dead trail. He tions? Was there any kind of coopera- Frankly, today, I am very worried said there is nothing there. And, of tion, collusion, whatever it might be, that—not so much that this is coming course, we know President Trump has with the Trump campaign? from our President, because we have said he has nothing to do with Russia, We know that Bob Mueller was ap- seen him throughout his career engage totally contradicted by everything we pointed. He has been a lifelong Repub- in character assassination, burning have learned since. lican. Everybody embraced his position down the house tactics, and all manner All of this, of course, is going to as special counsel when it first came of ruthlessness, but I am disturbed that come as a surprise if there is nothing about, but quickly the President was

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You did not have a complicit take. country and say that the special coun- United States Congress that, instead of The real question is: What are you sel must be allowed to continue his doing oversight, seems to be spending hiding? work until its natural conclusion. more of its effort running cover for the Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman If the President moves to fire the administration, trying to hide the from Pennsylvania (Mr. BRENDAN F. special counsel, that, by its very defini- facts, trying to block investigations, BOYLE), my friend from Philadelphia, tion, is obstructing justice. This body playing tribal politics at its worst, in- who is a pretty happy camper because and the other body on the other side of stead of fulfilling our institutional role his Eagles are going to be playing in this building cannot allow that to hap- in a critical constitutional test like the Super Bowl on Sunday. pen. this. Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsyl- Here is the good news. In Watergate, I think it is a very, very serious mo- vania. Mr. Speaker, I thank my col- ultimately, the American people didn’t ment in our history, and I am glad that league and friend for his belief early on let it happen. There was such an outcry the gentleman is convening discussions in the season in the Eagles, despite the on a bipartisan basis that, within 48 like this on the floor. We have to make fact he is a die-hard Broncos fan. The hours, President Nixon had relented sure that, in this investigation, the Super Bowl will be a nice diversion and appointed another special counsel, professional law enforcement personnel from the seriousness of the subject Leon Jaworski, who ended up being who do this for a living are allowed to that we are discussing and debating to- just as dogged, pursued the President do their job so that we can all learn the night. all the way to the Supreme Court. Let me take us back a bit to a couple truth, whatever that may be. Then the Supreme Court ruled, unani- of events that, yes, may have happened The question is: What are they afraid mously, that President Nixon had to a little bit before I was born, but I of? What are they hiding? hand over the tapes even though three know well as a student of American This investigation is going to answer of the eight Justices were Nixon ap- history. I fear that we are on the verge those questions, and we will all accept pointees. of repeating them, possibly only days those answers, whatever they may be, President Nixon, actually, to his away on the verge of repeating them. but we have got to let the system In October 1973, the Watergate inves- credit, complied with that Supreme work. Court order and released the tapes, in- tigation was being conducted by the Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman cluding a few tapes that clearly proved special counsel, Archibald Cox. It had for his leadership tonight. been going on, at that point, for most he was guilty—the so-called smoking gun—and, within about a week or two, Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I of 1973. On a Saturday night, President yield back the balance of my time. Nixon decided to fire the special coun- resigned in August of 1974. We can prevent that history from re- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- sel, in part, because the special counsel bers are reminded to refrain from en- was doing his job and was getting too peating itself if we act here in Congress to ensure there is a proper procedure in gaging in personalities toward the close to uncovering the conspiracy. President. President Nixon ordered his Attorney place to protect the integrity of this General to fire the special counsel. The investigation. If that does not take f Attorney General proved to be a profile place, there will be, I predict, an out- in courage and refused. It then went to cry of the American people you have the Deputy Attorney General. The Dep- not seen or heard since October 1973. LEAVE OF ABSENCE This country and its institutions are a uty Attorney General refused. Finally, By unanimous consent, leave of ab- heck of lot more important than any the number three man, the Solicitor sence was granted to: political party, and it is about time all General, named Robert Bork, decided Mr. MCCLINTOCK (at the request of of us in this body act in such a way that he would follow what President Mr. MCCARTHY) for today and January that shows we believe in those words. Nixon wanted and fired Archibald Cox. 30 on account of an illness. That became known as the Saturday Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas Night Massacre. thank my friend from Pennsylvania for (at the request of Ms. PELOSI) for today When John Chancellor, then the an- the history lesson he just reminded us chor for NBC News, came on the air— about. His words are ones that I don’t and January 30 on account of death in and I was recently rewatching this—he think I can add anything to. family. said: Tonight, I utter words I never Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman thought I would say, but we are in the from California (Mr. HUFFMAN), my f midst of the greatest constitutional friend, if he has anything else to add. crisis in the history of the Republic. But I just want the Speaker to know SENATE BILL REFERRED and I want this Chamber to know that I fear that history may very well re- A bill of the Senate of the following we are not going to go away. We are peat itself. We now know, since we title was taken from the Speaker’s not going to allow things to be hidden. were last in session—and it has been table and, under the rule, referred as We are not going to allow things to be reported and confirmed by many media follows: outlets, including FOX News—that covered up. This has got to run its full President Trump has ordered his own course, just as my friend said. S. 1873. An act to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a program to White House attorney to fire the spe- Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. establish peer specialists in patient aligned cial counsel. care teams at medical centers of the Depart- Why? If the President really has We are being taken back to the les- ment of Veterans Affairs, and for other pur- nothing to hide, then why would he fire sons of Watergate tonight. The system poses; to the Committee on Veterans’ Af- the special counsel and want to bring worked in the 1970s. The checks and fairs. this process to an end? It gets back to balances that our Founders put in the very first question that my col- place took effect. The public stepped f league from Colorado has asked: What up. The media stepped up. People of conscience in important positions does he have to hide? ADJOURNMENT I sincerely hope that the special within the government stood their counsel will find and will prove that ground and did the right thing. Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I nothing happened. That would be the But I think it would be foolish for us move that the House do now adjourn. best outcome and best course for all of not to take the threats of this moment The motion was agreed to; accord- us as Americans. But, boy, if the Presi- in our history very, very seriously be- ingly (at 9 o’clock and 56 minutes dent is innocent, he sure isn’t acting cause there are some things at play p.m.), under its previous order, the like it. this time around that weren’t there in House adjourned until tomorrow, Tues- We must come together—as Demo- the 1970s. You did not have rightwing day, January 30, 2018, at 10 a.m. for crats and Republicans second, but as media organs out there actively trying morning-hour debate.

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

Hon. Jan Schakowsky ...... 11/16 11/18 Bangladesh ...... 490.00 ...... 490.00 11/19 11/22 Myanmar ...... 369.00 ...... 369.00 ...... 13,522.61 ...... 13,522.61 Committee total ...... 859.00 ...... 13,522.61 ...... 14,381.61 1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. h HON. DIANE BLACK, Jan. 10, 2018.

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U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 3844. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on cy’s interim final rule — Federal Policy for fice of Personnel Management, transmitting Transportation and Infrastructure. the Protection of Human Subjects: Delay of the Office’s final rule — Federal Employees 3851. A letter from the Regulatory Ombuds- the Revisions to the Federal Policy for the Health Benefits Program: Removal of Eligi- man, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis- Protection of Human Subjects received Jan- ble and Ineligible Individuals from Existing tration, Department of Transportation,

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transmitting the Department’s final rule — national banks, and for other purposes (Rept. DESANTIS, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. STIVERS, Fees for the Unified Carrier Registration 115–530). Referred to the Committee of the Mr. GIBBS, Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of Plan and Agreement [Docket No.: FMCSA- Whole House on the state of the Union. California, Mr. BOST, Mr. JENKINS of 2017-0118] (RIN: 2126-AC03) received January Mr. HENSARLING: Committee on Finan- West Virginia, and Mr. COFFMAN): 25, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); cial Services. H.R. 4281. A bill to amend the H.R. 4886. A bill to make permanent cer- Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand tain provision of Public Law 115-97; to the the Committee on Transportation and Infra- access to capital for rural-area small busi- Committee on Ways and Means. structure. nesses, and for other purposes; with an By Ms. FOXX (for herself, Mr. GOMEZ, 3852. A letter from the Senior Attorney, Di- amendment (Rept. 115–531). Referred to the Mr. ISSA, Mr. QUIGLEY, and Mr. KIL- vision of Legislation and Regulations, Mari- Committee of the Whole House on the state MER): time Administration, Department of Trans- of the Union. H.R. 4887. A bill to modernize Federal portation, transmitting the Department’s Mr. BISHOP of Utah: Committee on Nat- grant reporting, and for other purposes; to final rule — Maritime Security Program ural Resources. H.R. 219. A bill to correct the the Committee on Oversight and Govern- ment Reform. (RIN: 2133-AB85) received January 25, 2018, Swan Lake hydroelectric project survey ´ pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law boundary and to provide for the conveyance By Ms. BARRAGAN (for herself, Mr. 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- of the remaining tract of land within the PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. CRIST, Mr. SOTO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- corrected survey boundary to the State of WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. LEE, Mr. ture. Alaska (Rept. 115–532). Referred to the Com- HUFFMAN, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of 3853. A letter from the Management and mittee of the Whole House on the state of Pennsylvania, Mr. SUOZZI, Mrs. Program Analyst, FAA, Department of the Union. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, Ms. WILSON Transportation, transmitting the Depart- Mr. BISHOP of Utah: Committee on Nat- of Florida, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. HAS- ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- ural Resources. H.R. 2711. A bill to designate TINGS, Ms. BASS, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. tives; The Boeing Company Airplanes [Dock- a National Memorial to Fallen Educators at LOWENTHAL, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. et No.: FAA-2017-0500; Product Identifier the National Teachers Hall of Fame in Em- CARBAJAL, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KEATING, 2017-NM-009-AD; Amendment 39-19142; AD poria, Kansas; with an amendment (Rept. Ms. ESHOO, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 2018-01-01] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received January 115–533). Referred to the Committee of the WELCH, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. GOMEZ, 25, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Whole House on the state of the Union. Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to Mr. BISHOP of Utah: Committee on Nat- Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. the Committee on Transportation and Infra- ural Resources. H.R. 3058. A bill to redesig- SCOTT of Virginia, and Ms. BLUNT structure. nate the Jefferson National Expansion Me- ROCHESTER): 3854. A letter from the Management and morial in the State of Missouri as the ‘‘Gate- H.R. 4888. A bill to provide that the produc- Program Analyst, FAA, Department of way Arch National Park’’ (Rept. 115–534). Re- tion safety systems rule and the well control Transportation, transmitting the Depart- ferred to the Committee of the Whole House rule in section 250 of title 30, Code of Federal ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- on the state of the Union. Regulations, shall have the same force and tives; General Electric Company Turbofan Mr. BISHOP of Utah: Committee on Nat- effect of law as if such rules had been en- Engines [Docket No.: FAA-2017-0660; Product ural Resources. H.R. 443. A bill to direct the acted by an Act of Congress, and for other Identifier 2017-NE-21-AD; Amendment 39- Secretary of the Interior to study the suit- purposes; to the Committee on Natural Re- 19132; AD 2017-26-01] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received ability and feasibility of designating the sources. January 25, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. James K. Polk Home in Columbia, Ten- By Mr. BEYER (for himself, Ms. NOR- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 nessee, as a unit of the National Park Sys- TON, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. CONNOLLY, Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor- tem, and for other purposes (Rept. 115–535). Mr. RASKIN, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mr. tation and Infrastructure. Referred to the Committee of the Whole MCGOVERN, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. LEE, 3855. A letter from the Chair, National House on the state of the Union. Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. Science Board, transmitting the Board’s Mr. BISHOP of Utah: Committee on Nat- HASTINGS, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. LOF- Science and Engineering Indicators (Indica- ural Resources. H.R. 2630. A bill to authorize GREN, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. KHANNA, tors) 2018 report, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. the Secretary of the Interior to convey cer- Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. TED LIEU of Cali- 1863(j)(1); May 10, 1950, ch. 171, Sec. 4(j)(1) (as tain land to La Paz County, Arizona, and for fornia, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. COHEN, amended by Public Law 110-69, Sec. 7016); (121 other purposes, with an amendment (Rept. Mr. WELCH, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. Stat. 684); to the Committee on Science, 115–536). Referred to the Committee of the CAPUANO, Mr. MCEACHIN, and Mr. Space, and Technology. Whole House on the state of the Union. SCOTT of Virginia): 3856. A letter from the Chief, Publications Ms. CHENEY: Committee on Rules. House H.R. 4889. A bill to cap the emissions of and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Resolution 714. Resolution providing for con- greenhouse gases through a requirement to Service, transmitting the Service’s IRB only sideration of the Senate amendments to the purchase carbon permits, to distribute the rule — Additional Guidance Under Sections bill (H.R. 695) to amend the National Child proceeds of such purchases to eligible indi- 965 and Guidance Under Sections 863 and 6038 Protection Act of 1993 to establish a national viduals, and for other purposes; to the Com- in Connection with the Repeal of Section criminal history background check system mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in ad- 958(b)(4) [Notice 2018-13] received January 24, and criminal history review program for cer- dition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public tain individuals who, related to their em- for a period to be subsequently determined Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the ployment, have access to children, the elder- by the Speaker, in each case for consider- Committee on Ways and Means. ly, or individuals with disabilities, and for ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- risdiction of the committee concerned. f other purposes (Rept. 115–537). Referred to the House Calendar. By Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for him- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON self, Mr. HOYER, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. f PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS HARRIS, Mr. DELANEY, and Mr. Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of RASKIN): committees were delivered to the Clerk Under clause 2 of rule XII, public H.R. 4890. A bill to designate the facility of for printing and reference to the proper bills and resolutions of the following the United States Postal Service located at calendar, as follows: titles were introduced and severally re- 9801 Apollo Drive in Upper Marlboro, Mary- land, as the ‘‘Wayne K. Curry Post Office Mr. HENSARLING: Committee on Finan- ferred, as follows: Building’’; to the Committee on Oversight cial Services. H.R. 2255. A bill to clarify that By Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois (for and Government Reform. nonprofit organizations may accept donated himself, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. BARR, Mr. By Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mrs. mortgage appraisals, and for other purposes GALLAGHER, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. MAR- LOWEY, Mr. KEATING, and Mr. (Rept. 115–528). Referred to the Committee of SHALL, Mr. LATTA, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. WELCH): the Whole House on the state of the Union. VALADAO, Mr. ROYCE of California, H.R. 4891. A bill to amend the Nuclear Mr. HENSARLING: Committee on Finan- Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. Waste Policy Act of 1982 to provide for the cial Services. H.R. 4792. A bill to amend the FERGUSON, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. expansion of emergency planning zones and Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand HUIZENGA, Mr. MACARTHUR, Ms. the development of plans for dry cask stor- access to capital for small businesses af- MCSALLY, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. JOHNSON age of spent nuclear fuel, and for other pur- fected by hurricanes or other natural disas- of Ohio, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. poses; to the Committee on Energy and Com- ters, and for other purposes (Rept. 115–529). SMUCKER, Mr. BACON, Mr. POLIQUIN, merce. Referred to the Committee of the Whole Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. WESTERMAN, By Ms. FUDGE: House on the state of the Union. Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. DIAZ- H.R. 4892. A bill to amend the Food Secu- Mr. HENSARLING: Committee on Finan- BALART, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. ROUZER, rity Act of 1985 with respect to nutrient and cial Services. H.R. 1426. A bill to amend the Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. RUTHERFORD, soil health management and source water Home Owners’ Loan Act to allow Federal Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. TUR- protection, and for other purposes; to the savings associations to elect to operate as NER, Mr. UPTON, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. Committee on Agriculture.

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A resolution condemning the f other purposes; to the Committee on the Ju- actions taken by the Government of the Re- ADDITIONAL SPONSORS diciary. public of Cameroon against Patrice Nganang By Mrs. NOEM: and others, and for other purposes; to the Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors H.R. 4894. A bill to amend the Patient Pro- Committee on Foreign Affairs. were added to public bills and resolu- tection and Affordable Care Act to provide tions, as follows: temporary relief from the annual fee im- f H.R. 15: Mr. LIPINSKI. posed on health insurance providers; to the CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY H.R. 20: Mr. SUOZZI. Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in STATEMENT addition to the Committee on Ways and H.R. 172: Mr. MASSIE and Mr. GOHMERT. Means, for a period to be subsequently deter- Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XI1 of H.R. 217: Mrs. WAGNER. mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- the Rules of the House of Representa- H.R. 350: Mr. CURTIS. sideration of such provisions as fall within tives, the following statements are sub- H.R. 365: Mr. MASSIE. the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. mitted regarding the specific powers H.R. 449: Ms. SHEA-PORTER. H.R. 466: Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for granted to Congress in the Constitu- himself and Mr. BISHOP of Utah): H.R. 502: Ms. PLASKETT. H.R. 4895. A bill to establish the Medgar tion to enact the accompanying bill or H.R. 604: Mr. PERRY. Evers National Monument in the State of joint resolution. H.R. 611: Mrs. WAGNER. Mississippi, and for other purposes; to the By Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois: H.R. 620: Mr. HULTGREN, Ms. HERRERA Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 4886. BEUTLER, Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, and By Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. RICHMOND, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 669: Mr. MCNERNEY. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Con- H.R. 681: Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee and Mr. NORTON, Ms. LEE, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. stitution of the United States. SENSENBRENNER. CLARKE of New York, Ms. EDDIE BER- By Ms. FOXX: H.R. 731: Mrs. TORRES, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, Mr. NICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. CUM- H.R. 4887. VARGAS, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. MINGS, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Congress has the power to enact this legis- SWALWELL of California, Ms. BROWNLEY of Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: California, and Mr. TAKANO. MEEKS, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. EVANS, Mr. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Con- H.R. 743: Mr. NORMAN. LAWSON of Florida, Mrs. LAWRENCE, stitution grants the Congress the authority H.R. 795: Ms. MENG. Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. PAYNE, to enact this law. H.R. 807: Ms. SA´ NCHEZ. Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. HASTINGS, By Ms. BARRAGA´ N: H.R. 853: Mrs. WAGNER. Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. H.R. 4888. H.R. 881: Mr. KNIGHT. PLASKETT, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Il- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 927: Mrs. WAGNER. linois, Mr. RUSH, Mr. AL GREEN of lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 982: Ms. SHEA-PORTER. Texas, Mr. CLAY, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 H.R. 997: Mrs. HANDEL. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. WILSON of By Mr. BEYER: H.R. 1002: Mr. YODER. Florida, Ms. MOORE, Mr. CARSON of H.R. 4889. H.R. 1155: Ms. MENG. Indiana, Ms. MAXINE WATERS of Cali- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1205: Mr. CA´ RDENAS and Mr. JONES. fornia, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1229: Mr. MASSIE. Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. Article I, Section 8 of the United States H.R. 1318: Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. Constitution H.R. 1341: Mr. HARPER. ROWN EWELL B of Maryland, Ms. S of By Mr. BROWN of Maryland: H.R. 1426: Mr. GOTTHEIMER. Alabama, Mrs. LOVE, Ms. ADAMS, and H.R. 4890. H.R. 1458: Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Mr. VEASEY): Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1536: Mrs. DEMINGS. H. Res. 715. A resolution commemorating lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1606: Ms. WILSON of Florida and Mr. the 50th anniversary of the Memphis sanita- Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, VISCLOSKY. tion workers’ strike; to the Committee on Cl. 18) H.R. 1639: Ms. NORTON. the Judiciary, and in addition to the Com- By Mr. ENGEL: H.R. 1810: Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. mittee on Education and the Workforce, for H.R. 4891. H.R. 1818: Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. COLLINS a period to be subsequently determined by Congress has the power to enact this legis- of New York, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Penn- the Speaker, in each case for consideration lation pursuant to the following: sylvania, and Mr. RASKIN. of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- Article I, Section 1; tion of the committee concerned. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1; H.R. 1820: Mr. MASSIE. By Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself, Mr. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3; and H.R. 1864: Ms. NORTON. ROSKAM, Mr. BERA, and Mr. KELLY of Article I, Section 8, Clause 18. H.R. 1880: Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania): By Ms. FUDGE: H.R. 1928: Mrs. HANDEL, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. H. Res. 716. A resolution recognizing the H.R. 4892. RATCLIFFE, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. SIRES, Mr. TIP- importance of the 2018 Winter Olympic Congress has the power to enact this legis- TON, Mrs. ROBY, and Ms. LOFGREN. Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, and lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2092: Ms. TITUS and Mrs. BUSTOS. for other purposes; to the Committee on For- Article I, Section 8, clause 3; To regulate H.R. 2150: Mr. SCHNEIDER and Mr. POCAN. eign Affairs. commerce with foreign nations, and among H.R. 2166: Mr. CARTER of Georgia. By Mr. GAETZ (for himself, Mr. the several states, and with the Indian H.R. 2215: Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of ARRINGTON, Mr. BARR, Mr. tribes; New York, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. BRADY of FARENTHOLD, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. JOR- By Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire: Pennsylvania, Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsyl- DAN, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. MEADOWS, H.R. 4893. vania, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. MESSER, Mr. MOONEY of West Vir- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Mr. MEEKS, and Mr. RASKIN. ginia, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. FRANCIS ROO- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2220: Ms. SLAUGHTER. NEY of Florida, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitu- H.R. 2255: Ms. SINEMA. Mr. BABIN, Mr. KELLY of Pennsyl- tion, Congress has the power ‘‘to make all H.R. 2285: Mr. RUIZ. vania, Mr. SANFORD, Mr. ROE of Ten- Laws which shall be necessary and proper for H.R. 2287: Mr. CURTIS. nessee, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. CHABOT, carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- H.R. 2307: Mrs. WAGNER. Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. ers, and all other Powers vested by this Con- H.R. 2319: Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania and JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. stitution in the Government of the United Mr. SMUCKER. RENACCI, Mr. BRAT, Mr. JODY B. HICE States, or any Department or Officer there- H.R. 2392: Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ and Mr. CARSON of Georgia, Mr. PERRY, Mr. BIGGS, of.’’ of Indiana. Mr. VALADAO, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. By Mrs. NOEM: H.R. 2452: Mr. SMITH of Washington. LOUDERMILK, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. H.R. 4894. H.R. 2492: Mr. FRANCIS ROONEY of Florida. BLUM, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. ADERHOLT, Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2501: Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. and Mr. ROGERS of Alabama): lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2591: Mr. MITCHELL and Mr. GAETZ. H. Res. 717. A resolution expressing the Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of H.R. 2603: Mr. DUFFY. sense of the House of Representatives that the United States H.R. 2651: Mr. NOLAN.

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H.R. 2723: Mr. GIBBS. H.R. 4221: Mr. DONOVAN, Mr. COSTELLO of H.R. 4734: Mr. GRIFFITH, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. H.R. 2740: Mr. REED and Mr. JORDAN. Pennsylvania, and Mr. LARSON of Con- ROSEN, and Mr. FITZPATRICK. H.R. 2785: Mr. RATCLIFFE. necticut. H.R. 4743: Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. H.R. 2820: Mr. CONNOLLY. H.R. 4229: Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia and ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS, Ms. CLARKE of New H.R. 2832: Mr. HUDSON, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. Mr. GIBBS. York, and Mr. NORMAN. DUNCAN of Tennessee, and Mrs. LOVE. H.R. 4238: Mr. STIVERS. H.R. 4744: Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. OLSON, and Mr. H.R. 2952: Ms. NORTON. H.R. 4253: Mr. MCEACHIN and Mr. NOR- HUDSON. H.R. 3018: Mrs. WAGNER. CROSS. H.R. 4747: Mr. BYRNE. H.R. 3030: Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. H.R. 4274: Mr. NEWHOUSE and Mr. HUDSON. H.R. 4760: Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mrs. BLACK, CONNOLLY, Mr. RUSH, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. DENT, H.R. 4311: Mr. MESSER and Mr. MOONEY of and Mr. ABRAHAM. Ms. SA´ NCHEZ, and Mr. COOK. West Virginia. H.R. 4767: Ms. MOORE. H.R. 3425: Mr. STIVERS. H.R. 4312: Mr. ROKITA and Mr. GAETZ. H.R. 4775: Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. ´ H.R. 3497: Mr. CARDENAS. H.R. 4319: Mr. COFFMAN. LYNCH, and Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N of New Mex- H.R. 3528: Ms. SHEA-PORTER and Ms. H.R. 4345: Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. BARRAGA´ N, Mr. ico. SLAUGHTER. PAYNE, Mr. RUSH, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. JONES, H.R. 4780: Mr. JORDAN. H.R. 3563: Mr. HASTINGS and Mr. AL GREEN Mr. COOK, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. HIGGINS H.R. 4803: Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. RASKIN, and of Texas. of Louisiana, Mr. MAST, and Ms. STEFANIK. Ms. MCCOLLUM. H.R. 3566: Ms. SHEA-PORTER. H.R. 4369: Ms. LOFGREN. H.R. 4824: Mr. NEWHOUSE. H.R. 3637: Mr. HUFFMAN and Mr. POCAN. H.R. 4392: Mr. KEATING and Mr. SMITH of H.R. 4831: Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California. H.R. 3642: Mrs. WAGNER. New Jersey. H.R. 4844: Mr. KING of Iowa and Mr. H.R. 3666: Mrs. WALORSKI. H.R. 4424: Mr. SCHNEIDER. MESSER. H.R. 3671: Mr. COHEN. H.R. 4426: Mrs. DEMINGS and Mr. CLAY. H.R. 4871: Mr. SMITH of Washington and Mr. H.R. 3692: Ms. SHEA-PORTER. H.R. 4446: Mr. CONNOLLY. MCEACHIN. H.R. 3730: Mr. DEFAZIO. H.R. 4489: Mr. GOMEZ. H.J. Res. 33: Mr. FOSTER. H.R. 3738: Mr. CARSON of Indiana. H.R. 4494: Mr. MCCLINTOCK and Mr. MOONEY H. Con. Res. 9: Mr. CONNOLLY. H.R. 3773: Mr. CRIST. of West Virginia. H. Con. Res. 10: Ms. MCCOLLUM. H.R. 3828: Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. H.R. 4525: Ms. SLAUGHTER. H. Con. Res. 61: Mr. MARINO, Mr. WALZ, and H.R. 3842: Mr. PAYNE. H.R. 4526: Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia. Mr. CRAMER. H.R. 3860: Mr. SCHWEIKERT. H.R. 4527: Mr. GOMEZ and Ms. JUDY CHU of ´ H.R. 3894: Mr. GOMEZ. California. H. Con. Res. 63: Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New ´ H.R. 3942: Mr. PAULSEN. H.R. 4547: Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. Mexico, Ms. DEGETTE, and Ms. SANCHEZ. H.R. 3945: Mr. NADLER and Mr. CICILLINE. BRADY of Pennsylvania, and Mr. CA´ RDENAS. H. Con. Res. 72: Ms. DELAURO, Mr. H.R. 3964: Ms. SHEA-PORTER. H.R. 4548: Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. LOWENTHAL, Mr. PETERS, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. H.R. 3976: Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. KELLY of H.R. 4549: Mrs. WAGNER. LOFGREN, and Mr. SCHIFF. Pennsylvania, Mr. CORREA, Mr. JOHNSON of H.R. 4556: Ms. BORDALLO. H. Res. 128: Mrs. NOEM. Georgia, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. SMITH of New Jer- H.R. 4565: Mr. COOK. H. Res. 188: Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. sey, and Mr. KINZINGER. H.R. 4575: Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. COFFMAN, Ms. H. Res. 199: Mr. MAST. H.R. 3988: Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. CLARKE of New York, Mr. GRIFFITH, Ms. H. Res. 257: Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. H.R. 4001: Ms. MENG. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. SHIMKUS, and H. Res. 301: Ms. NORTON. H.R. 4013: Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. MCKINLEY. H. Res. 466: Mr. DENT, Mr. BROWN of Mary- H.R. 4035: Mr. JORDAN. H.R. 4582: Mr. VISCLOSKY. land, and Mr. MARCHANT. H.R. 4097: Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of H.R. 4666: Mr. CURBELO of Florida. H. Res. 621: Ms. MCCOLLUM. New Mexico, Mr. CROWLEY, and Mr. TONKO. H.R. 4684: Mr. MOULTON. H. Res. 673: Mr. TED LIEU of California and H.R. 4099: Mr. BANKS of Indiana. H.R. 4691: Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. LIPINSKI. H.R. 4101: Ms. JENKINS of Kansas. H.R. 4704: Ms. ESHOO, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. H. Res. 684: Mr. GAETZ. H.R. 4107: Mr. SERRANO, Miss GONZA´ LEZ- MOORE, and Ms. WILSON of Florida. H. Res. 692: Mr. BLUM and Mr. BRENDAN F. COLO´ N of Puerto Rico, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. H.R. 4706: Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mrs. NAPOLI- BOYLE of Pennsylvania. COURTNEY, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. NORMAN, and Mr. TANO, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mrs. H. Res. 697: Ms. ESHOO. KILMER. DEMINGS, Mr. SCHIFF, and Mr. RASKIN. H. Res. 699: Ms. SPEIER and Mr. CAPUANO. H.R. 4115: Mr. MITCHELL. H.R. 4719: Mrs. TORRES. H. Res. 707: Mr. MCGOVERN and Ms. H.R. 4146: Ms. LOFGREN. H.R. 4720: Miss GONZA´ LEZ-COLO´ N of Puerto SA´ NCHEZ. H.R. 4158: Mr. ROSKAM. Rico and Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. H. Res. 711: Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. H.R. 4184: Mr. MOULTON. H.R. 4729: Mr. ELLISON and Mr. MCEACHIN, Mrs. COMSTOCK, and Mr. CON- H.R. 4203: Mrs. WAGNER. FITZPATRICK. NOLLY.

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HOUSE BILLS APPROVED BY THE he had approved and signed bills of the H.R. 863. To facilitate the addition of park PRESIDENT PRIOR TO SINE DIE Senate of the following titles: administration at the Coltsville National Historical Park, and for other purposes. ADJOURNMENT December 18, 2017: H.R. 699. To amend the Omnibus Public The President, prior to sine die ad- S. 371. An Act to make technical changes Land Management Act of 2009 to modify pro- journment of the First Session of the and other improvements to the Department visions relating to certain land exchanges in 115th Congress, notified the Clerk of of State authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017. the Mt. Hood Wilderness in the State of Or- the House that on the following dates, December 20, 2017: egon. he had approved and signed bills and of S. 1266. An Act to authorize the Secretary H.R. 381. To designate a mountain in the the following titles: of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra National Forest as ‘‘Sky Point’’. December 18, 2017: with nonprofit organizations to investigate medical centers of the Department of Vet- Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House, prior to H.R. 228. An Act to amend the Indian Em- erans Affairs. sine die adjournment of the First Session of ployment, Training and Related Services the 115th Congress, further reported that on Demonstration Act of 1992 to facilitate the January 2, 2018, she presented to the Presi- ability of Indian tribes to integrate the em- BILLS PRESENTED TO THE PRESI- dent of the United States, for his approval, ployment, training, and related services DENT PRIOR TO SINE DIE AD- the following bills: from diverse Federal sources, and for other JOURNMENT purposes. H.R. 2611. To modify the boundary of the Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House, prior to Little Rock Central High School National December 22, 2017: sine die adjournment of the First Session of Historic Site, and for other purposes. H.R. 1. An Act to provide for reconciliation the 115th Congress, reported that on Decem- H.R. 4661. To reauthorize the United States pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent ber 29, 2017, she presented to the President of Fire Administration, the Assistance to Fire- resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018. the United States, for his approval, the fol- fighters Grants program, the Fire Preven- H.R. 1370. An Act to amend the Homeland lowing bills: tion and Safety Grants program, and the Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary H.R. 2331. To require a new or updated Fed- Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency of Homeland Security to issue Department of eral website that is intended for use by the Response grant program, and for other pur- Homeland Security-wide guidance and de- public to be mobile friendly, and for other poses. velop training programs as part of the De- purposes. H.R. 954. To remove the use restrictions on partment of Homeland Security Blue Cam- H.R. 2142. To improve the ability of U.S. certain land transferred to Rockingham paign, and for other purposes. Customs and Border Protection to interdict County, Virginia, and for other purposes. SENATE BILLS APPROVED BY THE fentanyl, other synthetic opioids, and other H.R. 518. To amend the Energy Policy and PRESIDENT PRIOR TO SINE DIE narcotics and psychoactive substances that Conservation Act to exclude power supply ADJOURNMENT are illegally imported into the United circuits, drivers, and devices designed to be States, and for other purposes. connected to, and power, light-emitting di- The President, prior to sine die ad- H.R. 2228. To provide support for law en- odes or organic light-emitting diodes pro- journment of the First Session of the forcement agency efforts to protect the men- viding illumination from energy conserva- 115th Congress, notified the Clerk of tal health and well-being of law enforcement tion standards for external power supplies, the House that on the following dates, officers, and for other purposes. and for other purposes.

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HOUSE BILLS APPROVED BY THE January 10, 2018: H.R. 2611. An Act to modify the boundary PRESIDENT AFTER SINE DIE AD- H.R. 381. An Act to designate a mountain of the Little Rock Central High School Na- JOURNMENT in the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra tional Historic Site, and for other purposes. The President, after sine die adjourn- National Forest as ‘‘Sky Point’’. H.R. 699. An Act to amend the Omnibus SENATE BILLS APPROVED BY THE ment of the First Session of the 115th Public Land Management Act of 2009 to mod- Congress, notified the Clerk of the PRESIDENT AFTER SINE DIE AD- ify provisions relating to certain land ex- JOURNMENT House that on the following dates, he changes in the Mt. Hood Wilderness in the had approved and signed bills of the State of Oregon. The President, after sine die adjourn- following titles: H.R. 863. An Act to facilitate the addition ment of the First Session of the 115th January 3, 2018: of park administration at the Coltsville Na- Congress, notified the Clerk of the tional Historical Park, and for other pur- H.R. 4661. An Act to reauthorize the United House that on the following dates, he poses. States Fire Administration, the Assistance had approved and signed bills of the H.R. 2142. An Act to improve the ability of to Firefighters Grants Program, the Fire U.S. Customs and Border Protection to following titles: Prevention and Safety Grants program, and interdict fentanyl, other synthetic opioids, January 3, 2018: the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emer- and other narcotics and psychoactive sub- gency Response grant program, and for other S. 1536. An Act to designate a human traf- stances that are illegally imported into the purposes. ficking prevention coordinator and to expand United States, and for other purposes. the scope of activities authorized under the January 8, 2018: H.R. 2228. An Act to provide support for Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administra- H.R. 267. An Act to redesignate the Martin law enforcement agency efforts to protect tion’s outreach and education program to in- Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site the mental health and well-being of law en- clude human trafficking prevention activi- in the State of Georgia, and for other pur- forcement officers, and for other purposes. ties, and for other purposes. poses. H.R. 2331. An Act to require a new or up- S. 2273. An Act to extend the period during H.R. 560. An Act to amend the Delaware dated Federal website that is intended for which vessels that are shorter than 79 feet in Water Gap National Recreation Area Im- use by the public to be mobile friendly, and length and fishing vessels are not required to provement Act to provide access to certain for other purposes. have a permit for discharges incidental to vehicles serving residents of municipalities January 12, 2018: the normal operation of the vessel. adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap Na- January 8, 2018: tional Recreation Area, and for other pur- H.R. 518. An Act to amend the Energy Pol- poses. icy and Conservation Act to exclude power S. 1393. An Act to streamline the process H.R. 1242. An Act to establish the 400 Years supply circuits, drivers, and devices designed by which active duty military, reservists, of African-American History Commission, to be connected to, and power, light-emitting and veterans receive commercial driver’s li- and for other purposes. diodes or organic light-emitting diodes pro- censes. H.R. 1306. An Act to provide for the con- viding illumination from energy conserva- S. 1532. An Act to disqualify from oper- veyance of certain Federal land in the State tion standards for external power supplies, ating a commercial motor vehicle for life an of Oregon, and for other purposes. and for other purposes. individual who uses a commercial motor ve- H.R. 1927. An Act to amend title 54, United H.R. 954. An Act to remove the use restric- hicle in committing a felony involving States Code, to establish within the National tions on certain land transferred to Rocking- human trafficking. Park Service the African American Civil ham County, Virginia, and for other pur- S. 1766. An Act to reauthorize the SAFER Rights Network, and for other purposes. poses. Act of 2013, and for other purposes.

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Vol. 164 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 2018 No. 19 Senate The Senate met at 2 p.m. and was proceed to S. 2311, which the clerk will healthcare providers can and cannot called to order by the President pro report. spend public funds on. What Planned tempore (Mr. HATCH). The senior assistant legislative clerk Parenthood does use public funding for are vital healthcare services that have f read as follows: Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 294, S. absolutely nothing to do with abortion. PRAYER 2311, a bill to amend title 18, United States Let me just make sure people under- The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- Code, to protect pain-capable unborn chil- stand what I am talking about. We are fered the following prayer: dren, and for other purposes. talking about cancer screenings, pre- Let us pray. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under natal care, preventive services, routine Eternal God, we lift our hearts to the previous order, the time until 5:30 physicals, and more. I have townhall meetings in every You. You are the source of our p.m. will be equally divided in the county in our State. I have had more strength. You are our hope for tomor- usual form. If no one yields time, then time will than 860 of them. The vast amount of row. Continue to show our lawmakers terrain in Oregon is rural. When I go to the path where they should walk, lead- be charged equally. The Senator from Oregon. those small communities and the least ing them to Your desired destination. populated areas of our State, that is Lord, inspire them to continuously put Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, the odds are quite good that when this Repub- what people tell me they go to Planned their hope in You. As they remember Parenthood for—to get those basic es- Your unfailing love and compassion, lican-controlled Congress closes up shop in December, time spent attack- sentials, ranging from cancer remind them that nothing is impos- screenings to routine physicals. That is sible to those who believe. ing the healthcare of women is going to be right up at the top of how this Con- what women would lose with this We pray in Your powerful Name. Trump agenda of healthcare discrimi- Amen. gress spent their day. They are back at it again, and this latest attack that we nation. Next up, given the way the year and f will be discussing this week goes after a little bit longer has evolved, is the women’s essential healthcare deci- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ongoing attempt by the Trump admin- sions. The President pro tempore led the istration to deny women guaranteed In my view—and I want to be very Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: no-cost access to contraception. This is clear about this point—this is another I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the one of the most popular healthcare key part of the Trump agenda of policies in recent memory. There are a United States of America, and to the Repub- healthcare discrimination. This time, lic for which it stands, one nation under God, lot of reasons why this is smart, not indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. it is going after women. This entire just because it is a matter of fairness agenda is what the Republicans are f for all women to have access to birth doing their best to blast through the control. When women have access to RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME Congress into law. It is not just a one- contraception, it means healthier preg- off, either. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. CAS- nancies and healthier newborns. It also So I am going to spend a few minutes SIDY). Under the previous order, the reduces the risk of cancer among now to put this particular health pro- leadership time is reserved. women. posal that discriminates against You can also look at it in terms of f women in the appropriate kind of con- dollars and cents. When you take away CONCLUSION OF MORNING text. To do that, I think it is impor- no-cost contraception, you are essen- BUSINESS tant to describe what has happened on tially taxing women based on their healthcare since day one of the Trump gender. You are driving up the cost of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning administration. their routine healthcare. It flies in the business is closed. The administration and Republicans face of everything my colleagues on f in Congress came right out of the gate the other side of the aisle say about with legislation that would have de- the problems of healthcare costs in PAIN-CAPABLE UNBORN CHILD prived hundreds of thousands of women America. PROTECTION ACT—MOTION TO of the right to see the doctor of their So those are strikes one and two: de- PROCEED choosing. There was another attack on nying women the right to see the doc- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Planned Parenthood that completely tor of their choosing and making it the previous order, the Senate will re- ignored the fact that the Congress al- harder for them to access contracep- sume consideration of the motion to ready regulates what these trusted tion. Now the Senate is debating

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The Congress and the the Nation agree with this premise. Ac- host of policies that bring both sides of Trump administration haven’t done cording to a recent Marist poll, 6 out of the aisle together. nearly enough to fight the crisis and, 10 Americans surveyed support a law The Presiding Officer is fairly new to frankly, not anywhere near close to prohibiting abortion after 5 months of the Senate Finance Committee and is what was promised in the fall of 2016. pregnancy. looking to be involved in a host of Instead of taking on these chal- Additionally, multiple States, in- issues. My guess is, he will be very in- lenges, the Trump administration and cluding my home State of Iowa, have terested in the adoption tax credit con- Republicans in Congress are just full passed legislation that would prohibit cept which I and others have cham- steam ahead with this agenda of abortions after 5 months of develop- pioned for some time, something that healthcare discrimination; this week, ment because these babies are babies. brings both sides together. an attack on women and their There is no way to deny the humanity So my view is, abortion, safe, legal, healthcare choices. Passing this bill is of these children when you consider and rare; find ways to bring both sides going to make it harder for women to stories like that of Micah Pickering. together; and respect that the Federal be in a position to make the healthcare Micah is from Newton, IA. He is a Government ought to leave women choices they believe are important— very young friend of mine. He is 5 years alone on these most intimate decisions maybe essential—for their lives. old. Just a few weeks ago on the floor that involve women, their spouses, and I urge my colleagues to oppose the of the Senate I was able to share their healthcare providers. bill. Micah’s story. As you may recall, The proposal the Senate is now de- I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Micah was born at just 20 weeks bating is all about telling women what ator from Iowa. postfertilization—the very point at they can and cannot do. It criminalizes Mrs. ERNST. Mr. President, I rise to which the Pain-Capable Unborn Child healthcare services that ought to stay urge each of my colleagues to support Protection Act would begin to protect between women and their doctors— the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protec- these young lives. Today, Micah is a healthcare services often necessitated tion Act. This critical legislation very happy, very energetic little 5- by potentially life-threatening com- would prohibit a child from being year-old. Now, I would like to go back plications. aborted at 5 months of development. to these pictures. I just, for the life of me, don’t see the For those we have watching today, I When I first met Micah, he was about wisdom of a lawmaker or a bureaucrat would like you to focus a little bit on 3 years old. He and his parents visited in Washington, DC, or a State capital these photos, and I will return to them my office for the annual March for telling a woman how severe the danger in a moment. Life. I had this poster made of these to her life has to become before she is Again, I am urging my colleagues to pictures, and they were in my office be- legally allowed to make this variably support the Pain-Capable Unborn Child cause I was going to speak on the Sen- gut-wrenching decision to choose an Protection Act. By any measure, at 5 ate floor in support of March for Life. abortion. months of development, an unborn Micah is pictured on the right side of This issue has been settled law in child is a child. At 5 months, babies the poster board. Micah, a happy, ener- America for 45 years. The debate have grown nails on their fingers and getic little boy saw this poster board in should be over, but here it is again, on their toes; hair has just begun to my office, and he ran up to it—imag- along with these other policies I have grow on their heads; and an ultrasound ine, this beautiful 3-year-old boy—and just described, as part of the Trump ad- can tell an expectant mother or father he pointed not at the picture of himself ministration’s healthcare discrimina- whether their baby is a boy or a girl. as he was at 3 years old, but he pointed tion agenda which is particularly puni- These babies can detect light, hear to this picture, and he said: Baby. I tive against women. sounds, they can swallow, and even ex- said: Yes, Micah, that is a baby. Let me also recognize the biggest perience taste as their taste buds grow This is Micah when he was born. victims under this discriminatory and develop. These unborn babies in all Micah at 3 years old understood that agenda are women who walk an eco- ways are babies. this was a baby. He didn’t understand nomic tightrope every single day. If There is also significant scientific that was him when he was born, but he their local Planned Parenthood clinic evidence that at 5 months of develop- understood that was a baby. is forced to close its doors, they may ment these babies can feel pain. By 5 If you look at the picture, you will not have the ability to take time off months, babies begin to respond to see Micah is grasping his mama and work and travel long distances to see painful stimulus with distinctive pain daddy’s hands with five perfectly another provider for routine response behaviors that are exhibited formed little fingers on each hand. It is healthcare. They already balance every by older babies. They will scrunch a baby, folks. Micah knew that. While day the food against the rent, the rent their eyes, they will clench their he might not have known that was him against electricity, electricity against hands, they pull back their limbs in re- when he was born, he knew that was a gas. Take away these choices, like no- sponse to pain, just like any other baby—5 months of gestation. cost contraception, and make their child experiencing pain. Today, Micah is a happy, extraor- struggle to get ahead that much hard- There is also a great deal of evidence dinarily healthy young boy. I got to er—especially when the rate of unin- that stress hormone levels rise sub- see him again this last year. Again, he tended pregnancy is five times higher stantially when babies at this age are was running around my office, just full among women living in poverty—folks exposed to pain. In 2015, a Cambridge of energy and life. who may not be able to afford a plane University Press medical textbook ac- Yes, Micah, this is a baby. I agree. ticket or even a bus ticket to some- knowledged that a ‘‘fetus . . . becomes Micah’s story is not an isolated inci- where where they can find the essential capable of experiencing pain between 20 dent. Extraordinary stories of babies healthcare services they believe are and 30 weeks of gestation.’’ In fact, who are surviving after just 5 months necessary. fetal surgeons routinely administer of development can be found all around There are serious, genuine healthcare pain medications for babies after only 4 the world. challenges that face the country. Mil- months of development. Doctors are A little over a year ago, Dakota Har- lions of Americans get clobbered every giving babies pain medication after 4 ris was born in Ohio at 19 weeks of de- single time they walk up to a phar- months of development. velopment—even younger than Micah. macy window and get pounded by the As modern medicine has recognized, Last May, she left the hospital with cost of prescription drugs. That is the these babies are humans capable of ex- her family as a healthy 7-pound baby.

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After 5 months of care at a hos- American citizens and would make us fluential pro-life advocate. pital in Tel Aviv, he was able to go consistent with all but only seven Her story should give us cause for home, again, as a healthy baby. other nations in terms of restricting hope that change is possible—change of In 2010, Frieda Mangold, who was abortions to a limited number of excep- the human heart, change in the direc- born in Germany at just under 20 weeks tions after 20 weeks. Those exceptions tion of the country—when it comes to of development, became Europe’s would be a threat to the life of the unborn children, as should events like youngest premature baby to survive. mother, someone who may have been the March for Life that happened ear- After receiving intensive care, she too raped, or someone who may have been lier this month here in Washington, was able to go home with her family as the victim of incest. where more than 100,000 pro-life men a happy 7-pound baby. This is a balanced bill, and it is a pol- and women, young and old, descended Babies have been on record as sur- icy that most of the world population on our Nation’s Capital. viving birth after just 5 months of de- agrees should be in place. I think it is I want to applaud President Trump velopment for three decades now— our job to make sure this restriction is for becoming our Nation’s first sitting three decades. What greater evidence put into place, with medical science President to address the march. do you need that at 5 months of devel- today suggesting that after 20 weeks an Hope is increasingly being provided opment, an unborn child in every way unborn child can experience pain, while by advances in science that have dis- is a child? still allowing for the choice of the pelled some of the mythology associ- Despite the clear evidence of the hu- mother. We could discuss different ated with abortion. Advancing tech- manity of these children, the United opinions about that in the earlier nology is making it easier for many to States is one of only seven countries in terms but certainly after 20 weeks. I see the humanity of a growing child the world to allow abortions after 5 think this is balanced policy and is and to realize that it does have moral months of development. That means something I hope my colleagues will status. One physician at Northwestern Uni- that while an overwhelming majority support and ultimately send to the versity recounted recently: of the world recognizes and protects President’s desk. I was speaker of the house in North The more advanced in my field of the humanity of these vulnerable chil- neonatology, the more it just became the dren, the United States keeps the com- Carolina for 4 years. We worked on logical choice to recognize the developing pany of countries like China and North commonsense changes to protect the fetus for what it is. . . . It just became so ob- Korea. They deny unborn children the lives of the unborn, changes that also vious that these were just developing hu- most basic of protections. This is not received the support of the majority of mans. who we are as a nation. North Carolinians. This is just another Testimony like that lends credence It is time we listen to the scientific example of where we at the Federal to the bill that we are voting on today. evidence, the men and women across level can enact a law that I think can It is called the Pain-Capable Unborn America, and a majority of the rest of help us to demonstrate that the life of Child Protection Act. I don’t doubt the world. There should be no disagree- the unborn is a precious life. We as that some of our colleagues would just ment when it comes to protecting the Members of the U.S. Senate and the prefer to remain silent and to hope this life of an unborn child who can feel U.S. Congress are tasked with making vote passes without many people pay- pain and, as the inspiring stories of sure we protect all lives in America. ing much attention, but I hope that Micah Pickering and others show, sur- This is just a very important, precious, doesn’t happen. It is an entirely appro- vive outside of the womb. It is up to us helpless part of the population. I, for priate occasion for us to talk about to ensure these children have the one, think this is a great, modest step abortion and its role in our society and chance to grow up and lead the happy, forward, and I encourage all of the how it is increasingly out of step with healthy lives that God has granted Members to support it. modern science and people’s recogni- them. I thank the Presiding Officer. tion that these are indeed unborn As a mother and a grandmother, I am The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- human beings. urging my colleagues to support the jority whip is recognized. This legislation protects unborn chil- Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, last dren at 20 weeks, or 5 months. Who Act, which recognizes these unborn ba- week marked the 45th anniversary of among us thinks that it is appropriate bies as the children they are and pro- Roe v. Wade, but many of us were not to have an elective abortion after 5 vides them the same protection from celebrating because last week gave us months in the womb? That is what we pain and suffering that all of our chil- another opportunity to consider the are talking about. We are specifically dren deserve. real damage caused by the Supreme talking about the child’s ability to feel For my dear little friend Micah, I Court decision, which even liberal pain at this stage of development. It would say: Yes, Micah, this is a baby, scholars have now said is flawed in the doesn’t apply in cases where the moth- and we are glad to have you here. type of damage it has done to the so- er’s life is at risk or in cases of rape or God bless him. cial fabric of our Nation over the last incest. It does have those exceptions. I yield the floor. four and a half decades. Advances in modern medicine help I suggest the absence of a quorum. During this period of time, more than babies born at 21 and 22 weeks to sur- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 50 million unborn children in America vive. In other words, we are talking clerk will call the roll. have been denied the right to life, lib- about unborn children who could sur- The senior assistant legislative clerk erty, and the pursuit of happiness—50 vive outside the womb, who are still proceeded to call the roll. million. In other parts of the world, un- subject to elective abortion in this Mrs. ERNST. Mr. President, I ask born children have been killed by the country. So babies roughly the same unanimous consent that the order for sheer fact that they happen to be girls age are clearly alive and need our pro- the quorum call be rescinded. instead of boys or because one has a tection before they are born as well, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without disability like Down syndrome. and this bill will help provide that pro- objection, it is so ordered. For me, Roe v. Wade hits close to tection. If no one yields time, the time shall home because I come from the State Incredibly, the United States is only be charged equally. where the lead plaintiff was living at one of seven countries that allow elec- The Senator from North Carolina. the time of that now famous lawsuit. tive abortions past 20 weeks. It is not Mr. TILLIS. Mr. President, I am here Her name is Norma McCorvey, or Jane exactly an honor to be in the same cat- to talk about a vote we will be consid- Roe in the case. She was from Dallas, egory as North Korea, Vietnam, and ering later this afternoon on the Pain- TX. What is unknown, generally, but China when it comes to allowing elec- Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. interesting, is what is left out of this tive abortions after 5 months. I thank Senator GRAHAM and my fel- story when you hear about Jane Roe in I am glad that the pain-capable bill low cosponsors on the bill. I think it is Roe v. Wade. Mrs. McCorvey, actually, has passed in 20 States, including my

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:40 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G29JA6.005 S29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE S530 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 29, 2018 home State of Texas. It has been esti- I hope my colleagues will join me in days. Bipartisan discussions continue mated that the law we are voting on supporting the pain-capable legislation on a variety of important issues, in- today will save approximately 12,000 to we will be voting on in just a couple of cluding immigration, border security, 18,000 babies annually. That is 12,000 to hours. disaster relief, healthcare, and funding 18,000 lives saved were this bill to pass. I yield the floor. for our Armed Forces. With our Feb- That is hopeful news. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ruary 8 deadline fast approaching, it is Polls have shown that a majority of ator from Rhode Island. vital that we continue these serious Americans support a prohibition on Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, I and constructive talks. abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. am prepared to deliver remarks, but I Last week, the administration pro- This is one thing that brings people see that the majority leader is on the vided its framework for immigration who consider themselves to be pro-life floor, and I do not want to intrude on legislation. As I noted, it builds upon and people who consider themselves to his desire to take the floor if he wishes. the four pillars for reform that the be pro-choice together, common ground Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I President has consistently put forth recognizing that at some point you are thank my good friend from Rhode Is- and indicates what is necessary for him talking about a human being capable of land. I will not occupy the Senate floor to sign a bill into law. As discussions living outside the womb. for very long. continue in the Senate on the subject of immigration, Members on both sides As my colleague from Oklahoma, the RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER junior Senator, told us on the floor re- of the aisle should look to this frame- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- work as they work toward an agree- cently, people all across the country jority leader is recognized. are waking up. They are beginning to ment. MARSHALL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING The President’s proposal has received say, as he put it: Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, the praise as a serious effort to solve some Wait a minute, that child has 10 fingers community of Benton, KY, is con- of the problems with our broken immi- and 10 toes, unique DNA that is different from his or her mom and dad, [and] the child tinuing to pick up the pieces after last gration system. Not surprisingly with feels pain in the womb and has a beating week’s harrowing shooting. a subject this complicated, it has also heart. . . . That sounds like a child. I wish, once again, to thank our law received criticism from both the right He is absolutely right. It sounds like enforcement and first responders for and the left. Constructive critiques are a child because it is one. their heroism, and I would also like to one thing, but the type of irresponsible I wish to close by quoting Winston recognize Marshall County Judge-Exec- racial invective used yet again on this Churchill, who I realize is perhaps an utive Kevin Neal for his leadership subject by the Democratic leader of the unlikely figure to bring up at a time when his community needed it the House is decidedly unhelpful. These comments are precisely the like this. That great leader once said most. kind of divisive partisanship that dim that ‘‘a nation that has forgotten its For most of us, this tragedy is barely the prospects that a bipartisan com- past has no future.’’ even conceivable, but to the parents of promise could become law. The Amer- Here in the United States, we have Bailey Holt and Preston Cope, it is now ican people elected us to legislate, not forgotten our past when it comes to a painful reality. Bailey Holt was 15 to trade insults. To resolve President abortion. We have forgotten, for exam- years old, and her mother said that she Obama’s unlawfully established DACA ple, that some of the original advocates had a ‘‘perfect, sweet soul.’’ She has Program and other important issues in of abortion had ties to the eugenics been described as compassionate, con- immigration, I would urge my Demo- movement. They believed that you fident, and comfortable being herself. cratic colleagues to put serious, good- could eliminate people who had disabil- When she wasn’t busy cheering for the faith discussions ahead of cheap, par- ities or who were frowned upon for one University of Louisville Cardinals, Bai- tisan point scoring. reason or another by virtue of their ley was always ready with a kind word NOMINATION OF DAVID STRAS gender or other characteristics they or a friendly gesture for those who Mr. President, now on another mat- had no control over. They often pro- needed it. ter. These negotiations aren’t the only moted forced sterilization because On social media, her family and important business before us this week. some people, in their view, simply friends are using the expression ‘‘Be We will also consider another of Presi- shouldn’t be allowed to reproduce. One Like Bailey,’’ encouraging everyone dent Trump’s well-qualified judicial example is Margaret Sanger, the found- who sees it to act with charity. Preston Cope, who was also 15, was nominees, David Stras, of Minnesota, er of Planned Parenthood, who is to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals known to have spoken with the Ku known for being kind, soft-spoken, and a quick learner. He loved reading about for the Eighth Circuit. Judge Stras Klux Klan and other disreputable orga- serves as an associate justice of the nizations about her views. history and playing baseball for Mar- shall County High School and the Cal- Minnesota Supreme Court. Three of his We have forgotten, as well, the activ- former colleagues on that court, now ists advocating on behalf of racial mi- vert City Sluggers. Preston’s friends remember his ability to inspire them retired, praised him in an open letter norities in the 1960s and 1970s who once last year for his sterling academic emphasized abortion’s civil rights con- and to make them laugh. One of Bailey and Preston’s class- record, his considerable experience, nection—that protecting the unborn and his ability to hear cases ‘‘with ob- represented an effort to protect the mates called them ‘‘the nicest people I ever met. They never had anything jectivity and an open mind.’’ weak and the disenfranchised. Their testimony confirmed Judge Respectfully, I call on all of our col- negative to say. They always had a smile on their face.’’ Stras’s well-known reputation for leagues to remember these connections thoughtfulness, fairness, and intellec- This weekend, friends and family and to see how far we have come—and tual excellence. I look forward to vot- gathered at the high school gym by the not in a positive way. These colleagues ing to advance his nomination and to hundreds to remember Bailey and Pres- of mine often describe themselves as send this capable jurist to the Federal ton and to comfort one another. pro-choice, but they actually are not bench. unique in that regard. We all attach As the other injured students fight to Mr. President, the Senate will vote value to choices. As others have said recover and the entire Marshall County to take up a measure to ensure that before, we all know that choices have community continues to grieve and the most vulnerable in our society are consequences and that some are better heal, they will have Bailey and Pres- granted the protection they deserve than others. ton’s example to draw on and they will under law. The Pain-Capable Unborn Each of us represents the sum of his have the prayers of their fellow Ken- Child Protection Act reflects a growing or her choices, too. As a society, we tuckians, of us here in the Senate, and mainstream consensus—mainstream should choose to offer pregnant moth- of the entire country. consensus—that unborn children ers who are worried, financially inse- WORK OF THE SENATE should not be subjected to elective cure, or alone options other than abor- Mr. President, on an entirely dif- abortion after 20 weeks. tion. We not only should do this, but ferent matter, a great deal of work re- There are only seven countries left in we must. mains in the Senate in the coming the world that permit this, including,

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Mr. President, ronmental Protection Agency? undistinguished list. tomorrow the Environment and Public Governor Kean believes Pruitt is Some refer to this legislation as Works Committee will have an oppor- doing this to keep his own staff mem- Micah’s Law in honor of a little boy tunity to question Environmental Pro- bers in the dark, which begs the ques- who was born premature at just 22 tection Agency Administrator Scott tion: What does Pruitt have to hide weeks. Today, Micah Pickering is a Pruitt at an oversight hearing. Over- from his own staff? It sounds like a healthy 5-year-old boy. He shows what sight of the executive branch is one of question my Republican colleagues on can happen when we give life a chance. the Senate’s great responsibilities. Un- EPW should ask him tomorrow. This afternoon, every one of us will fortunately, the Republican leadership Pruitt’s wasteful spending isn’t just go on record on this issue. On the com- of this body has shown little interest in limited to his cone of silence. As Gov- monsense side of this issue are 63 per- holding the Trump administration ac- ernor Kean points out, Pruitt has used cent of Americans, according to a re- countable, despite the fact that this private jets costing taxpayers another cent survey, and every other country administration is more ethically chal- $58,000. His princely habits have even in the world, save seven. There is no prompted questions from Senator reason why this should be a partisan lenged, more riven by conflicts of in- GRASSLEY. So I ask my EPW Repub- issue. I hope our Democratic colleagues terest, more captured by special inter- lican colleagues: If Senator GRASSLEY will not obstruct the Senate from tak- ests, more defined by cronyism than any other. is troubled by Pruitt’s wasteful spend- ing up this bill. ing of taxpayers’ money on personal I urge every one of my colleagues to After a year of Pruitt at the helm of luxuries, shouldn’t you ask him about join me in voting to advance it this EPA—a tenure that has been marked it at tomorrow’s hearing? afternoon. by mass staff departures, a slowdown Pruitt’s penchant for secrecy goes STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS in enforcement actions, questionable travel and other personal spending, well beyond the expensive cone of si- Mr. President, now, on a final mat- lence that was designed to keep his ter, the President delivers his first rolling back critical clean air and own staff in the dark. It also extends to State of the Union Address tomorrow. I clean water protections, a purge of sci- his schedule, where he tries to keep the am especially looking forward to his entists, an influx of industry insiders, a American people in the dark. Unlike remarks on tax reform and the state of smorgasbord of meetings with industry Ruckelshaus and previous EPA Admin- our economy. Already hundreds of bigwigs, many of whom coincidentally istrators, Pruitt will not even disclose businesses have announced significant also bankrolled his political career whom he is meeting or when he is trav- bonuses, pay increases, new jobs, and back in Oklahoma, an obsession with eling. As Governor Kean notes, our expanded benefits. Just last week, we secrecy, and heaps and heaps and heaps only idea of the folks he is meeting learned that Verst Logistics, which is of climate denial—Pruitt will finally comes from the Freedom of Informa- based in Walton, KY, and employs be appearing before our committee. I nearly 1,600, has distributed bonuses to urge my Republican colleagues on EPW tion Act. Once EPA finally released the full-time employees. The company’s to bring some good questions to tomor- first few months of Pruitt’s calendars CEO told workers: ‘‘I want to be sure row’s hearing. in response to a FOIA request, that is that you and your families share in the Judging by Pruitt’s first year, he is when we learned he was meeting with benefits of your accomplishments and running dangerously amok. He has scores of industry fat cats and almost the new tax reform legislation.’’ turned EPA into perhaps the swampi- no environmental groups. When I hear my Democratic col- est Agency in a very swampy adminis- As for his travels, we only find out leagues denigrate tax reform bonuses tration. Pruitt’s record at EPA de- about them after the fact, which of as ‘‘crumbs,’’ I think about workers mands the sort of oversight this body course prevents the press from cov- like these. I think about the Verst used to exercise. If you don’t believe ering Pruitt, say, when he jets off to worker who came to her boss with this about Pruitt’s record, just take a Morocco to lobby for American natural tears in her eyes when she received look at what some distinguished Re- gas producers. One of my Republican word of her bonus. It was Christmas. publicans have to say. William colleagues on EPW might want to ask She and her husband had recently had Ruckelshaus, who under both Presi- Pruitt why he is jetting around the their fifth child. Money was tight. dents Richard Nixon and Ronald world playing Commerce Secretary for Mom and dad had enough saved up to Reagan ran the EPA, has criticized the fossil fuel industry when he should buy gifts for the kids but were plan- Pruitt’s penchant for secrecy in this be working here at home in America to ning to skip presents for each other, Washington Post op-ed contrasting it protect people’s health and their envi- but tax reform changed that. Thanks with his own more transparent man- ronment. to the tax reform bonus she earned, agement style. He said: What does Governor Kean have to this employee and her husband could We release[d] my full schedule and the pub- say about Pruitt’s industry ties? ‘‘He go out to a nice dinner and buy each lication of written communications on a has elevated cronyism to new heights.’’ other Christmas gifts after all. The daily basis . . . Scott Pruitt is taking the ab- Those are Governor’s Kean’s words, not CEO says he has never been hugged so solute opposite approach. Pruitt operates in mine. hard in his life. secrecy. In an interview with HuffPost just It is a shame that none of my Demo- In an interview with HuffPost, this past Friday, Mr. Ruckelshaus cratic colleagues voted for tax re- former New Jersey Governor and chair- echoed this concern that Pruitt cares form—not a single one of them—and it man of the 9/11 Commission, Tom Kean, more about his political ties than pro- is jarring to hear some of them now is also troubled by Pruitt’s fixation tecting the environment. ‘‘He’s just denigrate the pay increases and the with secrecy. I think this New York like Trump,’’ Ruckelshaus said. ‘‘He’s benefits that only wealthy people could Times op-ed makes his opinion clear. got an ideological approach to it, an deem insignificant. Maybe in San He writes: approach that affects the large contrib- Francisco or New York an extra $500 or [T]o satisfy his penchant for secrecy, [Pru- utors in his party in Oklahoma.’’ $1,000 is no big deal, but try telling itt] is installing—at a cost of nearly $25,000 Here again, Republican colleagues on that to families in North Dakota, Mis- to taxpayers—a secure phone booth in his EPW might want to ask Pruitt about souri, and Montana. Try telling that to Washington office to keep people, including his close ties with industry and wheth- that mother of five. I suspect you staff members, in the dark. er he is working for the fossil fuel in- would get an earful. Imagine that. While demanding mas- terests that donated hundreds of thou- Tomorrow evening when the Presi- sive cuts to EPA’s budget, Pruitt is sands of dollars to his political activi- dent describes tax reform’s impact for spending thousands of dollars to build ties back in Oklahoma or working for middle-class Americans, every one of himself, like Maxwell Smart, a cone of the American people. Governor Kean us should stand and applaud. silence. He doesn’t run the CIA. He goes on to say that Pruitt ‘‘built his

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Without science, if we are slowing down ‘‘in some instances the rights of women across the coun- ignore it or block it, as Governor Kean fairly dramatically because they’ve cut try. However, I don’t merely oppose says Pruitt is doing, the decisions we the budget for the number of enforce- this partisan bill. I oppose the very make are simply uninformed and irra- ment agents.’’ You can’t do cleanups or fact Republicans are once again bring- tional, and Governor Kean and I aren’t police polluters without money and ing this bill—which they know is a the only ones who think this. people, both of which Pruitt is looking nonstarter—to the floor. Yet another high-profile Republican, to cut. Simply put, Pruitt’s so-called I oppose the very idea that in the 21st the former New Jersey Governor and back-to-basics campaign is a smoke- century, we are going to waste time on George W. Bush EPA Administrator, screen to hide his attempts to gut the a question that has already been an- Christine Todd Whitman, agrees. Pru- Agency he is supposed to lead because swered and shouldn’t even be up for de- itt claims he will pursue so-called ‘‘red it will make his industry backers bate. I oppose the fact that we are still team/blue team’’ exercises instead of happy. voting on whether women and doctors the long-established gold standard peer Once again, I ask my EPW Repub- are best equipped to make healthcare review process for rigorously evalu- lican colleagues: Will you confront decisions—or politicians here in Wash- ating science. Governor Whitman sees Pruitt about his sham promises to get ington, DC. We are still voting on right through that. back to basics while he is really just whether we should criminalize doctors [D]ecisions must be based on reliable cutting staff and resources and reduc- for making sound medical decisions. science. The red team begins with his politi- ing enforcement? We are still voting on whether we cally preferred conclusion that climate change isn’t a problem, and it will seek evi- Governor Kean speaks for many should turn back the clock and put dence to justify that position. That’s the op- Americans when he writes, ‘‘For the women’s lives at risk. posite of how science works. sake of our children’s health, it’s time Roe v. Wade was decided 45 years ago. Pruitt doesn’t want to follow the sci- for Scott Pruitt to go.’’ When you are We celebrated the anniversary of that entific method, at least not when it hearing that from the Republican side, historic decision last week. I would comes to climate science or any other it is worth listening. like to think that after almost half a science, for that matter, that his in- Pruitt’s tenure at the EPA has been century, we could move on from debat- dustry backers object to. He wants to an unmitigated disaster for public ing this settled issue. Yet here we are. fabricate a case for his industry back- health, for the environment, and for In 2015, the Republican leaders stated ers’ politically preferred hypothesis. the future of the planet we call home. quite flatly that a vote to defund This isn’t science. This is a counterfeit Its only value is if you have some pecu- Planned Parenthood would be an exer- of science. As Governor Whitman liar connoisseur interest in govern- cise in futility because there was no writes, ‘‘True science follows the evi- ment corruption to watch all the many way it was going to pass. The same is dence. . . . Government bases policy on ways in which industry can work its true of this extreme, harmful legisla- those results. This applies to liberals will within its supposed regulator. tion. Yet here we are. and conservatives alike,’’ or at least Tomorrow, those of us who sit on the Bringing this bill to the floor is an that is the way it used to be before Environment and Public Works Com- exercise in futility, and passing it Scott Pruitt turned the keys over to mittee have an important opportunity would be an exercise in cruelty. Just polluting industries. to put the Senate’s oversight authority look at the story from a Washington So, EPW Republicans, there is an- to good use and expose how badly Pru- State mother, Judy Nicastro. A few other question for you to ask Pruitt to- itt is in the pocket of the polluters he years ago, she wrote an op-ed in the morrow: How does he justify throwing is supposed to police. I sincerely hope New York Times, and she courageously out the real scientists and the real that my Republican colleagues on EPW shared a story that is every expecting science in order to arrive so predict- will seize the opportunity. You can be woman’s worst nightmare. Judy shared ably at the fossil fuel industry’s pre- sure that my Democratic colleagues her experience of learning that one of ferred conclusions? and I will. the twins she was carrying had a lung Governor Whitman calls Pruitt’s cli- I yield the floor. condition. One lung chamber had not mate denial scheming ‘‘a waste of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- formed at all, and the other was only 20 government’s time, energy, and re- ator from Washington. percent complete. She wrote: sources, and a slap in the face to fiscal Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, today My world stopped. I loved being pregnant responsibility and responsible govern- in communities across our country, with twins. . . . The thought of losing one ance.’’ It is, in her words, ‘‘shameful,’’ young people are asking whether they child was unbearable. ‘‘unjustifiable,’’ and a ‘‘wild goose will be able to stay in the only country She went on to say: chase.’’ It sounds like more great ques- they have ever called home. Struggling The MRI at Seattle Children’s Hospital tions for EPW Republicans to ask Pru- patients and veterans are wondering confirmed our fears: the organs were pushed itt tomorrow: How does he justify whether their local community health up into our boy’s chest and not developing spending taxpayers’ money on his center will be able to stay open and properly. We were in the 22nd week. backers’ climate denial schemes. provide the care that they can’t other- I am grateful her doctors were able This question is particularly relevant wise afford. Workers and business own- to give her sound medical advice. I am in light of Pruitt’s campaign to radi- ers are wondering—again—whether the grateful that she and her husband were cally cut EPA’s budget and staff. Under government will even be open in a able to make the decision they felt was his tenure, EPA staff has been reduced week or two. best for their own family. And I am so to the lowest level in more than 30 Instead of addressing the serious and grateful to Judy for sharing her story, years. EPW Republicans, take note be- pressing challenges that people are fac- which represents the incredibly painful cause here is another question you can ing, Republican leaders today are de- decision she and so many other women ask Pruitt tomorrow: How can he jus- bating whether to trust women to have faced. tify spending taxpayer money on fri- make their own healthcare choices. My colleagues might recognize that volities like his Maxwell Smart cone of That is right. While this country is story. I have shared it before, just as silence or personal luxuries like exorbi- waiting for us to come together and Republicans have introduced this deep- tant private travel or crazy climate de- solve problems, Republicans are wast- ly harmful legislation before. I hope nial schemes all while demanding dras- ing precious time with a politically this time the Republicans listen. I hope tic cuts to the people who do the real motivated, partisan bill that is engi- they will stop trying to pretend they work of protecting the public at his neered to drive us apart and hurt are in any way qualified to interfere Agency? women. with decisions that a woman has the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:40 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G29JA6.010 S29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE January 29, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S533 constitutional right to make on her ticians want to score political points at tions after 20 weeks. Some women face own. I hope they will stop trying to the expense of women and their fami- so many delays when seeking an abor- criminalize a doctor’s ability to pro- lies. tion, like finding a provider, raising vide sound medical advice and protect We are having this vote today be- money for the procedure, and paying the lives of patients. I hope they will cause President Trump asked for it. If for travel costs—so many delays that a stop wasting our time with bills that it passes, this unconstitutional bill procedure they wanted earlier in preg- are so out of date, extremely out of would put women’s lives and women’s nancy gets pushed later and later. touch, and obviously unconstitutional. health at risk. Government officials These logistical hurdles fall hardest on But if Republicans will not stop this who seek to insert themselves between young people, on women of color, and exercise in futility and their attacks women and their doctors ought to lis- on low-income communities. on women’s rights, they should know ten to the women whose lives are on What is behind some of these delays? that I will not stop standing up and the line and the doctors who care for State-level abortion restrictions making clear exactly why they are them. If they were listening right now, pushed through by Republican legisla- wrong. They should know I am going to we wouldn’t be holding this vote. tures that close down clinics and make keep fighting for Judy and so many Only 1 percent of abortions take it harder for women to get access to other women and their families, and I place at 21 weeks or later, and the rea- the care they need. You heard that will keep urging them to work with sons are heartbreaking. I have heard right. Republican-sponsored abortion Democrats on the serious challenges from people across Massachusetts who restrictions push women to have abor- that face our Nation—none of which, shared their devastating stories. The tions later and later, and today, Repub- by the way, have to do with trusting Senate should hear these stories. licans in the Senate push a bill to ban women or controlling their healthcare One woman who wrote to me ex- late abortions. It is all connected. choices. plained that she was ecstatic to have a This bill is only one part of a broad I do want to thank the many Demo- second child but learned late in her and sustained assault by Republican crats who will be joining me here on pregnancy that her daughter’s brain politicians on women’s rights to make the floor to stand up for women and de- was severely malformed. She said: decisions about their own bodies. liver this same message to our Repub- Being a grown woman with a husband and Through repeated efforts to limit birth daughter, I never imagined that I would need lican colleagues. Again, I hope they lis- to [get an abortion]. But when I learned that control access, to defund Planned Par- ten because Democrats would like to the baby I was carrying suffered from a set enthood, and to restrict abortions, Re- get to work. of severe brain malformations, I faced a bi- publicans are chipping away at wom- Thank you. nary choice for her: peace or life. . . . I am en’s health, women’s safety, and wom- I yield the floor. deeply grateful that I was able to give her en’s economic independence. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the gift of peace. If MITCH MCCONNELL or PAUL RYAN ator from Massachusetts. She and her husband did what they or Donald Trump actually wanted to Ms. WARREN. Mr. President, I want thought was best for their baby girl. reduce abortions, they could embrace to thank the senior Senator from They got an abortion in the third tri- policies that would lessen the eco- Washington for her leadership on this mester. nomic pressures of pregnancy and of important issue and for gathering Another couple chose to get an abor- motherhood. They could act to help women to come to the floor today to tion at 22 weeks, after learning that pregnant women and their babies ac- talk about the Republican bill that has their son’s heart would never fully de- cess healthcare early and often. They been proposed and that we will be vot- velop. The husband wrote to me: could help young women avoid un- ing on soon. His pulmonary veins did not connect to his wanted pregnancies in the first place. When I was a girl growing up in Okla- heart in the right place. He had ventricular Instead, they have spent the last homa, women got abortions. Make no septal defect, an atrial septal defect . . . and year doing exactly the opposite. They mistake, abortions were illegal back the left side of his heart was smaller than his right. . . . We hoped to be eligible for in- have held vote after vote to try to gut then, but women got them. Desperate utero heart surgery, but our fetal cardiolo- the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid, women turned to back-alley butchers, gists told us that our son’s heart could not when we should be expanding those and some even tried the procedure on be fixed. Our little boy—our miracle—wasn’t programs. Affordable healthcare, ac- their own, using coat hangers or drink- going to make it. cessible contraceptives, and other pro- ing turpentine. Some were lucky, but He described their choice as an act of grams that support working women some weren’t. Some women bled to mercy. He said: and families are all under attack. And death. Some died of infection. Some My wife and I are both pro-life, and we today, Republican politicians want to were poisoned. And they all went would never encourage an abortion. [But] distract from their hypocrisy with an through hell. there isn’t a day that I regret what we did unconstitutional 20-week abortion In 1973, the Supreme Court stepped because we both believe our child is watch- ban—one that will not pass, that ig- in. Forty-five years after Roe v. Wade, ing over us from a safer place. There also nores the actual experiences of women, abortions are safer than getting your isn’t a day I wonder who else could possibly understand what we went through. No law and would cause enormous harm if it tonsils out. A lot of women are alive can save my child from his complex con- were signed into law. today because of Roe. Nearly 70 percent genital heart disease, or save my wife from Today’s vote, which we all know will of Americans agree, Roe v. Wade is her suffering. fail, isn’t about policy; it is about po- worth celebrating. But the bill we are voting on today litical theater. But women don’t get I wish I were here today to acknowl- says that the government should have abortions to prove a political point. edge the impact of Roe. Instead, I am been part of that decision—no, not just Reproductive rights are about health. here to defend it from attack. part of that decision. It would have al- They are about safety. And this par- Last week President Trump marked lowed the government to make that de- ticular vote about banning abortions at the anniversary of Roe v. Wade by call- cision, instead of leaving the choice to 20 weeks is about a bunch of politicians ing for a ban on a rare category of these brokenhearted parents. intruding on one of the most wrenching abortions—ones that take place after The bill we are considering today decisions that a woman will ever make. 20 weeks of pregnancy. So today, the would ban all abortions after 20 weeks, It has been 45 years since Roe v. Senate is voting on a bill to do exactly with only limited exceptions. It would Wade; 45 years since women gained the that. force women to carry an unviable fetus constitutional right to a safe, legal Let’s be honest about why this vote to term. It would force women with se- abortion; 45 years since the days of ille- is happening now. Today’s vote is hap- vere health complications to stay preg- gal abortions. I have lived in that pening because politicians who have nant until their lives were on the line. America. I have lived in the world of never been pregnant, who have never Whatever you believe about abortion back-alley butchers and wrecked lives. had an abortion, who have never had to generally, this legislation is dangerous And we are not going back—not now, make a wrenching decision after learn- and cruel. not ever. ing that the child they are carrying Devastating fetal abnormalities Thank you. will not survive childbirth—those poli- aren’t the only reason women get abor- I yield the floor.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:40 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G29JA6.011 S29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE S534 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 29, 2018 The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. your version of the choices that we all [From the New York Times, Oct. 20, 2016] ERNST). The Senator from Hawaii. ought to be able to make in our lives? LATE-TERM ABORTION WAS THE RIGHT CHOICE Ms. HIRONO. Madam President, I The bill we are debating today would FOR ME would like to thank my friend Senator jeopardize the health and safety of (By Meredith Isaksen) MURRAY for organizing this block of women by establishing a nationwide BERKELEY, CA.—I was 21 weeks pregnant time for us—you have just heard from ban on abortion care after 20 weeks. when a doctor told my husband and me that Senator WARREN—and for all the work This bill is arbitrary, and it is not our second little boy was missing half his heart. It had stopped growing correctly Senator MURRAY has done to fight for meaningfully different from the Ari- around five weeks gestation, but the abnor- women all across the country. zona law deemed unconstitutional by mality was not detectable until the 20-week Today’s debate is the latest battle in the Ninth Circuit in 2014, a case that anatomy scan. It was very unlikely that our the continuing assault on a women’s the Supreme Court let stand. baby would survive delivery, and if he did, he constitutionally protected right to an This bill fails to account for the rea- would ultimately need a heart transplant. abortion. As decided by the Supreme sons why a woman might seek an abor- In the days that followed, after the poking and prodding, after the meetings with pedi- Court in Roe and reaffirmed in Casey, tion after 20 weeks, and it restricts the the right to an abortion is rooted fun- atric cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons ability of women to make the best de- and geneticists, my husband and I decided to damentally in a women’s right to pri- cisions for themselves and their fami- terminate our pregnancy. I was 22 weeks vacy, but the Supreme Court’s recogni- lies. pregnant when they wheeled me into the op- tion of this constitutionally protected This bill includes no exception allow- erating room, two weeks shy of viability in right has not prevented continuous ef- ing for abortion in the case where the the state of California. forts to limit that right. For us, the decision was about compassion pregnancy is a risk to the woman’s for our unborn baby, who would face over- I ask my Republican colleagues who health. Instead, a doctor would only be are on a mission to limit a woman’s whelming and horribly painful obstacles. able to provide care after establishing Compassion for our 2-year-old son, who constitutional right to choose: What is that a woman would die—would die—or would contend with hours upon hours in a more private than a person’s right to suffer life-threatening injuries without hospital, missing out on invaluable time her own body—not just to control her an abortion. How cruel can this bill be spent with his parents, and the death of a body but to literally own her body? that the only exception is when a very real sibling. It was about compassion What could be more private than that? for our marriage. Perhaps most important, it woman is about to die before she can was about our belief that parenthood some- That is what is at stake as we debate get the care she needs? the bill before us today. times means we sacrifice our own dreams so To make matters worse, this bill our children don’t have to suffer. My home State of Hawaii was the places additional burdens on women As the day of my termination approached first State in the country to legalize who survive the horrors of sexual as- and I felt my baby’s kicks and wiggles, I si- abortion, and it continues to be at the sault. Under this bill, a sexual assault multaneously wanted to crawl out of my skin and suspend us together in time. I want- forefront of protecting, expanding, and survivor must provide written proof preserving this constitutional right. ed him to know how important he was to me, she had obtained counseling or medical that the well of my grief and love for him But for every law we fought to pass, we treatment to receive an abortion. How- have had to fight just as hard to beat would stretch deeper and deeper into the ever, a woman’s own OB/GYN could not vastness of our family’s small yet limitless back a wide range of anti-choice legis- provide this counseling if he or she pro- life. He may have moved inside me for only lation. vides abortion services or, even worse, five months, but he had touched and shaped Republican-controlled State legisla- has a practice that provides them. me in ways I could never have imagined. tures have enacted hundreds of limita- To Donald J. Trump and politicians like Adult women who are able to qualify tions on choice. These efforts have not him, a late-term abortion is the stuff of ’80s under these outrageous conditions abated in the States or even in Con- slasher films. ‘‘You can take the baby and would still have to wait 48 hours before gress. Courts have deemed many of rip the baby out of the womb of the mother,’’ they could receive abortion care. Mr. Trump said during Wednesday night’s these laws unconstitutional. That is If the survivor is a minor, the law es- debate, a description void of consideration why Donald Trump and the entire con- for women, medical professionals or the servative movement have prioritized tablishes an additional burden to prove she reported the crime to the authori- truth. Such politicians would have you be- selecting, appointing, and confirming lieve that women like me shouldn’t get to judges who are ideologically sympa- ties. According to the Department of make the choice I made. That our baby, de- thetic to their views on choice. Justice, only 35 percent of women who spite his tiny misshapen heart and non- The Trump administration is also are raped and sexually assaulted report existent aorta, should have a chance ‘‘to eroding this right through Executive the crime to the police. live,’’ even though that life might have Victims of incest who are over 18 lasted mere minutes. Even though that life action. In one prominent example last would have been excruciatingly painful. year, a senior official at the Depart- would also not be specifically per- mitted an exception under this bill. These politicians are ignorant of the sac- ment of Health and Human Services rifices and blessings that come with carrying went to court to impose his own ideo- This legislation would even threaten a pregnancy (let alone a nonviable preg- logical views to prevent a young doctors with fines and/or imprisonment nancy). They do not understand that a ma- woman in his care from obtaining an for providing abortion services to jority of women who have late-term abor- abortion after forcing her to undergo women who do not meet the bill’s nar- tions are terminating desperately wanted row exceptions after 20 weeks. pregnancies. anti-abortion counseling. Fortunately, I am fortunate to live in a state that al- the DC Circuit Court stopped this offi- But the outrage doesn’t end there. This bill does not contain an exception lows abortions after 20 weeks. At least 13 cial from forcing this young woman to states restrict such procedures; 15 more have be pregnant against her will. for cases where a woman’s fetus is not moved to defund Planned Parenthood, where The Republican Congress is complicit developing properly and has no chance many low-income women go for reproductive as well. Over the past 7 years of Repub- at living after birth. Many of the care. lican control, the House and Senate women in these circumstances des- Many women have made the kind of dif- voted to defund Planned Parenthood perately wanted the pregnancies they ficult decision I had to make. When it hap- are choosing to terminate. pens to you, they come out of the woodwork. more than 20 times. Friends, neighbors, colleagues. A friend of I understand that this is an emotion- Last year, I read a moving account my mother-in-law said to me early on, ‘‘You ally charged issue and that each of us from Meredith Isaksen, an English in- will always carry this loss, but someday, it has strongly held and sincere positions, structor at Berkeley City College, who won’t define you.’’ but it really shouldn’t be too much to shared her personal and heartbreaking As the two-year anniversary of my abor- ask for my colleagues to stay out of story in an essay in the New York tion approaches, I can say without a shadow my private life and the private lives of Times. of a doubt that we made the right decision women all across the country. That is I ask unanimous consent that a copy for our family—and that our government has absolutely no place in the anguish which ac- called respecting each other’s views. of her essay be printed in the RECORD. companies a late-term abortion, except to Why should we institutionally force There being no objection, the mate- ensure that women and their families have other people who do not share your rial was ordered to be printed in the the right to make their choice safely and pri- views to basically have to live with RECORD, as follows: vately.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:40 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G29JA6.013 S29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE January 29, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S535 Saying goodbye to our boy was the single increasingly ill, the patient requested most States. An estimated 1.2 million most difficult and profound experience of my an abortion to prevent her condition women each year resorted to illegal life, and the truth is, it has come to define from getting worse. The doctors on her abortions, typically performed in un- me. Today I am a better mother because of case refused. After spending 2 weeks in sanitary conditions by unlicensed prac- him. I am a better wife, daughter and friend. titioners and often resulting in infec- He made me more compassionate and more a hospital intensive care unit, this patient. He taught me to love with reckless woman was transferred to Dr. tion, hemorrhage, and even death. abandon, despite the knowledge that I could Moayedi’s care, where she ultimately Well, I think women remember those lose it all. had to have both her hands and feet days, and we are not going back. We named him Lev, the Hebrew word for amputated due to severe infection. She As Governor of New Hampshire in heart. also lost her baby. 1997, I signed into law a bill that re- Ms. HIRONO. Meredith was 21 weeks Dr. Moayedi recently moved from pealed our State’s archaic law that pregnant when she learned that her Texas to Hawaii, where she now pro- dated back to 1848 and made abortion a second baby boy was missing half of his vides lifesaving abortion care to felony. Like that 1848 law, the legisla- heart. It had stopped growing properly women at all stages of pregnancy. tion now before the Senate would also at around 5 weeks, but it wasn’t detect- Recently, Dr. Moayedi had a patient threaten physicians with criminal able until her 20-week anatomy scan. with a desired pregnancy who was charges and imprisonment. Meredith’s decision to terminate her flown in from a neighbor island for Abortion later in pregnancy is ex- pregnancy was an agonizing one, but as management of her pre-viable labor. tremely rare. Indeed, almost 99 percent she weighed her options, she reflected Despite the expert, specialist care she of abortions occur before 21 weeks. on the meaning of compassion, and she received, the patient’s water broke at When an abortion is needed later in said: 22 weeks. At that point, there was pregnancy, it typically involves very nothing Dr. Moayedi could do to pre- complex, life-threatening, and heart- For us, the decision was about compassion breaking circumstances—for example, for our unborn baby, who would face over- vent labor. Because abortion is legal whelming and horribly painful obstacles. after 20 weeks in Hawaii, Dr. Moayedi the discovery of a severe and likely Compassion for our 2-year-old son, who was able to provide lifesaving abortion fatal abnormality, as described by Sen- would contend with hours upon hours in a care for her patient and prevent her ator HIRONO. In these difficult cir- hospital, missing out on invaluable time from developing a massive infection. cumstances, a woman consults with spent with his parents, and the death of a Dr. Moayedi put it plainly in her her doctor and with other people she very real sibling. It was about compassion note: ‘‘Restrictions on abortion care trusts. A woman needs the freedom to for our marriage. Perhaps most important, it endanger the lives of my patients.’’ consider every medical option, includ- was about our belief that parenthood some- ‘‘Restrictions on abortion care en- ing serious risks to her own life. times means we sacrifice our own dreams so danger the lives of my patients.’’ And The extremely narrow exceptions in our children don’t have to suffer. that is exactly what this bill will do. It the bill before us—exceptions if the Meredith asserted—and I agree—that will endanger the lives of millions of pregnancy results from rape or incest— our government has no place in the an- women in this country who do not— are deliberately designed to impose guish that accompanied her decision to who do not—make the decision to have burdens, complications, and shame on have an abortion. an abortion after 20 weeks lightly. As women who have chosen to terminate a Meredith closed her essay with a very my colleague from Massachusetts said, pregnancy. The victim must provide poignant reflection on her own experi- most abortions take place before 20 written verification that she has ob- ence 2 years later. She wrote: weeks. tained counseling or medical treat- Saying goodbye to our boy was the single We are passing a cruel, unconscion- ment from a very specific list of ‘‘med- most difficult and profound experience of my able, and indeed unconstitutional law. ical providers’’ who do not provide life, and the truth is, it has come to define Why are we doing that? Why these con- abortions and who are often strongly me. Today I am a better mother because of tinuing attacks on a woman’s health, anti-abortion. This requirement is a him. I am a better wife, daughter and friend. her economic well-being, and her abil- completely unnecessary burden on a He made me more compassionate and more ity to control her own body? woman who is already dealing with a patient. He taught me to love with reckless I urge my colleagues to join me in abandon, despite the knowledge that I could crisis. It is also insulting and conde- lose it all. opposing this unconscionable bill. scending to all women. We are not chil- Madam President, I yield the floor. dren who need guidance from an adult. Meredith and her husband named him The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Lev, the Hebrew word for ‘‘heart.’’ We can consult those we choose to con- ator from New Hampshire. sult, and we can make our own deci- Meredith was fortunate in that she Mrs. SHAHEEN. Madam President, I lived in a State that permitted abor- sions. To impose this requirement in join my colleagues on the floor today this crude manner is something right tions past 20 weeks. Thirteen States to speak in opposition to the pending have established a 20-week abortion out of a handmaid’s tale. legislation to outlaw abortion proce- Then, if the rape victim is a minor, ban, and the women living in those dures after 20 weeks. she is allowed access to an abortion States have suffered as a result. Think This is yet another extreme effort to only if she can provide proof that she about all the Merediths in those 13 allow the government to interfere in reported the crime to law enforcement. States and many others. the healthcare decisions that should be Again, this is completely out of touch Recently, I heard from Dr. Ghazaleh strictly between a woman and her fam- with the real world. Only a small per- Moayedi, an OB/GYN who has practiced ily and her physician. This latest at- centage of sexual assaults and rapes medicine in Texas, which has a 20-week tempt is particularly dangerous. It are reported to police. Nearly 80 per- abortion ban, and in Hawaii, a State would impose prison sentences of up to cent of rape and sexual assault victims that has strong protections for women 5 years on physicians who don’t fulfill know their offender. seeking to exercise their constitutional the law’s deliberately burdensome re- So let’s say this plainly. The report- right to an abortion. Her experience quirements for documentation and re- ing requirements in this bill are an clarifies why it is so urgent that we de- porting, and it would even impose a outrageous attempt to judge and feat this bill. prison sentence of up to 5 years on doc- shame women and girls who have been Dr. Moayedi shared a story of a tors who fail to inform a law enforce- victims of a violent crime. young woman in her town who sought ment agency about another doctor who I heard from Rachel, who is a reg- medical treatment at a medical pro- fails to meet the law’s requirements. istered, board-certified nurse in New vider after her water broke at 22 weeks. Viewed more broadly, this bill is part Hampshire. She told me that bills to This was in Texas. Although she des- of a continuing campaign to take away impose blanket rules and arbitrary perately wanted her pregnancy, her women’s constitutional right to pri- limitations—bills like the one before fetus was not viable outside the womb. vacy—a right that protects profoundly the Senate today—are out of touch Because of the Texas law, this patient’s personal decisions concerning our bod- with the reality she sees in her prac- doctors were unable to counsel her on ies and our families. tice every day. Rachel said: all medically appropriate options, such I remember very well the days prior While procedures at 20 weeks and beyond as immediate delivery. As she became to 1973, when abortion was outlawed in certainly comprised a small portion of the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:40 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A29JA6.003 S29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE S536 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 29, 2018 care we provided, it was absolutely critical proposal that happens to have been tentimes ‘‘an agonizing decision, an for those that needed it. Many pregnancies brought here by 46 of our Republican unexpected one, and too often a lonely are not surveyed with ultrasound until 19–20 colleagues—all of them men, except one—a decision that is deeply personal weeks, at which time previously unforeseen two—who are essentially trying to tell and altering.’’ complications can be detected. Then, there are often further procedures needed to final- the women of America what to do with For many women, he told me, med- ize a diagnosis and a prognosis. For people their own bodies, when to have chil- ical tests show a devastating issue with who receive devastating news about a preg- dren or not. That is fundamentally un- a future child. ‘‘A joyous event be- nancy after 20 weeks, abortion may be the constitutional. It flies in the face of comes a tragic one, as they learn of a best option, and they deserve access to that Roe v. Wade and all of its progeny. It is lethal condition, or a syndrome that care. a restriction that has been struck down will lead to a brief life of suffering.’’ The American Medical Association when adopted at the State level in at I could quote other doctors. I could opposes this bill. The AMA says: We least two courts, and the others that quote women who have been through ‘‘strongly condemn any interference by have adopted similar proposals will be this experience. But without exag- the government or other third parties struck down, in my view, as well. gerating, it is one of the most deeply that causes a physician to compromise The consensus of the medical com- difficult, personal decisions that his or her medical judgment as to what munity, the legal community, and or- women have a right to make, without information or treatment is in the best dinary citizens, particularly women, is the interference of a politician, an in- interest of the patient.’’ that women have reproductive rights surance bureaucrat, or anyone else in I urge my colleagues to respect the that would be violated, dramatically positions of authority. It is their deci- women of this country and their right and directly, by this proposal. It vio- sion. to make their own healthcare decisions lates those rights for totally baseless Congress must keep its hands off without the unwelcome involvement of reasons—policies founded on false- women’s healthcare. To my colleagues, politicians and law enforcement agen- hoods. It is another excuse for right- keep your hands off of women’s cies. Let’s reject this partisan, ex- wing dogma and ideology, out of touch healthcare. It is their lives and their treme, and, frankly, unnecessary legis- with America, to seek to put opponents well-being and their personal privacy lation today. Then, let’s focus our bi- at a political disadvantage. It is trans- that are at stake. partisan attention on the urgent busi- parently a political ploy. I am going to continue to fight this ness of passing a budget, funding our The American College of Obstetri- ban, painfully, because its con- military, combating the opioid crisis, cians and Gynecologists—the doctors sequences would be so cruel, but also and the other needs that this country who are most qualified to present sci- because it is certainly not the Repub- faces. entific, evidence-based facts—disagree lican Party that I know that would ad- I yield the floor. with the assertions and falsehoods that vocate for it. It certainly should not be The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- fetuses can feel pain at 20 weeks. In partisan in any way, and it certainly ator from Connecticut. fact, the American College of Obstetri- should not even be before us in this Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Madam Presi- cians and Gynecologists wrote—and I great Chamber, which has such respect dent, today is a proud day but also a am quoting directly from medical ex- and such a profound role in our Con- painful one for me. I am proud because perts on fetal health: stitution. To consider violating the I am honored and proud to join my dis- Sound health policy is best based on sci- Constitution so dramatically is a dis- tinguished colleague from New Hamp- entific fact and evidence-based medicine. service to this great body. shire, Senator SHAHEEN, and others on The best healthcare is provided free of gov- I yield the floor. the floor. I was proud to join Con- ernmental interference in the patient-physi- Ms. CANTWELL. Madam President, I necticut organizations and advocates cian relationship. Personal decision-making join many of my colleagues in voicing this morning in Hartford for a rally by women and their doctors should not be re- my strong opposition to S. 2311, the 20- that involved Planned Parenthood of placed by political ideology. week abortion ban bill. This legislation Southern New England, NARAL Pro- Worse than the fabrications behind puts political ideology ahead of wom- Choice Connecticut, the Women’s this bill are the very real consequences en’s health and tramples on women’s March of Connecticut, AIDS Con- that will come if it is passed. This na- constitutional rights. necticut, and the Center for Medicare tionwide abortion ban would provide First, the 20-week abortion ban in- Advocacy. These groups are proud and virtually no adequate exception when a trudes on private healthcare decisions. steadfast and have strong activists who woman’s health is at risk, when there Reproductive health choices are highly joined me to support a woman’s right are fetal anomalies or when there are personal and individualized and should to determine her medical future, the dangers to the health and well-being of be left squarely in the hands of women right of privacy, and the constitutional a mother who is sick; or if her life is in consultation with their physician, right to be left alone, as one of the Su- threatened, this bill fails to guarantee healthcare team, and loved ones. S. preme Court Justices once called it. that she has access to the healthcare 2311 violates this principle by sub- It was a proud moment for me also that she needs. If there is a fetal anom- jecting private healthcare choices to because it reminded me of my days as aly and a woman learns that her child an arbitrary and unscientific blanket a law clerk for Justice Harry Black- will be born with significant impair- ban. mun, who was the author of Roe v. ments or, worse yet, a short life filled Second, the 20-week abortion ban vio- Wade and who taught me the constitu- with pain, it would force her to carry lates the longstanding constitutional tional principle that underlies a wom- that child to term. If a woman is ad- right to terminate a pregnancy. In 1973, an’s right to determine her own vised that her child will not survive a 7–2 majority of the U.S. Supreme healthcare decisions. pregnancy at all, the most personal Court held in Roe v. Wade that the con- Harry Blackmun was a Republican medical decisions of her life would be stitutional right to privacy includes appointee. He was a Republican before usurped by a cruel, heartless, uncon- the right to terminate a pregnancy. he became a jurist. But there was noth- scionable, unconstitutional law. She Since then, the U.S. Supreme Court ing partisan for him—and there should would be deprived of the right to make has repeatedly rejected bans on abor- be nothing partisan for us—about this those decisions with her family, her tions before viability, which generally decision. I am tempted to call this 20- clergy, her doctors. occurs well after 20 weeks of preg- week abortion ban a Republican pro- The American public disagrees nancy. Today, 7 in 10 Americans sup- posal, but when I think about the Re- strongly with this potential law, as port upholding Roe v. Wade. publicans I know—and especially Jus- does the medical community, and indi- A diverse coalition of Americans—in- tice Harry Blackmun, whom I re- vidual doctors who have real-life expe- cluding physicians, civil rights advo- vered—there is nothing Republican riences disagree strongly with it as cates, and faith organizations—has about this proposal. There is nothing well. One doctor who practices in Con- come out against this legislation for a partisan about a proposal that seeks to necticut told me that for patients who number of reasons. The American Con- interfere in this fundamental right of are treated in that office who choose to gress of Obstetricians and Gyne- privacy. It is an extremist, rightwing get an abortion after 20 weeks, it is of- cologists and the American College of

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I think the protec- tion ‘‘. . . directly contradicts long- where women were forced to take dras- tion should be when the child is con- standing precedent holding that a tic and dangerous measures in order to ceived, but right now the law is di- woman should ‘be free from unwar- have the procedure performed. vided. ranted governmental intrusion’ when Many of my Republican colleagues If a pregnant woman and her child deciding whether to continue or termi- talk about keeping Big Government were killed by a reckless driver, there nate a pre-viability pregnancy.’’ And out of people’s lives, but when it comes are two counts of manslaughter filed Three dozen faith-based organizations to one of the hardest and most inti- against that reckless driver—one way have written in opposition to this leg- mate decisions a woman can make—a society acknowledges the life within islation, saying, ‘‘The proper role of decision that she wishes to make be- the womb. government in the United States is not tween herself, her family, and her doc- On one hand, let’s be clear, a woman to privilege one set of religious views tor—these same colleagues believe that has the right to terminate that preg- over others but to protect each per- the government, and not the woman, nancy at another point in the preg- son’s right and ability to make deci- knows better. They believe that the nancy. On the other hand, partial-birth sions according to their own beliefs and government, and not the woman, abortion says that child’s life cannot values.’’ should dictate what a woman should do be terminated when she is coming We should be working to open up ac- with her body. They believe that the through the birth canal. I think the ra- cess to reproductive healthcare for government should have the power to tionale for this is that as a child comes more women and families, not fewer. force a woman to forgo a medically through the birth canal, we recognize Effective family planning services, in- necessary procedure. They believe that that child can live independently, if al- cluding birth control, have a proven a woman should be stripped of that lowed to proceed. If you will, the cri- record of boosting health and economic power, stripped of the choice of what is teria is: Does the child have the ability mobility while reducing unwanted best for herself. to live independently from the mother? pregnancies. Empowering women is one of the Again, I think that is the rationale for The U.S. Senate has urgent priorities most important things we can do for the partial-birth abortion ban. to address. We should not be wasting the future of our country. Core to As it turns out, a child who is 5 time on another misguided attempt to women’s constitutional liberties is au- months old within the womb has the take away women’s healthcare and tonomy over their own health and well- ability to live independently. Again, I constitutional rights. I strongly oppose being. In order to truly support women, speak as a physician. When you see a S. 2311. we need to safeguard and improve, not baby in the womb at 5 months, it is in- Mr. CARDIN. Madam President, I limit, access to comprehensive credible. rise today to express my opposition to healthcare, including abortion. A friend of mine who works for me— the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protec- For all of these reasons, I will be op- actually, he and his wife are expecting tion Act. This blatant attempt to ban posing S. 2311. now, and they are excited. They went later abortion undermines decades of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- and got the ultrasound, and they saw legal precedent and directly challenges ator from Louisiana. the child sucking on his thumb or her the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Mr. CASSIDY. Madam President, as thumb—they don’t know or they don’t Court decision. The Supreme Court we vote this evening on the Pain-Capa- want to know. Nonetheless, it is mar- made clear that women in this country ble Child Protection Act, I speak to the velous what they see inside—the child. have a constitutional right to auton- bill as a doctor who practiced in a hos- You can see him yawning, stretching. omy over their individual health and pital for the uninsured for decades. I At 18 weeks, you can find out if it is a well-being. If passed, this bill would mention working in a hospital for the boy or a girl—and, thanks to modern impose burdensome and medically un- uninsured because the uninsured are medicine and the amazing neonatal in- necessary limitations on women, par- vulnerable, but if the uninsured are tensive care doctors and nurses we ticularly those in low-income, medi- vulnerable, among those, the uninsured have in this country, babies delivered cally underserved areas. pregnant woman is particularly vulner- as early as 20 to 22 weeks can survive The Centers for Disease Control and able. If we are to say she is particu- and live healthy lives, perhaps one day Prevention reports that nearly 99 per- larly vulnerable, then we can say her to become the Presiding Officer in the cent of abortions are performed before unborn child is most vulnerable of all. Senate of the United States. 21 weeks of pregnancy. Many of the So I speak to these folks with that In recent years, medical research has abortions that are performed after 20 background. shown that unborn children can feel weeks are medically necessary because Our country has struggled to find a pain as early as 20 weeks after they are the mother’s health is at risk or be- balance between those of us who are conceived. As a doctor, I have to look cause of a fetal anomaly. This bill has pro-life and those who are pro-choice. at the scientific evidence we have when no exception to protect a woman’s As a pro-life doctor, I think the Pain- it comes to the beginning of life. At 20 health and no exception for cases Capable Unborn Child Protection Act weeks, studies have provided strong where there is a fetal anomaly. strikes a balance. Again, as a physi- evidence that babies can feel pain de- This bill harms women who are vic- cian, let me say it is an obligation—our spite the fact that the nerve connec- tims of sexual assault and minors who society’s obligation—to care for the tions between the different parts of the are the victims of incest. It requires woman who is pregnant. Again, she is brain are still developing. That is why rape victims to provide written proof among the most vulnerable. Her child fetal anesthesia is routinely adminis- that the victim obtained counseling or is the future of our society. tered when unborn children require medical treatment from a specified list We all agree to this. You can see we surgery in the womb. of locations, and it requires the minor agree because our social programs pro- By the way, doctors know this. I just to provide written proof that she re- vide a safety net both for her and her got a letter from the Louisiana Acad- ported the crime to law enforcement or unborn child. Example: Society pays emy of Family Physicians. One of their a government agency. for well-baby visits through Medicaid folks, Dr. Gravois, called me last night. These provisions are designed to per- or through special programs for women Here is a statement from their letter: if they are uninsured. If that child is petuate a culture of not believing Representing more than 1,900 physicians, women and trying to discredit the vic- born healthy, then he or she is more including active practicing physicians, resi- tims of sexual assault. likely to be a healthy person, to con- dents in training and medical student mem- To make matters even worse, this tribute to society, to have life, liberty, bers, as well as the patients in Louisiana, bill punishes doctors by threatening and be able to pursue happiness. the Louisiana Academy of Family physicians

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DNA is created, but I realize it is a I believe there is a principle that peo- It goes on, but that is the take-home very contentious issue in our Nation. ple believe what they discover for point. Family physicians take care of So one line we can draw is at 20 weeks, themselves. What is happening right both the mother and her child, the to- and I will talk about why I think 20 now is—because of technology, because tality of it. weeks is a place we can start to get bi- of the precision and the clarity of partisan support to stop late-term By the way, I will say this bill in- ultrasounds today, what we can see abortions. cludes explicit—explicit—exceptions now in the womb is incredible. It is no In fact, this young man I was chat- when a mother’s life is at risk or in wonder the attitudes of millennials— ting with teared up, and he said: cases of rape and incest, again, at- those ages 18 to 24—in the last 6 years STEVE, you realize that when we were tempting to strike society’s balance are becoming increasingly more pro- pregnant with one of our daughters— between those of us who are pro-life life, in fact up 9 points, from 44 percent they have five children—at about 10 or and those who are pro-choice. to 53 percent. I think part of the reason 12 weeks they had a test run because it is in the hands of their smartphone. Versions of this law have already looked like there may be an abnor- When you take a look at the images, been passed in 20 States, including my mality in the baby and the doctor rec- how can you say that is not a baby? State of Louisiana, but all babies who ommended an abortion. That is a 20-week baby. We are on a feel pain deserve the same protection. He said: What is the alternative? We horrible list of just seven countries Most Americans agree, even some who can wait a few more weeks, when we that allow elective abortions after 20 believe abortion should be legal. Polls have a better idea of what is going on weeks. China and North Korea join the show that majorities of women, Inde- there with that little baby, but it puts United States on that list. pendents, and Democrats support this the mother at perhaps a greater risk. Before I got involved in politics and protection. So I hope my colleagues They decided to wait a few more public service, I worked in the private will join in supporting this common- weeks. A few weeks later when they sector for 28 years. One of the compa- sense, humane legislation. came back with the test, the baby nies I worked for was Proctor & Gam- It is estimated this bill will protect came back clear, and they now have a ble. While at Proctor & Gamble, I was 12,000 to 18,000 babies per year. Pro- healthy, beautiful young girl who is 5 asked to go to China to help launch op- tecting unborn babies who can feel pain years old. With tears in his eyes, he erations there to produce and sell prod- is the right thing to do. Protecting said: I am so glad we chose not to ucts, Americans brands, to the Chinese their right to life is the right thing to abort; that we chose life. consumer. do. At 20 weeks, babies have 10 fingers I had a large operation. One day, one I urge my colleagues to vote for this and 10 toes. They can suck their of my managers—a young man, Chi- important legislation. thumb. They can yawn. They can nese, wonderful, very bright, very capa- I yield the floor. stretch. They can make faces. Science ble, one of our future stars. He and his The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- also shows these babies are capable of wife were both P&G employees, both ator from Montana. feeling pain. Chinese. Mr. DAINES. Madam President, I am I became a first-time dad 28 years He said: STEVE, I need to go to the grateful for the comments the Senator ago. I still remember taking David to police station this afternoon. I said: from Louisiana just shared. He is a his first well-baby appointment, when Well, is there something wrong? He physician. I am not a physician. I am a Cindy and I would go to the pediatri- goes: Well, no. It is going to be OK. chemical engineer, and I believe it is cian and get those well-baby checks. Then he kind of looked away. important, as the Senator from Lou- When they would give them shots—I I said: But you are asking for time isiana believes, that we look at science think the hardest part as a parent is to off of work to go to the police station. when we have this debate about abor- see that nurse or doctor give a shot to Is there something I can help you with tion. your little one. Those cries of pain or is there something wrong? Our Nation loses anywhere between were excruciating for Cindy and for me. He said: Well, my wife and I did not 13,000 and 18,000 children a year to late- He doesn’t remember it. We remember have permission from the police to get term abortion. The numbers of children it. It may indeed hurt us more than it pregnant—with the one-child policy aborted overall are well over 600,000. hurt him at the time, but he felt pain. then. The focus on the debate today and on My heart breaks for those thousands He said: We just discovered that she the vote coming up this evening is on of babies who are able to feel pain as is pregnant. late-term abortion. they are losing their life to abortion. I said: Well, do you want to keep the I remember a few months ago having Our ears may be deaf to their cries baby? a discussion with a young man, a fa- physically, but we don’t have to live in He said: Oh, we want to keep that ther of several children, about abor- ignorance, not when research, not baby. We are very excited about it. But tion. We were just two guys chatting, when the science, not when common we won’t be allowed to keep that baby. having a snack in the kitchen. He sense shows that these unborn children I said: What can I do? brought up a question—he didn’t come can feel pain. At this moment, we were focused on from a pro-life perspective—and he There is a reason unborn babies are saving that baby. asked my views. given anesthesia with fetal surgery. He said to me: What might help is a He said: Let me ask you a question. That is why we must pass the Pain-Ca- case of shampoo. At what point should an abortion be pable Unborn Child Protection Act. It We were there producing brands like legal? We took it out to the very end of is unconscionable as a nation we are al- Pantene, Vidal Sassoon, Crest tooth- gestation. If the baby is literally ready lowing unborn children as old as 20 paste, Tide detergent. I arranged to get to be delivered, should an abortion be weeks—5 months—well beyond halfway a case of shampoo and gave it to him. allowed at that moment? He said: Of of the 9-month gestation period—that He came back the next day, with a course not. we allow them to be killed today in smile on his face, and said: We got the OK. Well, let’s back it up a day. What this country. problem resolved. about if you are 8 months and 28 days, In fact, do a Google search for ‘‘20 They became parents of a beautiful should abortion be allowed in that situ- weeks.’’ You don’t have to type in little girl who today is an amazing ation? Well, of course not. That is way ‘‘baby.’’ Just type in ‘‘20 weeks.’’ If you young woman. too close to the actual date of giving are watching this and have a As an American citizen, I believe in birth. smartphone, a computer, type in ‘‘20 our founding principle that all men and

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I am not here to argue this gestation are pain-capable inside unalienable rights, and among those case and argue how we should vote on mom’s uterus. are life, liberty, and the pursuit of hap- this legislation because of polls; I am As Dr. Kanwaljeet Anand testified piness. here because we should all love babies. before the Congress, ‘‘The human fetus As a person of faith, I believe—and That is why we should be doing this. possesses the ability to experience pain those who are people of faith—we are But just at the level of polling, there from 20 weeks gestation, if not earlier, called to help the most vulnerable in have been claims on the floor today and the pain perceived by the fetus is our society. As a Senator, it is my that are absolutely not true. possibly more intense than that per- honor to support this legislation, the Younger people are becoming more ceived by term newborns.’’ Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection pro-life, as the Senator from Montana Not only can she feel pain, not only Act. said, year over year right now, and it is do the images show us that she recoils I thank my colleague Senator JAMES because of the prevalence and the per- from being poked or prodded, advances LANKFORD of Oklahoma for his leader- vasiveness of sonogram technology. in modern medicine are now helping ship on this issue. I urge the rest of my This movement, the pro-life move- babies who are born at 22 weeks, at 21 colleagues to join us in standing up and ment, is ascendant, and it is because weeks, and at 20 weeks protecting those who do not have a people are grappling with science, postfertilization survive outside the voice on the floor of the U.S. Senate grappling with images, and grappling womb. The pain that those babies feel this afternoon and join us in protecting with the reality of that intrinsic feel- outside the womb is supporting the evi- human life. ing we have to love. dence that those babies also feel pain I yield back my time. We can and we should appeal to eth- inside the womb, which leads me to ask The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ics. We can and we should discuss my friends: Have our hearts grown cold ator from Nebraska. human dignity. We should reaffirm in- to truth? Have we become indifferent Mr. SASSE. Madam President, as we trinsic value. For now, for this con- to questioning our previously held con- consider this legislation to protect 20- versation today, we can limit ourselves victions? Are we indifferent to what week-old babies who feel pain, I want to just scientific facts. As we consider the science is clearly showing us? to ask my friends in this body to put This body, captive to abortion zealot- those facts, I want to respectfully ask aside whip counts and score cards, poli- activists, might be ignoring the my colleagues in this Chamber today, tics and reelection, and let’s talk today sonograms. That might be what is hap- where will we draw the line? No one se- simply about beauty and about science. pening in this body today, but the riously disputes that the little girl in We love beauty. Beauty calls us. American people are actually listening that image is alive. No one seriously Beauty inspires us. Beauty captivates to the science and the sonograms. Con- disputes that that little girl is a us. It is part of what makes us human. trary to those bizarre claims that were human being—no one. There is no one It is not surprising that there is almost made on the floor a couple of times in this Chamber and there is no one nothing more universal on this Earth, over the last hour, a hefty majority—it almost nothing more beautiful, than outside this Chamber who has ever is not close—of Americans support this our natural impulse to care for a little looked at that sonogram image who legislation, including a supermajority baby. will come to the floor and say: Do you of women, including most young peo- We all start in the same place—vul- know the debate I want to have? I want ple, including most Independents, and nerable and dependent in every way. to say that baby is not alive and she is now ticking up just shy of half of all We all ‘‘ooh’’ and ‘‘aah’’ over sonogram not a human. Democrats. This should not be a par- Somebody who is going to vote no on pictures of our children, our grand- tisan issue, and in the future, it will the legislation today should come to children, our nieces, our nephews, even not be because more and more people sonogram pictures from a stranger on a the floor and make that case, say that are looking at these images. It is not bus or a plane. We all ‘‘ooh’’ and ‘‘aah’’ is not a life and that is not a human, going to be a partisan issue; it is going in the same way. When we look at because it is not true, and no one be- to be a bipartisan issue. But you have those pictures, we love. We love. You lieves it. to tell the truth—that those pictures The science is clear. We all know and don’t have to be taught this. You don’t are pictures of babies, and they are understand that little baby in that have to be conditioned to love. You alive, and they deserve our protection. sonogram image is a unique and sepa- don’t have to be conditioned to know But have our hearts in this body grown rate being. We know she has unique that we should help the vulnerable. cold to the truth? This isn’t because of economics. This DNA from her mother, and she has We should also not forget the moth- isn’t because of politics. We love be- DNA that is unique from her father. ers because the pro-life message is cause they are babies. You don’t need The baby apps are now telling new about being both pro-baby and pro- anyone to explain this to you. Every moms and dads-to-be when that baby is mother. Late-term abortions are actu- one of us has experienced this when we the size of a sesame seed, then a blue- ally not safe, even for the mother. have seen the sonogram pictures. We berry, and then an apple. With the help Women seeking abortion after 20 weeks should note that this love is not just a of the sonograms, we are now catching are 35 times more likely to die from an feeling; it is also built on and backed pictures of her sucking her thumb, abortion than when done in the first up by facts. flexing her arms and legs, yawning, trimester—35 times more likely. As we consider whether these unborn stretching, making faces. Here is what The United States is one of only babies—having been carried by their is really new the last couple of years: seven countries on Earth that allow mamas for almost 5 months—deserve We are catching pictures and images of elective abortion after 20 weeks, and legal protection, whether they deserve her responding to voices—familiar we are actually tied with only three our protection, we should think, too, voices of other human beings that she other countries as having the most per- about the science and what is becoming is already in community with, people missive abortion regime on Earth. Do clearer year by year and month by who are called to love her. you know who our peers are? North month. As early as 20 weeks Korea and China. That is who our peers I want to associate myself with the postfertilization, which is about half- are. If our rhetoric about human rights comments of the Senator from Mon- way through the pregnancy, scientists should mean anything, it should mean tana who preceded me. A huge part of and our doctors now tell us that this we don’t want to be on a ‘‘human why the millennials are becoming more unborn baby can feel pain. In fact, it rights worst’’ list with North Korea pro-life than the two generations older has become routine procedure of late and China. That is where we are today. than they are is because they are see- for us to give unborn and premature in- There are many reasonable people ing these sonogram images, and it is fants anesthesia for their fetal sur- who are going to argue against this changing them year by year and month geries. Why? This is new. We didn’t legislation. They are reasonable in by month. used to do this. Why do we do it? It is other ways in life, and they want to I have been on the floor for about 45 because we have new scientific evi- make an argument about the very com- minutes today, and I have heard many dence that they feel pain. It turns out plicated issues about abortion in the

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He has received praise and sup- is telling us why we are tied with only children are more developed and more port from the legal profession and China and North Korea as having the capable of surviving outside of the across the political spectrum. most permissive abortion regime on womb. Justice Stras is the grandson of a Earth. So often we turn to scientific evi- Holocaust survivor. He graduated No. 1 My friends, beauty and compassion dence and research to support the need in his class from Kansas School of Law can stir our hearts, and science and for new policies. In this case, the re- in 1999. He served as a law clerk to two facts should still confirm the truth. search shows that these children have Federal circuit judges and to a Justice This legislation—the actual legislation a chance to survive, a chance to grow. on the U.S. Supreme Court. Justice we are voting on today—is pro-baby, it They can feel; they can move. We can- Stras has served on the Minnesota Su- is pro-mom, and it is pro-science. These not ignore these reactions and feelings, preme Court since his appointment in little babies, who are capable of feeling which are indicative of human life and 2010. In 2012, he ran for a full 6-year pain, deserve legal protection. They de- with them comes the need for legal term. He handedly defeated his oppo- serve our protection. I invite—I beg my protections—protections we would not nent, winning 56 percent of the vote. colleagues to join in that conviction hesitate to provide for those living out- Justice Stras has received wide bi- and to vote yes on this legislation side the womb. partisan support from the Minnesota today. Indeed, we have laws that treat ani- legal community. He has taught law Mr. MORAN. Madam President, I ap- mals more humanely than unborn chil- for many years at the University of preciate the opportunity to join so dren. This vote gives the Senate an op- Minnesota. He also teaches law at the many of my colleagues to speak in sup- portunity to send a message showing University of Iowa, which is in my port of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child who we are as leaders and as a society home State. Many of the faculty, in- Protection Act. I thank Senator GRA- as a whole, one that protects the weak cluding even liberal professors, such as HAM for his continued leadership on and the voiceless, instead of one that Professor Shelly Kurtz, strongly en- this issue. I supported this bill when permits their destruction. dorse Justice Stras’s nomination. His Senator GRAHAM introduced it last One in five children who are born at time in the private sector was spent at Congress, and I am pleased Leader this 20-week stage are capable of sur- two highly regarded law firms. MCCONNELL has brought this to a vote. viving with suitable care. Rather than During his service on the Minnesota Regulating abortion after 20 weeks of be discarded, they are to be given every Supreme Court, Justice Stras has par- conception—when a child can feel opportunity to fight for the life that ticipated in over 750 cases. As my col- pain—is a prudent measure that re- we protect for them. It is what we in- league Senator KLOBUCHAR noted, Jus- flects the basic decency of our human- stinctively do as parents and as human tice Stras’s judicial record dem- ity and brings us in line with most of beings. onstrates that he is impartial and apo- the Western world. We recoil when we hear of children litical in his writings. Justice Stras Science demonstrates that human who are harmed in any manner; yet the life begins at conception, and our un- has sided with the Minnesota Supreme ability to terminate an unborn child’s derstanding of neonatal development is Court majority 94 percent of the time. life when it is viable outside of the increasing by the day. Justice Stras has dissented one-third of As a member of the Labor-HHS sub- womb is something that is not only the time with then-Justice Alan Page, committee on Appropriations, I have tolerated, but passionately defended. If who was the first African-American championed funding for the National there was anything else claiming the justice in Minnesota and has a record Institute of Health. At the NIH, the lives of 10,000 children each year, all 100 of being very liberal. Former Justice National Institute of Child Health and of us in the Senate would be standing Page strongly endorses Justice Stras’s Human Development has advanced our up demanding action to address the nomination to the Eighth Circuit, and knowledge of pregnancy and develop- matter. four former justices from all political ment in the womb. Under this insti- The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Pro- stripes also endorsed Justice Stras’s tute, the Neonatal Research Network tection Act is a sensible measure that nomination. This shows me that Jus- has pioneered research that has led to protects the lives of women and chil- tice Stras will not be a rubberstamp for techniques that save the lives of chil- dren in accord with judicial rulings. It any political ideology. I am convinced dren in their earliest stages, when has been passed by the House of Rep- Justice Stras will rule fairly and im- these children are at their most vulner- resentatives, it has the support of a partially, finding and applying the law able. majority of Americans—men and as written, not legislating from the Such research tells us children who women alike—and I call on my col- bench. are 20 weeks old—those this bill will leagues to support passage of this life- Justice Stras is a very accomplished protect—experience what a newborn affirming legislation. and impressive nominee. He has a long will: reacting to noise, sucking their The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- judicial record of impartiality. I thumbs, and, as this bill’s title indi- ator from Iowa. strongly support his nomination, and I cates, feeling pain. The research has NOMINATION OF DAVID STRAS urge all of my colleagues to do the led to advancements in medical care Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, I same. for premature babies, and 23 percent of rise today to strongly support an im- Madam President, I also come to the those delivered 20 weeks after fertiliza- portant nomination and also to tell floor to urge my colleagues to join me tion can now survive long term outside you my position on the legislation be- in supporting the Pain-Capable Unborn of the womb. This percentage will sure- fore the U.S. Senate right now, the one Child Protection Act. This common- ly increase as advances in neonatal Senator SASSE has just spoken elo- sense bill recognizes that the govern- care continue. quently about. ment has an interest in protecting our Despite what we know, the United First, I strongly support the nomina- children from the excruciating pain States is one of only seven countries in tion of Minnesota’s Supreme Court they are capable of experiencing during the world, among nations such as Justice David Stras to serve as a cir- late-term abortions. This is a bill many China and Vietnam, that permits elec- cuit judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Americans, including a majority of tive abortion after 20 weeks. As a re- Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Second, women, broadly support, and it is time sult, the Congressional Budget Office I strongly support the passage of the we get this bill passed. estimates more than 10,000 babies are Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection As the Judiciary Committee chair- aborted each year after 20 weeks of Act. I will briefly address both of these man, I convened a hearing on this bill conception. issues. in 2016. Three witnesses, including a

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:40 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G29JA6.020 S29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE January 29, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S541 Northwestern professor of pediatrics, a a little help, to live independently. on our side in supporting this legisla- woman who survived a botched abor- That, surely, would be too late to end tion. There are 60 percent of women, 64 tion as a baby, and a former abortion that life in the minds of most people. percent of Independents, and 56 percent provider, offered compelling evidence In the minds of younger people? It is of Democrats who support ending late- in support of this very important legis- more of the view of older people that term abortions, which is what we are lation. life should be saved, but 63 percent of trying to do. Medical practice is on our There is also the history of an Iowa all Americans say we shouldn’t con- side in this legislation, and world opin- boy, Micah Pickering, who is living tinue to allow this to happen. ion and world practice are on our side. proof that we need to do more to pro- Senator GRASSLEY just said and oth- Let me simply reiterate that we in tect unborn babies at this stage of de- ers have said a majority of women, a America are among a grim group of velopment. Micah and his parents vis- majority of Democrats, a majority of seven countries who permit abortions ited me in Washington last September. Republicans, a majority of young peo- after 20 weeks—Canada and the Nether- They told me that when Micah was ple all believe this is not an acceptable lands in the West and then China, born at 20 weeks postfertilization, he place for us to be. Why would we want North Korea, Singapore, and Vietnam. received intensive care, including to be one of seven countries in the We are in a grim group that includes medication to minimize his pain and world that would allow abortion at any North Korea and China. We may not discomfort. Babies like Micah, born in time? Why would we want to be one of have the votes this time, but we are ad- the fifth month of pregnancy, are capa- four countries in the world that would vancing the issue, and we are going to ble of feeling such pain. That is why it allow abortions at a time when it is continue to fight for the unborn, par- has now become routine procedure to widely accepted that the child being ticularly those who are capable of feel- give premature infants anesthesia for aborted—the life being taken—is a ing pain after 20 weeks. fetal surgeries. child who can feel pain? I thank the Senate for its time, and How could anyone think these un- As we come to this point today—and I particularly thank the Senator from born babies would not experience the while a majority of Senators, I think, Nebraska for indulging me for a mo- same excruciating pain from abortions will vote for this, though not a big ment. when premature babies like Micah, enough majority to put it on the Presi- I yield the floor. from Iowa, are being born at the same dent’s desk—I think, once again, we The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- stage of development and are surviving have to ask ourselves: At what point do ator from Nebraska. late term? our friends on the other side, who Mrs. FISCHER. Mr. President, over Once again, I call upon my colleagues clearly disagree with us on this issue, my time in public service, I have been to support the passage of this bill, enti- feel a life is clearly a life that should committed to supporting common- tled the ‘‘Pain-Capable Unborn Child be saved? Would you vote for the born- sense, pro-life measures that offer em- Protection Act,’’ and to embrace at the alive bill? Would you vote for this bill pathy for women and for unborn chil- same time the sanctity of an innocent if it were at 25 weeks? Would you vote dren. Too often, women experience de- human life. for this bill if it were at 28 weeks? I spair and pain and judgment from oth- I yield the floor. don’t hear any of that in the debate. It ers during unplanned pregnancies. We The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- is just: This is not the government’s should offer compassion for these ex- ator from Missouri. business. At some point, it is the gov- pectant mothers, and they need to Mr. BLUNT. Madam President, I join ernment’s business. Protecting life is know we will continue to support them Senator GRASSLEY and my colleagues at some point the government’s busi- in the challenging years ahead. We in supporting the bill before us today. ness. should also be willing to protect the As we debate this issue, it always When the Presiding Officer and at most innocent among us, the unborn, seems to be such a defining issue in least one other person and I served in who can feel pain and have the chance the House, we changed the law. It was terms of who we are and whom we hope at viability. to be. No country in Europe allows a Laci and Conner’s Law. When a homi- I rise to discuss the bill that the Sen- pregnancy to be ended this late in the cide is committed and the woman is ate will consider shortly—the Pain-Ca- pregnancy. No country in Africa allows pregnant and the child is lost also, that pable Unborn Child Protection Act. a pregnancy to be ended this late in the is considered in law as a double homi- This is a reasonable bill that has the pregnancy. Only six other countries in cide—two lives having been taken at support of 47 Senators. This kind of the world allow pregnancies to be that point, two lives at 20 weeks or at legislation has passed in many States, ended at any time. As I have listened 12 weeks or at 15 weeks. I am not sure including in my own. My State of Ne- where that threshold begins, but I do to the debate today, the debate about braska has a proud tradition of being know we have decided this is not just 20 weeks, it sounds to me like it pro-life. We were the first State in the one crime; that it is two crimes when wouldn’t matter to the opponents of country to pass a 20-week abortion ban. that happens. the bill if it were at 30 weeks, cer- We have an opportunity today to de- The bill before us today would enact tainly, or at 21 weeks or at 20. There is fine something that is pretty clearly the same policy at the Federal level, no week one can pass here. and significantly defining as to who we and doing so makes sense. The other bill we should vote on, are as a nation. Otherwise, virtually As a State senator, I was a strong which the House has passed, is the every country in the world wouldn’t supporter and cosponsor of that legisla- born-alive bill. There are people in the have stopped doing this, if it ever had tion. It passed in Nebraska because we country today who actually oppose the allowed it to happen in the first place. focused on areas of agreement, and like born-alive bill. When a baby during an I urge my colleagues to join in pass- the bill we are debating today, the leg- abortion process is born alive, my un- ing this bill—in standing up for those islation provided exceptions for rare derstanding is, you can’t step in and who cannot defend themselves—and to and dangerous circumstances. This bill take the life of that living child, but understand that harm is done, and passed overwhelmingly in Nebraska by you can all step back from the table, when harm is done in this way, our so- a vote of 44 to 5, and it had the support on which that baby lies in front of you, ciety is harmed by that harm. from pro-choice and pro-life senators and let the baby die. I yield the floor. from both parties—Republicans and Obviously, there is a point at which The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Democrats. we are not going to be able to talk to MORAN). The Senator from Mississippi. The enduring support for this kind of each other in a way that apparently Mr. WICKER. Mr. President, the Sen- legislation across the country and the will persuade anybody. Maybe hearts ator from Nebraska has generously al- world is pretty easy to understand, in will not change, and maybe minds will lowed me to intrude on her time for a that it is a righteous cause that is not change in the Senate today, but as half a minute to say that I strongly based on science. It states that abor- many of my colleagues have pointed support this legislation—the Pain-Ca- tions during the sixth month of preg- out, they are changing in the country. pable Unborn Child Protection Act. nancy should only be allowed in mo- People realize there is a time when Science is on our side in supporting ments of extreme danger and with ex- that child has every opportunity, with this legislation, and public opinion is ceptions.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:40 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G29JA6.022 S29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE S542 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 29, 2018 Basic embryology shows that the curate medical information, and re- zona and Idaho. Both were struck down human nervous system is developed strict access to contraceptives. at the circuit court level as unconsti- within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy. In just 1 year, the Trump administra- tutional. Our sensory receptors for pain are de- tion has attempted to restrict women’s Let me read that again. Two States, veloped around the mouth as early as access to birth control, attempted to Arizona and Idaho, with this legisla- 10 weeks and are present in the skin defund Planned Parenthood, supported tion—it was struck down at the circuit and mucosal surfaces 20 weeks into ges- legislation to dismantle the Affordable court level as unconstitutional. The tation. The connections between the Care Act and its protections for wom- Supreme Court refused to review Arizo- spinal cord and the thalamus—the part en’s health, created new government na’s case. Idaho didn’t appeal. of the human body that deals with pain offices to undermine women’s It is also important to point out that perception—is present at 20-weeks’ ges- healthcare, and nominated judges who this bill weakens protections for tation as well. None of this is debat- openly oppose women’s privacy rights women who have been victims of rape able. It is a fact. under Roe v. Wade. or incest. Rape victims would no longer We also know babies have been born This bill is yet another attempt to be able to access healthcare unless and have survived and thrived before harm women by criminalizing their they could show proof that they re- the current 24-week limit. In March of healthcare, even threatening the doc- ceived medical treatment or counseling 2017, the academic journal Pediatrics tors who care for them with years in for the rape or reported the assault to discussed a girl in Dallas who, in 2014, prison. law enforcement. I find this shocking. was born at 21-weeks’ gestation. Today, Think of a pregnant woman who is Think of a young girl who is a victim she is a typical, happy 3-year-old who planning for her family’s future, and of sex trafficking. She is beaten, im- is living her life to the fullest and has then something goes terribly wrong. prisoned, and raped by multiple men a bright future ahead of her. She is experiencing a miscarriage. This each night. She gets pregnant. This law Over time, views on this divisive happens to women every day. It is not would require this rape victim to go to issue have evolved toward the side of just scary medically, it is extremely law enforcement or a government offi- pro-life policies because, as we gain painful and emotional. Under this bill, cial to access medical care. These girls more knowledge about pregnancy and a woman’s health is put at risk, and don’t have control over their own bod- gestation, we understand the humanity her doctor could be threatened with ies. They have no freedom. To deny of the unborn. We recognize them as criminal prosecution. If a woman’s medical care to rape and incest victims the people they are—and this move- miscarriage hasn’t completed, her because they don’t have the right pa- ment is on the rise. Nearly two-thirds health could rapidly deteriorate from perwork or have not reported their as- of Americans support legislation pro- fever and infection. If this bill passes sault to police is unworkable and, I be- hibiting abortion into the sixth month and a woman goes to the hospital, no lieve, cruel. of pregnancy. This includes almost 80 doctor could help her. Because under It is deeply troubling that we are percent of the millennial generation— this legislation, there is no exception using valuable floor time for this dan- those most likely to be affected by to protect a woman’s health. None. gerous bill. The current funding bill ex- such restrictions. It is gaining momen- Only if a doctor can be certain that a pires in 10 days, and we still don’t have tum because it is a movement backed woman is close to death could they le- a legislative solution for Dreamers. by science. It is a movement of truth, gally intervene, and that I think is un- That is what we should be taking up and it is a movement of love. conscionable. right now. Instead, Republicans have We have an opportunity to join to- I have heard from women in Cali- chosen to spend the Senate’s time try- gether and support the basic truth that fornia who were thrilled to be preg- ing to turn back the clock, debating on all life is sacred. We should protect the nant, only to receive the devastating legislation that would drive us back to child in the womb, especially when he news that their babies had fatal anom- pre-Roe v. Wade. or she can feel pain. We can make a alies and would not survive. Let me I remember those days. I know what statement that every person is deserv- give you an example. Rosalie, from it was like. We knew then and we still ing of life and deserving of love. Northern California, wrote to me and know today that banning abortion does I believe that life is a gift from God— stated: not end it; it just means that women a gift to be lovingly cherished. I ask Our baby’s heart was severely deformed. undergo unsafe procedures, and lives my colleagues to support this reason- He was missing parts of his brain, and his are lost. able piece of legislation. lungs likely would not have supported him It is 2018. Women are more than half I thank the Presiding Officer. breathing on his own, ever. the population of this country. We run We found all of this out at 19.5 weeks. . . . I yield the floor. Fortune 500 companies. We are leaders The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- If we were a few days late under this bill, we would have been forced to carry our baby to in government. We are the heads of ator from California. term only to have him suffer for a few min- households. The Constitution of the Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, in utes, days, weeks, and then die. United States guarantees our right to the last few years, I have watched at- Families dealing with situations like privacy and our right to access to re- tempt after attempt to restrict a wom- Rosalie’s deserve compassion and sup- productive healthcare. I, for one, will an’s right to choose. This legislation port for this heart-wrenching situa- not see these rights stripped away. bans a woman’s access to abortion tion. But instead, this legislation Thank you very much. after 20 weeks of pregnancy, regardless leaves them with no options. I yield the floor. of the risk to her health, and it weak- Last Congress, at a Judiciary Com- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ens the protections for women who are mittee hearing, we heard from Christy ator from South Carolina. victims of rape and incest. It would Zink, who learned late in her preg- Mr. GRAHAM. Mr.President, I ask also allow for criminal prosecution of nancy that her baby was missing the unanimous consent to complete my re- doctors and nurses who provide central connecting structure of the two marks. healthcare to a woman in these most parts of his brain. She told us in public The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without difficult circumstances. testimony: objection, it is so ordered. For years we have seen politicians at Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, I want At no point in this decision and the result- the Federal and State levels push to ing medical care would the sort of political to thank all of my colleagues on this limit a woman’s access to reproductive interference under consideration have helped side of the aisle who have joined in this healthcare. The goal is to completely me or my family. debate and are having their voices eviscerate this right. From 2010 to 2016, What happened to me during pregnancy heard. You are on the right side of his- States adopted 334 restrictions on can happen to any woman. tory. You are where America will be. It women’s access to comprehensive re- This bill is not only harmful to is just a matter of time until we get productive healthcare. These include women like Rosalie and Christy, but it there. laws that require mandatory waiting is unconstitutional, and it violates Roe To my colleagues on the other side, I periods which have no medical basis, v. Wade. Look at the challenges to two appreciate your passion, but I think force doctors to give patients inac- States that enacted 20-week bans—Ari- you are on the wrong side of history.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:40 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G29JA6.023 S29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE January 29, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S543 What we are trying to do here today demand at a time when doctors can country that recognizes that, in the is to proceed to a bill. It is called a mo- save the baby’s life, but to do so they fifth month of pregnancy, the law will tion to proceed. But I think what we have to provide anesthesia because be there for the child, because science are trying to do is proceed to a better that baby can feel so much pain. is on the child’s side, and we will rec- America. We are one of seven nations Savannah Duke is a young lady in oncile our laws to science. on the entire planet to allow abortion South Carolina. She is 17 years old. She We know what science says about a on demand after 20 weeks; that is, the goes to high school in Spartanburg, SC. baby in the fifth month. We know what fifth month of pregnancy. She does all the things that a 17-year- the law says: They can be aborted on What do we know about unborn chil- old would do. She is an incredibly gift- demand. I think there is a disconnect, dren at that stage of development? We ed young lady. At 20 weeks, it was dis- not only between science and law but know that for a doctor to operate on covered that she was missing a leg, and between what is right and where we are that unborn child, they provide anes- the doctors feared she would have se- today. I just don’t see how this makes thesia because it hurts the child, and vere birth defects. Her parents, Wendy us a better nation, to continue this no doctor wants to hurt the child in an and Scott, when deciding what to do, practice of allowing babies to be abort- effort to save the child’s life. Listen to could see the baby move, and they de- ed on demand in the fifth month of what I said. Medical practice dictates cided not to opt for an abortion. She is pregnancy when we know they feel a that if you are going to operate on a 20- in high school today. lot of pain. I just don’t see how that week-old, unborn child, you provide an- There is Micah from Iowa, as you makes us a better nation. We will get esthesia because science tells us that probably heard from Senator ERNST, there, Mr. President, with your help the baby can feel pain. who has been a stalwart on this issue. and the help of others. Can you only imagine the pain it will He was born at 20 weeks and is alive A majority of the American people feel from abortion? There is a reason today to tell about it. are on our side when they understand that there are only seven countries in This is not about medical viability. what we are trying to do. There are 20 the world that allow this. The question Roe v. Wade says that there is a com- States who have some version of this, for America is, Do we want to stay in pelling State interest to protect the and it is just a matter of time until this club or do we want to get out? I unborn at medical viability. I would most States will. want out. argue that the difference between med- As to this debate, I don’t think it is Twenty States have a version of this ical viability in 1973 and 2018 is enor- a waste of time. I want to do two bill, and more are taking it up as I mous. What we are trying to do is pro- things. I want to get out of the club of speak. When informed of what we are vide a new theory to protect the un- seven nations that allow abortion on trying to do, the majority of pro-choice born, and it goes something like this: demand of babies that feel excruciating people support this. Abortion is a divi- Can a legislative body prohibit an abor- pain when they are operated on to save sive issue, and it is an emotional issue, tion on demand at a time when science their lives, and I can work on behalf of but in the fifth month of pregnancy, I tells us that the baby feels excru- the Dreamers, too. I can do two things at once. I can talk about getting Amer- think most Americans are going to side ciating pain, at a time when science ica in a better spot when it comes to with what we are trying to do—stop- tells us that parents should sing to babies during the fifth month of preg- ping abortion on demand in the fifth their child, at a time when science nancy and finding a better life for month. tells us that a baby has well-connected Dreamers. I think it is kind of odd that Does it make us a better nation? I tissues and can feel pain and, on occa- somehow you can’t do one without the would say it does not. sion, can also survive? My answer is So we are trying to proceed to make other. yes; it is OK for Congress and State I want all of these Dream Act kids— sure that America will be a better legislators to pass laws saying that in young adults now—to stay in the coun- place and that we become part of the the fifth month, we are going to dis- try they know. They have no other mainstream of the world when it comes allow abortion on demand. There will place to go. On average, they were to protecting unborn children after the be exceptions, but they will be rare. brought here at the age of 6 and, if you fifth month of pregnancy. There are 10,000 cases every year that told them to go home, it wouldn’t be If you look at a medical encyclopedia are protected by this law. some foreign country. It would be the and read about the birthing process, So what are we trying to do? We are home they were raised in and the life parents are encouraged in the fifth trying to proceed forward to a better they know. So it makes perfect sense month to sing to a child because the day in America. We are trying to get to me that we should be trying to find child will begin to associate your voice out of a club where there are only six a solution to secure our border and fix with you. Read it. There is literature other members. We are trying to rec- a broken immigration system and deal of all kinds stating what you should do oncile the law with science. compassionately with millions of in the fifth month to enhance the rela- To my friends on the other side who young people who, through no fault of tionship between you and your unborn talk about science a lot, count me in. their own, have no place else to go but child. Science is very important. We should America. We do allow exceptions to save the listen to our scientists. When it comes It also makes sense to me that we life of the mother. It is a terrible situa- to climate change, I do. I am convinced can talk about this issue at the same tion when we have to pick between the that climate change is real. time and that we as a nation will rise mother and child, and there is an ex- You should listen to what doctors to the occasion and withdraw from a ception for that situation. The result tell you about the unborn child in the club where there are only six other na- of rape or incest if the child was a fifth month. You should listen to what tions on the planet that allow a baby minor—when it comes to a pregnancy medical science is able to do to save to be aborted in the fifth month of caused by a rape, we require that the the child’s life. You should listen to pregnancy at a time when that child law enforcement authorities be noti- the stories of people who actually can feel excruciating pain and young fied of the rape before the abortion, not make it at 20 weeks. You should under- parents are encouraged to sing to the at the time it occurred, and I think stand that excruciating pain is felt by child. If science urges you to sing to most Americans would want people to an unborn child in the fifth month, and the child, I want the law to stop an come forward and report rape. America does not want to be in the abortion unless there is a darn good It is a difficult situation, but we have club of seven countries that allow abor- reason. Our time will come, for the commonsense exceptions, and this is a tion on demand. Dreamers as well as the baby. Our time commonsense bill designed to change I don’t know where the vote will turn will come. America in a commonsense way. It is a out. It is probably going to be short of I yield the floor. motion to proceed to put us in better 60, but to those who believe in this I suggest the absence of a quorum. standing as a nation in the world at issue, we will be back for another day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The large, I believe. It is also a motion to We are never going to give up until we clerk will call the roll. withdraw—withdraw from the club of get America in a better place. The bet- The bill clerk proceeded to call the seven nations that allows abortion on ter place, I think, would be having a roll.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:31 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G29JA6.025 S29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE S544 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 29, 2018 Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask Even though Republicans sold it as a tries to do, will only delay a solution unanimous consent that the order for job creator, there have been a slew of to this time-sensitive problem. the quorum call be rescinded. layoffs in this country just after the Now, my guest at tomorrow’s State The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tax bill passed. Walmart, which made a of the Union will highlight the urgency objection, it is so ordered. big to-do of what it was doing for its of a few issues I have just mentioned. RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER workers, is shuttering 63 Sam’s Club Her name is Stephanie Keegan. She is The Democratic leader is recognized. warehouses and laying off 1,000 workers from Putnam County, NY. Her son Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask at their headquarters. Macy’s will cut Daniel, a veteran of the war in Afghan- unanimous consent to speak on leader 5,000 jobs. Carrier, a company the istan, died from an opioid overdose. At the time, Daniel was suffering from a time. President promised to save, is still severe case of PTSD. His nerves were The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without bleeding jobs. Kimberly-Clark will cut shattered by war. He waited 16 months objection, it is so ordered. up to 5,500 jobs, and their chief finan- cial officer said the savings from the for treatment at the VA—16 months, NOMINATION OF DAVID STRAS Republican tax bill gave them the after he served us so well. That is a Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ‘‘flexibility’’—his word—to make these shocking amount of time for a young know we have a vote coming up soon. reductions. So the tax bill is actually man who bravely served his country to First, on the judge vote, today the leading to a whole lot of layoffs. We wait for his country to serve him. Dan- Senate will vote on cloture on the don’t hear that from President Trump iel died 2 weeks before he was given his nomination of David Stras for the or our Republican colleagues, but it is first appointment at the VA. Eighth Circuit in Minnesota. Senator true. There are many things that can be Franken opposed this nomination and Another one of the real impacts of done to change this situation, Mrs. did not return his blue slip, but Sen- the tax bill will be felt on tax day, Keegan told me. She is so right. We can ator GRASSLEY scheduled the confirma- when the Nation’s highest income provide better healthcare to our vet- tion hearing and a markup anyway. It earners, the top 1 percent, will get an erans. We can do more to fight the is my understanding that the new Sen- average tax cut of roughly $50,000, scourge of opioid addiction. We can ful- ator from Minnesota, Ms. SMITH, in- while more than 9 million middle-class fill the promise to hundreds of thou- tends to vote against his nomination. families will face a tax increase, ac- sands of pensioners who need money. If Judge Stras is confirmed, it will cording to the JCT and the Tax Policy We can make sure Social Security mark the first time since 1982 that a Center. works. We can make sure the kids circuit court nominee was confirmed It is true that bipartisan, deficit-neu- waiting for college who have to pay for without both home State Senators re- tral tax reform could have delivered college can get there a little easier. So turning blue slips in support of a hear- more jobs and better pay for the middle I hope Stephanie’s presence at tomor- ing. Democratic and Republican chairs class, but President Trump and con- row’s speech inspires an urgency to have stuck to the blue slip rule, despite gressional leaders opted for a partisan tackle these challenges. the tensions in this body. So this is a bill that rewarded their wealthy do- FBI major step back—another way that the nors, big corporations, and the Finally, Mr. President, I want to re- majority is slowly and inexorably superrich, and it increased the deficit turn to a topic I addressed at some gnawing away at the way this body that our children and grandchildren length last Thursday—the ongoing works and making it more and more will have to pay by $1.5 trillion. I don’t scorched-earth campaign by the White and more like the House of Representa- expect the President or the Republican House, rightwing media, and some Re- tives. It is not a legacy, if I were the leader to mention these facts. I cer- publicans in Congress to destroy the leader or a Member of that party, that tainly don’t think the President will integrity of the FBI and the investiga- I would be proud of. mention them in the State of the tion into interference in the 2016 elec- REPUBLICAN TAX BILL Union. But Democrats will highlight tion. This ongoing scorched-earth cam- Mr. President, tomorrow President them in days to come. paign weakens law enforcement and Trump will address the Nation in his ISSUES BEFORE THE SENATE weakens the FBI—one of our best agen- first State of the Union. We all look Now, Mr. President, when we passed cies. forward to hearing what the President the last extension of government fund- We recently learned that President Trump, at one point last summer, di- has to say. One thing we can expect is ing, we gave ourselves a lengthy to-do rected the firing of Special Counsel for the President to link any good list: Pass a budget, provide disaster Mueller—what would have been a piece of economic news to the Repub- aid, negotiate a healthcare package, shocking and unambiguous obstruction lican tax bill, as the majority leader and protect the Dreamers. We have does most days and did again today. Of of justice—only to be pulled back. been talking about these issues for Today, we learned that the Deputy course, the reality of the Republican months without resolution. Now is the Director of the FBI, Andrew McCabe, tax bill is much different than the time to start solving them. We have will be stepping down immediately. He image painted by the leader’s cherry- waited too long to fully fund our mili- has been attacked by the White House picked examples. tary. We have waited too long to dedi- relentlessly. One of the real impacts of the tax bill cate more money to the opioid crisis, As soon as this evening, the House has been massive giveaways to wealthy which is stealing 40,000 American lives will vote to release the contents of a investors and corporate executives. a year. We have waited too long to im- secret memo prepared by the Repub- The very wealthiest and the most pow- prove veterans healthcare, which our lican majority on the House Intel- erful got the overwhelming majority of veterans receive. Many are waiting in ligence Committee that insinuates the the breaks. As for individuals, some line still to get treatment. We waited FBI and Department of Justice’s inves- got increases, some stayed the same, too long to address failing pension tigation into Russia’s interference in and some will get a little bit. plans, which are the safety net for so our elections is politically biased. Companies have announced multibil- many teamsters, carpenters, miners, According to the ranking member of lion-dollar stock-buyback repurchasing and people approaching retirement. We that committee, Representative programs, which benefit wealthy share- have waited too long to give the 800,000 SCHIFF, this memo is full of innuendo holders, not workers. According to Dreamers the peace of mind that they and glaring omissions. It presents evi- Morgan Stanley, ‘‘83% of analysts indi- will not be deported by the only coun- dence without context and jumps to cated that companies would put gains try they have known. unfounded conclusions. We should call from lower taxes to use for share We need to address these issues it what it truly is: a slanderous memo buybacks, dividends, and mergers and soon—no more delay. We hope our mod- of GOP talking points. acquisitions.’’ So we will have less erate Senators will strive to find a nar- This is not an erudite study. This is competition because this tax bill has row bill on DACA and border security a bunch of talking points to discredit given the big corporations money so that can actually pass. Expanding this an agency that is doing a good job, they can buy other corporations and beyond DACA and beyond border secu- that we all have supported and re- reduce competition. rity, as the White House framework spected over the years.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:31 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G29JA6.027 S29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE January 29, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S545 If Republicans vote to release their Mitch McConnell, John Boozman, Jerry CLOTURE MOTION Moran, Marco Rubio, Deb Fischer, memo of partisan talking points to- We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- John Barrasso, Richard Burr, John night, they should also vote to release ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Cornyn, Thom Tillis, John Hoeven, the memo prepared by Ranking Mem- Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby Tom Cotton, Joni Ernst, James M. move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- ber SCHIFF, and let everyone judge both Inhofe, Steve Daines, Mike Crapo, nation of David Ryan Stras, of Minnesota, to on the merits. Let both memos go for- James Lankford, Roy Blunt. ward. What is good for the goose is be United States Circuit Judge for the The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- good for the gander. It would be abso- Eighth Circuit. imous consent, the mandatory quorum Mitch McConnell, Pat Roberts, Roy lute hypocrisy for House Republicans call has been waived. Blunt, Tim Scott, Todd Young, Richard to release their memo and not allow The question is, Is it the sense of the C. Shelby, Chuck Grassley, John Booz- Representative SCHIFF to release his. man, Marco Rubio, Mike Crapo, Steve Everyone should keep in mind who is Senate that debate on the motion to proceed to S. 2311, a bill to amend title Daines, Jerry Moran, David Perdue, promoting this stuff. Who is promoting Tom Cotton, John Cornyn, Roger F. these rightwing talking points, defam- 18, United States Code, to protect pain- Wicker, John Thune. capable unborn children, and for other ing the FBI? None other than Russian- The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- linked bots. They are using the purposes, shall be brought to a close? The yeas and nays are mandatory imous consent, the mandatory quorum hashtag ‘‘Release the Memo’’ 100 more call has been waived. times than any other hashtag by Krem- under the rule. lin-linked accounts. Putin and the The clerk will call the roll. The question is, Is it the sense of the Kremlin are trying at all times to un- The bill clerk called the roll. Senate that debate on the nomination dermine our democracy through the Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator of David Ryan Stras, of Minnesota, to spread of false information. is necessarily absent: the Senator from be United States Circuit Judge for the What does it say about the Repub- Arizona (Mr. MCCAIN). Eighth Circuit, shall be brought to a lican memo that the Kremlin is push- Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the close? ing it more than they are pushing any- Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. BALDWIN) The yeas and nays are mandatory thing else right now? At this point, and the Senator from Florida (Mr. NEL- under the rule. every American should wonder whether SON) are necessarily absent. The clerk will call the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there the House Republicans are working The assistant bill clerk called the any other Senators in the Chamber de- harder for Putin or for the American roll. people—at least those House Repub- siring to vote? Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator licans who put together this memo. The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 51, This Republican talking points memo nays 46, as follows: is necessarily absent: the Senator from Arizona (Mr. MCCAIN). is part of a pattern of behavior from [Rollcall Vote No. 25 Leg.] this White House and their Republican YEAS—51 Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Florida (Mr. NELSON) is allies in Congress—not everyone, just Alexander Ernst Moran some—and the hard-right media. They Barrasso Fischer Paul necessarily absent. do not welcome the results of Special Blunt Flake Perdue The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. CAS- Boozman Gardner Portman Counsel Mueller’s investigation, so Burr Graham Risch SIDY). Are there any other Senators in they are trying to smear the investiga- Capito Grassley Roberts the Chamber desiring to vote? tion and the entire FBI before it con- Casey Hatch Rounds The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 57, cludes. We all know agents; we all Cassidy Heller Rubio Cochran Hoeven Sasse nays 41, as follows: know how hard they work and how de- Corker Inhofe Scott [Rollcall Vote No. 26 Ex.] cent they are. Cornyn Isakson Shelby The attacks on the credibility of the Cotton Johnson Sullivan YEAS—57 Crapo Kennedy Thune FBI are beyond the pale. They have Alexander Flake Moran Cruz Lankford Tillis Barrasso Gardner Murkowski fueled wild speculation and outright Daines Lee Toomey Blunt Graham Paul Donnelly Manchin Wicker paranoia—talks of ‘‘coups’’ and ‘‘deep Boozman Grassley Perdue Enzi McConnell Young states’’ and ‘‘secret societies.’’ It Burr Hatch Portman brings shame on the folks propagating NAYS—46 Capito Heitkamp Risch this nonsense, but more crucially, it di- Cassidy Heller Roberts Bennet Heinrich Reed Cochran Hoeven Rounds minishes our great country. Blumenthal Heitkamp Sanders Collins Inhofe Rubio When prominent voices in one of our Booker Hirono Schatz Corker Isakson Sasse Brown Jones Schumer Cornyn Johnson Scott country’s two major political parties Cantwell Kaine are outright attacking the FBI and the Shaheen Cotton Jones Shelby Cardin King Smith Crapo Kennedy Sullivan Department of Justice—the pillars of Carper Klobuchar Stabenow Cruz Klobuchar Thune American law enforcement—they are Collins Leahy Tester Daines Lankford Tillis Coons Markey Udall Donnelly Lee Toomey playing right into Mr. Putin’s hands. Cortez Masto McCaskill Van Hollen Enzi Manchin Warner They are unfairly and dishonestly Duckworth Menendez Warner Ernst McCaskill Wicker clouding a crucial investigation into Durbin Merkley Fischer McConnell Young Feinstein Murkowski Warren Russia’s interference in our elections— Whitehouse Gillibrand Murphy NAYS—41 a matter of most serious concern for Harris Murray Wyden every American. It is abhorrent. It Hassan Peters Baldwin Gillibrand Reed Bennet Harris Sanders must stop. NOT VOTING—3 Blumenthal Hassan Schatz I yield the floor. Booker Heinrich Baldwin McCain Nelson Schumer CLOTURE MOTION Brown Hirono Shaheen The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this Cantwell Kaine Smith Cardin King to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the vote, the yeas are 51, the nays are 46. Stabenow Carper Leahy Tester Three-fifths of the Senators duly cho- Casey Markey Senate the pending cloture motion, Udall sen and sworn not having voted in the Coons Menendez which the clerk will state. Van Hollen Cortez Masto Merkley The legislative clerk read as follows: affirmative, the motion is rejected. Warren Duckworth Murphy Whitehouse CLOTURE MOTION f Durbin Murray We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- Feinstein Peters Wyden ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the CLOTURE MOTION NOT VOTING—2 Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant move to bring to a close debate on the mo- McCain Nelson to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the tion to proceed to S. 2311, a bill to amend The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this title 18, United States Code, to protect pain- Senate the pending cloture motion, capable unborn children, and for other pur- which the clerk will state. vote, the yeas are 57, the nays are 41. poses. The bill clerk read as follows: The motion is agreed to.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:31 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G29JA6.031 S29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE S546 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 29, 2018 EXECUTIVE SESSION a moral duty to protect those vulner- around 20 weeks. It can feel the abor- able human beings, but I have no illu- tionists’ instruments as they do their sions that this will be easy. grisly work. EXECUTIVE CALENDAR We have to overcome the misin- These children feel until they cannot. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The formation of the abortion industry. That possibility alone—the mere possi- clerk will report the nomination. This is a powerful special interest bility—should be chilling to us, and The senior assistant legislative clerk group that wants to keep abortion that possibility alone should have us read the nomination of David Ryan legal right up to the moment of birth. rushing to ban abortion at 20 weeks. I Stras, of Minnesota, to be United The abortion industry is attacking this implore my colleagues who didn’t vote States Circuit Judge for the Eighth bill by denying that there is any evi- for this to reconsider and, the next Circuit. dence that unborn babies can feel pain time they have an opportunity to sup- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- at 20 weeks. The linchpin of its argu- port it, to vote yes on the Pain-Capable ator from Utah. ment is a 2005 study that claimed un- Unborn Child Protection Act. PAIN-CAPABLE UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION BILL born babies could not feel pain until A vote for this bill is a vote to pro- Mr. LEE. Mr. President, the United the 30th week of pregnancy. What the tect some of the most vulnerable mem- States is just one of seven countries in abortion industry never mentions, of bers of the human family. And yes, we the entire world that currently allow course, is that this study was written are talking about members of the elective abortions after 20 weeks of by individuals with significant and, I human family. The life form we are pregnancy, and we are not in good com- would add, undisclosed ties to the abor- talking about is not a puppy; it is not pany on that list. Of the other six tion industry itself. some other form of animal. This is a countries that allow elective abortions As reported by the Philadelphia In- human being we are talking about. at that very late stage of the child’s quirer, the study’s lead author, who This is something that instinctively development, half of those countries was not a doctor but a medical student, calls out for us. We think about the have authoritarian governments—com- previously worked for NARAL. An- needs of the most vulnerable among us, munist governments with horrible other of the study’s authors actually and we should be eager to protect records when it comes to human rights. performed abortions as the medical di- them. Yes, our abortion laws are as extreme rector of an abortion clinic. Together, we can move our country’s and inhumane as the abortion laws in How convenient that the abortion in- laws away from those of North Korea Vietnam, China, and North Korea. It dustry’s denial of fetal pain rests on a and China and toward our most funda- pains me—and it should pain all Ameri- study by its own employees. If I recall, mental belief that all human beings are cans—that the United States lags so the tobacco industry tried something created equal and that they have an very far behind the rest of the world in similar when they denied that ciga- unalienable right to life. protecting the unborn, protecting rettes cause cancer. As always, the I yield the floor. human beings, simply because they antidote to misinformation is more in- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- have yet to take their first breath. formation, and the antidote to bad ator from New Hampshire. Twenty weeks is the fifth month of science is good science. Ms. HASSAN. Mr. President, I rise pregnancy. Think about what that I have three studies that address the today to oppose dangerous legislation means. At that stage, the unborn child topic of fetal pain specifically. They that would endanger the health of is about 10 inches long from head to were all published after the abortion women by limiting their constitutional toe. He or she is roughly the size of a industry’s favorite study—the one they right to access a safe and legal abor- banana. A baby at this stage sleeps and prefer to acknowledge to the exclusion tion. We must recognize the capacity of wakes in the womb. She sucks her of all others. Unlike that study—the every woman in our Nation to make thumb, makes faces, and, in some one they prefer to the exclusion of all her own healthcare decisions, control cases, might even see light filtering in others—none of these studies are com- her own destiny, and ensure that all through the womb. promised by a conflict of interest. women have the full independence to By 20 weeks, if not before, science This one is by the International As- do so. suggests that the baby can also feel sociation for the Study of Pain. It con- Unfortunately, throughout the last pain. Each year in this country, more cludes: ‘‘The available scientific evi- year, the Trump administration and than 10,000 abortions occur after this dence makes it possible, even probable, Republicans in Congress have repeat- point in the baby’s development. that fetal pain perception occurs well edly tried to roll back access to care Today, we have a chance to stop this before late gestation.’’ The study pin- and undermine the health of women. grave injustice. points fetal pain to the ‘‘second tri- We have seen bill after bill targeting Moments ago, this body voted on the mester’’ of pregnancy, ‘‘well before the women’s healthcare by restricting ac- Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection third trimester.’’ cess to abortion, increasing the costs of Act, a bill that would prohibit abor- Here is another study by the Amer- maternity care, and allowing insurers tions after the 20th week of pregnancy. ican Association of Pharmaceutical to treat giving birth as a preexisting This is a commonsense restriction that Scientists. It concludes that ‘‘the basis condition. is supported by a majority of Ameri- for pain perception appear[s] at about The Trump administration issued in- cans. More than 6 in 10 Americans sup- 20 to 22 weeks from conception.’’ terim final rules, allowing employers port a ban on abortion after 20 weeks, Finally, here is a 2012 study pub- to deny women access to the birth con- according to a Marist poll conducted lished in the Journal of Maternal-Fetal trol coverage they need. My colleagues earlier this month. Not only that, but and Neonatal Medicine. This paper on the other side of the aisle have con- a majority of Democrats—56 percent— states that there is evidence that un- firmed Trump administration officials said they would support an abortion born children can feel pain beginning and judges to the bench who are vehe- ban at 20 weeks. Yes, this bill does, in at 20 weeks. The authors note that at mently opposed to a woman’s right to fact, have widespread support, and it this stage, unborn children have pain make her own reproductive health de- would bring America back into the receptors in their skin, recoil in re- cisions. Republicans have been relent- mainstream of nations. sponse to sharp objects like needles, less in their attempts to defund More importantly, this bill is just. It and release stress hormones when they Planned Parenthood, which is an essen- is humane. It is the right thing to do. are harmed. tial source of care for women in New It is the natural outcome of any ques- They conclude: ‘‘We should suppose Hampshire and provides key services tion asked with a degree of moral pro- that the fetus can feel pain. . . . When like birth control and cancer bity: Is this right? the development of the fetus is equal to screenings. The reason we signed up for this job that of a premature baby.’’ Here we are, once again, with Repub- is to fight for what is right. And it is I could go on, but I think that is lican leadership bringing a bill to the wrong—self-evidently wrong—that our enough for now. The takeaway is this. floor that attempts to marginalize country allows 5-month-old unborn ba- The science at a minimum suggests women and take away their rights to bies to be killed. We, in this body, have that unborn children can feel pain make their own decisions. This bill

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The Sen- rape or incest, and it gets in the way of of more than 30 years, she has never ator from Oklahoma. a woman and the judgment of her doc- lost sight of what ought to be the mis- PAIN-CAPABLE UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION BILL tor, threatening to jail physicians for sion of each of ours—to use our posi- Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, providing patients the care they need. tions, our talents, and our abilities to there are a lot of important things the In fact, a group of medical and public help others. For Mary Kay Thatcher, Senate is taking up right now. Obvi- health organizations have written to her career has been all about helping ously, there is the issue of immigra- Congress, saying: This bill places America’s farmers and ranchers, stand- tion, the budget, and disaster relief. healthcare providers in an untenable ing up for the food and fiber producers There are a lot of pertinent issues that situation. When they are facing a com- of our Nation. Let me tell you that she need to be resolved. One of those things plex, urgent medical situation they is one of the best at it. that was in the middle of the conversa- must think about an unjust law instead Not only is Mary Kay one of the most tion came up today. It is part of a con- of about how to protect the health and articulate ag lobbyists I know, she is versation that, quite frankly, doesn’t safety of their patients. one of the most articulate people I come up often in this body, but this This bill is a direct challenge to the know. Her ability to break down an seemed like a reasonable piece to be precedent set in Roe V. Wade. We are issue and make it understandable for able to come up. It came up to the Sen- at a moment in our country when everyone—for Senators and our staffs, ate to open debate on it, and it failed women are speaking out and fighting including those who don’t have ag to get the 60 votes to support the be- for basic dignity and respect at home, backgrounds—makes her one of the ginning of what should be an easy con- in the workplace, and in their daily most effective advocates for agri- versation on a hard issue—this issue lives. They also deserve that respect culture. There are fewer and fewer peo- about children and life. with regard to the most deeply per- ple in the U.S. Senate and Congress In 1973, when Roe v. Wade passed, the sonal health decisions they can make. who understand agriculture or who Supreme Court at that time deter- Passing this legislation would send a come from farming backgrounds, and mined that for children that were via- message to women across the country that ability to connect with them is so ble—and that is the definition they left that politicians in Washington do not important. out there—there is a governmental in- believe that women have the capacity I have always appreciated the advice terest in being able to engage with to make their own healthcare deci- and counsel that Mary Kay has pro- those children. Well, viability in 1973 sions—as if women don’t understand or vided me when working on the farm was very different than what it is now, are unable to grapple with the phys- bill or other pieces of ag legislation. I decades later. In 1973 viable was a ical, emotional, economic, and spir- have also always noticed and appre- much older child. Now that we know a itual issues that are involved in decid- ciated how much time she has spent in lot more, a lot more children survive. ing when or if to have a family or how educating staff, including those in my Children who are born at 22 weeks of to handle critical health challenges. office. I believe a big part of Mary gestation have between a 50-percent to Rather than marginalizing women, Kay’s legacy will be the generations of 60-percent chance of survival now. That we should be doing everything we can young people who will be better pre- was not true in 1973. to include them in the bipartisan work pared to continue the fight for Amer- The rest of the world has caught up we need to do on priorities to move our ican agriculture because Mary Kay has with this technology, and their govern- Nation forward. Divisive and partisan taken the time and made the effort to ments have acknowledged of this issue bills like this one undermine women mentor and to teach them. that a child who has 10 fingers and 10 and undermine our strength as a coun- Her passion for agriculture comes toes and a beating heart—they suck try. I was proud to join many of my naturally. She grew up on an Iowa their thumb in the womb, they yawn, colleagues in voting against this bill, farm and continues to own and manage they stretch, they move—is a child. and I am glad that it has failed in the that farm today, and that helps guide I understand there is wide argument Senate today. her work here in the Nation’s Capital. about a child that is at 8 weeks of ges- I thank the Presiding Officer. She has worked at the American Farm tation, whom I believe is a child, but I yield the floor. Bureau for over 30 years, but in ag cir- others look at it and say: It doesn’t The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- cles, it is not necessarily the number of look like a child yet. But a child at 20, ator from Kansas. years that people talk about but the 22, 24 weeks of gestation even looks TRIBUTE TO MARY KAY THATCHER number of farm bills. They refer to how like a child when you look at the child Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, I want to many farm bills a person has survived. in the ultrasound. It is hard to dis- take a moment this evening to con- By my count, Mary Kay has been part agree, especially when children are gratulate one of the most effective ad- of writing at least seven farm bills in born at that age prematurely and they vocates for American agriculture in addition to many other key pieces of survive, and many of us know kids that our Nation’s Capital. ag legislation. were born at 22 weeks. The bill that We are often helped by those who I know I am adding my voice to lots came up today on the Senate floor, have lots of knowledge. In the coming of others who will talk about how great which had bipartisan support and had a days, Mary Kay Thatcher will be retir- of a person she is and what an advocate majority of support but not 60 Sen- ing from the American Farm Bureau, she is, but I do want to add my acco- ators’ support to be able to discuss where she is widely recognized as one lades because they are so well-de- this, was a very simple, straight- of the most knowledgeable experts on served. forward bill. It asked just one question: farm policy, conservation, crop insur- I thank Mary Kay Thatcher for all of Will we as Americans continue to allow ance, ag data, and so many other issues her work on behalf of American agri- elective abortions when the child is that affect farmers and ranchers and culture, including the Kansas Farm viable? rural America. Mary Kay represents Bureau and its members, and on behalf The Supreme Court said in 1973 that the best of Washington, DC. She is of all of agriculture in our State. Her the government has a right to be able smart, passionate, and authentic. efforts have benefited Kansas and im- to step in and protect a viable child. Again, we often need help from those proved our country. She will be missed There is no question that they are at who have expertise to help us make the at the American Farm Bureau, but I that age of viability. There is no ques- right decisions, and she is absolutely know she will find other ways to advo- tion, at that age of 20 weeks, that one of those people. cate for agriculture. I hope that for science shows us they experience pain A great thing about Mary Kay many years to come, we will remain in the womb, and that if surgery hap- Thatcher is that she hasn’t forgotten friends and work together on behalf of pens for a child in utero like that, that her rural roots. It is evidenced by her American farmers and ranchers. child is actually given anesthetic to be

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I ask unanimous combined with his immense bravery, passionate about the issue of life and consent that the Senate vote on the allowed him and other EOD technicians about children, and that we should as a nomination with no intervening action to successfully disarm the bomb over culture protect children. But this one or debate; that if confirmed, the mo- several days of harrowing work. Ex- confuses me—for this body, more than tion to reconsider be considered made perts estimate that, if detonated, the any other issue. There are only seven and laid upon the table; that the Presi- bombs were powerful enough to destroy nations in the world that allow elective dent be immediately notified of the everything within an 8.5 mile radius. abortions after 20 weeks. There are Senate’s action; that no further mo- When asked in a recent interview why only four nations in the world that tions be in order; and that any state- the bomb did not go off, Smith replied, allow elective abortions after 24 weeks. ments relating to the nomination be ‘‘the Lord Jesus Christ only knows.’’ We are in that elite club. We are in the printed in the RECORD. Such incidents prove that the secu- elite club with three other nations that The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there rity we enjoy every day as Americans allow elective abortions that late— objection? is because of courageous individuals Vietnam, North Korea, and China—the Without objection, it is so ordered. like Earl Smith. Smith’s willingness to worst human rights violators in the The question is, Will the Senate ad- risk his life, along with his ability to world. There sits the United States in vise and consent to the Maggs nomina- maintain the secrecy of this formerly that very elite club. tion? classified event for half a century, Why are we there? Because we can’t The nomination was confirmed. serve as distinct and sobering remind- even discuss the possibility that a child f ers that there are American men and is a child, and anyone who has ever women serving tirelessly throughout seen an ultrasound at 24 weeks cannot LEGISLATIVE SESSION the world to maintain the way of life deny that is a child, and if that child we hold dear. was delivered prematurely, they would MORNING BUSINESS It is my honor to offer my sincere ap- survive and grow and develop into a preciation and gratitude to Earl Smith person. The only difference between Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I ask and the countless others like him who that child at 20 weeks and an adult now unanimous consent that the Senate diligently, and often thanklessly, work is time. proceed to legislative session and be in to provide safety and security to all This issue will continue to come up, a period of morning business, with Sen- Americans. I hope that my colleagues and it should because we as a culture ators permitted to speak therein for up in the Senate will join me in thanking should promote a culture of life and of to 10 minutes each. them for their selfless service to this honoring people—people at their most The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Nation. objection, it is so ordered. vulnerable moment. There is no more f vulnerable a moment than that for f ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS that child. We have to get out of this TRIBUTE TO EARL SMITH club of elective abortions and the only Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, today I group that allows it—North Korea, TRIBUTE TO PATTI MEALS China, and Vietnam. When will we wish to honor the legacy and heroic ∑ wake up to the fact that the entire rest service of Mr. Earl Smith. An Alabama Mr. HELLER. Mr. President, today I of the world—all of Europe, all of Afri- native and unsung American hero, wish to congratulate Patti Meals on ca, all of Central America, all of South Smith’s willingness to put himself in her retirement from CARE Chest of Si- America, every one of those coun- harm’s way saved an untold number of erra Nevada. For 26 years, Patti made tries—sees that plain? A child is a lives. an indelible impact on the people of child, and we need to be able to guard More than 50 years ago, as a young northern Nevada as executive director its life. officer in the U.S. Air Force, Smith of CARE Chest. So I am sad that today in a bipar- was the on-call explosive ordnance dis- From serving 334 Nevadans in 1990, tisan vote with more than 50 votes to posal, EOD, technician at Seymour when the CARE Chest first opened, to be able to get into it and pass it, we Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, more than 13,000 in 2017, Ms. Meals has didn’t have enough people even to want NC. Nothing out of the ordinary had helped provide over 139,000 services and to discuss it and to be able to bring up occurred throughout his shift on the distribute 220,000 pieces of medical the bill. We will bring it up again for evening of January 23, 1961, when the equipment and supplies in her career. the sake of those children and their fu- 24-year-old Smith received an alarming With Ms. Meals’ dedication and pas- tures. We will bring it up again, and we phone call. He was informed that two sion, CARE Chest of Sierra Nevada has will keep bringing up the facts of the Mark 39 hydrogen bombs had broken made great strides in improving the argument, not the emotion but the loose from a B–52 bomber and landed in health and well-being of countless facts of the argument, and we will win a field just outside of Goldsboro. He northern Nevadans by providing free people over. was told the general location of the medical resources to those in need. With that, I yield the floor. bombs, but other details were un- The group’s programs are tailored to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- known. aid and support the area’s underserved ator from Oklahoma. Upon arriving to the crash site, populations and include connecting Smith and other EOD technicians local families to medical equipment, f found that one bomb had crashed at prescription assistance, diabetic sup- EXECUTIVE CALENDAR such a speed that it was buried under- plies, medical nutrition, home and ve- Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I ask ground, but the other was visible and hicle modifications, and wellness edu- unanimous consent that the Senate appeared to be intact. Although the cation. proceed to the consideration of the fol- protocol was to alert the Atomic En- As a result of Ms. Meals’ work, CARE lowing nomination: Executive Calendar ergy Commission before inspecting the Chest today owns its 5,000-square-foot No. 497. bomb, Smith’s instinct was to act facility in Reno and is considered a The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without quickly. Dr. Ralph Lapp, a physicist in- cornerstone of the northern Nevada objection, it is so ordered. volved in developing America’s first community. The nonprofit has helped The clerk will report the nomination. nuclear bombs as part of the Manhat- thousands of vulnerable Nevadans in The legislative clerk read the nomi- tan Project, stated in his review of the their path to recovery. It is worth not- nation of Gregory E. Maggs, of Vir- Goldsboro incident that ‘‘one simple, ing that, in 2010, during Ms. Meals’ ten- ginia, to be a Judge of the United dynamo-technology low voltage switch ure, CARE Chest of Sierra Nevada was

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A bill to amend the Higher Edu- Agency of the Year. price below fair-market value on the cation Act of 1965 to provide that an indi- Ms. Meals is also a founding member condition that it be preserved as open vidual may remain eligible to participate in of Alliance for Nevada Nonprofits, space for future generations to enjoy. the teacher loan forgiveness program under ANN, a group that aims to be a leader title IV of such Act if the individual’s period He was equally generous in giving his of consecutive years of employment as a full- and voice for Nevada’s nonprofit sec- time and talents to a wide range of vol- time teacher is interrupted because the indi- tor; and the resource for sustainability, unteer activities. For decades, he ref- vidual is the spouse of a member of the advocacy, and professionalism. Since ereed high school and college basket- Armed Forces who is relocated during the 2009, Ms. Meals has held a board posi- ball games. He served on numerous school year pursuant to military orders for a tion and currently serves as the board town and county committees and vol- permanent change of duty station, and for treasurer. She is also an active and unteered his considerable skills as an other purposes; to the Committee on Health, long-term member of the Sparks Ro- auctioneer for countless charity auc- Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Mr. VAN HOLLEN: tary and has collaborated with count- tions, including fundraisers for New less community organizations over the S. 2352. A bill to cap the emissions of Hampshire’s public television station. greenhouse gases through a requirement to years. The Granite State, and the purchase carbon permits, to distribute the As Nevada’s senior Senator, I want to Gilmanton community in particular, proceeds of such purchases to eligible indi- thank Ms. Meals for her tireless efforts are grateful for his many gifts and acts viduals, and for other purposes; to the Com- during the last quarter of a century. I of selfless service. Family and friends mittee on Finance. offer her the very best during her re- hope to gather for a memorial service By Mr. COTTON (for himself and Mr. tirement and my well wishes for many later this year. I will be with them in HATCH): S. 2353. A bill to require the Secretary of successful and fulfilling years to spirit as they celebrate the life of this come.∑ the Treasury to report on the estimated good and generous man.∑ total assets under direct or indirect control f f by certain senior Iranian leaders and other REMEMBERING GEORGE TWIGG III figures, and for other purposes; to the Com- MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE ∑ mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- Mrs. SHAHEEN. Mr. President, I fairs. have come to the floor to pay tribute At 2:04 p.m., a message from the to George Twigg III, a long-time Gran- House of Representatives, delivered by f Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, ite Stater and former New Hampshire SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND announced that the House has agreed State representative, who passed away SENATE RESOLUTIONS last month at the age of 85. Though he to the following concurrent resolution, was raised in Massachusetts and re- in which it requests the concurrence of The following concurrent resolutions tired to Maine, George was in many the Senate: and Senate resolutions were read, and ways a quintessential Granite Stater, H. Con. Res. 101. Concurrent resolution referred (or acted upon), as indicated: with a big personality, a great sense of providing for a joint session of Congress to By Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. humor, and a lifetime passion for poli- receive a message from the President. MARKEY, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. MERKLEY, tics and public engagement. The message also announced that Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. COR- NYN, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. After graduating from Boston Uni- pursuant to section 803(a) of the Con- HOEVEN, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. JOHNSON, versity, he served 2 years in the U.S. gressional Recognition for Excellence Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. WARREN, Mrs. Navy and later worked as a marketing in Arts Education Act (2 U.S.C. 803 (a)), FEINSTEIN, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HATCH, representative for General Electric and and the order of the House of January Mr. COONS, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. REED, other Fortune 500 companies. In 1968, 3, 2017, the Speaker appoints the fol- and Mr. WICKER): he left his corporate career behind and lowing Member on the part of the S. Res. 384. A resolution congratulating the moved to Gilmanton, NH, where he be- House of Representatives to the Con- Republic of Korea for hosting the 2018 Winter Olympic Games and supporting the alliance came a proud jack-of-many-trades, gressional Award Board: Mr. HUDSON of between the United States and the Republic working in real estate sales, North Carolina; And, in addition: Mr. auctioneering, and appraising. George of Korea; to the Committee on Foreign Rela- Steve Hart of Washington, DC, Ms. tions. also worked as a justice of the peace, Kimberly Norman of Dallas, Texas, Mr. By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. officiating at hundreds of weddings. He Michael Pitts, Jr., of Kenosha, Wis- GRASSLEY, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. CORNYN, once married the same couple twice, consin, Mr. Marc Baer of Savage, Min- Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. though he felt obliged to warn them nesota, and Mr. Jason Van Pelt, of MARKEY, Mr. TOOMEY, Ms. HEITKAMP, that, if they divorced again and later Washington, DC. Mr. RUBIO, and Mrs. SHAHEEN): decided to marry for a third time, they S. Res. 385. A resolution supporting the ob- would have to find someone else to offi- f servation of ‘‘National Trafficking and Mod- ern Slavery Prevention Month’’ during the ciate at the wedding. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND Throughout his adult life, George period beginning on January 1, 2018, and end- JOINT RESOLUTIONS ing on February 1, 2018, to raise awareness was active in politics and public serv- of, and opposition to, human trafficking and ice and gave generously of his time as The following bills and joint resolu- tions were introduced, read the first modern slavery; to the Committee on the Ju- a volunteer in many different capac- diciary. ities. A lifelong Republican, he shared and second times by unanimous con- many Granite Staters’ fiscal conserv- sent, and referred as indicated: f atism and distaste for taxes. Indeed, in By Mrs. MCCASKILL (for herself and ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS one campaign for election to the New Mr. JOHNSON): S. 243 Hampshire House of Representatives, S. 2349. A bill to direct the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to estab- At the request of Ms. HEITKAMP, the he crisscrossed his district in a snow- lish an interagency working group to study name of the Senator from Alabama plow painted with the message ‘‘No Federal efforts to collect data on sexual vio- (Mr. JONES) was added as a cosponsor Tax Snow Jobs.’’ While always true to lence and to make recommendations on the his conservative convictions, George of S. 243, a bill to provide for a perma- harmonization of such efforts, and for other nent extension of the enforcement in- was a practitioner of the New Hamp- purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Se- shire way in politics, always ready to curity and Governmental Affairs. struction on supervision requirements reach across the aisle in order to ad- By Mrs. SHAHEEN: for outpatient therapeutic services in vance the best interests of our State. S. 2350. A bill to require the Secretary of critical access and small rural hos- In 1974, then-Governor Meldrim Thom- Agriculture to establish a forest incentives pitals. son asked him to chair New Hamp- program to keep forests intact and sequester S. 266 carbon on private forest land of the United At the request of Mr. HATCH, the shire’s eminent domain commission. States, and for other purposes; to the Com- He went on to serve 21 years on the mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For- name of the Senator from Louisiana board of tax and land appeals. estry. (Mr. CASSIDY) was added as a cosponsor George was a man of exceptional gen- By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. of S. 266, a bill to award the Congres- erosity. In 2014, he sold more than 85 CORNYN): sional Gold Medal to Anwar Sadat in

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:40 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A29JA6.023 S29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE S550 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 29, 2018 recognition of his heroic achievements sponsor of S. 1678, a bill to amend the faithfully served and retired from the and courageous contributions to peace Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop- Armed Forces of the United States, in the Middle East. ment Act to improve access to grants designating April 18, 2018, as ‘‘Military S. 337 and loans for evidence-based substance Retiree Appreciation Day’’, and en- At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, use disorder treatment services in couraging the people of the United the name of the Senator from Min- rural areas, and for other purposes. States to honor the past and continued nesota (Ms. SMITH) was added as a co- S. 2219 service of military retirees to their sponsor of S. 337, a bill to provide paid At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, local communities and the United family and medical leave benefits to the name of the Senator from Illinois States. certain individuals, and for other pur- (Ms. DUCKWORTH) was added as a co- f sponsor of S. 2219, a bill to reduce the poses. STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED number of preventable deaths and inju- S. 505 BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS At the request of Mr. CASSIDY, the ries caused by underride crashes, to im- By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and name of the Senator from Louisiana prove motor carrier and passenger motor vehicle safety, and for other pur- Mr. CORNYN): (Mr. KENNEDY) was added as a cospon- S. 2351. A bill to amend the Higher sor of S. 505, a bill to amend the Inter- poses. S. 2341 Education Act of 1965 to provide that nal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an individual may remain eligible to an energy equivalent of a gallon of die- At the request of Mr. TESTER, the name of the Senator from Arkansas participate in the teacher loan forgive- sel in the case of liquefied natural gas ness program under title IV of such Act for purposes of the Inland Waterways (Mr. BOOZMAN) was added as a cospon- sor of S. 2341, a bill to amend title 38, if the individual’s period of consecutive Trust Fund financing rate. years of employment as a full-time S. 818 United States Code, to improve the processing of veterans benefits by the teacher is interrupted because the indi- At the request of Mr. CASEY, the vidual is the spouse of a member of the name of the Senator from Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs, to limit the authority of the Secretary of Armed Forces who is relocated during (Mr. MURPHY) was added as a cosponsor Veterans Affairs to recover overpay- the school year pursuant to military of S. 818, a bill to amend the Internal orders for a permanent change of duty Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individ- ments made by the Department and other amounts owed by veterans to the station, and for other purposes; to the uals with disabilities to save additional Committee on Health, Education, amounts in their ABLE accounts above United States, to improve the due proc- ess accorded veterans with respect to Labor, and Pensions. the current annual maximum contribu- Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I would such recovery, and for other purposes. tion if they work and earn income. like to bring the Senate’s attention to S. RES. 361 S. 836 the bipartisan Preserving Teacher At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses name of the Senator from Arkansas name of the Senator from California Act of 2018, which I am introducing (Mr. BOOZMAN) was added as a cospon- (Ms. HARRIS) was added as a cosponsor with the Senior Senator from Texas sor of S. Res. 361, a resolution express- of S. 836, a bill to amend the Federal today. This legislation eliminates a ing the sense of the Senate that the Credit Union Act to exclude a loan se- barrier for teachers in military fami- United States Government shall, both cured by a non-owner occupied 1- to 4- lies to earn Federal student loan for- unilaterally and alongside the inter- family dwelling from the definition of giveness for their years of public serv- national community, consider all op- a member business loan, and for other ice. tions for exerting maximum pressure purposes. The Department of Education’s on the Democratic People’s Republic of Teacher Loan Forgiveness program S. 1344 Korea (DPRK), in order to denuclearize At the request of Mr. BLUNT, the incentivizes teachers to commit to stu- the DPRK, protect the lives of United dents in our lowest income school dis- name of the Senator from New Hamp- States citizens and allies, and prevent shire (Ms. HASSAN) was added as a co- tricts in exchange for up to $17,500 in further proliferation of nuclear weap- Federal Student loan forgiveness. sponsor of S. 1344, a bill to promote the ons. development of local strategies to co- Teachers qualify for the program once S. RES. 368 ordinate use of assistance under sec- they have taught full-time for at least At the request of Mr. CORKER, the 5 consecutive years at a low income tions 8 and 9 of the United States Hous- names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. ing Act of 1937 with public and private school or educational service agency. PORTMAN), the Senator from Pennsyl- resources, to enable eligible families to Teachers who are forced to move in the vania (Mr. TOOMEY) and the Senator achieve economic independence and middle of the school year to follow from North Dakota (Ms. HEITKAMP) self-sufficiency, and for other purposes. their spouse lose eligibility for the pro- were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 368, gram and must restart their 5 years of S. 1453 a resolution supporting the right of all service under current law. At the request of Mr. DONNELLY, the Iranian citizens to have their voices Last summer, a Maryland con- name of the Senator from West Vir- heard. stituent brought to my attention the ginia (Mr. MANCHIN) was added as a co- S. RES. 376 barriers her daughter faced when seek- sponsor of S. 1453, a bill to allow the At the request of Mr. MERKLEY, the ing Federal student loan forgiveness Secretary of Health and Human Serv- name of the Senator from New Jersey despite her commitment to public serv- ices to designate certain substance use (Mr. BOOKER) was added as a cosponsor ice. Her daughter, a teacher married to disorder treatment facilities as eligible of S. Res. 376, a resolution urging the a member of the military, was in the for National Health Service Corps serv- Governments of Burma and Bangladesh middle of her fifth consecutive year ice. to ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary, teaching at one of Maryland’s lower in- S. 1503 and sustainable return of the Rohingya come schools. As any military spouse At the request of Ms. WARREN, the refugees who have been displaced by knows, relocation or reassignment or- name of the Senator from Arkansas the campaign of ethnic cleansing con- ders can come at any time, upending (Mr. BOOZMAN) was added as a cospon- ducted by the Burmese military. the lives of the service member and sor of S. 1503, a bill to require the Sec- S. RES. 377 their family. Rather than being able to retary of the Treasury to mint coins in At the request of Ms. WARREN, the complete a 5th year of teaching in a recognition of the 60th anniversary of names of the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Maryland school, this family had to re- the Naismith Memorial Basketball HIRONO), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. locate with 3 months left in the school Hall of Fame. MURKOWSKI) and the Senator from Ar- year. Despite this family’s double com- S. 1678 kansas (Mr. BOOZMAN) were added as mitment to service for our military At the request of Mr. DONNELLY, the cosponsors of S. Res. 377, a resolution and our schoolchildren, this military name of the Senator from West Vir- recognizing the importance of paying spouse missed the opportunity to have ginia (Mr. MANCHIN) was added as a co- tribute to those individuals who have a portion of her Federal student loans

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No military spouse should be fied military spouse’ means, with respect to (b) during the 2 most recent academic punished for following his or her a year, an individual who— years.’’. spouse’s relocation or reassignment. ‘‘(i) during the previous year, served as a (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments The legislation that the Senior Sen- teacher in a school or location meeting the made by subsection (a) shall apply with re- requirements of subparagraph (A) of sub- spect to individuals who first become em- ator from Texas and I have introduced ployed as full-time teachers on or after the is a common sense proposal to allow section (b)(1) and met the requirements of subparagraph (B) of subsection (b)(1); date of the enactment of this Act. military spouses to earn the benefits ‘‘(ii) is the spouse of a member of the that they have dutifully worked to- Armed Forces who is relocated during the By Mr. VAN HOLLEN: wards and continue to incentivize indi- year pursuant to military orders for a per- S. 2352. A bill to cap the emissions of viduals to teach our hardest to educate manent change of duty station; greenhouse gases through a require- children. Our legislation provides a ‘‘(iii) did not serve as a teacher in a ment to purchase carbon permits, to waiver from the Department of Edu- school or location meeting the requirements distribute the proceeds of such pur- cation’s Teacher Loan Forgiveness pro- of subparagraph (A) of subsection (b)(1) dur- chases to eligible individuals, and for gram’s 5 consecutive years of service ing the year or any portion of the year be- other purposes; to the Committee on requirement for qualified military cause the individual accompanied the spouse Finance. to a new residence as a result of such mili- spouses if their spouse is relocated dur- Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. President, tary orders; and ing the school year pursuant to mili- ‘‘(iv) during the following year, resumed climate change is a clear and present tary orders from the Armed Forces. service as a teacher in a school or location danger, but we can confront that dan- This waiver will allow individuals to meeting the requirements of subparagraph ger in a way that presents new eco- remain eligible for the Teacher Loan (A) of subsection (b)(1) and met the require- nomic opportunities. While the Trump Forgiveness program should they re- ments of subparagraph (B) of subsection Administration has abdicated Amer- sume teaching full-time at a qualifying (b)(1). ican leadership on this critical issue, low-income school district within one ‘‘(C) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later Congress must fight back, which is why year of their relocation. In addition, than 90 days after the end of the second aca- today I am introducing the Healthy this legislation requires the Depart- demic year during which this paragraph is in effect, and every 2 years thereafter, the Sec- Climate and Family Security Act for ment of Education to provide a report retary shall submit to Congress a report de- the first time in the U.S. Senate. to Congress every two years on the scribing the number of individuals who, as a Two of the most pressing challenges number of military spouses who re- result of this paragraph, remained eligible we face as a Nation are the need to ad- mained eligible for Teacher Loan For- for loan forgiveness pursuant to subsection dress the economic costs and public giveness due to this legislation. (b) during the 2 most recent academic health risks associated with climate I urge my colleagues to join in this years.’’. change, and to strengthen the middle effort to help families who are wholly (2) PART D LOANS.—Section 460(g) of the class. We do both in this bill. By cap- committed to public service by sup- Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087j(g)) is amended by adding at the end the ping carbon emissions, selling permits, porting the Preserving Teacher Loan following: and returning 100 percent of the rev- Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act. ‘‘(4) CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN enue to everyone equally, this ‘Cap and No family in service of our Nation MILITARY SPOUSES.— Dividend’ approach achieves necessary should lose out on earned benefits due ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para- greenhouse gas reductions while boost- to a technicality. graph (1) of subsection (b), an individual who ing the purchasing power of families Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- is employed in a full-time teaching position across the country. sent that the text of the bill be printed that meets the requirements of this section Mr. President, the Healthy Climate in the RECORD. for a period that includes 5 complete but and Family Security Act is a simple, nonconsecutive years may be eligible for There being no objection, the text of effective, and transparent way to com- the bill was ordered to be printed in loan cancellation pursuant to such sub- section, if the individual was a qualified bat climate change while supporting the RECORD, as follows: military spouse with respect to any year economic growth and a thriving middle S. 2351 during such period for which the individual class. The solution is market based, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of was not employed as a full-time teacher in a pro-growth, and is built to last. Representatives of the United States of America school or location meeting the requirements The bill achieves reductions in green- in Congress assembled, of this section. house gas emissions while increasing SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. ‘‘(B) QUALIFIED MILITARY SPOUSE DE- incomes for Americans. It places a de- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preserving FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘quali- Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military fied military spouse’ means, with respect to clining cap on carbon pollution each Spouses Act of 2018’’. a year, an individual who— year to reach 80 percent below 2005 lev- SEC. 2. CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICI- ‘‘(i) during the previous year, served as a els by 2050. A polluter pays principle is PATE IN STUDENT LOAN FORGIVE- teacher in a school or location meeting the then applied by requiring the first sell- NESS OR LOAN CANCELLATION PRO- requirements of subparagraph (A) of sub- ers of carbon to buy permits for emis- GRAM FOR TEACHERS WHOSE PE- section (b)(1) and met the requirements of RIOD OF CONSECUTIVE EMPLOY- sions within those caps. Finally, 100 MENT IS INTERRUPTED BECAUSE OF subparagraph (B) of subsection (b)(1); percent of the revenue raised from the MILITARY ORDERS REQUIRING ‘‘(ii) is the spouse of a member of the sale of those permits is returned Armed Forces who is relocated during the SPOUSE TO RELOCATE TO NEW RES- straight to the American people IDENCE. year pursuant to military orders for a per- (a) CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY.— manent change of duty station; through a Healthy Climate Dividend. (1) PART B LOANS.—Section 428J(g) of the ‘‘(iii) did not serve as a teacher in a On an economy-wide level, the price Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078– school or location meeting the requirements signal placed on carbon pollution will 10(g)) is amended by adding at the end the of subparagraph (A) of subsection (b)(1) dur- accelerate innovation and incentivize following: ing the year or any portion of the year be- both greater energy efficiency as well ‘‘(4) CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN cause the individual accompanied the spouse as greater use of lower-carbon energy MILITARY SPOUSES.— to a new residence as a result of such mili- alternatives. And the bill’s robust bor- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para- tary orders; and graph (1) of subsection (b), an individual who ‘‘(iv) during the following year, resumed der adjustment protections ensure that is employed in a full-time teaching position service as a teacher in a school or location U.S. companies are not disadvantaged that meets the requirements of this section meeting the requirements of subparagraph against foreign competitors at home or for a period that includes 5 complete but (A) of subsection (b)(1) and met the require- abroad. nonconsecutive years may be eligible for ments of subparagraph (B) of subsection In sum, this legislation puts a price loan forgiveness pursuant to such sub- (b)(1). on carbon pollution and returns the section, if the individual was a qualified ‘‘(C) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later proceeds directly to the American peo- military spouse with respect to any year than 90 days after the end of the second aca- ple at the same time it accelerates the during such period for which the individual demic year during which this paragraph is in growth of good paying jobs in clean was not employed as a full-time teacher in a effect, and every 2 years thereafter, the Sec- school or location meeting the requirements retary shall submit to Congress a report de- technologies. It is a win-win-win, of this section. scribing the number of individuals who, as a boosting middle class pocketbooks, ‘‘(B) QUALIFIED MILITARY SPOUSE DE- result of this paragraph, remained eligible growing good paying jobs, and reducing FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘quali- for loan cancellation pursuant to subsection our carbon footprint.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:31 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A29JA6.014 S29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE S552 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 29, 2018 Mr. President, I am pleased that Rep- Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. JOHNSON, Ms. held the first official talks in more than 2 resentative DON BEYER of Virginia, a DUCKWORTH, Ms. WARREN, Mrs. FEIN- years with the aim of discussing cooperation strong advocate for the environment, is STEIN, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HATCH, Mr. during the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018; introducing a companion measure in COONS, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. REED, and Mr. Whereas the DPRK has indicated that it the House. I want to thank Mike Tid- WICKER) submitted the following reso- plans to participate in the Olympic Winter well of the Chesapeake Climate Action lution; which was referred to the Com- Games PyeongChang 2018; Network, who has been helpful in de- mittee on Foreign Relations: Whereas the DPRK is currently in viola- veloping this legislation. Other organi- S. RES. 384 tion of United Nations Security Council Res- zations such as the League of Con- Whereas the 23rd Olympic Winter Games olutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), servation Voters and the Sierra Club (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘Olympic 2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2371 (2017), are supportive of this approach. I look Winter Games PyeongChang 2018’’) will be 2375 (2017), and 2397 (2017) that— forward to working together to address held from February 9 to February 25, 2018, in (1) condemn the illicit nuclear and ballistic PyeongChang, Gangwon Province in the Re- missile programs of the DPRK; and the most pressing environmental prob- (2) impose economic sanctions against the lem of our time: climate change. public of Korea; Whereas the Olympic Winter Games DPRK and entities that enable the DPRK; f PyeongChang 2018 represents the second and Olympic Games hosted by the Republic of Whereas the DPRK engages in gross human SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS ON rights abuses against the citizens of the THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2018 Korea; Whereas the Republic of Korea hosted the DPRK and the citizens of other countries, in- S. RES. 383 Olympic Games for the first time in Seoul in cluding the United States and the Republic of Korea: Now, therefore, be it Whereas women constitute 50.4 percent of the summer of 1988; Resolved, That the Senate— people in the United States; Whereas the Olympic Winter Games (1) reaffirms the strong and unwavering Whereas women of different race, eth- PyeongChang 2018 will feature— commitment of the United States to an ally, nicity, socioeconomic status, and age experi- (1) 102 events across 15 disciplines; and the Republic of Korea, to support, partici- ence many diseases and disorders differently (2) the participation of 93 National Olym- pate in, and help ensure the safety and secu- than men experience diseases and disorders; pic Committee teams; rity of the 23rd Olympic Winter Games (re- Whereas those different experiences are re- Whereas the United States Olympic Team ferred to in this resolving clause as ‘‘Olym- flected in the incidence, prevalence, is expected to comprise approximately 240 pic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018’’); symptomology, and severity of the disease or athletes competing across all 15 disciplines; (2) recognizes the importance of the Olym- disorder; Whereas the United States Olympic Com- pic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 as a Whereas the risks and benefits of medical mittee is headquartered in Colorado Springs, leading international sporting event of gen- therapies vary based on the race, ethnicity, Colorado; uine sportsmanship and fair play that can socioeconomic status, and age of a woman; Whereas the Republic of Korea will also contribute to peace and prosperity on the Whereas women and men have funda- host in PyeongChang the 12th Paralympic Korean Peninsula, in Northeast Asia, and mental biological differences; Games from March 9 to March 18, 2018 that around the world; Whereas, for many years, women of dif- will feature— (3) reaffirms that the United States, the ferent race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, (1) 80 events across 6 disciplines; and Republic of Korea, and other partners re- and age were underrepresented in biomedical (2) the participation of approximately 42 main committed to pursuing the policy of and clinical research; National Olympic Committee teams; ‘‘maximum pressure and engagement’’ to- Whereas the improvement of the health of Whereas the theme of the Olympic Winter ward the Democratic People’s Republic of women relies on sex- and gender-based bio- Games PyeongChang 2018 is ‘‘Passion. Con- Korea (referred to in this resolving clause as medical and clinical research; nected.’’ and refers to the vision of the Re- ‘‘DPRK’’), including by fully abiding by the Whereas the promise of individualized public of Korea of a world in which everyone letter and spirit of the resolutions of the medicine cannot be realized without sex- and is connected through a shared passion for United Nations Security Council; gender-based parity in research; winter sports; (4) expresses hope that the Olympic Winter Whereas on January 25, 2016, the National Whereas on November 13, 2017, the United Games PyeongChang 2018 will contribute to Institutes of Health implemented a policy Nations General Assembly adopted by con- the decision by the DPRK to engage in nego- requiring federally funded investigators to sensus a resolution entitled ‘‘Building a tiations that will result in complete, consider sex as a biological variable in pre- peaceful and better world through sport and verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization clinical research; and the Olympic ideal’’; of the Korean Peninsula; and Whereas that policy ushered in a new era Whereas that resolution expresses the ex- (5) wishes every success in preparing and of inclusivity and parity in research relating pectation of the United Nations General As- hosting the Olympic Winter Games to the health of women: Now, therefore, be it sembly that ‘‘PyeongChang 2018 will be a PyeongChang 2018 to the government and Resolved, that the Senate— meaningful opportunity to foster an atmos- people of the Republic of Korea and the (1) expresses support for the designation of phere of peace, development, tolerance, and PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the a ‘‘Women’s Health Research Day’’; and understanding on the Korean Peninsula and 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. (2) supports efforts to— in Northeast Asia’’; (A) recognize the importance of biomedical Whereas on January 4, 2018, President Don- f and clinical research to the health and well- ald J. Trump and President Moon Jae-In of being of women; the Republic of Korea discussed recent devel- (B) increase awareness of the value of sex- opments on the Korean Peninsula and agreed SENATE RESOLUTION 385—SUP- and gender-based biomedical research; and that ‘‘the United States and the Republic of PORTING THE OBSERVATION OF (C) encourage individuals, including re- Korea are committed to a safe and successful ‘‘NATIONAL TRAFFICKING AND searchers and patients, to advocate on behalf 2018 Winter Olympic Games in MODERN SLAVERY PREVENTION of sex- and gender-inclusive research for PyeongChang’’; MONTH’’ DURING THE PERIOD Whereas President Trump conveyed to women of different race, ethnicity, socio- BEGINNING ON JANUARY 1, 2018, economic status, and age. President Moon that ‘‘the United States will send a high-level delegation to the Olym- AND ENDING ON FEBRUARY 1, f pics,’’ which will be led by Vice President 2018, TO RAISE AWARENESS OF, SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS Michael R. Pence and Second Lady Karen AND OPPOSITION TO, HUMAN Pence; TRAFFICKING AND MODERN Whereas President Trump and President SLAVERY Moon further agreed to ‘‘de-conflict the SENATE RESOLUTION 384—CON- Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. GRATULATING THE REPUBLIC Olympics and our military exercises so that GRASSLEY, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. OF KOREA FOR HOSTING THE United States and Republic of Korea forces can focus on ensuring the security of the KLOBUCHAR, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. MARKEY, 2018 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES Games’’; Mr. TOOMEY, Ms. HEITKAMP, Mr. RUBIO, AND SUPPORTING THE ALLI- Whereas the Republic of Korea and the and Mrs. SHAHEEN) submitted the fol- ANCE BETWEEN THE UNITED Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (re- lowing resolution; which was referred STATES AND THE REPUBLIC OF ferred to in this preamble as ‘‘DPRK’’) re- to the Committee on the Judiciary: KOREA cently reopened a telephone hotline ‘‘to nor- malize the Panmunjom communications S. RES. 385 Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. channel’’ at the Joint Security Area located Whereas the United States abolished the MARKEY, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. in the Demilitarized Zone; transatlantic slave trade in 1808 and abol- BARRASSO, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. CORNYN, Whereas on January 9, 2018, representa- ished chattel slavery and prohibited involun- Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. HOEVEN, tives of the Republic of Korea and the DPRK tary servitude in 1865;

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:31 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A29JA6.013 S29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE January 29, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S553 Whereas, because the people of the United thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public National Human Trafficking Hotline States remain committed to protecting indi- Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2000), have been en- involved U.S. citizen victims. Accord- vidual freedom, there is a national impera- acted in the United States, it is essential to ing to a recent study by Polaris, mod- tive to eliminate human trafficking and increase public awareness, particularly ern slavery and trafficking operates modern slavery, which is commonly consid- amongst individuals who are most likely to ered to mean— come into contact with victims of human throughout a range of U.S. industries (1) the recruitment, harboring, transpor- trafficking and modern slavery, regarding including our factories, our agricul- tation, provision, or obtaining of an indi- conditions and dynamics of human traf- tural centers, as well as our hospitality vidual through the use of force, fraud, or co- ficking and modern slavery precisely because and domestic work businesses. ercion for the purpose of subjecting that in- traffickers use techniques that are designed We must all, as Americans, raise our dividual to involuntary servitude, peonage, to severely limit self-reporting and evade awareness of this pernicious crime that debt bondage, or slavery; or law enforcement; often goes unnoticed and undetected in (2) the inducement of a commercial sex act Whereas January 1 is the anniversary of by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the the effective date of the Emancipation Proc- our communities. individual induced to perform that act is lamation; Part of the reason it is undetected is younger than 18 years of age; Whereas February 1 is— that traffickers prey on vulnerable Whereas the Department of Justice has re- (1) the anniversary of the date on which populations—like those in the juvenile ported that human trafficking and modern President Abraham Lincoln signed the joint justice system—and use numerous slavery has been reported and investigated in resolution sending the 13th Amendment to physical and psychological techniques each of the 50 States and the District of Co- the Constitution of the United States to the to control their victims behind closed lumbia; States for ratification to forever declare Whereas, to help businesses in the United that ‘‘Neither slavery nor involuntary ser- doors: isolating them from the public, States combat child labor and forced labor in vitude . . . shall exist within the United exploiting language and cultural bar- global supply chains, the Department of States, or any place subject to their jurisdic- riers, and threatening victims with vio- Labor has identified 139 goods from 75 coun- tion’’; and lence. tries that are made by child labor and forced (2) a date that has long been celebrated as These techniques are specifically de- labor; ‘‘National Freedom Day’’, as described in signed to prevent victims from coming Whereas the Department of State has re- section 124 of title 36, United States Code; forward to authorities and they are ex- ported that the top 3 countries of origin of and Federally identified trafficking victims in Whereas, under the authority of Congress tremely effective. This is why we must 2016 were the United States, Mexico, and the to enforce the 13th Amendment to the Con- do better. We must do everything we Philippines; stitution of the United States ‘‘by appro- can to raise public awareness so that Whereas, to combat human trafficking and priate legislation’’, Congress, through the we can all recognize the warning signs. modern slavery in the United States and Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 I have been heartened that in recent globally, the people of the United States, the (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), updated the post-Civil years, various private entities, such as Federal Government, and State and local War involuntary servitude and slavery stat- hotels, the travel industry, and re- governments must be— utes and adopted an approach of victim pro- (1) aware of the realities of human traf- tection, vigorous prosecution, and preven- cently those in the convenience-store ficking and modern slavery; and tion of human trafficking, commonly known industry, have all come together to (2) dedicated to stopping the horrific enter- as the ‘‘3P approach’’: Now, therefore, be it commit to training their employees to prise of human trafficking and modern slav- Resolved, That the Senate supports— better detect human trafficking and ery; (1) observing ‘‘National Trafficking and modern slavery. Whereas the United States should hold ac- Modern Slavery Prevention Month’’ during In addition to raising awareness, countable all individuals, groups, organiza- the period beginning on January 1, 2018, and January is also a month to renew our tions, and countries that support, advance, ending on February 1, 2018, to recognize the or commit acts of human trafficking and vital role that the people of the United commitment to enforce—and enact modern slavery; States have in ending human trafficking and laws to help eradicate modern slavery Whereas, through education, the United modern slavery; and trafficking. States must also work to end human traf- (2) marking the observation of ‘‘National Back in 2000, Congress enacted the ficking and modern slavery in all forms in Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Trafficking Victims Protection Act, the United States and around the world; Month’’ with appropriate programs and ac- which marked a strong commitment to Whereas victims of human trafficking and tivities, culminating in the observance on prosecute traffickers and better aid modern slavery should receive the necessary February 1, 2018, of ‘‘National Freedom resources and social services to escape, and Day’’, as described in section 124 of title 36, victims. This Congress, Judiciary recover from, the physical, mental, emo- United States Code; and Chairman CHUCK GRASSLEY and I au- tional, and spiritual trauma associated with (3) all other efforts to prevent, eradicate, thored the Trafficking Victims Protec- their victimization; and raise awareness of, and opposition to, tion Act of 2017, which was com- Whereas human traffickers use many phys- human trafficking and modern slavery. plemented by the Cornyn-Klobuchar ical and psychological techniques to control Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I Abolish Human Trafficking Act of 2017, a victim, including— to update our trafficking laws to better (1) the use of violence or threats of vio- rise to introduce a resolution in ob- lence against the victim or the family of the servance of National Trafficking and aid victims. victim; Modern Slavery Prevention Month, to These bills passed the Senate in No- (2) isolation of the victim from the public; bring awareness to the terrible scourge vember, and the House should adopt (3) isolation of the victim from the family of modern slavery and human traf- these measures quickly so they can be and religious or ethnic community of the ficking around the world. signed into law. victim; (4) exploitation of language and cultural In 2016 alone, the National Human Finally, in introducing today’s reso- barriers; Trafficking Hotline received 26,727 lution, I would like to thank Senator (5) shame; calls to report incidents of human traf- GRASSLEY, Senator CORNYN, and Sen- (6) control of the possessions of the victim; ficking in the United States. From ator KLOBUCHAR for cosponsoring the (7) confiscation of the passport and other those calls, 7,793 victims were identi- resolution, and for all of their leader- identification documents of the victim; and fied. These individuals were trafficked ship in this area. (8) threats of arrest, deportation, or im- prisonment if the victim attempts to reach across various sectors, economies, and Thank you very much, Mr. President. out for assistance or to escape; geographical regions under conditions I yield the Floor. Whereas, although laws to prosecute per- of force, fraud, or coercion. petrators of human trafficking and to assist The United States must not turn a f and protect victims of human trafficking and blind eye to this scourge. The State modern slavery, such as the Trafficking Vic- Department estimates that 14,500 to PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et 17,500 people are trafficked into the seq.), title XII of the Violence Against U.S. each year. Amongst federally Ms. HASSAN. Mr. President, I ask Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public identified trafficking victims in 2016, unanimous consent that Abir Dhalimi, Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 136), the Trade Facilita- a fellow in my office, be granted floor tion and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 the top three countries of origin in- U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), the Justice for Victims clude the United States. privileges through August 31, 2018. of Trafficking Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22; Importantly, more than a quarter of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 129 Stat. 227), and the National Defense Au- the trafficking cases identified by the objection, it is so ordered.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:40 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A29JA6.017 S29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE S554 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 29, 2018 VETERAN PARTNERS’ EFFORTS TO (B) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ENHANCE REINTEGRATION ACT subparagraph (A) shall, with respect to the objection, it is so ordered. 180-day period preceding the submittal of the On Thursday, January 25, 2018, the report, include the following: f Senate passed S. 1873, as amended, as (i) The findings and conclusions of the Sec- UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREE- follows: retary with respect to the program. MENT—EXECUTIVE CALENDAR S. 1873 (ii) An assessment of the benefits of the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- program to veterans and family members of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Mr. resentatives of the United States of America in veterans. President, I ask unanimous consent Congress assembled, (iii) An assessment of the effectiveness of that notwithstanding the provisions of SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. peer specialists in engaging under subsection rule XXII, the Senate vote on con- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veteran (e) with health care providers in the commu- firmation of the Stras nomination at Partners’ Efforts to Enhance Reintegration nity and veterans served by those providers. 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, January 30; and Act’’ or the ‘‘Veteran PEER Act’’. (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days that if confirmed, the motion to recon- after the Secretary determines that the pro- SEC. 2. PROGRAM ON ESTABLISHMENT OF PEER sider be considered made and laid upon SPECIALISTS IN PATIENT ALIGNED gram is being carried out at the last location CARE TEAM SETTINGS WITHIN MED- to be selected under subsection (c), the Sec- the table and the President be imme- ICAL CENTERS OF DEPARTMENT OF retary shall submit to Congress a report de- diately notified of the Senate’s action. VETERANS AFFAIRS. tailing the recommendations of the Sec- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without (a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of retary as to the feasibility and advisability objection, it is so ordered. Veterans Affairs shall carry out a program of expanding the program to additional loca- f to establish not fewer than two peer special- tions. ists in patient aligned care teams at medical f ORDERS FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY centers of the Department of Veterans Af- 30, 2018 fairs to promote the use and integration of PROVIDING FOR A JOINT SESSION services for mental health, substance use dis- OF CONGRESS TO RECEIVE A Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I ask order, and behavior health in a primary care MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT unanimous consent that when the Sen- setting. ate completes its business today, it ad- (b) TIMEFRAME FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF PRO- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I journ until 10 a.m., Tuesday, January GRAM.—The Secretary shall carry out the ask unanimous consent that the Sen- 30; further, that following the prayer program at medical centers of the Depart- ate proceed to the immediate consider- and pledge, the morning hour be ment as follows: ation of H. Con. Res. 101, which was re- (1) Not later than December 31, 2018, at not deemed expired, the Journal of pro- ceived from the House. ceedings be approved to date, the time fewer than 25 medical centers of the Depart- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ment. for the two leaders be reserved for their clerk will report the concurrent resolu- (2) Not later than December 31, 2019, at not use later in the day, and morning busi- fewer than 50 medical centers of the Depart- tion by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: ness be closed; further, that following ment. leader remarks, the Senate proceed to (c) SELECTION OF LOCATIONS.— A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 101) executive session and resume consider- (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall select providing for a joint session of Congress to medical centers for the program as follows: receive a message from the President. ation of the Stras nomination; finally, (A) Not fewer than five shall be medical There being no objection, the Senate that the Senate recess from 12:30 p.m. centers of the Department that are des- proceeded to consider the concurrent until 2:15 p.m., and that all time during ignated by the Secretary as polytrauma cen- resolution. recess, adjournment, morning business, ters. and leader remarks count postcloture (B) Not fewer than ten shall be medical Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution on the Stras nomination. centers of the Department that are not des- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ignated by the Secretary as polytrauma cen- be agreed to and the motion to recon- ters. sider be considered made and laid upon objection, it is so ordered. (2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In selecting medical the table. f centers for the program under paragraph (1), The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ORDER FOR ADJOURNMENT the Secretary shall consider the feasibility objection, it is so ordered. and advisability of selecting medical centers The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, if in the following areas: Res. 101) was agreed to. there is no further business to come be- (A) Rural areas and other areas that are fore the Senate, I ask unanimous con- f underserved by the Department. sent that it stand adjourned under the (B) Areas that are not in close proximity AUTHORIZING APPOINTMENT OF previous order, following the remarks to an active duty military installation. ESCORT COMMITTEE (C) Areas representing different geographic of Senator CASEY. locations, such as census tracts established Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I ask The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without by the Bureau of the Census. unanimous consent that the Presiding objection, it is so ordered. (d) GENDER-SPECIFIC SERVICES.—In car- Officer of the Senate be authorized to Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I rying out the program at each location se- appoint a committee on the part of the suggest the absence of a quorum. lected under subsection (c), the Secretary Senate to join with a like committee The PRESIDING OFFICER. The shall ensure that— clerk will call the roll. (1) the needs of female veterans are specifi- on the part of the House of Representa- cally considered and addressed; and tives to escort the President of the The legislative clerk proceeded to (2) female peer specialists are made avail- United States into the House Chamber call the roll. able to female veterans who are treated at for the joint session to be held at 9 p.m. Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I ask each location. on Tuesday, January 30, 2018. unanimous consent that the order for (e) ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY PRO- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the quorum call be rescinded. VIDERS.—At each location selected under objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without subsection (c), the Secretary shall consider f objection, it is so ordered. ways in which peer specialists can conduct Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I ask outreach to health care providers in the UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREE- community who are known to be serving vet- unanimous consent to speak as in MENT—READING OF WASHING- morning business. erans to engage with those providers and TON’S FAREWELL ADDRESS veterans served by those providers. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without (f) REPORTS.— Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I ask objection, it is so ordered. (1) PERIODIC REPORTS.— unanimous consent that notwith- f (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days standing the resolution of the Senate after the date of the enactment of this Act, of January 24, 1901, the traditional COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS and not less frequently than once every 180 reading of Washington’s Farewell Ad- Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, tonight I days thereafter until the Secretary deter- mines that the program is being carried out dress take place on Monday, February rise to speak about two matters. The at the last location to be selected under sub- 26, following the prayer and pledge; fur- first is the issue of community health section (c), the Secretary shall submit to ther, that Senator PETERS be recog- centers, which, of course, is a major Congress a report on the program. nized to deliver the address. issue for States across the country.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:31 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A29JA6.021 S29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE January 29, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S555 Millions of Americans get their care and vital services, as I said before, tended on Friday. This individual was a healthcare through community health to a total of 800,000 Pennsylvanians— deputy marshal. His name is Chris- centers. I will mention it more than rural, urban, and otherwise. topher David Hill. He lost his life on once—800,000 of them are in the State To give you a sense of some of the January 18. He was living at the time of Pennsylvania. As we come closer to testimony I received from people in our in York, PA. He was killed in the line working out bipartisan agreements on State, one story came from Emily, who of duty in Harrisburg—not far from a whole range of issues that are ahead works at the Family Practice and York—while attempting to apprehend a of us literally in the next 2 to 3 weeks, Counseling Network, a location I just fugitive. I hope there will be a strong consensus visited today in Philadelphia. She I commend Deputy Marshal Hill for to provide a funding plan and funding wrote this letter to me a number of his service to the Commonwealth of certainty to community health centers weeks ago. I won’t read the whole ex- Pennsylvania and his service to our across the country. cerpt, but this is what she said in perti- Nation. He happened to be working in These community health centers pro- nent part about the people who are the Middle District of Pennsylvania, vide access to healthcare through edu- served by these community health cen- which meant he had responsibility for cation, rehabilitation, preventive serv- ters: work through counties from the bot- ices, and direct care. These centers They have lives filled with trauma and in tom of the State all the way up to focus on meeting the very basic turn suffer from social, physical, and behav- Northeastern Pennsylvania, which is healthcare needs in a community. They ioral issues that will go untreated if funding my home area. provide critical services, especially for for [community health centers] goes away I offer our deepest condolences to his people in both urban areas and rural . . . our services are so needed. family. Law enforcement officers like areas, where there are often limited op- The words I want people to remember Christopher Hill accept the special tions for primary care and prevention are ‘‘lives filled with trauma.’’ That is, duty of protecting the rest of us and clinics. unfortunately, a good description of keeping our communities safe. I have Despite the critical importance of the lives led by a lot of Americans to say that we often don’t think about these health centers, Congress failed to when healthcare—in this case, a com- that in the context of Federal marshals act to extend the majority of funding munity health care center—is not who do critically important work every for community health centers before it there for them or when healthcare day of the week and are often in ran out on September 30, 2017. After itself is threatened. ‘‘Lives filled with horrifically dangerous circumstances. In this case with Deputy Marshal funds expired, the health centers were trauma.’’ Hill, the murderer was shooting from a facing a funding reduction of between Another person who works at the higher position in a house. They didn’t 60 percent and 70 percent of their fund- same place and who has been the leader know this individual was in the house. ing. of this particular institution, the Fam- He was shooting down at him. He had Last December, Congress passed a ily Practice and Counseling Network in protective gear on. I won’t give a full continuing resolution that included Philadelphia, is the executive director, description because I am not qualified $550 million in funding for community Donna Torrisi. I met her just today. to do that, but the problem is the bul- health centers. That is nowhere near She sent me a letter prior to today what they need to get through even 1 let came from a direction like this and about her concerns. She is concerned entered his body from above and killed year. While this funding patch will pro- about the funding cliff resulting in a him even though he had protection on vide some short-term relief, the funds barrier to care for people who need and all the proper protocols were fol- do not provide the long-term funding mental health services that are criti- lowed. It was, in essence, a one-man stability for health centers that they cally important. Donna said in perti- ambush because they were trying to need and that the patients who depend nent part: apprehend another individual on the upon them should have a right to ex- The impact on our community will be dev- floor below where the assailant was. pect. astating. Our health center provides behav- That is the kind of danger Federal It is time for Congress to end the ioral health services that are already limited marshals face every day of the week, delays and get a long-term funding in Philadelphia. Without funding, we’ll need to close a site and cut jobs, causing patients and sometimes we don’t realize it. plan in place for these community Chris and his loving family made the health centers by the next deadline for to go without the care they desperately need. ultimate sacrifice for the Nation and the continuing resolution for funding, for the people in Pennsylvania. For his For purposes of this debate, I would which is, of course, February 8. Be- bravery and the contribution of his consider that expert testimony on com- cause there is a deadline, it does give family, who supported him, we are munity health centers because I know us the chance to work toward that eternally grateful for that commit- that in Donna’s case, she has worked in date, to get funding in place by the 8th. ment to law enforcement and the coun- this field something on the order of 25 Across the United States, health cen- try. ters serve more than 25 million pa- years. We appreciate her weighing in Christopher David Hill was born in tients per year. That is about 1 in 13 on this. Sacramento, CA, but he was raised in Americans overall. Consider this: I live I know there is concern on both sides Central Pennsylvania. He graduated in a State where we have 67 counties, of the aisle on this issue. I hope that from Warrior Run High School. He but 48 of the 67 are so-called rural concern results in a bipartisan agree- served his country as a Ranger in the counties. That is the way they are cat- ment to fund community health cen- U.S. Army, where he was assigned to egorized. There are a lot of healthcare ters to at least—and I would like to do the prestigious 3rd Battalion. While in needs in those rural communities and a lot more, but at least give some fund- the Army, Chris earned many awards, rural counties. Health centers provide ing certainty for the next year, mean- including the Army Commendation care to one in four rural Americans. If ing from now until the end of the fiscal Medal. that ratio were applied to Pennsyl- year. I hope we can get an agreement For the last 11 years, he served as a vania—we have at least 3 million peo- that would give funding certainty for 2 deputy U.S. marshal. He was a member ple who live in rural communities. You years or more. That would be ideal. of the agency’s Special Operations can see the numbers. Hundreds of thou- f Group, so-called SOG. sands of Pennsylvanians in rural areas At the memorial service, there were depend upon healthcare from these HONORING DEPUTY MARSHAL lots of references to that Special Oper- community health centers. CHRISTOPHER DAVID HILL ations Group because members of that In terms of the centers themselves, Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I want to group were there to not only pay trib- in 2016, Pennsylvania had 264, and that spend a couple of moments tonight—I ute to him but to speak about his life, meant there were thousands of people know the hour is late for the Senate to speak about his service and to speak working in those health centers. There and people working here, but I want to about his character and his bravery in are close to 5,000—above 4,900 Penn- end the night with a message about a very moving testimonials. The Special sylvanians who work in these centers. law enforcement official in Pennsyl- Operations Group is a specially trained These health centers provide quality vania whose memorial service I at- and highly disciplined tactical unit.

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HOUSTON METHODIST SUGAR Attorney General. He has served as a gov- tion, was the President to the Orange County LAND HOSPITAL RECEIVES NA- ernor’s appointee to the Advisory Committee Athletic Directors’ Association, and was the TIONAL RECOGNITION on Women in Criminal Justice, the Alabama President of the California State Athletic Direc- Crime Victims’ Compensation Commission tors’ Association. HON. PETE OLSON and the Alabama Local Government Records Mr. Danley is a prime example of an ex- traordinary individual who has gone above and OF TEXAS Commission. Sheriff Jones currently serves on the boards beyond for his community. His expertise, com- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of the United Way of Lee County, the Lee passion, enthusiasm, and charisma will forever Monday, January 29, 2018 County Youth Development Center, the Lee be remembered by those he mentored, Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to County Emergency Communications District coached, and led. He has left us with a legacy congratulate the Surgical Intensive Care Unit and the Domestic Violence Intervention Cen- that will be the next stepping stone for those (ICU) Department at Houston Methodist Sugar ter. His professional memberships include the to follow. Land Hospital for earning a gold-level Beacon FBI National Academy Associates, the Police Mr. Speaker, Mr. Danley has been an out- Award for Excellence. Futurists International, the National Sheriffs’ standing role model for his community, and The Beacon Award for Excellence, given by Association, the Alabama Sheriffs Association, especially for young people. I am proud to be the American Association of Critical-Care the Law Enforcement Executive Development represent Mr. Danley. I hope he continues to Nurses recognizes caregivers in units that Association, the Alabama Jail Association, the be a source of knowledge, expertise and lead- successfully improve patient outcomes using Alabama Peace Officers’ Association and the ership for his community. evidence-based care. Houston Methodist Fraternal Order of Police Lodge Number 21. f Sugar Land is one of only seven ICUs in Sheriff Jones’ civic involvement includes mem- CELEBRATING THE 150TH ANNI- Texas to receive this prestigious award. It bership in the Auburn Rotary Club and the VERSARY OF THE BENEVOLENT serves as a role model to other hospitals striv- Bleecker Puritan Club. AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ing for excellence in patient care. Along with his public safety duties Sheriff ELKS ON FEBRUARY 16, 2018 On behalf of the Twenty-Second District of Jones has also served as an adjunct instructor Texas, congratulations again to the Surgical of Criminal Justice at Auburn University and HON. KATHLEEN M. RICE Southern Union Community College in ICU Department at Houston Methodist Sugar OF NEW YORK Land, Hospital for receiving a gold-level Bea- Opelika. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES con Award for Excellence. I thank them for The Sheriff of the Year honor was awarded Monday, January 29, 2018 their commitment to providing the best pos- during the 2018 Alabama Sheriffs convention sible care for their patients. for his outstanding professionalism, dedication Miss RICE of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise f and leadership while serving and protecting today in recognition of the 150th Anniversary his community. of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks IN RECOGNITION OF LEE COUNTY Mr. Speaker, please join me in recognizing on February 16, 2018. SHERIFF JAY JONES BEING Sheriff Jay Jones and thanking him for his Founded on February 16, 1868, in New NAMED ALABAMA’S SHERIFF OF years of public safety service. York City by Charles Algernon Sidney Vivian THE YEAR f and a handful of friends, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is an exceptional HON. MIKE ROGERS RECOGNIZING TOM DANLEY American fraternal society dedicated to serv- OF ALABAMA ing and caring for our citizens, communities, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. J. LUIS CORREA and country. That small band of friends has grown to include nearly 1,000,000 Elk mem- Monday, January 29, 2018 OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES bers and 2,000 lodges nationwide. Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I For the last 150 years, the Elks have dedi- rise to recognize Lee County Sheriff Jay Monday, January 29, 2018 cated themselves to the ideals of charity, jus- Jones for being named Alabama’s Sheriff of Mr. CORREA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tice, and patriotism—investing millions of dol- the Year by his peers at the Alabama Sheriffs recognize Mr. Tom Danley for his outstanding lars and service hours each year to build Association. and unparalleled service in my district. stronger communities, assist homeless vet- Sheriff Jones began his law enforcement Mr. Danley attended California State Univer- erans, provide academic scholarships, and career with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office in sity, Long Beach where he received his under- empower kids to avoid drugs. We should all 1975 while a student at Auburn University. His graduate and graduate degrees. He first start- be incredibly grateful for the time, money, and first work assignment was in the jail as a cor- ed as a Physical Education Teacher in 1959 resources the Elks have committed to serve rections officer/communications operator and at Lynwood High School, now Anaheim High our neighbors in need, especially members of was later appointed to a road position as a School, and finally Katella High school as a di- the military, veterans, youth, and disaster- deputy sheriff. He moved up the ranks over rector and coach. stricken communities. the years and was appointed as the Sheriff’s Mr. Danley has coached Varsity Basketball In recognition of the 150th anniversary of Office Chief Investigator in command of the In- for 33 years at Katella High School, where he the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, vestigations Division. Sheriff Jones was first led Katella to win 14 league championships let’s honor the valor, commitment, patriotism, elected Lee County Sheriff in 1998 and is cur- and win a staggering 618 games. For 50 and sacrifice that the Elks have displayed rently in his fourth term. years, Mr. Danley has continuously been rec- throughout its history and express appreciation His professional education and training in- ognized for his surreal accomplishments in- for their dedicated service to our country. cludes the FBI National Academy (146th ses- cluding the following: induction into the South- f sion), FBI Law Enforcement Executive Devel- ern California Basketball Coaches Hall of TAIWAN’S AVIATION ROUTES opment Seminar (58th session), National Fame, ‘‘Basketball Coach of the Decade’’, and Sheriff’s Institute (Class 00–1), Southern Law CIF/SS All-star Game Coach, and State Ath- Enforcement Executive Development Seminar letic Director of the Year in California, just to HON. TED POE OF TEXAS (1999), and the United States Secret Service name a few. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Dignitary Protection Seminar (2003). He also In addition to serving as Katella’s Basketball serves on the Law Enforcement advisory Coach and Athletic Director, he has also Monday, January 29, 2018 boards of the United States Attorney for the served as President to the Southern California Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the United middle district of Alabama and the Alabama Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Associa- States has long maintained an important and

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:40 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A29JA8.001 E29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with REMARKS E102 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks January 29, 2018 strategic partnership with Taiwan. As our tenth U.S. CONGRESS, was never released by North Korea and re- largest trading partner and a critical geo- CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, mains in their possession. It sits in the Potong political counterbalance to Chinese expan- Washington, DC, January 26, 2018. River in Pyongyang where it serves as propa- Hon. MICHAEL MCCAUL, sionism, Taiwan deserves the full attention of Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security, ganda for the North Korean government. The our government. House of Representatives, Washington, DC. state of Colorado, Pueblo County, and Pueblo On January 4, 2018, China’s civil aviation DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional have all passed resolutions and proclamations authority unilaterally announced that it would Budget Office has prepared the enclosed cost requesting the return of the ship, but to no activate four air routes along its southeast estimate for H.R. 4555, the DHS Interagency avail. I too would like to see our ship returned coast near Taiwan, consisting of the M503 Counterterrorism Task Force Act of 2017. home. route and three east-west extension routes. If you wish further details on this esti- In 1989, the United States government fi- These new air routes endanger aviation safety mate, we will be pleased to provide them. nally recognized the crew members’ sacrifice The CBO staff contact is Mark Grabowicz. and threaten the delicate cross-strait status Sincerely, and granted them Prisoner of War Medals. quo between China and Taiwan. China’s KEITH HALL, Director. However, the public didn’t truly become aware newly declared air routes also violate Inter- Enclosure. of the gruesome torture that the crew endured national Civil Aviation Organization regulations H.R. 4555—DHS INTERAGENCY until 2012, when the National Security Agency and international norms. This unilateral action COUNTERTERRORISM TASK FORCE ACT OF 2017 released a classified report detailing the abuse risks stoking instability in an already tense re- As passed by the House of Representatives and the loss of intelligence documents. gion and demonstrates China’s bullying be- on January 9, 2018 Mr. Speaker, I am extremely thankful for the havior towards its smaller neighbors. H.R. 4555 would authorize Customs and service of the crew members of the USS Our relationship with Taiwan is crucial for Border Protection in the Department of Pueblo. In the face of great adversity they sur- preserving Taipei’s independence and main- Homeland Security (DHS) to assign per- vived brutal conditions, starvation, and torture, taining the beacon of liberty in East Asia. We sonnel to participate in overseas interagency both physical and psychological. On behalf of are Taiwan’s largest foreign investor and third task forces to combat the threat of ter- Colorado’s Third Congressional District I largest trading partner. Over the years, the rorism. DHS is currently carrying out activi- would like to express my deepest gratitude for United States has provided Taiwan with bil- ties similar to those that would be author- ized by the act; thus, CBO estimates that im- their bravery. It is my great privilege to honor lions of dollars in defense equipment to deter plementing H.R. 4555 would not significantly them and remember their sacrifice here today. repeated Chinese aggression. Let us not for- affect spending by DHS. get that China is not a free society and has for Enacting H.R. 4555 would not affect direct f decades aspired to subjugate Taiwan to its spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you- communist rule. go procedures do not apply. CELEBRATING THE RETIREMENT If we do not challenge Chinese unilateral CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 4555 OF POLICE CHIEF JOHN D. action at each juncture, Beijing’s influence, would not increase net direct spending or on- MANDARINO military power, and economic might are sure budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028. to dominate the region—dimming the prospect H.R. 4555 contains no intergovernmental or HON. BILL SHUSTER of freedom for millions. Our allies in the region private-sector mandates as defined in the OF PENNSYLVANIA and our strategic interests are threatened by Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES China’s campaign of expansion. Right now, The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Taiwan and the greater region look to the Mark Grabowicz. The estimate was approved Monday, January 29, 2018 United States to check the aggressive, com- by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis. Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to munist regime in China. China’s incursion on congratulate Monessen Police Chief John D. f Taiwanese air routes echoes its seizure of ‘‘Mando’’ Mandarino on his recent retirement international waters in the South China Sea as USS ‘‘PUEBLO’’ 50TH from the Monessen Police Department in well as its territorial disputes with our Indian ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. and Japanese allies. Chief Mandarino first joined the City of Mo- The United States should act to restore con- nessen as a police officer in May, 1990. From sultations between Chinese and Taiwanese HON. SCOTT R. TIPTON OF COLORADO that point on, John became a decorated officer authorities regarding aviation routes. We within the local force and the State because of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES should target a rollback of China’s aviation his leadership in helping combat the ongoing routes to the status quo and allow Taiwan to Monday, January 29, 2018 opioid crisis that his community and Pennsyl- negotiate for an agreement on this controver- Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, this year marks vania faces. His dedication propelled him sial airspace. Small and subtle incursions on the 50th anniversary of the capture of the USS through the ranks, eventually he became Chief Taiwan by China should not be mistaken as Pueblo by North Korea so I rise today in honor of the Department in June of 2013. insignificant. They represent a larger Chinese of her crew members and their unwavering In 2003, Mandarino was presented with the strategy to intimidate neighbors and bend courage. Outstanding Police Performance Award from international order towards its will. We must The USS Pueblo is an intelligence ship the Pennsylvania Narcotics Officers Associa- stand firm with our allies and block Beijing’s named after the city of Pueblo, located in tion and an accommodation from the Pennsyl- efforts to dominate the region. And that’s just Colorado’s Third Congressional District. On vania Attorney General’s Office for his work in- the way it is. January 23, 1968 she was attacked and cap- vestigating and arresting three illegal drug f tured by North Korean forces while sailing in dealers within the City. As his career contin- international waters during the Cold War. The ued, Mandarino became vital in arrests in both COST ESTIMATE ON H.R. 4555, THE unlawful seizure of the USS Pueblo resulted in the City of Monessen and Westmoreland DHS INTERAGENCY COUNTER- the imprisonment and torture of 82 of her crew County. Not only is John respected amongst TERRORISM TASK FORCE ACT OF members. Tragically, one crew member died his peers on the force, he is also a respected 2017 during the seizure of the ship. member of the community where his heroism For 11 months, the crew was subjected to to the people of Monessen will never be for- HON. MICHAEL T. McCAUL brutal torture at the hands of their North Ko- gotten. OF TEXAS rean captors. In recent years, survivors have Today I am honored to recognize John IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES recounted being forced to walk around the Mandarino for his exceptional law enforcement floor on their knees, holding chairs over their career and his many accomplishments. His Monday, January 29, 2018 heads for long periods of time, being slapped, impact on the community has been too great Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, the following punched and hit with gun butts, and having to put into words, and he has represented cost estimate for H.R. 4555, the DHS Inter- firearms held to their heads with threats of Western Pennsylvania and Westmoreland agency Counterterrorism Task Force Act of death if they did not reveal classified informa- County with great distinction. May God con- 2017, prepared by the Congressional Budget tion. tinue to bless Chief Mandarino, his wife Kelly Office was not made available to the Com- While the United States government was and son Gianni, and may he continue to bless mittee at the time of filing of the legislative re- eventually able to negotiate the freedom of the all the men and women in the law enforce- port. crew members, unfortunately, the USS Pueblo ment community.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:55 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A29JA8.005 E29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with REMARKS January 29, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E103 REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF STE- REMEMBERING ‘‘APOLLO 1,’’ COMMEMORATING THE 2018 NA- PHEN MICHAEL BISTARKEY, SR. ‘‘CHALLENGER’’ AND ‘‘COLUMBIA’’ TIONAL CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK HON. TIM RYAN HON. LAMAR SMITH OF TEXAS HON. DARIN LaHOOD OF OHIO IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF ILLINOIS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Monday, January 29, 2018 Monday, January 29, 2018 Monday, January 29, 2018 Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, ‘‘Some- Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, today I rise times when we reach for the stars we fall Mr. LAHOOD. Mr. Speaker, today, I recog- to remember the life of Stephen Michael short,’’ as President Reagan said. This time of nize all of the Catholic schools and parishes in Bistarkey, Sr. who passed away on January 7, year is difficult for the space community as we the 18th District of Illinois and across the na- 2018. He was 45 years old. remember the 17 courageous astronauts lost tion that will be participating in National Catho- to tragic incidents. lic Schools Week. This week, over seven Stephen was born in Youngstown, Ohio on thousand Catholic schools will host more than November 10, 1972 to Andrew E. and Darlene On January 27, 1967, Virgil Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were performing two million students to celebrate this year’s S. (Anderson) Bistarkey. He was a 1991 grad- theme: ‘‘Learn. Serve. Lead. Succeed.’’ uate of Howland High School and attended tests of the Apollo 1 spacecraft at Cape Ca- naveral when a fire broke out. Desperate ef- The National Catholic Educational Associa- the Apostolic Bible Church. He worked in the tion (NCEA) has proven extraordinary leader- Trumbull County maintenance department. forts to rescue them were too late. On January 28, 1986, a crew of seven lifted ship and development with 99 percent of all Stephen was known for being an avid fan of off aboard the space shuttle Challenger: Mi- students graduating high school and 85.7 per- the Ohio State Buckeyes, the Cleveland Indi- chael Smith, Dick Scobee, Judith Resnik, Ron- cent go on to higher education. The NCEA’s ans, and the Oakland Raiders. In his free ald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Gregory Jarvis legacy of success is a testament to the quality time, he enjoyed camping and fishing. Above and teacher Christa McAuliffe. Seventy-three education and guidance through faith that all, he cherished his time with his son Ste- seconds after liftoff, all were lost when the each student receives during their time at phen. Challenger exploded. Catholic schools. He is survived by a son, Stephen Michael On February 1, 2003, Pilot William McCool As a graduate of St. Anne Grade School in Bistarkey, Jr. of Niles, Ohio; mother Darlene and Commander Rick Husband guided the East Moline, Illinois and Spalding Catholic S. (Frank) Fuda of Niles; two brothers, Andrew space shuttle Columbia back into earth’s at- High School in Peoria, Illinois, it is my privi- E. (Connie) Bistarkey, Jr. of Niles and Ken- mosphere along with crewmembers Michael lege to be an original co-sponsor of legislation neth J. Bistarkey of Niles; stepsister, Tonya Anderson, Laurel Clark, David Brown, Kalpana that recognizes and supports National Catholic (Donald) Swauger of Mineral Ridge; two step- Chawla and Ilan Ramon. The shuttle broke up Schools Week. The education and religious brothers, Frank ‘‘Buddy’’ (fiance´e Mandy) during reentry, taking the lives of all on board. values that these institutions instill serve as a Fuda of Rowlett, Texas and Tony (Devon) Let us remember these 17 brave pioneers strong foundation for a fulfilling relationship Fuda of Niles and several nieces and neph- ‘‘who made the ultimate sacrifice so others with God and inform our daily lives with les- ews. could reach for the stars.’’ sons of faith. I extend my deepest condolences to Ste- I am thankful every day for the experiences phen’s family and friends. I know he is deeply f and lessons that I have gained through my Catholic upbringing, and I am grateful that my missed by his son and all who had the pleas- HONORING TEMPLE SINAI IN three sons also attend Catholic schools that ure of knowing him. SANDY SPRINGS will prepare them to learn, serve, lead, and f succeed like so many other children across HON. KAREN C. HANDEL the nation. FORT BEND COUNTY FIRE MAR- OF GEORGIA While we reflect this week on the impact SHAL’S OFFICE RECOGNIZED FOR IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that our schools have had on our spiritual EXCELLENCE Monday, January 29, 2018 growth, let us also recognize the contributions that the National Catholic Educational Asso- Mrs. HANDEL. Mr. Speaker, I proudly pause ciation continually provides for our commu- HON. PETE OLSON to recognize Temple Sinai in Sandy Springs, nities. Once again, I am pleased to com- OF TEXAS Georgia. memorate National Catholic Schools Week For 50 years now, Temple Sinai has served IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and I look forward to many more years of con- the reform Jewish community in Atlanta, Geor- tinued success and celebration. gia. Monday, January 29, 2018 f In February of 1968, thirty people sat in on Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to a meeting to discuss the formation of a Re- IN RECOGNITION OF WEAVE’S 40TH congratulate the Fort Bend County Fire Mar- form Jewish congregation in Atlanta. One ANNIVERSARY shal’s Office for receiving the Texas Fire Mar- month later, 145 families signed on as chapter shals Association’s (TxFMA) Achievement of members. HON. DORIS O. MATSUI Excellence Award and a Letter of Appreciation Today, 50 years since that first meeting, from the Texas Commission on Law Enforce- OF CALIFORNIA over 1,300 Georgians proudly call Temple IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment. Sinai home. The Fort Bend County Fire Marshal’s Office Senior Rabbi Ron Segal has been a mem- Monday, January 29, 2018 was recognized for their performance excel- ber of the clergy at Temple Sinai since July Ms. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to lence in fire prevention. This achievement 1996. As a board member of the Atlanta chap- recognize Women Escaping a Violent Environ- award is the only formal recognition for per- ter of the American Jewish Committee and as ment (WEAVE) as it celebrates its 40th Anni- formance excellence of organizations given by an advisory board member of the William versary. As the community gathers to honor the TxFMA. In addition, the Letter of Apprecia- Breman Jewish Home, Rabbi Segal has this organization, I ask my colleagues to join tion identifies the Fire Marshal’s staff for their shown a commitment to our city that extends me in recognizing this nonprofit for its long leadership as a TCOLE agency. Our commu- well beyond the perimeter of Temple Sinai. history of service to the Sacramento region nity is safer because of the dedication of the Mr. Speaker, Temple Sinai will have served and beyond. first responders in the Fort Bend County Fire our community for a full half century this Feb- In 1978, WEAVE opened its first shelter to Marshal’s Office. We thank them for their serv- ruary, and they continue to go above and be- provide services and resources to survivors of ice and their sacrifice. yond in their service to their neighbors. domestic violence. It soon expanded its serv- On behalf of the Twenty-Second District of From offering educational opportunities to ices to help sexual assault and human traf- Texas, congratulations again to the Fort Bend serving as a center of Jewish life in Atlanta, I ficking survivors through legal assistance, County Fire Marshal’s Office for earning this want to wish Temple Sinai 50 more years of emergency shelters, crisis intervention, com- distinction. I thank them for their commitment continued success as a pillar of the Jewish munity prevention education programs, and a to keeping our community safe. community in Atlanta. 24-hour support and information line. In its 40

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:55 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A29JA8.009 E29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with REMARKS E104 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks January 29, 2018 years of operation, WEAVE has become a na- IN HONOR OF TERRY & SHERRY CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 4578 tionally recognized nonprofit renowned for its LOVVORN 50TH WEDDING ANNI- would not increase net direct spending or on- dedication to building a violence- and abuse- VERSARY budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028. free community. WEAVE has been instru- H.R. 4578 contains no intergovernmental or mental in helping the community better under- HON. MIKE ROGERS private-sector mandates as defined in the stand domestic violence, human trafficking, OF ALABAMA Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. and sexual assault issues so we can work to- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The CBO staff contact for this estimate is gether to end the cycle of violence. Mark Grabowicz. The estimate was approved Monday, January 29, 2018 by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Assistant Over its decade of operation, WEAVE has Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I Director for Budget Analysis. partnered with Sacramento County, local law rise to recognize the 50th wedding anniversary f enforcement, the Commercially Sexually Ex- of Terry and Sherry Lovvorn on December 1, TRIBUTE TO THE ARMENIAN RE- ploited Children Court, Child Protective Serv- 2017. ices, and the Sacramento County District At- John Terry Lovvorn and Sherry Lee Rogers LIEF SOCIETY ‘‘MAYR’’ HOLLY- torney’s Office to provide 24/7 response, out- were married December 1, 1967 at Shiloh WOOD CHAPTER reach, and services to sex trafficking victims. Baptist Church in Graham, Alabama. In addition, WEAVE has recently worked with They made their home in the same house in HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF the California State Senate to provide re- Graham where Terry was born in 1946, and OF CALIFORNIA sources to Senate employees who have expe- they still live in downtown Graham. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rienced sexual misconduct. For its work both Terry has been a life-long farmer and was Monday, January 29, 2018 elected as Randolph County Commissioner in with these organizations and independently, Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to WEAVE has been honored by the Nonprofit 2008. Sherry retired in 1998 after 25 years of teaching. honor the Armenian Relief Society (ARS) Resource Center, the U.S. Department of Jus- ‘‘Mayr’’ Hollywood Chapter upon its one-hun- tice, the Governor of California, the Human They were blessed with two children, Susan Rice and Joe Lovvorn (wife Jenifer) and are dredth anniversary. Rights Fair Housing Commission, the Presi- The ARS ‘‘Mayr’’ Hollywood Chapter, dent of the United States, and many more. It grandparents to Katie Rice, Luke Rice, Jack- son Lovvorn and Landon Lovvorn. named ‘‘Mayr’’ as the mother chapter in is deserving of each of these accolades and I Southern California, has made many strides am proud to lend my own voice to praising Mr. Speaker, please join me in recognizing the 50th wedding anniversary of Terry and since its founding in 1918, including estab- WEAVE today. Sherry Lovvorn. lishing an Armenian Center, helping numerous displaced persons from Armenian-populated Mr. Speaker, I am thrilled to celebrate f WEAVE. Through its work in my hometown, it camps in Germany to move to the United is helping ensure that Sacramento and its sur- COST ESTIMATE ON H.R. 4578, THE States following the Second World War, and rounding regions are a community that does COUNTER TERRORIST NETWORK providing aid to areas in Armenia, Artsakh and not tolerate domestic violence, sexual assault, ACT Javakhk. The ARS ‘‘Mayr’’ Hollywood Chapter or sex trafficking. I ask my colleagues to join became the inspiration for the inception of the me in honoring WEAVE on its 40th anniver- HON. MICHAEL T. McCAUL Anahid Chapter in the San Fernando Valley sary and wishing the organization at least an- OF TEXAS and the Ani Chapter in Montebello, estab- other 40 years of existence and success. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lished in 1958 and 1960 respectively. In addi- tion, the chapter founded the first ARS social Monday, January 29, 2018 f service office in 1980, leading to the establish- Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, the following ment of a network of more offices throughout MADISON ELLIS CHOSEN AS TSTC cost estimate for H.R. 4578, the Counter Ter- the southland. SGA PRESIDENT rorist Network Act, prepared by the Congres- The ARS ‘‘Mayr’’ Hollywood Chapter has sional Budget Office was not made available been a steadfast supporter of educating stu- to the Committee at the time of filing of the dents and preserving the culture and language HON. PETE OLSON legislative report. of the Armenian people through its Saturday U.S. CONGRESS, School program at the Rose and Alex Pilibos OF TEXAS CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, Armenian School in Los Angeles. In addition Washington, DC, January 26, 2018. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to this program, the ‘‘Mayr’’ Chapter provides Hon. MICHAEL MCCAUL, the Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School Monday, January 29, 2018 Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. with financial support and student scholarships and collaborated with the school to open the Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Rose and Alex Pilibos ARS ‘‘Mayr’’ Chapter congratulate Missouri City native Madison Ellis Budget Office has prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 4578, the Counter Terrorist Mary Postoian Armenian Preschool in 1992. for being named President of the Student Network Act. The time, effort, and care that the ARS Government Association. If you wish further details on this esti- ‘‘Mayr’’ Hollywood Chapter has given to the Madison, 19 years old and in his first se- mate, we will be pleased to provide them. community is outstanding, and the Armenian- mester at TSTC, was named as the first ever The CBO staff contact is Mark Grabowicz. American residents of Los Angeles have ben- Sincerely, SGA President for TSTC’s Fort Bend County KEITH HALL, Director. efited greatly from their dedicated work. campus. He is very active in his community, Enclosure. I ask all Members to join with me in com- volunteering with organizations like the Special H.R. 4578—COUNTER TERRORIST NETWORK ACT mending the ARS ‘‘Mayr’’ Hollywood Chapter Olympics, and has already implemented part- As passed by the House of Representatives for one-hundred years of committed service to nerships with businesses for student discounts on January 11, 2018 the Los Angeles community. and a local recycling center to help raise funds H.R. 4578 would authorize Customs and f for his proposals. Thanks to his ambition, Border Protection in the Department of HONORING THE 50TH ANNIVER- leadership, and commitment to serving his fel- Homeland Security (DHS) to assign per- SARY OF CHILDREN’S MUSICAL low students, Ellis is clearly an excellent Presi- sonnel to other agencies to support partner- THEATER SAN JOSE dent and a role model for future SGA presi- ships for sharing global information to en- dents. hance border security. The act also would di- rect DHS to collaborate with other agencies HON. ZOE LOFGREN On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congres- to combat foreign terrorist organizations. OF CALIFORNIA sional District of Texas, congratulations again DHS is currently carrying out activities IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to Madison Ellis for being chosen as President similar to those that would be required by of the Student Government Association at the act; thus, CBO estimates that imple- Monday, January 29, 2018 menting H.R. 4578 would not significantly af- TSTC’s Fort Bend County campus. I thank fect spending by DHS. Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to him for his advocacy on behalf of his fellow Enacting H.R. 4578 would not affect direct acknowledge Children’s Musical Theater San students, and look forward to seeing what he spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you- Jose (CMT) and commemorate its 50th Anni- will accomplish in the future. go procedures do not apply. versary Season. 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VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:55 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A29JA8.014 E29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with REMARKS January 29, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E105 program in 1968 by John P. Healey at Saint HONORING JOHN A. HOBBS IN self-taught musician, though he got his start in Frances Cabrini School in San Jose, CMT is NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE the most heartbreaking way. When Noah was the oldest performing arts institution in San seven years old, his 19-year-old sister, Jose. HON. JIM COOPER Stevie—a big inspiration to him—lost her bat- tle with brain cancer. Stevie loved music, Since its foundation, CMT has followed its OF TENNESSEE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES which inspired Noah to sing one of her favorite mission of using musical theater to educate songs at her funeral. He shocked his family and nurture the young people in our commu- Monday, January 29, 2018 and friends with the clarity and quality of his nity to get involved with art and theater at a Mr. COOPER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to voice. young age. Indeed, CMT has grown from a honor my good friend, John A. Hobbs, on the In the years that followed, Noah spent a grassroots volunteer organization to one of the occasion of his 90th birthday. He is simply one great deal of his time teaching himself piano, largest theatrical training and performing orga- of the most amazing men I have ever known. guitar, and drums, and writing and recording nizations of its kind in the nation. CMT’s 50 A native Nashvillian, John A. has lived a life music in a studio he built himself in his fam- seasons have engaged around 50,000 per- for the storybooks and he’s still going strong. ily’s backyard shed. formers and so far staged 364 productions. He’s worked hard all of his life, for example Noah quickly gained local attention after his delivering telegrams to the Tennessee Gov- performances at local cafes and school talent As the leading youth theater in our commu- ernor’s Mansion when he was just a young shows, and he also starred as Benny in Dublin nity, CMT offers classes and camps to chil- man during the Depression. I am confident High School’s successful 2016 production of dren as young as four years old and perform- that there was never a better delivery boy than Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical ‘‘In the ance opportunities to children as young as six. John A. Hobbs. That’s why he was chosen to Heights.’’ Indeed, CMT offers invaluable experiences go to the Governor’s residence. In 2017, Noah released his first EP, ‘‘Light,’’ through theater to children between four and As an adult, he saw Nashville’s promise and months later, his blind audition for ‘‘The 20 years old, casting all who audition for its long before anyone else, and understood the Voice’’ blew the judges away. youth theater productions and awarding schol- impact that country music, Opryland, and tour- With performances of songs including ‘‘In arships to some participants in their fee-based ism could have on our city. He has invested the Air Tonight,’’ ‘‘Hold Back the River,’’ programs. his heart and soul into helping Nashville and ‘‘Speed of Sound’’ and ‘‘Ordinary World,’’ Middle Tennessee live up to its potential. Noah warmed the nation’s heart and made his CMT has thrived as an invaluable artistic or- Nashville is now one of the hottest cities in family, friends and neighbors extremely proud. ganization in our community, receiving 10 America due, in part, to John A.’s foresight Noah, now 18, describes his passion for the awards for artistic excellence from the Na- and energy. musical process: waking up with a melody in tional Endowment for the Arts. Its artistic vi- You can read about many of the extraor- his head, writing lyrics, composing, arranging, sion, under the direction of Kevin R. Hauge dinary things John A. has done for Middle and bringing the song to life in production. For since 1996, has helped to bring hundreds of Tennessee in the excellent book, ‘‘The Life him, he says, every song is like a unique thousands of performance arts patrons to and Times of Music Valley’s Visionary.’’ painting full of color and meaning. Downtown San Jose, contributing to the cul- John A. is a devout Catholic and dedicated Noah’s unrelenting drive and the beautiful tural renaissance and development and eco- family man with a large and talented extended music he creates are an inspiration to his fel- nomic vitality of our city. family. He built many businesses with his four low students, his neighbors in our 15th Con- sons and grandsons over the years, and has gressional District, and now to the entire na- Mr. Speaker, today we honor Children’s Mu- developed some of Music City’s most iconic tion. sical Theater San Jose for its 50 years of ex- attractions for both tourists and lifelong resi- I am honored to count Noah among my con- traordinary contributions to the cultural arts dents. stituents, and I wish him even bigger suc- community in our city and its sustained leader- Despite John A.’s success, he never lost cesses in the future. ship in the development of the young mem- touch with his roots, his childhood friends, and f bers of our community. his neighbors. Nobody loves Donelson and its people more than he does. NEEDVILLE VOLLEYBALL PLAY- f I particularly love John A.’s lively monthly ERS EARN STATEWIDE RECOGNI- breakfasts that bring the whole community to- TION LANE PEARSON NAMED gether and where Nashvillians go to be seen. OUTSTANDING REALTOR FOR 2017 Where are they held? At the night spot named HON. PETE OLSON ‘‘John A.’s,’’ of course. You simply cannot win OF TEXAS HON. PETE OLSON an election in Davidson County unless you are IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a regular attendee. Monday, January 29, 2018 OF TEXAS I wish John A. Hobbs the happiest of 90th birthdays. He is a truly kind, generous, and Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES wise man. The United States of America, the congratulate the Needville High School Girls Volleyball Team for their fifth state champion- Monday, January 29, 2018 greatest nation on earth, was built by men like John A. Hobbs, members of the greatest gen- ship and for the impressive awards team Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to eration. members received from the Texas Sports Writers Association (TXSWA), Texas Associa- congratulate Lane Pearson for being named I am proud to call him my friend. tion of Volleyball Coaches (TAVC) and Texas the Houston Association of Realtors/Fort Bend f Girls Coaches Association (TGCA). County Outstanding Realtor for 2017. RECOGNIZING NOAH MCMOYLER The team, led by TXSWA and TAVC Coach Lane Pearson, of Better Homes and Gar- FOR HIS TALENT AND DETER- of the Year Amy Schultz, had a remarkable dens Real Estate Gary Greene, was recog- MINATION 43–6 season, culminating in their fifth state nized for her leadership and support of the championship. Anna Gadway was voted Fort Bend County Realtor community. Not only HON. ERIC SWALWELL TXSWA 4A Player of the Year. She was also has Lane demonstrated great leadership pro- OF CALIFORNIA named state tournament MVP and made the fessionally, but she has also served in many IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TAVC and TGCA all-state teams. Sydney Sacra was voted TAVC 4A MVP, earned volunteer leadership roles to improve our Fort Monday, January 29, 2018 Bend community. TXSWA first-team all-state honors and made Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. Speaker, the TGCA all-state and all-academic teams. On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congres- I rise to recognize Noah McMoyler of Dublin, Kaitlyn Kovarcik was a TXSWA first-team se- sional District of Texas, congratulations again California, for his amazing talent and unwaver- lection, TAVC all-state honoree and TGCA all- to Lane Pearson for being named the Houston ing determination that led to his recent selec- state academic scholar. Hayden Smyers made Association of Realtors/Fort Bend County Out- tion and performances as a contestant on the TXSWA second team, as well as the standing Realtor for 2017. I thank her for her NBC’s ‘‘The Voice.’’ TAVC and TGCA all-state squads. Janssen enduring commitment to making Fort Bend Better known by his stage name, ‘‘Noah Cain, Kailey Labay and Peyton Sulak made County a great place to live. Mac,’’ this Dublin High School senior is truly a the TGCA all-state academic list.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:55 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A29JA8.018 E29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with REMARKS E106 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks January 29, 2018 On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congres- Mueller, further underscores the President’s urer for the Texas Medical Association and sional District of Texas, congratulations again obstruction of justice. was a state delegate to the American Medical to the Needville High School Girls Volleyball The investigation into acts of collusion or Association House of Delegates. conspiracy between the Trump campaign and On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congres- team. I look forward to seeing what these tal- Russia is legitimate and has resulted in two ented young ladies will be able to accomplish campaign officials, including President sional District of Texas, congratulations again in the future. Trump’s former National Security Advisor, to Dr. Art Klawitter for being named the Harris f pleading guilty to federal crimes. President County Academy of Family Physicians 2017 Trump’s numerous attempts to prevent, ob- Physician of the Year. I thank him for his com- HONORING JULIUS LESTER struct, or impede justice demand action by mitment to keeping the Needville community Congress to hold him accountable. healthy. In addition to his obstruction of justice, HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON f President Trump’s use of his office to profit OF MISSISSIPPI personally from outside business interests HONORING MARVIN HILL OF IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES should be unacceptable to all Americans. DIERKS, ARKANSAS Monday, January 29, 2018 President Trump continues to own and influ- ence a global empire of properties and brands Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- for personal profit in direct violation of the HON. BRUCE WESTERMAN er, I rise today to honor a remarkable person, Constitution’s Foreign and Domestic Emolu- OF ARKANSAS Mr. Julius Lester. ments Clauses. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In the summer of 1964, better known as the The scope and scale of President Trump’s Freedom Summer of 1964, Julius Lester trav- family business dealings and foreign entan- Monday, January 29, 2018 eled to Mississippi to register African-Ameri- glements is unknown, demanding a thorough Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I stand cans to vote, while documenting the Civil examination. Unlike other recent presidents, President Trump has refused to publically today to recognize a true American hero. Rights Movement through photographs. Lester release his tax returns or place his business Marvin Hill of Dierks, Arkansas, is a 103-year- also is known for assembling Dr. Martin Luther holdings in blind trust. Never before in the old veteran of World War II. On Tuesday, Jan- King Jr.’s notes while he was imprisoned in history of our nation has a President created uary 30, the Central Arkansas Veterans the Birmingham jail that became the famous a potential for such profound and rampant Healthcare System will recognize Mr. Dierks ‘‘Letter from Birmingham Jail.’’ His work to in- corruption. with a commemorative coin in honor of his form the public of the Civil Rights Movement It is obvious that Congress must inves- service and sacrifice on behalf of the United is appreciated and admired to this very day. tigate a president who repeatedly obstructs a States. In 1961, Lester went on to serve as the ex- criminal investigation and appears to be per- I ask the people of Arkansas to join the VA sonally profiting from the Presidency. Unfor- ecutive director of the Southern Christian tunately, the Republican-controlled Con- and myself in honoring Mr. Dierks and thank- Leadership Conference until 1964. He au- gress is more interested in covering up for ing him for fighting in defense of freedom. thored over 40 books during his lifetime and President Trump and protecting itself politi- f received prestigious honors for his work; such cally than in conducting a meaningful inves- as the New York Times Outstanding Book tigation that provides real accountability for IN HONOR OF THE 80TH BIRTHDAY Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award the American people. OF BENJAMIN RUSSELL and many others. Lester also served as a pro- As a Member of Congress, I must uphold fessor at the University of Massachusetts for the Constitution. My support for impeach- ment is rooted in a belief that no president HON. MIKE ROGERS over 30 years. is above the law. Impeachment is the appro- OF ALABAMA Today, we mourn the death of Julius Lester. priate Constitutional mechanism available IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES As a prominent figure, he managed to provoke to Congress in the event of extreme actions Monday, January 29, 2018 thought in all of those who he came in contact by the President that violate the Constitu- with either in person or through his work. tion, flout our laws, and undermine the trust Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me of Americans. rise to recognize the 80th birthday of Benjamin in recognizing the life and legacy of Mr. Julius President Trump is the only person respon- Russell. Lester. sible for the predicament that he has Mr. Russell is the Chairman of Russell brought on himself and our country. But it Lands, Inc. He is married to Luanne Radney f will take action on the part of Congress and the American people to stop the damage that Russell and has one daughter, Adelia (Dedie) IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT Russell Hendrix. DONALD J. TRUMP he is causing and to begin to heal our coun- try. My co-sponsorship of H. Res. 621 is a Mr. Russell started working summer jobs at critical step in that effort. Russell Corporation, a large textile firm in Ala- HON. BETTY McCOLLUM f bama that was founded by his grandfather in OF MINNESOTA 1902. He attended Mercer University and the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DR. ART KLAWITTER NAMED 2017 University of Alabama and served in the Air PHYSICIAN OF THE YEAR Monday, January 29, 2018 National Guard—280th ANG, Maxwell Air Force Base. After college and active duty Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, today I co- HON. PETE OLSON training in the Air National Guard, he was em- sponsored H. Res. 621, Impeaching Donald J. OF TEXAS ployed by Russell Corporation as a manage- Trump, President of the United States, of high IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment trainee. crimes and misdemeanors. After I co-spon- In 1970, he because president of Russell sored this legislation, I sent the following letter Monday, January 29, 2018 Lands, Inc., a private company owned by the to the people of Minnesota’s Fourth District: Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Russell family. Russell Lands, Inc. had pre- For my constituents and for history, I congratulate Dr. Art Klawitter of Memorial Her- viously been a land and timber company, but want to be on the record supporting an open, mann Medical Group Needville for being has since become a diverse organization with transparent process of Congressional inves- named the 2017 Physician of the Year by the more than 500 employees and is recognized tigations, subpoenas, and impeachment pro- Harris County Academy of Family Physicians as Alabama’s largest recreational development ceedings to hold President Trump account- able for actions that are corrupting the Pres- (HCAFP). company. idency and damaging our nation. To that This prestigious award recognizes a medical Mr. Russell is a member of the Business end, I am co-sponsoring H. Res. 621, Articles professional who spends at least half of his or Council of Alabama, Alexander City Area of Impeachment Against President Donald her time in active practice or family practice Chamber of Commerce, First United Methodist Trump. education. Dr. Klawitter has been practicing Church and Willow Point Golf and Country Congress has the Constitutional obligation medicine in Needville for 36 years, and has Club. to examine the mounting evidence that dedicated his career to advancing the health Mr. Russell has been recognized for many President Trump has repeatedly obstructed the criminal investigation into Russia’s and wellbeing of his patients. In addition to his honors and awards including: Alabama Hu- state-sponsored effort to influence the 2016 work as a board-certified family physician, he manities Award 2016; Heart of the House presidential election. The recent revelation has served in multiple organizations that pro- Award given by Ronald McDonald House that the president attempted to fire the lead mote health care at the state and national Charities of Alabama—2010; The Children’s investigator, Special Counsel Robert level. He served as the secretary and treas- Advocate Award/Margie Curry Lifetime

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:55 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A29JA8.022 E29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with REMARKS January 29, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E107 Achievement Award—2009; Inducted into The the people of Sacramento and the many trav- well respected and admired by her colleagues. Alabama Business Hall of Fame—2008; Indian elers visiting our region. Kathleen was also a loving mother to two chil- Springs School’s Outstanding Alumnus of the Digital Deployment and GNT Solutions are dren, Blake and Hadley. She wanted to be Year—2003; CARE Philanthropist of the the dual recipients of the Small Business of there for every aspect of their lives, every sin- Year—2000; Member, Alabama Academy of the Year Award. Digital Deployment opened in gle day. Kathleen treasured her time at her Honor—1997; Outstanding Philanthropist in Sacramento 13 years ago. Its care for its em- family’s lake house and her parent’s home in Alabama—1994; First CARE World Humani- ployees and customers is second to none, Hilton Head Island. She was the happiest sur- tarian Award—1990; Alexander City Man of which is proven by their impressive success rounded by family and close friends. the Year—1975. and growth. Its CEO Mac Clemmens is a na- Kathleen was known for describing herself Mr. Russell turned 80 on January 18, 2018. tive Sacramentan and a leader among Sac- as a: Daughter, Sister, Wife, Mother, Friend, Mr. Speaker, please join me in wishing Mr. ramento’s young up-and-coming CEOs. GNT Cousin, Aunt, Colleague, Head Room Mom, Russell a very happy 80th birthday. Solutions has been helping local Sacramento Hillary lover, Country Music Fan, Book Worm, f businesses with technology troubles for 14 Wine Aficionado, Half Marathoner, KI Girl, Dog years. Its experienced team continues to pro- Mom, FFLOP, Happy Hour Connoisseur, SIL, IN RECOGNITION OF SAC- vide its customers with friendly and effective Paddle Boarder, Staunch Democrat, Back- RAMENTO’S BUSINESS LEADERS service, allowing businesses to run smoothly stage Dance Mom, Reporter, Supper Clubber, and free of IT issues. Singer, Work Out Enthusiast, Impersonator, HON. DORIS O. MATSUI Cassandra Jennings, CEO and President of Traveler, Dancer, Hallmark Christmas Movie OF CALIFORNIA the Greater Sacramento Urban League, is the Watcher, Royal Family Follower, Weather Re- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES recipient of this year’s Al Geiger Memorial porter Wannabe, Granddaughter, Katie Couric Monday, January 29, 2018 Award. Mrs Jennings’s passion for community Stalker, Mountaineer, Bobcat Girl, AOTT Sis- development and the lives of the people that ter, aka Deeeeelores, DIL, Chicken and Bis- Ms. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to live in the Sacramento region is remarkable. cuit Consumer, Essential Oil Guru, Carpooler, recognize the many outstanding business Mrs. Jennings is carrying on Mr. Geiger’s leg- Emmy Award Winner, Yogi, Beachcomber, leaders in California’s Capital Region being acy by serving as a role model who helps in- Cookbook Collector, Salty Dog Frequenter, honored at the Sacramento Metropolitan spire others to leadership in service to our re- and so much more. Chamber of Commerce’s 123rd annual dinner gion. Kathleen had an infectious laugh that will and business awards ceremony. Those being Erica Taylor, Vice President of Communica- live in our hearts forever. I know she is deeply honored are dedicated to the success of the tions and Community Relations for the Golden missed by her friends and family. I extend my region and have worked tirelessly to advance 1 Credit Union, is the Volunteer of the Year. deepest and sincerest condolences. its economic vitality. I ask all my colleagues to Her work over the past two years has played f join me in honoring these fine Sacramentans, a major part in Golden 1 Credit Union’s suc- and in thanking the Sacramento Metro Cham- cess as a business and as a partner of our HONORING UNITY PERFORMING ber for its tireless efforts to promote business beloved Sacramento Kings. ARTS FOUNDATION in northern California. Jennifer Ablog, Community and Government Winnie Comstock-Carlson, President and Relations Manager for Kaiser Permanente, is HON. JIM BANKS Publisher of Comstock’s Magazine, is this year’s Young Professional of the Year. OF INDIANA Sacramentan of the Year. Mrs. Comstock- Born, raised, and educated in Sacramento, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Carlson’s leadership at the magazine and in Ms. Ablog is proud to call Sacramento her Monday, January 29, 2018 the community has served the greater Sac- home. Her dedicated work for Kaiser ramento region for 28 years. Additionally, she Permanente has certainly improved the health Mr. BANKS of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I rise has served on the Metro Chamber board and of the Sacramento community. today to recognize the Unity Performing Arts has been involved in numerous regional non- Veronika Monell of JumpStart Now is Am- Foundation of Fort Wayne, Indiana, along with profit charitable organizations. bassador of the Year. Mrs. Monell has been its CEO and founder, Marshall White. Since Shannon Deary-Bell, President and CEO of praised for her honest and passionate work 2000, Unity Performing Arts has focused on Nor-Cal Beverage, is Businesswoman of the with small businesses in the Sacramento re- empowering and developing young men and Year. Mrs. Deary-Bell is a strong leader in the gion. The innovative ideas she brings pro- women in the areas of artistry, character, and Sacramento business community. Her service motes a progressive Sacramento, helping our leadership. Through faith based community and support of the American Heart Association businesses lead in the modern economy. programming, young Hoosiers learn values and many other charitable organizations has Mr. Speaker, I am honored to recognize that last a lifetime. not gone unnoticed by the community. these individuals and businesses for their con- The Expressions Creative Writing program Rick Niello, President of The Niello Com- tributions to the Sacramento region that I love. creates an avenue for students to express pany, is Businessman of the Year. Mr. Niello’s I ask all my colleagues to join me in com- themselves through pen and paper, and the work as a community leader and humanitarian mending them for their unwavering commit- Voices of Unity Choir holds all participants to has had a great impact on the Sacramento re- ment to Sacramento. a standard of excellence, both on and off the gion for many years. The Niello Company sup- f stage. Nearly 18 years later, programs of the ports over 40 local charities and non-profit or- Unity Performing Arts Foundation continue to ganizations in its philanthropic efforts. REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF be successful in developing young leaders in F&M Bank is being inducted into the Cen- KATHLEEN DEPIERO our community. tennial Business Hall of Fame. F&M Bank has Unity Performing Arts Foundation has truly been providing financial services to individ- HON. TIM RYAN had a meaningful impact on northeast Indiana, uals, families, and businesses in California for OF OHIO and I wish this important program continued over 100 years. The bank’s longevity is a tes- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES success. tament to the high quality service and security f it continues to provide to Californians. Monday, January 29, 2018 East Lawn Memorial Parks and Mortuaries Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, today I rise COST ESTIMATE ON H.R. 4433, THE and Sacramento International Airport are both to remember the life of Kathleen DePiero who SECURING DEPARTMENT OF being inducted into the Business Hall of Fame. passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, De- HOMELAND SECURITY FIREARMS East Lawn has been an exceptional Sac- cember 30, 2017 after a brief illness. ACT OF 2017 ramento business for over 110 years, estab- Kathleen graduated from Parkersburg High lishing deep roots in our community’s history. School and received a degree in journalism HON. MICHAEL T. McCAUL East Lawn’s pristine service and care of be- from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at OF TEXAS loved family and friends who have passed on Ohio University. She was an Emmy Award IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES strengthens community bonds. Sacramento winning television reporter and anchor, which International Airport has been serving Sac- included stops in Parkersburg, West Virginia, Monday, January 29, 2018 ramento for over 50 years. In 2011 the airport Charlotte, North Carolina, and Cleveland, Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, the following opened the impressive new Terminal B, which Ohio. Known for her captivating storytelling cost estimate for H.R. 4433, the Securing De- has brought great pride and convenience to and being a natural on camera, Kathleen was partment of Homeland Security Firearms Act

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:20 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A29JA8.027 E29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with REMARKS E108 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks January 29, 2018 of 2017, prepared by the Congressional Budg- Valentine’s Day. Creativity Shell’s goal is to Head Coach: Eric Trudo; et Office was not made available to the Com- make and deliver over 5,000 washcloths to Coaches: Rick Roberts, Dustin Wright, Joel mittee at the time of filing of the legislative re- shelters all over the country. As a longtime ad- Bartz, Jay Olson, Brian Gordon, Addison port. vocate of combatting human trafficking, I ap- Boughton, and Curtis Giesking. U.S. CONGRESS, plaud Creativity Shell for their passion, dedica- Mr. Speaker, by winning the championship CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, tion and unwavering support of trafficked vic- this year, this team and their coaches dem- Washington, DC, January 26, 2018. tims. It’s time for us to stand together. End onstrated the rewards of hard work, commit- Hon. MICHAEL MCCAUL, Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security, this scourge on society and support and pro- ment, and determination. I am honored to rep- House of Representatives, Washington, DC. tect those who have fallen prey to human traf- resent them in the United States Congress. I DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional ficking. And that’s just the way it is. ask that all of my colleagues in the United Budget Office has prepared the enclosed cost f States House of Representatives join me in estimate for H.R. 4433, the Securing DHS congratulating the team for competing in this Firearms Act of 2017. DR. SARFRAZ ALY NAMED rigorous competition and in wishing them all If you wish further details on this esti- PHYSICIAN OF THE YEAR nothing but continued success. mate, we will be pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Mark Grabowicz. HON. PETE OLSON f Sincerely, OF TEXAS KEITH HALL, Director. TRIBUTE TO NANCY AND RICHARD Enclosure. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GEISE H.R. 4433—SECURING DHS FIREARMS ACT OF Monday, January 29, 2018 2017 Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to HON. DAVID YOUNG As passed by the House of Representatives congratulate Dr. Sarfraz Aly for being named OF IOWA on January 9, 2018 OakBend Medical Center’s 2017 Physician of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.R. 4433 would require the Department of the Year. Homeland Security (DHS) to improve the se- Dr. Aly was awarded this honor thanks to Monday, January 29, 2018 curity and accountability for firearms and his 14 years of experience and reputation for Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise other sensitive assets controlled by the de- kindness and sincerity appreciated by patients today to recognize and congratulate Nancy partment (such as badges worn by certain DHS personnel). The department is currently and staff alike. The Physician of the Year and Richard Geise of Underwood, Iowa on the carrying out activities similar to those that award is OakBend’s highest recognition, and very special occasion of their 60th wedding would be required by the act; thus, CBO esti- honors the physician who demonstrates sig- anniversary. They celebrated their anniversary mates that implementing H.R. 4433 would nificant skill, along with genuine compassion on November 17, 2017. not significantly affect DHS spending. for both patients and coworkers. Nancy and Richard’s lifelong commitment to Enacting H.R. 4433 would not affect direct On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congres- each other and their family truly embodies spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you- sional District of Texas, congratulations again Iowa values. As they reflect on their 60th anni- go procedures do not apply. to Dr. Aly for being named OakBend Medical versary may their commitment grow even CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 4433 Center’s 2017 Physician of the Year. We all would not increase net direct spending or on- stronger, as they continue to love, cherish, budget deficits in any of the four consecutive benefit from his commitment to quality and honor one another for many years to 10-year periods beginning in 2028. healthcare, and I thank him for his dedication come. H.R. 4433 contains no intergovernmental or to keep Houstonians healthy. Mr. Speaker, I commend this great couple private-sector mandates as defined in the f on their 60th year together and I wish them Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. many more. I ask that my colleagues in the TRIBUTE TO THE VAN METER The CBO staff contact for this estimate is United States House of Representatives join FOOTBALL TEAM Mark Grabowicz. The estimate was approved me in congratulating them on this momentous by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Assistant occasion. Director for Budget Analysis. HON. DAVID YOUNG f OF IOWA f CREATIVITY SHELL RAISES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRIBUTE TO MO COLLINS AWARENESS FOR HUMAN TRAF- Monday, January 29, 2018 FICKING Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise HON. DAVID YOUNG today to recognize and congratulate the Van OF IOWA HON. TED POE Meter High School Football team for winning IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Iowa High School 1A State Football OF TEXAS Monday, January 29, 2018 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Championship. I would like to congratulate each member of Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise Monday, January 29, 2018 the team: Owen Jones, Alex Jones, Cody today to recognize and congratulate Mo Col- Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, human traf- Coffman, Colby Wiederholt, Jack Trudo, Tyler lins for being named Advocate of the Year by ficking is a menace to our society and should Haynes, Carson Rhodes, Calvin Sieck, An- the Iowa Chapter of the National Association be eradicated as soon as possible. Fortu- thony Potthoff, Blake Fryar, Blade Koons, of Women Business Owners. nately, we have outstanding organizations Hunter Coyle, JJ Richards, Maddox Artzer, The Advocate of the Year is awarded to brave enough to stand up for those who have Kolby Booge, Zane Dodson, Gavin Goodrich, someone who has affected change through been subjected to the horror of modern day JJ Durflinger, Cade Costlow, Davis Coppinger, supporting and advocating for Iowa women slavery. I am honored to recognize one of Jackson Wilcox, Cameron Smolik, Allen Van business owners. Mo brings over 20 years of those great organizations today. Creativity Pelt, Cole Lauterbach, Anthony Lowman, Zach experience to her work, including 17 years in Shell is a nonprofit located in Houston, Texas Drummond, Kasey O’Brien, Quinn Corcoran, senior level roles launching and managing en- whose mission is to use creative trades to Antonio Angel, Sam Thompson, Ian Abraham- trepreneurial and small business programs at educate and inspire the next generation of son, Kobe Richards, Isaac Roeder, Sam the University of Northern Iowa. She is now a makers. The organization teaches valuable Bardwell, Parker Fryar, Owen Crawford, Sam speaker, consultant, and writer whose focus skills like sewing and textile arts to students in Grob, Cole Crawford, Max Pettit, Brett Berg, on technology innovation, entrepreneurship, public libraries, schools and shelters that res- Noah Hale, Collin Godwin, Connor Guess, and small business issues has helped women cue children from human trafficking. Creativity Noah Miller, Sam Ruggles, Sam Miller, Carson all over North America to operate and run a Shell is now launching ‘‘Hearts for a Fresh Hess, Derek Golwitzer, Ryder Koons, Austin business or organization in today’s economy. Start’’ to give back and raise awareness for Emans, Jarin Young, Caleb Peterson, Grant Mr. Speaker, I am proud to represent Mo in trafficked victims. The program invites Hous- Hulscher, Ryan Schmitt, Andrew Simpson the United States Congress and it is with great ton kids to help sew hearts on washcloths. Ryan Boles, Patrick Junker, Tyler Erdman, pride that I recognize her today for this out- The washcloths will be delivered to children Sean Boles, Max Gilliland, Dakotah Herr, standing accomplishment. I ask that my col- in shelters who have been rescued from Gabe Kuehler, Zach Madden, Vincent Jacobs, leagues in the United States House of Rep- human trafficking. This great program was Creighton Netten, Justin Hess, Chris Reames, resentatives join me in congratulating her and launched on January 14th and will run until Dusty Schultzen; in wishing Mo nothing but continued success.

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Mr. Speaker, I rise to ac- today to recognize and congratulate Joseph Since 2002, Jane has led Midwest Project knowledge the Loudoun County Chamber of Fennell of Council Bluffs, Iowa on the very Partners, now Aureon Consulting, to become Commerce, which celebrates its 50th anniver- special occasion of his 100th birthday. Joseph a well-known company that provides organiza- sary in 2018. This year, at their annual gala, was born on November 15, 1917. tion and management consulting with compa- the Chamber, in addition to celebrating this Our world has changed a great deal during nies around the country. Her success has auspicious anniversary, will honor 2017 Board the course of Joseph’s life. Since his birth, we earned her the respect of many within the Chair Tina Johnson of JP Events and Con- have revolutionized air travel and walked on business community, and has translated to her sulting, and welcome the new Board Chair the moon. We have invented the television, participation on numerous boards and panels. Mitch Sproul of Toth Financial. I would also cellular phones and the internet. We have Mr. Speaker, I am proud to represent Jane like to make special mention of Tony Howard, fought in wars overseas, seen the rise and fall in the United States Congress and it is with the CEO and President of the Loudoun Cham- of Soviet communism and witnessed the birth great pride that I recognize her for this out- ber, for his dedication and hard work through- of new democracies. Joseph has lived through standing accomplishment. I ask that my col- out his tenure at the helm of the organization. eighteen United States Presidents and twenty- leagues in the United States House of Rep- I take this moment to recognize them as indi- five Governors of Iowa. In his lifetime, the resentatives join me in congratulating Jane viduals as well as the entire Board of Directors population of the United States has more than and in wishing her nothing but continued suc- and employees. tripled. The Loudoun Chamber was incorporated in cess. Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to represent Jo- f 1968. At this time, Loudoun County was pri- seph in the United States Congress and it is marily an agricultural economy, with more my pleasure to wish him a very happy 100th TRIBUTE TO BRYCE WILBUR dairy farms than corporations in the region. birthday. I ask that my colleagues in the Since, the Chamber has grown to be the larg- United States House of Representatives join HON. DAVID YOUNG est Chamber of Commerce in northern Virginia me in congratulating Joe on reaching this in- with more than 1,200 members, including a OF IOWA credible milestone, and in wishing him even IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES booming service and manufacturing sector. more health and happiness in the years to Loudoun County is home to many companies come. Monday, January 29, 2018 in the Dulles Technology Corridor including Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise Verizon Communications Inc., one of the larg- f today to recognize and congratulate Bryce est multinational telecommunications compa- TRIBUTE TO VERONICA FENNELL Wilbur, of Indianola, Iowa, for attaining the nies in the world, as well as AOL and Orbital rank of Eagle Scout. ATK Inc. Their work is vital in keeping Amer- HON. DAVID YOUNG To earn the Eagle Scout rank, a Boy Scout ica competitive in the 21st Century economy, OF IOWA is obligated to demonstrate how they live out and they greatly contribute to American tech- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nological discovery. Other major employers in the Scout Spirit in their life, to serve as a lead- the region include United Airlines and Monday, January 29, 2018 er in their troop, earn a total of 21 merit Raytheon Company. This region is also known Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise badges, and, finally, to complete an Eagle as ‘‘DC’s Wine Country’’ for the many vine- today to recognize and congratulate Veronica Scout Project to benefit the community. For yards in the area. The Loudoun Chamber has Fennell of Council Bluffs, Iowa on the very his project, Bryce supervised 25 people in formed the premier network of business and special occasion of her 100th birthday. tearing down an old stone retaining wall at community leaders in an economically vibrant Veronica was born on November 12, 1917. Lake Ahquabi State Park in Indianola and re- region. In fact, Loudoun County is the fastest Our world has changed a great deal during placing it with a new wall using railroad ties growing county in the country. Membership in the course of Veronica’s life. Since her birth, and crushed rock. The work ethic Bryce has the Loudoun Chamber is diverse and far- we have revolutionized air travel and walked shown in his Eagle Scout Project and through- reaching, including businesses, nonprofit orga- on the moon. We have invented the television, out his scouting career speaks volumes about nizations, educational institutions, and public cellular phones and the internet. We have his commitment to serving a cause greater sector partners that range in size. fought in wars overseas, seen the rise and fall than himself and bettering his community. Loudoun County has been named by media of Soviet communism and witnessed the birth Mr. Speaker, the example set by this young publishers as one of the top communities to of new democracies. Veronica has lived man and his supportive family demonstrates start and grow a business. In 2016 Money through eighteen United States Presidents and the rewards of hard work, dedication, and per- Magazine named Ashburn the best place to twenty-five Governors of Iowa. In her lifetime, severance. I am proud to represent Bryce and live in Virginia and one of the top 50 places the population of the United States has more his family in the United States Congress. I ask to live in the United States. The Loudoun than tripled. that my colleagues in the United States House Chamber has been vital in fostering such a ro- Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to represent of Representatives join me in congratulating bust business environment that has helped the Veronica in the United States Congress and it him on obtaining the Eagle Scout ranking, and community achieve these accolades. is my pleasure to wish her a very happy 100th in wishing him nothing but continued success. The Loudoun Chamber produces more than birthday. I ask that my colleagues in the f 100 programs a year that provide Loudoun United States House of Representatives join HONORING THE LIFE AND SERVICE businesses and their employees with valuable me in congratulating Veronica on reaching this networking, marketing exposure, professional OF REVEREND DR. JAMES incredible milestone, and in wishing her even HARGETT development, and opportunities to connect more health and happiness in the years to with peers and political and community lead- come. ers. These events have included the Annual HON. JIM COSTA f Loudoun Small Business Awards, the Valor OF CALIFORNIA Awards to recognize public servants, and the TRIBUTE TO JANE WHALEN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SuperHero 5K Run/Walk. Mr. Speaker, this is an organization which HON. DAVID YOUNG Monday, January 29, 2018 helps the citizens and businesses of Loudoun OF IOWA Mr. COSTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today along with my colleagues Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. LEWIS, County thrive. I would ask my fellow Members IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to join me in congratulating the Loudoun and Ms. WATERS, to pay tribute and honor the County Chamber of Commerce and wishing it Monday, January 29, 2018 life of Reverend Dr. James Hester Hargett. a happy 50th anniversary. I wish this institu- Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise Reverend Dr. Hargett was a community and tion continued success in the future. today to recognize and congratulate Jane civil rights activist who dedicated his

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DAVID YOUNG development company has become well- James Hester Hargett was born on July 24, OF IOWA known for their work in helping companies de- 1930 in Greensboro, North Carolina to Rev- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES velop soft skills, such as business etiquette erend F.A. and Mrs. Florence Hargett. and negotiation and leadership skills, and Throughout his childhood and into high school, Monday, January 29, 2018 boasts of graduates from over 40 countries he forged a love for reading, music, and extra- Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise around the world. Outside of Tero Inter- curricular activities. Following his graduation today to recognize and congratulate Norma national, boards and organizations in the Des from Dudley High School, he attended John- Jean and Bob Lindeman of Atlantic, Iowa on Moines and Central Iowa area have benefited son C. Smith University in Charlotte, North the very special occasion of their 70th wed- from the time and talents Rowena has volun- Carolina. He graduated with a Bachelor’s de- ding anniversary. They were married on No- teered. gree in Political Science. While attending uni- vember 30, 1947 at the Lyman Gospel Hall in Mr. Speaker, I am proud to represent lead- versity, James met the love of his life Louilyn Lyman, Iowa. ers like Rowena in the United States Con- Funderburk and married her in 1954. In his Norma Jean and Bob’s lifelong commitment gress and it is with great pride that I recognize senior year of college, he responded to the to each other and their family truly embodies her today. I ask that my colleagues in the call of Christian service; the culmination of his Iowa values. As they reflect on their 70th anni- United States House of Representatives join childhood and influences from a professor in versary may their commitment grow even me in congratulating her for this outstanding college. stronger as they continue to love, cherish, and accomplishment and in wishing her nothing Reverend Dr. Hargett would go on to earn honor one another for many years to come. but continued success. a Masters of Divinity from Yale University Di- Mr. Speaker, I commend this great couple f on their 70th year together and I wish them vinity School. Shortly after his graduation in SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS 1955, he was named Associate Minister at the many more. I ask that my colleagues in the Church of Crossroads in Honolulu, Hawaii. United States House of Representatives join Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, After three years in Hawaii, James moved to me in congratulating them on this momentous agreed to by the Senate of February 4, Los Angeles in 1958 to join the Congrega- occasion. 1977, calls for establishment of a sys- tional Church of Christian Fellowship, United f tem for a computerized schedule of all Church of Christ. The predominately African- meetings and hearings of Senate com- TRIBUTE TO OTIS BARTHOLOMEW American church focused on social justice in mittees, subcommittees, joint commit- the community while also initiating change in tees, and committees of conference. vital areas. This included the development of HON. DAVID YOUNG This title requires all such committees a mental health clinic for low income earners, OF IOWA to notify the Office of the Senate Daily a student transportation program for over- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Digest—designated by the Rules Com- mittee—of the time, place and purpose crowded schools, and an enrichment program Monday, January 29, 2018 for minority students. James would march with of the meetings, when scheduled and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from Selma to Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise any cancellations or changes in the Montgomery, Alabama in 1965. He also today to recognize and congratulate Otis Bar- meetings as they occur. helped organize the Poor People’s Resurrec- tholomew of Tabor, Iowa on the very special As an additional procedure along tion City in Washington, D.C. occasion of his 100th birthday. Otis was born with the computerization of this infor- on November 26, 1917. mation, the Office of the Senate Daily In 1969, James became the Secretary for Our world has changed a great deal during Digest will prepare this information for Black Ministries, United Church of Christ the course of Otis’ life. Since his birth, we printing in the Extensions of Remarks Council for Church and Ministry in New York have revolutionized air travel and walked on section of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD City. Through this role, he mentored young the moon. We have invented the television, on Monday and Wednesday of each people and facilitated the creation of scholar- cellular phones and the internet. We have week. ships for seminary education. His journey fought in wars overseas, seen the rise and fall Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, Jan- would eventually take him to New Jersey, Chi- of Soviet communism and witnessed the birth uary 30, 2018 may be found in the Daily cago, and San Diego. No matter where he of new democracies. Otis has lived through Digest of today’s RECORD. served, Reverend Dr. Hargett’s ministry al- eighteen United States Presidents and twenty- ways focused on the recruitment of African five Governors of Iowa. In his lifetime, the MEETINGS SCHEDULED Americans in Christian service in addition to population of the United States has more than community advocacy, education, human rela- FEBRUARY 6 tripled. tions, mental health, and social justice. 10 a.m. Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to represent Otis Reverend Dr. Hargett retired after 42 years Committee on Energy and Natural Re- in the United States Congress and it is my sources of service to the United Church of Christ in pleasure to wish him a very happy 100th birth- 1997. He was named Pastor Emeritus of the To hold hearings to examine S. 2182, to day. I ask that my colleagues in the United provide for the resettlement and relo- Christian Fellowship Congregational Church, States House of Representatives join me in cation of the people of Bikini, and S. UCC, San Diego. Following his retirement, he congratulating Otis on reaching this incredible 2325, to incentivize the hiring of United was awarded numerous honors, including milestone, and in wishing him even more States workers in the Commonwealth being named a Living Legend by the United health and happiness in the years to come. of the Northern Mariana Islands. Black Christians and the Ministers for Racial, SD–366 Social and Economic Justice of the United f Church of Christ, General Assembly. TRIBUTE TO ROWENA CROSBIE FEBRUARY 7 James leaves behind his beloved wife of 63 10 a.m. years Louilyn, daughters Meloni and Hester Committee on Energy and Natural Re- HON. DAVID YOUNG sources and son Darryl; sons-in-law Joseph and Eric; OF IOWA Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, 5 grandchildren and numerous cherished fam- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and Mining ily members and friends. To hold hearings to examine S. 414 and Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join us Monday, January 29, 2018 H.R. 1107, bills to promote conserva- on this day for a moment of silence in memory Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise tion, improve public land management, of the life and service of Reverend Dr. James today to recognize and congratulate Rowena and provide for sensible development in Hester Hargett. His generous spirit and self- Crosbie for receiving the Hall of Fame Legacy Pershing County, Nevada, S. 441, to designate the Organ Mountains and less way of living should serve as an example Award by the National Association of Women other public land as components of the to us all. Reverend Dr. Hargett’s memory will Business Owners. National Wilderness Preservation Sys- live on through the contributions he made to The Hall of Fame Legacy Award was estab- tem in the State of New Mexico, S. 507, countless individuals. It is my honor to join his lished in 2014 to honor Iowa women business to sustain economic development and family and many friends in celebrating his life. leaders whose leadership in business and recreational use of National Forest

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:20 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\M29JA8.000 E29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with REMARKS Monday, January 29, 2018 Daily Digest Senate of Minnesota, to be United States Circuit Judge for Chamber Action the Eighth Circuit. Pages S546–48 Routine Proceedings, pages S527–S556 During consideration of this nomination today, Measures Introduced: Five bills and two resolu- Senate also took the following action: tions were introduced, as follows: S. 2349–2353, and By 57 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 26), Senate S. Res. 384–385. Page S549 agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination. Page S545 Measures Passed: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached pro- Joint Session of Congress: Senate agreed to H. viding that notwithstanding the provisions of Rule Con. Res. 101, providing for a joint session of Con- XXII, Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination gress to receive a message from the President. at 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, January 30, 2018. Page S554 Page S554 Measures Considered: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached pro- viding for further consideration of the nomination, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Sen- post-cloture, at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, ate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed January 30, 2018; and that all time during recess, to consideration of S. 2311, to amend title 18, adjournment, morning business, and Leader remarks United States Code, to protect pain-capable unborn count post-cloture on the nomination. Page S554 children. Pages S527–45 During consideration of this measure today, Senate Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the fol- also took the following action: lowing nomination: Gregory E. Maggs, of Virginia, to be a Judge of By 51 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 25), three-fifths the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having Forces for the term of fifteen years to expire on the voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion date prescribed by law. Pages S548, S556 to close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill. Page S545 Messages from the House: Page S549 ESCORT COMMITTEE—AGREEMENT: A Additional Cosponsors: Pages S549–50 unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: that the Presiding Officer of the Senate be author- Pages S550–53 ized to appoint a committee on the part of the Sen- ate to join with a like committee on the part of the Additional Statements: Pages S548–49 House of Representatives to escort the President of Privileges of the Floor: Page S553 the United States into the House Chamber for the Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. joint session to be held at 9 p.m., on Tuesday, Janu- (Total—26) Page S545 ary 30, 2018. Page S554 Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and ad- Washington’s Farewell Address—Agreement: A journed at 7:56 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan- unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing uary 30, 2018. (For Senate’s program, see the re- that notwithstanding the resolution of the Senate of marks of the Acting Majority Leader in today’s January 24, 1901, the traditional reading of Wash- Record on page S554.) ington’s Farewell Address take place on Monday, February 26, 2018, following the prayer and pledge; and that Senator Peters be recognized the deliver the Committee Meetings address. Page S554 (Committees not listed did not meet) Stras Nomination—Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of David Ryan Stras, No committee meetings were held. D93

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:09 Jan 30, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D29JA8.REC D29JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with DIGEST D94 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST January 29, 2018 House of Representatives Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he Chamber Action appointed Representative Johnson (LA) to act as Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 10 pub- Speaker pro tempore for today. Page H631 lic bills, H.R. 4886–4895; and 4 resolutions, H. Recess: The House recessed at 12:05 p.m. and re- Res. 715–718 were introduced. Pages H676–77 convened at 2 p.m. Page H632 Additional Cosponsors: Pages H677–78 Recess: The House recessed at 2:08 p.m. and recon- Reports Filed:Reports were filed today as follows: vened at 5 p.m. Page H633 H.R. 2255, to clarify that nonprofit organizations may accept donated mortgage appraisals, and for Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules other purposes (H. Rept. 115–528); and pass the following measures: H.R. 4792, to amend the Securities Exchange Act Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse of 1934 to expand access to capital for small busi- Act: S. 534, amended, to prevent the sexual abuse nesses affected by hurricanes or other natural disas- of minors and amateur athletes by requiring the ters, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 115–529); prompt reporting of sexual abuse to law enforcement H.R. 1426, to amend the Home Owners’ Loan authorities, by a 2⁄3 yea-and-nay vote of 406 yeas to Act to allow Federal savings associations to elect to 3 nays, Roll No. 45; Pages H633–43, H652–53 operate as national banks, and for other purposes (H. Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Rept. 115–530); Easy Act: H.R. 1457, amended, to establish require- H.R. 4281, to amend the Securities Exchange Act ments for use of a driver’s license or personal identi- of 1934 to expand access to capital for rural-area fication card by certain financial institutions for small businesses, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 115–531); opening an account or obtaining a financial product or service, by a 2⁄3 yea-and-nay vote of 397 yeas to H.R. 219, to correct the Swan Lake hydroelectric project survey boundary and to provide for the con- 8 nays, Roll No. 46; Pages H644–45, H653–54 veyance of the remaining tract of land within the Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility corrected survey boundary to the State of Alaska (H. Act: H.R. 1426, to amend the Home Owners’ Loan Rept. 115–532); Act to allow Federal savings associations to elect to H.R. 2711, to designate a National Memorial to operate as national banks; Pages H645–47 Fallen Educators at the National Teachers Hall of Housing Opportunities Made Easier Act: H.R. Fame in Emporia, Kansas, with an amendment (H. 2255, amended, to clarify that nonprofit organiza- Rept. 115–533); tions may accept donated mortgage appraisals; and H.R. 3058, to redesignate the Jefferson National Pages H647–50 Expansion Memorial in the State of Missouri as the ‘‘Gateway Arch National Park’’ (H. Rept. 115–534); Small Business Access to Capital After a Nat- H.R. 443, to direct the Secretary of the Interior ural Disaster Act: H.R. 4792, to amend the Securi- to study the suitability and feasibility of designating ties Exchange Act of 1934 to expand access to cap- the James K. Polk Home in Columbia, Tennessee, as ital for small businesses affected by hurricanes or a unit of the National Park System, and for other other natural disasters. Pages H654–55 purposes (H. Rept. 115–535); Suspension—Proceedings Postponed: The House H.R. 2630, to authorize the Secretary of the Inte- debated the following measure under suspension of rior to convey certain land to La Paz County, Ari- the rules. Further proceedings were postponed. zona, and for other purposes, with an amendment Financial Institution Living Will Improvement (H. Rept. 115–536); and Act: H.R. 4292, amended, to reform the living will H. Res. 714, providing for consideration of the process under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 695) o amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to estab- and Consumer Protection Act. Pages H650–52 lish a national criminal history background check Congressional Award Board—Appointment system and criminal history review program for cer- Withdrawal: The Chair announced the Speaker’s tain individuals who, related to their employment, withdrawal of the appointment of the following in- have access to children, the elderly, or individuals dividual to the Congressional Award Board on Janu- with disabilities, and for other purposes (H. Rept. ary 25, 2018: Mr. Steve Hart of Washington, DC. 115–537). Page H676 Page H657

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There were no Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to quorum calls. hold hearings to examine the Financial Stability Over- sight Council Annual Report to Congress, 10 a.m., Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and ad- SD–538. journed at 9:56 p.m. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold hearings to examine opportunities to support domes- Committee Meetings tic seafood through aquaculture, 10 a.m., SR–253. Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the SENATE AMENDMENTS TO THE CHILD American Innovation and Competitiveness Act one year PROTECTION IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 2017 later, 2:30 p.m., SR–253. Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business Senate amendments to H.R. 695, the ‘‘Child Protec- meeting to consider subcommittee assignments for the Second Session of the 115th Congress, and the nomina- tion Improvements Act of 2017’’ [Department of tions of Melissa F. Burnison, of Kentucky, to be an As- Defense Appropriations Act, 2018]. The Committee sistant Secretary of Energy (Congressional and Intergov- granted, by record vote of 8–4, a rule providing for ernmental Affairs), Susan Combs, of Texas, to be an As- the consideration of the Senate amendments to H.R. sistant Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Douglas Nelson, of 695. The rule makes in order a single motion offered Idaho, to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or and Anne Marie White, of Michigan, to be an Assistant his designee that the House concur in the Senate Secretary of Energy (Environmental Management); to be amendment to the title and concur in the Senate immediately followed an oversight hearing to examine the amendment to the text with an amendment con- role of the Geological Survey and the Forest Service in sisting of the text of Rules Committee Print preparing for and responding to natural hazard events, as 115–56. The rule waives all points of order against well as the current status of mapping and monitoring sys- consideration of the motion and provides that it tems, 10 a.m., SD–366. shall not be subject to a demand for division of the Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold an question. The rule provides that the Senate amend- oversight hearing to examine testimony from the Admin- ments and the motion shall be considered as read. istrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., The rule provides one hour of debate on the motion SD–406. equally divided and controlled by the chair and Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to exam- ranking minority member of the Committee on Ap- ine the economic relationship between the United States, propriations. Testimony was heard from Representa- Canada, and Mexico, 2:30 p.m., SD–419. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to tives Granger, Visclosky, and Polis. hold hearings to examine reauthorizing the Higher Edu- BUSINESS MEETING cation Act, focusing on accountability and risk to tax- payers, 10 a.m., SD–430. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Full Com- Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Se- mittee held a business meeting to consider pending curity, to hold hearings to examine small business health Committee business and other matters. A vote to plans, 3:30 p.m., SD–430. call to the attention of the entire House, classified Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed brief- executive session material passed; amendments were ing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH–219. considered and voted on; and a vote to publicly dis- close the material contained in a classified executive House session memo, as made available to the entire House Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing of Representatives on January 18, 2018, passed. This entitled ‘‘Readying the U.S. Military for Future Warfare’’, meeting was closed. 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn. Committee on the Budget, Full Committee, hearing enti- Joint Meetings tled ‘‘CBO Oversight: Organizational and Operational No joint committee meetings were held. Structure’’, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.

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Circuit, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation of the Subcommittee on Energy, markup on H.R. 3477, the nomination at 2:15 p.m. ‘‘Ceiling Fan Energy Conservation Harmonization Act’’, 1 During the balance of the week, Senate may con- p.m., 2322 Rayburn. sider any cleared legislative and executive business. Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Finan- cial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled Senate Committees ‘‘Examining Opportunities and Challenges in the Finan- (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) cial Technology (‘‘Fintech’’) Marketplace’’, 10 a.m., 2128 Committee on Armed Services: January 30, to hold hear- Rayburn. ings to examine the situation on the Korean Peninsula Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing and United States strategy in the Indo-Pacific region, 10 entitled ‘‘Following the Money: How Human Traffickers a.m., SH–216. Exploit U.S. Financial Markets’’, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Janu- Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Trans- ary 30, to hold hearings to examine the Financial Sta- portation and Protective Security; and Subcommittee on bility Oversight Council Annual Report to Congress, 10 Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications, a.m., SD–538. joint hearing entitled ‘‘Securing Our Surface Transpor- Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Janu- tation Systems: Examining the Department of Homeland ary 30, to hold hearings to examine opportunities to sup- Security’s Role in Surface Transportation Technologies’’, 2 port domestic seafood through aquaculture, 10 a.m., p.m., HVC–210. SR–253. Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, markup on January 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to exam- H.R. 3808, the ‘‘Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2017’’, ine the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act 11:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn. one year later, 2:30 p.m., SR–253. Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: January 30, Lands, hearing on H.R. 4532, the ‘‘Shash Ja´a National business meeting to consider subcommittee assignments Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act’’, for the Second Session of the 115th Congress, and the 10:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth. nominations of Melissa F. Burnison, of Kentucky, to be Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Com- an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Congressional and Inter- mittee, hearing entitled ‘‘Department of Energy: Manage- governmental Affairs), Susan Combs, of Texas, to be an ment and Priorities’’, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn. Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Douglas Nelson, Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing of Idaho, to be Solicitor of the Department of the Inte- entitled ‘‘Small Business Information Sharing: Combating rior, and Anne Marie White, of Michigan, to be an As- Foreign Cyber Threats’’, 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn. sistant Secretary of Energy (Environmental Management); Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Sub- to be immediately followed an oversight hearing to exam- committee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, ine the role of the Geological Survey and the Forest Serv- hearing entitled ‘‘Examination of Reports on the El Faro ice in preparing for and responding to natural hazard events, as well as the current status of mapping and mon- Marine Casualty and Coast Guard’s Electronic Health itoring systems, 10 a.m., SD–366. Records’’, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. Committee on Environment and Public Works: January 30, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Full Committee, hearing to hold an oversight hearing to examine testimony from entitled ‘‘Appeals Reform: Will VA’s Implementation Ef- the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen- fectively Serve Veterans?’’, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon. cy, 10 a.m., SD–406. Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Over- Committee on Foreign Relations: January 30, to hold hear- sight, hearing entitled ‘‘Member Day Hearing on Legisla- ings to examine the economic relationship between the tion to Improve Tax Administration’’, 2 p.m., 1100 United States, Canada, and Mexico, 2:30 p.m., SD–419. Longworth. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Jan- uary 30, to hold hearings to examine reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, focusing on accountability and risk to taxpayers, 10 a.m., SD–430. January 30, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Re- tirement Security, to hold hearings to examine small business health plans, 3:30 p.m., SD–430.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 10 a.m., Tuesday, January 30 10 a.m., Tuesday, January 30

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Tuesday: Senate will continue consider- Program for Tuesday: Consideration of the Senate ation of the nomination of David Ryan Stras, of Min- Amendments to H.R. 695—Department of Defense Ap- nesota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth propriations Act, 2018 (Subject to a Rule). Joint Session Circuit, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation of the with the Senate to receive the State of the Union Address nomination at 2:15 p.m. from the President of the United States. (Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. for their respective party conferences.) (Senators will gather in the Senate Chamber at 8:20 p.m. and proceed as a body to the Hall of the House of Representa- tives at 8:25 p.m., to receive a State of the Union Address from the President.)

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Matsui, Doris O., Calif., E103, E107 Shuster, Bill, Pa., E102 McCaul, Michael T., Tex., E102, E104, E107 Smith, Lamar, Tex., E103 Banks, Jim, Ind., E107 McCollum, Betty, Minn., E106 Swalwell, Eric, Calif., E105 Comstock, Barbara, Va., E109 Olson, Pete, Tex., E101, E103, E104, E105, E105, E106, Thompson, Bennie G., Miss., E106 Cooper, Jim, Tenn., E105 E108 Tipton, Scott R., Colo., E102 Correa, J. Luis, Calif., E101 Poe, Ted, Tex., E101, E108 Costa, Jim, Calif., E109 Rice, Kathleen M., N.Y., E101 Westerman, Bruce, Ark., E106 Handel, Karen C., Ga., E103 Rogers, Mike, Ala., E101, E104, E106 Young, David, Iowa, E108, E108, E108, E109, E109, E109, LaHood, Darin, Ill., E103 Ryan, Tim, Ohio, E103, E107 E109, E110, E110, E110 Lofgren, Zoe, Calif., E104 Schiff, Adam B., Calif., E104

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