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Vol. 159 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2013 No. 146 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was ing needless disruption on the lives and 140 million fewer people, when there called to order by the Speaker pro tem- costs to the taxpayers—billions of dol- was one-third the number of senior pore (Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan). lars. citizens. f It appears that the public has had a Regardless, their pleas to negotiate hard time figuring all of this out, but ought to mean that they stop refusing DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO has understandably concluded that to negotiate with the Senate about the TEMPORE most of the blame is due to the Repub- budget. If they are serious and not cyn- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- lican crusade against health care re- ical, they will appoint their conference fore the House the following commu- form and their reckless choice of tac- committees and stop 6 months of stall- nication from the Speaker: tics. ing. WASHINGTON, DC, Is it possible that something con- Let’s debate whether, at a time of re- October 15, 2013. structive can come from the Tea Party trenchment at the Pentagon, we really I hereby appoint the Honorable BILL debacle? Absolutely. Maybe we can do need to spend two-thirds of a trillion HUIZENGA to act as Speaker pro tempore on our job and look for areas of potential dollars over the next 10 years on nu- this day. agreement. clear weapons we don’t need and can- JOHN A. BOEHNER, Last week, PAUL RYAN and I contin- not use for American security. Ninety Speaker of the House of Representatives. ued a long-standing partnership on ag- percent of the expensive, dangerous f ricultural reform. We led a debate stockpile is unnecessary for even the showing the will of the House to limit MORNING-HOUR DEBATE most ardent believer in nuclear deter- subsidy for the terribly flawed and ex- rence. It has just morphed into a gro- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- pensive crop insurance program by tesque jobs program. ant to the order of the House of Janu- slightly reducing the lavish subsidies Should America sign away its min- ary 3, 2013, the Chair will now recog- to the largest agribusinesses. It is not eral wealth to foreign companies for nize Members from lists submitted by the final answer by any means. There free? Before we cut investments in our the majority and minority leaders for is no guarantee the Ag conferees will people and our future, maybe we should morning-hour debate. pay attention to the will of the House, reexamine the Mining Act of 1872, The Chair will alternate recognition but it is a clear area in that we can re- which remains on the books exactly as between the parties, with each party duce spending and improve programs it was signed into law by President limited to 1 hour and each Member for most farmers and ranchers. Ulysses S. Grant. other than the majority and minority Maybe we could find bipartisan These are areas worthy not just of leaders and the minority whip limited agreement that we should not slash in- debate but of real, honest negotiation to 5 minutes each, but in no event shall frastructure spending even further. and compromise and action. We can debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. Let’s have a hearing before the House agree on areas to get more value for f Ways and Means Committee and ex- the taxpayer, help those who need it plore how to fund the transportation most, not those who need it least, and LOOK FOR AREAS OF POTENTIAL bill that expires in 348 days and creates allow the process of government to AGREEMENT a devastating infrastructure cliff. work. If you try in good faith, the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The If people are concerned about the def- American system of government is not Chair recognizes the gentleman from icit and government spending, maybe as bad as it looks. Oregon (Mr. BLUMENAUER) for 5 min- the House could finish work on its own f utes. spending bills. My Republican friends Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, it shut down the appropriations process THE TIME FOR SOLUTIONS IS NOW is slowly dawning on some of my Re- more than 2 months ago. It might be The SPEAKER pro tempore. The publican colleagues, who were so glee- instructive, before demanding more re- Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from ful about shutting down the govern- ductions in funding services, to see if North Carolina (Ms. FOXX) for 5 min- ment 2 weeks ago, that there will be no they can actually pass their own utes. reward for not ruining the economy. version of the budget. If they can’t, Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, the time for Some think they should get a prize maybe they would reconsider taking solutions is now. The American people when they stop the senseless punish- government spending down to the lev- expect their elected leaders to come to ment of the American people, paying els of 1962, which is what their budget the table, work together, and put peo- our employees not to work, and inflict- program requires, when America had ple above politics.

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Every time it they were counting on. only that, they then helped coordinate has been reviewed, with some of the Today is also 2 days shy of the dead- its voyage. Her family’s ancestors have nearly 13,000 pages of rules and regula- line when America might reach its served in nearly every war in this tions, guess what has happened? The $16.7 trillion debt limit. House Repub- country—in the Revolutionary War, cost estimate has gone up. Now licans, as we have for weeks, will con- the War of 1812, the Civil War, both ObamaCare is a $2.6 trillion program. tinue to offer bipartisan common World Wars—and just recently, she So what we are looking at is a near tri- ground to reopen government and pro- welcomed home her son from Iraq. pling in cost before the program goes tect America’s credit rating. Dorothy said it better than I ever into effect. This is why we continue to More than 70 Senators are on record could myself. She said—and these are say, as we look at fiscal health, fiscal as opposing ObamaCare’s medical de- her exact words—‘‘All of my fore- restraint, you have to look at what is vice tax. Let’s put that tax on hold and fathers would be ashamed of what has happening with the cost projections on reopen government. been going on in this country today.’’ ObamaCare. She went on to say, ‘‘What happened to It is not very fair that Members of Now, for those of us from my State of a government by the people, for the Congress receive special help to pay for Tennessee, this is something that is people?’’ and then said, ‘‘What I want ObamaCare that isn’t available to oth- not new to us. We had the test case for to see is what my forebearers have ers. Let’s remove the special treatment HillaryCare in our State. It is called fought for: equality, job creation, and reopen government. TennCare. What happened with the honor, and respect. They are owed that It is not right that the American peo- TennCare program was it ended up much.’’ ple are on the hook to provide health quadrupling in cost in a period of 5 care subsidies to individuals whose in- We have the votes right now—right here—to reopen our government. We years. comes might not even qualify. Let’s de- Now, this causes us a little bit of mand accountability for taxpayer dol- can end this madness and go back to governing our country the way we concern because we look at what has lars and reopen government. happened with the cost of government- Since the shutdown began, bipartisan should be governing our country. Dorothy’s family and so many other managed and -delivered health care majorities in the House of Representa- services. Well, let’s take a look at tives have voted to reopen government families throughout our country are, indeed, owed that much. Medicare and where it was supposed to services and spare North Carolinians be in 1968 and then what has happened f from Washington’s dysfunction. We with its costs. You can look at these voted to open our parks and memorials DEFICIT SPENDING AND THE lines, the red line. because their closures are punitive, and AFFORDABLE CARE ACT These are on my Web site for our col- they should never be disrespected by a The SPEAKER pro tempore. The leagues that would like to go and look theater of barricades. Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from at the Web site. We agree National Institutes of Tennessee (Mrs. BLACKBURN) for 5 min- You can see what happened in 1968, Health clinical trials should continue, utes. and the red line shows where it has so we voted to fund NIH. Similarly, we Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, I grown to today. For something that voted to ensure pay for all veterans appreciate being recognized for the was to end up being about $12 billion a and to restore FEMA, the FDA, Head time, and I appreciate the recognition year, we are now spending over $400 bil- Start, and the WIC program, among that this Chamber and my colleagues lion a year on. You can see what were others; but most of our proposals to get are putting on the issues before us. to be the projections here on this bot- government functioning again face As we look at Federal spending, what tom line, and you see how far it has ex- Senate inaction and White House veto we have to do is say: What is causing ceeded its projections. So because of threats. us to be in a position where we are bor- this, we are quite concerned with the The our-way-or-the-highway mind- rowing $2 billion a day? And if we are growth and the projections of growth set must stop. The challenges we face borrowing $2 billion a day, we have to for ObamaCare. as a Nation require bipartisan solu- ask: Is that a sustainable practice and Look at the track record of govern- tions. Both parties need to work to- something that we as a Nation can con- ment spending. Do programs generally gether to reopen government and man- tinue? Of course the answer to that is, age our debt. no, it is not sustainable. Therefore, we come in below their estimates? No. House Republicans remain com- have to look at what is causing us to They generally exceed those estimates. mitted to responsible, bipartisan solu- spend more money than we are taking So we continue to be very concerned tions to end the shutdown and defend in, and one of the things that is at the about what will happen with the cost our credit rating. We hope our counter- top of that list that is too expensive to of ObamaCare and the impact this is parts in the Senate are as well. afford is the ObamaCare program, the going to have on our $3.5-trillion-a- year budget, and we continue to say: f Affordable Care Act. What I would like to do today is We have to review this; it is too expen- THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN’S focus my comments on what we are sive to afford; and does it fit into what HUMAN CONSEQUENCES seeing from the Affordable Care Act the American taxpayer is willing to The SPEAKER pro tempore. The and what has happened with the cost of pay for? Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from this program and why it has become Because every penny we spend here Illinois (Mrs. BUSTOS) for 5 minutes. too expensive to afford and why we in Washington, D.C., comes out of the Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise have to talk about it and focus on it taxpayers’ pockets from money that today to again speak about the human and put it on the table as we talk about they have earned and then have paid in consequences of this reckless and irra- what our Nation spends. taxes, sent to Washington, they expect tional government shutdown. We have Now, we all remember supposedly us to be very careful stewards of those now reached day 15 of this foolishness. ObamaCare, the Affordable Care Act, dollars. Each day, I spend time speaking with was going to be a $900 billion program, Before my time expires, Mr. Speaker, people from my congressional district roughly, that was to give access to af- I just want to point out one other con- who are suffering through this through fordable health insurance for those who cern that we have with the exchanges no fault of their own. Dorothy Lara, didn’t have access to health insurance, and the way they are going to handle from Rockford, Illinois, shared the but let’s look at what has happened. information. Six hundred million dol- story of her family’s history and their This was the estimate: under a tril- lars to build a computer system that truly deep connection and commitment lion dollars, $900 billion, when the pro- doesn’t work and doesn’t protect the

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Now we are $17 November 16, 1983, ‘‘Dear Howard.’’ Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from trillion in debt and are headed to $25 Howard was the majority leader, How- Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE) for 5 minutes. trillion in less than a decade under the Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I ard Baker. ‘‘This letter is to ask for best case scenario. Those are figures place a loving picture of a little one your help and support and that of your that are humanly incomprehensible; and the excitement that comes from a colleagues on the passage of an in- yet our estimates of our future un- Head Start program to emphasize my crease in the limit on the public debt.’’ funded pension liabilities are much, story this morning and the discussion I Signed, Ronald Reagan. want to raise this morning for a brief much higher. They are, probably, at amount of time. It is a misrepresentation to suggest least $75 trillion or more. All of us have seen those western that this is a political stunt. Raising The nonpartisan Congressional Budg- movies where the train is rushing down the debt ceiling has been done year et Office is the one that has put out the track and coming to a point where after year to pay the Nation’s bills. these estimates, and they estimated re- the tracks are no more. Black-and- While countries like our friends like cently that interest on the national white television, we used to sit on the China are pushing forward by saying debt will quadruple in less than 10 edge of our seats, wondering what maybe you don’t need to rely upon years to an astounding $857 billion in would happen. For the aesthetics of the America, which the world does because just 1 year. If we allow that to happen, movie, we would see that train fall into their currency is not flowing in the the Federal Government could then a deep abyss, people screaming out of world cycle, we are watching while pay only for Social Security, Medicare, the window or some takeaway that Rome is burning. So I am asking my Medicaid, and interest on the debt— nothing for defense, national parks, doesn’t see the final crash, or maybe it colleagues to be responsible. does. interstate highways, and so forth. Ob- So as I listen to my friends on the First, they could have put the Senate viously, future Congresses cannot or other side this morning, it seems as if proposal of a short-term CR on the would not allow that to happen, so I were watching that same movie. floor days ago, weeks ago. So now we they will then come in with a combina- Today is October 15, the 15th day of a have a proposal that many of us will tion of huge tax increases and a tre- government shutdown. probably find challenging to vote for, mendous inflation of the currency. Mr. Speaker, we are in crisis, and but I am ready to listen; and I am dis- The fight we are in now is over a lot there are those who are rising to the appointed that our friends are not real- more than the ‘‘Unaffordable Care floor of the House to misrepresent to izing the devastation that is happening Act.’’ It is a battle for the economic the American people some discussion with the government shutdown. survival of this Nation. Anyone who wants their Social Security or their about ObamaCare, which is working As a member of the House Judiciary Federal or military pensions in order every day in this Nation. Albeit as Committee, it troubles me to hear that to be able to buy anything—or buy Medicare and Medicare part D, we all James Comey, the Director of the FBI, much at all in the very near future— need to sit down and knuckle down and has said that he has laid off 3,000 peo- look at ways that we can make it work should be demanding much more fiscal ple—3,000 FBI agents who are in the better for the American people. conservatism now. We either bite some But we are in crisis today, and I midst of law enforcement for America. very painful bullets now or we face think it is important to know that What kind of country are we? much more difficult times in the very there are thousands of Head Start Judges—the Federal courts are say- near future that will make our present teachers and Head Start positions for ing they don’t know if they are going problems look small in comparison. We little ones like my good friend here, to be able to go past October 15. could end up with problems like De- the son of Marlon. He is Hector, who is The greatest insult is the payments troit has now, but multiplied all across not able to be in a Head Start program that are due the American people on this Nation. right now today. President Obama, when he was in the Social Security and veterans’ benefits For my friends, let me say that we Senate, opposed raising the debt ceil- that may be in jeopardy on November 1 have reason to be able to engage in a ing and said we shouldn’t do it to our if we don’t do the work that we are reasonable solution, a responsible solu- children and our grandchildren; and tion. Where are they in coming to- sent here to do. when we are in this war now over this gether to make sure that we don’t de- So I would ask my friends to lower spending, this battle for the economic fault in the next 24 hours? Maybe I the discord. Let’s not wave Confederate survival of our Nation, Mr. Speaker, should educate them with a little flags in front of the White House, surely we do not want to ruin the fu- graph that shows that, in actuality, something that burns in my heart—in- ture of our children and our grand- the debt-to-GNP under President dividuals that want to divide America. children. Obama has actually gone down, mean- Let’s not call the President what is a f ing the debt has gone down. faith that we should be respecting. THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN The sizable increase in the debt was Let’s not denigrate ourselves by sug- AND POTENTIAL DEFAULT in the past administration, of Presi- gesting that our President worships dent Bush, under Afghanistan and Allah, but it is not denigrating the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Iraq—everyone knows that—with a Re- President as much as it is denigrating Chair recognizes the gentleman from publican-dominated Congress, a Repub- millions of Americans who are Mus- Connecticut (Mr. HIMES) for 5 minutes. Mr. HIMES. Mr. Speaker, I rise on lican President, a war that many did lims. I am outraged that we would this 15th day of the government shut- not like, but no one saw the Democrats raise it to this temperature. try to shut the government down. Why down, a shutdown which has put hun- don’t they acknowledge where this So, Mr. Speaker, all I can say is let dreds of thousands of Americans out of original debt has accelerated itself? us be in the spirit of Abraham Lincoln, work, that will have untold damage on So now we want to move forward and who wanted to bring America together, what is already a hesitant economic re- invest in American infrastructure, and and let us pass a reasonable response to covery; and I rise as we contemplate they are crying about giving Ameri- the government shutdown. Let’s not be the last maybe 24, 36 hours before an cans affordable health care. Where is talking about imploding or tearing this event unprecedented in American his- the reason? country down. tory: the possibility that, for the first

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Here we stand on the cusp of plement health care reform in the Af- ment. saying to the world that you can no fordable Care Act won and beat the one What has it profited anybody? Sev- longer rely on the full faith and credit who said he would repeal it by 5 mil- enty-four percent of Americans dis- of the United States Government. lion votes. Those are not the reasons approve of the way the Republican ma- Folks, I used to work in finance, and we stand here. jority has handled this. Democrats there is nothing in finance—there is no We stand here because we have little could not have dreamed of a better share of stock, there is no bond, there kids and seniors and hardworking plan to cut the ground out from under is no income-producing property, there Americans who go bankrupt when they the Republicans. is no asset out there—whose value get sick, who sometimes are denied ac- This week, the International Mone- doesn’t rest on the unalterable propo- cess to care which results in loss of tary Fund met here in Washington, and sition that the United States Treasury life. That is why we said no. We said we global leader after global leader stood is risk free. But the House majority is can talk about a lot of things—we can up and basically said: What has become saying, first of all, that that may not negotiate on anything you want—but of the United States? How can you be be true, that maybe a default is not a we are not going to say, if we repeal, so irresponsible? How can this one in- big problem. Maybe it can be managed. delay, defund the Affordable Care Act, dispensable Nation now be a laughing- It never happened before, but maybe it then you will do what it is your duty to stock? can be managed. This bedrock, I like to do, which is to open the government. My constituents are certainly dis- say in doing finance without the con- So my friends in the Republican cau- turbed. I had a conversation with one cept of a risk-free rate, is like trying to cus knew that—you know what?—the of them, a guy I have known for prob- do physics without gravity. Nobody American public is on to our game. We ably 25 years now, and he said: Explain knows what it means, and we are put- are trying to do everything we can to to me what is going on in Washington. ting this at risk. trick people into thinking it is not The Republicans, Senator CRUZ, the So I plead for sanity, and I point out really us who are being obstructionists, House majority are demanding a nego- the fact that there are very real costs. extortionists, hostage takers. We don’t tiation. The Macroeconomic Advisers, a re- want people to believe that is really us I said: Yes, they are demanding a ne- search firm, has said that the last cou- doing it. So, you know what? We have gotiation. They are using the shutdown ple of years have resulted in 900,000 got to say something else. We have got and the debt ceiling as leverage to jobs not being created because of this to do something else. achieve their goals. constant hostage taking, this idea that Many of you, Mr. Speaker, who were He said: What are those goals? we are going to run the country by cri- listening heard a very interesting dia- It started out with a repeal of the Af- sis. Almost 1 million American jobs are logue that occurred—and you can look fordable Care Act—that is where Sen- not there because this Congress has it up on YouTube—between Senator done that. ator CRUZ started a couple of weeks RAND PAUL and Senator MITCH MCCON- Colleagues, the American people de- ago—and then it moved on to we want NELL, in which they were sort of gam- serve better. It is time at this moment Congress to not have its employer con- ing out what words they should use and to come together, to be responsible, tribution; and then it moved on to sim- how they should sort of reposition and to do right by the country. ply talk to us; and then there was a themselves to look reasonable, to say, long list of things—we want the XL f oh, let’s negotiate, let’s negotiate, pipeline approved; we want the Afford- REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT AND when, in fact, they knew that their po- able Care Act delayed for 2 years—a PAY OUR COUNTRY’S DEBTS sition was to defund the Affordable long, long list of policy wishes that the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Care Act. They started saying things Republicans have said they want in Chair recognizes the gentleman from like, Negotiate. Let’s negotiate. They this negotiation. Minnesota (Mr. ELLISON) for 5 minutes. even came up with this hash tag, Let’s And my friend says: So what do you Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Speaker, I think talk. get? What do the Democrats get? If you it is so important as we come here The bottom line is it was 6 months build the XL pipeline—whatever it is— today to take us back where this whole ago when we wanted to talk—and we and if you give them five of the things shutdown-debt ceiling crisis began, and still do—but we are not going to say we they want, what do you get? Do you that is when my colleagues on the are going to get rid of the Affordable get investment in roads and railways other side of the aisle said that we will Care Act and put millions of Americans and networks? not open and fund the government, we back in jeopardy, and then as a condi- I said: No, we don’t get that. will not pass a continuing resolution tion of doing that you will reopen the Do you get a commitment to improve unless you repeal, defund, delay the Af- government. the education of America’s children? fordable Care Act. What they are trying to do, Mr. No, no, we don’t get that. That was their mantra. They were Speaker, is to say, in exchange for Do you get something that pretty standing at those microphones right throwing people off health care, they much most Americans think is a good over there. They were gleeful; they will then do their job. In exchange for idea, which is some kind of comprehen- were pounding the table; and they were putting people back at the tender mer- sive immigration reform? really thinking that—you know cies of an insurance company, they will I said: No, we don’t get that. do their job. He said: Well, what do you get? What what?—the Democrats are willing to go Now, Mr. Speaker, things have got- do you get in this negotiation? back to a day when Americans were fil- ing for bankruptcy because they got ten really bad because the fact is we b 1030 sick or got injured. They really be- are only a few days—we are two days— I said: All we get is that the govern- lieved we were going to allow America away from when the Treasury has said ment runs. to go back to a day when you couldn’t they cannot engage in extraordinary Really? The government runs. That get insurance if you had a preexisting measures anymore, that they cannot is what Democrats get in this negotia- condition. They thought we were going negotiate America’s bills anymore, and tion? to return to a time when we weren’t on October 17 it is D-day. We have got Yes. trying to address this big doughnut to do something or bad things are He said: That is not a negotiation. hole that they created with Medicare going to happen. I said: That is exactly right. That is part D. As Mr. HIMES pointed out, no one not a negotiation. That is something We told them, it is not because we really knows everything that is going more akin to extortion. spent so much time on it, that it is not to happen because no Congress in the

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Yet all of a sud- tinuing to grope for overreaching con- money, not because we are not good for den, 3 weeks into this crisis, the goal- cessions and fig leafs, cut your losses. it, but because their political ideology posts are moving. It is not so much Admit that this scorched-Earth poli- dictates that, so they are sacrificing about ObamaCare. Sometimes it is in, tics of obstruction—this war against our Nation. and sometimes it is out on their list of the very government that you were Here is what is going to happen. We demands. What about the deficit and sent here to govern—is a bad idea. Let don’t know all, but we do know a few the debt? Sometimes that is part of the us vote on solutions to end this crisis. things. We know there will be higher stated reason for this manufactured We don’t even need an apology for all interest rates and less access to busi- crisis. of the damage you have caused—for the ness loans needed to finance payrolls. Back to ObamaCare. There is no $160 million a day that has undermined We know the businesses that want to question about it that the CBO says our economic recovery and economic build inventories and invest in equip- that moving forward with the Afford- losses from this shutdown. We don’t ment and in construction are going to able Care Act will actually improve our even need an apology for the thousands face higher interest rates. It is going to deficit, will actually help us better of Federal employees indefinitely fur- cost more to do that. We know it is es- manage our long-term debt. We know loughed, for the national parks and for- timated that there are about 3.4 mil- that there are all sorts of things that ests that have been shuttered, for the lion veterans who may see their dis- we could do together if reducing the loans to farmers and families, who are ability benefits in jeopardy. We will see deficit and managing our debt was the trying to purchase homes, that have catastrophic economic effects to our goal. For example, we could pass bipar- been held up. We don’t need you to economy. We could see the average tisan comprehensive immigration re- apologize for halting lifesaving re- home buyer pay an extra $100 a month. form, which again the CBO tells us search, for any of that. Mr. Speaker, I will just close by say- would lower our deficits, lower our na- Just let us vote to end this crisis. If ing this: we have to get our business in tional debt, but that doesn’t seem to you don’t, don’t bother apologizing, be- order, and I urge Republican moderates really be what this Republican-manu- cause the American people will never to join with us to reopen the govern- factured crisis is all about. forgive the damage you have done to ment and to pay this country’s debts. It calls to mind the farewell address this country and to our standing in the f of our first President—the Founder of world. LET US VOTE our country, George Washington—who The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- warned about political parties who The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bers are reminded to direct their re- Chair recognizes the gentleman from were at war with their own govern- marks to the Chair. ment. He warned about factions that California (Mr. HUFFMAN) for 5 min- f utes. were driven to defeat other factions by RECESS Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, this is the spirit of revenge and dissension and a critical moment for the 113th Con- how that itself would become a fright- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- gress of the United States. We have an ful form of despotism. ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair opportunity to let this House work its Mr. Speaker, it seems to me that we declares the House in recess until noon will, to end the government shutdown, are walking very close to that awful today. to protect the full faith and credit of scenario that our first President dread- Accordingly (at 10 o’clock and 42 our country, to show the whole world ed. Now we are hearing a bit of good minutes a.m.), the House stood in re- that after a 3-week bout with insanity, news from the other House that Sen- cess. ator REID and Senator MCCONNELL are the duly elected Representatives of the f people in this Congress finally came to close to a bipartisan agreement to help their senses. resolve this crisis. I have no doubt b 1200 there would be enough votes in this But I am concerned that that is not AFTER RECESS where we are heading here in the 11th House to pass that kind of agreement. hour of this crisis as we approach the So to my Republican friends, let us The recess having expired, the House precipice of the debt ceiling and the vote on that deal or, even better, let us was called to order by the Speaker at prospect of default. Instead of working vote on the clean CR that has been noon. together to develop a budget that pending in this House for weeks that f could get us out of this crisis. It would would work for Americans, my col- PRAYER leagues across the aisle in the Repub- temporarily fund the government at lican Party continue to let reckless Republican funding levels while we Reverend Andrew Hofer, OP, Domini- ideologues drive their agenda and drive work on a longer-term budget solution. can House of Studies, Washington, all of us further into a national crisis. Let us vote. D.C., offered the following prayer: I have the honor of serving on the It seems to me that the GOP needs to All powerful and merciful God, we Budget Committee; and along with simply take ‘‘yes’’ for an answer, allow ask You to put forth Your spirit of Ranking Member VAN HOLLEN, the this House to work its will and get out blessings upon the world which You Democratic members of that com- of this crisis. Unfortunately, we have have freely made, this Nation, which mittee have been calling since the heard from Senator REID that there trusts in You, and upon all here on spring for a conference committee so were deals reached weeks ago. When Capitol Hill who turn to You. that we could actually work out a Speaker BOEHNER brought those deals We have been wrong and we have budget that could work for both parties back to this House, he found that the sinned. Give us all a share of Your wis- and for the American people, but the Tea Party faction in his caucus dom and Your mercy. Enlighten us so GOP leadership in this House has re- wouldn’t support him, and, instead, that we can turn from our error and fused to appoint conferees, has refused they chose to shut this government live by the power of Your truth. to go into that negotiation. Why did down and take us into this crisis. They Strengthened by You, may we stand they do that? Because they preferred did something worse than that. They united in necessary matters, acknowl- the strategy of taking us to this point, rigged the rules of this House with the edge liberty in doubtful matters, and into this crisis with the government so-called martial law that has pre- be charitable in all matters. shutdown, up to the edge of the cliff vented Democrats from offering any al- We ask this of You, the source of all with the possibility of default because ternatives, any off-ramps for this cri- unity, liberty, and charity, to whom be they wanted to maximize their lever- sis. They shut down the government, glory and honor now and forever. age. and they hardwired it to stay shut Amen.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 00:08 Oct 16, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15OC7.006 H15OCPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6600 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 15, 2013 THE JOURNAL House Republicans understand the To date, neither Senator nor any The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- risk at stake. That is why we support member of the Tea Party Caucus in ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- commonsense proposals that will avoid this House has publicly denounced ceedings and announces to the House national default and reopen the govern- these ugly, disgusting comments to- his approval thereof. ment’s doors. ward our President. I respectfully ask In conclusion, God bless our troops, Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- my friends across the aisle to do so. and we will never forget September the nal stands approved. We may disagree on many things in 11th in the global war on terrorism. Mr. HULTGREN. Mr. Speaker, pursu- this Chamber, but I sincerely believe ant to clause 1, rule I, I demand a vote f that no one in the Tea Party Caucus on agreeing to the Speaker’s approval STAND UP TO THE EXTREMISTS believes that this display outside the of the Journal. President’s house is acceptable. Con- (Mr. PASCRELL asked and was given demn this behavior. If you don’t and The SPEAKER. The question is on permission to address the House for 1 the Speaker’s approval of the Journal. you let it go, you are condoning it. minute.) ‘‘Out of many, one’’—‘‘E Pluribus The question was taken; and the Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise Unum.’’ As one America, let’s de- Speaker announced that the ayes ap- personally ashamed at the political nounce this. It is time to come to- peared to have it. sideshow in front of the White House gether. Mr. HULTGREN. Mr. Speaker, I ob- perpetrated by Ms. Palin and Senator ject to the vote on the ground that a CRUZ and his congressional allies. For f quorum is not present and make the Members to protest against the con- LET’S DEAL WITH OUR DEBT AND point of order that a quorum is not sequences of a shutdown they, them- OUR DEFICIT present. selves, caused is the height of hypoc- The SPEAKER. Pursuant to clause 8, (Mr. BERA of California asked and risy. The truth is we could pass a clean was given permission to address the rule XX, further proceedings on this continuing resolution today and get question will be postponed. House for 1 minute.) our government back to work. Mr. BERA of California. Mr. Speaker, The point of no quorum is considered I was outraged by some of the im- day No. 15. withdrawn. agery we saw from the Tea Partiers Today is day No. 15 of the govern- who were rallying in front of the White f ment shutdown. We are less than 48 House. Calling for the President’s im- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE hours away from defaulting on our peachment not a year after his reelec- The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman tion by a large majority of the Amer- bills. We have never done that in the from California (Mr. SWALWELL) come ican people and continued lies about history of the United States of Amer- forward and lead the House in the the President’s religion, including one ica. Pledge of Allegiance. participant saying, Put the Quran Mr. Speaker, if we don’t pay our Mr. SWALWELL of California led the down, have no place in civil discourse. bills, that would be reckless behavior Pledge of Allegiance as follows: But I was especially disturbed by the and that would be irresponsible. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the waving of the Confederate flag, a sym- But we are seeing some progress. United States of America, and to the Repub- bol of racial oppression, being waved at First, it seems like both the House lic for which it stands, one nation under God, our first African-American President. and the Senate have agreed to open up indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I call on my colleagues to condemn government until January 15. Let’s f this hateful rhetoric and to renounce make that happen. Second, it seems like both the House ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER these fringe voices within their coali- tion. and the Senate agree to lift the debt The SPEAKER. The Chair will enter- This is a shameful display of Mem- ceiling until February 7. Let’s make tain up to 15 requests for 1-minute bers on the other side of the aisle, and that happen. speeches on each side of the aisle. they ought to stand up—the majority— But let’s do step number three, which f to the extremists in their own party, as says, let’s set a budget process in place that negotiates a budget that starts to LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IS CRU- we have with our own party, and stop deal with our debt and our deficit so we CIAL TO REOPEN GOVERNMENT’S trying to hold the government and full can get out of this crisis mode and DOORS faith and credit of the United States Government hostage. start getting about the business of cre- (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina f ating jobs. asked and was given permission to ad- Mr. Speaker, now is the time for dress the House for 1 minute and to re- CONFEDERATE FLAG RALLY leadership. vise and extend his remarks.) (Mr. SWALWELL of California asked Mr. Speaker, we are close. Let’s get Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. and was given permission to address this done for the American people. Speaker, the Federal Government has the House for 1 minute and to revise f been shut down for 15 days. For 15 days, and extend his remarks.) the President and Senate Democrats Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. LET’S OPEN THE GOVERNMENT have made very few attempts to work Speaker, this shutdown is shining a (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was with the House to reopen the govern- light and showing the world some of given permission to address the House ment’s doors. Washington Democrats the extreme members of the Tea Party. for 1 minute.) have not been willing to meaningfully This weekend, Tea Party Senators TED Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, negotiate with House Republicans who CRUZ and MIKE LEE led a rally on the Abraham Lincoln offered these words: voted four times to avoid the fiscal cri- National Mall where one of their The rule of a minority as a permanent ar- sis. speakers, Freedom Watch founder rangement is wholly inadmissible so that re- Time is ticking. The people of South Larry Klayman, called on President jecting the minority principle, anarchy or Carolina’s Second Congressional Dis- Obama to ‘‘leave town, put the Quran despotism in some form is all that is left. trict are hurting due to Washington down, and come out with your hands I think we have come to the point of Democrats’ inability to engage in the up.’’ recognizing that it is important to rep- legislative process. On behalf of the Sa- The rally moved to the White House resent the majority of Americans, the vannah River Site employee in Aiken where Tea Partyers waved the Confed- majority of veterans, who in some who is at risk of additional cuts to his erate flag in front of the President’s short order may be questioning wheth- hardworking paycheck, and the young home. The picture is unnerving; it is er or not their veterans or their dis- family in Columbia who has been de- despicable; and it is not the same flag ability check or their family’s SSI or nied access to a medical trial that that we just pledged allegiance to in their mother’s Social Security will could potentially save their daughter’s this House. It does not depict an Amer- come in an appropriate time. life, we should reopen the government, ica whose seal reads: ‘‘E Pluribus The Secretary of the Veterans Ad- which promotes jobs. Unum’’—‘‘Out of many, one.’’ ministration already said that he has

VerDate Mar 15 2010 00:08 Oct 16, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15OC7.009 H15OCPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE October 15, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6601 had to discontinue overtime, slowing threat of being unable to pay Social payment on a Treasury bond, a check our review of benefit claims. This has Security and Medicare drug reimburse- due to a Social Security recipient, or led to delays for an average of 1,400 vet- ments to over 3,000 New Yorkers. money due to a Federal contractor so erans a day. Mr. Speaker, the argument by some they can pay their workers, would have I say to my colleagues, rather than in this Chamber that defaulting on our a cataclysmic effect on our economy coddling those who wish to wave a Con- debt wouldn’t be a big deal is out- and would be felt around the world. It federate flag in front of the White rageous. Putting the full faith and would be a mistake that would impov- House, let us respect veterans whose credit of our Nation—not to mention erish a generation and haunt us for a lives are in cemeteries or whose lives the strength of the world economy—on decade, and there could be no second have been recognized by being buried in the line simply to prove a political opportunity to get it right. America’s cemeteries. Let us stop the point is both reckless and irrespon- Anyone who dismisses how great a foolishness and put on the floor of the sible. This House must put the best in- disaster a default would be should not House the reasonable response to open- terests of the American people first be taken seriously. They should not be ing the government now so that men and avert this disaster so we can get listened to or given a seat at the table who are mourning, those who have back to rebuilding this economy and where responsible decisions are made. flags that are truly the American flag, nation-building right here at home. Let’s open up the government now. are being respected, not those who wish f f to be in front of the White House. Open TIME FOR SOLUTIONS the government now. DEBT CEILING (Mr. HARRIS asked and was given The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 HULTGREN). The time of the gentle- permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his re- woman has expired. Members are re- minute.) marks.) minded to heed the gavel. Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, this mad- Mr. HARRIS. Mr. Speaker, America f ness has got to stop. Yesterday, I heard simply has a spending problem. That LET’S COME TOGETHER TO from a local homeless shelter in much is clear. Our national debt stands RESOLVE THE DEBT Irvington, New Jersey, that is strug- at nearly $17 trillion; $17 trillion. Let gling to provide for the overwhelming (Mr. MICA asked and was given per- that number sink in for a moment. number of homeless new mothers. Is it that kind of legacy that we want mission to address the House for 1 These are new mothers who can’t feed to pass on to our children and grand- minute and to revise and extend his re- their babies now that their WIC bene- children? marks.) fits have been cut off. This year alone our national deficit Mr. MICA. Here we are, folks, my col- Because of the government shut- is projected to be around $700 billion, leagues, fellow Americans. In just a few down, homeless shelters across New and that is despite the President’s $600 days, the United States may not be Jersey are running low on baby for- billion tax increase this year. In fact, able to pay its debts. That would be mula, diapers, and the food they need the government is going to collect horrible for the country and for leader- to feed these mothers and their new- more revenue this year than it has ever ship as we know it. born babies. This kind of story is taken in before. How much sense does Mr. Speaker, how did we get here? shameful, and it is happening all over that make? The other side—and you are hearing New Jersey. What is being done to address the from them—took control of the place. The pain I see in my district is very real driver of our debt—runaway Wash- In 4 years, the spending went un- real, and it could get a whole lot worse. ington spending? House Republicans checked. The debt rose from $9 billion If we choose not to pay our bills on want commonsense spending cuts and to now $17 trillion. They are asking for time, 11⁄2 million people in New Jersey reforms. We want everyone treated another trillion dollars to continue the may not get their Social Security fairly under ObamaCare, no special spending unchecked to continue the in- checks; 50,000 disabled veterans in New treatment, especially for big corpora- debtedness. Jersey may not get their medical bills tions or for Members of Congress. We We can and we should come together paid. want a secure economic future for all to resolve this; but at some point, you Congress has two simple jobs right Americans. It is time to act. It is time have to be responsible as a parent, as a now: one, to open the government; and, for real solutions. Member of Congress, as citizens to hold two, to pay our bills on time. f the line, to stop the spending, and to These are nonnegotiable. The Repub- TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ISSUES put a check on indebtedness to the fu- lican Tea Party shouldn’t hold this ture. country hostage. (Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Barack Obama voted against raising Let’s get to fixing America’s prob- Texas asked and was given permission the debt limit when he was a Senator lems again instead of creating them. to address the House for 1 minute.) and said that not addressing the debt Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of was a lack of leadership. f Texas. Mr. Speaker, as a senior Texan f b 1215 on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, I am very con- PUT THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE BAN THE BOMB cerned about the transportation safety AMERICAN PEOPLE FIRST (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of issues created by the Republican gov- (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given New York asked and was given permis- ernment shutdown. For example, avia- permission to address the House for 1 sion to address the House for 1 minute.) tion safety is in peril as the Federal minute.) Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New Aviation Administration has fur- Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, the dead- York. Mr. Speaker, it is incomprehen- loughed approximately 1,700 safety in- line for preventing the United States sible to reasonable men and women ev- spectors and drastically limited air- from defaulting on our debt is growing erywhere that our colleagues across craft maintenance. These types of safe- closer, and the need to act is more crit- the aisle are threatening to nuke the ty risks created by the Republican gov- ical. American economy by refusing to raise ernment shutdown are intolerable. The truth is, Mr. Speaker, we don’t the debt ceiling unless their demands Further, the National Transportation know the full extent of the damage are met. This is irresponsible and reck- Safety Board has been forced to fur- that our Nation’s economy would suf- less behavior. ‘‘Nuke’’ is the right word lough more than 90 percent of its staff. fer. to use here. As Warren Buffett noted As a result, it has not been able to con- But here is what we do know: a de- recently, even the threat of default tinue investigating deadly transpor- fault would mean higher interest rates should be likened to nuclear weapons tation incidents nor initiate new inves- for over 278,000 New Yorkers with mort- too terrible to ever use. tigations of accidents that have oc- gages, a loss of disability benefits for Allowing the U.S. to default on its curred since the Republican govern- over 100,000 New York veterans, and the obligations, whether it be an interest ment shutdown began.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 00:08 Oct 16, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15OC7.010 H15OCPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6602 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 15, 2013 Mr. Speaker, the political games meet. The media may be focusing on Southern Arizonans and Americans all being played by the Republican leader- the rancor, the talking points of poli- across our country are hurting, and our ship are causing serious harm to trans- tics, but this shutdown is really about economy has been seriously harmed. portation safety for all Americans, and a little boy with stomach pains and a The Senate is working on a bipartisan it is totally unacceptable. We do have a mother who cannot afford to give him solution to reopen the government and spending problem created by the two relief. The Women, Infants, and Chil- to avoid putting America into default. Republican wars. dren program helps low-income women I am very hopeful that we can find a f buy formula and other healthy foods, reasonable and responsible plan and and it is one of our most successful nu- immediately bring it to the House floor GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN trition programs. It is just one of the for a vote. (Mr. LAMALFA asked and was given shutdown’s many casualties. Mr. Speaker, we must end this blame permission to address the House for 1 Let us end this shutdown right now. game. We must put the American peo- minute and to revise and extend his re- Let us vote on a clean bill to fund the ple first. Let us come together and act marks.) whole government. Let us restore vital responsibly now. Let this government Mr. LAMALFA Mr. Speaker, over the problems like WIC, and let us stop this shutdown end, and let us ensure that weekend, many of us were still stuck in lunacy and get back to work for the we pay our bills now. It is important, Washington, waiting for a resolution, American people. and the American people are calling on but one of the highlights was the op- f us to act, to act now. portunity to be with our veterans as we f helped them to gain entrance to their REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT national monuments, their memorials, SHUTDOWN END GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN here in Washington, D.C. It is just sad (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given (Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia asked and that they even have to wonder if they permission to address the House for 1 was given permission to address the are breaking the law or need assistance minute.) House for 1 minute and to revise and to get into open air monuments and Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, the Re- extend his remarks.) memorials that are theirs. publican shutdown of government and Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speak- It is even sadder to hear the rhetoric their move to default on our debt are er, Republicans have again recklessly on this floor today that all that would like forcing the wrong medicine on a threatened America’s future by allow- be boiled down and impugned to one sick patient—you might get them to ing the Nation, already in a Republican guy at random bringing a flag that take it, but it could kill them. shutdown, to default on its debt unless some people don’t like. The only way America can pay back the Congress votes to stop ObamaCare. Why don’t we talk about those vet- our Nation’s debt is through economic The government has been shut down erans and the great service they have growth and job creation, not bad medi- for 2 weeks, and the United States will made for this country and about the cine. default on its debt in 2 days. All re- meanness of the Park Service’s arbi- Let’s not forget that we are still spected economists say a default means trarily renting barriers to shut them digging our way out from the Wall devastating and definitely unnecessary out. Why aren’t we talking about that Street-induced Great Recession. Where damage to our economy and to the as much? This shutdown situation is did the $17 trillion of national debt global marketplace. Yet Republicans made much worse by the attitude of come from? The Wall Street recession radically and irresponsibly push us to- those in the White House—by exerting cost American households $19.2 trillion ward the precipice of default. Their dis- pain on people, by shutting down the in lost wealth and the country 8.8 mil- connect from financial reality is cer- things they do care about in order to lion jobs. tainly breathtaking. Their actions are play this political game. Under President Obama, we have had reckless, radical, and irresponsible. So this isn’t a Republican House 42 consecutive months of job growth, Mr. Speaker, there is power in num- shutdown. This is a U.S. Senate shut- leading to 7.5 million jobs being cre- bers. If reasonable Republicans would down as we have sent, time after time, ated, unlike in the Bush years when stand up to their radical right wing, we bill after bill over there. Let’s get to- there wasn’t a single job created. In could end this shutdown and avoid a gether and get this done right for the fact, we lost over a half a million jobs. default today. people in California, including for the In the last 12 months of the Bush years, f students I met with from Lyman Gil- the country lost 4.6 million jobs. Let’s more Middle School, who are here with not forget that America has accumu- A LETTER FROM A CONSTITUENT us today. lated an $8.4 trillion trade deficit since (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given f 1975 and that we have racked up $4 tril- permission to address the House for 1 lion in unpaid-for war spending. IMPACT OF SHUTDOWN ON minute.) So what is the Republican solution? EVERYDAY LIVES Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, a recent Shut down the government. Don’t pay letter I received: (Mrs. DAVIS of California asked and the bills. The latest idea is to govern I am writing this letter in regards to the was given permission to address the by supercommittee. new ‘‘affordable’’ healthcare. My husband House for 1 minute.) Mr. Speaker, we need to restore reg- and I are small business owners with two Mrs. DAVIS of California. Mr. Speak- ular order, to move bills, to create other employees. We purchase our insurance er, it pains me to see the shutdown’s jobs, and keep America’s promises to as individual insurance, and we received a impact on everyday lives. While order- our debtors. Let’s nurse our Nation letter this past week that our rates are ing coffee the other day, I asked Diona, back to health, and stop continuing the changing. We currently have a $5,000 deduct- the hardworking woman behind the economic pain with bad medicine. ible with a monthly premium of $415, and on the new plan, if we stay with the current counter, how she was doing that day. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The She confided that she had been up all company, it is going to be $4,000 with a time of the gentlewoman has expired. monthly premium of $1,093.78. I have tried to night taking care of her 3-year-old son, Members are reminded to please heed access the www.healthcare.gov Web site, and who was suffering from stomach pains. the gavel. have been able to register an account but She was exhausted. She wanted to buy f have not been able to get any type of pricing. the Lactaid milk that settles her boy’s I have contacted both of my Illinois Senators stomach, but because of the shutdown, RECKLESS GOVERNMENT and my House Representative and have been her WIC office was not open. Her WIC SHUTDOWN MUST END told that they are not in favor of a govern- card was out of money, and she was a (Mr. BARBER asked and was given ment shutdown, but I am here to say if a long way from payday. permission to address the House for 1 shutdown is what it takes to get people to listen, then shut down. The reason I am con- There are probably tens of thousands minute.) tacting you is because my Congressmen are of Dionas out there—women working Mr. BARBER. Mr. Speaker, it is time not willing to stand up to the President, and hard and worried about their kids and for us to come together. This reckless I just want to say good job for standing your not sure how they will make ends government shutdown must end. ground.

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Mr. Speaker, as ers in the United States Senate, HARRY proval of the Journal. we enter the third week of this reck- REID and MITCH MCCONNELL, for their Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- less, irresponsible shutdown, it is no coming together to turn this ship nal stands approved. wonder that folks in my Arizona dis- around for the American people. Mr. f trict and across the Nation are dis- Speaker, I also want to give a shout- LEAVE OF ABSENCE gusted. They see Washington treating out to Senator COLLINS and Senator this shutdown as a political game. I MANCHIN for breaking the logjam. By unanimous consent, leave of ab- have got news for them. How far will This past Friday, the shutdown be- sence was granted to: the House majority push our Nation came a harsh reality for many Amer- Mr. RUSH (at the request of Ms. just to score political points? No one ican families as tens of thousands of PELOSI) for October 14 and the balance wins. Everybody loses, and here is what workers did not receive a paycheck. of the week on account of attending to an editorial in the Arizona Republic These are hardships everyday working family acute medical care and hos- says today about this shutdown: families can’t afford. pitalization. This shutdown is deeply unfair to the When it is all over, the huge costs will be f tallied, and the hard work Congress has American people. The clock is ticking, avoided will remain undone. America will but we are seeing the framework of a ADJOURNMENT join the world in wondering: Is that all there commonsense solution to put an end to Mr. GARCIA. Mr. Speaker, I move is? The only heroes in this tragedy are the the recklessness and irresponsibility of that the House do now adjourn. Americans who still believe their govern- this shutdown. The motion was agreed to; accord- ment can eventually do the right thing. I hope that this House has an oppor- ingly (at 7 o’clock and 35 minutes Mr. Speaker, let’s show the American tunity to vote on the Senate proposal p.m.), under its previous order, the people that this House is still capable soon and put this whole mess behind us House adjourned until tomorrow, of doing the right thing. for the sake of the country and the Wednesday, October 16, 2013, at 10 a.m. f American people. for morning-hour debate. DOING WHAT IS IN THE BEST IN- f f TERESTS OF THIS GREAT COUN- RECESS EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, TRY The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ETC. (Ms. TITUS asked and was given per- ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive mission to address the House for 1 declares the House in recess subject to communications were taken from the minute and to revise and extend her re- the call of the Chair. Speaker’s table and referred as follows: marks.) Accordingly (at 12 o’clock and 30 3301. A letter from the Acting Under Sec- Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, 15 days ago, minutes p.m.), the House stood in re- retary, Department of Defense, transmitting an extreme faction of the Republican cess. a letter on the approved retirement of Vice Party, supported by its leader and em- f Admiral Richard W. Hunt, United States powered by its more complacent mem- Navy, and his advancement to the grade of bers, brought about a shutdown of the b 1933 vice admiral on the retired list; to the Com- entire Federal Government. It has AFTER RECESS mittee on Armed Services. since brought us to the brink of an un- 3302. A letter from the Acting Under Sec- The recess having expired, the House precedented default, and now it refuses retary, Department of Defense, transmitting was called to order by the Speaker pro a letter on the approved retirement of Gen- to accept a compromise that will open tempore (Mr. REED) at 7 o’clock and 33 eral Claude R. Kehler, United States Air up the government, put people back to minutes p.m. Force, and his advancement on the retired work, and lift the debt ceiling so the list in the grade of general; to the Com- United States can pay its bills. f mittee on Armed Services. Americans are fed up with the polit- RESIGNATION AS MEMBER OF 3303. A letter from the Acting Under Sec- ical obstructionism and dysfunction COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND retary, Department of Defense, transmitting a letter on the approved retirement of Gen- that has caused this unnecessary crisis. THE WORKFORCE With the clock running out, we cannot eral Edward A. Rice, Jr., United States Air Force, and his advancement on the retired afford to waste any more time. We need The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- fore the House the following resigna- list in the grade of general; to the Com- to act now. So I say to my colleagues mittee on Armed Services. across the aisle, stop your guerilla tac- tion as a member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce: 3304. A letter from the Assistant Adminis- tics; stop playing games with the good trator, Bureau for Legislative and Public Af- faith and credit of the United States; CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, fairs, Agency for International Development, stop putting radical ideology ahead of HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, transmitting a formal response to the GAO Washington, DC, October 15, 2013. report ‘‘Haiti Reconstruction: USAID Infra- the welfare of the American people; Hon. JOHN BOEHNER, and stop sabotaging our economy and structure Projects Have Had Mixed Results Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Face Sustainability Challenges’’ (GAO- our democracy. Washington, DC. 13-558); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. We have got to bring common sense, MR. SPEAKER: Due to my appointment to 3305. A letter from the Acting Deputy Sec- integrity, and honor back to the House the Energy and Commerce Committee, I retary, Department of the Treasury, trans- of Representatives and do what is in hereby resign my position on the Education mitting as required by section 401(c) of the the best interests of this great country. and Workforce Committee. National Emergency Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), Thank you. and section 204(c) of the International Emer- f Sincerely, gency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. b 1230 JOHN YARMUTH, 1703(c), a six-month periodic report on the Member of Congress. national emergency with respect to the situ- GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without ation in or in relation to the Democratic Re- (Ms. HAHN asked and was given per- objection, the resignation is accepted. public of the Congo that was declared in Ex- mission to address the House for 1 There was no objection. ecutive Order 13413 of October 27, 2006; to the minute.) Committee on Foreign Affairs. f 3306. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Ms. HAHN. Mr. Speaker, today THE JOURNAL Department of Homeland Security, transmit- marks the 15th day of the government ting the Department’s final rule — Safety shutdown. I am finally encouraged that The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Zone; Delaware River, Wilmington, DE we are seeing a bipartisan agreement ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfin- [Docket Number: USCG-2013-0827] (RIN: 1625-

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A letter from the Attorney Advisor, STOCKMAN, Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Mr. of the Constitution: No money shall be Department of Homeland Security, transmit- HALL, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. WEBER of drawn from the Treasury but in Consequence ting the Department’s final rule — Safety Texas, Mr. STEWART, Mr. BISHOP of of Appropriations made by Law; and a reg- Zone; Catawba Island Club Wedding Event, Utah, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. MCKIN- ular Statement and Account of the Receipts Catawba Island Club, Catawba Island, OH LEY, Mr. MCCARTHY of California, and and Expenditures of all public Money shall [Docket No.: USCG-2013-0840] (RIN: 1625- Mr. BACHUS): be published from time to time. AA00) received September 25, 2013, pursuant H.J. Res. 94. A joint resolution making f to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on continuing appropriations for the National Transportation and Infrastructure. Aeronautics and Space Administration for ADDITIONAL SPONSORS 3308. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes; to Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors Department of Homeland Security, transmit- the Committee on Appropriations. were added to public bills and resolu- ting the Department’s final rule — Special By Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois: Local Regulation; Frogtown Race Regatta; H.J. Res. 95. A joint resolution making tions as follows: Maumee River, Toledo, OH [Docket No.: continuing appropriations for the Nuclear H.R. 7: Mr. COLE. USCG-2013-0839] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received Regulatory Commission for fiscal year 2014, H.R. 15: Mr. BERA of California and Mr. September 25, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. and for other purposes; to the Committee on RYAN of Ohio. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- Appropriations. H.R. 60: Mr. HONDA, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. tation and Infrastructure. By Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, and Ms. FRANKEL of 3309. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, RAHALL, Mrs. CAPITO, and Mr. JOHN- Florida. Department of Homeland Security, transmit- SON of Ohio): H.R. 233: Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, ting the Department’s final rule — Regu- H.J. Res. 96. A joint resolution making Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. CICILLINE, and Ms. LEE of lated Navigation Area-Tappan Zee Bridge continuing appropriations for fossil energy California. Consturction Project, Hudson River; South research and development of the Department H.R. 366: Mr. VARGAS, Mr. NEAL, Ms. Nyack and Tarrytown, NY [Docket Number: of Energy for fiscal year 2014, and for other HANABUSA, and Ms. SPEIER. USCG-2013-0705] (RIN: 1625-AA11) received purposes; to the Committee on Appropria- H.R. 411: Mr. BARBER. September 25, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. tions. H.R. 456: Mr. LOWENTHAL. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- f H.R. 501: Mr. POCAN. tation and Infrastructure. H.R. 523: Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER. 3310. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY H.R. 525: Ms. DELBENE. Department of Homeland Security, transmit- STATEMENT H.R. 708: Ms. BONAMICI. ting the Department’s final rule — Safety H.R. 713: Mrs. WALORSKI. Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of Zone; Pro Hydro-X Tour, Atlantic Ocean, H.R. 805: Mr. RANGEL. Islamorada, FL [Docket Number: USCG-2013- the Rules of the House of Representa- H.R. 920: Mr. DAINES and Ms. BONAMICI. 0762] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received September 25, tives, the following statements are sub- H.R. 984: Mr. RUIZ. 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the mitted regarding the specific powers H.R. 1010: Mr. FOSTER. Committee on Transportation and Infra- granted to Congress in the Constitu- H.R. 1154: Mrs. DAVIS of California. structure. tion to enact the accompanying bill or H.R. 1164: Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia. f joint resolution. H.R. 1173: Mr. O’ROURKE and Ms. MCCOL- LUM. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS By Mr. FRANKS of Arizona: H.R. 1362: Mr. TIERNEY. H.R. 3292. H.R. 1428: Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. LEE of Under clause 2 of rule XII, public Congress has the power to enact this legis- California, Mr. RANGEL, and Mr. MCKINLEY. bills and resolutions of the following lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1666: Mr. HONDA. titles were introduced and severally re- Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Con- H.R. 1726: Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. stitution, which states the Congress shall ferred, as follows: EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. have power to provide for the common de- By Mr. FRANKS of Arizona (for him- WATERS, and Mr. TIERNEY. fense and general welfare of the United self, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. H.R. 1851: Mr. DOYLE. States, and; KING of Iowa, Mr. STOCKMAN, Mr. H.R. 1920: Mr. RICE of South Carolina and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Con- HULTGREN, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. AUSTIN Mr. HUFFMAN. stitution, which states the Congress shall SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. WEBER of H.R. 1921: Ms. SHEA-PORTER. have power to regulate commerce with for- Texas, Mr. PERRY, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. H.R. 2101: Ms. ESHOO. eign Nations PEARCE, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. LAMALFA, H.R. 2144: Ms. TITUS. By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida: H.R. 2203: Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. Mrs. BLACKBURN, and Mr. WILLIAMS): H.R. 3293. H.R. 3292. A bill to prevent the Government Congress has the power to enact this legis- FUDGE, Mr. DENT, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. of Iran from gaining a nuclear weapons capa- lation pursuant to the following: FITZPATRICK, Mr. DENHAM, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. bility and to maximize the United States’ Article I, Section 8 and other relevant pro- GIBSON, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, and Mr. diplomatic influence to achieve, consistent visions HANNA. with the national security interest of the By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska: H.R. 2213: Mr. WILLIAMS. United States and its allies and partners, a H.R. 3294. H.R. 2247: Mr. POSEY. negotiated settlement with the Government Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2283: Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. MCCAUL, of Iran regarding Iran’s nuclear weapons pro- lation pursuant to the following: and Mr. CARTWRIGHT. gram; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Article IV, Section III, Clause II H.R. 2288: Mr. HUFFMAN. and in addition to the Committees on Over- By Mr. BROOKS of Alabama: H.R. 2482: Mr. CARTWRIGHT. sight and Government Reform, and Financial H.J. Res. 94. H.R. 2502: Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Services, for a period to be subsequently de- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2598: Mr. NEAL. termined by the Speaker, in each case for lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2619: Mrs. BEATTY. consideration of such provisions as fall with- Clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Con- H.R. 2807: Mr. SANFORD. in the jurisdiction of the committee con- stitution of the United States states: ‘‘No H.R. 2810: Mr. RICE of South Carolina. cerned. Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but H.R. 2932: Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. WILSON of By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida: in Consequence of Appropriations made by South Carolina, and Ms. HANABUSA. H.R. 3293. A bill to reform the public debt Law . . .’’ H.R. 2957: Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. MICHAUD, limit; to the Committee on Ways and Means. Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Con- Mr. KILDEE, and Ms. SHEA-PORTER. By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska: stitution provides: ‘‘The Congress shall have H.R. 3043: Mr. KLINE and Mr. HUFFMAN. H.R. 3294. A bill to establish a streamlined the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide H.R. 3050: Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. process through which a State may claim au- for the common Defence and general Welfare H.R. 3077: Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas and Mr. thority over and responsibility for manage- of the United States . . .’’ MCCAUL. ment of Federal lands located in the State By Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois: H.R. 3143: Mr. WOLF. without claiming ownership of the land, and H.J. Res. 95. H.R. 3212: Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. POE of for other purposes; to the Committee on Nat- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Texas, Mr. CHABOT, and Mr. YOHO. ural Resources, and in addition to the Com- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 3213: Mr. CONYERS. mittee on Agriculture, for a period to be sub- Article I, Section 9, Clause 7—No money H.R. 3275: Mrs. BLACK and Mrs. BROOKS of sequently determined by the Speaker, in shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Indiana. each case for consideration of such provi- consequence of appropriations made by law H.R. 3279: Mr. PALAZZO. sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the By Mr. MCKINLEY: H.R. 3286: Mr. POLIS, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, committee concerned. H.J. Res. 96. and Mr. BARBER.

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Vol. 159 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2013 No. 146 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was payment of the obligations of the United spoken as visitors come here. They called to order by the President pro States Government until December 31, 2014. share the experience, and they hike tempore (Mr. LEAHY). SCHEDULE and bike and fish, and they hunt in our Mr. REID. Mr. President, the Senate extensive preserved natural areas. PRAYER will recess from 12:30 to 2:15 to allow But these best of times have become The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- for weekly caucus meetings. the worst of times, as Vermonters and fered the following prayer: There are productive negotiations visitors alike have found closed signs Let us pray. going on with the Republican leader. I on their favorite natural areas due to Sovereign God, creator and sustainer am confident we will be able to reach a the tea party shutdown of the Federal of us all, You have been our dwelling compromise agreement this week in Government. The window is quickly place in all generations. Thank You for time to avert a catastrophic default on closing in Vermont for the Fish and Your faithfulness, even when we are the Nation’s bills. The Republican lead- Wildlife biologists and national forest unfaithful. er and I will keep our Members in- rangers who have work that must be Lead our lawmakers this day so they formed as to how negotiations are done before the first snow falls. We may work in a way that Your Name is going. know how Washington can close down honored. Lord, point out to them the I express my appreciation to every- for an inch or two of snow. In Vermont, road they should follow, as You give one for their patience. we are talking about 10, 15, or 20 inches them the wisdom and courage to do RESERVATION OF LEADERSHIP TIME of snow. These Fish and Wildlife biolo- their duty. Help them not to be domi- The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under gists and national forest rangers’ nated by what they have been, rather the previous order, the leadership time schedules are dictated by the changing than by what they could become. May is reserved. Under the previous order, seasons and the biological clocks of na- they never forget their accountability Senators are permitted to speak for up ture. The House Republican leadership to You as servants and stewards of to 10 minutes each. has been no more able to undo the law Your purposes. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I suggest of the land—which is the Affordable We pray in Your great Name. Amen. the absence of a quorum. Care Act—than they would be able to The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The slow or stop Vermont’s changing sea- f clerk will call the roll. sons. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The legislative clerk proceeded to Insisting on tying a repeal or a The President pro tempore led the call the roll. defunding of the Affordable Care Act to Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask reopening the government is doing real I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the unanimous consent that the order for and lasting damage to Vermont’s econ- United States of America, and to the Repub- the quorum call be rescinded. omy and natural resources as fall lic for which it stands, one nation under God, The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. MAR- quickly becomes winter. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. KEY). Without objection, it is so or- The 26,000-acre Nulhegan national f dered. wildlife refuge in Vermont’s Northeast Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, the dis- Kingdom is among the best upland bird RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY tinguished Presiding Officer is, like hunting areas in New England. There is LEADER myself, a New Englander and knows plenty of room for everyone, but just The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The what fall is like in our part of the days after the opening of grouse sea- majority leader is recognized. country. Late last month, I was fortu- son, the refuge has been forced to hang f nate to enjoy the most lovely settings up a closed sign and lock its gates. I think can be found anywhere at any This has dealt a blow to the tourism DEFAULT PREVENTION ACT OF time, as Vermont’s hillsides are paint- economy of the small towns around the 2013—MOTION TO PROCEED ed orange, yellow, and red by peak fall refuge that depend on these annual Mr. REID. I move to proceed to Cal- colors set against powder blue skies. visitors and hunters. endar No. 211, S. 1569, the debt limit Vermonters love these sublime few The Missisquoi National Wildlife Ref- bill. weeks. We happily welcome visitors uge on the shores of Lake Champlain The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The around the United States. Actually, we is, without a doubt, the best and most clerk will report the motion. welcome visitors from around the extensive freshwater duck habitat in The bill clerk read as follows: world. It is interesting to walk down New England. Huge meadows of wild Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 211, S. the streets in some of our cities and rice attract thousands of migrating wa- 1569, a bill to ensure the complete and timely hear several different languages being terfowl and legions of bird watchers

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This will undo years ing real decisions about our future. flock to the Appalachian Trail and of work, and taxpayer dollars invested Speaker BOEHNER should call up the Vermont’s Long Trail which run to- in this program will be wasted by a Senate continuing resolution for a gether up the spine of the Green Moun- small group of radical obstructionists vote. It would receive bipartisan sup- tains, through the 400,000-acre Green who jump in front of the cameras and port, and we could put an end to this Mountain National Forest. Through- say things that make no sense at all. pointless tea party shutdown. We hikers, weekenders, and day trippers In Vermont and across the country, would reopen our Federal lands. We spread out to enjoy hundreds of miles there is a lot of work that needs to would be supporting our local econ- of trails. But only a skeleton crew of take place on Federal lands before win- omy. forest rangers and fire crew remain on ter snows sweep in. Snowmobiling is There is more I can say, Mr. Presi- the job. Visitors centers and restrooms very popular among my constituents. dent, and I will, but I applaud Majority are closed; even volunteer workers It is a mainstay of our winter econ- Leader REID for working with the Re- have been pulled from the trail and omy. But fall is the time the trails are publican leader, Senator MCCONNELL. I forced to stop shelter work and trash graded and bridges repaired. Our most applaud them for being what grownups collection at trailheads because of the important trail networks are on Fed- should be, trying to bring us back and tea party shutdown. eral lands, and important maintenance trying to bring our government back, These may not seem like huge mat- is being delayed—deferred in some showing what a great country we are so ters in the national scheme of things, cases—due to the tea party shutdown. we do not have countries such as China but in a State of 600,000 people they are If trails are not opened before the snow saying: Oh, we should not rely on major. Not only are the livelihoods of flies, the devastating impact on tour- American currency. They are not reli- Vermonters being devastated, but the ism and local communities is going to able people. things that we cherish the most about last all winter long and impact people We are getting this all over the our State are being denied to people who want to go to work every day, who world—Americans are not reliable. who want to come and see them. are hard-working, honest, good people What damage these tea party obstruc- Woodstock, VT, is the quintessential who can’t understand what is hap- tionists are doing to our great country. New England village and host to the pening here in Washington. We ask our military to serve around Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Fall in Vermont is the most glorious the world and protect us—and maybe Historical Park. The centerpiece of the season. It is my favorite one. We wel- they will get paid, but a lot of the sup- park is the oldest sustainably managed come visitors. We get outdoors more port for them, the VA and whatnot, is forest in the United States. It is a ourselves, and are busy preparing for being closed down. It is shameful. The beautiful forest. But visitors are denied the long winter to come. Our hard- same people who shut down the govern- access to this forest in all of its fall working Federal partners are proud of ment are saying it is terrible that the glory. Long-planned events at the park the work they do on these Federal government is shut down. I think the have been canceled and the gates have lands, and they know this manufac- American people can see through this. been locked. tured tea party crisis is causing real I don’t care what party you belong to Certainly there are many more and lasting damage to our natural re- or who you are, with the exemption of places for visitors to enjoy—this has sources and the Vermont economy. a small group, people know this coun- been a wonderful picture-perfect sea- National parks and refuges in try has to be open so it can work—can son. I am told by my friends and neigh- Vermont are not the only places closed work for all of us—and can project an bors who live near our home in for business. According to the Coali- image of strength and stability Vermont that it has been absolutely tion of National Park Service Retirees, throughout the world, can do the gorgeous. As much as I love all my col- every day the Federal Government is things that made us great in the past leagues and enjoy being with them, I shuttered costs the National Park and that will keep making us great in would much rather be up there seeing Service nearly $1⁄2 million in lost fee the future, not this shabby exercise. the same view as Vermonters are. But collections nationwide. And the im- I suggest the absence of a quorum. the closing of our Federal lands, just as pacts are even greater for the sur- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The hunting seasons begin and the hillsides rounding communities that are losing clerk will call the roll. shine, is depriving Americans from ex- $76 million per day in visitor spending. The legislative clerk proceeded to periencing the country’s natural herit- While some in the tea party actually call the roll. age and causing serious economic dam- have the arrogance to go on television Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask age to the small towns, and the inn- and argue that shutting down the Fed- unanimous consent that the order for keepers and guides who depend upon eral Government is saving us money, the quorum call be rescinded. these areas for their living. Foreign the truth is just the opposite. It is The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tourists, increasingly important to our costing every one of us taxpayers objection, it is so ordered. economy, and their tour operators, are money, and it is costing everybody in Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, for 2 confused and disappointed by these the private sector huge amounts of weeks the government has been shut outcomes. They say: this sort of thing money. And now, as we reach day 15 of down. It is hard to imagine. It seems a has never happened in our country and the tea party shutdown, the National lot longer if you have been sitting here yet you are the wealthiest and most Park Service has been denied over $6 in the midst of this maelstrom—2 powerful country on the earth; why are million in lost revenues, and local com- weeks since the junior Senator from you doing this? munities—not government workers, Texas took the floor and for 21 hours Other conservation work is being but local communities—honest, hard- held the floor, giving a speech calling curtailed, as well, in ways likely to do working men and women have lost over for the end of ObamaCare as we know lasting damage. Control of parasitic $1 billion. This is why several States it. sea lamprey in Lake Champlain has to have chosen to foot the bill to reopen a In that period of time we have be accomplished each fall to protect handful of national parks to stop fur- learned a lot about ourselves. We the game fish and threatened species. ther losses to local economies. The cost learned a lot about this country. I There is a very short window when the of shutting down the government, pay- think about the 800,000 Federal employ- sea lamprey treatments can be applied ing the lost revenue—that is what is ees furloughed, many of whom struggle before these parasites migrate from the keeping us in the red. to get by and now have no paycheck rivers to the lake. That window is fast So I say to the small group of ob- coming in. It is a hardship that is to- closing. It is going to be missed if U.S. structionists, stop wasting time. Put tally unnecessary, a hardship that was

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They rounded up some flat Earth economists fault,’’ and ‘‘actual default,’’ or whether went further in suggesting they were who say default on the debt is really missing a Social Security payment is equiva- going to cut off the benefits these gov- not a big deal. In fact, I have heard lent to missing an interest payment or fail- ernment agencies offered. At this point some of my colleagues on the floor ing to redeem a maturing Treasury bill. All argue that we just have to pick and such discussion misses the point. The United in time, we have come to learn what States, like any other major debtor, must that means. People who were turned choose who is going to get paid, that maintain the confidence of its creditors—or away from the National Institutes of everything will work out and you real- risk the consequences. . . . Health, children—some 30 children ly will not even notice. Once Treasury has exercised the option to with cancer were turned away because It reminds me of the time—Mr. Presi- delay payments, investors will learn a lesson that agency is closed. Families who dent, you were in the House when I that cannot and will not be unlearned—even were notified they had lost a loved one was—when there was the Gingrich after all missed or delayed payments have in battle were denied the basic benefits shutdown, Rush Limbaugh and others been made good. That lesson is simple: announced they would shut down the Treasury securities are no longer as good as we provide to all families facing that cash—they carry a future risk of further terrible grief. There was a lack of food government and no one would notice. missed payments. safety inspections when salmonella You don’t really need a government. They noticed in a hurry. In less than 2 That future risk is a political cre- outbreaks were being reported around ation. It is a bargaining tool by the Re- the country. The list goes on and on. weeks they opened the government. This, sadly, is much more grievous publicans, and it goes too far. John F. Kennedy wrote a book called At a banking committee hearing, ‘‘Profiles in Courage’’ that talked and will have terrible consequences for innocent people. If we default on our Gary Thomas, president of the Na- about those in public service who tional Association of Realtors, said: showed extraordinary courage. I sug- debt in 2 days, for first time in history gest it takes no courage whatsoever to we will destroy a global confidence in [A]n increase in U.S. Treasury rates would result in higher mortgage rates. In the event hurt 800,000 innocent Federal employ- the U.S. dollar that we built up since World War II, since 1945. Right now the of a default, U.S. Treasury prices would fall ees. It takes no courage whatsoever to and yields, which move inversely to prices, deny the basic benefits of government U.S. dollar is the most respected and would rise. . . . Historically, an increase in to thousands, maybe even millions, of strongest economy in the world, pe- mortgage rates of 1 percentage point reduces American people. I think it is political riod, bar none. Countries far and wide home sales by roughly 350,000 to 450,000 units cowardice. that want to invest in the safest pos- . . . [and] roughly 700,000 to 900,000 fewer jobs Sadly, it has gone on for 2 straight sible investment invest in U.S. Treas- would be created. . . . weeks. The House did some curious urys because they trust our govern- This is a job-killing strategy. Default thing there, where they voted to say: ment and its word that it will pay its on our national debt is a job-killing But we will pay these employees. debts. Those who are toying with this strategy. A friend of mine back in possibility of default are putting that Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., president of Edwardsville, IL, sent me an e-mail. at risk. the Securities Industry and Financial It is not just a matter of the views of Let me get this straight. They closed down Markets Association, said: the Government, they turned the employees the world. It is bad enough that we are It is important to note that Treasury secu- away, they said they don’t have to come to being lectured to by Vladimir Putin rities are a key factor in the daily financing work but they promised they were going to about responsible governance—Vladi- of market operations, with the U.S. Treasury pay them? What is going on in Washington? mir Putin lectures to us about being a repo market totaling between $1.2 and $1.9 What are you people thinking? responsible government. That is bad. trillion daily. Undermining that market I couldn’t defend it. I wouldn’t even What is even worse is the impact on or- could have a deleterious effect on every try. It is evidence of the kind of aban- dinary people and their lives. We know major market participant. donment of reason which has become what happened when we went through If that were not bad enough, I have the hallmark of some Members of Con- the last recession. People who had received some e-mails from some gress. carefully saved for their futures saw friends. The one that sticks in my What do the American people think? the bottom fall out of their savings ac- mind is from a friend who does not live They are not happy with any of us, counts and their retirement accounts. in my State. He is a man I have come let’s get it straight, but when it comes We run that very same risk if we de- to know. I am not going to use his to the responsibility for this madness, fault on this debt again. We run that name on the floor—I didn’t ask his per- they have said it is on the other side of very same risk. And many hard-work- mission to—but I can certainly tell his the aisle. It is their idea—not just the ing families, people who have scrimped story. tea party but many who were complicit and saved for college education for He sent his son off to war in Iraq. He in this strategy. their kids, for their own retirement, and his wife took care of his son’s wife As if this were not enough, now in for their next home, will find that they and little baby while his son went off just 2 days, for the first time in the are devastated by this default on our to fight in a war. Sadly, his son was the history of the United States of Amer- national debt. That is the most reck- victim of an IED. As a result of that ica, we face a default on our debt. less and irresponsible single act we terrible incident, his son is quad- You might say: So what. Who cares. could undertake. riplegic and cannot speak. What difference would it make. They asked a Member of the House, a People had given up on the son in his Listen to what Christine Lagarde, Republican Member of the House, if midtwenties; they recommended put- chief of the International Monetary yours was the deciding vote on extend- ting him in a nursing home. And his fa- Fund, said: ing the debt ceiling—if it was up to ther said: I just won’t let it happen. His The failure to raise the debt ceiling would you, one person, to decide to extend father took him to a hospital in Chi- cause not only serious damage to the U.S. the debt ceiling, would you vote for it? cago, a renowned hospital, the Reha- economy but also to the global economy as a He said: Not unless there were some bilitation Institute of Chicago. His son result of spillover effects. . . . strings attached. You think to your- made dramatic progress. Eventually, In response to a question about debt self: Still bargaining, right up to the he was able to return home with some prioritization proposals, she said: edge of the cliff. Sadly, if we go over, limited function but was able to enjoy When you are the largest economy in the the pain will be felt as much by that the things in life that make a dif- world, when you are the safe haven in all cir- Congressman as it will by working ference to him. He loves to go hunting. cumstances, as has been the case, you can’t families in Massachusetts and Illinois. His father picked up a mechanism go into that creative accounting business. That is what this is all about. whereby his son could actually go out,

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They basically gave up tive role in trying to resolve this issue. heard time and again from constitu- their life and their business and, with It is time for the Senate to show ents who are paying the price for this the help of a lot of good people in the leadership. It is time for the Senate to reckless debacle. They say they feel community, built a special home for come together on a bipartisan basis like the collateral damage in the ongo- their son so that he could get around in and show the path that takes us out of ing ideological battles in Washington, his motorized wheelchair. I have been this political crisis. DC. Hard-working civil servants dedi- down there. The outpouring of gen- I yield the floor and suggest the ab- cated to their jobs and their country erosity and charity in North Carolina sence of a quorum. have been sent home without pay, for this family is just amazing, and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The while many others have to work they continue to give their entire lives clerk will call the roll. through the shutdown without a pay- to their son and his wife and kids. The legislative clerk proceeded to check. He wrote me an email and said: call the roll. Yesterday I spoke with a Rio Rancho I hope you are doing well. We see you on C– Mr. HEINRICH. Mr. President, I ask resident named Chad Didier, a former SPAN. Thank you for taking a moment to unanimous consent that the order for marine who is now an air traffic con- read about our concern. This concern is the quorum call be rescinded. troller in Albuquerque. During the about my son. It affects him and thousands The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. shutdown he has been reporting to of other wounded veterans. We are quite con- SCHATZ). Without objection, it is so or- work every day to help keep our air- cerned about what we are hearing coming dered. space safe, but he does not know when out of the VA. The thought of the VA check Mr. HEINRICH. Mr. President, in the not arriving in November has all of us nerv- he will start getting a paycheck again. ous. We are sure this is a feeling in house- midst of the current crisis there have This comes on the heels of forgoing pay holds across the country. We are praying been some who have questioned the rel- earlier this year due to sequestration. that all the parties in Washington will soon evance of the Federal Government to As the father of four young children come to terms. After years of war, a sagging our overall economy. Some have even and the sole breadwinner in his family, economy, and now the shutdown, nerves are called the current shutdown just a he is worried about making rent next stretched. I am writing to you to see if there slimdown. But in my home State of month and making his car payments is a light at the end of this dark tunnel. My New Mexico, there is no question that on time. He is frustrated because he is son and wife, after years of working to estab- this government shutdown has been ir- lish a near-normal life, have to start wor- doing everything he has been asked of rying about losing what they worked to re- responsible, it has been reckless, and it him, everything he is supposed to do to turn to and enjoy as a near-normal life. has been absolutely devastating to our take care of his family, to serve his In writing he said: economy. country, but he feels his government New Mexico serves the Nation in My mood does not mean to be so down, but has failed him. as a parent of a family that has been through many ways, through our national labs Last week, because of the shutdown, so much, the thought of this threat is very and our military bases, with Federal the National Nuclear Security Admin- heart-wrenching. lands and monuments that host Ameri- istration ordered that Los Alamos and Thank you for listening to me. cans from every corner of the Nation. Sandia National Labs should be ready I think of that letter, and I think of As a result, Federal dollars in 2010 were to shut down by October 21. that family worried about that VA nearly 36 percent of our State’s gross Katy Korkos with the Los Alamos check. domestic product. This figure includes Chamber of Commerce told the Los Al- I received an e-mail yesterday from a veterans’ benefits, Social Security, and amos Monitor that the impact of the family that is worried about whether student financial aid. shutdown at LANL could hit sub- they will receive their Social Security Federal dollars go toward grants to contractors twice as hard as other enti- check. Why do we put the American help fund State and local health care, ties because they will never be able to people through this? Why do we put transportation, education, and hous- recover the income they are currently families through this? This is totally ing. Many of us who have served as ei- losing. unnecessary. ther city councilors or mayors, legisla- EnergySolutions, a subcontractor We need to open this government. We tors or Governors realize the role Fed- that processes and ships transuranic should do it tomorrow morning, period. eral passthrough dollars play in keep- waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Just open it. We need to bring these ing our States and municipalities sol- Plant in Carlsbad, has already had to people back to work to perform the vent. lay off 154 workers. services they need to perform for this In New Mexico, Federal contracts are The general manager at a depart- great Nation, and we need to make cer- also critical for our small business ment store in Los Alamos was quoted tain we don’t default come Thursday. community. Defense purchases account in the newspaper as saying: ‘‘Anytime The default would have a negative im- for almost two-thirds of total procure- the lab sneezes, we catch cold.’’ pact that would have far-reaching con- ment spending. We are home to nearly In southern New Mexico, Crysta sequences beyond this political battle. 27,000 Federal workers—workers who Quintero told the Las Cruces Sun-News In years to come nobody may remem- want to go back to work, workers who that she was immediately worried for ber the names of the people involved in just want to do their job. her 3-year-old son after hearing about this political fight that goes on day Sandia National Laboratories and the Federal Government shutdown. after day on Capitol Hill, but they will Los Alamos National Laboratory em- That is because she relies on the Fed- remember the failure of the Congress ploy an additional 18,000 New Mexicans eral WIC Program to supply a prescrip- to pay the Nation’s debts, to stand for as contractors, and the U.S. Depart- tion baby formula for her son who has the full faith and credit of the United ment of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot a disability. Unfortunately, Crysta is States, and to maintain our reputation Plant in Carlsbad employs 1,000 more. not alone. Tens of thousands of women as a leader in the world. That is out of 2 million people. So it is and children in New Mexico who re- That is what is at stake. There is no an understatement to say that shut- ceive assistance from this program political victory worth that. I hope ting down the Federal Government every month could be left without vital Members on both sides will come to strikes at the heart of my State’s econ- nutritional support if the shutdown their senses. omy. continues to drag on. I wish to salute our leader, Senator Between sequestration furloughs, the What is also at stake is the incred- HARRY REID of Nevada. I have been shutdown, and the current impasse ible work being done at New Mexico’s standing by him through this. He has over averting a catastrophic default on colleges and universities. These first- been stalwart and courageous. I know the Nation’s’s debt, hard-working, mid- rate research institutions rely heavily

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Our constituents had the ability to take on a little extra will see their salaries reduced, and re- want us to move past the gridlock and hurt when the tea party decided to search students who want to dedicate actually govern. They want economic shut down our government—not that it their lives to finding the next cure will security and to be able to take care of would make sense even if we were liv- have to wait even longer just to earn their families. ing in heady economic times. But their degree. It is time to reopen the government, today, right now, for families who are Because of the shutdown, important it is time to take the threat of default getting killed by an economy that has job-creating investments in small busi- off the table, and it is time to stop recovered for the top 5 or 10 percent of ness—the very engine of our economy— playing games with the livelihoods of America but certainly has not recov- are delayed. On average, over $300,000 hard-working Americans. ered for the bottom 80 percent, this is in Federal loans are approved for small I yield the floor, and I suggest the ab- no time to be playing around with peo- businesses in New Mexico each and sence of a quorum. ple’s lives. every day—but not today. Because of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Every single year at the start of the this reckless and irresponsible shut- clerk will call the roll. home heating season, I go to a non- down, those small businesses are not The assistant legislative clerk pro- profit in Waterbury, CT, which dis- getting the loans to grow their busi- ceeded to call the roll. penses home heating assistance to the ness. They are not hiring new workers. Mr. MURPHY. Mr. President, I ask thousands of families in the Greater New Mexico is home to many of the unanimous consent that the order for Waterbury, CT, area who know that Nation’s most treasured public con- the quorum call be rescinded. without a little bit of help from this servation lands, including national The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without agency they will literally not be able parks such as Carlsbad Caverns, BLM objection, it is so ordered. to heat their home, that their children monuments such as the newly created Mr. MURPHY. We are now going into will go cold that winter, because even Rio Grande del Norte, and national for- week three of a government shutdown, though they are making money, they ests such as the Gila and Carson that a totally unnecessary, totally avoid- cannot keep up with the mounting are unstaffed during the fall hunting able, totally manufactured government bills. seasons. More than 4,000 men and shutdown that is now morphing to- Every single year, as I watch the sort women work on these public lands, and gether with a potential failure on be- of macroeconomic numbers get better they are being forced to stay home. half of the U.S. Government to pay its for the economy, I keep on thinking Andrew Graves is an entomologist debts, the first time we have ever in- that when I go to that agency in Au- with the U.S. Forest Service in Albu- tentionally done that in our entire gust or September or October, they are querque. Specifically, Andrew is in a country’s history. going to tell me: Guess what, CHRIS. program called Forest Health Protec- This is not theoretical any longer. Less people are coming in this year tion that works across agency lines This is now right on top of us. On than last year to ask for home heating providing expertise and assistance to Thursday of this week we will no assistance. Federal and tribal land managers, for- longer have enough money to pay all of We are in year five of this recession esters throughout New Mexico so they the bills that come in to the govern- now. Every single year of those five, can deal with outbreaks of disease or ment. We only have about 65 percent of the number has gotten bigger—every insect infestations. Andrew says they the funds necessary to pay out all of single year. Even as unemployment have already canceled or postponed the bills that come due to us, whether goes down, demand for home heating meetings and training because of the it is to our creditors or to the thou- assistance in Connecticut goes up. shutdown. sands of small businesses that rely on Why? Because the top echelon of our Each day the government remains contracts with the Federal Govern- country has recovered but nobody else closed, thousands of people who ment every week to pay their bills as has. So that is why when this shutdown planned to visit our national parks and well. hit, it hurt so badly for someone such our wildlife refuges will be turned I appreciate all of my colleagues as Rich Martin in New London, CT. away. That does not just hurt the gov- coming down here and talking about Rich did something heroic during this ernment. Restaurants and hotels, tire the real-world consequences of what recession. He started a new business. shops, and grocery stores feel this pain this shutdown has meant and what a Frankly, even more heroic, he started in towns such as Socorro, Taos, Grants, failure to pay our debts will mean. I a bookstore and a record store in New Alamogordo, and Las Cruces. come down and want to share a handful London, CT called the Telegraph. Because of the shutdown, the Bureau of stories from my State of Con- He said that business has been grow- of Land Management has stopped proc- necticut to tell you what is going on ing for the last 12 months. Every essing energy leases on Federal land. A out there beyond the talking heads on month he has been doing a little bit lengthy delay in the permitting process the cable news networks. They are sim- better. Then guess what. The shut- will not only take its toll on New Mexi- ple stories, but they are impactful be- down. Rich wrote me and said: After co’s oil and gas industry but also on cause for hundreds of thousands of peo- growth in my business over the last 12 the revenues generated for New Mexi- ple in my State of Connecticut, there months, people have stopped coming in co’s public schools. The 8,000 New Mexi- was no margin with which to operate these last weeks. Because in New Lon- can children enrolled in Head Start are when this shutdown hit and the con- don, CT, where we make submarines feeling the impact of the shutdown on sequential economic impact that has for the U.S. Navy, where we have sub- top of the cuts sequestration has al- come to so many families. There was mariners at our base there, we have a ready imposed on that critical pro- not any money stuffed under their whole lot of people who depend on the gram. mattress they could pull out and try to Federal Government or contracts from The shutdown also endangers the pay the bills they could not, now that the Federal Government to be able to benefits that we owe over 170,000 vet- their paycheck or their business had pay their employees. Nobody is coming erans in New Mexico, people who been lost. into the Telegraph any more. His busi- served this country with distinction. This is a big deal to people in Con- ness is getting hurt. A business, a The VA will run out of money to pay necticut, and in Hawaii, and to States small businessman who did something mandatory benefits by the end of Octo- all across our land because there was great, is now wondering whether he can ber if we do not act. so much economic hurt that had al- make it through the next couple of Americans are fed up. Other debates ready piled up for months and years days and weeks. in recent years have been just as heat- that people had no wiggle room when Here is how the trickledown of this ed, just as partisan, but this crisis is the tea party decided to stick a knife happens: Kathi Sanborn in Hartford is

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So she does not activity coming out of our country thousands of times. have her babysitting gig any longer. He every single week. The House looks as if they are going is out of work and she is out of work. They add up to unemployment claims to try to pass another partisan polit- Guess what. That is not where it ends. jumping to their highest level last ical bill loaded with add-ons as condi- Because now that Kathi does not have week in 6 months. They add up to con- tions to restart the government and her babysitting job, she is going to stop sumer confidence being the lowest in pay our bills. The Senate is working on buying what she used to buy. She is this country since the Lehman Broth- a different solution, a solution that going to have her groceries. She is not ers collapse in 2008. could bring together Republicans and going to go to the store down the street This doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It Democrats to at least temporarily end for a purchase for herself. It just keeps is not as if we can tread water or move this crisis. On behalf of my constitu- on going. backwards economically while the rest ents in Connecticut, we certainly hope Don Spaeth in Putnam, small busi- of the world waits for us to resume our that is the result. ness owner, runs a little restaurant mantle of economic leadership. I yield the floor. there. Small town, Putnam. He says China says they are looking to take The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- his business has dried up the last cou- their $1.3 trillion in U.S. Treasurys and ator from Connecticut. ple of weeks. People are not coming in. find someplace else for it. Mr. BLUMENTHAL. I am very Rich from Fairfield has a severely The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- pleased to follow my colleague from autistic son. He is an adult, so he was ator’s time has expired. Connecticut in recounting to this body on Social Security disability. But he Mr. MURPHY. I ask unanimous con- some of the voices we have been hear- had his disability benefits cut off be- sent for 5 more minutes. ing from across our State, some of the cause they wanted to review his eligi- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- individuals whose stories make very bility. Well, guess what. The reviewer pore. Without objection, it is so or- compelling evidence for the need of has been furloughed for 2 weeks. So his dered. this body to heed the bipartisan spir- son, who was hoping to be able to have Mr. MURPHY. Last month Japan an- it—indeed, nonpartisan spirit that so his benefits turned back on, or at least nounced its machinery sales were the animates and moves this country—to have resolution so the family would best since 2008. The rest of the world is demand that we get the job done yes- know what to do, now cannot get a res- moving on. terday. I used exactly that expression olution to his disability claim. His son If we are doing this much damage to to tell this body how important action cannot pay the bills to the provider the economy, why are we here? We are is to move forward. who gives him housing. He is poten- here mainly because tea party Repub- I am on the floor today with thanks tially going to be out on the streets be- licans in the House see this misery as to our majority leader Senator REID, cause he does not have a reviewer in a bargaining chip. They couldn’t get who has come to the floor and has so the Social Security office. That hurts their way any other way. They couldn’t ably and courageously led us, not only economically, but that hurts psycho- win the legislative argument on the on the Democratic side but also on the logically as well. health care bill, a bill that passed the minority side as well. I hope we will Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers in House and the Senate and was signed demonstrate in this body the profile in New Haven gets Federal money to do by the President. They couldn’t win courage the country expects and needs something really simple: Provide frail the judicial argument. It came before from us at this time. seniors with rides to their doctors’ ap- the Supreme Court, and the Supreme I yield to the majority leader at this pointments. They lost their Federal Court upheld the health care law. It time if he has a message to bring to us. funding for 2 weeks, so they cannot couldn’t win the electoral argument. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- give rides any longer. So seniors are The health care bill was on the ballot jority leader. sitting home not able to get to their in 2012. The President who ran on it Mr. REID. I appreciate my friend’s doctors’ appointments. Think about and signed it was reelected by a wide always courteous attitude. I appreciate that. You have an 85-year-old widow margin. Every single Senator in this it very much. who has to worry every day if she is Chamber who supported it was re- The House Republican leadership going to get sick because she lost her turned to their seat. plan that is now out—and people may ride to the doctor’s office. Tea party Republicans have lost the look at it—is a plan to advance an ex- Then let me read you this quote from argument on health care in all three of treme piece of legislation and is noth- Michael in Hartford. I do not even have the traditional forums by which one ing more than a blatant attack on bi- to embellish it: would get their way in the legislative partisanship. I am an attorney and work for the IRS. process—the legislative forum, judicial The past several days we have been I have 3 children, a 16 year old girl and 8 forum, and the electoral forum. engaged in productive bipartisan nego- year old twins. My wife is pregnant with my Just as a criminal fleeing the scene tiations in the Senate. Everyone knows fourth child. My 16 year old is taking driv- of a crime, they have been confronted this. We have been working across er’s education and wants her license. I can- with a last desperate option, which is party lines and making steady progress not now pay for the insurance necessary for her. She also wanted to take a PSAT prep to grab hold of the economy, put a gun to achieve an agreement that reopens course, another $1,200 that I don’t have. She to its head, and hope then that Demo- the government, protects the full faith needs to start visiting college campuses. crats and President Obama will relent and credit of our country, and opens More money that I don’t have. One of my simply because of our compassion for talks to put this country on a firm fis- twins, Sofia, had some learning disabilities people like Rich in New London, Kathi cal footing. Everyone needs to know and had private tutors and other profes- in New Hartford, Don in Putnam, the that the measure under discussion in sionals to assist her in staying on grade level seniors who rely on Interfaith Care- the House is no part of what we have in reading and math. I will soon run out of givers in New Haven, and the young negotiated in the Senate. savings to pay for Sofia’s support system be- cause November 1st means that there is a IRS attorney with a disabled daughter. The debt is here. The deadline is mortgage payment, car payment, car insur- They hope it will be our passion for looming. Rating agencies are talking ance payments and the other dozen or so those people which will cause us to do about downgrading us as early as to- monthly bills that keep our household up something other than what the people night, again. and running. I do hope that the shutdown sent us to do and repeal, delay, or dis- I know I speak for many of us. We ends soon so that I can get back to work. place the health care law. have been working in good faith when These stories can be repeated, frank- The good news is cooler heads are I say that we felt blindsided by news ly, hundreds of thousands of times over prevailing, that people do see—in this from the House, but this isn’t the first

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They don’t even give authority the President’s fundamental authority than her. It is bigger than the senior for that. that has been in existence for as long Senator from New York, Senator SCHU- The bill they are sending over is as political science can remember. It MER, who is on the floor. doomed to failure. It is doomed to fail- has been in place for decade after dec- We have to start working together as ure legislatively and it is so awful for ade after decade to prevent a cata- a country. This is what we have been our country. strophic default on the Nation’s bills. trying to do. This is so disappointing. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Out of spite, tea party Republicans are On the eve of financial destruction for ator from New York. trying to take authority away from this great country, this is what it is— Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I President Obama. They would never, to appease a small group of people over would like to underscore for a brief mo- ever consider doing this if it were there. I am so disappointed. ment what our leader has said: Default President Romney, President Bush, Mr. DURBIN. Would the Senator would be devastating to this country. President Bush, or President Reagan. yield for a question? Closing the government is awful for Never. Mr. REID. I yield to the Senator. our country. Yesterday we all saw for As they have said—and they have Mr. DURBIN. I ask the majority the first time, after the government cheered on the other side—the govern- leader, through the Chair, one of the has been closed for too many days, ment is closed. We don’t mind default- key elements in this new proposal from when we are on the eve of default, some ing on the debt. It is good for the coun- Speaker BOEHNER is to diminish this real progress—Leader REID and Leader try. That is what they have said. President’s authority to deal with a de- MCCONNELL coming together on the Their legislation would also make fault on our national debt. This au- outlines of a plan which made a great unacceptable major changes to thority, so-called extraordinary meas- deal of sense, where each side had to ObamaCare. The House legislation ures or emergency measures, gives to give but could accept. And all of a sud- doesn’t even include a process for bi- Presidents, going back to President den at the last minute, as the loco- partisan negotiation on a sensible long- Kennedy, the wherewithal through the motive to avoid default is heading term budget. They throw out these Treasury Department to try to avoid down the tracks and getting some numbers, think magic is going to hap- an economic disaster which could im- steam, Speaker BOEHNER throws a log pen, and somehow when January 15 ar- pact families, businesses, jobs, and the on the path. This is wrong. rives, everything will be hunky-dory. reputation of the United States in the He knows his proposal—we don’t even There are still processes we have to fol- world. know what it is yet. They have to low. They set no pattern, no schedule, I ask of the majority leader, through tweak it probably to try to appease the no routine to do that. the Chair, now that we have seen the hard right. But he knows his proposal For weeks Republicans have claimed Republican Party bring us so close to with the measures in it already that they want to negotiate, but their legis- the precipice on a default, it is un- have leaked out would not be signed by lation completely ignores the need to imaginable to me that any President, the President or pass the Senate. So in- work together, craft a budget, and put including President Obama, would sur- stead of doing the right thing, looking our country on a fiscally sustainable render this authority to keep America at the Senate bipartisan proposal and path. safe in light of this type of threat. Is moving forward on that, Speaker BOEH- For years they have complained this one of the key elements in terms NER decides to light a match and throw about why don’t we have regular order of the problems associated with the it on the gasoline that is already all here. They complained about lack of a Boehner proposal? budget. Now they don’t even want us to Mr. REID. Mr. President, to my over the place. I hope he will desist. negotiate a budget. It is hard to com- friend, the senior Senator from Illinois, We all have seen that the House can’t prehend this logic, but the tea-party- we have seen what has gone on these lead in this regard. They can pass a lot driven part of the Republican Party last few months, through this whole of one-House bills, but they can’t get doesn’t follow logic. Why would they year, with a group of people who are anything done. Let him desist. Let him want to close the government for 15 giving press conferences, holding dem- defer to the Democratic and Repub- days, have us default on our debt? onstrations. They want the govern- lican leaders here in this body so we Introduction of this measure by ment to stay closed. They wanted it can avoid default, open the govern- House Republican leadership is unpro- closed in the first place. ment, and get back to America’s busi- ductive and a waste of time. Let us be The hardship we have over this coun- ness. clear: The House legislation will not try is awful. If that is not good enough, I yield the floor. pass the Senate. they are boasting they want the coun- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- This is what the White House said try to fail its obligations to pay its ator from Connecticut. only a few minutes ago: bills. Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, The President has said repeatedly that These are not new programs. These let me add my voice to the eloquent members of Congress don’t get to demand are obligations we have. That is one of and powerful remarks made by our ma- ransom for fulfilling their basic responsibil- the problems. The proposal they have jority leader and the Senator from New ities to pass a budget and pay the nation’s York, who have rightly deemed this bills. Unfortunately, the latest proposal from would not allow—for example, my House Republicans does just that in a par- friend is the chair of what some say is House proposal an obstacle—indeed, an tisan attempt to appease a small group of the most important part of the Federal obstructionist move—designed to per- Tea Party Republicans who forced the gov- Government, to protect the safety and petuate and not end the shutdown, and ernment shutdown in the first place. security of the United States, the sub- to block and not enable our efforts to I am very disappointed with JOHN committee dealing with defense that reach a bipartisan compromise which BOEHNER, who once again would try to was led many decades by Senator Dan would allow America to continue pay- preserve his role at the expense of the Inouye. The proposal they have sent ing its bills on time. country. gives the President of the United Those two goals—ending the shut- I have worked hard to rise above bi- States, the Chairman of the Chiefs of down and enabling America to pay its partisanship and find common ground Staff, no flexibility whatsoever when bills on time—are the predominant ob- in the Senate. We have done that to- sequestration kicks in on the 15th. jectives we must have as a bipartisan gether for the good of the Nation. This We are not asking to change those effort goes forward here in the Senate. is much bigger than the presiding Sen- numbers. We agreed to those numbers. This House proposal is doomed to fail- ator, who is from the State of Hawaii, We voted to approve those numbers, ure. It would be a failure not just for

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Mountaineer Square and The Grand Lodge, fects of this shutdown on an industry Gunnison County, CO; Colette Wear, Country very important to his State of Nevada AMERICAN HOTEL & Inn & Suites By Carlson, Lincoln, NE; Colo- and very important to the Presiding LODGING ASSOCIATION, rado Hotel & Lodging Association; Cortney Officer’s State of Hawaii—the tourism, Washington, DC, October 10, 2013. Damiano, Best Western Plus, Olive Branch, MS; Delaware Hotel & Lodging Association; lodging, and hotel industry. That im- President BARACK OBAMA, Members of the U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- Douglas Dreher, The Hotel Group, Edmonds, pact is devastating. WA; Florida Restaurant and Lodging Asso- As their Senator, I have heard this TIVES, Members of the U.S. SENATE. ciation; Georgia Hotel & Lodging Associa- morning from staff and employees of The American Hotel & Lodging Associa- tion; Hilton Worldwide; Host Hotels & Re- the Starwood Hotels based in Stam- tion (AH&LA) and our members in every sorts. ford, CT, who have written to Members state and congressional district respectfully Hotel Association of Washington, D.C.; of Congress about the effects they see urge Congress and the President to reach an Hyatt Hotels and Resorts; IHG Owners Asso- ciation; InterContinental Hotels Group; Jeff to their company and to others like immediate agreement to fund the govern- ment and establish a degree of economic cer- Gouge, The Arctic Club Seattle, Seattle, WA theirs in this industry—hotel and tour- 98104; Jeffrey T. Kmiec, The Greenbrier, tainty to allow for continued growth. ism—which is vital to the State of Con- Equally important is the looming breach of White Sulphur Springs, WV; Jim Abraham- necticut. In fact, we invest construc- the debt limit and the need to come together son, Interstate Hotels & Resorts, Arlington, VA; Joe Martin, Stillwater Hospitality, tively and positively in promoting our on a plan to address our long-term fiscal Stillwater, OK; John Shingler, President, As- State’s tourism industry. challenges. Current fiscal uncertainty and sociation of Starwood Franchisees & Owners; I will read from a letter from Amy the increasing lack of consumer confidence Josh Messer, Hilton Garden Inn—Eugene / are disrupting recent economic progress and Kilbury, associate director of IT fi- Springfield, Springfield, OR; La Quinta Inns nance at Starwood Hotels & Resorts job creation, in which the lodging industry & Suites; Lara Latture, The Hotel Group, Worldwide: has played a significant role. Franklin, TN; LaSalle Hotel Properties; Lau- Analysts say that for each day the federal rel Gaylor, La Quinta Inn & Suites Red The current impasse, now in its third government is shut down, collective Amer- Rock/Summerlin, Las Vegas, NV; Liban week, is having a negative impact both on ican income is reduced approximately $200 the economy in general, and specifically on Abdi, Holiday Inn Express on the River, Cor- million, and our nation’s hotels are losing vallis, OR; Loews Hotels; Maine Innkeepers the travel and tourism industry, which de- more than $8 million in economic activity— pends on the confidence of business and indi- Association; Mark G. Carrier, B.F. Saul putting jobs at risk and causing repercus- Company Hospitality Group, Bethesda, MD; viduals on the future stability of the econ- sions across many other related sectors. omy. The shutdown is having ripple effects; Marriott International, Inc.; Massachusetts Communities near national parks are ex- Lodging Association; Michigan Lodging and as federal agencies have reduced their oper- pected to lose $76 million a day in visitor ations so have private government contrac- Tourism Association; Montana Lodging & spending. In Yosemite National Park, for ex- Hospitality Association; New York State tors, and in turn, this is affecting both busi- ample, lodges and cabins scheduled to be ness and leisure travel. Hospitality & Tourism Association. filled to near capacity are instead giving NewcrestImage; Ohio Hotel & Lodging As- I ask unanimous consent to have thousands of visitors 48 hours to leave. Addi- sociation; Oklahoma Hotel & Lodging Asso- printed in the RECORD this letter, and a tionally, thousands who had planned to visit ciation; Opal Wedgewood, The Hotel Group, letter written by the American Hotel national parks are cancelling their trips and Franklin, TN; Paresh (Perry) Patel, MRPC and Lodging Association. hotel reservations. Stories continue to pour Hotels, Newark, DE; Pedro Mandoki, There being no objection, the mate- in from AH&LA members about how their Mandoki Hospitality Group, Gulf Shores, businesses are being negatively affected. AL; Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging As- rial was ordered to be printed in the The impacts extend far beyond our na- sociation; Rhode Island Hospitality Associa- RECORD, as follows: tional treasures. Hoteliers with inter- tion; Robert A. Alter, Seaview Investors, Co- STARWOOD HOTELS & national travelers have experienced a signifi- rona Del Mar, CA; Ruby Goodwin, Pacific RESORTS WORLDWIDE, INC., cant increase in cancellations because these Palms Resort, City of Industry, CA; Sam Stamford, CT. visitors are confused on whether they will be Patel, Best Western Mountain View Inn, DEAR REPRESENTATIVE HIMES, SENATOR able to enter and leave normally. Our mem- Springville, Utah; Shannon E. Johnson, MURPHY, AND SENATOR BLUMENTHAL: I am bers in northern states receive calls daily Plaza Inn and Suites at Ashland Creek, Ash- the Associate Director of IT Finance at from Canadians checking to see if the border land, OR; Sonny Sailesh Babu, Atlantic Ho- Starwood Hotels & Resorts, which has its is open. tels Management, Carrollton, TX; South headquarters in Stamford, CT. I wish to ex- Current fiscal conditions are leading to in- Carolina Restaurant & Lodging Association; press my concern over the impasse in gov- creased consumer uncertainty, all to the det- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide; Ste- ernment funding and the impending risk riment of economic growth. In short, the ven Cooke, American Public University, that the United States could default on its government shutdown is increasingly im- Charles Town, WV; Tabitha Caldwell, The obligations, and to urge you to work with pairing the lodging industry’s ability to hire, Hotel Group, Edmonds, WA; Tennessee Hos- your colleagues to forge a bipartisan com- grow, and contribute to the economy. pitality Association; Texas Hotel & Lodging promise to reopen the government and raise It is imperative that Congress and the Association; Toma G Brashear, Lanier Park- the debt ceiling. President act now to address the fast-ap- ing Solutions, Atlanta, GA; Warren Klug, The current impasse, now in its third proaching deadline to raise the U.S. debt Aspen Square Hotel, Aspen, CO; William week, is having a negative impact both on limit, or else risk default and further eco- Folkerts, Quality Inn & Suites, Watertown, the economy in general, and specifically on nomic damage. Acting to put the debt on a SD; Wisconsin Hotel & Lodging Association. the travel and tourism industry, which de- downward path into the future and address- Mr. BLUMENTHAL. These Starwood pends on the confidence of business and indi- ing our long-term fiscal challenges are im- employees are writing to their Sen- viduals on the future stability of the econ- perative to stronger consumer confidence, ators and Members of Congress because omy. The shutdown is having ripple effects; future job growth, and our nation’s standing they see firsthand the effects on their as federal agencies have reduced their oper- throughout the world. The lodging industry livelihood and their lives. The stories ations so have private government contrac- will continue to be a leader in U.S. economic tors, and in turn, this is affecting both busi- growth if our leaders can provide fiscal cer- recounted earlier by my colleague from ness and leisure travel. tainty. Connecticut and those I recited yester- There is no question that the future health AH&LA and our members thank you for day on the floor are real effects in the of the American economy depends on poli- your efforts to address these critically im- lives of real people, negative and pain- cies that will restore robust economic portant issues. ful—indeed, devastating effects on peo- growth and job creation while gradually re- American Hotel & Lodging Association; ple who depend on the economic flow of ducing debt, and I know that you are com- America’s Best Franchising, Inc.; Arizona certain and stable work by the govern- mitted to those objectives. The government Lodging & Tourism Association; Asian ment, contractors, and small and large shutdown, however, and even the threat of American Hotel Owners Association default, will only slow the economy down (AAHOA); Association of Starwood businesses like Starwood that are af- and jeopardize efforts to achieve a lasting Franchisees & Owners—North America fected. economic recovery. (ASFONA); Best Western International; Bev There is no question the future The next few days are very important and Kaftan, American Payment Solutions, Mesa, health of the American economy de- I hope that you will make a major contribu- AZ; Brian Latture, The Hotel Group, Frank- pends on the policies we need to adopt

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The the White House to reconsider their make sure that these employees of Speaker of the House has come forward categorical rejection of any proposal Starwood are well served, not impeded, with what we believe is a plan which from the House of Representatives. by the government they supported with would reopen the government, extend I yield the floor. their taxes and they elected with their the debt limit, and has several other The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. votes. We have an obligation to them provisions in it. HEITKAMP). The Senator from Florida. to do better than we have. The reaction to that has been imme- IRAN I was deeply moved by the story re- diate automatic condemnation by the Mr. RUBIO. Madam President, clear- counted by Senator DURBIN a short majority leader, by the White House, ly the issue we are facing with regard time ago on the floor about a young and by Democrats in the House, abso- to the budget, ObamaCare, the debt Iraq veteran more severely wounded lutely rejecting this proposal. ceiling is a very important issue. In the than the ones I recounted yesterday. I don’t understand that. I don’t un- hours and days to come I will have a But he is a veteran like the individuals derstand that visceral reaction in a lot more to say about it. I waited over whose stories I told yesterday. They most negative fashion. Why don’t we the last few days, because of the ur- deserve better from our government. try something like we used to do gency that confronts us domestically, Indeed, they deserve an end to the kind around this place? Why don’t we say: to reserve my comments on the issue of of obstructionism we saw just a short You have a proposal to open the gov- Iran. At this point I believed I could no time ago on the other side of this Con- ernment; we have a proposal to open longer wait to speak out on it, so if my gress, in the other branch of this legis- the government. Let’s both pass; let’s colleagues can indulge me for a few lative body, from Members of the go to conference—which we could do in moments, I wish to talk about it be- House of Representatives who know 24 hours—and resolve our differences. cause, as serious as the domestic chal- the proposal they are making has no I understand what the polling data lenge may be with regard to the budg- chance of adoption by the deadline we says, that 74 percent of the American et, the spending, the debt limit, need to meet to make sure that the people disapprove of the Republican ObamaCare, we have another crisis greatest Nation in the history of the handling of this issue. And I agree. brewing, one that goes to our national world avoids default and continues to Some of us at the beginning said we are security interests, one that quite pay its bills on time. going on a fool’s errand to believe we frankly for the most part unites us The CEO of the American Hotel and will be able to defund ObamaCare. We across the aisle; that is, the issue and Lodging Association, which represents got ourselves in a ditch, and we have to the threat Iran’s nuclear ambitions Starwood, Katherine Lugar, said: Ho- stop digging. That is well understood pose to the world. tels are a major economic driver and here by certainly the overwhelming The reason I believed I could no job creator across the country, and the majority of my Republican colleagues. longer wait to address this is because I industry’s ability to continue its But for the majority leader and the believe, as many of you do, that the growth is hamstrung by inaction from Democrats in the House and the White world is entering a crucial time in the our policy members. The administra- House to say absolutely, categorically, international efforts to stop Iran’s nu- tion, the House of Representatives, and we will not consider what the Repub- clear program. On September 24 of this the Senate need to act swiftly in the licans in the House of Representatives year, I, along with a group of other best interests of the entire Nation and are doing, in my view is piling on. It is Senators, wrote to the President and end this shutdown. Pay our bills on piling on and it is not right. we expressed our concerns about re- time. I urge my Democrat colleagues: Let’s ports that the administration was con- That has been the objective of my sit down and work this out. We have a templating making a fresh, new offer, colleagues on this side of the aisle and proposal from the House. We have a fresh new series of offers to Iran. In on the other side, like Senator MCCAIN proposal between the two leaders. Let’s that letter, we said Iran must not be who has just come to the floor. That get this resolved. To categorically re- allowed to develop a nuclear weapon; bipartisan effort has to be our objec- ject what the House of Representatives that is, if, God forbid, it becomes nec- tive. We need to do better for the and the Speaker is doing—and I think essary, we could support the use of American people and meet the obliga- he is pretty courageous in what he is military force to prevent an Iranian tions we now have. doing—in my view is not serving the bomb and that Iran must not be al- As chairman of the subcommittee American people. lowed to maintain any indigenous en- which has jurisdiction over the hotel So let’s stop this. Let’s stop it, sit richment capability; and that now is and lodging industry, the commerce down, consider the Speaker’s proposal, not the time to suspend sanctions but committee, we are hearing about how get our proposal done, and then get to increase them on the Iranian re- States such as Arizona, Hawaii, and this resolved, which we could do in the gime. Nevada, as well as Connecticut, are los- next 24 hours. All of us would like to wake tomor- ing millions of dollars every day in I came to the floor to express my dis- row to the news that the Ayatollah has economic activity. In fact, the Weir appointment in the categorical rejec- decided to abandon his nuclear weap- Farm National Historic Site in Con- tion of a good-faith effort by the ons ambitions, but it is especially im- necticut is harmed, along with the Speaker of the House—which doesn’t perative on matters of national secu- Grand Canyon, and all the commu- contain all the provisions I want. I am rity that we not be guided simply by nities and industries associated with it. sure the agreement made by both the our hopes. We must be guided by re- These issues are real and tangible. The Senate majority and Republican lead- ality. This is true in life in general, but harm is now and urgent. ers will not be everything I want. Let’s it is especially true and important on I urge my colleagues to come to- stop the condemnation. Let’s consider issues of national security that we be gether and resist the pressures and the Republican House proposal as a se- guided by reality. That reality is that demonstrate the kinds of profiles of rious proposal, as a way to end this no matter how much Iran’s political courage we have seen on both sides of gridlock, and then let’s sit down to- leaders say they do not have plans for the aisle—standing strong, speaking gether and get this thing done. a nuclear weapon, their actions say out, resisting partisanship—and com- I again urge my Democratic col- something else. They have dramati- ing together for the good of the coun- leagues. We know you have the upper cally increased their ability to enrich try. hand. Isn’t it time we help find a way uranium and they continue to spend I yield the floor. out of this—which is what the Amer- millions of dollars to expand their nu- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ican people want—rather than who won clear program and to develop long- ator from Arizona. and who lost. The only people losing range missiles which threaten not just Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I thank right now are the people of this coun- Israel and Europe but eventually the my friend from Connecticut. try. As I have mentioned a couple United States.

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This is a re- world. about there is a new President in Iran gime that brutalizes its own people and We cannot fall into their trap. Yes, and he might be a reformer. We hope denies them their basic freedoms. This we should be willing to talk. But talk so. But this is also the same person is the regime, by the way, that plotted alone should not slow down our ac- who in the past has bragged about how to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador in tions. Until they act, we should con- he has fooled the world before and this city, in Washington DC. tinue to increase pressure and speak bought time for Iran’s enrichment ca- Given this record, the erosion of forcefully about what these people sit- pacity to increase. In the end, by the trust in Tehran is simply too great, so ting across from us have done inter- way, even if he is a reformer, he is not the United States must look long and nationally and to their own people; the ultimate decisionmaker, nor is the hard at what Iranian actions could otherwise, I truly believe at some point Foreign Minister or any of these other qualify as what the administration in the future we are going to awake to civilians in their government. The ulti- likes to call credible confidence-build- the news that Iran has tested a nuclear mate decisionmaker is Iran’s so-called ing measures. weapon and we may find ourselves Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. So far I say this because of whom we are stuck with the reality that they have no one has accused him of being a re- dealing with. Sanctions on Iran should the ability to put that weapon on a former. not be lifted or suspended until they missile that can reach the United Iran’s leaders are making noises agree to completely abandon any capa- States. If that day should ever come, about negotiating with the world now bility for enrichment or reprocessing. God help us all. because over the last few years the Iran has a right to a peaceful civilian I yield the floor. I suggest the ab- United States and the European Union nuclear energy program. But they do sence of a quorum. have imposed very significant sanc- not have the right to enrich or reproc- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tions on Iran and these sanctions are ess. Holding this line is especially im- clerk will call the roll. starting to hurt the Iranian regime. It portant in light of Iran’s repeated and The bill clerk proceeded to call the is hurting, although it has not stopped, blatant disregard for international ob- roll. their ability to export terrorism ligations in the past and even to this Mr. NELSON. Madam President, I around the world. It is hurting, al- day. ask unanimous consent the order for though it has not stopped, their ability Even a limited enrichment program the quorum call be rescinded. to buy parts for their nuclear program and possession of sensitive reprocessing The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without and for their missile program. technologies is unacceptable because of objection, it is so ordered. Do you want to understand why they the risk that such a program would Mr. NELSON. Madam President, you are doing all this now, what their plan once again be abused by Iran in the fu- know when you are driving along and is? It is not that hard to understand. ture for nefarious and dangerous pur- your children keep asking you, are we What they are trying to do, they are poses. Suspending sanctions before Iran there yet? Are we there yet? That is an trying to get us and the world to agree not just suspends but abandons enrich- appropriate question. I would have to weaken the sanctions without them ment would give the Iranian regime ex- thought we were there—until now. We having to agree to any concessions actly what they want, an eventual path heard about the agreement that was that are irreversible, to any conces- to a nuclear weapon. Sanctions relief hammered out between the two leaders sions that irreversibly block their abil- at this time would allow them to make in the Senate and now all kinds of ity to one day build that weapon. This advances on their broader strategic ob- changes wanting to be made in the ambition of theirs, this plan they have jectives in their region such as prop- House of Representatives. The count- is clear as day. They are trying to fig- ping up the Assad regime in Syria, down clock is ticking. The ominous ure out if they can get these sanctions such as continuing to destabilize Iraq, sounds of default are being heard. The suspended or lifted without giving up such as supporting terrorist groups stock market, the New York Exchange, too much. Then at some point in the such as Hezbollah in Lebanon. has reacted accordingly. Up on Friday, future, when the world has moved on, We cannot allow the No. 1 exporter of up again a little bit yesterday on the when we are focused on other things, terrorism in the world this oppor- hopes, but today with the new news, they can then make their move to tunity. Until Iran agrees to abandon down—not a huge amount but a signifi- build their bomb. enrichment and reprocessing, not only cant amount. By the way, this is the model North should we keep the current sanctions It is reflective of this emotional roll- Korea employed over a decade ago. but the Congress should move to imple- er coaster of what is at stake, which is They used a combination of bellig- ment a new round of additional sanc- the financial integrity of this country. erence and pretended negotiations to tions without delay. I would say that Enough is enough. The ridiculousness buy the time and the space. Now they at some point Congress should consider ought to stop. Let’s go back and look are a nuclear power and they continue making it very clear that if it becomes where we have been over the course of to develop their rocket technology— necessary, the President of the United the last 2 weeks. which does not just threaten South States should reserve the right to take All of this started with a shutdown of Korea and Japan but the west coast of military action to prevent Iran from the Federal Government, of which the United States and potentially one continuing to advance its nuclear there are untold stories of hardship and day the entire country, our entire weapons program. deprivation that are going on. That country. The United States and the inter- ought to be enough to spur people to This is why, as these talks between national community have succeeded in action to stop the shutdown. What did the so-called P5+1 group of nations and bringing Iran to the negotiating table the shutdown start with? It started be- Iran restarted, we are at a critical through firm action, not through half cause a small group in the House, juncture. We should talk to Iran. We measures. Personally, I hope, as do all maybe folks who would affiliate with should see if they are serious. But we of my colleagues, that there is a diplo- the tea party, decided they want to cannot, under any circumstances, put matic solution to this problem. But take away the funding for the health at risk the hard-earned leverage that Iran does not have forever to prove care reform act, the Affordable Care took so long to put in place and assem- they are serious. We cannot allow them Act. As a result, they forced this shut- ble. to use these talks to continue to buy down. First, we need to remember whom we time and space as they have for the In the course of the last 2 weeks, are dealing with. We are talking about last decade, as North Korea did before about 1 week goes by and that crowd a regime that has earned the distrust them, to buy time and space so they sees this is not working and so they

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And all the rule of our democracy that Washington ObamaCare, including those 8 million- time the clock is ticking toward not is treated as the rest of America is plus Americans going to the exchanges only not being able to bring govern- treated. What is good for America and against their will. ment back so it can function—stopping what Congress and the administra- Again, I encourage the House to in- the shutdown—but also the potential tion—what Washington passes on clude this ‘‘no Washington exemption’’ default that is looming. America, it lives with itself with no language in any compromise they put I really believe and I understand special status, no special rules, no spe- together with regard to these fiscal what the people in my State of Florida cial exemption or subsidy. That should issues we are dealing with now. That feel. They are fed up with this. It is so be true across the board. It should cer- would be enormously important. It ridiculous. Yet that is what our poli- tainly be true regarding ObamaCare. would show leadership. I think it will tics has come to. The small group in That should be the first rule of Amer- resonate with the American people. the House of Representatives better ican democracy. The American people get this issue, start understanding that. Washington doesn’t want that. It and they resent—rightly so—Wash- I yield the floor and suggest the ab- wants to impose these new rules on the ington getting a special exemption or a sence of a quorum. rest of America; it doesn’t want to live special subsidy under ObamaCare that The PRESIDING OFFICER. The by them itself. It is sort of like when a no other American in that situation clerk will call the roll. person walks into a restaurant and gets. The bill clerk proceeded to call the hears that the chef never, ever eats at Again, I urge the House to act on roll. that restaurant, never, ever has a meal that important language. That would Mr. HEINRICH. Madam President, I out of that kitchen, it makes a person show leadership. That would align our ask unanimous consent that the order wonder. The same thing is true here on personal interests with the folks we for the quorum call be rescinded. a number of fronts, including represent. That would honor what The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ObamaCare. should be the first principle of Amer- objection and so ordered. So the first point is based on pure ican democracy: Washington lives f principle. Washington should live under the same rules as the rest of under the same rules it imposes on America on ObamaCare and on every- RECESS America across the board, including thing else. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under under ObamaCare. So Washington— Thank you, Madam President. I yield the previous order, the Senate stands Congress, all congressional staff, the the floor and suggest the absence of a in recess until 2:15 p.m. President, the Vice President, their po- quorum. Thereupon, the Senate, at 12:29 p.m., litical appointees—should have to go to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The recessed until 2:15 p.m., and reassem- the same fallback option under clerk will call the roll. bled when called to order by the Pre- ObamaCare that is there for all Amer- The legislative clerk proceeded to siding Officer (Ms. BALDWIN.) ica—the so-called exchanges—and it call the roll. f should do that with no special rules or Mr. BROWN. Madam President, I ask special deal or special subsidy or spe- unanimous consent that the order for DEFAULT PREVENTION ACT OF cial exception. It should do that the the quorum call be rescinded. 2013—MOTION TO PROCEED—Con- same way ordinary Americans do, who The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tinued in many cases—8 million-plus—are objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- forced out of good health care coverage Mr. BROWN. Madam President, we ator from Louisiana. they have now through their employ- still remain hopeful as the hours, un- Mr. VITTER. Madam President, I rise ment and forced onto the ObamaCare fortunately, click down towards what to concur with the House of Represent- exchanges. could happen in this country if we do atives to consider and pass what they The second reason this language is so not pay our debts. It has never hap- seem to be focused on, which is a com- important is a very practical one, be- pened in American history. I know promise resolution to the crisis before cause the sooner we make Washington when we woke up this morning, when us which includes ‘‘no Washington ex- live by the same ObamaCare rules as America woke up, they saw Leader emption’’ language regarding the rest of America, the quicker Wash- REID, the Democratic leader, the ma- ObamaCare. I strongly support, of ington will change ObamaCare in sub- jority leader, and Leader MCCONNELL, course, that language, and I strongly stantial ways, will fix it not just for the Republican leader from Kentucky, support that discussion and that effort Washington, as it did through the spe- coming together in discussion, coming in the House, and I really encourage all cial illegal Obama administration rule together on a plan, and they are pretty of our House colleagues to look hard at on this subject, but for America. We close to agreement. that and act on it. In particular, I need to align policymakers’ personal We know there are still problems in would encourage my Louisiana col- interests in Washington along with the the House of Representatives. I think leagues to do that. interests of the American people. The some of us in this body are fans of I have pushed this issue ever since we way we do that is to make them live by Abraham Lincoln, and many of us have got back from the August recess. As exactly the same rules, make them studied a lot of things Lincoln said and the Presiding Officer knows, as we walk the walk of those Americans who did. Lincoln used to talk about—when went into that August recess the have to go to the ObamaCare ex- his staff wanted him to stay at the Obama administration issued a rule— changes, in many cases against their White House to win the war and free an illegal rule, in my opinion—without will—8 million-plus—who were satis- the slaves and preserve the Union—he statutory authority, contrary to the fied with the health coverage they had said: I have to go out and get my public ObamaCare statute, that gives Mem- prior to ObamaCare and then who real- opinion bath. bers of Congress and congressional ized that under this law the promise by I think some of my colleagues in the staff special status, special exemption, President Obama that ‘‘if you like the House could learn something from or special subsidy, if you will, not in health care coverage you have now, going out and listening to real people, the law, and one not enjoyed in that you can keep it’’—they realized the not just going on talk radio, not just way by any other American. This ‘‘no hard way that promise was a lie. going to their country clubs, but to lis- Washington exemption’’ language, So there are two crucial reasons we ten to people talk about their lives and which I have been an advocate of with must pass this language into law: first, what this government shutdown has many others here in the Senate and the principle, and second, the practi- meant.

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They 1569. ators, but that is OK. That is the run the energy labs. We know what it Ms. MIKULSKI. I rise to speak for American way. has meant to people who depend on approximately 10 minutes. Now we are on the verge of being a Meals On Wheels and food stamps and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without deadbeat nation. How humiliating is depend on food safety and meat inspec- objection, it is so ordered. this, that the Federal Government, al- Ms. MIKULSKI. We are 33 hours away tions and all that government does. ready shut down for 2 weeks, could be from the possible default of the United heading for default. The full faith and We know long term what this shut- States of America on its debt obliga- credit of the United States has always down or repeated shutdowns in the fu- tions. We are 33 hours away from the been the international standard for in- ture do. That is why these negotiations possibility of the United States of vestment in the world and now it is a are so important that Majority Leader America becoming a deadbeat nation, question mark. REID is insisting that every time some- not paying its bills to its own people There is a lot of confusion about debt body says: I am going to shut the gov- and other creditors. ernment down, you do not repeal a law We are 33 hours away from our T- ceiling and what it means. Debt ceiling for them because then that is what be- bills becoming a junk bond. It is unac- doesn’t mean permission to acquire comes a matter of course. ceptable that our T-bills, our Treasury new spending, it means to acquire If you are a research scientist and bills, should move to a junk-bond sta- funds to pay bills we have acquired in you are funded by an NIH grant at Case tus. We have to get rid of that and we the past. The debt ceiling determines Western Reserve University in Cleve- have to get rid of the junk talk that is how much the government can borrow land or you are at Wright State Uni- going on around here. to pay for the programs it has already versity and are a medical researcher or The Congress of the United States enacted. I wish to repeat it allows the you are doing aeronautics research at must have a sense of urgency and come United States to pay the bills it has al- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base or at together on a program that ensures the ready incurred. NASA Glenn, if you see these interrup- United States of America pays its bills Opponents of raising the debt ceiling tions, if you are furloughed for 3 weeks and opens its government to serve its say that by blocking an increase, it is in October 2013 and then again some own people and to serve the role we going to save the United States money. time next year, and again, you—some play around the world. That is simply not true. We don’t save of the most talented researchers—are I say to my colleagues on both sides money by not paying our bills. Do you going to walk away, and we are going of the aisle, let us pass the framework know what happens when someone to lose so much of the edge we have in that was originally suggested yester- doesn’t pay their bills? They get a this country. day by the Democratic leader Senator lousy credit rating. When someone gets We are still the leading economy in REID and by Senator MCCONNELL, our a lousy credit rating, he or she has to the world. We are the greatest country Republican leader. Maybe it is not pay more for what they want to buy if in the world because, as the Presiding something all of us would have written, they have a terrible credit rating. It is Officer knows in Wisconsin, we have but it is something we could all do. It as if we are moving into payday loans. This is the United States of America. built the kind of intellectual and phys- means the President would sign it, the We don’t just erase the debt by not ical infrastructure the world has never government would reopen, we could ex- paying our bills. In fact, we end up seen—whether it is the University of tend the debt ceiling, and we could be owing more money, as I said, because Wisconsin, which is a great university, working on both our budget and our our interest rates go up. The con- not quite as great as a slightly larger Senate appropriations. sequences of a default are significant one in Columbus, but whether it is a I say, as the chair of the Appropria- and severe. For the House of Rep- great university, whether it is medical tions Committee, I am eager to go to resentatives to say no, to want to give research, whether it is building high- work. I am eager to fashion that bipar- up and say no to what we are working ways and public transit and aero- tisan compromise within the Senate in on in the Senate is the height of dan- nautics and all that we do as a nation terms of what our spending should be, gerous behavior. and we have done together, we cannot how we could make sure it is afford- The Treasury Department warns that lose that edge. These government shut- able, frugal, makes good investments default could create a worse economic downs and threats are damaging not in the American framework, makes crisis than 2008 and could cause more just to the economy today but to our sure we have national security physical damage that might last over more than long-term future as a nation. infrastructure, meets compelling human need, and conducts research and a generation. A generation is 20 years. That is why I am hopeful, as Senator development. I don’t want children who are now 6, 7, MCCONNELL and Senator REID have We can do this. I spoke with my and 8 years old to grow up in a country worked together and come close to an House counterparts. We are eager to go that is viewed as an international agreement, that the House of Rep- to work, but in order to negotiate we deadbeat. I don’t want to derail our resentatives will understand how im- must have this agreement. economic recovery. Economists predict portant this is to the future of our Na- I am very adamant that before we we could lose over 600,000 jobs and tion. All we are asking is—once we get can get to appropriations and our budg- 401(k)s would be hit hard. this agreement in the Senate—that et, we have to raise the debt ceiling. If The President would also have to de- Speaker BOEHNER simply go along; oth- we fail or falter to address the crisis, cide who gets limited government erwise, it really is a betrayal of our the United States of America will ir- money. We will operate only over ex- values and our future and us as a great revocably be affected. This is a manu- isting limited government revenue. country. factured crisis. It is a manufactured Should we pay our troops, continue So- I yield the floor. crisis because it is a self-inflicted cri- cial Security checks? What should we I suggest the absence of a quorum. sis. This is not what our global com- do? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The petitors are doing to us. This is not This isn’t only about let’s squeeze clerk will call the roll. what Russia is doing to us. This is not government programs. This is going to The legislative clerk proceeded to what China is doing to us. This is what put the squeeze on Medicare and Social call the roll. the House of Representatives is doing Security. I went through this in the Ms. MIKULSKI. I ask unanimous to us. 1995 government shutdown. The con- consent that the order for the quorum I thought we had an agreement ar- sequences are very severe to Social Se- call be rescinded. rived at by two mature leaders willing curity. Each month Social Security

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November 1 is another $27 billion with care program—but I do believe every- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without another $4 billion in SSI benefits. one likes Medicare. I know no Senator, objection, it is so ordered. Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, it If we have default, we might have to no Member of the House of Representa- has now been 2 weeks since the launch delay benefits. They could be delayed tives, who would like to end the Medi- of the insurance exchanges that were until there is enough revenue in the care Program. created by President Obama’s health Treasury to cover the payments due If we default, we could be ending care law. After 2 weeks of delays, error that day. Let me paint the picture. Medicare as we know it. We will shake messages, things the President calls Within the next 4 weeks, we have $70 the very confidence in the provider sys- glitches, the American people are billion worth of benefits due in Social tem. We will shake the very confidence united in saying that this is what a Security. Jack Lew, the Secretary of that we have in a partnership between train wreck looks like. A recent poll by the Treasury, says that on October 17 Medicare, private insurance, and the the Associated Press found that only 7 it will be $30 billion. In Social Security people who need health care. What is it percent of Americans say this rollout alone, we have a $40 billion decline and that we are doing? Again, this is a self- has gone either very well or extremely a gap. The Bipartisan Policy Center es- inflicted manufactured crisis. well. The Obama administration con- I say to the House of Representa- timates that not raising the debt ceil- tinues to say the problems were just tives, listen to the framework of the ing could delay the November 1 pay- because of too many people trying to Senate bill. Let’s not add a lot of other ment by 2 weeks. We are talking about check out the Web site the first day. delaying Social Security. That is an issues the House might like to bring I bring to the floor the front page of earned benefit. up. Let us pass the framework that was Sunday’s New York Times, Sunday, Oc- I would like to say what it also discussed by Senators REID and MCCON- tober 13, now 13 days into the ex- means to Medicare. On Medicare, if the NELL yesterday. change, with the headline above the government fails to pay, Medicare pay- There was a lot of give-and-take, fold, front page on Sunday: ‘‘From the ments would be delayed. Medicare pays that we would reopen government. By Start, Signs of Trouble at Health Por- providers and also covers the prescrip- December 15, the Budget Committee tal. Many Deadlines Missed. Web Site tion drug benefit. Let us go to the pre- will have met. By January 15 we would Problems May Imperil Finances of In- scription drug benefit, which means a have produced our spending bill for surance Market.’’ This is a front-page lot to many people. If someone needs 2014, and we would lift the debt ceiling story. It continues inside the paper. It prescription drugs to control blood until February 7. I think that would be says: pressure, to control blood sugar, to a good way to go. In March, Henry Chao, the chief digital ar- take an anticoagulant to prevent heart One might say shouldn’t the Budget chitect for the Obama administration’s new attack or stroke, he or she needs Medi- Committee meet anyway? You betcha. online insurance marketplace, told industry care. About $5.2 billion worth of Medi- Senator MURRAY passed her budget bill executives that he was deeply worried about care payments to private insurance on May 23 by almost 70 votes in the the Web site’s debut. ‘‘Let’s just make sure companies for the drug coverage is due Senate, but she could not go negotiate it’s not a third-world experience,’’ he told with PAUL RYAN because six Senators them. on November 1. Two weeks after the rollout, few would say On November 1, the U.S. Government on the other side of the aisle objected. his hopes were realized. is supposed to pay its share to private Now we have to pass legislation man- For the past 12 days, a system costing insurance companies to cover the pre- dating following the law. more than $400 million and billed as a one- scription drug benefit. If it doesn’t do We are now passing a law to tell stop click-and-go hub for citizens seeking that, what is a private insurance com- them to follow the law. I am willing to health insurance has thwarted the efforts of pany going to do? They are supposed to pass a law to tell them to follow the millions to simply log in. The growing na- help administer this Medicare Part D law, because in order for me as the tional outcry has deeply embarrassed the White House, which has refused to say how benefit. Will the insurance companies chair of the committee, working with many people have enrolled through the fed- continue to provide prescription drugs my vice chairman Senator SHELBY, a eral exchange. if they don’t get paid by us? really rock-ribbed fiscal conservative— Even some supporters of the Affordable What happens to the seniors? I don’t we have a lot of negotiating back and Care Act worry that the flaws in the system, know. forth, but we have an atmosphere of ci- if not quickly fixed, could threaten the fiscal Let us go to providers. Medicare pays vility, candor, and an interest in the health of the insurance initiative, which de- doctors and hospitals that treat Medi- pends on throngs of customers to spread the good of the country. We can get it risk and keep prices low. care patients. Under the law, they are done. We know we have to give and ‘‘These are not glitches,’’ said an insurance supposed to be paid within 14 days. take. I know as a Democrat I have to, executive who has participated in many con- Every day, 5 million claims worth and I am willing to do it. I called him ference calls on the federal exchange. Like about $1 billion are paid to either hos- this morning and reaffirmed my com- many people interviewed for this article, the pitals or doctors. If we don’t have mitment to work in the spirit of com- executive spoke on the condition of anonym- money to pay that hospital or to repay promise. ity, saying he did not wish to alienate the that doctor for services rendered, will federal officials with whom he works. ‘‘The So let’s get on with it. Thirty-three extent of the problems is pretty enormous. they continue to treat Medicare pa- hours to go—now it is 32 hours and 45 At the end of our calls, people say, ‘It’s tients? Will hospitals continue to minutes to go. The clock is ticking on awful, just awful.’ ’’ admit them? I am sure they would do it the United States of America and its At the time, the President of the in an emergency, but the whole idea of standing in the world. I urge us to United States—he and I talked about being able to see your doctor is to come together, that the Senate be able this directly face to face on Friday at avoid an emergency. Doctors are al- to move the framework discussed by the White House. He said we just have ready hesitant about Medicare because our leadership; that the House take it a problem with the cash register. I of the Spartan reimbursement, but now up, pass it, and we get on to doing the would say this is a Web site with major we are talking about maybe no reim- governance we were elected to do. flaws. It goes way beyond the cash reg- bursement at all for weeks at a time. I yield the floor, and suggest the ab- ister. Why? Not because of a natural disaster sence of a quorum. One online database programmer told but because of politics, politics, poli- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The CBS News: tics, politics. clerk will call the roll. It wasn’t designed well, it wasn’t imple- The other side, particularly the other The assistant legislative clerk pro- mented well, and it looks like nobody tested side of the dome in the House, might ceeded to call the roll. it.

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This guy she was told her premium would be al- health care law. says he would be ashamed and embar- most $950 for her family. That is $765 I thank the Presiding Officer and rassed to deliver something as bad as more than she pays now. She told the yield the floor. the Obama health care exchange. station, ‘‘It would take food out of our The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- I think the Obama administration mouths to be able to afford this cov- ator from New Hampshire. should be embarrassed about the whole erage.’’ This is what the President of Ms. AYOTTE. Mr. President, I ask law. The law wasn’t designed well, the United States and Democrats in that the senior Senator from South hasn’t been implemented well, and it this body have foisted on the American Carolina, the senior Senator from looks as if nobody tested it. The prob- people. Georgia, if he comes to the floor, as lems we have seen are not just first- People are finding that not just the well, and I be permitted to enter into a day glitches. The problems have con- premiums are going up, but many of colloquy for up to 20 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tinued. People still cannot sign up eas- their other health care costs are also objection, it is so ordered. ily. It is still not as easy to use as higher. TERRORIST PRISONERS Amazon. Remember the President of The Chicago Tribune had this head- Ms. AYOTTE. Mr. President, I come the United States promised it would be line on Sunday: to the floor today to talk about some- as easy to use as amazon.com. Why are Obamacare deductibles may cause sticker shock. Insurance companies are requiring thing that is fundamental to all of us, there problems 2 weeks later? higher out-of-pocket expenses to pay for The CEO of Aetna Insurance said yes- and that is the safety and security of complying with new rules. our country. terday—this is 2 weeks into it. He said: Expenses to pay for complying with On October 5, our special forces did There’s so much wrong, you just don’t rules—not expenses to give you health an excellent job in conjunction with know what’s broken until you get a lot more of it fixed. care, not expenses to keep you healthy, our intelligence community, and I not expenses to prevent injury or ill- commend the administration for order- We still have no idea how many peo- ness, but expenses to pay for complying ing the raid that captured a key Al ple have been able to enroll success- with the rules. That is the Chicago Qaeda terrorist whose name is Abu fully. What is the Obama administra- Tribune, the President’s hometown Anas al-Libi. When they captured him, tion continuing to hide? newspaper. they put him on a ship. Wolf Blitzer came out last week on As if all that weren’t bad enough, the About a week ago, my colleague from CNN and said: administration is still insisting it is South Carolina and my colleague from If they weren’t fully ready, they should ac- going to fine people who don’t have in- Georgia, who is the ranking member of cept the advice the Republicans are giving surance, even though people can’t sign the Intelligence Committee, stood up them, delay it for a year, get it ready, and make sure it works. up on the ObamaCare Web site success- and we said: After successfully cap- fully. The administration was saying turing one of the most important Al Even Jon Stewart was asking why that this is a long process and people Qaeda members—which is a result of the Obama administration gave a 1- have until the end of March of next the great work done by our special year delay to big businesses but not to year to enroll in the exchanges, but forces and our intelligence agents— the American people. Mr. President, if even that changed last week. Now it why are we putting him on a ship for you are the Obama White House, when turns out people will actually have to purposes of interrogation instead of you have lost Jon Stewart, you know sign up 6 weeks earlier than that—by bringing him to Guantanamo Bay de- things are not going well. Valentine’s Day—or pay the tax pen- tention facility, which is a top-rated The problems do not end with the alty. What we are looking at is a tax detention facility? At Guantanamo media or professional comedians. A penalty at 1 percent of income or $95, Bay we could do a lengthy interroga- Democratic Member of the House who whichever is greater that first year. tion of this person who has been associ- actually voted for the health care law That could be a sizable amount of ated with Osama bin Laden and the called the launch of the exchanges ‘‘ex- money for some families who thought current head of Al Qaeda, Anwar al- cruciatingly frustrating.’’ Robert they were going to get affordable insur- Awlaki. Gibbs, President Obama’s former Press ance under the President’s health care He is also charged with participating Secretary, said yesterday: law because that’s what the President and being involved in the 1998 Kenya I hope they fire some people who were in promised them. He stood in Congress and Tanzania bombings at the embas- charge of making sure that this thing was and told the American people that. He sies that killed 224 people, including 12 supposed to work. stood in front of groups all around the Americans. He has been described as a The biggest cheerleaders for the country, and the American people feel potential treasure trove of information President’s health care law are now misled and deceived. All of this frustra- about the activities of Al Qaeda and turning against it, the American peo- tion, expense, stress, and pain was all their plans. The information we have, ple do not like it, and people are not avoidable. which has been released publicly, is buying the administration’s excuses for Democrats in Congress and President that he is someone Anwar al-Awlaki why it has failed. This is, of course, bad Obama need to swallow their pride. may have sent to Libya to try to make for the President, but the American They need to admit that the problems sure that they could have the Al Qaeda people have even bigger problems, and with the health care law are not lim- network in Libya. that is what we should be really fo- ited to a bad Web site. The problems Let’s not forget what happened on cused on. with the health care law run much September 11, a year ago, in Libya The White House is worried about deeper, and they are only going to get where our ambassador and three brave how this looks from a PR standpoint. much worse. We must do something to Americans were murdered. Does Mr. al- We should also be talking about the stop this terrible law from doing more Libi know anything about that? real harm this health care law is doing damage to people’s jobs, their care, and We will never fully know what Mr. to hard-working Americans and their our country. al-Libi knows because after a week on families and their jobs and their pay- The President will be held to the the ship where our intelligence offi- checks. Many of them are going to lose promises he made as recently as 21⁄2 cials were given an opportunity to their doctors—doctors who are not in- weeks ago: If people like their doctors, speak to him, he was transferred to a cluded in the insurance plans sold in they can keep their doctor, the cost Federal district court, and today in the exchanges. Many are already seeing will be less than a cell phone bill, and Federal district court he pled not that their premiums are going up be- that it will be easier to use than ama- guilty to the 1998 bombings at the em- cause of all the Washington mandates. zon.com. bassy. He was given a lawyer. We know

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That is exactly what the Obama ad- tell them a week later: Here is your I hope that the administration will ministration did here. To their credit, lawyer and your right to remain silent stop doing this. We can’t put politics they captured al-Libi. Here is what because the most important piece we above intelligence gathering to protect breaks my heart the most: The special have to protect our country is informa- our country. forces units that go into Libya, Soma- tion to prevent future attacks and in- I ask the Senator from South Caro- lia, and Pakistan risk their lives to formation that our intelligence offi- lina, through the Chair, if he still be- capture these people alive, if possible, cials can use about the Al Qaeda net- lieves we are still at war with Al so we can gather intelligence. work to protect Americans and our al- Qaeda? Also, how important is it that It really does bother me that after lies. That information was given up be- we gather information from terrorists completing this operation, which was cause this administration is so worried who are captured, and that those inter- very successful, we only had control of and concerned about political points rogations be done on a lengthy basis this enemy prisoner for about 10 or 11 and closing Guantanamo Bay that they instead of a short period such as a days. I will never be convinced that in would rather transfer someone who is a week? that short period of time we were able key Al Qaeda operative to the Federal Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, I want to gather the intelligence he possessed. district court in New York and give to thank my colleague from New He has been associated with Al Qaeda him a lawyer a week later, instead of a Hampshire who has been one of the at the highest level for 20 years. He was lengthy interrogation designed to find strongest voices since the day she got a treasure trove of information. out everything he knows. here in the Senate to talk about the This was a political decision by the It took years to get the information difference between fighting a war and Obama administration, not a legal de- that led to the bin Laden raid that cap- fighting a crime. The Senator has been cision based on the law of war. This is tured and killed Osama bin Laden. Yet the attorney general of New Hamp- not what our military advises or our we only had a week of interrogation shire, and I have been a military law- intelligence community advises. This with a key Al Qaeda operative because yer for over 30 years. The legal systems is what the President chose to do be- they are so worried about adding more to fight a war are different than the cause he does not want to use Guanta- people to those who are present at legal systems to solve a domestic namo Bay. Guantanamo Bay that they would rath- crime. Why was he placed on a ship? Be- er put that political goal above gath- Here is the problem: Do I believe Al cause there is no prison available in ering information to make sure Amer- Qaeda is at war with the United States the United States, other than a naval ica is protected. It is wrong, and we and our values and our friends? Would vessel, to hold someone as an enemy will never know what information we they kill us all if they could? Yes. combatant under the law of war. Why? lost that could have protected Ameri- Why did 3,000 Americans die on 9/11/ Because the President refuses to use cans by only allowing this interroga- 2001? They couldn’t kill 3 million of us. Guantanamo Bay. tion to go a week in military custody If they could, they would have. If you If we can close Guantanamo Bay and instead of a lengthy interrogation in a believe that, then the goal of our gen- create a new prison to allow people to top-rated detention facility. eration is to marginalize this move- be held as enemy combatants, sign me One of the reasons that the adminis- ment, and when we capture one of up. But the idea of not having a jail tration has given is that he had med- them, we need to find out what they available to the United States on land ical issues. If he did have medical are up to. at a time of great stress, and during a issues, guess what. Guantanamo Bay Dying for their cause is not a deter- very pivotal moment in the war on ter- actually has top-rated medical facili- rent. It is like first prize. So when you ror, is an ill-conceived and dangerous ties. Had we captured him and brought tell somebody who has joined Al Qaeda policy. him right there—in fact, these are the that you may die in the course of this I applaud the Senator from New same types of medical services that our attack, they say good. The goal is to Hampshire for bringing up this issue. own men and women in uniform are prevent them from hitting us, and the Here is what we need to understand able to receive. He could have been best way to do that is through intel- as Members of Congress: This policy treated there, and we also could have ligence gathering. cannot be sustained. When we capture kept him there and made sure that we When you capture someone who is de- high-value targets, such as a 20-year prioritized getting information about termined by our military and intel- veteran of Al Qaeda, we are crazy as a Al Qaeda from him to prevent future ligence community to be a member of nation not to use the law of war to attacks against America and to stop Al Qaeda, then under the law of war— gather intelligence. the terrorists with this information. the authorization to use military force I am not for torturing anyone. I have The more information we have, the passed by Congress over a decade ago— been a military lawyer for 31 years. I better we can protect our country. you can hold that person under the law believe in the Geneva Conventions. I Since I have been a member of the of war to gather intelligence. believe my country is special. I believe Armed Services Committee, I have Why is that the case? War is about in the international regimes about how been repeatedly asking the administra- winning the war. Enemy prisoners are we interrogate prisoners we hold. I tion: What is your detention and inter- valuable captured alive because they know what Al Qaeda does to their pris- rogation policy? What if you capture can provide information about what oners. I do not want to be like them. I the head of Al Qaeda tomorrow? And the enemy is up to. want to be the United States. But the you know what I get from the top mili- When you charge someone with a United States has a right, under the tary leaders? I have gotten answers crime, you cannot spend a long time law of war, to gather intelligence. such as this: I would need lawyerly with them without their lawyer trying The last thing a member of Al Qaeda help on that one. We are still working figure out if they committed the crime should hear when they are captured is: on our detention and interrogation pol- because of the right against self-in- You have a right to remain silent. Here icy. crimination in our criminal justice is your lawyer. I don’t want them to re- While they have had years to work system. The military legal system, and main silent. I want them, over time, to on this, we are left where we are: A top the law of war, is completely different provide us with whatever intelligence Al Qaeda terrorist who was captured in when it comes to asking questions of is available. Libya and after only a week of interro- an enemy prisoner about future mili- Why was he moved off the ship? Ap- gation was given a lawyer so they can tary activity or what they know about parently, he had a medical condition accomplish their political goals instead past operations. that could not be treated on the naval

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But having to become one of the leading voices when Qaeda. take him off the ship because he was it comes to detention and interroga- Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, if the sick is no excuse to stop his interroga- tion under the law of war. Senator from New Hampshire will yield tion to gather intelligence. Putting Ms. AYOTTE. Mr. President, I thank for one more inquiry. He was captured him on the ship because we don’t want the Senator from South Carolina. in Tripoli, Libya; is that right? to use Guantanamo Bay is an ill-con- Let me make a correction for the Ms. AYOTTE. Yes. ceived and ill-designed strategy that, if RECORD. I used the name al-Maliki. It Mr. GRAHAM. We believe he was in it is not changed or replaced, is going is Ayman al-Zawahiri who is the cur- Libya before the attack on our con- to come back to haunt this country. rent head of Al Qaeda, and that is sulate in Benghazi, right? This man possesses an enormous whose name I meant to say. Ms. AYOTTE. Right. amount of intelligence potential. He is The point is this: If we capture al- Mr. GRAHAM. We also know him to now in Federal court. He will be given Zawahiri tomorrow, are we going to be one of the higher level Al Qaeda a lawyer. Once he is charged with a put him on the ship, and is he only operatives roaming the planet. He was crime, he should be given a lawyer. But going to be on the ship for a week when involved in bombing our Embassies in before that, we have the right under we gather information from him to ask 1998 in Kenya and Tanzania; is that the law of war to hold him to gather him what future attacks he is planning correct? intelligence—treat him humanely but against America and our allies? Does Ms. AYOTTE. That is right. question him about what he knows that make any sense? And then we are Mr. GRAHAM. What are the odds about Al Qaeda, because they are still going to give him a lawyer and tell him that he was in Tripoli before the out there, lurking. he has the right to remain silent? No. Benghazi attack, had a record of bomb- I will end with this. I wish to work What makes the most sense is that we ing embassies in the 1990s, and had with the Senator from New Hampshire have a detention and interrogation pol- nothing to do with the consulate at- and anybody on the other side who icy so that with people such as al-Libi, tack in Benghazi? The Senator from would like to try to find a detention we take as much time as we need to New Hampshire is a prosecutor. What and interrogation policy that is more make sure we find out everything they does my colleague think the odds are of rationally based. Guantanamo Bay, in know about Al Qaeda to protect Amer- this guy not having any knowledge or its early years, did hurt the image of ica, and if we capture Zawahiri tomor- involvement in killing our Ambassador this country. Some of our interroga- row, we make sure we protect America in Benghazi and being involved in the tion techniques right after 9/11 hurt us by finding out everything he knows. attack on our consulate that was orga- as a nation. That is what we are worried about and nized by Al Qaeda affiliates? And what Guantanamo Bay has been reformed. that is what we need to do for our have we learned, if anything, about his It is Geneva Convention compliant. country. potential involvement in Benghazi? The Detainee Treatment Act that I Mr. GRAHAM. Will the Senator yield How can we learn everything this man helped author with Senator LEVIN and for a question? has done in 11 or 12 days before we give Senator MCCAIN is the gold standard of Ms. AYOTTE. Yes, I will. him a lawyer? I would argue we can’t. how we treat people under the law of Mr. GRAHAM. We are throwing The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time war. I am proud of the system we have around names. I think Zawahiri is the of the Senator has expired. created over the last several years in a person who took bin Laden’s place. If Mr. GRAHAM. I ask unanimous con- bipartisan manner, and I urge this ad- we captured him tomorrow, that would sent for 1 more minute. ministration to create a vehicle to in- be the ultimate treasure trove. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without terrogate under the law of war people Ms. AYOTTE. Right. objection, it is so ordered. such as al-Libi so we can be prepared Mr. GRAHAM. Can the Senator from Ms. AYOTTE. I thank the Chair. for the next attack. The policy they New Hampshire tell us a little bit Mr. GRAHAM. Thank you. I would have in place today is going to deny about this individual called al-Libi? argue we can’t possibly understand all this country the ability to gather valu- Why do we believe he would be such a he knows about Benghazi in the last 20 able intelligence. treasure trove? What is his back- years of terrorism by holding him on a When it comes to defeating Al Qaeda, ground? How long has he been involved ship for less than 2 weeks. He should be the more we know about how they be- in Al Qaeda? And what have we missed held at Gitmo as long as it takes to have and what they are up to the safer here? What opportunities have we lost find out what he knows and then he we will be, because they will not be de- by only holding him as an enemy com- should be tried. Does the Senator from terred by the threat of death. We can- batant for less than 2 weeks? New Hampshire agree with that? not deter them; we have to stop them. Ms. AYOTTE. Mr. al-Libi is someone Ms. AYOTTE. I agree. We need to We have to hit them before they hit us, who is alleged to have been involved in protect our country. That means a lot and the best way to do that is to gather Al Qaeda for decades. He is someone longer than a week interrogation. intelligence when we find someone who as early as the 1990s was working Thank you, Mr. President. such as al-Libi. with Osama bin Laden. He is alleged to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- I am very disappointed that we have have been involved with—and that is ator from Vermont. blown it when it comes to intelligence what he is charged with in Federal Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, if I might gathering with this high-value target. I court, as I mentioned—the 1998 bomb- for a moment, we have had dozens and am very sad to report to the military ings of the Kenya and Tanzania Embas- dozens of terrorists who have been ar- members and their families that the sies that killed 224 people, including 12 rested. We had the so-called Underwear bravery they have demonstrated and Americans. Bomber, a member of Osama bin shown just a few weeks ago has been He reportedly played a critical role Laden’s family, and many others. They undermined, in my view, by an irra- as the intermediary between al- were all given their Miranda warning tional political decision that denies Zawahiri, whom we just discussed, who and they wouldn’t shut up. They kept our country the ability to learn from a took over for Osama bin Laden as the talking day after day after day. It has high-value target they risked their life head of Al Qaeda in an effort to estab- been my experience that if they are to capture. lish an Al Qaeda-affiliated operation going to talk, they are going to talk, I don’t know how to fix this in the network in Libya where our Ambas- whether they are given a Miranda current political environment, but I sador, of course, was murdered, along warning or not. Wouldn’t it be nice if know as a military lawyer it needs to with three brave Americans, last Sep- we demonstrated to the rest of the be fixed, and I know we are not ele- tember 11. He has been reported to be world that we are not afraid of these

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It is even more It is not responsible for Senators to which means that unless a strong ma- dangerous when they do not appear to talk about: Oh, my gosh, if we just sent jority of the Republicans are for some- know the danger they are causing for them to Guantanamo. Guantanamo by thing, he won’t give Democrats a our economy. itself is damaging to the United States chance to even vote, let alone to be a I hope we will get back to work here and harms the image of the United part of the negotiations. in the Senate right away with a bipar- States. Here in the Senate we have bipar- tisan solution to this rather than al- The fact of the matter is that the tisan negotiations, with the leaders lowing the House and the Speaker to people we have arrested and who went from both sides still with optimism and wreck the opportunity we had as late through our court system will usually hope. On the other side, we have a lead- as yesterday in order to play dangerous talk ad nauseam, whether they have ership that won’t talk to the Demo- partisan games. We do not have the been given the Miranda warning or not. crats, has purely made partisan deci- time for that, and it is the wrong So let’s be realistic. It might be a nice sions about whether something should thing. It is the wrong thing in a very talking point to scare people, but the come to the floor, and has not yet immediate way in terms of the damage people who are actually involved in brought a Senate bill to the floor for a it will do to our economy, to the world prosecutions know it works. clean vote. It is a nightmare over economy, to people across this country The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- there. And the strategy has not whose interest rates are pegged to ator from Rhode Island. worked, in case they did not get the Treasury bills, to anybody who depends Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, memo. on an economy where people have con- yesterday we heard very optimistic Holding the economy hostage was a fidence that the United States is a news about steering away from the terrible choice for the Speaker. Caus- solid investment and have confidence brink of American default before it be- ing the shutdown was a terrible choice. that our economy is going to grow. The came too late. Majority leader HARRY Holding the credit of the U.S. Govern- default puts all that at risk. It creates REID came to the floor and gave very ment hostage has been a terrible real economic hazards for our country. optimistic reports. Minority leader choice. To use words that were used on But the method of getting us here has MITCH MCCONNELL came to the floor the floor this morning by one of our additional hazards, and I would like to and gave very optimistic reports. They Republican friends, it was a ‘‘fool’s er- close by talking about them. hinted very strongly that a deal was rand’’—it was a ‘‘fool’s errand’’—that From the very founding of this Re- close, and time was scheduled with the put the party ‘‘in a ditch.’’ public, we have prided ourselves on our caucuses, presumably to make a pres- Well, unfortunately, because he is distinct American system of govern- entation of the deal. And then what? the Speaker, it is not just the Repub- ment. We have fought for it. We have We have had some very interesting lican Party that is in the ditch. The protected it. It has seen us through speeches and colloquies from our Re- whole country is in the ditch as this world wars, civil wars, great depres- publican colleagues on the floor. I default looms. Some of them are trying sions, great recessions, all types of ca- found the debate as to whether our de- to get out of the difficulty they find lamity. What it fundamentally is—the fense and law enforcement experts had themselves in by pretending that the phrase we use probably as much as any kept an Al Qaeda captive in the right default is not real. We have default other about our country is that it is a location to be interesting. I found the deniers now side by side, I guess, with government of laws. It risks being earlier discussion about the insurance the climate deniers and the other turned into—by a very small faction in exchange Web sites to be a very inter- deniers. They deny that October 17 is one party in one House in one branch esting discussion. I found the discus- the real date when anything might go of government—a government not of sion earlier this morning about Iran to wrong. They deny that anything bad laws but of threats, a government be a very interesting discussion. What will actually really happen if the U.S. where the person who can make the is even more interesting is what they Government defaults. They deny—if we scariest threat wins. are not talking about. What they are just pay the Treasury bills and leave It does not matter that what they are not talking about is that today the Re- other things unpaid—anything really objecting to was passed in the regular publican leader pulled out of those very bad will happen. order, passed by both Houses of Con- productive negotiations and very opti- Treasury bills get sold in an auction, gress, signed into law by the President, mistic negotiations—pulled out of in a market. If you are going to that approved by the Supreme Court. It does those negotiations that promised an auction to buy Treasury bills and you not matter that it was the center of end to this crisis. I find that absolutely see a government that is not paying the last Presidential election and that stunning. I am amazed, while we are in Social Security recipients on time, their point of view lost convincingly. a situation where we are that close to that has massive liquidity and What matters to them is if they can resolving this crisis and avoiding the cashflow problems as a result of the make dangerous enough threats, they catastrophes that have been predicted, debt limit failure, we may say: Yes, we may be able to try to get their way that one side would simply walk away. will pay you first, but are you really anyway—anyway. That is not the way I don’t blame the minority leader. The going to pay the same rate for that se- a government of laws behaves. That is information I have is that he was asked curity of that country while that coun- the way a government of threats be- to do so, that the message came from try is facing all of these other prob- haves. the other side, from the Speaker; that lems? It is a preposterous notion. It is If we go down the road of a govern- Speaker BOEHNER torpedoed the pro- the type of notion that you can only ment of threats, we will be taking a ductive bipartisan Senate negotiations believe when you absolutely need to be- very big step away from our American that were at the brink of resolving this lieve it for your ideological purposes. heritage, away from the procedures of crisis. Reality simply does not support a no- our American Constitution, and away Instead of the bipartisan successful tion like that. If you are living in a co- from the values that have seen us process, Speaker BOEHNER has wanted coon world of extremist ideology, you through hundreds of years of growth to interrupt and bring in the same par- can come up with thoughts like that. and pride. It is a dangerous point, and tisan House process that has been a And if you are only talking to other the fact that they are willing to do disaster for us over and over—100-per- people who think the same way, you that, the fact that they are willing to cent partisan, 100-percent politics. can kind of agree that thought makes not only wreck the economy but to We have sent bills over to the House. sense. But there is a little problem. Re- wreck the status of this country as one Those bills have never been brought up ality wins. Reality always wins. that is run by a government of laws

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That is It is bunkum patriotism to put the real that—I think they are going to to- absurd on its face. values of this country into the hopper night—that ‘‘no Washington exemp- Then the second thing this special and turn us into a government of tion’’ language will be the only thing— rule only did for Congress is say: For threats instead of a government of the only substantial thing in that pro- those who go to the exchanges, includ- laws. posal that has not been essentially ing Members, they get to take a huge A great judge, a Supreme Court Jus- agreed to by Senate Democrats. Every- taxpayer-funded subsidy with them, a tice, once said: Procedure is the bone thing else is detail, a date here, minor subsidy available to no other American structure of a democratic society. provisions. The only major difference at that income level—no other Amer- Breaking those bones to make your between what the House is hopefully ican. That is not in the ObamaCare point is no way to enhance our demo- passing tonight and what has been statute. That is made up out of thin air cratic society. agreed to in discussions by Senate in terms of this rule. So I hope the majority leader and the Democrats is that ‘‘no Washington ex- So we need to correct that situation. minority leader will resume their nego- emption’’ language. We need to make sure Washington is tiations right away. I hope, frankly, So the question will be is this per- treated like America; first, because it they have begun already and I just do ceived crisis, is this standoff going to is the right thing to do. It should be not know about it yet. But we have to continue over that, over Members pro- the first guiding principle of American get going. And if the minority leader is tecting their wallets, their special elite democracy; second, for the practical unwilling to tell Speaker BOEHNER: No. status, demanding that they are treat- reasons I stated. The quicker we do Knock it off. You have done enough ed differently than other Americans that on ObamaCare and across the damage already. We are going to solve under ObamaCare? Is it going to con- board, the quicker Washington, the this in the Senate, and we are going to tinue and not be resolved over that? Congress, the President, will start get- sit down and have a bipartisan com- I think that is what it will all be ting important matters, including the promise—if he is unwilling to say that, about, again assuming, as I hope it impact of ObamaCare, right. then we need to come back to the floor does, the House passes this proposal to- Mr. DURBIN. Will the Senator yield and we need to bring up the bill the Re- night. Again, the ObamaCare language, for a question? publicans filibustered on Saturday that the statute itself does not allow for Mr. VITTER. I will in a second. would have gotten us out of this pickle. this special exemption or special sub- Again, I congratulate the House for Time is short. We have to get moving. sidy. That is nowhere in the statue. Be- doing exactly that, for doing exactly If our colleagues on the other side then cause of that, it was sort of an example that. Again, I would point out, assum- want to filibuster—to filibuster—the of what NANCY PELOSI said about the ing the House does that and passes that solution to this debt limit crisis, they ObamaCare statute in general: We have tonight, the only significant difference will have shown their hand in a very to pass it to figure out what is in it. It between their package and what Sen- dangerous way. passed with language in it that said ate Democrats have agreed to in dis- I yield the floor. clearly, Members of Congress and their cussions will be this ‘‘no Washington I suggest the absence of a quorum. staff would have to go to the exemption’’ language from ObamaCare. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ObamaCare exchanges for their health There will be other very minor dif- clerk will call the roll. care—no provisions for any special sub- ferences: a date here, language regard- The bill clerk proceeded to call the sidy. ing how income verification is handled, roll. Then, after it passed, many folks on very minor compared to this central Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, I ask Capitol Hill read it to figure out what issue. So that is what it is coming unanimous consent that the order for was in it. When they got to that sec- down to. That will be what Senate ac- the quorum call be rescinded. tion, they said: Oh, you know what. We tion on that House proposal is about. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without cannot live under this. We cannot I will be happy to yield to my distin- objection, it is so ordered. stand for this. guished colleague from Illinois. Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, a couple So then a fierce lobbying campaign Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, through of hours ago I was on the Senate floor started to get the administration to fix the Chair, since the Senator from Lou- urging and encouraging the House to ObamaCare—but not to fix it for Amer- isiana has raised on the floor many act on a compromise proposal to deal ica, to fix it for Congress. That re- times the issue of the health insurance with the current fiscal issues before us sulted in a special Obama administra- of Members of Congress, I would volun- that included the ‘‘no Washington ex- tion rule that was conveniently issued teer that I am under the Federal Em- emption’’ from the ObamaCare lan- right as Congress was leaving Wash- ployees Health Benefit Program, some guage. ington for the August recess, right as 8 million Federal employees, including As I said, I think that is very impor- Congress was fleeing the scene of the Members of Congress and their staff, tant for two reasons; one, the principle. crime. are currently under the same health in- I think the first rule of American de- That rule did two things, neither of surance program across the Nation. mocracy should be that Washington which is in the statute. That is why it I have the same health insurance pol- lives by the same rules as it imposes on is a completely illegal rule, contrary to icy as the park ranger at the Lincoln America under ObamaCare, under ev- the statute, in my opinion. First of all, home in Springfield, IL. I would ask erything; secondly, a very practical the rule said: When the statute says the Senator from Louisiana: What is consideration. I think the quicker we that Members of Congress and their your health insurance policy? do that, the quicker we start getting staff have to go to the exchanges for Mr. VITTER. I am under exactly the things right. The quicker we start un- their health care, we do not know who same program. What I am suggesting is derstanding in a gut, personal way the official staff are. We cannot figure that merely that we follow the law. The dis- real challenges and burdens of out, the administrative agency said. So tinguished Senator and many of his ObamaCare, the quicker we start we are going to leave that up to each Democratic colleagues constantly changing that. individual Member of Congress. make the point that ObamaCare is the I return just a couple of hours later That is absurd. The language is clear. law of the land. He is right. I want to to congratulate the House because they All official staff are covered. The ad- change that, largely; the Senator does are apparently moving in exactly that ministration should have demanded in not. It is the law of the land as we direction. All indications are that they the rule that all official staff are cov- speak. That law of the land is crystal will be going to the Rules Committee ered and not leave it up to individual clear. It has a specific provision about very soon with a package that fea- Members. But under this cozy relation- this. It says every Member of Congress, tures—that has as its centerpiece that ship, an individual Member can exempt all of their official staff can no longer ‘‘no Washington exemption’’ from any staffer he or she likes. In fact, in stay in that plan and have to go to the ObamaCare language. theory, that Member can exempt all of ObamaCare exchanges, the so-called

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I am sorry lion-plus, who do not want to have to characterized an employer contribu- he has left because I would like to fur- go to the exchanges, who like the in- tion as a government subsidy. I would ther engage in dialog. There is a reason surance plan they have now, who heard like to ask the Senator from Lou- he left. There are questions he can’t the President say: If you like the plan isiana, is he prepared to disclose the answer. If he tries to answer them, his you have now, you can keep it. They government subsidy, as he calls it, that whole case explodes in front of him. found out after the fact that was not he has personally received for his We created these insurance ex- true for them. health insurance as a Member of the changes for 40 or 50 million Americans There are 8 million-plus who are Senate? who have no health insurance or have being forced off coverage they like to Mr. VITTER. Absolutely. Reclaiming rotten insurance. They were paying a go to the ObamaCare exchanges. They my time and reclaiming the floor, that fortune for bad health insurance poli- do not get any subsidy. They do not get is absolutely public information. That cies. this special treatment. I am suggesting is true. What I am merely suggesting is When the Senator says 8 million peo- we should not as well. that ObamaCare mandates the change. ple were forced into these exchanges, Mr. DURBIN. Would the Senator That is the law of the land, as the Sen- this is what the Senator was saying—8 yield for a further question? ator and his Democratic colleagues million people had health insurance Mr. VITTER. Yes. make the point many times, and we policies that were so bad that those Mr. DURBIN. I hope the Senator will should live by the law of the land. policies, frankly, had to be rewritten. concede that Members of Congress and As the distinguished Senator from Il- This is what we said and is the law their staff are going into the insurance linois absolutely knows, there is no under ObamaCare. Offer health insur- exchanges because of an express provi- provision in the ObamaCare statute for ance to my family or the family of the sion requiring that to happen in the that subsidy to transfer to the ex- Senator from Connecticut. They can- law, offered by Republican Senators changes for Members or congressional not discriminate against a person ap- COBURN and GRASSLEY. staff, no provision whatsoever. In fact, plying for health insurance because of Secondly, what we are dealing with is having that happen is inconsistent preexisting conditions of anybody in a strange situation. ObamaCare does with the law because the requirements your family. Does anybody in your not force anybody into the insurance of exchange policies are different than family have preexisting conditions? We exchanges. It is available for those who the requirements for FEHBP policies, all do. have no health insurance or those who so it is completely inconsistent with We decided that was fundamentally are on individual health insurance the law for that subsidy to follow Mem- unfair. If one has a child with asthma, plans and want to buy something dif- bers of Congress to the exchanges. It is wife with diabetes, mental illness in ferent. nowhere mentioned in the statute. It your family, for goodness’ sake, people Mr. VITTER. If I can respond and re- was made up out of thin air under this shouldn’t be discriminated against. claim my time, I do not think that is illegal Obama administration rule with That is one of the provisions of true at all. I think ObamaCare abso- no sufficient statutory basis in the law. ObamaCare which many on the other lutely forces millions of other Ameri- Mr. DURBIN. Would the Senator side of the aisle want to repeal. cans into the exchanges. It is not the yield for a question? Secondly, we said there can be no same mechanism that it is for Members Mr. VITTER. I yield to the Senator. lifetime limits on your health insur- of Congress. It is not an express provi- Mr. DURBIN. If the Senator is stat- ance policy. What does that mean? In sion. But it is forcing 8 million-plus ing that no one under an insurance ex- the old days people would buy a policy Americans into the exchanges against change, no one, can receive an em- that said they would give up to $100,000 their will nonetheless because there ployer contribution for their health in- and then the policyholder is on his are many Americans who want to keep surance, he is wrong, flat wrong. own—$100,000. That ought to be great the coverage they have. They heard Mr. VITTER. Reclaiming my time until one ends up in the doctor’s office over and over from President Obama: If and reclaiming the floor, I did not the next day or someone in your family you like the coverage you have, you state that and I will not state that. has a serious cancer diagnosis. With can keep it. Then they found out that What I did say is there is no subsidy surgery, chemo, and radiation going on for them that was a lie. They did like available to Members of Congress and for a long period of time, it can be way the coverage they had. They are losing congressional staff under the over $100,000. It can happen. it against their will. I do not think ObamaCare statute. There is no provi- I had a routine surgery 3 years ago, that is by accident. I think that is by sion in the statute for that old FEHBP and it turned out well. It cost over design because the ObamaCare statute subsidy to magically redo itself as an $100,000. If I had one of those limited creates clear incentives for many em- exchange subsidy. There is absolutely policies, I would have had to start pay- ployers to get out of the health insur- no provision of that whatsoever. ing out of my pocket. We eliminated ance provision business and to just let Folks, these 8 million Americans who that and said there can’t be a cap on their workers go to the exchanges. are forced out of the plans they like, insurance policies. They want to repeal So I completely disagree with the they are not getting a subsidy. They that. They want caps on insurance statement from the Senator from Illi- are going to the individual exchange, policies. nois that no other American was forced and they are getting no comparable It turns out that 60 percent of insur- onto the exchanges. Millions of other subsidy. If they have low enough in- ance policies in America did not cover Americans were forced onto the ex- come they get a subsidy for being at a maternity benefits. How about that? changes, in a different way, but abso- certain income level. Do we love families and love children? lutely millions of Americans were The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time How about making sure health insur- forced onto the exchanges against their of the Senator from Louisiana has ex- ance covers them? That is in will. pired. ObamaCare and they want to repeal it. Mr. DURBIN. Would the Senator Mr. VITTER. Thank you. I urge The list goes on. This is a point I yield for a question? again that the Senate stand tall and wish to get to. Members of Congress Mr. VITTER. Yes. stand with the American people, not are now going to be covered by the Mr. DURBIN. Since the Senator is stand for Washington elites. same insurance policies offered by under the Federal Employees Health I yield the floor. ObamaCare and our staff will too. That Benefit Program, his monthly pre- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The as- is acceptable to me. I have taken a miums for his health insurance and my sistant majority leader. look at what is available. It is as good

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I can live with make me look darn good, to answer the all about? that. phone, try to satisfy the needs of the We have shut down the government, Currently, the Senator from Lou- people of Illinois, and to deal with and we have run the risk of defaulting isiana and every other Senator, when it some pretty serious cases that involve on our debts for the first time in his- comes to health insurance, has the life and death sometimes or Federal tory over whether our employees, the same health insurance as Federal em- benefits. They work long hours and do people on our staff, are going to get a ployees, 8 million Federal employees great work. Because of their great Federal Government contribution for and their families. It is the same basic work they cover me in glory with regu- paying health insurance? It is pathetic coverage. I think it is pretty darn larity. I can’t thank them enough. we have reached that point. good. I have said that on the floor. Peo- What a thanks this is to say to them: I believe health insurance is a right. ple have corrected me, saying: Senator, We are going to eliminate your em- It isn’t a privilege. I believe employer- you may have a policy worth $15,000 a ployer’s contribution for your health sponsored health insurance is a good year. There are people with policies insurance. You are on your own. That thing that we ought to protect. I be- worth $40,000 a year. is what the Senator from Louisiana lieve Members of Congress ought to I will leave it at this. I think I have wants to do. If the Senator thinks an play by the same rules as everybody good coverage for myself and my wife. employer’s contribution for health in- else in the insurance exchanges and our I can match that coverage in terms of surance is something that is sinister staffs should as well. the quality of coverage on the insur- and shouldn’t be allowed for Members If he accepts those as premises, the ance exchanges without fear of inter- of Congress and their staff, hang on Senator’s amendment goes away, dis- ruption in service and protection for tight because we have 150 million peo- appears. But if the Senator is out to my wife and me, and I feel good about ple in America who have health insur- get the employer contribution on that. ance through their work with an em- health insurance, maybe that is the This is what the Senator from Lou- ployer contribution. goal, have at it. I think the Senator is isiana is upset about. When I go on the Is that the Senator’s next target? Is going to find it is a very lonely battle. insurance exchange, which is required the Senator going after them? Then Most Americans, Democrats and Re- by law—not voluntary, required by there will be a fight because people publicans, value health insurance. law—the Senator doesn’t want the em- can’t afford health insurance without They need to have it in their lives to ployer to make any contributions for employers helping to pay. We put it in give them peace of mind and give them myself or my family and says our staff the Tax Code, we have to protect it in the best care. should be under the same restriction. This war on health insurance for in- the Tax Code. We have to beat the Vit- People who get their health insurance dividuals, the uninsured, even Members ter amendment. of Congress and their employees, is through their employer across Amer- Think about this for a minute. We ica, virtually all of them have em- mindless. It is mindless and petty. started this debate 2 weeks ago. A Sen- We have to do better. We need to ex- ployer contributions. This is common. ator from Texas took the floor for 21 There is nothing sinister or sneaky pand the reach of health insurance hours, stayed up all night. His goal: about it. across America. We will. This effort to Let’s defund ObamaCare. The Senator calls it a government defund ObamaCare and now the Vitter What happened? The Senator’s side subsidy, the employer contribution. All amendment, we must defeat both of ended up shutting down the govern- I ask is this: I will go on the govern- those efforts. ment and is putting us within 36 hours ment health insurance exchange and Once this program is in place and of defaulting on our national debt for happily do so. Treat me the same way Americans have this protection, we are the first time in history over the issue when it comes to employer contribu- never going to take it away. Once peo- of defunding ObamaCare. Haven’t heard tion for my health insurance and my ple have that peace of mind with af- about that recently. They stopped staff health insurance as every other fordable health insurance, then 6 out of Federal employee. It is that simple. talking about it because something has 10 people who go on the health insur- The Senator says: No, that is special happened. Over 12 million people are ance exchanges will pay less than $100 treatment for Members of Congress. now going on the Internet trying to a month for health insurance. It is less The Senator from Louisiana is just find whether they are eligible for a than a cable bill. plain wrong, stands on the floor, and health insurance policy. The popu- Finally, they will get health insur- talks about special privileges for Mem- larity of ObamaCare has gone up as Re- ance. That is what it is all about. Once bers of Congress. publicans have criticized it because it happens, once it moves forward, it I will tell what you I am prepared to there are a great many people who will become one of the basic concepts do. I am prepared to put a specific pro- don’t have health insurance or they in America that we count on to protect vision in the law which says no Mem- have health insurance they can’t af- ourselves and our families. ber of Congress or Member of any con- ford. We have to defeat the Vitter amend- gressional staff shall receive any spe- I am not going to make excuses for ment. It is pathetic that we have cial privileges or additional rights not the problems with the computers and reached this point with the shutdown available to every other person under the Internet as the program kicks off. of the government and the idea of de- the SHOP or insurance exchange pro- It better improve and it will. It shows faulting on the debt, that it has come gram. us what happens when we are over- to this amendment. It is very sad. How is that? I could live with that whelmed with people who want health It doesn’t speak well for those on the because, as the Senator almost ac- insurance. The system broke down. We other side who started off with this knowledged, currently employer con- have to get better. lofty goal to defund ObamaCare. Yet in tributions can be made for those who During this period of time when the the end all they want to do is to raise run the insurance exchanges. It is other side was railing against the cost of health insurance for the there. We are not getting anything too ObamaCare, the numbers for approval people who are working night and day unusual. It is already there. This argu- of ObamaCare were going up across for them in their offices across Amer- ment about some special treatment for America. It didn’t work. They gave up ica. Members of Congress—no way. I will on defunding ObamaCare. I haven’t I hope the people in this country un- state what bothers me the most about heard that phrase in a long time, 2 derstand what this debate has finally this is it doesn’t take an act of polit- weeks ago from the Senator from descended into and will join us in de- ical courage to take money away from Texas but not since. They have now de- feating this Vitter amendment. somebody else, in this case away from cided that instead of defunding I yield the floor and I suggest the ab- our staff people. ObamaCare, they are going to follow sence of a quorum. I started out here as an intern a long the Senator from Louisiana—who The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. WAR- time ago when I was in college. I wants to take health insurance away REN). The clerk will call the roll.

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I ask consent to talk for Democrats here in the Senate and the debt, what are we going to do to ensure up to 15 minutes. White House—which, by the way, came that we don’t continue to pile trillions The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without out and said it was going to veto the of dollars of debt on the future genera- objection, it is so ordered. proposal from the House of Representa- tions of this country. We do not seem Mr. THUNE. Madam President, we tives, of course before it had ever seen to get serious about that. I hope we are now in the third week of govern- it. There had never been anything in will. I hope when we get past the im- ment shutdown. We are facing an im- print with respect to that. So the Sen- mediate crisis we will take a look at minent debt limit crisis. It seems that ate Democrats hadn’t seen it, the the long term and say what can we do it has become a pattern around here White House hadn’t seen it, but the to put this country on a more sustain- that we live from crisis to crisis. I hope President came out and said he was able fiscal path? I think we all know what that en- we do something about that. We obvi- going to veto it and the Senate leader tails. It means we have to get spending ously have to deal with the immediate said he was blindsided on this, it was here in Washington, DC, under control, issues in front of us in the next day or extreme, it was an attempt to torpedo particularly in the areas of some of the so, hopefully no more than that. There bipartisan discussions. have been a lot of discussions that have It would appear at least that some of mandatory spending parts of the budg- occurred over the course of the week- the Democrats around here are a lot et. If you look at what the Congres- end and the last few days to try to more concerned about the political sional Budget Office says, over the next 10 years, discretionary spending— bring to a conclusion at least this consequences and having the oppor- which is that small part of the budget chapter of this particular crisis we are tunity to dance on the political graves that is impacted by the sequester—is dealing with. of Republicans than in actually solving going to grow roughly 17 percent. Dur- I am encouraged when I hear our col- a problem that is important to the fu- ing the same period mandatory spend- leagues on both sides of the aisle are ture of this country and the American ing is going to grow approximately 79 meeting and having discussions. We people. have had a number of those that have I think it is unfortunate that is percent or $1.6 trillion over the course gone on, I think so far without result. where we are. I hope in the course of of the next decade. So spending on mandatory programs continues to There have been meetings that have the next few hours—that is about all grow. This CBO report underscores occurred between our two leaders. Also we have left—we will come to some that reforming entitlements is abso- I have been working very hard to try to agreement. Whether that originates in lutely necessary if we are going to get get a result, something they could take the House of Representatives or origi- back to their respective caucuses and spending under control. nates here in the Senate, one way or We know what the issues are. It is present, that could ultimately be voted the other both are going to have to not like it is a big secret. The Congres- on. vote on it. Both are going to have to sional Budget Office gives us insight on There are also discussions going on find the necessary votes to pass some- in the other body, in the House of Rep- regular basis. We have had lots of com- thing that will avoid the disaster that missions that have studied these resentatives, and have been for some is facing us if we do not take steps to issues, they presented their findings, time, trying to find a pathway forward do that. I guess I am one of many who, they put forward recommendations that could get the necessary votes to when I heard those comments this about how to address these long-term pass in the House of Representatives morning, was more than a little bit crises the country faces, and yet there and then ultimately here in the Sen- surprised to think that we here in the seems to be the lack, if you will, of po- ate. I heard some of my colleagues in Senate would be shocked and surprised litical will to try to actually solve the the Democratic leadership on the floor and disappointed and blindsided that problem. this morning denouncing some of those the House of Representatives would de- My own view is that if we can get efforts in the House of Representatives, cide to do some work and try to solve through this immediate crisis, over the which came as a surprise to many of us this problem as well. Ultimately we course of the next couple of months, because I do not think it should be any have to have the House and the Senate which is basically what we have to shock to anyone that the House of Rep- agree and concur. work with, we can actually sit down— resentatives, created in article I of the I am glad to see the House of Rep- hopefully with the President engaged Constitution, might decide to perform resentatives is proceeding in a way in this process—and negotiate in a way some things that are consistent with that will solve this problem. I hope we that will allow us to put in place solu- its constitutional role. will continue in the Senate to try to tions that actually do put us on a more They have been working on legisla- find a solution in the next few hours, sustainable fiscal trajectory for this tion. We had the leader get up this something we can actually pass country’s future. morning and make some comments on through both Houses of Congress and Over the course of the last 41⁄2 years the floor with respect to what was hap- put on the President’s desk and some- we have seen the publicly held debt of pening in the House of Representatives. thing he might be able to sign into law. this country double. It took 230-some He described it as a partisan attempt But when you talk about the various years of American history and 43 Presi- to appease a small group of tea party elements of those proposals, most of dents to get to the first $6.3 trillion in Republicans. He described it as an ex- those things that were denounced and debt, and that has literally doubled in treme piece of legislation, most of the rejected here this morning by the the last 41⁄2 years under this adminis- elements of which, by the way, have Democratic leaders when they came to tration. been part of the bipartisan agreement the floor were the very things that a We have a huge debt problem. We here in the Senate. He said it was a bipartisan group here in the Senate added $1 trillion a year for the first 4 blatant attack on bipartisanship. had been working on for several days. years. This year everybody is patting He went on to say he felt blindsided I hope when we get through this im- each other on the back and saying: by the news from the House and that mediate crisis and hopefully create the Gee, the deficit is down to $650 or $700 extremist Republicans in the House of process by which we might address the billion, as if that is some sort of major Representatives were trying to torpedo real problems the country faces—be- accomplishment. That is literally the the Senate’s bipartisan progress with a cause this living from crisis to crisis is fifth largest deficit in history behind bill that cannot pass the Senate. He not a way to govern the country. It is the first 4 years of this administration, went on to lament the fact he was dis- not a way to provide certainty to our which were the four largest deficits in appointed in the Speaker of the House. economy. It is certainly not a way to American history.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:41 Oct 16, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15OC6.032 S15OCPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S7496 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 15, 2013 We have an out-of-control debt. We datory part of the budget. That part Instead of coming over here and de- have an out-of-control deficit that is was not affected—or at least not af- nouncing what is happening in the growing as a percentage of our econ- fected very much—by the sequester. House of Representatives or using ex- omy and getting to the point where it Those are the ingredients, compo- treme language to characterize what is is literally going to drown our econ- nents, and elements, if you will, that happening in the House of Representa- omy if we don’t do something about it. will lead us to a situation where we are tives, understand we have to function Controlling the spending part of the not having a crisis every few months together. We are the Congress of the equation is essential. The other part where we are worrying about a debt United States, and in order for any- that is essential is getting the econ- limit increase or how we are going to thing to get done here, we have to omy growing and expanding. When the fund the government. We ought to get move legislation through both the economy is growing and expanding, it to a place where we are in a more sys- House and Senate. It seems to me, at means that people are working, people tematic way doing what we should be least, that there ought to be a recogni- are investing, people are making doing in the first place. We should be tion of that in the Senate. As I listened money, people are paying taxes, gov- passing appropriations bills. We didn’t this morning to the comments of some ernment revenues go up, and that pass a single appropriations bill this of our leaders on the other side when makes a lot of these problems look year, which is why we are here at the they came down here and denounced much smaller by comparison too. eleventh hour trying to come up with a what was happening in the House of We can’t have an economy growing continuing resolution to fund the gov- Representatives, it struck me that that at 1 to 2 percent and an unemployment ernment. is not a productive or constructive way rate that is chronically at about 71⁄2 Those are the things we need to do if to get where we need to go in the next percent. When we factor in the people we are going to get this fiscal situation few hours. I hope we can do that, and I who have quit looking for work or are improved for our country and get the looking forward to the kind of bipar- working part time who would rather be economy up and growing again and cre- tisan cooperation that will solve this working full time, that unemployment ating jobs and doing what is necessary problem. rate gets up into the double digits. to improve the lives of the American I yield the floor. We have chronically high unemploy- people. That is what I think the public The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ment, massive amounts of debt, and a wants to see. ator from California. sluggish economy. Those are all things Actually, if we look at public opinion Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I ask on which we should be focused. In order polls—and there has been a lot of dis- unanimous consent to use as much to get the economy growing and ex- cussion about that lately—by a 2-to-1 time as I might consume. panding again, we have to create the margin, people in this country believe The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without economic conditions for small busi- that if you are going to raise the debt objection, it is so ordered. nesses to invest, hire more people, put limit, you ought to do something about Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, the their capital to work, and try to get the debt. I saw a survey just last week Senator from South Dakota has point- that economic growth rate back up to by CBS News that said 55 percent of the ed out how concerned he is about jobs where it would allow us to deal not people in this country believe that and economic growth. He is concerned only with our deficits but also to do when you are going to raise the debt about our not doing enough appropria- something that would really improve limit, you ought to do something to re- tions bills. He is concerned that we the quality of life and the standard of duce spending. I think that only 23 per- have not resolved our differences in the living for people in this country. A cent of the people surveyed said they conference. growth rate in the 3- to 4-percent range supported a clean debt limit increase. I want him to know, since he asked is significantly different—dramatically The American people get it. The peo- for bipartisanship, that as a Democrat, different than a growth rate in the 1- ple in my State of South Dakota un- I am concerned about pay and jobs and to 2-percent range, and that means a derstand that you can’t spend money economic growth. I am concerned that big difference in the take-home pay of you don’t have. You have to live within we have not had any appropriations middle-class Americans. your means, and we have to, as a Fed- bills. I am concerned that we have not If we want to see middle-class Ameri- eral Government, do the same families gone to the budget. But I need to speak cans do better in this economy, we across this country have to do on a reg- the truth, and the truth is in the have to get the economy growing ular basis. They get this. They under- record. again, and that means reforming our stand what this is about. Why don’t we have appropriations Tax Code, broadening the tax base, and I hope that in the next few weeks and bills? Because the Republicans filibus- lowering those marginal income tax months we will be able—with the in- tered our very first bill, and when we rates. We have the highest business tax volvement and engagement of the tried to get it done, they would not in the world. It makes us noncompeti- President of the United States—to sit give us the votes, so it was taken off tive in the global environment. We lose down and negotiate the resolutions, if the floor. Senator MURRAY and Senator jobs every single day to other countries you will, and proposals and solutions COLLINS—our moderate Republican col- around the world. We need to do things to this debt crisis and get this country league—were very upset about that. that would lessen the cost of doing on a more sustainable fiscal path and The Republicans filibustered the very business in this country. We need to at a place where the economy is grow- first appropriations bill we tried to get make it less expensive and less dif- ing at a faster rate and creating the through, and it was clear they were ficult to create jobs, not more expen- types of good-paying jobs that will help going to continue to filibuster each sive and more difficult. middle-class Americans in this econ- one. So to come down here and lament One of the concerns many of us have omy prosper. the fact that we didn’t take up appro- with respect to ObamaCare is that it is If we look at what happened to take- priations bills flies in the face of recent making it more expensive and difficult home pay or household income over the history. to create jobs. It has higher taxes. past several years, it has gone down, My friend laments the fact that we There are higher insurance premiums. not up. We have seen the average have not had a chance to discuss what Obviously, that translates into fewer household income go down by $3,700 he now sees as a target for cuts in jobs. since the President took office. It is Medicare and Social Security. He calls Getting the cost of regulation to a time we changed that and got the them entitlement programs. That is more reasonable level, keeping the tax American people back to work, in- their new thing now. They want to cut rates at a more reasonable level, and comes coming up, and jobs that will those programs. Well, you know what. doing what is necessary to unleash this keep the young people in this country We have said open the government, economy is the way we will improve not only employed but looking with let’s pay our bills, and we will nego- the fiscal picture in this country, cou- confidence and optimism toward their tiate, listen, and talk. pled with good fiscal discipline and future, which is something we don’t see Our friends on the Republican side constraints on Federal spending, and today. Let’s deal with the immediate stopped us from going to a budget con- that means we have to tackle the man- crisis, but let’s work together on that. ference 21 times, and now they have

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:41 Oct 16, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15OC6.034 S15OCPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE October 15, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7497 shut down the government. All you cost of $23 a month. Why do my friends Why would anyone want to hurt that have to do is understand why. They on the other side of the aisle want to family and reverse our law, the Afford- were very clear. They don’t like the Af- stop Laura Hunt of Modesto, who lost able Care Act, which is everybody’s fordable Care Act. her husband’s employer-based coverage law, that says no more lifetime limits I have come to the floor, as I have be- when he was killed in a car crash, stop and no more annual limits. We have to fore during this government shutdown her from getting affordable health ask the Republicans why they want to that is in its 15th day, to raise the care? do it. They come to the floor and they alarm about the harmful, terrible, Kevin Burke, an assembly worker, say: Health care costs are rising; these hurtful impacts on America and its told the Fresno Bee he had been out of things are happening; the sky is fall- people as a result of 15 days of not hav- work for 2 years and now he qualifies ing. But then we look at the facts, and ing access to their government. Who for Medicaid and he is going to be OK, the facts are that tens of thousands of are they punishing? The people of this and he is not going to wait until he is people are signing up. Young people are Nation. This is their government. Open rushed to an emergency room. Why do now able to stay on their parents’ poli- the door and let them in. Let them my colleagues on the other side of the cies until they are 26. There is no more talk to us. Let them tell us about the aisle want to stop Kevin Burke of Fres- preexisting condition bar. If a person legislation they want us to proceed to. no from getting affordable health in- has a preexisting condition, they can Let them not suffer, as they are in my surance? They need to look into their still get insurance. There are so many State and in many States because the hearts. good things. Women are no longer dis- government is shut down. In a mo- Then there is Rufina Arango, a dia- criminated against. We used to pay ment, I will talk about some of the betic. At Vista Family Health Center twice as much as men. Being a woman ways my people are hurting. she filled out an application for cov- was considered a preexisting condition. They shut down the government be- erage through a significant expansion Can my colleagues imagine. Really? cause they didn’t like the Affordable of Medi-Cal. Rufina and her family lost Because, yes, we can have babies and, Care Act. I am so happy to say that their health insurance several years yes, we had certain needs. Well, that is Covered California-dot-com— ago when her husband was laid off after over now. We have equal rights in this coveredCA.com, which is our Web working for 22 years. She said: Affordable Care Act. site—has had more than 1.5 million It’s so great. It’s going to help so many of So the reason for the shutting down unique visits to the site. The call vol- us. If not for ObamaCare, many of us would of the government was to stop the Af- not qualify for health insurance. ume to the service center is 104,000- fordable Care Act. The Affordable Care plus. The average call wait time is now I could go on and on with these sto- Act is now signing up tens of thousands 1 minute 55 seconds. The average call- ries. I don’t have the time to do it. But of people. It is saving a lot of our fami- handling time from the time you get I am going to keep on adding these sto- lies. If the Republicans want to make on until the time you get off and get ries to the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD so improvements in it, that is fine. We are your questions answered is less than 15 some day, when people look back at ready to do it. We will sit down with minutes. Our cumulative applications this moment in history, they will real- anyone and make this law better—ab- ize that when we stood for the people are approaching 100,000. Tens of thou- solutely. But don’t stop a law that and their right to have affordable sands have already completed the passed almost 4 years ago and that was health care, that we did it for a very signups. This is why they shut down upheld by the Supreme Court; and, good reason. Some day in the future the government. They don’t want that may I say, there was a big election people will say: You mean there was a to move forward. about it. I will tell some stories about health time when we had 40 million people Remember what Mitt Romney said: without insurance? Are you kidding? care reform in my State. The first thing I will do when I am your Rakesh Rikhi of San Jose is now pay- But that is the moment we are in now. President is to repeal ObamaCare. That is ing $950 a month to insure himself, his We are either going to stand sentry, as my promise. my friend BARBARA MIKULSKI always wife, and his two children with Kaiser And, boy, I believed him. It was a big says, for a law that is going to help Permanente. According to the NBC sta- issue. People decided that wasn’t a people, or just walk away. No law is tion in the Bay area, Rakesh was good enough reason, and they reelected perfect. Of course there are glitches stunned to learn that through Covered our President not in a small way but in and issues. We are very happy to talk California he can get a similar Kaiser a big way. plan for his family for $400 less a about making it better—very happy. So since there is no more reason to The President is as well. He said as month. So when my friend stands here shut down the government because the much. and says premiums are going up, ask Affordable Care Act can’t be stopped— I want everyone to read an opinion Rakesh. He is getting a plan for his piece that ran in the Washington Post it is funded by a separate stream of family for $400 less a month. He quick- recently, a couple of days ago, by one funding, not appropriations—we begged ly did the math, and when he hung up of my constituents. Her name is the Republicans: Don’t shut the gov- the phone and signed up, he found out Janine. Janine Urbaniak Reid is a writ- ernment down over this. It is starting. he is saving $5,000 a year. er, and so she has a beautiful way of It is happening. We are not going to re- Why do the Republicans want to shut expressing herself. She talks about her peal a law that took—I would say dec- down the government and stop some- loving son, Mason, who has brain can- ades—to pass. body like that from getting a plan? I So they didn’t listen. Now they have cer and who has had to undergo mul- think they have to look into their stopped talking about the Affordable tiple surgeries. Listen to this: hearts. Care Act, pretty much. Now they have Rakesh owns an auto repair shop. He He would have hit his lifetime limit on the policy and the family would have been driven a whole different reason for shutting has four employees. He is hoping that into— down the government and bringing us with the savings he will be able to offer her words— to the brink of default, and that reason his workers medical insurance. He can- is deficits—deficits. not wait to sign up and complete the the financial abyss if it wasn’t for the Af- fordable Care Act. I want to speak a little bit about de- application. He looks forward to feel- fault because we are hours away from a She writes that the family: ing relief from the financial pain of default—the first time in this Nation’s skyrocketing insurance costs. Thanks God and whoever else would listen great history. If we don’t take action, for our good fortune to have coverage. Then there is Laura Hunt of Modesto. we will be unable to pay the bills that She lost her husband’s employer-based She ends her piece with this line: have been incurred in the past. coverage when he was killed in a car If I could get those who are trying to re- It is important to note that we have crash in 2006. She is suffering from in- peal this law on a conference call, I would gone through so many crises in our Na- explain this to them. I would tell them that come loss and the painful loss of a while they were busy trying to derail the Af- tion—tough, tough, tough ones, includ- spouse. She contacted Covered Cali- fordable Care Act over the past 2 years, ing civil strife, world wars, the Great fornia and found out she could have an Mason has again learned to walk, talk, eat, Depression. We always followed the Anthem Blue Cross policy for a net and shoot a 3-point basket. Constitution that says, ‘‘The validity

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:07 Oct 16, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15OC6.035 S15OCPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S7498 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 15, 2013 of the public debt of the United States, Mrs. BOXER. I wish to thank my election outcomes, believe me, more authorized by law, shall not be ques- friend, and I hope we can continue to times than I care to admit. That is tioned.’’ This is in the Constitution. have these conversations. I thank the what elections are about. Yet from the people who say they are Presiding Officer for recognizing my Well, once you get here, you have to constitutionalists, they seem not to friend so he could make his point. work across party lines, and even read that part, and they are flirting, We are, as leader PELOSI said, playing though that road is bumpy and dusty for the first time, with allowing us to with fire. We are playing with lives. and twisty and windy, and all the rest get to the point where we can’t pay all One of our colleagues, Senator CASEY of it, that is the road that gets us of our bills. That is a default. from Pennsylvania, read the most where we have to go. That is the road Some of our colleagues come to the amazing letter he got from a con- Leaders REID and MCCONNELL had us on floor, and they say that it is not a de- stituent and he said: until a few hours ago when all of a sud- fault if we pay interest on the bonds. I She is so worried about her parents. They den that road kind of shut down and am an old economics major, but I don’t are in their 80s, and the fear—just the the other road—that partisan road— pretend to know everything about eco- thought—of maybe not getting a check on opened right up. I do not know why nomics. But I can tell my colleagues time, that is making her parents physically they are taking us down that road ill. this: The definition of a default in leading us off a cliff, with all the pain Black’s Law Dictionary is ‘‘the failure Why are we doing this? There is no and suffering and job loss and economic to make a payment when due.’’ It reason to do this. This is a self-in- chaos that awaits if we go down that doesn’t say the failure to make an in- flicted wound. The government shut- road. But I honestly think we can get terest payment when due. It says, the down is self-inflicted. Playing with the back on that bipartisan path. I do not failure to make a payment. That full faith and credit of the United know exactly how it will come about. means to our contractors. That means States of America is a self-inflicted How a bill becomes law is sometimes to our workers. That means to our So- wound. very complicated, but if the House cial Security recipients. That means to Here is the thing: We know one of the sends us something, but we can work to our Medicare recipients. heroes of the Republican Party and a make it bipartisan, we will be over I have never seen such creative li- hero to many Democrats is Ronald this. We will be over this. We cannot cense taken when it comes to the de- Reagan. Let’s see what he said. I have have a strictly partisan political bill. fault. A party that says it is fiscally it here. When it comes to the debt: I want to share with the Presiding conservative and then says it is not a The full consequences of a default, or even Officer and with my colleagues the fact default when we don’t pay our bills as the serious prospect of a default, are impos- that Fitch, a credit rating service, has sible to predict and awesome to contemplate. long as we pay China the interest we put our creditworthiness ‘‘under review owe them? They have to be kidding. Denigration of the full faith and credit of the United States would have substantial effects for a downgrade,’’ according to the As- Take that to a town hall meeting, I say sociated Press. It means that Amer- to my friend who represents so many on the domestic financial markets and on the value of the dollar in exchange markets. ica’s AAA rating is in doubt. Let me wonderful seniors in the great State of The Nation can ill afford to allow such a re- say that again. Fitch, a credit rating Florida, Senator NELSON, who is on the sult. service, put our creditworthiness floor. So we have never gotten to this That is Ronald Reagan. I was here ‘‘under review for a downgrade,’’ re- point. during most of his presidency. I was ports the Associated Press, putting Mr. NELSON. Would the Senator over in the House. I think my friend America’s AAA rating in doubt. yield? Mrs. BOXER. Yes, I am delighted to from Florida was as well. Lord knows, Mr. NELSON. Just this afternoon. Mrs. BOXER. Just this afternoon, yield. we didn’t agree with Ronald Reagan on Mr. NELSON. If the Senator will everything. We agreed with him on after the bipartisan plan was stalled yield on that point. some things, not all things, and we here in the Senate and the House went Mrs. BOXER. Yes. I can yield for as may have cast a vote or two to say forward with their partisan plan. much time as my colleague wants. that we object. But no one ever What Fitch did is a warning sign. It Mr. NELSON. Since the Senator so brought down the full faith and credit is a warning sign for businesses in eloquently posed this question, since of the United States. He got 18 in- terms of their borrowing costs to ex- this Senator has the privilege of being creases in the debt ceiling during his pand. It is a warning sign to the job the chairman of the Special Committee presidency—18 over 8 years. market if there is a lack of expansion on Aging, and since the Senator from So there are two paths we can take. by the business community. It is a California has just pointed out that One path is a road that is a little bit warning sign that students could be seniors are at risk, I wish to remind bumpy and curvy and dusty, but at the paying higher interest rates to go to the Senate that on October 23, there is end of the day it gets us where we want college. It is a warning sign for home- a bill due to be paid of $12 billion to So- to go: Into a budget conference with owners who could be paying higher cial Security recipients—October 23. our bills paid and our government open rates for their mortgages. Shortly thereafter, on November 1, to the people. That is the bipartisan What is going on? We are just getting there is another bill due: $67 billion for road. It is not easy. out of the worst recession since the Social Security recipients, for Medi- I am so proud of Senators REID and Great Depression. The Presiding Offi- care recipients, and for SSI, which is MCCONNELL for working on a plan that cer is in the Senate because she fought Social Security for low-income seniors. is something we can accept. No one on so hard to get this economy on track, In addition to the default the Senator either side is thrilled about it, but we and people in her State said: That is from California has spoken about—de- can accept it. It gets us out of this what we need, and she came here. And faulting on interest payments on U.S. mess. That is the road we should take, now this self-inflicted wound just as we Treasury bills—we are talking about the bipartisan road that gets us into are coming out of it, just as we are default to real people with real needs. the conference, that opens the doors of starting to see progress? Why are we This is just a drop in the bucket of the government, and pays our bills. doing this? total amount that is coming due. The other road is the road the House I want to talk a little bit about the I thank the Senator for letting me Republicans are taking. That road is bill the House is probably going to be share that information in this discus- straight over the cliff. That is the par- voting on soon because it deals with a sion. tisan road, and we will dive down. We couple of things that are very problem- I might say that the Presiding Offi- are not going to get there that way. We atic. I have already said it is a partisan cer, the junior Senator from Massachu- are going to bring a world of hurt on bill. Speaker BOEHNER did not have a setts—or now the senior Senator from the people. conversation with Leader PELOSI. He Massachusetts—is one of the most ac- What did the people do to deserve just wrote the bill with Republicans tive and prominent members of the this? They did not vote the way my Re- only, as opposed to HARRY REID, who Special Committee on Aging, and our publican friends in the House wanted wrote our compromise with the Repub- committee has pointed out statistics them to. Sorry, that is what elections licans, taking us down that bipartisan such as these over and over. are about. I have been disappointed in road.

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We all know a de- ment. will open this little sliver of an agency fault is chaos. Everyone agrees it is And is there ever pain. I have com- and that one. That is not how you run terrible, it is bad. Republican and munities in Los Angeles, one particular the greatest Nation on Earth. Democratic administrations for dec- one where kids are getting nosebleeds. Open the government. You said you ades have taken measures when there They are sick. They live near an indus- shut it down because of ObamaCare. is a little stall here or there and they trial site, and the Environmental Pro- ObamaCare is going forward. You want need a few days to move around a bill tection Agency was about to find out to fix some parts of it. We are ready to or two. what the problem was when they shut talk. There are no winners in this shut- I cannot believe it—from a party that down. And those kids do not have an down. It is devastating for our workers. said: In case we default, we should answer. Do you know there are more contract prioritize who we pay—they will not I had a plane crash at a small airport employees than there are Federal em- allow future administrations to avoid a in Santa Monica that killed four peo- ployees? There are. Even if you take default and add a couple of days until ple. We do not know why it happened, away the military Federal contract we face that. but there is no investigation. It had to employees—and we hope they are get- Listen to what Tony Fratto said. He stop midstream. ting paid; we are not positive that all worked in the Bush administration as I do not have any inspectors on the are, but let’s say they are—there are Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs ground inspecting clean air, clean more than 2 million contract employ- for Treasury. He said the following: water, safe drinking water. There are ees who do not know when the next Restricting Treasury’s use of extraor- 505 superfund sites where cleanup has paycheck is coming. dinary measures is like restricting the fire been suspended. I know the Presiding We sent a bill over to Speaker BOEH- department’s use of hoses. Officer has some in her State. These NER in the House. Open the govern- So imagine if you said to a fire de- sites are toxic brews. They have ar- ment. Just open it. Then we will nego- partment: You can use every tool at senic. They have benzene. They have tiate all the issues you want to talk your disposal, but you can’t use a chlorine. They have everything in about. He would not even allow a vote water hose to put out a fire. They are them that is bad for people to breathe. on that. saying to the Treasury Department: It is bad if it gets in the drinking We are in a bad place. I have to say, You have to default even if there is an water. No inspectors on the ground and I have lived long enough to know that easy way to avoid it for a few days. no cleanup at 505 superfund sites. life does deal us some terrible blows. What are they thinking? Do they Remember Fukushima? I think ev- We know that, each of us. We have want this administration and others to eryone knows what Fukushima is. each had our tragedies, our challenges, have an easier path to default? I Well, now 92 percent of the Nuclear whether they are health challenges or thought we would all agree we cer- Regulatory Commission staff have been financial challenges or all kinds of tainly do not ever want to default but furloughed. They have one mission, and challenges. We have enough of those certainly give the ability of an admin- I am quoting from their mission: ‘‘to without a self-inflicted wound—two: a istration—Democratic or Republican— ensure the safe use of radioactive ma- government shutdown over here, and a to avert a default, if they can. Their terials.’’ pending default over here, totally un- The Army Corps manages 12 million language makes no sense. necessary. It could end in 5 minutes, Then their other rider they have on acres of public lands. They host 370 but still the angst continues, still the there—it is my understanding; I could million visitors annually. This is just anxiety continues, still the uncer- be wrong, but this is what I get from the time of year when people still—just tainty continues. reading what their legislation, I think, before we get to winter—can go out I will close with a hopeful note. I laid is going to be—the other one involves there and enjoy the recreation. No. out the two paths we have: the partisan treating congressional employees dif- They are closed. path to a cliff or the windy, difficult bi- ferently than any other employee in And just think about the mom-and- partisan path, which the Senate was on the country who works for a large em- pop shops that exist around our parks, until we were pulled off it. I hope and ployer by taking away the employer our Army Corps land, our wildlife ref- pray that we will get back on that bi- contribution that these workers have uges. Madam President, 561 refuges— partisan path, that we will reopen this had for more than 50 years. they are all closed because of the shut- government, that we will pay our bills, I do not get it. Why do Republicans down. Hunting season is in full swing. want to punish the people who work so I already talked about the fact that and this great Nation—this great Na- hard for them and work so hard for our the National Transportation Safety tion—can get back to doing what we do country? What are they thinking? Why Board furloughed 380 of its 400 employ- best: making sure this American dream do they want to treat people dif- ees, and they have suspended all their is there for everybody, making sure we ferently than all other workers who pending investigations. I talked about care about our people, making sure work for large employers? that. they have access to their government, Honest to God, I do not get it. I do There is another crash they were in- and getting us out of this morass we not get it. If they do not like the peo- vestigating in San Francisco, the are in for no good reason. ple who work for them, then get some- Asiana Airlines Flight 214. I will tell We can do it. The path is there. Let’s body else. But do not punish your staff, you, when you stop an investigation hope we take that path. who work day and night. And I want to like that, it is hard to get right back to I yield the floor. say, my staff and the Presiding Offi- it. The problem is, it takes you longer I suggest the absence of a quorum. cer’s who are working are working to find the cause of the crash. A lot of The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. DON- without a paycheck. Well, this is a times these crashes have clues in them NELLY). The clerk will call the roll. lovely thing to say to these workers, that there may be a part in a certain The bill clerk proceeded to call the some of whom earn very little: You are type of plane that is defective, there roll. going to be the only people in the coun- may be a problem on the runway— Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask try now who cannot get an employer something wrong. unanimous consent that the order for contribution. I do not get it. I really do The Consumer Product Safety Com- the quorum call be rescinded. not. mission—another watchdog. In San The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. So here we are: a government shut- Diego last week, a 2-year-old child, An- CASEY). Without objection, it is so or- down because the Republicans will not nette Estrada, was killed. She was dered.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:41 Oct 16, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15OC6.038 S15OCPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S7500 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 15, 2013 MORNING BUSINESS but are not limited to: meals to home- Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask bound seniors, treatment for mental nounced that the House has passed the unanimous consent that the Senate health and substance abuse, and serv- following bill and joint resolution, in proceed to a period of morning busi- ices that help individuals with disabil- which it requests the concurrence of ness, with Senators permitted to speak ities lead independent and productive the Senate: for up to 10 minutes each. lives. H.R. 3190. An act to provide for the contin- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Prior to joining Utah Department of ued performance of the functions of the objection, it is so ordered. Human Services, Mr. DePaulis served United States Parole Commission, and for as mayor of Salt Lake City. During his other purposes. f tenure as mayor, Mr. DePaulis made H.J. Res. 80. Joint resolution making con- the humane treatment of the homeless tinuing appropriations for the Bureau of In- TRIBUTE TO PALMER DEPAULIS dian Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Education, one of his signature issues. He helped Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, it is my and the Indian Health Service for fiscal year open family and men’s homeless shel- 2014, and for other purposes. pleasure to celebrate the career of a ters and worked with community part- very dedicated Utah public servant. ners to highlight the need for a con- f Palmer DePaulis has served the people tinuum of services to ensure shelter MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME of Utah for over 30 years, most recently residents had access to medical, trans- as the executive director of Utah De- The following joint resolution was portation, substance abuse, and mental read the first time: partment of Human Services. health services. As executive director, Mr. DePaulis Throughout his long and distin- H.J. Res. 80. Joint resolution making con- has made great strides in creating safe tinuing appropriations for the Bureau of In- guished career, Mr. DePaulis has dian Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Education, and permanent homes for vulnerable worked to improve the lives of our children and at-risk families. He has and the Indian Health Service for fiscal year most vulnerable and forgotten citizens. 2014, and for other purposes. instituted a ‘‘System of Care’’ ap- Utahans and the Nation owe him our f proach for children and families that gratitude and appreciation. creates a partnership between children, f INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND their families, and caregivers that fo- JOINT RESOLUTIONS cuses on an individualized, culturally REMEMBERING ADMIRAL responsive plan to address a variety of TAZEWELL T. SHEPARD, JR. The following bills and joint resolu- tions were introduced, read the first mental health challenges so that chil- Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I was dren can be kept in the least restric- and second times by unanimous con- honored to be at the funeral services at sent, and referred as indicated: tive, most integrated, and safe setting Arlington for ADM Tazewell T. possible. Shepard, Jr., an American patriot, a By Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mr. HATCH): Current law directs the majority of native of Mobile, AL, a man widely rec- Federal dollars to the least desirable S. 1572. A bill to direct the Secretary of the ognized for his character and integrity Treasury to reimburse States that use State outcomes for vulnerable families, as well as for courage, intelligence, and funds to operate National Parks during the namely, removing a child from the professionalism. Federal Government shutdown, and for other home and placing them in foster care. Admiral Shepard was born in Mobile, purposes; to the Committee on Energy and During the last session of Congress, AL, attended Murphy High School, one Natural Resources. the Congress passed and the President of Alabama’s great high schools, and f signed legislation I drafted that per- joined the Navy when World War II mits some States to apply for and re- began. He married the daughter of Sen- ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS ceive waivers for certain rules relative ator John Sparkman and they were S. 338 to foster care. partners for 71 years. He received the At the request of Mr. BAUCUS, the In drafting this legislation, I worked Navy Cross, the Navy’s highest award name of the Senator from Vermont closely with Mr. DePaulis and his team for heroism during the Battle of Gua- (Mr. SANDERS) was added as a cospon- to craft policies that would give Utah dalcanal acting with coolness and cour- sor of S. 338, a bill to amend the Land and other States the flexibility to in- age to direct action and to care for cas- and Water Conservation Fund Act of novate and try different approaches to ualties. 1965 to provide consistent and reliable improving child welfare systems. He was a naval aide to President authority for, and for the funding of, I am pleased that Utah was one of John F. Kennedy and advised the Presi- the land and water conservation fund the first States to successfully apply dent during the Bay of Pigs crisis in to maximize the effectiveness of the for and be granted a child welfare waiv- 1961. He published a book John F. Ken- fund for future generations, and for er. Utah’s plan is a strategic and for- nedy: Man of the Sea, in 1965. other purposes. ward thinking approach that strives to His quiet and firm character was the S. 653 gain a better understanding of the quality that stands out in this life well At the request of Mr. BLUNT, the needs and strengths of children and lived. Former Justice Sandra Day name of the Senator from Arkansas families that have experienced child O’Connor spoke at the service and re- (Mr. PRYOR) was added as a cosponsor abuse, neglect, and dependency. It ac- called those times of friendship—ten- of S. 653, a bill to provide for the estab- knowledges, as a guiding principle, nis, bridge, and dancing—enjoyed by lishment of the Special Envoy to Pro- that, whenever possible, children their families. His son, Tazewell mote Religious Freedom of Religious should remain safely at home. Utah’s Shepard Ill, spoke also and provided in- Minorities in the Near East and South wavier proposal adopts a holistic sights that revealed the strong values Central Asia. framework to provide supportive fam- and positive qualities of his father. The S. 666 ily services that prevents neglect and service, honored by the presence of a abuse and bolsters a family’s ability to naval detachment, closed with the At the request of Mr. BLUMENTHAL, keep a child safe within the home and naval hymn. the names of the Senator from preserve intact families when a fam- Admiral Shepard through the quality Vermont (Mr. SANDERS) and the Sen- ily’s problems can be addressed safely of his life set an example of faith, fam- ator from Virginia (Mr. WARNER) were and effectively. ily and patriotism. We extend our sym- added as cosponsors of S. 666, a bill to I am confident that the Utah’s waiv- pathy to his fine family and even in prohibit attendance of an animal fight- er, instigated by Mr. DePaulis and his this time of loss celebrate his wonder- ing venture, and for other purposes. team, will result in improved outcomes ful and productive life. S. 749 for children and families. f At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the In addition to his work in the area of name of the Senator from Missouri child welfare, Mr. DePaulis also MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE (Mr. BLUNT) was added as a cosponsor oversaw services that have benefited At 10:58 a.m., a message from the of S. 749, a bill to amend the Internal thousands of Utahans. These include, House of Representatives, delivered by Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:07 Oct 16, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15OC6.040 S15OCPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE October 15, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7501 extend the 15-year recovery period for mentation schedule of the reductions Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Edu- qualified leasehold improvement prop- in disproportionate share hospital pay- cation, and the Indian Health Service for fis- erty, qualified restaurant property, and ments, and for other purposes. cal year 2014, and for other purposes. qualified retail improvement property. f Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask S. 1143 for its second reading and object to my AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO At the request of Mr. MORAN, the own request. MEET name of the Senator from New Mexico The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- (Mr. HEINRICH) was added as a cospon- COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND tion having been heard, the joint reso- sor of S. 1143, a bill to amend title ENTREPRENEURSHIP lution will be read for a second time on XVIII of the Social Security Act with Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, I the next legislative day. respect to physician supervision of ask unanimous consent that the Com- therapeutic hospital outpatient serv- mittee on Small Business and Entre- f ices. preneurship be authorized to meet dur- ing the session of the Senate on Octo- S. 1349 ORDERS FOR WEDNESDAY, ber 15, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. room 428A Rus- At the request of Mr. MORAN, the OCTOBER 16, 2013 name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. sell Senate Office building to conduct a Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask ISAKSON) was added as a cosponsor of S. hearing entitled ‘‘Small Businesses unanimous consent that when the Sen- 1349, a bill to enhance the ability of Speak: Surviving the Government ate completes its business today, it ad- community financial institutions to Shutdown?’’ journ until 12 noon on Wednesday, Oc- foster economic growth and serve their The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tober 16, 2013; that following the prayer communities, boost small businesses, objection, it is so ordered. and pledge, the morning hour be increase individual savings, and for SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE deemed expired, the Journal of pro- other purposes. Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select ceedings be approved to date, and the S. 1551 Committee on Intelligence be author- time for the two leaders be reserved for At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the their use later in the day; and that fol- name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. ized to meet during the session of the Senate on October 15, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. lowing any leader remarks, Senators be HARKIN) was added as a cosponsor of S. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes 1551, a bill to reform the authorities of objection, it is so ordered. each. the Federal Government to require the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without production of certain business records, f objection, it is so ordered. conduct electronic surveillance, use MEASURE READ THE FIRST pen registers and trap and trace de- TIME—H.J. RES. 80 f vices, and use other forms of informa- Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I un- tion gathering for foreign intelligence, derstand that H.J. Res. 80 has been re- ADJOURNMENT UNTIL TOMORROW counterterrorism, and criminal pur- ceived from the House and is at the poses, and for other purposes. desk. Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, if S. 1555 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The there is no further business to come be- At the request of Mr. WICKER, the clerk will read the joint resolution by fore the Senate, I ask unanimous con- name of the Senator from Mississippi title for the first time. sent that it adjourn under the previous (Mr. COCHRAN) was added as a cospon- The assistant legislative clerk read order. sor of S. 1555, a bill to amend titles as follows: There being no objection, the Senate, XVIII and XIX of the Social Security A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 80) making at 10:08 p.m., adjourned until Wednes- Act to provide for a delay in the imple- continuing appropriations for the Bureau of day, October 16, 2013, at 12 noon.

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RETIREMENT OF POLICE OFFICER numerous community buildings. Additionally, panic Caucus of Florida and the Constituent JOHN D. COOPER visitors and residents often recognize the Field Representative for my office. beautiful streetscapes lining the realigned Illi- She presently holds the position of Vice HON. JOHN GARAMENDI nois Route 178 and a striking memorial to the Chair for the Orange County Democratic Ex- OF CALIFORNIA victims of a 2004 tornado. ecutive Committee and is on the Advisory Fred is survived by his wife Sandra; his Board of the Central Florida Community Initia- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES daughters, Sarah Schweickert and Lisa tive, an organization acting as a liaison be- Tuesday, October 15, 2013 Esmond; his grandchildren, Addison and Bai- tween the Office of the State Attorney for the Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today ley Schweickert; and his three brothers, Jack, Ninth Judicial Circuit and the citizens of Or- to recognize Police Officer John D. Cooper as William, and Truman. While Fred has passed, ange and Osceola County. Vivian was the Po- he retires after more than 28 years of law en- his legacy and memory will endure in the litical Director of Hispanic Outreach for Joe forcement service, with 25 years of that serv- hearts and minds of his friends and family. Saunders, Florida House Representative for ice to the City of Fairfield. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the 16th District of District 49, contributing to the successful elec- After serving three years as a Deputy Sher- Illinois, I offer my heartfelt condolences to tion of one of the first openly gay legislators in iff with the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, Mayor Esmond’s family. The State of Illinois Tallahassee. She is also on the Board of Di- he was hired as a police officer with the Fair- has lost an outstanding citizen and the Illinois rectors for Equality Florida, which advocates field Police Department on March 14, 1988. River Valley community will miss him dearly. for equality and justice for the LGBT commu- As an officer, Cooper worked in various ca- f nity. pacities that included Patrol, Investigations, Vivian retired from the New York City Police Youth Services, School Resources, and Field CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS Department in August 2004, after completing Training. His high work ethic and dedication to twenty-one years of honorable service and SPEECH OF police work was evident and he was promoted achieving the highest recognition within the to Police Corporal on December 31, 1999. Of- HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON NYPD Detective Bureau, Promotion to First- ficer Cooper has a genuine attitude of putting OF TEXAS Grade Detective. She was assigned to various public service before himself and as a trainer IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES specialized elite units which included the Intel- of newly hired police officers, he taught them ligence Division, Executive Protection Unit, Monday, October 14, 2013 to be public servants as well as police officers. Dignitary Protection Unit, the Organized Crime Some of Officer Cooper’s most significant Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Control Bureau, Task Force Mobilization Unit, contributions to the Police Department have Mr. Speaker, brinksmanship makes for poor Recruitment Section, and the LGBT Sensitivity been his ability to remain calm and commu- politics, and defaulting on America’s debts will Training Program for all incoming NYPD police nicate well during crisis situations. He has as- make for a poor national economy and a poor cadets. Vivian was the President of the Gay sisted with the investigation of numerous global image. It should not be understated Officers Action League and Secretary to the major crimes and high profile cases, and his how devastating defaulting on the debt ceiling NYPD Hispanic Society. She has been ac- keen investigative skills have contributed to would be for America’s growing economy. A knowledged for her dedicated work in public the successful resolution and conviction of nu- default as a result of political games would be service and has received various accolades merous criminals. Officer Cooper has been a even more embarrassing. within the Hispanic and LGBT community. good representation of the City of Fairfield and Most games have winners and losers, but if Vivian’s last assignment in the NYPD was the Fairfield Police Department. the political games being employed by the Re- with the Intelligence Liaison Unit. This unit He has been a valued employee and his publican party cause a default on America’s fi- was created after the 911 Attacks in New York commitment to the community was evident on nancial obligations, everyone loses. To be City, to combat the global international threat a daily basis. Officer Cooper was a loyal rep- clear, this is not a game. The consequences of terrorism in the NYC area. Vivian partici- resentative of the law enforcement community on the American economy, our country’s glob- pated in several counter-terrorism operations and admired for his hard work, dedication, and al image, and the lives of all Americans will be to detect and deter terrorist reconnaissance positive work ethic. very real. and pre-operational activity to protect the city f The Republican government shutdown has from future terrorist attacks. Upon retirement, illuminated the party’s willingness to put poli- Vivian became a consultant with the Depart- IN MEMORY OF FRED ESMOND tics before people. If the Republican political ment of Homeland Security, Federal Law En- brinksmanship causes a default on America’s forcement Training Center, and several other HON. ADAM KINZINGER obligations, it will demonstrate their willingness law enforcement agencies instructing on intel- OF ILLINOIS to torpedo a growing American economy. This ligence and terrorism. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES brinksmanship must end and we must raise Vivian’s greatest accomplishment was meet- the debt ceiling and continue advancing poli- ing her life partner Valerie Finello, who con- Tuesday, October 15, 2013 cies that have and will continue to allow our tinues to support all her endeavors. Her pride Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I economy to grow. and joy is her loving son, Tyler, who has rise today to honor the memory of Fred f grown into a fine young man. Esmond who passed away on October 2, I am happy to honor Vivian Rodriguez, dur- 2013. HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH ing Hispanic Heritage Month, for her exem- Fred Esmond served in the U.S. Army Re- HONOREES plary career in public service and commitment serves, was a small business owner, partici- to equality and justice. pated in many community organizations, and HON. ALAN GRAYSON RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF EURIBIADES beginning in 2001 was elected four times to OF FLORIDA CERRUD II serve as the Mayor of Utica, Illinois. I have no IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- doubt that he will be remembered for his stew- panic Heritage Month, to recognize Euribiades ardship and love for his community during Tuesday, October 15, 2013 Cerrud II for all he has contributed to the city some of its most trying times, including a dev- RECOGNIZING THE CAREER AND SERVICE OF VIVIAN of Orlando. astating tornado and multiple floods. RODRIGUEZ Euribiades Cerrud II, better known as Mayor Esmond leaves a legacy that will Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in ‘‘Euri,’’ was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on continue to serve the residents of Utica for honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, to recog- January 26, 1972. Euri was born to an immi- years to come. Under his leadership, the town nize the inspiring career of Vivian Rodriguez. grant father from Panama and a Puerto Rican constructed a new village hall, fire station, and Vivian is the President of the Democratic His- mother. His father was the first person in his

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During his personal time became a member of the Florida Bar in 1978 After graduating from high school, Euri off, he served as a volunteer in various com- and has continued to practice law in Orlando moved to Orlando, FL, to complete his edu- munity organizations. since that time. cation. While taking a course at Valencia Mr. Martinez worked as Marketing Coordi- James worked for the Legal Aid Society of Community College, he met the love of his nator and Reporter at El Nuevo Dia news- Orange County and for the Office of the Public life, Karen N. Cerrud-Santos. After completing paper. He later served for five years as Direc- Defender before going into private practice in his associate’s degree, he continued his edu- tor of Marketing & Recruitment at the Ana G. 1982. James is very active in the Central Flor- cation at the University of Central Florida. Mendez University System, in which he imple- ida community and is a former board member While attending UCF, out of his own monthly mented innovative recruitment and marketing of Valencia Community College. James was allowance, Euri paid for the civil engineering strategies and developed strong community on the City of Orlando’s Nominating Board, degree of a homeless man. He also shared ties to increase corporate branding and diver- the Equal Employment Opportunity Commis- his apartment, on different occasions, with in- sity. sion for Orange County, the Minority Business dividuals who could not afford a place to live. In January 2012, Mr. Martinez was ap- Board of Orange County, the United Cerebral pointed by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer as Di- Having developed a great interest in pure Palsy Board, and the Community Action Board rector of Multicultural Affairs, an executive po- mathematics, he attended Rollins College on a of Orange County. He also acted as Chair for sition that promotes the engagement of minor- full scholarship where he completed a bach- the Florida Bar’s Juvenile Rules Committee ity communities, businesses and residents elor’s degree in Mathematics with minors in and currently serves as a board member of with the city of Orlando. In addition, he serves humanities, physics, chemistry, and business the Apopka Family Learning Center. James as the Mayor’s Hispanic Spokesperson to administration. As part of his thesis, Euri de- serves as the State Committeeman for the Or- local Hispanic and Brazilian media and assists veloped an advanced equations system that ange County Democratic Executive Committee Orlando’s Economic Development Depart- was converted into an interactive computer and was the founding president of the His- ment. program for the estimation of dieting, insulin, I am happy to honor Luis M. Martinez- panic Community Center in Central Florida, and food intake of diabetic patients. The pro- Alicea, during Hispanic Heritage Month, for his Asociacio´n Borinquern˜a de la Florida Central. gram was eventually donated to the National many accomplishments and service to the I am happy to honor James Auffant, during Institutes of Health and modified to program Central Florida community. Hispanic Heritage Month, for his service to the insulin pumps. Central Florida community and the state of RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF JOHN CORTES After completing his mathematics degree, Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- Euri went to New England Law in Boston to panic Heritage Month, to recognize John RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WANDA RAMOS study law. He successfully graduated at the Cortes for his leadership in the Hispanic com- Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- top of his class, while having a newborn with munity and his many years of service to Cen- panic Heritage Month, to recognize Wanda his wife, holding a full-time position at the tral Florida. John has been a valuable member Ramos for her service to the Central Florida legal department of the Boston Stock Ex- of his community and has worked to better the community and for her advocacy on behalf of change, and volunteering part-time to teach lives of his family, friends, and the community workers and their families. law to gifted students at a charter program in at large in Osceola County. Wanda Ramos was born and raised in Boston. John Cortes is a retired New York City Cor- Puerto Rico and is a dedicated wife and proud Upon his return to Orlando, Euri has been rections Officer who now serves as the First mother of a 15 year old son. Mrs. Ramos very involved in the community. He served as Vice President for the Democratic Hispanic moved to Orlando in 1999 where she became a board member of Christian Help providing Caucus of Florida. John was born in Brooklyn, involved in fighting for workers’ rights, empow- Christmas gifts and dinners to dozens of fami- New York, and raised in Puerto Rico where he ering new voters, advocating for civil rights, lies in the community and also as board mem- graduated from high school. He attended John and creating awareness about the importance ber of the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York of parental involvement in education. during three separate terms. Currently, he for two years and graduated from the New While working at a retailer, Mrs. Ramos or- serves as Vice-Chair of the City of Orlando York City Department of Corrections Training ganized workers to achieve better working Civil Service Board, Advisory Board Member Academy for Disasters. John has lived in conditions and better pay. When the union- to the Hispanic Business Initiative Fund and Osceola County for the past 14 years with his izing efforts were discouraged by her em- the UCF Small Business Development Center, loving wife, Caridad Cortes. ployer, Mrs. Ramos still managed to accom- Ambassador to the Hispanic Chamber of John is the Precinct Committeeman for the plish the implementation of safety standards Commerce, member of the editorial board of Osceola County Democratic Executive Com- for a better working environment and better the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Vision mittee and serves as the Vice President for pay for workers. Magazine and Chair of Pack 25 of Cub Scouts the Osceola County Democratic Hispanic Cau- Mrs. Ramos has been an active member of Troop 25 at Good Shepherd Catholic School. cus. He is also a current member and former Jobs With Justice where she eventually He is also a lecturer to the Orange County Bar president of the Kissimmee Neighborhood earned a place on their Board of Directors. Association’s Business Law Section. Crime Watch, as well as the former president She joined the Labor Council for Latin Amer- I am happy to honor Euri Cerrud, during of the Osceola County Democratic Hispanic ican Advancement (LCLAA) and served in var- Hispanic Heritage Month, for his contributions Caucus. John served on the Social Service ious capacities and campaigns to empower to the Hispanic community and to Orlando. Funding Board for the United Way, and on the and elect Latinos in Central Florida. RECOGNIZING THE CAREER OF LUIS M. MARTINEZ-ALICEA Board of Parks and Recreation for Osceola Through her involvement with the Family Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the County. John is also a graduate of the Federal Leadership Institute, Mrs. Ramos has traveled career of Luis M. Martinez-Alicea. Mr. Mar- Emergency Management Agency’s Community to other states to raise awareness of parental tinez earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Commu- Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program, involvement in education by speaking to par- nications from the University of the Sacred and a graduate of the Kissimmee Police De- ents, teachers, and administrators. Mrs. Heart in Puerto Rico and a Master’s Degree in partment Civilian Police Academy in Osceola Ramos is also a member of the PTSA, SAC, Business Administration from Ana G. Mendez County. the OCPS Hispanic Advisory Council. University System, Orlando Campus. During I am happy to honor John Cortes, during In 2008, she joined the presidential cam- his college years, he worked at the Puerto Hispanic Heritage Month, for his years of serv- paign of Barack Obama performing many du- Rico Department of State as Press Officer. ice within Florida’s Ninth District. ties as a volunteer, including giving a speech Mr. Martinez founded Starlight Productions, RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF JAMES AUFFANT to introduce Hillary Clinton when she came to a nonprofit organization devoted to encour- Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- Central Florida to campaign for Mr. Obama. aging talented youth to develop their artistic panic Heritage Month, to recognize James Mrs. Ramos has advocated for women and abilities through training and live musical-the- Auffant for his leadership within the Central children through organizations such as Com- ater productions. Florida community. James currently serves as munity Legal Services of Mid Florida (CLSMF) In 2000, Mr. Martinez relocated to Orlando the Secretary for the Florida Democratic Party. and Legal Advocacy Center of Central Florida to pursue a Master’s degree in business. He James was born in New York City and (LACCF), where she served as a board mem- worked at Walt Disney World and studied Arts raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He attended ber for 2 years.

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This is exactly I am happy to honor Wanda Ramos, during where we were just two years ago, and where Tuesday, October 15, 2013 Hispanic Heritage Month, for her many accom- we will be again in the near future if we do not Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York. Mr. Speak- plishments and her contributions to the Central take any steps to reform the way in which we er, I was unavoidably absent during the week Florida community. calculate and consider our nation’s debt. September 23, 2013. If I were present, I would RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTION OF CHAD M. BRANDT Congress has legislatively limited federal have voted on the following: Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- debt for nearly 100 years, from the Second Rollcall vote No. 484: H.R. 1961, ‘‘nay;’’ panic Heritage Month, to recognize Chad M. Liberty Bond Act of 1917 to the more recent Rollcall vote No. 485: H. Res. 354, ‘‘yea;’’ Budget Control Act of 2011 and subsequent Brandt for his contributions to the Central Flor- Rollcall vote No. 486: H.R. 3095, ‘‘yea;’’ increases. These increases, however, do not ida community. Mr. Brandt was born in Mel- Rollcall vote No. 487: H.R. 2600, ‘‘yea;’’ address the fact that the current manner in bourne, Florida, in 1970. He is a first genera- Rollcall vote No. 488: Journal Vote, ‘‘yea;’’ which we determine the debt ceiling is no tion Cuban-American who has witnessed first- Rollcall vote No. 489: Grijalva Amendment, longer relevant to how we govern today. hand the challenges that immigrants face in ‘‘aye;’’ We need a new debt limit law—one that Rollcall vote No. 490: Napolitano Amend- the United States. He has dedicated his life takes the modern world into account. Under and career to serve the cause of the immi- ment, ‘‘aye;’’ this bill, the debt ceiling will distinguish be- Rollcall vote No. 491: Senate Amendment to grants in his community. tween mere accounting techniques and actual Mr. Brandt received a bachelor’s degree in H.R. 1412, ‘‘yea;’’ debt. No longer will debt owed from one Rollcall vote No. 492: H.R. 3096, ‘‘aye;’’ Political Science from Florida International branch of our government to another be con- Rollcall vote No. 493: H. Res. 361—Martial University and a law degree from the Univer- sidered the same as debt held by foreign gov- Law Authority Rule, ‘‘nay;’’ sity of Florida Levin College of Law, both with ernments, banks, pension funds, and other en- Rollcall vote No. 494: Motion on Ordering honors. He is currently a member of the Flor- tities. According to the Congressional Budget the Previous Question on the Rule, ‘‘nay;’’ ida Bar, the American Immigration Lawyers Office (CBO), of the $16.699 trillion in out- Rollcall vote No. 495: H. Res. 366—Rule Association, and admitted before the Florida standing debt subject to limit, roughly $11.9 providing for consideration of both the amend- Supreme Court and the United States District trillion is held by the public and about $4.8 tril- ments to the Senate Amendment to H.J. Res. Court for the Middle District of Florida lion is held by government accounts. 59, ‘‘nay;’’ Mr. Brandt is the owner and founder of By excluding these government-held ac- Rollcall vote No. 496: H.R. 2251, ‘‘yea;’’ Brandt Immigration, a law firm specialized in counts from the debt limit calculation—particu- Rollcall vote No. 497: Motion to Concur with immigration law. He devotes a substantial por- larly the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance the Senate Amendment with a House Amend- tion of his immigration practice to deportation (OASI) and the Disability Insurance (DI) Trust ment, Part 1 (Paulsen), ‘‘yea;’’ defense and representing individuals, families, Funds that constitute the Social Security Trust Rollcall vote No. 498: Motion to Concur with and businesses during interviews and appear- Funds, Medicare Parts A and B, the Civil the Senate Amendment with a House Amend- ances before immigration officials. Additionally, Service and Military Retirement Trust Funds, ment, Part 2 (Blackburn), ‘‘nay;’’ Mr. Brandt assists clients in obtaining tem- Unemployment Insurance, the Highway Trust Rollcall vote No. 499: H.R. 3210—Pay Our porary visas and permanent resident status. Fund, Community Living Assistance Services Military Act, ‘‘yea;’’ and Mr. Brandt is also actively involved in his and Supports (CLASS) Trust Fund, and Air- Rollcall vote No. 500: H.R. 2848—Depart- community. He is currently a board member of port and Airway Trust Fund—we will have a ment of State Operations and Embassy Secu- the statewide and the local chapter of the His- more accurate view of our actual debt obliga- rity Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2014, ‘‘yea.’’ panic Business Initiative Fund, a non-profit or- tions. f ganization dedicated to assisting Hispanic en- These intra-governmental accounts are the trepreneurs. He is also a member of the His- means by which the Treasury tracks payouts PERSONAL EXPLANATION panic Bar Association of Central Florida and and obligations to other government entities. the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro They are accounting techniques, not debts. HON. SAM GRAVES Orlando. He has lectured on immigration law These funds serve to help retired workers and OF MISSOURI at the University of Florida Levin College of their families, the families of deceased work- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Law and his articles have been featured in the ers, and disabled workers and their families. In Orlando Sentinel and Ahora Magazine. addition, they provide inpatient hospital stay Tuesday, October 15, 2013 Mr. Brandt currently lives in Orlando, FL, and medical insurance benefits; fund pro- Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, on with his wife, Jennifer, and his five children, grams for civilian and military retirement; pro- Monday, October 14, I missed a rollcall vote. Chad Jr., Emily, Ethan, Lily, and William. vide unemployment benefits to eligible workers Had I been present, I would have voted ‘‘yea’’ I am happy to honor Chad Brandt, during who become unemployed through no fault of on No. 548. Hispanic Heritage Month, for his service to the their own; fund road construction and mass f immigrant community in Central Florida. transit projects; provide insurance for long- HONORING JIM MURAKAMI OF f term services in the case of disability; and fund the Federal Aviation Administration SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA INTRODUCING THE DEBT LIMIT (FAA). They need not be considered the same REFORM ACT as our government’s debt for purposes of cal- HON. MIKE THOMPSON culating the debt ceiling. OF CALIFORNIA HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS Mr. Speaker, at a time when partisan grid- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lock is having a devastating impact on our na- OF FLORIDA Tuesday, October 15, 2013 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion’s economy through a government shut- down and further threatening to destabilize Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, Tuesday, October 15, 2013 global financial systems, this legislation rep- I rise today to posthumously honor and pay Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I resents a common sense solution to modern- tribute to Jim Murakami, a great community rise today to introduce the Debt Limit Reform izing the way in which we calculate our na- leader who dedicated much of his life to advo- Act. This bill will reform the statutory limits on tion’s debt and increase the debt ceiling. By cating for the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which our nation’s federal debt by providing the excluding intragovernmental accounts from the achieved redress for the 120,000 United President of the United States with explicit au- Treasury’s debt ceiling equation and author- States citizens of Japanese descent on the thority to raise the debt ceiling without Con- izing the Executive to alter the ceiling as West Coast that were wrongfully incarcerated gressional approval, and by removing intra- needed, the Debt Limit Reform Act will help in internment camps during World War II. governmental accounts from the debt ceiling Congress avoid some of the last-minute Mr. Murakami was born and raised in Santa calculation. As Congress faces an ongoing showdowns that have become all too common Rosa, California. When WWII broke out, Mr. government shutdown that has left hundreds in recent years. In this way we can begin to Murakami and his family were first incarcer- of thousands of American workers without a tackle the real challenges facing this country. ated in the temporary internment camp in

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In this position, she had the oppor- MANIAU Mr. Murakami returned to his hometown of tunity to help smaller credit unions organize Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- Santa Rosa, where he raised a family with his their operational capabilities and to experience panic Heritage Month, to recognize an amaz- wife of 59 years, Margarette, and where he financial growth. ing woman in my community, Melissa lived until his death in 2012. Maria moved to Orlando, Florida in 1998 McGuire-Maniau. Mr. Murakami joined the Japanese Amer- and served as the assistant Vice President of Melissa McGuire-Maniau was born in Puerto ican Citizens League (JACL) in the early Banco Popular. In 2004, she started Luyanda Rico, raised in Orlando and is a veteran of the 1950s and quickly rose through the ranks of Insurance with her son Jose, a company dedi- United States Air Force. For the last eight the organization. He was the president of the cated to looking for innovative products to sat- years Melissa has been proudly married to her local JACL chapter, the first governor of the isfy the local market. Maria was also the treas- husband, a native of Mexico. Together they Northern California-Western Nevada-Pacific urer and vice president of the Hispanic Amer- have three girls. District, as well as the national vice president ican Professional and Business Women Asso- Melissa has been at the forefront of the fight of the organization from 1972–1975 before be- ciation and on the Board of the Hispanic for comprehensive immigration reform and has helped build a movement in Central Florida for coming the national president from 1976– Youth Group of Deltona. Maria currently the rights of immigrants. Melissa’s journey in 1978. serves as the President of the Puerto Rican the immigrant rights movement started in 2005 During his tenure with the JACL, Mr. Chamber of Commerce and is on the Advisory when she began to study her husband’s immi- Murakami worked tirelessly on the Civil Lib- Board for Polytechnic University’s Orlando gration case. After living in the United States erties Act of 1988, finally seeing it passed and Campus. signed into law by President Reagan in 1988. for over twenty years, her husband was still an I am happy to honor Maria Luyanda, during undocumented immigrant facing deportation. The Act required a Presidential apology and a Hispanic Heritage Month, for her continued symbolic payment to the surviving internees Seeking legal status and citizenship for her leadership within the Central Florida commu- husband was nearly impossible. who were subjected to forced relocation. nity. In addition to his work with the JACL, Mr. On October 5, 2011, Melissa’s husband was RECOGNIZING THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF ZORAIDA ANDINO Murakami was also a member of the Santa taken from their home and sent to a private RIOS immigrant detention center in South Florida. Rosa East Rotary for more than 50 years as Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- Having worked as a volunteer with several im- well as a permanent member of the Veterans panic Heritage Month, to recognize the public migrant rights organizations, Melissa used her of Foreign Wars. experience to fight back. Thanks to the sup- He was a regular financial supporter of the service of Zoraida Andino Rios. Zoraida was port and collaborative efforts of the commu- Hannah Boys Center, the Sonoma County Mu- born in East Chicago, Indiana. Her passion for nity, Melissa’s husband was eventually re- seum, and his local fire department. social justice started when she was studying leased. Her husband became a legal perma- Mr. Speaker, Mr. Murakami was forced to at Saint Joseph’s College where she received nent resident in April 2013. endure dreadful circumstances that most of us a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology and Edu- cation. As a student, she was the founder of Over the last several years, Melissa and her have never, nor will ever, experience. In the family have volunteered with the National face of this adversity, Mr. Murakami not only an organization called ‘‘Palante’’ and was the assistant director of a college TV program, Farm Worker Ministry. Melissa is now the Im- served his country in the Armed Forces when migration Chair of the Youth and Young Adult called upon but also worked tirelessly to right ‘‘Know Your Community,’’ which informs Latino students about issues affecting the His- Network of the National Farm Worker Ministry, the injustice he experienced through his advo- and serves as Vice President of the Board of cacy for the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. Mr. panic community. She is the proud mother of her two children, Carolina Raquel and Gilberto Directors for the Florida Immigrant Coalition. Murakami was a valuable, contributing mem- Melissa is currently in the Pre-Law Program at ber of his community, both locally and nation- Antonio. Her pride and joy is her grand- daughter Analiz Diana Balderas. Rollins College working towards becoming an ally. It is therefore appropriate that, on this immigration attorney in order to continue the 25th anniversary of the enactment of the Civil In 1979, Zoraida moved to Puerto Rico and worked for several community services com- fight for justice for all immigrant families. Liberties Act of 1988, we honor and remember I am happy to honor Melissa McGuire- him today for his many contributions. panies. In 1986, she returned to Indiana and began advocating for the rights of the Puerto Maniau, during Hispanic Heritage Month, for f her service to our country and her community. Rican and Latino community. She served as HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH President of Madre Atrevete Muevete Ahora RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF VANESSA HALL FERREIRA (MAMA) and Secretary of the Latino Historical Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- Society. She was also active with the North- HON. ALAN GRAYSON panic Heritage Month, to recognize the cour- west Indiana Voter Registration and Education OF FLORIDA age and commitment of Vanessa Hall Ferreira. Foundation, United Citizens Organization, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Vanessa was born and grew up as the young- United Farm Workers. Zoraida was the co- Tuesday, October 15, 2013 est of six in Bridgeport, Connecticut. As a founder and President of the National Con- young child, Vanessa grew up in a housing Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Speaker, I submit the ference of Puerto Rican Women and received project with her single mother, 4 sisters, and following. their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. brother. Vanessa was the first in her family to RECOGNIZING THE CAREER AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF She also received the Roberto Clemente graduate high school. She married her high MARIA LUYANDA Community Service Award from the Northwest school sweetheart Alfredo Ferreira in 1971 Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- Indiana Coordinating Counsel. with whom she has two daughters and three panic Heritage Month, to recognize Maria After moving to Florida with her family, grandsons. Luyanda for her leadership within the Central Zoraida became the founder and President of Vanessa began her bakery career in 1983. Florida Hispanic Community. the National Conference of Puerto Rican She got a full time job in the bakery of a gro- Maria Luyanda was born in Vega Baja, Women’s local chapter in Orlando. She is also cery store, which she really enjoyed. She Puerto Rico. She attended college at Missouri a member of the Asociacio´n Borinquen˜a and moved to another grocery store chain where University and completed courses in account- La Casa de Puerto Rico. In 2008, she got in- there were good worker protections and was ing at Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. volved with various social justice groups and able to earn a pension and get 100% vested. She began her career as a teller at Banco served as Vice President for Frente Unido 436 In 1995, she decided to move the family to Popular de Puerto Rico, where she was rec- and Vice President of the National Council of Florida. ognized for her professionalism and later be- Puerto Rican Rights. She is also involved with In 1998, Vanessa got a job at Walmart as came assistant manager. the Black, Latino, Puerto Rican Alliance for a cake decorator. It was a great place to work In 1998, Maria was hired by American Air- Justice and is founder and co-director of the even though the pay was not much. When she lines Credit Union as manager of the San Orlando chapter of the National Congress of asked for a 75 cent raise, Walmart denied her, Juan, Puerto Rico office. During her time at Puerto Rican Rights. She is currently working saying it was too much. She left to work at a American Airlines, Maria established a loan on her project ‘‘Boricua,’’ a tool to unite the competitor grocery store where she received system to benefit the employees of the Carib- worldwide Puerto Rican community. training, great benefits, and higher wages.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:02 Oct 16, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A15OC8.007 E15OCPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS October 15, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1515 When the store went out of business, Vilar moved to Florida in 2012 and served developed credit unions and corporations that Venessa had no choice but to go back to work as statewide coordinator for the Alliance for provide employment and economic opportuni- at Walmart in 2005. Vanessa and other asso- Citizenship, a national immigration reform ties to members of the church. She estab- ciates had concerns about scheduling and campaign. He is now working as Statewide lished Bible schools, known as the management’s attitude toward the workers. Field Director for Florida New Majority. ‘‘Consejero,’’ to instruct, counsel, and guide Eventually, the store began to hire temporary I am happy to honor Marcos Vilar, during children in their integral development. She workers instead of giving full time work to the Hispanic Heritage Month, for his many accom- founded music academies to benefit children current employees. plishments and contributions to his community. and adolescents by encouraging their develop- In 2009, Vanessa discovered the Organiza- RECOGNIZING THE CAREER AND SERVICE OF LUIS R. ment in the arts. Also, she established the tion United for Respect at Walmart or OUR PASTRANA SILVA Ministry of Guards to watch over the church’s Walmart. She became an ‘‘Our Walmart’’ Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- properties and the surrounding neighborhoods. member online but kept her membership pri- panic Heritage Month, to recognize Luis R. Likewise, Juanita established the Ministry of vate. In 2012, Vanessa went on strike at her Pastrana Silva for his service to our country Preachers and Deacons who perform social store during the week of Black Friday. and to the Hispanic community in Central Flor- work wherever the congregation is estab- Vanessa returned back to work after going on ida. lished. She envisioned the creation of a shel- strike with a new sense of dignity. Mr. Pastrana was born in Rio Piedras, Puer- ter for the elderly and a school for the children Vanessa became one of the main leaders to Rico. He holds a B.B.A. from the University and youth of the community, both of which be- for Our Walmart in Central Florida. In April of Puerto Rico (UPR), Rio Piedras Campus, came a reality a few years after she passed 2013, Vanessa was fired from her position an M.B.A. from Farleigh Dickinson University, away. Under her leadership, her work spread with Walmart in retaliation for her activism. and a J.D. from the UPR School of Law. Mr. to New York, Chicago, and Washington, DC, She continues to advocate for workers’ rights Pastrana honorably served as a commis- as well as Santo Domingo and Santiago de by sharing her own experiences. sioned officer in the U.S. Army for 20 years. los Caballeros in the Dominican Republic. I am happy to honor Vanessa Hall Ferreira, After his retirement from the Army in 1978, Mr. Juanita initiated a new era for women. At a during Hispanic Heritage Month, for her cour- Pastrana held several positions within the gov- time when women were not allowed to offi- age and commitment to workers’ rights. ernment of Puerto Rico, promoting business ciate in church and faced discrimination, she RECOGNIZING THE CAREER OF MARCOS VILAR and economic development. removed barriers and cleared the way for Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- In 2001, he moved to Orlando to serve as women to express themselves openly. Juanita panic Heritage Month, to recognize the career the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administra- allowed women equal participation in the of Marcos Vilar. Mr. Vilar was born in Ponce, tion’s Regional Director for Southern States. church, including leadership roles. Despite Puerto Rico. He moved to the United States at Since 2003, he has served as Distinguished being assailed, slandered, and misinterpreted, the age of 14 and has since lived in New Professor at the Ana G. Mendez University Hampshire, Wisconsin, Washington, DC, Chi- she pushed ahead bravely, leaving behind a System in Orlando, FL. He is also a member legacy of love in the hearts of those who knew cago, Tampa, and Orlando. He holds a Bach- of the Puerto Rico Bar, the American Bar As- elor’s Degree in History from the University of her. sociation, and the Hispanic National Bar Asso- In 1978, the Universidad Hispano Ameri- Maryland and a Master’s Degree in Education ciation. from the University of Illinois, Chicago. cana recognized Juanita for her extraordinary Mr. Pastrana has been a leader in the Puer- work, and awarded her the degree of Doctor Mr. Vilar worked as a teacher in Chicago, to Rican community in Central Florida and a where he also was active in community work. of Philosophy in Management Honoris champion for business development. He has During his tenure at Roberto Community Causae. A public elementary school in one of published two autobiographies and one re- Academy he was best known for working with the communities where she served was also search book on the U.S. Constitution. He is at risk youth and developing arts and cultural named in her honor. happily married to Mareitssa Griggs, a college programming into after school activities. He I am happy to honor Juanita Garcı´a Peraza, professor, and together they have five children was also advisor for the Student Government during Hispanic Heritage Month, for all her and five grandchildren. body and a leader of the local reform move- hard work, courage, and dedication. I am happy to honor Luis R. Pastrana Silva, ment at the school. f Mr. Vilar moved to Washington, DC in Janu- during Hispanic Heritage Month, for his serv- OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL ary of 2002, and there held several national ice to our country and to the Hispanic commu- DEBT leadership positions including National Field nity. Director for the Que Nada Nos Detenga, voter HONORING THE LEGACY OF LOVE OF JUANITA GARCI´A registration campaign of the Puerto Rico Fed- PERAZA HON. MIKE COFFMAN eral Affairs Administration, Executive Director Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- OF COLORADO panic Heritage Month to recognize the life and for America’s Families United, National Polit- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES legacy of Juanita Garcı´a Peraza, founder of ical Director for SEIU, and National Field Di- Tuesday, October 15, 2013 rector for Mi Familia Vota Education Fund. the Congregacio´n Mita Church. Mr. Vilar’s work as Executive Director for Juanita Garcı´a Peraza was born on June Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, on January America’s Families United was fundamental to 24, 1897, in Hatillo, Puerto Rico. She came 20, 2009, the day President Obama took of- the development of Catalist, which has be- from a distinguished family, and was known fice, the national debt was come the standard voter file database used by for her moral and spiritual values, her love for $10,626,877,048,913.08. progressive organizations. He was also a the poor, and her sensitivity toward the pain of Today, it is $16,747,411,584,091.53. We’ve founding member of the Catalist Board of others. In the late 1930’s, when Puerto Rico added $6,120,534,535,178.45 to our debt in 4 Managers. and the U.S. were experiencing a great eco- years. This is $6.1 trillion in debt our nation, As Political Director of SEIU, Mr. Vilar fo- nomic crisis, Juanita became ill and was bed- our economy, and our children could have cused on improving member databases and ridden with gastroenteritis. While confined with avoided with a balanced budget amendment. was responsible for aggressively growing the the illness, Juanita promised the Lord that if f COPE Fund, SEIU’s Political Action Com- He healed her, she would serve Him for the mittee (PAC). During his two year tenure, the rest of her days. She was healed. She then HONORING CECILIA CASSIDY PAC doubled its annual income and became abandoned her social position and fortune, the largest PAC in the country. and traveled the countryside visiting the poor HON. JAMES P. MORAN As National Field Director for Mi Familia and the needy to preach the good news. OF VIRGINIA Vota Education Fund, Mr. Vilar led efforts to In 1940, in the town of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES engage Latinos in the 2012 election cycle. He Juanita founded the Congregacio´n Mita was instrumental in the development and suc- Church with a message of love, freedom, and Tuesday, October 15, 2013 cess of the National Latino Civic Engagement unity. In 1947, the Church was established in Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Table, a coalition of national organizations the capital city of San Juan, in the Hato Rey honor and recognize the outstanding contribu- working together to increase Latino civic par- sector. She performed missionary work, vis- tions of Cecilia Cassidy and to commemorate ticipation in key states. In addition he oversaw iting prisons and hospitals and helping reform her retirement after 21 years of service to the the opening of Mi Familia Vota Education many alcoholics and drug addicts. In addition community of Rosslyn. Fund operations in Texas and Florida in 2011 to her spiritual work, Juanita carried out ex- As executive director of Rosslyn Renais- and 2012. traordinary social work in the community. She sance, Ms. Cassidy was crucial in growing the

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He says he merged with the Arlington Business Improve- to recognize the appointment of Welcome Wil- is ‘‘honored to have had the opportunity of as- ment District, BID, in 2012, and the majority of son, Sr., and I support Mr. Wilson and the sisting the U.S. State Department and the the programs Ms. Cassidy created while at University of Houston in their endeavors to Japanese Embassy in arranging this year’s Renaissance were implemented at the BID. achieve Tier One status. POW Visitation Program. Like the years past, In 2003, Ms. Cassidy worked with property f the visit will no doubt yield many memories owners, the business community, the County while at the same time erase many bad expe- Manager’s Office and Arlington Economic De- PERSONAL EXPLANATION riences that left its mark on the POWs. This velopment to help create the Rosslyn Busi- year, for the first time, Japan’s Minister of For- ness Improvement District, BID. The first BID HON. TULSI GABBARD eign Affairs has allowed three widows of in Northern Virginia, Rosslyn BID was formed OF HAWAII former POWs to participate in the program to enhance development and growth through IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and visit the sites of their husbands’ Japanese prison camps located in various cities in highlighting the uniqueness and strengths of Tuesday, October 15, 2013 Arlington’s Rosslyn neighborhood. Japan.’’ Her leadership as executive director of the Ms. GABBARD. Mr. Speaker, on October 9, I thank the POWs for their persistent pursuit BID paved the way for an influx of residential, 2013, I was unavoidably detained and missed of justice, and commend the U.S. State De- retail, and dining offerings, which have trans- rollcall vote Nos. 536 and 537. Had I been partment for helping them. I also appreciate formed Rosslyni into a vibrant, dynamic, and present I would have voted: the willingness of the Japanese government to more livable community. Today Rosslyn is a Rollcall No. 536: ‘‘no.’’—On Motion to Table pursue an historic and meaningful apology. It more walkable and drivable community; home the Motion to Appeal the Ruling of the Chair. is my hope that the POW Visitation Program to a number of award-winning living spaces. Rollcall No. 537: ‘‘no’’—On Passage. continues to expand, and that it will be a heal- Ms. Cassidy was instrumental in bringing f ing mechanism for the POWs, their families Artisphere to Rosslyn. In order to make Arling- and communities. FOURTH U.S. POW DELEGATION TO ton Counties’ vision for Artisphere possible, Now, it is time for the many Japanese com- JAPAN, OCTOBER 13–21, 2013 BID pledged $1 million in start-up revenue and panies that used POWs for slave labor during $300,000 annually for the life of the center. World War II to follow the example of their The state-of-the-art cultural center cemented HON. MICHAEL M. HONDA government by offering an apology and sup- Rosslyn as the cultural capital of Arlington. OF CALIFORNIA porting programs for lasting remembrance and Under the leadership of Ms. Cassidy, the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES reconciliation. Mr. Speaker, I wish these men a fulfilling Rosslyn BID garnered a number of awards in- Tuesday, October 15, 2013 cluding three from the International Downtown trip to Japan, and I hope that their trip contrib- Association, one for urban placemaking for Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to utes to securing the historic peace between Central Space, and one in marketing for honor veterans from America’s greatest gen- the U.S. and our important ally Japan. ROSSLYN magazine. eration and thank the Government of Japan FOURTH U.S. POW DELEGATION TO JAPAN, OCTOBER 13– Ms. Cassidy has said that one of her proud- for recognizing the sacrifices of these men. On 21, 2013 est accomplishments as executive director of Sunday, October 13, seven former members Phillip W. Coon, 94, is a full blood the BID was working with local partners to or widows of former members of the U.S. Muscogee Creek who grew up in Oklahoma. provide services for the homeless. Rosslyn Army, U.S. Army Air Corps, and U.S. Marines After graduating from the Haskell Institute (to- BID is one of the only BIDs in the nation to who fought in the Pacific Theater of World day’s Haskell Indian Nations University) in provide homeless services. War II—and who were once prisoners of war Lawrence, Kansas, he enlisted in the U.S. of Imperial Japan—will travel to Japan as Army on September 29, 1941. He was as- f guests of the Japanese government. Marking signed to the 31st Infantry Regiment and sent A TRIBUTE TO WELCOME an act of historic reconciliation and remem- immediately to the Philippines Islands aboard WILSON, SR. brance, this is the fourth delegation of U.S. the USAT Willard A. Holbrook arriving on Oc- POWs to visit Japan through this program. tober 23, 1941. At Fort McKinley he trained as HON. PETE OLSON Their first trip to Japan was on aging freight- a .30 caliber machine gunner (M1919 Brown- OF TEXAS ers called ‘‘Hellships,’’ where the men were ing). He fought on Bataan Peninsula against IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES loaded into suffocating holds with little space, the invading Japanese forces and was surren- water, food, or sanitation. The conditions in dered on April 9. Forced on the infamous 65- Tuesday, October 15, 2013 which they were held are unimaginable. At the mile Bataan Death March, he was subjected Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to POW camps in the Philippines, Japan and to capricious cruelty and abuse, denied water, recognize Welcome Wilson, Sr., who was China, they suffered unmerciful abuse aggra- food, rest and protection from the sun. Nearly named chairman of University of Houston’s vated by the lack of food, medical care, cloth- all on the March had surrendered sick and ‘‘Drive to Tier One’’ initiative. The University of ing, and appropriate housing. Each POW also malnourished causing thousands to die before Houston is on track for Tier One status. Mr. became a slave laborer at the mines, fac- they reached their destination of Camp Wilson is a member of the Board of Regents tories, and docks of some of Japan’s largest O’Donnell. Coon credits his survival to God, or at the University of Houston System. He was companies. In the end, nearly 40 percent of as he said, ‘‘We ran out of food, ammunition also inducted into the Texas Business Hall of the American POWs held by Japan perished; and men, but we didn’t run out of prayer.’’ His Fame in 2010, served in the executive office compared to two percent of those in Nazi Ger- first POW Camp was Camp O’Donnell where of President John F. Kennedy, was Houston many’s POW camps. The POWs of this dele- he worked burial detail. For the next two chairman for the March of Dimes, and grad- gation slaved for Mitsubishi, Nippon Express, years, he was held at Cabanatuan, Camp uated first in his class from the Naval Officers Sumitomo, Nisshin Flour, Hitachi, Dowa Hold- Lipa-Batangas, Camp Murphy-Rizal, and School. ings, and JFE Holdings. Bilibid. On October 1, 1944, he was shipped Wilson will work to mobilize the community In September 2010, the Japanese govern- via Hong Kong on the Hellship Hokusen Maru and alumni organization in support of the Tier ment delivered to the first American POW del- to Taiwan where he was held briefly at the One initiative. Elevating the University of egation an official, Cabinet-approved apology Inrin Temporary POW Camp. From Taiwan he Houston to one the Nation’s elite research in- for the damage and suffering these men en- was sent to Moji, Japan, via the Hellship Mel- stitutions would attract high-technology busi- dured. Although the Japanese government bourne Maru arriving January 23, 1945. He nesses seeking to form partnerships with uni- had hosted POWs from the wartime Allies of was then shipped north to Sendai and became versities and boost the economy of Houston the United States since the late 1990s, the a slave laborer mining cooper for Fujita Gumi and its surrounding area. Adding another top- 2010 trip was the first trip to Japan for Amer- Kosaka Kozan (today’s Dowa Holdings Co. tier university in Texas would also allow lower- ican POWs. It was also the first official apol- Ltd.) at the Sendai-#8B Kosaka POW Camp. income students to attend high-quality schools ogy to any prisoners of war held by Japan. After his liberation in September 1945, he re- closer to home for less money. I know that the American POWs fought hard turned to the U.S. and was discharged from Great universities are built by great commu- for this recognition. Dr. Lester Tenney of Cali- service as a Corporal on June 24, 1946. He nities. Mr. Wilson is a leader who represents fornia, a former POW who mined coal for returned home to work as Union Painter doing

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:02 Oct 16, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A15OC8.011 E15OCPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS October 15, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1517 high-scaffold work. Helen, his wife of 67 years, Bombardment Squadron was evacuated to in 1969, but its exploration and research divi- died this spring. Mr. Coon lives with his son, Mindanao and he was sent to the Del Monte sion became independent as Meiji Consultant Michael, a Vietnam vet who works with DAV Airfield. He was surrendered on May 10 and Co., Ltd. in 1965, and still exists). He was Creek County Chapter #9 as a Service Officer sent to Camp Casisang, about five kilometers then transferred to Fukuoka #9B, located near helping veterans with their disability claims. southwest of Malaybalay, Mindanao. On Sep- the town of Miyata (now the city of Miyawaka), Six members of the Muscogee Creek Nation tember 6, 1942, the Generals and Colonels again to be a slave laborer mining coal, but for became prisoners of Japan on the Philippines: were removed from Camp Casisang and sent Kaijima Coal Mining Onoura Mine (the com- five from Corregidor and Mr. Coon who was to Formosa (Taiwan). Heer served as an or- pany no longer exists). After the war, he spent on Bataan. POW#Unknown derly to Brig. General Joseph P. Vachon, the 25 years in the Army working in finance. He Lora Cummins, 87, is the widow of Ferron former C.O. of the Philippine Army’s 101st Di- retired in 1965 and worked in public finance at E. Cummins (1917–1990). She lives in San vision on Mindanao, with whom Bob Heer was the Bank of America retiring again in 1985. Antonio, Texas. Mr. Cummins grew up in New sent to Karenko POW Camp via the freighter Jennings was a dedicated volunteer: he spent Mexico where he graduated in 1938 from Suzuya Maru. At Karenko he wrote a mes- 27 years at KQED; 24 years at the Fine Arts Tyler Commercial College in Texas and went sage to his family that the Japanese broadcast Museums of San Francisco; and 20 years for to work as a bookkeeper for the First National to the U.S. over shortwave radio. In May the San Francisco Opera Guild where he en- Bank in Hagerman, New Mexico (today’s First 1943, he was shipped to Heito POW Camp to joyed being a supernumerary. He was a mem- American Bank). In November 1940, he en- clear and work in sugar cane fields. He re- ber of American Defenders of Bataan & Cor- listed in the U.S. Army Air Corps and had his mained there nearly a year before being regidor; American Ex-Prisoners of War; Phil- Basic Training at Brooks and Kelly Fields near moved to Taihoku POW Camp #6 where he ippine Scouts Heritage Society; American Le- San Antonio, Texas. He was assigned to the slaved at building a memorial park for Japa- gion; San Francisco History Association; VFW; V Interceptor Command, 24th Pursuit Group, nese soldiers and a man-made lake for the ir- Military Order of the Purple Heart; Past Presi- 34th Pursuit Squadron at Hamilton Field, Cali- rigation of rice fields. In early 1945, he was dent of Golden Gate Chapter #18 of National fornia. In November 1941, Cummins was shipped to Japan, first to the port of Moji on Sojourners; Native Sons of the Golden West, transferred to the Philippines Islands aboard Kyushu and then north to Hokkaido. There he Guadalupe Parlor; The Great War Society; the USS Coolidge. He arrived on November was first a slave stevedore for the Hakodate Past Master of Masonic Lodge San Francisco 20 and was assigned to Nichols Field. When Port Transportation Company at Hakodate 2– #120; Scottish Rite, Shriners; President of the the Japanese invaded the Philippines on De- D POW. In late May 1945, he was moved National Assn. of Civilian Conservation Corps cember 8, he was sent to Aglaloma Point, Ba- north to become a slave laborer mining coal Alumni; The Retired Officers Association and taan to fight with the 71st Infantry joining men for Sumitomo Mining (today’s Sumitomo Metal the Reserve Officers Association. He was from all branches of the Armed Services. He Mining Co. Ltd.) at Hakodate #2 Akihira POW married to Esther Bloom for 34 years and had was surrendered on April 9, 1942 and forced Camp. He was liberated in early September three children from a prior marriage. He suc- on the infamous 65-mile Bataan Death March 1945, when American Army records clerks ar- cumbed to cancer on October 28, 2004. Mr. on April 10, 1942 from Mariveles to Camp rived and told them the war was over. After Jennings is buried at Hills of Eternity, Colma, O’Donnell arriving on April 21, 1942. From liberation, Heer remembers eating well and California. POW# Unknown Camp O’Donnell, he was moved to Caba- gaining 40 pounds in Japan, making friends Erwin R. Johnson, 91, divides his time be- natuan, then Bilibid. At these camps he sur- with post-war civilians there. ‘‘I was giving tween Wynantskill, New York, outside of Al- vived sunstroke, dysentery, malaria, dengue food to the Japanese,’’ he said, even eating bany and Lacombe, Louisiana. He grew up in fever, wet and dry beriberi, yellow jaundice, dinner with one family who invited him in after New Orleans, Louisiana, and enlisted in the and blindness. In August 1944, he was he gave them matches and soap, which was U.S. Army Air Corps in September 1940. He shipped to Moji, Japan, aboard the Hellship in short supply. On April 20, 1946, Heer was was assigned to the 48th Materiel Squadron, Noto Maru. He was taken to Hiroshima and honorably discharged from the Air Corps at 27th Bombardment Group (Light), V Bomber became a slave stevedore for Hitachi Shipyard Camp Beale (Beale A.F.B.) in California. He Command where he was trained as a me- (today’s Hitachi Zosen Corporation) at used the GI Bill to earn a degree in photog- chanic for A–20 fighter planes. He was trans- Mukaijima [Mukaishima] Hiroshima Sub-camp raphy from the Fred Archer School of Photog- ferred to the Philippine Islands aboard the #4. A Japanese elementary school in raphy in Los Angeles, California. Missing USS President Coolidge in November 1941, Mukaishima today honors the memory of the friends and the military life, he returned to ac- arriving on November 20th and was deployed men of this camp. On August 6, 1945, he felt tive duty with the Air Force in 1950, retiring in to Fort McKinley south of Manila. When Japa- the air warm and watched a three-mile high 1966 as a Technical Sergeant. In retirement nese forces attacked the Philippine Islands in mushroom cloud rise above Hiroshima from he has worked as an amateur historian of December 1941, though not trained as an in- the atomic bomb. He was officially liberated American POWs of Japan and embarked on a fantryman, Johnson was issued a rifle and or- September 14, 1945. He returned to Lake Ar- ‘‘third career’’ as a house husband. He has dered to defend against the Japanese ad- thur, New Mexico where he remained in the been married to Karen Harper since 1989, and vance. He and all American and Filipino Air Force and married the girl down the street, has four children from two previous marriages. troops on the Bataan Peninsula were surren- Lora Mae Lane. Upon retirement, he owned a POW# 330 dered on April 9, 1942. Immediately, he was laundry and vending machine business. In Esther Jennings, 90, is the widow of Clinton forced on the infamous 65-mile Bataan Death 1967, the family moved to San Antonio, Texas S. Jennings (1919–2004). She lives in San March to Camp O’Donnell. He recalls many where he worked for SEARS. He and Lora Francisco, California. Mr. Jennings, a Cali- horrific events during the march; maybe the had one child, Glenda, and were married 43 fornia native, served in the Civilian Conserva- worst was a Japanese guard bayoneting to years. Lora was a civilian employee of the Air tion Corps before enlisting in the U.S. Army in death a Filipino mother and her baby for trying Force. He passed away on March 26, 1990 of 1941. He was sent to the Philippine Islands to pass food to the starving, sick POWs. At a heart attack just days after returning from the same year aboard the USS Republic (AP– Camp O’Donnell he volunteered for work duty his second trip to the Philippines with his wife, 33). He was stationed on Corregidor to join building bridges and other projects. Later that daughter, son-in-law, and grandson, Ferron. Battery ‘‘K’’ 59th Coast Artillery Regiment year, he was transferred to Cabanatuan where Mr. Cummins is buried at Fort Sam Houston where he helped man fixed 60″ Searchlights he volunteered for work details outside of the National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas. No. 1 through 8, plus a number of 60″ and 30″ Camp. He was among 500 other American POW# 115 mobile seacoast searchlights. Surrendered on POWs shipped from the tropical Philippines to Robert B. Heer, 92, lives in Sequim, Wash- May 6, 1942, he was sent to a series of POW the freezing Mukden, China (today’s ington. He grew up in Iowa and joined the camps on the Philippines: Bongabong, Caba- Shenyang) in October 1942 aboard U.S. Army Air Corps in June 1940 becoming natuan, Lipa-Batanga, and Bilibid. In July Mitsubishi’s Hellship Tottori Maru via Formosa a carpenter with the 30th Bombardment 1944, he was herded along with 1,600 other and Korea to Manchukuo (Manchuria). None Squadron, 19th Bomb Group (Heavy), V American POWs aboard the Hellship Nissyo of the men had winter clothing. Johnson was Bomber Command stationed at March Field, Marti to be shipped to Japan. The nightmarish housed at the Hoten POW Camp and became California. He was stationed at Kirtland Field two-week voyage to Moji, Japan included an a slave laborer at MKK (Manshu Kosaku Kikai in Albuquerque, New Mexico, before being or- attack by an American submarine wolfpack on or Manchouko Kibitsu Kaishi, which some re- dered to the Philippine Islands in October the unmarked transport. Jennings was first searchers believe was owned by Mitsubishi 1941 He arrived on October 23, 1941 aboard held in Fukuoka-23-Keisen as slave laborer and known as Manchuria Mitsubishi Machine USAT Willard A. Holbrook and was sent to mining coal for Meiji Mining [Meiji Kogyo] Tool Company, Ltd.). The camp was liberated Clark Field. On December 29, 1941, the 30th Hirayama Mine (The company was dissolved in August 1945 by Russian and OSS forces.

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He married Josephine turned to Louisiana, retiring from the Port of Diego. Plourde in 2010. POW# Unknown New Orleans in 1993. In retirement, he and In retirement, McGrew traveled back to Cor- his wife Margaret traveled throughout the regidor many times to collect photos, docu- f United States and were active in a number of ments, and data from those who served on veterans and POW organizations. Margaret, Corregidor. During his many trips back, he sat CONGRATULATING THE his wife of 53 years, passed away in 2010. in the ruins of Corregidor thinking of the great MINNESOTA LYNX Together they raised five boys. In 2011, he times and the bad times as well as the many married Ann Wilbur Lampins whose brother, young friends he lost. As a long-time amateur HON. BETTY McCOLLUM historian, he assisted many families and Staff Sgt Charles S. Wilbur, was also a mem- OF MINNESOTA friends in their search for information on their ber of the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was with IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the 28th Materiel Squadron, 20th Air Base loved ones serving and/or captured on Cor- Group, Far East Air Force in the Philippines. regidor. McGrew’s approach to life was to use Tuesday, October 15, 2013 humor as a base for survival and survive he He too became a prisoner of Imperial Japan Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today and was also shipped to Mukden. He died of did several times in his life. For fun, he en- to congratulate the Minnesota Lynx for winning pneumonia soon after arrival on December 28, joyed scuba diving, golfing, table tennis, their second WNBA title in three years. camping, and traveling with his wife around 1942. The Johnsons are active members of The Lynx entered the playoffs with the the U.S. in their R.V. Mrs. McGrew was a the Mukden POW Survivors group and other WNBA’s best record, 26–8, and a starting line- nurse and an avid folk dancer. He succumbed veterans’ organizations. POW # 277 up that boasted four all-stars and three gold to cancer on January 27, 2008, surrounded by Marjean McGrew, 87, is the widow of Alfred medalists. They were undefeated through all Curtis McGrew (1922–2008). She lives in San his loving children and his wife. Mr. McGrew is buried at Fort Rosecrans National Ceme- seven post-season games, sweeping the Se- Diego, California. Mr. McGrew grew up in Co- attle Storm, Phoenix Mercury and the Atlanta lumbus, Ohio. After high school and briefly tery, Point Loma, California. POW# Unknown Marvin A. Roslansky, 91, lives with his wife Dream, to win their second title. working with the Civilian Conservation Corps, The Lynx’s starting lineup, Seimone Augus- he enlisted in the U.S. Army at Fort Hayes. In Josephine in Mesa, Arizona. Mr. Roslansky tus, Maya Moore, Lindsay Whalen, Rebekkah January 1941, his unit sailed to the Philippine grew up in Minnesota and enlisted in the Ma- Brunson, and Janel McCarville, was Islands aboard the USS Republic (AP–33). He rine Corps in the spring of 1941. He was sent unstoppable. Their balanced attack was a took Basic Training at the 92nd Garage on to Guam in September 1941. He was one of demonstration of smart and selfless teamwork Corregidor and was assigned to Battery ‘‘D’’ 153 Marines assigned to defend Guam, a U.S. (Denver) 60th Coast Artillery (A.A.). He was territory administered by the U.S. Navy in the as crisp passes found the open teammate. In transferred to Battery ‘‘H’’ (Hartford) 60th, Pacific. As a member of the Insular Patrol the final game versus the Dream, all five start- Coast Artillery (A.A.) at Herring Field, Unit, he fought in the brief defense of the is- ers scored in the double digits. Middleside and was taken prisoner there on land (December 8–9, 1941) and was captured Finals MVP Maya Moore led the league in May 6, 1942, with the surrender of Corregidor by invading Japanese forces. On January 10, post-season points per game. Seimone Au- and the Philippines. He was held in the fol- 1942, the American prisoners of the Guam gustus put on a show of defensive and offen- lowing POW camps: 92nd Garage, Bilibid, Ca- garrison including five nurses and a civilian sive prowess, guarding some of the best in banatuan 2 and 1; Camp O’Donnell, Nichols mother and child were shipped to prison the league and still averaging 17 points per Field. In August 1944, he was shipped to Moji, camps in Japan aboard the MS Argentina game. Lindsay Whalen organized her team’s Japan aboard the Hellship Noto Maru. In Maru, what was Mitsui’s OSK Line’s fastest potent offensive attack and Rebekkah Japan, McGrew became a slave stevedore for ship. Arriving in Japan on January 16, 1942, Brunson, now all-time WNBA leader in re- Nippon Express (still in operation) at Omori he was taken to Shikoku and imprisoned at bounds, was tremendous on both sides of the Tokyo Base Camp; then a slave stevedore for the Zentsuji POW Camp (Zentsuji was origi- court. Janel McCarville’s defense was out- Nisshin Flour Milling Dispatched Camp (Tokyo nally built to house German prisoners of the standing and her through-the-legs pass to 24–D) (today’s Nisshin Seifun Group); and fi- Japanese in World War I). The camp was on Brunson was one of the series’ great mo- nally at Suwa Branch Camp (Tokyo 6–B) he an island about 400 miles west of Tokyo. He ments. That excellence extended to the play- was a slave laborer for Nippon Steel Tube & spent the rest of the war there as a slave ste- ers coming off the bench, especially Monica Mining Company (today’s JFE Holdings). He vedore for Nippon Express (still in operation) Wright who scored 20 points and had five re- was liberated in Yokohama on September 6, working 12-hour days at the Sakaide Rail bounds, three assists and three steals in 1945. He later became an Honorary Member Yards and the Port of Takamatsu. He was lib- game one against the Dream. and friend of the U.S. Army 503rd Parachute erated September 27, 1945. After the war, he Lynx Coach Cheryl Reeve asked that the Regiment Combat Team (RCT) who liberated lived in Racine, Wisconsin where he owned an talk of repeat championships wait until Janu- Corregidor from the Japanese in 1945, and auto parts business. Retired in 1981, he vol- ary. Due respect to Coach Reeve, I look for- the 4th Marine Regiment who had defended it. unteered at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Med- ward to watching the Lynx take the court to After returning to Columbus, he met and mar- ical Center in Milwaukee as well as doing vet- defend their title next year.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 12 p.m., Wednesday, October 16 10 a.m., Wednesday, October 16

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Wednesday: Senators will be permitted to Program for Wednesday: To be announced. speak for up to 10 minutes each.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Grayson, Alan, Fla., E1511, E1514 McCollum, Betty, Minn., E1518 Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E1513 Moran, James P., Va., E1515 Coffman, Mike, Colo., E1515 Honda, Michael M., Calif., E1516 Olson, Pete, Tex., E1516 Gabbard, Tulsi, Hawaii, E1516 Johnson, Eddie Bernice, Tex., E1511 Thompson, Mike, Calif., E1513 Garamendi, John, Calif., E1511 Kinzinger, Adam, Ill., E1511 Graves, Sam, Mo., E1513 McCarthy, Carolyn, N.Y., E1513

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