S7580 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 17, 2020 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Michael B. Enzi, , Cindy in Federal student aid programs to question is on agreeing to the motion. Hyde-Smith, , Thom share contact information for suicide The motion was agreed to. Tillis, , Roger F. Wicker, prevention resources with their stu- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The , , , dents, and this is how it works: , Mike Crapo. clerk will report the nomination. If a university distributes student ID The senior assistant legislative clerk f cards—most do; not all of them do but read the nomination of Brian Noland, LEGISLATIVE SESSION most do—then the universities would of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I be directed to include the phone num- Board of Directors of the Tennessee move to proceed to legislative session. bers for the National Suicide Preven- Valley Authority for a term expiring The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tion Lifeline, for the Crisis Text Line, May 18, 2024. question is on agreeing to the motion. and for a campus mental health center CLOTURE MOTION The motion was agreed to. or program on the student ID card. If a university doesn’t have a student ID Mr. MCCONNELL. I send a cloture f motion to the desk. card, they don’t have to publish a stu- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- EXECUTIVE SESSION dent ID card just for that purpose. ture motion having been presented They can put the information on their websites. under rule XXII, the Chair directs the EXECUTIVE CALENDAR clerk to read the motion. The National Suicide Prevention The legislative clerk read as follows: Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Lifeline is well known. It is a national move to proceed to executive session to CLOTURE MOTION network of over, I think, 180 local cri- consider Calendar No. 591. sis centers. Those centers provide con- We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The fidential emotional support to anybody Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby question is on agreeing to the motion. in a suicidal crisis or emotional dis- move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- The motion was agreed to. tress. They offer 24/7 services, and nation of Brian Noland, of Tennessee, to be a The PRESIDING OFFICER. The those services are free. Member of the Board of Directors of the Ten- clerk will report the nomination. I would also point out that our legis- nessee Valley Authority for a term expiring The senior assistant legislative clerk lation is also supported by the Amer- May 18, 2024. read the nomination of Fernando L. ican Foundation for Suicide Preven- Mitch McConnell, Lamar Alexander, Aenlle-Rocha, of California, to be tion, the National Alliance on Mental , , Mike Crapo, United States District Judge for the Cory Gardner, Ron Johnson, James Illness, the National Association of Lankford, Roger F. Wicker, Marco Central District of California. School Psychologists, and 14 other Rubio, Cindy Hyde-Smith, , CLOTURE MOTION mental health-related organizations. , John Boozman, Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Our legislation, finally, would not Joni Ernst, Mike Braun, Pat Roberts. send a cloture motion to the desk. take effect until 1 year. So I don’t want f The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- anyone to think that we are requiring our colleges to go out and immediately LEGISLATIVE SESSION ture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the publish new student IDs. As they pub- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I clerk to read the motion. lish new student IDs when the current move to proceed to legislative session. The legislative clerk read as follows: year runs out, we are just asking them The PRESIDING OFFICER. The CLOTURE MOTION to include this information on those question is on agreeing to the motion. We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- IDs. The motion was agreed to. ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Toward that end, as if in legislative f Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby session, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, EXECUTIVE SESSION move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- nation of Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha, of Cali- Labor, and Pensions be discharged fornia, to be United States District Judge for from further consideration of our legis- EXECUTIVE CALENDAR the Central District of California. lation, S. 1782, and that the Senate pro- Mitch McConnell, , David ceed to its immediate consideration. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Perdue, Thom Tillis, Tom Cotton, Mike The PRESIDING OFFICER. The move to proceed to executive session to Rounds, Roger F. Wicker, Kevin clerk will report the bill by title. consider Calendar No. 836. Cramer, , Mike Crapo, Steve Daines, , John The legislative clerk read as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER. The A bill (S. 1782) to add suicide prevention re- question is on agreeing to the motion. Thune, James E. Risch, Mike Braun, . sources to school identification cards. The motion was agreed to. There being no objection, the com- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ator from Louisiana. mittee was discharged, and the Senate clerk will report the nomination. proceeded to consider the bill. The senior assistant legislative clerk f Mr. KENNEDY. I ask unanimous con- read the nomination of Charles A. IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH sent that the bill be considered read a Stones, of Kansas, to be a Member of ACCESS FOR STUDENTS ACT third time. the Board of Directors of the Federal Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, sui- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Agricultural Mortgage Corporation. cide is the second leading cause of objection, it is so ordered. CLOTURE MOTION death for youth and for young adults The bill was ordered to be engrossed Mr. MCCONNELL. I send a cloture aged 10 to 34. It is also the second lead- for a third reading and was read the motion to the desk. ing cause of death among college stu- third time. Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- dents. Thirty-nine percent, in fact, of know of no further debate on the bill. ture motion having been presented college students experience a signifi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there under rule XXII, the Chair directs the cant mental health issue, and 50 per- is no further debate on the bill, the bill clerk to read the motion. cent of mental health issues begin by having been read the third time, the The legislative clerk read as follows: age 14. Seventy-five percent of them CLOTURE MOTION question is, Shall the bill pass? begin by age 24. The bill (S. 1782) was passed, as fol- We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- Senators CORNYN, JONES, WARREN, lows: ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the GILLIBRAND, ROSEN, and I have intro- S. 1782 Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby duced the Improving Mental Health Ac- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- cess for Students Act. There is com- nation of Charles A. Stones, of Kansas, to be resentatives of the United States of America in a Member of the Board of Directors of the panion legislation in the House that is Congress assembled, Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation. also bipartisan that has 51 cosponsors. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Mitch McConnell, Pat Roberts, Cory Our legislation is pretty simple. It This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Gardner, Richard Burr, , would require colleges that participate Mental Health Access for Students Act’’.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:04 Dec 18, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G17DE6.040 S17DEPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with SENATE December 17, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7581 SEC. 2. ADDING SUICIDE PREVENTION CONTACT TRIBUTE TO MAC THORNBERRY than he found it, and I thank him on INFORMATION TO SCHOOL IDENTI- behalf of all Texans for the true patriot FICATION CARDS. Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, the first (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 487(a) of the name I want to mention is MAC THORN- that he is. Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. BERRY. MAC is the dean of the Texas f 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the delegation. His district is the second TRIBUTE TO WILL HURD following: largest in Texas, and comprises parts ‘‘(30)(A) In the case of an institution that of 41 different counties. It stretches Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, as we creates and distributes identification cards like to say, everything is a little bit for students at any time after the date of en- from the suburbs of Dallas, across Wichita Falls, Amarillo, and most of bigger in Texas than the rest of the actment of this paragraph, such institution country, and that is true not only of shall include phone contact information on the Texas Panhandle. MAC’s district but also the largest con- each such card for the following organiza- The folks throughout Texas 13 tions: couldn’t have asked for a stronger ad- gressional district represented by an- ‘‘(i) The National Suicide Prevention Life- vocate over these last 26 years than other one of our departing colleagues, line. MAC. His background as a rancher, a WILL HURD. WILL was a former CIA of- ‘‘(ii) Crisis Text Line. former Capitol Hill staffer, and a State ficer when he was elected to the House ‘‘(iii) A campus mental health center or Department official under the Reagan of Representatives in 2014. One Texan program, as determined by the institution. aptly observed: ‘‘He has been running a ‘‘(B) In the case of an institution that does administration, then brought him to Congress with a well-rounded view of marathon like a sprint for seven not create and distribute identification cards years.’’ for students at any time after the date of en- the problems facing our country. He actment of this paragraph, such institution possessed the leadership characteris- I think WILL’s last congressional race shall publish the suicide prevention contact tics needed to address each of those. he won by 900 votes in this sprawling information specified in subparagraph (A) on He spent his time here consistently border district. the website of such institution. fighting to rein in government spend- His expertise is in cyber security, as ‘‘(C) If an organization in clause (i) or (ii) ing—something that, as the Presiding well as intelligence matters. He has of subparagraph (A) ceases to exist, the Sec- Officer knows, sometimes seems like a helped steer our efforts to bolster our retary may designate a different entity with national security, counterterrorism, a similar purpose to be included on the iden- futile task but necessary. He has consistently fought to protect and strengthen our intelligence com- tification card.’’. munity and capacity. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment our freedoms and liberties and ensure made by subsection (a) shall take effect be- that all Texans have a shot at the Considering his district includes 800 ginning on the day that is 1 year after the American dream. miles of our southern border, you can date of enactment of this Act. We have worked together many times imagine that he has been a strong ad- Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask over the years on everything from pro- vocate for our border communities. We unanimous consent that the motion to tecting the property rights of folks have worked together on cross-border reconsider be considered made and laid along the Red River to renaming the trade, modernizing our ports of entry, upon the table. Amarillo courthouse after a trail- and ensuring communities along the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without blazing Texan, Mary Lou Robinson. border are safe and prosperous. objection, it is so ordered. There is no question that some of his We have also been working together Mr. KENNEDY. I suggest the absence greatest accomplishments are related on establishing a national museum of of a quorum. to our national defense. MAC has served the American Latino here in Wash- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The on the House Armed Services Com- ington, and I hope we will be able to clerk will call the roll. mittee throughout his time in Con- push this authorization bill over the The legislative clerk proceeded to gress, and he became the first Texan of line here in the coming days. call the roll. either party to chair that committee. Unlike some folks whom we meet in (Mr. KENNEDY assumed the Chair.) He has used this important and power- Washington who seem to be all talk Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask ful post to ensure that our servicemem- and who never seem to listen, WILL un- unanimous consent that the order for bers have what they need to defend our derstands the importance of sitting the quorum call be rescinded. freedoms abroad and the training and down for a conversation with his con- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. the equipment to make it home safely. stituents and actually listening to SCOTT of Florida). Without objection, He has done a lot—more than most— what they have to say. He launched the it is so ordered. to improve military readiness, includ- highly popular ‘‘DC to DQ tour,’’ where f ing through needed improvements at he met with constituents at local our Texas military installations. I re- Dairy Queens in all 29 counties in his TRIBUTE TO THE TEXAS member visiting Sheppard Air Force district in only 5 days. DELEGATION Base in MAC’s district with him a cou- For everything from healthcare to Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, at the ple of years ago and being taken aback education, to veterans affairs, Texans end of each Congress, we have the bit- by the look of admiration and appre- can sit down with their Congressman tersweet task of saying good-bye to ciation on the faces of those airmen we and have a real conversation about the some of our retiring colleagues, and encountered who knew of MAC’s incred- things that counted for the most in today I want to talk a little bit about ible advocacy on their behalf. their lives and the things they would our departing Members of Team Texas. It is appropriate that the National like to see him pursue on their behalf When I came to the Senate, suc- Defense Authorization Act that just here in Washington, DC. ceeding Senator , Senator passed both Chambers of Congress car- I would hate to know how many Bliz- Kay Bailey Hutchison, now our Ambas- ries his name—the MAC THORNBERRY zards WILL ate during that time, but sador to NATO, always schooled us on National Defense Authorization Act. these conversations certainly drove his Team Texas and said: We may be There could not be a more fitting trib- policymaking and ensured the people Democrats, we may be House Members, ute to the countless ways our friend of the Texas 23rd were truly heard here we may be Republicans, we may be from Clarendon has improved our great in Congress. Members of the Senate, but when it country. Last year, WILL and I both took part comes to Texas, we are all part of I want to thank MAC for his incred- in San Antonio’s annual Martin Luther Team Texas. ible leadership, as well as his service King, Jr., March, which is one of the And I tried to carry that tradition on and his friendship over the years. The largest in the country. WILL happens to as well. halls of Congress won’t be the same be the only Black Republican in the Our delegation is losing six incred- without him, but I know he is eager to House of Representatives and has be- ible statesmen, including three ranking spend more time with his wonderful come a trusted voice for those whose Members in the House, whose contribu- wife Sally and the rest of their ex- experience and ideas are too often tions have notched countless wins for tended family. overlooked or underrepresented. our State during their time in Con- MAC has done what we all aspire to That has been especially true over gress. do, and that is to leave Congress better the last several months, when we have

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