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Vol. 165 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2019 No. 69 Senate The Senate met at 3 p.m. and was nication of the Secretary of the Senate sary, dangerous attempt to weaken my called to order by the President pro regarding that matter. constitutional authorities, endangering tempore (Mr. GRASSLEY). The legislative clerk read as follows: the lives of American citizens and f UNITED STATES SENATE, brave service members, both today and OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, in the future. PRAYER April 29, 2019. This joint resolution is unnecessary The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- Hon. MICHAEL R. PENCE, because, apart from counterterrorism fered the following prayer: President of the Senate, operations against al-Qa’ida in the U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. Let us pray. DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: On Wednesday, April Arabian Peninsula and ISIS, the Sacred Father, open the hearts of our 17, 2019, the President of the United States United States is not engaged in hos- lawmakers to the joy and beauty of sent by messenger the attached sealed enve- tilities in or affecting Yemen. For ex- Your providence. Provide them with a lope addressed to the President of the Senate ample, there are no United States mili- greater appreciation of Your favor, wis- dated April 17, 2019, said to contain a veto tary personnel in Yemen commanding, dom, and grace. Remind them of Your message on the bill S.J. Res. 7, a Joint Reso- participating in, or accompanying plans to keep them from stumbling and lution to direct the removal of United States military forces of the Saudi-led coali- present them before Your glory with Armed Forces from hostilities in the Repub- tion against the Houthis in hostilities lic of Yemen that have not been authorized great joy. In their weakness, impart by Congress. The Senate not being in session in or affecting Yemen. Your strength. In their fatigue, give on the last day which the President had for Since 2015, the United States has pro- them renewal. Empower them with a the return of this bill under the provisions of vided limited support to member coun- moral and spiritual stamina to walk in the Constitution of the United States, in tries of the Saudi-led coalition, includ- the paths of integrity and courage. order to protect the interests of the Senate ing intelligence sharing, logistics sup- And, Lord, as houses of worship face so that it might have the opportunity to re- port, and, until recently, in-flight re- the reality of criminal violence, sus- consider the bill, I accepted the message at fueling of non-United States aircraft. tain and keep all who labor to bring 10:20 a.m., and I now present to you the All of this support is consistent with President’s veto message, with the accom- Your peace on Earth and good will to panying papers, for disposition by the Sen- applicable Arms Export Control Act humanity. ate. authorities, statutory authorities that We pray in Your sovereign Name. Respectfully, permit the Department of Defense to Amen. JULIE E. ADAMS, provide logistics support to foreign f Secretary of the Senate. countries, and the President’s constitu- Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, for tional power as Commander in Chief. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE the leader, is the veto message with None of this support has introduced The President pro tempore, led the the papers attached at the desk? United States military personnel into Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER. It is. hostilities. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Mr. GRASSLEY. For the leader, I We are providing this support for United States of America, and to the Repub- ask unanimous consent that the veto many reasons. First and foremost, it is lic for which it stands, one nation under God, message on S.J. Res. 7 be considered as our duty to protect the safety of the indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. having been read and that it be printed more than 80,000 Americans who reside The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. in the RECORD and spread in full upon in certain coalition countries that have HAWLEY). The Senator from Iowa. the Journal. been subject to Houthi attacks from The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there f Yemen. Houthis, supported by Iran, objection? have used missiles, armed drones, and DIRECTING THE REMOVAL OF Without objection, it is so ordered. explosive boats to attack civilian and UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES The veto message is ordered to be military targets in those coalition FROM HOSTILITIES IN THE RE- printed in the RECORD as follows: countries, including areas frequented PUBLIC OF YEMEN THAT HAVE To the Senate of the United States: by American citizens, such as the air- NOT BEEN AUTHORIZED BY CON- I am returning herewith without my port in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In addi- GRESS—VETO approval S.J. Res. 7, a joint resolution tion, the conflict in Yemen represents Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, for that purports to direct the President to a ‘‘cheap’’ and inexpensive way for Iran the leader, is there a message at the remove United States Armed Forces to cause trouble for the United States desk in reference to S.J. Res. 7? from hostilities in or affecting the Re- and for our ally, Saudi Arabia. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The public of Yemen, with certain excep- S.J. Res. 7 is also dangerous. The Chair lays before the Senate a commu- tions. This resolution is an unneces- Congress should not seek to prohibit

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Mr. President, addi- grams. service members by impairing their tionally for 1 minute, I would like to My EpiPen investigation is a perfect ability to efficiently and effectively speak to the issue of healthcare. Some example. Several years ago, I began to conduct military engagements and to elected officials are proposing radical receive letters, phone calls, and emails withdraw in an orderly manner at the changes to our healthcare system. from my constituents about the rap- appropriate time. These proposals include Medicare for idly increasing, high price of the The joint resolution would also harm All, Medicare buy-in, Medicaid for All, EpiPen. In 2007, a pack of two EpiPens the foreign policy of the United States. and expansion of the Affordable cost $100. By 2016, it had skyrocketed Its efforts to curtail certain forms of Healthcare Act. All of these are to over $600. Of course, anybody paying military support would harm our bilat- versions of completely government-run it or even anybody hearing about it eral relationships, negatively affect healthcare. knows that to be a substantial price in- our ongoing efforts to prevent civilian Americans don’t support a govern- crease. I wanted to find out what was casualties and prevent the spread of ment-run healthcare system when they happening and what could be done to terrorist organizations such as al- are told about the tradeoffs. Medicare fix this problem of dramatically in- Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula and for All would eliminate private health creasing prices and maybe unwarranted ISIS, and embolden Iran’s malign ac- insurance companies. Medicare for All prices. tivities in Yemen. would require middle-class Americans My investigative and policy focus We cannot end the conflict in Yemen to pay much more in taxes. Medicare soon turned to the Medicaid Drug Re- through political documents like S.J. for All would threaten the benefits bate Program administered by the Cen- Res. 7. Peace in Yemen requires a nego- that current Medicare beneficiaries re- tiated settlement. Unfortunately, inac- ters for Medicare & Medicaid Services. ceive, and those people who have paid The Medicaid Drug Rebate Program is tion by the Senate has left vacant key into the system for a lifetime should diplomatic positions, impeding our a contributing factor that has played a not have Medicare, which has been part part in how much money the govern- ability to engage regional partners in of the social fabric of America, put in support of the United Nations-led peace ment and the taxpayers pay for some jeopardy by loading more people into process. To help end the conflict, pro- drugs, and, as you will find out, the it. waste of some taxpayers’ money. mote humanitarian and commercial Government-run healthcare is a slo- access, prevent civilian casualties, en- Now, as a condition for participating gan, not an answer. in the program, drug companies have hance efforts to recover American hos- I yield the floor. tages in Yemen, and defeat terrorists to pay a rebate to the Federal Govern- I suggest the absence of a quorum. ment and the States for the drugs they that seek to harm the United States, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The offer. Generally speaking, the rebate the Senate must act to confirm my clerk will call the roll. nominees for many critical foreign pol- The legislative clerk proceeded to dollar amount is contingent on wheth- icy positions. call the roll. er the drug is considered a brand name I agree with the Congress about the Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask drug or generic drug. A brand name need to address our engagements in unanimous consent that the order for drug pays a rebate of the greater of 23.1 foreign wars. As I said in my State of the quorum call be rescinded. percent of the average manufacturer the Union address in February, great The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without price or the difference between that nations do not fight endless wars. My objection, it is so ordered. and the drug’s best price. Administration is currently accel- PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS In the rebate program, the dollar erating negotiations to end our mili- Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I amount is raised if the average manu- tary engagement in Afghanistan and want to call my colleagues’ attention facturer price has increased faster than drawing down troops in Syria, where to an issue that has affected many fam- the rate of inflation. A generic drug’s we recently succeeded in eliminating ilies in Iowa and throughout the coun- rebate is 13 percent of the average 100 percent of the ISIS caliphate. Con- try, and that issue is the cost of pre- manufacturer’s price. gressional engagement in those en- scription drugs. The cost of prescrip- Unfortunately, the rebate program deavors would be far more productive tion drugs is an issue that comes up at has not worked as it was designed to than expending time and effort trying almost every Q and A I hold with work. Drug companies have been able to enact this unnecessary and dan- Iowans at my annual 99-county meet- to game the system by paying smaller gerous resolution that interferes with ings. During the last Easter break, rebates than they are supposed to, and, our foreign policy with respect to which was just completed, I did 20 of of course, the taxpayer foots the bill. Yemen. those 99 counties. EpiPen is a perfect example of this For these reasons, it is my duty to In the last 2 months, I started a bi- gaming of the system. This is how the return S.J. Res. 7 to the Senate with- partisan investigation with my col- scheme works. Mylan classified the out my approval. league, Ranking Member WYDEN of the EpiPen as a generic under the Medicaid DONALD J. TRUMP. Finance Committee, into the pricing of Drug Rebate Program rather than as a THE WHITE HOUSE, April 16, 2019. insulin. That investigation extends to brand name drug. After I asked those The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- insulin manufacturers and pharmacy at CMS about that classification, they ator from Iowa. benefit managers. We need to find out told me the EpiPen should not have ELECTING SENATE CHAPLAINS how manufacturers price their insulin been classified as a generic. Of course, Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, for 1 products, and we need to find out if because of this incorrect classification, minute, I will speak to a piece of his- pharmacy benefit managers are negoti- Mylan only had to pay a 13-percent re- tory of the Senate. ating the lowest drug price possible bate instead of the 23.1-percent rebate. I call to the Senate’s attention this from manufacturers on behalf of insur- That means less money was returned fact: When the Senate first convened in ance plans. by the company to the Federal tax- 1789 at Federal Hall in New York City, This isn’t my first drug pricing inves- payers and to the States’ taxpayers. one of the Senate’s first orders of busi- tigation. In recent years, I have inves- According to CMS, from 2011 to 2015, ness was to appoint a committee to tigated Gilead’s pricing of hepatitis C total Medicaid spending on the EpiPen recommend a candidate for Chaplain. drugs. The names of those drugs are was $960 million. After rebates, net On April 25, 1789, the Senate elected Sovaldi and Harvoni. I have been inves- Medicaid spending was still approxi- the Right Reverend Samuel Provost, tigating Mylan’s EpiPen price increase. mately $797 million. As opposed to Episcopal bishop of New York, as its Let me tell you, oversight by Con- Medicaid spending, Medicare spending first Chaplain. gress in doing our constitutional job on the EpiPen in those same years was

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Based on data already on support, fixes the problems that I iden- I have talked, as you might imagine file, the inspector general was able to tified through my investigation. coming from Texas, with a lot of Bor- calculate the potential lost rebate It closes the loophole that has al- der Patrol personnel who found mi- value dating back to 2006. The inspec- lowed pharmaceutical manufacturers grants crammed in parts of cars that tor general found that the taxpayers to misclassify their drugs and over- you didn’t even know exist. I visited may have overpaid for the EpiPen by charge the taxpayers by billions of dol- the unmarked graves of those who have as much as $1.27 billion over a 10-year lars. been abandoned by their human smug- period of time because of the incorrect The bill provides the HHS Secretary glers in essentially desert conditions classification. Eventually, Mylan set- the authority to require drug manufac- and left to die. I have seen the dis- tled a False Claims Act case with the turers to reclassify their drugs and im- gusting stash houses, where dozens of Obama administration’s Justice De- pose civil monetary penalties when migrants are held at a time to avoid partment for $465 million. Now, that drugs are knowingly misclassified. being caught before they are trans- $465 million is a far cry from how much It provides HHS with additional au- ported up through the Interstate High- Mylan got from the taxpayers while it thorities to monitor drug manufactur- way System to distant locations. was pulling off this charade—in other ers that participate in the Medicaid I could fill a book with all of the words, $800 million less. Drug Rebate Program, and the legisla- sights I have seen and the stories I Upon learning of the settlement, I ex- tion provides the States the ability to have heard over the years, and I am pressed my extreme disappointment to recover incorrect rebate amounts. sure, with the stories compiled by the the Justice Department. It just didn’t Finally, the bill imposes reporting Border Patrol agents and officers, we seem that the taxpayers had been made and transparency requirements on could fill an entire library. whole. Obviously, they had not been. HHS. An example of additional report- The story, though, really is about According to Attorney General Miller ing requires the Secretary to submit a how ruthless and inhumane and com- of my State of Iowa, my home State re- report to Congress on an annual basis pletely reckless and thoughtless with ceived $1.5 million from the settle- that describes four things: one, the regard to human life these criminal or- ment. However, after my having made covered drugs that have been ganizations truly are. repeated requests to justify how much misclassified; two, the steps that have One headline, though, during this re- that amount has made Iowa whole, I been taken to reclassify the drugs; cess period, stopped me in my tracks. have not received an answer yet. So, three, the actions the Secretary has Even this, I thought, could not be the not only did Mylan’s steep price hike taken to ensure the payment of any re- case. It read: for one of the most widely needed drugs bate amounts which were unpaid; four, in this country hit families hard, but it an accounting of how funds have been A 3-year-old was found alone in a field by Border Patrol agents. His name and phone also hit the taxpayers’ bottom line. We used for the oversight and enforcement numbers were [written] on his shoes. shouldn’t have to depend on lawyers of this new law. and lawsuits to get the taxpayers’ All of these fixes and updates are now A toddler, not even old enough to money back. Government Agencies in place because my constituents con- talk to the agents who found him, was should be responsibly overseeing any tacted me about the real-world prob- abandoned. Customs and Border Protection be- program that they are in charge of. lems they were paying for and that During the course of my investiga- were affecting their health as well as lieves the boy was part of a larger tion, it became clear that CMS didn’t their wallets. I instructed my oversight group trying to enter the United States believe that it had the legal authority staff to investigate the problem. They with their human smugglers. When the to require drug companies to reclassify acquired the evidence, uncovered the group encountered Border Patrol drugs and impose civil monetary pen- facts, and, obviously, exposed the holes agents, the adults ran into the Rio alties for incorrectly classifying drugs. in the existing law. Then, I instructed Grande River and back to Mexico, leav- Except for a few emails sent from CMS my policy staff to take those findings ing the little boy all by himself. He was, as the Border Patrol does in to Mylan’s representatives that ques- to plug the holes and solve the problem every instance, taken into custody and tioned EpiPen’s classification, for with new legislation, which is now law. treated well. He was taken to a hos- years CMS did nothing. In other words, This is exactly the purpose of over- pital for a medical evaluation, and, mi- CMS was not doing its job, and Mylan sight. This is exactly how oversight is raculously, he was found to be in good was taking advantage of it. done. The inspector general has also stated Pretty simply, this isn’t like rein- condition. that he lacked the legal authority to venting the wheel every time. This is While the agents tried to track down affirmatively pursue penalties for the oversight 101. Oversight means to bring the boy’s family, one supervisory pa- submission of inaccurate drug classi- transparency, and transparency is trol agent purchased clothing for him fication data. As a result, Mylan was meant to bring accountability. Over- out of his own pocket; other personnel able to escape accountability for a long sight works, plain and simple, and the entertained the little boy, watching movies and playing games. time, which cost taxpayers billions of Right Rebate Act that Senator WYDEN These agents aren’t just patrolling dollars. This is just one case. Other and I brought to passage is proof that the border to catch illegal crossers; drug manufacturers are gaming the oversight is working. system as well. I yield the floor. they are now being forced, because of In a December 2017 report, the inspec- I suggest the absence of a quorum. the crisis at the border, to act as care- tor general found that 885 drugs may The PRESIDING OFFICER. The givers for some of the most vulnerable have been potentially misclassified. clerk will call the roll. individuals they come across. Unfortu- Specifically, the inspector general The legislative clerk proceeded to nately, what that means is, they are found that from 2012 to 2016, Medicaid call the roll. also diverted from their No. 1 job, may have lost $1.3 billion in rebates for Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask which is law enforcement and to pro- just 10 potentially misclassified drugs unanimous consent that the order for tect the security and safety of the with the highest total of reimburse- the quorum call be rescinded. American people along our borders. ment. It is clear that the law needed to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without They are now diverted from that mis- change to provide much needed clarity objection, it is so ordered. sion, as well as their counterdrug mis- on who had what authorities and in BORDER SECURITY sion, essentially handing out diapers order to hold the government, as well Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, with and juice boxes for little boys and little as the private sector, accountable. the 2-week hiatus we have had here in girls.

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All of the pull factors, the things forcing the laws passed by Congress These numbers are far from normal. that attract people to come across the and signed into law by the President, Unsurprisingly, our Border Patrol and border to take advantage of these gaps that somehow is beyond the pale. Customs and Border Protection agents, in our asylum laws, are going to do Enforcing the law isn’t inhumane. our local communities, the nongovern- nothing but attract more and more and Apprehending people who try to ille- mental organizations, the churches, more people. gally enter into the United States or and others who try to lend a helping Certainly, we all understand, as a import their poison so it can be used by hand to these migrants coming across matter of simple human compassion, Americans who then overdose and lose the border are not equipped to handle why people would want to leave if they their lives due to consuming those this huge surge of humanity. can’t get a job, if they can’t provide for drugs, that is inhumane. What is inhu- Customs agents are being pulled off their families where they live, but we mane and lacks simple compassion is inspection duty to help process the ap- simply cannot continue to accept the doing nothing to stop this practice. prehended migrants. Security check- tens of thousands. Now, indeed, in a 2- Leaving security gaps that are ex- points are being shut down. The flow of month period of time, 180,000 new peo- ploited by smugglers, traffickers, and legitimate trade and travel is being im- ple have been coming into the country criminal organizations who have zero pacted. Individuals are then being re- essentially jumping in line ahead of regard for human life is inhumane. leased because there is simply not others who are trying to legally immi- These people, the drugs, the contra- enough space to hold them, even grate to the United States. It is over- band are mere commodities to these though they violated our laws or have whelming for our communities and our criminal organizations. They don’t not yet proven their right to an immi- Border Patrol and our Customs agents. care anything about them. gration benefit under our asylum sys- We know many of these migrants pay Giving people an opportunity to tem. smugglers to lead them on this dan- smuggle an innocent child across our I had a group of manufacturers come gerous journey north or have to pay border alone and leaving him to die in see me before the latest break. They others a tax to pass through territories the desert is not humane. Making told me that from Juarez to El Paso, along the way, including the so-called criminal cartels rich by exploiting our which is right across the Rio Grande plazas which are adjacent to the U.S.- porous border is inexcusable. River—that because commerce was Mexico border. So while migrants and To be clear, the criminal organiza- backed up, the truck traffic that was vulnerable children are being left for tions perpetuating this cycle are the transporting car parts as part of a just- dead in the desert, and we are strug- bad guys, not our law enforcement per- in-time inventory program to manufac- gling to manage a devastating humani- sonnel who work to protect our border turers on the American side, they lit- tarian crisis, these criminal organiza- at substantial risk to themselves and erally had to hire an airplane to fly 11 tions are getting richer and richer. who take compassionate care of those minutes from Juarez to El Paso. Car This is part of how they do business. in their custody. manufacturers that operate in Texas, While it is hard to know exactly how I think one of the reasons this story Missouri, and other parts of the coun- much money these groups are making, garnered so much attention is because try, depend on this cross-border supply a recent study by RAND estimated that is not what the average person chain for their products. Eventually, if that revenues to smugglers moving mi- imagines the Border Patrol encounters we don’t do something about this flood grants from Northern Triangle coun- at the border, but increasingly it is. of humanity and the blockage it is cre- tries—that is in Central America— The Border Patrol encounters unac- ating to legitimate trade and com- range from about $200 million to about companied children and families con- merce across our ports of entry, we are $2.3 billion in 2017 alone. These are the sisting of one adult and one or more going to see Americans lose their jobs same people, again, who are com- children along the border because the because it simply was uncontemplated modity agnostic, who care nothing criminal organizations that smuggle by anybody in that business that they about human life. They will move mi- them to the border are exploiting gaps would have to suffer those kinds of grants for economic purposes. They and vulnerabilities in our asylum laws. delays. Instead of a 1-hour delay com- will move people who are being sex Many people believe the typical mi- ing across the ports of entry carrying trafficked, and they will move drugs, grant is an adult traveling alone, but manufactured goods that can be assem- some of which contributed to the 70,000 more likely than not, that is not the bled in the United States or otherwise Americans who died of drug overdoses case, and, in fact, it is becoming less used in products made here, some are last year, since Mexico is responsible and less common. taking as much as 24 hours to get for about 90 percent of the heroin and In fact, according to the most recent across. People are literally sleeping in much of the fentanyl that comes across statics, there is no new net migration their truck because they can’t get our southwestern border. from Mexico. Almost all of the migra- through the ports of entry, in part, be- Of course, all of this is tax-free. You tion into the United States, either by cause the Customs and Border agents better believe these networks and their people who illegally enter or asylum are being diverted, like I said earlier, operations will only continue to get seekers, is from countries other than handing out juice boxes, handing out richer and richer and more and more Mexico, most notably Central America, diapers, taking care of this huge flood ruthless and more and more dangerous. but, literally, those could be merely of humanity coming across our border. If you think these problems are going the transit points for people coming Don’t just take my word for it. I re- to go away on their own, you are from all over the world, up through member when President Obama made wrong. The number of children and Mexico, into the United States. comments talking about a humani- family units found along our border is From October 2018 to March 2019, a 6- tarian crisis. He called it a humani- already climbing at an appalling pace, month period, more than 360,000 peo- tarian and security crisis back in June and we need to take action to alleviate ple—360,000 people—were apprehended of 2014. At that time, we saw as many the strain on our personnel on the along the southwest border. That is a as 135,000 during the month of May and southern border and to eliminate the remarkably high number for this point June 2014 apprehended at the border. clogs and delays in legitimate trading in the year, based on historical statis- Just to put that in context, in Feb- commerce that is the lifeblood of our tics. Only about one-third of them were ruary and March of this year, 180,000 Nation, as well as our counterparts in single adults, more than half were people were detained at the border— Mexico. traveling as a family unit, and the rest back when President Obama called it a Unfortunately, rather than trying to were unaccompanied children, like this humanitarian and security crisis, put out the fire, many folks here in

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:05 Apr 30, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G29AP6.005 S29APPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with SENATE April 29, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2473 Washington would rather fan the when it comes to impediments getting put, R.D. has been an important part of flames. The topic of border security in place of lawful commerce and trade, my life every day that he has been will- has become a hot button, a zero-sum which are so important to our economy ing to put his life on the line for me. game that people seem to be willing to and the economy of Mexico and our He has become an honorary Illinoisan talk about more than look for solu- common border. in the process due to countless trips he tions. With that, I yield the floor. has made back to my home State. As we all know, that is not how to I suggest the absence of a quorum. There is even reason to believe we have get things done around here. We need The PRESIDING OFFICER. The made him a Cubs fan, but I am not to work together to try to come up clerk will call the roll. going to say that with certainty. with solutions to change our asylum The legislative clerk proceeded to Even with his commitment to duty, laws in a way that is both compas- call the roll. R.D. has always found time for his own sionate and one that respects the rule Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask family, putting thousands of miles on of law and allows us to control this unanimous consent that the order for his car each year to travel across the vast flood of humanity seeking to enter the quorum call be rescinded. country to Kentucky, Michigan, and our country and take advantage of our The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without other places to visit his mother, his asylum laws. objection, it is so ordered. siblings, and his cousins. Whether it I have been speaking with our col- TRIBUTE TO R.D. MOORE was in Michigan, Kentucky, or North leagues here in the Senate, as well as Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, it is Carolina, he found the time for family. those in the House, on both sides of the hard to imagine that the U.S. Congress No matter where he was, R.D. was al- aisle, about commonsense reforms, was once guarded by a lone watchman, ways willing and able to respond to a what they might look like, and where but when the legislative branch of our phone call or email from his extended we might find common ground. We government moved from Philadelphia family. can’t wait to do comprehensive immi- to Washington, DC, that was the case. I am going to miss R.D. personally, gration reform in order to fix this par- His name was John Golding. He was and our office is also going to miss ticular problem where children and charged with protecting the U.S. Con- him. He is a caring, larger than life families turn themselves in at the bor- gress. A generation later, after several presence and one of the best known der because of these flaws in our asy- incidents, President John Quincy members of the Capitol Police detail lum laws. We need to address that and Adams asked that a Capitol Police here on Capitol Hill. If someone had a to do what we can, but once we accom- Force be created. It was created with rough day, R.D. was always there with plish that, we need to move on to do four officers working 15-hour shifts. a piece of wrapped candy and a smile. If other things that we know we need to Today, there are over 2,000 officers and any of us needed advice on new tech- do in the best interest of our country civilians who work for the Capitol Po- nology, R.D. always seemed to be on and in the best interest of the rule of lice. top of it, whether it was the latest law. When you put it in perspective, 3 mil- smartwatch or smartphone or some- I think it is amazing what you can lion to 5 million people from all over thing else that I basically didn’t under- accomplish when you talk to other America and all over the world come to stand. His great sense of humor was a Members of Congress instead of just this building complex each year to per- calming influence in the most stressful the news cameras, but that seems to be sonally witness the foundation—at of times that we faced. He always took solely where the conversation is occur- least on the congressional side—of our his job seriously, but he never took ring—for the benefit of news cameras. democracy. We want to make certain himself seriously. We have had some productive discus- they are safe. As R.D. Moore retires this week, I sions about how we can provide our We know we live in a dangerous want to thank him personally and wish frontline officers and agents with the world. The threats facing Congress him well. I do it personally and on be- resources they need—staffing, authori- today are far different than at the time half of my wife, Loretta, my entire ties, infrastructure, and technology. of John Golding. Our exposure to risk family, and the entire Durbin Senate I, for one, am here and ready to talk is higher, as we learn every day and staff. He is a dedicated law enforce- to anyone who is willing to work in every week about horrible shooting in- ment professional who should be re- good faith to provide relief for the hu- cidents that occur. One, of course, did membered in the Capitol, along with manitarian crisis occurring on our occur in the Capitol not that many all of his colleagues on the Capitol Po- southern border. That is what Presi- years ago. We know we have the best lice who each and every day come to dent Obama called it, and it has gotten protection possible in this increasingly work, put on their badges, and risk much worse. It doesn’t help to be label- dangerous world thanks to the dedi- their lives to keep this building and ing this some sort of fake emergency, cated, talented, and committed men the people who come here safe. I want as some of our colleagues on the other and women of the Capitol Police Force. to congratulate Special Agent R.D. side of the Capitol have. To deny re- There is an important reason why I Moore on a job well done. ality is a pretty big impediment to try- have been able to do my job as the REMEMBERING RICHARD LUGAR ing to solve the problem. Democratic whip for 14 years. It is be- Mr. President, I want to take a mo- I hope our colleagues on both sides of cause R.D. Moore, a member of the ment to celebrate the life of an excep- the aisle can take stock of the situa- Capitol Police team, has led my secu- tional American, a statesman, a gen- tion, accept the facts, and muster the rity detail during that period of time. tleman, and a friend. Senator Richard courage to put politics aside and work At the end of this month, R.D. is retir- Lugar of Indiana passed away yester- together to create a much needed and ing after 39 years of service to his day. He was a man of great intellect long-overdue reform of our immigra- country and more than 30 years with and accomplishment and very little tion policies because this problem is the U.S. Capitol Police. ego. He possessed an overabundance of not going away. There were 76,000 peo- Renoard Moore joined the Capitol Po- the best qualities of American char- ple detained at the border in February lice in 1988, after serving 9 years in the acter. and 103,000 detained at the border in U.S. Army. He also served with the He was a problem-solver. He believed March. There is no good reason why Dignitary Protection Division, pro- that America can and must be a force the 103,000 will not grow to 150,000, to tecting the Senate and House leader- for good in the world, and he was a vi- 200,000, or to 250,000. ship. sionary who had a genius for devising All of the same pieces are in place In 2005, when I joined the Senate thoughtful, effective solutions to com- and all of the same flaws are being ex- leadership, R.D. became part of not plex problems before many people even ploited by these transnational criminal just my Senate family but my family. knew they existed. organizations to move people into the As a team leader, he has been respon- When the Soviet Union collapsed in country, where they can essentially sible for keeping the detail up-to-date 1991, many people believed naively that circumvent our immigration enforce- on the logistics of every event and the threat of nuclear Armageddon that ment and border security measures. It making critical decisions for the safety had haunted the world for nearly 50 is going to do nothing but get worse and security of our office team. Simply years was over, but Senator Lugar

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Maybe it will of the Senate Armed Services Com- that his support for Dreamers was one not come to full growth in your life- mittee and a Democrat, Senator Lugar of the reasons he was defeated. time, but if it is good solid stock, it is crafted a bipartisan response, the So- After that election, Dick Lugar de- going to be something that is a legacy viet Threat Reduction Act of 1991, to fended his support for the DREAM Act for generations to come. prevent the huge arsenals, once con- and other decisions that may have hurt Senator Dick Lugar’s contribution to trolled by the Soviet Union, from fall- him in the primary, and he said: Indiana, to America, and to the U.S. ing into the hands of terrorists and ‘‘[Those] were the right votes for our Senate planted many trees that will other murderers. country.’’ He added: ‘‘I stand by them benefit future generations to come. The bill created the CTR Program, without regrets.’’ I yield the floor. the Cooperative Threat Reduction Pro- Dick Lugar was also a cosigner of a I suggest the absence of a quorum. gram, within the Department of De- letter, which I sent to then-President The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. fense, better known as Nunn-Lugar, Barack Obama. When we couldn’t pass ERNST). The clerk will call the roll. and led to the deactivation of more the DREAM Act, Senator Lugar joined The bill clerk proceeded to call the than 7,600 nuclear warheads. Before me in sending a letter to the President, roll. Nunn-Lugar, there were enough nu- asking if there was anything he could Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, clear weapons and materials in the do by Executive order that might give I ask unanimous consent that the order former Soviet Republic to destroy a these young people a chance—just a for the quorum call be rescinded. good portion of the world. Much of chance—to prove themselves and be- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without these armaments of nuclear Armaged- come part of America’s future. Dick objection, it is so ordered. don were housed in ramshackle, de- Lugar and I were the two cosigners of RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER graded facilities watched over by that letter that went to the President. The majority leader is recognized. guards who hadn’t been paid in months It was that letter and the thought be- POWAY SYNAGOGUE SHOOTING and were sometimes drunk on duty. It hind it which led to the creation of Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, was like a fire sale for terrorists and DACA, a program that 790,000 of these on Saturday, on the final day of Pass- madmen. Under Nunn-Lugar, Dick young people signed up for. They paid over, our Nation once again came face Lugar urged America to actually pay their filing fees; they went through to face with the violent hatred of anti- off our old adversary to secure these their criminal background checks; they Semitism—barely 6 months since the nuclear stockpiles, and America and checked all the boxes; and they were murders at the Tree of Life in Pitts- the world were safer as a result. given, under the DACA Program, 2 burgh, and, again, gunfire in a syna- Sadly, today, leaders in both the years to go to school in the United gogue. Again, a place of reverent wor- White House and the Kremlin seem to States and work in the United States ship for our Jewish brothers and sisters be rushing to discard the nuclear arms without fear of deportation. It had to was thrown into deadly chaos—this agreements and rebuild nuclear arse- be renewed every 2 years, but it was time at the Chabad of Poway syna- nals. That is absolutely the last thing Dick Lugar who stuck his neck out to gogue in California. in the world we should see happening. help me with that letter as well. When Three people—the synagogue’s found- We can only hope that the inspiration others just wouldn’t join me, he did ing rabbi, an 8-year old girl, and her and success of Nunn-Lugar will cause and did it willingly. I will never forget uncle visiting from Israel—were in- them to rethink this. The state of our him, and neither should anyone else. jured by gunfire. Lori Kaye, who at- world is perilous enough without re- Our friend Dick Lugar is gone, but he tended the service with her husband igniting a nuclear arms race. left a legacy of courage, decency, civil- and 22-year-old daughter to deliver a I want to make a personal note. I am ity, service, and statesmanship that we prayer of mourning for her own late deeply and personally grateful to Sen- would all do well to emulate and for mother, was killed when she threw her- ator Richard Lugar for agreeing, in which I am personally grateful. Dick self between the rabbi and the shooter. 2010, to be one of the two Republican Lugar was the best of the U.S. Senate Ms. Kaye has been described as ‘‘the cosponsors of the DREAM Act. It is a on a bipartisan basis. This Republican example of kindness to the fullest ex- bill that I introduced many years ago colleague of mine was someone I came tent,’’ and now, in the words of the to give those undocumented young peo- to respect time and again because he rabbi who oversees Chabad of San ple brought here as infants and tod- always put country before politics. Diego County, she has ‘‘lost her life dlers and children a path to legal sta- Loretta and I got to know his wife solely for living as a Jew.’’ tus and citizenship. It is the kind of Char. Char and he were married when According to some reports, that 8- thing that when you ask the American they met in college and became fast year-old girl, in her young life, has al- people whether it is the right thing to friends and built a family around that ready had to flee incoming rocket at- do, they don’t hesitate. Republicans, friendship and their love—a wonderful tacks in Gaza and then, here in Amer- Democrats, Independents—they believe couple, great to be with and to spend ica, has seen her family home sub- these young people should have a many hours together. I extend my con- jected to anti-Semitic graffiti, and now chance to go to school, make America dolences, along with Loretta’s, to Char, she has been shot—shot at her syna- a better place, and not worry about Senator Lugar’s beloved wife of more gogue. their citizenship status. than 60 years; to their sons, Mark, Bob, Here is what she said yesterday: It was always difficult to find Repub- John, David, and their families; and to I never thought that was going to happen licans to join me in this effort, except Senator Lugar’s many friends. to me . . . it’s a safe place; you’re supposed for Dick Lugar. Dick Lugar time and When I think of an internationalist to feel safe. again stepped up and said: I am going hailing from the Midwest who could Well, in an abhorrent way, it may be to do this. America was recovering stand there smack-dab in the middle of fitting that our Nation will spend the from the great recession at that time, this country with all of that flatland week of Yom Hashoah, the Holocaust and anti-immigrant sentiment was al- and look in every direction and see how Remembrance Day observed in Israel ready strong and growing. It was being important the rest of the world was to and worldwide, keenly focused on the exploited, as we see today, almost on a us, I think of Dick Lugar, and I think disturbing rise in anti-Semitism within daily basis. of the contribution he made to the our own borders and around the globe. Standing up for these Dreamers, who State of Indiana and to America and to Recent attacks on Muslims in New were not legal in the United States and the U.S. Senate every day of his public Zealand and Christians in Sri Lanka couldn’t vote in the United States, was service. remind us that religious hatred exists an act of political decency and cour- Most people don’t know that he also in many forms, but, of course, the Jew- age—just what you might expect from had a passion for planting trees. It was ish people have long been subjected to Senator Dick Lugar of Indiana. And 2 one of the things we used to talk a unique degree of disgusting prejudice, years later, after 36 years as a Senator about. He would buy farmland and and it is paired too often with indiffer- and a statesman, Senator Lugar lost plant trees. I think it is a suitable met- ence from others.

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We confirmed a number of the family factory, and it blossomed tion that failed to accurately apologize qualified public servants who still went into something remarkable. for the blatant anti-Semitic tropes in on to receive bipartisan support for For years, he represented one of our which the cartoon trafficked. Fortu- confirmation and did so in a fraction of Nation’s most listened to and most re- nately, the Times has since finally pub- the time it had been taking. spected voices when it came to our role lished what appears to be a genuine So today we will continue yet an- in the world. Whether he happened to apology. other slate of well-qualified candidates be chairman of the Foreign Relations This episode, as one of the New York for service in the executive branch and Committee or ranking member at a Times own columnists explained, ‘‘was on the Federal courts. We will consider given time, the respect for his exper- an astonishing act of ignorance of anti- three individuals to join the Presi- tise was universal. Semitism . . . at a publication that is dent’s team, beginning with William His most famous accomplishments, otherwise hyperalert to nearly every Cooper of Maryland to serve as General for good reason, involved his work on conceivable expression of prejudice.’’ Counsel to the Department of Energy. arms control. The 1991 Nunn-Lugar Co- In other words, even important insti- Then, we will consider five nominees to operative Threats Reduction Program tutions that strive to meet progressive fill Federal district court vacancies in stepped into the breach at a critical sensibilities can often be blind to anti- Texas, Alabama, Florida, Puerto Rico, moment as the Soviet Union was dis- Jewish prejudice and attitudes in a and Pennsylvania. solving. It took action to dismantle way that would never be tolerated for a There is still so much work to be and decommission nuclear weapons be- second where most other vulnerable done. Two years of unprecedented ob- fore they could disappear or fall into groups are concerned. struction can’t be reversed overnight, the wrong hands. Those efforts, which Combined with all the troubling sta- but we have taken some important were expanded after September 11 into tistics I have discussed on the floor in steps in the right direction, and this the Global Threat Reduction Initiative, the past, it could just not be clearer week we will take several more. have neutralized literally thousands of that rising anti-Semitism requires REMEMBERING RICHARD LUGAR warheads, hundreds of missiles, and swift action. Here is just one example. Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, other deadly chemical and biological We know that anti-Semitism often on one final matter, I know many of weapons. Nations which once ranked in masquerades as political opposition to our colleagues were as sad as I was to the global top 10 largest nuclear arse- Israel in an attempt to appear—to ap- learn yesterday that our esteemed nals were certified as nuclear-free. The pear—more legitimate. But today, as former colleague, Senator Dick Lugar, entire world is safer as a result. hate for the Jewish people makes head- had died at the age of 87. These early efforts helped set a new Many Members, past and present, lines with alarming frequency, this tone right from the start of the post- knew Dick Lugar as a senior peer who charade is being seen for what it is, and Cold War era. Dick understood it was always seemed to have the perfect ad- the Senate recently took action to con- time to turn the page on Cold War vice or the exact perspective you need- demn it flat out. Included in the S. 1 competition. America would extend our ed to hear. More recently, others got to legislation the Senate passed earlier hand and seek to work together with know Dick as a wise mentor. He felt a this year was a provision to help State Russia and former Soviet states to personal responsibility to help new- and local governments push back build a safer world. against the influence of the BDS move- comers on both sides of the aisle learn Consistent with Dick’s leadership ment and to enable communities to the ropes and make an impact. and guidance, Republicans and Demo- shut off the flow of taxpayer dollars to As I was reflecting yesterday on crats alike took a deliberately mag- entities that support these anti-Israel Dick’s towering legacy, I found myself nanimous approach. For decades, we boycotters. Unfortunately, Democratic admiring all the ways he was really the sought to work with Moscow, instead leaders in the House have not seen fit consummate U.S. Senator. He was a of against it, to welcome Russia back to take up this straightforward meas- total patriot who put principle first into the community of sovereign na- ure. Even as they have struggled to but also a highly talented politician tions. swiftly and clearly condemn instances and a savvy deal maker. Yet somehow As an aside, the general foreign pol- of anti-Semitism within their own his personal reputation and character icy consensus about Dick’s approach to ranks, they have also let this impor- managed to be even more impressive the former Soviet Union is especially tant provision in S. 1 languish. It is than those achievements. I literally worth remembering today. It dem- still sitting over in the House. don’t think anybody on Capitol Hill The infectious threat of anti-Semi- had a bad word to say about Senator onstrates that Putin’s hostility toward tism is serious. Much more must be Dick Lugar. His intellect, his commit- the West and our interests is not the done the world over to ensure that it ment, his prudence, his kindness, and result of American hostility toward finds no home in modern society. his deliberate focus on mentoring the Russia. The source of this hostility I just want to close with the inspir- next generation of leaders—this man emanates from the Kremlin. ing comments from the rabbi in the was the complete package—a total gen- ‘‘Deliberately magnanimous’’ is real- San Diego Chabad. He said: tleman, thoroughly impressive. ly the Lugar doctrine in a nutshell, In the face of senseless hate, we commit to So a lot of Dick’s legacy lies in all from friendship to foreign policy. live proudly as Jews in this glorious country. the people he mentored and encour- Dick also built a formidable legacy We strongly believe that love is exponen- aged. Here I can testify firsthand. Dick on agriculture and food security as tially more powerful than hate. was running the senatorial committee chairman and ranking member of the NOMINATIONS back in 1984 when I decided to try to Agriculture Committee—everything Madam President, on a totally dif- run for the Senate. As you can imag- from working on the farm bill and ferent matter, when I last spoke here ine, as a local official, I had not ex- fighting for Hoosier families to inter- on the floor, the Senate had taken an actly built a national profile, and I national questions of aid and develop- important step toward restoring the didn’t have a whole lot of people in my ment. sort of comity and efficiency that once corner. But Dick, thankfully, saw some The good news is, on these and other governed our consideration of potential. That was an unusual lapse of subjects, Dick’s legacy did not end uncontroversial nominations. In the judgment, I would add, but he thought with his Senate retirement, and it will face of across-the-board, systematic he saw potential and took a chance on not even end now. The Lugar Center— opposition and delaying tactics for a young Kentuckian. which has thrived under not only his even the most politically Of course, the rest of the world name but his active leadership since uncontroversial of the President’s knows Dick Lugar best for his towering retiring from the Senate—will continue

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MUELLER REPORT sanctity of our elections, and the fu- They have been an inseparable team Madam President, while Congress ture of the Presidency. since their days as coclass presidents was away during the State work pe- In the wake of the Mueller report, I at Denison University. Today that riod, Attorney General Barr released a have been asked a lot, what are Demo- team includes their four sons, Mark, redacted version of Special Counsel crats going to do with the Mueller re- Bob, John, and David, 13 grandchildren, Mueller’s report to Congress and to the port? Well, the real question should be, and 17 great-grandchildren. American people. what are my Republican friends going So we mourn Dick’s passing, but we The report documents, yet again, a to do with it? celebrate this life he lived so well and concerted effort by President Putin to DISASTER RELIEF so fully. Our friend left us at 87 years interfere and influence our elections Madam President, Congress shame- old with the affection and gratitude of and to assist the current President. fully recessed for the State work period his colleagues, with the respect of his Members of the Trump campaign without passing relief for Americans country and leaders around the world, were aware of, and at times amplified, who are affected by natural disasters with the love of his beautiful family, that foreign influence campaign, in- that occurred recently. This needs to and with a world that is measurably cluding President Trump himself, for be a top legislative priority over the safer for his work—a remarkable leg- the likely purpose of winning a Presi- next few weeks. We are already one- acy that suits a remarkable man. dential election. That alone con- third of the way into 2019, and millions I suggest the absence of a quorum. stitutes attacks on our democracy. of Americans are still waiting for us to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Just as alarming was the behavior of provide necessary funding so they can clerk will call the roll. the President and his team concerning recover and rebuild from disasters that The senior assistant legislative clerk Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation happened months ago—in some cases, proceeded to call the roll. itself. Special Counsel Mueller’s report longer than that. Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I documents a persistent effort by the The Democratic position is clear: We ask unanimous consent that the order President to stonewall, thwart, and un- support an ‘‘all of the above’’ approach for the quorum call be rescinded. dermine the legitimacy of the Mueller that provides relief for every American The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without investigation. The report includes no affected by natural disasters—Ameri- objection, it is so ordered. less than 11 instances during which the cans in the Midwest, Americans in the RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER President may have obstructed justice. South, Americans on the West Coast, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The mi- There is no question that the Presi- and, yes, Americans in Puerto Rico. nority leader is recognized. dent engaged in a pattern of intimida- Everyone knows why Senate Repub- tion and interference with the Federal licans have blocked our proposals, and POWAY SYNAGOGUE SHOOTING investigation. Special Counsel Mueller that is because President Trump has Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, explicitly states in his report that if he shown a borderline obsessive hostility before I begin the bulk of my remarks, could have exonerated the President on to the people in Puerto Rico. Unfortu- I want to take a moment to express my the charge of criminal obstruction of nately, my Republican colleagues have heartfelt condolences to the victims of justice, then he would have, but ‘‘evi- followed President Trump’s lead. It has the shooting on Saturday, in Cali- dence about the President’s actions caused us to fail in our responsibility fornia, when a gunman opened fire in a and intent . . . prevent us from conclu- to provide long overdue aid to Ameri- synagogue during services after yelling sively determining that no criminal cans struggling to piece their lives anti-Semitic slurs. His heinous attack conduct occurred.’’ back together after hurricanes, floods, left a 60-year-old woman dead, the Also, it appears that the Justice De- fires and droughts. rabbi wounded, a man and an 8-year-old partment’s policy against the indict- Well, my friends on the other side girl with shrapnel wounds. ment of sitting Presidents played an have had a few weeks to think about it. We have seen so many different important role in the special counsel’s I sincerely hope we can press the reset houses of worship attacked in recent analysis. Now the Congress and the button. We have a legislative proposal weeks. Just 1 week ago on Easter Sun- American people must grapple with introduced by my friend Congress- day, hundreds of Christian Sri Lankans this damning portrait of a President woman LOWEY that takes care of all of were massacred in their churches. who was dishonest, lawless, and regu- these disaster victims, and it is ready What happened at the synagogue in larly abused the powers of his office. to go in the House. California is rooted in the same White The House of Representatives is So as we get back to legislative busi- supremacist hatred and bile that drove going to pursue hearings. The Senate ness this week, I urge my colleagues to attacks against the Tree of Life syna- will hear from Attorney General Barr put politics aside. Let’s do the right gogue in Pittsburgh; mosques in New this week, where he must answer for thing. Let’s tell President Trump that Zealand, and the Mother Emanuel his mischaracterizations of the special his obsessive nastiness to Puerto Rico, Church in Charleston. counsel’s findings, his outrageously unfounded by fact, is not going to pre- We must recommit ourselves today partisan press conference, and, in gen- vent millions of people in the Middle and every day to fighting anti-Semi- eral, his failure to behave with the im- West, the West, and the South from tism and all forms of bigotry in our partiality demanded of the Office of getting the relief they need. Let’s pro- country and around the world. Attorney General. vide disaster relief for every American REMEMBERING RICHARD LUGAR Special Counsel Mueller must testify who needs it. Madam President, I also want to before Congress to further explain the INFRASTRUCTURE share a word on the passing of our findings in his report and provide clar- Madam President, tomorrow morn- friend and former colleague, Dick ity on areas where the Attorney Gen- ing, at the Democrats’ request, the Lugar of Indiana. Dick personified the eral twisted his words, and Congress Speaker and I will meet with President Senate at its best—honest, decent, and must be given access to an unredacted Trump at the White House to discuss with an eye for consensus. He rep- version of the report. Knowing Attor- the glaring need to invest in our Na- resented the kind of thoughtful biparti- ney General Barr’s conduct, we cannot tion’s infrastructure. During the Presi- sanship that is so missing in our poli- trust him to be a clean pair of hands in dential campaign, Candidate Trump tics today. His work on the Foreign Re- all of this. promised a trillion-dollar infrastruc- lations Committee—twice as its lead- So while many on the other side of ture bill. It was one of the few areas er—made the world a safer and fairer the aisle want to move on from these where most Democrats, myself in- place, whether it was combating pro- issues, we simply cannot move on. Con- cluded, believed we could find common

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:05 Apr 30, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G29AP6.011 S29APPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with SENATE April 29, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2477 ground with the President after he was The clerk will call the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without elected. The legislative clerk called the roll. objection, it is so ordered. Unfortunately, it has been over 2 Mr. THUNE. The following Senators The Senator from Tennessee. years. The President hasn’t proposed are necessarily absent: the Senator REMEMBERING RICHARD G LUGAR anything close to a trillion-dollar in- from North Carolina (Mr. BURR), the Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, to vestment and has shown little interest Senator from Louisiana (Mr. KENNEDY), be specific, 51 years ago, the United in pursuing an infrastructure bill in the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Citizens for Nixon-Agnew descended Congress. Senate Democrats, however, PERDUE), and the Senator from Florida upon the city of Indianapolis, IN, a city have put together a trillion-dollar in- (Mr. RUBIO). to which a young man named Richard frastructure investment, a real plan Further, if present and voting, the Lugar had been elected mayor. That that invests Federal dollars not just in Senator from Florida (Mr. RUBIO) was my first opportunity to meet roads, bridges, and highways—as im- would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ former Senator Richard Lugar, who portant as they are, and they are—but Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the died a few days ago. also in schools, housing, electric grids, Senator from Vermont (Mr. LEAHY) is He became Richard Nixon’s favorite rural broadband, and green energy. necessarily absent. mayor. He persuaded the suburban There are several different ways to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there areas around Indianapolis and the city pay for such a bill. For example, by re- any other Senators in the Chamber de- itself to do something almost no city versing only the most egregious give- siring to vote? in America has been able to do—Nash- aways in President Trump’s tax bill— The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 63, ville did it; Miami did it; Louisville did those given to the wealthiest of the nays 32, as follows: it; and Indianapolis did it. It was to wealthy—and raising the corporate tax [Rollcall Vote No. 78 Ex.] have a unified government—to get rid rate a smidge, we could finance the en- YEAS—63 of 60 different municipal governments tirety of a $1 trillion infrastructure Alexander Fischer Murphy and form one. No one was very sur- Barrasso Gardner Paul prised when Richard Lugar was able to bill. Blackburn Graham Portman So, while we look forward to an open Blunt Grassley Risch accomplish something, because he had discussion tomorrow, it is important to Boozman Hassan Roberts been marked from the beginning as remember two things. First, our coun- Braun Hawley Romney being a young man of extraordinary Cantwell Hoeven Rounds try has large infrastructure demands. Capito Hyde-Smith Sasse ability. We need to go big and address roads Carper Inhofe Scott (FL) At Denison, where he went to college, and bridges but also schools, housing, Cassidy Isakson Scott (SC) he became a Rhodes Scholar. He stud- broadband, green energy, and more. Collins Johnson Shaheen ied at Oxford. He became a Navy intel- Coons Jones Shelby Second, we need to remember that Cornyn Kaine Sinema ligence officer. Later on in the six- since the Republicans have handed out Cotton King Sullivan ties—and I have mentioned 1968 as the a mammoth tax break to big corpora- Cramer Lankford Tester year in which we met him for the first Crapo Lee Thune tions and the already wealthy, it would Cruz Manchin Tillis time—as mayor, he was able to deal be extraordinarily unfair to ask the Daines McConnell Toomey not only with the unification of Indian- middle class to shoulder the cost of an Enzi McSally Warner apolis but with the difficult racial infrastructure bill. The Tax Code Ernst Moran Wicker times that occurred all over America Feinstein Murkowski Young shouldn’t be made any more regressive during the late 1960s. than it is now in order to pay for an in- NAYS—32 Nobody was surprised when he ran for frastructure bill. Baldwin Harris Sanders the U.S. Senate in 1974. He was de- Bennet Heinrich Schatz feated in the Watergate sweep that We look forward to our discussion to- Blumenthal Hirono Schumer wiped out a large number of promising morrow, and, hopefully, the President Booker Klobuchar Smith will have an open mind. Brown Markey Stabenow young candidates, which I had a little I yield the floor. Cardin Menendez Udall personal experience with in Tennessee. Casey Merkley f Van Hollen Yet no one was surprised when he came Cortez Masto Murray Warren Duckworth Peters back in 1976 and won. Whitehouse CLOTURE MOTION Durbin Reed As soon as he was elected, he orga- Wyden The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Gillibrand Rosen nized the other Republican Senators BOOZMAN). Pursuant to rule XXII, the NOT VOTING—5 who had been elected that year to vote Chair lays before the Senate the pend- Burr Leahy Rubio for Howard Baker, Jr., for the Repub- ing cloture motion, which the clerk Kennedy Perdue lican leader of the Senate in January will state. The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this 1977. Senator Baker won that race by The legislative clerk read as follows: vote, the yeas are 63, the nays are 32. one vote. You can imagine that Sen- CLOTURE MOTION The motion is agreed to. ator Baker had a very high opinion of We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- f Senator Richard Lugar, and they be- ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the came close friends. Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby EXECUTIVE CALENDAR I first really worked with him in 1980 move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The when I was the Governor of Tennessee. nation of William Cooper, of Maryland, to be clerk will report the nomination. Senator Baker wanted to run for Presi- General Counsel of the Department of En- The senior assistant legislative clerk dent, so he summoned to Nashville, to ergy. read the nomination of William Coo- meet in my office, Senator Lugar and Mitch McConnell, David Perdue, Shelley per, of Maryland, to be General Counsel Moore Capito, John Barrasso, Mike his young aide, Mitch Daniels—later, Crapo, Richard C. Shelby, Mike of the Department of Energy. the Governor of Indiana and now the Rounds, John Cornyn, Roger F. Wicker, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- president of Purdue University—as well Pat Roberts, John Thune, John jority leader. as Warren Rudman, the Senator from Hoeven, Roy Blunt, Marco Rubio, Tim ORDER OF BUSINESS New Hampshire, and his young aide, Scott, Kevin Cramer. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Tom Rath. I admired Dick Lugar then, The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- ask unanimous consent that notwith- and I admired him throughout the rest imous consent, the mandatory quorum standing rule XXII, the postcloture of his career. It was a privilege to serve call has been waived. time on the William Cooper nomina- with him on the Foreign Relations The question is, Is it the sense of the tion expire at 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Committee while he was the chairman Senate that debate on the nomination April 30; further, that if the nomina- of it when I was elected to the U.S. of William Cooper, of Maryland, to be tion is confirmed, the motion to recon- Senate. General Counsel of the Department of sider be considered made and laid upon I noticed that unlike all of us Sen- Energy shall be brought to a close? the table and that the President be im- ators, when Richard Lugar had some- The yeas and nays are mandatory mediately notified of the Senate’s ac- thing to say, he had something to say, under the rule. tion. so people actually listened to him. We

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See, the edi- ris, one of the tobacco giants—Big To- some Mississippi food last week before tor knew he was a conservative. The bacco—that poisons our children. Four the recess. We will go around the room editor may have been a conservative. I hundred eighty thousand people die in the order in which we have come in, don’t know. That is not the point. The every year from tobacco in this coun- and everyone will stand up and say point is it was filled with factual er- try—480,000 people. You know what something. Well, we all say something, rors, and the editor said: Those kinds that means? It means Philip Morris has but what was different about Richard of factual errors are just unacceptable. to find 1,300 new customers every day Lugar was, during those Thursday We are finished with him—not that the just to make up for the people tobacco lunches, he actually had something to editor doesn’t agree with certain view- has killed. say. He was intelligent and thoughtful. points, but she just said: We are not So the Heartland Institute is funded He studied. He was never flamboyant. running him anymore because he by ExxonMobil; it is funded by Philip He was not into symbolic votes. He doesn’t tell the truth. Morris; it is funded by the Koch broth- dominated Indiana politics for 36 years, We have him on videotape showing ers—or at least we used to know they and he had the respect of virtually any- breathtaking contempt for people in were funded by these groups. one whom he ever met. the middle of the country, from places Today, unfortunately, they don’t dis- close who their individual donors are, Not many Senators in our history like Arkansas and Kentucky and Ten- which is pretty shocking. The Heart- have the opportunity to do what he did nessee and my State of Ohio. Here is land Institute didn’t want people in the with former Senator Nunn and the what Mr. Moore said, and it is on tape actual heartland to realize they are Nunn-Lugar law, which was to basi- and many people have seen it: nothing but a corporate front—a cor- cally dismantle thousands of nuclear If you want to live in the Midwest, where porate, special interest-funded front. weapons—take out the explosive parts else do you want to live besides Chicago? You don’t want to live in Cincinnati— What have they done with those do- of them and render them useless as in- nations? Well, you can expect them to The home of Senator PORTMAN— struments of war for the future. He do the bidding of ExxonMobil; you can or Cleveland. continued to work for a safe world and expect them to do the bidding of Philip played a major role in the New START My home. He said: Morris; you can expect them to do the treaty in 2010. You don’t want to live in Cincinnati or bidding of the Koch brothers, and those There will be many memorials and Cleveland or these armpits of America. interest groups have certainly gotten many speeches and many compliments That is what he said. their money’s worth. paid to Senator Lugar. President President Trump is showing his dis- The Heartland Institute has pushed Obama awarded him the Presidential regard for Cincinnati and Cleveland junk science on behalf of tobacco com- Medal of Freedom—the highest civilian and Kentucky and Arkansas and Ten- panies to try to block and stop and honor in our country. I will remember nessee and the middle of the country neuter anti-smoking public health him for his quiet, unassuming, highly by nominating someone who is so out laws. intelligent, thoughtful style of leader- of touch and has such contempt for the As recently as the late 1990s, their ship. The world is better and safer be- middle of this country. ‘‘The armpits of president wrote an op-ed. I mean, this cause of Richard Lugar’s life in public America’’ is what he called two of my isn’t really funny at all. I don’t know service. He was always a gentleman, al- State’s great cities. why I laughed, but it is so ridiculous. ways principled. He was a model for Make no mistake, he wasn’t just in- The president of that group wrote an what all of us should hope for in our sulting Cleveland and Cincinnati; he op-ed claiming that moderate smok- public officials. He was a good friend was insulting Little Rock; he was in- ing—moderate smoking—doesn’t raise for many years. sulting Nashville; he was insulting peo- your risk of lung cancer. You know, I and Honey, my wife, and our family ple who get up every day and work getting those 15-years-olds to start send our sympathy and our respect for hard. He was dismissing millions of smoking only a little bit, I guess that the life of Richard Lugar to Char and Americans. He was undermining the is OK because that doesn’t increase his family. dignity of work by dismissing them, their chance of lung cancer. That is I yield the floor. people who have been ignored by Wash- their notable achievement. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ington and have been preyed upon by So, of course, we shouldn’t be sur- ator from Ohio. Wall Street. prised that the men in the room—and Across the industrial heartland, tens it was almost all men. You could tell NOMINATION OF STEPHEN MOORE of millions of Americans raise families; from the video and the audio that the Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, over the they serve in our military; they power men in the room, when Mr. Moore past few weeks, we have learned more our companies; they contribute to our talked about my city, Cleveland, Sen- and more about the President’s pick, country. ator PORTMAN’s city, Cincinnati, Stephen Moore, for the Federal Re- Mr. Moore, how dare you demean talked about them being armpits of the serve. them and diminish them with those Nation, the men in the room howled We now know he has made all kinds kinds of comments? How dare you in- with laughter because look who comes of offensive, disparaging comments sult them and their hometowns? to the Heartland Institute. It is a about women, even about women who You can’t fight for these Americans bunch of lobbyists, a bunch of drug play sports. He has even questioned when you don’t know the first thing company people, a bunch of oil com- women who are in broadcast booths. about the places they live. You don’t pany men, a bunch of tobacco men, a We know he is against child labor laws. understand that all work has dignity. bunch of gun lobby people. All these He thinks we should have 11-year-olds You don’t understand the dignity of people who come to the Heartland In- working. He has said that he wants work. You don’t understand honoring stitute, of course, they were laughing people to start working at 11, at 12. He and respecting work. at those people in the industrial Mid- has said he is a radical in this. It is particularly ironic where Mr. west, in Cleveland, in Mansfield, in To- Think about this. The President is Moore made these comments. He was ledo, in Zanesville, and all over our about to nominate for the Federal Re- speaking at an event sponsored by a country. That is what these phony, serve a gentleman who says he is an think tank called the Heartland Insti- rightwing, tobacco-funded think tanks economist but who really isn’t. He tute, located, I believe, in Chicago. Can really think of America’s heartland. didn’t get his degree and didn’t get a you believe that? President Trump likes to pretend he Ph.D. in economics, as Federal Reserve Take a look at who is really behind cares about people in places like Cin- people often do. Yet put that aside. this group, the Heartland group. I cinnati and Cleveland. He likes to

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Whether you off coupon to send their jobs overseas. elites, whether they are on Wall Street, punch a clock or swipe a badge, wheth- Here is how it works. If you are pro- whether they are in Trump Tower, er you work on a salary, whether you ducing in Dayton, OH, you are paying a whether they are at the White House, work for tips, whether you are raising 21-percent corporate tax rate. If you where the White House looks like a re- children, whether you are taking care move your production to Mexico, you treat for Wall Street executives, of an aging parent, it comes down to pay 10.5 percent. So the President of whether these conservative elites are honoring and respecting work—some- the United States, in the tax bill a year going in and out of the office doors of thing apparently Stephen Moore and and a half ago that passed this Con- the Senate majority leader with their his far-right elitist crowd know noth- gress—the President of the United requests for tax cuts in hand, these are ing about. States essentially gave a 50-percent-off people who have contempt for the peo- The last thing we need is another coupon to American companies on ple they are supposed to serve. conservative elitist looking down his their taxes. So if you move overseas, Stephen Moore says he doesn’t want nose at American workers, at Ohio we will give you 50 percent off. It is to be judged on all the extreme and of- workers, at workers in Arkansas, at part of the President’s phony populism. fensive articles he has written; he workers all across this country. Call yourself a populist, but if you are wants to be judged by his economic FALCON TRANSPORT LAYOFFS a populist, you are never racist, you record. Mr. President, last month, GM laid are never anti-Semitic, you don’t give So let’s do that. Let’s look at his eco- off thousands of workers in Lordstown, tax cuts to rich people and then stick nomic record. It is just as bad. It is in OH, and around the country. it to the middle class. That is what has line with views of all these rightwing Lordstown is a community near happened over and over again—a be- elites. It stems directly from contempt Youngstown and Warren in Northeast trayal. for ordinary people. You see it in their Ohio. I am calling on the President—maybe policies: Make it easier for Wall Street Many of us warned the President that he should try keeping his promises, to pay these huge—$1 million, $2 mil- if he let this happen, the layoffs maybe he should actually fight for lion, $5 million, $10 million—bonuses wouldn’t stop with GM. Those job autoworkers, maybe he should actually that Wall Street elites get, so often at losses would work their way up and stand up and support workers up and down the auto supply chain for a the expense of workers. down the entire supply chain—the peo- I was at my high school reunion in ple who stamp the metal, the people change. End the tax cut for corpora- Mansfield, OH, some time ago. I sat who make the components, the people tions that—again, they shut down an across the table from a woman who had who make all kinds of products that American plant; they move overseas; worked at one of America’s largest only go into the production of a car, they get a 50-percent-off coupon on banks. When I grew up and I used to the assembly of a car—but the Presi- their taxes. If you love your country, you fight put my family farm paycheck into this dent did nothing other than rub salt in for the people who make it work. bank, it was called Farmers Bank in workers’ wounds by boasting about TRIBUTE TO WALT STINE those days. It has been bought and sold imaginary new factories coming to Ohio that were supposedly going to Mr. President, a piece of good news. I and bought by other bigger banks. The open. want to talk about Walt Stine from point is, she had worked as a teller in Now, this weekend, we found out that Hartville, OH, an Ohio veteran. this bank for 30 years. She was making the additional layoffs we feared are His story is a reminder of the caring $30,000 a year. Yet Wall Street con- starting to happen. and fundamental decency of the people tinues giving million-dollar bonuses, Falcon Transport was part of the of my State. It is a reminder of our massive tax cuts for corporations, for auto supply chain in the Mahoning country’s veterans’ comradery and billionaires and pennies for working Valley, transporting parts for GM dedication to each other—veterans families. Lordstown. This weekend, with no no- from Arkansas, veterans from Ohio, all Look at what happened in Kansas, tice, they closed their doors, leaving over this country. where Stephen Moore was banned from 500 Ohioans out of a job. Two decades ago, Mr. Stine’s friend writing in the newspaper because he They didn’t just close their door; found a Purple Heart at a flea market. lied so much. He helped design the tax workers found out about this with an He bought it, and he gave it to Walt cut boondoggle that bankrupted the email, I believe, the night before or Stine, hoping his friend, a World War II State. It was the plan that eliminated early Monday morning in their inboxes veteran, would know how to return it taxes entirely for LLCs and pass- or people saw posts on social media to its rightful owner. through corporations. The people who telling them not to show up for work Mr. Stine then set out on a quest— paid the price were millions of ordi- the next day. Some drivers were left this was long before the internet, mak- nary Kansans. There was no money for stuck all around the country when ing it much harder—to return the Pur- teachers. There was no money for they found out. ple Heart to the stranger who had healthcare. There was no money for Workers in my State everywhere de- earned it, who had received it decades higher ed. serve better than an email letting earlier during the Vietnam war. When Republicans in the State fi- them know their livelihood has been Mr. Stine said of the Purple Heart: nally rebelled and repealed that Ste- taken away. The entire community of It means a lot to me. They don’t pass them phen Moore far-right tax plan, Kansas Lordstown and Trumbull County and out in Cracker Jack boxes . . . you really had fallen behind the rest of the coun- Mahoning County deserve better than a have to earn ‘em. And I know he earned his, try. They were actually losing jobs in President who breaks his promises. and I want to get it back to him or his fam- Kansas, a once prosperous State, while Remember, President Trump came to ily. almost every other State was adding Mahoning Valley many times during Mr. Stine and his wife, Sandy, tried them. the campaign, but he came there since and tried. They wrote letters. They One advocate in Kansas who saw his the election as the President of the made phone calls. They couldn’t find work up close said: ‘‘I wouldn’t let Ste- United States, and he said: Don’t move. the veteran. The veteran, he said, was phen Moore within 100 yards of my en- Don’t sell your house. We are going to named Cox Bartelmay. emy’s piggy bank, let alone put him on fill up those factories or we are going Finally, they realized there was a the Federal Reserve.’’ to rip them down and build new ones. typo in the letter awarding the Purple So why on Earth would we want to Don’t move. Don’t sell your house. We Heart. The veteran’s name was actu- hire that guy to help run our national are going to fill up those factories or ally Coy Bartelmay, but the print said economy? It is pretty clear that cre- rip them down and build new ones. Cox Bartelmay, C-o-x.

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Jeffrey L Harrigian awarded the Purple Heart that Mr. tocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of The following named officer for appoint- Stine’s friend found buried in one of 1949 on the Accession of Poland, Hun- ment in the United States Air Force to the the booths at the flea market. gary, and the Czech Republic of April grade indicated while assigned to a position Tragically, Mr. Bartelmay was killed 30, 1998, North Macedonia is a steadfast of importance and responsibility under title in a car crash after returning home security partner of the United States, 10, U.S.C., section 601: from the war, but his family still lives and its NATO membership will directly To be general in Illinois. benefit United States strategic inter- Gen. Tod D. Wolters Because of Mr. Stine’s dedication, ests and the NATO Alliance. The following named officers for appoint- that Purple Heart is now on its way I ask that the Senate provide its ad- ment in the United States Air Force to the back to the recipient’s family, the fam- vice and consent, and my Administra- grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 624: ily of the gentleman who fought for tion stands ready to brief and assist To be major general this country and earned that Purple you in your deliberations. Brig. Gen. Christopher P. Azzano Heart in Vietnam. DONALD J. TRUMP. Brig. Gen. Kenneth T. Bibb, Jr. THE WHITE HOUSE, April 29, 2019. I want to thank Rob Powers with Brig. Gen. Angela M. Cadwell WEWS in Cleveland for telling this f Brig. Gen. Sean M. Farrell story. It is the kind of work that local EXECUTIVE CALENDAR Brig. Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich journalists do every day to celebrate Brig. Gen. Michael A. Guetlein what people do in our communities. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Brig. Gen. Timothy D. Haugh I want to thank Mr. Bartelmay’s ask unanimous consent that the Sen- Brig. Gen. Eric T. Hill family for his service and, of course, ate proceed to the consideration of Ex- Brig. Gen. David R. Iverson thank you to Walt Stine for his dedica- ecutive Calendar Nos. 207, 208, 210 Brig. Gen. Lance K. Landrum through 213, and all nominations Brig. Gen. Jeannie M. Leavitt tion to our country, for his service to Brig. Gen. Michael J. Lutton our country, and to your fellow vet- placed on the Secretary’s desk; that the nominations be confirmed; that the Brig. Gen. Corey J. Martin erans. Brig. Gen. Tom D. Miller I yield the floor. motions to reconsider be considered Brig. Gen. Richard G. Moore, Jr. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. made and laid upon the table with no Brig. Gen. Aaron M. Prupas DAINES). The majority leader. intervening action or debate; that no Brig. Gen. Bradley C. Saltzman further motions be in order; that any Brig. Gen. Michael J. Schmidt f statements related to the nominations Brig. Gen. William A. Spangenthal REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SE- be printed in the RECORD; and that the Brig. Gen. David H. Tabor CRECY—TREATY DOCUMENT NO. President be immediately notified of Brig. Gen. Andrea D. Tullos the Senate’s action and the Senate Brig. Gen. John T. Wilcox, II 116–1 Brig. Gen. Craig D. Wills then resume legislative session. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without NOMINATIONS PLACED ON THE SECRETARY’S ask unanimous consent that the in- DESK objection, it is so ordered. junction of secrecy be removed from IN THE AIR FORCE the following treaty transmitted to the The nominations considered and con- firmed are as follows: PN424 AIR FORCE nominations (13) begin- Senate on April 29, 2019, by the Presi- ning JEREMIAH L. BLACKBURN, and end- dent of the United States: Protocol to IN THE MARINE CORPS ing THOMAS A. WEBB, which nominations the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on The following named officers for appoint- were received by the Senate and appeared in the Accession of the Republic of North ment in the United States Marine Corps to the Congressional Record of February 25, Macedonia (Treaty Document No. 116– the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., 2019. section 624: PN529 AIR FORCE nominations (2) begin- 1). ning LA TANYA D. AUSTIN, and ending To be major general I further ask that the treaty be con- LUIS E. MILLAN, which nominations were sidered as having been read the first Brig. Gen. Julian D. Alford received by the Senate and appeared in the time; that it be referred, with accom- Brig. Gen. Michael S. Cederholm Congressional Record of March 26, 2019. panying papers, to the Committee on Brig. Gen. Dennis A. Crall PN530 AIR FORCE nominations (2) begin- Brig. Gen. Karsten S. Heckl ning MICHAEL T. CHARLTON, and ending Foreign Relations and ordered to be Brig. Gen. William M. Jurney printed; and that the President’s mes- ROBERT T. UNGERMAN, III, which nomina- Brig. Gen. Tracy W. King tions were received by the Senate and ap- sage be printed in the RECORD. Brig. Gen. Christopher J. Mahoney peared in the Congressional Record of March The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Brig. Gen. Gregory L. Masiello 26, 2019. objection, it is so ordered. Brig. Gen. Stephen M. Neary PN531 AIR FORCE nominations (2) begin- The message of the President is as Brig. Gen. Paul J. Rock, Jr. ning ELISSA R. BALLAS, and ending MAT- follows: Brig. Gen. Joseph F. Shrader THEW W. BOOTH, which nominations were Brig. Gen. Stephen D. Sklenka received by the Senate and appeared in the To the Senate of the United States: IN THE ARMY Congressional Record of March 26, 2019. I transmit herewith, for the advice The following named officer for appoint- PN532 AIR FORCE nomination of Brian C. and consent of the Senate to its ratifi- ment in the United States Army to the grade Bane, which was received by the Senate and cation, the Protocol to the North At- indicated while assigned to a position of im- appeared in the Congressional Record of lantic Treaty on the Accession of the portance and responsibility under title 10, March 26, 2019. U.S.C., section 601: PN554 AIR FORCE nomination of Ben- Republic of North Macedonia (the jamin D. Ramos, which was received by the ‘‘Protocol’’). The Protocol was signed To be general Senate and appeared in the Congressional in Brussels on February 6, 2019, on be- Gen. Stephen J. Townsend Record of April 1, 2019. half of the United States and the other IN THE NAVY PN555 AIR FORCE nomination of Chris- Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty. The following named officer for appoint- topher D. Black, which was received by the Also transmitted for the information of ment in the United States Navy to the grade Senate and appeared in the Congressional the Senate is an overview of the Pro- indicated while assigned to a position of im- Record of April 1, 2019, tocol by the Department of State. Full portance and responsibility under title 10, IN THE ARMY ratification of the Protocol will allow U.S.C., section 601: PN400 ARMY nomination of Jason A. North Macedonia to become a Party to To be vice admiral Anthes, which was received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of the North Atlantic Treaty and a mem- Rear Adm. James W. Kilby February 12, 2019. ber of the North Atlantic Treaty Orga- IN THE AIR FORCE PN535 ARMY nomination of Robin N. nization (NATO). The following named officer for appoint- Scott, which was received by the Senate and As further explained in the report on ment in the United States Air Force to the appeared in the Congressional Record of the accession of North Macedonia to grade indicated while assigned to a position March 26, 2019.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:37 Apr 30, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G29AP6.023 S29APPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with SENATE April 29, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2481 PN536 ARMY nomination of Matthew R. requires that Congress receive prior no- (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: Thom, which was received by the Senate and tification of certain proposed arms April 15, 2019. appeared in the Congressional Record of sales as defined by that statute. Upon * As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act. March 26, 2019. such notification, the Congress has 30 PN537 ARMY nomination of David M. Pow- POLICY JUSTIFICATION ell, which was received by the Senate and ap- calendar days during which the sale may be reviewed. The provision stipu- Taipei Economic and Cultural Representa- peared in the Congressional Record of March tive Office in the United States (TECRO)— 26, 2019. lates that, in the Senate, the notifica- CONUS Based F–16 Training PN538 ARMY nomination of Ford M. tion of proposed sales shall be sent to TECRO has requested a possible sale for Lannan, which was received by the Senate the chairman of the Senate Foreign the continuation of a pilot training program and appeared in the Congressional Record of Relations Committee. and maintenance/logistics support for F–16 March 26, 2019. In keeping with the committee’s in- PN539 ARMY nomination of Luke A. Ran- aircraft currently at Luke Air Force Base, dall, which was received by the Senate and tention to see that relevant informa- Arizona, to include flight training; participa- appeared in the Congressional Record of tion is available to the full Senate, I tion in U.S. Government approved training March 26, 2019. ask unanimous consent to have printed exercises; inert/dummy training munitions; PN540 ARMY nomination of Mark M. Kuba, in the RECORD the notifications which supply and maintenance support; spares and which was received by the Senate and ap- have been received. If the cover letter repair parts; support equipment; U.S. Gov- peared in the Congressional Record of March ernment program management; publications; references a classified annex, then such documentation; personnel training and 26, 2019. annex is available to all Senators in PN541 ARMY nomination of Rhana S. training equipment; fuel and fueling serv- Kurdi, which was received by the Senate and the office of the Foreign Relations ices; U.S. Government and contractor engi- appeared in the Congressional Record of Committee, room SD–423. neering, technical, and logistics support March 26, 2019. There being no objection, the mate- services; and other related elements of pro- PN542 ARMY nomination of Michael D. rial was ordered to be printed in the gram and logistical support necessary to sus- Norton, which was received by the Senate RECORD, as follows: tain a long-term CONUS training program. The total estimated program cost is $500 mil- and appeared in the Congressional Record of DEFENSE SECURITY March 26, 2019. lion. COOPERATION AGENCY, This proposed sale is consistent with U.S. PN543 ARMY nomination of Jason A. Arlington, VA. Byers, which was received by the Senate and law and policy as expressed in Public Law 96– Hon. JAMES E. RISCH, appeared in the Congressional Record of 8. Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations, This proposed sale will support the foreign March 26, 2019. U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. PN544 ARMY nomination of Nathaniel C. policy and national security of the United DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Pursuant to the re- States by helping to improve the security Curley, which was received by the Senate porting requirements of Section 36(b)(1) of and appeared in the Congressional Record of and defensive capability of the recipient, the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, which has been and continues to be an im- March 26, 2019. we are forwarding herewith Transmittal No. PN545 ARMY nomination of Sewhan Kim, portant force for political stability, military 19–11 concerning the Air Force’s proposed balance, and economic progress in the re- which was received by the Senate and ap- Letter(s) of Offer and Acceptance to the Tai- peared in the Congressional Record of March gion. pei Economic and Cultural Representative The recipient and the United States Air 26, 2019. Office in the United States (TECRO) for de- PN546 ARMY nomination of Early Howard, Force (USAF) will have the opportunity to fense articles and services estimated to cost Jr., which was received by the Senate and fly together, which will support disaster re- $500 million. After this letter is delivered to appeared in the Congressional Record of lief missions, non-combatant evacuation op- your office, we plan to issue a news release March 26, 2019. erations, and other contingency situations. to notify the public of this proposed sale. PN547 ARMY nomination of Isaac L. Hen- These services and equipment are used in the Sincerely, derson, which was received by the Senate continuing pilot training program currently CHARLES W. HOOPER, and appeared in the Congressional Record of at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. This pro- March 26, 2019. Lieutenant General, USA, Director. gram enables the recipient to develop mis- Enclosures. PN556 ARMY nomination of James A. sion ready and experienced pilots through Broadie, which was received by the Senate TRANSMITTAL NO. 19–11 CONUS training. The training provides a and appeared in the Congressional Record of Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of ‘‘capstone’’ course that takes experienced pi- April 1, 2019. Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the lots and significantly improves their tactical PN557 ARMY nomination of Brandon E. Arms Export Control Act, as amended proficiency. Training is a key component of Resor, which was received by the Senate and (i) Prospective Purchaser: Taipei Economic combat effectiveness. appeared in the Congressional Record of and Cultural Representative Office in the The proposed sale of this equipment and April 1, 2019. United States (TECRO). support will not alter the basic military bal- IN THE NAVY (ii) Total Estimated Value: ance in the region. Major Defense Equipment * $0 million. The prime contractors will be URS Federal PN548 NAVY nominations (3) beginning Other $500 million. Services, Inc., Germantown, MD and L3, SHAWN D. TRULOVE, and ending DENA R. Total $500 million. Greenville, Texas. At this time, there are no BOYD, which nominations were received by (iii) Description and Quantity or Quan- known offset agreements proposed in connec- the Senate and appeared in the Congres- tities of Articles or Services under Consider- tion with this potential sale. sional Record of March 26, 2019. ation for Purchase: Implementation of this proposed sale will PN551 NAVY nomination of Charles E. Jen- Major Defense Equipment (MDE): None. not require the assignment of any additional kins, IV, which was received by the Senate Non-MDE: Continuation of a pilot training U.S. Government or contractor representa- and appeared in the Congressional Record of program and maintenance/logistics support tives to the recipient. The USAF will provide March 26, 2019. for F–16 aircraft currently at Luke Air Force instruction, flight operations, maintenance f Base, Arizona, to include flight training; par- support and facilities. Approximately 100 ticipation in U.S. Government approved LEGISLATIVE SESSION U.S. contractors will provide aircraft main- training exercises; inert/dummy training tenance and logistics support for the F–16 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- munitions; supply and maintenance support; aircraft. ate will now resume legislative session. spares and repair parts; support equipment; There will be no adverse impact on U.S. de- U.S. Government program management; pub- f fense readiness as a result of this proposed lications; documentation; personnel training sale. MORNING BUSINESS and training equipment; fuel and fueling services; U.S. Government and contractor f Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I engineering, technical, and logistics support TRIBUTE TO ST. LOUIS WORLD ask unanimous consent that the Sen- services; and other related elements of pro- WAR II VETERANS ate be in a period of morning business, gram and logistical support necessary to sus- with Senators permitted to speak tain a long term CONUS training program. Mr. HAWLEY. Mr. President, today I therein for up to 10 minutes each. (iv) Military Department: Air Force (TW– wish to commemorate three extraor- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without D–NHF). dinary World War II veterans from St. objection, it is so ordered. (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: TW–D– Louis who were recently awarded the NHA, TW–D–NHC, TW–D–NHD, TW–D–NHE. f French Legion of Honour. Established (vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, Of- by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802, the Le- ARMS SALES NOTIFICATION fered, or Agreed to be Paid: None. (vii) Sensitivity of Technology Contained gion of Honour is the highest civilian Mr. RISCH. Mr. President, section in the Defense Article or Defense Services honor awarded by the government of 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act Proposed to be Sold: None. France.

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I could always their Ardennes Offensive, Sergeant When he was 24, Eugene Harmack count on Julianna to be everywhere Sines was already back with the 317th fought in one of the deadliest battles in serving our constituents in western Infantry. His regiment continued to American history, the Battle of the Maryland. Whether it was representing move toward the southeast lines of Bulge. During the battle, Harmack se- me at Fort Detrick in Frederick Coun- Bastonge, where fighting would con- cured a vehicle trapped behind enemy ty or crossing over the western Mary- tinue for several months. While on the lines and used its radio to restore vital land ‘‘Alps’’ to Garrett County, streets of Bastonge, Sergeant Sines communications for the American Julianna performed her duties with happened to run into his brother, Jun- forces that defeated the last major dedication, diligence, and profes- ior Sines, proving how small the world Nazi offensive. sionalism. I don’t think there is a is that we West Virginians enjoy. In 1944, Glenn Harrison was a 23-year- firehall, a family business, or a non- Sergeant Sines and the 80th Division, old B–17 bomber pilot who had flown 17 profit organization that hasn’t met 317th Infantry would go on to capture bombing missions against the Nazis. Julianna or hasn’t had a Senate cita- the cities of Kassel, Erfurt, Wierman, On one mission, Harrison and his crew tion presented on my behalf by Jena, and Gera. It was during the fight- were shot down on the way to Munich, Julianna. Fittingly, Julianna was rec- ing between Kassel and Erfurt that Germany. Following the crash, Har- ognized for her accomplishments re- Sergeant Sines would receive a bronze rison was captured and forced to march cently when she was named a Woman medal for his heroic and meritorious 300 miles to a Nazi prisoner-of-war of Achievement by the Hagerstown service on the battlefield. By the end of camp, where he was held from June Business and Professional Women. the war, the Blue Ridge Division cap- 1944 to January 1945. We wish Julianna well as she turns tured over 200,000 enemy soldiers and At the age of 19, Alfred Villagran was the page into a new chapter of her life, endured 289 days of combat, fighting a gunner and radio operator on a B–17 which will enable her to spend well-de- courageously in places such as Ardennes, Luxembourg, and Argentan Bomber. On one mission, Villagran’s served time with her beloved children: to name a few. plane was shot and lost two of its four Vincent, a police officer in Boulder engines. As the plane flew back to Eng- I hold stories like that of Sergeant City, NV; Kay, who worked for the Na- Russell Herman Sines close to my land, Villagran and his crew came tional Association of Secretaries of heart, as my father, Governor Arch under fire again and lost the third en- State; Marc, a first class deputy for the Moore, also fought in World War II. As gine. With only one functional engine, Washington County, MD, sheriff’s de- Americans, we have a duty to honor the crew safely landed thanks to the partment; and Nikole, who works at and remember the collective sacrifice Allied fighter planes that provided the U.S. Treasury Department. Most of all the men and women of the Great- cover. importantly, she will have more time est Generation. Because of their serv- As we approach the 75th anniversary to dote on her eight grandchildren: ice, America has continued to prosper of D-Day, I wish to thank these Amer- William, Dillon, Carter, Wyatt, Julia, and flourish, serving as a pillar of hope ican heroes for their service and brav- Dalton, Claire, and Vivien. and freedom for people across the ery. As a nation, we are forever grate- I ask my colleagues to join me in ex- world. ful for their sacrifices. pressing our deepest gratitude to West Virginians understand the im- f Julianna Albowicz for all that she has portance of community, patriotism, TRIBUTE TO JULIANNA ALBOWICZ done for the residents of Maryland and and liberty. These values are alive in the U.S. Senate and in wishing her well the Appalachian foothills due to the Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. President, in the years to come. service of brave men and woman like today we say farewell to a member of f Sergeant Russell Herman Sines. Again, our Senate family: Julianna Albowicz. I thank Sergeant Sines for his duty to For more than 20 years, Julianna has ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS his country, and it is an honor to call served the U.S. Senate and the resi- him a fellow West Virginian.∑ dents of Maryland. Julianna started her career in the TRIBUTE TO SERGEANT RUSSELL f U.S. Senate working for my friend, HERMAN SINES TRIBUTE TO JO LAUGHLIN AND Senator Barbara Mikulski. After her ∑ Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. President, I rise DORIS MCCORKINDALE retirement, Senator Mikulski let me today to honor Sergeant Russell Her- ∑ Mr. DAINES. Mr. President, this know that Julianna was the ‘‘real man Sines of Goshen, WV. Sergeant week I have the honor of recognizing deal’’ in western Maryland and that Sines bravely served in the 80th Divi- Jo Laughlin and Doris McCorkindale Julianna knew everyone and everyone sion, 317th Infantry of the United for their impact on Fergus County and knew Julianna. Senator Mikulski was States Army from 1942 to 1945, during surrounding areas. right. I was delighted that Julianna the height of American intervention in Jo and Doris serve their local com- signed on as my western Maryland re- World War II. Known as the Blue Ridge munity as volunteers at the Central gional director after my election to the Division, Sergeant Sines and his com- Montana Community Cupboard. Folks U.S. Senate in 2016. rades from Pennsylvania, Maryland, all over the community are grateful for Julianna started her Federal service Virginia, and our home State of West the joy and light Jo and Doris bring to in 1965 as a supply clerk at the U.S. Virginia were ordered into action on the families they serve. They have set Naval Station in Keflavik, Iceland, July 15, 1942, and eventually set sail for a great example for all Montanans with where her husband Bill was stationed. Europe on Independence Day of 1944. their time and dedication as volun- When she returned stateside, she The 80th Division fought valiantly on teers. worked at the National Naval Medical the Allied front, first landing on Utah For over 20 years, Jo has tirelessly Center in Bethesda, MD, as a pur- Beach in Normandy and then quickly served in various capacities at the Cup- chasing agent until 1970. moving to Saint-Jores, France. Later board, as both a board member and vol- Julianna and her husband owned and that fall, the 317th Infantry was forced unteer. Her lighthearted attitude and operated Hoff, Inc., a family retail to cross the Moselle River to Pont-a´ - selfless nature brings joy to the people business, for 31 years in the town of Mousson in the face of heavy Axis op- she serves. At 89 years old, Jo con- Clear Spring, MD, while serving in var- position. During the ensuing battle at tinues to serve as head volunteer, co- ious elective offices for the town, first Mousson, Sergeant Sines was wounded ordinating all food orders and over- as councilwoman and then as vice by shrapnel in his calf and ankle and seeing the day to day operations at the mayor. When her husband died in 2002, taken to receive treatment at a Paris Cupboard.

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Hampshire National Guard, Mike and The PRESIDING OFFICER laid be- I applaud Jo and Doris for leading a his wife Kathy worked to ensure that fore the Senate the following message life of excellence and serving the strug- servicemembers and their families from the President of the United gling and the hungry of their commu- were well supported. Mike and Kathy States, together with an accompanying nity. Their commitment to their fellow were strong advocates for the men and report, which was referred to the Com- Montanans, as well as their happy opti- women of the New Hampshire National mittee on Foreign Relations: Guard, championing training and sup- mism towards life, is a shining example To the Senate of the United States: of the Montana spirit. Fergus County port for the well-being of the soldiers I have concluded that it is not in the is lucky to have these two incredible and airmen and women. Their knowl- interest of the United States to become women in their community as selfless edge of the military and the systems a party to the Arms Trade Treaty (Sen- leaders.∑ available to assist troops and their ate Treaty Doc. 114–14, transmitted De- families was an invaluable resource cember 9, 2016). I have, therefore, de- many relied on. f cided to withdraw the aforementioned Following Mike’s retirement in 2006, treaty from the Senate and accordingly Mike and Kathy have continued their TRIBUTE TO THADDEUS LUSZEY, request that it be returned to me. service through countless volunteer en- JR. DONALD J. TRUMP. deavors, particularly in helping vet- THE WHITE HOUSE, April 29, 2019. ∑ Ms. HASSAN. Mr. President, when erans find employment. They worked f his son was deployed to Iraq in 2003, as part of the employer support to the PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE Thaddeus Luszey, Jr., and his wife Guard and Reserve and as transition Deborah of Hudson, NH, began sending assistance advisers, dedicating their him care packages. Now, more than 10 time and ensuring that our veterans REPORT OF THE VETO OF S.J. years later, that simple act has turned have the resources they need to suc- RES. 7, A JOINT RESOLUTION TO into a nonprofit organization called ceed. They have also earned State and DIRECT THE REMOVAL OF Operation Care for Troops. Operation national recognition for their work, in- UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES Care for Troops has sent nearly 110,000 cluding receiving the Association of FROM HOSTILITIES IN THE RE- packages to deployed servicemembers, the United States Army’s Mary G. PUBLIC OF YEMEN THAT HAVE providing them a friendly reminder Roebling Award for Distinguished NOT BEEN AUTHORIZED BY CON- from home that they are not forgotten. Service. GRESS, RECEIVED DURING AD- For his dedication to supporting the Mike and Kathy attend every deploy- JOURNMENT OF THE SENATE ON brave servicemembers who sacrifice so ment and redeployment ceremony and APRIL 17, 2019—PM 10 much so that the rest of us may live in work tirelessly to provide baked goods, The PRESIDING OFFICER laid be- freedom and security, I am proud to information for troops and their fami- fore the Senate the following message recognize Thaddeus as the April 2019 lies, and help to ensure that veterans from the President of the United Granite Stater of the Month. receive the services they have earned. States, together with an accompanying Thaddeus comes from a military fam- I thank Mike and Kathy for their report, which was ordered to be printed ily; his mother, father, and son are all service to veterans, military families, in the RECORD, spread in full upon the veterans. When his son was deployed in and our country. Their selfless hard Journal, and held at the desk: Iraq, Thaddeus sat down with a friend work honors those Granite Staters who over lunch who was also sending care To the Senate of the United States: fought for the cause of freedom and for I am returning herewith without my packages overseas to deployed the protection of our democracy and approval S.J. Res. 7, a joint resolution servicemembers, and an idea was born: has truly made a difference in the lives that purports to direct the President to They would work together to reach of so many. remove United States Armed Forces even more servicemembers. What I hope you will join me in honoring from hostilities in or affecting the Re- started as friends, family, and neigh- dedicated Granite Staters Mike and public of Yemen, with certain excep- bors in garages putting together care Kathy Rice.∑ tions. This resolution is an unneces- packages has transformed into a full- sary, dangerous attempt to weaken my fledged organization with hundreds of f constitutional authorities, endangering volunteers. Operation Care for Troops the lives of American citizens and sends over a thousand packages four brave service members, both today and times a year, including 3,000 stockings MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT in the future. to troops over the holidays. Operation Messages from the President of the This joint resolution is unnecessary Care for Troops also makes sure that United States were communicated to because, apart from counterterrorism servicemembers know that the people the Senate by Ms. Ridgway, one of his operations against al-Qa’ida in the of New Hampshire have them in their secretaries. Arabian Peninsula and ISIS, the thoughts. Each package contains three United States is not engaged in hos- or four cards from schoolchildren and f tilities in or affecting Yemen. For ex- community members, ensuring that no ample, there are no United States mili- one goes without mail. EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED tary personnel in Yemen commanding, The organization does this all with participating in, or accompanying the support of hundreds of community As in executive session the Presiding military forces of the Saudi-led coali- volunteers and businesses who help Officer laid before the Senate messages tion against the Houthis in hostilities supply and fill the packages, a true em- from the President of the United in or affecting Yemen. bodiment of New Hampshire’s all- States submitting sundry nominations Since 2015, the United States has pro- hands-on-deck spirit. and a treaty which were referred to the vided limited support to member coun- For these efforts, I am proud to rec- appropriate committees. tries of the Saudi-led coalition, includ- ognize Thaddeus Luszey, Jr., as the (The messages received today are ing intelligence sharing, logistics sup- April 2019 Granite Stater of the printed at the end of the Senate pro- port, and, until recently, in-flight re- Month.∑ ceedings.) fueling of non-United States aircraft.

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Con- removal of United States Armed Forces from authorities, statutory authorities that gressional engagement in those en- hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that permit the Department of Defense to deavors would be far more productive have not been authorized by Congress. provide logistics support to foreign than expending time and effort trying f countries, and the President’s constitu- to enact this unnecessary and dan- EXECUTIVE AND OTHER tional power as Commander in Chief. gerous resolution that interferes with COMMUNICATIONS None of this support has introduced our foreign policy with respect to The following communications were United States military personnel into Yemen. laid before the Senate, together with hostilities. For these reasons, it is my duty to accompanying papers, reports, and doc- We are providing this support for return S.J. Res. 7 to the Senate with- uments, and were referred as indicated: many reasons. First and foremost, it is out my approval. EC–978. A communication from the Direc- our duty to protect the safety of the DONALD J. TRUMP. tor of the Issuances Staff, Food Safety and more than 80,000 Americans who reside THE WHITE HOUSE, April 16, 2019. Inspection Service, Department of Agri- in certain coalition countries that have f culture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the been subject to Houthi attacks from report of a rule entitled ‘‘Eligibility of Hon- MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE Yemen. Houthis, supported by Iran, duras to Export Poultry Products to the have used missiles, armed drones, and At 3:02 p.m., a message from the United States’’ (RIN0583–AD58) received dur- explosive boats to attack civilian and House of Representatives, delivered by ing adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on April 12, military targets in those coalition Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, announced that pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2019; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu- countries, including areas frequented trition, and Forestry. by American citizens, such as the air- 8468(a), and the order of the House of EC–979. A communication from the Direc- port in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In addi- January 3, 2019, the Speaker appoints tor of the Regulatory Management Division, tion, the conflict in Yemen represents the following Members on the part of Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- a ‘‘cheap’’ and inexpensive way for Iran the House of Representatives to the ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- to cause trouble for the United States Board of Visitors to the United States titled ‘‘Fenazaquin; Pesticide Tolerances’’ and for our ally, Saudi Arabia. Naval Academy: Mr. RUPPERSBERGER of (FRL No. 9990–02–OCSPP) received in the Of- Maryland, Mr. CUMMINGS of Maryland, fice of the President of the Senate on April S.J. Res. 7 is also dangerous. The 11, 2019; to the Committee on Agriculture, Mr. PALAZZO of Mississippi, and Mr. Congress should not seek to prohibit Nutrition, and Forestry. certain tactical operations, such as in- BANKS of Indiana. EC–980. A communication from the Direc- flight refueling, or require military en- The message further announced that tor of the Regulatory Management Division, gagements to adhere to arbitrary pursuant to 14 U.S.C. 1903(b), and the Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- timelines. Doing so would interfere order of the House of January 3, 2019, ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- with the President’s constitutional au- the Speaker appoints the following titled ‘‘Polyvinyl acetate - polyvinyl alcohol thority as Commander in Chief of the Member on the part of the House of copolymer; Tolerance Exemption’’ (FRL No. Representatives to the Board of Visi- 9987–46) received in the Office of the Presi- Armed Forces, and could endanger our dent of the Senate on April 11, 2019; to the service members by impairing their tors to the United States Coast Guard Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ability to efficiently and effectively Academy: Mr. COURTNEY of Con- Forestry. conduct military engagements and to necticut. EC–981. A communication from the Con- withdraw in an orderly manner at the The message also announced that gressional Review Coordinator, Animal and appropriate time. pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 51312(b), and the Plant Health Inspection Service, Department The joint resolution would also harm order of the House of January 3, 2019, of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to the foreign policy of the United States. the Speaker appoints the following law, the report of a rule entitled Member on the part of the House of ‘‘Phytophthora ramorum; Regulated Areas, Its efforts to curtail certain forms of Regulated Establishments, and Testing Pro- military support would harm our bilat- Representatives to the Board of Visi- tocols’’ ((RIN0579–AE30) (Docket No. APHIS– eral relationships, negatively affect tors to the United States Merchant 2015–0101)) received during adjournment of our ongoing efforts to prevent civilian Marine Academy: Mr. SUOZZI of New the Senate in the Office of the President of casualties and prevent the spread of York. the Senate on April 23, 2019; to the Com- terrorist organizations such as al- The message further announced that mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For- Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula and pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 7455(a), and the estry. EC–982. A communication from the Chief of ISIS, and embolden Iran’s malign ac- order of the House of January 3, 2019, the Speaker appoints the following the Planning and Regulatory Affairs Branch, tivities in Yemen. Food and Nutrition Service, Department of We cannot end the conflict in Yemen Members on the part of the House of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, through political documents like S.J. Representatives to the Board of Visi- the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Supplemental Res. 7. Peace in Yemen requires a nego- tors to the United States Military Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Stu- tiated settlement. Unfortunately, inac- Academy: Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. dent Eligibility, Convicted Felons, Lottery tion by the Senate has left vacant key BRINDISI of New York, Mr. WOMACK of and Gambling, and State Verification Provi- diplomatic positions, impeding our Arkansas, and Mr. DAVIDSON of Ohio. sions of the Agricultural Act of 2014’’ ability to engage regional partners in (RIN0584–AE41) received during adjournment f of the Senate in the Office of the President support of the United Nations-led peace MEASURES PLACED ON THE of the Senate on April 18, 2019; to the Com- process. To help end the conflict, pro- CALENDAR mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For- mote humanitarian and commercial estry. access, prevent civilian casualties, en- The following bills were read the sec- EC–983. A communication from the Admin- hance efforts to recover American hos- ond time, and placed on the calendar: istrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, tages in Yemen, and defeat terrorists H.R. 1644. An act to restore the open inter- Department of Agriculture, transmitting, that seek to harm the United States, net order of the Federal Communications pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Onions Grown in South Texas; Order the Senate must act to confirm my Commission. H.R. 1957. An act to amend the Internal Amending Marketing Order 959’’ ((7 CFR nominees for many critical foreign pol- Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and im- Part 959) (Docket No. AMS–SC–17–0067)) re- icy positions. prove the Internal Revenue Service, and for ceived in the Office of the President of the I agree with the Congress about the other purposes. Senate on April 11, 2019; to the Committee on need to address our engagements in f Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. foreign wars. As I said in my State of EC–984. A communication from the Admin- the Union address in February, great ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION istrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, nations do not fight endless wars. My PRESENTED Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled Administration is currently accel- The Secretary of the Senate reported ‘‘Cranberries Grown in the States of Massa- erating negotiations to end our mili- that on April 16, 2019, she had presented chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New tary engagement in Afghanistan and to the President of the United States Jersey, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Or- drawing down troops in Syria, where the following enrolled joint resolution: egon, Washington, and Long Island in the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:19 Apr 30, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A29AP6.027 S29APPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with SENATE April 29, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2485 State of New York; Amendment to Mar- EC–994. A communication from the Chief of tion rates to complex rehabilitative wheel- keting Order 929 and Referendum Order’’ ((7 the Officer Accessions Policy Branch, De- chairs and accessories; to the Committee on CFR Part 929) (Docket No. AMS–SC–18–0017)) partment of the Army, Department of De- Finance. received in the Office of the President of the fense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Senate on April 11, 2019; to the Committee on port of a rule entitled ‘‘Reserve Officers’ Mr. GRASSLEY): Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Training Corps’’ (RIN0702–AA76) received S. 1224. A bill to enable the Federal Trade EC–985. A communication from the Admin- during adjournment of the Senate in the Of- Commission to deter filing of sham citizen istrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, fice of the President of the Senate on April petitions to cover an attempt to interfere Department of Agriculture, transmitting, 18, 2019; to the Committee on Armed Serv- with approval of a competing generic drug or pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ices. biosimilar, to foster competition and facili- ‘‘Domestic Dates Produced or Packed in Riv- EC–995. A communication from the Chief of tate the efficient review of petitions filed in erside County, California; Increased Assess- the Officer Accessions Policy Branch, De- good faith to raise legitimate public health ment Rate’’ ((7 CFR Part 987) (Docket No. partment of the Army, Department of De- concerns, and for other purposes; to the AMS–SC–18–0058)) received in the Office of fense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- Committee on the Judiciary. the President of the Senate on April 11, 2019; port of a rule entitled ‘‘Schools and Col- By Mr. CASEY: to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, leges’’ (RIN0702–AA89) received during ad- S. 1225. A bill to amend the Older Ameri- and Forestry. journment of the Senate in the Office of the cans Act of 1965 to establish the Office of EC–986. A communication from the Admin- President of the Senate on April 18, 2019; to Older LGBT Policy and a rural outreach istrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, the Committee on Armed Services. grant program carried out by such Office, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, EC–996. A communication from the Alter- and for other purposes; to the Committee on pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled nate Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. ‘‘Pears Grown in Oregon and Washington; of the Secretary, Department of Defense, By Mr. ROUNDS (for himself and Ms. Change in Committee Structure for Proc- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of DUCKWORTH): essed Pears’’ ((7 CFR Part 927) (Docket No. a rule entitled ‘‘Allotments for Child and S. 1226. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- AMS–SC–18–0078)) received in the Office of Spousal Support’’ (RIN0790–AJ98) received enue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion the President of the Senate on April 11, 2019; during adjournment of the Senate in the Of- from gross income for interest on certain to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, fice of the President of the Senate on April small business loans; to the Committee on and Forestry. 17, 2019; to the Committee on Armed Serv- Finance. EC–987. A communication from the Admin- ices. By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Ms. istrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, EC–997. A communication from the Alter- CANTWELL, Mr. DAINES, Mr. Department of Agriculture, transmitting, nate Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office BLUMENTHAL, Mr. LANKFORD, and Ms. pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled of the Secretary, Department of Defense, ERNST): ‘‘Federal Milk Marketing Orders - Amending transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of S. 1227. A bill to require the Federal Trade the Class 1 Skim Milk Price Formula; Cor- a rule entitled ‘‘Department of Defense Pri- Commission to study the role of inter- rection’’ ((7 CFR Part 1000) (Docket No. vacy Program’’ (RIN0790–AJ20) received dur- mediaries in the pharmaceutical supply AMS–DA–18–0096)) received in the Office of ing adjournment of the Senate in the Office chain and provide Congress with appropriate the President of the Senate on April 11, 2019; of the President of the Senate on April 15, policy recommendations, and for other pur- to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 2019; to the Committee on Armed Services. poses; to the Committee on the Judiciary. and Forestry. f By Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. EC–988. A communication from the Admin- PETERS): istrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, REPORTS OF COMMITTEES S. 1228. A bill to amend the Communica- Department of Agriculture, transmitting, tions Act of 1934 to provide for enhanced pen- pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled The following reports of committees alties for pirate radio, and for other pur- ‘‘Sweet Onions Grown in the Walla Walla were submitted: poses; to the Committee on Commerce, Valley of Southeast Washington and North- By Mr. HOEVEN, from the Committee on Science, and Transportation. east Oregon; Amendments to Marketing Indian Affairs, without amendment: By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Order 956’’ ((7 CFR Part 959) (Docket No. S. 209. A bill to amend the Indian Self-De- BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. AMS–SC–18–0028)) received in the Office of termination and Education Assistance Act HEINRICH, Mr. BROWN, Ms. the President of the Senate on April 11, 2019; to provide further self-governance by Indian DUCKWORTH, and Mrs. MURRAY): to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, Tribes, and for other purposes (Rept. No. 116– S. 1229. A bill to amend title 10, United and Forestry. 34). States Code, to improve the provision of EC–989. A communication from the Acting f military housing to members of the Armed Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report Forces and their families through private en- on the approved retirement of Lieutenant INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND tities, and for other purposes; to the Com- General Samuel A. Graves, United States Air JOINT RESOLUTIONS mittee on Armed Services. Force, and his advancement to the grade of By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. lieutenant general on the retired list; to the The following bills and joint resolu- MERKLEY, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, and Mr. Committee on Armed Services. tions were introduced, read the first WHITEHOUSE): EC–990. A communication from the Senior and second times by unanimous con- S. 1230. A bill to amend the Truth in Lend- Official performing the duties of the Under sent, and referred as indicated: ing Act to establish a national usury rate for Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readi- consumer credit transactions; to the Com- ness), transmitting the report of two (2) offi- By Mr. YOUNG (for himself, Ms. HAS- mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- cers authorized to wear the insignia of the SAN, Mr. CASSIDY, and Mr. KAINE): fairs. grade of brigadier general in accordance with S. 1221. A bill to amend the Higher Edu- title 10, United States Code, section 777, this cation Act of 1965 to create an innovation f will not cause the Department to exceed the zone initiative, and for other purposes; to number of frocked officers authorized; to the the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND Committee on Armed Services. and Pensions. SENATE RESOLUTIONS EC–991. A communication from the Assist- By Mr. SCHATZ: The following concurrent resolutions S. 1222. A bill to require the Secretary of ant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations and Senate resolutions were read, and and Low Intensity Conflict), transmitting, Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot pro- pursuant to law, a report relative to the re- gram to provide hospital care and medical referred (or acted upon), as indicated: port on activities of the National Guard services to veterans in the Freely Associated By Mr. MCCONNELL (for himself and Counterdrug assistance and activities for fis- States of the Republic of Palau, the Republic Mr. SCHUMER): cal year 2018; to the Committee on Armed of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated S. Res. 172. A resolution to authorize testi- Services. States of Micronesia and to conduct a study mony in an administrative hearing for Bryan EC–992. A communication from the Assist- on the feasibility and advisability of estab- K. Stanley before the Mississippi Division of ant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Af- lishing regional offices, suboffices, contact Medicaid; considered and agreed to. fairs), transmitting legislative proposals rel- units, or other subordinate offices of the De- By Mr. YOUNG (for himself, Mr. ative to the ‘‘National Defense Authoriza- partment of Veterans Affairs in the Freely BRAUN, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. SCHU- tion Act for Fiscal Year 2020’’; to the Com- Associated States to provide such care and MER, Mr. ALEXANDER, Ms. BALDWIN, mittee on Armed Services. services, and for other purposes; to the Com- Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. EC–993. A communication from the Assist- mittee on Veterans’ Affairs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. ant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Af- By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. BLUNT, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. BOOZMAN, fairs), transmitting legislative proposals rel- PORTMAN): Mr. BROWN, Mr. BURR, Ms. CANTWELL, ative to the ‘‘National Defense Authoriza- S. 1223. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CAR- tion Act for Fiscal Year 2020’’; to the Com- Social Security Act to provide for the non- PER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. CASSIDY, Ms. mittee on Armed Services. application of Medicare competitive acquisi- COLLINS, Mr. COONS, Mr. CORNYN, Ms.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Jul 01, 2019 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD19\APRIL\S29AP9.REC S29AP9 S2486 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 29, 2019 CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. COTTON, Mr. Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education SINEMA) was added as a cosponsor of S. CRAMER, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. of the Department of the Interior and 371, a bill to provide regulatory relief DAINES, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. DURBIN, the Indian Health Service of the De- to charitable organizations that pro- Mr. ENZI, Ms. ERNST, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, partment of Health and Human Serv- vide housing assistance, and for other Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. GARDNER, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. GRASS- ices, and for other purposes. purposes. LEY, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. S. 237 S. 422 HAWLEY, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. HIRONO, At the request of Mr. BROWN, the At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. name of the Senator from Montana name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. INHOFE, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. JOHNSON, (Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor MERKLEY) was added as a cosponsor of Mr. JONES, Mr. KAINE, Mr. KENNEDY, of S. 237, a bill to amend title XVIII of S. 422, a bill to amend the Internal Mr. KING, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. the Social Security Act to permit Revenue Code of 1986 to allow deduc- LANKFORD, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LEE, Mr. nurse practitioners and physician as- tions and credits relating to expendi- MANCHIN, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. sistants to satisfy the documentation tures in connections with marijuana MORAN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. MURPHY, requirement under the Medicare pro- sales conducted in compliance with Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PERDUE, gram for coverage of certain shoes for State law. Mr. PETERS, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. REED, individuals with diabetes. S. 436 Mr. RISCH, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. ROMNEY, S. 256 At the request of Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. RUBIO, At the request of Mr. UDALL, the the names of the Senator from Massa- Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SASSE, Mr. SCHATZ, name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. chusetts (Mr. MARKEY), the Senator Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. SULLIVAN) was added as a cosponsor of from Oregon (Mr. WYDEN) and the Sen- SHELBY, Ms. SINEMA, Ms. SMITH, Ms. S. 256, a bill to amend the Native ator from Illinois (Ms. DUCKWORTH) STABENOW, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. American Programs Act of 1974 to pro- were added as cosponsors of S. 436, a TESTER, Mr. THUNE, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. vide flexibility and reauthorization to bill to amend title 49, United States TOOMEY, Mr. UDALL, Mr. VAN HOL- ensure the survival and continuing vi- Code, to require the development of LEN, Mr. WARNER, Ms. WARREN, Mr. tality of Native American languages. public transportation operations safety WHITEHOUSE, Mr. WICKER, and Mr. S. 296 risk reduction programs, and for other WYDEN): S. Res. 173. A resolution relative to the At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the purposes. death of the Honorable Richard G. Lugar, names of the Senator from Arizona S. 479 former United States Senator for the State (Ms. SINEMA), the Senator from Dela- At the request of Mr. TOOMEY, the of Indiana; considered and agreed to. ware (Mr. COONS) and the Senator from names of the Senator from New Jersey f Massachusetts (Ms. WARREN) were (Mr. MENENDEZ) and the Senator from added as cosponsors of S. 296, a bill to Arizona (Ms. SINEMA) were added as co- ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS amend XVIII of the Social Security Act sponsors of S. 479, a bill to revise sec- S. 117 to ensure more timely access to home tion 48 of title 18, United States Code, At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the health services for Medicare bene- and for other purposes. name of the Senator from Delaware ficiaries under the Medicare program. S. 505 (Mr. CARPER) was added as a cosponsor S. 317 At the request of Ms. DUCKWORTH, of S. 117, a bill to prohibit discrimina- At the request of Mr. BENNET, the the name of the Senator from Wis- tion against individuals with disabil- name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms. consin (Ms. BALDWIN) was added as a ities who need long-term services and SINEMA) was added as a cosponsor of S. cosponsor of S. 505, a bill to ensure due supports, and for other purposes. 317, a bill to amend title XIX of the So- process protections of individuals in S. 151 cial Security Act to provide States the United States against unlawful de- At the request of Mr. THUNE, the with the option of providing coordi- tention based solely on a protected names of the Senator from Arkansas nated care for children with complex characteristic. (Mr. COTTON), the Senator from North medical conditions through a health S. 511 Carolina (Mr. BURR), the Senator from home. At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Idaho (Mr. CRAPO), the Senator from S. 318 the names of the Senator from Ohio West Virginia (Mr. MANCHIN), the Sen- At the request of Mrs. MURRAY, the (Mr. BROWN) and the Senator from ator from Hawaii (Ms. HIRONO), the name of the Senator from Michigan North Dakota (Mr. CRAMER) were added Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. (Ms. STABENOW) was added as a cospon- as cosponsors of S. 511, a bill to pro- CASEY), the Senator from Colorado sor of S. 318, a bill to authorize the mote and protect from discrimination (Mr. BENNET) and the Senator from Secretary of Veterans Affairs to fur- living organ donors. Delaware (Mr. COONS) were added as co- nish medically necessary transpor- S. 514 sponsors of S. 151, a bill to deter crimi- tation for newborn children of certain At the request of Mr. TESTER, the nal robocall violations and improve en- women veterans. name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. forcement of section 227(b) of the Com- S. 349 KING) was added as a cosponsor of S. munications Act of 1934, and for other At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the 514, a bill to amend title 38, United purposes. names of the Senator from Rhode Is- States Code, to improve the benefits S. 203 land (Mr. WHITEHOUSE) and the Senator and services provided by the Depart- At the request of Mr. CRAPO, the from Maryland (Mr. VAN HOLLEN) were ment of Veterans Affairs to women vet- names of the Senator from New Hamp- added as cosponsors of S. 349, a bill to erans, and for other purposes. shire (Mrs. SHAHEEN), the Senator from require the Secretary of Transpor- S. 518 Wisconsin (Ms. BALDWIN) and the Sen- tation to request nominations for, and At the request of Ms. CANTWELL, the ator from Colorado (Mr. BENNET) were make determinations regarding, roads name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. added as cosponsors of S. 203, a bill to to be designated under the national DURBIN) was added as a cosponsor of S. amend the Internal Revenue Code of scenic byways program, and for other 518, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 1986 to permanently extend the rail- purposes. Social Security Act to provide for road track maintenance credit, and for S. 362 Medicare coverage of certain other purposes. At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the lymphedema compression treatment S. 229 name of the Senator from Louisiana items as items of durable medical At the request of Mr. UDALL, the (Mr. CASSIDY) was added as a cosponsor equipment. names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. of S. 362, a bill to amend the Internal S. 521 WYDEN) and the Senator from Wis- Revenue Code of 1986 to reform tax- At the request of Mr. BROWN, the consin (Ms. BALDWIN) were added as co- ation of alcoholic beverages. names of the Senator from California sponsors of S. 229, a bill to provide ad- S. 371 (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) and the Senator from vance appropriations authority for cer- At the request of Mrs. FISCHER, the Arizona (Ms. SINEMA) were added as co- tain accounts of the Bureau of Indian name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms. sponsors of S. 521, a bill to amend title

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:38 Apr 30, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A29AP6.032 S29APPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with SENATE April 29, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2487 II of the Social Security Act to repeal to develop scientific integrity policies, of S. 903, a bill to direct the Secretary the Government pension offset and and for other purposes. of Energy to establish advanced nu- windfall elimination provisions. S. 815 clear goals, provide for a versatile, re- S. 524 At the request of Mr. BOOZMAN, the actor-based fast neutron source, make At the request of Mr. TESTER, the names of the Senator from Nebraska available high-assay, low-enriched ura- name of the Senator from North Da- (Mrs. FISCHER) and the Senator from Il- nium for research, development, and kota (Mr. CRAMER) was added as a co- linois (Ms. DUCKWORTH) were added as demonstration of advanced nuclear re- sponsor of S. 524, a bill to establish the cosponsors of S. 815, a bill to amend the actor concepts, and for other purposes. Department of Veterans Affairs Advi- Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow S. 966 sory Committee on Tribal and Indian a refundable tax credit against income At the request of Mr. BENNET, the Affairs, and for other purposes. tax for the purchase of qualified access name of the Senator from Pennsyl- S. 546 technology for the blind. vania (Mr. CASEY) was added as a co- At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, S. 834 sponsor of S. 966, a bill to amend title the name of the Senator from Delaware At the request of Mr. BROWN, the XVIII of the Social Security Act to (Mr. CARPER) was added as a cosponsor name of the Senator from Maryland modernize the physician self-referral of S. 546, a bill to extend authorization (Mr. VAN HOLLEN) was added as a co- prohibitions to promote care coordina- for the September 11th Victim Com- sponsor of S. 834, a bill to amend the tion in the merit-based incentive pay- pensation Fund of 2001 through fiscal Public Health Service Act to enhance ment system and to facilitate physi- year 2090, and for other purposes. the national strategy for combating cian practice participation in alter- S. 598 and eliminating tuberculosis, and for native payment models under the At the request of Mr. PETERS, the other purposes. Medicare program, and for other pur- name of the Senator from West Vir- S. 841 poses. ginia (Mr. MANCHIN) was added as a co- At the request of Mr. WARNER, the S. 988 sponsor of S. 598, a bill to amend title name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. At the request of Mrs. CAPITO, the 38, United States Code, to increase cer- KING) was added as a cosponsor of S. name of the Senator from Arkansas tain funeral benefits for veterans, and 841, a bill to enhance the ability of Fed- (Mr. COTTON) was added as a cosponsor for other purposes. eral agencies to deliver relocation of S. 988, a bill to amend title XVIII of S. 651 management services to the Federal the Social Security Act to prohibit pre- At the request of Mr. CASEY, the Government, and for other purposes. scription drug plan sponsors and MA– name of the Senator from Connecticut S. 846 PD organizations under the Medicare (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) was added as a co- At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the program from retroactively reducing sponsor of S. 651, a bill to amend the names of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. payment on clean claims submitted by Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to in- MORAN) and the Senator from Michigan pharmacies. crease the age requirement with re- (Mr. PETERS) were added as cosponsors S. 998 spect to eligibility for qualified ABLE of S. 846, a bill to amend title 49, At the request of Mr. HAWLEY, the programs. United States Code, to limit certain names of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. S. 668 rolling stock procurements, and for CORTEZ MASTO) and the Senator from At the request of Mr. BROWN, the other purposes. Iowa (Mr. GRASSLEY) were added as co- name of the Senator from Colorado S. 867 sponsors of S. 998, a bill to amend the (Mr. BENNET) was added as a cosponsor At the request of Ms. HASSAN, the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe of S. 668, a bill to amend title XVIII of names of the Senator from Maryland Streets Act of 1968 to expand support the Social Security Act to waive coin- (Mr. VAN HOLLEN) and the Senator for police officer family services, stress surance under Medicare for colorectal from Hawaii (Mr. SCHATZ) were added reduction, and suicide prevention, and cancer screening tests, regardless of as cosponsors of S. 867, a bill to protect for other purposes. whether therapeutic intervention is re- students of institutions of higher edu- S. 1007 quired during the screening. cation and the taxpayer investment in At the request of Mr. CRAPO, the S. 726 institutions of higher education by im- names of the Senator from Arizona At the request of Mrs. FEINSTEIN, the proving oversight and accountability of (Ms. SINEMA), the Senator from Con- name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. institutions of higher education, par- necticut (Mr. MURPHY) and the Senator KING) was added as a cosponsor of S. ticularly for-profit colleges, improving from New Jersey (Mr. BOOKER) were 726, a bill to amend the Federal Food, protections for students and borrowers, added as cosponsors of S. 1007, a bill to Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the and ensuring the integrity of postsec- amend the Horse Protection Act to des- safety of cosmetics. ondary education programs, and for ignate additional unlawful acts under the Act, strengthen penalties for viola- S. 741 other purposes. tions of the Act, improve Department At the request of Ms. SMITH, the S. 877 of Agriculture enforcement of the Act, names of the Senator from Connecticut At the request of Mr. BOOKER, the and for other purposes. (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) and the Senator names of the Senator from Connecticut from Maine (Ms. COLLINS) were added (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) and the Senator S. 1033 as cosponsors of S. 741, a bill to amend from Maine (Ms. COLLINS) were added At the request of Mr. WHITEHOUSE, the Public Health Service Act to re- as cosponsors of S. 877, a bill to pro- the name of the Senator from New Jer- quire group and individual health in- hibit the sale of shark fins, and for sey (Mr. BOOKER) was added as a co- surance coverage and group health other purposes. sponsor of S. 1033, a bill to amend the plans to provide for cost sharing for S. 880 Public Health Service Act to establish oral anticancer drugs on terms no less At the request of Ms. STABENOW, the a public health insurance option, and favorable than the cost sharing pro- names of the Senator from Maryland for other purposes. vided for anticancer medications ad- (Mr. VAN HOLLEN) and the Senator S. 1046 ministered by a health care provider. from Missouri (Mr. BLUNT) were added At the request of Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, S. 775 as cosponsors of S. 880, a bill to provide the name of the Senator from Nevada At the request of Mr. SCHATZ, the outreach and reporting on comprehen- (Ms. ROSEN) was added as a cosponsor names of the Senator from Wisconsin sive Alzheimer’s disease care planning of S. 1046, a bill to establish the Office (Ms. BALDWIN), the Senator from Ne- services furnished under the Medicare of Internet Connectivity and Growth, vada (Ms. CORTEZ MASTO) and the Sen- program. and for other purposes. ator from Rhode Island (Mr. WHITE- S. 903 S. 1049 HOUSE) were added as cosponsors of S. At the request of Ms. MURKOWSKI, the At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the 775, a bill to amend the America COM- name of the Senator from Maryland names of the Senator from Arizona PETES Act to require certain agencies (Mr. CARDIN) was added as a cosponsor (Ms. SINEMA) and the Senator from

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At the request of Mr. BOOZMAN, the all members of the Armed Forces, and S. 1191 names of the Senator from Nebraska for other purposes. At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the (Mrs. FISCHER), the Senator from Ari- S. 1060 name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms. zona (Ms. MCSALLY), the Senator from At the request of Mr. VAN HOLLEN, SINEMA) was added as a cosponsor of S. Mississippi (Mrs. HYDE-SMITH), the the names of the Senator from Min- 1191, a bill to reauthorize section 340H Senator from Montana (Mr. DAINES), nesota (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) and the Sen- of the Public Health Service Act to the Senator from Florida (Mr. SCOTT), ator from Maine (Ms. COLLINS) were continue to encourage the expansion, the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. added as cosponsors of S. 1060, a bill to maintenance, and establishment of ap- CAPITO), the Senator from Texas (Mr. deter foreign interference in United proved graduate medical residency pro- CRUZ), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. States elections, and for other pur- grams at qualified teaching health cen- PORTMAN), the Senator from Illinois poses. ters, and for other purposes. (Ms. DUCKWORTH), and the Senator S. 1081 S. 1210 from Vermont (Mr. LEAHY) were added At the request of Mr. MANCHIN, the At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the as cosponsors of S. Res. 135, a resolu- names of the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. name of the Senator from Pennsyl- tion expressing the gratitude and ap- HIRONO), the Senator from Massachu- vania (Mr. CASEY) was added as a co- preciation of the Senate for the acts of setts (Ms. WARREN), the Senator from sponsor of S. 1210, a bill to amend the heroism and valor by the members of Oregon (Mr. MERKLEY), the Senator Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to in- the United States Armed Forces who from California (Mrs. FEINSTEIN), the crease and make permanent the exclu- participated in the June 6, 1944, am- Senator from Arizona (Ms. SINEMA), sion for benefits provided to volunteer phibious landing at Normandy, France, the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. KLO- firefighters and emergency medical re- and commending those individuals for BUCHAR), and the Senator from Nevada sponders. leadership and bravery in an operation that helped bring an end to World War (Ms. CORTEZ MASTO) were added as co- S.J. RES. 1 II. sponsors of S. 1081, a bill to amend title At the request of Mr. CRUZ, the 54, United States Code, to provide per- names of the Senator from Missouri S. RES. 143 manent, dedicated funding for the Land (Mr. HAWLEY) and the Senator from Ar- At the request of Mr. CRAMER, the and Water Conservation Fund, and for izona (Ms. MCSALLY) were added as co- name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. other purposes. sponsors of S.J. Res. 1, a joint resolu- ROSEN) was added as a cosponsor of S. S. 1123 tion proposing an amendment to the Res. 143, a resolution recognizing At the request of Mr. COONS, the Constitution of the United States rel- Israeli-American culture and heritage name of the Senator from Washington ative to limiting the number of terms and the contributions of the Israeli- (Ms. CANTWELL) was added as a cospon- that a Member of Congress may serve. American community to the United States. sor of S. 1123, a bill to transfer and S. CON. RES. 5 S. RES. 144 limit Executive Branch authority to At the request of Mr. BARRASSO, the suspend or restrict the entry of a class name of the Senator from Colorado At the request of Mr. DAINES, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. of aliens. (Mr. GARDNER) was added as a cospon- CORTEZ MASTO) was added as a cospon- S. 1150 sor of S. Con. Res. 5, a concurrent reso- sor of S. Res. 144, a resolution desig- At the request of Mr. DAINES, the lution supporting the Local Radio name of the Senator from Missouri Freedom Act. nating May 5, 2019, as the ‘‘National Day of Awareness for Missing and Mur- (Mr. BLUNT) was added as a cosponsor S. RES. 34 dered Native Women and Girls’’. of S. 1150, a bill to amend the Internal At the request of Mr. MERKLEY, the Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a child name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. f tax credit for pregnant moms with re- KING) was added as a cosponsor of S. STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED spect to their unborn children. Res. 34, a resolution expressing the BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS S. 1163 sense of the Senate that the Govern- By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. At the request of Mr. CRAPO, the ments of Burma and Bangladesh ensure MERKLEY, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. the safe, dignified, voluntary, and sus- and Mr. WHITEHOUSE): COLLINS) was added as a cosponsor of S. tainable return of the Rohingya refu- S. 1230. A bill to amend the Truth in 1163, a bill to amend the Internal Rev- gees who have been displaced by the Lending Act to establish a national enue Code of 1986 to provide for an ex- campaign of ethnic cleansing con- usury rate for consumer credit trans- clusion for assistance provided to par- ducted by the Burmese military and to actions; to the Committee on Banking, ticipants in certain veterinary student immediately release unjustly impris- Housing, and Urban Affairs. loan repayment or forgiveness pro- oned journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask grams. Soe Oo. unanimous consent that the text of the S. 1167 S. RES. 98 bill be printed in the RECORD. At the request of Mrs. MURRAY, the At the request of Mrs. BLACKBURN, There being no objection, the text of names of the Senator from Maryland the names of the Senator from North the bill was ordered to be printed in (Mr. CARDIN), the Senator from Nevada Dakota (Mr. CRAMER) and the Senator the RECORD, as follows: (Ms. CORTEZ MASTO), and the Senator from Montana (Mr. TESTER) were added S. 1230 from California (Ms. HARRIS) were as cosponsors of S. Res. 98, a resolution Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- added as cosponsors of S. 1167, a bill to establishing the Congressional Gold resentatives of the United States of America in require the Assistant Secretary of Star Family Fellowship Program for Congress assembled, Commerce for Communications and In- the placement in offices of Senators of SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. formation to establish a State Digital children, spouses, and siblings of mem- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Equity Capacity Grant Program, and bers of the Armed Forces who are hos- Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates for other purposes. tile casualties or who have died from a Act of 2019’’. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. S. 1190 training-related injury. Congress finds that— At the request of Mrs. CAPITO, the S. RES. 120 (1) attempts have been made to prohibit name of the Senator from North Da- At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the usurious interest rates in America since co- kota (Mr. CRAMER) was added as a co- name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. lonial times;

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:38 Apr 30, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A29AP6.036 S29APPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with SENATE April 29, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2489 (2) at the Federal level, in 2006, Congress ‘‘(II) such fees cover all credit extended or curity interest associated with such trans- enacted a Federal 36-percent annualized renewed by the creditor for 12 months; and action. Notwithstanding any statute of limi- usury cap for servicemembers and their fam- ‘‘(III) the minimum amount of credit ex- tations or repose, a violation of this section ilies for covered credit products, as defined tended or available on a credit line is equal may be raised as a matter of defense by by the Department of Defense, which curbed to $300 or more; recoupment or setoff to an action to collect payday, car title, and tax refund lending ‘‘(ii) a late fee charged as authorized by such debt or repossess related security at around military bases; State law and by the agreement that does any time. (3) notwithstanding such attempts to curb not exceed either $20 per late payment or $20 ‘‘(i) VIOLATIONS.—Any person that violates predatory lending, high-cost lending persists per month; or this section, or seeks to enforce an agree- in all 50 States due to loopholes in State ‘‘(iii) a creditor-imposed not sufficient ment made in violation of this section, shall laws, safe harbor laws for specific forms of funds fee charged when a borrower tenders be subject to, for each such violation, 1 year credit, and the exportation of unregulated payment on a debt with a check drawn on in- in prison and a fine in an amount equal to interest rates permitted by preemption; sufficient funds that does not exceed $15. the greater of— (4) due to the lack of a comprehensive Fed- ‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION.—The ‘‘(1) three times the amount of the total eral usury cap, consumers annually pay ap- Bureau may adjust the amounts of the toler- accrued debt associated with the subject proximately $14,000,000,000 on high-cost over- ances established under this paragraph for transaction; or draft loans, as much as approximately inflation over time, consistent with the pri- ‘‘(2) $50,000. $7,000,000,000 on storefront and online payday mary goals of protecting consumers and en- ‘‘(j) STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL.—An ac- loans, $3,800,000,000 on car title loans, and ad- suring that the 36 percent fee and interest tion to enforce this section may be brought ditional amounts in unreported revenues on rate limitation is not circumvented. by the appropriate State attorney general in high-cost online installment loans; ‘‘(c) CALCULATIONS.— any United States district court or any other (5) cash-strapped consumers pay on aver- ‘‘(1) OPEN END CREDIT PLANS.—For an open court of competent jurisdiction within 3 age approximately 400 percent annual inter- end credit plan— years from the date of the violation, and est for payday loans, 300 percent annual in- ‘‘(A) the fee and interest rate shall be cal- such attorney general may obtain injunctive terest for car title loans, up to 17,000 percent culated each month, based upon the sum of relief.’’. or higher for bank overdraft loans, and tri- all fees and finance charges described in sub- SEC. 4. DISCLOSURE OF FEE AND INTEREST RATE FOR OPEN END CREDIT PLANS. ple-digit rates for online installment loans; section (b) charged by the creditor during Section 127(b)(6) of the Truth in Lending (6) a national maximum interest rate that the preceding 1-year period, divided by the Act (15 U.S.C. 1637(b)(6)) is amended by strik- includes all forms of fees and closes all loop- average daily balance; and ing ‘‘the total finance charge expressed’’ and holes is necessary to eliminate such preda- ‘‘(B) if the credit account has been open all that follows through the end of the para- tory lending; and less than 1 year, the fee and interest rate graph and inserting ‘‘the fee and interest shall be calculated based upon the total of (7) alternatives to predatory lending that rate, displayed as ‘FAIR’, established under all fees and finance charges described in sub- encourage small dollar loans with minimal section 141.’’. or no fees, installment payment schedules, section (b)(1) charged by the creditor since and affordable repayment periods should be the plan was opened, divided by the average f encouraged. daily balance, and multiplied by the SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS SEC. 3. NATIONAL MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE. quotient of 12 divided by the number of full Chapter 2 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 months that the credit plan has been in ex- U.S.C. 1631 et seq.) is amended by adding at istence. SENATE RESOLUTION 172—TO AU- the end the following: ‘‘(2) OTHER CREDIT PLANS.—For purposes of THORIZE TESTIMONY IN AN AD- ‘‘SEC. 140B. MAXIMUM RATES OF INTEREST. this section, in calculating the fee and inter- est rate, the Bureau shall require the method MINISTRATIVE HEARING FOR ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any of calculation of annual percentage rate BRYAN K. STANLEY BEFORE THE other provision of law, no creditor may make MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MED- an extension of credit to a consumer with re- specified in section 107(a)(1), except that the spect to which the fee and interest rate, as amount referred to in that section 107(a)(1) ICAID defined in subsection (b), exceeds 36 percent. as the ‘finance charge’ shall include all fees, Mr. MCCONNELL (for himself and charges, and payments described in sub- ‘‘(b) FEE AND INTEREST RATE DEFINED.— Mr. SCHUMER) submitted the following ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec- section (b)(1) of this section. ‘‘(3) ADJUSTMENTS AUTHORIZED.—The Bu- resolution; which was considered and tion, the fee and interest rate includes all agreed to: charges payable, directly or indirectly, inci- reau may make adjustments to the calcula- S. RES. 172 dent to, ancillary to, or as a condition of the tions in paragraphs (1) and (2), but the pri- extension of credit, including— mary goals of such adjustment shall be to Whereas, in the administrative appeal of ‘‘(A) any payment compensating a creditor protect consumers and to ensure that the 36- Bryan K. Stanley, Dkt. No. MC–18–160, pend- or prospective creditor for— percent fee and interest rate limitation is ing before the Mississippi Division of Med- ‘‘(i) an extension of credit or making avail- not circumvented. icaid, the beneficiary has requested testi- ‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF CREDITOR.—As used in able a line of credit, such as fees connected mony from Kim Coalter, an employee of the this section, the term ‘creditor’ has the same with credit extension or availability such as office of Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith; meaning as in section 702(e) of the Equal numerical periodic rates, annual fees, cash Whereas, by the privileges of the Senate of Credit Opportunity Act (15 U.S.C. 1691a(e)). advance fees, and membership fees; or the United States and Rule XI of the Stand- ‘‘(e) NO EXEMPTIONS PERMITTED.—The ex- ‘‘(ii) any fees for default or breach by a ing Rules of the Senate, no evidence under emption authority of the Bureau under sec- the control or in the possession of the Senate borrower of a condition upon which credit tion 105 shall not apply to the rates estab- was extended, such as late fees, creditor-im- may, by the judicial or administrative proc- lished under this section or the disclosure re- ess, be taken from such control or possession posed not sufficient funds fees charged when quirements under section 127(b)(6). but by permission of the Senate; and a borrower tenders payment on a debt with a ‘‘(f) DISCLOSURE OF FEE AND INTEREST RATE Whereas, when it appears that evidence check drawn on insufficient funds, overdraft FOR CREDIT OTHER THAN OPEN END CREDIT under the control or in the possession of the fees, and over limit fees; PLANS.—In addition to the disclosure re- ‘‘(B) all fees which constitute a finance quirements under section 127(b)(6), the Bu- Senate may promote the administration of charge, as defined by rules of the Bureau in reau may prescribe regulations requiring dis- justice, the Senate will take such action as accordance with this title; closure of the fee and interest rate estab- will promote the ends of justice consistent ‘‘(C) credit insurance premiums, whether lished under this section. with the privileges of the Senate: Now, optional or required; and ‘‘(g) RELATION TO STATE LAW.—Nothing in therefore, be it ‘‘(D) all charges and costs for ancillary this section may be construed to preempt Resolved, That Kim Coalter is authorized to products sold in connection with or inci- any provision of State law that provides testify in the administrative hearing of dental to the credit transaction. greater protection to consumers than is pro- Bryan K. Stanley before the Mississippi Divi- ‘‘(2) TOLERANCES.— vided in this section. sion of Medicaid, except concerning matters ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to a credit ‘‘(h) CIVIL LIABILITY AND ENFORCEMENT.—In for which a privilege should be asserted. obligation that is payable in at least 3 fully addition to remedies available to the con- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, on amortizing installments over at least 90 sumer under section 130(a), any payment behalf of myself and the distinguished days, the term ‘fee and interest rate’ does compensating a creditor or prospective cred- Democratic leader, Mr. SCHUMER, I not include— itor, to the extent that such payment is a send to the desk a resolution author- ‘‘(i) application or participation fees that transaction made in violation of this section, izing the production of testimony, and in total do not exceed the greater of $30 or, shall be null and void, and not enforceable by if there is a limit to the credit line, 5 percent any party in any court or alternative dispute ask for its immediate consideration. of the credit limit, up to $120, if— resolution forum, and the creditor or any Mr. President, this resolution con- ‘‘(I) such fees are excludable from the fi- subsequent holder of the obligation shall cerns a request for testimony in a state nance charge pursuant to section 106 and promptly return to the consumer any prin- administrative hearing regarding Med- regulations issued thereunder; cipal, interest, charges, and fees, and any se- icaid benefits. A constituent of Senator

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:38 Apr 30, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A29AP6.039 S29APPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with SENATE S2490 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 29, 2019 HYDE-SMITH is seeking testimony at Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar MEASURES PLACED ON THE the hearing from an employee in the was elected to the United States Senate in CALENDAR—H.R. 1644 AND H.R. 1957 Senator’s office who had assisted him. 1976; reelected in 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, and again in 2006, and served from January 3, Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Senator HYDE-SMITH would like to co- understand there are two bills at the operate with this request by providing 1977, to January 3, 2013; Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar desk due for a second reading. relevant testimony from the employee. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The enclosed resolution would au- served as chair of the Republican Senatorial clerk will read the bills by title for the thorize the employee to testify in this Campaign Committee in the 98th Congress; second time. action. Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar served as chairman of the Senate Agri- The senior assistant legislative clerk f culture Committee from 1995–2001 and built read as follows: SENATE RESOLUTION 173—REL- bipartisan support for the 1996 federal farm A bill (H.R. 1644) to restore the open inter- ATIVE TO THE DEATH OF THE program reforms, initiated a biofuels re- net order of the Federal Communications HONORABLE RICHARD G. LUGAR, search program, reformed the food stamp Commission. FORMER UNITED STATES SEN- program, and preserved the federal school A bill (H.R. 1957) to amend the Internal ATOR FOR THE STATE OF INDI- lunch program; Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and im- ANA Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar prove the Internal Revenue Service, and for was one of only two senators in history to other purposes. Mr. YOUNG (for himself, Mr. BRAUN, serve 34 years on the Senate Foreign Rela- Mr. MCCONNELL. In order to place Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. tions Committee, including two terms as the bills on the calendar under the pro- ALEXANDER, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BAR- chairman from 1985 to 1987 and from 2003 to visions of rule XIV, I would object to RASSO, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. BLACKBURN, 2007; further proceeding, en bloc. Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- BOOKER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BROWN, Mr. was a leader in reducing the threat of nu- tion having been heard, the bills will be BURR, Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. clear, chemical and biological weapons by placed on the calendar. CARDIN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. passing and overseeing the implementation CASSIDY, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. COONS, Mr. of the bipartisan Nunn-Lugar program, f CORNYN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. COT- which deactivated more than 7,600 nuclear AUTHORIZING TESTIMONY IN AN TON, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. CRUZ, warheads, millions of chemical munitions, ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING FOR and several thousand nuclear capable mis- Mr. DAINES, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. DUR- BRYAN K. STANLEY BEFORE THE siles, and continues to perform non-pro- BIN, Mr. ENZI, Ms. ERNST, Mrs. FEIN- liferation missions in more than forty coun- MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MED- STEIN, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. GARDNER, tries; ICAID Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I GRASSLEY, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. HASSAN, played an essential role in the enactment of ask unanimous consent that the Sen- Mr. HAWLEY, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. HIRONO, sanctions on the Apartheid government of ate proceed to the consideration of S. Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. South Africa, the U.S. recognition of Presi- Res. 172, submitted earlier today. INHOFE, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. dent Corazon Aquino as the winner of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without JONES, Mr. KAINE, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. 1986 Philippines election, the expansion of objection, it is so ordered. KING, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LANKFORD, the NATO alliance, the construction and pas- The clerk will report the resolution Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LEE, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. sage of the PEPFAR initiative to combat the by title. MARKEY, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. MENENDEZ, global AIDS epidemic, and the ratification of The senior assistant legislative clerk Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. MORAN, Ms. MUR- numerous arms control and anti-terrorism read as follows: KOWSKI, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MURRAY, treaties; Mr. PAUL, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. PETERS, Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar A resolution (S. Res. 172) to authorize tes- timony in an administrative hearing for Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. REED, Mr. RISCH, Mr. was a fifth generation Hoosier who was the Bryan K. Stanley before the Mississippi Divi- ROBERTS, Mr. ROMNEY, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. longest serving member of Congress in the sion of Medicaid. ROUNDS, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. history of Indiana; Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar SASSE, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. SCOTT of Flor- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there was awarded the Presidential Medal of Free- ida, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mrs. objection to proceeding to the meas- dom on November 20, 2013; SHAHEEN, Mr. SHELBY, Ms. SINEMA, Ms. ure? Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar There being no objection, the Senate SMITH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. SULLIVAN, held 47 honorary degrees from colleges and Mr. TESTER, Mr. THUNE, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. proceeded to consider the resolution. universities, was named Outstanding Legis- Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous TOOMEY, Mr. UDALL, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, lator by the American Political Science As- Mr. WARNER, Ms. WARREN, Mr. WHITE- consent that the resolution be agreed sociation, and was the 2005 recipient of the to, the preamble be agreed to, and that HOUSE, Mr. WICKER, and Mr. WYDEN) American Foreign Service Association Life- submitted the following resolution; time Contributions to American Diplomacy the motions to reconsider be consid- which was considered and agreed to: Award and the 2016 recipient of the J. Wil- ered made and laid upon the table with S. RES. 173 liam Fulbright Prize for International Un- no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar derstanding; was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1932 and Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar objection, it is so ordered. graduated from Shortridge High School in was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, The resolution (S. Res. 172) was 1950 in Indianapolis, Indiana as an Eagle and great-grandfather; agreed to. Scout and American Legion Boys Nation del- Whereas the service of the Honorable Rich- The preamble was agreed to. egate; ard G. Lugar on behalf of the people of Indi- (The resolution, with its preamble, is Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar ana and all people of the United States printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- studied at Denison University in Granville, earned him the respect and devotion of his mitted Resolutions.’’) Ohio and at Pembroke College, University of colleagues; and f Oxford, England as a Rhodes Scholar; Whereas the death of the Honorable Rich- Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar ard G. Lugar has deprived Indiana and the RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF THE volunteered for the U.S. Navy and served his United States of one of the most outstanding HONORABLE RICHARD G. LUGAR, country as an officer from 1957–1960, includ- Senators: Now, therefore, be it FORMER UNITED STATES SEN- ing as an intelligence briefer to the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Arleigh Burke; Resolved, That the Senate has heard with ATOR FOR THE STATE OF INDI- Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar profound sorrow and deep regret the an- ANA was elected mayor of Indianapolis from 1968– nouncement of the death of the Honorable Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I 1975 and envisioned the unification of the Richard G. Lugar, former Senator for the ask unanimous consent that the Sen- city with the surrounding Marion County State of Indiana; and ate proceed to the consideration of S. areas and brought uninterrupted economic Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate growth; Res. 173, submitted earlier today. Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar communicate these resolutions to the House The PRESIDING OFFICER. The served on the Indianapolis Board of School of Representatives and transmit an enrolled clerk will report the resolution by Commissioners from 1964 to 1967; copy thereof to the family of the deceased. title.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:38 Apr 30, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A29AP6.040 S29APPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with SENATE April 29, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2491 The senior assistant legislative clerk To be brigadier general COL. MICHAEL A. TOUGHER III COL. MICHAEL E. WEGSCHEIDER read as follows: COL. TRACY D. SMITH COL. BRIAN F. WERTZLER A resolution (S. Res. 173) relative to the THE FOLLOWING NAMED AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE COL. RICHARD A. WHOLEY UNITED STATES OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RE- COL. RICHARD D. WILSON death of the Honorable Richard G. Lugar, SERVE OF THE AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED COL. JOHN J. WOJCIK former United States Senator for the State UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12212: COL. JAMES A. ZOLLAR of Indiana. THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF To be brigadier general THE UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there COL. FRANK W. ROY THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211: objection to proceeding to the meas- IN THE ARMY To be brigadier general ure? THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT There being no objection, the Senate IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED COL. BRADLEY J. COX WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND COL. CARL C. DANBERG proceeded to consider the resolution. RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: COL. DANIEL H. DENT Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous COL. RALPH R. ROBOVSKY To be lieutenant general consent that the resolution be agreed COL. ADAM C. VOLANT MAJ. GEN. LEOPOLDO A. QUINTAS, JR. THE FOLLOWING ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE to, the preamble be agreed to, and that UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADES INDICATED the motions to reconsider be consid- THE UNITED STATES OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211: ered made and laid upon the table with THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211: To be brigadier general no intervening action or debate. To be major general COL. ANDREW C. DIEFENTHALER The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without COL. JAMES M. JONES objection, it is so ordered. BRIG. GEN. KENNETH A. NAVA THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF IN THE NAVY The resolution (S. Res. 173) was THE UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED agreed to. IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211: The preamble was agreed to. WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND (The resolution, with its preamble, is To be major general RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: To be vice admiral printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- BRIG. GEN. FRANCIS J. EVON, JR. BRIG. GEN. DAVID J. MIKOLAITIES REAR ADM. RICKY L. WILLIAMSON mitted Resolutions.’’) THE FOLLOWING ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT UNITED STATES OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RE- f IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED SERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211: ORDERS FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 30, RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: 2019 To be major general To be vice admiral BRIG. GEN. MARK J. SCHINDLER Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I REAR ADM. SEAN S. BUCK THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT ask unanimous consent that when the IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: Senate completes its business today, it THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT adjourn until 10 a.m., Tuesday, April To be major general IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS TO THE GRADE INDICATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPOR- 30; further, that following the prayer BRIG. GEN. DOUGLAS A. SIMS II TANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., and pledge, the morning hour be THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT SECTION 601: IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADES INDI- deemed expired, the Journal of pro- CATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: To be lieutenant general ceedings be approved to date, the time To be major general LT. GEN. JOHN J. BROADMEADOW for the two leaders be reserved for their THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT BRIG. GEN. JOHN F. HUSSEY IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS TO THE GRADE use later in the day, morning business BRIG. GEN. ANDREW J. JUKNELIS INDICATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPOR- be closed, and the Senate proceed to To be brigadier general TANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: executive session and resume consider- COL. JAN C. NORRIS ation of the William Cooper nomina- COL. MICHAEL K. PYLE To be lieutenant general tion under the previous order. THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF LT. GEN. BRIAN D. BEAUDREAULT The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without THE UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS TO THE GRADE objection, it is so ordered. UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211: INDICATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPOR- To be brigadier general TANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., f SECTION 601: COL. NICOLE M. BALLIET ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 10 A.M. COL. JAMES A. BENSON To be lieutenant general TOMORROW COL. BRIAN D. BOBO LT. GEN. GEORGE W. SMITH, JR. COL. RODNEY C. BOYD The PRESIDING OFFICER. Mr. COL. ANDRE J. CHEVALIER THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT COL. MICHAEL N. CLEVELAND IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS TO THE GRADE President, if there is no further busi- COL. AMY F. COOK INDICATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPOR- COL. TIMOTHY D. COVINGTON TANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., ness to come before the Senate, I ask SECTION 601: unanimous consent that it stand ad- COL. RONALD A. CUPPLES COL. JAMIE J. DAILEY To be lieutenant general journed under the provisions of S. Res. COL. RONNIE B. DELFIN COL. THOMAS C. FRILOUX LT. GEN. ROBERT F. HEDELUND 173 and do so as a further mark of re- COL. KEVIN A. FUJIMOTO IN THE AIR FORCE spect for the late Richard Lugar, COL. DOYLE GILLIS, JR. former Senator for the State of Indi- COL. CHARLES D. HAUSMAN THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT COL. CINDY H. HAYGOOD AS PERMANENT PROFESSOR AT THE UNITED STATES AIR ana. COL. LYNN M. HENG FORCE ACADEMY IN THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER COL. LARRY L. HENRY TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 9433(B) AND 9436(A): There being no objection, the Senate, COL. SCOTT W. HIIPAKKA at 7:09 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, COL. CHRISTINE L. HOFFMANN To be colonel COL. BRYAN M. HOWAY April 30, 2019 at 10 a.m. COL. JACK A. JAMES DOUGLAS P. WICKERT f COL. NICK JOHNSON THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT COL. ROBERT J. LARKIN AS PERMANENT PROFESSOR AT THE UNITED STATES AIR NOMINATIONS COL. JOHN A. LEBLANC FORCE ACADEMY IN THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER COL. DAVID A. LOPINA TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 9433(B) AND 9436(A): Executive nominations received by COL. CORWIN J. LUSK COL. ROGER D. LYLES To be colonel the Senate: COL. THOMAS H. MANCINO RICHARD T. COONEY, JR. COL. TIMOTHY S. MCLAUGHLIN POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION COL. ALBERTO L. MIRANDA THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT COL. JENNIFER R. MITCHELL TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR ANN C. FISHER, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: A COMMISSIONER OF THE POSTAL REGULATORY COM- COL. JESSE M. MOREHOUSE MISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING OCTOBER 14, 2024, VICE COL. ALAN B. NAUGHER To be colonel TONY HAMMOND, TERM EXPIRED. COL. JOHN T. OAKLEY COL. DOUGLAS A. PAUL ELBERT R. ALFORD IV DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS COL. JOHN A. PELLERITI JENNIFER T. BAGGOTT COL. JOHN J. PERKINS WILLIAM C. BREEDLOVE JAMES BYRNE, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE DEPUTY SEC- COL. DEAN A. PRESTON JASON E. BUCKNER RETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, VICE THOMAS G. BOW- COL. STEPHEN L. RHOADES PEDRO BURTONTAYLOR MAN. COL. CHRISTOPHER S. SANDISON LYNNE M. BUSSIE IN THE AIR FORCE COL. STEPHEN E. SCHEMENAUER THOMAS S. FARMER COL. MATTHEW D. SMITH DEAN K. FARREY THE FOLLOWING NAMED AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE COL. WALLACE E. STEINBRECHER DOLPHIS Z. HALL UNITED STATES OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RE- COL. ROBIN B. STILWELL CHARLES S. HUGHES SERVE OF THE AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED COL. CRAIG W. STRONG DONALD E. KOTULAN UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12212: COL. BLAIR E. TINKHAM STEPHANIE S. KU

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CHARLES E. MAREK, JR. ALLEN W. MAGNONE RICHARD L. CHAPMAN LEE M. NENORTAS JESSICA H. MAHAN CHRISTIAN B. COLEMAN MARK D. REYNOLDS AARON J. MANGUBAT JACK P. CRAVEN TRACIE L. SWINGLE KELLY N. MARINE LYNSEY A. CROSS THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT ANDREA C. MAYFIELD DONALD B. DAVISON IN THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE REGULAR AIR FORCE MICHELLA D. MAYOSMITH NATASHA A. DRESHER CRYSTAL L. MCCLATCHEY JONATHAN M. DREW UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 531: JULLIE A. MCFARLANE JOSEPH W. ESTEP To be major NIKESHA I. MCHUGH STEPHAN E. GRAFF SHELBY P. MCKAY NICHOLAS W. GUMLEY TAMMIE A. CANADA JAMES R. MCMANUS ALLEN L. HALL, JR. DOUGLAS N. SCHNEEKLOTH LESLIE D. MEAD BRANDT W. HIGLEY THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT JESSICA L. MEADE PAUL A. HOFFMAN TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR WENDELL G. MICULOB III ILDAR R. IBRAGIMOV FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: ERICA J. MIDDLETON MATTHEW M. JANSEN TAMIKA Y. MILAM PATRICIA M. KODIS To be major JOANN T. MILLER PAMELA R. LAMPERT RACHEL N. MILLER CALEB J. LESSELLES MARK C. ALDERMAN KRISTIN M. MOFFEIT LESLIE A. MARTELL CHANDRA D. ALEGRIA MARYA MOLETTE SCOTT R. MCKEITHEN MICHEAL P. ALLEN STACEY A. MORGAN JOSHUA P. MONROE BRANDI A. ALSTON WEBER M. C. MUNSAYAC MERRANDA J. MORENO JAMES J. ANDERSON RACHEL M. MYERS KRISTINE M. MORRIS LAUREAL J. ANDERSON TAMMY L. NEFF MATTHEW L. MUNCEY CHERRY R. ARELLANO NICHOLAS M. NELSON MATTHEW R. ODONNELL CHANTEL M. ARMSTRONG KYLE F. NEUENDORF BLAKE A. PAGE CIARA B. ARMSTRONG RAYMOND NOMEL TRAVIS A. PETERSEN MARKIA R. ARMSTRONG JASMINE G. NURSE LAUREN E. F. RODGERS CRYSTAL J. AYIREBI LAURA J. OATS CHARLENE J. RUEBEN ANDREA N. BARAJAS CHRISTOPHER D. ODOM KEENAN R. RYNER MARBY M. BERNAOLA KRISTINA L. OKEEFE KELLY L. SAMPSON MEKI L. BOCAGE VICTOR C. OKONJI CHAD D. SCARBRO MICHAEL A. BRINGAS ASHLEY L. OLSHEFSKI STEVEN L. SCHWERDTFEGER RICHARD L. BROCKSMITH MOBOLAJI O. OLUWOLE JOSHUA A. SMART MICHAEL S. BROOME RICHARD A. PATE JENNIFER M. STARK RACHEL A. BROUSSARD ELIZABETH A. PERSICO ELIZABETH R. TILLMANN RAQUEL L. BROWN NAM D. PHAM AARON M. VALENTZ AMANDA M. BYNUM SHANNON D. WHITE LINDSAY K. POLICHA AMY CARLISLE JACOB W. WILLIAMS ERICA N. PRIDGEN ARIK B. CARLSON DESBAH R. YAZZIE SUSANNA T. PRUANGKARN APRIL C. CARR CHRISTOPHER A. PYATT THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT WARREN A. CARTER ERICA D. QUARLES IN THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE REGULAR AIR FORCE STEVEN J. CASH MARIE H. RAJALA UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 531: SHELLYANN M. CATO IVY L. P. RAMIREZ SAMUEL P. CAUTHEN To be major JESSICA C. RAMIREZ CHRISTEN M. CHANDLER CENEAN W. RAPHEMOT LEO J. BURKARDT KERRI S. CHAPMAN BRYAN T. REDOR ELIAS HALVORSON EDSON E. CHARLES, JR. JANET L. RICE BREANNE M. KORMENDY NYAKEH J. CHARLEY BRENDA P. ROBINSON DAVID M. MAURER ELIZABETH A. CHERRY BRIAN A. ROTTWEILER SARAH E. CHIPLEY IN THE ARMY MICHAEL S. RYAN KELSEY L. CHRISTENSEN TIFFANY D. SAELAND MARKEISHA T. CLARK THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT DANIELLE M. SALES LINDA J. CLARKSON AS PERMANENT PROFESSOR AT THE UNITED STATES TIFFANY C. SAMSON RUBY A. COMPTON MILITARY ACADEMY IN THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER JACQLYN C. A. SANCHEZ REBECCA D. COWEN TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 7433(B) AND 7436(A): MICHELLE L. SANCHEZ TRACIE A. COY KHIMEA N. SAYLES To be colonel ANDREA E. CRAFT ANNE M. SCOTT SEQUARIA L. CRAWFORD BRIAN J. REED ALICE L. SHEPARD TERRICELL CROMARTIE DAWN N. SMITH THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT JESSICA L. CRUZFEHR JOHN A. SMITH TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE MARIE GRACE C. CUAYCONG WILLIAM T. SMITH ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: ROMULUS O. DARDEN CAITLIN J. SPANOGLE TIFFANY L. DAVIS To be colonel ASHLEY L. STANSBERY SUZETTE V. DEAN NATHAN S. STEVENSON THOMAS J. WARGO MATTHEW C. DECKER SARAH E. STONE KRISTIN S. DELACRUZ THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT JESSE L. STRANG STEPHANIE A. DOANE TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE JAMES L. SULLIVAN JAMES P. DOCKERY ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: BENJAMIN R. SWINEY KAYLA M. DOESCHER MATILDE D. TAVARES To be colonel MELANIE DONOHOO AMINA A. THARPE CARRIE M. DOWNEY TERRENCE SOMMERS ANNY P. TITUS TOYWONER V. DYCE ALAINA R. TOOKES THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT EKEMINI E. EMAH MARTIENE E. TORRES TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY ALEXIS V. EPPS BRANDON J. TRAPPETT AS CHAPLAINS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 624 AND JEREMY P. ETZKIN CHARLOTTE C. TROTT 7064: ROBERT A. FIORILLO MICHELLE P. TRUJILLO FOYE J. FLOWERS To be colonel ALINE N. ULLOA NICOLE M. FRAZIER EMILIA USTUNLER ALWYNMICHAEL S. ALBANO JASON E. FRIAS ADRIANA VARGASGEMINIANO ROBERT B. ALLMAN III SHERYLL A. Q. FRIAS MARTHA M. VERA CHRISTOPHER G. ARCHER ADAM G. GARRISON ESPERANZA D. WARD GEOFFREY N. BAILEY RACHEL M. GEORGE KATHERINE L. WASHINGTON HOWARD F. CANTRELL CATHERINE M. GIOVANINI BETH L. WEAVER THOMAS S. HELMS III LEAH H. GODWIN DERRICK WELLS MICHAEL L. JEFFRIES ANTOINETTE M. GORE CRYSTAL M. WHITE SUK KIM KATORAH R. GRIFFITH AMANDA R. WHOLLY EDDIE KINLEY, JR. KELLI D. GRUSS CLAUDIA A. WILLIAMS KENNETH M. LEBON MEGHAN K. HAFF DANIEL B. WILLIAMS BRAD P. LEWIS CATOYA S. HALE SANDY D. WILSON ROBERT E. MARSI BRITTANY J. HANNIGAN KENNETH G. WOLF MICHAEL F. MCDONALD TAJUNNA L. HAYWOOD GLENN D. WOLFE, JR. ERIC R. MEYNERS REBECCA J. HERMAN STACIE M. WROBEL WILLIAM H. SCRITCHFIELD STEVEN A. HOLMES EMILY E. YATES MICHAEL T. SHELLMAN LAURA C. IVEYGLINES HOLLY M. YEAGLEY STEVE SHIN SARAH R. JAGOE MEGAN H. YORK DOUGLAS C. SWIFT, JR. LAWONICA W. JEFFERSON GERRI Y. YOUNG STANTON D. TROTTER MICHAEL E. JESSUP WILLIAM E. YOUNG STEFHANIE A. JIMENEZ THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT DENEAN V. E. ZOZO LADETRA L. JOHNSON TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY SARAH B. JOHNSON THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: DERRICK L. JONES TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR To be colonel TANYA K. JONES FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: TOMEKA A. JONES To be major DAVID M. ROZELLE JESSICA L. KARWOSKI THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT AMY F. KING ALEXANDER A. ADELEYE TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY SARA B. KLIMEK JOSEPH O. AMPONG UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: DANEEN M. KOSA ERIC M. BADGER TRACY A. KRAYER ANDREW K. BALDWIN To be colonel NANCY A. LACY SHAWN R. BANION TONY L. DEDMOND, JR. DAVID A. LAMM JESSICA N. BANK SUZANNE M. LATCH ANGELO BAZILE THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR REGULAR AP- KEVIN D. LAWRENCE MARIA T. BOLES POINTMENT IN THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED JEFFREY N. LEGASPI JOSHUA J. BROCKMAN STATES ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 531: BEVERLY D. LEON HAROLD E. BROWN IV To be lieutenant colonel KETRINA E. LEWIS JUSTIN T. BUCY DEBRA A. LIGHTEN CHRISTIN S. BURROWS RAY G. MCCULLOCH II

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THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT MICHAEL I. ORESTES THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY NICHOLAS H. ORR TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 624 PATRICK D. OWSIAK UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: AND 7064: ANISH A. PATEL PAUL E. PATTERSON To be major To be lieutenant colonel JEANNE C. PATZKOWSKI ANDREW E. RADBILL MICHAEL S. PATZKOWSKI JASON B. ALISANGCO DANIEL L. PERRAULT THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT DAVID M. ANDERSON JILLIAN F. PHELPS TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY PETER S. ARMANAS KIMBERLEY J. PHILLIPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: WILLIAM C. ARNETT BRUCE D. PIER MEGAN L. BARNWELL To be major RICHARD A. PIERRE MICHEL K. L. BARRON JUSTIN D. PILGRIM GABRIEL A. MIRITELLO KELLY E. BEEKEN JASON S. RADOWSKY ADRIANE E. BELL THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT MICHAEL A. REDD JAIME L. BELLAMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY JASON M. REESE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: JOHN C. BERRY JULIE A. RIZZO ADAM J. BEVEVINO RYAN L. ROBERTS To be major MARK A. BLACK SCOTT H. ROBINSON NATHAN B. GADBERRY JAMES A. BLAIR ERIK Q. ROEDEL DANTAE L. BOWIE LUIS O. ROHENA THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT JACQUELINE M. BRADEN KEVIN D. ROWLEY TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY ANTHONY W. BRASWELL KENT A. SAUNDERS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: DEAN M. BREWER ANDREW T. SCHLUSSEL To be major ANDREW T. BRIGG DONALD A. SCHULTZ JOEL R. BROCKMEYER REBECCA M. SEIFRIED RICHARD ELIAS STERLING L. BRODNIAK JERRY P. SEILER WILLIAM A. WATTS GREGORY S. BROWN OMAR SHAMI THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TIMOTHY P. BROWN EMILY H. SHIN TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY KRISTEN P. BUNCH TERRY SHIN UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: KRISTINA G. BURGERS RYAN N. SIEG JASON M. CAGE EMILY A. SIMMONS To be major TERRA L. CALLAHAN CATON L. SIMONI MARLON G. BURNS BARRETT H. CAMPBELL TYSON J. SJULIN TREMAYLE J. CLEMENTS ANTHONY P. CARDILE JASON M. SMALLEY CARLOS H. DASILVA PAUL A. CAREY JUSTIN P. STERNE WIDMARCK DORILAS MICKEY S. CHABAK RACHEL M. R. SULLIVAN JAMES D. GAINS GRIGORY CHARNY JONATHAN P. SWISHER MATTHEW P. HOLMES ASHLEY H. CHATIGNY SAMUEL H. TAHK FANTA T. MBALLOW TIMOTHY H. CHO KENDRA L. THOREN JOSE ROSAHERNANDEZ VITO V. CIRIGLIANO JOHN S. THURLOW SHEENA L. RUBIN BRIAN M. COHEE EVAN T. TRIVETTE MICHELLE D. STEPHENS JOHN C. COLEMAN LAUREN C. TURZA ALPHONSO G. WILLIAMS SUSAN M. COLLA SANDRA A. VANHORN MICHAEL F. WOOD STEVEN C. CORDERO ROBERT J. WALTER LUIZ F. CORREA MATTHEW A. WESTHOFF THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT JAMES A. COX JEFFERY A. WHITE TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY MICHAEL J. CRIMMINS AARON B. WICKLEY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: BENJAMIN D. DAGGETT MOLLY E. WILLIAMS To be major CASEY A. DANIELSEN ROGER S. WILLIAMS MIA D. DEBARROS SHAPRINA R. WILLIAMS PAUL R. BARBO ERIK A. DEDEKAM KRISTOPHER C. WILSON MARK A. WURTH MATTHEW S. WRIGHT MICHAEL A. DEMARCANTONIO THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT AHMAD H. YASSIN KATHERINE L. DENGLER TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY ALLAN G. YOUNG JEFFREY M. DIFFENDERFER UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: PETER Q. DINH NATHAN P. ZWINTSCHER MARY S. DOELLMAN D014026 To be major JOSEPH W. DOMBROWSKY THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT FREDERICK W. ALF III UMA E. ERARD TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY CHRISTOPHER M. DUNSON GRANT H. EVANS DENTAL CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C. , SECTIONS 624 PABLO R. ENRIQUEZ JAMES A. FALCON AND 7064: JAMES R. GARNER II KELLY V. FITZPATRICK MICHAEL D. LEWIS ELIZABETH M. FRANCISCO To be lieutenant colonel JOSEPH W. GALVIN MICHAEL M. ARMSTRONG IN THE NAVY ESTEPHAN J. GARCIA ANDREW M. BAKER THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT BRANDON I. GARDNER CHRISTOPHER K. CHANG TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY RONALD P. GOODLETT PETER K. CUDJOE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: LESTER L. GREER DAVID A. DANTES SAMUEL L. GRINDSTAFF MINDY M. DAUGHERTY To be captain KELLY L. GROOM EDUARDO A. DECARDONAJULIA ALLEN D. HAIGHT PRABHDEEP S. GREWAL MATTHEW P. BEARE CHRISTOPHER B. HARTNESS MICHAEL A. HOFFMAN KEITH L. BECK FREDERICK A. HAUSER YONG S. KIM KENNETH C. COLLINS II SONYA H. HEIDT KWAME O. KWATENG DONALD F. CRUMPACKER ZACHARY S. HOFFER KHAI Q. LE BRADY J. DRENNAN WILLIAM E. EDENBECK MARK E. HOOSTE DONG S. LEE ALAN D. FEENSTRA DAVID C. HOSTLER JADELIN M. MORTON RICHARD R. GROVE, JR. CHARLES T. HOUNSHELL SERGIO MUNOZ KENNETH L. HOLLAND AICHA M. HULL RUTH A. NELSON TERRANCE J. PATTERSON APRIL J. HURLSTON DEMARCIO L. REED PATRICK H. SUTTON BENJAMIN J. JABARA ALEXANDRA M. RIHANI KEITH A. TUKES KEITH L. JACKSON SHETEKA K. ROSSGOODLETT MARK D. JEFFORDS RUSSELL K. SEARLE THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT LESLIE A. JETTEKELLY ERIC J. SETTER TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY GABRIEL H. JOHNSON CLINT T. SHELLEY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: CHRISTOPHER P. JORDAN MARY S. STUART To be captain CONOR M. KAIN STEVEN J. TODD JOSEPH H. KAMERATH NAM T. VO RICHARD L. BOSWORTH DANIEL G. KANG DOUGLAS N. WATERMAN JASON H. DAVIS DAVID KASSOP GARRETT G. WOOD ROBERT T. FLICKINGER MADEERA KATHPAL MIAO X. ZHOU THOMAS J. GILMORE JESSICA J. KEPCHAR THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT MICHAEL N. GOAD DONALD J. KOSATKA TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY NIKOLAUS F. GREVEN RITA A. KOSTECKE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: PENNY L. HARRIS MONIKA A. KRZYZEK ALAIN M. ILIRIA CHRISTIAN A. LABRA To be lieutenant colonel ERROL M. LAUMANN DANIELLE M. LUKICH SHERRELL T. LAM CORY J. COUSINS JAMES C. LEAGUEPASCUAL JAMES T. MERCHANT JOSEPH S. LEE THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT STEPHANY L. MOORE GRACE M. LIDL TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY MICHAEL V. OWEN THERESA M. LONG UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: ERIC S. PARTIN LUIS E. LOZADAMARRERO To be lieutenant colonel DARREN E. RICE MYRO A. LU DAVID J. SANCHEZ JASON A. MACDONNELL DAMON L. AUGUSTINE WILLIAM T. SAWHILL JOHN W. SHONE CRISTIAN S. MADAR THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT JULIAN G. MAPP RISA B. SIMON TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH CHARLOTTE S. MARCUS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: KEVIN D. MARTIN MARK A. STELIGA JOHN P. MCCALLIN III To be lieutenant colonel BRADLEY J. STOREY KAREN M. MCGRANE HERBERT R. THOMPSON PAUL J. STAMBAUGH BRYCE MEYERS DAVID C. VARONA MATTHEW E. MILLER THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT ANDRE R. WILSON KRISTEN E. NATALE TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY ERIC D. WYATT JESS T. NELSON UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: MATTHEW C. YOUNG MICHAEL D. NICKERSON To be lieutenant colonel THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT ARTHUR C. OKWESILI TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY RYAN T. OLESZEWSKI BRENTON D. GRIFFITH UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624:

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DALE III THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT CLAYTON M. PENDERGRASS CHRISTINA L. DALMAU JASON C. PITTMAN TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY JOSEPH O. DAVIDSON IV UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: COREY A. POORMAN MARC E. DAVIS JOHN D. PORADO To be captain DANIELLE C. DEFANT JOHN D. PORTER JASON M. DEICHLER DANIEL R. PROCHAZKA MARK A. ANGELO MICHAEL F. DELANEY MICHAEL T. PUFFER BRIAN M. BALLER NICHOLAS C. DELEO DONALD V. RAUCH MATTHEW A. DENSING MARC R. DELTETE ELIZABETH A. REGOLI CHRISTOPHER D. DOTSON TROY R. DENISON DANIEL J. REISS RAVI M. DESAI CHRISTOPHER W. GAVIN BRIAN A. RIBOTA DENNIS M. DUFFY II ANDREW D. GEPHART RICHARD A. ROBBINS, JR. PATRICK M. DZIEKAN III KEVIN T. MCGEE JASON E. ROGERS WILLIAM G. EASTHAM JOHN E. PATTERSON SCOTT A. ROSETTI BRIAN C. EMME ELIZABETH M. SOMERVILLE KENNETH R. RUSSELL THEODORE E. ESSENFELD GREGORY E. SUTTON MATTHEW D. RUSSELL WILLIAM P. FALLON THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT GARY A. RYALS MICHEL C. FALZONE TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY JOHN W. RYAN MATTHEW D. FANNING UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: TODD A. SANTALA JEFFREY A. FARMER To be captain CHRISTOPHER M. FARRICKER MATTHEW D. SCARLETT MARK R. FEGLEY RYAN C. SCHLEICHER REX A. BOONYOBHAS EDWARD K. FLOYD WINSTON E. SCOTT II KRISTINE M. DESOTO ANDREW K. FORTMANN PAUL A. SEITZ ERIC D. FELDER VINCENT A. FORTSON BENJAMIN J. SELPH ROBERT A. GOLD HANS A. FOSSER GENE G. SEVERTSON II WILLIAM L. HAGAN WILLIAM D. FRANCIS, JR. TERRENCE M. SHASHATY ANDREW J. HOFFMAN BRIAN D. FREMMING STEVEN J. SHAUBERGER RICHARD A. JONES JOHN T. FRYE VICTOR B. SHELDON II HANNAH A. KRIEWALDT JOSEPH J. FURCO COLBY W. SHERWOOD RYAN D. MCCRILLIS SAMUEL D. GAGE AARON F. SHOEMAKER LEE A. NICKEL JOHN D. GAINEY IV PETER M. SHOEMAKER MICHAEL C. OBERDORF BRYAN S. GALLO ANDREW J. SHULMAN WILLIAM P. PEMBERTON CHRISTOPHER T. GEORGE ALLEN M. SIEGRIST RANDOLPH E. SLAFF, JR. ANDREW H. GILBERT DAVID W. SKAROSI SCOTT A. TRACEY CHRISTOPHER S. GILMORE ANDRIA L. SLOUGH ZALDY M. VALENZUELA CHRISTIAN P. GOODMAN CHRISTOPHER E. SMITH ROBERT E. WILLIAMS JOHN T. GREEN WARREN D. SMITH SARAH E. ZARRO MICHAEL A. GUSSENHOVEN BRIAN J. SOLANO MARTIN E. SPRAGUE II THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT PETER F. HALVORSEN MARK W. HANEY MARK B. STEFANIK TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY NEIL J. STEINHAGEN UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: WILLIAM M. HARKIN DAVID F. HARRIS SEVERN B. STEVENS III To be captain MARY K. HAYS BRETT A. STEVENSON GARETH J. HEALY MICHAEL G. STOKES SCOTT DRAYTON ROBERT A. HEELY, JR. RAYMOND G. STROMBERGER JOHN D. STEVENS KHARY W. HEMBREE TEAGUE J. SUAREZ THOMAS R. WAGENER OLIVER R. HERION TRAVIS K. SUGGS THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT JASON B. HIGGINS JAMES T. SULTENFUSS TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY JUSTIN R. HODGES MICHAEL B. SWEENEY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: MICHAEL C. HOLLAND WILLIAM F. SWINFORD BRIAN L. HOLMES SHANE P. TANNER To be captain JAMIE D. HOPKINS AARON J. TAYLOR JEREMIAH J. TETI KEITH ARCHIBALD MICHAEL W. HOSKINS CHRISTOPHER S. HULITT STEVEN M. THOMAS ALDRITH L. BAKER STEVEN W. THOMAS CHRISTOPHER G. BRIANAS JAMES F. HURT ANTONIO L. HYDE MICHAEL J. TOLLISON WILLIE D. BRISBANE CLIFFORD W. TORAASON TRICIA A. CRONAU AUSTIN M. JACKSON PATRICK A. KELLER MICHAEL H. TOTH JED R. ESPIRITU CARL S. TRASK RICHARD A. KNIGHT, JR. JEFFREY D. KETCHAM ROBERT B. KIMNACH III GERALD L. TRITZ NINA M. NICASIO BRIAN T. TURNEY DELMY M. ROBINSON JASON D. KIPP ANDREW T. KLOSTERMAN BENJAMIN D. VANBUSKIRK ROBERT S. SMITH DAVID C. VEHON DAVID C. WEBBER SEAN P. KNIGHT TIMOTHY D. LABENZ JAMES J. VONSTPAUL THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT KELLY L. LAING FRANCIS J. WALTER III TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY ROBERT T. LANANE II DAVID W. WALTON, JR. UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: WILLIAM G. LANE STEVEN H. WASSON To be captain THOMAS E. LANSLEY SCOTT A. WASTAK SCOTT W. LARSON JASON E. WEED MITCHELL W. ALBIN PAUL LEE JOSHUA F. WENKER MICHAEL B. ALBUS JAMES L. LEMBO ROBERT G. WICKMAN EVERETT M. ALCORN, JR. ROBERT W. LIGHTFOOT TED W. WIEDERHOLT STEPHEN W. ALDRIDGE CHRISTOPHER C. LINDBERG ROBERT R. WILLIAMS IV GERVY J. ALOTA MICHAEL T. LISA CHRISTOPHER J. WOOD JEFFREY A. ANDERSON CHAD J. LIVINGSTON DAVID P. WROE EDWARD A. ANGELINAS PETER A. LOGAN JEFFREY M. YACKEREN STEPHEN A. AUDELO TIMOTHY J. LONG TODD D. ZENTNER SPENCER P. AUSTIN MICHAEL E. MADRID THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT CASEY B. BAKER ROBERT P. MAJORIS TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY JEFFREY D. BAKER GREGORY P. MALANDRINO UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: JONATHAN L. BARON JAMES R. MALONE EMILY L. BASSETT SHANE T. MARCHESI To be captain BRIAN A. BINDER HARRY L. MARSH JASON L. BIRCH DARRYL B. MARTIN ADRIAN Z. BEJAR MICHAEL P. BORRELLI MIGUEL R. MARTINEZ SEAN J. BRANDES JOHN A. BOWMAN EDWARD J. MASON LEONARD W. CAVER SAMUEL P. BRASFIELD III MICAH D. MAXWELL ROBERT T. DUNN DANIEL E. BROADHURST MITCHELL S. MCCALLISTER TRACY L. EMMERSEN JOSEPH M. BROMLEY GRADY S. MCDONALD DAVID W. FILANOWICZ DAVID P. BROOKS JEFFREY M. MCGRADY BRIAN A. HARDING SCOTT P. BRUNSON MATTHEW S. MCGRAW MICHAEL J. HERLANDS DOUGLAS J. BURFIELD SIMON C. MCKEON BRAD D. MELICHAR MARK C. BURKE CHARLES N. MCKISSICK BERNARD T. ONEILL III BRANDON J. BURKETT DOUGLAS K. MEAGHER SHARON D. PINDER MICHAEL J. BURKS KEVIN P. MEEHAN EDUARDO E. SALAZAR CLAUDINE CALUORI GREGORY D. MENDENHALL MICHAEL S. SALEHI BURT J. CANFIELD ALAN D. MILLER JOSHUA J. SANDERS TED W. CARLSON CHRISTOPHER G. MILNER ROBERT A. WOODRUFF III JAMES K. CARVER DENNIS C. MONAGLE THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT DAVID J. CASTEEL CHRISTOPHER K. MORGAN TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY CAREY F. CASTELEIN JAMES A. MORROW UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624:

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BROWN IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS TO THE GRADE AIR FORCE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH JEREMIAH GEORGE M. DOLAN INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: L. BLACKBURN AND ENDING WITH THOMAS A. WEBB, DAVID J. EHREDT WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE MICHAEL L. FARMER To be major general AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON ALBERT H. GEIS, JR. BRIG. GEN. JULIAN D. ALFORD FEBRUARY 25, 2019. JAMES A. HILTON MATTHEW J. LEDRIDGE BRIG. GEN. MICHAEL S. CEDERHOLM AIR FORCE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH LA TANYA MICHAEL P. MEYDENBAUER BRIG. GEN. DENNIS A. CRALL D. AUSTIN AND ENDING WITH LUIS E. MILLAN, WHICH MAREK STROSIN BRIG. GEN. KARSTEN S. HECKL NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- SHERRY W. WANGWHITE BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM M. JURNEY PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MARCH 26, BRIG. GEN. TRACY W. KING 2019. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT BRIG. GEN. CHRISTOPHER J. MAHONEY AIR FORCE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH MICHAEL T. TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY BRIG. GEN. GREGORY L. MASIELLO UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: CHARLTON AND ENDING WITH ROBERT T. UNGERMAN III, BRIG. GEN. STEPHEN M. NEARY WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE To be captain BRIG. GEN. PAUL J. ROCK, JR. AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON BRIG. GEN. JOSEPH F. SHRADER MARCH 26, 2019. WILLIAM H. CLINTON BRIG. GEN. STEPHEN D. SKLENKA AIR FORCE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH ELISSA R. RONALD S. FLANDERS PAMELA S. RAWE IN THE ARMY BALLAS AND ENDING WITH MATTHEW W. BOOTH, WHICH SARAH T. SELFKYLER NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MARCH 26, THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED 2019. TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND AIR FORCE NOMINATION OF BRIAN C. BANE, TO BE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: MAJOR. To be captain To be general AIR FORCE NOMINATION OF BENJAMIN D. RAMOS, TO BE MAJOR. JAMES M. BELMONT GEN. STEPHEN J. TOWNSEND AIR FORCE NOMINATION OF CHRISTOPHER D. BLACK, ROBERT L. BURGESS TO BE MAJOR. PAUL L. CHOATE IN THE NAVY FRANCINI R. CLEMMONS MARC K. FARNSWORTH THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE ARMY JON M. HERSEY IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND ARMY NOMINATION OF JASON A. ANTHES, TO BE THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: MAJOR. TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY ARMY NOMINATION OF ROBIN N. SCOTT, TO BE LIEU- UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: To be vice admiral TENANT COLONEL. ARMY NOMINATION OF MATTHEW R. THOM, TO BE LIEU- To be lieutenant commander REAR ADM. JAMES W. KILBY TENANT COLONEL. RILEY A. WALLS IN THE AIR FORCE ARMY NOMINATION OF DAVID M. POWELL, TO BE THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT MAJOR. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE REGULAR NAVY ARMY NOMINATION OF FORD M. LANNAN, TO BE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 531: IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- MAJOR. CATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE ARMY NOMINATION OF LUKE A. RANDALL, TO BE To be lieutenant commander AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION MAJOR. 601: BENJAMIN D. ADAMS ARMY NOMINATION OF MARK M. KUBA, TO BE COLO- To be general NEL. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT ARMY NOMINATION OF RHANA S. KURDI, TO BE LIEU- IN THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE REGULAR NAVY LT. GEN. JEFFREY L. HARRIGIAN TENANT COLONEL. UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 531: THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT ARMY NOMINATION OF MICHAEL D. NORTON, TO BE To be lieutenant commander IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- LIEUTENANT COLONEL. CATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE ARMY NOMINATION OF JASON A. BYERS, TO BE MAJOR. JESSICA M. MILLER AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION ARMY NOMINATION OF NATHANIEL C. CURLEY, TO BE THE FOLLOWING NAMED INDIVIDUAL FOR APPOINT- 601: MAJOR. MENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE REGULAR NAVY ARMY NOMINATION OF SEWHAN KIM, TO BE LIEUTEN- UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 531: To be general ANT COLONEL. ARMY NOMINATION OF EARLY HOWARD, JR., TO BE To be lieutenant commander GEN. TOD D. WOLTERS LIEUTENANT COLONEL. FRANK R. BITTNER THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT ARMY NOMINATION OF ISAAC L. HENDERSON, TO BE IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- LIEUTENANT COLONEL. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT CATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: ARMY NOMINATION OF JAMES A. BROADIE, TO BE IN THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE REGULAR NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 531: To be major general MAJOR. ARMY NOMINATION OF BRANDON E. RESOR, TO BE To be lieutenant commander BRIG. GEN. CHRISTOPHER P. AZZANO MAJOR. BRIG. GEN. KENNETH T. BIBB, JR. DAVID M. GROVES BRIG. GEN. ANGELA M. CADWELL IN THE NAVY IN THE AIR FORCE BRIG. GEN. SEAN M. FARRELL BRIG. GEN. ALEXUS G. GRYNKEWICH NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH SHAWN D. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT BRIG. GEN. MICHAEL A. GUETLEIN TRULOVE AND ENDING WITH DENA R. BOYD, WHICH IN THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR BRIG. GEN. TIMOTHY D. HAUGH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: BRIG. GEN. ERIC T. HILL PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MARCH 26, To be colonel BRIG. GEN. DAVID R. IVERSON 2019. BRIG. GEN. LANCE K. LANDRUM NAVY NOMINATION OF CHARLES E. JENKINS IV, TO BE MICHAEL R. CABRAL BRIG. GEN. JEANNIE M. LEAVITT COMMANDER.

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