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Vol. 165 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2019 No. 85 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was appoint the Honorable CINDY HYDE-SMITH, a SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. called to order by the Honorable CINDY Senator from the State of Mississippi, to per- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gold Star Family Tax Relief Act’’. HYDE-SMITH, a Senator from the State form the duties of the Chair. of Mississippi. CHUCK GRASSLEY, SEC. 2. CERTAIN MILITARY SURVIVOR BENEFITS President pro tempore. TREATED AS EARNED INCOME FOR f Mrs. HYDE-SMITH thereupon as- KIDDIE TAX. PRAYER (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1(g)(4) of the In- sumed the Chair as Acting President ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- pro tempore. adding at the end the following new subpara- fered the following prayer: f graph: Let us pray. RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY ‘‘(D) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN MILITARY SUR- Almighty God, we are grateful for VIVOR BENEFITS.—For purposes of this sub- LEADER life and all of its gifts. Thank You for section, any benefit under laws administered the beauty of the Earth, for the maj- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary esty of the skies, and for the wonder of jority leader is recognized. of Veterans Affairs which— ‘‘(i) is received by a child by reason of the f Your love and grace. child being the survivor of a deceased mem- Draw near to our lawmakers as they GOLD STAR FAMILY TAX RELIEF ber of the Armed Forces or of a deceased vet- seek to see You more clearly, love You ACT eran, and more dearly, and follow You more ‘‘(ii) is included in the gross income of such Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, nearly each day. Lord, let the light of child, Your understanding illuminate the I ask unanimous consent that the Com- mittee on Finance be discharged from shall be considered earned income of such path they travel. Teach them to trust child.’’. Your precepts and to obey Your com- further consideration of S. 1370 and the (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment mands, permitting You to guide them Senate proceed to its immediate con- made by this section shall apply to taxable with Your wisdom and might. When sideration. years beginning after December 31, 2017. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- this day is done, may they look back Mr. MCCONNELL. I further ask that pore. The clerk will report the bill by with the realization that they have the papers be held at the desk; that if title. the House passes a bill identical to the been loving and kind, generous and The senior assistant legislative clerk text of S. 1370 just passed by the Sen- faithful, joyful and good. read as follows: We pray in Your strong Name. Amen. ate, the bill be considered read a third A bill (S. 1370) to amend the Internal Rev- time and passed and the motion to re- f enue Code of 1986 to treat certain military consider be considered made and laid PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE survivor benefits as earned income for pur- poses of the kiddie tax. upon the table with no intervening ac- The Presiding Officer led the Pledge The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- tion or debate; finally, that upon pas- of Allegiance, as follows: pore. Is there objection to proceeding sage of the House bill, S. 1370 be indefi- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the nitely postponed. United States of America, and to the Repub- to the measure? There being no objection, the com- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, pore. Is there objection? indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. mittee was discharged, and the Senate proceeded to consider the bill. Without objection, it is so ordered. f Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous f APPOINTMENT OF ACTING consent that the bill be read a third NOMINATIONS PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE time and passed and the motion to re- Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The consider be considered made and laid upon the table. this week presents us with more oppor- clerk will please read a communication tunities to make progress on the back- to the Senate from the President pro The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- pore. Without objection, it is so or- log of qualified nominees who are still tempore (Mr. GRASSLEY). awaiting Senate confirmation. The senior assistant legislative clerk dered. We began yesterday by voting to ad- read the following letter: The bill (S. 1370) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read vance an exceptionally well-qualified U.S. SENATE, the third time, and passed, as follows: nominee to the Federal judiciary. Dan- PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, iel P. Collins of California was chosen Washington, DC, May 21, 2019. S. 1370 To the Senate: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- by President Trump to be U.S. circuit Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, resentatives of the United States of America in court judge for the Ninth Circuit, and of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby Congress assembled, the reasons why are abundantly clear.

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:34 May 22, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21MY6.000 S21MYPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE S2986 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 21, 2019 Mr. Collins is a graduate of Harvard struction is not going to deter us. We The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- and of Stanford Law School. He has will be here as long as it takes. We will pore. Without objection, it is so or- held clerkships on both the Ninth Cir- keep confirming highly qualified nomi- dered. cuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Su- nees to the Federal bench. We will keep f preme Court for Justice Scalia. He putting the President’s team in place RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY served at the Department of Justice as and giving Americans the government LEADER Associate Deputy Attorney General they actually voted for. and as Attorney-Advisor in the Office f The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- of Legal Counsel. He spent 4 years as pore. The Democratic leader is recog- DISASTER RELIEF an assistant U.S. attorney. He has com- nized. plemented that experience with more Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, f on another matter, as I have discussed than 20 years of well-regarded work in ABORTION private practice. many times on the floor, powerful nat- Mr. Collins has developed a reputa- ural disasters have devastated commu- Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, tion for legal excellence. The American nities across America. Many are still in over the last year, women’s reproduc- Bar Association rates him well quali- need of aid as they struggle to rebuild. tive rights have come under a new level fied for this new post. Our colleagues My colleagues know all too well the of assault. From Alabama to Missouri, on the Judiciary Committee reported destruction that was brought to States to Texas, to Georgia, and beyond, over him favorably here to the floor. across the Southeast, the gulf coast, 300 new restrictions have been proposed I hope my colleagues will join me as and Puerto Rico by a bad hurricane in 39 States—bans on abortion as early we vote later today to confirm this fine season: tens of billions of dollars in as 6 weeks, so-called heartbeat bills, nominee. damage to buildings and infrastructure arbitrary waiting periods, and restric- Following the Collins nomination, we and thousands of people left without tions on clinics so severe that they will consider four more nominations to shelter or access to clean water and force any center that performs an abor- district courts around our Nation: electricity. tion to close down, leaving a few of our We remember the record wildfires Howard Nielson of Utah, Stephen Clark States with no more than a single clin- that swept across our western regions, of Missouri, Carl Nichols of the Dis- ic. the tornadoes that tore through the trict of Columbia, and Kenneth Bell of Ten such bills have now passed into Deep South, and the rampant flooding North Carolina. Each has been tapped law. These restrictions fly in the face that sunk entire communities across by the President to fill important va- of public opinion. The vast majority of the Midwest and affected many of my cancies. Collectively, they represent the American public don’t want to see fellow Kentuckians as well. decades of experience in private prac- Roe overturned or a woman’s right to We have seen the pain caused by na- choose curtailed so severely as to tice and decades more in public service, ture’s worst. Now it is time for Con- and they come before us with the high render it meaningless. gress to finally—finally—demonstrate I understand why many of my col- esteem of their legal peers. our commitment to America’s best. It leagues here in the Senate don’t want Take the case of Mr. Nielson, whose is time to deliver supplemental re- to associate themselves with these ex- nomination we will consider first. sources for the rebuilding efforts that, treme anti-abortion laws. Some of Former circuit judge Mike Luttig, for in many cases, have been inching—just them have even publicly opposed the whom he served as law clerk, said: inching—along for months. It is well law passed by Alabama’s Republicans, ‘‘Howard Nielson may well be the sin- past time to show the relief workers, including the House Republican leader gle most qualified person to serve on the volunteers, and the families still and the President. But let’s face it. the federal bench that I have ever had picking up the pieces that we have There is a sleight of hand going on the privilege to know.’’ their backs. It would be hard to come up with a In recent days, important progress here, because while many of my col- more unequivocal endorsement, so I has been made to deliver on this over- leagues don’t support these policies out hope each of my colleagues will join due commitment. Chairman SHELBY, loud, they are, at the same time, con- me in support of Mr. Nielson, along Ranking Member LEAHY, our col- firming judges to the Federal bench with each of the nominees who will fol- leagues on the Appropriations Com- with horrendous records on women’s low him this week. mittee, and their counterparts over in rights, many of whom hold extreme I have noticed that a few of my col- the House are continuing their hard views on Roe. These judges, in many leagues across the aisle have expressed work to reach a bipartisan solution ways, have just as much power as State some displeasure that the Senate has that meets the most pressing needs of legislatures to restrict a woman’s right recently been spending some time on all of these affected communities. That to choose and limit access to contra- nominations. I would remind our includes promising steps toward bipar- ceptives through the courts. friends on the other side that not so tisan agreement to deliver critical re- Just look at some of the judges the long ago, thoroughly qualified district sources to address the ongoing humani- Republican Senate has approved in the judge nominees were the kinds of nomi- tarian crisis at our southern border. past 2 years with almost unanimous nations that would sail through the The status quo is completely—com- support on the Republican side. Look Senate floor by voice vote and in big pletely—dysfunctional, so I am glad at Leonard Steven Grasz, who wrote groups. the agreement seems to be converging about the ‘‘moral bankruptcy that’s Since this particular President was on more resources. the legacy of Roe v. Wade.’’ inaugurated in 2017, this Democratic I expect to discuss our progress in What about Amy Coney Barrett? She minority has largely taken a different greater detail as the week unfolds, but said Roe v. Wade had been ‘‘erro- view. They have chosen to deploy an it is my sincere hope that in both par- neously decided’’ and called the ACA’s unprecedented level of systematic, ties and in both Chambers we will fi- birth control provisions ‘‘an assault on across-the-board delaying tactics. The nally—finally—be able to reach a religious liberty.’’ A lot of these judges effect has been the need for cloture meaningful consensus that can become are not just against abortion. They are votes and individual consideration for law and deliver on the priorities of against contraception. She is on the all kinds of uncontroversial nomina- communities that are in need all across bench for life. Amy Coney Barrett, who tions, where it hadn’t been a tradition our country. said that, is on the bench for life and in the Senate in the past. So more than I suggest the absence of a quorum. on President Trump’s short list for the 2 years into this consideration, we are The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Supreme Court. left with too many vacancies still pore. The clerk will call the roll. Let’s not forget Justice Kavanaugh, unfulfilled and a backlog of qualified The senior assistant legislative clerk who refused to affirm that Roe was set- nominees who need considering. proceeded to call the roll. tled law and now sits on the one body Confirming unobjectionable individ- Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I with the power to overturn it. uals continues to take more of the Sen- ask unanimous consent that the order Just last week, Republicans con- ate’s time than it should, but this ob- for the quorum call be rescinded. firmed Wendy Vitter, who said Planned

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:34 May 22, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G21MY6.002 S21MYPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE May 21, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2987 Parenthood kills 150,000 a year and products sell them in China, except block to passage of the U.S.-Mexico- once pushed the idea that contracep- under restrictions that make it almost Canada trade agreement. With the alu- tives cause cancer. impossible for them to do it. Our major minum and steel tariff settlement and We have more coming down the pipe- tech companies are excluded from labor reforms recently adopted by the line. Soon the Senate may consider the China, but China, at the same time, Mexican Government, two major nomination of Stephen Clark, who be- can sell anything it wants here. Democratic objections to passage of longed to an organization called Law- ‘‘Reciprocity’’ should be our watch the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement yers for Life. He once compared Roe v. word. If Google or Facebook or any of have been addressed. Now it is time for Wade to the Dred Scott case. our other companies can’t sell in the House Democratic leadership to in- So Republicans are playing a cynical China, their top companies shouldn’t dicate its willingness to take up the long game here. They refuse to com- sell here until they let us in. That is agreement in the near future. ment on the anti-abortion bills but are what has happened with Huawei, in ad- The U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement content to install anti-choice judges dition to the national security con- would boost almost every sector of the across the Federal bench who will up- cerns, and it makes sense. American economy, from automotive hold many of these very same laws. It So I say to the Commerce Depart- manufacturing, to digital services, to is hypocritical. It is sort of like that ment: Stay strong. dairy farming. It would create 176,000 old routine. They are saying: No, no, We are now talking about some 90- new jobs and increase wages for work- no, I am not for these laws. Judges, ap- day delay. I hope this is not a prelude ers. It is time to take up this agree- prove them. I am supporting judges to what we did with ZTE, when we ment. As I said, the U.S.-Mexico-Can- who approve them. stood tough at the beginning. It had an ada free-trade agreement would be a It is not fair, it is not right, it is cyn- effect, and then we backed off. boon for U.S. producers and U.S. work- ical, and the American people are President Trump, don’t back off on ers. going to get wise to it. We are watch- Huawei. This is the kind of stuff we should be ing the endgame of a long and con- Commerce Secretary Ross, don’t spending our time on in Washington— certed campaign by the far right to back off on Huawei. measures that grow our economy, in- erode a woman’s right to choose Secretary of Treasury Mnuchin and crease opportunity, and improve life through the courts. From the moment Ambassador Lighthizer, stay strong. for the American people. That is what that Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973, This will get the Chinese to play fair; Republicans have been working on. Our the most extreme elements of the Re- talking won’t. Tariffs are one tool; this policies have helped produce the lowest publican Party have plotted its demise. is another. We need all the tools in our unemployment rate in 50 years and The Federalist Society was founded toolbox to get China to play fair. more jobs and higher wages for work- with the intent of cultivating a genera- I yield the floor. ers. tion of judges loyal to conservative f Unfortunately, my colleagues across causes. Its founder, Leonard Leo, was, the aisle seem more interested in re- above all, an anti-choice advocate— RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME litigating the 2016 election and accel- some would say, even further, a fa- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- erating their party’s rapid move to- natic. Now that they have a Repub- pore. Under the previous order, the ward the radical fringe left. lican President and a Republican Sen- leadership time is reserved. While I realize the Democrats are dis- ate, the Federalist Society can push f appointed with the results of the 2016 judge after judge after judge onto the Presidential election, it is time for CONCLUSION OF MORNING bench with barely a delay and with them to accept the fact that they lost. BUSINESS barely a discussion, where they will It has been more than 2 years now, and have the power to severely curtail a The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Democrats are still more focused on woman’s right to choose. pore. Morning business is closed. opposing this President than on get- My Republican friends who profess f ting things done for the American peo- opposition or indifference to these ex- ple. EXECUTIVE SESSION treme anti-abortion bills while voting When Democrats do get around to for hard-right, anti-Roe judges are en- talking about legislation, too often, it gaging in subterfuge, if not hypocrisy. EXECUTIVE CALENDAR is proposals from the radical fringe f left, which is rapidly swallowing up the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Democratic mainstream. Take the CHINA pore. Under the previous order, the Green New Deal, the Democrats’ plan Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, fi- Senate will proceed to executive ses- for a government takeover of a large nally, there is a topic I have discussed sion to resume consideration of the fol- section of the economy in the name of before—the administration’s moves to lowing nomination, which the clerk clean energy. The estimated price tag block access to telecommunications will report. for this government takeover is be- equipment to China’s state-controlled The senior assistant legislative clerk tween $51 trillion and $93 trillion over and state-backed firms, like Huawei. I read the nomination of Daniel P. Col- 10 years. To put that number in per- firmly back these measures. Our de- lins, of California, to be United States spective, $93 trillion is more money fense, law enforcement, and intel- Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. than the U.S. Government has spent in ligence officials have publicly testified The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- its entire history, and $93 trillion is that Huawei and other Chinese telecom pore. The majority whip. more money than the 2017 gross domes- companies pose a national threat to TARIFFS tic product of the entire world. the security of the United States. Mr. THUNE. Madam President, Fri- How do Democrats plan to pay for Their technology could allow China to day’s announcement that the adminis- this? Well, they don’t actually have a spy on Americans, steal their data, and tration had reached an agreement to plan. Their usual ‘‘tax the rich’’ solu- otherwise conduct espionage. remove steel and aluminum tariffs on tion won’t work since taxing every Also, there is another point. China Canada and Mexico was great news for wealthy American at a 100-percent rate has taken advantage of us. There is a American consumers, producers, and wouldn’t come anywhere close to pay- huge consensus now in America that workers. Mexican and Canadian retal- ing for the Green New Deal. Should the that has happened. We didn’t have that iatory tariffs on U.S. products have al- Green New Deal ever come to pass, consensus even 5 years ago, but wheth- ready been lifted. That is a big deal for working Americans would face massive er it is business or labor, average American producers, especially for tax hikes for the privilege of having American citizens, Democrats, or Re- farmers and ranchers, who were hit the government dictate the design of their publicans, everyone agrees that China hardest by Mexico and Canada’s retal- house and the type of their car. takes advantage, and one of the main iatory tariffs. Then, of course, there is the Demo- ways they take advantage is they don’t Friday’s agreement is also important crats’ plan for a government takeover let our companies that have top-line because it removes a significant road- of the Nation’s healthcare. Under so-

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:34 May 22, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G21MY6.003 S21MYPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE S2988 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 21, 2019 called Medicare for All, the govern- I am sure that many Americans can I have said before and will say it ment would take away Americans’ in- remember the TV footage of the dev- again: I look at the Constitution. I see surance choices and force everyone astating scenes and the heroism of peo- what the President’s authority is. I see into a single one-size-fits-all, govern- ple who rose to the challenge and what the House of Representatives’ au- ment-run plan and then tax Americans helped. The roofs of homes were com- thority is. I see what the U.S. Senate’s to pay for it. pletely torn off and revealed knee-deep authority is. My understanding is, Thanks to policies like tax reform, water and scattered furniture. Streets when they all agree on an appropria- American families are doing better looked like rivers that were filled with tions bill, that it is the law of the land. than they have been doing in a long small boats that led rescue operations. Yet somehow, this Agency—the Office time. They have been taking home Folks linked arms and made human of Management and Budget—has seen more money. They have access to bet- chains to help save people who were fit to usurp that authority and to de- ter jobs and more opportunities, and stranded in their vehicles. feat the will of Congress when it comes they are enjoying better wages and It was the second most expensive to getting disaster relief to the in- benefits. To most people, it would seem hurricane in history, only behind Hur- tended beneficiaries. logical to continue and build on the ricane Katrina, with an estimated total This undue delay, I believe, is unac- policies that have gotten us here, but cost of $125 billion. While we can put a ceptable but is, sadly, not unique to not to Democrats. Democrats want to pricetag on the damaged homes, busi- my State. Other States are facing this overturn the policies that have gotten nesses, and infrastructure, there is no same unnecessary holdup in getting us to this point. Instead of tax cuts, way we could even begin to quantify desperately needed funds. One of those they want tax hikes so they can imple- the impact this storm had on lost loved States is West Virginia, which has been ment their socialist fantasies. Instead ones and how much it completely up- waiting more than 3 years to receive of less government interference in ended so many lives. funding after the devastating floods of Americans’ lives, they want more. With that heartbreak fresh on our June 2016. They think the government should be minds, it only underscores the impor- I and my colleague from West Vir- directing your healthcare choices, your tance of strengthening our prepared- ginia, Senator MANCHIN, recently intro- housing choices, your energy choices, ness efforts. Unlike many threats we duced a bill that would require the Of- and much more. It is unfortunate that face, either from our adversaries on the fice of Management and Budget to en- the Democratic Party is being swal- ground or in cyberspace, there is noth- sure that these appropriated funds are lowed by its extreme left wing. ing we can do to stop Mother Nature in promptly disbursed. The Bipartisan Republicans are going to do every- her tracks. Our only course of action is Disaster Recovery Funding Act would thing we can to protect Americans to be prepared and to build resilient start a timer—a shock clock, if you from Democrats’ socialist fantasies and communities that can withstand the will—on when the OMB must release to continue to expand the choices and impact. We need to continue to do ev- the money. It would give it 60 days to the opportunities available to Amer- erything in our power to provide assist- get these dollars untangled from the ican families. ance to State and local governments so redtape and get them to the commu- I yield the floor. they can protect themselves in the I suggest the absence of a quorum. nities that desperately need them. event of severe weather. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- It is important to note that this One may recall, in the wake of Hurri- pore. The clerk will call the roll. change would apply not only to this cane Harvey and other natural disas- The senior assistant bill clerk pro- particular block of funding but to any ceeded to call the roll. ters, that Congress worked hard to pro- funds appropriated to States that are Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask vide disaster relief to Texas and other being withheld by OMB. unanimous consent that the order for States that were adversely affected. As appropriators continue to work on the quorum call be rescinded. While there is still a lot of work to be a disaster supplemental this week, I The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. ROM- done, these dollars have helped my hope they will include a provision to NEY). Without objection, it is so or- State to rebuild and to bring back ensure that States like Texas that dered. some semblance of normalcy. I am have already suffered from a major dis- DISASTER RELIEF grateful to all of our colleagues here aster don’t become victims of govern- Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, next for working with us, as well as with ment bureaucracy. Saturday, June 1, marks the official Florida, California, Puerto Rico, and It has now been 467 days since the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. the other places that were hit at about President signed a bill that would have It is an important reminder for every- that same time. I am grateful for the sent roughly $48 billion to Texas, and it one—from individuals and families to assistance of a bipartisan group of Sen- is tough to imagine what communities businesses and local officials—to re- ators and Congressmen and for Presi- could have accomplished in that time view preparedness efforts to ensure you dent Trump who worked together to and how much progress could have are ready for anything that Mother Na- provide disaster relief in the wake of been made if simply Congress’s and the ture may throw at you. this devastation. Yet here is the rub— executive branch’s will had been car- There are simple steps, of course, much of the funding that has been ap- ried out by the Federal bureaucracy. that everybody can take, like review- proved for Texas still hasn’t been un- With the 2019 hurricane season only a ing evacuation routes, signing up for tangled from the redtape here in Wash- week and half away, it is critical we emergency alerts, and making a family ington, DC. get this money out of Washington and communications plan. This is also a In February 2018—15 months ago— into the hands of those who need it so great time to look at your insurance Congress appropriated more than $28 we can begin to work on long-term policies to ensure that you have the billion in community development projects to protect the Texas coast and right coverage. This isn’t the most fun block grants for disaster recovery, with protect against future storms. conversation or topic to talk about at roughly $12 billion intended specifi- Of course Hurricane Harvey was not the dinner table, but in the event of a cally for mitigation purposes. About $4 the first storm to hit my State, and I disaster, these small steps can make a billion of that was designated for guarantee it will not be the last. Tex- world of difference. Texas, and it could still be used to do ans have waited long enough for the As we gear up for the 2019 Atlantic things, like to repair wastewater treat- funding that we were promised and hurricane season, I can’t help but ment facilities that haven’t been fully that Congress appropriated over the think back on the devastation my restored, to carry out important eco- signature of the President, and I hope State saw in 2017 when Hurricane Har- nomic revitalization in decimated we can pass something soon to improve vey hit. This storm was the largest areas, or to relocate or elevate dam- the resilience in these communities rain event in American history, and aged facilities in order to prepare for and carry out congressional will. some parts of Texas are still in the re- the next storm. Yet we have not seen a I yield the floor. covery mode. Harvey brought more cent of that $4 billion because it has I suggest the absence of a quorum. than 50 inches of rain to some parts of been tied up at the Office of Manage- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Houston. ment and Budget. clerk will call the roll.

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Mr. President, I ask it should be legal, just as our Constitu- in 1973, women’s healthcare got safer. unanimous consent to speak as in tion says. Those people are watching Now, once again, there is an effort to morning business. now. They are speaking up, and they undermine that safety of women. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without are absolutely going to remember who Second, in key ways, the future these objection, it is so ordered. stood up to protect women’s health and restrictive laws are creating is worse ABORTION rights and who pushed to take those for women and healthcare professionals Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I want rights away. than before Roe. to start today by expressing my appre- We have a number of Senators who What we are talking about now is ciation to all of my colleagues who will will be speaking about this today, and jailing doctors for life. We are talking be out here today speaking out and to I want to thank them for being here about treating women like hardened the women and men nationwide who today. criminals after they get a medical pro- are doing the same today in their own I yield the floor. cedure. Women in some places are fac- communities. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ing the prospect that they may need to In the last few weeks, we have seen ator from Oregon. report miscarriages to the government some of the most blatant and cruel ef- Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, while she or they could wind up in prison. forts yet to deny women access to a is on the floor, I want to commend my The other side in this debate paints a safe, legal abortion. We have seen leg- northwest colleague and friend, Sen- picture of women exercising their right islation so extreme, it would even ator MURRAY, for all of her leadership, to choose that is unfair and unreal- block a 12-year-old survivor of rape constantly coming to the floor and istic. These are incredibly difficult from getting an abortion and sentence leading us on this enormous health choices. Many women exercising the healthcare providers to prison for pro- challenge—a challenge that is really right to choose have just been hit with viding safe, medically sound care to existential for so many women across the most devastating medical news their patients, which is their responsi- the country. that prospective parents can face. It is bility. Right now in State capitals across not up to State lawmakers and govern- The extreme politicians behind these the land, Republican lawmakers are ment bureaucrats to step in and inter- cruel abortion bans are not stopping in passing extreme bills that throw in the fere with this intensely private and Alabama or Missouri or anywhere else; trash can 45 years of settled law on re- personal choice, but that is exactly they want to take these bans all the productive health. This is an open, co- what is on offer with the laws being way to the Supreme Court. They want ordinated attack on Roe v. Wade and a passed in statehouses across the land. to allow Brett Kavanaugh to do what woman’s right to choose the healthcare These laws bind and punish women President Trump and Republicans she needs. These Republican law- with a level of government control that chose him to do—roll back the decision makers are passing bills that are not did not exist before Roe. This is right in Roe v. Wade that established a wom- only harmful, but they are overwhelm- out of nightmarish fiction. It is a co- an’s constitutionally protected right to ingly opposed by the public—bills with ordinated attack on women’s rights make her own decisions about her own harsh criminal penalties for women that is cruel and dangerous. body and her own healthcare. and doctors, bills with no exceptions Abortion and other reproductive de- They are pushing for this even for cases of rape or incest, bills that ex- cisions are healthcare, and healthcare though they know as well as we do that plicitly compare women getting med- choices ought to be made by women without the ability to exercise that ical care to the Holocaust. Let me re- with the help of doctors they trust, not right, women lose their lives; even peat that—bills that explicitly com- by the Federal Government and not by though they know just as well as we do pare women getting medical care to State lawmakers—women and doctors. that without this right, doctors will be the Holocaust. That is it. Full stop. blocked from providing medically ap- I want to be clear on what this is all My Democratic colleagues and I want propriate care. Let me be frank. Ex- about. The party of Donald Trump is to thank Senator MURRAY and Senator treme conservatives will push these insisting on government control of SHAHEEN, who have been such advo- abortion bans all the way to the Su- women’s bodies. That is what is on the cates for women’s healthcare for many preme Court even though they know— table in Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, years in public service. They are here. or maybe even because they do know— and elsewhere—government control of We are all going to be part of this ef- that in a world where women cannot women’s bodies. fort that I am proud to join in to fight control what happens to their own bod- Millions of women across the land at the Federal level with everything we ies, they are less able to plan their are watching in anger and in fear as all have to stand up for women’s right to family and stay financially secure and of this is playing out. I have heard make intensely personal choices, and independent. That means they are less from many of them back home in Or- we are going to be joining those women free and less equal. egon. I heard it last weekend. I have across the land who are standing up I am not going to stand for that, and four town meetings in the rural part of and fighting with everything they Senate Democrats are not going to Oregon coming up; I am going to hear have. stand for that either. I am proud to be it again. Women are afraid for the fu- The government should not have con- on the floor today with a number of my ture—their future and their family’s trol of women’s bodies—end of story. colleagues who will be here standing future—because they know what is at I yield the floor. for what our Constitution confirms is stake with this coordinated attack on The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- true: Women have the right to access their rights. ator from New Hampshire. safe, legal abortion, and this makes our First, it puts women’s lives in dan- Mrs. SHAHEEN. Mr. President, I am country stronger because women are ger. here to join my colleagues. I was going absolutely critical to our country’s The reality is, abortions will still to say I am pleased, but I am not strength. I am proud to be making happen in States that pass these laws, pleased. I am disappointed that we are clear that even in the face of relentless but those abortions will happen later, here on the floor today talking about attacks on women’s health and rights, and they will be unsafe. Women are something that should be an issue that we are not going to back down one bit. going to die. That is a fact. Women are is decided by women with their fami- The truth is, there are certain ex- going to die because of these restric- lies and their physicians. Yet we are treme politicians around the country tions. If you need proof, just look at here to sound the alarm about the re- who want to take us backward to the the figures before and after the Roe lentless assault State legislatures and

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So rather than Senate comes down to rolling back ac- I certainly applaud Senator MURRAY, thinking about women and how they cess to women’s healthcare. who has done such a great job of lead- will be affected by this law, it is strict- Now we see Supreme Court Justices ing the response to this assault, and ly designed to try to challenge the cur- who may or may not uphold those my colleague from Oregon, Senator rent Roe v. Wade law. basic rights as were established in Con- WYDEN, for his efforts. Unfortunately, even in the light of necticut v. Griswold, as did a Supreme This radical effort to limit women’s the extreme nature of these recent Court Justice, who just happened to freedom to a full range of reproductive abortion bans, we have an administra- hail from the State of Washington, who care is part of a broader strategy by tion that is compounding the issue understood that the privacy rights pro- some in this country to take through its own actions to interfere tected in the Constitution are in the healthcare away from people who need with access to reproductive health penumbra of rights. So, yes, I believe it. Americans across the country, both services. Now, whether it is creating that our Supreme Court Justices women and men, are calling out these new administrative obstacles to insur- should also continue that well-estab- threats and fighting them head-on. ance coverage of abortion, preventing lished practice of observing those pri- Today, in hundreds of capitals across title X family planning clinics from in- vacy rights. So it is hard to say what this country, in courthouses, at hun- forming their patients about reproduc- all of these State actions will lead to, dreds of rallies, a powerful message is tive care choices, or any of the many whether they will make it to the Su- being sent that we are not going back. other recent Federal actions, the preme Court and what this Supreme As Members of Congress here in Wash- Trump administration’s clear goal is to Court will have to say about it. But I ington, we need to join them and de- chip away at access to abortion. can tell you that we here in the Sen- fend women’s reproductive rights. Now, these recent actions by States ate—women who understand the access In just the past 2 weeks, Governors in and the administration pose grave to healthcare—are so emphatic that we Alabama and Georgia signed extreme threats to the freedoms and reproduc- not erode these rights. and dangerous abortion restrictions tive health protections that are relied I had the very unfortunate situation into law. Yesterday, the Missouri Leg- on by women all across this country. of having to speak at a funeral this islature passed another bill to place At this critical time, we need to say weekend for a 28-year-old former staff draconian restrictions on a woman’s loud and clear that we are ready to member who died of cancer. I know access to abortion. These actions are fight these extreme actions with every- how much fight she had in her, but it part of a concerted effort around the thing we have. was afterward where one of her rel- country to overturn Roe v. Wade and to Thank you, Mr. President. atives said to me: Senator, you cannot deny women access to reproductive I yield the floor. leave this unaddressed. care. I suggest the absence of a quorum. Young women at college campuses What is so ironic about this is that The PRESIDING OFFICER. The are not getting the breast exams to do this is coming at a time when last year clerk will call the roll. early detection that they should. They this country saw fewer unintended The legislative clerk proceeded to should be out there. We should do more pregnancies than at any time in our call the roll. to evangelize that young women need history because giving women access to Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I ask to pay attention to their healthcare. family planning, to the range of repro- unanimous consent that the order for Yet we are here across the Nation hav- ductive healthcare that women need, the quorum call be rescinded. ing this debate, and I guarantee you means that there are fewer unintended The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without that the access to healthcare to do pregnancies. What laws like this will objection, it is so ordered. those early detections in a lot of com- mean is that there will be more abor- The Senator from Washington. munities comes with the access that tions, more unintended pregnancies, Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I organizations like Planned Parenthood more maternal health deaths. That is come to the floor to join my colleagues and others deliver. So while they are not the direction in which we should be who have been speaking this morning not what is immediately under attack going. about the access to healthcare for by these States, I guarantee you that it All of these State actions are con- women in America. Today, as women is all a part of a larger debate that cerning, especially the new Alabama take action across the Nation to bring needs to stop. law, which would outlaw abortion in focus to this issue, I would like to join Healthcare should be the right of virtually all instances with no excep- my colleagues, particularly the senior women to be discussed with their doc- tion for cases of rape or incest. The Senator from Washington, and I thank tors and continue to be protected under Alabama law also establishes prison her for her leadership on this impor- our Constitution. sentences for providers who perform tant issue. She knows better than most I thank the President. abortions in violation of the abortion how many times the Senate and the I yield the floor. ban. So think about that for a second. Congress in the last decade have fought The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- If a doctor performs an abortion for a over access to healthcare for women. It ator from Minnesota. rape victim, the Alabama law could put seems like every budget debate, every Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I that doctor in prison for as long as or fiscal cliff, every budget negotiation, thank my colleague from Washington even longer than the rapist. That and every issue had to have a debate for that personal story, and I am sorry makes no sense. The Alabama abortion about whether we were going to defund for her loss of a former staff member. I ban, and so many other State laws like Planned Parenthood. So it is not a sur- think that story is a good place to it, will not only impede on a woman’s prise that we are out here today as start because this isn’t just about an freedom to make her own reproductive States across the Nation try to roll isolated bill passing in one State. This choices, but it will also push women back access to healthcare. I guarantee is actually part of a greater effort. into the shadows and increase the like- you, I believe and my State believes As you look at what this administra- lihood of unsafe abortions. We know that access to healthcare should be and tion has been trying to do since day that. We have data that shows that— is protected under the Constitution as one, defunding Planned Parenthood— not just in the United States but a right to privacy. We believe that and OK, well, that is where one out of five around the world. codified Roe v. Wade into statute by a women in their lifetime will go to seek Today, one in three women live in vote of the people in the 1990s. So any healthcare for things like cancer States where abortion would be out- time anybody is going to take on ac- screenings and for things like contra- lawed if Roe v. Wade is overturned. cess to healthcare for women and erode ception. You look at the fact that over The Alabama law and other State what is a basic right in our State and, the span of the last administration, we abortion bans are designed as a direct I believe, a basic right protected in our actually reduced abortions to the low- challenge to the protections provided Constitution, we are going to raise our est level in recorded history. That is a

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Because want to have an abortion; however, to restrict women’s access to reproduc- healthcare was available that allowed, they don’t think that their views tive health services, and I look forward with more ease, women to access con- should dictate what happens to their to cosponsoring this bill again when it traception. So now what do we have? neighbors. That is the problem. That is is reintroduced. We have three things going on. These the nub of the problem with what is I thank Senator MURRAY for her lead- restrictive laws that literally put doc- going on in these States. ership over her many, many years in tors in prison for 99 years is what I will The precedent in Roe is clear, but this area. It is our responsibility to talk about today. We have an effort to these lawmakers have decided that treat women in every State in this defund Planned Parenthood and to re- they want to take away a woman’s Union with respect and dignity, instead duce access to contraception as a re- basic right to make a personal of using them as political pawns. sult. Then we have an effort—a major healthcare decision. In fact, they are I join my colleagues in condemning effort—to repeal the entire Affordable passing these bills with the hope that these recent efforts to restrict women’s Care Act, which would allow women to it goes to the Supreme Court where access to healthcare services, and I will be kicked off of their healthcare insur- this administration has placed judges continue working to protect the health ance if they have a preexisting condi- on that Court where there is a lot of and lives of women across the country. tion. Before that act came into law, in hope, with the people who are passing I yield the floor. eight States, being a victim of domes- these restrictive laws, that they are I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tic abuse was considered a preexisting going to overturn Roe v. Wade. clerk will call the roll. condition. So do not see these laws After signing the new abortion ban into law, the Governor of Alabama re- The bill clerk proceeded to call the that were just passed in these States roll. and are being considered in these leased a statement in which he said the sponsors of this bill believe it is time, Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask States as isolated. Look at it as a com- unanimous consent that the order for plete package, and it is not a package once again, for the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit this important matter, and the quorum call be rescinded. that the women of this country want to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without get in the mail. they believe this act may bring about ‘‘the best opportunity for this to objection, it is so ordered. I have always believed that a wom- IMMIGRATION an’s most personal and difficult med- occur.’’ So don’t tell me this is just one legis- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, it is dif- ical decisions should be made with her ficult to believe that it is happening, doctor and her family and that those lature deciding they are going to do something other people in this Cham- but I have seen it. It was about 5 weeks decisions should not be undermined or ago that I was in El Paso, TX. I went politicized by Government officials. ber on the other side of the aisle don’t agree with. No. No. No. This has been down to see what has happening on the But that is exactly what we are seeing border. You can’t escape all the stories today. In the last few months, an an effort that has been going on for years. This is an effort that is going on that have been written about the num- alarming number of States have passed ber of people who are coming to our laws to limit a woman’s ability to seek during an administration with a Presi- dent that, in a townhall meeting in border and what is happening to them, reproductive healthcare services. Ken- March of 2016, said that he thought so I wanted to see it for myself. tucky, Ohio, Mississippi, and Georgia women should be punished for making I saw what was a detention facility have all recently passed measures that that decision. A few hours later, his for people who had been stopped at the basically amount to a ban on abortion. campaign tries to dial it back with the border. There was a cell with a plate Just last week, Alabama passed a bill statement: No, he meant that doctors glass window, so that you could see ev- that effectively and in writing banned should be punished. erything inside. Above the door of the abortion completely. The bill which This is not just an isolated incident, cell, it said, ‘‘capacity 35.’’ I looked in- passed the Alabama State Senate—by which is why so many of my colleagues side and counted—took the time to the way, without a vote of a single have taken to the floor today. We can slowly count—and I counted 150 men in woman senator—would allow a doctor have individual disagreements, and we that cell, standing shoulder to shoul- who performed an abortion to be sent can have our own personal beliefs, but der. Few of them could sit on the to jail for 99 years. The Alabama law’s as elected officials, we must follow the benches on the side of the walls—150. only exception is if a woman’s life is at Constitution of the United States. There was one toilet in that cell. risk. It does not even include an excep- Overturning Roe isn’t just unconstitu- They were fed their meals to eat stand- tion for incidents of rape or incest. So tional. As I said, it is against the wish- ing up. They slept taking turns lying what does this mean? Well, if your kid es of the vast majority of the people in down on the floor. Some of them would is in college and gets brutally raped, it this country. be there for 3 days and some as long as means that she would not have a In the last few years, as I have noted, 6 weeks. choice about whether or not she would we have seen an assault on women’s ac- Next to that cell was another one carry a baby. That is what that law cess to care. We have seen it with the with a plate glass window; you could says in Alabama. And if a doctor inter- attempt to defund Planned Parent- see inside. Above the door, it read, ‘‘ca- vened, if a doctor wanted to help in hood, even though, during the Obama pacity 16.’’ This was a cell for women. that State, he would be sent to prison administration, we saw a historic de- I counted 75 women in that cell—‘‘ca- for 99 years—or up to 99 years. This is crease in abortions. According to a pacity 16.’’ There were four or five of not something I am making up or exag- CDC study conducted between 2006 and them with nursing babies. gerating; this is what this bill that 2015, abortion rates fell to historic lows I have since learned, in the few weeks passed one of the States and is similar near the end of the Obama administra- since I saw this and witnessed it first- to bills in other States actually says. tion. hand, things have gotten dramatically What we are seeing, of course, is What should we be doing? Well, we worse. The cell with 150 now has al- wrong and unconstitutional. These should be providing more access to most 200 men jammed into it. The cell bills directly infringe on a woman’s healthcare services, comprehensive with the women is even worse than right to make her own medical deci- health education, and contraception, what I saw when I visited. sions and the precedent that the Su- not less. We should ensure that women If I described these conditions in a preme Court set in Roe v. Wade, which are equipped with the knowledge and prison in some foreign country, you has been affirmed many times over the resources they need to make informed would say: For goodness’ sakes, the last 46 years. healthcare decisions. United States of America should speak You wonder where the public is on In the Senate, I have fought back up for human rights. We cannot allow this? Seventy-three percent of Ameri- against efforts to undermine the abil- human beings to be treated that way.

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But in good their elected representatives in Con- through a docket that was very heavy. conscience, I can’t ignore it. gress and this President to stop this in- She invited me to stay for the first The most recent news report said humane treatment of these individuals. case of the day that involved two cli- that another child died at the border. I Today, I am sending a letter that I ents. It was tough to get this pro- think that brings the total to five in never thought I would send. I am join- ceeding underway because zero toler- the last few months. Is that what ing other Senators in a letter to the ance had resulted in more children America has come to? International Red Cross. You see, we coming into these immigration courts. We need to have an immigration pol- call on the International Red Cross to The difficulty in getting this hearing icy that makes sense. Absolutely, we go to developing countries and look at underway was that she said: Before we must have border security. In an age of their prison situations and decide start, I want everyone to take their terrorism and drug epidemics, I want whether they are humane. seats. to know what is coming into this coun- I cannot believe that I am asking It was hard to get Marta to take her try, and I want to know what they are them to do this in the United States of seat. Marta was 2 years old. She had to bringing with them. America. Because I have seen it with be lifted into the chair and handed a Second, the United States certainly my own eyes and I have been told that stuffed animal for her hearing. Luckily cannot accept everyone in the world it is getting worse, I feel I have no for the other client, Hamilton, he spot- who wants to come here. It is under- choice. ted one of those Matchbox cars on top standable they want to live in this I am also asking for the inspector of the table, and 4-year-old Hamilton great country. That is what brought general of the Department of Homeland scrambled up into the chair. my grandmother and more to these Security to immediately, on an emer- In the United States of America at shores as immigrants to this country. gency basis, review the detention fa- an immigration hearing, the clients But we cannot accept everyone in the cilities for adults and children. Why do were 2 years old and 4 years old be- world. I raise that point? We know what this cause of the conscious policy of this ad- Third, we don’t want anyone dan- administration did last year in a ministration to separate children from gerous coming into this country, pe- project called zero tolerance. their parents. So we have this setting riod. No exceptions. If you are dan- Zero tolerance, announced by the At- with detention cells jammed with peo- gerous and not legal in this country, torney General of the United States ple in inhumane circumstances and the you should be gone. Jeff Sessions, said we will treat every- separation of children from their par- Having said that, now it is our bur- one who comes to our border as a ents. den to come up with a comprehensive I sent a letter to the inspector gen- criminal. Understand that people can immigration bill that makes sense for eral of the Department of Health and come to our border and present them- this Nation of immigrants in the 21st Human Services asking about these selves, as many of these people do, and century. children who had been separated. They ask for asylum. They have turned Unfortunately, the U.S. Senate and came back to me a few months ago and themselves in. They are not sneaking this empty Chamber tell you how much said: We have discovered there were in. work we do on legislation. We give more. speeches—we ran for the Senate to give They have turned themselves in for Before they announced it, this ad- speeches—and occasionally we vote on adjudication as to whether they are eli- ministration had been separating in- another nominee every few hours. That gible to be in this country. Attorney fants, toddlers, and children from their is it. You will not see a comprehensive General Sessions said last year that we parents as they presented themselves immigration bill come to the floor of will treat them as criminals, and there- at the border. The judge who was in- the Senate. It hasn’t—not this year and fore, because they are suspected crimi- volved in the case in southern Cali- not for the previous 6 years. But the nals, we will remove their children fornia stepped in and asked: Well, how last time it did, I was part of a bipar- from them. many? How many kids under zero tolerance It is now reported at least 1,712 more tisan effort that wrote one that passed were taken by the Trump administra- kids may have been separated. That the Senate with I believe 68 votes—an tion away from their parents? More means we have over 4,500 babies, tod- overwhelming rollcall, bipartisan, in than two thousand eight hundred—I dlers, infants, and children separated favor of immigration reform. That died know that number because a Federal from their parents by this administra- in the Republican-controlled House, judge in southern California took this tion. Sadly, some of these children will and there has never been another try administration to court and said: I not be reunited. Their parents were since. Why were we elected to come want an accounting for every one of sent back, usually to the Central here if we can’t face this problem those children. American countries they came from, squarely, dealing with what is going on I saw those children—at least some of and now the kids are in the system and at our border and making sense of our them—in Chicago. They go through a way too young to even remember who immigration system? bureaucratic process and end up at Mom or Dad was. There is a humanitarian nightmare agencies—at Health and Human Serv- This circumstance has reached the on our border, but I will tell you about ices agencies to try to place them in point of a humanitarian crisis on our another one. This President decided to foster care or connect them up with a border. How can this President, who end the DACA Program. I know a little member of their family. was elected promising that he would do bit about that—maybe more than some I remember, in a room, they brought something about immigration, have of my colleagues—because it was 19 in some of the children who had been brought us to this terrible moment years ago that I introduced a bill. We taken away from their parents. There where we have more people presenting do a lot of that. This bill was called the were two little 4-year-old girls who I themselves at the border than we have DREAM Act—19 years ago. It said: If thought were sisters, and then as I had in recent history—certainly those you were brought to this country as a looked more closely, I realized they with children? We have never had fami- child, you lived here, went to school, weren’t. They just seemed like sisters, lies in these numbers showing up. The and didn’t get in trouble with the law, and they had become friends at that fa- tougher this President’s rhetoric is and you ought to have a chance to become cility. They were 4 years old, holding the meaner his tweets are, the more legal in America. That was it. For 19 hands. We gave them crayons and people come to our borders. It is ex- years, we have been trying to make it coloring books, what you would give to actly the opposite of what he promised the law of the land and have been un- little kids. us. able to get 60 votes in the Senate. We Then I went to an immigration court This circumstance here is absolutely always got a majority but never the 60 proceeding in downtown Chicago in an intolerable, unacceptable, and embar- votes we needed.

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He land Security, Kevin McAleenan, to go visit us here get up in their classrooms didn’t. Last Friday, a second court said down to the border, take a look at the every day, and I am proud to say they that he was wrong, that he had no rea- detention facilities, and do everything put their hands over their hearts and son, no basis to eliminate this pro- possible to make certain there is hu- pledge allegiance to that flag. These gram. mane treatment there. These are des- kids do exactly the same thing. It is When you hear these stories about perate people risking their lives to the only flag and the only country they what is happening at the border and at come to this United States of America. have ever known. these detention cells; when you hear We owe them at least humane treat- So President Obama created what about the conscious decision of this ad- ment while they are here, as our polit- was called DACA, and more than 800,000 ministration to separate infants and ical and legal system works its way of these young people stepped up, paid toddlers from their parents—4,500 of through it. a filing fee of almost $500, went them having been separated; when you (Mr. CRUZ assumed the Chair.) hear about this administration coming through a criminal background check, ABORTION and were given a chance to stay legally forward to eliminate the DACA Pro- Mr. President, people are following in the United States for 2 years at a gram and to stop these medical stu- what is happening in States like Ala- time, not to be deported but be able to dents from becoming doctors and serv- bama, Georgia, and Mississippi, where work and go to school—more than ing in my State, where they are des- State legislatures are considering leg- 800,000 of them. perately needed, you have to ask: Mr. islation on the issue of abortion. I really believe in them. And you President, what is your immigration I know this is a very inflammatory know human nature—out of 800,000, policy? Why have you made such a and divisive issue. I have seen it first- there have to be some of them in there mess of this situation that wasn’t very hand throughout my political career. I who are going to disappoint you. But I good to start with? stand here today in the Senate and tell And what are we going to do about have good friends who are on one side you that in all of these years since it? Anything? Not in this empty Cham- of the issue, who smile and say hello President Obama did that, I have never ber. Not today. We are just going to but wouldn’t vote for me in 100 years heard any of those stories. These are pick up the papers every morning and because of this issue. I have others who extraordinary young men and women. I say: Isn’t it a shame? Well, it is more passionately support me because they have told their stories on the floor of than a shame; it is an embarrassment are on the other side of the issue. For the Senate—over 120 of them—of how to this country that this Nation of im- some people, it really is the litmus test these DACA-protected young people migrants has reached this moment. on how they will vote for a candidate. want to become part of America’s fu- Mr. President, I continue to appeal to For over 40 years, we have tried to ture. my colleagues on both sides of the reconcile this issue, this basic ques- Let me tell you about a group of aisle: Please, come forward, and let’s tion: When does life begin? In Roe v. them in Chicago. Loyola University in solve these problems together. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court said: We Chicago is a great school, and they I have been part of bipartisan groups are going to base it on the concept of have a great school of medicine. When who have come up with comprehensive viability, survivability of the fetus, as they heard about the DACA Program, bills and all sorts of legislative re- to an individual’s right when it comes they said: We are going to open up sponses. My door is always open to to making this decision as opposed to competition to these DACA-protected anyone who wants to sit down. society’s right or responsibility. young people to compete to go to med- In the meantime, bring humanity to Over the years, there has been a lot ical school. And the news flashed our border. Let’s not do things with of debate as to whether that Roe v. across the country because many of these people presenting themselves at Wade decision was right or wrong. We these young people who dreamed of our border that don’t speak well of our have seen a lot of different efforts to being doctors had no chance because values and our reputation around the change it—some successful and some they were undocumented. Because of world. We can do better. We can pro- not—and we have seen subsequent Su- DACA, they were given temporary vide humane treatment. preme Court cases which redefined Roe legal status, and because of Loyola Even as Congress fails to do its job, v. Wade as well. University, they were able to apply. those people at the border deserve to be Now we have a group who believes Over 30 of them were accepted to the treated like human beings as we work they can move forward on this in the medical school—some of the brightest through our legal issues and our polit- State of Georgia and in the State of kids living in our country who wanted ical issues. No more separation of chil- Alabama. What they have proposed is to become doctors. dren from their parents. How dev- much different from what we had ac- There was a catch: If you went to astating it must be for that child. cepted as the norm for decades. For ex- Loyola and you needed to borrow When some of these parents were re- ample, they have eliminated any ex- money—and most of them did—you had united with their children—these little ceptions for rape and incest. Most peo- to promise to give a year of service babies and infants—the young kids ple understand that victims of rape and back to the State of Illinois, which wouldn’t talk to their mothers. They incest should be viewed differently loaned you the money to go to school, turned away from them. With their from others, but in the State of Ala- for each year they loaned the money. body language, they said what we knew bama, they eliminated those excep- They signed up for it. They were ready was going through their minds: You tions in the law they have just passed. to go to neighborhoods where we need- abandoned me. You left me. I don’t Why are they doing that now when ed doctors and to small towns in rural know who you are anymore. Federal courts in the past have—in the America where we desperately need Over time, maybe they can reestab- immediate past—decided they can’t go doctors. These young people are some lish that relationship. Child psycholo- that far? It is because they believe that of the best and brightest I have ever gists tell us there could be some dam- because of the actions of the U.S. Sen- met, every one of them an inspiration. age that needs to be repaired there. ate, it is going to change in the courts. When President Trump eliminated Isn’t that a shame, that an innocent This President has appointed two new the DACA Program, he eliminated child would go through that experi- Justices to the Supreme Court— their opportunity to continue their ence? Gorsuch and Kavanaugh. The belief is, medical education. You see, after 4 Now that we know there may be 1,712 even though they have told us over and years of medical school, you go into a more of these children, we need to do over again that Roe v. Wade was set- residency. A residency is a job, employ- everything we can to work with this tled law, if this new law in Alabama

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He spent while her pancreas went to another pa- appointments to the Federal bench— much of his legal career litigating tient at a separate hospital. district and circuit court judges, sev- against reproductive rights and access The president and CEO of Gift of eral of whom are before us this week. to contraceptives. Hope Organ and Tissue Donor Network, I have heard from them in the com- These are the nominees to take life- Kevin Smunt, put it best: ‘‘Here was mittees. Just last week, we had Judge time appointments on the Federal just a regular Chicagoan’’—this Robert Vitter from Louisiana. She is a person court. You have to bring together the King—‘‘who, through the kindness of who has blamed Planned Parenthood action of Alabama with the action on his heart, helped us honor a donor fam- for deaths and has said at one point the floor of the U.S. Senate. Alabama ily who was kind enough to donate the that she believes that contraception— is setting up the test case. The Repub- most precious gift anyone can ever the pill—was dangerous to women. licans in the Senate are setting up the give.’’ That was her conclusion without sci- courts in the hopes that they will rule At the Chicago Organ Summit’s an- entific evidence to back it. in their test case to put an end to Roe nual gathering, government officials, She just got a lifetime appointment v. Wade and to say that despite the doctors, advocates, and families of do- to the Federal bench. Those are the support of a majority of Americans, nors gathered last month and honored kinds of nominees who are brought to women do not have the last word when Robert King for his act of kindness, us by this administration. So is it any it comes to their own bodies, their own which saved lives and told his story to wonder that the Alabama legislators lives, and their own pregnancies. the world. The two people who were were encouraged to think, if we can That is what this is about today in helped by Robert King’s thoughtfulness pass this law and just get it to the America on our political scene. That is are among an estimated 113,000 men right Federal judge, somebody under certainly what the next election is all the Trump administration, we are and women and children in America about, as well—division of America, who are living and waiting and hoping going to overturn Roe v. Wade? I think the rights of women, and the rights of that would be a serious mistake if it for organs to reach them. Every 10 individuals to make their own deci- minutes, another person is added to happens. sions about their own bodies. The overwhelming majority of Amer- that list. Every day, sadly, 20 people I hope that the Republican leaders die waiting for a transplant. icans support Roe v. Wade. Yet a total who have expressed their misgivings of 30 States have now sought to restrict The human body contains eight or- about the Alabama legislation will do the rights of women to make that gans that can be transplanted to save much more than that. I hope they will healthcare decision, and some would lives—the heart, two lungs, two kid- join us in trying to maintain some directly or virtually reverse Roe v. neys, a pancreas, a liver, and intes- sort—if not a consensus, some sort of Wade. What we are facing is not a few tines. And here is the hope: Each of us understanding about how we deal with far-right politicians making a state- can choose to save up to eight lives by this extremely divisive issue. ment out of mainstream. This is a sys- becoming an organ donor. tematic effort by Republicans and TRIBUTE TO ROBERT KING The world needs Good Samaritans. It State legislators to restrict women’s Mr. President, in a sermon on the needs more Robert Kings and more reproductive rights and ultimately Good Samaritan, Dr. Martin Luther organ donors. overturn Roe v. Wade. King, Jr., said that most people who I yield the floor. come upon a stranger in need ask: ‘‘If What else do these State legislators f have in common? They rank among the I stop to help this man, what will hap- lowest when it comes to gender rep- pen to me?’’ RECESS But the Good Samaritan reverses the resentation and women in power. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under question and asks: ‘‘If I do not stop to Meanwhile, here in the Senate, Repub- the previous order, the Senate stands help this man, what will happen to lican Leader MCCONNELL has lined up in recess until 2:15 p.m. him?’’ even more extreme ideological judicial Thereupon, the Senate, at 12:30 p.m., nominees who have records of restrict- The latter person is rare and special, Dr. King said. On the Saturday before recessed until 2:15 p.m. and reassem- ing women’s rights. bled when called to order by the Pre- Just last week, as I mentioned, the Easter, that special person was another siding Officer (Mrs. CAPITO). Republican majority confirmed Ms. man named Robert King of Chicago. Wendy Vitter, who once promoted the Mr. King was driving on heavily trav- f eled Lake Shore Drive, which passes concept that contraceptives cause can- EXECUTIVE CALENDAR—Continued cer and claimed that Planned Parent- right in front of my apartment, when hood kills 150,000 women a year. That he saw a green and white van on the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under anyone can make those statements and side of the road. Another vehicle had the previous order, the question is, Will then be approved by this Senate Cham- crashed into that van at a stoplight. the Senate advise and consent to the ber for a lifetime appointment to a The van was a wreck. Collins nomination? Federal bench tells you the standards Many cars passed the accident and Mr. ISAKSON. Madam President, I being used by the Trump administra- did nothing, but Robert King didn’t. ask for the yeas and nays. tion and by the Republicans in this Mr. King pulled over to stop and see if The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a body. She was confirmed to a lifetime he could help. He noticed that the man sufficient second? appointment. in the van held a cooler and thought he There appears to be a sufficient sec- This week, the Senate is considering might be delivering food. King was ond. Mr. Daniel Collins, who has been nomi- stunned to find out that the van was an The clerk will call the roll. nated to the Ninth Circuit over the ob- organ transplant vehicle and the man The senior assistant bill clerk called jections of both California Senators. He in the van was an organ transplant sur- the roll. filed an amicus brief in support of geon, Dr. Kofi Atiemo. Inside the cool- Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Hobby Lobby petitions to deny female er were three precious human organs— Senator from Colorado (Mr. BENNET) is employees of that corporation contra- a liver, a kidney, and a pancreas—that necessarily absent. ceptive care, and he has argued that needed to be rushed to nearby North- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there pregnancy clinics need not follow a western Memorial Hospital as soon as any other Senators in the Chamber de- local notification law informing pa- possible. siring to vote? tients about their options when it Robert King, a passerby, stopped to The result was announced—yeas 53, comes to birth control. help one stranger in need. He ended up nays 46, as follows:

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Blackburn Graham Risch finally, that if cloture is invoked on Blunt Grassley Roberts the nominations, the confirmation f Boozman Hawley Romney Braun Hoeven Rounds votes on the Nielson, Clark, Nichols, EXECUTIVE CALENDAR—Continued Burr Hyde-Smith Rubio and Bell nominations occur at a time Capito Inhofe Sasse Cassidy Isakson to be determined by the majority lead- Scott (FL) Collins Johnson er, in consultation with the Demo- Scott (SC) Cornyn Kennedy CLOTURE MOTION Shelby cratic leader, on Wednesday, May 22. Cotton Lankford The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant Cramer Lee Sullivan Crapo McConnell Thune objection? to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Cruz McSally Tillis Without objection, it is so ordered. Senate the pending cloture motion, Daines Moran Toomey The yeas and nays are mandatory which the clerk will state. Enzi Murkowski Wicker under the rule. The bill clerk read as follows: Ernst Paul Young The clerk will call the roll. CLOTURE MOTION NAYS—46 The senior assistant legislative clerk We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- Baldwin Heinrich Sanders called the roll. ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Blumenthal Hirono Schatz Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby Booker Jones Schumer ENNET Brown Kaine Senator from Colorado (Mr. B ) is move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- Shaheen nation of Stephen R. Clark, Sr., of Missouri, Cantwell King Sinema necessarily absent. Cardin Klobuchar Smith The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. to be United States District Judge for the Carper Leahy Stabenow BLACKBURN). Are there any other Sen- Eastern District of Missouri. Casey Manchin Tester Mitch McConnell, Roger F. Wicker, Pat Coons Markey ators in the Chamber desiring to vote? Udall Roberts, Steve Daines, John Kennedy, Cortez Masto Menendez The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 52, Van Hollen James E. Risch, Roy Blunt, Tim Scott, Duckworth Merkley Warner nays 47, as follows: Mike Rounds, John Thune, John Durbin Murphy [Rollcall Vote No. 119 Ex.] Feinstein Murray Warren Hoeven, Johnny Isakson, John Booz- Gillibrand Peters Whitehouse YEAS—52 man, Thom Tillis, David Perdue, John Wyden Harris Reed Alexander Gardner Portman Cornyn, Mike Crapo. Hassan Rosen Barrasso Graham Risch The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- NOT VOTING—1 Blackburn Grassley Roberts imous consent, the mandatory quorum Blunt Hawley Romney Bennet Boozman Hoeven Rounds call has been waived. The nomination was confirmed. Braun Hyde-Smith Rubio The question is, Is it the sense of the Burr Inhofe The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Sasse Senate that debate on the nomination Capito Isakson Scott (FL) Cassidy Johnson of Stephen R. Clark, Sr., of Missouri, the previous order, the motion to re- Scott (SC) Cornyn Kennedy to be United States District Judge for consider is considered made and laid Shelby Cotton Lankford upon the table, and the President will Sullivan the Eastern District of Missouri, shall Cramer Lee be brought to a close? be immediately notified of the Senate’s Crapo McConnell Thune action. Cruz McSally Tillis The yeas and nays are mandatory Daines Moran Toomey under the rule. f Enzi Murkowski Wicker The clerk will call the roll. Ernst Paul Young CLOTURE MOTION Fischer Perdue The bill clerk called the roll. Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant NAYS—47 to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the necessarily absent: the Senator from Baldwin Hassan Rosen North Carolina (Mr. BURR). Senate the pending cloture motion, Blumenthal Heinrich Sanders Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the which the clerk will state. Booker Hirono Schatz Brown Jones Schumer Senator from Colorado (Mr. BENNET) is The senior assistant legislative clerk Cantwell Kaine read as follows: Shaheen necessarily absent. Cardin King Sinema The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. CLOTURE MOTION Carper Klobuchar Smith PERDUE). Are there any other Senators Casey Leahy Stabenow We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- Collins Manchin Tester in the Chamber desiring to vote? ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Coons Markey Udall The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 53, Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby Cortez Masto Menendez Van Hollen move to bring to a close debate on nomina- Duckworth Merkley nays 45, as follows: Warner tion of Howard C. Nielson, Jr., of Utah, to be Durbin Murphy [Rollcall Vote No. 120 Ex.] Feinstein Murray Warren United States District Judge for the District Whitehouse YEAS—53 of Utah. Gillibrand Peters Harris Reed Wyden Alexander Gardner Perdue Mitch McConnell, Tom Cotton, Steve Barrasso Graham Portman Daines, David Perdue, Roger F. Wicker, NOT VOTING—1 Blackburn Grassley Risch John Hoeven, Pat Roberts, Jerry Bennet Blunt Hawley Roberts Moran, Cindy Hyde-Smith, John Booz- Boozman Hoeven PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, Romney man, James E. Risch, Mike Rounds, Braun Hyde-Smith Rounds John Cornyn, Thom Tillis, Lindsey the yeas are 52, the nays are 47. Capito Inhofe Rubio The motion is agreed to. Cassidy Isakson Sasse Graham, John Thune, Mike Crapo. Collins Johnson Scott (FL) f Cornyn Kennedy The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- Scott (SC) Cotton Lankford imous consent, the mandatory quorum Shelby EXECUTIVE CALENDAR Cramer Lee call has been waived. Crapo Manchin Sullivan The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Thune The question is, Is it the sense of the clerk will report the nomination. Cruz McConnell Senate that debate on the nomination Daines McSally Tillis The senior assistant legislative clerk Toomey of Howard C. Nielson, Jr., of Utah, to Enzi Moran read the nomination of Howard C. Niel- Ernst Murkowski Wicker be United States District Judge for the son, Jr., of Utah, to be United States Fischer Paul Young District of Utah, shall be brought to a District Judge for the District of Utah. NAYS—45 close? f Baldwin Casey Harris The majority leader. Blumenthal Coons Hassan ORDER OF PROCEDURE RECESS Booker Cortez Masto Heinrich Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Brown Duckworth Hirono Cantwell Durbin Jones I ask unanimous consent that fol- the previous order, the Senate stands Cardin Feinstein Kaine lowing this vote, notwithstanding rule in recess until 3:45 p.m. Carper Gillibrand King

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On this Cortez Masto Menendez Udall Brown Hirono Schatz vote, the yeas are 53 and the nays are Duckworth Merkley Van Hollen Cantwell Kaine Schumer 45. Durbin Murphy Warner Cardin King Shaheen Feinstein Murray Warren Carper Klobuchar Smith The motion is agreed to. Gillibrand Peters Whitehouse Casey Leahy Stabenow Harris Reed Wyden Coons Markey Tester f Cortez Masto Menendez Udall NOT VOTING—3 Duckworth Merkley Van Hollen CLOTURE MOTION Bennet Booker Burr Durbin Murphy Warner Feinstein Murray Warren The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this Gillibrand Peters Whitehouse to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the vote, the yeas are 55, the nays are 42. Harris Reed Wyden Senate the pending cloture motion, The motion is agreed to. NOT VOTING—2 which the clerk will state. Bennet Booker The bill clerk read as follows: f The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this CLOTURE MOTION CLOTURE MOTION vote, the yeas are 56, the nays 42. We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the The motion is agreed to. Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the f Senate the pending cloture motion, move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- EXECUTIVE CALENDAR nation of Carl J. Nichols, of the District of which the clerk will state. Columbia, to be United States District Judge The senior assistant legislative clerk The PRESIDING OFFICER. The for the District of Columbia. read as follows: clerk will report the nomination. Mitch McConnell, Roy Blunt, Joni Ernst, CLOTURE MOTION The senior assistant legislative clerk Steve Daines, Roger F. Wicker, John read the nomination of Kenneth D. Thune, Roy Blunt, Thom Tillis, John We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Bell, of North Carolina, to be United Kennedy, John Boozman, Pat Roberts, States District Judge for the Western Mike Rounds, John Cornyn, Richard Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby Burr, John Barrasso, Lindsey Graham, move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- District of North Carolina. Cindy Hyde-Smith. nation of Kenneth D. Bell, of North Carolina, The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. to be United States District Judge for the The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- MCSALLY). The Senator from Lou- Western District of North Carolina. isiana. imous consent, the mandatory quorum Mitch McConnell, Roy Blunt, Joni Ernst, call has been waived. Steve Daines, Roger F. Wicker, John MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH The question is, Is it the sense of the Thune, Thom Tillis, John Kennedy, Mr. CASSIDY. Madam President, this Senate that debate on the nomination John Boozman, Pat Roberts, Mike month is Mental Health Awareness Carl J. Nichols, of the District of Co- Rounds, John Cornyn, Richard Burr, Month, and the goal of Mental Health lumbia, to be United States District John Barrasso, Lindsey Graham, Cindy Awareness Month is to recognize the Hyde-Smith. Judge for the District of Columbia, importance for personal well-being, the shall be brought to a close? The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- need for research and education, dispel- The yeas and nays are mandatory imous consent, the mandatory quorum ling the stigmas associated with men- under the rule. call has been waived. tal illness, and to improve mental The clerk will call the roll. The question is, Is it the sense of the healthcare to ensure that care is avail- The senior assistant bill clerk called Senate that debate on the nomination able to ensure that the first episode of the roll. of Kenneth D. Bell, of North Carolina, mental illness is the last. Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is to be United States District Judge for A goal with Mental Health Aware- necessarily absent: the Senator from the Western District of North Carolina, ness Month is the awareness that is North Carolina (Mr. BURR). shall be brought to a close? necessary for the programs to be imple- Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the The yeas and nays are mandatory mented so that that young person with Senator from Colorado (Mr. BENNET) under the rule. their first episode is returned to whole- and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. The clerk will call the roll. ness, and, again, as I said earlier, the BOOKER) are necessarily absent. The senior assistant legislative clerk first episode is the last. It recognizes The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. CAS- called the roll. that mental health is a societal issue SIDY). Are there any other Senators in Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the associated with homelessness, crime, the Chamber desiring to vote? Senator from Colorado (Mr. BENNET) suicide, physical health, and public The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 55, and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. health issues. nays 42, as follows: BOOKER), are necessarily absent. Now, when you speak of mental The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there [Rollcall Vote No. 121 Ex.] health, it is a little bit almost like: Oh, any other Senators in the Chamber de- my gosh, this is going to be a futile YEAS—55 siring to vote? issue. It is so difficult for someone who Alexander Fischer Moran The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 56, has serious mental illness to return Barrasso Gardner Murkowski Blackburn Graham Paul nays 42, as follows: them to wholeness. It is so difficult Blunt Grassley Perdue [Rollcall Vote No. 122 Ex.] that sometimes the individual, their Boozman Hawley Portman family, and society throws up their Braun Hoeven YEAS—56 Risch hands and says: There is nothing to do, Capito Hyde-Smith Roberts Alexander Cotton Hawley Cassidy Inhofe Romney Barrasso Cramer Hoeven so why try. Collins Isakson Blackburn Crapo Hyde-Smith Rounds You see manifestations of that with Cornyn Johnson Blunt Cruz Inhofe Rubio Cotton Jones Boozman Daines Isakson the homeless people walking around Sasse Cramer Kennedy Braun Enzi Johnson this city and every city in the United Crapo Lankford Scott (FL) Burr Ernst Jones States, many of whom are mentally ill; Scott (SC) Cruz Lee Capito Fischer Kennedy yet there can be hope. Daines Manchin Shelby Cassidy Gardner Lankford Enzi McConnell Sinema Collins Graham Lee I called a person back home from Ernst McSally Cornyn Grassley Manchin Baton Rouge, LA, and asked her for a

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That is because Mary radiates in Washington, DC, can propose legisla- defending freedom around the world. the joy of how Capital Area Human tion, but unless there is local leader- There are only six reasons in the Dec- Services helped change her life. ship, nothing good happens. laration of Independence why 13 Colo- Mary says: In 2016, I collaborated with CHRIS nies got together in the first place, and I go out and help the community every MURPHY, as well as EDDIE BERNICE one of those was to provide for the day. I became successful in my life because JOHNSON and Tim Murphy in the House, common defense. of my faith in God and because of the won- to pass the Mental Health Reform Act. Today, the world is more dangerous derful people at Capital Area Human Serv- It increased access to mental than any time in my lifetime. Today, ices. Today I give back to the community healthcare for adults and children, it the United States faces five threats what Capital Area has given to me. strengthened leadership and account- across five domains. This is much more It wasn’t always this way. For nearly ability for Federal mental health and complicated than the world has ever 20 years before being referred to Cap- substance abuse programs, and it es- seen. Today, we measure the threats in ital Area Human Services, Mary lived tablished new programs for early inter- this manner: China, Russia, North in group homes and was dependent vention. It was called by Senator ALEX- Korea, Iran, and terrorism across five upon others for basic needs. ANDER the largest reform to our mental domains. I am now quoting Mary: health system in decades. I continue to It used to be air, land, and sea. Un- I weighed 340 pounds. I was sick all the work with President Trump’s adminis- fortunately, today, it is air, land, sea, time, was in and out of hospitals. I was bare- tration to implement these reforms. cyber, and now space. The tragedy, ly able to function. I was on so many medi- Now, none of this Federal legislation cines I could not keep track. frankly, of our time is we have treated makes a difference unless there is space as a scientific endeavor over the When Mary came to Capital Area State and local leadership, as was dem- Human Services in 2006, she was first last 30 years, and others who we now onstrated in the story which I gave. consider potential threats have treated helped at the Margaret Dumas Center Last October, I held a mental health at the Government Street location. it as a military domain. summit in Baton Rouge and brought I grew up in a military town. My fa- She eventually entered the total health together Federal, State, and local lead- ther served in Germany during World program, and even more dramatic ers, and the purpose was to discuss War II. When World War II was ended, changes began. proven methods in how to work to- Now, let me point out as a physi- he joined the Reserves and then was gether to improve the provision of called up again in the Korean war. He cian—I am a doctor—I have learned mental health services in both Lou- from folks such as the people I am spent a couple of years in Korea during isiana and the United States. the Korean war. I have his dog tags quoting now that mental health is There is still important work to do. today in my office. They serve as a often associated with physical health If we are going to return these folks to constant reminder of his commitment problems. So someone who is seriously wholeness, these folks—our family mentally ill is more likely to die in members, our neighbors, our fellow to defending our ideals and upholding their 50s than they are in their 80s with Americans. our way of life here in America. It re- untreated hypertension, diabetes, or The Mental Health Parity bill be- minds me that every single woman and perhaps, because they are homeless, came law 10 years ago, but patients man in uniform in our services today subject to violence on the streets. still have trouble accessing mental do the same thing. So let me now go back to Mary’s healthcare in the same way they access Today, I am humbled to represent story. When she entered the total physical healthcare, caused by, among our men and women in uniform in the health program, she lost nearly 100 other things, the lack of mental health United States Armed Services Com- pounds, no longer needed to take blood providers, prior authorization require- mittee. I take that very seriously, as I pressure medicine, changed her diet, ments, and reimbursement rate set- know every member does. One of my participated in fitness programs, and ting. I am committed to ensuring pa- greatest honors as a member of this continued to attend mental health tients have access to the treatment so committee and a former member of the therapy sessions. they return to wholeness. Foreign Relations Committee, as I Today Mary is a different person. She We need the story of Mary not to be said, is to travel overseas. The high- lives independently in her own apart- something so unusual that it is read light in every one of those trips is not ment, attends Sacred Heart of Jesus upon the Senate floor, but something meeting with the head of state or the Catholic Church, walks 2 hours every which is so common that we know it to head of the military or the foreign day to volunteer for various duties at be true. Instead of throwing up our minister; it was having dinner with the St. Agnes Catholic Church soup hands—kind of, oh, my gosh, serious people from my home State who were kitchen, where she also sings for the mental illness; there is nothing to do— in uniform around the world. attendees. Mary credits the nuns at St. instead we look to hope with a future When President Obama was in office, Agnes for teaching her how to cook, for someone who could be returned to the No. 1 request I heard from heads of prepare meals, and serve. wholeness so that her first episode of state around the world was: We need Also, Mary is a regular volunteer at mental illness is her last episode of America to reengage. the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and mental illness. At that time, America had with- at the Baton Rouge General Hospital I yield the floor. drawn. We had created a vacuum. Peo- chapel, where she reads Scriptures for The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ple weren’t asking us to be the world’s some of the services. ator from Georgia. policeman. They were asking us to ba- Mary said she loves Capital Area MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH sically reengage and have a seat at the Human Services, tells everyone she Mr. PERDUE. Madam President, May table and lead again. After a decade of knows about the people who helped is Military Appreciation Month. In withdrawal from the world stage under her, particularly Kesha, John, the staff light of that, I come to the Senate the prior administration, America is at Margaret Dumas, the staff at the floor to remind us all just how impor- now leading again. Government Street location, and tant our military is to our way of life. President Trump is reengaged with former total health employees Roy and One of the blessings of being a U.S. the rest of the world. He has made it Ricky. Senator and being on the Armed Serv- clear that America’s interest comes She says: ices Committee and a past member of first. When we say America first, it I was motivated and didn’t give up. It the Foreign Relations Committee, I doesn’t mean America alone. Today, made me happy to do this for myself. I have had the privilege to travel, as you our allies trust us again, and our ad- proved that I could do it, and I’m doing it. have, around the world, visiting with versaries fear us again. President It’s winter, but I’m out there anyway. our men and women in uniform. Trump has also taken action to rebuild

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As a result, in addition, we have avoid- Fiscal uncertainty has done a great deal to We cannot allow this any longer. ed the use of continuing resolutions in erode our readiness and hamper our ability Clearly, CRs create inefficiencies and each of the last 2 years, thanks to peo- to modernize. . . . If we do not modernize the uncertainty that hurt the bottom line ple on both sides of the aisle—Senator force right now, we risk losing a future con- and our ability to fight. These funding LEAHY and Senator SHELBY, who are flict against Russia or China. It’s just that disruptions weaken our strategic capa- the ranking member and the chair of simple. bility and shake the confidence and the Appropriations Committee—who Finally, Secretary of the Navy Rich- foundation of our Nation’s industrial worked diligently last year and made ard Spencer said, and this is classic: base. sure that we got defense funding done Continuing resolutions have cost the De- Until 2018, the Department of Defense before the end of the fiscal year and partment of the Navy roughly $4 billion. . . . started 13 of the last 17 years under a without a continuing resolution. Since 2011, we have put $4 billion in a trash continuing resolution. Thirteen of the Because of that, readiness is on the can, put lighter fluid on top of it and burned last 17 years, they started their fiscal it. rise again in the military. Moderniza- year under a continuing resolution. tion efforts and rebuilding our military I don’t know how to put it more Fortunately, for the last 2 years, de- are underway, and our men and women clearly than that. spite other funding failures of Con- in uniform are safer around the world, CRs have a direct and immediate im- gress, we did not have to use a CR to No. 1, and have the resources they need pact across the entire Department of fund the military. That has been a to carry out their mission. Defense—from training, to readiness, major factor in boosting readiness and I am proud of the progress that we to maintenance, to personnel, and, yes, our reinvestment and recap efforts. have made in just a very short period to contracting. I hate to say it, but I believe we are of time. Just in the last 2 years, our During a CR, training must be staring down the barrel of a potential readiness has dramatically improved. rescoped, scaled back, or discontinued CR on September 30 this year. As we sit However, a continuing resolution of entirely, which means our warfighters here tonight, there are only 25 working any length for fiscal year 2020 will are less prepared for battle and don’t days between now and July 31. Why is erode and undo a lot of progress we have the resources to defend them- that important? Because in the month have made just in readiness over the selves properly when in the heat of bat- of August, this body, along with the last couple of years. tle. House, goes back to their States, and it I am really very concerned that this Depot maintenance and weapons de- is a work period in those States. That is a primary responsibility of ours here velopment are delayed, resulting in means we will not be able to pass ap- in the Senate and, indeed, in Congress, costly delays, less lethality, and higher propriations bills here because we will and it is one we have not stood up to in costs. the past. We have got to do better than not be here. Hiring and recruitment are put on If we don’t move this appropriations that this year. pause, leaving critical gaps in work- bill and get it passed by the end, I be- I believe that Secretary of the Navy, force skill sets. Richard Spencer, said it best when he lieve, of July, when we come back in We have the development of cyber ca- September, there will be only 10 work- described the impact of continuing res- pability and space capabilities now. We olutions. Since the 1974 Budget Act was ing days, legislative working days, and are just ginning up those capabilities, there is no way we are going to get it put into place, Congress has used 187 and CRs absolutely devastate these continuing resolutions as a release all funded in that time. young, developing capabilities. valve to fund the government in a tem- Last year, on July 31, we had only ap- Change-of-station moves for service- 1 porary manner. propriated about 12 ⁄2 percent of the Let me say that again, since 1974, 45 members and their families are halted, Federal discretionary budget. We years, we have used 187 continuing res- creating unnecessary turmoil for fami- stayed here in August, to the credit of olutions. Each one of those continuing lies. Can you imagine that you have the leadership, Senator MCCONNELL. I resolutions is devastating to our mili- kids, and you are going to be deployed believe that because of that, we went overseas. The timing has to be right to 1 tary in so many ways that I will get from 12 ⁄2 percent to 75 percent funding, into in just a minute. Continuing reso- get your kids in schools over there. including the Department of Defense, lutions are absolutely devastating to Well, if a CR happens to occur—and and therefore we were able to avoid a our military, both in readiness and the guess what happens around September continuing resolution last year, as I ability to rebuild our military. It is the 30. The end of our fiscal year. If your have said. most insidious thing Congress can do family is moving around that period of Other people have said that the to our men and women in uniform. time, it could be held up because of greatest threat to our national secu- Many of us here don’t even realize the that CR. That is very disconcerting to rity is our own national debt—General damage that continuing resolutions do families already stressed by increased Mattis, Admiral Mullen. There are var- to our military. deployments and rapid turnarounds. ious other people who have said that I have questioned all three current The DOD cannot start new contracts who are in a position where they service Secretaries and their chiefs of or in many cases has to cancel existing should know. I would add one thing to staff, both publicly and in private ones. That devastates the supply chain. that that is devastating to our ability meetings, about the operational im- When we look at the supply chain in to defend this country, and that is the pacts of continuing resolutions and the military, after the devastating dis- use of continuing resolutions. funding uncertainty. investment of the last administration, When we look at the domain threats Here are some of the responses: one of the things that have to be re- and the natural threats that have A continuing resolution ‘‘would be built is the supply chain. The con- evolved in the world right now—China, like a punch in the gut,’’ according to sistent funding of the supply chain is Russia, Iran, North Korea, and ter- ADM John Richardson, Chief of Naval critical to the long-term defense of this rorism—I don’t think any of that dam- Operations. country, and it is one we have taken ages the military, potentially, as much A continuing resolution ‘‘would stall for granted and have devastated over as our inability here to provide con- our progress on readiness and mod- the last decade. sistent funding for our military. ernization,’’ said Gen. Bob Neller, Com- Additionally, the Department of De- During Military Appreciation Month, mandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. fense has outlined hundreds of critical I can think of no higher calling than Heather Wilson, Secretary of the Air projects that would be disrupted or for Congress to work diligently on Force, said that the defense budget se- even discontinued if a current CR is passing a defense appropriations bill.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:57 May 22, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G21MY6.032 S21MYPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE May 21, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2999 First, we have to pass the National De- continue to see violent tragedies ing a time of lower prices. As I have in- fense Authorization Act, which we are around the country resulting from in- dicated, it is the fifth year of prices working on this week. All the sub- dividuals with mental illness, or even being below the cost of production. So committees are passing their markups solely looking at suicide rates, which we see mitigation payments coming this week. We hope to move on that continue to increase—let me point out out of the Department of Agriculture. immediately. I believe that will get that in Kansas, there were over 500 sui- Historically, there have been efforts passed here without much controversy. cides in 2016 alone. If the figures were made by Congress to address these con- I know that leadership right now is available, I am sure that would be in- cerns, including the programs that talking about moving in a very intense creased, especially with the problems took place during the 1980s farm cri- manner, with a critical sense of ur- we have in farm country, where we are sis—I was in the House of Representa- gency, to get this Defense appropria- going through a very rough patch—a tives at that particular time; those tions bill done. I applaud those efforts. fifth year of prices below the cost of were very tough times—and recogni- I want to support it in any way I can. production. There is a lot of stress out tion of this issue in the 2008 farm bill. I call on everybody in this body to be there in farm country. All of this As we began the 2018 farm bill proc- supportive of making sure that we can shows me that more can certainly be ess, we looked for opportunities to ad- have, for the third year in a row—this done to address the deficiencies in our dress this pressing issue, and it led to is not a partisan issue; this is about current system. renewal of the Farm and Ranch Stress our men and women in uniform. Given Kansas has one suicide prevention Assistance Network. Members on both that this month is Military Apprecia- lifeline crisis center, located in Law- sides of the aisle in the Capitol recog- tion Month, what better time to face rence, KS. That is to assist people ex- nize the importance of a nationwide up to this potential and make sure that periencing mental health crises from Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance we don’t have a continuing resolution the entire State. In many of our rural Network. It provides support for all come September 30 of this year. That is areas, we continue to struggle with producers, farmers, ranchers, and their the least we can do for our women and providing adequate access to mental families through partnerships with or- men in uniform. And we can fulfill the health services. ganizations in their local communities. responsibility our Founders laid out in Those facts apply just for those pa- Local communities are stepping up, the Declaration of Independence when tients who seek out care. Too many but in terms of getting that network they outlined those six reasons why we times, people struggling with mental applied, that is another story. were coming together, and the No. 1 health are either unaware that they This network recognizes the State reason we had at that time was to pro- can seek help, or they are simply un- and local organizations that have been vide for the security of the United willing to do so because of the stigma addressing behavioral health concerns States of America. that is often associated with mental for farmers and ranchers and author- Thank you. illness. That is why we need to take izes grants to support the programs I yield the floor. the opportunity not just this month that assist those who are in crisis, es- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- but every day going forward to improve pecially during this month when we are ator from Kansas. awareness and understanding about addressing this topic. Mr. ROBERTS. Madam President, mental health. We have just heard from the distin- first, before my colleague from Georgia The same can be said for addiction. guished Senator from Georgia about leaves, I want to thank him for his On the Agriculture Committee, we are the need to avoid a CR in terms of a strong statement on the fact that we all proud to have played a role in the national defense, and that is true, but have to do defense appropriations. passage of the SUPPORT for Patients in this particular case, it is authorized, I know that the Presiding Officer cer- and Communities Act last year to help but it is subject to appropriations. tainly knows all about this, given her address the opioid crisis. However, On this particular issue, to prevent Active-Duty service on behalf of our Kansas is still facing significant chal- suicides and mental health illness from Nation. lenges with meth addiction. We fought resulting in a tragedy, not only in our As he has pointed out, every service the good fight to eliminate meth labs cities, not only in other States, but has been affected by this. Speaking for in many of our States, and now the across our rural and smalltown areas, the U.S. Marine Corps, part of the Ma- cartels in Mexico have much more it is exceedingly important that we rine Caucus that we have here, and virulence—if I can use that term—with fund this so that we can get the Farm talking with Bob Neller, who is our re- regard to meth. and Ranch Stress Assistance Network tiring Commandant—he has pointed I am currently working on legisla- up and running and provide the help out specifically that they don’t have tion to help extend the reach of impor- they really need. enough to do—I mean, we are proud of tant, often lifesaving treatments for Thank you. the Marine Corps. I always say we do addiction to folks in our rural areas. I suggest the absence of a quorum. more with less, but this time, you can’t We can improve mental and behavioral The PRESIDING OFFICER. The do more with less and then less and well-being while continuing to reduce clerk will call the roll. then less, and that is precisely where the stigma associated with seeking out The bill clerk proceeded to call the we are. mental health and addiction treat- roll. I thank the Senator for making an ment. Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, outstanding statement. I join him in Additionally, having the privilege of I ask unanimous consent that the order this plea on a bipartisan basis to get being the chairman of the Agriculture for the quorum call be rescinded. these appropriations bills done. Committee and speaking for my rank- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Thank you. ing member, Senator STABENOW, as objection, it is so ordered. NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH well, you have probably heard me say Madam President, I rise today, along that we have been in a rough patch in f with many of my colleagues, in rec- farm country over the past several LEGISLATIVE SESSION ognition of National Mental Health years. That is certainly true. However, Awareness Month. those of us who represent farm country We on the Senate Agriculture Com- can be more reticent to discuss the toll mittee have worked extensively on these troubled times take on farmers, MORNING BUSINESS mental health issues, fighting for im- ranchers, growers, and their families, Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, proved mental health services and who work tirelessly each day to I ask unanimous consent that the Sen- mental health parity, especially in our produce the food and fiber for the ate proceed to legislative session and rural and smalltown areas. We have United States and a troubled and hun- be in a period of morning business, made great strides over the years in gry world. with Senators permitted to speak improving access to mental health Farmers, ranchers, and growers face therein for up to 10 minutes each. services and eliminating the stigma of highly demanding working conditions The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without seeking treatment. However, as we on a good day but more especially dur- objection, it is so ordered.

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How- California seat on the Ninth Circuit also defended numerous chemical and ever, I oppose confirming this nominee, over the objections of Senator HARRIS energy companies in lawsuits brought and I would have voted against cloture and myself. Neither Senator HARRIS by homeowners, Tribes, and local gov- if I were present. nor I returned blue slips for Mr. Col- ernments. The plaintiffs in these law- f lins, yet the majority moved forward suits have argued that these companies with his nomination, disregarding our TRIBUTE TO KEANON LOWE contributed to climate change and its concerns. effects, such as increasing the severity Mr. WYDEN. Madam President, This vote on Mr. Collins follows on of storms and causing sea levels to rise. today I want to recognize and honor the heels of last week’s vote on Ken- In several of these lawsuits, Mr. Col- Parkrose High School coach and secu- neth Lee, another Ninth Circuit nomi- lins argued that climate change is not rity guard Keanon Lowe for his her- nee who lacked blue slips from me and even real. For example, in a case rep- oism during the school day on May 17, Senator HARRIS. resenting Shell Oil Company, Mr. Col- 2019. So, once again, we see the majority lins wrote that ‘‘climate change alleg- When Mr. Lowe spotted an armed violating Senate norms and traditions edly results from the aggregate effects student in a classroom in the northeast by ignoring home-State Senators, in- of greenhouse gas emissions from bil- Portland high school, he bravely tack- cluding the Judiciary Committee’s lions of sources around the world accu- led the student, wrestled away the gun, ranking member, and stacking the mulating in the global atmosphere over and held the student until police ar- courts with ideologues. the course of centuries, and thus it rived. Mr. Lowe may have saved the This breakdown in Senate traditions cannot be attributed to . . . energy lives of countless students, teachers, is harmful to all of us, Democrats and companies.’’ and administrators at Parkrose. Republicans. It is also unnecessary. In addition, in questions for the As I have highlighted before, Demo- In Mr. Lowe’s own words the day record, he refused to acknowledge that after the incident, ‘‘When I signed up cratic Senators have been willing to climate change is real and that human work with the White House to find con- to be a security guard, football and activity contributes to it. track and field coach for Parkrose High sensus picks for the circuit courts, but I understand that Mr. Collins was that willingness has been rebuffed by School, I did so to guide and coach representing clients in these lawsuits, young people whose shoes I had once the Trump administration and dis- but he was the one who chose which ar- regarded by the majority. been in. I had no idea that I would one guments to make, including arguments day have to put my life on the line like The majority’s decision to once again that climate change is not real. We ignore blue slips is short-sighted. After I did yesterday for my students.’’ cannot have a judge on the Ninth Cir- Mr. Lowe is no stranger to the spot- all, what goes around comes around. cuit who denies climate change and its Senator HARRIS and I refused to re- light. Before becoming the football and impacts. track coach at Parkrose, Mr. Lowe was turn blue slips on Mr. Collins for sev- At his hearing, Mr. Collins was will- a standout football player in Oregon at eral reasons. ing to answer questions from Repub- Jesuit High School and then the Uni- I have used a bipartisan instate licans on his personal views, but not versity of Oregon, U of O, ‘‘Go Ducks!’’ screening commission to vet potential answer similar questions from Demo- As an U of O alumnus, I witnessed nominees to California district and crats. Ninth Circuit seats for my entire ca- For instance, when asked how he Mr. Lowe’s standout play both in reer. These are highly respected law- ‘‘feel[s] about the First Step Act,’’ Mr. Autzen Stadium in Eugene and in the yers from throughout the State, and Collins said: ‘‘I think that the First 2015 national championship game they have reviewed and recommended Step Act . . . appeared to me to be a against the Ohio State University. nominees from Democratic and Repub- balanced approach to reform some of All Ducks fans know Mr. Lowe as a lican administrations. the sentencing provisions which champion on the field, and now all of My instate bipartisan commission seemed unduly harsh.’’ Oregon and the country, know him as a raised concerns about Mr. Collins’s ri- But when asked by Senator hero off the field. gidity, temperament, and history of BLUMENTHAL whether he believed Mr. Lowe’s heroics saved the day on taking positions in litigation for the Brown v. Board of Education was cor- a Friday morning just before noon. purposes of overturning precedent and rectly decided, Mr. Collins refused to Students, teachers, and administrators challenging legal boundaries. answer. at Parkrose, as well as their loved The role of a judge is to be an impar- Nominees should not answer Repub- ones, are incredibly grateful that Mr. tial arbiter, not an advocate and not lican questions and evade Democratic Lowe prevented what could have been a someone with an agenda, particularly ones, especially when it comes to an- tragedy in my hometown. an agenda of overturning precedent. swering questions about Brown v. Sadly, far too many schools in my Based on this, I am concerned that Board of Education, a monumental State and across America have not Mr. Collins has not demonstrated and case whose correctness cannot and been so fortunate in the past few dec- does not embody the characteristics should not be questioned and has been ades. Gun violence in schools has es- that we expect of all Federal judges. answered by previous Republican nomi- sentially created a ‘‘lockdown genera- I also believe that Mr. Collins’s nees, including Chief Justice Roberts. tion’’ of students whose happy memo- record on women’s reproductive rights, Taken as a whole, I believe Mr. Col- ries of high school dances, games, executive power, civil liberties, and lins is far outside the legal main- plays, and other activities jostle along- criminal justice matters puts him far stream. side memories of lockdown drills and, outside the judicial mainstream. Given concerns about his tempera- in far too many instances, violent gun- For example, Mr. Collins was a ment and commitment to upholding men. strong advocate for the Bush adminis- precedent and given the positions he Again, in Mr. Lowe’s own words, ‘‘I’m tration’s use of military commissions has taken on executive power, criminal blessed to be alive and extremely to try enemy combatants held at Guan- justice, and other matters that could happy that the students are safe. I’m tanamo Bay. He even went so far as to come before the Ninth Circuit, I cannot not sure what’s next, I haven’t had the argue that the President’s authority as support Mr. Collins. time to really think about it. But I am Commander-in-Chief allowed him to I voted against Mr. Collins, and I sure I want to be a part of the solution bypass Congress and create these com- urged my colleagues to do the same. to school gun violence.’’

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:57 May 22, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21MY6.017 S21MYPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE May 21, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3001 I am grateful that Mr. Lowe pre- TRIBUTE TO WEST VIRGINIA’S HE- combat all over the world. They were vented the worst on May 17, 2019, and ROES AND RECOGNIZING THE Humvee mechanics, military police of- welcome his commitment to be a team- ALWAYS FREE HONOR FLIGHT ficers, and radio operators. mate in reducing the chances of gun NETWORK Two of our proud veterans here today tragedies in every school in America. Mr. MANCHIN. Madam President, served in the Korean war. One is 86- Mr. MERKLEY. Madam President, today I am incredibly honored to rise year-old Corporal Paul Clifford Lathey today, I would like to honor Keanon and recognize a group of 23 heroic mili- from Cottageville, WV. He joined the Lowe’s heroism and bravery in tack- tary veterans who will travel from Army in 1953 in Ripley, WV. During his ling a gunman at Parkrose High School West Virginia this week to visit our time in Korea, he served in the 15th In- on May 17, 2019. Mr. Lowe is known for Nation’s Capital as part of the 10th Al- fantry, 3rd Division Fox Company, being a top wide receiver for University ways Free Honor Flight. On the occa- where he treated wounded soldiers in of Oregon’s football team and now as a sion of their visit, in which they will MASH units. Our other Korean war popular coach of football and track and see for the first time the monuments veteran is 90-year-old Sergeant David field at Parkrose High School. He also built in their honor, I want to express Shirley Knapp, who was in the Army works as a security guard at the my utmost gratitude to these special from 1948–1954 and served as a combat school. men and women for their extraordinary engineer during the Korean war. bravery and patriotism and for their Another veteran is Charlie R. Lam- On Friday, May 17, a distraught stu- bert from Iaegar, WV, who served in a dent entered a Parkrose classroom noble sacrifice to help keep our coun- try free. variety of roles during the Vietnam with a shotgun. Already this year, our war. After he joined the Navy in 1970, Nation has watched children die at the I have said this time and time again: West Virginia is one of the most patri- he served in a ‘‘boots on the ground’’ hands of their armed classmates, in- otic States in this great Nation. With role in Thailand, served on the flight cluding two young men who sacrificed one of our country’s highest per capita deck of the USS Iwo Jima, and volun- their lives to stop gunmen and save rates of military servicemembers and teered to be a member of the Brown their fellow students. To prevent such veterans, West Virginia is undoubtedly Water Navy or the forces that patrol a tragedy, Mr. Lowe, in a tremendous one of our Nation’s most patriotic shallow inland waterways, seizing con- act of courage, tackled the armed stu- States. According to the Department of traband and engaging with the enemy. dent and wrestled away the gun before Defense, West Virginia had the highest Another brave West Virginian who anyone could be injured. casualty rate in the Nation during the served in Vietnam is Sergeant Robert Mr. Lowe put his life on the line to Vietnam war, and I am so proud that Ortiz, from Premier, WV, who served as protect our students. Mr. Lowe has not the Honor Flight will allow these West an infantryman in the 196th Light In- only guided students on the field, but Virginia veterans to pay homage to fantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division now he has also protected them in the their brethren at the Vietnam Wall. Americal. classroom. He will no doubt be remem- The 31 veterans participating in this We also have two veterans who bered by those students for the rest of week’s Always Free Honor Flight truly served in two wars, both from Virginia. their lives as an example of selflessness embody the Mountain State’s history Sergeant Jackie Thornton of Narrows, and courage. and contributions to the safeguarding VA, who served in the Army during On behalf of all Oregonians, I express of our American freedoms. both the Vietnam and Desert Storm our deepest gratitude and admiration Our special West Virginians visiting wars, as the chaplain’s assistant, as to Mr. Lowe, and thank him for his this week represent warriors from 23 to well as, Sergeant Steven R. Mitchell of service to Parkrose students, every 93 years old and have traveled from all Bluefield, VA, who served in the Army Parkrose family, and all Oregonians. parts of our great State, from Beckley in both Operation Desert Shield/Storm to Bluefield, Princeton to Cottageville, and the Gulf war. f and many places in between. In addi- I would like to also specifically tion to our Mountain State veterans, honor the youngest veteran we have with us today, Sergeant Austin Patrick HONORING THE FALLEN POLICE six veterans from Virginia and one vet- Coleman of Bluefield, WV. He joined OFFICERS OF BUTTE-SILVERBOW eran from Florida will be accom- the Marines in Houston, TX, and served COUNTY, MONTANA panying their West Virginia neighbors on the day-long adventure. Of the pa- his country in Helmand Province Af- Mr. TESTER. Madam President, triots attending, one served in World ghanistan as an infantryman, assisting today I wish to honor the memory of 18 War II, two served in the Korean war, the Afghanistan National Army. An- of Butte, America’s finest. 10 served in the Vietnam war, one in other veteran of the war in Afghani- Since 1892, 18 brave police officers Vietnam and Desert Storm, one served stan here today is Michael ‘‘Doc’’ have lost their lives in the line of duty in the Cold war, one served in Desert Atwell of Princeton, WV. Doc served in protecting the people of Butte- Storm and the Gulf war, two served in the Navy at Camp Dwyer in the Silverbow County, the most of any the war in Afghanistan, and many oth- Helmand Province. He was attached to county in Montana. ers served between wars. the 1st Tank Battalion RCT7 as a FMF I would especially like to recognize corpsman. These men put the lives of others our World War II veteran who will be Showing our appreciation to those above their own, rushing into danger to on this honor flight—93-year-old Allen who have served is something that we keep their community safe, and paying K. Walker who now lives in Beckley should do each and every day, but the ultimate sacrifice as a result. but is originally from the Mississippi today is a special day to pay tribute I want to honor: William F. Jordan; Delta. He joined the Navy in Rosedale, and thank those who have volunteered Dennis W. Daly; Federick Kranbeck; MS, in 1944. He served as a seaman first to put their lives on the line for our Fred A. Palin; John J. Streb; Joseph A. class stationed in Pearl Harbor, HI. freedoms. The memorials our honor Freshman; Charles E. Streb; Ivan W. Allen is a member of our Nation’s flight participants will visit today Lincoln; James H. Pace; Bart J. McCar- Greatest Generation, and their sac- serve as an important reminder to us thy; Joseph E. Sage; Batt Arrigoni; rifices and valor embody American pa- all that our freedoms and liberties Jeremiah J. Murphy; Thomas O’Neill; triotism. They fought in such a pivotal come at a steep cost. However, I know Nicholas Aleksich; Colin McMillan; war, in an era that threatened our ex- our veterans will find special meaning Tom Monroe; and David V. Thomas and istence as a Nation. Unfortunately, as and potentially long-lost emotions their families and loved ones who sac- the years go by, we are losing so many when they tour such touching sites. rificed so much as well. of our World War II veterans, and we This week’s honor flight and the con- May their memories never be forgot- must show them our utmost gratitude tinued support of our veterans would ten. May all current and future peace each and every day. not be possible without the dedication officers in Butte-Silver Bow, around As I mentioned, we will also be joined of so many volunteers and caregivers. I Montana, and this Nation return home by veterans of the Korean, Vietnam, would like to thank Theresa Riggs, the safe at the end of their watches. Cold, and Gulf wars. They engaged in JROTC Cadet from Montcalm High

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:21 May 22, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21MY6.015 S21MYPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE S3002 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 21, 2019 School, as well as the military spouses Bremerton, WA. In this role, he not Foundation, working to promote em- and other family members serving as only dedicated countless hours to help- ployee ownership. He is a leader in the the guardians on this year’s honor ing veterans file claims with the VA Vermont employee ownership commu- flight. These guardians have selflessly and making sure they could make their nity and has been a crucial ally in our given their time to travel alongside our appointments, he even drove them him- fight to expand employee ownership in veterans all the way from Princeton, self if they couldn’t get there on their our state and throughout the country. WV, to Washington, DC, to share this own. As we continue to work together to very special journey with them. But that wasn’t all. As Joel saw what help the employee ownership model re- I also commend those in the Always more and more veterans were going alize its true potential, I know David Free Honor Flight Network for their through, he realized the system wasn’t will continue to be an invaluable part- dedication to providing our veterans working. Too many veterans, espe- ner.∑ with such a unique and meaningful ex- cially those with PTSD and other f perience. Without the diligence and wounds of war beneath the surface, MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT passion Dreama of Denver, president of were getting caught up in courts that Always Free Honor Flight Network and didn’t understand their unique needs Messages from the President of the owner of Princeton, WV’s, Little Buddy and weren’t prepared or designed to United States were communicated to Radio, as well as Pam Coulbourne, the help them get back on their feet. Be- the Senate by Ms. Ridgway, one of his coordinator of these flights, many of cause of Joel’s drive and vision, the secretaries. our veterans would never have the op- Kitsap County Veterans Court was cre- f portunity to travel to Washington and ated, with the goal of helping the men EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED pay homage to the men and women and women who sacrificed to defend they fought beside. Dreama and Pam our freedoms get a hand up when they In executive session the Presiding Of- launched the Always Free Honor Flight were most in need. ficer laid before the Senate messages in 2012, and every year, they continue Having seen Joel’s efforts firsthand, I from the President of the United to make this dream a reality for many know without a doubt that his dedica- States submitting sundry nominations of our West Virginia veterans. tion to public service lifted countless which were referred to the appropriate I would also like to recognize Ser- others, especially veterans who have committees. geant First Class Paul Dorsey, vice given our country so much, and helped (The messages received today are president of Always Free Honor Flight them lead the fulfilling lives they de- printed at the end of the Senate pro- and official photographer Steve Cole- serve. I will always be grateful to Joel ceedings.) man, who have done a tremendous job for his kindness, his generosity of spir- f of ensuring that our veterans receive it, and his determination to make a MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE the recognition they deserve. Dreama, difference. My thoughts are with his At 11:37 a.m., a message from the Pam, and Steve have also dedicated family and all those who loved him.∑ House of Representatives, delivered by themselves to the Denver Foundation, f Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- serving as incredible examples of how TRIBUTE TO DAVID FITZ-GERALD nounced that the House has passed the individuals can give back to their com- following bills, in which it requests the munities. ∑ Mr. SANDERS. Madam President, concurrence of the Senate: I am filled with pride every time I today I wish to recognize David Fitz- meet the patriots who have served our Gerald and congratulate him on his H.R. 615. An act to provide women and girls country, and I am so pleased to wel- term as the chair of the ESOP Associa- safe access to sanitation facilities in refugee camps. come West Virginia’s most courageous tion. David has been committed to ad- vancing the employee ownership model H.R. 753. An act to promote international veterans, who are all heroes, to Wash- exchanges on best election practices, cul- ington, DC. I encourage all of my col- in Vermont and around the country. tivate more secure democratic institutions leagues to join me in saluting them. For the last 2 years, David served as around the world, and for other purposes. They truly inspire us all as we are re- chair of the association, working to H.R. 1359. An act to promote Internet ac- minded of their selfless service. It is promote the interests of employee cess in developing countries and update for- because of their bravery that all Amer- stock ownership plan, ESOP, compa- eign policy toward the Internet, and for nies across the country. other purposes. icans enjoy the greatest liberties and H.R. 1952. An act to amend the Inter- freedoms in the world. In my State of Vermont, we have seen firsthand the many benefits that country Adoption Act of 2002 to require the God bless all our servicemembers and Secretary of State to report on intercountry veterans, God bless the great State of employee ownership can bring to busi- adoptions from countries which have signifi- West Virginia, and God bless the nesses and employees. Study after cantly reduced adoption rates involving im- United States of America. study has shown that employee owner- migration to the United States, and for ship has been proven to spur employ- other purposes. f ment, increase productivity, grow H.R. 2116. An act to enhance stabilization ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS sales, and raise wages. During the last of conflict-affected areas and prevent vio- two recessions, companies with ESOPs lence and fragility globally, and for other were twice as likely to survive the purposes. H.R. 2480. An act to reauthorize the Child REMEMBERING JOEL COURREGES downturn. ∑ Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, and Mrs. MURRAY. Madam President, I David has been a vital ally in the ef- for other purposes. am honored to pay tribute to Joel forts to expand broad-based employee f Courreges, a Washingtonian, a marine, ownership and bolster middle-class jobs and commander of the Disabled Amer- in our communities. As chair, David MEASURES REFERRED ican Veterans, Chapter 5, upon his advocated for the ESOP business model The following bills were read the first passing. and the benefits of worker ownership and the second times by unanimous Joel Courreges was a man who never all across the country. I know many in consent, and referred as indicated: stopped serving his community, his the employee ownership community H.R. 615. An act to provide women and girls State, and his country. Joel served our are so appreciative of David’s energy, safe access to sanitation facilities in refugee Nation as a marine in the Vietnam motivation, and empowerment. Over camps; to the Committee on Foreign Rela- war, returning with disabilities both the last 2 years, David dedicated much tions. visible and invisible. Having seen first- of his time and energy to expanding H.R. 753. An act to promote international hand how difficult the transition home broad-based employee ownership to exchanges on best election practices, cul- can be, he made it his mission to help create a sustainable economy that tivate more secure democratic institutions around the world, and for other purposes; to smooth the path for his fellow veterans benefits all of us. the Committee on Foreign Relations. as they returned from service. Joel be- In addition to his work as chair of H.R. 1359. An act to promote Internet ac- came the commander of the Disabled the ESOP Association, David serves as cess in developing countries and update for- American Veterans, Chapter 5, in a trustee for the Employee Ownership eign policy toward the Internet, and for

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:21 May 22, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21MY6.036 S21MYPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE May 21, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3003 other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign tion and Federal Employee Antidiscrimina- 179 to 184, St. Louis, MO’’ ((RIN1625–AA00) Relations. tion and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR (Docket No. USCG–2019–0334)) received in the H.R. 1952. An act to amend the Inter- Act); to the Committee on Homeland Secu- Office of the President of the Senate on May country Adoption Act of 2000 to require the rity and Governmental Affairs. 20, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, Secretary of State to report on intercountry EC–1325. A communication from the Vice Science, and Transportation. adoptions from countries which have signifi- President and Administration and Finance/ EC–1334. A communication from the Attor- cantly reduced adoption rates involving im- Chief Financial Officer, Millennium Chal- ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department migration to the United States, and for lenge Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign law, the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) ant to law, the report of a rule entitled Relations. for the Office of Inspector General’s Semi- ‘‘Safety Zone; Annual Safety Zones in the H.R. 2116. An act to enhance stabilization annual Report for the period of October 1, Captain of the Port of Detroit Zone’’ of conflict-affected areas and prevent vio- 2018 through March 31, 2019; to the Com- ((RIN1625–AA00) (Docket No. USCG–2019– lence and fragility globally, and for other mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- 0132)) received in the Office of the President purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Rela- mental Affairs. of the Senate on May 20, 2019; to the Com- tions. EC–1326. A communication from the Regu- mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- H.R. 2480. An act to reauthorize the Child lations Coordinator, Office for Civil Rights, tation. Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, and Department of Health and Human Services, EC–1335. A communication from the Attor- for other purposes; to the Committee on transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. a rule entitled ‘‘Protecting Statutory Con- of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- science Rights in Heath Care; Delegations of f ant to law, the report of a rule entitled Authority’’ (RIN0945–AA10) received in the ‘‘Safety Zones; Coast Guard Sector Ohio Val- MEASURE HELD AT THE DESK Office of the President of the Senate on May ley Annual and Recurring Safety Zones Up- 20, 2019; to the Committee on Health, Edu- date’’ ((RIN1625–AA00) (Docket No. USCG– The following measure was ordered cation, Labor, and Pensions. 2019–0013)) received in the Office of the Presi- held at the desk, by unanimous con- EC–1327. A communication from the Regu- dent of the Senate on May 20, 2019; to the sent: lation Policy Development Coordinator, Of- Committee on Commerce, Science, and S. 1370. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- fice of Regulation Policy and Management, Transportation. enue Code of 1986 to treat certain military Department of Veterans Affairs, transmit- EC–1336. A communication from the Attor- survivor benefits as earned income for pur- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department poses of the kiddie tax. titled ‘‘Veterans Care Agreements (VCAs)’’ of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- (RIN2900–AQ45) received in the Office of the ant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Spe- f President of the Senate on May 20, 2019; to cial Local Regulation; Sector Ohio Valley EXECUTIVE AND OTHER the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Annual and Recurring Special Local Regula- COMMUNICATIONS EC–1328. A communication from the Attor- tions Update’’ ((RIN1625–AA08) (Docket No. ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department USCG–2019–0014)) received in the Office of the The following communications were of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- President of the Senate on May 20, 2019; to laid before the Senate, together with ant to law, the report of a rule entitled the Committee on Commerce, Science, and accompanying papers, reports, and doc- ‘‘Safety Zone; Fireworks Displays, Little Transportation. uments, and were referred as indicated: Egg Harbor, Beach Haven, NJ’’ ((RIN1625– EC–1337. A communication from the Attor- AA00) (Docket No. USCG–2019–0283)) received ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department EC–1319. A communication from the Ad- in the Office of the President of the Senate ministrator, Agricultural Marketing Serv- of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- on May 20, 2019; to the Committee on Com- ant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Spe- ice, Department of Agriculture, transmit- merce, Science, and Transportation. ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- cial Local Regulation; Sail Grand Prix 2019 EC–1329. A communication from the Attor- Race Event; San Francisco, CA’’ ((RIN1625– titled ‘‘Marketing Order Regulating the Han- ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department dling of Spearmint Oil Produced in the Far AA08) (Docket No. USCG–2019–0010)) received of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- in the Office of the President of the Senate West; Salable Quantities and Allotment Per- ant to law, the report of a rule entitled centages for the 2019–2020 Marketing Year’’ on May 20, 2019; to the Committee on Com- ‘‘Safety Zone; Illinois River, Miles 0 to 187, merce, Science, and Transportation. ((7 CFR Part 985) (Docket No. AMS–SC–18– Grafton, IL to Peoria, IL’’ ((RIN1625–AA00) 0084)) received in the Office of the President (Docket No. USCG–2019–0171)) received in the f of the Senate on May 16, 2019; to the Com- Office of the President of the Senate on May PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For- 20, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, estry. Science, and Transportation. The following petitions and memo- EC–1320. A communication from the Acting EC–1330. A communication from the Attor- rials were laid before the Senate and Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department were referred or ordered to lie on the on the approved retirement of Vice Admiral of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- table as indicated: Mathias W. Winter, United States Navy, and ant to law, the report of a rule entitled his advancement to the grade of vice admiral POM–61. A resolution adopted by the House ‘‘Safety Zone; Corpus Christi Ship Channel, of Representatives of the State of Michigan on the retired list; to the Committee on Corpus Christi, TX’’ ((RIN1625–AA00) (Docket Armed Services. urging the United States Congress to speed- No. USCG–2019–0322)) received in the Office of ily approve the recently negotiated United EC–1321. A communication from the Acting the President of the Senate on May 20, 2019; Secretary of Defense, transmitting a request States-Mexico-Canada Agreement; to the to the Committee on Commerce, Science, Committee on Finance. relative to issuing a travel restriction on and Transportation. senior officials’ travel to Afghanistan effec- EC–1331. A communication from the Attor- HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 81 tive May 15, 2019 through September 30, 2019; ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department Whereas, The North American Free Trade to the Committee on Armed Services. of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- Agreement (NAFTA) is a close tri-lateral re- EC–1322. A communication from the Execu- ant to law, the report of a rule entitled lationship between the United States, Can- tive Director, Federal Energy Regulatory ‘‘Safety Zone; Corpus Christi Ship Channel, ada, and Mexico. For more than 25 years, Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, Corpus Christi, TX’’ ((RIN1625–AA00) (Docket NAFTA has been economically, culturally the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Annual Update No. USCG–2019–0369)) received in the Office of and strategically important for all parties; of Filing Fees’’ ((RIN1902–AF63) (Docket No. the President of the Senate on May 20, 2019; and RM19–14–000)) received in the Office of the to the Committee on Commerce, Science, Whereas, NAFTA is significant for the President of the Senate on May 20, 2019; to and Transportation. American economy. Trade with Canada and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- EC–1332. A communication from the Attor- Mexico supports nearly 12 million American sources. ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department jobs, and nearly 5 million of those jobs are EC–1323. A communication from the Direc- of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- supported by increased NAFTA trade. Since tor of Congressional Relations and Govern- ant to law, the report of a rule entitled the agreement began in 1994, trade with Can- ment Affairs, Office of the Special Inspector ‘‘Safety Zone; Kanawha River, Charleston, ada and Mexico has nearly quadrupled to $1.3 General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, WV’’ ((RIN1625–AA00) (Docket No. USCG– trillion, and the two countries buy more transmitting, pursuant to law, a report rel- 2019–0358)) received in the Office of the Presi- than one-third of U.S. merchandise exports. ative to the Office’s April 2019 quarterly re- dent of the Senate on May 20, 2019; to the U.S. service exports to Canada and Mexico port to Congress (OSS–2019–0503); to the Com- Committee on Commerce, Science, and have also tripled, rising from $27.5 billion in mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- Transportation. 1993 to $91.3 billion in 2017, thanks to the mental Affairs. EC–1333. A communication from the Attor- trade agreement’s new market access and EC–1324. A communication from the Sec- ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department clearer rules; and retary of Transportation, transmitting, pur- of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- Whereas, Trade with Canada and Mexico is suant to law, the Department’s fiscal year ant to law, the report of a rule entitled significant to U.S. states. For 43 states, our 2018 annual report relative to the Notifica- ‘‘Safety Zone; Upper Mississippi River, Miles contiguous international neighbors represent

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:21 May 22, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21MY6.026 S21MYPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE S3004 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 21, 2019 the first or second largest export market, and second times by unanimous con- gation to report acts of foreign election in- and all but one state counts Canada or Mex- sent, and referred as indicated: fluence and require implementation of com- ico as a top three trading partner. Canada is pliance and reporting systems by Federal By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. BEN- Michigan’s largest export market, and Mex- campaigns to detect and report such acts; to NET, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mrs. MURRAY, ico is Michigan’s third largest export mar- the Committee on Rules and Administration. and Mr. VAN HOLLEN): ket. NAFTA has also contributed to a 300 By Mr. BURR (for himself, Mr. TESTER, S. 1553. A bill to repeal the debt ceiling; to percent increase in Michigan’s agricultural Mr. TILLIS, Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. the Committee on Finance. exports to Canada and Mexico; and CARDIN): By Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Ms. Whereas, Small and medium-sized enter- S. 1563. A bill to amend the Public Health HIRONO, Ms. COLLINS, and Ms. KLO- prises in the United States rely on trade Service Act with respect to the Agency for BUCHAR): with Canada and Mexico to support and grow Toxic Substances and Disease Registry’s re- S. 1554. A bill to provide for an automatic their business. Canada and Mexico are the view and publication of illness and condi- acquisition of United States citizenship for top two export destinations for U.S. small tions relating to veterans stationed at Camp certain internationally adopted individuals, and medium-sized enterprises, more than Lejeune, North Carolina, and their family and for other purposes; to the Committee on 125,000 of which sold their goods and services members, and for other purposes; to the the Judiciary. in Canada and Mexico in 2014; and Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. By Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Ms. STABE- Whereas, Trade among our North Amer- By Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mr. NOW, Mrs. SHAHEEN, and Mr. GARD- ican trading partners is made up predomi- MORAN, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. COTTON, Mr. NER): nantly of intellectual property (IP)-intensive PERDUE, and Mr. ROUNDS): S. 1555. A bill to amend title 10, United goods and services that employ millions of S. 1564. A bill to require the Securities and States Code, to improve the Transition As- Americans in high paying jobs and generate Exchange Commission and certain Federal sistance Program for members of the Armed billions of dollars in economic output. How- agencies to carry out a study relating to ac- Forces, and for other purposes; to the Com- ever, many of the IP-intensive goods, serv- counting standards, and for other purposes; mittee on Armed Services. ices, and exchanges through which trade is to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. facilitated did not exist when the agreement Urban Affairs. JONES, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, was drafted. This situation has resulted in By Mr. HAWLEY (for himself and Mr. Mr. BOOKER, Mr. BROWN, Ms. CANT- uneven and weak IP enforcement. Stronger GRASSLEY): WELL, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. S. 1565. A bill to establish a Corps of Engi- enforcement of IP rights will encourage CASEY, Mr. COONS, Ms. CORTEZ neers Flood Control Civilian Advisory Coun- more foreign direct investment and increase MASTO, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. DURBIN, cil, and for other purposes; to the Committee gross domestic product; and Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. on Environment and Public Works. Whereas, The United States-Mexico-Can- HARRIS, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. HEINRICH, By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. KING, ada Agreement (USMCA) creates a 21st Cen- Ms. HIRONO, Mr. KAINE, Mr. KING, Ms. Mr. TILLIS, and Ms. DUCKWORTH): tury trade agreement for North America. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. MANCHIN, S. 1566. A bill to require information and The renegotiated USMCA has provisions fa- Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. opportunities for registration for voting and vorable to U.S. autoworkers that would help MERKLEY, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MUR- absentee ballot requests for members of the level the playing field between U.S. and RAY, Mr. PETERS, Mr. REED, Ms. Armed Forces who are undergoing deploy- Mexican autoworkers. The updated agree- ROSEN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. ment overseas, and for other purposes; to the ment is also more beneficial to the agricul- SCHUMER, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. SINEMA, Committee on Rules and Administration. tural sector than NAFTA and will offer a Ms. SMITH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. By Ms. MCSALLY (for herself and Ms. higher degree of certainty and stability to TESTER, Mr. UDALL, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, SINEMA): Michigan farmers. The new IP provisions are Mr. WARNER, Ms. WARREN, Mr. S. 1567. A bill to support endemic fungal the most comprehensive of any multilateral WHITEHOUSE, and Mr. WYDEN): disease research, incentivize fungal vaccine U.S. trade agreement and are vastly superior S. 1556. A bill to provide that the rule enti- development, discover new antifungal thera- to those included in NAFTA; and tled ‘‘Short-Term, Limited Duration Insur- pies and diagnostics, and for other purposes; Whereas, A seamless transition between ance’’ shall have no force or effect; to the to the Committee on Health, Education, NAFTA and the USMCA will ensure that Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Labor, and Pensions. none of the benefits in trade accomplished by Pensions. By Mr. GRASSLEY: the integration of the three North American By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. S. 1568. A bill to improve transparency re- economies will be lost: Now, therefore, be it garding the activities of the American Red BLUMENTHAL): Resolved by the House of Representatives, S. 1557. A bill to establish a grant program Cross, and for other purposes; to the Com- That we urge the Congress of the United to incentivize States to reduce prison popu- mittee on the Judiciary. States to speedily approve the recently nego- lations, and for other purposes; to the Com- By Mr. WYDEN: S. 1569. A bill to amend the Federal Elec- tiated United States-Mexico-Canada Agree- mittee on the Judiciary. tion Campaign Act of 1971 to allow certain ment; and be it further By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. Resolved, That copies of this resolution be expenditures for cybersecurity-related serv- PORTMAN, and Mr. SCHATZ): ices or assistance; to the Committee on transmitted to the President of the United S. 1558. A bill to establish a coordinated Rules and Administration. States Senate, the Speaker of the United Federal initiative to accelerate research and States House of Representatives, and the By Mr. RISCH: development on artificial intelligence for the S. 1570. A bill to provide flexibility to allow members of the Michigan congressional dele- economic and national security of the United gation. greater aquifer recharge, and for other pur- States, and for other purposes; to the Com- poses; to the Committee on Energy and Nat- mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- POM–62. A resolution adopted by the Com- ural Resources. tation. By Mr. HAWLEY (for himself, Mr. missioner’s Court of Grayson County, Texas, By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. urging the United States Congress to des- BLUNT, and Mr. GRASSLEY): KENNEDY): ignate the Butterfield Overland Trail as a S. 1571. A bill to remove fish and wildlife as S. 1559. A bill to provide standards relating an authorized purpose of the Missouri River National Historic Trail; to the Committee on to airline travel by Federal employees for of- Energy and Natural Resources. Mainstem Reservoir System and to make ficial business; to the Committee on Home- flood control the highest priority of author- f land Security and Governmental Affairs. ized purposes of the System, and for other REPORTS OF COMMITTEES By Mr. GARDNER (for himself and Mr. purposes; to the Committee on Environment BENNET): and Public Works. The following reports of committees S. 1560. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Ms. were submitted: enue Code of 1986 to provide for a credit SMITH): By Mr. WICKER, from the Committee on against tax for improving the safety of fuel S. 1572. A bill to amend the Higher Edu- Commerce, Science, and Transportation, systems in emergency medical rotorcraft; to cation Act of 1965 to require additional re- with an amendment in the nature of a sub- the Committee on Finance. porting on crime and harm that occurs dur- stitute: By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. ing student participation in programs of S. 151. A bill to deter criminal robocall vio- GRASSLEY, Mr. HAWLEY, and Mr. COT- study abroad, and for other purposes; to the lations and improve enforcement of section TON): Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 227(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, S. 1561. A bill to require the Secretary of Pensions. and for other purposes (Rept. No. 116–41). Health and Human Services to provide to the By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Secretary of Homeland Security certain in- Ms. COLLINS): f formation with respect to unaccompanied S. 1573. A bill to amend title 38, United INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND alien children, and for other purposes; to the States Code, to eliminate copayments by the JOINT RESOLUTIONS Committee on the Judiciary. Department of Veterans Affairs for medi- By Mr. WARNER: cines relating to preventive health services, The following bills and joint resolu- S. 1562. A bill to amend the Federal Elec- and for other purposes; to the Committee on tions were introduced, read the first tion Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify the obli- Veterans’ Affairs.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:21 May 22, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21MY6.018 S21MYPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE May 21, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3005 By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself and Mr. By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. negotiated political settlement, and MURPHY): BENNET, Ms. HARRIS, and Mr. hold Syrian human rights abusers ac- S. 1574. A bill to amend the Employee Re- BLUMENTHAL): countable for their crimes. tirement Income Security Act of 1974 to re- S. 1584. A bill to hold pharmaceutical com- quire a lifetime income disclosure; to the panies accountable for dubious marketing S. 133 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and and distribution of opioid products and for At the request of Ms. MURKOWSKI, the Pensions. their role in creating and exacerbating the name of the Senator from Maryland By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Ms. opioid epidemic in the United States; to the (Mr. VAN HOLLEN) was added as a co- WARREN): Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and sponsor of S. 133, a bill to award a Con- S. 1575. A bill to direct the Secretary of Pensions. gressional Gold Medal, collectively, to State to make available to the Director of f the United States merchant mariners the Centers for Disease Control and Preven- of World War II, in recognition of their tion copies of consular reports of death of SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND United States citizens, and for other pur- SENATE RESOLUTIONS dedicated and vital service during World War II. poses; to the Committee on Foreign Rela- The following concurrent resolutions tions. S. 151 and Senate resolutions were read, and By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. MAR- At the request of Mr. THUNE, the referred (or acted upon), as indicated: KEY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, names of the Senator from Alabama Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. SMITH, Mr. BOOKER, By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. (Mr. SHELBY) and the Senator from Mr. SANDERS, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. CASEY, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. PETERS, Mrs. Georgia (Mr. ISAKSON) were added as KAINE, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. MURRAY, and Ms. STABENOW): SHAHEEN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mrs. S. Res. 214. A resolution recognizing the cosponsors of S. 151, a bill to deter GILLIBRAND, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, and Mr. history and contributions of Muslims of the criminal robocall violations and im- MURPHY): United States; to the Committee on the Ju- prove enforcement of section 227(b) of S. 1576. A bill to strengthen parity in men- diciary. the Communications Act of 1934, and tal health and substance use disorder bene- By Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Mr. COT- for other purposes. fits; to the Committee on Health, Education, TON, Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. CRUZ): S. 160 Labor, and Pensions. S. Res. 215. A resolution calling for greater By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. religious and political freedoms in Cuba, and At the request of Mr. GRAHAM, the BENNET): for other purposes; to the Committee on For- name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. S. 1577. A bill to amend the Public Health eign Relations. SCOTT) was added as a cosponsor of S. Service Act to prohibit certain contracts be- By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Ms. 160, a bill to amend title 18, United tween health insurance plans or issuers and ERNST, Mr. MERKLEY, and Ms. HAS- States Code, to protect pain-capable health care providers; to the Committee on SAN): unborn children, and for other pur- Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. S. Res. 216. A resolution recognizing the poses. By Mr. HAWLEY: contributions made by the men and women S. 1578. A bill to protect the privacy of of the Air Force who are responsible for op- S. 178 internet users through the establishment of erating and maintaining the Global Posi- At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the a national Do Not Track system, and for tioning System constellation and affirming names of the Senator from Georgia other purposes; to the Committee on Com- the importance of continuous availability, (Mr. ISAKSON) and the Senator from merce, Science, and Transportation. accuracy, efficiency, robustness, reliability, Pennsylvania (Mr. CASEY) were added By Mr. ROMNEY (for himself, Mr. LEE, and resiliency of the Global Positioning Sys- as cosponsors of S. 178, a bill to con- tem constellation; considered and agreed to. Mr. BRAUN, and Mr. TOOMEY): demn gross human rights violations of S. 1579. A bill to require Congress to budget By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. in advance for disasters, and for other pur- DUCKWORTH, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and poses; to the Committee on the Budget. BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. calling for an end to arbitrary deten- By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. HARRIS, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, tion, torture, and harassment of these TILLIS): Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MUR- communities inside and outside China. S. 1580. A bill to amend title 10, United RAY, and Mr. VAN HOLLEN): S. 189 S. Res. 217. A resolution expressing support States Code, to improve consultation by the At the request of Ms. KLOBUCHAR, the for the designation of June 7 through June 9, Military Aviation and Installation Assur- names of the Senator from North Caro- ance Siting Clearinghouse with installations 2019, as ‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness affected by windfarm projects, and for other Weekend’’ and June 2019 as ‘‘National Gun lina (Mr. BURR) and the Senator from purposes; to the Committee on Armed Serv- Violence Awareness Month’’; to the Com- West Virginia (Mr. MANCHIN) were ices. mittee on the Judiciary. added as cosponsors of S. 189, a bill to By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mrs. protect the privacy of users of social BLUMENTHAL, Ms. WARREN, Mr. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. media and other online platforms. MENENDEZ, and Mr. DURBIN): BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BROWN, Ms. CANT- S. 249 S. 1581. A bill to amend the Fair Credit Re- WELL, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. HEINRICH, porting Act to institute a 1-year waiting pe- Mr. BENNET, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. At the request of Mr. INHOFE, the riod before medical debt will be reported on DUCKWORTH, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. CARDIN, names of the Senator from Florida (Mr. a consumer’s credit report and to remove Mr. WYDEN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Ms. SCOTT) and the Senator from Indiana paid-off and settled medical debts from cred- HARRIS, Mr. COONS, Mr. MERKLEY, (Mr. YOUNG) were added as cosponsors it reports that have been fully paid or set- Mr. SCHATZ, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. of S. 249, a bill to direct the Secretary tled, to amend the Fair Debt Collection LEAHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. VAN HOL- of State to develop a strategy to regain Practices Act to provide a timetable for LEN, Ms. SMITH, Mr. TESTER, Mr. observer status for Taiwan in the MURPHY, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. WARREN, verification of medical debt and to increase World Health Organization, and for the efficiency of credit markets with more Ms. HIRONO, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. perfect information, and for other purposes; BOOKER, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. MARKEY, other purposes. to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. S. 277 Urban Affairs. PETERS, Mr. CARPER, Mr. KAINE, Mr. At the request of Ms. HIRONO, the By Mr. HEINRICH: REED, Mr. UDALL, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. names of the Senator from Virginia KING, Mr. WARNER, and Ms. SINEMA): S. 1582. A bill to establish the White Sands (Mr. KAINE) and the Senator from New National Park in the State of New Mexico as S. Con. Res. 18. A concurrent resolution Jersey (Mr. MENENDEZ) were added as a unit of the National Park System, and for supporting reproductive health care in the other purposes; to the Committee on Energy United States; to the Committee on Health, cosponsors of S. 277, a bill to post- and Natural Resources. Education, Labor, and Pensions. humously award a Congressional Gold By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. f Medal to Fred Korematsu, in recogni- SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. MENEN- tion of his dedication to justice and DEZ, Mr. YOUNG, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS equality. PORTMAN, Mr. KAINE, and Ms. SMITH): S. 52 S. 388 S. 1583. A bill to amend the Lead-Based At the request of Mr. RISCH, the At the request of Ms. HARRIS, the Paint Poisoning Prevention Act to provide for additional procedures for families with name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. name of the Senator from Massachu- children under the age of 6, and for other YOUNG) was added as a cosponsor of S. setts (Ms. WARREN) was added as a co- purposes; to the Committee on Banking, 52, a bill to halt the wholesale slaugh- sponsor of S. 388, a bill to reduce the Housing, and Urban Affairs. ter of the Syrian people, encourage a ability of the U.S. Immigration and

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:12 May 22, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21MY6.022 S21MYPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE S3006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 21, 2019 Customs Enforcement to engage in in- and indemnity compensation, and for 839, a bill to extend Federal Pell Grant appropriate civil immigration enforce- other purposes. eligibility of certain short-term pro- ment actions that harm unaccom- S. 640 grams. panied alien children and to ensure the At the request of Mr. KENNEDY, the S. 841 safety and welfare of unaccompanied name of the Senator from West Vir- At the request of Mr. WARNER, the alien children. ginia (Mrs. CAPITO) was added as a co- name of the Senator from Maryland S. 436 sponsor of S. 640, a bill to amend title (Mr. CARDIN) was added as a cosponsor At the request of Mr. VAN HOLLEN, XVIII of the Social Security Act to re- of S. 841, a bill to enhance the ability the name of the Senator from Vermont quire pharmacy-negotiated price con- of Federal agencies to deliver reloca- (Mr. SANDERS) was added as a cospon- cessions to be included in negotiated tion management services to the Fed- sor of S. 436, a bill to amend title 49, prices at the point-of-sale under part D eral Government, and for other pur- United States Code, to require the de- of the Medicare program, and for other poses. velopment of public transportation op- purposes. S. 846 erations safety risk reduction pro- S. 651 At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the grams, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. CASEY, the names of the Senator from Florida (Mr. S. 466 name of the Senator from Minnesota SCOTT) and the Senator from Texas At the request of Mr. WARNER, the (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) was added as a co- (Mr. CRUZ) were added as cosponsors of names of the Senator from New Jersey sponsor of S. 651, a bill to amend the S. 846, a bill to amend title 49, United (Mr. BOOKER), the Senator from Mon- Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to in- States Code, to limit certain rolling tana (Mr. TESTER), the Senator from crease the age requirement with re- stock procurements, and for other pur- Connecticut (Mr. BLUMENTHAL), the spect to eligibility for qualified ABLE poses. Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. programs. S. 879 CASEY), the Senator from Minnesota S. 726 At the request of Mr. VAN HOLLEN, (Ms. SMITH), the Senator from Hawaii the name of the Senator from Delaware At the request of Mrs. FEINSTEIN, the (Ms. HIRONO), the Senator from Mary- name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. (Mr. COONS) was added as a cosponsor land (Mr. VAN HOLLEN), the Senator of S. 879, a bill to provide a process for ROSEN) was added as a cosponsor of S. from Delaware (Mr. COONS), the Sen- 726, a bill to amend the Federal Food, granting lawful permanent resident ator from Oregon (Mr. WYDEN), the Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the status to aliens from certain countries Senator from Hawaii (Mr. SCHATZ), the safety of cosmetics. who meet specified eligibility require- Senator from New York (Mrs. GILLI- ments, and for other purposes. S. 741 BRAND), the Senator from Minnesota S. 880 At the request of Ms. SMITH, the (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) and the Senator from At the request of Ms. STABENOW, the names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. New Hampshire (Ms. HASSAN) were name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. MERKLEY) and the Senator from Ten- added as cosponsors of S. 466, a bill to RUBIO) was added as a cosponsor of S. nessee (Mrs. BLACKBURN) were added as provide that certain guidance related 880, a bill to provide outreach and re- cosponsors of S. 741, a bill to amend the to waivers for State innovation under porting on comprehensive Alzheimer’s Public Health Service Act to require the Patient Protection and Affordable disease care planning services fur- group and individual health insurance Care Act shall have no force or effect. nished under the Medicare program. coverage and group health plans to pro- S. 504 S. 901 vide for cost sharing for oral At the request of Ms. SINEMA, the At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the anticancer drugs on terms no less fa- names of the Senator from Wisconsin name of the Senator from Nebraska vorable than the cost sharing provided (Ms. BALDWIN) and the Senator from (Mrs. FISCHER) was added as a cospon- for anticancer medications adminis- Colorado (Mr. GARDNER) were added as sor of S. 901, a bill to amend the Older tered by a health care provider. cosponsors of S. 504, a bill to amend Americans Act of 1965 to support indi- title 36, United States Code, to author- S. 758 viduals with younger onset Alzheimer’s ize The American Legion to determine At the request of Ms. DUCKWORTH, disease. the names of the Senator from the requirements for membership in S. 972 Vermont (Mr. SANDERS) and the Sen- The American Legion, and for other At the request of Mr. GRASSLEY, the purposes. ator from New Jersey (Mr. BOOKER) names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. were added as cosponsors of S. 758, a S. 513 RISCH) and the Senator from Indiana bill to ensure affordable abortion cov- At the request of Ms. HARRIS, the (Mr. BRAUN) were added as cosponsors name of the Senator from California erage and care for every woman, and of S. 972, a bill to amend the Internal for other purposes. (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) was added as a co- Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage re- sponsor of S. 513, a bill to amend title S. 814 tirement savings, and for other pur- 18, United States Code, with respect to At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the poses. civil forfeitures relating to certain name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms. S. 988 seized animals, and for other purposes. SINEMA) was added as a cosponsor of S. At the request of Mrs. CAPITO, the S. 514 814, a bill to amend title XVIII of the name of the Senator from Tennessee At the request of Mr. TESTER, the Social Security Act to improve access (Mrs. BLACKBURN) was added as a co- name of the Senator from Virginia (Mr. to diabetes outpatient self-manage- sponsor of S. 988, a bill to amend title KAINE) was added as a cosponsor of S. ment training services, and for other XVIII of the Social Security Act to 514, a bill to amend title 38, United purposes. prohibit prescription drug plan spon- States Code, to improve the benefits S. 833 sors and MA–PD organizations under and services provided by the Depart- At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the the Medicare program from retro- ment of Veterans Affairs to women vet- name of the Senator from North Caro- actively reducing payment on clean erans, and for other purposes. lina (Mr. BURR) was added as a cospon- claims submitted by pharmacies. S. 622 sor of S. 833, a bill to amend the Em- S. 1039 At the request of Mr. JONES, the ployee Retirement Income Security At the request of Mr. UDALL, the names of the Senator from South Caro- Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue names of the Senator from Connecticut lina (Mr. GRAHAM), the Senator from Code of 1986 with respect to participant (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) and the Senator Montana (Mr. DAINES) and the Senator votes on the suspension of benefits from Oregon (Mr. WYDEN) were added from Delaware (Mr. CARPER) were under multiemployer plans in critical as cosponsors of S. 1039, a bill to limit added as cosponsors of S. 622, a bill to and declining status. the use of funds for kinetic military amend title 10, United States Code, to S. 839 operations in or against Iran. repeal the requirement for reduction of At the request of Mr. KAINE, the S. 1045 survivor annuities under the Survivor name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms. At the request of Mr. YOUNG, the Benefit Plan by veterans’ dependency SINEMA) was added as a cosponsor of S. name of the Senator from Tennessee

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:21 May 22, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21MY6.038 S21MYPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE May 21, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3007 (Mrs. BLACKBURN) was added as a co- S. 1235 S. 1458 sponsor of S. 1045, a bill to amend the At the request of Mrs. BLACKBURN, At the request of Ms. HARRIS, the Public Health Service Act to expand the names of the Senator from Arkan- name of the Senator from Delaware the authority of the Secretary of sas (Mr. COTTON), the Senator from (Mr. COONS) was added as a cosponsor Health and Human Services to permit Colorado (Mr. GARDNER), the Senator of S. 1458, a bill to codify the Outdoor nurses to practice in health care facili- from North Carolina (Mr. BURR), the Recreation Legacy Partnership Pro- ties with critical shortages of nurses Senator from Montana (Mr. DAINES), gram of the National Park Service, and through programs for loan repayment the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. for other purposes. and scholarships for nurses. GRAHAM), the Senator from Missouri S. 1463 (Mr. HAWLEY), the Senator from Vir- S. 1083 At the request of Mr. PERDUE, the At the request of Mr. BOOKER, the ginia (Mr. KAINE), the Senator from name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Louisiana (Mr. KENNEDY), the Senator names of the Senator from Vermont MCSALLY) was added as a cosponsor of (Mr. SANDERS) and the Senator from Il- from Rhode Island (Mr. REED), the Sen- S. 1463, a bill to establish a ator from Alabama (Mr. SHELBY linois (Mr. DURBIN) were added as co- ), the scorekeeping rule to ensure that in- Senator from Montana (Mr. TESTER), sponsors of S. 1083, a bill to address the creases in guarantee fees of Fannie the Senator from Idaho (Mr. CRAPO), fundamental injustice, cruelty, bru- Mae and Freddie Mac shall not be used the Senator from Florida (Mr. RUBIO), tality, and inhumanity of slavery in to offset provisions that increase the the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. the United States and the 13 American deficit. colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to THUNE), the Senator from South Da- S. 1514 establish a commission to study and kota (Mr. ROUNDS), the Senator from consider a national apology and pro- Oregon (Mr. WYDEN) and the Senator At the request of Mr. BOOKER, the posal for reparations for the institu- from Vermont (Mr. SANDERS) were name of the Senator from Minnesota tion of slavery, its subsequent de jure added as cosponsors of S. 1235, a bill to (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) was added as a co- and de facto racial and economic dis- require the Secretary of the Treasury sponsor of S. 1514, a bill to amend title crimination against African-Ameri- to mint coins in commemoration of IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 cans, and the impact of these forces on ratification of the 19th Amendment to to require institutions of higher edu- living African-Americans, to make rec- the Constitution of the United States, cation that participate in programs ommendations to the Congress on ap- giving women in the United States the under such title to distribute voter reg- propriate remedies, and for other pur- right to vote. istration forms to students enrolled at poses. S. 1273 the institution, and for other purposes. S. 1167 At the request of Mr. KENNEDY, the S. 1540 At the request of Mrs. MURRAY, the name of the Senator from Tennessee At the request of Ms. KLOBUCHAR, the name of the Senator from Massachu- (Mrs. BLACKBURN) was added as a co- name of the Senator from Connecticut setts (Mr. MARKEY) was added as a co- sponsor of S. 1273, a bill to amend title (Mr. MURPHY) was added as a cosponsor sponsor of S. 1167, a bill to require the 17, United States Code, to establish an of S. 1540, a bill to protect elections for Assistant Secretary of Commerce for alternative dispute resolution program public office by providing financial Communications and Information to for copyright small claims, and for support and enhanced security for the establish a State Digital Equity Capac- other purposes. infrastructure used to carry out such ity Grant Program, and for other pur- S. 1370 elections, and for other purposes. poses. At the request of Mr. CASSIDY, the S. RES. 81 S. 1190 names of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the At the request of Mrs. CAPITO, the ERNST) and the Senator from South name of the Senator from Maryland names of the Senator from Arkansas Dakota (Mr. THUNE) were added as co- (Mr. CARDIN) was added as a cosponsor (Mr. BOOZMAN) and the Senator from sponsors of S. 1370, a bill to amend the of S. Res. 81, a resolution calling for Michigan (Ms. STABENOW) were added Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat accountability and justice for the as- as cosponsors of S. 1190, a bill to amend certain military survivor benefits as sassination of Boris Nemtsov. earned income for purposes of the title XVIII of the Social Security Act S. RES. 120 to provide for payments for certain kiddie tax. At the request of Ms. MURKOWSKI, her rural health clinic and Federally quali- S. 1394 name was added as a cosponsor of S. fied health center services furnished to At the request of Ms. BALDWIN, the Res. 120, a resolution opposing efforts hospice patients under the Medicare names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. to delegitimize the State of Israel and program. COLLINS) and the Senator from New the Global Boycott, Divestment, and Jersey (Mr. MENENDEZ) were added as S. 1195 Sanctions Movement targeting Israel. At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, cosponsors of S. 1394, a bill to provide At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the the names of the Senator from Wis- collective bargaining rights for public name of the Senator from Michigan consin (Ms. BALDWIN), the Senator safety officers employed by States or (Mr. PETERS) was added as a cosponsor from Maryland (Mr. CARDIN), the Sen- their political subdivisions. of S. Res. 120, supra. ator from Mississippi (Mr. WICKER) and S. 1405 the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. At the request of Mr. DAINES, the S. RES. 184 BOOKER) were added as cosponsors of S. name of the Senator from Wyoming At the request of Mr. RISCH, the 1195, a bill to amend title 38, United (Mr. BARRASSO) was added as a cospon- names of the Senator from Maryland States Code, to clarify presumption re- sor of S. 1405, a bill to amend the Inter- (Mr. CARDIN) and the Senator from lating to the exposure of certain vet- nal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Texas (Mr. CRUZ) were added as cospon- erans who served in the vicinity of the credit for production of refined coal. sors of S. Res. 184, a resolution con- Republic of Vietnam, and for other pur- S. 1440 demning the Easter Sunday terrorist poses. At the request of Mr. BOOKER, the attacks in Sri Lanka, offering sincere S. 1218 name of the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. condolences to the victims, to their At the request of Mr. VAN HOLLEN, HIRONO) was added as a cosponsor of S. families and friends, and to the people the name of the Senator from Georgia 1440, a bill to discontinue a Federal and nation of Sri Lanka, and express- (Mr. PERDUE) was added as a cosponsor program that authorizes State and ing solidarity and support for Sri of S. 1218, a bill to require the review of local law enforcement officers to inves- Lanka. the service of certain members of the tigate, apprehend, and detain aliens in S. RES. 207 Armed Forces during World War I to accordance with a written agreement At the request of Ms. BALDWIN, the determine if such members should be with the Director of U.S. Immigration name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. awarded the Medal of Honor, to author- and Customs Enforcement and to clar- ROSEN) was added as a cosponsor of S. ize the award of the Medal of Honor ify that immigration enforcement is Res. 207, a resolution congratulating based on the results of the review, and solely a function of the Federal Gov- the Senate GLASS Caucus staff asso- for other purposes. ernment. ciation for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:21 May 22, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21MY6.040 S21MYPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE S3008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 21, 2019 transgender Senate staff on the 15-year U.S. House of Representatives races in dential candidates. In extending Secret anniversary of the association. Illinois, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Service protection to candidates, Con- S. RES. 212 North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsyl- gress recognized that the threats to At the request of Ms. MURKOWSKI, the vania. Hackers also targeted Repub- Presidential and Vice Presidential can- names of the Senator from Indiana licans during the same period, but were didates required professional protec- (Mr. BRAUN), the Senator from Kansas less successful in their efforts. tion. Congress must now take action to (Mr. MORAN), the Senator from Mis- The impact of Russia’s hacking-en- protect candidates for Federal office— souri (Mr. BLUNT), the Senator from abled influence campaign was a sur- and consequently, our democracy— Alaska (Mr. SULLIVAN), the Senator prise to many. However, this was not from another serious threat: hacking from Oklahoma (Mr. LANKFORD), the the first time that a foreign govern- by foreign governments. Senator from Utah (Mr. LEE), the Sen- ment hacked into the campaign organi- The political parties are best of the ator from Wyoming (Mr. BARRASSO), zation of someone running to be Presi- available options to provide cybersecu- the Senator from Idaho (Mr. CRAPO), dent of the United States. Senior offi- rity to campaigns. Politicians are al- the Senator from Montana (Mr. cials from the 2008 Obama and McCain ready dependent upon the parties for DAINES), the Senator from Alabama presidential campaigns have publicly fundraising, advertising, polling, mes- (Mr. SHELBY), the Senator from Utah confirmed that both organizations were saging, and other forms of support. (Mr. ROMNEY), the Senator from Ar- compromised by hackers. In an inter- Giving parties the responsibility to kansas (Mr. BOOZMAN), the Senator view with NBC News 2013, Dennis Blair, provide cybersecurity does not make from Arkansas (Mr. COTTON), the Sen- who served as President Obama’s Di- politicians dependent on help from a ator from South Dakota (Mr. THUNE), rector of National Intelligence between new entity. Parties are also responsible the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. CAS- 2009 and 2010 stated that ‘‘Based on ev- to politicians they protect, moreso at SIDY), the Senator from Pennsylvania erything I know, this was a case of po- least than any other government, cor- (Mr. TOOMEY), the Senator from Texas litical cyber-espionage by the Chinese porate, or non-profit entity. (Mr. CORNYN), the Senator from Wis- government against the two American Quite simply, this bill gives the na- consin (Mr. JOHNSON), the Senator from political parties. They were looking for tional campaign committees the role of North Dakota (Mr. HOEVEN), the Sen- positions on China, surprises that the ‘‘IT Department’’ for state parties, ator from South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS), might be rolled out by campaigns campaigns, and candidates. The com- the Senator from Texas (Mr. CRUZ), the against China.’’ mittees will be able to provide these Senator from Georgia (Mr. ISAKSON), In recent years, the Republican Na- entities with securely configured the Senator from Georgia (Mr. tional Committee, the National Repub- laptops and cellphones, professionally PERDUE), the Senator from Florida (Mr. lican Senatorial Committee, and the administered email, encrypted mes- RUBIO), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. the National Republican Congressional saging, and collaboration software, and GARDNER) and the Senator from Ten- Committee have all been hacked, as if necessary, hire third-party cyberse- nessee (Mr. ALEXANDER) were added as well as the campaigns of Senators GRA- curity experts to help in the event of a cosponsors of S. Res. 212, a resolution HAM and MCCAIN. Both major political successful hack. celebrating the 100th anniversary of parties have suffered hacks, and will This bill also permits the national the passage and ratification of the 19th undoubtedly continue to be targeted by parties to provide this assistance with Amendment, providing for women’s foreign governments and other sophis- money they raise in their ‘‘building suffrage, to the Constitution of the ticated hackers. fund.’’ The building fund is one of three United States. Over the past two years, Congress has supplementary accounts through which f turned its attention to several weak- Congress permitted the national cam- nesses in our democracy that were ex- paign committees to raise an addi- STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED ploited by Russia including the role of tional $100,000 per individual, per year, BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS social media companies and long- to pay for the cost of presidential By Mr. WYDEN: standing flaws in paperless voting ma- nominating conventions, national S. 1569. A bill to amend the Federal chines used in several states. While party headquarters buildings, and elec- Election Campaign Act of 1971 to allow these issues have yet to be meaning- tion recounts and other legal battles. certain expenditures for cybersecurity- fully addressed, they have, at least, I know that some advocates have se- related services or assistance; to the been the subject of oversight hearings rious concerns about the building fund Committee on Rules and Administra- and legislative proposals in Congress. and the other supplementary accounts tion. In contrast, Congress has yet to hold a created by Congress in 2014. I share Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, today I single hearing on the vulnerability of these concerns, and have long sup- am introducing the Federal Campaign political parties and campaigns to ported bold reforms of our campaign fi- Cybersecurity Assistance Act of 2019—a hacking by foreign governments, nor nance system. However, the current bulky name for a bill that attempts to has anyone else in Congress introduced Senate is extremely unlikely to pass do a simply stated thing: protect our legislation to help defend these organi- legislation creating public financing of democracy from foreign cyber attacks. zations from cyber attacks. elections anytime soon, and so while This bill allows the national campaign For the sake of the integrity of the we have the current system, permit- committees to provide much-needed American political process, I introduce ting the use of money in the building cybersecurity assistance to State polit- this bill today to protect those running fund for cybersecurity appears to be ical parties, Federal campaign offices’ for office, and the organizations that the least bad option. Most importantly, staffs, and Federal candidates’ personal support them, from cyber attacks. Rus- this approach does not permit the par- accounts and devices. sia’s hacking and leaking of emails in ties to raise any new funds—it merely In 2015 and 2016, hackers working for 2016 is now well documented. Their ef- permits a new use of money raised the Russian government penetrated the forts continue. If you think they aren’t through the building fund. networks of the Democratic National working towards the 2020 federal elec- I am not the only one to recognize Committee and the Democratic Con- tions as hard as any cub reporter in the severity of the cyber threat aimed gressional Campaign Committee. The Iowa, you’d be sadly mistaken. And at political parties. Earlier this year, hackers also compromised the email they are likely NOT alone. Other hos- the Canadian agency responsible for account of Senator Hillary Clinton’s tile governments will undoubtedly seek government cybersecurity, the Com- presidential campaign manager, John to emulate and improve on Russia’s munications Security Establishment, Podesta. The Russian government sub- tactics. issued a lengthy report on threats to sequently leaked and weaponized Congress has acted in the past to pro- elections, which noted that that ‘‘Glob- Democratic party and campaign emails tect those running for office from seri- ally, political parties, candidates, and in order to influence the outcome of ous threats. After Senator Robert F. their staff remain attractive targets several elections—most publicly, the Kennedy was assassinated in 1968, Con- for cyber threat activity.’’ Likewise, presidential race between Donald gress authorized the Secret Service to the Maryland Board of Elections pub- Trump and Hillary Clinton, but also protect Presidential and Vice Presi- lished guidance last week, recognizing

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:21 May 22, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21MY6.042 S21MYPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE May 21, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3009 that ‘‘Campaigns are a potential cyber owner submit a request for approval of a ten- (including rent payments to be made for that target,’’ and consequently permitted ancy or lease renewal, whichever occurs dwelling unit), or lapse in assistance to— state political parties to provide addi- first; ‘‘(i) a dwelling unit that was constructed tional cybersecurity assistance to cam- ‘‘(bb) in the case of covered housing receiv- in 1978 or later; or ing public housing assistance under the ‘‘(ii) another dwelling unit in covered hous- paigns. United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. ing that has no lead-based paint hazards.’’. November 2020 gets closer by the day. 1437 et seq.) or project-based rental assist- SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Congress cannot wait any longer to ance under section 8 of the United States There is authorized to be appropriated to protect state parties, campaigns, and Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), not later carry out the amendments made by section 2 the candidates themselves from sophis- than 15 days after the date on which a phys- such sums as may be necessary for each of ticated cyber attacks. Accordingly, I ical condition inspection occurs; and fiscal years 2020 through 2024. urge my colleagues to promptly act on ‘‘(cc) in the case of covered housing not de- scribed in item (aa) or (bb), not later than a f this legislation, and to secure our de- date established by the Secretary; SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS mocracy from cyber threats before it is ‘‘(II) provide that a visual assessment too late. alone is not sufficient for purposes of com- plying with subclause (I); SENATE RESOLUTION 214—RECOG- By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. ‘‘(III) require that, if lead-based paint haz- NIZING THE HISTORY AND CON- SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. ards are identified by an initial risk assess- TRIBUTIONS OF MUSLIMS OF ment conducted under subclause (I), the MENENDEZ, Mr. YOUNG, Ms. THE UNITED STATES DUCKWORTH, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. owner of the covered housing shall— ‘‘(aa) not later than 30 days after the date KAINE, and Ms. SMITH): Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. CASEY, on which the initial risk assessment is con- Ms. HARRIS, Mr. PETERS, Mrs. MURRAY, S. 1583. A bill to amend the Lead- ducted, control the lead-based paint hazards, and Ms. STABENOW) submitted the fol- Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act including achieving clearance in accordance to provide for additional procedures for with regulations promulgated under section lowing resolution; which was referred families with children under the age of 402 or 404 of the Toxic Substances Control to the Committee on the Judiciary: 6, and for other purposes; to the Com- Act (15 U.S.C. 2682, 2684), as applicable; and S. RES. 214 mittee on Banking, Housing, and ‘‘(bb) provide notice to all residents in the Whereas the millions of Muslims of the Urban Affairs. covered housing affected by the initial risk United States, immigrant and native born— Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask assessment, and provide notice in the com- (1) compose 2 percent of the total popu- mon areas of the covered housing, that lead- unanimous consent that the text of the lation of the United States; and based paint hazards were identified and will (2) have built a vibrant community of di- bill be printed in the RECORD. be controlled within the 30-day period de- verse races, ethnicities, viewpoints, and There being no objection, the text of scribed in item (aa); and backgrounds; the bill was ordered to be printed in ‘‘(IV) provide that there shall be no exten- Whereas many African slaves brought to the RECORD, as follows: sion of the 30-day period described in sub- the Americas, including the American colo- S. 1583 clause (III)(aa). nies later known as the United States, were ‘‘(iii) EXCEPTIONS.—The regulations pro- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Muslim and made innumerable contributions mulgated under clause (ii) shall provide an to the founding of the United States; resentatives of the United States of America in exception to the requirement under sub- Congress assembled, Whereas Muslims of the United States— clause (I) of such clause for covered hous- (1) come from a myriad of diverse cultural SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. ing— backgrounds; and This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lead-Safe ‘‘(I) if the owner of the covered housing (2) practice their faith according to a vari- Housing for Kids Act of 2019’’. submits to the Secretary documentation— ety of different historical schools of thought SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE LEAD-BASED ‘‘(aa) that the owner conducted a risk as- and traditions within the Sunni and Shi’a in- PAINT POISONING PREVENTION sessment of the covered housing for lead- terpretations of Islam; ACT. based paint hazards during the 12-month pe- Whereas Muslims of the United States Section 302(a) of the Lead-Based Paint Poi- riod preceding the date on which the family have long served in the Armed Forces and soning Prevention Act (42 U.S.C. 4822(a)) is is expected to reside in the covered housing; have fought in all major United States con- amended— and flicts, from the Revolutionary War onward, (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para- ‘‘(bb) of any clearance examinations of with more than 5,000 Muslims serving in the graph (5); and lead-based paint hazard control work result- Armed Forces as of April 2019; (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol- ing from the risk assessment described in Whereas many Muslim members of the lowing: item (aa); Armed Forces have made the ultimate sac- ‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES FOR FAMILIES ‘‘(II) from which all lead-based paint has rifice for the United States, including— WITH CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 6.— been identified and removed and clearance (1) Corporal Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan, ‘‘(A) RISK ASSESSMENT.— has been achieved in accordance with regula- who was born in 1987 and made the ultimate ‘‘(i) DEFINITION.—In this subparagraph, the tions promulgated under section 402 or 404 of sacrifice for the United States in 2007; and term ‘covered housing’— the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. (2) Captain Humayun Saqib Muazzam ‘‘(I) means housing receiving Federal as- 2682, 2684), as applicable; Khan, who was born in 1976 and made the ul- sistance described in paragraph (1) that was ‘‘(III)(aa) if lead-based paint hazards are timate sacrifice for the United States in 2004; constructed prior to 1978; and identified in the dwelling unit in the covered Whereas countless Muslims of the United ‘‘(II) does not include— housing in which the family will reside or is States contribute to the economy and well- ‘‘(aa) single-family housing covered by an expected to reside; being of the United States as— application for mortgage insurance under ‘‘(bb) the dwelling unit is unoccupied; (1) physicians; the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1701 et ‘‘(cc) the owner of the covered housing, (2) business owners; seq.); or without any further delay in occupancy or (3) laborers; ‘‘(bb) multi-family housing that— increase in rent, provides the family with an- (4) service workers; ‘‘(AA) is covered by an application for other dwelling unit in the covered housing (5) teachers engaging the next generation mortgage insurance under the National that has no lead-based paint hazards; and of people of the United States; and Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and ‘‘(dd) the common areas servicing the new (6) police officers, firefighters, and first re- ‘‘(BB) does not receive any other Federal dwelling unit have no lead-based paint haz- sponders saving lives every day; and housing assistance. ards; and Whereas Muslims of the United States ‘‘(ii) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 ‘‘(IV) in accordance with any other stand- have made and continue to make important days after the date of enactment of the Lead- ard or exception the Secretary deems appro- contributions to the advancement of the Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2019, the Sec- priate based on health-based standards. United States that are fundamental to the retary shall promulgate regulations that— ‘‘(B) RELOCATION.—Not later than 180 days shared values, society, and culture of the ‘‘(I) require the owner of covered housing after the date of enactment of the Lead-Safe United States, including— in which a family with a child of less than 6 Housing for Kids Act of 2019, the Secretary (1) military veterans, such as— years of age will reside or is expected to re- shall promulgate regulations to provide that (A) Corporal Bampett Muhamed of Vir- side to conduct an initial risk assessment for a family with a child of less than 6 years of ginia, who served in the Revolutionary lead-based paint hazards— age that occupies a dwelling unit in covered War; ‘‘(aa) in the case of covered housing receiv- housing in which lead-based paint hazards (B) Yusuf Ben Ali (also known as ‘‘Joseph ing tenant-based rental assistance under sec- were identified, but not controlled in accord- Benhaley’’), who served in the Continental tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of ance with regulations required under clause Army under George Washington and fought 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), not later than 15 days (ii), may relocate on an emergency basis and with General Thomas Sumter in South after the date on which the family and the without placement on any waitlist, penalty Carolina;

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:21 May 22, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21MY6.030 S21MYPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE S3010 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 21, 2019 (C) Captain Moses Osman, who served in (10) religious leaders, such as Hajj Malik El Muslim community of the United States to the Union Army during the Civil War and Shabazz, also known as ‘‘Malcolm X’’, who the United States. was the highest ranking Muslim in that was— (A) an African-American Muslim imam; war; f (D) Corporal Sheikh Nazim Abdul- (B) a civil rights activist; and Kariem, who served in the Army during (C) a reformer; World War II at the Battle of Normandy (11) Imam Warith Deen Mohammed (born SENATE RESOLUTION 215—CALL- and the Battle of the Bulge; Wallace D. Muhammad), an African-Amer- ING FOR GREATER RELIGIOUS (E) Sergeant First Class Mujahid Mo- ican Muslim leader and theologian who— AND POLITICAL FREEDOMS IN hammed, who served in the Army and was (A) in 1992, was the first Muslim of the held as a prisoner of war during the Korean United States to deliver the invocation for CUBA, AND FOR OTHER PUR- War; the Senate; POSES (F) retired Chief Master Sergeant of the (B) worked tirelessly to unite diverse Air Force Talib M. Shareef, who now Muslim communities; and Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Mr. COTTON, serves as imam at the Nation’s Mosque in (C) is commonly referred to as ‘‘Amer- Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. CRUZ) submitted Washington, DC; and ica’s Imam’’; the following resolution; which was re- (G) the countless other Muslims of the (12) public servants, such as— ferred to the Committee on Foreign United States who served valiantly in (A) Dr. Ahmed Hassan Zewail, who won a World War I, World War II, the Korean Nobel Prize in Chemistry and was a mem- Relations: War, the Vietnam War, and other conflicts; ber of the President’s Council of Advisors S. RES. 215 (2) Yarrow Mamout, the freed African- on Science and Technology; American Muslim slave who later became (B) Dr. Robert (Farooq) D. Crane, former Whereas the Castro regime has used arbi- one of the first shareholders of the Columbia Deputy Director of the National Security trary incarcerations, harassment, and in- Bank, the second chartered bank in the Council and advisor to President Richard timidation to deny basic freedoms to thou- United States; Nixon; sands of Cubans since the Cuban Revolution; (3) Fazlur Rahman Khan, the famed archi- (C) Zalmay Khalilzad, who served as— Whereas, in April 2019, a family was sent to tect and designer who designed the Sears (i) the United States Ambassador to prison by authorities in Cuba for Tower and the John Hancock Center; Afghanistan from 2003 to 2005; homeschooling their children; (4) Mohammad Salman Hamdani, the New (ii) the United States Ambassador to Whereas the children were enrolled in a York City Police Department cadet and Iraq from 2005 to 2007; and Christian distance school in Honduras; Emergency Medical Technician who hero- (iii) the United States Ambassador to Whereas the families involved, which in- ically died helping others in the aftermath of the United Nations from 2007 to 2009; and cluded a pastor, cited religious reasons for the attacks on the World Trade Center on (D) Adam Shakoor, the first Muslim homeschooling their children; September 11, 2001; judge in the United States; Whereas the Government of Cuba has a his- (E) Osman Siddique, the first Muslim (5) Dr. Farouk El-Baz, a geologist and re- tory of arresting individuals who chose to United States Ambassador; and mote sensing scientist who, from 1967 to 1972, homeschool their children and sentencing (F) Sada Cumber, the first United States was instrumental in helping the National them to prison time and hard labor; Aeronautics and Space Administration iden- Ambassador to the Organization of the Is- Whereas the Government of Cuba’s insist- tify the landing sites on the Moon for the lamic Conference; ence on state-controlled education is a sign Apollo program, serving as— (13) elected officials, such as— (A) Secretary of the Landing Site Selec- (A) Representative Andre´ Carson of Indi- of authoritarianism, enabling them to indoc- tion Committee for the Apollo missions; ana; trinate youth with a communist ideology; (B) Principal Investigator of Visual Ob- (B) Representative Ilhan Omar of Min- Whereas parents have the right to teach servations and Photography; and nesota; their children free from the state indoctrina- (C) Chairman of the Astronaut Training (C) Representative Rashida Tlaib of tion of an autocratic regime; Group of the Apollo Photo Team; Michigan; Whereas the United States Commission on (6) noted academics and researchers, such (D) Minnesota Attorney General Keith International Religious Freedom formerly as— Ellison; condemned Cuba for actions pertaining to (A) Dr. Sulayman S. Nyang, professor (E) Virginia State Representative Sam the April 2019 imprisonment of those who and former chairman of the African Stud- Rasoul; homeschool their children; ies Department at Howard University; (F) Pennsylvania State Representative Whereas the United States has instituted (B) Dr. Intisar A. Rabb, professor of law Movita Johnson-Harrell; and an embargo on Cuba in 1960; at Harvard Law School and a director of (G) local council members, including— Whereas the Cuban Liberty and Demo- (i) Aisha Wahab of Hayward, Cali- the Islamic Legal Studies Program at Har- cratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996 (22 fornia; vard Law School; U.S.C. 6021 et seq.) does not permit these (C) Asifa Quraishi-Landes, comparative (ii) Susan Dabaja of Dearborn, Michi- sanctions to be lifted until the Castro regime law expert at the University of Wisconsin– gan; has been deposed and Cuba has legalized po- Madison; and (iii) Shahid Shafi of Southlake, Texas; (D) Zareena Grewal, American studies and litical activity and made a commitment to and religious studies scholar at Yale Uni- (iv) Basheer Jones of Cleveland, Ohio; free and fair elections; and versity; (14) entrepreneurs and business leaders, Whereas, despite the 2014 Executive branch (7) health professionals, such as— such as— decision to normalize relations with Cuba, it (A) Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni, Director of the (A) Farooq Kathwari, the chairman, chief is still in the power of Congress to lift an National Institutes of Health; executive officer, and president of Ethan embargo: Now, therefore, be it (B) Dr. Heather Laird-Johnson, founder, Allen Interiors Inc.; Resolved, That the Senate— (B) business tycoon Shahid Khan, owner president, and director of the Center for (1) expresses solidarity with the people of of the Jacksonville Jaguars football team Muslim Mental Health and Islamic Psy- Cuba in their pursuit of religious freedom; chology at the University of Southern in the National Football League; (2) calls on the Government of Cuba to re- California; and (C) Islamic fashion designer Lisa Vogl, lease all political prisoners, including those (C) Dr. Zehra Siddiqui, who focuses on founder of Verona Collection; providing health care for underserved pop- (D) philanthropist Zara Mohamed who have been imprisoned for homeschooling ulations, including homeless individuals, Abdulmajid, also known as ‘‘Iman’’, found- their children; immigrants, and individuals without er of Iman Cosmetics; (3) calls on the OAS Inter-American Com- health insurance; (E) Hamdi Ulukaya, the founder, chair- mission on Human Rights to grant the Pre- (8) Olympic medalists, such as— man, and chief executive officer of Chobani cautionary Measures requested on April 25, (A) boxer Muhammad Ali; Greek Yogurt; and 2019; (B) track and field athlete Dalilah Mu- (F) Dr. Mark Humayun, who co-invented (4) calls on the Government of Cuba to rec- hammad; and the Argus series retina implants; and ognize the right of parents to teach their (C) fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad; (15) entertainers, such as— own children free from state communist in- (9) professional athletes, such as— (A) actor and comedian Hasan Minaj; doctrination; (A) basketball players Kareem Abdul- (B) Mahershala Ali, the first Muslim (5) calls on the Government of Cuba to in- Jabbar, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Shaquille actor to win an Oscar; stitute democratic reforms, including re- O’Neal; (C) Sam Esmail, the creator of Mr. forms that guarantee freedom of religion; (B) football players Muhammad Robot; and and Wilkerson, Ameer Abdullah, and Husain (D) comedian and actor Maysoon Zayid: (6) calls for the continued implementation Abdullah; and Now, therefore, be it of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Soli- (C) 2-time world heavyweight champion Resolved, That the Senate recognizes the Hasim Shariff Rahman; historic and valuable contributions of the darity Act of 1996.

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States, there were— STELLATION AND AFFIRMING (2) The Department of Homeland Security (1) 340 mass shooting incidents in which THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTIN- identifies GPS as essential to 14 of the 16 in- not fewer than 4 people were killed or UOUS AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, dustries that are classified as part of the na- wounded by gunfire; and (2) 103 incidents in which a gun was fired in EFFICIENCY, ROBUSTNESS, RELI- tion’s critical infrastructure. (3) In 2013, GPS-enabled precision agri- a school or college; ABILITY, AND RESILIENCY OF culture was estimated to save grain farmers Whereas gun violence typically escalates THE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYS- 10 to 15 percent in operating costs and pur- during the summer months; TEM CONSTELLATION chased inputs and the broad economic ben- Whereas nearly 2,900 children and teens are killed by gun violence every year; Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Ms. efit of precision agriculture in grain farming was estimated to provide a mid-range benefit Whereas more than 6,300 people in the ERNST, Mr. MERKLEY, and Ms. HASSAN) of $13,700,000,000. United States under the age of 25 die because submitted the following resolution; (4) In 2013, GPS-enabled surveying was esti- of gun violence annually, including Hadiya which was considered and agreed to: mated to produce a mid-range economic ben- Pendleton, who, in 2013, was killed at 15 S. RES. 216 efit of $11,600,000,000. years of age in Chicago while standing in a park; Whereas the Global Positioning System (5) Globally, 3,600,000,000 Global Navigation Whereas, on the first weekend of June 2019, (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘GPS’’) of- Satellite System devices were in use in 2014, to recognize the 22nd birthday of Hadiya fers both military and civilian benefits of po- 450,000,000 of which were in North America. (6) In 2012, the Boston Consulting Group es- Pendleton, people across the United States sitioning, navigation, and timing services; timated that the geospatial services eco- will recognize National Gun Violence Aware- Whereas the GPS constellation is managed system, which is supported by GPS, drove ness Weekend and wear orange in tribute and operated by the Air Force and consists $1,600,000,000,000 in revenues and to— of more than 30 satellites operating at an al- $1,400,000,000,000 in cost savings throughout (1) Hadiya Pendleton and other victims of titude of approximately 12,550 miles above the United States economy. gun violence; and the Earth; (7) GPS-enabled internet publishing, broad- (2) the loved ones of those victims; and Whereas GPS precision timing allows for casting, and search portals accounted for Whereas June 2019 is an appropriate month accurate record management by major finan- $170,781,000,000 in revenue in 2017 and sup- to designate as ‘‘National Gun Violence cial institutions, including detailed trans- ported over 275,000 jobs in 2017. Awareness Month’’: Now, therefore, be it action management for large and small busi- (8) GPS enables location-based services Resolved, That the Senate— nesses; that will enhance the over $568,470,000,000 app (1) supports— Whereas GPS has proven to be an essential economy, supporting an estimated 5,744,481 (A) the designation of June 2019 as ‘‘Na- tool in facilitating social and economic ac- jobs across the United States in 2018. tional Gun Violence Awareness Month’’ and tivity around the world; (9) GPS has proven to be essential to the the goals and ideals of that month; and Whereas consumers overwhelmingly access foundation of the ridesharing industry (B) the designation of June 7 through June GPS using a variety of platforms, such as accessed on smartphones, valued by one esti- 9, 2019, as ‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness smartphones and a wireless broadband con- mate to be over $61,000,000,000: Now, there- Weekend’’, in remembrance of the victims of nection; fore, be it gun violence; and Whereas cities leverage GPS applications Resolved, That the Senate recognizes— (2) calls on the people of the United States to support Smart Cities initiatives that will (1) the contributions made by the men and to— increase service efficiency, resulting in sav- women of the Air Force who are responsible (A) promote greater awareness of gun vio- ings in time and money for taxpayers; for operating and maintaining the Global Po- lence and gun safety; Whereas first responders use GPS to enable sitioning System constellation; (B) wear orange, the color that hunters more timely and accurate disaster response (2) the valuable contributions made by the wear to show that they are not targets, on and improve situational awareness and to Department of Transportation in coordi- June 7 through June 9, 2019; identify the location of 9–1–1 calls made from nating interactions with the civil users of (C) concentrate heightened attention on wireless phones; the Global Positioning System; and gun violence during the summer months, Whereas the safety of the rail systems in (3) the importance of continuous avail- when gun violence typically increases; and the United States is improved by imple- ability, accuracy, efficiency, robustness, re- (D) bring community members and leaders menting GPS-based positive train control liability, and resiliency of the Global Posi- together to discuss ways to make commu- systems; tioning System constellation. nities safer. Whereas GPS-enabled applications and f services enhance the independence of indi- f viduals with visual impairments; SENATE RESOLUTION 217—EX- SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLU- Whereas marine operations depend on GPS PRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE TION 18—SUPPORTING REPRO- for precise navigation as well as for deter- DESIGNATION OF JUNE 7 DUCTIVE HEALTH CARE IN THE mining location and measuring speed; UNITED STATES Whereas the land surveying and mapping THROUGH JUNE 9, 2019, AS ‘‘NA- sector uses GPS to produce data that is more TIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARE- Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mrs. accurate and reliable; NESS WEEKEND’’ AND JUNE 2019 FEINSTEIN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. Whereas GPS-based time synchronization AS ‘‘NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BROWN, Ms. CANT- assists power and utility companies in pro- AWARENESS MONTH’’ WELL, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. viding efficient power transmission and dis- Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. BENNET, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. tribution; DUCKWORTH, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. CARDIN, DUCKWORTH, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. Whereas smart grid infrastructure is in- Mr. WYDEN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Ms. HAR- creasingly reliant on GPS for synchroni- BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. HAR- RIS, Mr. COONS, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. zation and system resilience; RIS, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. SCHATZ, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. LEAHY, Ms. Whereas GPS supports autonomous vehicle MARKEY, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MURRAY, KLOBUCHAR, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. development by complementing embedded and Mr. VAN HOLLEN) submitted the SMITH, Mr. TESTER, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. vehicle sensors to determine precise vehicle following resolution; which was re- SANDERS, Ms. WARREN, Ms. HIRONO, location and improving safety; ferred to the Committee on the Judici- Whereas the Federal Aviation Administra- Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. ary: tion relies on GPS to improve all aspects of BALDWIN, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. CORTEZ aviation safety and efficiency, including by S. RES. 217 MASTO, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. PETERS, Mr. providing greater precision and accuracy in Whereas, each year in the United States, CARPER, Mr. KAINE, Mr. REED, Mr. all phases of flight; more than— UDALL, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. KING, Mr. WAR- Whereas GPS is also essential for enabling (1) 36,000 individuals are killed and 100,000 NER, and Ms. SINEMA) submitted the the Next Generation Air Transportation sys- individuals are injured by gunfire; tem; (2) 12,000 individuals are killed in homi- following concurrent resolution; which Whereas the Federal Aviation Administra- cides involving firearms; was referred to the Committee on tion relies on GPS to improve aviation safe- (3) 22,000 individuals commit suicide by Health, Education, Labor, and Pen- ty by synchronizing reporting of hazardous using firearms; and sions:

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Wade demonstrates quality ural Resources is authorized to meet legal reasoning and is consistent with re- The Subcommittee on Federal Spend- lated precedent since it was based on sound during the session of the Senate on ing Oversight and Emergency Manage- legal principles first established in Griswold Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at 10:15 a.m., to ment of the Committee on Homeland v. Connecticut (1965) and Eisenstadt v. Baird conduct a hearing. Security and Governmental Affairs is (1972), and repeatedly reaffirmed by the Su- COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL authorized to meet during the session preme Court, including in Obergefell v. RESOURCES of the Senate on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, Hodges (2015); The Committee on Energy and Nat- at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing. Whereas the facts that have developed ural Resources is authorized to meet f since Roe v. Wade was decided reaffirm that during the session of the Senate on people of the United States support the right APPOINTMENTS to choose, that abortion is a medically safe Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at 10:15 a.m., to procedure, and that access to reproductive conduct a hearing on the following The PRESIDING OFFICER. The health care provides women with greater nominations: Daniel Habib Jorjani, of Chair announces, on behalf of the Ma- economic opportunities; Kentucky, to be Solicitor, and Mark jority Leader, pursuant to Public Law Whereas the rights established in Roe v. Lee Greenblatt, of Maryland, to be In- 101–509, the reappointment of the fol- Wade have been relied upon in this country spector General, both of the Depart- lowing individual to serve as a member for almost 50 years; ment of the Interior. of the Advisory Committee on the Whereas a majority of people of the United COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS States support access to abortion care; Records of Congress: Deborah Skaggs Whereas, while the State of Alabama, the The Committee on Foreign Relations Speth of Kentucky. State of Georgia, and other States passed is authorized to meet during the ses- The Chair announces, on behalf of laws in 2019 that clearly seek to overturn sion of the Senate on Tuesday, May 21, the Secretary of the Senate, pursuant Roe v. Wade and are unconstitutional; mean- 2019, at 11 a.m., to conduct a hearing on to Public Law 101–509, the reappoint- while in 2018 there were over 60 bills intro- the following nominations: Pamela ment of the following individual to duced in more than 21 States to protect and Bates, of Virginia, to be Representative serve as a member of the Advisory expand access to reproductive care; of the United States of America to the Committee on the Records of Congress: Whereas low-income individuals and women of color are disproportionally im- Organization for Economic Coopera- Sheryl B. Vogt of Georgia. pacted by restricting access to abortion care; tion and Development, with the rank of f and Ambassador, and Christopher Landau, Whereas when States have enacted laws in of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBU- violation of Roe v. Wade, health clinics close United Mexican States, both of the De- TIONS MADE BY THE MEN AND and health care services disappear: Now, partment of State, Jennifer D. WOMEN OF THE AIR FORCE therefore, be it Nordquist, of Virginia, to be United Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep- States Executive Director of the Inter- resentatives concurring), That Congress sup- I ask unanimous consent that the Sen- ports efforts to— national Bank for Reconstruction and ate proceed to the immediate consider- (1) ensure that all women can access com- Development, Eliot Pedrosa, of Flor- ation of S. Res. 216, submitted earlier prehensive, unbiased information and make ida, to be United States Executive Di- today. their own health care decisions; rector of the Inter-American Develop- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The (2) promote preventive health care services ment Bank, and other pending nomina- clerk will report the resolution by for women; tions. title. (3) ensure that all women have access to COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY The senior assistant legislative clerk comprehensive, affordable health care that includes pregnancy-related care, including The Committee on the Judiciary is read as follows: prenatal care, miscarriage management, authorized to meet during the session A resolution (S. Res. 216) recognizing the family planning services, abortion care, of the Senate on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, contributions made by the men and women labor and delivery services, and postnatal at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing. of the Air Force who are responsible for op- care; and SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE erating and maintaining the Global Posi- (4) improve women’s access to reproductive The Select Committee on Intel- tioning System constellation and affirming the importance of continuous availability, health care, regardless of the State in which ligence is authorized to meet during they reside. accuracy, efficiency, robustness, reliability, the session of the Senate on Tuesday, and resiliency of the Global Positioning Sys- f May 21, 2019, at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a tem constellation. AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO closed business meeting. There being no objection, the Senate MEET SUBCOMMITTEE ON CYBERSECURITY proceeded to consider the resolution. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I The Subcommittee on Cybersecurity Mr. MCCONNELL. I further ask have 12 requests for committees to of the Committee on Armed Services is unanimous consent that the resolution meet during today’s session of the Sen- authorized to meet during the session be agreed to, the preamble be agreed ate. They have the approval of the Ma- of the Senate on Monday, May 20, 2019, to, and the motions to reconsider be jority and Minority leaders. at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing. considered made and laid upon the Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMERGING THREATS AND table with no intervening action or de- 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Sen- CAPABILITIES bate. ate, the following committees are au- The Subcommittee on Emerging The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without thorized to meet during today’s session Threats and Capabilities of the Com- objection, it is so ordered. of the Senate: mittee on Armed Services is authorized The resolution (S. Res. 216) was COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND to meet during the session of the Sen- agreed to. FORESTRY ate on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at 4:30 The preamble was agreed to. The Committee on Agriculture, Nu- p.m., to conduct a hearing. (The resolution, with its preamble, is trition, and Forestry is authorized to SUBCOMMITTEE ON PERSONNEL printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- meet during the session of the Senate The Subcommittee on Personnel of mitted Resolutions.’’) on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at 9:30 a.m., the Committee on Armed Services is f to conduct a hearing. authorized to meet during the session ORDERS FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN of the Senate on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, AFFAIRS at 2:15 p.m., to conduct a hearing. 2019 The Committee on Banking, Housing, SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEAPOWER Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, and Urban Affairs is authorized to The Subcommittee on Seapower of I ask unanimous consent that when the meet during the session of the Senate the Committee on Armed Services is Senate completes its business today, it

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Our bill would ex- This Foster Care Month, I hope that be closed, and the Senate proceed to pand funding for kinship support serv- my colleagues will live up to their executive session and resume consider- ices, which would help family members talking points about supporting chil- ation of the Nielsen nomination. who raise children pay for essential dren and families. We hear every day The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without needs and services, like childcare, here how much we support children and objection, it is so ordered. transportation, and other things. families. Well, do something about it. f This is especially important with the Work with us to pass this bill. rise in having other family members I yield the floor. ORDER OF PROCEDURE raise the children because of the addic- f tion crisis. In Ohio, Arizona, and all Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 9:30 A.M. over this country, we have seen a big for the information of all Senators, we TOMORROW will vote on the confirmation of the increase in there being grandparents Nielsen, Clark, Nichols, and Bell nomi- who raise grandchildren, in large part, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under nations, in the order listed, at 4:30 p.m. because the children’s parents have had the previous order, the Senate stands tomorrow. addiction issues or have actually died adjourned until 9:30 a.m. tomorrow of overdoses. morning. f The grandparents with the grand- Thereupon, the Senate, at 6:41 p.m., ORDER FOR ADJOURNMENT children face unique challenges and adjourned until Wednesday, May 22, don’t often qualify for the same sup- 2019, at 9:30 a.m. Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, port as foster parents. It means that if there is no further business to come f they are going back to work. It may before the Senate, I ask unanimous NOMINATIONS mean that a 68-year-old grandmother consent that it stand adjourned under who lives on a pension and thought she Executive nominations received by the previous order, following the re- was retired has to go back to work in the Senate: marks of Senator BROWN. order to raise this child to make THE JUDICIARY The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without enough money or has to take money GARY RICHARD BROWN, OF NEW YORK, TO BE UNITED objection, it is so ordered. out of her retirement savings. STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT The Senator from Ohio. OF NEW YORK, VICE SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, RETIRED. Relatives’ care is vital to keeping STEPHANIE A. GALLAGHER, OF MARYLAND, TO BE f UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF kids safe at home and in their commu- MARYLAND, VICE WILLIAM D. QUARLES, JR., RETIRED. nities. Our bill would provide real fund- DIANE GUJARATI, OF NEW YORK, TO BE UNITED NATIONAL FOSTER CARE MONTH STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT ing to get these grandparents and other OF NEW YORK, VICE JOHN GLEESON, RESIGNED. Mr. BROWN. Madam President, this family members more support. There is ERIC ROSS KOMITEE, OF NEW YORK, TO BE UNITED month I join Senator GRASSLEY of Iowa STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT no formula here, but most of the time, OF NEW YORK, VICE ERIC NICHOLAS VITALIANO, RE- and a bipartisan group of my col- it is better if grandparents can raise TIRED. leagues to recognize May as National RACHEL P. KOVNER, OF NEW YORK, TO BE UNITED these children rather than send them STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT Foster Care Month. to foster parents, who are strangers. OF NEW YORK, VICE CAROL BAGLEY AMON, RETIRED. It is an opportunity to acknowledge LEWIS J. LIMAN, OF NEW YORK, TO BE UNITED STATES The grandparents, obviously, know and DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW the millions of foster parents and chil- love the children. It doesn’t mean fos- YORK, VICE PAUL A. CROTTY, RETIRED. dren in foster care around the country. MARY S. MCELROY, OF RHODE ISLAND, TO BE UNITED ter parents can’t, of course, but so STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE More importantly, it is a call to action. often the grandparents are financially ISLAND, VICE MARY M. LISI, RETIRED. We simply leave too many children be- MARTHA MARIA PACOLD, OF ILLINOIS, TO BE UNITED challenged. STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT hind. I get letters all the time from Ohio- OF ILLINOIS, VICE JOHN W. DARRAH, RETIRED. Poverty should never be the reason ans who tell their stories and ask us to MARY M. ROWLAND, OF ILLINOIS, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT children are separated from their par- support these family members. OF ILLINOIS, VICE AMY J. ST. EVE, ELEVATED. ents. There is no dignity in removing A man from Richland County, where STEVEN C. SEEGER, OF ILLINOIS, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT children from their mothers or fathers I grew up, wrote to me saying: OF ILLINOIS, VICE JAMES B. ZAGEL, RETIRED. because they don’t have adequate hous- I ask that family members be given the JOHN L. SINATRA, JR., OF NEW YORK, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT ing or affordable childcare or jobs that same financial aid as foster parents. Most of OF NEW YORK, VICE WILLIAM M. SKRETNY, RETIRED. allow them to take time off when their the family members are grandparents or MARY KAY VYSKOCIL, OF NEW YORK, TO BE UNITED great-grandparents on fixed income with lit- STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT children get sick. OF NEW YORK, VICE LORETTA A. PRESKA, RETIRED. tle or no money. Right now, child welfare agencies are FOREIGN SERVICE overwhelmed by the number of children Another woman from the county just THE FOLLOWING–NAMED CAREER MEMBERS OF THE who enter the system, and the addic- south, Knox County, south of Mansfield SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES DE- tion crisis just makes it worse. In Ohio, wrote: PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR PROMOTION WITHIN THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES parents’ substance abuse is listed as I am a grandmother raising my grandson. OF AMERICA, CLASS OF CAREER MINISTER: one of the causes for one-third of all He is 15 years old, a great kid, and has been JAMES J. HIGGISTON, OF MARYLAND children who enter the system. Chil- living with me almost all his life. I lost my BOBBY G. RICHEY, JR., OF TEXAS dren who are already in the system beautiful daughter to an overdose. THE FOLLOWING–NAMED MEMBERS OF THE FOREIGN She was raised in a good home, but was af- SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO BE A stay there longer, especially teenagers. FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER, A CONSULAR OFFICER, AND fected by this disease for the past 9 years. We A SECRETARY IN THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OF THE We have to do better than that. loved her and miss her every day. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Last year, we passed and the Presi- This letter goes on: MELISSA MCINNIS, OF COLORADO dent signed the bipartisan Family BRITTANY BANTA, OF FLORIDA Grandparents that lovingly accept their CAROLINE CHUNG, OF VIRGINIA First Prevention Services Act, which is grandchildren, under sometimes awful [con- SUSAN HETTLEMAN, OF NEW YORK an important first step. It has the po- CARLA MENENDEZ MCMANUS, OF THE DISTRICT OF CO- ditions]— LUMBIA tential to change our child welfare sys- Just think of that. She is raising a TAMARIND MURRIETTA, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA tem over time. Yet the changes the MATTHEW POOLE, OF ILLINOIS grandson when her daughter died of an GEOFFREY PARISH, OF TEXAS Family First Prevention Services Act overdose. GARY RAND II, OF MARYLAND requires ultimately have to be made at KENNIA SOMERVILLE, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Grandparents that lovingly accept their KAREN BALLARD, OF NEVADA the State level. We have to make sure grandchildren, under sometimes awful cir- MARIXELL GARCIA, OF FLORIDA that States have the support they need cumstances, often don’t know what to do. THE FOLLOWING–NAMED MEMBERS OF THE FOREIGN and that they actually do what the law SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO BE A CON- Thank you so much for getting this pro- SULAR OFFICER AND A SECRETARY IN THE DIPLOMATIC requires. gram and money to support it on board. SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

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UCHENNA NNAYELUGO AGU, OF VIRGINIA BENJAMIN O. JALOWSKY, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- SARAH E. STRANEY, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DONALD R. ALDERMAN, OF WASHINGTON BIA ELIZABETH A.F. STRIMER, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- FOTINI D. ALI, OF NEW YORK JACOB AARON JARRARD, OF VIRGINIA BIA MUSAAD ALLABAN, OF VIRGINIA JAMES JOSEPH JEFFERY, OF VIRGINIA LEYTH SWIDAN, OF PENNSYLVANIA SIREE D. ALLERS, OF TEXAS KEITH ALLAN JENKINS, OF VIRGINIA REBECCA I. TEHAN, OF OHIO MARK JOSEPH ANANKA, OF NORTH CAROLINA TYLER LELAND JONES, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LINSTON W. TERRY, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ALEXANDRA HILDE ANASTASSOPOULOS, OF VIRGINIA ABBEY LYNN JORSTAD–CANNATA, OF THE DISTRICT OF GEOFFREY F. THOMAS, OF NEW YORK DAVID R. ANDERSON, OF TEXAS COLUMBIA JACOB DANIEL THOMPSON, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- GEOFFREY S. ANDREWS, OF NEW YORK ROBIN MATHEW JOSEPH, OF VIRGINIA BIA MICHAEL C. ANTHONY, OF OHIO KATHERINE E. JUDD, OF VIRGINIA LISA MICHELE THOMPSON, OF VIRGINIA GABRIEL A. ARCE–YEE, OF NEW JERSEY SAMANTHA H. JUSTER, OF NEBRASKA WILLIAM L. THRASHER, OF VIRGINIA MERY J. ARCILA, OF FLORIDA KAVITA KANNAN, OF VIRGINIA GIVI TIBANELI, OF CALIFORNIA NATALIA ARENAS, OF SOUTH CAROLINA MARGARET R. KAVARAS, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LISA MICHELLE TONGREN, OF VIRGINIA GREGORY RONALD ARSENAULT, OF MARYLAND SHANE B. KELBLEY, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DANIEL A. TOUBOLETS, OF VIRGINIA ALEJANDRA BAEZ, OF MASSACHUSETTS ANDREW J. KIRST, OF NEW YORK KIMBERLY T. TRIGNANO, OF FLORIDA ROBERT BERNARD BAKER, OF VIRGINIA PRIYA M. KNUDSEN, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE MICHAEL J. TUBMAN, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THAD B. BALL, OF SOUTH CAROLINA NICHOLAS KOVAL, OF NEW JERSEY CRAIG BRIGHAM TUCKER, OF VIRGINIA LINDSAY WADSWORTH BECKS, OF VIRGINIA COURTNEY L. LACROIX, OF FLORIDA BRYNA M. TUFT, OF COLORADO ARSHIA BEHNAM, OF CALIFORNIA JACQUELINE ANN LAMB, OF VIRGINIA STUART M. TURNER, OF TENNESSEE CARLSKY BELIZAIRE, OF NEW YORK HUGH D. LAMOUREUX, OF VIRGINIA CHRISTINE L. VALENTINE, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- JORY AFTON BENTLEY, OF VIRGINIA GRACE H. LANGE, OF VERMONT BIA PATRICK T. BERNAL, OF NEW YORK JEFFREY S. LARUE, OF OKLAHOMA DAVID WILLIAM VARVEL, OF WASHINGTON BARNABAS P. BIRKELAND, OF MINNESOTA JULIENNE S. LAULER, OF CALIFORNIA ANNE L. VERDEROSA, OF PENNSYLVANIA MATTHEW T. BISHOP, OF VIRGINIA CLAIRE R. LEHNEN, OF VIRGINIA NICOLE D. VERGARA, OF VIRGINIA SARAH L. BITTENBENDER, OF NEW YORK ASHLEY EILEEN LEVATO, OF VIRGINIA KEMPER S. WAGNER, OF NORTH CAROLINA EMAN BLAIR, OF VIRGINIA SARAH B. LEVIT–SHORE, OF NEW YORK CHRISTOPHER J. WARNKE, OF VIRGINIA ADAM C. BLAKEMAN, OF MARYLAND JANINE THERESE LEWIS, OF FLORIDA MICHAEL J. WHITE, OF VIRGINIA TIMOTHY DAVID BOLL, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CODY W. LIDSTER, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MALCOLM J. WHITEHEAD, OF VIRGINIA ALEJANDRO JAVIER BONILLA, OF VIRGINIA EMILY MARIE LISANTI, OF VIRGINIA ALEXANDRIA MARIE WHITLEY, OF VIRGINIA JONATHAN W. BRANDS, OF VIRGINIA DOMINIC LISANTI III, OF VIRGINIA KATHERINE EPPIHIMER WHITLOW, OF VIRGINIA EVA NICOLE BROWN, OF VIRGINIA LAURA HELEN LIVELY, OF VIRGINIA CHRISTOPHER S. WILLFORD, OF IDAHO CAROLINE LOUISE BURNS, OF VIRGINIA GRANT R. LIVINGSTON, OF VIRGINIA LAURA M. WILLIFORD, OF GEORGIA JAREK TAYLOR BUSS, OF WYOMING DAVID JOSHUA LUBITZ, OF VIRGINIA MICHAEL J. WINLAW, OF VIRGINIA NATALIE A. CAKE, OF VIRGINIA CHRISTINE D. LYONS, OF VIRGINIA PATRICK WOODS, OF VIRGINIA DAVID JAMES CALLEN, OF VIRGINIA JOSEPH WILLIAM MAERTZ, OF CALIFORNIA MILES WRIGHT, OF VIRGINIA LUCAS BIRD CALTRIDER, OF IOWA MIRIAM MAGDALENO, OF VIRGINIA GEORGE ROBERT WYSE, OF VIRGINIA YANIQUE JODIE–AN CAMPBELL, OF NEW JERSEY KEITH JARED MAIDEN, OF VIRGINIA MARINA A. YAKHNIS, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ROWAN ALEXANDER CANTER, OF TEXAS OLIMAR E. MAISONET–GUZMAN, OF THE DISTRICT OF CO- KATHERINE LUNDAY YATES, OF TEXAS EVAN PAUL CARAVELLI, OF VIRGINIA LUMBIA HERMILA HAILEMARIA YIFTER, OF NEVADA WILLIAM JOHN CARBALLO, OF MARYLAND JEFFREY F. MALCOLM, OF MARYLAND MARY E. YOU, OF PENNSYLVANIA MICHELLE D. CARTER, OF NEVADA JOSEPH MALONE, OF VIRGINIA JAIME ALBER ZEA CIFUENTES, OF NEW JERSEY MICHAEL M. CATLETT, OF VIRGINIA NATALIA J. MANN, OF VIRGINIA ABDULLAH A. CHENZAIE, OF VIRGINIA WILLIAM E. MARSH, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THE FOLLOWING–NAMED MEMBERS OF THE FOREIGN STANLEY ROMAN CHRZANOWSKI, OF VIRGINIA CLIFTON D. MARTIN, OF MICHIGAN SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO BE A FOR- MATTHIAS FRANKLIN CLARK, OF VIRGINIA FATIMAH Z. MARTIN, OF NEW MEXICO EIGN SERVICE OFFICER, A CONSULAR OFFICER, AND A MICHAEL THOMAS CLARK, OF VIRGINIA REBEKAH VERMILL MARTINEZ, OF VIRGINIA SECRETARY IN THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OF THE MELISSA MARIE CLUFF, OF VIRGINIA GABRIEL J. MASSINE, OF COLORADO UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: ZACHARY DAVID COLE, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MEGAN N. MATTSON, OF TEXAS JENNIFER ANN AMOS, OF TEXAS JEFFREY T. COLE, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHRISTOPHER K. MAUGHAN, OF UTAH DANIEL L. ANGERMILLER, OF TEXAS DANIEL I. COMBS, OF SOUTH DAKOTA CAITLIN ELIZABETH MAXWELL, OF THE DISTRICT OF CO- MICHAEL P. ARDAIOLO, OF SOUTH CAROLINA DAWN COOPER, OF VIRGINIA LUMBIA VANESSA L. ARNESS, OF VIRGINIA TIFFANY MARIE COX, OF NORTH CAROLINA KATHERINE MORIA MCCLOSKEY, OF VIRGINIA ALEXANDER C. AUGUSTINE–MARCEIL, OF TEXAS BETH A. DALTON, OF VIRGINIA MORGAN LINDSAY MCCORD, OF VIRGINIA LAUREN E. BARROW, OF FLORIDA AFRICA DANGERFIELD, OF VIRGINIA RUSSELL W. MCCRARY, JR., OF FLORIDA JAMES C. BAYNE, OF FLORIDA LUKE W. DAVIS, OF NEW YORK ALITHEA R. MCFARLANE, OF CALIFORNIA CHRISTOPHER D. BLINKY, OF SOUTH DAKOTA MEREDITH MORGAN DAVIS, OF OHIO JOLANTA MCGRAW, OF VIRGINIA IVAN G. BOEKELHEIDE, OF CALIFORNIA BLAKE A. DAWGERT, OF TEXAS DAVID J. MEDALIA, OF TEXAS JENNIFER B. BOOKBINDER, OF VIRGINIA BENJAMIN DOWNEY DENTON, OF VIRGINIA JULIA CLARA MELLIN, OF NEW YORK JOSHUA D. BULL, OF FLORIDA ROY M. DICHARRY III, OF VIRGINIA VINCENT D. MIN, OF VIRGINIA JEFFREY S. CAMPBELL, OF FLORIDA ANDREW W. DILTS, OF CALIFORNIA DANIEL MOON, OF VIRGINIA GRACE C. CARROLL, OF FLORIDA JACOB DOUGLAS DINERMAN, OF THE DISTRICT OF CO- KELLY R. MOON, OF VIRGINIA OLIVER S. CASS, OF NEW YORK LUMBIA MARCIA LYNN MOORE, OF TEXAS KYLE R. CASSILY, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE VANESSA L. DOHNER, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JESSICA A. MORGAN, OF COLORADO JULIAN B. CIAMPA, OF COLORADO SARAH ELIZABETH DOOLEY, OF VIRGINIA GREGORY M. MORISON, OF NEW YORK MATTHEW M. CIESIELSKI, OF INDIANA KATHRYN M. DRENNING, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ANTHONY J. MOTISI, OF COLORADO HAZEL M. CIPOLLE, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE JASON SCOTT DUPUY, OF VIRGINIA MITCHELL DEAN MUHLHEIM, OF VIRGINIA JAMES O. COKER II, OF FLORIDA ALAN W. EATON, OF FLORIDA MICHAEL PATRICK MURPHY, OF ALASKA CHERYL R. COLLINS, OF VIRGINIA LUKE DOUGLAS EDEN, OF VIRGINIA JEREMY R. MURRAY, OF OREGON APRIL L. CONWAY, OF GEORGIA ALYSSA M. EGO, OF VIRGINIA TRUONG–GIANG THI NGUYEN, OF VIRGINIA SUSAN S. COPELAND, OF SOUTH DAKOTA VERONICA M. ELKINS, OF VIRGINIA ALEXANDER M. NOPPE, OF WISCONSIN RUSSELL J. CORNELIA, OF TEXAS WILLIAM B. EVANS, OF ILLINOIS ELIZABETH A. NOVY, OF ILLINOIS JOHN DAVID CRAWFORD, OF TEXAS CANDACE TAMIKA FARVE, OF VIRGINIA OBIO P. NTIA, OF VIRGINIA DANIEL S. CULLOP, OF VIRGINIA SABRINA C. FECHER, OF PENNSYLVANIA SUZIE G. OH, OF VIRGINIA PATRICK SHERIDAN CUNNINGHAM, OF WASHINGTON NICOLE LEIGH FINK, OF VIRGINIA JESSICA R. O’NEIL, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BRIAN A. DITO, OF CALIFORNIA DAVID BRANDON FITE, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ALEX M. OSBORNE, OF CALIFORNIA KIMBERLY A. EGGERTON, OF OHIO TERRI LOUISE FOSTER, OF VIRGINIA KIERA E. O’SHEA, OF VIRGINIA PAUL DAVID JO ELY, OF OREGON CRAIG ALEXANDER FRANCO, OF MARYLAND DEBORAH DAI–WEN OU–YANG, OF THE DISTRICT OF CO- EMILY G. ENRIGHT, OF VIRGINIA REED THURMAN FRY, OF VIRGINIA LUMBIA ANATOLE FAYKIN, OF NEW YORK JATNNA M. GARCIA, OF NEW YORK TAYA L. OWENS, OF TENNESSEE SCOTT M. FICKLIN, OF IDAHO TIAIRA MARIE GARY, OF MARYLAND IAN N. PARKER, OF CALIFORNIA JOHN ROBERT FORCE, OF CALIFORNIA DEREK TIMOTHY GER, OF VIRGINIA JACKIE L. PARKER, OF GEORGIA EVAN W. FOX, OF HAWAII MICHAEL D. GIBBS, OF TEXAS LINDSEY LEE PASSIS, OF VIRGINIA ANDREW R. FREEMAN, OF NEBRASKA TIMOTHY J. GIBSON, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JORDAN J. PEARSON, OF NORTH CAROLINA LLOYD D. FREEMAN, OF TENNESSEE JACOB ERIC GJESDAHL, OF WASHINGTON AMY ELIZABETH PERKINS, OF VIRGINIA HENRY YU–HANG FUNG, OF FLORIDA VICTORIA E. GLYNN, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHRISTOPHER S. PERRY, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ADELITO N. GALE, OF CALIFORNIA RICHARD L. GOODRICH, OF WEST VIRGINIA KRISTEN CHELSEY PERRY, OF VIRGINIA AMPARO GARCIA, OF TEXAS LEON I. GOODWIN III, OF MASSACHUSETTS MAURA M. PFEIFER, OF PENNSYLVANIA GREGORIO W. GONZALES, OF TEXAS JESSICA KIM GORMAN, OF VIRGINIA CHRISTOPHER B. PHELAN, OF KANSAS ALEXANDER J. GOULD, OF VIRGINIA ANDREA C. GORTON, OF WASHINGTON MATTHEW DAVID PHILLIPS, OF ILLINOIS CHASE J. GUINN, OF VIRGINIA CHRISTOPHER B. GOSSELIN, OF THE DISTRICT OF CO- ANNA CHRISTINA PHILLIPS, OF VIRGINIA JEFFREY R. HALE, OF CALIFORNIA LUMBIA PIOTR BOGDAN PICZ, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ROSEMARY N. HIGGINS, OF TENNESSEE JASON GOULD, OF VIRGINIA CHRISTINA L. POWELL, OF MARYLAND WILLIAM J. HUSSEY, OF TEXAS AMY MARIE GRADIN, OF OREGON JUSTIN C. POWERS, OF VIRGINIA WILLIAM GARRETT JOHNSON, OF VIRGINIA RUSSELL R. GRAEF, OF VIRGINIA RYAN G. PRINZ, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BRIAN J. JUNGWIWATTANAPORN, OF NEW YORK LAURA A. GRIDER, OF FLORIDA FATIMA Z. QURAISHI, OF NEW YORK BENJAMIN E. KALT, OF FLORIDA TRACIE J. GRIEGO, OF WASHINGTON ERIC J. RAHMAN, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DAVID A. KIERSKI, OF CALIFORNIA PETER TYLER GRITIS, OF VIRGINIA NADIA C. RAMIREZ DOMINGUEZ, OF FLORIDA TIMOTHY M. KLUCK, OF NEW JERSEY CESAR I. GUERRERO, OF VIRGINIA MEG M. RAPELYE, OF VIRGINIA KYLE W. KONRAD, OF VIRGINIA EBRAHIM M. HABIB, OF VIRGINIA CHRISTINA MARY REED, OF VIRGINIA LAUREN A. KRETZ, OF FLORIDA SONIA HAERIZADEH, OF CONNECTICUT TYRONE O. REEDER, OF VIRGINIA ABIGAIL C. LACKMAN, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NORVA G. HALL, OF PENNSYLVANIA MIGUEL JUAN RIVERA, OF SOUTH CAROLINA KELLY S. LAURITZEN, OF TEXAS RUSSELL HATHAWAY, OF NEW JERSEY JAIME ROSADO MIRANDA, OF VIRGINIA CHE KWANG LEE, OF VIRGINIA JODI H. HAUG, OF VIRGINIA ALFRED NASHAT SABET, OF MARYLAND BENJAMIN R. LINGEMAN, OF NEW YORK ORION F. HENNINGSGAARD, OF NEW MEXICO SARAH E. SANDERSON, OF MICHIGAN AARON BARNARD LUCE, OF CALIFORNIA WILLIAM J. HERTER, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JUSTIN K. SANKAR, OF CALIFORNIA BRYAN C. LUPTON, OF VIRGINIA MARC H. HILDWEIN, OF KENTUCKY SAMANTHA LEE SANTIAGO, OF VIRGINIA LYNNE MADNICK, OF MARYLAND BENJAMIN ELI HINTON, OF VIRGINIA STEVEN RICHARD SAWYER, OF VIRGINIA STEPHEN A. MANNING, OF VIRGINIA AMELIA M. HINTZEN, OF TENNESSEE CIERRA GENEVA SAYLOR, OF GEORGIA RICHARD WILLIAM MATTON, JR., OF VIRGINIA TANYA HOPKINS, OF NEW JERSEY GEORGE BRUNO SCHMICK, OF VIRGINIA KEVIN M. MCCOWN, OF PENNSYLVANIA ERIC J.R. HOULE, OF VIRGINIA DIANA R. SCHMIDT, OF VIRGINIA KIRSTEN A. MICHENER, OF CALIFORNIA DYLAN SIMON HUNZIKER, OF MISSOURI ELLEN E. SCHOLL, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PAUL D. MIGNANO, OF VIRGINIA STEPHEN J. HURLEY, OF MARYLAND RACHAEL ELIZABETH SCHOLZ, OF VIRGINIA ANGELA M. MORA, OF TEXAS AZER A. IBADOV, OF VIRGINIA HELEN S. SHAW, OF TEXAS DANIEL C. MUFFLEY, OF PENNSYLVANIA MARIYA ILYAS, OF VIRGINIA TAMARA N. SHAYA HOFFMANN, OF VIRGINIA JONAH A. NEUMAN, OF NEW YORK ADRIENNE CHRISTINE IZZO ROBINSON, OF VIRGINIA MATTHEW D. SHEREN, OF NEW JERSEY LAGRETTA D. NICKLES, OF FLORIDA MELISSA E. JACKSON, OF MISSOURI MARIA ANNE SHIRLEY, OF VIRGINIA JOHN P. ORAK, OF SOUTH CAROLINA SAHIL JAIN, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JILLIAN T. ST JOHN, OF TEXAS DANIEL JOSEPH O’ROURKE, OF FLORIDA

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MARIDELA M. ORTIZ, OF TEXAS MATTHEW D. MADDEN, OF GEORGIA GARVEY N. PIERRE, OF NEW YORK EROL OZAKCAY, OF CALIFORNIA DAVID W. MAHER, OF NEBRASKA BRIANT S. PLATT, OF UTAH JESSICA N. POWERS–HEAVEN, OF THE DISTRICT OF CO- ERIC MALDONADO, OF FLORIDA JESSE P. POTTER, OF WASHINGTON LUMBIA GREGORY ALLEN MALY, OF VIRGINIA PATRICK J. PRATT, OF TENNESSEE KIRBY S. REILING, OF VIRGINIA STANLEY R. MARQUEZ, OF NEW YORK CHRISTOPHER D. PRITCHETT, OF FLORIDA SCOTT A. RISNER, OF IDAHO ELIZABETH A. MAYNARD, OF TEXAS MARINA RITSEMA, OF CONNECTICUT CHAD R. ROEDEMEIER, OF NEW YORK LAURA M. MCADAMS, OF OREGON MITCHELL J. RITSEMA, OF CONNECTICUT DAVID BRIAN ROSENBLUM, OF FLORIDA JON C. MCCAHILL, OF FLORIDA AMANDA M. ROACH, OF NEW JERSEY SHARON A. RYAN, OF CALIFORNIA JACOB A. MCCLELAND, OF MISSOURI ASHTON E. ROBISON, OF TEXAS DANA S. SANDERS, OF WEST VIRGINIA MISHA B. MCDONALD, OF TEXAS MELISSA MARGARITA SANDOVAL, OF NEW YORK JENNIFER MARIE SCHUETT, OF FLORIDA DANIEL K. MCINTOSH, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THOMAS H. SANTORO, OF TEXAS CATHERINE R. SEAGRAVES, OF OKLAHOMA MACKENZIE LEIGH MILLER-GREEN, OF NEW YORK NATHANIEL R. SAVIO, OF VIRGINIA ELIZABETH M. SMITH, OF NEW JERSEY WALTER ISMAEL MORENO, OF TENNESSEE MONICA L. SAWYER, OF COLORADO JAMES R. SNODDY, OF FLORIDA JONATHAN STEWART NICHOLS, OF THE DISTRICT OF CO- NICHOLAS J. SESNAK, OF WASHINGTON SHANE SPELLMAN, OF VIRGINIA LUMBIA PAUL A. STEMPEL, OF VIRGINIA ADAM S. STARR–KING, OF FLORIDA MARCELLE S. O’HALLORAN, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- LARA R. TALVERDIAN, OF TENNESSEE FREDRIC N. STOKES, OF CONNECTICUT BIA ROBERT C. THOMPSON, OF TEXAS JAMES M. STUHLTRAGER, OF PENNSYLVANIA ANDREW ROBERT OJA, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JEREMY M. VENTUSO, OF CALIFORNIA GRETA M. STULTS, OF CALIFORNIA JAMES L. PARKER, OF MARYLAND BRETT A. WALKLEY, OF CALIFORNIA JEFFREY TANG, OF VIRGINIA KATINA C. PILOT, OF TEXAS JACOB A. WARDEN, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE JESSICA L. TESORIERO, OF VIRGINIA DIEGO ISMAEL PIMENTEL, OF TEXAS SARAH E. WARDWELL, OF FLORIDA PHILLIP J. VALDIVIA, OF CALIFORNIA KATHERINE LEE PLEMONS, OF TEXAS COLLIN WEBSTER, OF NEVADA DEVON E. VAN DYNE, OF WASHINGTON MARGARET ANNA RAY, OF TEXAS DAVID M. WEILER, OF OREGON JOSE M. VEGA, OF TEXAS DANIEL MARK REBACK, OF NEW JERSEY ELIZABETH S. WEISMAN, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ERIC T. VOGEL, OF FLORIDA JUAN M. REYES, OF TEXAS KELLEY M. WHITSON, OF MARYLAND REBECCA WALL, OF PENNSYLVANIA ROBERT STEPHEN RICKS, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- JACOB A. WILLIAMS, OF VIRGINIA RAYMOND E. WELCH, JR., OF NEW YORK BIA LYNDSEY K. YOSHINO–SPENCER, OF NEW YORK KELLY R. WOOD, OF TEXAS JENNIFER LYNN RINGENBACH, OF VIRGINIA WALID ZAFAR, OF VIRGINIA REBECCA B. ROLFE, OF NEW JERSEY THE FOLLOWING–NAMED MEMBERS OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO BE A FOR- THE FOLLOWING-NAMED CAREER MEMBERS OF THE HIDEKI FRANK ROSE, OF VIRGINIA EIGN SERVICE OFFICER, A CONSULAR OFFICER, AND A FOREIGN SERVICE FOR PROMOTION INTO THE SENIOR LAUREN MICHELLE RYAN, OF ILLINOIS SECRETARY IN THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE, AS A CAREER MEMBER OF THE SEN- DAVID VEJAI SADOO, OF VIRGINIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: IOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF COUNSELOR: ANNE JEFFREY SAVAGE, OF VIRGINIA RAMI H. SAYED, OF COLORADO SONJA JOY ANDERSEN, OF NEW YORK SUSAN PARKER-BURNS, OF MARYLAND KATHERINE R. SCHEIDT, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA YAMILY ARAB, OF FLORIDA TRACY E. ROBERTS-POUNDS, OF VIRGINIA ANDREW RUSSELL SHAW, OF FLORIDA DAVID ALEX BARTLETT, OF TEXAS THE FOLLOWING-NAMED CAREER MEMBERS OF THE WILLIAM NICHOLAS SHELTON, OF VIRGINIA JORGE A. BENAVIDES, JR., OF CALIFORNIA FOREIGN SERVICE FOR PROMOTION INTO THE SENIOR SYDNEY A. SKOV, OF CALIFORNIA ALAINA R. BROWN, OF MARYLAND FOREIGN SERVICE, AS A CAREER MEMBER OF THE SEN- ANDREA RACHEL SMITH, OF VIRGINIA BENJAMIN BURNES, OF CONNECTICUT IOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF COUNSELOR, AND A BRANDON ADAM SOLARANA, OF VIRGINIA DONG–THU CAOHUU, OF CALIFORNIA CONSULAR OFFICER AND A SECRETARY IN THE DIPLO- PATRICK K. R. STACY, OF VIRGINIA ALLISON M. CARRAGHER, OF FLORIDA MATIC SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: ANDREA M. TAPPMEYER, OF MISSOURI BRITTANY A. CARROLL, OF CALIFORNIA JAY P. WILLIAMS, OF FLORIDA NICOLE LEA THIHER, OF VIRGINIA JENNIFER L. CARTER, OF INDIANA JAMES C. CRAWFORD, OF TENNESSEE MATTHEW ALLAN THOMPSON, OF MARYLAND MARIEL REBECCA CHATMAN, OF CALIFORNIA MICHAEL L. MAHONEY, OF WASHINGTON JEREMY E. TIDWELL, OF TENNESSEE CAROLINA CHICA, OF NEW JERSEY THE FOLLOWING-NAMED MEMBERS OF THE FOREIGN MONICA KATHERINE TORRES, OF VIRGINIA JEUNG HWA CHOE, OF WASHINGTON SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO BE A CON- SADE L. TUCKETT, OF NEW YORK MICHELLE ELIZABETH CLOUD, OF THE DISTRICT OF CO- SULAR OFFICER AND A SECRETARY IN THE DIPLOMATIC STEVEN RANDAL TULLY, OF VIRGINIA LUMBIA SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: EMMET C. TUOHY, OF NEW JERSEY KATIE A. COLLINS, OF FLORIDA DAMIEN A. VRIGNON, OF FLORIDA WILLIAM RAMSAY COVEY, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- ALLISON MARGARET BARTELS, OF VIRGINIA DAVID MONROE WAIKART, OF MARYLAND BIA SARAH ALLISON BEDENBAUGH, OF VIRGINIA NICHOLAS COLEMAN WALLAR, OF VIRGINIA LISA A. DERRICKSON, OF FLORIDA SARAH N. BEDROUNI, OF CALIFORNIA BENJAMIN K. WHEELER, OF COLORADO ANDREW DUBINSKY, OF VIRGINIA ANDREW BRYAN BESSLER, OF VIRGINIA EILEEN M. WILLINGHAM, OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTE YOUNG FADARE, OF SOUTH CAROLINA KURT L. BEURMANN, OF FLORIDA SAVANNAH K. L. WILSON, OF MARYLAND CHRISTOPHER P. GEURTSEN, OF TENNESSEE PAUL MICHAEL BLEAU, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BENJAMIN LOGAN WOODARD, OF VIRGINIA JACOB A. GLENN, OF UTAH CAROLYN D. BLUE, OF FLORIDA YANG Q. ZHOU, OF NEW YORK DEVIN RUSH GLICK, OF TEXAS STEVEN EDWARD WILLIAM BOUGHTON, OF VIRGINIA THE FOLLOWING-NAMED MEMBERS OF THE FOREIGN ROBERT J. GRASSO, OF NEVADA MEGHAN ROSE BRESLIN-JEWER, OF THE DISTRICT OF CO- SARAH L. GREBOWSKI, OF TENNESSEE LUMBIA SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO BE A FOR- EIGN SERVICE OFFICER, A CONSULAR OFFICER, AND A JOHN L. HALEY, OF SOUTH DAKOTA MONICA BERNADETTE BRINN, OF VIRGINIA MICHAEL C. HAYES, OF TEXAS SPENCER ALLAN CAIN, OF VIRGINIA SECRETARY IN THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: ANDREA J. HEILAND, OF TEXAS TRAVIS CRAIG CALDWELL, OF VIRGINIA KATELYN J. HINKENS, OF WISCONSIN TIMOTHY D. CAMPBELL, OF VIRGINIA VANESSA L. ADAMS, OF CALIFORNIA DAVID D. HUTCHINSON II, OF NEW JERSEY MARIA G. CANTU-RAMACIOTTI, OF TEXAS LISA N. ANDONOVSKA, OF VIRGINIA MATTHEW S. JAMRISKO, OF VIRGINIA ADRIENNE BRENNA CAREY, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- MICHELLE ANGULO, OF PENNSYLVANIA EDWARD D. JANIS, OF CONNECTICUT BIA CHRISTOPHER N. ASHCRAFT, OF WASHINGTON MEGAN P. JOHNSON, OF NEBRASKA YUTHAKORN CHAIMONGKOL, OF ILLINOIS DAVID P. BARGUENO, OF CALIFORNIA SAMUEL HSI–LI KULLGREN JUH, OF MARYLAND SUMIKO NOELLE CHAMBERS, OF VIRGINIA PAUL W. BAUER, OF MICHIGAN DAVID ALLAN KELM, JR., OF PENNSYLVANIA ALI RAFI CHAUDREY, OF MARYLAND DANIEL J. BEAUCHAMP, OF ARIZONA RYAN D. KOENIG, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ANNE KARI CLARE, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE COLLIN D. BELL, OF NEW YORK NIKOLINA N. KULIDZAN, OF VIRGINIA GRACE B. CLEGG, OF VIRGINIA ELIZABETH M. BENNION, OF VIRGINIA TARA A. LEWIS, OF CALIFORNIA KAREN MARIE COULSON, OF CALIFORNIA LAUREN A. BLEAKNEY, OF DELAWARE COLIN J. MACHADO, OF CALIFORNIA JESSE LEE DAVEY, OF WASHINGTON FREDERICK R. BOLAGEER, JR., OF NEW YORK KATE L. MACKEN, OF MAINE SASCHA M. DAVIS, OF TEXAS DIANA G. BRAUN, OF NEW YORK MARY L. MATTHEWS, OF MINNESOTA EDWARD W. DENNY, OF TEXAS KATHRYN R. CARNEY, OF PENNSYLVANIA JACKIE H. MEEKER, OF WYOMING HANNEKE DERKSEN, OF VIRGINIA DARIN S. CHRISTENSEN, OF OREGON GEORGE A. MESTHOS, OF NEW JERSEY CAMILLE Y. DOCKERY, OF VIRGINIA JOEL W. CHRISTENSEN, OF CONNECTICUT MARIBEL VASQUEZ MOLINA, OF NEW YORK WILLIAM ALEXANDER DOKURNO, OF MARYLAND CARLY L. COHEN, OF PENNSYLVANIA CHRISTOPHER J. MURILLO, OF CALIFORNIA RAYMOND J. DRISCOLL II, OF VIRGINIA GARETH R. COLLINS, OF ILLINOIS JONATHAN C. NWOSU, OF MASSACHUSETTS JOHN W. DROLLETTE, OF OREGON SHARON M. CYR, OF NEVADA GAI A. NYOK, OF WASHINGTON CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM DRUCE, OF SOUTH CAROLINA GAINA YUZZY DAVILA, OF PENNSYLVANIA LANE H. OGAWA, OF NEVADA ZACHARY AUSTIN DUNN, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BROOKE C. DAVIS, OF VIRGINIA CHIGOZIE C. OKOCHA, OF COLORADO MELISSA KAY DURHAM, OF VIRGINIA KYLE W. FONAY, OF VIRGINIA ABIGAIL A. OLVERA, OF TEXAS CHRISTOPHER GEORGE FAKOURY, OF MISSOURI LINCOLN O. FRAGER, OF COLORADO AYESHA QUIRKE, OF FLORIDA VINCENT C. FELLONE, OF TEXAS LINNETTE D. FRANCO, OF GEORGIA TRUDE E. RAIZEN, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE JOSEPH HERNDON FERGUSON, JR., OF VIRGINIA JOSEPH FREEMAN, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MARJORIE JH RAPP, OF NORTH CAROLINA MATTHEW LEIGH FLINN, OF VIRGINIA RAJANI M. GHOSH, OF MARYLAND SARAH A. ROHN, OF VIRGINIA ERIC S. FRENKIL, OF TEXAS NORA P. GORDON, OF OHIO EMMETT E. SAPP, OF WASHINGTON NATASHA PASTORA GHENT-RODRIGUEZ, OF THE DIS- HERMES R. GRULLON, OF NEW YORK STEPHEN H E SCHLIEMAN, OF COLORADO TRICT OF COLUMBIA SHEENA R. HALL, OF MARYLAND CLINT M. SHOEMAKE, OF OKLAHOMA ENKELEJDA D. GJINI, OF MICHIGAN ADAM R. HENNINGS, OF MINNESOTA TORI P. STEPHENS, OF OHIO COLIN ANDREW GRIFFIN, OF VIRGINIA DONNA M. HERNANDEZ, OF CALIFORNIA BRITTNEY C. STEWART, OF TEXAS JONATHAN RYAN GRILLI, OF VIRGINIA WILLIAM H. HINE-RAMSBERGER, OF CONNECTICUT MARGARET S. SULLIVAN, OF MISSOURI FAIK MESUT HALICI, OF VIRGINIA KALISHA D. HOLMES, OF MARYLAND HIND TAZI, OF PENNSYLVANIA JOSEPH DOHYUN HAN, OF VIRGINIA KENYA J. JAMES, OF NEW YORK PETER J. THEIS, OF MINNESOTA GEORGE S. HARRISON, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ALENA V. JOSEPH, OF MARYLAND KRISTINA E. TONN, OF OHIO HANNAH ALYSE HESS, OF MARYLAND MADELINE L. KOCH, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DARRYL A. TURNER, OF ILLINOIS ALYSON G. HIRATA, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE CLARE MURPHY KONRAD, OF VIRGINIA ERIN C. TYLER, OF VIRGINIA GERALD ERIC HORTON, OF MARYLAND JESSICA M. KUHN, OF IDAHO PATRICIA A. VANDERWALL, OF FLORIDA JOHN JOSEPH HORVERS III, OF VIRGINIA CANDICE MELINDA LAPLANTE, OF WISCONSIN PETER M. VANDERWALL, OF FLORIDA LAURA KENNEDY HUGHES, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- DAVID S. LAWLER, OF NEW MEXICO JOHN N. WHEELER, OF ALASKA BIA ROBYN N. LUFFMAN, OF MISSOURI SANDRA M. ZUNIGA GUZMAN, OF VIRGINIA ANTHONY VITO INTRAVAIA, OF VIRGINIA JOHN D. LYNCH, OF CALIFORNIA MARIE E. JONES, OF VIRGINIA ROSE ANN MARKS, OF FLORIDA RAVI M. KANERIYA, OF NEW JERSEY ROBERT W. MCGHEE, OF TEXAS f MARINA E. KELLY, OF VIRGINIA MEGAN E. MCPHEE, OF MASSACHUSETTS WILLIAM A. KENDRICK, OF VIRGINIA KARL E. MERCER III, OF VIRGINIA FREDERICK K. KESSLER, OF VIRGINIA NAAKOSHIE A. MILLS, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CONFIRMATION JON CHRISTOPHER KING, OF VIRGINIA JAKE T. MINER, OF CONNECTICUT NIKHIL LAKHANPAL, OF GEORGIA DANIEL E. MONSON, OF VIRGINIA Executive nomination confirmed by REED DAVID GEORGE LANGERUD, OF MINNESOTA JACQUELINE M. MOORE, OF TEXAS MELISSA ANN LATHAM, OF VIRGINIA HARALD M. OLSEN, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA the Senate May 21, 2019: SANDRA C. LEE, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA STEPHANIE N. OVIEDO, OF PUERTO RICO THE JUDICIARY WENDY ELIZABETH LEITNER, OF VIRGINIA TMITRI A. OWENS, OF TEXAS ALEXANDER G. LEWIS, OF VERMONT AUTUMN K. PATTERSON, OF VIRGINIA DANIEL P. COLLINS, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE UNITED MANDY SUE LEWIS, OF VERMONT ROBIN J. PATZELT, OF FLORIDA STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT.

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