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Vol. 166 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2020 No. 91 Senate The Senate met at 10:30 a.m. and was their States. But it is not every day Just a few months ago, millions of called to order by the President pro that we hear about the executive hard-working men and women were tempore (Mr. GRASSLEY). branch of government and its bureauc- thriving and optimistic. They were f racy making an effort to listen to the making big plans across kitchen tables. American people. Fortunately, that is Now all of that is in chaos. PRAYER changing under this administration. The Chairman of the Federal Reserve The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- I have advised the people of Iowa, and reports that nearly 4 in 10 American fered the following prayer: I am advising them again—and, hope- households that earn less than $40,000 a Let us pray. fully, my colleagues will have their year had somebody get laid off in the Almighty God, guide our lawmakers constituents take advantage of it—that month of March alone. This emergency today to think of themselves as Your this administration in January, is very serious, so the Senate’s re- faithful servants eager to do Your bid- through the White House, put out a sponse has been serious. ding. May they strive less for success call to Americans who deal with Fed- In March, Senate Republicans de- and more for faithfulness, realizing eral regulations to share their ideas on signed and the full Senate passed the that You expect dependability from how to ensure that those who face reg- CARES Act. It pushed trillions of dol- them. ulatory enforcement have due process lars to working families, job creators, Lord, give them the wisdom to be- and get a fair shake. Those ideas will and medical professionals. We sent di- lieve that though they may plant and now be used to make regulatory en- rect cash to almost 130 million Ameri- water the seeds of our Nation’s destiny, forcement fairer. Take advantage of cans. We delivered hundreds of billions only You can bring the harvest. As this opportunity. of dollars in paycheck protection loans they look to You, the Lord of the har- Americans who face a burden of com- to small businesses, saving tens of mil- vest, soothe their doubts and calm plying with regulations should have a lions of American jobs. We helped their fears. And Lord, we thank You for voice in making the process better, and State and local governments defray the many courageous staffers who en- I applaud this administration for lis- coronavirus costs. We funded able the Senate to function. tening to the American people. healthcare providers and testing. Even We pray in Your gracious Name. I yield the floor. now, its programs are still taking ef- Amen. I suggest the absence of a quorum. fect, still coming online, still helping. f The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The Senate took a blank sheet of paper clerk will call the roll. and turned it into the largest rescue PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The senior assistant legislative clerk package in history. The President pro tempore led the proceeded to call the roll. We have taken this crisis seriously, Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, but the House Democrats have taken a I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the I ask unanimous consent that the order totally different approach. While we fi- United States of America, and to the Repub- for the quorum call be rescinded. nalized the CARES Act, the House lic for which it stands, one nation under God, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without parachuted in with miscellaneous lib- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. objection, it is so ordered. eral demands that were completely un- The PRESIDING OFFICER. (Mrs. f related to COVID–19—solar energy tax HYDE-SMITH). The Senator from Iowa. credits, airline emissions. One senior Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, I RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY House Democrat called the virus a ask permission to address the Senate LEADER ‘‘tremendous opportunity to restruc- in morning business for 1 minute. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- ture things to fit our vision.’’ One Sen- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without jority leader is recognized. ate Democratic colleague asked: ‘‘How objection, it is so ordered. f many times are we going to get a shot f at a $1 trillion-plus program?’’ They CORONAVIRUS told us exactly what they were up to, REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, so we ignored the leftwing wish list and REFORM this pandemic is weighing heavily on stayed serious, and the CARES Act is Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, the American people. Roughly, 1.4 mil- still helping Americans bridge these an important part of my job—and I lion Americans have been infected, temporary shutdowns. hope for every Senator—is hearing the more than 80,000 have died, and unem- So let’s fast-forward to today. The views, in my case, of Iowans but in the ployment has not been this high since Democratic House is still not back in case of my colleagues, the citizens of World War II. Washington. Its constitutional duty

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This half of the Capitol is ‘‘incredible opportunity . . . to fun- here is what they chose: tax hikes on doing our job. damentally transform the country.’’ small businesses, giveaways to blue f Speaker PELOSI said: ‘‘I see every- State millionaires, government checks thing as an opportunity.’’ for illegal immigrants, and sending di- RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME A cochair of the Congressional Pro- versity detectives to inspect the pot in- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under gressive Caucus said: ‘‘For me, the le- dustry. The House gave itself no as- the previous order, the leadership time verage is that there is enormous suf- signments for 2 months except to de- is reserved. fering.’’ ‘‘The leverage is that there is velop this proposal. Yet it still reads f enormous suffering.’’ There are 80,000 like the Speaker of the House pasted Americans who have died and more together some random ideas from her CONCLUSION OF MORNING than 20 million who have lost their most liberal Members and slapped the BUSINESS jobs. I call that a crisis; they call it le- word ‘‘coronavirus’’ on top of it—an verage. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning unserious product from an unserious This week, the Speaker published an business is closed. House majority that has spent months 1,800-page seasonal catalog of leftwing f oddities and called it a coronavirus re- dealing itself out of the crisis. The House Democrats have been lief bill. So here we go again. It in- LEGISLATIVE SESSION missing in action for months. While cludes a massive Tax Code giveaway to the Senate was passing the CARES high earners in blue States. Working Act, the Democratic House was on the families are struggling to put food on USA FREEDOM REAUTHORIZATION sidelines substantively and literally. the table, but the House Democrats are ACT OF 2020—Continued They had already gone home. Nearly 2 prioritizing millionaires on the coasts. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under months later, the Senators are back at It would print another round of the previous order, the Senate will re- checks—listen to this—specifically for our duty stations with new pre- sume consideration of H.R. 6172, which illegal immigrants. Can you believe it? cautions. We have been back for 2 the clerk will report. We forgot to have the Treasury Depart- weeks. We are holding major hearings The senior assistant legislative clerk ment send money to people who are on the pandemic. We are legislating read as follows: here illegally. My goodness. What an and confirming nominees. Yet the House is still at home. And when it A bill (H.R. 6172) to amend the Foreign In- oversight. Thank goodness the Demo- telligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to pro- crats are on the case. does contribute, it is not serious. hibit the production of certain business The Speaker’s bill also tries to use The House Democrats have checked records, and for other purposes. out of this crisis and left governing up the virus as cover to implement sweep- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- to the Senate. They even intend to ing changes to election laws that the jority whip. shatter congressional history and jam Democrats have literally wanted for CORONAVIRUS years, like forcing every single State through remote voting so they can con- tinue to be counterproductive from the Mr. THUNE. Madam President, as to embrace California’s sketchy ballot the majority leader just pointed out, harvesting whether they want to or comfort of their homes. Let me say that again. They even intend to shatter the Senate has been and will be focused not. on responding to the coronavirus crisis Then there is the cherry on top. It is congressional history and jam through in this country in a way that hopefully the bold new policy from the Wash- remote voting so they can continue to will enable the American people to re- ington Democrats that will kick the be counterproductive from the comfort coronavirus to the curb and save Amer- of their own homes. cover and that will restore our econ- ican families from this crisis. Here it Look, here in the real world, the Sen- omy—that will get things back to nor- is—new annual studies on diversity and ate Republicans are working seriously mal. As he pointed out, that requires inclusion within the cannabis industry. to help the country reopen. The crush- dealing with the health emergency as There is not one study but two of them. ing unemployment figures, even with well as with the economic emergency Let me say that again. The Democrats’ the CARES Act, show that no amount crisis that has been created by this. supposed coronavirus bill includes tax- of Federal spending could substitute With respect to the health emer- payer-funded studies to measure diver- for the entirety of the U.S. economy. gency, the leader pointed out that sity and inclusion among the people We need to be smart, and we need to be there are literally tens of billions of who profit off of marijuana. safe, but we have to find a more sus- dollars being spent now on vaccine re- The word ‘‘cannabis’’ appears in this tainable middle ground. search, on anti-viral therapeutics, and bill 68 times—more times than the This week, Chairman ALEXANDER and on testing. We believe that, in order for word ‘‘job’’ and 4 times as much as the the Committee on Health, Education, us to get our economy fully back, we word ‘‘hire.’’ Maybe that is just as well Labor, and Pensions heard from Dr. have to deal with the health emergency because when their proposal does try to Fauci, Dr. Redfield, and other top ex- in front of us, so dollars have been treat the economic crisis, it proposes perts on exactly this subject. There are made available—hundreds of billions of stifling, anti-work policies that would at least two big things our Nation will dollars—to healthcare providers, hos- only make it harder for Americans to need to start recovering: stepped-up pitals, doctors, nursing homes, and pro- get their jobs back. For example, they testing nationwide and legal liability viders who are on the frontlines of this literally propose to raise taxes on protections so that K–12 schools, uni- crisis and trying to deal with the chal- small business and drain more cash versities, charities, and employers are lenges it presents every single day. from Main Street during a Main Street not invaded by trial lawyers the in- That is what we have focused on. In ad- meltdown. So maybe it is best if the stant they unlock their doors. dition, we have focused on the eco- House Democrats focus on cannabis On testing, fortunately, the Senate nomic crisis and the impact it has had studies and leave economics to the rest has already done a great deal. The ex- on our small businesses and on our of us. ecutive branch and especially the workers. This is a totally unserious effort. States are in the driver’s seat, but we Everything that has been included in Even the mainstream media says: have already sent billions of dollars to the bills that have already been passed ‘‘Neither this bill nor anything resem- help scale up testing nationwide. On here in the U.S. Senate—now we have bling it will ever become law. It’s a legal liability reform, the work lies No. 4—and have been signed into law Democratic wish list.’’ ahead of us. As my Republican col- by the President have been singularly

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The bill before us com- families who particularly needed the site that is true, for it has been di- bines extensions of these key anti-ter- help the most got some additional fi- rected directly at families and work- rorism tools with new accountability nancial assistance. So checks went ers. Everything we have done has been measures that will ensure that law en- out—$1,200 per individual, $2,400 per designed to keep jobs, to be very pro- forcement is held to the highest stand- married couple, and $500 for each addi- worker. ards when pursuing surveillance of sus- tional child—as direct assistance. It Yet, in part of the 1,815-page proposal pected terrorists and foreign agents. went into the pockets of families that the Democrats have out there, I urge my colleagues to support this across this country. they have a couple of tax proposals, legislation when we vote on it later Then, with respect to workers and one of which would deliver 56 percent today. small businesses, there was the Pay- of that tax cut to the top 1 percent of REMEMBERING TOM COBURN check Protection Program, which by the wage earners in the country. This Madam President, I would like to all accounts has been very, very suc- is 56 percent of the benefit of a pro- take a moment to pay tribute to my cessful. I think the reason for that is posal under the House Democrats’ fan- friend and a former Member of this that businesses across this country rec- tasy wish list that would go to the top body, Senator Tom Coburn, who died in ognize that they, too, want to keep 1 percent of the earners in this coun- March. their employees employed. They do try. Now, that doesn’t sound to me like Tom and I first met in the House of want to keep those jobs, hopefully, something that is very pro-worker or Representatives, where we both served, and then came to the Senate at the until that time when the economy that is trying to help people who are in same time as part of the class of 2005. starts to open up again, so they heavily the lower income categories, who are I have been privileged to meet many subscribe to this program. suffering the most economically as a principled men and women in my time Interestingly enough, there has been result of the coronavirus crisis. It in public service, but Tom, literally, a lot of talk on the other side, as there seems, to me at least, like something was one in a million. He was fiercely usually is—a demagoging of how this that is sort of a payoff to some of their principled and uncompromising, often helps rich people and all of that. Yet big donors and to the big blue States. to the chagrin of fellow Senators. He the average loan in the most recent Nonetheless, that is a feature of the didn’t care if he were 1 against 99 if he round of PPP funding is about $80,000 1,815-page bill that the leader just de- believed he was in the right. He stuck on a payroll of about $28,000. Businesses scribed and talked about. It is one of to his guns come hell or high water. He can use that principally for payroll. many features—part of the permanent voted against politically popular legis- Seventy-five percent has to be used to agenda—that has nothing to do with lation and bills that no other Senator be able to keep their employees em- solving the crisis in front of the Amer- would oppose. Yet he held the enduring ployed, to keep their workers em- ican people right now but has entirely respect of his constituents and, indeed, ployed, to keep those jobs there, while to do with an ideological wish list. of his colleagues, proving that some- 25 percent has to be used for some fixed They are all of the things that have times principle can win you more last- cost, which might be utilities, which been on their agenda for a really long ing friendship than compromise. He might be rent, which might be debt time, none of which should ever be con- was here for a purpose—in particular, service, those types of things. The sidered seriously in terms of dealing to protect our children and grand- whole purpose of the program is to with the crisis that is in front of us children from the burden of an ever-in- keep workers employed. It is a pro- right now. creasing national debt by exposing gov- worker program, and it has been from As I said, responding to this ernment waste and Washington’s the very beginning. coronavirus crisis has been and will spending habits. Then also, for those who through no continue to be at the top of our agenda He got into fierce fights on the floor fault of their own have lost jobs and for the foreseeable future. in service to that mission, but he knew have been laid off, there has been a sig- H.R. 6172 how to keep fights to the office. Prick- nificant plus-up in the unemployment Madam President, in addition to our ly on the floor, outside of it, he was insurance accounts—to the tune of $600 pandemic response, the Senate is also warm and personable, and he didn’t let per person per week for individuals in focused on the other priorities on politics get in the way of friendships. this country—on top of what their which the American people are relying As he once said himself, he disagreed States might already pay. There is a on us to take care of—from funding the with President Obama on 95 percent of significant number of dollars being put government to protecting our Nation. the issues, but that didn’t stop him out there for people who have lost jobs This week, the Senate is taking up from developing a lasting friendship through no fault of their own. legislation to reauthorize three expired with the President or from working These are pro-worker pieces of legis- provisions of the Foreign Intelligence with him on legislation when he was in lation, pro-unemployed people legisla- Surveillance Act, including the provi- the Senate. tion. These are pro-small business— sion that allows the FBI to wiretap No discussion of Tom would be com- keeping those small businesses work- lone wolf terrorists—terrorists not af- plete without mentioning his deep ing out there. Obviously, they are very filiated with a specific terrorist organi- faith. He was an outspoken witness for much pro-health emergency—trying to zation—and the roving wiretap provi- Christ. If you were his friend, as I was drive dollars toward the solutions, the sion that prevents the FBI from having privileged to be, he was interested not cures, the vaccines, the anti-viral to seek a new wiretap warrant each just in your present good but in your therapeutics, and the testing that are time a terrorist suspect changes his eternal good as well. necessary to help us get through this. phone number. As I said earlier, Tom Coburn was That is what Republicans here in the These provisions lapsed in March, one in a million, and it will be a long Senate have been focused on for the after the House blocked a temporary time before we see his like again. That past several months and will continue extension that was passed unanimously is a particularly great loss because the to be focused on in the future. in the Senate, leaving law enforcement Senate should always have a Tom As the leader pointed out, the House and intelligence officials without key Coburn—a man or woman of uncompro- Democrats, who are not here but who, tools in their anti-terrorism fight. I ex- mising principle, of fierce dedication to remarkably, from afar have evidently pect the Senate will pass this bill the national good, someone willing to put together this fantasy wish list of today, and I hope the House will move stand alone in defense of the right, who things they would like to see accom- quickly to send it to the President’s provides a constant reminder that prin- plished—if you can imagine an 1,815- desk. ciple is more important than politics

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Your husband, your father, and your publican Governor. They need to get We are in the middle of a public grandfather is sorely missed. unanimous consent for most of the health and economic crisis, and Senate I yield the floor. things they do. Republicans are diving head-first into RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER It is not just Governors and politi- the muck, pursuing diversionary, par- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. cians. The Chairman of the Federal Re- tisan conspiracy theories to prop up SCOTT of Florida). The Democratic serve, Jerome Powell—hardly a Demo- President Trump when President leader is recognized. crat—a Trump appointee, said yester- Trump should be focusing on solving CORONAVIRUS day that ‘‘the scope and speed of this this crisis—once again trying to Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, it has downturn are without modern prece- achieve what the President tried to been 2 weeks since Leader MCCONNELL dent, significantly worse than any re- achieve in the Ukraine scandal by an- called us back into session. In that cession since World War II.’’ He went other means, sullying his opponent time, it was announced that 30 million on to say that ‘‘additional fiscal sup- with baseless conspiracy theories. Americans filed for unemployment. port could be costly but worth it, if it Don’t our Republican friends see the Just this morning, we learned another helps avoid long-term economic dam- folly of following President Trump in 3 million Americans filed jobless age and leaves us with a stronger re- this regard? Don’t they know the claims this week. Yet the Republican covery.’’ That is the Chairman of the American people are wise to this kind leader has scheduled exactly zero Federal Reserve, Jay Powell, appointed of stuff? There are over 30 million peo- votes—zero—on legislation related to by President Trump, telling Repub- ple without work, tens of thousands the coronavirus. Instead, Leader licans to get off their hands and do losing their lives, and pursuing base- MCCONNELL has resisted urgent and something. Powell has used almost less conspiracy theories is what the Re- necessary action to fight the pandemic. every tool in his monetary toolkit. He publican majority seems to be focused He said that now is the time to ‘‘press knows we need fiscal relief—more of it. on. the pause button.’’ Tell that to some- But Leader MCCONNELL has so far re- Unfortunately, Republicans in Con- one trying to feed his or her children. jected doing another emergency relief gress aren’t the only ones unwilling to Tell that to some small business person bill. His party is slowly drafting legis- do the urgent and necessary work of who has kept a business going for 20 lation to give legal immunity to big the moment. President Trump and his years and now is ready to go bankrupt. corporations that put workers in dan- administration are guilty of the same Tell that to workers at every level of gerous situations. offense. Yesterday, Dr. Fauci—one of this economy who are losing their jobs. That is not the nub of the issue. We the most respected health experts in Time to press the pause button when know that. We have so many diversions the country—warned that the reopen- we have faced the greatest health and on the Republican side—liability, ing of schools and businesses too quick- economic crisis since the Depression? China. Let’s solve the problem right ly could lead to unnecessary suffering MCCONNELL has said Republicans now. What are we going to do for peo- and death. Asked about Dr. Fauci’s have yet to ‘‘feel the urgency of acting ple who are out of work? What are we comments, President Trump said Dr. immediately.’’ How many of our Re- going to do for people who can’t feed Fauci ‘‘wants to play all sides of the publican Senators have yet to feel the their families? What are we going to do equation. . . . [T]o me—it’s not an ac- urgency of acting immediately? How for businesses that are going under? ceptable answer.’’ many? I would urge the constituents of Senate Democrats have had to re- President Trump, Dr. Fauci isn’t Senators in every State to call them lentlessly pressure our Republican col- playing all sides of the equation. He is and ask them that question. Do you leagues to hold even the most routine giving you one side of the equation: the agree with Senator MCCONNELL that we oversight hearings on the coronavirus. truth—the truth, President Trump, have yet to feel the urgency of acting Our Republican colleagues say: Well, without you lurking over his shoulder immediately? Well, I could give our Re- we don’t want to spend any more or contradicting him at a press con- publican colleagues more than 30 mil- money; we have to know how it is ference or yelling at a reporter who lion reasons to feel the urgency of act- spent. Yet they are not having a whole asks a legitimate question. ing immediately. raft of hearings that they should to see We don’t need Dr. Fauci to tell us We are staring at a period of pro- how the money is spent. Instead, they there are risks to reopening too soon longed economic misery for millions of are talking about appointing rightwing and without proper preparation. That American workers and families—Amer- judges who want to repeal healthcare is obvious to just about everyone. That icans who for the first time don’t know to the bench. Wow. How out of touch. is the truth. But President Trump just if they will be able to keep a roof over The Republican leader made sure the inveterately abases the truth if it their heads, put food on the table, pay Judiciary Committee had time to con- doesn’t fit with the fantasy he has con- the rent; Americans who for the first sider his protege, a rightwing judge, to structed in his head. The first fantasy time are waiting in staggering lines at sit on the second most powerful court was that it was a hoax. The second fan- food banks, cars lined up for miles, in the country, even though there is no tasy was that it will go away in the snaked across parking lots, people who particular need for that nomination at warm weather. would never have imagined they would the moment. Well, here we are. It is May. Has it be lining up at a food bank. How long The chairman of the Senate Home- gone away, Mr. Trump? Is it a hoax, will it take and how much economic land Security and Government Affairs Mr. Trump? No, of course not. hardship will suffice before Senate Re- Committee told committee members Now, one of his latest—that Fauci is publicans feel the urgency to act? that next week he was planning on making things up or is wrong. He will It is not just Democrats who are delving into baseless, Kremlin-con- rush us back to work before we have pleading with the Republican majority cocted conspiracy theories against the the proper testing, and we will pay a to wake up to the economic reality in son of Joe Biden, the Democratic nomi- price. That is what the scientists tell this country—oh, no. Governors span- nee for President. Russia comes up us, and they know best. They are not ning the country in both parties know with a theory, and the Republicans em- politicians. darn well that this is not a blue State/ brace it instead of doing what they are Thankfully, in this big, grand, di- red State issue. How cheap. A fire- supposed to be doing. verse, and beautiful country, you can- fighter who is laid off in Florida and a The Republican majority doesn’t not suppress the truth for too long. firefighter who is laid off in New York have time to call in the SBA Adminis- Over the past week, a parade of truth are both hurting, and they are not trator or FEMA Administrator or hold tellers has begun. On Tuesday, it was

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:04 May 15, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G14MY6.005 S14MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE May 14, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2435 Dr. Fauci; on Wednesday, Jerome Pow- this man—and that is a kind word— cans’ privacy rights and liberty inter- ell; today, HHS official Rick Bright is just go on and on and on. ests. testifying in the House. The President People also want to know the guid- In October 2001, I was 1 of 66 Members may try to shroud the truth from the ance—what should they do, what they in the House of Representatives who American people or even from himself, shouldn’t. They want it from sci- voted against the PATRIOT Act. It was but eventually, inevitably, the truth entists. The CDC prepared guidance. not an easy vote, but in the years will come out about how poorly the ad- The President has held it back so that since, it is clear that it was the correct ministration has dealt with this crisis. he and his political appointees can edit vote because the PATRIOT Act ulti- It is one of the worst performances by it to suit their purposes. mately allowed the government to in- a President in American history. Yesterday, I tried to ask the Senate’s vade the privacy of millions of inno- The American people have been fol- consent to release the unredacted, un- cent Americans. lowing stay-at-home orders for months edited CDC guidance, and Senate Re- Exhibit 1: section 215 of the act. Sec- on end, doing their part to slow the publicans, of course, blocked the re- tion 215 has been greatly abused, re- spread of this pernicious disease. Those quest. The junior Senator from Indiana sulting in the bulk collection of hun- many millions who sacrificed their said he didn’t want ‘‘career regu- dreds of millions of Americans’ phone routines and livelihoods have bought lators’’—meaning the experts, meaning records and email contact lists. this country precious time to prepare scientists at the CDC—to advise the The Nation was shocked when we for life after the pandemic; precious country on how to reopen safely. That found out about this bulk collection in time to ramp up testing, produce PPE, the President and his team of political 2013. In 2015, we passed the FREEDOM and formulate a plan for nationwide advisers should be able to decide that— Act to cure some of the abuses. It did contact tracing. What has the Trump is there anyone left in this country, ex- not cure them all. administration done with this precious cept the most diehard partisans, who Section 215 and two other provisions time? They have wasted it—wasted it. trusts this administration to issue of the PATRIOT Act are up for reau- The President wants to reopen the medical guidance properly? Come on. thorization. That is the bill before us. country as quickly as possible but Here is the bottom line: The sac- Congress has the opportunity to pro- could not be less interested in the rifices of the American people gave tect our civil liberties even as we pro- strategies that would allow us to do it this administration time to prepare the tect national security. safely. country to return to some semblance of And while the House bill made im- President Trump, do you want to get normal. Those sacrifices have been provements, it is still flawed. The the country open quickly? Do you want squandered by Trump and his Repub- House version still allows large-scale to get people back to the malls and lican acolytes. collection of Americans’ sensitive in- riding on the airplanes? Get the kind of We all want to get back to work—I formation, and it doesn’t reform the testing that other countries have done. certainly do—but there is a smart way FISA Courts to prevent abuses. We We are still leagues behind on testing. to begin reopening the country, a way should learn the lesson of October 2001 He said 2 months ago—another to do it safely, with precautions and and not rush this through the Senate. Trump fantasy—on March 6 that any- testing and tracing, to avoid a resur- We should include amendments to bet- one who wants a test can get one. Tell gence of the disease, and then there is ter protect Americans’ civil liberties. that to millions and millions and mil- a reckless way. President Trump has so I support the Wyden-Daines amend- lions of Americans who want testing far chosen the reckless way and seems ment that prohibits collection of and cannot get it. to have no plan to right the ship. Americans’ internet website browsing A de facto nationwide lockdown has I yield the floor. and internet search history informa- been going on for weeks. Yet our test- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- tion without a search warrant. It is a ing capacity has not approached the ator from New Mexico. missed opportunity for the Nation that number just about every expert says is Mr. UDALL. Mr. President, I wanted the amendment failed yesterday, al- required. The President, in an emer- to start by stating that I know a lot of though by one vote—by one vote. gency, which we certainly have, hasn’t people look at us speaking on the floor Right now, the Federal Government requisitioned American manufacturing and think, you know, well, why aren’t can digitally track articles Americans to produce the tests we need and has they wearing masks? are reading online, social media they been slow to dispense congressional I saw Senator SCHUMER. He put on his are using, where they are shopping, funds intended to help the States do mask after he finished his talk and which restaurants they are thinking the job. We voted for those a few weeks left. I have my mask here. I just took about going to, and the list goes on and back. The States are still waiting. it off. I am going to put it on after I on. Just imagine thinking about every- Businesses, schools, sports leagues, finish speaking. thing you do on the internet and your and families are going to need guidance You know the way this works. I wear devices. That is open game. from public health experts on how to this mask to protect you, and you wear The Fourth Amendment protects us open as safely as possible. a mask to protect me, and that is the against unreasonable searches. In this I talked to hotel executives and way we protect each other in this pan- day and age, when so much of our life sports executives yesterday. They demic. I don’t think there is any doubt is conducted over the internet, Ameri- know that without testing, they are that wearing a mask saves lives, and cans must have assurance that their not going to come back. If they could that is how we are going to overcome web browsing, which can reveal highly test every person walking into a large in this pandemic. sensitive information, will not be un- arena and turn away anyone who might I see people around New Mexico all reasonably intruded upon by Federal have COVID, people would be far more the time when I am back home wearing authorities without a search warrant likely to sit in the seats. In Georgia, masks and really taking this pandemic and without probable cause. This infor- where Governor Kemp has been most seriously and taking our Governor’s or- mation provides an intimate window forward, pushing people to open up, ders seriously. into our lives. It can reveal a person’s something like 6 to 8 percent of the H.R. 6172 medical conditions, political and reli- people showed up. This is 2 weeks after Mr. President, reauthorization of the gious views, and far more. he opened up the malls and the stores. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, We need to make clear that govern- People are not going to go out unless or FISA, is now before us. We have an ment must demonstrate probable cause they are sure they won’t get COVID, opportunity to reform this statute, to to collect this type of personal infor- and they can’t be sure they won’t get protect both our constitutional rights mation. COVID unless we have many, many and our security. In the immediate Second, we need to strengthen the more tests. aftermath of 9/11, Congress hurriedly oversight of FISA Courts. We know What is the President waiting for? He passed the PATRIOT Act and author- these secret courts are subject to cuts his nose to spite his face. He ized extraordinarily broad authority to abuse. In 2015, Congress authorized wants to get us back to work, but he the Executive and the executive branch FISA Courts to appoint amici—friends doesn’t push testing. The anomalies of that threatened America’s and Ameri- of the court—in cases involving novel

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Party, even though most Hispanics at cases than 16 in which novel issues Senator Chavez, or ‘‘El Senador,’’ as that time in New Mexico were Repub- were raised and many more cases we call him in New Mexico, was a man licans. He saw in the ‘‘Democratic where an independent voice is needed of great integrity. In February 1950, party a political philosophy that to defend civil rights in FISA Court McCarthy had charged—without placed human rights above property proceedings. proof—that there were 205 card-car- rights.’’ The recent Department of Justice in- rying Communists working in the In 1917, a newly elected Democratic spector general report examining 25 State Department. By March, he ac- Senator from New Mexico took Dennis FISA applications underscores this cused American scholar Owen Latti- to Washington where he worked for the need. The IG found errors and inad- more, among others, of being a Com- clerk of the Senate. Dennis took and equately supported facts in every appli- munist. That accusation—also without passed the entrance examination for cation. An expanded amicus role is nec- evidence—spurred Senator Chavez to and eventually graduated from George- essary to bring greater accountability take to the Senate floor, to come down town University Law School—all with to the application process. here and to speak out. less than a 7th grade education. I voted in support of the Lee-Leahy He told the Senate: He returned to New Mexico to prac- amendment that expands amici partici- I would like to be remembered as the man tice law, and was first elected to the pation to significant First Amendment who raised a voice—and I devoutly hope not U.S. House of Representatives—rep- activities; to matters where a religious a voice in the wilderness—at a time in the resenting New Mexico’s one at-large or political organization, a public offi- history of this body when we seem bent upon district—in 1930. In 1935, he was ap- cial or candidate or the news media is placing limitations on the freedom of the in- pointed to a Senate seat that had be- involved; and to matters approving new dividual. I would consider all of the legisla- tion which I have supported meaningless if I come vacant, and was elected in his technology or reauthorizing pro- were to sit idly by, silent, during a period own right the next year. Senator Cha- grammatic surveillance. which may go down in history as an era vez served in the Senate until his death Third, we must make sure FISA ap- where we are permitted curtailments of our in November 1962. plications are completely accurate and liberties, a period when we quietly shackled In so many ways, he was far ahead of all exculpatory evidence is disclosed. the growth of men’s minds. his time. In the 1940s, he fought for Accuracy and transparency are critical Dennis Chavez. civil rights legislation. In the 1950s, he to maintaining integrity within our The fact is, we are seeing chilling chaired the Public Works Committee justice system. similarities between the Joseph McCar- and sat on the Appropriations Com- The Lee-Leahy amendment strength- thy of seven decades ago and the situa- mittee, and helped usher in major in- ens the requirements for accuracy and tion we are in today. frastructure projects all over the na- disclosure of all information—includ- Mr. President, this week marks the tion, including water and military ing exculpatory information—in FISA 70th anniversary of a courageous ad- projects critical to New Mexico’s devel- applications. dress to this body. Seventy years ago, opment. I am pleased this body stood in sup- on May 12, 1950, the senior senator from ‘‘El Senador’’, as we call him in New port of strengthening safeguards in the New Mexico—Dennis Chavez—was the Mexico, was the first American-born FISA Court process. However, our fail- first to call out the unfairness of Joe Hispanic elected to the Senate and, at ure to protect Americans from the Fed- McCarthy’s communist witch hunt. 27 years, remains the longest serving eral Government looking over their In May of 1950, it was still four and Hispanic Senator in history. shoulders while they are on the inter- one-half years before the Senate would Joseph McCarthy began his reign of net and collecting personal informa- vote to ‘‘condemn’’ the senator from terror on February 9, 1950, a speech tion is unacceptable. National security Wisconsin. But, even at that time, charging, without proof, that there does not require the Federal Govern- early in McCarthy’s crusade, Senator were 205 card carrying members of the ment intruding upon the private lives Chavez recognized the present danger. Communist Party working in the U.S. of Americans without probable cause That day, Senator Chavez took to the State Department. and a search warrant. floor, with 77 other Senators in attend- By March of that year, McCarthy had Our liberties and freedoms define us ance. That was a time when Senators accused American scholar Owen Latti- as a nation. Either we should recon- engaged in genuine, spontaneous de- more, among many others, of being a sider the Wyden-Daines amendment—a bate in this chamber. Senator Chavez Communist. That accusation, again motion to reconsider is allowed at this counseled his colleagues: ‘‘. . . a man is without evidence, was too much for point—or we should vote no on FISA ultimately remembered by what he Senator Chavez and it gave rise to his reauthorization. We don’t need to sac- does in relation to his times, and the denunciation on the floor of the Sen- rifice our liberties and freedoms for an fact that we do our assigned duty may ate. illusion of security. not be enough; sometimes we must step At that time, in 1950, Republicans One of our Founders way back in this out and sound the alarm.’’ held the presidency and both houses in country, Ben Franklin, said it a little And sound the alarm against McCar- Congress. And no matter one’s party— bit differently. He said: ‘‘Those who thy, he did. bucking any anti-Communist senti- would give up liberty in the name of se- Dennis Chavez—born Dionisio on ment could be politically costly. curity deserve neither.’’ April 4, 1888—came from humble and But Senator Chavez took his chances REMEMBERING DENNIS CHAVEZ honorable beginnings. He came from against Joe McCarthy—in the name of Now, Mr. President, before I yield the generations who had farmed in Los what was right. floor today, I would like to commemo- Chavez—a small community along the He told the Senate that day, ‘‘I would rate one of New Mexico’s great heroes, Rio Grande, south of Albuquerque, in like to be remembered as the man who Senator Dennis Chavez, who, 70 years territorial New Mexico. When he was raised a voice—and I devoutly hope not ago this week, on May 12, 1950, stood on seven, his family moved to Albu- a voice in the wilderness—at a time in this floor of the U.S. Senate and was querque in search of better opportuni- the history of this body when we seem the first in the Senate to sound the ties. He learned English in school but, bent upon placing limitations on the alarm against Senator Joseph McCar- at age 13, when he was in 7th grade, he freedom of the individual. I would con- thy, who had begun his reign of terror had to leave school to help support his sider all of the legislation which I have that year. family. supported meaningless if I were to sit Dennis Chavez was born into a farm- Dennis, however, never left his edu- idly by, silent, during a period which ing family in territorial New Mexico. cation. He studied engineering, Amer- may go down in history as an era where He had a seventh grade education and ican history, and great political leaders we are permitted curtailments of our

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And he As our liberty wanes and wastes chilling. Both are demagogues. Both lie accused those who spoke out against away, we find that the promises of se- to the American people. Both try to de- him of disloyalty to the nation. curity were an illusion. The history of stroy reputations and lives based on As Senator Chavez so eloquently put the PATRIOT Act is really a history of falsehoods. it on the Senate floor that day: ‘‘We how power corrupts and how bias and But the lessons learned from that have embarked upon a course which malfeasance grow when power is un- dark period in our history are lessons breeds hysteria and confusion—a checked. we can all learn from today. course so dangerous that few dare to The PATRIOT Act allowed a secret First—is the lesson of courage. oppose the drift lest they be the next court, FISA, to grant generalized war- In 1950, there were few—of any polit- marked for destruction.’’ rants to collect personal data from ical party—willing to go up against But before us today—is Donald millions of Americans. The spies who Senator McCarthy. Trump—and his demagoguery is even run these surveillance programs then But there were exceptions. Less than more dangerous. He too plays upon lied—for years and years—to us. a month after Senator Chavez’s floor fear—and anger. He accuses the free One of the most notorious of these speech, the junior senator from press of being ‘‘enemies of the people.’’ liars was James Clapper. When cross- Maine—Margaret Chase Smith—the He rails against immigrants invading examined under oath by Senator first woman to serve in both the House our country, stoking hatred and rac- WYDEN, James Clapper denied that the and Senate—delivered her ‘‘Declara- ism. government was collecting data on tion of Conscience’’ on the Senate He promises working class Americans millions of Americans. floor. Joined by six other brave Repub- greater prosperity. A month later, the whistleblower, licans, the ‘‘Great Lady of Maine’’ de- But, in the end, he gives the tax Edward Snowden, revealed that Clap- nounced the ‘‘hate and character assas- breaks to the rich, uses the office for per had lied. Snowden revealed that sination sheltered by the shield of con- personal gain, and ignores the needs of Clapper and others were using the PA- gressional immunity.’’ everyday Americans. TRIOT Act to spy on virtually every Where is that courage now? There are And—in the middle of the most dev- American. Snowden revealed that the those in the Senate majority who un- astating pandemic our nation has faced secret FISA Court was allowing a sin- derstand the incompetence of this in a century—he’s told the American gle court order to command the collec- president. That he has an uneasy rela- people no one saw a pandemic was com- tion of millions of Americans’ personal tionship with the truth. That his words ing, that it’s a hoax, that the virus will phone data. and actions so often undermine basic ‘‘magically’’ disappear, that we have Most Members of Congress had no American values. idea that this was going on. In fact, But so few ever speak out. No one the best testing system in the world all one of the authors of the PATRIOT Act challenges his lies, his divisiveness, his while promoting snake oil remedies publicly expressed his shock that such singular focus on his own ambition to that could actually harm Americans. a massive surveillance of Americans the exclusion of the welfare of Amer- But—the American people are not was occurring with no notification of ican people. fooled. They see the emptiness of his In 1950, there were seven Senate Re- promises, the division he sows, and the Congress. publicans who challenged Joseph lies he tells. Clapper and others, though, said that McCarthy. Seventy years ago, Senator Chavez is not true. They justified their actions In 2020, who has the courage to stand said: ‘‘It matters little if the Congress by saying: We have been briefing the up to say, ‘‘The Emperor has no appropriates hundreds of millions of Elite 8 Congressmen. clothes’’? dollars to check the erosion of soil if Who were the Elite 8, and who made Second—is the lesson of truth-tell- we permit the erosion of our civil lib- them elite? The Elite 8 are the major- ing. erties, free institutions, and the ity and minority leaders of the House Senator McCarthy—and his chief untrammeled pursuit of truth.’’ and the Senate and the majority and counsel and chief henchman, Roy Those words resonate as much today minority leader of the Intelligence Cohn—stacked lies upon lies, wild ac- as they did then. Committees of the House and the Sen- cusations upon wild accusations. They Members of Congress, of this body— ate—eight people. attacked hundreds of government em- must not permit the erosion of our con- When they were quizzed about this ployees, those in the entertainment in- stitutional institutions, must not per- program, most of them said they dustry, academics, and labor-union ac- mit the erosion of truth. couldn’t remember ever being briefed tivists. Now—more than ever—we must as- on it. Careers were destroyed. Reputations pire to the courage of Senator Chavez. But the real constitutional question damaged. Lives devastated. History will be the judge—by reward- is, have we not changed and subverted Is this much different than what the ing courage and exposing cowardice. the Constitution to make eight people President does to those who question, I will finish with one passage from 70 more important than the rest of us? disagree with, testify against him? years ago. Senator Chavez said: So this was a program where they The impeachment proceedings It matters little if the Congress appro- were collecting the data on everybody’s against President Trump may seem priates hundreds of millions of dollars to phone calls—everybody in America— distant now. But history will remem- check the erosion of soil if we permit the and you would think there would have ber them. Ambassador Marie erosion of our civil liberties, free institu- to be a debate and approval by Con- Yovanovitch, Lieutenant Colonel Alex- tions, and the untrammeled pursuit of truth. gress, but there were only eight people, ander Vindman, Ambassador Bill Tay- That is our own Senator from New and those eight people seemed to be lor, Deputy Assistant Secretary George Mexico, Senator Dennis Chavez. Those confused that they had approved the Kent, Fiona Hill, Pentagon official words resonate as much today as they program as well. Laura Cooper, State Department offi- did then. The idea that a single court order cial David Holmes, OMB official Mark I see my good friend Senator PAUL is can allow the collection of personal Sandy—all told the truth. Stood up to here on the floor, so I believe he is the data from millions of people is anti- the President and his threats. And all next in line. thetical to the intentions of the Fourth are American heroes. I yield the floor. Amendment. There is a direct line between Joe The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The Fourth Amendment dictates McCarthy and Donald Trump: they ator from Kentucky. that the government must identify an

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Our Founding Fathers under- indiscriminately to collect vast Court less bad by adding procedural stood that justice cannot be achieved amounts of either belongings or posses- hurdles to make it more like a con- in secret courts that neither notify the sions of individuals. stitutional court or, No. 2, admit that accused nor let the accused have legal The Fourth Amendment was written the FISA Court cannot be made con- representation. You can’t find justice to prevent that from happening. stitutional, admit that FISA uses a where there is no adversarial process, The PATRIOT Act essentially allows less-than-constitutional standard when where you don’t get a lawyer. for generalized warrants and the bulk it allows searches to be performed that I think it is high time we quit letting collection of personal data. The Fourth do not meet the Fourth Amendment. fear overrun our constitutional duty. Amendment also dictates that a search The Fourth Amendment requires Today, I offer an amendment that re- can only occur when the government probable cause that you have either stores the Constitution for all Ameri- proves to a judge that there is probable committed a crime or are committing cans and forbids the secret FISA Court cause that a crime has been com- a crime. The FISA Court only says the from ever again meddling in our polit- mitted. However, under the PATRIOT government must prove or assert that ical process. Act they have lowered the standard. there is probable cause that you are Mr. President, I call up my amend- So there is the constitutional stand- connected to a foreign government. ment No. 1586 and ask that it be re- ard—the Fourth Amendment. But, As we have seen, the standards were ported by number. under the PATRIOT Act, the standard so lax that when they went to the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The now becomes if it is relevant to an in- Trump campaign and said that a cer- clerk will report the amendment by vestigation. That is a much looser, tain person was related to a foreign number. broader standard, and it is not a con- government, it turns out it was untrue. The legislative clerk read as follows: stitutional standard. They didn’t present facts to the court The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. PAUL] So the question is, Through these that actually argued that he wasn’t an proposes an amendment numbered 1586. special, secret courts and through the agent of the foreign government, and The amendment is as follows: PATRIOT Act, can we allow things that person had no one to argue for (Purpose: To amend the Foreign Intelligence that the Constitution actually pre- him. Surveillance Act of 1978 to prohibit the use The deficiency of the FISA Court and vents. What we have done is eroded of authorities under such Act to surveil why it is not constitutional is that you protections for Americans. United States persons and to prohibit the don’t get a lawyer. You actually don’t use of information acquired under such Act So some of us have said the Constitu- even get told you have been accused of in any criminal, civil, or administrative tion should still apply to Americans. If a crime. The only reason we know that proceeding or as part of any criminal, civil, you want to look at the data of for- President Trump’s campaign got or administrative investigation, and for eigners or spy on foreign countries or caught up in this is that he won. Be- other purposes) potential terrorists, by all means, do cause he won and now has the power to At the appropriate place, insert the fol- it, but Americans should still be pro- open and put sunlight on this, we are lowing: tected by the Constitution. SEC. lll. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITIES IN now able to see in. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEIL- The PATRIOT Act doesn’t provide If this had been an ordinary Amer- this protection and allows anybody to LANCE ACT OF 1978. ican caught up in this, you would never (a) FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE be investigated if the government can be told, you would never get a lawyer, ACT OF 1978.— prove that it is relevant to an inves- and you would be brought before this (1) IN GENERAL.—The Foreign Intelligence tigation. That standard is so broad investigative body and subjected to a Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et that it could mean almost anything. It search of vast amounts of your private seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol- is hard to imagine something that information without probable cause. lowing: could not be argued to be relevant to That is not constitutional, and I don’t ‘‘TITLE IX—LIMITATIONS an investigation. think we can make it constitutional. I ‘‘SEC. 901. LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORITIES TO SURVEIL UNITED STATES PERSONS To those of us who prize the rights think we should admit that we can’t guaranteed in the Bill of Rights, the AND ON USE OF INFORMATION CON- constitutionally allow Americans to be CERNING UNITED STATES PERSONS. PATRIOT Act is a violation of our subjected to a search that doesn’t fol- ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: most precious rights. The PATRIOT low the Fourth Amendment. ‘‘(1) PEN REGISTER AND TRAP AND TRACE DE- Act, in the end, is not patriotic. The I believe there is no fixing the FISA VICE.—The terms ‘pen register’ and ‘trap and PATRIOT Act makes an unholy and Court to make it constitutional for trace device’ have the meanings given such unconstitutional exchange of liberty Americans. I believe the only solution terms in section 3127 of title 18, United States Code. for a false sense of security. I, for one, is to exempt Americans from the FISA ‘‘(2) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term will oppose its reauthorization. Court. Today we are also here, though, to ‘United States person’ has the meaning given If government wants to investigate a such term in section 101. discuss the FISA Court that interacts political campaign, which should be a ‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON AUTHORITIES.—Notwith- and uses some of these extra powers, very rare and a very unusual cir- standing any other provision of this Act, an these extraconstitutional powers. cumstance, to have the government in- officer of the United States may not under It has been revealed over the last few volved in a political campaign, govern- this Act request an order for, and the For- years that the FISA Court was manipu- ments should request a Fourth Amend- eign Intelligence Surveillance Court may not lated, lied to, and ultimately condoned ment search from an article III con- under this Act order— the investigation of a political cam- ‘‘(1) electronic surveillance of a United stitutional court. States person; paign. Some will say: Oh, it is hard; we will ‘‘(2) a physical search of a premises, infor- I believe that the authors of the never get it. Guess what—even con- mation, material, or property used exclu- FISA Court, who intended to restrain stitutional warrants are mostly grant- sively by, or under the open and exclusive unconstitutional searches, would be ap- ed. The vast majority of them are control of, a United States person; palled at what the FISA Court has be- granted. But guess what—a judge will ‘‘(3) approval of the installation and use of come. They would be appalled that this be a little reticent to get involved in a pen register or trap and trace device to ob- secret court intended to be used to in- the political process because they tain information concerning a United States vestigate foreign spies and terrorists know how heated it is and how impor- person; was turned into a powerful and ‘‘(4) the production of tangible things (in- tant it is to our Republic. But that is cluding books, records, papers, documents, invasive force to infiltrate and disrupt the way you should investigate a cam- and other items) concerning a United States the political process. paign if you are going to. person; or It should not matter whether you are Opponents of doing the tried and ‘‘(5) the targeting of a United States per- a Democrat or a Republican or a Liber- trusted constitutional way will argue son for the acquisition of information.

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Mr. President, I rise today on behalf of the 74 fallen tivity under this Act. ask that the question be called on the Vietnam veterans our government has ‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in vote. forgotten known as the Lost 74. paragraph (3), any information concerning a The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without On June 3 of 1969, the USS Frank E. United States person acquired under this Act objection, it is so ordered. Evans was participating in a training shall not be used in evidence against that The question is on agreeing to the mission 100 miles from the Vietnam United States person in any criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding or as part of Paul amendment. war combat zone, having been sent any criminal, civil, or administrative inves- Mrs. FISCHER. I ask for the yeas and there in between combat missions; that tigation. nays. is to say, neither coming nor going. ‘‘(3) USE BY AGGRIEVED PERSONS.—An ag- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a During the night, the ship collided grieved person who is a United States person sufficient second? with an Allied aircraft carrier and may use information concerning such person There appears to be a sufficient sec- sank, killing 74 sailors. Remember, this acquired under this Act in a criminal, civil, ond. is just outside of the combat zone, be- or administrative proceeding or as part of a The clerk will call the roll. tween combat missions. criminal, civil, or administrative investiga- The bill clerk called the roll. These 74 Vietnam veterans died in tion. Mr. THUNE. The following Senators ‘‘(d) WARRANTS.—An officer of the United service to our country. The ship had States seeking to conduct electronic surveil- are necessarily absent: the Senator served on several combat tours and had lance, a physical search, installation and use from Tennessee (Mr. ALEXANDER), the many more scheduled. The Vietnam of a pen register or trap and trace device, Senator from Arizona (Ms. MCSALLY), Veterans Memorial on the National production of tangible things, or targeting and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Mall here in Washington, DC, memori- for acquisition of information with respect SASSE). alizes over 58,000 military members to a United States person as described in Further, if present and voting, the subsection (b) may only conduct such activi- who paid the ultimate sacrifice during Senator from Tennessee (Mr. ALEX- ties pursuant to a warrant issued using the the Vietnam war by displaying their procedures described in the Federal Rules of ANDER) would have voted ‘‘nay’’ and names on its wall. Criminal Procedure by a Federal court other the Senator from Arizona (Ms. People from around the world come than the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance MCSALLY) would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ to see the memorial and pay their re- Court.’’. Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the spects to those who fought and died for (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of Senator from Vermont (Mr. SANDERS) the freedoms we all hold dear. contents preceding section 101 is amended by is necessarily absent. Yet, because of a technicality, the adding at the end the following: The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. names of the Lost 74 sailors are ex- ‘‘TITLE IX—LIMITATIONS FISCHER). Are there any other Senators cluded from the Vietnam Veterans Me- ‘‘Sec. 901. Limitations on authorities to sur- in the Chamber desiring to vote? morial. As requirements now stand, veil United States persons and The result was announced—yeas 11, veterans must have perished in or on on use of information con- nays 85, as follows: cerning United States per- their way to a combat zone. Since the [Rollcall Vote No. 91 Leg.] sons.’’. Frank E. Evans was participating in a (b) LIMITATION ON SURVEILLANCE UNDER YEAS—11 practice exercise in between stints in EXECUTIVE ORDER 12333.— Blackburn Kennedy Paul fighting off the Vietnam coast, the (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: Braun Lee Scott (FL) names of these sailors have been left (A) AGGRIEVED PERSON.—The term ‘‘ag- Cruz Moran Sullivan grieved person’’ means a person who is the Daines Murkowski off of the wall. Imagine that. These sailors, deployed target of any surveillance activity under Ex- NAYS—85 ecutive Order 12333 (50 U.S.C. 3001 note; relat- overseas in the service of our Nation— Baldwin Gillibrand Reed they left their homes, their families, ing to United States intelligence activities) Barrasso Graham Risch or any other person whose communications Bennet Grassley Roberts their friends, and their loved ones on or activities were subject to any surveillance Blumenthal Harris Romney behalf of our Nation. They paid the ul- activity under such Executive Order. Blunt Hassan Rosen timate sacrifice, like every other man Booker Hawley (B) PEN REGISTER; TRAP AND TRACE DEVICE; Rounds and woman who was lost. Yet their UNITED STATES PERSON.—The terms ‘‘pen reg- Boozman Heinrich Rubio Brown Hirono names have been left off the iconic me- ister’’, ‘‘trap and trace device’’, and ‘‘United Schatz Burr Hoeven Schumer morial constructed in their honor. As a States person’’ have the meanings given such Cantwell Hyde-Smith Scott (SC) terms in section 901 of the Foreign Intel- Capito Inhofe parent, I can’t imagine the pain that ligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as added by Cardin Johnson Shaheen some of these families must have felt. subsection (a). Carper Jones Shelby I first learned of this injustice during Sinema (2) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in Casey Kaine a talk radio townhall in 2018, when a Cassidy King Smith paragraph (3), any information concerning a Stabenow family member of Fargo resident and United States person acquired under Execu- Collins Klobuchar Coons Lankford Tester Frank E. Evans survivor Dick Grant tive Order 12333 (50 U.S.C. 3001 note; relating Cornyn Leahy Thune called in to the program. to United States intelligence activities) Cortez Masto Loeffler Tillis After hearing his story, I learned shall not be used in evidence against that Cotton Manchin Toomey United States person in any criminal, civil, Cramer Markey Udall about one of his shipmates, Robert or administrative proceeding or as part of Crapo McConnell Van Hollen Searle, a fellow North Dakotan from any criminal, civil, or administrative inves- Duckworth Menendez Warner Grand Forks, who was also on board tigation. Durbin Merkley Warren Enzi Murphy the ship and perished in the accident. (3) USE BY AGGRIEVED PERSONS.—An ag- Whitehouse Robert enlisted in the Navy Reserves Ernst Murray Wicker grieved person who is a United States person Feinstein Perdue Wyden in 1967 and reported to the Frank E. may use information concerning such person Fischer Peters Young Evans in May of 1968. Later that year, Gardner Portman acquired under Executive Order 12333 in a he married his wife, Thelma. criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding NOT VOTING—4 or as part of a criminal, civil, or administra- Robert was on watch in the forward tive investigation. Alexander Sanders fire room with three other men when Mr. PAUL. I suggest the absence of a McSally Sasse the collision occurred. All four were quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this killed. His twin sons were just 4 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The vote, the yeas are 11, the nays are 85. months old. clerk will call the roll. Under the previous order requiring 60 North Dakota paid a great price The legislative clerk proceeded to votes for the adoption of this amend- when the USS Frank E. Evans sunk. call the roll. ment, the amendment is not agreed to. Yet my State does not grieve alone.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:04 May 15, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14MY6.003 S14MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE S2440 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 14, 2020 The Lost 74 encompasses sailors from man. Ron was on watch during the col- my colleague from Alaska for pro- 29 different States, and the bill before lision, and he was lost at sea, leaving viding the opportunity for the story of us today represents that diversity, behind a young son. these sailors to be heard. spanning the political aisle. And Gary Joseph Vigue, of Farm- It was there when I first heard oppo- Before I ask for unanimous consent, I ington, NH, was also on watch that sition to the bill, however. I have yet would like to yield some time to the night during the fatal collision. Gary to hear any real opposition to the leg- distinguished Senator from New York, had married his high school sweetheart islation voiced by anyone except the the Democratic leader. a few weeks before he reported to the bureaucrats and special interests that Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I Frank E. Evans in 1968. Gary also left would actually be charged with car- will be brief because I know my col- behind a young son and his two broth- rying it out. In other words, nobody ob- leagues wish to join in this wonderful ers who still live in New Hampshire. jects to this except the people who activity here to try and get good rec- These two men, Gary and Ron, gave would have to do something about it, ognition. their lives for this country. These men and that is a common theme in this I join my colleague from North Da- were supporting operations during the town, I have noticed. kota in strong support of a cause near Vietnam war, and they were planning For example, the Acting Director of and dear to my heart: the effort to add to return to Vietnam waters once the the National Park Service said of the the names of 74 sailors to the Vietnam training exercise was over. So, just like bill: ‘‘If passed, it would necessitate War Memorial who perished in a train- all those other people who were lost in substantial modification of the Viet- ing accident that sunk the USS Frank Vietnam, they gave their lives for this nam Veterans Memorial wall as it ex- E. Evans in June of 1969. country. And just because they were ists today.’’ No kidding. Of course it As my friend from North Dakota ex- outside some artificially designated does. That is the point of the bill. plained, the names of the 74 who died combat zone doesn’t mean they The idea that we should continue to on the USS Frank E. Evans have been shouldn’t be recognized in the same turn a blind eye to forgotten veterans omitted because they died just outside way the others who were lost in Viet- because the work would be substantial of the combat zone, but they had seen nam have been recognized. is offensive. It is certainly offensive to the heat of battle in Vietnam. The USS Now, this is May, the month of May. the shipmates and the families and the Frank E. Evans had been part of the Tet Memorial Day is approaching, a day survivors of the Lost 74. offensive and was scheduled to return during which our Nation honors the Forgive my lack of sympathy for bu- to the combat zone before sinking. men and women who have died while reaucrats who feel inconvenienced by That these men’s lives ended in the serving in the U.S. military. As we rec- the death of 74 war heroes. The country tragedy of a training accident rather ognize the sacrifices of our fellow that landed man on the Moon the very than in the line of fire makes no dif- Americans, I think it is appropriate same year that this accident happened ference in the final analysis. They went that the Senate take up and pass the certainly can figure out how to fix a off to war and laid down their lives in U.S.S. Frank E. Evans Act, legislation I wall to honor these war dead. More to the service of the country they loved. am honored to cosponsor with my col- the point, shouldn’t we be looking for I was fortunate to know Larry Reilly, league Senator CRAMER from North Da- more ways to honor our fallen rather Sr., of Syracuse, NY—known to us as kota because it is legislation that will than fewer? Chief Reilly, who was serving on the ensure the 74 men—those Lost 74—are The opposition’s argument simply Frank E. Evans alongside his son, Larry rightfully honored by adding their does not add up. Since the wall was Reilly, Jr., on that fateful day in 1969. names to the Vietnam War Memorial. built, hundreds of names have been Larry Sr. survived that day. Junior did I urge my colleagues to support this added, and more work still needs to be not. measure. I thank the Presiding Officer done. According to the Washington For the rest of his life, Chief Reilly and Senator CRAMER for this effort to Post, one soldier’s name was etched petitioned his country to give his son ensure that the Lost 74 are recognized. three times. Thirteen soldiers had their and his fellow shipmates the very least The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- names etched twice. While the wall it could give to them—due recognition. ator from North Dakota. bears 58,390 names, they represent I sat in Chief Reilly’s living room, Mr. CRAMER. Madam President, 58,276 different people. The Vietnam and I have sat on Maryann Buettner’s whether North Dakotans, Granite Veterans Memorial Fund, which is re- back porch and listened to her tell me Staters, or New Yorkers, these stories sponsible for the wall, conducted a all about her son, Terry Lee Hender- are very moving. study which showed that flaws exist son, who had also seen combat in Viet- When I first heard from Mr. Grant’s with names etched in the memorial. To nam and also died in that awful acci- family, I was a Member of the House of think that we would not add the names dent. Representatives. I looked into his re- of the Lost 74 when we know correc- Chief Reilly passed away 2 years ago quest and introduced an amendment to tions already need to be made seems this month, but his cause does not die the 2018 National Defense Authoriza- counterintuitive, if not downright lazy. with him. These were living, breathing tion Act to inscribe the names of the Yet, despite all of this, despite the boys who lost their lives wearing the Lost 74. veterans being forgotten, despite this uniform of this great country. To in- While the measure unanimously legislation being sent here twice by the scribe their names on a memorial is passed the House, it was blocked here House, despite a successful hearing on but a small measure of peace for the in the Senate. So, when I came to the the bill, progress in the Senate has families they left behind, the rightful Senate last year, introducing this leg- stalled. That is why my colleagues and act of a nation that recognizes the sac- islation was one of my very first ac- I have asked the Department of De- rifices of all its sons. tions and high priorities. fense to address this issue as well. I yield to my colleague from New And I have had some success. We The Department has a mixed, if not Hampshire. have 20 cosponsors—10 Republicans and negative, record with this issue. They The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- 10 Democrats—including the chairman tell you what you want to hear until ator from New Hampshire. and the ranking Democrat on the sub- you go away and hope you never come Mrs. SHAHEEN. Madam President, I committee that has jurisdiction. When back. Similar to this body, we have am here to add my voice to the elo- Members from Montana to Maine, been met with complete silence—not a quence of both Senator CRAMER and North Dakota to New Hampshire, and yes, not a no, not a maybe, not a sug- Senator SCHUMER about the need to New York can come together on an gestion to make the proposal better. recognize those people who were lost issue as important as honoring the fall- We find their silence unacceptable; on the Frank E. Evans. en sailors, I would hope this would gar- therefore, I am going to ask for unani- We had two sailors from New Hamp- ner some attention—and it has. It has. mous consent to pass the Frank E. shire who were lost that day: Ronald Last summer, the U.S.S. Frank E. Evans Act. The Lost 74, their loved Arthur Thibodeau of Manchester, NH, Evans Act received its first-ever hear- ones, and their shipmates have waited joined the Navy in 1967, and he was as- ing before a Senate Energy Sub- long enough. No matter how it can be signed to the Frank E. Evans as radar- committee. I thank the chairman and spun, the choice before this Chamber is

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I object despite the efforts that my staff The legislative clerk called the roll. ask unanimous consent that the bill be on the Energy and Natural Resources Mr. THUNE. The following Senators considered read a third time and passed Committee and I have made to work are necessarily absent: the Senator and that the motion to reconsider be with Senator CRAMER, work with his from Tennessee (Mr. ALEXANDER), the considered made and laid upon the team, work with DOD to find an ap- Senator from Arizona (Ms. MCSALLY), table. proach that we should all be able to and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there agree on to memorialize these sailors. SASSE). objection? As we are looking for that path, I do Further, if present and voting, the The Senator from Alaska. stand to object to discharging this bill Senator from Tennessee (Mr. ALEX- Ms. MURKOWSKI. Madam President, from the committee, but I will make ANDER) would have voted ‘‘yea’’ and the reserving the right to object, I have the this commitment: This is a matter Senator from Arizona (Ms. MCSALLY) honor to serve as the chairman of the that must be addressed. It is long over- would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ Energy and Natural Resources Com- due. We will find a way to honor these Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the mittee, which does have jurisdiction sailors. But at this juncture, there re- Senator from Vermont (Mr. SANDERS) over S. 849, the U.S.S. Frank E. Evans main practical, legal, and technical Act, but in that capacity as chairman, is necessarily absent. considerations we have to resolve with I now have the unenviable position of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there the text with regard to the effort that having to rise to register an objection any other Senators in the Chamber de- my colleague from North Dakota is of- at this moment. siring to vote? I want it to be clear to my colleague fering today. At this time, I would like The result was announced—yeas 80, from North Dakota, my colleague from to note my objection. nays 16, as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. New Hampshire, my colleague from [Rollcall Vote No. 92 Leg.] YOUNG). Objection is heard. YEAS—80 New York, and all of those for whom The Senator from North Dakota. this is a measure on which they are Mr. CRAMER. Mr. President, if I Barrasso Gardner Peters Bennet Gillibrand seeking this legislative endorsement— might address a couple of things, first Portman know that I have the absolute highest Blackburn Graham Reed of all, we are here to change legal ob- Blumenthal Grassley regard for the men and women who Risch jections. That is why we are the legis- Blunt Harris Roberts serve our country and the sacrifices Booker Hassan Romney lative branch. We are the policymaking Boozman Hawley they have made for all of us. branch. The Department of Defense, Rosen As the Senator from New Hampshire Braun Hoeven Rounds with as much respect as I have for Capito Hyde-Smith just mentioned, as we approach Memo- Rubio them and particularly for the Sec- Cardin Inhofe Schumer Carper Johnson rial Day, I think what we seek to do is Scott (FL) retary—they work for us. We don’t Casey Jones to try to find ways to honor more of Scott (SC) work for them. Cassidy Kaine those who have served our great Nation Shaheen I appreciate the commitment of the Collins Kennedy and a recognition that those who lost Shelby chairman. I look forward to working Coons King their lives on the Frank E. Evans de- Cornyn Klobuchar Sinema with her and the committee on getting Smith serve a form of recognition—a recogni- Cortez Masto Lankford to a markup and passing the legisla- Cotton Leahy Stabenow tion of all those who lost their lives in tion so that we don’t have to submit Cramer Lee Sullivan Vietnam. The story that has been re- Thune ourselves to the bureaucracy but, rath- Crapo Loeffler layed by colleagues here of the USS Cruz Manchin Tillis er, can get things turned around to Toomey Frank E. Evans is truly one of the most Daines McConnell Duckworth Menendez Van Hollen tragic that occurred during the Viet- where the bureaucracy submits itself to the legislative branch. Enzi Moran Warner nam war. I am absolutely sympathetic. Ernst Murkowski Whitehouse I thank the President, and I thank I have had these discussions with my Feinstein Murphy Wicker my colleagues from New York and New Fischer Perdue Young colleague Senator CRAMER. I appreciate Hampshire and certainly the chair- the efforts that he is making now and NAYS—16 woman of the Energy Committee and that he has made prior to his time here look forward to working on a resolu- Baldwin Hirono Tester in the Senate to recognize these sailors Brown Markey Udall who gave their lives in the incident. tion soon. Burr Merkley Warren The reality that we face in the En- I yield the floor. Cantwell Murray Wyden I suggest the absence of a quorum. Durbin Paul ergy and Natural Resources Com- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Heinrich Schatz mittee—again, we are the committee of clerk will call the roll. NOT VOTING—4 jurisdiction, as we have the oversight The legislative clerk proceeded to of the National Park Service. But it is Alexander Sanders call the roll. McSally Sasse not the National Park Service that de- Ms. DUCKWORTH. Mr. President, I termines what or who is eligible for in- The bill (H.R. 6172), as amended, was ask unanimous consent that the order passed. scription on the wall. It is the Depart- for the quorum call be rescinded. ment of Defense that is responsible for The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ator from Wisconsin. determining whether members’ names objection, it is so ordered. are eligible for inscription. This is Ms. DUCKWORTH. Mr. President, I f based on very specific criteria that is ask unanimous consent to begin the set not by those of us here in Congress, vote immediately. MORNING BUSINESS not by those of us on the Energy Com- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there mittee; it is set specifically by the De- objection? Mr. JOHNSON. Mr. President, I ask partment of Defense. Without objection, it is so ordered. unanimous consent that the Senate As has been raised here on the floor, The amendments were ordered to be proceed to a period of morning busi- the criteria do not allow or accommo- engrossed and the bill to be read a ness, with Senators permitted to speak date the timing. The Evans sailors do third time. therein for up to 10 minutes each. not meet the eligibility criteria the The bill was read the third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without DOD has set out because it was not in The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill objection, it is so ordered. the defined combat zone of Vietnam at having been read the third time, the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the time of the 1969 mishap. question is, Shall the bill pass? ator from Minnesota.

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They know people play poli- this is happening right now. come to the floor today to urge the tics all the time, but they don’t think Nearly 2 months ago, I introduced Senate to immediately take action to you should play it with their lives. legislation, the Natural Disaster and address the issue of elections and spe- We know from what happened in Wis- Emergency Ballot Act, with Senator cifically to address technical changes consin that people who show up to vote WYDEN, along with 35 of my colleagues. to the $400 million in election security during this crisis are, in fact, risking The bill would simply ensure that funding passed in the CARES Act and their health if precautions are not every voter could cast a ballot by mail, to talk about the coronavirus threat to taken. A little over a month ago, both that those who need it could have ex- our democracy itself. Democratic and Republican voters and panded access to early in-person vot- Sixteen States have already post- Independent voters in Wisconsin stood ing, and that States could have the poned their Presidential primaries or for hours in the cold and the rain, funding and resources that are nec- transitioned their primaries to almost wearing garbage bags and homemade essary to safely administer elections. entirely voting by mail. We have seen masks, in order to cast their votes. This week, the House introduced the Republican and Democratic Governors There were just 5 polling locations COVID 4 bill, the fourth COVID relief across the country, from States like open in Milwaukee instead of the usual package, the HEROES Act. It contains West Virginia, Indiana—the Presiding 180 and 2 in Green Bay instead of the the election reforms found in my legis- Officer’s State—New York, and Ken- usual 30, and two-thirds of Wisconsin’s lation as well as $3.6 billion to help tucky, issue waivers allowing all voters African-American voters live in Mil- States protect our elections from to cast their ballots by mail during the waukee. COVID–19. That is because mailing pandemic. This includes States that There is no question that this vast mail-in ballots all over the country is used to have requirements that you reduction in polling places, without going to cost some change. We know have to give a reason to even get a there being the adequate time to tran- that. Yet what is the alternative? Is it mail-in ballot to vote from home. Both sition to mail-in voting, ended up telling veterans who served on the bat- Democratic and Republican Governors disenfranchising voters, particularly in tlefield in World War II, like the one I have waived it—not in every State but the case of African-American voters. heard about yesterday, that they can’t in a number of States. At the same time, we saw people trying vote or that they have to stand in line? While it is important that individual to vote in whatever way they could. What is the alternative—telling seniors States are taking action to protect They tried to mail in their ballots even they have to stand in line? No, that is voters during this pandemic, it is the when it was at the last minute. not a good alternative. The alternative responsibility of us, of Congress, to en- Now health officials say that more is to make sure we expand mail-in bal- sure that States have the funds they than 67 people in Wisconsin may have lots. need to make our elections more resil- become infected with the coronavirus I know negotiations will occur over ient and to make sure voters don’t as a result of that election. This is un- the coming days regarding the next re- have to risk their health to cast their acceptable. No one should have to lief package. I look forward to working ballots. We must do this because, as we choose between exercising the right to with my Democratic and Republican have seen over the last several weeks, vote and protecting the health of them- colleagues. not all States are doing everything selves and their loved ones. What hap- I see the chairman of the Committee they can to protect voters. That is sad, pened in Wisconsin will be forever on Rules and Administration is here, but it is true. etched in the memory of our Nation. Senator BLUNT. I look forward to work- What is coming before us in the fall We can’t allow this to happen again. ing with him just as we have recently is a national election. Just yesterday, In the face of this, yesterday, the done on remote committee hearings, we learned that the attorney general of Wisconsin Supreme Court actually which have actually, by all accounts, Texas has asked the Texas Supreme struck down the Governor’s stay-at- gone pretty well in the Senate over the Court to stop county election officials home order. last few weeks. from letting voters who are afraid of We should actually be taking steps I am here today to push for a change getting the coronavirus to vote by forward now instead of backward. Pub- that we know needs to be done, and mail. He basically went to court and lic health experts have warned of the that is to make some changes to make said that the counties that are giving possibility of another, more serious sure the first grouping of money we out these ballots should stop. He tried, outbreak of this virus in the fall. Con- got—the $400 million of emergency he tried, and he is continuing to try to gress must act now to give States the funding in the first bill—can get out to stop them from simply sending out bal- funding they need. We know the States the States, because of some changes lots to voters who are afraid to vote in are strapped—that every single State that were made to the original pro- person. Some of them have preexisting in this country is strapped. posal that have made it hard for some conditions. Some of them are veterans Even if we were to do nothing here, of our States to be able to get that who served our country. Some of them we would know there are going to be money out. There is a matching re- are seniors. States that are going to get quirement, and we see it already play- Basically, in this one State—by the humongous requests for mail-in ballots ing out. Utah and Oklahoma have indi- way, there are other things going on in that they have never gotten before. We cated they will only be able to access a other States—the attorney general is know that in the State of Wisconsin, portion of the funding they have been trying to stop them from actually vot- Senator JOHNSON’s State. It is tradi- provided because they can’t come up ing from home. Under Texas law, you tionally a State in which about 6 per- with the full matching requirement. have to have an excuse in order to vote cent of the people vote by mail. Next- Florida has not yet accessed the funds by mail. door, in my home State of Minnesota, at all because it is working to see if its This pandemic, as we know, has it is 25 percent. Yes, it is more, but we legislature can accommodate the killed more than 85,000 Americans. know it is probably going to at least matched funding. Local officials in Texas have told the double—and more—no matter what These are all things we have to work voters that the coronavirus—they have party you are in. on for this forthcoming legislation, as looked at the law and said that it is a This is why the Republican Gov- well as to look at what we did in the valid excuse to request a mail-in bal- ernors are asking for money. They may first package. There are also issues lot. I guess it is. I would think it is. not agree with everything in my bill, with the reporting requirements in the But the Texas attorney general dis- but so many of them are asking for bill, but the last thing we want to do is agrees and has asked the Texas Su- funding to be able to help them send to put an undue burden on the States. preme Court to stop these local elec- out those ballots and send out the post- What I really want to focus on now, tion officials from sending voters a age so as to keep their polling places at the end of my remarks, is the need mail-in ballot. open, say, for 1 week, 2 weeks, or, we to pass the legislation in front of us— That is a disgrace. We shouldn’t be think, 20 days in advance so that peo- and I know it will be negotiated—to playing politics with people’s lives. ple could actually vote and not con- make sure that we fund and help our

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:04 May 15, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G14MY6.018 S14MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE May 14, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2443 States fund our elections. Let’s dispel piece of legislation, and we need to get wants to vote, whatever party one is the notion that voting at home is that money out to our election officials in—is able to safely vote. somehow a partisan issue. One of the today. Let’s remember that, while people States with the highest number of For these reasons, I ask unanimous were lining those streets to vote in mail-in ballots is the State of Utah. It consent that the Senate proceed to the Wisconsin, the President of the United is not exactly a bright-blue State. An- immediate consideration of a bill at States was able to request a mail-in other State that has a very high num- the desk to modify the provisions on ballot from Palm Beach, FL, and vote ber of people voting from home is the funding for election security grants. I in the comfort of 1600 Pennsylvania Av- State of Colorado. This is a State that further ask that the bill be considered enue. That is an image—a split tends to be a purple State. Then we read three times and passed and that screen—that I don’t think anyone have blue States, like Oregon and the motion to reconsider be considered wants to see. I think what we want to Washington. Then we have a State like made and laid upon the table. see is fairness for all Americans. You Arizona that, again, has a high number The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there do that by getting them the funding of people voting by mail. On the other objection? ahead of time, by making sure we have end are States that don’t have as many The Senator from Wisconsin. rules in place that work for everyone, people voting by mail, but we have a Mr. JOHNSON. Mr. President, in re- by acknowledging this has never been mixture of States too. New York is at serving the right to object, there are nor should it be a partisan issue, and like 5 percent right now. Then we have many things that the Senator from by telling all Americans that we have a number of States, like Alabama, that Minnesota spoke to that I think most worked this out, that we are getting don’t have a lot of people voting by of us would agree with. the funding to the States, that we are mail. This COVID crisis has created all working with all of their States, and We don’t think—at least I don’t kinds of issues that need to be thor- that we have put in some fair rules so think—that every single person is oughly discussed and thoroughly de- that no American will be denied the going to vote by mail in the election bated. I think there are a number of us right to vote. this November. The key is to give them on this side of the aisle—I am just one I yield the floor. options and to be able to work with our standing up—who object to this unani- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- States so that, if we do provide fund- mous consent request. The good news ator from Missouri. ing—and I am so hopeful that we will for the Senator from Minnesota is, in f be able to come to some kind of agree- talking with those colleagues, they ment here—they can use that money to also agree there is a fair number of ele- NATIONAL POLICE WEEK expand their votes by mail, because we ments in this bill with which they Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, this is know their citizens are going to re- could probably find agreement. National Police Week. It is one of the quest it, and also to make sure voting I rise to certainly extend my hand in weeks that I always look forward to. on election day will be safe. There are cooperation with the Senator from For years now, it has been an oppor- ways to do that by encouraging more Minnesota. Let’s work on these things tunity to spend time with people who people, if they don’t want to vote by together, although this is not a bill protect us—who protect all of us. We mail, to vote early so fewer people will that comes through my committee’s get a chance each day to say thank you be there on the same day. jurisdiction. I can say, in my com- to the Capitol Police, who work here at What do we see when we look at this? mittee, we work across the aisle. Staff the Capitol. As the chairman of the A recent poll shows that in some of the does an awful lot of work, and we come Law Enforcement Caucus, I have lots key States across the country, both to a conclusion. If it is not ready for a of opportunities in our State to see of- Republican and Democratic voters—70 particular markup, we go back and get ficers in groups and one at a time, and to 80 percent of them—want to be able the work done. We frequently pass a I always try to be thankful to them to vote by mail. We have Governors in piece of legislation by voice vote and when I see them. Yet this is a time States like New Hampshire—Repub- then bring it to the floor when it has every year when we get a chance to see lican Governors—in Maryland, and in all been ironed out. There is no dis- people from all over the country come Ohio who want to vote by mail. That is agreement, and there is no objection, to Washington, and it is a chance for us the way they want to go. We have a and we pass those bills by unanimous to say thank you to them and thank secretary of state who is a Republican consent. you to their families. in the State of Washington who wants I think the problem here is that this This year in particular, Chief Jon to vote by mail. Her entire State basi- bill has never had any kind of com- Belmar—the just recently retiring cally votes by mail right now, and they mittee markup or any committee work chief at the St. Louis County Police are good people who can talk about whatsoever. So I would just suggest Department and good friend who was why this is working for them and how that the Senator from Minnesota work always there for advice, always we can make it work but only if they with her committee and her committee brought a big contingent of officers to have the funds. We are not going to be chair. I see the committee chair is here Police Week. So I am thinking about able to give them the funds in, say, Oc- in the Chamber. Work on this. Try to him and of not seeing him at Police tober and then be able to make sure find those areas of agreement. Then Week in Washington. this has happened. maybe we could pass this and maybe I am also thinking about the new In conclusion, 17 States still have potentially pass this by unanimous chief of the St. Louis County Police Presidential primaries, and numerous consent. This piece of legislation is not Department, Chief Mary Barton. This others have primaries for other Federal ready. It hasn’t gone through that is a county of over a million people, so offices, and, of course, we have the gen- process. As a result, I object. it is a substantial job. It is a place to eral election on November 3, which is The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- really affect how police work is done. I less than 6 months away. We cannot let tion is heard. look forward to spending time with more Americans experience what we The Senator from Minnesota. Chief Barton as she moves forward have just seen happen in Wisconsin Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I with what she can do to build on what with the garbage bags, with the home- appreciate my colleague’s words in has happened in the department over made masks, with the people getting that he is willing to work with me on the years. off work at the hospitals and standing this bill. Like so much else this year, Police in line. Nobody should have to choose We know we need the immediate Week is different than it has been be- between one’s health and one’s right to fixes to the first piece of legislation, fore. There are no sounds of hundreds vote. but we also need to look forward to of motorcycles going down the streets I am committed to securing addi- what we have in front of us. That is to of Washington as we celebrate the tional funding in the upcoming relief make sure that we help our States to week. There are no groups of law en- package, but we have fixes that we be able to conduct their elections in a forcement officers or police vehicles must make to the original funding that safe way so that Democrats, Repub- from all over the country coming here. we made in the first bill, in the first licans, and Independents—anyone who I am grateful for them. They protect

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The shooter opened fire on and others to do what they can to save ing the officers who serve here at the Officer Walsh and killed him. His fel- life and to protect other people who Capitol, that they generally have some low officer, Josiah Overton, was in- somehow are on the edges of this virus. sense as to whether they are in a mo- jured in the same attack. Officer Walsh They deal with people who are isolated ment that could lead to danger or not was fatally wounded and died the next in their homes, and because they are beyond the normal readiness to serve day. isolated, their mental health issues us but that their families, with their He was a U.S. Army Reservist. Dur- have become bigger issues. This is not not being with them when they are at ing his 14 years of service in the Re- an easy time for any of those who work, have to wonder over and over serves, he completed tours in Iraq and serve. again during the day what threat may Afghanistan. Sheri, his wife, and Mor- Every year, we remember law en- come to the person about whom they gan, their daughter, will live with his forcement, but this year I think we care so much as that person protects loss for the rest of their lives. need to be particularly grateful for Let me share a passage from Chris’s others. those who serve and protect us. obituary. Chris, by the way, was the Each year, one of the memorable I yield the floor. first Springfield officer of the town I events of National Police Week is the The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. live in to be killed on duty since the candlelight vigil that is held at the BRAUN). The majority leader. 1930s. It is a great city with the great, Law Enforcement Officers Memorial a good fortune of its officers’ managing f few blocks from here. We gather there to do their jobs without having a loss EXECUTIVE SESSION annually to hear the names of officers like this, but we had one this year. who have lost their lives and to bear The quote from his obituary reads: witness to and be grateful for their Christopher Ryan Walsh, a man devoid of EXECUTIVE CALENDAR service. vanity and devoted to the service and to the Sadly, in the past year, Missouri has Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I welfare of others, would hope that out of move to proceed to executive session to lost three dedicated officers. these tragic circumstances something beau- Last June, Lakeshire Chief of Police tiful could take root in all of our hearts. consider Calendar No. 564. Wayne Neidenberg passed away after Chris would hope that his memory would The PRESIDING OFFICER. The assisting at the scene of a rollover serve as an example to spur small kindnesses question is on agreeing to the motion. and acts of devotion and service to all of our The motion was agreed to. crash in O’Fallon, MO. Chief community, friends and loved ones, to look The clerk will report the nomination. Neidenberg had stopped at the scene on past the things that separate us and to focus The bill clerk read the nomination of his way home, called for assistance, on the things that unite us. Scott H. Rash, of Arizona, to be United and proceeded on after the situation So Police Week is exactly the time to States District Judge for the District was stabilized, but before he got out of think about the things that unite us, of Arizona. his car at home, he had a heart attack. to think about these officers and their CLOTURE MOTION We lost Chief Neidenberg at that mo- courage, to think about their acts of Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I ment. devotion and service as we remember He spent his entire career in law en- send a cloture motion to the desk. them. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- forcement. He served in both the St. Congress wants to make sure that ture motion having been presented Louis County Police Department and law enforcement officers have the sup- under rule XXII, the Chair directs the in the Lakeshire Police Department. port they need and never get into a sit- clerk to read the motion. He was an Army veteran. He is sur- uation without the resources needed to The bill clerk read as follows: vived by Ardell, his wife; Cori, his back them up. I am honored to serve as daughter; and his three sons, Matthew, cochairman of the bipartisan Senate CLOTURE MOTION Darek, and Aaron. Law Enforcement Caucus, which ad- We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- On Sunday, June 23, North County vances legislation that supports the ef- ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby Police Cooperative Officer Michael forts of law enforcement nationwide. Langsdorf responded to a complaint of move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- Senator COONS from Delaware is the nation of Scott H. Rash, of Arizona, to be check fraud at a local business in other founder and cochair. United States District Judge for the District Wellston, MO. The man who has been Together, we sponsored the National of Arizona. charged with his murder shot Officer Law Enforcement Museum Commemo- Mitch McConnell, Chuck Grassley, Joni Langsdorf after a struggle inside the rative Coin Act that became law last Ernst, John Barrasso, Deb Fischer, store. He had served with the depart- year. The proceeds of the sales from John Cornyn, Roger F. Wicker, Roy ment for only 3 months, but before those coins minted under the law Blunt, John Thune, Rob Portman, that, for 17 years, he had been part of would go to education and outreach Shelley Moore Capito, Steve Daines, the St. Louis City Metropolitan Police about the service and sacrifice of law Lindsey Graham, Pat Roberts, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Richard Burr, Mike force. enforcement officers throughout our Crapo. At his memorial service, Officer country’s history. f Langsdorf’s son, Kaleb, remembered his I am also a cosponsor of legislation dad this way: that would provide resources to protect LEGISLATIVE SESSION They say never to meet your heroes be- officers’ mental and physical well- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I cause you’ll end up disappointed. Well, I had being, including the Law Enforcement move to proceed to legislative session. the chance to be raised by mine, and he Suicide Data Collection Act and the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The never disappointed. He taught me that a life Lifesaving Gear for Police Act. I am question is on agreeing to the motion. of rescuing, defending and serving is the only glad to be a cosponsor of the Thin Blue The motion was agreed to. life worth living. Line Act and the Back the Blue Act, f In addition to Kaleb, Officer both of which are designed to better Langsdorf is survived by Kim, his protect police officers and hold per- EXECUTIVE SESSION fiancee; by Olivia, his daughter; and by petrators who attack them account- his future stepchildren, Devin and able. Through these pieces of legisla- Kaitlyn. tion and several others, the Congress EXECUTIVE CALENDAR Officer Christopher Walsh joined the has a chance to once again show its Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Springfield Police Department in 2016. support of the men and women who move to proceed to executive session to On the evening of Sunday, March 15 of serve in law enforcement. consider Calendar No. 640.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:04 May 15, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G14MY6.025 S14MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE May 14, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2445 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Hyde-Smith, Richard Burr, Mike CLOTURE MOTION question is on agreeing to the motion. Crapo. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I The motion was agreed to. f send a cloture motion to the desk. The clerk will report the nomination. LEGISLATIVE SESSION The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- The bill clerk read the nomination of ture motion having been presented James E. Trainor III, of Texas, to be a Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I under rule XXII, the Chair directs the Member of the Federal Election Com- move to proceed to legislative session. clerk to read the motion. mission for a term expiring April 30, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The bill clerk read as follows: question is on agreeing to the motion. 2023. CLOTURE MOTION The motion was agreed to. CLOTURE MOTION We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- f Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the send a cloture motion to the desk. EXECUTIVE SESSION Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- ture motion having been presented nation of John Leonard Badalamenti, of EXECUTIVE CALENDAR Florida, to be United States District Judge under rule XXII, the Chair directs the for the Middle District of Florida. clerk to read the motion. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Mitch McConnell, Chuck Grassley, Joni The bill clerk read as follows: move to proceed to executive session to Ernst, John Barrasso, Deb Fischer, CLOTURE MOTION consider Calendar No. 601. John Cornyn, Roger F. Wicker, Roy We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Blunt, John Thune, Rob Portman, ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the question is on agreeing to the motion. Shelley Moore Capito, Steve Daines, Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby The motion was agreed to. Lindsey Graham, Pat Roberts, Cindy move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- Hyde-Smith, Richard Burr, Mike The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Crapo. nation of James E. Trainor III, of Texas, to clerk will report the nomination. be a Member of the Federal Election Com- The bill clerk read the nomination of Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous mission. John F. Heil III, of Oklahoma, to be consent that the mandatory quorum Mitch McConnell, Chuck Grassley, Joni calls for the cloture motions be waived. Ernst, John Barrasso, Deb Fischer, United States District Judge for the Northern, Eastern and Western Dis- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without John Cornyn, Roger F. Wicker, Roy objection, it is so ordered. Blunt, John Thune, Rob Portman, tricts of Oklahoma. Shelley Moore Capito, Steve Daines, CLOTURE MOTION f Lindsey Graham, Pat Roberts, Cindy Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I LEGISLATIVE SESSION Hyde-Smith, Richard Burr, Mike Crapo. send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- f ture motion having been presented MORNING BUSINESS LEGISLATIVE SESSION under rule XXII, the Chair directs the Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I clerk to read the motion. ask unanimous consent that the Sen- move to proceed to legislative session. The bill clerk read as follows: ate proceed to legislative session for a The PRESIDING OFFICER. The CLOTURE MOTION period of morning business, with Sen- question is on agreeing to the motion. We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- ators permitted to speak therein for up The motion was agreed to. ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the to 10 minutes each. Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby f The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- objection, it is so ordered. EXECUTIVE SESSION nation of John F. Heil III, of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for the f Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of TRIBUTE TO THE KENTUCKY EXECUTIVE CALENDAR Oklahoma. DERBY Mitch McConnell, Chuck Grassley, Joni Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Ernst, John Barrasso, Deb Fischer, Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, as move to proceed to executive session to John Cornyn, Roger F. Wicker, Roy spring begins to give way to summer, consider Calendar No. 600. Blunt, John Thune, Rob Portman, there is a singular tradition that The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Shelley Moore Capito, Steve Daines, unites everyone from across my home question is on agreeing to the motion. Lindsey Graham, Pat Roberts, Cindy State. Even after particularly conten- The motion was agreed to. Hyde-Smith, Richard Burr, Mike tious college basketball seasons, Ken- Crapo. The clerk will report the nomination. tuckians of all backgrounds can look The bill clerk read the nomination of f with pride to the Twin Spires of Anna M. Manasco, of Alabama, to be LEGISLATIVE SESSION Churchill Downs for the Kentucky United States District Judge for the Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Derby. Since 1875, the pride of Louis- Northern District of Alabama. move to proceed to legislative session. ville has been inextricably linked to CLOTURE MOTION The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the ‘‘Most Exciting Two Minutes in Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I question is on agreeing to the motion. Sports.’’ send a cloture motion to the desk. The motion was agreed to. This year, however, fans couldn’t gather at the Grandstands, the infield, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- f ture motion having been presented or at a Derby Party. The coronavirus under rule XXII, the Chair directs the EXECUTIVE SESSION pandemic has changed the daily lives clerk to read the motion. of nearly every American. Even our The bill clerk read as follows: most sacred traditions have been put EXECUTIVE CALENDAR CLOTURE MOTION on hold as we follow the advice of med- We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I ical experts to slow the spread of this ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the move to proceed to executive session to terrible virus. As a result, the Ken- Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby consider Calendar No. 602. tucky Derby has been postponed for move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the first time since the Second World nation of Anna M. Manasco, of Alabama, to question is on agreeing to the motion. War. The 146th Run for the Roses will be United States District Judge for the The motion was agreed to. instead take place over Labor Day Northern District of Alabama. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The weekend in September. Mitch McConnell, Chuck Grassley, Joni clerk will report the nomination. Jerry Brewer, a Kentucky native and Ernst, John Barrasso, Deb Fischer, John Cornyn, Roger F. Wicker, Roy The bill clerk read the nomination of Washington Post sports writer, put Blunt, John Thune, Rob Portman, John Leonard Badalamenti, of Florida, into words the sense of longing felt by Shelley Moore Capito, Steve Daines, to be United States District Judge for so many Kentuckians. In a wonderful Lindsey Graham, Pat Roberts, Cindy the Middle District of Florida. column published on what would have

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Mr. President, I ask unani- that someone with such eloquence only city in the state that feels like a big mous consent to have printed in the could describe Kentucky’s Derby pas- city (when it actually claims its relationship CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Senator ALEX- sion. to Kentucky)—becomes the most gracious ANDER’s opening statement that he de- That is not to say horseracing fans host that any sporting event has ever had. livered yesterday at the Senate Com- weren’t treated to a race on May 2. In- Don’t challenge me on that; I can wield a mittee on Health, Education, Labor stead of hosting the world’s most an- mean pitchfork. When it comes to tailoring and Pensions. every inch of an area to ensure an unforget- ticipated horse race, Churchill Downs table experience for all visitors, Louisville There being no objection, the mate- created a virtual running of Triple rolls out a red carpet and throws rose petals rial was ordered to be printed in the Crown winners. In a match of some of at your feet. RECORD, as follows: horseracing’s biggest names, Secre- Rick shook off that weird introduction and COVID–19: SAFELY GETTING BACK TO WORK tariat—one of the greatest horses to loved his first Derby experience. He has been AND BACK TO SCHOOL ever run—completed an all-star vic- back several times. When I started dating Mr. Alexander. The Committee on HELP tory. my wife seriously, I took her to the Derby; will please come to order. First, some admin- meeting the entire family was a mere after- Although a lot will be different about istrative matters based on the advice of the thought. As a Paducah native who lived in Attending Physician and the Sergeant at the Labor Day Derby, so much of what Louisville for several years, there is no makes the Kentucky Derby special will Arms after consulting with the Department greater personal holiday than the first Sat- of Health and Human Services and the Cen- remain the same. Whether at the track urday in May. And so, as the novel ters for Disease Control and Prevention. or watching from home, fans will still coronavirus pandemic keeps us in isolation, Individuals in the hearing room are seated get to sip a mint julep filled with Ken- there is no stronger sense of loss for me than 6 feet apart. As a result, there is no room for tucky’s signature spirit. Longtime what I’m experiencing right now. the public to attend in person. Representa- I have attended 11 Derbies. I have partied residents and first-time visitors alike tives of the press are working as a pool to during the Derby for just about all 42 of my relay their observations to colleagues. The will feel the sentimental tug as they years. My childhood memories are full of hearing may be watched live on-line. An un- sing ‘‘My Old Kentucky Home.’’ And gatherings at my grandparents’ house in east edited recording will be available on the the thundering hooves of Louisville, where the scent of mint was more Committee’s website—www.help.senate.gov. welcome than pine at Christmastime. My thoroughbreds will echo in the ears of Witnesses are participating by video- adult memories are even better, from trying millions. conference in a one-time exception. Some to cover the event as poetically as the The postponement is certainly a dis- senators, including the chairman, are par- sportswriting legends I grew up reading to, appointment, but I would encourage ticipating by videoconference. Senators may well, acting a fool in the infield during my my fellow Kentuckians not to despair. remove their masks to talk into the micro- college days. phone since they are all six feet apart. I am Our traditions are rooted deeply in the Even in Kentucky, with its beautiful roll- grateful to the Rules Committee, Sergeant Bluegrass. We will beat this virus, and ing hills and horse farms, this is a niche at Arms, the press gallery, the Architect of Kentucky will get the chance to shine sport. Everyone is a Kentucky Derby fan, the Capitol, the Capitol Police, and our com- once again. Like the champions whose though. Our connection to this event is a mittee staff, Chung Shek and Evan Griffis, names surround Churchill Downs, Ken- very powerful and emotional thing. Derby week is so grand, and we delight in for all of their hard work to help keep all of tucky has the strength and grit to us safe. overcome any obstacle and cross the sharing all of the festivities with the world while fighting to keep the Kentucky Oaks— At our hearing last Thursday, I said that finish line. the illustrious Grade I stakes race for 3– all roads back to work and back to school We may not have a 146th Kentucky year-old fillies held the day before the lead through testing and that what our coun- Derby champion for a few more Derby—a more local event. But over the past try has done so far on testing so far is ‘‘im- months, but I think Jerry Brewer 20 years, even the Oaks crowd has surpassed pressive but not nearly enough.’’ Over the would agree, it is worth the wait. 100,000 with regularity. weekend, Sen. Schumer, the Democrat lead- Still, the fancy affair turns intimate when er, was nice enough to put out a tweet Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- quoting half of what I said. He left out the sent that Jerry Brewer’s article be ‘‘My Old Kentucky Home’’ plays before the Derby. We wait all year just to feel alive and other half, the ‘‘impressive’’ part. So let me printed in the RECORD. relevant in that moment. Soon after, the say it again in more specific terms. There being no objection, the mate- most anticipated two minutes in sports con- When I said ‘‘impressive,’’ I meant that, rial was ordered to be printed in the clude, and before you know it, the time to according to Johns Hopkins University, the RECORD, as follows: clean up and plan anew has arrived. United States has tested over 9 million [From the Washington Post, May 1, 2020] I like the fleeting nature of this joy. The Americans for COVID–19. That is twice as Derby is our cherry blossom. Wait, wait, many as any other country—we don’t know ON DERBY-LESS WEEKEND, MISSING MY wait, revel. Go back to waiting. It’s deflating what China has done—and more per capita KENTUCKY HOME to know the wait will be much longer this than most countries including South Korea, (By Jerry Brewer) time. which several committee members have A Kentuckian’s most humbling Kentucky The 146th Kentucky Derby has been re- cited as an example of a country doing test- Derby story: About 15 years ago, I hosted scheduled for Sept. 5. Churchill Downs an- ing well. Washington Post colleague Rick Maese, then nounced Thursday that its spring meet will According to Dr. Deborah Birx, the U.S. with the Baltimore Sun, for his first Run for open May 16. Fans won’t be able to attend, will double its testing during the month of the Roses. Picked him up from the airport. but the plan is to start racing again. There’s May and be able to do at least 10 million Bought us tickets to a concert that week something even emptier about the thought tests per month. Here is what ‘‘impressive’’ featuring Common and the Roots. Probably of horses competing in a bubble than human means in Tennessee: First, anyone who is had a mint julep and slice of Derby pie wait- athletes. sick, or a first responder or a health care ing in the cupholder. I was thrilled to show And who knows if even that is safe enough? worker can get tested. Next, Governor Bill him Louisville at its proudest time. Everything about the resumption of nor- Lee is also testing every prisoner, every resi- On the drive to my apartment, Rick looked malcy comes back to this: We are at the dent and staff member of a nursing home, of- out the window and saw a man who was mercy of a virus that we are still trying to fered weekend drive-thru testing, and has walking clumsily, perhaps drunkenly, while understand. So the odds of this Derby really done specific outreach to increase testing in pulling a dog that was missing a leg. The being the Derby in September—with 150,000 low income neighborhoods. A Tennessean scene was cruel, heartbreaking, ridiculous. It fans flaunting their style, understanding of can get a free test and a free mask at the was Rick’s first impression of my state. color and taste in hats—seem long. If it hap- local public health clinic. The governor’s slo- And that’s usually how we are: Mostly pens, it may play decently on television, but gan is: ‘‘If in doubt, get a test.’’ rural, largely odd and shockingly com- it won’t be the same. Gov. Lee sent his testing goals for May to plicated. Our long-standing problems with To me, the Kentucky Derby is a home- the federal government, as every state has big issues such as race and education are coming with a paisley bow tie wrapped done. The federal government will help make well documented. We’re weird. We see blue in around it. We get the floor, and we make it sure the state has the supplies it needs if the grass. We love basketball more than we love the most majestic floor you have ever seen. labs and hospitals in our state have trouble people. We are known for keeping it real Home can be cringeworthy, but it’s also getting them through the usual commercial

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How can the nearly enough to provide confidence to 31,000 technologies. But then create new tech- stockpile be managed better and what should students and faculty that it is safe to return nologies to produce millions more tests to be in it? to the University of Tennessee Knoxville identify and isolate those who are sick and My preacher once said: ‘‘I’m not worried campus in August. persuade the rest of us it is safe to go back about you on Sunday, it’s what you do dur- Last week I talked with UT Knoxville to work and back to school. ing the rest of the week.’’ I’m afraid that Chancellor Donde Plowman about what This is a bipartisan oversight hearing to during the rest of the week—between might persuade UT students and 20 million examine how well we are preparing the coun- pandemics—we relax our focus on prepared- other college students or parents of 50 mil- try to go safely back to work and to school ness. We become preoccupied with other im- lion k–12 students that it is safe to leave and to determine what more we need to do. portant things. Our collective memory is their homes and return to 5,000 college cam- Such an exercise sometimes encourages fin- short. Just three months ago the country puses and 100,000 public schools in August. ger pointing. Who did what wrong? Before we was consumed with impeaching a President. That is where the new shark tank, or RAD X, spend too much time finger pointing, I would Now that seems like ancient Roman history. at the National Institutes of Health that we like to suggest that almost all of us—the Now, while this crisis has our full attention, heard about at our hearing last Thursday United States and every country—underesti- I believe we should put into law this year comes in. Swimming around in that shark mated this virus. Underestimated how con- whatever improvements we need to be well tank are dozens of early stage proposals for tagious it would be. How it can travel si- prepared for the next one. If there is to be new ways to create diagnostic tests. lently without causing symptoms. How it finger pointing, I hope fingers will point in Three weeks ago, Congress gave NIH $1.5 can be especially deadly among certain seg- that direction. billion to create a competitive environment ments of the population, including the elder- We are fortunate today to have four distin- in which Dr. Francis Collins, the distin- ly, those with pre-existing conditions, and guished witnesses who are at the heart of the guished scientist who directs NIH, can minority populations. response to the coronavirus crisis. I have search for a few new ideas that can create At the committee’s March 3 hearing on asked each to summarize his remarks in five millions more tests by August and even mil- coronavirus—six weeks after the first case minutes. Then we will have a five minute lions more by the Fall flu season. Congress had arrived in this country, when there were round of questions. I have agreed that we gave BARDA another $1 billion to coordinate only two deaths in the US from will end our hearing at 12:30, which will per- the manufacture and scaling up rapidly sim- coronavirus—I read this paragraph from the mit one full round of questions. Sen. Murray ple tests with quick results. front page of the March 1 Sunday New York will have the opportunity to ask an addi- For example, the FDA authorized last Times: Much about the coronavirus remains tional question before we close and all sen- week its first diagnostic test using saliva a unclear, and it is far from certain that the ators will be able to submit questions for the person provides at home instead of a nose outbreak will reach severe proportions in the record. There will be other hearings to follow swab or blood. It authorized its first antigen United States or affect many regions at last Thursday’s hearing on testing and this test, like the ones used for flu or strep once. With its top-notch scientists, modern one. throat, which involves swabbing the inside of hospitals and sprawling public health infra- Staying at home indefinitely is not the a nose to produce a result in a few minutes. structure, most experts agree, the United way to end this pandemic. There is not Another proposal, not yet approved, is to States is among the countries best prepared enough money available to help all those put in your mouth a sort of lollipop that is to prevent or manage such an epidemic. hurt by a closed economy. All roads back to a sponge, take a photograph of the lollipop A lot of effort has gone into trying to work and back to school lead through test- with your cell phone and transmit it to a make the United States among the best pre- ing, tracking, isolation, treatment, and vac- laboratory. If it lights up, you will know you pared nations. Over 20 years, the last four cines. This requires widespread testing— test positive. Presidents and several Congresses—in re- millions more tests created mostly by new Or the university might send students’ sa- sponse to 9/11, bird flu, Katrina, SARS, H1N1, technologies—to identify those who are sick liva to a gene sequencing laboratory, which MERS, and Ebola—passed 9 significant laws and who have been exposed so they can be can process thousands of these in one night that created or contributed to the public quarantined and, by containing the disease and report to the university the next day. In health preparedness and response framework in this way, give the rest of America enough all of these cases, if anyone tests positive, we have today. confidence to leave their homes. For the that student or faculty member will be asked These 9 laws stood up the Strategic Na- near term, to help make sure those 31,000 UT to self-isolate for two weeks, and the rest of tional Stockpile, created an assistant sec- students and faculty show up in August, we the student body can continue their edu- retary for preparedness and response, pro- need widespread testing—millions more tests cation. The same screening test might be re- vided incentives for the development and created mostly by new technologies—to iden- peated in two or four weeks. That same proc- manufacturing of diagnostics, vaccines, and tify those who are sick and who have been ess could occur at a middle school or factory medicines, strengthened the Centers for Dis- exposed so they can be quarantined and, by or in advance of/for players in a sporting ease Control and Prevention, and created the containing the disease in this way, give the event. Biomedical Advanced Research and Develop- rest of America enough confidence to go Of course, anyone testing negative one day ment Authority (BARDA). Thanks to the back to work and back to school. could test positive the next. But such wide- leadership of Sen. Blunt and Sen. Murray, f spread screening of entire campuses, schools Congress increased funding to the National or places of work would help to identify Institutes of Health for five straight years. NATIONAL POLICE WEEK those who are sick and to track down and All of this was part of a shared goal— Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I rise quarantine those who are exposed. That in Democrats and Republicans, Congresses and today to honor the bravery and dedica- turn, should help to persuade parents and four Presidents—to advance our ability to students that it is safe to leave home and go respond to public health threats, whether tion of our Nation’s law enforcement back to school. known, like anthrax, or emerging, like personnel. Even under normal cir- In addition to more testing by August, I COVID–19, and they incorporated lessons cumstances, police officers put their expect Dr. Fauci to tell us about additional learned from public health emergencies at lives on the line every day to defend treatments available to reduce the risk of the time. But despite all that effort, even the our communities; now, as our country death from COVID–19 and about the adminis- experts underestimated COVID–19. struggles through an unprecedented tration’s plan to do something never done This hearing is about how we improve our public health crisis, policemen and response now and in the fall when this virus before by this country—start mass manufac- women are taking on even more per- turing a vaccine before you know for sure is expected to return. During our oversight that it works. hearing today and future hearings, I also in- sonal risk to keep Americans safe. Vaccines and treatments are the ultimate tend to focus on the next pandemic: What They deserve our wholehearted grati- solutions. But until we have them, all roads can we learn from this one to be ready for tude and respect. back to work and back to school go through the next one, which will surely come? Can we I am proud to cosponsor Senator testing. The more tests we conduct, the bet- learn from the current fast tracking of tests, FEINSTEIN and Senator GRAHAM’s reso- ter we can identify the small number of treatments and vaccines how to make them lution designating May 10 through May those who are sick and track those who they available even more rapidly next time? How 16 as National Police Week and empha- have had contact with. Then we can quar- to keep hospitals and states from selling off sizing our support for the law enforce- antine the sick and exposed instead of trying masks and other protective equipment in be- to quarantine the entire country with disas- tween crises because of tight budgets. How ment officers across the United States trous effects on our economic wellbeing. This to make sure Congress funds our share of the who work to preserve our safety and will require millions more new tests, many responsibility? How to provide enough extra security. The resolution also pays re- of them new technologies. Some of these will hospital beds without canceling elective sur- spect to the many police officers who

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That means that we need When asked to describe Detective gomery County Police Department for to make workers compensation and Campbell, Maine State Police Col. 2 years and had previously served with comprehensive healthcare, both phys- John Cote put it simply and strongly, the Reading Police Department for 6 ical and mental, fully accessible to po- he said Detective Campbell was ‘‘one of years. On April 18, 2019, Officer Olinger lice officers and men whom COVID–19 our very best.’’ One of our very best— succumbed to complications of a gun- has affected. We also need to recognize that tells you all you need to know shot wound he sustained on August 13, that serving as a police officer is much about how his colleagues felt about 2003, while making a traffic stop at the more dangerous now than it was 6 him—an officer who stopped to help intersection of Second Avenue and months ago, and it should be com- someone, a caring man, and a life Spring Street in Silver Spring. He ob- pensated accordingly; law enforcement taken much too soon. served one of the passengers in vehicle officers deserve hazard pay for putting Second, the memorial will include attempting to conceal a handgun un- themselves in harm’s way during this the name of Perley Morrison Sprague, derneath the seat. He ordered the man pandemic in order to keep our commu- chief of the Rockport Police Depart- to drop the weapon before a struggle nities safe. ment. Sadly, Chief Sprague suffered a ensued. The man shot Officer Olinger Of course, we need to work not just major cardiac event on November 15, in the neck, injuring his spinal column. during National Police Week and not 1996, and died as a result. A son of The subject and the three other occu- just during this health crisis but year- Maine, Chief Sprague embodied a life of pants drove away but were all appre- round to show law enforcement officers service. He was born in Bangor in 1948. hended a short time later. The man our gratitude. We must do everything He was a Coast Guard veteran, serving who shot him was convicted of at- we can to protect them in the line of in Vietnam, and held numerous public tempted murder and subsequently sen- duty and care for them when their safety positions in Maine, including as tenced to life in prison. Officer Olinger service causes them harm. I will con- a member of the Portland Police De- was paralyzed below his chest because tinue fighting to support the heroes partment and the Maine Department of of the shooting. He was married and who bravely risk their own security to Marine Resources, where he served for had two sons. We will not forget his make this country a safer place for all 21 years and worked his way up to chief courage and the courage of his brothers of us. of the bureau of the marine patrol. In and sisters on the force. Mr. KING. Mr. President, each day, 1995, he accepted his final position as Police officers around the country our peace officers prepare for work the Rockport chief of police. Once at have devoted their lives to protecting with no guarantee of what the next Rockport, he was described as a man us, and we must do everything within shift holds. They say goodbye to their with new ideas and visions for hiring our power to protect them, too. During loved ones and head out to serve and and training. He lived a life of service, the COVID–19 pandemic, that means protect communities throughout Maine and Maine will never forget him. ensuring that all law enforcement offi- and across the country. And unfortu- As we mourn the loss of these heroes, cers have the equipment, training, and nately, on some devastating days, they we must do our part to lift up the loved resources they need to stay safe while don’t come home. These selfless citi- ones and communities they have left they continue their duties. Even zens put themselves in dangerous posi- behind. May God bless Detective Camp- though there is an extremely con- tions day in and day out to ensure the bell, Chief Sprague, and the others tagious and dangerous virus spreading safety of our people it is a commitment around the country who lost their all over the U.S., police forces cannot that evokes awe. They are heroes, lives. And may God continue to watch simply stop responding to crimes and walking among us, and when they over those peace officers who go to emergencies. Policewomen and men, make the ultimate sacrifice, it is on us work, with no guarantee they will re- like healthcare providers and other es- to ensure that their names and deeds turn. They are examples for us all, and sential workers, face a higher risk of are not forgotten. Maine will never forget them. contracting the coronavirus so that the So today, I rise to honor those who rest of us can be safe and healthy. As of have made that sacrifice. This week, f May 11, 2020, 101 officers have died from we mark National Police Week. This 105TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COVID–19. The least we can do is try to year’s observance is, obviously, a bit ARMENIAN GENOCIDE mitigate the risk that they face and different than usual. There will be no save as many law enforcement lives as gathering peace officers from all over Mr. REED. Mr. President, today I possible. the country come to Washington, DC, want to join my friends in the Arme- There are concrete steps that we can to honor their fallen brothers and sis- nian community in solemnly observing and must take to safeguard our Na- ters; there will be no in-person candle- the 105th anniversary of the Armenian tion’s police officers during this epi- light vigil. But though the events are Genocide. While we could not com- demic. First and foremost, it is critical different, the goal is the same: to memorate the Armenian Genocide in that we make the required personal honor the memory of those who have Rhode Island as we normally would due protective equipment—PPE—and test- given so much to protect our commu- to the pandemic, I know we are united ing universally available to the police. nities. in our belief in the bright future and I have heard heartwarming stories This pandemic will not change our resilience of the Armenian people. about communities in Maryland donat- dedication to mourn their loss and More than a century ago, one of the ing PPE to their local police stations, honor their service, and this year, we worst tragedies of the 20th century but the bottom line is that public citi- will add 307 names of those who lost began when the Young Turk leaders of zens should not need to take on that their lives in the line of duty to the the Ottoman Empire executed more responsibility. The government should National Law Enforcement Officers than 200 prominent Armenians. What ensure that law enforcement agencies Memorial, including two peace officers followed was an 8-year campaign of have the tools and equipment they from my home State of Maine. I want massacre and oppression. By 1923, an need to perform their duties safely, es- to take this opportunity to share a lit- estimated one and a half million Arme- pecially during a period of increased tle more about the legacies these peace nians were killed and over a half a mil- risk like this one. I hope that we will officers leave behind. lion survivors were exiled. significantly expand funding to State First: Detective Benjamin James These atrocities affected the lives of and local governments in upcoming Campbell of the Maine State Police every Armenian living in Asia Minor coronavirus legislation so that they died in the line of duty on April 3, 2019. and across the globe. The U.S. Ambas- have the means to do so. Detective Campbell was helping a dis- sador to the Ottoman Empire during Unfortunately, even with added pro- abled vehicle in Hampden, ME, when he this dark time, Henry Morgenthau, Sr., tective measures, there will still be law was struck by a vehicle tire. He was unsuccessfully pleaded with President

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The great In kind, the Children’s Tumor Foun- sary of my home, Oakland County, MI. massacres and persecutions of the past dation is working around the clock to Established March 28, 1820, and situ- seem almost insignificant when com- improve access to quality patient ated just north of Detroit in south- pared to the sufferings of the Armenian healthcare through its national NF eastern Michigan, Oakland County has, race in 1915.’’ clinic network. It provides patient and over the past 200 years, transformed Those who survived the Armenian family support through its information from a small rural settlement to a Genocide, however, persevered due to resources, youth programs, and local thriving economic hub. their unbreakable spirit. Survivors of chapter activities. On January 11, 1805, Congress estab- the Armenian Genocide contributed Much remains to be done in raising lished the Michigan Territory, but greatly to the lands in which they es- public awareness of NF to help promote nearly a decade later the area re- tablished new homes and communities, early diagnosis, proper management mained largely unsettled due to the including the United States. That is and treatment, prevention of complica- reputation that it was too wild, even why we not only commemorate this tions, and support for research. for the heartiest of pioneers. The terri- grave tragedy each year, but also take NF affects children all across the tory began to modernize and attract the time to celebrate the traditions world; and in recognition of this impor- settlers under the strong leadership of and the contributions of the Armenian tant initiative and the tireless research Governor Lewis Cass, appointed in 1813 people. Indeed, my home State of taking place, I support recognizing by President James Madison as a re- Rhode Island continues to be enriched May 17, 2020 as Neurofibromatosis ward for his military service in the by our strong and vibrant Armenian- Awareness Day. War of 1812. Avon Township, now Roch- American community. ester and Rochester Hills, became the I was pleased when a resolution to f first area settled in Oakland County encourage the U.S. to officially recog- thanks to a settlers from New England, nize the Armenian Genocide passed the ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS New York, and southern Canada. Gov- Senate in December. We must find a ernor Cass requested the remaining way to come together to recognize the territory carefully surveyed, which re- truth of what happened, and support vealed a bounty of fertile land ripe for and assist those facing persecution TRIBUTE TO DARCY SCHINDLER settlement in the area now known as today. ∑ As ranking member on the Senate Mr. DAINES. Mr. President, this Pontiac. Therefore, on March 28, 1820, Armed Services Committee and a mem- week I have the honor of recognizing Cass established Oakland County and ber of the Senate Appropriations Com- Darcy Schindler of Granite County for designated the central city of Pon- mittee, I also remain committed to his tremendous efforts to support his tiac—no more than a day’s journey supporting assistance to Armenia to community during the ongoing from any point in the county—as coun- strengthen security, promote economic coronavirus pandemic. ty seat. In this newly established seat, growth, and foster democratic reforms Darcy has been a committed and pas- Cass allocated land to erect a court- and development. sionate science teacher over the past 27 house, jail, cemetery, market, school- As we remember the past, we remain years. He joined the teaching ranks at house, and several churches. At this committed to forging a brighter future. Drummond High School 20 years ago, time, Oakland County had a population We must continue to guard against ha- where he continues to mentor and en- of 330. tred and oppression so that we can pre- courage countless students. It is crucial to recognize the inhabi- vent such crimes against humanity When the coronavirus pandemic tation and development of the land from happening again. began spreading across the country, prior to the arrival of European set- Thank you. Darcy was hearing stories from his tlers. Native Americans from the Chip- friends working in the medical and pewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi Tribes, f dental fields, that they were having a collectively known as the Anishinaabe, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS AWARENESS tough time finding protective masks. occupied the region for thousands of DAY Darcy decided to take action and years prior. Early European explorers Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, the began volunteering his time and re- to Michigan recorded the Anishinaabe Children’s Tumor Foundation is ob- sources to create protective masks for development of the land, noting their serving May 17, 2020, as our healthcare heroes and first re- key paths and roadways. When forming neurofibromatosis—NF—Awareness sponders on the frontlines of this ongo- the county, settlers continued to use Day to educate the public about this ing coronavirus pandemic in Montana. and build upon these thoroughfares, rare genetic disorder that impacts With the school’s permission, Darcy many of which still exist to this day. more than 2 million people around the used the school’s 3D printer to produce The Shiawassee Trail is now world. It is estimated that 1 in every the protective masks. With support Shiawassee Street in Farmington; 3,000 births is diagnosed with NF; yet it from those in the community, along Saginaw Trail is part of Dixie High- is still is relatively unknown to the with his own time and resources, Darcy way; and Grand River Trail is now US public. has shipped well over 100 masks across 16. The Anishinaabe indisputably NF affects all populations equally, Montana. He has not taken any pay- shaped the current landscape of Oak- regardless of race, ethnicity, or gender. ments for his shipments. He only asks land County and its trade and travel The disorder causes tumors to grow on that they instead make a donation to routes. nerves throughout the body and can the Drummond Schools Science Fund Today, 200 years since Governor Cass also affect development of the brain, to help his students. established Oakland County, I recog- cardiovascular system, bones, and skin. It is my honor to recognize Darcy nize its transformation from a rural Further, the disorder can lead to blind- Schindler for his efforts to support our community to the home of 62 cities, ness, deafness, bone abnormalities, dis- healthcare heroes and our first re- townships, and villages, 11 colleges and figurement, learning disabilities, dis- sponders. His selflessness and commit- universities, and a center for industrial abling pain, and cancer. ment to serve others is an extraor- and technological development. The The Children’s Tumor Foundation dinary example of how Montanans are economy employs over 650,000 workers, leads efforts to promote and finan- stepping up in the face of this pan- with the largest industries being manu- cially sponsor world-class medical re- demic to help one another. I thank facturing, healthcare and social assist- search aimed at finding effective treat- Darcy Schindler for his efforts to help ance, and professional, scientific, and ments and, ultimately, a cure for NF. the Drummond community and com- technical services. In addition to its ro- They do this by actively fostering col- munities all across Montana.∑ bust private sector, Oakland County is

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United States Marshal for the Eastern Dis- grants under the Family Violence Preven- As a fifth-generation Michigander trict of New York for the term of four years. tion and Services Act; to the Committee on living in Oakland County, I am hon- (Nominations without an asterisk Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. ored to ask my colleagues to join me in were reported with the recommenda- By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. recognizing the rich history of the re- BROWN, Mr. JONES, Mrs. SHAHEEN, tion that they be confirmed.) Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. gion as well as this significant mile- f MENENDEZ, Mr. REED, Mr. MARKEY, stone. I wish Oakland County contin- and Mr. BLUMENTHAL): ued growth and prosperity in the years INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND S. 3740. A bill to assist older Americans ahead.∑ JOINT RESOLUTIONS and people with disabilities affected by COVID–19; to the Committee on Finance. f The following bills and joint resolu- tions were introduced, read the first By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Ms. STABE- MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT and second times by unanimous con- NOW, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. UDALL, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. HARRIS, sent, and referred as indicated: Messages from the President of the Ms. KLOBUCHAR, and Mr. MARKEY): United States were communicated to By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Ms. S. 3741. A bill to require group health plans the Senate by Ms. Roberts, one of his SINEMA, Mr. PORTMAN, Ms. HASSAN, and health insurance issuers offering group secretaries. Ms. COLLINS, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs. LOEF- or individual health insurance coverage to FLER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. ROMNEY, Mr. provide coverage for services furnished via f BROWN, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. CAR- telehealth if such services would be covered PER, Mr. YOUNG, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED if furnished in-person during the COVID–19 KING, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. PETERS, emergency; to the Committee on Health, As in executive session the Presiding and Mr. SANDERS): Education, Labor, and Pensions. Officer laid before the Senate messages S. 3731. A bill to amend title VII of the So- By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. from the President of the United cial Security Act to provide for a single DAINES, and Mrs. MURRAY): States submitting sundry nominations point of contact at the Social Security Ad- S. 3742. A bill to establish a program in the ministration for individuals who are victims Department of the Treasury to allocate which were referred to the appropriate of identity theft; to the Committee on Fi- funds to States, units of general local gov- committees. nance. ernment, and Indian Tribes to provide assist- (The messages received today are By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. ance to certain small businesses, and for printed at the end of the Senate pro- COONS, Mr. COTTON, and Mr. LEAHY): other purposes; to the Committee on Small ceedings.) S. 3732. A bill to amend title 18, United Business and Entrepreneurship. States Code, to further protect officers and By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, f employees of the United States, and for Mr. CASEY, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mrs. EXECUTIVE AND OTHER other purposes; to the Committee on the Ju- GILLIBRAND, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. HIRONO, COMMUNICATIONS diciary. Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. REED, The following communication was MORAN): Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. laid before the Senate, together with S. 3733. A bill to establish the Executive WARREN, and Mr. WHITEHOUSE): accompanying papers, reports, and doc- Agent for Declassification to promote pro- S. 3743. A bill to amend chapter 44 of title uments, and was referred as indicated: grams, processes, and systems and for direct- 18, United States Code, to ensure that all ing resources relating to declassification in firearms are traceable, and for other pur- EC–4531. A communication from the Presi- the Federal Government, and for other pur- poses; to the Committee on the Judiciary. dent of the United States, transmitting, pur- poses; to the Committee on Homeland Secu- By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. MENEN- suant to law, a report on the continuation of rity and Governmental Affairs. DEZ, Mr. RISCH, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. the national emergency that was originally By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. declared in Executive Order 13873 of May 15, MARKEY, Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. GARD- BLUMENTHAL, Mr. DAINES, Mr. COONS, 2019, with respect to securing the informa- NER): Mr. MORAN, Mr. KAINE, Mr. GRASS- tion and communications technology and S. 3734. A bill to provide for a coordinated LEY, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. COTTON, services supply chain; to the Committee on Federal research initiative to ensure contin- Mr. MERKLEY, Ms. WARREN, Mrs. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. ued United States leadership in engineering GILLIBRAND, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. KING, f biology; to the Committee on Commerce, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. DURBIN, Science, and Transportation. Mr. BRAUN, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. PETERS, EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF By Mr. CARPER (for himself and Mr. Mr. SASSE, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. COLLINS, COMMITTEE ALEXANDER): Mr. SANDERS, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. The following executive reports of S. 3735. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- REED, Mr. WARNER, Mr. CASEY, Mrs. enue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the CAPITO, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. nominations were submitted: credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling LANKFORD, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. By Mr. GRAHAM for the Committee on the property; to the Committee on Finance. MURRAY, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. WHITE- Judiciary. By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Ms. BALD- HOUSE, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. Peter M. McCoy, Jr., of South Carolina, to WIN, and Ms. SMITH): HAWLEY, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Mr. be United States Attorney for the District of S. 3736. A bill to increase access to food de- BENNET, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Ms. SMITH, South Carolina for the term of four years. livery under the supplemental nutrition as- Mr. YOUNG, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. ROM- William Scott Hardy, of Pennsylvania, to sistance program to address the Coronavirus NEY, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. be United States District Judge for the West- Disease 2019, and for other purposes; to the CRAPO, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. BOOZMAN, ern District of Pennsylvania. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. HASSAN, Ms. COR- Drew B. Tipton, of Texas, to be United Forestry. TEZ MASTO, Mrs. LOEFFLER, Mr. SUL- States District Judge for the Southern Dis- By Ms. SMITH (for herself and Mr. LIVAN, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. trict of Texas. BOOKER): PORTMAN, Mrs. FISCHER, Ms. SINEMA, John Peter Cronan, of New York, to be S. 3737. A bill to improve the public health and Mr. THUNE): United States District Judge for the South- workforce loan repayment program; to the S. 3744. A bill to condemn gross human ern District of New York. Committee on Finance. rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in Thomas T. Cullen, of Virginia, to be United By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Ms. WAR- Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary States District Judge for the Western Dis- REN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. GILLI- detention, torture, and harassment of these trict of Virginia. BRAND, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. MARKEY, communities inside and outside China; con- David Cleveland Joseph, of Louisiana, to Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. PETERS, Ms. HAR- sidered and passed. be United States District Judge for the West- RIS, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. MURRAY, By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. ern District of Louisiana. and Ms. HIRONO): BROWN, and Ms. WARREN): Jennifer P. Togliatti, of Nevada, to be S. 3738. A bill to require the Secretary of S. 3745. A bill to direct the Secretary of United States District Judge for the District Health and Human Services to provide up- Education to provide relief to borrowers of of Nevada. dated information about COVID–19 testing to student loans for whom the Department of

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A bill to amend the Higher Edu- mitigate and prevent the further spread of ROMNEY) was added as a cosponsor of S. cation Act of 1965 to include certain employ- COVID–19 and urging renewed United States 2539, a bill to modify and reauthorize ment as a health care practitioner as eligible leadership and participation in any global ef- the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002, and for for public service loan forgiveness, and for forts on therapeutics and vaccine develop- other purposes. other purposes; to the Committee on Health, ment and delivery to address COVID–19 and S. 2999 Education, Labor, and Pensions. prevent further deaths, and for other pur- At the request of Mr. CASSIDY, the By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. poses; to the Committee on Foreign Rela- name of the Senator from Delaware SCHATZ, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. BROWN, Mr. tions. ARPER CARPER, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MERKLEY, By Ms. HARRIS (for herself, Ms. (Mr. C ) was added as a cosponsor Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, DUCKWORTH, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. CANT- of S. 2999, a bill to amend the Internal and Mr. COONS): WELL, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. SMITH, Mr. Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individ- S. 3747. A bill to help charitable nonprofit DURBIN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Ms. KLO- uals with direct primary care service organizations provide services to meet the BUCHAR, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. WARNER, arrangements to remain eligible indi- increasing demand in community needs Mr. CARDIN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. CAR- viduals for purposes of health savings caused by the coronavirus pandemic, pre- PER, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. accounts. serve and create jobs in the nonprofit sector, BROWN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. COONS, Mr. S. 3302 reduce unemployment, and promote eco- BLUMENTHAL, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. At the request of Mr. KING, the name nomic recovery; to the Committee on KAINE, Ms. WARREN, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. CASEY, and Mr. BOOKER): of the Senator from Maryland (Mr. VAN By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. WAR- S. Res. 580. A resolution condemning all HOLLEN) was added as a cosponsor of S. REN, Mr. COTTON, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. forms of anti-Asian sentiment as related to 3302, a bill to improve global health se- MORAN, Mr. COONS, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. COVID–19; to the Committee on the Judici- curity, and for other purposes. BALDWIN, Mr. PERDUE, Ms. MCSALLY, ary. S. 3569 Mr. CRUZ, Mr. TESTER, and Mrs. By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself At the request of Ms. KLOBUCHAR, the LOEFFLER): and Mr. RUBIO): names of the Senator from Arizona S. 3748. A bill to award a Congressional S. Res. 581. A resolution honoring the Gold Medal to the United States Army Dust memory of Jereima ‘‘Jeri’’ Bustamante on (Ms. MCSALLY), the Senator from Or- Off crews of the Vietnam War, collectively, the second anniversary of her passing; to the egon (Mr. MERKLEY), the Senator from in recognition of their extraordinary her- Committee on the Judiciary. Maine (Ms. COLLINS) and the Senator oism and life-saving actions in Vietnam; to f from Virginia (Mr. WARNER) were added the Committee on Banking, Housing, and as cosponsors of S. 3569, a bill to help Urban Affairs. ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS small business broadband providers By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and S. 827 keep customers connected. Mr. WARNER): At the request of Mr. WHITEHOUSE, S. 3589 S. 3749. A bill to protect the privacy of At the request of Mr. HAWLEY, the health information during a national health the name of the Senator from Min- emergency; to the Committee on Health, nesota (Ms. SMITH) was added as a co- name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Education, Labor, and Pensions. sponsor of S. 827, a bill to designate ERNST) was added as a cosponsor of S. By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. certain National Forest System land 3589, a bill to amend the higher edu- BENNET, Ms. SMITH, Ms. CORTEZ and certain public land under the juris- cation emergency relief fund under the MASTO, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. JONES, Mr. diction of the Secretary of the Interior CARES Act to restrict eligibility to in- REED, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. HEIN- in the States of Idaho, Montana, Or- stitutions of higher education that RICH, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. egon, Washington, and Wyoming as owned endowment assets whose aver- KLOBUCHAR, Ms. WARREN, Ms. ROSEN, wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, age monthly value was equal to or less and Mr. MARKEY): than $10,000,000,000 in 2019, unless the S. 3750. A bill to amend title XVIII of the wildland recovery areas, and biological Social Security Act to modify the acceler- connecting corridors, and for other institution expends additional institu- ated and advance payment programs under purposes. tional funds on higher education emer- gency relief. parts A and B of the Medicare program dur- S. 849 ing the COVID–19 emergency; to the Com- S. 3596 At the request of Mr. CRAMER, the mittee on Finance. name of the Senator from Arkansas At the request of Mr. BRAUN, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. f (Mr. BOOZMAN) was added as a cospon- sor of S. 849, a bill to provide for the in- SULLIVAN) was added as a cosponsor of SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND S. 3596, a bill to make technical correc- clusion on the Vietnam Veterans Me- SENATE RESOLUTIONS tions to the CARES Act to remove all morial Wall of the names of the lost The following concurrent resolutions tax liability associated with loan for- crew members of the U.S.S. Frank E. and Senate resolutions were read, and giveness under the Paycheck Protec- Evans killed on June 3, 1969. referred (or acted upon), as indicated: tion Program. S. 1257 By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. RUBIO, S. 3599 At the request of Mr. CRAMER, the Mr. DURBIN, and Mr. BOOZMAN): At the request of Mr. PERDUE, the S. Res. 578. A resolution condemning the name of the Senator from Georgia names of the Senator from Kentucky Government of Iran’s state-sponsored perse- (Mrs. LOEFFLER) was added as a cospon- (Mr. PAUL), the Senator from Delaware cution of its Baha’i minority and its contin- sor of S. 1257, a bill to amend the Inter- (Mr. CARPER), the Senator from Okla- ued violation of the International Covenants nal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand tax- homa (Mr. LANKFORD), the Senator on Human Rights; to the Committee on For- free distributions from individual re- eign Relations. from Oregon (Mr. WYDEN), the Senator tirement accounts to include rollovers from South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS), the By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. SCHU- for charitable life-income plans for MER, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. Senator from Maine (Mr. KING), the MENENDEZ, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. charitable purposes. Senator from Iowa (Ms. ERNST) and the DUCKWORTH, Mr. COONS, Mr. UDALL, S. 1620 Senator from Kansas (Mr. MORAN) were Mr. BENNET, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. VAN At the request of Mr. KING, the added as cosponsors of S. 3599, a bill to HOLLEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. REED, names of the Senator from North Da- enhance our Nation’s nurse and physi- Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. CASEY, Mr. kota (Mr. CRAMER) and the Senator cian workforce during the COVID–19 BROWN, Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, from North Dakota (Mr. HOEVEN) were crisis by recapturing unused immi- Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. grant visas. WARREN, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. added as cosponsors of S. 1620, a bill to MARKEY, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. WYDEN, amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act S. 3650 Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. SANDERS, to exempt from inspection the slaugh- At the request of Ms. SMITH, the Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Ms. ter of animals and the preparation of names of the Senator from California

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Res. 78, a resolution rec- on business investments does not pro- and for other purposes. ognizing the national debt as a threat vide adequate support for the installa- S. 3652 to national security. tion of today’s fast-charging electric At the request of Ms. SMITH, the S. RES. 533 vehicle stations or hydrogen refueling name of the Senator from Massachu- At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the stations. The Securing America’s Clean setts (Ms. WARREN) was added as a co- name of the Senator from Maryland Fuels Infrastructure Act increases the sponsor of S. 3652, a bill to allow 2020 (Mr. CARDIN) was added as a cosponsor 30C investment tax cap for business in- recovery rebates with respect to quali- of S. Res. 533, a resolution supporting vestments from $30,000 to $200,000 for fying children over the age of 16 and the goals of International Women’s each item of refueling property. other dependents. Day. Finally, this legislation will also ex- S. 3653 tend the credit for eight more years, to f At the request of Ms. SMITH, the December 31, 2028, ensuring that the names of the Senator from Colorado STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED business community has the certainty (Mr. BENNET) and the Senator from BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION needed to make long-term investments Alabama (Mr. JONES) were added as co- By Mr. CARPER (for himself and in clean fuels infrastructure. sponsors of S. 3653, a bill to allow tax Mr. ALEXANDER): Our legislation is a commonsense credits to State and local governments S. 3735. A bill to amend the Internal way Congress can spur economic in- for required paid sick leave and re- Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and vestments in our nation’s aging infra- quired paid family and medical leave. modify the credit for alternative fuel structure, help reduce transportation S. 3665 vehicle refueling property; to the Com- pollution, and support the millions of At the request of Mrs. LOEFFLER, her mittee on Finance. Americans that are considering buying name was added as a cosponsor of S. Mr. CARPER. Mr. President, I rise to a clean car today or in the future. That 3665, a bill to amend the title XVIII of talk about the Securing America’s is why this bipartisan legislation has the Social Security Act to preserve ac- Clean Fuels Infrastructure Act, which I won broad support from the business cess to rural health care by ensuring am introducing today with my good and environmental communities. This fairness in Medicare hospital pay- friend, the senior Senator from Ten- is legislation that I commend to my ments. nessee. Our legislation would improve colleagues for their serious consider- S. 3696 and expand the existing Alternative ation. At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property In- name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. vestment Tax Credit, which is com- By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. MERKLEY) was added as a cosponsor of monly known as ‘‘30C.’’ MENENDEZ, Mr. RISCH, Mr. S. 3696, a bill to amend the Internal The Securing America’s Clean Fuels GARDNER, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. COR- Revenue Code of 1986 to disregard addi- Infrastructure Act is about giving NYN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. tional unemployment compensation for Americans a real choice when it comes DAINES, Mr. COONS, Mr. MORAN, purposes of premium tax credit and to transportation, and it’s about eco- Mr. KAINE, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. cost-sharing subsidies, and for other nomic opportunity at a time when VAN HOLLEN, Mr. COTTON, Mr. purposes. Americans need it most. On America’s MERKLEY, Ms. WARREN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. S. 3706 roads and highways today, gas stations At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the are rarely farther than the next corner KING, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. BROWN, name of the Senator from Arkansas or next exit. That’s not necessarily Mr. DURBIN, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. (Mr. COTTON) was added as a cosponsor true for cleaner fuels. In order to meet LEAHY, Mr. PETERS, Mr. SASSE, of S. 3706, a bill to allow Federal law our clean air and climate goals and Mr. CARDIN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. enforcement officers to purchase re- lead the world in clean vehicle manu- SANDERS, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. tired service weapons, and for other facturing, Americans must have great- REED, Mr. WARNER, Mr. CASEY, purposes. er access to hydrogen refueling and Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. LANKFORD, Ms. S. 3725 electric charging stations. Our legisla- KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. At the request of Ms. HARRIS, the tion improves upon current tax credits names of the Senator from Wisconsin to better incentivize companies to BOOKER, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. (Ms. BALDWIN), the Senator from Con- make investments today—rather than HAWLEY, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, necticut (Mr. BLUMENTHAL), the Sen- later—in the construction of clean fuel Mr. BENNET, Mrs. BLACKBURN, ator from New Jersey (Mr. BOOKER), vehicle infrastructure nationwide. Ms. SMITH, Mr. YOUNG, Ms. the Senator from Ohio (Mr. BROWN), Currently, 30C provides a 30 percent MCSALLY, Mr. ROMNEY, Mr. the Senator from Nevada (Ms. CORTEZ investment tax credit for alternative CRUZ, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CRAPO, MASTO), the Senator from Illinois (Ms. fuel vehicle refueling property, which Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mrs. DUCKWORTH), the Senator from Illinois includes electric charging stations and SHAHEEN, Ms. HASSAN, Ms. COR- (Mr. DURBIN), the Senator from Cali- hydrogen refueling stations. This tax TEZ MASTO, Mrs. LOEFFLER, Mr. fornia (Mrs. FEINSTEIN), the Senator credit expires on December 31, 2020. SULLIVAN, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. from Hawaii (Ms. HIRONO), the Senator Today, the 30C investment tax credit, SCHATZ, Mr. PORTMAN, Mrs. from Massachusetts (Mr. MARKEY), the as it is structured and interpreted by FISCHER, Ms. SINEMA, and Mr. Senator from New Jersey (Mr. MENEN- the Internal Revenue Service, only al- THUNE): DEZ), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. lows the credit to be used on a per-lo- MERKLEY), the Senator from Nevada cation basis rather than on a per-de- S. 3744. A bill to condemn gross (Ms. ROSEN), the Senator from vice basis, which means that only one human rights violations of ethnic Vermont (Mr. SANDERS), the Senator charging station per public parking ga- Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and call- from Virginia (Mr. WARNER), the Sen- rage could qualify for the credit. That ing for an end to arbitrary detention, ator from Massachusetts (Ms. WARREN) current structure and interpretation of torture, and harassment of these com- and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. the credit makes it difficult to finance munities inside and outside China; con- WYDEN) were added as cosponsors of S. multiple charging or refueling stations sidered and passed. 3725, a bill to expand vote by mail and at one location, or to finance expan- S. 3744 early voting, and to improve the safe- sions of one location in the future. The To condemn gross human rights vio- ty, accessibility, and efficiency of in- Securing America’s Clean Fuels Infra- lations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in

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Congress assembled, (A) the International Convention on the It is the sense of Congress that— Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimi- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (1) the President should— nation, to which the People’s Republic of (A) condemn abuses against Uyghurs, eth- (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as China has acceded; the ‘‘Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of nic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, members of other Mus- (B) the Convention against Torture and 2020’’. lim minority groups, and other persons by Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treat- authorities of the People’s Republic of (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- ment or Punishment, which the People’s Re- tents for this Act is as follows: China; and public of China has signed and ratified; (B) call on such authorities to imme- Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. (C) the International Covenant on Civil diately— Sec. 2. Statement of purpose. and Political Rights, which the People’s Re- (i) close the internment camps; Sec. 3. Findings. public of China has signed; and (ii) lift all restrictions on, and ensure re- Sec. 4. Sense of Congress. (D) the Universal Declaration of Human spect for, human rights; and Sec. 5. Updating statement of United States Rights. (iii) allow people inside the People’s Re- policy toward the People’s Re- (4) Senior Chinese Communist Party offi- public of China to reestablish contact with public of China. cials, including current Xinjiang Uyghur Au- their loved ones, friends, and associates out- Sec. 6. Imposition of sanctions. tonomous Region Party Secretary Chen side the People’s Republic of China; Sec. 7. Report on human rights abuses in Quanguo, who executes Chinese government (2) the Secretary of State should consider Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous policy in the region, and former Xinjiang strategically employing sanctions and other Region. Uyghur Autonomous Region Deputy Party tools under the International Religious Free- Sec. 8. Report on protecting citizens and Secretary Zhu Hailun, who crafted many of dom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6401 et seq.), in- residents of the United States the policies implemented in the region, bear cluding measures resulting from the designa- from intimidation and coercion. direct responsibility for gross human rights tion of the People’s Republic of China as a Sec. 9. Report on security and economic im- violations committed against Uyghurs, eth- country of particular concern for religious plications of repression in nic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other freedom under section 402(b)(1)(A)(ii) of such Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Muslim minority groups. These abuses in- Act (22 U.S.C. 6442(b)(1)(A)(ii)), that directly Region by the Government of clude the arbitrary detention of more than address particularly severe violations of reli- the People’s Republic of China. 1,000,000 Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, gious freedom; Sec. 10. Classified report. and members of other Muslim minority (3) the Secretary of State should— SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. groups, separation of working age adults (A) work with United States allies and The purpose of this Act is to direct United from children and the elderly, and the inte- partners and through multilateral institu- States resources to address human rights gration of forced labor into supply chains. tions to condemn the mass arbitrary deten- violations and abuses, including gross viola- (5) Those detained in internment camps in tion of Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, tions of human rights, by the Government of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region have and members of other Muslim minority the People’s Republic of China through the described forced political indoctrination, groups in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re- mass surveillance and internment of over torture, beatings, food deprivation, and de- gion; and 1,000,000 Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, nial of religious, cultural, and linguistic (B) coordinate closely with the inter- and members of other Muslim minority freedoms. These victims have confirmed that national community on targeted sanctions groups in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re- they were told by guards that the only way and visa restrictions; gion. to secure their release was to demonstrate (4) the journalists of the Uyghur language SEC. 3. FINDINGS. sufficient political loyalty. Poor conditions service of Radio Free Asia should be com- Congress makes the following findings: and lack of medical treatment at such facili- mended for their reporting on the human (1) The Government of the People’s Repub- ties appear to have contributed to the deaths rights and political situation in Xinjiang lic of China has a long history of repressing of some detainees, including the elderly and Uyghur Autonomous Region despite efforts Turkic Muslims and other Muslim minority infirm. by the Government of the People’s Republic groups, particularly Uyghurs, in Xinjiang (6) Uyghurs and ethnic Kazakhs who have of China to silence or intimidate their re- Uyghur Autonomous Region. In recent dec- obtained permanent residence or citizenship porting through the detention of family ades, central and regional Chinese govern- in other countries report being subjected to members and relatives in China; ment policies have systematically discrimi- threats and harassment from Chinese offi- (5) the United States should expand the nated against these minority groups by de- cials. At least 5 journalists for Radio Free availability of and capacity for Uyghur lan- nying them a range of civil and political Asia’s Uyghur service have publicly detailed guage programming on Radio Free Asia in rights, including the freedom of expression, abuses their family members in Xinjiang Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; religion, and movement, and the right to a Uyghur Autonomous Region have endured in (6) the Federal Bureau of Investigation and fair trial. response to their work exposing the Govern- appropriate United States law enforcement (2) In May 2014, the Government of the ment of the People’s Republic of China’s abu- agencies should take steps to hold account- People’s Republic of China launched its lat- sive policies. able officials from the People’s Republic of est ‘‘Strike Hard Against Violent Extre- (7) In September 2018, United Nations High China or individuals acting on their behalf mism’’ campaign, using wide-scale, inter- Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle who harass, threaten, or intimidate persons nationally-linked threats of terrorism as a Bachelet noted in her first speech as High within the United States; and pretext to justify pervasive restrictions on Commissioner the ‘‘deeply disturbing allega- (7) United States companies and individ- and serious human rights violations of mem- tions of large-scale arbitrary detentions of uals selling goods or services or otherwise bers of ethnic minority communities in Uighurs and other Muslim communities, in operating in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The so-called reeducation camps across Region should take steps, including in any August 2016 appointment of former Tibet Au- Xinjiang’’. public or financial filings, to ensure that— tonomous Region Party Secretary Chen (8) In 2019, the Congressional-Executive (A) their commercial activities are not Quanguo to be Party Secretary of Xinjiang Commission on China concluded that, based contributing to human rights violations in Uyghur Autonomous Region accelerated the on available evidence, the establishment and Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or crackdown across the region. Scholars, actions committed in the internment camps elsewhere in China; and human rights organizations, journalists, and in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region may (B) their supply chains are not com- think tanks have provided ample evidence constitute ‘‘crimes against humanity’’. promised by forced labor. substantiating the establishment by the (9) On December 31, 2018, President Donald SEC. 5. UPDATING STATEMENT OF UNITED Government of the People’s Republic of J. Trump signed into law the Asia Reassur- STATES POLICY TOWARD THE PEO- China of internment camps. Since 2014, the ance Initiative Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. Government of the People’s Republic of 409), which— Section 901(b) of the Foreign Relations Au- China has detained more than 1,000,000 (A) condemns the People’s Republic of Chi- thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and mem- na’s ‘‘forced disappearances, extralegal de- (Public Law 101–246; 104 Stat. 84) is amend- bers of other Muslim minority groups in tentions, invasive and omnipresent surveil- ed— these camps. The total ethnic minority pop- lance, and lack of due process in judicial pro- (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7), (8), and ulation of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re- ceedings’’; (9) as paragraphs (8), (9), and (10), respec- gion was approximately 13,000,000 at the time (B) authorizes funding to promote democ- tively; and of the last census conducted by the People’s racy, human rights, and the rule of law in (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol- Republic of China in 2010. the People’s Republic of China; and lowing:

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‘‘(7) United States policy toward the Peo- (i) IN GENERAL.—An alien described in sub- (1) information exists that the person did ple’s Republic of China should be explicitly section (a)(1) is subject to revocation of any not engage in the activity for which sanc- linked to the situation in Xinjiang Uyghur visa or other entry documentation regardless tions were imposed; Autonomous Region, specifically as to of when the visa or other entry documenta- (2) the person has been prosecuted appro- whether— tion is or was issued. priately for the activity for which sanctions ‘‘(A) the internment of Uyghurs, ethnic (ii) IMMEDIATE EFFECT.—A revocation were imposed; Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Mus- under clause (i) shall— (3) the person has credibly demonstrated a lim minority groups in internment camps (I) take effect immediately; and significant change in behavior, has paid an has ended; (II) cancel any other valid visa or entry appropriate consequence for the activity for ‘‘(B) all political prisoners are released; documentation that is in the alien’s posses- which sanctions were imposed, and has ‘‘(C) the use of mass surveillance and pre- sion. credibly committed to not engage in an ac- dictive policing to discriminate against and (3) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for tivity described in subsection (a)(1) in the fu- violate the human rights of members of spe- in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the ture; or cific ethnic groups has ceased and is not evi- International Emergency Economic Powers (4) the termination of the sanctions is in dent in other parts of China; and Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a foreign the national security interests of the United ‘‘(D) the Government of the People’s Re- person that violates, attempts to violate, States. public of China has ended particularly severe conspires to violate, or causes a violation of (h) SUNSET.—This section, and any sanc- restrictions of religious and cultural prac- paragraph (1) to the same extent that such tions imposed under this section, shall ter- tice in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re- penalties apply to a person that commits an minate on the date that is 5 years after the gion;’’. unlawful act described in subsection (a) of date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 6. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS. such section 206. (i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (a) REPORT REQUIRED.— (d) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may (1) ADMISSION; ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days exercise all authorities provided under sec- terms ‘‘admission’’, ‘‘admitted’’, and ‘‘alien’’ after the date of the enactment of this Act, tions 203 and 205 of the International Emer- have the meanings given those terms in sec- and not less frequently than annually there- gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 tion 101 of the Immigration and Nationality after, the President shall submit a report to and 1704) to carry out this section. Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). the Committee on Foreign Relations of the (e) WAIVER.—The President may waive the (2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign Senate, the Committee on Banking, Housing, application of sanctions under this section person’’ means a person that is not a United and Urban Affairs of the Senate, the Com- with respect to a person identified in the re- States person. mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of port required under subsection (a)(1) if the (3) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term Representatives, and the Committee on Fi- President determines and certifies to the ‘‘United States person’’ means— nancial Services of the House of Representa- Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen- (A) a United States citizen or an alien law- tives that identifies each foreign person, in- ate, the Committee on Banking, Housing, fully admitted for permanent residence to cluding any official of the Government of the and Urban Affairs of the Senate, the Com- the United States; or People’s Republic of China, that the Presi- mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of (B) an entity organized under the laws of dent determines is responsible for any of the Representatives, and the Committee on Fi- the United States or any jurisdiction within following with respect to Uyghurs, ethnic nancial Services of the House of Representa- the United States, including a foreign branch Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, members of other Muslim tives that such a waiver is in the national in- of such an entity. minority groups, or other persons in terest of the United States. SEC. 7. REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region: (f) EXCEPTIONS.— XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS (A) Torture. (1) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVI- REGION. (B) Cruel, inhuman, or degrading treat- TIES.—Sanctions under this section shall not (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days ment or punishment. apply to any activity subject to the report- after the date of the enactment of this Act, (C) Prolonged detention without charges ing requirements under title V of the Na- the Secretary of State, in consultation with and trial. tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et the heads of other relevant Federal depart- (D) Causing the disappearance of persons seq.) or any authorized intelligence activi- ments and agencies and civil society organi- by the abduction and clandestine detention ties of the United States. zations, shall— of those persons. (2) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER- (1) submit a report on human rights abuses (E) Other flagrant denial of the right to NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND FOR LAW ENFORCE- in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to life, liberty, or the security of persons. MENT ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under sub- the Committee on Foreign Relations of the (2) FORM.—The report required under para- section (c)(2) shall not apply with respect to Senate and the Committee on Foreign Af- graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified an alien if admitting or paroling the alien fairs of the House of Representatives; and form, but may contain a classified annex. into the United States is necessary— (2) make the report described in paragraph (b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The Presi- (A) to permit the United States to comply (1) available on the website of the Depart- dent shall impose the sanctions described in with the Agreement regarding the Head- ment of State. subsection (c) with respect to each foreign quarters of the United Nations, signed at (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report person identified in the report required Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into required under subsection (a) shall include— under subsection (a)(1). force November 21, 1947, between the United (1) an assessment of the number of individ- (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions Nations and the United States, or other ap- uals detained in internment camps in described in this subsection are the fol- plicable international obligations; or Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; lowing: (B) to carry out or assist law enforcement (2) a description of the conditions in such (1) ASSET BLOCKING.—The President shall activity in the United States. camps for detainees, including, to the extent exercise all of the powers granted to the (3) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF practicable, an assessment of— President under the International Emer- GOODS.— (A) methods of torture; gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 (A) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and re- (B) efforts to force individuals to renounce et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and quirements to impose sanctions authorized their faith; and prohibit all transactions in property and in- under this section shall not include the au- (C) other serious human rights abuses; terests in property of a foreign person identi- thority or a requirement to impose sanctions (3) to the extent practicable, an assessment fied in the report required under subsection on the importation of goods. of the number of individuals in the region in (a)(1) if such property and interests in prop- (B) GOOD DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the forced labor camps; erty— term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or (4) a description of the methods used by (A) are in the United States; manmade substance, material, supply, or People’s Republic of China authorities to (B) come within the United States; or manufactured product, including inspection ‘‘reeducate’’ detainees in internment camps, (C) come within the possession or control and test equipment, and excluding technical including a list of government agencies of of a United States person. data. the People’s Republic of China in charge of (2) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR (g) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The Presi- such reeducation; PAROLE.— dent may terminate the application of sanc- (5) an assessment of the use and nature of (A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An alien tions under this section with respect to a forced labor in and related to the detention described in subsection (a)(1) is— person if the President determines and re- of Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang Uyghur Au- (i) inadmissible to the United States; ports to the Committee on Foreign Relations tonomous Region, including a description of (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other doc- of the Senate, the Committee on Banking, foreign companies and industries directly umentation to enter the United States; and Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, benefitting from such labor; (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the (6) an assessment of the level of access to paroled into the United States or to receive House of Representatives, and the Com- Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region grant- any other benefit under the Immigration and mittee on Financial Services of the House of ed by the Government of the People’s Repub- Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). Representatives not later than 15 days before lic of China to foreign diplomats and con- (B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— the termination takes effect that— sular agents, independent journalists, and

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:20 May 15, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14MY6.030 S14MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE May 14, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2455 representatives of nongovernmental organi- (A) constructing or operating the intern- sicians from being eligible to receive zations; ment camps in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous loan forgiveness. Under state law in (7) an assessment of the mass surveillance, Region; or California and Texas, doctors are pre- predictive policing, and other methods used (B) providing or operating mass surveil- vented from being directly employed by the Government of the People’s Republic lance technology in Xinjiang Uyghur Auton- of China to violate the human rights of per- omous Region; and by corporations, including nonprofit sons in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re- (4) a description of the role of the Xinjiang organizations. As a result, physicians gion; Production and Construction Corps in in- in California and Texas who provide (8) a description of the frequency with ternment and forced labor in Xinjiang medical services at nonprofit hospitals which foreign governments are forcibly re- Uyghur Autonomous Region. do not qualify for the Public Service turning Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, (c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required Loan Forgiveness program. and other refugees and asylum seekers to the under subsection (a) shall be submitted in an To make matters worse, the United People’s Republic of China; unclassified form, but may contain a classi- States is facing a shortage of physi- (9) a description, as appropriate, of United fied annex. cians. According to the Association of States diplomatic efforts with allies and SEC. 10. CLASSIFIED REPORT. American Medical Colleges, our Nation other nations— The Director of National Intelligence, in can expect a shortage of up to nearly (A) to address the gross violations of consultation with such elements of the Intel- human rights in Xinjiang Uyghur Autono- ligence Community as the Director deems 122,000 physicians by 2032 as demand for mous Region; and appropriate, shall submit a classified report physicians continues to grow. Cali- (B) to protect asylum seekers from the re- to the Select Committee on Intelligence of fornia alone will need an additional gion; and the Senate and the Permanent Select Com- 10,000 primary care doctors. (10) the identification of the offices within mittee on Intelligence of the House of Rep- During this difficult and challenging the Department of State that are responsible resentatives that assesses the ability of the time, it is clear that more medical pro- for leading and coordinating the diplomatic United States Government to collect and fessionals are needed. And long after efforts referred to in paragraph (9). analyze intelligence regarding— this pandemic ends, we will still need SEC. 8. REPORT ON PROTECTING CITIZENS AND (1) the scope and scale of the detention and more doctors to provide high-quality forced labor of Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES care, in both rural and urban areas. FROM INTIMIDATION AND COER- Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim mi- CION. nority groups in the People’s Republic of That is why I am pleased to intro- Not later than 90 days after the date of the China; duce the bipartisan ‘‘Stopping Doctor enactment of this Act, the Director of the (2) the gross violations of human rights Shortages Act.’’ This legislation would Federal Bureau of Investigation, in consulta- perpetrated inside the internment camps in help attract more doctors to public tion with the Secretary of State, shall sub- Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; and service and address the looming physi- mit a report to the Committee on Foreign (3) other policies of the Government of the cian shortage by fixing a loophole that Relations of the Senate, the Committee on People’s Republic of China in Xinjiang prevents thousands of doctors from the Judiciary of the Senate, the Select Com- Uyghur Autonomous Region that constitute participating in the Public Service mittee on Intelligence of the Senate, the gross violations of human rights. Loan Forgiveness Program. Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House According to the California Medical of Representatives, the Committee on the By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Association, this bill alone could bring Judiciary of the House of Representatives, Mr. CORNYN, and Ms. HARRIS): and the Permanent Select Committee on In- S. 3746. A bill to amend the Higher as many as 10,000 physicians to Cali- telligence of the House of Representatives Education Act of 1965 to include cer- fornia over the next ten years. Similar legislation, introduced in the that outlines all of the efforts to protect tain employment as a health care prac- United States citizens and residents, includ- House by Representatives JOSH HARD- titioner as eligible for public service ing ethnic Uyghurs and Chinese nationals le- ER, PAUL COOK, JOAQUIN CASTRO, DAN loan forgiveness, and for other pur- gally studying or working temporarily in the CRENSHAW, and KAREN BASS, also en- United States, who have experienced harass- poses; to the Committee on Health, joys bipartisan support. ment or intimidation within the United Education, Labor, and Pensions. I would like to thank Senators JOHN States by officials or agents of the Govern- Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I CORNYN and KAMALA HARRIS for their ment of the People’s Republic of China. rise today to talk about an issue of support on this critical issue and for SEC. 9. REPORT ON SECURITY AND ECONOMIC critical importance to California: doc- cosponsoring the bill. IMPLICATIONS OF REPRESSION IN tor shortages. I ask my colleagues to join us to XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS First, I want to express my deepest REGION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF right a wrong and pass the ‘‘Stopping THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. appreciation and gratitude to the en- Doctor Shortages Act’’ in a timely (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days tire medical community, particularly manner as we continue to find ways to after the date of the enactment of this Act, the doctors, nurses, and support staff combat the coronavirus pandemic and the Director of National Intelligence, in co- who have been on the frontlines of the save lives. ordination with the Secretary of State, shall coronavirus pandemic. Amidst a severe Thank you, Mr. President, I yield the submit a report to the Committee on For- shortage of protective equipment, they floor. eign Relations of the Senate, the Select nevertheless continue to work around f Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, the the clock to save countless lives. I— Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS of Representatives, and the Permanent Se- and my colleagues—are eternally lect Committee on Intelligence of the House grateful to you. of Representatives on the matters described I have heard from countless Califor- SENATE RESOLUTION 578—CON- in subsection (b). nians who have said the same thing: we DEMNING THE GOVERNMENT OF (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.— The report need more doctors. IRAN’S STATE-SPONSORED PER- required under subsection (a) shall include— That is why Congress established the SECUTION OF ITS BAHA’I MINOR- (1) an assessment of the national and re- Public Service Loan Forgiveness Pro- ITY AND ITS CONTINUED VIOLA- gional security threats posed to the United gram in 2007 to encourage doctors to States by the policies of the Government of TION OF THE INTERNATIONAL pursue careers at public and nonprofit COVENANTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS the People’s Republic of China in Xinjiang facilities, especially in areas experi- Uyghur Autonomous Region; Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. RUBIO, (2) a description of— encing physician shortages. As a re- sult, physicians who provide care in a Mr. DURBIN, and Mr. BOOZMAN) sub- (A) the acquisition or development of tech- mitted the following resolution; which nology by the Government of the People’s nonprofit or public hospital can have Republic of China to facilitate internment their student debt forgiven by the Pub- was referred to the Committee on For- and mass surveillance in Xinjiang Uyghur lic Service Loan Forgiveness Program eign Relations: Autonomous Region, including technology after making 120 qualifying monthly S. RES. 578 related to predictive policing and large-scale payments under a qualifying repay- Whereas in 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, data collection and analysis; and ment plan. 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, (B) the threats that the acquisition, devel- However, when the Department of 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018, Congress declared opment, and use of such technologies pose to that it— the United States; Education issued implementing guid- (1) deplored the religious persecution by (3) a list of Chinese companies that are in- ance for the program, it unintention- the Government of Iran of the Baha’i com- volved in— ally excluded California and Texas phy- munity; and

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MITTED TO COLLABORATION Whereas according to the United States Whereas since 2019, the Government of Iran AND COORDINATION TO MITI- Commission on International Religious Free- has excluded Baha’is from receiving national dom’s 2017 annual report, ‘‘Since 1979, [Ira- GATE AND PREVENT THE FUR- identification cards, which are required for THER SPREAD OF COVID–19 AND nian] authorities have killed or executed accessing basic everyday necessities, includ- URGING RENEWED UNITED more than 200 Baha’i leaders, and more than ing obtaining a passport, making bank trans- 10,000 [Baha’i] have been dismissed from gov- actions, and getting work permits. STATES LEADERSHIP AND PAR- ernment and university jobs [in Iran]’’; Whereas the Iranian Parliament (formally TICIPATION IN ANY GLOBAL EF- Whereas the Report of the United Nations known as the ‘‘Islamic Consultative Assem- FORTS ON THERAPEUTICS AND Special Rapporteur on the situation of bly’’) is considering a bill to amend Articles VACCINE DEVELOPMENT AND human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran DELIVERY TO ADDRESS COVID–19 (A/74/188), dated July 18, 2019, provides, in 499 and 500 of Book 5 of the Islamic Penal part— Code of the Islamic Republic of Iran to crim- AND PREVENT FURTHER (1) the Iranian authorities and the Iranian inalize all activities in support of any reli- DEATHS, AND FOR OTHER PUR- criminal justice system regard the Baha’is as gious minority that is not recognized under POSES ‘‘unprotected infidels’’; Iran’s constitution. Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. SCHU- (2) ‘‘the Baha’i Faith is regarded as a ‘mis- Whereas the Government of Iran is a party MER, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. guided sect’ and Baha’i worship and religious to the International Covenant on Civil and MENENDEZ, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. practices are deemed heresy’’; Political Rights, done at New York Decem- DUCKWORTH, Mr. COONS, Mr. UDALL, Mr. (3) ‘‘Baha’is have been murdered with im- ber 19, 1966, and the International Covenant BENNET, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, punity and violations of their human rights on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, have not been investigated.’’; done at New York December 16, 1966, and is Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. REED, Mrs. (4) members of the Baha’i Faith ‘‘fre- in violation of its obligations under such GILLIBRAND, Mr. CASEY, Mr. BROWN, quently face charges such as ‘breaching na- covenants; Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. CANT- tional security’, ‘propaganda against the Whereas section 105 of the Comprehensive WELL, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. WARREN, Mr. holy regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran’ CARDIN, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. or ‘propaganda activities against the regime Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divest- BALDWIN, Mr. WYDEN, Ms. CORTEZ in the interests of the Baha’i sect’ ’’; ment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8514) authorizes (5) ‘‘Since August 2005, more than 1,168 Ba- the President to impose sanctions on individ- MASTO, Mr. SANDERS, Mrs. SHAHEEN, ha’is have been arrested and charged with uals who are ‘‘responsible for or complicit in, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. vaguely worded offences.’’; or responsible for ordering, controlling, or KAINE, Ms. SMITH, Mr. KING, Mr. WAR- (6) ‘‘There were a total of 95 Baha’is report- otherwise directing, the commission of seri- NER, Mr. SCHATZ, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. edly arrested in 2018, compared with at least ous human rights abuses against citizens of MERKLEY, and Mr. CARPER) submitted 84 in 2017 and 81 in 2016.’’; Iran or their family members on or after the following resolution; which was re- (7) ‘‘On 1 January 2019, the court of appeal June 12, 2009’’; and ferred to the Committee on Foreign of Isfahan reportedly condemned, in separate Whereas the Iran Threat Reduction and Relations: judgments, nine Baha’i citizens to a total of Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (Public Law S. RES. 579 48 years of prison. They had been charged 112–158) amends and expands the authorities Whereas there is a rich history of coordi- with ‘membership of the illegal Baha’i com- established under the Comprehensive Iran munity and propaganda against the regime nated global health collaboration and coordi- Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment by spreading the Baha’i Faith in the soci- nation, dating back to 1851, to strategically Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–195) to sanction ety.’ ’’; and effectively combat deadly diseases of the (8) Since 2007, in response to a letter from Iranian human rights abusers: time, such as the spread of plague; the Security Unit of the Public Place Super- Now, therefore, be it Whereas the United States has long been vision Office of the Islamic Republic of Iran Resolved, That the Senate— an active and critical leader in such global to police commanders throughout the coun- (1) condemns the Government of Iran’s public health efforts, providing financial and try, Baha’is have been banned from specific state-sponsored persecution of its Baha’i mi- technical support to multilateral institu- professions, to halt their entry into high nority and its continued violation of the tions, foreign governments, and nongovern- mental organizations; earning businesses; and International Covenant on Civil and Polit- Whereas international collaboration has (9) ‘‘Since 2013, there have been more than ical Rights and the International Covenant led to a number of historic global health 803 incidents of violations of economic rights on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; of the Baha’is, including arbitrary shop clo- achievements, including the eradication of (2) calls on the Government of Iran — sures, unfair dismissals from employment smallpox, the reduction of polio cases by 99 (A) to immediately release the imprisoned and the actual or threatened revocation of percent, the elimination of river blindness, or detained Baha’is and all other prisoners business licenses.’’; the decline in maternal and child mortality, Whereas the Iran section of the Depart- held solely on account of their religion; the recognition of tobacco as a health haz- ment of State’s 2018 Report on International (B) to end its state-sponsored campaign of ard, and countless others; Religious Freedom provides, in part— hate propaganda against the Baha’is; and Whereas there has been bipartisan support (1) ‘‘[N]on-Shia Muslims and those affili- (C) to reverse state-imposed policies deny- in the United States to lead efforts to ad- ated with a religion other than Islam, espe- ing equal opportunities to higher education, dress global health needs, as evidenced by cially members of the Baha’i community, earning a livelihood, due process under the initiatives such as the President’s Emer- continued to face societal discrimination law, and the free exercise of religious prac- gency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and and harassment, and employers experienced tices; the President’s Malaria Initiative; social pressures not to hire Baha’is or to dis- (3) calls on the President and the Secretary Whereas, most recently, the United States miss them from their private sector jobs.’’; of State, in cooperation with responsible na- led the global effort to stem the spread of and tions— Ebola, thereby avoiding a global pandemic (2) ‘‘The law bars Baha’is from founding (A) to immediately condemn the Govern- and American deaths; their own educational institutions. A Min- ment of Iran’s continued violation of human Whereas these bipartisan investments in global health have helped not only save istry of Science, Research, and Technology rights; and countless lives around the world, but also at order requires universities to exclude Baha’is (B) to demand the immediate release of from access to higher education or expel home in the United States; prisoners held solely on account of their reli- them if their religious affiliation becomes Whereas an outbreak of coronavirus dis- gion; and known.’’; ease 2019 (COVID–19) was first identified in (4) urges the President and the Secretary Whereas on March 11, 2020, the Department December 2019, with a global pandemic dec- of State released the 2019 Country Reports of State to utilize available authorities to laration by the World Health Organization on Human Rights Practices, which provides, impose sanctions on officials of the Govern- on March 11, 2020; in part— ment of Iran and other individuals directly Whereas at least 82,400 individuals in the (1) Iranian ‘‘[a]uthorities barred Baha’i responsible for serious human rights abuses, United States are known to have died due to students from higher education’’; and including abuses against the Iranian Baha’i COVID–19 as of May 13, 2020, and a long-term, (2) ‘‘According to a Baha’i International community. sustainable solution will require inter- Community report April 2018, Iranian au- national access to a vaccine; thorities directed authorities in Houthi-con- Whereas the COVID–19 outbreak continues trolled areas of Yemen to harass and detain to place extreme pressure on health care sys- Baha’is because of their religious affili- tems and supply chains worldwide, impact- ation’’; ing international travel, trade, and all other

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Whereas, on February 27, 2020, the Sec- can travel around the world in as little as 36 f retary of Health and Human Services stated, hours; ‘‘ethnicity is not what causes the novel Whereas United States Federal agencies SENATE RESOLUTION 580—CON- coronavirus’’ and that it is inappropriate and have engaged in and supported certain re- DEMNING ALL FORMS OF ANTI- inaccurate to call COVID–19 the ‘‘Chinese search and clinical trial efforts into ASIAN SENTIMENT AS RELATED virus’’; coronaviruses, which may yield potential TO COVID–19 Whereas, on February 28, 2020, Dr. Mitch discoveries related to vaccine candidates; Wolfe, the Chief Medical Officer of the CDC, Whereas domestic and domestically sup- Ms. HARRIS (for herself, Ms. said, ‘‘stigma is the enemy of public health’’; ported vaccine candidates for COVID–19 only DUCKWORTH, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. CANT- Whereas, on March 10, 2020, Dr. Robert comprise a small fraction of the potential WELL, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. SMITH, Mr. Redfield, the Director of the CDC, testified COVID–19 vaccine candidates undergoing DURBIN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Ms. KLO- that use of the term ‘‘Chinese coronavirus’’ studies worldwide; BUCHAR, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. WARNER, is wrong and inappropriate; and Whereas only international collaboration Mr. CARDIN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. CAR- Whereas the Secretary-General of the and coordination can ensure equitable access PER, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. United Nations called for international soli- to safe, effective, and affordable therapeutics darity and an end to any ill-founded dis- BROWN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. COONS, Mr. and vaccines, thereby saving Americans and crimination against the outbreak’s victims: others around the world; BLUMENTHAL, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. Now, therefore, be it Whereas the United States has not yet KAINE, Ms. WARREN, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. Resolved, That the Senate— joined ‘‘Solidarity’’, an international clin- CASEY, and Mr. BOOKER) submitted the (1) calls on all public officials to condemn ical trial to rapidly identify effective treat- following resolution; which was re- and denounce anti-Asian sentiment in any ments for COVID–19; ferred to the Committee on the Judici- form; Whereas the United States has not yet ary: (2) recognizes that the health and safety of all Americans, no matter their background, joined the Coalition for Epidemic Prepared- S. RES. 580 ness Innovations, an innovative global part- must be the utmost priority; nership which works to accelerate the devel- Whereas 23,000,000 Asian Americans and (3) condemns all manifestations or expres- opment of vaccines against emerging infec- Pacific Islanders account for 7 percent of the sions of racism, xenophobia, discrimination, tious diseases and enable equitable access to population in the United States; anti-Asian sentiment, scapegoating, and eth- these vaccines for people during outbreaks; Whereas over 2,000,000 Asian Americans nic or religious intolerance; Whereas United States opposition to and Pacific Islanders are working on the (4) calls on Federal law enforcement offi- stronger international efforts to combat front lines of the COVID–19 pandemic in cials, working with State and local offi- COVID–19 has created a rift within the Group health care, law enforcement, first response, cials— of 20 and undermined such collective efforts and transportation, as well as in service in- (A) to expeditiously investigate and docu- and possible access for the United States to dustries that involve keeping supermarkets ment all credible reports of hate crimes, in- their successes; operational; cidents, and threats against the Asian Amer- Whereas, on April 24, 2020, the United Whereas the use of anti-Asian terminology ican and Pacific Islander community in the States declined to participate in a virtual and rhetoric related to COVID–19, such as United States; event led by a number of multilateral insti- the ‘‘Chinese Virus’’, ‘‘Wuhan Virus’’, and (B) to collect data to document the rise of tutions, government leaders, and public ‘‘Kung-flu’’, have perpetuated anti-Asian incidents of hate crimes relating to COVID– health and industry leaders from around the stigma; 19; and world to accelerate new COVID–19 health Whereas, since January 2020, there has (C) to hold the perpetrators of those technologies; been a dramatic increase in reports of hate crimes, incidents, or threats accountable and Whereas, on May 4, 2020, the United States crimes and incidents against those of Asian bring such perpetrators to justice, including declined to participate in a subsequent vir- descent; through investigation and prosecution; and tual summit led by the President of the Eu- Whereas, according to a recent study, (5) recommits the United States to serving ropean Commission, where nations around there were over 400 cases of anti-Asian dis- as a world leader in building more inclusive, the world—excluding the United States— crimination related to COVID–19 between diverse, and tolerant societies— pledged more than $8,000,000,000 to quickly February 9, 2020, and March 7, 2020; (A) by prioritizing language access and develop vaccines and treatment to fight Whereas the increased use of anti-Asian inclusivity in communication practices; and COVID–19; and rhetoric has resulted in Asian Americans (B) by combating misinformation and dis- Whereas, on June 4, 2020, the United King- being harassed, assaulted, and scapegoated crimination that put Asian Americans and dom will host another virtual international for the COVID–19 pandemic; Pacific Islanders at risk. summit on accelerating the development of a Whereas, in incidents of anti-Asian vio- f vaccine for COVID–19, including to support lence occurring in March 2020, a woman GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance: Now, therefore, wearing a mask was kicked and punched at SENATE RESOLUTION 581—HON- be it a New York City subway station, 2 children ORING THE MEMORY OF Resolved, That the Senate— and 2 adults were stabbed at a wholesale gro- JEREIMA ‘‘JERI’’ BUSTAMANTE (1) recognizes the historic leadership role cery in Midland, Texas, a couple was as- ON THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY of the United States in stemming global saulted and robbed by a group of attackers in OF HER PASSING health crises in the past; Philadelphia, and a 16-year-old boy was sent (2) commends the historic achievements of to the hospital after being attacked by bul- Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself the international community in addressing lies in Los Angeles, California; and Mr. RUBIO) submitted the following global public health crises, such as the eradi- Whereas the increased use of anti-Asian resolution; which was referred to the cation of smallpox and dramatic progress in rhetoric has also resulted in Asian American Committee on the Judiciary: reducing cases of polio and Ebola; businesses being targeted for vandalism; S. RES. 581 (3) encourages the international commu- Whereas there are approximately 2,000,000 Whereas Jereima ‘‘Jeri’’ Bustamante (re- nity to remain committed to collaboration Asian American-owned businesses that gen- ferred to in this preamble as ‘‘Jeri and coordination to mitigate and prevent the erate over $700,000,000,000 in annual revenue Bustamante’’) lived the American Dream; further spread of COVID–19; and employ millions of workers; Whereas, after moving from Panama to the (4) commends the promising research un- Whereas more than 1,900,000 Asian Amer- United States with her family, Jeri derway to develop COVID–19 therapies and a ican and Pacific Islander older adults, par- Bustamante— vaccine within the United States and with ticularly those older adults who are recent (1) attended Miami Beach Senior High support from Federal agencies; immigrants or have limited English pro- School; and (5) acknowledges the vast international re- ficiency, may face even greater challenges in (2) earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Commu- search enterprise and collaboration under- dealing with the COVID–19 pandemic, includ- nication and Media Sciences and a Master’s way to study an expansive range of drug and ing discrimination, economic insecurity, and Degree in Public Administration from Flor- vaccine candidates; language isolation; ida International University; (6) urges renewed United States leadership Whereas the World Health Organization Whereas Jeri Bustamante had a tireless and participation in any global efforts on (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control work ethic and a passion for communication, therapeutics and vaccine development and and Prevention (CDC) recognize that naming and paid for her education by working while delivery to address COVID–19 and prevent COVID–19 by its geographic location or link- enrolled in school; further American deaths; and ing COVID–19 to a specific ethnicity perpet- Whereas that tireless work ethic propelled (7) calls on the United States Government uates stigma; Jeri Bustamante to professional success, be- to boost funding for, and strengthen collabo- Whereas, in 2015, the WHO issued guidance ginning with an internship at a Miami tele- ration with, key multilateral institutions at calling on media outlets, scientists, and na- vision station and culminating in a period of

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:44 May 15, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14MY6.034 S14MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE S2458 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 14, 2020 service as press secretary to Governor Rick eign Intelligence Surveillance Court may not shall not be used in evidence against that Scott; under this Act order— United States person in any criminal, civil, Whereas the enthusiasm, compassion, te- ‘‘(1) electronic surveillance of a United or administrative proceeding or as part of nacity, and vibrant energy of Jeri States person; any criminal, civil, or administrative inves- Bustamante are greatly missed by her fam- ‘‘(2) a physical search of a premises, infor- tigation. ily, friends, and coworkers; mation, material, or property used exclu- (3) USE BY AGGRIEVED PERSONS.—An ag- Whereas the spirit of Jeri Bustamante sively by, or under the open and exclusive grieved person who is a United States person lives on through the Jereima Bustamante control of, a United States person; may use information concerning such person Memorial Scholarship, which aims to help ‘‘(3) approval of the installation and use of acquired under Executive Order 12333 in a graduates of Miami Beach Senior High a pen register or trap and trace device to ob- criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding School achieve their goals and pursue the tain information concerning a United States or as part of a criminal, civil, or administra- American Dream through a college edu- person; tive investigation. cation; and ‘‘(4) the production of tangible things (in- Whereas April 8, 2020, marks 2 years since cluding books, records, papers, documents, SA 1587. Mr. CORNYN (for Mr. the life of Jeri Bustamante was tragically and other items) concerning a United States GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. BOOK- cut short in a fatal boating accident: Now, person; or ER)) proposed an amendment to the bill therefore, be it ‘‘(5) the targeting of a United States per- S. 3607, to extend public safety officer Resolved, That the Senate— son for the acquisition of information. death benefits to public safety officers (1) honors the life and memory of Jereima ‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON USE OF INFORMATION whose death is caused by COVID–19, ‘‘Jeri’’ Bustamante (referred to in this reso- CONCERNING UNITED STATES PERSONS.— lution as ‘‘Jeri Bustamante’’); ‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF AGGRIEVED PERSON.—In and for other purposes; as follows: (2) offers heartfelt condolences to the fam- this subsection, the term ‘aggrieved person’ In section 2(a)(5), strike ‘‘deaths resulting ily, loved ones, and friends of Jeri means a person who is the target of any sur- from infectious disease sustained by public Bustamante; veillance activity under this Act or any safety officers in carrying out their duties, (3) recognizes that living the American other person whose communications or ac- the determination of claims may’’ and insert Dream remains possible for any individual tivities were subject to any surveillance ac- ‘‘deaths and permanent and total disabilities who, following the example of Jeri tivity under this Act. resulting from infectious disease sustained Bustamante, works hard to pursue and ‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in by public safety officers in carrying out their achieve a goal; and paragraph (3), any information concerning a duties, the determination of claims involv- (4) encourages the recipients of the United States person acquired under this Act ing personal injuries believed to have re- Jereima Bustamante Memorial Scholarship shall not be used in evidence against that sulted from COVID–19 or its complications to carry on the legacy of Jeri Bustamante. United States person in any criminal, civil, may’’. or administrative proceeding or as part of In section 3, strike ‘‘As determined’’ and f any criminal, civil, or administrative inves- insert ‘‘(a) DEATH BENEFITS.—As deter- AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND tigation. mined’’. PROPOSED ‘‘(3) USE BY AGGRIEVED PERSONS.—An ag- At the end of section 3, add the following: grieved person who is a United States person (b) DISABILITY BENEFITS.—As determined SA 1586. Mr. PAUL proposed an amend- may use information concerning such person by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, COVID– ment to the bill H.R. 6172, to amend the For- acquired under this Act in a criminal, civil, 19 (or complications therefrom) suffered by a eign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to or administrative proceeding or as part of a public safety officer shall be presumed to prohibit the production of certain business criminal, civil, or administrative investiga- constitute a personal injury within the records, and for other purposes. tion. meaning of section 1201(b) of title I of the SA 1587. Mr. CORNYN (for Mr. GRASSLEY ‘‘(d) WARRANTS.—An officer of the United Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (for himself and Mr. BOOKER)) proposed an States seeking to conduct electronic surveil- of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10281(b)), sustained in the amendment to the bill S. 3607, to extend pub- lance, a physical search, installation and use line of duty by the officer, if— lic safety officer death benefits to public of a pen register or trap and trace device, (1) the officer engaged in a line of duty ac- safety officers whose death is caused by production of tangible things, or targeting tion or activity between January 1, 2020, and COVID–19, and for other purposes. for acquisition of information with respect December 31, 2021; and f to a United States person as described in (2) the officer was diagnosed with COVID– subsection (b) may only conduct such activi- 19 (or evidence indicates that the officer had TEXT OF AMENDMENTS ties pursuant to a warrant issued using the COVID–19) during the 45-day period begin- SA 1586. Mr. PAUL proposed an procedures described in the Federal Rules of ning on the last day of duty of the officer. amendment to the bill H.R. 6172, to Criminal Procedure by a Federal court other f than the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance amend the Foreign Intelligence Sur- Court.’’. AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO veillance Act of 1978 to prohibit the (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of MEET production of certain business records, contents preceding section 101 is amended by Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I and for other purposes; as follows: adding at the end the following: have a request for one committee to At the appropriate place, insert the fol- ‘‘TITLE IX—LIMITATIONS meet during today’s session of the Sen- lowing: ‘‘Sec. 901. Limitations on authorities to sur- ate. It has the approval of the Majority SEC. lll. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITIES IN veil United States persons and and Minority leaders. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEIL- on use of information con- LANCE ACT OF 1978. cerning United States per- Pursuant rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), (a) FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE sons.’’. of the Standing Rules of the Senate, ACT OF 1978.— (b) LIMITATION ON SURVEILLANCE UNDER the following committee is authorized (1) IN GENERAL.—The Foreign Intelligence EXECUTIVE ORDER 12333.— to meet during today’s session of the Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: Senate: seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol- (A) AGGRIEVED PERSON.—The term ‘‘ag- COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY lowing: grieved person’’ means a person who is the The Committee on the Judiciary is ‘‘TITLE IX—LIMITATIONS target of any surveillance activity under Ex- authorized to meet during the session ‘‘SEC. 901. LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORITIES TO ecutive Order 12333 (50 U.S.C. 3001 note; relat- of the Senate on Thursday, May 14, SURVEIL UNITED STATES PERSONS ing to United States intelligence activities) AND ON USE OF INFORMATION CON- or any other person whose communications 2020, at 3:30 p.m., to conduct a hearing CERNING UNITED STATES PERSONS. or activities were subject to any surveillance on nominations. ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: activity under such Executive Order. f ‘‘(1) PEN REGISTER AND TRAP AND TRACE DE- (B) PEN REGISTER; TRAP AND TRACE DEVICE; VICE.—The terms ‘pen register’ and ‘trap and UNITED STATES PERSON.—The terms ‘‘pen reg- CONDEMNING GROSS HUMAN trace device’ have the meanings given such ister’’, ‘‘trap and trace device’’, and ‘‘United RIGHTS VIOLATIONS OF ETHNIC terms in section 3127 of title 18, United States person’’ have the meanings given such TURKIC MUSLIMS IN XINJIANG States Code. terms in section 901 of the Foreign Intel- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I ‘‘(2) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as added by ask unanimous consent that the Sen- ‘United States person’ has the meaning given subsection (a). ate proceed to the immediate consider- such term in section 101. (2) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in ‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON AUTHORITIES.—Notwith- paragraph (3), any information concerning a ation of S. 3744, introduced earlier standing any other provision of this Act, an United States person acquired under Execu- today. officer of the United States may not under tive Order 12333 (50 U.S.C. 3001 note; relating The PRESIDING OFFICER. The this Act request an order for, and the For- to United States intelligence activities) clerk will report the bill by title.

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Scholars, actions committed in the internment camps human rights organizations, journalists, and in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region may The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there think tanks have provided ample evidence constitute ‘‘crimes against humanity’’. objection to proceeding to the meas- substantiating the establishment by the (9) On December 31, 2018, President Donald ure? Government of the People’s Republic of J. Trump signed into law the Asia Reassur- There being no objection, the Senate China of internment camps. Since 2014, the ance Initiative Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– proceeded to consider the bill. Government of the People’s Republic of 409), which— Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous China has detained more than 1,000,000 (A) condemns the People’s Republic of Chi- consent that the bill be considered read Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and mem- na’s ‘‘forced disappearances, extralegal de- a third time and passed and that the bers of other Muslim minority groups in tentions, invasive and omnipresent surveil- these camps. The total ethnic minority pop- lance, and lack of due process in judicial pro- motion to reconsider be considered ceedings’’; made and laid upon the table. ulation of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re- gion was approximately 13,000,000 at the time (B) authorizes funding to promote democ- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without of the last census conducted by the People’s racy, human rights, and the rule of law in objection, it is so ordered. Republic of China in 2010. the People’s Republic of China; and The bill (S. 3744) was ordered to be (3) The Government of the People’s Repub- (C) supports sanctions designations against engrossed for a third reading, was read lic of China’s actions against Uyghurs, eth- any entity or individual that— the third time, and passed, as follows: nic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other (i) violates human rights or religious free- doms; or S. 3744 Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region violate international (ii) engages in censorship activities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- human rights laws and norms, including— SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. resentatives of the United States of America in (A) the International Convention on the It is the sense of Congress that— Congress assembled, Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimi- (1) the President should— SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. nation, to which the People’s Republic of (A) condemn abuses against Uyghurs, eth- (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as China has acceded; nic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, members of other Mus- the ‘‘Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of (B) the Convention against Torture and lim minority groups, and other persons by 2020’’. Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treat- authorities of the People’s Republic of (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- ment or Punishment, which the People’s Re- China; and tents for this Act is as follows: public of China has signed and ratified; (B) call on such authorities to imme- Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. (C) the International Covenant on Civil diately— Sec. 2. Statement of purpose. and Political Rights, which the People’s Re- (i) close the internment camps; Sec. 3. Findings. public of China has signed; and (ii) lift all restrictions on, and ensure re- Sec. 4. Sense of Congress. (D) the Universal Declaration of Human spect for, human rights; and Sec. 5. Updating statement of United States Rights. (iii) allow people inside the People’s Re- policy toward the People’s Re- (4) Senior Chinese Communist Party offi- public of China to reestablish contact with public of China. cials, including current Xinjiang Uyghur Au- their loved ones, friends, and associates out- Sec. 6. Imposition of sanctions. tonomous Region Party Secretary Chen side the People’s Republic of China; Sec. 7. Report on human rights abuses in Quanguo, who executes Chinese government (2) the Secretary of State should consider Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous policy in the region, and former Xinjiang strategically employing sanctions and other Region. Uyghur Autonomous Region Deputy Party tools under the International Religious Free- Sec. 8. Report on protecting citizens and Secretary Zhu Hailun, who crafted many of dom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6401 et seq.), in- residents of the United States the policies implemented in the region, bear cluding measures resulting from the designa- from intimidation and coercion. direct responsibility for gross human rights tion of the People’s Republic of China as a Sec. 9. Report on security and economic im- violations committed against Uyghurs, eth- country of particular concern for religious plications of repression in nic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other freedom under section 402(b)(1)(A)(ii) of such Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Muslim minority groups. These abuses in- Act (22 U.S.C. 6442(b)(1)(A)(ii)), that directly Region by the Government of clude the arbitrary detention of more than address particularly severe violations of reli- the People’s Republic of China. 1,000,000 Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, gious freedom; Sec. 10. Classified report. and members of other Muslim minority (3) the Secretary of State should— SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. groups, separation of working age adults (A) work with United States allies and The purpose of this Act is to direct United from children and the elderly, and the inte- partners and through multilateral institu- States resources to address human rights gration of forced labor into supply chains. tions to condemn the mass arbitrary deten- violations and abuses, including gross viola- (5) Those detained in internment camps in tion of Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, tions of human rights, by the Government of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region have and members of other Muslim minority the People’s Republic of China through the described forced political indoctrination, groups in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re- mass surveillance and internment of over torture, beatings, food deprivation, and de- gion; and 1,000,000 Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, nial of religious, cultural, and linguistic (B) coordinate closely with the inter- and members of other Muslim minority freedoms. These victims have confirmed that national community on targeted sanctions groups in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re- they were told by guards that the only way and visa restrictions; gion. to secure their release was to demonstrate (4) the journalists of the Uyghur language SEC. 3. FINDINGS. sufficient political loyalty. Poor conditions service of Radio Free Asia should be com- Congress makes the following findings: and lack of medical treatment at such facili- mended for their reporting on the human (1) The Government of the People’s Repub- ties appear to have contributed to the deaths rights and political situation in Xinjiang lic of China has a long history of repressing of some detainees, including the elderly and Uyghur Autonomous Region despite efforts Turkic Muslims and other Muslim minority infirm. by the Government of the People’s Republic groups, particularly Uyghurs, in Xinjiang (6) Uyghurs and ethnic Kazakhs who have of China to silence or intimidate their re- Uyghur Autonomous Region. In recent dec- obtained permanent residence or citizenship porting through the detention of family ades, central and regional Chinese govern- in other countries report being subjected to members and relatives in China; ment policies have systematically discrimi- threats and harassment from Chinese offi- (5) the United States should expand the nated against these minority groups by de- cials. At least 5 journalists for Radio Free availability of and capacity for Uyghur lan- nying them a range of civil and political Asia’s Uyghur service have publicly detailed guage programming on Radio Free Asia in rights, including the freedom of expression, abuses their family members in Xinjiang Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; religion, and movement, and the right to a Uyghur Autonomous Region have endured in (6) the Federal Bureau of Investigation and fair trial. response to their work exposing the Govern- appropriate United States law enforcement (2) In May 2014, the Government of the ment of the People’s Republic of China’s abu- agencies should take steps to hold account- People’s Republic of China launched its lat- sive policies. able officials from the People’s Republic of est ‘‘Strike Hard Against Violent Extre- (7) In September 2018, United Nations High China or individuals acting on their behalf mism’’ campaign, using wide-scale, inter- Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle who harass, threaten, or intimidate persons nationally-linked threats of terrorism as a Bachelet noted in her first speech as High within the United States; and pretext to justify pervasive restrictions on Commissioner the ‘‘deeply disturbing allega- (7) United States companies and individ- and serious human rights violations of mem- tions of large-scale arbitrary detentions of uals selling goods or services or otherwise bers of ethnic minority communities in Uighurs and other Muslim communities, in operating in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous

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(A) their commercial activities are not (a)(1) if such property and interests in prop- (B) GOOD DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the contributing to human rights violations in erty— term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or (A) are in the United States; manmade substance, material, supply, or elsewhere in China; and (B) come within the United States; or manufactured product, including inspection (B) their supply chains are not com- (C) come within the possession or control and test equipment, and excluding technical promised by forced labor. of a United States person. data. SEC. 5. UPDATING STATEMENT OF UNITED (2) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR (g) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The Presi- STATES POLICY TOWARD THE PEO- PAROLE.— dent may terminate the application of sanc- PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. (A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An alien tions under this section with respect to a Section 901(b) of the Foreign Relations Au- described in subsection (a)(1) is— person if the President determines and re- thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (i) inadmissible to the United States; ports to the Committee on Foreign Relations (Public Law 101–246; 104 Stat. 84) is amend- (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other doc- of the Senate, the Committee on Banking, ed— umentation to enter the United States; and Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7), (8), and (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the (9) as paragraphs (8), (9), and (10), respec- paroled into the United States or to receive House of Representatives, and the Com- tively; and any other benefit under the Immigration and mittee on Financial Services of the House of (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol- Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). Representatives not later than 15 days before lowing: (B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— the termination takes effect that— ‘‘(7) United States policy toward the Peo- (i) IN GENERAL.—An alien described in sub- (1) information exists that the person did ple’s Republic of China should be explicitly section (a)(1) is subject to revocation of any not engage in the activity for which sanc- linked to the situation in Xinjiang Uyghur visa or other entry documentation regardless tions were imposed; Autonomous Region, specifically as to of when the visa or other entry documenta- (2) the person has been prosecuted appro- whether— tion is or was issued. priately for the activity for which sanctions ‘‘(A) the internment of Uyghurs, ethnic (ii) IMMEDIATE EFFECT.—A revocation were imposed; Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Mus- under clause (i) shall— (3) the person has credibly demonstrated a lim minority groups in internment camps (I) take effect immediately; and significant change in behavior, has paid an has ended; (II) cancel any other valid visa or entry appropriate consequence for the activity for ‘‘(B) all political prisoners are released; documentation that is in the alien’s posses- which sanctions were imposed, and has ‘‘(C) the use of mass surveillance and pre- sion. credibly committed to not engage in an ac- dictive policing to discriminate against and (3) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for tivity described in subsection (a)(1) in the fu- violate the human rights of members of spe- in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the ture; or cific ethnic groups has ceased and is not evi- International Emergency Economic Powers (4) the termination of the sanctions is in dent in other parts of China; and Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a foreign the national security interests of the United ‘‘(D) the Government of the People’s Re- person that violates, attempts to violate, States. public of China has ended particularly severe conspires to violate, or causes a violation of (h) SUNSET.—This section, and any sanc- restrictions of religious and cultural prac- paragraph (1) to the same extent that such tions imposed under this section, shall ter- tice in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re- penalties apply to a person that commits an minate on the date that is 5 years after the gion;’’. unlawful act described in subsection (a) of date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 6. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS. such section 206. (i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (a) REPORT REQUIRED.— (d) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may (1) ADMISSION; ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days exercise all authorities provided under sec- terms ‘‘admission’’, ‘‘admitted’’, and ‘‘alien’’ after the date of the enactment of this Act, tions 203 and 205 of the International Emer- have the meanings given those terms in sec- and not less frequently than annually there- gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 tion 101 of the Immigration and Nationality after, the President shall submit a report to and 1704) to carry out this section. Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). the Committee on Foreign Relations of the (e) WAIVER.—The President may waive the (2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign Senate, the Committee on Banking, Housing, application of sanctions under this section person’’ means a person that is not a United and Urban Affairs of the Senate, the Com- with respect to a person identified in the re- States person. mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of port required under subsection (a)(1) if the (3) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term Representatives, and the Committee on Fi- President determines and certifies to the ‘‘United States person’’ means— nancial Services of the House of Representa- Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen- (A) a United States citizen or an alien law- tives that identifies each foreign person, in- ate, the Committee on Banking, Housing, fully admitted for permanent residence to cluding any official of the Government of the and Urban Affairs of the Senate, the Com- the United States; or People’s Republic of China, that the Presi- mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of (B) an entity organized under the laws of dent determines is responsible for any of the Representatives, and the Committee on Fi- the United States or any jurisdiction within following with respect to Uyghurs, ethnic nancial Services of the House of Representa- the United States, including a foreign branch Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, members of other Muslim tives that such a waiver is in the national in- of such an entity. minority groups, or other persons in terest of the United States. SEC. 7. REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region: (f) EXCEPTIONS.— XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS (A) Torture. (1) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVI- REGION. (B) Cruel, inhuman, or degrading treat- TIES.—Sanctions under this section shall not (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days ment or punishment. apply to any activity subject to the report- after the date of the enactment of this Act, (C) Prolonged detention without charges ing requirements under title V of the Na- the Secretary of State, in consultation with and trial. tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et the heads of other relevant Federal depart- (D) Causing the disappearance of persons seq.) or any authorized intelligence activi- ments and agencies and civil society organi- by the abduction and clandestine detention ties of the United States. zations, shall— of those persons. (2) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER- (1) submit a report on human rights abuses (E) Other flagrant denial of the right to NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND FOR LAW ENFORCE- in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to life, liberty, or the security of persons. MENT ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under sub- the Committee on Foreign Relations of the (2) FORM.—The report required under para- section (c)(2) shall not apply with respect to Senate and the Committee on Foreign Af- graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified an alien if admitting or paroling the alien fairs of the House of Representatives; and form, but may contain a classified annex. into the United States is necessary— (2) make the report described in paragraph (b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The Presi- (A) to permit the United States to comply (1) available on the website of the Depart- dent shall impose the sanctions described in with the Agreement regarding the Head- ment of State. subsection (c) with respect to each foreign quarters of the United Nations, signed at (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report person identified in the report required Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into required under subsection (a) shall include— under subsection (a)(1). force November 21, 1947, between the United (1) an assessment of the number of individ- (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions Nations and the United States, or other ap- uals detained in internment camps in described in this subsection are the fol- plicable international obligations; or Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; lowing: (B) to carry out or assist law enforcement (2) a description of the conditions in such (1) ASSET BLOCKING.—The President shall activity in the United States. camps for detainees, including, to the extent exercise all of the powers granted to the (3) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF practicable, an assessment of— President under the International Emer- GOODS.— (A) methods of torture; gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 (A) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and re- (B) efforts to force individuals to renounce et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and quirements to impose sanctions authorized their faith; and prohibit all transactions in property and in- under this section shall not include the au- (C) other serious human rights abuses;

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:44 May 15, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14MY6.014 S14MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE May 14, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2461 (3) to the extent practicable, an assessment (1) an assessment of the national and re- It certainly seems to be a different of the number of individuals in the region in gional security threats posed to the United approach than the one taken by the forced labor camps; States by the policies of the Government of House. Earlier this week, House Demo- (4) a description of the methods used by the People’s Republic of China in Xinjiang crats released a so-called coronavirus People’s Republic of China authorities to Uyghur Autonomous Region; ‘‘reeducate’’ detainees in internment camps, (2) a description of— relief bill. You might say they kind of including a list of government agencies of (A) the acquisition or development of tech- mailed it in because they haven’t been the People’s Republic of China in charge of nology by the Government of the People’s here for the last 2 weeks, but it has an such reeducation; Republic of China to facilitate internment absolutely staggering pricetag—$3 tril- (5) an assessment of the use and nature of and mass surveillance in Xinjiang Uyghur lion, with a ‘‘t.’’ That is more than we forced labor in and related to the detention Autonomous Region, including technology spent in the first four coronavirus re- of Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang Uyghur Au- related to predictive policing and large-scale sponse bills combined. tonomous Region, including a description of data collection and analysis; and I tell my constituents, when I am foreign companies and industries directly (B) the threats that the acquisition, devel- talking to them on a videoconference benefitting from such labor; opment, and use of such technologies pose to call or teleconference, that 2 months (6) an assessment of the level of access to the United States; Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region grant- (3) a list of Chinese companies that are in- ago, I never would have imagined that ed by the Government of the People’s Repub- volved in— the Senate would be voting on trillion- lic of China to foreign diplomats and con- (A) constructing or operating the intern- dollar bills, but now apparently the sular agents, independent journalists, and ment camps in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous House wants to make this a routine representatives of nongovernmental organi- Region; or way to do business and particularly zations; (B) providing or operating mass surveil- without much debate. (7) an assessment of the mass surveillance, lance technology in Xinjiang Uyghur Auton- As astounding as that figure is, the predictive policing, and other methods used omous Region; and biggest issue with that bill isn’t the by the Government of the People’s Republic (4) a description of the role of the Xinjiang cost or the fact that Speaker PELOSI of China to violate the human rights of per- Production and Construction Corps in in- and her party drafted it in secret but sons in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re- ternment and forced labor in Xinjiang gion; Uyghur Autonomous Region. that they released the 1,800-page bill (8) a description of the frequency with (c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required text on Tuesday, and they plan to vote which foreign governments are forcibly re- under subsection (a) shall be submitted in an on it tomorrow. Unbelievable. turning Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, unclassified form, but may contain a classi- It would be an understatement to say and other refugees and asylum seekers to the fied annex. there are concerns with this kind of People’s Republic of China; SEC. 10. CLASSIFIED REPORT. legislating. I would call it legislative (9) a description, as appropriate, of United The Director of National Intelligence, in malpractice, to be kind. It is not just States diplomatic efforts with allies and consultation with such elements of the Intel- from Republicans or the administra- other nations— ligence Community as the Director deems tion or the American people; the (A) to address the gross violations of appropriate, shall submit a classified report Speaker’s own Members are begging for human rights in Xinjiang Uyghur Autono- to the Select Committee on Intelligence of mous Region; and the Senate and the Permanent Select Com- additional time to review this massive (B) to protect asylum seekers from the re- mittee on Intelligence of the House of Rep- bill. Unlike the previous coronavirus gion; and resentatives that assesses the ability of the response bills passed here in Congress, (10) the identification of the offices within United States Government to collect and there have been no bipartisan discus- the Department of State that are responsible analyze intelligence regarding— sions in the production of that bill for leading and coordinating the diplomatic (1) the scope and scale of the detention and from the House—not with House Re- efforts referred to in paragraph (9). forced labor of Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, publicans, not with the administration, SEC. 8. REPORT ON PROTECTING CITIZENS AND Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim mi- RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES and certainly not with us. I can assure nority groups in the People’s Republic of you that this legislation looks just like FROM INTIMIDATION AND COER- China; CION. (2) the gross violations of human rights the kind of product that you would ex- Not later than 90 days after the date of the perpetrated inside the internment camps in pect from that type of flawed process. enactment of this Act, the Director of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; and It is partisan; it is unaffordable; it is Federal Bureau of Investigation, in consulta- (3) other policies of the Government of the unrealistic; and it stands absolutely no tion with the Secretary of State, shall sub- mit a report to the Committee on Foreign People’s Republic of China in Xinjiang chance of becoming law. Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Uyghur Autonomous Region that constitute We all know that legislation drafted the Judiciary of the Senate, the Select Com- gross violations of human rights. in a vacuum by one political party in mittee on Intelligence of the Senate, the Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I one Chamber isn’t a good-faith effort Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House suggest the absence of a quorum. to try to survive, much less address, of Representatives, the Committee on the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The this pandemic crisis. It is a political Judiciary of the House of Representatives, clerk will call the roll. statement as much as anything else, a and the Permanent Select Committee on In- The bill clerk proceeded to call the telligence of the House of Representatives liberal wish list which, if passed— roll. which it will not be—would sink us fur- that outlines all of the efforts to protect Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask United States citizens and residents, includ- ther in debt without the benefit of ad- ing ethnic Uyghurs and Chinese nationals le- unanimous consent that the order for dressing the problems we are actually gally studying or working temporarily in the the quorum call be rescinded. facing. United States, who have experienced harass- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without When this legislation was announced, ment or intimidation within the United objection, it is so ordered. Speaker PELOSI said: States by officials or agents of the Govern- f We all know we must put more money in ment of the People’s Republic of China. CORONAVIRUS the pockets of the American people. This is SEC. 9. REPORT ON SECURITY AND ECONOMIC not only necessary for their survival, but it IMPLICATIONS OF REPRESSION IN Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, since XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS is also a stimulus to the economy. REGION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF the Senate returned to Washington 2 But the ones set to reap the biggest THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. weeks ago after about a 6-week hiatus, benefits from this bill aren’t the ones (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days we have accomplished quite a bit on a struggling to make ends meet. Actu- after the date of the enactment of this Act, bipartisan basis. We have confirmed the Director of National Intelligence, in co- ally, what Speaker PELOSI is appar- ordination with the Secretary of State, shall national security nominees; we have ently trying to do is help some of the submit a report to the Committee on For- held hearings to examine liability limi- wealthiest people in America. eign Relations of the Senate, the Select tations, coronavirus testing, safely get- This legislation would reinstate the Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, the ting back to work and school, and the so-called SALT deduction—the State Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House impact of the pandemic on broadband. and local tax deduction—and thrust of Representatives, and the Permanent Se- In short, the Senate has been working, that burden of subsidizing the wealthi- lect Committee on Intelligence of the House on a bipartisan basis, to understand est people in the bluest parts of the of Representatives on the matters described in subsection (b). the challenges that this virus has cre- country on the rest of us. We were able (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.— The report ated so we can provide targeted re- to cap that in a fair and realistic way required under subsection (a) shall include— forms. in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:44 May 15, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14MY6.014 S14MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE S2462 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 14, 2020 Prior to that tax reform, taxpayers lutely no sense, particularly in the face are able to get back on their feet, but who itemized their returns could de- of a crisis like the coronavirus. This I am afraid this move would stunt— duct the amount of State and local isn’t an attempt to support those who would retard—any hope of economic re- taxes they paid with no limit. So, if are struggling to make ends meet. covery, and it would deepen the hiring you lived in a high-tax State like New That is who we ought to be focusing on: struggle businesses are already fac- York, there was no limit to your abil- the people who are not getting a pay- ing—and I am glad that they are hir- ity to deduct those State and local check because their business has been ing—and ensure that the ‘‘Sorry, we’re taxes. You know who paid for it? The shut down, their restaurant, their bar, closed’’ sign remains on the door of people of Indiana, the people of Alaska, their sports stadium. This is a get-out- Main Street businesses throughout the the people of Texas, and the people of of-jail-free card for millionaires and country. other States who more responsibly billionaires who don’t want to pay As we begin to recover from the eco- dealt with their fiscal affairs. their fair share of taxes and would foist nomic crisis that this virus has caused, Now, for the average American, this that unfairly onto others. our country will need a lot more from change hasn’t even been a blip on the Now, I realize that is only a small Congress than a blank check written in radar screen. For the millionaires and portion of the bill. After all, it is a $3 a back room. Rushing to appear to do billionaires, though, the ones Speaker trillion bill. So let’s dive into a couple something while doing absolutely noth- PELOSI’s bill would benefit most di- of other things—changes, for example, ing, which is what House Democrats rectly, this was a huge blow. they would make in unemployment in- have done, will not do any good unless People say, well, the wealthy ought surance. The CARES Act we passed—I we are taking the time to find out to pay more. Well, OK. Here is a way think it was March 25—expanded unem- what America’s healthcare profes- for them to do it in the right way, but ployment benefits to include workers sionals, small businesses, and workers it is also a way to hold your State and who would not typically be eligible for actually need. local jurisdictions accountable for the those benefits, the self-employed and That is what we are doing every day: high taxes they pass, only to pre- independent contractors. It also pro- listening. How is what we have already viously allow those taxes to be de- vided an additional $600 of Federal ben- done working? What are the mistakes ducted from the Federal income tax, so efit on top of the State’s unemploy- that need to be corrected? Where are this is a matter of political account- ment benefit through the end of July, the gaps that need to be filled—at a ability for them, too. for 4 months. time when about a half-trillion dollars I am sure the wealthiest Americans The theory behind that was to pro- of that money from the CARES Act were delighted to see that the Demo- vide workers who lost their jobs with isn’t even out the door yet from the the money they needed to pay for the crats’ response to what Speaker PELOSI Main Street lending facility that is necessities of life until the economy called the biggest catastrophe in our being set up through the Federal Re- could reopen and they could go back to Nation’s history would allow them, serve. work. once again, to reap the benefits of this I am not blaming Treasury. I am just Slowly but surely, businesses across saying, they are covered up, and they no-limit deduction. If the SALT cap this country are starting to reopen were removed, they would receive an are working 24/7, but let’s see how what their doors—safely and gradually re- we have already done works before we average tax cut of nearly $60,000. That open their doors—and many are facing is higher than the household income continue to shovel more money aim- an unlikely burden, which is now get- lessly out the door. for many Texans and many Americans. ting people to come back to work. Over To make matters worse, this would Earlier this week, the Judiciary the last several weeks, I have heard Committee held a hearing to examine sink our country further in debt. Texas businesses struggling to rehire The nonpartisan Joint Committee on liability around the coronavirus pan- their employees because they are mak- demic. One of our witnesses was Kevin Tax estimates that doing away with ing more from unemployment than the SALT cap would cost about $700 Smartt, a Texan from Bonham, TX— they would if they worked. the home of Sam Rayburn—who is CEO billion over the next 7 years, with al- And it is not an isolated issue. Ac- most 95 percent of the benefit going to and President of Kwik Chek food cording to the Texas Workforce Com- stores. I think he has 47 fast-food those making at least $200,000 and more mission that administers our unem- stores. In his opening statement, he than half going to those making more ployment insurance program, 80 per- outlined the steps that Kwik Chek than $1 million a year. cent of the people are making more took to protect the safety of its em- Now, we have spent a lot of money in money on unemployment than they ployees and customers while con- the last couple of months, but we have were when previously employed—80 tinuing to provide access to essential done so in the face of an emergency— percent. kind of like the civilian equivalent of Now, that clearly was a mistake in items like food and fuel. They followed the constantly shifting World War II—fighting this virus, both the underlying bill. It is true that, guidelines from the CDC and other Fed- the public health and the economic when you do something that big and eral, State, and local government agen- consequences, so we are already look- that fast, you are going to make some cies and adjusted and adapted accord- ing at staggering debt that we are mistakes, but nobody can think this is going to have to deal with at some sound public policy: to pay people more ingly. Like millions of businesses point because it is immoral to expect for not working than when they do across the country, Kwik Chek imple- our kids and grandkids to pay that work. mented strict cleaning protocols. They money back after we have already Here is what House Democrats do. installed sneeze guards in their stores, cashed those checks. They extend that mistake through they put markers on the floor to help But this just adds insult to injury, next January, providing even less of an customers maintain social distancing, what Speaker PELOSI and House Demo- incentive for workers to find new jobs. and they made every effort to obtain crats are trying to do. Even the liberal The United States can’t be the success- masks and hand sanitizer, but have Tax Policy Center reported that one- ful economy that we are capable of often struggled to overcome supply dis- third of the SALT deduction went to being or have been by encouraging peo- ruptions. the top 1 percent. We hear our Demo- ple not to work. At a certain point, In his testimony, Kevin said: crat friends talk about income inequal- these benefits are going to do more Unfortunately, despite trying to do every- ity and the top 1 percent needing to harm than good, and I would say they thing we can to protect the health and safety of our customers and employees during this pay more. Well, then, their actions are are already starting to do that. So, ex- pandemic, my companies now have targets directly contrary to their rhetoric. We tending unemployment benefits to next on our back because our doors have remained know 80 percent of the benefit went to year would deter people from trying to open. That’s just not right. We are all in this the top 20 percent income earners. return to work because, why would together, and my businesses shouldn’t be- Now, we are not trying to start a they? Why would someone choose to do come targets for liability threats just be- civil war here between people who are more work for less money? cause they serve their communities. doing well and people who are not Well, I understand the need to sup- I found this is a common fear for doing well, but this just makes abso- port the American people until they businesses small and large alike, as

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Black, III sick and injured, and, despite acting in firmed; that the motions to reconsider NOMINATIONS PLACED ON THE SECRETARY’S good faith to protect employees, cus- be considered made and laid upon the DESK tomers, or patients, we know that a table with no intervening action or de- IN THE ARMY certain element of the bar are lining up bate; and that the President be imme- PN1463 ARMY nominations (965) beginning to file opportunistic lawsuits against diately notified of the Senate’s action, WILLIAM P. ABBOTT, and ending D015041, these hard-working men and women, all en bloc, and the Senate then resume which nominations were received by the Sen- people who I think we all consider to legislative session. ate and appeared in the Congressional be heroes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Record of February 4, 2020. Across the country, lawsuits have al- objection, it is so ordered. PN1464 ARMY nominations (628) beginning ready begun rolling in by the hundreds. DAVIS M. ABT, and ending D014989, which The nominations considered and con- nominations were received by the Senate and Unless we take action, we are going to firmed are as follows wake up from this pandemic only to appeared in the Congressional Record of Feb- find ourselves in a legal nightmare. IN THE ARMY ruary 4, 2020. Now, I want to be clear. Bad actors The following named Army National Guard PN1465 ARMY nominations (628) beginning of the United States officer for appointment JAMIE E. ABEL, and ending D014063, which don’t deserve blanket immunity. We nominations were received by the Senate and are all in agreement on that point, but in the Reserve of the Army to the grade indi- cated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 appeared in the Congressional Record of Feb- hard-working Americans who are try- and 12211: ruary 4, 2020. ing to do the best thing and follow, in PN1466 ARMY nominations (40) beginning To be major general good faith, the guidance that their gov- ADESOLA O. ADEPEGBA, and ending ernment gives them deserve a safe har- Brig. Gen. Aaron R. Dean, II G010437, which nominations were received by bor from frivolous litigation and nui- IN THE AIR FORCE the Senate and appeared in the Congres- sance lawsuits. This Chamber is full of The following named Air National Guard of sional Record of February 4, 2020. lawyers—Democrat lawyers, Repub- the United States officers for appointment in PN1522 ARMY nomination of Jamal D. lican lawyers—who are well aware of the Reserve of the Air Force to the grade in- Snell, which was received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of Feb- just how damaging this unlimited liti- dicated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 and 12212: ruary 12, 2020. gation that will ensue will be on our To be brigadier general PN1640 ARMY nomination of Kelly L. economic recovery. French, which was received by the Senate While House Democrats have been Col. Michael W. Bank and appeared in the Congressional Record of crafting their dead-on-arrival liberal Col. Monica M. Brouse March 2, 2020. wish list, we have been working on leg- Col. Allan R. Cecil PN1696 ARMY nomination of William A. islation which can and should gain bi- Col. Michael A. Comstock Forbes, which was received by the Senate Col. Kevin V. Doyle partisan support and protect our front- and appeared in the Congressional Record of Col. Akshai M. Gandhi March 16, 2020. line workers in the process. Col. Thomas C. Hannon We are working on legislation to pro- Col. Thomas J. James IN THE MARINE CORPS vide liability protections for the men Col. David W. Manson PN1366 MARINE CORPS nominations (2) and women who have supported us Col. John J. Ptak, Jr. beginning JEFFREY T. JONES, II, and end- through this crisis and who will be the Col. Michael D. Stohler ing JUAN F. RODRIGUEZ, which nomina- key to our recovery from this crisis. Col. Edwin A. VanDerWolde tions were received by the Senate and ap- We simply must protect those who Col. Mark A. Vavra peared in the Congressional Record of Janu- ary 6, 2020. have acted in good faith from having to IN THE ARMY PN1487 MARINE CORPS nominations (6) defend costly legal battles—only to The following named officer for appoint- beginning MATTHEW S. BREEN, and ending win—only to lose their business be- ment in the United States Army to the grade REYES J. RIVAS, which nominations were cause they can’t survive that addi- indicated while assigned to a position of im- received by the Senate and appeared in the tional burden—going through the pan- portance and responsibility under title 10, Congressional Record of February 4, 2020. demic, the shutdown, only to find, just U.S.C., section 601: PN1488–1 MARINE CORPS nominations when you think you are coming out of To be lieutenant general (395) beginning BRETT D. ABBAMONTE, and it, that you are being drowned with Maj. Gen. Gary M. Brito ending JASON C. YURISIC, which nomina- litigation costs. IN THE NAVY tions were received by the Senate and ap- I believe we should continue to pro- peared in the Congressional Record of Feb- The following named officers for appoint- ruary 4, 2020. vide an opportunity to seek legal re- ment in the United States Navy to the grade course for those who act willfully or PN1658–1 MARINE CORPS nominations indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 624: (106) beginning JOSHUA D. ANDERSON, and exercise reckless disregard for the To be rear admiral ending SCOTT W. ZIMMERMAN, which health and safety of others. Those are Rear Adm. (lh) Carl P. Chebi nominations were received by the Senate and the kinds of cases that deserve, in my Rear Adm. (lh) David A. Goggins appeared in the Congressional Record of opinion, access to compensation. Rear Adm. (lh) Douglas W. Small March 2, 2020. Make no mistake, our country’s road The following named officer for appoint- IN THE NAVY to recovery isn’t going to be easy, and ment in the United States Navy to the grade PN1482 NAVY nomination of Daniel M. we have already caught a glimpse of indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 624: Wiegrefe, which was received by the Senate the next epidemic, the lawsuit epi- To be rear admiral (lower half) and appeared in the Congressional Record of demic, that is waiting around the cor- Capt. Rick Freedman February 4, 2020. ner. PN1570 NAVY nomination of Katherine L. The following named officers for appoint- Unlike House Democrats, who are Jaudon, which was received by the Senate ment in the United States Navy to the grade and appeared in the Congressional Record of moving full-speed ahead, the Senate indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 624: has chosen to tap the brakes and figure February 13, 2020. To be rear admiral (lower half) out the best way to avoid hitting the PN1654 NAVY nomination of Paul D. Sar- brakes, economically and from a public Capt. Susan Bryerjoyner gent, which was received by the Senate and Capt. John A. Watkins appeared in the Congressional Record of health perspective. The following named officers for appoint- March 2, 2020. f ment in the United States Navy to the grade PN1657 NAVY nomination of Christopher EXECUTIVE SESSION indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 624: C. Supko, which was received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of To be rear admiral (lower half) March 2, 2020. Capt. Mark A. Melson EXECUTIVE CALENDAR PN1697 NAVY nomination of James G. Capt. Michael S. Sciretta Buckley, which was received by the Senate Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask The following named officers for appoint- and appeared in the Congressional Record of unanimous consent that the Senate to ment in the United States Navy to the grade March 16, 2020.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:56 May 18, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD20\MAY\S14MY0.REC S14MY0 sradovich on DSKJLST7X2PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S2464 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 14, 2020 PN1698 NAVY nomination of Michael G. Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (1) the officer engaged in a line of duty ac- Matson, which was received by the Senate of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10281(b)), sustained in the tion or activity between January 1, 2020, and and appeared in the Congressional Record of line of duty by the officer, if— December 31, 2021; March 16, 2020. (1) the officer engaged in a line of duty ac- (2) the officer was diagnosed with COVID– PN1699 NAVY nomination of Kevan M. tion or activity between January 1, 2020, and 19 (or evidence indicates that the officer had Mellendick, which was received by the Sen- December 31, 2021; and COVID–19) during the 45-day period begin- ate and appeared in the Congressional (2) the officer was diagnosed with COVID– ning on the last day of duty of the officer; Record of March 16, 2020. 19 (or evidence indicates that the officer had and PN1700 NAVY nomination of Andrew S. COVID–19) during the 45-day period begin- (3) evidence indicates that the officer had Morris, which was received by the Senate ning on the last day of duty of the officer. COVID–19 (or complications therefrom) at and appeared in the Congressional Record of The bill was ordered to be engrossed the time of the officer’s death. March 16, 2020. for a third reading and was read the (b) DISABILITY BENEFITS.—As determined PN1701 NAVY nomination of Andrew D. third time. by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, COVID– Cordrey, which was received by the Senate Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I know 19 (or complications therefrom) suffered by a and appeared in the Congressional Record of of no further debate on the bill, as public safety officer shall be presumed to March 16, 2020. amended. constitute a personal injury within the PN1702 NAVY nomination of Nicholas R. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill meaning of section 1201(b) of title I of the Leinweber, which was received by the Senate Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act and appeared in the Congressional Record of having been read the third time, the of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10281(b)), sustained in the March 16, 2020. question is, Shall the bill pass? line of duty by the officer, if— PN1703 NAVY nomination of Sean A. The bill (S. 3607), as amended, was (1) the officer engaged in a line of duty ac- McKay, which was received by the Senate passed, as follows: tion or activity between January 1, 2020, and and appeared in the Congressional Record of S. 3607 December 31, 2021; and March 16, 2020. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- (2) the officer was diagnosed with COVID– 19 (or evidence indicates that the officer had f resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, COVID–19) during the 45-day period begin- LEGISLATIVE SESSION SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. ning on the last day of duty of the officer. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe- Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask ate will now resume legislative session. guarding America’s First Responders Act of unanimous consent that the motion to 2020’’. reconsider be considered made and laid f SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS; PURPOSE. upon the table. (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without SAFEGUARDING AMERICA’S FIRST Congress that— RESPONDERS ACT OF 2020 (1) an infectious disease pandemic known objection, it is so ordered. Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask as COVID–19 exists; f unanimous consent that the Judiciary (2) to date, there is much still unknown CONFIDENTIALITY OPPORTUNI- Committee be discharged and that the about COVID–19, but it is known that COVID–19 and related complications may be TIES FOR PEER SUPPORT COUN- Senate proceed to the immediate con- fatal; SELING ACT sideration of S. 3607. (3) services provided by public safety offi- Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cers are nonetheless essential during this unanimous consent that the Judiciary clerk will report the bill by title. pandemic; Committee be discharged from further The senior assistant legislative clerk (4) due to the COVID–19 pandemic and what consideration of S. 3434 and that the read as follows: is currently known about how the disease is spread, public safety officers are Senate proceed to its immediate con- A bill (S. 3607) to extend public safety offi- uncharacteristically at risk of contracting sideration. cer death benefits to public safety officers the disease; and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The whose death is caused by COVID–19, and for (5) although the Public Safety Officers’ clerk will report the bill by title. other purposes. Benefits program currently covers deaths The senior assistant legislative clerk There being no objection, the com- and permanent and total disabilities result- read as follows: mittee was discharged, and the Senate ing from infectious disease sustained by pub- A bill (S. 3434) to make Federal law en- proceeded to consider the bill. lic safety officers in carrying out their du- forcement officer peer support communica- Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask ties, the determination of claims involving tions confidential, and for other purposes. personal injuries believed to have resulted unanimous consent that the Grassley- There being no objection, the com- Booker amendment at the desk be con- from COVID–19 or its complications may be uniquely challenging or delayed given the mittee was discharged and the Senate sidered and agreed to, and that the bill, lack of— proceeded to consider the bill. as amended, be considered read a third (A) definitive testing and medical records Mr. CORNYN. I further ask unani- time. at this time; and mous consent that the bill be read a The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there (B) a definitive uniform body of medical in- third time and passed, and that the objection? formation about how the disease is spread or motion to reconsider be considered its effects. Without objection, it is so ordered. made and laid upon the table with no The amendment (No. 1587) was agreed (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to establish a carefully drawn framework intervening action or debate. to, as follows: wherein claims under the Public Safety Offi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without (Purpose: To improve the bill) cers’ Benefits program, arising under the objection, it is so ordered. In section 2(a)(5), strike ‘‘deaths resulting unique circumstances described in sub- The bill (S. 3434) was ordered to be from infectious disease sustained by public section (a), can be processed expeditiously engrossed for a third reading, was read safety officers in carrying out their duties, and under fair and clear standards. the third time, and passed, as follows: the determination of claims may’’ and insert SEC. 3. PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS. S. 3434 ‘‘deaths and permanent and total disabilities (a) DEATH BENEFITS.—As determined by resulting from infectious disease sustained the Bureau of Justice Assistance, unless Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- by public safety officers in carrying out their competent medical evidence establishes that resentatives of the United States of America in duties, the determination of claims involv- the death of a public safety officer (as de- Congress assembled, ing personal injuries believed to have re- fined in section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. sulted from COVID–19 or its complications Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Confiden- may’’. (34 U.S.C. 10284)) was directly and proxi- tiality Opportunities for Peer Support Coun- In section 3, strike ‘‘As determined’’ and mately caused by something other than seling Act’’ or the ‘‘COPS Counseling Act’’. insert ‘‘(a) DEATH BENEFITS.—As deter- COVID–19, COVID–19 (or complications SEC. 2. CONFIDENTIALITY OF PEER SUPPORT mined’’. therefrom) suffered by the public safety offi- COMMUNICATIONS. At the end of section 3, add the following: cer shall be presumed to constitute a per- (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (b) DISABILITY BENEFITS.—As determined sonal injury within the meaning of section (1) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The term by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, COVID– 1201(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con- ‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means a Federal 19 (or complications therefrom) suffered by a trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. agency that employs a law enforcement offi- public safety officer shall be presumed to 10281(a)), sustained in the line of duty by the cer. constitute a personal injury within the officer and directly and proximately result- (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The term meaning of section 1201(b) of title I of the ing in death, if— ‘‘law enforcement officer’’ has the meaning

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(1) making the report developed under sub- (3) PEER SUPPORT COMMUNICATION.—The (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in section (b) publicly available on the website term ‘‘peer support communication’’ in- subsection (b) shall be construed to prohibit of the Department of Justice; and cludes— the disclosure of— (2) providing a list of peer support spe- (A) an oral or written communication (1) an observation made by a law enforce- cialist training programs on the website of made in the course of a peer support coun- ment officer of a peer support participant the Department of Justice. seling session; outside of a peer support counseling session; f (B) a note or report arising out of a peer or support counseling session; (2) knowledge of a law enforcement officer LAW ENFORCEMENT SUICIDE (C) a record of a peer support counseling about a peer support participant not gained DATA COLLECTION ACT session; or from a peer support communication. Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask (D) with respect to a communication made (e) DISCLOSURE OF RIGHTS.—Before the ini- by a peer support participant in the course of tial peer support counseling session of a peer unanimous consent that the Judiciary a peer support counseling session, another support participant, a peer support specialist Committee be discharged from further communication, regarding the first commu- shall inform the peer support participant in consideration of S. 2746 and the Senate nication, that is made between a peer sup- writing of the confidentiality requirement proceed to its immediate consider- port specialist and— under subsection (b) and the exceptions to ation. (i) another peer support specialist; the requirement under subsection (c). The PRESIDING OFFICER. The (ii) a staff member of a peer support coun- SEC. 3. BEST PRACTICES AND SUPPORT. clerk will report the bill by title. seling program; or (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: The senior assistant legislative clerk (iii) a supervisor of the peer support spe- (1) FIRST RESPONDER.—The term ‘‘first re- read as follows: cialist. sponder’’ has the meaning given the term A bill (S. 2746) to require the Director of (4) PEER SUPPORT COUNSELING PROGRAM.— ‘‘public safety officer’’ in section 1204 of title the Federal Bureau of Investigation to pro- The term ‘‘peer support counseling program’’ I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe vide information on suicide rates in law en- means a program provided by a law enforce- Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10284). forcement, and for other purposes. ment agency that provides counseling serv- (2) FIRST RESPONDER AGENCY.—The term ices from a peer support specialist to a law ‘‘first responder agency’’ means a Federal, There being no objection, the com- enforcement officer of the agency. State, local, or Tribal agency that employs mittee was discharged, and the Senate (5) PEER SUPPORT COUNSELING SESSION.— or otherwise engages the services of a first proceeded to consider the bill. The term ‘‘peer support counseling session’’ responder. Mr. CORNYN. I further ask unani- means any counseling formally provided (3) PEER SUPPORT COUNSELING PROGRAM.— mous consent that the bill be read a through a peer support counseling program The term ‘‘peer support counseling program’’ between a peer support specialist and one or third time and passed and that the mo- means a program provided by a first re- tion to reconsider be considered made more law enforcement officers. sponder agency that provides counseling (6) PEER SUPPORT PARTICIPANT.—The term services from a peer support specialist to a and laid upon the table with no inter- ‘‘peer support participant’’ means a law en- first responder of the first responder agency. vening action or debate. forcement officer who receives counseling (4) PEER SUPPORT PARTICIPANT.—The term The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without services from a peer support specialist. ‘‘peer support participant’’ means a first re- objection, it is so ordered. (7) PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST.—The term sponder who receives counseling services The bill (S. 2746) was ordered to be ‘‘peer support specialist’’ means a law en- from a peer support specialist. engrossed for a third reading, was read forcement officer who— (5) PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST.—The term the third time, and passed, as follows: (A) has received training in— ‘‘peer support specialist’’ means a first re- S. 2746 (i) peer support counseling; and sponder who— (ii) providing emotional and moral support (A) has received training in— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- to law enforcement officers who have been (i) peer support counseling; and resentatives of the United States of America in involved in or exposed to an emotionally (ii) providing emotional and moral support Congress assembled, traumatic experience in the course of em- to first responders who have been involved in SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. ployment; and or exposed to an emotionally traumatic ex- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Law En- (B) is designated by a law enforcement perience in the course of the duties of the forcement Suicide Data Collection Act’’. agency to provide the services described in first responder; and SEC. 2. INFORMATION ON SUICIDE IN LAW EN- subparagraph (A). (B) is designated by a first responder agen- FORCEMENT. (b) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in cy to provide the services described in sub- (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year subsection (c), a peer support specialist or a paragraph (A). after the date of enactment of this Act, the peer support participant may not disclose (b) REPORT ON BEST PRACTICES.—Not later Attorney General, acting through the Direc- the contents of a peer support communica- than 2 years after the date of enactment of tor of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, tion to an individual who was not a party to this Act, the Attorney General, in coordina- shall establish, for the purpose of preventing the peer support communication. tion with the Secretary of Health and future law enforcement suicides and pro- (c) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (b) shall not Human Services, shall develop a report on moting understanding of suicide in law en- apply to a peer support communication if— best practices and professional standards for forcement, the Law Enforcement Officers (1) the peer support communication con- peer support counseling programs for first Suicide Data Collection Program, under tains— responder agencies that includes— which law enforcement agencies may submit (A) an explicit threat of suicide; (1) advice on— to the Director information on suicides and (B) an explicit threat of imminent and se- (A) establishing and operating peer support attempted suicides within such law enforce- rious physical bodily harm or death to a counseling programs; and ment agencies, including information on— clearly identified or identifiable individual; (B) training and certifying peer support (1) the circumstances and events that oc- (C) information— specialists; curred before each suicide or attempted sui- (i) relating to the abuse or neglect of— (2) a code of ethics for peer support special- cide; (I) a child; or ists; (2) the general location of each suicide or (II) an older or vulnerable individual; or (3) recommendations for continuing edu- attempted suicide; (ii) that is required by law to be reported; cation for peer support specialists; (3) the demographic information of each or (4) advice on disclosing to first responders law enforcement officer who commits or at- (D) an admission of criminal conduct; any confidentiality rights of peer support tempts suicide; (2) the disclosure is permitted by each peer participants; and (4) the occupational category, including support participant who was a party to, as (5) information on— criminal investigator, corrections officer, applicable— (A) the different types of peer support line of duty officer, 911 dispatch operator, of (A) the peer support communication; counseling programs in use by first re- each law enforcement officer who commits (B) the peer support counseling session out sponder agencies; or attempts suicide; and of which the peer support communication (B) any differences in peer support coun- (5) the method used in each suicide or at- arose; seling programs offered across categories of tempted suicide. (C) the peer support counseling session of first responders; and (b) POLICIES.—The Federal Bureau of Inves- which the peer support communication is a (C) the important role senior first respond- tigation shall work with the Confidentiality record; or ers play in supporting access to mental and Data Access Committee of the Federal (D) the communication made in the course health resources. Committee on Statistical Methodology to of a peer support counseling session that the (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Attorney Gen- develop publication policies to manage the peer support communication is regarding; or eral shall support and encourage the imple- risk of identity disclosure based upon the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:44 May 15, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14MY6.019 S14MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE S2466 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 14, 2020 best practices identified by other Federal RECOGNIZING AND SUPPORTING floor, partaking in one of my favorite statistical programs. THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF NA- times of the week, which is to come (c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after TIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT down to the floor and talk about some- the date of enactment of this Act, and annu- AWARENESS AND PREVENTION body who is making a great difference ally thereafter, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Federal Bureau MONTH in my State. We call this individual of Investigation, shall submit to Congress Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask our Alaskan of the Week. To those who and publish on the website of the Federal Bu- unanimous consent that the Judiciary watch the floor back home, sometimes reau of Investigation a report containing the Committee be discharged from further we break the rules a little bit and rec- information submitted to the Director pur- consideration and that the Senate now ognize more than one person. We just suant to subsection (a). proceed to S. Res. 560. call them the Alaskans of the Week, (d) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The report described The PRESIDING OFFICER. The with an ‘‘s.’’ Pandemic or no pandemic, under subsection (c) may not include any I think it is still important that we personally identifiable information of a law clerk will report the resolution by enforcement officer who commits or at- title. come down and recognize, particularly tempts suicide. The senior assistant legislative clerk during these challenging times, people (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— read as follows: who are making a difference in our (1) the term ‘‘law enforcement agency’’ A resolution (S. Res. 560) recognizing and State and across our country. means a Federal, State, Tribal, or local supporting the goals and ideals of National As I mentioned last week, this pan- agency engaged in the prevention, detection, Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention demic is definitely testing the char- or investigation, prosecution, or adjudica- Month. acter of our Nation. You might remem- tion of any violation of the criminal laws of There being no objection, the com- ber, right when it was hitting, some re- the United States, a State, Tribal, or a polit- mittee was discharged, and the Senate porters from the Washington Post ical subdivision of a State; (2) the term ‘‘law enforcement officer’’ proceeded to consider the resolution. wrote a story, saying that Americans means any current or former officer (includ- Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask are going to be tested and that they ing a correctional officer), agent, or em- unanimous consent that the resolution don’t think they are going to be able to ployee of the United States, a State, Indian be agreed to, the preamble be agreed pass—maybe not like they had in Tribe, or a political subdivision of a State to, and the motions to reconsider be World War II and at other times—that authorized by law to engage in or supervise considered made and laid upon the the mettle, the toughness, and the re- the prevention, detection, investigation, or table. siliency of Americans might not be prosecution of any violation of the criminal The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without able to get us through this. That was laws of the United States, a State, Indian objection, it is so ordered. the Washington Post—classic, clueless, Tribe, or a political subdivision of a State; The resolution (S. Res. 560) was and inside-the-beltway reporting. (3) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the agreed to. In my remarks on the floor—this was several States, the District of Columbia, and The preamble was agreed to. about 6 weeks ago—I said: You ought any commonwealth, territory, or possession The resolution, with its preamble, is to come up to Alaska, Washington of the United States. printed in the RECORD of May 6, 2020, Post, and see my constituents, or under ‘‘Submitted Resolutions.’’) maybe come out with my marines and f f see the marines. ORDERS FOR MONDAY, MAY 18, You have to know America. Alaska is RECOGNIZING AND SUPPORTING 2020 America, and we are going to pass this THE ADVOCATES, COUNSELORS, test as a nation, and we are—all across Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask VOLUNTEERS, AND FIRST RE- the country and certainly in my great unanimous consent that when the Sen- SPONDERS WHO SERVED SUR- State. In small, rural villages and in ate completes its business today, it ad- VIVORS ON AN EMERGENCY urban centers, from the tundra to the journ until 3 p.m., Monday, May 18; BASIS DURING NATIONAL SEX- rainforests, all across the State, people further, that following the prayer and UAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND are helping each other. They are pass- pledge, the morning hour be deemed PREVENTION MONTH ing out food. They are helping the el- expired and the Journal of proceedings Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask derly, making sure they are not lonely. be approved to date, the time for the unanimous consent that the Judiciary They are tending to those in need and two leaders be reserved for their use Committee be discharged from further are displaying generosity, strength, later in the day, and morning business consideration and that the Senate now and amazing resilience. The paper be closed; further, that following leader proceed to S. Res. 555. should write more about that. remarks, the Senate proceed to execu- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Our frontline workers have now be- tive session to resume the consider- clerk will report the resolution by come our national heroes. Some of ation of the Rash nomination. Finally, title. them are working day in and day out notwithstanding rule XXII, the cloture The senior assistant legislative clerk to ensure that our grocery stores are vote on the Rash nomination occur at read as follows: stocked, that the goods are trans- 5:30 p.m. A resolution (S. Res. 555) recognizing and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ported, that the buildings are main- supporting the advocates, counselors, volun- objection, it is so ordered. tained, that our telecommunication teers, and first responders who served sur- systems are running, that our air- vivors on an emergency basis during Na- f planes are flying, that our hospitals tional Sexual Assault Awareness and Preven- ORDER FOR ADJOURNMENT are open, and that our community tion Month. Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, if there healthcare workers can give care. The There being no objection, the com- is no further business to come before list, as we all know, goes on and on and mittee was discharged, and the Senate the Senate, I ask unanimous consent on. proceeded to the resolution. that it stand adjourned under the pre- Because of those back home, because Mr. CORNYN. I ask unanimous con- vious order, following the remarks of these great Americans all around sent that the resolution be agreed to, from the Senator from the great State our country, and because of what is the preamble be agreed to, and the mo- of Alaska. happening in my State with our State’s tions to reconsider be considered made The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without leadership, Alaska has done well from a and laid upon the table. objection, it is so ordered. health standpoint in terms of this The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- virus. Knock on wood, of course—and I objection, it is so ordered. ator from Alaska. am doing it—things could change. They The resolution (S. Res. 555) was f could change anywhere. They certainly agreed to. could change in Alaska, but so far so The preamble was agreed to. TRIBUTE TO ADAM CRUM AND DR. good. (The resolution, with its preamble, is ANNE ZINK Alaskans are known for their rugged printed in the RECORD of May 4, 2020, Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, it is individualism. Alaskans are not natu- under ‘‘Submitted Resolutions.’’) Thursday, and I am back on the Senate rally people who automatically follow

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:44 May 15, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14MY6.016 S14MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE May 14, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2467 orders without having a good reason to missioner of Health and Social Serv- she got a call from Adam Crum, asking do so, but almost everybody across our ices. her to come to be the State’s Chief State has taken this virus seriously in His starting date was going to be De- Medical Officer. Commissioner Crum, their helping one another and in their cember 3, 2018, but in Alaska, there are speaking like a true Big Ten football following the guidance that has been always adventures and challenges, and player, said: ‘‘She was my number 1 given by our State’s leaders. I chalk on November 30, the south central part draft pick.’’ that up to good leadership from our of our State got hit with a huge shock, So Commissioner Crum made the very attentive mayors—city mayors, a huge earthquake—7.1. There were smart decision to bring on Dr. Zink to borough mayors—to our local leaders cracking and collapsing roads and the medical team and healthcare team across the State, to our Governor, highways. It damaged buildings, de- that he leads. Commissioner Crum and Mike Dunleavy, and to the healthcare stroyed schools, knocked out power, Dr. Zink have, along with the rest of team he put together in his adminis- and sent people scrambling outside and the country, been closely watching the tration that was ready when this pan- under furniture. It really damaged virus migrate from China to the United demic hit. homes. So Adam, who was going to States since the early stages. Remem- I am going to talk about the start this job in 3 days, said: I am ber what happened when the State De- healthcare team. It has been led by the going to start now. He moved up the partment brought our diplomats home commissioner of the Alaska Depart- start date and got to work. from Wuhan. A planeload of our dip- ment of Health and Social Services, It was a crash course in health emer- lomats were coming home, and they Adam Crum, and by Alaska’s chief gency operations. Brand new on the had to stop in Anchorage on January 28 medical officer, Dr. Anne Zink. Both of job, his Health and Human Services de- for a refueling stop. We later learned them are our Alaskans of the week. partment was in touch with all the that nobody on the plane actually had They have both worked day and night hospitals, all the prisons, the elder care the virus, but Commissioner Crum and throughout these past several weeks facilities, the Department of Military Dr. Zink started to get our State since this pandemic has hit our Nation, and Veterans Affairs. He watched and ready. They prepared for the worst, has hit my State, and they have been led these operations, everybody work- contacting local and Tribal medical fa- trying around the clock to keep our ing together. Here is the miracle: In cilities. They were in constant coordi- fellow Alaskans safe. As I mentioned, this huge earthquake during rush hour nation with the CDC. They were in in Alaska, not one life was lost. It was both are more than deserving of this communications with all the State remarkable—literally a miracle. He very, very prestigious award. They agencies and divisions and, very, very learned how to bring people together in have risen to the challenge in so many importantly, with the public. emergency operations. That exercise This began their outreach to our citi- impressive ways in working for their was invaluable with what came next, zens. They have continued that fren- State and their country. As Alaskans do, both of them have and we all know what came next—the zied pace ever since, working day and interesting life stories, compelling life pandemic which has rocked our State, night with the Governor’s office to try our country, and really our world. stories. Let me tell you a little bit their best to keep the virus at bay, to Alaska’s chief medical officer, Dr. keep our citizens healthy, and so far it about both of them. Anne Zink, appears with Commissioner Adam Crum lives in Wasilla with Col- is working. Adam Crum and Governor Dunleavy Like other places, businesses in Alas- leen, his wife. He was born and raised nearly every night to address Alaskans ka have been shut down and are now in Alaska. He grew up on the Kenai Pe- and our media in a press conference slowly beginning to open back up. We ninsula and went to Homer High about where we are with regard to the need to open back up. We need to keep School. He was a graduate there and a health of our State and this our citizens healthy, but we need to get good football player. He went to North- coronavirus. Versions of this scene our economy open and moving again. western and walked on the football happen nearly every night across the Among the other precautions, the team. That is Big Ten football. That country as Governors are addressing Governor established a ban for a time takes a lot of guts—center, guard, of- their public. But I am willing to ven- on travel throughout the State and a fensive lineman. He did great there. ture to say that if there is a marker of 14-day quarantine still in place for any- In fact, look at the Crums, his sib- success with such briefings, it is this: body who comes from outside of Alaska lings. They are a big family—impres- how much the people are trusting of to the State. Commissioner Crum said sive, a big group. There are brains and what is being told to them. I would that mandate was probably the most brawn in that family. Adam’s three state that Alaska’s healthcare team, effective thing they have done so far to brothers all played college ball—Joey Commissioner Crum and Dr. Zink, have keep the virus from spreading. at Puget Sound, Richie at the Univer- passed with flying colors. Again, that doesn’t mean it can’t sity of Idaho, and Cody at West Texas Dr. Zink is certainly one of the stars flare up in Alaska. It has flared up in A&M. Their dad also played at the Uni- of this nightly show as she appears other parts of our country. For exam- versity of Arkansas. Like I said, when from her yurt in her backyard in Palm- ple, we have some 200 villages that are you line up the Crum brothers, you er, AK. She has become so popular in not connected by roads and many of look like you have a serious pro-foot- Alaska that there is even a Facebook which do not have healthcare facilities. ball offensive line right there. It is an page dedicated to her called ‘‘Think If they do have them, they are very, impressive family. like Zink.’’ Rorie Watt, Juneau’s city very limited. These communities were Adam enjoyed Northwestern and manager, actually wrote an ode in her hit very hard by the Spanish flu, so playing ball there, but on his first visit honor. It is a lengthy poem, and it there is a lot of trepidation in rural back home from college, he began to starts like this: Alaska. realize just how unique the great State Oh Alaska, I love you and it feels like we We have a fishing season that will of Alaska was where he grew up. He are teetering on the brink; who can guide start and will begin to bring people in said: ‘‘For me, I really didn’t appre- and steer us? The unflappable Dr. Zink! from out of State—thousands of peo- ciate it until I actually went some- You know if a poem is written about ple—to work in Alaska. This is very place else.’’ you, you are doing a good job. important for our economy, but the Like all of us who love the outdoors, Dr. Zink was raised in Colorado with communities need to feel safe. I have the scenery, the diversity, the opportu- physician parents. She was no stranger raised this issue with the President, nities, when he moved back from col- to Alaska. She worked as a mountain- the Vice President, and the Chief of lege, he was committed to coming back eering guide in Alaska during college. Staff, and to their credit they have re- to our State to serve our State. He So after getting her M.D. from Stan- sponded. went into his family business. He got ford, she made her way back to our As a matter of fact, right now we his master’s degree in public health great State 11 years ago and has have a doctor from DHS who is going from Johns Hopkins University. Then, worked as an ER doctor in the around the State, with Dr. Zink and when Governor Dunleavy, whom I men- Matanuska Valley. others, who was sent there by Admiral tioned, was elected in November of Last July, she was with her family in Brett Giroir, the HHS Assistant Sec- 2018, Adam was offered the job of com- Bhutan on a yearlong sabbatical when retary, in charge of testing. They are

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:44 May 15, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G14MY6.049 S14MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE S2468 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 14, 2020 all out there. They are going to be in So I want to thank two leaders in our To be rear admiral Kodiak, Bristol Bay, and Cordova, try- State who are responsible, in many REAR ADM. (LH) CARL P. CHEBI ing to make sure that our fishing com- ways, for getting us through, so far so REAR ADM. (LH) DAVID A. GOGGINS REAR ADM. (LH) DOUGLAS W. SMALL munities are ready. good, on the health side, Commissioner THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT When the admiral called me, he said: Crum and Dr. Zink. Thank you for your IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED We are working with the State, Sen- service. Thank you for your hard work UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: ator SULLIVAN. This direction is from and your sacrifice. Thank you for step- To be rear admiral (lower half) the highest senior officials in the ping up and congratulations on being CAPT. RICK FREEDMAN White House to get out there and bring our Alaskans of the Week. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED resources to your fishing communities, I yield the floor. UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: and I will say, working with Dr. Zink, f she is one of the top medical officers in To be rear admiral (lower half) the country. This is Admiral Giroir ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MONDAY, CAPT. SUSAN BRYERJOYNER MAY 18, 2020, AT 3 P.M. CAPT. JOHN A. WATKINS speaking about Dr. Zink. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT So as you can tell, the utmost dili- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED gence is required and so is planning, ate stands adjourned until Monday at 3 UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: communication, and bringing people p.m. To be rear admiral (lower half) along, particularly when you are ask- Thereupon, the Senate, at 5:21 p.m., CAPT. MARK A. MELSON ing them to take extreme measures. adjourned until Monday, May 18, 2020, CAPT. MICHAEL S. SCIRETTA THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT Again, because of the leadership we at 3 p.m. IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED have, it is something that I think so f WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND far is going well in our State. RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: Commissioner Crum said: NOMINATIONS To be vice admiral Alaskans are contrarian by nature. They Executive nominations received by REAR ADM. EUGENE H. BLACK III want to be educated. They don’t want to be the Senate: IN THE ARMY forced. When they were told that it was the DEPARTMENT OF STATE right thing to do, to comply with the man- ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH WILLIAM P. AB- KEITH W. DAYTON, OF WASHINGTON, TO BE AMBAS- BOTT AND ENDING WITH D015041, WHICH NOMINATIONS dates—that if we do this now, it will hurt SADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE less later—they did it. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO UKRAINE. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON FEBRUARY 4, 2020. ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH DAVIS M. ABT Alaskans did this. Commissioner THE JUDICIARY AND ENDING WITH D014989, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CON- Crum continued: JOHN C. TRUONG, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO GRESSIONAL RECORD ON FEBRUARY 4, 2020. BE AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF It was the most painful thing I’ve ever ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH JAMIE E. ABEL THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR THE TERM OF FIFTEEN AND ENDING WITH D014063, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE done—asking people to close their busi- YEARS, VICE WENDELL P. GARDNER, JR., RETIRED. RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CON- DANNY LAM NGUYEN, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, nesses. But not as painful as it was for the GRESSIONAL RECORD ON FEBRUARY 4, 2020. TO BE AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT people who actually had to shut down their ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH ADESOLA O. OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR THE TERM OF FIF- ADEPEGBA AND ENDING WITH G010437, WHICH NOMINA- business. But Alaskans complied and we TEEN YEARS, VICE CAROL A. DALTON, RETIRED. worked together. TIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED f IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON FEBRUARY 4, 2020. True leaders emerge during times of ARMY NOMINATION OF JAMAL D. SNELL, TO BE MAJOR. CONFIRMATIONS ARMY NOMINATION OF KELLY L. FRENCH, TO BE COLO- crisis. We are grateful that these two NEL. leaders emerged for us in Alaska. They Executive nominations confirmed by ARMY NOMINATION OF WILLIAM A. FORBES, TO BE COLONEL. are working, along with the Governor the Senate May 14, 2020: IN THE MARINE CORPS and the rest of his team, to do a very IN THE ARMY good job for our State. MARINE CORPS NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH JEF- THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF FREY T. JONES II AND ENDING WITH JUAN F. RODRI- Like I said, we aren’t past this. We THE UNITED STATES OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN GUEZ, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE have enormous challenges in our Na- THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211: RECORD ON JANUARY 6, 2020. tion and huge economic challenges in To be major general MARINE CORPS NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH MAT- our State, but we know a few things. THEW S. BREEN AND ENDING WITH REYES J. RIVAS, BRIG. GEN. AARON R. DEAN II WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE We have good people at the top who are AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON IN THE AIR FORCE guiding us, and we know that Alaskans FEBRUARY 4, 2020. will do the right thing when they are THE FOLLOWING NAMED AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE MARINE CORPS NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH BRETT UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE D. ABBAMONTE AND ENDING WITH JASON C. YURISIC, asked by these people. We also know RESERVE OF THE AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12212: AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON that we are resilient, our State, our FEBRUARY 4, 2020. people, and our Nation. To be brigadier general MARINE CORPS NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH JOSH- UA D. ANDERSON AND ENDING WITH SCOTT W. ZIMMER- In a recent interview, Dr. Zink said COL. MICHAEL W. BANK MAN, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE that one of her big takeaways through- COL. MONICA M. BROUSE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL COL. ALLAN R. CECIL RECORD ON MARCH 2, 2020. out this entire pandemic is just how COL. MICHAEL A. COMSTOCK COL. KEVIN V. DOYLE IN THE NAVY important resilience is and how very COL. AKSHAI M. GANDHI resilient Alaska is. She said, ‘‘Adver- COL. THOMAS C. HANNON NAVY NOMINATION OF DANIEL M. WIEGREFE, TO BE COL. THOMAS J. JAMES CAPTAIN. sity can bring out the best and worst in COL. DAVID W. MANSON NAVY NOMINATION OF KATHERINE L. JAUDON, TO BE people, and we have a choice to grow in COL. JOHN J. PTAK, JR. COMMANDER. COL. MICHAEL D. STOHLER NAVY NOMINATION OF PAUL D. SARGENT, TO BE CAP- response to the challenges or crumble COL. EDWIN A. VANDERWOLDE TAIN. from them.’’ COL. MARK A. VAVRA NAVY NOMINATION OF CHRISTOPHER C. SUPKO, TO BE Well, as I mentioned at the beginning CAPTAIN. IN THE ARMY NAVY NOMINATION OF JAMES G. BUCKLEY, TO BE LIEU- of my remarks, I am convinced that THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TENANT COMMANDER. Alaska will grow from these challenges IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED NAVY NOMINATION OF MICHAEL G. MATSON, TO BE WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND LIEUTENANT COMMANDER. and that America will grow from these RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: NAVY NOMINATION OF KEVAN M. MELLENDICK, TO BE challenges, and I am convinced that LIEUTENANT COMMANDER. To be lieutenant general NAVY NOMINATION OF ANDREW S. MORRIS, TO BE LIEU- what we are seeing all around our TENANT COMMANDER. State and our Nation is amazing gen- MAJ. GEN. GARY M. BRITO NAVY NOMINATION OF ANDREW D. CORDREY, TO BE IN THE NAVY LIEUTENANT COMMANDER. erosity, people working together NAVY NOMINATION OF NICHOLAS R. LEINWEBER, TO BE through these difficult times. We will THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT COMMANDER. IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED NAVY NOMINATION OF SEAN A. MCKAY, TO BE CAP- emerge stronger and more resilient. UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: TAIN.

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