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Vol. 155 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2009 No. 90 House of Representatives The House met at 10:30 a.m. and was approximately $800 billion on the war given out by the Pentagon. Are there called to order by the Speaker pro tem- in Iraq and hundreds of billions more in no fiscal conservatives at the Pen- pore (Mr. PERLMUTTER). indirect costs for these two wars. tagon? f Then, in the supplemental bill that I know everybody is trying to prove we’ll take up later today, we have $5 how patriotic they are today, and ev- DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO billion for the International Monetary erybody feels that we shouldn’t ques- TEMPORE Fund, and in this bill, there is a guar- tion anything the Defense Department The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- antee for $100 billion in loans made by wants. But to allow $295 billion in cost fore the House the following commu- the IMF, loans being made to other overruns on just these 72 largest weap- nication from the Speaker: countries. All this money will have to ons systems, in my opinion, it’s unpa- WASHINGTON, DC, be borrowed because we are so many triotic not to question that. And I ask June 16, 2009. trillions in debt already that it is not again, are there no fiscal conservatives I hereby appoint the Honorable ED even humanly comprehensible. at the Pentagon? PERLMUTTER to act as Speaker pro tempore The bill also contains $7.7 billion for The fact is, we’ve turned the Defense on this day. swine flu vaccines. I heard a reporting Department primarily into the ‘‘De- NANCY PELOSI, of a speech of our colleague, the gen- partment of Foreign Aid’’ now, and I Speaker of the House of Representatives. tleman from Texas, Dr. PAUL, made re- believe very strongly in national de- f cently, in which he said during his first fense. But we cannot afford to run the MORNING-HOUR DEBATE stay in the House, in I think it was whole world, and we cannot afford to 1976, that there was another swine flu have the Department of Defense be the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- scare, and that only he and one other ‘‘Department of Foreign Aid.’’ ant to the order of the House of Janu- person, probably the only other med- All of this comes not long after we ary 6, 2009, the Chair will now recog- ical doctor in the House at that time, have raised our national debt limit to nize Members from lists submitted by voted against the money for the swine over $13 trillion. Nobody can com- the majority and minority leaders for flu scare. And one person died from prehend a figure like that, no one. That morning-hour debate. swine flu that year, and many more is an astounding figure. And yet on top The Chair will alternate recognition died from taking the vaccine than died of this debt that we already have, the between the parties, with each party from the flu. This is a great over- President’s budget in this year and the limited to 30 minutes and each Mem- reaction in this area as well. Many next 2 years will add over $4 trillion of ber, other than the majority and mi- thousands are dying from other dis- debt to that debt, $4 trillion in this nority leaders and the minority whip, eases that we’re not paying attention year and the next two; three years’ limited to 5 minutes. to. time, $4 trillion added to our national f This supplemental appropriations debt. bill started out at $85 billion, then it And then this year, if I had told peo- WHERE ARE THE FISCAL went to $91 billion, then $95 billion, and ple 2 or 3 years ago that we would have CONSERVATIVES? now, today, $106 billion. And I ask you, a budget this year of $3.6 trillion and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The are there no fiscal conservatives that half of that, $1.87 trillion, would Chair recognizes the gentleman from around here? be deficit, nobody would have believed Tennessee (Mr. DUNCAN) for 5 minutes. We read last year that the Pentagon that. They would have thought that I Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, we have had $295 billion in cost overruns on just was ridiculous or that I was crazy in now spent approximately $200 billion, their 72 largest weapons systems. Now, saying that. $200 billion, on the war in Afghanistan that didn’t count all the cost overruns I used to say to my colleagues that it against a foe that has almost no money that they might have had in all their was terrible what we were doing to our and equipment, especially in compari- thousands of other large-, medium-, children and grandchildren. Now, I’m son to ours. Now we are about to take and small-sized contracts, and we’re saying it’s terrible what we’re doing to up a supplemental appropriations bill having a hearing right today—in fact, ourselves because it’s not going to be 5 later today to provide many billions it’s going on right now, I was there ear- or 10 years, if that long, before we’re more, all this in a place where even lier—in the Oversight and Government not able to pay all of our Social Secu- General Petraeus said we should re- Reform Committee in which they said rity and veterans’ pensions and all of member has been known as the ‘‘grave- 74 percent of the private contracts that the things that we have promised our yard of empires.’’ This comes on top of the Federal Government gives out are own people.

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VerDate Nov 24 2008 09:36 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16JN7.000 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE H6816 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 16, 2009 We’ve got to stop trying to run the sponse to the ever-evolving challenges tary leaders. Colonel Ulin is also a whole world. It’s not isolationist to say of war. Though the specifics of the in- graduate and instructor of the college. that because I believe in trade and struction may have changed, the hon- It is with this Foundation and the tourism, and cultural and educational orable mission has not. I, too, am a Command and General Staff College in exchanges, and I believe we should help graduate of, and a former instructor, at mind today that I would like to men- during humanitarian crises. But we the U.S. Army Command General Staff tion H.R. 1177, the Five Five-Star Gen- can’t keep spending hundreds of bil- College. Madam Speaker, I speak from eral Commemorative Coin Act. This lions of dollars in other countries, personal experience of the pride and bill would authorize the U.S. Treasury whether it’s done by the Defense De- the satisfaction that comes from know- to mint a series of commemorative $5, partment—and of course, it’s also being ing that I received the best military $1 and half-dollar coins bearing the done by every other department and leadership education our Nation has to likeness of these distinguished five agency in the entire Federal Govern- offer and stood in the footsteps of these generals. These coins would honor the ment. great men. historic contributions these men have f General George Marshall was the made in defense of justice and freedom. Army Chief of Staff under President Americans young and old could admire INTRODUCTION OF H.R. 1177, THE Roosevelt and one of the chief archi- and collect them, and the stories of FIVE FIVE-STAR GENERAL COM- tects of victory for our Greatest Gen- these great men might be reinforced in MEMORATIVE COIN ACT eration and later served as the third the popular imagination, perhaps even The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. ED- Secretary of Defense. inspiring some to follow their lead. WARDS of Maryland). The Chair recog- General Douglas MacArthur bravely This bill will honor the great soldiers nizes the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. led our forces to victory in the Pacific of the past. Please sponsor H.R. 1177. BOSWELL) for 5 minutes. theater. f Mr. BOSWELL. Madam Speaker, be- General Dwight Eisenhower, our past CAP-AND-TAX IS GOING TO BE fore I get my chart and bring it up, if President, was the Supreme Allied they’d bring it up for this situation, I NOTHING MORE THAN A NA- Commander in Europe and directed the TIONAL ENERGY TAX just might respond to the previous D-day operation, whose anniversary speaker. He forgot to mention that was just celebrated, before going on to The SPEAKER pro tempore. The they handed this mess to this new ad- lead our Nation through some of the Chair recognizes the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. LATTA) for 5 minutes. ministration just a matter of a few most trying times during the Cold War. Mr. LATTA. Madam Speaker, one of months ago and went through 8 years General Henry Arnold commanded the issues that we’ve been talking a lot of borrow and spend. So I hope the peo- the Army Air Corps in Europe and re- about on this floor and across this ple take that with a grain of salt. mains the only person ever to hold the country has been about cap-and-tax, What I, Madam Speaker, would like title of General of the Air Force. and cap-and-tax is nothing more than to speak to you a few moments about Last, but certainly not least, General today is to highlight an institution of it is going to be a national energy tax. Omar Bradley commanded the Allied Now, I have a very unique district in great importance to our national secu- forces on their march to victory in rity and to myself, the U.S. Army Com- the Fifth Congressional District of North Africa and became the first to Ohio. It’s interesting in that I rep- mand and General Staff College located hold the position of Chairman of the at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. resent not only the largest manufac- Joint Chiefs. Most Americans are probably un- turing district in the State of Ohio, but At this point, I’d like to make men- aware of the role that this fine institu- I also represent the largest agricul- tion of an organization that provides tion plays in keeping our Nation safe tural district in the State of Ohio. invaluable support to the U.S. Army by training future generations of mili- I know we’ve been talking about this Command General Staff College, which tary leaders. The Command General and there’s been a lot of information is the U.S. Army Command General Staff College plays a vital role, giving that’s being put out there by a lot of Staff College Foundation. This organi- our Nation’s Army commanders the ad- different groups. But I think it’s inter- vanced technical and tactical edu- zation is funded by private donations, esting to point out that the Heritage cation they need in order to effectively and its mission is to enrich the aca- Foundation and just last week the lead soldiers in battle. They have been demic experience of the college by pro- Brookings Institution has also put out doing so since its founding in 1881, and viding resources in areas not covered how many jobs are going to be lost by during the past 128 years, it has pro- by appropriations. this. The Heritage Foundation is esti- vided a first-rate military education to Since its inception, this foundation mating that you’re looking at any- thousands of accomplished men and has established a number of awards for where from over 1.5 million jobs being women who have defended our freedom. academic excellence for students of the lost; carry out to the end date with the I’d like to commend the U.S. Army college in recognition of their achieve- Brookings Institution, about 2.5 per- Command and General Staff College on ments in the fields of tactics, logistics, cent. We can’t afford to have this hap- its commitment to excellence, and military arts. It has supported pro- pening in the United States. throughout history, in support of our fessional development at the Harvard When you look at what the Heritage military. Business School for college faculty Foundation did, they did a very inter- I’d like now to draw your attention, members. The Foundation has also esting study. They did what they call a if I may, to a particularly distin- sponsored the Colin Powell Academic manufacturing vulnerability index. guished group of alumni. The five war Lecture Series, which began in April of They took all 435 districts across the heroes you see beside me, Generals 2008. General Powell is also an alumni Congress. They said, What was the George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, of the college. Indeed, it is hard to amount of energy that you use and Dwight Eisenhower, Henry Arnold, and overstate the degree to which the what type of energy it was? In my case Omar Bradley, served our country with Foundation has enriched the experi- in the State of Ohio, 87 percent of our valor and distinction during the Sec- ence of both students and staff at the energy is coal-generated. Next door to ond World War and became household college. my west is Indiana. They get 94 per- names through their renowned accom- Its board of directors comprises re- cent. plishments. tired officers, business and community So they ranked all these districts to- It is a little-known fact, of which we leaders, all of whom have a keen inter- gether. The question was, Okay, where are all proud, that these great men all est in improving the quality of the edu- did you stand? And this is one of those were graduates of the Command Gen- cation provided by the college. I would times where you don’t want to be at eral Staff College where they received like to commend the Foundation’s the top of the list. Of the top 20 dis- their unique training and education board and, in particular, its CEO, Colo- tricts in the United States, according needed to excel in leading our brave nel Robert Ulin—who is in the gallery to this manufacturing vulnerability servicemembers into battle. I do believe—U.S. Army-Retired, for index, 16 of the top 20 were from Ohio Since then, the college has continued the invaluable work that he does to en- and Indiana. Unfortunately, in my to improve and adapt its training in re- hance the college and its future mili- case, I came in number three.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 09:36 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16JN7.002 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE June 16, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6817 Number three, What’s that going to cans farming today, less than 2 per- cent USA Today poll showed 21 percent mean? It means it’s going to be tough cent. In Ohio, it’s under 1 percent, but of Americans struggling with health to get jobs in northwest Ohio, north- they’re feeding us all, and we should be care costs, being able to manage it, sig- central Ohio, and people are having a thankful for them. nificantly up from what it would have tough time right now because we have The co-ops in my district and across been a decade or 2 decades ago. a manufacturing district. If we don’t not only my district but the State and Those who currently have, and like have those jobs and we don’t have that the country are very fearful about this. their existing health care coverage, electricity that we can turn on in the These electric co-ops out there are wor- still nonetheless often lament the rap- morning, make sure that those plants ried because if they have to buy more idly increasing costs of premiums and can run, we’re not going to have people green energy, those costs would have recognize that we all pay a cost for working. to be passed on to the end user. That’s emergency room treatment for those It’s not like it’s just going to affect the farmer, the manufacturer, the sen- without health care coverage. In fact, the folks on the industrial side and the ior, the family, and they are all wor- it is estimated that that costs every- manufacturing side. As I said, I also ried about it. body $1,000 per capita per year because have the largest agricultural district in But who’s our competition? You of our fellow 46 million Americans who the State of Ohio. And one of the know, last week, we had the Ag Sec- lack health care coverage. things that’s tough out there is there retary before us in the Agriculture As we debate the various proposals, are a lot of farmers in my district that Committee, and we asked questions Madam Speaker, for reforming health not only farm full time, but they have about China. And China is not going to care, I would like to propose five prin- a job also full time off the farm, and abide by cap-and-tax, and in fact, the ciples that certainly will guide me and they have to balance the two together. day that we had that hearing, they said I think many others as we move for- They’re working long, long hours, espe- that they were not going to abide by ward various proposals. cially if they’re on the livestock side. cap-and-tax. I would ask that this leg- The first is, every child in America So these folks are worried about not islation be defeated. should have access to health care. No only having to turn on the energy at f child should go in this country without the workplace but also the workplace THE NEED FOR HEALTH CARE having access to health care. We know on the farm. REFORM that, for example, a child without And as we’ve seen some of these num- health care who develops appendicitis The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bers being calculated as to what it has five times a negative outcome in Chair recognizes the gentleman from might cost for a family of four with terms of losing his or her life than a Virginia (Mr. CONNOLLY) for 5 minutes. cap-and-tax, you’re talking about in Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia. Madam child with health insurance. That’s un- some cases right off the bat, $1,500 ad- Speaker, I rise in strong support of acceptable, it seems to me, as Ameri- ditional for a family of four and all the long overdue health care reform. We’ve cans. way up in the out-years being cal- been talking about health care reform Secondly, nobody should be finan- culated at up to $4,800. since the administration of Harry Tru- cially destroyed due to a catastrophic Let’s also put this in context of what man. It’s time for action. illness. It’s challenging enough to com- it’s going to do on the farm income Among the Jeffersonian rights enu- bat a deadly medical condition, but side. It’s estimated by the Heritage merated in the Declaration of Inde- tremendous expenses incurred can wipe Foundation that by the year 2012 pendence, the first was the right to out a family’s savings and, indeed, cost you’re going to see a drop of about $8 life. And yet, today, with health costs them their livelihood and their home. billion in farm income; in 2024, $25 bil- spiraling out of control for millions of Third, insurance companies should lion; and in 2025, $50 billion. So you’re Americans, that right to life becomes not be allowed to cherry pick, and I’m seeing decreases in farm income of 28, more and more difficult to manage. a proud cosponsor of a bill that would 60, and 94 percent respectively. You’re While the need for some level of re- prescribe that. The whole point of hav- going to see a total decrease from 2010 form is clear, whatever reform the Na- ing health care insurance is to share to 2035 of 57 percent and a total de- tion agrees upon must respect the right the risk. Previous existing conditions crease in the baseline for farm income of the individual to continue to select affect 45 percent of all Americans out there. their own physician. Assisting some today, and indeed, if we all live long The question is, How is a farm going Americans in accessing health care enough, every one of us is going to end to survive in this country? It’s going to must not come at the expense of re- up with a previous existing medical be tough. Ag construction costs are es- stricting health care access to others. condition. The health insurance com- timated, because of cap-and-tax, We cannot have a government-imposed panies shouldn’t be allow to disqualify they’re going to go up 10 percent by the regime. We must respect people’s right people in that case. year 2034. By 2035—and here’s a real to maintain control over their current Fourth, we must respect the right of tough one for farmers because of health care access and health care in- our fellow citizens to choose the health course, everything you’re doing is out surance. care insurance and provider they want. there in the field—gas and diesel prices Having said that, America currently Fifth, we must move toward uni- are going to go up 58 percent; elec- has the most expensive health care sys- versality of health care coverage. Ev- tricity costs on the farm, 90 percent. tem in the world. In 2006, we ranked eryone in America should have access So when you’re already out there first at 15.3 percent of our gross domes- to health care in this wonderful coun- struggling right there to make a living tic product in expenditures for health try of ours. on the farm, it’s going to be very dif- care. Runner-up was Sweden with a so- Ultimately, we must address health ficult with these numbers to do it. cialized health care system. It was at care reform for a number of reasons: to Then we have to think about this. 11.3 percent. provide broader coverage for those cur- Where are these young farmers going On a per capita basis, we spend the rently uninsured; to bring down the in- to go? We’re going to try to get more most in the world, $5,267 for every man, creasingly difficult costs to businesses, younger people out on these farms, but woman, and child in America; and yet, especially small businesses, families, we all know right now equipment costs if you look at our outcomes, we are in and sole proprietors; to reduce the are high. We all know that land prices the middling ranks of industrialized growing strain of health care costs on are high. But then when you add all countries in terms of outcomes. We our Nation’s deficit; and to improve these costs up and you put these elec- rank 50th out of 224 Nations in the the overall health of our Nation. tricity costs and you put the energy world in terms of life expectancy. As a Fiftieth place is nothing to be proud costs and you put the fertilizer costs Nation, we are spending more on of, Madam Speaker, and I hope all of in, all these are all driven by energy health care than everybody else, but my colleagues will join me in sup- costs. It’s going to hit home real quick. we’re not necessarily getting the out- porting a health care reform program We’re going to have fewer and fewer comes we need. that will reposition America as a com- people out on the farm. It’s estimated Our challenge is to make health care petitive, successful, and healthy soci- we have less than 2 percent of Ameri- costs obviously more affordable. A re- ety.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 09:36 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16JN7.004 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE H6818 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 16, 2009 WINE TO WATER CHANGES LIVES THE UPCOMING ENERGY another group that comes and says the AROUND THE WORLD LEGISLATION opposite, I like to think of common sense when it comes to coming to- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gether and putting together logical and Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Chair recognizes the gentleman from Florida (Mr. KLEIN) for 5 minutes. efficient legislation. North Carolina (Ms. FOXX) for 5 min- The fact that these three sort of dis- utes. Mr. KLEIN of Florida. Madam Speak- er, by the end of this year, we hope to parate groups have come together and Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, this re- pass a comprehensive energy bill which said, yeah, we support this, I think cession has been tough on my State of will help this country move forward on something is going on here that we North Carolina. With high unemploy- clean, renewable, American energy, should take a close look at and cer- ment haunting our State, it is easy to and certainly, will help fuel our eco- tainly consider in supporting. lose sight of the inspiring stories of I want to talk specifically about the nomic recovery. jobs that will be created by this be- many who continue to work hard at As co-Chair of the New Democratic cause I had a very unique conversation doing good. One of those who com- Coalition on Energy, I believe now is with the president of the largest utility mitted to doing just that is Doc the time for a robust, market-based ap- company from Florida where I’m from. Hendley, the founder of a North Caro- proach to approach our Nation’s energy He was telling me they’re building the lina nonprofit called Wine to Water needs. We have to pass legislation that largest solar plant in the world in Flor- based in Boone in the heart of the High will make smart investments in alter- ida. Now, we like to call ourselves The Country. native energy, and I think every Amer- Sunshine State, so we think that’s a Doc’s vision for this organization is ican understands the common sense be- nothing short of inspiring. As a person good place for it, but there are already hind that. These are the kinds of a lot of solar plants in other parts of who grew up carrying water, I am par- things that will make us more viable ticularly sensitive to this issue. Doc the world. and competitive, not only here in the But they’re building this in Florida, started Wine to Water after doing some United States but abroad, for our water sanitation work in Darfur, and what he told me was they were American companies. very unhappy about the fact that when Sudan, with Samaritan’s Purse, an- It’s also clear, as we know as we get other exceptional relief organization they’re building this huge plant, hun- into this energy debate, this is about dreds of millions of dollars, they’re located in Boone, North Carolina. Wine our national security; the fact that we going to have to import the mirrors— to Water was founded on the premise of continue to import 60-plus percent of that’s the components to build the giving the more fortunate members of our oil from countries outside the solar plant—from Germany. I said, our society an opportunity to bring United States, many of which, particu- Why is that? And he said, Well, we life-giving water to people without ac- larly in the Middle East, are not our don’t build them in the United States. cess to clean drinking water around friends and are funding our enemies. There aren’t the kind of incentives for the world. We also know it’s about, as I said, job businesses to do that here; but if you Wine to Water, which takes its name creation, and it’s also about good envi- did build them in Florida or Georgia or from the first miracle performed by ronmental policy. California or Ohio, we would buy them Jesus during his Earthly ministry, Now, you’ve heard a lot about this here because they would be far less ex- took an otherwise everyday event like energy bill so far. You may continue to pensive. Just the shipping costs over- a wine tasting and turned it on its hear a lot about it, and you hear stud- seas of this very fragile equipment adds head. By using wine events to raise ies on one side that say we’re going to such an expensive piece to the equa- money and awareness about the lack of lose jobs; the other side saying we’re tion. clean drinking water in the developing going to create jobs. But I think That, to me, strikes at the heart of world, Doc Hendley has harnessed a there’s quite a remarkable thing that’s this whole point. Why aren’t we doing powerful social force and multiplied going on right now as I’ve worked on everything we can to create these the generosity of many, including a this with many other Members, on kinds of jobs in the United States and corps of dedicated ASU students who both the Democrat and Republican creating the incentives? Well, the good volunteer with Wine to Water. Doc is, side. news is the American Recovery and Re- in essence, turning wine to water for There’s a coalition of people out investment Act, which we passed— some of the neediest people on the there, interested groups, that have that’s the recovery bill—a few months planet. come together and said we support the ago has the kind of tax incentives and The work of Wine to Water in places energy bill that is currently being pre- many of the components to begin to like Sudan and Cambodia has already sented by Congress. And I just want to encourage this type of industry for cre- brought clean water to more than name some of the companies and some ating jobs in the United States. I want 25,000 people. Today, Doc’s entrepre- of the groups because it just doesn’t these jobs to be in Florida or other neurial spirit and dedication are help- sound like the normal groups that parts of the United States because ing to tap sustainable sources of clean would come together: BP, big oil com- they’re good quality jobs and will sup- water for communities beyond the pany; Dow Chemical; ConocoPhillips, port a good industry. reach of many traditional aid organiza- General Electric. You’ve got the entire Another area which I think we talked tions. labor union movement supporting this. about, you know, nationally is wind You’ve got the League of Conservation Doc Hendley is setting a compelling power. A big part of what’s going on Voters and the Sierra Club. around the world right now, a lot of example of the value of hard work and Now, I know not everyone’s familiar that is built overseas, but here’s an- a vision to help others. He’s taken a with every one of these organizations, other good example. A typical wind commonplace object and used it to mo- but suffice it to say, you have got some turbine has 8,000 parts and is made of bilize communities in America to help very large corporate businesses that 250 tons of steel. Americans make suffering communities around the have their view of the world and cer- steel. We fabricate. We assemble. We world. tainly the necessity to having an effi- can deliver that to a wind farm in the He is truly an exceptional North Car- cient energy policy. You’ve got some United States at far less of a cost than olinian, and I want to praise him for environmental groups that have come if it was done overseas. And guess his dedication to serving needy and suf- together and said, you know, we like what, you can’t outsource the labor or fering people. He has taken personal this, this makes some sense to us. And the people that put these things to- risks to do the hard work of providing you’ve got labor which doesn’t always gether and install them. You can’t do water and clean water education in far- necessarily but sometimes agrees with it from overseas. So, again, an idea flung locations around the globe. the other two groups. whose time has come. Thank you, Doc and all those who So what I like to think when I hear The great thing about this energy work with Wine to Water, for your in- a study from this organization, some- bill is this is the kind of forward-think- spiring example during these difficult times I’ve heard of that organization, ing that will create the next genera- times. sometimes I haven’t, and you have got tion of jobs, whether it’s wind or wave

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It’s international press called it into ques- that will make this country more en- what we use to create the strongest tion, and the bases for that, even be- ergy secure, smarter, more efficient, economy in this world, and if you cap fore the extraordinary demonstrations and will advance us into the next gen- it and we have electricity demands go had begun to take place, is the fact eration of not only energy but make up, only one thing can happen, higher that these were paper ballots, but the this country very strong from a na- electricity rates. official government results of the elec- tional security point of view and a jobs Now, if my friends on the other side tion were announced literally within point of view. were serious about carbon dioxide, in hours of the polls being closed. So I look forward to working with their bill they would forcefully push Various media outlets around the my colleagues to pass this bill, move for the expansion and use of nuclear world have questioned the authenticity this country forward, and make us power. But is it there in their bill? No. of the results. Mr. Mousavi, the de- more secure. Nuclear power emits no carbon dioxide feated candidate, has launched a legal appeal against the election results. On f into the atmosphere. That’s why many of us on our side really question the the day of the election, mobile phone THE CAP-AND-TRADE BILL WILL sincerity of our friends on the other communications were interrupted. DEFINITELY COST JOBS side because there’s no major pro- Western media has reported ‘‘heavy The SPEAKER pro tempore. The motion of nuclear power. electronic jamming’’ disturbing broad- Chair recognizes the gentleman from Republicans have an alternative. It’s casts. News Web sites were reportedly Illinois (Mr. SHIMKUS) for 5 minutes. the All-American Energy Security Act. blocked by Iranian authorities, and the Mr. SHIMKUS. Madam Speaker, it’s It’s very simple. It says we like energy, Iranian Government has allegedly ar- interesting to follow my colleague we like to use it, and we want all rested opposition political figures and from Florida because this cap-and- comers to come into the market of journalists. trade bill that’s going to the floor will ideas to compete for use by consumers, The Iranian Government has out- definitely cost jobs, and I have a lot of driving down prices. lawed any protests following 2 days of examples to promote that and prove These areas, the Outer Continental extraordinary unrest. The BBC re- that. Shelf, are all natural gas. We would ex- cently reported that recent rallies in The Pennsylvania Public Utility ploit natural gas and crude oil re- the streets of Tehran were the biggest Commission said in a memo to mem- serves. We would take the revenues to demonstrations in the Islamic Repub- lic’s 30-year history. The protests, ac- bers of his delegation that: However, if go to renewables, wind and solar power cording to news reports, became vio- the Waxman-Markey bill were to pass, which is being exploited around the lent, and according to media reports, Pennsylvania is looking at a bleak sce- country right now. We would make fuel pro-government forces attacked dem- nario by 2020: a net loss of as many as from coal. We would take coal, 250 onstrators in the last 24 hours, causing 66,000 jobs, a sizeable hike in elec- years’ worth of recoverable coal, turn tricity bills of residential customers, at least one fatality. it into liquid fuels, decreasing our reli- We are witnessing a Tiananmen in an increase in natural grass prices. ance on imported crude oil. We would You don’t want to believe the public Tehran, and the United States of continue to move and exploit biofuels, America must stand in the gap on be- utility commission, just take JOHN which is soy diesel, corn, cellulosic, half of those brave Iranian citizens who DINGELL who is the chairman emeritus, and the like. are standing for free and fair elections, having served here over 50 years. He’s And the great ‘‘add’’ in the All-Amer- democracy, and basic rights. Freedom, quoted as saying, Nobody in this coun- ican Energy Security Act from the Re- in fact, may be flowering in Iran, as try realizes that cap-and-trade is a tax publicans is, we need to build 100 new hundreds of thousands rally for democ- and it’s a big one. nuclear power plants in the next 20 racy and free elections. And if you don’t believe that, just lis- years. That is a commitment on lower And while I appreciate President ten to the comments made by now- electricity prices for the consumer, and Obama’s comments yesterday at the President Barack Obama in January that is a down payment on energy se- White House that he was ‘‘troubled by 2008: Under my plan, a cap-and-trade curity. We have 31 permits now in the the violence,’’ and his belief that the system, electricity costs would nec- process of going through. We only have voices of the Iranian people should be essarily skyrocket. credits for three nuclear power plants ‘‘heard and respected,’’ it seems by my Now, in economies like we have to be built. That doesn’t touch the in- likes that this administration has yet today, the last thing you want to do is creased demand that we’re going to to express the unqualified support of affect jobs and cause the loss of jobs, have. the American people for those who are either by moving away from the fossil So either you have job loss, higher courageously taking to the streets for fuel infrastructure that makes our prices, and a cap-and-tax demand-con- free elections and for democracy in country great or by raising electricity trol economy energy future, or you Iran. rates. have an all-of-the-above strategy which Let me say from my heart, the Amer- I always bring this poster to the sets standards and says we want all ican cause is freedom, and in this floor. These are miners that lost their comers to come and provide the energy cause, the American people will not be jobs in the last iteration of the Clean that Americans need, bringing more silent, here or abroad. If the President Air Act. This one mine had 1,200 min- supply and lower prices, and creating of the United States won’t express the ers. After the passage of the Clean Air jobs. unqualified support of our Nation for Act they lost their jobs. This is Mon- f the dissidents in the streets of Tehran, terey 10 in Kincaid, Illinois. this Congress must. Here’s a report from the Illinois De- WE ARE WITNESSING TIANANMEN Today, I am introducing a resolution partment of Natural Resources. Listen IN TEHRAN that will do just that. It will express to what happened after the Clean Air The SPEAKER pro tempore. The its concern regarding the reported Act of 1990’s amendment: Exxon Coal, Chair recognizes the gentleman from irregularities of the presidential elec- Monterey 2, closed by market condi- Indiana (Mr. PENCE) for 5 minutes. tions of 12 June 2009; condemn the vio- tions brought about by the Clean Air Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, I come lence against demonstrators by pro- Act; the next one, Ziegler Coal, Old Bin to this floor at a time of extraordinary government militias in Tehran in the No. 24, market conditions by the Clean moment on the global stage. According wake of the election; it will affirm our Air Act Amendments. We also have to the Islamic Republic News Agency, belief in the universality of individual this one, Monterey 10, market condi- the official news agency of Iran, Presi- rights and the importance of demo- tions brought about by the Clean Air dent Mahmud Ahmadinejad, supposedly cratic and fair elections; and lastly and Act Amendments, and many more on won the election over his primary op- most importantly, Madam Speaker, it this report. ponent on 12 June 2009. will express the support of the Amer- What a cap-and-trade bill does is cap But from the very moment that that ican people for all Iranian citizens who fossil fuel use. It says you cannot use election result was announced, the struggle for freedom, civil liberties, this anymore. What is a fossil fuel? It’s international community and the and the protection of the rule of law.

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I sat often with Julius Perr, about the Uyghurs, four of them going Accordingly (at 11 o’clock and 19 now passed away, and heard of the way to Bermuda—although we were prom- minutes a.m.), the House stood in re- the Hungarian people, inspired by our ised great transparency—and that was cess until noon. calls for freedom, stood up for their one of the things that appealed to the f own freedom. And as Bret Stephens re- voters of the United States, that if we counts in today’s Wall Street Journal, elect this administration we will have UNITED STATES ASSOCIATION OF We stood by idly, we didn’t want to complete transparency, everything will FORMER MEMBERS OF CON- interfere, and the Soviet tanks rolled. be transparent, we’ll know what GRESS 2009 ANNUAL REPORT TO We cannot stand idly by, speak of they’re spending money on, we will CONGRESS Iran sovereignty, speak of their own know what they’re doing. Well, we Mr. HERTEL. It is an honor for me to right to choose their own leadership at don’t know. They won’t tell us what introduce the gentleman from Mary- a time when hundreds of thousands of money has been sent to Bermuda to land, who for over three decades has Iranians are risking their liberty, and take four Uyghurs, but some are esti- provided leadership in this House on even their lives, to stand for free elec- mating $12 million apiece. They don’t behalf of the Democratic Party, on be- tions and democracy. think it’s very much, maybe $12 mil- half of the State of Maryland but on Ronald Reagan said, There is no arse- lion apiece or so. We know that sup- behalf of our Nation, most impor- nal or no weapon in the arsenals of the posedly other Uyghurs are going from tantly. world so formidable as the will and Guantanamo to Palau. This session of Congress that we are moral courage of free men and women. One report I read estimated that over in today has been the most productive All of us desire a fresh start with Iran, the last 14 years, going back to the in my lifetime. We see the many chal- and it seems from news reports and the middle of the Clinton administration, lenges that face us—on the economy, extraordinary images coming from the we paid Palau about $852 million just the war, on health care, on all the dif- streets of Iran that millions of Iranians for aid. And so there’s some question ferent issues that have faced the Amer- long for a new start in their govern- that we’re going to pay them more mil- ican public, and the majority leader, ment. There is a reformist movement lions to take these, or since their 15- who has been forging ahead and work- afoot in Iran. year agreement is up, are they willing ing in a bipartisan way on these very Today, I will introduce a resolution. to take these? important challenges, has had the time I urge all of my colleagues in both par- The bottom line is millions and mil- not only to play golf with us yesterday ties to join me in expressing support lions of dollars are being paid to take at our Wounded Warriors tournament for these brave and courageous men 17 Uyghurs, and for those that don’t but to come again this morning and and women. know, those are people in China who, take some time to welcome us. Thank you very much, Majority f because of their religious belief, are ad- Leader. WHERE’S THE TRANSPARENCY? verse to China. And we know that these Mr. HOYER. Thank you very much, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 17 were captured in terrorist camps in Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker. You Chair recognizes the gentleman from Afghanistan. Some say, well, they know Bob Michel was my Speaker. weren’t being trained to terrorize us, Texas (Mr. GOHMERT) for 5 minutes. You’ve heard my story on going up to Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, I do but they were in terrorist camps in Af- Ray LaHood and saying, Ray—this is appreciate this opportunity. ghanistan. 1995, John—and I said to Ray, who was You know, there’s so many people So the question many are asking now presiding—you know, Ray presided a out of work around this country. We is, for those 2 million of us who have lot and was an excellent presiding offi- know since President Obama took of- lost our jobs since January of this cer. I went up to him and told him—we fice 2 million more people have lost year, what terrorist camp can we go to had about 197 votes at that point in jobs. It’s staggering and quite sobering. to train so that maybe we could spend time. I said, you know, I’ll get you 197, I recently met with many people who the rest of our lives at U.S. expense on you get 21 and we’ll elect Bob Michel are unemployed in a north Lufkin the beaches of Bermuda? We saw the the Speaker. He smiled. It probably church, and I guess virtually all were people, the pictures of the four crossed his mind that that was a African Americans. These were people Uyghurs in Bermuda. They really worthwhile endeavor but maybe he that were ready to go to work, willing seemed to be enjoying themselves, couldn’t get there. to go to work, good, strong work ethic, laughing, cutting up, out there on the But in any event, it’s always a pleas- have families, deeply caring about beach, the waves crashing. Those ure to be with Bob Michel and all of their community and their families. Uyghurs who have gone to Palau, how you; my former colleague in the Mary- And so it got me to looking and think- many millions have been paid we don’t land delegation, Connie Morella, who is ing what can I do to use my position to know. But I have got a bunch of con- one of your officers in this organiza- try to help people get jobs. stituents who are willing to go train in tion; John Rhodes, with whom I served. There’s the Texas Workforce Com- terrorist camps, in Afghanistan if nec- John, thank you very much for the mission that does a good job trying to essary, if our government will pay mil- great service you gave to this country have job fairs. It turned out by using lions of dollars to send them to the and that your father gave to this coun- my position, partnering with other beaches. try and that you continue to give to groups, the Chamber, different groups, Also, one other point, we know this country. We’re blessed by that. we were able to have 50 employers with there’s been no transparency with the And all of you with whom I have served over 1,000 jobs to offer, but even that auto task force. We don’t know what over the years. As a matter of fact, doesn’t satisfy all of the need for all of they’re being paid. We just know that most of the people as I look around the jobs people are needing that are this group that has never run anything here, it was a great pleasure to serve out of work. in the car business is running the car with you. Marty Russo, of course, I But it did sensitize me to the fact, businesses and dictating what will hap- served with him as well and that was a look around for job opportunities. pen. Well, I’ve got lots of people that little more of a trial. Where is this Nation spending money are every bit as unqualified to run the Marty played golf yesterday. Dennis, that might go to help people who are car business in my district who are un- he’s really feeling badly. He shot six unemployed? Where could they get employed. They want that job. Where under par and he didn’t win. He thinks jobs? We’ve got another job fair coming do they apply to run the car businesses it was fixed that the former Members up in Longview in a couple of weeks, of America and get on the auto task were not allowed to win the tour- and we’re hoping it will be as success- force? We want to know because they’d nament. He said, you know, what was ful. like that job. the worth of playing in it.

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And for that, I I rose on the floor about 3 or 4 weeks ican votes than our opponent, George think Americans honor each and every ago just before the Memorial break and Bush, but notwithstanding that, by a 5– one of you, and I thank you for having said, Look, when we come back, we’re 4 vote, the Supreme Court of the learned from you, been impressed by going to be more timely in the count- United States had brought the election you, using in many cases you as an ex- ing of the votes. We’re going to try to to a close. And so as we sat there on ample of how we ought to work to- keep the votes down to somewhere in the podium, I was about 10 feet from gether. the neighborhood of 20 minutes as op- Bill Clinton, about 15 feet from George It’s easier when you get out of Con- posed to, they were getting to average Bush, and within minutes—and it hap- gress, I think, to adopt that premise, 25 minutes, which was, you do that pened in seconds as you know—within because you then look not so much on over 10, 15, 20 votes over the course of minutes, the most power in one person the differences but on the similarities. a day, it really extends the day. The that exists on the face of the Earth was Far too often as human beings we look chairmen were having people waiting passed peacefully, notwithstanding the at the differences, that which divides in their committees. We’re struggling extraordinary concerns that the then- us, as opposed to that which brings us to get there. If I close it out—Alexis incumbent President of the United together, the values that we have in Covey-Brandt—Alexis, wave—she is States, who had that power in his common. JOHN, before you came in, I men- now our floor director. And then sit- grasp—it was in his grasp—notwith- tioned the fact that you and I played ting next to Alexis is someone I think standing that, he released it peace- golf together. We had a great time. We probably all of you know, she is the fully, without a shot being fired, with- spent 4 or 5 hours riding around the granddaughter of a great American, a out demonstrations in the streets on course together, enjoying one another, great Representative in this House, the that day, and America showed the learning from one another. JOHN’s real- former Speaker of the House, Tip world once again that it was a nation O’Neill, Catlin O’Neill, who represents ly a student of golf. He was helping me of laws. be a little better than normally I am. the Speaker on the floor and helps That was a proud day, I think, for all manage the floor. We’re pleased to be But we need to learn from those experi- of us, a wrenching day for those of us ences and learn from people like Bob here with you. who were on the losing side on that day Dennis, you were very kind about Michel, who lived life in Congress but a proud day for our country. All of teaching all of us that. reaching out in a bipartisan way. I la- us in this Chamber have had the oppor- ment the fact that when Bob Michel So I thank you for staying active, tunity to serve in the people’s House, keeping the faith, providing ongoing was here, we had reaching out more in the repository of that power to make examples that simply being elected is a bipartisan fashion because both sides the laws that govern, not of men but of not the only way to serve. You con- I think were inclined to do so. We had laws. tinue to serve in so many positive more golf tournaments, Bob, and we And so I always take the opportunity roles. I know on behalf of the Speaker, played more and spent more time with to thank all of you. And we lament the I know JOHN will speak for himself, we one another. I played golf yesterday fact that we’ve lost—I’m not sure how welcome you back to this Chamber with JOHN BOEHNER. I drove the cart. many people we’ve lost. John, I am which meant so much in your lives and He rode along. He scored well. I tried to sure there will be a recitation of that to which you meant so much in your stay in the hunt. JOHN and I talked and a remembrance of those we’ve lost. service. about trying to work things in a more But one person with whom I had the Thank you, Mr. President. Thank bipartisan fashion, but very frankly as opportunity and I think most of you you, Mr. Vice President. all of you have observed, the confronta- had the opportunity to serve, we lost. You know, I read that and of course tion continues in a somewhat strident In doing so, we lost a great spirit, not I hope all of you know the person I was tone too often in this House. That was just a great former Member of the Con- referring to was Jack Kemp—who re- not so early on when I came here but gress. I’m not going to read all of it but flected, I think, JOHN—I served with frankly almost every decade it has es- I remember him quoting Teddy Roo- Jack on the Appropriations Committee calated and that’s unfortunate. sevelt on a relatively regular basis. I’ve for a significant period of time, and But, on the other hand, I think Den- got the whole quote, but I’m just going Jack always had that positive spirit, nis is right. This may be the most pro- to read you a few lines of it: that hand reached out to include rath- ductive 5 months that I’ve spent in the ‘‘It is not the critic who counts; er than to exclude. We miss Jack House. I don’t mean that we haven’t not the man who points out Kemp. He was a great servant in this had other productive times—we have— how the strong man stumbles, House and a great servant of his party but the agenda that we confronted as or where the doer of deeds and a great servant of his country. we took over at a time of crisis, with a could have done them better. Mr. HERTEL. I want to thank the brand new President, an historic Presi- The credit belongs to the man majority leader for taking the time dent. 2008, an historic year. I think all who is actually in the arena.’’ with us. For someone of his stature and of us are pleased that we were alive to I choose like I choose ‘‘all men are experience it means a great deal for watch what America did in 2008. I created equal’’ to consider ‘‘man’’ in those of us gone but not forgotten as he thought JOHN MCCAIN’s best speech of that sense generic—for human beings. comes to see us and take the time out the campaign was the night he lost. It It goes on to say: of his schedule. Today at noon, Major- was not only a gracious speech but it ‘‘The credit belongs to the man ity Leader HOYER and Jack Kemp will was a speech that tried to bring the who is actually in the arena.’’ be honored by the Victims of Com- country together in support of our And then it concludes: munism Memorial program which is newly elected President, and I thought ‘‘Who at the best knows in the end going to take place in the Visitors Cen- it showed JOHN MCCAIN at his very the triumph of high achievement, ter for all of their work in triumphing best. Obama gave a speech that showed and who at the worst, if he fails, over communism. Leader HOYER was him at his very best. And frankly I at least fails while daring greatly, chairman of the Helsinki Commission think George Bush the next day, on so that his place shall never be which did so much to make a difference Wednesday, gave a brief speech which with those cold and timid souls in this world that we have today be- showed him at his very best. And the who neither know victory nor de- cause they brought down the Soviet three of them together showed America feat.’’ Union and assisted all those people at its very best. All of us got in the arena. We put our seeking freedom in Eastern Europe and I tell people that one of the proudest egos on the line. Sometimes those egos around the globe. The Helsinki Com- days of my service in the House of Rep- can be severely bruised in this business mission’s work is one of the most out- resentatives and of my country was on internally and certainly externally. standing things this Congress has ever

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Ed Foreman, TX, NM funding, no appropriations, no ear- Mr. BOEHNER. As I look around, Hon. Lou Frey, FL marks, nothing from the United States most of you I know, not all of you but Hon. Ben Gilman, NY Congress in terms of funding the oper- most of you, and on behalf of my col- Hon. Dennis Hertel, MI ations of this association. Our purpose leagues and I, I just want to say wel- Hon. William Hughes, NJ is to promote public service and come back. Your service here clearly Hon. Barbara Kennelly, CT strengthen democracy, both abroad and was an honor or you probably wouldn’t Hon. Ron Klink, PA at home. And when I say we promote have come back, and clearly all of us Hon. Ernie Konnyu, CA public service, I want to emphasize have had an opportunity to work with Hon. Ken Kramer, CO that when we utilize one of our flagship you. But we do appreciate your service, Hon. Martin Lancaster, NC programs, which is the Congress to we appreciate your coming back and Hon. Ron Mazzoli, KY Campus Program, that our purpose is appreciate what you do to help this in- Hon. Matt McHugh, NY not to go to college campuses and en- stitution that we have all had an op- Hon. Bob Michel, IL courage young people to become politi- portunity to serve in. I think a special Hon. Connie Morella, MD cians. Our purpose is to go to college congratulations is in order for Lou Hon. Jay Rhodes, AZ campuses and encourage young people today, having celebrated some 50 years Hon. Phil Ruppe, MI to consider public service as an honor- in public service and will be receiving Hon. Marty Russo, IL able profession for their lives. And I an award from all of you today. Hon. Jim Symington, MO think that we make a contribution in STENY and I did play golf yesterday. Hon. Lindsey Thomas, GA that regard. There are approximately We did have a wonderful time. And it Mr. HERTEL. The Chair announces 600 former Senators and Representa- really reminded me of kind of a motto that 26 former Members of Congress tives who belong to this association. that I learned from Bob Michel, and have responded to their names. We reckon that there are probably that is that you can disagree without The Chair now recognizes the gen- about a thousand living persons who being disagreeable. I think all of you tleman from Arizona, the Honorable have served in the past in either the know that there are some major things Jay Rhodes, the President of our Asso- House or the Senate and roughly 600 of happening here and clearly there’s not ciation. them belong to our association. We are quite a consensus on those things mov- Mr. RHODES. Dennis, thank you. united to teach about Congress and the ing ahead. And so part of my mantra to Thank you very much for hobbling in. importance of representative democ- my colleagues on our side is that to We appreciate the fact that it’s not al- racy. All the activities which we are stand up and fight the fight but, you together easy for you at this particular about to describe are financed either know, you don’t have to be disagree- point in your recovery. We very much through dues, program-specific grants able in the process. There are plenty of appreciate all of your service to all of and sponsors, or our fundraising din- facts to lay on the table. us. You are now in the category of ner. Our finances are sound, our I really do appreciate all of you being wounded warrior. We’re happy to see projects are fully funded, and our 2008 here and appreciate the work you do that you are at least making a slow but audit, which was completed fairly re- for our institution and glad to welcome steady recovery. cently by our outside accounting firm, all back. I appreciate very much the fact that comes back to us with a completely Thank you. Mr. HOYER and Mr. BOEHNER took the clean bill of health. We have had a very Mr. HERTEL. I want to thank the time to come and be with us this morn- successful, active, and rewarding year. Republican leader for taking the time ing. I think their comments were very, We have continued our work serving as but also the interest and the leadership very pertinent and to the point. I espe- a liaison between the current Congress in helping us with the Wounded War- cially would like to associate myself and legislatures abroad; we have cre- riors project that was so very impor- with Mr. HOYER’s comments about the ated partnerships with highly re- tant. He’s been there the last 2 years to regrettable deterioration in relation- spected institutions in the area of de- lead the way and we’ve been able to ships between the parties on the floor. mocracy building and election moni- raise over $200,000 now for the Disabled It does call to mind the days when Bob toring; we have developed new projects Sports and Wounded Warriors project. Michel was our leader and when Tip which we are in the process of expand- We just can’t thank our two leaders O’Neill was the leader and the Speaker, ing, including our webcasting civics enough for participating because that and also the days frankly when my dad education program; and we again sent will make the difference in getting had preceded Bob. Mr. O’Neill, Mr. dozens of bipartisan teams of former more participation of sponsors and Rhodes, and Mr. Michel, some of their Members to university campuses here Members to come out to that tour- favorite stories deal with their rela- in the United States and abroad as part nament so it can be ongoing and ben- tionships off the floor. I think it’s a of the Congress to Campus Program. I efit these veterans that have done so shame that the relationships off the am sure that those of you who have much for our country. floor here don’t reflect the kind of ca- participated in that program know PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE maraderie that even was in existence that in the majority of the cases our Mr. HERTEL. And now it is my privi- still in 1986 when Ernie Konnyu and members who come back from having lege to ask our Republican leader, Bob Connie Morella and Jack Buechner and participated say almost universally Michel, to lead us in the Pledge of Alle- NANCY PELOSI and I came into this that they benefited more, the former giance. Chamber. I think that each of us could Members benefited more than they Mr. Michel led the Pledge of Alle- say that things were a lot better in 1986 think they brought benefit to the giance as follows: and we can each say we saw them start young people that we talked to. That is I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the to deteriorate from that point on. And a reflection of the fact that our young United States of America, and to the Repub- it’s sad. It’s not good for the institu- population is much more sophisticated, lic for which it stands, one nation under God, tion and it’s not good for the country. much more educated and much more indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. It is a pleasure to be back here and enthusiastic about their futures than Mr. HERTEL. The Clerk will now call we appreciate the opportunity to they generally get credit for. the roll of former Members of Congress. present the annual report of the U.S. I am very pleased now to report on The Clerk called the roll of the Association. I and some of my col- the program work as we’ve gone former Members of Congress, and the leagues will report on our activities through this year. Our first report will

VerDate Nov 24 2008 09:36 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16JN7.048 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE June 16, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6823 be delivered by the gentlelady from year and I think we’re going into a model is to partner with reputable Connecticut, Ms. Kennelly. Over the whole new dimension and my report like-minded organizations in the past 4 years, we have made it a priority will show that. United States, Europe or Canada and to put unique capabilities inherent in Thank you, Jay, for your introduc- funnel our trained former Members our membership to productive use in tion and thank you for your leadership into their delegations. In the past we the area of democracy building over- in securing the AID grant you just an- have used this model quite success- seas and legislative strengthening nounced. The House Democracy Assist- fully, for example, by working with the overseas. I am pleased to announce ance Commission is an undertaking of National Democratic Institute during today that we have a major new pro- the House of Representatives to their observer missions to Morocco and gram to support these efforts. We have strengthen democracy in those institu- Ukraine. Our colleague Dennis Hertel been awarded a grant by the U.S. Agen- tions by assisting parliaments in of Michigan is the current president of cy for International Development so emerging democracies. One of the ob- IEMI and we thank him for his leader- that bipartisan teams of former Mem- jectives of HDAC is to provide expert ship. bers can travel to emerging democ- advice to members and staff of the par- In addition to partnering with orga- racies and interact with their legisla- liaments of partner countries. HDAC is nizations such as NDI, IRI and IFES on tive branches on a peer-to-peer basis. chaired by Congressmen DAVID PRICE of election monitoring missions, we have Our teams will work with the bipar- North Carolina and DAVID DREIER of just entered a new partnership with the tisan House Democracy Assistance California. It is an extension of the State University of New York. SUNY Commission to conduct workshops, great work begun by former Congress- Albany houses one of the leading de- panels and presentations for the legis- men Martin Frost and Gerry Solomon mocracy building NGOs in the coun- lative branches of numerous countries as past of the Frost-Solomon Task try—the Center for International De- around the globe. We not only talk to Force. We are pleased to be able to play velopment. Our association has entered the elected legislative representatives an important part in this outstanding into a partnership agreement with but also to their staffs and silently we project. SUNY to compete for a USAID con- say to them, Do as we say, don’t do as Via the AID grant, bipartisan teams tract which we expect will be an- we do. But I think that we have lessons of former Members will travel to six nounced in early 2010. This contract to impart to legislative branches, both countries in 2009 and 2010. These coun- will focus on democracy and govern- Members and staff overseas, and I am tries probably will be Georgia, Kenya, ance projects from 2010 through 2015 very happy to yield to the gentlelady Kosovo, Liberia, Peru and Ukraine. We and only organizations which have from Connecticut to report on this. will focus our projects on areas includ- been invited to compete are eligible to ing legislative strengthening, legal re- BENEDICTION submit proposals. SUNY has an out- form, constituent representation, over- Mr. HERTEL. Mr. President, we have standing track record for these types of sight and budget capacity. We will been joined by the House Chaplain, Fa- AID contracts and we are confident spend about one week in each country. ther Coughlin, and at this moment I that via this new partnership our mem- In addition to meeting with legislators, would just ask before we go further bers will be able to engage in an even we hope that each visit can include with our report that we ask Father greater number of democracy building some time spent at local universities. Coughlin, the House Chaplain, to give projects worldwide. It is one of the core beliefs of this orga- us a benediction. Mr. Speaker, we have made it our nization that we need to reach out to Mr. RHODES. I would yield to the mission to create these important op- the next generation of leaders, whether House Chaplain, Father Coughlin. portunities for our membership. in the United States or abroad, and Rev. COUGHLIN. I am honored to be Former Members of Congress can play share some of our experiences and vi- here with you. a crucial role in these types of pro- sions. This grant is a very exciting de- Let us pray. grams and it is quite rewarding that we velopment for our organization and we Almighty God, we praise You and are seeing the beginning of the fruits of look forward to reporting on these mis- bless You as the Lord of our lives. Each our labor. I thank you for letting me sions when we return to this great hall of us has a story to tell. For each of us give this report, Jay, and I say this next year. this has been a journey, a journey with looks very exciting and this organiza- many ups, many downs, many prizes, In addition to the HDAC project, we continue the good work commenced by tion is really moving. many rewards, and at the same time Mr. RHODES. Barbara, thank you many sacrifices. Jack Buechner, former president of this organization. I am referring to the very much. And you’re right—we are Bless our constituents who brought moving. And it’s positive movement. us here. Bless all our family members International Election Monitors Insti- I am now pleased to recognize our who have stood by us at all times. tute which we created in conjunction colleague from Maryland, Ms. Morella, Bless us now. Help us, Lord, to meet with our Canadian and European Union in her capacity as representative of the You at the present moment, for that’s sister organizations. IEMI takes former executive committee overseeing many where You are always to be found. We legislators from the United States, of our international programs. We thank You for all You have given us in Canada and Europe and trains them in achieve our objectives through con- the past, we praise You now and ask for proper election monitoring techniques gressional study groups involving Ger- health and happiness in the present and a code of conduct. To this end, we many, Turkey and Japan. We have ar- that we may be your instruments of have been able to put together a 2-day ranged multiple special events in the bringing good news, power, integrity, training course which we have now ad- Capitol for representatives of the par- justice and goodness to this country. ministered six times in Ottawa. The liaments of those countries, and we Bless us that we may serve always, course, as well as a host of other continue to plan for trips overseas for upholding the Constitution that holds achievements for the Institute, was our congressional staff and for sitting us all together. Confirm us in liberty made possible via a 3-year grant from Members to welcome sitting parlia- and in justice, now and forever. Amen. the Canadian International Develop- Mr. HERTEL. Thank you, Father. ment Agency. Dozens of United States, mentarians and staff people here to the Now I do recognize the gentleman from Canadian and European former legisla- United States. Arizona. tors have gone through the training I am pleased to yield to the gentle- Mr. RHODES. I yield to the gentle- and are now well versed in the actual lady from Maryland, Connie Morella, lady from Connecticut. set of responsibilities and challenges my classmate, for her report on our Ms. KENNELLY. Thank you, Mr. that come with election observation. study group events. President. For the near future, we have identified Ms. MORELLA. Thank you, Jay. May I take this opportunity to thank two crucial elections, and these cer- Yes, we were members of the 100th you and our Executive Director, Pete tainly are crucial elections, where we Congress and it’s a privilege to be here Weichlein. These two gentlemen have hope to have some of our observers with former Members and with good worked so hard this year and as Dennis present: August of this year in Afghan- friends who are here. And thanks for said, we’ve had really a very successful istan and January 2010 in Iraq. Our your leadership, Jay.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 09:36 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16JN7.050 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE H6824 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 16, 2009 The United States Association of nity. The 26th annual seminar took mandate to strengthen cooperation be- Former Members of Congress has cre- place at the end of May in Berlin and tween the United States and Turkey. ated invaluable opportunities for cur- Cologne. Highlights included meetings The Business Advisory Council mem- rent Members of Congress to engage with Chancellor Angela Merkel and bers are Coca-Cola, Eli Lilly, Philip with their counterparts around the Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Morris and the Turkish-American Busi- world through programming hundreds Steinmeier. A study tour for senior ness Council. of special events in the U.S. Capitol for congressional staff is planned for the The Congressional Study Group on international delegations. The Associa- fall in conjunction with the 20th anni- Turkey runs a Distinguished Visitors tion is pleased to oversee the congres- versary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Program for Members of Congress fea- sional study groups on Germany, Tur- The Congressional Study Group on turing visiting dignitaries from Tur- key and Japan as well as to initiate the Germany has received generous grants key. Recent guests for roundtable dis- first trilateral renewable energy round- from the German Marshall Fund of the cussions include Turkish Foreign Min- table for lawmakers from India, Ger- United States which has supported it ister Ahmet Davutoglu and Chairman many and the United States. The Asso- for 25 years. The Association would Mercan of the Turkish Grand National ciation’s flagship international pro- like to thank Craig Kennedy, GMF’s Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committee. gram is the Congressional Study Group President, for his support of the Con- The Congressional Study Group on on Germany, which has been conducted gressional Study Group on Germany. Turkey also conduct an annual U.S.- by the Association for over 25 years. Additional funding to assist with ad- Turkey seminar. In 2008, Representa- The first trip I ever took was with that ministrative expenses is received from tive STEVE COHEN from Tennessee particular study group to Germany in a group of organizations whose rep- hosted the annual seminar in Memphis. 1987. The Study Group on Germany is resentatives serve on a Business Advi- United States Members of Congress and one of the largest and the most active sory Council to the study group. The Turkish parliamentarians participated exchange programs involving the U.S. Business Advisory Council is chaired in the seminar and discussed topics Congress and the parliament of another by former Member Tom Coleman of that included U.S.-Turkish trade rela- country. It is a bipartisan organiza- Missouri, who served as the chairman tions, the integration of immigrants tion, with approximately one-third of of the Congressional Study Group on and energy security. The seminar is a the Members of the U.S. Congress par- Germany in the House in 1989. Current conference for U.S. members of Con- ticipating. The House Chairs are Con- Business Advisory Council members gress to discuss areas of mutual con- gressman RUSS CARNAHAN of Missouri are Airbus, Allianz, BASF, Daimler, cern with their legislative counterparts and Congressman ROB BISHOP of Utah. Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche Post in Turkey. This year’s U.S.-Turkey The Senate Chairs are Senator EVAN DHL, Eli Lilly, Fresenius, Lufthansa, seminar is scheduled to take place dur- BAYH of Indiana and Senator JEFF SES- RGIT, SAP, and Volkswagen. It’s a ing the first week of September in An- SIONS of Alabama. large group. kara and in Istanbul. Members of Con- The Congressional Study Group on Now there is a Congressional Study gress and their counterparts in the Germany serves as a model for all Group on Turkey, also. The Associa- Turkish Grand National Assembly will other study groups under the umbrella tion established that congressional discuss such issues as stability in the of the FMC. The Study Group on Ger- study group in 2005 and it has quickly Middle East and prospects for Turkey’s many has three programming pillars: become a major program for the Asso- accession into the European Union. the Distinguished Visitors Program, ciation. The Study Group on Turkey There are other study groups. I would which hosts guests from Germany at educates U.S. Members of Congress like to mention that the Association the U.S. Capitol; annual seminars al- about the strategic relationship be- serves as the secretariat for the Con- lowing for in-depth discussions for the tween the United States and Turkey gressional Study Group on Japan. lawmakers of both countries; and a and promotes increased cooperation be- Founded in 1993 in cooperation with senior congressional staff study tour in tween the two countries. Using the suc- the East-West Center in Hawaii, the Germany. In addition, the Congres- cessful, long-running Congressional Congressional Study Group on Japan is sional Study Group on Germany is a Study Group on Germany as a model, a bipartisan group of Members from resource for Members of Congress to re- the Study Group on Turkey has be- the House and the Senate. The Con- ceive objective information on current come a highly relevant and unique gressional Study Group on Japan ar- U.S.-German relations. The study forum for dialogue between U.S. and ranges opportunities for Members of group also supports the Congress-Bun- Turkish legislators and government of- Congress to meet with their counter- destag Youth Exchange Program. Near- ficials. The Study Group on Turkey’s parts in the Japanese Diet in addition ly every month, the study group brings House Chairs are Representative to organizing discussions for Members high-ranking German elected officials WEXLER of Florida and Representative to hear from American and Japanese to Capitol Hill to meet with Members WHITFIELD of Kentucky. Congressman experts on U.S.-Japanese relations. The of Congress as part of its Distinguished COHEN of Tennessee and Congress- House Chairs for the Congressional Visitors Program. Recently honored woman FOXX of North Carolina are the Study Group on Japan are Congress- guests include: the German Federal Vice Chairs. man JIM MCDERMOTT of Washington Minister for Labor, Olaf Scholz; the Turkey is one of our strategic allies and Congresswoman SHELLY MOORE Chairman of the Bundestag’s Foreign and is uniquely positioned to work CAPITO of West Virginia. In the Senate, Affairs Committee, Ruprecht Polenz; with the United States on many impor- Senators JIM WEBB of Virginia and and the German Federal Minister for tant challenges such as peace in the LISA MURKOWSKI of Alaska take an ac- Economics and Technology, Karl- greater Middle East and energy secu- tive role in study group programming. Theodor zu Guttenberg. rity. The Study Group on Turkey The Congressional Study Group on The highlight of each programming brings current Members of Congress to- Japan is funded by the Japan-U.S. year is the annual Congress-Bundestag gether with their legislative peers, gov- Friendship Commission. seminar. Each year, the study group ernment officials and business rep- Finally, the Association is excited brings approximately eight Members of resentatives in Turkey and serves as a about the launch of a new program. To- Congress together with German legisla- platform for all participants to learn gether with the Alliance for U.S. India tors for several days to reinforce about U.S.-Turkish relations firsthand. Business, the Bertelsmann Foundation, friendships and examine pertinent top- Thanks to funding from the Eco- the Robert Bosch Foundation, and ics in transatlantic relations, such as nomic Policy Research Foundation of TERI North America, we will hold the NATO, climate change, or trade. The Turkey, a nonpartisan foundation es- first Trilateral Renewable Energy parliamentarians are joined by former tablished by the Turkish business asso- Roundtable for lawmakers from Ger- Members of the Congress and the Bun- ciation TOBB, the German Marshall many, India and the United States at destag, officials of the two federal gov- Fund of the United States and a group the beginning of July. All three coun- ernments, think tank and foundation of corporate sponsors making up the tries are major democratic economies representatives and members of the Business Advisory Council, the Study from crucial regions of the globe that German-American corporate commu- Group on Turkey can carry out its have a stake in world GDP as well as

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It sends bi- Foundation for its generous financial Congressman JAY INSLEE of Wash- partisan teams of former Members to support for the program during this ington and Congressman MICHAEL BUR- colleges, universities and high schools past year. The Foundation’s generous GESS of Texas. across the country to educate the next grant enabled the program to reach an The Congressional Study Groups on generation of leaders on the impor- even wider array of students, including Germany, Turkey and Japan as well as tance of civic engagement. The partici- those at the community colleges that the Trilateral Roundtable demonstrate pating students benefit, we think, from participated for the first time this the important role that the Former the interaction with our association year. Members Association plays in assisting members, whose knowledge and experi- In addition to the expansion of the current Members in their foreign rela- ence are truly a unique resource. Our program to community colleges, the program has also commenced a con- tions portfolio. I think the former members, as JAY said, benefit through Members can be very proud of the work their continued involvement in public certed effort in partnership with the University of Central Florida and the they do to make these study groups service and the ability to engage young Lou Frey Institute of Politics and Gov- possible and the opportunities they are people on issues of importance to them. ernment to reach out to high school in, and I consider it a privilege to par- During each visit, our bipartisan students via a series of webcasts, an- ticipate in many of those activities. team conducts classes, meets individ- other example of the kind of work that I thank you for listening to this ually with students and faculty, speaks Lou does consistently with younger lengthy report that indicates some of to campus media, participates in both people. These programs focus on spe- campus and community forums, and the very important work being done by cific issues and are designed as a tool meets with local citizens. Institutions the Former Members Association. for teachers to showcase the legislative that we visit are encouraged to market Thank you. process and encourage involvement in the visit to the entire campus commu- Mr. RHODES. Thank you, Connie. I government. During the fall, the first nity, not just simply to students who think we can be proud of our excellent in the series was piloted to high programming offered by our Congres- major in political science, history or 1 schools in Florida, and in 2009 and 2010 sional Study Groups. government. Over the course of 2 ⁄2 it will expand its reach to high schools Another program which our associa- days, hundreds of students are exposed in other States. Using this technology, tion and its members hold in very high to the former Members’ message re- the Association can reach a much larg- esteem is the Congress to Campus Pro- garding the significance of public serv- er audience and can make an even gram. This wonderful program has been ice. greater contribution to civics edu- The program has made both domestic administered for the past 2 years inter- cation. While these ‘‘virtual’’ visits and international visits this academic nally by our staff. We have made the cannot replace the person-to-person ex- program grow and we have expanded it year, including two separate visits to perience of a traditional Congress to internationally. We’ve also reached out campuses in the United Kingdom and campus visit, they can play an impor- to community colleges and high one in Canada. Over the 2008–2009 aca- tant supplemental role in teaching schools. This growth was due to a large demic year, the program has made 20 about representative democracy at the extent to a grant we received from the campus visits, including visits to insti- high school level. Joyce and Donald Rumsfeld Founda- tutions we had not previously visited, We have also continued our working tion. Let me take this opportunity to such as the U.S. Air Force Academy, relationship with the People to People thank Secretary Rumsfeld for his in- the University of Montana, and a num- Ambassador Program which brings valuable support, which we really ap- ber of community colleges as I have young people to our Nation’s capital preciate. We continue to work with the mentioned. More than 30 former Mem- for a week of events centered on the Stennis Center for Public Service, but bers participated this year, and I want concepts of character and leadership. all administration of this program is to thank all of you who took the time These students are younger than those now done in-house by our staff. from your schedules to do so. I would who participate in the Congress to I am very pleased to yield to a former also like to encourage those of you who Campus activities but they have al- president of our association, the Hon- have not had the opportunity to seri- ready demonstrated a commitment to orable MATT MCHUGH of New York, who ously consider participating. It’s truly the ideals that Congress to Campus chairs the Congress to Campus Pro- a great way to continue our public seeks to promote. The Association’s in- gram. service after Congress. volvement in this program allows our MATT, thanks for all your work. I also want to extend our thanks to members living in this area, the Wash- Mr. MCHUGH. Thank you very much, the faculty, the staff members and stu- ington area, to speak to these younger JAY. It is always a pleasure to be here dents who worked so diligently on each students on the importance of public with our friends and colleagues. of these visits. Without their hard service and to answer their many ques- Before giving my report on the pro- work, these visits would simply not tions about our government and our gram, I want to say it’s a special pleas- have been possible. We rely heavily on country. A number of our members ure to be here this year because we’re the universities to take the lead in co- continue to work full time, but this giving our annual award to Lou Frey. I ordinating logistics related to each program permits them to continue had the privilege of serving as vice visit and appreciate the time they de- their public service in this way. The president during Lou’s tenure as presi- vote to ensuring that their students re- events are typically held in the early dent and he was a tremendously strong ceive the full benefit of the program. morning at suburban locations, and I leader for us in those days and has We have continued our relationship want to thank my colleagues who have since then been a leader of our associa- with the Stennis Center for Public participated in this program. tion. I think no one really deserves the Service, as JAY mentioned earlier, in As some of you may know, the Asso- honor more than Lou and I note that the administration of this program and ciation also partners with the Wash- he has Marcia his wife with him and I think we owe a special debt of grati- ington Center for Internships and Aca- many of his beautiful family members. tude to Tracy Fine of our staff and to demic Seminars to organize panels of And so we’re delighted to be with you Brother Rogers of the Stennis Center former Members of Congress to meet today, Lou, and to give you this long- for their fine work on this program. with students who are interning in the deserved honor. Our two staffs work very closely to- area, and to participate in seminars As JAY said, the Congress to Campus gether to make the program such a that address current issues and the re- Program has been administered by the success and we appreciate the con- lationship between the administration Association in cooperation with the tinuing financial support we also re- and the Congress. During the past aca- Stennis Center for 2 years now. During ceive from the Stennis Center. We look demic year, the Washington Center and

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We have continued about the party platforms, the nomina- some after the next election from the the Life after Congress Seminar and we tion process and other issues that the Afghan war. These are fine men and have sent a former Members delegation students were interested in. I also want women who deserve our recognition. to Canada and our members had a to thank my colleagues who partici- During the course of this dinner, four chance to interact with colleagues in pated in these panels throughout the individuals, Representative BUYER, Ottawa, to strengthen that bond and year. Senator JOHN MCCAIN, Congressman that bond is very strong. We are orga- Finally, I want to say again how JOHN CONYERS and Senator DANIEL nizing a similar mission to travel to really grateful we are to those who INOUYE represented the different gen- Eastern Europe later this year. We will have made the Congress to Campus erations of Members who went from have a continuing relationship with Program such a success and to strongly service in uniform to service in Con- the Web site project and next month, encourage all of my friends and col- gress. It was a very, very successful July, and I believe July 15 is the drop leagues to participate in the program evening. It was very well received. And dead date, and I do mean drop dead either by making a visit to a school or it was a successful fundraiser. This was date, for launching our new Web site. by recommending a school to host the our 13th fundraising dinner and the After July 15, I invite you to log on to program. As all of us know, a democ- 13th time Lou Frey has chaired the un- www.usafmc.org and learn more than racy can prosper only if its citizens are dertaking. He deserves a special thanks you probably want to know about all of both informed and engaged, and as for his tireless efforts on our behalf for us and all of you. former legislators we have a particular this dinner. Lou is responsible for more It is now my very distinct pleasure to opportunity and responsibility to en- ulcers amongst his dinner committee present our 2009 Distinguished Service courage such involvement. This pro- than he probably cares to acknowledge. Award to our colleague from Florida, gram gives us a good chance to do so, A hard taskmaster he is, but he’s a tre- Mr. Frey. particularly with our young people. mendous leader. He is outgrowing his For those of us who have known Lou Again, I thank those who have been own ulcers while he’s making ours for quite a few years, we can say with- part of it and encourage all of us to prosper as well. And he has promised out reservation, few people have the continue to participate. me that he will not resign as dinner energy and the dedication that Lou Thank you very much. chairman while I am on the bridge. He commits to everything that he does. Mr. RHODES. Thank you, MATT. I is very disappointed to realize that Few people have the boundless enthu- appreciate the time that you spend for there is another year, that he’s got to siasm and his devotion to the task at the Association and for our projects do it another year. It’s a solemn hand and to the people he works with. and especially Congress to Campus pledge. He loves his country. He loves this in- which is one of our finest undertakings Proceeds of the dinner help us with stitution. From the day he walked onto and at this point in time at least is the many of our projects. One of them is to the House floor until this minute, he face of this organization publicly. collect the wisdom and experience of has always looked for ways to teach That’s where we are seen the most. I our members in book form. We have about Congress, to encourage the next hope you will have a chance to read the published one book called Inside the generation of leaders, to help citizens article that was in Roll Call yesterday House, Former Members Reveal How become involved in their communities which should give you an indication in Congress Really Works. It was heavily and in public service and in govern- conjunction with the earlier reports censored, but it has been widely re- ment. His work before, during and after about some of our international pro- ceived by political science departments his service has been distinguished and grams that we are going to try to ex- in colleges and universities across the has made us a better and stronger in- pand the face so that it is recognized in country. In a few weeks, we will be stitution and a better and stronger areas other than the College to Campus publishing volume 2 which is called Po- country. In addition, he has taken on a Program. But College to Campus is litical Rules of the Road. This book number of leadership positions within clearly our flagship at this point and collects various and sundry experiences this organization, most of which have we really appreciate all the help we and words of advice from people such been alluded to. He has been our presi- get, especially from MATT. as every single one of us in this room dent, he has been our board member, he Now I need to talk to you a bit about who has been through the caldron and has been our taskmaster. We most of the Statesmanship Dinner. Inciden- have special stories to tell either be- the time really, really appreciate him tally, in the Roll Call article, the only cause they are interesting or amusing, and when we don’t, we are really, real- slight error that the reporter made in entertaining or enlightening. I am ly not appreciating him. But most of that the article was the implication looking forward to seeing this book. the time we—I would not say, Lou, that this is my swan song as president We understand that 200 former and cur- that you are the indispensable man, be- and that Dennis is taking over imme- rent Members participated and there cause we both know there is no such diately after this meeting. I’m sorry to are some 500 anecdotes contained in thing, but you are fairly close. Would report to you, that’s not true. You’re the volume. Another effort that we you join me. stuck with me for another year. And have undertaken is our annual golf On behalf of the U.S. Association, it Dennis is stuck up in that chair for an- tournament. Now we have had the an- is my pleasure to present to you the other year. But next year he’ll be up nual golf tournament for 35 some years 2009 Distinguished Service Award with here lecturing you on how great we all and it always involved sitting and plaque which is inscribed to Lou Frey. are. We are chartered by Congress and former Members of Congress. Last year It says Congressman Lou Frey but receive no funding. The Association is we expanded it to have a charitable ‘‘Congressman’’ is superfluous—it’s responsible for finding our money to role and we partnered with the Wound- just good old Lou—for his lifetime of conduct our programs and one of the ed Warriors Disabled Sports Founda- exceptional public service. Both in and ways we do this is through our annual tion. Yesterday was the second tour- out of Congress, Lou Frey has dem- fundraising dinner. As part of this din- nament which involved the wounded onstrated his great love of country and ner, we recognize former and current warriors. As Dennis Hertel mentioned, the democratic process. Renting the Members of Congress for a particular we have been very successful in raising State of Florida, he served in the lead- achievement through our Statesman- money for the Wounded Warriors Dis- ership of his party in the House of Rep- ship Award. In March of this year, we abled Sports Foundation. We receive no resentatives. He dedicated his congres- honored former and current Members proceeds from this tournament. And we sional career to the youth of America, who preceded their service in Congress have raised approximately $175,000 over for example, by sponsoring legislation

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When we look at our national So what you’re looking at is a situa- grams that teach civic education. landscape, there’s a lot of studies that tion where really as a country we’ve Thanks to Lou Frey, a new generation have been done, polls that have been been given this incredible gift and we of leaders has become a better edu- out. A guy in Texas at the LBJ School don’t know what we have and it’s get- cated and engaged citizenry. Wash- looked at young people, and he said ting worse each year. It isn’t getting ington, D.C., June 16, 2009. that the ‘‘lack of civic engagement and better. We’ve been privileged to be And it’s got a gavel in it. I hope you civic literacy among American youth here. There’s been about 11,000 people don’t think you’re going to use that. is widespread. They know very little who have ever served in the House. It is also my pleasure to give you a about even the basic of the American That’s about half as many as you get scrapbook of mementos from your constitutional system and have no his- at a national ball game these days. Not friends and colleagues. I am happy to torical perspective on the development really very many people have ever had yield such time as he may consume, so of the nation and its relations with the the privilege that we have here. We long as it’s not more than 10 minutes, rest of the world.’’ I’ll use my State as have an opportunity that is unique. Be- to the Honorable Lou Frey. an example but, let me tell you, your cause as a Member of Congress you Mr. FREY. Thank you, Mr. Presi- States aren’t much better and some don’t have any credibility. Right now dent, and thank you, all my friends. may even be worse. But I’ll pick on there’s a lot of fussing going on and so It’s so great to see all of you and so Florida a little bit. Senator GRAHAM forth and so on and when you go out many in the 91st Club back. I am so and I started a joint center of civics. and teach in that, it’s tough because as proud of my family who have helped so We had some surveys done. Florida, of a Member of Congress you’re rightly much. I guess there’s 15 of them here. I the 50 States, is 47th in the average caring about your party and, you hope you’ve had a chance to see them rate of volunteerism, 49th in the per- know, are you going to get reelected, before. If not, they’re up in the gallery centage of people who attend public are you going to get your party to stay and my bride is here which I’m not al- meetings, and 40th in the percentage of in power. You have all these other lowed to introduce but I will, anyway. citizens who work with others to solve things going. We’ve been in the big I went back before I looked at these a problem. And overall of the 50 States, leagues. We’ve made it. All of us have remarks and read the speeches of Bob Florida is 47th from the top in terms of been a product of the toughest system Michel and so many great people and civic literacy. But, let me just add to going and we’ve served in the greatest what they felt about the House. I just that, we’ve had some national tests legislative body in the world. But our can’t match it. No way that I can done, surveys done. These statistics goal is different now. If our party’s in, match the eloquence of the words, Bob, really blow you away. Seventy-three okay, fine. If it isn’t, okay, we’re going that you and the other people did. So I percent of the students in fourth grade to survive it. We’re not running for thought what I would do is sort of talk could not identify the Constitution election. We are running, though, to about what I really care about and from among four choices as the instru- change the young people and change what I’ve been working on. I think we ment that contains the basic rules. what they believe and what they can as former Members have a unique op- That’s 73 percent of the students in do. Let me tell you, young people care. portunity to do something that no one fourth grade. Seventy-five percent of We’ve got a symposium. We’ve had 13 else can do because we’re better at it the students in fourth grade can’t iden- of them. We get about a thousand kids where we sit in life right now than any- tify the three parts of the Federal Gov- that come every 6 months to it. We put body, and that’s the dream I had of ernment out of four possible choices. it on the Internet. Kids care if you give young people and young people under- Ninety-four percent of students in them a chance. We have a civics acad- standing what we’ve been given. It’s grade eight couldn’t give two reasons emy for high schools, for colleges and amazing what our country has been why it would be useful for a country to for elected officials, for local officials given and it’s amazing what we don’t have a Constitution. And on and on. we have. We’ve created a civics acad- know about it. I guess I first ran into The studies that really make you cry emy in Leon County where for 3 years that when I started an intern program are, for instance, the studies that were we’re going to teach civics. We’re try- where young people come up and live done by the University of Connecticut ing to change the law in Florida so with me or stay with Marcia and I, who tested 14,000 freshmen and seniors. civics will be taught not just once but eight at a time. We would have them The average grade of the senior in three or four times as we go along. chaperoned. We’d go back and talk civics was 53 percent. Fifty-three per- People will come. Young people will about it. And most of them were like cent. These are seniors in school. A come. And as former Members with me. I never went to my first political Florida bar survey found out that 41 what we’re doing with the programs we meeting until I was 25 years old. In percent of adults in Florida couldn’t have, University Press is here today school I had one course in civics. I identify the three branches of Amer- with a new book coming out, with the never met a Member of Congress or a ican government; 54 percent couldn’t program we’re starting on the Internet member of a State legislature basically correctly describe the meaning of sepa- which is going to reach across the until I started to run for office. I ran ration of powers; 39 percent couldn’t country, there are a lot of things that for office because I didn’t want to be a describe the meaning of checks and we can do. We don’t have to take sec- State legislator and that’s about all I balances. We have two U.S. Senators ond place to anybody. Because we are knew. I got going on that path, I’m in living in my hometown. Ninety percent on the frontlines and we can do it bet- Congress, and gee whiz, now what do of the kids couldn’t name one of them. ter, we have more knowledge, we’ve you do, Coach? My leader wants me to But they haven’t been indicted, so that been through it, but we don’t have a play shortstop. What else can I do? I sort of takes away from it, I guess, a dog in the fight in terms of where it found as I got into it and spent more little bit. comes out. We just want young people, and more time that really our country In the Florida primary in ’06 which young Americans, to be exposed to is civically illiterate. Just plain and nominated a Governor and a Senator, what it is. We’re not telling them to simple, we don’t know what the devil the effective winning vote was 5.1 per- vote Republican, vote Democrat but we we have. So what we tried to do in cent of the total Florida population. are telling them, look at what we have, Florida as a pilot program is figure out Really not a great turnout. Now there look at the Constitution, look at what what we could do about it rather than has obviously been a better turnout in we’ve been given. It would be a shame just saying it really doesn’t work. the Presidential race. It was a nice to let this go away. And if we don’t If you go back and you look at Jeffer- spike. But when we surveyed the people reach out to the young people, the son, we were at the monument the there, they said, Well, we’re not going young people coming along, it is going other night and the quotes. I went back to really do much after it. We don’t in- to continue to go away. And I think and I found a letter he wrote in 1816. He tend to really do much. Over half the that’s the challenge.

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Chaplain Coughlin will join us it goes to such wonderful programs as enlist like they did and make a dif- and it would be very nice to see as our Congress to Campus Program but ference and we can do it. many of you there as possible. We are to Jay Rhodes for carrying this heavy Thank you so much. I’m obviously going to give opportunities for us to load. humbled by the award. Everyone here share memories, if we will, of some of I also wanted to recognize Mr. could get, I recognize that. I thank you those with whom we were particularly Buechner who has done such a wonder- for it. I want to thank especially my acquainted who have gone on. ful job as President and Past President family whom I dearly love and who has Before I conclude, I need to make in leading our group and with advice. been with me all the way. mention of the fact that we have two And also Matt McHugh, our former Thank you very much. former parliamentarians from Canada President of the Association who is Mr. RHODES. Lou, thank you. It’s who have joined us. Lou Duguay is my here; and Phil Ruppe from my State of leadership that our young people are counterpart in the Canadian Associa- Michigan. Because of all these gentle- looking for. With the efforts of people tion of Former Parliamentarians and men, we’ve had such a great oppor- such as you and the people that you Murad Velshi is a former member of tunity. We have also had women before work with and the people you work the Ontario legislature. We are honored as Lindy Boggs, one of our outstanding with here, hopefully we are positioning that you have joined us and hope that Presidents before of our association. ourselves to be able to assist in pro- you will participate in the rest of our What a difference they have made in viding that leadership. A lot of the pro- programs. getting people to participate and bring- grams that you have instituted which I want to thank other members of ing these programs to fruition. I have we have been privileged to participate our executive committee: Vice Presi- to also thank Barbara Kennelly, our treasurer, and Connie Morella for all in, and I am particularly speaking of dent Hertel; Treasurer Morella; Sec- their hard work and all the time they the civics education program and the retary Kennelly; and our immediate devoted, especially in this last year. Past President, Jim Slattery. I also webcasts, I think we have a very, very The Chair again wishes to thank all want to pay special recognition to our unique opportunity to reach young the former Members of the House for men and women who really are hungry special immediate Past President, their presence here today. Before ter- to be told, not what to do but why they Jack Buechner. When Mr. Slattery left minating these proceedings, the Chair are free and why they have the oppor- Washington to go back to Kansas to would like to invite those former Mem- tunities that they have. And it is be- run for the Senate, we were lacking an bers who did not respond when the roll cause of you and efforts of people like immediate Past President who is a val- was called to give their name to the you that we are going to make that ef- uable member of the executive com- Clerk for inclusion on the roll. The fort. mittee, and we were able to prevail Chair wishes to thank the other former We thank you very much. upon Jack to fill in, which he did, he Members of the House for their pres- I now have a portion of the program did very ably and contributed very ence here today and all of their work in that we will go through. It’s not a much to the Association’s efforts dur- contributing to all the programs that happy one, but I will read to you the ing the course of time that Jim was we have been talking about for the last names of our former colleagues who not here. As we know, Mr. Slattery fell hour and a half. As Lou Frey said, it’s have passed away during the course of short in his campaign for the Senate only with the former Members that we the past year. Each of us probably and has returned to Washington and can continue to participate and have knows at least some of these names, has resumed his duties as immediate these programs work internationally and some may know all of them. Dur- Past President. But, Jack, thank you and in over 40 campuses around our ing the past year, the following indi- for your help. We needed it and we ap- country. And now with the Wounded viduals have gone to a greater reward: preciate it. Warriors addition to make that dis- Glenn Andrews of Alabama I think that it would be appropriate abled sports program so successful. Robert Cornell of Wisconsin for me to take a moment to recognize Thank you again. We appreciate all the Tim Hall of Illinois our staff. These are very, very talented work that you have done. Frank Harrison of Pennsylvania professional, hardworking, dedicated The meeting is adjourned. Jesse Helms of North Carolina people, and they work for us and they f Jack Kemp of New York work very, very well for us. A lot of the David King of Utah things that we get accomplished we b 1200 Horace Kornegay of North Carolina couldn’t do without the assistance of AFTER RECESS Dan Kuykendall of Tennessee our five staff personnel. They are: The recess having expired, the House Raymond Lederer of Pennsylvania Esra Alemdar, Jr., Program Officer was called to order by the Speaker pro Clem McSpadden of Oklahoma Whitney Novak, Member Services tempore (Mr. HOLDEN) at noon. Bill Orton of Utah Manager William Patman of Texas Tracy Fine, Democracy Officer f James Pearson of Kansas Sudha David-Wilp, International Pro- PRAYER Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island grams Director The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Carl Pursell of Michigan Pete Weichlein, Executive Director. Coughlin offered the following prayer: Matthew Rinaldo of New Jersey Our thanks to all of you for every- Lord God, Who knows the truth when Paul Rogers of Florida thing you do for us. it is still hidden from our mind’s eye, John Seiberling of Ohio That is the end of my report. I want and Who reads our hearts, filled with Paul Todd of Michigan to thank Leader HOYER and Leader hidden desires, we bring our needs to Stephanie Tubbs-Jones of Ohio BOEHNER for giving us the opportunity You in prayer. Lionel Van Deerlin of California to be here on the floor today and Sometimes we are simply elated by Jerome Waldie of California Speaker PELOSI for making the Cham- hope. Often we are overwhelmed by the Lyle Williams of Ohio ber available to us. reality of daily concerns. Occasionally Wendell Wyatt of Oregon. Mr. HERTEL. The Chair wants to we are totally blinded by the emotional I ask all of you, including those in thank the president of our association, force field around us. Yet, we try to the gallery, if you would rise for just a the gentleman from Arizona, for all his clear the air with our prayer. moment of silence to pay respect to hard work and leadership, especially in Help us, Lord, to humbly admit that their memories. these difficult times. He does have this at times we are not fully conscious of Thank you. extra burden to carry since the gen- what is our greatest need.

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WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND our deepest needs, even if we cannot COMMUNITY PROTECTION ACT name them ourselves, for You are the Mr. PENCE (during the reading). Mr. OF 2009 Creative One and Savior of Your peo- Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that ple, now and forever. the resolution be considered as read. (Mr. HERGER asked and was given The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Amen. permission to address the House for 1 objection to the request of the gen- f minute and to revise and extend his re- tleman from Indiana? marks.) THE JOURNAL There was no objection. Mr. HERGER. Mr. Speaker, today, The resolution was agreed to. I’m introducing legislation to address The SPEAKER pro tempore. The A motion to reconsider was laid on the dire situation facing my district Chair has examined the Journal of the the table. last day’s proceedings and announces and the State of California with re- to the House his approval thereof. f spect to accumulation of forest fuels Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- BREAKING DOWN THE UNINSURED and the threat of catastrophic nal stands approved. (Ms. FOXX asked and was given per- wildfires. f mission to address the House for 1 The California Catastrophic Wildfire minute.) Prevention and Community Protection PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, earlier Act of 2009 seeks to implement haz- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the today, and in the many days before, we ardous fuels reduction and other forest- gentleman from California (Mr. heard our colleagues talk over and over thinning projects on Federal land that HERGER) come forward and lead the and over again about how we have so have been collaboratively developed House in the Pledge of Allegiance. many people in this country who do and identified within a community’s Mr. HERGER led the Pledge of Alle- not have access to health care. That’s wildfire protection plan or county fire giance as follows: not accurate. They have access to plan. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the health care. What they’re talking Since 2003, California has witnessed United States of America, and to the Repub- about is people who are uninsured. three of its worst fire seasons ever. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, But let me talk about the numbers This legislation would help address the indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. that make up what they’re talking only aspect of wildfire we can control: f about as 45.7 million Americans who accumulation of forest fuels. Without action, our communities remain at risk WAR SUPPLEMENTAL are uninsured. That’s not true either; 9.5 million of those are noncitizens; 12 to catastrophic wildfire. (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given million of them are eligible for public I urge my fellow Members to support permission to address the House for 1 programs such as Medicaid and Medi- this commonsense solution. minute.) care; 7.3 million have incomes over f Mr. KUCINICH. We’re destroying our $84,000 and choose not to purchase Nation’s moral and fiscal integrity AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOR health insurance; and 9.1 million are EVERYONE with the war supplemental. Instead of only temporarily uninsured. That ending wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and brings us down to 7.8 million American (Mr. KAGEN asked and was given Pakistan now, by appropriating only citizens, lower income, long-term unin- permission to address the House for 1 enough money to bring our troops sured, a much different figure from the minute.) home, Congress abdicates its constitu- 45 million they tout all the time. And Mr. KAGEN. Mr. Speaker, we’ve tional authority, defers to the Presi- a preliminary report by CBO says that come to a point in time in American dent and asks for a report. That’s they want to spend $1 trillion on this. history when it’s past time for us to right. All we’re asking for is a report guarantee access to affordable health on when the President will end the f care for everyone. war. HONORING THE LIFE OF SENIOR Last week, Thursday, President There’s money, too, for the IMF, pre- AIRMAN ASHTON GOODMAN Obama came to Green Bay, Wisconsin, sumably to bail out private European (Mr. CARSON of Indiana asked and and he didn’t have to travel very far to banks, billions for the IMF so they can was given permission to address the find a health care story. At the airport force low- and middle-income nations House for 1 minute.) restaurant there’s Jeff. And Jeff is to cut jobs, wages, health care and re- Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Mr. Speak- working 65 hours a week, two different tirement security, just like corporate er, I rise today to honor a fallen hero jobs, and he doesn’t have the health America does to our constituents. who was laid to rest in my district ear- care coverage that he needs. He can’t And there’s money to incentivize the lier this month. get health care coverage because he purchase of more cars, but not nec- Senior Airman Ashton Goodman was has a preexisting medical condition. essarily from the U.S. because a ‘‘Buy killed by a roadside bomb in Afghani- It’s time for this House, on both sides America’’ mandate was not allowed. stan on May 26. Her ultimate sacrifice of the aisle, to understand that Jeff Another $106 billion, and all we get is a is a stark reminder of the human cost isn’t the only one who needs our help. lousy war. Pretty soon, that’s going to of war. However, it is Ashton’s life that We need to have choices. We need to be about the only thing made in Amer- should serve as a shining example of have the care that we require just to ica: war. American achievement in Afghanistan. get through the day, and we have to f While tasked with protecting vital have health care at a price we can all reconstruction teams, Ashton worked afford to pay. And we must guarantee ELECTING CERTAIN MINORITY to win over the hearts and minds of the that no citizen shall suffer any dis- MEMBERS TO CERTAIN STAND- Afghan people. She regularly mentored crimination due to any preexisting ING COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE Afghan women, providing them with medical conditions. OF REPRESENTATIVES the guidance and skills needed to stand And I’ll ask you this question: Isn’t Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, by direc- up against oppression and violence. Be- it time that we have a Federal stand- tion of the Republican Conference, I cause of Ashton, many women are now ard, a standard health benefit plan, offer a privileged resolution and ask combating the economic and social that’s available to each and every for its immediate consideration. conditions that breed extremism. American citizen and legal resident?

VerDate Nov 24 2008 09:36 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16JN7.011 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE H6830 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 16, 2009 I think it’s time, and so do the people Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, like many Don’t think this new ‘‘talking on the of northeast Wisconsin. Americans, I cheered when CIA Direc- phone tax’’ will ever leave. In 1898, f tor Leon Panetta recently defended the Congress passed temporary phone taxes honor of his agency against unsubstan- to fund the Spanish-American War, but A PEACEFUL FUTURE FOR IRAN tiated charges by the Speaker of the Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders (Mr. REICHERT asked and was given House that the CIA routinely lied to had the 4-month war won even before permission to address the House for 1 Americans and to the Congress of the the tax took effect. Guess what? Amer- minute.) United States. icans are still paying that temporary Mr. REICHERT. Mr. Speaker, half- Given those remarks, I was surprised phone tax for that war 111 years ago. way across the world today people are to see his recent remarks about Vice Phone taxes never die. They don’t rioting in the streets. Violence, gun- President Cheney when he said, It’s al- even fade away. Americans are taxed shots and even death have overtaken most as if he wishes that this country enough already. Government addiction Iran’s streets as its citizens protest the would be attacked again in order to to spending should be cured cold tur- results of their recent election. make his point. key style. Citizens don’t need more Iran’s security affects the entire Mid- Just as Mr. Panetta deserves an apol- silly taxes to fund pet projects. Mr. dle East, and the riots there show how ogy from the Speaker, Mr. Panetta Speaker, the people are weary of taxes. fragile their government really is. Re- owes one to the Vice President of the ‘‘Can you hear them now?’’ No more cently, Iran successfully tested a long- United States. taxes. No ‘‘talking on the phone tax.’’ range missile, and their intentions The Vice President was Vice Presi- And that’s just the way it is. with their nuclear program are still dent when this country was attacked. f 1 unknown. He and the President spent the next 7 ⁄2 years making sure it didn’t happen HONORING THE LIFE OF COACH The United States must utilize every JIM OWENS diplomatic, economic, and political again. They deserve our thanks and our tool at our disposal, including the fur- appreciation, not cheap shots and not (Mr. DICKS asked and was given per- ther use of sanctions. Ultimately, our questions about their motives when mission to address the House for 1 goal is peace for Iran, peace now and in they address the critical issues before minute and to revise and extend his re- the future. That’s why I encourage our country. marks.) Members of this body to join me in the f Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, today in Se- attle, a memorial service is taking support of the Iran Petroleum Sanc- HEALTH CARE REFORM tions Act. This legislation would use place for the University of Washing- (Ms. SUTTON asked and was given sanctions on refined petroleum to Iran ton’s legendary football coach, Jim permission to address the House for 1 in order to convince the government to Owens, who passed away on June 6, minute.) leaving a legacy that extends far be- give up its nuclear ambitions. Ms. SUTTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise Our desire, all of us across the world, yond Husky Stadium where he coached today to stress the importance of re- for 18 years. In fact, that legacy ex- is to see a secure and peaceful future forming our health care system this for the people of Iran, the greater Mid- tends here to the Nation’s Capital be- year. Every day Americans with health cause I was one of the many individ- dle East and the world, but this cannot concerns worry, not just about getting happen without some changes in Iran’s uals he recruited, coached and coun- well, but whether they can afford to seled on and off the field, and we re- policies, regardless of the outcome of get well. their election. mained friends for nearly 50 years. Statistics show that the average He was a remarkable leader, assum- f American family already pays an extra ing the job of head coach at the univer- $1,100 in premiums every year for a bro- COMBATING A NATIONAL sity at the age of 29. It was said that he ken system that leaves 46 million unin- PROBLEM brought a work ethic and a coaching sured Americans, and millions more style that would have intimidated a (Mrs. KIRKPATRICK of Arizona who are insured without the care they Marine Corps drill instructor. That was asked and was given permission to ad- need when they need it. accurate. I can say that from personal dress the House for 1 minute.) Americans spend more than any experience. He had high expectations, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK of Arizona. Mr. other population on health care; yet we and he could be tough. He once told me Speaker, I’m glad to report to the are no healthier for the investment. I was fine on defense as a linebacker, House about another blow made President Obama and this Congress but I was the weakest weak guard on against the drug cartels who smuggle want to change this dynamic. the team. narcotics into the United States from We must make quality health care Most of all, he was a real leader, and Mexico. more affordable and accessible to every he was successful. Three years after ar- Recently, two women from Michigan American: man, woman and child. We riving at the University of Washington, were arrested for driving a van filled must enact a health care system, pro- he produced a Rose Bowl championship with $1 million dollars worth of mari- mote a health care system, ensure a team, defeating Wisconsin, 44–8, in the juana down I–40 near Holbrook in my health care system that will work for 1960 Rose Bowl. I was proud to play for district. The Major Crimes Apprehen- our constituents and be worthy of this him the next year when we repeated a sion Team K–9 Unit pulled over the van great Nation. Rose Bowl victory over Minnesota, 17– for a traffic violation and discovered f 7. two occupants from Michigan carrying b 1215 He was a great coach. Though he will $1 million worth of marijuana. be missed, his lessons will endure long This case further demonstrates the TALKING ON THE PHONE TAX beyond his death. Our prayers go out to important role that local law enforce- (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was the entire Owens family. They have ment in Arizona and throughout the given permission to address the House lost a wonderful husband and father. Southwest are playing in combating a for 1 minute.) His players will never forget him. national problem. Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, ‘‘can f I commend Navajo County Sheriff you hear me now?’’ K.C. Clark and his department for yet That phrase repeated by cell phone PEACEFUL DISSENT IN THE another successful operation. users across the vast prairies and wide- STREETS OF IRAN f open spaces of America soon may be (Mrs. MALONEY asked and was given taxed by the Feds. permission to address the House for 1 COMMENTS MADE BY LEON That’s right. The taxacrats want to minute.) PANETTA tax citizens for their private cell phone Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise (Mr. COLE asked and was given per- use and for the use of mobile phones at to join with President Obama, with mission to address the House for 1 work. It’s a benefit, the taxacrats Vice President BIDEN and with all of minute.) saith. So they want to tax it. those around the world who have been

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Others have you don’t want to spend it on. We’ve f been beaten and have been badly in- seen PAYGO rules in place before, in jured. Both the protests and the vio- the 1990s, when the government ran IRAN lent suppression have been spreading. surpluses and when we saw unrivaled (Ms. SPEIER asked and was given It has been reported that there are in- prosperity. permission to address the House for 1 stances of live fire being used by police So we need to look back at that and minute and to revise and extend her re- in the cities. The Iranian authorities have the discipline to pass that legisla- marks.) have now indicated that they will do a tion so that we restore confidence in Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, while we limited recount of the election results. our fiscal probity and in the prosperity are often focused on the things that I hope they are sincere and earnest in to our economy. this offer. make us different from other cultures, f As President Obama has said to those the recent news in Iran illustrates that who have used their right to dissent: HEALTH CARE CRISIS there are far more things that bind us than that divide us. Freedom of speech, The world is watching and the world is (Ms. HIRONO asked and was given democracy and respect for basic fair- inspired. permission to address the House for 1 ness are not uniquely American or f minute.) Western values. They are hardwired Ms. HIRONO. Mr. Speaker, it is time RECOGNIZING VIETNAM VETERANS into all of us and are as elemental to to stop playing politics and solve the FROM NEW MEXICO the human experience as is the need for health care crisis. Americans deserve a food, water or love. (Mr. TEAGUE asked and was given choice in quality health care that is af- We will likely have political dif- permission to address the House for 1 fordable. ferences with the Government of Iran minute.) Health care reform will make sure Mr. TEAGUE. Mr. Speaker, during for years to come. Despite this, let us that we have the option to keep the the Memorial Day weekend, there was all remember that the Iranian people health care insurance we have, if we a solemn moment for one family of want many of the same things that like it, or to choose a quality public New Mexico. Enrique Valdez, who Americans do. They want their voices health care option. served as a gunnery sergeant in the to be heard just like us. They want Health care reform will stop the in- United States Marine Corps, was the their government to be just, open and surance companies from denying cov- 400th New Mexican to have his name accessible just like us. They want their erage to those with preexisting condi- added to the Vietnam Memorial here in economy to be strong and for their tions. You will also no longer be denied Washington. Valdez was injured during country to work towards greater peace care because of your age. Health care his second tour of duty in South Viet- and understanding around the world reform will make sure that you will nam. just like us. Today, I would like to say that I am have coverage that can never be denied thankful for the service that Sergeant or taken away. Our families need this f peace of mind. We spend almost 50 per- Valdez gave to his country. New Mex- HEALTH CARE cent more per person on health care ico has always had a proud military (Mr. ARCURI asked and was given history from the Civil War to the Oper- than does the next most costly nation, but we are no healthier for it. permission to address the House for 1 ations of Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. minute.) New Mexico’s sons and daughters We cannot wait any longer to make Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Speaker, the health have always answered their Nation’s health care reform a reality. Quality, care crisis in our Nation is real. We call. For those who served during the affordable health care for all is long need to step forward and take action to Vietnam war, we as a Nation have been overdue. provide quality and affordable care for lax in our gratitude and appreciation. f those who need it. With 46 million As we remember Sergeant Enrique HEALTH CARE REFORM Americans uninsured in this country, Valdez, let us not only honor his mem- (Mr. ELLISON asked and was given there is no time to waste in offering ory and sacrifice but also honor the permission to address the House for 1 hardworking families the option of price that was paid by all who served in minute.) health insurance while infusing com- Vietnam. Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Speaker, the petition into the health care market, f American people don’t need to be told which desperately needs it. FISCAL CRISES there is a health care crisis in America. Our broken health care system also (Mr. HIMES asked and was given per- They’re the ones living it every day. happens to be the most expensive mission to address the House for 1 They’re the ones who, for decades, have health care system in the world. If we minute and to revise and extend his re- seen the price they pay out of every don’t act now, the cost of health care marks.) paycheck for health insurance sky- in this country in 10, 20 or 30 years will Mr. HIMES. Mr. Speaker, the U.S. is rocket while their coverage has shrunk bog down our economy. Reforming our facing a fiscal crisis which we must or has been denied altogether. They’ve health care system now makes eco- soon begin to address. This will not be seen the increasing copays and pre- nomic sense. easy, but there are two clear things miums. Proposed health care reform is all that we know we must do. We can give every American a choice. about options. If you are happy with First, we know we must fix the spi- We can offer an alternative to the your current plans and with your cur- raling cost of our health care system, mountains of medical debt that so rent providers, keep them. The choice and those who would point to our Fed- often lead to bankruptcy. We can offer to have health insurance and the eral deficits ignore the much larger an alternative to the fear that they or choice to get the best medical care you numbers associated with the promises their children might be denied a doctor can possibly get is up to you. Health that we have made through Medicare visit simply because it is more profit- care should be a right for every Amer- and Social Security that we are going able to deny them coverage than to see ican, and our current health care sys- to have trouble keeping if we don’t them get well. tem in this country is broken. It is take a hard look at those things. I want to encourage all Americans to time for Congress to take the lead and Secondly, as the economy recovers, stand up to the same fear-mongering to make the tough choices that we this House must put the brakes on gov- attacks that have prevented them for were sent to Washington to make.

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Mr. Speaker, today, I sure one-third of our fellow citizens. ed— Extrapolating from that, that means, (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub- rise to recognize the Day of the African section (f); and Child, which has been celebrated on to insure all of the uninsured, it will cost us $3 trillion. We hear this must (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol- June 16 each year since 1991 when it lowing: was first initiated by the Organization be done by August. ‘‘(e) TREATMENT AS COMMUNITY DEVELOP- of African Unity, the predecessor to Government haste makes taxpayer MENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—Notwith- the African Union. waste. We must do this properly. We standing any other provision of law, the non- This year, the African Union has des- must do this correctly. We cannot do it profit corporation established under this sec- properly or correctly with an arbitrary tion shall be deemed to be a community de- ignated child survival as the theme of velopment financial institution for purposes this year’s Day of the African Child. deadline set by people who have, to date, passed bills they have not read of the Community Development Banking and According to the United Nations Financial Institutions Act of 1994, unless, Children’s Fund, sub-Saharan Africa and that have yet to work for the after the date of the enactment of the Na- remains the most difficult place in the American people, whose number one tional Consumer Cooperative Bank Act world for a child to survive. Each year concern right now is keeping a job or Amendments of 2009, the Bank, or any affil- in sub-Saharan Africa, 1.2 million ba- finding one. iate (as defined in section 103(3) of the Com- bies die in their first month of life. munity Development Banking and Financial f Institutions Act of 1994) of the Bank, partici- Roughly, one in every six children fails pates in depository institution incentives to reach his 5th birthday. In response b 1230 under section 114 of the Community Develop- to these shocking statistics, the Afri- ment Banking and Financial Institutions can Union made child survival a theme PRINTING OF PROCEEDINGS OF Act of 1994.’’. FORMER MEMBERS CEREMONY for their 15th meeting coming up in The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- 2010. Mrs. MALONEY. I ask unanimous ant to the rule, the gentlewoman from The top five killers of children under consent that the proceedings during New York (Mrs. MALONEY) and the gen- age 5 include neonatal causes such as the former Members ceremony be tlewoman from West Virginia (Mrs. respiratory infections, pneumonia, ma- printed in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD CAPITO) each will control 20 minutes. laria, diarrhea, and HIV/AIDS. and that all Members and former Mem- The Chair recognizes the gentle- So, Mr. Speaker, we encourage the bers who spoke have the privilege of re- woman from New York. legislators to support this, and I join in vising and extending their remarks. GENERAL LEAVE solidarity with UNICEF for the African The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask child. objection to the request of the gentle- unanimous consent that all Members f woman from New York? may have 5 legislative days within There was no objection. HEALTH CARE REFORM which to revise and extend their re- f marks on this particular legislation (Ms. RICHARDSON asked and was and to insert additional information. given permission to address the House ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there for 1 minute.) PRO TEMPORE objection to the request of the gentle- Ms. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, woman from New York? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- America cannot afford to wait for There was no objection. ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair health care reform. Right now, more Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise will postpone further proceedings than three out of four Americans are in support of H.R. 1674, the National today on motions to suspend the rules dissatisfied with the total cost of Consumer Cooperative Bank Act on which a recorded vote or the yeas health care. That is why Congress is Amendments of 2009. This legislation is and nays are ordered, or on which the working hard to craft legislation to fix necessary to make a technical correc- vote incurs objection under clause 6 of the health care system for American tion to the statute of the National Con- rule XX. families, for American businesses, for sumer Cooperative Bank Act. Record votes on postponed questions future generations, and of course, for The National Consumer Cooperative will be taken later. our own fiscal survival. Bank was created by Congress in 1978 Since 2000, wages have only increased f and is dedicated to strengthening com- 3 percent while health insurance has munities nationwide through the deliv- increased more than 50 percent. This NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERA- ery of banking and financial services, has caused many families to delay vis- TIVE BANK ACT AMENDMENTS complemented by a special focus on co- its to the doctor, to skip treatments OF 2009 operative expansion and economic de- and to allow their health coverage to Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I move velopment. lapse. Despite having the most expen- to suspend the rules and pass the bill The National Consumer Cooperative sive health care system in the world, (H.R. 1674) to amend the National Con- Bank Act of 1978 established a non- Americans are no healthier than many sumer Cooperative Bank Act to allow profit corporation to reach further into of our global partners. for the treatment of the nonprofit cor- low-income communities and to serve President Obama and this Congress poration affiliate of the Bank as a com- disadvantaged populations. NCB Cap- are working together to provide ade- munity development financial institu- ital Impact is that nonprofit, mission- quate, accessible and affordable health tion for purposes of the Community driven subsidiary of NCB that works to care now. Development Banking and Financial provide housing, education, health f Institutions Act of 1994. care, cultural centers, small busi- The Clerk read the title of the bill. nesses, and social services in economi- GOVERNMENT HASTE MAKES cally distressed communities. TAXPAYER WASTE The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 1674 In the last 10 years alone, NCB Cap- (Mr. MCCOTTER asked and was given ital Impact has invested more than $600 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- permission to address the House for 1 resentatives of the United States of America in million in assistance to low- and mod- minute and to revise and extend his re- Congress assembled, erate-income communities. These marks.) SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. funds helped finance more than 33,000 Mr. McCOTTER. We are going to This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National affordable housing units; 8,000 afford- soon be facing a question of health care Consumer Cooperative Bank Act Amend- able assisted living units for seniors for Americans. We’ve heard about how ments of 2009’’. and persons with disabilities; 137,000

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Today, ‘‘(A) ensuring veterans have access to fact, NCB has participated in more NCB Capital Impact is not eligible for housing and homeless assistance under each than 600 loans in my district alone. the CDFI grants even though it pro- program of the Department providing either Most of these loans are for housing, in- vides housing, education, health care, such assistance; cluding affordable housing, as well as cultural centers, small businesses, and ‘‘(B) coordinating all programs and activi- loans for community facilities and social services in distressed areas. The ties of the Department relating to veterans; ‘‘(C) serving as a liaison for the Depart- loans to nonprofit organizations like mission of the CDFI Fund is to expand ment with the Department of Veterans Af- the Council of New York Cooperatives the capacity of financial institutions fairs, including establishing and maintaining and Condominiums. Together, these to provide credit, capital and financial relationships with the Secretary of Veterans groups are able to provide assisted liv- services to underserved populations. Affairs; ing, affordable housing and services to So long as the activities of the NCB ‘‘(D) serving as a liaison for the Depart- the frail and elderly. Capital Impact meet the letter and the ment, and establishing and maintaining rela- Presently, NCB Capital Impact is spirit of the CDFI’s eligibility require- tionships with officials of State, local, re- working with five community-based or- ments, their organizational structure gional, and nongovernmental organizations ganizations to help finance 17 projects should not preclude them from receiv- concerned with veterans; ‘‘(E) providing information and advice re- that will create 558 housing units. De- ing those dollars. This bill would allow garding— spite their good work in serving low-in- NCB Capital Impact to compete for ‘‘(i) sponsoring housing projects for vet- come communities and disadvantaged grants and continue providing eco- erans assisted under programs administered populations, NCB Capital Impact is not nomic development support to low- and by the Department; or eligible for assistance authorized under moderate-income communities. ‘‘(ii) assisting veterans in obtaining hous- the Community Development Banking In closing, I would like to commend ing or homeless assistance under programs and Financial Institutions Act of 1994, the sponsor of this legislation, Mrs. administered by the Department; ‘‘(F) preparing the annual report under sec- which is administered by the CDFI MALONEY, for her work on this bill. I tion 8 of Homes for Heroes Act of 2009; and Fund. The fund has ruled it cannot cer- am in support of her statement and ‘‘(G) carrying out such other duties as may tify NCB Capital Impact as a CDFI be- would urge my colleagues also to sup- be assigned to the Special Assistant by the cause of the corporate structure of its port that. Secretary or by law.’’. parent, NCB. In short, NCB Capital Im- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance SEC. 3. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR VERY LOW-IN- pact is shut off from critical sources of of my time. COME VETERAN FAMILIES. financial awards that are needed to Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I have (a) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this section maintain their housing and community no further requests for time, and I are— development efforts. yield back the balance of my time. (1) to expand the supply of permanent The interest of NCB Capital Impact The SPEAKER pro tempore. The housing for very low-income veteran fami- in gaining CDFI certification is two- question is on the motion offered by lies; and the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. (2) to provide supportive services through fold. First, it has a track record that is such housing to support the needs of such MALONEY) that the House suspend the comparable to other organizations that veteran families. rules and pass the bill, H.R. 1674. receive CDFI status; its mission is (b) AUTHORITY.— dedicated to working with low-income The question was taken; and (two- (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing populations and communities. Second, thirds being in the affirmative) the and Urban Development shall, to the extent increasingly in the community devel- rules were suspended and the bill was amounts are made available for assistance opment finance field, CDFI certifi- passed. under this section and the Secretary receives cation is viewed as a Good House- A motion to reconsider was laid on approvable applications for such assistance, the table. provide assistance to private nonprofit orga- keeping Seal of Approval in working nizations and consumer cooperatives to ex- f with other Federal agencies and other pand the supply of supportive housing for public and private institutions. HOMES FOR HEROES ACT OF 2009 very low-income veteran families. I think that it is important to note Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speak- (2) NATURE OF ASSISTANCE.—The assistance that this legislation does not guar- provided under paragraph (1)— er, I move to suspend the rules and antee the NCB any assistance, nor does (A) shall be available for use to plan for pass the bill (H.R. 403) to provide hous- it authorize additional amounts for the and finance the acquisition, construction, re- ing assistance for very low-income vet- CDFI program. All it does is allow NCB construction, or moderate or substantial re- erans. to better fulfill its mission by allowing habilitation of a structure or a portion of a The Clerk read the title of the bill. structure to be used as supportive housing them to compete for these funds. As The text of the bill is as follows: for very low-income veteran families in ac- such, the Congressional Budget Office H.R. 403 cordance with this section; and has determined that this legislation Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- (B) may also cover the cost of real prop- will have no significant impact on the resentatives of the United States of America in erty acquisition, site improvement, conver- Federal budget. Congress assembled, sion, demolition, relocation, and other ex- penses that the Secretary determines are I urge my colleagues to join me in SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. supporting this technical amendment This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Homes for necessary to expand the supply of supportive to the NCB statute so that the non- Heroes Act of 2009’’. housing for very low-income veteran fami- lies. profit, mission-driven NCB Capital Im- SEC. 2. SPECIAL ASSISTANT FOR VETERANS AF- (3) CONSULTATION.—In meeting the require- pact may continue to provide services FAIRS IN OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP- ment of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall to distressed and underserved commu- MENT. consult with— nities throughout New York and Section 4 of the Department of Housing (A) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and throughout the entire country. and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3533) (B) the Special Assistant for Veterans Af- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of is amended by adding at the end the fol- fairs, as such Special Assistant was estab- my time. lowing new subsection: lished under section 4(g) of the Department Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, I yield ‘‘(g) SPECIAL ASSISTANT FOR VETERANS AF- of Housing and Urban Development Act. myself such time as I may consume. FAIRS.— (c) FORMS OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance H.R. 1674 makes a small but signifi- ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be in the under this section shall be made available in Department a Special Assistant for Veterans the following forms: cant fix to the National Consumer Co- Affairs, who shall be in the Office of the Sec- (1) PLANNING GRANTS.—Assistance may be operative Bank that will have the ef- retary. provided as a grant for costs of planning a fect of expanding financial services op- ‘‘(2) APPOINTMENT.—The Special Assistant project to be used as supportive housing for tions to low-income communities. for Veterans Affairs shall be appointed based very low-income veteran families.

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(2) CAPITAL ADVANCES.—Assistance may be Secretary among approvable applications funds made available under this section are provided as a capital advance under this submitted by private nonprofit organizations used effectively; paragraph for a project, such advance shall— and consumer cooperatives. (B) a preference in such selection for appli- (A) bear no interest; (2) CONTENT OF APPLICATION.— cations proposing housing to be reserved for (B) not be required to be repaid so long as (A) IN GENERAL.—Applications for assist- occupancy by very low-income veteran fami- the housing remains available for occupancy ance under this section shall be submitted by lies who are homeless (as such term is de- by very low-income veteran families in ac- an applicant in such form and in accordance fined in section 103 of the McKinney-Vento cordance with this section; and with such procedures as the Secretary shall Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302)); (C) be in an amount calculated in accord- establish. and ance with the development cost limitation (B) REQUIRED CONTENT.—Applications for (C) criteria appropriate to consider the established pursuant to subsection (i). assistance under this section shall contain— need for supportive housing for very low-in- (3) PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—Assist- (i) a description of the proposed housing; come veteran families in nonmetropolitan ance may be provided as project rental as- (ii) a description of the assistance the ap- areas and by Indian tribes. sistance, under an annual contract that— plicant seeks under this section; (2) DELEGATED PROCESSING.— (A) obligates the Secretary to make (iii) a description of— (A) DELEGATION TO STATE OR LOCAL HOUSING monthly payments to cover any part of the (I) the supportive services to be provided to AUTHORITY.—In issuing a capital advance costs attributed to units occupied (or, as ap- the persons occupying such housing; under this subsection for any project for proved by the Secretary, held for occupancy) (II) the manner in which such services will which financing for the purposes described in by very low-income veteran families that is be provided to such persons, including, in the subsection (b)(2) is provided by a combina- not met from project income; case of frail elderly persons (as such term is tion of a capital advance under subsection (B) provides for the project not more than defined in section 202 of the Housing Act of (c)(2) and sources other than this section, the sum of the initial annual project rentals 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q)), evidence of such resi- within 30 days of award of the capital ad- for all units so occupied and any initial util- dential supervision as the Secretary deter- vance, the Secretary shall delegate review ity allowances for such units, as approved by mines is necessary to facilitate the adequate and processing of such projects to a State or the Secretary; provision of such services; and local housing agency that— (C) provides that any contract amounts (III) the public or private sources of assist- (i) is in geographic proximity to the prop- not used by a project in any year shall re- ance that can reasonably be expected to fund erty; main available to the project until the expi- or provide such services; (ii) has demonstrated experience in and ca- ration of the contract; (iv) a certification from the public official pacity for underwriting multifamily housing (D) provides that upon the expiration of responsible for submitting a housing strat- loans that provide housing and supportive each contract term, the Secretary shall ad- egy for the jurisdiction to be served in ac- services; just the annual contract amount to provide cordance with section 105 of the Cranston- (iii) may or may not be providing low-in- for reasonable project costs, and any in- Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act come housing tax credits in combination creases, including adequate reserves, sup- (42 U.S.C. 12705) that the proposed project is with the capital advance under this section; portive services, and service coordinators, consistent with the approved housing strat- and except that any contract amounts not used egy; and (iv) agrees to issue a firm commitment by a project during a contract term shall not (v) such other information or certifications within 12 months of delegation. be available for such adjustments upon re- that the Secretary determines to be nec- (B) PROCESSING BY SECRETARY.—The Sec- newal; and essary or appropriate to achieve the purposes retary shall retain the authority to process (E) provides that in the event of emergency of this section. capital advances in cases in which no State situations that are outside the control of the (3) REJECTION.—The Secretary shall not re- or local housing agency has applied to pro- owner, the Secretary shall increase the an- ject any application for assistance under this vide delegated processing pursuant to this nual contract amount, subject to reasonable section on technical grounds without giving paragraph or no such agency has entered review and limitations as the Secretary shall notice of that rejection and the basis there- into an agreement with the Secretary to provide. fore to the applicant. serve as a delegated processing agency. (d) TENANT RENT CONTRIBUTION.—A very (g) INITIAL SELECTION CRITERIA AND PROC- (C) PROCESSING FEES.—An agency to which low-income veteran family shall pay as rent ESSING.— review and processing is delegated pursuant for a dwelling unit assisted under this sec- (1) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary to subparagraph (A) may assess a reasonable tion the highest of the following amounts, shall establish selection criteria for assist- fee which shall be included in the capital ad- rounded to the nearest dollar: ance under this section, which shall in- vance amounts and may recommend project (1) 30 percent of the veteran family’s ad- clude— rental assistance amounts in excess of those justed monthly income. (A) criteria based upon— initially awarded by the Secretary. The Sec- (2) 10 percent of the veteran family’s (i) the ability of the applicant to develop retary shall develop a schedule for reason- monthly income. and operate the proposed housing; able fees under this subparagraph to be paid (3) If the veteran family is receiving pay- (ii) the need for supportive housing for to delegated processing agencies, which shall ments for welfare assistance from a public very low-income veteran families in the area take into consideration any other fees to be agency and a part of such payments, ad- to be served; paid to the agency for other funding provided justed in accordance with the veteran fam- (iii) the extent to which the proposed size to the project by the agency, including ily’s actual housing costs, is specifically des- and unit mix of the housing will enable the bonds, tax credits, and other gap funding. ignated by such agency to meet the veteran applicant to manage and operate the housing (D) AUTHORITY RETAINED BY SECRETARY.— family’s housing costs, the portion of such efficiently and ensure that the provision of Under such delegated system, the Secretary payments which is so designated. supportive services will be accomplished in shall retain the authority to approve rents (e) TERM OF COMMITMENT.— an economical fashion; and development costs and to execute a cap- (1) USE LIMITATIONS.—All units in housing (iv) the extent to which the proposed de- ital advance within 60 days of receipt of the assisted under this section shall be made sign of the housing will meet the service- commitment from the State or local agency. available for occupancy by very low-income connected disability needs of very low-in- The Secretary shall provide to such agency veteran families for not less than 15 years. come veteran families; and the project sponsor, in writing, the rea- (2) CONTRACT TERMS FOR PROJECT RENTAL (v) the extent to which the applicant has sons for any reduction in capital advance ASSISTANCE.— demonstrated that the supportive services amounts or project rental assistance and (A) INITIAL TERM.—The initial term of a identified pursuant to subsection (f)(2)(B)(iii) such reductions shall be subject to appeal. contract entered into under subsection (c)(3) will be provided on a consistent, long-term (h) PROVISION OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO shall be 60 months. basis; VETERAN FAMILIES.— (B) EXTENSION.—The Secretary shall, sub- (vi) the extent to which the proposed de- (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing ject only to the availability of amounts pro- sign of the housing will accommodate the and Urban Development shall coordinate vided in appropriation Acts, renew the con- provision of supportive services that are ex- with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to en- tract entered into under subsection (c)(3) for pected to be needed, either initially or over sure that any housing assistance provided to 10 consecutive one-year terms, the first such the useful life of the housing, by the very veterans or veteran families includes a range term beginning upon the expiration of such low-income veterans the housing is intended of services tailored to the needs of the very 60-month period. to serve; low-income veteran families occupying such (C) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY TO MAKE (vii) the extent to which the applicant has housing, which may include services for— EARLY COMMITMENTS.—In order to facilitate ensured that a service coordinator will be (A) outreach; the orderly extension of expiring contracts, employed or otherwise retained for the hous- (B) health (including counseling, mental the Secretary may make commitments to ing, who has the managerial capacity and re- health, substance abuse, post-traumatic extend expiring contracts during the year sponsibility for carrying out the actions de- stress disorder, and traumatic brain injury) prior to the date of expiration. scribed in clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection diagnosis and treatment; (f) APPLICATIONS.— (h)(2)(A); and (C) habilitation and rehabilitation; (1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made available (viii) such other factors as the Secretary (D) case management; under this section shall be allocated by the determines to be appropriate to ensure that (E) daily living;

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(F) personal financial planning; for the benefit of residents of the project and (2) NOTIFICATION OF REJECTION.—Owners (G) transportation; the community in which the project is lo- shall promptly notify in writing any rejected (H) vocation; cated, except that assistance made available applicant of the grounds for any rejection. (I) employment and training; under this section may not be used to sub- (3) INFORMATION REGARDING HOUSING.— (J) education; sidize any such commercial facility. (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pro- (K) assistance in obtaining veterans bene- (6) ACQUISITION.—In the case of existing vide, to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs fits and public benefits; housing and related facilities to be acquired, and the Secretary of Labor, information re- (L) assistance in obtaining income support; the cost limitations shall include— garding the availability of the housing as- (M) assistance in obtaining health insur- (A) the cost of acquiring such housing; sisted under this section. ance; (B) the cost of rehabilitation, alteration, (B) SHARING OF INFORMATION WITH ADDI- (N) fiduciary and representative payee; conversion, or improvement, including the TIONAL AGENCIES.—Within 30 days of receipt (O) legal aid; moderate or substantial rehabilitation of the information, the Secretary of Vet- (P) child care; thereof; and erans Affairs and Secretary of Labor shall (Q) housing counseling; (C) the cost of the land on which the hous- provide such information to agencies in the (R) service coordination; and ing and related facilities are located. area of the housing that receive assistance (S) other services necessary for maintain- from the Department of Veterans Affairs and (7) ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary ing independent living. shall adjust the cost limitation not less than the Department of Labor for providing med- (2) LOCAL COORDINATION OF SERVICES.— annually to reflect changes in the general ical care, housing, supportive services or em- (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing ployment and training services to homeless level of construction, reconstruction, and and Urban Development shall coordinate veterans. moderate and substantial rehabilitation with the Secretary of the Department of (k) MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.— costs. Veterans Affairs to ensure that owners of (1) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary (8) INCENTIVES FOR SAVINGS.— housing assisted under this section have the shall make available appropriate technical (A) SPECIAL HOUSING ACCOUNT.— managerial capacity to— assistance to ensure that prospective appli- (i) assess on an ongoing basis the service (i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use cants are able to participate more fully in needs of residents; the development cost limitations established the program carried out under this section. (ii) coordinate the provision of supportive under paragraph (1) or (6) to calculate the (2) CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLIANCE.—Each owner services and tailor such services to the indi- amount of financing to be made available to shall certify, to the satisfaction of the Sec- vidual needs of residents; and individual owners. retary, that assistance made available under (iii) seek on a continuous basis new sources (ii) ACTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL COSTS LESS this section will be conducted and adminis- of assistance to ensure the long-term provi- THAN FINANCING.—Owners which incur actual tered in conformity with title VI of the Civil sion of supportive services. development costs that are less than the Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000a et seq.), (B) CLASSIFICATION OF COSTS.—Any cost as- amount of financing shall be entitled to re- the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), sociated with this subsection relating to the tain 50 percent of the savings in a special and other Federal, State, and local laws pro- coordination of services shall be an eligible housing account. hibiting discrimination and promoting equal cost under subsections (c)(3). (iii) BONUS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY.—The opportunity. (i) DEVELOPMENT COST LIMITATIONS.— percentage established under clause (ii) shall (3) OWNER DEPOSIT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall peri- be increased to 75 percent for owners which (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall re- odically establish reasonable development add energy efficiency features which— quire an owner of housing, assisted under cost limitations by market area for various (I) exceed the energy efficiency standards this section, to deposit an amount not to ex- types and sizes of supportive housing for promulgated by the Secretary in accordance ceed $15,000 in a special escrow account to very low-income veteran families by pub- with section 109 of the Cranston-Gonzalez ensure the owner’s commitment to the hous- lishing a notice of the cost limitations in the National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. ing. Such amount shall be used only to cover Federal Register. 12709); operating deficits during the first three (2) CONSIDERATIONS.—The cost limitations (II) substantially reduce the life-cycle cost years of operations and shall not be used to established under paragraph (1) shall re- of the housing; and cover construction shortfalls or inadequate flect— (III) reduce gross rent requirements. initial project rental assistance amounts. (A) the cost of construction, reconstruc- (B) USES.—The special housing account es- (B) REDUCTION OF REQUIREMENT.— tion, or moderate or substantial rehabilita- tablished under subparagraph (A) may be (i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may reduce tion of supportive housing for very low-in- used— or waive the owner deposit specified under come veteran families that meets applicable (i) to provide services to residents of the subparagraph (A) for individual applicants if State and local housing and building codes; housing or funds set aside for replacement the Secretary finds that such waiver or re- (B) the cost of movables necessary to the reserves; or duction is necessary to achieve the purposes basic operation of the housing, as deter- (ii) for such other purposes as determined of this section and the applicant dem- mined by the Secretary; by the Secretary. onstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary (C) the cost of special design features nec- that it has the capacity to manage and (9) DESIGN FLEXIBILITY.—The Secretary essary to make the housing accessible to shall, to the extent practicable, give owners maintain the housing in accordance with very low-income veteran families; this section. the flexibility to design housing appropriate (D) the cost of community space necessary (ii) NONPROFITS.—The Secretary may re- to their location and proposed resident popu- to accommodate the provision of supportive duce or waive the requirement of the owner lation within broadly defined parameters. services to veteran families; deposit under subparagraph (A) in the case of (10) USE OF FUNDS FROM OTHER SOURCES.— (E) if the housing is newly constructed, the a nonprofit applicant that is not affiliated An owner shall be permitted voluntarily to cost of meeting the energy efficiency stand- with a national sponsor, as determined by provide funds from sources other than this ards promulgated by the Secretary in ac- the Secretary. section for amenities and other features of cordance with section 109 of the Cranston- (4) NOTICE OF APPEAL.— appropriate design and construction suitable Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall no- for supportive housing under this section if (42 U.S.C. 12709); and tify an owner not less than 30 days prior to the cost of such amenities is— (F) the cost of land, including necessary canceling any reservation of assistance pro- site improvement. (A) not financed with the advance; and vided under this section. (B) is not taken into account in deter- (3) USE OF DATA.—In establishing develop- (B) APPEAL.— mining the amount of Federal assistance or ment cost limitations for a given market (i) FILING DEADLINE.—During the 30-day pe- area under this subsection, the Secretary of the rent contribution of tenants. riod following the receipt of any notice re- shall use data that reflect currently pre- (j) TENANT SELECTION.— quired under subparagraph (A), an owner vailing costs of construction, reconstruction, (1) IN GENERAL.—An owner shall adopt may appeal the proposed cancellation. or moderate or substantial rehabilitation, written tenant selection procedures that (ii) TIMING OF DECISION.—Any appeal under- and land acquisition in the area. are— taken under clause (i), including review by (4) COMMUNITY SPACE.—For purposes of (A) satisfactory to the Secretary and the Secretary, shall be completed not later paragraph (2), a community space shall in- which are— than 45 days after the appeal is filed. clude space for cafeterias or dining halls, (i) consistent with the purpose of improv- (5) LABOR.— community rooms or buildings, workshops, ing housing opportunities for very low-in- (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall take child care, adult day health facilities or come veteran families; and such action as may be necessary to ensure other outpatient health facilities, or other (ii) reasonably related to program eligi- that all laborers and mechanics employed by essential service facilities. bility and an applicant’s ability to perform contractors and subcontractors in the con- (5) COMMERCIAL FACILITIES.—Neither this the obligations of the lease; and struction of housing with 12 or more units section nor any other provision of law may (B) compliant with subtitle C of title VI of assisted under this section shall be paid be construed as prohibiting or preventing the the Housing and Community Development wages at rates not less than the rates pre- location and operation, in a project assisted Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13601 et seq.) and any vailing in the locality involved for the cor- under this section, of commercial facilities regulations issued under such subtitle. responding classes of laborers and mechanics

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employed on construction of a similar char- (B) PREVENTION OF UNDUE BENEFITS.—Ex- (4) PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The acter, as determined by the Secretary of cept as provided in paragraph (C), if any term ‘‘private nonprofit organization’’ Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of property is used for a project that receives means— chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code. assistance under subsection (b) for use pursu- (A) any incorporated private institution or (B) EXEMPTION.—Subparagraph (A) shall ant to paragraph (2) of such subsection for foundation— not apply to any individual who— the construction, acquisition or rehabilita- (i) no part of the net earnings of which in- (i) performs services for which the indi- tion of supportive housing for very low-in- ures to the benefit of any member, founder, vidual volunteered; come veteran families, and the sale or other contributor, or individual; (ii) does not receive compensation for such disposition of the property occurs before the (ii) which has a governing board that is re- services or is paid expenses, reasonable bene- expiration of the 15-year period beginning sponsible for the operation of the housing as- fits, or a nominal fee for such services; and upon commencement of the operation of the sisted under this section; and (iii) is not otherwise employed at any time project, the recipient (or the project sponsor (iii) which is approved by the Secretary as in the construction work. receiving funds from the recipient) shall to financial responsibility; (6) ACCESS TO RESIDUAL RECEIPTS.— comply with such terms and conditions as (B) a for-profit limited partnership the sole (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall au- the Secretary may prescribe to prevent the or managing general partner of which is an thorize the owner of a housing project as- recipient (or such project sponsor) from un- organization meeting the requirements sisted under this section to use any residual duly benefitting from such sale or disposi- under clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subpara- receipts held for the project in excess of $500 tion. graph (A) or a corporation meeting the re- per unit (or in excess of such other amount (C) EXCEPTION.—A recipient, or a project quirements of subparagraph (C); prescribed by the Secretary based on the sponsor receiving funds from the recipient, (C) a corporation wholly owned and con- needs of the project) for activities to retrofit shall not be required to make repayments, trolled by an organization meeting the re- and renovate the project as described under and comply with the terms and conditions, quirements under clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of section 802(d)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez required under subparagraph (A) or (B) if— subparagraph (A); and National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. (i) the sale or disposition of the property (D) a tribally designated housing entity, as 8011(d)(3)) or to provide supportive services used for the project results in the use of the such term is defined in section 4 of the Na- to residents of the project. property for the direct benefit of very-low in- tive American Housing Assistance and Self- (B) REPORT.—Any owner that uses residual come persons; Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103). receipts under this paragraph shall submit to (ii) all of the proceeds of the sale or dis- (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ the Secretary a report, not less than annu- position are used to provide permanent hous- means the Secretary of Housing and Urban ally, describing the uses of the residual re- ing for very-low income veteran families Development, except where specifically pro- ceipts. meeting the requirements of this section; vided otherwise. (C) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—In deter- (iii) project-based rental assistance or op- (6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes the mining the amount of project rental assist- erating cost assistance from any Federal several States, the District of Columbia, the ance to be provided to a project under sub- program or an equivalent State or local pro- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the pos- section (c)(3) of this section, the Secretary gram is no longer made available and the sessions of the United States. may take into consideration the residual re- project is meeting applicable performance (7) SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR VERY LOW-IN- ceipts held for the project only if, and to the standards, provided that the portion of the COME VETERAN FAMILIES.—The term ‘‘sup- extent that, excess residual receipts are not project that had benefitted from such assist- portive housing for very low-income veteran used under this paragraph. ance continues to meet the tenant income families’’ means housing that is designed to (7) OCCUPANCY STANDARDS AND OBLIGA- and rent restrictions for low-income units accommodate the provision of supportive TIONS.—Each owner shall operate housing as- under section 42(g) of the Internal Revenue services that are expected to be needed, ei- sisted under this section in compliance with Code of 1986; or ther initially or over the useful life of the subtitle C of title VI of the Housing and (iv) there are no low-income veteran fami- housing, by the veteran families that the Community Development Act of 1992 (42 lies in the geographic area of the property housing is intended to serve. U.S.C. 13601 et seq.) and any regulations (8) VETERAN.—The term ‘‘veteran’’ has the issued under such subtitle. who meet the program criteria, in which case the project may serve non-veteran indi- meaning given the term in section 101 of (8) USE OF PROJECT RESERVES.— viduals and families having incomes de- title 38, United States Code. (A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts for project re- (9) VETERAN FAMILY.—The term ‘‘veteran serves for a project assisted under this sec- scribed in subsection (l)(2) of this section. (10) CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY OF VERY LOW-IN- family’’ includes a veteran who is a single tion may be used for costs, subject to reason- person, a family (including families with able limitations as the Secretary determines COME VETERAN FAMILIES.—A veteran family residing in supportive housing assisted under children) whose head of household (or whose appropriate, for reducing the number of spouse) is a veteran, and one or more vet- dwelling units in the project. this section may not be considered to lose its status as such a family for purposes of eligi- erans living together with 1 or more persons. (B) APPROVAL OF SECRETARY REQUIRED.— (m) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of any Any use described in subparagraph (A) of bility for continued occupancy in such hous- ing due to the death of any veteran member amounts made available for assistance under amounts for project reserves for a project as- this section: sisted under this section shall be subject to of the family, including the sole veteran member of the family. (1) PLANNING GRANTS.—Not more than 2.5 the approval of the Secretary to ensure that percent shall be available for planning such use is designed to retrofit units that are (l) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the fol- grants in accordance with subsection (c)(1). currently obsolete or unmarketable. lowing definitions shall apply: (2) CAPITAL ADVANCES.—Such sums as may (9) REPAYMENT OF ASSISTANCE AND PREVEN- (1) CONSUMER COOPERATIVE.—The term be necessary shall be available for capital TION OF UNDUE BENEFITS.— ‘‘consumer cooperative’’ has the same mean- advances in accordance with subsection (A) REPAYMENT.—If a recipient, or a ing given such term for purposes of the sup- (c)(2). project sponsor receiving funds from the re- portive housing for the elderly program (3) PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—Such cipient, receives assistance under subsection under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 sums as may be necessary shall be available (b) for use pursuant to paragraph (2) of such (12 U.S.C. 1701q). for project rental assistance in accordance subsection for the construction, acquisition, (2) VERY LOW-INCOME VETERAN FAMILY.— with subsection (c)(3). or rehabilitation of supportive housing for The term ‘‘very low-income veteran family’’ (4) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Not more than very low-income veteran families and the means a veteran family whose income does 1 percent shall be available for technical as- project ceases to provide permanent housing, not exceed 50 percent of the median income sistance in accordance with subsection the Secretary shall require the recipient, or for the area, as determined by the Secretary (k)(1). such project sponsor, to repay the following with adjustments for smaller and larger fam- (n) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR percentage of such assistance: ilies, except that the Secretary may estab- HOUSING ASSISTANCE.—There is authorized to (i) In the case of a project that ceases to be lish an income ceiling higher or lower than be appropriated for assistance under this sec- used for such supportive housing before the 50 percent of the median for the area on the tion $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 and such expiration of the 10-year period beginning basis of the Secretary’s findings that such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal upon commencement of the operation of the variations are necessary because of pre- year thereafter. project, 100 percent. vailing levels of construction costs or fair SEC. 4. HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS FOR HOME- (ii) In the case of a project that ceases to market rents (as determined under section 8 LESS VETERANS. be used for such supportive housing on or of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 Section 8(o)(19) of the United States Hous- after the expiration of the 10-year period be- U.S.C. 1437f)), or unusually high or low fam- ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) is amended ginning upon commencement of the oper- ily incomes. to read as follows: ation of the project, but before the expira- (3) OWNER.—The term ‘‘owner’’ means a ‘‘(19) RENTAL VOUCHERS FOR HOMELESS VET- tion of the 15-year period beginning upon private nonprofit organization or consumer ERANS.— such commencement, 20 percent of the as- cooperative that receives assistance under ‘‘(A) ADDITIONAL VOUCHERS.—In addition to sistance for each of the years during such 15- this section to develop and operate sup- any amount made available for rental assist- year period for which the project fails to pro- portive housing for very low-income veteran ance under this subsection, the Secretary vide permanent housing. families. shall make available the amount specified in

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subparagraph (B), for use only for providing (b) FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING PRO- by the Department of Housing and Urban De- rental assistance for homeless veterans in GRAM.—The federally assisted housing pro- velopment; conjunction with the Secretary of Veterans grams under this subsection are— (2) fulfilling the planning and application Affairs. (1) the public housing program under the processes and requirements necessary under ‘‘(B) AMOUNT.—The amount specified in United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. such programs administered by the Depart- this subparagraph is, for each fiscal year, the 1437 et seq.); ment; and amount necessary to provide not fewer than (2) the tenant-based rental assistance pro- (3) assisting veterans in obtaining housing 20,000 vouchers for rental assistance under gram under section 8 of the United States or homeless assistance under programs ad- this subsection. Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), includ- ministered by the Department. ‘‘(C) CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY OF HOMELESS ing the program under subsection (o)(19) of (b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An eligible entity VETERAN FAMILIES.—If any veteran member such section for housing rental vouchers for under this subsection is a nonprofit entity or of a household for which rental assistance is low-income veteran families; organization having such expertise as the being provided under this paragraph, includ- (3) the project-based rental assistance pro- Secretary shall require in providing tech- ing the sole veteran member of the house- gram under section 8 of the United States nical assistance to providers of services for hold, dies, such household may not be con- Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f); veterans. sidered, due to such death, to lose its status (4) the program for housing opportunities (c) SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.—The as the household of a homeless veteran for for persons with AIDS under subtitle D of Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop- purposes of— title VIII of the Cranston-Gonzalez National ment shall establish criteria for selecting ap- ‘‘(i) eligibility for continued assistance Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et plicants for grants under this section to re- under this paragraph; or seq.); ceive such grants and shall select applicants ‘‘(ii) continued occupancy in the dwelling (5) the supportive housing for the elderly based upon such criteria. unit in which such family is residing using program under section 202 of the Housing (d) FUNDING.—Of any amounts made avail- such assistance at the time of such death. Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); able in fiscal year 2009 or any fiscal year thereafter to the Department of Housing and ‘‘(D) FUNDING.—The budget authority made (6) the supportive housing for persons with Urban Development for salaries and ex- available under any other provisions of law disabilities program under section 811 of the penses, $1,000,000 shall be available, and shall for rental assistance under this subsection Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable remain available until expended, for grants for fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013); under this section. thereafter is authorized to be increased in (7) the supportive housing for the homeless each such fiscal year by such sums as may be program under subtitle C of title IV of the SEC. 8. ANNUAL REPORT ON HOUSING ASSIST- ANCE TO VETERANS. necessary to provide the number of vouchers McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.); (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December specified in subparagraph (B) for such fiscal 31 each year, the Secretary of Housing and year.’’. (8) the program for moderate rehabilita- tion of single room occupancy dwellings for Urban Development shall submit a report on SEC. 5. INCLUSION OF VETERANS IN HOUSING occupancy by the homeless under section 441 the activities of the Department of Housing PLANNING. of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance and Urban Development relating to veterans (a) PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY PLANS.—Sec- Act (42 U.S.C. 11401); during such year to the following: tion 5A(d)(1) of the United States Housing (9) the shelter plus care for the homeless (1) The Committee on Banking, Housing, Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c–1(d)(1)) is amend- program under subtitle F of title IV of the and Urban Affairs of the Senate. ed by striking ‘‘and disabled families’’ and McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (2) The Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of inserting ‘‘, disabled families, and veterans (42 U.S.C. 11403 et seq.); the Senate. (as such term is defined in section 101 of title (10) the supportive housing for very low-in- (3) The Committee on Appropriations of 38, United States Code)’’. come veteran families program under section the Senate. (b) COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING AFFORD- 3 of this Act; (4) The Committee on Financial Services of ABILITY STRATEGIES.— (11) the rental assistance payments pro- the House of Representatives. (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 105 of the Cran- gram under section 521(a)(2)(A) of the Hous- (5) The Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing ing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(2)(A); the House of Representatives. Act (42 U.S.C. 12705) is amended— (12) the rental assistance program under (6) The Committee on Appropriations of (A) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘vet- section 236 of the National Housing Act (12 the House of Representatives. erans (as such term is defined in section 101 U.S.C. 1715z–1); (7) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs. of title 38, United States Code),’’ after ‘‘ac- (13) the rural housing programs under sec- (b) CONTENTS.—Each report required under quired immunodeficiency syndrome,’’; tion 515 and 538 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 subsection (a) shall include the following in- (B) in subsection (b)(20), by striking ‘‘and U.S.C. 1485, 1490p–2); formation with respect to the year for which service’’ and inserting ‘‘veterans service, and (14) the HOME investment partnerships the report is submitted: other service’’; and program under title II of the Cranston-Gon- (1) The number of very low-income veteran (C) in subsection (e)(1), by inserting ‘‘vet- zalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 families provided assistance under the pro- erans (as such term is defined in section 101 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.); gram of supportive housing for very low-in- of title 38, United States Code),’’ after (15) the block grant programs for afford- come veteran families under section 3, the ‘‘homeless persons,’’. able housing for Native Americans and Na- socioeconomic characteristics of such fami- (2) CONSOLIDATED PLANS.—The Secretary of tive Hawaiians under titles I through IV and lies, the types of assistance provided such Housing and Urban Development shall revise VIII of the Native American Housing Assist- families, and the number, types, and loca- the regulations relating to submission of ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 tions of owners of housing assisted under consolidated plans (part 91 of title 24, Code of U.S.C. 4111 et seq., 4221 et seq.); such section. Federal Regulations) in accordance with the (16) any other program for housing assist- (2) The number of homeless veterans pro- amendments made by paragraph (1) of this ance administered by the Secretary of Hous- vided assistance under the program of hous- subsection to require inclusion of appro- ing and Urban Development or the Secretary ing choice vouchers for homeless veterans priate information relating to veterans and of Agriculture under which eligibility for oc- under section 8(o)(19) of the United States veterans service agencies in all such plans. cupancy in the housing assisted or for hous- Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19)) (as SEC. 6. EXCLUSION OF VETERANS BENEFITS ing assistance is based upon income; amended by section 4), the socioeconomic FROM ASSISTED HOUSING RENT (17) low-income housing credits allocated characteristics of such homeless veterans, CONSIDERATIONS. pursuant to section 42 of the Internal Rev- and the number, types, and locations of enti- (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any enue Code of 1986; and ties contracted under such section to admin- other provision of law, for purposes of deter- (18) tax-exempt bonds issued for qualified ister the vouchers. mining the amount of rent paid by a family residential rental projects pursuant to sec- (3) A summary description of the special for occupancy of a dwelling unit assisted tion 142(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of considerations made for veterans under pub- under a federally assisted housing program 1986. lic housing agency plans submitted pursuant under subsection (b) or in housing assisted to section 5A of the United States Housing SEC. 7. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR under any other federally assisted housing HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR VET- Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c–1) and under com- program, the income and the adjusted in- ERANS. prehensive housing affordability strategies come of the family shall not be considered to (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing submitted pursuant to section 105 of the include any amounts received by any mem- and Urban Development shall, to the extent Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable ber of the family from the Secretary of Vet- amounts are made available in appropriation Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12705). erans Affairs as— Acts for grants under this section, make (4) A description of the technical assist- (1) compensation, as such term is defined grants to eligible entities under subsection ance provided to organizations pursuant to in section 101(13) of title 38, United States (b) to provide to nonprofit organizations grants under section 7. Code; and technical assistance appropriate to assist (5) A description of the activities of the (2) dependency and indemnity compensa- such organizations in— Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs. tion, as such term is defined in section (1) sponsoring housing projects for vet- (6) A description of the efforts of the De- 101(14) of such title. erans assisted under programs administered partment of Housing and Urban Development

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It authorizes $1 lessness, and the Social Security Adminis- consume. million in HUD grants to assist hous- tration. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank ing providers to help them provide the (7) The cost to the Department of Housing Representative CAPITO. She is an active supportive services and the planning and Urban Development of administering the member of the Financial Services Com- necessary to fulfill the needs of our programs and activities relating to veterans. mittee, and I thank her for managing veterans. (8) Any other information that the Sec- today. This bill would require HUD to sub- retary considers relevant in assessing the Mr. Speaker, I would also like to programs and activities of the Department of mit an annual comprehensive report to thank Representative MICHAUD—also Housing and Urban Development relating to Congress on homelessness among the veterans. known as MICHAUD, depending on where veteran population. And this bill will (c) ASSESSMENT OF HOUSING NEEDS OF VERY you’re from—for his outstanding work do what is necessary as a great first LOW-INCOME VETERAN FAMILIES.— in helping with this bill. He is a co- step to ending homelessness among our (1) IN GENERAL.—For the first report sub- sponsor. I thank the ranking member, veterans population. This bill is sup- mitted pursuant to subsection (a) and every SPENCER BACHUS. Of course I thank the ported by 12 anti-homelessness and vet- fifth report thereafter, the Secretary of chairman of the Financial Services erans organizations. Housing and Urban Development shall— Committee, Mr. BARNEY FRANK. I also Mr. Speaker, if America is to con- (A) conduct an assessment of the housing would like to thank the Housing Sub- needs of very low-income veteran families tinue to be the land of the free, Amer- (as such term is defined in section 3); and committee Chair who has worked ica must provide homes for the brave. (B) shall include in each such report find- closely with me on this project, Rep- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of ings regarding such assessment. resentative MAXINE WATERS. my time. (2) CONTENT.—Each assessment under this Mr. Speaker, the question may be Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, I yield subsection shall include— posed in the mind of someone as to why myself such time as I may consume. (A) conducting a survey of, and direct we should pass the Homes for Heroes Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank interviews with, a representative sample of Act. I would like to answer this ques- my colleague, Mr. GREEN, for his pas- very low-income veteran families (as such tion. We need to pass this bill because, sion and his devotion to this bill, term is defined in section 3) to determine while many of us are sleeping in the Homes for Heroes Act, as he has been past and current— sweets of life, too many of our veterans shepherding this now for several Con- (i) socioeconomic characteristics of such veteran families; are sleeping in the streets of life. We gresses. I appreciate his support, and I (ii) barriers to such veteran families ob- need to pass it because, while many of want to lend my support as well. taining safe, quality, and affordable housing; us have homes and good jobs, too many As we know, the Iraq and Afghani- (iii) levels of homelessness among such of our veterans are homeless, with no stan wars have placed new pressures on veteran families; and jobs at all. We must pass this piece of veterans services and housing. The De- (iv) levels and circumstances of, and bar- legislation because America can’t con- partment of Veterans Affairs estimates riers to, receipt by such veteran families of tinue to be the home of the free and that it has served approximately 916 re- rental housing and homeownership assist- the land of the brave if too many of our turning veterans in its homeless pro- ance; and brave veterans continue to be home- grams and has identified over 2,900 (B) such other information that the Sec- retary determines, in consultation with the less. more as being at risk of homelessness. Secretary of Veterans Affairs and national Mr. Speaker, the statistics are shock- The Congressional Research Service, in nongovernmental organizations concerned ing; they literally shock the con- its report entitled ‘‘Veterans and with veterans, homelessness, and very low- science. Veterans are 9 percent of the Homelessness,’’ explains why both income housing, may be useful to the assess- population and more than 25 percent of male and female veterans are over- ment. the homeless. On any given night, represented in the homeless popu- (3) CONDUCT.—If the Secretary contracts 131,000 veterans are homeless, and lation. with an entity other than the Department of 300,000 veterans will experience home- This country simply must do a better Housing and Urban Development to conduct lessness at some point in the course of job of providing for our veterans. For the assessment under this subsection, such this reason, I rise in strong support of entity shall be a nongovernmental organiza- 1 year. One-half of the veterans who tion determined by the Secretary to have ap- are homeless suffer from mental ill- H.R. 403, the Homes for Heroes Act of propriate expertise in quantitative and qual- ness, two-thirds suffer from alcohol or 2009. itative social science research. substance abuse. About 47 percent of As my colleague explained, this legis- (4) FUNDING.—Of any amounts made avail- homeless veterans are Vietnam vet- lation will help to expand the supply of able pursuant to section 501 of the Housing erans. housing for very low-income veterans and Urban Development Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. In Texas, there are about 16,000 and increase the number of vouchers 1701z–1) for programs of research, studies, homeless veterans. In my city of Hous- for homeless veterans. It establishes a testing, or demonstration relating to the ton, Texas, we have about 2,500 home- Special Assistant for Veteran Affairs mission or programs of the Department of less veterans. Per the National Alli- at the Department of Housing and Housing and Urban Development for any fis- Urban Development to ensure veterans cal year in which an assessment under this ance to End Homelessness, 467,000 vet- subsection is required pursuant to paragraph erans spend more than 50 percent of receive proper access to HUD’s housing (1) of this subsection, $1,000,000 shall be their income on rent; 1.5 million vet- assistance programs, coordinate all available until expended for costs of the as- erans have incomes below the poverty HUD programs and activities per- sessment under this subsection. line; and 643,000 veterans have incomes taining to veterans, and would act as a The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- below 50 percent of the poverty line. liaison between HUD and the Depart- ant to the rule, the gentleman from Mr. Speaker, America needs to pass ment of Veterans Affairs. Texas (Mr. AL GREEN) and the gentle- Homes for the Heroes because our vet- In an effort to expand the supply of woman from West Virginia (Mrs. erans need homes. veterans housing, the bill authorizes CAPITO) each will control 20 minutes. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 403 would establish appropriations for housing assistance The Chair recognizes the gentleman a Special Assistant for Veteran Affairs for very low-income and homeless vet- from Texas. within HUD. It would give this person erans. A very low-income veteran fam- GENERAL LEAVE the authority to coordinate services for ily has an income not exceeding 50 per- Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speak- homeless veterans. And this would be cent of an area’s median income. A $200 er, I ask unanimous consent that all with the States, with local authorities, million authorization would provide Members have 5 legislative days within and with nonprofit organizations as capital advances and planning grants which to revise and extend their re- well. to private nonprofits and consumer co- marks and include extraneous mate- This bill establishes a $200 million as- operatives for the construction and re- rials on H.R. 403. sistance program in HUD for veterans habilitation of permanent supportive

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Authorize HUD to provide housing as- and financial planning, obtaining vet- The bill also authorizes appropria- sistance to private nonprofit organizations erans benefits, and vocational training. tions necessary to provide 20,000 addi- and consumer cooperatives to expand the As a former member of the Com- tional housing choice vouchers for supply of permanent affordable housing. mittee on Veterans Affairs, I am aware homeless veterans for fiscal year 2009 4. Require HUD to coordinate with the VA of the many unique issues that our vet- and each year thereafter. to provide supportive services tailored to the erans face. The Homes For Heroes Act Other provisions in the bill include needs of the very low-income veteran fami- lies occupying supportive housing. will supply our veterans with the tools the exclusion of veterans benefits 5. Expand the highly successful HUD–VA that they need to reintegrate into soci- amounts from rental subsidy calcula- Supportive Housing (HUD–VASH) Program, ety, and I thank Representative Green tions for all federally funded housing authorizing 20,000 vouchers annually and for introducing this bill. programs and an authorization of $1 making the program permanent. Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, I yield million in technical assistance grants 6. Place additional priority on veterans back the balance of my time. to nonprofits who provide veterans and require all local public housing agencies to develop plans to address the needs of Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speak- housing or provide assistance to vet- er, I close by urging my colleagues to erans seeking housing. homeless veterans. 7. Authorize $1 million in HUD grants to support this piece of legislation and to All in all this bill, I believe, will help assist housing and service providers to exe- please consider the fact that our vet- to address an area or an issue of home- cute their housing projects for very low-in- erans have been there for us; this is an lessness in our veterans population, come veteran families. opportunity for us to be there for one that we must not allow to con- 8. Require HUD to submit a comprehensive them. tinue. H.R. 403 is similar to H.R. 3329, annual report to Congress on the housing Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I which passed the House in the 110th needs of homeless veterans. rise today in strong support of H.R. 403, which Congress by a vote of 412–9. To meet the current and future needs of will increase support for our veterans by pro- I urge my colleagues’ support. our Nation’s most vulnerable veterans, we ask the House of Representatives to pass viding them with housing benefits. I thank my Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of H.R. 403, the Homes for Heroes Act of 2009. colleague Representative AL GREEN for intro- my time. Supporting this historic veteran homeless- ducing this important legislation, as well as the Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speak- ness prevention initiative will be a giant many cosponsors for their support. I thank Ar- er, I yield myself such time as I may step forward towards ending veteran home- thur D. Sidney for his assistance on this mat- consume. lessness in America. ter. I thank the gentlelady for her gen- Corporation for Supportive Housing I stand in support of this legislation because erous comments and her appeal to col- Goodwill Industries International it assists those men and women who have leagues to support this important piece Local Initiatives Support Corporation Military Officers Association of America sacrificed so much for this country. This bill of legislation. National Alliance to End Homelessness will establish a Special Assistant for Veterans Mr. Speaker, I would like to submit National Association for Black Veterans Affairs within the Department of Housing and for the RECORD a letter that has been National Coalition for Homeless Veterans Urban Development. In doing so, the office will signed by 16 organizations that are sup- National Coalition for the Homeless ensure that veterans and their families that are porting this piece of legislation. National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty most in need will receive housing benefits and JUNE 12, 2009. National Leased Housing Association get them off the streets. The office will build Hon. AL GREEN, National Low Income Housing Coalition House of Representatives, upon the existing infrastructure already in National Policy and Advocacy Council on Washington, DC. place among public and private institutions by Homelessness DEAR REPRESENTATIVE GREEN: We are writ- granting housing vouchers, providing public Vietnam Veterans of America ing to express our overwhelming support for housing, and coordinating efforts across HUD American Association of Homes and Serv- H.R. 403, the Homes for Heroes Act of 2009, ices for the Aging programs and activities. legislation that would provide housing as- Services For the Aging Nearly a quarter of the homeless population sistance for very low-income veterans. We National Association of Affordable Housing in the United States is comprised of veterans urge the House of Representatives to pass Lenders and their families. The National Survey of this bill on Tuesday, June 16, 2009. National Equity Fund The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Homeless Assistance Providers and clients officials recently reported on any given Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of found that 18% of homeless male veterans night, 131,000 veterans are homeless. Vet- my time. participating in homeless assistance programs erans are at a greater risk of becoming Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, I would reported that their latest episode of homeless- homeless due to health problems (post trau- like to now yield 2 minutes to Ms. ness lasted 3 months or less, compared to matic stress disorder, substance abuse BROWN-Waite from Florida, an advo- 28% of their male nonveteran counterparts. issues, mental health disorders), economic cate for veterans all across the board This disproportionate burden on the men and issues (extremely low or no livable income), women that have served in the Armed Forces and a shortage of affordable housing. and certainly housing for our veterans. While most currently homeless veterans Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Flor- is a grave injustice. We must continue working served during prior conflicts or in peacetime, ida. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of to increase support for our veterans in rec- the newest generation of combat veterans of H.R. 403, the Homes For Heroes Act of ognition of their ultimate sacrifice—risking their Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Free- 2009. lives to serve this great country. Please join dom (OEF–OIF), both men and women, are For our Nation’s veterans, the fight me in supporting our veterans by voting for returning home and suffering from war re- does not end when they return from this legislation. lated conditions that may put them at risk battle. Readjusting to civilian life and Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in for homelessness. A growing trend in home- lessness among these new veterans points to coping with the physical and psycho- strong support of H.R. 403, the Homes for He- a need to develop a coordinated approach to logical effects of war can be a daunting roes Act of 2009. I am proud to be a cospon- reduce and ultimately eliminate homeless- task. Current reports estimate that sor and would like to recognize the leadership ness among all veterans. about 154,000 veterans are homeless on of Representative AL GREEN who introduced Your bill, H.R. 403, the ‘‘Homes for Heroes any given night. This statistic is a this very important bill last Congress, which Act of 2009,’’ will provide shelter for home- tragedy. However, Congress is now tak- passed the House Floor. This bill upholds the less veteran families and help prevent low- ing a step in the right direction. principle that those who served our Nation income families from falling into homeless- The Homes For Heroes Act creates a honorably should not have to live on the ness. The undersigned organizations are pleased the following legislative actions are Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs streets or in shelters. contained in this bill: within HUD, provides at least 20,000 According to the U.S. Department of Vet- 1. Establish the position of Special Assist- low-income veterans with rental erans Affairs, approximately 150,000 to ant for Veterans Affairs within the Depart- vouchers, and aids veterans in applying 200,000 American veterans are living on the

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(5) during the early months of World War (23) just as they had paid their own way to The Housing and Community Opportunity II, there was a severe shortage of combat pi- enter training, they had to pay their own lots; way back home after their honorable service Subcommittee, which I chair, held a hearing (6) Jacqueline Cochran, America’s leading to the military; on this bill during the 110th Congress and woman pilot of the time, convinced General (24) the WASP military records were im- heard from witnesses how the return of vet- Hap Arnold, Chief of the Army Air Forces, mediately sealed, stamped ‘‘classified’’ or erans from Iraq and Afghanistan would greatly that women, if given the same training as ‘‘secret’’, and filed away in Government ar- increase demand for affordable housing and men, would be equally capable of flying mili- chives, unavailable to the historians who social services in communities across the tary aircraft and could then take over some wrote the history of WWII or the scholars country. of the stateside military flying jobs, thereby who compiled the history text books used releasing hundreds of male pilots for combat today, with many of the records not declas- Since then, the economy has only worsened duty; and the number of veterans returning home sified until the 1980s; (7) the severe loss of male combat pilots (25) consequently, the WASP story is a from Iraq and Afghanistan continues to in- made the necessity of utilizing women pilots missing chapter in the history of the Air crease. Furthermore, many veterans are at to help in the war effort clear to General Ar- Force, the history of aviation, and the his- greater risk of becoming homeless because nold, and a women’s pilot training program tory of the United States of America; they struggle with health and economic issues, was soon approved; (26) in 1977, 33 years after the WASP were while facing a shortage of affordable housing. (8) it was not until August 1943, that the disbanded, the Congress finally voted to give That is why H.R. 403 is so important. This women aviators would receive their official the WASP the veteran status they had name; bill would create a new program where none earned, but these heroic pilots were not in- (9) General Arnold ordered that all women vited to the signing ceremony at the White existed before to develop permanent sup- pilots flying military aircraft, including 28 portive housing for the homeless veterans who House, and it was not until 7 years later that civilian women ferry pilots, would be named their medals were delivered in the mail in need it. I urge my colleagues to support this ‘‘WASP’’, Women Airforce Service Pilots; plain brown envelopes; bill. (10) more than 25,000 American women ap- (27) in the late 1970s, more than 30 years plied for training, but only 1,830 were accept- Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speak- after the WASP flew in World War II, women ed and took the oath; er, I yield back the balance of my time. were finally permitted to attend military (11) exactly 1,074 of those trainees success- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The pilot training in the United States Armed fully completed the 21 to 27 weeks of Army Forces; question is on the motion offered by Air Forces flight training, graduated, and re- (28) thousands of women aviators flying the gentleman from Texas (Mr. AL ceived their Army Air Forces orders to re- support aircraft have benefitted from the GREEN) that the House suspend the port to their assigned air base; service of the WASP and followed in their rules and pass the bill, H.R. 403. (12) on November 16, 1942, the first class of footsteps; The question was taken. 29 women pilots reported to the Houston, (29) in 1993, the WASP were once again ref- Texas Municipal Airport and began the same The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the erenced during congressional hearings re- opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being military flight training as the male Army Air Forces cadets were taking; garding the contributions that women could in the affirmative, the ayes have it. make to the military, which eventually led Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speak- (13) due to a lack of adequate facilities at the airport, 3 months later the training pro- to women being able to fly military fighter, er, I object to the vote on the ground gram was moved to Avenger Field in Sweet- bomber, and attack aircraft in combat; that a quorum is not present and make water, Texas; (30) hundreds of United States service- the point of order that a quorum is not (14) WASP were eventually stationed at 120 women combat pilots have seized the oppor- present. Army air bases all across America; tunity to fly fighter aircraft in recent con- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- (15) they flew more than 60,000,000 miles for flicts, all thanks to the pioneering steps their country in every type of aircraft and taken by the WASP; ant to clause 8 of rule XX and the (31) the WASP have maintained a tight- Chair’s prior announcement, further on every type of assignment flown by the male Army Air Forces pilots, except combat; knit community, forged by the common ex- proceedings on this motion will be (16) WASP assignments included test pilot- periences of serving their country during postponed. ing, instructor piloting, towing targets for war; The point of no quorum is considered air-to-air gunnery practice, ground-to-air (32) as part of their desire to educate withdrawn. anti-aircraft practice, ferrying, transporting America on the WASP history, WASP have assisted ‘‘Wings Across America’’, an organi- f personnel and cargo (including parts for the atomic bomb), simulated strafing, smoke zation dedicated to educating the American AWARDING A CONGRESSIONAL laying, night tracking, and flying drones; public, with much effort aimed at children, GOLD MEDAL TO THE WOMEN (17) in October 1943, male pilots were refus- about the remarkable accomplishments of AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS ing to fly the B–26 Martin Marauder (known these WWII veterans; and (33) the WASP have been honored with ex- Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speak- as the ‘‘Widowmaker’’) because of its fatality records, and General Arnold ordered WASP hibits at numerous museums, to include— er, I move to suspend the rules and Director, Jacqueline Cochran, to select 25 (A) the Smithsonian Institution, Wash- pass the bill (S. 614) to award a Con- WASP to be trained to fly the B–26 to prove ington, DC; gressional Gold Medal to the Women to the male pilots that it was safe to fly; (B) the Women in Military Service to Airforce Service Pilots (″WASP″). (18) during the existence of the WASP— America Memorial at Arlington National The Clerk read the title of the Senate (A) 38 women lost their lives while serving Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia; bill. their country; (C) the National Museum of the United The text of the Senate bill is as fol- (B) their bodies were sent home in poorly States Air Force, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio; lows: crafted pine boxes; (C) their burial was at the expense of their (D) the National WASP WWII Museum, S. 614 families or classmates; Sweetwater, Texas; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- (D) there were no gold stars allowed in (E) the 8th Air Force Museum, Savannah, resentatives of the United States of America in their parents’ windows; and Georgia; Congress assembled, (E) because they were not considered mili- (F) the Lone Star Flight Museum, Gal- SECTION 1. FINDINGS. tary, no American flags were allowed on veston, Texas; Congress finds that— their coffins; (G) the American Airpower Museum, (1) the Women Airforce Service Pilots of (19) in 1944, General Arnold made a per- Farmingdale, New York; WWII, known as the ‘‘WASP’’, were the first sonal request to Congress to militarize the (H) the Pima Air Museum, Tucson, Ari- women in history to fly American military WASP, and it was denied; zona; aircraft; (20) on December 7, 1944, in a speech to the (I) the Seattle Museum of Flight, Seattle, (2) more than 60 years ago, they flew fight- last graduating class of WASP, General Ar- Washington; er, bomber, transport, and training aircraft nold said, ‘‘You and more than 900 of your (J) the March Air Museum, March Reserve in defense of America’s freedom; sisters have shown you can fly wingtip to Air Base, California; and (3) they faced overwhelming cultural and wingtip with your brothers. I salute you . . . (K) the Texas State History Museum, Aus- gender bias against women in nontraditional We of the Army Air Force are proud of you. tin, Texas. roles and overcame multiple injustices and We will never forget our debt to you.’’; SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. inequities in order to serve their country; (21) with victory in WWII almost certain, (4) through their actions, the WASP even- on December 20, 1944, the WASP were quietly (a) AWARD AUTHORIZED.—The President pro tually were the catalyst for revolutionary and unceremoniously disbanded; tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of

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And here is a pic- Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) collectively, in recognition of their pioneering military story of the Buffalo Soldiers, a story ture, Mr. Speaker, of the WASP, one of service and exemplary record, which forged rarely told of how they had to fight the many pictures, but as the previous revolutionary reform in the Armed Forces of their way into the military so they speaker pointed out, not enough rec- the United States of America. could fight for their country. Perhaps ognition was paid to them. (b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the pur- contained therein there would be the Special thanks for this bill go to Fi- poses of the award referred to in subsection story of the Filipino soldiers who died nancial Service Chairman BARNEY (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall in the struggle at the Bataan March. FRANK and Ranking Member SPENCER strike the gold medal with suitable emblems, Such a collection would not be com- BACHUS and their staff as well for their devices, and inscriptions, to be determined assistance in bringing this legislation by the Secretary. plete, however, without the story of (c) SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.— the WASP. These are the first women to the floor today. (1) IN GENERAL.—Following the award of to fly military aircraft. They are the I would also like to thank my staff, the gold medal in honor of the Women women in the Air Force, the Women Mr. Speaker, particularly Captain Airforce Service Pilots, the gold medal shall Airforce Service Pilots known as the Deanna Nieves, right behind me, be given to the Smithsonian Institution, WASP. It’s a story of gender bias, Mr. United States Marine Corps, who’s where it will be displayed as appropriate and Speaker, the notion that flying is a serving as a defense fellow in my office made available for research. man’s work. It’s a story of culture bias, for the remainder of the year. Her ef- (2) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense forts were instrumental in achieving of the Congress that the Smithsonian Insti- the belief that a woman’s place is in tution shall make the gold medal received the home. It’s a story of injustice, the the required number of cosponsors for under this Act available for display else- notion that women could apply but this bill in record time. And Sarah where, particularly at other locations associ- never qualify. It’s a story of inequal- Gamino, sitting next to her, worked so ated with the WASP. ities and inequities, the notion that hard on all of our office projects. SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. women could have rank but not always Thanks to all of the great staff work Under such regulations as the Secretary have their rank respected. Mr. Speak- on this bill. may prescribe, the Secretary may strike and er, it’s a story of never say never, a Mr. Speaker, as has been pointed out, sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal story of persistence pays off, a story of the bill before us today honors a spe- struck under this Act, at a price sufficient to success because of some, and a story of cial sisterhood of women, most of them cover the costs of the medals, including in their 80s, who share a unique place labor, materials, dyes, use of machinery, and success in spite of others. overhead expenses. It’s a story of how a famous pilot, in American history. These women SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS. Jacqueline ‘‘Jackie’’ Cochran, became have been mothers and grandmothers, Medals struck pursuant to this Act are na- the first commander of the WFO in teachers and office workers, nurses, tional medals for purposes of chapter 51 of 1942. That’s the Women’s Flying Train- business owners, photographers, and title 31, United States Code. ing Detachment. It’s a story of how a dancers. One was even a nun. But be- SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; test pilot, Nancy Love, became the fore that they were pilots for the PROCEEDS OF SALE. commander of the WAF, the Women’s United States Army Corps during (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— Auxiliary Flying Ferrying Squadron in World War II. They are heroines. There is authorized to be charged against the 1942. It’s a story of how the WFO and Women Airforce Service Pilots, or United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund, WASP, were the first women in history an amount not to exceed $30,000 to pay for the WAF merged in 1943 to become the the cost of the medal authorized under sec- WASP. to fly America’s military aircraft. Be- tion 2. The WASP would go on and fly 60 tween the years of 1942 and 1944, these (b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received million miles. They would fly every courageous women volunteered to fly from the sale of duplicate bronze medals type of aircraft. They would be sta- noncombat missions so that every under section 3 shall be deposited in the tioned at 120 bases across the country. available male pilot could be deployed United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund. And on December 20, 1944, when victory into combat. More than 25,000 women The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- was at hand, the WASP were quietly applied for the program, but only 1,830 ant to the rule, the gentleman from and unceremoniously disbanded. Thir- qualified women pilots were accepted. Texas (Mr. AL GREEN) and the gentle- ty-eight lost their lives in the course of Unlike their male counterparts, women woman from Florida (Ms. ROS- serving their country; however, fami- applicants were required to be qualified LEHTINEN) each will control 20 minutes. lies and friends had to pay for their pilots before they could even apply for The Chair recognizes the gentleman burial expenses. Survivors had to pay the Army Air Force military flight from Texas. their way back home because they training program. Altogether, 1,102 GENERAL LEAVE were not considered a part of the mili- women earned their wings and went on Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speak- tary in an official capacity. Many of to fly over 60 million miles for the er, I ask unanimous consent that all their records were sealed and unavail- Army Air Forces, equal to some 2,500 Members may have 5 legislative days able to historians until the 1980s. They times around the globe. Their perform- within which to revise and extend their didn’t get veteran status until 1977, and ance was equal in every way to that of remarks on this legislation and to in- this was done without a White House male pilots. With the exception of di- sert extraneous material thereon. ceremony, and it was done without the rect combat missions, the WASP flew The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there kind of fanfare that we would expect the same aircraft and the same mis- objection to the request of the gen- them to receive in this day and time. sions as male pilots. tleman from Texas? The story, Mr. Speaker, is one of few Women pilots were used to tow tar- There was no objection. being honored, and their honors being gets for male pilots who were using live Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speak- accorded them too late, and not enough ammunition, for searchlight missions, er, I yield myself such time as I may thank yous having been accorded them chemical missions, engineering test consume. at all. The story of the WASP is one flying, and countless other exercises. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ac- that is, in my opinion, the greatest In 1944 the WASP were disbanded, knowledge and compliment the Mem- story never told and one which we their service records sealed and classi- ber from Florida, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, should acknowledge with this bill when fied. By the time the war ended, Mr. and commend her on what she has done it is passed today. Speaker, 38 women pilots had lost their to get this piece of legislation to the Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of lives while flying for our country. floor. She has worked with Senator my time. Their families were not allowed to have KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, who has had Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I an American flag placed on their cof- this piece of legislation pass the Sen- would like to yield myself such time as fins. And although they took the mili- ate. She had 75 cosponsors; hence, the I may consume. tary oath and were promised military legislation is now before us in the Mr. Speaker, as the House sponsor of status, the WASP never were recog- House. this legislation, I rise in strong support nized as military personnel nor were

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Mr. Speaker, I planes, transporting cargo and per- day when women would be fully inte- would like to yield 5 minutes to the sonnel, towing targets, instructing new grated into the military, WASP Byrd gentleman from Texas (Mr. CONAWAY) cadets, and acting as test pilots. Howell Granger noted: ‘‘If the Nation whose district covers Sweetwater, Of the almost 1,100 women who flew ever again needs them, American Texas, which is home to the WASP. as the WASP, 38 gave their lives. In women will respond. Never again will This is where they trained, and that is what remains a blot on our country, they have to prove they can do any fly- where their museum is. these women were returned home not ing job the military has. Not as an ex- Mr. CONAWAY. It is my great pleas- with military honors but at the ex- periment. Not to fill in for men. They ure today to recognize the invaluable pense of their families because, al- will fly as commissioned officers in the service rendered to our country by the though they flew military planes at the future Air Force of the United States Women’s Air Force Service Pilots dur- direction of military commanders, with equal pay, hospitalization, insur- ing World War II. Their history is one they were not considered to be mem- ance, veterans’ benefits. The WASP of many surprising and impressive sto- bers of the Army. have earned it for these women of the ries that helped define a generation. In October 1944, the program ended future.’’ In the early 1940s, as it became ap- abruptly, and many of the records sur- And the WASP were indeed and con- parent that the United States could rounding the program were filed away tinue to be true pioneers whose exam- not avoid the war that was plaguing and classified in government archives. ple paved the way for the Armed Europe and the Far East, many accom- It was not until the Air Force an- Forces to lift the ban on women at- plished pilots volunteered their serv- nounced that it would train the mili- tending military flight training in the ices to our country. They were thanked tary’s ‘‘first’’ female pilots in the 1970s 1970s. Today women in the military fly for their offer, but were refused be- that a renewed interest in the WASP every type of aircraft, from the F–15 to cause they were women. Their argu- allowed them to be granted veteran the space shuttle. ment, that female pilots could free up status and the campaign ribbons which My daughter-in-law, Lindsay Nelson, male pilots to serve in combat roles, they earned through their service. a Marine Corps pilot, is part of the was initially dismissed by the Army While it might be tempting to see to- lasting legacy of WASP. Lindsay, a Air Force’s leadership. Yet two of our day’s Congressional Gold Medal as a graduate of the United States Naval Nation’s most famous female pilots, way to right the injuries done to the Academy, served two combat tours in Jacqueline Cochran and Nancy Harken women of WASP, to do so would be to Iraq and Afghanistan, where she flew Love, persevered and continued to neglect the true significance of their the F/A–18 fighter jet. I’m so proud of lobby for the ability to use their excep- contributions to winning a war and ad- Lindsay and of all our servicewomen, tional skills in service of our country. vancing women’s equality. The legacy past and present, who continue to in- As the Nation mobilized, it became of the WASP is unmistakable. At a spire young women to achieve the clear there were simply not enough time when women were routinely as- unfathomable. male pilots in the country to fight the sumed to be less capable than men, By definition, the Congressional Gold war and man the home front. As the these individuals stood up and asked Medal is the highest expression of Con- iconic Rosie the Riveter began to build for the right to prove themselves. gress of national appreciation for the her tanks and her planes, the Army set These women did not just answer the most heroic, courageous, and out- up two squadrons of women pilots to call of their country, they called them- standing individuals. assist in the war effort. In 1942 Ms. selves to service. And in doing so, for- Love became the commanding officer ever upended the notion of what b 1300 of Women’s Auxiliary Ferry Squadron women could and should do in our Given the overwhelming support for in New Castle, Delaware, which ferried Armed Forces. this legislation, as evidenced by the bi- planes around the country from fac- I would like to commend the leader- partisan support of 334 cosponsors in tories to air bases. Not long after that, ship and the board of the National the House companion legislation, I am Ms. Cochran became commanding offi- WASP World War II Museum in Sweet- confident that Members of this Cham- cer of 319th Women’s Flying Training water, Texas, for preserving the unique ber deem the WASP as deserving of Detachment in Houston, Texas, which history of these women and preparing this honor. Of the 1,102 WASP, more provided basic flight instruction for educational materials to share their than 300 are still alive today and are the Army Air Forces. On August 5, story with countless students through- residing in almost every State of our 1943, these squadrons were combined to out the country. country. Join me in paying homage to form the Women’s Air Force Service I would recommend to the leadership, these trailblazers and these patriots Pilots. Over 25,000 women applied to be- the Speaker and to my colleagues to who served our country without ques- come pilots, and only some 1,900 were swing by Sweetwater, Texas—it’s on I– tion and with no expectation of rec- selected for training. Of these, almost 20, an easy drive from Fort Worth or El ognition or praise. 1,100 eventually earned their wings, Paso, 300 miles in either direction—to Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to many at Avenger Field in the town of see this museum and get a flavor for join me in voting yes on this bill, to Sweetwater, Texas. That is in the dis- what these women endured during award the WASP the Congressional trict that I get to represent. training. It was a very austere training Gold Medal, and request its prompt The women who volunteered to fly base in a pretty rough part of Texas, signing into law. planes faced a world that we can and you would be impressed with what For history’s sake, I will submit for scarcely imagine. While complaints of they did and what they accomplished. printing in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD sexism in the workplace still exist Additionally, I would like to thank the names of the 1,102 WASP. today, in the 1940s, sexism was not the Air Force Major Nicole Malachowski I reserve the balance of my time. exception but the standard operating who worked tirelessly to secure this Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speak- practice. The women of the WASP were tribute for the service of these women. er, I yield myself such time as I may paid less, were trained with inferior Major Malachowski was a Thunderbird consume. equipment, refused the status of offi- pilot. I would like to thank the gentlelady cers, and faced an openly hostile work The SPEAKER pro tempore. The for the outstanding work that she has environment. They also had to buy time of the gentleman has expired. done on this piece of legislation. She their own uniforms and pay for their Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. I would like to has worked tirelessly to bring it to the room and board each month at their grant an additional 2 minutes to the floor; and I compliment the gentlelady, training facilities. Yet through all of gentleman from Texas.

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As she explained in her letter to I rise today to support S. 614, a bill to award The SPEAKER pro tempore. The me, ‘‘I am convinced that every oppor- a Congressional Gold Medal to the Women question is on the motion offered by tunity I’ve been afforded, from flying Airforce Service Pilots, and to honor all the the gentleman from Texas (Mr. AL combat patrols over Iraq to rep- Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASP, es- GREEN) that the House suspend the resenting the military as a fellow, is pecially three who live in Lancaster, California rules and pass the bill, S. 614. because of these pioneering WASP. in my district. Flora Belle Reece, Irma ‘‘Babe’’ The question was taken; and (two- Countless servicemen during World Story, and Marguerite ‘‘Ty’’ Killen are perfect thirds being in the affirmative) the War II, and every airman since, have examples of why this intrepid group of women rules were suspended and the bill was reaped the benefits of their courage, deserve the honor they are receiving today. passed. determination, and sacrifice.’’ I was privileged to join the Mojave Chamber A motion to reconsider was laid on It is with great enthusiasm that I ask of Commerce in honoring these three women the table. my colleagues for their support on Sen- at a special May 11th luncheon. It was a f ate bill 614 and that we recognize the pleasure to recognize these three amazing pi- RECOGNIZING 40TH ANNIVERSARY contribution of these women for their lots who dedicated themselves to a dangerous OF NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE service with our highest congressional mission when their country needed them. award. Flora Belle Reece learned to fly before she Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. Speaker, I move I thank you for the time. could drive so she could join the WASP. to suspend the rules and agree to the Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I Reece primarily flew the AT–6, but also the resolution (H. Res. 366) recognizing the have no further requests for time, and PT–19, PT–17, BT–13, and B–26, and she 40th anniversary of the National Eye I yield back the balance of my time. often tested aircraft that had been repaired. Institute (NEI) and expressing support Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speak- She was assigned to Foster Field, Texas, and for designation of 2010 through 2020 as er, I yield myself as much time as I there she discovered an affinity for the P–38 the ‘‘Decade of Vision’’. may consume for a very brief closing. Lightning, often visiting with the aircraft’s crew The Clerk read the title of the resolu- Mr. Speaker, the story of the WASP chief; she was able to fly in one in 2004 dur- tion. is, without question, among the stories ing a commemorative flight. The text of the resolution is as fol- that are rarely, if ever, told. In fact, I Irma ‘‘Babe’’ Story grew up in the Antelope lows: have contended and continue to con- Valley with her brother, Tom, hanging out at H. RES. 366 tend it’s among the greatest stories the local airport running errands, and eventu- Whereas vision impairment and eye disease never told. But for this reason, we ally learning to fly at Antelope Valley College. is a major public health problem, especially should accord this Congressional Gold Story received her pilot’s license at the age of due to the aging of the population, a dis- Medal. I beg all of my friends to sup- 19 in June 1941, and worked at Lockheed’s proportionate incidence of eye disease in mi- port it if a vote is called for. I shall not Vega aircraft factory in Burbank until joining nority populations, and vision loss as a re- call for one. the WASP program in 1943. She flew the AT– sult of diabetes and other chronic diseases, Ms. HIRONO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support which costs the Nation $68,000,000,000 annu- 6 and Cessna UC–78, and later the B–26. ally in health care costs, lost productivity, of S. 614. Marguerite ‘‘Ty’’ Killen learned to fly as a reduced independence, diminished quality of This legislation awards a Congressional 15-year-old in high school and received her life, increased depression, and accelerated Gold Medal to the Women Airforce Service Pi- commercial and flight instructor ratings when mortality; lots (WASP) in honor of their dedicated serv- she was 19. Killen was a student at the Uni- Whereas 38,000,000 people in the United ice during World War II. versity of Arizona when she found out that the States age 40-plus currently experience I am a cosponsor of the House version of WASP age requirement was dropped to 19, blindness, low-vision, or an age-related eye this bill (H.R. 2014), which recognizes the first and so she signed up for WASP training and disease, and this number is expected to grow women in the history of our country to fly graduated in August 1944. She flew a variety to 50,000,000 by 2020, a year mid-way in the American military aircraft. The Women Airforce tidal wave of 78,000,000 baby boomers who of aircraft, including the Stearman PT–17, AT– will begin turning age 65 in 2010, and many of Service Pilots volunteered to fly over 60 mil- 6 advanced trainer, Beechcraft AT–11, the whom will continue working well beyond age lion miles in every type of aircraft available to Vultee BT–13, and was a copilot in a B–24. 65; them, participating in all missions other than These women, and all those who stepped Whereas, in public opinion polls over the direct combat missions. They towed targets for up to serve when their country needed them, past 40 years, people in the United States air-to-air and ground-to-air gunnery practice, are deserving of our thanks and admiration. I have consistently identified fear of vision ferried planes, transported cargo and per- am pleased to support this legislation to rec- loss as second only to fear of cancer and, as sonnel, instructed, flew weather missions, and ognize their efforts with a Congressional Gold recently as a 2008 NEI study, 71 percent of re- test flew repaired aircraft. They even flew air- spondents indicated that a loss of their eye- Medal. sight would have the greatest impact on craft that male pilots refused to fly. Mrs. LUMMIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in their life; In spite of their service, the Women Airforce support of S. 614, a bill to award a Congres- Whereas, with wisdom and foresight, Con- Service Pilots were not given active duty mili- sional Gold Medal to the Women Airforce gress passed the National Eye Institute tary status and never received any kind of Service Pilots of World War II. (NEI) Act (Public Law 90–489), which was commissioning, rank, or military benefits. In As an original cosponsor of a similar meas- signed into law by President Johnson on Au- November 1977, Congress narrowly approved ure in the House, I would like to give special gust 16, 1968, with the NEI holding the first legislation to give the WASP the veteran sta- recognition to Betty Cozzens, one of my con- meeting of its National Advisory Eye Coun- tus that they had earned, but they were not in- stituents from Cody—and one of the 300 re- cil (NAEC) on April 3, 1969; Whereas the NEI leads the Nation’s Fed- vited to the bill signing and received their maining Women Airforce Service Pilots. eral commitment to basic and clinical re- medals in the mail. We all owe these heroic women a debt of search, research training, and other pro- Today we recognize the 1,102 women who gratitude. In the 16 months that the Women grams with respect to blinding eye diseases, trained to serve as Women Airforce Service Airforce Service Pilots existed, over 1,000 of visual disorders, mechanisms of visual func- Pilots, 300 of whom are still living today, in- them served their country with pride. tion, preservation of sight and the special cluding three from my home State of Hawaii: The Congressional Gold Medal is one of the health problems and needs of individuals who Betty Joiner, Elaine Jones, and Mildred Mar- most distinguished forms of recognition that are visually-impaired or blind, and to dis- shall. Congress can bestow. It is an expression of seminate information aimed at the preven- tion of blindness, specifically with public As a result of the heroism exemplified by public gratitude on behalf of the nation—to and professional education facilitated the Women Airforce Service Pilots, the U.S. these women, for their service in a time of through its National Eye Health Education Armed Forces lifted the ban on women attend- need. Program (NEHEP); ing military flight training in the 1970s, and The Women Airforce Service Pilots forged Whereas the NEI maximizes Federal fund- women now fly on every type of aircraft imag- reform in the U.S. Armed Forces in regard to ing by devoting 85 percent of its budget to

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As a result, lens, cataract, and refractive errors; Resolved, That the House of Representa- the National Eye Institute’s leader- Whereas the NEI research benefits chil- tives— ship, in directing vital vision research dren, including premature infants born with (1) recognizes the 40th anniversary of the over the next decade, will be more im- retinopathy and school children with ambly- National Eye Institute (NEI), commends it portant than ever. opia (‘‘lazy eye’’); for its leadership, and supports its mission to I have been pleased to work on this prevent blindness and to save and restore vi- Whereas the NEI benefits older citizens in resolution with my coauthor Mr. SES- the United States by predicting, preventing, sion; SIONS of Texas. He has been a terrific and preempting aging eye disease, thereby (2) supports the designation of the ‘‘Decade coauthor and has worked very hard enabling more productive lives and reducing of Vision’’ to maintain a sustained aware- Medicare costs; ness in the next decade of the unprecedented with me to bring this matter to the Whereas the NEI has been a leader in basic public health challenges associated with vi- floor and to the attention of this Con- research, working with the NIH’s Human Ge- sion impairment and eye disease and to em- gress. I commend this resolution to my nome Project to translate discoveries of phasize the need for Federal support for pre- colleagues. genes related to eye disease and vision im- vention and early detection, access to treat- I reserve the balance of my time. pairment, which comprises one quarter of ment and rehabilitation, and research; and Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in (3) commends the National Alliance for genes discovered to date, into diagnostic and support of the gentlewoman’s amend- treatment modalities; Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR), which ment. I want to thank TAMMY BALDWIN Whereas the NEI has been a leader in clin- serves as the ‘‘Friends of the National Eye ical research, funding more than 60 clinical Institute’’, for its efforts to expand aware- from Wisconsin for not only working trials, including a series of Diabetic Retinop- ness of the incidence and economic burden of with me but also other members of my athy Clinical Trials Networks, in association eye disease through its Decade of Vision conference, the Republican Conference, with the National Institute for Diabetes and 2010–2020 Initiative. on important issues related to eye and Digestive and Kidney Disorders (NIDDK), The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- retinal health. I appreciate her recog- which have developed treatment strategies ant to the rule, the gentlewoman from nizing today as the 40th anniversary of that have been determined by the NEI to be Wisconsin (Ms. BALDWIN) and the gen- the National Eye Institute, H. Res. 366. 90 percent effective and save an estimated tleman from Texas (Mr. SESSIONS) each Also I appreciate her dedication to peo- $1,600,000,000 per year in blindness and vision will control 20 minutes. impairment disability costs; ple that are suffering with retinal and Whereas the NEI has been a leader in pre- The Chair recognizes the gentle- eye diseases; and these visions issues vention research, having reported from the woman from Wisconsin. that we speak about today, as a result first phase of its Age-Related Eye Disease GENERAL LEAVE of our support and the support of the Study (AREDS) that high levels of dietary Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask National Eye Institute, make a dif- zinc and anti-oxidant vitamins reduced vi- unanimous consent that all Members ference to thousands of people who sion loss in individuals at high risk for devel- have 5 legislative days in which to re- have these eye diseases in their fami- oping advanced AMD by a magnitude of 25 vise and extend their remarks. lies. percent, and in its second phase, is now The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there I am very proud of this resolution. studying the impact of other nutritional sup- plements; objection to the request of the gentle- Last Congress we, meaning Ms. BALD- Whereas the NEI has been a leader in epi- woman from Wisconsin? WIN and I, joined together in support of demiologic research, identifying the basis There was no objection. National Glaucoma Day, and today and progression of eye disease and its dis- Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield we’re here to recognize the 40th anni- proportionate incidence in minority popu- myself as much time as I may con- versary of the National Eye Institute lations such that informed public health pol- sume. and to express support for the designa- icy decisions can be made regarding preven- This resolution recognizes the 40th tion of 2010 through 2020 as the Decade tion, early diagnosis, and treatment; anniversary of the National Eye Insti- of Vision. Whereas the NEI has been a leader in col- tute within the National Institutes of laborative, trans-NIH Institute research, The National Eye Institute, also working with the National Cancer Institute Health and designates the years 2010 known as NEI, was established by Con- (NCI) and the National Heart, Lung, and through 2020 as the Decade of Vision. gress in 1968 to protect and prolong the Blood Institute (NHLBI) on factors that pro- Eye disease is a significant public vision of the American people. NEI re- mote or inhibit new blood vessel growth that health problem. Those disproportion- search leads to sight-saving treat- has resulted in the first generation of Food ately affected by eye disease are our ments, reduces visual impairment and and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved aging population, the African Amer- blindness, and improves the quality of ophthalmic drugs to inhibit abnormal blood ican and Hispanic communities, and life of people of all ages. vessel growth in the ‘‘wet’’ form of AMD, those who suffer from chronic diseases, thereby stabilizing and often restoring vi- especially diabetes. The National Eye b 1315 sion; Vision research has been supported Whereas the NEI has been a leader in col- Institute estimates that eye disease laborative research with other Federal enti- and vision impairment currently cost through the NEI by over 600 research ties, such that its bioengineering research the Nation $68 billion in health care grants and training awards made to partnership with the National Science Foun- costs, lost productivity, reduced inde- scientists at more than 250 medical dation and the Department of Energy has re- pendence, diminished quality of life, centers, hospitals, universities, and sulted in a retinal chip implant, referred to and accelerated mortality. other institutions across the country as the ‘‘Bionic Eye’’, that has enabled indi- The NEI leads our Nation’s efforts to and around the world. With congres- viduals who have been blind for decades to prevent blindness and to save and re- sional and public support, the national perceive visual images; investment in vision research has Whereas the NEI has been a leader in col- store vision. The NEI has been a leader laborative research with private funding en- in both basic and translational re- yielded substantial dividends to treat tities, such that its human gene therapy search. Its researchers have been able many potentially blinding eye diseases trial with the Foundation Fighting Blind- to associate one-quarter of all genes and visual disorders. ness for individuals with Leber Congenital discovered to date with eye disease and Vision impairment and eye disease is Amaurosis (LCA), a rapid retinal degenera- vision impairment. The NEI has con- a major public health problem for the tion that blinds infants in their first year of ducted more than 60 clinical trials that world to face. As you have heard, vi- life, has demonstrated measurable vision im- have resulted in treatments and thera- sion-related costs here in the United provement even within the initial safety States approach $68 billion annually. trials; pies to save sight and, in some cases, Whereas in the decade 2010 through 2020, actually reverse vision loss. There are some 38 million people in the the Nation will face unprecedented public The National Eye Institute estimates United States over the age of 40 cur- health challenges associated with aging, that over the decade of 2010 to 2020, the rently experiencing blindness, low vi- health disparities, and chronic disease; and number of individuals over age 40 who sion, or age-related eye disease. This

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Res. 366. eye disease and visual impairment As co-Chair of the Congressional Vi- The question was taken. thereby enabling more productive lives sion Caucus with a particular interest The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the and reducing vision costs. in vision health, I strongly support the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being The National Eye Institute is the National Eye Institute, which serves as in the affirmative, the ayes have it. world leader in basic research with the the lead NIH institute that manages Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. Speaker, on that National Institutes of Health’s Human our Nation’s commitment to save and I demand the yeas and nays. Genome Project to translate discov- restore vision. The yeas and nays were ordered. eries of genes related to eye disease NEI research has contributed to the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- and vision impairment which com- development of several critical thera- ant to clause 8 of rule XX and the promises one-quarter of genes, discov- pies and interventions that are helping Chair’s prior announcement, further ered to date, into diagnostic and treat- to slow the progression of vision im- proceedings on this motion will be ment modalities. pairment. In some cases, these thera- postponed. The NEI has been a leader in collabo- pies are helping to restore sight for in- rative research with so many private dividuals who may otherwise have lost f funding entities such as the human their vision. Treatments for diabetic ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER gene therapy trial with the Foundation retinopathy that were developed by PRO TEMPORE Fighting Blindness, or this lead organi- NEI researchers save our health care zation known as FFB, for individuals system more than $1.6 billion annually. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- with Leber congenital amaurosis, a Other NEI-funded research is resulting ant to clause 8 of rule XX, proceedings rapid retinal degeneration that blinds in treatments and therapies that are will resume on motions to suspend the infants in their first year of life. This slowing the progression of vision im- rules previously postponed. Votes will trial has demonstrated measurable vis- pairment; in some cases, vision loss is be taken in the following order: ual improvement even with initial even restored. H.R. 2470, by the yeas and nays; safety trials. Starting next year, the first wave of H.R. 780, by the yeas and nays; I am a big supporter of the Founda- the 78 million baby boomers will begin H.R. 2247, by the yeas and nays; tion Fighting Blindness, and the work turning 65 years old, an age of elevated H.R. 403, de novo. that they have done in the past con- risk for aging eye disease. Coupled with The first electronic vote will be con- tinues to carry out in our daily lives. the disproportionate incidences of eye ducted as a 15-minute vote. Remaining This resolution recognizes the 40 years disease in the African American and electronic votes will be conducted as 5- of service from the National Eye Insti- Hispanic populations and the increased minute votes. tute and commends them for their incidence of diabetic eye disease, the f leadership while supporting their mis- NEI will be challenged more than ever sion to prevent blindness and save and to fund basic and clinical research that LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ROY H. restore vision. results in treatment and therapies. BOEHM POST OFFICE BUILDING Additionally, this resolution des- As demonstrated by its past history, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- ignates 2010 through 2020 as the ‘‘Dec- I am confident that the NEI will rise to finished business is the vote on the mo- ade of Vision’’ to maintain awareness this challenge, and, of course, we in tion to suspend the rules and pass the in the next decade of public health Congress must work to ensure that it is bill, H.R. 2470, on which the yeas and challenges associated with vision im- adequately funded so that it can con- nays were ordered. pairment and eye disease, as well as to tinue its research that benefits the The Clerk read the title of the bill. emphasize the need for prevention and health—and vision health—of all Amer- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The early detection, access to treatment, icans. question is on the motion offered by and rehabilitation. Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. Speaker, I want the gentleman from Massachusetts Lastly, we commend the National Al- to close by recognizing just a few of the (Mr. LYNCH) that the House suspend liance for Eye and Vision Research for champions of eye health and the war- the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 2470. its efforts to expand awareness of the riors against eye disease from the dis- This will be a 15-minute vote. incidence and economic burden of eye trict that I have the privilege of rep- The vote was taken by electronic de- diseases through this Decade of Vision resenting. And I know, like my co- vice, and there were—yeas 417, nays 0, initiative. author, Congressman SESSIONS, we Mr. Speaker, I am very proud of sup- were drawn to this issue because of pio- not voting 16, as follows: porting not only this 40th anniversary neering things that are happening in [Roll No. 340] but also to say that the United States each of our respective districts. YEAS—417 Congress has what I believe is a real- Dr. Paul Kaufman is a leading eye re- Abercrombie Bishop (GA) Burgess istic opportunity to work with the Na- searcher at the University of Wis- Ackerman Bishop (NY) Burton (IN) tional Institutes of Health to make consin, Madison, and a major partner Aderholt Bishop (UT) Butterfield Adler (NJ) Blackburn Buyer sure that we continue to push the enve- of the National Eye Institute. And I Akin Blumenauer Calvert lope for people who are in this country want to commend and recognize his Altmire Blunt Camp and around the world who are counting groundbreaking research. Andrews Boccieri Campbell Also, a technology called BrainPort Arcuri Boehner Cantor on research and development to cure Austria Bono Mack Cao blindness during this Decade of Vision. is being developed in my district by a Baca Boozman Capito I encourage all of my colleagues to company called Wicab with the support Bachmann Boren Capps vote in favor of this resolution. of National Eye Institute funding, and Bachus Boswell Capuano Baird Boucher Cardoza I thank the gentlewoman from Wis- this technology is helping the blind to Baldwin Boustany Carnahan consin for her concentrated and special find new ways to process visual infor- Barrett (SC) Boyd Carney support of blindness issues. I look for- mation. These sort-of breakthroughs Barrow Brady (PA) Carson (IN) ward to working with her. are so exciting and really go back to Bartlett Brady (TX) Carter Barton (TX) Braley (IA) Cassidy I yield back the balance of my time. the importance of celebrating the ac- Bean Bright Castle Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. Speaker, I would complishments to date and the future Becerra Broun (GA) Castor (FL) now like to yield 3 minutes to a fellow potential through the National Eye In- Berman Brown (SC) Chaffetz member of the Energy and Commerce Berry Brown, Corrine Chandler stitute with our support. Biggert Brown-Waite, Childers Committee and a champion of vision Again, I commend my colleagues’ Bilbray Ginny Clarke issues, Mr. GREEN of Texas. support of this resolution. Bilirakis Buchanan Clay

VerDate Nov 24 2008 10:36 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16JN7.031 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE H6846 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 16, 2009 Cleaver Hoekstra Mollohan Snyder Thornberry Wasserman Davis (IL) Kagen Olson Clyburn Holden Moore (KS) Souder Tiahrt Schultz Davis (KY) Kanjorski Olver Coble Holt Moore (WI) Space Tiberi Watson Davis (TN) Kaptur Ortiz Coffman (CO) Honda Moran (KS) Speier Tierney Watt Deal (GA) Kildee Pallone Cohen Hunter Moran (VA) Spratt Titus Waxman DeFazio Kilpatrick (MI) Pascrell Cole Inglis Murphy (CT) Stark Tonko Weiner DeGette Kilroy Pastor (AZ) Conaway Inslee Murphy (NY) Stearns Towns Welch Delahunt Kind Paul Conyers Israel Murphy, Patrick Stupak Tsongas Westmoreland DeLauro King (IA) Paulsen Sutton Wexler Cooper Issa Murphy, Tim Turner Dent King (NY) Payne Tanner Whitfield Costa Jackson (IL) Murtha Upton Diaz-Balart, L. Kingston Pence Courtney Jackson-Lee Myrick Tauscher Wilson (SC) Van Hollen Diaz-Balart, M. Kirk Perlmutter Crenshaw (TX) Nadler (NY) Taylor Wittman Dicks Kirkpatrick (AZ) Perriello Vela´ zquez Crowley Jenkins Napolitano Teague Wolf Dingell Kissell Peters Visclosky Cuellar Johnson (GA) Neal (MA) Terry Woolsey Doggett Klein (FL) Peterson Walden Culberson Johnson (IL) Neugebauer Thompson (CA) Wu Donnelly (IN) Kline (MN) Petri Cummings Johnson, E. B. Nunes Thompson (MS) Walz Yarmuth Doyle Kosmas Pingree (ME) Dahlkemper Johnson, Sam Nye Thompson (PA) Wamp Young (AK) Dreier Kratovil Pitts Davis (AL) Jones Oberstar NOT VOTING—16 Driehaus Kucinich Platts Davis (CA) Jordan (OH) Obey Duncan Lamborn Poe (TX) Davis (IL) Kagen Olson Alexander Kennedy Sa´ nchez, Linda Edwards (MD) Lance Polis (CO) Davis (KY) Kanjorski Olver Berkley Larson (CT) T. Edwards (TX) Langevin Pomeroy Davis (TN) Kaptur Ortiz Bonner Lewis (GA) Sullivan Ehlers Larsen (WA) Posey Deal (GA) Kildee Pallone Connolly (VA) Lummis Waters Ellison Latham Price (GA) DeFazio Kilpatrick (MI) Pascrell Costello Putnam Wilson (OH) Ellsworth LaTourette Price (NC) DeGette Kilroy Pastor (AZ) Hoyer Young (FL) Emerson Latta Putnam Delahunt Kind Paul Engel Lee (CA) Quigley DeLauro King (IA) Paulsen b 1347 Eshoo Lee (NY) Radanovich Dent King (NY) Payne Etheridge Levin Rahall Diaz-Balart, L. Kingston Pence Mr. FOSTER changed his vote from Fallin Lewis (CA) Rangel Diaz-Balart, M. Kirk Perlmutter ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ Farr Linder Rehberg Dicks Kirkpatrick (AZ) Perriello So (two-thirds being in the affirma- Fattah Lipinski Reichert Dingell Kissell Peters tive) the rules were suspended and the Filner LoBiondo Reyes Doggett Klein (FL) Peterson Flake Loebsack Richardson Donnelly (IN) Kline (MN) Petri bill was passed. Fleming Lofgren, Zoe Rodriguez Doyle Kosmas Pingree (ME) The result of the vote was announced Forbes Lowey Rogers (AL) Dreier Kratovil Pitts as above recorded. Fortenberry Lucas Rogers (KY) Driehaus Kucinich Platts A motion to reconsider was laid on Foster Luetkemeyer Rogers (MI) Duncan Lamborn Poe (TX) Foxx Luja´ n Rohrabacher Edwards (MD) Lance Polis (CO) the table. Frank (MA) Lummis Rooney Edwards (TX) Langevin Pomeroy f Franks (AZ) Lungren, Daniel Ros-Lehtinen Ehlers Larsen (WA) Posey Frelinghuysen E. Roskam Ellison Latham Price (GA) Fudge Lynch Ross Ellsworth LaTourette Price (NC) STUDENT INTERNET SAFETY ACT Gallegly Mack Rothman (NJ) Emerson Latta Quigley OF 2009 Garrett (NJ) Maffei Roybal-Allard Engel Lee (CA) Radanovich The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Gerlach Maloney Royce Eshoo Lee (NY) Rahall Giffords Manzullo Ruppersberger Etheridge Levin Rangel finished business is the vote on the mo- Gingrey (GA) Marchant Rush Fallin Lewis (CA) Rehberg tion to suspend the rules and pass the Gohmert Markey (CO) Ryan (OH) Farr Linder Reichert bill, H.R. 780, as amended, on which the Gonzalez Markey (MA) Ryan (WI) Fattah Lipinski Reyes Goodlatte Marshall Salazar Filner LoBiondo Richardson yeas and nays were ordered. Gordon (TN) Massa Sanchez, Loretta Flake Loebsack Rodriguez The Clerk read the title of the bill. Granger Matheson Sarbanes Fleming Lofgren, Zoe Roe (TN) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Graves Matsui Scalise Forbes Lowey Rogers (AL) question is on the motion offered by Grayson McCarthy (CA) Schakowsky Fortenberry Lucas Rogers (KY) Green, Al McCarthy (NY) Schauer Foster Luetkemeyer Rogers (MI) the gentleman from the Northern Mar- Green, Gene McCaul Schiff Foxx Luja´ n Rohrabacher iana Islands (Mr. SABLAN) that the Griffith McClintock Schmidt Frank (MA) Lungren, Daniel Rooney House suspend the rules and pass the Grijalva McCollum Schock Franks (AZ) E. Ros-Lehtinen Guthrie McCotter Schrader Frelinghuysen Lynch Roskam bill, H.R. 780, as amended. Gutierrez McDermott Schwartz Fudge Mack Ross This will be a 5-minute vote. Hall (NY) McGovern Scott (GA) Gallegly Maffei Rothman (NJ) The vote was taken by electronic de- Hall (TX) McHenry Scott (VA) Garrett (NJ) Maloney Roybal-Allard vice, and there were—yeas 416, nays 0, Halvorson McHugh Sensenbrenner Gerlach Manzullo Royce Hare McIntyre Serrano Giffords Marchant Ruppersberger not voting 17, as follows: Harman McKeon Sessions Gingrey (GA) Markey (CO) Rush [Roll No. 341] Harper McMahon Sestak Gohmert Markey (MA) Ryan (OH) Hastings (FL) McMorris Shadegg Gonzalez Marshall Ryan (WI) YEAS—416 Hastings (WA) Rodgers Shea-Porter Goodlatte Massa Salazar Abercrombie Boehner Carnahan Heinrich McNerney Sherman Gordon (TN) Matheson Sanchez, Loretta Ackerman Bono Mack Carney Heller Meek (FL) Shimkus Granger Matsui Sarbanes Aderholt Boozman Carson (IN) Hensarling Meeks (NY) Shuler Graves McCarthy (CA) Scalise Adler (NJ) Boren Carter Herger Melancon Shuster Grayson McCarthy (NY) Schakowsky Akin Boswell Cassidy Herseth Sandlin Mica Simpson Green, Al McCaul Schauer Altmire Boucher Castle Higgins Michaud Sires Green, Gene McClintock Schiff Andrews Boustany Castor (FL) Hill Miller (FL) Skelton Griffith McCollum Schmidt Arcuri Boyd Chaffetz Himes Miller (MI) Slaughter Grijalva McCotter Schock Austria Brady (PA) Chandler Hinchey Miller (NC) Smith (NE) Guthrie McDermott Schrader Baca Brady (TX) Childers Hinojosa Miller, Gary Smith (NJ) Gutierrez McGovern Schwartz Bachmann Braley (IA) Clarke Hirono Miller, George Smith (TX) Hall (NY) McHenry Scott (GA) Bachus Bright Clay Hodes Minnick Smith (WA) Hall (TX) McHugh Scott (VA) Baird Broun (GA) Cleaver Hoekstra Mitchell Snyder Halvorson McIntyre Sensenbrenner Barrett (SC) Brown (SC) Clyburn Holden Mollohan Souder Hare McKeon Serrano Barrow Brown, Corrine Coble Holt Moore (KS) Space Harman McMahon Sessions Bartlett Brown-Waite, Coffman (CO) Honda Moore (WI) Speier Harper McMorris Sestak Barton (TX) Ginny Cohen Hunter Moran (KS) Spratt Hastings (FL) Rodgers Shadegg Bean Buchanan Cole Inglis Moran (VA) Stark Hastings (WA) McNerney Shea-Porter Becerra Burgess Conaway Inslee Murphy (CT) Stearns Heinrich Meek (FL) Sherman Berman Burton (IN) Conyers Israel Murphy (NY) Stupak Heller Meeks (NY) Shimkus Berry Butterfield Cooper Issa Murphy, Patrick Sutton Hensarling Melancon Shuler Biggert Buyer Costa Jackson (IL) Murphy, Tim Tanner Herger Mica Shuster Bilbray Calvert Courtney Jackson-Lee Murtha Tauscher Herseth Sandlin Michaud Simpson Bilirakis Camp Crenshaw (TX) Myrick Taylor Higgins Miller (FL) Sires Bishop (GA) Campbell Crowley Jenkins Nadler (NY) Teague Hill Miller (MI) Skelton Bishop (NY) Cantor Cuellar Johnson (GA) Napolitano Terry Himes Miller (NC) Slaughter Bishop (UT) Cao Culberson Johnson (IL) Neal (MA) Thompson (CA) Hinchey Miller, Gary Smith (NE) Blackburn Capito Cummings Johnson, E. B. Neugebauer Thompson (MS) Hinojosa Miller, George Smith (NJ) Blumenauer Capps Dahlkemper Johnson, Sam Nunes Thompson (PA) Hirono Minnick Smith (TX) Blunt Capuano Davis (AL) Jones Nye Thornberry Hodes Mitchell Smith (WA) Boccieri Cardoza Davis (CA) Jordan (OH) Oberstar Tiahrt

VerDate Nov 24 2008 10:36 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16JN7.010 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE June 16, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6847 Tiberi Walden Wexler Whereas in a memorandum to CIA employ- tral Intelligence Agency officials about the Tierney Walz Whitfield ees released publicly on May 15, 2009, Leon agency’s use of enhanced interrogation tech- Titus Wamp Wilson (SC) Panetta, the CIA Director, stated, ‘‘It is not niques on suspected terrorists; Tonko Wasserman Wittman Whereas in an MSNBC interview on Feb- Towns Schultz our policy or practice to mislead Congress. Wolf That is against our laws and our values. As ruary 25, 2009, Speaker Pelosi stated, ‘‘I can Tsongas Watson Woolsey the Agency indicated previously in response say flat-out, they never told us that these Turner Watt Wu enhanced interrogation techniques were Upton Waxman Yarmuth to Congressional inquiries, our contempora- Van Hollen Weiner Young (AK) neous records from September 2002 indicate being used’’; Vela´ zquez Welch that CIA officers briefed truthfully on the in- Whereas, Speaker Pelosi’s public state- Visclosky Westmoreland terrogation of Abu Zubaydah, describing the ments allege a sustained pattern of decep- NOT VOTING—17 enhanced interrogation techniques that had tion by government intelligence officers charged by law with informing Congress Alexander Hoyer Sa´ nchez, Linda been employed’’; Baldwin Kennedy T. Whereas when asked in a press conference about the agency’s activities; Berkley Larson (CT) Sullivan held June 4, 2009, ‘‘Madam Speaker, are you Whereas when asked at a press conference Bonner Lewis (GA) Waters still receiving intelligence briefings?’’ on May 15, 2009 widely reported by the news Connolly (VA) Obey Wilson (OH) Speaker Pelosi responded by saying, ‘‘Yes, I media, ‘‘Madame Speaker, just to be clear, Costello Roe (TN) Young (FL) am; yes, I am.’’; you’re accusing the CIA of lying to you in b 1355 Whereas a June 5, 2009 article on Human September?’’ Speaker Pelosi stated, ‘‘Yes’’; Events.com entitled, ‘‘Pelosi Still Receives Whereas during the same press conference ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE CIA Briefings, But Won’t Say If They’re the Speaker subsequently stated, ‘‘So yes, The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Truthful’’ stated, ‘‘She refused to answer I’m saying they are misleading, the CIA was the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- when asked whether or not she believes in- misleading the Congress’’ and further, ‘‘they ing in this vote. telligence professionals are still lying to mislead us all the time’’ and ‘‘they misrepre- sented every step of the way’’; So (two-thirds being in the affirma- her.’’; Whereas national and international media Whereas in a memorandum to CIA employ- tive) the rules were suspended and the reports on this controversy have damaged ees released publicly on May 15, 2009, Leon bill, as amended, was passed. the reputation of the House by raising ques- Panetta, the CIA Director, stated, ‘‘It is not The result of the vote was announced tions about whether the effectiveness of con- our policy or practice to mislead Congress. as above recorded. gressional oversight may have been under- That is against our laws and our values. As The title of the bill was amended so mined through false or misleading state- the Agency indicated previously in response as to read: ‘‘A bill to promote the safe ments by intelligence officials; and to Congressional inquiries, our contempora- use of the Internet by students, and for Whereas in order to safeguard the reputa- neous records from September 2002 indicate that CIA officers briefed truthfully on the in- other purposes.’’. tion of the House it is imperative to rec- oncile as soon as possible the aforemen- terrogation of Abu Zubaydah, describing the A motion to reconsider was laid on tioned contradictory statements by Speaker enhanced interrogation techniques that had the table. Pelosi and CIA Director Panetta: Now, there- been employed’’; f fore, be it Whereas when asked in a press conference Resolved, That— held June 4, 2009, ‘‘Madame Speaker, are you RAISING A QUESTION OF THE (1) a Select Subcommittee of the Perma- still receiving intelligence briefings?’’ PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE nent Select Committee on Intelligence shall Speaker Pelosi responded by saying, ‘‘Yes, I Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, be established to review and verify the accu- am; yes, I am.’’; Whereas a June 5, 2009 arti- pursuant to clause 2(a)(1) of rule IX, I racy of the Speaker’s aforementioned public cle on. Human Events.com entitled, ‘‘Pelosi Still Receives CIA. Briefings, But Won’t Say hereby notify the House of my inten- statements; (2) the Select Subcommittee shall be com- If They’re Truthful’’ stated, ‘‘She refused to tion to offer a resolution as a question prised of four members of the full com- answer when asked whether or not she be- of the privileges of the House. The form mittee, two appointed by the chairman of lieves intelligence professionals are still of the resolution is as follows: the committee and two by its ranking mi- lying to her.’’; Whereas national and international media H. RES. — nority member; (3) The subcommittee shall have the same reports on this controversy have damaged Whereas the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, a powers to obtain testimony and documents the reputation of the House by raising ques- Representative from California, served from pursuant to subpoena authorized under tions about whether the effectiveness of con- 1997 to 2002 as Ranking Democratic Member clause 2(m) of Rule XI of the Rules of the gressional oversight may have been under- of the House Permanent Select Committee House; and, mined through false or misleading state- on Intelligence; (4) the Select Subcommittee report its ments by intelligence officials; and Whereas Representative Pelosi currently findings and recommendations to the House Whereas in order to safeguard the reputa- serves as Speaker of the House, a position of not later than sixty calendar days after tion of the House it is imperative to rec- considerable power and influence within the adoption of this resolution. oncile as soon as possible the aforemen- Congress; tioned contradictory statements by Speaker Whereas title 3 of the United States Code b 1400 Pelosi and CIA Director Panetta: Now, there- designates the Speaker of the House as third Mr. Speaker, that is the resolution. fore, be it in line of succession to the Presidency; The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Resolved, That— Whereas Speaker Pelosi has publicly chal- (1) a Select Subcommittee of the Perma- lenged the truthfulness of what she and Chair designates now as the time that nent Select Committee on Intelligence shall other congressional leaders were told by Cen- the gentleman may offer his resolu- be established to review and verify the accu- tral Intelligence Agency officials about the tion. racy of the Speaker’s aforementioned public agency’s use of enhanced interrogation tech- Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I statements; niques on suspected terrorists; therefore offer the resolution. I assume (2) the Select Subcommittee shall be com- Whereas in an MSNBC interview on Feb- it has to be read, Mr. Speaker. prised of four members of the full com- ruary 25, 2009, Speaker Pelosi stated, ‘‘I can The SPEAKER pro tempore. The mittee, two appointed by the chairman of say flat-out, they never told us that these Clerk will report the resolution. the committee and two by its ranking mi- enhanced interrogation techniques were nority member; being used’’; The Clerk read as follows: (3) The subcommittee shall have the same Whereas, Speaker Pelosi’s public state- H. RES. — powers to obtain testimony and documents ments allege a sustained pattern of decep- Whereas the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, a pursuant to subpoena authorized under tion by government intelligence officers Representative from California, served from clause 2(m) of Rule XI of the Rules of the charged by law with informing Congress 1997 to 2002 as Ranking Democratic Member House; and, about the agency’s activities; of the House Permanent Select Committee (4) the Select Subcommittee report its Whereas when asked at a press conference on Intelligence; findings and recommendations to the House on May 15, 2009 widely reported by the news Whereas Representative Pelosi currently not later than sixty calendar days after media, ‘‘Madam Speaker, just to be clear, serves as Speaker of the House, a position of adoption of this resolution. you’re accusing the CIA of lying to you in considerable power and influence within the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the September?’’ Speaker Pelosi stated, ‘‘Yes’’; Congress; gentleman from Utah wish to present Whereas during the same press conference Whereas title 3 of the United States Code argument on why the resolution is the Speaker subsequently stated, ‘‘So yes, designates the Speaker of the House as third I’m saying they are misleading, the CIA was in line of succession to the Presidency; privileged for immediate consider- misleading the Congress’’ and further, ‘‘they Whereas Speaker Pelosi has publicly chal- ation? mislead us all the time’’ and ‘‘they misrepre- lenged the truthfulness of what she and Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Yes, I do. sented every step of the way’’; other congressional leaders were told by Cen- Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The reason an evaluation of the oversight regime Grijalva McCarthy (NY) Schakowsky that this is before here is still that that formed the context for those com- Hall (NY) McCollum Schauer there is no cloture on this particular munications as well. In reviewing and Halvorson McDermott Schiff Hare McGovern Schrader issue. verifying the accuracy of ‘‘the afore- Harman McIntyre Schwartz In ‘‘A Man for All Seasons,’’ Sir mentioned public statements,’’ the se- Hastings (FL) McMahon Scott (GA) Thomas More may have used silence as lect subcommittee would be assessing Heinrich McNerney Scott (VA) his legal argument that silence denotes Herseth Sandlin Meek (FL) Serrano not only the probity of the Speaker’s Higgins Meeks (NY) Sestak consent; but in a political setting as we actions but also the probity of the ac- Hill Melancon Shea-Porter are here, silence is not a solution. In an tions of executive branch officials. Himes Michaud Sherman era in which perception is the same On these premises, the Chair finds Hinchey Miller (NC) Shuler thing as reality, silence does not solve Hinojosa Miller, George Sires that the instant resolution is not ma- Hirono Minnick Skelton the problem, and indeed, harms are terially different from House Resolu- Hodes Mitchell Slaughter still there. tion 470, which was held on May 21, Holden Mollohan Smith (WA) If an agency of government inten- Holt Moore (KS) Snyder 2009, not to present a question of privi- tionally misleads Congress—and the Honda Moran (VA) Space lege. The Chair therefore holds that Hoyer Murphy (CT) Speier CIA has denied they did that. If they the resolution is not privileged under Inslee Murphy (NY) Spratt intentionally mislead Congress or a rule IX. Instead, as was the case with Israel Murphy, Patrick Stark Member, an important or a significant Jackson (IL) Murtha Stupak House Resolution 470, the instant reso- Member of Congress, it creates a prob- Jackson-Lee Nadler (NY) Sutton lution may be submitted through the (TX) Napolitano Tanner lem for the integrity of the House as a hopper. Johnson (GA) Neal (MA) Tauscher whole. Johnson, E. B. Nye Taylor If the data we are to receive is in The gentleman from Utah is recog- Jones Oberstar Teague question, then the solutions and the ar- nized. Kagen Obey Thompson (CA) Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I Kanjorski Olver Thompson (MS) guments we derive are equally in ques- Kaptur Ortiz Tierney tion, and that becomes an untenable appeal the ruling of the Chair. Kildee Pallone Titus decision. All of our decisions, there- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Kilpatrick (MI) Pascrell Tonko fore, become suspect. There is only one question is, Shall the decision of the Kilroy Pastor (AZ) Towns Chair stand as the judgment of the Kind Paul Tsongas solution to this, and it is the same so- Kirkpatrick (AZ) Payne Van Hollen lution that we have said before: House? Kissell Perlmutter Vela´ zquez If we don’t want this issue to simply MOTION TO TABLE Klein (FL) Perriello Visclosky be subject to political maneuverings, Kosmas Peters Walz Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Kratovil Peterson Wasserman establish a bipartisan committee—two Speaker, I move to table the appeal of Kucinich Pingree (ME) Schultz Republicans, two Democrats. Make the ruling of the Chair. Langevin Polis (CO) Waters that committee a subset of the Perma- Larsen (WA) Pomeroy Watson The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Lee (CA) Price (NC) Watt nent Select Committee on Intelligence, question is on the motion to table. Levin Quigley Waxman so they understand the verbiage, so The question was taken; and the Lipinski Rahall Weiner they understand the questions, so they Speaker pro tempore announced that Loebsack Rangel Welch don’t have to have a lot of time to be Lofgren, Zoe Reyes Wexler the ayes appeared to have it. Lowey Richardson Woolsey brought up to speed. Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, on Luja´ n Rodriguez Wu If you have that kind of committee, that I demand the yeas and nays. Lynch Ross Yarmuth their report will, by the very nature of The yeas and nays were ordered. the makeup of that committee, not be NAYS—171 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- subject to political spin, and we may be Aderholt Conaway Jenkins ant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15- able to move on. That’s the important Akin Crenshaw Johnson (IL) minute vote on the motion to table part. It is the integrity of the House Austria Culberson Johnson, Sam will be followed by 5-minute votes on Bachmann Davis (KY) Jordan (OH) that is in question here, and that needs motions to suspend with respect to Bachus Deal (GA) King (IA) to be answered so decisions of this Barrett (SC) Dent King (NY) H.R. 2247 and H.R. 403. House will be considered without any Bartlett Diaz-Balart, L. Kingston The vote was taken by electronic de- Barton (TX) Diaz-Balart, M. Kirk other kind of question or implication. vice, and there were—yeas 247, nays Biggert Dreier Kline (MN) Now, as we are starting the appro- Bilbray Duncan Lamborn priations process, it becomes an ideal 171, not voting 15, as follows: Bilirakis Ehlers Lance time in which any kind of solution we [Roll No. 342] Bishop (UT) Emerson Latham Blackburn Fallin LaTourette may wish to impose on this particular YEAS—247 Boehner Flake Latta situation should be before the House Abercrombie Brown, Corrine Davis (CA) Bono Mack Fleming Lee (NY) and should be done. Ackerman Butterfield Davis (IL) Boozman Forbes Lewis (CA) Mr. Speaker, I do this as a former Adler (NJ) Capps Davis (TN) Boustany Fortenberry Linder Altmire Capuano DeFazio Brady (TX) Foxx LoBiondo speaker in Utah where several times Andrews Cardoza DeGette Broun (GA) Franks (AZ) Lucas you had to stand up to defend the in- Arcuri Carnahan Delahunt Brown (SC) Frelinghuysen Luetkemeyer tegrity of the institution. This is about Baca Carney DeLauro Brown-Waite, Gallegly Lummis Baird Carson (IN) Dicks Ginny Garrett (NJ) Lungren, Daniel the integrity of the institution, to Baldwin Castor (FL) Dingell Buchanan Gerlach E. make sure we were not intentionally Barrow Chandler Doggett Burgess Gingrey (GA) Mack misled by an agency of government. Bean Childers Donnelly (IN) Burton (IN) Gohmert Manzullo I yield back. Becerra Clarke Doyle Buyer Goodlatte Marchant Berman Clay Driehaus Calvert Granger McCarthy (CA) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Berry Cleaver Edwards (MD) Camp Graves McCaul Chair is prepared to rule. Bishop (GA) Clyburn Edwards (TX) Campbell Guthrie McClintock The resolution proposes to direct a Bishop (NY) Cohen Ellison Cantor Hall (TX) McCotter select subcommittee of the Permanent Blumenauer Conyers Ellsworth Cao Harper McHenry Boccieri Cooper Engel Capito Hastings (WA) McHugh Select Committee on Intelligence ‘‘to Boren Costa Eshoo Carter Heller McKeon review and verify the accuracy of’’ cer- Boswell Courtney Etheridge Cassidy Hensarling McMorris tain public statements of the Speaker Boucher Crowley Farr Castle Herger Rodgers concerning communications to the Boyd Cuellar Fattah Chaffetz Hoekstra Mica Brady (PA) Cummings Filner Coble Hunter Miller (FL) Congress from an element of the execu- Braley (IA) Dahlkemper Foster Coffman (CO) Inglis Miller (MI) tive branch. Bright Davis (AL) Frank (MA) Cole Issa Miller, Gary

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Petri Ryan (WI) Tiberi Fallin Lewis (CA) Rehberg Berkley King (IA) Sarbanes Pitts Scalise Turner Farr Linder Reichert Bonner Larson (CT) Sullivan Platts Schmidt Upton Fattah Lipinski Reyes Broun (GA) Lewis (GA) Wilson (OH) Poe (TX) Schock Walden Filner LoBiondo Richardson Connolly (VA) McCarthy (NY) Young (FL) Posey Sensenbrenner Wamp Flake Loebsack Rodriguez Costello Rangel Price (GA) Sessions Westmoreland Fleming Lofgren, Zoe Roe (TN) Putnam Shadegg Whitfield Forbes Lowey Rogers (AL) ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Radanovich Shimkus Wilson (SC) Fortenberry Lucas Rogers (KY) The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Rehberg Shuster Wittman Foster Luetkemeyer Rogers (MI) the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- Reichert Simpson Wolf Foxx Luja´ n Rohrabacher Roe (TN) Smith (NE) Young (AK) Frank (MA) Lummis Rooney ing in this vote. NOT VOTING—15 Franks (AZ) Lungren, Daniel Ros-Lehtinen Frelinghuysen E. Roskam b 1433 Alexander Gutierrez Sa´ nchez, Linda Fudge Lynch Ross So (two-thirds being in the affirma- Berkley Kennedy T. Gallegly Mack Rothman (NJ) Blunt Larson (CT) Sullivan Garrett (NJ) Maffei Roybal-Allard tive) the rules were suspended and the Bonner Lewis (GA) Wilson (OH) Gerlach Maloney Royce bill, as amended, was passed. Connolly (VA) Moore (WI) Young (FL) Giffords Manzullo Ruppersberger The result of the vote was announced Costello Gingrey (GA) Marchant Rush as above recorded. Gohmert Markey (CO) Ryan (OH) b 1427 Gonzalez Markey (MA) Ryan (WI) A motion to reconsider was laid on So the motion to table was agreed to. Goodlatte Marshall Salazar the table. Gordon (TN) Massa Sanchez, Loretta The result of the vote was announced Granger Matheson Scalise f as above recorded. Graves Matsui Schakowsky Grayson McCarthy (CA) Schauer HOMES FOR HEROES ACT OF 2009 f Green, Al McCaul Schiff The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Green, Gene McClintock Schmidt CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT Griffith McCollum Schock finished business is the question on IMPROVEMENT ACT Grijalva McCotter Schrader suspending the rules and passing the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Guthrie McDermott Schwartz bill, H.R. 403. Gutierrez McGovern Scott (GA) The Clerk read the title of the bill. finished business is the vote on the mo- Hall (NY) McHenry Scott (VA) tion to suspend the rules and pass the Hall (TX) McHugh Sensenbrenner The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill, H.R. 2247, as amended, on which Halvorson McIntyre Serrano question is on the motion offered by Hare McKeon Sessions the gentleman from Texas (Mr. AL the yeas and nays were ordered. Harman McMahon Sestak GREEN) that the House suspend the The Clerk read the title of the bill. Harper McMorris Shadegg The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Hastings (FL) Rodgers Shea-Porter rules and pass the bill, H.R. 403. question is on the motion offered by Hastings (WA) McNerney Sherman The question was taken. Heinrich Meek (FL) Shimkus The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Heller Meeks (NY) Shuler COHEN) that the House suspend the Hensarling Melancon Shuster opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being rules and pass the bill, H.R. 2247, as Herger Mica Simpson in the affirmative, the ayes have it. Herseth Sandlin Michaud Sires RECORDED VOTE amended. Higgins Miller (FL) Skelton This will be a 5-minute vote. Hill Miller (MI) Slaughter Mr. WEINER. Mr. Speaker, I demand The vote was taken by electronic de- Himes Miller (NC) Smith (NE) a recorded vote. vice, and there were—yeas 414, nays 0, Hinchey Miller, Gary Smith (NJ) A recorded vote was ordered. Hinojosa Miller, George Smith (TX) not voting 19, as follows: Hirono Minnick Smith (WA) The SPEAKER pro tempore. This [Roll No. 343] Hodes Mitchell Snyder will be a 5-minute vote. Hoekstra Mollohan Souder YEAS—414 The vote was taken by electronic de- Holden Moore (KS) Space vice, and there were—ayes 417, noes 2, Abercrombie Boustany Clyburn Holt Moore (WI) Speier Ackerman Boyd Coble Honda Moran (KS) Spratt not voting 14, as follows: Aderholt Brady (PA) Coffman (CO) Hoyer Moran (VA) Stark [Roll No. 344] Adler (NJ) Brady (TX) Cohen Hunter Murphy (CT) Stearns Akin Braley (IA) Cole Inglis Murphy (NY) Stupak AYES—417 Altmire Bright Conaway Inslee Murphy, Patrick Sutton Abercrombie Boehner Carney Andrews Brown (SC) Conyers Israel Murphy, Tim Tanner Ackerman Bono Mack Carson (IN) Arcuri Brown, Corrine Cooper Issa Murtha Tauscher Aderholt Boozman Carter Austria Brown-Waite, Costa Jackson (IL) Myrick Taylor Adler (NJ) Boren Cassidy Baca Ginny Courtney Jackson-Lee Nadler (NY) Teague Akin Boswell Castle Bachmann Buchanan Crenshaw (TX) Napolitano Terry Altmire Boucher Castor (FL) Bachus Burgess Crowley Jenkins Neal (MA) Thompson (CA) Andrews Boustany Chaffetz Baird Burton (IN) Cuellar Johnson (GA) Neugebauer Thompson (MS) Arcuri Boyd Chandler Baldwin Butterfield Culberson Johnson (IL) Nunes Thompson (PA) Austria Brady (PA) Childers Barrett (SC) Buyer Cummings Johnson, E. B. Nye Thornberry Baca Brady (TX) Clarke Barrow Calvert Dahlkemper Johnson, Sam Oberstar Tiahrt Bachmann Braley (IA) Clay Bartlett Camp Davis (AL) Jones Obey Tiberi Bachus Bright Cleaver Bean Campbell Davis (CA) Jordan (OH) Olson Tierney Baird Broun (GA) Clyburn Becerra Cantor Davis (IL) Kagen Olver Titus Baldwin Brown (SC) Coble Berman Cao Davis (KY) Kanjorski Ortiz Tonko Barrett (SC) Brown, Corrine Coffman (CO) Berry Capito Davis (TN) Kaptur Pallone Towns Barrow Brown-Waite, Cohen Biggert Capps Deal (GA) Kildee Pascrell Tsongas Bartlett Ginny Cole Bilbray Capuano DeFazio Kilpatrick (MI) Pastor (AZ) Turner Barton (TX) Buchanan Conaway Bilirakis Cardoza DeGette Kilroy Paul Upton Bean Burgess Conyers Bishop (GA) Carnahan Delahunt Kind Paulsen Van Hollen Becerra Burton (IN) Cooper Bishop (NY) Carney DeLauro King (NY) Payne Vela´ zquez Berman Butterfield Costa Bishop (UT) Carson (IN) Dent Kingston Pence Visclosky Berry Buyer Courtney Blackburn Carter Diaz-Balart, L. Kirk Perlmutter Walden Biggert Calvert Crenshaw Blumenauer Cassidy Dicks Kirkpatrick (AZ) Perriello Walz Bilbray Camp Crowley Blunt Castle Dingell Kissell Peters Wamp Bilirakis Campbell Cuellar Boccieri Castor (FL) Doggett Klein (FL) Peterson Wasserman Bishop (GA) Cantor Culberson Boehner Chaffetz Donnelly (IN) Kline (MN) Petri Schultz Bishop (NY) Cao Cummings Bono Mack Chandler Doyle Kosmas Pingree (ME) Waters Bishop (UT) Capito Dahlkemper Boozman Childers Dreier Kratovil Pitts Watson Blackburn Capps Davis (AL) Boren Clarke Driehaus Kucinich Platts Watt Blumenauer Capuano Davis (CA) Boswell Clay Duncan Lamborn Poe (TX) Waxman Blunt Cardoza Davis (IL) Boucher Cleaver Edwards (MD) Lance Polis (CO) Weiner Boccieri Carnahan Davis (KY)

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:05 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16JN7.018 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE H6850 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 16, 2009 Davis (TN) Kildee Ortiz Tonko Wamp Wexler There was no objection. Deal (GA) Kilpatrick (MI) Pallone Towns Wasserman Whitfield Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Speaker, I yield DeFazio Kilroy Pascrell Tsongas Schultz Wilson (SC) DeGette Kind Pastor (AZ) Turner Waters Wittman myself such time as I may consume. Delahunt King (IA) Paulsen Upton Watson Wolf H. Res. 545 provides for consideration DeLauro King (NY) Payne Van Hollen Watt Woolsey of the supplemental conference report, Dent Kingston Pence Vela´ zquez Waxman Wu legislation that supports our military Diaz-Balart, L. Kirk Perlmutter Visclosky Weiner Yarmuth Walden Welch Diaz-Balart, M. Kirkpatrick (AZ) Perriello Young (AK) in the field in both Iraq and Afghani- Dicks Kissell Peters Walz Westmoreland stan. This spending plan provides our Dingell Klein (FL) Petri NOES—2 Doggett Kline (MN) Pingree (ME) troops with everything they will need Donnelly (IN) Kosmas Pitts Flake during the remainder of this fiscal Doyle Kratovil Platts Paul year, and the President has said this Dreier Kucinich Poe (TX) will be the last supplemental spending Driehaus Lamborn Polis (CO) NOT VOTING—14 Duncan Lance Pomeroy Alexander Green, Gene Sa´ nchez, Linda request he will send to Congress. I hope Edwards (MD) Langevin Posey Berkley Kennedy T. this will be the case. Edwards (TX) Larsen (WA) Price (GA) Bonner Larson (CT) Sullivan I, along with a majority of my col- Ehlers Latham Price (NC) Connolly (VA) Lewis (GA) Wilson (OH) leagues, share the President’s goal of Ellison LaTourette Putnam Costello Peterson Young (FL) Ellsworth Latta Quigley winding down the war in Iraq and leav- Emerson Lee (CA) Radanovich ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE ing behind an Iraq run by Iraqis. This Engel Lee (NY) Rahall The SPEAKER pro tempore (during conference report takes a step towards Eshoo Levin Rangel the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- Etheridge Lewis (CA) Rehberg that goal by providing for the training Fallin Linder Reichert ing in this vote. of security forces, economic develop- Farr Lipinski Reyes b 1440 ment, and diplomatic operations. Fattah LoBiondo Richardson We are also looking to secure Af- Filner Loebsack Rodriguez So (two-thirds being in the affirma- ghanistan, and this conference report Fleming Lofgren, Zoe Roe (TN) tive) the rules were suspended and the Forbes Lowey Rogers (AL) bill was passed. provides for training of Afghan secu- Fortenberry Lucas Rogers (KY) The result of the vote was announced rity forces and counterinsurgency Foster Luetkemeyer Rogers (MI) measures in bordering Pakistan. Foxx Luja´ n Rohrabacher as above recorded. Frank (MA) Lummis Rooney A motion to reconsider was laid on Although there are no deadlines or Franks (AZ) Lungren, Daniel Ros-Lehtinen timelines in this conference report, I Frelinghuysen E. Roskam the table. Stated for: think we share in the desire to have Fudge Lynch Ross troops wrap up their missions abroad Gallegly Mack Rothman (NJ) Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Garrett (NJ) Maffei Roybal-Allard on rollcall No. 344, had I been present, I and return home to their families. It’s Gerlach Maloney Royce would have votd ‘‘aye.’’ my hope that we will see the beginning Giffords Manzullo Ruppersberger of that troop drawdown this year. Gingrey (GA) Marchant Rush f Gohmert Markey (CO) Ryan (OH) This report also provides for a few Gonzalez Markey (MA) Ryan (WI) PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION key domestic economic priorities like Goodlatte Marshall Salazar OF CONFERENCE REPORT ON the Cash For Clunkers program, which Gordon (TN) Massa Sanchez, Loretta H.R. 2346, SUPPLEMENTAL AP- will allow Americans to trade in old ve- Granger Matheson Sarbanes Graves Matsui Scalise PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 hicles for new ones with higher fuel ef- Grayson McCarthy (CA) Schakowsky Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Speaker, by direc- ficiency. Green, Al McCarthy (NY) Schauer This conference report also includes Griffith McCaul Schiff tion of the Committee on Rules, I call Grijalva McClintock Schmidt up House Resolution 545 and ask for its $1.5 billion for response to the swine flu Guthrie McCollum Schock immediate consideration. pandemic to help State and local gov- Gutierrez McCotter Schrader The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- ernments but also to fund global ef- Hall (NY) McDermott Schwartz Hall (TX) McGovern Scott (GA) lows: forts to track, contain, and slow down Halvorson McHenry Scott (VA) H. RES. 545 the spread of this flu. Hare McHugh Sensenbrenner Resolved, That upon adoption of this reso- Although it is not perfect legislation, Harman McIntyre Serrano it provides some essential funding, and Harper McKeon Sessions lution it shall be in order to consider the Hastings (FL) McMahon Sestak conference report to accompany the bill I will support it and urge my col- Hastings (WA) McMorris Shadegg (H.R. 2346) making supplemental appropria- leagues to do the same. Heinrich Rodgers Shea-Porter tions for the fiscal year ending September 30, Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Heller McNerney Sherman 2009, and for other purposes. All points of my time. Hensarling Meek (FL) Shimkus order against the conference report and Herger Meeks (NY) Shuler Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield against its consideration are waived. The Herseth Sandlin Melancon Shuster myself such time as I may consume. Higgins Mica Simpson conference report shall be considered as Hill Michaud Sires read. (Mr. DREIER asked and was given Himes Miller (FL) Skelton SEC. 2. The Chair may postpone further permission to revise and extend his re- Hinchey Miller (MI) Slaughter consideration of the conference report to marks.) Hinojosa Miller (NC) Smith (NE) such time as may be designated by the Mr. DREIER. Let me begin by thank- Hirono Miller, Gary Smith (NJ) Speaker. Hodes Miller, George Smith (TX) ing my friend from Utica for yielding Hoekstra Minnick Smith (WA) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- me the customary 30 minutes. Holden Mitchell Snyder tleman from New York is recognized I have to say that it’s with extreme Holt Mollohan Souder for 1 hour. Honda Moore (KS) Space disappointment and sadness that I rise Hoyer Moore (WI) Speier Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Speaker, for pur- in opposition to this rule, having been Hunter Moran (KS) Spratt poses of debate only, I yield the cus- very supportive of it when we had it Inglis Moran (VA) Stark tomary 30 minutes to the gentleman Inslee Murphy (CT) Stearns just, it seemed, a few weeks ago. Israel Murphy (NY) Stupak from California (Mr. DREIER). All time The underlying measure of the sup- Issa Murphy, Patrick Sutton yielded during consideration of the rule plemental appropriations bill that’s Jackson (IL) Murphy, Tim Tanner is for debate only. supposed to fund our troops began aus- Jackson-Lee Murtha Tauscher (TX) Myrick Taylor GENERAL LEAVE piciously as a wonderfully bipartisan Jenkins Nadler (NY) Teague Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Speaker, I ask effort. In fact, when the House first Johnson (GA) Napolitano Terry unanimous consent that all Members considered the funding measure last Johnson (IL) Neal (MA) Thompson (CA) Johnson, E. B. Neugebauer Thompson (MS) be given 5 legislative days in which to month, Republicans were very proud to Johnson, Sam Nunes Thompson (PA) revise and extend their remarks on have what was our first opportunity, Jones Nye Thornberry House Resolution 545. Mr. Speaker, our first opportunity of Jordan (OH) Oberstar Tiahrt The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there this 111th Congress to consider a major Kagen Obey Tiberi Kanjorski Olson Tierney objection to the request of the gen- bill that had been developed in a bipar- Kaptur Olver Titus tleman from New York? tisan way.

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For those of us who to the issue of funding our troops, even ership on the other side of the aisle naively thought that the funding of our the Democratic leadership that had found itself in a dilemma. They had troops was the one issue that could not thwarted efforts to follow the Obama lost Republican support with their par- be politicized, this is a very, very so- directive for bipartisanship, we had tisanship, their controversial programs bering moment. Clearly the Demo- concluded that they weren’t about to and their cuts for troop funding. So cratic leadership cannot help them- politicize the process of funding our what could they do? How could they selves. Even when bipartisanship would troops. While the bill that we consid- win the votes necessary to pass this be the easy choice, they were com- ered last month was not perfect, it did conference report? pelled to move in the exact opposite di- accomplish the key issue at hand, ade- The obvious solution would have rection. quately providing for the protection been to return to bipartisanship. It’s So, Mr. Speaker, I urge my col- and welfare of our troops. And as I what the President of the United leagues to reject this rule, demand a said, we were very proud to do it in a States has called for; it’s what the clean troop funding bill, one that fully bipartisan way, something the Presi- American people want; and it’s what I provides the resources they need, one dent wants, something that the Amer- believe a majority of Democrats and that is stripped of all extraneous con- ican people want, and frankly, it’s Republicans in this House would like. troversial non-emergency funding and something that I believe a majority of But instead, the Democratic leadership one that includes full protections for Democrats and Republicans in this chose to push the contents of this bill American communities as well as our House want. But unfortunately the as far to the left as they possibly could troops in the field. Democratic leadership does not seem in the hopes of picking up support from With that, I reserve the balance of to have that same goal. the fringes of their own party. Having my time. left the middle ground, the fringe was Now the Democratic leadership is, Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Speaker, I would unfortunately, back to what has very the only place left to go. So how did they appeal to the very, just like to point out that this bill does unfortunately been determined to be provide for the troops; and it provides business as usual, which is concerning very extreme left? First they watered down language related to moving ter- very well for our troops because that is a measure which should have been as the most important thing that we, as depoliticized as possible, considering it rorists to U.S. soil from Guantanamo Bay. Well, Republicans have supported Members of Congress, can do. It pro- in an extraordinarily partisan way. vides $1.9 billion more than requested The conference report before us actu- much stronger language to ensure that for MRAPs and $2.5 billion above the ally cuts troop funding in order to pay no terrorists are ever moved to or set President’s request for U.S. troops. for billions of dollars of additional non- free on American soil. The original lan- troop non-emergency spending. This in- guage would have at least required con- Those are the kinds of things that we cludes $5 billion for the International sultation with Congress and slowed need to do as a Congress to make sure Monetary Fund in order to provide ad- down the process until we could act de- that our troops are provided for. ditional global bailouts. Now any coun- finitively to ensure the protection of Mr. Speaker, with that, I would like try, Mr. Speaker, can apply for this our communities. But inexplicably, as to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman money. So there’s nothing to ensure Democrats, Republicans and Independ- from Ohio (Mr. KUCINICH). that United States taxpayer dollars ents across the country have voiced Mr. KUCINICH. I have a question to don’t go to countries like Iran or Ven- their outrage over the prospect of hav- my friends, and that is: How do we sup- ezuela. The question of whether to pro- ing terrorists potentially released on port the troops by keeping them in a vide this new IMF funding is a con- American soil, today’s conference re- war that’s based on lies? How do we troversial one; and it may end up being port further weakens the already weak- support the troops by keeping them in a right decision; but it’s one that ened language. It leaves our neighbor- another war which keeps expanding should be fully debated, not air- hoods even more vulnerable to the and they’re getting shot at from all dropped into a conference report. movement of Gitmo terrorists. Fur- sides? How do we support the troops by Again, whatever the outcome of that thermore, the Democratic leadership festering a war on the Afghan border debate on IMF funding, it is clearly removed protections to ensure that in- with Pakistan and putting them in something that should not be consid- formation that could put our troops in even more peril because they don’t ered as emergency funding. It should be danger would not be released. Many on have the support? part of the regular appropriations proc- the far left opposed these protections, How do we support the troops? We ess, which we’re in the midst of right so the Democratic leadership bartered support them by bringing them home. now, where tough decisions are made, for their support of this bill by strip- That’s what we should be appropriating priorities are set, and a proposal to ping them out completely. Without money for, not to keep them there. Be- send $5 billion to the International those protections in place, our troops yond that, isn’t it interesting—we’ve Monetary Fund can be weighed against in the field will be subject to even got another $80 billion here for war, other priorities that Members of this greater harm. This was the price the but we don’t have money to keep peo- House may have, like transportation Democratic leadership paid in order to ple in their homes because there are funding or some other issue that it negotiate with the far left rather than still 13 million Americans who are los- may be determined through the delib- return to the bipartisanship and com- ing their homes; we don’t have money erative process is a higher priority. mon sense that had guided earlier de- for the 50 million Americans who don’t Mr. Speaker, our military is on the bates on this funding bill. have any health care; we don’t have verge of running out of money. We all To see just how far out of the main- money to save jobs; we don’t have know that. That, frankly, is why we’re stream this approach is, Mr. Speaker, money to save our steel mills and our here. The resources needed for our look no further than the vote on the auto plants. What we have is, we have troops to conduct their mission and re- motion to instruct conferees that we money for war. turn home safely are nearly depleted. had just this past Friday. It was a Re- Support the troops indeed. America This, the issue of troop funding, is a publican motion which handily passed has to start taking care of things here true emergency. This is what this sup- the House by a vote of 267–152. Mr. at home, and we can’t do it by con- plemental appropriations bill is all Speaker, by a vote of 267–152, this tinuing to support wars that are based about—to protect and support the men House called for a clean bill that re- on lies. The Democrats took control of and women in harm’s way defending stores full funding for the troops and the Congress based on an opposition to our country. The Democratic leader- keeps in place the protections to pre- the war. We should be opposing this

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:05 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16JN7.063 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE H6852 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 16, 2009 war instead of deferring to the Presi- guage to prohibit release of these voucher for consumers worth $3,500 to dent. We have the constitutional obli- photos. $4,500 to help them pay for more fuel- gation under article I, section 8 of the Finally, the Senate-passed troop bill efficient cars and trucks. It will Constitution to decide whether a war included language prohibiting release incentivize approximately 1 million should continue or not. We should end or transfer of Guantanamo Bay detain- new car and truck purchases. So any- it here. We shouldn’t be continuing it. ees to U.S. soil. Unfortunately this body who votes ‘‘no’’ on this supple- Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield conference report does not prohibit the mental is voting ‘‘no’’ on this provi- myself 30 seconds to respond to my transfer or release of detainees after sion, and that would be a serious mis- friend from Utica who made it very October 1 of this year. This is a huge take. clear that he believes that troop fund- mistake. I fear we’re already beginning It is critical that this Nation retain a ing is their priority; but yet this meas- to open Pandora’s box. We’ve already strong domestic auto industry, and ure reduces by $4.7 billion the level of begun importing terrorists. These this effort on the demand side is a crit- troop funding that we had in the bipar- Guantanamo detainees are trained to ical piece of that effort. tisan bill passed just last month and foment dissent among Americans, and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The transfers it to the IMF. So, in fact, this we should do everything possible to time of the gentleman has expired. measure does cut troop funding. keep them away from our local mili- Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Speaker, I yield the With that, Mr. Speaker, I’m happy to tary bases and our prisons. gentleman 1 additional minute. yield 3 minutes to the new ranking Again, I urge my colleagues to vote Mr. LEVIN. This has not been an member of the Committee on Armed ‘‘no’’ on this rule and the conference easy effort. There have been disagree- Services, the very distinguished gen- report so we can quickly make these ments in different ways to go about it. tleman from Santa Clarita, California necessary changes to protect our And I simply want to say to those who (Mr. MCKEON). troops in the field and bring back a have been in the lead, and especially to Mr. MCKEON. Mr. Speaker, I want to clean troop funding bill. Representative SUTTON, this would not thank my good friend from California Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 have happened without the dedication (Mr. DREIER) for yielding the time. minutes to the gentleman from Michi- of herself and others who have been de- As the ranking member on Armed gan (Mr. LEVIN). termined that there be continued, in Services, I rise in opposition to this (Mr. LEVIN asked and was given per- this country, a strong domestic auto rule and to the war supplemental con- mission to revise and extend his re- industry. It’s that clear. Other coun- ference report for one simple reason. It marks.) tries have stepped up to the plate. will endanger our troops in harm’s Mr. LEVIN. I want to talk about a They have provided support. This is way. Compared with the clean troop clearly necessary provision in this bill, now a necessary implementation of funding bill that passed the House with the fleet modernization provision; but I this effort. bipartisan support in May, this pack- do want to say just two things briefly So I plead with people on the minor- age cuts $4.7 billion from defense that to comment on what has been said here ity side to listen, to step up to the we passed at that time to create room by the minority. plate, to not look for arguments or ex- for a $105 billion global bailout loan I really think they are looking for cuses to duck. There is no ducking the program. reasons to vote ‘‘no’’ no matter how il- need for a strong domestic automotive What should be a clean military legitimate they are. industry, not only for Ohio, not only funding bill has become a means for for Michigan, not only for Illinois, not b 1500 the President’s promise to provide only for Indiana, but for the entire more foreign aid to the International Regarding this issue of the release of United States of America. Monetary Fund. Those funds will even- photos, the President has said, ‘‘I will Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, at this tually make their way to countries continue to take every legal and ad- juncture, I don’t have any further re- that are less than friendly to the ministrative remedy available to me to quests for time. I would inquire of my United States at the expense of pro- ensure the DOD detainee photographs friend whether he has any further grams to support our troops. And even are not released.’’ speakers? more disturbing is the decision by con- Secondly, on the IMF, a commitment Mr. ARCURI. Yes, I have an addi- ferees to reject the motion offered by was made at the G–20, and this carries tional speaker. Republicans to prohibit the release of out the U.S. commitment. It is not a Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I will re- detainee photos that could exacerbate believable position to vote ‘‘no’’ on this serve the balance of my time. tensions in the very regions our troops bill for that reason. Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 are fighting. But I want to say a few words about minutes to the gentlewoman from Mr. Speaker, let me read to you a the fleet modernization proposal that Texas (Ms. JACKSON-LEE). statement about those photos by Gen- Representative SUTTON, who is here, (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked eral Petraeus, commander of U.S. has worked so hard on with a large and was given permission to revise and Armed Forces throughout the Middle number of people. extend her remarks.) East: There is clearly a crisis in the auto- Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Let me ‘‘The release of images depicting U.S. motive industry. The administration thank the distinguished gentleman for servicemen mistreating detainees in has stepped up to the plate with a plan. his leadership and really thoughtful Iraq and Afghanistan, or that could be That plan is being implemented. It’s conversation on what is a challenging construed as depicting mistreatment, very difficult. There is a lot of pain in- time for America. would likely deal a particularly hard volved. It’s being carried out. I rise to support the rule and want to blow to U.S. CENTCOM and U.S. inter- What hasn’t happened effectively is express both my support and concerns agency counterinsurgency efforts in work on the demand side. That’s what’s for aspects of this legislation. But I these key nations, as well as further lagging here. Sales were down very will speak to the seeming overall oppo- endanger the lives of U.S. soldiers, ma- substantially these last several years. sition of our friends on the other side rines, airmen, sailors, civilians and There was an uptick in May, but still of the aisle, and I would hope that in contractors presently serving there.’’ the annualized level is far below even a their deliberation they have given a General Petraeus is correct, and we few years ago. And the sales are down thoughtful assessment of the analysis should stand with our troops in the not only for the domestic industry but of opposition. field and prohibit the release of these also for the transplants: for Toyota, We are dealing with some very dif- photos. We should not leave it in the down 41 percent from last May; Honda, ficult times. I opposed the war in Iraq hands of ACLU lawyers or at the mercy 42 percent; Nissan, 33 percent. So there and remain opposed. I do, however, of activist judges. is an effort to make sure there is effec- want the opportunity to be able to I urge my colleagues to reject this tive restructuring for the domestic in- stand down in order to safely have our package and insist that it be brought dustry. soldiers redeploy. I want to see the back immediately with Senator We have to work on the demand side, standing up of the Iraqis and resources LIEBERMAN and Senator GRAHAM’s lan- and this today answers that need: a to allow them to proceed in their own

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And while it’s called the the Afghan people are in need. They But I do believe it is important to re- CARS Act, it’s about far more than need the collaboration of the NATO visit an issue that impacts many just cars. It’s about the environment forces and the United States. They also States: the sidestepping of the Presi- and it’s about people. It’s about con- need to have reconstruction and the dent’s mission on stimulus dollars. And sumers, and it’s about the millions of empowerment of women and the pro- the State of Texas is a poster child for families in this great Nation who de- tection of their children. that. $3.2 billion was taken from the pend on the strength of our auto and And so the part of this legislation ad- moneys that should have been utilized related industries for their livelihood, dresses that question. It is a recogni- for the education of our children. One to put food on the table, to get health tion that many of us opposed the Iraq of my school districts alone has lost care for their children. It’s about our war and are asking, as we have been $155 million because it has been re- friends and our neighbors, and it’s asking for so long since the horrific placed or reordered or snuck under or about our communities that depend on tragedy of 9/11 when we found that left somewhere in what we call a auto jobs for their tax base, to support those terrorists, horrific terrorists ‘‘rainy day fund.’’ We need to fix this. schools and police, firefighters and came from the inner parts of Afghani- We have an opportunity going forward other city services. stan, and we abandoned Afghanistan. to be able to fix it, but I would like to And I’m also proud to say that we We did not pay attention to them. And fix it now. have worked on language in the bill to so it is important now to ensure that So I hope that we will be in the midst allow that SAFER grants that are used we do it in the right way, that we don’t of discussion, the congressional delega- to hire firefighters can be used now to maintain an extended force in Afghani- tion of Texans who believe that our rehire and retain much-needed fire- stan but we help in a collaborative way children must come first. And we must fighters. This bill provides stop-loss payments for the Afghan people to stand up and follow the vision of President Obama, for those who protect us bravely over- to fight the terrorists and to reestab- who said, Save a job and create a job. seas. It funds the consumer-environ- lish institutions that will help them And so we are saving teachers’ jobs and mental beneficial CARS Act to help build their society, both with respect helping them if we fight to get that $3.2 shore up the 3 to 5 million jobs in our to education and social services. And billion from Texas where it needs to be. auto industry that Americans depend so part of this legislation does include The underlying bill is an important upon for a living, and it provides for that funding. bill, but the Texas children are impor- more adequate staffing for firefighters Our eyes have been on Pakistan. tant as well. who bravely protect us at home. There is a regional effort. Secretary of Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I just plan Mr. Speaker, this is a bill that de- State Clinton and the President have to close debate if the gentleman has serves support. And with that, I urge worked to appoint Ambassador concluded debate. my colleagues to support it. Holbrooke to be an envoy, and he has Mr. ARCURI. I have one more speak- Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield been in those camps where you have er. myself the balance of the time. seen 21⁄2 million people be displaced. We Mr. DREIER. I reserve. Mr. Speaker, this has been a fas- cannot abandon them now. We must Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 cinating debate that has taken place. provide the opportunity for them to re- minutes to the gentlewoman from Ohio It began with some very thoughtful turn to a rebuilt region. These are indi- (Ms. SUTTON). comments from my friend from Utica viduals who have fought for their free- Ms. SUTTON. Mr. Speaker, I thank talking about the need for funding for dom, who left the Swat area because the gentleman from New York for his our troops, and I laude him for refer- they did not want to be overtaken by leadership on the Rules Committee and ring to the fact that that is the pri- insurgents, the Taliban, who want to for the time. ority of this measure. undermine a system of democracy and, I rise today in support of the rule and We then listened to, on our side, the yes, terrorists. the underlying bill. But as we prepare distinguished new ranking member of One man fled with 13 of his children, to send the war supplemental to Presi- the Committee on Armed Services, my living in a tent. He said now his home dent Obama, I would be remiss not to friend from Santa Clarita (Mr. is occupied by Pakistan soldiers. He’s express the deep concerns I have about MCKEON), talk about the priority of willing to sacrifice and live homeless the bill not including an exit strategy funding for our troops. because he wants freedom. The re- for military operations in Afghanistan. And then we listened to speeches sources that we now have will allow And while I support the supple- made by our colleagues, and there was that to happen, and that is vital. mental, I am also strongly supporting barely a mention of the issue of troop We also realize that there are areas Representative MCGOVERN’s bill to re- funding. like Chad, the Congo, and places that quire an exit strategy from Afghani- We just heard our colleague talk are near collapse that we are providing stan. Fairness requires it. Our brave about firefighters. Hey, I’m from for peace-keeping dollars that are so soldiers need to know that we have a southern California where we have very important in helping the U.N. plan and that we’re looking out for fires, and we have horrible fires. Loss Chad is near collapse because it is near them. And out of fairness to the 185,000 of life and property is something that Sudan, and many of those who have soldiers who have been subject to the regularly takes place there. It’s a very, fled the persecution are there. stop-loss policy since September 11, very important issue. It’s an issue that From the gulf coast region we have 2001, the supplemental that we’re about should be considered under the regular fought consistently to provide reim- to pass today will provide $500 per appropriations process under the lead- bursement for Galveston and Houston month in monthly payments. ership of my California colleagues, Mr. and the regions that have still been And the use of stop-loss has pre- LEWIS and Mr. OBEY, not in a troop struck and still sacrificing and still vented mothers and fathers from re- funding bill. living under the shadow of Hurricane turning home to their children, from Then we listened to our very good Ike. We have the resources to put peo- families and friends from gathering for friend from Detroit talk about the ple in housing and to be able to correct the momentous occasions that mark automobile industry, a serious chal- the wrong of that terrible storm but their lives. They have gone above and lenge that we, as a Nation, are trying yet the inability to move as fast as we beyond the expectations of their coun- to address. I personally believe that like pursuant to the work that was not try. So I’m proud to have worked with the notion of continuing to see the gov- done in the last administration. my colleagues to create the Stop Loss ernment more and more involved in

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There is a different team in the b 1515 So, Mr. Speaker, these are the kinds White House no—who I believe are trying very of things that this troop funding bill hard not to repeat the mistakes of the pre- Then I listened to our friend from has ended up addressing, and it was vious Administration. Houston, Texas, talk about Darfur, one made very clear by an overwhelming President Obama and others have said of the most troubled spots on the face majority of the remarks that came there is no military solution in Afghanistan, of the Earth, an issue that does need to from our colleagues on the other side only a political solution. I believe this, too. So be addressed, and the challenges of of the aisle. That is why I urge my col- I am very concerned when we put billions of meeting the needs of children in Texas, leagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on this rule, so dollars building up the U.S. military presence a very, very important issue, but not as that we can come back and pass in this in Afghanistan without a clear mission and part of a troop funding measure. House what 267 Members last Friday Now, Mr. Speaker, as I said, through without an exit strategy. the very thoughtful work of the Appro- said that they wanted to have passed, Just as I insisted that the Bush Administra- priations Committee last month, we and that is a clean bill that funds our tion provide Congress with clear benchmarks came to this floor with what President troops and ensures that we won’t have and an exit strategy for Iraq, then we should Obama and I believe a majority of Re- terrorists in the United States, that the same with this Administration for Afghani- publicans and Democrats in this House ensures that we will not be dramati- stan. would like to see us achieve, and I cally expanding a wide range of other I am not advocating an immediate with- know the American people would like programs. drawal of our military forces in Afghanistan. I to see us achieve, and that is biparti- So vote ‘‘no’’ on this rule, and, if by understand that our humanitarian mission may sanship. chance it passes, I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on have to be protected in the near term. All I am Bipartisanship is a word that is used the conference report itself, because we asking for is a plan. If there’s no military solu- all the time around here, all the time. can do better. tion for Afghanistan, then please, tell me how Everyone talks about the need for bi- With that, I yield back the balance of we will know when our military contribution to partisanship, how important it is. The my time. the political solution has concluded. Speaker in her opening address here to Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Speaker, I thank I suspect that the votes are in place to pass the Congress as we began the 111th my friend and colleague from the Rules this supplemental conference report. But I am Congress talked about how she wanted Committee for his management of this deeply concerned. I’m concerned that we are to work in a bipartisan way. We Repub- rule and also for talking about what I moving ahead with a significant military esca- licans say we want to work in a bipar- think is ultimately the most important lation in Afghanistan without any real debate tisan way. thing with respect to this bill, and that or any sense for how we will eventually bring But this bill that emerged from the is, of course, our troops. our troops home. House Appropriations Committee was There are many of us who opposed Some have suggested that we have that de- the first time, the very first time in the war in Iraq. I was one of them. I bate at some point in the future. I respectfully this 111th Congress that we were able continue to oppose it. There are many disagree. I am not and never will be an advo- to see a bipartisan work product of us who believe that the funding that cate for ‘‘cutting and running’’ from Afghani- emerge from the Democratic leader- this bill contains should be greater. I stan. But we need to provide the American ship, and I congratulated them on that, think on both sides of the aisle there is people and the people of Afghanistan a clearly and I have done that when we consid- agreement that we should do as much defined mission, which includes a clearly de- ered the bill, and I would like to be as we possibly can. And there are fined plan for departure. able to do it today. things about this bill that clearly are Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Speaker, I yield But, unfortunately, this bill has not perfect. But we can’t allow the per- back the balance of my time, and I crumbled from what it was intended to fect to get in the way of the good. move the previous question on the res- be, a bill to support funding for our This bill is a good bill. Let’s not de- olution. troops. It in fact included a reduction prive our brave sons and our daughters, The previous question was ordered. by transferring money that was in- their husbands and their wives, of what The SPEAKER pro tempore. The tended in the House-passed bill to be they need to return to their families question is on the resolution. funding for our troops to the Inter- safely. This is not about what is right The question was taken; and the national Monetary Fund. or what is wrong. This is about what Speaker pro tempore announced that Now, I will say that that may be a we as a country, what we as a Con- the ayes appeared to have it. worthwhile cause as we deal with the gress, need to do, and that is to make Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, on that I economic challenges that exist here in sure that our troops, our sons and our demand the yeas and nays. the United States and around the daughters, the people who put their The yeas and nays were ordered. world. But, again, Mr. Speaker, that is lives on the line each and every day, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- something that should not be consid- have all and each and every thing they ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- ered as an emergency funding measure. need. ceedings on this question will be post- It is something that should be consid- Some people may argue it is not poned. ered under the normal appropriations enough, but we need to give them ev- f process, so that we can make a deter- erything that we possibly can. Voting mination whether increasing by $5 bil- ‘‘no’’ simply because you think it is PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION lion the funding for the International not enough is not a solution. That ab- OF H.R. 2847, COMMERCE, JUS- Monetary Fund is more important than solutely is not a solution. We need to TICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED transportation priorities here in the do everything we can to ensure that AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS United States or other priorities that our soldiers have what they need. ACT, 2010 we have. With that, I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote on the Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Speaker, by direc- So, some might like to say that this previous question and on the rule. tion of the Committee on Rules, I call bill is just a continuation of what we Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, there is up House Resolution 544 and ask for its considered last month. But, Mr. Speak- much good in this conference report on the immediate consideration. er, it unfortunately has gone a long FY09 supplemental. I support the IMF monies The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- way down from where we were, cre- and I certainly support the funding to respond lows: ating the potential, the potential for us to the H1N1 flu virus. H. RES. 544 to not be able to prevent with absolute But I will vote ‘‘no’’ today on the final bill for Resolved, That at any time after the adop- certainty the terrorists from Gitmo the same reason I voted ‘‘no’’ on the original tion of this resolution the Speaker may, pur- ending up in the United States. There supplemental. This supplemental is primarily a suant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the is no guarantee that that will happen. war funding bill. It includes a huge escalation House resolved into the Committee of the

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All points of order against consider- are critical of the Federal Govern- can work, but reducing the demand for ation of the bill are waived except those aris- ment’s programs because they pass drugs always works. ing under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. General down mandates without funding them. When my office established a drug debate shall be confined to the bill and shall But this bill appropriates money to put court program, I realized the powerful not exceed one hour equally divided and con- more police on the street, funds suc- effect that the program had on helping trolled by the chair and ranking minority cessful drug court programs, and in- enrolled participants get control of member of the Committee on Appropria- tions. After general debate the bill shall be creases Byrne funding to help develop their addiction, thereby freeing them considered for amendment under the five- new and innovative law enforcement and their families from their awful ad- minute rule. Points of order against provi- techniques which put violent criminals diction and reducing the demand for sions in the bill for failure to comply with in jail and keep our streets safe for our drugs. The appropriation of $45 million clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. Notwith- children. for drug courts provided by H.R. 2847 is standing clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amend- This funding includes $298 million for 12.5 percent more than the current ment to the bill shall be in order except: (1) the COPS hiring grants program, which level, and I congratulate the com- those received for printing in the portion of help our local law enforcement agen- mittee on that increase. the Congressional Record of June 15, 2009 (or cies put more police on the street. earlier) designated for that purpose in clause The bill also includes funding for up- 8 of rule XVIII; and (2) pro forma amend- When combined with the $1 billion pro- grades to emergency communications ments for the purpose of debate. Each vided in the Recovery Act for the COPS systems around the country. amendment so received may be offered only hiring grants, the funding in H.R. 2847 Mr. Speaker, I have addressed only a by the Member who submitted it for printing will enable the hiring of more than handful of the important programs for or a designee and shall be considered as read 7,000 police officers. Those are officers which H.R. 2847 would appropriate if printed. At the conclusion of consideration in each and every State in this coun- funds. My remarks are focused on the of the bill for amendment the Committee try. criminal justice aspects of this bill, but shall rise and report the bill to the House Increasing the number of police on there are many other important areas with such amendments as may have been the street will help local law enforce- adopted. The previous question shall be con- addressed in this legislation. sidered as ordered on the bill and amend- ment agencies to reduce violence and It provides funding for critical sci- ments thereto to final passage without inter- get illegal guns off the street. As a entific research, including programs to vening motion except one motion to recom- former prosecutor, I know that the keep America on the cutting edge of mit with or without instructions. vast majority of the violent crimes technology, innovation and those that SEC. 2. Clause 9(b)(2) of rule XXI is amend- committed with guns in this country study climate change as well as fund- ed by inserting ‘‘such’’ after ‘‘no’’. are committed with illegal guns, not ing the Department of Commerce and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- legal guns. By putting more police offi- Economic Development Administra- tleman from New York is recognized cers on the street, it will give officers tion. The Appropriations Committee for 1 hour. the ability to better enforce the laws has approved a bill which would pro- Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Speaker, for pur- on the books, not by creating new laws, vide funding for these critical pro- pose of debate only, I yield the cus- but by reducing the number of illegal grams, and I once again thank them for tomary 30 minutes to the gentleman guns, which is the cause of the major- their work and welcome the chance to from Florida (Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ- ity of gun violence in this country. vote in favor of this legislation. BALART). All time yielded during con- This bill provides $15 million for the Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of sideration of this rule is for debate Weed and Seed program. Weed and my time. only. Seed helps localities develop programs Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of GENERAL LEAVE to weed out and deter crime and then Florida. Mr. Speaker, I would like to Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Speaker, I ask take the all-important step often left thank my friend, the gentleman from unanimous consent that all Members out, that is, seeding the formerly high New York (Mr. ARCURI), for the time be given 5 legislative days in which to crime areas with programs to promote and yield myself such time as I may revise and extend their remarks on neighborhood revitalization. The funds consume. House Resolution 544. will be used to carry out this mission I rise today in opposition to this un- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there in sites and communities such as my orthodox rule brought forth by the ma- objection to the request of the gen- home in Utica and Rome, New York, jority. It continues the precedent the tleman from New York? cities which I represent. majority set last year when they de- There was no objection. H.R. 2847 also includes $384 million cided to no longer allow the House to Mr. ARCURI. I yield myself such for Juvenile Justice programs, $11 mil- consider appropriations rules with open time as I may consume. lion above the 2009 level. This under- rules and instead use a restrictive rule Mr. Speaker, House Resolution 544 scores the strong Federal commitment that requires Members to preprint any provides for the consideration of H.R. to supporting States and communities proposed amendments in the CONGRES- 2847, the Departments of Commerce, in their efforts to develop and imple- SIONAL RECORD. Justice, Science, and Related Agencies ment prevention and intervention pro- Appropriations Act of 2010. I want to grams and to improve the juvenile jus- b 1530 thank the distinguished chairman of tice system so that it protects public So this is a restrictive rule, even the committee and ranking member for safety and holds offenders accountable though the majority calls it an open reporting out this bill that does not while also providing rehabilitative rule with a preprinting requirement. It pay mere lip service to making com- services that are tailored to meet the was not long ago when the majority munities safer, but makes critical in- needs of juveniles and their families. felt quite differently. At the end of vestments in our Nation’s commu- Additionally, the underlying bill in- 2004, the current distinguished chair- nities. cludes $45 million for grants, technical woman of the Rules Committee, then a The bill provides $802 million for assistance, and training to State and member of the minority and ranking Community Oriented Policing Serv- local governments to develop dedicated member of the Rules Committee, re- ices, which we know as the COPS pro- drug courts that subject nonviolent of- leased a report called, ‘‘Broken Prom- gram, 45 percent above the current fenders to an integrated mix of treat- ises: The Death of Deliberative Democ- funding level. As a former prosecutor, I ment, drug testing, incentives and racy.’’ On Page 26 of the report the know how vitally important these pro- sanctions. chairwoman said that she considers grams are in assisting local law en- As a district attorney, I quickly rules with preprinting requirements, forcement to hire and train new offi- learned that no matter what initiatives like today’s rule, restrictive and not

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:05 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16JN7.012 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE H6856 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 16, 2009 open. Why exactly is this a restrictive constituents and the Nation as a printing requirement forces Members to re- rule? Let, me, again, quote the chair- whole.’’ They also block, and I con- veal their amendments in advance of floor woman’s 2004 report. ‘‘A preprinting re- tinue quoting, ‘‘the full and free airing consideration, something that may assist quirement blocks any amendment pro- of conflicting opinions.’’ the floor managers, but can disadvantage the Member offering it. In addition, a pre-print- posal that might emerge during the Mr. Speaker, I will insert the rel- ing requirement blocks any amendment pro- course of debate.’’ evant parts of the chairwoman’s report posal that might emerge during the course of For example, Mr. Speaker, Members into the RECORD. the debate. When Chairman Dreier was in will be blocked from offering germane If the rule was restrictive under the the minority, he made the following state- changes to their own amendments if an majority’s definition in 2004, why is it ment about the preprinting requirement dur- issue surfaces during debate, or if there not the same today? ing debate on a rule on national, service leg- is a minor drafting error. That is why, What makes this restrictive rule islation: during yesterday’s rules hearing, I more unfortunate is that the House has ‘‘This rule also requires amendments to be made a motion to modify the rule to a long tradition of allowing open rules printed in the Congressional Record. That might not sound like much, but it is another allow Members who have preprinted on appropriations bills in order to bad policy that belittles the traditions of their amendments, as specified in this allow each Member the ability to offer House debate. If amendments must be rule, to make germane modifications germane amendments without having preprinted, then it is impossible to listen to to such amendments. My commonsense to preprint their amendment or receive the debate on the floor, come up with a new amendment was defeated by a straight approval from the Rules Committee. idea to improve the bill, and then offer an party-line vote. Other than the recent use by the ma- amendment to incorporate that idea. Why do I will provide you an example, Mr. jority to restrict debate on appropria- we need this burdensome preprinting proc- Speaker, why I believe my amendment tions bills, we have to look back nearly ess? Shouldn’t the committees that report was important. During last year’s con- 15 years to the last time a restrictive these bills have a grasp of the issues affect- ing the legislation under their jurisdiction? sideration of the Military Construction rule was used. So this is not a one-time Again, Mr. Speaker, I think we can do bet- and Veterans Affairs appropriations aberration but, in fact, the way the ter.32 bill, Representative BUYER submitted majority plans to continue to consider We agree with Chairman Dreier’s state- an amendment for consideration. How- all of the appropriations bills this year. ment that the purpose of the amendment ever, the amendment had a drafting So I believe that the majority is real- process on the floor is to give duly elected error and did not comply with one of ly not only subverting the rights of Members of Congress the opportunity to the rules of the House. every Member, and also bipartisan and shape legislation in a manner that they be- lieve is in the best interest of their constitu- Once Congressman BUYER realized open debate on appropriations bills, ents and the nation as a whole. It is not to the problem, he asked unanimous con- but I think they’re setting a dangerous help the foor manager with his or her job. A sent to change his amendment to precedent that is unfortunate. Exces- majority interested in allowing ‘‘the full and achieve its original purpose, and also sive partisanship is unnecessary and free airing of conflicting opinions’’ would to comply with the rules of the House. unfortunate. allow at least some House business to occur However, the majority blocked his BROKEN PROMISES: THE DEATH OF in an open format—-in a procedural frame- unanimous consent request. DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY work that allows Members to bring their amendments directly to the floor for discus- If the bill had been considered under A CONGRESSIONAL REPORT ON THE UNPRECE- sion and debate under the five-minute rule.33 an open rule, Representative BUYER DENTED EROSION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROC- II. REPUBLICANS EXPANDED THE CONSIDERATION could simply have introduced a new ESS IN THE 108TH CONGRESS. OF SUSPENSION BILLS TO CROWD OUT REAL amendment. But, just like the bill Compiled by the House Rules Committee DELIBERATION IN THE HOUSE being brought to the floor today, that Minority Office Another aspect of the disturbing trend to- bill was not considered under an open The Honorable Louise M. Slaughter, wards curtailing real deliberation on con- rule, and Members were blocked from Ranking Member troversial issues in the House has been the making germane changes to their 4. Rules with Pre-Printing Requirements are Republican leadership’s tendency to devote amendments, unless they received con- not ‘‘Open Rules’’ more and more floor time to debating bills currence of every Member through a During the 108th Congress, the Rules Com- under the suspension of the rules. In the unanimous consent agreement. mittee reported out four rules with a so- 108th Congress, standing House Rule XV per- Yesterday, during the hearing on the called ‘‘pre-printing’’ requirement. This pro- mitted the House to consider bills under sus- supplemental appropriations bill, the vision requires Members to submit their pension of the rules on Mondays and Tues- amendments for publication in the Congres- days, and during the last six days of a ses- Rules Committee ranking member, Mr. sional Record, in accordance with clause 8 of sion of Congress. The suspension procedure DREIER, attempted to ask the chairman Rule XVIII, on the day preceding floor de- allows for 40 minutes of debate, requires a of the Appropriations Committee, Mr. bate of the legislation. While the majority two-thirds vote for a bill to pass, and allows OBEY, how the majority would handle optimistically calls such rules ‘‘modified no amendments except by the floor manager. another occurrence like occurred last open rules,’’ we consider them ‘‘restrictive’’ The ostensible purpose of the suspension year with the Buyer amendment. rules and have scored them as such in the ap- day procedure is, as the Republican majority But when Mr. DREIER began asking pendices attached to this report. describes it in one of its Parliamentary Out- his question, the Rules Committee While we concede that considering a bill reach newsletters, ‘‘to dispose of non- with a pre-printing requirement is less re- I reserve. chairwoman did not allow Mr. DREIER strictive than the more common tactic of Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 from going forward with the question. limiting amendments to those printed in the minutes to the gentleman from Wis- The Rules Committee chairwoman ex- Rules Committee report; 31 there is a signifi- consin, the distinguished chairman of plained her ruling by saying, the hear- cant difference between an open rule and a the Appropriations Committee, Mr. ing on the underlying legislation was rule with a pre-printing requirement. A pre- OBEY. complete, and the committee was now Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I want to considering the supplemental funding 31 According to our records, 50% (64) of the non- rise to express my concern about the bill; a bill that is an appropriations bill conference report/non-procedural rules reported by the Committee in the 108th Congress were rules re- ability of this House to get its crucial just like the underlying legislation. stricting debate to amendments printed in the Com- work done under the circumstances in And yet, the chairwoman found that mittee report. In the ‘‘Additional Views’’ they filed which we’re operating. asking the Appropriations chairman in the 102nd Congress Survey of Activities Republican As I think every Member of the about the upcoming appropriations Rules Committee members, including Chairman Dreier, complained this type of restrictive rule had House understands, President Obama process during a hearing on an appro- become ‘‘a favored method of the majority.’’ Under inherited an economic crisis and a for- priations bill was inappropriate. I this procedure, the Rules Committee ‘‘selectively eign policy mess, and so the Congress think that was unfortunate. determines which [amendment] to make in order and which may not be offered on the floor. Usually, Please let me quote Chairwoman the amendments made in order are subject to strict 32 Congressional Record July 20, 1993, p. H4820. SLAUGHTER’s report from 2004. Restric- time limits, as opposed to open debate under the 33 As we have noted above, most appropriations tive rules block ‘‘duly elected Members five-minute rule, and are not subject to amendment. bills are debated under technically open rules, but of Congress the opportunity to shape On rare occasions the Rules Committee has allowed amendments are subject not just to the normal re- all amendments submitted to be offered, but this is strictions of germaneness, but also a number of legislation in a manner that they be- the exception, not the rule.’’ H. Rept. 102–1101, 102nd other restrictions set out in rule XXI and in the lieve is in the best interest of their Survey, p. 109. Congressional Budget Act.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:05 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16JN7.071 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE June 16, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6857 first had to turn our attention to deal- his commentary regarding the number And while the overall NASA budget ing with that economic crisis, and we of amendments in the past on this bill gets a slight increase from last year, finally got that out of the way in the and other bills like it. I too am very the budget for our Nation’s next gen- form of the Recovery Act. We then had concerned about the time difficulty eration-human space flight vehicle to finish all of last year’s domestic ap- that we are having. I’d much prefer to constellation is cut by $566 million. propriation bills, which took a consid- have us get back to regular order While lawmakers can talk about sup- erable amount of time, and then we where we’d have open rules on these porting space exploration, the bottom had to turn to the supplemental appro- bills. line is that the United States will soon priation bill which we will be debating But at this point in time, because of yield its preeminence in space to Rus- later today to finish funding the Mid- the requirements of the majority, the sia after the last shuttle flight, cur- dle Eastern war efforts for the remain- preprinting requirements, et cetera, rently scheduled for 2010. This legisla- der of the fiscal year, because the pre- there are a lot of Members who are tion does nothing to avert America’s vious administration had a practice of very frustrated by this bill, and they’d human space flight gap. only asking for funding for that en- like to make some serious changes, but Those who follow our Nation’s space deavor 6 months at a time. they find themselves in a position budget realize what’s at risk. Soaring And now we are trying to bring up where they can’t provide amendments. rhetoric and good intentions of playing the first of 12 appropriation bills. And The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- financial catch-up later with space in order to stay on schedule so we can tleman’s 5 minutes has expired. funding can easily surrender to other do the people’s business by the end of Mr. ARCURI. I yield the gentleman competing initiatives. Delays and stud- the fiscal year, we need to deal with all from Wisconsin an additional 2 min- ies are the road to the graveyard for 12 of those bills in the next 6 weeks. I utes. many legislative proposals. Mr. LEWIS of California. We can con- think that means that we have a prob- 1545 tinue this exchange. There is, as a re- b lem. sult of the change in the rules and the The bill’s $566 million cut for our In fiscal ’03 there were no amend- way we can provide amendments, there next generation human spaceflight ve- ments offered to this bill. In fiscal ’04 had been as many as 127 amendments hicle sends the wrong message to the there were 10 amendments offered by preprinted on this bill, 104 of them by hardworking men and women who are Republicans and 6 by Democrats. In fis- the minority who feel they’ve essen- developing Constellation now. It sends cal ’05 there were 19 amendments of- tially been cut out of the process. And the wrong message to college students fered by Republicans and 11 by Demo- because of that, and because of the im- who are seeking advanced engineering crats. In fiscal ’06 the number in- portance of the issues that are a part of and science degrees. It tells them that creased to 19 and 27, and in ’07 we had this bill, I cannot agree to a time limi- human spaceflight is not really a pri- 38 amendments offered by Republicans tation. ority in this country. This message and 37 offered by Democrats. Today, we I think the time limitation you were will not go unnoticed in Beijing or in have had filed on this bill 127 amend- discussing was like for 8 hours or some- Moscow. ments. thing. I’m afraid my conference might This Congress passed the stimulus Now, in the schedule that I an- very well have a revolution on its bill in February, including an addi- nounced last week for appropriation hands, and you might have a new rank- tional $400 million for the Constella- bills, we announced a schedule that ing member. tion program. Yet, today, the bill be- would allow us to finish all of these ap- Mr. OBEY. Well, I thank the gen- fore us essentially takes all of that propriation bills by the August recess, tleman for his frankness. I regret the funding back and then some—poof— provided that we were able to stick to content of his response, but I do appre- like a shell game. If the inadequate that schedule. That schedule allocates ciate the fact that he is forthright and funding level for NASA that is con- about 7 to 8 hours of debate on all honest in laying out what the pros- tained in this bill is allowed to stand as amendments on average for each bill. pects would be. it is, then our Nation’s human The problem that I see here with this And Mr. Speaker, I think that that spaceflight program will be dealt a bill is that we already have amend- presents a dilemma to the House, be- very, very serious blow. ments filed that will take at least 23 cause we want to finish our business, For a comparison, let’s look at sev- hours, and even if amendments are con- and I would point out that the schedule eral of the spending items in the bill. sidered out of order, it still takes 10 that we’ve set out can be adhered to The bill would increase funds for the minutes or so to dispose of each of only if we can work out reasonable COPS program by $252 million over those amendments. time limits with each of these bills. 2009, and this is on top of over $1 billion So last week the majority leader and And I would point out that what in the stimulus bill. The bill spends $7.4 I met with my friend, the ranking we’re trying to do with that schedule is billion on the census, an increase of member of the committee, and the mi- to allow ample time for discussion of $4.2 billion over last year. The bill in- nority leader, asking whether or not it these appropriation bills and also still creases funding for the National would be possible to reach agreement leave time on the calendar to deal with Science Foundation by $446 million on time and on the number of amend- the crucial issues of health care, of cli- over 2009 to promote scientific research ments offered so that we could finish mate change and the military author- by students. Yet it cuts funding for this bill along the schedule that we had ization bill, among others. human spaceflight, a fountainhead of outlined; and at that time, the pros- So I think at this point the House patents and scientific discovery. pect did not seem too promising, if I has a problem. And I hope that we will I would say to the chairman of the can be polite about it. face up to it forthrightly, because I subcommittee, I appreciate the work And I would simply like to ask my think we do have an obligation to try that you do and the challenges before friend from California at this point, be- to get the people’s business done on you. Without a robust manned space fore we get into this bill, whether, in time. program, the United States cannot light of the time squeeze that we have, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of maintain our leadership in space nor whether the gentleman would be in a Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes can we carry crews beyond low Earth position to agree to a proposition that to the distinguished gentleman from orbit. It is for this reason that we must would, in fact, limit the number and Florida (Mr. POSEY). work to restore the funding that was the time of amendments to that Mr. POSEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to ex- cut from this program. amount of, or to that number and to press my serious concerns about the I look forward to working with you that amount of time, that would enable bill before us today and about the lack and with my colleagues over the next us to cut that 23 hours down to about of sufficient funding for NASA’s next- several months to restore the funding 7 or 8 hours? generation human space flight. so that we can get our Nation’s next And I would be happy to yield to the Mr. Speaker, the bill before us has a human spaceflight vehicle back on gentleman. $6.7 billion increase in spending over track. A cut of this magnitude at this Mr. LEWIS of California. In exchange last year. That’s a 12 percent increase critical stage cannot and absolutely with my colleague, I was interested in over last year’s spending. must not be allowed to stand.

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Mr. Speaker, I thank this bill by providing funds for the here, the gentleman from Kentucky the gentleman, my good friend from DEA to combat the flow of illegal (Mr. Natcher), who was chairman of New York, for the time and for his drugs across the border, for the ATF to the Appropriations Committee and who leadership. reduce violent crime and to enforce was the long-time chairman of the I also want to thank Chairman OBEY Federal firearm and explosive laws, Health Subcommittee. I remember his for all of the hard work he has put into and for the department-wide Southwest saying to me that he believed appro- developing this bill that will fund some Border Initiative to secure our border priations bills should come to the floor of our Nation’s most critical needs, in- against violence and drug trafficking. without being considered with a special cluding the funding for prisons, for law With all of that in mind, I rise in sup- rule because they are considered as enforcement and for initiatives related port of the rule and of the underlying privileged; but the tradition over the to the southwest border, along with bill. past several decades has been that the promoting important scientific re- Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of need for a special rule would allow for search and development. Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time the protection of the bill, meaning that This bill provides $30.6 billion for in- as he may consume to the distin- points of order could not be raised vestments in science, technology and guished gentleman from California against the work product of the Appro- innovation, including $6.9 billion for (Mr. DREIER). priations Committee and that we the National Science Foundation, Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, like all of would then allow for an open amend- whose grants in the past have allowed my colleagues—and I know I speak for ment process, meaning that any Mem- researchers in our colleges and univer- all of my colleagues when I say that I ber could stand up here in the House sities to discover fundamental par- revere this institution. and offer a germane amendment to the ticles of matter, to develop carbon-14 220 years ago this summer, James appropriations bill. dating of ancient artifacts and to de- Madison, following the urging of his It is true that the appropriations code the genetics of viruses, to name constituents, came back to the House process can be prolonged, and it has just a few. of Representatives, doing something been in the past; but when we were in It provides $1 billion to science, tech- that he actually opposed when he the majority, having presided regularly nology and math education for our stu- penned the U.S. Constitution: that over the Treasury-Postal Appropria- dents, from graduate students all the being the implementation of the very tions bill, I remember witnessing the way down through kindergarten. So important Bill of Rights, which is chairman and the ranking member of we’re going to educate our students for something that we as Americans spend the full committee or of the sub- the future and will continue to be lead- a lot of time thinking about and which committee come together and have an ers in innovation in this global world. is something that the rest of the world agreement that amendments would be It also invests $781 million in the Na- looks to. There are people in Iran addressed and that they would put an tional Institute of Standards and Tech- today who are looking at our Bill of outside time limit for the consider- nology, which is very important for the Rights as they think about the need to ation of those amendments. area that I represent. It provides for pursue democracy and as they choose Over my nearly three decades here, scientific and technical research serv- their leaders in their country. Peoples Mr. Speaker, I’ve seen that happen on ices. Along with $125 million for the all over the world continue to look to a regular basis. Guess what? It has manufacturing extension partnerships, our Bill of Rights. It was 220 years ago worked out pretty doggone well. Now, we will be investing $125 million to this summer that James Madison there are people who are disturbed over help small- and mid-sized manufactur- moved the Bill of Rights through this the fact that 127 amendments were ers compete globally by providing institution. I’m going to, next month, filed yesterday at the Rules Committee them with technical advice and access spend some time talking about that to the Commerce, Justice, Science Ap- to technology. As well, we will be historic summer 220 years ago. propriations bill. That was not nec- leveraging private funds to save and I say that simply to underscore the essary. That was not necessary, and it create jobs. This program has been fact that I have such great regard for would not have happened had we had vital to the 13th District of Ohio, re- the precedents and for the rules of the the standard open amendment process sulting in jobs that can be directly House of Representatives, and I con- for the consideration of measures. linked to it. We are also investing $70 sider it a great privilege to serve with Yes, there are a number of very im- million to fund high-risk, high-reward Mr. DIAZ-BALART, with Mr. ARCURI and portant issues that I and my colleagues research into areas of critical national with the other members who serve on believe should be addressed in this ap- need done by U.S. businesses, colleges the House Rules Committee. I take the propriations bill. I will say that it and universities, and labs. That is work there very, very seriously. could be done under an open amend- through the Technology Innovation I believe that we’re at a troubling ment process, but unfortunately, the Program. moment when it comes to the delibera- majority has decided to not only have In addition, this bill provides much- tive nature of this institution. We had a preprinting requirement but to set an needed funding for the Bureau of Pris- the exchange that took place between arbitrary deadline so that, if appropria- ons to protect American citizens. Ac- the chairman of the Committee on Ap- tions bills may be considered more cording to the Bureau of Justice Sta- propriations and the ranking member than a day or so later, one could not tistics, in a 15-State study, over two- of the Committee on Appropriations on file additional amendments for the thirds of the released prisoners were re- this process of filing amendments. We consideration of the measure. In our arrested within 3 years. Now, with this had a rigorous debate that took place attempt to get a commitment that we in mind, the Bureau of Prisons is pro- in the Rules Committee yesterday would simply be able to allow Members vided with $6.2 billion to address long- about the fact that appropriations bills to make germane modifications to standing critical shortages in correc- are considered as privileged. their amendments, we have been denied tions staffing, education and drug As you know, Mr. Speaker, what that that. treatment, as well as an investment for means is there is no need for a special In fact, we had a vote in the Rules Second Chance Act offender reentry rule for the consideration of appropria- Committee last night. I know, Mr. programs. tions bills. Constitutionally, it is a Speaker. I apologize. This is very in- The bill also provides the much-need- very important part of the process. Ar- side baseball. I know I may not be ed $298 million for the COPS hiring pro- ticle I, section 9 of the Constitution quite on message, but I think the mes- gram, which, when combined with the makes it very clear that spending sage is a very clear one: It’s fairness in $1 billion provided in the Recovery Act doesn’t emanate from the White House; dealing with the challenges that the for the program, will put 7,000 new po- it emanates from the United States American people are facing. So we had

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:05 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16JN7.077 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE June 16, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6859 a party-line vote, Mr. Speaker. We had in no way, shape, fashion, or form costs of flaws in our Federal immigra- this vote, and we were denied the op- means that anyone is precluded or pre- tion policy. portunity to allow Members to even vented from filing an amendment. Furthermore, the bill makes a very make germane modifications to What it does, however, mean is that key investment, very substantial in- amendments that had been submitted any amendment that an individual vestments in DNA technology and to the Rules Committee. Representative files has to be filed by a backlog reduction. To the degree we Now, Mr. DIAZ-BALART is going to certain period of time, and that was can eliminate backlogs of DNA evi- make an attempt to defeat the pre- yesterday. That does one thing. And I dence, we can take murderers and rap- vious question. This vote on the pre- would submit that that enables our ists off the streets. Of this there is no vious question is one that will simply constituents to have the very, very question: you can tell from a statis- say that we, as an institution, want the best legislation that they can because tical certainty that when you reduce American people, through their elected it does one thing, it gives the Rep- backlogs, you take murderers and rap- Representatives, to have the chance to resentatives an opportunity to read ists off the streets and prevent them think about, to deliberate and to vote that amendment to see what that from committing further offenses. This on the measures included in this appro- amendment means and to have an op- is another key investment. priations bill and we hope in the other portunity to interpret it and determine And, finally, let me speak to a I guess it is 11 now appropriations bills, whether or not it is the best thing for science investment in the bill which I in addition to the one that we’re con- the bill or, in fact, whether it should be think is also very important and that sidering here today. pulled. is this legislation keeps some of our It is a troubling pattern which under- Mr. DREIER. Would the gentleman most important space science efforts, mines deliberative democracy. Now, yield? like the Mars program, on track, which it’s not unusual, but it is very trou- Mr. ARCURI. If I could finish my has brought us new, unprecedented in- bling. I don’t know how many amend- thought. formation about the world we live in ments would have been offered if we’d So I would submit that, in fact, it is that has led to scientific improvements had an open amendment process; but a good thing to have a preprinting re- and innovation here on the ground and guess what? I don’t believe, Mr. Speak- quirement in this particular bill, and I is a vital investment in our Nation’s er, for a second that 127 amendments would yield to my friend. future. would have been offered. I think there Mr. DREIER. I thank my friend for So I want to thank you, Chairman would have been many, many fewer yielding, and I appreciate his kind re- MOLLOHAN, for your extraordinary than that. When the Members of this marks. And I will say that the gen- work on this bill, for the key invest- House, Democrats and Republicans tleman is relatively new to the institu- ments in law enforcement and science, alike, are told that they can’t even tion. And I would say that, frankly, and I urge my colleagues to support it. make germane modifications to their since the gentleman has been here, we Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of amendments, there is little choice have not really had as many open rules Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield again to other than to have Members file many, as we should. I know that there has the distinguished gentleman from Cali- many, many different amendments so been an attempt made to define a fornia (Mr. DREIER) such time as he that we will at least be able to allow modified open rule as an open rule—— may consume. this process to proceed. Mr. ARCURI. If I may reclaim my (Mr. DREIER asked and was given Chairman OBEY referred to the fact time—— permission to revise and extend his re- that the issue of global climate change Mr. DREIER. I thank my friend for marks.) and the issue of health care are both yielding. I look forward to getting Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I want to issues that the Democratic majority some time from my friend from Miami. congratulate my California colleague, wants to bring to the forefront in the Mr. ARCURI. The point of it is that the gentleman from Glendale, Mr. next couple of months. We understand this allows individuals to file. In fact, SCHIFF, for his thoughtful remarks. that elections have consequences, and the fact that we have 127 amendments And I want to say that he and I share those are issues that they clearly have filed, much more than we’ve had in the our commitment to NASA and the very a right to bring up. I want to address past, certainly indicates that in fact important programs that take place at those issues. On our side, we want to Representatives have had an oppor- the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. And address those issues in a slightly dif- tunity to file. that’s the point. I mean, there are ferent way, but we don’t believe that With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 many important items in this bill we should be addressing those issues at minutes to the gentleman from Cali- which continue to be priorities. the expense of the very important proc- fornia, a member of the Commerce, I would like to say to my friend from ess enshrined in article I, section 9 of Justice and Science Subcommittee, Utica, who, again, is working very the U.S. Constitution, and that is the Mr. SCHIFF. hard, he is very fortunate, Mr. Speak- power of the purse: the appropriations Mr. SCHIFF. I thank the gentleman er, he has never had to serve in the process. for yielding. United States House of Representatives I want to express my strong support as a member of the minority. My b 1600 for the Commerce, Justice and Science dream is that one day he might be able So, Mr. Speaker, I am going to urge Appropriation bill and at the outset to serve as a member of the minority, my colleagues to join Mr. DIAZ- want to congratulate Chairman MOL- and who knows how that will come out. BALART, the gentleman from Miami, in LOHAN for the extraordinary job that he I mean, it’s always up to the voters to attempting to defeat the previous ques- has done in putting this bill together. make that determination. tion in the name of deliberative democ- In particular, I want to highlight a But I would say that those 127 racy so that we can allow elected rep- couple of key investments in the bill in amendments about which my friend re- resentatives to in fact represent their the areas of law enforcement and ferred and then I referred when I was in constituents. And if by chance the pre- science. the well are amendments that I had to vious question is passed, I am going to In particular, we invest over $800 mil- encourage our colleagues to file. Why? urge my colleagues to join in opposi- lion in the COPS program that has First, there were only 2 days, 2 legisla- tion to the rule because we can do a been very successful in putting addi- tive days, that this bill was out there. better job. tional cops on the beat and deterring And if we had had an open amendment Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Speaker, I thank criminal activity and keeping our com- process, as I said, I can say with abso- my friend from California for sharing munities safe. That is a vital invest- lute certainty there would not be 127 with us his thoughts. Clearly, his insti- ment. The legislation also makes a amendments filed to this measure; tutional knowledge of this grand insti- very important investment to those of again, maybe half that, maybe many tution is second to none. But there is us that live in the border States in a fewer than that. And many of those one point that I think is important to program called SCAP, which provides amendments are duplicative. And the clear up, and that is the fact that this assistance to States that have to incar- reason is that Members might find bill has a preprinting requirement that cerate illegal immigrants and bear the themselves in the same position as Mr.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:05 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16JN7.078 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE H6860 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 16, 2009 BUYER did. And that’s why I say my the Republican Majority, the Democratic such as budget act violations, violations of friend has served exclusively as a mem- Majority has announced its intention to re- ‘‘legislating on appropriations bills,’’ or ber of the majority; but if one day he is strict the amendment process by requiring other similar points of order, you should file serving here as a member of the minor- all amendments to be pre-printed in the Con- multiple versions of the amendment to give gressional Record by the end of the legisla- yourself options if you want to offer it. If it ity and were to receive the word that tive day on June 15, 2009. Members should be is not printed, it cannot be offered. he could not make a minor, germane aware that this deadline allows barely 2 leg- 4. In a pinch, don’t be afraid to draft your modification to his amendment, I islative days to draft and submit amend- own amendment. While the Office of Legisla- think that he would understand the ments for printing. tive Counsel provides excellent, nonpartisan concern that we have. This is a subtle—yet extremely signifi- advice and drafting services, they are not al- Members on this side of the aisle rep- cant—departure from the long-standing, bi- ways able to provide drafted amendments by resent just a little less than half of the partisan tradition of considering most of the the printing deadline. If they are unable to American people. And they all have regular appropriations bills under com- provide assistance by the deadline, prepare just as much right to be heard as Mem- pletely open rules. This change means— the amendment in your own office and sub- Members must file their amendments by mit it. While it is advisable, there is no re- bers of the majority. I recognize that the deadline announced by the Majority, or quirement that amendments be drafted by the majority does rule in this place, they will not be able to offer their amend- the Office of Legislative Counsel. but that does not mean that we should ments; 5. Amendments should be drafted with rel- prevent Members from being able to If the amendment is not printed in the ative references instead of page and line participate in this process. Congressional Record by the deadline (per- numbers. The Majority has posted the text of Mr. DIAZ-BALART has entered into haps due to space limitations imposed by the the bill on the Rules Committee’s website, the RECORD a document that was put Government Printing Office or other print- but this is not the final version of the bill. forward in the 108th Congress by the ing problems), Members will not be able to When printed by GPO, the page and line offer their amendments; numbers will likely change. By drafting ref- now-chairwoman of the Committee on If the Office of Legislative Counsel is un- erences relative to the rest of the bill (i.e., Rules, the then-ranking minority able to keep up with the demand for drafting ‘‘In the second sentence of the paragraph member. She, at that time, held the po- amendments by the deadline, those Members captioned . . .’’) you will protect yourself sition that I have. And the document will be unable to offer their amendments; against changes resulting from the printing describes what we are using as our pro- If Members need to change their amend- process. cedure for consideration of this meas- ments during the process (for instance, if an 6. Consult with the Parliamentarians, CBO, ure as a ‘‘restrictive process.’’ offset is stricken by an earlier amendment), and the Budget Committee. Even if an Now, traditionally, Democrats and they will not be permitted to do so; amendment is printed in the Record by the If a bill is considered over multiple days, deadline, it is still subject to potential Republicans alike have called it a Members will not be able to offer amend- points of order or Budget Act violations. modified open rule. But the preprinting ments if they are printed after the deadline However, if you cannot get an answer from requirement, according to this docu- announced by the Majority, even if the bill is these offices by the deadline, you should still ment, blocks any amendment proposal still being debated; file the amendment for pre-printing and con- that might emerge during the course of In many cases, Members will have to file tinue to pursue your inquiries. the debate. Now, those are not my amendments without the benefit of a review The Republican staff of the Committee on words; those are the words of Ms. by the Office of the Parliamentarian or the Rules stands ready to assist your offices in Congressional Budget Office, and may not re- dealing with this restrictive amendment SLAUGHTER when she was ranking mi- ceive early notice on possible points of order; process. Should you have any questions, nority member on the Committee on and, please contact the Republican staff of the Rules. If Members need to change their own Committee on Rules at x5–9191. And so all I’m arguing, Mr. Speaker, amendments to correct technical errors or Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 is that in the name of deliberative de- reflect a negotiated change, they will not be minutes to the gentleman from West mocracy, this notion of saying that permitted to do so, except through unani- mous consent. The Majority has dem- Virginia, the distinguished chairman of every Member has had an opportunity the Commerce, Justice and Science to look at this—2 legislative days—and onstrated that it is openly hostile to allow- ing Members to make technical corrections Subcommittee, Mr. MOLLOHAN. the fact that 127 amendments were on the floor after an amendment has been Mr. MOLLOHAN. I thank the gen- filed meant that there was this exhaus- printed. tleman for the time. tive analysis of the bill, I think, is not Members and staff are encouraged to watch Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the an accurate way to characterize it. the video on our website entitled ‘‘The Prob- rule. I think it is a fair rule and com- The 127 amendments were filed—I be- lem with Pre-Printing’’ which demonstrates prehensive. And, Mr. Speaker, I want lieve that many of those 127 amend- some of the problems that can arise from a to point out the effort that went into pre-printing rule. You may also wish to re- ments were filed because we are not fashioning this bill, which was very ex- having what has been the longstanding view the materials dealing with appropria- tions bills which are part of our Parliamen- haustive and very inclusive of all par- tradition allowed to Members of this tary Boot Camp educational series and our ties. House, and that is an open amendment fact sheet on pre-printing amendments in During the review process, Mr. process for consideration of the meas- the Congressional Record. Speaker, for this bill, the fiscal year ure. And that’s why, again, I urge my In order to assist Members in bringing 2010 budget request for the Commerce, colleagues to vote with Mr. DIAZ- their ideas to the floor even with this re- Justice and Science and Related Agen- BALART in opposition to the previous strictive amendment process, the Rules cies Appropriation bill, the sub- question. And when that is defeated, Committee Republicans suggest the fol- lowing: committee had a total of 24 budget make in order his amendment that 1. Make sure the amendments are printed hearings. I understand that we didn’t would simply allow Members to have by the deadline. This is the most important get the budget request until late this the right to make germane modifica- element of a pre-printing rule. Unlike years year, but we had budget hearings even tions to their amendments. past, where the rule simply required that the before we got the request and budget I also submit for the RECORD a copy of the amendment be printed in the Congressional hearings even after we got the request. announcement I posted on the Committee on Record at any point during consideration of The subcommittee received testi- Rules Republican web site, instructing Mem- the bill, the Democratic Majority has set mony from Members of Congress— bers of the restrictions created by a restrictive hard deadlines for pre-printing, meaning many Members of Congress inputted pre-printing rule and giving them guidance that you may be deprived of the opportunity to offer your amendment if you miss the this process early on before we marked about how best to preserve their right to have deadline, even when the bill is considered on up—and some 68 outside witnesses. amendments considered. multiple days. This testimony was crucial to our fash- MAJORITY RESTRICTS AMENDMENT PROCESS 2. Coordinate with the Republican staff of ioning the bill, and the thoughts and FOR COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE APPRO- the Appropriations Committee. They will do the concerns of those who contributed PRIATIONS BILL their best to advise you on possible proce- are incorporated in this bill. In addi- Earlier today, the Majority announced dural problems (including compliance with tion, officials of the administration the Budget Act), even if they disagree with that next week the House will consider H.R. representing all of the Departments in ll, the Commerce, Justice, Science, and the substance of your amendment. Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. 3. File multiple versions of amendments. If the bill one way or another inputted However, unlike consideration of virtually you are concerned about possible points of the legislation by testimony or other- all of appropriations bills during the years of order that may lie against your amendment, wise.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:05 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16JN7.080 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE June 16, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6861 And this year in particular, Mr. I join with the chairman of the Sub- side of the story, if you will, to this au- Speaker, the subcommittee focused on committee on CJS, Mr. MOLLOHAN, in gust body. But I want to work with my a series of hearings on investments for congratulating the Rules Committee colleagues to ensure that we know that all facets of the scientific enterprise— for constructing this rule, but I also this is out of sincerity and recognition climate science and mitigation—as congratulate Chairman MOLLOHAN and of the vitality of science. I’m very well as prisoner reentry programs, re- Ranking Member WOLF for a construc- pleased with the money that has been cidivism reduction, and criminal jus- tive overview of important issues that, put into climate measures, money put tice reform. as a member of the House Judiciary into NOAA because I come from the Mr. Speaker, we focused on some of Committee, I have great concern gulf region. those areas because we felt that in the about. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The past there had been neglect, and that And so I rise to support the rule, but time of the gentlewoman has expired. we needed, for our economy and also I also want to offer my underlying sup- Mr. ARCURI. I yield the gentle- for just appropriate operation of these port for the Community Oriented Po- woman an additional 30 seconds. agencies, that additional funding was licing bill. I was an original cosponsor Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. I thank needed. on the COPS bill out of Judiciary, led the gentleman from New York. In brief, the bill totals $64.4 billion, by Mr. WEINER. This is an important Mr. Speaker, I realize how important which is an increase of $6.7 billion over stopgap for crime across America help- it is to have these other elements of last year, and it’s $200 million below ing our law enforcement. science. As I indicated, the $1.3 billion, the President’s request. The bill pro- As an original long-standing sup- including $150 million to deal with vides $30.6 billion for investments in porter of the Office on Violence space-based climate measurements, is science, technology, and innovation, an Against Women and the VAWA Act, important. For those of us who are in increase of $1 billion over comparable starting with Chairman Hyde, who the gulf region, the issues dealing with levels from last year. served so ably in this body, I am de- hurricanes and climate control and I think there is a consensus that in- lighted to see that we have $11 million NOAA are very important, and the Na- vestments in science technology and more than 2009, with $400 million. tional Science Foundation. investments in innovation are com- But let us work together as we look 1615 parable to economic development nec- b at science in its totality to view the essary for us as we prepare for the new In addition, it is important to note International Space Station as some- economy, as we work our way out of the Second Chance Act. Wherever I go, thing we created, something we built. the recession that we find ourselves in. Mr. Speaker, I’m having ex-offenders This massive football field that is in Investments in the new economy are who want to straighten their life out, space is a miracle, in essence. Let’s uti- crucial, and this committee that funds who want to get back with their fami- lize it in a vital way by supporting our science is at the center in the critical lies, who need mental health services, human spaceflight. path of that effort. and they truly need to have the second I thank my colleagues and I ask my Within this level, the bill provides chance. I hope that we can ensure that colleagues to support the rule. $6.9 billion for the National Science this makes it through the Senate, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Foundation and $18.2 billion for NASA. comes into conference, and we get this Florida. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank For NIST, the bill provides $781 mil- money out so that we can redeem my friend Mr. ARCURI for his courtesy lion, and NOAA is recommended at $4.6 Americans who want to get back on and all who have participated in the billion. The committee’s recommenda- the right track. This is an important debate on the rule for bringing this ap- tion continues to provide the resources issue to be involved in. propriations bill to the floor. consistent with the doubling path iden- I also want to speak about an issue Mr. Speaker, I will be asking for a tified. that is very near and dear. I am a ‘‘no’’ vote on the previous question so The SPEAKER pro tempore. The member of the NASA Action Team. that we can amend this rule and allow time of the gentleman has expired. And we note that the space explo- Members who have preprinted their Mr. ARCURI. I yield the gentleman 1 ration, human spaceflight, has gotten a amendments, as specified in the rule, additional minute. Mr. MOLLOHAN. It also considers mark out of this committee of $400 mil- to make germane modifications to the science and research conducted at lion less than the President’s mark. their amendments. NOAA and NASA as critical to the Na- First, I’m delighted that the President As I mentioned in my opening re- tion’s science enterprise. has nominated General Bolden, who is marks, this restrictive rule we are con- Mr. Speaker, I commend the Rules in line to be the next NASA Director. sidering today will not allow Members Committee for fashioning a rule that But to my colleagues, it is important from amending their own amendments, recognizes, first, the welcoming input to note that we’re not just talking even if they are simply trying to cor- that this committee has had from our about money going into space; we’re rect a minor drafting error or make colleagues throughout the process. The talking about the International Space changes to the amendment to comply minority has been fully a part of the Station, which I have watched being with the rules of the House. One of the process. We very much appreciate Mr. built in my 12 years as a member of the reasons we have so many amendments WOLF’s contribution to the bill. Many Health Science Committee. filed is because Members have filed du- of his thoughts—I can’t think of one We have an opportunity now to be at plicative amendments to avoid the pos- that’s not incorporated in the legisla- the cutting edge of climate research, sibility of errors such as this. tion one way or another. He was a the cutting edge of health care re- In order to make sure an amendment former chairman of this subcommittee, search and heart disease, HIV, and can- complies with the rules of the House, and therefore his contribution and his cer on the International Space Station. Members must consult with four dif- insight is particularly beneficial, and The only way we can communicate ferent offices: the Office of the Legisla- we appreciate that contribution. visibly and reasonably to provide that tive Counsel, the Parliamentarian, the I support the rule, Mr. Speaker, and kind of human component, human re- Congressional Budget Office, and the hope that our colleagues will as well. sources, is to have human spaceflight. Budget Committee. If any of those of- Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of So I ask my colleagues, as we con- fices find an issue with an amendment, Florida. Mr. Speaker, we reserve the sider this bill, to consider the fact that then the Member has to make changes balance of our time. it is not, in essence, money that flies to the amendment. This becomes par- Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 into space but real investment in ticularly difficult when Members are minutes to the gentlewoman from America’s genius and America’s only given an average of 2 legislative Texas (Ms. JACKSON-LEE). science, America’s innovation, Amer- days to draft their amendments and Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Again, I ica’s job creation, the very message of consult all the relevant offices and would like to thank the distinguished this President. make changes and then consult with gentleman from New York for his ongo- I’m disappointed that this mark is the offices again. Given this scenario, ing leadership, and that of the Rules less than the President’s mark and it is quite plausible that a Member Committee. would hope to be able to present my didn’t have enough time and included a

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So as to not have a NASA’s Mars exploration and provides leading opposition member (usually the mi- repeat of that unfortunate incident, I funds for the completion of the Mars nority Floor Manager) who then manages an propose to change the rule to allow science laboratory to launch in 2011. hour of debate and may offer a germane Members to make germane changes to Exploration has always been critical to amendment to the pending business.’’ their amendments. mankind. We live in America today be- Deschler’s Procedure in the U.S. House of I remind Members that by voting cause of exploration. We must continue Representatives, the subchapter titled ‘‘no’’ on the previous question, Mem- to explore the new frontier for future ‘‘Amending Special Rules’’ states: ‘‘a refusal to order the previous question on such a rule bers will not be voting to kill or to generations. [a special rule reported from the Committee delay the underlying Commerce, Jus- In closing, Mr. Speaker, I would re- on Rules] opens the resolution to amend- tice, Science Appropriations bill. I en- mind my colleagues that so far we have ment and further debate.’’ (Chapter 21, sec- courage all of my colleagues on both discussed only a handful of the impor- tion 21.2) Section 21.3 continues: ‘‘Upon re- sides of the aisle to vote ‘‘no’’ on the tant programs that are funded by the jection of the motion for the previous ques- previous question so that Members will fiscal year 2010 Commerce, Justice, tion on a resolution reported from the Com- be given the opportunity to make Science Appropriations bill. I urge my mittee on Rules, control shifts to the Mem- changes to their amendments if nec- colleagues to vote in favor of the rule ber leading the opposition to the previous question, who may offer a proper amendment essary. and the underlying bill, H.R. 2847. I or motion and who controls the time for de- Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con- urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote on the previous ques- bate thereon.’’ sent to insert the text of the amend- tion and on the bill. Clearly, the vote on the previous question ment and extraneous materials imme- The material previously referred to on a rule does have substantive policy impli- diately prior to the vote on the pre- by Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida cations. It is one of the only available tools vious question. is as follows: for those who oppose the Democratic major- ity’s agenda and allows those with alter- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there AMENDMENT TO H. RES. 544 OFFERED BY MR. native views the opportunity to offer an al- objection to the request of the gen- LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART OF FLORIDA ternative plan. tleman from Florida? On page 2, line 21, after ‘‘if printed.’’ insert There was no objection. the following new sentence, ‘‘The proponent Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Speaker, I yield Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of of each such amendment may make germane back the balance of my time, and I Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the modifications to such amendment.’’ move the previous question on the res- balance of my time. olution. Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Speaker, I would (The information contained herein was The SPEAKER pro tempore. The like to thank the gentleman from Flor- provided by Democratic Minority on mul- question is on ordering the previous tiple occasions throughout the 109th Con- ida (Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART) for his question. gress.) courtesies in this debate and for his The question was taken; and the very able management of this rule. THE VOTE ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION: WHAT Speaker pro tempore announced that Mr. Speaker, on my opening remarks, IT REALLY MEANS the ayes appeared to have it. I chose to focus on the criminal justice This vote, the vote on whether to order the Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART. Mr. programs that are funded under H.R. previous question on a special rule, is not Speaker, on that I demand the yeas merely a procedural vote. A vote against or- 2847, but there are many other impor- dering the previous question is a vote and nays. tant areas addressed in this legislation, against the Democratic majority agenda and The yeas and nays were ordered. and we have heard about many of those a vote to allow the opposition, at least for The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- during the debate. In closing, I would the moment, to offer an alternative plan. It ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- like to take the opportunity to discuss is a vote about what the House should be de- ceedings on this question will be post- another of these that is of utmost im- bating. poned. Mr. Clarence Cannon’s Precedents of the portance to America. f The bill includes $293 million for the House of Representatives, (VI, 308–311) de- scribes the vote on the previous question on Economic Development Administra- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER the rule as ‘‘a motion to direct or control the PRO TEMPORE tion, which is $20 million above the consideration of the subject before the House amount enacted in 2009. The EDA ad- being made by the Member in charge.’’ To The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ministers several economic programs, defeat the previous question is to give the ant to clause 8 of rule XX, proceedings including public works grants for up- opposition a chance to decide the subject be- will resume on questions previously grading infrastructure, planning, and fore the House. Cannon cites the Speaker’s postponed. trade adjustment assistance for com- ruling of January 13, 1920, to the effect that Votes will be taken in the following munities that bear the burden of jobs ‘‘the refusal of the House to sustain the de- order: mand for the previous question passes the outsourced to other countries. control of the resolution to the opposition’’ Adoption of House Resolution 545, by H.R. 2847 includes more than $158 in order to offer an amendment. On March the yeas and nays; million for the Economic Development 15, 1909, a member of the majority party of- ordering the previous question on Administration’s Public Works Pro- fered a rule resolution. The House defeated House Resolution 544, by the yeas and gram, $25 million more than last year. the previous question and a member of the nays; H.R. 2847 also makes critical invest- opposition rose to a parliamentary inquiry, adoption of House Resolution 544, if ments in scientific research and asking who was entitled to recognition. ordered. NASA’s space program. The bill in- Speaker Joseph G. Cannon (R–Illinois) said: The first electronic vote will be con- ‘‘The previous question having been refused, cludes $6.9 billion for the National the gentleman from New York, Mr. Fitz- ducted as a 15-minute vote. Remaining Science Foundation. This level of fund- gerald, who had asked the gentleman to electronic votes will be conducted as 5- ing will support the doubling of NSF’s yield to him for an amendment, is entitled to minute votes. budget over the next 10 years and rep- the first recognition.’’ f resents a true commitment to invest- Because the vote today may look bad for ment in basic research and develop- the Democratic majority they will say ‘‘the PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION ment which will provide for innovation vote on the previous question is simply a OF CONFERENCE REPORT ON and future technologies to help the vote on whether to proceed to an immediate H.R. 2346, SUPPLEMENTAL AP- vote on adopting the resolution . . . [and] PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 United States be competitive. has no substantive legislative or policy im- H.R. 2847 includes over $18.2 billion plications whatsoever.’’ But that is not what The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- for the National Aeronautics and Space they have always said. Listen to the defini- finished business is the vote on adop- Administration. NASA’s unique mis- tion of the previous question used in the tion of House Resolution 545, on which sion is to pioneer the future in space Floor Procedures Manual published by the the yeas and nays were ordered.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:05 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16JN7.082 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE June 16, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6863 The Clerk read the title of the resolu- Bonner Hastings (WA) Myrick The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Bono Mack Heinrich Neugebauer tion. Boozman Heller Nunes question is on ordering the previous The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Boustany Hensarling Olson question. question is on the resolution. Brady (TX) Herger Paul This will be a 5-minute vote. Broun (GA) Hoekstra Paulsen The vote was taken by electronic de- The vote was taken by electronic de- Brown (SC) Hunter Petri vice, and there were—yeas 238, nays Brown-Waite, Inglis Pitts vice, and there were—yeas 247, nays 183, not voting 12, as follows: Ginny Issa Platts 176, not voting 10, as follows: Buchanan Jenkins Poe (TX) [Roll No. 346] [Roll No. 345] Burgess Johnson (IL) Posey YEAS—238 Burton (IN) Johnson, Sam Price (GA) YEAS—247 Buyer Jones Putnam Abercrombie Green, Al Oberstar Abercrombie Griffith Neal (MA) Calvert Jordan (OH) Radanovich Ackerman Green, Gene Obey Ackerman Grijalva Nye Camp Kaptur Rehberg Adler (NJ) Griffith Olver Adler (NJ) Gutierrez Oberstar Campbell King (IA) Reichert Altmire Grijalva Ortiz Altmire Hall (NY) Obey Cantor King (NY) Roe (TN) Andrews Gutierrez Pallone Andrews Halvorson Olver Cao Kingston Rogers (AL) Arcuri Hall (NY) Pascrell Arcuri Hare Ortiz Capito Kirk Rogers (KY) Baca Halvorson Pastor (AZ) Baca Harman Pallone Carter Kline (MN) Rogers (MI) Baird Hare Payne Baird Hastings (FL) Pascrell Cassidy Kratovil Rohrabacher Baldwin Harman Perlmutter Baldwin Heinrich Pastor (AZ) Castle Kucinich Rooney Barrow Hastings (FL) Perriello Barrow Herseth Sandlin Payne Chaffetz Lamborn Ros-Lehtinen Becerra Herseth Sandlin Peters Bean Higgins Perlmutter Coble Lance Roskam Berman Higgins Peterson Becerra Hill Perriello Coffman (CO) Latham Royce Berry Hill Pingree (ME) Berman Himes Peters Cole LaTourette Rush Bishop (GA) Himes Polis (CO) Berry Hinchey Peterson Conaway Latta Ryan (WI) Bishop (NY) Hinchey Pomeroy Bishop (GA) Hinojosa Pingree (ME) Crenshaw Lee (NY) Scalise Blumenauer Hinojosa Price (NC) Bishop (NY) Hirono Polis (CO) Culberson Lewis (CA) Schmidt Boccieri Hirono Quigley Blumenauer Hodes Pomeroy Davis (KY) Linder Schock Boren Hodes Rahall Boccieri Holden Price (NC) Deal (GA) LoBiondo Sensenbrenner Boswell Holden Rangel Boren Holt Quigley Dent Lucas Sessions Boucher Holt Reyes Boswell Honda Rahall Diaz-Balart, L. Luetkemeyer Shadegg Boyd Honda Richardson Boucher Hoyer Rangel Diaz-Balart, M. Lummis Shimkus Brady (PA) Hoyer Rodriguez Boyd Inslee Richardson Dreier Lungren, Daniel Shuster Braley (IA) Inslee Ross Brady (PA) Israel Rodriguez Duncan E. Simpson Bright Israel Rothman (NJ) Braley (IA) Jackson (IL) Ross Ehlers Mack Smith (NE) Brown, Corrine Jackson (IL) Roybal-Allard Bright Jackson-Lee Rothman (NJ) Emerson Manzullo Smith (NJ) Butterfield Jackson-Lee Ruppersberger Brown, Corrine (TX) Roybal-Allard Fallin Marchant Smith (TX) Capps (TX) Ryan (OH) Butterfield Johnson (GA) Ruppersberger Filner McCarthy (CA) Souder Capuano Johnson (GA) Salazar Capps Johnson, E. B. Rush Flake McCaul Stearns Cardoza Johnson, E. B. Sanchez, Loretta Capuano Kagen Ryan (OH) Fleming McClintock Terry Carnahan Kagen Sarbanes Cardoza Kanjorski Salazar Forbes McCotter Thompson (PA) Carney Kanjorski Schakowsky Carnahan Kaptur Sanchez, Loretta Fortenberry McHenry Thornberry Carson (IN) Kildee Schauer Carney Kildee Sarbanes Foxx McHugh Tiahrt Castor (FL) Kilpatrick (MI) Schiff Carson (IN) Kilpatrick (MI) Schakowsky Franks (AZ) McKeon Tiberi Chandler Kilroy Schrader Castor (FL) Kilroy Schauer Frelinghuysen McMorris Turner Childers Kind Schwartz Chandler Kind Schiff Gallegly Rodgers Upton Clarke Kirkpatrick (AZ) Scott (GA) Childers Kirkpatrick (AZ) Schrader Garrett (NJ) Mica Walden Clay Kissell Scott (VA) Clarke Kissell Schwartz Gerlach Michaud Wamp Cleaver Klein (FL) Serrano Clay Klein (FL) Scott (GA) Gingrey (GA) Miller (FL) Waters Clyburn Kosmas Sestak Cleaver Kosmas Scott (VA) Gohmert Miller (MI) Westmoreland Cohen Langevin Shea-Porter Clyburn Kratovil Serrano Goodlatte Miller, Gary Whitfield Connolly (VA) Larsen (WA) Sherman Cohen Kucinich Sestak Granger Minnick Wilson (SC) Conyers Lee (CA) Shuler Connolly (VA) Langevin Shea-Porter Graves Mitchell Wittman Cooper Levin Sires Conyers Larsen (WA) Sherman Guthrie Moran (KS) Wolf Costa Lipinski Skelton Cooper Lee (CA) Shuler Harper Murphy, Tim Young (AK) Costello Loebsack Slaughter Costa Levin Sires Courtney Lofgren, Zoe Smith (WA) NOT VOTING—12 Costello Lipinski Skelton Crowley Lowey Snyder Courtney Loebsack Slaughter ´ Cuellar Luja´ n Space Alexander Larson (CT) Sanchez, Linda Crowley Lofgren, Zoe Smith (WA) Cummings Lynch Speier Bean Lewis (GA) T. Cummings Lowey Snyder Dahlkemper Maffei Spratt Berkley McDermott Sullivan Dahlkemper Luja´ n Space Davis (AL) Maloney Stark Hall (TX) Pence Young (FL) Davis (AL) Lynch Speier Davis (CA) Markey (CO) Stupak Kennedy Davis (CA) Maffei Spratt Davis (IL) Markey (MA) Sutton Davis (IL) Maloney Stark Davis (TN) Marshall Tanner b 1648 Davis (TN) Markey (CO) Stupak DeFazio Massa Tauscher DeFazio Markey (MA) Sutton DeGette Matheson Taylor Messrs. MCHUGH, MCKEON, KING- DeGette Marshall Tanner Delahunt Matsui Teague STON, SESSIONS, and RUSH changed Delahunt Massa Tauscher DeLauro McCarthy (NY) Thompson (CA) their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ DeLauro Matheson Taylor Dicks McCollum Thompson (MS) So the resolution was agreed to. Dicks Matsui Teague Dingell McGovern Tierney Dingell McCarthy (NY) Thompson (CA) Doggett McIntyre Titus The result of the vote was announced Doggett McCollum Thompson (MS) Donnelly (IN) McMahon Tonko as above recorded. Donnelly (IN) McDermott Tierney Doyle McNerney Towns A motion to reconsider was laid on Doyle McGovern Titus Driehaus Meek (FL) Tsongas Driehaus McIntyre Tonko Edwards (MD) Meeks (NY) Van Hollen the table. Edwards (MD) McMahon Towns Edwards (TX) Melancon Vela´ zquez Ms. BEAN. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall Edwards (TX) McNerney Tsongas Ellison Miller (NC) Visclosky No. 345, H. Res. 545, had I been present, Ellison Meek (FL) Van Hollen ´ Ellsworth Miller, George Walz I would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ Ellsworth Meeks (NY) Velazquez Engel Mollohan Wasserman Engel Melancon Visclosky Eshoo Michaud Walz Eshoo Moore (KS) Schultz f Etheridge Moore (WI) Watson Etheridge Miller (NC) Wasserman Farr Moran (VA) Watt Farr Miller, George Schultz Fattah Murphy (CT) Waxman PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION Fattah Mitchell Waters Foster Murphy (NY) Weiner OF H.R. 2847, COMMERCE, JUS- Filner Mollohan Watson Frank (MA) Murphy, Patrick Welch TICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED Foster Moore (KS) Watt Frank (MA) Moore (WI) Waxman Fudge Murtha Wexler AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS Giffords Nadler (NY) Wilson (OH) Fudge Moran (VA) Weiner Gonzalez Napolitano Woolsey ACT, 2010 Giffords Murphy (CT) Welch Gonzalez Murphy (NY) Wexler Gordon (TN) Neal (MA) Wu The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Grayson Nye Yarmuth Gordon (TN) Murphy, Patrick Wilson (OH) finished business is the vote on order- Grayson Murtha Woolsey NAYS—183 ing the previous question on House Green, Al Nadler (NY) Wu Aderholt Barrett (SC) Bilirakis Resolution 544, on which the yeas and Green, Gene Napolitano Yarmuth Akin Bartlett Bishop (UT) nays were ordered. NAYS—176 Austria Barton (TX) Blackburn Bachmann Biggert Blunt The Clerk read the title of the resolu- Aderholt Austria Bachus Bachus Bilbray Boehner tion. Akin Bachmann Barrett (SC)

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:47 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16JN7.084 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE H6864 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 16, 2009 Bartlett Gingrey (GA) Murphy, Tim Baca Hare Oberstar Dreier LaTourette Putnam Barton (TX) Gohmert Myrick Baird Harman Obey Duncan Latta Radanovich Biggert Goodlatte Neugebauer Baldwin Hastings (FL) Olver Ehlers Lee (NY) Rehberg Bilbray Granger Nunes Barrow Heinrich Ortiz Emerson Lewis (CA) Reichert Bilirakis Graves Olson Bean Herseth Sandlin Pallone Fallin Linder Roe (TN) Bishop (UT) Guthrie Paul Becerra Higgins Pascrell Flake LoBiondo Rogers (AL) Blackburn Hall (TX) Paulsen Berman Hill Pastor (AZ) Fleming Lucas Rogers (KY) Blunt Harper Pence Berry Himes Payne Forbes Luetkemeyer Rogers (MI) Boehner Hastings (WA) Petri Bishop (GA) Hinchey Perlmutter Fortenberry Lummis Rohrabacher Bonner Heller Pitts Bishop (NY) Hinojosa Perriello Foxx Lungren, Daniel Rooney Bono Mack Hensarling Platts Blumenauer Hirono Peters Franks (AZ) E. Ros-Lehtinen Boozman Herger Poe (TX) Boccieri Hodes Peterson Frelinghuysen Mack Roskam Boustany Hoekstra Posey Boren Holden Pingree (ME) Gallegly Manzullo Royce Brady (TX) Hunter Price (GA) Boswell Holt Polis (CO) Garrett (NJ) Marchant Ryan (WI) Broun (GA) Inglis Putnam Boucher Honda Pomeroy Gerlach McCarthy (CA) Scalise Brown (SC) Issa Radanovich Boyd Hoyer Price (NC) Gingrey (GA) McCaul Schmidt Brown-Waite, Jenkins Gohmert McClintock Rehberg Brady (PA) Inslee Quigley Schock Ginny Johnson (IL) Goodlatte McCotter Sensenbrenner Reichert Braley (IA) Israel Rahall Buchanan Johnson, Sam Granger McHenry Sessions Roe (TN) Bright Jackson (IL) Rangel Burgess Jones Graves McHugh Shadegg Rogers (AL) Brown, Corrine Jackson-Lee Reyes Burton (IN) Jordan (OH) Butterfield (TX) Guthrie McKeon Shimkus Rogers (KY) Richardson Buyer King (IA) Capps Johnson (GA) Rodriguez Hall (TX) McMorris Shuster Rogers (MI) Calvert King (NY) Capuano Johnson (IL) Ross Harper Rodgers Simpson Rohrabacher Camp Kingston Cardoza Johnson, E. B. Rothman (NJ) Hastings (WA) Mica Smith (NE) Rooney Campbell Kirk Carney Kagen Roybal-Allard Heller Miller (FL) Smith (NJ) Ros-Lehtinen Cantor Kline (MN) Carson (IN) Kanjorski Ruppersberger Hensarling Miller (MI) Smith (TX) Roskam Cao Lamborn Castor (FL) Kaptur Rush Herger Miller, Gary Souder Royce Capito Lance Chandler Kildee Ryan (OH) Hoekstra Minnick Stearns Ryan (WI) Carter Latham Childers Kilpatrick (MI) Salazar Hunter Moran (KS) Terry Scalise Cassidy LaTourette Clarke Kilroy Sanchez, Loretta Inglis Murphy, Tim Thompson (PA) Schmidt Castle Latta Clay Kind Sarbanes Issa Myrick Thornberry Schock Chaffetz Lee (NY) Cleaver Kirkpatrick (AZ) Schakowsky Jenkins Neugebauer Tiahrt Coble Lewis (CA) Sensenbrenner Clyburn Kissell Schauer Johnson, Sam Nunes Tiberi Coffman (CO) Linder Sessions Cohen Klein (FL) Schiff Jones Olson Turner Cole LoBiondo Shadegg Connolly (VA) Kosmas Schrader Jordan (OH) Paul Upton Conaway Lucas Shimkus Conyers Kratovil Schwartz King (IA) Paulsen Walden Crenshaw Luetkemeyer Shuster Cooper Kucinich Scott (GA) King (NY) Pence Wamp Culberson Lummis Simpson Costa Langevin Scott (VA) Kingston Petri Westmoreland Davis (KY) Lungren, Daniel Smith (NE) Costello Larsen (WA) Serrano Kirk Pitts Whitfield Deal (GA) E. Smith (NJ) Courtney Lee (CA) Sestak Kline (MN) Platts Wilson (SC) Dent Mack Smith (TX) Crowley Levin Shea-Porter Lamborn Poe (TX) Wittman Diaz-Balart, L. Manzullo Souder Cuellar Lipinski Sherman Lance Posey Wolf Diaz-Balart, M. Marchant Stearns Cummings Loebsack Shuler Latham Price (GA) Young (AK) Dreier McCarthy (CA) Terry Dahlkemper Lofgren, Zoe Sires Duncan McCaul Thompson (PA) Davis (AL) Lowey Skelton NOT VOTING—12 Ehlers McClintock Thornberry Davis (CA) Luja´ n Slaughter Alexander Kennedy Sullivan Tiahrt Emerson McCotter Davis (IL) Lynch Smith (WA) Berkley Larson (CT) Walz Tiberi Fallin McHenry Davis (TN) Maffei Snyder Boozman Lewis (GA) Young (FL) Flake McHugh Turner DeFazio Maloney Space Carnahan Sa´ nchez, Linda Fleming McKeon Upton DeGette Markey (CO) Speier Green, Gene T. Forbes McMorris Walden Delahunt Markey (MA) Spratt Fortenberry Rodgers Wamp DeLauro Marshall Stark ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Foxx Mica Westmoreland Dicks Massa Stupak Franks (AZ) Miller (FL) Whitfield Dingell Matheson Sutton The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Frelinghuysen Miller (MI) Wilson (SC) Doggett Matsui Tanner the vote). Two minutes remain in this Gallegly Miller, Gary Wittman Donnelly (IN) McCarthy (NY) Tauscher vote. Garrett (NJ) Minnick Wolf Doyle McCollum Taylor Gerlach Moran (KS) Young (AK) Driehaus McDermott Teague Edwards (MD) McGovern Thompson (CA) b 1702 NOT VOTING—10 Edwards (TX) McIntyre Thompson (MS) Alexander Larson (CT) Sa´ nchez, Linda Ellison McMahon Tierney Ms. WATERS changed her vote from Berkley Lewis (GA) T. Ellsworth McNerney Titus ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Cuellar Reyes Sullivan Engel Meek (FL) Tonko So the resolution was agreed to. Kennedy Young (FL) Eshoo Meeks (NY) Towns Etheridge Melancon Tsongas The result of the vote was announced ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Farr Michaud Van Hollen as above recorded. ´ The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Fattah Miller (NC) Velazquez A motion to reconsider was laid on the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- Filner Miller, George Visclosky Foster Mitchell Wasserman the table. ing in this vote. Frank (MA) Mollohan Schultz Stated for: Fudge Moore (KS) Waters b 1656 Giffords Moore (WI) Watson Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Gonzalez Moran (VA) Watt on rollcall No. 347, had I been present, I So the previous question was ordered. Gordon (TN) Murphy (CT) Waxman would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ The result of the vote was announced Grayson Murphy (NY) Weiner as above recorded. Green, Al Murphy, Patrick Welch Griffith Murtha Wexler f The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Grijalva Nadler (NY) Wilson (OH) question is on the resolution. Gutierrez Napolitano Woolsey The question was taken; and the Hall (NY) Neal (MA) Wu REPORT ON H.R. 2892, DEPART- Speaker pro tempore announced that Halvorson Nye Yarmuth MENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010 the ayes appeared to have it. NAYS—174 Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, from Aderholt Bono Mack Capito Florida. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand Akin Boustany Carter the Committee on Appropriations, sub- the yeas and nays. Austria Brady (TX) Cassidy mitted a privileged report (Rept. No. The yeas and nays were ordered. Bachmann Broun (GA) Castle 111–157) on the bill (H.R. 2892) making Bachus Brown (SC) Chaffetz The SPEAKER pro tempore. This Barrett (SC) Brown-Waite, Coble appropriations for the Department of will be a 5-minute vote. Bartlett Ginny Coffman (CO) Homeland Security for the fiscal year The vote was taken by electronic de- Barton (TX) Buchanan Cole ending September 30, 2010, and for vice, and there were—yeas 247, nays Biggert Burgess Conaway other purposes, which was referred to Bilbray Burton (IN) Crenshaw 174, not voting 12, as follows: Bilirakis Buyer Culberson the Union Calendar and ordered to be [Roll No. 347] Bishop (UT) Calvert Davis (KY) printed. Blackburn Camp Deal (GA) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- YEAS—247 Blunt Campbell Dent Abercrombie Adler (NJ) Andrews Boehner Cantor Diaz-Balart, L. ant to clause 1 of rule XXI, all points of Ackerman Altmire Arcuri Bonner Cao Diaz-Balart, M. order are reserved.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:05 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16JN7.023 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE June 16, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6865 CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2346, troops, which supposedly was what this opposed this emergency funding in the SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIA- bill was all about. What began as a first place. TIONS ACT, 2009 troop funding bill has become a means I strongly support our troops, but Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to of fulfilling the President’s promise to cannot and will not support an inter- House Resolution 545, I call up the con- provide more IMF funding, or foreign national bailout for hostile regimes ference report on the bill (H.R. 2346) aid, for international bailouts. disguised as a troop funding bill. making supplemental appropriations If that isn’t bad enough, the con- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of for the fiscal year ending September 30, ference agreement also includes $1 bil- my time. 2009, and for other purposes, and ask lion in emergency spending for the GENERAL LEAVE for its immediate consideration. Cash for Clunkers program that was Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- The Clerk read the title of the bill. not a part of either the House or the mous consent that all Members may The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Senate package, nor was it requested have 5 legislative days in which to re- ant to House Resolution 545, the con- by the President. vise and extend their remarks and in- ference report is considered read. I understand the conferees have clude tabular and extraneous material (For conference report and state- dropped the Graham-Lieberman- on the conference report to accompany ment, see proceedings of the House of McCain language relating to the re- H.R. 2346. June 12, 2009, at page H6683.) lease of detainee photos. The conferees The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- have also significantly watered down objection to the request of the gen- tleman from Wisconsin (Mr. OBEY) and language relating to the release or tleman from Wisconsin? the gentleman from California (Mr. transfer of detainees at Guantanamo There was no objection. LEWIS) each will control 30 minutes. Bay. This is an issue that is and will Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- The Chair recognizes the gentleman continue to be of great concern to self 30 seconds. from Wisconsin. many of us, as well as the American I would simply note in light of the Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- people. gentleman’s comments on the IMF self 1 minute. Just last week, the President ap- that in 1999, the last time we voted on Mr. Speaker, this is the last of last proved having a Guantanamo detainee it, the IMF funding was attached to the year’s business. We have a huge transferred to New York City and or- Transportation bill and 162 Repub- amount of work that we have to do be- dered the release and transfer of four licans voted for it. They didn’t seem to fore the August recess. We have to pass Uyghers to Bermuda. The President ap- have any problem at that time. I find it all 12 appropriation bills, we have to pears to be racing to move these de- interesting that today, with a different make time on the schedule for health tainees to their new homes before Con- President, they do. care reform, for the military authoriza- gress can act substantively on the Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of tion bill, and for historic climate issue of closing Guantanamo. my time. change legislation. I just think we During last week’s conference meet- Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speak- ought to get on with it. ing, Mr. YOUNG, Ms. GRANGER and I of- er, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman I think everybody understands what fered several amendments. The first, from Texas (Mr. CONAWAY). is in this bill, and the sooner we can offered by Ms. GRANGER, sought ap- Mr. CONAWAY. I thank the ranking get on with it, the sooner we can get on proval of the Senate provision prohib- member. with this year’s business. iting the release of detainee photos. The distinguished chairman of the I reserve the balance of my time. The second motion, offered by Mr. committee said we know what is in Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speak- YOUNG, insisted upon the higher House this bill. That may or may not be accu- er, I yield myself such time as I may funding level for DOD and MilCon rate, but we certainly know what is not consume. spending in this conference agreement. in this bill. The conferees ignored the Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased that And the third motion, which I offered, specific instructions of a bipartisan we at least for now appear to be return- insisted upon agreeing to section 202(a) vote to include instructions to protect ing to regular order on appropriations and section 315 of the Senate bill pro- the detainee photos of alleged abuses bills as we deal with this emergency hibiting the transfer or release of that went on in our custody. supplemental that is before us. How- Guantanamo detainees. All three Mr. Speaker, the protection of these ever, I must confess to being dis- amendments were defeated in a party- photos, to prevent their release, re- appointed at the turn this final product line vote by the House conferees. quires a legislative fix, in my view. I has taken in recent days as compared As I prepare to close, let me make don’t believe the President has full au- to where we began with our original one additional point. Much has been thority to stand against the judicial House-passed bill. The majority has made about the total cost of this emer- branch, so we need to protect these chosen to go to the high-dollar level for gency supplemental. I note for the photos from release. every account in this conference re- record that the final conference agree- Even the court has recognized the va- port, except as it relates to the pri- ment is $106 billion, which is $14 billion lidity of the claims of harm that would mary purpose of the legislation, the more than the President’s request, $9 come from release of these photos, critical troop funding in the Depart- billion more than the House-passed whether it is recruitment of additional ment of Defense and Military Construc- bill, and $15 billion more than the Sen- jihadists or inflaming the current tion accounts. ate-passed level. jihadists into doing things they might My understanding of the final con- Again, we have increased funding for not otherwise have done, but also per- ference agreement is that it cuts the everything in this bill except for the haps squelch the growing protests in House level for DOD and MilCon by $4.6 troops. Arguments about maintaining Iran if we were to release the photos billion. More disconcerting is that the some level of fiscal responsibility cer- showing this abuse. Think back to the final package includes $5 billion for tainly ring hollow when we lard up a cartoon that was released in the Dan- IMF funding that was not a part of the troop funding bill with taxpayer dol- ish paper that insulted Mohammad and original House package. This $5 billion lars to support foreign aid for hostile the overreaction to that cartoon. for foreign aid will secure a whopping governments and cash for cars past Think what the release of these photos $108 billion in loans. their prime. This is a troubling pattern would do to our relationships. Mr. Speaker, I must say, this is such that is being repeated in many of our The military leadership, Generals an important message and important funding bills this year. Odierno and Petraeus, both oppose the piece of legislation, I think it is impor- In closing, Mr. Speaker, it is a shame release of these photos. They have per- tant that our constituents, as well as that a process that began in a spirit of suaded Secretary Gates and President our colleagues, pay careful attention to bipartisanship has concluded in such a Obama to change their original posi- this debate. partisan manner. We began as a united, tion, and they too now oppose the re- In essence, in this package the IMF is bipartisan House seeking to support lease of these photos. funded at a level almost $30 billion our troops, but have ended this process The release of these photos will serve more than what is provided for our by appeasing the very Members who no good purpose. They will get young

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:12 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16JN7.090 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE H6866 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 16, 2009 Americans hurt that don’t need to get The SPEAKER pro tempore. The tion, essentially adds up to no growth. hurt. I am disappointed that the con- time of the gentleman has expired. We’re standing still. We’re treading ferees did not include the instructions Mr. LEWIS of California. I yield the water. that we specifically gave them to pro- gentleman another 1 minute. And in a world where the North Kore- tect these photos from disclosure. Mr. CANTOR. And I ask that this ans threaten conventional nuclear war, I urge my colleagues to oppose this House stand up, act now, and make Russia is becoming more resurgent and supplemental. sure that these photos don’t make aggressive, and China is rapidly in- Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I reserve my their ways to brochures for recruit- creasing its aggressiveness. time. ment of al Qaeda or make their way on For these reasons, I rise to oppose Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speak- to Internet sites to help attract more this conference report. er, I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to terrorists in the fight against our Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speak- the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. CAN- troops. er, could I please check and see how TOR), the finest whip Virginia has ever And lastly, Mr. Speaker, to burden much time there is on each side? produced. our troops with $108 billion of a loan The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Mr. CANTOR. Mr. Speaker, I thank guarantee to a global bailout is not 1 tleman from California has 17 ⁄2 min- the gentleman from California. putting our troops first. That’s putting utes remaining. And the gentleman Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to politics before our troops, and that’s from Wisconsin has 29 minutes remain- this bill. America has the best military unacceptable to the American people. ing. Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speak- in the world. I think all of us who have Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speak- er, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman traveled and who have seen the com- er, I yield 3 minutes to TOM COLE, one from New Jersey (Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN) mitment of our Armed Forces are over- of the fabulous new members on our a member of the Defense Sub- whelmed by their patriotism. The suc- side of the Appropriations Committee. committee of Appropriations. cess of our military has much to do Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today (Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN asked and with the character and the courage of in opposition to this conference report, was given permission to revise and ex- the men and women in uniform who and I do that with a heavy heart, quite fight every single day for our freedom. tend his remarks.) Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, frankly. When this measure was ini- 1715 b if the defense portion of the supple- tially before us I supported it enthu- And what we can do, as Members of mental were considered as a stand- siastically. And in my remarks I this Congress, to speak to that courage alone legislation it would receive my praised the President. I thought he’d and that commitment on the part of support and the majority of those on made a tough decision and deserved bi- those men and women is to stand up this side of the aisle. We recognize that partisan support. I praised the major- and to remove politics from bills af- we need to provide our deployed men ity because they had brought us, I fecting their ability to execute on their and women, all volunteers, with the think, a very good and finely crafted mission to protect us. funding and resources they need to ac- bill. And frankly, I was proud of the Mr. Speaker, we can pass a bipartisan complish their important ongoing mis- minority because we stepped up uncon- bill. This House has shown several sions in Iraq and Afghanistan. But un- ditionally, supported the President, weeks ago, we passed a bill with a 368– fortunately, the majority has added provided the votes that he needed to 60 vote, clearly, a bipartisan bill send- items to this measure totally unrelated win and make a difference to have not ing the message that this Congress to these wars. just a bipartisan majority, but Repub- stood for our troops and nothing got in First, the much-debated IMF provi- lican votes that put us in the majority. the way. sion, which interestingly enough, al- I felt like we dealt with the President Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, we now lows our country drawing rights for the and the administration in good faith. find a conference report that will make first time in the history of the IMF. And frankly, I don’t think, since that its way to this House that is vastly dif- Secondly, the majority stripped lan- point, that faith has been reciprocated. ferent from the bill approved in a bi- guage from this bill that would have Over the course of the process as this partisan way. prevented release of photographs of de- legislation’s moved through, IMF fund- Number one, Mr. Speaker, the provi- tainees, thus endangering U.S. citizens ing has been added. It scores at $5 bil- sions in the conference report that will and members of our own Armed Forces lion but it’s a considerably greater make its way to this floor seem to put overseas. amount of money that will be de- the rights of terrorists before the secu- Thirdly, the majority inserted wa- ployed. rity of Americans. When we see that tered-down language on the closing of We’ve had this issue with the photos. this body somehow wants to remove Guantanamo Bay, allowing for these We’ve had the issue of detainees. And language prohibiting the transfer of de- dangerous prisoners to be brought to frankly, throughout that, there’s been tainees at Guantanamo Bay to U.S. the U.S. for trial 45 days after the no effort to negotiate with our side of soil, when this House allows for that Obama administration submits certain the aisle, which did provide the funding transfer, what that says is we are will- paperwork to Congress. These all rep- again, the votes needed to pass the ing to take on untold risk at the ex- resent reasons to vote ‘‘no,’’ to send original bill, you know, without condi- pense of the security of the people that this legislation back to the drawing tion. And frankly, it’s almost as if our troops are trying to protect. board, and to come back with a there was assumption on the other side Next, Mr. Speaker, we have seen the straightforward bill that supports our that we would either roll over or be conferees take out language that would troops. blackmailed or be bullied into sup- prohibit the release of photographs But I want to use this time to talk porting the bill simply because of the that we know will endanger the lives of about the direction of our national se- military funding in it. our troops. Our commander on the curity funding, our defense spending. If And I wonder whether or not, in ret- ground in Iraq, General Odierno, was you believe the administration, this rospect, it was worth losing literally very clear in his admonition several will be the last supplemental appro- dozens and dozens of Republicans that weeks ago when he said our troops will priations bill to fund our operations in were prepared to support this bill in a be put in greater harm’s way, and spe- Afghanistan and Iraq, even though our bipartisan fashion in order to add these cific units will have enhanced danger forces will remain in Iraq for a signifi- other measures which could have, immediately, if these photographs are cant number of years and our efforts in frankly, been brought to the floor on allowed to be released. Afghanistan are just now ramping up. their own. And I know that the majority says The administration says it’s putting So I’m forced to urge the rejection of that we’ve got protections, that the such costs for future soldier needs into this conference report. I would hope White House will stand up and not the base appropriations bill. However, that we could restore the military allow for their release. But at the end it doesn’t take a green eyeshade to de- funding that was taken out. I would of the day, we have the ability to stop termine that the administration’s re- hope that we could strip the unrelated it and to act now. quest, combined with the rate of infla- IMF funding, and I would hope that we

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I ask you to continued bipartisan support in the Reagan, who we honored just the other join me today to support our troops, to tough decisions they have to make day. Just the other day we heard so support our national security, to sup- going forward. many people say what a great leader port propping up countries that will be Mr. OBEY. I yield 1 minute to the Ronald Reagan was. the repositories of economies that will distinguished majority leader. I’m going to quote Ronald Reagan for further the ability of terrorists to re- Mr. HOYER. I rise in strong support you, if I can find it real quickly. Ron- cruit in countries that find themselves of this legislation. Eighty percent or ald Reagan said this: The IMF is the without jobs, without economic oppor- more of this bill is to support the linchpin of the international financial tunity for their young people and that young men and women, and some not system. That’s Ronald Reagan. He will have them turn and be recruited so young, whom we have sent in harm’s went on to say, I have an unbreakable by those who would undermine their way in Iraq and Afghanistan to con- commitment to increased funding for lives and would recruit them as terror- front terrorism. We passed that bill. IMF. That’s not a Democrat. That is a ists. We passed it with 368 votes. conservative leader that you revere, So I urge each one of my colleagues: It then went to the Senate, and the who led this country, and was strongly This is a vote for America, for its in- Senate amended the bill and added ad- supported by this country. terests and for its troops. Do not de- ditional funding for the IMF, the Inter- And I want you to know that I sup- lude yourselves that this is not a vote national Monetary Fund. That did not ported Ronald Reagan on most of his to support the troops. Eighty percent squeak by on some partisan vote. In security initiatives, as my good friend plus of this bill is about American serv- fact, more than two-thirds of the Sen- JERRY LEWIS knows, because I believed icemen and women in harm’s way. ators voting on that issue, including that we needed to make America Stand up for them. approximately 25 percent of the Repub- stronger and to tell our Soviet adver- Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speak- licans voting on that issue, voted to in- saries that we were prepared to invest er, I yield 2 minutes to my colleague, clude the IMF. Why? Because, like in the security of our country. the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. BUR- Ronald Reagan, President George Bush TON). 1730 in the 1990s, President George Bush in b Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speak- 2008, because they believed that the I think, in doing so, they ultimately er, I have great respect for the major- IMF itself was an important asset in decided that they couldn’t compete, ity leader, and he is very eloquent at the seeking of security by the United and glasnost and perestroika came the microphone, but he forgot to men- States of America. about. tion a couple of things that, I think, Now, we didn’t put it in that bill. But The first President Bush said this: the American people would like to it’s supported by two-thirds of the ‘‘The IMF and the World Bank are at know. For instance, 80 percent of this bill is United States Senate, supported by the the crossroads of our cooperative ef- helping the troops, but this is a war President of the United States, who, forts.’’ supplemental; 100 percent should be when he met with the G–20, pledged to Remember the responsibility of helping our troops. In addition to that, play our part in trying to bring the se- Speaker Gingrich when he said in 1998: he did not mention that this is a 22 per- curity that this country has paid so ‘‘We have an obligation to work with cent reduction from what was in the dearly to achieve. Our share is approxi- the International Monetary Fund.’’ supplemental last year, so we’re actu- mately 20 percent. The other members This is not a partisan issue, but I ally cutting funding to the troops by 22 of the G–20, 19 nations, will be putting suggest to you it has been made a par- percent over what we did last year, and up 80 percent. Why? Because they too tisan reason to oppose this bill and to try to embarrass Democrats, very we’re just expanding our operation into believe this is enhancing the security Afghanistan. So I think that the people of their countries and also what they frankly, that we can’t pass funding. We can and we will. I urge you to join us. ought to really get the whole picture. think it does to lift up the poorest na- The whole picture is that this is a war I urge you to forget the partisan rhet- tions of the world. Not Iran, who hasn’t supplemental, and it’s being cut over oric. I urge you to think of Ronald gotten any money since 1984 when Ron- what we spent last year for the same Reagan, of George Bush, of the second ald Reagan was President, the last type of legislation. time Iran got money from the IMF. George Bush, of Newt Gingrich, and of Now, he mentioned the International Not Hezbollah, no discussions with so many other Republican leaders who Monetary Fund, the $5 billion for that. them. The United States would clearly I won’t take the time to quote, who This is a war supplemental. This is not weigh in to stop such funding; properly have said that this is a critical compo- an IMF bill. It’s going to create $108 so. nent of our security apparatus. billion in additional loaning capability So we have a bill that seeks security We did not have it in our bill, but we by the IMF. A few of the countries that and peace, and it’s two-pronged now, all know how the legislative process will benefit from this with Special not one. And I suggest to you that it is works. The other body, particularly Drawing Rights are people who are not my belief that if it were a Republican when it does so by a two-thirds vote, our friends—like Venezuela, Mr. Cha- President asking for this that this bill adds legislation. The President of the vez down there; like Iran, a terrorist would pass with some 368 votes again. United States believes that’s good leg- state; Yemen; Syria; Zimbabwe; and Why? Because Democrats would join in islation, and very frankly, I believe it’s Burma. the Republican President’s request, as good legislation, and many in this So I would just like to say—and I we have in the past, and say this is for House do as well. Would we have added would never admonish the majority America’s security, for international it? We didn’t, but it’s here. leader, because he is a great man, and security, and we’ll support it. Do not use this addition by the I really like him—let’s get all of the Now, this bill does some other things. United States Senate as a reason to facts out there and not just part of We have a pandemic flu, swine flu, say, ‘‘I can’t vote,’’ for 80 percent of them. H1N1 flu, that is now at a level that the this bill supports those young men and Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I continue World Health Organization says is 41 women and, as I said, some not so to reserve the balance of our time. years historically in the context. And young who are deployed abroad in the Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speak- the administration has said, because of defense of freedom and in the further- er, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman that, we need additional funds for new ance of our security. from Indiana (Mr. PENCE). vaccines. I will tell you, my friends, on numer- (Mr. PENCE asked and was given per- We didn’t have that in our bill. Clear- ous occasions, as most of you know mission to revise and extend his re- ly, there’s not a Member in this House who have served with me, I have put marks.)

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I hear that we have $108 billion come together in a bipartisan fashion colleagues in supporting the bipartisan for the IMF. here in the House, as put together in military supplemental bill that passed This is not only about our troops. It the House, and support the supple- this House earlier in this Congress. is about the hardworking men and mental for the troops; but to add this It seems to me, when it comes to pro- women who put money into the Fed- mess that’s coming down here from the viding our soldiers with the resources eral Government not only to defend conference that the Senate stuck in— they need to get the job done and to our troops but to defend their own way over $100 billion for the IMF? I mean come home safe, it’s the right time to of life and their own prosperity and to they’re loaning money that they get set aside politics as usual—the partisan make sure that it’s here when they get from us and that we’re going to have to divide—and go forward to the best of back. borrow from China in order to give it our abilities in a united front. We did Of the $108 billion going off to the to countries that hate us and that that, but I cannot support this military IMF, I did not hear of anyone at the would love to see us go away. That supplemental bill today. I see it as a IMF losing their jobs in a painful re- makes no sense. disservice to the taxpayers of this structuring. I did not hear of anyone at If we are going to add this additional country and as a disservice to those the IMF being asked to take reductions burden onto the American taxpayer, brave men and women who defend us in their lifetimes of hard-earned health which is going to work counter to the every day. care benefits. I did not see anyone lose troops who are out there, who are put- You know, in the midst of difficult anything from the IMF for the $108 bil- ting their lives at risk, why not just economic times, it’s easy for some peo- lion underwriting by the U.S. tax- bring them home and not pay our en- ple to forget that we are a Nation at payers; but for $85 billion, I did see emies all that extra money and just war, and it’s easy to go back to politics back home in Detroit people losing call it a wash? If we’re going to give as usual and to spending as usual; but their jobs under a painful restruc- money that we’re going to have to bor- with American soldiers in harm’s way, turing. I saw retirees losing health care row from the Chinese, let’s just call it we must never falter in our effort to benefits. I saw dealerships closing. I a wash and bring our troops home in- make sure those soldiers have every- was told this was necessary. I was told stead of funding our enemies. That’s ri- thing they need to get the job done and by this administration that we’ve got diculous. We should not go there. Let’s to come home to us and to their fami- to be careful not to put money into a stop this, and let’s get back to the good lies safely. sinkhole. Well, this is also about eq- bill we had in the House before. Emergency war funding bills should uity. Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I continue be about emergency war funding. This When those troops come home, when to reserve the balance of our time. legislation, which includes $108 billion they come home to the Midwest, when The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- in loan authorizations for a global bail- they come home to my Michigan, I will tleman from California has 8 minutes out for the International Monetary look them in the eye and say, ‘‘As long remaining. Fund at a time when this government as I have been here, I have defended Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speak- has run up a $2 trillion annual deficit I and supported our troops, but I have er, I must mention I have only got one believe does a disservice to taxpayers also made sure that, when you came speaker remaining, so I would like to and to those who defend us. Passing a home, you came back to the American inquire of my colleague from Wisconsin $108 billion global bailout on the backs opportunities that you left behind to just the status of his circumstances: of our soldiers is just not right. defend us.’’ You would be the person to close? I urge my colleagues to oppose this As for the future that the majority I will have to reserve the balance of conference report. Stand with our leader has talked about, I don’t have to my time. troops. Stand with the American tax- speculate. Let me read you a state- Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I understand payer. Stand against one more bailout. ment: that we have the right to close, and we Let’s reject this bill tonight, and let’s If people tell you that we cannot af- have only one remaining speaker. come right back to this floor here to- ford to invest in education or in health I continue to reserve the balance of morrow and bring a clean emergency care or in fighting poverty, you just re- our time. war funding bill, in a bipartisan fash- mind them that we are spending $10 Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speak- ion, back into the legislative process. billion a month in Iraq. er, as I indicated, I have one additional It is time for us to reject this legisla- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The speaker. tion, to reject the changes that were time of the gentleman has expired. As long as you’re giving me all of made in the United States Senate, to Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speak- this flexibility, just let me mention get our soldiers the resources they er, I am proud to yield the gentleman that, as we began this process on this need, and to do it in a way that serves 1 additional minute. bill, both my chairman and I were very the broadest possible interests of the Mr. MCCOTTER. If we can spend that pleased by the fact that there was American taxpayer. much money in Iraq, we can spend broadly based bipartisan support for Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I continue some of that money right here in Cin- giving the kind of assistance to our to reserve the balance of our time. cinnati, Ohio, and in big cities and in troops that is fundamental to our suc- Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speak- small towns in every corner of this cess in the Middle East. To have that er, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman country. package now come back from con- from Michigan (Mr. MCCOTTER), a That was candidate Barack Obama. ference in the shape of being a bill that I would never take money from funds member of our leadership. has reduced the President’s request for Mr. MCCOTTER. I thank the gen- appropriated for our troops and use it troop funding by approximately $4.7 tleman. for domestic spending. I have said that billion and, in turn, has a cost factor of Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to before; but if you’re going to add $108 some $5 billion for the IMF is most dis- the conference report precisely because billion to fund a conference report for it is about our troops. The bill that left concerting to this Member. our troops, then spend it here in the I may have two additional speakers this Chamber with broad bipartisan United States. Spend it on the men and since my colleague here is standing. support was 100 percent about our women who support our troops every troops, and it is precisely now why it is day. Spend it on their families so they b 1745 only 80 percent about our troops. We stay employed. Do not send it to the Mr. NUNES. If the gentleman will should not allow for that 20 percent re- IMF. I oppose this bill. yield. duction to delude us that somehow this Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I continue Mr. LEWIS of California. I would be is a better bill. to reserve the balance of our time. happy to yield.

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And President and become law, this is one here we’re asking them to spend nearly so this bill today, in the process of sup- of our last opportunities to actually $30 billion more to carry this global porting the President’s policies of try- make law and get pumping levels back bailout. ing to wind down that war, is providing up to historic levels so we can provide Now, I’ve got to tell you, we may the remaining funding for this fiscal water not only to San Joaquin Valley, have enough money in the United year to help accomplish that. but also to Los Angeles and San Diego. States to solve our economic problems, In addition, this new President is Do you think there’s any possibility we but I’ll guarantee you we don’t have trying to change the way that that war could amend this bill and get some- enough money to solve the world’s eco- has been breaking in Afghanistan, and thing changed here so it will go to nomic problems. And when you think by necessity, Pakistan, which is inte- Obama’s desk? about the fact that we don’t have $108 grally tied to the Afghanistan situa- Mr. LEWIS of California. The gen- billion to loan to the IMF, so what’s tion. And what he is trying to do is, tleman is asking a very, very impor- going to happen here? The United through a combination of military ac- tant question, and I will try to be States is going to go to China, we’re tion, political action, and diplomacy, straightforward in my response. This is going to borrow $108 billion, we’re he is trying to change the mix and a conference report in which both the going to give it to the IMF, and they’re gradually extricate ourselves from that House and the Senate have come to- going to give it to countries, most of conflict and stabilize that region po- gether. The gentleman has raised his whom don’t like us very much. litically in the process. I doubt that concerns about water in central Cali- Now, I would suspect that most of my that will succeed. But this President, fornia at a level that has gotten almost constituents would say, This is a bad having inherited a God awful mess both the entire country’s attention. Indeed, deal, and, BOEHNER, we expect you to at home and abroad, has a right to try if there were any way I could amend vote ‘‘no.’’ And trust me, I am going to to fix this situation. That’s what the this package to help you solve this vote ‘‘no.’’ But the fact is, it doesn’t American people, in part, elected him problem, the desperate need to get belong in this bill. That issue should be to do. And so this bill provides the fi- those pumps going to get water to our debated on its own and should be voted nancing to do that. crops and the farmlands in Central Val- up or down on its own. And, yes, it added some other items ley, I would do so. But, unfortunately, The second issue is that the Senate that were not in the bill when it left in this case, I am unable to help, but included language in their bill that the House. It did add funding for the stand ready to try. would have protected these photos of IMF, about which our friends on the Mr. NUNES. Well, I would hope the detainees from being released. General other side of the aisle roundly com- gentleman would yield again. Petraeus, General Odierno, and others, plain. But I would point out, in 1999, Mr. LEWIS of California. Sure. have made it clear that the release of the last time I believe that we voted on Mr. NUNES. As we go through the these photos will endanger our troops. this, the majority party then, our approps process, I know you will be I believe it will also cripple the ability friends on the other side of the aisle, helpful in trying to get the point of our intelligence officials to do their added IMF funding to the Transpor- across that we have 40,000 people right job. And yet while it was supported in tation bill and 162 Republicans voted now without jobs in the San Joaquin this House last week with another for it. I find it interesting that today, Valley, long food lines, 20 percent un- broad bipartisan vote, the language with a new President, they decline to employment. These are very serious isn’t in the bill; it’s been taken out at provide that support. issues, and I would hope that your the demands of the fringe left. And so We also added something else. The GI committee will be helpful. I would suggest to my colleagues that bill education proposal that the Con- Mr. LEWIS of California. As we go this is not a bill that I can support. gress passed last year, had one remain- through with our hearings, I might I’m going to do everything I can to ing gap which needed to be filled. That mention in just a few days ahead we help our troops. They’re doing a mar- legislation said that if you served your will be discussing agriculture problems velous job on our behalf in helping to country in the military a sufficient and challenges to funding for programs keep Americans safe. But to load this length of time, you could then obtain for the 2010 year. Indeed, one way or bill up with this kind of political education benefits; and if you did not another, we are going to do everything gamesmanship is not what the Amer- use them yourself, you could convert we can to help the gentleman. So I ican people expect of their Congress. them to the use of your spouse or your very much appreciate his inquiry. So I would ask my colleagues to children. This bill closes a gap because Mr. NUNES. Thank you. stand up and say ‘‘no’’ to this bill. the one thing that that bill did not do Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speak- Let’s bring back the broad bipartisan last year was to enable a combat vet- er, I do have one additional speaker, majority that passed the first bill and eran who was killed in combat to make and I am very proud to yield 1 minute take care of our troops the right way. that same transfer of education bene- to the Republican leader, Mr. BOEHNER. This is not the answer, though. fits to a spouse or children. This bill Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker and my The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- provides that expanded benefit for our colleagues, I said earlier this year that tleman from California has 4 minutes fighting men and women. It was not in when the President does what we think remaining; the gentleman from Wis- the bill when it left the House. It is is the right thing for the American consin has 28 minutes remaining. now. If you vote against this bill, people, that he will have no stronger Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speak- that’s one of the provisions you will be allies than House Republicans. We be- er, I yield back the balance of my time. voting against. lieve that the President has a respon- Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- We also have additional money for sible strategy in Iraq and in Afghani- self the balance of the time. military hospitals that the administra- stan, and we have in fact supported Mr. Speaker, as I noted at the begin- tion did not request. We have addi- him. ning of the debate, this item represents tional help for the auto industry. I When this troop funding bill left the last year’s left-over business. It is the didn’t think that was a Federal offense House, it left with a broad bipartisan last item of last year’s left-over busi- to try to provide some assistance to majority. And as this bill is now con- ness. that industry. And, yes, we have a sig- sidered, after a conference with the We have been mired in a war for over nificant amount of additional funding Senate, there are a couple of very trou- 7 years. The President previous to this for pandemic flu. Now, we tried to put bling parts of this bill. one has continually minimized the cost that money initially in the original First and foremost, the addition of a of that war by financing it on the in- economic recovery package. We did put $108 billion line of credit for the Inter- stallment plan. Instead of providing a it in when the bill left the House. It

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VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:39 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16JN7.101 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE Insert offset folio 1401/11 here EH16JN09.011 H6882 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 16, 2009 Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, there are a number tory of this region. I am giving the President counterterrorism operations and in purging of reasons to vote for this bill. The bill funds the benefit of the doubt on this request by themselves of policies, programs and per- our withdrawal from Iraq, stop-loss compensa- supporting it, with this caveat: my patience sonnel that provide material support to extrem- tion for our troops, a more robust pandemic flu has limits. ist networks that target U.S. troops or under- response, extends the 21st Century GI Bill of I will not support an endless military commit- mine U.S. objectives in the region. Rights education benefits to children of mem- ment in this region. Reading between the (5) Ability of the Afghan and Pakistani gov- bers of the armed forces who die while on ac- lines, I suspect I see the letter Q in Afghani- ernments to effectively control the territory tive duty, additional international food and ref- stan—as in quagmire. If a year from now I do within their respective borders. ugee assistance during the current global eco- not see unambiguous indicators of success— In addition, I am an original cosponsor of nomic crisis, and other worthy programs as fewer civilian casualties, Afghan and Pakistani the McGovern bill that simply states, ‘‘Not later well. But candidly, those issues are ancillary to security forces in the lead on the security mis- than December 31, 2009, the Secretary of De- the real issue before us: this vote is essen- sion, genuine progress in rebuilding Afghani- fense shall submit to Congress a report out- tially about whether or not we support current stan’s shattered infrastructure and civil institu- lining the United States exit strategy for United Administration policy in Afghanistan and Paki- tions—I will not support further funding for op- States military forces in Afghanistan partici- stan. I hope the President does not let the erations and will support only measures that pating in Operation Enduring Freedom.’’ I firm- country down on this. will bring our forces home, and quickly. ly believe that the United States is best served Does the Congress want to support and Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, the fiscal year by outlining a clear exit strategy that the fund the President’s new military plan? Look- 2009 Iraq/Afghanistan Defense Supplemental American public can support and that the ing back at this vote from the future, it will be Appropriations bill provides $105.9 billion, 77 Afghani public can be reassured that we have seen as a vote on the war in Afghanistan and percent of which would be to cover costs relat- no long-term desire to occupy their nation. Pakistan. Will a vote for this bill move us clos- ing to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq for the Unfortunately, President Bush’s disregard er to a peaceful resolution of the conflict in rest of this fiscal year. I voted for these funds for the complexities of Afghanistan and the southwest Asia? because I chose to give President Obama damage that came from his disregard may In this dangerous, complicated world it is time to implement his Afghanistan strategy make this war unwinnable. We also must not never clear how to advance peace, prosperity, and withdraw troops from Iraq. But it was not forget that the Soviet military, with over a hun- and justice for ourselves and the rest of the an easy decision. dred thousand troops on the ground, lost deci- world. We Members of Congress are called on The war in Afghanistan has entered its sively in Afghanistan. Today, our troops are to exercise our best judgment, and in my best eighth year without clearly defined objectives fighting some of the very same warlords who judgment what the President has done so far and an exit strategy. With a deteriorating se- defeated the Soviets with our covert support. in Afghanistan is not the way forward, and the curity situation and no comprehensive political As you may know, Secretary of Defense Bill President will have to change the policy. The outcome yet in sight, some experts view the Gates, removed the commanding general of President is doing much good at home and war in Afghanistan as open-ended. Had the Afghanistan in a bid to change the-on-the abroad, and I want to support him wherever I Bush Administration not shifted its focus to the ground strategy in Afghanistan. With a new can. However, he so far has not changed the unnecessary war in Iraq, we may have already White House strategy, a new commanding policy in Afghanistan in a way that shows he brought Al Qaeda and the Taliban to justice. general, and 21,000 additional troops, I be- has learned the lessons of Iraq. Nevertheless, I believe President Obama made an error by lieve this is now President Obama’s war. I am willing to give him the opportunity to op- ordering an additional 17,000 troops to Af- The bill also funds the continued presence erate from a position of strength in forming ghanistan before first completing a detailed re- of our troops in Iraq. Despite the continued that new policy. view of U.S. Afghanistan policies. Continuing bursts of violence in Iraq, I am thankful the The chairman of the full committee has sug- the vaguely defined strategies of the Bush Ad- President has committed to a responsible re- gested that he is willing to give the President ministration is not acceptable. deployment of troops out of Iraq. This bill rec- a year to turn things around in Afghanistan The President did finally lay out a strategy ognizes and supports President Obama’s plan and Pakistan, but no more than that—an argu- for Afghanistan in late March of this year. It to withdraw all U.S. combat brigades from Iraq ment that has considerable merit. The prob- made some significant improvements to the by August 31, 2010 and all U.S. military forces lem, though, is that the President’s new policy Afghanistan strategy, but fell short in other by December 31, 2011. The bill continues to may not be new enough—not enough of a areas. For example, I was pleased to see a prohibit the construction of any base for the clean break with the past policy that placed regional approach, ‘‘treating Afghanistan and permanent stationing of U.S. forces in Iraq excessive reliance on the use of force to solve Pakistan as two countries but one challenge,’’ and U.S. control over any oil resource of Iraq. what are by definition political problems. We and a commitment to ‘‘devote significantly To ensure accountability, the bill directs the should take a lesson from Iraq where it was more resources to the civilian efforts in both Secretary of Defense to submit a report to not an American troop surge that reduced vio- Afghanistan and Pakistan.’’ These are signifi- Congress every 90 days that includes: lence, but rather empowering local provincial cant improvements over the Bush Administra- 1. How the Government of Iraq is assuming forces. And as in Iraq, it will be a reduced tion’s approach. responsibility for reconciliation initiatives; American combat presence that will ultimately Unfortunately, the President’s new Afghan 2. How the drawdown of military forces allow the country to find some peace. So- strategy fails to set clear benchmarks for the complies with the President’s timeline; and called surgical strikes—with inevitable civilian Afghanistan and Pakistan governments and 3. The roles and responsibilities of remain- casualties—and remote assassinations will not fails to lay out the consequences of not meet- ing contractors in Iraq as the U.S. mission remove the threat of militant extremists. ing the benchmarks. It is not surprising that evolves. Our understanding of Afghanistan is inad- the President has also failed to set bench- The bill does some very good things be- equate and our poor intelligence in Afghani- marks for the Pentagon and State Department sides funding wars for Afghanistan and Iraq. I stan and Pakistan limits our ability to carry out too. am very supportive of the $534 million for ad- any strategy. We are moving forward in Af- Thankfully, the supplemental bill lays out de- ditional pay for more than 170,000 troops who ghanistan with too much military bravado and tailed benchmarks for Afghanistan and Paki- have had their enlistments involuntarily ex- too little genuine understanding. Other coun- stan and the President must report back to tended since Sept. 11, 2001. These funds tries are opting out of combat, not because Congress on the: allow for payments of $500 per month for they are cowards, but because they do not (1) Level of political consensus and unity of every month a soldier was held on active duty see the situation the same way. Some of us purpose across ethnic, tribal, religious and under ‘‘stop-loss’’ orders. The average pay- have asked for a plan of success or a plan of party affiliations to confront the political and ment should be above $4,000. Stop loss or- withdrawal before sending another wave of security challenges facing the region. ders were used by the Bush Administration to soldiers. We have received no such plan. (2) Level of government corruption and ac- avoid tough decisions on deployment and As with other tragic wars without a clear tions taken to eliminate it. troop increases, creating a de facto draft for plan of how to get out, I fear we may be tak- (3) Performance of the respective security current soldiers. These payments are a good ing a first step that will be followed by sending forces in developing a counterinsurgency ca- step to honor the sacrifice unfairly asked of soldier after soldier to redeem our sunk costs. pability, conducting counterinsurgency oper- these brave men and women. Alexander the Great, the Mongols, the ations and establishing population security. I also support some of the foreign aid in the Mughals, the British, the Soviets—all their mili- (4) Performance of the respective intel- bill. The $660 million for bilateral economic, tary interventions in this region ended badly ligence agencies in cooperating with the humanitarian, and security assistance for the because they misread the people and the his- United States on counterinsurgency and West Bank and Gaza represents an important

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It en- eral programs, along with an additional $5.8 cratic Republic of the Congo and a new mis- sures that Hamas and other terrorist organiza- billion in contingent emergency appropriations sion in Chad and the Central African Republic. tions do not receive taxpayer funds and condi- for priority efforts to respond to the pandemic Finally, the bill includes $700 million for inter- tions funds for a potential Palestinian unity flu. Further, it provides $350 million to assist national food assistance to alleviate suffering government on all its ministers publicly recog- State and local governments, who play an im- during the global economic crisis. nizing Israel’s right to exist, renouncing vio- portant role in protecting the public, in pre- Finally, I was pleased that the conference lence, and adhering to past agreements. paring for and responding to a pandemic. agreement provides $7.7 billion for efforts to The conference agreement provides $420 After the recent outbreak of H1N1, which address a potential pandemic flu. The total in- million to help Mexico fight violent narcotraf- has been confirmed in 75 countries, it became cludes $1.5 billion for the Health and Human fickers with surveillance aircraft, helicopters, apparent that the United States must work Services Department and the Center for Dis- and law enforcement equipment, and to sup- swiftly to ensure our readiness. The funding ease Control to supplement federal stockpiles, port rule of law programs, bringing to $1.12 provided in the bill will allow the United States develop and purchase vaccines, and to ex- billion the total appropriated in 2008 and 2009 to take important steps forward in protecting pand detection efforts, and $5.8 billion in con- for these purposes. Americans from a dangerous outbreak, includ- tingent emergency funds. Of the $1.5 billion, The bill exceeds the President’s request for ing the expansion of detection efforts, shoring $350 million was set aside to assist state and assistance programs and diplomatic oper- up Federal stockpiles, and securing sufficient local governments in preparing for and re- ations in Iraq to ensure a smooth transition vaccinations. sponding to a pandemic. from the military mission to a civilian-led effort. I thank Chairman OBEY, the Appropriations Unfortunately, the conference agreement in- The bill includes $5 billion to provide the Committee, and the conference negotiators for cluded a $108 billion loan to the International IMF with the resources necessary to respond including these provisions, and I urge my col- Monetary Fund (IMF). I objected to this loan to the global economic crisis. This funding is leagues to join me in supporting the Con- because Congress should not be in the busi- a central component of a comprehensive eco- ference Report to H.R. 2346. ness of bailing out Central and Eastern Euro- nomic strategy to protect American families Ms. HARMAN. Mr. Speaker, we live in dif- pean nations that lost money speculating in and jobs. ficult times. Families continue to struggle to highly deregulated financial markets and now In addition, the bill addresses significant hu- make ends meet. Two major American auto are indebted to European banks. manitarian and development priorities by pro- companies have crumbled before our eyes. The $108 billion loan to the IMF is an un- viding $225 million to address the growing dis- And the US faces threats from groups and in- reasonable and irresponsible burden to place placement of civilians in Pakistan and to help dividuals across the globe who endeavor to do on the backs of American taxpayers. They’re refugees in other countries; $836.9 million for us harm. already paying through the nose for the $700 peacekeeping; $256 million for countries im- Today, the bill before us—hopefully the last billion blank check passed by Congress for pacted by the global financial crisis, including war supplemental funding measure of its ‘‘too big to fail’’ banks. For the record, I voted Haiti and Liberia; and the House-passed level kind—attempts to tackle at least one of these against the bank bailout. And, now, Congress of $100 million for the Global Fund to Fight looming problems. is returning to the American taxpayers hat in AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. It finances the targeted strategy President hand for a rescue package to bailout Euro- I urge my colleagues to support this legisla- Obama has crafted to minimize security pean banks. tion. threats to the United States and stabilize one The fact that we continue to run annual defi- Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the most volatile regions of the world. The cits means the Federal Reserve will print the of the Conference Report to H.R. 2346, the Supplemental’s provisions on Afghanistan and $108 billion or borrow it from China. In other Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2009. Pakistan focus on preventing them from be- words, the U.S. will borrow funds from China The agreement reached by the House and coming failed states and safe havens for ter- to, lend to the International Monetary Fund, Senate negotiators provides our troops need- rorists. which will lend to a Central or Eastern Euro- ed equipment on the battlefield and adequate It is also a needed course-correction from pean country to help rescue a foreign bank pay for their service through the remainder of the Bush Administration’s policies in Iraq, Af- caught in the credit bubble. the 2009 fiscal year, compensation of $500 for ghanistan and Pakistan—one that makes end- We should be focusing on economic recov- every month they were forced to remain on ing corruption and improving governance, not ery at home rather than loaning billions of dol- active-duty for longer than planned since projection of military force, the top priority. lars to the IMF to rescue troubled European 2001, funding to fulfill President Obama’s The President has asked me—personally— banks. I vehemently oppose the inclusion of promise to end the Iraq War, support for re- to support this measure. the $108 billion for the IMF in the War Supple- focusing our military and civilian operations in And I will support it for three reasons. First, mental bill. Had this provision been voted on Afghanistan, and assistance for new counter- this bill funds a very clear strategy in Afghani- separately—as it should have—I would have terrorism, economic, and diplomatic initiatives stan and limits the military mission there. Sec- voted against this provision. in Pakistan. ond, it provides the means to end the combat Reluctantly, I voted in favor of this bill be- In addition, this legislation contains much- mission in Iraq and requires the Secretary of cause it reversed the Bush Administration’s ir- needed funding to respond to urgent humani- Defense to report on troop drawdown status responsible approach to the wars in Iraq and tarian crises involving refugees and internally there. Afghanistan. I will continue to watchdog the displaced persons (IDPs). While I thank the Third, there is no funding for US troops to IMF and look for opportunities to rein in their Committee for including this assistance, I am Pakistan—only non-military aid and counter-in- misguided attempt at restructuring poorer na- hopeful such funding is just a sign on more to surgency training to enable Pakistani forces to tion’s economies. come. I am especially hopeful the U.S. will defeat the ominous Taliban threat inside their Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in stroll continue to respond to the dire needs to Iraqi borders. It rightly focuses on programs that support of H.R. 2346, the FY09 Emergency refugees and IDPs, the largest refugee crisis can and should succeed, rather than open- Supplemental Conference Report. This legisla- since Palestinian Diaspora of 1948. ended engagements that lack achievable tion provides the resources our military, diplo- I would also like to thank Chairman OBEY goals. matic, and development personnel need to for providing $1 billion for the program author- Governance is the key—providing the Af- make our nation more secure. ized by the Consumer Assistance to Recycle ghan and Pakistani people an alternative to The Obama administration’s policy to defeat and Save Act (also known as ‘‘cash-for- the false promise of safety and security of- the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan and clunkers.’’) I was pleased to cosponsor and fered by insurgent groups who are in fact ter- Pakistan is critical to prevent the region from help craft the cash-for-clunkers legislation rorizing local populations. Earning the trust of being a base for terrorist plots against the which will result in meaningful reductions in the people of those countries is crucial—re- United States and our allies. H.R. 2346 pro- vehicle fleet carbon emissions and fuel con- forming the police, cleaning up the court sys- vides $3.8 billion for economic security initia- sumption, while providing much-needed stim- tems and targeting corruption are necessary to tives in the region and funds our diplomatic ulus for our ailing automakers and economy. restore confidence. and development personnel and their security. Finally, as a long-time supporter of the De- One of the most important provisions con- I welcome the administration’s efforts to partment of Health and Human Services and tained in this bill is the requirement that the forge a lasting peace between Israel and the front-line public health agencies such as the President submit a report to Congress within

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If one the U.S. territories. counterinfurgency operations and governance looks at the original authorization for the use Although we have no reason to believe that your Administration intends to release or reforms, and the ways in which they effectively of force in Afghanistan, it is clear that the on- transfer any detainees to the U.S. terri- governing the shared border region. going and expanding nation-building mission tories, we write to express our concern about The oversight measures contained in this there has nothing to do with our goal of cap- any decision in this context that may treat bill will ensure that the mission is focused and turing and bringing to justice those who at- the territories differently than the 50 states that our goals are met. Investments are spe- tacked the United States on September 11, or the District of Columbia. The safety of cific and intended to funs a finite objective. 2001. Our continued presence in Iraq and Af- the U.S. citizens and nationals residing in But this measure funds more than our en- ghanistan does not make us more safe at the territories is no less important than the gagements abroad. It provides $7.7 billion for home, but in fact it undermines our national safety of their fellow Americans residing in the 50 states. We are certain that your Ad- H1N1 pandemic flu preparedness and re- security. I urge my colleagues to defeat this sponse efforts—most of which will be used to ministration fully subscribes to this view reckless conference report. and, therefore, that you will treat the terri- expand our ability to detect the virus and sup- Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, I op- tories the same as the 50 states and the Dis- plement vaccine stockpiles. While this pan- posed the 2001 resolution authorizing the use trict of Columbia with respect to the release demic has not been as extreme as initially ex- of force because I believed it gave President or transfer of individuals detained at U.S. pected, many scientists fear that H1N1 could Bush and any future President a blank check Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. recur—in a stronger form—next year. This is a to wage war anywhere on the globe, starting We thank you for your attention to this strategic investment in the federal govern- in Afghanistan. important matter. ment’s contingency planning efforts. Unfortunately, we will be unable to avoid Sincerely, Pedro R. Pierluisi. Finally, the legislation honors America’s such ill-fated actions in the future until we re- wounded warriors, providing funds for health Madeleine Z. Bordallo. peal the 2001 authorization. Donna M. Christensen. and rehabilitation programs. Today, nearly eight years later, I oppose the I have long opposed conducting US military Eni F.H. Faleomavaega. supplemental appropriations bill for the wars in Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan. operations ‘‘off the books.’’ President Obama Afghanistan and Iraq because it continues us Mr. ROE of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I rise is committed to ending this practice, which I down the path of open-ended military esca- believe is necessary to making sure our mis- in opposition to this bill. lation that can lead to war without end. sions are effective and Americans can under- I wanted to come down to the House floor I oppose this $94 billion supplemental be- to let the troops know I support them and how stand the real trade-offs involved. cause: Statement on Conference Report of HR much I appreciate the work they’re doing It favors military activities over diplomatic, 2346, FY 2009 War Supplemental Appropria- around the world. I have been to Afghanistan development, and reconstruction efforts by a tions 15 June 2009 and to Guantanamo Bay this year to see the Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong op- ratio of 8 to 1; work they’re doing, and it is tremendous. We It does not include an exit plan for Afghani- position to this conference report on the War should all be proud of their effort. stan; Supplemental Appropriations. I wonder what Unfortunately, today’s vote misuses critical It does not require the fully funded redeploy- happened to all of my colleagues who said funding for our troops to push through billions ment of troops and military contractors out of they were opposed to the ongoing wars in Iraq in foreign spending. People in east Tennessee Iraq within 12 months; and and Afghanistan. I wonder what happened to question why we’re giving $5 billion and over It does not include the strong regional ap- my colleagues who voted with me as I op- $100 billion in loan guarantees to the Inter- proach the situation demands including a posed every war supplemental request under national Monetary Fund to bail out other coun- strong nuclear non-proliferation effort in Paki- the previous administration. It seems, with tries when we have so many needs right here stan. at home. very few exceptions, they have changed their Madam Speaker, it is time we maximize our position on the war now that the White House Additionally, because this legislation des- nation’s ‘‘smart power’’ by increasing our use has changed hands. I find this troubling. As I ignates everything as ‘‘emergency’’ spending, of diplomatic, development, and reconstruction have said while opposing previous war funding this spending is not offset and breaks the al- activities. requests, a vote to fund the war is a vote in Unfortunately, the supplemental appropria- ready-inflated spending caps. The way I see it, favor of the war. Congress exercises its con- tions bill does not reflect a fundamental shift in the only emergency I see is that a month has stitutional prerogatives through the power of direction. passed and the Democrats haven’t added a the purse. Therefore, I cannot support it. few billion to our already record deficit in new This conference report, being a Washington- Mr. PIERLUISI. Mr. Speaker, I rise on be- spending. style compromise, reflects one thing Congress half of myself and my four colleagues from the I urge members to defeat this bill and force agrees on: spending money we do not have. U.S. territories to express our concern with the Democratic Leadership to bring us back a So this ‘‘compromise’’ bill spends 15 percent Section 14103 of the Conference Report on clean supplemental that supports the troops. more than the president requested, which is H.R. 2346, the Supplemental Appropriations Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield back $9 billion more than in the original House bill Act, 2009, relative to a funding prohibition on the balance of my time. and $14.6 billion more than the original Sen- the release or transfer of individuals currently The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without ate version. Included in this final version—in detained at U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo objection, the previous question is or- addition to the $106 billion to continue the dered on the conference report. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq—is a $108 billion Bay, Cuba. Today, my colleagues and I have written a There was no objection. loan guarantee to the International Monetary letter to President Barack H. Obama to convey The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Fund, allowing that destructive organization to this concern. I submit the text of our letter for question is on the conference report. continue spending taxpayer money to prop up ECORD. Pursuant to clause 10 of rule XX, the corrupt elites and promote harmful economic print and inclusion in the official R Washington, DC., June 16, 2009. yeas and nays are ordered. policies overseas. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this As Americans struggle through the worst President BARACK H. OBAMA, The White House, 15-minute vote on adoption of the con- economic downturn since the Great Depres- Washington DC. ference report will be followed by a 5- sion, this emergency supplemental appropria- DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: We write to respect- minute vote on the motion to suspend tions bill sends billions of dollars overseas as fully request that your Administration not the rules on House Resolution 366. foreign aid. Included in this appropriation is release or transfer any individual who is cur- The vote was taken by electronic de- $660 million for Gaza, $555 million for Israel, rently detained at U.S. Naval Station, Guan- vice, and there were—yeas 226, nays $310 million for Egypt, $300 million for Jordan, tanamo Bay, Cuba to any territory of the 202, not voting 6, as follows: and $420 million for Mexico. Some $889 mil- United States. lion will be sent to the United Nations for The Supplemental Appropriations Act [Roll No. 348] (H.R. 2346), which is expected to be approved YEAS—226 ‘‘peacekeeping’’ missions. Almost one billion by Congress later this week, prohibits the Abercrombie Arcuri Becerra dollars will be sent overseas to address the use of funds made available in the Act to re- global financial crisis outside our borders and Ackerman Baca Berman lease or transfer any individual detained at Adler (NJ) Baird Berry nearly $8 billion will be spent to address a Guantanamo Bay to the 50 states or the Dis- Altmire Barrow Bishop (GA) ‘‘potential pandemic flu.’’ trict of Columbia. However, the Act tech- Andrews Bean Bishop (NY)

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B. Issa Moran (KS) Simpson Rahall Biggert Eshoo Lipinski Carney Kagen Jenkins Murphy, Tim Smith (NE) Rangel Bilbray Etheridge LoBiondo Carson (IN) Kanjorski Johnson (IL) Myrick Smith (NJ) Reyes Bilirakis Fallin Loebsack Castor (FL) Kildee Johnson, Sam Neugebauer Smith (TX) Richardson Bishop (GA) Farr Lofgren, Zoe Chandler Kilpatrick (MI) Jones Nunes Souder Bishop (NY) Fattah Lowey Childers Kilroy Rodriguez Jordan (OH) Olson Speier Ross Bishop (UT) Filner Lucas Clarke Kind Kaptur Paul Stark Blackburn Flake Luetkemeyer Rothman (NJ) Clay King (NY) King (IA) Paulsen Stearns Blumenauer Fleming Luja´ n Roybal-Allard Cleaver Kirk Kingston Payne Terry Blunt Forbes Lummis Ruppersberger Clyburn Kirkpatrick (AZ) Kline (MN) Pence Thompson (PA) Boccieri Fortenberry Lungren, Daniel Rush Cohen Kissell Kucinich Petri Thornberry Boehner Foster E. Ryan (OH) Connolly (VA) Klein (FL) Lamborn Pingree (ME) Tiahrt Bonner Foxx Lynch Salazar Cooper Kosmas Lance Pitts Tiberi Bono Mack Franks (AZ) Mack Sa´ nchez, Linda Costa Kratovil Latham Platts Tierney Boozman Frelinghuysen Maffei T. Costello Langevin LaTourette Poe (TX) Tsongas Boren Fudge Manzullo Sanchez, Loretta Latta Polis (CO) Courtney Larsen (WA) Turner Boswell Gallegly Marchant Crowley Larson (CT) Sarbanes Lee (CA) Posey Upton Boucher Garrett (NJ) Markey (CO) Cuellar Levin Schakowsky Lee (NY) Price (GA) Walden Boustany Gerlach Markey (MA) Cummings Lipinski Schauer Lewis (CA) Putnam Wamp Boyd Giffords Marshall Schiff Linder Radanovich Dahlkemper Loebsack Brady (PA) Gingrey (GA) Massa LoBiondo Rehberg Waters Davis (AL) Lowey Schrader Brady (TX) Gohmert Matheson Davis (CA) Luja´ n Lofgren, Zoe Reichert Watson Schwartz Braley (IA) Gonzalez Matsui Davis (IL) Lynch Lucas Roe (TN) Welch Scott (GA) Bright Goodlatte McCarthy (CA) Davis (TN) Maffei Luetkemeyer Rogers (AL) Westmoreland Scott (VA) Broun (GA) Gordon (TN) McCarthy (NY) DeFazio Maloney Lummis Rogers (KY) Whitfield Sestak Brown (SC) Granger McCaul DeGette Markey (CO) Lungren, Daniel Rogers (MI) Wilson (SC) Shuler Brown, Corrine Graves McClintock Delahunt Markey (MA) E. Rohrabacher Wittman Sires Brown-Waite, Grayson McCollum DeLauro Marshall Mack Rooney Wolf Skelton Ginny Green, Al McCotter Dicks Matheson Manzullo Ros-Lehtinen Woolsey Slaughter Buchanan Green, Gene McDermott Dingell Matsui Marchant Roskam Young (AK) Smith (WA) Burgess Griffith McGovern Donnelly (IN) McCarthy (NY) Snyder Burton (IN) Guthrie McHugh Doyle McCollum NOT VOTING—6 Space Butterfield Gutierrez McIntyre Driehaus McDermott Alexander Kennedy Sullivan Spratt Buyer Hall (NY) McKeon Edwards (TX) McHugh Berkley Lewis (GA) Young (FL) Stupak Calvert Hall (TX) McMahon Ellsworth McIntyre Sutton Engel McMahon ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Camp Halvorson McMorris Tanner Eshoo McNerney Campbell Hare Rodgers Tauscher The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Etheridge Meek (FL) Cantor Harper McNerney Taylor the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- Fattah Meeks (NY) Cao Hastings (FL) Meek (FL) Teague Foster Melancon ing in this vote. Capito Hastings (WA) Meeks (NY) Thompson (CA) Frank (MA) Miller (MI) Capps Heinrich Melancon Fudge Miller (NC) Thompson (MS) b 1827 Capuano Heller Mica Giffords Miller, George Titus Cardoza Hensarling Michaud Gonzalez Minnick Tonko Mr. ROGERS of Michigan changed Carnahan Herger Miller (FL) Gordon (TN) Mitchell Towns his vote from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Carney Herseth Sandlin Miller (MI) Green, Al Mollohan Van Hollen So the conference report was agreed Carson (IN) Higgins Miller (NC) Green, Gene Moore (KS) Vela´ zquez Cassidy Hill Miller, Gary Griffith Moore (WI) Visclosky to. Castle Himes Miller, George Gutierrez Moran (VA) Walz The result of the vote was announced Castor (FL) Hinchey Minnick Hall (NY) Murphy (CT) Wasserman as above recorded. Chaffetz Hinojosa Mitchell Chandler Hirono Mollohan Halvorson Murphy (NY) Schultz A motion to reconsider was laid on Hare Murphy, Patrick Watt Childers Hodes Moore (KS) Harman Murtha Waxman the table. Clarke Hoekstra Moore (WI) Hastings (FL) Nadler (NY) Weiner Clay Holden Moran (KS) Heinrich Napolitano Wexler f Cleaver Holt Moran (VA) Herseth Sandlin Neal (MA) Wilson (OH) Clyburn Hoyer Murphy (CT) Higgins Nye Wu RECOGNIZING 40TH ANNIVERSARY Coble Hunter Murphy (NY) Hill Oberstar Yarmuth OF NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE Coffman (CO) Inglis Murphy, Patrick Cohen Inslee Murphy, Tim NAYS—202 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Cole Israel Murtha finished business is the vote on the mo- Conaway Issa Myrick Aderholt Buchanan Diaz-Balart, M. Connolly (VA) Jackson (IL) Nadler (NY) Akin Burgess Doggett tion to suspend the rules and agree to Conyers Jackson-Lee Napolitano Austria Burton (IN) Dreier the resolution, H. Res. 366, on which Cooper (TX) Neugebauer Bachmann Buyer Duncan the yeas and nays were ordered. Costa Jenkins Nunes Bachus Calvert Edwards (MD) Costello Johnson (GA) Nye Baldwin Camp Ehlers The Clerk read the title of the resolu- Courtney Johnson (IL) Oberstar Barrett (SC) Campbell Ellison tion. Crenshaw Johnson, E. B. Obey Bartlett Cantor Emerson The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Crowley Johnson, Sam Olson Barton (TX) Capito Fallin question is on the motion offered by Cuellar Jones Olver Biggert Capuano Farr Culberson Jordan (OH) Ortiz Bilbray Carter Filner the gentlewoman from Wisconsin (Ms. Cummings Kanjorski Pallone Bilirakis Cassidy Flake BALDWIN) that the House suspend the Dahlkemper Kaptur Pascrell Bishop (UT) Castle Fleming rules and agree to the resolution, H. Davis (AL) Kildee Pastor (AZ) Blackburn Chaffetz Forbes Davis (CA) Kilpatrick (MI) Paul Blunt Coble Fortenberry Res. 366. Davis (IL) Kilroy Paulsen Boehner Coffman (CO) Foxx This will be a 5-minute vote. Davis (KY) Kind Payne Bonner Cole Franks (AZ) The vote was taken by electronic de- Davis (TN) King (IA) Pence Bono Mack Conaway Frelinghuysen vice, and there were—yeas 411, nays 0, Deal (GA) King (NY) Perlmutter Boozman Conyers Gallegly DeFazio Kingston Perriello Boustany Crenshaw Garrett (NJ) not voting 22, as follows: DeGette Kirk Peters Brady (TX) Culberson Gerlach [Roll No. 349] Delahunt Kirkpatrick (AZ) Peterson Broun (GA) Davis (KY) Gingrey (GA) DeLauro Kissell Petri Brown (SC) Deal (GA) Gohmert YEAS—411 Dent Klein (FL) Pingree (ME) Brown-Waite, Dent Goodlatte Abercrombie Aderholt Akin Diaz-Balart, L. Kline (MN) Pitts Ginny Diaz-Balart, L. Granger Ackerman Adler (NJ) Altmire Diaz-Balart, M. Kosmas Platts

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:12 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16JN7.036 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE H6886 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 16, 2009 Polis (CO) Schauer Thompson (CA) ments of Commerce and Justice, and close to it understands, and they have Pomeroy Schiff Thompson (MS) Posey Schmidt Thompson (PA) Science, and Related Agencies for the worked long hours diligently with Price (GA) Schock Thornberry fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, great competence to move this bill for- Price (NC) Schrader Tiahrt and for other purposes, with Mr. ward, and I most sincerely thank them Putnam Schwartz Tiberi ALTMIRE in the chair. for the efforts. We couldn’t do this Quigley Scott (GA) Tierney Radanovich Scott (VA) Titus The Clerk read the title of the bill. without them. Rahall Sensenbrenner Tonko The CHAIR. Pursuant to the rule, the Mr. Chairman, in brief summary, this Rangel Serrano Towns bill is considered read the first time. bill totals $64.4 billion, an increase of Rehberg Sessions Tsongas The gentleman from West Virginia $6.7 billion over last year, but it is $200 Reichert Sestak Turner Reyes Shadegg Upton (Mr. MOLLOHAN) and the gentleman million below the President’s budget Richardson Shea-Porter Van Hollen from Virginia (Mr. WOLF) each will request. The bill provides $30.6 billion Rodriguez Sherman Vela´ zquez control 30 minutes. for investments in science, technology, Roe (TN) Shimkus Visclosky The Chair recognizes the gentleman Rogers (AL) Shuler Walden and innovation, an increase of $1 bil- Rogers (KY) Shuster Walz from West Virginia. lion over comparable levels from last Rogers (MI) Simpson Wamp Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I year. Rohrabacher Sires Wasserman rise in regard to H.R. 2847, the legisla- Within this level, the bill provides Rooney Skelton Schultz Ros-Lehtinen Slaughter Waters tion appropriating funds for Commerce, $6.9 billion for the National Science Roskam Smith (NE) Watson Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Foundation and $18.2 billion for NASA. Ross Smith (NJ) Watt for 2010. For NIST, the bill provides $781.1 mil- Rothman (NJ) Smith (WA) Waxman Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such Roybal-Allard Snyder Weiner lion. For NOAA, it’s recommended at Royce Souder Welch time as I may consume in general de- $4.6 billion. The committee’s rec- Ruppersberger Space Westmoreland bate. ommendation continues to provide re- Rush Speier Wexler Mr. Chairman, if this is June, it must sources consistent with the doubling Ryan (OH) Spratt Whitfield be appropriations season, and today Ryan (WI) Stearns Wilson (OH) path identified for NSF and NIST in Salazar Stupak Wilson (SC) I’m pleased to present to the House the the COMPETES Act. It also considers Sa´ nchez, Linda Sutton Wittman first of the appropriations bills for fis- the science and research conducted at T. Tanner Wolf cal year 2010, H.R. 2847, the Commerce, Sanchez, Loretta Tauscher Woolsey NOAA and at NASA as critical to the Sarbanes Taylor Wu Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Nation’s science enterprise just as that Scalise Teague Yarmuth Appropriation bill. performed by NSF and NIST. Schakowsky Terry Young (AK) While the summer may be hot and For law enforcement and other agen- NOT VOTING—22 humid, as is typical in the Nation’s cies of the Department of Justice, the Alexander Harman Neal (MA) Capital, with the assistance of this bill provides a total of $27.7 billion. Barton (TX) Honda Poe (TX) body, our days and nights need not be Full funding of $7.9 billion for the FBI, Berkley Kagen Smith (TX) long for the House to fully consider $2 billion for the DEA, and $1.1 billion Berman Kennedy Stark this and the other 11 appropriations Carter Larson (CT) for ATF. Sullivan bills in regular order, or so we hope. Edwards (TX) Lewis (GA) Young (FL) For the Bureau of Prisons, the bill Frank (MA) Maloney I want to thank the ranking member provides $6.2 billion to address long- Grijalva McHenry of this subcommittee with most sin- standing critical shortages in correc- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE cerity for his assistance, help, counsel, tions’ staffing and education, in addi- The SPEAKER pro tempore (during and guidance in the development of tion to drug treatment. For State and the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- this bill. Mr. FRANK Wolf of Virginia local law enforcement activities, the ing in this vote. was chairman of this committee for a bill provides a total of more than $3.4 number of years, served on it for a billion, restoring, in large part, reduc- 1835 b great number of years. We served on it tions proposed by the administration. So (two-thirds being in the affirma- together. He brings to this bill a lot of For programs funded through the Of- tive) the rules were suspended and the experience and knowledge and that is fice of Violence Against Women, the resolution was agreed to. really helpful as you work up an appro- bill provides an increase of $11 million, The result of the vote was announced priation bill, and I appreciate, Frank, including a $10 million increase for as above recorded. very much your assistance on the bill STOP Formula Grants, and a $1 million A motion to reconsider was laid on and the credibility and knowledge you increase for Sexual Assault Victims the table. bring to it. Services. f I also want to thank publicly and I want to be clear that while the personally the chairman of the full funding table in the report for the Of- PERSONAL EXPLANATION committee, Mr. OBEY, for his assist- fice of Violence Against Women may Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, ance in developing this bill. Mr. OBEY’s appear in the report to show a funding on June 16, 2009, I missed rollcall votes 340, courtesy and the assistance of the decrease, that is only because the bill 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347 and 349, front office has been very much appre- moves a number of programs to the Of- due to illness. Had I been present, I would ciated, and we also appreciate, Mr. fice of Justice programs which actually have voted ‘‘yea’’ on all. Chairman, the allocation that you’ve administers those programs. f given us for this bill that’s allowed us So, let me repeat, the bill increases to do what we are allowed to do, how- funding for the Office of Violence COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, ever short the allocation may be. Against Women by $11 million. AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO- I would also like to sincerely recog- The bill provides a full funding of PRIATIONS ACT, 2010 nize the staff: the excellent work of the $298 million for the COPS hiring pro- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- clerk, John Blazey, and the leadership gram. In other areas within the Justice ant to House Resolution 544 and rule he’s provided to the rest of the staff, Department, the bill provides $325 mil- XVIII, the Chair declares the House in and all of them have done excellent lion—an increase of $41 million over the Committee of the Whole House on work, which I appreciate: Adrienne the fiscal year 2009 level—for the Adam the State of the Union for the consider- Simonson, Dixon Butler, Diana Simp- Walsh Act. ation of the bill, H.R. 2847. son, Darek Newby, Tracey LaTurner, With respect to border security, the Scott Sammis, all with the sub- bill provides $1.5 billion, a 30 percent b 1835 committee; Mike Ringler and John increase over fiscal year 2009. These IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Martens on the minority staff. And funds will be used to address firearms Accordingly, the House resolved then on my personal staff, Sally Moor- and narcotics trafficking between the itself into the Committee of the Whole head and Julie Aaronson. United States and Mexico, an issue on House on the state of the Union for the It’s a lot of work putting together which every Member of this body has consideration of the bill (H.R. 2847) one of these appropriation bills, as any- concerns, and we’re pleased to provide making appropriations for the Depart- body who’s been involved with it or these increases.

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It is still underfunded percent above 2009. This allocation al- authorizing committee for the good job compared to base years in the nineties. lows virtually every agency, account that they have done with the Second This is indicative of the rising need for and program to grow, and I believe it is Chance Act and other legislation they legal support for the poor, particularly more than a sufficient amount to ad- are considering. We are looking for- because of mortgage fraud and the dress the highest priority needs. ward and appreciate the opportunity to home crisis. The rate of increased spending in the cooperate with them on the funding The bill continues the existing limi- bill corresponds with the majority’s side. tations, Mr. Chairman, on the use of overall budget blueprint, which in- A significant initiative across the these funds, except that it lifts the cur- creases discretionary spending by $77 Department of Justice is increased in- rent restrictions on attorney’s fees. billion over the current fiscal year. vestments in law enforcement and Mr. Chairman, that is a brief sum- Since the other party took control of prosecution efforts in Indian Country, mary of the bill. Congress, nondefense, nonveterans af- for which the bill provides approxi- I reserve the balance of my time. fairs discretionary spending has in- mately $155 million, and that is an in- Mr. WOLF. Mr. Chairman, I yield creased by 85 percent. crease of $65 million over fiscal 2009. myself such time as I may consume. This rate of spending does not rep- For SCAAP, which the President pro- (Mr. WOLF asked and was given per- resent a step toward restoring fiscal posed to eliminate, Mr. Chairman, the mission to revise and extend his re- balance. There was an article today I bill includes $300 million. marks.) think in Reuters mentioning that our With respect to the Department of Mr. WOLF. Mr. Chairman, I am Nation, if we continue the current Commerce, $4.6 billion is slated for the pleased to join our chairman, the gen- course, will lose our triple A bond rat- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- tleman from West Virginia, in begin- ing, it is the earliest date I have ever ministration, an increase of $129 mil- ning consideration of H.R. 2847, making seen, by 2010. It is 2009 now. That lion above the request. appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for means next year. So how we deal with The bill provides $7.4 million for Cen- the Departments of Commerce, Justice, that is really a tough, but an impor- sus, the same level as the budget re- Science and related agencies. The bill tant, issue. quest. provides funding for programs whose Some highlights: for the Department For NASA, the bill provides a total of impact ranges from the safety of peo- of Commerce, the bill includes $13.85 $18.2 billion, an increase of $420 million ple in their homes and communities to billion, including an increase of $4 bil- over last year’s level. Investments have the study and exploration of space. lion to conduct the 2010 Census. been made in Earth science to further The bill before the House today ad- The chairman has included strong the decadal surveys. The recommenda- dresses a number of national needs and funding for trade enforcement, which I tion, however, acknowledges, and this requirements, and I think it is impor- appreciate, particularly with regard to is important for Members to consider tant for the RECORD to show that I be- China and the full request for Com- and take note of, that the administra- lieve, and I think any fair-minded per- merce Department programs to enforce tion has established a blue ribbon son would, to say that the chairman dual-use export controls and respond to panel, Mr. Chairman, led by Dr. Norm has done a commendable job in bal- cyber-espionage threats. Augustine, to review the current vision ancing the many competing interests For the Justice Department, the bill for human spaceflight. and has put together a solid bill in a includes $27.5 billion, $672 million Funds are provided in this bill to fair and evenhanded way. above the request. The FBI’s operating continue investments in human At times I have felt the minority has level is funded at the President’s re- spaceflight at the level of last year. Re- not been treated very, very fair, and I quest, which is necessary in order to ductions from the budget request will say with the gentleman, we have continue current staffing operation should not be viewed by this body as been treated very, very fair, and I levels, which also fund the urgent in- any diminution of certainly my sup- think it is important to make sure ev- creases in counterterrorism programs. port or the committee’s support in eryone knows that. We have not been Too often we fail to recognize the NASA’s human spaceflight activities. foreclosed from anything. critical and often dangerous work that Rather, it is a deferral. It is a deferral I also want to thank the members of the FBI is doing at home and abroad in taken without prejudice. It is a pause. the subcommittee for their help and as- order to detect and prevent terrorist It is a timeout. sistance, including the ranking mem- attacks. This is incredibly important Call it what you will, it is an oppor- ber of the full committee, Mr. LEWIS, work, and the bill strongly supports tunity for the President to establish and the Republican members of the those efforts while also providing nec- his vision for human space exploration, subcommittee, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. essary funding for the FBI to fulfill its looking at the Augustine report when ADERHOLT and Mr. BONNER. traditional roles and address emerging it becomes available in August, and I also want to thank the staff on both problems such as mortgage and finan- then for his administration to consider sides of the aisle who spent long hours cial fraud, child exploitation, and the what their vision will be, and then, in putting this bill and report together. spread of violent gangs. most importantly, certainly for our The majority staff: John Blazey, Tra- On the gang issue, this bill includes a committee, Mr. Chairman, to come for- cey LaTurner, Dixon Butler, Adrienne new $35 million initiative to fund the ward with a realistic future funding Simonson, Diana Simpson, Darek FBI’s Safe Streets Task Force and ATF scheme for the human space explo- Newby and Scott Sammis. And the mi- Violent Crime Impact Teams. This will ration program. nority staff: Mike Ringler and John fund new task forces and new positions We hope it is a vision worthy of the Martens. And on my staff, Tom on existing task forces in the areas, program, and we look forward to real- Culligan, and on the chairman’s staff, which is pretty much the entire coun- istic funding levels, which we have Sally Moorhead and Julie Aaronson. try, plagued by gang violence. never had, or haven’t had for many, Overall, the bill, as I said, includes The bill increases State and local law many years, for human spaceflight. important increases to priority pro- enforcement accounts by $197 million. It is also important to note that the grams, including the need to address Despite this increased funding for total funding contained in this bill for violent crime, particularly crime re- SCAAP, the State Criminal Alien As- NASA is an increase of $421 million lated to drug trafficking and gangs; sistance Program, the program is re- over the fiscal year 2009 level, and, and the need to boost our Nation’s duced to $300 million from the current moreover, some $1 billion was provided competitiveness through more invest- level of $400 million, and the chairman,

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We have about 95,000 engineers address the risks of recidivism and de- United States. working for the space program, and tail the terms of any financial agree- At the heart of our financial crisis is China has about 200,000. ments related to the acceptance of the the housing crisis and at the heart of The previous administration individuals transferred. the housing crisis is mortgage fraud. launched the American Competitive- The language will ensure that detain- The FBI redeployed financial special ness Initiative, which included a com- ees are not released into our commu- agents in the last decade and have yet mitment to double the funding are for nities, and it places important restric- to allow the White Collar Crime Divi- basic scientific research over 10 years tions and conditions on future trans- sion to replace those agents even when and also to strengthen education and fers and releases. it warned the public and the adminis- encourage entrepreneurship. I am It has become clear in the last few tration in 2004 of the potential for pleased that the chairman has done days that the administration is rushing mortgage fraud to become an epidemic. this and also that the new administra- to release and transfer as many of The vast majority of mortgage fraud in tion embraced this goal. these detainees as possible before the fact goes unreported, and thus the For the National Science Founda- will of Congress to place restrictions depth of mortgage fraud is vastly un- tion, the bill provides $6.9 billion, a 6.9 can be enacted. derestimated. percent increase above the current In closing, despite concerns about the In the savings and loan investiga- year for research that will set the overall levels of spending, the bill rep- tions of the late eighties and early groundwork for the development of resents the chairman’s best efforts to nineties, approximately 500 FBI agents new technologies and science education distribute the allocation he was given worked on cases. In February 2009, that will ensure we have a well-edu- to the various competing requirements however, Deputy Director of the FBI cated and skilled workforce to improve under the subcommittee’s jurisdiction. John Pistole testified before the Sen- competitiveness. I commend the chairman and I thank ate stating: ‘‘However, today’s finan- For NASA, the bill includes $18.2 bil- the chairman for his openness and his lion. This includes the full request for cial crisis dwarfs the S&L crisis as fi- thoroughness to the minority. aeronautics, the shuttle program and nancial institutions have reduced their I would say that the chairman held a the International Space Station, as assets by more than $1 trillion related week of hearings on prison reform. We, well as funding above the request for to the current global financial crisis, unfortunately, have the largest per NASA science and education. However, compared to the estimated $160 million capita prison population in the world. the bill freezes funding at the current lost during the S&L crisis.’’ They were the best hearings that I level for exploration activities pending b 1900 have seen held in this Congress. the outcome of a blue ribbon panel re- Based on that, and I want to com- According to the Department of Jus- view of future options. mend Mr. MOLLOHAN, based on that, tice budget documents, there are cur- The result of this cut is a funding rently 175 FBI agents working mort- level that will not be sufficient to sus- the Council of Governments and the Pew Foundation will be putting on a gage fraud and corporate mortgage tain the current development sched- fraud. That is laughable, given the vast uled for the next generation of space major conference this fall that I am amount of taxpayer dollars still at exploration vehicles and would result sure the chairman will be very much risk. We know that the FBI Mortgage in severe disruption to the Nation’s involved in to establish the best prac- Fraud Division needs to have an in- human spaceflight program. tices, because you cannot just put a I look forward to the recommenda- man or woman in prison and lock them crease in special agents and an increase tions, as the chairman does, of the re- up and throw away the key without in the necessary support personnel view panel being led by Norm Augus- any job training and things like that. such as forensic accountants. tine, and to working with the chairman There was not a lot of coverage. I I look forward to working with the and other Members to ensure that the don’t think The New York Times ever chairman as the bill moves forward to final bill will include sufficient funds covered the story. I don’t think many address this national need. to continue the U.S. leadership role in of the major papers did. But it was the Mr. OBEY. Let me thank the gentle- human spaceflight. best hearings in the time that I have lady for her comments on this issue Finally, I want to acknowledge the been here, and I want to thank the and her steadfast advocacy on behalf of important language that is included in chairman for his efforts and concerns. I those who are suffering during this eco- the bill regarding the release and think a lot of positive things will come nomic downturn. transfer of Guantanamo detainees. out of that. The bill we’re considering today con- This bill does not prevent the closure Lastly, I am pleased to operate under tinues the process of rebuilding the of Guantanamo. It seeks only to ensure an open rule today, and look forward to FBI’s mortgage fraud capability by in the process of carrying out the exec- the consideration of the many amend- adding 50 new agents and $25 million to utive order that national security, the ments that have been filed and will be the white-collar crime program. We security of our communities and the urging my Members on this side at look forward to working with the gen- security of our men and women in uni- final passage to support the bill. tlelady to monitor the FBI’s progress form overseas are the highest priority. I reserve the balance of my time. on mortgage fraud investigations and The bill prohibits the release of any Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I to ensure as we move through the con- detainees into the United States. It thank the gentleman from Virginia ference that the Bureau is appro- also prohibits transfer to the U.S. for (Mr. WOLF) for those kind comments priately resourced and staffed to ad- prosecution as well as transfers or re- about our Bureau of Prisons hearings. I dress a problem of this magnitude. lease to other countries unless and would like to comment he was the Ms. KAPTUR. Thank you, Mr. Chair- until the administration presents a leader with regard to prison reform and man, for your leadership on this issue comprehensive report to the Congress has been for a great number of years. and for your leadership on our full on the proposed disposition of each in- Based upon those hearings, he is the committee. I look forward to working dividual. This report will detail secu- one that contacted the State Council of with you to bolster the FBI’s critical rity risks and measures to mitigate Governments to encourage them to fol- investigative capabilities and deliver those risks and will include a certifi- low up with their proceedings in the justice to the American people through cation that affected State governments fall. Thank you, Mr. WOLF. prosecution of those who have per- have been notified in advance. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to petrated systemic financial fraud and Regarding transfers to other coun- the distinguished chairman of the full control fraud, which have brought our tries, the report must address the risk committee, Mr. OBEY. Republic to this dangerous juncture.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:15 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16JN7.108 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE June 16, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6889 Mr. WOLF. I yield 5 minutes to the bill before the House today does not today. I just wish I could have ex- gentleman from Texas (Mr. cut human spaceflight programs in fis- pressed them as eloquently as my col- CULBERSON). cal year 2010; rather, the bill level league and committee member, Mr. Mr. CULBERSON. Mr. Chairman, I funds ongoing activities until such CULBERSON, particularly as he alludes want to sincerely thank Chairman time as the Augustine Commission to the Civil War. I can think of no com- MOLLOHAN, Ranking Member WOLF for completes its review, and the Obama parison to match it. But the sentiment the bipartisan manner in which this administration commits to the next I agree with. bill was put together. Mr. MOLLOHAN generation of human spaceflight. Mr. WOLF. Reclaiming my time, Mr. truly has, and Mr. WOLF, opened up Mr. CULBERSON. Mr. Chairman, I’m CULBERSON is definitely the science this process to all members of the com- very confident that under the leader- man. I mean, he is the science guy. It’s mittee to participate. Majority and mi- ship of Chairman MOLLOHAN and Rank- not debatable, and if we have an nority views are included, and it is, ing Member WOLF that these proposed amendment, and he also is a Civil War truly, the bill was put together in an reductions from the President’s budget guy too, but he is the science guy. open, bipartisan way, which I’m very request will be reviewed once again I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman grateful for. after the Augustine report is completed from California (Mr. CALVERT). And I especially also want to thank in an announcement from the Obama Mr. CALVERT. I would point out, Chairman OBEY, Mr. LEWIS, Chairman administration on how to proceed in Mr. Chairman, those were Texans that MOLLOHAN and Mr. WOLF for the strong human spaceflight. We genuinely ap- were coming up on Little Round Top commitment that they have made to preciate the chairman’s commitment against Colonel Chamberlain that day, invest in the sciences, the National to fund that recommendation with, of but I did want to point that out. But I want to appreciate the sub- Science Foundation, the scientific course, the input of the authorizing committee chairman, my good friend, work that’s being done at NASA and committee and the Appropriations Alan Mollohan, for the hard work him NOAA. The scientific advancement Committee, because for America to and has staff have done while drafting that this Nation makes, and through- surrender the high ground of space ex- this bill. It’s not an easy job being the out our history, has been one of the ploration, Mr. Chairman, would be as committee chairman, but I know most important factors in the advance dangerous today as it would have been you’ve done a great job to balance of America throughout our history. for General Meade to surrender the these many priorities. And I’m very, very pleased at the in- high ground of Little Round Top and That being said, I just want to echo vestment the committee is making in Cemetery Hill at the Battle of Gettys- my comments, my colleague from scientific research. burg. If General Meade had surrendered Texas, JOHN CULBERSON, in regards to However, I do have some serious con- the high ground, I don’t think there’s the current level of funding for NASA. cerns about the bill’s reduction in any doubt that the United States And hopefully we can, as you said, funding from the budget request for would have lost the Battle of Gettys- we’ll work with you to make sure that NASA’s human spaceflight frame. burg. And just as certainly as America the $700 million, which obviously would Mr. Chairman, if I could engage in a would be at the mercy of our enemies, be devastating to NASA if that cut colloquy with you, sir, to ask about the in position to lose any future war, if stayed in, to make sure that we get manned spaceflight funding and what America surrenders the high ground of that money back in the 2010 Commerce, the committee, what the country and outer space to other nations. Justice spending as enacted. NASA can expect as this bill moves Mr. OLSON. Will the gentleman yield As you know, as has been pointed through the legislative process. to me for the purposes of continuing out, the challenges that we have with Mr. Chairman, I want to ask if you’d this colloquy? other countries that are making major agree that the United States must Mr. CULBERSON. I yield to the gen- investments in space—China, India, maintain its world leadership in space tleman from Texas. Japan, Pakistan, Russia. And certainly exploration, and that, in order to lead Mr. OLSON. Thank you, Mr. Chair- we don’t live in a world today where the world, America must have a robust man, for this opportunity to partici- we’re the only ones involved in outer human spaceflight program; and also, pate in this colloquy with you here space. that NASA’s human spaceflight pro- today. So I support the chairman and what gram must have a clearly defined mis- This Nation has been the leader in he’s trying to do with the Augustine sion, and that Congress and the Obama human spaceflight for 50 years, and the panel to wait to find out what the re- administration should fully fund that decisions we make today will deter- port is. But I’m optimistic we’ll work mission. And also, Mr. Chairman, that mine whether we will continue to lead this out with our fellow NASA sup- Congress and NASA should do every- in the next 50. And I’m worried that as porters in Congress to provide nec- thing possible to mitigate the 5-year other nations look at the stars, we’re essary funding and the rules and tools gap between the retirement of the staring at our feet. it needs to realize the agency’s human shuttle and the initial operating capa- The proposed cut in the exploration space exploration under President bility of the next generation of human budget threatens our economic, mili- Obama. spaceflight. tary and technological standing, and And so I would again thank the And then finally, Mr. Chairman, that would lead to a loss of up to 4,000 jobs, chairman for your hard work on that. the Appropriations Committee, we will extend up to 2 years the time needed to Mr. MOLLOHAN. I thank the gen- all work together in an absolutely bi- fully design and develop the Constella- tleman for his comments, and look for- partisan and open way to fully fund the tion system, and result in additional ward to working with him on this mission of NASA’s manned space pro- cost of up to $8 billion. Therefore, I issue. gram as defined by the Augustine Com- have prepared an amendment to re- Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to mission, the Obama administration and store that funding. the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. this Congress. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate your CARNEY). Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, let pledge to revisit the funding issues Mr. CARNEY. Mr. Chairman, I rise me thank my colleague, Congressman based on the outcome of the Augustine today to enter into a colloquy with the CULBERSON, who is a fine member of panel, and that if the panel agrees, we distinguished chairman of the Sub- our subcommittee, and who brings par- will work as a Congress to reassess ap- committee of Justice-Science, Mr. ticular expertise. As I often say, I as- propriate funding levels. In light of MOLLOHAN. And I want to thank the pire to know as much about the that commitment, I will not offer my chairman for the increased funding in sciences as he does and he makes sig- amendment, and look forward to work- the bill to hire more corrections offi- nificant contributions to our com- ing with you to meet the pressing cers in our Federal prison system, mittee. I thank him for his passion to needs of human spaceflight. which will allow the Bureau of Prisons our committee, and also to our Na- Mr. MOLLOHAN. I appreciate the to hire an additional 1,000 corrections tion’s space programs. work of both my colleagues from officers nationwide. I share the sentiments the gentleman Texas. I appreciate and agree with the And while I fully support such an in- just expressed. I should note that the sentiments that they’ve expressed here crease, I believe we must do more,

VerDate Nov 24 2008 12:08 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16JN7.112 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE H6890 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 16, 2009 given that the director of the Federal tional officers and activate two newly Mr. Chairman, I would like to submit prison system has asked for an addi- constructed prisons. for the RECORD a June 16, 2009, docu- tional 3,000 correctional officers to ef- The CHAIR. The time of the gen- ment on general funding levels. fectively run our Nation’s prison sys- tleman has expired. To: Congressman Dan Burton tem. Mr. MOLLOHAN. I yield another 30 From: Legislative Staff And by bringing this issue to the seconds to the gentleman. Date: June 16, 2009 floor, I hope to raise the awareness of Mr. CARNEY. Mr. Chairman, I under- Subject: Talking points our colleagues in the House regarding stand that you are making every effort GENERAL FUNDING LEVELS: staffing levels at the Federal correc- to reverse the trend of BOP funding to The bill provides $6.7 billion (11.6 percent tion facilities located not just in our ensure that communities hosting cor- more than FY 2009 for programs funded districts but in our communities all rection sites are safe, as are the correc- under the CJS Appropriations bill. across the country. tions staff working within the facility Agencies funded through the bill received walls. I hope that we will be able to approximately $16 billion in supplemental The district that I represent, Penn- appropriations outside the normal FY 2009 sylvania’s 10th, contains three of the 15 work together as the bill moves for- ward, to ensure that the Bureau has appropriations process, the vast majority of high-security penitentiaries operated which came from the ‘‘stimulus’’ bill. by the BOP, in addition to one the funding it needs to catch up with H.R. 2847 would provide $13.85 billion for minimum- and one medium-security staffing needs. the Department of Commerce, which is an facility. Also I represent correction of- b 1915 increase of $4.57 billion, or 49 percent, over FY 2009. The majority of the increase for ficers from communities working at Mr. WOLF. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 two minimum- and two medium-secu- Commerce is due to a $4.2 billion increase in minutes to the gentleman from Indiana spending for the Census Bureau. rity Federal penitentiaries in neigh- (Mr. BURTON). The bill provides $27.74 billion for the De- boring districts. Mr. BURTON of Indiana. I thank the partment of Justice, DOJ, which is an in- Additionally, we have one of the fed- gentleman for yielding. crease of $1.65 billion, or 6.3 percent, above eral penitentiaries in my district, USP Mr. Chairman, I guess the biggest FY 2009. Lewisburg, that is in the process of problem I have with this bill is that Funding for science agencies is $25.1 bil- being converted to a ‘‘special manage- we’ve been talking about cutting lion, an increase of $868 million, or 3.5 per- ment unit,’’ the only one of its kind in cent, above FY 2009. spending and about controlling the Spending for other related agencies is $956 the entire system. Lewisburg will budget. So far this year, in the Emer- million, which is $83 million, or 9.5 percent, house inmates from other peniten- gency Economic Stabilization Act, the above FY 2009. tiaries who prove too troublesome to TARP bill, we’ve spent $700 billion. In CONSERVATIVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE BILL: manage, but who do not qualify for the the Children’s Health Reauthorization Earmarks: The Report accompanying H.R. ADMAX facility at USP Florence in Act, the State Children’s Health Insur- 2847 contains $386 million in funding for ap- Colorado. ance, we’ve spent $73.3 billion. In the proximately 1,100 earmarks, listed on 80, For various reasons, funding for our America Recovery and Reinvestment non-searchable pages. Nation’s corrections officers has failed Act, the stimulus, we’ve spent $1.16 Earmarks in the bill range from: $180,000 to keep pace with increased prison pop- trillion. In the February ’09 consoli- for ‘‘Training the Next Generation Weather ulations and increasingly dangerous dated appropriation, the omnibus bill, Forecasters’’ at San Jose State University; prisoners over the last several years. we’ve spent $625 billion. Now, I under- $1 million for a forensics laboratory in South Mr. Chairman, I understand that you Carolina; $100,000 for Tennis, Sports, Lit- stand the necessity of this bill, but it’s eracy and Education Program in New York are making every effort to reverse the 11.6 percent higher than, I think, the City trend of underfunding the BOP and to same bill last year. Competitive Bidding Ban: The bill pro- assure that communities hosting Fed- The thing that really bothers me is hibits the Bureau of Prisons from using any eral corrections sites, that they are that, I think, you have 80-some pages funds to enter into a public/private contract safe, and the corrections staff working of earmarks, of pork bill projects, under the OMB Circular A–76, which requires within the walls will be able to work whatever you want to call them, at a private contractors to compete for Federal together as this bill moves forward to time when we’re suffering severely eco- money to ensure that the U.S. receives max- imum value for tax dollars. ensure that the Bureau has the funding nomically and at a time when we’re Matching Funds Waived: The appropriation it needs to catch up with the staffing spending way, way more money than grants the Attorney General, AG, authority needs. the American people can afford. We’re to waive a legislatively mandated require- Mr. MOLLOHAN. I thank the gen- spending so much money that they’re ment that Federal grants for prisoner re- tleman. I appreciate his rising on this actually, I think, running the printing entry programs under the Second Chance important issue, and I appreciate his presses over at Treasury day and night. Act be matched by State or local funds. leadership in supporting increased I can’t understand why we’re allowing Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I funding for the Bureau of Prisons. all of these earmarks, many of which yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman BOP funding has simply not kept have nothing to do with Commerce, from Florida (Ms. KOSMAS). pace, Mr. Chairman, with the rising Justice and Science. Ms. KOSMAS. Mr. Chairman, I would prison population and the aging BOP So I would just like to say that I now like to enter into a colloquy with infrastructure. The Bureau of Prisons think this is something that we ought Mr. MOLLOHAN. prisoner population is currently 37 per- to take a hard look at when we get into Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I cent above the rated capacity for BOP the amendments. I wish that we didn’t would be glad to enter into a colloquy facilities, and the prisoner-to-staff have this kind of a tremendous amount with the gentlewoman from Florida. ratio is an appalling 4.9–1. We must of additional expenses, and I sure wish Ms. KOSMAS. Mr. Chairman, I would begin to turn that around, and this bill we didn’t have all of these earmarks. like to clarify a point in the committee takes a big step in that direction. This If there is one thing the American report related to the space shuttle pro- committee has had this concern for a people are very concerned about right gram. number of years and has been working now it is all of these additional It is my understanding that the com- diligently to increase this funding. projects, especially at a time when mittee’s position relative to the retire- The bill provides an increase of $481.5 they’re suffering at home. People can’t ment of the space shuttle is consistent million above the fiscal year 2009 level afford their houses. They can’t afford with NASA’s testimony and the admin- for the Bureau of Prisons salaries and to take care of their kids’ educational istration’s position that there is no expenses, which is $97.4 million above needs. There are so many problems the hard date on shuttle retirement. This the administration’s request. We added American people have. The unemploy- position that the space shuttle will fly that $97.4 million to help restore the ment rate is at—what?—9 percent na- until it completes its current manifest, BOP’s base budget, which has been pro- tionally. Here we are with all of these even if it runs beyond 2010, has also gressively hollowed out in recent years earmarks, and we’re spending all of been supported by this Congress, as by inadequate budget requests. These this money that they don’t have and demonstrated by the inclusion in this additional funds will enable the Bureau that, certainly, the government doesn’t year’s congressional budget resolution of Prisons to hire additional correc- have. of shuttle funding in fiscal year 2011.

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That is the committee’s po- much as $8 billion to the program, and and to our new President and when we sition. it would reduce the Constellation have had an opportunity to embrace Ms. KOSMAS. I thank you, Mr. workforce by more than 20 percent in the Nation’s next human spaceflight Chairman, for this consideration. 2010, or by approximately 4,000 contrac- program and to budget accordingly, we Mr. Chairman, I also rise to express tors, mostly from the existing work- look forward to moving forward. my concern with the level of funding force. The CHAIR. The gentleman’s time for NASA contained in the bill. During this gap in human spaceflight has expired. The CHAIR. The time of the gentle- capability, America must buy seats Mr. GRIFFITH. I appreciate those woman has expired. from the Russians to get to the Inter- comments. Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I national Space Station and fulfill our Mr. Chairman, we will certainly work yield another 30 seconds to the gentle- obligations to our international part- hand in hand with the committee. woman from Florida. ners. I will say one final thing, which is Ms. KOSMAS. According to prelimi- I am really encouraged that Chair- that the human spaceflight commu- nary estimates, the funding included in man MOLLOHAN, though, and Ranking nity—the scientists who are involved the bill for exploration could cause ad- Member FRANK WOLF are working to in that—is a culture, and that culture ditional delays of up to 2 years and mitigate this loss. I am grateful to cannot be interrupted and put back to- could increase the cost up to $8 billion. them, and I thank them both for the gether again as though it were a puz- These levels will also mean a greater colloquy. zle. reliance on Russia, a loss of our highly Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I So I appreciate so much your efforts, skilled workforce, and it could create a yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from and I appreciate the wording in this situation that could be detrimental to Alabama (Mr. GRIFFITH). bill. Thank you for allowing me to over 1,500 businesses that supply NASA Mr. GRIFFITH. Mr. Chairman, I rise enter into a colloquy with you. and commercialized spinoff tech- to enter into a 2-minute colloquy with Mr. MOLLOHAN. I thank the gen- nologies. This level would result in the chairman. tleman with those assurances, too. thousands of layoffs in 2010. This will Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for allow- Mr. WOLF. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 only exacerbate the challenges related ing me. minutes to the gentleman from Florida to retaining our uniquely skilled work- I rise from Alabama’s 5th District, (Mr. POSEY), who represents Cape Ca- force, many of whom are already work- the birthplace of NASA and of the naveral, who worked on the Apollo, ing on both shuttle and exploration. space program. I, too, am concerned, who helped put the first man on the So we must recognize that the in- but I appreciate very much the hard Moon, and who is a strong advocate for vestments in NASA have large multi- work the chairman and Ranking Mem- NASA and for the space program. He plier effects, contributing $100 billion ber WOLF have entered into in trying has advocated and has talked to me to our economy last year and employ- to preserve the NASA budget. However, over and over about this. ing nearly 300,000 people in 41 States. the decrease in funding is of some con- Mr. POSEY. Thank you, Congress- Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your cern to us. man WOLF, for that kind introduction. consideration. The Aries 1 and the Aries 5 will rep- Mr. Chairman, I just want to take a Mr. MOLLOHAN. I thank the gentle- resent what the Saturn was to us 50 brief moment and thank Chairman woman. years ago with spaceflight and in put- MOLLOHAN and Ranking Member WOLF Mr. WOLF. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 ting a man on the Moon. This is not for their bipartisan commitment to minutes to the gentleman from Texas just a matter of jobs; it’s a matter of fully fund America’s manned space pro- (Mr. HALL), the ranking member on the international security and of national gram. Science and Technology Committee. pride. I believe, after the Augustine Of course, I want to thank Chairman Mr. HALL of Texas. Mr. Chairman, at Commission is done, we’ll find that the OBEY and Ranking Member LEWIS for this time of economic turmoil and of NASA program is underfunded and that bringing this bill to the floor and for growing international technological the funding will return to a level that allowing this process to work like it is competitiveness, it seems to me that will put us on the Moon in 2020 and supposed to. America should be funding those things that will return us to manned The security of our great Nation and that advance our capabilities and that spaceflight in 2015. of the world will be enhanced because increase our standing in the world. Mr. MOLLOHAN. Let me just say of their efforts to provide our country As ranking member of the House that I appreciate my colleague’s com- and the world with vehicles for our fu- Science and Technology Committee, ments this afternoon. ture Christopher Columbuses, I’ve always felt that NASA has done Mr. Chairman, let me first note that Magellans and Marco Polos. more to advance America’s techno- the bill before the House today does Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I logical leadership than any other Fed- not actually cut human spaceflight yield 21⁄2 minutes to the gentlewoman eral agency, and this bill presently re- programs in fiscal year 2010. Rather, from Arizona, Chairwoman GIFFORDS. duces NASA’s funding in human the bill level funds ongoing activities Ms. GIFFORDS. I rise for the purpose spaceflight at a very critical time. until such time as the Augustine Com- of a colloquy with the subcommittee The House Appropriations’ reduction mission completes its review and the chairman. of $670 million in exploration systems Obama administration commits to the Mr. Chairman, I am deeply concerned represents a reduction of 17 percent next generation of human spaceflight. about the reductions from the request from the President’s FY 2010 budget re- In fact, the total in the bill before the recommended for the NASA Constella- quest. With NASA on a path to retire House today provides an increase of tion program in this appropriations the space shuttle after only eight more over $420 million over the fiscal year bill. As you know, this bill provides the flights, America needs to rapidly de- 2009-enacted level across all NASA ac- same level of funding as in the year velop the next generation of spacecraft. tivities and programs. 2009, and it’s almost $600 million less The $670 million reduction would have We’re talking only about the human than what the President requested for prevented NASA from completing the spaceflight program here. I believe 2010. Constellation system before March that the Augustine panel is well-posi- As the Chair of the Space and Aero- 2015. In fact, because this reduction tioned to make an informed review of nautics Subcommittee, I strongly be- would occur in the peak design year planned U.S. human spaceflight activi- lieve that NASA should be given the when staffing is at its highest, NASA ties and alternatives to ensure that the funding needed to carry out one of the

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And so, levels obtained in this bill will be make an informed review of planned Chairman MOLLOHAN, I appreciate the viewed by the Augustine Human U.S. human space flight activities and funding increase already provided in Spaceflight Review Panel as a lack of alternatives to ensure that the Nation the bill, and I urge you to maintain support for Constellation and for is undertaking efforts that are safe, in- this funding and to possibly increase it NASA’s other human spaceflight pro- novative, affordable and sustainable in because of the need. grams, programs that have been the years following the completion of Ending domestic violence really re- strongly endorsed, as we’ve heard by the space station manifest and retire- quires, as you know, a collective com- the colloquies here on the floor, on a ment. And when that panel provides its mitment for law enforcement, prosecu- bipartisan basis in last year’s NASA informed judgment to us and the Presi- tion, training, outreach, education, and Authorization Act of 2008. dent and we are able to evaluate it, our of course shelters and programs as you So Chairman MOLLOHAN, is it your new President and our authorizers will have provided for in this legislation. view that the Augustine panel should have a chance to look at it and act on And so I would appreciate increased not interpret the House’s action today it, our new President—and we—will funding for these programs as we work as any weakening of congressional sup- have an opportunity to move forward together in the future. port for the Nation’s human together on our Nation’s future human Mr. MOLLOHAN. Let me first com- spaceflight and exploration programs? space flight program and budget ac- mend the gentlelady for her good work Mr. MOLLOHAN. That is absolutely cordingly. in this area in the short time she has correct. Ms. GIFFORDS. Thank you, Mr. been in the United States Congress and The funding deferral does not signify Chairman. As we’ve heard tonight, not for her input into our subcommittee, any weakening of the committee’s sup- only is manned spaceflight strongly bi- which has certainly influenced our port for human spaceflight and explo- partisan, but it truly represents the markup of the bill in this important ration. I would also direct the atten- best that our civilization has ever area. tion of my colleague to the bill’s ac- achieved. I thank the gentlelady for her com- companying report that states this Mr. MOLLOHAN. The gentlelady, ments. And I appreciate her support very fact. among these other colleagues, is a and commitment to programs funded b 1930 champion of the program. Thank you. through the Office of Violence Against The CHAIR. Both sides have 81⁄2 min- Women. And if I could find it here quickly, I utes remaining. Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland. Thank would read it for her. Mr. MOLLOHAN. I yield 2 minutes to you, Mr. Chairman. Ms. GIFFORDS. Mr. Chairman, let the gentlelady from Maryland (Ms. ED- Mr. WOLF. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 me continue, and when you find that— Mr. MOLLOHAN. And I did find it. At WARDS). minutes to the gentleman from Geor- RICE). page 146 of that report, I would refer Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland. I rise to gia (Mr. P Mr. PRICE of Georgia. I want to the gentlelady to read a pertinent part. engage in a colloquy with you, Mr. thank my friend from Virginia for his ‘‘Accordingly, after the work of the Chairman, regarding the Commerce, leadership on this issue and his at- panel is complete’’—that’s the Augus- Justice, Science and related agencies tempts to promote fiscal responsibility tine Panel—‘‘the committee expects programs. Mr. Chairman, as a long-time advo- and raise some significant concerns the administration will amend its fis- cate for prevention of violence against just in general about this piece of legis- cal year 2010 budget request to fund women, I know that Federal funding is lation. fully the plan advocated by the panel, really essential to ensuring that vic- The fact of the matter is that the and that the administration’s subse- tims of violence, especially in rural or rule that was adopted by this House to quent budget request shall similarly underserved areas, have access to life- consider this bill in fact waives rules include resources that fund fully the saving programs and resources. There that are supposed to keep us fiscally Nation’s Human Space Flight Pro- are several programs that assist vic- responsible. So it waives rules that say gram.’’ That’s in our report. And I am tims of domestic violence in need of that you have to have appropriate in- pleased to reaffirm that here tonight funding, including programs aimed at formation about earmarks, and it with the gentlelady with this colloquy curtailing abuse in public and assisted waives rules to say that the PAYGO and with the others that we’ve had col- housing, establishing privacy for vic- rule, that things have to be paid for, loquy. that we’re not going to drive the Na- Ms. GIFFORDS. Thank you, Mr. tims, and providing outreach to under- tion further into debt and deficit with Chairman. served populations. In addition, do you agree that it’s According to the National Network the adoption of this. imperative that the President— to End Domestic Violence, poverty and Now, waiving a rule means that you The CHAIR. The time of the gentle- lack of education contribute to the don’t follow it. And we don’t follow it woman has expired. economic dependency that keeps many to such a huge degree in the area of Mr. MOLLOHAN. I yield the gentle- women dependent on their abusers for earmarks that I have here the list of lady 1 additional minute. financial support. Especially in these earmarks. And they go on, Mr. Chair- Ms. GIFFORDS.—and Congress pro- challenging economic times, though, as man, for page after page after page vide the appropriate resources that we you recognize, domestic violence after page in what I think is probably can avoid cost increases and further doesn’t discriminate on the basis of about six font. So it’s pretty small. delays in the initial operating capabili- race, ethnicity, economic status, or And there are thousands of them, lit- ties of our Nation’s next generation of party identification. erally thousands. human space flight architecture? In 2005, Mr. Chairman, there were 34 The question becomes whether or not Mr. MOLLOHAN. Yes, I do. And I domestic violence-related homicides in anybody in Washington is listening to stated as much at the subcommittee your home State of West Virginia. And the concerns of the American people. markup of this legislation. Again, I in my State of Maryland, in my con- And their concern that I hear every would turn my colleague’s attention to gressional district, in fact, in just 1 weekend when I go home and every day the accompanying report where these year, from July 1, 2007 until June 30, when I talk to my constituents and sentiments are also expressed. 2008, there were 11 domestic violence- folks from around this land is that Ms. GIFFORDS. And finally, do you related homicides just outside of the they don’t believe that Washington is agree with me that the Augustine District of Columbia in Prince George’s being fiscally responsible. They see Panel should not be bound by arbitrary and Montgomery County, totaling 16 bailout after bailout, they see expendi- OMB budgetary projections as it devel- domestic violence homicides in my ture after expenditure, they see bill ops its best advice to the President and congressional district in that short after bill of more money going out the Congress on the future conduct of the time. door and not money coming in, more Nation’s Human Space Flight Pro- Our communities need this increased things being done to depress the econ- gram? funding in order to save lives, and fi- omy than to improve the economy.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:15 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16JN7.123 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE June 16, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6893 And so, Mr. Chairman, it is with there is no central repository of infor- the population, not to collect data and great concern that I believe we are mation, and the databases that do exist then alter it based on political deci- launching into this appropriation sea- don’t communicate with each other. In sions. I hope the Obama administration son, having started the process by set- fact, up until 2 years ago, there wasn’t will reconsider this policy and direct ting the precedent that thousands and even a database that was open to the the Department of Commerce to pro- thousands of earmarks are appropriate public, there were only databases that vide the American public with an accu- and that we are not going to worry were available to private law enforce- rate representation of LGBT families about whether or not we pay for the ment. in the U.S. census. bill itself. Today, we have the Name Us data- Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I So I think that we all ought to listen base, which is available to individuals yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from to our constituents and take pause and and families who are looking to try and Texas (Ms. SHEILA JACKSON-LEE). think about the issues with which find this kind of information, and yet Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. I thank we’re dealing here and attempt to be it doesn’t have enough information. the distinguished chairman and I more responsible with the hard-earned The private databases that are run by thank the ranking member for their taxpayer money. the FBI don’t communicate with these collaboration on this appropriation. I thank my good friend from Vir- public databases. This is a very difficult challenge deal- ginia. And so I come to the floor this ing with issues of commerce, science Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I evening simply to encourage my col- and justice. yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from leagues in appropriations bills going Mr. Chairman, I have listened to the Arizona (Mrs. KIRKPATRICK). forward to make sure that we look to debate going forward dealing with the Mrs. KIRKPATRICK of Arizona. Mr. appropriating funds to allow for this President’s mark in the NASA space Chairman, before coming to Congress, I kind of transfer of information to exploration, which was $400 million was a prosecutor in Coconino County, make sure that families like the more than the House mark, and would home to five Native American tribes. Smolinskys all across this country only offer my support for the con- Many people do not realize that for have access to the best and most accu- tinuing statements that have been many classes of serious crimes com- rate information possible to try to made on the floor of the House, hoping mitted on tribal land, prosecution can press their cases going forward. that we will have an opportunity to re- only be initiated by the Federal Gov- I understand that there are legiti- imburse those dollars to be able to pro- ernment. mate privacy concerns regarding what vide for space exploration, particularly Today, I represent 11 federally recog- kind of information the FBI might as relates to the Constellation, the nized tribes in my congressional dis- share with this public database, but I CEV vehicle, and to be able to achieve trict. I hear frequently from these com- think that we can solve those problems the goals that we need to achieve with munities who have seen major crimes and create a much more comprehensive respect to the international space sta- going unprosecuted because the Fed- public database for families going for- tion. eral Government is not providing ward. I look forward to that conversa- 1945 enough help. This is why I have advo- tion in coming appropriations bills. cated for more Federal support for trib- Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I would hope that the Augustine re- al law enforcement. These areas have would the Chair be kind enough to let port would not be impacted by this par- always been vastly underserved by the both sides know how much time they ticular mark. And I know that there government, and it is time we begin have remaining, respectively? has been a lot of hard work. I obviously closing the gap. The CHAIR. The gentleman from intended to offer an amendment. I will Therefore, I am very happy to see West Virginia has 3 minutes remaining. look forward to discussing this further that this bill directs $6 million to hire The gentleman from Virginia has 6 with the chairman as we move forward new assistant U.S. Attorneys who will minutes remaining. into this section so that we’ll have an be devoted to handling cases coming Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, at opportunity to discuss possibly my from tribal areas. This should provide this time, I yield 1 minute to the gen- amendment and the idea of working to dozens more prosecutors and will result tleman from Colorado (Mr. POLIS). lay a mark, if you will, for the idea in a huge increase in prosecuting major Mr. POLIS. Mr. Chairman, I would that space exploration, the inter- crimes in Native American commu- like to congratulate Chairman MOL- national space station, all are linked nities all across the country. LOHAN and his staff for their hard work together, and it is valuable for this Na- Increasing the number of prosecu- on H.R. 2847. tion that we continue to be on the cut- tions will also reduce the level of nar- I feel it is necessary, however, to ting edge of science and provide the cotics flowing through many South- highlight what I feel is an egregious support we need for human space western tribal lands, providing an im- error on the part of the U.S. Census Bu- flight. portant step in closing a jurisdictional reau, the misrepresentation of data Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I re- loophole that cartels have been using collected in the lesbian, gay, bisexual serve the balance of my time. to their advantage. and transgender community. Mr. WOLF. Mr. Chairman, in closing, Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the Last month, I, along with 51 of my as we look at this bill, I know there is balance of my time. colleagues, sent a letter to the Director going to be a series of amendments at Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I of Office of Management and Budget, different times, and I think a lot of the yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Peter Orszag, expressing concern over amendments that will be offered will Connecticut (Mr. MURPHY). the U.S. Census Bureau’s intention to be from Members who are very sin- Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut. Thank continue altering data of same-sex cerely concerned about the economic you very much, Mr. Chairman. married couples in the reporting of the crisis that our country faces. There I rise in support of the bill, but to en- 2010 census. was an article today in Reuters. Let courage the committee and this Con- With same-sex marriage now legal in me read it to the Members here. It gress moving forward to better address Connecticut, Massachusetts, Iowa, says: the issue of gaps in our missing persons Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, ‘‘New York Reuters: Technical ana- database system. On August 24, a 31- it is crucial to accurately represent the lyst Robert Prechter on Monday said year-old resident of my district, Billy collection of data for same-sex married he sees the United States losing its top Smolinsky, went missing. Sadly, foul couples. Currently, if same-sex married AAA credit rating by the end of 2010, as play is suspected. And to this day, his couples in these States list themselves he stuck by a deeply bearish outlook parents, Janice and Bill, still don’t as married, the U.S. Census Bureau on the U.S. economy and stock market. know what happened to their son. will go back and manually alter the ‘‘Prechter, known for predicting the What they found out, when they tried data. 1987 stock market crash, joins a grow- to go online to find databases that The U.S. Census Bureau was created ing group of market heavyweights in helped identify remains that had been to collect data and provide the Amer- forecasting the United States will lose found and missing adults, was that ican public with accurate reporting on its top credit rating as the government

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The core of that capacity ment Reform has been conducting extensive Poor’s in May lowered its outlook on depends on basic scientific research, and a oversight of the Cenusu Bureau and its prep- Britain, threatening the U.K.’s top vigorous research base is crucial to our na- arations for the 2010 census. We have identi- AAA rating. That move raised fears tional economic security. Coupled with that re- fied many things that are working, along with that the United States could face a search base is research in education sup- many areas that need remedial action. How- similar risk, with the hefty amounts of ported by the National Science Foundation ever, it is critical that if these problems are to government debt issued in both coun- (NSF). be fixed in time for the start of the census less tries to pay for financial rescues caus- I am pleased that this legislation has essen- than one year away, the census needs suffi- ing budget deficits to swell.’’ tially supported the President’s overall re- cient funding. So as Members offer these, I would quested budget for the National Science Foun- This bill includes a cut of $206 million dol- just say there are some things there dation, an agency which has great significance lars to the Census Bureau at the worst pos- that are important in the country. We to our federal research endeavors. However, I sible time. I strongly oppose these cuts, and have got to get control of spending. do have some concerns about the science, any amendments that would divert money But in other areas, our country is fac- technology, engineering and math (collectively, from the census. The Census Bureau needs ing a crisis—in the area of science. STEM) education funding provided for the these funds in order to improve response Last year China and India graduated NSF within this year’s spending bill. rates in areas that have been undercounted 700,000 engineers, and we only grad- In late April, the President announced ‘‘. . . uated 70,000, and 40 percent of our engi- for many years. To cut money now on prepa- a renewed commitment to education in mathe- ration and outreach would do nothing but in- neers are foreign students who are re- matics and science, since we know that the turning to their country. crease the costs to count nonrespondents progress and prosperity of future generations next year. And, lastly, in the space program, we will depend on what we do now to educate the have 95,000 engineers working on the next generation.’’ I support this commitment, And let me just say, I’ve heard a lot from my space program. But China has 200,000. but am troubled that somehow the education colleagues and my constituents on this issue. And unless we do some fairly dramatic directorate budget at the NSF is not keeping My district in Brooklyn and other urban areas things, our factories will close and we pace with the budgets of the research direc- in general have suffered from undercounts will lose the edge in science and engi- torates. While the overall research budget of over the last few decades, and we do not neering. So we need to gain control of the NSF will receive a 9 percent increase in want to see this happen again next year. The the entitlement spending, and I hope to this year’s funding bill, the education budget Bureau has promised to address the problems be able to offer an amendment to the will only increase by 2 percent. with undercounting in urban communities and Financial Services bill. I’m going to Congress, economists, and scientists have other areas, but we cannot expect them to fix offer an amendment that sets up a bi- consistently maintained that the NSF’s re- their problems in 2010 if we cut their funding partisan commission to put every search and educational missions must be here today. spending program on the table, every treated as co-equal and core missions of the This cut would be devastating to outreach spending program in the government Foundation. Enhancing our research competi- and education efforts and very costly in the on the table, and give that bipartisan tiveness in scientific fields while neglecting the long run. The Bureau estimates that a one- commission an opportunity to then go educational component of such research will percent decrease in the mail response rate will around the country holding public cripple our ability to succeed as an innovative add between $80 and $90 million to the cost hearings, but to send a proposal up to nation. of the follow up operations. Congress and require the Congress to I want to recognize that both the budgets for vote on it. I urge my colleagues to support full funding So I understand the frustration of research and education at the National for the Census Bureau and oppose all amend- many of the Members when they see Science Foundation are increasing in this ments that would take funds from this effort to this Congress failing to address the budget, and I greatly appreciate the work of accurately count all Americans. the Committee in supporting both activities. I fundamental issues of spending in the Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I simply want to emphasize that both of these Congress. And we also have the trust- yield back the balance of my time. ee’s report showing that the Social Se- endeavors are equally critical to the competi- tiveness of our nation, and research and edu- The CHAIR. All time for general de- curity system is beginning to go bank- bate has expired. rupt faster, the Medicare system is cation should be treated as parallel—and going to go bankrupt faster, and young equally worthy entities—at the National Pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be people have no confidence and believe Science Foundation. considered for amendment under the 5- that the Social Security system is not I look forward to working with you on the minute rule. sound. NSF research and education funding, and, No amendment to the bill may be of- We have a moral obligation to deal again, thank you for your dedication to improv- fered except those received for printing with that, and I hope that Congress ing our nation’s research enterprise. in the portion of the CONGRESSIONAL will. Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Chair, I would like to RECORD designated for that purpose in With that, Mr. Chairman, I yield associate myself with the comments by Mr. a daily issue dated June 15, 2009, or ear- back the balance of my time. CULBERSON and many others about NASA’s lier, and pro forma amendments for the Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I Exploration budget and the Constellation pro- purpose of debate. Each amendment have no further requests for time in grams. I believe it is very important to National may be offered only by the Member general debate. Let me again reiterate Security and to many science related efforts who submitted it to be printed, or his my appreciation to the committee, for us to aggressively move forward with our or her designee, and shall be considered subcommittee, and ranking member in own launch capability and exploration efforts. read. marking up this bill. And we look to While I value international cooperation, it is The Clerk will read. proceeding through amendments at very important that we not have to depend on this time. other nations for access to space. The Ares The Clerk read as follows: Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Chair, thank you, Chair- and Orion programs have made progress, and H.R. 2847 we should accelerate them. man MOLLOHAN and Ranking Member WOLF, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- for the opportunity to offer remarks on the fis- I look forward to hearing the results of the resentatives of the United States of America in cal year 2010 Commerce, Justice and Science Augustine Panel. It is important that Congress Congress assembled, Appropriations bill. I appreciate your hard work take decisive action with regard to funding Ex- That the following sums are appropriated, and dedication bringing this important funding ploration in this Fiscal Year 2010 budget. I out of any money in the Treasury not other- legislation to the floor. look forward to working with my friends and wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending As Ranking Member of the Subcommittee colleagues, Chairman MOLLOHAN and Ranking September 30, 2010, and for other purposes, on Research and Science Education and as a Member WOLF, in the coming weeks. namely:

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:15 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16JN7.129 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE June 16, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6895 TITLE I Page 47, line 22, after the dollar amount, fornia and I suspect for the other DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE insert ‘‘(increased by $100,000,000)’’. States that have these kinds of prob- Page 48, line 17, after the dollar amount, INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION lems too. insert ‘‘(increased by $100,000,000)’’. OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION Mr. DREIER. Mr. Chair, I rise in strong sup- The CHAIR. The gentleman is recog- port of Mr. MOLLOHAN’s amendment, of which For necessary expenses for international nized for 5 minutes. trade activities of the Department of Com- I am a co-sponsor, to increase funds for the merce provided for by law, and for engaging Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I State Criminal Alien Assistance Program in trade promotional activities abroad, in- rise to offer an amendment. I’m offer- (SCAAP). I’m pleased that we were able to cluding expenses of grants and cooperative ing this amendment on behalf of Mr. work in a bipartisan manner to increase agreements for the purpose of promoting ex- HONDA, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCAAP by $100 million, from $300 million to ports of United States firms, without regard LEWIS of California, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. $400 million. Representatives LEWIS, HONDA, to 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; full medical cov- CULBERSON, Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of CALVERT, SCHIFF, EDWARDS, CULBERSON, erage for dependent members of immediate California, Mr. DREIER, Mr. MITCHELL, families of employees stationed overseas and LINDA SANCHEZ, MITCHELL, GARY MILLER, GIF- Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Ms. employees temporarily posted overseas; FORDS, MCCAUL and KIRKPATRICK all provided travel and transportation of employees of GIFFORDS, Mr. MCCAUL, Mrs. KIRK- valuable input and support to make this hap- the International Trade Administration be- PATRICK of Arizona, Mr. CONNOLLY of pen. Virginia, and Mr. MARSHALL. tween two points abroad, without regard to Securing our nation’s borders is the respon- This amendment would provide an 49 U.S.C. 40118; employment of Americans sibility of the federal government. Congress and aliens by contract for services; rental of additional $100 million, Mr. Chairman, has consistently legislated that the federal space abroad for periods not exceeding 10 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance government must either take criminal aliens years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or Program, restoring it to the fiscal year into federal custody or reach an agreement to improvement; purchase or construction of 2009 funding level of $400 million. temporary demountable exhibition struc- compensate state and local jurisdictions for Mr. Chairman, the current adminis- tures for use abroad; payment of tort claims, their incarceration. in the manner authorized in the first para- tration and the predecessor adminis- trations have in turn each year pro- The cost of jailing criminal illegal immigrants graph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims has placed an enormous cost on all of our arise in foreign countries; not to exceed posed elimination of the SCAAP pro- $327,000 for official representation expenses gram. And since our allocation is $200 states and local governments. My state of abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles million below the administration’s re- California, in particular, shoulders the greatest for official use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 quest, it is difficult to restore moneys burden of illegal immigration, and has received per vehicle; obtaining insurance on official such as to the SCAAP program to $300 over $2.5 billion in SCAAP funds since the in- motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, million in the subcommittee mark. ception of the program, representing 42 per- $444,504,000, to remain available until Sep- cent of nationwide SCAAP awards. tember 30, 2011, of which $9,439,000 is to be de- When the administration requests zero and then you have to fill that hole, Los Angeles County and San Bernardino rived from fees to be retained and used by County, which I represent, receive only a frac- the International Trade Administration, not- that makes a tremendous strain on the withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided, That other accounts in the bill. tion of what they spend to jail criminal illegal not less than $7,000,000 shall be for the Office I opposed the SCAAP amendment immigrants. According to Los Angeles County of China Compliance, and not less than during committee consideration of this Sheriff Lee Baca, incarcerating illegal aliens $4,400,000 shall be for the China Counter- bill largely because it would have costs the County $100 million per year. And vailing Duty Group: Provided further, That unadvisedly used the Bureau of Census according to San Bernardino County Sheriff the provisions of the first sentence of section Rod Hoops, jailing illegal immigrants costs the 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual as an offset. We are in the final year, final months of preparing for a census County $24 million per year. Yet last year, Los Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of Angeles and San Bernardino Counties only re- 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply that’s just a year away, and this is not in carrying out these activities without re- any time to take money away from the ceived $14 million and $2.3 million, respec- gard to section 5412 of the Omnibus Trade Census. We have overcome hurdles in tively. In fact, since 2000, Los Angeles County and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. the Census and challenges as a result of has received $159 million in SCAAP funds 4912); and that for the purpose of this Act, some mismanagement with regard to and San Bernardino County has been award- contributions under the provisions of the census preparation. We are on track ed $6.7 million. In nine years, Los Angeles Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange County was reimbursed an amount equal to Act of 1961 shall include payment for assess- now. And this is not the time, given this short period before we have to con- what it spends on jailing criminal illegal immi- ments for services provided as part of these grants in just a year and a half, while San activities: Provided further, That negotia- duct the census, to take money away tions shall be conducted within the World from the Census, so we opposed it. Bernardino County received SCAAP funds Trade Organization to recognize the right of However, I am aware that there is equal to what it spends in less than half a members to distribute monies collected from considerable support, as reflected by year. antidumping and countervailing duties: Pro- the number of our colleagues who want While the underlying bill provides $300 mil- vided further, That negotiations shall be to be cosponsors on this amendment lion for SCAAP, this is still $100 million less conducted within the World Trade Organiza- here today. There is tremendous broad- than we provided last year. At a time when tion consistent with the negotiating objec- our state and local governments are feeling tives contained in the Trade Act of 2002, Pub- based support in the body for the lic Law 107–210: Provided further, That within SCAAP program. It is supported by the financial crunch, they should not be forced the amounts appropriated, $3,715,000 shall be many Members; so I offer this amend- to continue to shoulder what is a federal re- used for the projects, and in the amounts, ment in recognition of that support. sponsibility. This amendment will add $100 specified in the table titled ‘‘Congression- Mr. HONDA is a member of the sub- million to SCAAP, restoring the program to its ally-designate items’’ in the report of the committee and a cosponsor of this 2009 level of $400 million. Committee on Appropriations of the House amendment, and he has been particu- Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote in of Representatives to accompany this Act. larly persuasive about the need to re- favor of this amendment. AMENDMENT NO. 11 OFFERED BY MR. MOLLOHAN store SCAAP funding to the level that Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. Chair, I rise today in Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I this amendment would bring it to. support of our amendment to block the pro- have an amendment at the desk. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- posed 25 percent cut to the State Criminal The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate ance of my time. Alien Assistance Program, otherwise known the amendment. Mr. HONDA. Mr. Chairman, I move as ‘‘SCAAP’’. The text of the amendment is as fol- to strike the last word. SCAAP was created in 1994 to reimburse lows: The CHAIR. The gentleman from states and localities for the arrest, incarcer- Amendment No. 11 offered by Mr. MOL- California is recognized for 5 minutes. ation and transportation of undocumented im- LOHAN: Mr. HONDA. Mr. Chairman, I rise to migrants who commit crimes in our commu- Page 3, line 4, after the dollar amount, in- support strongly the issue of SCAAP. nities. sert ‘‘(reduced by $100,000)’’. Page 23, lines 18 and 19, after each dollar I come from the State of California, Immigration enforcement is supposed to be amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by $21,132,000)’’. where the financial situation is very a federal responsibility, but as any Arizonan Page 45, lines 1, 4, and 13, after each dollar grave, and help in this manner would can tell you, the federal government has yet to amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by $78,768,000)’’. be tremendous for the State of Cali- meet them.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:15 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A16JN7.049 H16JNPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC65 with HOUSE H6896 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 16, 2009 When State and local governments are more good-paying manufacturing jobs open duty free for imports from Colom- forced to step-in and do the federal govern- for all Americans. And I, for one, want bia, the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade ment’s job, it is only fair that they be reim- to know the price of this neglect. Agreement will give American busi- bursed. Now, I understand that not every- nesses, farmers, ranchers and workers Last year, the Arizona Department of Cor- body in this body or this Chamber similar access to this important mar- rections received $12.8 million from the fed- shares my view. I know there are those ket. The independent nonpartisan eral government to house 5,600 criminal illegal who believe that the Colombian Free International Trade Commission has immigrants in our state prisons. That was only Trade Agreement will, in essence, re- estimated that the Colombia Free 10 percent of the $124 million Arizona spent sult in the loss of American jobs. And Trade Agreement would increase U.S. to house illegal inmates that year. to these Members, I would say vote for exports by at least $1 billion. Since Co- Currently, Arizona’s state prisons hold 6,100 my amendment. If you are right, my lombia signed the trade agreement in illegal immigrants, nearly 15 percent of the amendment will prove that and the 2006, U.S. products have been charged total inmate population. study subsequently will prove that. more than $2 billion in needless duties, The Arizona Department of Corrections esti- Please have the confidence in your con- money that could have been spent by mates that it will spend $128 million in 2009 victions that I have in mine and vote companies near our country making to clothe, feed and provide medical care to il- for this amendment, and we’ll see the products and expanding infrastruc- legal immigrant inmates. which of the two sides is correct. ture here in our country to hire more Instead of boosting funding to help pay the I recently had the opportunity to domestic workers. actual expense imposed on states like Ari- travel to Colombia and Panama with a In 2008 the United States had a trade zona, however, the Fiscal Year 2010 Com- number of both Republican and Demo- surplus of $35 billion with countries merce Justice Science Appropriations bill cut crat colleagues. During this trip, we with FTAs that were signed under the SCAAP funding by 25 percent. met with President Uribe of Colombia. Trade Promotion Authority, the same This is just plain wrong. And the President detailed with great authority that the Colombia Free That is why I am proud today to join with my specificity the human rights and labor Trade Agreement was signed under. colleagues, from both sides of the aisle, to strides that his country has made over This surplus was up over 61 percent offer this amendment to restore full funding for the last decade. Every question that just in 2007. Finally, Colombia is a SCAAP. my colleagues raised to President model country for what we need to do If we are serious about immigration enforce- Uribe, he had an excellent answer. by providing an open hand from Amer- ment, we need to reimburse Arizona—and Every charge these Members made, Mr. ica to emerging democracies around other states that bear brunt of our nation’s Uribe described how his reforms had the world. This country’s bipartisan broken immigration policy—for keeping crimi- addressed the issues. Colombia has approach with Colombia, taken 10 nal illegal immigrants behind bars. done her part, and now we in our coun- years ago when they were on the verge I want to thank Chairman MOLLOHAN for his try need to do our part to ensure our of becoming a terrorist state, was a leadership on this issue, and his willingness to top democratic ally in the region re- comprehensive diplomatic approach, listen to so many of us from the southwest mains a good one. one of open trade market policy and who know how critical this program is to our And while I found the President’s an- has brought them back toward a de- nation’s immigration enforcement efforts. Mr. swers remarkable, I was most im- mocracy. And the strongest way to Chair. pressed with the view of the Colombian promote democracy is with that same I urge all my colleagues to vote for this people. The vast majority of the people kind hand and the benefits it brings, amendment. in Colombia we met with support the not through an isolationist policy. Mr. HONDA. Mr. Chair, I yield back free trade agreement, even though they Finally, I would be remiss if I did not the balance of my time. already enjoy virtually duty-free ac- mention that on January 1, 2010, Co- The CHAIR. The question is on the cess to the U.S. markets as a result of lombia will formally enter into free amendment offered by the gentleman the Andean Trade Preferences Act. trade agreements with Europe and Can- from West Virginia (Mr. MOLLOHAN). They support the trade agreement be- ada. For these reasons and more, I urge The amendment was agreed to. cause it will mean not only a new rela- passage of this amendment. AMENDMENT NO. 8 OFFERED BY MR. SCHOCK tionship status with the United States, I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. SCHOCK. Mr. Chairman, I have but they will also be able to buy even Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, we an amendment at the desk. more American products, putting more have no objection to the amendment The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate dollars back in American pockets. and would be willing to accept the the amendment. After our experience in Colombia, it amendment. The text of the amendment is as fol- was the overwhelming belief of the Mr. WOLF. I move to strike the req- lows: Members on that trip, both Repub- uisite number of words. Amendment No. 8 offered by Mr. SCHOCK: licans and Democrats, that they could The CHAIR. The gentleman from Vir- Page 3, line 4, after the dollar amount, in- see firsthand the benefits of a free ginia is recognized for 5 minutes. sert ‘‘(increased by $500,000)’’. trade agreement, truly highlighting Mr. WOLF. I rise in support of the Page 7, line 5, after the dollar amount, in- the bipartisan support in this body for amendment. sert ‘‘(reduced by $500,000)’’. the pending free trade agreement. As the gentleman says, Colombia is a The CHAIR. The gentleman from Illi- strong ally and a partner in this hemi- nois is recognized for 5 minutes. b 2000 sphere; and I support the Congress act- Mr. SCHOCK. Mr. Chairman, I rise The facts for a trade agreement ing to implement U.S.-Colombia Free today in support of amendment No. 8, speak for themselves. This free trade Trade Agreement. The trade agreement which seeks to transfer $500,000 from agreement will help make American that has been negotiated would bring the Census salary and expenses to the companies more competitive globally, important economic benefits to the International Trade Administration. increase their profitability, allow them U.S. and level the playing field be- The intent of this amendment is to to hire new American workers and help tween our countries. It would create dedicate funding for the International stimulate the economy. Currently we jobs. The unemployment rate that just Trade Administration to conduct a enjoy a $2.7 billion trade surplus, in- came out is 9.2 percent. Not to do this study on the economic impact, includ- cluding a manufacturing surplus with would border on being crazy. The gen- ing the loss of U.S. jobs, due to the fail- nations with which we have a signed tleman’s amendment would serve the ure of this body to pass the Colombian free trade agreement. But for more ongoing debate by generating informa- Free Trade Agreement. My intent is to than a year, the majority has dis- tion about the economic impacts here have the ITA submit this study to Con- allowed this body to add Colombia to in the U.S. of our failure to adopt the gress no later than 60 days after the this list. America’s two-way trade with agreement. So I urge support of the date of this enactment. Colombia reached $18 billion in 2007, amendment. For more than a year now, Congress making Colombia our fourth largest I yield back the balance of my time. has left an agreement sitting in our trading partner in Latin America. Mr. PRICE of Georgia. I move to collective ‘‘in box’’ which will result in Since America’s market is already strike the last word.

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So since this amendment has been So I think that the gentleman from Il- Mr. BURTON of Indiana. I have great accepted by Mr. MOLLOHAN, it seems to linois has picked an appropriate, re- respect for my colleague, Mr. MOL- me that it should be pretty well guar- sponsible amount out of that $7.1 bil- LOHAN, and undoubtedly he is going to anteed that he is going to do every- lion to be used for a study that ought be one of the conferees. I would like to thing he can to keep it in the bill when to be performed to demonstrate the im- ask him a question. it goes to conference committee. And if portance of what ought not really be What I would like to know is, when that is not the case, then, you know, called the Colombia Free Trade Agree- you go to conference, you and I both this might appear to be—I would never ment. It ought to be called the Colom- know that there’s a lot of give-and- accuse my colleague of being insin- bia Fair Trade Agreement. take. And if you really feel strongly cere—but it might appear to be a fa- As the gentleman stated with great about an amendment, you fight for it. cade. So if you accept this, Mr. MOL- eloquence, the lack of enacting the Co- So I’d just like to ask you this ques- LOHAN, I would just like to ask you one lombia FTA by this majority is actu- tion: Because the Colombia Free Trade more time: Will you do everything you ally harming American companies. Agreement is so important, will you can to keep this in the bill? That’s right, Mr. Chairman. We’re use every bit of your fiber and being to Mr. MOLLOHAN. I thank the gen- harming American jobs and American fight for this in conference? tleman for his comments. companies by not acting on something Mr. MOLLOHAN. Will the gentleman Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Will you an- that both executive branches have al- yield? swer the question? Will you do every- ready agreed to. Mr. BURTON of Indiana. I yield to thing you can to keep it in the bill? So this is a wise amendment, an ap- the gentleman from West Virginia. Mr. MOLLOHAN. We will approach propriate amendment, an appropriate Mr. MOLLOHAN. As the gentleman the conference, my colleague from In- area of study that ought to be done. I understands—the gentleman has been diana, exactly the way I described to wonder if the chairman of the sub- to conference before on bills. you. We will consider every issue that committee would be willing to respond Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Sure. is in the bill as it comes out of the to a question. Mr. MOLLOHAN. And the gentleman House of Representatives seriously as To my friend from West Virginia, I understands that conferees come to the we approach conference. If it’s accept- wonder, if this amendment passes, is conference from many different direc- ed, it will be in the conference report. my friend from West Virginia able to tions and have many different atti- You have the ranking minority mem- commit to doing all that he can to tudes. There are many different issues ber. He is going to be a part of the con- make certain that this amendment re- in the bill during conference. I will tell ference. The other members of the mains in the final work product as it the gentleman that we take seriously committee are going to be a part of the comes through the conference process? our bill as it is fashioned, as we bring I will yield to my friend from West conference, and we will treat this issue it to the floor, and as it is amended on Virginia. just as seriously as we treat all issues. the floor as we proceed to conference. Mr. MOLLOHAN. We’re willing to ac- We will support it in conference, and it Beyond that, the gentleman clearly cept the amendment. What happens in will be a part of the process of the con- understands that conferences are about conference is in the future, and I ference as it moves forward. I hope process and that there’s give-and-take wouldn’t be able to make any commit- that is satisfactory to the gentleman. ments with regard to that in any way. in the Congress. All of the attitudes ex- Mr. BURTON of Indiana. I thank the Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Reclaiming pressed in conference must be taken gentleman for his answer. I will just my time, Mr. Chairman, that really is into consideration, and there is noth- end by saying, I really hope this stays where the rub is, is that there appears ing about this amendment that pre- in the bill. I can’t think of anything to be no significant resolve on the part cludes our not seriously supporting it that’s more important as far as stabi- of the majority party to actually deter- in conference. But the gentleman is lizing Central and South America than mine what the level of harm is to the asking for something that the gen- free trade agreements. We’ve been American economy and American busi- tleman knows in the process cannot be fighting for a free trade agreement nesses without adoption of the Colom- guaranteed, and that is, I guarantee with Panama and Colombia for a long, bia Fair Trade Agreement. that we’re going to do something in long time; and if we’re going to make I appreciate my friend from West Vir- conference. I hope that’s satisfactory. sure that we slow down the illegal im- ginia for agreeing to accept the amend- If it’s not, it’s the best I can do for the migration that’s coming from Central ment. But it is with little comfort be- gentleman. and South America, we’ve got to do cause, as you heard, Mr. Chairman, Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Let me just things to stabilize that entire region, there is little or no commitment to say that we’ve been fighting this issue not only from a drug standpoint, but making certain that this stays in this for a long, long time. One of the big- also from the illegal immigration bill as it moves through the process. As gest problems that we’ve had is drugs standpoint. So I really hope that my you know, Mr. Chairman, this is the coming into the United States from colleague—and I’m sure Mr. WOLF first step in this appropriations proc- Central and South America. And Presi- will—I really hope my colleagues will ess, and we’re early in the amendment dent Uribe of Colombia has been one of do everything they can to make sure process. But it seems to me that this our best friends and allies down there. that this stays in the piece of legisla- amendment is of significant import, He has stabilized that country, and one tion. and also significant knowledge would of the things that he really needs is a The CHAIR. The question is on the be gained from this study to give Mem- Free Trade Agreement to help further amendment offered by the gentleman bers of this body appropriate informa- stabilize his country. I think it’s ex- from Illinois (Mr. SCHOCK). tion with which to be able to make de- tremely important that Mr. MOLLOHAN, The amendment was agreed to. cisions as they move forward and de- or whoever else is on the conference MOTION TO RISE cide for themselves whether or not to committee, realize the gravity of this Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I push their leadership, the Speaker and situation. And Mr. MOLLOHAN well move that the Committee do now rise. the leadership on the Democrat side, knows that when you go to conference, The CHAIR. The question is on the to, in fact, adopt the Colombia Fair and you’re sitting across the table motion to rise. Trade Agreement. from your Democrat counterparts, if Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Point of order. So I want to commend my friend you are willing to really hang tough on Mr. Chairman, I believe the gen- from Illinois for the work that he’s an amendment, many times you can tleman from Illinois was on his feet

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Chaffetz Johnson (IL) Rogers (MI) Union, reported that that Committee, Coble Jones Rooney having had under consideration the bill The CHAIR. The question is on the Coffman (CO) Jordan (OH) Ros-Lehtinen motion to rise. Cole King (IA) Ryan (WI) (H.R. 2847) making appropriations for The question was taken; and the Conaway Kirk Scalise the Departments of Commerce and Jus- Chair announced that the ayes ap- Davis (KY) Kline (MN) Schmidt tice, and Science, and Related Agencies Deal (GA) Lamborn Schock for the fiscal year ending September 30, peared to have it. Dent Lance Sensenbrenner 2010, and for other purposes, had come RECORDED VOTE Diaz-Balart, M. Latham Sessions Dreier Latta Shimkus to no resolution thereon. Mr. SCHOCK. Mr. Chairman, I de- Ehlers Lee (NY) Shuster f mand a recorded vote. Fallin Lewis (CA) Smith (NE) A recorded vote was ordered. Flake LoBiondo Smith (TX) LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM Fleming Lummis Stearns The vote was taken by electronic de- Forbes McCarthy (CA) Terry (Mr. CANTOR asked and was given vice, and there were—ayes 179, noes 124, Fortenberry McCotter Thompson (PA) permission to address the House for 1 not voting 136, as follows: Foxx McHenry Thornberry minute.) Franks (AZ) McKeon Tiahrt [Roll No. 350] Garrett (NJ) McMorris Tiberi Mr. CANTOR. Madam Speaker, I AYES—179 Gerlach Rodgers Turner yield to the gentleman from Maryland, Gingrey (GA) Mica Upton Abercrombie Grayson Murphy (NY) the majority leader, for the purpose of Gohmert Miller (FL) Walden Ackerman Green, Al inquiring about the schedule for the Murphy, Patrick Goodlatte Miller (MI) Wilson (SC) Adler (NJ) Griffith Nye Graves Murphy, Tim Wittman rest of the evening. Altmire Gutierrez Obey Guthrie Neugebauer Wolf Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman Andrews Hall (NY) Ortiz Hall (TX) Nunes Wu for yielding. Arcuri Halvorson Pascrell First, I want the Members to under- Baca Hastings (FL) Pastor (AZ) NOT VOTING—136 Baldwin Heinrich stand the context in which we find our- Payne Aderholt Hill Paul Barrow Herseth Sandlin Perlmutter selves. I have indicated—and I have had Berry Himes Alexander Hinojosa Peterson Perriello discussions with Mr. BOEHNER, with Bishop (GA) Hinchey Baird Holden Petri Peters Bishop (NY) Hirono Bean Johnson, E. B. Pierluisi Mr. CANTOR and with Mr. LEWIS with Pingree (ME) Blumenauer Hodes Becerra Johnson, Sam Pitts Polis (CO) reference to the appropriations bills— Boccieri Holt Berkley Kaptur Poe (TX) Pomeroy that none of us likes the omnibus ap- Bordallo Honda Berman Kennedy Radanovich Boren Hoyer Price (NC) Bilirakis Kilpatrick (MI) Rangel propriations bills. Boswell Inslee Quigley Blunt Kind Reichert In order to pass appropriations bills Brady (PA) Israel Rahall Bonner King (NY) Rogers (KY) individually, you have to take appro- Bright Jackson (IL) Reyes Bono Mack Kingston Rohrabacher priately significant time, but if you Brown, Corrine Jackson-Lee Richardson Boucher Larson (CT) Roskam Butterfield (TX) Rodriguez Boyd LaTourette Rothman (NJ) take so much time that you can’t pos- Capps Johnson (GA) Ross Brady (TX) Lewis (GA) Royce sibly get them done, then you are left Capuano Kagen Roybal-Allard Braley (IA) Linder Ruppersberger at the end of the day with an omnibus Cao Lucas Sa´ nchez, Linda Cardoza Kanjorski Rush appropriations bill which nobody likes. Carnahan Kildee Ryan (OH) Carney Luetkemeyer T. OEHNER Carson (IN) Kilroy Sablan Christensen Lungren, Daniel Sarbanes In discussions with Mr. B , Castor (FL) Kirkpatrick (AZ) Salazar Clay E. Schiff with Mr. CANTOR and with Mr. LEWIS, Conyers Mack Schrader Chandler Kissell Sanchez, Loretta Mr. OBEY and I have tried to come to Costello Maffei Scott (VA) Childers Klein (FL) Schakowsky Crenshaw Manzullo Serrano an agreement on time constraints. Clarke Kosmas Schauer Crowley Marchant Shadegg There was a discussion on the floor Cleaver Kratovil Schwartz Culberson Markey (MA) Sherman Clyburn Kucinich Scott (GA) during the course of the rule between Cummings Matheson Simpson Cohen Langevin Mr. OBEY and Mr. LEWIS with respect Sestak Davis (IL) Matsui Sires Connolly (VA) Larsen (WA) Shea-Porter to time constraints, and at that point Cooper Lee (CA) DeGette McCaul Smith (NJ) Shuler Diaz-Balart, L. McClintock Souder in time, that was not possible. Costa Levin Skelton Courtney Lipinski Dicks McCollum Space Subsequent to that, there were fur- Slaughter Dingell McDermott Speier Cuellar Loebsack Smith (WA) ther discussions between Mr. OBEY and Dahlkemper Lofgren, Zoe Doyle McHugh Stark Snyder Mr. LEWIS in which there seemed to be Davis (AL) Lowey Duncan Meeks (NY) Stupak Spratt Davis (CA) Luja´ n Edwards (MD) Miller, Gary Sullivan some progress, perhaps, that was pos- Tauscher Davis (TN) Lynch Edwards (TX) Miller, George Sutton Taylor sible. As a result, we proceeded with DeFazio Maloney Emerson Moran (KS) Tanner Teague the preprinting requirement that, I Delahunt Markey (CO) Eshoo Moran (VA) Tierney DeLauro Marshall Thompson (CA) Frelinghuysen Murtha Vela´ zquez know, some people felt was an unneces- Doggett Massa Thompson (MS) Gallegly Myrick Wamp sary constraint, but it is, after all, the Donnelly (IN) McCarthy (NY) Titus Gordon (TN) Nadler (NY) Waxman Tonko Granger Napolitano Weiner opportunity to give notice to Members Driehaus McGovern of what amendments can be antici- Ellison McIntyre Towns Green, Gene Neal (MA) Westmoreland Ellsworth McMahon Tsongas Grijalva Norton Wexler pated; but I know that I’ve discussed it Engel McNerney Van Hollen Hare Oberstar Whitfield on your side of the aisle, and you felt Harman Olson Woolsey Etheridge Meek (FL) Visclosky that was an imposition. We felt it was Faleomavaega Melancon Walz Hensarling Olver Young (AK) Farr Michaud Wasserman Higgins Pallone Young (FL) an open rule because the amendments Fattah Miller (NC) Schultz were not specified. Waters Filner Minnick b 2101 Notwithstanding that disagreement, Foster Mitchell Watson there were 127 total amendments. One Frank (MA) Mollohan Watt Messrs. AKIN and PLATTS, Ms. Fudge Moore (KS) Welch amendment just now was offered by Giffords Moore (WI) Wilson (OH) GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, and Mr. SCHOCK, my good friend. He and I Gonzalez Murphy (CT) Yarmuth Messrs. MCKEON and TERRY changed have a good relationship. We’ve trav- NOES—124 their vote from ‘‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ eled together, and I think he is a good Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. BALD- Akin Biggert Broun (GA) Member. We accepted. Notwith- Austria Bilbray Brown (SC) WIN, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. standing that, it took 20 minutes of de- Bachmann Bishop (UT) Brown-Waite, CASTOR of Florida, and Messrs. LI- bate and was going to be subject to a Bachus Blackburn Ginny PINSKI, DOGGETT and MINNICK Barrett (SC) Boehner Buchanan vote. Bartlett Boozman Burgess changed their vote from ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ Now, if you multiply, say, 25 min- Barton (TX) Boustany Burton (IN) So the motion to rise was agreed to. utes—and we had a 15-minute vote. If

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you multiply that by 127, you come to until I became majority leader 21⁄2 duty of this body, which is the expendi- a pretty high number, making it im- years ago, so I’m fairly familiar with ture of taxpayer dollars, and to allow possible for us to complete, in my view, the procedures under which we operate. our voice to be heard. the appropriations process by the end So I tell my friend, the Republican I hardly think, Madam Speaker, that of July. If we don’t complete it by the whip, that the reason for rising was to the decision to close this process after end of July, frankly, we won’t have the give us the opportunity to go to the 30 minutes, to close this process after opportunity to conference with the Rules Committee and to provide for, as just the first Republican amendment, Senate and, therefore, will not be able I said, time constraints in which we is at all being made in good faith. to complete the process in a timely can effectively complete this bill. So I ask the gentleman again: What fashion. I don’t know whether that’s I want to say to the Members that we is the thinking of the majority here? the objective of some, but it is cer- did not expect to have votes. We had The first appropriations bill. The first tainly not my objective. votes. Your side believed that we ought Republican amendment. How is it that As a result—I was not here—Mr. to have votes, so we had a vote to rise, we can expect a good-faith debate? OBEY felt it necessary for us to go to but we have made efforts to try to Our Members complied with your the Rules Committee for the purposes reach agreement to provide a process rule— unprecedented. The gentleman of constraining time. In a body of 435 in which we can complete the appro- speaks to prior years and to the num- people in which everybody has an op- priations bills. ber of amendments that came up on portunity to do 5 minutes and to then, Very frankly, we think that, in years this bill and on others. He knows as perhaps, even get yielded some addi- past, there have been a lot of amend- well as I that the preprinting require- tional time from somebody else who ments that have been offered, not for ment was not in place. This is the un- takes 5 minutes, it would be impossible the purpose of the substance of the intended consequence of a preprinting to complete 10 amendments, much less amendment but for the purpose of sim- requirement, the 127 amendments. We 127 amendments, in a time frame that ply delaying the ability to get our have had that discussion. There will we agreed to in a unanimous consent work done. We’ve been in the minority not be discussion and debate and votes request in 2006 and in 2005. ourselves. We understand the frustra- asked for 127 amendments. So we stand In fact, on this bill, the average num- tion that exists; but my responsibility here in good faith and want to engage ber of amendments that were offered as the majority leader and as the man- with the Members on your side of the when you were in the majority was 30, ager of this floor is to provide for the aisle. the average number. There was a high completion of our appropriations proc- So I ask the gentleman: What is it? of 46. In 2004, 16 amendments were of- ess one at a time so that we can con- What is the intention tonight—to go fered—10 Republicans and 6 Democrats. sider them on their merits and then, back to Rules? Our Members have al- In other words, for your bill, you of- hopefully, pass them individually and ready been told their amendments will fered more amendments to your bill have them signed. It would be my hope be accepted. Now how should they pro- than we offered to your bill. We would to have them signed before the begin- ceed? like to proceed in a fashion that is rea- ning of the fiscal year. That’s our I yield to the gentleman. sonable and that provides for opportu- thought and plan. Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman nities for amendments to be offered, Mr. CANTOR. I thank the gentleman. for yielding. but we also believe that it is our re- Madam Speaker, I would, first of all, Let me reiterate what the gentleman sponsibility to ensure that the appro- respond to speak to the issue of the 127 knows to be the case. He and I have priations process is completed. amendments having been filed. I think discussed this matter on at least three So, when Mr. OBEY asked that the that it’s certainly a result of and, per- different occasions. They were, I think, Committee rise, it was, at that point in haps, due to the unintended con- friendly discussions. The gentleman in- time, the intention to go to the Rules sequences of imposing a preprinting re- dicated that he did not believe an Committee to provide for amendments quirement. agreement was possible on the time in order, not all 127 amendments—I As the gentleman and I have dis- constraints. Mr. BOEHNER indicated can’t predict how many amendments. cussed, many of our Members felt it that to me as well, so it’s not as if we There are a lot of duplications in necessary to prefile their amendments haven’t had significant discussions that—and to provide for, however, time to preserve their right to proffer an about this. You also, in fairness, did in- constraints within which we can do our amendment without necessarily having dicate to me that the preprinting re- business. We do not think that’s unrea- the intention of following through with quirement would be something that sonable, and we certainly don’t think offering that amendment. There are your side would take umbrage at. it’s unfair. several amendments that are duplica- Mr. OBEY, I think correctly, said both I will tell you that, in 2007, we pro- tive. There are many amendments that sides like notice of actions that are to ceeded for 10 bills without time con- our Members have already said that be taken on the floor. In fact, when we straints. From our perspective, we they would not offer. take notice, when we do less than 24 thought we had an agreement that we So I would say to the gentleman that hours, you rightfully believe that’s in- would use the same time that we gave it is hard for us on this side of the aisle appropriate. I agree with you on that, to you in 2006 when you were in the to stand here and to accept the notion and we try to do that. Sometimes we majority and were controlling. We gave that somehow, 30 minutes into the de- don’t make it. this to Mr. LEWIS. Notwithstanding bate and on page 2 of line 7 of the bill that, we believe we went at least 53 and while in discussion of the first Re- b 2115 hours overtime. That is 53 hours longer publican amendment, that was where But the fact is that this is not as if than the unanimous consent con- you drew the line and decided that the we haven’t had some discussions over straints that we gave to you when you tactics by us were going to be dilatory. at least the last 2 months about this were in the majority and we were in It certainly seems to me, I would say issue. And from my perspective—I the minority. As you know, the last to the gentleman, with all due respect, don’t want to speak for Mr. OBEY, who two bills were very contentious be- that there was some preconceived no- has spoken with Mr. LEWIS as well—but cause we did, in fact, pursue them tion that this was the direction in over the last 2 months I have seen under a rule. which the majority was going to head nothing that indicated to me that time I want to say to the Members, par- regardless. constraints would be agreeable to your ticularly who are new, that, while ap- Furthermore, Madam Speaker, I will side of the aisle, not from you, not propriations bills have historically say to the gentleman—and the gen- from Mr. BOEHNER, not from anybody been open, they have historically not tleman and I have spoken about this— else, not from Mr. LEWIS, who on this taken—as a matter of fact, some of the it is our intention to practice some floor just hours ago indicated that biggest bills have taken some of the good faith and to ask the majority to there would not be any time agree- shortest times—the Labor-Health bill engage with us, to allow our Members ments possible. and the Defense bill. I’ve served on the to come to the floor, to deliberate in So in that context, I am in a position Appropriations Committee from 1983 the context of the only constitutional where, if that’s the case—and you may

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The reasons for f Zone; Red Bull Air Race, Detroit River, De- that, obviously, dealt with mainly the troit, MI [Docket No.: USCG-2009-0089] (RIN: RECESS Appropriations Committee fighting 1625-AA00) received June 1, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on about energy, as you know. One can The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair Transportation and Infrastructure. blame one another for that, but in any 2196. A letter from the Attorney — Advisor, event, it didn’t go forward. Nobody was declares the House in recess subject to Department of Homeland Security, transmit- pleased that we didn’t consider the the call of the Chair. ting the Department’s final rule — Saftey bills individually, and we ended up, as Accordingly (at 9 o’clock and 20 min- Zone: F/V PATRIOT, Massachusetts Bay, MA you well know, earlier this year doing utes p.m.), the House stood in recess [Docket No.: USCG-2009-0424] (RIN: 1625- an omnibus appropriation bill. We did subject to the call of the Chair. AA00) received June 1, 2009, pursuant to 5 f U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on omnibus appropriation bills frequently Transportation and Infrastructure. when you were in charge of the House, b 0250 2197. A letter from the Attorney — Advisor, as well. Neither side liked that then or AFTER RECESS Department of Homeland Security, transmit- when we did it. ting the Department’s final rule — Safety So I tell my friend, the intention is The recess having expired, the House Zone; Allegheny River Mile Marker 0.4 to going to be to try to construct time was called to order by the Speaker pro Mile Marker 0.6, Pittsburgh, PA [Docket No.: frames—and we would be glad to have tempore (Mr. MCGOVERN) at 2 o’clock USCG-2009-0016] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received further discussions with you on those— and 50 minutes a.m. June 1, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); which will allow for these 12 bills to be to the Committee on Transportation and In- f frastructure. done in the time available to us be- REPORT ON RESOLUTION PRO- 2198. A letter from the Attorney — Advisor, tween now and July 30. Because if we VIDING FOR FURTHER CONSID- Department of Homeland Security, transmit- don’t get them done, I guarantee you ERATION OF H.R. 2847, COM- ting the Department’s final rule — Saftey that when we get back in September, MERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND zone; Sea World June Fireworks; Mission with 21 days left to go, we will not be Bay, San Diego, California [Docket No.: RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA- USCG-2009-0267] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received able to conference these bills and get TIONS ACT, 2010 them done. That is a practical matter. June 8, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); For those of you who are new, I will Mr. PERLMUTTER, from the Com- to the Committee on Transportation and In- frastructure. tell you that. For those of who have mittee on Rules, submitted a privi- leged report (Rept. No. 111–158) on the 2199. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, been here, you understand that that’s Department of Homeland Security, transmit- the case. resolution (H. Res. 552) providing for ting the Department’s final rule — Saftey Mr. CANTOR. I thank the gentleman. further consideration of the bill (H.R. zone; Sea World Fireworks Season Kickoff; Madam Speaker, I would respond, 2847) making appropriations for the De- Mission Bay, San Diego, California [Docket first of all, to the suggestion that the partments of Commerce and Justice, No.: USCG-2009-0279] (RIN: 1625-AA00) re- discussions that we’ve had, and others, and Science, and Related Agencies for ceived June 4, 20029, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. over the last 2 months as to whether an the fiscal year ending September 30, 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- agreement was possible, frankly, is un- 2010, and for other purposes, which was tation and Infrastructure. referred to the House Calendar and or- 2200. A letter from the Attorney — Advisor, precedented. Because in years past in Department of Homeland Security, transmit- the appropriations process, time agree- dered to be printed. ting the Department’s final rule — Safety ments were arrived at once the number f Zone; Ocean Beach Fourth of July Fire- of amendments were known, and we GENERAL LEAVE works; Pacific Ocean, San Diego, CA [Docket worked out the agreements and debate No.: USCG-2009-0122] (RIN: 1625-AA00) re- ensued thereunder. Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I ceived June 8, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. We did not know prior to the dead- ask unanimous consent that all Mem- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- line and the cutoff of preprinting re- bers have 5 legislative days in which to tation and Infrastructure. revise and extend their remarks and in- 2201. A letter from the Attorney — Advisor, quirements as to how many amend- Department of Homeland Security, transmit- ments there would be. So we do know sert extraneous material on H.R. 2847. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there ting the Department’s final rule — Safety now how many amendments there Zone; Big Bay Fourth of July Fireworks; San would be. But again, Madam Speaker, I objection to the request of the gen- Diego Bay, San Diego, CA [Docket No.: say what sticks with us, and not very tleman from Colorado? USCG-2009-0123] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received well, is your decision to cut debate off There was no objection. June 8, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); on page 2, line 7 of the bill after the f to the Committee on Transportation and In- first Republican amendment. Madam frastructure. LEAVE OF ABSENCE 2202. A letter from the Attorney — Advisor, Speaker, again, with all due respect, By unanimous consent, leave of ab- Department of Homeland Security, transmit- that does not speak in good faith about sence was granted to: ting the Department’s final rule — Safety the majority’s intention to allow us Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia (at the re- Zone; Mission Bay Yacht Club Fourth of the opportunity to speak to the issues quest of Mr. HOYER) for today (up until July Fireworks; Mission Bay, San Diego, CA surrounding the expenditure of tax- 4:00 p.m.) on account of his daughters’ [Docket No.: USCG-2009-0124] (RIN: 1625- AA00) received June 8, 2009, pursuant to 5 payer dollars. That is not good faith. graduation. We stand here in good faith, as the U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on gentleman and I have discussed prior, f Transportation and Infrastructure. ADJOURNMENT 2203. A letter from the Attorney — Advisor, and we want the opportunity to show Department of Homeland Security, transmit- you that we can conduct debate in good Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I ting the Department’s final rule — Safety faith, deliberate on the people’s busi- move that the House do now adjourn. zone; Sea World Memorial Day Fireworks; ness, and not be shut out summarily. The motion was agreed to; accord- Mission Bay, San Diego, California [Docket And it is very hard, again, Madam ingly (at 2 o’clock and 52 minutes No.: USCG-2009-0265] (RIN: 1625-AA00) re- Speaker, for us to accept that the ma- a.m.), the House adjourned until today, ceived June 8, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. jority had any intention of allowing de- Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at 10 a.m. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- bate if we shut it off after 30 minutes tation and Infrastructure. f 2204. A letter from the Attorney — Advisor, and the first Republican amendment. Department of Homeland Security, transmit- So I say to the gentleman, we stand EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. ting the Department’s final rule — Safety here and we ask you to allow us to pro- zone; Sea World 4th of July Fireworks Dis- ceed this evening, allow us to dem- Under clause 2 of rule XXIV, execu- play; Mission Bay, San Diego, California onstrate good faith so that then the tive communications were taken from [Docket No.: USCG-2009-0103] (RIN: 1625-

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A letter from the Attorney — Advisor, System [Docket No.: FRA-2008-0128] (RIN: ment of Homeland Security, transmitting Department of Homeland Security, transmit- 2130-AB99) received June 2, 2009, pursuant to the Department’s final rule — Special Local ting the Department’s final rule — Safety 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Regulation for Marine Events; Temporary Zone; Paradise Point Fourth of July Fire- Transportation and Infrastructure. Change of Dates for Recurring Marine works; Mission Bay, San Diego, CA [Docket 2225. A letter from the Trial Attorney, De- Events in the Fifth Coast Guard District No.: USCG-2009-0125] (RIN: 1625-AA00) re- partment of Transportation, transmitting [Docket No.: USCG-2009-0106] (RIN: 1625- ceived June 1, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. the Department’s final rule — Hours of Serv- AA08) received June 8, 2009, pursuant to 5 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- ice of Railroad Employees; Amended Record- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on tation and Infrastructure. keeping and Reporting Regulations [Docket Transportation and Infrastructure. 2216. A letter from the Attorney — Advisor, No.: 2006-26176, Notice No. 1] (RIN: 2130-AB85) 2206. A letter from the Attorney — Advisor, Department of Homeland Security, transmit- received June 2, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Department of Homeland Security, transmit- ting the Department’s final rule — Safety 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- ting the Department’s final rule — Special zone; Sea World May Fireworks; Mission tation and Infrastructure. local Regulations for Marine Events; Patux- Bay, San Diego, California [Docket No. 2226. A letter from the Program Analyst, ent River, Patuxent River, MD [Docket No.: USCG-2009-0266] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received Department of Transportation, transmitting USCG-2009-0107] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received June 1, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); the Department’s final rule — Establishment June 8, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and In- of Class E Airspace; Rushville, NE [Docket to the Committee on Transportation and In- frastructure. No.: FAA-2009-0120; Airspace Docket No. 09- frastructure. 2217. A letter from the Attorney — Advisor, ACE-2] received June 2, 2009, pursuant to 5 2207. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Department of Homeland Security, transmit- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Department of Homeland Security, transmit- ting the Department’s final rule — Safety Transportation and Infrastructure. ting the Department’s final rule — Safety zone; Copper Canyon Clean up; Lake Havasu, 2227. A letter from the Program Analyst, Zone; Coronado Fourth of July Fireworks; Arizona [Docket No.: USCG-2009-0242] (RIN: Department of Transportation, transmitting San Diego Bay, San Diego, CA [Docket No.: 1625-AA00) received June 1, 2009, pursuant to the Department’s final rule — Amendment of USCG-2009-0120] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Class E Airspace; Fulton, MO [Docket No.: June 8, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Transportation and Infrastructure. FAA-2008-1230; Airspace Docket No. 08-ACE- to the Committee on Transportation and In- 2218. A letter from the Attorney, Depart- 1] received June 2, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. frastructure. ment of Homeland Security, transmitting 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- 2208. A letter from the Attorney, Advisor, the Department’s final rule — Safety Zone; tation and Infrastructure. 2228. A letter from the Program Analyst, Department of Homeland Security, transmit- Use of Force Training Flights, San Pablo Department of Transportation, transmitting ting the Department’s final rule — Safety Bay, CA [Docket No.: USCG-2009-0300] (RIN: the Department’s final rule — Airworthiness Zone: Ocean City Air Show, Atlantic Ocean, 1625-AA00) received June 1, 2009, pursuant to Directives; Diamond Aircraft Industries Ocean City, MD [Docket No.: USCG-2009-0064] 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on GmbH Model DA 40 and DA 40 F Airplanes (RIN: 1625-AA00) received June 8, 2009, pursu- Transportation and Infrastructure. [Docket No.: FAA-2009-0240; Directorate ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 2219. A letter from the Program Analyst, Identifier 2009-CE-015-AD; Amendment 39- on Transportation and Infrastructure. Department of Transportation, transmitting 15899; AD 2009-10-04] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received 2209. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, the Department’s final rule — Airworthiness June 2, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Department of Homeland Security, transmit- Directives; Airbus Model A380-841, -842, and to the Committee on Transportation and In- ting the Department’s final rule — Marine -861 Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2009-0433; frastructure. Events Regattas; Annual Marine Events in Directorate Identifier 2009-NM-003-AD; 2229. A letter from the Program Analyst, the Eighth Coast Guard District [Docket Amendment 39-15902; AD 2009-10-07] (RIN: Department of Transportation, transmitting No.: USCG-2008-0386] (RIN: 1625-AA08) re- 2120-AA64) received June 2, 2009, pursuant to the Department’s final rule — Standard In- ceived June 8, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on strument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- Transportation and Infrastructure. Minimums and Obstacle Departure Proce- tation and Infrastructure. 2220. A letter from the Program Analyst, dures; Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket 2210. A letter from the Attorney — Advisor, Department of Transportation, transmitting No.: 30665 Amdt. No 3320] received June 2, Department of Homeland Security, transmit- the Department’s final rule — Security Re- 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the ting the Department’s final rule — Draw- lated Consideration in the Design and Oper- Committee on Transportation and Infra- bridge Operation Regulation; Sturgeon Bay ation of Transport Category Airplanes structure. Ship Canal, Sturgeon Bay, WI [Docket No.: [Docket No.: FAA-2006-26722; Amendment 2230. A letter from the Program Analyst, USCG-2009-0385] (RIN: 1625-AA09) received Nos. 25-127] (RIN: 2120-A166) received June 2, Department of Transportation, transmitting June 8, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the the Department’s final rule — Standard In- to the Committee on Transportation and In- Committee on Transportation and Infra- strument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff frastructure. structure. Minimums and Obstacle Departure Proce- 2211. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, 2221. A letter from the Program Analyst, dures; Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket Department of Homeland Security, transmit- Department of Transportation, transmitting No.: 30666; Amdt. No. 3321] received June 2, ting the Department’s final rule — Inter- the Department’s final rule — Airworthiness 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the national Air Pollution Prevention (IAPP) Directives; Boeing Model 747-400 and 747-400D Committee on Transportation and Infra- Certificates [Docket No.: USCG-2008-1014] Series Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2009-0135; structure. (RIN: 1625-AB31) received June 8, 2009, pursu- Directorate Identifier 2008-NM-170-AD; 2231. A letter from the Program Analyst, ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee Amendment 39-15901; AD 2009-10-06] (RIN: Department of Transportation, transmitting on Transportation and Infrastructure. 2120-AA64) received June 2, 2009, pursuant to the Department’s final rule — Airworthiness 2212. A letter from the Attorney — Advisor, 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Directives; Bombardier Model CL-600-2B19 Department of Homeland Security, transmit- Transportation and Infrastructure. (Regional Jet Series 100 and 440) Airplanes ting the Department’s final rule — Safety 2222. A letter from the Program Analyst, [Docket No.: FAA-2009-0428; Directorate Zone; Underwater Object, Massachusetts Department of Transportation, transmitting Identifier 2009-NM-053-AD; Amendment 39- Bay, MA [Docket No.: USCG-2008-1272] (RIN: the Department’s final rule — Drug Enforce- 15900; AD 2009-10-05] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received 1625-AA00) received June 8, 2009, pursuant to ment Assistance; OMB Approval of Informa- June 2, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on tion Collection [Docket No.: FAA-2006-26714; to the Committee on Transportation and In- Transportation and Infrastructure. Amdt. Nos. 47-28, 61-118, 63-36, and 65-51] frastructure. 2213. A letter from the Attorney — Advisor, (RIN: 2120-AI43) received June 2, 2009, pursu- 2232. A letter from the Program Analyst, Department of Homeland Security, transmit- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee Department of Transportation, transmitting ting the Department’s final rule — Safety on Transportation and Infrastructure. the Department’s final rule — Amendment of Zone; ESL Air and Water Show, Lake On- 2223. A letter from the Program Analyst, Class E Airspace; Refugio, TX [Docket No.: tario, Ontario Beach Park, Rochester, NY Department of Transportation, transmitting FAA-2009-0241; Airspace Docket No. 09-ASW- [Docket No.: USCG-2009-0343] (RIN: 1625- the Department’s final rule — Drug and Al- 6] received June 8, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. AA00) received June 1, 2009, pursuant to 5 cohol Testing Program [Docket No.: FAA- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 2008-0937; Amendment Nos. 61-122, 63-37, 65-53, tation and Infrastructure. Transportation and Infrastructure. 91-307, 120-0, 121-343, 135-117] (RIN: 2120-AJ37) 2233. A letter from the Trail Attorney, De- 2214. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, received June 2, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. partment of Transportation, transmitting Department of Homeland Security, transmit- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- the Department’s final rule — Miscellaneous ting the Department’s final rule — Safety tation and Infrastructure. Revisions to the Procedures for Handling Pe- Zone; June and July Northwest Harbor Safe- 2224. A letter from the Trial Attorney, De- titions for Emergency Waiver of Safety Reg- ty Zone; Northwest Harbor, San Clemente Is- partment of Transportation, transmitting ulations and the Procedures for Disquali- land, CA [Docket No.: USCG-2009-0330] (RIN: the Department’s final rule — Amendments fying Individuals from Performing Safety-

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A letter from the Acting Adminis- By Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA (for himself, Department of Transportation, transmitting trator, Department of Homeland Security, Ms. BORDALLO, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, the Department’s final rule — Airworthiness transmitting the Department’s report on the Mr. PIERLUISI, and Mr. SABLAN): Directives; 328 Support Services GmbH Preliminary Damage Assessment informa- H.R. 2884. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- Dornier Model 328-100 and -300 Airplanes tion on FEMA-1829-DR, pursuant to Public enue Code of 1986 to clarify that electricity [Docket No.: FAA-2009-0419; Directorate Law 110-329, section 539; jointly to the Com- produced in certain possessions of the United Identifier 2009-NM-050-AD; Amendment 39- mittees on Homeland Security, Appropria- States and other areas is eligible for the 15898; AD 2009-10-03] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received tions, and Transportation and Infrastruc- credit for electricity produced from certain June 8, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); ture. renewable resources; to the Committee on to the Committee on Transportation and In- 2244. A letter from the Acting Adminis- Ways and Means. frastructure. trator, Department of Homeland Security, By Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA (for himself, 2235. A letter from the Program Analyst, transmitting the Department’s report on the Ms. BORDALLO, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Department of Transportation, transmitting Preliminary Damage Assessment informa- Mr. PIERLUISI, and Mr. SABLAN): the Department’s final rule — Airworthiness tion on FEMA-1830-DR, pursuant to Public H.R. 2885. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- Directives; BAE Systems (Operations) Lim- Law 110-329, section 539; jointly to the Com- enue Code of 1986 to expand the credit for ited (Jetstream) Model 4101 Airplanes [Dock- mittees on Homeland Security, Transpor- electricity produced from certain renewable et No.: FAA-2008-1214; Directorate Identifier tation and Infrastructure, and Appropria- resources and the investment energy credit 2007-NM-259-AD; Amendment 39-15897; AD tions. to include ocean thermal energy conversion 2009-10-02] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received June 8, projects; to the Committee on Ways and 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the f Means. Committee on Transportation and Infra- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON By Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA (for himself, structure. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Ms. BORDALLO, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, 2236. A letter from the Program Analyst, Mr. PIERLUISI, and Mr. SABLAN): Department of Transportation, transmitting Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of H.R. 2886. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- the Department’s final rule — Airworthiness committees were delivered to the Clerk enue Code of 1986 to provide the nonbusiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney (PW) JT9D-7R4 for printing and reference to the proper energy property and residential energy effi- Series Turbofan Engines [Docket No.: FAA- calender, as follows: cient property tax incentives to residents of 2006-23742; Directorate Identifier 2005-NE-53- certain possessions of the Unites States and AD; Amendment 39-15896; AD 2009-10-06] (RIN: Mr. PRICE of North Carolina: Committee other areas; to the Committee on Ways and 2120-AA64) received June 8, 2009, pursuant to on Appropriations. H.R. 2892. A bill making Means. 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on appropriations for the Department of Home- By Mr. DAVIS of Alabama (for himself Transportation and Infrastructure. land Security for the fiscal year ending Sep- and Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky): 2237. A letter from the Program Analyst, tember 30, 2010, and for other purposes (Rept. H.R. 2887. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- Department of Transportation, transmitting 111–157). Referred to the Committee of the enue Code of 1986 to provide an incentive to the Department’s final rule — IFR Altitudes; Whole House on the State of the Union. preserve affordable housing in multifamily Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket No.: [Filed on June 17 (legislative day of June 16), housing units which are sold or exchanged; 30662; Amdt. No. 480] received June 2, 2009, 2009] to the Committee on Ways and Means. pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- Ms. SLAUGHTER: Committee on Rules. By Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- House Resolution 552. Resolution providing BLUMENAUER, Mr. WU, and Mr. ture. for further consideration of the bill (H.R. SCHRADER): 2238. A letter from the Program Analyst, 2847) making appropriations for the Depart- H.R. 2888. A bill to provide for the designa- Department of Transportation, transmitting ment of Commerce and Justice, and Science, tion of the Devil’s Staircase Wilderness Area the Department’s final rule — Robinson R-22/ and Related Agencies for the fiscal year end- in the State of Oregon, to designate seg- R-44 Special Training and Experience Re- ing September 30, 2010, and for other pur- ments of Wasson and Franklin Creeks in the quirements [Docket No.: FAA-2002-13744; poses (Rept. 111–158). Referred to the House State of Oregon as wild or recreation rivers, Amendment No. SFAR 73-2] (RIN: 2120-AJ27) Calendar. and for other purposes; to the Committee on received June 2, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Natural Resources. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- f By Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. tation and Infrastructure. BLUMENAUER, Mr. WU, and Mr. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 2239. A letter from the Program Analyst, SCHRADER): Department of Transportation, transmitting Under clause 2 of rule XII, public H.R. 2889. A bill to modify the boundary of the Department’s final rule — Communica- bills and resolutions of the following the Oregon Caves National Monument, and tion and Area Navigation Equipment titles were introduced and severally re- for other purposes; to the Committee on Nat- (RNAV) Operations in Remote Locations and ferred, as follows: ural Resources. Mountainous Terrain [Docket No.: FAA-2002- By Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. 14002; Amendment Nos. 91-306 and 135-110 By Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Mrs. BLUMENAUER, and Mr. WU): (RIN: 2120-AJ46) received June 2, 2009, pursu- CAPITO, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. FILNER, H.R. 2890. A bill to amend the Wild and ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain river on Transportation and Infrastructure. ARCURI, Ms. BERKLEY, Mrs. BIGGERT, segments in Oregon as wild or scenic rivers, 2240. A letter from the Program Analyst, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Ms. and for other purposes; to the Committee on Department of Transportation, transmitting BORDALLO, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Natural Resources. the Department’s final rule — Standard In- Florida, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CROWLEY, By Mr. BRALEY of Iowa (for himself strument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Mr. CUMMINGS, Mrs. DAVIS of Cali- and Mr. SPACE): Minimums and Obstacle Departure Proce- fornia, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. ELLISON, H.R. 2891. A bill to amend the Public dures; Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket Ms. FUDGE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. JACK- Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of No.: 30668; Amdt. No. 3323] received June 2, SON of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Health and Human Services to establish a 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Texas, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. LANGEVIN, Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Pro- Committee on Transportation and Infra- Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. gram; to the Committee on Energy and Com- structure. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. merce. 2241. A letter from the Program Analyst, MCINTYRE, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. By Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Mr. Department of Transportation, transmitting MASSA, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PLATTS, Ms. BACHUS, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. the Department’s final rule — Standard In- SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. HENSARLING, and Mrs. BIGGERT): strument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff WEXLER, and Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN): H.R. 2893. A bill to amend section 5318 of Minimums and Obstacle Departure Proce- H.R. 2882. A bill to amend the Elementary title 31, United States Code, to eliminate dures; Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to di- regulatory burdens imposed on insured de- No.: 30667 Amdt. No 3222] received June 2, rect certain coeducational elementary and pository institutions and money services 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the secondary schools to make available infor- businesses and enhance the availability of Committee on Transportation and Infra- mation on equality in school athletic pro- transaction accounts at depository institu- structure. grams, and for other purposes; to the Com- tions for such business, and for other pur- 2242. A letter from the Acting Adminis- mittee on Education and Labor. poses; to the Committee on Financial Serv- trator, Department of Homeland Security, By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of ices. transmitting the Department’s report on the Texas (for herself, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. By Mr. HOLT (for himself, Mr. LARSON Preliminary Damage Assessment informa- FILNER, and Mrs. NAPOLITANO): of Connecticut, Mr. WEXLER, Mr.

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CAPUANO, Mr. OBEY, Mr. SERRANO, family caregivers of disabled veterans, and By Mr. PENCE: Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. LEE of for other purposes; to the Committee on Vet- H. Res. 548. A resolution providing for the California, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. erans’ Affairs. election of certain minority members to a WAXMAN, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of Cali- By Mr. HERGER (for himself, Mr. standing committee; considered and agreed fornia, Mr. NADLER of New York, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN to. considered and agreed to. HINCHEY, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. HASTINGS of California, and Mr. RADANOVICH): By Mr. PENCE: of Florida, Mr. FRANK of Massachu- H.R. 2899. A bill to address the public H. Res. 549. A resolution expressing support setts, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. health and safety threat presented by the for all Iranian citizens who struggle for free- FATTAH, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. risk of catastrophic wildfire on Federal dom, human rights, civil liberties, and the BLUMENAUER, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of forestlands of the State of California by re- protection of the rule of law; to the Com- Florida, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. ISRAEL, quiring the Secretary of Agriculture and the mittee on Foreign Affairs. Mrs. MALONEY, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. Secretary of the Interior to expedite forest By Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. SMITH MCGOVERN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, management projects relating to hazardous of New Jersey, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. LEE Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. AL fuels reduction, forest restoration, and forest of California, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. JACK- GREEN of Texas, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. health; to the Committee on Agriculture, SON-LEE of Texas, and Mr. BOOZMAN): COHEN, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. and in addition to the Committee on Natural H. Res. 550. A resolution recognizing the ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mr. CARNEY, Resources, for a period to be subsequently ‘‘Day of the African Child’’ on June 16, 2009, Mr. STARK, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. OBER- determined by the Speaker, in each case for devoted to the theme of child survival and to STAR, Mr. WALZ, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, consideration of such provisions as fall with- emphasize the importance of reducing ma- Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. JACKSON of Illi- in the jurisdiction of the committee con- ternal, newborn, and child deaths in Africa; nois, Mr. CLAY, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. cerned. to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. MEEKS of New York, Mr. KLEIN of By Mr. KING of Iowa (for himself and By Mr. STUPAK: Florida, Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland, Mr. MACK): H. Res. 551. A resolution expressing the Mr. FARR, Mr. OLVER, Ms. LINDA T. H.R. 2900. A bill to repeal the wage rate re- sense of the House of Representatives that SA´ NCHEZ of California, Mr. quirements commonly known as the Davis- the interstate compact regarding water re- PERRIELLO, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. FIL- Bacon Act; to the Committee on Education sources in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence NER, Mr. SIRES, Mr. HONDA, Mr. WU, and Labor. River Basin approved by the Congress in Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. ORTIZ, By Mr. LOBIONDO (for himself, Mr. Public Law 110-342 expressly prohibited the Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. BARROW, Mr. COBLE, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. DELAHUNT, sale, diversion, or export of water from HIMES, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. and Mr. MICA): States in the Great Lakes Basin; to the Com- SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. MASSA, H.R. 2901. A bill to amend title 14, United mittee on the Judiciary. Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. States Code, to improve benefits for mem- f MCDERMOTT, Mr. BISHOP of New bers of the Coast Guard, and for other pur- York, Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. POLIS of Col- poses; to the Committee on Transportation MEMORIALS orado, Mr. LANCE, Mr. LOBIONDO, Ms. and Infrastructure, and in addition to the CASTOR of Florida, Mr. LARSEN of Committees on Armed Services, and Energy Under clause 4 of rule XXII, memo- Washington, and Mrs. LOWEY): and Commerce, for a period to be subse- rials were presented and referred as fol- H.R. 2894. A bill to amend the Help Amer- quently determined by the Speaker, in each lows: ica Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter- case for consideration of such provisions as 95. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of verified permanent paper ballot under title fall within the jurisdiction of the committee the State Senate of Louisiana, relative to III of such Act, and for other purposes; to the concerned. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. Committee on House Administration, and in By Mr. MASSA (for himself, Mr. 51 memorializing the United States Congress addition to the Committee on Science and PERRIELLO, and Mr. HINCHEY): to take such actions as are necessary to ap- Technology, for a period to be subsequently H.R. 2902. A bill to authorize the Federal propriate funds to be used for storm-proofing determined by the Speaker, in each case for Trade Commission, in consultation with the interior pump stations in St. Bernard and consideration of such provisions as fall with- Federal Communications Commission, to re- Plaquemines parishes; to the Committee on in the jurisdiction of the committee con- view volume usage service plans of major Appropriations. cerned. broadband Internet service providers to en- 96. Also, a memorial of the State Senate of By Mr. CARDOZA (for himself and Mr. sure that such plans are fairly based on cost; Louisiana, relative to SENATE CONCUR- LUJA´ N): to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. RENT RESOLUTION NO. 15 memorializing H.R. 2895. A bill to amend the Public Util- By Mr. MICHAUD: the Congress of the United States to take H.R. 2903. A bill to establish an assistance ity Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to pro- such actions as are necessary to maintain program for the construction of digital TV mote energy independence and self-suffi- the current incentives for the exploration translators to fill coverage gaps that are cre- ciency by providing for the use of net meter- and production of domestic oil and natural ated from the transition from analog to dig- ing by certain small electric energy genera- gas; jointly to the Committees on Natural ital signals; to the Committee on Energy and tion systems, and for other purposes; to the Resources and Appropriations. Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in Commerce. addition to the Committees on Oversight and By Mr. MORAN of Kansas: f Government Reform, Financial Services, and H.R. 2904. A bill to prohibit the Federal Transportation and Infrastructure, for a pe- Government from holding ownership inter- ADDITIONAL SPONSORS riod to be subsequently determined by the ests, and for other purposes; to the Com- Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors Speaker, in each case for consideration of mittee on Financial Services. were added to public bills and resolu- such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- By Mr. MORAN of Kansas: tions as follows: tion of the committee concerned. H.R. 2905. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- By Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey (for enue Code of 1986 to extend the first-time H.R. 22: Mr. MCCAUL. himself, Mr. KANJORSKI, and Mr. homebuyer tax credit and to modify the H.R. 147: Mr. MCMAHON, Mr. ROHRABACHER, BACHUS): credit by repealing the first-time homebuyer Mr. MCCOTTER, and Mr. SHULER. H.R. 2896. A bill to amend the Federal De- requirement and waiving recapture; to the H.R. 187: Mr. MORAN of Virginia. posit Insurance Act to provide the same Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 213: Ms. JENKINS. treatment for covered bonds as for other By Mr. MORAN of Virginia (for him- H.R. 240: Ms. JENKINS. qualified financial contracts to which a de- self, Mr. TERRY, Mr. WOLF, and Mr. H.R. 270: Mr. BERRY and Ms. KILROY. pository institution is a party when such in- BERMAN): H.R. 293: Mr. MCCOTTER. stitution is in receivership or conservator- H.R. 2906. A bill to amend the Public H.R. 294: Mr. POE of Texas. ship, and for other purposes; to the Com- Health Service Act to specifically include H.R. 297: Mr. POE of Texas. mittee on Financial Services. problem and pathological gambling in pro- H.R. 329: Mr. CARSON of Indiana. By Mr. GUTIERREZ (for himself, Mr. grams of the Substance Abuse and Mental H.R. 333: Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. ELLSWORTH, KANJORSKI, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. MOORE Health Services Administration and to es- and Mr. GUTHRIE. of Wisconsin, and Ms. LEE of Cali- tablish a national program to address the H.R. 362: Mr. CARNAHAN. fornia): harmful consequences of problem gambling; H.R. 406: Mr. ELLSWORTH and Mr. AL GREEN H.R. 2897. A bill to amend the Federal De- to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. of Texas. posit Insurance Act to return a sense of fair- By Mr. TIAHRT: H.R. 430: Mr. KING of New York. ness and accountability to the deposit insur- H.R. 2907. A bill to amend the Emergency H.R. 450: Mr. TERRY. ance premium assessment process, and for Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to ensure H.R. 483: Mr. PLATTS. other purposes; to the Committee on Finan- that recipients of assistance under the Trou- H.R. 503: Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. CONNOLLY of cial Services. bled Asset Relief Program repay such assist- Virginia, and Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida. By Mrs. HALVORSON: ance only if they would remain well capital- H.R. 513: Mr. SMITH of Texas. H.R. 2898. A bill to amend title 38, United ized after such repayment; to the Committee H.R. 537: Mr. PITTS. States Code, to provide support services for on Financial Services. H.R. 574: Mr. KINGSTON and Mr. REICHERT.

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H.R. 690: Mr. BRADY of Texas. H.R. 1849: Mr. CALVERT. H.R. 2700: Mr. RUPPERSBERGER and Mr. H.R. 816: Mr. CARNAHAN. H.R. 1868: Mr. FLEMING and Mr. MCCLIN- ACKERMAN. H.R. 886: Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. TOCK. H.R. 2709: Mr. CARSON of Indiana. H.R. 904: Mr. PETERS. H.R. 1873: Mr. WEXLER. H.R. 2729: Mr. LIPINSKI and Mrs. BIGGERT. H.R. 958: Mr. NADLER of New York and Ms. H.R. 1884: Mr. KIRK, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. H.R. 2743: Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. LORETTA MOORE of Wisconsin. AUSTRIA, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. SANCHEZ of California, Mr. BOCCIERI, Mr. H.R. 982: Mr. CALVERT and Mr. DOYLE, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. TIAHRT, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. SMITH of Wash- LUETKEMEYER. DRIEHAUS, Mr. KISSELL, Mr. MITCHELL, Ms. ington, Mr. WU, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. H.R. 997: Mr. UPTON. GIFFORDS, Mr. PETERS, Mr. CARNEY, and Ms. KINGSTON, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. H.R. 1016: Mr. ETHERIDGE and Mr. ISRAEL. KOSMAS. FORTENBERRY, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. H.R. 1021: Mr. CARNAHAN. H.R. 1894: Mr. PITTS and Mr. YARMUTH. ADLER of New Jersey, and Mr. COURTNEY. H.R. 1054: Mr. MARCHANT. H.R. 1898: Mr. LEWIS of Georgia and Mr. H.R. 2746: Ms. MARKEY of Colorado, Mr. H.R. 1063: Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, PASCRELL. HALL of Texas, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, and Mr. UPTON. H.R. 1956: Mr. PLATTS. Mr. WEINER, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, H.R. 1064: Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. HODES, Mr. H.R. 1977: Mr. ROHRABACHER. Ms. LEE of California, Mr. FILNER, and Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Mr. ACKER- H.R. 1992: Mr. STARK. JOHNSON of Georgia. MAN, Mr. POMEROY, and Mr. SNYDER. H.R. 2014: Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee. H.R. 2766: Mr. RUSH, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. H.R. 1066: Mr. CUMMINGS and Mr. HINOJOSA. H.R. 2017: Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. PETERSON, KUCINICH, Mr. MASSA, Mr. HOLT, and Mr. H.R. 1084: Mr. SPRATT, Mr. SMITH of Wash- and Mrs. LOWEY. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania. ington, and Mr. WEINER. H.R. 2024: Mr. CARNAHAN. H.R. 2777: Mr. PAYNE. H.R. 1093: Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, H.R. 2047: Mr. GORDON of Tennessee. H.R. 2829: Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. WEXLER, and Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, Mr. CARNAHAN, H.R. 2061: Mr. COLE. Mr. CUMMINGS. and Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. H.R. 2068: Mr. MARSHALL. H.R. 2831: Mr. WEXLER. H.R. 1147: Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey. H.R. 2083: Mr. ADERHOLT. H.R. 2835: Mr. MCGOVERN. H.R. 1169: Mr. POE of Texas. H.R. 2085: Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. H.R. 2842: Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. DUNCAN, and H.R. 2097: Mr. CRENSHAW and Mr. BISHOP of H.R. 1172: Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. COLE. H.R. 1177: Mr. WAMP. Georgia. H.R. 2846: Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. LINDER, H.R. 2102: Ms. WATERS and Mr. SCOTT of H.R. 1179: Mr. KENNEDY. and Mr. WITTMAN. Virginia. H.R. 1188: Mr. ENGEL, Mr. PATRICK J. MUR- H.R. 2861: Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, H.R. 2125: Mr. PETRI. PHY of Pennsylvania, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. MAR- Mr. CARSON of Indiana, and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. H.R. 2129: Mr. LIPINSKI and Mr. WELCH. SHALL, and Mr. BROUN of Georgia. H.R. 2866: Mr. BURGESS. H.R. 2140: Mr. CARDOZA. H.J. Res. 47: Mr. GARY G. MILLER of Cali- H.R. 1190: Mr. BISHOP of Utah. H.R. 2196: Mr. SCHIFF. fornia, Mr. CHILDERS, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, H.R. 1191: Mrs. CAPPS. H.R. 2213: Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. IPINSKI H.R. 1207: Mr. EDWARDS of Texas, Mr. and Mr. L . H.R. 2243: Mr. BOCCIERI and Mr. WOLF. H. Con. Res. 117: Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, SOUDER, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, Ms. GIF- H.R. 2245: Mr. SKELTON, Mr. KLEIN of Flor- Mr. GRIFFITH, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. ROHR- FORDS, Mr. ISSA, and Mr. GRIFFITH. ida, Mrs. MYRICK, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of ABACHER, and Ms. KOSMAS. H.R. 1210: Mr. DENT. Florida, and Mr. RODRIGUEZ. H. Res. 57: Mrs. HALVORSON, Mr. AL GREEN H.R. 1211: Mr. POE of Texas. H.R. 2254: Mr. CARTER, Mr. MURPHY of Con- of Texas, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. H.R. 1242: Ms. FALLIN, Mr. LEE of New necticut, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. ALTMIRE, and Mr. MCDERMOTT. York, and Mr. RADANOVICH. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. BRADY of Pennsyl- H. Res. 69: Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. PASCRELL, H.R. 1255: Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. vania, Mr. ARCURI, and Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. WU, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, and Ms. LO- FARR, and Mr. SARBANES. H.R. 2270: Mr. POE of Texas. RETTA SANCHEZ of California. H.R. 1283: Mr. BECERRA. H.R. 2275: Mr. DELAHUNT, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. H. Res. 111: Mr. HOEKSTRA. H.R. 1313: Mr. PASTOR of Arizona, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. WOLF, Mr. HONDA, Mr. H. Res. 349: Ms. JENKINS. DELAHUNT, and Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of ELLSWORTH, and Mr. WEXLER. H. Res. 366: Mr. EHLERS, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. California. H.R. 2296: Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. CALVERT, PALLONE, and Ms. BERKLEY. H.R. 1330: Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. MCCLINTOCK, and Mr. ADERHOLT. H. Res. 376: Mr. HARPER, Mrs. BLACKBURN, H.R. 1347: Mr. MCGOVERN. H.R. 2303: Mrs. MALONEY and Mr. KIND. Mrs. BONO Mack, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. H.R. 1392: Mr. LEWIS of Georgia and Mr. H.R. 2329: Mr. HARE, Ms. KILPATRICK of BOUSTANY, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. BUCHANAN, NUNES. Michigan, Mr. CAO, and Mr. ALEXANDER. and Mr. PETERS. CHAKOWSKY H.R. 1396: Ms. S . H.R. 2360: Ms. TITUS. H. Res. 397: Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. H.R. 1407: Mr. PLATTS, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, H.R. 2373: Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mr. H. Res. 416: Mr. FATTAH. and Mr. MICHAUD. ARCURI, and Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsyl- H. Res. 441: Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. CAO, Ms. H.R. 1410: Ms. KAPTUR and Mr. BRADY of vania. BORDALLO, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. DRIEHAUS, Mr. Pennsylvania. H.R. 2377: Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. H.R. 1415: Mr. WESTMORELAND and Ms. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. GRAYSON, and MCCOLLUM, Mr. BOREN, Mrs. MCCARTHY of MATSUI. Mr. BACA. New York, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, and Ms. H.R. 1428: Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. H.R. 2413: Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. DELAURO. PETRI, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. TEAGUE, Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania, and Mr. H. Res. 443: Mr. CALVERT and Mr. STARK. TIBERI, Mr. MCCOTTER, and Mr. CLEAVER. THOMPSON of Mississippi. H. Res. 445: Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. WOLF, Mr. H.R. 1454: Mr. LIPINSKI and Ms. CLARKE. H.R. 2443: Mr. NUNES. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. LEE of H.R. 1507: Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. H.R. 2452: Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Flor- New York, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. H.R. 1526: Ms. DEGETTE and Ms. HIRONO. ida, Mrs. BONO Mack, Mr. HIGGINS, and Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. GOHMERT, H.R. 1528: Mr. NADLER of New York, Mr. BOUSTANY. Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, GRIJALVA, and Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. H.R. 2462: Mr. MCCOTTER. Mr. BARTON of Texas, and Mrs. MILLER of H.R. 1530: Mr. NADLER of New York, Mr. H.R. 2480: Mr. DEFAZIO and Mr. CALVERT. Michigan. GRIJALVA, and Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. H.R. 2492: Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. BISHOP of New H. Res. 476: Ms. NORTON, Mr. SCOTT of Vir- H.R. 1531: Mr. GRIJALVA and Mr. BISHOP of York, and Mr. SABLAN. ginia, and Mrs. CHRISTENSEN. Georgia. H.R. 2493: Mr. TOWNS. H. Res. 480: Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. H.R. 1548: Mr. DAVIS of Illinois and Mr. H.R. 2499: Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts, H. Res. 482: Mr. WATT and Mrs. MYRICK. MORAN of Kansas. Mr. WITTMAN, and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. H. Res. 496: Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. H.R. 1551: Mr. SIRES. H.R. 2520: Mr. CALVERT. H. Res. 507: Mr. KISSELL, Mr. HIGGINS, and H.R. 1585: Mr. CARNAHAN and Ms. HERSETH H.R. 2537: Mr. MACK. Mr. PUTNAM. SANDLIN. H.R. 2547: Mr. BROWN of South Carolina. H. Res. 519: Mr. ENGEL, Mr. DINGELL, Mrs. H.R. 1614: Mr. LUJA´ N. H.R. 2554: Mr. TERRY and Mr. HODES. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. SMITH H.R. 1616: Ms. HIRONO. H.R. 2558: Ms. SCHWARTZ. of New Jersey, and Mr. ACKERMAN. H.R. 1643: Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. DELAHUNT, and H.R. 2561: Mr. GRIJALVA and Ms. H. Res. 535: Mr. BACA and Ms. LEE of Cali- Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. SCHAKOWSKY. fornia. H.R. 1670: Mr. WEXLER. H.R. 2562: Mr. WHITFIELD. H. Res. 536: Mr. GERLACH, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. H.R. 1678: Mr. CARNAHAN. H.R. 2596: Mr. ENGEL. GALLEGLY, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Flor- H.R. 1685: Ms. SCHWARTZ. H.R. 2607: Mr. ADERHOLT. ida, and Mr. GORDON of Tennessee. H.R. 1708: Ms. WATERS, Mr. PRICE of North H.R. 2616: Mr. GRAYSON. H. Res. 538: Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Ms. Carolina, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, and Mr. H.R. 2632: Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. DICKS, Mr. CLAY, JOHNSON of Georgia. H.R. 2648: Mr. CLAY, Ms. EDWARDS of Mary- Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. HALL of New H.R. 1826: Mr. WU. land, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. ADLER of New York, and Ms. BERKLEY. H.R. 1835: Mr. BARTON of Texas and Mr. Jersey, Mr. CARNEY, and Mr. KUCINICH. H. Res. 543: Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. SIRES, MELANCON. H.R. 2695: Mr. NADLER of New York and Mr. Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. ABER- H.R. 1846: Mr. GRAYSON. CARNEY. CROMBIE, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr.

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WALZ, Mr. DRIEHAUS, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. HOLT, Mr. VELA´ ZQUEZ, and Mr. MURPHY FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA’S AGEN- Ms. KOSMAS, Ms. TSONGAS, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. of Connecticut. CY FOR WORKFORCE INNOVATION; RE- PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. MOORE of Wis- f QUESTING THAT AN INVESTIGATION BE consin, Mr. WEINER, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. BOYD, INITIATED REGARDING THE MISUSE OF Mr. PETERS, Ms. MARKEY of Colorado, Mr. PETITIONS, ETC. THE SEASONAL VISA PROGRAM; RE- BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PIERLUISI, Under clause 1 of rule XXII, QUESTING A REDUCTION IN THE Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. BERRY, Ms. WASSERMAN 54. The SPEAKER presented a petition of AMOUNT OF SEASONAL VISAS ISSUED; SCHULTZ, Mr. TONKO, Ms. WATSON, Ms. SUT- the Commission of the City of Miami, Flor- FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY OF MI- TON, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. ida, relative to Resolution: R-09-0091 URG- AMI’S LOBBYING TEAM TO WORK WITH QUIGLEY, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. FILNER, Mr. ING PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA TO RE- BOTH THE FEDERAL AND STATE ELECT- PERLMUTTER, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. KISSELL, Mr. SCIND THE EXECUTIVE ORDER OF ED OFFICIALS REGARDING THE REDUC- CHANDLER, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. RUSH, Ms. FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH TION OF THE H-2B SEASONAL VISA PRO- SCHWARTZ, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. DELAURO, THAT TOOK AWAY THE OVERSIGHT OF GRAM; which was referred to the Committee Ms. RICHARDSON, Mrs. DAVIS of California, THE ISSUANCE OF H-2B SEASONAL VISAS on the Judiciary.

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Vol. 155 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2009 No. 90 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was Senator from the State of Illinois, to per- men and women across my State. Peo- called to order by the Honorable RO- form the duties of the Chair. ple still write letters. It is not all over LAND W. BURRIS, a Senator from the ROBERT C. BYRD, the Internet. People still send hand- State of Illinois. President pro tempore. written letters, lots of them. People Mr. BURRIS thereupon assumed the offer advice, criticism, suggestions, PRAYER chair as Acting President pro tempore. and stories. They are making sure The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- f their representative democracy works fered the following prayer: the way they believe it should. Anyone RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY who is watching at home and won- Let us pray. LEADER Lord God Almighty, may our hearts dering whether the representatives you be right with You so that our lives will The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- send to Washington actually read these honor You. Bless the Members of this pore. The majority leader is recog- letters, I can tell you that we do. I can tell you that on no other issue body. Provide them with all the direc- nized. have the letters my constituents have tion, defense, support, and consolation Mr. REID. Mr. President, I suggest sent me underscored the urgent need to they need for life’s journey. As they the absence of a quorum. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- act more than the health care night- keep their minds on You, infuse them mares they have shared with me. with Your wonderful peace. Lord, give pore. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to For example, Lisa lives in them an abundant supply of Your spirit Gardnerville, NV, a beautiful place, that they will submit to You in every call the roll. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- right under the Sierra Nevada moun- trial, trusting You even when walking tains. It is very scenic and beautiful. through the valley of shadows. Uphold imous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. She lives in Gardnerville with her two them by Your might that they may daughters. One is 10 and one is 7. The move forward with faith and persever- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- pore. Without objection, it is so or- youngest little girl suffers seizures, ance. and her teachers think she has a learn- dered. We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen. ing disability. Because of her family f history, Lisa, the mom, is at high risk f SCHEDULE for cervical cancer. Although she has PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE been told by her doctors that she Mr. REID. Mr. President, following should get an exam every 3 months, she The Honorable ROLAND W. BURRIS led leader remarks, the Senate will be in a now goes once a year because she the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: period for the transaction of morning doesn’t have the money to go every 3 I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the business for an hour. Senators will be months. When Lisa lost her job re- United States of America, and to the Repub- permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes cently, she lost her health coverage. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, each. The majority will control the Now both Lisa and her daughters miss indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. first 30 minutes and the Republicans out on the tests and preventive medi- will control the next 30 minutes. Fol- f cine to keep them healthy. Her long lowing morning business, the Senate letter ended with a simple plea: ‘‘We APPOINTMENT OF ACTING will resume consideration of the mo- want to go to the doctor.’’ PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE tion to proceed to S. 1023, the Travel Braden lives in Sparks, NV. The 55- Promotion Act. There will be 1 hour for hour weeks he works to support his The PRESIDING OFFICER. The debate prior to a cloture vote on that clerk will please read a communication family just barely cover his bills. He motion to proceed. Senators should ex- doesn’t have enough money to buy to the Senate from the President pro pect the vote to begin as early as quar- health insurance for his family, so he tempore (Mr. BYRD). ter to 12 today. The Senate will recess, doesn’t buy it. Braden owes a hospital The legislative clerk read the fol- as we do on every Tuesday, from 12:30 $12,000 for a trip to the emergency lowing letter: p.m. to 2:15 p.m. for our weekly caucus room—the only place he could go be- U.S. SENATE, luncheons. cause he has no health care. Braden is PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, Washington, DC, June 16, 2009. f brave, though. In his letter, he doesn’t dread the debt he carries or grumble To the Senate: HEALTH CARE Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, about how hard he works, but he does of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby Mr. REID. Mr. President, every day, fear, ‘‘If I was seriously sick or injured, appoint the Honorable ROLAND W. BURRIS, a like every Senator, I get mail from I would lose it all.’’

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Medicaid tells her she doesn’t Let’s take just three proposals in the President. Just part of the HELP Com- qualify because she isn’t pregnant, plan that is currently taking shape in mittee bill would spend $1.3 trillion doesn’t have children, doesn’t have dis- the Health, Education, Labor, and Pen- over 10 years, after which 37 million ability insurance. Insurance companies sions Committee, the details of which Americans would still be uninsured. refuse to cover her, calling her kidney are just beginning to emerge. Let me say that again, as I just have. disorder a preexisting condition. Ev- First, there is a massive expansion of One section of the bill—one section— eryone else calls this a tragedy. Medicaid. Here is a program that was $1.3 trillion, and 37 million still unin- These stories are as real as they originally established as a partnership sured. And this isn’t even a complete come. The letters are written by people between the Federal Government and evaluation of the bill. Large proposals who play by the rules and don’t under- the States to assist the poor and dis- that will have a significant impact on stand why the health care system abled and which has become fiscally the cost, such as the Medicaid expan- doesn’t play by the rules. They are unsustainable. Yet, rather than reform sion and a government-run plan, have written from the heart, and many are this broken program, the HELP Com- not even been factored in yet. written through pain, tears, and uncer- mittee is proposing a massive new ex- Moreover, according to details of the tainty. Sadly, though, they are not pansion. HELP Committee plan, a new health unique. Many Americans like Lisa skip Second, the HELP Committee bill in- care exchange would result in 15 mil- routine medical checkups or, like cludes massive new subsidies for Amer- lion Americans losing the employer Braden, live one accident away from icans with incomes higher than $100,000 coverage they already have—further bankruptcy or one sickness away from a year. The purpose of these subsidies evidence if you like what you have, you bankruptcy or, like Alysia, fear for the is to help defray the cost of rising in- may well lose it under a government- worst as they fight through the red- surance premiums. We all know health run plan. tape. insurance is too expensive, but we How does the HELP Committee pro- Our Republican colleagues like ought to be working to lower those pre- pose we pay for all this? Well, its pro- things, obviously, just the way they miums, not opening the Federal check- posal is full of creative new ways to are, the status quo. They have com- book to drive them up even higher. spend taxpayer dollars, but it offers lit- mitted themselves to a strategy of mis- Third, the HELP Committee bill es- tle in offsetting the cost of the overall information and misrepresentation. I tablishes a new so-called prevention bill. They will either charge the money heard it again on the radio this morn- and public health investment fund. The to the national credit card or, more ing—government health care. In fact, details of this fund are a little murky, likely, raise taxes on working families. one Senator said that if he heard a Re- but early indications are that it will In other words, more spending, higher publican Senator say anything other direct billions of dollars to things such taxes, and even more debt. So far, some than ‘‘government health care’’—and as having the government build side- of the taxes under discussion include a he instructed them not to use ‘‘public walks and government-subsidized farm- new tax on soda, juice boxes, the cre- choice’’ or ‘‘public option’’—he jok- ers markets. The idea here is to use tax ation of a new tax on jobs, and new ingly said they will have to put some dollars to encourage healthier life- limits on charitable deductions. Based on the CBO estimate, these money in the kitty. styles. But at a time when Americans taxes would only be the beginning. The Misinformation and misrepresenta- are buried under medical bills and health care proposal being put together tion is not where we should be. This, frightened about losing the coverage is not only extremely defective, it will together with their attempt to delay, they have, farmers markets and side- cost a fortune. And that cost will come is only going to hurt people like walks are not the reforms they have in straight out of the taxpayers’ pocket- Alysia, Braden, and Lisa. mind. Americans want serious health care book. f The bottom line is this: Under the il- reform, not expansion of programs that lusion of reform, Americans will be RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY are already fiscally unsustainable, sub- asked to give up the care they like for LEADER sidies that disguise rising costs instead something worse, and then they will be The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- of addressing their causes, and billions taxed to the hilt to pay for it. Ameri- pore. The Republican leader is recog- for sidewalks and asparagus. These are cans don’t want changes that make the nized. precisely the kinds of proposals that entire health care system as mask the underlying problems and f unsustainable as Medicaid, and they cause people to lose faith in govern- HEALTH CARE don’t want to go broke covering the ment solutions, and they are simply cost. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, the not acceptable. Mr. President, I yield the floor. health care system in this country is in The details we are seeing from the urgent need of reform. People are frus- HELP Committee should make us more f trated with the soaring cost of care, skeptical of a government health plan, RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME and they are frustrated that so many of not less, and they should underscore The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- their fellow Americans lack the cov- for every American the need for the pore. Under the previous order, the erage they need that they should be kinds of real, comprehensive reforms leadership time is reserved. able to expect in a nation as prosperous some of us have been calling for over f as ours. People are also worried about the last few weeks. the enormous burden rising health care The irony in this whole debate is MORNING BUSINESS costs is placing on American busi- that we are being told that America’s The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- nesses, which are being forced to put fiscal future will be jeopardized if we pore. Under the previous order, there off pay increases and lay off workers to do not allow these people who are pro- will now be a period of morning busi- cope with rising insurance premiums. posing these outrageous so-called re- ness for 1 hour, with Senators per- And now people are concerned that a forms to take over the entire health mitted to speak for up to 10 minutes new government health plan that is care system. each, with the time equally divided and being talked about will make all of Preliminary estimates for this flawed controlled between the two leaders or these problems even worse. legislative proposal are simply stag- their designees, with the majority con- For weeks, many of us have been gering. Just yesterday, the Congres- trolling the first half and the Repub- warning about plans for a government sional Budget Office released an esti- licans controlling the second half.

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Its enemies have attempted Senator from Illinois be recognized. the departure of so many from the land to assassinate its people with rockets The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- they had always called home developed and assassinate its national character pore. Without objection, it is so or- into an unparalleled diaspora. with hateful rhetoric. Today it is still dered. From the 16th century until the ear- surrounded by hostility; its back is f liest 20th century, the land that is now still to the sea. It is surrounded by hos- Israel was under the control of a dis- tility from Hezbollah in Lebanon and ACKNOWLEDGING ISRAEL’S tant Ottoman caliphate based in HISTORY Hamas in the Gaza strip. Istanbul, and during this time, as ear- In looking at the threat Israel faces Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, last lier, many Jews returned to their an- on its southwestern border, one fact Wednesday, a few blocks down the cestral homeland. The Ottoman Empire must be absolutely, indisputably, un- street, a neo-Nazi opened fire at the collapsed after World War I, and the equivocally clear: There is no moral Holocaust Museum. He murdered a se- treaty granted Great Britain a man- equivalency between Israel and Hamas. curity guard and terrorized the muse- date over the area then known as Pal- Israel is a sovereign democratic state um’s visitors, including schoolchildren, estine. of 7.5 million people—Jews, Muslims, who had come to learn, to express sym- The League of Nations endorsed and and Christians. Hamas is a terrorist or- clarified this mandate in 1922, requir- pathy, and to pray. That evil act was ganization. It won control of Gaza after ing Britain to reconstitute a Jewish the work of a killer who had made his men in ski masks waged gun battles national home within the territory hatred of other religions and ethnic with another branch of Palestinian they controlled, in accordance with the groups well known. And it was a re- leadership. It used that control to minder that intolerance, ignorance, declaration made by British Foreign Secretary Balfour in 1917, making the launch rockets at sleeping children in and anti-Semitism have not yet been the nearby Israeli cities of Ashkelon defeated in our world. restoration of Jewish communities in that area a matter of international and Sterot. This is the thanks Israel This tragedy reminds us of the need got for withdrawing from Gaza. of sound understanding of one of the law. By the time World War II had ended, Hamas does not recognize agree- darkest episodes in the history of the there were more than 600,000 Jews liv- ments that Palestinian leaders have world. Far too many misrepresent the ing in the British Mandate of Pal- reached with Israel in the past, it does significance of the Holocaust, espe- estine. In 1947, the United Nations ap- not recognize Israel’s right to exist at cially in regard to the State of Israel proved a plan to partition the territory all, and in fact it is ideologically com- and her people. And far too many peo- into Arab and Jewish states. The Jew- mitted to Israel’s annihilation. Gaza’s ple deny it happened altogether, out of ish Agency accepted the plan. The people thirst for freedom and oppor- bigotry, hatred, and spite. Arabs did not. On May 14, 1948, the tunity but are held hostage to Hamas’s In the face of so much misunder- State of Israel declared its independ- thirst for destruction. And even today, standing, I am compelled today to ence. On May 15, five Arab nations de- after the consequences of menacing speak up about the role of the Holo- clared war. Despite being surrounded Israel became clear in a disastrous war, caust in Israel’s history and Israel’s on all sides, Israel prevailed and ex- weapons are flowing freely through challenges in preventing anti-Semitic panded its borders, providing a small tunnels into Gaza, Hamas has rearmed murder from continuing to happen. additional measure of security against and is readying itself for the day when The Holocaust was the most sinister attacks which were certain to come— it is going to take on Israel again. possible reminder that the Jewish pop- and did. Hamas and Hezbollah may be the ulation in exile was in constant jeop- So to be clear, the more than 700,000 head of the snake when it comes to ter- ardy. It was a definitive argument that Palestinians who left Israel were refu- rorism, but the tail extends much fur- anti-Semitism could appear anywhere, gees of a war instigated by Arab gov- ther. The weapons terrorists use were and its horrors galvanized inter- ernments, bent on seizing more land sent from Iran. Money they received national support for the State of Israel. for themselves. But the Arabs who left was sent from Iran. Propaganda sup- But let us be very clear: While the Israel after its modern founding porting Hamas’s campaign of terror Shoah has a central role in Israel’s weren’t the only displaced population and calling for Israel’s destruction was identity, it is not the reason behind its in the Middle East. In addition to the conceived in, produced by, and broad- founding and it is not the main jus- hundreds of thousands of Jews who left cast from Iran. tification for its existence. Europe during and after the Holocaust The fundamentalist regime in Tehe- The extreme characterization of this in the 20th century, more than three- ran isn’t just an emerging threat. It mistaken view is the following: The quarters of a million Jews fled or were doesn’t just have the potential to be a Western powers established Israel in expelled from their homes in Arab and threat to Israel’s existence. It is a 1948 based on their own guilt, at the ex- Middle Eastern nations—in cities that threat to Israel’s existence. Under no pense of the Arab peoples who lived many of their families had lived in for circumstances whatsoever can we allow there. Therefore, the current state is nearly a millennium. Their possessions that conventional threat to become a illegitimate and should be wiped off were taken, their livelihoods were de- nuclear one. Especially in light of the the face of the map. This flawed argu- stroyed, victims of nationalism and ha- threat of Iran, and in light of the ment is not only in defiance of basic tred of Israel. threat extremists pose to so many in- human dignity but in plain defiance of Several thousand years of history nocent civilians around the globe, the history. It is in defiance of ancient his- lead to an undeniable conclusion: The importance of Israel as a strategic ally tory as told in biblical texts and reestablishment of the State of Israel and friend to the United States could through archeological evidence. It ig- in modern times is a political reality not be clearer. It is hard to overstate nores the history of the last several with roots going back to the time of the value of having such a stalwart centuries. Because of what is at stake, Abraham. And so the way to consider democratic ally in such a critical part it is well worth reviewing this history the immeasurable impact of the Holo- of the world—an ally in terms of intel- in detail, and let me make a modest at- caust in Israel is not to ask whether ligence gathering, economics, politics, tempt at a very broad overview. the State would exist otherwise. It is, and culture. Israel arose in a desert There has been a continuity of Jew- at least in one sense, to imagine how rampant with repression, a force of ish presence in the Holy Land for thou- even more vibrant Israel would be if moderation against fundamentalism sands of years. Jewish kings and gov- millions upon millions had not been de- and extremism. It is an ally we can ernments were established in that area nied a chance to know it. constantly depend on and count on to

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We have Israeli that no one knows what turns history MCCAIN be recognized first. engineers to thank for everything from will take and every day we are mindful The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- advances in solar power to cell phone that anti-Semitism has not gone away, pore. Without objection, it is so or- technology to AOL Instant Messenger. whether in the form of a firebombing of dered. Equipment we are using in Iraq to fight a French synagogue, defamatory com- f terrorism and keep American troops ments of a government official in HEALTH CARE REFORM safe was developed in Israel. Medical South Africa, or a senseless murder in treatments we are using in U.S. hos- Washington DC. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, this pitals to fight cancer, heart disease, Israel is the one place in the world, morning the Republican Senate leader, and chronic pain were developed in the one place where anti-Semitism can MITCH MCCONNELL of Kentucky, came Israel. Israeli-born actors are stars of be structurally impossible. It is a field to the floor to talk about health care. Hollywood, and an Israeli astronaut of hope on which fear can be van- It is a timely conversation among has accompanied Americans into space. quished, an island of refuge that can Members of the Senate about the fu- So it is not only in the interest of stand firm no matter how stormy the ture of this important issue. I know Israel to have its full history recog- Senator WYDEN of Oregon is going to nized, it is in the national interest and sea of history turns. That is why we must always keep it safe and always address it as well. the national security interests of the Yesterday, in Chicago, IL, which I United States. It is in our interests to keep it free. The United States is not simply al- am honored to represent, the President fully remember the unbreakable bond came to speak to the American Med- that has made us both stronger over lied with a government, it is an ally of Israel’s people. It is an ally of Israel’s ical Association, a gathering of doctors the last 61 years and to make it unmis- from all over the United States, to ad- takable that our commitment is as democratic ideals. It is an ally of its history, of its aspirations for peace and dress this same issue. It is an issue of strong as ever. paramount importance to these med- The argument for Israel’s legitimacy prosperity, its can-do spirit, and amaz- ical professionals. They understand, as does not depend on what we say in ing resilience in the face of threats speeches. It has been made by history. from all sides. In that sense, we are not we do, that we want to maintain the It has been made by the men and just Israel’s allies, we are admirers, we best quality health care in the world. women who have made the desert are partners, and we are friends. In order to do that, we have to face the green, by Nobel prizes earned, by I plan to do everything I can to see realities of the shortcomings of our groundbreaking innovations and envi- that we support this friendship this current health care system. able institutions, by lives saved, de- year, next year, and every year there- Although we have many of the best mocracy defended, peace made, and after. hospitals and doctors and some of the battles won. There can be no denying Let me close by saying Martin Lu- best technology, we lead the world in the Jewish people’s legitimate right to ther King said: the development of pharmaceuticals, live in peace and security on a home- The arc of the moral universe is long, but we also know the cost of this system is land to which they have had a connec- it bends towards justice. spinning out of control. People feel it; tion for thousands of years. We know that in Israel’s quest for se- whether it is individuals buying health We can and must move forward in the curity, there will be trials along the insurance, businesses, governments— peace process, and look for ways to way, there will be setbacks, and there State and local and Federal govern- reach agreement between all sides. But will be dangers too tremendous for ments—all understand that if the cost we cannot erase the moral distinctions words. But if we continue the work we of health care continues to rise as it is between tyranny and freedom, and we do and continue to stay true to the val- currently going up, it will literally must not edit history. If we stay true ues that drive our journey, then the break the bank, not just for the Fed- to history and follow our moral com- long arc will eventually rest in place in eral Government and all the health pass, I am optimistic that talks can the land of Israel and it is a just and care programs we have but for individ- lead to understanding and resolution of lasting peace that will be at hand. uals and families and businesses. That the very sensitive, detailed, and tough I yield whatever time I have, and I is the reality. issues we face. yield the floor. If we do nothing, if we ignore this re- The next pages of Middle Eastern his- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ality, we are doomed to face a situa- tory are not doomed to be stained by pore. The Senator from Illinois. tion where more and more of the dol- an endless, senseless fight to the death. lars we earn as employees will go to- f It doesn’t have to be that way. Dif- ward health care protection and health ferent peoples of vastly different back- ORDER OF PROCEDURE care insurance and the protection itself grounds have peacefully thrived in the Mr. DURBIN. How much time is re- will diminish each year—because that Middle East for generations upon gen- maining in morning business on the is the other reality. As the cost of erations, and this coexistence can hap- Democratic side? health insurance goes up each year, the pen once more. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- coverage goes down. Let us remember the words of Egyp- pore. Sixteen minutes. People know what I am talking tian President Anwar al-Sadat in 1978, Mr. DURBIN. I am going to ask con- about. When the health insurance com- when he accepted the Nobel Prize for sent for an additional 5 minutes on pany says we have a great plan for you peace—words that not long before both sides in morning business, and I but, incidentally, remember the cancer would have seemed incredibly unlikely. will try to not use it if I can. I ask con- test you had last year, we will not He said: sent for an additional 5 minutes on cover anything related to cancer in the Let us put an end to wars, let us reshape both sides. future, that is not much when it comes life on the solid basis of equity and truth. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- to insurance or protection or peace of And it is this call . . . of the great majority pore. Without objection, it is so or- mind. of the Arab and Israeli peoples, and indeed of millions of men, women, and children around dered. They also know that many health in- the world that you are today honoring. And Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask surance companies make this a deadly these hundreds of millions will judge to what unanimous consent after my remarks game of a battle between what your extent every responsible leader in the Middle the Senator from Oregon be recognized. doctor says you need and what some East has responded to the hopes of mankind. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- insurance company bureaucrat is going I have been to Israel. I have shaken pore. Without objection, it is so or- to negotiate. You end up on the phone the hands of its citizens and visited its dered. with some clerk in a distant location

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When President Obama comes to the They want to make sure, at the end of How do we deal with it? First, this AMA and talks about covering the un- the day, if they have health insurance system has a lot of money in it. We insured, there is usually a cheer. That they like, a plan they think is right for spend twice as much as any other coun- is 48 million more paying customers, them and their families, that they can try on Earth when it comes to health people who will actually pay into our keep that. They want to make sure the protection and health care. Yet when system. But he also talks about some- health care reform is centered on pa- you look at the results, the actual sur- thing that is not as popular with many tients and families and the doctor-pa- vival rates for many of the serious ill- health care providers and that is reduc- tient relationship, not on a govern- nesses that face us, it turns out that ing the cost of this system. ment bureaucracy. They want to end countries that spend a fraction of what What happened in McAllen, TX, is the health insurance company bureauc- the United States spends get better re- unacceptable; that you can have health racies that are so frustrating and so ex- sults. There is a lesson to be learned. care providers trying to run up the bill pensive for families across America. There is waste in this system. in an effort to make more money for When the Senator from Kentucky, One of the articles that is making themselves at the expense of the gov- the Republican leader, comes to the the rounds on Capitol Hill was written ernment, at the expense of health in- floor and comes up with a series of in the New Yorker magazine on June 1 surance companies but, frankly, not to criticisms about any attempt at re- by a Boston surgeon named Atul the benefit of those who are being form, I have a question to ask him: Gawande. He went to McAllen, TX, and treated. What is your option? What would you tried to understand why the cost per The Senator from Kentucky fre- do? Do you accept the status quo? Do Medicare patient there, at $15,000 a quently comes here and talks about you think this is as good as it can be? year, was so high, dramatically higher how much he dislikes—I will use that I do not. I agree with President Obama. than many other comparable cities in word—government-related health care. We can do better. the State of Texas and around the Na- Let’s make it clear. I do not know of The President said one last thing tion. anyone, including the President or that I am going to say; that is, he said: What he found, to his surprise and leaders of Congress, calling for a gov- If this were easy, it would have been disappointment, was that the doctors ernment health care plan to cover ev- done a long time ago. It is hard, and it and hospitals in those areas were bun- eryone. That is not what we are asking will take bipartisan cooperation for it dling up and charging people as much for. We want to make sure there is pri- to succeed. I encourage my colleagues as possible, ordering procedures that vate health insurance that is held ac- to join in that conversation at the Fi- were unnecessary, doing things that countable and is competitive so we can nance Committee, as well as at the were not called for. The reason was ob- help bring down the cost. But to argue HELP Committee, and I hope we can vious: there was money to be made. As there is something fundamentally produce a product this year that shows long as they kept piling the medical wrong with government-sponsored we are going to move forward together bills on the patients through Medicare, health care, even if it is just an option, to make sure we have affordable qual- they received more reimbursement. a voluntary option for customers ity health care for every American. They didn’t have healthier people. across America, is to ignore the obvi- I yield the floor. They didn’t have an outcome that jus- ous. There are 40 million Americans The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- tified it. But they made a lot more today protected by Medicare. Forty pore. The Senator from Oregon. money in the process. million seniors and disabled people who Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, how What the President has said to us is, have quality health care because of a much time remains on the Democratic with all this money in the system, we government plan that has been in place side? have to find ways to bring in more effi- now for over 40 years. There are also a The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ciency. It is one thing to say that 48 large number of our men and women pore. There is 11 minutes 24 seconds. million Americans currently uninsured who serve in the military protected by Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, many will receive protection. I think that is the veterans health care system, an- Senators on both sides of the aisle are basic. That is moral. That should be other government health care system, working constructively to fix Amer- one of our primary goals. But that who believe—and I think rightly so— ican health care. For several years, I costs money. that they are receiving some of the have spent time listening to col- When the Republican leader comes up best medical care in America. I do not leagues, going to the offices of 85 Sen- and argues this is going to be an expen- believe the Senator from Kentucky is ators and at least that many in the sive undertaking, what he is saying is opposed to the Veterans’ Administra- House, and to thousands of others in we cannot afford to insure people in tion and the health care it provides, the public and private sectors, about America. I think he is wrong. I think but it is a government plan. their ideas for fixing American health there are ways to do it, and we must do The same is true when it comes to care. My aim with these discussions it because, honestly, if they don’t have the Children’s Health Insurance Pro- has been to find common ground and to health insurance, they are still going gram. That is health insurance for in- chart a path so that this Congress and to get sick. They are still going to a dividual children through private com- this President can do something this doctor or hospital and all of us are panies, but the Government has country has never done before: enact going to pay for it. stepped in to make sure these kids are real health reform. Right now we estimate that for an covered, and I, frankly, am very proud Today, I come to the floor to lay out ordinary family in America, we are of the fact that when President Obama the specifics of real health care reform. paying about $1,000 a year more in took office, we extended that coverage The President said yesterday that health insurance premiums to cover to 11 million uninsured children in there has never been a better oppor- those who are uninsured. In other America. That was a government effort tunity to get the job done; to improve words, the health insurance policy I to make the private health insurance the lives of all Americans and guar- have through the Federal Government effort in our country work better. antee quality, affordable coverage to with the Federal employees costs $1,000 We have to get down to the bottom all of our people. more than it ordinarily would so there line here. Are we going to succeed or The question now is will Democrats is more money in the system to cover fail when it comes to health care re- and Republicans in the Senate rise to those uninsured. If we can bring those form? If we ignore the obvious and ig- this challenge? Will this Congress and uninsured into insurance coverage, it nore the challenges, there is a genuine the President overcome the fear tactics

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No, have their premiums taken from their what we think the American people it does not. Rather, it makes the em- withholding so they do not have to will buy, if we play it too safe, my fear ployer-based system more accountable worry about making payments. They is that we will miss the opportunity for at the same time that it makes health will go into large efficient groups so real reform. I believe that passing a re- care more portable. Real health reform they are no longer left on their own in form bill that does not reform the means that if you leave your job or the individual market. health care system is about as wrong your job leaves you, you will not lose In today’s non-system, people are an as not passing any bill at all. your health care coverage. afterthought to the self-perpetuating President Obama said yesterday he Real reform will once and for all end bureaucracy of medical billing, reim- will only support legislation that the entrepreneurial tax in which Amer- bursement fights, coverage fights, and ‘‘earns the title of reform.’’ I agree icans are afraid to go into business for outright fraud, waste, and abuse. Like with the President, which is why I am themselves because they cannot take the President said yesterday, real re- going to use this morning to lay down their health care with them. The Presi- form will: ‘‘Replicate best practices; a similar marker for what I believe is dent himself said it best when he wrote incentivize excellence; close cost dis- necessary to ‘‘earn the title of real re- in 2006, ‘‘With Americans changing jobs parities.’’ In effect, he wants to see form.’’ more frequently, more likely to go health care dollars go to pay for qual- First, real reform means that all of through spells of unemployment, and ity, efficient health care. And that is us, and especially the powerful interest more likely to work part time or to be what I have described today. groups, must accept changes resisted in self-employed, health insurance can’t Real reform means providing care. It the past. Insurers are going to have to just run through employers anymore, means guaranteeing that all Americans change the way they do business. Phar- it must be portable.’’ have good, quality, affordable cov- maceutical companies will have to be Real reform will guarantee that all erage, coverage that is portable. It more responsive to purchasers that in- Americans can afford quality health means ensuring we end the caste sys- sist on more value and transparency. care. No longer should families be tem so all Americans can see doctors Doctors and hospitals will be held ac- forced to pay more for their health in- when they need one. And it means cre- countable for the quality of care they surance premiums than they pay for ating a system that is more intent on provide. Malpractice suits will be held their housing. Our goal should not be keeping people healthy than profiting to stricter standards. to exempt those Americans who cannot from illness. The central question, when it comes Individuals will have to take greater afford to pay, our goal should be to to real reform, is not who pays, but responsibility for their health. Real guarantee that every American can af- how we pay. Because everyone knows health reform means changing the way ford the health care they need. that ultimately the American taxpayer business is done in the private insur- Real reform will be affordable for the is the one footing the bill. It is now ance market. It means an end to insur- Nation and for our taxpayers. It will Congress’s job to create an accountable ance companies cherry-picking, a prac- reduce current costs and bring the rate system that puts the focus where it be- tice where the companies take the of health care inflation in line with longs, not on misguided incentives, not healthy people and send sick people economic growth. Failure to meet this on shedding risk, not on quarterly prof- over to government programs more test would result in massive new gov- its, but on providing quality, efficient fragile than they are. No longer should ernment obligations and no means to care for all our people. anyone make money by denying care pay for them. That is what Americans want from to someone who needs it. That is Real reform must end the health care this debate about health care reform. wrong, and this Congress will make it caste system in which low-income That is what I think can bring Demo- illegal. Americans are treated as second-class crats and Republicans together, work- Real reform means everyone is guar- citizens. No longer should low-income ing with the President under the ban- anteed coverage by their choice of in- Americans have less access to doctors ner of real reform. The country de- surer. Under any new system, insur- than their Member of Congress or any serves it. It is time for this Congress to ance companies must be required to other American. Today, 37 million give it to our people. cover everyone and they must be re- adults and 10 million children effec- I yield the floor. quired to price with fairness so you do tively lack access to a primary care The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- not get discriminated against because physician. Those are Americans who pore. The Senator from Arizona is rec- of your gender or your health status or have health insurance but who cannot ognized. your age. It means you will no longer find a doctor to care for them. Real re- f be denied coverage or charged more be- form means ending the caste system in cause you were sick 5 years ago or America that, in my view, discrimi- HEALTH CARE today or you might be sick 5 years nates against the most vulnerable and Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, tomor- from now. most impoverished among us. Real re- row the Committee on Health, Edu- Real health reform guarantees that form means that when you need a doc- cation, Labor and Pensions will begin all Americans can choose their doctor tor you will be able to see one. consideration of a 615-page bill that and their health plan. The President Real reform will reward Americans seeks to reform our Nation’s health said yesterday: Real reform will give for making smart choices. Americans care system. This bill, introduced by every American access to the insurance should be rewarded for choosing the Senator KENNEDY and others last week, exchange where they can choose to right insurer for their families, and has very great ambitions. keep the care they have or pick a bet- they should be rewarded for choosing a We all agree that health care reform ter plan that meets their families’ healthy lifestyle. This means creating is necessary. We all agree that Con- needs. That means if you like the care a health system that no longer focuses gress must act. But we must not act you have, you can keep it. But it also primarily on sick care, but puts a pri- recklessly. We must not act with haste means that if you do not like the care ority on prevention as well. and political expediency. Health care you have, you can reject it. You can re- Real reform will change the incen- reform will affect each and every ject it and choose a better plan. tives that drive behavior in the Amer- American and we must do it right. I Real reform would not only cover the ican health system. It will reduce the strongly believe that we have to start uninsured, but it will make the lives of demand and desire for unnecessary over and act in a truly bipartisan man- all of those who have insurance cov- health care services. Health care insti- ner to address the issue.

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The bill that is being consid- each American’s choice of doctors, em- that strips 23 million Americans of ered tomorrow in the HELP Committee ployer health plans, and insurance pro- their current health care coverage and is an extraordinary step in the wrong viders, and it leaves major questions insures a mere third of the 47 million direction. unanswered. uninsured Americans is not what So let me just say, scrap this bad Every American should know the an- Americans are looking for in legisla- bill. Pay attention to the Congres- swer to how much will this massive ex- tion. sional Budget Office. Understand it pansion of government cost. And every Let me say, Americans are not call- does not achieve the goal of coverage. taxpayer should have a clear answer to ing for a massive government expan- Understand the costs would be around how are taxpayers going to pay for this sion. They are not calling for a new $4 trillion over a 10-year period for massive government expansion. government insurance plan that will do which, so far, there is almost no provi- Yesterday the Congressional Budget away with existing private insurance sion to pay for it. Let’s sit down to- Office released a letter which stated plans or an act of a broad government gether and work together in order to that the Kennedy bill, the bill now panel exerting command and control of provide Americans with the health care pending for markup beginning tomor- individual, small group and large em- they need at a reasonable cost. row in committee, would insure only ployer health care plans. They are not EXHIBIT 1 one-third—would insure only one- calling for new tax cuts to health care EXECUTIVE SUMMARY third—of the 47 million Americans who services or penalties to individuals or are currently uninsured, for a cost of $1 2009 AFFORDABLE HEALTH CHOICES ACT small businesses if health coverage Independent Assessment by HSI Network trillion—$1 trillion—over 10 years. does not comply with Washington’s Again that only insures one-third of LLC, for Public Dissemination standards. They are not calling for $1 SUMMARY SNAPSHOT the uninsured. Let me quote from the to $4 trillion to be spent to fund the ap- Congressional Budget Office report. It The Senate Committee on Health, Edu- petite of some who are hungry for more says: cation, Labor and Pensions (HELP) have pro- government intrusion into the daily posed a health reform bill called the Afford- Once the proposal [that is the bill that we lives of Americans. able Health Choice Act (AHC) that seeks to are now considering in the HELP Com- mittee] was fully implemented, about 39 mil- Americans need health insurance, reduce the number of uninsured and increase lion individuals would obtain coverage good and complete health care cov- health system efficiency and quality. The through the new insurance exchanges. At the erage, the security of knowing they draft legislation was introduced on June 9th, same time, the number of people who had have a job, and even better, a job where 2009. The proposal provided adequate infor- coverage through an employer would decline an employer can afford to provide mation to suggest what the impact would be of AHC using the ARCOLA TM simulation by about 15 million or roughly 10 percent, health care coverage. If the employer and coverage from other sources would fall model. AHC would include an individual does not provide coverage, we need to mandate as well as a pay or plan provision. by about 8 million. So the net decrease in make it easier and affordable to get the number of people uninsured would be In addition, it would include a means-tested about 16 million, because 47 million are with- health care coverage for an American. subsidy with premium supports available for out health insurance in America. Two ideas: One, give every American those up to 500% of the federal poverty level. family a $5,000 refundable tax credit Public plan options in three tiers: Gold, Sil- So this matches an executive sum- ver and Bronze are proposed in a structure mary entitled ‘‘The Impact of the 2009 and let them go out and get an insur- ance policy that meets their needs. similar to that of the Massachusetts Con- Affordable Health Choices Act’’ which nector, except that it is called The Gateway. And let them go across State lines if was completed by the HSI Network, These public plan options would contain done by Steve Parente, Ph.D., and Lisa they feel like doing it. That is pretty costs by reimbursing providers up to 10% Tornai, M.S. simple. It is not real complicated. It above current reimbursement rates. There is I ask unanimous consent that this re- can be done in a bipartisan way in a no mention of removing the tax exclusion as- sociated with employer sponsored health in- port be printed in the RECORD. matter of weeks. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- That is not what is happening here, surance. There is also no mention of changes despite all of their calls, along with the to Medicare and Medicaid, other than fraud pore. Without objection, it is so or- prevention, that could provide cost-savings dered. President’s, for bipartisanship. But it can be done if we wanted to solve the for the coverage expansion proposed. Below, (See exhibit 1.) we summarize the impact of the proposed Mr. MCCAIN. This study authen- problem for the American people. plan in terms of the reduction on uninsured, ticates the Congressional Budget Of- I believe it is time for Democrats and the 2010 cost, as well as the ten year cost of fice, because what it says is, if you Republicans to come together and draft the plan in 2010 dollars. want to insure every American, it is a bill that gets Americans the health HELP Affordable Health Choices Act going to be $4 trillion—not $1 but $4 care coverage needed at affordable Insurance is reduced by 99% to cover ap- trillion—over a 10-year period. rates. This should be our goal, ensuring proximately 47,700,000 people. So to insure coverage for all Ameri- that all Americans have coverage, not Subsidy¥Tax Recovery = Net cost: cans, as proposed in the legislation, it just 16 million as the Congressional $279,000,000,000 subsidy to the individual mar- would cost $460 billion annually or $4 Budget Office study indicates, but have ket; $180,000,000,000 subsidy to the ESI mar- trillion over the next 10 years, accord- everybody covered, not an ket with; Net cost: $460,500,000,000 (annual); unsustainable government expansion. Net cost: $4,098,000,000,000 (10 year) ing to a report issued last week, as I Private sector crowd out: ∼79,300,000 lives. mentioned. Again, I am calling on the White The underlying simulation model used is The best we can tell, the cost of the House and the Democrats to scrap this ARCOLA TM, a proprietary version of a legislation that we are now considering unsustainable bill and sit down and let health reform coverage and cost assessment is $4 trillion. How are we going to pay us start from scratch. According to analytic engine. A peer-reviewed presen- for that? How are we going to pay for news reports in New York, Robert tation of the core model structure is summa- it? Is there a proposal yet, besides Gibbs states this morning, ‘‘This is not rized in the journal Health Affairs and a eliminating fraud, abuse, and waste? the Administration’s bill,’’ after the longer version is available as a DHHS report It is unacceptable. It is not health CBO letter came out. at www.ehealthplan.org care reform. I believe the CBO letter Well, where is the administration’s SCORING COMPONENTS should be a wake-up call to all of us in bill? We are supposed to be enacting Major policy components considering for this Chamber to scrap the current bill legislation before the end of July. scoring: and start all over, and start all over in Where is the administration’s bill? Employers would have to offer health in- surance or pay a tax not as yet specified. a bipartisan fashion with true negotia- We cannot afford this one. We cannot Individuals would have to be covered by a tions. afford the one that is supposedly going qualified plan or pay a tax. Yesterday the President of the to be enacted into legislation that will Medicaid for everyone up to 150% of pov- United States said the opponents of his come to the floor of this Senate. It erty.

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VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:02 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16JN6.003 S16JNPT1 wwoods2 on PRODPC68 with SENATE Insert offset folio 3/B here ES16JN09.001 S6620 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 16, 2009 ARCOLA tm TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION ering the Travel Promotion Act, which travel dollar. Our close neighbor of The ARCOLATM model is a national health is an important bill for my home State Mexico spent $149 million promoting policy impact micro-simulation model de- of Florida. travel to Mexico. Our other close signed to estimate the impact of health pol- Every year, millions of tourists trav- neighbor, Canada, spent $58 million in icy proposals at federal and state levels. The el to the United States from overseas, promoting travel to its country. China model predicts individual adult responses to helping our economy, generating reve- spent $60 million in promoting travel proposed policy changes and generalizes to nues for States and communities, and the US population with respect to: (1) health to its country. Australia spent $113 insurance coverage and (2) financial impact creating job opportunities for millions million. The countries of the European of the proposed changes. of Americans. But for most of this last Union collectively spent $800 million This model was first used for the Office of decade there has been a huge dropoff in on self-promotion. How much has the the Assistant Secretary (OASPE) of the De- visitors to the United States from United States spent? We have spent ab- partment of Health and Human Services other countries. Between 2000 and 2008, solutely nothing. We spend nothing in (DHHS) to simulate the effect of the Medi- the U.S. tourism industry has experi- promoting our tourism. care Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) on enced an estimated 58 million lost ar- For years, sectors within the agricul- take-up of high-deductible health plans in rivals, $182 billion in lost spending, $27 tural industry have used so-called the individual health insurance market (Feldman, Parente, Abraham et al, 2005; billion in lost tax receipts, and $47 bil- checkoff programs to promote their Parente et al, Final Technical Report for lion in lost payroll. We have also lost products. We have heard the slogans: DHHS Contract HHSP233200400573P, 2005). 245,000 jobs. One in eight Americans is ‘‘Pork, the other white meat.’’ ‘‘Beef, The model was later refined to incorporate directly or indirectly employed by the it’s what’s for dinner.’’ ‘‘Milk, it does a the effect of prior health status on health travel industry. The industry contrib- body good.’’ These are familiar slogans plan choice—a necessary step if one wants to utes $1.3 trillion to the U.S. economy, created by industry-sponsored cam- predict enrollment more accurately. The lat- and the industry contributes $115 bil- paigns. Producers kick in their own est model also used insurance expenditures lion in tax revenue. money to create a marketing campaign from actual claims data to refine premiums and then predict choices again with the new In Florida, home to Walt Disney that benefits all producers. We need premiums. The model then iterates the World, Universal Studios, many beau- the same thing for our tourism, which choice model until premiums and choices tiful beaches, the Everglades, some of is why I urge my colleagues to support converge, and then finds an equilibrium the best fishing and snorkeling in the moving forward on the Travel Pro- state. A subsequent change to the model per- world, and the oldest settlements in motion Act. It will benefit our econ- mitted state-specific predictions of policy North America, the tourism industry omy, it will complement our Nation’s changes as well as total federal health policy employs no less than 750,000 Floridians diplomatic efforts and, perhaps most impact. and accounts for nearly 25 percent of importantly, it will help to create new MODEL COMPONENTS & DATA SOURCES all of the State’s sales tax collections. jobs. There are three major components to the Last year, the United States had 633,000 The Travel Promotion Act will en- ARCOLATM model: (1) Model Estimation; (2) fewer international travelers than we able the United States to become its Choice Set Assignment and Prediction; and had in the year 2000. Florida has taken own ambassador by establishing a pub- (3) Policy Simulation. Often, more than one lic-private campaign to promote tour- database was required to complete the task. a harder hit, losing 1.3 million visitors Integral to this analysis was the use of con- over that same period of time. ism abroad. The campaign would be led sumer directed health plan data from four Numbers do not lie. Our lack of at- by an independent, not-for-profit cor- large employers working with the study in- tention to self-promotion is costing us poration governed by an 11-member vestigators. money, jobs, and opportunities. And it board of individuals appointed by the The model estimation had several steps. As is not that people are not traveling. Secretary of Commerce. Each would a first step, we pooled the data from the four The fact is, people are traveling to represent the various regions around employers offering CDHPs to estimate a con- some destinations other than the the Nation and bring their expertise in ditional logistic plan choice model similar to United States. The world competition promoting international travel. The our earlier work (Parente, Feldman and Christianson, 2004). In the second step we for the travel dollar is keen. Countries program will not use taxpayer money used the estimated choice-model coefficients all over the world are doing all they but will instead rely on user fees paid to predict health plan choices for individuals can to attract visitors to their coun- by foreign tourists and in-kind con- in the MEPS–HC. In order to complete this tries. We are competing in a world tributions from corporate partners. step, it was necessary first to assign the marketplace. Additionally, the act will increase number and types of health insurance This is an alarming trend we are see- coordination among the Commerce, choices that are available to each respondent ing in the United States, and it clearly State, and Homeland Security Depart- in the MEPS–HC. For this purpose we turned hurts our economy. But it also has an ments to streamline the entry and de- to the smaller, but more-detailed MEPS impact on our image around the world. parture procedures for our foreign Household Component-Insurance Component linked file, which contained the needed in- Studies show a person’s opinion of our tourists. You see, not only are we not formation. The third step was to populate country is greatly improved when they promoting ourselves, we are also doing the model with appropriate market-based visit our country. We are our own best a lot to complicate travel to our coun- premiums and benefit designs. The final step ambassadors. But when fewer people try. Because of those things which was to apply plan choice models coefficients visit here, there are fewer opportuni- were done as a necessity post-9/11, we to the MEPS data with premium information ties for others to see what our Nation have created a lot of layers of com- to get final estimates of take up and subsidy has to offer and what we are all about. plication for foreign travelers to visit costs. So increased travel to the United our country. We have to continue to Mr. MCCAIN. Madam President, I States is not only good for our Nation, have the kind of protection about who suggest the absence of a quorum. it is also good for the way in which we visits our land to protect our home- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. portray ourselves to the world. land, but at the same time we need to GILLIBRAND). The clerk will call the One of the best ways to address this use some common sense about how this roll. is to create a comprehensive campaign is done and incorporate some modern The legislative clerk proceeded to to promote the United States as a trav- technologies to ensure that the travel call the roll. el destination. This is a way of revers- experience to the United States is not Mr. MARTINEZ. Madam President, I ing this current trend. This is a way of cumbersome, is not complicated, and ask unanimous consent that the order bringing back some of the declines to a that it is transparent and enjoyable for for the quorum call be rescinded. better day so we can increase jobs and those who come to visit us. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without opportunities in our country. In today’s economy, every visitor objection, it is so ordered. Here is an example of what other na- counts. In the competitive world we f tions spend to promote themselves in live in, every competitive dollar that the tourism market around the world. can be spent out there promoting trav- TRAVEL PROMOTION ACT Here is what we are competing against. el to the United States will inure to Mr. MARTINEZ. Madam President, This is what the United States is up the benefit of the job creation we will this week the Senate will be consid- against as we look to compete for the see in places such as my home State.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:21 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16JN6.004 S16JNPT1 wwoods2 on PRODPC68 with SENATE June 16, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6621 When you consider that visitors from would find is that increasing coverage perhaps, of health care. The President overseas spend an estimated $4,500 in this way will require much higher insists on a government-run insurance every time they visit the United State taxes at a time when most every option as part of a health care reform States, more visitors will mean more State is making a massive cut in serv- plan which would inevitably lead to a jobs for Americans at a time when un- ices, and a few States are nearly bank- Washington-run health plan. employment continues to rise. rupt. For example, in my State of Ten- Why would it do that? Well, putting So I truly urge my colleagues to join nessee, if the Kennedy bill were to a government-run and subsidized plan me in supporting this bill as we work pass, which would increase Medicaid in competition with our private health toward increasing our Nation’s pres- expansion by 150 percent and increase insurance plans would be like putting ence as a tourist destination around reimbursement rates to 110 percent of an elephant in a room with some mice the world. I hope, as the week unfolds, Medicare, it would require, based on and saying: OK, guys and gals, com- we will have an opportunity to engage our estimates, a new State income tax pete. I think we know what would hap- in conversation and discussion and de- of about 10 percent to pay for the in- pen. The elephant would win the com- bate about this very important tourism creased costs just for our State, as well petition and the elephant would be bill, which will help most States of this as perhaps adding another half a tril- your only remaining choice. As for more debt, the Congressional country. lion dollars or so to the Federal debt. The fact is we want Florida to be a Finally, if we were to base new cov- Budget Office, in a letter sent to Sen- significant tourism destination. We are erage for the 58 million people now in ator KENNEDY, estimated that his bill, which is the only legislation the Sen- proud of that in our State, but the fact Medicaid, and others who need insur- ate Health Committee is considering, is that States around the country all ance, upon this government-run Med- would add another $1 trillion during can benefit and do benefit greatly from icaid Program these Americans—who the next 10 years in order to cover 16 foreign tourists visiting our country. It are the people we are talking about in million uninsured Americans, leaving is a great, green way of promoting jobs this debate and who are the ones we 30 million uninsured. That is another and opportunities in our country and hope will have more of the same kind $1 trillion over the next 10 years that, one I think is long overdue. If we are of health care the rest of us have—we according to yesterday’s Washington going to compete effectively with would find that a large number of them Post, already is nearly three times as countries abroad, we must, in fact, also would have a hard time finding a doc- much as was spent in all of World War be competitive in how we promote and tor. Today 40 percent of doctors al- II. The Post said the proposed new debt advertise ourselves to the world. ready refuse to provide full service to over the next 10 years, before we get to I yield the floor. Medicaid patients because of the low the health care bill, is three times as The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- reimbursement rates, and if we simply much as we spent in World War II. The ator from Tennessee. add more to that Medicaid Program, Congressional Budget Office estimate Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, these people will have an even harder didn’t even consider the cost of the I ask unanimous consent to speak for time getting served. Kennedy bill’s proposals to expand up to 12 minutes as in morning busi- There is a better idea. Instead of ex- Medicaid coverage. ness. panding a failing government health So let’s talk about Medicaid. Every The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without care program which traps 58 million of State offers it. It provides health care objection, it is so ordered. our poorest citizens in that govern- in a variety of ways to low-income f ment-run program that provides sub- Americans who are not eligible for standard care, the better way to extend HEALTH CARE REFORM Medicare. The Federal Government medical care to those low-income pays about 60 percent of the costs and Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, Americans now served by Medicaid is writes most of the rules; the States pay I am looking for a way to offer an to give them government tax credits, the rest. Fifty-eight million low-in- amendment to the health care bill that or government subsidies, or vouchers, come Americans are trapped in Med- would sentence every Senator who or money in their pockets they can use icaid. It is the only place of any signifi- votes to increase Medicaid eligibility to purchase private health insurance of cant size where we don’t have competi- to 150 percent of the Federal poverty their choice. That sort of option for tion in our health care system. Think level to a term of 8 years as Governor health care reform is before the Sen- of the elephant in the room. in his or her home State, so they can ate, if it could only be considered. It It was my experience as Governor—I have an opportunity to manage the has been offered on one end by Senator believe it is for most Governors—that program, to raise taxes, and to find a COBURN and Senator BURR. It has been it is not only an administrative mess way to pay for that sort of proposal. If offered at the same time by Senator with substandard care, the Medicaid we Senators were to increase Medicaid GREGG of New Hampshire. It has been Program, but its costs have spiraled in that way, and go home, we would offered in a bipartisan way by Senator out of control, threatening the viabil- find first that Medicaid is a terrible WYDEN and Senator BENNETT who have ity of public universities and commu- base upon which to build an improved offered a proposal that would basically nity colleges because there is no money health care system, because it is filled give these dollars to the people who left for the States to support them. with lawsuits. It is filled with Federal need help, let them buy their insur- Here is what would happen in Ten- court consent decrees that sometimes ance, and according to the same Con- nessee if the Kennedy bill passed, ac- are 20 and 25 years old and take away gressional Budget Office that said the cording to the State of Tennessee’s from the Governor’s and the legisla- Kennedy proposal costs at least 1 tril- Medicaid director. Our State costs ture’s authority to make decisions. It lion more dollars, the CBO has said would go up $572 million if we increased is filled with inefficiency. It is filled that Bennett-Wyden would cost zero coverage to 150 percent of Federal pov- with delays. Governors request waivers more. erty. If the Fed pays for this, the Fed’s to run their systems, and it may take I ask that I am informed when I have cost would be $1.6 billion—I mean the a year or more for approval from the 1 minute left. Federal budget paying for all of it, be- Federal Government for relatively sim- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without cause normally the Federal budget ple requests. And finally, it is filled objection, it is so ordered. The Senator pays two-thirds, the State one-third. If with an intolerable waste of taxpayer has 5 minutes remaining. the State has to also provide Medicaid money because of fraud that is docu- Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, payments to physicians at 110 percent mented by the Government Account- during the last 6 months, the four of Medicare, this would add another ability Office. As much as 10 percent of words we have heard most in Wash- $600 million in costs to the State of the entire program—$32 billion a year— ington are ‘‘more debt’’ and ‘‘Wash- Tennessee. Thus, the proposal of the according to the Government Account- ington takeover,’’ and all four words combination of the Health and the Fi- ability Office is lost to fraud. That is apply to the health care debate. We nance Committees’ bills that are being the Medicaid Program. have seen a Washington takeover of considered would be 1.2 billion new dol- The second thing a Senator who goes banks, of insurance companies, of stu- lars for Tennessee. If you add the Fed- home to serve as Governor for 8 years dent loans, of car companies, and now, eral Government’s increase in costs

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The proposal been discussing turning back to the marks the letter from Douglas Elmen- would also impose a financial cost on most States by 2015 these increased costs, al- dorf of the Congressional Budget Office people who do not obtain insurance, the size though the Finance Committee is talk- to Senator KENNEDY of June 15 stating of which would be set by the Secretary of the ing about a smaller expansion of cov- that his bill would add $1 trillion more Treasury. erage. So imagine a Senator going over the next 10 years to the debt, and The draft legislation released by the HELP home to the State of Tennessee—it that doesn’t even include the Medicaid Committee also indicates that certain fea- won’t be me, because I have already tures may be added at a later date. Because expansions I have talked about. they are not reflected in the current draft, had the privilege of being Governor— I also ask unanimous consent that an however, CBO and the JCT staff did not take but say if one went back to be Gov- article from the Wall Street Journal of them into account. In particular, the draft ernor of Tennessee, what would one yesterday talking about State budget legislation does not contain provisions that find if we passed the Kennedy bill as it gaps, which shows what dire straits would change the Medicaid program, al- is now proposed? We would find a bill many States are in be printed in the though it envisions that the authority to ex- by 2015 of 1.2 billion in today’s dollars, RECORD. tend Medicaid coverage will be added during and where would the Governor get the There being no objection, the mate- Senate consideration of the bill. (By itself, money? Well, when one Governor pro- adding such provisions would increase the rial was ordered to be printed in the proposal’s budgetary costs and would also posed a 4-percent State income tax in RECORD, as follows: yield a larger increase in the number of peo- Tennessee in 2004, a 4-percent income U.S. CONGRESS, ple who have health insurance.) The draft tax would bring in 400 million new dol- CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, legislation also indicates that the committee lars. We need $1.2 billion under the Washington, DC, June 15, 2009. is considering whether to incorporate other Kennedy bill to pay for the expansion Hon. EDWARD M. KENNEDY, features, including a ‘‘public health insur- of Medicaid. So to raise nearly $1.2 bil- Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, ance option’’ and requirements for ‘‘shared lion, a new State income tax of more Labor, and Pensions, U.S. Senate, Wash- responsibility’’ by employers. Depending on than 10 percent would be needed, if all ington, DC. their details, such provisions could also have DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional substantial effects on our analysis. (A sum- other services were held flat, and the Budget Office (CBO) and the staff of the mary of the key provisions that were in- Governor has already said that most Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) have cluded in this analysis is attached.) State functions will see a decrease in completed a preliminary analysis of the IMPORTANT CAVEATS REGARDING THIS funding after the stimulus money goes major provisions related to health insurance PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS coverage that are contained in title I of draft away. There are several reasons why the prelimi- legislation called the Affordable Health This same problem would be true for nary analysis that is provided in this letter Choices Act, which was released by the Sen- all States. The National Governors As- and its attachments does not constitute a ate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, sociation says if we assume that all in- comprehensive cost estimate for the Afford- and Pensions (HELP) on June 9, 2009. Among able Health Choices Act: dividuals under 150 percent of poverty other things, that draft legislation would es- First, this analysis focuses exclusively on are covered and there is no change in tablish insurance exchanges (called ‘‘gate- the major provisions on health insurance reimbursement rates, the cost to the ways’’) through which individuals and fami- coverage contained in certain subtitles of States would be $360 billion more over lies could purchase coverage and would pro- title I of the draft legislation. Although vide federal subsidies to substantially reduce the next 10 years. If you also increase other provisions in title I, along with provi- the cost of that coverage for some enrollees. the reimbursement rate for physicians sions in the other five titles of the legisla- The attached table summarizes our pre- from say 72 percent to 83 percent, the tion, would have significant budgetary ef- liminary assessment of the proposal’s budg- Governors Association says the new fects, the analysis contained in this letter etary effects and its likely impact on insur- and its attachment is limited to the provi- cost is $500 billion more over 10 years. ance coverage. According to that assess- sions in subtitles A through D regarding Then there is the fraud in the Med- ment, enacting the proposal would result in health insurance coverage. icaid Program. The Government Ac- a net increase in federal budget deficits of Second, CBO and the JCT staff have not countability Office says 10 percent of it about $1.0 trillion over the 2010–2019 period. yet completed modeling all of the proposed is fraud—$32 billion a year—about Once the proposal was fully implemented, changes related to insurance coverage. For about 39 million individuals would obtain three-fourths of the amount we spend example, the proposal would allow parents to coverage through the new insurance ex- on prescription drugs for all seniors. cover children as dependents until they are changes. At the same time, the number of Then there is the problem of access of 27 years old, and our analysis has not yet people who had coverage through an em- care, with 40 percent of doctors already taken that provision into account. (Other in- ployer would decline by about 15 million (or stances are listed in the attachment.) Al- not being willing to provide full service roughly 10 percent), and coverage from other though this analysis reflects the proposal’s to patients who are on Medicaid. So sources would fall by about 8 million, so the major provisions, taking all of its provisions why would we expand this government- net decrease in the number of people unin- into account could change our assessment of run program when it is filled with inef- sured would be about 16 million. the proposal’s effects on the budget and in- It is important to note, however, that ficiencies, delay, and waste, when it surance coverage rates—though probably not those figures do not represent a formal or would bankrupt States, when it would by substantial amounts relative to the net complete cost estimate for the draft legisla- add hundreds of billions of dollars to costs already identified. As our under- tion, for reasons outlined below. Moreover, standing of the provisions we have analyzed the Federal debt, and when it would because expanded eligibility for the Medicaid improves, that could also affect our future provide substandard service when, in- program may be added at a later date, those estimates. stead, we could pass the Coburn-Burr figures are not likely to represent the im- Third, the analysis of the proposal’s effects bill, or the Gregg bill, or the Wyden- pact that more comprehensive proposals— on the federal budget and insurance coverage which might include a significant expansion Bennett bill and give to the 58 million reflects CBO’s and the JCT staff’s under- of Medicaid or other options for subsidizing low-income Americans who are trapped standing of its key features and discussions coverage for those with income below 150 in a failing government program the with committee staff—but does not represent percent of the federal poverty level—would dollars they need to purchase private a full assessment of the legislative language have both on the federal budget and on the that was released by the committee. Al- health insurance much like the rest of extent of insurance coverage. us have? though our reading of the draft language has I hope I can find a way to offer an KEY PROVISIONS RELATED TO HEALTH informed our analysis, we have not had time INSURANCE COVERAGE amendment that would require any to complete a thorough review of that lan- Senator who votes for a 150-percent in- Subtitles A through D of title I of the Af- guage, which could have significant effects fordable Health Choices Act would seek to on any subsequent analysis provided by CBO crease in Medicaid, who says that Med- increase the number of legal U.S. residents and the JCT staff. icaid expansion will go to 150 percent of who have health insurance. Toward that end, In particular, the draft legislation includes the Federal poverty level, will be sen- the federal government would provide grants a section on ‘‘individual responsibility’’ that tenced to go home and serve for 8 years to states to establish insurance exchanges would generally impose a financial cost on

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However, the current draft Provisions. On a preliminary basis, CBO and Attachments. is not clear on this point, and if the language the JCT staff estimate that the major provi- remains ambiguous, that would affect our es- sions in title I of the Affordable Health A SUMMARY OF THE KEY PROVISIONS OF THE timate of its impact on federal costs and in- Choices Act affecting health insurance cov- HELP COMMITTEE’S PROPOSAL surance coverage. erage would result in a net increase in fed- Congessional Budget Office, June 15, 2009 Fourth, some effects of the insurance pro- eral deficits of about $1.0 trillion for fiscal years 2010 through 2019. That estimate pri- Most of the proposal’s key provisions posals that we have modeled have not yet would become operative in a state when that been fully captured. For example, we have marily reflects the subsidies that would be provided to purchase coverage through the state establishes an insurance exchange not yet estimated the administrative costs (called a ‘‘gateway’’) through which its resi- to the federal government of implementing new insurance exchanges, which would amount to nearly $1.3 trillion in that period. dents could obtain coverage; such exchanges the proposal or the costs of establishing and might start offering health insurance in operating the insurance exchanges, nor have The average subsidy per exchange enrollee (including those who would receive no sub- some states in 2012; all exchanges would be we taken into account the proposal’s effects fully operational by 2014. on spending for other federal programs. sidy) would rise from roughly $5,000 in 2015 to roughly $6,000 in 2019. The other element of The proposal is assumed to require most Those effects could be noticeable but would legal residents to have insurance (though the not affect the main conclusions of this anal- the proposal that would increase the federal deficit is a credit for small employers who draft language is not explicit in this regard). ysis. In general, the government would collect a Fifth, the budgetary information shown in offer health insurance, which is estimated to payment from uninsured people, but individ- the attached table reflects many of the cost $60 billion over 10 years. Because a given uals with income below 150 percent of the major cash flows that would affect the fed- firm would be allowed take the credit for federal poverty level (FPL) would be exempt eral budget as a result of the proposal and only three consecutive years, the pattern of and the payment would be waived in certain provides our preliminary assessment of its outlays would vary from year to year. other cases. The Congressional Budget Office net effects on the federal budget deficit. Those costs would be partly offset by re- (CBO) and the staff of the Joint Committee Some cash flows would appear in the budget ceipts or savings from three sources: in- on Taxation (JCT) assumed that the annual but would net to zero and not affect the def- creases in tax revenues stemming from the payment amount, which would be set admin- icit; CBO has not yet estimated all of those decline in employment-based coverage; pay- istratively, would be relatively small (about cash flows. ments of penalties by uninsured individuals; and reductions in outlays for Medicaid and $100 per person). LIKELY EFFECTS OF THE PROPOSAL CHIP (relative to current-law projections). New health insurance policies sold in the The proposal would have significant effects The proposal would not change the tax individual and group insurance markets on the number of people who are enrolled in treatment of health insurance premiums. would be subject to several requirements re- health insurance plans, the sources of that Nevertheless, the reduction in the number of garding their availability and pricing. Insur- coverage, and the federal budget. people receiving employment-based health ers would be required to issue coverage to all Effects on Insurance Coverage. Under cur- insurance coverage, relative to current-law applicants, and could not limit coverage for rent law, the number of nonelderly residents projections, would affect the government’s preexisting medical conditions. In addition, (those under age 65) with health insurance tax revenues. Because total compensation premiums for a given plan could not vary be- coverage will grow from about 217 million in costs are determined by market forces, CBO cause of enrollees’ health and could vary by 2010 to about 228 million in 2019, according to and the JCT staff estimate that wages and their age to only a limited degree (under a CBO’s estimates. Over that same period, the other forms of compensation would rise by system known as adjusted community rat- number of nonelderly residents without roughly the amounts of any reductions in ing). Existing policies that are maintained health insurance at any given point in time employers’ health insurance costs. Employ- continuously would be ‘‘grandfathered.’’ will grow from approximately 50 million peo- ers’ payments for health insurance are tax- There would be no change from current law ple to about 54 million people—constituting preferred, but most of those offsetting regarding Medicaid or the Children’s Health about 19 percent of the nonelderly popu- changes in compensation would come in the Insurance Program (CHIP). lation. Because the Medicare program covers form of taxable wages and salaries. As a re- Insurance policies covering required bene- nearly all legal residents over the age of 65, sult, the shift in compensation brought fits that are sold through the exchanges our analysis has focused on the effects of about by the proposal would cause tax reve- would have actuarial values chosen by the proposals on the nonelderly population. nues to rise by $257 billion over 10 years. Secretary of Health and Human Services People obtain insurance coverage from a (Those figures are generally shown as nega- from specified ranges within three tiers. (A variety of sources. Under current law, about tive numbers in the attached table because plan’s actuarial value reflects the share of 150 million nonelderly people will get their increases in revenues reduce the federal costs for covered services that is paid by the coverage through an employer in 2010, CBO budget deficit.) plan.) CBO and the JCT staff assumed that estimates. Similarly, another 40 million peo- The government would also collect the the chosen actuarial values would be 95 per- ple will be covered through the federal/state payments that uninsured individuals would cent (for the highest tier), 85 percent (for the Medicaid program or the Children’s Health have to make. CBO and the JCT staff assume middle tier), and 76 percent (for the lowest Insurance Program (CHIP). Other nonelderly that the annual amount, which would be set tier). Plans would be allowed to offer added people are covered by policies purchased in- by the Treasury Secretary, would be rel- coverage or benefits for an extra premium. dividually in the ‘‘nongroup’’ market, or atively small (about $100 per person). More- The subsidies available through the ex- they obtain coverage from various other over, individuals with income below 150 per- changes would be tied to the average of the sources (including Medicare and the health cent of the federal poverty level would not three lowest premium bids submitted by in- benefit programs of the Department of De- have to pay that amount. As a result, collec- surers in each area of the country for each fense). tions of those payments would total $2 bil- tier of coverage. For people with income be- According to the preliminary analysis, lion over 10 years. tween 150 percent and 200 percent of the FPL, once the proposal was fully implemented, the Finally, although the proposal would not the subsidies would apply to that average bid number of people who are uninsured would change federal laws regarding Medicaid and for the highest-tier plans; for people with in- decline to about 36 million or 37 million, rep- CHIP, it would affect outlays for those pro- come between 200 percent and 300 percent of resenting about 13 percent of the nonelderly grams. CBO assumes that states that had ex- the FPL, the subsidies would apply to that population. (Roughly a third of those would panded eligibility for Medicaid and CHIP to average bid for the middle-tier plans; and for be unauthorized immigrants or individuals people with income above 150 percent of the people with income between 300 percent and who are eligible for Medicaid but not en- federal poverty level would be inclined to re- 500 percent of the FPL, the subsidies would rolled in that program.) That decline would verse those policies, because those individ- apply to that average bid for the lowest-tier be the net effect of several broad changes, uals could instead obtain subsidies through plans. which can be illustrated by examining the ef- the insurance exchanges that would be fi- The subsidies would cap premiums as a fects in a specific year. In 2017, for example, nanced entirely by the federal government. share of income on a sliding scale starting at the number of uninsured would fall by about Reflecting those reductions in enrollment, 1 percent for those with income equal to 150 16 million, relative to current-law projec- federal outlays for Medicaid and CHIP would percent of the FPL, rising to 10 percent of in- tions. In that year, about 39 million people decline by $38 billion over 10 years. come at 500 percent of the FPL. Those in- would be covered by policies purchased I hope this preliminary analysis is helpful come caps would be indexed to medical price through the new insurance exchange. At the for the committee’s consideration of the Af- inflation, so that individuals would (on aver- same time, about 147 million people would be fordable Health Choices Act. If you have any age) pay a higher portion of their income for covered by an employment-based health questions, please contact me or CBO staff. exchange premiums over time. Individuals

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VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:02 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16JN6.008 S16JNPT1 wwoods2 on PRODPC68 with SENATE Insert offset folio 52/B here ES16JN09.002 S6626 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 16, 2009 The proposal would offer subsidies to small able for state and local governments under In response, Mr. Frank shrugs: ‘‘How am I employers whose workers have low average the Recovery Zone Bonds program, a little- going to get representatives from Pennsyl- wages and who offer health benefits to those known piece of the massive stimulus law. vania and New York to send money to Cali- workers. The amount of the subsidy would But all that money will start drifting away fornia if Republicans from California are vary with the size of the firm (up to a limit next year, when the administration hopes a fighting it?’’ of 50 workers), and firms that contribute recovery will be taking hold. And that is ex- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- actly when states anticipate their fiscal larger amounts toward their workers’ health ator’s time has expired. insurance would receive larger subsidies. The problems could be even worse. ’The states credit would be available indefinitely, but have so few options to respond,’’ said Nick Mr. ALEXANDER. I yield the floor. firms would be eligible to take the credit for Johnson, director of the state fiscal project The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- only three consecutive years at a time. at the Center on Budget and Policy Prior- ator from California is recognized. ities, a liberal think tank. ‘‘Drawing down KEY PROVISIONS NOT YET TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT f reserve funds, various accounting gim- There are several features of the proposal micks—those options are either gone or EXTENSION OF MORNING that CBO and the JCT staff have not yet re- won’t do enough. The remaining options BUSINESS flected in their budget estimates. The most threaten to slow the recovery.’’ significant features of the proposal that have If Washington were inclined to help, the Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I ask not yet been estimated would do the fol- easiest approach would be a second stimulus unanimous consent that morning busi- lowing: bill pouring more money directly into state ness be extended until 15 minutes from Require insurers to offer dependent cov- coffers. But with a federal budget deficit ap- now. erage for children of policyholders who are proaching $2 trillion, there is little chance of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without less than 27 years of age. that. Delegate authority to a Medical Advisory So creativity is in order. objection, it is so ordered. Council to establish minimum requirements House Financial Services Committee f for covered health benefits and to determine Chairman Barney Frank has been searching the level of coverage that individuals would for low-cost ways to step in. His staff has HEALTH CARE REFORM need to obtain in order to qualify as having looked into a raft of measures to loosen Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I de- insurance. state borrowing and lower the interest rates cided to come to the floor to talk about Require insurers to maintain a minimum state governments must offer on their bonds. a couple of things. One is health care The Massachusetts Democrat would like to level of medical claims paid relative to pre- reform and the other is the stimulus mium revenues (otherwise known as a ‘‘med- create a reinsurance fund, financed through ical loss ratio’’), or to repay certain amounts premiums paid by bond sellers, which would package. to policyholders; the HHS Secretary would offer bond purchasers additional assurance We are seeing attacks from the party have the authority to set the minimum med- that their money is safe. of no, the Republican Party, every day ical loss ratio. Legislation also could mandate that rat- on this floor, and I believe the purpose Apply ‘‘risk adjustment’’ (a process that ings companies such as Standard & Poor’s is to derail health care reform. I think involves shifting payments from plans with would have to use the same criteria to rate it is perfectly legitimate to debate how low-risk enrollees to plans with high-risk en- state bonds as are used to rate corporate bonds—a requirement that doesn’t exist now, we do it, but I think when everything rollees) to all health insurance policies sold is stripped away, you are going to see in the individual and group insurance mar- sometimes to the disadvantage of states. kets. ’Where there’s the full faith in credit behind the Republicans as the party of the sta- Allow employers to buy health coverage these municipal bonds, where the full taxing tus quo. through the exchanges. power of a state or city is behind them, they In relation to health care reform, the Require health insurance plans partici- never default,’’ Mr. Frank said, yet the status quo has to go, because it is hurt- pating in the new exchanges to adopt meas- bonds are ‘‘treated as if they’re risky.’’ In the short run, the Treasury or Federal ing our people. I will put a couple of ures that are intended to simplify financial facts out there that are irrefutable; and administrative transactions in the Reserve could use existing programs estab- lished to prop up consumer borrowing to un- they are just facts. The fact is, if we health sector (such as claims processing). derwrite state bond offerings, he said. That don’t act, soaring health care costs are [From the Wall Street Journal, June 15, 2009] would bring more lenders into the state bond unsustainable for our families. In this STATES’ BUDGET GAPS ARE ANOTHER TEST market and lower interest costs for cash- great Nation, we pay twice as much as FOR WASHINGTON strapped states. any other nation for our health care. (By Jonathan Weisman) President Barack Obama suggested in a re- cent C-SPAN interview that some kind of The fact is we must turn this around. As the White House eagerly scans the eco- clever bond-market moves may be in the As the wording is now, we must ‘‘bend nomic landscape for signs of recovery, a works. ‘‘We are talking to state treasurers that cost curve,’’ because we cannot looming drought in the form of state budget across the country, including California, to sustain the situation as it is. It is hurt- deficits could make any ‘‘green shoots’’ wilt. figure out are there some creative ways that States face a cumulative shortfall of $230 ing our families. Premium rises are un- we can just help them get through some of believable. We all know it in our own billion from this year through 2011, and there these difficult times,’’ he said. is little sign in bailout-weary Washington of But crafting the right balance would be circumstances. And we know the unin- any attempt to create yet another aid pro- tough. sured keep growing. Why? Because gram to solve that problem. But if the fed- Treasury officials have told California they cannot afford the premiums or eral government did want to hold that state legislators that the U.S. is monitoring maybe companies won’t take them be- drought at bay, it has options: passing an- the situation but isn’t keen to provide as- cause they may have had high blood other stimulus plan; assisting states in the sistance, according to people familiar with pressure or something, and they don’t bond market; assuming a greater share of the matter ‘‘It’s hard to help just one state,’’ get the coverage they need. So they Medicaid payments. If the recovery stalls a says a government official. On the other few months from now, those may suddenly hand, there is worry about setting up a broad don’t avail themselves of prevention. become central to the rescue efforts. short-term assistance program that some We have too much obesity in this While discouraging talk right now of any fret could turn into a permanent federal sub- country among our kids and adults. We federal response to state budget woes, the sidy. know that prevention in and of itself Obama administration is anxiously eyeing The move to bail out California—or any could bend that cost curve. If someone state efforts to close persistent budget gaps. other state—is made harder by the current understands nutrition and diet, and So far, 42 U.S. states have slashed enacted political climate, particularly opposition they get help in making sure they budgets to cope with rising demand for serv- from home-state Republicans on Capitol change their lifestyle or that their kids ices and plunging revenue, according to the Hill. National Governors Association. About half Rep. John Campbell, one of four California don’t eat sugar and fattening foods all have also raised taxes. Republicans on Mr. Frank’s committee, said the time, it has an enormous impact on Those policies run counter to Washington’s a federal intervention would only halt state what happens to them when they get efforts to prime the economic pump, with a efforts to come to terms with budgets and older. Diabetes is a major problem. We $787 billion stimulus plan, plus hundreds of could create incentives to spend even more. can turn that around, along with the billions of dollars more in new lending, ‘‘The states are kind of on their own because heart risks that go with it later on, and mortgage relief and other efforts. About $246 the bullets are out of the federal gun,’’ he the stroke risks that go with high billion of the stimulus funds are already said, ‘‘not because they couldn’t print some going to the states, to offset rising Medicaid more money but because I hope there’s a rec- blood pressure. These things can be costs, stave off education cuts and help with ognition that printing and borrowing more controlled. infrastructure problems. Friday, the Treas- money is going to have extremely negative We took a first step in prevention ury made $25 billion in bond authority avail- consequences.’’ when we passed the bill on smoking

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Now he is those folks who want to quit have such How about SCHIP, the public plan bashing the stimulus program. All of a hard time. Clearly, if we have preven- that allows our children to be covered, the work he has done thus far has iden- tion as the name of the game, we are our poor kids? Why don’t they come tified .7 percent—not even 1 percent— going to see a decrease in costs, we are here and say our children should not be that was a problem. Some of those are going to see healthier families, and we covered and let’s repeal it? way off base. I want to talk about some should see lower premiums. How about our military? They get of them in California that he has high- The question is: If we do nothing, can free health care through the public do- lighted and has bashed: we sustain what happened? If we do so, main. Should we now cancel that and First, $200,000 to place restrooms at a it ought to stress prevention and also contract it out? Black Butte Lake, California park. Ex- Look, I am for a robust debate. I am make sure that the insurance compa- cuse me. Maybe there is something for a bipartisan bill. I want to work to- nies are kept honest. How do you do wrong with me, but I think having a ward that. But let me tell you this: If that? It seems to me you want to make clean restroom in a State park that is we don’t get 60 votes for something, we sure we have some kind of plan out safe and available is quite important. cannot quit around here. We cannot there that has to live by the same rules But he says that is ridiculous. It cre- allow a terrible crisis toward the end of as the private sector, be it a coopera- ates jobs to build that, and it is an im- life bankrupt our families. More than tive, a public plan, but it should live by portant hygienic issue that I think half of our families who file bank- the same rules so we can test and judge needs to be addressed. whether our people are getting ripped ruptcy do it because of a crisis in their He talked also about a State park. off when they get these huge increases health. We cannot afford that. The fact This is near and dear to my heart. It is in their premiums. We also need a plan is that we are on the verge of being $620,000 to build a State park for our that covers the uninsured, however we able to do something but not if the children in Long Beach, CA. I don’t deal with it, because there is no ques- party of no comes here every day and know about Mr. COBURN in Oklahoma— tion about it that when people are un- bashes every idea and starts fright- they have fewer people there, true. I insured, they are still going to get the ening the American people. They will have a State of 37 million people. We health care they need. No doctor is have their chance, but I hope we won’t have a lot of kids. We have a lot of kids going to turn them away when they stop. We will have to figure out a way who get in trouble after school and who show up in the emergency room with a to do it with a majority vote. That is drop out of school. We have a problem. stroke or heart condition that probably my feeling. This is too important an They love to skateboard. As a matter has not been looked at for a long time. issue. Our families cannot take it. of fact, we had a former gang in Oak- The signs of a stroke you can find They cannot take a circumstance land come forward and actually con- through blood pressure taking. If they where they are now already paying a struct it themselves. Building a State haven’t done that, when they show up third of their money for their mort- park for our kids is not a boondoggle. there, who pays for it? The fact is, gage. Are they going to pay another It is a safe place for them to go, and those costs come right back home to third, or half, for health care? What is you create jobs when you do it. us. Somebody has to pay for it. That is left over to live a life and support their reflected in the premium. kids? We are installing energy efficient So here is the point. I don’t think it Come on, get over it, party of no. runway guidance lights at the San is that complicated. If you stress pre- Come to the table and work with us. Diego Airport. Yes, energy efficient vention, and if you have a plan out Don’t bash every idea President Obama lighting saves money. As a matter of there—a nonprofit plan—that can keep lays down on the table. He is the Presi- fact, this thing has a payback. It cost the insurance companies honest and dent. Give him a chance to move this $5 million. It has a payback of 2 to 5 make sure they are not overcharging forward. years. When you put in efficient light- us, and if you cover the uninsured, I THE STIMULUS PROGRAM ing, there is a payback. It uses less think those are the principles I am Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, electricity and it lowers the cost. But, looking for. I don’t think it is that speaking of bashing things, my last no, Senator COBURN bashes that. Those complicated. But we hear our col- commentary until we vote is this: are some examples of what he is bash- leagues on the Republican side come Senator COBURN has put out a report ing just in my State. out to the floor day in and day out in which he bashes the stimulus pro- I ask unanimous consent to have bashing public plans. gram. I think it is very important for printed in the RECORD a document enti- Let the Republicans introduce a bill the American people to understand a tled ‘‘Funding Notification By Pro- to repeal Medicare. That is a public few things. One, a couple of his exam- gram’’ for my State of California. plan. Our seniors love it. The Repub- ples are right on target, and we always There being no objection, the mate- licans fought it in the 1960s. The Demo- expect there will be a couple of things rial was ordered to be printed in the crats passed it under Lyndon Johnson. that would happen that were wrong. RECORD, as follows: Why don’t they come here and say they The administration is aware of that. FUNDING NOTIFICATIONS BY PROGRAM want to repeal Medicare? We tried to get on top of it and stop it. Another public plan is veterans’ But we lost over a trillion dollars from The table below presents breakdown of total dollars allocated to a state by program. health care. It is a government plan. our economy and we put in this stim- Programs are identified by the Catalog of Why don’t they come here and put for- ulus package—about $787 billion—so we Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number ward a proposal to completely do away can make sure that this great recession and the program title provided in the agency with veterans’ health care? I will tell doesn’t turn into a great depression. report. STATE: CALIFORNIA

CFDA number Program Allocated

84.394 ...... State Fiscal Stabilization Fund ...... $5,960,267,431 93.778 ...... MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ...... 1,991,907,534 84.391 ...... IDEA Part B Grants to States ...... 1,226,944,052 84.389 ...... Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies ...... 1,128,225,993 14.258 ...... Tax Credit Assistance Program ...... 325,877,114 14.317 ...... Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program Special Allocations ...... 305,037,547 66.458 ...... Clean Water SRF ...... 280,285,800 81.041 ...... State Energy Program (A) ...... 226,093,000 17.260 ...... WIA Dislocated Workers ...... 221,906,888

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CFDA number Program Allocated

14.257 ...... Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program ...... 189,086,299 17.259 ...... WIA Youth Activities ...... 186,622,034 81.042 ...... Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income Persons (A) ...... 185,811,061 66.468 ...... Drinking Water SRF ...... 159,008,000 16.803 ...... Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Formula Program—http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/ 135,641,945 recoveryact.html. 14.885 ...... Public Housing Capital fund Stimulus (Formula) ...... 117,918,838 14.253 ...... CDBG Entitlement Grants ...... 112,675,396 16.804 ...... Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Formula Program—http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/ 89,712,677 recoveryact.html. 17.258 ...... WIA Adult Program ...... 80,117,954 84.386 ...... Educational Technology State Grants ...... 70,805,622 93.703 ...... Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative ...... 63,688,867 84.126 ...... Vocational Rehabilitation State Grants ...... 56,470,213 84.393 ...... IDEA Part C Grants for Infants and Families ...... 53,233,307 17.207 ...... Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities ...... 46,970,564 84.392 ...... IDEA Part B Preschool Grants ...... 41,028,219 84.033 ...... Federal Work Study ...... 20,657,189 93.659 ...... Adoption Assistance ...... 19,904,604 66.805 ...... LUST Trust Fund Program ...... 15,577,000 14.882 ...... Native American Housing Block Grants (Formula) ...... 15,033,342 14.907 ...... Lead-based Paint Hazard Control in Privately-Owned Housing ...... 14,999,190 93.658 ...... Foster Care—Title IV–E ...... 13,888,000 16.588 ...... Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Recovery Act STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program—http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/BJA/ 13,298,809 recovery.html. 10.579 ...... Child Nutrition Discretionary Grants Limited Availability ...... 12,864,683 10.569 ...... The Emergency Food Assistance Program (Food Commodities) ...... 12,411,681 10.561 ...... State Administrative Matching Grants for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...... 10,795,187 14.255 ...... CDBG State’s Program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii ...... 10,652,033 16.802 ...... Office of Justice Programs (OP) OVC FY09 VOCA Victim Compensation Formula Grant Program (Compensation)—http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/ 8,110,055 recoveryact.html. 93.707 ...... ARRA—Aging Congregate Nutrition Services for States ...... 6,585,441 17.235 ...... Senior Community Service Employment Program ...... 4,293,139 16.800 ...... Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program—http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/recoveryact.html ...... 4,233,003 84.399 ...... Services for Older Individuals who are Blind ...... 3,707,078 93.705 ...... ARRA—Aging Home-Delivered Nutrition Services for States ...... 3,242,063 10.568 ...... The Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative Costs) ...... 3,110,696 16.801 ...... Office of Justice Programs (OJP) OVC FY09 VOCA Victim Compensation Formula Grant Program (Assistance)—http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/ 2,931,000 recoveryact.html. 66.454 ...... Water Quality Planning (604b) ...... 2,830,700 14.908 ...... Healthy Homes Demonstration Grants ...... 2,624,992 66.040 ...... State Clean Diesel Grant Program ...... 1,730,000 84.398 ...... Independent Living State Grants ...... 1,623,087 84.401 ...... Impact Aid Construction ...... 1,428,766 17.265 ...... Native American Employment and Training ...... $236,970 Total ...... $13,462,105,063

Mrs. BOXER. If you go through this, CONCLUSION OF MORNING Inouye, Blanche L. Lincoln, Ron Wyden, Ber- you will see in the largest State of the BUSINESS nard Sanders, Sheldon Whitehouse, Ben Nel- son. Union, which is suffering with an 11.2 Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I ask percent unemployment rate, projects unanimous consent that morning busi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- that are putting people to work today ness be closed. imous consent, the mandatory quorum and doing good things. There is a med- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without call is waived. ical assistance program; a clean water objection, it is so ordered. Morning The question is, Is it the sense of the State revolving fund grant; a State en- business is closed. Senate that debate on the motion to proceed to S. 1023, the Travel Pro- ergy program, which is putting people f to work; weatherization assistance for motion Act of 2009, shall be brought to ORDER OF PROCEDURE low income; working with the youth; a close? and it goes on and on. There are safe Mrs. BOXER. I ask unanimous con- The yeas and nays are mandatory drinking water grants, a law enforce- sent that the hour for debate prior to under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. ment grant, educational technology the cloture vote on the motion to pro- ceed to S. 1023 be yielded back. The assistant legislative clerk called grant, adoption assistance grant, and a The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the roll. foster care grant. objection, it is so ordered. Mr. REID. I announce that the Sen- Why is my colleague not coming Mrs. BOXER. I yield the floor. ator from West Virginia (Mr. BYRD), down here and saying he did find less f the Senator from Illinois (Mr. DURBIN), than 1 percent of a problem, but these the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. TRAVEL PROMOTION ACT OF 2009— other things are good, and these other KENNEDY), and the Senator from West MOTION TO PROCEED—Resumed things are putting people to work and Virginia (Mr. ROCKEFELLER) are nec- they are saving our children, saving CLOTURE MOTION essarily absent. our environment, and saving energy? The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- Mr. KYL. The following Senators are imous consent, pursuant to rule XXII, It is the party of no. No, no, no, a necessarily absent: the Senator from the Chair lays before the Senate the thousand times no. The American peo- Nevada (Mr. ENSIGN) and the Senator pending cloture motion, which the from New Hampshire (Mr. GREGG). ple understand that we on this side of clerk will report. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there the aisle, and our President, in reach- The assistant legislative clerk read any other Senators in the Chamber de- ing across the aisle, are going to con- as follows: siring to vote. tinue to work for change. Change CLOTURE MOTION The yeas and nays resulted— yeas 90, means getting out of this mess we are We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- nays 3, as follows: in right now—this deep recession. We ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the [Rollcall Vote No. 208 Leg.] are going to continue to do it. They are Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move going to say no, no, a thousand times to bring to a close debate on the motion to YEAS—90 no. We will work with them when they proceed to Calendar No. 71, S. 1023, the Trav- Akaka Bingaman Cardin Alexander Bond Carper want to work with us. If they don’t, we el Promotion Act of 2009. Byron L. Dorgan, Tom Udall, Patrick J. Barrasso Boxer Casey have to figure out a way to bring the Baucus Brown Chambliss Leahy, Barbara Boxer, Kay R. Hagan, change and jobs to America, the energy Bayh Brownback Cochran Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Begich Burr Collins efficiency to America, and all that is Roland W. Burris, Benjamin L. Cardin, Bill Bennet Burris Conrad good that the American people deserve. Nelson, John D. Rockefeller, IV, Daniel K. Bennett Cantwell Corker

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We Feinstein Lieberman Shaheen Gillibrand Lincoln Shelby Federal Governments, and last year have stunning national landmarks, Graham Lugar Snowe travel and tourism exports—which such as the Grand Canyon—and the Grassley Martinez Specter means the people coming into the U.S. Statue of Liberty in your home State Hagan McCain Stabenow of New York, Madam President—cen- Harkin McCaskill Tester to enjoy our beautiful country—ac- Hatch McConnell Thune counted for 8 percent of all U.S. ex- ters of fun and entertainment from Las Hutchison Menendez Udall (CO) ports. In fact, tourism is one of the few Vegas to Disney World, scenic country Inhofe Merkley Udall (NM) economic sectors where we enjoy a sub- towns and the bright lights of the big Inouye Mikulski Vitter Isakson Murkowski Voinovich stantial trade surplus. cities and those quiet moments in Johanns Murray Warner But things are not going as well as those little towns in my home State of Johnson Nelson (NE) Webb they could or they should, especially Minnesota. But we need to do a better Kaufman Nelson (FL) Whitehouse when it comes to bringing inter- job of promoting the United States as a Kerry Pryor Wicker Klobuchar Reed Wyden national travel to the United States. I premier travel destination. We have to know you know that, Madam Presi- face it. We are in a competition for NAYS—3 dent, coming from the State of New international travelers, but we are not Bunning Coburn DeMint York. I see the Senator from Michigan. competing. NOT VOTING—6 I have seen their recent ad campaign Look at what is going on around the Byrd Ensign Kennedy on ‘‘Enjoying Pure Michigan.’’ But we world when it comes to tourism. Here Durbin Gregg Rockefeller need to bring more people to this coun- are some examples: Yemen has their The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this try. own tourism promotion for their coun- vote, the yeas are 90, the nays are 3. What does this mean? What is the try. Of course, the Bahamas—I think Three-fifths of the Senators duly cho- problem? As you can see, while more many of us have seen those on TV. I sen and sworn having voted in the af- people around the world are traveling— certainly have. You see Tourism Aus- firmative, the motion is agreed to. there were 48 million more global over- tralia. I have seen a few of those ads. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- seas travelers in 2008 than there were South Africa, Taiwan, Scotland, ator from Oregon. in 2000—633,000 fewer visited the United India—these countries are promoting Mr. MERKLEY. Madam President, I States. That is unfortunate. You can themselves internationally to bring in ask unanimous consent that any recess see more people around the world are other visitors. time or morning business time count traveling, but fewer are coming to our What do we have right now in our postcloture. country. What does that really mean? country? We do not have a centralized The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Since 2000, the U.S. share of the promotion of our country for tourism. objection? world travel market has decreased by Countries around the world make tour- Hearing no objection, it is so ordered. nearly 20 percent, costing us hundreds ism a national priority because they Mr. MERKLEY. Madam President, I of thousands of jobs and billions of dol- see it brings jobs to their country. suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The lars in revenue. You can see what hap- They spend millions of dollars on pro- clerk will call the roll. pened here in our country. This chart motion and programs and senior offi- The assistant legislative clerk pro- is in millions of dollars—$26 million cials to coordinate national tourism ceeded to call the roll. brought in in 2000, only $25.3 million in policy. For example, Vietnam, Egypt, Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Madam President, 2008; while for the rest of the world, New Zealand, Lebanon, and Jamaica I ask unanimous consent the order for $124 million for the rest of the world in have ministries of tourism. Germany the quorum call be rescinded. 2000—up to $173 million in 2008. has a National Tourist Board, and Aus- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without When a traveler decides to visit an- tralia has a ‘‘Tourism Australia’’ pro- objection, it is so ordered. other country, to visit someplace be- gram. In 2005, Greece spent more than Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Madam President, sides the United States, there is a rip- $150 million on travel promotion; during these tough economic times, ple effect across our economy. Fewer France spent $63 million. That is what American families expect and deserve airline tickets are sold, fewer cars are we are up against. that we will do everything we can to rented, hotels and lodges rent fewer The Travel Promotion Act would get the economy moving again. Of rooms, tourist attractions have fewer level the playing field so we can com- course, that involves investing in our visitors, local businesses miss out on pete with the rest of the world and re- country, investing in our infrastruc- sales and opportunities, workers lose capture that lost market share. It will ture. It involves getting our financial their jobs, and it goes on and on. create the Corporation for Travel Pro- system in order. It involves getting The decline in international travel, motion, a public-private partnership to credit moving again. But we should not combined with the current economic promote the United States as an inter- forget that one out of eight Americans downturn, is hitting our country’s national travel destination and finally is employed in the travel industry. travel industry hard. Last year, nearly establish a coordinated national travel I chair the subcommittee of Com- 200,000 travel-related jobs were lost, program. merce, that deals with tourism issues, and the Commerce Department pre- Under the direction of a board of di- and I cosponsored the bipartisan legis- dicts we will lose another 247,00 jobs rectors made up of representatives lation to bring new visitors and new this year. We are not talking about the from the States, the Federal Govern- spending and new jobs to the United CEOs of the airline companies. These ment, and the travel industry, the cor- States. I thank Senator BYRON DORGAN are hard-working Americans—the peo- poration would be in charge of a na- for his leadership and hard work on ple who work in the hotel rooms, the tional travel promotion, a program this bill, and I also thank Senator EN- cooks, the janitors, the shop workers, with goals to encourage travel to the SIGN for his leadership. the people who own little flower stores United States, to communicate our I spoke last week, when we first next to the hotels. They are the ones country’s travel policies, and to pro- started talking about this bill, about making the beds. They are the ones mote international exposure for parts the importance of the tourism and making the meals. These are the people of America that do not have the re- travel industry to our economy. Tour- we should think about when we talk sources to promote themselves. ism creates good jobs that cannot be about the bill before the Senate today. As I mentioned earlier, our loss in outsourced. It increases sales for local The question before us today is how the share of the world travel market is businesses, and it brings in tax revenue can we bring international visitors to not a new phenomenon. It actually for local and State economies. the United States because—do you started after September 11, where, for As I said, one out of every eight know how much they each spend when good reasons, security measures were Americans is employed by our travel they come? Something like $4,500 when put into place, but some of those good

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A lot of times it is just expe- Orlando Sentinel: MOTION TO PROCEED—Continued diting the checks that need to be made, Our position, charging international trav- making sure they can get their visas, elers $10 to pay for promotion of travel to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- just as they can get one to go to Can- bring in all that money makes sense. pore. The Senator from North Dakota ada or Mexico or other countries. Detroit Free Press, September 25, is recognized. The bill will establish the Office of 2008: Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, just Travel Promotion in the Department of Doesn’t it make sense to encourage, at no prior to lunch, we had a vote on a clo- Commerce to work with the Corpora- cost to taxpayers, foreign visitors to come ture motion. The vote was 90 to 3. It tion for Travel Promotion and secre- here and leave some money? There’s no good was not some significant piece of pub- taries of state and homeland security reason not to pass this bill. lic policy that will shake the Earth, it to make sure that international visi- Finally, I leave the best to last, Du- was a vote on the question of whether tors are processed efficiently. luth News Tribune, Duluth, MN, May we could actually proceed to something America is a country that wraps its 18, 2009: called the Travel Promotion Act. For those who do not know how the arms around those who come to visit Ideas to bolster economic recovery without Senate works, you have to have a mo- us, and this bill will make sure inter- plunging the nation any deeper into debt tion to proceed. Normally, a motion to national visitors know they are wel- would be welcomed by taxpayers from coast to coast. proceed to a bill such as this would be come and wanted. The Travel Pro- done by unanimous consent and take motion Act is about more than just en- I know firsthand how important just a nanosecond, no problem, a mo- couraging travel. It is also about build- tourism is for the city of Duluth. It has tion to proceed approved, proceed then ing our economy. This bill is expected had some very difficult economic times to the bill, have a debate on the bill, to bring in 1.6 million new inter- in the seventies and eighties. At one point it was so bad there was a time and then vote on the bill. national visitors each year. Since But this is something called the international visitors, as I noted, spend there was a billboard that someone put outside Duluth that said, ‘‘The last one Travel Promotion Act, which I will de- an average of $4,500 per person while scribe. It is bipartisan. I have offered it they are here, this is a huge boost to to leave, please turn off the lights.’’ That is what they were dealing with. along with Senator JOHN ENSIGN, a Re- our economy. That money from over- They bolstered their economy through publican from Nevada. The two of us, seas coming into our economy, into our tourism. along with many other cosponsors, Re- towns and cities, into our small busi- I was just up there. I did a field hear- publicans and Democrats in the Sen- nesses is new money. If they are not ing there and they have actually seen ate, believe this is an important piece going to come and spend it here, they an increase in their convention and of legislation for the Senate and for the are going to go to one of these coun- business travel this year. Maybe a few Congress to pass. Despite that, we had tries—to the Bahamas, South Africa, people are going to places such as Du- to have a vote this morning on the mo- Australia. That is new money coming luth. Businesses are cutting back a lit- tion to proceed: Shall we proceed to into our country. tle. But the important part of this is this? A cloture motion had to be filed. The U.S. Travel Association esti- that you have one town just like so It took 2 days to ripen, and then we mates this bill will create 40,000 new many across the country that has bene- had a vote. It was 90 to 3. The answer jobs, and economists at Oxford Eco- fited from tourism. was yes by 90 to 3. And now we have 30 nomics expect the bill to generate $4 This is what we are talking about hours postcloture that we have to wait billion in new spending and $321 million across the country. I wonder why we until we can get to the bill. And then in new tax revenue. didn’t pass this earlier, why we haven’t have another cloture motion filed. It is Just as important as how much it been able to get this through. I can’t the most unbelievable, Byzantine ex- will generate is how much it will cost, answer this question. It makes no ample of how this place has sort of fall- which is zero for American taxpayers. sense to me. Sometimes people don’t en off the rails—requiring cloture mo- This bill comes at no cost to the tax- want to talk about tourism because tions to be filed on things that then get payer. It will be paid for by a combina- they don’t think it is important, but a 90-to-3 vote, and then there is a re- tion of private sector contributions and when one out of eight Americans is em- quirement that we have to spend the a $10 fee on international travelers en- ployed in this business it is important. next 30 hours waiting until we can ac- tering the United States of America— I urge my colleagues to support it. I tually get to the bill. Unbelievable. But zero cost, big benefit. hope we can get it through intact. I it is an example of what has happened The Congressional Budget Office just hope we will have a minimum number here. And the minority is requiring released a report that estimates that of amendments and we can simply do this of every single piece of legislation. this bill will reduce budget deficits by something good in a bipartisan way It is a way to require the Senate to $425 million over the next 10 years— that will help increase jobs in America walk through wet cement and make al- that is the bill pending before this body where one out of eight people is em- most no progress at all. I guess when today. The math is undeniable. For no ployed. you get nothing done and then you are cost to the taxpayer, we can boost Madam President, I yield the floor. able to boast that nothing has hap- travel, boost the economy, and reduce I suggest the absence of a quorum. pened, maybe some people feel good. It the deficit. That is why this bill has The PRESIDING OFFICER. The does not make me feel very good. such strong bipartisan support in the clerk will call the roll. But having complained about it, now Senate. It also has the support of nu- The legislative clerk proceeded to let me at least describe what this bill merous organizations such as the U.S. call the roll. is. We will get to the bill this week. It Travel Association, the U.S. Con- Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Madam President, will have taken a difficult route to get ference of Mayors, and the U.S. Cham- I ask unanimous consent the order for there. Judging by the 90-to-3 vote, I as- ber of Commerce. the quorum call be rescinded. sume ultimately, when the Senate It has many newspaper endorse- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without passes this legislation, we will have ments. As you can see, newspapers in objection, it is so ordered. very strong support because it is a bi- every part of the country support this f partisan piece of legislation. legislation. I will read just a few. The I am told Senator ENSIGN has had to Sacramento Bee: RECESS leave today as a result of a family mat- The country needs to reclaim its status as Ms. KLOBUCHAR. I ask that the ter. I think Senator MARTINEZ will be a global magnet for visitors, even in the post Senate recess until 2:15, as under the coming to the floor, who is also a co- 9/11 climate, and Congress can help by pass- previous order. sponsor of this legislation. I appreciate

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We are suggesting a international tourism around this that. very modest $10 fee for international world. Why is that the case? Because This legislation is bipartisan. A travelers, from the visa waiver coun- international tourists; that is, people group of us Republicans and Democrats tries, and that will finance this piece of who visit other countries, spend a lot who want to create jobs in this country legislation that we have had now to file and want to attract international tour- of money and create a lot of jobs. They a cloture motion on on the motion to ism to this country want to change support airlines, support hotels, sup- proceed to this issue and for which this perception that somehow inter- port recreation facilities and theme there was a 90-to-3 vote, an affirmative national travelers are not welcome parks. Plus, they have a chance to un- vote. here. derstand a little about that country be- Here is some discussion about our So here is what we believe. We be- fore they go back home. So many coun- legislation. lieve that to have people come to this tries around the world are very ac- I introduced this in the last session country is to see its wonders. It is the tively engaged in saying: Come to our of the Congress. We had over 50 cospon- only one like it on the face of this country. They have very aggressive, sors, Republicans and Democrats. We planet. It is an extraordinary place. very sophisticated promotion cam- have reintroduced it now with wide bi- paigns saying: Come to our country. There is so much to see and so much to do. And when we have done polling, and partisan cosponsorship. We do not, but they do. The Detroit Free Press says: Here is an example of India: One spe- so on, when international travelers leave this country, they have an unbe- Doesn’t it make sense to encourage, at no cial reason to visit India in 2009. Any- cost to taxpayers, foreign visitors to come time is a good time to visit the land of lievably positive impression of the here and leave us with some money? There’s Taj. But there is no time like now. In- United States of America, and that is no good reason not to pass this bill. very important. At a time when there credible India. The Dallas Morning News says: Well, India is very interested, very has been so much discussion about our country going it alone and doing this The Travel Promotion Act is a sensible promotional, saying: Come to India. first step toward putting the welcome mat But it is not just India. Here is Ire- or that, we have suffered some in inter- back on America’s doorstep. land, big promotional campaign: Go national areas. But the fact is, inviting The Orlando Sentinel says: where Ireland takes you. international tourism to our country is A beautiful photograph of the maj- job creating, it produces a boost to our Our position, charging international trav- esty of Ireland. economy, but it also allows people to elers $10 to pay for the promotion, makes sense. An example of Australia: Looking for come here and understand what this an experience to remember? Arrived. country is about and inevitably leave The Los Angeles Times: Departed. An adventure we will never with a great impression. Considering that the U.S. spends hundreds forget. Go find yourself in Australia. Here is what we do with this piece of of millions of dollars on public diplomacy All over the world we have cam- legislation. We set up a nationally co- with dubious results, and nearly nothing on paigns now, very aggressive campaigns, promoting tourism, it might do well to in- ordinated travel promotion program. I vest a little money in wooing travelers. saying: Come to Italy. Vacation in might say that if somebody says: Well, Italy. Come to Great Britain. Come to you are going to set up something new, The list goes on of newspapers that Spain. See the wonders of Spain. well, you know what, the Congres- have endorsed the legislation. Why are countries doing that? Well, sional Budget Office has a score for This has been a pretty difficult dec- it is interesting. The average inter- this. They have to decide what every- ade for our country in many ways. Our national traveler spends about $4,500 on thing costs or what the consequences country was attacked on 9/11/2001. Sev- an overseas trip. When they go to a of everything will be. eral thousand innocent Americans were country, they spend money. This cre- This is one of the few pieces of legis- killed by terrorists. Following that, we ates jobs. So countries are aware of lation to be brought to the floor of the suffered a recession almost imme- that, and they are very active in trying Senate that the Congressional Budget diately, then a war in Afghanistan, and to encourage travelers to come to their Office estimates would actually reduce then a long protracted war in Iraq that country. Not so with our country so the budget deficit by half a trillion dol- cost an enormous amount of money much since 9/11/2001. In fact, it is inter- lars over the next 10 years. Let me say and was very controversial all around esting that in 2008 we had 633,000 fewer that again. This is one of the few pieces the world. It has been a very difficult people come to this country from over- of legislation you are going to get a decade. seas than we had in 2000. Let me say chance to vote on that reduces the Fed- As I indicated when I started, 8 years that again. In 2008, 633,000 fewer people eral budget deficit by $425 million in later, we have so many fewer visitors from overseas came to visit our coun- the next 10 years. coming to the United States. I think try than in the year 2000. In fact, here How does it do that? Well, the fact is, during part of this decade there was a is an example of what is happening it creates a private-public partnership notion by some that we were not wel- around the world: visitors to the and it establishes a corporation for coming visitors to the United States; United States—this is 2000 to 2008—a 3- travel promotion which will be an inde- we did not want them to come here percent decrease; visitors to other pendent nonprofit corporation gov- very much. countries in international travel, a 40- erned by an 11-member board of direc- That was not true, but I think that percent increase. The fact is that we tors appointed by the Secretary of was a sense of some: You want to come are losing ground and losing shares of Commerce. It also creates an Office of to the United States, get in line, it is the international travelers’ tourism Travel Promotion in the Department of going to take a long time to get a visa. dollars and the ability also to explain Commerce to develop programs to in- Why? Because we are concerned. We to them a bit, by having them see this crease the number of international are screening everybody. We are doing country, what America is all about. visitors to our country. It sets up a all of these kinds of things. Well, the Well, why is that happening? Head- travel promotion fund, and that is fi- fact is, no one ever intended to decide lines like this post-9/11/2001. We are nanced by a private-public matching we were not going to welcome people to very concerned about people coming program. The Federal contributions this country. By far, the most effective into this country, and we tightened the will be financed by a $10 fee paid by for- way to describe to the world what visa requirements so that there were eign travelers from visa waiver coun- America is about and the unbelievable long lines and very long waits in order tries, and it will be collected in the values that exist and the openness and to try to come to this country. Here electronic system for travel authoriza- the wonders of this great democracy, are some of the headlines: tions which already exists. by far, the best way to do that is to say

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United States is about. unanimous consent that I may proceed That is why we ask for more time. To So that is what we are trying to do. for approximately 16 minutes as in date, our requests for more informa- It has been too long, but finally we are morning business. tion have not been met, and I think I now putting together a piece of legisla- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- am starting to understand why. tion that says: We are not willing to go pore. Without objection, it is so or- Yesterday afternoon, the Congres- through another 8 or 10 years like the dered. sional Budget Office, the CBO, released last 8 or 10 years where our share of Mr. ROBERTS. I thank the distin- its first preliminary analysis of the bill international tourism dramatically de- guished Acting President pro tempore. we are scheduled to begin marking up creased. HEALTH CARE REFORM in the HELP Committee tomorrow. Let We want the next 8 or 10 years to Mr. President, last week, I came to me repeat this: Yesterday afternoon— show a substantial increase in people the Senate floor to talk about the less than 24 hours—if you are a HELP from around the world coming to visit flawed process of our current attempts Committee staffer, you are looking at America. And the fact is, it will create to reform the health care system in your watch, and you are wondering substantial numbers of jobs. That is this country and the urgent need to fix how come you do not have more time— important. I mean, as you know, we those flaws. the Congressional Budget Office re- ran into a financial ditch, have an eco- Those efforts included a letter—my leased its first preliminary analysis of nomic crisis of sorts. The number of letter—which every Republican mem- the bill that we are scheduled to begin unemployed Americans rises every ber of the Finance Committee and the marking up tomorrow. month, and we are hoping that turns HELP Committee—Health, Education, I said in my previous speech, maybe around soon. But in the meantime, this Labor, and Pensions Committee— we need a ‘‘process czar,’’ a ‘‘fair play is something constructive and positive signed requesting some very reasonable czar’’ around here. We have 25 czars in and concrete we can do to try to boost steps to be taken by Chairman BAUCUS, the Obama administration. Maybe we this economy. It does not even cost Chairman KENNEDY, and Senator DODD, need a czar around here to at least be money. This will save almost half a who is standing in for our friend and fair, give us more time, give us more trillion dollars in the next 10 years by colleague, Senator KENNEDY. consideration, let us know what we are reducing the Federal deficit. We asked the chairmen to release the going to be voting on. Again, I wish some of my colleagues details of their plans to reform health Before I talk about the results of the were not deciding to see if they could care. We asked them to do so in a time- CBO’s analysis of the Kennedy-Dodd run everybody through the traps for ly manner to allow us time to read and legislation, I need to point out this the next few days before we get to what understand the policies and to get reac- analysis is incomplete. It is incomplete I think will be a very positive vote on tions from our constituents, i.e., the because, despite our persistent requests a very constructive idea that will ben- people who will benefit or will not ben- for more information from our Demo- efit this country. But if it takes 4 days efit, not to mention the providers of cratic colleagues and friends, one day or 2 days or 1 day, whatever the mo- health care. We asked them to give us before the markup of possibly the most ment, I think most of us will feel as if the estimates of how much their plans important health care bill ever to cross we have done something good for the would cost and how it would impact ev- the Senate floor, they have not re- country. leased the complete legislation. In the midst of all of the other very eryday Americans. Finally, we asked In fact, even when the HELP Com- controversial issues and very impor- them to identify how they intended to mittee begins our markup tomorrow, tant issues, some of which are urgent, pay for these plans. we will not have a complete picture of the questions of: How do you rein in in- It was my sincere hope that by re- what we are marking up. The most creasing health care costs? What do ceiving this information we could bet- contentious components of the bill will you do about a country that is 70 per- ter participate in the quest to ensure not be released until sometime on cent dependent on oil that comes from that every American—every Amer- Thursday morning—leaving us around foreign countries? What do you do ican—has meaningful access to health 30 hours to digest these significant about the issue of protecting our cli- care, not to mention patient choice. policies, vet them with our people back mate and climate change? How do you Well, unfortunately, the health care home, take the specifics back home to deal with the Federal budget deficit reform process has been so corrupted the health care providers and every that seems galloping out of control? by artificial timelines and a ‘‘hurry constituent who certainly is interested There are all these big issues. up’’ and a ‘‘riding hell for leather’’ In the middle of all that—all of mentality that it threatens to destroy and wants to know the details, and which, in my judgment, we are re- a health care system that has served then file amendments to see if we can quired to address in order to put Amer- most Americans very well. do better, see if we can actually correct ica on a different course toward a bet- The American health care system some things we think are headed in the ter future—in the middle of all that, represents one-sixth of our economy, wrong direction. this piece of legislation, the Travel which has been repeated many times I said it is hard to digest all of this in Promotion Act of 2009, might be one on this Senate floor, offers health in- 30 hours. This is not digestion, this is small glimmer—just one small bit of surance coverage to 250 million Ameri- not indigestion—this is heartburn. It hope—for more bipartisanship rather cans, and employs over 16 million peo- may develop into a malady much more than less. Because this piece of legisla- ple. It leads the world in medical inno- serious than that. tion is so persuasive about the inter- vations that save lives inside as well as Most egregious perhaps is the fact ests of this country, we have Repub- far outside our borders. So this actu- that we will most likely be considering licans and Democrats who have come ally is an international health care these major reforms without any idea together to say: Let’s do this. Let’s do bill. of how much they will cost or how they this in the interest of this country’s President Obama has recognized that will affect the current system. But, as economic future. most people are happy with their I said, I am starting to wonder whether Mr. President, I yield the floor and health care. Obviously, they would like that is not part of the plan, which suggest the absence of a quorum. some changes, some reforms. But he leads me back to yesterday’s CBO re- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- has repeatedly assured them: If you lease analyzing the cost and effect of pore. The clerk will call the roll. like what you have, you can keep it. just one of the six titles to the Ken- The assistant bill clerk proceeded to Well, because changes to this system nedy-Dodd health care reform bill—and call the roll. have the potential to impact every sin- an incomplete title at that.

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The high score could add more cre- mated 47 million Americans currently Sidewalks, jungle gyms, grocery dence to an insurance co-op proposal lacking insurance? stores? This is a health care bill, not a offered by Senate Budget Chairman According to CBO, we will only cover rural development bill. I am shocked KENT CONRAD as an alternative. 16 million more Americans. Let me say by the numbers that have come out so So we don’t know. Is it $1.5 trillion or that again. According to CBO, we will far, and they are just the beginning. is it $1 trillion? We don’t know. And if only cover 16 million more Americans. Well, come to think of it, maybe it is an offhand comment, which may or That does not seem like a very good re- related to health care. Maybe if you may not be private, but I don’t think turn for a bill that seeks to cover three build a better sidewalk, people could anymore anything should be private in times that many people. walk on that sidewalk, pass the jungle regard to health care reform—the Instead of extending health insurance gym, exercise on the jungle gym, go to chairman indicated, I think, it was a to 47 million uninsured, we are leaving the grocery store, have mandates to comment in response to Senator tens of millions still uncovered. And buy nothing but fruits and vegetables, SNOWE, who said, How do we vote for the CBO says that figure is around 37 come back past the jungle gym, exer- this bill in committee if we don’t know million people. So you can see we have cise some more, and since the sidewalk how much it costs and how it is going some flaws in this approach on this is fixed, they could go home, and we to merge with the Health Committee’s bill. would help cure the obesity factor we bill. Basically the answer coming back, In addition, CBO says that 15 million face today. Maybe that is the tie. as everybody knows is, This bill isn’t people would lose their employer-spon- Maybe that is the tie. going to be written here, this bill isn’t sored insurance and another 8 million— I am shocked, as I said, by the num- going to be written in committee; it is again, this is the CBO analysis—would bers. going to be written in conference. It is lose coverage from their current One independent group—now listen called ‘‘trust me.’’ source. again to this; you have to listen to I don’t see how we can have much Whom are we going to trust around this—the group called HSI Network in trust when ‘‘the emperor has no here? At least when we asked the CBO Minnesota has estimated that the cost to give some specifics, they are pro- clothes.’’ of the Kennedy-Dodd bill in its entirety I yield the floor. viding some specifics; that is, 15 mil- could be $4 trillion—$4 trillion. The Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, first, I lion people would lose their employer- Lewin Group has estimated that up to ask unanimous consent to be permitted sponsored insurance and another 8 mil- 119 million Americans could lose their to speak as in morning business. lion would lose coverage from their private insurance coverage under a The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- current source. That is 23 million peo- government-run plan. pore. Without objection, it is so or- ple. That is a lot of folks. As I said, I am willing to bet the American dered. President Obama has consistently public will be as shocked as I am once Mr. CASEY. I also ask unanimous promised: If you like the health insur- they understand what has been lurk- consent to be permitted to speak for ance plan you have, you can keep it. ing, lurking, lurking under the banner what I hope will be 20 minutes. Not those 23 million. of reform. The refusal to release infor- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Under the Kennedy-Dodd bill, 23 mil- mation such as this until the very last lion Americans who may like what pore. Without objection, it is so or- possible minute, under an unjustifiably they have cannot, in fact, keep it— dered. Mr. CASEY. Finally, I will have two again, according to the CBO, non- accelerated timeline, leaving no time separate subject matters I wish to partisan. for Senators, let alone the American I cannot even imagine how much public, to examine the merits of this cover. more this bill will cost taxpayers when plan, makes me think the ‘‘health care Mr. President, I didn’t plan on re- CBO figures in the rest of the initia- emperor has no clothes.’’ sponding to my colleague from Kansas, tives my friends across the aisle wish Let me repeat what the CBO has said. and I won’t today, but I still think on to add. I am positive, under the com- Sixteen million Americans newly in- health care we have a long way to go. plete plan by my colleagues, millions sured—a good thing—but 37 million There is still a lot of work to be done more Americans will not be able to Americans still not insured. Twenty- in the committee I am a member of, keep the insurance they like. three million Americans lose what the Health, Education, Labor and Pen- That is because in addition to the they have for $1 trillion. This is the sions Committee, and an awful lot of plans that have already been released, wrong direction. This is the wrong di- work to do still in the Finance Com- they want to establish a new govern- rection. We ought to say: ‘‘Whoa.’’ Put mittee. So we will leave that for an- ment-run, taxpayer-financed insurance a sign up in both committee rooms other day. But in a general sense, I plan that is estimated to replace pri- that says: ‘‘Whoa,’’ and put a sign un- think what we are all trying to do—I vate insurance for over 100 million derneath it that says: ‘‘Do no harm.’’ know my colleagues on the Democratic Americans. They want an expansion of To add to this concern I have and the side are trying to do this—is to make Medicaid for everyone up to 150 percent frustration I have in regard to health sure that at the end of this debate, the of the Federal poverty level. They want care reform, CongressDaily reported bill that emerges from the Congress to enact dozens upon dozens of new Tuesday, June 16—that is today—that has a couple of basic principles. One is programs. CBO scored a recent version of the Sen- it gives people choice in their health For example, title III of this bill in- ate Finance Committee—this is Fi- care. If you like what you have, you cludes—listen to this—a $10 billion per- nance, this is not Health. This is not get to keep it, and if you don’t like year-cost in mandatory spending— the one I am talking about; this is the what you have, you have a choice; and mandatory spending; this is on the ap- Finance Committee, and I have the that the bill also reflects a cost reduc- propriators’ side—for something called privilege of serving on both—that their tion which is essential if we are going a Prevention and Public Health trust overall proposal is at $1.5 trillion over to move forward; and finally, that we fund for the Appropriations Sub- 10 years, not $1 trillion, according to provide the kind of quality, affordable committee on Health, with very little, several sources. This is a typical news health care that every American has a if any, direction on what the money story. The committee’s timeline to re- right to expect that we would try to would be used for. lease and mark up the legislation could provide in this bill. This is unprecedented and amounts, slip on the news. Senate Finance Chair- If we keep that in mind, I think we in my view, to a slush fund, regardless man MAX BAUCUS cautioned today the can get to the right place. We have an of any description. CBO numbers, which he did not con- awful lot of work to do, and I think

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The President knows Democratic role on this legislation, go. this and has reaffirmed that other op- taking over for President Obama, then IRANIAN ELECTIONS tions are open to the United States on Senator Obama, who served in the lead Mr. President, the first subject I wish multiple occasions. role when he was in the Congress. to discuss is the Iranian elections. I Any effective strategy toward Iran Secondly, let me also take a brief wish to convey some brief remarks on must offer the regime a clear choice moment to comment on the Iran Re- the remarkable events we have been when it comes to its nuclear program, fined Petroleum Sanctions Act of witnessing unfolding in Iran in the last and here is the choice; it is either one which I am proud to be a cosponsor couple of days. It is too soon to tell or the other. Come into compliance with the majority of the Senate. The what will happen. We do not know if with the multiple United Nations Secu- bill would clarify existing legal ambi- Iran’s brittle theocratic regime will rity Council resolutions and reap the guity by authorizing the President to hear out the voices of reform ema- benefits of economic engagement and sanction foreign firms involved in sup- nating in such powerful fashion from warmer diplomatic ties, choice No. 1. plying Iran with refined gasoline and/or the streets of Iran today. We do not Or choice No. 2 for the Iranian regime: assisting Iran with increasing its refin- know if a credible investigation of seri- Face continued economic sanctions and ing capacity. ous electoral irregularities will occur, international isolation that will stead- Iran is forced to import as much as 40 but I am confident that the events of ily worsen if Iran continues to engage percent of its annual gasoline con- this past weekend will be recorded in in illicit nuclear activities. It is either sumption due to the fact that much of the history books as a major milestone one or the other, and the regime has a its refining infrastructure was de- for the democratic aspirations of the choice to make before the world. Effec- stroyed during the Iran-Iraq war in the Iranian people. While the hard-liners tive diplomacy is successful if it can 1980s. Economic sanctions in place who continue to rule Iran today may fully convey that choice to the deci- since then have limited outside foreign further entrench their power in the sionmakers in Iran. investment. Targeting Iranian gasoline The Congress can also play a useful coming days, they are only planting consumption is a promising venue for role here in elucidating the con- the seeds for their ultimate defeat by increasing our leverage on Iran’s lead- sequences Iran faces when it makes its their response to the democratic voices ership. The Iranian people, I believe, choice on its nuclear program. Some with the kind of force and suppression may question why the regime might call it the ‘‘good cop, bad cop’’ we have seen play out on television. prioritizes a nuclear program con- strategy; I simply prefer to call it dip- It is a promising sign that Iran’s su- demned by the international commu- lomatic leverage that our negotiators preme leader has called upon the all- nity at the cost of serious gasoline can employ if and when they do sit powerful Guardian Council to review shortages in Iran. down at the table with Iranian rep- the electoral results and assess the The images in recent days have been resentatives. stirring. Just yesterday we witnessed a claims of serious irregularities, includ- For those reasons, I am proud to have ing vote rigging and ballot fraud, in procession of hundreds of thousands of joined my colleague SAM BROWNBACK in Iranians, both young people dressed in the national election. However, we introducing the Iran Sanctions Ena- should not get our hopes raised that modern attire and elderly women wear- bling Act. This legislation would au- ing traditional veils, marching in si- justice is imminent. thorize State and local governments as In the last Iranian Presidential elec- lence throughout downtown Teheran. they see appropriate to direct divest- tion in 2005, there were also serious Indeed, whenever a chant or shout ment from, and prevent future invest- emerged from the crowd, it was quickly questions of fraud raised after Mr. ment in, companies that hold invest- Ahmadinejad came out of nowhere to hushed by the crowd, seeking to avoid ments of $20 million or more in Iran’s any provocation for the riot police win the Presidency following a runoff energy sector. vote. Yet the final results of that in- standing watch to move and break up There is a growing divestment move- the march. It is easy to forget, with all vestigation were never published, and ment across the country in response to thereafter Mr. Ahmadinejad’s declared the incendiary rhetoric from leaders Iran’s accelerating nuclear program, such as Mr. Ahmadinejad, that the Ira- victory stood firm. Because of that its support of Hamas and Hezbollah, nian people remain fundamentally pro- precedent, I am skeptical that the Ira- and hateful statements against Israel American and envy our democracy and nian regime will engage in an honest perpetrated by its President and others personal liberties. review of this election count. in Iran’s senior leadership. Unfortu- This week is a dark moment for the President Obama and his senior na- nately, the Federal courts have ruled Iranian people as their legitimate aspi- tional security team have refrained that divestment actions undertaken rations for greater reform have been from extensive commentary on the against a single nation may not predict apparently sidetracked by the regime. election in recent days. That is as it the President’s constitutional author- But I am optimistic on their future and should be. The U.S. Government should ity to enjoy exclusive authority over look forward to the day that the not give the Iranian regime any flimsy our Nation’s diplomatic relations; United States and Iran can once again rationales for further crackdown on thus, State and local governments un- be at peace and enjoy mutual respect protestors and reformist leaders. How- dertake divestment measures with for and with one another. ever, administration officials, led by some legal jeopardy. The Justice De- Mr. President, I would inquire as to Vice President BIDEN, have made clear partment has taken legal action the time remaining. that the strategy of diplomatic engage- against State and local governments in The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ment with Iran’s leadership to bring a cases involving other nations. This act, pore. The Senator has used 11 minutes. peaceful resolution of Iran’s nuclear the Iran Sanctions Enabling Act, pro- Mr. CASEY. So I have more time program will continue, regardless of tects the rights of State and local gov- than I thought I did. That is good news. who may comprise that leadership or ernments to ensure that their pension AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT how they may have assumed power. funds and other investment funds are Mr. President, I wish to move to a That, I believe, is the right strategy. not invested in companies that do busi- second topic in the remaining time I We must deal with Iran as it is, not as ness with a regime such as Iran. It is have with regard to the American Re- we may wish it to be. For far too long, carefully targeted to focus only on fi- covery and Reinvestment Act, but es- the United States deprived itself of the nancial ties with Iran’s energy sector, pecially in regard to some of the at- power of its diplomacy on the mistaken to hit Iran where it is economically tacks that have been leveled in recent insistence that Iran agree to a set of most vulnerable. days. preconditions before talks could even The bill includes a sunset provision In just over 100 days now, the Recov- commence. Talking to your enemy can to lift this authorization once the ery and Reinvestment Act is already at

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Here is things, whether it is highway projects 100 days and they will not be solved in what the 10 are: help 1,129 health cen- or for us in Arkansas the new market 100 days or even in a little more than ters in 50 States and 8 territories pro- tax credits, which have been a tremen- 100 days. But thanks to the Recovery vide expanded service to approximately dous boost for capital infusion into Act, we are meeting the greatest eco- 300,000 patients; begin work on 107 na- small businesses and for entrepreneurs. nomic challenge in a generation head tional parks; start rehabilitation and We can also look at the SBA 7(a) Loan on. improvement projects at 98 airports Program, which is tremendous for There are early signs of progress and over 1,500 highway locations small businesses. Education alone—I across the country. Just a couple of ex- throughout the country; fund 135,000 met with principals and administrators amples of immediate relief measures education jobs, including teachers, last week when I was home, talking under the act are providing stability principals, and support staff; begin im- about the opportunities for education for hard-hit families. provements at 90 veterans medical cen- and the infusion of resources coming First, the Make Work Pay tax credit ters across 38 States; hire or keep on from the Recovery Act, along with has increased take-home pay for 95 per- the job approximately 5,000 law en- water projects and broadband. The Sen- cent of working families; 95 percent of forcement officers; start 200 new waste ator from Pennsylvania did an excel- working families in America are bene- and water systems projects in rural lent job in mentioning those and, most fiting from that. I note that in Penn- America; begin or accelerate cleanup importantly, focusing on the fact that sylvania the number is 4.8 million work at 20 Superfund sites from the this will help us get our country and households are benefiting from that National Priority List; create 125,000 our economy back on track and get tax credit. Second, unemployment ben- summer youth jobs; finally, begin 2,300 Americans back to work or keep them efits have increased by $25 a week. construction and rehabilitation in the jobs they are clinging to. I ap- Third, COBRA health insurance pre- projects at 359 military facilities preciate him coming to the floor and miums have been cut by 65 percent. across the country. mentioning some of that, all of which Fifty-four million older citizens across Billions of dollars in Recovery Act many of us have been seeing as we the country have received $250 in emer- programs that will shape the economy travel home to our States over the gency relief checks in the mail. Fi- of the 21st century will launch in the weekend or during the breaks. nally, in this section, food assistance weeks and months ahead—for example, Mr. CASEY. I thank the Senator. benefits have increased by 13 percent, $8 billion for high-speed rail; $4.7 bil- (The remarks of Mrs. LINCOLN per- just when vulnerable Americans need lion to connect more Americans to taining to the submission of S. Res. 186 them. broadband Internet; $4.5 billion to are located in today’s RECORD under Tax credit and other Recovery Act make a nationwide smart energy grid a ‘‘Submissions of Concurrent and Sen- incentives are starting to drive new reality; $800 million to accelerate the ate Resolutions.’’) consumer spending and creating new use of biofuels and bring them to mar- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- product demand. Energy efficiency and ket; and $300 million to expand the Na- pore. The Senator from Virginia is rec- renewable energy tax credits are pro- tion’s fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles ognized. viding fresh opportunities for manufac- through the Clean Cities Program. SYSTEMIC RISK REGULATION turers and contractors that make or These investments will get our econ- Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I rise install green products. And the $8,000 omy moving today in a way that will today to discuss the state of our finan- first-time home buyer tax credit is change our economy for tomorrow. The cial system and to provide some proving to be a bright spot for the road to recovery is long and our eco- thoughts on systemic risk regulation, hard-hit housing industry. nomic problems won’t be solved over- as we set about crafting an overall re- The Recovery Act aid to State gov- night, but with every dollar invested form to our financial regulatory ap- ernments is helping to protect critical and every project started under the Re- proach. safety net programs and saving teach- covery Act, we are getting one step Yesterday, Treasure Secretary Tim- ing and law enforcement jobs. Over half closer. othy Geithner and the Director of the of the States have qualified for the I will conclude with one further com- National Economic Council, Lawrence State fiscal stabilization funds that are ment. Just as was the case when we Summers, published an editorial in the saving teaching jobs and improving voted on the Recovery Act, it was a Washington Post laying out the broad education. choice between are you for the Recov- outline of their proposal for regulatory State governments are making up ery Act or for the status quo? Fortu- reform. I share their views on how we shortfalls in Medicaid funds, thanks to nately, enough of us voted for it so we arrived at this moment. I share the the Recovery Act. could jump-start the economy, get it broader goals they discussed and look Infrastructure improvement projects out of the ditch and back on the road forward to working with the adminis- funded by the Recovery Act are bring- to recovery. We still have a long way tration on comprehensive and timely ing new jobs to hard-hit communities. to go, and there is a lot more work to regulatory reform. However, I wish to Over 20,000 Recovery Act projects do, but so far the news is positive in speak today about one area where I dis- across the country have been approved communities across the Common- agree, and that is how to address sys- already. In Pennsylvania, just two wealth of Pennsylvania and I know in temic risk. quick examples: $725 million for high- your home State of Illinois, Mr. Presi- Let me step back for a moment. way projects has been allocated and dent, and across the country. In the past 2 years we have witnessed $600,000 for airport grants. With that, I yield the floor. events that have shaken our financial The Recovery Act commitments to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- system to its core, altered our markets develop and commercialize new tech- pore. The Senator from Arkansas is in ways that we still struggle to under- nologies that will be the foundation of recognized. stand, and imposed costs that will bur- the new economy are starting to boost Mrs. LINCOLN. Mr. President, I ask den our economy and our taxpayers for confidence and spur some private sec- unanimous consent to speak as in decades to come. We have grown numb tor investment across the country. morning business. to the news, but let me briefly recount Businesses are converting crisis to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- these events. opportunity because of the promise pore. Without objection, it is so or- The investment banking sector that they see with the Recovery Act. The dered. built our capital markets has col- Recovery Act is already making life a Mrs. LINCOLN. Mr. President, I wish lapsed. Two of our largest investment little easier for families and businesses to applaud my colleague from Pennsyl- banks have failed. Another has merged

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Our two largest hous- came to this body, I believe, with some eral Reserve in the long run, because it ing GSEs are operating under Federal background. But only since that time does need independence.’’ Adding this Government conservatorship. have I learned how complex the prob- additional responsibility on the Fed- Our commercial banking sector has lems and the challenges are of trying eral Reserve, I believe, is a step too far. avoided collapse only through the infu- to get financial reregulation or finan- My other concern is rooted in the sion of hundreds of billions of dollars in cial reform right. governing philosophy of this country, equity support from the U.S. Treasury Since joining the Banking Com- which I think has, quite honestly, and massive liquidity support from the mittee, I have been working to educate served us well. That philosophy is that FDIC and the Federal Reserve. And de- myself, meeting with a range of experts too much economic power placed in spite these interventions, some of our to learn more about the issues and to one place puts our system of govern- largest commercial banks continue to collect their thoughts on potential so- ment at risk. face an uncertain future and dozens of lutions to financial reregulation. There Our Founding Fathers opposed that smaller commercial banks have failed. are a number of things we must do, in- concentration of power, economic or Our insurance sector has been badly cluding providing full regulatory cov- otherwise, and favored a system of damaged. The largest insurance organi- erage for all markets, ending too big to checks and balances. Thomas Jefferson zation in the United States has been fail with a robust resolution authority, famously wrote that ‘‘[t]he Central nationalized to avoid collapse. Other and ending regulatory arbitrage. Bank is an institution of the most major insurers have received billions of Today I would like to speak about deadly hostility existing against the dollars from the Treasury. one issue I discussed at length with principles and form of our Constitu- The magnitude of the events of the these experts—systemic risk regula- tion.’’ That is why America, unlike so past 2 years strains comprehension. I tion. I hope, in the coming days, to many European countries, never cre- believe what we have seen over the last come back to the floor and discuss ated a single, all-powerful national couple years is the equivalent, in eco- other parts of securities and banking bank. We have, consequently, even nomic terms, of the 100-year flood. Mil- regulation. since that time, resisted creating that lions of families and retirees have lost ‘‘Systemic risk’’ is a term that, quite all-powerful central bank. The experi- their financial security. Millions of candidly, probably most of us even ence of countries which have con- people are out of work. Each day, we around the financial markets had not centrated too much power in one enti- read about more layoffs, more losses, even heard of or thought very much ty I think should serve as cautionary more bankruptcies, and more bank about until the last couple years. Obvi- tales. failures. We call this a financial crisis, ously, systemic risk is not the only Also, we should not ignore that the but for the American people it is a very area we need to address, but it is an Fed has had some responsibility for personal crisis of lost homes, derailed area in which the current system has systemic risk regulation under the cur- careers, forgone education, deferred re- unequivocally failed. rent structure. Over the course of the tirement, communities less cared for, Systemic risk is a tricky concept. past year, we have seen the Federal Re- and at its core, the confidence of the Systemic risk is not a specific kind of serve and the Treasury strike private American people has been shaken. risk at all. It is a catchall phrase that This crisis has uncovered the flaws of deals with our largest and most power- includes risks of all kinds, united only our current regulatory model and has ful financial institutions—deals that by the possibility that if left uncon- revealed a shadow financial system might have protected the shareholders which lies beyond the current regu- trolled, they could have consequences and creditors of those banks, but, con- latory structure. for entire markets or even our entire sequently, by those actions, put small- We all share the hope that we will financial system. Counterparty expo- er and less powerful and often better soon return to healthy, competitive fi- sures can present systemic risk. So can run institutions at a competitive dis- nancial markets and a vibrant econ- interest rate shifts. So can bad laws advantage and undermining the long- omy. We have seen some positive signs and regulations. Because they come in term vitality of our financial system. that markets are stabilizing. But for all shapes and sizes, we should not ex- An old African proverb says that our long-term prosperity, we do need a pect to control systemic risks with a when elephants dance, the grass gets new model. What has happened to our rigid, one-size-fits-all approach. trampled. We have a trampled grass financial system and our economy Our current system has failed to pro- problem at this point, and I don’t think should not have happened. We must vide checks and balances and has re- we can solve it with bigger elephants, find and adopt reforms that will ensure placed healthy competition with a sys- whether those bigger elephants are reg- that it never happens again. tem where a handful of firms are called ulators or institutions. If we do not We cannot shrink from the needed re- too large to fail, and these so-called give the Federal Reserve the responsi- form because it will be difficult or be- too-large-to-fail firms can threaten the bility for systemic risk regulation, cause some will oppose it. Right now safety of the entire system and, unfor- what should we do instead? there is a lack of faith in our system or tunately, enjoy an implicit or even now I believe the answer to this question its long term prospects. You can see even more explicit government guar- has two parts. The first part is that that in our bond markets. We are not antee that destroys any notion of mar- many systemic risks already lie turning to the financial sector as a ket competition. squarely within the responsibilities of source of positive innovation so that Secretary Geithner and Professor the day-to-day financial regulators. We the broader economy can grow. You Summers have proposed empowering did not just discover systemic risks. can see that in the lack of credit in our the Federal Reserve to manage sys- We have been discovering them for gen- markets, and the jobs lost every temic risk. But as I have discussed this erations. We have passed laws to deal month. approach with a number of experts, with them, and we have entrusted To innovate and create jobs, not only they have raised a number what of those laws to the administration of in the financial system but across our what I think are very serious and le- substantial regulatory agencies. whole economy, we do need comprehen- gitimate concerns. We need to make sure our current sive reform. Quality will attract cap- My primary concern with placing regulators, the folks who, for the most ital, but only change will restore the this added new responsibility with the of the last century, have done their quality of our markets. Federal Reserve is structural. There jobs well, have clear missions, includ- This is the fundamental challenge are already tensions between the Fed- ing managing risks within their regu- facing the Banking Committee, of eral Reserve’s responsibilities for the lated institutions and markets, and we

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If they encoun- part of systemic risk may lay outside purview of the independent Federal tered a risk that extended beyond their of the regulator’s day-to-day respon- regulatory agency. authority they could go to the council sibilities and actually fall between the The council would also have the au- to ensure coordinated and comprehen- cracks of our existing regulatory sys- thority to require the financial regu- sive action. On top of that, if the evi- tem. lators to develop clear, written plans dence of risk is spread across different Working with folks across the finan- for dealing with potential financial cri- agencies like pieces of a puzzle, the cial spectrum, they have suggested the ses. In effect, it would have the poten- council would have the information creation of a systemic risk council. I tial to ask any institution to come for- and expertise to spot it, and the ability don’t mean to claim on this floor that ward with a winddown resolution plan to coordinate action in order to address a systemic risk council is a silver bul- for its particular circumstances. These it. let, but it avoids the pitfalls of entrust- plans would be created in advance of What I am proposing today boils ing the systemic risk responsibility in any crisis, maintained and even simu- down to a simple, commonsense idea. If one agency that already has respon- lated from time to time to make sure we want to do something constructive sibilities and can be a potential source they are adequate. about systemic risk, we should create a of conflict. Instead, a council can see Again, if we put in place these kinds mechanism that can help ensure our across the horizon and gather all the of credible plans to handle the poten- regulators do their jobs on a day-to- information and expertise can flow to tial failure of every systemically im- day basis, avoid conflicts of interest, it, thereby addressing our stovepipe portant financial institution, then we and fully leverage our existing regu- problem of our various regulatory will no longer have the excuse that we latory resources to promote the agencies and making sure, as well, by have constantly heard over the last few proactive identification and control of having this council, it would have the months: Gosh, it is tough we have to systemic risks. intrinsic conflicts that would come if put up this much public money to sup- Let me acknowledge at the outset you also have to have responsibility for port this institution, but it is too big that there are many details that still monetary policy. Making sure we have to fail. need to be worked out, and I will, as I this council would also avoid the very As we have seen time and again in mentioned, have a series of other ideas real challenge of regulatory capture. this crisis, because we didn’t have of how we can modernize our financial Let me briefly outline this concept. these plans in place, unfortunately, the system in the coming weeks ahead. But Our belief would be the systemic risk American taxpayers have taken on un- I believe the general approach I have council would consist of the Treasury founded, quite honestly, financial risk outlined today, in terms of a systemic Secretary, the Chairman of the Federal in shoring up these institutions. risk council, hopefully, will spark the Reserve, and the heads of the major fi- Because a systemic risk council debate so we do not simply default to nancial regulatory agencies. It would would not directly interact with our further empowering an already ex- be charged with the responsibility for major financial institutions on a day- traordinarily important and critical in- working to improve our understanding to-day basis, it would be less prone to stitution, in terms of the Federal Re- and control of systemic risks and, in a capture than the financial regulatory serve, without a thorough debate about narrow set of circumstances or emer- agencies. During normal times, the this issue. gencies, it would have the ability to council could help to determine how to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- act. regulate new products and markets in pore. The Senator from Arizona. People would say: What does this order to minimize regulatory gaps, reg- HEALTH CARE look like? It builds on the model of the ulatory arbitrage, and the blind spots Mr. KYL. Mr. President, the prob- President’s working group on financial that currently exist in our system. As lems with the current state of health markets. The idea is, the systemic risk we know at this point, too many of care in America are well known. Re- council would have an independent those blind spots exist and have al- publicans do not need to be convinced chair appointed by the President and lowed the creation of some of the fi- of a case for reform. We hear from our approved by the Congress and sup- nancial products that led to the finan- constituents who have concerns about ported by a permanent staff. The best cial meltdown we have seen. their own health care dilemmas and analogy of the systemic risk council The council will not identify firms those of their neighbors and we all might be the resemblance it might that are too big or too large to fail but agree the millions of uninsured Ameri- bear to the National Transportation instead will work to prevent firms from cans need access to high-quality health Safety Board or the National Security becoming too large to fail. It would do care. But though we all agree on the Council. Just as the NTSB leaves rule- this specifically in two ways. need for reform, we have disagreements making on a day-to-day basis to the First, it would have the authority to on how best to accomplish our goals. FAA, the systemic risk council would establish systemwide, counterparty ex- Republicans favor a patient-centered leave most of the day-to-day rule- posure limits, increased capital re- approach that allows individuals to making to the financial regulatory quirements, reduced leverage, and choose their own insurance, keep it if agency. strengthened risk management re- they like it, and never have to get per- I understand criticism of the coun- quirements—all of these, in effect, to mission from a Washington bureaucrat cil’s approach today is we don’t just put not an absolute prescription but at to get the test or treatment their doc- want a debating society at moments of least barriers on those institutions tor says they need. President Obama crisis. That is why it needs this inde- that choose to get so large that they wants Congress to pass a sweeping new pendent chair, independent staff, and might potentially fall into that ‘‘too Washington-run health care system resources. We must ensure it could act. big to fail’’ category. that we believe would jeopardize the It would have the authority to review Second, it would ensure that the res- care most Americans already have. every bit of information that the indi- olution authority would be able to re- Such a system would likely lead to the vidual, prudential, day-to-day Federal solve any institution that got to that collapse of private insurance and re- regulatory agencies possess, to require size and then potentially posed a sys- place it with an enormous Washington those agencies to collect information temic risk. bureaucracy that would ration health from the institutions they regulate. In a crisis, the council could work care for all Americans. It would also have, as I mentioned, with its member organizations to pro- I have discussed my concerns that an independent staff capable of ana- mote coordinated and comprehensive Washington-run health care would di- lyzing this data, understanding how responses. The systemic risk council’s minish Americans’ access to quality

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To not know the answers to these back on any legislation as important A recent National Institutes of questions is to be fiscally irresponsible. as this health care reform. It will af- Health project description states: Yet we don’t even have precise esti- fect the way we all get our health care. Cost-effectiveness research will provide ac- mates from the Congressional Budget I look forward to an ongoing dialogue curate and objective information to guide fu- Office whose responsibility it is to tell about the health care reform that we ture policies that support the allocation of Congress how much legislation will all want, but we must not rush to health resources for the treatment of acute cost the taxpayers. The preliminary es- churn out and then hastily pass a plan and chronic conditions. timate of the Congressional Budget Of- that will lead to rationing and the dis- ‘‘Allocation of health resources’’ is a fice shows that only a part of the placement of millions from the insur- euphemism for rationing—denying care Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ance they currently enjoy. It is of para- based on cost. To that end, Senator Committee bill will cost $1 trillion, but mount importance that the principles MCCONNELL and I have introduced leg- it only reduces the number of unin- of quality care, choice, freedom, and islation that would bar the Federal sured by 16 million people—$1 trillion putting patients first triumph in the Government from using comparative for 16 million people. The remainder of reform we all want. effective research to delay or deny care the bill, by the way, has not even been Mr. President, I suggest the absence to anyone. That is a bare minimum scored. of a quorum. that we should do to prevent rationing My math shows that is $62,250 per The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- of care. Our bill, incidentally, is en- person, and that only covers about one- pore. The clerk will call the roll. dorsed by the American Medical Asso- third of the 47 million who are said to The assistant legislative clerk pro- ciation. lack insurance. It doesn’t take into ac- ceeded to call the roll. Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask Mr. President, government-run and count the estimated 119 million in- unanimous consent that the order for rationed approaches have caused much sureds who will be switched from the pain to people in other countries—in the quorum call be rescinded. private coverage they currently have The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Canada, for example. In an article for to the government program. So what pore. Without objection, it is so or- the Manhattan Institute’s City Jour- will the total cost be? dered. nal, Dr. David Gratzer wrote of the Mr. President, there is another con- Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I long waits that Canadians endure for cern that hasn’t been much discussed think virtually everybody in our coun- just about any procedure or diagnostic but needs to be raised. It is a major try understands that America is in the test: seniors who lay on stretchers for concern for America’s seniors. Over the midst of a major health care crisis. We 5 days in a hospital waiting room; a 3- weekend, the administration proposed have 46 million Americans without any year wait list for a hernia operation; a trimming Medicare’s budget to pay for health insurance. We have even more 2-year delay for sleep apnea treatment; this new public plan. This is exactly who are underinsured, and we have, in a year-long delay for a hip replace- the wrong thing to do and can only addition to all of that, some 60 million ment, and so on. mean one thing: rationing and waiting Americans—20 percent of our popu- It is one thing for Washington to lists for America’s seniors. Seniors lation—who do not have access to a take over car companies. Getting it want Congress to strengthen Medicare, doctor on a regular basis. The result of wrong there usually would not lead to make it more efficient and, impor- that particular fact is that we lose over life-or-death problems. But it is an en- tantly, make it solvent. They want it 18,000 Americans every year, Ameri- tirely different matter to allow Wash- to serve as intended—to pay for the cans who die needlessly—who should ington to go into business as the Na- health care of seniors. They do not not die—because they do not go to the tion’s health care provider. Who is want its resources drained to pay for a doctor when they should and get the going to protect you when they get it massive new plan for the 47 million un- treatment they need. That is six times wrong? To whom are you going to ap- insured, plus the 119 million currently every single year the number of people peal? insured but soon to be displaced into we lost on 9/11—people who should not In his health care speeches, President the government system. die because they do not have access to Obama has stressed that if you like Seniors rightly ask: Won’t the new a doctor. your current health care, you can keep demands for care greatly diminish the Mr. President, in the midst of this it if you don’t want to get on the Wash- quality of care seniors now receive and horrendous lack of coverage—unique, I ington-run plan. That sounds all well lead to dangerous waits for tests and should mention, among major nations and good, but it would not play out treatment? on Earth—the United States spends far that way, according to health experts. President Obama has acknowledged more per capita on health care than The Lewin Group produced a study that Medicare’s promises of treatment any other nation, and those costs con- that shows, if enacted, the President’s are financially unsustainable. We tinue to soar. So when people make public option—the government-run in- learned recently that Medicare’s liabil- international comparisons of the surance company—would displace 119 ity; that is, the amount of benefits United States with other nations on million happily insured Americans. promised that are not covered by taxes, how well or not well we are doing—and Their companies could take the easy is $38 trillion over the next 75 years. that is good to do—we should always route and simply pay a fine, tell their One lesson we can draw from Medi- remember we are spending almost employees to sign up for Washington- care’s financial troubles—and veterans twice as much per capita on health run health care, even if they do not health care, for that matter—is that care as any other country. There is cer- want it. How does that square with the health care plans run by Washington tainly something wrong and dysfunc- President’s assurances that patients bureaucrats are not very efficient or tional about a system which spends so will get to keep what they have? cost effective. They have no incentive much and yet leaves so many people Most insured Americans like their to be. In fact, the economic principle of uninsured, underinsured, or without coverage. A May 14 Rasmussen poll ‘‘the tragedy of the commons’’ applies. access to a doctor or a dentist or other shows that 70 percent of Americans Since the money doesn’t belong to any preventive health care. rated their coverage as excellent—70 one individual or group, no incentive At $2.4 trillion and 18 percent of our percent. Another 23 percent rated it as exists to be cost efficient, to eliminate gross domestic product, the sky- fair. So most folks are happy with waste, or to streamline the bureauc- rocketing cost of health care in this their current insurance and would not racy. country is unsustainable both from a appreciate being pushed into Washing- Another way to say it is: Who washes personal point of view—the needs of in- ton’s health care bureaucracy, with all their rent-a-car? dividual Americans—and also from a

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Honest people will have differences of clear, if in fact, anybody has not We all know folks who are out there opinion. Some people will say: You caught on yet; the function of a private making $20,000, $25,000, or $30,000 a know what. Some people have big cars, health insurance company is not to year, and we are spending, on average, some people have small cars. Some provide health care. It is to make as almost $8,000 per person. people have big houses, some people much money as possible. That is what Despite that huge outlay—unprece- have small houses. Some people have its reason for existence is about. dented in the world—a recent study good health insurance, some people In fact, when a private health insur- found that medical problems contrib- have no health insurance. That is the ance company denies health care, it uted to 62 percent of all bankruptcies way life goes. Some people hold that makes more money. In fact, the record in 2007. I should add that most of the view. is pretty clear that private health in- people who went bankrupt had health I do not. I think in America we surance companies have given bonuses insurance. They had health insurance. should understand that every single to people, their own employees, who But what they had was inadequate person should be entitled to quality, are successful in throwing people off of health insurance. comprehensive, affordable health care. the insurance policy because those peo- From a business perspective—as op- In fact, I think most Americans believe ple were running up high health care posed to the needs of an individual— the same thing. costs. Thus, we have the insane phe- General Motors spends more money on Second, if we are to provide quality nomenon of something called a pre- health care per automobile than they health care to every man, woman, and existing condition. do on steel—more money on health child in this country, how do we do it What a term that is, preexisting con- care than on steel—which might lead in a way that does not bankrupt the dition—meaning a person cannot get us to understand why they are where Nation? How do we do it in a cost-effec- coverage for the illness they need to be they are today. tive way? Those are the two questions covered for most. The person who had Small business owners in the State of that we have to ask ourselves. cancer 3 years ago and is worried about Vermont and around this country are I think the answer to the first ques- a recurrence of cancer—sorry, we can’t forced to divert hard-earned profits tion is pretty clear and, in fact, it is provide insurance to you. into health coverage for their employ- one of the reasons Barack Obama was Then you have other circumstances where somebody gets really sick, runs ees rather than new business invest- elected President of the United States. up a high medical bill, and the insur- ments. Many small businesses are try- Most Americans do believe all of us ance company says: Oh, we don’t want ing to do the right thing for their em- should have health care and nobody to continue your policy because we had ployees, spending more than they have should be left out of the system. We to pay out so much money. We want to for health coverage so they do not have have a hard time understanding that go to some young guy who can run the the money available to make the in- Joe Smith who works for one company marathon and promises us never to get vestments they need to make their has good health care, and his neighbor, sick. Those are the guys we want to businesses grow. The result of that, of Mary Evans, who works for another cover. course, is as a result of soaring health company, does not have any health in- This is an insane system. It is a care costs—going up 10, 15, 20 percent a surance at all. What sense is that? wasteful system. It is a bureaucratic I think as a nation we are coming to year—many small- and medium-size system. How many people are spending understand all of our people are enti- businesses are cutting back drastically half their lives on the telephone, argu- on their level of health care coverage tled to health care as a right, as Amer- ing with insurance companies to cover or, in some cases, they are doing away icans, and the challenge we face is how the claims they thought they were cov- with it entirely. do we do it in a cost-effective way. In ered for? So people on one end of the More and more businesses in America that regard, I think—and I obviously phone are spending huge amounts of are simply saying: I cannot afford to speak just for myself—the evidence is time and money doing that, and at the provide health insurance to my work- overwhelming that we must end the other end of the phone we are paying ers. Despite all of that—that we spend private insurance company domination someone to tell us we don’t have cov- almost twice as much per person on of health care in our country and move erage for what we thought we did have health care as any other country—peo- toward a publicly funded, single-payer, coverage. ple will say: Since you spend all that Medicare-for-all approach. I think the With thousands of different health money, the results must be great. But evidence is overwhelming that if you benefit programs designed to maximize that is not the case. The bottom line is want universal, comprehensive, quality profits, not provide health care, private we get poor value for what we spend. health care for all people, that is actu- health insurance companies spend an According to the World Health Orga- ally the only way you can do it. incredible 30 percent of each health nization, the United States ranks 37th Our current private health insurance care dollar on administration and bill- in terms of health system performance. system is the most costly, wasteful, ing, exorbitant CEO compensation We are far behind many other coun- complicated, and bureaucratic in the packages, advertising, lobbying, and tries in terms of such important indi- world. Just today—not yesterday, just campaign contributions. ces as infant mortality, life expect- today—I spoke to an individual who One of the lovely things the insur- ancy, and preventable deaths. has a law degree, a very smart guy. His ance companies do and the pharma- So we are spending almost double wife has a Ph.D. They went through ceutical companies do is, after they rip what any other country on Earth is the Federal employee benefit package. you off and they make huge profits, spending. We have 46 million without Between a Ph.D. and a lawyer, they they take some of that money to hire any health insurance, we have more spent hours trying to figure out what all these fancy guys in Washington, who are underinsured, we have thou- particular program could work best for DC, to protect the status quo. sands who die because they cannot get them. The bottom line is—and all of the to a doctor, and then in many other All over America, people are spend- evidence makes this clear—public pro- health care outcomes we are behind ing countless hours trying to figure grams such as Medicare, Medicaid, the many other countries around the out: Is it this program? Is it that pro- SCHIP Program, and the Veterans’ Ad- world—some of which are spending far gram? I am young; I might not get sick ministration are administered for far less per person than we are spending. but, you know, I have a history of can- less money than are private health in- It seems to me, as the health care de- cer in my family. Should I get com- surance companies. bate in Congress heats up, we as a na- prehensive? Should I get a high deduct- In recent years, while we have experi- tion have to ask two fundamental ques- ible? If I am a small business I can only enced an acute shortage of primary

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They are afraid to dentists, we do not have enough nurses, as it may be, the fight for a national put their money in the stock market, we do not have enough medical per- health care program will prevail. Dec- so they bought Treasury bills. Other sonnel—we don’t have enough of those ade after decade, all over this country people around the world did too. They people, but over the last three decades people fought for a civil rights move- are not getting much interest, but they we have seen an explosion in the num- ment which said we will judge human believe the Government will pay them ber of health care bureaucrats and peo- beings not on their color but on their back in dollars, eventually. ple who are bill collectors. character, who they are as a human So what has been happening to the To my mind, I would rather see being. The struggle for women’s rights 10-year Treasury bill, one of the foun- somebody hired who can help somebody went on decade after decade before dations of our borrowing, is the rate get well or prevent disease, not some- women had the right to vote or had a has continued to go up. Two weeks ago, body on the telephone billing or argu- seat at the table. I pointed out that the 10-year Treasury ing about what we owe or do not owe. In my view, the struggle for health yield had increased 54 percent this The fact is, over the last three decades care is the civil rights struggle of year, at that time from 2.4 percent in the number of administrative per- today, and I believe 30 years from now, January, to 3.7 percent. Barron’s, a sonnel has grown by 25 times the num- 50 years from now, people will look major financial publication, predicted bers of physicians—25 times more bu- back and say: I don’t believe there was a few weeks ago that Treasury yields reaucrats than physicians. We do not a time in America where people who could top 4 percent this year. need health care bureaucrats pushing Well, guess what. Treasury yields got sick couldn’t find a doctor, where paper. We need primary health care topped 4 percent last week. The Wall people went bankrupt because they doctors delivering babies, taking care Street Journal in a front-page article committed the crime of being sick or of the elderly, and taking care of those on June 11 said that the 10-year Treas- having cancer. I do not believe that. people who are sick. ury yield briefly hit 4 percent yester- Our job is to bring that day when Not surprisingly, while health care day afternoon before closing at 3.94 every American has health care as a costs are soaring, so are the profits of percent. That would be a 67-percent in- right in a comprehensive, cost-effective private health insurance companies. crease in the Treasury bill interest manner. Our job is to make that day From 2003 to 2007, the combined profits rate just this year. of the Nation’s major health insurance come sooner rather than later. If we Why are the rates going up? It seems companies increased by 170 percent. work together and if we have the cour- there is some disagreement between Health care costs are soaring, profits of age to stand up to the big money inter- Washington and Wall Street. The Wall the health insurance companies are ests who want to maintain the status Street Journal article says this: quo, we, in fact, can do that. also soaring, and while more and more Many policymakers see the rise in Treas- Americans are losing their jobs and Mr. President, I yield the floor. ury yields as a sign that investors are opti- health insurance, the top executives in The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- mistic that the economy is on the mend. But the industry are receiving lavish com- pore. The Senator from Alabama is rec- many market participants say higher long- pensation packages. It is not just Wil- ognized. term bond yields indicate investors are in- liam McGuire, the former head of f creasingly worried about inflation. So I interpret that to mean that the United Health, who several years ago TREASURY BOND YIELD UPDATE accumulated stock options worth an Washington politico crowd, looking to estimated $1.6 billion. Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, about see a positive vision here, say it is be- OK, $1.6 billion a few years ago for 2 weeks ago I spoke on the floor about cause the economy is doing better. And the CEO of United Health and we do the unprecedented budget deficits this that could be a factor. But the folks on not have enough money to provide country is now facing and the fact we Wall Street, who are buying the T bills, health care to people who are unin- are spending money we do not have. I say differently. sured? It is not just the head of Cigna, specifically discussed the impact that Is the government responsible for Edward Hanway, who made more than is having on Treasury yields. this increase in interest rates? It seems $120 million in the last 5 years. The What we know is that President that is a real possibility. The Federal fact is, CEO compensation for the top Obama’s budget has been scored by the Reserve is creating inflation concerns private health insurance companies Congressional Budget Office, which is through its massive asset purchase pro- now averages over $14 million apiece. our group, and I think they do a pretty gram. The Fed plans to purchase $1.25 Moving toward a national health in- good job. They take pride in being trillion in mortgage-backed securities, surance program which provides cost- independent and fair. The head of it $200 billion in Freddie Mac and Fannie effective, universal, comprehensive, was selected by the Democratic major- Mae debt, and $300 billion in Treasury and quality health care for all will not ity in the Senate. It is certainly not a bills this year. Since there are not be easy. It is the major political strug- Republican organization. They are just enough people who want to buy the gle that we face right now. The power- fair, trying to do the best they can to Treasury bills, the Federal Reserve is ful special interests—and they are all try to calculate the numbers. stepping in and buying them in an at- over Capitol Hill. The lobbyists are What they calculated was that at the tempt to keep the rate down. here. In the midst of the recession, I rate of deficit spending we are now un- So far the Fed has purchased $481 bil- would suggest that while unemploy- dertaking, the total American debt will lion in mortgage-backed securities, and ment in general is soaring, my strong double in 10 years, from $5.7 trillion to $130 billion in Treasuries. The inten- guess is that unemployment for health over $11 trillion. In 10 years it will tri- tion of the program is to reduce the care lobbyists and pharmaceutical in- ple to $17 trillion. Treasury yield and interest rates, but dustry lobbyists is going down. Those That is a lot of debt. You might ask it may be backfiring. A Forbes.com ar- guys have plenty of work, and they are how do you do that? How do you spend ticle on May 28 quotes former Federal making plenty of money. I am quite more money than you take in? The Reserve Governor Lawrence Meyer on confident that those lobbyists will way we do it is we borrow it, just like how this kind of action could actually wage an all-out fight to make sure we other people do. The Government bor- have a different impact. It could actu- maintain the current dysfunctional rows it. The way it does is, it puts out ally cause inflation and even cause a system which enables them, the insur- an auction or sale of Treasury bonds or rise in the Treasury bond yield. ance companies and the drug compa- bills, T-bills they call them, and people This is what he said: nies, to make millions and billions of buy those things if they choose to do This can become counterproductive. To the dollars in profits. so, and the Government pays them a extent that you stoke inflation fears and you

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And by March, it has already topped Treasury bonds at lower rates, because He is the Chief of the Fed. He is the $953 billion. they think even 4 percent may not be guy who does it. That is more than twice the biggest enough because they may fear that in- Why does this matter to the average deficit President Bush ever had. And he flation is going to be 6 or 7 percent American? Even those who are not was criticized for his deficit. That is down the road, they do not want to planning to buy a Treasury bill any twice. We have not gotten to the end of lock themselves in for 10 years at a 4- time soon will be affected. That is be- the fiscal year yet. percent interest rate that is below the cause mortgage interest rates—what What the CBO projects—this is our inflation rate. So the Fed steps in and we pay to borrow money to buy a house own Congressional Budget Office, their buys some of this to keep it low, and with—track the 10-year Treasury yield. numbers, and they are running the that may be having the perverse incen- So as the 10-year Treasury goes up, tally of how much we are spending and tive of causing a belief to occur in the mortgage rates go up too, and it is how much is coming in. They calculate marketplace that inflation is on the much harder for people to buy a home by the end of the year the deficit will way, and scares people even more. or to refinance. Or if you want to sell be $1.8 trillion, which is about four Also let me say this about the vol- a home, it is harder for the person who times the highest deficit President untary purchase of Treasury bills by wants to buy it to borrow the money. Bush ever had. citizens of the United States, people in He has got to pay considerably more I say that because people say: Well, China, the Middle East, and around the for a house in the interest rate. In fact, President Bush had deficits too. Yes, world. They do not have to buy Treas- according to the Wall Street journal, he did. A lot of that was not justified, ury bills. We are going to be offering 30-year mortgage rates have gone up 16 in my opinion. But we never had defi- amounts, these kinds of bills, in vol- percent in the past 2 weeks, from 5 per- cits like this in the history of the ume we have never offered before in cent to 5.79 percent. This is the money, American Republic. And you do have to the history of the Republic. when you go out, you have to borrow borrow this money. So the question is, who wants to buy money to buy a house with. What we This is in March. By September 30, them? Who wants to hold a mortgage need to happen in America is people we are looking at a deficit of $1.8 tril- on the United States? What if we in- buying homes and taking them off the lion this year alone. And the whole flate our currency? Maybe 4 percent is market. debt of the American Republic, since not enough. Maybe they want more. There is a huge difference between 5 its founding, is about 5.7 trillion before Maybe China, which had a huge trade percent and 6 percent. On $100,000, 5 this year started. What is that? That is surplus a few years ago, is deciding percent interest would be $5,000 a year one-third in 1 year. they are not going to buy so many you pay in interest; $400-plus a month. We hoped that spending and this ac- Treasury bills in the United States. On 6 percent interest, it is $6,000 a year, tivity would help improve the unem- Maybe they decide they need to invest or $100 more a month on $100,000. For a ployment rate. But you can see, it is in their own economy, which is not $200,000 mortgage it would be twice going up. It was 6.6 and it has gone up doing as well as it has done in the past. that. It would be $2,000 or $3,000 more a to 8.5. Well, it is not 8.5 percent. That year you would pay in interest alone The same about the Middle East. was in March. The latest number is 9.4 because the rate went up a bit. They used to have huge reserves of percent. We were hoping that the interest American money as a result of the high So I do not know how much real rates would stay low to encourage peo- price of gasoline and price of oil on the boost we have gotten from this reck- ple to buy homes, encourage people to world market. That price dropped less spending. So much of it we knew refinance, and be able to live a better some. So perhaps they do not have as was not job creating, and we debated life. The Wall Street Journal article much money to buy our Treasury bills that. It was clear that a lot of this was either. said that this increase—from 5 to al- most 6 percent—will cut the number of the kind of spending that would not So who is going to buy them? We are create jobs. As I said, you heard about not talking about a little bit, we are people with an incentive to refinance their homes and save money by paying roads and bridges. Well, only 4 percent talking about going from $5 trillion in of the money went to roads and total debt today to $11 trillion in 5 less interest by half. Let me mention one more thing. One bridges. A lot of it went to all kinds of years, and $17 trillion in 10 years. So programs that are not job-creating pro- we are talking about over $10 trillion of the things that is interesting in all of this is the impact our spending has grams. So I am concerned about that. in new debt we have to sell to someone This is a vibrant country, and I think in the world market. had on the economy. We all hoped it would have a pretty dramatic impact. we have the capability of bouncing Also, what is the impact of the Fed- back from hard times. I will just say, eral Reserve, that entity we have cre- But it is not being nearly as effective as people thought. Even I thought we we are at 9.4 percent unemployment. ated by law, when they buy Treasury Unemployment in the early 1980s, bills? What occurs there? I remember would have some impact in the short term. under President Reagan, when they hearing Mr. Bernanke, the Federal Re- had to break the back of surging infla- serve Chairman, talking about this on But I believe that CBO is correct. When we passed the $800 billion stim- tion, they broke the back of 13-percent ‘‘60 Minutes.’’ Some of you may have inflation. Unemployment hit 10.8 per- seen him being interviewed on that ulus package that was supposed to put money out into the economy to build cent. So it is not as bad as it was in the program. I went back and had the tran- 1980s, and we bounced back from that, script of that program called up, and roads and bridges, we found out only 4 percent of the money went to roads and and we can bounce back from this. we reviewed it. It is what I thought he bridges, 96 percent went to other kinds But I have to say to my colleagues, if said. In response to reporter Scott of government spending, but that $800 we do not have fiscal sanity in how we Pelley’s question, Chairman Bernanke billion was supposed to create a good do our business, if we do not have a said about the Fed’s programs: bit of jobs and get this economy mov- possibility of showing growth in reve- It’s much more akin to printing money ing. nues from economic growth and the than it is to borrowing. I want to say things are not going as containment of spending—and our defi- Mr. Pelley replied: well as we would like. I remain opti- cits are surging for as far as the eye You’ve been printing money? mistic. The Fed is doing all of these can see—then I am not sure we will And Mr. Bernanke replied: things, the spending is coming along. have the kind of healthy, robust resur- Well, effectively. Surely we are going to have a benefit gence we would normally expect to And he added: from that in the near term. occur after a recession.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:02 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G16JN6.043 S16JNPT1 wwoods2 on PRODPC68 with SENATE S6642 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 16, 2009 Look at these numbers. This is very the money to do what we would like to about the long-term health of the disturbing. We borrow all this money, do with it. We just borrowed it. But American economy. and we spend it today. I know a great borrowing has consequences. I heard a well-known financial expert lawyer who has written a book, ‘‘The Every year from here on out, that say: Well, you know what? I am not Case for Character.’’ He said: This is a $806 billion will go up probably because saying there will be reckless inflation question of character, what I am going in 2019 they expect not a balanced occurring, although some people are to talk to you about here. It is a ques- budget but an annual deficit of that predicting that. He said: After Presi- tion about the moral character of the year to be over $1 trillion. So the thing dent Reagan broke inflation and we got Congress and the President of the is going to continue to worsen. If we do the economy on a sound track, the United States and how we approach our not make some changes, this will con- economy grew at about 3 percent a duties in a responsible manner. tinue. year and inflation was about 2 percent. In 2009, this year, we expect that the By the way, this does not include the He said: What I am worried about is taxpayers of the United States—on the spending we are talking about on that what we are going to see in the $5.7 trillion we have borrowed—will pay health care, which you heard a speech next 10 years is inflation at about 3 $170 billion in interest. That is a total about earlier. I will say this about it: percent and growth at about 2 percent. loss. That is money that goes out to the Health, Education, Labor and Pen- That is not good. You want your people who have loaned us money. It is sions Committee has released details growth to exceed the inflation rate. interest, just like on your credit card on a bill. According to CBO, what they I do not know what will happen. I or on your mortgage—$170 billion. And have released so far scores at $1 tril- cannot predict it. But I know this: We look how it goes up. This is a chart I lion. Oh, we just got another $1 trillion are going to have less money to spend have of the interest each year. And 10 not calculated in these numbers. ‘‘Well, on the things we need because we are years from now, if we follow the Presi- everybody just needs to have health in- going to have to be paying a huge dent’s budget, it will be $806 billion, ac- surance.’’ So who is going to pay for it? amount in interest. Those are real con- cording to the Congressional Budget We have to be smart. We have to see cerns. This matter is not going away. I believe the American people are be- Office. how we can improve health care, get All right. That is just money. How more people insured, create a better coming more and more attuned to much is that? How much is $806 billion? system with the absolute lowest pos- these matters. That is what the Tea Let me tell you what we do today. The sible cost because we cannot continue parties were about—a sort of sponta- Federal highway bill is about $40 bil- this kind of reckless spending. Instead neous reaction by the American people lion. The Federal aid to education in of learning a lesson from the already saying: What are you guys doing up all its forms is about $100 billion. So surging deficits, we seem to be blithely there? Surely you know this is not the now, since we take money from the fu- going on with a huge new spending pro- way to handle America’s business. I will say, I am going to continue to ture, and we spend it today in a reck- gram on top of that. report on things that are developing. less way, I think, to get some sort of The American people, I think, are un- Surely we will begin to see some im- easy. They think we are out of control hope for stimulus we have not seen provement in the unemployment rate up here. They do not think they have much of, we are going to saddle the and maybe some economic growth in ever seen anything like this: deficits people in 2019 with an annual debt pay- the weeks to come. You would nor- the likes of which we have never seen ment of $806 billion—10 times the Fed- mally expect that when you pump the in peacetime. eral education budget, 20 times-plus kind of money we have pumped into The U.S. Government passed a bill the highway budget. So we do need to this economy. But in the long run, this last fall that was supposed to buy toxic be focused on this issue. begins to drag down the gains you Let me say one more thing. Accord- mortgages from banks, and now they make in the short run. That is what I bought a controlling share in General ing to the Congressional Budget Office, am saying. the deficit is supposed to drop down in Motors. How did this happen? Did Con- In fact, the Congressional Budget Of- 2 or 3 years, but already it looks as if gress ever vote on that? No. We did not fice said—analyzing the stimulus pack- we will not meet those numbers. The vote on it. They took advantage of the age alone—it would increase our GDP, economy is not as strong as they were language in that bill, which I was op- our growth for 2 to 3 years, but if you projecting. It was a rosy scenario. But posed to and voted against. One of the took that over 10 years, the economy they project about $600 billion is what reasons I opposed it was because it was would grow less over the 10 years than the deficit will be 2 or 3 years from too broad and an unbelievable abroga- if we had no stimulus package at all. now—30, 40 percent higher than any- tion of congressional power to the Sec- That is because when you borrow thing President Bush ever had—$600 retary of Treasury, who had already money, not only do you have to pay in- billion. Then it starts up again, and it helped lead us into financial catas- terest on it, but it crowds out bor- goes up to the 10th year. And in the trophe. But people in panic, they all rowing from the private sector. 10th year, under the scoring of the voted and gave him this power. If a corporation wants to borrow President’s budget by the Congres- Did anybody know we were going to money through the issuance of bonds, sional Budget Office, the deficit will be use that money to buy an automobile they are having to compete with the over $1 trillion in that year—$1.1 tril- company? No. In fact, Secretary Treasury bills that are now paying 4 lion. Paulson at one point was asked at a percent, and they will have to pay a That is not sustainable. And they are hearing: What about buying stock in good bit more because people think the not projecting an economic slowdown. banks? This was supposed to be helping Treasury bills are better, safer invest- They are projecting modest growth the banks. In the House committee, he ments than some private corporate over that period of time, solid growth said, no, we did not want to buy stock bonds. It hurts the private sector be- for the last 5 years during this period. in banks. But a week after that bill cause now they are paying consider- If we have a recession, presumably the passed, he was buying stock in banks. ably higher interest rates to get people deficits would be even larger than that. And they have not yet begun to buy to loan money to them instead of loan- I guess I would say to my colleagues, toxic mortgages. Maybe they will begin ing it to the U.S. Government. this is a matter we need to start think- soon. They say they have a plan now. I thank the Presiding Officer for the ing about. It cannot be ignored. Noth- I am saying the American people are opportunity to share this. I hope and ing comes from nothing. If you get right to be concerned about the reck- pray we can all figure out a way to money to spend today, you must spend less, irresponsible behavior of this gov- work together to do a better job of every dollar of it with care because you ernment in Washington. I hope they being stewards of this economy. It is a have borrowed it from the future, and will continue to watch what is going high responsibility we have. No one somebody has to pay it back. It is not on. I hope the American people will knows everything. No one has a perfect free money. Maybe it feels as if it is speak out and let the folks up here answer to it. We are going to have to free today because we did not have to know they expect us to do something go through some tough times. I think pay higher taxes or we did not cut more than deal with the problem next that is clear, and there is no need to some other spending program to get week. They expect us to be thinking sugar-coat that.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:02 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G16JN6.044 S16JNPT1 wwoods2 on PRODPC68 with SENATE June 16, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6643 I am not blaming President Obama standing public transportation and in the world. Although my home State for everything that has gone wrong, modern infrastructure would make all is known for its skiing, we are a sum- and he inherited so much of this. I have events readily accessible and easy to mertime destination with 4 national talked about Secretary Paulson. I do attend. For residents of the city and parks, 5 national monuments, and 41 not think Secretary Geithner is any people across the United States, Chi- State parks for travelers to enjoy. Visi- better. He was Secretary Paulson’s top cago would shine on the world stage, tors can go white-water rafting down adviser when they came up with this and millions of dollars would pour in the Colorado River or hike and climb plan last fall. from across the globe. in the magnificent Rockies. We have But, at any rate, we need to get our Especially if we pass S. 1023, pro- Wild West ghost towns, historic rail- heads together and know one funda- moting travel to the United States and roads, and American Indian cultural mental thing: Nothing comes from relaying better information to visitors, sites to visit. nothing. There is no free lunch. If you Chicago will be the clear choice for the Obviously, travel and tourism is an borrow money to spend today, there International Olympic Committee in incredibly important sector of Colo- will be a cost in the future, and those October. rado’s economy. For every $1 million costs can outweigh the benefits that This important legislation, known as spent in Colorado by domestic and are occurring today. the Travel Promotion Act of 2009, international travelers, 11 jobs are cre- I thank the Chair and yield the floor. would create a nonprofit corporation as ated. Travel and tourism generated The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. well as a government Office of Travel $13.7 billion in revenue in 2007 in Colo- KAUFMAN). The Senator from Illinois. Promotion. These organizations would rado alone, and almost 150,000 Colo- Mr. BURRIS. Mr. President, we live work together to encourage business, radans owe their jobs to that industry. in a world divided. International ten- leisure, and scholarly travel to the That is why today I rise to express sion, mistrust, and even war too often United States, restoring important my support for the Travel Promotion separate Nation from Nation. But components of our struggling economy. Act of 2009. I am a proud cosponsor of every 2 years, 10,000 athletes from more Travel and tourism, which generates this bill, which has strong support than 200 countries come together to as much as $1.3 trillion in the United from Members across the aisle, and I celebrate the human spirit. They meet States every year, has been on the de- look forward to voting for its passage in competition, arriving on the world cline since 2001, although the same in- later this week. While I have listed just the beginning stage from all five inhabited con- dustries have grown in many other of the numerous reasons to visit Colo- tinents. Each of these five continents countries. We must act swiftly to pro- rado, the truth is that our tourism and is represented by a single-colored cir- tect the 8.3 million American jobs that travel industry has suffered in recent cle—a ring intertwined with four oth- are directly related to travel and tour- years. Many people do not realize it, ers to form the familiar symbol worn ism. This means welcoming more over- but across our great country our tour- by every Olympic athlete. The Olympic seas visitors each year—visitors who ism industry never fully recovered and the Paralympic games are a power- already spend $142 billion inside the after September 11, particularly when ful force for world unity and a boon to United States on an annual basis. it comes to travel from outside our any city that hosts them. An increase in international tourism country into the United States. That In 2016, the summer games will bring would increase the profile of the Chi- compares with this fact: Travel around millions of dollars and the inter- cago Olympic bid. The 2016 Olympics, the world has dramatically increased national spotlight to one of four world in turn, would generate even more in the past decade while travel to the cities. Selected by the U.S. Olympic international tourism in Illinois and United States has dropped. In 2008, we Committee from a broad field of can- across the country. S. 1023 would help welcomed fewer visitors to our country didate cities, Chicago is one of only this massive influx of visitors travel than we did in the year 2000. Why? Part four finalists for the 2016 Olympics, into the United States with ease. This of the problem is that visitors from along with Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, and would create jobs, increase tax rev- overseas have been confused by the new Tokyo. The International Olympic enue, and build stronger friendships procedures for entering our country. Committee will make their final selec- across the globe. Foreign visitors also say they don’t tion this October. There are few international spec- think we are making much of an effort We must work hard to bring the tacles as singular and as inspiring as to attract international travelers. That Olympic games back to the United the Olympic and the Paralympic is costing communities across our States. There is no greater honor than games. A force for unity in a world di- country billions of dollars in lost rev- representing your country on the world vided, these competitions have the enue. In fact, one study suggested over stage. I am convinced there is no great- power to bring us together as one peo- $182 billion has been lost since Sep- er city in the world than Chicago. ple, celebrating the human spirit with tember 11, 2001. As President Obama and I can both one voice. In my State of Colorado, the travel attest, Chicago is a diverse and inclu- I urge my colleagues to join Senator and tourism industry is a strong eco- sive city. Situated on the banks of the DORGAN and Senator ENZI in supporting nomic engine. It is one we have to keep beautiful Lake Michigan, it is the S. 1023. This legislation would help to strong and in which we have to invest. jewel of the Midwest. Chicago has al- bring visitors from all over the world Part of that is in changing the percep- ways been a global leader in culture, to the United States and would also tion that the United States is not in- art, architecture, commerce, sports, help bring the 2016 Olympics to Chi- terested in hosting foreign tourists. and even cuisine. cago, IL, because I have a special inter- That is the point of this legislation. The Olympic spirit is alive and well est in bringing those Olympics to my The legislation before us would help re- in Chicago. The Chicago 2016 Olympic hometown. vive international travel to the United Committee recognizes the importance Thank you. I yield the floor and I States so we can get that economic en- of the games and in renewing old suggest the absence of a quorum. gine revved up to its full capacity. friendships around the world, as well as The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The purpose of the bill is to sell trav- establishing new ones. This ideal and clerk will call the roll. el to the United States to overseas the value of the ‘‘friendship through The assistant bill clerk proceeded to tourists, including areas that are not sports,’’ is at the heart of the city’s call the roll. well-known destinations. Of course, the Olympic bid. It is a city I am proud to Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Presi- Presiding Officer’s State is also a place call home, and it showcases much of dent, I ask unanimous consent that the where we want to attract people to its what makes this country so great. order for the quorum call be rescinded. wonderful beaches and wonderful his- That is why it is the ideal site for the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without torical sites in the great State of Dela- Olympic and the Paralympic games. objection, it is so ordered. ware. For the athletes, world-class training Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Presi- Let me tell you quickly some of the facilities and event locations would be dent, every year thousands of people details in this legislation. It would es- very close together, allowing for con- travel to Colorado to enjoy some of the tablish a Corporation for Travel Pro- venience and ease. For visitors, out- most exciting recreation opportunities motion which would be an independent,

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:02 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G16JN6.044 S16JNPT1 wwoods2 on PRODPC68 with SENATE S6644 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 16, 2009 nonprofit corporation governed by an ulus that will create thousands of jobs enjoyed those activities in my State, 11-member board that the Secretary of across the country—including West you are really missing something spe- Commerce would appoint. It would cre- Virginia. With the dollar at a low com- cial. ate an Office of Travel Promotion in pared to other currencies, America is a Because the hotels and tourist des- the Department of Commerce to de- bargain. We are open and ready for tinations of States like West Virginia velop the programs to increase the business. Unfortunately, the rest of the cannot effectively launch their own number of international visitors to the world doesn’t know it. international promotional campaigns, United States. And it would set up a Compared to other countries, the we must find a mechanism to pool and travel promotion fund which would be United States fails to effectively adver- leverage resources so that these States financed by private-public matching tise and promote itself overseas as a become part of the international tour- dollars. Much of the cost would be tourism destination. In 1992, the United ism economy. borne by international travelers who States attracted 9.4 percent of all After the terrorist attacks of 2001, would pay a $10 fee collected through international tourists; in 2007, the the subsequent security measures de- the electronic system for travel au- United States attracted only 6.8 per- terred overseas tourists. Many of those thorization. cent. Since 2000, the United States’ entry problems have been corrected Other countries are spending billions share of international travelers has de- now. But the negative perception still of dollars on travel promotions. Those clined by 20 percent. remains. Potential foreign tourists of us who sponsored this legislation Meanwhile, the rest of the world is still are reluctant to deal with what and hopefully will vote for it over- promoting itself—often employing the they believe will be a difficult time en- whelmingly at the end of this week best Madison Avenue techniques used tering the United States. No private think we should stay competitive with for marketing heart medications and sector company—and certainly not the other countries. The Travel Promotion luxury cars. We all see enticing tele- hotels and tourist destinations in the Act would directly contribute to the vision advertisements to visit Italy, States I have mentioned—will spend economic recovery of our travel and Greece, Jamaica, Ireland, Canada, Aus- their own money to promote the im- tourism industry. It would spur job tralia and Brazil. But few residents of proved process for entering the United growth, and it would contribute to the those countries see advertisements en- States. Only a national, coordinated campaign—with some help from the tax base of local, regional, and State ticing them to come to the United Federal Government—can accomplish governments, many of which are forced States—and to spend their money in to make, as we know all too well, dras- that goal. the United States. We have occasionally appropriated tic cuts in this tough economic time. If the United States had simply kept one-shot advertising campaigns to pro- As well, before I close, I wish to men- pace with global travel trends, 58 mil- mote the United States overseas. But tion that there are nonfinancial bene- lion more overseas travelers would fits to international travel as well. I the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 will have visited the United States between wish to quote that great American create a sustained and stable public- 2000 and 2008. Those travelers would Mark Twain. He said: private sector partnership in which have generated 245,000 tourism jobs in Federal seed money is leveraged to in- Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and 2008 alone. narrow-mindedness. crease private investment to promote The average overseas visitor to the tourism overseas. America’s image in the world, as we United States spends $4,500 per visit. know, has suffered greatly over the The bill would establish a travel pro- That means every 23,000 overseas visi- motion fund that is capitalized by a $10 past several years, but travel to our tors pump $100 million into the U.S. country, to America, is one of our most fee paid by foreign travelers from visa- economy. waiver countries. The bill would re- effective tools of public diplomacy. We have spent billions of dollars to Studies have shown over and over that quire the travel industry to match prevent the collapse of industries and those contributions—50 percent in 2011 when people come to our country, they billions of dollars to put people to return home with a very positive view and 100 percent thereafter. The fund work. But today, through the Travel would receive $10 million in Federal of not just our country as it is de- Promotion Act of 2009, just $10 million scribed in the books but the landscapes seed money for 2010. The new fee for will plant the seeds for leveraging pri- foreign travelers would cumulatively and the people and the way we live our vate sector investment to increase the lives. In addition to helping strengthen provide the means to lure them to the number of U.S.-based tourism jobs. our economy, this bill would strength- United States, but is too small to have Americans always have had a healthy any impact on an individual’s decision en our place in the world. skepticism about the role of govern- I end by thanking and acknowledging whether to come to the United States. ment—what it should do and what it the chairman of the Commerce Com- The funds would be used for overseas shouldn’t do. To promote travel and mittee, Senator ROCKEFELLER, the advertising campaigns to promote tourism, we have long thought that the ranking member, Senator HUTCHISON, travel to the United States, including private sector—the companies that and Senator DORGAN for quickly bring- to areas not traditionally visited by ing this legislation to the floor. I look make money from tourism—should overseas tourists. More importantly, forward to the passage of the Travel promote themselves. And some of the the advertising campaigns would edu- Promotion Act so we can continue to larger private sector players have pro- cate potential foreign travelers about get travel and tourism and, of course, moted their specific interests overseas. U.S. visa and entry policies. Removing But a private sector effort to fund a our economy back on track. fears about entering the United States (At the request of Mr. REID, the fol- general ‘‘Come to America’’ campaign would dramatically increase tourism lowing statement was ordered to be targeting overseas travelers has never among overseas residents who might printed in the RECORD.) fully materialized. When a resort or consider a range of vacation choices. If ∑ Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, theme park spends advertising money foreign tourists better understand U.S. once tourists come to West Virginia, overseas, they want the viewers to entry and visa policies, the more likely they often return. From the Appa- visit their destination, not just the it is that they will come to the United lachian Trail to the Monongahela Na- United States. Some of our larger States—and the more likely it is that tional Forest, the beauty of our State States promote themselves overseas. they will spend their money here, cre- is unparalleled and our people are wel- But, as you would expect, the adver- ating the jobs we so desperately need. coming. tisements entice foreigners to visit Drug companies and luxury auto- Tourism in West Virginia also cre- their States. makers spend billions of dollars on ad- ates jobs. As a result, our State spends As a result, potential tourists over- vertising for one reason: it works. The money to promote West Virginia in the seas may not be aware that the United State of Florida estimates that its own surrounding States as a tourist des- States has far more to offer than Cali- State travel promotion campaign re- tination. But we surely would welcome fornia, New York, and Florida. They turns $3 in increased sales tax revenue more international tourists as well. likely have never heard of hiking, raft- for every dollar spent on promotion. Increasing overseas travel and tour- ing, or fishing in the mountains of The countries advertising foreign tour- ism is a shovel-ready economic stim- West Virginia. For anyone who has not ist destinations on American television

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:02 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G16JN6.046 S16JNPT1 wwoods2 on PRODPC68 with SENATE June 16, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6645 every night would not spend the money sion of Family Services to help low-in- sion, which has had decades of experi- to do it but for one reason: it works. come children receive new, wrapped ence monitoring election and pro- The United States—with so many spec- holiday gifts. She matched local chil- moting democracy and human rights, I tacular destinations—must embark on dren in need with Delmarva Power em- would like to take a moment to speak its own worldwide promotion program ployees interested in sending gifts. on a troubling matter that has filled because it will work. Over the last few years, under headlines around the world in the last A sustained and stable tourism pro- Elaine’s leadership, this program has few days. motion program is a small investment expanded to become one of the largest We have all seen the images. Vio- that will generate huge dividends when corporate gift drives in Delaware. It lence and mass protests are erupting foreign tourists spend their money in benefits hundreds of children annually, across Iran following the hasty vote the United States, generating jobs and including those who are terminally ill. count of a deeply flawed presidential local revenue. Foreigners visiting the Since its expansion to nursing homes, election process in that country. Yet first time have the potential to become the elderly now receive gifts from Del- another unfortunate chapter is unfold- repeat visitors and will tell their marva Power employees as well. ing before our eyes that reinforces friends to visit as well. Leonard Young, also of Wilmington, Iran’s record as a police state and to- In addition to stimulating jobs, we earned his Jefferson Award for his tire- talitarian regime more concerned with will improve America’s image around less promotion of public health and keeping its tight grip on power than the world through tourism. People who wellness initiatives. His encourage- yielding to the will of the people. visit the United States are more likely ment of others to get regular preven- I stand with President Obama calling to have a favorable opinion of America tive health screenings has led many for the government to exercise re- when they return home. Developing Delawareans to incorporate healthy straint and the violence to end. Regret- living into their daily routines. that kind of good will in a changing tably, at least seven people have been Leonard has spent a great number of world makes travel promotion worth- hours educating youth about the dan- killed and countless others injured. We while. gers of substance abuse and how to pre- may never know the true results of I would like to thank the sponsors of vent violent behavior in relationships. this election, given the lack of inter- this bill: Senator DORGAN, Senator He is a leader in the community, and national monitoring. But what we do INOUYE, Senator REID, Senator his involvement in various public know is that in the last few days we KLOBUCHAR, Senator BEGICH, Senator health endeavors is far-reaching. have witnessed tens of thousands of MIKULSKI, Senator BENNET, Senator I am especially proud that this year’s Iranians raise their voices in protest to UDALL of New Mexico, Senator UDALL national winner of the Jefferson Award ensure that their vote meant some- of Colorado, Senator ENSIGN, Senator for Outstanding Service by a High thing. MARTINEZ, and Senator VITTER. School is the Salesianum School in On Friday, voters in Iran lined up in America is open for business. The Wilmington, DE. Its efforts were led by unprecedented numbers to choose their people who work in our tourism indus- two seniors, Robert Liszkiewicz and next president. I, like many others, tries are ready to work. Now we need Dominic Taglione. was dismayed on Saturday to hear the to tell the world.∑ The two led their classmates in an ef- ruling clerics rush to announce that VOTE EXPLANATION fort to increase youth voluntarism, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had won re- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, on vote they gave their time to mentoring election by a large margin. Regardless No. 208, had I been present for the vote, local students, volunteering with the of the limited official scope of his du- I would have voted aye on the motion Blue/Gold Foundation for Delawareans ties, President Ahmadinejad’s con- to invoke cloture on the motion to pro- with intellectual disabilities, and help- sistent pattern of noxious remarks and ceed to the Travel Promotion Act of ing at the local Ronald McDonald his belligerent attitude inject under- 2009, S. 1023. House for families with children under- standable tension around the Middle JEFFERSON AWARD RECIPIENTS going medical treatment. The efforts of East and beyond. He has used the presi- Mr. KAUFMAN. Mr. President, I rise Robert, Dominic, and their fellow stu- dential podium to instigate conflict to honor this year’s winners of the an- dents at Salesianum have established a with the international community, nual Jefferson Award for Public Serv- lasting program for youth voluntarism pursue acquisition of nuclear weapons, ice and particularly four winners from based on the principles of the Jefferson and spew hatred and intolerance to- my home State of Delaware. Awards. ward Israel and the United States. The Jefferson Awards were created in I am privileged to have the oppor- I cannot say and will not say what 1972 to serve as a kind of Nobel Prize tunity to meet Elaine, Leonard, Rob- could have been or should have been if for voluntarism and community service ert, and Dominic at a Senate reception any other candidate was elected, but in America. Named for our third Presi- today honoring Jefferson Award win- there is no doubt whatsoever as to dent, whose embodiment of our Na- ners from across the country. I hope Ahmadinejad’s unfitness as a leader. tion’s spirit of community and service my colleagues will join me in cele- Equally troubling were the almost continues to inspire, these awards are brating their achievements, their com- immediate reports coming from Tehran presented annually for both national mitment to serving local communities, and elsewhere around Iran that there and State winners. and their embodiment of that greatest were deep flaws in this election. Elec- The mission of the State Jefferson American quality of service above self. tions do not equal democracy, nor do I yield the floor, and I suggest the ab- Awards is to recognize unsung heroes they guarantee that the will of the peo- sence of a quorum. ple will be reflected in their govern- in our communities who give their The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time and their care in service to oth- clerk will call the roll. ment. But this was not a free and fair ers. On the national level, Jefferson The assistant legislative clerk pro- election from the start. Awards are bestowed upon those who ceeded to call the roll. In Iranian Presidential elections, have contributed significantly to ad- Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I ask only a select group of candidates ap- vancing these principles. Past winners unanimous consent the order for the proved by a 12–person Council of include Colin Powell, Bill and Melinda quorum call be rescinded. Guardians are eligible to run. The Ira- Gates, Oprah Winfrey, and Sandra Day The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. nian regime, headed by Supreme Lead- O’Connor. KAUFMAN). Without objection, it is so er Ali Khamenei, continues to severely This year, four outstanding Dela- ordered. restrict civil liberties including free- wareans have won Jefferson Awards. Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I ask dom of speech, expression, assembly, They have contributed to voluntarism unanimous consent that I be permitted and association. Freedom to discuss in the ‘‘First State’’ through innova- to speak as in morning business. ideas without threat of oppression is a tive programs and a dedication to in- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without fundamental human right that is es- spiring their fellow citizens to service. objection, it is so ordered. sential to a government truly reflect- Elaine Chester, of Wilmington, has IRANIAN ELECTIONS ing the will of its people. This freedom won a Jefferson Award for creating a Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, as is absent in Iran. Typically, Iranian program through the Delaware Divi- Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commis- elections and public expressions are

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:02 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G16JN6.023 S16JNPT1 wwoods2 on PRODPC68 with SENATE S6646 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 16, 2009 carefully monitored and manipulated MORNING BUSINESS tween the amount of forest cover in by the ruling regime to prevent chal- Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent Haiti and the Dominican Republic— lenges to their authority. that the Senate proceed to a period of countries that share the same island. The last few days seem somewhat dif- morning business, with Senators per- The black line shows the border be- ferent. The tens of thousands of people mitted to speak for up to 10 minutes tween the two nations. When you look lining the streets of Tehran—in an in- each. at the lush green of the Dominican Re- credible rebuttal to the ruling powers— The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without public and compare it to the stark des- want to know that the votes they did objection, it is so ordered. olation on Haiti’s side of the border, it cast are counted properly. The delib- is easy to see why Haiti is so much f erate lack of transparency in the vote more vulnerable than the Dominican tabulation and the blatant attempts to HAITI REFORESTATION ACT OF Republic to the devastating effects of block mass communications among 2009 soil erosion, landslides, and flooding. citizens, particularly youth, are too Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, in It was not always that way. In fact, glaring to ignore. Even Supreme Lead- December 2008, Senator BINGAMAN, 85 years ago Haiti’s tropical forest cov- er Khamenei has been forced to back- Congressman MEEK, and I visited Haiti. ered 60 percent of the country. Today track on his immediate approval of the We went to see the public health, eco- less than 2 percent of those forests re- results and has called for at least the nomic, environmental, and political main. In the past 5 years, the deforest- appearance of a recount in some dis- situation in that impoverished Carib- ation rate has accelerated by more puted areas. bean nation. than 20 percent. Americans know something about We traveled for hours into rural Haiti Some 30 million trees are cut down wanting to have their votes counted to the town of Cange to observe the in- every year in Haiti. This staggering accurately. The difference between our credible work being done by Partners level of deforestation happens because two nations: when the results of a U.S. in Health providing AIDS treatment 60 percent of the population of Haiti re- election were in dispute, the world and teaching mothers with newborns lies on charcoal produced from cutting down trees for cooking fuel and two- spotlight shined bright on the process how to purify water. and the people involved in resolving We visited a school in Cite de Solei— thirds rely on inefficient, small-scale the conflict—peacefully. Transparency a teeming slum in the capital Port au subsistence farming for survival. While understandable, this deforest- and openness is not a hallmark of Ira- Prince—where Father Hagan and the ation has had terrible, unintended con- nian elections. organization Hands Together is pro- sequences. The soil erosion that has re- Even before the presidential election viding schooling and meals for some of sulted from cutting down all of these took place, Iran’s totalitarian regime Haiti’s most vulnerable children. trees has had the perverse effect of sub- blocked personal communications like Unfortunately, despite these pro- stantially reducing Haiti’s already texting and access to the Internet. grams and the efforts of U.N. peace- scarce agricultural land and leaving keeping forces to bring some measure Media have been confined to Tehran, if what remains less productive. they haven’t been asked to leave the of security, the living conditions for This soil erosion also makes the is- country. The regime’s ongoing at- average Haitians remain desperate: It land more vulnerable to floods and tempts to curtail communication and is the poorest country in the Western mudslides like the ones that dev- silence protests—often with brutal Hemisphere, with nearly 80 percent of astated the country last year. The re- force—demonstrate the regime’s fear of its population out of work; one-half of ality of this effect is that far more Hai- losing a grip on power. its 8.2 million people live in extreme tians than Dominicans lost their lives Allegations of a fraudulent vote poverty; Haiti’s infant mortality rate and their homes during last year’s count are a symptom of a regime that is the highest in our hemisphere; 1 in 10 storms. has survived by an authoritarian power children dies before the age of 5 due to Haiti’s tropical forests, if protected structure that oppresses its people. On malnutrition; the HIV/AIDS situation and re-grown, would fight the destruc- June 12, the people of Iran did not vote in Haiti is among the most frightening tive effects of soil erosion. Saving old for the Supreme Leader of their coun- in the world; the average life expect- and growing new tropical forests would try. Under the current system, the Su- ancy of a citizen of Haiti is 61 years, help protect Haiti’s freshwater sources preme Leader and his supporters will the lowest in the region. from contaminants, safeguard Haiti’s continue to dictate policy to the Presi- To add to these already desperate remaining irrigable land, and save lives dent of Iran, regardless of who that conditions, Haiti has been devastated during hurricane season. Helping Haiti president is and whatever policy deci- in recent years by tropical storms and deal with its deforestation is some- sions the president is authorized to hurricanes. In 2004, Hurricane Jeanne thing we can help do. make. struck Haiti, killing nearly 3,000 resi- Today, Senator BROWNBACK joins me The people of Iran want their voices dents, and displacing over 200,000 more. in introducing the Haiti Reforestation to be heard and they should be assured Last year, the island of Hispaniola, Act of 2009 in an effort to attack this that the world is listening. I urge those which Haiti shares with the Dominican deforestation. The bill aims to end in power in Iran also to listen and im- Republic, was hit by four major within 5 years deforestation in Haiti plement the reforms necessary to allow storms. These storms caused massive and restore within 30 years the extent the will of the people to be expressed. flooding and landslides that cut off of tropical forest cover in existence in I look forward to a future when the land routes and hampered the delivery Haiti in 1990. people of Iran have an opportunity for of aid to its desperate citizens. Nearly While it is important to start putting a free and fair election of leaders of 800 Haitians lost their lives and as trees in the ground, this bill is about their choosing. It is my sincere hope many as 1 million were left homeless. more than just planting trees. Our gov- that one day this vision will be real- The world quickly responded to these ernment has tried that approach in the ized, and the voice of the Iranian peo- catastrophes with millions of dollars past and has failed miserably. ple will truly be heard. worth of emergency food aid and dis- This bill brings the expertise of the I yield the floor and suggest the ab- aster assistance. The United States both the US AID and the International sence of a quorum. alone provided $29 million in aid. This Programs Office of the US Department The PRESIDING OFFICER. The assistance helped Haiti cope with these of Agriculture’s Forest Service to help clerk will call the roll. immediate challenges. Haiti manage in a measurable, The assistant legislative clerk pro- But one of the underlying causes of verifiable, and reportable way its con- ceeded to call the roll. this devastation—and contributor to servation and reforestation efforts. It Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask Haiti’s larger challenge with poverty does this in three ways. unanimous consent that the order for and disease—is the deforestation of the First, the bill empowers these agen- the quorum call be rescinded. country’s once plentiful tropical for- cies to work with the Haitian Govern- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. ests. ment to develop Haiti-appropriate for- SHAHEEN.) Without objection, it is so This satellite image provided by est-management ideas that can be im- ordered. NASA shows the stark difference be- plemented in an incremental way.

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The Army believes in strength with- of local communities and organiza- out arrogance; in firmness without discour- ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS tions; provide incentives to protect tesy; in loyalty without servility. It lives with pride in its cherished traditions of serv- trees through sustainable, yet income- ice to our commander-in-chief and to the COMMENDING THE GATTON generating growth; and provide hands- people to whom it belongs. ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE on management and oversight of re- This quote is as true today as it was ∑ Mr. BUNNING. Madam President, I planting efforts. then. Our all-volunteer force has per- Conservation groups such as Planting would like to take this time to con- formed superbly during these chal- Empowerment, which is doing just this gratulate the Gatton Academy of Math lenging times and has lived up to and type of work in Panama, provide a and Science in Bowling Green, KY. exceeded our greatest expectations. model of success and this bill will en- Newsweek magazine recently pub- This Army birthday is special be- courage such groups to bring their ef- lished a list of schools recognized for cause it is also the Year of the Non forts to Haiti. challenging students. Separate from Commissioned Officer. Since 1775, the Third, the bill expands the ability of the top 1,500 public high schools in the Army has set apart its NCOs from conservation groups to work with the country, Newsweek magazine published other enlisted soldiers by distinctive Haitian Government and international its list of 15 schools known as the Pub- insignia of grade. creditors to trade Haiti’s international lic Elites. The Gatton Academy of Throughout the Army’s history, the debt for revenue in what are known as Math and Science was one of the dis- noncommissioned officer corps has dis- debt-for-nature swaps. tinguished 15 members of this list and tinguished itself as the world’s most Groups such as Conservation Inter- marks the first time a school from accomplished group of military profes- national, World Wildlife Fund, and The Kentucky has earned a spot among the sionals. Historical and daily accounts Nature Conversancy have successfully Public Elites. of life as an NCO are exemplified by used this mechanism globally to save The Gatton Academy of Math and acts of courage and a dedication and a other tropical forests—this bill will en- Science is a selected group of high willingness to do whatever it takes to courage such groups to bring their ef- school juniors and seniors from around complete the mission. forts to Haiti. Kentucky who attend the Western Ken- I also pay tribute to the families of Preservation of what remains of Hai- tucky University. Their selection is our Army soldiers who give so much of ti’s tropical forest, and helping re-grow based on test scores, grades, and sub- their lives for our Nation. The impor- some of what has been lost, has numer- mitted essays. Students in the program tant role families play is vital to the ous benefits for all of us, not just for earn college credit at the Western Ken- Army’s success. They have our Na- Haiti. Tropical forests: play a critical tucky University in addition to com- tion’s deepest appreciation for the sup- role as carbon sinks to reduce green- pleting their high school education. port and devotion they provide to our house gases in the atmosphere; harbor As a supporter of education, I appre- men and women in uniform. a major portion of the Earth’s biologi- ciate the opportunity to recognize the Today I wish to celebrate the cal and terrestrial resources; and pro- performance of this great educational strength of our Nation and the vide habitats for an estimated 10 to 30 facility.∑ strength of our Army by saluting our million plant and animal species, in- f noncommissioned officer corps and the cluding species essential to medical re- Army’s soldiers, families and civilians COMMENDING NORTH OLDHAM search and agricultural productivity. by wishing them a happy 234th birth- HIGH SCHOOL But attacking the desperate effect of day! ∑ deforestation in Haiti is the main pur- Mr. BUNNING. Madam President, I pose of this bill. As Haiti’s Prime Min- f would like to take this time to con- gratulate North Oldham High School in ister, Miche`le Pierre-Louis, recently THANKS TO BERMUDA said: Goshen, KY. Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, last Newsweek magazine recently pub- The whole country is facing an ecological disaster. We cannot keep going on like this. Thursday Bermuda welcomed to free- lished a list of the top 1,500 public We are going to disappear one day. There dom four men who had been wrongly schools in the country. The 15 schools will not be 400, 500 or 1,000 deaths [from hur- detained at Guantanamo Bay for more that made the list from Kentucky rank ricanes]. There are going to be a million than 7 years. The men are ethnic among the top 6 percent of public deaths. Uighurs—a minority group from west- schools in the Nation. What is even We must act to ensure that that day ern China that has long suffered dis- more impressive is that Kentucky had never comes. I urge my colleagues to crimination and oppression by China’s three more schools ranked this year support the Haiti Reforestation Act of Government. Their release is welcome than in 2008, showing improvement in 2009. news—our own Federal courts had our State’s schools. Placing as one of f cleared them for release, as did both 15 schools from Kentucky on this list, the Bush and Obama administrations. North Oldham High School has earned 234TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. Bermudian Prime Minister Dr. Ewart national recognition for the fine per- ARMY Brown and the Bermudian people have formance of its students and faculty. Mr. CHAMBLISS. Madam President, done a humanitarian service, and I am proud of the students of North on June 14, we celebrate the 234th should be praised for it. Oldham High School. Their commit- birthday of the U.S. Army. For more I strongly support President Obama’s ment to education is a fine example for than two centuries, the Army has decision to close Guantanamo, which the entire Commonwealth, and I take fought to preserve the principles of de- became a rallying cry for al-Qaida and pride in recognizing them on the floor mocracy both here in the United States other terrorist groups seeking recruits. of the Senate.∑ and around the globe. I am disappointed that the United f It was 234 years ago today that the States did not find a way to resettle U.S. Army was established to defend the Uighurs here, as there are Uighur 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF REVILLO, our Nation. From the Revolutionary communities in several States that SOUTH DAKOTA War to operations in Afghanistan and would have welcomed them and helped ∑ Mr. THUNE. Madam President, today Iraq, our soldiers have served with them become productive members of I recognize Revillo, SD. Founded in honor and a deep commitment to our society. It would also have been an im- 1884, the town of Revillo will celebrate Nation’s core values and beliefs. portant gesture to other countries that its 125th anniversary this year.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:34 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G16JN6.001 S16JNPT1 wwoods2 on PRODPC68 with SENATE S6648 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 16, 2009 Located in Grant County, Revillo 1884, the town of Lebanon will cele- at 2300 Scenic Drive in Georgetown, Texas, possesses the strong sense of commu- brate its 125th anniversary this year. as the ‘‘Kile G. West Post Office Building’’. nity that makes South Dakota such an Located in Potter County, Lebanon H.R. 2661. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the penalty for vio- outstanding place to live and work. possesses the strong sense of commu- lations of section 119 (relating to protection Throughout its rich history, Revillo nity that makes South Dakota such an of individuals performing certain official du- has continued to be a strong reflection outstanding place to live and work. ties), and for other purposes. of South Dakota’s greatest values and Throughout its rich history, Lebanon H.R. 2765. An act to amend title 28, United traditions. The city of Revillo has has continued to be a strong reflection States Code, to prohibit recognition and en- much to be proud of and I am confident of South Dakota’s greatest values and forcement of foreign defamation judgments that Revillo’s success will continue traditions. The city of Lebanon has and certain foreign judgments against the well into the future. much to be proud of and I am confident providers of interactive computer services. The town of Revillo will commemo- that Lebanon’s success will continue The message also announced that the rate the 125th anniversary of its found- well into the future. House has passed the following bill, ing with celebrations held on June 19 The town of Lebanon will commemo- without amendment: thru June 21. I would like to offer my rate the 125th anniversary of its found- S. 615. An act to provide additional per- congratulations to the citizens of ing with celebrations held on June 20 sonnel authorities for the Special Inspector Revillo on this milestone anniversary and June 21. I would like to offer my General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. and wish them continued prosperity in congratulations to the citizens of Leb- f the years to come.∑ anon on this milestone anniversary and MEASURES REFERRED f wish them continued prosperity in the The following bills were read the first ∑ years to come. and the second times by unanimous 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF ELK f consent, and referred as indicated: POINT, SOUTH DAKOTA MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT H.R. 729. An act to help keep students safe ∑ Mr. THUNE. Madam President, today on school-run, overnight, off-premises field I recognize Elk Point, SD. Founded in Messages from the President of the trips; to the Committee on Health, Edu- 1859, the city of Elk Point will cele- United States were communicated to cation, Labor, and Pensions. brate its 150th anniversary this year. the Senate by Mr. Williams, one of his H.R. 2325. An act to designate the facility Located in Union County, Elk Point secretaries. of the United States Postal Service located serves as the county seat. The name at 1300 Matamoros Street in Laredo, Texas, f as the ‘‘Laredo Veterans Post Office’’; to the Elk Point originates from the Lewis EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- and Clark expedition campsite near ernmental Affairs. present day Elk Point. As one of South As in executive session the Presiding H.R. 2422. To designate the facility of the Dakota’s oldest communities, Elk Officer laid before the Senate messages United States Postal Service located at 2300 Point possesses a rich history that con- from the President of the United Scenic Drive in Georgetown, Texas, as the tinues to be a strong reflection of States submitting sundry nominations ‘‘Kile G. West Post Office Building’’; to the South Dakota’s greatest values and and a treaty which were referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- ernmental Affairs. traditions. The city of Elk Point has appropriate committees. H. R. 2661. An act to amend title 18, United much to be proud of and I am confident (The nominations received today are States Code, to increase the penalty for vio- that Elk Point’s success will continue printed at the end of the Senate pro- lations of section 119 (relating to protection well into the future. ceedings.) of individuals performing certain official du- I would like to offer my congratula- f ties), and for other purposes; to the Com- tions to the citizens of Elk Point on mittee on the Judiciary. this milestone anniversary and wish MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE H.R. 2765. An act to amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition and en- them continued prosperity in the years forcement of foreign defamation judgments to come.∑ ENROLLED BILL SIGNED and certain foreign judgments against the f providers of interactive computer services; At 10:14 a.m., a message from the to the Committee on the Judiciary. 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF House of Representatives, delivered by f MCLAUGHLIN, SOUTH DAKOTA Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS ∑ Mr. THUNE. Madam President, today nounced that the Speaker has signed I recognize McLaughlin, SD. Founded the following enrolled bill: The following petitions and memo- in 1909, the city of McLaughlin will cel- H.R. 1256. An act to protect the public rials were laid before the Senate and ebrate its 100th anniversary this year. health by providing the Food and Drug Ad- were referred or ordered to lie on the Named after COL James McLaughlin, ministration with certain authority to regu- table as indicated: late tobacco products, to amend title 5, P0M–47. A concurrent resolution adopted the city of McLaughlin is located in United States Code, to make certain modi- Corson County. McLaughlin possesses by the Senate of the State of Louisiana urg- fications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the ing Congress to take such actions as are nec- the strong sense of community that Civil Service Retirement System, and the essary to maintain the current incentives for makes South Dakota a great place to Federal Employees’ Retirement System, and the exploration and production of domestic work and live. Throughout its rich his- for other purposes. oil and natural gas; to the Committee on En- tory, McLaughlin has continued to be a The enrolled bill was subsequently ergy and Natural Resources. strong reflection of South Dakota’s signed by the Acting President pro SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 15 greatest values and traditions. The tempore (Mr. REID). Whereas, Louisiana is a key energy state city of McLaughlin has much to be where over three hundred twenty thousand proud of and I am confident that At 2:28 p.m., a message from the Louisianians are employed in the energy sec- McLaughlin’s success will continue House of Representatives, delivered by tor, and these jobs support over twelve bil- well into the future. Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, lion dollars a year in household income; and I would like to offer my congratula- announced that the House has passed Whereas, these jobs are from numerous small businesses and include welders, pipe tions to the citizens of McLaughlin on the following bills, in which it requests fitters, barge workers, and engineers, and an this milestone anniversary and wish the concurrence of the Senate: estimated fifty thousand indirect workers them continued prosperity in the years H.R. 729. An act to help keep students safe support the energy sector; and to come.∑ on school-run, overnight, off-premises field Whereas, the current federal budget pro- trips. posal includes eight separate tax hikes on f H.R. 2325. An act to designate the facility the energy economy totaling over thirty bil- 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF LEBANON, of the United States Postal Service located lion dollars, new fees on energy leases in the SOUTH DAKOTA at 1300 Matamoros Street in Laredo, Texas, Gulf of Mexico, excise taxes on Gulf produc- as the ‘‘Laredo Veterans Post Office’’. tion, and also repeals several important tax ∑ Mr. THUNE. Madam President, today H.R. 2422. An act to designate the facility incentives for Louisiana energy producers; I recognize Lebanon, SD. Founded in of the United States Postal Service located and

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:34 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G16JN6.034 S16JNPT1 wwoods2 on PRODPC68 with SENATE June 16, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6649 Whereas, ninety percent of domestic oil which certain persons may be treated as ad- rial; Project Foundation, Inc.—$150 USD and natural gas wells are developed by small, judicated mentally incompetent for certain (2006–07); Friends of Barbara Boxer—$200 USD independent businesses that would encounter purposes (Rept. No. 111-27). (2008); Hillary R. Clinton Campaign -$50 USD a devastating impact from any change in By Mr. KERRY, from the Committee on (2008); Nancy Pelosi—$200 USD (2006–08); policy to reduce incentives; and Foreign Relations, without amendment and Maxwell for San Francisco Board of Super- Whereas, these tax increases also reduce with a preamble: visor—$50 USD; Maxwell for San Francisco our nation’s energy security by discouraging S. Res. 153. A resolution expressing the Board of Supervisors—$50 USD; Jane Morri- new investment in domestic oil and natural sense of the Senate on the restitution of or son for DCCC (SF City and County Commu- gas production and refining capacity and compensation for property seized during the nity College Board—$100 USD; Sue Bierman pushing those investments abroad; and Nazi and Communist eras. for DCCC (SF City and County Community Whereas, a reduction in incentives would S. Res. 182. A resolution recognizing the College Board—$100 USD; San Francisco reduce the amount of domestically produced democratic accomplishments of the people of Democratic Party—$135 USD; Dianne Fein- natural gas and deprive the American people Albania and expressing the hope that the stein (Senator, California)—$100 USD; John of a clean energy source. Therefore, be it parliamentary elections on June 28, 2009, Burton (California State Senator) Children Resolved, That the Legislature of Louisiana maintain and improve the transparency and Without Homes Fund—$50 USD; Kamala Har- memorializes the Congress of the United fairness of democracy in Albania. ris for San Francisco District Attorney—$100 States to take such actions as are necessary S. Con. Res. 23. A concurrent resolution USD; Tom Ammiano—$50 USD; Nancy to maintain the current incentives for the supporting the goals and objectives of the Pelosi, Congresswoman, San Francisco—$300 exploration and production of domestic oil Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets. USD; Hillary R. Clinton Debt Fund—$50 and natural gas. Be it further USD; Obama Presidential Campaign—$50 f Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution USD (2008); John Burton, Children Without shall be transmitted to the secretary of the EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF Homes Fund—$100 USD; Hillary R. Clinton United States Senate and the clerk of the COMMITTEES Presidential Campaign—$100 USD (2008). United States House of Representatives, and Grandparents: maternal and paternal to each member of the Louisiana delegation The following executive reports of grandparents died: no contributions > 4 yrs. to the United States Congress. nominations were submitted: Paternal Grandfather: Felix Goosby, died By Mr. KERRY for the Committee on For- 1966. POM–48. A concurrent resolution adopted Paternal Grandmother: Eva Goosby, died by the Senate of the State of Louisiana urg- eign Relations. *Andrew J. Shapiro, of New York, to be an 1978. ing Congress to take such actions as are nec- Maternal Grandmother: Nola Smith, died essary to appropriate funds specifically for Assistant Secretary of State (Political-Mili- tary Affairs). 1988 (est). the storm-proofing of interior pump stations Maternal Grandfather: not known, died in the parishes of St. Bernard and *Eric P. Schwartz, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Population, 1962 (est). Plaquemines; to the Committee on Energy 5. Brothers and. Spouses: Kevin R. Goosby: and Natural Resources. Refugees, and Migration). *Bonnie D. Jenkins, of New York, for the No contributions > 4 yrs; Zuretti L. Goosby; SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 51 rank of Ambassador during her tenure of Brenda Goosby (wife). Whereas, in 2006, the United States Con- service as Coordinator for Threat Reduction Obama Presidential Campaign < $2Q0.00, gress, under the Flood Control and Coastal Programs. estimate (2008); (they are on extended travel Emergency Act, appropriated two hundred *Ellen 0. Tauscher, of California, to be for the next 3 weeks and I am unable to con- fifty million dollars for storm-proofing inte- Under Secretary of State for Arms Control firm, but I do not think it is above $200 USD rior pump stations in the Greater New Orle- and International Security. going back to 2004) ans area in order to ensure the operability of *Kurt M. Campbell, of the District of Co- 6. Sisters: None the stations during hurricanes, storms, and lumbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, for the high water events; and State (East Asian and Pacific Affairs). Committee on Foreign Relations I re- Whereas, four years after hurricanes *Eric P. Goosby, of California, to be Am- Katrina and Rita, only pump stations in the port favorably the following nomina- bassador at Large and Coordinator of United tion list which was printed in the parishes of Jefferson and Orleans have been States Government Activities to Combat storm-proofed pursuant to this appropria- HIV/AIDS Globally. RECORD on the date indicated, and ask tion; and Nominee: Eric Paul Goosby. unanimous consent, to save the ex- Whereas, it is the belief of the public that The following is a list of all members of pense of reprinting on the Executive the pump stations in the parishes of St. Ber- my immediate family and their spouses. I Calendar that this nomination lie at nard and Plaquemines have not been storm- have asked each of these persons to inform the Secretary’s desk for the informa- proofed because the Corps of Engineers un- me of the pertinent contributions made by tion of Senators. derestimated the cost of the storm-proofing them. To the best of my knowledge, the in- and, therefore, interpreted the ‘‘Greater New The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without formation contained in this report is com- objection, it is so ordered. Orleans area’’ to include only the parishes of plete and accurate. Jefferson and Orleans; and Contributions, amount, date, and donee: Foreign Service nominations beginning Whereas, storm-proofing interior pump 1. Self: Eric Goosby. with Marvin F. Burgos and ending with Ste- stations in the parishes of St. Bernard and Spouse: Nancy Truelove. phen Alan Cristina, which nominations were Plaquemines is desperately needed in order US Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Cali- received by the Senate and appeared in the to ensure the operability of the stations as fornia: $100 USD (2006) $100 USD (2007) $50 Congressional Record on April 20, 2009. well as to provide safe housing for personnel USD (2008) $100 USD (2009) (minus 1 nominee: Terence Jones) required to remain on duty to operate the Mayor Ron Dellums, Oakland, California: By Mr. LIEBERMAN for the Committee on pump stations during hurricanes, storms, $200 USD (2007) Homeland Security and Governmental Af- and high water events. Therefore, be it Hillary R. Clinton Presidential Candidate: fairs. Resolved, That the Legislature of Louisiana $200 USD (2007–08) $100 USD (2009—debt fund) *Jeffrey D. Zients, of the District of Co- does hereby memorialize the United States Barack Obama Presidential Candidate: $300 lumbia, to be Deputy Director for Manage- Congress to take such actions as are nec- USD (2008) ment, Office of Management and Budget. essary to appropriate funds specifically for Woody Myers, MD Congressional Can- the storm-proofing of interior pump stations *Nomination was reported with rec- didate, Indiana’s 7th District: $100 USD (2008) in the parishes of St. Bernard and ommendation that it be confirmed sub- US Congressman Jessie Jackson for Con- Plaquemines. Be it further ject to the nominee’s commitment to gress, Illinois: $500 USD x 2 (est 2004–5) Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be respond to requests to appear and tes- 2. Children: Eric N. Goosby; Zoe A. Goosby: transmitted to the presiding officers of the no contributions. tify before any duly constituted com- Senate and the House of Representatives of 3. Parents: Zuretti L. Goosby, Sr.: deceased mittee of the Senate. the Congress of the United States of America 2000: no contributions. (Nominations without an asterisk and to each member of the Louisiana con- Jackie I. Goosby—2005–2009 contributions: were reported with the recommenda- gressional delegation. Jane Morrison for DCCC—$100 USD (2005); tion that they be confirmed.) f Barack Obama—$50 USD (2008); Eric Mar for f REPORTS OF COMMITTEES San Francisco Supervisor—$35 USD; Obama Victory Fund—$250 USD (2008); San Fran- INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND The following reports of committees cisco Democratic Party—$100 USD (2006–07); JOINT RESOLUTIONS were submitted: Barbara Lee for Congress—$100 USD (2007– By Mr. AKAKA, from the Committee on 08); John Burton Children Without Homes— The following bills and joint resolu- Veterans’ Affairs, without amendment: $50 USD (2005); Ursula Reed, San Leandro tions were introduced, read the first S. 669. A bill to amend title 38, United City Council—$75 USD (2007); Washington and second times by unanimous con- States Code, to clarify the conditions under DC, Martin Luther King Jr. National Memo- sent, and referred as indicated:

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:02 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16JN6.021 S16JNPT1 wwoods2 on PRODPC68 with SENATE S6650 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 16, 2009 By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and By Mr. WARNER: statements, and reports in electronic Mr. CASEY): S. Res. 185. A resolution supporting the form. S. 1267. A bill to amend title V of the So- goals and ideals of National Alzheimer’s Dis- S. 497 cial Security Act to provide grants to estab- ease Awareness Month and National Memory lish or expand quality programs providing Screening Day, including the development of At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the home visitation for low-income pregnant a national health policy on dementia screen- names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. women and low-income families with young ing and care; to the Committee on Health, MERKLEY) and the Senator from New children, and for other purposes; to the Com- Education, Labor, and Pensions. York (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) were added as mittee on Finance. By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Mr. cosponsors of S. 497, a bill to amend the By Mr. BAYH (for himself, Mr. MAR- PRYOR, and Mr. LIEBERMAN): Public Health Service Act to authorize TINEZ, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. S. Res. 186. A resolution condemning the GILLIBRAND, Ms. STABENOW, and Mr. murder of Army Private William Andrew capitation grants to increase the num- LAUTENBERG): ‘‘Andy’’ Long and the wounding of Army Pri- ber of nursing faculty and students, S. 1268. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- vate Quinton Ezeagwula, who were shot out- and for other purposes. enue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and side the Army-Navy Career Center in Little S. 534 expand the additional standard deduction for Rock, Arkansas on June 1, 2009; considered real property taxes for nonitemizers; to the At the request of Mr. NELSON of Flor- and agreed to. ida, the name of the Senator from Min- Committee on Finance. By Mr. NELSON of Nebraska (for him- nesota (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) was added as a By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. self and Mrs. FEINSTEIN): CHAMBLISS, and Mr. DURBIN): S. Con. Res. 28. A concurrent resolution cosponsor of S. 534, a bill to amend S. 1269. A bill to provide for enhanced supporting the goals of Smart Irrigation title XVIII of the Social Security Act foodborne illness surveillance and food safe- Month, which recognizes the advances in ir- to reduce cost-sharing under part D of ty capacity, to establish regional food safety rigation technology and practices that help centers of excellence, and for other purposes; such title for certain non-institutional- raise healthy plants and increase crop yields to the Committee on Health, Education, ized full-benefit dual eligible individ- while using water resources more efficiently Labor, and Pensions. uals. and encourages the adoption of smart irriga- By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. tion practices throughout the United States S. 604 MERKLEY): At the request of Mr. SANDERS, the S. 1270. A bill to modify the boundary of to further improve water-use efficiency in the Oregon Caves National Monument, and agricultural, residential, and commercial ac- name of the Senator from Louisiana for other purposes; to the Committee on En- tivities; to the Committee on Energy and (Mr. VITTER) was added as a cosponsor ergy and Natural Resources. Natural Resources. of S. 604, a bill to amend title 31, By Mr. WYDEN: By Mr. MCCAIN (for himself, Mr. United States Code, to reform the man- S. 1271. A bill to amend the Wild and Sce- LEAHY, and Mr. BROWNBACK): S. Con. Res. 29. A concurrent resolution ex- ner in which the Board of Governors of nic Rivers Act to add certain segments to the Federal Reserve System is audited the Rogue River designation, and for other pressing the sense of the Congress that John purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Arthur ‘‘Jack’’ Johnson should receive a by the Comptroller General of the Natural Resources. posthumous pardon for the racially moti- United States and the manner in which By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. vated conviction in 1913 that diminished the such audits are reported, and for other MERKLEY): athletic, cultural, and historic significance purposes. S. 1272. A bill to provide for the designa- of Jack Johnson and unduly tarnished his S. 653 tion of the Devil’s Staircase Wilderness Area reputation; to the Committee on the Judici- in the State of Oregon, to designate seg- ary. At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the name of the Senator from Mississippi ments of Wasson and Franklin Creeks in the f State of Oregon as wild or recreation rivers, (Mr. WICKER) was added as a cosponsor and for other purposes; to the Committee on ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS of S. 653, a bill to require the Secretary Energy and Natural Resources. S. 148 of the Treasury to mint coins in com- By Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Ms. memoration of the bicentennial of the STABENOW, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, At the request of Mr. KOHL, the name writing of the Star-Spangled Banner, and Mr. ISAKSON): of the Senator from Delaware (Mr. S. 1273. A bill to amend the Public health KAUFMAN) was added as a cosponsor of and for other purposes. Service Act to provide for the establishment S. 148, a bill to restore the rule that S. 662 of permanent national surveillance systems agreements between manufacturers At the request of Mr. CONRAD, the for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and retailers, distributors, or whole- name of the Senator from Washington and other neurological diseases and dis- orders; to the Committee on Health, Edu- salers to set the minimum price below (Ms. CANTWELL) was added as a cospon- cation, Labor, and Pensions. which the manufacturer’s product or sor of S. 662, a bill to amend title XVIII By Mr. ROCKEFELLER: service cannot be sold violates the of the Social Security Act to provide S. 1274. A bill to amend title 46, United Sherman Act. for reimbursement of certified midwife States Code, to ensure that the prohibition S. 211 services and to provide for more equi- on disclosure of maritime transportation se- table reimbursement rates for certified curity information is not used inappropri- At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, ately to shield certain other information her name was added as a cosponsor of nurse-midwife services. from public disclosure, and for other pur- S. 211, a bill to facilitate nationwide S. 663 poses; to the Committee on Commerce, availability of 2-1-1 telephone service At the request of Mr. NELSON of Ne- Science, and Transportation. for information and referral on human braska, the names of the Senator from By Mr. WARNER: services and volunteer services, and for S. 1275. A bill to establish a National Foun- Alaska (Mr. BEGICH), the Senator from dation on Physical Fitness and Sports to other purposes. Colorado (Mr. UDALL) and the Senator carry out activities to support and supple- S. 244 from Washington (Ms. CANTWELL) were ment the mission of the President’s Council At the request of Mr. BOND, the name added as cosponsors of S. 663, a bill to on Physical Fitness and Sports; to the Com- of the Senator from Maine (Ms. SNOWE) amend title 38, United States Code, to mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and was added as a cosponsor of S. 244, a direct the Secretary of Veterans Af- Pensions. bill to expand programs of early child- fairs to establish the Merchant Mariner By Mr. REED: S. 1276. A bill to require investment advis- hood home visitation that increase Equity Compensation Fund to provide ers to private funds, including hedge funds, school readiness, child abuse and ne- benefits to certain individuals who private equity funds, venture capital funds, glect prevention, and early identifica- served in the United States merchant and others to register with the Securities tion of developmental and health marine (including the Army Transport and Exchange Commission, and for other delays, including potential mental Service and the Naval Transport Serv- purposes; to the Committee on Banking, health concerns, and for other pur- ice) during World War II. Housing, and Urban Affairs. poses. S. 686 f S. 482 At the request of Ms. MIKULSKI, the SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND At the request of Mr. FEINGOLD, the name of the Senator from Massachu- SENATE RESOLUTIONS name of the Senator from New Hamp- setts (Mr. KERRY) was added as a co- The following concurrent resolutions shire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) was added as a co- sponsor of S. 686, a bill to establish the and Senate resolutions were read, and sponsor of S. 482, a bill to require Sen- Social Work Reinvestment Commission referred (or acted upon), as indicated: ate candidates to file designations, to advise Congress and the Secretary of

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Pakistan and its people, and for other schools, including early learning facili- S. 750 purposes. ties at the elementary schools. At the request of Mrs. BOXER, the S. 984 S. 1131 name of the Senator from Massachu- At the request of Mrs. BOXER, the At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the setts (Mr. KENNEDY) was added as a co- name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. sponsor of S. 750, a bill to amend the ISAKSON) was added as a cosponsor of S. COLLINS) was added as a cosponsor of S. Public Health Service Act to attract 984, a bill to amend the Public Health 1131, a bill to amend title XVIII of the and retain trained health care profes- Service Act to provide for arthritis re- Social Security Act to provide certain sionals and direct care workers dedi- search and public health, and for other high cost Medicare beneficiaries suf- cated to providing quality care to the purposes. fering from multiple chronic condi- growing population of older Americans. S. 987 tions with access to coordinated, pri- S. 756 At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the mary care medical services in lower At the request of Mrs. BOXER, the name of the Senator from Massachu- cost treatment settings, such as their name of the Senator from Massachu- setts (Mr. KENNEDY) was added as a co- residences, under a plan of care devel- setts (Mr. KERRY) was added as a co- sponsor of S. 987, a bill to protect girls oped by a team of qualified and experi- sponsor of S. 756, a bill to provide for in developing countries through the enced health care professionals. prostate cancer imaging research and prevention of child marriage, and for S. 1135 education. other purposes. At the request of Ms. STABENOW, the S. 795 S. 1023 name of the Senator from Missouri (Mr. BOND) was added as a cosponsor of At the request of Mrs. LINCOLN, the At the request of Mr. DORGAN, the name of the Senator from Connecticut names of the Senator from Tennessee S. 1135, a bill to establish a voluntary program in the National Highway Traf- (Mr. LIEBERMAN) was added as a co- (Mr. ALEXANDER), the Senator from sponsor of S. 795, a bill to amend the Massachusetts (Mr. KENNEDY) and the fic Safety Administration to encourage Social Security Act to enhance the so- Senator from Michigan (Mr. LEVIN) consumers to trade-in older vehicles cial security of the Nation by ensuring were added as cosponsors of S. 1023, a for more fuel efficient vehicles, and for adequate public-private infrastructure bill to establish a non-profit corpora- other purposes. and to resolve to prevent, detect, treat, tion to communicate United States S. 1144 intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, entry policies and otherwise promote At the request of Mr. JOHNSON, the neglect, and exploitation, and for other leisure, business, and scholarly travel name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. purposes. to the United States. MURKOWSKI) was added as a cosponsor S. 1026 of S. 1144, a bill to improve transit S. 812 At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the services, including in rural States. At the request of Mr. BAUCUS, the name of the Senator from South Caro- S. 1150 name of the Senator from Washington lina (Mr. DEMINT) was added as a co- At the request of Mr. ROCKEFELLER, (Ms. CANTWELL) was added as a cospon- sponsor of S. 1026, a bill to amend the the name of the Senator from Virginia sor of S. 812, a bill to amend the Inter- Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Ab- (Mr. WARNER) was added as a cosponsor nal Revenue Code of 1986 to make per- sentee Voting Act to improve proce- of S. 1150, a bill to improve end-of-life manent the special rule for contribu- dures for the collection and delivery of care. tions of qualified conservation con- marked absentee ballots of absent tributions. S. 1153 overseas uniformed service voters, and At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the S. 823 for other purposes. names of the Senator from Rhode Is- At the request of Ms. SNOWE, the S. 1052 land (Mr. WHITEHOUSE) and the Senator names of the Senator from Texas (Mr. At the request of Mr. CONRAD, the from Vermont (Mr. LEAHY) were added CORNYN), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. as cosponsors of S. 1153, a bill to amend BROWN) and the Senator from Texas ROBERTS) was added as a cosponsor of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to (Mrs. HUTCHISON) were added as cospon- S. 1052, a bill to amend the small, rural extend the exclusion from gross income sors of S. 823, a bill to amend the Inter- school achievement program and the for employer-provided health coverage nal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 5- rural and low-income school program for employees’ spouses and dependent year carryback of operating losses, and under part B of title VI of the Elemen- children to coverage provided to other for other purposes. tary and Secondary Education Act of eligible designated beneficiaries of em- S. 846 1965. ployees. At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the S. 1073 S. 1155 name of the Senator from North Da- At the request of Mr. REED, the name At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the kota (Mr. CONRAD) was added as a co- of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. name of the Senator from Montana sponsor of S. 846, a bill to award a con- KLOBUCHAR) was added as a cosponsor (Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor gressional gold medal to Dr. Muham- of S. 1073, a bill to provide for credit of S. 1155, a bill to amend title 38, mad Yunus, in recognition of his con- rating reforms, and for other purposes. United States Code, to establish the tributions to the fight against global S. 1111 position of Director of Physician As- poverty. At the request of Mr. ROCKEFELLER, sistant Services within the office of the S. 908 the name of the Senator from Hawaii Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for At the request of Mr. BAYH, the name (Mr. AKAKA) was added as a cosponsor health. of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. of S. 1111, a bill to require the Sec- S. 1157 CONRAD) was added as a cosponsor of S. retary of Health and Human Services At the request of Mr. CONRAD, the 908, a bill to amend the Iran Sanctions to enter into agreements with States name of the Senator from Minnesota Act of 1996 to enhance United States to resolve outstanding claims for reim- (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) was added as a co- diplomatic efforts with respect to Iran bursement under the Medicare program sponsor of S. 1157, a bill to amend title by expanding economic sanctions relating to the Special Disability XVIII of the Social Security Act to against Iran. Workload project. protect and preserve access of Medicare S. 962 S. 1121 beneficiaries in rural areas to health At the request of Mr. KERRY, the At the request of Mr. HARKIN, the care providers under the Medicare pro- names of the Senator from New York name of the Senator from Connecticut gram, and for other purposes.

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Res. 26, a concurrent sociated sites of the Revolutionary War and for other purposes. resolution apologizing for the enslave- and the War of 1812 under the American S.J. RES. 17 ment and racial segregation of African Battlefield Protection Program. At the request of Mr. MCCONNELL, Americans. S. 1230 the names of the Senator from Nevada S. RES. 153 At the request of Mr. NELSON of Flor- At the request of Mr. ISAKSON, the (Mr. ENSIGN), the Senator from Maine name of the Senator from Tennessee (Ms. SNOWE) and the Senator from Ohio ida, the name of the Senator from New York (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) was added as a (Mr. CORKER) was added as a cosponsor (Mr. VOINOVICH) were added as cospon- cosponsor of S. Res. 153, a resolution of S. 1230, a bill to amend the Internal sors of S.J. Res. 17, a joint resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a Fed- approving the renewal of import re- the restitution of or compensation for eral income tax credit for certain home strictions contained in the Burmese property seized during the Nazi and purchases. Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, Communist eras. S. 1235 and for other purposes. f At the request of Ms. LANDRIEU, the S. CON. RES. 11 name of the Senator from New Jersey At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED (Mr. MENENDEZ) was added as a cospon- name of the Senator from Nebraska BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS sor of S. 1235, a bill to amend the Pub- (Mr. JOHANNS) was added as a cospon- By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and lic Health Act, the Employee Retire- sor of S. Con. Res. 11, a concurrent res- Mr. MERKLEY): ment Income Security Act of 1974, and olution condemning all forms of anti- S. 1270. A bill to modify the boundary the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to re- Semitism and reaffirming the support of the Oregon Caves National Monu- quire that group and individual health of Congress for the mandate of the Spe- ment, and for other purposes; to the insurance coverage and group health cial Envoy to Monitor and Combat Committee on Energy and Natural Re- plans provide coverage for treatment of Anti-Semitism, and for other purposes. sources. a minor child’s congenital or develop- S. CON. RES. 23 Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, part of mental deformity or disorder due to At the request of Mr. KERRY, his my job as a Senator from a beautiful trauma, infection, tumor, or disease. name was added as a cosponsor of S. State like Oregon is to keep that beau- S. 1242 Con. Res. 23, a concurrent resolution ty protected for the next generation of Oregonians. Today it is my pleasure to At the request of Mr. THUNE, the supporting the goals and objectives of introduce three bills to add environ- name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. the Prague Conference on Holocaust mental protections for three of Or- MCCAIN) was added as a cosponsor of S. Era Assets. egon’s special natural resources. I have 1242, a bill to prohibit the Federal Gov- At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, introduced two of these bills before. ernment from holding ownership inter- her name was added as a cosponsor of The Oregon Caves National Monument ests, and for other purposes. S. Con. Res. 23, supra. At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the Boundary Adjustment Act of 2009 and S. 1244 name of the Senator from New Hamp- the Lower Rogue Wild and Scenic Riv- At the request of Mr. MERKLEY, the shire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) was added as a co- ers Act of 2009 were introduced in 2008 name of the Senator from New York sponsor of S. Con. Res. 23, supra. but unfortunately there was not an op- (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) was added as a co- S. CON. RES. 24 portunity to move them beyond the sponsor of S. 1244, a bill to amend the At the request of Mrs. LINCOLN, the Energy Committee. This year, I look Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect names of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. forward to moving these two bills for- breastfeeding by new mothers, to pro- REID) and the Senator from Pennsyl- ward to final passage, along with a vide for a performance standard for vania (Mr. SPECTER) were added as co- third bill, the Devil’s Staircase Wilder- breast pumps, and to provide tax incen- sponsors of S. Con. Res. 24, a concur- ness Act of 2009. I am pleased to intro- tives to encourage breastfeeding. rent resolution to direct the Architect duce two of these bills with my col- S. 1254 of the Capitol to place a marker in league from Oregon, Senator MERKLEY. At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Vis- My colleague in the House of Rep- name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. itor Center which acknowledges the resentatives, Representative DEFAZIO, BROWN) was added as a cosponsor of S. role that slave labor played in the con- will also be introducing companion leg- 1254, a bill to provide for identification struction of the United States Capitol, islation today, joined by Representa- of misaligned currency, require action and for other purposes. tives Blumenauer and Wu. The first bill I am introducing, S. to correct the misalignment, and for S. CON. RES. 25 other purposes. 1270, the Oregon Caves National Monu- At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the ment Boundary Adjustment Act of S. 1259 name of the Senator from Vermont 2009, will expand the boundary of the At the request of Mr. KYL, the names (Mr. LEAHY) was added as a cosponsor National Park Service land to create of the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. of S. Con. Res. 25, a concurrent resolu- the Oregon Caves National Monument VITTER), the Senator from Oklahoma tion recognizing the value and benefits and Preserve. Under this bill, the stun- (Mr. COBURN) and the Senator from Ne- that community health centers provide ning majesty of both the underground braska (Mr. JOHANNS) were added as co- as health care homes for over 18,000,000 and the above-ground treasures found sponsors of S. 1259, a bill to protect all individuals, and the importance of ena- at this National Monument site will be patients by prohibiting the use of data bling health centers and other safety protected for future generations. obtained from comparative effective- net providers to continue to offer ac- Established by a Presidential Procla- ness research to deny coverage of items cessible, affordable, and continuous mation in 1909, the Oregon Caves Na- or services under Federal health care care to their current patients and to tional Monument is a 480-acre natural programs and to ensure that compara- every American who lacks access to wonder located in the botanically-rich tive effectiveness research accounts for preventive and primary care services. Siskiyou Mountains. It was originally advancements in personalized medicine S. CON. RES. 26 set aside because of its unusual sci- and differences in patient treatment At the request of Mr. HARKIN, the entific interest and importance. Oregon response. names of the Senator from New York Caves has a unique geologic history S. 1265 (Mr. SCHUMER), the Senator from Lou- and is particularly known as the long- At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the isiana (Ms. LANDRIEU), the Senator est marble cave open to the public west names of the Senator from Nebraska from Alaska (Mr. BEGICH), the Senator of the Continental Divide.

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By granting the National Park rugged, wild, pristine and remote. So species such as Townsend’s big-eared Service the ability to safeguard these rugged, in fact, that land managers bats and several cave-adapted species resources, and by providing for a vol- of arthropods found only in only one untary donation of grazing permits, my have repeatedly withdrawn this land- place on Earth: the Oregon Caves. The legislation will be able to better pro- slide-prone forest from all timbering caves possess a significant collection of tect these resources. Over the decades, activity and intrepid hikers must fol- Pleistocene aged fossils, including jag- the number of allowed livestock has di- low elk and deer trails and keep a uar and grizzly bear. In 1995, grizzly minished, but the livestock still has an sharp eye on a compass. The proposed bear bones found in the cave were esti- impact on the drinking water supply Devil’s Staircase Wilderness is the fin- mated to be at least 50,000 years old, and the water quality of this natural est old-growth forest remaining in Or- the oldest known from either North or gem. The current grazing permitee, egon’s Coast Range, boasting huge South America. Phil Krouse’s family, has had the Big Douglas fir, cedar and hemlock and a Today, I am proposing legislation Grayback Grazing Allotment, 19,703 wealth of threatened and endangered that will enhance the protection for acres, since 1937. Mr. Krouse has pub- species. Wildlife include threatened treasures such as these found within licly stated that he would look favor- marbled murrelets and the highest den- the Oregon Caves National Monument ably upon retirement with private sity of Northern Spotted Owls in the and that will increase public recreation compensation for his allotment, which coastal mountains. opportunities by adding surrounding my legislation will allow to proceed. My proposal would not only protect The second bill I am introducing is, lands to the National Park Service the forests surrounding Wasson Creek 1271, the Lower Rogue Wild and Scenic site. My bill would expand the park but would also designate approxi- Rivers Act of 2009, which expands the site by 4,084 acres to include the entire mately 4.5 miles of Franklin Creek and Cave Creek Watershed, and transfer Wild and Scenic River protections to Oregon’s iconic Rogue River and its approximately 10.1 miles of Wasson management of the land from the U.S. Creek as Wild and Scenic Rivers. Forest Service to the National Park tributaries. The Rogue River is one of our na- Franklin Creek, a critically important Service. The newly acquired lands will tributary to the Umpqua River, is one be designated as a Preserve so that tion’s premier recreation destinations, famous for its free flowing waters and of the best examples of pristine salmon hunters can still use them. In addition, the many rafting and fishing opportu- habitat left in Oregon. Together with my legislation would designate at least nities it offers. The headwaters of this Wasson Creek, these two streams in 9.6 miles of rivers and tributaries as great river start in one of Oregon’s the Devil’s Staircase area deserve Wild Wild, Scenic, or Recreational, under other great gems—Crater Lake Na- and Scenic River designation by Con- the federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, tional Park—and ultimately empty gress. including the first subterranean Wild into the Pacific Ocean near Gold Beach and Scenic River, the River Styx. This The ecological significance of this on the southwest Oregon coast. Along bill would also authorize the retire- treasure is apparent. The land is pro- that stretch, the Rogue River flows ment of existing grazing allotments. tected as a Late-Successional Reserve through one of the most spectacular When the Oregon Caves National by the Northwest Forest Plan, as crit- canyons and diverse natural areas in Monument was established in 1909, the ical habitat for the northern spotted the U.S. The river is home to runs of focus was on the unique subsurface re- owl, and as an Area of Critical Envi- coho, spring and fall chinook, winter sources, and the small rectangular ronmental Concern by the Bureau of and summer steelhead, and has the spe- boundary was thought to be adequate Land Management. Preserving these cial distinction of being one of only a to protect the cave. Through the years, majestic forests as Wilderness for their few rivers in the country with runs of however, scientific research and tech- wildlife and spectacular scenery green sturgeon. matches the goals of the existing land nology have provided new information The Rogue River received its first about the cave’s ecology, and the im- protections in the original Wild and management plans. I look forward to pacts from the surface environment Scenic Rivers Act in 1968. A narrow protecting this gem for future genera- and the related hydrological processes. stretch of land was protected along the tions. The current 480-acre boundary simply river banks. Since that time, a great Finally, I want to express my thanks cannot adequately protect this cave deal has been learned about the impor- to the conservation, recreation and system. The National Park Service has tance of protecting the tributaries that business communities of southern and formally proposed a boundary modi- feed into the main stem of the Rogue. coastal Oregon, and Phil Krouse for his fication numerous times, first in 1939, Protecting the Wild and Scenic tribu- strong conservation ethic. All of them again in 1949, and most recently in 2000. taries to the Rogue River is essential have worked diligently to protect these Today, I am happy to again propose to protecting the backbone of one of special places. I look forward to work- legislation to enact that boundary ad- Oregon’s most important sport and ing with Senator MERKLEY, Represent- justment into law. commercial fisheries. ative DEFAZIO, and my House col- The Oregon Caves National Monu- In 2008, American Rivers named the leagues and the bill’s other supporters ment makes a unique contribution to Rogue and its tributaries as the second to keep up the fight for these unique Southern Oregon’s economy and to the most endangered river in the U.S. I’m places in Oregon and get these pieces of national heritage. The Monument re- hoping to change that today by intro- legislation to the President’s desk for ceives over 80,000 visitors annually and ducing legislation to protect 143 miles his signature. a larger Monument boundary will help of Wild and Scenic tributaries that feed showcase more fully the recreational the Rogue River with cold clean water. By Mr. REED: opportunities on the above-ground The protected tributaries would in- lands within the proposed Monument clude Galice Creek, Little Windy S. 1276. A bill to require investment boundary. The Monument’s above- Creek, Jenny Creek, Long Gulch—and advisers to private funds, including ground lands in the Siskiyou Moun- 36 other tributaries of the Rogue. hedge funds, private equity funds, ven- tains possess a beauty and diversity By protecting the tributaries that ture capital funds, and others to reg- that is unique in America, and indeed feed this mighty river, I hope that fu- ister with the Securities and Exchange the world. The Oregon Caves National ture generations can enjoy the Rogue Commission, and for other purposes; to Monument’s approximately 500 plants, River as Oregonians and visitors to our the Committee on Banking. Housing, 5,000 animals, 2,000 fungi, and over a State do today. and Urban Affairs.

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The records of parency Act of 2009, which requires in- funds and other investment pools to any company that, but for section 3(c)(1) or vestment advisers to private funds, in- maintain and share with other Federal 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, would be an investment company, to cluding hedge funds, private equity agencies any information necessary for which any such investment adviser provides funds, venture capital funds, and oth- the calculation of systemic risk. investment advice, shall be deemed to be the ers, to register with the Securities and The financial crisis is a stark re- records of the investment adviser if such Exchange Commission, SEC. minder that transparency and disclo- company is sponsored by the investment ad- The current financial crisis has rein- sure are essential in today’s market- viser or any affiliated person of the invest- vigorated my long-held concern that place. Improving oversight of hedge ment adviser or the investment adviser or the regulation of hedge funds and other funds and other private funds is vital any affiliated person of the investment ad- pooled investment vehicles should be to their sustainability and to our viser acts as underwriter, distributor, place- improved to provide more information ment agent, finder, or in a similar capacity economy’s stability. These statutory for such company.’’; and to regulators to help them address changes will help modernize our out- (2) adding at the end the following: fraud and prevent systemic risk in our dated financial regulatory system, pro- ‘‘(d) CONFIDENTIALITY OF REPORTS.—Not- capital markets. tect investors, and prevent fraud. I withstanding any other provision of law, the Hedge funds and other private invest- hope my colleagues will join me in im- Commission shall not be compelled to dis- ment funds generally operate under ex- proving the oversight of hedge funds close any supervisory report or information emptions in federal securities laws that and other private pools of capital by contained therein required to be filed with recognize that not all investment pools cosponsoring this legislation and sup- the Commission under subsection (a). Noth- ing in this subsection shall authorize the require the same close scrutiny de- porting its passage. manded of retail investment products Commission to withhold information from Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- Congress or prevent the Commission from like mutual funds. Hedge funds gen- sent that the text of the bill be printed complying with a request for information erally cater to more sophisticated in- in the RECORD. from any other Federal department or agen- vestors who are responsible for ensur- There being no objection, the text of cy or any self-regulatory organization re- ing the integrity of their own invest- the bill was ordered to be printed in questing the report or information for pur- ments, and as a result are permitted to the RECORD, as follows: poses within the scope of its jurisdiction, or complying with an order of a court of the pursue somewhat riskier investment S. 1276 strategies. Indeed, these funds play an United States in an action brought by the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- important role in enhancing liquidity United States or the Commission. For pur- resentatives of the United States of America in poses of section 552 of title 5, United States and efficiency in the market, and sub- Congress assembled, Code, this subsection shall be considered a jecting them to fewer limitations on SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. statute described in subsection (b)(3)(B) of their activities has been and continues This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Private such section 552.’’. to be a reasonable policy choice. Fund Transparency Act of 2009’’. SEC. 5. ELIMINATION OF PROVISION. However, the existing regulatory re- SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ADVIS- Section 210 of the Investment Advisers Act gime for these funds has enabled them ERS. of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b–10) is amended by strik- to operate largely outside the frame- Section 202(a) of the Investment Advisers ing subsection (c). work of the financial regulatory sys- Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b–2(a)) is amended by SEC. 6. CLARIFICATION OF RULEMAKING AU- tem even as they have become increas- adding at the end the following: THORITY. ingly interwoven with the rest of the ‘‘(29) The term ‘foreign private adviser’ Section 211(a) of the Investment Advisers means any investment adviser who— Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b–11) is amended— country’s financial markets. As a re- ‘‘(A) has no place of business in the United sult, there is no data on the number (1) by striking the second sentence; and States; (2) by striking the period at the end of the and nature of these firms or ability to ‘‘(B) during the preceding 12 months has first sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘, calculate the risks they pose to Amer- had— including rules and regulations defining ica’s broader economy. Over the past ‘‘(i) fewer than 15 clients in the United technical, trade, and other terms used in this decade the SEC has recognized there States; and title. For the purposes of its rules and regu- are risks to our capital markets posed ‘‘(ii) assets under management attrib- lations, the Commission may— by some of these entities, and it has at- utable to clients in the United States of less ‘‘(1) classify persons and matters within its than $25,000,000, or such higher amount as jurisdiction and prescribe different require- tempted to require at a minimum that the Commission may, by rule, deem appro- advisers to these funds register under ments for different classes of persons or mat- priate in accordance with the purposes of ters; and the Investment Advisers Act so that this title; and ‘‘(2) ascribe different meanings to terms SEC staff can collect basic information ‘‘(C) neither holds itself out generally to (including the term ‘client’) used in different from and examine these private pools the public in the United States as an invest- sections of this title as the Commission de- of capital. The SEC’s rulemaking in ment adviser, nor acts as an investment ad- termines necessary to effect the purposes of this area, however, was rejected by a viser to any investment company registered this title.’’. federal court in 2006. As a result, with- under the Investment Company Act of 1940, or a company which has elected to be a busi- f out statutory changes, the SEC is cur- ness development company pursuant to sec- SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS rently unable to examine private funds’ tion 54 of the Investment Company Act of books and records or to take sufficient 1940, and has not withdrawn its election.’’. action when it suspects fraud. In addi- SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF PRIVATE ADVISER EX- tion, no regulator is currently able to EMPTION; LIMITED EXEMPTION FOR SENATE RESOLUTION 185—SUP- collect information on the size and na- FOREIGN PRIVATE ADVISERS. PORTING THE GOALS AND ture of hedge funds or other funds to Section 203(b)(3) of the Investment Advis- IDEALS OF NATIONAL ALZ- identify and act on systemic risks that ers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b–3(b)(3)) is HEIMER’S DISEASE AWARENESS amended to read as follows: may be created by these pools of cap- MONTH AND NATIONAL MEMORY ‘‘(3) any investment adviser that is a for- SCREENING DAY, INCLUDING ital. eign private adviser;’’. The bill I introduce today is crafted THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NA- SEC. 4. COLLECTION OF SYSTEMIC RISK DATA; TIONAL HEALTH POLICY ON DE- carefully to eliminate these regulatory ANNUAL AND OTHER REPORTS. gaps without unnecessarily limiting Section 204 of the Investment Advisers Act MENTIA SCREENING AND CARE the beneficial aspects of such pools. It of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b–4) is amended— Mr. WARNER submitted the fol- would require all hedge fund and other (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end lowing resolution; which was referred investment pool advisers that manage the following: ‘‘The Commission is author- to the Committee on Health, Edu- more than $30 million in assets to reg- ized to require any investment adviser reg- cation, Labor, and Pensions: ister as investment advisers with the istered under this title to maintain such records and submit such reports as are nec- S. RES. 185 SEC. It would also provide the SEC essary or appropriate in the public interest Whereas Alzheimer’s disease is a slow, pro- with the authority to collect informa- for the supervision of systemic risk by any gressive disorder of the brain that results in tion from these entities, including in- Federal department or agency, and to pro- loss of memory and other cognitive function formation about the risks they may vide or make available to such department and, eventually, death;

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:37 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16JN6.033 S16JNPT1 wwoods2 on PRODPC68 with SENATE June 16, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6655 Whereas Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth and National Memory Screening Day, includ- pharmacy. Such screenings are not a leading cause of death in the United States ing the development of a national health pol- diagnosis, but can indicate whether a and currently affects an estimated 2,400,000 icy on dementia screening and care. complete medical evaluation would be to 4,500,000 people in the United States; Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I rise beneficial. Memory can be affected by a Whereas the stigma associated with the today to introduce a resolution in sup- disease results in a delay of diagnosis, in number of factors, ranging from stress, some cases up to 6 years; port of the goals and ideals of National lack of sleep, vitamin deficiencies, de- Whereas Alzheimer’s disease takes an enor- Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month pression and thyroid problems, to such mous toll on family members, with an esti- and National Memory Screening Day, illnesses as Alzheimer’s disease and mated 1 in 4 people in the United States act- including the development of a na- vascular dementia. In general, the ear- ing as caregivers for each individual with the tional health policy on dementia lier the diagnosis, the easier it is to disease; screening and care. treat these conditions. Whereas caregivers for individuals with As co-chair of the bipartisan Con- Alzheimer’s disease suffer more stress, de- Memory screenings are one of the pression, and health problems than care- gressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s major focal points of the Alzheimer’s givers of people with other illnesses; Disease, and as someone with a mother Foundation of America’s, AFA, na- Whereas recent advancements in scientific who has been diagnoses with disease, I tional initiatives. Since 2003, AFA has research have demonstrated the benefits of strongly believe that our health care sponsored National Memory Screening early medical treatment for individuals with system needs to do a much better job Day, NMSD, annually in collaboration Alzheimer’s disease, as well as the benefits of of promoting early detection of demen- with community organizations to pro- early access to counseling and other support tia and other memory problems. mote early detection of memory prob- services for their caregivers; Events such as National Memory Whereas with early diagnosis, individuals lems as well as Alzheimer’s disease and with the disease can avoid or correct con- Screening Day are a meaningful step in related illnesses, and encourage appro- tributing medical problems, commence raising the awareness needed to move priate intervention. It has been held available therapy, organize current and fu- us in that direction. each November to coincide with Na- ture care, and enhance self-determination, The National Institute on Aging, tional Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness and caregivers can identify and embrace NIA, estimates that between 2.4 mil- Month. On November 18, 2008, qualified community support services; lion and 4.5 million Americans have health care professionals at nearly Whereas in direct response to research Alzheimer’s disease—a progressive de- breakthroughs, National Memory Screening 2,200 sites nationwide offered free con- Day was established by the Alzheimer’s generative disorder that attacks the fidential memory screenings to an esti- Foundation of America (‘‘AFA’’) as a col- brain’s nerve cells, resulting in loss of mated 54,000 participants, as well as laborative effort with local organizations memory, thinking and language skill, follow-up resources and educational and health care professionals across the behavioral changes, and ultimately, materials about dementia and success- country to promote awareness, early detec- death. Alzheimer’s disease is not a nor- ful aging. In 2009, AFA will hold Na- tion, and early diagnosis of memory impair- mal part of aging; however, age is the tional Memory Screening Day on No- ment, so that individuals can obtain proper greatest known risk factor with the in- medical treatment, social services, and other vember 17. resources related to their condition; cidence doubling for every, 5 year in- Most people are not inclined to dis- Whereas National Memory Screening Day terval beyond age 65. cuss memory concerns with their is held by AFA each November in recogni- Alzheimer’s disease exacts a huge health care providers. A survey con- tion of National Alzheimer’s Disease Aware- toll on caregivers. Nearly 60 percent of ducted during AFA’s 2007 National ness Month and on this day, qualified health individuals with the disease live at Memory Screening Day found that 68 care professionals administer free, confiden- home under the care of family mem- percent of respondents had concerns tial, face-to-face memory screenings at thou- bers. Caregivers of individuals with about their memory. However, while sands of sites throughout the United States; Alzheimer’s disease face a variety of Whereas memory screening is not used to more than 44 percent had visited their diagnose any illness but is used as an indi- challenges and spend more time pro- primary care physician within the last cator to determine whether a person might viding assistance than caregivers of 6 months, fewer than one in four of benefit from further examination by a quali- people with other types of diseases, those with self-identified memory fied health care provider; from helping loved ones with bathing problems had discussed the issue with Whereas memory screenings are a safe and and dressing to managing their legal their physician. Primary care providers cost-effective intervention to direct at-risk and financial affairs. might be more likely to recommend individuals to appropriate clinical resources, Alzheimer’s disease drains more than further evaluation if individuals pre- thus reducing the costs of long-term care or $148 billion from the nation’s economy hospitalization resulting from undiagnosed sented their abnormal memory screen- complications; and each year. If the prevalence of Alz- ing results from events like National Whereas screenings also greatly benefit heimer’s disease continues to increase Memory Screening Day. Community those with normal scores, by checking their as expected, the $91 billion spent in 2005 screenings such as National Memory memory, allaying fears, and promoting on Medicare costs for care of individ- Screening Day generally educate par- chronic disease prevention and successful uals with Alzheimer’s disease and de- ticipants about questions to ask their aging: Now, therefore, be it mentia patients is projected to in- health care providers and empower Resolved, That the Senate— crease to $189 billion by 2015. (1) recognizes the seriousness of Alz- them to begin a dialogue. heimer’s disease and the toll it takes on indi- There are serious deficiencies in our With this resolution I hope we can viduals with the disease and their caregivers; current healthcare system related to draw attention to these efforts and fur- (2) acknowledges that more outreach and diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and re- ther this important cause. I urge my education is needed to eliminate the stigma lated dementias. A 2006 editorial in the colleagues to join me in support of Na- associated with the disease and assist indi- Journal of the American Geriatric So- tional Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness viduals and their caregivers in identifying ciety estimated that missed diagnoses Month and National Memory Screening available screenings, treatments and sup- represent greater than 25 percent of the Day by cosponsoring this measure. port; dementia cases and may be as high as (3) encourages all people in the United f States with memory concerns or who want 90 percent. This precludes many from getting early treatment which most re- SENATE RESOLUTION 186—CON- to check their memory to have annual mem- DEMNING THE MURDER OF ory screenings at National Memory Screen- searchers agree leads to optimal ther- ing Day sites or by other qualified health apy with available and emerging medi- ARMY PRIVATE WILLIAM AN- care professionals; cations. DREW ‘‘ANDY’’ LONG AND THE (4) congratulates State and local organiza- Screening is a simple and safe eval- WOUNDING OF ARMY PRIVATE tions representing individuals with memory uation tool that assesses memory and QUINTON EZEAGWULA, WHO problems, caregivers, and health care profes- other intellectual functions to deter- WERE SHOT OUTSIDE THE ARMY- sionals for their commitment to improve the mine whether additional testing is nec- NAVY CAREER CENTER IN LIT- quality of life of individuals and families essary. Memory screening can be done TLE ROCK, ARKANSAS ON JUNE confronting dementia by providing optimal 1, 2009 care and services; and in a medical environment, e.g. demen- (5) supports the goals and ideals of Na- tia clinic, physician’s office, or in a Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Mr. tional Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month community setting, e.g. senior center, PRYOR, and Mr. LIEBERMAN) submitted

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RES. 186 Whereas appropriate irrigation technology, with white women compounded the resent- Whereas on June 1, 2009, Private William combined with best practices, can signifi- ment felt toward him by many whites; Andrew ‘‘Andy’’ Long, aged 23, of Conway, cantly improve water-use efficiency and re- Whereas, between 1901 and 1910, 754 African Arkansas, was murdered outside the Army- duce runoff while achieving greater agricul- Americans were lynched, some for simply for Navy Career Center in Little Rock, Arkan- tural yields per acre-foot of water used; being ‘‘too familiar’’ with white women; sas; Whereas appropriate irrigation technology, Whereas, in 1910, Congress passed the Act Whereas on June 1, 2009, Private Quinton combined with best practices, can signifi- of June 25, 1910 (commonly known as the Ezeagwula, aged 18, of Jacksonville, Arkan- cantly reduce water usage and runoff while ‘‘White Slave Traffic Act’’ or the ‘‘Mann sas, was wounded by gunfire outside the creating healthy lawns, landscaping, and Act’’) (18 U.S.C. 2421 et seq.), which outlawed Army-Navy Career Center in Little Rock, sports turf; and the transportation of women in interstate or Arkansas; Whereas because July is a peak month for foreign commerce ‘‘for the purpose of pros- Whereas there are more than 1,400,000 ac- the use of water for irrigation, July has been titution or debauchery, or for any other im- tive component and more than 1,200,000 re- selected as Smart Irrigation Month: Now, moral purpose’’; serve component members of the Armed therefore, be it Whereas, in October 1912, Jack Johnson be- Forces protecting the United States; Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep- Whereas there are more than 8,000 Army came involved with a white woman whose resentatives concurring), That Congress sup- mother disapproved of their relationship and and Army Reserve recruiters and more than ports the goals of Smart Irrigation Month, 7,000 Navy recruiters serving at more than sought action from the Department of Jus- which are— tice, claiming that Jack Johnson had ab- 1,500 military recruiting stations and centers (1) to recognize the advances in irrigation in United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, and ducted her daughter; technology and practices that help raise Europe; Whereas Jack Johnson was arrested by healthy plants and increase crop yields while Whereas the men and women of the Armed Federal marshals on October 18, 1912, for using water resources more efficiently; and Forces risk their lives every day to preserve transporting the woman across State lines (2) to encourage the adoption of smart irri- the freedoms cherished by people in the for an ‘‘immoral purpose’’ in violation of the gation practices throughout the United United States; Mann Act; States to further improve water-use effi- Whereas service in the Armed Forces de- Whereas the Mann Act charges against ciency in agricultural, residential, and com- mands extraordinary sacrifices from service Jack Johnson were dropped when the woman mercial activities. members and their families and often places refused to cooperate with Federal authori- service members in harm’s way; f ties, and then married Jack Johnson; Whereas, Federal authorities persisted and Whereas members of the Armed Forces are SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLU- the targets of violence not only abroad but summoned a white woman named Belle in the United States as well; and TION 29—EXPRESSING THE Schreiber, who testified that Jack Johnson Whereas such violence is reprehensible and SENSE OF THE CONGRESS THAT had transported her across State lines for must not be tolerated: Now, therefore, be it JOHN ARTHUR ‘‘JACK’’ JOHNSON the purpose of ‘‘prostitution and debauch- Resolved, That the Senate— SHOULD RECEIVE A POST- ery’’; (1) offers its condolences to the family of HUMOUS PARDON FOR THE RA- Whereas, in 1913, Jack Johnson was con- Private William Andrew ‘‘Andy’’ Long; CIALLY MOTIVATED CONVICTION victed of violating the Mann Act and sen- tenced to 1 year and 1 day in Federal prison; (2) hopes for a full recovery for Private IN 1913 THAT DIMINISHED THE Quinton Ezeagwula; Whereas Jack Johnson fled the United (3) urges swift prosecution to the fullest ATHLETIC, CULTURAL, AND HIS- States to Canada and various European and extent of the law of the perpetrator or per- TORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF JACK South American countries; petrators of this senseless shooting; JOHNSON AND UNDULY TAR- Whereas Jack Johnson lost the Heavy- (4) urges the people of the United States to NISHED HIS REPUTATION weight Championship title to Jess Willard in Cuba in 1915; join the Senate in condemning acts of vio- Mr. MCCAIN (for himself, Mr. LEAHY, lence; and Whereas Jack Johnson returned to the and Mr. BROWNBACK) submitted the fol- (5) honors the service and sacrifice of all United States in July 1920, surrendered to men and women in the Armed Services who lowing concurrent resolution; which authorities, and served nearly a year in the protect and defend our freedom every day. was referred to the Committee on the Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan- Judiciary: f sas; S. CON. RES. 29 Whereas Jack Johnson subsequently SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLU- Whereas John Arthur ‘‘Jack’’ Johnson was fought in boxing matches, but never regained TION 28—SUPPORTING THE a flamboyant, defiant, and controversial fig- the Heavyweight Championship title; GOALS OF SMART IRRIGATION ure in the history of the United States who Whereas Jack Johnson served his country MONTH, WHICH RECOGNIZES THE challenged racial biases; during World War II by encouraging citizens ADVANCES IN IRRIGATION TECH- Whereas Jack Johnson was born in Gal- to buy war bonds and participating in exhi- veston, Texas, in 1878 to parents who were bition boxing matches to promote the war NOLOGY AND PRACTICES THAT bond cause; HELP RAISE HEALTHY PLANTS former slaves; Whereas Jack Johnson became a profes- Whereas Jack Johnson died in an auto- AND INCREASE CROP YIELDS sional boxer and traveled throughout the mobile accident in 1946; and WHILE USING WATER RE- United States, fighting white and African Whereas, in 1954, Jack Johnson was in- SOURCES MORE EFFICIENTLY American heavyweights; ducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame: Now, AND ENCOURAGES THE ADOP- Whereas, after being denied (on purely ra- therefore, be it TION OF SMART IRRIGATION cial grounds) the opportunity to fight 2 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep- PRACTICES THROUGHOUT THE white champions, in 1908, Jack Johnson was resentatives concurring), That it is the sense granted an opportunity by an Australian of Congress that Jack Johnson should re- UNITED STATES TO FURTHER ceive a posthumous pardon— IMPROVE WATER-USE EFFI- promoter to fight the reigning white title- holder, Tommy Burns; (1) to expunge a racially motivated abuse CIENCY IN AGRICULTURAL, RESI- Whereas Jack Johnson defeated Tommy of the prosecutorial authority of the Federal DENTIAL, AND COMMERCIAL AC- Burns to become the first African American Government from the annals of criminal jus- TIVITIES to hold the title of Heavyweight Champion of tice in the United States; and (2) in recognition of the athletic and cul- Mr. NELSON of Nebraska (for him- the World; Whereas, the victory by Jack Johnson over tural contributions of Jack Johnson to soci- self and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) submitted the ety. following concurrent resolution; which Tommy Burns prompted a search for a white f was referred to the Committee on En- boxer who could beat Jack Johnson, a re- cruitment effort that was dubbed the search AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND ergy and Natural Resources: for the ‘‘great white hope’’; S. CON. RES. 28 Whereas, in 1910, a white former champion PROPOSED Whereas water is a finite resource that is named Jim Jeffries left retirement to fight SA 1303. Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself and vital to human life; Jack Johnson in Reno, Nevada; Ms. SNOWE) submitted an amendment in- Whereas growing populations and changing Whereas Jim Jeffries lost to Jack Johnson tended to be proposed by her to the bill S. climate mean increased pressure on limited in what was deemed the ‘‘Battle of the Cen- 1023, to establish a non-profit corporation to water supplies; tury’’; communicate United States entry policies Whereas well-maintained green spaces are Whereas the defeat of Jim Jeffries by Jack and otherwise promote leisure, business, and important to the health and well-being of Johnson led to rioting, aggression against scholarly travel to the United States.; which communities and individuals; African Americans, and the racially-moti- was ordered to lie on the table.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:10 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16JN6.032 S16JNPT1 wwoods2 on PRODPC68 with SENATE June 16, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6657 SA 1304. Mr. SANDERS submitted an was ordered to lie on the table; as fol- (7) the national average price of a gallon of amendment intended to be proposed by him lows: gasoline has jumped from $1.64 per gallon in to the bill S. 1023, supra; which was ordered On page 26, between lines 16 and 17, insert late December of 2008 to over $2.61 per gallon to lie on the table. the following: as of June 8, 2009; SA 1305. Mr. JOHANNS submitted an ‘‘(b) REPORT ON TOURISM AND RURAL COM- (8) crude oil prices have increased by over amendment intended to be proposed by him MUNITIES.— 70 percent since the middle of January 2009; to the bill S. 1023, supra; which was ordered ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year and to lie on the table. after the date of the enactment of this Act, (9) in May 2009, the International Energy SA 1306. Mr. CORKER (for himself, Mr. the Director of the Office of Travel and Tour- Agency predicted that global demand for oil NELSON, of Florida, and Ms. SNOWE) sub- ism Industries, in consultation with the Ad- will decrease in 2009 to the lowest level of de- mitted an amendment intended to be pro- ministrator of the Small Business Adminis- mand since 1981. posed by him to the bill S. 1023, supra; which tration and the Secretary of Agriculture, (b) DUTIES OF COMMISSION.—The Commis- was ordered to lie on the table. shall report to the Committee on Commerce, sion shall use the authority of the Commis- SA 1307. Mr. SESSIONS submitted an Science, and Transportation of the Senate, sion, including the emergency authority of amendment intended to be proposed by him the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, the Commission— to the bill S. 1023, supra; which was ordered and Forestry of the Senate, and the Com- (1) to curb immediately the role of exces- to lie on the table. mittee on Small Business and Entrepreneur- sive speculation in any contract market— SA 1308. Mr. SESSIONS submitted an ship of the Senate, the Committee on Energy (A) that is within the jurisdiction and con- amendment intended to be proposed by him and Commerce of the House of Representa- trol of the Commission; and to the bill S. 1023, supra; which was ordered tive, the Committee on Agriculture of the (B) on or through which energy futures or to lie on the table. House of Representatives, and the Com- swaps are traded; SA 1309. Mr. LIEBERMAN submitted an mittee on Small Business of the House of (2) to eliminate excessive speculation, amendment intended to be proposed by him Representatives on developing the tourism price distortion, sudden or unreasonable to the bill S. 1023, supra; which was ordered potential of rural communities. fluctuations or unwarranted changes in prices, or other unlawful activity that causes to lie on the table. ‘‘(2) CONTENT OF THE REPORT.—The report SA 1310. Mr. LIEBERMAN submitted an required by paragraph (1) shall— major market disturbances that prevent the amendment intended to be proposed by him ‘‘(A) identify existing Federal programs market from accurately reflecting the forces to the bill S. 1023, supra; which was ordered that provide assistance to rural small busi- of supply and demand for energy commod- to lie on the table. nesses in developing tourism marketing and ities; SA 1311. Mr. LIEBERMAN submitted an promotion plans relating to tourism in rural (3) to classify immediately each bank hold- amendment intended to be proposed by him areas; ing company that engages in energy futures to the bill S. 1023, supra; which was ordered ‘‘(B) identify existing Federal programs trading as a noncommercial participant, and to lie on the table. that assist rural small business concerns in subject the bank holding company to strict SA 1312. Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mrs. obtaining capital for starting or expanding position limits; (4) to require immediately that each hedge GILLIBRAND, and Mr. CASEY) submitted an businesses primarily serving tourists; and amendment intended to be proposed by him ‘‘(C) include recommendations, if any, for fund engaged in the trading of energy futures to the bill S. 1023, supra; which was ordered improving existing programs or creating new for the hedge fund, or on behalf of a client of to lie on the table. Federal programs that may benefit tourism the hedge fund— SA 1313. Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself, in rural communities. (A) to register with the Commission as a noncommercial participant; and Mr. BENNETT, Mr. VITTER, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. (B) to be subject to strict speculation lim- ISAKSON, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. KYL, and Mr. SA 1304. Mr. SANDERS submitted an its; BURR) submitted an amendment intended to amendment intended to be proposed by be proposed by him to the bill S. 1023, supra; him to the bill S. 1023, to establish a (5) to eliminate conflicts of interest that which was ordered to lie on the table. non-profit corporation to communicate may arise in situations during which 1 entity SA 1314. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an United States entry policies and other- owns or controls a unit that is— (A) designed to predict the future price of amendment intended to be proposed by him wise promote leisure, business, and to the bill S. 1023, supra; which was ordered oil; scholarly travel to the United States; (B) engaged in the operations of oil assets, to lie on the table. which was ordered to lie on the table; SA 1315. Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself and including pipelines and storage facilities; as follows: and Mr. GRAHAM) submitted an amendment in- tended to be proposed by him to the bill S. At the appropriate place, insert the fol- (C) engaged in the buying or selling of en- 1023, supra; which was ordered to lie on the lowing: ergy derivatives for the unit, or on behalf of table. SEC. ll. ENERGY MARKET MANIPULATION PRE- a client of the unit; and VENTION. SA 1316. Mr. CORKER submitted an amend- (6) to revoke immediately each staff no-ac- (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— ment intended to be proposed by him to the tion letter that covers a foreign board of (1) in 1974, the Commodity Futures Trading bill S. 1023, supra; which was ordered to lie trade that has established trading terminals Commission (referred to in this Act as the on the table. in the United States for the purpose of trad- ‘‘Commission’’) was established as an inde- SA 1317. Mr. VITTER submitted an amend- ing United States commodities to United pendent agency with a mandate— States investors. ment intended to be proposed by him to the (A) to enforce and administer the Com- bill S. 1023, supra; which was ordered to lie modity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); SA 1305. Mr. JOHANNS submitted an on the table. (B) to ensure market integrity; SA 1318. Mr. VITTER submitted an amend- amendment intended to be proposed by (C) to protect market users from fraud and him to the bill S. 1023, to establish a ment intended to be proposed by him to the abusive trading practices; and bill S. 1023, supra; which was ordered to lie non-profit corporation to communicate (D) to prevent and prosecute manipulation United States entry policies and other- on the table. of the price of any covered commodity in SA 1319. Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself, Ms. interstate commerce; wise promote leisure, business, and KLOBUCHAR, Mr. TESTER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. (2) Congress has given the Commission au- scholarly travel to the United States; BINGAMAN, and Ms. MURKOWSKI) submitted thority under the Commodity Exchange Act which was ordered to lie on the table; an amendment intended to be proposed by (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.) to take necessary actions as follows: him to the bill S. 1023, supra; which was or- to address market emergencies; At the appropriate place, insert the fol- dered to lie on the table. (3) the Commission may use the emergency lowing: SA 1320. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amend- authority of the Commission with respect to SEC. ll. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF CER- ment intended to be proposed by him to the any major market disturbance that prevents TAIN TARP EXPENDITURES. bill S. 1023, supra; which was ordered to lie the market from accurately reflecting the Notwithstanding any other provision of on the table. forces of supply and demand for a covered law, including any provision of the Emer- f commodity; gency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, on (4) in section 4a(a) of the Commodity Ex- and after May 29, 2009, no funds may be dis- TEXT OF AMENDMENTS change Act (7 U.S.C. 6a(a)), Congress has de- bursed or otherwise obligated under that Act SA 1303. Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself clared that excessive speculation imposes an to any entity, if such disbursement would re- and Ms. SNOWE) submitted an amend- undue and unnecessary burden on interstate sult in the Federal Government acquiring ment intended to be proposed by her to commerce; any ownership of the common or preferred stock of the entity receiving such funds, un- the bill S. 1023, to establish a non-prof- (5) in May 2009, crude oil inventories in the United States were at the highest level of less the Congress first approves of such dis- it corporation to communicate United crude oil inventories on record; bursement or obligation. States entry policies and otherwise (6) in May 2009, demand for oil in the promote leisure, business, and schol- United States dropped to the lowest level of SA 1306. Mr. CORKER (for himself, arly travel to the United States; which demand in more than a decade; Mr. NELSON of Florida, and Ms. SNOWE)

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Mr. SESSIONS submitted an (2) by adding at the end the following: be proposed by him to the bill S. 1023, amendment intended to be proposed by ‘‘(ii) EXISTING EMPLOYEES.—An employer to establish a non-profit corporation to him to the bill S. 1023, to establish a that elects to verify the employment eligi- communicate United States entry poli- non-profit corporation to communicate bility of existing employees shall verify the employment eligibility of all such employees cies and otherwise promote leisure, United States entry policies and other- not later than 10 days after notifying the business, and scholarly travel to the wise promote leisure, business, and Secretary of Homeland Security of such elec- United States; which was ordered to lie scholarly travel to the United States; tion. on the table; as follows: which was ordered to lie on the table; ‘‘(iii) REQUIRED PARTICIPATION.—The Sec- At the appropriate place, insert the fol- as follows: retary of Homeland Security may require lowing: At the end, add the following: any employer or class of employers to par- ticipate in the E-Verify Program with re- SEC. ll. REIMBURSEMENT OF AUTOMOBILE SEC. 9. EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY CONFIRMA- DISTRIBUTORS. TION FOR ALIENS.. spect to individuals employed as of, or hired (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any after, the date of the enactment of the Pro- (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be other provision of law, any funds provided by cited as the ‘‘Protecting American Workers tecting American Workers Act of 2009 if the the United States Government, or any agen- Act of 2009’’. Secretary has reasonable cause to believe cy, department, or subdivision thereof, to an (b) PILOT PROGRAMS FOR EMPLOYMENT ELI- that the employer has engaged in material automobile manufacturer or a distributor GIBILITY CONFIRMATION.—Subsection (b) of violations of section 274A of the Immigration thereof as credit, loans, financing, advances, section 401 of the Illegal Immigration Re- and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a).’’. or by any other agreement in connection form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of (g) REVERIFICATION.—Subsection (a) of sec- with such automobile manufacturer’s or dis- 1996 (division C of Public Law 104–208; 8 tion 403 of the Illegal Immigration Reform tributor’s proceeding as a debtor under title U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended by striking and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (di- 11, United States Code, shall be conditioned ‘‘Unless’’ and all that follows. vision C of Public Law 104–08; 8 U.S.C. 1324a upon use of such funds to fully reimburse all (c) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of note) is amended by adding at the end the dealers of such automobile manufacturer or the funds made available in the Emergency following: manufacturer’s distributor for— Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (division ‘‘(5) REVERIFICATION.—Each employer par- (1) the cost incurred by such dealers during A of Public Law 110–343; 122 Stat. 3765) or the ticipating in the E-Verify Program shall use the 9-month period preceding the date on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of the confirmation system to reverify the which the proceeding under title 11, United 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 115) may be work authorization of any individual not States Code, by or against the automobile used to enter into a contract with a person later than 3 days after the date on which manufacturer or manufacturer’s distributor that does not participate in the pilot pro- such individual’s employment authorization is commenced, in acquisition of all parts and gram described in section 404 of the Illegal is scheduled to expire, as indicated by the inventory in the dealer’s possession on the Immigration Reform and Immigrant Respon- documents that the individual provided to same basis as if the dealers were terminating sibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law the employer pursuant to section 274A(b) of pursuant to existing franchise agreements or 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1324a note). the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 dealer agreements; and (d) REQUIRED PARTICIPATION BY UNITED U.S.C. 1324a(b)), in accordance with the pro- (2) all other obligations owed by such auto- STATES CONTRACTORS.—The head of each cedures otherwise applicable to the mobile manufacturer or manufacturer’s dis- agency or department of the United States verification of a newly hired employee under tributor under any other agreement between that enters into a contract shall require, as this subsection.’’. the dealers and the automobile manufacturer a condition of the contract, that the con- or manufacturer’s distributor arising during tractor participate in the pilot program de- SA 1309. Mr. LIEBERMAN submitted that 9-month period, including, without limi- scribed in 404 of the Illegal Immigration Re- an amendment intended to be proposed tation, franchise agreement or dealer agree- form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of by him to the bill S. 1023, to establish ments. 1996 (division C of Public Law 104–209; 8 (b) INCLUSION IN TERMS.—Any note, secu- a non-profit corporation to commu- rity agreement, loan agreement, or other U.S.C. 1324a note) to verify the employment nicate United States entry policies and agreement between an automobile manufac- eligibility of— otherwise promote leisure, business, turer or manufacturer’s distributor and the (1) all individuals hired during the term of and scholarly travel to the United Government (or any agency, department, or the contract by the contractor to perform employment duties within the United States; States; which was ordered to lie on the subdivision thereof) shall expressly provide table; as follows: for the use of such funds as required by this and On page 19, strike line 13 and all that fol- section. A bankruptcy court may not author- (2) all individuals assigned by the con- ize the automobile manufacturer or manu- tractor to perform work within the United lows through page 25, line 10, and insert the facturer’s distributor to obtain credit under States the under such contract. following: section 364 of title 11, United States Code, (e) REDESIGNATION OF BASIC PILOT PRO- SEC. 5. ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR TRAVEL AU- unless the credit agreement or agreements GRAM.— THORIZATION. expressly provided for the use of funds as re- (1) REDESIGNATION.— (a) TRAVEL PROMOTION FUND FEES.—Sec- quired by this section. (A) IN GENERAL.—Sections 401(c)(1), 403(a), tion 217(h)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Na- (c) EFFECTIVENESS OF REJECTION.—Not- 403(b)(1), 403(c)(1), and 405(b)(2) of the Illegal tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(h)(3)(B)) is withstanding any other provision of law, any Immigration Reform and Immigrant Respon- amended to read as follows: rejection by an automobile manufacturer or sibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law ‘‘(B) FEES.— manufacturer’s distributor that is a debtor 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1324a note) are amended by ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—No later than September in a proceeding under title 11, United States striking ‘‘basic pilot program’’ each place 30, 2009, the Secretary of Homeland Security Code, of a franchise agreement or dealer that term appears and inserting ‘‘E-Verify shall establish a fee for the use of the Sys- agreement pursuant to section 365 of that Program’’. tem and begin assessment and collection of title, shall not be effective until at least 180 (B) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) that fee. The initial fee shall be the sum of— days after the date on which such rejection of section 403 of the Illegal Immigration Re- ‘‘(I) $10 per travel authorization; and is otherwise approved by a bankruptcy court. form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of ‘‘(II) an amount that will at least ensure 1996 (division C of Public Law 104–208; 8 recovery of the full costs of providing and SA 1307. Mr. SESSIONS submitted an U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended in the heading administering the System, as determined by amendment intended to be proposed by by striking ‘‘BASIC PILOT’’ and inserting ‘‘E- the Secretary. him to the bill S. 1023, to establish a VERIFY’’. ‘‘(ii) DISPOSITION OF AMOUNTS COLLECTED.— non-profit corporation to communicate (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph From the amounts collected under clause (i)(I), $100,000,000 shall be credited to the United States entry policies and other- (1) of section 404(h) of the Illegal Immigra- tion Reform and Immigration Responsibility Travel Promotion Fund established under wise promote leisure, business, and Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 104–208; section 4 of the Travel Promotion Act of scholarly travel to the United States; 8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended by striking 2009, and any additional amounts shall be which was ordered to lie on the table; ‘‘under a pilot program’’ and inserting used by the Secretary for travel security as follows: ‘‘under this subtitle’’. programs authorized under section 217 of the At the end, add the following: (f) CHECKING THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. SEC. 9. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAMS FOR EMPLOYEES.—Subparagraph (A) of section 1187), including the Electronic System for EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY CON- 403(a)(3) of the Illegal Immigration Reform Travel Authorization (ESTA) and the United FIRMATION FOR ALIENS. and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (di- States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indi- Subsection (b) of section 401 of the Illegal vision C of Public Law 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1324a cator Technology (US–VISIT). Amounts col- Immigration Reform and Immigrant Respon- note) is amended— lected under clause (i)(II) shall be trans- sibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law (1) by striking ‘‘The person’’ and inserting ferred to the general fund of the Treasury 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended by the following: and made available to pay the costs incurred striking ‘‘11-year’’ and inserting ‘‘17-year’’. ‘‘(i) UPON HIRING.—The person’’; and to administer the System.

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‘‘(iii) SUNSET OF TRAVEL PROMOTION FUND SEC. 6. ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY. ‘‘(A) report to the Secretary; FEE.—The Secretary may not collect the fee (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro- ‘‘(B) ensure that the Office is effectively authorized by clause (i)(I) for fiscal years be- vided in this section, the Corporation may carrying out its functions; and ginning after September 30, 2014.’’. impose an annual assessment on United ‘‘(C) perform a purely advisory role relat- (b) STRATEGIC PLAN.— States members of the international travel ing to any responsibilities described in sub- (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 217(h)(3) of the and tourism industry (other than those de- section (c) that are related to functions car- Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. scribed in section 2(b)(1)(C) or (H)) rep- ried out by the Department of Homeland Se- 1187(h)(3)) is amended by adding at the end resented on the Board in proportion to their curity or the Department of State. the following: share of the aggregate international travel ‘‘(4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in ‘‘(E) STRATEGIC PLAN.— and tourism revenue of the industry. The this section may be construed to override ‘‘(i) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 180 days Corporation shall be responsible for the preeminent role of the Secretary of after the date of the enactment of the Travel verifying, implementing, and collecting the Homeland Security in setting policies relat- Promotion Act of 2009, the Secretary of assessment authorized by this section. ing to the Nation’s ports of entry and the Homeland Security shall prepare and submit (b) INITIAL ASSESSMENT LIMITED.—The Cor- processes through which individuals are ad- a strategic plan to the recipients listed poration may establish the initial assess- mitted into the United States. under clause (ii) that describes how the full ment after the date of enactment of the ‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS.—The Office shall— implementation of the System will ensure Travel and Tourism Promotion Act at no ‘‘(1) serve as liaison to the Corporation for that all individuals traveling by airplane to greater, in the aggregate, than $20,000,000. Travel Promotion established by section 2 of the United States from a program country (c) REFERENDA.— the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 and sup- have their travel authorization verified be- (1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may not port and encourage the development of pro- fore boarding the airplane. impose an annual assessment unless— grams to increase the number of inter- ‘‘(ii) RECIPIENTS.—The strategic plan pre- (A) the Corporation submits the proposed national visitors to the United States for pared under clause (i) shall be submitted to— annual assessment to members of the indus- business, leisure, educational, medical, ex- ‘‘(I) the Committee on Appropriations of try in a referendum; and change, and other purposes; the Senate; (B) the assessment is approved by a major- ‘‘(2) work with the Corporation, the Sec- ‘‘(II) the Committee on Homeland Security ity of those voting in the referendum. retary of State and the Secretary of Home- and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; (2) PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS.—In con- land Security— ‘‘(III) the Committee on the Judiciary of ducting a referendum under this subsection, ‘‘(A) to disseminate information more ef- the Senate the Corporation shall— fectively to potential international visitors ‘‘(IV) the Committee on Appropriations of (A) provide written or electronic notice not about documentation and procedures re- the House of Representatives; less than 60 days before the date of the ref- quired for admission to the United States as ‘‘(V) the Committee on Homeland Security erendum; a visitor; of the House of Representatives; (B) describe the proposed assessment or in- ‘‘(B) to advise the Secretary of Homeland ‘‘(VI) the Committee on the Judiciary of crease and explain the reasons for the ref- Security on ways to improve the experience the House of Representatives; and erendum in the notice; and of incoming international passengers and to ‘‘(VII) the Comptroller General of the (C) determine the results of the referendum provide these passengers with more accurate United States. on the basis of weighted voting apportioned information; ‘‘(iii) MILESTONES.—The strategic plan pre- according to each business entity’s relative ‘‘(C) to collect accurate data on the total pared under clause (i) shall include a de- share of the aggregate annual United States number of international visitors that visit tailed timeline that describes the specific ac- international travel and tourism revenue for each State; and tions that will be taken to achieve the fol- the industry per business entity, treating all ‘‘(D) to advise the Secretary of Homeland lowing milestones: related entities as a single entity. Security on ways to enhance the entry and ‘‘(I) Enrollment of all travelers from pro- (d) COLLECTION.— departure experience for international visi- gram countries into the System. (1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall es- tors through the use of advertising, signage, ‘‘(II) Incorporation of the airlines into the tablish a means of collecting the assessment and customer service; and System. that it finds to be efficient and effective. The ‘‘(3) support State, regional, and private ‘‘(III) Deployment of the technology of the Corporation may establish a late payment sector initiatives to promote travel to and System in all airports located in program charge and rate of interest to be imposed on within the United States. countries, either through the use of stand- any person who fails to remit or pay to the alone kiosks or through the participation of Corporation any amount assessed by the Cor- ‘‘(d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than the airlines. poration under this Act. 1 year after the date of the enactment of the ‘‘(IV) Verification of travel authorizations (2) ENFORCEMENT.—The Corporation may Travel Promotion Act of 2009, and periodi- of all aliens described in subsection (a) be- bring suit in Federal court to compel compli- cally thereafter, as appropriate, the Sec- fore they board an airplane bound for the ance with an assessment levied by the Cor- retary shall submit a report to the Com- United States. poration under this Act. mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- ‘‘(V) Administration of the System solely (e) INVESTMENT OF FUNDS.—Pending dis- tation of the Senate, the Committee on with fees collected under subparagraph bursement pursuant to a program, plan, or Homeland Security and Governmental Af- (B)(i)(II). project, the Corporation may invest funds fairs of the Senate, the Committee on For- ‘‘(iv) COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY.—The collected through assessments, and any eign Relations of the Senate, the Committee strategic plan prepared under clause (i) shall other funds received by the Corporation, include— on Energy and Commerce of the House of only in obligations of the United States or Representatives, the Committee on Home- ‘‘(I) an analysis of the System’s commu- any agency thereof, in general obligations of nications strategy; and land Security of the House of Representa- any State or any political subdivision there- tives, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs ‘‘(II) recommendation for improving the of, in any interest-bearing account or certifi- of the House of Representatives, which de- communications strategy to ensure that all cate of deposit of a bank that is a member of scribes the Office’s work with the Corpora- travelers to the United States from program the Federal Reserve System, or in obliga- tion, the Secretary of State, and the Sec- countries are informed of the requirements tions fully guaranteed as to principal and in- retary of Homeland Security to carry out under this section.’’. terest by the United States. (2) GAO REVIEW.—Not later than 90 days subsection (c)(2).’’. SEC. 7. OFFICE OF TRAVEL PROMOTION. after receiving a copy of the strategic plan Title II of the International Travel Act of under section 217(h)(3)(E) of the Immigration 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2121 et seq.) is amended by in- and Nationality Act, as added by paragraph SA 1310. Mr. LIEBERMAN submitted serting after section 201 the following: (1), the Comptroller General shall complete a an amendment intended to be proposed review of the plan to determine whether the ‘‘SEC. 202. OFFICE OF TRAVEL PROMOTION. by him to the bill S. 1023, to establish plan addresses the main security risks asso- ‘‘(a) OFFICE ESTABLISHED.—There is estab- a non-profit corporation to commu- ciated with the Electronic System for Travel lished within the Department of Commerce an office to be known as the Office of Travel nicate United States entry policies and Authorization in an efficient, cost effective, otherwise promote leisure, business, and timely manner. Promotion. (c) FUNDING LIMITATION.—None of the ‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.— and scholarly travel to the United amounts made available to the Secretary of ‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Office shall be States; which was ordered to lie on the Homeland Security under section headed by a Director who shall be appointed table; as follows: 217(h)(3)(B)(i)(II) of the Immigration and Na- by the Secretary. tionality Act, as added by subsection (a), to ‘‘(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Director shall On page 20, strike line 3 and all that fol- carry out the Electronic System for Travel be a citizen of the United States and have ex- lows through page 25, line 10, and insert the Authorization authorized under section perience in a field directly related to the following: 217(h)(3) of such Act may be expended until promotion of travel to and within the United ‘‘(ii) DISPOSITION OF AMOUNTS COLLECTED.— the Secretary submits the strategic plan re- States. From the amounts collected under clause quired by section 217(h)(3)(E) of such Act. ‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The Director shall— (i)(I), $100,000,000 shall be credited to the

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Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. nicate United States entry policies and 1187), including the Electronic System for ‘‘(a) OFFICE ESTABLISHED.—There is estab- otherwise promote leisure, business, Travel Authorization (ESTA) and the United lished within the Department of Commerce and scholarly travel to the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indi- an office to be known as the Office of Travel States; which was ordered to lie on the cator Technology (US–VISIT). Amounts col- Promotion. table; as follows: lected under clause (i)(II) shall be trans- ‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.— On page 10, between lines 10 and 11, insert ferred to the general fund of the Treasury ‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Office shall be the following: and made available to pay the costs incurred headed by a Director who shall be appointed (4) REVIEW OF INFORMATION.— to administer the System. by the Secretary. (A) SUBMISSION.—The Corporation shall ‘‘(iii) SUNSET OF TRAVEL PROMOTION FUND ‘‘(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Director shall submit all information relating to United FEE.—The Secretary may not collect the fee be a citizen of the United States and have ex- States Government travel and visa require- authorized by clause (i)(I) for fiscal years be- perience in a field directly related to the ments proposed to be disseminated to foreign ginning after September 30, 2014.’’. promotion of travel to and within the United travelers under paragraphs (1)(A) and (3) to States. SEC. 6. ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY. the Secretary of State and Secretary of ‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The Director shall— Homeland Security for review in order to en- (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro- ‘‘(A) report to the Secretary; vided in this section, the Corporation may sure that the travel promotion campaigns ‘‘(B) ensure that the Office is effectively funded through the Travel Promotion Fund impose an annual assessment on United carrying out its functions; and States members of the international travel are factually accurate. ‘‘(C) perform a purely advisory role relat- EVIEW AND FEEDBACK.—Not later than and tourism industry (other than those de- (B) R ing to any responsibilities described in sub- 10 business days after receiving information scribed in section 2(b)(1)(C) or (H)) rep- section (c) that are related to functions car- from the Corporation under subparagraph resented on the Board in proportion to their ried out by the Department of Homeland Se- (A), the Secretary of State and the Secretary share of the aggregate international travel curity or the Department of State. of Homeland Security shall each— and tourism revenue of the industry. The ‘‘(4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in (i) complete a review of the factual content Corporation shall be responsible for this section may be construed to override of the information submitted by the Cor- verifying, implementing, and collecting the the preeminent role of the Secretary of poration under subparagraph (A); and assessment authorized by this section. Homeland Security in setting policies relat- (ii) correct any factual errors discovered in (b) INITIAL ASSESSMENT LIMITED.—The Cor- ing to the Nation’s ports of entry and the such information. poration may establish the initial assess- processes through which individuals are ad- (C) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of State ment after the date of enactment of the mitted into the United States. and the Secretary of Homeland Security Travel and Tourism Promotion Act at no ‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS.—The Office shall— shall limit their review under this paragraph greater, in the aggregate, than $20,000,000. ‘‘(1) serve as liaison to the Corporation for to the factual content of the information (c) REFERENDA.— Travel Promotion established by section 2 of that the Corporation is proposing to dissemi- (1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may not the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 and sup- nate. impose an annual assessment unless— port and encourage the development of pro- (D) CHANGES.—The Corporation shall make (A) the Corporation submits the proposed grams to increase the number of inter- all reasonable changes to the factual content annual assessment to members of the indus- national visitors to the United States for of the information it proposes to disseminate try in a referendum; and business, leisure, educational, medical, ex- to foreign travelers based on the feedback re- (B) the assessment is approved by a major- change, and other purposes; ceived from the Secretary of State and the ity of those voting in the referendum. ‘‘(2) work with the Corporation, the Sec- Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure (2) PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS.—In con- retary of State and the Secretary of Home- that such information is accurate. ducting a referendum under this subsection, land Security— (E) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO RESPOND.—If the the Corporation shall— ‘‘(A) to disseminate information more ef- Corporation does not receive a response from (A) provide written or electronic notice not fectively to potential international visitors the Secretary of State or the Secretary of less than 60 days before the date of the ref- about documentation and procedures re- Homeland Security within 10 business days erendum; quired for admission to the United States as after the receipt of the information sub- (B) describe the proposed assessment or in- a visitor; mitted under subparagraph (A), the factual crease and explain the reasons for the ref- ‘‘(B) to advise the Secretary of Homeland content of the proposed information cam- erendum in the notice; and Security on ways to improve the experience paign shall be deemed to have been author- (C) determine the results of the referendum of incoming international passengers and to ized by the Secretary of State and the Sec- on the basis of weighted voting apportioned provide these passengers with more accurate retary of Homeland Security. according to each business entity’s relative information; share of the aggregate annual United States ‘‘(C) to collect accurate data on the total SA 1312. Mr. SANDERS (for himself, international travel and tourism revenue for number of international visitors that visit Mrs. GILLIBRAND, and Mr. CASEY) sub- the industry per business entity, treating all each State; and mitted an amendment intended to be related entities as a single entity. ‘‘(D) to advise the Secretary of Homeland proposed by him to the bill S. 1023, to (d) COLLECTION.— Security on ways to enhance the entry and establish a non-profit corporation to (1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall es- departure experience for international visi- communicate United States entry poli- tablish a means of collecting the assessment tors through the use of advertising, signage, that it finds to be efficient and effective. The and customer service; and cies and otherwise promote leisure, Corporation may establish a late payment ‘‘(3) support State, regional, and private business, and scholarly travel to the charge and rate of interest to be imposed on sector initiatives to promote travel to and United States; which was ordered to lie any person who fails to remit or pay to the within the United States. on the table; as follows: Corporation any amount assessed by the Cor- ‘‘(d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Beginning on page 2, strike line 20, and all poration under this Act. 1 year after the date of the enactment of the that follows through page 3, line 7, and insert (2) ENFORCEMENT.—The Corporation may Travel Promotion Act of 2009, and periodi- the following: bring suit in Federal court to compel compli- cally thereafter, as appropriate, the Sec- (1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall ance with an assessment levied by the Cor- retary shall submit a report to the Com- have a board of directors of 12 members with poration under this Act. mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- knowledge of international travel promotion (e) INVESTMENT OF FUNDS.—Pending dis- tation of the Senate, the Committee on and marketing, broadly representing various bursement pursuant to a program, plan, or Homeland Security and Governmental Af- regions of the United States, who are United project, the Corporation may invest funds fairs of the Senate, the Committee on For- States citizens. Members of the board shall collected through assessments, and any eign Relations of the Senate, the Committee be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce other funds received by the Corporation, on Energy and Commerce of the House of (after consultation with the Secretary of only in obligations of the United States or Representatives, the Committee on Home- Homeland Security and the Secretary of any agency thereof, in general obligations of land Security of the House of Representa- State), as follows: any State or any political subdivision there- tives, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A) 1 shall have appropriate expertise and of, in any interest-bearing account or certifi- of the House of Representatives, which de- experience in the agritourism sector; cate of deposit of a bank that is a member of scribes the Office’s work with the Corpora- the Federal Reserve System, or in obliga- tion, the Secretary of State, and the Sec- SA 1313. Mr. ALEXANDER (for him- tions fully guaranteed as to principal and in- retary of Homeland Security to carry out self, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. VITTER, Mr. terest by the United States. subsection (c)(2).’’. CORNYN, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. ROBERTS,

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Many who suf- scholarly travel to the United States; fered have already passed away and will which was ordered to lie on the table; SA 1314. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted never know of this effort. as follows: an amendment intended to be proposed SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS. At the appropriate place, insert the fol- by him to the bill S. 1023, to establish In this title: lowing: a non-profit corporation to commu- (1) DURING WORLD WAR II.—The term ‘‘dur- nicate United States entry policies and ing World War II’’ refers to the period be- SEC. ll. RESTRICTIONS ON TARP EXPENDI- tween September 1, 1939, through December TURES FOR AUTOMOBILE MANUFAC- otherwise promote leisure, business, TURERS; FIDUCIARY DUTY TO TAX- and scholarly travel to the United 31, 1948. (2) EUROPEAN AMERICANS.— PAYERS; REQUIRED ISSUANCE OF States; which was ordered to lie on the COMMON STOCK TO TAXPAYERS. (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘European table; as follows: (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be Americans’’ refers to United States citizens cited as the ‘‘Auto Stock for Every Taxpayer At the end of the bill, add the following: and resident aliens of European ancestry, in- Act’’. TITLE I—COMMISSIONS ON WARTIME cluding Italian Americans, German Ameri- (b) PROHIBITION ON FURTHER TARP TREATMENT cans, Hungarian Americans, Romanian FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any provision of SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. Americans, and Bulgarian Americans. the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act This title may be cited as the ‘‘Wartime (B) GERMAN AMERICANS.—The term ‘‘Ger- of 2008 (Public Law 110-343), or any other pro- Treatment Study Act’’. man Americans’’ refers to United States citi- vision of law, the Secretary may not expend SEC. 102. FINDINGS. zens and resident aliens of German ancestry. or obligate any funds made available under Congress makes the following findings: (C) ITALIAN AMERICANS.—The term ‘‘Italian that Act on or after the date of enactment of (1) During World War II, the United States Americans’’ refers to United States citizens this Act with respect to any designated auto- Government deemed as ‘‘enemy aliens’’ more and resident aliens of Italian ancestry. mobile manufacturer. than 600,000 Italian-born and 300,000 German- (3) EUROPEAN LATIN AMERICANS.—The term (c) FIDUCIARY DUTY TO SHAREHOLDERS.— born United States resident aliens and their ‘‘European Latin Americans’’ refers to per- With respect to any designated automobile families, requiring them to carry Certifi- sons of European ancestry, including Ger- manufacturer, the Secretary, and the des- cates of Identification and limiting their man or Italian ancestry, residing in a Latin ignee of the Secretary who is responsible for travel and personal property rights. At that American nation during World War II. the exercise of shareholder voting rights time, these groups were the two largest for- (4) LATIN AMERICAN NATION.—The term with respect to a designated automobile eign-born groups in the United States. ‘‘Latin American nation’’ refers to any na- manufacturer pursuant to assistance pro- (2) During World War II, the United States tion in Central America, South America, or vided under the Emergency Economic Sta- Government arrested, interned, or otherwise the Caribbean. bilization Act of 2008, shall have a fiduciary detained thousands of European Americans, Subtitle A—Commission on Wartime duty to the American taxpayer for the maxi- some remaining in custody for years after Treatment of European Americans mization of the return on the investment of cessation of World War II hostilities, and re- SEC. 111. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION ON the taxpayer under that Act, in the same patriated, exchanged, or deported European WARTIME TREATMENT OF EURO- manner, and to the same extent that any di- Americans, including American-born chil- PEAN AMERICANS. rector of an issuer of securities has with re- dren, to European Axis nations, many to be (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established the spect to its shareholders under the securities exchanged for Americans held in those na- Commission on Wartime Treatment of Euro- laws and all applicable provisions of State tions. pean Americans (referred to in this subtitle law. (3) Pursuant to a policy coordinated by the as the ‘‘European American Commission’’). (d) REQUIRED ISSUANCE OF COMMON STOCK United States with Latin American nations, (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The European American TO ELIGIBLE TAXPAYERS.—Not later than 1 thousands of European Latin Americans, in- Commission shall be composed of 7 members, year after the emergence of any designated cluding German and Austrian Jews, were ar- who shall be appointed not later than 90 days automobile manufacturer from bankruptcy rested, relocated to the United States, and after the date of enactment of this Act as protection described in subsection (f)(1)(B), interned. Many were later repatriated or de- follows: the Secretary shall direct the designated ported to European Axis nations during (1) Three members shall be appointed by automobile manufacturer to issue through World War II and exchanged for Americans the President. the Secretary a certificate of common stock and Latin Americans held in those nations. (2) Two members shall be appointed by the to each eligible taxpayer, which shall rep- (4) Millions of European Americans served Speaker of the House of Representatives, in resent such taxpayer’s per capita share of in the Armed Forces and thousands sac- consultation with the minority leader. the aggregate common stock holdings of the rificed their lives in defense of the United (3) Two members shall be appointed by the United States Government in the designated States. majority leader of the Senate, in consulta- automobile manufacturer on such date. (5) The wartime policies of the United tion with the minority leader. (c) TERMS.—The term of office for members (e) CIVIL ACTIONS AUTHORIZED.—A person States Government were devastating to the who is aggrieved of a violation of the fidu- German American and Italian American shall be for the life of the European Amer- ican Commission. A vacancy in the European ciary duty established under subsection (c) communities, individuals, and their families. American Commission shall not affect its may bring a civil action in an appropriate The detrimental effects are still being expe- powers, and shall be filled in the same man- United States district court to obtain in- rienced. ner in which the original appointment was junctive or other equitable relief relating to (6) Prior to and during World War II, the made. the violation. United States restricted the entry of Jewish (d) REPRESENTATION.—The European Amer- (f) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— refugees who were fleeing persecution or ican Commission shall include 2 members (1) the term ‘‘designated automobile manu- genocide and sought safety in the United representing the interests of Italian Ameri- facturer’’ means an entity organized under States. During the 1930s and 1940s, the quota cans and two members representing the in- the laws of a State, the primary business of system, immigration regulations, visa re- terests of German Americans. which is the manufacture of automobiles, quirements, and the time required to process (e) MEETINGS.—The President shall call the and any affiliate thereof, if such automobile visa applications affected the number of first meeting of the European American manufacturer— Jewish refugees, particularly those from Commission not later than 120 days after the (A) has received funds under the Emer- Germany and Austria, who could gain admit- date of enactment of this Act. gency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 tance to the United States. (f) QUORUM.—Four members of the Euro- (Public Law 110-343), or funds were obligated (7) The United States Government should pean American Commission shall constitute under that Act, before the date of enactment conduct an independent review to fully as- a quorum, but a lesser number may hold of this Act; and sess and acknowledge these actions. Con- hearings. (B) has filed for bankruptcy protection gress has previously reviewed the United (g) CHAIRMAN.—The European American under chapter 11 of title 11, United States States Government’s wartime treatment of Commission shall elect a Chairman and Vice Code, during the 90-day period preceding the Japanese Americans through the Commis- Chairman from among its members. The date of enactment of this Act; sion on Wartime Relocation and Internment term of office of each shall be for the life of (2) the term ‘‘eligible taxpayer’’ means any of Civilians. An independent review of the the European American Commission. individual taxpayer who filed a Federal tax- treatment of German Americans and Italian (h) COMPENSATION.— able return for taxable year 2008 (including Americans and of Jewish refugees fleeing (1) IN GENERAL.—Members of the European any joint return) not later than the due date persecution and genocide has not yet been American Commission shall serve without for such return (including any extension); undertaken. pay.

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(2) REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES.—All database by the National Archives and services, for which payment shall be made by members of the European American Commis- Records Administration of documents re- reimbursement from funds of the Commis- sion shall be reimbursed for reasonable trav- lated to the United States Government’s sion in such amounts as may be agreed upon el and subsistence, and other reasonable and wartime treatment of European Americans by the Chairman of the Commission and the necessary expenses incurred by them in the and European Latin Americans during World Administrator; performance of their duties. War II. (5) procure supplies, services, and property SEC. 112. DUTIES OF THE EUROPEAN AMERICAN (c) FIELD HEARINGS.—The European Amer- by contract in accordance with applicable COMMISSION. ican Commission shall hold public hearings laws and regulations and to the extent or in (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the duty of the in such cities of the United States as it such amounts as are provided in appropria- European American Commission to review deems appropriate. tion Acts; and the United States Government’s wartime (d) REPORT.—The European American Com- (6) enter into contracts with Federal or treatment of European Americans and Euro- mission shall submit a written report of its State agencies, private firms, institutions, pean Latin Americans as provided in sub- findings and recommendations to Congress and agencies for the conduct of research or section (b). not later than 18 months after the date of surveys, the preparation of reports, and (b) SCOPE OF REVIEW.—The European the first meeting called pursuant to section other activities necessary to the discharge of American Commission’s review shall include 111(e). the duties of the Commission, to the extent the following: or in such amounts as are provided in appro- (1) A comprehensive review of the facts and SEC. 113. POWERS OF THE EUROPEAN AMERICAN COMMISSION. priation Acts. circumstances surrounding United States (a) IN GENERAL.—The European American Government action during World War II with SEC. 115. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Commission or, on the authorization of the There is authorized to be appropriated respect to European Americans and Euro- Commission, any subcommittee or member $600,000 to carry out this subtitle. pean Latin Americans pursuant to United thereof, may, for the purpose of carrying out States laws and directives, including the SEC. 116. SUNSET. the provisions of this subtitle, hold such Alien Enemies Acts (50 U.S.C. 21 et seq.), The European American Commission shall hearings and sit and act at such times and Presidential Proclamations 2526, 2527, 2655, terminate 60 days after it submits its report 2662, and 2685, Executive Orders 9066 and 9095, places, and request the attendance and testi- to Congress. and any directive of the United States Gov- mony of such witnesses and the production Subtitle B—Commission on Wartime ernment pursuant to these and other perti- of such books, records, correspondence, Treatment of Jewish Refugees nent laws, proclamations, or executive or- memorandum, papers, and documents as the SEC. 121. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION ON ders, including registration requirements, Commission or such subcommittee or mem- WARTIME TREATMENT OF JEWISH travel and property restrictions, establish- ber may deem advisable. The European REFUGEES. ment of restricted areas, raids, arrests, in- American Commission may request the At- (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established the ternment, exclusion, policies relating to the torney General to invoke the aid of an appro- Commission on Wartime Treatment of Jew- families and property that excludees and in- priate United States district court to re- ish Refugees (referred to in this subtitle as ternees were forced to abandon, internee em- quire, by subpoena or otherwise, such at- the ‘‘Jewish Refugee Commission’’). ployment by American companies (including tendance, testimony, or production. (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Jewish Refugee a list of such companies and the terms and (b) GOVERNMENT INFORMATION AND CO- Commission shall be composed of 7 members, type of employment), exchange, repatri- OPERATION.—The European American Com- who shall be appointed not later than 90 days ation, and deportation, and the immediate mission may acquire directly from the head after the date of enactment of this Act as and long-term effect of such actions, particu- of any department, agency, independent in- follows: larly internment, on the lives of those af- strumentality, or other authority of the ex- (1) Three members shall be appointed by fected. This review shall also include a list ecutive branch of the Government, available the President. of— information that the European American (2) Two members shall be appointed by the (A) all temporary detention and long-term Commission considers useful in the dis- Speaker of the House of Representatives, in internment facilities in the United States charge of its duties. All departments, agen- consultation with the minority leader. and Latin American nations that were used cies, and independent instrumentalities, or (3) Two members shall be appointed by the to detain or intern European Americans and other authorities of the executive branch of majority leader of the Senate, in consulta- European Latin Americans during World War the Government shall cooperate with the Eu- tion with the minority leader. II (in this paragraph referred to as ‘‘World ropean American Commission and furnish all (c) TERMS.—The term of office for members War II detention facilities’’); information requested by the European shall be for the life of the Jewish Refugee (B) the names of European Americans and American Commission to the extent per- Commission. A vacancy in the Jewish Ref- European Latin Americans who died while in mitted by law, including information col- ugee Commission shall not affect its powers, World War II detention facilities and where lected under the Commission on Wartime and shall be filled in the same manner in they were buried; and Internment of Civilians Act (Public Law which the original appointment was made. (C) the names of children of European 96–317; 50 U.S.C. App. 1981 note) and the War- (d) REPRESENTATION.—The Jewish Refugee Americans and European Latin Americans time Violation of Italian Americans Civil Commission shall include two members rep- who were born in World War II detention fa- Liberties Act (Public Law 106–451; 50 U.S.C. resenting the interests of Jewish refugees. (e) MEETINGS.—The President shall call the cilities and where they were born; and App. 1981 note). For purposes of section first meeting of the Jewish Refugee Commis- (D) the nations from which European Latin 552a(b)(9) of title 5, United States Code (com- sion not later than 120 days after the date of Americans were brought to the United monly known as the ‘‘Privacy Act of 1974’’), enactment of this Act. States, the ships that transported them to the European American Commission shall be deemed to be a committee of jurisdiction. (f) QUORUM.—Four members of the Jewish the United States and their departure and Refugee Commission shall constitute a disembarkation ports, the locations where SEC. 114. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. quorum, but a lesser number may hold hear- European Americans and European Latin The European American Commission is au- ings. Americans were exchanged for persons held thorized to— (g) CHAIRMAN.—The Jewish Refugee Com- in European Axis nations, and the ships that (1) appoint and fix the compensation of mission shall elect a Chairman and Vice transported them to Europe and their depar- such personnel as may be necessary, without Chairman from among its members. The ture and disembarkation ports. regard to the provisions of title 5, United term of office of each shall be for the life of (2) An assessment of the underlying ration- States Code, governing appointments in the the Jewish Refugee Commission. ale of the decision of the United States Gov- competitive service, and without regard to (h) COMPENSATION.— ernment to develop the programs and poli- the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter (1) IN GENERAL.—Members of the Jewish cies described in paragraph (1), the informa- III of chapter 53 of such title relating to clas- Refugee Commission shall serve without pay. tion the United States Government received sification and General Schedule pay rates, (2) REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES.—All or acquired suggesting these programs and except that the compensation of any em- members of the Jewish Refugee Commission policies were necessary, the perceived ben- ployee of the Commission may not exceed a shall be reimbursed for reasonable travel and efit of enacting such programs and policies, rate equivalent to the rate payable under subsistence, and other reasonable and nec- and the immediate and long-term impact of GS–15 of the General Schedule under section essary expenses incurred by them in the per- such programs and policies on European 5332 of such title; formance of their duties. Americans and European Latin Americans (2) obtain the services of experts and con- SEC. 122. DUTIES OF THE JEWISH REFUGEE COM- and their communities. sultants in accordance with the provisions of MISSION. (3) A brief review of the participation by section 3109 of such title; (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the duty of the European Americans in the United States (3) obtain the detail of any Federal Govern- Jewish Refugee Commission to review the Armed Forces, including the participation of ment employee, and such detail shall be United States Government’s refusal to allow European Americans whose families were ex- without reimbursement or interruption or Jewish and other refugees fleeing persecu- cluded, interned, repatriated, or exchanged. loss of civil service status or privilege; tion or genocide in Europe entry to the (4) A recommendation of appropriate rem- (4) enter into agreements with the Admin- United States as provided in subsection (b). edies, including public education programs istrator of General Services for procurement (b) SCOPE OF REVIEW.—The Jewish Refugee and the creation of a comprehensive online of necessary financial and administrative Commission’s review shall cover the period

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:10 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16JN6.050 S16JNPT1 wwoods2 on PRODPC68 with SENATE June 16, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6663 between January 1, 1933, through December (3) obtain the detail of any Federal Govern- (A) citizens of the United States; or 31, 1945, and shall include, to the greatest ex- ment employee, and such detail shall be (B) members of the Armed Forces or em- tent practicable, the following: without reimbursement or interruption or ployees of the United States Government de- (1) A review of the United States Govern- loss of civil service status or privilege; ployed outside the United States. ment’s decision to deny Jewish and other (4) enter into agreements with the Admin- (2) CERTIFICATION EXPIRATION.—A certifi- refugees fleeing persecution or genocide istrator of General Services for procurement cation submitted under paragraph (1) and a entry to the United States, including a re- of necessary financial and administrative renewal of a certification submitted under view of the underlying rationale of the services, for which payment shall be made by paragraph (3) shall expire 3 years after the United States Government’s decision to reimbursement from funds of the Commis- date on which the certification or renewal, refuse the Jewish and other refugees entry, sion in such amounts as may be agreed upon as the case may be, is submitted to the the information the United States Govern- by the Chairman of the Commission and the President. ment received or acquired suggesting such Administrator; (3) CERTIFICATION RENEWAL.—The Sec- refusal was necessary, the perceived benefit (5) procure supplies, services, and property retary of Defense may submit to the Presi- of such refusal, and the impact of such re- by contract in accordance with applicable dent— fusal on the refugees. laws and regulations and to the extent or in (A) a renewal of a certification in accord- (2) A review of Federal refugee law and pol- such amounts as are provided in appropria- ance with paragraph (1) at any time; and icy relating to those fleeing persecution or tion Acts; and (B) more than 1 renewal of a certification. genocide, including recommendations for (6) enter into contracts with Federal or (4) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—A timely notice making it easier in the future for victims of State agencies, private firms, institutions, of the Secretary’s certification shall be sub- persecution or genocide to obtain refuge in and agencies for the conduct of research or mitted to Congress. the United States. surveys, the preparation of reports, and (d) NONDISCLOSURE OF DETAINEE (c) FIELD HEARINGS.—The Jewish Refugee other activities necessary to the discharge of RECORDS.—A covered record shall not be sub- Commission shall hold public hearings in the duties of the Commission, to the extent ject to— such cities of the United States as it deems or in such amounts as are provided in appro- (1) disclosure under section 552 of title 5, appropriate. priation Acts. United States Code (commonly referred to as (d) REPORT.—The Jewish Refugee Commis- the Freedom of Information Act); or sion shall submit a written report of its find- SEC. 125. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (2) disclosure under any proceeding under ings and recommendations to Congress not There is authorized to be appropriated that section. later than 18 months after the date of the $600,000 to carry out this subtitle. (e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in first meeting called pursuant to section SEC. 126. SUNSET. this section shall be construed to preclude 121(e). The Jewish Refugee Commission shall ter- the voluntary disclosure of a covered record. SEC. 123. POWERS OF THE JEWISH REFUGEE minate 60 days after it submits its report to (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall COMMISSION. Congress. take effect on the date of enactment of this (a) IN GENERAL.—The Jewish Refugee Com- Subtitle C—Funding Source Act and apply to any photograph created be- mission or, on the authorization of the Com- SEC. 131. FUNDING SOURCE. fore, on, or after that date that is a covered mission, any subcommittee or member record. thereof, may, for the purpose of carrying out Of the funds made available for the Depart- the provisions of this subtitle, hold such ment of Justice by the Consolidated Secu- rity, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing SA 1316. Mr. CORKER submitted an hearings and sit and act at such times and amendment intended to be proposed by places, and request the attendance and testi- Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 110– mony of such witnesses and the production 329), $1,200,000 is hereby rescinded. him to the bill S. 1023, to establish a of such books, records, correspondence, non-profit corporation to communicate memorandum, papers, and documents as the SA 1315. Mr. LIEBERMAN (for him- United States entry policies and other- Commission or such subcommittee or mem- self and Mr. GRAHAM) submitted an wise promote leisure, business, and ber may deem advisable. The Jewish Refugee amendment intended to be proposed by scholarly travel to the United States; Commission may request the Attorney Gen- him to the bill S. 1023, to establish a which was ordered to lie on the table; eral to invoke the aid of an appropriate non-profit corporation to communicate as follows: United States district court to require, by subpoena or otherwise, such attendance, tes- United States entry policies and other- At the appropriate place, insert the fol- timony, or production. wise promote leisure, business, and lowing: (b) GOVERNMENT INFORMATION AND CO- scholarly travel to the United States; SEC. ll. REPEAL OF AUTHORITY TO EXTEND OPERATION.—The Jewish Refugee Commis- which was ordered to lie on the table; THE TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF PRO- GRAM. sion may acquire directly from the head of as follows: any department, agency, independent instru- Section 120 of the Emergency Economic mentality, or other authority of the execu- On page 26, after line 20, add the following: Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5230) is tive branch of the Government, available in- SEC. 9. DETAINEE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDS amended— formation that the Jewish Refugee Commis- PROTECTION. (1) by striking subsection (b); and sion considers useful in the discharge of its (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be (2) by striking ‘‘(a) TERMINATION.—’’. duties. All departments, agencies, and inde- cited as the ‘‘Detainee Photographic Records pendent instrumentalities, or other authori- Protection Act of 2009’’. SA 1317. Mr. VITTER submitted an ties of the executive branch of the Govern- (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: amendment intended to be proposed by ment shall cooperate with the Jewish Ref- (1) COVERED RECORD.—The term ‘‘covered him to the bill S. 1023, to establish a ugee Commission and furnish all information record’’ means any record— non-profit corporation to communicate requested by the Jewish Refugee Commission (A) that is a photograph that— United States entry policies and other- to the extent permitted by law. For purposes (i) was taken during the period beginning wise promote leisure, business, and of section 552a(b)(9) of title 5, United States on September 11, 2001, through January 22, scholarly travel to the United States; Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Privacy Act 2009; and of 1974’’), the Jewish Refugee Commission (ii) relates to the treatment of individuals which was ordered to lie on the table; shall be deemed to be a committee of juris- engaged, captured, or detained after Sep- as follows: diction. tember 11, 2001, by the Armed Forces of the At the end, add the following: SEC. 124. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. United States in operations outside of the SEC. 9. TERMINATION OF TARP. The Jewish Refugee Commission is author- United States; and Section 120(b) of the Emergency Economic ized to— (B) for which a certification by the Sec- Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5230(b)) is (1) appoint and fix the compensation of retary of Defense under subsection (c) is in amended— such personnel as may be necessary, without effect. (1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and insert- regard to the provisions of title 5, United (2) PHOTOGRAPH.—The term ‘‘photograph’’ ing the following: States Code, governing appointments in the encompasses all photographic images, ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; competitive service, and without regard to whether originals or copies, including still (2) by inserting before the first period the the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter photographs, negatives, digital images, following: ‘‘, unless there is enacted by Con- III of chapter 53 of such title relating to clas- films, video tapes, and motion pictures. gress, not later than 15 days after the date of sification and General Schedule pay rates, (c) CERTIFICATION.— receipt of such certification, a joint resolu- except that the compensation of any em- (1) IN GENERAL.—For any photograph de- tion of disapproval, as described in para- ployee of the Commission may not exceed a scribed under subsection (b)(1)(A), the Sec- graph (2)’’; and rate equivalent to the rate payable under retary of Defense shall submit a certification (3) by adding at the end the following: GS–15 of the General Schedule under section to the President, if the Secretary of Defense, ‘‘(2) JOINT RESOLUTION.—For purposed of 5332 of such title; in consultation with the Chairman of the this subsection, the term ‘joint resolution’ (2) obtain the services of experts and con- Joint Chiefs of Staff, determines that the means only a joint resolution— sultants in accordance with the provisions of disclosure of that photograph would endan- ‘‘(A) that is introduced not later than 3 section 3109 of such title; ger— calendar days after the date on which the

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However, those ‘‘(C) the title of which is as follows: ‘Joint non-profit corporation to communicate wishing to submit written testimony resolution relating to the disapproval of the extension of authority under the Emergency United States entry policies and other- for the hearing record may do so by Economic Stabilization Act of 2008’; and wise promote leisure, business, and sending it to the Committee on Energy ‘‘(D) the matter after the resolving clause scholarly travel to the United States; and Natural Resources, United States of which is as follows: ‘That Congress dis- which was ordered to lie on the table; Senate, Washington, DC 20510–6150, or approves of the extension of the authorities as follows: by e-mail to Anna_fox_@energy described in section 120(a) of the Emergency On page 3, strike lines 12 through 14 and in- .senate.gov. Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.’. sert the following: For further information, please con- ‘‘(3) FAST TRACK.—The provisions of sub- (C) 1 shall have appropriate expertise and tact David Brooks at (202) 224–9863 or sections (d) through (f) of section 115 shall experience— Anna Fox at (202) 224–1219. apply to a resolution of disapproval for pur- (i) with small business concerns (as that poses of this of subsection.’’. term is used in section 3 of the Small Busi- f SA 1318. Mr. VITTER submitted an ness Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) or associations that represent small business concerns; and amendment intended to be proposed by (ii) in the retail sector or in associations AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO him to the bill S. 1023, to establish a representing that sector; MEET non-profit corporation to communicate United States entry policies and other- f COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES wise promote leisure, business, and NOTICES OF HEARINGS Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I ask scholarly travel to the United States; unanimous consent that the Com- COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL which was ordered to lie on the table; mittee on Armed Services be author- RESOURCES as follows: ized to meet during the session of the Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I At the end, add the following: Senate on Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at would like to announce for the infor- SEC. lll. TERMINATION OF TARP. 9:30 a.m. mation of the Senate and the public Section 120 of the Emergency Economic The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without that a hearing has been scheduled be- Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5230) is objection, it is so ordered. amended— fore the Senate Committee on Energy (1) by striking subsection (b); and and Natural Resources. The hearing COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS (2) by striking ‘‘(a) TERMINATION.—’’. will be held on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, at 10 a.m., in room SD–366 of the Dirk- Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I ask SA 1319. Mr. VOINOVICH (for him- sen Senate Office Building. unanimous consent that the Com- self, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. TESTER, Ms. The purpose of the hearing is to re- mittee on Banking, Housing, and COLLINS, Mr. BINGAMAN, and Ms. MUR- ceive testimony on S. 796, Hardrock Urban Affairs be authorized to meet KOWSKI) submitted an amendment in- Mining and Reclamation Act of 2009 during the session of the Senate on tended to be proposed by him to the and S. 140, Abandoned Mine Reclama- June 16, 2009, at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a bill S. 1023, to establish a non-profit tion Act of 2009. hearing entitled ‘‘Greener Commu- corporation to communicate United Because of the limited time available nities, Greater Opportunities: New States entry policies and otherwise for the hearing, witnesses may testify Ideas for Sustainable Development and promote leisure, business, and schol- by invitation only. However, those Economic Growth.’’ arly travel to the United States; which wishing to submit written testimony The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without was ordered to lie on the table; as fol- for the hearing record may do so by objection, it is so ordered. lows: sending it to the Committee on Energy COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND At the end, add the following: and Natural Resources, United States TRANSPORTATION SEC. 9. PASSPORT CARD TRAVEL ENHANCEMENT. Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I ask (a) PASSPORT CARD DEFINED.—In this sec- Senate, Washington, DC 20510–6150, or tion, the term ‘‘passport card’’ means the by e-mail to Gina_Weinstock@energy unanimous consent that the Com- document— .senate.gov. mittee on Commerce, Science, and (1) known as a passport card that is issued For further information, please con- Transportation be authorized to meet to a national of the United States on the tact Patty Beneke at (202) 224–5451 or during the session of the Senate on same basis as a regular passport; and Gina Weinstock at (202) 224–5684. Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. in (2) that the Secretary of State began SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS AND FORESTS room 253 of the Russell Senate Office issuing during 2008. Building. (b) PASSPORT CARDS FOR AIR TRAVEL.— Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without (1) REQUIREMENT TO ACCEPT PASSPORT would like to announce for the infor- CARDS FOR AIR TRAVEL.—Notwithstanding mation of the Senate and the public objection, it is so ordered. any regulation issued by the Secretary of that a hearing has been scheduled be- COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND Homeland Security or the Secretary of fore the Subcommittee on Public TRANSPORTATION State, the Secretary of Homeland Security Lands and Forests. The hearing will be Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I ask and the Secretary of State shall permit a held on Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at unanimous consent that the Com- passport card issued to a national of the mittee on Commerce, Science, and United States to serve as proof of identify 1:30 p.m., in room SD–366 of the Dirk- and citizenship of such national if such na- sen Senate Office Building. Transportation be authorized to meet tional is departing from or entering the The purpose of the hearing is to re- during the session of the Senate on United States through an air port of entry ceive testimony on the following bills: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at 2:30 p.m. in for travel that terminates or originates in— S. 409, to secure Federal ownership and room 253 of the Russell Senate Office (A) Bermuda; management of significant natural, Building. (B) Canada; scenic, and recreational resources; S. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without (C) a foreign country located in the Carib- objection, it is so ordered. bean; or 782, to provide for the establishment of (D) Mexico. the National Volcano Early Warning COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL (2) FEES FOR PASSPORT CARDS.—Neither the and Monitoring System; S. 874, to es- RESOURCES Secretary of State or the Secretary of Home- tablish El Rio Grande Del Norte Na- Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I ask land Security may increase, or propose an tional Conservation Area in the State unanimous consent that the Com- increase to, the fee for issuance of a passport of New Mexico; S. 1139, to require the mittee on Energy and Natural Re- card as a result of the requirements of para- Secretary of Agriculture to enter into sources be authorized to meet during graph (1). a property conveyance with the city of the session of the Senate on Tuesday, (3) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, Wallowa, Oregon; and S. 1140, to direct June 16, 2009, from 10:15–11 a.m. in room the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Secretary of the Interior to convey SD–366 of the Dirksen Office Building. Homeland shall issue final regulations to im- certain Federal land to Deschutes The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without plement this section. County, Oregon. objection, it is so ordered.

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Mr. President, I ask awarded the Army Commendation mittee on Environment and Public unanimous consent that the Com- Medal and the Army Good Conduct Works be authorized to meet during mittee on Homeland Security and Gov- Medal. the session of the Senate on Tuesday, ernmental Affairs’ Subcommittee on Private Long was a loving son, broth- June 16, 2009, at 2:30 p.m. in room 406 of Oversight of Government Management, er, and friend whose life was tragically the Dirksen Senate Office Building. the Federal Workforce, and the Dis- cut short on June 1 in a senseless at- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without trict of Columbia be authorized to tack outside of an Army-Navy Career objection, it is so ordered. meet during the session of the Senate Center in Little Rock, AR. PVT COMMITTEE ON FINANCE on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 10 a.m. to Quinton Ezeagwila was also injured in Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I ask conduct a hearing entitled, ‘‘Pro- the attack. Our thoughts and prayers unanimous consent that the Com- tecting Our Employees: Pandemic In- are with him, and we hope he makes a mittee on Finance be authorized to fluenza Preparedness and the Federal very speedy recovery. meet during the session of the Senate Workforce.’’ Private Long had recently finished on Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at 10 a.m. in The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Army training and was set to deploy to room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office objection, it is so ordered. South Korea. He had been appointed to Building, to conduct a hearing entitled SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEAPOWER the Army’s Hometown Recruiter As- ‘‘Climate Change Legislation: Tax Con- Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I ask sistance Program in Little Rock and siderations.’’ unanimous consent that the Sub- was at the Army recruiting office on The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without committee on Seapower of the Com- that fateful day because he had volun- objection, it is so ordered. mittee on Armed Services be author- teered to tell others about his experi- COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS ized to meet during the session of the ence in the U.S. military. Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I ask Senate on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 2:30 Known to his friends and family as unanimous consent that the Com- p.m. Andy, Private Long will always be re- mittee on Foreign Relations be author- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without membered by all of us and all of them ized to meet during the session of the objection, it is so ordered. for his boundless energy, his keen in- Senate on Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS telligence, his infectious smile, and his 2:15 p.m. Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I ask great sense of humor. His country and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without unanimous consent that the Sub- all Arkansans will remember him as a objection, it is so ordered. committee on National Parks, be au- hero with the courage to serve his Na- COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND thorized to meet during the session of tion during a time of war. He will also GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS the Senate to conduct a hearing on be remembered as a young man whose Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I ask Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at 2:30 p.m., in life was ended way too soon. unanimous consent that the Com- room SD–366 of the Dirksen Senate Of- Private Long hailed from a fiercely mittee on Homeland Security and Gov- fice Building. patriotic family, with four generations ernmental Affairs be authorized to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without of uniformed service to the United meet during the session of the Senate objection, it is so ordered. States. Andy’s great grandfather and on Tuesday, June 16, 2009. grandfather served. Both of his parents The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without f served, and his brother, PFC Triston objection, it is so ordered. PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR Long, continues to serve today and will SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask be deployed to Iraq later this summer. Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Jonathan On behalf of my colleagues in the Sen- unanimous consent that the Select Kolikant and Matthew Long of Senator ate and the people of Arkansas, I wish Committee on Intelligence be author- BINGAMAN’s office be granted the privi- to take this moment to thank the Long ized to meet during the session of the lege of the floor for the pendency of the family for their extraordinary dedica- Senate on Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at Travel Promotion bill. tion and service to our Nation. 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without On that tragic day, Andy was tar- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. geted in what I view as an act of ter- objection, it is so ordered. rorism because of the uniform he f SUBCOMMITTEE ON AIRLAND wore—a uniform that stands as a sym- Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I ask CONDEMNING THE MURDER OF bol of this great country. unanimous consent that the Sub- PRIVATE WILLIAM ANDREW Ours is a nation where we resolve our committee on Airland of the Com- ‘‘ANDY’’ LONG AND THE WOUND- differences through debate and demo- mittee on Armed Services be author- ING OF PRIVATE QUINTON cratic elections, not through violence. ized to meet during the session of the EZEAGWULA This is a country where freedom is Senate on Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent cherished and liberty is recognized as 2:30 p.m. that the Senate proceed to the imme- an inalienable right for all people. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without diate consideration of S. Res. 186 sub- Terrorism has absolutely no place in objection, it is so ordered. mitted earlier today. this country, and as elected representa- SUBCOMMITTEE ON ANTITRUST, COMPETITION The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tives of the people, it is our duty to en- POLICY AND CONSUMER RIGHTS clerk will report the resolution by sure we are doing everything we can to Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I ask title. combat terrorism, bring justice to its unanimous consent that the Com- The assistant legislative clerk read perpetrators, and protect our commu- mittee on the Judiciary, Sub- as follows: nities and our families. That is why I committee on Antitrust, Competition A resolution (S. Res. 186) condemning the stand here today to put forth a resolu- Policy, and Consumer Rights, be au- murder of Army Private William Andrew tion condemning the murder of Private thorized to meet during the session of ‘‘Andy’’ Long and the wounding of Army Pri- Long and condemning the use of vio- the Senate on Tuesday, June 16, 2009, vate Quinton Ezeagwula, who were shot out- lence to achieve political ends. Addi- at 2:30 p.m., in room SD–226 of the side the Army-Navy Career Center in Little tionally, I call for the swift prosecu- Dirksen Senate Office Building, to con- Rock, Arkansas on June 1, 2009. tion, to the fullest extent of the law, of duct a hearing entitled ‘‘Cell Phone There being no objection, the Senate the perpetrators of this senseless Text Messaging Rate Increases and the proceeded to consider the resolution. shooting. State of Competition in the Wireless Mrs. LINCOLN. Madam President, I The men and women of the U.S. Market.’’ rise today to pay tribute to a young Armed Forces risk their lives every The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without man, Army PVT William Andrew Long, day, both overseas and here on our own objection, it is so ordered. of Conway, AR. Last week, he was laid soil in the United States. Let it be

VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:10 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16JN6.055 S16JNPT1 wwoods2 on PRODPC68 with SENATE S6666 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 16, 2009 known that their resolve will not and REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SE- time for the two leaders be reserved for cannot be shattered. The ideals rep- CRECY—TREATY DOCUMENT NO. their use later in the day, and there be resented by the uniform worn by Andy 111–3 a period of morning business for up to Long, his parents, and the generations Mr. REID. Madam President, as in 1 hour, with the time equally divided of brave American men and women be- executive session, I ask unanimous and controlled between the two leaders fore them, still serve to represent lib- consent that the injunction of secrecy or their designees, with the Repub- erty and justice for all, and no act of be removed from the following treaty licans controlling the first half and the terrorism can diminish that. It can transmitted to the Senate on June 16, majority controlling the second half, only strengthen our resolve and reaf- 2009, by the President of the United with Senators permitted to speak for firm our commitment to America’s States: up to 10 minutes each. most basic ideals and values. Protocol Amending the Tax Conven- Further, I ask that following morn- Our country owes a great debt to Pri- ing business, the Senate resume consid- vate Long for his service, as well as to tion with New Zealand, Treaty Docu- ment 111–3. eration of the motion to proceed to S. the brave men and women in the 1023, the Travel Promotion Act of 2009, Armed Forces who protect and defend I further ask that the treaty be con- sidered as having been read the first and that the time during any adjourn- the freedoms we cherish as Americans ment or period of morning business each and every day. Our thoughts and time; it be referred, with accom- panying papers, to the Committee on count postcloture. prayers go out to Private Long’s fam- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ily and to all of those who knew and Foreign Relations and ordered to be objection, it is so ordered. loved him. We are a grateful nation for printed; and that the President’s mes- incredible individuals like Private sage be printed in the RECORD. f Andy Long. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without PROGRAM Mr. President, I yield the floor. objection, it is so ordered. Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent The message of the President is as Mr. REID. If we are required to use the resolution be agreed to, the pre- follows: the full 30 hours of postcloture debate amble be agreed to, the motion to re- time, the Senate would proceed to the consider be laid upon the table with no To the Senate of the United States: bill at approximately 6:15 tomorrow intervening action or debate, and any I transmit herewith, for the advice evening. As I have stated previously, and consent of the Senate to its ratifi- statements be printed in the RECORD. we expect to turn to the consideration The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without cation, the Protocol Amending the of the supplemental conference report objection, it is so ordered. Convention between the United States when it becomes available. of America and New Zealand for the The resolution (S. Res. 186) was f agreed to. Avoidance of Double Taxation and the The preamble was agreed to. Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Re- ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 9:30 A.M. The resolution, with its preamble, spect to Taxes on Income, signed on TOMORROW reads as follows: December 1, 2008, at Washington (the Mr. REID. If there is no further busi- S. RES. 186 ‘‘proposed Protocol’’). I also transmit ness to come before the Senate, I ask Whereas on June 1, 2009, Private William for the information of the Senate the unanimous consent it stand adjourned Andrew ‘‘Andy’’ Long, aged 23, of Conway, report of the Department of State, under the previous order. Arkansas, was murdered outside the Army- which includes an Overview of the pro- Navy Career Center in Little Rock, Arkan- Thereupon, the Senate, at 6:02 p.m., posed Protocol. adjourned until Wednesday, June 17, sas; The proposed Protocol provides for Whereas on June 1, 2009, Private Quinton 2009, at 9:30 a.m. the elimination of withholding taxes Ezeagwula, aged 18, of Jacksonville, Arkan- f sas, was wounded by gunfire outside the on certain cross-border direct dividend Army-Navy Career Center in Little Rock, payments and on cross-border interest NOMINATIONS Arkansas; payments to certain financial enter- Executive nominations received by Whereas there are more than 1,400,000 ac- prises. The proposed Protocol reduces the Senate: tive component and more than 1,200,000 re- the existing Convention’s 10–percent serve component members of the Armed limit on withholding taxes on cross- DEPARTMENT OF STATE Forces protecting the United States; border payments of royalties to 5 per- NICOLE A. AVANT, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE AMBAS- Whereas there are more than 8,000 Army SADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF and Army Reserve recruiters and more than cent. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE COMMON- The proposed Protocol contains a WEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS. 7,000 Navy recruiters serving at more than HOWARD W. GUTMAN, OF MARYLAND, TO BE AMBAS- 1,500 military recruiting stations and centers comprehensive provision designed to SADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF in United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, and prevent ‘‘treaty shopping,’’ which is THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO BELGIUM. Europe; the inappropriate use of a tax treaty by IN THE COAST GUARD Whereas the men and women of the Armed third-country residents. The proposed THE FOLLOWING NAMED INDIVIDUAL FOR APPOINT- Forces risk their lives every day to preserve Protocol also provides for the exchange MENT AS A PERMANENT COMMISSIONED REGULAR OFFI- the freedoms cherished by people in the CER IN THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD IN THE of information between tax authorities GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 14, U.S.C., SECTION United States; of the two countries to facilitate the 211(A)(3): Whereas service in the Armed Forces de- To be lieutenant mands extraordinary sacrifices from service administration of each country’s tax members and their families and often places laws. CHRISTOPHER G. BUCKLEY service members in harm’s way; I recommend that the Senate give IN THE AIR FORCE Whereas members of the Armed Forces are early and favorable consideration to THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR REGULAR AP- the targets of violence not only abroad but the proposed Protocol and give its ad- POINTMENT IN THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 531: in the United States as well; and vice and consent to ratification. Whereas such violence is reprehensible and To be major BARACK OBAMA. must not be tolerated: Now, therefore, be it IRA S. EADIE Resolved, That the Senate— THE WHITE HOUSE, June 16, 2009. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR REGULAR AP- (1) offers its condolences to the family of f POINTMENT IN THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED Private William Andrew ‘‘Andy’’ Long; ORDERS FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE STATES AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 531: (2) hopes for a full recovery for Private To be lieutenant colonel Quinton Ezeagwula; 17, 2009 (3) urges swift prosecution to the fullest Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask JAMES C. EWALD extent of the law of the perpetrator or per- unanimous consent that when the Sen- IN THE ARMY petrators of this senseless shooting; ate completes its business today, it ad- THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT (4) urges the people of the United States to TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE journ until tomorrow, Wednesday, ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: join the Senate in condemning acts of vio- lence; and June 17, at 9:30 a.m.; that following the To be colonel (5) honors the service and sacrifice of all prayer and pledge, the Journal of pro- PHILIP M. CHANDLER ceedings be approved to date, the men and women in the Armed Services who THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT protect and defend our freedom every day. morning hour be deemed expired, the TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY

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HIGHLIGHTS House agreed to the Conference Report to accompany H.R. 2346, Supple- mental Appropriations Act, 2009. House ordered reported the National Defense Authorization Act for 2010. Senate promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the Chamber Action United States. Pages S6620–21, S6628–40 Routine Proceedings, pages S6611–S6667 During consideration of this measure today, Senate Measures Introduced: Ten bills and four resolu- also took the following action: tions were introduced, as follows: S. 1267–1276, S. By 90 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 208), three-fifths Res. 185–186, and S. Con. Res. 28–29. of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, having Pages S6649–50 voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to Measures Reported: consideration of the bill. Pages S6628–29 S. 669, to amend title 38, United States Code, to A unanimous-consent agreement was reached pro- clarify the conditions under which certain persons viding for further consideration of the motion to may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent proceed to consideration of the bill at approximately for certain purposes. (S. Rept. No. 111–27) 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 17, 2009, and that S. Res. 153, expressing the sense of the Senate on the time during any adjournment or period of morn- the restitution of or compensation for property seized ing business count post-cloture. Page S6666 during the Nazi and Communist eras. Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction S. Res. 182, recognizing the democratic accom- of secrecy was removed from the following treaty: plishments of the people of Albania and expressing Protocol Amending Tax Convention with New the hope that the parliamentary elections on June Zealand (Treaty Doc. No. 111–3). 28, 2009, maintain and improve the transparency The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, and fairness of democracy in Albania. considered as having been read for the first time, and S. Con. Res. 23, supporting the goals and objec- referred, with accompanying papers, to the Com- tives of the Prague Conference on Holocaust Era As- mittee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be print- sets. Page S6649 ed. Page S6666 Measures Passed: Nominations Received: Senate received the fol- Condemning Shootings at Army-Navy Career lowing nominations: Center in Little Rock, Arkansas: Senate agreed to Nicole A. Avant, of California, to be Ambassador S. Res. 186, condemning the murder of Army Pri- to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. vate William Andrew ‘‘Andy’’ Long and the wound- Howard W. Gutman, of Maryland, to be Ambas- ing of Army Private Quinton Ezeagwula, who were sador to Belgium. shot outside the Army-Navy Career Center in Little Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Rock, Arkansas on June 1, 2009. Pages S6665–66 Guard, and Navy. Pages S6666–67 Measures Considered: Nomination Discharged: The following nomina- Travel Promotion Act: Senate resumed consider- tion was discharged from further committee consid- ation of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. eration and placed on the Executive Calendar: 1023, to establish a non-profit corporation to com- Jo-Ellen Darcy, of Maryland, to be an Assistant municate United States entry policies and otherwise Secretary of the Army, which was sent to the Senate D701

VerDate Nov 24 2008 12:13 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D16JN9.REC D16JNPT1 smartinez on PROD1PC64 with DIGEST D702 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST June 16, 2009 on April 2, 2009, from the Senate Committee on Director, Missile Defense Agency, all of the Depart- Environment and Public Works. Page S6667 ment of Defense. Messages from the House: Page S6648 NAVY SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMS BUDGET Measures Referred: Page S6648 Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Petitions and Memorials: Pages S6648–49 SeaPower concluded a hearing to examine the De- Executive Reports of Committees: Page S6649 fense Authorization request for fiscal year 2010 and the Future Years Defense Program for Navy ship- Additional Cosponsors: Pages S6650–52 building programs, after receiving testimony from Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Sean J. Stackley, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Pages S6652–56 Research, Development and Acquisitions, and Vice Additional Statements: Pages S6647–48 Admiral Bernard J. McCullough, III, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Integration of Capa- Amendments Submitted: Pages S6656–64 bilities and Resources, both of the Department of Notices of Hearings/Meetings: Page S6664 Defense. Authorities for Committees to Meet: ARMY MODERNIZATION AND Pages S6664–65 MANAGEMENT BUDGET Privileges of the Floor: Page S6665 Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. concluded a hearing to examine the Defense Author- (Total—208) Pages S6628–29 ization request for fiscal year 2010 and the Future Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and ad- Years Defense Program for Army modernization and journed at 6:02 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Wednes- management of the Future Combat Systems Pro- day, June 17, 2009. (For Senate’s program, see the gram, after receiving testimony from General Peter remarks of the Majority Leader in today’s Record on W. Chiarelli, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Lieu- page S6666.) tenant General N. Ross Thompson III, Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, and Director Committee Meetings for Acquisition Career Management, and David G. (Committees not listed did not meet) Ahern, Director of Portfolio Systems Acquisition, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi- APPROPRIATIONS: SMALL BUSINESS tion, Technology and Logistics, all of the Depart- ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL ment of Defense; and Paul L. Francis, Managing Di- SERVICES ADMINISTRATION rector, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Gov- Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Finan- ernment Accountability Office. cial Services and General Government concluded a SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for ECONOMIC GROWTH fiscal year 2010 for the Small Business Administra- tion and the General Services Administration, after Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: receiving testimony from Karen Mills, Adminis- Committee concluded a hearing to examine new trator, Small Business Administration; Paul F. ideas for sustainable development and economic Prouty, Acting Administrator, General Services Ad- growth relative to greener communities, after receiv- ministration; and Joseph Bataillon, Chief Judge, ing testimony from Ray LaHood, Secretary of Trans- United States District Court, District of Nebraska, portation; Shaun Donovan, Secretary of Housing and and Chair, Space and Facilities Committee, Judicial Urban Development; and Lisa P. Jackson, Adminis- Conference of the United States. trator, Environmental Protection Agency. BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS NOMINATION Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: hearing to examine the Defense Authorization re- Committee concluded a hearing to examine the quest for fiscal year 2010 and the Future Years De- nomination of Inez Moore Tenenbaum, of South fense Program for ballistic missile defense programs, Carolina, to be Commissioner and Chairman, of the after receiving testimony from William J. Lynn, Consumer Product Safety Commission, after the Deputy Secretary of Defense, General James Cart- nominee, who was introduced by Senators Graham wright, USMC, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and DeMint, testified and answered questions in her and Lieutenant General Patrick J. O’Reilly, USA, own behalf.

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NOMINATIONS S. Res. 182, recognizing the democratic accom- Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: plishments of the people of Albania and expressing Committee concluded a hearing to examine the the hope that the parliamentary elections on June nominations of Julius Genachowski, of the District 28, 2009, maintain and improve the transparency of Columbia, to be Chairman, who was introduced and fairness of democracy in Albania; by Senator Schumer, and Robert Malcolm S. Con. Res. 23, supporting the goals and objec- McDowell, of Virginia, to be a Member, both of the tives of the Prague Conference on Holocaust Era As- Federal Communications Commission, after the sets; nominees testified and answered questions in their S. Res. 153, expressing the sense of the Senate on own behalf. the restitution of or compensation for property seized during the Nazi and Communist eras; and NATIONAL PARK SERVICE BUDGET The nominations of Eric P. Schwartz, of New Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Sub- York, to be Assistant Secretary for Population, Refu- committee on National Parks concluded a hearing to gees, and Migration, Andrew J. Shapiro, of New examine the President’s proposed budget request for York, to be Assistant Secretary for Political-Military fiscal year 2010 for the National Park Service and Affairs, Ellen O. Tauscher, of California, to be Under proposed expenditures under the American Recovery Secretary for Arms Control and International Secu- and Reinvestment Act, after receiving testimony rity, Kurt M. Campbell, of the District of Columbia, from Daniel N. Wenk, Acting Director, National to be Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Park Service, Department of the Interior. Pacific Affairs, Eric P. Goosby, of California, to be LOUISIANA HURRICANE AND FLOOD Ambassador at Large and Coordinator of United PREVENTION STATUS AND PROGRESS States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally, Bonnie D. Jenkins, of New York, for the Committee on Environment and Public Works: Com- rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as mittee concluded a hearing to examine the status Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs, and a and progress of New Orleans hurricane and flood promotion list in the Foreign Service. prevention and coastal Louisiana restoration, after re- ceiving testimony from Senator Landrieu; Brigadier NOMINATIONS General Michael Walsh, Commander, Mississippi Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded Valley Division, United States Army Corps of Engi- a hearing to examine the nominations of Nancy J. neers; Jeffrey Jacobs, National Research Council, Powell, of Iowa, to be Director General of the For- Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Committee on eign Service, Patricia A. Butenis, of Virginia, to be New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Projects; Steven Peyronnin, Coalition to Restore Sri Lanka, and to serve concurrently and without ad- Coastal Louisiana, and Robert R. Twilley, Louisiana ditional compensation as Ambassador to the Repub- State University Research and Economic Develop- lic of Maldives, and Christopher William Dell, of ment, both of Baton Rouge; and Joseph M. Rault, New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Pump to the River Jefferson/Orleans, and Thomas L. Kosovo, all of the Department of State, after the Jackson, Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Au- nominees testified and answered questions in their thority, both of Metairie, Louisiana. own behalf. CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af- to examine climate change legislation, focusing on fairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government tax considerations, after receiving testimony from Management, the Federal Workforce, and the Dis- Gary Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International trict of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine Economics, and Mark Price, KPMG LLP, both of pandemic influenza preparedness and the federal Washington, D.C.; and Keith G. Butler, Duke En- workforce, after receiving testimony from Elaine C. ergy Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina. Duke, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management; Nancy H. Kichak, Associate Director BUSINESS MEETING for Strategic Human Resources Policy, Office of Per- Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered fa- sonnel Management; Rear Admiral W. Craig vorably reported the following business items: Vanderwagen, Assistant Secretary of Health and S. 962, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years Human Services for Preparedness and Response; Ber- 2009 through 2013 to promote an enhanced stra- nice Steinhardt, Director, Strategic Issues, Govern- tegic partnership with Pakistan and its people, with ment Accountability Office; T.J. Bonner, American amendments; Federation of Government Employees AFL–CIO, San

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Diego, California; and Maureen Gilman, National saging rate increases and the state of competition in Treasury Employees Union, Washington, DC. the wireless market, after receiving testimony from BUSINESS MEETING Randal S. Milch, Verizon Communications, Inc., and Joel Kelsey, Consumers Union, both of New York, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af- New York; Wayne Watts, AT&T Inc., Dallas, fairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the Texas; Laurie Itkin, Cricket Communications, Inc., nomination of Jeffrey D. Zients, of the District of San Diego, California; and Srinivasan Keshav, Uni- Columbia, to be Deputy Director for Management, versity of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Office of Management and Budget. CELL PHONE TEXT MESSAGING RATE INTELLIGENCE INCREASES AND WIRELESS MARKET Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Anti- hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony trust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights con- from officials of the intelligence community. cluded a hearing to examine cell phone text mes- Committee recessed subject to the call. h House of Representatives that all Members and former Members who spoke Chamber Action have the privilege of revising and extending their re- Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 25 pub- marks. Pages H6820–28, H6832 lic bills, H.R. 2882–2891, 2893–2907; and 4 reso- Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules lutions, H. Res. 549–551 were introduced. and pass the following measures: Pages H6902–03 National Consumer Cooperative Bank Act Additional Cosponsors: Pages H6903–05 Amendments of 2009: H.R. 1674, to amend the Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows: National Consumer Cooperative Bank Act to allow H.R. 2892, making appropriations for the Depart- for the treatment of the nonprofit corporation affil- ment of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending iate of the Bank as a community development finan- September 30, 2010 (H. Rept. 111–157). cial institution for purposes of the Community De- H. Res. 552, providing for further consideration velopment Banking and Financial Institutions Act of of the bill (H.R. 2847) making appropriations for 1994; Pages H6832–33 the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Homes for Heroes Act of 2009: H.R. 403, to pro- Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year end- vide housing assistance for very low-income veterans, ing September 30, 2010 (H. Rept. 111–158). by a 2⁄3 recorded vote of 417 yeas to 2 nays, Roll Page H6902 No. 344; Pages H6833–40, H6849–50 Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she Awarding a Congressional Gold Medal to the appointed Representative Perlmutter to act as Speak- Women Airforce Service Pilots (‘‘WASP’’): S. 614, er Pro Tempore for today. Page H6815 to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Recess: The House recessed at 11:19 a.m. and re- Airforce Service Pilots (‘‘WASP’’); and convened at noon. Page H6820 Pages H6840–43 Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the Na- 548, providing for the election of certain minority tional Eye Institute (NEI) and expressing support members to a standing committee: Committee on for designation of 2010 through 2020 as the ‘‘Dec- Armed Services: Representatives McKeon, to rank ade of Vision’’: H. Res. 366, to recognize the 40th before Representative Bartlett; Representative Platts. anniversary of the National Eye Institute (NEI) and Page H6829 to express support for designation of 2010 through The United States Association of Former Mem- 2020 as the ‘‘Decade of Vision’’, by a 2⁄3 yea-and- bers of Congress: Agreed by unanimous consent nay vote of 411 yeas with none voting ‘‘nay’’, Roll that the proceedings of the United States Association No. 349. Pages H6843–45, H6885–86 of Former Members of Congress Annual Report to Suspensions—Proceedings Resumed: The House Congress be printed in the Congressional Record and agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following

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VerDate Nov 24 2008 12:13 Jun 17, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D16JN9.REC D16JNPT1 smartinez on PROD1PC64 with DIGEST D706 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST June 16, 2009 Nancy LoBue, Deputy Assistant Administrator, UIGHUR NATIONALISM Aviation Policy, Planning and Environment. Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Inter- DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION/ national Organizations, Human Rights and Over- SHIPBUILDING—AVIATION PLAN sight held a hearing on Exploring the Nature of Committee on Armed Services: Ordered reported, as Uighur Nationalism: Freedom Fighters or Terrorists? amended, the following bills: H.R. 2647, National Testimony was heard from Randall G. Schriver, Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010; H.R. former Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asian and 477, Federal Efficiency and Performance Act of 2009; and Pacific Affairs, Department of State; Shirley Kan, H.R. 478, Federal Agency Performance Review and Effi- Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade Division, Con- ciency Act. gressional Research Service, Library of Congress; and TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMING PUBLIC public witnesses. SCHOOLS CHEMICAL FACILITY ANTITERRORISM ACT Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on OF 2009 The Future of Learning: How Technology is Trans- forming Public Schools. Testimony was heard from Committee on Homeland Security: Held a hearing on Aneesh Chopra, Chief Technology Officer, Office of H.R. 2868, Chemical Facility Antiterrorism Act of Science and Technology Policy; and public witnesses. 2009. Testimony was heard from the following offi- cials of the Department of Homeland Security: Sue SATELLITE TV LOCAL BROADCASTING Armstrong, Director, Infrastructure Security Compli- TERMINATIONS ance Division, Office of Infrastructure Protection; Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on and Philip Reitinger, Deputy Under Secretary, Na- Communications, Technology and the Internet held tional Protection and Programs Directorate; Paul a hearing on draft legislation to reauthorize the Sat- Baldauf, Assistant Director, Radiation Protection and ellite Home Viewer Act. Testimony was heard from Release Prevention, Department of Environmental public witnesses. Protection, State of New Jersey; and public wit- nesses. HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY TERMINATIONS BANKRUPTCY JUDGESHIP NEEDS Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Com- Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled mercial and Administrative Law held a hearing on ‘‘Terminations of Individual Health Policies by In- Bankruptcy Judgeship Needs. Testimony was heard surance Companies.’’ Testimony was heard from pub- from Barbara M.G. Lynn, U.S. District Court for the lic witnesses. Northern District of Texas; David S. Kennedy, U.S. SYSTEMIC RISK AND INSURANCE Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Ten- nessee, William Jenkins, GAO; and a public witness. Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Cap- ital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored PACIFIC SALMON/FISH HABITAT Enterprises held a hearing entitled ‘‘Systemic Risk CONSERVATION and Insurance.’’ Testimony was heard from public witnesses. Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on In- sular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife held a hearing on GREEN ACT OF 2009 the following bills: H.R. 2055, Pacific Salmon Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Stronghold Conservation Act of 2009; and H.R. Housing and Community Opportunity held a hear- 2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act. Tes- ing on H.R. 2336, GREEN Act of 2009, Testimony timony was heard from Representative Thompson of was heard from Ron Sims, Deputy Secretary, Depart- California; James Balsiger, Acting Assistant Admin- ment of Housing and Urban Development. istrator, Fisheries, National Maine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce; Gary Frazier, As- ADMINISTRATION’S EUROPE POLICIES sistant Director, Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the held a hearing on Strengthening the Transatlantic Interior; Sara Laborde, Special Assistant to the Direc- Alliance: An Overview of the Obama Administra- tor, Department of Fish and Wildlife, State of tion’s Policies in Europe. Testimony was heard from Washington; Eric Schwaab, Deputy Secretary, De- Philip Gordon, Assistant Secretary, European and partment of Natural Resources, State of Maryland; Eurasian Affairs, Department of State. and public witnesses.

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MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE fered by the ranking minority member of the Com- Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Na- mittee on Appropriations or his designee: amend- tional Parks, Forest and Public Lands, and the Sub- ments numbered 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, committee on Water and Power held a joint over- 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 104, 105, 106, 107, and sight hearing entitled ‘‘Mountain Pine Beetle: Strate- 108 printed in the Congressional Record of June 15, gies for Protecting the West.’’ Testimony was heard 2009. from Representatives Rehberg, Salazar, Markey of The rule provides that each amendment shall be Colorado, Minnick, Polis and Scanlan; the following considered as read, shall be debatable for 10 minutes officials of the Forest Service, USDA: Barbara Bentz, equally divided and controlled by the proponent and Research Entomologist, Rocky Mountain Research an opponent, and shall not be subject to a demand Station; and Rick Cables, Regional Forester, Rocky for division of the question in the House or in the Mountain Region; Herbert C. Frost, Associate Direc- Committee of the Whole. The rule waives all points tor, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science, Na- of order against such amendments except that tional Park Service, Department of the Interior; Ron- amendments may be offered only at the appropriate ald Turley, Special Programs Manager, Western Area point in the reading. It provides one motion to re- Power Administration, Department of the Energy; commit with or without instructions. and public witnesses. The rule provides that the chair and ranking mi- nority member of the Committee on Appropriations FEDERAL CONTRACTING or their designees each may offer one pro forma Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Sub- amendment to the bill for the purpose of debate. committee on Government Management, Organiza- Such amendment may be repeated, but only after tion and Procurement held a hearing entitled ‘‘The consideration of an amendment listed in the first State of Federal Contracting: Opportunities and section of this rule. Challenges for Strengthening Government Procure- Finally, the rule provides that the Chair may en- ment and Acquisition Policies.’’ Testimony was tertain a motion that the committee rise only if of- heard from Shay Assad, Director, Defense Procure- fered by the chair of the Committee on Appropria- ment and Acquisition Policy, Department of De- tions or his designee. The Chair may not entertain fense; David A. Drabkin, Acting Chief Acquisition a motion to strike out the enacting words of the bill Officer, GSA; and public witnesses. (as described in clause 9 of rule XVIII). Testimony PAKISTAN’S HUMANITARIAN CRISIS was heard from Chairman Obey and Representatives Mollohan, Wolf, Burton, Flake, King (IA), Nunes, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Sub- committee on National Security and Foreign Affairs Rogers (AL), Gohmert, Price (GA), Jordon (OH) and held a hearing entitled ‘‘U.S. Contributions to the Broun (GA). Response to Pakistan’s Humanitarian Crisis: The Sit- MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES uation and the Stakes.’’ Testimony was heard from public witnesses. Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy and Environment approved for full Com- COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE AND mittee action the following bills: H.R. 2693, RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS amended, Federal Oil Spill Research Program Act; ACT, 2010 H.R. 2729, amended, to authorize the designation of Committee on Rules: Granted, by a record vote of 7–3, National Environmental Research Parks by the Sec- a rule providing for further consideration of the bill retary of Energy; and H.R. 1622, To provide for a (H.R. 2847) making appropriations for the Depart- program of research, development, and demonstra- ments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and tion on natural gas vehicles. Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- tember 30, 2010, and for other purposes, under a CYBERSPACE POLICY REVIEW structured rule. The rule provides no further general Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on debate. Technology and Innovation, and the Subcommittee The rule provides that no further amendments on Research and Science Education held a joint hear- shall be in order except: (1) amendments numbered ing on Agency Response to Cyberspace Policy Re- 3, 6, 19, 22, 25, 31, 35, 41, 59, 60, 62, 63, 69, view. Testimony was heard from Cita Furkani, Di- 71, 93, 96, 97, 98, 100, 102, 111, 114, and 118 rector, Information Technology Laboratory, National printed in the Congressional Record of June 15, Institute of Standards and Technology, Department 2009, which may be offered only by the Member of Commerce; Jeannette Wing, Assistant Director, who submitted it for printing or a designee; and (2) Directorate for Computer and Information Science not to exceed 10 of the following amendments if of- and Engineering, NSF; Robert F. Leheny, Acting

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Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Cyber Security Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Sub- Communications, Department of Homeland Security. committee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, to hold hearings to examine aviation safety, focusing on WATER/ENVIRONMENT AGENCY BUDGETS the role and responsibility of commercial air carriers and Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Sub- employees, 10 a.m., SR–253. committee on Water Resources and Environment Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the con- sumer wireless experience, 2:30 p.m., SR–253. continued hearings on Agency Budgets and Priorities Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business for FY 2010. Testimony was heard from the fol- meeting to consider pending energy legislation, 9 a.m., lowing officials of the Corps of Engineers, Depart- SD–366. ment of the Army: Terrance C. Salt, Acting Assist- Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold ant Secretary, Civil Works; and LTG Robet L. hearings to examine S. 409, to secure Federal ownership Vantwerp, USA, Chief of Engineers; Howard and management of significant natural, scenic, and rec- Frumkin, M.D., Director, National Center, Environ- reational resources, to provide for the protection of cul- mental Health, Agency for Toxic Substances and tural resources, to facilitate the efficient extraction of Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and mineral resources by authorizing and directing an ex- Prevention, Department of Health and Human Serv- change of Federal and non-Federal land, S. 782, to pro- ices; and a public witness. vide for the establishment of the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System, S. 874, to establish El VA ENDOSCOPY PROCEDURES Rio Grande Del Norte National Conservation Area in the State of New Mexico, S. 1139, to require the Secretary Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Over- of Agriculture to enter into a property conveyance with sight and Investigations held a hearing on Endos- the city of Wallowa, Oregon, and S. 1140, to direct the copy Procedures at the VA: What Happened, What Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to Has Changed? Testimony was heard from the fol- Deschutes County, Oregon, 1:30 p.m., SD–366. lowing officials of the Department of Veterans Af- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: busi- fairs: John D. Daigh, Jr., M.D., Assistant Inspector ness meeting to consider Affordable Health Choices Act, General, Healthcare Inspections, Office of Inspector subcommittee assignments, and any pending nomina- General; and William E. Duncan, M.D., Associate tions, 10 a.m., SD–106. Deputy Under Secretary, Health, Quality and Safety, Committee on the Judiciary: to hold an oversight hearing Veterans Health Administration. to examine the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD–226. Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine Joint Meetings Social Security in the 21st Century, 2 p.m., SH–216. House INSTABILITY IN NORTHERN CAUCASUS Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Com- Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, to mark up mission concluded a hearing to examine instability appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for State, Foreign Op- in the Northern Caucasus in Russia, after receiving erations, and Related Programs, 9 a.m., H–140 Capitol. testimony from Svetlana Gannushkina, Civic Assist- Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on ance Committee for Refugees, Alexei Malashenko, Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, to mark up Carnegie Endowment, and Elena Milashina, Novaya the following bills: H.R. 1984, 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Gazeta, all of Moscow, Russia. Retirement Security Act of 2009; and H.R. 1988, Con- flicted Investment Advice Prohibition Act of 2009, 10:30 f a.m., 2175 Rayburn. COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up H.R. JUNE 17, 2009 2749, Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment, and the Sub- Senate committee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Home- joint hearing on North Korea’s Nuclear and Missile Tests land Security, business meeting to markup proposed and the Six-Party Talks: Where Do We Go from Here? budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for Department of 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn. Homeland Security Appropriations bill, 2 p.m., SD–192. Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness Rights, and Oversight, hearing on TV Marti: A Station and Management Support, to hold hearings to examine in Search of an Audience? 3 p.m., 2172 Rayburn. the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2010 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Sub- and the Future Years Defense Program for military con- committee on Information Policy, Census and National

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Archives, hearing entitled ‘‘Identity Theft: Victims Bills tional Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite of Rights,’’ 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn. System, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn. Committee on Science and Technology, hearing on Advanc- Committee on Small Business, hearing on Legislative Ini- ing Technology for Nuclear Fuel Recycling: What Should tiatives to Strengthen and Modernize the SBIR and STTR Our Research, Development and Demonstration Strategy Programs, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn. Be? 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to mark up Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, to con- H.R. 2701, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year tinue hearings on Independent Assessment of the Na- 2010, 11 a.m., 304–HVC,

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 17 10 a.m., Wednesday, June 17

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Wednesday: After the transaction of any Program for Wednesday: Continue consideration of morning business (not to extend beyond one hour), Senate H.R. 2847—Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related will continue consideration of the motion to proceed to Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. consideration of S. 1023, Travel Promotion Act.

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