Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 111 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION

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Vol. 156 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 2010 No. 94 House of Representatives The House met at 12:30 p.m. and was live together in unity and peace. We Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana. Mr. called to order by the Speaker pro tem- are different and yet the same. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Ivy pore (Mr. CUELLAR). Thank You for the gift of commu- Tech Community College in South f nities around the world, large and Bend, Indiana. Last week, Ivy Tech’s small, and for the many ways in which South Bend campus was approved by DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO our hands are an extension of Your the Indiana Commission for Higher TEMPORE graceful hands. Education to become the first college The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- Empower the leaders of the House in in Indiana to offer an associate’s de- fore the House the following commu- their important work as they serve to gree in the field of nanotechnology. nication from the Speaker: make our communities safe, produc- As demonstrated by advances made at the Midwest Institute for Nanoelec- Washington, DC, June 22, 2010. tive, and beautiful places to live and tronics Discovery in South Bend, north I hereby appoint the Honorable HENRY work. CUELLAR to act as Speaker pro tempore on Grant each person here wisdom in central Indiana is a growing leader in this day. the important work that You have the Nation’s nanotechnology research NANCY PELOSI, called them to do. Their work is Your and development. Speaker of the House of Representatives. work and their voices are Your voice as As our Nation is faced with an ex- f they labor together for the sake of this panding and increasingly competitive great land and for those around the global economy, it is crucial to pro- MORNING-HOUR DEBATE world. mote efforts such as a nanotechnology The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Bless all that is done here today and education to not only keep America ant to the order of the House of Janu- every day. We ask all this, O God, in competitive, but to thrive and win. Investments today in nanotechnol- ary 6, 2009, the Chair would now recog- Your holy and precious name. Amen. nize Members from lists submitted by ogy will result in quality, rewarding f the majority and minority leaders for Hoosier jobs of the future. I commend morning-hour debate. THE JOURNAL Ivy Tech for their efforts to prepare students, our next generation of The SPEAKER pro tempore. The f innovators for the future. Chair has examined the Journal of the RECESS last day’s proceedings and announces f The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- to the House his approval thereof. JUDGE OVERRULES ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- ADMINISTRATION declares the House in recess until 2 nal stands approved. (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was p.m. today. f given permission to address the House Accordingly (at 12 o’clock and 32 for 1 minute.) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE minutes p.m.), the House stood in re- Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, real cess until 2 p.m. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the people in the gulf region are affected f gentleman from Texas (Mr. POE) come by the hasty, overreaction by the Fed- forward and lead the House in the eral Government to shut down deep- b 1400 Pledge of Allegiance. water drilling for 6 months in the Gulf AFTER RECESS Mr. POE of Texas led the Pledge of of Mexico. The Obamatorium will Allegiance as follows: bankrupt businesses and put thousands The recess having expired, the House I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the of people in the gulf region out of was called to order by the Speaker pro United States of America, and to the Repub- work. tempore (Mr. HINOJOSA) at 2 p.m. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, The Feds are in an apparent violation f indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. of the law which requires affected parties to be consulted before regulators PRAYER f dictate new regulations. Affected par- COMMENDING IVY TECH Reverend Lane Bembenek, Joy Lu- ties would be the oil industries that are theran Church, Moore, South Carolina, COMMUNITY COLLEGE shut down and the people of the Gulf offered the following prayer: (Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana asked States. God of grace and glory, in Your good- and was given permission to address So these people have sued the Fed- ness and love You created humanity to the House for 1 minute.) eral Government and asked a Federal

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VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:21 Jun 23, 2010 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22JN7.000 H22JNPT1 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with HOUSE H4640 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 22, 2010 judge to impose an injunction against ernment spending under control and re- ministration. Mr. Obregon has dedi- the Federal Government’s unscientific duce the national debt. cated 38 years to education, including drilling ban. And in just the last hour, f 30 years as an accomplished super- a U.S. district judge has ruled the ad- intendent. He started off in the 1970s ministration was wrong in illegally COMMENDING REAL MEN COOK teaching elementary and junior high summarily stopping deepwater drilling. FOR CHARITY school. He was promoted to super- It is unfortunate the administration (Mr. DAVIS of Illinois asked and was intendent for the Dilley Independent has to be sued by the people of this given permission to address the House School District. From there he went to country to keep it from destroying for 1 minute and to revise and extend Progreso Independent School District, American jobs. his remarks.) Asherton Independent School District And that’s just the way it is. Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I and recently retired from the Charlotte f rise to commend the Real Men Cook for Independent School District. COMMENDING ARIZONA Charity in Chicago for its annual event Throughout his career, he has been EDUCATORS which was held on Sunday, Father’s one who has served the public and has Day, at the Kennedy King College for taught our children the difference be- (Mrs. KIRKPATRICK of Arizona tween right and wrong. asked and was given permission to ad- the purpose of promoting healthy lifestyles, family values, and community Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to have dress the House for 1 minute and to re- time to recognize Mr. Alfonso Obregon, vise and extend her remarks.) spirit. a great educator for south Texas. Mrs. KIRKPATRICK of Arizona. Mr. As is usually the case, it was well-at- Speaker, to succeed in today’s global tended by hundreds of individuals and f economy, our children need a great their families as a tribute to fathers. I COMMUNICATION FROM THE education. And as any mom knows, a again commend them for this great ac- CLERK OF THE HOUSE great education comes from great tivity. teachers, working hard and giving f The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- every student the attention they de- fore the House the following commu- serve. RECOGNIZING IMPORTANCE OF nication from the Clerk of the House of Though schools are starting their PASSING A BUDGET Representatives: summer breaks, Arizona’s teachers, ad- (Mr. BOOZMAN asked and was given HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ministrators, and support staff are still permission to address the House for 1 Washington, DC, June 18, 2010. putting in very long days. They are minute.) Hon. NANCY PELOSI, taking the time to get ready for fall so Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. Speaker, when The Speaker, Capitol, House of Representatives, they can work with parents to help hardworking Arkansans receive their Washington, DC. DEAR MADAM SPEAKER: Pursuant to the their students along the path to college paychecks, they are forced to make dif- permission granted in clause 2(h) of rule II of or the job they want. ficult decisions about their finances the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa- Even as many of our State’s edu- and how to spend their money. Arkan- tives, the Clerk received the following mes- cators face layoffs and pay cuts this sas families are forced to tighten their sage from the Secretary of the Senate on year, they remained devoted to making belts in this economic climate and June 18, 2010 at 2:57 p.m.: sure our kids can realize their poten- change their spending habits, and they That the Senate agreed to S.J. Res. 33. tial and their dreams. In my district, expect Washington to do the same. That the Senate passed with amendments where we have been hit hard by the It is the job of Congress to be respon- H.R. 3962. downturn, they are finding creative That the Senate agreed to without amend- sible stewards of taxpayer money, but ment H. Con. Res. 242. ways to do their jobs with fewer re- not passing a budget is far from respon- With best wishes, I am sources. sible. It is a failure by the majority to Sincerely, As parents and as citizens, we owe govern at its most basic level. LORRAINE C. MILLER. our teachers, administrators, and sup- The level of discretionary spending f port staff thanks for all their efforts. increases and spending in the past year This Congress should do whatever it has become unsustainable. Failing to ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER can to better support them in the com- produce a budget only places future PRO TEMPORE ing school year. burdens on our children, grandchildren, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- f and great-grandchildren. ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair NATIONAL MEDIA REVEAL We need fiscal discipline and a bal- will postpone further proceedings DOUBLE STANDARD anced budget that controls the na- today on motions to suspend the rules tional debt, does not raise taxes, and (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was on which a recorded vote or the yeas achieves lower deficits. Not passing a given permission to address the House and nays are ordered, or on which the budget for the first time in modern his- for 1 minute.) vote incurs objection under clause 6 of tory demonstrates how out of touch Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, in rule XX. Speaker PELOSI and Majority Leader 2006, the current House majority leader Record votes on postponed questions HOYER are with the American people. said enacting a budget was ‘‘the most will be taken after 6 p.m. today. We owe it to the American people to do basic responsibility of governing.’’ f Now he says that the Democratic ma- better. jority will not even pass a budget this f SUPPORTING NATIONAL MEN’S year. The House has passed a budget HEALTH WEEK HONORING ALFONSO OBREGON every year since the Budget Act be- Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I came law in 1974. If House Republicans (Mr. CUELLAR asked and was given move to suspend the rules and agree to had failed to pass a budget during an permission to address the House for 1 the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. economic crisis such as this, it would minute.) 288) supporting National Men’s Health be the lead story on every network Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise Week. news program and the lead editorial in today to recognize the accomplish- The Clerk read the title of the con- every newspaper. ments of an outstanding citizen of current resolution. Instead, the national media have col- Pearsall, Texas, for his educational The text of the concurrent resolution lectively yawned and have given the contributions to the community. is as follows: Democrats a free pass. The Democratic Mr. Alfonso Obregon recently retired H. CON. RES. 288 as a public school superintendent with majority doesn’t want to pass a budget Whereas despite the advances in medical because it will expose their run-away 30 years of experience. He retires with technology and research, men continue to spending. an exceptional background, having live an average of more than 5 years less Americans want Congress to pass a earned a bachelor’s degree in education than women and African-American men have responsible budget that will get gov- and a master’s degree in education ad- the lowest life expectancy;

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:17 Jun 23, 2010 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K22JN7.020 H22JNPT1 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with HOUSE June 22, 2010 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4641 Whereas 9 of the 10 leading causes of death, Whereas men and their families are en- cancer, testicular cancer, and colon as defined by the Centers for Disease Control couraged to increase their awareness of the cancer are treatable upon early detec- and Prevention, affect men at a higher per- importance of a healthy lifestyle, regular ex- tion. Specifically, the use of prostate centage than women; ercise, and medical checkups; and cancer-specific antigen exams, blood Whereas between the ages of 45 and 54, men Whereas June 14 through June 20, 2010, is 1 pressure screenings, and other exams, are 1 ⁄2 times more likely than women to die National Men’s Health Week, which has the of heart attacks; purpose of heightening the awareness of pre- when coupled with clinical examina- Whereas men die of heart disease at 11⁄2 ventable health problems and encouraging tion and self-testing for testicular can- times the rate of women; early detection and treatment of disease cer, can lead to early detection and in- Whereas men die of cancer at almost 11⁄2 among men and boys: Now, therefore, be it crease survival rates to nearly 100 per- times the rate of women; Resolved by the House of Representatives (the cent. Whereas testicular cancer is one of the Senate concurring), That Congress— Accordingly, we must do more to en- most common cancers in men between the (1) supports the annual National Men’s courage healthy behavior and disease ages of 15 and 34, and when detected early, Health Week; and has a 96 percent survival rate; (2) requests that the President of the prevention within America’s male pop- Whereas the number of cases of colon can- United States issue a proclamation calling ulation. A more concentrated focus cer among men was almost 49,470 in 2010, and upon the people of the United States and in- upon male-related health conditions almost half of such men died from the dis- terested groups to observe National Men’s such as prostate, colon, and testicular ease; Health Week with appropriate ceremonies cancer, along with a genuine commit- Whereas the likelihood that a man will de- and activities. ment to addressing heart health, will velop prostate cancer is 1 in 6; Whereas the number of men developing The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- go a long way toward ensuring that prostate cancer in 2010 will reach more than ant to the rule, the gentleman from Il- men have access to critical health in- 217,730 and an estimated 32,050 of them will linois (Mr. DAVIS) and the gentleman formation. die from the disease; from Nebraska (Mr. SMITH) each will In addition, it is important to re- Whereas African-American men in the control 20 minutes. member that prevention and treatment United States have the highest incidence of The Chair recognizes the gentleman of men’s health conditions are critical prostate cancer in the world; from Illinois (Mr. DAVIS). not only to men, but also to the health Whereas significant numbers of male-re- and well-being of the American family. lated health problems, such as prostate can- GENERAL LEAVE cer, testicular cancer, infertility, and colon Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I Having just recently celebrated Fa- cancer, could be detected and treated if ask unanimous consent that all Mem- ther’s Day, I believe that it is impor- men’s awareness of such problems was more bers may have 5 legislative days in tant for this legislative body to recog- pervasive; which to revise and extend their re- nize men’s health from a family per- Whereas more than half of the elderly wid- marks. spective. ows now living in poverty were not poor be- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Furthermore, while an effort to en- fore the death of their husbands, and by age objection to the request of the gen- courage prevention and wellness among 100 women outnumber men 4 to 1; the male population can help meet our Whereas educating both the public and tleman from Illinois? health care providers about the importance There was no objection. primary goal of improving health out- of early detection of male health problems Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I comes, in the aggregate, utilization of will result in reducing rates of mortality for yield myself such time as I may con- these preventive services can lower these diseases; sume. health costs that currently are spi- Whereas appropriate use of tests such as On behalf of the Committee on Over- raling out of control. Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) exams and sight and Government Reform, I Mr. Speaker, since 1994, National blood pressure and cholesterol screens, in Men’s Health Week has served as a cat- conjunction with clinical examination and present House Concurrent Resolution self-testing for problems such as testicular 288 for consideration. This resolution alyst for increased attention towards cancer, can result in the detection of many expresses our support for the goals and men’s health issues. So I strongly urge of these problems in their early stages and ideals of the annual National Men’s my colleagues to join me in supporting increases in the survival rates to nearly 100 Health Week, the observance of which House Concurrent Resolution 288, rec- percent; is designed to heighten awareness of ognizing the tremendous importance of Whereas women are twice as likely as men preventable health problems and en- these efforts. to visit the doctor for annual examinations courage early detection and treatment Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of and preventive services; my time. Whereas men are less likely than women to of disease among men. visit their health center or physician for reg- H. Con. Res. 288 was introduced by Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speak- ular screening examinations of male-related my friend and colleague, the gen- er, I yield myself such time as I may problems for a variety of reasons, including tleman from Maryland (Mr. CUMMINGS), consume. fear, lack of health insurance, lack of infor- on June 14, 2010. It was reported out of I rise today in support of House Con- mation, and cost factors; the Committee on Oversight and Gov- current Resolution 288, supporting Na- Whereas National Men’s Health Week was ernment Reform by unanimous consent tional Men’s Health Week. In 1994, Con- established by Congress and first celebrated on June 17, 2010. H. Con. Res. 288 enjoys gress established National Men’s in 1994 and urges men and their families to Health Awareness Week to be cele- engage in appropriate health behaviors, and bipartisan support from over 50 cospon- the resulting increased awareness has im- sors. brated the week leading up to Father’s Day. This week brings national atten- proved health-related education and helped b 1415 prevent illness; tion to the critical health issues facing Whereas the Governors of all 50 States Mr. Speaker, according to the Cen- men and highlights the preventative issue proclamations annually declaring ters for Disease Control and Preven- measures that are necessary and avail- Men’s Health Week in their States; tion, 9 of the 10 leading causes of death able. Whereas since 1994, National Men’s Health in America among men, including Every day men are reminded about Week has been celebrated each June by doz- heart disease and cancer, affect men at the benefits of living a healthy life. ens of States, cities, localities, public health a significantly higher percentage than departments, health care entities, churches, Whether it’s through exercise, a bal- and community organizations throughout women. In addition, the CDC has re- anced diet, or regular visits to the doc- the Nation that promote health awareness ported that women are 100 percent tor, these simple steps can lead to long, events focused on men and family; more likely than men to seek annual vibrant lives. Sadly, many men still Whereas the National Men’s Health Week medical examinations and preventative neglect the basic preventative meas- Web site has been established at health care. Moreover, health statistics ures and often fail to realize the ripple www.menshealthweek.org and features Gov- also indicate that despite advances in effect their declining health can have ernors’ proclamations and National Men’s medical care, men continue to live an on those around them. Health Week events; average of approximately 6 fewer years Men have a shorter lifespan than Whereas men who are educated about the value that preventive health can play in pro- than women, with African American women. On average, men live 5 years longing their lifespan and their role as pro- men having the lowest life expectancy. less than women. Men are also 11⁄2 ductive family members will be more likely Nonetheless, many male-related times more likely to die from heart at- to participate in health screenings; health problems, including prostate tacks, heart disease, and cancer than

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Mr. Speak- bring this information to light and The disparity in men’s health has led er, I have no further requests for time, highlights the proactive steps that men to increased risks of death from heart and I yield back the balance of my can take to improve their chances for a disease and cancer. But these problems time. long, healthy life. The benefits of a do not only affect men. More than half Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I more proactive approach to men’s of the elderly widows now living in want to commend, again, Representa- health extends not only to the indi- poverty were not poor before the death tive CUMMINGS for his introduction of vidual, but to their family, friends, of their husbands. And by age 100, this very important resolution. I also taxpayers, and employers. women outnumber men four to one. want to commend the community I urge my colleagues not only to sup- We simply must get more men the health centers in my congressional dis- port this resolution but honor its mes- early care and education they need to trict, and especially the Near North sage. Men’s Health Awareness Week lead long and healthy lives. That is Health Corporation, for their focus on helps broaden our understanding of se- why I am advocating for the recogni- men’s health. rious health risks and the simple steps tion of June 14 through 20 as National I urge all of my colleagues to join me we can all take to help mitigate their Men’s Health Week. We need to edu- in supporting this measure. effects. cate both the public and health care Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I providers about the importance of I ask my fellow Members to join me rise today to thank Representative CUMMINGS in support of this resolution. early detection of male health prob- for introducing H. Con. Res. 288, a resolution I reserve the balance of my time. lems that will result in reducing rates supporting the goals and ideals of National Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, of mortality for common diseases. Men’s Health Week, and to urge my col- Appropriate use of tests such as pros- it’s now my pleasure to yield such time leagues to support this important resolution. as he may consume to the author of tate-specific antigen exams, blood pres- National Men’s Health Week took place this resolution, the very distinguished sure screenings, and cholesterol from June 14–20, ending with Father’s Day, gentleman from Maryland, Representa- screenings, in conjunction with clinical this past Sunday. The United States cele- examination and self-testing for prob- tive ELIJAH CUMMINGS. brated National Men’s Health Week to encour- lems such as testicular cancer, can re- Mr. CUMMINGS. I want to thank the age men to live healthy lives, in particular by sult in the detection of many of these gentleman for yielding. My apprecia- undergoing precautionary health tests. Na- problems in their early stages and in- tion also goes out to Chairman TOWNS tional Men’s Health Week is of vital impor- creases in their survival rates to nearly for moving this resolution recognizing tance as it helps heighten awareness of pre- 100 percent. National Men’s Health Week through The number of men developing pros- ventable health problems and also encourages the Oversight and Government Reform tate cancer in 2010 will reach more early detection and treatment of disease and Committee. than 217,000, and an estimated 32,000 of injury among not only men, but young boys as This past Sunday, many of us cele- them will, sadly, die from this disease. well. Early detection lessens the impact and brated Father’s Day, which also This week is designed to encourage cost of disease, improves, and often save marked the end of National Men’s men and their families to engage in ap- lives. By encouraging preventive National Health Week that is celebrated from propriate health behaviors, and the re- Men’s Health Week and treatment of men’s June 14 through June 20. The need for sulting increased awareness has im- health issues is essential because these this legislation could not be more evi- proved health-related education and issues not only affect men across the nation, dent. Despite advances in medical tech- helped prevent illness. but the women, children and all other families nology and research, men continue to National Men’s Health Week was es- members involved in a man’s life. live an average of more than 5 years tablished by Congress in 1994. And on a The lessons of Men’s Health Week have a less than women, and African Amer- more local note, just a few weeks ago I personal significance for me. Nearly 20 years ican men have the lowest life expect- invited men to come in to Mercy Hos- ago, I went in for a check-up due to constant ancy of all groups. pital in my district in downtown Balti- fatigue and found out that I had Hepatitis C. Further, 9 out of the 10 leading more to get prostate exams. I also in- Thanks, in part, to early detection, I was able causes of death, as defined by the Cen- vited women to come in to get mam- to get proper treatment and fight back fiercely ters for Disease Control and Preven- mograms. I just received a report today against the disease. I am able to stand here tion, affect men at a higher percentage that of the 100 or so people that came now, medication-free and healthy, because of rate than women. Men simply are not in, 20 percent of them, 20 percent of early detection and treatment. getting the care they need. Women are them were in a position where they Today, thanks to this Congress, everyone in twice as likely as men to visit the doc- needed care, and if they did not get the the United States—including men—have actor for annual examinations and pre- care, it probably would have led to cess to affordable health. The health reform ventive services. very, very, very serious debilitating law that I supported provides incentives to By the way, the research shows that circumstances or even death. So that’s seek preventive care and makes that care af- most men who are the beneficiaries of a perfect example of why we need to fordable. I urge my male colleagues in Con- early diagnosis and treatment with re- emphasize men’s health and, by the gress and men around the country to see their gard to many, many diseases have been way, women’s health. doctor for regular check-ups, to get screened urged to go to the doctor by a woman Men who are educated about the and tested, and to do what they can to live in their life, a significant other, a sis- value that preventive health can play healthier lives. ter, a wife. But women are quite often in prolonging their lifespan and their I encourage my colleagues to support this the ones who also make the decisions role as productive family members will resolution which encourages men to take sim- for the family and sometimes drag us be more likely to participate in preven- ple steps for a longer, healthier, and happier men to the doctor’s office kicking and tive care. One of the things that a lot life. screaming. of people don’t think about is the fact Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Men are also less likely than women that there are many men, if they sim- Mr. Speaker, it is well known that one of the to visit their health center or physi- ply took the precautions, if they sim- most important factors in access to medical cian for regular screening examina- ply got the exams, they would be care is health insurance. Recent Center of tions or gender-related problems for a around for a lot more Father’s Days. Disease Control and Prevention data show variety of reasons, including fear, lack And a lot of folks don’t realize that to that young men are 36 percent more likely to of health insurance, lack of informa- have loved ones around for many, be uninsured than young women. Additionally, tion, and cost factors. Quite often, men many years is so very, very significant, young adults without insurance are four times believe in this macho concept that and, as the commercial says, it is sim- as likely as those with private insurance to they can get over anything, that it’s ply priceless. have unmet medical needs.

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These behavior patterns can lead to have been held to honor African-American Emancipation Proclamation was issued missed opportunities for early intervention in a freedom while encouraging self-development by President Abraham Lincoln. Upon number of medical conditions and chronic ill- and respect for all cultures; reading of General Order No. 3 by Gen- nesses, especially those that are exclusive to Whereas although Juneteenth Independ- eral Granger, the former slaves cele- or disproportionally effect men. ence Day is beginning to be recognized as a brated jubilantly, establishing Amer- national, and even global, event, the history Beyond expanding health insurance cov- ica’s second independence day celebra- erage, therefore, it is necessary to improve behind the celebration should not be forgotten; and tion and the oldest African American men’s uptake of healthcare services. The first Whereas the faith and strength of char- holiday observance. step towards this goal is to increase aware- acter demonstrated by former slaves remains Since that time over 145 years ago, ness about men’s health issues. I applaud the an example for all people of the United the descendants of slaves have observed current resolution in support of National Men’s States, regardless of background, religion, or this anniversary of emancipation as a Health Week, as well as the request that inter- race: Now, therefore, be it remembrance of one of the most tragic Resolved, That— ested groups observe with appropriate cere- periods in our Nation’s history. The monies and activities. By educating men about (1) the House of Representatives recognizes the historical significance of Juneteenth suffering, degradation, and brutality of the available predictive screening and preven- Independence Day to the Nation; slavery cannot be repaired; but the tive care, we can help our nation’s fathers, (2) the House of Representatives supports memory can serve to ensure that no husbands, brothers and sons to live longer, the continued celebration of Juneteenth such inhumanity is ever perpetrated healthier lives. Independence Day to provide an opportunity again on American soil. Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. I have no fur- for the people of the United States to learn Today, Juneteenth celebrates African ther requests for time, and I yield back more about the past and to better under- American freedom while encouraging the balance of my time. stand the experiences that have shaped the self-development and respect for all The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Nation; and (3) it is the sense of the House of Rep- cultures. This celebration of the end of question is on the motion offered by slavery is an important and enriching the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. resentatives that— (A) history should be regarded as a means part of the history and heritage of the DAVIS) that the House suspend the for understanding the past and more effec- United States. I, therefore, ask my col- rules and agree to the concurrent reso- tively facing the challenges of the future; leagues to join me in supporting the lution, H. Con. Res. 288. and passage of this measure. The question was taken. (B) the celebration of the end of slavery is With that, Mr. Speaker, I reserve the The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the an important and enriching part of the his- balance of my time. opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being tory and heritage of the United States. Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speak- in the affirmative, the ayes have it. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- er, I yield myself such time as I may Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, ant to the rule, the gentleman from Il- consume. on that I demand the yeas and nays. linois (Mr. DAVIS) and the gentleman I rise today in support of H. Res. 546, The yeas and nays were ordered. from Nebraska (Mr. SMITH) each will recognizing the historical significance The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- control 20 minutes. of Juneteenth Independence Day. It is ant to clause 8 of rule XX and the The Chair recognizes the gentleman important to once again remember a Chair’s prior announcement, further from Illinois. day when the wants and needs of the proceedings on this motion will be GENERAL LEAVE people brought our country out of one postponed. Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I of the darkest stages of its history. It f ask unanimous consent that all Mem- is through recognition of such an in- bers may have 5 legislative days within RECOGNIZING JUNETEENTH credible achievement that we are able which to revise and extend their re- INDEPENDENCE DAY to pave the way for many more like it. marks. On June 19, 1865, 2,000 Federal sol- Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there diers marched into Galveston and noti- move to suspend the rules and agree to objection to the request of the gen- fied the slaves of Texas that their lives the resolution (H. Res. 546) recognizing tleman from Illinois? of servitude were over. Amazingly, this the historical significance of There was no objection. action took place more than 2 years Juneteenth Independence Day, and ex- Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I after President Lincoln’s famous pressing the sense of the House of Rep- yield myself such time as I may con- Emancipation Proclamation speech resentatives that history should be resume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H. was delivered. garded as a means for understanding Over 100 years later, Juneteenth the past and more effectively facing Res. 546, a resolution that recognizes the historical significance of June- serves as a time when we can celebrate the challenges of the future. the true end to slavery in the United The Clerk read the title of the resolu- teenth Independence Day and expresses States. June 19, commonly known as tion. the sense of the House of Representa- Juneteenth, also reminds us that it is The text of the resolution is as fol- tives that history should be regarded our duty to constantly work to better lows: as a means for understanding the past our country. On this day, we celebrate H. RES. 546 and more effectively facing the challenges of the future. I am delighted culture and, more importantly, eman- Whereas news of the end of slavery did not cipation. It is important that our chil- reach frontier areas of the United States, that we can bring this measure to the and in particular the Southwestern States, floor today. dren learn along with our families for more than 2 years after President Lin- I introduced H. Res. 546 on June 15, about the times surrounding the Civil coln’s Emancipation Proclamation of Janu- 2009, and the Committee on Oversight War, but also of this monumental ary 1, 1863, and months after the conclusion and Government Reform ordered it to achievement that followed that June of the Civil War; be reported by unanimous consent on day in Galveston. Whereas, on June 19, 1865, Union soldiers June 17, 2010. It comes to the floor with By taking time to celebrate led by Major General Gordon Granger ar- over 60 cosponsors. I am pleased to join Juneteenth Independence Day, we rived in Galveston, Texas, with news that with them in recognizing this impor- honor the richness, diversity, and her- the Civil War had ended and that the tant day. itage of all races in our Nation. I ask enslaved were free; Whereas African-Americans who had been Juneteenth, or the 19th of June, recall my fellow Members to join me in slaves in the Southwest celebrated June 19, ognizes June 19, 1865, when, in Gal- support of H. Res. 546. commonly known as Juneteenth Independ- veston, Texas, Union General Gordon Ms. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise ence Day, as the anniversary of their eman- Granger announced freedom for all today in support of ‘‘Juneteenth,’’ the oldest cipation; slaves in the Southwest. nationally celebrated commemoration of the

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For Americans have made to society since abolition of slavery throughout the full United two years the black population of this city lived Juneteenth. States, and the freedom of enslaved African their lives as slaves, as opposed to other When I first came to this body, these were Americans after hundreds of years of untold southern states like Georgia and North Caro- the same issues that my constituents and the oppression and hardship endured. lina in which the black population knew of the African American community at-large faced. The observance of June 19th as the African Emancipation Proclamation. On June 19th, the As we commemorate Juneteenth, there will be American Emancipation Day originated in Gal- situation changed when Union General Gor- celebrations, but I hope there will also be re- veston, Texas in 1865, and is now celebrated don Granger announced the news of their flections. Even today, the vestiges of slavery around the United States. This day was cho- freedom to the black citizens of Galveston. still impose the cycle of poverty on the de- sen because it was on June 19, 1865 that the Seen as one of the last bastions of slavery, scendants of the freedmen. As time has Union soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas General Granger’s announcement brought passed, many have said the free market with news that the war had ended and in- about the end of slavery in Texas. would take care of these people, but it is clear formed the enslaved population that they had We often praise this country for the great that it has left them behind. As we commemo- been set free under President Lincoln’s Eman- freedom that it affords its citizens, yet rate today, we must not forget to pursue the cipation Proclamation a full two and one half Juneteenth serves as a consistent and glaring unfinished business of equality that emanci- years earlier. The day was largely celebrated reminder of our darker past. While it is true pation began so long ago. within African-American communities until the that significant strides have been made since Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Civil Rights Movement, when Reverend Ralph then, it is important that we not forget from I rise today in strong support of H. Res. 546 Abernathy called for people of all races, eco- whence we come and learn from it. I’m proud which recognizes the historical significance of nomic strata, and professions to come to to represent the state of Georgia in the United Juneteenth Independence Day, and express- Washington, D.C. to show support for the im- States House of Representatives, but I also ing the sense of the House of Representatives poverished and oppressed at the Poor Peo- recognize that the great state I serve did allow that history should be regarded as a means ples March on June 19, 1968. Many of the the oppression of blacks as slaves. History is for understanding the past and more effec- participants returned home and initiated a tool to be used for growth—a means tively facing the challenges of the future. Juneteenth celebrations in their own commu- through which we can understand and face On June 19, 1865, the day Union soldiers nities. arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that Every year, the celebration of Juneteenth the challenges of tomorrow. Today Juneteenth, also known as Freedom the Civil War had ended and that the enslaved grows in popularity across the United States. It is a day when we recognize and remember Day, is now recognized as a state holiday in African-Americans were free, ‘‘Juneteenth the evils of slavery, the suffering it caused, 36 states and primarily serves to remind, in- Independence Day’’ was born. On this historic and the lives it took. But it is also a day that spire, and encourage future generations. Mr. day, legend has it, while standing on the bal- celebrates African American freedom and Speaker, I stand proudly to support this reso- cony of Galveston’s Ashton Villa, Granger achievement with celebrations, guest speak- lution and would urge my colleagues to do the read the contents of ‘‘General Order No. 3’’: ers, picnics, and family gatherings. Partici- same. The people of Texas are informed that, in Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to accordance with a proclamation from the pants of all races, nationalities and religions Executive of the United States, all slaves are celebrate and take the time to reflect on the support H. Con. Res. 546, legislation commemorating a monumental day in the history free. This involves an absolute equality of past and rejoice in the present and future. Fi- personal rights and rights of property be- nally, it is an opportunity to emphasize the of liberty, Juneteenth Independence Day. Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, tween former masters and slaves, and the need for continued efforts to promote edu- connection heretofore existing between them cational, economic, political, and social equal- 1865, when slaves in Galveston, Texas becomes that between employer and hired ity throughout our country. learned that they were at last free men and labor. The freedmen are advised to remain Mr. Speaker, in the wonderfully diverse 37th women. The slaves of Galveston were the last quietly at their present homes and work for District, we share as a community a legacy of group of slaves to learn of the end of slavery. wages. They are informed that they will not overcoming difficulties, working to defeat our Thus, Juneteenth represents the end of slav- be allowed to collect at military posts and ery in America. that they will not be supported in idleness obstacles, and empowering ourselves to im- either there or elsewhere. prove our lives and our neighborhoods. I am I hope all Americans will take the time to proud that, this year, in the 37th district, the commemorate Juneteenth. Friends of human In that moment, Galveston streets were cities of Carson, Compton, and Long Beach, liberty should celebrate the end of slavery in filled with jubilant celebrations and the fol- as well as the neighborhoods of Watts and any country. The end of American slavery is lowing year, the commemoration of June 19th Willowbrook, all held Juneteenth celebrations. particularly worthy of recognition since there or Juneteenth celebrations began in Texas. I was fortunate enough to attend the celebra- are few more blatant violations of America’s The newly freed African-Americans pulled tion in Compton and can say that it was at founding principles, as expressed in the Dec- what few resources they had to purchase land once a solemn remembrance of those who laration of Independence, than slavery. I am in their communities to have these gatherings. struggled against slavery and oppression, an particularly pleased to join the recognition of Houston’s Emancipation Park, Mexia’s Booker inspiring celebration of freedom, and an op- Juneteenth because I have the privilege of T. Washington Park, and Emancipation Park portunity to revisit the past in order to improve representing Galveston. in Austin are the present day result of these our collective future. I thank the gentleman from Illinois for intro- efforts. As we celebrate Juneteenth, Mr. Speaker, I ducing this resolution, which I am proud to co- Mr. Speaker, I can image how the words of urge all Members to recognize this day and sponsor. I thank the House leadership for President Lincoln resonated in their hearts and take a moment to honor the women and men bringing this resolution to the floor, and I urge souls; life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness that dedicated their lives to ending slavery and all of my colleagues to honor the end of slav- for all equal citizens was no longer a dream, promoting freedom and equality in our Nation. ery by voting for H. Con. Res. 546. they were a reality. Hundreds of thousands of Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in sup- American citizens were released from the rise today to express my strong support for H. port of House Resolution 546 recognizing the grips of bondage; we are freed men and Res. 546 recognizing the historical signifi- historical significance of Juneteenth Independ- women. However, while it is a celebration of cance of Juneteenth Independence Day, and ence Day. On June 19th, 1865 Union soldiers, our emancipation, it is also a reminder of the expressing the sense of the House of Rep- led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed progress we have yet to make. resentatives that history should be regarded at Galveston, Texas with news that the war The Emancipation Proclamation Abraham as a means for understanding the past and had ended and that the enslaved were now Lincoln issued on September 22, 1862, with more effectively facing the challenge of the fu- free. This news was declared two and a half an effective date of January 1, 1863, had mini- ture. I would like to applaud my colleague years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation mal initial effect in some States. Let this be a Representative DAVIS for his persistence in Proclamation. Because the slaves spent two reminder, that words are meaningless without celebrating this momentous occasion in U.S. years unnecessarily enslaved, this day had action. We must be steadfast and willing to do history. been declared a holiday; Juneteenth is the our parts as citizens to uphold and carry out

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RES. 1369 Resolved, That Congress— American State legislator from Texas in 1980. Whereas people of Caribbean heritage are (1) supports the goals and ideals of Carib- The successful passage of this bill marked found in every State of the Union; bean-American Heritage Month; Juneteenth as the first emancipation celebra- Whereas emigration from the Caribbean re- (2) encourages the people of the United gion to the American Colonies began as early States to observe Caribbean-American Herit- tion granted official State recognition. As of as 1619 with the arrival of indentured work- age Month with appropriate ceremonies, March 2010, 36 States have followed suit in ers in Jamestown, Virginia; celebrations, and activities; and the celebrations and the adoption of this his- Whereas during the 17th, 18th, and 19th (3) affirms that— toric day. In my district, we actively celebrate centuries, a significant number of slaves (A) the contributions of Caribbean-Ameri- this holiday through, reenactments, of the from the Caribbean region were brought to cans are a significant part of the history, reading of the Emancipation Proclamation at the United States; progress, and heritage of the United States; Ashton Villa and various parades and musical Whereas since 1820, millions of people have and emigrated from the Caribbean region to the (B) the ethnic and racial diversity of the events all across Houston. United States; United States enriches and strengthens the Juneteenth is a day to reflect upon the Afri- Whereas like the United States, the coun- Nation. can-American experience and it includes all tries of the Caribbean faced obstacles of slav- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- races, ethnicities and nationalities. It is a sym- ery and colonialism and struggled for inde- ant to the rule, the gentleman from Il- pendence; bolical reference point of our progress and the linois (Mr. DAVIS) and the gentleman Whereas also like the United States, the contributions we have made to make this from Nebraska (Mr. SMITH) each will country what it is today. Juneteenth is a time people of the Caribbean region have diverse racial, ethnic, cultural, and religious back- control 20 minutes. to reconnect with loved ones and have a re- grounds; The Chair recognizes the gentleman newed sense of community. Whereas the independence movements from Illinois. In conclusion, I am reminded of what Presi- throughout the Caribbean during the 1960s GENERAL LEAVE dent Obama stated 2 years ago pertaining to and the consequential establishment of inde- Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I Juneteenth and the continued pursuit of the pendent democratic countries in the Carib- ask unanimous consent that all Mem- values embedded in this day: bean strengthened ties between the region bers may have 5 legislative days in and the United States; We pause to remember that our nation has which to revise and extend their re- Whereas Alexander Hamilton, a founding made tremendous progress, but has many father of the United States and the first Sec- marks. miles to go on the long march toward finally retary of the Treasury, was born in the Car- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there fulfilling the ideals of this country. When ibbean; objection to the request of the gen- too many Americans go without affordable Whereas many influential Caribbean- tleman from Illinois? healthcare or a quality education; when Americans have contributed to the rich his- There was no objection. neighborhoods unravel due to a housing mar- tory of the United States, including Jean Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I ket in crisis; when special interests hold Baptiste Pointe du Sable, the pioneer settler yield myself such time as I may con- their thumbs on the scale of opportunity; we of Chicago; Claude McKay, a poet of the Har- have more work to do. sume. lem Renaissance; James Weldon Johnson, Before I begin, I know that Rep- Juneteenth is a day for celebration of free- the writer of the Black National Anthem; dom and family, but also a day that calls us resentative BARBARA LEE, who is the Celia Cruz, the world-renowned queen of author of this resolution, had wanted all to rededicate ourselves to the convictions Salsa music; and Shirley Chisholm, the first at the heart of our American experiment. It African-American Congresswoman and first to be here to express her opinions and reminds us that with the work of each suc- African-American woman candidate for positions on it. Unfortunately, she cessive generation, we come closer to the re- President; could not. alization of that more perfect union. Whereas the many influential Caribbean- Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H. Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. I yield back Americans in the history of the United Res. 1369, a resolution that recognizes the balance of my time. States also include Colin Powell, the first National Caribbean-American Heritage Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I African-American Secretary of State; Sidney Month. Congress has taken time each urge all of my colleagues to join me in Poitier, the first African-American actor to year since 2006 to recognize Americans receive the Academy Award for best actor in supporting this resolution, and I yield of Caribbean descent for their contribu- a leading role; Harry Belafonte, a musician, tions to our Nation, and I am glad we back the balance of my time. actor, and activist; Al Roker, a meteorolo- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gist and television personality; and Roberto can bring this measure to the floor question is on the motion offered by Clemente, the first Latino inducted into the today. the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. baseball hall of fame; H. Res. 1369 was introduced by my DAVIS) that the House suspend the Whereas Caribbean-Americans have played friend and colleague, Representative rules and agree to the resolution, H. an active role in the civil rights movement BARBARA LEE, on May 18, 2010, and the Res. 546. and other social and political movements in Committee on Oversight and Govern- the United States; The question was taken. ment Reform ordered it to be reported Whereas Caribbean-Americans have con- by unanimous consent on June 17, 2010. The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the tributed greatly to the fine arts, education, It comes to the floor with over 50 co- opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being business, literature, journalism, sports, fash- sponsors, and I am pleased to join them in the affirmative, the ayes have it. ion, politics, government, the military, in celebrating the rich heritage of Car- Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, music, science, technology, and other fields ibbean Americans. on that I demand the yeas and nays. in the United States; Whereas Caribbean-Americans share their Millions of people from the Caribbean The yeas and nays were ordered. islands have emigrated to our shores The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- culture through festivals, carnivals, music, dance, film, and literature, which enrich the for centuries. We acknowledge that ant to clause 8 of rule XX and the cultural landscape of the United States; many arrived here in bondage and Chair’s prior announcement, further Whereas the countries of the Caribbean are against their will as slaves and inden- proceedings on this motion will be important economic partners of the United tured servants, and their struggles for postponed. States; freedom reverberate even today. f Whereas the countries of the Caribbean Today, we are a better Nation for represent the United States’ third border; having them here. Caribbean Ameri- RECOGNIZING NATIONAL CARIB- Whereas the people of the Caribbean region cans include such cultural figures as share the hopes and aspirations of the people BEAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE the poet Claude McKay, musician and MONTH of the United States for peace and prosperity throughout the Western Hemisphere and the television star Hazel Scott, actor and Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rest of the world; activist Harry Belafonte, as well as po- move to suspend the rules and agree to Whereas since the passage of H. Con. Res. litical leaders from Alexander Ham- the resolution (H. Res. 1369) recog- 71 in the 109th Congress by both the Senate ilton to former Secretary of State

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Colin Powell and our current Attorney gresswoman CLARKE, Congresswoman JACK- events in Jamaica have made clear—drug-re- General, Eric Holder. These and count- SON LEE, Congresswoman WATERS, Congress- lated violence, we share a number of mutual less other Caribbean Americans have man PAYNE, and Congressman BURTON—and policy interests with our Caribbean neighbors. made invaluable contributions to our others for their tremendous leadership on Car- These challenges are regional in nature, so Nation, and it is right that we honor ibbean issues. we must confront them together and in part- them today. I would also like to acknowledge Dr. Claire nership. With that, Mr. Speaker, I reserve the Nelson and the Institute of Caribbean Stud- One issue which I think deserves a special balance of my time. ies—and all the other Caribbean-American or- mention is the recent earthquake and resulting Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speak- ganizations in Washington, my home state of tragedy that has unfolded in Haiti. Like many er, I yield myself such time as I may California, and across the country that have of my CBC colleagues, I have followed Haiti’s consume. worked and continue to work to make Carib- progress for some time now and have visited I rise in support of H. Res. 1369, rec- bean-American Heritage Month a great suc- the country on multiple occasions. ognizing the significance of National cess. The American people, including Haitian Caribbean-American Heritage Month. As a long-time supporter of the Caribbean Americans, have responded incredibly to the For the past 4 years, our country has and a frequent visitor to the region, I was very tragedy just off our shores—and along with proudly recognized the contributions proud to see us celebrate this important com- the international community we have con- that Caribbean Americans have made memorative month for the fifth straight year. ducted one of the largest humanitarian re- to our lives and our country. Since Since Congress unanimously passed H. Con. sponses in history. Once the cameras are gone and Haiti slips 1619, when the first Caribbean people Res. 71 in February 2006, the President has came to the United States as inden- off the front pages and the 24-hour news issued a proclamation annually recognizing cycle, it is up to us to ensure that the United tured servants to Jamestown, the Car- June as Caribbean-American Heritage Month. ibbean people have held a place in our States maintains its attention on the plights of This year, President Obama issued a procla- the Haitian people. growth and development. mation on May 28. We are proud to count among them, Last year, I introduced H.R. 417, the Next People of Caribbean heritage reside in as we heard earlier, leaders in govern- Steps for Haiti Act, to create a professional every part of our country. Since before our na- ment, the military and the arts. The exchange program to assign U.S. profes- tion’s founding, millions of people have emi- first Secretary of the Treasury and one sionals, particularly Haitian-Americans, in Haiti grated from the Caribbean to the United of our Founding Fathers, Alexander to provide technical assistance in fields critical States. Hamilton, was born in the Caribbean. to development. Such an initiative would tap Throughout U.S. history we have been fortu- Former General and Secretary of State into the vast energy and knowledge of the nate to benefit from countless individuals of Colin Powell; Academy Award winner Haitian Diaspora to promote long-term capac- Caribbean descent who have contributed to and musician, Sydney Poitier; and so- ity building. American government, politics, business, arts, cial activist, Harry Belafonte, are all H.R. 417 is just one of a number of initia- education, and culture—including one of my of Caribbean heritage. tives that the U.S. can establish to promote There are many similarities in the personal mentors, the Honorable Shirley Chis- the reconstruction of the country. histories of the United States and the holm. The recent tragedy in Haiti provides us, to countries of the Caribbean. The United Shirley Chisholm was a woman of Ba-jan use an oft-quoted phrase, with an opportunity States and the countries of the Carib- and Guyanese descent, who never forgot her to ‘‘rebuild Haiti differently.’’ I believe that in bean both have endured the trials of roots in the Caribbean. She was the first Afri- order to rebuild differently, in a manner that is slavery, colonialism, and the struggle can American woman elected to Congress sustainable and works to end—not promote— for independence. The separate coun- and the first woman to run for President. Haiti’s dependence on foreign aid, we must tries of the Caribbean share a diverse My political involvement began as a volun- promote ownership amongst the Haitian peo- racial, ethnic, cultural, and religious teer during her historic presidential campaign ple. It is critical that any long-term reconstruction background that is comparable to our in 1972. Through her mentorship, she and development agenda is Haitian-led, that multicultural Nation. These similar- strengthened my interest in issues of impor- Haitian civil society and the Haitian Diaspora ities are but a few ties that bind our tance to the African Diaspora both here in the U.S. and abroad. play a central role, and that such an agenda countries together. focuses on building the capacity of the Haitian The countries of the Caribbean are During Caribbean-American Heritage Month, Government to provide basic services and also important economic partners of we recognize the important contributions of protect the social, civil, and political rights of the United States and, importantly, people like Shirley Chisholm, as well as Alex- ander Hamilton, Hazel Scott, Sidney Poitier, its people. represent the United States’ third bor- Only by empowering Haitians to rebuild their der. They share our commitment to Wyclef Jean, Eric Holder, Colin Powell, Harry Belafonte, Roberto Clemente, Celia Cruz—and own lives and their own country will we truly peace and prosperity throughout our ‘‘rebuild differently.’’ yes, Congresswomen DONNA CHRISTENSEN, hemisphere. These common goals make I would like to end by stating that although SHEILA JACKSON LEE, and YVETTE CLARKE— our countries both strategically and the Caribbean faces many challenges, we un- culturally long-time allies. and many other persons of Caribbean descent derstand that we must face them together. De- I ask all my fellow Members to join who have helped shape this country. spite the often turbulent history between the me in celebrating National Caribbean- Caribbean-American Heritage Month re- United States and Caribbean countries, our American Heritage Month and recog- minds us of the large and diverse constitu- ties cannot be pinned down to geography nize the contributions Caribbean Amer- encies of Caribbean-Americans in our nation, alone, or economics alone, or even history icans have made to the history of the and provides us with an opportunity to send a alone. The region continues to shape us as United States. message of good will to the community at Americans as much as we here continue to Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise home and abroad. shape the Caribbean. today in support of H. Res. 1369, recognizing Caribbean-American Heritage Month also So I ask all of my colleagues to join me in the significance of National Caribbean-Amer- provides us with an opportunity to celebrate supporting this measure to honor the Carib- ican Heritage month. This resolution acknowl- and share in the rich culture of the Caribbean- bean-American community, and to honor the edges the important contributions Caribbean- American community through showcases of rich gifts that they have given and continue to Americans have made to our nation’s history Caribbean art, festivals, concerts, and film. give this country. and culture. In my own district of Oakland, California, in- Let us continue to celebrate the rich diver- Let me begin by thanking Chairman TOWNS, dividuals and organizations celebrate the rich sity of this nation of immigrants and recognize Ranking Member ISSA, and the staff of the heritage of people of Caribbean descent that it will forever be the great blessing and Oversight and Government Reform Committee through musical concerts and family picnics. strength of our country. for helping to bring this bipartisan resolution to In addition to presenting us with an occa- Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the floor today. I would also like to thank Con- sion to celebrate the legacy of Caribbean- I rise today to express my support of H. Res. gressman DAVIS for managing the floor and for Americans, this month also provides us an op- 1369, which recognizes the significance of Na- graciously submitting my statement for the portunity to strengthen our long-term partner- tional Caribbean-American Heritage Month. RECORD in my absence. ship with nations of the Caribbean Community. As a child of Jamaican parents, I under- I would also like to recognize my col- From trade, energy, and immigration to dis- stand the importance of recognizing the influ- leagues—Congresswoman CHRISTENSEN, Con- aster preparedness, HIV/AIDS and—as recent ence Caribbean cultures continues to have on

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As a parent, tory, and we should celebrate the rich Carib- cans, especially our children and the elderly; I have passed on these same values to my bean Heritage and the many ways in which Whereas high-performance buildings pro- own children, so they will develop a sense of Caribbean Americans have helped shape this mote higher student achievement by pro- pride in their Caribbean heritage and acknowl- nation. viding better lighting, a more comfortable edge the many roles Caribbean people play in I urge my colleagues to support this resolu- indoor environment, and improved ventila- shaping this nation. I whole-heartedly support tion to pay tribute to the common culture and tion and indoor air quality; this resolution that commemorates Caribbean bonds of friendship that unite the United Whereas high-performance residential and heritage, history, culture and contributions to States and the Caribbean countries. commercial building design and construction the United States. should effectively guard against natural and Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speak- human-caused events and disasters, includ- In her 1970 autobiography, Shirley Chis- er, I yield back the balance of my time. holm, the first black woman elected to Con- ing fire, water, wind, noise, crime, and ter- Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rorism; gress, credited her success to the education yield back the balance of my time. Whereas high-performance buildings, she received while attending school in Bar- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The which address human, environmental, eco- bados. She wrote, ‘‘Years later I would know question is on the motion offered by nomic, and total societal impact, result from what an important gift my parents had given the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. the application of the highest level of design, me by seeing to it that I had my early edu- DAVIS) that the House suspend the construction, operation, and maintenance cation in the strict, traditional, British-style rules and agree to the resolution, H. principles—a paradigm change for the built environment; schools of Barbados. If I speak and write eas- Res. 1369. ily now, that early education is the main rea- Whereas nearly 7,500,000 Americans are em- The question was taken. ployed in the design, construction, oper- son.’’ The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the ation, and maintenance sectors and require This is a nation built by immigrants. From as opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being education and training to achieve and main- early as the 17th century there have been in- in the affirmative, the ayes have it. tain high performance; and dividuals from the Caribbean Islands, working Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I Whereas the United States should continue here in the United States as indentured serv- object to the vote on the ground that a to improve the features of new buildings and ants in the colony of Jamestown, Virginia. quorum is not present and make the adapt and maintain existing buildings to They worked in fields picking cotton, tobacco point of order that a quorum is not changing balances in our needs and respon- and crops just as the slaves did. sibilities for health, safety, energy and water present. efficiency, and usability by all segments of Caribbean immigrants have been contrib- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- uting to the well-being of American society society: Now, therefore, be it ant to clause 8 of rule XX and the Resolved, That the House of Representa- since its founding. Alexander Hamilton, the Chair’s prior announcement, further tives— First Secretary of the Treasury was from the proceedings on this motion will be (1) supports the goals and ideals of High- Caribbean island of St. Kitts. We count among postponed. Performance Building Week; our famous sons and daughters, Secretary of The point of no quorum is considered (2) recognizes and reaffirms our Nation’s State Colin Powell, Cicely Tyson, W.E.B. withdrawn. commitment to high-performance buildings Dubois, James Weldon Johnson, Harry by promoting awareness about their benefits Belafonte and Sidney Poitier to name a few. f and by promoting new education programs, Moreover, this is a nation that reaches out SUPPORTING HIGH-PERFORMANCE supporting research, and expanding access to to immigrants. None of us will forget the earth- BUILDING WEEK information; quake that shook Haiti to its very foundations (3) recognizes the unique role that the De- Mr. CARNAHAN. Mr. Speaker, I partment of Energy plays through the Office in every sense of the word on January 12, move to suspend the rules and agree to of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s 2010. Since then, we have all seen the out- the resolution (H. Res. 1407) supporting Building Technologies Program, which pouring of support to the Haitian people and the goals and ideals of High-Perform- works closely with the building industry and their families on behalf of the American peo- ance Building Week. manufacturers to conduct research and development on technologies and practices for ple. The Clerk read the title of the resolu- What fewer notice perhaps, are the powerful building energy efficiency; tion. contributions that Haitians have made to (4) recognizes the important role that the The text of the resolution is as fol- America, its history and its culture. In 1779 National Institute of Standards and Tech- lows: soldiers from then Saint Dominique, now Haiti, nology plays in developing the measurement science needed to develop, test, integrate, fought alongside American revolutionaries. De- H. RES. 1407 Whereas the High-Performance Building and demonstrate the new building tech- spite the fact that the then slave-holding nologies; and United States did not look favorably upon an Congressional Caucus Coalition has declared the week of June 13 through June 19, 2010, as (5) encourages further research and devel- Independence Movement it saw as a dan- ‘‘High-Performance Building Week’’; opment of high-performance building stand- gerous slave rebellion, many historians at- Whereas the House of Representatives has ards, research, and development. tribute the Louisiana Purchase partly to the recognized the importance of high-perform- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- fact that Haitian slaves rose up against their ance buildings through the inclusion of a def- ant to the rule, the gentleman from French masters from 1794 to 1801. Haitian inition of high-performance buildings in the Missouri (Mr. CARNAHAN) and the gen- born Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable founded Energy Independence and Security Act of tleman from Nebraska (Mr. SMITH) Chicago, one of our great cities. And Ameri- 2007; each will control 20 minutes. cans from coast to coast have enjoyed the Whereas our homes, offices, schools, and The Chair recognizes the gentleman contributions Wyclef Jean, another of Haiti’s other buildings consume 40 percent of the from Missouri. primary energy and 70 percent of the elec- sons, has made to our musical culture. In- tricity in the United States annually; GENERAL LEAVE deed, from history to food to music, Haiti has Whereas buildings consume about 12 per- Mr. CARNAHAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask a long history of helping to shape America. cent of the potable water in this country; unanimous consent that all Members H. Res. 1369 recognizes the significance of Whereas the construction of buildings and have 5 legislative days to revise and ex- Caribbean people and their descendants in their related infrastructure consumes ap- tend their remarks and to include ex- the history and culture of the United States. proximately 60 percent of all raw materials traneous material on H. Res. 1407, the Our nation would not be what it is today with- used in the United States economy; resolution now under consideration. out these significant contributions of the Carib- Whereas buildings account for 39 percent of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there United States carbon dioxide emissions a bean people and we should honor these ac- objection to the request of the gen- complishments with the passing of this legisla- year, approximately equaling the combined carbon emissions of Japan, France, and the tleman from Missouri? tion. The contributions of Caribbean-Ameri- United Kingdom; There was no objection. cans are a significant part of the history, Whereas Americans spend about 90 percent Mr. CARNAHAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield progress, and heritage of the United States of their time indoors; myself such time as I may consume. and play an important role in the unique diver- Whereas the value of all United States con- I rise today in strong support of sity that enriches and strengthens our nation. struction alone represents more than 13 per- House Resolution 1407, supporting the

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We both recognized foster the engineering and innovation was a 20th century engineering marvel and that any conversation about our en- required for the construction of high- turning it into an example of what is revolu- ergy future and the creation of clean- performance buildings. tionary and necessary in the 21st century. By energy jobs must involve our built en- High-performance buildings seek to the time Mr. Malkin and his team are done, vironment. Investing in building en- address human, environmental, and the Empire State Building tenants will use 49 ergy-efficiency measures is the most economic issues inherent in the devel- percent less energy and provide a cleaner, immediate and effective way to reduce opment process through the applica- healthier space for all who work there. I’m carbon pollution, lower energy demand, tion of the highest level of design, con- glad to see that this American landmark will create good clean-energy jobs, and save struction, operation, and maintenance help lead the way to a cleaner, greener econ- American families and businesses principles. These buildings can effec- omy. money. tively guard against natural and I can’t talk about the green economy without The built environment has a larger human-caused events and disasters, in- discussing what’s happening in my hometown impact on the overall environment cluding fire, flood, wind, noise, crime, of Portland, Oregon. Officials there are cur- than many think. Each year, our and terrorism. When high-performance rently finalizing designs and plans for one of homes, offices, schools, and other standards are used in schools, they also the first major living buildings. The Oregon buildings account for about 40 percent promote higher student achievement Sustainability Center will be net zero for both of our total energy consumption. They with better lighting, a more com- energy and water, will be built and operated consume 70 percent of all electricity fortable indoor environment, and im- without using any toxic chemicals common to from the grid, 60 percent of all raw ma- proved ventilation and indoor quality. building materials, and will source materials terials, and 12 percent of all potable Nearly 7.5 million Americans are em- and workforce from the local area. It will serve water in the United States alone. ployed in building design, construction, as a collaborative hub for Oregon’s sustain- Through more efficient building prac- operation, and maintenance. These pro- ability industry, encouraging collaboration be- tices and new technologies, we are be- fessions require high levels of edu- tween organizations, local governments and ginning to address these problems in cation and training, the need for which research facilities, and will show the rest of our built environment, but there is will only intensify as the number of America showing what’s possible. The Oregon still much more to do. high-performance buildings increases. Sustainability Center will be the first of the I am a strong advocate of increasing The resolution before us today seeks to next generation in high performance buildings the number of high-performance build- promote awareness of the benefits of and I am proud that Portland is leading the ing technologies and construction high-performance buildings and to il- way. throughout the U.S. A high-perform- lustrate continued support for re- I am proud to support this resolution today ance building is one that incorporates search, education, and access to infor- and hope that my colleagues will join me. an entire-systems approach to building mation in these areas. Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I which includes energy and water effi- We also recognize the important rise today to express my support for H. Res. ciencies, lifecycle cost analysis, and roles the Department of Energy and 1407, which enumerates the ideas and goals other environmental attributes into the National Institute of Standards of High-Performance Building Week. The designs that are accessible, secure, re- and Technology play in developing the High-Performance Building Congressional silient, and in many cases, historically science necessary to create, test, inte- Caucus Coalition has designated the week of preserved. grate, and demonstrate new building June 13 through June 19, 2010, as ‘‘High-Per- technologies. Moreover, we recognize formance Building Week,’’ in recognition of the b 1445 the innovative spirit and commitment importance of efficient, green building tech- High-performance buildings are more of Americans to achieving excellence nology in our quest for energy independence. important in these difficult economic in this field. Our Nation’s economy I believe consideration of the environmental times because of their reduced energy faces a number of obstacles, and we impact of each of our buildings is vital to the cost, higher building values, and lower recognize the importance of construc- future of American society, and I agree with overall operating and maintenance tion and the value of every job created the High-Performance Building Congressional costs. and maintained by this sector of our Caucus Coalition on the need for awareness Last week, I had the opportunity to economy. of the benefits of high-performance construc- visit with many companies and manu- Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to tion. facturers that work in this field. The join me in supporting this resolution As a Georgia representative, I am proud of majority of all building products are honoring the goals and ideals of High- the leadership our universities and agencies American-made and manufactured. Performance Building Week. have shown in the national movement toward This is key because here in the U.S., Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, I am environmental responsibility. Several of Atlan- building construction is responsible for proud today to join my colleagues in desig- ta’s foremost institutions are stellar examples 15 percent of GDP per year. And ac- nating the week of June 13th as High-Per- of American excellence in high-performance cording to the U.S. Green Building formance Building Week. Green buildings building. Emory University’s Whitehead Bio- Council, greater building efficiency can present an important opportunity: we can re- medical Research Building was the first build- meet 85 percent of future U.S. demand duce greenhouse gas emissions, help people ing in the southeast to be certified as green. for energy, and a national commitment lead healthier, more productive lives, and spur With a Leadership in Energy and Environ- to green building has the potential to vital economic development through retro- mental Design (LEED) rating of Silver from the generate 2.5 million American jobs. fitting, redevelopment and new development of U.S. Green Building Council, the Whitehead The retrofitting of existing buildings high performing buildings. Research Building uses high-performance or the design and construction of new As I travel around the country, I have seen technologies, such as rainwater harvesting, to high-performance buildings will have the importance of green buildings in commu- operate its 150 laboratories. This building enormous impacts on the growth of our nities everywhere. People are realizing that marked the inception of Emory’s policy of re- economy and securing our energy inde- not only do green buildings decrease long quiring all newly constructed buildings to ob- pendence. term maintenance and utility costs, improve tain a minimum LEED rating of Silver. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of the health of their residents and workers and Also located in Atlanta are the Centers for my time. reduce our impact on the environment, they Disease Control and Prevention, whose Divi- Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speak- play an important role in spurring economic sion of Laboratory Science in 2005 became er, I yield myself such time as I may development and centering livable commu- the first U.S. government building to receive a consume. nities. LEED Gold certification. Its unique sun-shade I rise today in support of H. Res. 1407, I am particularly excited by the work of Mr. structure takes in light and reflects it through- supporting the goals and ideals of Anthony Malkin, who is taking on the bold and out the building, while simultaneously time

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I am excited about the leaps in Hurricane Center and the National Weather Missouri (Mr. CARNAHAN) and the gen- the science of high-performance building we Service agree that it is critical for all people tleman from Nebraska (Mr. SMITH) have seen in my State and across the country to know if they live in an area prone to hur- each will control 20 minutes. over the past decade, and applaud the des- ricanes, to figure out their home’s vulner- The Chair recognizes the gentleman ignation of High-Performance Building Week ability in the event of a storm surge, flood- from Missouri. as I look forward to the bright future of envi- ing, and heavy winds, and to develop a writ- GENERAL LEAVE ten family disaster plan based on this knowl- Mr. CARNAHAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask ronmentally-friendly construction. edge; I urge my colleagues to support this impor- Whereas the National Hurricane Center unanimous consent that all Members tant resolution. recommends that people in areas prone to may have 5 legislative days to revise Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance hurricanes prepare a personal evacuation and extend their remarks and to in- of my time. plan that identifies ahead of time several op- clude extraneous material on H. Res. Mr. CARNAHAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield tions of places to go in the event of evacu- 1388, the resolution now under consid- back the balance of my time. ation, the telephone numbers of these places, eration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The and a local road map; The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Whereas the National Hurricane Center objection to the request of the gen- question is on the motion offered by recommends that people in areas prone to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. hurricanes prepare a disaster supply kit be- tleman from Missouri? CARNAHAN) that the House suspend the fore hurricane season begins that includes a There was no objection. rules and agree to the resolution, H. first aid kit with essential medications, Mr. CARNAHAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield Res. 1407. canned food, a can opener, at least 3 gallons myself such time as I may consume. The question was taken. of water per person per day for 3 to 7 days, Mr. Speaker, on June 1, hurricane The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the protective clothing, rain gear, bedding or season began in the Atlantic Ocean. opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being sleeping bags, a battery-powered radio, a Hurricane forecasters have predicted flashlight, extra batteries, special items for an above-average year for tropical in the affirmative, the ayes have it. infant, elderly, or disabled family members, Mr. CARNAHAN. Mr. Speaker, on and written instructions on how to turn off storms and hurricanes for 2010. As we that I demand the yeas and nays. electricity, gas, and water in the event au- enter hurricane season, it is therefore The yeas and nays were ordered. thorities advise these actions; very timely to consider this resolution The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Whereas the National Hurricane Center recognizing the importance of hurri- ant to clause 8 of rule XX and the recommends that citizens know that a ‘‘hur- cane preparedness. Chair’s prior announcement, further ricane watch’’ means conditions are possible Hurricanes are among the most pow- in the specified area, usually within 36 hours, proceedings on this motion will be erful forces of nature we experience. As and a ‘‘hurricane warning’’ means hurricane the tragedies from past storms have postponed. conditions are expected in the specified area, taught us, it is vitally important that f usually within 24 hours; Whereas in the event of a hurricane warn- Federal, State, and local governments SUPPORTING NATIONAL ing, the National Hurricane Center rec- work together to better prepare the HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK ommends people listen to the advice of local coastal communities for these powerful Mr. CARNAHAN. Mr. Speaker, I officials, evacuate if told to do so, complete storms to minimize the loss of life and move to suspend the rules and agree to preparedness activities, stay indoors and costly physical damage. Part of this ef- away from windows, be alert for tornadoes, fort is educating the public about hur- the resolution (H. Res. 1388) supporting and be aware that the calm ‘‘eye’’ of the the goals and ideals of National Hurri- storm does not mean the storm is over; ricanes and hurricane preparedness. cane Preparedness Week. Whereas in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, in- The National Hurricane Center at The Clerk read the title of the resolu- land flooding was responsible for more than NOAA is a critical resource in this ef- tion. half the deaths associated with tropical fort. In addition to providing us with The text of the resolution is as fol- storms and hurricanes in the United States; the hurricane forecasting information lows: Whereas the National Weather Service rec- that coastal communities all rely on, ommends that when a hurricane threatens H. RES. 1388 the National Hurricane Center also fo- the United States, people in potential flood cuses considerable effort in educating Whereas the Atlantic and central Pacific zones evacuate if told to do so, keep abreast hurricane season begins June 1, 2010, and of road conditions through the news media, coastal communities about hurricane ends November 30, 2010, and the eastern Pa- move to a safe area before access is cut off preparedness. This includes rec- cific hurricane season runs from May 15, by flood water, develop a flood emergency ommendations from what supplies to 2010, through November 30, 2010; action plan, and do not attempt to cross have handy if you live in a hurricane- Whereas an average of 11 tropical storms flowing water in an automobile, because as prone region to encouraging people to develop per year over the Atlantic Ocean, little as 6 inches of water may cause one to craft personal evacuation plans in the the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico, lose control of the vehicle; event of a storm. These seemingly and an average of 6 of these storms become Whereas the National Oceanic and Atmos- small steps can make an enormous dif- hurricanes; pheric Administration provides more de- Whereas in an average 3-year period, tailed information about hurricanes and hur- ference in saving lives. roughly 5 hurricanes strike the coastlines of ricane preparedness via its website, http:// We don’t have any hurricanes in my the United States, sometimes resulting in www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/; and home State of Missouri, but these same multiple deaths, and 2 of these hurricanes Whereas National Hurricane Preparedness lessons of preparedness for deadly are typically labeled ‘‘major’’ or ‘‘intense’’ Week will be the week of May 23 through 29, weather can be seen in the Midwest. category 3 hurricanes, as measured on the 2010: Now, therefore, be it Living in ‘‘Tornado Alley,’’ we know Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale; Resolved, That the House of Representa- all too well the consequences of not Whereas millions of Americans face great tives— risks from tropical storms and hurricanes, as (1) supports the goals and ideals of Na- being prepared for action when the tor- 50 percent of Americans live along the coast tional Hurricane Preparedness Week; nado warnings go off. Unfortunately, and millions of tourists visit the oceans each (2) encourages the staff of the National all too often the results from being un- year; Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, prepared is a loss of life. Whereas the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season especially the National Weather Service and It really is hard to understate the included 9 named storms, including 3 hurri- the National Hurricane Center, and other ap- importance of adequate preparation canes, 2 of which were category 3 or higher; propriate Federal agencies, to continue their and preparedness in these regions of Whereas during a hurricane, homes, busi- outstanding work of educating people in the our country that are susceptible to nesses, public buildings, and infrastructure United States about hurricane preparedness; dangerous weather. I want to thank my may be damaged or destroyed by heavy rain, and strong winds, and storm surge; (3) urges the people of the United States to friend from Florida (Mr. MARIO DIAZ- Whereas damage from a hurricane is usu- recognize such a week as an opportunity to BALART) for introducing this important ally substantial, as debris can break windows learn more about the work of the National resolution, and I urge my colleagues to and doors, roads and bridges can be washed Hurricane Center in forecasting hurricanes support it.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:34 Jun 23, 2010 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22JN7.018 H22JNPT1 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with HOUSE H4650 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 22, 2010 Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Congressman CARNAHAN and I first As Chair of the Homeland Security Sub- my time. formed the High-Performance Build- committee on Emergency Communications, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speak- ings Caucus in 2008 to heighten aware- Preparedness, and Response, emergency pre- er, I yield myself such time as I may ness and inform policymakers about paredness for all types of natural disasters, consume. the major impact buildings have on our such as flash floods in natural parks or I rise today in support of House Reso- health, safety, and environment. wildfires in southern California, is an important lution 1388, supporting the goals and Through monthly briefings, we explore issue to me. I will soon be introducing legisla- ideals of National Hurricane Prepared- the opportunities to design, construct, tion that emphasizes the importance and need ness Week. and operate high-performance build- for effective and reliable alert systems when Every year, our coastal areas face ings that reflect our concern for these these national disasters occur. the threat of hurricanes and tropical impacts. In fact, since we first started In an average 3-year period, roughly 5 hurri- storms. These storms feature high wind this caucus, we’ve had almost 25 brief- canes strike the coastlines of the United speeds, heavy rains, and storm surges ings on everything from lighting tech- States. The 2009 Atlantic hurricane season in- which can cause flooding and coastal nology and building modeling to smart- cluded 9 named storms, including 3 hurri- erosion. With millions of Americans grid facilities management and green canes, 2 of which were category 3 or higher. living within 50 miles of a vulnerable job creation. Because damage from a hurricane can be shoreline, these factors, unfortunately, Understanding how every element of substantial, the National Hurricane Center rec- can also cause loss of human life and a building affects us—and our energy ommends that people in areas prone to hurri- substantial property destruction. bill—is important. Buildings consume canes prepare a personal evacuation plan that Over the last several decades, the in- 40 percent of the energy used in the identifies ahead of time several options of creasing population density along the U.S. while emitting 39 percent of U.S. places to go in the event of evacuation, the Nation’s coastlines has contributed to carbon dioxide emissions. Perhaps a telephone numbers of these places, and a the rising cost of recovering from hur- more surprising statistic is that Amer- ricane damage. Thus, it is critical gov- local road map. When a hurricane threatens icans spend, on average, 90 percent of ernments prepare for evacuation, en- the United States, people in potential flood their time indoors. With this in mind, sure emergency supplies are readily zones must evacuate if told to do so, keep new building construction and sustain- available, and require adequate safety abreast of road conditions through the news ability of our current building inven- standards for infrastructure and build- media, move to a safe area before access is tory is more important now than ever. ings. cut off by flood water, and develop a flood Each year since 1998, the National Consider two statistics from the U.S. emergency action plan. Weather Service has issued a seasonal Green Building Council: Students with H. Res. 1388 encourages the staff of the outlook forecasting the number of optimum daylight in the classroom National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- storms likely to arise during the hurri- performed 20 percent faster on math tion, especially the National Weather Service cane season, June 1 through November tests and 26 percent faster on reading and the National Hurricane Center, to continue 30. This year, the National Weather tests in 1 year than those with less their outstanding work of educating people in Service is projecting between eight and daylight. Improvements with indoor the United States about hurricane prepared- 14 hurricanes. Storms with sustained environments are estimated to save $17 ness. In conclusion, Mr. Speaker, I support wind speeds of 74 miles per hour or billion to $48 billion in total health this legislation to promote increased safety greater will form in the Atlantic basin, gains and $20 billion to $160 billion in measures during hurricane season. and between three and seven of these worker performance. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join storms could be major hurricanes with Most importantly, a 2009 McKinsey me in supporting H. Res. 1388. wind speeds of at least 111 miles per study on energy efficiency dem- Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, hour. onstrates the potential for the residen- I rise in support of H. Res. 1330, a resolution Although not all storms will make tial building sector to reduce its en- that supports the goals and ideals of National landfall, a greater number of possible ergy consumption by 35 percent over Hurricane Preparedness Week. I also want to storms this season indicates landfall is the next 10 years, and 40 percent in the thank my colleague, the honorable MARIO more likely. This resolution encour- industrial sector. For these reasons, DIAZ-BALART, for introducing this important res- ages people to utilize the knowledge Mr. Speaker, it is important that we olution. gained from past disasters, to learn maintain our commitment to and My district is in the wake of many hurri- about the potential risk of being awareness of high-performance build- canes that make their way into the Gulf of caught in a hurricane, and how to pre- ings and the benefits they offer society. Mexico. Hurricane season has a profound im- pare for the associated hazards. We could not honor the goals and pact on our way of life in the Gulf. For exam- I urge my colleagues to support H. ideals of High-Performance Building ple, our latest hurricane, Hurricane Ike, Res. 1388. Week without thanking those groups wreaked havoc on Texas, particularly in Gal- Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the that have helped us over the last 2 veston and Houston. As we moved forward gentlewoman from Illinois (Mrs. years. Dozens of building and standard with recovery efforts, it was clear that the im- BIGGERT). organizations make up the High-Per- pact of this storm has been widespread and Mrs. BIGGERT. I thank the gen- formance Buildings Congressional Cau- many people are still in need of assistance. tleman for yielding and I rise today in cus Coalition. I know I speak for my- Lost in the discussion of Sunday’s World Ref- support of the resolution, but I really self and my fellow caucus co-chair ugee Day was the group of internally dis- wanted to support the previous resolu- when I say thank you for your help placed individuals from Ike, Rita, and espe- tion, but I was in a conference. educating, researching, and advancing cially Katrina. As the co-chair of the High-Perform- the goal of high-performance buildings. Unfortunately, Texans are still in need of ance Buildings Caucus, I am delighted Ms. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise help, especially the neglected residents of to join my colleague and caucus co- today in support of House Resolution 1388, to North Galveston. Let us use this time to exam- chair, Congressman RUSS CARNAHAN, to support the goals and ideals of National Hurri- ine how FEMA and HUD are responding to recognize June 13 through June 19 as cane Preparedness Week. This important res- citizens so that we can continue to provide the High-Performance Building Week, olution urges the people of the United States aid people desperately need to fully recover House Resolution 1407. to recognize this week as an opportunity to from this storm. Last week’s celebration was marked learn more about the work of the National Hur- I continue working to ensure that Hurricane by numerous events, including Hill ricane Center in forecasting hurricanes and Ike victims still have access to recovery re- briefings and offsite green infrastruc- educating citizens about the potential risks of sources and call for expeditious action, urging ture tours, and I would like to thank the storms. a better response and expedited assistance the National Institute for Building I would like to acknowledge Speaker PELOSI from FEMA, HUD, and local officials. I also Sciences, the American Society for and Majority Leader HOYER for their leadership call on housing associations to re-open access Landscape Architects, and the Na- in bringing this resolution to the floor. I would to housing for Hurricane Ike victims. tional Institute for Standards and also like to thank my colleague Congressman Just as we saw in the 9th ward of New Or- Technology for organizing these tours MARIO DIAZ-BALART, who authored this timely leans, Louisiana Post-Hurricane Katrina, peo- throughout last week. resolution. ple in North Galveston have not received the

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:34 Jun 23, 2010 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K22JN7.018 H22JNPT1 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with HOUSE June 22, 2010 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4651 proper access to government aid to rebuild b 1800 Dreier Latta Rodriguez and recover. In fact, there is still much more Driehaus Lee (NY) Roe (TN) AFTER RECESS Duncan Levin Rogers (AL) rebuilding and desperate need of housing that Edwards (MD) Lewis (CA) Rogers (KY) needs to be done to restore North Galveston The recess having expired, the House Edwards (TX) Lewis (GA) Rogers (MI) and assist the residents who remain there. was called to order by the Speaker pro Ehlers Linder Rohrabacher We cannot allow the hurricane victims to be tempore (Mr. CARNAHAN) at 6 p.m. Ellison Lipinski Rooney forgotten. Throughout the Post-Hurricane Ike Ellsworth LoBiondo Ros-Lehtinen f Emerson Lowey Roskam recovery efforts, many individuals have had Engel Lucas Ross difficulties and challenges getting the govern- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Eshoo Luetkemeyer Rothman (NJ) ´ ment aid that they need to rebuild after the PRO TEMPORE Etheridge Lujan Roybal-Allard storm. Many have lost their jobs or are at risk Fattah Lummis Royce of losing their employment due to damages in- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Filner Lungren, Daniel Ruppersberger ant to clause 8 of rule XX, proceedings Flake E. Rush curred by the hurricane, including the more Fleming Lynch will resume on motions to suspend the Ryan (OH) than 2,400 employees of the University of Forbes Mack Ryan (WI) Texas Medical Branch, UTMB, who were re- rules previously postponed. Foster Maffei Salazar cently terminated. We must protect our citi- Votes will be taken in the following Foxx Maloney Sa´ nchez, Linda zens and their means of living as we continue order: H. Con. Res. 288; H. Res. 546; and Frank (MA) Manzullo T. Franks (AZ) Marchant to recover from this storm. H. Res. 1407, in each case by the yeas Sanchez, Loretta Frelinghuysen Markey (CO) Sarbanes There are men, women, and children who and nays. Fudge Markey (MA) Scalise have lost so much due to flood waters and Remaining postponed proceedings Gallegly Marshall Schakowsky storm winds. I have been proud to stand up will resume later in the week. Garamendi Matsui Schauer repeatedly in Congress to fight on their behalf The first electronic vote will be con- Garrett (NJ) McCarthy (CA) Schiff Gerlach McCaul Schmidt by securing the necessary Federal funds. We ducted as a 15-minute vote. Remaining McClintock Giffords Schock must work together to ensure that our Nation McCollum electronic votes will be conducted as 5- Gingrey (GA) Schwartz McCotter does its part to help Hurricane Ike victims fully minute votes. Gohmert Scott (GA) Gonzalez McDermott recover by ensuring the delivery of these Scott (VA) Gordon (TN) McGovern funds that we worked so hard to appropriate. f Sensenbrenner Granger McHenry Serrano As a senior Member of the House Homeland Graves (GA) McIntyre SUPPORTING NATIONAL MEN’S Sestak Security Committee, which has oversight over Grayson McKeon HEALTH WEEK Shadegg Green, Al McMahon the Federal Emergency Management Adminis- Shea-Porter The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Green, Gene McMorris tration, FEMA, I am working to ensure that our Sherman Guthrie Rodgers finished business is the vote on the mo- Shimkus communities respond expeditiously to natural Gutierrez Meek (FL) tion to suspend the rules and agree to Shuler disasters. The protection of our homeland and Hall (NY) Meeks (NY) Shuster the security of our neighborhoods are at the the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. Hall (TX) Melancon Simpson 288) supporting National Men’s Health Halvorson Mica forefront of my agenda. Sires Hare Michaud For the foregoing reasons I stand in support Week, on which the yeas and nays were Skelton ordered. Harman Miller (FL) of making this legislation. Harper Miller (MI) Slaughter I urge my colleagues to support this bill. The Clerk read the title of the con- Hastings (FL) Miller (NC) Smith (NE) Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speak- current resolution. Hastings (WA) Miller, Gary Smith (NJ) er, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Heinrich Miller, George Smith (TX) Smith (WA) Mr. CARNAHAN. Mr. Speaker, I just question is on the motion offered by Heller Minnick Hensarling Mitchell Snyder want to add again my thanks to the the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Space gentlelady from Illinois for her leader- Herger Mollohan DAVIS) that the House suspend the Herseth Sandlin Moore (KS) Speier ship on the High-Performance Build- rules and agree to the concurrent reso- Higgins Moore (WI) Spratt ings Caucus and for being here to speak Hill Moran (KS) Stearns lution. Stupak on behalf of the prior resolution. The vote was taken by electronic de- Hinojosa Murphy (CT) Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance Hirono Murphy (NY) Sullivan vice, and there were—yeas 388, nays 0, Sutton of my time. Holden Murphy, Tim not voting 44, as follows: Holt Myrick Tanner The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Taylor [Roll No. 376] Hoyer Nadler (NY) question is on the motion offered by Hunter Napolitano Teague the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. YEAS—388 Inslee Neal (MA) Terry Thompson (CA) CARNAHAN) that the House suspend the Ackerman Boucher Clyburn Israel Neugebauer Thompson (MS) rules and agree to the resolution, H. Aderholt Boustany Coble Issa Nunes Adler (NJ) Boyd Coffman (CO) Jackson (IL) Nye Thompson (PA) Res. 1388. Akin Brady (PA) Cohen Jackson Lee Oberstar Thornberry The question was taken. Altmire Brady (TX) Cole (TX) Obey Tiahrt The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the Andrews Braley (IA) Conaway Jenkins Olver Tiberi opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being Arcuri Bright Connolly (VA) Johnson (GA) Ortiz Tierney in the affirmative, the ayes have it. Austria Broun (GA) Conyers Johnson (IL) Owens Titus Baca Brown, Corrine Cooper Johnson, E. B. Pallone Tonko Mr. CARNAHAN. Mr. Speaker, I ob- Bachmann Brown-Waite, Costa Jones Pascrell Towns ject to the vote on the ground that a Bachus Ginny Costello Kagen Pastor (AZ) Tsongas quorum is not present and make the Baird Buchanan Courtney Kanjorski Paul Turner Baldwin Burgess Crenshaw Kaptur Paulsen Upton point of order that a quorum is not Barrow Burton (IN) Critz Kennedy Payne Van Hollen present. Bartlett Calvert Crowley Kildee Pence Vela´ zquez Barton (TX) Camp Cuellar The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Kilpatrick (MI) Perlmutter Bean Campbell Cummings Visclosky ant to clause 8 of rule XX and the Kilroy Perriello Becerra Cantor Dahlkemper Walden Kind Peters Chair’s prior announcement, further Berkley Cao Davis (CA) Walz King (IA) Peterson proceedings on this motion will be Berman Capito Davis (IL) Wasserman Berry Capps Davis (KY) King (NY) Petri Schultz postponed. Kingston Pingree (ME) The point of no quorum is considered Biggert Capuano Davis (TN) Waters Bilbray Cardoza DeFazio Kirkpatrick (AZ) Pitts Watson withdrawn. Bilirakis Carnahan DeGette Kissell Poe (TX) Watt f Bishop (GA) Carney Delahunt Klein (FL) Polis (CO) Waxman Bishop (NY) Carson (IN) DeLauro Kline (MN) Pomeroy Weiner RECESS Bishop (UT) Cassidy Dent Kosmas Posey Welch Blackburn Castle Deutch Kratovil Price (GA) Westmoreland The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Kucinich Price (NC) Blumenauer Castor (FL) Diaz-Balart, L. Whitfield ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair Lamborn Quigley Boccieri Chaffetz Diaz-Balart, M. Wilson (OH) Lance Radanovich declares the House in recess until ap- Boehner Chandler Dicks Wittman Bonner Childers Dingell Langevin Rahall proximately 6 p.m. today. Wolf Bono Mack Chu Djou Larsen (WA) Rehberg Accordingly (at 2 o’clock and 58 min- Wu Boozman Clarke Doggett Larson (CT) Reichert Yarmuth utes p.m.), the House stood in recess Boren Clay Donnelly (IN) Latham Reyes until approximately 6 p.m. Boswell Cleaver Doyle LaTourette Richardson Young (AK)

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Langevin Rangel Olson Wamp Carter Hodes Fortenberry Loebsack Diaz-Balart, M. Larsen (WA) Rehberg Platts Conyers Hoekstra Goodlatte Lofgren, Zoe Wilson (SC) Dicks Larson (CT) Reichert Putnam Culberson Honda Graves (MO) Matheson Woolsey Dingell Latham Reyes Schrader Davis (AL) Inglis Griffith McCarthy (NY) Young (FL) Djou LaTourette Richardson Stark Doggett Latta Rodriguez Delahunt Johnson, Sam Wamp 1833 Donnelly (IN) Lee (NY) Roe (TN) Fallin Jordan (OH) Wilson (SC) b Doyle Levin Rogers (AL) Farr Kirk Woolsey Mr. AUSTRIA changed his vote from Dreier Lewis (CA) Rogers (KY) Fortenberry Lee (CA) Young (FL) Driehaus Lewis (GA) Rogers (MI) ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Duncan Linder Rohrabacher So (two-thirds being in the affirma- Edwards (MD) Lipinski Rooney The SPEAKER pro tempore (during tive) the rules were suspended and the Edwards (TX) LoBiondo Ros-Lehtinen the vote). Members have 2 minutes re- concurrent resolution was agreed to. Ehlers Lowey Roskam maining to vote. Ellison Lucas Ross The result of the vote was announced Ellsworth Luetkemeyer Rothman (NJ) as above recorded. Emerson Luja´ n Roybal-Allard b 1841 A motion to reconsider was laid on Engel Lummis Royce So (two-thirds being in the affirma- the table. Eshoo Lungren, Daniel Ruppersberger tive) the rules were suspended and the Etheridge E. Rush f Fattah Lynch Ryan (OH) resolution was agreed to. Filner Mack Ryan (WI) The result of the vote was announced RECOGNIZING JUNETEENTH Flake Maffei Salazar as above recorded. Fleming Maloney Sa´ nchez, Linda INDEPENDENCE DAY Forbes Manzullo T. A motion to reconsider was laid on The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Foster Marchant Sanchez, Loretta the table. Foxx Markey (CO) Sarbanes finished business is the vote on the mo- Frank (MA) Markey (MA) Scalise f tion to suspend the rules and agree to Franks (AZ) Marshall Schakowsky the resolution (H. Res. 546) recognizing Frelinghuysen Matsui Schauer SUPPORTING HIGH-PERFORMANCE the historical significance of Fudge McCarthy (CA) Schiff BUILDING WEEK Gallegly McCaul Schmidt Juneteenth Independence Day, and ex- Garamendi McClintock Schock The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. pressing the sense of the House of Rep- Garrett (NJ) McCollum Schwartz JACKSON LEE of Texas). The unfinished resentatives that history should be re- Gerlach McCotter Scott (GA) business is the vote on the motion to garded as a means for understanding Giffords McDermott Scott (VA) suspend the rules and agree to the reso- Gingrey (GA) McGovern Sensenbrenner the past and more effectively facing Gohmert McHenry Serrano lution (H. Res. 1407) supporting the the challenges of the future, on which Gonzalez McIntyre Sessions goals and ideals of High-Performance the yeas and nays were ordered. Granger McKeon Sestak Building Week, on which the yeas and Graves (GA) McMahon Shadegg The Clerk read the title of the resolu- Graves (MO) McMorris Shea-Porter nays were ordered. tion. Grayson Rodgers Sherman The Clerk read the title of the resolu- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Green, Al Meek (FL) Shimkus tion. question is on the motion offered by Green, Gene Meeks (NY) Shuler The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Guthrie Melancon Shuster the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Gutierrez Mica Simpson question is on the motion offered by DAVIS) that the House suspend the Hall (NY) Michaud Sires the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. rules and agree to the resolution, H. Hall (TX) Miller (FL) Skelton CARNAHAN) that the House suspend the Halvorson Miller (MI) Slaughter Res. 546. Hare Miller (NC) Smith (NE) rules and agree to the resolution. This will be a 5-minute vote. Harman Miller, Gary Smith (NJ) This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic de- Harper Miller, George Smith (TX) The vote was taken by electronic de- vice, and there were—yeas 390, nays 0, Hastings (FL) Minnick Smith (WA) vice, and there were—yeas 371, nays 20, Hastings (WA) Mitchell Snyder not voting 42, as follows: Heinrich Mollohan Space not voting 41, as follows: [Roll No. 377] Heller Moore (KS) Speier [Roll No. 378] Hensarling Moore (WI) Spratt YEAS—390 Herger Moran (KS) Stearns YEAS—371 Ackerman Boccieri Cardoza Herseth Sandlin Moran (VA) Stupak Ackerman Boccieri Carney Aderholt Boehner Carnahan Higgins Murphy (CT) Sullivan Aderholt Boehner Carson (IN) Adler (NJ) Bonner Carney Hill Murphy (NY) Sutton Adler (NJ) Bonner Cassidy Akin Bono Mack Carson (IN) Hinojosa Murphy, Patrick Tanner Akin Bono Mack Castle Altmire Boozman Cassidy Hirono Murphy, Tim Taylor Altmire Boozman Castor (FL) Andrews Boren Castle Holden Myrick Teague Andrews Boren Chaffetz Arcuri Boswell Castor (FL) Holt Nadler (NY) Terry Arcuri Boswell Chandler Austria Boucher Chaffetz Hoyer Napolitano Thompson (CA) Austria Boucher Childers Baca Boustany Chandler Hunter Neal (MA) Thompson (MS) Baca Boustany Chu Bachmann Boyd Childers Inslee Neugebauer Thompson (PA) Bachmann Boyd Clarke Bachus Brady (PA) Chu Israel Nunes Thornberry Bachus Brady (PA) Clay Baird Brady (TX) Clarke Issa Nye Tiahrt Baird Brady (TX) Cleaver Baldwin Braley (IA) Clay Jackson (IL) Oberstar Tiberi Baldwin Braley (IA) Clyburn Barrow Bright Cleaver Jackson Lee Obey Tierney Barrow Bright Coble Bartlett Broun (GA) Clyburn (TX) Olver Titus Bartlett Brown, Corrine Coffman (CO) Barton (TX) Brown, Corrine Coble Jenkins Ortiz Tonko Barton (TX) Brown-Waite, Cohen Bean Brown-Waite, Coffman (CO) Johnson (GA) Owens Towns Bean Ginny Cole Becerra Ginny Cohen Johnson (IL) Pallone Tsongas Becerra Buchanan Conaway Berkley Buchanan Cole Johnson, E. B. Pascrell Turner Berkley Burton (IN) Connolly (VA) Berman Burgess Conaway Jones Pastor (AZ) Upton Berman Calvert Cooper Berry Burton (IN) Connolly (VA) Kagen Paul Van Hollen Berry Camp Costa Biggert Calvert Cooper Kanjorski Paulsen Vela´ zquez Biggert Campbell Costello Bilbray Camp Costa Kaptur Payne Visclosky Bilbray Cantor Courtney Bilirakis Campbell Costello Kennedy Pence Walden Bilirakis Cao Crenshaw Bishop (GA) Cantor Courtney Kildee Perlmutter Walz Bishop (GA) Capito Critz Bishop (NY) Cao Crenshaw Kilpatrick (MI) Perriello Wasserman Bishop (NY) Capps Crowley Bishop (UT) Capito Critz Kilroy Peters Schultz Bishop (UT) Capuano Cuellar Blackburn Capps Crowley Kind Peterson Waters Blackburn Cardoza Cummings Blumenauer Capuano Cuellar King (IA) Petri Watson Blumenauer Carnahan Dahlkemper

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:34 Jun 23, 2010 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22JN7.010 H22JNPT1 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with HOUSE June 22, 2010 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4653 Davis (CA) Kosmas Rangel NAYS—20 them are widely recognized among Davis (IL) Kratovil Rehberg Broun (GA) Hall (TX) Paul Rota’s finest, a product of nurture and Davis (KY) Kucinich Reichert Burgess King (IA) Poe (TX) Davis (TN) Lance Reyes careful breeding. Flake Kingston Price (GA) DeFazio Langevin Richardson It is a long way from Sheppton, Foxx Lamborn Shadegg DeGette Larsen (WA) Rodriguez Franks (AZ) Mack Westmoreland Pennsylvania, where Pale Antonelli Delahunt Larson (CT) Roe (TN) Gingrey (GA) McClintock Young (AK) was born, to the island of Rota. God’s DeLauro Latham Rogers (AL) Graves (GA) Miller (FL) Dent LaTourette Rogers (KY) ways are unfathomable. But we are all Deutch Latta Rogers (MI) NOT VOTING—41 grateful that God’s ways brought Pale Diaz-Balart, L. Lee (NY) Rohrabacher Alexander Gordon (TN) Matheson Antonelli to the Northern Mariana Is- Diaz-Balart, M. Levin Rooney Barrett (SC) Griffith McCarthy (NY) lands. Dicks Lewis (CA) Ros-Lehtinen Blunt Grijalva McNerney Dingell Lewis (GA) f Roskam Brown (SC) Himes Olson Djou Linder Ross Butterfield Hodes Platts Doggett Lipinski RESPONSIBILITY FOR A BUDGET Rothman (NJ) Buyer Hoekstra Putnam Donnelly (IN) LoBiondo Roybal-Allard Carter Honda Schrader (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania Doyle Lowey Royce Conyers Inglis Stark asked and was given permission to ad- Dreier Lucas Culberson Johnson, Sam Ruppersberger Wamp Driehaus Luetkemeyer Davis (AL) Jordan (OH) dress the House for 1 minute and to re- Rush Waxman Duncan Luja´ n Fallin Kirk vise and extend his remarks.) Ryan (OH) Wilson (SC) Edwards (MD) Lummis Ryan (WI) Farr Lee (CA) Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Edwards (TX) Lungren, Daniel Woolsey Salazar Fortenberry Loebsack Mr. Speaker, Majority Leader HOYER Ehlers E. Goodlatte Lofgren, Zoe Young (FL) Sa´ nchez, Linda says, ‘‘It isn’t possible to debate and Ellison Lynch T. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Ellsworth Maffei Sanchez, Loretta pass a realistic, long-term budget until Emerson Maloney Sarbanes The SPEAKER pro tempore (during we’ve considered the bipartisan com- Engel Manzullo Scalise the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- mission’s deficit-reduction plan, which Eshoo Marchant Schakowsky ing in this vote. is expected in December.’’ Etheridge Markey (CO) Schauer Fattah Markey (MA) Schiff b 1850 Well, that means the Democrats do Filner Marshall Schmidt not plan to have a budget for this Fleming Matsui Schock Messrs. GINGREY of Georgia, POE of cycle. Is it any wonder the White Forbes McCarthy (CA) Schwartz Texas, and HALL of Texas changed Foster McCaul House budget director, Peter Orszag, Scott (GA) Frank (MA) McCollum their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Scott (VA) plans to resign next month? If the hard Frelinghuysen McCotter So (two-thirds being in the affirma- Sensenbrenner work of budgeting can be ignored by Fudge McDermott Serrano tive) the rules were suspended and the the majority in Congress when we’re Gallegly McGovern Sessions resolution was agreed to. Garamendi McHenry facing trillions of dollars in debt, then Sestak Garrett (NJ) McIntyre The result of the vote was announced why worry about a budget at all? I Shea-Porter Gerlach McKeon as above recorded. Sherman guess there’s no reason to propose a Giffords McMahon Shimkus A motion to reconsider was laid on White House budget either. So Mr. Gohmert McMorris Shuler the table. Gonzalez Rodgers Orszag must not feel needed at the mo- Shuster Granger Meek (FL) f ment. Graves (MO) Meeks (NY) Simpson It has always been clear to me that Grayson Melancon Sires PERSONAL EXPLANATION Skelton the power of the purse resided in Con- Green, Al Mica Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, today I Green, Gene Michaud Slaughter gress, not in a deficit-reduction com- Guthrie Miller (MI) Smith (NE) missed rollcall vote No. 376 on H. Con. Res. mission. We all look forward to the Gutierrez Miller (NC) Smith (NJ) 288, rollcall vote No. 377 on H. Res. 546, and ideas that may come from the commis- Hall (NY) Miller, Gary Smith (TX) Smith (WA) rollcall vote No. 378 on H. Res. 1407. Had I sion. They may be inspired and the an- Halvorson Miller, George been present, I would have voted ‘‘aye’’ on Hare Minnick Snyder swer to our prayers, but the commis- Harman Mitchell Space each of these rollcall votes. sion is not a reason for abdicating our Harper Mollohan Speier f current responsibility to the people of Spratt Hastings (FL) Moore (KS) this Nation to start work now when re- Hastings (WA) Moore (WI) Stearns A TRIBUTE TO MONSIGNOR LOUIS ducing our debt. Heinrich Moran (KS) Stupak ANTONELLI Heller Moran (VA) Sullivan f Hensarling Murphy (CT) Sutton (Mr. SABLAN asked and was given Herger Murphy (NY) Tanner permission to address the House for 1 STANWOOD BOOMWORKS AND ABS Herseth Sandlin Murphy, Patrick Taylor minute and to revise and extend his re- MATERIALS Higgins Murphy, Tim Teague Hill Myrick Terry marks.) (Mr. BOCCIERI asked and was given Hinchey Nadler (NY) Thompson (CA) Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, God’s permission to address the House for 1 Hinojosa Napolitano Thompson (MS) blessings come to us in many forms. minute and to revise and extend his re- Hirono Neal (MA) Thompson (PA) One of the ways the people of Rota in marks.) Holden Neugebauer Thornberry Holt Nunes Tiahrt the Northern Mariana Islands have Mr. BOCCIERI. Today, I rise to ac- Hoyer Nye Tiberi been most blessed by God is through knowledge two businesses in my Ohio Hunter Oberstar Tierney His minister, the Reverend Monsignor district helping to combat the BP oil Inslee Obey Titus Louis Antonelli. In September, Pale disaster in the gulf and creating jobs. Israel Olver Tonko Issa Ortiz Towns Antonelli will celebrate his 92nd birth- Stanwood Boomworks in Massillon, Jackson (IL) Owens Tsongas day. For 37 of those years, he has Ohio, is one of 10 companies in the Jackson Lee Pallone Turner served on the island of Rota, first as country producing oil booms designed (TX) Pascrell Upton pastor of San Francisco De Borja to help contain spilled oil. Over the Jenkins Pastor (AZ) Van Hollen Johnson (GA) Paulsen Vela´ zquez Church in Songsong Village, then as past few weeks, Boomworks has hired Johnson (IL) Payne Visclosky pastor of San Isidro Church in 80 new local workers and is producing Johnson, E. B. Pence Walden Sinapalu. 250 booms a day. Boomworks supplied Jones Perlmutter Walz Throughout these years, Monsignor more than 1,000 oil booms for Gulf Kagen Perriello Wasserman Kanjorski Peters Schultz Antonelli has presided over countless Coast workers already, and I want to Kaptur Peterson Waters masses, baptisms, catechism classes, honor their hard work today. Kennedy Petri Watson counseling sessions, weddings, and fu- Another local company, ABS Mate- Kildee Pingree (ME) Watt nerals. He has ministered to hospital rials in Wooster, Ohio, is taking advan- Kilpatrick (MI) Pitts Weiner Kilroy Polis (CO) Welch patients, prison inmates, the sick, and tage of National Science Foundation Kind Pomeroy Whitfield the elderly. But in addition to being a grants to create jobs at home and pro- King (NY) Posey Wilson (OH) man of the spirit, the beloved Pale vide solutions for the Gulf Coast oil Kirkpatrick (AZ) Price (NC) Wittman Antonelli is a man of the Earth. His spill. An NSF grant helped fund re- Kissell Quigley Wolf Klein (FL) Radanovich Wu herd of cattle, about 100 head, and the search leading to the formation of ABS Kline (MN) Rahall Yarmuth grazing lands he has cultivated for Materials in 2009. As a result of that

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:54 Jun 23, 2010 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22JN7.012 H22JNPT1 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with HOUSE H4654 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 22, 2010 funding, it currently employs 28 people has been built by great men and women determined to improve education, to at two locations and will expand to like Ben Osborn, and we must never restore summer jobs that have not over 100 in the upcoming year. ABS forget the true cost of the freedoms been voted on yet, to pass a remedies Materials is currently working on pro- that we hold dear. I pray that it’s not bill that I am introducing that is going ducing a more environmentally friend- just on days like today when everyone to take a new look at the gulf oil spill ly way of separating oil from ocean is reminded of the hardships, suffering, and restore some new processes to not water in the Gulf of Mexico. bravery, and sacrifices of our Armed have this happen again. And yes, re- I congratulate both of these compa- Forces. Every day we must try to be store some dignity to the brass as it re- nies on their perseverance and success more like Ben and dedicate ourselves lates to the Commander in Chief, who during these tough economic times and to these worthy ideals for which he should always be respected. Let us re- their leadership in combating the gave his life. store dignity and freedom to this Na- worst oil spill in our country’s history. On behalf of a grateful Nation, our tion and include the United States f thoughts and prayers are with the en- military brass that have to be more retire Osborn family during this difficult spectful of the President than I have HONORING CHEVEZ CLARKE time. seen in the last 48 hours. (Mr. GINGREY of Georgia asked and f f was given permission to address the BONE MARROW DONATION House for 1 minute and to revise and b 1900 extend his remarks.) THE FAIRTAX (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House Mr. GINGREY of Georgia. Mr. Speak- (Mr. GRAVES of Georgia asked and for 1 minute and to revise and extend er, I rise today to honor Chevez Clarke, was given permission to address the her remarks.) a baseball player from my hometown of House for 1 minute and to revise and Marietta, Georgia, who, along with two Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I extend his remarks.) rise today to encourage participation other Georgians, Kaleb Cowart of Cook Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Speak- High School and Cam Bedrosian of East in the National Marrow Donor Pro- er, Americans are overtaxed. The Tax gram. There are many terrible dis- Coweta High School, was drafted with Foundation estimates that it took the first round of the 2010 Major eases, as we know, especially leukemia, American workers over 3 months this where patients may very well require a League Baseball draft by the Los Ange- year to pay their share of local, State, les Angels. bone marrow transplant, yet nearly 70 and Federal taxes, and this Congress percent of patients don’t match with a Clarke, who’s a senior at Marietta has raised taxes over $500 billion on the High School, is a switch-hitting center family member for a transplant. That’s American people so far. why the National Marrow Donor Pro- fielder, and scouts say he has the abil- You know, enough is enough. We ity to be a ‘‘game-changer.’’ Marietta gram is so vital. need to reduce spending and then focus These patients need you. They de- Coach Chris Stafford said Clarke is the on reforming the tax code with a fairer, pend on the selfless people in our com- most talented player he has ever had simpler system. That’s why I have co- munity that are registered with the the chance to coach and is a ‘‘very ma- sponsored H.R. 25, the FairTax. The National Marrow Donor Program. ture, focused kid.’’ No doubt Marietta FairTax eliminates income taxes, es- Every name that is added greatly in- High School benefited greatly from the tate taxes, capital gains taxes, Social creases the likelihood that a patient playing ability of Chevez Clarke. Security, Medicare, and self-employ- will find the match that that person Mr. Speaker, I want to extend my ment taxes and replaces them with one needs. And joining the registry is sim- congratulations to Chevez Clarke’s simple retail sales tax. Workers will ple. All that is needed is a swab of the mom and dad, who I know played a big keep 100 percent of their paychecks, cheek, and your name will be entered. part in his success, and I wish Chevez and a new set of winners and losers will You can also order an at-home reg- all the best. be there. The winners being the tax- istration kit at marrow.org or sign up f payers, and the losers being the gov- in person at one of the many Be the IN MEMORY OF ARMY SPECIALIST ernment. Match Registry drives throughout the BENJAMIN OSBORN The FairTax is common sense and country. Help save a life. Join the Na- abolishes the IRS, making April 15 just tional Marrow Donor Program today. (Mr. MURPHY of New York asked another day on the calendar, and f and was given permission to address maybe one day, we can pass a suspen- the House for 1 minute.) sion to recognize that great accom- RAISING TAXES Mr. MURPHY of New York. Mr. plishment. Lower taxes, less govern- (Mr. BURTON of Indiana asked and Speaker, I rise today with the very sad ment, and personal responsibility— was given permission to address the duty of reporting the tragic passing of that’s a recipe to getting this economy House for 1 minute and to revise and Army Specialist Benjamin Osborn. back on track. extend his remarks.) Osborn was killed in action in Afghani- f Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speak- stan on June 15, 2010. Specialist Osborn er, the majority leader today gave a was assigned to the Army’s 101st Air- RESTORING DIGNITY AND speech, and he indicated that we have borne based out of Fort Campbell, Ken- FREEDOM TO THIS NATION to raise taxes. He said the deficit was tucky. A beloved son, husband, friend, (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked so big—due in large part to the spend- and soldier from Lake George, Ben will and was given permission to address ing on the Democrat side of the aisle— be sorely missed by the entire Adiron- the House for 1 minute.) that the deficit was so big, we have to dack community. My heart goes out to Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Mr. raise taxes. There’s no other way. Ben’s wife, Nicole, and to his parents, Speaker, last Saturday, June 19, was When Ronald Reagan took office William and Beverly. This true Amer- the celebration of Juneteenth. Thirty- back in 1980, he heard the same thing. ican hero made the ultimate sacrifice six States now recognize that as a Everybody said that the spending was in defense of his Nation, and we owe State holiday, a holiday that is not out of control, that we had to do more him our eternal gratitude. just for one narrow community, but in with less, and we had to raise taxes. Ben Osborn, just 27 years old, volun- actuality, is about perseverance, deter- Ronald Reagan talked to a guy named teered for the position of gunner be- mination, commitment, and freedom. Art Laffer, who is an economist. He cause, in the words of his sister, Beth- Major Gordon Granger landed on the said, The way to get the economy mov- any, ‘‘He was a proud soldier and be- shores of Galveston, Texas, to an- ing was to cut taxes, to give people lieved in what he was doing.’’ Spe- nounce that those who had been more disposable income, to give busi- cialist Osborn was willing to give his enslaved are free, 2 years later, past nesses more money to invest, and the life in service to all of us and to the the Emancipation Proclamation of economy would right itself. And it did, country that he loved. The expression Abraham Lincoln. and we had 20 years of prosperity. of our gratitude for his sacrifice to our Today we have the same challenges Now the Democrats, under the lead- Nation is beyond words. This Nation of restoring, of being persevering and ership of Mr. HOYER, want to raise

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Under a give businesses the ability to grow. common sense in the almighty Federal previous order of the House, the gen- That’s how you create jobs. Government coming in and banning tleman from Michigan (Mr. SCHAUER) is recognized for 5 minutes. f deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mex- ico. It made no sense. Mr. Speaker, it Mr. SCHAUER. Mr. Speaker, 2 weeks SPECIAL ORDERS makes no sense to ban the whole deep- ago, the Seventh Congressional Dis- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under water drilling because of the actions of trict of Michigan and our country lost the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- BP. a hero. On June 9, First Lieutenant uary 6, 2009, and under a previous order Recently in Texas, we had a BP refin- Joel Gentz of Grass Lake, east of Jack- of the House, the following Members ery explode. People were killed. Hun- son, was killed while completing a heli- will be recognized for 5 minutes each. dreds were hurt. But we didn’t close all copter rescue mission in southern Af- ghanistan. He was 25 years old. The f the refineries in the United States be- people that I serve will never forget the cause of one accident. It wouldn’t CAPRICIOUS, ARBITRARY, sacrifices he made because of the love make sense. It defies reason and com- PUNITIVE of his country. I would like to share his mon sense. When a plane crashes and story with you. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a people die, that’s horrible, but we don’t previous order of the House, the gen- Joel ran cross-country at Chelsea close down the airline industry for 6 High School, where he graduated in tleman from Texas (Mr. POE) is recog- months because the Federal Govern- nized for 5 minutes. 2002. He attended Purdue University ment wants to eventually get around and graduated with honors in aero- Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, ‘‘ca- to finding out what happened. pricious, arbitrary, and punitive.’’ space engineering in 2007. In June 2008, So the Federal judge who ruled in Joel married Kathryn Sullivan, his col- Those are the words of a Federal judge this case did so properly, and it was today in ruling about the moratorium lege sweetheart. They had just cele- important for him to do so to prevent brated their second wedding anniver- for offshore drilling. The Federal judge people from losing jobs. Jobs that were said that the administration’s decision sary when he lost his life. I spoke with lost or would be lost because of the Kathryn on Saturday. She has truly to ban offshore drilling in the deep- Federal government’s action, not be- water was capricious, arbitrary, and lost her best friend. cause of BP’s action. So what’s the Joel originally wanted to be an astro- punitive—therefore, illegal. And the Federal Government going to do about Federal judge granted an injunction by naut, but through his ROTC program, this? They’re going to appeal. They he met combat rescue officers, learned the hardworking folks in the gulf don’t like the ruling, so they want to States to stop the moratorium because about their mission, and decided what appeal to the Fifth Circuit to try to he wanted to do most was to help peo- of the detrimental impact it would overrule this judge. Why didn’t the ple. As part of the Air Force’s 58th Res- have. Federal Government just follow the You see, Mr. Speaker, 150,000 people cue Squadron, First Lieutenant Gentz law and allow deepwater drilling and spent 2 years becoming a combat res- would lose their jobs if that morato- not destroy the economy of the whole cue officer. He completed Superman rium continued. There are 3,900 wells in country because of arrogance and be- School, a training program with a 60 to the gulf. Those 3,900 wells produce 31 cause of the lack of reason and com- 90 percent dropout rate. The intense percent of the Nation’s domestic oil mon sense? program takes 2 years, and only the and 11 percent of our natural gas. In So, Mr. Speaker, the disaster in the strongest finish. Joel was one of about the deepwater area, we receive 17 per- gulf continues to be the second disaster 14 that graduated of the 90 that started cent of the Nation’s domestic crude oil in the gulf for the lack of leadership. in his class. from that deepwater drilling. So those We still don’t have a Federal plan. We When he died, First Lieutenant Joel affected parties—by the arbitrary, ca- don’t know what the Federal Govern- Gentz was flying eight helicopter res- pricious, and punitive ban of the Fed- ment’s response is. It seems like, to cue missions a day into hostile terri- eral Government—decided to sue, and a me, FEMA is in charge of all of this be- tory in Afghanistan to rescue both Federal judge ruled that the adminis- cause the results are always delay, Americans and Afghanis. He told his tration’s moratorium was improper, delay, delay, but let’s punish deepwater dad there was no greater joy than sav- granted an injunction by the affected drilling. ing an Afghani child and seeing the parties, and allowed them to now drill The Federal judge’s rules will be look on the faces of the parents. He in deepwater. The Federal judge said upheld. The Federal Government needs saved a lot of children. His mother that the people that sued the oil-re- to get with the program, understand said, He was more of a peacekeeper lated industries would suffer irrep- there’s a sense of urgency, find out than a fighter, and his service to others arable harm if this ban were to con- what caused this problem, not let it demonstrates this. tinue. The government’s response was, happen again, clean up the mess, and Just a month ago, Joel emailed Ellen Well, their losses would be trivial. The move on down the road. Meanwhile, Harpin, the founder of The Ships Federal judge didn’t buy their argu- follow the law. Don’t destroy the jobs Project, asking her to send toys to ment. in the Gulf Coast, and the Federal Gov- Afghani children that could be dropped Also, before a preliminary injunction ernment needs to get out of the way off during his unit’s missions. The can be granted, Mr. Speaker—these are and let us continue safely to drill off- Ships Project sends packages to serv- rare animals—what happens is, some- shore and provide the energy needs of icemen and -women in Iraq and Af- one goes to court and says that because this country and also provide good ghanistan. The toys had been gathered, they’re going to be hurt so bad, the working jobs for Americans. Otherwise, and she was just waiting to hear back Federal judge has to stop somebody’s these jobs will leave the country, go to from Joel for an address to ship them action. In this case, our own govern- Brazil and Indonesia, and never return. when he died. She promises to make ment’s action. And also, the Federal And that’s just the way it is. sure they are all shipped and Joel’s judge said, probably if there were a wishes are honored. trial, the plaintiffs—those suing the f The Pararescue Code states, ‘‘It is Federal Government—would prevail on The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a my duty as a Pararescueman to save the merits and win in a jury trial. previous order of the House, the gentle- life and to aid the injured. I will be pre- Granted the injunction because the woman from California (Ms. WOOLSEY) pared at all times to perform my as- harm done to the gulf, to the related is recognized for 5 minutes. signed duties quickly and efficiently,

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That’s only going others. the ruling of the court today is re- to compound the problem, because if versed when it goes to a higher court. you take money out of their pocket, b 1915 The thing that really is funny about they won’t have it to spend; and if they First Lieutenant Gentz accepted this this is we just sent $2 billion to Brazil don’t have it to spend they won’t buy responsibility willingly because he so they could do offshore drilling. I and there will be more unemployed. wanted to help. He leaves behind not guess we don’t care much about the en- Whereas, if you do the opposite and only his grieving family but his fellow vironment down there. And we’re cer- give them more of their tax money to officers and the people he saved who tainly going to have to buy oil from spend and reduce the taxes, they’ll be are still alive because he bravely put them because we’re going to lose the able to buy more and the economy will their lives ahead of his own. oil that’s going to be produced down in flourish. Reagan knew it, Art Laffer ‘‘These things I do, that others may the gulf. We’re going to be more de- knew it, and we had 20 years of eco- live.’’ pendent on Saudi Arabia, on Africa, on nomic expansion because of it. But First Lieutenant Joel Gentz is truly Venezuela, Mexico, and probably these guys and the President want con- an American hero. Brazil, because we want to clean up the trol of everything. The American people have to wake Today I offer my sincere condolences environment by using windmills and up, Mr. Speaker. They have to realize to Joel’s parents, Steven and Judith solar panels and geothermal energy what’s at stake. Not only the future Gentz; siblings Jared and Rachel; and sources. that we face but the future our kids to his loving widow, Kathryn. May We’ve got the energy here in the face and our posterity. They’re going God’s grace be upon them. May they United States to solve these problems. to have a worse form of life, a worse find peace in knowing that Joel’s serv- We don’t need to be sending Mr. Soros quality of life, if we don’t reverse what money in Brazil so he can make more ice and his sacrifice mean everything we’re doing right now. to our country’s freedom. He will never money by doing offshore drilling with be forgotten. Our Nation’s debt to him our taxpayers’ money. We don’t need to f will never fully be repaid. be sending those jobs down there. As The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gen- f Mr. POE said, those jobs are going to go down there. They’re going to go some- tleman from New York (Mr. MURPHY) is The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a place else because they can’t keep recognized for 5 minutes. previous order of the House, the gen- (Mr. MURPHY of New York ad- those rigs moving in the gulf if they’re tleman from North Carolina (Mr. dressed the House. His remarks will ap- not producing. So those people who are JONES) is recognized for 5 minutes. pear hereafter in the Extensions of Re- entrepreneurs are going to take those (Mr. JONES addressed the House. His marks.) rigs and they’re going to move them remarks will appear hereafter in the someplace else. Along with them will f Extensions of Remarks.) go the jobs, and possibly the impact The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a f could be as many as 150,000 Americans previous order of the House, the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. MORAN) is TIME TO REVERSE COURSE will be out of work. This administration is on the wrong recognized for 5 minutes. (Mr. MORAN of Kansas addressed the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a track. They have been on the wrong House. His remarks will appear here- previous order of the House, the gen- track since the Obama administration after in the Extensions of Remarks.) tleman from Indiana (Mr. BURTON) is took office. The President believes in recognized for 5 minutes. socialism. He really believes in it. And f Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speak- so he’s trying to put the government in SALUTING DYSTONIA SUFFERER er, the President of the United States control of everything, and himself at MILAGROS (MILLIE) MUNOZ believes that government can do the the head of the government is going to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a job better than the private sector. He be the person pulling the strings. previous order of the House, the gentle- has proven he has believed that be- The American people, I hope, are woman from Florida (Ms. ROS- cause he in effect is taking over the going to realize that, and I hope in the LEHTINEN) is recognized for 5 minutes. health industry and using the Federal November elections they’re going to Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, Government to do it. say that we’ve got to change that and tonight I rise in solidarity with a won- He reached into the automobile in- give us a House and a Senate that can derful and determined South Florida dustry and took control of a large part stop his runaway socialistic agenda. woman, Millie Munoz. Millie has of that, and eventually he will prob- The way to solve our economic prob- dystonia, a little-known movement dis- ably try to take control of all of it. He lems is, as I said earlier tonight in a 1- order that causes a person’s muscles to has reached into the financial industry minute, the way Ronald Reagan did it, contract and spasm involuntarily. The across this country and has scared the listening to Mr. Laffer, and that is to trademark of this disorder is repet- financial industry to death, some with cut taxes, to get the burden of govern- itive, patterned and uncontrollable fairly good results, but the fact of the ment off the backs of the businessman movements. It resembles opposing matter is it’s more government con- and the individual citizen. And if you muscles competing for control of a trol. do that, you can unleash the power of body part. There are over a dozen And now he wants to take over the the free enterprise system and make forms of dystonia, and it is a symptom energy industry. The long socialist arm this economy grow, cut taxes, give peo- of many major diseases and conditions. of the President is reaching out and ple more disposable income, cut busi- Dystonia affects men, women and chil- trying to take over every area of the ness taxes, give business more money dren of all backgrounds, all ages, and private sector. He believes in total gov- to invest, and create an environment does not discriminate. And there is no ernment control over the economy. where people can buy more because cure. And if you don’t believe it, all you have they have more money to spend. Millie was born in Miami and had ex- to do is look at the record over the last Instead, at the end of this year the hibited symptoms of dystonia since year and a half. Democrats want to let all the tax cuts childhood. Each symptom was treated The thing that bothers me is the det- we put in place expire. That in effect is separately. She wore a brace on her rimental effect it’s having on the a tax increase. And then they’re talk- right leg to help with walking and at- American people. Unemployment is ing about additional taxes. Mr. HOYER tended speech therapy classes through- still close to 10 percent. We’re now see- today gave a speech saying we have to out her school years. Other symptoms

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Under a Millie had pain in her neck, her shoul- previous order of the House, the gentle- previous order of the House, the gen- ders, her wrists, her hips, and she fell woman from Ohio (Ms. KAPTUR) is rec- tleman from Florida (Mr. GRAYSON) is constantly. ognized for 5 minutes. recognized for 5 minutes. Finally in the summer of 2006, she (Ms. KAPTUR addressed the House. (Mr. GRAYSON addressed the House. was diagnosed with generalized Her remarks will appear hereafter in His remarks will appear hereafter in dystonia, a condition where all of the the Extensions of Remarks.) the Extensions of Remarks.) muscles of her body are impacted. f f Shortly thereafter, Millie’s life as she The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a knew it came to an end. In a short pe- HONORING DEWAYNE STAATS, previous order of the House, the gen- riod of time she went from climbing VOICE OF THE TAMPA BAY RAYS tleman from Texas (Mr. GOHMERT) is the Great Pyramid in Egypt to being in The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a recognized for 5 minutes. a wheelchair and bed bound. She was previous order of the House, the gen- (Mr. GOHMERT addressed the House. constantly in excruciating pain with tleman from Florida (Mr. BILIRAKIS) is His remarks will appear hereafter in chronic fatigue and involuntary move- recognized for 5 minutes. the Extensions of Remarks.) ments of her arms, hands, neck, mouth, Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise face and eyes. today to recognize Dewayne Staats, f Luckily, in 2008, she had deep brain the iconic voice of the Tampa Bay b 1930 stimulation surgery, which provided Rays. Broadcasting major league base- THE SPACE PROGRAM some relief. But she had yet another ball for over 30 years and calling games battle to fight. Her ability to swallow for the Rays since their inception, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under and eat were impacted to the point Dewayne will call his 5,000th major the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- that she was on her deathbed, people league ball game tonight when the uary 6, 2009, the gentleman from Texas thought. Rays play the San Diego Padres at St. (Mr. CARTER) is recognized for 60 min- Well, through her personal strength, Petersburg’s Tropicana Field. In fact, I utes as the designee of the minority through her resolve, Millie pulled think they just got started this leader. through and she survived. Today, evening. Baseball fans all across Mr. CARTER. Mr. Speaker, I appre- Millie has a feeding tube and braces on Tampa Bay and Florida have watched ciate being recognized for this hour. I her legs, but she is as resilient and as and listened to games called by am real pleased to be joined by several determined as ever. She came to see Dewayne as the Rays have grown from of my colleagues. me here in D.C. in my congressional of- an expansion team to American League I want to raise an issue that is of real fice, lobbying all of the Members of champions and one of the best teams in concern to the people of the State of Congress to be more knowledgeable major league baseball. I think the best. Texas, the State of Alabama, the State about her disease dystonia. Prior to joining the Rays, Dewayne of Florida, those who have, for now, Dystonia is a silent, brutal disease. spent years calling play-by-play for generations almost, been invested in The constant tug of war of muscles ESPN in a variety of sports, including and proud of that great American ac- forces people to live in constant, severe major league baseball and NCAA base- complishment of our space program. pain and exhausted. But not Millie. ball, basketball and football, as well as We are an exceptional people, and Much of the time the body’s struggles for several other major league teams, there is an awful lot of people these are all internal, hiding from an outside including the Houston Astros, the Chi- days that seem to be ashamed of our observer that the struggle with cago Cubs, and the New York Yankees. exceptionalism. But one of the things dystonia encompasses each and every Dewayne began his career as a sports that we have been exceptional in since moment. Those with dystonia often say reporter while a student at Southern its inception is our space program. I that the disorder ‘‘robs you of the free- Illinois University at Edwardsville, and can remember, as a young teenager, dom to move.’’ It is as terrible as it is at the time became the youngest active when the Russians put Sputnik debilitating, yet the vast majority of broadcaster when he began calling bleeping over the top of my house in people with dystonia have no negative major league games in 1976. Houston, Texas. And we all stood out impact to their intelligence or percep- Remarkably, he has called six no-hit- in the backyard and watched that tions. These individuals live their lives ters, Wade Boggs’ 3,000th base hit, and thing with its little flashing light imprisoned by the uncontrollable ac- the game in which Pete Rose tied Ty going across and thought, Oh, my Lord, tions of their body in conflict with the Cobb’s major league hits record. the Russians are in space and we are will of their minds. Among many accomplishments of an not there. What are we going to do? Dystonia is unknown to most Ameri- outstanding broadcast career, Dewayne But being the exceptional people that cans, or at best misunderstood. With- Staats has been honored as one of base- Americans are, we put our nose to the out proper awareness and diagnosis, ball’s all-time top 101 broadcasters by grindstone and our brains to work, and the limited therapies that can help author Curt Smith. in a very short time we met the pledge people like Millie will never be applied. Aside from masterfully calling Rays’ that President Kennedy made that we Together, we must raise awareness of games from the broadcast booth, would put a man on the Moon in the this disorder and support the research Dewayne and his wife Carla are pillars next decade. So we went from behind that can help find a cure to this silent in the Tampa Bay community, actively the eight ball and watching the Rus- internal storm. supporting the Veteran Employment sians have the first satellite in space to Millie, I praise you. I congratulate Transition Foundation and Quantum manned spaceflight and a trip to the you for your will and determination in Leap Farm, a therapeutic and rec- Moon on multiple occasions. In fact, we the face of this terrible disorder. The reational facility for wounded warriors have had a movie about one of the challenges that dystonia has presented and disabled adults. Moon trips that almost ended in dis- to you are exceeded by the promise and Again, I congratulate Dewayne on aster. the hope that your survival has dem- the occasion of his 5,000th major league We’ve been open and obvious that we onstrated. May your resolve, Millie, be broadcast, and I look forward to hear- have taken the greatest minds that we a beacon to the hundreds of thousands ing him call many more Rays wins. could put together in our space proof Americans who suffer from dystonia. f gram. And at the Johnson Space Cen- I welcomed you to the U.S. Capitol The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a ter in Houston, Texas, we all in Hous- and I hope that you come back very previous order of the House, the gen- ton, Texas, and in the State of Texas

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It’s all Judge CARTER, we did so in just a few Myself, like you, Judge CARTER, I’m been done in small portions, putting it years with the challenge laid before us a capitalist. I believe in free enterprise. together. Now it’s finished. by President John F. Kennedy. Back in But the private space exploration is 10 And now we have a new administra- the sixties and the seventies and even to 20 years behind the United States tion who has decided that they are no in the eighties, and before that, Ameri- NASA program. They have 10 to 20 longer interested in manned space cans, when determined to do some- years to catch up to right where we are travel. And they have basically started thing, they could do it. And that is why now. Can we afford to give up the lead- to say we are going to do away with we went to space, because nothing was ership? Some say, well, it’s to save us manned space travel and the Constella- going to get in the way of America money. It isn’t going to save us any tion program, which was the next going to space and landing people on money. We’re just transferring Ameri- phase of manned space travel, and we the Moon. cans’ wealth to an unproven entity, are going to let some friends of ours But for some reason, and I think po- and that being the private sector. Let start some new businesses and try to litical reasons, we see the end of that the private sector compete, but don’t go and let private industry go out wonderful glorious exploration, the subsidize those programs. there and do the shuttle service and last frontier. America has always led in And it’s unfortunate that we’re see- launch our satellites. And basically, the space program except, as you men- ing the demise of NASA, a self-inflicted they have turned over the funds that tioned, when the Russians put the first wound by our own Federal Govern- would go to NASA for the manned Sputnik in space. And the benefits that ment. That’s unfortunate, and we space program and they have plans to have been received from NASA’s should not give up our space leadership turn it over to a few private individ- spaceflight have been shared all over to anybody for any reason. After all, uals, amazingly enough, most of whom the world, from weather satellites on. it’s also a national security issue. With that, I yield back to the gen- have been fairly large campaign donors But now, because of a change in philosophy, the administration wants to tleman from Texas. of the Democrats and the Obama ad- Mr. CARTER. Reclaiming my time, go a new direction. That direction, of ministration. the administration proposes a $1 billion course, is not to space, not to the In fact, I think I can make an argu- cut in NASA’s manned program. And at Moon, not to using the shuttle, not to ment—we talk about earmarks in this the same time, they are pushing $115 keeping manned spacecraft available Congress and all these terrible ear- billion in new spending for ObamaCare for Americans to go to the space sta- marks that people make—this has the after $700 billion in stimulus spending, potential, over the next few years, to tion, because when that last shuttle which we are still looking for the stim- be around 6 billion, with a B, dollars flight is over with, we are done. We are ulus. that the White House is going to ear- out of spacecraft. We have no way to go The taxpayers have already invested mark for certain individual companies, into space. $9 billion in the Constellation program, all of whom seem to have been involved So if we want to put an American in which was supposed to be the next step in the success of that administration. space after that last shuttle flight is in the space program. It will cost $2.5 Not that there is anything in a payoff over, we are going to have to hitch- billion to shut down the Constellation in the way. Who knows? hike, and we are going to have to program. So we are talking about $11.5 Just a coincidence, I suppose, but we hitchhike with our good buddies the billion is going to be spent just to are canning manned space under our Russians. And right now the Russians trash the program that we’ve already NASA program. We are going to lay off charge us to fly with them as a pas- spent $9 billion on. thousands of NASA workers and those senger in one of their spacecraft. It And, you know, space has always contractors that work with NASA, and started out at $45 million, and then $50 been a very glorious position for us to we are taking a new position that we million, and then $55 million, and now take. And we rose above the inter- are going to let new start-up compa- it’s $60 million to go into space with national bickering. We shared the nies start over and build a space pro- the Russians. But when they get the space station with other nations. Re- gram. I’m a privatization guy. I believe monopoly on spaceflight, when that cently, within the last couple of years, in privatization in everything we do, last shuttle has finished its flight, the Japanese on one of our shuttles but this smacks of some strangeness, who’s to say what they’ll charge us to took a major pod containment system and I think that strangeness is what we go into space or if they’ll let us even be up there, and they’ve got a piece of it. are going to talk about here tonight. a passenger in one of their spacecraft. The Russians have some of it. Others I am joined by my friend Mr. HALL And then you have got the Chinese have put technology on the space sta- from Texas. I am joined by Judge POE, over here, you know, the people we owe tion to where now it is what we envi- and I am joined by my good friend ROB our lives to and our debt to. They are sioned with all the various tech- BISHOP, who really informed me a lot working on a space program as well. nologies and abilities to study long dis- about the immigration issue the last And now there’s that little tyrant in tances in space. And we’ve taken all time we were together, and I am sure the desert, Ahmadinejad. The Iranians that, and now, as my good friend from he has great insight. are working on spaceflight. They have Texas says, to get to our space station So I will first recognize Judge POE already sent a spacecraft into outer that we put together, we’re going to for such time as he may wish to con- space. I think it carried a frog, a snake, have to hitchhike with the Russians. sume. and two turtles. But now they want to Now, we all know, as we developed Mr. POE of Texas. Thank you, Judge go into space. the space station, we also developed CARTER. I appreciate you yielding a few So while other countries, not really the rocket power and the use of rock- moments on this very important issue. our buddies or our friends, are moving etry, which became a great part of our Of course being from the Houston forward in space exploration because national arsenal. And, in fact, we are area and growing up with NASA, I have they understand the importance of it, concerned about the ability of the peo- seen the success of this wonderful pro- we are backing off. America is just ple in Iran who are trying to develop a gram. And like you and many others, waving the white flag and giving up its nuclear weapon to get a midrange mis- as a mere child in 1969, I watched Neil leadership in space. That ought not to sile to deliver it in their promised at- Armstrong set foot on the Moon. And, be. And we’re going to lose technology. tacks on Israel. The rockets that de- of course, the first word when man We’re going to lose the education that fend our Nation came from the rockets landed on the Moon was ‘‘Houston,’’ be- our scientists have because it’s going that propelled us into outer space on cause that is where NASA was at the to disappear. And these jobs that are our great jaunt and exploration of time and still is headquartered. going to be lost, these are good jobs. outer space.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:54 Jun 23, 2010 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K22JN7.044 H22JNPT1 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with HOUSE June 22, 2010 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4659 So when you start hitting us in our have to come up with the best way of ‘‘Obama is pushing the privatization of technology, as I would argue the going into the future, and it’s built by NASA and the turnover of the govern- Obama administration is doing, and a free enterprise company. It consists ment agency to his financial sup- wasting $11.5 billion to shut down a of the Orion capsule where the pas- porters Elon Musk and Google owners program and putting us behind in the sengers would be, as well as the Aries Page and Brin. future development of these vehicles, rocket that will power it at the same ‘‘A full bore campaign is now being where does this make sense? Are we time. waged by the Obama administration to just ceding the fact that now that the If this White House, if the adminis- shut down the U.S. unionized space Obama administration is in charge of tration, if NASA gets their way and de- program and turn it over to ‘new age’ the country and they believe that cides to cancel this greatest invention speculators who want to build a new American exceptionalism is a myth, of the last couple of years, there is no space program in a ‘regulation-free’ they are going to prove it by taking Constellation, there will, as has been zone in Florida.’’ away the things we are exceptional in? said, still be astronauts who need to go And the plan is by billionaire and I have real issues with that. I think all up to the space station. As has been former owner of PayPal, Elon Musk. of us do. said, they will be going up on Russian Musk has a company called Space Ex- I’d like to recognize my good friend craft, and in the next year’s budget, ploration Technologies Corporation, ROB BISHOP from Utah to talk to us a this administration has already pen- and the question is, ‘‘ ‘Should the little bit about—he is on several com- ciled in $75 million per astronaut visit. United States hire Elon Musk, at a mittees that have looked into this. As has been mentioned by the good cost of a few billion dollars, to run a He’s got a good insight into what’s gentleman from Texas, Russians have taxi service for American astronauts?’ going on. So whatever time you wish to learned the lessons of capitalism, and ‘‘In fact, the SpaceX operation like consume, my friend. they realize when they have a monop- much that Musk and his backers from Mr. BISHOP of Utah. I thank the oly they can play that game. But $75 Google Larry Page and Sergey Brin gentleman from Texas. million per astronaut trip so that we want the U.S. to give him $6 billion in Let me start, if I could, for just a sec- can subsidize the Russian rocket indus- the next 5 years to build’’ this oper- ond about jobs, because we are talking try. ation. both inside these Halls and outside So that, indeed, as we are looking at Now, that’s a very interesting thing. about jobs. The President and the Vice the future and we’re coming up with We take a program, we put $9 billion President are going on, it’s called his this, this summer of recovery is not into it, it’s cost us $2.5 billion to shut recovery summer tour in which he’s necessarily going to be about American it down, we shut it down, and we come going to talk about the creation of jobs. The summer of recovery is how up with $6 billion more over the next 5 jobs. In the talking points sent out we will be spending American tax- years that we’re going to give to some from the White House, they are talking payers’ money to make sure that the good friends to come up with a brand about the 30,000 miles of new transpor- Russian technicians are on the line new program and they are, as Judge tation, 80,000 new homes that will be building Russian missiles. Perhaps the Poe points out, way behind in devel- weatherized, 800 programs in parks Chinese are on the line starting to oping the rocket to get them to any- that are being increased, 2,000 drinking build new Chinese missiles so that we where we want to go in space. water projects, all in the name of cre- can keep their jobs and we will rely on I yield back to my friend. ating jobs. Russian technology because we know Mr. BISHOP of Utah. I appreciate the The President’s also asking Congress how effective that has been in the past, way the gentleman from Texas has put for $20 billion in additional stimulus Russian technology for our astronaut this. Let’s face it: two concepts this ad- money to protect government jobs, in visits. ministration kept throwing at it: we’re addition to the $135 billion we did in We sometimes ask the question, going to save money in this and we’re the original stimulus bill to do that. where are the jobs? Well, in Russian, going to privatize it, both of those con- And for only $2 billion—now think of you also ask it. In their version of cepts are flat out false. that, less than a tenth of what the where are the jobs, with this policy of As has been said, this administration President wants in a new stimulus bill this administration, NASA, jobs aren’t expects to spend $6 billion more on to create and protect jobs; a rounding going to be here. Jobs are going to be NASA than they are right now without error in either the TARP or the TARP in Russia. Jobs are going to be in doing any kind of manned space flight, 2 or Son of TARP or Stimulus I or China, eventually in India; and even $6 billion more for satellites to do cli- Stimulus II—this administration could Japan’s getting in on the trick. That’s mate control and feeding the hungry in protect 25,000 to 30,000 jobs in the pri- where those jobs are going to go. the world. And in addition to that, the vate sector. We are firing 30,000 American citizens money that will now go to these new who have good jobs in science and engi- companies, these startup business com- b 1945 neering to build the Constellation pro- panies, this is not free enterprise. These are scientists and engineers, gram and for what? To lose our leader- The Constellation went out on a bid and these are the jobs that this admin- ship in space? To subsidize the Rus- that was won by free enterprise compa- istration’s policy with NASA are going sians and the Chinese industry? To put nies. The people building right now are to let go and give their pink slips. more Americans out of work in this free market sector companies. What But early on in the Bush administra- summer of recovery? It simply does not this administration wants to do is to tion, it was decided the space shuttle make sense. take the money away from those who era had ended. After the problems and I’d like to enter into an interchange are already building Constellation, the catastrophes with Challenger and with the gentleman. We’ve got a lot of scrap the program, and then turn over Columbia, a Presidential commission things to talk about how this inter- to any other group to come up with a came through and decided we wanted faces with our military commitment new plan, a new goal. We don’t have a to come up with a newer, safer way to and what this administration is doing new plan or a new goal, but they’re go to the Moon, space station and be- that is totally unusual in trying to going to give it to new companies. yond; and the result of that was Con- push this program forward to destroy— This government is basically saying stellation. we’re not losing the space race this these private sector companies are now Constellation is a program that is de- time. We’re forfeiting the game. going to be the losers; our friends in signed to be safer than the space shut- Mr. CARTER. Perfect statement, this private sector group are now going tle by a factor of 10. It’s using solid ‘‘forfeiting the game.’’ We were leading to be the winners. But as the gen- rocket motors because those are the the game, we were winning the game tleman from Texas said, this group is safest type of vehicles. It separates the until this administration came into the not just simply a business free enter- cargo from the passengers so, if there White House, and we just stepped up prise group. They’re already being sub- is a problem, they can be safer. Time and decided to forfeit the game. sidized by NASA to the point of mil- magazine called this the best invention Here’s an article from Labor Maga- lions of dollars and have already told of last year. This is the science that we zine. It was published on April 15, 2010: NASA they need more.

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All that technology de- money is going to transfer over to an- veloped out of the technology that Now I want to talk about that just a other group that is also being sub- started off with the space program. little bit. It’s been nearly 5 months sidized by NASA. It’s not free enter- Simple things like Teflon and there’s a since the administration proposed the prise, this bit, and this is not saving million things out there in the world very radical changes to NASA’s human the taxpayers money. This is simply we don’t even know about that came space flight and exploration programs mind-boggling that we are now going out of the space program, and yet in- by canceling the Constellation. Just to simply say we have no plan for dustries have come out of the produc- took his pen and ran a line through it. space. tion of those products. I can’t even re- Well, I don’t understand that. And I Mr. CARTER. Reclaiming my time, member them all, but I remember at don’t understand the lack of sufficient so we’re just basically saying, Obama one time we loved to talk about it details that Congress would need to de- just said I want to change this program when we talked about our space pro- termine if it was even close to a cred- from one free enterprise group to my gram. We’ve stopped talking about ible plan that he suggests. Yet, in spite guys that are on my side; and, unfortu- that. of our very best efforts to obtain more nately, they’re a little behind, but But the point is, we’re taking people information from NASA, the situation we’ll beef them up and we’ll try to get that have dedicated their lives to the has not improved; indeed, the Presi- them there by spending the American exceptional job of exploring that great dent’s trip to Kennedy Space Center on taxpayers’ money. It is stimulus for a wondrous thing called space, and we’ve April 15 only added to the confusion as new group of private companies. It’s told those people, we’re laying you off he laid out more aspirational goals, but amazing. to the tune of 20,000 to 30,000 of you in provided no clear idea of how they fit But who else is going to be com- Texas and Alabama and Florida and together or how we expect to pay for peting? This is interesting. Taxpayers other places so that we can start over these new ventures. As such, I still have already invested $9 billion in the with a bunch of our buddies in their have basic concerns about our ability Constellation, which will be lost. This backyards coming up with a new space to access and use the International is sort of a comedy piece that my staff program. I’ve got real issues with that. Space Station after the shuttle is re- put together. Everyone there is Ori- But not only is China looking at a tired. ental, but it has to do with the recent space program; the Russians are plan- I remain concerned with the ‘‘gap’’ in announcement—you know, we had ning a manned Moon mission by 2025 to U.S. access to space, and I want to en- promised that with the new Constella- 2030, a manned Mars mission by 2035 to sure that we can effectively use the tion program, we were going to go back 2040. My Lord, everybody else sees enormous research capabilities of the to the Moon just to do some additional those frontiers that we used to see. Re- International Space Station. In exam- research there. member when President Kennedy ining the President’s plan, I still don’t The Chinese had announced in Feb- talked about the new frontier, space? see any viable way to minimize the gap ruary of 2004 that they’ve started their We watched programs on television as and provide for exciting research on Moon exploration program. Phase I in- kids about that frontier of space that the International Space Station. volves orbiting a satellite around the we were going at, and we did it. The President’s most recent decision Moon. Phase II involves sending a land- You know, recently we had hearings to send an unmanned ‘‘lifeboat’’ to the er to the Moon. Phase III involves colin this House where we heard from space station at a potential cost of $5 lecting lunar soil samples. China plans some of those pioneers, and we heard billion to $7 billion does absolutely to complete its space station and a from the first man who walked on the nothing to solve this problem and manned mission to the Moon by 2020. Moon. Neil Armstrong, a man who ba- largely duplicates existing services So not only are we giving up the fact sically stays out of the world of poli- provided by the Russians. Although that we’re exceptional, but those peo- tics and lives a relatively quiet life for we’ve already spent nearly $10 billion ple who are trying to show how excep- being such a national American hero, on the Constellation system that has tional they are—and quite honestly, came up here and said we cannot afford achieved significant milestones and is the Chinese have done pretty much a to lose NASA. It will be a serious blow well on its way to providing continued turnaround since they learned that to the United States of America to lose U.S. access to space, the administra- capitalism really works, and now NASA. In a minute, I’m going to ask tion’s decision to cancel Constellation they’re doing the Moon explorations. my friend RALPH HALL who was at has further stalled development and Now, I’m sure there are one world some of those hearings or heard some jeopardized our undisputed leadership order folks that say it doesn’t really of these things that were said to tell us in space, and that’s what it’s all about. matter as long as we all sing Kumbaya a little bit about that. As I’ve said many times before, as a and go to the Moon. Mr. HALL, would you like to talk to member of the Space Subcommittee, I But the reality is, remember what us about what some of these great am concerned with the proposed com- technology and the defense world came American heroes talked about in the mercial crew direction of this adminis- out of, the technology that we devel- NASA program? tration. While we have long supported oped in our space program; and that’s Mr. HALL of Texas. I thank you, the development of commercial cargo something we can never forget. We can Judge, for this opportunity to discuss a operations, I believe it’s prudent that never forget to make sure that Amer- stroke of the pen that affects all Amer- we first test cargo capabilities before ican exceptionalism allows us to stay icans, a stroke of the pen early in his risking the lives of our astronauts on on top of those things that keep us administration, a stroke of the pen by newly developed systems. breathing free air in this country. If we the President of the United States that I have also not seen credible data to ever concede that to those who maybe canceled out the Constellation, and suggest that there is a viable market wouldn’t like us as much as we might that’s what it’s all about, and that’s for commercial crew carriers, as they think they do—they may like our why we’re here, and that’s why we’re claim there is, with no backup, no in- money but they maybe don’t like us fighting for NASA. That’s why the formation on it. In the absence of that and our system of human beings having great Neil Armstrong, first man on the data, I fear that we might be setting rights and freedoms and protections Moon, stepped out, didn’t know he, ourselves up for failure if or when the under our Constitution, and maybe with his other two compatriots, had no markets don’t materialize. those same people who don’t feel so idea when they left here that they’d Anyone can claim to be able to take good about that part of American ever come back alive. They’re great pa- over commercial crew or to take over exceptionalism would like to impose triots. They’re great, those among us, the space program, to take over the

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Not only are we firing 30,000 of programs and take them over and then we’ve had accidents, but they were ac- our best and brightest, our scientists have the Federal Government have to cidents. But our planned program and engineers, not only are we ceding step in at great loss of time, at great didn’t plan in expendability. We didn’t space to the Chinese and the Russians loss of international partners, at great plan for people to be expendable until and eventually the Indians and the loss of contractors, at great loss of em- we learned how to do it. We did it, we Japanese, no longer are we forfeiting ployees, and great loss to the govern- got through it, and we made it work. the game, no longer are we no longer ment for additional money to take It’s a shame to have that kind of his- taking a part, we are putting our mis- over. I admire Mr. Aldrin and I will tory of a program that has dedicated sile defense system at risk at the very clearly inspect his suggestions. itself to exploring space and still car- same time. This administration has na- Finally, in examining options beyond ing about that one small, little glim- ively lurched into this program with- low Earth orbit, I’m unclear of when mer of spark called a human life, and out considering the unintended con- we might see the development of a we do it. We have no assurance that sequences. heavy lift system, or whether NASA this new direction is even going to If I could also say one thing in con- still considers the Moon as a logical come close to having that same basic clusion before I yield back to the gen- destination. We’ve been told that a new spirit that created NASA. We are tleman from Texas. There are three ‘‘game changing’’ technology develop- threatening a great human institution. things that NASA has done in trying to ment program will provide capabilities I want to yield some more time to push this program of cutting Constella- for accessing the far reaches of space, my friend, Mr. BISHOP. tion that violate the obvious intent of but we have very few specifics on mis- Mr. BISHOP of Utah. I thank the Congress. Number one, Congress passed sion, goals, and direction. gentleman from Texas again as both he in the omnibus appropriations bill lan- In the absence of a defensible, cred- and Mr. HALL were very eloquent in guage that said the Constellation ible plan, I and many of our Members pointing out the problems that we are would not be cut until Congress ap- continue to support the Constellation facing with the cancellation of the proves those cuts. Nonetheless, first of program as currently authorized and Constellation program by NASA. all, they deferred the Constellation appropriated by successive Congresses. I’d like to take one small detour contracts, didn’t terminate them—it GAO will continue investigating from here to try and point out once was cute—they just deferred them so whether NASA is improperly with- again that the decision by this admin- the money would not flow. Number holding funds and improperly applying istration to cancel Constellation, by two, they then moved the Constella- the Anti-Deficiency Act as a means of NASA, was done arbitrarily, capri- tion manager—didn’t fire him, they slowing Constellation work. I believe ciously, and actually without foresight just moved him—to disrupt the pro- that Congress—and when I say Con- of what the implications would be and gram. And number three, and a very gress, I mean both Democrats and Re- their unintended consequences on our novel, unique way—in fact, the spokes- publicans—Congress has been clear military side. For what this adminis- man said, well, these are unique cir- that it supports the unhindered con- tration did not realize is that the peo- cumstances—for the first time ever, tinuation of Constellation until it au- ple—the industrial base that builds the ever in the history of NASA, they have thorizes an alternative program. rockets to send a man to the moon— said termination costs, the liability of We can no longer wait for NASA to are the same people who build the termination costs must come from ex- provide justification for its radical rockets to shoot down North Korean isting contracts. NASA has never done changes. Time is running out. Our and Iranian missiles that are coming at that when it terminated a program. space station and those who man it— us. This industrial base is there with When Congress told it to terminate a our many NASA employees, our inter- the expertise, and if you fire 20,000 to program on solid rocket motors, they national partners, our astronauts— 30,000 of that base, this is not a spigot always appropriated money for the await an answer that we can live with you can turn on and off and add them closing costs. What this means is that and that we can lead with. I yield back back, if indeed by some miraculous the premarket private sector compa- my time. idea you think you need to change di- nies that are building Constellation Mr. CARTER. Thank you, RALPH. rection and start over again. That is right now have got to, from their cur- Mr. HALL is the dean of the Texas what we have found—that the impact rent contracts, take money out to ter- delegation. We are awfully proud to on NASA has a unique, specific, and minate, which means they fire their have him. He has been working long dangerous impact on the defense of this employees and they turn to their sub- and hard for many, many years to country because if we are having a mis- contractors and they break those con- make sure that every time we shoot a sile defense system, the fact that we tacts so they fire their employees. This human being into outer space we plan are going to fire 25,000 to 30,000 people is all a concentrated effort on the part to bring them back. in this industrial base means that of NASA and this administration to de- It’s easy to develop a space program those people will not be working on our stroy this program before Congress has where you can say, well, if the guy we missile defense system. a chance to finalize our work and say shoot out there, if we lose him, it’s no The Defense Authorization Act that whether we want it destroyed or not. I big deal, we at least have the tech- passed this House and is now over in think it’s very clear that this Congress nology to learn how it works. There the Senate, in the report language it has never at any time given the indica- are some that have developed space concluded that if indeed Constellation tion to NASA that we think Constella- programs this way, but we’ve never de- is canceled, the cost to our military for tion should stop. But this is a program veloped it that way. Some people would our missile defense program will in- being done by the administration in say we’re a great dinosaur, this NASA. crease 40 percent to 100 percent, that violation of clearly the intent of Con- This great dinosaur comes from the the increased cost to anything that is gress and, as the gentleman said, basic premise, a part of what makes propulsion, any of our technical mis- maybe even under the specifics of the Americans great, that every human life siles—the HARM missile, the Side- rule of law of Congress, to force us into is important. Therefore, you test and winder missile, anything that has that a fait accompli where Congress does retest and retest again, and you take propulsion—it will increase the cost for not want to go and this Nation should another path and you find a new direc- us to build those 40 percent to 100 per- not go. tion until you are assured of one thing: cent. The Minuteman III cost will dou- This is a sad situation, this is sad, That that precious human life you put ble. The Navy’s missile program cost this is unprecedented on the part of upon that exploding bomb called a will double, and it’s at a time when NASA, and it is not good for the coun- rocket, you’re capable of putting that Secretary Gates over at Defense has try. I appreciate being able to be a part

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Recapturing my time, on this picture because now the Chi- 10 minutes remaining. as the gentleman was pointing out nese manage the Panama Canal. That’s Mr. BISHOP of Utah. I have only one something, it just popped into my kind of outsourcing American last insight to give, and I appreciate, head, the old civics course that every- exceptionalism. We built that canal. once again, the gentleman from Texas body in this country at least used to Now we’re outsourcing the Moon, po- taking this time to point out how sig- take in high school about the three tentially, to the Chinese under the nificant this issue is that, indeed, the branches of government that were cre- Obama administration, and we are out- Constellation program was the way for- ated by our Founders and what they sourcing the space program and the ward into the future. It was to replace did. The laws were written by the Con- missiles that go along with that space the space shuttle. It went through the gress, the legislative branch, adminis- program, and we’re outsourcing the science. It is our future. It is being tered and enforced by the executive rocketry, which makes us exceptional. built by the private sector. Yet, we are branch—which is the White House—and You know, this administration has deciding to cancel it with no other goal interpreted and held to the standards been very critical about the outsourc- in mind. We don’t have a plan. We of the Constitution by the judicial ing of jobs outside the country. It has don’t have a program. We don’t even branch. And as the gentleman pointed been pointing fingers at lots of people, have a name. We don’t have an idea for out, this Congress has never taken the saying they’re destroying American what the future may bring. position that we were going to trash jobs by outsourcing. What in the world There was a study that was done the Constellation. In fact, we wrote do you think you’re doing with these after the last space shuttle catas- specific language that said the Con- 20,000 to 30,000 high-paying, technical trophe, and it said there are two things stellation shall remain until Congress jobs—the great brain trust of America? that will destroy manned spaceflight, acts. You’re outsourcing them to the Chi- the mission to manned spaceflight and nese, to the Indians, to the Russians— NASA. Those are, number one, not to b 2015 and maybe to the Japanese. consider human safety, as the gen- Now, the President, without a law or Why shouldn’t we be concerned about tleman has said. Then number two is a direction by this Congress, has de- this, Mr. President? I think that’s a not to have an organized plan. cided to use magic tricks that have question we’ve got to ask ourselves. I I just have, in a note of irony, a flyer never been used before to delay to the think we’ve got to start asking, With that went to all of our offices that point of disaster and to destroy the how much are we willing to say we’re came from NASA that tomorrow, in Constellation. no longer exceptional and that we’re the Rayburn foyer, there will be the We just heard today, when Judge POE just going to outsource everything to new era of innovation and discovery, got up here and talked, that at least a everyone else? which means that there will be an court of this land has pointed out that I really believe the American people interactive, all-day event highlighting the closing down of the gulf to offshore want to say to us here in Congress, NASA’s robust Earth and space science drilling was arbitrary and capricious, Hey, wake up. Give us jobs like you’ve portion, cutting-edge aeronautics, and and it has granted the extraordinary always given us jobs, and we as Ameri- continued leadership in human flight. relief that is very seldom done in the cans will do those jobs, and we’ll do I am so grateful that there will be an court system by granting an injunction them better than anybody else in the interactive game that we in Congress against the President of the United world. We always have and we always can play about spaceflight, because, if States and the White House to prevent will. I’m not ready to give up on us, the decisions of NASA and of this ad- them, by one of the whims that they and I don’t think my colleagues are ministration are allowed, there won’t came up with, from closing down drill- ready to give up on us or on the Amer- be a real manned spaceflight for us to ing in the gulf. This court has said, ican people. see. At least we’ll have a game so that Sorry, boys. You can’t do that. We are still the exceptional people we will remember what we used to do Well, now we’ve got a Constitution, who put a man on the Moon in a decade and what might have been. and we’ve got a Congress that has got like the President of the United States I yield back. a provision and a law that has been John F. Kennedy said. We are still the Mr. CARTER. In reclaiming my time, passed as the law of this land to be en- people who created the first, basically, that is ironic because one of the things forced by the executive branch of this aircraft that you could fly out into you hear from parents is, When am I government that says that we will not outer space—the shuttle program—a going to be able to get my kids to have destroy the Constellation program phenomenon that we used, and we land- their own imaginations and to not play until the Congress decides to do so, but ed them there on the runway just like somebody else’s video games? To me, it the President, who, I guess, didn’t take an ordinary airplane rather than para- sounds like this is somebody else’s civics in high school, has decided it chuting them into the ocean like the video game. doesn’t really matter whether Congress first programs we did. We have done You know, you’ll remember when we acts or not. He is going to destroy the wonders with NASA. diverted satellites from protecting our program. I don’t think that’s the way I hope and I pray—and I think every- troops in Iraq to over the poles to it works. I don’t think that’s the way body else hopes and prays—that the check on global warming. From what it’s supposed to work. President will reconsider and will I’m hearing from this administration, We like to say this, and we recite allow Congress to discuss this and will their plans for NASA are that we’re this in a lot of places: We are a country allow Congress to make decisions as to going to have low-orbit satellite proof laws, not of men. whether or not we’re going to make grams to check on global warming. Oh, It is not what man runs the White these kinds of radical changes to the I forgot. We don’t call it ‘‘global warm- House or what man runs some position future of man’s exploration of space ing’’ anymore. It’s called ‘‘climate in this country. It is what the law is. and whether, when we do, if we change, change.’’ I apologize. It turns out we The law is passed by this Congress and we are protecting the sanctity of may not be warming. Well, that’s just by other legislative bodies around the human life. All of these things are im- a whole other debate. Yet it seems like 50 States in this Union. Our executive portant. All of these things are things all of the resources seem to be going branch is to enforce those laws and to we ought to be concerned about. Right towards desperately trying to confirm uphold them. Our judiciary is to re- now, we’ve just got to be concerned that debate. mind them when they don’t, and they about why this administration is giv- I want to thank the gentleman for have done so as recently as yesterday. ing up on American exceptionalism and coming down, my distinguished friend

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I’m really happy to our community, and they treasure all THE ECONOMY Also, Mr. Speaker, we’d like to take have ROB BISHOP looking at the sci- of the things that, I think, we as Amer- entific side of our world, because he icans need to spend a little more time this opportunity to spend a little has got great insight into it. I want to thinking about, which are the impor- time—and I will be joined by some of thank him for sharing that insight tance of family, the importance of my colleagues here in the next few with us tonight. community, the importance of church minutes—to talk about what has been I want to thank the Speaker for al- and faith, and the importance, really, going in our country economically and lowing us to take this time to talk quite frankly, of a nice piece of pie. really what the plan is and what the about something that we are very They all come together, and they have plan has been for President Obama, the proud of. We in Texas have a lot to be been just tremendous influences on my Democratic Congress, and pushing for- proud of. One of the things we point life, so I wanted to say thank you and ward an agenda that I think, without out that we are proud of is the manned congratulations to all of them and to dispute, has taken our country from going off a cliff, which is where we space center in Houston, Texas. When their family as they celebrate this very were just a couple of years ago, a year you look on the Texas map, which tells special day. and a half ago, where the stock market you all the great things to come see in CONGRATULATIONS was at 6,000-plus; where the economy Texas, we highly recommend that peo- I would also like to take this oppor- was bleeding 750,000 jobs, almost 800,000 ple visit the manned space center, be- tunity, Mr. Speaker, to extend a hearty jobs a month; and where there was a cause we know great things were done congratulations to the president of complete collapse of the global eco- by great men and women at that place, Youngstown State University, Dr. nomic system. and great things continue to be done David Sweet and his wife, Pat, who are Because, quite frankly, there has there. both leaving Youngstown State Univer- been a debate going on in America that To drive a stake in the heart of the sity after a long tenure. those of us—and my side, for sure— Dr. Sweet and his wife came to manned space program is a tragedy, have been losing. The debate since 1980 Youngstown State University when it not only for the State of Texas but for has been how do we cut taxes for the the whole United States and, I think I was a sleepy university somewhere in wealthiest people in the country; how can effectively argue, the world. Let’s the center of the city of Youngstown. do we therefore raise the tax burden on not outsource another of our indus- They came in with a vision for the the middle class; how do we cut govern- tries. Let’s not give up on American community, and they came in with a ment at every single turn; how do we exceptionalism. Let’s go back and revision of the university. I think history deregulate and completely try to reconsider the Obama administration’s will judge him as one of the leaders on move government out of every aspect desire to trash this program. Let’s go how a university can have a trans- of the financial markets and the role of back to putting us on a path with a formational effect on a community. regulating businesses; and, quite frank- plan, as Mr. BISHOP pointed out, to go Youngstown State University and the ly, our friends on the other side, Mr. out and explore those new frontiers we city of Youngstown both have been rec- Speaker, won that debate. have left to explore. ognized for the partnerships that they Through the 1980s, up until the cur- With that, Mr. Speaker, I thank you have created, but Dr. Sweet, on every rent President, really with a good fight for the time, and I yield back the bal- account that we would measure his put on by President Clinton—and he ance of my time. success or failure as a president, has made great strides in his own way—but f clearly succeeded. Enrollment is up by we have been fighting the system. But 25 percent. Minority enrollment is up. over the course of the last couple of THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN The university has created the first ECONOMY years we have seen exactly what hap- science, technology, engineering, and pens when this philosophy, economic The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under math college. Of all of the universities and political philosophy are imple- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- in Ohio, he took Youngstown State mented. uary 6, 2009, the gentleman from Ohio University and used it as an engine for It is Milton Friedman and the sup- (Mr. RYAN) is recognized for 60 minutes not only economic growth and re- ply-side economists and the Republican as the designee of the majority leader. search, but also for helping to redefine Party versus the Keynesian demand- Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Thank you, Mr. the city of Youngstown. In so many side Democrats on our side. And our Speaker. ways, he provided leadership for our Republican friends in the earliest parts I want to take this opportunity here university and for our community. of this decade, up until 2006 and then on the House floor to spend a few min- I wanted here, on the floor of the 2008, controlled every lever of govern- utes talking about some friends of House of Representatives, to recognize ment; controlled the House, controlled mine who are celebrating their 40th his leadership, his team—Hunter Mor- the Senate, controlled the White wedding anniversary, and I wanted to rison, Dr. George McCloud and all of House, implemented their economic take a second here to say what good the leaders that he had in his adminis- policies across the board. And in Ohio, friends they are, what great Americans tration—and their ability to take this the Republicans controlled every they are, and what great people they university, to really transform it and, Statewide office, including the gover- are. in turn, to transform our community. norship for 16 years, and the State leg- HAPPY 40TH ANNIVERSARY I wanted to say thank you, Mr. islature for longer. Bill and Margie Skeleski will be cele- Speaker, to Dr. Sweet and to his wife, Controlled everything and imple- brating their 40th wedding anniversary Pat, for their passion, for their con- mented their policies—their energy this week. They have been not only tributions that they made to our com- policy, their foreign policy, their eco- tremendous supporters of me, but they munity and to Youngstown State Uni- nomic policy. They deregulated Wall have been great people in the commu- versity. We stand on their shoulders as Street. They continued this path, this nity, and I wanted to take this oppor- we continue this work, but clearly, we role of appointing industry lackeys to tunity to wish them a happy anniver- would not have been here today to critical oversight positions on Wall sary and many, many more years. make the kind strides that the univer- Street, critical oversight positions in You have never been to a holiday sity is making, doing the kind of re- the oil and gas industry. Even big do- breakfast unless you have been to the search, hosting international energy nors to oversee FEMA. And over the Skeleskis’ house, but I must say there seminars and forums and really trans- course of the last few years, we have are eggs and quiche and sausage and all forming the role of that university. I seen how this philosophy, when imple- kinds of different desserts, and not a want to say thank you. We clearly mented, works. And it works for those

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Last week, running Congress and running the ad- job, Brownie, is what came of that. We we saw industrial production increased ministration in prior years were in see when the Minerals Management 8.1 percent during the past 11 months— charge of this economic recovery. I Agency is littered with industry peo- the largest 11-month gain since 1997. think about the bill we passed. I think ple, we see that a lot of the approvals Now, I’m not here to say that I’m about the fact that one-third of the of drilling and the lack of preparation seeing the world through rose-colored stimulus bill passed in the winter of for contingency plans for emergencies glasses. I’m not saying that we’re even last year went to tax cuts—went to tax was nonexistent because our friends on out of the woods yet. But what I am cuts not for the top 1, 2, 3 percent of in- the other side said we don’t need any saying is the policies that we have im- come earners in this Nation; not tax government; we don’t need any regula- plemented have clearly turned the cuts for the Fortune 100, 200, 300, but tion of the oil industry. We don’t need country back in the right direction. It tax cuts for individuals, for middle-in- any regulation. We can just put any- is moving us towards a more secure fu- come folks out there, the people that I body into FEMA. And we saw what ture for the business community and represent in Connecticut. happened. for those people who are out in our Now, they’re not enormous tax But, really, the most significant community looking for work. Unem- breaks. Folks weren’t getting thou- event has been what happened on Wall ployment is still too high. We still sands of dollars back, but they were Street, when we completely ignored de- have work to do with police and fire getting a couple hundred—$300, $400, regulated Wall Street, said, Let busi- and helping the States—and teachers, $500—back in taxes. Small business tax ness police themselves, ignoring dec- to make sure they don’t get laid off. breaks in that stimulus bill to allow But before I kick it to my friend ades and decades and decades of history for more incentives for small busi- from Connecticut, I want to say that where we know, when unchecked, businesses to expand and invest in capital you can’t help but look at where we to maybe allow them to take some of nesses get greedy. It is human nature were and to remember where we were their losses a little bit earlier than to get greedy. It is human nature not and to say that we have at least shifted they might have otherwise been able to to be connected to what happens three directions and at least changed things do in order to make the books balance or four moves down the line with the to at least move us in a more positive decision that you’re making today. step where we can secure the future for for that one or two really tough years And so Wall Street was deregulated. our children; where we can secure a that they needed to survive. I think about what would have hap- Warnings were ignored. We saw the good economy for businesses and work- pened if the Republicans had written worst financial crisis since the Great ers. And that’s really what’s important that stimulus bill and where those tax Depression hit the United States of here. And that’s why we have made breaks would have gone. Because I America and almost bring down the en- some of these very, very difficult situa- know the statistics from the Bush tax tire global economy. tions. And so having that philosophy imple- With that, I yield to my friend from breaks. Not to say there weren’t some mented on all accounts—energy, Wall Connecticut, Mr. MURPHY. deserving people who benefited from Street, globalization, cut taxes for the Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut. that tax break, but I know that the av- wealthiest, push the tax burden off on Thanks to my friend from Ohio for set- erage millionaire in my district from the middle class, borrow money and ting the playing field for us this the last round of Bush tax cuts got spend money and still cut taxes and evening. I think back to when I was $43,000 back. I know that the average- run up huge deficits. In fact, it’s impor- making up my mind about running for income family in New Britain, Con- tant to note who left the huge deficits. Congress some 4, 5 years ago, and I was necticut got $19 back from that tax Reagan left a $1.4 trillion deficit. Her- in Connecticut—Cheshire, where I live break. Now things cost a little bit bert Walker Bush, $3 trillion. President today—sitting and watching a Federal more in Connecticut, but that’s just Bill Clinton had a $5 trillion, almost $6 Government that seemed intent on about enough money to buy a trillion surplus. George W. Bush left us using the power that it has accumu- pepperoni pizza in New Britain. That’s a $11.5 trillion deficit in this country, lated here in Congress and in the ad- nothing. I know that if the Republicans with no end in sight. ministration to essentially turn over had been writing that stimulus bill And, then, not only left us that huge government to their friends. Now, that we would have likely seen more of deficit, then we have a situation where whether their friends were in the oil in- the same, that we have would have the whole economy collapsed. The dustry or their friends were in the likely seen the economic recovery and stock market tanked. Banks were health insurance industry or the phar- the economic stimulus bill that they going belly up. Unemployment was maceutical industry or the defense con- would have written as an excuse to going through the roof. And then the tracting industry, whatever it was, it hand out more tax breaks and more fa- first January that Barack Obama took seemed as if the reason that some peo- vors to folks that didn’t need any office, we were losing almost 800,000 ple had run for office, the reason that more. jobs in that month. So being left with some people had sought positions in And so the reason, Mr. RYAN, that this horrendous mess and the imple- the Bush administration was to hand you talk about this recovery as it is in mentation of an economic and political over the reins of government to cor- action, the reason that we see retail philosophy that decimates government, porate interests; to people that, frank- sales picking up, the reason that we see runs up huge deficits, and here we are ly, didn’t have the public interest at 10 percent growth in our economy in left to deal with it. heart. the last 6 months is in part because we So we did take some bold steps with And I think back to the reasons that invested our recovery strategy in the the stimulus package, with TARP, I decided to run for Congress, and at right people; we invested our recovery which was actually under George W. the foundation of it was a real belief strategy in low-income and middle-in- Bush. But we took some bold steps. that we had essentially begun to pri- come families who needed a little bit And they all weren’t very politically vatize all sectors of the United States extra money back on their taxes so popular in many instances. And we economy and the United States Gov- that they can pay their bills, that they would go home every weekend and have ernment and that taxpayer dollars could stop from going into bankruptcy to explain to our constituents about were more often being used not to ac- themselves, and that maybe they could why we were doing this stuff. But we crue to the public benefit but to accrue put a little bit of their money back are now seeing that the national econ- to the benefit of a small group of peo- into the economy. We invest it in small omy is turning around. We have seen ple who happened to hold and wield in- businesses because we know that 90 the stock market go up from a little fluence here in Washington. percent of the jobs in this or any other

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Thank you very much. Sachs said, fine. It’s a client. They are individual homeowners to put solar It’s been a pleasure listening to you paying money. They paid big fees, and panels on their roof, generate a whole and Mr. RYAN. they had a request. Nothing illegal bunch of power, and then sell it back to We have to acknowledge something, about it. Nothing useful about it, but the grid for a profit. This is going to be those of us who supported the stimulus nothing illegal about it. Goldman in every home in the Nation, we hope, as something that was necessary be- Sachs helped put that package to- in a matter of to 10 to 15 years. And the cause of the collapse in the economy, gether, and then they turned around stimulus bill decided to put money into those of us who decided to assent to and sold this package that was guaran- Apollo Solar so that they can not only the request by President Bush to sta- teed—it was designed to fail, literally add jobs, but point the way forward for bilize the financial system and to do designed to fail. the future of the American economy. something we didn’t really want to do They then went to the rolodex and Money in the pockets of middle-class but felt it was necessary to do. And called up other clients, like pension families. Money in the bank accounts that is that despite the gross domestic funds. Those are people like fire- of small businesses. An opportunity to product increasing, despite the positive fighters, like police officers, like teach- point this economy forward to the next signs that have been cited by you and ers, and they said, Hey, we have a deal wave of jobs that we’re going to enjoy Mr. RYAN, this is still a depression for for you: AAA-rated, high-yielding in this country in the form of renew- any American who doesn’t have his or subprime asset pool—can’t go wrong. able-energy jobs. her job. And when you have 10 percent So Goldman Sachs literally provided a Mr. RYAN, you’re exactly right. I still unemployment, which I think is the service to one client. That service was have unacceptably high levels of unem- real measure of the strength of this developing a product to fail. Then they ployment in the places that I rep- economy, you know we have an econ- called up their other clients and sold it resent. I’ve still got way too many peo- omy that continues to struggle. And we to them where it was guaranteed to ple that are laid off. And it’s no small have to do a number of things. Yes, we succeed. Not guaranteed. But obviously consolation—no consolation at all to did have to have a stimulus, and it was Goldman traded on its reputation. And them when I, or anybody else, tries to focused where it would do the most the people they called, these pension explain that jobs are always a lagging good. We did have to stabilize the fi- funds—if Goldman was for it, it must indicator and listen, we’ve got to have nancial system, but that’s going to add be vetted, it must be good, it must be big jumps in the production in this a burden until that is repaid. secure. country and jumps in retail sales and But one of the things we have to do And what happened? Mr. Paulson, the jumps in orders for factories before all is understand what is the proper role of hedge fund billionaire, made $1 billion of those employers start adding jobs. the private sector and what’s the prop- more. And those pension funds, those er role of government. This has been an municipalities, those other people who b 2045 ongoing debate. In the United States, relied on the good reputation of Gold- But I think people are coming to un- people who have been frustrated that man Sachs lost $1 billion. It destroyed derstand that the recovery is on its the government has gotten it wrong wealth. And what does that do to the way. They hear the stories. They hear have come to a conclusion that it can American people? Legitimately and un- the stories from Main Street, as I did never get it right. People who have had derstandably, it erodes their con- in New Milford, Connecticut, a few faith in the private sector have had a fidence. weeks ago where almost every retail view that they can never get it wrong. So in my view, we have a lot of rea- establishment on Main Street in New And, in fact, some of both is the case. son to be justifiably furious at Wall Milford reported that May and June Unless we have a cop on the beat, a Street practices where they strayed have been among their best retail government that’s willing to make from what would be done on Main months in 2 to 3 years. Factory after rules that give everybody a shot who Street. And I ask as I’m speaking, Any factory that I go to are reporting that play by the rules and work hard, and one of you, in your State of Ohio, in for the first time they’ve seen orders whose goal in doing it, running a busi- your State, Mr. MURPHY, of Con- make significant upward increases in ness, is to provide good service, to pro- necticut, or anyone out there from the past several months. They feel that vide a good product at a fair price, then Montana to North Dakota, your local good news. we won’t have the economy that we banker, can you imagine your local Now they know that those retail es- need. banker literally having one neighbor tablishments and those factories need Now I want to just give a couple of say, I want you to design something to to get a couple more months of good examples. The financial crisis was fail, and then selling it to another news before they start actually adding brought on by the recklessness, large- neighbor where they knew they would jobs back. And they know that the first ly, of Wall Street banks. Let me give lose? It wouldn’t happen. But that was thing they’re going to do is take the an example. The famous one, of course, legal on Wall Street. It’s wrong. It workers that they had furloughed for a is Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs never should have happened. day or two every week and put them made a lot of money on subprime mort- Now there’s a governmental role here back full time. But the trend is going gages, a lot of money on buying and where the government failed. The Se- in the right direction, and I think it’s selling commodities. They went from curities and Exchange Commission, the going in the right direction because the an investment bank that made most of Federal Reserve. This explosion in stimulus, written by the Democrats, its money by lending money to busi- asset values and real estate values and championed by President Obama, was nesses and to people who had ideas subprime mortgages, where people were put in the right place. It gave to Main about how to create jobs and create permitted who had no income, who had Street. It gave to middle-class families. companies and create wealth, they no job, who had no proof of assets, no It gave to small businesses which— transformed from doing that to buying proof of ability to pay were given loans we’re only guessing here. I’m only and selling derivatives, currencies, for $400,000, $500,000 or $600,000. The reg- guessing—but I think that if President commodities, and banking money on ulators had a responsibility to apply Bush was still here or the Republicans trading. Nothing wrong with that, but the law of financial gravity and not were still in charge of Congress, that it’s not banking. It’s not putting permit that to occur. So this is a situa- that stimulus and the people and the money into the financial sector. tion where people who point the finger corporations and the institutions that When they had a client, a hedge fund of responsibility at government not it invested in would have been a very billionaire, who called them up and standing up for right, but those same

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We have a hard-earned income. So there’s a role. leadership, we’ve turned that 180 de- General Motors facility in Lordstown, There is a role and has to be a role for grees and actually had a net job gain of Ohio, that just put on a third shift, and government to be the cop on the beat 431,000 jobs by May of 2010. So the facts all of their suppliers are going to ben- and to help folks who are working hard don’t lie. efit from that. If the Republicans were and playing by the rules and trying to Another thing that really disturbs in charge, that whole company would reinvest in their own community to be me about our friends on the other side have been sold off piecemeal. We used successful. of the aisle is the whole notion that $20 million in stimulus money that le- I would be glad at this time to yield Democrats are not tough on deficits. veraged $650 million for a French com- to my good friend from Ohio (Mr. And that is a complete falsehood when pany to expand 350 jobs, 500 construc- BOCCIERI). you look at this chart right here. This tion jobs. This is all happening because Mr. BOCCIERI. Thank you. It’s an chart right here shows that deficits we had a stimulus bill, and I don’t honor to join my colleagues here on have been handed on by the last three blame anybody in this Chamber, Mr. the House floor to talk about how we Republican Presidents. We look at BOCCIERI, for not believing me that the got here, where we’re going, and what President Reagan, a $1.4 trillion deficit stimulus package has had some suc- we’re doing to put our country back on left to the American taxpayer. We look cess. track. You know, you bring up a great at President George Bush. We see that 2100 point. We hear from the other side that he left a $3.3 trillion deficit, and that b the greatest tools that the government didn’t begin to turn until President But how about Bill Gates? Would has is to largely unregulate big busi- Clinton turned those deficits into a $5.6 anybody in here believe Bill Gates ness, big corporations, and provide tax trillion surplus. And what was left to when he says, ‘‘The incredible meas- cuts to the wealthiest Americans. Vir- us when we came in the door in the ures,’’ the Recovery Act and TARP, tually every problem that America is 111th Congress was nearly a $12 trillion ‘‘needed to be taken to make sure there facing, that’s the solution that’s put on deficit by two undeclared, unfunded wasn’t a collapse, both in terms of sta- the table. wars, two tax cuts to the wealthiest bilizing the financial system and then Now I argue that, look, our philos- Americans who could afford to pay and priming the pump of the economy, be- ophy, our broad political philosophy in pay their fair share, and a prescription cause it had been slowed down so this political body—at least I know drug plan that left huge holes, dough- much. Now, we’re seeing the benefits from our side of the aisle—is that the nut holes for our seniors who couldn’t that those things have been done.’’ government needs to set the out-of- afford to pay the prescription drugs. That’s Bill Gates saying it. bounds markers, we need to set the These are the facts. And like Joe Fri- And you can go right down the list, goal posts, let the free market operate day used to say, ‘‘Only the facts, Warren Buffett and others, who have in between, but be a good referee. Be a please, ma’am.’’ Right now we’re try- said the stimulus package has worked. good referee. Throw the flag when you ing to set the facts straight, and my And my concern, quite frankly, is that have big corporations that want to bet colleagues are appropriate in pointing we’ve got to do more before we get on the price of oil going up on Wall out these deficiencies in the arguments completely out of the woods on this Street. Throw the flag when you want by our colleagues on the other side. economy. But look at the job numbers. to bet against people failing to pay Mr. RYAN of Ohio. If the gentleman Look at the deficit numbers. their mortgage. Failing to pay their would yield, I think it’s important for And I want to make one final state- mortgage—that’s what was happening us to pull specific examples. I represent ment here, because Mr. BOCCIERI on Wall Street. That’s like betting a district just to the east of Congress- brought it up, about deficits. You grow against America. man BOCCIERI. It is very similar in na- your way out of deficits. If you don’t I think we can do better. We don’t ture to Mr. MURPHY’s district, manu- have people working, you’re not going want to take the stripes off the referee. facturing, traditional manufacturing. to reduce the deficit. You can’t cut We want to make sure that the playing We’ve actually seen in the last couple your way out of some of this stuff. field is even and fair for all Americans, of months a couple of point decrease in You’ve got to grow your way. And what and that’s why we’re being charged the unemployment rate. It is still way we have is a pro-growth agenda. Tax with action. Because I think all of us too high, but this stimulus plan is com- cuts for businesses, lowest taxes for here tonight believe that leadership is ing down the pike. people in America since 1950. So tax not just about position, a political po- It has helped in so many different cuts for the middle class, invest in in- sition, but it’s about action. Leader- ways, on so many different road frastructure, invest in energy, get peo- ship is about action. And we run for of- projects, in different infrastructure ple working again. If we want to see fice not just to win elections but to get projects. We got $100 million in title 1 the deficits go down, we’ve got to get things done. And we want to put Amer- money for our schools which prevented people back to work. And that’s what ica back to work by investing in Amer- tens, if not hundreds, of teachers from this whole agenda has been about, and ica and by investing in our greatest being laid off. We’ve got grants for po- it’s working. asset—that is our people. lice and fire, cops. There are 20-some You look at what President Bush left So a lot of talk has been made about cops on the beat because of the COPS us with and look where we are at now. the stimulus and the economic recov- grant in the city of Akron. Now if we As jobs go up, the deficit projections go ery. I mean, the charts don’t lie, folks. didn’t have the stimulus package, if we down. When we walked on the job here in the weren’t investing Community Develop- I yield to my friend. office of the House of Representatives, ment Block Grant money, if we weren’t Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut. Let me I’m in my first term, and just in May putting money into roads and bridges point out this chart. We are talking of 2009, what was handed to us from the and infrastructure, if we weren’t mak- about the fact that facts don’t lie. Here previous administration were two un- ing sure there was State support for it is. This isn’t fuzzy numbers. This funded, undeclared wars that cost $1 our schools and education funds, we chart isn’t rigged. This is just telling it trillion. We had an economy that was would have lost thousands of teachers, like it is. You’re looking in this chart in free fall. We didn’t know where we police, fire, and construction workers at the last year of the Bush adminis- were going to land. Exploding deficits who would have never went back to tration and the first year of the Obama from the war and tax cuts to the work. administration. The trend is unmistak- wealthiest Americans. We had unregu- Now we’re not saying that we’ve got able. As the Bush administration lated greed on Wall Street, a banking all the answers, and we’ve got a corner ground to a halt, the economy went

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And jobs, as Mr. WELCH and I were sworn in currency so as to unfairly compete these folks wanted to stay in Barre if for our second term, Mr. BOCCIERI for with American manufacturers shows they could, but the law of economics his first term. that a new sheriff is in town. As Mr. means they’ve got to be able to sustain But the trend coming out of January BOCCIERI would say, there is a new ref- themselves. is just as unmistakable. Every month, eree here. And the whole world under- They were within 2 days of going almost without exception, less and less stands that, that when the referee is fi- ahead and making a commitment to jobs being lost, to the point where in nally holding domestic corporations develop this plant in China when the the last 3 months we have added jobs. accountable for their actions, that’s a stimulus bill was passed, and it had in We’ve added 700,000 jobs just in the last good thing. But when the referee is there the opportunity for companies to 2 months. Now, that still leaves way, also on the international playing field apply to get energy grants. They ap- way too many people out of work. We ready to hold our trading partners ac- plied, and they put their decision to still have miles to go. countable for their unfair trading prac- move to China on hold. They got the But you want to talk about what tices, that’s transformative as well. grant, several million dollars. And only policies didn’t work and what policies So the story about how we get from a few months ago, the Republican Gov- have worked? The numbers don’t lie. I a point in January of 2009 when we ernor of Vermont and the Democratic want to add just one more thing to the were at an absolute disastrous point in Congressman from Vermont joined the table here. We can talk about the jobs our economy to where today we are people of Sprague Electric at a that have been created through the headed unmistakably in the right di- groundbreaking, where they were open- stimulus bill, the jobs that have been rection has a lot of stories to it, Mr. ing up the construction of a brand new saved through the policies of this ad- WELCH. It’s about job creation in the factory with great jobs for the people ministration, but there are other stimulus bill, but it’s also about start- in Barre, Vermont. That’s real, and it maybe not as well covered but just as ing to stick up for American manufac- took some governmental involvement. important successes that are hap- turing, which we are finally doing in And that’s an investment of taxpayer pening right underneath our feet. this Congress. money that’s going to come back with Last week on page 4 or 5 or 6 of a lot Mr. WELCH. Thank you, Mr. MUR- taxpayer revenues, but real strength in of your local papers you might have PHY. that community where they’re going to noticed a story that the Chinese Gov- You know, when you are talking have a great new factory with great ernment has announced that it is going about the Chinese yuan and currency new jobs developing a product that’s to dramatically change the way that it manipulation, that’s far removed from going to have ripple effects across runs its currency, that it is going to most people on Main Street, but it has Vermont. start allowing its currency to float in a a real impact, especially on our manu- I yield to my good friend, Mr. way that it has never before. facturing economy. And I am among BOCCIERI. That is something the Democrats in many in this Chamber who believe Mr. BOCCIERI. Thank you. I thank this Congress, led by Mr. RYAN, frank- that, for America to have strong long- the gentlemen here today for talking ly, have been working on for a very, term economic growth, we have to re- about how we can get our economy very long time. The Chinese have been vive, not abandon, manufacturing. And back on track and put America back to essentially manipulating their cur- in the stimulus there were commit- work. rency so that they, on day one, can ments made to do it in the energy sec- We’re beginning to see the signs of underprice American manufacturers tor. And we know, I think if we are a economic recovery. Ten successive sometimes by 30, 40, 50 percent just on confident Nation, we are not going to months of manufacturing growth has the basis of how they manipulate the pretend that the energy policy that we led to an upturn in manufacturing and value of their currency. We have lost have now, relying on a 19th century our output in Ohio and many Mid- millions of manufacturing jobs in this fuel where we have to send almost $900 western States. country, and much of it has gone to billion of our money abroad to bring oil We’ve seen the housing sector im- China. Much of that is because of the in, that if we take on the challenge of prove. The housing sector of the econ- funny business going on with their cur- the new energy economy, we can create omy is very important to our economy rency. jobs. because every recession since the Great Now, they could get away with that And on the stimulus, you know, Depression, the housing sector has led under the Bush administration because nothing worked, including the stim- us out of any downturns in the econ- that administration asked no questions ulus, for anybody who is still out of omy we’ve ever had. And, in fact, when when it came to trade policy. They work. But there are very solid, very you think about all that goes into rushed into trade agreement after simple, straightforward examples of building a new home with steel and trade agreement, asking little, if any, how it did make a difference for many wood and carpeting and drapes—you questions about what we could do when people, and I want to tell one about build a third car garage, you’ve got to we sat across the table with our trade Barre, Vermont, a small, hardworking, put a car in it—the appliances, I mean, partners to try to force them to change very proud town with a tradition of there is a lot of economic output, espe- their policies so that they couldn’t im- work in the granite quarries. And we cially with those household products mediately unfairly underbid American are losing jobs and have been losing like washers and dryers and the like labor and American factories and them for years to Chinese imports. that require a great deal of manufac- American manufacturers. But we have a company called turing output. Well, the Chinese can’t get away with Sprague Electric. It’s a small company that under the Obama administration that’s been there for years, and it was b 2110 any longer. The Chinese can’t get away really having a hard time staying So we’re beginning to see upturns in with that with a Democratic Congress. ahead with the collapse in the econ- the economy because of that. We’re not going to give a free pass to omy. Their product was something Now look, we lost a lot of jobs, mil- China and other Asian nations, to India that was used in Tasers. But the engi- lions of jobs under previous economic and our European partners to allow neers there developed a product called policies. It’s going to take us a while to them to either subsidize their indus- a capacitator that could be used in get back and grow the economy and get tries with government dollars, to ma- electric vehicles, and of course that’s back to the confidence levels that we nipulate their currencies, or to run all part of what we want in our new en- all share that we’re in a stronger posi- roughshod over labor and environ- ergy economy. tion, but we’re on the right track. mental policies so as to underprice and They had an immense amount of in- We’re on the right track, and according outbid American manufacturers. terest in this. They were getting inter- to folks who study the economy daily,

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Congressional District. take that approach, to continue to pur- Newsweek said, America is coming We also saw Barbasol add dozens of sue the policies that led us being in back stronger, better and faster than jobs in Ashland County in my congres- that position in the first place; but we nearly anyone had expected and faster sional district. chose not to do that. We chose to take than most of its international rivals. These are real signs in a real congres- action in a very forceful and a very Recovery came quickly because the sional district of how some of the poli- proactive way. And now, we’re nearly a public and private sectors reacted with cies that we’ve enacted are helping to year and a half later and where are we? great speed. grow our economy. So I join my col- It’s fair for the American people to From the far left to the far right, leagues in saying that leadership is ask, well, what’s been the benefit of economists were saying that we had to about action, not just taking a polit- this? do something. We had to do something. ical position because you want to win This was a huge bill. This was a mon- And there’s only three tools that the the next election. umental vote, and it was a vote that American Government has to jump- The ‘‘just say no’’ crowd here in many of us took with the knowledge start or kick the economy. Washington is not lending itself to the that there were things in the bill that We can work to manage interest recovery of our country. We need their we could support. There were a lot of rates with the Federal Reserve. We saw help. We need their help. We need all things that we knew moving forward that interest rates are at near-record Americans working together to put our were going to have a tremendous im- lows, zero percent in some cases. country back on track. We need the pact on the Nation and in our districts; We saw that the other policy that we Republicans’ help to put the country and as we’ve seen from some of the have at our fingertips is to utilize tax back on track. We’ve seen tough times charts that we’re holding today, a year policies. Largest tax break in Amer- before, but we’ve always pulled to- and a half later we’ve seen an incred- ican history to small businesses and to gether as a Nation and made it through ible difference in our economy, both as American middle class families. In our toughest times. a Nation and in our districts. fact, USA Today said tax bills are the Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut. You Six of the last 7 months we’ve had lowest in 2009 since 1950 thanks to tax mentioned that we need Republicans positive job growth; and, yes, we’re at policies that were enacted through the here and you mentioned that there’s the time of the decade once a decade stimulus and other measures that support for the Democratic policies and where you hire census workers to go helped with respect in 2009. Obama’s policies across the board. Let out, and some folks on the other side The other policy that we have is to me just add two quotes to that that are going to say, well, those numbers inject huge amounts of capital out into you mentioned. are inflated by census numbers. Yes, the marketplace, and I think it’s the First, from Phil Swagel, who was as- there are census numbers included in right policy to help those factory sistant Treasury Secretary for Eco- that, but private sector job growth has workers that were struggling to meet nomic Policy under George Bush. This gone up over that same period of time their payments and their bills and to is one of Bush’s top economic strate- up by the hundreds of thousands in the put bread on the table, with helping gists who said, their economic poli- previous 2 months, and we expect a them with an unemployment check or cies—I think referring to the Demo- strong number again for the month of a little bit of COBRA assistance so crats and Obama—their economic poli- June. they could carry their health care in- cies including the stimulus have helped Also, at the end of June we’re going surance from month to month while move the economy in the right direc- to have our fourth straight quarter, a they were looking for a job. I think tion. full year of positive GDP growth, and that was the right investment in 2009. I Mark Zandi, who is the chief econo- this is to be compared with where we think that was an investment in the mist at Moody’s, a former adviser to a were at the beginning of 2009 when we American people, with jobs training number of Republican candidates, says, had a negative six GDP number, and by and skill training, investing in our It feels like the light switch went on in the end of 2009, the end of that very workforce. Those are real tangible many businesses this spring. When you same calendar year, the end of the year things that we can take, and that’s take it all together the response to the that we passed the Recovery Act, we why we’re getting reports like this. recession was massive, it was unprece- As a note, we’ve seen some positive dented, and it was ultimately success- had plus six GDP growth, almost plus job gains in the 16th Congressional Dis- ful. six. And it was the largest calendar trict. Medline Industries just added 35 You’ve got a broad spectrum of year increase in more than 30 years in jobs and will be creating quite a few agreement, as you mentioned, from the gross domestic product from nega- more in the next 3 years with them conservative economists to progressive tive six to nearly plus six. doing business. They manufacture and economists, who say that the policies We saw the jobs go from negative distribute medical products. that the President and Congress have 700,000 a month on average every We saw Nationwide Insurance add 600 put into place have put us on the right month leading up to the time we jobs in Ohio, and many of them are in track. passed that stimulus, the Recovery Act my congressional district. Mr. ALTMIRE. bill, to at the end of the year starting Rolls Royce, an international com- Mr. ALTMIRE. I thank the gen- to see the numbers turn around. And pany that makes fuel cells that are tleman from Connecticut and I wanted again, where we are today, six out of going to add to our electric vehicles, to reiterate: in the district I represent the past seven months, positive job they’re using these things in NASA just across the border from Mr. RYAN’s growth 5 months in a row. We expect right now. They just announced they’re district and very close to Mr. that to continue. moving their fuel cell research head- BOCCIERI’s district, the similar experi- The stock market that bottomed out quarters from Singapore to Stark ences that they talk about are hap- at 6,500 almost precisely at the time County, Ohio. I know they’re going to pening in western Pennsylvania as the Recovery Act began to take effect be working with my colleague in the well, and we did have a choice to make is now up over 10,000. 17th District, working on some rein the late winter, early spring of 2009, These things didn’t happen by acci- search and development; and we want when we as Members of this House had dent. And we talk about manufac- to enhance them. We’re going to add to make a decision on what to do when turing. In the district that I represent and retain nearly 90 jobs in my con- we as a Nation were literally looking in western Pennsylvania as in the Ohio gressional district. off the cliff into the abyss with an districts and I presume Mr. MURPHY’s We see ABS company got a National economy that was on the verge of col- district in Connecticut as well, we have Science Foundation grant, absorbent lapse in a very literal sense. a legacy of manufacturing and we have

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Both are doing a lot better this trasts, the sharp contrasts between the vestments made in the Recovery Act year than they did last year, not only party in control now in the House, with promoted by the White House and very because their companies are doing bet- the Democrats advancing dollars that much supported by Speaker PELOSI ter but because as a country we’re invest in small business, invest in inno- here. doing better. That’s what it means vation as an economy, clean energy. Mr. RYAN of Ohio. I totally agree when manufacturers see an increase in You think of all those strategies com- with the gentleman. Here you have tax orders. It means that we’re stimulating pared to the catering to Big Oil, big cuts for businesses, you have $30 billion our economy, we’re growing, we’re banks, Wall Street, making certain the for community banks to loan out up to moving again, and that’s what that biggest amongst us are taken care of. I $300 billion, you have tax cuts for indi- symbolizes. That’s the first thing that contrast that with all of the work viduals, you have the extension of un- turns around is that manufacturing being done in my district, in the 21st employment benefits and health care sector, and in western Pennsylvania Congressional District in New York, in through COBRA, you have infrastruc- we’re seeing that impact very directly. the Capital Region, it has always had a ture projects, billions of dollars, you We’ve seen it in some of the infra- spirit of pioneer. It’s in our DNA. We have billions of dollars for Pell Grants structure projects in all of our districts have within the confines of that dis- so people can go to school. We’ve taken across the country to have something trict an energy revolution of sorts, it’s the banks out of the student loan busi- of lasting significance that’s going to the birthplace of electricity. So we’re ness so people get a better deal when be there in the decades after we’ve re- continuing on with a global center for they take out a loan to go to school. covered. renewable energy at GE, nanoscience And as you said, we’re taking $1 billion Now, is everything in the economy in the district, the semiconductor in- a day that’s leaving this country to go where we want it to be? No, of course dustry, superconductive cable, talking to oil-producing countries and driving not. It hasn’t fully recovered. We’re about advanced battery manufac- that back into the United States, the not out of the woods yet. We’re not turing. kind of technology that you have, the completely out of the hole that it took When we looked at the Recovery Act kind of nuclear technology and produc- us decades to dig, but we’re getting and how the President wanted to bring tion that Mr. ALTMIRE has in western better. Again, GDP growth is strong, us into the new ages, allow for Pennsylvania, fuel cells in Mr. stock market has recovered to some transitioning, a transformation of the BOCCIERI’s district, manufacturing and extent, jobs are much better, and we’re energy economy, that’s what this is all engineering in my district, and all of moving in the right direction. And that about. What we have had expressed in the above in Mr. MURPHY’s district. Mr. TONKO. Well, simply said, the would not have happened were it not this Recovery Act are opportunities to policies of the past gave us the catas- for the actions that this Congress took. grow new opportunities with advanced battery manufacturing. The battery trophe in the gulf; the policies of the b 2120 looked at by GE, as they’re soon to es- present give us opportunities at home. Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Before I yield to tablish their plant, not only provides, Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Mr. MURPHY, the gentleman from New York, I think in its concept of an alternative bat- would you like to wrap up? We’ve got it’s important again to reiterate, these tery, not only for generation of elec- about 1 minute left. Because I know are two separate philosophies. We did tricity, not only for powering heavy ve- you can, of all of us, you can put it all not have one vote in the House of Rep- hicles, but also it is there for energy together in 1 minute. Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut. When resentatives from the Republican side. storage, so that with the transmittent it comes down to it, of all the things They, in many instances, continue to energy of renewables, that transmit- that drive the recovery in this econ- argue for cutting taxes for the top 1 tent nature, the opportunities to pro- omy, it’s people spending again. And percent—hopefully that will trickle vide for storage there creates all new the fact is we’ll go back to where we down to the middle class, hopefully opportunities, the battery as a started. At the heart of our economic that will trickle down to manufac- linchpin. The same is true with super- recovery legislation is putting power in turing. And we saw from the 1980s on, conductive cable, where you can trans- the hands of average, everyday work- people took that money and they in- mit far more electrons per inch of ing-class families. That’s what drives vested it in China, manufacturing in cable compared to the traditional this economic recovery, and that’s Mexico and China and other places. cable, where renewables are being de- what the Democrats have invested in. What we’re saying is, reinvest back in veloped and new opportunities with the United States—transportation, en- nanoscience to create lighter blades, f ergy, infrastructure. Rebuild the coun- more efficient outcomes, more power ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER try. A pro-growth agenda from Demo- per dollar invested. All of this is what PRO TEMPORE crats—cutting taxes for businesses, holds great promise for our economy, The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. cutting taxes for the middle class, and for jobs, for small business innovation, TEAGUE). Without objection, the order- jump-starting the economy, making for the emerging technologies. That’s ing of a 5-minute Special Order in favor sure that we have fair regulation, ref- what this investment is all about. of the gentleman from Texas (Mr. erees on the field, and making sure we And finally, you see a commitment GOHMERT) is vacated. don’t let corporations run the country, to small business, to the pioneer spirit, There was no objection. whether it’s Wall Street and the finan- to the invention and creative genius f cial markets, or whether it’s the oil in- that has always been part of the Amer- dustry saying approve this permit even ican culture. So I’m really proud of the THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES though I don’t have a plan; in case we efforts that we’re making to grow back The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under have a catastrophe, let it all go. We’re this economy, to grow back the invest- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- the corporations, we run the show. ments in basic research and R&D. uary 6, 2009, the gentleman from Texas We’re reigning that back in, trying That’s what this is all about with the (Mr. GOHMERT) is recognized for 60 min- to jump-start small businesses with the Recovery Act. utes. fund we provided last week, $30 billion I think that people are now looking Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, it’s al- to loan $300 billion for community at this contrast, Representative RYAN, ways an honor to be here and to be banks. Get the local banks loaning they’re looking at the slow, steady speaking on the floor where so many money again and stop relying on these progress, that climb upward from what who have served this country so honor- globalized banks who are in it to make was a precipitous drop in that left- ably and well have done the same

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And as I recall, in your bank to be under the heightened Medicaid. 2006, the Republicans lost the majority scrutiny that we will put on it if you If you make 133 percent of the pov- because Democrats convinced them keep extending lines of credit to this erty level or less, under that wonderful that it was the wrong thing to do. And company. bill, you’ll get forced into Medicaid, you know what? The Democrats were So companies lose their lines of cred- like it or not, even if you’ve got an em- right. They appropriately won the ma- it. They can’t borrow money, and they ployer who is willing to provide you jority because, as they said, we should can’t grow their businesses. As we have health care. Oh, by the way, if you’re not be deficit spending, you’re killing often seen, if you’re not growing, then above 133 percent of the poverty level the country, you’re killing the econ- you’re usually dying. So it’s just inter- and you can’t afford the great health omy by running up this kind of debt, esting. It’s interesting. insurance policy that is dictated by and they won the majority in 2006 be- I’ve heard my friends on the other this Zeus of a Congress and President, cause they were right. We should not side of the aisle yelling and fussing then bad news. You’re going to pay have been deficit spending like that. about, you know, a $100-$200 billion def- extra income tax. You can’t afford the But that went on. icit in 1 year—that it’s just out- health care insurance we’ve mandated? rageous, that it’s unconscionable, and b 2130 You get an extra income tax. Good how could we do those kinds of things. news. Good news all the way around. So it’s interesting to hear, just 4 They’re right. We shouldn’t have been I did want to address something that short years later, that it turns out that deficit spending, but I really expected has caused me a great deal of concern. what President Bush was doing and was them to stop. This year, it is expected All of this actually does, but this hit encouraging to be done is actually the we’ll have a $1.3 to $1.6 trillion deficit me as I was seeing more information good thing. Though, I still tend to go by the Federal Government in 1 year. about the 9/11 conspirators. I use that back and think of those of us on the Who would have ever dreamed that the term because they had filed documents Republican side who agreed that we same people who said just some short indicating that they were 9/11 conspira- needed to get out from under the def- years ago that a $160 billion deficit was tors. icit spending and that we needed to get reprehensible would today be saying This is an article I saw on Sunday. spending under control. Having com- that 10 times that much of a deficit is The headline from Politico, which is a passion and spending money to a def- really a good thing and that the coun- newspaper here in Washington, reads, icit level is not the same thing. It’s the try is doing better? ‘‘Chances dim for swift 9/11 decision.’’ Federal Government, like a parent, I don’t think there is any better indi- This was by Mr. Josh Gerstein on 6/20/ who is just throwing money at their cation of just how well things are going 2010. kids, thinking that’s going to make in the private sector than last month, It reads, ‘‘Attorney General Eric them happy and that everybody will be because we got good news. There were Holder said the decision over where to loving and caring. 431,000 new jobs created last month. hold the trial for alleged 9/11 plotter I happen to agree with my friend Jim That was great news. 411,000 of the Khalid Sheikh Mohammad was ‘weeks Dobson, who knows a lot about raising 431,000 jobs were temporary of census away’ 3 months ago. children. He said, You show me a child workers. I’m not sure that’s news ‘‘Now advocates on both sides of the whose parent never said ‘‘no,’’ and I’ll that’s quite as good as we originally issue say they expect the Obama ad- show you one messed up kid. thought. ministration to punt the decision until More and more, we keep seeing peo- So we have an administration and a after the November midterm elec- ple run to Washington. ‘‘Give us majority who are ecstatic in thinking tions—when the controversial plan money. Give us money. Yeah, let’s that the emperor, though naked, has could do less damage to the political don’t deficit spend, but give us regal clothes on and that the economy fortunes of endangered Democrats and money.’’ It has got to stop. It has got is doing great and that the stimulus is might face less resistance on Capitol to stop. When the Democrats promised working so very well because we cre- Hill. they would stop the deficit spending if ated 411,000 jobs last month for tem- ‘‘Holder, last week, explicitly denied they were given the majority in No- porary census workers. That emperor the midterms had anything to do with vember of 2006, they diagnosed the has no clothes on. It’s not a great econ- the timing but would only say discus- problem correctly, but then they didn’t omy. Now, it should be. It’s trying to sions are continuing. The White House use the treatment they promised when be. It’s trying to come back. Yet, as had no comment.’’ they took over the majority. the private sector tries to do better, So the article goes on, and it dis- It’s interesting. I went back, and I boom, we hit them with a health care cusses at quite some length the 9/11 found an article and speeches from bill that is going to cost them so much trial and its problems and about fig- early 2007 when we were talking about more money than it had cost them be- uring out what to do about it. how well the economy was going at fore. Then, while I was looking this week- that point. Yet, at that time, those It’s telling businesses, if you’ve got end, I saw some great news. This is who promised to stop the deficit spend- over 50 employees, then you’re going to from The New York Times. This is ex- ing instead dramatically increased the get hammered with a $2,000-per-em- actly quoting from The New York deficit spending. It is amazing to see ployee tax. So, you know, we’re hear- Times’ article: how the economy took a nosedive once ing people say, Well, we had 56. We had ‘‘Five charged in 9/11 attacks seek to the Democrats took the majority. to let them go. We had to let people go. plead guilty.’’ So I didn’t plan to talk about the We can’t be over that cap. We have peo- So they are going to plead guilty. stimulus this evening, but I’ve heard ple being let go because the health care ‘‘Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: The five from enough people who have been beg- costs are now going to be so much, and Guantanamo detainees charged with ging for us to, please, stop the deficit the added taxes are hitting. We have coordinating the September 11 attacks spending. When the Federal Govern- people who are selling homes and who told a military judge on Monday that ment runs up such an enormous deficit, are seeing there are going to be added they wanted to confess in full—a move they suck up all the capital in the taxes for them. that seemed to challenge the govern- world, and the businesses that would This was supposed to be a health care ment to put them to death.’’ like to hire people can’t keep their bill that helped the working poor. Yet, Man, that’s great news because we lines of credit open anymore. You have a few weeks ago, when I was at a jobs had this article on Sunday, saying the got this administration’s regulators fair in Marshall, Texas, I had one gen- Attorney General and this administra- telling banks, Now, you’d better not tleman tell me, Look, we’re giving, you tion can’t decide what to do about the keep extending that line of credit to know, entry-level jobs, but we’re giving trials. It’s great news. They’re going to that business because, even though it’s them really good health insurance. plead guilty.

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And now last few years it’s probably been cool- charged, saying they had planned to we’re talking 2 years later before we ing; and, yes, the Middle Ages were a stop filing legal motions and to ‘‘an- ever even think about, figure out what lot warmer in the Northern Hemi- nounce our confessions to plea in full.’’ we’re going to do. They were ready to sphere than it is here now. Of course, Great news. They’re agreeing to plead plead guilty but for this administra- I’m sure it’s easy to remember from guilty to confess everything. Awesome tion’s meddling with the third branch. history the Middle Ages, the Nords, all news. Awesome news. And for those that think that the those folks. They had some pretty The trouble is, the date of this New Congress does not have the authority high-powered automobiles which are York Times story was December 9, to create military commissions, I un- creating all the global warming back in 2008. The 9/11 conspirators, as they are derstand their ignorance—there’s a lot those days. But, apparently, it was self-confessed, agreed to plead guilty to of it out there, but that’s been going on such a wonderful thing to this adminis- the atrocities regarding 9/11. They were for years—called the Uniform Code of tration and to our friends across the Military Justice. Because under the not going to file any more pleadings. aisle that British Petroleum was on- Constitution, this body had the author- They were throwing in the towel. They board with global warming and they ity to create the UCMJ, which we did, were ready to be sentenced to death. were going to, apparently, make a lot long before I was here, of course. But And if you go back and look at this ar- of money in the carbon credit business. they did. And that’s why. ticle, Mr. Speaker, it talks about how They were excited about it. And they they’re ready to accept martyrdom. Now when the Bush administration tried to create a military commission were the Big Oil advocate teamed up Isn’t that something? They told a mili- with the Democrats in the Senate and tary judge they wanted to confess in without coming through Congress, that was not constitutional. That’s not the with this administration. full. They were ready to be put to And so people wondered why this ad- death for their crimes. Isn’t that some- President’s job. It’s the Congress’s job under the Constitution. So when the ministration didn’t come out much thing? It said they planned to stop fil- more quickly and condemn British Pe- ing legal motions and to announce our Congress came back in 2006, created the Military Commissions Act, then it was troleum. Well, they were still hoping confessions to plea in full. they were going to salvage their crap- But a strange thing happened on the certainly upheld, because it was appro- and-trade bill. But they also knew if way to the five 9/11 charged conspira- priate. Of course, in that bill it referred their big ally, British Petroleum, was tors for plotting and carrying out—see- to those who are at war with America ing that it was carried out, at least— as enemy combatants, a term that’s not onboard, then it might be more dif- the 9/11 atrocities. This administration been around for at least 70 years. But ficult to convince others that it was took office a month after that story that got changed last year. We had an going to be such a good thing for the and said, You know what? Basically, in amendment to the Military Commis- energy business. So they really didn’t essence, You guys, don’t plead guilty. sions Act of 2006. The term ‘‘enemy want, apparently, to condemn British We want to bring this to New York and combatant’’ has now been changed offi- Petroleum too roundly too quickly be- create a circus out of it. Put the island cially in the act that President Obama cause they were still hoping they could of Manhattan in great danger. Prob- signed. We wouldn’t want to offend salvage a passage of the crap-and-trade ably cost them—one estimate was a these poor enemy combatants that bill. hundred million dollars they don’t want to kill us and destroy our way of And they really at the time thought have. They’re trying to figure out life. So they’re now referred to under they needed their ally—their very, very where to come up with the money for the bill as unprivileged alien enemy close ally—British Petroleum. And their own budget right now. Yes, belligerents. Four words now. there was an article indicating that in they’re going to bring them to New Anyway, that’s where we are with re- fact Senator KERRY on April 22, when York and put on a circus. gard to the 9/11 attackers, the 9/11 plot- the Deepwater Horizon blew, that Sen- So the guys withdrew their indica- ters; and if you go back and read the ator KERRY was communicating with tion they were going to plead guilty. pleading filed by Khalid Sheikh Mo- British Petroleum about trying to get They were ready for the big show. And hammed on behalf of himself and the that global warming bill passed. now we’re told that there probably four others charged that should have b 2150 won’t be a decision until after the No- pled guilty in January of 2009, but for vember elections. They were ready to the intervention by the executive Things got put on hold, obviously, plead guilty, and now we have to wait branch through the Department of Jus- after that explosion took place. And 2 years because this administration tice and the White House, but for their yet still over 60 days later, the Jones wanted to jump in and make a circus meddling, these guys may well have al- Act has not been suspended, so the out of justice. You don’t do that. It’s ready been put to death, since that’s Netherlands could come in, as they had not justice when you attempt to make what they were willing to accept. And offered. They have got some amazing a circus out of it. I just know that they have a very rude machinery that would help with the I had a rule in my courtroom. I would awakening awaiting them in the next separation. They could build island allow one camera remain in place, life. But, unfortunately, that will not barriers, save so much of the pristine could not be moved, and the moment I be experienced by them for some time beaches, and still, no Jones Act suspen- saw one juror look over at the camera, still to come. Really tragic. sion. Obviously that was a bill to give the camera was out. Everybody knew And then we see not only has there protectionism to unions, and certainly the rules. It had to be a pooled camera. been that interference with the 9/11 the unions did not want to see that bill So all networks pooled from that one plotters and the intervention of the suspended. camera. And the first one to file the White House and the Department of But for all the criticism of President motion to bring the camera or use the Justice. And, I don’t know, maybe the Bush, within 3 days of Hurricane camera were the ones that got to put name should be changed from Depart- Katrina occurring—August 29 was when the stationary camera in there and ev- ment of Justice to Department of Pro- it occurred, September 1 is when Presi- erybody else pulled footage from those. crastinated Justice, because it should dent Bush had signed an order sus- Because when you’re talking about jus- have happened by now, but for this pending the Jones Act so that foreign tice, when you’re talking about court group intervening. Then we see what’s vessels could come in and assist us in proceedings, you cannot talk about happened down in the Gulf Coast, what our time of need after Hurricane making a big show out of the trial. It’s continues to go on. We’ve got video Katrina. Over 60 days later, this admin- no longer justice. It’s now a circus. every second reminding us of that. And istration still has not done it. And, in the meantime, we have over the more you read, the more dis- So I hear all the talk about, We’re 3,000 people who lost their lives in the concerting it gets. doing absolutely everything we can.

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And even if you did, after I’ve had some family tragedy or out saying. They’ve said it all in the you have an executive branch that is something, is, I just don’t like to ac- media, We’re investigating you for elected outside of Congress. So it’s not cept—I don’t want anybody to put criminal charges. We think you need to like a prime minister, where we elect themselves out. But what you find out put this money up. The same executive one of our own in here to be the leader, is, if you’ve done something for some- branch that can dictate creating a fund similar to a President. We’ve got an ex- body else, it blesses their heart when like that—no matter how willing the ecutive branch. they get to do something nice for you. perpetrator is to put up the fund—that And that’s not enough. We set up a You know, we have done some very same executive branch can also say, judicial branch that’s appointed in the nice things for so many countries, as is And by the way, why don’t you just Federal system so that all of these reflected in the cemeteries all over Eu- take the blame for everything? Why things would help create gridlock. rope, in American soldiers that have don’t you just take the blame for ev- Today you hear people say, I’m tired of been buried around the world, where erything? Let’s don’t even get into gridlock. The Founders thought it was they gave their lives—not so that we what the government might have done the best gift they could ever give is a could be an imperialist nation, because wrong, what our administration didn’t way to clog up the government so they if we were, France would be speaking do, what our Department of Interior wouldn’t rush in and make laws unless English, the Netherlands would be didn’t do, what our Minerals Manage- they were absolutely necessary. We’ve speaking English, Germany would be ment Service didn’t do, or the fact that gotten away from that. It’s gotten too speaking English. But that was never we just made a big splash in June of easy. our goal. Japan would be speaking As we saw when the Republicans in 2009 about our deputy assistant sec- English. That was never our goal. It 2001 had the White House, House, and retary coming in to this department was a goal to bring liberty and free- the Senate, spending started like it who worked for British Petroleum ever dom, bring the very gift that we have hadn’t before. Compassion was equated since she left the Clinton administra- in this country to others. It’s such a with giving away money. Whereas, if tion in January of 2001, and never mind wonderful inheritance. But the problem you go back to 1995, when Republicans that she knows more, according to the is, though we are endowed by our Cre- took Congress as the majority, finally previous Inspector General, about why ator with certain unalienable rights, you started having a balanced budget, that price adjustment language was among them are life, liberty and the because this body creates the budget cut out of the 1998 and 1999 offshore pursuit of happiness, like any inherit- and the Senate eventually, hopefully, ance, any gift, if you don’t fight for it, leases that made—I thought originally agrees. And then you’ve got a way to then mean, evil people will take it hundreds of millions, now apparently control spending. away. it’s billions of dollars for her employer, We had a balanced budget once the So the Jones Act has not been sus- Big Oil. But it cost the Federal Treas- Republicans took the majority, and pended, and we have a fund that was ury billions of dollars that went to big things went great. And it’s amazing to created with—you know, British Petro- oil. Let’s just avoid all of that discus- me—well, it’s humorous, actually, to leum said, We were going to do it any- sion about the cozy relationship be- hear President Clinton taking credit way. And it sure sounds like, from tween this administration’s regulators for a balanced budget. He didn’t do it. what we’ve been hearing, British Pe- and British Petroleum. Let’s just avoid The Congress did. And in some cases, troleum deserves to pay a great deal all of that, and you just take all the re- he was brought in kicking and scream- more than that. But one of the great sponsibility. ing, but the Republican Congress bal- things the Founders did was create There’s a reason that an executive anced the budget. three branches of government so that branch is not supposed to do that, be- It wasn’t until they got giddy by hav- when a responsible party has done cause it opens the door to abuse. And, ing their own party in the White House something wrong, you don’t have the in fact, there are Federal laws—just that the brakes came off and spending Congress or the President come in and like I’m familiar with State laws in increased so that we had $100 billion, say, Here’s your fine. Here’s your fee. Texas—that say, basically it’s a crime $200 billion in deficit in 1 year. And This is what you’ve got to pay. We for a prosecutor in Texas to call in a that was so outrageous until this last don’t have that. We have hearings and defendant and say, I will not indict year, when it was over a trillion, and trials in court. And if you want to you, or I will drop the indictment if this year maybe as much as $1.6 tril- avoid having a long drawn-out trial you will put x number of dollars into lion in 1 year. It’s unbelievable. It’s process, then you can come in and the fund that I dictate. Well, that’s a really irresponsible. work out a settlement agreement. crime. You can’t do that. There’s a rea- And now we read today in the paper Some companies have found out, son that we have three branches of gov- that our majority leader is saying they after they’ve done wrong and harmed ernment. are giving up all hope of passing a people, that they actually end up bet- I heard someone ask once of the bril- budget, too politically difficult. And as ter off creating a fund on their own, liant Justice Antonin Scalia, Don’t you we heard one of the Democratic leaders something that is acceptable to others think the reason we’ve had more lib- say in 2006 before they won the major- so that they can be compensated for erty in this country than any other ity, if you can’t provide a budget, you the harm that’s been done without pro- country in the world is because of our can’t govern. There’s a lot of truth in tracted litigation. That’s all a very Bill of Rights? And I just love Justice that. noble thing. Having a fund supplied by Scalia. He is so brilliant and yet so So we need to get away from the ex- British Petroleum, that’s a very good forthright. He said, no. And I’m sure ecutive branch being the Congress, thing. But when you take it out of con- my answer will not do justice to his. being the executive branch and the ju- text, of the three branches of govern- But my recollection is, basically, no. dicial branch. We saw that with the ment—and this is more a judiciary The Soviets had a much better Bill of auto task force. This body created the issue—and you allow either the legisla- Rights than we have. And it hit me. I bankruptcy laws. Bankruptcy is some- tive or the executive branch to just remembered. I studied the Soviets’ Bill thing provided for in the Constitution. say, Here’s what you owe. Put up the of Rights, and they actually did. It was But it wasn’t created until the early money, and we’ll appoint our pet per- a great Bill of Rights. But he said, No. 1800s, where the courts actually set up son here to dictate who gets what, then The reason you’ve got more liberty in the system of bankruptcy. you have broken down the Constitu- America is because the Founders did And it was set up because the Found- tion. That’s not supposed to happen. not trust government, so they wanted ers believed that apparently nobody, no

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Isaiah told him, as a result, it is all country at that kind of risk again be- From Panama City through Alabama going to be taken away. You don’t cause you are still too big to fail and, through Mississippi, they are beautiful. show your enemies all of your defenses in fact, have gotten even bigger. And But people aren’t showing up to the because they will figure out a way to that’s what we’ve seen with Goldman beaches. They could at least come and overcome them. Sachs. They’ve gotten even bigger. enjoy them. I was just downstairs, in fact, in a They should have been allowed to fail But BP just did an unconscionable little supper with Shaun Alexander, previously. thing. And if we did not have a justice played football for Alabama, and was Well, I tell you, there is a brilliant system, if we were back to the days, as MVP with Seattle in the Super Bowl, man named Thomas Sowell. And I Israel once was, of just having a judge just a great guy. But he mentioned didn’t vote for Barack Obama in 2008, and I were the judge, you know, the four verses of scripture that really but I sure would have voted for Thomas tendency would be some people would meant so much to him, and one of Sowell. His article says quite a lot. His be horsewhipped that cut corners and those was, he said, Deuteronomy 30:19, editorial says here, and it’s just been did all this damage. But there’s a rea- and I’m quoting from the most quoted posted this week, but he says, ‘‘When son we don’t have a judicial dictator- book in this history of the Congress. In Adolf Hitler was building up the Nazi ship so one man can’t say you ought to fact, our first 150 years, oftentimes our movement in the 1920s,’’ and I am be horsewhipped for what you have legislators were afraid to file a bill quoting from Thomas Sowell in his edi- done. without having some scriptural basis torial, ‘‘leading up to his taking power What they’ve done is outrageous. to back it up. But Shaun quoted from in the 1930s, he deliberately sought to And you can’t help but think, because Deuteronomy 30:19, I call Heaven and activate people who did not normally they had such good friends in the ad- Earth to witness against you today pay much attention to politics. Such ministration and in the majority, they that I’ve set before you life and death, people were a valuable addition to his thought they were bulletproof. They the blessing and the curse. So choose political base, since they were particu- thought they could do whatever they life in order that you may live, you and larly susceptible to Hitler’s rhetoric wanted. And the President, their big your descendants. and had far less basis for questioning buddy, Senator KERRY, the majority, Verse 20 goes on: By loving the Lord, his assumptions or his conclusions. especially in the Senate, they would your God, by obeying His voice and by ‘Useful idiots’ was the term supposedly cover for them. They would take care holding fast to Him, for this is your life coined by V.I. Lenin to describe simi- of them. They didn’t know that when and the length of your days, that you larly unthinking supporters of his dic- they did something this outrageous may live in the land that your Lord tatorship in the Soviet Union.’’ they would be thrown under the bus. swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac And this isn’t in the article, this is But we should not have one branch and Jacob to give to them. my comment, but we do have useful id- that does that kind of dictation. It’s He also quoted from Matthew 5:24, No iots today who are heard to say, Wow, not good. It’s not good at all. one can serve two masters, for either what we really need is for the Presi- And then we have the problem with he will hate the one and love the other dent to be a dictator for a little while. Israel being accosted by its enemies, or he will hold to one and despise the They know not what they say. and we are siding with the wrong peo- other. Anyway, back to quoting Thomas ple. I had a teacher in elementary You cannot serve God and man. You Sowell. ‘‘Put differently, a democracy school. She always took up for the bul- know, these days, some want to serve a needs informed citizens if it is to thrive lies when they beat up the little guys. constituent and they get pulled away or, ultimately, even survive. In our I know because I was a little guy in el- because they’re torn. They’d like to times, American democracy is being ementary school, and she always sided serve a tremendous power in this coun- dismantled, piece by piece, before our with the big bullies that had flunked a try, torn between constituent service very eyes by the current administra- couple of grades and were bigger than and power. And then in some cases, as tion in Washington, and few people the rest of us. we see here, apparently George Soros seem to be concerned about it. The has made more money probably than 2210 President’s poll numbers are going b anybody in this country because of down because increasing numbers of I will never forget those guys took British Petroleum and the moratorium people disagree with particular policies my brand-new football I got for Christ- and what all has happened there. Of of his, but the damage being done to mas, and I went to get it back and my course, this country apparently is the fundamental structure of this Na- nose was bloodied, my face was pulver- standing for $2 billion to help Brazil do tion goes far beyond particular coun- ized, but then, as now, I don’t run from deep exploration, and that will make terproductive policies. a fight. And when the teacher was told hundreds of millions for Mr. Soros. I’m ‘‘Just where in the Constitution of by other students I was trying to get happy for anybody who make lots of the United States does it say that a my nose to stop bleeding, she came money, but sometimes people in this President has the authority to extract into the boy’s restroom, grabbed me, body are torn between their con- vast sums of money from a private en- took me down to the classroom, stituent service or being a part of a terprise and distribute it as he sees fit marched me in front of the class and powerful team. to whomever he deems worthy of com- said, See, now, class, this is what hap- It’s why people in here are often got- pensation? Nowhere. And yet that is pens when the little boys try to play ten to move their vote one way or the precisely what’s happening,’’ and he with the big boys, other. I was told that before I got here. goes on. Well, that’s kind of what’s going on One of the hardest things is not when And I will tell you, there is a reason here. We’ve got bullies trying to bully people come to you and say, yes, you’re we have to rely on the justice system, Israel. We’re siding with the wrong going to do this, you’re going to vote because if we didn’t have that branch guys. There will be a price to pay if this way, because most in this body are of government that could be the final this continues. Israel’s our friend. They stubborn enough to say, no, I’m not arbiter of disagreements between have great value for human life, like going to do that. But where they get groups, then there would be people like we do in this country. If they were not you is they say, come on, we thought me who have seen the damage that in the Middle East, we would spend you were a team player, we want you rushing through, taking the cheaper trillions of dollars trying to protect on our team, we want you one of the way to drill in such a difficult area, ourselves in that area from the things good guys on our team. And they hit seen the damage, the loss of lives, that are growing right now. We owe you up on the team player thing.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:25 Jun 23, 2010 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K22JN7.065 H22JNPT1 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with HOUSE H4674 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 22, 2010 And so good people in this body, in Then, not only that, a lot of folks said that liberty and equality were idle the Senate, even in the judiciary ap- may not know, Mr. Speaker, but there dreams that could not come true. You parently when they allowed the auto is, as I understand it, under Federal know, they are like the people who task force, taking without due process law the right of the Border Patrol to carp at the Ten Commandments be- in violation of the Constitution, turned come into private landowners’ land up cause some people are in the habit of bankruptcy upside down. They even to 25 miles from the border, anywhere, breaking one or more of them.’’ A lot convinced the judiciary to even look any of our borders to enforce our bor- of truth then. the other way and let the Constitution der. Everywhere around the border, Patrick Henry said this: ‘‘Bad men and the bankruptcy laws be turned up- they have that right up to 25 miles to cannot make good citizens. It is impos- side down. So there are people who come into private property if they need sible that a nation of infidels and idol- want to be part of the team, you know, to to enforce our border. aters should be a nation of free men. It and they forget the Constitution; and Well, lo and behold, there is one place is when a people forget God that ty- when that happens we break down what they can’t, and that’s on federally rants forge their chains.’’ so many have fought and died for to owned property like the national park So much, so much truth in our herit- give us this gift. in Arizona. There is apparently about age. And I just want to conclude with I heard my colleagues in the prior 32 miles of border with Mexico that’s a this, Thomas Jefferson’s own words: hour talking about how well the stim- park that has now been announced to ‘‘God who gave us life gave us liberty. ulus is going. I keep coming back, and be closed to American citizens because And can the liberties of a nation be Mark Levin quoted this in his book, there are too many illegals going thought secure when we have removed ‘‘Liberty and Tyranny,’’ and it ought across that land and tearing it up, and their only firm basis, a conviction in to be a textbook, it’s so good. But he some have gotten violent and killed the minds of the people that these lib- quotes from Henry Morgenthau, the even law enforcement people in that erties are the gift of God, that they are Secretary of the Treasury under area. not to be violated but with his wrath. Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1939 Sec- Indeed, I tremble for my country when b 2220 retary Morgenthau was testifying— I reflect that God is just, and his jus- well, actually he wrote this. He said, We can go on private property to pro- tice cannot sleep forever.’’ We have tried spending money. We tect our border, but we can’t go on This government is not God, and the have spent more money than we have Federal land? That’s outrageous. Rob only protection from those who think ever spent before, and now after 8 Bishop has a bill to deal with that, and they might begin to be is the enforce- years, we have an unemployment rate so do I. Rob has really done great re- ment of the three branches of govern- that is just as high today as it was search on this, he has really been the ment and their separate powers, and when we started, and we have an enor- leader in the area of bringing this stuff we’ve got to get back to that to save mous debt to boot. out. We’ve got to do something; that is this Nation. Human nature has not changed much outrageous. We need defense, and we With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back since the 1930s. When the government need to give a 25-mile, at least, area to the balance of my time. starts spending money, then ulti- the border patrol to patrol and just say f mately you’re going to have a choice. that’s not going to be national park You’re going to have to keep borrowing wilderness area because our border LEAVE OF ABSENCE or printing, and then ultimately you means too much. We’ve got people By unanimous consent, leave of ab- get in a position the Soviet Union was wanting to come in here and destroy sence was granted to: in. You can’t print it fast enough to our way of life. Mr. PLATTS (at the request of Mr. pay your debts, you can’t borrow it fast But I see my time is running shorter BOEHNER) for today and June 23 on ac- enough, nobody will loan it to you any- now. There were a lot of things I want- count of family medical reasons. more. So you have to go up and an- ed to cover. But there are just so many Mr. CULBERSON (at the request of Mr. nounce you’re bankrupt as a nation people who do not understand, Mr. BOEHNER) for today on account of per- and out of business. Speaker, where we came from and why sonal reasons. By the way, one other thing I wanted to mention, and this happens when you there needs to be a firm foundation f refuse to enforce the laws. We had a under this country. President Harry SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED President who just decided he was Truman—some may recall he was a Democrat—he said this: ‘‘The funda- By unanimous consent, permission to going to impose a drilling moratorium; address the House, following the legis- and so the judiciary came in, consid- mental basis of this Nation’s laws was given to Moses on the Mount.’’ The lative program and any special orders ered the Constitution, considered the heretofore entered, was granted to: action after it viewed all the excuses fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings we get from (The following Members (at the re- and everything for imposing it, said quest of Mr. SCHAUER) to revise and ex- this is arbitrary and capricious, you Exodus and St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul. I don’t think we empha- tend their remarks and include extra- can’t do this, there’s no basis for a neous material:) moratorium of all of these. size that enough these days. If we don’t have a proper fundamental moral back- Ms. WOOLSEY, for 5 minutes, today. If you want to go after BP—he didn’t Mr. MURPHY of New York, for 5 min- ground, we will finally end up with a say this, I’m saying it—you want to go utes, today. totalitarian government which does after BP, say they’re suspended until Mr. SCHAUER, for 5 minutes, today. not believe in rights for anybody ex- you make sure they’re not cutting cor- Ms. KAPTUR, for 5 minutes, today. ners on other rigs, because we know cept the State. Boy, was he prophetic. Mr. DEFAZIO, for 5 minutes, today. they cut them—it sure looks like they James Madison, given credit for writ- Mr. GRAYSON, for 5 minutes, today. cut them at least on Deepwater Hori- ing the most in the Constitution, he (The following Members (at the re- zon, that’s one thing. But to do it on said this on November 20, 1825: ‘‘The quest of Mr. POE of Texas) to revise and all the rigs when indications that we belief in a God all powerful, wise and extend their remarks and include ex- saw somewhere there were 750 safety good, is so essential to the moral order traneous material:) violations for BP and in the same pe- of the world and to the happiness of Mr. BURTON of Indiana, for 5 minutes, riod I think Exxon, maybe Shell, had man that arguments which enforce it today, June 23, 24, and 25. one? There’s a reason maybe you could cannot be drawn from too many Mr. POE of Texas, for 5 minutes, June justify doing that with a BP rig but not sources nor adapted with too much so- 28 and 29. all of them. licitude to the different characters and Mr. BILIRAKIS, for 5 minutes, today. So the judge struck it down, and here capacities to be impressed with.’’ Mr. FORBES, for 5 minutes, June 23 already today the Secretary of the In- Franklin D. Roosevelt said, ‘‘The and 24. terior says he’s appealing it. Appar- skeptics and the cynics of Washing- Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, for 5 minutes, ently, he likes the idea of having one ton’s day did not believe that ordinary today, June 23, and 24. branch of government run everything. men and women had the capacity for Mr. JONES, for 5 minutes, June 28 and Big mistake. freedom and self-government. They 29.

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A letter from the Assistant Secretary technical data, and defense services, pursu- PRESIDENT for Legislative Affairs, Department of the ant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Con- Treasury, transmitting the Department’s re- trol Act; to the Committee on Foreign Af- Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the port entitled, ‘‘U.S. Government Foreign fairs. House reports that on June 17, 2010 she Credit Exposure as of December 31, 2008’’; to 8013. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- presented to the President of the the Committee on Financial Services. ment of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the United States, for his approval, the fol- 8004. A letter from the Chairman and Presi- semiannual report on activities of the In- dent, Export-Import Bank, transmitting a lowing bill. spector General for the period October 1, report on transactions involving U.S. exports 2009, through March 31, 2010; to the Com- H.R. 3951. To designate the facility of the to Singapore pursuant to Section 2(b)(3) of mittee on Oversight and Government Re- United States Postal Service located at 2000 the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as form. Louisiana Avenue in New Orleans Louisiana, amended; to the Committee on Financial 8014. A letter from the Director, Office of as the ‘‘Roy Rondeno, Sr. Post Office Build- Services. Personnel Management, transmitting the Of- ing’’. 8005. A letter from the Chairman and Presi- fice’s Federal Equal Opportunity Recruit- f dent, Export-Import Bank, transmitting a report on transactions involving U.S. exports ment Program Report for Fiscal Year 2009, ADJOURNMENT to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia pursuant to pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7201(e); to the Com- Section 2(b)(3) of the Export-Import Bank mittee on Oversight and Government Re- Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I move form. that the House do now adjourn. Act of 1945, as amended; to the Committee on Financial Services. 8015. A letter from the Acting Director, The motion was agreed to; accord- 8006. A letter from the Director, Regu- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, ingly (at 10 o’clock and 23 minutes latory Management Division, Environmental transmitting the 35th Annual Report of the p.m.), the House adjourned until to- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; to morrow, Wednesday, June 23, 2010, at 10 cy’s final rule — Nondiscrimination on the the Committee on Oversight and Govern- a.m. Basis of Age in Programs or Activities Re- ment Reform. ceiving Federal Assistance from the Envi- 8016. A letter from the Sr. VP and Chief Fi- f ronmental Protection Agency [EPA-HQ-OA- nancial Officer, Potomac Electric Power EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, 2004-0002; FRL-9158-9] (RIN: 2090-AA37) re- Company, transmitting the Balance Sheet of ETC. ceived June 2, 2010, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Potomac Electric Power Company as of De- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education cember 31, 2009, pursuant to D.C. Code Ann. Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive and Labor. 34-1113 (2001); to the Committee on Oversight communications were taken from the 8007. A letter from the Assistant General and Government Reform. Speaker’s table and referred as follows: Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Consumer 8017. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, 7997. A letter from the Director, Regu- Product Safety Commission, transmitting Department of Homeland Security, transmit- latory Management Division, Environmental the Commission’s final rule — Virginia ting the Department’s final rule — Regu- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act; In- lated Navigation Areas; Port of Portland cy’s final rule — 2-Propenoic acid polymer, terpretation of Unblockable Drain received Terminal 4, Willamette River, Portland, OR with 1,3-butadiene and ethenylbenzene; Tol- June 3, 2010, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); [Docket No.: USCG-2009-0370] (RIN: 1625- erance Exemption [EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0033; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. AA11) received June 3, 2010, pursuant to 5 8008. A letter from the Director, Regu- FRL-8827-4] received June 2, 2010, pursuant to U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on latory Management Division, Environmental 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Agriculture. 8018. A letter from the Attorney, Depart- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation 7998. A letter from the Chairman and Chief ment of Homeland Security, transmitting of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Wis- Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administra- the Department’s final rule — Safety Zones; consin; Particulate Matter Standards; With- tion, transmitting the Administration’s final Blasting Operations and Movement of Explo- drawal of Direct Final Rule [R05-OAR-2009- rule — Federal Agricultural Mortgage Cor- sives, St. Marys River, Sault Saint Marie, MI 0731; FRL-9157-9] received June 2, 2010, pursu- poration Funding and Fiscal Affairs; Farmer [Docket No.: USCG-2010-0290] (RIN: 1625- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee Mac Investments and Liquidity (RIN: 3052- AA00) received June 3, 2010, pursuant to 5 on Energy and Commerce. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on AC56) received June 3, 2010, pursuant to 5 8009. A letter from the Director, Regu- Transportation and Infrastructure. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ag- latory Management Division, Environmental 8019. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, riculture. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Department of Homeland Security, transmit- 7999. A communication from the President cy’s final rule — Finding of Failure to Sub- ting the Department’s final rule — Safety of the United States, transmitting FY 2011 mit Section 110 State Implementation Plans Zone; APBA National Tour, Parker, AZ Budget Amendments for the Department of for Interstate Transport for the 2006 National [Docket No.: USCG-2009-1110] (RIN: 1625- Energy; (H. Doc. No. 111—124); to the Com- Ambient Air Quality Standards for Fine Par- AA00) received June 3, 2010, pursuant to 5 mittee on Appropriations and ordered to be ticulate Matter [EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0409; printed. FRL-9159-5] received June 2, 2010, pursuant to U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 8000. A communication from the President 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. of the United States, transmitting FY 2011 Energy and Commerce. 8020. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Budget Amendments for the Departments of 8010. A letter from the Deputy Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, transmit- Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Homeland Department of the Treasury, transmitting as ting the Department’s final rule — Safety Security, Housing and Urban Development, required by section 401(c) of the National Zone; BWRC Spring Classic, Parker, AZ Labor, State and Other International Pro- Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and sec- [Docket No.: USCG-2009-1111] (RIN: 1625- grams, Transportation, and the Treasury, as tion 204(c) of the International Emergency AA00) received June 3, 2010, pursuant to 5 well as the Small Business Administration, Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), and U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on District of Columbia, Institute of Museum pursuant to Executive Order 13313 of July 31, Transportation and Infrastructure. and Library Services, Northern Boarder Re- 2003, a six-month periodic report on the na- 8021. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- gional Commission, and Southeast Crescent tional emergency with respect to the West- cialist, Department of Transportation, trans- Regional Commission; (H. Doc. No. 111—125); ern Balkans that was declared in Executive mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- to the Committee on Appropriations and or- Order 13219 of June 26, 2001, pursuant to 50 worthiness Directives; BAE SYSTEMS (Op- dered to be printed. U.S.C. 1641(c); to the Committee on Foreign erations) Limited Model BAe 146 and Avro 8001. A letter from the Director, Defense Affairs. 146-RJ70A, 146-RJ85A, and 146-RJ100A Air- Procurement and Acquisition Policy, De- 8011. A letter from the Deputy Secretary, planes [Docket No.: FAA-2009-1254; Direc- partment of Defense, transmitting the De- Department of the Treasury, transmitting as torate Identifier 2009-NM-040-AD; Amend- partment’s final rule — Defense Federal Ac- required by section 401(c) of the National ment 39-16292; AD 2010-10-13] (RIN: 2120-AA64) quisition Regulation Supplement; Finland- Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and sec- received June 3, 2010, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Public Interest Exception to the Buy Amer- tion 204(c) of the International Emergency 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- ican Act (DFARS Case 2009-D022) received Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), a tation and Infrastructure. May 28, 2010, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. six-month periodic report on the national 8022. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed emergency with respect to North Korea that cialist, Department of Transportation, trans- Services. was declared in Executive Order 13466 of mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- 8002. A letter from the Chief Counsel, De- June 26, 2008, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1641(c); to worthiness Directives; The Boeing Company partment of Homeland Security, transmit- the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Model 747-100, 747-100B, 747-100B SUD, 747-

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200B, 747-300, 747SR, and 747SP Series Air- Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subse- ida, Ms. FALLIN, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. planes [Docket No.: FAA-2009-1066; Direc- quently determined by the Speaker, in each TIAHRT, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. MAFFEI, torate Identifier 2009-NM-028-AD; Amend- case for consideration of such provisions as Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. HONDA, Mr. GUTIER- ment 39-16284; AD 2010-10-05] (RIN: 2120-AA64) fall within the jurisdiction of the committee REZ, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. received June 3, 2010, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. concerned. KUCINICH, Mr. PAULSEN, Ms. CHU, Ms. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- By Mr. NEUGEBAUER: LEE of California, Mr. PERRIELLO, Mr. tation and Infrastructure. H.R. 5565. A bill to designate the facility of RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. 8023. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- the United States Postal Service located at LIPINSKI, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. VIS- cialist, Department of Transportation, trans- 5014 Gary Avenue in Lubbock, Texas, as the CLOSKY, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- ‘‘Sergeant Chris Davis Post Office’’; to the California, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. ROTHMAN worthiness Directives; Airbus A318, A319, Committee on Oversight and Government of New Jersey, Mr. ANDREWS, Mrs. A320, A321 Series Airplanes [Docket No.: Reform. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. OBERSTAR, FAA-2010-0129; Directorate Identifier 2009- By Mr. GALLEGLY (for himself, Mr. Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. ETERS ORAN NM-245-AD; Amendment 39-16287; AD 2010-10- P , Mr. M of Virginia, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. THOMP- WHITFIELD, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. 08] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received June 3, 2010, SON of California, Mr. BRADY of Penn- DJOU, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. DENT, Mr. pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- sylvania, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- GARAMENDI, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. MOORE BLUMENAUER, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. POM- ture. of Wisconsin, Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY EROY, Mr. WOLF, Ms. KILROY, Mr. 8024. A letter from the General Counsel, of Pennsylvania, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. HARPER, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. Department of Commerce, transmitting a TITUS, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, JONES, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, copy of a draft bill entitled, ‘‘Public Works Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. HALL of New and Economic Development Improvements JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. CONAWAY, York, Mr. CRENSHAW, Ms. KOSMAS, Act of 2010’’; jointly to the Committees on Mr. WALZ, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Mr. GUTHRIE, Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ Mr. ROYCE, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. KEN- Infrastructure, Financial Services, Edu- of California, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. GOOD- NEDY, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. LOBIONDO, cation and Labor, Ways and Means, Over- LATTE, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of Cali- Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. sight and Government Reform, and the Judi- fornia, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. DELAHUNT, BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. CAMP, ciary. Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. WU, Mr. Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CARNEY, KIRK, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. POLIS, Mr. f Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Ms. BERK- CANTOR, Mrs. CAPPS, and Mr. INSLEE): REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON LEY, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. COBLE, Mr. H.R. 5566. A bill to amend title 18, United PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS LATOURETTE, Mr. FORBES, Mr. SEN- States Code, to prohibit interstate com- Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of SENBRENNER, Mr. SMITH of New Jer- merce in animal crush videos, and for other committees were delivered to the Clerk sey, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. LEWIS purposes; to the Committee on the Judici- for printing and reference to the proper of California, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. ary. calendar, as follows: MCKEON, Mr. CARTER, Ms. GRANGER, By Mr. WU: Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. H.R. 5567. A bill to invest in urban univer- Mr. WAXMAN: Committee on Energy and COLE, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, sities and create innovation and economic Commerce. H.R. 4805. A bill to amend the Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the MICA, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of prosperity for the United States, and for emissions of formaldehyde from composite Florida, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. other purposes; to the Committee on Edu- wood products, and for other purposes; with STEARNS, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. cation and Labor, and in addition to the an amendment (Rept. 111–509, Pt. 1). Referred BILBRAY, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. Committees on Financial Services, Trans- to the Committee of the Whole House on the PASCRELL, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. ROE of portation and Infrastructure, Energy and State of the Union. Tennessee, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. Commerce, Science and Technology, and DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEE CHAFFETZ, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. DUNCAN, Oversight and Government Reform, for a pe- Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XIII the Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. FILNER, Mr. UPTON, riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of Committee on Financial Services dis- Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- charged from further consideration. ADERHOLT, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mrs. tion of the committee concerned. H.R. 4805 referred to the Committee of EMERSON, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. SCHOCK, By Mr. NYE (for himself, Mr. WILSON of the Whole House on the State of the Mr. LATTA, Mr. COHEN, Mr. BACHUS, Ohio, Mr. COOPER, Mr. MARSHALL, Union. Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. KRATOVIL, Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. f Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. RA- CHILDERS, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, HALL, Mr. HELLER, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. Mr. MITCHELL, Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN, PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS AKIN, Mr. LINDER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. Mr. BARROW, Mr. SHULER, Mr. ROSS, Under clause 2 of rule XII, public LEE of New York, Mr. WELCH, Mr. Mr. TANNER, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. MAR- KEY of Colorado, Mr. HILL, Mr. bills and resolutions of the following FARR, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. TERRY, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, MATHESON, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. GORDON titles were introduced and severally re- Mr. KINGSTON, Ms. GINNY BROWN- of Tennessee, Mr. MINNICK, Mr. BOYD, ferred, as follows: WAITE of Florida, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. ELLSWORTH, Mr. By Mr. MCMAHON (for himself, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, Mr. ENGEL, BOREN, Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. MOORE of CARNAHAN, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. Kansas, Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana, TOWNS, Mr. HIGGINS, Ms. MARKEY of AUSTRIA, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. POSEY, Ms. HARMAN, and Mr. SCHRADER): Colorado, Ms. KOSMAS, Mr. BURTON of Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. H.R. 5568. A bill to create a means to re- Indiana, Mr. SHULER, Mr. GARRETT of HOLT, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. CARDOZA, view and abolish Federal programs that are New Jersey, Mr. WILSON of South Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. inefficient, duplicative, or in other ways Carolina, Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. NADLER of wasteful of taxpayer funds; to the Com- OWENS, Ms. FALLIN, Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. New York, Mr. KISSELL, Mr. mittee on Oversight and Government Re- MURPHY of New York, Ms. LORETTA FORTENBERRY, Mr. LANCE, Ms. form, and in addition to the Committee on SANCHEZ of California, Mr. JOHNSON BORDALLO, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. DELAURO, Rules, for a period to be subsequently deter- of Georgia, Mr. BACA, Mr. TONKO, and Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- Mr. POSEY): REICHERT, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, sideration of such provisions as fall within H.R. 5564. A bill to prevent wealthy and Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. middle-income foreign states that do busi- CARNAHAN, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. CAR- By Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. ness, issue securities, or borrow money in SON of Indiana, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. KAN- the United States, and then fail to satisfy HOLDEN, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. OLSON, Ms. JORSKI, and Mr. JONES): United States court judgments totaling ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. TEAGUE, Mr. $100,000,000 or more based on such activities, LANGEVIN, Mr. SHULER, Mr. MILLER of H.R. 5569. A bill to extend the National from inflicting further economic injuries in North Carolina, Mr. WEINER, Mr. Flood Insurance Program until September the United States, from undermining the in- WAMP, Mr. BONNER, Mr. TIBERI, Ms. 30, 2010; to the Committee on Financial Serv- tegrity of United States courts, and from WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. DEUTCH, ices, and in addition to the Committee on discouraging responsible lending to poor and Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CLAY, Mr. HARE, the Budget, for a period to be subsequently developing nations by undermining the sec- Mrs. DAHLKEMPER, Mr. CLEAVER, Mrs. determined by the Speaker, in each case for ondary and primary markets for sovereign DAVIS of California, Mrs. BONO MACK, consideration of such provisions as fall with- debt; to the Committee on Financial Serv- Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. BRADY of in the jurisdiction of the committee con- ices, and in addition to the Committee on Texas, Mr. CAO, Mr. YOUNG of Flor- cerned.

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A resolution supporting Olym- Congress to review the GPO and the WEP So- force in order to implement, enforce, or oth- pic Day on June 23, 2010, and congratulating cial Security benefit reductions and enact erwise carry out either the Patient Protec- Team USA and World Fit participants; to the Social Security Fairness Act of 2009; to tion and Affordable Care Act or the Health the Committee on Oversight and Govern- the Committee on Ways and Means. Care and Education Reconciliation Act of ment Reform. 317. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the 2010; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. MACK (for himself, Mr. ENGEL, State of Louisiana, relative to Senate Con- By Mr. OWENS: Mr. BILBRAY, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. current Resolution No. 43 memorializing the H.R. 5571. A bill to amend chapter 2 of title FORTENBERRY, Mr. BURTON of Indi- Congress to approve H.R. 5941; jointly to the I of the United States Code to establish the ana, Mr. PAYNE, and Ms. LEE of Cali- Committees on Armed Services and Ways style for amending laws; to the Committee fornia): and Means. on the Judiciary. H. Res. 1462. A resolution expressing sup- 318. Also, a memorial of the House of Rep- By Mr. BUCHANAN (for himself and port for the people of Guatemala, Honduras, resentatives of the State of Michigan, rel- Mr. CRENSHAW): and El Salvador as they persevere through ative to House Resolution No. 285 memori- H.R. 5572. A bill to reform the Minerals the aftermath of Tropical Storm Agatha alizing the President, the Congress, and the Management Service and offshore drilling which swept across Central America causing Federal Communications Commission to re- for oil and gas, to repeal the limitation of li- deadly floods and mudslides; to the Com- frain from regulating Internet Broadband ability of a responsible party for discharge of mittee on Foreign Affairs. Services; to the Committee on Energy and oil from an offshore facility, and for other By Mr. PERRIELLO: Commerce. H. Res. 1463. A resolution supporting the purposes; to the Committee on Natural Re- f sources, and in addition to the Committee on goals and ideals of Railroad Retirement Day; Transportation and Infrastructure, for a pe- to the Committee on Transportation and In- ADDITIONAL SPONSORS riod to be subsequently determined by the frastructure. Speaker, in each case for consideration of By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- Mrs. BACHMANN, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. were added to public bills and resolution of the committee concerned. DJOU, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. tions as follows: By Mr. CARNEY: GALLEGLY, Mr. INGLIS, Mr. MAN- H.R. 40: Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of H.R. 5573. A bill to require the Inspector ZULLO, and Ms. WATSON): Texas. General of the Department of Homeland Se- H. Res. 1464. A resolution recognizing the H.R. 43: Mr. OWENS and Mr. MELANCON. curity to biennially review and evaluate the 50th anniversary of the conclusion of the H.R. 197: Mr. LUJA´ N. grants management and oversight practices United States-Japan Treaty of Mutual Co- H.R. 235: Mr. REHBERG and Mr. CRITZ. of the Federal Emergency Management operation and Security and expressing appre- H.R. 272: Mr. FORBES. Agency; to the Committee on Homeland Se- ciation to the Government of Japan and the H.R. 275: Mr. DEUTCH. curity. Japanese people for enhancing peace, pros- H.R. 422: Mr. WU. By Mr. PETRI (for himself, Mr. BURTON perity, and security in the Asia-Pacific re- H.R. 503: Mr. DEUTCH. of Indiana, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. gion; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H.R. 537: Mr. LARSEN of Washington. FORBES): By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, H.R. 610: Mr. BOSWELL. H.R. 5574. A bill to establish the National Mr. ENGEL, Mr. MACK, Mr. MARIO H.R. 645: Mr. DOYLE and Mr. TIM MURPHY of Commission on Effective Marginal Tax Rates DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. BLUNT, Pennsylvania. for Low-Income Families; to the Committee Mr. SIRES, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART H.R. 666: Mr. CALVERT. on Ways and Means, and in addition to the of Florida, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, H.R. 745: Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. NADLER of New Committees on Agriculture, Veterans’ Af- Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. ING- York, Mr. HELLER, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of fairs, Financial Services, Energy and Com- LIS, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. Florida, Mr. ARCURI, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. merce, and Education and Labor, for a period WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. POE of GARAMENDI, and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. to be subsequently determined by the Speak- Texas, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Ms. BERK- H.R. 848: Mr. DEUTCH and Mr. ROONEY. er, in each case for consideration of such pro- LEY, Mr. DREIER, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. H.R. 949: Ms. BALDWIN. visions as fall within the jurisdiction of the PIERLUISI, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, H.R. 950: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. committee concerned. and Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of Cali- H.R. 1074: Mr. GARY G. MILLER of Cali- By Mr. COSTA (for himself, Mr. POE of fornia): fornia, Mr. LUJA´ N, and Mr. FORBES. Texas, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. ROS- H. Res. 1465. A resolution reaffirming the H.R. 1079: Mr. MILLER of North Carolina. LEHTINEN, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. BUR- longstanding friendship and alliance between H.R. 1193: Mr. DEUTCH. TON of Indiana, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, the United States and Colombia; to the Com- H.R. 1203: Mr. WILSON of Ohio. and Mr. PENCE): mittee on Foreign Affairs. H.R. 1230: Mr. ELLISON. H. Res. 1457. A resolution expressing the By Mr. SENSENBRENNER: H.R. 1237: Ms. SUTTON. sense of the House of Representatives on the H. Res. 1466. A resolution of inquiry re- H.R. 1250: Mr. AUSTRIA. one-year anniversary of the Government of questing the President and directing the Sec- H.R. 1255: Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. Iran’s fraudulent manipulation of Iranian retary of Energy to provide certain docu- HERGER, Mr. CARTER, and Mr. RODRIGUEZ. elections, the Government of Iran’s contin- ments to the House of Representatives relat- H.R. 1362: Mr. DEUTCH. ued denial of human rights and democracy to ing to the Department of Energy’s applica- H.R. 1402: Mr. TONKO. the people of Iran, and the Government of tion to foreclose use of Yucca Mountain as a H.R. 1458: Mr. BARROW. Iran’s continued pursuit of a nuclear weap- high level nuclear waste repository; to the H.R. 1460: Mr. RAHALL. ons capability; to the Committee on Foreign Committee on Energy and Commerce. H.R. 1547: Mr. ROE of Tennessee. Affairs. f H.R. 1806: Mr. SPACE, Mr. TONKO, Mr. By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN: MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. H. Res. 1458. A resolution expressing sup- MEMORIALS MCNERNEY, and Mrs. CAPPS. port for the goals and ideals of National Ma- Under clause 4 of rule XXII, memo- H.R. 1831: Mr. CRITZ. rine Awareness Day; to the Committee on H.R. 1990: Mr. WILSON of Ohio. Natural Resources. rials were presented and referred as fol- H.R. 2030: Mrs. MALONEY. By Mr. DJOU: lows: H.R. 2031: Mr. CARTER and Mrs. BLACKBURN. H. Res. 1459. A resolution recognizing the 314. The SPEAKER presented a memorial H.R. 2138: Mr. LANGEVIN. 50th Anniversary of the 50-star flag of the of the Senate of the State of Michigan, rel- H.R. 2149: Mr. MELANCON. United States; to the Committee on the Ju- ative to Senate Resolution No. 160 memori- H.R. 2159: Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California diciary. alizing the President, the Congress, and the and Ms. MATSUI. By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for him- Federal Communications Commission to re- H.R. 2220: Mr. GONZALEZ. self, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. frain from regulating Internet Broadband H.R. 2378: Mr. STARK, Mr. BUYER, and Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. BROWN of South Caro- Services; to the Committee on Energy and EDWARDS of Texas. lina, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BOSWELL, Commerce. H.R. 2381: Mr. BACA. Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. PUT- 315. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the H.R. 2401: Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California. NAM, and Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Flor- State of Tennessee, relative to Senate Joint H.R. 2408: Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. FILNER, and ida): Resolution No. 761 urging the Congress to Mr. LEE of New York. H. Res. 1460. A resolution recognizing the inclued Oak Ridge in any Draft Special Re- H.R. 2483: Mr. HOLT. important role pollinators play in supporting source Study/Environmental Assessment on H.R. 2575: Mr. HINCHEY. the ecosystem and supporting the goals and the Manhattan Project Sites and that a new H.R. 2817: Mrs. MALONEY. ideals of National Pollinator Week; to the national park unit be considered; to the H.R. 2870: Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsyl- Committee on Agriculture. Committee on Natural Resources. vania.

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H.R. 2906: Ms. MCCOLLUM. RADANOVICH, Mrs. DAHLKEMPER, and Mr. TIM H.R. 5519: Mr. LAMBORN, Mrs. BLACKBURN, H.R. 2941: Mr. HOEKSTRA. MURPHY of Pennsylvania. and Ms. FALLIN. H.R. 3043: Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. GARAMENDI, H.R. 4690: Ms. LEE of California. H.R. 5523: Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. BURTON of Indi- and Mr. MILLER of North Carolina. H.R. 4692: Mr. JONES and Mrs. HALVORSON. ana, Mr. MCCAUL, and Mr. HELLER. H.R. 3048: Mr. OLVER. H.R. 4693: Mr. HONDA and Mr. MORAN of H.R. 5524: Mr. WOLF. H.R. 3101: Ms. MATSUI. Virginia. H.R. 5555: Mr. TERRY, Mr. WESTMORELAND, H.R. 3116: Mr. MCGOVERN. H.R. 4700: Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. NUNES, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. H.R. 3149: Ms. BALDWIN. H.R. 4751: Mr. QUIGLEY. KISSELL, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. WAMP, Mr. H.R. 3212: Mr. GONZALEZ. H.R. 4752: Mr. DEUTCH. BISHOP of Utah, and Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. H.R. 3249: Ms. NORTON. H.R. 4753: Mr. WHITFIELD. H.J. Res. 76: Mr. MCINTYRE. H.R. 3267: Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. H.R. 4755: Mr. LIPINSKI. H. Con. Res. 110: Mr. BERMAN, Mr. HINCHEY, H.R. 3271: Ms. MATSUI. H.R. 4756: Mr. CAPUANO. and Mr. PETERS. H.R. 3302: Mr. BLUMENAUER. H.R. 4764: Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. H. Con. Res. 226: Mr. HONDA, Mr. HUNTER, H.R. 3328: Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA and Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. GARAMENDI, and Mrs. MEEK of Florida. REHBERG, and Mr. BURGESS. BONO MACK. H.R. 3408: Mr. PETERSON, Mr. FOSTER, and ERLACH H.R. 4788: Mr. G . H. Con. Res. 259: Ms. NORTON. Mr. MELANCON. H.R. 4868: Mr. HARE. H. Con. Res. 266: Mr. BUYER and Mr. H.R. 3519: Mr. PITTS and Mrs. DAHLKEMPER. H.R. 4886: Mr. HONDA and Mr. POE of Texas. HEINRICH. H.R. 3564: Mr. BLUMENAUER and Ms. MOORE H.R. 4888: Mr. WU. H. Con. Res. 288: Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHN- of Wisconsin. H.R. 4891: Mr. ENGEL. SON of Texas. H.R. 3652: Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. SCOTT of H.R. 4903: Mr. SULLIVAN. H. Res. 111: Mr. LUETKEMEYER and Mr. RA- Georgia, and Mr. GUTIERREZ. H.R. 4914: Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. DELAURO, HALL. H.R. 3712: Ms. SUTTON, Mr. MORAN of Vir- Ms. MATSUI, Mr. QUIGLEY, and Mr. ORTIZ. H. Res. 546: Mr. HINOJOSA and Mr. STARK. ginia, Mr. COLE, and Mrs. BLACKBURN. H.R. 4920: Mr. GUTIERREZ. H. Res. 771: Mr. MOORE of Kansas and Mr. H.R. 3721: Mrs. MALONEY. H.R. 4933: Mr. PAYNE and Mr. LEWIS of PAULSEN. H.R. 3729: Mr. GOHMERT, Mrs. DAHLKEMPER, Georgia. H. Res. 1195: Mr. BOREN, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. and Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin. H.R. 4943: Mr. DUNCAN. DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. HILL, Mr. MINNICK, H.R. 3753: Ms. NORTON. H.R. 4959: Ms. HIRONO, Mr. OLVER, Mr. INS- Mr. TANNER, Mr. WU, and Mr. CUELLAR. H.R. 3790: Mr. DEUTCH and Mr. SHUSTER. LEE, Mr. KENNEDY, and Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of H.R. 3907: Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. California. H. Res. 1196: Mr. TERRY. ORBES JOU SLAUGHTER, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. H.R. 4986: Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SCHIFF, H. Res. 1207: Mr. F , Mr. D , Mr. LEMING WENS MOORE of Kansas, Ms. LINDA T. SAN´ CHEZ of and Ms. HARMAN. F , and Mr. O . California, Mr. HINCHEY, and Mr. HOLT. H.R. 4993: Mr. RAHALL, Mr. MOORE of Kan- H. Res. 1219: Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. ELLISON, H.R. 4051: Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky. sas, Ms. TITUS, and Mr. PITTS. and Mr. FORBES. H.R. 4116: Ms. MCCOLLUM. H.R. 5015: Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California. H. Res. 1326: Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. LANCE, and H.R. 4128: Mr. OBERSTAR. H.R. 5034: Ms. JENKINS. Mr. SCHOCK. H.R. 4144: Mr. QUIGLEY. H.R. 5040: Mr. MCNERNEY. H. Res. 1355: Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. H.R. 4181: Ms. CLARKE, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. H.R. 5044: Ms. KOSMAS and Mr. LOEBSACK. H. Res. 1365: Mr. BUYER, Mr. FLEMING, and ´ PAYNE, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. POLIS, Ms. CHU, Ms. H.R. 5058: Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. LUJAN. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, H.R. 5081: Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. NADLER of New H. Res. 1373: Mr. HOLDEN. and Ms. FUDGE. York, Mr. FORBES, and Ms. MCCOLLUM. H. Res. 1384: Mr. ADERHOLT and Mr. H.R. 4195: Ms. SLAUGHTER and Mr. H.R. 5137: Mr. ENGEL, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. GALLEGLY. HASTINGS of Florida. BOUCHER, and Mr. STARK. H. Res. 1388: Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. BRADY of H.R. 4197: Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. H.R. 5142: Mrs. BONO MACK and Mr. Texas, and Mr. PUTNAM. H.R. 4278: Mr. CARNEY, Mr. PERLMUTTER, BLUMENAUER. H. Res. 1393: Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Ms. LO- Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, and Mr. DOGGETT. H.R. 5143: Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin and Ms. RETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. BACA, Mrs. H.R. 4301: Mr. BOREN. NORTON. NAPOLITANO, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. MATHESON, H.R. 4306: Ms. NORTON and Mr. BRIGHT. H.R. 5177: Mr. FORBES. Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. H.R. 4353: Mr. ROHRABACHER. H.R. 5211: Mr. HODES. TANNER, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. FARR, H.R. 4373: Mr. MELANCON. H.R. 5235: Mr. MARSHALL and Mr. BOYD. and Ms. GIFFORDS. H.R. 4376: Mr. DEUTCH. H.R. 5244: Mr. BLUNT. H. Res. 1401: Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. KANJORSKI, H.R. 4469: Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. AKIN, H.R. 5258: Mr. HILL. Mrs. KIRKPATRICK of Arizona, Mr. ROE of Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. MCKEON, and H.R. 5282: Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Flor- Tennessee, Mrs. HALVORSON, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. BOSWELL. ida and Mr. CLAY. Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of H.R. 4480: Mr. CHILDERS, Mr. LEWIS of Geor- H.R. 5323: Mr. MCCOTTER. Florida, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of Cali- gia, and Mr. HARE. H.R. 5324: Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. PAYNE, and Mr. fornia, and Mr. MICHAUD. H.R. 4505: Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan and TOWNS. H. Res. 1406: Ms. FOXX. Mr. TEAGUE. H.R. 5335: Mr. SABLAN. H. Res. 1420: Mr. ELLISON and Mr. PAYNE. H.R. 4514: Mr. MEEKs of New York and Ms. H.R. 5350: Mr. POE of Texas. H. Res. 1431: Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, Mr. LEE of California. H.R. 5357: Mr. ADERHOLT. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ H.R. 4568: Mr. HERGER. H.R. 5412: Mr. FILNER and Ms. LINDA T. of California, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. RUSH, and Mr. H.R. 4597: Mr. POLIS. SA´ NCHEZ of California. POE of Texas. H.R. 4601: Ms. TITUS, Mr. DOGGETT, and Mr. H.R. 5418: Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. H. Res. 1452: Mr. FARR, Mr. BISHOP of Geor- WEINER. H.R. 5447: Mr. SNYDER. gia, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. H.R. 4638: Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California. H.R. 5460: Mr. CONYERS and Mr. HONDA. SABLAN, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, and Mr. H.R. 4662: Mr. BLUMENAUER. H.R. 5462: Ms. CASTOR of Florida. BRADY of Pennsylvania. H.R. 4671: Mr. LEWIS of Georgia and Ms. H.R. 5475: Mr. MCNERNEY. SPEIER. H.R. 5497: Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. f H.R. 4677: Ms. HARMAN. BRIGHT, Mrs. DAHLKEMPER, Mr. CHILDERS, H.R. 4684: Mr. AKIN, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. HILL, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of Cali- Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mrs. EMERSON, Ms. fornia, Mr. BOREN, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. DISCHARGE PETITIONS FOXX, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, LARSON of Connecticut, and Mr. NYE. [Omitted from the Record of June 17, 2010] Mr. HERGER, Ms. KOSMAS, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. H.R. 5501: Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. Under clause 2 of rule XV, the fol- NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. ROSS, MCCARTHY of California, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. NUNES, Mr. SIMPSON, Mrs. lowing discharge petition was filed: LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. MOORE MYRICK, Mr. BOOZMAN, and Mr. SCALISE. Petition 11, June 16, 2010, by Mr. STEVE of Kansas, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. LIPINSKI, H.R. 5503: Mr. QUIGLEY and Mr. CONNOLLY KING of Iowa on H.R. 4972, was signed by the Mr. FLEMING, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. BUYER, Mr. of Virginia. following Members: Steve King, Connie WAMP, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK of Arizona, Mr. H.R. 5513: Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mack, and Michele Bachmann.

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Vol. 156 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 2010 No. 94 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was appoint the Honorable JEANNE SHAHEEN, a to executive session to consider en bloc called to order by the Honorable Senator from the State of New Hampshire, Executive Calendar Nos. 493, 494, 556, JEANNE SHAHEEN, a Senator from the to perform the duties of the Chair. 581, 589, 590, 592, 647, 705, 722, 726, 747, State of New Hampshire. ROBERT C. BYRD, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788, 794, 799, 800, President pro tempore. 801, 824 to and including 830, 836 to and PRAYER Mrs. SHAHEEN thereupon assumed including 842, 844 to and including 848, the chair as Acting President pro tem- 880, 881, 882, 902, 904 to and including The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- pore. fered the following prayer: 907, 908, 916, 923 to and including 928, Let us pray. f 930, 938, 939, 940, 941, 942, 943, 944, 952 Eternal God, who daily showers us RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY and all nominations on the Secretary’s with blessings, open our eyes to the LEADER desk in NOAA; that the nominations be generosity of Your grace. Help us to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- confirmed en bloc, the motions to re- see in the beauty and bounty that sur- pore. The majority leader is recog- consider be laid on the table en bloc, rounds us the movement of Your loving nized. that no further motions be in order, and any statements relating to the providence. Remind our lawmakers of f their responsibility to use Your bless- nominations be printed in the RECORD; ings to make a better Nation and SCHEDULE that the President be immediately no- world, and that to whom much is Mr. REID. Madam President, fol- tified of the Senate’s action and the given, much is expected. Lord, give lowing leader remarks there will be a Senate resume legislative session. them the wisdom to relinquish their period for morning business until 12:30 The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- control and to ask You to take charge, p.m. today, with Senators being al- pore. Is there objection? Without objec- guiding their steps by Your power. lowed during that period of time to tion, it is so ordered. Break the bonds of self-sufficiency by speak for up to 10 minutes each. The The nominations considered and con- showing them what they can accom- majority will control the first 30 min- firmed en bloc are as follows: plish with Your supernatural strength. utes, the Republicans will control the NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD We pray in Your mighty Name. next hour, and then the majority will Brian Hayes, of Massachusetts, to be a Amen. control the next 30 minutes, with the Member of the National Labor Relations remaining time equally divided and Board for the term of five years expiring De- f controlled between the two leaders or cember 16, 2012. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE their designees. Mark Gaston Pearce, of New York, to be a The Senate will recess at 12:30 until Member of the National Labor Relations The Honorable JEANNE SHAHEEN led 2:15 for weekly caucus meetings. Board for the term of five years expiring Au- the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: gust 27, 2013. Rollcall votes are still possible this I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the afternoon. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT United States of America, and to the Repub- I suggest the absence of a quorum. Benjamin B. Tucker, of New York, to be lic for which it stands, one nation under God, The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Deputy Director for State, Local, and Tribal indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. pore. The clerk will call the roll. Affairs, Office of National Drug Control Pol- f The legislative clerk proceeded to icy. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE APPOINTMENT OF ACTING call the roll. Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask John H. Laub, of the District of Columbia, PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE unanimous consent the order for the to be Director of the National Institute of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The quorum call be rescinded. Justice. clerk will please read a communication The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- AMTRAK BOARD OF DIRECTORS to the Senate from the President pro pore. Without objection, it is so or- Anthony R. Coscia, of New Jersey, to be a tempore (Mr. BYRD). dered. Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years. The legislative clerk read the fol- f lowing letter: Albert DiClemente, of Delaware, to be a EXECUTIVE SESSION Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors U.S. SENATE, for the remainder of the term expiring July PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, 26, 2011. Washington, DC, June 22, 2010. EXECUTIVE CALENDAR To the Senate: NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask Mark R. Rosekind, of California, to be a of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby unanimous consent the Senate proceed Member of the National Transportation

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Safety Board for a term expiring December SPECIAL PANEL ON APPEALS NATIONAL BOARD FOR EDUCATION SCIENCES 31, 2014. Dennis P. Walsh, of Maryland, to be Chair- Adam Gamoran, of Wisconsin, to be a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES man of the Special Panel on Appeals for a Member of the Board of Directors of the Na- Jim R. Esquea, of New York, to be an As- term of six years. tional Board for Education Sciences for a sistant Secretary of Health and Human Serv- THE JUDICIARY term expiring November 28, 2011. ices, vice Vincent J. Ventimiglia, Jr. Milton C. Lee, Jr., of the District of Co- Deborah Loewenberg Ball, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE lumbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Su- National Board for Education Sciences for a James P. Lynch, of the District of Colum- perior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years, vice Jerry Stewart term expiring November 28, 2012. bia, to be Director of the Bureau of Justice Margaret R. McLeod, of the District of Co- Statistics, vice Jeffrey L. Sedgwick. Byrd. Todd E. Edelman, of the District of Colum- lumbia, to be a Member of the Board of Di- DEPARTMENT OF STATE bia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior rectors of the National Board for Education Judith Ann Stewart Stock, of Virginia, to Court of the District of Columbia for the Sciences for a term expiring November 28, be an Assistant Secretary of State (Edu- term of fifteen years. 2012, vice Elizabeth Ann Bryan. cational and Cultural Affairs). Judith Anne Smith, of the District of Co- Bridget Terry Long, of Massachusetts, to DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY lumbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Su- be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a Patricia A. Hoffman, of Virginia, to be an perior Court of the District of Columbia for term expiring November 28, 2012, vice Joseph Assistant Secretary of Energy (Electricity the term of fifteen years. K. Torgesen. Delivery and Energy Reliability), vice Kevin DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT M. Kolevar. Eduardo M. Ochoa, of California, to be As- NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY sistant Secretary for Postsecondary Edu- David K. Mineta, of California, to be Dep- uty Director for Demand Reduction, Office of Ari Ne’eman, of Maryland, to be a Member cation, Department of Education. National Drug Control Policy. of the National Council on Disability for a DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES term expiring September 17, 2012, vice Robert James L. Taylor, of Virginia, to be Chief Davila. Financial Officer, Department of Labor, vice Sherry Glied, of New York, to be an Assist- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Douglas W. Webster. ant Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice Benjamin Eric Sasse. David T. Matsuda, of the District of Co- NATIONAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES lumbia, to be Administrator of the Maritime BOARD STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE Administration. Robert Wedgeworth, of Illinois, to be a Daniel J. Becker, of Utah, to be a Member MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION Member of the National Museum and Library of the Board of Directors of the State Justice Michael F. Tillman, of California, to be a Services Board for a term expiring December Institute for a term expiring September 17, Member of the Marine Mammal Commission 6, 2013, vice Amy Owen. 2010. for a term expiring May 13, 2011, vice John Carla D. Hayden, of Illinois, to be a Mem- James R. Hannah, of Arkansas, to be a Elliott Reynolds, III. ber of the National Museum and Library Member of the Board of Directors of the Daryl J. Boness, of Maine, to be a Member Services Board for a term expiring December State Justice Institute for a term expiring of the Marine Mammal Commission for a 6, 2014, vice Kevin Owen Starr. September 17, 2010. term expiring May 13, 2010. John Coppola, of Florida, to be a Member Gayle A. Nachtigal, of Oregon, to be a Daryl J. Boness, of Maine, to be a Member of the National Museum and Library Serv- Member of the Board of Directors of the of the Marine Mammal Commission for a ices Board for a term expiring December 6, State Justice Institute for a term expiring term expiring May 13, 2013. 2013, vice Gail Daly. September 17, 2012. Winston Tabb, of Maryland, to be a Mem- John B. Nalbandian, of Kentucky, to be a NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD ber of the National Museum and Library Member of the Board of Directors of the Earl F. Weener, of Oregon, to be a Member Services Board for a term expiring December State Justice Institute for a term expiring of the National Transportation Safety Board 6, 2013, vice Beverly Allen. September 17, 2010. for the remainder of the term expiring De- Lawrence J. Pijeaux, Jr., of Alabama, to be Marsha J. Rabiteau, of Connecticut, to be cember 31, 2010. a Member of the National Museum and Li- a Member of the Board of Directors of the AMTRAK BOARD OF DIRECTORS brary Services Board for a term expiring De- State Justice Institute for a term expiring Jeffrey R. Moreland, of Texas, to be a Di- cember 6, 2014. September 17, 2010. Herna´ n D. Vera, of California, to be a rector of the Amtrak Board of Directors for DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY a term of five years. Member of the Board of Directors of the Donald L. Cook, of Washington, to be Dep- State Justice Institute for a term expiring ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY uty Administrator for Defense Programs, September 17, 2012. Arthur Allen Elkins, Jr., of Maryland, to National Nuclear Security Administration. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION be Inspector General, Environmental Protec- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE tion Agency. Marie Collins Johns, of the District of Co- Sharon E. Burke, of Maryland, to be Direc- lumbia, to be Deputy Administrator of the PEACE CORPS tor of Operational Energy Plans and Pro- Small Business Administration. Carolyn Hessler Radelet, of the District of grams. Columbia, to be Deputy Director of the Katherine Hammack, of Arizona, to be an DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Peace Corps. Assistant Secretary of the Army. Thomas Edward Delahanty II, of Maine, to be United States Attorney for the District of OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION Michael J. McCord, of Virginia, to be Prin- cipal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Maine for the term of four years. Elizabeth L. Littlefield, of the District of (Comptroller). Wendy J. Olson, of Idaho, to be United Columbia, to be President of the Overseas Elizabeth A. McGrath, of Virginia, to be States Attorney for the District of Idaho for Private Investment Corporation, vice Robert Deputy Chief Management Officer of the De- the term of four years. A. Mosbacher. partment of Defense. James A. Lewis, of Illinois, to be United INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION, UNITED DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY States Attorney for the Central District of STATES AND CANADA Illinois for the term of four years. Jeffrey A. Lane, of Virginia, to be an As- Lana Pollack, of Michigan, to be a Com- Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr., of Louisiana, to sistant Secretary of Energy (Congressional missioner on the part of the United States be United States Attorney for the Middle and Intergovernmental Affairs). on the International Joint Commission, District of Louisiana for the term of four United States and Canada. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION years. FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT Cheryl A. LaFleur, of Massachusetts, to be Henry Lee Whitehorn, Sr., of Louisiana, to BOARD a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory be United States Marshal for the Western Commission for the term expiring June 30, District of Louisiana for the term of four Dana Katherine Bilyeu, of Nevada, to be a 2014, vice Suedeen G. Kelly. years. Member of the Federal Retirement Thrift In- Philip D. Moeller, of Washington, to be a Kevin Charles Harrison, of Louisiana, to be vestment Board for a term expiring October Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory United States Marshal for the Middle Dis- 11, 2011. Commission for the term expiring June 30, trict of Louisiana for the term of four years. Michael D. Kennedy, of Georgia, to be a 2015. Charles Gillen Dunne, of New York, to be Member of the Federal Retirement Thrift In- United States Marshal for the Eastern Dis- vestment Board for a term expiring Sep- OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION trict of New York for the term of four years. tember 25, 2010. Michael James Warren, of the District of Michael D. Kennedy, of Georgia, to be a Columbia, to be a Member of the Board of Di- NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD Member of the Federal Retirement Thrift In- rectors of the Overseas Private Investment Earl F. Weener, of Oregon, to be a Member vestment Board for a term expiring Sep- Corporation for a term expiring December 17, of the National Transportation Safety Board tember 25, 2014. 2011. for a term expiring December 31, 2015.

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BAILEY, which nomina- ing not about how to pay for the ex- $230 billion surplus, and if you follow tions were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June tenders bill that is on the floor or how the spending patterns we have laid out 8, 2010. to use this bill to cut the debt but over the next 10 years, you will gen- about how much money to add to the erate a $5 trillion surplus in the Treas- f debt in the process of passing it. ury—$230 billion now, plan for a $5 tril- LEGISLATIVE SESSION Here is another idea Democrats lion surplus. At that time the debt of The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- should consider, one that Americans America, the accumulated debt of pore. The Senate will resume legisla- have been proposing loudly and clearly: America, from George Washington tive session. Stop spending money you do not have. through Bill Clinton, all of the debt we Stop spending money you do not have. had amassed, $5 trillion. f The American people do not think our George W. Bush. Welcome to Wash- NOMINATIONS problem is that the government taxes ington. A surplus. A plan to increase Mr. REID. Let me express my appre- too little. Our problem is that the gov- the surplus. A plan to spend down the ciation to our being able to work ernment taxes too much and that it national debt. But what happened in 8 through some of these. There are quite spends too much and borrows too years of Republican rule, fiscally con- a few left to go. The Secretary for the much. Until Democrats demonstrate servative Republican rule? I will tell majority just indicated to me that even the slightest ability to restrain you what happened. The national debt there are some other names that will the recklessness with which they spend went from $5 trillion to $12 trillion. How do you do that in 8 years? Well, be cleared later today. So I appreciate America’s hard-earned tax dollars, the you wage two wars that you do not pay this very much. This is going to be a job creators and the workers of this for, and you give tax breaks to the step forward. These are all very impor- country are not about to take them se- wealthiest people in America, and you tant. This will allow these people to riously on how to lower the national have a prescription drug plan that is get their lives in order. There is no debt. not paid for as well under Republican need to talk about why we did not have The American people should not be Presidents. it done sooner. We did not. We have got asked to pay the price for Democrats’ recklessness through higher taxes. The national debt from Bill Clinton, it done now, and that is a step forward $5 trillion; to the end of President for the Senate and our country. America faces a debt crisis. Democrats have done nothing whatsoever to show George W. Bush, $12 trillion, and a lit- f they understand that. Breaking a cam- tle gift that President George W. Bush RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY paign pledge now will not help; cutting left to President Barack Obama as he LEADER spending will. left office. No, he did not leave him the I yield the floor. $230 billion that he was given as he The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- came into the presidency. No, he hand- pore. The Republican leader is recog- f ed off to President Obama a $1.3 tril- nized. RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME lion deficit. Welcome to Washington, f The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- President Obama. And when you take NOMINATIONS pore. Under the previous order, the your hand off the Bible at the swearing leadership time is reserved. in, let’s mention too that the Bush eco- Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, nomic policies have now cost us, that I would say to my good friend, the ma- f month, January, that month in 2009, jority leader, as he knows, this is an MORNING BUSINESS 750,000 American jobs. Now we hear agreement we have been prepared to from the Republican side of the aisle make since last month. I am glad we The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- these pious incantations about our were able to finally work our way pore. Under the previous order, there budget deficit. through it and get a significant num- will now be a period of morning busi- Well, it is a problem. But let’s put ber of these nominations confirmed. ness until 12:30 p.m., with Senators per- the blame where it belongs. When the mitted to speak for up to 10 minutes f Republicans had their chance, they each, with the time equally divided and took a surplus and turned it into the NEW TAXES controlled between the two leaders or biggest deficit in the history of the Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, their designees, with the majority con- United States. When President Bush it is now official. Top Democrats on trolling the first 30 minutes, the Re- had his economic policies in place, we Capitol Hill are starting to signal their publicans controlling the next 60 min- doubled the national debt. When Presi- intention to raise taxes on the middle utes, and the majority controlling the dent Bush left office, he left the econ- class. The House majority leader in a next 30 minutes. omy in the worst recession we have had speech today warned that in order to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- since the Great Depression. do anything about the debt crisis Re- pore. The Senator from Illinois. Now come the Republicans and say: publicans have been speaking about on Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, I ask We need to cut spending. Well, let’s go the Senate floor in recent weeks, Presi- unanimous consent to speak as in back and look at another lesson in his- dent Obama will have no choice, no morning business. tory. This goes even further back—80 choice, but to break his campaign The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- years, the worst economic situation in pledge of ‘‘no new taxes’’ for millions pore. Without objection, it is so or- modern times in America, the Great of American families. dered. Depression. I heard about it as a kid. That is the majority leader in the f But it was not as if my parents were House of Representatives in a speech giving me a history lesson, they were today, saying that the President will DEFICIT SPENDING AND giving me a story about our family, have no choice but to break his prom- UNEMPLOYMENT how my mom and dad got married in ise of no new taxes for millions of Mr. DURBIN. The minority leader, 1928, had their first baby in 1929, and American families. Senator MCCONNELL, is right. Deficits their second baby in 1931, and tried to Respectfully, I think this is a tough are important. So are facts. Let’s men- raise a family in the Great Depression. argument for the Democratic leader- tion a few facts on the floor of the Sen- Their lives were changed forever. Their ship in the House that will not even ate. When was the last time the U.S. view of the world changed forever. My

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The Senator from Maryland. change this. We are going to get Amer- You know what the Republicans are f ica back on its feet. You have nothing up to now? Last week we asked them: KAGAN NOMINATION to fear but fear itself. We are going to Would you please extend unemploy- put people back to work. We are going ment benefits for these millions of Mr. CARDIN. Madam President, this to give them government jobs if we Americans who are out of work. In my Monday the Senate Judiciary Com- cannot find them jobs in the private State the unemployment rate is 10.8 mittee will begin the confirmation sector. We are going to tell our farm- percent. It has been around that for hearings for Elena Kagan to be an As- ers, you are going to survive because several months now. Boone County, sociate Justice of the Supreme Court. we are going to basically stand behind 16.6 percent; Pulaski County, way down These confirmation hearings will pro- you through the tough years. Whether south, 12 percent; western edge of our vide an opportunity to the public to see it is a drought or a flood, we are going State, Hancock County, 11.8 percent; firsthand how important Supreme to be around to help you get through to and in Clark County, in the south- Court decisions are in their ordinary the next year. We are going to make eastern end of our State, 13.7 percent. lives. There are many examples we sure that banks do not fail. We are There are 717,000 people in Illinois offi- could give, from schools to consumer going to inject government into this cially unemployed. issues to personal lives, privacy, reli- economy and get America back on its The Republicans say: Cut off their gious protections, helping the environ- feet. unemployment benefits. That is what ment, the workplace. At that time the unemployment rate they voted for last Thursday. And In recent years, by a sharply divided in America was 25 percent. When the 80,000 of those 717,000 unemployed will Court, they have reversed precedent New Deal got started, they brought it lose their unemployment benefits. and congressional intent and ruled on down 13 percent, cut it in half because What happens to the unemployment the side of big business over individual of government investment in this econ- check? It is the most quickly spent rights. This is judicial activism, not ju- omy. People went back to work. They government check ever sent out. Des- dicial restraint. I hope all my col- left the long lines waiting for soup and perate people out of work take that leagues will agree that the next Su- bread and started earning some money. check and turn it into groceries and preme Court Justice should be on the They built highways. They built clothes and shoes and gas in the car side of individual Americans, following bridges. They built stadiums. They and utility bills and rent and mortgage legal precedent and congressional in- built parts of America we still use payments as quickly as they receive it. tent. today. It was an investment by the It is money right back into the econ- I wish to give an example—I know government in our economy to bring us omy. They want to cut it off because my colleagues will give others—about out of the worst depression we had ever we have a deficit. workplace fairness in Ledbetter v. faced. I understand this deficit. I am on the Goodyear Tire. Let me provide a little Then, after a few years what hap- Deficit Commission, and I understand background. Lilly Ledbetter worked pened? Republican critics came for- taking it seriously. But let’s take seri- for 19 years at Goodyear Tire. During ward and said, wait a minute. This is ously putting America back to work. that period, she was paid $15,000 a year deficit spending. We are spending This Republican approach of cutting less than her male counterparts doing money we do not have. We have got to the unemployment compensation for the same work. This type of discrimi- stop. And they prevailed, just as Sen- people who lost their jobs through no nation is prohibited by congressional ator MCCONNELL wants to prevail fault of their own is a strategy that statute under the Civil Rights Act of today. Hit the brakes. Stop spending. failed in the 1930s and is going to fail 1964. Within that legislation, title VII You know what happened? They pre- us now. was specifically enacted to protect vailed with that argument. You know We have to believe in America and a American workers from undue dis- what happened with the unemployment better day when people are back to crimination, including gender discrimi- rate? It went from 13 percent back to 19 work and this economy is moving for- nation. When Mrs. Ledbetter found out percent, and the sick economy contin- ward. We will deal with this deficit she was being discriminated against, ued for years until the war came along, with a strong economy, with Ameri- she did the right thing: she brought a World War II, and we had a massive in- cans working, not by quaking and quiv- claim against her employer. vestment in our Nation to protect our ering and saying we cannot put money The only reason Mrs. Ledbetter knew Nation, to give our troops what they back into the hands of those who are she was being paid less than her male needed, and we put people back to out of work. That is one of the fun- counterparts was because a colleague work. damentals in this government. It is the finally told her. This is not unusual. In Now we are about to repeat history. way we take this great free market fact, in most employment discrimina- The Republicans come to us now and system of ours, when it falls on hard tion cases, employees are unaware of say, we have got to stop putting money times, and move it forward again. discrimination until an unexpected back into the economy. It creates def- All of the speeches we will hear from event occurs or undisclosed informa- icit. Yes, it does. But if you do not get the other side of the aisle about defi- tion finally comes to light. the 14 million unemployed Americans cits are going to overlook the obvious. Mrs. Ledbetter went to court, stated back to work, the deficit will get Were it not for the failed economic her claim, and won. After multiple ap- worse. They will not be paying taxes, policies of the Bush administration, we peals, the case reached the Supreme they will be drawing on government would not be where we are today. Were Court. The Supreme Court, by a 5-to-4 services. it not for the doubling of the national decision, denied her claim. The Court We want them back to work. And it debt under the last Republican Presi- said Mrs. Ledbetter had to file her case means making sure we make invest- dent, we would not be where we are within 180 days after the beginning of ments in America that count—helping today. the discrimination, and since she did small businesses; tax credits and tax It seems that those on the other side not do that, her claim was barred by deductions for small businesses; credit of the aisle have, I guess, an extreme the statute of limitations. This defies for small businesses; government ac- sensitivity to deficits when there is a logic. How can a person bring a claim tively moving forward to give small Democratic President, and are obliv- when they don’t know they are being businesses a chance to keep their em- ious to them when there is a Repub- discriminated against? It makes no ployees and hire more. lican President. The American people sense.

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What hap- dent, let me thank the Senator from does mean we have to control that mo- pened to judicial restraint from a ma- Maryland for his comments about the tivation through the law. One of the jority of the Court that professes that Ledbetter decision. ways we control that motivation is what they believe is right? If an em- What we are gathering on the floor through the law is with punitive dam- ployee is being discriminated against, today to discuss is whether American ages—punitive damages assessed there should be effective remedy. If corporations are getting something through the jury. they don’t know they were discrimi- more than a fair shake from Repub- Let me say a quick word about the nated against, it doesn’t make the lican appointees on the Supreme Court, jury. The jury is an American institu- error any less wrong when they find whether there is a bit of a systemic tion of government. It is mentioned out about it. The Court is clearly out lean in favor of corporate interests on three times in the Constitution and of touch with the impact they have on the part of those judges to the point Bill of Rights. It is there for a reason. everyday Americans. where we really now need to call that It is there for a very important reason. This case is a perfect example of out because it is beyond what statistics When de Tocqueville wrote ‘‘Democ- hurting female workers. As of 2009, could possibly justify. racy in America,’’ he wrote about the women comprised 46.8 percent of the Certainly, the Ledbetter decision jury that it is ‘‘an institution of the U.S. labor force. As of 2009, 66 million helps prove that point. We have at a sovereignty of the people.’’ He wrote women were employed in the United company a woman who does not know that in a chapter whose heading was States; 74 percent were employed full she is being discriminated against; that about protecting against the tyranny time; 26 percent, part time. Equal pay for the same work as her male col- of the majority. has been U.S. law for more than four leagues, she is being paid less. She has The Founding Fathers saw it that decades. But on average, women today no way to know that. She does not way because they saw corrupt colonial still make just 78 cents for every dollar know that. The fact that she does not Governors. They saw legislatures that made by a man in an equivalent posi- know that is held against her rather had panicked in that period between tion. Women of color are in an even than against the company which dis- independence and the Constitution. Re- worse position. The average earnings criminated against her. The company member Thomas Jefferson talking for African-American women were 68 was able to get off scot-free for all about the Virginia Legislature, saying: percent of a male’s earnings, while those months and years of discrimina- We have turned out 1 tyrant, and now Latinos earn just 58 percent of a male’s tion before she found out what they we have 270 tyrants—or whatever the earnings. The Supreme Court ruled were doing to her. The law did not re- number was—of the Virginia Assembly. against precedent and actually made it quire that particular answer. As the They had to go back, and Madison had more difficult for women to bridge this dissenting Justices pointed out, it was, to rethink the balance of powers. They gap. That is not what we want from the in fact, the wrong answer. But it cer- adopted what is now the American sys- Supreme Court of the United States. tainly served the interests of corpora- tem of government. They had an expe- That is not what we want as far as the tions across America to limit their li- rience that there needed to be a place activism of the Supreme Court is con- ability when they discriminate against where one could go to get a clean deci- cerned. their employees. sion from a jury of one’s peers. And it When the Court turned the law com- The case I wish to talk about is the didn’t matter who the Governor was, pletely on its head and circumvented Exxon decision where the Supreme who the general assembly was, what congressional intent, Congress stepped Court threw out a jury verdict after the power structure was; there was in. I am proud to say that my senior the Exxon Valdez oilspill, a jury ver- some place in American Government Senator, Ms. MIKULSKI, introduced the dict for punitive damages in the where power did not count, where the Lilly Ledbetter Equal Pay Act, which I amount of $5 billion. Sounds like a lot powerful and the powerless had the cosponsored. This legislation had 54 of money. It is a lot of money, but at same shot. That is why it is in the Con- Senate cosponsors and passed the Sen- the time, it was just 1 year of profits stitution. That is why it is described as ate by a vote of 61 to 36. The House of for Exxon. a mode of the sovereignty of the peo- Representatives passed the bill by a Remember what they did in this case. ple. vote of 255 to 177. On January 29, 2009, They took this gigantic tanker, the When the Supreme Court takes away President Obama signed his first bill Exxon Valdez, and they allowed the from the jury what seems to me to be into law, the Lilly Ledbetter Equal captain, a known alcoholic, to get on a reasonable punitive damage assess- Pay Act. board drunk, to continue drinking ment—if they had really been whacked Under our system of checks and bal- heavily while on board, and to steer for $5 billion, who knows what message ances, each branch of government has a the Valdez aground in Prince William that might have sent through the oil responsibility to keep the other in Sound, creating what was then, in 1989, industry. Conceivably, it might have check. But we all should be on the side the biggest oilspill in American his- prevented the oilspill in the gulf if it of the American people and workers. tory. really rattled their cages enough. But, As the Judiciary Committee and the Prince William Sound is still recov- no, it interfered with the predictability Senate convene next week to consider ering from that. Our colleagues from corporations want. So the Supreme the nomination of Elena Kagan, we Alaska will tell us that one can still Court threw out the $5 billion punitive need to remember whose side we are pick up rocks on the seashore and see damage assessment—just 1 year’s prof- on. We need to remember that big busi- the oil on the underside of the rocks. it for that company—and knocked it ness can and will fend for itself, but it We all remember the images we first down 90 percent. They adopted a rule is individuals who look to the Court saw there—and are now seeing trag- that it couldn’t be more than one-to- and to Congress to uphold the law and ically echoed in the gulf—of birds, ma- one with damages. It is not in the Con- the protections it delivers. rine mammals covered in oil, poisoned stitution. It is not statutory. They just Elena Kagan will be the fourth by oil, dying on the shores and beaches decided that the interests of corpora- woman to serve on the Nation’s highest or, if they can be found, being recov- tions in predictability were so impor- Court, and this will be the first time in ered by human volunteers who try to tant that paying back Alaskans for the history we will have three women serv- clean them up and save their lives. It damage done and putting a punitive as- ing on the Court at the same time. was a very significant error by Exxon. sessment on top of it that would pre- Elena Kagan’s record as Solicitor Gen- Everybody knows corporations are vent this from happening again was eral and her broad legal background all about their bottom line. That is not less important. Predictability was give me confidence that she under- me saying that; that is the law of cor- more important; deterring misconduct

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America, with 21,000 employees and about our Chief Justice: I yield the floor. hundreds of millions of dollars in an- In every major case since he became the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- nual profits. On the other side stood nation’s seventeenth Chief Justice, Roberts pore. The Senator from Minnesota. Antonio Jackson, an African-American has sided with the prosecution over the de- Mr. FRANKEN. Madam President, I account manager in Nevada who fendant, the state over the condemned, the couldn’t agree more with my colleague sought to bring a civil rights claim executive branch over the legislative, and from Rhode Island and his eloquent against his employer. Jackson claims the corporate defendant over the individual statement, as well as my colleague plaintiff. Even more than Scalia, who has that Rent-A-Center repeatedly passed embodied judicial conservatism during a from Maryland. I think we are going to him over for promotions and promoted generation of service on the Supreme Court, be hearing a lot about this Roberts non-African-American employees with Roberts has served the interests and re- Court as we head into and during the less experience. flected the values of the contemporary Re- Kagan hearings. Although Jackson signed an employ- publican Party. I rise today to talk about Americans’ ment contract agreeing to arbitrate all Remember, this is the one who, when basic right to have their day in court. employment claims, he also knew the being confirmed, said he was only The Supreme Court has always been a contract was unfair, so he challenged it going to call balls and strikes, as if towering institution, both physically in court. But yesterday the Supreme that was even an apt metaphor. Well, it and metaphorically. Until recently, as Court sided with Rent-A-Center, ruling seems that the strike zone for indi- visitors walked up the steep steps of that an arbitrator, not a court, should vidual plaintiffs is a lot smaller in this the Supreme Court’s front doors, they decide whether an arbitration clause is Court than the strike zone for the big entered underneath a mantle inscribed valid. Let me say that again. The arbi- corporations. I will pick out a part of ‘‘Equal Justice Under Law.’’ Now those trator gets to decide whether an arbi- the sentence: bronze doors are closed to the public. tration clause is valid. Let me repeat In every major case since he became the That may have been because of secu- that. The arbitrator gets to decide Nation’s seventeenth Chief Justice, Roberts rity concerns, but it is hard to imagine whether the arbitration clause is valid. has sided with the corporate defendant over a better metaphor for what has been That is just one step away from letting the individual plaintiff. happening to our Court. The Roberts the corporation itself decide whether a That is as of May 25, 2009. Court has consistently denied hard- contract is fair. If you take a look at the decision working people their day in court, In doing so, the Supreme Court made that came down today in Rent-A-Cen- blocking them from their entrance to it even harder for ordinary people to ter v. Jackson, an employee challenges the courtroom. protect their rights at work. Justice a contract saying, Wait a minute. I Many of my colleagues remember me Stevens, not surprisingly, wrote the should not have to be a party to that speaking on the Senate floor about dissent. As he did in Gross, Stevens contract because the circumstances Jamie Leigh Jones. As a 20-year-old, notes that the Supreme Court, yet that caused me to enter into that con- she went to Iraq as a contractor for again, decided this case along lines tract were unconscionable. I should be KBR, then a Halliburton subsidy. She ‘‘neither briefed by the parties nor re- protected from that contract because it complained about sexual harassment lied upon by the Court of Appeals.’’ In was unconscionable to force me to sign almost immediately. She was put in a other words, the Supreme Court went it. The contract requires that you go barracks with 400 men and a handful of out of its way to close those bronze and arbitrate instead of having access women. When she complained to KBR, doors—and keep them closed. Clearly, to—guess what—the jury. they not only ignored her, they this is a ruling that Congress needs to The Supreme Court said the decision mocked her. They told her, Oh, go fix, and I look forward to working with over whether it is unconscionable spend the day in the spa. Four days my colleagues to do so. should go to the arbitrator. You later, she was drugged and brutally Sometimes it is easy to forget that wouldn’t even be at the arbitrator if gang raped by her coworkers and then the Supreme Court matters to average the contract weren’t valid. It is topsy- locked in a shipping container with no people—to our neighbors and our kids. turvy logic. But, once again, it reflects contact with the outside world. Some have tried to convince us that the fact that the strike zone for cor- What happened to Jamie Leigh in Supreme Court rulings only matter if porations is a lot bigger with the Re- Iraq was bad enough, but because of you want to burn a flag or sell pornog- publican appointees of this Court than the Supreme Court’s decision in Circuit raphy or commit some horrendous the strike zone for regular people. City Stores v. Adams, KBR had been crime. But as Jamie Leigh Jones and I see Senator FRANKEN from Min- able to force Jamie to sign an employ- Antonio Jackson show us, the Supreme nesota here waiting to speak, and I will ment contract that required her to ar- Court is about much more than that. It yield the floor so he may do so. bitrate all job disputes rather than is about whether you have a right to a As we face this question of Elena bringing them to a court of law. So workplace where you won’t get raped Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Jamie, now a teacher in a Christian and whether you can defend those Court, we need to be clear that when school in Texas, was forced to spend rights in court before a jury after- the opponents talk about rule of law, the next 4 years fighting to get her day wards. It is about whether corporations when they talk about not having activ- in court after being gang raped on the will continue to have inordinate power ist judges, when they talk about mak- job. She has had two reconstructive to control your life with their armies ing sure corporations get a fair shake, surgeries since this happened. Let me of lawyers and their contracts filled there is actually a little bit more going say this again. She was brutally gang with fine print. It is about whether on here. There is a little bit more going raped on the job and still had to fight they can force you to sign away your on here, and what is going on here is to get her day in court. rights in an unfair employment con- that over and over and over again the I am proud the Senate passed my tract so you never see the inside of a Republican appointees to the U.S. Su- amendment to give victims such as courtroom. It is, quite frankly, about preme Court, when they have the Jamie Leigh Jones a chance for justice the kind of society we want to live in. chance, will rule in favor of the cor- and I was proud to see it signed into Next week, the Judiciary Committee poration and against the individual de- law. But, sadly, we are about to see a will hold hearings on the nomination of fendant. It is not surprising, since the lot more Jamie Leighs denied their day Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Republicans are the party of the cor- in court. Just yesterday, as Senator Court. Those hearings provide a good porations, that the judges they appoint WHITEHOUSE noted, the Court erected opportunity for us to examine the leg- want to help the corporations. We yet another hurdle for people seeking acy of the Roberts Court and talk

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A vast majority, though, some 90 per- impassioned dissent in yesterday’s sorbing forests will ultimately be destroyed cent, use woody residue as a feedstock, ac- Rent-A-Center ruling. I hope General to feed a voracious biomass industry fueled cording to the Biomass Power Association. Kagan has learned from Justice Ste- inappropriately by clean-energy subsidies. About 75 percent of biomass electricity vens and takes his words to heart. I They also argue that, like any incinerating comes from the paper and pulp companies, look forward to questioning her during operation, biomass plants generate all sorts which collect their residues and burn them of other pollution, including particulate to generate power for themselves. these hearings. I want to make sure matter. State and federal regulators are now But more than 80 operations in 20 states she understands that Supreme Court puzzling over these arguments. are grid-connected and generate power for cases impact all of our lives—and that Last month, in outlining its plans to regu- sale to local utilities and distribution to res- she will be the kind of Justice who be- late greenhouse gases, the Environmental idential and commercial customers, a $1 bil- lieves in equal justice under the law. Protection Agency declined to exempt emis- lion industry, according to the association. Thank you, Madam President. I yield sions from ‘‘biogenic’’ sources like biomass The increasing availability of subsidies and the floor. power plants. That dismayed the biomass tax incentives has put dozens of new projects The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- and forest products industries, which typi- in the development pipeline. cally describe biomass as ‘‘carbon neutral.’’ The problem with all this biomass, critics pore. The Senator from Tennessee. The agency said more deliberation was argue, is that wood can actually churn out Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, needed. more greenhouse gases than coal. New trees how much time do I have? Meanwhile, plans for several biomass might well cancel that out, but they do not The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- plants around the country have been dropped grow overnight. That means the low-carbon pore. The Republicans have 60 minutes, because of stiff community opposition. attributes of biomass are often realized too and individual Senators are limited to In March, a $250 million biomass power slowly to be particularly useful for com- 10 minutes. project planned for Gretna, Fla., was aban- bating climate change. doned after residents complained that it Supporters of the technology say those Mr. ALEXANDER. Would the Chair threatened air quality. Two planned plants limitations can be overcome with tight regu- please let me know when 9 minutes in Indiana have faced similar grass-roots op- lation of what materials are burned and how have expired. position. they are harvested. ‘‘The key question is the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- In April, an association of family physi- rate of use,’’ said Ben Larson of the Union of pore. We will. cians in North Carolina told state regulators Concerned Scientists, an environmental Mr. ALEXANDER. Thank you, that biomass power plants there, like other group based in Cambridge, Mass., that sup- Madam President. plants and factories that pollute the air, ports the sensible use of biomass power. ‘‘We could ‘‘increase the risk of premature death, need to consider which sources are used, and f asthma, chronic bronchitis and heart dis- how the land is taken care of over the long ENERGY DEBATE ease.’’ haul.’’ In Massachusetts, fierce opposition to a But critics maintain that ‘‘sustainable’’ Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, handful of projects in the western part of the biomass power is an oxymoron, and that no- last week the New York Times ran a state, including Mr. Wolfe’s, prompted offi- where near enough residual material exists story, and I ask unanimous consent to cials to order a moratorium on new permits to feed a large-scale industry. Plant owners, have it printed in the RECORD at this last December, and to commission a sci- they say, will inevitably be forced to seek time. entific review of the environmental creden- out less beneficial fuels, including whole There being no objection, the mate- tials of biomass power. trees harvested from tracts of land that That study, released last week, concluded rial was ordered to be printed in the never would have been logged otherwise. that, at least in Massachusetts, power plants Those trees, critics say, would do far more to RECORD, as follows: using woody material as fuel would probably absorb planet-warming gases if they were [From the New York Times, June 18, 2010] prove worse for the climate than existing simply let alone. NET BENEFITS OF BIOMASS POWER UNDER coal plants over the next several decades. ‘‘The fact is, you might get six or seven SCRUTINY Plants that generate both heat and power, megawatts of power from residues in Massa- displacing not just coal but also oil and gas, chusetts,’’ said Chris Matera, the founder of (By Tom Zeller, Jr.) could yield dividends faster, the report said. Massachusetts Forest Watch. ‘‘They’re plan- GREENFIELD, MA.—Matthew Wolfe, an en- But in every case, the study found, much de- ning on building about 200 megawatts. So it’s ergy developer with plans to turn tree pends on what is burned, how it is burned, a red herring. It’s not about burning waste branches and other woody debris into elec- how forests are managed and how the indus- wood. This is about burning trees.’’ tric power, sees himself as a positive force in try is regulated. Whether or not that is true, biomass power the effort to wean his state off of planet- Ian A. Bowles, the secretary of the Massa- is also coming under attack simply for the warming fossil fuels. chusetts Office of Energy and Environmental ordinary air pollution it produces. Web sites ‘‘It’s way better than coal,’’ Mr. Wolfe Affairs, said that biomass power and sustain- like No Biomass Burn, based in the Pacific said, ‘‘if you look at it over its life cycle.’’ able forest management were not mutually Northwest, liken biomass emissions to ciga- Not everyone agrees, as evidenced by lawn exclusive. But he also said that the logical rette smoke. Duff Badgley, the coordinator signs in this northwestern Massachusetts conclusion from the study was that biomass of the site, says a proposed plant in Mason town reading ‘‘Biomass? No Thanks.’’ plants that generated electricity alone prob- County, Washington, would ‘‘rain toxic pol- In fact, power generated by burning wood, ably should not be eligible for incentives for lutants’’ on residents there. And the Amer- plants and other organic material, which renewable energy. ican Lung Association has asked Congress to makes up 50 percent of all renewable energy ‘‘That would represent a significant change exclude subsidies for biomass from any new produced in the United States, according to in policy,’’ Mr. Bowles said. energy bill, citing potentially ‘‘severe im- federal statistics, is facing increased scru- The biomass industry argues that studies pacts’’ on health. tiny and opposition. like the one in Massachusetts do not make a Nathaniel Greene, the director of renew- That, critics say, is because it is not as cli- clear distinction between wood harvested able energy policy for the Natural Resources mate-friendly as once thought, and the pol- specifically for energy production and the Defense Council, said that while such con- lution it causes in the short run may out- more common, and desirable, practice of cerns were not unfounded, air pollution weigh its long-term benefits. burning wood and plant scraps left from agri- could be controlled. ‘‘It involves technology The opposition to biomass power threatens culture and logging operations. that we’re really good at,’’ Mr. Greene said. its viability as a renewable energy source The Biomass Power Association, a trade For opponents like Mr. Matera, the tradeoffs when the country is looking to diversify its group based in Maine, said in a statement are not worth it. energy portfolio, urged on by President last week that it was ‘‘not aware of any fa- ‘‘We’ve got huge problems,’’ Mr. Matera Obama in an address to the nation Tuesday. cilities that use whole trees for energy.’’ said. ‘‘And there’s no easy answer. But bio- It also underscores the difficult and complex During a recent visit to an old gravel pit mass doesn’t do it. It’s a false solution that choices state and local governments face in outside of town where he hopes to build his has enormous impacts.’’ pursuing clean-energy goals. 47-megawatt Pioneer Renewable Energy Mr. Wolfe says that is shortsighted. Wind Biomass proponents say it is a simple and project, Mr. Wolfe said the plant would be power and solar power are not ready to scale proved renewable technology based on nat- capable of generating heat and power, and up technologically and economically, he ural cycles. They acknowledge that burning would use only woody residues as a feed- said, particularly in this corner of Massachu- wood and other organic matter releases car- stock. ‘‘It’s really frustrating,’’ he said. setts. Biomass, by contrast, is proven and

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The question I ask is, What’s the alter- That means, if nothing else, we have to [From the Wall Street Journal, July 3, 2009] native?’’ do twice as much work in hauling it STATE’S RENEWABLE-ENERGY FOCUS RISKS Mr. ALEXANDER. The above-ref- around. There is a utility in Georgia POWER SHORTAGES erenced article is entitled ‘‘Net Bene- that is using wood to replace coal in a (By Rebecca Smith) fits of Biomass Power Under Scru- 100-megawatt powerplant. This utility California officials are beginning to worry tiny.’’ It is about how the people of has trucks running in there day and that the state’s focus on transitioning to re- Massachusetts are starting to debate night hauling wood to keep the plant newable-energy sources could lead to power running, and that is only 100 shortages in the near term. the idea that they are accomplishing The state has been so keen to develop re- anything by displacing coal with bio- megawatts—about one-tenth the size of newables that relatively few conventional mass to produce clean electricity. I am one nuclear reactor. For the south- power generators, such as gas-fired plants, talking here about producing elec- eastern United States to meet a 12-per- have been built lately. That risks a possible tricity, not biofuels which we use in cent renewable electricity standard, as energy shortfall in certain places if the econ- our cars. called for in the Waxman-Markey en- omy rebounds any time soon. Biomass is essentially burning wood ergy climate bill, by using biomass California’s utilities are barreling ahead to and other organic products in a sort of alone, we would have to cut down more try to meet a state mandate to garner 33% of controlled bonfire to produce elec- their power from renewable sources by 2020, trees than the entire U.S. paper indus- and some officials are concerned the effort tricity. The argument for biomass goes try uses each year. might push up electricity prices and crimp like this: Wood is natural. Trees re- I think it is worth taking note of all supplies. grow. Burn them up today and more this as we move toward the idea that The state auditor warned this week that trees will grow tomorrow. Therefore, renewable resources are the answer to the electricity sector poses a ‘‘high risk’’ to we won’t run out of resources. More- our energy problems. the state economy. A staff report from the over, trees are carbon neutral. Burning Tomorrow, there will be a group of state energy commission also warns that wood may release carbon dioxide, but my colleagues going to the White California could find itself uncomfortably trees reabsorb carbon so we can benefit House to discuss with the President the tight on power by 2011 if problems continue to pile up. from this natural cycle by generating issue of how to proceed on clean en- Utilities complain that the ambitious re- electricity. Therefore, we are not mak- ergy. My fear is that we may all be newable-energy mandates, combined with ing climate problems any worse with asked to put our differences aside and tougher environmental regulations on con- biomass. settle this issue by pushing through a ventional plants, are compromising their Indeed, biomass produces about 50 ‘‘renewable electricity standard’’ that ability to deliver adequate power. ‘‘Con- percent of our Nation’s renewable elec- says all we have to do is choose a num- flicting state policies are a problem,’’ said tricity today, according to the New ber—17 percent by 2020 or 25 percent by Stuart Hemphill, senior vice president of procurement at Southern California Edison, York Times, and by most of the defini- 2030—and before you know it, we will tions of renewable electricity that we a unit of Edison International of Rosemead, have all the energy we need from wind, Calif. use in proposals in the Senate. But we the Sun, and from the Earth running The stresses being felt in California could can’t rely upon biomass to replace sig- our highly advanced technological be a harbinger of problems to come in other nificant amounts of the fossil-based country. states. The federal Waxman-Markey climate- electricity we get today from coal. Bio- In fact, more than half of the States change bill, passed by the House of Rep- mass electricity has its place, and can already have adopted some version of resentatives on June 26, would require states be used to burn forest and other wood these renewable electricity standards, to obtain about 15% of their electricity from waste. In Tennessee we have a lot of renewable sources by 2020. Currently, about but they haven’t accomplished much. 4% of U.S. electricity comes from renew- pine trees. They need to be removed New Jersey wants to close down a nu- ables, excluding hydropower. from the forest, and this is a good way clear reactor and replace it with an off- California’s 33% renewable-energy target is to do that and make a little elec- shore wind farm. It will have to build so ambitious that it is likely to miss the tricity. However, we cannot and we 50-story wind turbines along its entire goal by five years or more, energy officials should not start cutting down and 125-mile coast, and it will still need to now concur. burning our forests to produce elec- have the nuclear plant or a natural gas State energy agencies recently concluded tricity. The loss of forest land is still it could cost $114 billion or more to meet the plant or coal plant or some other plant 33% mandate, more than double what it one of the major ecological catas- to provide electricity when the wind might have cost to achieve an earlier 20% re- trophes in Africa, Asia, and South doesn’t blow, which is most of the quirement. Consumers will bear those costs, America. So are we, the most advanced time. one way or another. country in the world, going to talk To meet its requirement of 33 percent Agencies also identified problems with about going back to burning up our for- renewable electricity by 2020, Cali- constructing sufficient transmission capac- ests for energy? Many environmental fornia has put up wind farms, devel- ity to move renewable-based energy to cities. advocates are now arguing that bio- oped its abundant geothermal re- Southern California Edison, which buys mass should not even be considered to sources, and siphoned methane from al- more renewable electricity than any other be ‘‘renewable’’ or ‘‘carbon neutral’’ be- most every landfill in the State, and it U.S. utility, has conducted seven solicita- cause of the fact that burning wood re- still only gets 12 percent of its elections for renewable-energy supplies since leases greenhouse gases. While that is tricity from renewables. 2002 and inked 48 renewable energy con- true, so does the natural process of Last year, a Wall Street Journal arti- tracts. Yet it is still only halfway toward its decay, but the carbon is reabsorbed by cle cited the California State Energy procurement goal. In 2008, 16% of its elec- the growth of new trees. Biomass can Commission’s warning that the renew- tricity was renewable in origin, but more than 60% of that came from geothermal be, and should be, an important—albeit able requirement could begin causing plants—most of them built long before the a small part—of our electricity port- reliability problems—that means that current push for green power. folio by using excess forest material when you turn your light switch on, At the same time, new regulations are put- and industrial wood waste. the light might not go on—and in- ting existing power plants under pressure. Unfortunately, the New York Times crease electricity rates by 2011, which Last week, the state Water Resources Con- piece misses out on one of the most im- is next year. California State agencies trol Board issued a proposed policy that portant concerns about biomass. Just were warning that simply increasing would clamp down on power plants that use like other renewable electricity the renewable requirement from 20 per- something called ‘‘once-through cooling,’’ which sucks water out of the ocean and riv- sources, it cannot be the solution for cent to 33 percent could cost $114 bil- ers and discharges massive amounts of our clean energy needs because of the lion. warmed water, harming some aquatic life. problem of scale. We would have to Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- The policy would end the practice at 19 continually forest an area 11⁄2 times the sent to have printed in the RECORD the plants that produce as much as 15% of the

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The Tennessee down the cost of solar power by a fac- riously tough in Southern California because Valley Authority, in the region where I tor of 4 and to create a 500-mile battery of air-quality problems and difficulty getting live, says it can only count on the wind for electric cars. air-emissions credits, which are essentially power it produces in Tennessee and But we need to remember, as we rights to spew specified amounts of pollut- even the wind power it buys from the think about the next 10, 20, or 30 years, ants. Dakotas about 10 to 15 percent of the the United States is not a desert is- Early this year, the local air agency, the time when it is actually needed. That land. We use 25 percent of all the en- South Coast Air Quality Management Dis- trict, imposed a moratorium on issuing air is also what has happened in Denmark. ergy in the world to produce about 25 credits from its ‘‘bank’’ that affected 10 They have to give away almost half of percent of all the money, which we dis- power plants that were under development. their wind-generated electricity to tribute among ourselves, 5 percent of ‘‘It’s too early to tell how the pieces will Germany and Sweden at bargain prices the people in the world. We ought to fit together, but all the agencies and utili- because it comes at a time when it is keep that high standard of living. We ties are talking,’’ said Edison’s Mr. Hemp- not needed. The result has been that need to remember we are not a desert hill. ‘‘Something has to be worked out.’’ the Danes pay the highest electrical island. Someday, solar, wind, and the Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, prices in Europe and still haven’t Earth may be an important supplement countries such as Denmark and Ger- achieved much reduction in carbon to our energy needs, but for today, we many have done the same thing. Den- emissions. are not going to power the United mark, which is often cited for its wind Then there is the matter of subsidies. States on electricity produced by a power, has pushed its windmills up to We hear a lot about oil subsidies in the windmill, a controlled bonfire, and a 20 percent of its electrical capacity. Senate. I suggest that when we talk few solar panels. That sounds good. Many people regard about big oil, we also talk about big I yield the floor. 20 percent as about the theoretical wind. The U.S. taxpayers are already The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. limit that wind power can supply to a committed to spending $29 billion over UDALL of New Mexico). The Senator total electric grid, even for a small the next 10 years to subsidize the inves- from Kansas is recognized. country such as Denmark. Yet Den- tors, corporations, and the banks that Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I mark hasn’t closed even one single coal have financed the big wind turbines, appreciate my colleague commenting plant as a result of all these new wind- and they only produce 1.8 percent of about energy. There is a bipartisan en- mills. So it is still dependent on fossil our electricity. If we went to 20 percent ergy bill that I hope the President dis- fuels, and it has the most expensive of our electricity from wind in the cusses tomorrow. It came out of the electricity in Europe because of all of United States, that would be $170 bil- Energy Committee on a bipartisan its renewable electricity. Meanwhile, lion from American taxpayers. vote. It doesn’t increase cap and trade. France, which has gone to 80 percent Windmills are and can be said to be a I certainly agree with my colleague nuclear power, has per capita carbon big success compared to solar elec- on nuclear power, although we have emissions 30 percent lower than those tricity at today’s prices. California some disagreement about wind. We of Denmark, and it has so much cheap now has more solar electricity than have some nice places in Kansas for electricity that France is making $3 any other State, and in March, the wind energy generation. I talked with billion a year exporting its elec- California Public Utilities Commission the operators of the Smoky Hills Wind tricity—mostly from nuclear power—to announced the opening of one of the Farm last week. It operates between 40 other countries. largest photovoltaic stations in Cali- and 45 percent of the time—the highest So what are we getting into when we fornia—21 megawatts. Solar power operating unit in the world. This com- say we are going to solve our energy makes more sense as a supplement to pany is a global wind-producing com- problems by passing a law telling our- our power by offsetting some of our de- pany. It is a very nice operation. I am selves we have to get 15, 17, or 20 per- mand by placing solar panels on roof- not saying you can power it all off of cent of our electricity from renewable tops, not large-scale electricity plants. wind. I am a nuclear supporter myself. sources, very narrowly defined, by 2020? We all hope we can reduce the cost of I also believe we have nice places to First, it is important to point out solar power, which today costs four do wind power and a nice generation that 80 percent of the facilities built to times as much as electricity produced capacity that is complementary to the satisfy State renewable standards have from coal. rest of the energy grid in the United been windmills. So a renewable elec- These are technologies we are count- States. Kansas is the second windiest tricity standard is really a national ing on to solve our energy problems. I State in the country. There are many windmill policy instead of a national think we have to exercise some caution times I have been in Kansas and have energy policy. Wind turbines are easy here. The assumption is that all we wondered, who else could be windier? to put up, especially in remote areas. have to do is subsidize these tech- We have a lot of consistent wind. There We have built 35,000 megawatts in total nologies and get them up and running, are places we can produce wind power wind energy capacity, which represents and they will find their place in the on a very advantageous basis for the an increase of more than 100 percent in market. That doesn’t seem to be true. rest of the country. It is my hope that the past 3 years. But most wind tur- All of these technologies still have we can have those on a complementary bines only generate electricity about 33 much to prove before they can shoulder basis but that we don’t do a cap-and- percent of the time. That is how often a significant portion of our electricity. trade system; rather, that we go with the wind blows. The best wind farms— Biomass facilities need to be placed the bipartisan bill that passed the En- the ones on the eastern and west coast where they are most efficient and can ergy Committee. mountaintops or on the windy plains of be used as a supplement to low-cost re- f the Dakotas—operate a little more liable sources of electricity that al- than 40 percent of the time. That ready provide the large amounts of TRIBUTE TO MANUTE BOL means our 35,000 megawatts in wind- clean and reliable energy we need. We Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I mill capacity only generates about already have a proven technology in wish to speak about the untimely pass- 10,000 megawatts at best—the equiva- nuclear power that provides us with 20 ing of a giant—a giant in the hearts of lent of ten standard nuclear reactors. percent of our electricity and 70 per- the Sudanese people but also a literal Moreover, the wind doesn’t always cent of our carbon-free electricity. We giant. At 7 foot 7 inches, Manute Bol blow when it is needed and often blows should focus on that. was a hero in his native home of when it is not needed. The strongest As the President and our colleagues Sudan, not for the fact alone that he winds are at night or during the fall consider our clean energy future to- was a pro basketball player in the and spring, which are periods of low de- morrow and the things we agree on, we United States or that he killed a lion mand, while the periods with the least can agree to electrify half our cars and with a spear while working as a cow

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That year, Manute set spite the President’s comment that if lived under the Medicare rules and reg- the NBA rookie record with a total of you like your insurance policy, you can ulations. 397 blocks. He continued to break shot- keep it. Nearly 7 in 10—69 percent em- Here it is: ‘‘Doctors limit new Medi- blocking records throughout his career ployees, 80 percent of workers, and care patients. Surveys point to pay- and is the only player in NBA history small businesses—would lose their cur- ment concerns.’’ Doctors will tell you to block more shots than points scored. rent plan within 3 short years. the biggest deadbeat when it comes to Manute coined the idiom or the Mr. President, I would like for my paying for health care is the Federal phrase ‘‘my bad,’’ which quickly be- friend, Dr. BARRASSO, to explain ex- Government. It is Washington. More came the standard for those players actly how that happens. First, I would and more of my colleagues are opting owning up to their own errors on the like to mention the issue du jour out, as the Senator from Arizona said, court. ‘‘My bad.’’ To own up to one’s which, of course, is headlined on Polit- from taking care of Medicare patients own mistakes is a true measure of ico this morning: ‘‘Medicare Tussle because what they get reimbursed is so one’s character, and it is no surprise Stymies Hill. Rift between Pelosi and limited that it does not keep up with that Manute leaves this legacy to the Reid stands in the way of funding com- the growing cost of liability insurance, NBA. promise.’’ the mandates on them in terms of the Manute had a gentle nature and un- I think it is important to recognize expenses of running a business, and mistakable humor. He was also a Chris- the reason we did not do the so-called they try to provide health care for all tian, and his faith guided his advocacy doc fix is because the majority did not their employees. Item after item, those costs go up. for his fellow Sudanese brothers and want to do the doc fix, which means But what the government continues to sisters. not implementing the 21-percent cut in pay for taking care of patients on Manute was the son of a Dinka tribal reimbursement for doctors who treat Medicare, which is an expanding group chief and was given the name Medicare patients. The reason we did of people, is shrinking. ‘‘Manute,’’ which means ‘‘special bless- not was because they had cooked the Think about how Washington works ing.’’ He was, indeed, special, and what books on the cost of ObamaCare. and does not get it. Patients around The fact is, they kept counting into made him special was not his height the country on Medicare understand but his heart. Manute often returned to the cost—in order to keep their com- they are having a hard time finding a Sudan to visit refugee camps, and he mitment that it would cost less than $1 doctor. The Center for Medicare and subsequently created the Ring True trillion—they kept counting in that Medicaid Services was quoted in yes- Foundation to assist those less fortu- there would be the 21-percent cut, a terday’s USA TODAY saying 97 percent nate than himself. $281 billion difference over 10 years. of doctors accept Medicare. What is the Manute moved to Olathe, KS, in 2007 The AMA and all of those people who reality? In North Carolina, since Janu- to be closer to his family and continue signed up with this bill are now saying: ary 1, this article says 117 doctors have his advocacy for Sudan as a spokesman Why are you not doing the doc fix? We opted out of Medicare. In New York, for a Kansas-based nonprofit, Sudan did the doc fix on Friday, I believe. It since the beginning of the year, about Sunrise, which raises money to build is now in the House, and we will prob- 1,100 doctors have left Medicare. The schools and churches in Sudan. In 2006, ably do the doc fix. But why the delay? president of the State of New York Manute participated in the Sudan The delay is simply because they did Medical Society is not taking new Freedom Work, a 3-week march from not want to. On the floor of this Sen- Medicare patients. the U.N. building in New York to the ate, they did not want to do the doc fix Mr. MCCAIN. As well as the Mayo U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. He was because of the budgetary impact on Clinic. admitted to the United States as a reli- how they were selling this proposal to Mr. BARRASSO. Mayo Clinic said: gious refugee, and in his final years in the American people. We cannot afford to keep our doors Kansas, Manute was working on a I ask my colleague, Dr. BARRASSO, to open if we are taking Medicare pa- project to have Christians and Muslims comment on that point and also what tients. Specifically in Arizona, where work together to build a school in his we are finding out as to how many they have a wonderful clinic, the best hometown of Turlie, Sudan. Americans are actually going to lose care in the world in many ways in the The world needs more Manute Bols— the insurance policy they have. By the sense that early on in the health care individuals who dedicate their lives to way, there is also an article this morn- debate, President Obama said we others. Our thoughts and prayers go ing in USA TODAY entitled ‘‘Doctors should use the Mayo Clinic as a model out to Manute’s family, friends, and limit new Medicare patients,’’ which of what works, they do not want to the people of Sudan. was also predicted by some of us. take Medicare patients. They do not I yield the floor. One thing my friends on the other want to take Medicaid patients. But The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- side of the aisle might have forgotten this health care law is cramming 16 ator from Arizona is recognized. is we cannot force doctors—they have million more Americans on to Med- Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I ask not enacted a law yet that forces doc- icaid. What the President is proposing unanimous consent to engage in a col- tors to see Medicare patients. There- for the American people is something loquy with Dr. BARRASSO. fore, a number of doctors are voting less than what he has previously said is The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without with their fee in the respect that they the best in care. objection, it is so ordered. are not enrolling new Medicare pa- One of the other promises the Presi- f tients they would treat. dent made is, if you like the health I ask my colleague, Dr. BARRASSO, if care you have, you can keep it. As a HEALTHCARE he would comment on the doc fix and matter of fact, he gave a speech about Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, as I un- also maybe a better explanation than I a year ago at the American Medical As- derstand it, it is about 90 days since have been able to give as to why so sociation meeting: the President signed the legislation many people face the loss of their If you like your health care plan, you will known to some as ObamaCare and to health insurance policy between now be able to keep your health care plan. Pe- others as the Medicare reform bill. But and 2013. riod. there have been some interesting de- Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, my He went on to say: velopments in the intervening 90 days. colleague from Arizona is absolutely No one will take it away. Period. No mat- To quote the Speaker of the House, right. There is a front-page story in ter what. Period. she said at the time, ‘‘We have to pass USA TODAY. I was reading it as I was Now the White House has come out the bill so that you can find out what’s coming back from Wyoming yesterday. with new rules and regulations about

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In the analysis that citizens who are enrolled in Medicare, understand, as I know they do in Wyo- has come out from the administration, who paid into Medicare all their work- ming and Arizona, if you cut $500 bil- over 100 pages—I had it on the Senate ing lives and have enrolled in this lion—a $1⁄2 trillion—out of Medicare, floor last week—what they have shown Medicare Advantage program which not to save Medicare, not to save the is, over the next few years more and gives them choices are now going to program that is there for our seniors more Americans who have health care have that severely impaired or elimi- but to start a whole new government right now through their jobs that they nated. How does that happen? How is it program, that is not going to improve like, they understand, they know how when a program is offered to people Medicare. That is money seniors to use—and as a doctor I have worked who have paid into the system all their planned for, know it is in their system, with these patients. I know what it lives and they have chosen that Medi- and it is being taken from Medicare to means to them to have a health care care Advantage program, and now it is start a whole new government pro- plan they are comfortable with, that going to be taken away from them. gram. It is not for them. It is not going they understand, that they use, that How does that work? to improve Medicare. It is not going to all of the work has been done with the Mr. BARRASSO. It works when a strengthen Medicare. doctor’s office, hospital, and the pa- Senate and a House of Representatives That is why from the beginning, to tient, they understand the whole thing. and a President think they know more my colleague from Arizona, I said this To have that change is very distressing than the American people. They say: bill, now the law for 90 days, is bad for for people. It is unsettling. But yet this We know what is best for you. We don’t patients, bad for payers—the American government report out from the admin- care what you think. That is what has taxpayers who are going to end up istration says within the next couple of happened. stuck with the bill—and bad for the years, for people who have their insur- Mr. MCCAIN. They have pledged basi- providers—the nurses and doctors who ance through small business plans, al- cally to dismantle the Medicare Advan- are trying to take care of these people. most four out of five of them may lose tage program? Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I thank the coverage they have. Mr. BARRASSO. Cut the funding so Dr. BARRASSO for his leadership on this Mr. MCCAIN. May I ask, is that be- people on Medicare Advantage—who issue. Those who are interested in his cause of a minor change in the insur- like it, who like the preventive medi- Web site, which is titled ‘‘Second Opin- ance policy they now have that then cine activities of it—are going to lose ion,’’ might be interested in gaining forces them out of the policy, even those opportunities. more information from that Web site. though there is a minor change? Maybe Just since 2003, the number of seniors My colleagues might be interested in Dr. BARRASSO can give us some of those on Medicare Advantage grew from a that. examples of how minor they are, how little over 4 million to 11 million. That I thank Dr. BARRASSO for his leader- they basically force them out of the is because the seniors talk to one an- ship on this issue, for his in depth policy they have into the ‘‘exchanges.’’ other, and they know what the best knowledge of it. I noted the luncheon Is that what happens? deal is for them, for their money, and we had with the President of the Mr. BARRASSO. I agree with my col- for their health. United States. I applaud Dr. BAR- league completely. What is happening The seniors I know in Wyoming who RASSO’s attempts to inform the Presi- is any sort of a change to a policy, signed up for this program said they dent on this issue. I am not sure how whether they change the deductible, want to make sure they have a number receptive the audience was to it, but change the copay or any of those of these preventive services. Once they what he had to say made a lot of sense things, then that policy is disallowed lose this, they are going to lose preven- to me. as something you can keep. tive services. They will have to pay I know Dr. BARRASSO shares my view Mr. MCCAIN. Some of those changes more. The cost for people will go up, in that we are not going to quit on this would simply be driven by pure eco- spite of the promise made by the Presi- issue. We are not going to quit on this nomics and the escalating cost of dent that he was going to get down the issue. It is going to be repealed and re- health care on which clearly this legis- cost of care. placed because we are not going to do lation has no effect. Experts who have looked at this said: this to the American people. Mr. BARRASSO. Let’s say you No, I am sorry, it is not going to work Still the overwhelming majority of change your job. Let’s say you move that way. the American people disapprove of this from one employment situation to an- Mr. MCCAIN. May I ask the Senator proposal. As the Speaker of the House other. You may change your insurance. one more question. Did he have a said, we have to pass the bill so we can Most people do because most people get chance to examine the $14 million—I find out what is in it. As they are find- their insurance through their work. We believe it was $14 million, $18 mil- ing out what is in it, more and more will have a situation where over the lion—— Americans dislike it. next couple of years, a promise that Mr. BARRASSO. The mailer. Mr. President, I yield the floor. I sug- the President made to the American Mr. MCCAIN. The mailer. I was try- gest the absence of a quorum. people—another promise that the ing to find a polite word—the mailer The PRESIDING OFFICER. The President made to the American people that was sent out to all Medicare en- clerk will call the roll. will be broken. rollees and what conclusions he drew The assistant legislative clerk pro- We have not just seen it with regular from that infomercial? ceeded to call the roll. insurance. My colleague from Arizona Mr. BARRASSO. To my colleague Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I ask is in a State with many people who are from Arizona, I did. I had a chance to unanimous consent that the order for seniors, a number of them on Medicare look at that mailer sent out by the the quorum call be rescinded. Advantage, a special program that Secretary of Health and Human Serv- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without speaks specifically to preventive care, ices. I found it very misleading. Some objection, it is so ordered. coordinated care. People signed up for have described it even as being a piece Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I ask Medicare Advantage because there are of propaganda. unanimous consent that I be allowed to advantages to being on Medicare Ad- The sad part is, it was paid for by the engage in a colloquy with my colleague vantage. Yet this health care law that American taxpayers. The estimates for from Arizona. was crammed through this Senate is the cost have been $16 to $20 million of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without going to cut massively from Medicare taxpayers’ money to send out this objection, it is so ordered. Advantage. piece of mail that essentially misleads, f One out of four people on Medicare is or tries to mislead—as my colleague on Medicare Advantage, and they know from Arizona knows, the American ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION why they have signed up for it. It is be- people are too smart to be misled by Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, there cause of the advantages to them. this—it tries to mislead them into say- has been a lot of conversation about Mr. MCCAIN. May I ask one more ing that this whole health care law is the issue of illegal immigration and question of my friend? This is kind of a actually going to strengthen Medicare. the results of different meetings. I

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According to a meeting and a trip he and I had to sults of our visit, but I can tell you the Maricopa County Attorney’s office, the border on Saturday, where we vis- that the citizens residing in the south- about 12 percent of the county’s popu- ited with ranchers, with citizens, with ern part of our State do not feel secure. lation and about 22 percent of felony Border Patrol, and where we had a When you have 241,000 illegal immi- crimes committed are committed by il- thorough trip throughout the area. So grants apprehended last year, that legal immigrants. we come to the floor to share our con- means that, depending on who you talk My colleague has talked frequently clusions and concerns with our col- to, it is nearly a million people appre- about the fact that Phoenix, AZ, our leagues. hended in just that part of the border. hometown, is the second largest kid- Let me begin by saying that unfortu- When you have 1.2 million pounds of napping capital of the world, and the nately—or fortunately—the head of the marijuana intercepted in the Tucson largest in the United States—second in Customs and Border Protection re- sector, it is not a secure border. When the world only to Mexico City. cently said that parts of Arizona were you have the violence—the incredible We can go on and on about the statis- like a ‘‘third country.’’ You know, in violence—that continues to rise on the tics. We have the highest rate of prop- some respects—in some respects—he other side of the border, you know it is erty crime among the 50 States in the may have been correct. Let me quote just a matter of time before it spills last year for which the FBI reported him. This is David Aguilar, the Acting onto our side of the border. the statistics in 2008. Our sheriffs and Deputy Commissioner of U.S. Customs Unfortunately, just south of the Ari- other law enforcement tell us that be- and Border Protection. He was quoted zona-Sonora border resides the most vi- tween 15 and 20 percent of the individ- in the Arizona Republic as saying: cious of all the drug cartels—the uals apprehended at the border have the border is not a fence or a line in the dirt Sinaloa cartel—headed by Juan ‘‘El criminal records or are wanted for but a broadly complex corridor. It is . . . a Chapo’’ Guzman, who walked out of a crimes in the United States. third country that joins Mexico and the Mexican prison a few years ago and, Phoenix is a primary originating United States. unfortunately, this cartel has cor- city, where drugs are brought from the A third country that joins Mexico rupted officials at very high levels. border and held in Phoenix and then and the United States is obviously not I report to my colleagues that the transported to other cities. We lead the as secure as the United States of Amer- people living in the southern part of Nation in marijuana seizures—50 per- ica. If my colleagues will look at this the State of Arizona do not feel secure. cent. Heroin is increasingly found in map here and see this area here, this is They see signs such as this one, which Arizona, and on and on and on. the sign that is posted as far away as 50 I mentioned; and they see the destruc- The statistics don’t lie, of course. miles from the Arizona-Mexico border. tion of our wildlife preserves; they see But the real tragedy is the human Danger. Public Warning. Travel Not Rec- the in-home invasions. And, yes, our tragedy—the fear that people have; ommended. Active Drug and Human Smug- Border Patrol and the men and women people who are fourth or fifth genera- gling Area. Visitors May Encounter Armed who are serving in it are doing a mag- tion ranch families in the area; people Criminals and Smuggling Vehicles Traveling nificent job. We are proud of the job in town, who are increasingly the sub- at High Rates of Speed. Stay Away From ject of break-ins and property crimes Trash, Clothing, Backpacks and Abandoned they are doing. But they do not have Vehicles. If You See Suspicious Activity, Do the assets in order to complete the job and the like. Not Confront. Move Away and Call 911. BLM of securing our border. But none of this even begins to talk Encourages Visitors to Use Public Lands Senator KYL and I have a 10-point about what happens when the people North of Interstate 8. plan that, if implemented, will do the who are smuggled into the country, are North of Interstate 8 is the area job. held in drop houses—generally in the north of this shaded area. In other Mr. KYL. Mr. President, the stories Phoenix area—for transport either words, visitors are encouraged not to we heard were human tragedies, and west to Los Angeles or anywhere east go south of the interstate, which is a statistics don’t tell the story ade- in the country. They are essentially huge part of the State of Arizona. That quately. Let me cite a few of the statis- victimized by the very people who is the posted sign put up by the Federal tics and then ask my colleague to re- smuggle them in and who demand ran- Government. count some of the heartrending stories som from their families in Mexico, El Then the Secretary of Homeland Se- that we heard from families in the Salvador, or Guatemala, or wherever curity says, ‘‘The border is secure as area. When we talk about that, he can they might have come from. And until ever.’’ If the border is as secure as ever, point to the extreme southeast corner they pay that ransom, they are brutal- then you have to draw the conclusion of the State of Arizona, where we were, ized and assaulted and become victims that it isn’t secure, because otherwise primarily, on Saturday, and where of crime themselves. And, of course, you wouldn’t have to be posting signs most of these folks live on ranches— they rarely report that crime. such as this 50 miles north of the bor- places that used to be very safe. Today, So the human tragedy here is the der, if the border was secure. Our whole these folks do not feel they can sleep at real story. But it is important for us to point is that we need to get the border night or move around without carrying at least cite the statistics and show secure. We don’t see the necessity in weapons. They need to travel in pairs. our colleagues the signs that the U.S. the United States of America placing a This is the area in which an extraor- Government itself feels constrained to sign such as that. dinarily difficult tragedy occurred post in order to warn people to stay out If we are doing fine on border secu- when a long-time resident of the area of an area which encompasses probably rity, why would it be necessary to put was slain, it is believed by one of the about 20 percent of the State of Ari- up a sign such as that all the way up to drug cartels or other smugglers who zona. the interstate? frequent the area. Mr. MCCAIN. And may I also make Here is another sign from our Park The human tragedy is the real heart the comment that my colleague from Service in the Coronado National For- of this, but let me cite some statistics, Arizona points to about the terrible est. This is in our national forest, from because when the Secretary of Home- and unspeakable treatment that is in- the Park Service. land Security says we are secure as we flicted upon these individuals who are Smuggling and/or Illegal Entry Is Common have ever been, I think these statistics brought in by human smugglers. Al- in This Area Due to the Proximity of the would at least belie part of that claim. most all are brought up by human International Border. About 50 percent of all illegal immi- smugglers. Where are the human rights If we had a secure border, why would grants enter through Arizona. In fact, advocates and activists? Shouldn’t we have to put up signs such as that? If they enter through essentially the they be standing up and saying: You we had made such great progress at eastern one-third of that particular have to have a secure border so that that time the Secretary of Homeland map. The number of illegal immigrants these unspeakable indignities—the

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Coronado National Forest have been the border States certify it is secure, But the second point we want to human caused—75 percent of those are and then we can certainly move on. make as forcefully as possible is: Let’s attributed to undocumented aliens who But the American people have to have get this border secure, which we can fail to properly extinguish fires started the assurance that we are not going to do, and then we can move forward with to signal for rides, cook food, or dry revisit this issue time after time. comprehensive immigration reform clothing. The Coronado National For- Every nation has the obligation to se- and work together with our colleagues est now has to send armed officers to cure its borders. on the other side of the aisle. But for clear wildland fire areas and to provide Mr. KYL. Mr. President, when Sen- us to go back to our constituents and security for firefighters. The Forest ator MCCAIN and I asked the acting to the American people, and say: Hey, Service has reported accounts of armed head of the Border Patrol in the area we moved forward with this legislation, smugglers walking through the middle where we were on Saturday, what do yet we still are having to put up signs of active firefighting operations. And you need, he basically said, ‘‘More of such as this, that people should avoid now, in its fourth week today, as we everything.’’ He talked about the need being in an active drug and human speak, the human-caused Horseshoe for 800 more Border Patrol agents. He smuggling area, in the United States of fire is burning in the Chiricahua Moun- talked about the need for more surveil- America, is not a convincing argument tains in the Coronado National Forest, lance—something Senator MCCAIN has that they are ‘‘as secure’’ as ever. 5 miles from the town of Portal, AZ. It talked about a lot, surveillance to Mr. KYL. Mr. President, might I in- is the site of very heavy drug traf- cover a very big area where you are quire how much time remains on our ficking and border-crossing activity. probably never going to have enough side? With the few minutes we have re- personnel even if we bring in National The PRESIDING OFFICER. There remaining, I want to engage Senator KYL Guard troops. He welcomed the Na- mains 6 minutes 18 seconds. in a conversation about what we need tional Guard troops to the area. He Mr. KYL. That is the time remaining to do and why we need to secure the said we are going to have to have con- on our side. border first. There has been a lot of sequences for people crossing. I talked The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is publicity in the last 24 hours about a to him about Operation Streamline. In correct. conversation that Senator KYL had the Yuma sector of the border, which is Mr. KYL. Mr. President, what I wish with the President of the United on the western part of the Arizona bor- to do is take about 3 more minutes and States. I was not there, but I was there der, the Yuma sector is very close to then my colleague can close. a few weeks ago when the President of being operationally clear of illegal im- As he said, if you need a different the United States came and had lunch migration issues because they have kind of reason to want to secure the with Republican Senators and gave a enough agents, they have enough fenc- border, then look at what is happening list of the issues that he was concerned ing. By the way, he talked about the to our environment. I know the Pre- about, with immigration being one of need to repair and replace a lot of the siding Officer—and his father before the items he mentioned. So Senator fencing in his sector. But they also him—is keen on protecting the great KYL and I responded to the President of have a policy that, instead of catch and national treasures of our country, our the United States. release, where the people are simply environment. Coming from adjoining It was made very clear to me in the put on a bus and sent back to Mexico, States, we share a lot of the same kind conversation we had—and I am sure they actually are prosecuted and have of country. The area in the extreme our 39 other colleagues who were there to spend at least 2 weeks in jail. southwestern part of his State and the will recall—that the President basi- That is a huge deterrent. Because if extreme southeastern part of our State cally conditioned his support for border you are a criminal, obviously you don’t is known for some of the best birding security to overall comprehensive im- want to be caught and go to jail, and if in the world. The part of northern Mex- migration reform. We went back and you are here to work and send money ico that borders our States provides a forth. I tried to explain to the Presi- back to your family, you are obviously sanctuary for birds that are not found dent that we gave amnesty back in the not doing that if you spend time in jail. anywhere else in the world. This fire 1980s. Somewhere around 3 million ille- He said there have to be consequences. my colleague mentioned is burning gal immigrants were given amnesty, We believe the expenditure of some- right up to the creek which is one of but the promise was that we would se- where between $1 billion and $3 billion the watersheds that represents the cure the border. Obviously, we didn’t over the next couple of years could pro- prime area for these birds to exist. secure the border and we now have 12 vide adequate resources—this is our 10- Their habitat will be destroyed if we million people in the country. As Sen- point plan—adequate personnel, the continue to have fires set by illegal im- ator KYL mentioned, there are some fencing that is required, the surveil- migrants in the area that destroy the hundreds of thousands in the State of lance, the technology, and also the habitat. Arizona illegally. extra prosecutors, courtroom, and de- If you look at the environment of the So our point is that even if we went tention spaces that would be necessary area from the air, you see that there through comprehensive immigration to provide the deterrent or the con- are thousands, if not hundreds of thou- reform, if we don’t have a secure bor- sequences, as he put it. There is no sands, of paths that are worn in parts der, then some time from now we will doubt the border can be secured. What of the desert that are basically off lim- have another group of illegal immi- we need is the will to do it. its to American citizens and even to grants we will have to address, and so Mr. MCCAIN. What Senator KYL and our law enforcement officials, but the the issue argues for getting the border I are trying to report to our colleagues smugglers use these trails and they de- secured first. It can be done in 1 or 2 is, No. 1, the border is not secure. The posit their trash. Everybody knows years. It isn’t that expensive, when you border is not secure. No. 2, it can be se- that once you have cut the desert, it look at the costs of a wildfire and all of cure. How could someone claim our takes hundreds—hundreds—of years for the things, drugs and everything else border is more secure than ever if the that desert to respond. That is just one associated with it, not to mention a Federal Government has to put up that reason. violation of human rights. kind of warning to American citizens Obviously the human tragedy is the There is a big stir about the con- on American soil? If nothing would one that is of most concern. If my col- versation the President and Senator convince my colleagues that we need to leagues would hear this one plaintive KYL had. It was clear to me in the con- do a lot more, it is the actions of the cry, we were told on numerous occa- versation, in front of 39 Republican Federal Government. That is not a pri- sions on Saturday: Please, go back to Senators, that the President of the vate landowner who put up that sign. Washington and tell your colleagues United States said yes, he would secure That is the Bureau of Land Manage- what it is like. Tell them how we are

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These are mem- Natalie is now back in stable hous- veteran and was awarded the Purple bers of the family of Robert Krantz, ing, taking care of her children, and Heart. who was brutally gunned down, and fel- advancing in her nursing career—and Like many soldiers of his generation, low ranchers in the area and other citi- she is here in Washington, DC, today to my father didn’t talk about his experi- zens who live in the small communities help make sure no other family has to ences during the war. In fact, we only there. They believe their government face the challenges she overcame so really learned about them by reading has abandoned them. They look right bravely. his journals after he passed away. into our eyes and say: What are you Unfortunately, not every family gets And I think that experience offers a going to do about it? the support that Natalie’s did. larger lesson about veterans in general. The best we can do is to tell you the Homeless women veterans and home- They are reluctant to call attention to fear they have, the suffering they have less veterans with children are two ter- their service, and they are reluctant to gone through, the difficulty they have ribly vulnerable groups that are grow- ask for help. ing by the day. continuing to live in an area, as I said, That is why we have to publicly rec- Back in my home State of Wash- in which some of their families have ognize their sacrifices and contribu- ington, veterans service organizations tions. lived for four and five generations, to and homeless providers have told me It is up to us to make sure that they pass that message on to my colleagues they are seeing more homeless vet- get the recognition they have earned. and say: OK, if it is the environment erans coming for help than ever before. you care about, there is a reason to be And, unfortunately, more and more And it is up to us to guarantee that there; if it is crime, there is a huge rea- of these veterans are women, have they get the services and support they son to be there; if it is the cost to the young children, or both. deserve. Federal and State government, we need In fact, female veterans are between This bill passed through the Senate to get hold of this problem. But if you two and four times as likely to be Veterans Affairs Committee with just care about the people who are homeless than their civilian counter- strong bipartisan support, and that is there, we have an obligation as their part and they have unique needs and how it should be, because supporting representatives to assure their protec- often require specialized services. our veterans shouldn’t be about poli- tion, and that is the message we are That is why I introduced the Home- tics—it should be about what kind of coming to the floor today to convey to less Women Veterans and Homeless country we want the United States to our colleagues. Please listen, if not to Veterans with Children Act with Sen- be and about what our priorities are as us, to our constituents, and remember ator JACK REED and Senator TIM JOHN- a nation. we all work for all of the people of the SON. In his second inaugural address in United States of America. We are all This legislation would take three big 1865, President Lincoln said our Nation Senators. So every one of us here has steps forward toward tackling the seri- had an obligation to ‘‘care for him who an obligation to the folks—yes, in your ous problems facing this vulnerable shall have borne the battle and for his State but also to the folks in our group. widow, and his orphan.’’ State—to at least provide them the First of all, it would make more Now, in 2010, I believe we not only basic protection and give them a sense front-line homeless service providers need to care for him—we need to care that they do not live in a Third World eligible to receive special needs grants. for her and for his and her families and country between the United States and This would help organizations in for every man and woman coming Mexico; that they are American citi- Washington State and across the coun- home after serving our country so zens deserving of the protection of the try help support families like Natalie’s. bravely. U.S. Government. It would also expand special needs That is why I am proud to stand here Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, there is grants to cover homeless male veterans today for Natalie, her children, and no way I can elaborate on that very with children, as well as the depend- families just like hers across the coun- strong statement, so I yield the re- ents of homeless veterans themselves. try—to urge my colleagues to support And it would extend the Department mainder of our time. S. 1237, the Homeless Veterans and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- of Labor’s Homeless Veterans Re- Other Veterans Health Care Authori- integration Program to provide work- ator from Washington is recognized. ties Act of 2010. force training, job counseling, child f I hope we can pass this expeditiously care services and placement services to off the floor and get these services out HOMELESS WOMEN VETERANS homeless women veterans and home- to the men and women who have served AND HOMELESS VETERANS WITH less veterans with children. us all so well. It is so important that we not just CHILDREN ACT I yield the floor, and I suggest the ab- provide immediate support—but that Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I rise sence of a quorum. we also make sure our veterans have today in support of S. 1237, the Home- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the resources and support they need to less Veterans and Other Veterans clerk will call the roll. get back on their feet. Health Care Authorities Act of 2010. In addition to helping homeless vet- The bill clerk proceeded to call the I just had the opportunity to meet erans, S. 1237 also includes a number of roll. with an amazing woman named Natalie other provisions aimed at supporting Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I ask and her two children who are actually our nation’s heroes. unanimous consent that the order for here in Washington right now. It extends eligibility to health care the quorum call be rescinded. Natalie is currently living in for certain veterans with disabilities The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Issaquah in my home State of Wash- who served in the Persian Gulf war. objection, it is so ordered. ington—but she has been through some It would establish a medical center Ms. MIKULSKI. I ask unanimous tough times over the past few years. report card to allow veterans and their consent to speak as in morning busi- She is a Navy veteran and a single families access to transparent perform- ness. mom. But she became homeless in 2007 ance comparisons between VA facili- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- when she couldn’t find work and had to ties and between VA and non-VA sites. ate is in morning business. move out of the house she was staying And it would direct the VA to enable f in. State veterans’ homes to admit parents METRO SAFETY Like most moms, Natalie wanted who had a child die while serving in the nothing more than to provide her two Armed Forces. Ms. MIKULSKI. What morning busi- children with the stable and loving This is a very personal issue for me. ness this is. For those of us in the Na- home every family deserves—so she Growing up, I saw firsthand the many tional Capital region, this is indeed a fought to secure transitional housing, ways military service can affect both very solemn day. One year ago today, and she was very fortunate to find a veterans and their families. nine people died on Washington’s

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Good for result of a terrorist attack or of sabo- inspectors that are part of a unique them. Three cheers for them. We want tage, these deaths happened because of governing system were denied access to that. But while we are making sure Metro. It was a failure of management, the Metro tracks. That is when we said people do not lose their money on Wall it was a failure of technology, and it we needed to find out what was going Street, we have to make sure they do was a failure of the culture of safety at on. I called for a Federal audit of not lose their lives on Metro. So I ask Metro. Metro, a Federal investigation of just our friends on the Banking Committee, Today our hearts go out to those what was going on there. could we kind of get this done this families, those who lost loved ones and Thanks to Secretary LaHood and week, next week, before the July 4 those who bear the permanent injuries FTA leader Peter Rogoff, well known break? of that fateful day. Since that day to those of us in the Senate, they did The bill does three things: It gives there have been 4 more deaths at an outstanding audit which was indeed the Secretary of Transportation the Metro. This brings the total to 13 an outstanding service for us all. Their authority to establish and enforce safe- deaths in the last year. Let me repeat findings were shocking, hair-raising, ty standards, including those standards that—13 people died by Metro in the and chilling. What did we find out? for railcars and making sure there is last 12 months. Supervisors and train operators did an employee safety certification train- After that June 22 crash 1 year ago, not exactly know where Metro workers ing program; it also requires oversight four Metro employees died on the job. might be doing maintenance on the of the agencies monitoring safety to be One last August was a track repairman tracks until they actually saw them. independent; it funds federally ap- from Silver Spring who was hit by Can you imagine? People driving the proved State oversight agencies to maintenance equipment. In September, train had to see with their own eyes make sure they have the rules of the another employee died. A communica- their workers to make sure they did road and the resources to do it because tions technician was hit by a train. In not hit them. we regulate so much of this at the January, two more Metro employees There was no technological warning State level. died. They were automatic train con- system. Operators weren’t given the I am pretty worked up about this. I trol technicians when they, too, were exact location of workers on the hope we move the bill. I hope we move struck by a maintenance truck. tracks. Information was generalized Well, in December, I said enough is it before the break. and workers were often in different lo- enough. We always say a grateful na- I suggest the absence of a quorum. cations than what operators were told. tion will never forget after a terrible The PRESIDING OFFICER. The So the Metro itself was a lethal tool. accident and we go to a memorial serv- clerk will call the roll. Metro did not have the manpower to ice. Well, for me what happened at The bill clerk proceeded to call the implement its own safety programs. It Metro was not a memorial service, it roll. was a call to service and for action by did not have a list of the top ten safety Mr. LEMIEUX. I ask unanimous con- us. The best way we can honor the hazards and concerns. The list goes on sent that the order for the quorum call memory of those who died and those and on about the audit. be rescinded. I held a very vigorous oversight hear- who were injured is to reform Metro. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without I have called for that reform. In De- ing, both Senator CARDIN and myself. objection, it is so ordered. cember during my testimony on rail We pushed Metro to come up with a Mr. LEMIEUX. I ask unanimous con- safety legislation I introduced, I spoke checklist for change. We insisted that sent to speak until the Senate goes out and said it was time for change at they come up with this checklist. I de- into recess at 12:30. Metro. They needed new leadership. manded that they give it to us right The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without They needed a fresh approach. They then and there. objection, it is so ordered. needed to adopt a culture of safety that They told me they were going to be f working on it, and I said: Look, tell me was unrelenting in terms of their focus OILSPILL RESPONSE on the details to protect the people what you are going to do. Well, listen who work on the Metro and the people to how ground shaking it was: Replace Mr. LEMIEUX. Mr. President, I come who ride the Metro. the oldest railcars on the fleet, develop to the floor, as I did yesterday and last I was shocked to learn there are no a realtime automatic train control re- week, to talk about the economic and Federal safety standards for any dundancy system, strengthen the ex- environmental disaster in the Gulf of Metro. So whether we are talking pertise of the safety department, com- Mexico and the lack of response by this about the National Capital region plete the roadway worker protection government in dealing with the dis- Metro or New York’s subway system or program, develop a training and cer- aster. Everything that can be done California’s subway system, there are tification program for bus and rail per- should be done to stop this oil from no Federal safety standards. sonnel, strengthen employee knowl- coming on our beaches, from going into That is why I worked with NTSB and edge of rules and rules compliance, de- our coastal waterways, and from dam- the Federal Transit Administration to velop an accident and investigation aging our way of life on the gulf coast. develop legislation that would do two database, create a strong internal I specifically come to talk about things: give our own U.S. Department training tracking database, fill vacan- what is happening to Florida. For the of Transportation the authority to es- cies in the safety department, and im- last week, I have been making state- tablish and enforce Federal safety prove the agency’s safety culture. ments and questioning why there are standards so we would have uni- Imagine, it took a Senator holding a not more skimmers off the coast of formity, conformity, and metrics for public hearing to get a must-do list on Florida. I have been asking for more measuring safety on the Metro that we the safety list for change. This is unac- skimmers to be sent to the Gulf of help fund. It also would require the ceptable. We have to make sure we Mexico for many weeks. U.S. Department of Transportation to have Federal legislation. We need to do A week ago today, I met with the implement the National Transpor- two things: We need to have Federal President, ADM Thad Allen, and other tation Safety Board’s recommendation legislation, and we need to have Fed- State and local officials in Pensacola list which includes requiring that rail- eral funding. to address many issues concerning the cars have crashworthy standards, I want to make sure we save lives on response to the oilspill. At that time, emergency entry and evacuation stand- the Metro. This is why I introduced we were told there were 32 skimmers ards, and regulations for train operator safety reform legislation. I understand off the coast of Florida. Today, we are shifts. the Banking Committee is considering told there are 20. It makes no sense

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Republic of Korea, skimmers, I said: Why are they coming? professionals in a professional services under consideration. May 2, the offer is She said: They are coming to see the corporation. We are talking about the made. As of last Friday, no response. beach one last time, as if they were smallest of the small businesses. Sweden, April 30, skimmers; more going to visit a friend who was on his This is a $9.1 billion hit on a small skimmers offered on June 15. Under or her deathbed. They don’t believe the subset of small businesses engaged in a consideration. No response. United beach will ever look the way they re- service trade. I wonder, the next time Arab Emirates, skimmers, under con- member it looking. an offset is needed, will the Senate go sideration, offer made May 10. No re- Why we are not deploying every after all the small businesses, changing sponse. Why are we not welcoming all available national asset, military the Tax Code this same way? of these offers of assistance to bring asset, and accepting every offer of as- My colleagues on the other side of these skimmers and put them in the sistance from foreign countries is be- the aisle call this a ‘‘loophole closer’’ Gulf of Mexico to suck up the oil? yond belief, and it is not acceptable. I or an ‘‘anti-fraud provision.’’ I assure I wish to show an example of an offer will continue to meet with the Coast my colleagues this is neither. These of assistance made to the United Guard and the Navy. When I see the words are convenient labels my col- States. The ship here is from a Dutch President tomorrow at the White leagues use to defend tax-and-spend company called Dockwise. The name of House, I will raise this issue with him. policies. The small business corpora- this vessel is the Swan. Unlike some of I will do everything I can to keep clam- tion provision is, however, a massive the skimmers being used and deployed oring for this. It is not acceptable that tax increase on small business. by the Navy, which can be put on a in this, the greatest country in the This new payroll tax on nonwage in- train car or flown on an airplane to the world, our response would be this ane- come would hurt the ability of small location—and although very welcome mic. businesses to reinvest and to create are relatively small—this is a massive I yield the floor. jobs. At nearly 10 percent unemploy- ship that could take in 20,000 tons of oil ment, I don’t think the Federal Gov- f or an oil-water mixture off of the ernment is in any position to pursue water. They rig the ship with skim- RECESS job-killing tax increases. Small busi- ming equipment that hangs off the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under nesses are the lifeblood of our econ- sides. the previous order, the Senate stands omy. It is imperative that we nurture So on May 7, Dockwise offered the in recess until the hour of 2:15 p.m. their growth, not hinder it, so they can to the United States. The offer Swan Thereupon, at 12:28 p.m., the Senate create jobs and get our economy back went under consideration. After 48 recessed until 2:15 p.m. and reassem- on track. days, the offer for this massive ship bled when called to order by the Pre- None of us is in favor of fraud, but with 20,000 tons of skimming capacity siding Officer (Mr. BEGICH). that is not really what we are talking is still under consideration. But the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- about. ship is not available anymore because ator from Wyoming. If the IRS wants to improve compli- Dockwise now has employed the ship Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unani- ance with the self-employment tax, for other purposes because the U.S. mous consent to speak as in morning they have the right tools. They just Government, from all the information business. need to use them. For example, the IRS we have, never got back to them. Here The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Revenue Ruling 74–44 that specifically is a Dutch company offering us a mas- objection, it is so ordered. addresses the tax treatment of divi- sive ship to skim 20,000 tons of oil and dends in lieu of compensation gives water off the top of the Gulf of Mexico, f them all they need. and the U.S. Government doesn’t re- MORNING BUSINESS I ask unanimous consent to have the turn the phone call. They never hear IRS revenue ruling printed in the Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unani- whether we want the ship. People in- RECORD following my statement. volved with the situation believe the mous consent that the Senate proceed The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Swan was rejected due to Jones Act to a period of morning business until 5 objection, it is so ordered. considerations and that a similar ves- p.m. with the time equally divided be- (See exhibit 1.) sel, the SEAcorp vessel named the tween the two leaders or their des- Mr. ENZI. I also have pages and Washington, was chosen instead. The ignees, with Senators permitted to pages of case law of which the IRS has Washington is an American flag vessel. speak for up to 10 minutes each. successfully litigated the issue of divi- Its capacity is 1,000 tons, one-twentieth The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without dends in lieu of compensation and the the capacity of the Swan. I am for objection, it is so ordered. applicability of employment taxes. America first, but why aren’t we using The Senator from Wyoming. Plus, Congress has codified the eco- both of them? There is plenty of oil to f nomic substance doctrine which says a skim up. Use the American vessel, but transaction must have an economic SELF-EMPLOYMENT TAX don’t fail to respond to the Dutch com- purpose aside from the reduction of tax pany that has this massive ship that Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, the Reid- liability in order to be considered has a 20,000-ton skimming capacity. Baucus tax extenders bill before the valid. In my opinion, this is the IRS’s Why would we not employ both? Senate includes several provisions ace-in-the-hole card. The IRS can close I could not be more frustrated with that, to my knowledge, have never any loophole—real or imagined—with the lack of response. I could not be been vetted by congressional tax writ- the power of the new law. more frustrated with the lack of a ers either in the Senate Finance Com- Why can’t the IRS do its job with the sense of urgency from this administra- mittee or in the House Ways and Means volumes of legislative regulatory and tion in getting this job done. Committee. As an accountant with judicial tools it already has? For exam- The people of the State of Florida are practical expertise in tax matters, this ple, the IRS revenue ruling could be scared to death about the oilspill. disturbs me greatly. It should also dis- codified somehow, but then it wouldn’t When I was in Pensacola last week, I turb the small business owners because provide an offset for new programs, met a woman who works at the pier on there is a provision in this bill that would it? Nor would it permit my col- Pensacola Beach. I asked her how would slap them in the face with a 15- leagues across the aisle to reduce the things were going. She serves food at percent tax increase. I am talking tax on venture capitalists for their car- the pier. about the provision that would apply a ried interest. I don’t like the carried

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In a 2009 report, the GAO SNOWE from Maine, to file an amend- the term ‘‘wages,’’ with certain specific ex- stated: ‘‘IRS efforts to enforce the ment that would strike the S corpora- ceptions not material here, as ‘‘all remu- rules on paying adequate wage com- tion payroll tax from the underlying neration for employment.’’ Section 3401(a) of pensation to small business share- tax extenders bill. the Code, relating to the withholding of income tax, contains a similar definition. holders have been limited,’’ and the If my colleagues across the aisle seri- In the instant case, the ‘‘dividends’’ paid to IRS provides only ‘‘limited guidance in ously believe that noncompliance with the shareholders in 1972 were in lieu of rea- determining adequate compensation’’ the self-employment tax among S cor- sonable compensation for their services. Ac- guidelines for taxpayers. porations is a problem, then the best, cordingly, the 100x dollars paid to each of the A 2002 report by the Treasury’s in- most workable solution is to codify the shareholders was reasonable compensation spector general found that ‘‘IRS agents ‘‘reasonable compensation’’ standard for services performed by him, rather than a did not always address officer com- into law. This S corporation ‘‘attribu- distribution of the corporation’s earnings and profits. Such compensation was ‘‘wages’’ pensation, even when little or no com- tion of gross income’’ basis isn’t work- and liability was incurred for the taxes im- pensation was paid.’’ able. If you don’t believe me, again, I posed by the Federal Insurance Contribu- Clearly, the IRS isn’t doing its job. refer you to the experts. tions Act, the Federal Unemployment Tax That is the loophole. The IRS can and I have a letter I wish to submit for Act, and the Collection of Income Tax at should do more with what they already the RECORD. It is a letter from the Source on Wages. have. AICPA, the American Institute of Cer- EXHIBIT 2 As a former accountant, I find this tified Public Accountants. In the letter small business corporation payroll tax they say: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, totally unworkable. For example, the We are concerned that there may be tax would apply when 80 percent or Washington, DC, June 14, 2010. unintended consequences that have not Hon. MAX BAUCUS, more of gross income of the S corpora- been fully aired and discussed. Accord- Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, tion is attributable to three or fewer ingly, we strongly support the amend- Washington, DC. shareholders in the S corporation. How ment being offered by Senators Snowe Hon. CHARLES GRASSLEY, are taxpayers supposed to track the at- and Enzi which would strike Section Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Fi- nance, Washington, DC. tribution of gross income? Let me give 413. an example. AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4213, SECTION 413—EM- My friend, the senior Senator from I ask unanimous consent this letter PLOYMENT TAX TREATMENT OF PROFES- Massachusetts, has introduced S. 144 be printed in the RECORD at the end of SIONAL SERVICE BUSINESSES—S. AMEND- that would exempt cell phones from my statement. MENT 4342 the recordkeeping requirements under The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without DEAR CHAIRMAN BAUCUS AND RANKING MEM- objection, it is so ordered. BER GRASSLEY: The American Institute of the listed property rules. Why? Because Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) op- the paperwork burden is too costly and (See exhibit 2.) Mr. ENZI. Again, this seemingly poses Section 413 of the American Jobs and time consuming for business. I think it small provision in the tax extenders Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010 which we is a good bill, and I am proud to be a believe threatens to result in a significant bill would have a $9 billion impact, and cosponsor. In fact, the bill has 72 co- increase in taxes and complexity for S cor- that is just on a subset of S corpora- sponsors. That is a supermajority of porations and their shareholders, and for cer- tions, these small businesses. the Senate who agree it is a good bill. tain limited partners. Section 413 represents This payroll tax provision ought to a major change in longstanding tax policy But if a supermajority of the Senate be stripped and sent back to the tax- that has never been the subject of public agrees the bookkeeping burden of par- writing committees where it can be ad- hearings, thus, we are concerned that there celling out an itemized cell phone bill dressed in the proper fashion. I strong- may be unintended consequences that have between business and personal use is not been fully aired and discussed. Accord- ly urge my colleagues to support the too onerous, why would we think that ingly, we strongly support the amendment Snowe-Enzi amendment in our efforts itemizing the source of gross income being offered by Senators SNOWE and ENZI, S. to remove this misguided, outrageous across shareholders and employees in Amendment 4342, which would strike Section new tax. I think there is support on an S corporation would be any easier? 413. The proposed Section 413: Fails to take into account a fair and reasonable return on This new payroll tax on small busi- both sides of the aisle for doing that. I thank the Chair and yield the floor. the human and investment capital of the ness was written without any input owners; may reduce Social Security benefits EXHIBIT 1 from the tax-writing committees, and for early retirees; may create unintended it shows. Although I am sure it was un- [From taxanalysts] consequences to qualified and non-qualified intended, this new law has the poten- FEDERAL RESEARCH LIBRARY: IRS REVENUE retirement plans of owners that would now tial to reduce Social Security benefits. RULINGS have both wages and self-employment in- Since the new payroll tax would reclas- (Rev. Rul. 74–44; 1974–1 C.B. 287) come; and ignores the fact that the IRS currently has the appropriate enforcement tools REV. RUL. 74–44 sify income from certain small busi- it needs to re-characterize the distributions nesses as wage income, it could trigger Advice has been requested whether, under of S corporations as salary subject to em- the earnings test for folks receiving the circumstances described below, an elect- ployment taxes under FICA. early retirement benefits from Social ing small business corporation incurred li- The AICPA would like to work with Con- Security. ability for the taxes imposed by the Federal gress and the IRS to address the best way to Insurance Contributions Act, Federal Unem- Even Senator BAUCUS admitted the collect S corporation shareholders’ and part- payroll tax provision needs ‘‘modifica- ployment Tax Act, and the Collection of In- ners’ fair share of employment/self-employ- come Tax at Source on Wages (chapters 21, ment taxes. Such a provision should not be tions.’’ I remember it well because he 23, and 24, respectively, subtitle C, Internal rushed through the legislative process with- made this statement during a Treasury Revenue Code of 1954). out due process and deliberation. Thank you hearing a few weeks ago when I raised The corporation is a small business cor- very much for taking time to consider our this issue as an onerous tax increase. poration with two shareholders, that has serious concerns and suggestions regarding Not only is this a job-killing tax, but elected, pursuant to section 1371(a) of the Section 413 of this Act, and the much needed the manner in which it was concocted Code, not to be subject to corporate income Snowe-Enzi amendment. If we can be of as- is appalling. The original tax extenders tax, but to have all its income taxed directly sistance, please contact Peter Kravitz, bill raised the taxes on Wall Street to its shareholders. AICPA Director of Congressional & Political In 1972, the shareholders performed serv- Affairs or Edward S. Karl, AICPA Vice Presi- bankers, but when their lobbyists ices for the corporation. However, to avoid dent—Taxation. howled, lawmakers went looking some- the payment of Federal employment taxes, Sincerely, place else—small businesses—for the they drew no salary from the corporation ALAN R. EINHORN, revenue they needed. Small businesses but arranged for the corporation to pay them Chair, Tax Executive Committee.

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Thou- today to share an incredible story there, died in that storm. sands of rockets and mortars have been about a community working together Of course, Montana is a State where fired from Gaza into Israel over the in the aftermath of a powerful storm in agriculture is not just the top indus- last decade. Billings, MT. try, it is the livelihood of thousands of Just last week, Israel has shown The storm that occurred on Father’s families. Weather takes its toll on signs of compromise, announcing its Day spawned at least one tornado that crops and soil and irrigation. But over intention to ease the blockade and touched down in Billings Heights, the past week, we have seen unusual allow more civilian goods and humani- blowing apart several businesses and weather across the Big Sky State, and tarian aid to enter the Palestinian ter- one of the city’s most familiar build- we can expect more of it. From farmers ritory by land, including construction ings. to tribal communities to folks who live materials for civilian projects. If my colleagues will take a look, in Montana’s biggest cities, it impacts It is important to note that Hamas this is a picture of what the inside of everyone. Rimrock Auto Arena looks like today. has made no such compromises and Now we begin the process of rebuild- continues to maintain its vehement You can see the tornado ripped off the ing the businesses and the familiar roof. Thousands and thousands of folks and violent stance against Israel’s ex- buildings destroyed by these storms. istence. Hamas also continues to en- have memories from inside this build- I ask the Presiding Officer and all of danger Gaza’s civilian population by ing, from concerts to sporting events my colleagues to stand with me to using hospitals, schools, mosques, and to graduations. offer any support we can to the Billings residential neighborhoods as command This picture was taken by Larry and Rocky Boy’s communities and to and operations centers or as weapons Mayer, a photographer for the Billings those folks up in the Bear Paw Moun- storage facilities. Gazette. Minutes after the tornado tore tains and especially to the folks who through, emergency responders, as my have to start from scratch because, as While Hamas claims to be the pop- colleagues can see, arrived on the scene we know all too well in Montana, it ular representatives of the Palestinians to keep folks away from the debris in takes working together to rebuild, and in Gaza, their actions show that they the streets. we will become stronger. hardly care for the plight of the aver- The wind twisted guardrails around With that, Mr. President, I yield the age Gazan, as their rule deprives their light poles. The rain turned streets floor. I suggest the absence of a own people of a transparent democ- into rivers. Golf ball-sized hail came quorum, and I ask unanimous consent racy, civil rights and freedom. crashing down. that the time during the quorum call The best way to ameliorate that and In our part of the country, we are be divided equally between the Demo- to fix the broader current crisis and used to extreme weather—subzero cold, crats and Republicans. prevent future ones, of course, is drought, snow, and severe thunder- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Israeli-Palestinian peace and the cre- storms—but a tornado tearing through GILLIBRAND). Without objection, it is so ation of an independent Palestinian the middle of Montana’s largest city is ordered. state that lives side-by-side with pretty darn rare. Through it all, only The clerk will call the roll. Israel, providing security and economic one minor injury was reported, and The assistant bill clerk proceeded to stability for the Palestinian and the that was due to hail. call the roll. Israeli people. While we stand together in support of Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I ask Today, it is Israel that continues to the folks who lost their businesses and unanimous consent that the order for acknowledge the necessary framework their property last Sunday, we are the quorum call be rescinded. for any peace agreement. grateful no one died. Nobody lost their The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Israel has shown willingness for di- home. I attribute that to a lot of luck KAUFMAN). Without objection, it is so rect negotiations, but the Palestinians and to quick action and smart deci- ordered. continue to insist on proximity talks. sions by emergency responders in Bil- f Israel is seeking to make peace with a lings and in Yellowstone County. partner whose parliament is controlled HAMAS IN GAZA Immediately after the clouds lifted, by Hamas, an organization still sworn officers kept onlookers out of harm’s Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I rise to the destruction of Israel. way. More than a dozen National today to speak about the current situa- The only way to achieve peace is for Guardsmen immediately secured the tion in the Gaza Strip. Hamas to give up its militancy, forego area, answering a late night call on Fa- In 2007, Hamas, a State Department- terrorism and violence against inno- ther’s Day. News reporters went to designated foreign terrorist organiza- cent civilians, recognize Israel’s right work sharing the story. Unelected lead- tion, forcibly seized control of Gaza. to exist and become a legitimate part- ers, from councilmen to commis- Hamas continues to refuse to recognize ner in Palestinian institutions. The sioners, buckled down to hammer out Israel’s right to exist and, in fact, has more than 1 million Palestinians living the next steps. perpetrated terrorist attacks against in Gaza deserve that, the millions of This week, people across the country Israel, launching countless rockets Israelis who are subject to Hamas rock- opened their newspapers and turned on from Gaza into Israel. ets and terror deserve that and frank- their TVs to see the incredible pictures Hamas calls for the elimination of ly, the world deserves a stable, secure from Billings, MT. They saw what hap- Israel and Jews from Islamic holy Middle East. pens when a community works to- lands. No Hamas leader has publicly I yield the floor and suggest the ab- gether in the aftermath of a storm expressed a willingness to disarm or to sence of a quorum. such as this. Everyone lived to share stop attacks on Israel and Israelis. their story, and the community grew Israel, like every other country in The PRESIDING OFFICER. The stronger because of it. the world, has a right to defend itself. clerk will call the roll. It is not just Billings that felt the With a sworn enemy on its border, The assistant bill clerk proceeded to force of wild weather this last week. Israel must protect her citizens against call the roll. Further north, the community of potential attacks every single day. Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unani- Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation is still Under the blockade, Israel directs ships mous consent that the order for the trying to tally up the damage after a to the port of Ashdod, where they are quorum call be rescinded. powerful rain storm last Thursday inspected for arms and other dangerous The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without night. In the nearby Bear Paw Moun- items before Israel allows off-loading objection, it is so ordered.

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I cleaned the toilets. cent of small employer plans will have status even if they provide the same I did the bookkeeping. In short, I was a to give up what they have right now things the other one was providing, one-man show. That is not quite accu- because there are more federally man- which is what you do in a bid. In an at- rate. My wife was there, and we had a dated requirements they have not been tempt to keep health care costs down couple of clerks. We all had the same meeting. In my home State, more than and avoid having to do the other things responsibilities. My wife helped and ac- 50 percent of the people will have to we mentioned, you would lose your tually grew the business while I was change to a different insurance. I have grandfather status. In short, if employ- mayor of Gillette. We were a one-fam- to tell you, almost all of them who ers do anything to help slow the ily show. I know firsthand the strug- have insurance are happy with the in- growth of their health insurance costs, gles and challenges America’s small surance they have and really thought they will lose the limited protections businesses face. We faced them on a they could keep what they have if they against the expensive new mandates in daily basis. That is why I am so con- like what they have. This chart shows the bill. cerned about the recent action by the that is not going to be the case. It is worth noting that 2 pages in the Obama administration. During my days as a shoestore owner, law—just 2 pages; it was 2,700 pages, Earlier this week, the administration I would not have had the luxury to read but 2 pages are causing all this—that published a 121-page interim final rule a 121-page interim final rule and try to create the grandfathered plans are a that will have a major negative impact determine what I needed to do to keep blank slate. The law does not say any- on millions of small businesses across my health insurance plan. And if my thing about cost-sharing requirements the country. This new rule, which im- small business was one of the 80 per- or coinsurance rates. plements just two pages of the health cent of small businesses that the ad- The administration made up all these care law pertaining to grandfathered ministration thinks will lose their cur- provisions and requirements. They did health plans, will increase the costs rent status, then I would be forced to not have to write these rules that pre- these businesses will pay for health in- pay for a lot more coverage. clude half of Americans from keeping surance. This new rule violates the One of the most disturbing aspects of what they have. The reality is that the President’s repeated promises from last this new rule is it will actually make it administration does not want you to year and the year before that under the harder for employers to make changes keep what you have. They certainly new health care law, if you like what that could hold down the cost of their like that talking point—it keeps people you have, you can keep it. health care. Once this interim final from getting very nervous—but they do A chart on page 54 of the rule states rule becomes effective, which will be not actually want you to keep what that the Departments of Treasury, July 12 of this year—less than a month you have. They do not want grand- Labor, and Health and Human Services from now—large and small businesses fathered plans to exist. They want to estimate that between 39 and 69 per- will have few options for both keeping force all Americans to buy only insur- cent of the businesses will lose their costs in check and maintaining their ance plans that are defined and ap- grandfathered health plan status. This grandfather status. If an employer does proved in Washington. It is just one means these businesses’ health plans any one of the following things to man- more Washington takeover. will not be able to keep their current age their costs, they lose the health Throughout the rule, the administra- plans but, rather, will be required to care they have: If they eliminate any tion makes the assumption that a large comply with one of the expensive man- benefits, they lose their grandfather number of plans will place a high value dates included in the new law. This status. If they increase coinsurance on the remaining grandfathered plans. will, in turn, drive up the costs for rates, they lose their grandfather sta- Why do they make this assumption? these plans, making them even more tus. If they increase deductibles or out- Because the administration recognizes unaffordable for small businesses. As a of-pocket limits beyond minimum lev- that employers realize the mandates former small business owner, I under- els, they lose their grandfather status. and burdens included in the health care stand how small businesses are strug- If they increase copayments beyond bill will drive up premiums and drive gling every day to find the resources to minimum levels, they lose their grand- up costs for large businesses, small provide health insurance to their em- father status. If they decrease the em- businesses, and individuals. The Con- ployees. Rather than making it easier ployer share of the premium by more gressional Budget Office estimates that for these businesses to continue to pro- than 5 percent, they lose grandfather costs will increase 10 to 13 percent for vide this coverage, the new regulation status. If they add an annual limit or Americans purchasing coverage on will actually make it more likely that decrease the lifetime or annual limit, their own. That represents a $2,100 in- employers will simply drop their they lose grandfather status. If they crease for families purchasing cov- health insurance coverage altogether. change their health insurance carrier, erage. I have a copy of the chart to show the they lose their grandfather status. Page 112 of the rule lists the 13 new folks back home. This chart shows the Which is the most important one of mandates included in the health care administration’s own estimates, which those? The very last one. If they law that do not apply to grandfathered indicate that only about half of Ameri- change their health insurance carrier, plans. However, based on the adminis- cans will be able to keep what they they lose their grandfather status. The tration’s own calculations, it looks as have. The picture, of course, is even only way you have a chance of holding if 39 to 69 percent of employers will worse for small businesses. Health and those costs down is to bid out the in- now be forced to comply with these Human Services estimates that by 2013, surance. It made a huge difference in new 13 mandates when they lose their up to 80 percent of small businesses our business. The first time we bid it grandfather status. could lose their grandfather status. out—and we were several years staying Even for the small number of plans The plans that do lose their grand- with the same company and having that manage to keep their grandfather father status will have to abide by a very huge increases—the first time we status, the reality is that the new law whole slew of new Federal mandates, bid it out, we found out we could save will still impose expensive new man- many of which have not even been very substantially, and so we bought dates that will increase their costs. written yet. the lower bid insurance. The new health care law requires all These are the low estimates of how Then the company we had been deal- plans, including grandfathered health many people are going to take it again. ing with for several years came to us plans, to comply with certain provi- This is a midrange estimate by the ad- and said: Why did you change? sions in the new health care law. Page ministration and then a high estimate I said: We got a much lower price. 112 of the interim final rule has five

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Do a little sible? If plans do not have these docu- collectively bargained plans, which can digging and it is clear that Americans ments ready, they can be fined up to change issuers during the period of collective will not be able to keep what they $1,000 per enrollee. The standards will bargaining agreement without loss of grand- have. not be ready until next year, but the father status. I would like to read a paragraph from plans have to comply this year or face Keep reading, because page 50 says: page 112 of the regulation. It says: a $1,000-per-enrollee fine. Common For fully insured group health plans, an- Provisions applicable to all grandfathered sense rode a horse right out of Wash- other change that would require a plan to re- health plans. The provisions of Public Health ington. Maybe it was never here to linquish grandfather status is a change in Service Act section 2711 insofar as it relates begin with. issuer. to lifetime limits, and the provisions of Pub- Section 2718 says all plans for big The bottom line: Big labor can lic Health Service Act— businesses have to spend at least 85 change issuers, but small businesses And it lists several of them— cents out of every premium dollar they cannot change issuers. The ability to apply to grandfathered health plans for plan get paying claims, and plans for small change issuers is something that keeps years on or after September 23, 2010. The pro- businesses and individuals have to insurance companies competing visions of Public Health Service Act section spend at least 80 cents out of every pre- against each other to see who can offer 2708 apply to grandfathered health plans for mium dollar they get paying claims. the best product at the lowest price. plan years beginning on or after January 1, This may sound like a good idea, but, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- 2014. again, the devil is in the details. ator’s time has expired. This means health plans are now pro- The National Association of Insur- Mr. ENZI. I ask unanimous consent hibited from having lifetime limits on ance Commissioners is responsible for to speak for 2 more minutes. the dollar value of benefits for any par- defining the terms used in these cal- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ticipant or beneficiary. Even though culations and coming up with some objection, it is so ordered. this section becomes effective after recommendations about how to imple- Mr. ENZI. I thank my colleagues. September 23 of this year, the Depart- ment this section. The Secretary asked The ability to change issuers is some- ment has not issued any regulations or them to make these recommendations thing that keeps insurance companies guidance telling plans how to imple- earlier than when the law says, but competing against each other to see ment this new requirement. they have been having some difficulty. who can offer the best product at the Section 2712 says that health plans The difficulty is that States know that lowest price. Take that competition shall not rescind such plan or coverage, implementing these provisions will put away, and prices will go up—for every- except that this section shall not apply health plans out of business—out of one but union plans. to a covered individual who has per- business. When the plans go out of The simple truth is, because this new formed an act or practice that con- business, the Americans enrolled in rule will drastically tie the hands of stitutes fraud or makes an intentional these plans will lose their coverage. employers, few employers are expected misrepresentation of material fact. We This is a real problem with which the to pursue grandfather status. That have not seen any guidance or regula- insurance commissioners are grap- means more than half of Americans tions on that section either. pling. Unfortunately, Republicans who like what they have won’t be able Section 2714 says that all kids under warned our colleagues on the other side to keep it. As I said earlier, this is not the age of 26 can stay on their parents’ about this problem last December but a mistake. This is exactly what the health insurance policy. This popular we were ignored. President and the majority controlling provision got a lot of attention from Section 2708 becomes effective in 2014 Congress want. They want all Ameri- the media and the administration. Be- and says that plans cannot apply wait- cans to be forced to buy the kind of cause of the popularity, this is one area ing periods that exceed 90 days. Again, health insurance they think you should where the administration has actually this provision sounds like a great idea, have. Never mind that you can’t afford written an interim final rule which be- and some States are already doing this, it. Never mind that employers faced comes effective July 12 this year even but this is one more thing that will with the choice of either paying for though the comments are not due until drive up costs. health insurance or paying a new pen- August 11 of this year. The final rule No single raindrop thinks it is re- alty will be less likely to hire new goes into effect July 12, but the com- sponsible for the flood. These provi- workers and will probably even lay off ments are not due until August 11. In sions may sound like good ideas when workers. Simply put, this rule States: other words, they are not going to read looked at by themselves but, when Washington knows best. Never mind any of the comments before that goes taken together, they drive up pre- the President promised Americans who into effect. miums to the point health care is like what they have can keep it. This In the rule, the administration in- unaffordable. new rule is pretty clear: If you like cludes an analysis saying that this pro- All these sections I have been talking what you have, you can’t keep it. vision is expected to increase pre- about are mandates that apply to all Mr. President, I yield the floor. miums by 1 percent. That might not plans, even grandfathered plans. There The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- sound like a lot on its own, but remem- is a whole list of mandates that do not ator from Rhode Island. ber that this is only one of the six pro- apply to grandfathered plans but apply Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, I visions with which all health plans, to the new plans. Page 112 of the rule. ask unanimous consent that we con- even grandfathered plans, will be I would refer you to that. I won’t read tinue in morning business and that forced to comply. If each of the other it here. It has a lot of references again, Senator BROWN of Ohio and myself be five provisions also drives up premiums and even though these sections aren’t allowed to engage in a colloquy for the by similar amounts, that would equal a supposed to apply to grandfathered next 15 minutes. 6-percent increase on top of whatever plans, as this rule points out, about The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there increase results from normal medical half of all Americans will lose their objection? inflation. grandfathered plan and they will be Without objection, it is so ordered. Section 2715 says all plans must give forced to buy a plan that includes the f enrollees a government-approved sum- additional mandates. mary of benefits and coverage expla- But if you are enrolled in a union ESTATE TAX nation describing the benefits included health plan, have no fear. Different Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, in the plan. rules apply to you. The administra- Senator BROWN and I have come to the

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If the estate tax was and it is going to go without tax to his lican friends. where it should have been, he would heirs. Without any tax at all. It is hard At this point, at exemption levels of have—his family would have—paid the to know what his tax planning is, but if $3.5 million per individual, $7 million Federal Government $3 billion or $4 bil- the ordinary rates applied, the tax that per couple, only a few thousand estates lion. would be paid by this estate might be each year pay any estate tax at all. It What does that mean? It means that as much as $4 billion. is a tax that only hits not the rich but during this previous Congress—the 2002 I think it is important to put that in the superrich—the billionaires, such as and 2003 Congresses—when the Bush ad- counterpoint with the discussion we the Duncan family. And while we are in ministration ran up this huge debt, have been having on the floor today, this period of economic turmoil, while with tax cuts for the rich, not paid for where our friends on the other side of we are in this period where one party is but passed on to our children and the aisle are blocking unemployment trying to keep regular workers from grandchildren; the Iraq war, not paid insurance for Americans who, through getting access to unemployment insur- for and passed on to our children and no fault of their own, lost their jobs. ance in the middle of this economic grandchildren; the giveaway to the Because of what Wall Street did to disaster, they are all for an unpaid-for drug and insurance companies in the wipe out the economy, they are out zeroing out of the estate tax so that a name of Medicare privatization, passed there on their own. They can’t find $9 billion estate passes completely tax on to our children and grandchildren; work. In Rhode Island, we have 70,000 free. and the billions of dollars of cost that people unemployed in our small State. I think that is wrong. I think it was added to the bill, this would have Our unemployment rate is 12.3 percent. shows priorities that are completely helped pay for some of that. And if you don’t have unemployment topsy-turvy—completely upside-down. The $3 billion or $4 billion that would insurance to protect you at a time such I know that Senator BROWN wanted to have been generated by the Duncan es- as that, you are stuck. Unemployment join me, and I have gone on for a bit, so tate, where does that money come insurance goes to pay for food. It goes I will quiet down for a second so he can from? What do we replace that with? to pay for gas in the tank, to look for be heard. But it is immensely frus- We either continue to tax middle-class the next job. It goes to pay for shoes trating that that is the priority around people in this country too heavily or for your children. It goes to pay for here—let the working family lose the we cut programs for that $3 billion or clothing and rent and heat or elec- basic paycheck that holds the family $4 billion or we charge it to our grand- tricity—all the basics. They are block- together but have the billionaires get children. And that is what has hap- ing it. They are blocking it because it $9 billion tax free. pened. As Senator WHITEHOUSE said, it is not paid for, as if this were not an Mr. BROWN of Ohio. I thank Senator is a contrast. emergency. WHITEHOUSE for his comments. As Sen- What do we do? We can do as Repub- But they are perfectly happy—in ator WHITEHOUSE said, I have been in licans do: We can deny unemployment fact, we haven’t heard a peep out of this body only since January of 2007. compensation; deny COBRA insurance them—with the Duncan estate going Most of the damage from the estate tax coverage, so people can keep their tax free to his heirs. I don’t know how was done prior to our being here. But I health insurance; deny Pell grants for many of them there are, but if there spent some years before being elected people, which could be paid for by this are any less than nine, they all just be- to the Senate in the House of Rep- $3 billion or $4 billion, or should we tax came billionaires, tax free. That is the resentatives, and anytime we talked more people to pay for it? The Repub- kind of contrast that is so remarkable about the estate tax in the House, my licans didn’t care about the budget def- about this building. We have an entire Republican colleagues would use two icit when it was the Iraq war. They party that is dedicated to preventing terms. They would talk about the ‘‘pol- didn’t pay for the Iraq war. They didn’t working people, who have lost their itics of envy’’ and they would talk care about the budget deficit when it jobs through no fault of their own as a about ‘‘class warfare;’’ that Democrats was the giveaway to the drug compa- result of this economic meltdown, from were envious of success and that we nies. Now all of a sudden they do. getting unemployment insurance, and were engaging in class warfare, want- This is the face of people we deal that has actually already expired and ing to turn one social class against an- with. This is a General Motors auto we are trying to backfill it for that pe- other. worker in Lorain, OH, somewhere near riod, but they are completely satisfied But the issue here isn’t any strong Dayton, where this GM plant closed in with an oil tycoon worth $9 billion hav- desire for us to engage in retribution the last 2 years. These workers waiting ing his estate go completely tax free to against anybody or any class envy. The here are losing their unemployment in- his heirs. That situation is happening situation is this, and let’s start with surance because people on the other because of a glitch in the Tax Code this chart. This is a percentage of es- side of the aisle—our Republican col- that we could not fix. It is part of the tates subject to tax. The estate tax, leagues—simply would rather protect Bush tax cuts having run to their con- which the Republicans called the the super wealthiest people in our soci- clusion. ‘‘death tax,’’ does not impact 99.3 per- ety—they would rather protect these The estate tax goes back to 1789 in cent of people who die in this country. seven-tenths or 7 out of every 1,000 peo- its first incarnation. It has been per- Their families pay zero estate tax. It is ple—and helping them pay no taxes, manent since 1916. John D. Rockefeller only, as Senator WHITEHOUSE said, the rather than taking care of this unem- paid estate taxes in 1937 when he died. absolute mega superrich. It is not peo- ployed worker. That is the tragedy of He was taxed at a 70-percent rate. ple worth just a few million but only the choices they have made. Today, we are having a debate about seven-tenths of 1 percent. That means Those contrasts, as Senator whether we should continue at a rate it is 7 out of 1,000 who will pay any es- WHITEHOUSE said, are very clear, be- of only 45 percent. The Duncan estate tate tax at all. And so this issue—not tween Republicans wanting to protect went through at zero percent. aimed at any one person—raises the the superrich and Democrats wanting This cut, which took $4 billion out of question of: What do we do instead? to make sure that unemployment com- the economy to pay this one family The Duncan family—this is Mr. DUN- pensation is extended. These are with a tax-free estate, was pushed CAN, whom Senator WHITEHOUSE talked human beings, each with a story. You through by the Republicans using rec- about—died with $9 billion, and his can bet in this crowd some of these onciliation. If you have been listening family pays no estate tax whatsoever. people not only lost their job but they on the floor, you have heard a lot of Senator WHITEHOUSE pointed out that lost their insurance, and some of them critique about what a terrible proce- if there are fewer than nine members of have lost their home as well. Because I

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Without WHITEHOUSE, Majority Leader REID, on the Senate floor, and I do not want objection, it is so ordered. who is on the floor, and Senator KAUF- to take time. I will close. America is a Mr. REID. I suggest the absence of a MAN want to see us take care of the un- place of which we are very proud. It is quorum. employed workers, take care of those the greatest country ever. It is a place The PRESIDING OFFICER. The who have lost their insurance, take where people can get fabulously rich. clerk will call the roll. care of those who are faced with fore- Not only is it a place where you can The assistant legislative clerk pro- closure because of the economic situa- get fabulously rich, when you get fabu- ceeded to call the roll. tion. As Senator WHITEHOUSE said, lously rich you can still live a rel- Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent these people didn’t choose to be in this atively normal life. You don’t have to that the order for the quorum call be situation. live like some Third World thug behind rescinded. As Warren Buffett said in 2007: armed guards driving around in con- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The average American went exactly no- voys with armed SUVs. You can live a objection, it is so ordered. where on the economic scale in the last 20 normal life as a very rich person. The Senator from Michigan is recog- years. They have been on a treadmill while Everybody has a chance to get rich. nized. the super rich have been on a space ship. Everybody has a chance to become a f That is exactly what happened in millionaire, a multimillionaire, a bil- UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS this country. The wealthiest people lionaire. But when they do, they have have done better and better as their to pay their share. Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I tax rate went down and down. Those The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. rise to speak on behalf of nearly 1 mil- middle-class kids who need Pell grants, HAGAN). The time of the Senator has lion people who have lost their jobs, the middle-class families who lost their expired. who have now also lost their unem- jobs who are now on the unemployment Mr. WHITEHOUSE. I thank the ployment insurance benefits because of line, those workers who have lost their Chair. the extensive obstacles and objections that have been put forward in the Sen- insurance through no fault of their f own—they lost their jobs—they are on ate to extending this important pro- this downward spiral which simply is CONCLUSION OF MORNING gram. I wish I could say this was the not what our country stands for. BUSINESS first time that had happened. It seems Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Two points I Mr. REID. Madam President, the that every time we come to the floor in would like to make. One is echoing time for morning business has expired; the middle of these very difficult eco- what Senator BROWN just said. We al- is that right? nomic times, even though things are ways hear about the debt and the pay- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- getting better, every time we come to for from the other side when it is con- jority leader is correct. the floor on behalf of people who are venient, when they are trying to stop Mr. REID. I suggest the absence of a out of work, who want to work, who something the administration wants to quorum. have worked their entire lives but at do. When it helps regular people who The PRESIDING OFFICER. The this point can’t find a job, all we get have lost their jobs through no fault of clerk will call the roll. are objections and delays and weeks their own, then it becomes an inter- The assistant legislative clerk pro- and weeks and weeks of people sitting national incident if it is not paid for. ceeded to call the roll. on pins and needles, holding their But when an estate of $9 billion is al- Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent breath, trying to figure out what is lowed to pass tax free because of a that the order for the quorum call be going on: Will they have the ability to loophole, that is OK. That is a $4 bil- rescinded. pay the rent, the mortgage, put food on lion unpaid-for loss to the government, The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. the table, be able to care for their kids through its revenues. That is just fine. UDALL of Colorado). Without objection, while they are looking for work. Here There is a disconnect there. If you it is so ordered. we are, right back in that very same are serious about the deficit, you have f position. to be serious about it when it is billion- Right now we have over 15 million aires and not just serious about it when MORNING BUSINESS people who are on unemployment bene- it is regular working families. There is Mr. REID. Mr. President, I appreciate fits. That doesn’t count those who are a one-sidedness and a convenience for very much the understanding of my working part-time jobs or have fallen their concern about the deficit. When friends who have been here waiting to off of the system completely because it is their President in the White talk for several hours. I also announce they haven’t been able to find a job and House, Katey, bar the door. By my cal- that one of the reasons we are waiting have been out of work longer than the culation they blew $9 trillion during is to determine if we need to have votes insurance benefits will allow. We have the Bush administration. Now they tonight. Everyone has been notified 15 million people looking for work, and suddenly have had an epiphany about that we might have to have votes to- we are told there are about 3.1 million debt, but it does not quite extend to night, but it appears at this stage we jobs available. That means there are billionaires who are allowed to pass will not. I have been in contact with five people looking for every one job their estates through tax free. So much the Republican leader and his staff. I opening. This is not a situation of peo- for the debt and the pay-for concern. think we will continue working ple not wanting to work. In the State The other group they are very con- through the night on some issues we of Michigan, we know how to work. We cerned about all the time is corpora- are trying to deal with and worry work hard. We make things. We grow tions. In this year, corporations have about votes tomorrow. things. We work hard. Yet through no paid less tax compared to humans than I ask unanimous consent the Senate fault of their own, people find them- ever before, since 1983, where there was now proceed to a period of morning selves in a situation where we have a glitch and corporations paid less business for 21⁄2 hours, with the time seen an economic tsunami go through taxes relative to what humans pay equally divided and controlled between our country, lasting in Michigan longer than now. But other than that, 1 year, Senator STABENOW and the Republican than any other place across the coun- 1983, more than a quarter of a century leader or his designee, with Senator try. And even as we climb our way ago, corporations are paying an all- STABENOW controlling the first 60 min- out—and it is getting better; we have time low in taxes compared to what utes and the Republican leader or des- turned the corner; the economic recov- humans pay. ignee controlling the next 60 minutes, ery provisions we have put in place we

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There We have had legislation in front of The last time Congress cut off emer- aren’t a lot of people lying around en- us. We have been spending weeks now gency unemployment insurance bene- joying the luxury of unemployment in- on a jobs bill, a bill to create jobs, to fits was after the terrible recession in surance payments. They want to be out invest in innovation, to help small 1985, when the employment rate was 7.3 getting work. Unemployment insur- businesses, to help manufacturers get percent. Today, 33 States and the Dis- ance payments let them search for the capital they need, but to also, in trict of Columbia now have unemploy- work and feed their family, pay the that bill, help people who don’t have a ment that is higher than 7.3 percent. rent, put gas in the car, buy shoes for job while they are waiting for all this These are red States, blue States, Re- the kids, put food on the table, all in to take effect, for all of this to work, publicans who are out of work, Demo- the meantime. Our colleagues want to people who have lost their jobs through crats who are out of work. It doesn’t take that away. no fault of their own, who find them- matter what party one is; if they lose Let’s scroll back for a minute to why we are here in the first place. We are selves in a situation where they are their job, it is an emergency for the here in the first place because the peo- desperate and depending on us to un- family. They expect the Senate to un- ple who were supposed to be regulating derstand what is happening to too derstand that and to act. In 16 of those Wall Street were asleep at the switch. many working families, middle-class States, unemployment is still higher families, people who never in their The people who were supposed to be than 10 percent. Many States haven’t regulating Wall Street were asleep at wildest dreams thought they would seen this many people out of work the switch because they were told to be find themselves in this situation but since the Great Depression. asleep at the switch. It is the Repub- here they are. They want to know that When we look at the States where lican theory of governance that regula- we get it, that we understand what is there are more than 1 in 10 people who tion should have a light hand and that happening in their lives and that we have lost jobs through no fault of their corporations know better and should are not going to play politics or use own, we see a picture that is, in fact, really run the show. So the folks who people who are out of work somehow as America. I know one of those great were supposed to be regulating Wall pawns in a political chess game that is States is the State of my colleague Street were the captives of the big Wall going on here in the Senate. who is from Rhode Island. He has come Street financiers. They took all the The normal unemployment insurance to the floor on numerous occasions to breaks off. They let them run with benefits only last for 26 weeks, but speak about the people of Rhode Island, crazy leverage ratios, new instruments thanks to the recovery act, we have just as I have come on numerous occa- such as derivatives and collateralized been able to bridge the gap for millions sions to speak about the people in the debt obligations, and they went right of Americans by extending it. That is great State of Michigan. I am pleased to sleep, the way they were supposed very important. But we are at a point the Senator from Rhode Island is here. to. The result was a catastrophic Wall now where the recovery has not fully I yield the Senator up to 10 minutes Street meltdown that could have been been actualized. People are still in a to speak at this time. prevented if there had been a different situation where they need to have help Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, I theory of governance and not the the- on a temporary basis while they are am delighted to be here with Senator ory of governance that we let the cor- looking for work. STABENOW. I know from the experience porations run the show and that is the Since this recession started in 2007, of Rhode Island how difficult things are best thing for Americans. there are now 8 million fewer jobs in in Michigan. I have seen over and over But that is what happened. They let America, too many of those in manu- the passion and energy with which she the corporations run the show. That facturing. I could spend hours talking comes to the floor to argue on behalf of theory of governance prevailed. There about fair trade and what we need to the people of Michigan. I join her this was a massive meltdown. That massive do to make sure markets are open evening on behalf of the people of meltdown sent a tsunami of misery abroad for our products to be sold so Rhode Island. across this country into places miles we are exporting our products, not our The unemployment insurance ob- from Wall Street, completely different jobs, and how we can have a fair trade struction we are getting is simply cruel from Wall Street, including States policy. I am pleased that in the recov- under the circumstances in Rhode Is- such as Rhode Island and Michigan. We ery act we have focused on making land. I know my friends on the Repub- have 71,000 people unemployed in my things again in America, battery man- lican side like to argue that if we cut little State of Rhode Island. Those peo- ufacturing facilities and the advanced off people’s unemployment insurance, ple need to get unemployment insur- manufacturing tax credit, both of that will motivate them to get back ance while the economy recovers. We which I was pleased to be a part of out there in the workforce where they are not a 4-percent unemployment leading to create jobs. should be, as if they were just idling State or a 6-percent unemployment We are creating jobs. But it takes around, as if they were not out looking State. We are not even an 8-percent un- time to turn this around. We find our- for work. employment State. We are over 12 per- selves in a situation where nearly 1 In Rhode Island, we are at 12.3 percent unemployment. There is not a job million people who have lost their jobs cent unemployment. We have been the for these people. To take away the are going to lose their unemployment third or fourth highest unemployment bread and butter, to take basic suste- benefits because of what has been going State in the country for months and nance off the table is, frankly, unfair. on here. They don’t have time to wait months now. This is not some sudden We have even tried to get an extra 25 and hold their breath as we continue to glitch in the accounting. This is a per- bucks added to the benefit. Repub- work to turn this economy around. sistent economic nightmare in Rhode licans have objected to that. These are families trying to make ends Island. We have been 15 straight Mr. President, 25 bucks does not meet. They are applying for jobs every months—more than a year—with dou- seem like much, and indeed it is not day. They are putting in applications. I ble-digit unemployment. If we go back much, but if you are just getting by get e-mail after e-mail—and I will to 8 percent unemployment, we go back with unemployment insurance because share some this evening—from people 22 months, nearly 2 years. This is a per- your State has been in recession for so who are trying to find work, putting in sistent problem. The notion that we long, as ours has, that extra 25 bucks is applications, going back to school. We will cut off somebody’s unemployment a meal the family does not have to have all said to them: Maybe you need insurance and have them go out and skip; that is a trip to the doctor they to go back to school. They have gone find a job is plain nuts in a State such do not have to duck because they can- back to school to get retraining, but as Rhode Island or a State such as not afford the copay; it is an important

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But we would passionately about this. cause of the way the Republicans have have none of this if it had not been for I want to share with you what have driven this and $4 billion in revenue is the Republican debt orgy they went been literally thousands of e-mails and lost to the government as a result of through—fair-weather debt, I would phone calls we have been getting from this colossal estate being exempted add, an orgy of fair-weather debt—and people in Michigan. I go home every from the estate tax, that is OK. But then a huge hole because of their the- weekend, and I am constantly talking when it is 25 bucks for a working fam- ory of governance and their theory of to people who find themselves in very ily to buy a pair of shoes for their economics that has had to be filled in tough situations—people who have daughter, no, that is too much. Now we because of that tsunami of misery. never been out of a job before in their have to get serious about the recession. That is why we are here. So it is a lit- lives, never, and now they are in their Now we have to get serious about the tle late in the game and a little dis- fifties and trying to figure out what debt. But when it is a $9 billion family ingenuous to hear lectures from that they are going to do, and they find with a huge estate, no, different rules side of the aisle about economic sobri- themselves in a situation where they apply when it is very rich people. ety after that wild spending through are having to depend upon unemploy- Well, I am here for people like Dan of those Bush years and the cleanup we ment benefits, which is the last thing East Greenwich. He worked in sales. He have had to do since then. And these they have ever wanted. has been unemployed since April 2009. guys who are out of work and who need Judith from Taylor: His wife is disabled. He is out looking the help—folks such as Ron, Bill, Dan, Both my husband and I have been unem- for work, but the jobs are not there, and Nancy—should not be paying the ployed for over a year now. We have been and he has not been able to find one. If price. We should take care of the peo- trying desperately to find work and haven’t he loses his unemployment insurance, ple who are out of work through no even gotten call backs for jobs we have ap- Dan has let us know he will be evicted fault of their own. plied for. It has been frightening and discour- from their apartment. He and his dis- I thank Senator STABENOW. aging but we keep trying. abled wife will be evicted from their I yield the floor. Because of our situation, we have been apartment. That should not be hap- Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I forced to sell our home and we will be closing this month, at a considerable loss! pening. That is just bluntly wrong. thank Senator WHITEHOUSE very much Bill of North Kingstown contacted for his passion, his leadership. That is the other piece of this. It is me. He is 56 years old. He has been un- Just to emphasize what the Senator not just about a job. The next thing is employed since January of 2009. He was talking about on the floor in terms you lose your house, and then the rip- used to work in engineering. He has of where we have come from, I remem- ple effect goes from there. now been faced twice with eviction ber being in the House of Representa- The bank we have our equity with has re- when the unemployment insurance has tives in 1997, I believe, when we voted fused to settle and has told us they reserve lapsed, and he is looking at eviction to balance the budget for the first time the right to come after us for the balance. again. It is staring him in the face if in 30 years under President Clinton. It We will be having to break into our retirement funds again with penalty. On top of all we do not act. He has received only $200 was tough. We had to make tough deci- this, our youngest son, Nathaniel, is a com- over the last 3-week period as his bene- sions, but we did that, and we were on bat medic with the 101st Airborne and will be fits have expired, and he has lost his a trajectory so that by the year 2000— one of the 30,000 that are being deployed to COBRA benefits, but he needs medica- when I was elected to the Senate in Afghanistan. Needless to say, my husband tion. So he is stuck because we have 2001 and came into the Budget Com- and I are on overload!! Please help the unem- not acted. mittee—the big debate was what to do ployed workers in Michigan by extending the Nancy, from Portsmouth, is 59 years with the biggest surplus in the history emergency funds. PLEASE don’t leave so old. She has been unemployed for 21 of the country. We saw that big sur- many people literally out in the cold. months. She has a bachelor’s degree. plus, during the 8 years of President That is what is happening. That is She has a whole variety of industry Bush, go red with red ink, down, down, what is happening right now by these certifications. She has a background in down, down, so much so that when efforts to block, to say no. We have sales and marketing. She is a talented President Obama came in, the job loss come to the floor multiple times on in- woman who has worked all her life. was at about 750,000 jobs a month. We dividual bills to extend unemployment, Until she got swamped by the tsunami were losing 750,000 jobs a month. So we plus the two times now we have voted of misery that originated on Wall went to work and we focused on people to stop filibusters on the jobs bill. All Street and has washed through all of in the middle class, on innovation and we get from the other side is no, no, no. our States, she was fine. But now, after investing in businesses and creating As my friend from Rhode Island said, 15 years of working in insurance, she opportunities and so on, and these when we get to the estate tax, it will cannot find a job, and she will soon numbers now, on jobs per month, have be yes, yes, yes. And it will not matter lose her unemployment insurance ben- gone from a negative now up to a posi- where the funds come from, if they add efits as the Republicans continue to tive. to the deficit—oh, no, not for the few block the extension. The challenge is—we are not done hundred people in our country who are So I would urge them to reconsider. I yet—do not stop what we have been the wealthiest. understand the point about the debt doing. This jobs bill on the floor is to When somebody is out of work, that and the deficit and the spending. But, get us to a point where those numbers is something different. When somebody to me, that does not have an enormous keep going up and up and up, so every- is out of work, we have a set of rules amount of credibility because when body who wants to work can work. We that say: No, this is not an emergency. President Clinton left office, he left an have turned this around in terms of job We have always said it is an emer- annual surplus and he left a budget tra- loss. The numbers are going up. But it gency, with emergency funding. This is jectory that the nonpartisan Congres- is not enough. We are not there yet, not an emergency? Well, I tell you sional Budget Office said was going to and too many people are caught in the what, when 15 million people are out of have us be a debt-free nation by 2008, I middle. In fact, even though the num- work, I would consider that an emer- believe it was—a debt-free nation. bers are better and we are moving in gency. That is as much of an emer- On the day George Bush was sworn the right direction, we still have five gency as a flood, a hurricane, anything into office, we were on a trajectory to people out of work for every one job else we have seen in this country. Tens be a debt-free nation during his term. opening. of millions of people out of work is an There was even discussion in economic In a moment, I am going to ask for economic emergency and deserves texts about whether that was really a unanimous consent. I will let my col- emergency status here in this body.

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We want to will lose my unemployment benefits after 6 a full-time job ever since. I went through the make sure we are creating jobs and al- months without your help. I have 3 girls in state’s retraining program last summer and college and unemployment benefits are help- am now a BPI certified energy efficiency lowing the recovery—or what has been called the stimulus—to be able to work ing to keep us current on basic needs. We auditor. But I can’t afford to buy the equip- need your help in the Senate. This is our ment to start my own business. And no com- to do that, and it is beginning to do only lifeline. Please convince your fellow panies are hiring energy efficiency auditors that. So taking dollars out of that Senators to do the right thing for everyday right now. I have been looking for any kind pocket, which is what has been pro- families and not throw us under the bus. of work that allows us to pay the mortgage posed by the other side of the aisle in and our other very basic bills. That is Mike from Happy Valley. My wife has a full-time job in retail. We order to be able to address unemploy- When Mike is saying ‘‘don’t throw us have two sons—one is 16, and the other is 12. ment benefits, doesn’t make sense. under the bus,’’ he is saying don’t We have been surviving with the aid of my I would state one more time: We have spend our time and energy helping the unemployment [insurance]. I have already always viewed the extension of unem- already successful, the wealthy and the gone through the state unemployment bene- ployment benefits in times of economic fits, and I am now in the second period of powerful; strengthen the financial hardship to be an emergency, just like foundations of our working families. [the] federal . . . program. any other emergency in this country. Please don’t forget about us. Before us tonight is a key measure in Our colleagues on the other side of the Well, that is what this is about this that, which is the extension of unem- aisle are refusing to acknowledge that ployment benefits for families who are evening. That is what the legislation is this is an emergency. It is an emer- about that we are focused on. That is working, doing everything right. gency. When over 15 million people are Let me share another story. what all of our efforts are focused on— out of work, it is an emergency, and we jobs, creating good-paying jobs, Dear Senator Merkley: I have now been should do as we have done under every without unemployment benefits since May partnering with business, manufactur- Republican and every Democratic ers, small businesses, creating the at- 16. I have been unable to buy food, gas, or President. We have called it an emer- mosphere for private sector jobs, and pay bills. My son is home from college for gency. We should continue to call it an the summer and I can’t provide for him, ei- remembering the people who, through emergency, and we should allow those ther. There are essentially no jobs in Central no fault of their own, cannot find work benefits to continue. Oregon. I apply daily. I would go to work to- today. I now yield 5 minutes to my col- morrow given the opportunity. Thank you. UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—S. 3520 league from Oregon. That is Donald writing to me from So, Mr. President, on behalf of the Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, we Redmond. He has been without the close to 1 million people right now who have a chance on the floor of this ability to buy food, gas, or pay bills have lost their jobs and are now losing Chamber to come and debate issues since May 16. Extension of unemploy- their unemployment benefits, I ask that are important to the success of ment benefits is a very real method to unanimous consent that the Senate our families across this Nation. There help families when we are in times of proceed to the immediate consider- are some who will come to this floor great economic duress. ation of S. 3520, the Unemployment Ex- and they will argue that we should do It is intriguing to me that my col- tension Act of 2010; that the bill be everything possible to help the most leagues across the aisle want to take read a third time and passed, and the successful; that we should do every- away from the job creation efforts to motion to reconsider be laid upon the thing possible to help the most power- pay for help for those who are unem- table with no intervening action or de- ful; we should do everything possible to ployed. In other words, they want to bate; and that any statements relating help the wealthiest, those who already create more unemployed in order to to the bill be printed in the RECORD. have secured the American dream. pay unemployment benefits. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there They have it in their hands. Let’s step back and realize that it is objection? I come tonight to argue a different the policies of my colleagues across the The Senator from South Dakota. Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, reserving case: that we should put our energy be- aisle that created this economic crisis. the right to object, I offered an amend- hind helping the working families of They deregulated Wall Street. They al- ment a week ago during the debate on this Nation, families who are strug- lowed the leverage of major financial the extenders legislation that is still gling in an economy where jobs have firms to double in a single year. Bear on the floor of the Senate that would been disappearing left and right; where Stearns went from 20 to 1 leverage to 40 have paid for all the things the Senator families are looking for work but there to 1 leverage in a single year. They al- from Michigan would like to see paid are multiple applicants for each and lowed retail mortgages to become a for, and we have things we need to do, every job; where someone may be form of scam upon working families such as unemployment insurance, an clinging to a job and then losing it with prepayment penalties and steer- extension of that. We need to deal with when another firm goes under. ing payments, which is a very polite the issue of these expiring tax provi- I am delighted we have arrested the term for payments that are made to sions. slide into another Great Depression. brokers so they will sell a mortgage What we would do is simply say we We didn’t know a year ago whether we that is wrong for the family but which start paying for things around here. So were going to see every single month a creates a big bonus for themselves. I offered an amendment that would do 1-percent increase in unemployment They allowed the corruption of the that. It was defeated here in the Sen- until we were at 25 percent unemploy- most important financial document ate. But at 8:15, I intend to come back ment or 30 percent unemployment. So that is central to building the financial here and offer that again as an alter- we did what we could to break that foundations of our families. They al- native because I think probably every- cycle, and it has been broken. But we lowed Wall Street to put those into se- body in the Senate agrees we need to remain at a very high level of unem- curities and poison all of the financial address the concern of people who are ployment—10 percent plus, on average, foundations of the firms that bought unemployed in this economy, but we across this country and much higher in those securities. should do it in a way that is fiscally re- my home State of Oregon. I have Crook All this built a house of cards that sponsible. That is what my amendment County in eastern Oregon, central Or- came down, and now they want to take will do. So, Mr. President, I object. egon, 17 percent unemployment; Har- away from job creation as a way of say- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- ney County, nearly 16 percent unem- ing: well, we do care about people who tion is heard. ployment; Deschutes County, 15 per- are unemployed. We are just going to Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, be- cent unemployment; Josephine, 14.5, create more unemployed in the process. fore I yield to my friend from Oregon, and so forth. The logic of that escapes me.

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The point is, please don’t lec- say we need to do right by working What Senator STABENOW is talking ture us on the deficit that you largely families in America, and we need to about now is 1 million workers who are caused. not do it by creating more unemploy- in desperate need of help in order to With that, I yield the remainder of ment. put food on the table, in order to put my time. Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I gas in the car so they can look for Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I wish to again thank my friend from Or- work. On the other hand, when you re- thank my friend from Vermont for his egon who consistently has come to the peal the estate tax, you are not talking passion. I now yield 5 minutes to the Senate floor to fight for jobs and to about 1 million unemployed workers, distinguished Senator from Rhode Is- fight for people who are looking for you are talking about the top three- land, Mr. REED, who is a true leader on work. I thank him very much for shar- tenths of 1 percent of our population, this issue. He has been coming to the ing those stories. people who are millionaires and bil- floor and standing up for working men I now wish to turn to Senator BERNIE lionaires. and women. It is a pleasure always to SANDERS who has been another cham- Our Republican friends say: Oh, it is work with him on this issue. pion in this fight. OK. We can give them $1 trillion in tax Mr. REED. I thank the Senator. Mr. President, I am proud to be here Mr. SANDERS. I thank the Senator breaks. We don’t have to worry about with Senator STABENOW who is leading for all she is doing for the unemployed how we pay for that. this effort to remind all of us of our ob- in this country. Actually, within a couple of weeks ligations to the most vulnerable Amer- I wish to briefly quote from an e- there is going to be another version of icans—those who have lost their work newsletter we sent out from our office providing huge tax breaks for the in this economic crisis, who are look- which is sanders.senate.gov, and this is wealthiest people in this country as an- ing desperately for work. They have to what the newsletter said recently in other form of repealing the estate tax maintain their families in this very discussing the unemployment situation coming before the Congress. I wonder difficult time. Traditionally, we always in Vermont: how much concern our Republican offer extended unemployment benefits, Adrian Keyser is one of more than 200 peo- friends will have when that bill comes but memories are too short around ple who applied for eight licensed nursing as- to the floor about how we are going to sistant positions at Burlington’s Fletcher here. pay for that. Let me take my colleagues back a Allen Health Care earlier this month. She Right now, interestingly enough, has been unemployed since November. few years to March of 2002 when the un- there is no estate tax. For the first employment rate was 5.7 percent and Eight jobs, 200 people applying for time since 1916, you could be a multi- those jobs. This is what she says: we authorized extended unemployment billionaire and your family will not benefits for 2 years and 1 month. I I have been desperately seeking work. Just have to pay any taxes when you die. so many people are looking for jobs. It’s very can’t recall any great battles month to Last month, it turned out that the month about extending the benefits. I frustrating. It kind of gets on your self-es- wealthiest person in Houston, TX, a teem because you are trying so hard and can’t recall the ‘‘perils of Pauline’’ epi- nothing comes through. I know a lot of peo- gentleman named Dan Duncan, became sodes where, as soon as we finish the ple that are out of jobs right now. the first multibillionaire to pass along 30-day extension, we have to literally As Congress debates whether to extend his entire estate, estimated to be worth begin the debate on the next one be- benefits for the seriously and long-term un- $9 billion, to his family without paying cause we understand there will be five employed, an estimated 23,000 Vermonters any Federal estate taxes. or six or seven procedural delays built were jobless in April. Of those, 6,600, or 29 Now, I don’t know, I may have percent, were unemployed for 6 months or in to prevent us from doing that. missed it, but what that family would Today, we are looking at, in my longer, according to preliminary data from have been paying in Federal taxes is the Vermont Labor Department. home State of Rhode Island, 12.3 per- Thousands of Vermonters who are looking probably between $3 billion or $4 bil- cent unemployment. That is the offi- for full-time jobs are only working part- lion. That is a lot of money. That can cial numbers. The unofficial numbers time. The Labor Department estimates 24,100 provide a lot of unemployment com- are much higher because the under- are working part time, largely because jobs pensation to workers who have lost employment rate—people who are aren’t available. their jobs and are living in desperation. working part time, working odd jobs By the way, the recession has not hit Maybe my friend from Michigan, Sen- just to get by—adds significantly more Vermont as badly as it has hit many ator STABENOW, can correct me, but I people to the under- and unemployed other States, but we have just heard of don’t recall hearing any of my Repub- rolls. We have never in this country de- a situation where eight jobs were being lican friends coming to the floor and clined to extend unemployment bene- offered, and 200 people were lining up saying: Oh, my word. fits as long as the unemployment rate for those jobs. We have a huge deficit problem. Yet was at least 7.4 percent nationally. I wish to make a point about the pri- right now billionaire families are not Today, that rate is about 9.7 percent. orities of many of my Republican paying any taxes at all for the estate We are more than two percentage friends, which I don’t quite understand. tax—the first time since 1916. I don’t points above what is traditionally— When Senator STABENOW, a moment know. Did my friend from Michigan going back to the Eisenhower adminis- ago, asked for unanimous consent so hear any great laments about that cri- tration—the standard of when we can that we can provide the desperately sis? No. But when it comes to unem- sort of release and dispense with ex- needed unemployment compensation ployed workers: Oh, my word, we have tended unemployment benefits. for almost 1 million workers out there, to pay for that. By any proportion, we are in the there was an objection. The objection The last point I wish to make is I get midst of a very serious economic crisis. was, well, we have to pay for that. We a little bit tired of being lectured by What we have done routinely is extend have a large deficit. our Republican friends for the deficit unemployment benefits. Yet, we have I understand we have a large deficit we are in. Let’s go over how we got to had fierce opposition. Even in those and that we have a large national debt, the deficit—or a good part of the def- times when we have been able to ex- but what I don’t understand is that icit—right now. I voted against going tend them, it has been after numerous when it comes to tax breaks for billion- to the war in Iraq. Most, or all, of my procedural votes. That was not the sit- aires, my word, we don’t have to pay Republican friends voted for it. That uation in other administrations—Ei- for that. war will cost approximately $3 trillion senhower, Nixon, Kennedy, Clinton ad- My understanding is that every mem- by the time the last veteran gets the ministration, and the most recent Bush ber of the Republican caucus without benefits he or she is entitled to. They administration.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:01 Jun 23, 2010 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G22JN6.047 S22JNPT1 rfrederick on DSK8KYBLC1PROD with SENATE June 22, 2010 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S5251 The reason, as my colleague from Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I com- here is what he does every week: Sun- Vermont so passionately and elo- pliment my friend and colleague, Sen- day night, he gets in his car and drives quently pointed out, was we have to ator STABENOW from Michigan, not to Virginia, looks for a job in Virginia get hold of the deficit. Well, we are the only for putting this together but for on Monday. Tuesday, he goes to the people who got hold of the deficit. I can being a clarion voice to the American Washington area. Wednesday, he goes recall being a rather junior Member of people. She is one of those—and it is to Baltimore. Thursday, he goes to the House of Representatives and vot- sometimes all too rare here—who talks Philadelphia. Friday, he goes to New ing for President Clinton’s proposal, through all the miasma and the fog, York City. And late Friday night, he with not one Republican vote in the and all the barriers, directly to the av- drives home. Then he starts the process House or the Senate. Yet, that policy, erage American. That is a rare talent again on Sunday night. He still cannot together with the monetary policy of and one that she shows repeatedly. I find work. He is desperate for work. He the Federal Reserve, resulted several thank her for that. told me that now his children keep years later in a budget surplus. Then I want to follow up on something my asking about the family’s livelihood, President George Walker Bush walked colleague from Rhode Island just men- because he is the breadwinner. into Washington with a $236 billion tioned, Senator REED, which is this Are we going to cut Clay and his fam- budget surplus. But it weighed heavy. idea that people don’t want to work, ily off? Are we going to tell those chil- President Bush felt that he had to and if we extend their unemployment dren to go on welfare? This is a proud move that money out as quick as pos- benefits, we are going to develop a lazy man and a proud family. To cut off sible through significant tax cuts, class of people. benefits will affect 67,000 people in New which benefited the wealthiest Ameri- Let me tell you my experience. It is York State; 60,000 will lose their bene- cans. Part of that tax bill was the es- not that the rate of unemployment is fits and another 6,000 to 7,000 will be tate tax, which has been dispensed with the highest it has been since World War prevented from moving to tiers. It is this year—a tax on the books since II, although it is far too high. That du- wrong. It doesn’t look at the problem 1916. bious honor goes to 1982, when it was as is and is virtually inhumane and not All of that dissipated, undercut the 10.8 percent in that recession. The dif- part of the great tradition we have es- surplus, and now we are in a significant ference with this recession is that peo- tablished in this country. I hope we deficit. Add the cost of the war in Iraq ple are employed for a much longer pe- will be able to pass this bill. I hope peo- and other operations, and the cost of riod of time and, second, it goes way up ple such as Dorothy and Clay will not the Part D Medicare entitlement pro- into the middle class and upper middle be cut off as they desperately look for gram that left many seniors without class—people who have worked hard work. coverage—unpaid for, but a huge boon their whole lives. I yield the floor. to the drug industry—all of that was on When I go around my State, I often The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- their watch. Now, suddenly, they are meet with the unemployed. I make a ator from Michigan. deficit hawks again. It doesn’t ring special effort to sit down and talk to Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I true to people out there who are des- them. I want to share a story or two, in thank my friend from New York for perately looking for work and need case anybody is unconvinced of the an- those very stirring words about the families he talked with. I think all of something to support them. guish they go through and their desire us can relate to that, as he was talking There is also a very pernicious sort of to find work. argument that is made—sometimes be- I met a woman upstate named Doro- about someone from New York each tween the lines and sometimes explic- thy, from the Rochester area. She was day going to a different city and State itly—that people want to be on unem- about 50, not married and spent her to look for work. I go back home every weekend. I go ployment because they are doing much whole life in her company. It was her home Fridays and come back on Mon- better, and they are inherently lazy life. She had risen to be the third high- days. I am very frequently now on a and they want to collect that money. est person in the human resources de- plane with somebody who is coming to In Rhode Island, unemployment bene- partment at Xerox, which had a big work in DC—or to look for work—from fits are about $360 a week, or about plant over in Webster. She lost her job $15,000 a year. That doesn’t buy much Michigan. Every week they are going in May of 2008. My guess is—she never back and forth. People are willing to in terms of gasoline, in terms of food said how much she made—it was prob- for your family; and it doesn’t take get on planes to find jobs and to work. ably between $80,000 and $100,000 a care of those bills, such as a health People are getting on planes now from year—a nice salary. She told me that care bill that comes up, or tuition, if Michigan and going across the country. every day—I met her January 2010, or you are trying to send your children to I have talked to people who go from approximately then—she went online school. one end of the country to another on One of the phenomenons today of this to look for another job—day after day an airplane because they want to work. economic crisis is that it is not just af- after day. She still had not gotten a People want to work. fecting young workers entering the job. It was very poignant when she told The idea that somehow we should workforce, or transient workers, those me, with tears in her eyes, almost drip- treat this economic recession dif- who have a record of working and being ping down her cheeks—she said that ferently than any other recession in laid off; this is hitting at people in the first thing she did when she woke the history of our country—different their forties and fifties, who have had up Christmas morning was not go to than any other Republican President good, hard, high-paying jobs, relatively church or to visit her family but, rath- or any other Democratic President, speaking, who have a mortgage and are er, she went online for 2 hours, in the any other Republican Congress or any trying to send children to college. hope that there might be a job that had other Democratic Congress, by some- That, unfortunately, is the face too been posted the night before, Christ- how saying we are not going to cat- often of unemployment today in the mas Eve, and no one else would be egorize it as an emergency—which it United States. Those people want to going online and looking for the job is—to make that change, which is what live on $360 a week, and they don’t then and she could get first dibs. Is this we are talking about here on our side want to work? I think that is nonsense. a lady who is in the habit of laziness, of with our colleagues—to make that We have to extend unemployment ben- wishing to get $350 or $400 a week in change, to allow that to happen would efits. We always have in the past, and unemployment benefits? Absolutely be to say to these individuals that we we have to do it now. not. She is looking every day. do not understand what is happening in I yield the floor. I met a man named Clay. Unlike their lives. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Dorothy, he was a blue collar worker. I want to take the final couple of mo- BURRIS). The Senator from Michigan. He had six children. His wife didn’t ments of my time, before yielding to Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I work. He is the only breadwinner in colleagues, to read a couple more let- yield 5 minutes to the senior Senator the family. The children were ages 2 to ters. One is from Susan from Grand from New York, and I thank him for 14. He had ridden to the top of his trade Rapids, who writes: his passionate leadership on behalf of in the machine tools area. He lost his My husband has been out of work since our country. job in the summer of 2008. He said that September of 2009. His benefits will expire

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The Sen- jobs he has applied for, not just in Michigan and in interviews. I even enrolled and paid but all over the [country]. Please help us by for a course to assist me in getting an HR ator from Michigan. extending the Federal unemployment ben- certification to make me more marketable. Ms. STABENOW. I certainly under- efit. I am frightened that we will lose our However, I am 56, and the fact is that in this stand the concern about this particular house. Sixty year old people should not have economy— program. This is something I support, to be frightened of becoming homeless [in The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- and it is, in fact, in the broader jobs this country]. This is something you can do ator’s time has expired. bill we have. Hopefully, within the next right now for hundreds of thousands of des- Ms. STABENOW. If I may have 30 2 days, we will get another vote to perate people. Not a fix for future but help- complete this along with unemploy- ing the people that are struggling right now. more seconds to complete the sentence. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ment benefits. That is what this is about. Tonight, objection, it is so ordered. Given the fact that we are still in a we can fix this by getting unanimous Ms. STABENOW. She said: situation where we have almost 1 mil- consent to do what every other White lion people whose unemployment bene- House and Congress has done—to de- I am 56 . . . and employers are opting for the person with a master’s degree—or frank- fits are running out and that is not in- clare that this is an emergency and ly, someone younger . . . I am a hard worker, cluded in this request, I have to object. fund this as an emergency, as we have intelligent, efficient, trustworthy, honest, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- done year after year after year in this dependable and upbeat. tion is heard. country, given what is happening to Mr. President, these are the folks we Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I millions of people in this country. are talking about and for whom we are am deeply disappointed. What I have We care about the deficit. Some of us fighting this evening. done is ask to extend the Flood Insur- have voted to eliminate the deficit, as I yield the floor. ance Program so that Tennesseans who we voted for balanced budgets and put The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- are recovering from the worst natural ourselves into a situation of economic ator from Tennessee is recognized. disaster since President Obama took prosperity under the Clinton adminis- Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I office could qualify for flood insurance tration, before it was wiped out in the have listened very carefully to my good so they could get their loans so they last administration with deficit spend- friend from Michigan. It is puzzling to could operate their businesses again. This does not add a penny to the ing. But in caring about deficits, it is me to hear her say what she said be- debt. The money is there; the author- important to emphasize that we will cause she voted against the amend- ity to do it is not. If you are in Rhode never get out of deficit with over 15 ment by Senator THUNE last week Island, if you are in Tennessee, if you million people out of work or 20 mil- which would have extended the expir- are in New Orleans, if you are in any lion or whatever the real number is. We ing unemployment provisions until No- other place where you are waiting for will never get out of deficit with that vember and not added a penny to the flood insurance, you should know that many people not working and contrib- debt. I want to say more about that in Republicans just asked to extend the uting. We will never get out of deficit, a minute. Flood Insurance Program so you could which is why we focus on jobs. What we are arguing about, what the buy insurance, and Democrats just ob- We have a jobs bill in front of us. So debate is about is we want to extend jected. far not one Republican colleague—not unemployment insurance. We want to one—has voted with us on this jobs bill That is a very simple request. It does make sure the State and local tax de- not add a penny to the debt. It is deep- to create jobs, to invest to create cap- ductions continue. We want to make ital for manufacturers and small busi- ly disturbing to me this cannot be done sure tuition deduction and the various in a simple way. nesses, to invest in innovation and, disaster relief credits and the research Tennesseans have not been looting yes, to help those who are currently and development tax credits all stay in and complaining despite the fact the without a job through no fault of their place. But we want to make sure it is flood of 2010, as I said, was the largest own. So far not one Republican col- done without adding to a Federal debt natural disaster since President Obama league has been willing to join with us. that we believe is out of control. took office. Nashville alone had $2 bil- We are desperately concerned about UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—S. 3347 lion of damage, maybe more than that. the almost 1 million Americans who Mr. President, before I speak about There were 45 counties the President lost their jobs and now are losing their that issue, I wish to make a request eventually declared disaster areas. He unemployment benefits. We are simply which I hope is a request to which my declared other counties as disaster saying it is time to extend those bene- colleagues could all agree. It is a bipar- areas because of agricultural crops fits and to understand what is hap- tisan request on behalf of myself, Sen- that were washed out. Thousands of pening to people all over this country ator NELSON of Nebraska, and Senator homes in Nashville alone—people lost who have worked hard and played by VITTER of Louisiana to extend the everything in their basements. That the rules and find themselves in a situ- Flood Insurance Program in Tennessee. means their heating and cooling and ation where the world is just tumbling The largest natural disaster since all of that equipment. But in many down around them—just tumbling President Obama took office is the places, in Bellevue, in Nashville, in down around them—no matter how flood of 2010 in Tennessee and a very Millington outside of Memphis, in hard they are looking and trying to severe flood in Rhode Island too. Clarksville, TN, they lost much more find work. On June 1, the Flood Insurance Pro- than that. Twenty-nine people lost Claudia from Commerce Township: gram expired. This request I am about their lives in this flood—29 people. This I worked hard all my life and this is the to make would permit that to be rein- was a huge natural disaster. first time I have ever had to accept unem- stated so small businesspeople could The President did not ask for extra ployment benefits to help me get by. Believe me, I do not want to be in this situation . . . get flood insurance and get their loans. funds for Tennessee. No one is com- I would like nothing more than to be work- I will speak more about it in just a plaining about that either. FEMA has ing again. I was laid off in January of 2009 minute. done a good job with what it has done, from a company that lost multiple contracts Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- but what good does it do for FEMA to with the automotive manufacturers and fell sent that the Senate proceed to the im- be on the site and available, for small on hard times. mediate consideration of Calendar No. business loans to be available, and for A lot of folks in Michigan are in this 372, S. 3347, a bill that extends the Na- flood insurance money to be available, story. tional Flood Insurance Program and for Congress to object to a unani- I have a great deal of experience in my through December 31, 2010; that the bill mous consent request to allow new field of expertise (Human Resources) and I be read a third time and passed, and policies to be written?

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That is why the ferment in the takeovers, too much focus on more try, whether it is unemployment com- country. That is why the people think government jobs, and not enough focus pensation, whether it is flood insur- the country is headed in the wrong di- on an environment in which to create ance, or whether it is important for rection. Jobs, debt, and terror. We have more private sector jobs. doctors to be properly paid, reimbursed 10-percent unemployment. If we con- I mentioned a little earlier there was for dealing with Medicare payments. tinue to grow at the rate we grew in talk earlier about the unemployment We can afford that in this country, but the first quarter, we will be at 10-per- provisions we want to be extended. we need to pay for it. We need to do it cent unemployment in the last quarter Senator THUNE will be here in a few without adding to the debt. of this year. Jobs, debt, and terror. minutes to talk about his amendment So I am deeply disappointed that Why do we have fewer jobs? Why do he offered last week on June 17. Democratic Senators have objected to- we have 10-percent unemployment? The Let’s be very clear. The Thune night to providing flood insurance to distinguished Senator from Michigan amendment, which every Republican Nashvillians and other Tennesseans talks about Republican actions, but I voted for and attracted a Democratic who need it. The money is here; the au- am thinking about what the Democrats vote but Democrats voted it down, thority is not. It could have been given have been doing the last year and a would have extended the expiring em- tonight. We could have passed it. Ten- half. Every step they seem to take ployment provisions until November. It nesseans aren’t looting or complaining; talks about jobs but causes us to have would have extended for 1 year dozens they are helping each other and clean- fewer jobs. For example, take the of tax provisions. It would have ex- ing up. This is an unfortunate slap in health care law which was passed in tended the State and local tax deduc- the face to Americans who are helping this Chamber by a purely partisan tion, the tuition deduction, the various themselves get out of trouble, and I re- vote. The health care law taxes job cre- disaster relief credits, the flood insur- gret that it happened. ators and investors. That means fewer ance provision that was just objected I yield the floor. jobs. to. It would increase the payment the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The financial regulation bill that is government makes to doctors for treat- ator from South Dakota. being debated today, passing in a par- ing Medicare patients. UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—H.R. 4853 The American Medical Association tisan way, puts higher tax rates on Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask said a little earlier this week that 30 small business owners. Higher tax rates unanimous consent that the Senate percent of doctors, family physicians, on small business owners means fewer proceed to the immediate consider- will not see new Medicare patients. jobs. ation of H.R. 4853; that all after the en- The debt is going up. That is the real This would have taken care of that. I see the Senator from South Dakota acting clause be stricken and the text argument we are having. We reached on the Senate floor, and I am sure he of the Thune amendment 4376 be in- $13 trillion. There are various ways to will speak more to that when he has serted; that the bill, as amended, be describe what has happened, but one the opportunity. read a third time and passed, and the way to describe it is this: All the Presi- In my concluding remarks, let me motion to reconsider be laid upon the dents from George Washington to say one word about debt and spending. table. George W. Bush ran up a debt of about Our policies, the policies of this Con- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there $5.8 trillion. President Obama, in his gress and this government, are short- objection? two terms—if he has two terms—is changing our children. The Democrats’ Ms. STABENOW. Reserving the right going to double that debt all by him- runaway spending and debt is a serious to object, Mr. President, my col- self. That is what his budgets say. Dou- crisis ruining the future of our chil- league’s proposal takes money out of bling the debt in 5 years and nearly tri- dren. That is why we do not want to job creation to pay for helping people pling the debt in 10 years means less pass even an unemployment compensa- who are out of work. One of the provi- credit, higher interest rates, less cap- tion bill that adds to the debt. We want sions in his proposal would take $37.5 ital, and fewer jobs. to pass it, but we want to make sure it billion away from creating jobs in The financial regulation bill I just does not add to the debt. order to create help for the unem- discussed—one can watch it being dealt Why do I say it piles up a debt on our ployed and then create more people with during the day on television. If children? In January of 2009—if you di- who are unemployed. So I regret to say one listens carefully to what is being vide the national debt across each child I will have to object to this request. said, it amounts to a Washington take- under 18, in January of 2009 each child’s The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- over of Main Street credit; another big debt was $85,000. By June of 2010, it was tion is heard. Washington agency telling banks and $114,000. By January of 2017, it will be Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I would credit unions, automobile retailers, $196,000. Because of budgets—and these like to speak to the amendment I just and dentists what to do about credit. are the budgets proposed by a Demo- proffered to the other side which was What is the inevitable result? They cratic President—during the next 7 objected to. are going to shrink away from pro- years, each child’s share of the na- I think there is a consensus in the viding that credit. It is going to be tional debt will more than double, Senate that we need to fix some of harder to get a loan, harder to get going from $85,000 to $196,000. these problems we are facing, one of credit, so this financial regulation bill, Here is another way to think about which is the expiration of unemploy- which was supposed to be tough on it. All the Presidents combined from ment insurance for people who are un- Wall Street, is going to be hard on George Washington to George W. Bush employed. There are a lot of tax provi- Main Street because it means fewer took 232 years to build up a $5.8 trillion sions that are expiring that need to be jobs. debt. President Obama’s budgets will extended, things such as the research When it comes to jobs, the difference double that debt in 5 years and triple it and development tax credit, which is between our friends on the other side in 10. What that means is all 43 Presi- critical to innovation and competitive- and the Republicans on this side is that dents combined, from George Wash- ness in this country, and a whole range we are focused on creating an environ- ington to George Bush, ran up a $5.8 of other tax credits which affect a ment for growing private sector jobs. trillion debt in 232 years. In 8 years, broad range of our economy. They are focused on creating more gov- President Obama will add twice that Also, I believe it is important that ernment jobs. About the only place the much to the national debt, tripling the we provide some certainty to people job creation plans and stimulus plans debt. who depend upon Federal policy, and they have enacted are working are in We on this side of the aisle and a one of those groups would be the physi- Washington, DC, where incomes are up growing number of Democrats, I am cians in this country who rely upon

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Obviously, physicians have health care and certainly doesn’t do So here we are today debating yet been facing—up until last week—a 21- anything consequential to reduce again another measure that will add percent cut. That was addressed for 6 health care costs. I think most Ameri- more to the Federal debt, that will im- months, so we have fixed that. We have cans now realize, as insurance pre- pose taxes on small businesses in our dealt with it for 6 months. Obviously, miums continue to go up and as the economy at a time when they are try- that is an issue that will come up Actuary and the Congressional Budget ing to get some momentum to help again. What my amendment would Office and the Joint Tax Committee all churn us out of this recession, get us have done was to solve that issue not attest to the fact, we are going to see back to where we are creating jobs and just for the next 6 months but to the the cost curve bend up, not down, as a to a period of economic growth. All we end of the year 2012. So physicians in result of the passage of health care re- are doing is piling new taxes on them— this country would have gotten an ad- form. This is a $21⁄2 trillion expansion taxes on investment, taxes on small ditional 2 years of relief, so to speak, over a 10-year period, when it is fully businesses, and taxes, of course, with with regard to their reimbursement. implemented. the recent passage of the health care So I would suggest that inasmuch as That is a massive new entitlement bill, literally on everybody because all these are all things we agree need to be program on top of the entitlement pro- those tax increases are going to get done, the real basic disagreement here grams that are already bearing down passed on to the American consumer. revolves around how do we do that. on us and leading us toward a situation So where are we? Here is where we What the other side has put forward where, in a very few years if we don’t are. There are a number of things that is a series of proposals, starting with take some serious steps, this country is can be done that would do what the the first one, that had $70 billion in tax going to be bankrupt. We are going to other side wants to do—to pay for the increases and almost $80 billion added be belly-up. It is as simple as that. You extension of unemployment benefits. to the Federal debt. The last proposal cannot continue to sustain trillion-dol- One of those things would be that we that was put forward by the Demo- lar deficits year after year after year, could save the necessary amount of cratic majority had $50 billion in tax which is what we are facing for the money to pay for this now. increases and $55 billion added to the foreseeable and long-term future, and The cost of extending unemployment Federal debt. We hope that this week expect that we are not going to com- benefits in the Democratic proposal, by we are going to see that slim down pletely drive this country into the the way, is $33 billion. That is a sub- even further, and I would suggest we ditch. stantial amount of money, but there are making progress in the right direc- So the amendment I offer pays for are many ways in which that could be tion. But I think it is still fair to say things. It says: Let’s change the way paid for, all of which were included in these things need to be paid for. we do things around here. Let’s quit my amendment last week, but let me As many of my colleagues have handing the bill to our children and suggest a couple of discrete parts of pointed out, we have $13 trillion in debt grandchildren. Let’s quit putting it on that amendment that might be that we owe. That includes debt that is the credit card and saying to the next stripped out and used to pay just for owed between governmental agencies— generation: You pay this. the unemployment insurance. we call that intergovernmental debt— There is certainly nothing wrong We can pay for the extension of the as well as debt held by the public. If with the things the other side is trying unemployment benefits by returning you can find it, the debt held just by to accomplish. As I said, I think there unspent stimulus funds, which would the public is about $8.6 trillion. But re- is consensus about addressing these se- save $34.5 billion. So the $33 billion in member, we are talking about trillions rious needs in our economy right now. unemployment benefits that need to be and trillions of dollars. But the difference of opinion exists extended to people who have lost jobs As my colleague from Tennessee just here about, how do you do that? We are in the recession could be paid for by re- pointed out, it took 43 Presidents 232 simply saying: Let’s pay for things. turning unspent stimulus funds to the years to get to $5.8 trillion. The Let’s start doing something different tune of $34.5 billion. So there would be amount of debt we compiled and accu- here in Washington. Let’s do what the enough to pay for the unemployment mulated between 1776 and 2008—232 American family has to do, what the benefits and some left over. years of American history—was $5.8 American small businesses have to do. It could also be paid for through a 5- trillion. Now, under this President’s Let’s pay for things, for crying out percent cut to the 2010 appropriations budget, we will equal that amount in loud. That is what my amendment and an expansion of the affordability the next 5 years and double it in 10. In would do. It would say: Here are some exemption to the individual mandate other words, we will double the Federal ways we can shave some savings and in the health care reform law, which debt today in 5 years and triple it in 10. we can cut spending here in Wash- together would save $33.5 billion. So That is an astounding number. If you ington, DC, and do all these things we that would give the $33 billion that think about all of American history up think we ought to do without adding to would be necessary to pay for the ex- until the year 2008—232 years and 43 the debt and without raising taxes in tension of unemployment benefits. Presidents to get to $5.8 trillion—we the process. Alternatively, it could be paid for are going to double that amount in 5 A few months back, here in the Sen- with the rescission of other unspent years and triple it in 10. Staggering. ate, we passed legislation which was la- Federal funds, which would pay for it Under this new administration, we beled as historic and passed to great by saving $56 billion. So you could take have already racked up enormous fanfare. It was called pay-go legisla- care of the unemployment benefits, amounts of new debt because we added tion, and it created pay-go rules that you would have $33 billion that is nec- $1 trillion to the debt to pay for a stim- suggested that from now on we are essary to pay for that and $23 billion ulus bill which has not shown any evi- going to start paying for things. What left over, hopefully to be put toward dence of job creation other than jobs has happened since the passage of pay- the Federal debt, which would be the that have been created here in Wash- go? The Senate has approved, if you best thing we could do for our children ington, DC, at the Federal Government count the not-paid-for portions of the and grandchildren. level. I think you could argue that bill that is on the floor right now—of Finally, it could also be paid for with Washington’s economy has benefited course, that hasn’t been approved yet, the inclusion in this bill of medical because we have created some govern- but assuming it were—nearly $200 bil- malpractice reform, which was also in- ment jobs, most of which are tem- lion of new debt. From the time we cluded in my amendment last week. porary census jobs. But if you look at said we are going to start paying for That would save about $50 billion. So the overall job statistics, we have lost things, which was a few short months you would have $50 billion to pay for

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It is by my Democratic colleagues that way they do. an important tax policy that needs to these things are Draconian just aren’t Unfortunately, regrettably, today, be extended that has expired and needs true. These are commonsense things that is not what is happening here in to be addressed. Also, as I said earlier, that would give us the necessary re- the Congress. Year over year over year, there is of course the issue before us sources to take care of the problem we continue to spend and spend and this evening of unemployment benefits that is in front of us today but do it in spend and borrow and borrow and bor- which, at a cost of $33 billion, could a way that doesn’t add billions and bil- row like there is no tomorrow. Well, easily be offset by any of a number of lions of dollars to the Federal debt, ex- the chickens are going to come home things I suggested this evening. acerbating what is already a very seri- to roost. Someday, the bills have to be I see my colleague from Utah has ar- ous circumstance facing our children paid. People where I come from in rived on the floor. I know he too has an and grandchildren, which the Senator South Dakota understand that. There amendment he wishes to offer that I from Tennessee did a very good job of is no free lunch. When you borrow think makes a lot of sense. When it outlining. If you are a child under 18 in money, it has to be paid back. You comes to creating jobs, he is someone America today, the amount of debt you can’t spend money you don’t have. with a small business background and own is about $85,000. By the year 2017, Those are all things that are hap- understands what job creation is about that is going to be $196,000. So if you pening here in Washington, DC today. and I understand he will have a request are a young person in America today We are spending money we don’t have he will make of our colleagues on the who is under the age of 18, your share and we are borrowing money we don’t other side as well, so at this point I of the Federal debt is $85,000. Ten years have any idea about how we are going yield the remainder of my time. from now, that will be $196,000—in fact, to pay it back. All we are simply doing The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- less than 10 years from now; in the year is giving it to the next generation so ator from Utah is recognized. 2017. they will have a bill facing them and a Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I I think all that leaves us with a very future that will shackle them with thank my colleague from South Da- clear choice when it comes to how we debt that they will be dealing with for kota for the comments he has made solve problems here in Congress, here their lifetimes and probably the lives and appreciate the time he put into in the Senate, and how we deal with of their children and grandchildren as this effort. the immediate question before us this well. We are talking about jobs. That is evening: How do we extend unemploy- By way of illustration, because I the issue. The House bill, H.R. 4853, has ment benefits to those who have lost think it is important to put things into to do with taxes that would supposedly jobs in the recession? perspective—sometimes I think it is increase the number of jobs. In that at- The other side has come forward with very difficult to come to grips with mosphere, I wish to revisit the Main a proposal, again with billions and bil- what is $1 billion, what is $1 million, Street Revitalization Act of 2010 which lions and billions of dollars that are what is $1 trillion. I tried to break that I offered some time ago, which has to not paid for, and that does go on the down, to put it in perspective for my- do with small business and tax activi- debt and that does get passed on to our self so I can understand a little better ties with respect to small businesses. children and grandchildren. what we are talking about. The num- Let me remind the Senate that small What we are offering are some com- bers, the number of zeros on the end of businesses are the economic engine of monsense ways, which means the Con- that number, can be almost mind bog- our economy. Historically, small busi- gress and the Federal Government may gling to the average person in this nesses have been responsible for all of have to live on a little bit less. They country. Most of us are not used to the net new job creation in the United are things that would require the Fed- dealing with numbers that are in that States. At times when large businesses eral Government to go on a diet, if you ballpark of $1 trillion. downsize, small businesses grow. Many will, in the same way the American What a trillion seconds is—if you times, small businesses are created by people are having to go on a diet. The took a trillion seconds, what would people who have lost their jobs with American people are being asked, be- that translate into, by way of illustra- the large business and, in an effort to cause of this tough economy, to make tion and example—a trillion seconds, if find someplace to find work, they cre- hard choices with regard to their fam- you broke that down into years, would ate businesses of their own. I have had ily budgets, with regard to their indi- be almost 31,000 years; 31,746 years is that experience. I have lost my job and vidual and personal lifestyles, with re- what a trillion second is. If you take $1 said, somewhat facetiously but with gard to their businesses. Everybody in trillion and you make a second a dollar more accuracy, I had to start my own this country is having to make deci- and try to put it into terms I think the business because nobody else would sions about cutting back a little bit. average American can understand, a hire me. Many of the businesses I start- We could address this issue by just ask- trillion seconds represents 31,746 years. ed or was involved with failed, but ing the Federal Government to take a Since most of us here are probably enough of them succeeded that we were little bit of a haircut, put the Federal not going to live much more than 80 able to create jobs, not only for me but Government on a little bit of a diet. We years—hopefully if we are lucky, we for all of the other people who were in- can achieve the savings necessary to will live beyond that. Most of us here volved with me. pay for the proposal that is before us. are going to live under 100 years. When When I was the CEO of a business Again, as I said, $33 billion fixes the you talk about a trillion seconds, that started out with four—I was the unemployment benefit issue, and I which in the last—we have seen about fifth employee hired—we took it ulti- have just named four ways that could 15 seconds pass here, and you add that mately to the New York Stock Ex- be paid for, with money left over that up to a trillion, that is 31,746 years. change and hired 4,000 people. This was could be put toward the Federal debts. Think about what $1 trillion rep- a demonstration of what could happen That is what this is about. That is resents, how much that is, the scale, with small businesses. With that busi- what the discussion here is. This is the dimension we are talking about ness I was able to overcome all of the very straightforward. and what we are doing to future gen- financial losses that occurred in the My colleagues on the other side have erations of Americans if we do not businesses I started that didn’t work. come up here this evening and will con- start taking the steps that are nec- As I pointed out before, we did that tinue to offer unanimous consent re- essary to pay the bills around here. during what the New York Times has quests to go ahead and do this but not This amendment I offered and that called the decade of greed, because that pay for it, and people on our side are was objected to by the other side would was the period when Ronald Reagan getting up and saying: Wait a minute. have done that. It would have fixed the was President and the top marginal tax

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We got to keep property and it makes the current easier at least, for this particular small 72 cents out of every dollar we earned $250,000 deduction limit permanent. businessman to find the funding he during the decade of greed. That is Again, you are starting the business. needs and to hire those additional peo- what allowed us to go from 4 jobs to You have earned some money. You ple he talks about. His business plan is 4,000 jobs over about that 10-year pe- have had to put that money into a sound but his financial circumstance is riod. physical improvement on your prop- very difficult. What this letter tells me, and my Today the top marginal rate, when erty. But the tax man says I want it in own observation elsewhere, is that the you add the additions that have been cash. You can’t do it, you can’t make stimulus that was supposed to save our made with respect to the Medicare the business grow without investing it economy has not gotten down to small taxes, is over 40 percent, a very signifi- in your property. We expand the defini- business one bit. This is exactly why I cant increase from the 28 percent we tion of this expensing so that you get a opposed the stimulus bill in the first had during the time the New York tax advantage there. place. Most of it has been spent in pub- Times was so scandalized by the fact No. 3, there is, under current law, a lic arenas and has not hit the small that small businesses were not taxed startup cost deduction of $5,000. That is business world. The Main Street Revi- enough. I can tell you they are not fine but it is not enough in today’s world to make a difference for a busi- talization Act will help enable this only taxed enough now, they are taxed company to quickly and efficiently ac- too much. This recession has hit small ness to survive. My bill would increase the current startup cost deduction cess the capital they need to keep the businesses particularly hard. business running, create new jobs, and One of the problems dealing with the from $5,000 to $20,000. This would en- eventually help them grow and expand. challenge of creating a small business courage entrepreneurs to invest now UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—H.R. 4853 as you try to get capital is not just the rather than wait for the economy to With that background in mind, I ask higher tax rate but a lack of certainty improve. This says we will exempt this unanimous consent that the Senate in the capital marketplace. Unfortu- amount up to $20,000. It will produce a proceed to the immediate consider- nately, this lack of certainty has been significant increase in the number of ation of H.R. 4853, that all after the en- exacerbated by some of the activities small businesses. Nationally there are 5 million to 6 acting clause be stricken and the text of this administration. of S. 3083 be inserted; that the bill as My bill, the Main Street Revitaliza- million small businesses that would amended be read a third time and tion Act, tries to address these issues qualify and benefit from this bill. In Utah we have done the examination. It passed, the motion to reconsider be and make a circumstance where a busi- would be about 70,000 small businesses. laid upon the table. ness can have a degree of certainty If the 70,000 small businesses that The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there with respect to their tax position and would benefit from this would each objection? an opportunity to grow the business in hire one additional person, that is Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, re- an atmosphere that will move a little 70,000 more jobs in the State of Utah. If serving the right to object, I first com- closer to that atmosphere with which I they were to hire two additional per- mend my friend from Utah for speaking was so familiar during the Reagan sons, that would be 140,000 new jobs, about small business. This is some- years. There are three targeted tax which is more than the national in- thing that we share a very strong pas- breaks in my bill that I wish to talk crease in hiring that occurred last sion regarding. In fact, we are oper- about in detail. month. It is not a big deal, one em- ating right now under some small busi- The first one provides a 10-year net ployee per business, if we adopt this ness reforms that have already been operating loss carryback provision for bill. It would be a very big deal for the passed this year and a 5-year net loss qualifying businesses whose average impact on the economy as a whole. operating carryback—not the 10 years gross incomes are $5 million or less. Because it is for only businesses with my friend has talked about, but we One of the things you learn when you revenues of $5 million or less, we can be have begun that with 5 years. start a small business is that the only sure this is not going to be something The section 179 expensing was passed thing slightly better, but still bad, for that big business is going to take ad- in the jobs bill, which is very impor- a small business is earning a profit. vantage of. We can be sure that all of tant. I am hopeful we will be able to The worst thing, of course, is a loss. the concern about bailout of large cor- join together on a bipartisan basis But as soon as you earn a profit the tax porations—it does not apply; my bill when our leaders bring to the floor a man shows up and says ‘‘I want mine.’’ would not make any impact at all on small business bill that will exempt I want my 28 percent, if you are in the that end of the economy. capital gains for small business, in- Reagan years. I want my 42 percent I have a small business owner in crease the availability of loans, and now in the Obama years. Utah who wrote me a letter with re- that we might work together on the But I haven’t got the cash, you say, spect to all of his challenges. Let me other provisions that my friend has if you are running a small business. I share with you some of the points he suggested from his bill. can’t pay the taxes. That money I have made in his letter that I think apply. At this point, I will object but look shown on a profit and loss statement is He said: forward to working with him on these tied up in inventory and accounts re- I own a small business here in Utah . . . very important measures. ceivable. that had employed 20 people and now I am The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- No, says the tax man, I want it now down to 4 people, as I cannot get financing. tion is heard. and I want it in cash. I have put close to $2 million into tech- Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I If you have a net operating loss nology development and we are ready to thank the Senator from Michigan for carryback, you can say let me go back launch, but we have run out of funds and her spirit of cooperation. I am sorry can’t find investor groups . . . willing to and take those years in which we were take a risk. she is required to object. I must con- not earning a profit and apply them, I would hire 25 to 30 new people if I could fess, I am not particularly surprised. average them in with this time when receive the funding that I need to launch my But I appreciate the opportunity to we have started to earn a profit and product. Banks won’t lend, people are hold- have this discussion and deal with this thereby avoid paying that tax at this ing onto cash . . . and I don’t want to violate challenge. If I may close my presen- crucial time when I need the cash to the SEC rules so raising funds is difficult. tation with, once again, making a com- I had hoped the government would have grow the business. That is the first made Stimulus funds easier to receive by parison between what happened in the thing. We provide a 10-year net oper- those businesses that could make a dif- 1980s when we created the business that ating loss carryback provision for ference in the lives of so many looking for I described and what we are dealing qualifying businesses. It is only, as I employment. with now.

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I was overjoyed when the banker and saw a reversal and an end of the in the District of Columbia. finally agreed to give us a loan at 21 great inflation and set off a period of In a one-paragraph recommendation percent interest. great prosperity for a long time and is to Justice Marshall, Ms. Kagan wrote: That was the circumstance through considered one of the pivotal Presi- The petitioner’s sole contention is that the which we were living in those times. dents of the last century. District of Columbia’s firearms statutes vio- We talk about the Great Depression of I disagree with the economic policies late his constitutional right to keep and bear the 1930s. I remember, very vividly, the of this President. I hope I am wrong arms. great inflation of the 1970s—21 percent and that the recession we are now in She went on to write: interest so that I could meet payroll. ends with the same kind of success I am not sympathetic. That business, to use Abraham Lin- story that Ronald Reagan had. But I I want to know why she was not sym- coln’s words for his store in New am afraid I am right and we will see pathetic to Mr. Sandidge. The second Salem, IL, winked out. We did repay this recession drag on for a longer pe- amendment explicitly says: the bank loan, but we could not keep riod of time. A well regulated militia, being necessary the doors open. It was just a few years With that little bit of nostalgia, I to the security of a free state, the right of later that we started the other busi- thank the Senators for their indul- the people to keep and bear arms, shall not ness during the Reagan administration gence. be infringed. when the tax circumstances had been I yield the floor, and I suggest the ab- Well, as we know today, the DC gun changed dramatically. sence of a quorum. ban, the law, was clearly unconstitu- The Reagan administration inherited The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tional. The individual right to keep the results of the great inflation from clerk will call the roll. and bear arms has been affirmed by the the Carter administration, much as the The legislative clerk proceeded to Heller case. Mr. Sandidge’s rights were Obama administration has inherited call the roll. violated. Ms. Kagan had the oppor- the results of the great housing bubble Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask tunity to recommend that the Court from the days of the Bush administra- unanimous consent that the order for hear the case, but she did not rection. I will not make any attempt to the quorum call be rescinded. ommend it. put blame on a partisan basis, but The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Was this recommendation a legal those were the time lines. It was the objection, it is so ordered. opinion or was it a political opinion? Carter administration that was there f The second amendment is pretty clear: during the time of great inflation; it The right of the people to keep and KAGAN NOMINATION was the Bush administration that was bear arms shall not be infringed. there when the housing bubble burst. Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I just During the Clinton administration, So each President had a dilemma returned from spending a weekend in Ms. Kagan served as associate White thrust upon it. Wyoming talking to many people House counsel. The role of the White Ronald Reagan approached his eco- around the Cowboy State who are con- House counsel’s office is to provide the nomic challenge with tax cuts, and it cerned about our Nation, concerned President with the best legal advice produced the kind of job creation and about the growing debt, concerned possible. This is not a political office. ultimate economic growth that we are about jobs and the economy, and the According to a 1996 memorandum re- talking about. Reagan was very un- concern that Washington has taken our leased by the Clinton Library, Ms. popular in the election that followed eye off the ball. Kagan raised concerns that certain or- his election for President, and his They also have considerable concerns ganizations would be exempted from li- party lost a considerable number of and questions specifically about the ability under the Volunteer Protection seats in that period. But 2 years later, nominee to the Supreme Court, Elena Act. This legislation was aimed at pro- the economy was roaring forward on Kagan. I heard this when I was in viding protections to volunteers, to such a strong basis, as a result of the Thermopolis, WY; when I was in Sheri- nonprofit organizations and govern- Reagan tax cuts, that he was reelected dan; when I was in Casper. mental entities in lawsuits based on in a landslide. So what I want to do is spend a few the activities of volunteers. President Obama chose a different minutes discussing and questioning the In a memorandum she wrote, she economic theory from that which Ron- views on the second amendment of branded some of these organizations as ald Reagan embraced. President Obama Elena Kagan. The second amendment ‘‘bad guy orgs.’’ I assume that is bad followed the advice of the Keynesians in Wyoming, as you know, is nothing guy organizations. The bad guy organi- and instead of trying to have tax policy we take for granted. It is something we zations she was referring to she listed that would stimulate the economy, he hold very dear. We do not take it for as the Ku Klux Klan and the National went to a spending policy to stimulate granted because our lives depend upon Rifle Association. So in her capacity as the economy. it. counsel to the President, I want to The political pundits are saying The second amendment allows us to know why she was concerned that the President Obama will see losses in No- defend ourselves from harm. It also NRA, the National Rifle Association, vember the same way President puts food on our tables. These are the would be covered in the Volunteer Pro- Reagan did in the off-term election fol- values and the virtues that make this tection Act. I want to know why she lowing his Presidential inauguration. issue so important to Wyoming. I un- grouped a violent racist hate organiza- My fear is that we will not see the re- derstand next week Ms. Kagan’s hear- tion with the NRA. The NRA, the na- covery following that because of the ings will begin. It is my hope we will tional organization and chapters Keynesian economics embraced by have a clear picture of where she around the country, is very active in President Obama. My fear is this recov- stands on the right to keep and to bear Wyoming. It teaches firearm safety. It ery will continue to be sluggish, and arms. advocates for second amendment the unemployment rate will stay very The window into her views is small. I rights. Again, this gets to the question close to double digits. hope the hearing will open that window of whether Ms. Kagan is able to sepa- There are a lot of people who dis- wider for the American people. Her rate politics from policy. missed Ronald Reagan as something of clerkship to Justice Thurgood Marshall We have seen Ms. Kagan’s resume. an uneducated, almost simple-minded and the documents connected to her Now we need to hear from her. Next individual. I would point out Ronald time in the Clinton White House only week I look forward to hearing her tes- Reagan was the only President we have crack that window a little bit. I want timony. I also look forward to meeting ever had whose college degree, from his to hear from her. with Ms. Kagan to discuss these issues

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Tax increases are OK, if they are 15 minutes 13 seconds. objection? offset. Bring on hundreds of billions of Mr. GRASSLEY. I thank the Chair. Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, re- dollars of tax increase, whether they f serving the right to object, I thank my hit individuals, small businesses, or BIODIESEL TAX CREDIT colleague for his courtesy in allowing what have you. As an example, the lat- Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I me to return to the Chamber and also est tax is due to hit next week. Next have a unanimous consent request but indicate that this particular provision Tuesday, July 1, users of tanning bed I will wait until a Member from the on biodiesel, which I strongly support, services will face a new 10-percent tan- other side is here to make it. As a pred- is in the underlying jobs bill. We hope ning bed excise tax. God help us if icate to that, I will make a statement to have this passed in a couple of days. someone proposes to make the govern- on my reason for doing so. We will have another opportunity to ment even a little bit leaner. That pro- As the majority continues to strug- vote on this shortly. As a result of posal will be met with a brick wall of gle in an attempt to pass another mas- that, I object. resistance, even if it is a proposal to sive deficit spending bill through Con- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- roll back future unobligated, unallo- gress, biodiesel plants in Iowa and tion is heard. cated stimulus spending, which stim- throughout the country continue to lay UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—H.R. 4853 ulus spending has not accomplished off workers because the Democrat- Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I what it was intended to accomplish, ically controlled Congress has not ex- have a further unanimous consent re- keeping unemployment under 8 per- tended the biodiesel tax credit. This is quest. I ask unanimous consent that cent. a simple and noncontroversial tax ex- the Senate proceed to the immediate The upshot is this: For my friends in tension that will likely reinstate 20,000 consideration of H.R. 4853; that all the Democratic leadership, keeping the jobs nationwide and about 2,000 jobs in after the enacting clause be stricken spending spigot all the way open my State of Iowa all by itself. These and that an amendment at the desk, trumps deficit reduction. Keep the jobs have fallen victim to a tactic used which is the text of S. 3421, be agreed spending going, in other words. Worry by the Democratic leadership to hold to; that the bill, as amended, be read a about our deficit sometime down the this popular and noncontroversial tax third time and passed, and the motion road. Let our grandchildren worry provision hostage to out-of-control def- to reconsider be laid upon the table. about it. icit spending in Washington. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there On the Republican side, we want to This past February, I worked out a objection? trim the spending and save some tax- bipartisan deal with Chairman BAUCUS Ms. STABENOW. Reserving the right payers money by managing priorities. to extend the expired tax provision, in- to object, I again say to my colleague, That is a worthwhile debate. It is an cluding the biodiesel tax credit. How- we will have an opportunity to address intellectually honest debate. It is the ever, the Senate Democratic leadership this. We had two opportunities last kind of debate that can inform fiscal decided to put partisanship ahead of week to address it and did not get the policy judgments. But my friends in job security for thousands of workers votes. Hopefully, in the next couple the Democratic leadership are not con- in the biodiesel industry. I am here days, we will be able to resolve these tent to have the debate on that basis. again to try to put thousands of work- issues. I object. Instead, we have seen a pattern where ers back to work, American workers, in The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- they want to change the subject. In- the process of producing a clean and re- tion is heard. stead of focusing on the present and newable fuel. We already stripped out Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, may the future, my friends on the other side and passed the so-called doctor fix I ask how much time remains? want to revisit the past. In veering from the larger extenders bill last The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is away from current choices and future week. We should do the same with the 10 minutes. fiscal consequences, my friends on the biodiesel tax credit right now. Mr. GRASSLEY. I thank the Chair. other side take the discussion in a Also there is a difference between the Mr. President, this morning we saw biodiesel tax credit and the other tax whole different direction. My friends yet another replay of a dialog between provisions in the tax extenders bill. on the other side claim they cannot some of my friends on the other side The failure to extend the biodiesel tax deal with these problems in a fiscally and some on my side of the aisle. It credit before it expires has ground the responsible manner because of Repub- kind of goes like this. Republicans industry to a halt, because biodiesel is licans. Republicans only left them with now more expensive than gasoline and make a proposal to make a pending fiscal problems. gas stations know they can’t sell it. Democratic leadership proposal such as People watching C–SPAN witnessed So, of course, naturally, they don’t buy the extenders bill deficit neutral. The this back and forth last Thursday, and it. Therefore, biodiesel producers have Democratic leadership marshals the around lunchtime the Senate voted on stopped producing it because they have votes and defeats the deficit-neutral Senator THUNE’s alternative to the nobody to sell it to. While the other proposal on a largely party-line basis. Democratic leadership’s extender bill. tax provisions are important, they are After the vote, debate ensues. My The Thune amendment took the exact not as time sensitive as biodiesel, be- friends on the other side define the pro- opposite approach to the Democratic cause they are not transactional tax posal that they defeat in an incorrect leadership’s substitute. It cut taxes by incentives like the biodiesel tax credit way. They define it as a proposal to $26 billion by extending current law. It but instead are based on the taxable carry out the policy of a fiscally re- cut spending by over $100 billion and year. sponsible manner as opposition to the reduced the deficit by $68 billion. Those I am going to reserve my unanimous underlying policy in the proposal. Re- are not this Senator’s numbers. They consent request until the Senator from publicans counter that the Republican come from the nonpartisan Congres- Michigan returns. I will go to other re- deficit-neutral proposal carries most, if sional Budget Office and the non- marks I want to make at this point. not all, of the policy contained in the partisan Joint Committee on Taxation. I see the Senator has returned so I Democratic leadership’s proposal. According to the Congressional Budg- will make my unanimous consent re- When the smoke clears, the true dif- et Office, the last version of the Demo- quest at this point. ferences between the two sides’ ap- cratic leadership’s extender substitute UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—H.R. 4853 proaches become very clear. My friends would have increased direct spending I ask unanimous consent that the on the other side want to add to the by about $105 billion through the year Senate proceed to the immediate con- deficit to carry out the underlying ini- 2020, and raised revenues by about $50

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That action will cut those numbers in a short time after the Democrats as- The savings from the policies I have a little bit. sumed full control of the Federal Gov- pointed out translated to interest sav- On the larger bill, however, the con- ernment—roughly exceeded the deficit ings. Interest savings account for 15 trast could not be clearer. The Repub- impact of the 8 years of bipartisan tax percent of the deficit reduction. lican Conference, along with one mem- relief. Now, for all the chest-thumping ber of the Democratic caucus, voted to All of this occurred in an environ- about the 1990s, the chest-thumpers, change the bottom line fiscal effects of ment where the automatic economic who push for big social spending, didn’t the Democratic leadership’s extender stabilizers, thankfully, kicked in to bring much to the deficit reduction substitute. If Senator THUNE had pre- help the most unfortunate in America table in the 1990s. Their contribution vailed, his amendment would have re- with unemployment insurance, food was 5 percent. duced the deficit by $13 billion more stamps, and other benefits. What is more, the fiscal revisionist than the amount the Democratic lead- That antirecessionary spending, to- historians in this body tend to forget ership’s extender substitute would have gether with lower tax receipts, and the who the players were. They are correct added to the deficit. The Thune amend- TARP activities, has set a fiscal table that there was a Democratic President ment reached this better fiscal result of a deficit of $1.4 trillion for the fiscal in the White House. But they conven- by simple common sense of restraining year that ended several months ago. iently forget that Republicans con- Federal spending. All but one Member That is the highest deficit, as a per- trolled the Congress for the period of the Democratic caucus then in at- centage of the economy, in post-World where the deficit came down and tendance, 57 Senators, voted against War II history. turned to surplus. the Thune amendment. One of the Sen- It is not a pretty fiscal picture, and They tend to forget they fought the ators who voted for the Thune amend- it is going to get a lot uglier with the principle of a balanced budget that was ment came to the Senate floor to high- budget put forward by the President the centerpiece of Republican fiscal light the differences between the this year. It is the same result under policy. Democratic caucus and the Republican the budget crafted last year by the Remember the government shutdown Conference in the approach to this ex- Democratic leadership. of late 1995, my friends on the Demo- tenders bill. So for the folks who see this bill as cratic side? Remember what that was A Member of the Democratic leader- an opportunity to ‘‘recover’’ America about? It was about a plan to balance ship also made some comments on the with government taking a larger share the budget. We are constantly re- current fiscal problems. Instead of fo- of the economy over the long term, I minded of the political price paid by cusing on the question of whether to say congratulations. America has been the other side for the record tax in- offset the policy or not, that Member recovered with a vast expansion of gov- crease they put in the law in 1993. Re- decided to change the subject. As we ernment and the American People have publicans paid a political price for forc- saw this morning, that Member of the a lot of red ink to look forward to. ing the balanced budget issue in 1996. Democratic leadership wanted to go Members who voted for the budget But, in 1997, President Clinton agreed. back several years and talk about fis- and the fiscal policy envisioned in it Recall as well all through the 1990s cal history. put us on the path to a bigger role for what the year-end battles were about. This morning, like last week, there the government. But supporters of that On one side, congressional Democrats was a lot of revision or perhaps editing fiscal policy need to own up to the fis- and the Clinton administration pushed of the recent budget history. I expect cal course they are charting. for more spending. On the other side, more of it from some on the other side. That is where the revisionist history congressional Republicans were push- The President signaled as much in an comes from. From the perspective of ing for tax relief. interview with George Stephanopoulos those on our side, it seems to be a In the end, both sides compromised. a few months ago. I agree with the strategy to divert, through a twisted That is the real fiscal history of the President that there is a lot of revi- blame game, from the facts before us. 1990s. sionism in the debate. How is the history revised? Let’s take Let’s turn to the other conclusion of The revisionist history basically each conclusion one by one. the revisionist fiscal historians. That boils down to two conclusions: One, The first conclusion is that all of the conclusion is that, in this decade, all that all of the ‘‘good’’ fiscal history of ‘‘good’’ fiscal history was derived from fiscal problems are attributable to the the 1990s was derived from a partisan the 1993 tax increase. To test that as- widespread tax relief enacted in 2001, tax increase bill of 1993; and, two, that sertion, all you have to do is take a 2003, 2004, and 2006. all of the ‘‘bad’’ fiscal history of this look at data from the Clinton adminis- In 2001, President Bush came into of- decade to date is attributable to the bi- tration. fice. He inherited an economy that was partisan tax relief plans. The much-ballyhooed 1993 partisan careening downhill. Investment started Not surprisingly, nearly all of the re- tax increase accounts for 13 percent of to go flat in 2000. The tech-fueled stock visionists who spoke generally oppose the deficit reduction in the 1990s—13 market bubble was bursting. After that tax relief and—do you know what—sup- percent. That 13 percent figure was cal- came the economic shocks of the 9/11 port tax increases. The same crew gen- culated by the Clinton administra- terrorist attacks. Add in the corporate erally supports spending increases and tion’s Office of Management and Budg- scandals to that economic environ- opposes spending cuts. et. ment. In the debate so far, many on this The biggest source of deficit reduc- And it is true, as fiscal year 2001 side have pointed out some key undeni- tion, 35 percent, came from a reduction came to close, the projected surplus able facts. The stimulus bill passed by in defense spending. Of course, that fis- turned to a deficit. But it is wrong to the Senate, with interest included, in- cal benefit originated from President attribute the entire deficit occurring creases the deficit by over $1 trillion. Reagan’s stare-down of the Communist during this period to the bipartisan tax The stimulus bill was a heavy stew of regime in Russia. The same folks on relief. According to CBO, the bipar- spending increases and refundable tax that side who opposed President Rea- tisan tax relief is responsible for only credits, seasoned with small pieces of gan’s defense buildup take credit for 25 percent of the deficit change, while tax relief. the fiscal benefit of the ‘‘peace divi- 44 percent is attributable to higher The bill passed by the Senate had dend.’’ spending, and 31 percent is attributable new temporary spending that, if made The next biggest source of deficit re- to economic and technical changes. permanent, will burden future budget duction, 32 percent, came from other At just the right time, the 2001 tax deficits by over $2.5 trillion. That is revenue. relief plan started to kick in. As the

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Mr. President, re- 2001, where Republicans controlled the It is not too late to correct the ex- serving the right to object, the Repub- White House and the Congress. But, un- cesses of the stimulus bill or the bloat- licans have offered a bill, and it is fully like the fiscal history revisionists, I ed appropriations bills that will come. paid for. We have the same concerns. am not trying to make any partisan The Senate missed an opportunity with We think, though, we should not be points, I am just trying to get to the a partisan rejection of Senator THUNE’s adding to the debt and the deficit. We fiscal facts. alternative. know the President’s budget doubles There is also data that compares the We took a small, bipartisan step last the national debt in 5 years, triples it tax receipts for 4 years after the much- Friday. The Senate unanimously ap- in 10. The recommendation here being ballyhooed 1993 tax increase and the 4- proved a paid-for Medicare doc fix bill, offered is one that would add to the year period after the 2003 tax cuts. I led by my friend, Chairman BAUCUS. burden of the debt on our children and have a chart that tracks those trends. That was the way we need to go. grandchildren. In 1993, the Clinton tax increase There are more bipartisan fiscally re- As a result, Mr. President, I do ob- brought in more revenue as compared sponsible efforts underway. Senator ject. to the 2003 tax cut. That trend reversed MCCASKILL’s and Senator SESSIONS’ The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- as both policies moved along. amendment, which calls for a timeout tion is heard. Over the first few years, the extra on the exponentially rising levels of Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I revenue went up over time relative to appropriations spending, is a good would like to now speak both in re- the flat line of the 1993 tax increase. start. The President called on the sponse to some of what my friends on So, let’s get the fiscal history right. Democratic leadership to do something the other side of the aisle have said and The progrowth tax and trade policies similar. also to talk about why we are here this of the 1990s, along with the ‘‘peace divi- That is what the American people evening, why we started this whole dis- dend,’’ had a lot more to do with the want and need. There is a way to reach cussion this evening. deficit reduction in the 1990s than the a real bipartisan compromise. It is I remember when we, in fact, bal- 1993 tax increase. In this decade, defi- right in front of the Democratic leader- anced the budget. We passed a balanced cits went down after the tax relief ship. Efforts to change the subject and budget under President Clinton. I was plans were put in full effect. blame Republican Congresses of many against deficits then when I voted, for No economist I am aware of would years ago won’t answer the questions the first time in 30 years, to balance link the bursting of the housing bubble about what needs to be done now. the budget. I was against deficits when with the bipartisan tax relief plans of Efforts to blame every fiscal problem I supported a different way to go with 2001 and 2003. on a Republican President who retired the largest surpluses created by the Likewise, I know of no economic re- a year and a half ago is no answer. It is policies of President Clinton, when I search that concludes that the bipar- a strategy that avoids responsibility said just focusing on the wealthy in tisan tax relief of 2001 and 2003 caused for the trillions of new spending that this country and tax benefits for the the financial meltdown of September the Democratic leadership and this wealthy not only was not fair, but it and October 2008. I have a chart that President have muscled through with was going to balloon the deficit; that shows what the President inherited large majorities. It is time to match not paying for two wars was going to from a Democratic Congress and a Re- the power with responsibility. The balloon the deficit; that not paying for publican President. American People expect no less. really any major policy during the 8 As I said, from the period of 2003 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- years of the Bush administration would through 2007, after the bipartisan tax ator’s time has expired. balloon the deficit. I was against defi- relief program was in full effect, the Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I cits at that time as well, and I am still general pattern was this: revenues yield the floor. against deficits. went up and deficits went down. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- When we talk about what happened That is the past. We need to make ator from Michigan is recognized. in the last 8 years, it is not to go back, sure we understand it. But what is Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, it is but it is to learn from what did not most important is the future. People in my understanding that the Republican work for the American people. One of our States send us here to deal with fu- time has now ended. my friends on the other side of the ture policy. They don’t send us here to The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is aisle said they were for private-sector flog one another, like partisan cartoon correct. jobs and we were for public-sector jobs. cut-out characters, over past policies. Ms. STABENOW. We have 15 minutes Well, the reality is, during the last 8 They don’t send us here to endlessly to wrap up. Is that my understanding? years, when deficits did not matter—I point fingers of blame. The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is will never forget the former Vice Presi- The substitute before us takes us in correct. dent saying deficits did not matter. the direction of more deficits and debt. Ms. STABENOW. First, as a courtesy When they were trying to pass their The Thune amendment, which was re- to my colleagues, I will offer a unani- policies that affected the wealthiest in jected by most of the Democratic Cau- mous consent request at the beginning the country, at the expense of the mid- cus, would have put us on a path in the of our comments, and this relates to dle class, deficits did not matter. opposite fiscal direction. My friends on the nearly 1 million people who have But we lost 6 million private-sector the other side fool no one if they pre- lost their jobs who have now lost their jobs during that time—6 million manu- tend that the fiscal choices made by unemployment benefits because of the facturing jobs—when there was a focus the Democratic leadership and the inability to move this forward in terms on cheap products instead of American President over the last year have noth- of extending unemployment benefits jobs. We lost jobs. Well, deficits ing to do with this rapidly rising debt. through the end of November. mattered to me at that time too, as President Obama rightly focused us UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—S. 3520 well as deficits in jobs, which is the on the future with his eloquence during So, Mr. President, I ask unanimous main engine of our economy: middle the campaign. I would like to para- consent that the Senate proceed to the class jobs. phrase a quote from the President’s immediate consideration of S. 3520, the Well, it is true. When we came into nomination acceptance speech: We Unemployment Extension Act of 2010, the majority and President Obama need a President who can face the that the bill be read a third time and came into office, after that time of los- threats of the future, not grasping at passed, and the motion to reconsider be ing 750,000 jobs a month, we took a dif- the ideas of the past. laid upon the table, with no inter- ferent tack. We did. We said: Do you

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We think we ought to desperately needed as well—both are worked all their lives, never been out focus on the middle class in this coun- needed—helping people who are out of of work in their entire life and are hu- try and working people and people who work. miliated at the idea they have to ask spend all their lives playing by the We say no. Keep investing. Keep mov- for help from anybody—find themselves rules who are saying: What about us? ing it forward, and at the same time— in a position where they are going to So we did something different. We at the same time—let’s help people who lose their house, they are not going to put in an investment jobs plan that our are out of work in the same way every be able to care for their kids, unless we colleagues have spent the last year and President—Republican and Democrat— give them the dignity of temporary a half trying to talk down, trying to for decades has done; that is, we call it help. That is all this is, the dignity of make sure it did not work. But we put an emergency. It is an emergency in temporary help, and the dignity of say- in place a jobs plan to begin to turn this country when over 15 million peo- ing, yes, this is an emergency; yes, we things around. And that 750,000 jobs ple are out of work. And the reality is, are not changing the rules just for you. that were lost a month that President from an economic standpoint, we will We are not going to have a different set Obama inherited went down to zero by never get out of a deficit with over 15 of rules for the wealthy in this country the end of the year. million people not working and con- and separate rules for somebody who is As shown on this chart, this is where tributing to the tax base and contrib- we were on jobs in the Bush adminis- out of work who is 55 years old who has uting to the economy, buying things as worked all their life. tration. If their approach had worked, I consumers. We will never get out of would say great. If people in my State debt. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- had not been hit by an economic tsu- So, yes, we do have a different view. ator’s time has expired. nami during this time, I would say We do. We have a view that worked Ms. STABENOW. That is what this is great. I would be out here promoting under President Clinton when 22 mil- about, and it is my great pleasure to- it. I would be promoting what they are lion jobs were created. We have that night, as we end, and as we continue to talking about—if it had worked for the same view now, that same view that fight for these Americans, to turn our majority of Americans. The problem is says we are going to move ourselves final 5 minutes over to the Senator it did not work. out of this by investing in the middle from Pennsylvania, who has been a real Now, people listening I know get very class of this country, working people. champion standing up for working fam- confused because there are all kinds of We are going to invest in innovation. ilies in this country. back and forth and different versions of We are going to partner with our busi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Senator, what happened in history. I would ask nesses. They are competing with coun- there are now 41⁄2 minutes. people just to think about their own tries around the world right now to lives. Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, first of create good private-sector jobs. all, I commend Senator STABENOW for As shown on this chart, it did not And, yes, to support small business, her words tonight to put in perspective work here, starting in 2002, 2003, 2004, we have done more in tax policies re- what this debate is all about. It really 2005. I can tell you, in my State, where lated to small business, and we intend is a question of jobs—not only creating we lost a million jobs, these policies to do even more than I think at any jobs, as we have been able to do, and did not work. So we tried something other time I can think of in terms of still have a long way to go to get out else, when we started focusing on peo- support for small business. All of that of the ditch, but also preserving jobs. ple, investing in innovation, partnering is true. Also, I commend the Senator for her with manufacturers—private-sector Mr. President, in order for my col- stamina tonight. She has spent a lot of jobs. league from Pennsylvania to speak, time on the Senate floor. Yesterday, I went to a facility will you please tell me when there is 5 groundbreaking for a battery manufac- minutes left of our time. I do not want I want to make two points. One is turing plant. We have 16 different bat- to lose the opportunity for the Senator about unemployment insurance and tery manufacturing facilities in Michi- from Pennsylvania to be able to speak. one is about COBRA premium assist- gan now because of the Recovery Act The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ance for health care. that are creating private-sector jobs. ator has a minute and a half. First, with regard to unemployment The manufacturing tax credit we put in Ms. STABENOW. Before the 5 min- insurance—the debate we are having on for alternative energies is creating pri- utes? the bill this week and last week, for a vate-sector jobs. Now, they are not as The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is number of days now—one of the real fast as we want. They are not as fast as correct. points of contention is what we do we need. But we are beginning to turn Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I about those who are out of work this huge economic ship around. The thank you very much. through no fault of their own. ship that was going down, down, Let me conclude by saying we are down—we are beginning to turn it moving in the right direction, but we I can just tell you what it means for around. We are beginning to turn it inherited a huge hole. By the way, the Pennsylvania. Here is the reality in around. folks who created the hole want us to Pennsylvania—and I will ask consent My colleagues say we should help give them more shovels to go back and that the following document be made a people who are out of work by taking create another hole, a deeper hole. We part of the RECORD: Estimated Exhaus- money away from this. Let’s stop this. are saying, do you know what. Take tions of All Available Unemployment Let’s take money away from creating away the shovels. Take them away. We Compensation Benefits, calendar year jobs to help people out of work. need to fill in the hole, not dig a deeper 2010. Mr. President, I ask unanimous Well, that does not make any sense. one. consent that document be printed in What we have said is we want to con- So that is what we have been doing. the RECORD. tinue this. That is why we are saying But here is the reality. It was six peo- There being no objection, the mate- no to the proposals. That is why I ob- ple out of work for every one job. Now rial was ordered to be printed in the jected to proposals tonight on the floor it is five. OK, it is moving in the right RECORD, as follows:

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YTD Through May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual April Total

EUC/EB phase-out beginning June 2 1 ...... 30,000 5,200 111,000 94,000 65,000 41,000 32,000 25,000 26,000 429,200 EUC/EB phase-out extended to Dec 31 2 ...... 30,000 5,200 4,800 5,600 5,900 6,600 9,100 7,300 64,000 138,500 1 These projected exhaustions are based on current law, whereby the phase-out of EUC begins on June 2, 2010 (last payable week of EUC is week ending November 6, 2010) and the last payable week of HUP EB is week ending June 5, 2010. 2 These projections reflect the estimated number of exhaustions that would occur if the phase-out of EUC and EB was extended to December 31, 2010.

Mr. CASEY. What this says is if we people who, in addition, are without a Mr. Newton provided advice and don’t act to extend unemployment in- job. counsel to national level emergency surance, to give people some help, to With that, I yield the floor to my col- managers attempting to mitigate and get from joblessness to a job, to get league from Michigan. recover from the effects of a biological across that long bridge, 111,000 Penn- Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, how warfare attack on the United States sylvanians will be out of unemploy- much time do we have remaining? Senate. Additionally, Mr. Newton held ment insurance by the end of June. Un- The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is a great ability to identify subject mat- fortunately, that number goes up by 20 seconds remaining. ter experts, which significantly re- another 94,000 at the end of July if we Ms. STABENOW. On that note, I will duced recovery time and expense. do nothing. By the end of this year, simply say again that we are here and During his tenure, Mr. Newton 429,200 Pennsylvanians will have no un- we will continue to be here fighting on oversaw the acquisition, staffing, and employment insurance. behalf of people who are counting on us operation of multiple relocation assets We have to act on that. It makes all to do the right thing. We remember in support of the strategic continuity the sense in the world when we are re- what it is like for too many families mission. He also advocated and covering—and we are in recovery, right now whose breadwinner cannot oversaw the development of a purpose- thank goodness, but we have a way to bring home any bread because there is built tactical waterborne evacuation go—that we give people the oppor- no job. We want to remember them and asset whose capabilities significantly tunity to at least have the peace of we want to help them and support enhance the efficient and timely move- mind to know they have unemploy- them as they are looking for work, as ment of essential government per- ment insurance. all Americans want to be able to have sonnel from threat zones. Secondly, with regard to COBRA, if a job and the dignity of work, and that He also oversaw a major chemical, anyone has any doubts as to what this is what we are fighting for. biological, radiological and explosives Thank you, Mr. President. I yield the means to real people, I would submit defense effort protecting a highly sym- floor. one part of one sentence from a single bolic national asset. This effort unique- Pennsylvanian by the name of Lisa. f ly combines surveillance/identification She sent a letter to me talking about TRIBUTE TO FRED ANVIL NEWTON technologies, defensive measures, and chemotherapy treatments she needs III incident management and mitigation and the COBRA premium assistance. capabilities to form a standard by She said: ‘‘COBRA benefits have kept Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise today which other large-scale protective ef- me alive.’’ That is exactly what we are to recognize the extraordinary work of forts are now measured. talking about here—about life and Fred Anvil Newton III, who is retiring I, along with my colleagues in the death. Why should a family—as they this week. During his 28 years with the Senate, congratulate Fred on his well- are trying to get a job, trying to find Intergovernmental Program Office, his deserved retirement. We wish Mr. New- their way out of joblessness—why distinguished career elevated him to ton all the best in his future endeavors. should they have to worry and have the the highest levels of decisionmaking in additional nightmare of having no one of our government’s most sensitive f programs. His work greatly enhanced health insurance? We can help so many TRIBUTE TO ANDREA ROGERS Americans as we did in the Recovery the safety and security of the United Act. Two million households across the States Senate, staff, and visitors. Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, today I country were helped by the COBRA Mr. Newton dedicated his profes- honor Andrea Rogers, the CEO and premium assistance program in 2009. In sional life to mission accomplishment, founding executive director of the our State, over 107,000 Pennsylvanians while always ensuring that the people Flynn Center for the Performing Arts. had the benefit of that. he led were well-trained and cared for. I have had the privilege to congratu- So as we wrap up this debate about He managed resources in the most effi- late Andrea over the years on her preserving jobs and creating jobs—and cient and effective manner possible. many accomplishments within the arts I think in a sense getting a sense of Mr. Newton cultivated and maintained community, including her most recent whose side you are on—are you going partnerships with the U.S. Capitol Po- award from the Vermont Arts Council, to be on the side of slowing things lice, the offices of the U.S. Senate Ser- the Walter Cerf Lifetime Achievement down and playing games or are you geant at Arms and the U.S. House of in the Arts award. Today, I once again going to be on the side of helping the Representatives Sergeant at Arms. Re- recognize her decades of invaluable unemployed get a job and help them garded as the dean of the continuity service to Vermonters and I wish her with their family’s health care. As we community, he has been at the fore- future success as she retires from her wrap up this debate, it is about saving front of strategic continuity planning executive director position at the jobs and preserving jobs and literally, and his innovative approach to problem Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in some cases, saving lives, not only by solving has set the standard for many after 30 years of dedicated service. way of health care but also by way of of today’s continuity programs. In 1980, Andrea led a campaign to the additional debate we are having on Mr. Newton has many significant ac- purchase an old movie house in down- Medicaid and what that means to vul- complishments including the over- town Burlington, with the hope of nerable people as well as what it means sight, response, and mitigation of the turning it into a home for performing to public safety and other priorities. effects of the public disclosure of a arts groups. She was successful, and We can get this right, but we need to very sensitive national strategic con- the old building became an inde- have our colleagues on the other side of tinuity asset. He developed a new pendent theatre. Andrea organized the aisle recognize that this is a high strategy for effective use of private many fundraising efforts to restore the stakes game they are engaged in and sector assets in fulfilling a strategic antiquated space, and within the next 5 that the loser here in the end is not continuity mission; the result being years, the Flynn succeeded in hosting going to be some political party. Those minimal cost to government and max- over 350 performances presented by 50 who will be left out are very vulnerable imum flexibility for planners. different organizations. Today, 30 years

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The audience ranges from wealthy patrons panded and renovated its space, hosted She has both envisioned the nonprofit per- who attend frequent performances to chil- thousands of diverse performances, forming-arts center, and guided its growth: dren in Burlington’s Old North End. Kids not opened an art gallery and created The Flynn has a $6 million endowment, an only attend shows, but also participate in many educational programs. Because education department that presents student mini-artist workshops: Third-graders at the of Andrea’s leadership, the Flynn has matinees, offers classes and develops and im- Integrated Arts Academy recently had a song swap with singers in the African Chil- received several awards across the plements arts curriculums in local schools. The theater presents its own season of dren’s Choir—trading and singing songs to- state, the country, and even the world. shows, commissions work and plays host to gether. It was the only organization honored artists’ residencies. The Flynn’s own pro- ‘‘For many children, the only time they by both the Ford Foundation and the gramming has grown from about three shows walk down Church Street is when they go Doris Duke Charitable Foundation in a year to 50 to 60 annual performances, Rog- with their class to the Flynn,’’ said Joyce 2000. The Flynn’s educational program ers said. It serves as a performance space for Irvine, principal of IAA. has also been recognized by the Dana other organizations, such as the Vermont ACTIVE TILL HER EXIT Foundation as one of eight outstanding Symphony Orchestra and Lyric Theatre. The With retirement three weeks away, Rogers arts programs in the country, and has smaller FlynnSpace is a venue for more ex- has little time to think about her exit. In perimental pieces, where about 40 percent of fact, pending retirement never looked so ac- recently received the Outstanding His- the shows are Flynn presentations. toric American Theatre Award at a native. She tracks jazz festival ticket sales ‘‘I love the Flynn,’’ said Jaime Laredo of every day, comparing numbers with last year tional conference put on by the League Guilford, VSO music director and a violinist and the year before—an activity that shows of Historic American Theatres. and conductor who performs around the Rogers takes nothing for granted, including I am proud to say that all of these world. ‘‘It’s one of the most vibrant arts cen- next season’s existence. accomplishments happened under ters anywhere, not just in the state of ‘‘It takes a lot to keep this going,’’ Rogers Andrea’s tenure. She is widely recog- Vermont. ‘‘It’s so amazing what goes on said. ‘‘It’s not a shoo-in. We start from nized for her passion for performing there, the range of things—from symphonies scratch every year, raising an operating to country music to Broadway shows to re- arts and community development, and budget.’’ Rogers is immersed in putting to- citals to jazz. I don’t know many places like gether next season’s sponsorship, and then her dedication has had an extraor- that. I think it’s fantastic. And I think what comes the budget for fiscal 2011. ‘‘The big- dinary impact on the arts in Vermont. Andrea has done is miraculous.’’ gest part of what I do is supporting every- Marcelle and I have spent some of our Bob Dylan and Phish played at the Flynn body else,’’ Rogers said. She has evening jazz most memorable evenings at the in the 1990s; Mikhail Baryshnikov has per- festival events and shows to attend. ‘‘That Flynn, and Andrea’s enthusiasm for formed on its main stage three times; the part never felt like work,’’ Rogers said. She her work and for her colleagues will be World Saxophone Quartet blew free jazz on a notes a particular change that will come winter’s night in the late ’80s. The contem- dearly missed. I ask unanimous con- with retirement: ‘‘I have to pay now. I’m porary dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones going to be a good patron.’’ sent to have printed in the RECORD the presented his first full version of ‘‘Last Sup- A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER following article to permanently recog- per at Uncle Tom’s Cabin/The Promised nize Andrea’s contribution to the State Land,’’ outside of New York City, at the Rogers came to her work at the Flynn of Vermont. Flynn. The major work, co-commissioned by through community organizing. She grew up the Flynn and addressing hot-button issues, in New Britain, Conn., and attended college There being no objection, the mate- at the University of Michigan, where she rial was ordered to be printed in the included workshops with Jones and dozens of community members naked on stage as part studied history, history of art and French. RECORD, as follows: of the performance. After college, Rogers moved to New York [From the Burlington Free Press] City, where she lived for almost 10 years. She ART AND COMMUNITY FLYNN CENTER DIRECTOR EXITS, STAGE RIGHT worked for the American Field Service, The Jones piece could serve as Exhibit A in doing community-service work with teen- (By Sally Pollak) what people say is Rogers’ most important agers. A monoprint of a jazz trombone quartet contribution to Burlington: bringing to- She moved here in 1970, interested in living hangs above Andrea Rogers’ desk in her of- gether art and community, with each step of in a small city and drawn to Burlington by a fice at the Flynn Center for the Performing the building of the Flynn a commitment to beloved great aunt and uncle who lived here, Arts. The piece is alive with color—golds and that ideal. and by her love for skiing and sailing. Soon purple—and appears at first to be an abstract ‘‘Andrea has allowed her life to be defined after arriving, Rogers started working in work. But a second look reveals players, in- by the mission of what the Flynn Center is community-based drug-prevention efforts. struments, music stands: art and music in all about,’’ guitarist Paul Asbell said. ‘‘You The job combined her interests in commu- vibrant harmony. ‘‘I love the alive feeling of do it out of love and a sense of mission. It is nity organization and working with young it,’’ Rogers said. ‘‘I have all this artwork, her vision that has been implemented.’’ people. She liked the community involve- and no place at home to put it.’’ Asbell knows the Flynn as a performer and ment, setting up and organizing systems— Rogers has until the end of the month to an audience member, and he knows Bur- but the core issue was not where her true in- find wall space in her Burlington house. The lington before the Flynn existed. terests lay, Rogers said. last day of June will be the final day of Rog- ‘‘The contribution to Burlington is too After four years working in drug-abuse ers’ tenure as executive director of the deep to even count it all,’’ Asbell said. ‘‘It’s prevention, Rogers became founding director Flynn. She will be succeeded by John been remarked thousands of times that for of the Church Street Center for Community Killacky, who has been manager of the arts the size of the city, it’s incredible the type of Education, a university-affiliated center and culture program for the San Francisco cultural events and musical events and artis- that preceded the Firehouse Center for Vis- Foundation. Rogers, who will turn 70 on July tic awareness in Burlington. It’s unbeliev- ual Arts. Her involvement with a community 14, has guided the Flynn since before its cre- able what we’ve grown accustomed to.’’ effort, spearheaded by Lyric Theatre, to pur- ation—when she and other community mem- Along the way, the Flynn has earned a na- chase and renovate the Flynn led to her hir- bers recognized potential in a dilapidated tional reputation among arts organizations ing as its first director. She was writing Main Street theater being used as a cinema. and arts funders for its programming, its au- grants for the project and doing other orga- ‘‘The Flynn was of interest to me—the po- dience-building and its community engage- nizational work when Rogers was asked if tential of the theater to serve as a per- ment. she’d open an office, she recalled. forming-arts center,’’ Rogers said. She was ‘‘To this day, the Flynn stands as model of ‘‘Well,’’ she replied, ‘‘you have to pay me.’’ intrigued by the idea of preserving a historic how to do it right, how to have a strong ar- It was only a ‘‘pittance,’’ she said, but it was building, one whose existence was threat- tistic program and at the same time be a enough to persuade her to devote herself to ened, and adapting it to community use. central node for community,’’ said Philip the Flynn effort. Syndi Zook, executive di- ‘‘It’s something that I saw that needed to Bither, senior curator of performing arts at rector of Lyric Theatre, was a Lyric per- be done. I never dreamed I’d be the director. the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. He is former when the company endeavored to re- . . . ‘‘Burlington was my home, and I could the former Flynn director of programming/ turn the theater—then owned by Merrill Jar- see there was a need. If people want some- artistic director of the Burlington Discover vis—to a live performance space. ‘‘We wanted thing, and there’s a reasonable chance that Jazz Festival. to put on plays,’’ Zook said. ‘‘We didn’t want they can come together to make it happen, ‘‘We talk about attempting to create cul- to be engaged in the multimillion-dollar it can happen. There were many times when tural commons, places that a diverse range campaign that it would take to bring that

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On July 10, the resi- Flynn board, and to Rogers. eran, attorney, political party leader, dents of Emerado, ND, will gather to ‘‘What we were trying to do was save it elected official, State supreme court celebrate their community’s founding. from the wrecking ball,’’ Zook said. ‘‘What Andrea has done is save this beautiful his- justice and trustee of Hawaii’s largest When the railroad came to Emerado toric landmark that is just a jewel in the private landowner, Chief Justice Rich- in 1882, a town began to take shape on center of the city.’’ ardson’s many contributions helped the Hancock homestead. The town site During her years at the Flynn, Rogers said shape our Nation’s youngest State. was platted in September 1885 by Henry her artistic sensibility grew to include an ap- This great man, a dear brother and Hancock, originally of Ontario, Can- preciation for contemporary dance. She had friend, died yesterday at the age of 90. ada, and by Lewis Emery, Jr., from always enjoyed music—listening, singing and As Chief Justice of the Hawaii Su- playing piano—and contemporary art. ‘‘I Bradford, PA. The village was named preme Court from 1966 to 1982, C.J., as for Emery, owner of one of the first bo- found the merging of music and movement many of us affectionately knew him, and abstract ideas to be really eye-opening nanza farms in North Dakota, con- did so much to preserve Hawaii’s rich and exciting,’’ Rogers said. ‘‘I came to really sisting of 4,480 acres of land. appreciate it, and not to feel the need to to- culture and heritage. As he explained it: Among the early businesses were tally understand it.’’ Fred Ludwick and Henry Raymond, COURAGE AND AMBITION Hawaii has a unique legal system, a system of laws that was originally built on an an- blacksmith; Plup and Morgans Grocery Ambiguity and complex, challenging works cient and traditional culture. While that an- Store; Emery Hotel, built about 1882; would become part of the Flynn’s program- cient culture had largely been displaced, the Virginia Hotel, built around 1915 by ming. Although Rogers said she had the au- nevertheless many of the underlying guiding thority to manage programming, she chose A.A. Hood; Dakota St. Anthony Eleva- principles remained. During the years after not to exercise it. This is the purview of ar- tor; Farmers Elevator; and Bill Han- the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian King- cock Hardware. The first post office tistic director Arnie Malina and Bither, his dom in 1893 and through Hawaii’s territorial predecessor. period, the decisions of our highest court re- was established on November 25, 1885, Bither came to the Flynn in 1988 from the flected a primarily Western orientation and with Edmund Gale, Jr., serving as the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where he sensibility that wasn’t a comfortable fit with postmaster. curated experimental music and avante- Hawaii’s indigenous people and the immi- The mill was built in the late 1890s garde jazz. Conversations with Rogers before grant population. Thus, we made a conscious he was hired indicated the direction she by J.R. Cooper. Over time, other busi- effort to look to Hawaiian custom and tradi- nesses were developed. Among these wanted to take the theater. It was not nection in deciding our cases—and consistent essarily what one might have predicted, with Hawaiian practice. were the Gritzmacher General Store; given the Flynn’s previous programming, Seebart Brothers painters and decora- A self-described ‘‘local boy from Ha- Bither said. tors; S.S. Hood General Merchandise; waii,’’ C.J. graduated from Roosevelt ‘‘She said she wanted the kind of new William L. Sibell, barber; Charles High School and the University of Ha- thinking, and sometimes provocative pro- Emery Ford Car and International gramming,’’ Bither said. ‘‘She wanted the waii at Manoa, and received his law de- freshest, most interesting artists that are gree from the University of Cincinnati. dealer; George Dean Grocery; Fosnes happening, not just in New York City but In World War II, he joined the U.S. Hardware and Machinery; Ralph around the world.’’ Army and served as a platoon leader Bosard, blacksmith; S.S. Grantham The notion that this kind of programming with the 1st Filipino Infantry Regi- Coop Store; Mary Kelly Cafe; and the would work in a city the size of Burlington ment. He was later inducted into the ‘‘Blind Pig’’ pool hall and barber shop was ‘‘a leap of faith, to say the least,’’ Bither operated by Nick Hickson. said. In those days, management would pin Infantry Officer Candidate School Hall up fliers for Flynn shows on trips to the su- of Fame. C.J. served as the chairman of Emerado was a thriving small town permarket, part of the effort to fill the the Hawaii Democratic Party and as until the disastrous events of May 9, house, Bither recalled. the State’s first Lieutenant Governor 1928. Ashes cleaned out of a nearby lo- A fund to honor Rogers, Andrea’s Legacy of Hawaiian ancestry. Upon retirement comotive ignited, leading to a fire that Fund, was created by the Flynn board to from the Hawaii Supreme Court, Chief razed 24 structures, including the raise money for programming and education, Justice Richardson served as a trustee town’s church, town hall, elevator, sev- initiatives the board identified as key to of the Kamehameha Schools. eral businesses, homes, and barns. The Rogers’ tenure. Board chairman Fred church, elevator, town hall, and one ‘‘Chico’’ Lager said the goal of raising $1.5 C.J.’s modest beginnings influenced million in cash is nearly met. With deferred his future dedication to the underrep- home were soon rebuilt. donations, Andrea’s Legacy Fund totals al- resented, minority, and indigenous Emerado is very proud of the most $2 million, he said. communities of Hawaii. His mixed her- Emerado Elementary School, home of ‘‘Andrea is fiercely committed that we not itage of native Hawaiian, Chinese, and the Bulldogs. Students from kinder- retreat in any way, as is the board,’’ Lager Caucasian ancestry reflected the di- garten through eighth grade are privi- said. ‘‘She’s leaving us in great shape. The verse culture and history of the people. leged to be taught by caring profes- legacy fund will ensure that we will be able He understood the issues most impor- to sustain everything that we are doing, and sionals who share the belief that ‘‘each actually continue to grow.’’ tant to the people and fought hard to student is the most important person Rogers has her own ideas about her legacy, ensure that the legal system provided in school.’’ which she believes is centered on connecting remedies for the most vulnerable popu- In honor of the city’s 125th anniver- themes: artistic excellence and community lations. He will also be remembered for sary, community leaders have orga- involvement. ‘‘You never had one without his work to establish the State’s only nized a parade, carnival games, an all- the other,’’ she said. And though events are law school—The William S. Richardson planned around her retirement, including a school reunion, and many other fun School of Law. Chief Justice Richard- and exciting events. free evening of entertainment June 26 at the son fought vigorously for its creation Flynn, called ‘‘Exit Laughing,’’ Rogers has I ask that my colleagues in the U.S. because he believed Hawaii students her own ideas about how she’d like to leave: Senate join me in congratulating who could not travel to or afford main- ‘‘Personally,’’ she said, ‘‘I would’ve put a Emerado, ND, and its residents on land law schools should have an oppor- barrel on my head and snuck out the door.’’ their first 125 years and in wishing f tunity to study law nevertheless. Chief Justice Richardson was a true them well in the future. By honoring ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS son of Hawaii. He lived his life in serv- Emerado and all other historic small ice to others and did so with a warm towns of North Dakota, we keep the and kind disposition. We celebrate his great pioneering frontier spirit alive REMEMBERING CHIEF JUSTICE life, achievements, and contributions for future generations. It is places such WILLIAM S. RICHARDSON to the State of Hawaii.∑ as Emerado that have helped shape this ∑ country into what it is today, which is Mr. AKAKA. Mr. President, in Ha- f waii all beaches are public. It is one of why this fine community is deserving the things that makes our State a spe- EMERADO, NORTH DAKOTA of our recognition. cial place, and it is due to a landmark ∑ Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, today, I Emerado has a proud past and a 1968 ruling by the Hawaii Supreme am pleased to recognize a community bright future.∑

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On behalf of protect Texas’ most innocent and dis- Along with all Arkansans, I thank the people of Texas, I would like to advantaged citizens through serving as Linda and the entire Arkansas Legisla- take this time to recognize her many the chairwoman of the Permanent Ju- ture for their leadership and their dedi- accomplishments. dicial Commission for Children, Youth cation to keeping our State strong. I After graduating with honors from and Families. After spearheading the also recognize the other representa- the University of South Carolina creation of this commission in 2007, she tives who were recently elected to School of Law and practicing for a dec- has worked tirelessly to strengthen leadership positions: ade in the field of complex business court practices in the Texas child-pro- David ‘‘Bubba’’ Powers, D–District 3, Ma- litigation, Justice O’Neill was elected tection system. Thanks to her efforts, jority Whip; Charolette Wagner, D–District to Texas’ 152 District Court in 1992. On Texas’ 30,000 abused and neglected fos- 17, Secretary; Barbara Nix, D–District 28, that court, her ability to conduct fair ter children can rest assured that they Treasurer; Butch Wilkins, D–District 74, 1st and impartial hearings was widely-rec- will be able to look forward to a better District Whip; Fred Allen, D–District 33, 2nd District Whip; Greg Leding, D–District 92, ognized and won her the praise of law- tomorrow. 3rd District Whip; and Johnnie Roebuck, D– yers on both sides of the civil bar. Justice O’Neill’s dedication to pro- District 20, 4th District Whip.∑ Less than 3 years later, Justice tecting the vulnerable has also been f O’Neill’s superior record in the district recognized at the national level. In court earned her an appointment and 2006, she was appointed by Attorney TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL K. NEAL subsequent election to Texas’ 14 Court General Alberto Gonzales to serve on ∑ Mrs. LINCOLN. Mr. President, today of Appeals. As an appeals court judge, the Department of Justice’s National I recognize Arkansas wildlife officer she once again stood out from the Advisory Committee on Violence Michael K. Neal, who put himself in crowd. In the words of her colleague, Against Women. In this capacity, she harm’s way earlier this year to save Judge David West, ‘‘Harriet was con- assisted with the implementation of the lives of his fellow law enforcement sidered one of the most reliable judges the Violence Against Women Act and officers. we had. . . She was absolutely flaw- supplied policy advice on programs ad- Officer Neal is credited by the West less.’’ dressing domestic violence, sexual as- Memphis police for stopping a shootout After earning a 91 percent approval sault and stalking. Because these with suspects in the deaths of two of rating from the Houston Bar Associa- crimes are so heinous and their victims their fellow officers. On May 20, Officer tion, the highest on her nine-member are so defenseless, Justice O’Neill’s Neal rammed his truck into a van oc- court, the people of Texas elected Jus- work in this area is particularly impor- cupied by a father and son suspected of tice O’Neill to the Texas Supreme tant and praiseworthy. gunning down West Memphis officers Court in 1998, where she served with Although her professional accolades Brandon Paudert and Bill Evans during honor ever since. In 2002, and again in are impressive in their own right, Jus- a traffic stop on Interstate 40, before 2006, the Texas Association of Civil tice O’Neill’s personal accomplish- exchanging gunfire with law officers Trial and Appellate Specialists named ments are equally so. While devoting who cornered them in a parking lot. her the Appellate Justice of the Year. countless hours to serving the people of Officer Neal was one of 13 officers Even more profoundly, in the case of Texas, she has simultaneously man- from multiple agencies involved in the TGS–NOPEC v. Combs, Justice O’Neill aged to serve as a loving wife to her shootout, and I commend the bravery broke down a long-term barrier when husband Kerry and a dedicated mother and heroism of every law enforcement she became the first woman ever elect- to her three children. Despite 17 years officer involved in this tragic event. I ed to the Texas Supreme Court to pre- of full caseloads, she has found the also send my heartfelt condolences to side as Chief Justice. time to stay actively involved with her the families and loved ones of those As a Judge in the Texas Court Sys- family, including a tenure coaching her who lost their lives. tem, Justice O’Neill has been a model daughters’ youth basketball teams. In Mr. President, I am also proud that for judicial restraint and faithfully in- this busy day and age, Justice O’Neill Officer Neal’s bravery and heroism terpreting the law, as written. Her has provided all of us with an example were recently honored during a cere- opinions have consistently explained of what it truly means to fulfill our mony at the Arkansas Game and Fish the law and the judicial role in a man- duty. Commission, where he was presented ner accessible to the general public. While June 20 marked the end of her with the Medal of Valor by Governor Clearly, she has provided an example service on the Texas Supreme Court, I Mike Beebe. Officer Neal has received for all judges to follow. have no doubt that Justice O’Neill will recognition from West Memphis-area Justice O’Neill’s service to the State remain active in the causes that she legislators, the city of West Memphis of Texas, however, has extended far be- cares so deeply about. On behalf of the and its police department, and by the yond the courtroom doors. Most admi- people of Texas, I thank her for her Crittenden County Quorum Court and rably, she has been an unwavering many contributions. We can only hope sheriff’s office. champion for the legal rights of our so- that her next 17 years will be as re- Officer Neal represents the best of ciety’s most vulnerable citizens. markable.∑ Arkansas, and he is more than deserv- Since its inception in 2001, Justice f ing of these honors. I commend him for O’Neill has been an active member of his valor, bravery, and selflessness.∑ TRIBUTE TO LINDA TYLER the Texas Access to Justice Commis- f sion. Through her work with this orga- ∑ Mrs. LINCOLN. Mr. President, today nization, she has helped to develop and I congratulate State Representative 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF BRICKFEST implement initiatives designed to en- Linda Tyler of Conway, who was re- ∑ Mrs. LINCOLN. Mr. President, today sure that the court system is available cently elected by her peers as the ma- I congratulate the residents of Malvern to meet the basic legal needs of low-in- jority leader for the Arkansas State in my home State of Arkansas as they come Texans. In particular, she was House of Representatives. She is the celebrate the 30th anniversary of heavily involved in creating and dis- first female elected to the position, and Brickfest, a time-honored tradition tributing a self-help Protective Order I commend her for this significant that commemorates the importance of Kit that enables victims of domestic achievement. brick production to the history of the violence to file their own applications Along with my staff, I have worked city of Malvern and Hot Spring Coun- for court-ordered protection for them- with Representative Tyler on behalf of ty. Abundant clay in the area makes it selves and their children. Because so our constituents, and she has always a prime location for brick production, many of our most important rights de- done an excellent job representing the and since 1887, the industry has played pend upon judicial enforcement, her ef- needs of those in her district. As a a leading role in the area’s economic forts have ensured that countless Tex- small business owner, she knows the development.

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I am par- June 24–26 at Malvern City Park, com- Alma High School ticularly proud to see one of my own plete with live entertainment, a 5K Alma staffers on this list, Little Rock native race, a car and tractor show, motor- Best Senior Division Project: Disney Ani- Tamika Edwards. I have seen Tamika’s cycle show, and awards for best dressed mations: A Lifetime of Innovation hard work and dedication firsthand, brick, brick toss, brick car derby, and Teachers: Toney McMurray, Erin Mills, and I know that her work ethic is much more. Manesseh Moore shared by all of the recipients of this Acme, now the only brick company Students: Courtney Craft, Breanna prestigious honor. operating in the Malvern area, provides Witherspoon These honorees now join an elite a display of its product, and every year JUNIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARY group of business and community lead- it manufactures dated mini-bricks that Lisa Academy-North ers, and I look forward to working with are distributed as souvenirs. Sherwood them as they continue to grow in their I salute the entire community of Project: Sputnik: The Sky is Never the careers. Malvern and Hot Spring County as Limit Teacher: Dustin Seaton I also commend the editors and read- they celebrate this historic milestone. Students: Morgan Depriest, Alena Higgins, ers of Arkansas Business for choosing I commend them for keeping the his- Yulia Batalina to highlight these young individuals tory and heritage of their community Northridge Middle School and their efforts for our State. alive.∑ Van Buren Members of the 2010 ‘‘40 Under 40’’ f Project: Weather Satellites: The Difference group, as named by Arkansas Business, Between Survival and Death are: ARKANSAS’ NATIONAL HISTORY Teacher: Jeanie Perkins Alexandru Biris, 36—UALR Nanotechnol- DAY WINNERS Students: Braydon Montgomery, Peyton ogy Center Bettencourt ∑ Mrs. LINCOLN. Mr. President, today Chris Bates, 38—The Computer Hut I congratulate the Arkansas elemen- JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT Allison Cox, 35—Windstream Corp. tary and secondary school students Carl Stuart Middle School John E. Heard, 38—McGehee-Desha County who recently joined students from Conway Hospital across the Nation to participate in the Project: Crossett Experiment of 1916: An Josh Jenkins, 36—Parker Cadillac annual Kenneth E. Behring National Innovation That Changed Malaria Eradi- Mandy Kelley, 38—Greater Hot Springs History Day Contest in Washington, cation Chamber of Commerce Teachers: Sherry Holder, Kaye McMillian Deanna Newberry, 38—Honeywell Inter- DC. This contest in our Nation’s Cap- Student: Rebecca Philpott national Inc. itol is the final stage of a series of Na- JUNIOR PAPER Brian Vandiver, 35—Mitchell Williams tional History Day contests through- Russellville Jr. High School Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC out the school year at the State and Russellville Michele Simmons Allgood, 39—Williams & local level. Project: The Innovation of the Flushing Anderson PLC Each year, more than half a million Toilet: The Beginning of Human Civilization Kristine G. Baker, 39—Quattlebaum students, encouraged by thousands of Teacher: Aimee Mimms Grooms Tull & Burrow PLC teachers nationwide, participate in Na- Student: Emily Austin Elizabeth Bintliff, 33—Heifer International Shannon E. Butler, 32—City Year Little tional History Day. Students choose SENIOR GROUP EXHIBIT Rock/North Little Rock historical topics related to a theme and Conway High School East Craig Shelly, 34—USA Truck Inc. conduct research through libraries, ar- Conway Jim Chidester, 39—Chidester Engineering chives, museums, oral history inter- Project: The Road to Innovation: The Fed- PLLC views and historic sites. The students eral-Aid Highway Act of 1956 Courtney Henry, 37—Arkansas Court of Ap- then present their work in original pa- Teacher: William Richardson, Charles Wil- peals and Arkansas Supreme Court pers, Web sites, exhibits, performances, liams Audrey House, 32—Chateau Aux Arc Vine- and documentaries, which are evalu- Students: Lauren Hart, Anna Jordan, yards & Winery Annie Patton Sam O’Bryant III, 30—Pulaski County Gov- ated by professional historians and ernment educators. SENIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY Conway High School East Dan Young, 37—Rose Law Firm I commend the commitment to learn- Tom Leonard Jr., 35— ing so clearly on display from the Conway Project: A Picture is Worth A Thousand PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP young Arkansans who took part in this Words: The Innovation of Photojournalism Robert Coon, 30—Impact Management event. Their hard work and dedication Teachers: William Richardson, Charles Group represents the best of our State, and I Williams John Bacon, 39—eStem Public Charter am proud of their achievements. By Student: Elisa Detogni Schools participating in events like National Chad Evans, 39—Arvest Bank SENIOR GROUP PERFORMANCE Kyle Allmendinger, 33—Datek Inc. History Day, our young citizens can de- Conway High School East Tim Hicks, 38—Bank of the Ozarks velop critical thinking and problem- Conway Cristian Murdock, 39—Arkansas State Uni- solving skills, along with confidence Project: One Giant Leap for Mankind: versity and self-esteem. These skills will pre- Apollo 11 and The Innovative Idea To Put A Jason Taylor, 35—First Community Bank pare them for the future and help keep Man On The Moon Justin Acri, 36—KABZ–FM, 103.7 our State and Nation strong. Teachers: William Richardson, Charles Jean C. Block, 36—Office of the Arkansas Arkansas students recognized in the Williams Attorney General, Health Care Bureau annual Kenneth E. Behring National Students: Jeannie Corbitt, Rachel Ford Chris Cranford, 37—Jones Film Video History Day Contest are: SENIOR WEB SITE Tamika Edwards, 31—Office of Senator Pulaski Academy Blanche Lincoln SPECIAL AWARD: HISTORY IN THE FEDERAL Tara Smith, 31—Arkansas Department of GOVERNMENT Little Rock Project: Deng Xiaoping: China’s Economic Higher Education Conway High School East Revolution Brooke Vines, 37—Vines Media Conway Shayla Copas, 36—Shayla Copas Interiors Senior Group Exhibit: The Road to Innova- Teacher: Jody Musgrove Student: Tc Zhang∑ Russell Harris, 39—Entergy Arkansas Inc. tion: The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 Roberts Lee, 39—Meadors Adams & Lee Teachers: William Richardson & Charles f Gwendolyn Bryant-Smith, 35—Central Ar- Williams ARKANSAS’ ‘‘40 UNDER 40’’ kansas Veterans Healthcare System Students: Lauren Hart, Anna Jordan, Melissa Hendricks, 37—Pulaski Technical Annie Patton ∑ Mrs. LINCOLN. Mr. President, today College OUTSTANDING ENTRIES FOR ARKANSAS I honor and congratulate 40 of Arkan- Scott Shirey, 34—KIPP Delta Public Lisa Academy-North sas’s brightest young professionals who School

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Mr. President, today I recovery from Hurricane Ike in Gal- Science, and Transportation. wish to recognize the service of COL veston, TX. EC–6302. A communication from the Assist- Donald E. ‘‘Ed’’ Jackson, Jr., as the Colonel Jackson is a proven leader of ant Administrator for Fisheries, National Commander of the Little Rock Dis- people and organizations. His passion, Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, trict, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, leadership, and influence have greatly from June 28, 2007, to June 15, 2010. the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Fisheries of the increased the readiness and effective- Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlan- Colonel Jackson has been assigned to ness of the Little Rock District. I fully tic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; serve as chief of staff of the 8th U.S. believe that he helped shape the dis- Amendment 31; Correction’’ (RIN0648–AX67) Army in Korea where I have no doubt trict to meet the future needs of the received in the Office of the President of the he will go on to serve our country in a people of Arkansas. I appreciate his Senate on June 16, 2010; to the Committee on proud and loyal fashion. He has been a service to the people of Arkansas, and Commerce, Science, and Transportation. pleasure to work with and I wish him I wish him well in his continued service EC–6303. A communication from the Assist- well on his next mission. ∑ ant Administrator for Fisheries, National to our country. Marine Fisheries Service, Department of While Commander of the Little Rock f Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, District, Colonel Jackson displayed ex- the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Fisheries of the cellent leadership for one of the most REMEMBERING CLARENCE WOLF Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlan- diverse Army Corps of Engineer dis- GUTS tic; Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South tricts in the United States while man- ∑ Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, today I Atlantic; Red Snapper Closure’’ (RIN0648– aging roughly 730 employees, 13 locks pay tribute to Clarence Wolf Guts, of AX75) received in the Office of the President and dams, 12 multipurpose lakes and 7 Wanblee, SD. Clarence passed away on of the Senate on June 16, 2010; to the Com- June 16, 2010, at the age of 86. mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- powerplants. Colonel Jackson showed tation. exemplary skill in working with stake- The last surviving Oglala Lakota EC–6304. A communication from the Assist- holders, building relationships, and code talker, Clarence Wolf Guts was an ant Administrator for Fisheries, National providing necessary leadership to exe- American hero. Serving in World War Marine Fisheries Service, Department of cute the district’s programs. II as a Native American code talker, Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, Under his command, the district ini- Clarence helped win the war by trans- the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Atlantic Highly tiated many major projects including mitting critical military messages in Migratory Species; Atlantic Shark Manage- ment Measures; Amendment 3’’ (RIN0648– construction on Ozark Hydro-electric his native language, which the Japa- nese and German militaries could not AW65) received in the Office of the President powerplant rehabilitation and the land- of the Senate on June 16, 2010; to the Com- mark White River Minimum Flow translate. mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- Project along the Upper-White River Clarence enlisted in the U.S. Army tation. Basin. These were not easy assign- on June 17, 1942, at age 18. One of 11 EC–6305. A communication from the Dep- ments, but under his leadership, Ar- South Dakotan Lakota, Nakota, and uty Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine Fisheries Serv- kansas made significant headway. I Dakota Native American code talkers, Clarence was recruited to help develop ice, Department of Commerce, transmitting, also commend him for the critical lead- pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ership he provided for his neighboring a phonetic alphabet based on the Lakota language. This alphabet was ‘‘International Fisheries; Western and Cen- districts to improve quality of service tral Pacific Fisheries for Highly Migratory at Corps of Engineers operated camp- eventually used to develop the Lakota Species; Fishing Restrictions and Observer grounds. And, he did an excellent job of code. Requirements in Purse Seine Fisheries for Serving as a code talker, Clarence’s implementing the American Recovery 2009–2011’’ (RIN0648–XW12) received in the Of- primary job was transmitting coded fice of the President of the Senate on June and Reinvestment Act funding for the messages from a general to his chief of 16, 2010; to the Committee on Commerce, Little Rock District, which provided staff in the field. Courageous and self- Science, and Transportation. much needed investments in aging in- sacrificing, the efforts of Clarence and EC–6306. A communication from the Acting frastructure. He did this while also Director of Sustainable Fisheries, National other code talkers were essential for overseeing the operation and mainte- Marine Fisheries Service, Department of the Allied victory. Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, nance of the McClellan-Kerr Naviga- Honorably discharged on January 13, tion Channel, which is one of our na- the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Fisheries of the 1946, Pfc. Wolf Guts was a man willing Northeastern United States; Summer Floun- tion’s best navigation systems serving and able to serve his country. I have a der Fishery; Quota Transfer’’ (RIN0648–XW47) as a critical component of our econ- great deal of respect for Clarence and received in the Office of the President of the omy. for the extraordinary contributions Mr. Senate on June 16, 2010; to the Committee on To go along with his service on en- Wolf Guts made to our country. The ef- Commerce, Science, and Transportation. ergy and water infrastructure projects, EC–6307. A communication from the Acting forts of the Lakota Code Talkers saved Director of Sustainable Fisheries, National he played a critical role in overseeing the lives of many soldiers, and Clar- and executing a $750 million program of Marine Fisheries Service, Department of ence Wolf Guts was a true American Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, military construction for the Little hero. the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Fisheries of the Rock Air Force Base and Pine Bluff Ar- Today I wish to celebrate the life of Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific senal to improve the quality of life and an extraordinary man. As we mourn Cod by Catcher Vessels Less Than 60 Feet work for our soldiers. Colonel Jackson the loss of this great South Dakotan, I (18.3 m) Length Overall Using Hook-and-Line also developed strong relationships or Pot Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian extend my thoughts, prayers and best Islands Management Area’’ (RIN0648–XW55) with the Regional Veteran’s Adminis- wishes to Clarence’s family, friends, tration by assisting with $175 million received in the Office of the President of the and loved ones.∑ Senate on June 16, 2010; to the Committee on in projects critical to the healthcare f Commerce, Science, and Transportation. system, and he assumed a new mission EC–6308. A communication from the Assist- by managing the world-wide Air Force EXECUTIVE AND OTHER ant Secretary for Export Administration, Medical Command O&M program with COMMUNICATIONS Bureau of Industry and Security, Depart- a $180 million budget. The following communications were ment of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant In addition to his skills in managing to law, the report of a rule entitled laid before the Senate, together with ‘‘Encryption Export Controls: Revision of Li- scheduled operations, Colonel Jackson accompanying papers, reports, and doc- cense Exception ENC and Mass Market Eligi- exhibited adaptability and care for the uments, and were referred as indicated: bility, Submission Procedures, Reporting people during local and regional emer- EC–6301. A communication from the Assist- Requirements, License Application Require- gencies in different major events. Dur- ant Administrator for Fisheries, National ments, and Addition of Note 4 to Category 5,

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A bill to protect children affected ministrator of the Fruit and Vegetable Pro- ministrator of the Fruit and Vegetable Pro- by immigration enforcement actions, and for grams, Agricultural Marketing Service, De- grams, Agricultural Marketing Service, De- other purposes; to the Committee on the Ju- partment of Agriculture, transmitting, pur- partment of Agriculture, transmitting, pur- diciary. suant to law, the report of a rule entitled suant to law, the report of a rule entitled f ‘‘Grapes Grown in a Designated Area of ‘‘Blueberry Promotion, Research, and Infor- Southeastern California and Imported Table mation Order; Increase Membership’’ (Dock- ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS Grapes; Relaxation of Handling Require- et Nos. AMS–FV–09–0022; FV–09–705) received S. 311 ments’’ (Docket Nos. AMS–FV–09–0085; FV10– in the Office of the President of the Senate At the request of Mrs. BOXER, the 925–1 FIR) received in the Office of the Presi- on June 18, 2010; to the Committee on Agri- name of the Senator from New Jersey dent of the Senate on June 18, 2010; to the culture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and EC–6317. A communication from the Ad- (Mr. MENENDEZ) was added as a cospon- Forestry. ministrator of the Fruit and Vegetable Pro- sor of S. 311, a bill to prohibit the ap- EC–6310. A communication from the Ad- grams, Agricultural Marketing Service, De- plication of certain restrictive eligi- ministrator of the Fruit and Vegetable Pro- partment of Agriculture, transmitting, pur- bility requirements to foreign non- grams, Agricultural Marketing Service, De- suant to law, the report of a rule entitled governmental organizations with re- partment of Agriculture, transmitting, pur- ‘‘User Fees for 2010 Crop Cotton Classifica- spect to the provision of assistance suant to law, the report of a rule entitled tion Services to Growers’’ (Docket Nos. under part I of the Foreign Assistance ‘‘Sweet Onions Grown in the Walla Walla AMS–CN–09–0011; CN–10–001) received in the Act of 1961. Valley of Southeast Washington and North- Office of the President of the Senate on June S. 334 east Oregon; Changes to Reporting and As- 18, 2010; to the Committee on Agriculture, sessment Due Dates’’ (Docket Nos. AMS–FV– Nutrition, and Forestry. At the request of Mr. LUGAR, the 10–0020; FV10–956–1 FR) received in the Office name of the Senator from Maryland f of the President of the Senate on June 18, (Mr. CARDIN) was added as a cosponsor 2010; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES of S. 334, a bill to authorize the exten- trition, and Forestry. The following reports of committees sion of nondiscriminatory treatment EC–6311. A communication from the Ad- (normal trade relations treatment) to ministrator of the Fruit and Vegetable Pro- were submitted: grams, Agricultural Marketing Service, De- By Mr. KERRY, from the Committee on the products of Moldova. partment of Agriculture, transmitting, pur- Foreign Relations, with an amendment in S. 457 suant to law, the report of a rule entitled the nature of a substitute: At the request of Mr. THUNE, the ‘‘Tart Cherries Grown in the States of Michi- S. 3104. A bill to permanently authorize name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. gan, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Radio Free Asia, and for other purposes COLLINS) was added as a cosponsor of S. Washington, and Wisconsin; Order Amending (Rept. No. 111–214). 457, a bill to establish pilot projects Marketing Order No. 930’’ (Docket Nos. AO– f under the Medicare program to provide 370–A8; AMS–FV–06–0213; FV07–930–2) re- incentives for home health agencies to ceived in the Office of the President of the INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND Senate on June 18, 2010; to the Committee on JOINT RESOLUTIONS utilize home monitoring and communications technologies. Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. The following bills and joint resolu- EC–6312. A communication from the Ad- tions were introduced, read the first S. 478 ministrator of the Fruit and Vegetable Pro- and second times by unanimous con- At the request of Mr. DEMINT, the grams, Agricultural Marketing Service, De- name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. sent, and referred as indicated: partment of Agriculture, transmitting, pur- GRASSLEY) was added as a cosponsor of suant to law, the report of a rule entitled By Mr. AKAKA: S. 478, a bill to amend the National S. 3517. A bill to amend title 38, United ‘‘Marketing Order Regulating the Handling Labor Relations Act to ensure the of Spearmint Oil Produced in the Far West; States Code, to improve the processing of Salable Quantities and Allotment Percent- claims for disability compensation filed with right of employees to a secret-ballot ages for the 2010–2011 Marketing Year’’ the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for election conducted by the National (Docket Nos. AMS–FV–09–0082; FV10–985–1 other purposes; to the Committee on Vet- Labor Relations Board. FR) received in the Office of the President of erans’ Affairs. S. 565 the Senate on June 18, 2010; to the Com- By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. SES- At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For- SIONS, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. SCHUMER, name of the Senator from Maryland and Mr. LIEBERMAN): estry. (Mr. CARDIN) was added as a cosponsor EC–6313. A communication from the Ad- S. 3518. A bill to amend title 28, United ministrator of the Fruit and Vegetable Pro- States Code, to prohibit recognition and en- of S. 565, a bill to amend title XVIII of grams, Agricultural Marketing Service, De- forcement of foreign defamation judgments the Social Security Act to provide con- partment of Agriculture, transmitting, pur- in United States Courts where those judg- tinued entitlement to coverage for im- suant to law, the report of a rule entitled ments undermine the first amendment to the munosuppressive drugs furnished to ‘‘Tart Cherries Grown in the States of Michi- Constitution of the United States, and to beneficiaries under the Medicare Pro- gan, et al.; Final Free and Restricted Per- provide a cause of action for declaratory gram that have received a kidney centages for the 2009–2010 Crop Year’’ (Dock- judgment relief against a party who has transplant and whose entitlement to et Nos. AMS–FV–09–0069; FV09–930–2 FR) re- brought a successful foreign defamation ac- coverage would otherwise expire, and tion whose judgment undermines the first ceived in the Office of the President of the for other purposes. Senate on June 18, 2010; to the Committee on amendment; to the Committee on the Judici- Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. ary. S. 714 EC–6314. A communication from the Ad- By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. KOHL, At the request of Mr. WEBB, the name ministrator of the Fruit and Vegetable Pro- and Mr. LIEBERMAN): of the Senator from New Hampshire grams, Agricultural Marketing Service, De- S. 3519. A bill to stabilize the matching re- (Mrs. SHAHEEN) was added as a cospon- partment of Agriculture, transmitting, pur- quirement for participants in the Hollings sor of S. 714, a bill to establish the Na- suant to law, the report of a rule entitled Manufacturing Partnership Program; to the tional Criminal Justice Commission. ‘‘Sweet Cherries Grown in Designated Coun- Committee on Commerce, Science, and S. 1055 ties in Washington; Change in the Handling Transportation. Regulation’’ (Docket Nos. AMS–FV–09–0033; By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. At the request of Mr. LEAHY, his FV09–923–1 FR) received in the Office of the MERKLEY, Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. BROWN name was added as a cosponsor of S. President of the Senate on June 18, 2010; to of Ohio, and Mr. WHITEHOUSE): 1055, a bill to grant the congressional the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, S. 3520. A bill to provide for an extension of gold medal, collectively, to the 100th and Forestry. unemployment insurance; to the Committee Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regi- EC–6315. A communication from the Ad- on Finance. mental Combat Team, United States ministrator of the Fruit and Vegetable Pro- By Ms. MURKOWSKI: Army, in recognition of their dedicated grams, Agricultural Marketing Service, De- S. 3521. A bill to provide for the reestab- partment of Agriculture, transmitting, pur- lishment of a domestic rare earths materials service during World War II. suant to law, the report of a rule entitled production and supply industry in the United S. 1237 ‘‘Nectarines and Peaches Grown in Cali- States, and for other purposes; to the Com- At the request of Mrs. MURRAY, the fornia; Increased Assessment Rates’’ (Docket mittee on Energy and Natural Resources. name of the Senator from Maryland

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Care and Development Block Grant Act and local assistance provided to pro- S. 1360 of 1990 to require criminal background mote the energy retrofitting of schools. S. 3479 At the request of Mr. BINGAMAN, the checks for child care providers. name of the Senator from Wisconsin S. 3058 At the request of Mrs. HAGAN, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. FEINGOLD) was added as a cospon- At the request of Mr. DORGAN, the sor of S. 1360, a bill to amend the Inter- name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. (Mr. DODD) was added as a cosponsor of nal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude MERKLEY) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3479, a bill to authorize the Sec- from gross income amounts received on S. 3058, a bill to amend the Public retary of Health and Human Services, account of claims based on certain un- Health Service Act to reauthorize the acting through the Director of the Cen- lawful discrimination and to allow in- special diabetes programs for Type I di- ters for Disease Control and Preven- tion, to establish and implement a come averaging for backpay and abetes and Indians under that Act. birth defects prevention, risk reduc- frontpay awards received on account of S. 3108 tion, and public awareness program. such claims, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the S. 3481 S. 1445 name of the Senator from Arkansas At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the At the request of Mr. LAUTENBERG, (Mrs. LINCOLN) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3108, a bill to amend title 31 of name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. the name of the Senator from Min- VOINOVICH) was added as a cosponsor of nesota (Mr. FRANKEN) was added as a the United States Code to require that Federal children’s programs be sepa- S. 3481, a bill to amend the Federal cosponsor of S. 1445, a bill to amend the Water Pollution Control Act to clarify rately displayed and analyzed in the Public Health Service Act to improve Federal responsibility for stormwater President’s budget. the health of children and reduce the pollution. S. 3234 occurrence of sudden unexpected infant S. 3512 At the request of Mrs. MURRAY, the death and to enhance public health ac- At the request of Mrs. HUTCHISON, the name of the Senator from New Jersey tivities related to stillbirth. names of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. LAUTENBERG) was added as a co- S. 1545 (Mr. MCCAIN) and the Senator from sponsor of S. 3234, a bill to improve em- At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Georgia (Mr. ISAKSON) were added as ployment, training, and placement the name of the Senator from Mary- cosponsors of S. 3512, a bill to provide services furnished to veterans, espe- land (Mr. CARDIN) was added as a co- a statutory waiver of compliance with sponsor of S. 1545, a bill to expand the cially those serving in Operation Iraqi the Jones Act to foreign flagged vessels research and awareness activities of Freedom and Operation Enduring Free- assisting in responding to the Deep- the National Institute of Arthritis and dom, and for other purposes. water Horizon oil spill. S. 3320 Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and S. 3513 At the request of Mr. WHITEHOUSE, the Centers for Disease Control and At the request of Mr. BAUCUS, the Prevention with respect to the names of the Senator from Maine name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. (Ms. COLLINS) and the Senator from Il- scleroderma, and for other purposes. BROWNBACK) was added as a cosponsor linois (Mr. BURRIS) were added as co- S. 1598 of S. 3513, a bill to amend the Internal sponsors of S. 3320, a bill to amend the At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one Public Health Service Act to provide name of the Senator from Nebraska year the special depreciation allow- for a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative, and (Mr. JOHANNS) was added as a cospon- ances for certain property. for other purposes. sor of S. 1598, a bill to amend the Na- S. RES. 411 S. 3339 tional Child Protection Act of 1993 to At the request of Mrs. LINCOLN, the At the request of Mr. KERRY, the establish a permanent background name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. name of the Senator from Montana check system. COLLINS) was added as a cosponsor of S. (Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor S. 2750 Res. 411, a resolution recognizing the of S. 3339, a bill to amend the Internal importance and sustainability of the At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a re- United States hardwoods industry and name of the Senator from Minnesota duced rate of excise tax on beer pro- urging that United States hardwoods (Mr. FRANKEN) was added as a cospon- duced domestically by certain small and the products derived from United sor of S. 2750, a bill to amend the Pub- producers. States hardwoods be given full consid- lic Health Service Act to authorize the S. 3345 eration in any program to promote Secretary of Health and Human Serv- At the request of Mr. WHITEHOUSE, construction of environmentally pref- ices to make grants to eligible States the name of the Senator from New erable commercial, public, or private for the purpose of reducing the stu- Hampshire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) was added buildings. dent-to-school nurse ratio in public as a cosponsor of S. 3345, a bill to S. RES. 541 secondary schools, elementary schools, amend title 46, United States Code, to At the request of Mr. CONRAD, the and kindergarten. remove the cap on punitive damages name of the Senator from West Vir- S. 2801 established by the Supreme Court in ginia (Mr. ROCKEFELLER) was added as At the request of Mr. FRANKEN, the Exxon Shipping Company v. Baker. a cosponsor of S. Res. 541, a resolution name of the Senator from Louisiana S. 3347 designating June 27, 2010, as ‘‘National (Ms. LANDRIEU) was added as a cospon- At the request of Mr. VITTER, the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Aware- sor of S. 2801, a bill to provide children names of the Senator from Nebraska ness Day’’. in foster care with school stability and (Mr. NELSON), the Senator from Ten- S. RES. 546 equal access to educational opportuni- nessee (Mr. ALEXANDER), the Senator At the request of Mr. SPECTER, the ties. from Georgia (Mr. ISAKSON) and the names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. S. 2882 Senator from Georgia (Mr. CHAMBLISS) WYDEN) and the Senator from Florida At the request of Mr. KERRY, the were added as cosponsors of S. 3347, a (Mr. LEMIEUX) were added as cospon- name of the Senator from Minnesota bill to extend the National Flood Insur- sors of S. Res. 546, a resolution recog- (Mr. FRANKEN) was added as a cospon- ance Program through December 31, nizing the National Museum of Amer- sor of S. 2882, a bill to amend the Inter- 2010. ican Jewish History, an affiliate of the

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This legislation would also re- names of the Senator from New Hamp- od of rating claims, which would con- place the Secretary’s obligation to pro- sider the frequency, severity, and dura- shire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) and the Senator vide a Statement of the Case with an tion of symptoms of the disability in from Alaska (Mr. BEGICH) were added obligation to provide a post-Notice of as cosponsors of S. Res. 552, a resolu- rating the claim, rather than the cur- Disagreement decision. The post-No- tion designating June 23, 2010, as rent rating schedule published in the tice of Disagreement decision would be ‘‘Olympic Day’’. Code of Federal Regulations. The cur- in plain language and contain a de- rent rating schedule adds to the com- AMENDMENT NO. 4342 scription of the specific facts in the plexity of claims adjudication, because case that support the decision includ- At the request of Ms. SNOWE, the many disabilities claimed are not ex- ing, if applicable, an assessment as to name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. actly as described in the regulation and the credibility of any lay evidence per- HATCH) was added as a cosponsor of several rating codes may need to be tinent to the issue or issues with which amendment No. 4342 intended to be pro- considered. The new rating schedule disagreement has been expressed; a ci- posed to H.R. 4213, a bill to amend the would focus on the impact of the dis- tation to pertinent laws and regula- Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend ability, for example, an inability to tions that support the decision; the de- certain expiring provisions, and for walk normally, rather than a par- cision on each issue and a summary of other purposes. ticular VA rating code classification. the reasons why the evidence relied f All limitations resulting from all dis- upon supports such decision under the STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED abilities of the musculoskeletal system specific laws and regulations applied; BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS would be combined to provide one rat- and the date by which a substantive ing, rather than separate ratings for appeal must be filed in order to obtain By Mr. AKAKA: each individual disability. This infor- further review of the decision. The Sec- S. 3517. A bill to amend title 38, mation would be placed into an orga- retary would also be required to send, United States Code, to improve the nized and searchable electronic record. with a rating decision, a form that if processing of claims for disability com- A veteran could elect to not partici- completed and returned, would suffice pensation filed with the Department of pate in the pilot program. I believe as a notice of disagreement. Veterans Affairs, and for other pur- that such an approach will result in This is not a comprehensive recita- poses; to the Committee on Veterans’ fairer, comprehensive ratings for the tion of all of the provisions within this Affairs. entire musculoskeletal system. important veterans’ legislation but Mr. AKAKA. Mr. President, as Chair- Title II of the bill includes a number does, I hope, provide an overview of the man of the Senate Committee on Vet- of provisions that are intended to yield changes encompassed in this bill. erans’ Affairs, I introduce the proposed some near-term changes to the claims Everyone involved realizes that there Claims Processing Improvement Act of processing system and should help re- is no quick fix to solving the myriad 2010, to focus on enhancements that duce the overall time a claim is under issues associated with disability claims can be made to adjudicate veterans’ consideration by VA. During the last processing, but the Committee intends disability compensation claims in a several years, the Committee has held to do everything within its power to more timely and accurate manner. oversight hearings on the claims proc- improve this situation. To bring opti- VA has seen a dramatic rise in the essing system. Many of the provisions mal change to a system this com- number of claims, driven by a number in this legislation were first suggested plicated and critical, we must be delib- of factors, including the aging of the by veterans service organizations and erative, focused, and open to input general veteran population and our other interested parties in connection from all who are involved in this proc- prolonged involvement in two overseas with those hearings. Others have been ess. conflicts. Further complicating mat- recommended by the administration. ters, many claims are increasing in The legislation I am introducing today Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- complexity, as veterans seek service- serves as a starting point to move for- sent that the text of the bill be printed connection for multiple disabilities and ward in our effort to improve VA’s in the RECORD. for disabilities that are difficult to di- claims adjudication process. There being no objection, the text of agnose, such as traumatic brain injury Provisions in title II would allow for the bill was ordered to be printed in and post traumatic stress disorder. VA to issue partial ratings of claims the RECORD, as follows: Claims adjudication is an intricate that include multiple issues for those S. 3517 process that has seen many piecemeal issues that can adjudicated expedi- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- changes in recent years. Unfortu- tiously; give equal deference to private resentatives of the United States of America in nately, these changes have yet to medical opinions during the rating Congress assembled, produce the results that veterans de- process; and clarify that the Secretary SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. serve. My goal, a goal that I am sure is is required to provide notice to claim- (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as widely shared, is to ensure that vet- ants of additional information and evi- the ‘‘Claims Processing Improvement Act of erans are provided accurate and timely dence required only when additional 2010’’. resolution to their claims. evidence is actually required. It would (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- This legislation I am introducing also modify filing periods for notices of tents for this Act is as follows: today would make several improve- disagreement from one year to 180 days Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. ments in the claims adjudication proc- and require a claimant to file a sub- TITLE I—RATING OF SERVICE- ess. Provisions in title I of the bill stantive appeal within 60 days of the CONNECTED DISABILITIES MATTERS would establish a pilot program that Department issuing a post-Notice of Sec. 101. Pilot program on evaluation and would utilize ICD codes to identify dis- Disagreement decision both of these rating of service-connected disabilities of the musculoskeletal sys- modifications would contain good abilities of the musculoskeletal tem. Over fifty percent of Operations cause exceptions to the filing dead- system. Iraqi and Enduring Freedom veterans lines. TITLE II—ADJUDICATION AND APPEAL that the Department of Veterans Af- Other provisions in title II would MATTERS fairs has had some health care contact automatically waive the review of new Sec. 201. Partial adjudication of claims for with have a possible musculoskeletal evidence by the agency of original ju- disability compensation con- diagnosis. ICD codes are standard med- risdiction, usually a Regional Office, so sisting of multiple issues one or ical condition identification codes used that any evidence submitted after the more of which can be quickly in electronic records that have been initial decision would be subject to ini- adjudicated.

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Equal deference to private medical residual functional capacity rating for all sidual functional capacity related to disabil- opinions in assessing claims for musculoskeletal disabilities determined to ities of the musculoskeletal system. disability compensation. be service-connected, which mechanisms (6) EXEMPTION FROM APA.—The establish- Sec. 204. Improvements to disability com- shall take into account the following: ment of the alternative schedule required by pensation claim review process. (i) Frequency of symptoms affecting resid- paragraph (1) shall not be subject to the re- Sec. 205. Provision by Secretary of Veterans ual functional capacity of the musculo- quirements of subchapter II of chapter 5, and Affairs of notice of disagree- skeletal system, set forth as a range of— chapter 7, of title 5, United States Code ment forms to initiate appel- (I) infrequent (once a year or less); (commonly known as the ‘‘Administrative late review with notices of deci- (II) several (two to six) times a year; Procedure Act’’). sions of Department of Vet- (III) occasional (seven to twelve times a (c) APPLICATION OF ALTERNATIVE SCHED- erans Affairs. year); ULE.— Sec. 206. Modification of filing period for no- (IV) weekly; and (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the pilot tice of disagreement to initiate (V) daily or continuous. program, the Secretary shall apply the alter- appellate review of decisions of (ii) Severity of symptoms affecting resid- native schedule for rating disabilities estab- Department of Veterans Af- ual functional capacity of the musculo- lished under subsection (b) to veterans de- fairs. skeletal system resulting in loss of func- scribed in paragraph (3) who have a condition Sec. 207. Modification of substantive appeal tional capacity of the musculoskeletal sys- of the musculoskeletal system that has been process. tem, set forth as a range of— determined to be a disability incurred or ag- Sec. 208. Provision of post-notice of dis- (I) minimal (symptoms present but requir- gravated during military service to deter- agreement decisions to claim- ing no treatment); mine the rating to be assigned for such disability. ants who file notice of disagree- (II) slight (such as requiring minor alter- (2) APPLICATION THROUGH REGIONAL OF- ments. ation of activity or treatment with over-the- FICES.— Sec. 209. Automatic waiver of agency of counter medication); (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall apply original jurisdiction review of (III) mild (such as requiring rest of rel- the alternative schedule for rating service- new evidence. evant body part and use of over-the-counter connected disabilities under this subsection Sec. 210. Authority for Board of Veterans’ medication, prescription medication, or through not fewer than six and not more Appeals to determine location therapy, such as ice or heat to an affected than ten regional offices of the Department and manner of appearance for part); of Veterans Affairs selected by the Secretary hearings. (IV) moderate (such as requiring medical evaluation and treatment or prescription for purposes of the pilot program. Sec. 211. Decision by Court of Appeals for medication for pain or symptom control with (B) DIVERSITY OF SELECTION.—In selecting Veterans Claims on all issues side effects which can be expected to inter- regional offices under subparagraph (A), the raised by appellants. fere with full performance of work-related Secretary shall select— Sec. 212. Good cause extension of period for activities); and (i) at least one regional office considered filing notice of appeal with (V) moderately severe to severe (such as by the Secretary to be a small office; United States Court of Appeals requiring the need to use assistive devices (ii) at least one regional office considered for Veterans Claims. for ambulation, use of opioid or similar pre- by the Secretary to be a large office; and Sec. 213. Pilot program on participation of scription medication to control pain which (iii) regional offices representing a variety local and tribal governments in precludes driving or being around machin- of geographic settings. improving quality of claims for ery, in-patient hospitalization or rehabilita- (3) COVERED VETERANS.—Veterans described disability compensation sub- tion or frequent out-patient treatment phys- in this paragraph are veterans who— mitted to Department of Vet- ical therapy, or loss or loss of use of func- (A) submit to the Secretary more than one erans Affairs. tional capacity in both arms or feet, or one year after their date of discharge or release TITLE I—RATING OF SERVICE- arm and one foot, or requiring a wheelchair from the active military, naval, or air serv- CONNECTED DISABILITIES MATTERS for mobility). ice an original claim for benefits under the SEC. 101. PILOT PROGRAM ON EVALUATION AND (iii) Duration of symptoms affecting resid- laws administered by the Secretary; RATING OF SERVICE-CONNECTED ual functional capacity of the musculo- (B) allege in the claim described in sub- DISABILITIES OF THE MUSCULO- skeletal system resulting in reduced func- paragraph (A) the existence of a condition of SKELETAL SYSTEM. tional capacity of the musculoskeletal sys- the musculoskeletal system that was in- (a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Sec- tem, set forth as a range of— curred or aggravated in such military, naval, retary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out a (I) one day or less to one week; or air service; pilot program to assess the feasibility and (II) more than one week but less than four (C) file such claim with a regional office of advisability of applying an alternative weeks; the Department with original jurisdiction of schedule for rating service-connected disabil- (III) four weeks or more but less than six the claim that is participating in the pilot ities of the musculoskeletal system. months; program; and (b) SCHEDULE FOR RATING SERVICE-CON- (IV) six months or more but less than one (D) have not expressly declined participa- NECTED DISABILITIES.— year; and tion in the pilot program. (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 240 days (V) one year or more. (4) RELATION TO COMBINED RATINGS TABLE.— after the date of the enactment of this Act, (D) Mechanisms for the assignment of rat- A rating assigned for a musculoskeletal serv- the Secretary shall establish an alternative ings of disability in certain cases as follows: ice-connected disability under the pilot pro- schedule for rating service-connected disabil- (i) If the veteran has an active musculo- gram shall be determined without regard to ities of the musculoskeletal system. skeletal cancer or other active musculo- the Combined Ratings Table in title 38, Code (2) PUBLICATION IN FEDERAL REGISTER.—Not skeletal disability likely to result in death, of Federal Regulations, except that in deter- later than 270 days after the date of the en- a rating of 100 percent. mining the final rating of all service-con- actment of this Act, the Secretary shall pub- (ii) If the veteran would qualify for a tem- nected disabilities, the rating for musculo- lish the alternative schedule established porary disability rating under section 1156 of skeletal disabilities as determined under the under paragraph (1) in the Federal Register. title 38, United States Code, the rating pro- pilot program shall be combined with any (3) COLLABORATION.—The Secretary shall vided under that section. other disabilities using such table. establish the alternative schedule required (iii) If the veteran would qualify for a tem- (5) TREATMENT OF DISABILITY RATINGS FOR by paragraph (1) collaboratively through the porary disability rating under any regula- LOSS OF BODILY INTEGRITY.—Compensation Under Secretary for Benefits, the Under Sec- tions prescribed by the Secretary not pro- under laws administered by the Secretary for retary for Health, and the General Counsel. vided for under this section, the rating as- a disability receiving a disability rating (4) ELEMENTS.—The alternative schedule signed under such regulations. under the schedule established under sub- for rating disabilities under paragraph (1) (E) Such other mechanisms as the Sec- section (b)(1) shall be, as applicable, in addi- shall include the following: retary considers appropriate for the pilot tion to or consistent with any compensation (A) The use of the International Classifica- program. otherwise provided under subsections (k) tion of Diseases, as adopted by the Secretary (5) FORMS FOR RECORDING RESIDUAL FUNC- through (s) of section 1114 of title 38, United of Health and Human Services under section TIONAL CAPACITY ASSESSMENTS.— States Code. 1173(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall es- (d) LIMITATIONS ON DENIAL OF SERVICE CON- 1320d–2(c)) and any successor revisions to tablish one or more functional capacity as- NECTION.—During the pilot program, the Sec- such classification so adopted, for purposes sessment forms to be used in performing as- retary may not determine a musculoskeletal

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PARTIAL ADJUDICATION OF CLAIMS VETERANS AFFAIRS.—Except as otherwise conditions. FOR DISABILITY COMPENSATION (e) RECORDS.— specifically provided in this section, all ap- CONSISTING OF MULTIPLE ISSUES ONE OR MORE OF WHICH CAN BE (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall main- plicable provisions of law administered by QUICKLY ADJUDICATED. tain for purposes of the pilot program a sepa- the Secretary shall apply to decisions of the (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1157 of title 38, rate searchable electronic file on each vet- Secretary made under the pilot program. eran covered by the pilot program. (i) INTERIM REPORT.— United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and insert- (2) ELEMENTS.—The electronic file main- (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 300 days tained with respect to a veteran under para- after the date of the enactment of this Act, ing the following: graph (1) shall include for the following: the Secretary shall submit to the Committee ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and (A) An index of the documents contained in on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the (2) by adding at the end the following new the electronic file. Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House subsection: (B) The claim of the veteran for benefits of Representatives an interim report on the ‘‘(b) ASSIGNMENT OF PARTIAL RATINGS.—(1) under the laws administered by the Sec- pilot program. In the case of a veteran who submits to the retary, including any reapplication with re- (2) ELEMENTS.—The interim report re- Secretary a claim for compensation under spect to such claim. quired by paragraph (1) shall include the fol- this chapter for more than one condition and (C) The service treatment records of the lowing: the Secretary determines that a disability veteran from medical care received while (A) A description of the alternative sched- rating can be assigned without further devel- serving in the active military, naval, or air ule for rating service-connected disabilities opment for one or more conditions but not service and any other medical treatment established under subsection (b). all conditions in the claim, the Secretary records of the veteran from service during (B) The rationale for the alternative sched- shall— periods of active or inactive duty for train- ule as described under subparagraph (A). ‘‘(A) expeditiously assign a disability rating. (C) A description of the policies and proce- ing for the condition or conditions that the (D) The personnel records of service of the dures established under the pilot program. Secretary determined could be assigned veteran— (j) REPORT.— without further development; and (i) in the active military, naval, or air (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years and ‘‘(B) continue development of the remain- service; and 180 days after the date of the enactment of ing conditions. (ii) in the reserve components of the this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the ‘‘(2) If the Secretary is able to assign a dis- Armed Forces. Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Sen- ability rating for a condition described in (E) Such other private or public medical ate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs paragraph (1)(B) with respect to a claim, the records of the veteran as the Secretary con- of the House of Representatives a report on Secretary shall assign such rating and com- siders appropriate. the pilot program. bine such rating with the rating or ratings (F) Records of any medical examinations (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by previously assigned under paragraph (1)(A) and medical opinions on the residual func- paragraph (1) shall include the following: with respect to that claim.’’. tional capacity of the musculoskeletal sys- (A) A copy of the alternative schedule for (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments tem of the veteran, including any examina- rating service-connected disabilities estab- made by subsection (a) shall take effect on tions and opinions obtained under subsection lished under subsection (b) and any changes the date of the enactment of this Act, and (d). made to such schedule during the pilot pro- shall apply with respect to claims filed on or (G) Records of any medical examinations gram. after the date that is 60 days after the date and medical opinions concerning any non- (B) A description and assessment of the ap- of the enactment of this Act. musculoskeletal disabilities claimed by the plication of the alternative schedule for rat- SEC. 202. CLARIFICATION THAT REQUIREMENT veteran as service-connected. ing service-connected disabilities of vet- OF SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF- (H) Any non-medical evidence applicable to erans, including— FAIRS TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO CLAIMANTS OF ADDITIONAL INFOR- the claim. (i) the total number of veterans to which MATION AND EVIDENCE REQUIRED (I) Current information and evidence on the alternative schedule was applied; ONLY APPLIES WHEN ADDITIONAL any dependents of the veteran for purposes of (ii) the total number of veterans deter- INFORMATION OR EVIDENCE IS AC- the laws administered by the Secretary. mined to have a service-connected disability TUALLY REQUIRED. (J) Ratings and decisions of the Secretary consisting of a condition of the musculo- (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5103(a)(1) of title with respect to the claims of the veteran. skeletal system; and 38, United States Code, is amended by strik- (K) Information concerning the amount of (iii) the ratings of disability assigned to ing the first sentence and inserting the fol- compensation paid to the veteran under laws veterans described in clause (ii), set forth by lowing: ‘‘If the Secretary receives a complete administered by the Secretary. percentage of disability assigned. or substantially complete application that (L) Any notices or correspondence sent by (C) An assessment of the feasibility and ad- does not include information or medical or the Secretary to the veteran or any cor- visability of applying the alternative sched- lay evidence not previously provided to the respondence submitted by the veteran to the ule for rating service-connected disabilities Secretary that is necessary to substantiate Secretary in connection with the claim that to additional claimants. the claim, the Secretary shall, upon receipt does not contain evidence or information ap- (D) A comparison of a representative sam- of such application, notify the claimant and plicable to the claims of the veteran. ple of decisions rendered by different re- the claimant’s representative, if any, that (3) ORGANIZATION.—Each file required by gional offices for similar disabilities partici- such information or evidence is necessary to paragraph (1) shall be stored or displayed pating in the pilot program. substantiate the claim.’’.

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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment SEC. 204. IMPROVEMENTS TO DISABILITY COM- for any Federal records, medical examina- made by subsection (a) shall take effect on PENSATION CLAIM REVIEW PROC- tions, or opinions relevant to the claim and the date of the enactment of this Act, and ESS. may decide the claim based on all the evi- shall apply with respect to claims filed on or (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FAST TRACK CLAIM dence of record.’’. after the date that is 60 days after the date REVIEW PROCESS.— (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of of the enactment of this Act. (1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 51 sections at the beginning of chapter 51 of of title 38, United States Code, is amended by SEC. 203. EQUAL DEFERENCE TO PRIVATE MED- such title is amended by inserting after the ICAL OPINIONS IN ASSESSING inserting after section 5103B, as added by item relating to section 5103C, as added by CLAIMS FOR DISABILITY COMPENSA- section 203 of this Act, the following new sec- subsection (a), the following new item: TION. tion: ‘‘5103D. Procedures for fully developed (a) PROVISION OF DEFERENCE.— ‘‘§ 5103C. Expedited review of initial claims claims.’’. (1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 51 for disability compensation (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 5103D of such of title 38, United States Code, is amended by ‘‘(a) PROCESS REQUIRED.—The Secretary title, as added by paragraph (1), shall take inserting after section 5103A the following shall establish a process for the rapid identi- effect on the date of the enactment of this new section: fication of initial claims for disability com- Act. ‘‘§ 5103B. Treatment of private medical opin- pensation that should, in the adjudication of SEC. 205. PROVISION BY SECRETARY OF VET- ions such claims, receive priority in the order of ERANS AFFAIRS OF NOTICE OF DIS- ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If a claimant submits a review. AGREEMENT FORMS TO INITIATE private medical opinion in support of a claim ‘‘(b) REVIEW OF INITIAL CLAIMS.—As part of APPELLATE REVIEW WITH NOTICES OF DECISIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF for disability compensation in accordance the process required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall assign employees of the De- VETERANS AFFAIRS. with standards established by the Secretary, (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5104 of title 38, such opinion shall be treated by the Sec- partment who are experienced in the processing of claims for disability compensation United States Code, is amended— retary with the same deference as a medical (1) in subsection (a), by striking the second opinion provided by a Department health to carry out a preliminary review of all initial claims for disability compensation sub- sentence; and care provider. (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘also in- ‘‘(b) SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION.—(1) If a mitted to the Secretary in order to identify whether— clude (1) a’’ and all that follows and insert- private medical opinion submitted as de- ing the following: ‘‘include the following: scribed in subsection (a) is found by the Sec- ‘‘(1) the claims have the potential of being adjudicated quickly; ‘‘(1) A statement of the reasons for the de- retary to be competent, credible, and pro- cision. bative, but otherwise not entirely adequate ‘‘(2) the claims qualify for priority treatment under paragraph (2) of subsection (c); ‘‘(2) A summary of the evidence relied upon for purposes of assigning a disability rating by the Secretary in making the decision. and the Secretary determines a medical and ‘‘(3) a temporary disability rating could be ‘‘(3) An explanation of the procedure for opinion from a Department health care pro- obtaining review of the decision. vider is necessary for such purpose, the Sec- assigned with respect to the claims under section 1156 of this title. ‘‘(4) A form that, once completed, can serve retary shall obtain from an appropriate De- as a notice of disagreement under section ‘‘(c) PRIORITY IN ADJUDICATION OF INITIAL partment health care provider (as deter- 7105(a) of this title.’’. CLAIMS.—(1) As part of the process required mined pursuant to the standards described in (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments by subsection (a) and except as provided in subsection (a)) a medical opinion that is ade- made by subsection (a) shall take effect on paragraph (2), the Secretary shall, in the ad- quate for such purposes. the date that is 180 days after the date of the judication of initial claims for disability ‘‘(2) If the Secretary obtains a medical enactment of this Act. opinion from a Department health care pro- compensation submitted to the Secretary, give priority in the order of review of such SEC. 206. MODIFICATION OF FILING PERIOD FOR vider under paragraph (1), the Secretary NOTICE OF DISAGREEMENT TO INI- shall ensure that the medical opinion is ob- claims to claims identified under subsection TIATE APPELLATE REVIEW OF DECI- tained from a health care provider of the De- (b)(1) as having the potential of being adju- SIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF VET- partment that has professional qualifica- dicated quickly. ERANS AFFAIRS. tions that are at least equal to the qualifica- ‘‘(2) The Secretary may, under regulations (a) FILING OF NOTICE OF DISAGREEMENT BY tions of the provider of the private medical the Secretary shall prescribe, provide pri- CLAIMANTS.— opinion described in such paragraph. ority in the order of review of initial claims (1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section for disability compensation for the adjudica- ‘‘(c) DEPARTMENT HEALTH CARE PROVIDER 7105(b) of title 38, United States Code, is tion of the following: DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘Depart- amended— ment health care provider’ includes a pro- ‘‘(A) Initial claims for disability compensa- (A) by striking ‘‘one year’’ and inserting vider of health care who provides health care tion submitted by homeless claimants. ‘‘180 days’’ in the first sentence; and under contract with the Department.’’. ‘‘(B) Initial claims for disability compensa- (B) by striking ‘‘one-year’’ and inserting tion submitted by veterans who are termi- (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of ‘‘180-day’’ in the third sentence. sections at the beginning of chapter 51 of nally ill. (2) ELECTRONIC FILING.—Such paragraph is such title is amended by inserting after the ‘‘(C) Initial claims for disability compensa- further amended by inserting ‘‘or trans- item relating to section 5103A the following tion submitted by claimants suffering severe mitted by electronic means’’ after ‘‘post- new item: financial hardship. marked’’. ‘‘(D) Partially adjudicated claims for dis- (3) GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION FOR UNTIMELY ‘‘5103B. Treatment of private medical opin- ability compensation under section 1157(b) of FILING OF NOTICES OF DISAGREEMENT.—Such ions.’’. this title.’’. section 7105(b) is amended by adding at the (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 5103B of such (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of end the following new paragraph: title, as added by paragraph (1), shall take sections at the beginning of chapter 51 of ‘‘(3)(A) A notice of disagreement not filed effect on the date of the enactment of this such title is amended by inserting after the within the time prescribed by paragraph (1) Act, and shall apply with respect to claims item relating to section 5103B, as so added, shall be treated by the Secretary as timely pending or filed on or after the date that is the following new item: filed if— 270 days after the date of the enactment of ‘‘5103C. Expedited review of initial claims for ‘‘(i) the Secretary determines that the this Act. disability compensation.’’. claimant, legal guardian, or other accredited (b) NOTICE.— representative, attorney, or authorized agent (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 5103C of such (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5103(a) of such title, as added by paragraph (1), shall take filing the notice had good cause for the lack title is amended by adding at the end the fol- effect on the date that is 90 days after the of filing within such time; and lowing new paragraph: date of the enactment of this Act. ‘‘(ii) the notice of disagreement is filed not ‘‘(3) A notice provided under this sub- later than 186 days after the period pre- (b) AUTHORITY FOR CLAIMANTS TO END DE- section shall inform a claimant, as the Sec- scribed by paragraph (1). VELOPMENT OF CLAIMS.— retary considers appropriate with respect to ‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, good (1) IN GENERAL.—Such subchapter is fur- the claimant’s claim— cause shall include the following: ther amended by inserting after section ‘‘(A) of the rights of the claimant to assist- ‘‘(i) Circumstances relating to any phys- 5103C, as added by subsection (a), the fol- ance under section 5103A of this title; and ical, mental, educational, or linguistic limi- lowing new section: ‘‘(B) if the claimant submits a private tation of the claimant, legal guardian, rep- medical opinion in support of a claim for dis- ‘‘§ 5103D. Procedures for fully developed resentative, attorney, or authorized agent ability compensation, how such medical claims concerned (including lack of facility with opinion will be treated under section 5103B of ‘‘Upon notification received from a claim- the English language). this title.’’. ant that the claimant has no additional in- ‘‘(ii) Circumstances relating to significant (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Paragraph (3) of such formation or evidence to submit, the Sec- delay in the delivery of the initial decision section 5103(a), as added by paragraph (1), retary may determine that the claim is a or of the notice of disagreement caused by shall take effect on the date that is 270 days fully developed claim. The Secretary shall natural disaster or factors relating to geo- after the date of the enactment of this Act. then undertake any development necessary graphic location.

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Such request for review shall ac- benefits and services on an annualized basis affirms the dismissal of the appeal, the de- company the submittal of the evidence or be for purposes of needs-based benefits under termination of the agency of original juris- made within 30 days of the submittal.’’. chapters 15 and 17 of this title.’’. diction regarding the claim for benefits (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (f) of (b) APPLICATION BY DEPARTMENT FOR RE- under this title shall become final and the such section, as added by subsection (a), VIEW ON APPEAL.—Section 7106 of such title claim may not thereafter be reopened or al- shall take effect on the date that is 180 days is amended in the first sentence by striking lowed, except as may otherwise be provided after the date of the enactment of this Act, ‘‘one-year period described in section 7105’’ by regulations not inconsistent with this and shall apply with respect to claims for and inserting ‘‘period described in section title. which a substantive appeal is filed on or 7105(b)(1)’’. ‘‘(8) If an appeal is not dismissed by the after the date that is 180 days after the date (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments agency of original jurisdiction, the Board of the enactment of this Act. made by this section shall take effect on the may nonetheless dismiss any appeal which SEC. 210. AUTHORITY FOR BOARD OF VETERANS’ date that is 180 days after the date of the en- is— APPEALS TO DETERMINE LOCATION actment of this Act, and shall apply with re- ‘‘(A) untimely; or AND MANNER OF APPEARANCE FOR HEARINGS. spect to claims filed on or after the date of ‘‘(B) fails to allege specific error of fact or (a) LOCATION.—Subsection (d) of section the enactment of this Act. law in the determination being appealed.’’. 7107 of title 38, United States Code, is amend- SEC. 207. MODIFICATION OF SUBSTANTIVE AP- (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments ed— PEAL PROCESS. made by subsection (a) shall take effect on (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘An appel- (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7105 of title 38, the date of the enactment of this Act, and lant’’ and all that follows through the end United States Code, is amended— shall apply with respect to claims filed on or and inserting the following: ‘‘Upon request (1) in subsection (d)— after the date that is 180 days after the date by an appellant for a hearing before the (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘The of the enactment of this Act. claimant will be afforded’’ and all that fol- Board, the Board shall determine whether lows through the end of the paragraph; and SEC. 208. PROVISION OF POST-NOTICE OF DIS- the hearing will be held at its principal loca- AGREEMENT DECISIONS TO CLAIM- (B) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5); and ANTS WHO FILE NOTICE OF DIS- tion or at a facility of the Department, or (2) by adding at the end the following new AGREEMENTS. other appropriate Federal facility, located subsection: (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7105 of title 38, within the area served by a regional office of ‘‘(e)(1) A claimant shall be afforded a pe- United States Code, is amended— the Department as the Secretary considers riod of 60 days from the date the post-notice (1) by striking ‘‘statement of the case’’ most appropriate to schedule the earliest of disagreement decision is mailed under each place it appears and inserting ‘‘post-no- possible date for the hearing.’’; and subsection (d) to file a substantive appeal. tice of disagreement decision’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following new ‘‘(2)(A) The period under paragraph (1) may (2) in subsection (d), as amended by section paragraph: be extended for an additional 60 days for 207 of this Act— ‘‘(4) A determination by the Board under good cause shown on a request for such ex- (A) in paragraph (1), by striking subpara- paragraph (1) with respect to the location of tension submitted in writing within such pe- graphs (A) through (C) and inserting the fol- a hearing shall be final unless the appellant riod. lowing new subparagraphs: demonstrates, on motion, good cause or spe- ‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, good cial circumstances warranting a different lo- cause shall include the following: ‘‘(A) A description of the specific facts in the case that support the agency’s decision, cation.’’. ‘‘(i) Circumstances relating to any phys- (b) MANNER OF APPEARANCE.—Subsection including, if applicable, an assessment as to ical, mental, educational, or linguistic limi- (e) of such section is amended— the credibility of any lay evidence pertinent tation of the claimant, legal guardian, or (1) in paragraph (2)— to the issue or issues with which disagree- other accredited representative, attorney, or (A) by striking ‘‘afford the appellant an opment has been expressed. authorized agent filing the request (includ- portunity’’ and inserting ‘‘, as the Chairman ‘‘(B) A citation to pertinent laws and regu- ing lack of facility with the English lan- determines appropriate, require the appel- lations that support the agency’s decision. guage). lant’’; and ‘‘(C) A statement that addresses each issue ‘‘(ii) Circumstances relating to significant (B) by striking the last sentence; and and provides the reasons why the evidence delay in the delivery of the initial decision (2) by adding at the end the following new relied upon supports the conclusions of the or of the notice of disagreement caused by paragraph: natural disaster or factors relating to geo- agency under the specific laws and regula- ‘‘(3) A determination by the Chairman graphic location. tions applied. under paragraph (2) with respect to the par- ‘‘(iii) A change in financial circumstances, ‘‘(D) The date by which a substantive ap- ticipation of an appellant in a hearing shall including the payment of medical expenses peal must be filed in order to obtain further be final unless the appellant demonstrates, or other changes in income or net worth that review of the decision.’’; and on motion, good cause or special cir- are considered in determining eligibility for (B) by adding at the end the following new cumstances warranting a different deter- benefits and services on an annualized basis paragraph: mination.’’. for purposes of needs-based benefits under ‘‘(4) The post-notice of disagreement deci- (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments chapters 15 and 17 of this title. sion shall be written in plain language.’’. made by this section shall take effect on the ‘‘(3) A substantive appeal under this sub- (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section date that is 180 days after the date of the en- section shall identify the particular deter- 7105A of such title is amended by striking actment of this Act, and shall apply with re- mination or determinations being appealed ‘‘statement of the case’’ each place it ap- spect to requests for hearings filed on or and allege specific errors of fact or law made pears and inserting ‘‘post-notice of disagree- after the date that is 180 days after the date by the agency of original jurisdiction in each ment decision’’. of the enactment of this Act. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments determination being appealed. SEC. 211. DECISION BY COURT OF APPEALS FOR ‘‘(4) A claimant in any case under this sub- made by this section shall take effect on the VETERANS CLAIMS ON ALL ISSUES section may not be presumed to agree with date that is 180 days after the date of the en- RAISED BY APPELLANTS. any statement of fact contained in the post- actment of this Act, and shall apply with re- Section 7261 of title 38, United States Code, notice of disagreement decision to which the spect to notices of disagreements filed on or is amended— claimant does not specifically express dis- after the date that is 180 days after the date (1) in subsection (a), in the matter before agreement. of the enactment of this Act. paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, to the extent ‘‘(5) If the claimant does not file a sub- SEC. 209. AUTOMATIC WAIVER OF AGENCY OF necessary to its decision and when presented, stantive appeal in accordance with the provi- ORIGINAL JURISDICTION REVIEW shall’’ and inserting ‘‘shall, when presented’’; sions of this chapter within the period af- OF NEW EVIDENCE. (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) forded under paragraphs (1) and (2), as the (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7105 of title 38, as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and case may be, the agency of original jurisdic- United States Code, as amended by section (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol- tion shall dismiss the appeal and notify the 207 of this Act, is further amended by adding lowing new subsection (c): claimant of the dismissal. The notice shall at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(c) In carrying out a review of a decision include an explanation of the procedure for ‘‘(f) If, either at the time or after the agen- of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals, the Court obtaining review of the dismissal by the cy of original jurisdiction receives a sub- shall render a decision on every issue raised Board of Veterans’ Appeals. stantive appeal, the claimant or the claim- by an appellant within the extent set forth ‘‘(6) In order to obtain review by the Board ant’s representative, if any, submits evi- in this section.’’. of a dismissal of an appeal by the agency of dence to either the agency of original juris- SEC. 212. GOOD CAUSE EXTENSION OF PERIOD original jurisdiction, a claimant shall file a diction or the Board of Veterans’ Appeals for FOR FILING NOTICE OF APPEAL request for such review with the Board with- consideration in connection with the issue or WITH UNITED STATES COURT OF AP- in the 60-day period beginning on the date on issues with which disagreement has been ex- PEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS. which notice of the dismissal is mailed pur- pressed, such evidence shall be subject to ini- (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7266 of title 38, suant to paragraph (5). tial review by the Board unless the claimant United States Code, is amended—

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:34 Jun 23, 2010 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22JN6.029 S22JNPT1 rfrederick on DSK8KYBLC1PROD with SENATE June 22, 2010 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S5275 (1) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), valid public interest.’’ That problem hearing, this has a dramatic chilling and (d) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respec- was ‘‘libel tourism,’’ a troubling trend effect on Americans’ free speech. tively; of foreign lawsuits that have stifled The impact and extreme nature of (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol- Americans’ First Amendment rights. these foreign libel lawsuits is best un- lowing new subsection (b): derstood through examples. The most ‘‘(b)(1) The Court may extend the initial Today, I am introducing legislation to period for the filing of a notice of appeal set put a stop to this harmful trend. well known is the case of American forth in subsection (a) for an additional pe- The First Amendment is a corner- journalist Rachel Ehrenfeld, who wrote riod not to exceed 120 days from the expira- stone of American democracy. Free- a book about the financiers of the 9/11 tion of such initial period upon a motion— dom of speech and the press enable vig- attacks. She did not market her book ‘‘(A) filed with the Court not later than 120 orous debate over issues of national in England yet was sued for libel there days after the expiration of such initial pe- importance, and enable an exchange of by a Saudi businessman she linked to riod; and ideas that shapes our political process. terrorism. The content of her publica- ‘‘(B) showing good cause for such exten- Authors, reporters and publishers are tion would have been protected under sion. our laws, but a British court applying ‘‘(2) If a motion for extension under para- primary sources of this information, graph (1) is filed after expiration of the ini- and their ability to disseminate their its laws issued a multimillion dollar tial period for the filing of a notice of appeal writings is critical to our democracy. default judgment against her. Today, set forth in subsection (a), the notice of ap- Over recent years, American authors, Ms. Ehrenfeld continues to experience peal shall be filed concurrently with, or prior reporters and publishers have fallen reluctance from American publishers to, the filing of the motion.’’; and victim to libel lawsuits in countries who fear that plaintiffs will target her (3) in subsection (e), as redesignated by with significantly weaker free speech and bring another libel action against paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subsection (c)(2)’’ protections that what our First anything she writes on the subject of and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)(2)’’. terrorism financing. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments Amendment affords. In many cases, the foreign plaintiff sought out that coun- The scientific community has also made by subsection (a) shall take effect on been affected by libel tourism. An arti- the date of the enactment of this Act and try, where there is no regard for free- cle last year in New Scientist magazine shall apply with respect to notices of appeal dom of the press, so that they could notes that now ‘‘Challenging the sci- filed on or after the date of the enactment of easily prevail. These suits occur re- entific validity of a product or claim this Act. gardless of whether the plaintiff or the can be fraught with danger. . . [be- SEC. 213. PILOT PROGRAM ON PARTICIPATION publication has significant connections OF LOCAL AND TRIBAL GOVERN- cause] such challenges are leaving sci- to the foreign forum. On a broad scale, MENTS IN IMPROVING QUALITY OF entists and science writers [to] fac[e] this results in a race to the bottom, CLAIMS FOR DISABILITY COMPENSA- an expensive libel action before the TION SUBMITTED TO DEPARTMENT and causes U.S. persons to defer to the English high court. Many individuals OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. country with the most chilling and re- and publications have been threatened (a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Sec- strictive free speech standard, to deter- retary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out a with libel actions, and some have had mine what they can or cannot write or pilot program to assess the feasibility and proceedings launched against them. advisability of entering into memorandums publish. This is libel tourism. As the Many more writers have had their of understanding with local governments and son of a printer, I consider this a mat- work edited before publication to avoid tribal organizations— ter of great national importance. any risk of such legal action.’’ Publica- (1) to improve the quality of claims sub- Today, I am introducing with Sen- tions exposing financial improprieties, mitted to the Secretary for compensation ators SESSIONS, SPECTER, SCHUMER and consumer protection issues, medical under chapter 11 of title 38, United States LIEBERMAN legislation that will ensure malpractice, and sexual abuse have all Code; and American authors, journalists and pub- (2) to provide assistance to veterans who fallen victim to libel tourism lawsuits lishers are shielded from the chilling may be eligible for such compensation in around the world. submitting such claims . effects of libel tourism. This legisla- Even Roman Polanski sued Vanity (b) MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING tion guarantees that a foreign defama- Fair for libel in England. Mr. Polanski, TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.—In carrying out the tion judgment cannot be enforced in a fugitive from justice who fled Amer- pilot program required by subsection (a), the the United States if that country’s ica after being convicted of sexually Secretary shall enter into memorandums of libel standards are inconsistent with understanding with at least two tribal orga- abusing a young girl, filed the suit in American law. Our legislation also pro- 2004. He has fought extradition while nizations. vides American victims of unconstitu- (c) TRIBAL ORGANIZATION DEFINED.—In this living in Europe. The Vanity Fair arti- section, the term ‘‘tribal organization’’ has tional libel suits the opportunity to cle recounted a story of his alleged ag- the meaning given that term in section 3765 clear their name by filing for a declara- gressive sexual advances made just of title 38, United States Code. tory judgment in an American court. after his wife was murdered, and por- Over the past several years, the prob- trayed him as being insensitive to her By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. lem of libel tourism has grown. Today, death. The article was written in the SESSIONS, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. countries whose weak libel laws impact U.S., edited in the U.S., and primarily SCHUMER, and Mr. LIEBERMAN): American authors are no longer con- sold in the U.S., but the British court S. 3518. A bill to amend title 28, fined to a small number. England, claimed jurisdiction, and ruled in favor United States Code, to prohibit rec- Brazil, Australia, Indonesia, and Singa- of Mr. Polanski. ognition and enforcement of foreign pore are just a few of the countries Foreign libel judgments impact defamation judgments in United States whose weak libel protections have at- American authors’ livelihood, credi- Courts where those judgments under- tracted libel lawsuits against American bility and employment potential. They mine the first amendment to the Con- journalists and authors. This threat to also have the potential to limit the stitution of the United States, and to American free speech must end, and types of books and articles that tal- provide a cause of action for declara- the time to act is now. ented and reputable authors can get tory judgment relief against a party New accounts of libel tourism law- published in the future. But most im- who has brought a successful foreign suits emerge every day. This is because portantly, their suppression limits the defamation action whose judgment un- the dissemination of materials through information that Americans have a dermines the first amendment; to the the Internet, as well as the increased constitutional right to access. Journal- Committee on the Judiciary. number of worldwide newspapers and ists writing about issues of national se- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, two years periodicals, has compounded their curity and safety should not be chilled. ago the United Nations’ Human Rights threat. The likelihood that a book or These lawsuits are designed to stifle Committee observed a problem that story will have some contact with a the dissemination of that information ‘‘discourage[d] critical media reporting foreign country is simply that much in both the United States and the on matters of serious public interest, higher, as is the probability that a for- world. Journalists willing to inves- adversely affect[ed] the ability of eign court will determine that it has a tigate and write about such important scholars and journalists to publish basis for asserting jurisdiction over an issues deserve protection. their work,’’ and ‘‘affect[ed] freedom of American author or publisher. As we I am encouraged that some countries expression worldwide on matters of heard at a recent Judiciary Committee have taken steps to strengthen their

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As economic concerns weigh essing of rare earths—a group of 17 ele- country tightens its libel protections, down on all of us, states, organizations, ments that, while widespread in na- another may just emerge as the next- and groups that traditionally assist ture, are difficult to find in concentra- best-available forum of choice for libel MEP centers in meeting this cost share tion, extract from the earth, and proc- plaintiffs willing to travel to file suit. are reluctant to expend the money—or ess for commercial use. Rare earths are I want to thank the ranking member do not have the resources to do so. increasingly vital to a host of modern of the Judiciary Committee, Senator Our bill, which is a modified version defense technologies, from radar and SESSIONS, for working with me on this of S. 695 that I and several of my col- sonar systems to weapons systems and legislation. I also want to thank Sen- leagues introduced last March, is sim- advanced lasers. They are essential to ators SCHUMER and SPECTER, for their ple and straightforward. It would re- the production of clean energy tech- support in moving toward a legislative duce the statutory cost share that nologies, including advanced batteries, compromise on this important issue. MEP centers face to 50 percent for fis- electric motors, high-efficiency light Their bills provided a valuable basis cal years 2011 through 2013 as a tem- bulbs, solar panels, and wind turbines. from which the bipartisan compromise porary stimulative measure. Frankly, that we are introducing today emerged. the Nation’s MEP centers are subject The U.S. is estimated to contain 15 We cannot legislate changes to for- to an unnecessarily restrictive cost percent of the world’s rare earth re- eign law that are chilling protected share requirement. And it is inequi- serves, but with the closure of the na- speech in our country. What we can do, table, as the MEP is the only initiative tion’s only operating rare earth mine however, is ensure that our courts do out of the 80 programs funded by the at Mountain Pass, CA, America has be- not become a tool to uphold foreign Department of Commerce that is sub- come dependent upon China for im- libel judgments that undermine our ject to a statutory cost share of great- ports of nearly all rare earths, oxides, First Amendment or due process er than 50 percent. There is no reason and alloys. In fact, China now produces rights. We can also provide American for this to persist, particularly not dur- 97 percent of the world’s rare earth authors and reporters the ability to ing this trying economy when so many supply. clear their name in our courts. manufacturers are trying to remain More importantly, China recently I hope all Senators will support our afloat. moved to implement rules announced bipartisan effort to pass this important Clearly, Congress must act swiftly to in March that will cut production and legislation this summer to protect the bolster our country’s manufacturing exportation of rare earths in an effort free speech rights of all Americans. industry rather than sitting on the to raise world prices for the minerals. sidelines as other countries surpass our While the world demand for rare earths By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. nation’s economic leadership in a vari- tripled to 120,000 tons per year over the KOHL, and Mr. LIEBERMAN): ety of areas. Indeed, last Sunday’s Fi- past decade, China announced on June S. 3519. A bill to stabilize the match- nancial Times included an article ti- 2nd that it will stop issuing new doing requirement for participants in the tled ‘‘US manufacturing crown slips’’ mestic licenses for rare earth produc- Hollings Manufacturing Partnership highlighting that, ‘‘The U.S. remained tion and cap production at 89,200 tons Program; to the Committee on Com- the world’s biggest manufacturing na- for this year. As a result, only 35,000 merce, Science, and Transportation. tion by output last year, but is poised tons of rare earths will be exported an- Ms. SNOWE. Mr. President, today I to relinquish this slot in 2011 to nually over the next five years, on av- am introducing legislation, along with China—thus ending a 110-year run as erage. Senators KOHL and LIEBERMAN, to re- the number one country in factory produce the cost share amount that Manu- duction.’’ This news should be a clarion These actions may work out well for facturing Extension Partnership, or call that investing in the manufac- China, but they will harm the United MEP, centers face in obtaining their turing sector is critical given the detri- States. Fortunately, we can do some- annual funding. The MEP is a nation- mental ramifications that losing our thing about it. Rather than sit on our wide public-private network of coun- leadership would have to our overall hands while China corners the market seling and assistance centers that offer economy. on these strategic minerals, we can and our nation’s nearly 350,000 small and The MEP is an essential resource for should pursue timely production of the medium manufacturers services and the small and medium manufacturers rare earth supplies that exist within access to resources that enhance that will help reinvigorate our Nation’s our own borders. growth, improve productivity, and ex- economy. With centers in all 50 states, Efforts are currently underway to re- pand capacity. In Fiscal Year 2009 as well as Puerto Rico, its reach is un- open Molycorp Minerals’ California alone, MEP clients created or retained matched and its experience in coun- mine and Ucore Uranium is continuing roughly 53,000 jobs; provided cost sav- seling manufacturers is unrivaled. It is exploration of a large rare earth de- ings in excess of $1.41 billion; and gen- my hope that my colleagues will sup- posit found near Bokan Mountain in erated over $9.1 billion in sales. Simi- port this legislation as a direct way to Alaska, about 37 miles from Ketchikan. larly, clients of the Maine MEP re- bolster an industry that is Ucore’s new Alaska subsidiary, Rare ported saving or retaining 550 jobs, ex- indispensible to our nation’s economy Earth One LLC, has been working to periencing $8.3 million in cost savings, health. study the deposit on Dotson Ridge at and generating over $78.3 million in Bokan Mountain since 2007. The U.S. sales in 2009. As such, the MEP’s con- By Ms. MURKOWSKI: Bureau of Mines more than 20 years S. 3521. A bill to provide for the rees- tribution to the health of American ago estimated the site contains at least manufacturing is indisputable. tablishment of a domestic rare earths 374 million pounds of recoverable rare At present, individual MEP centers materials production and supply indus- earths, which is more than enough to must raise a full 2/3 of their funding try in the United States, and for other break China’s stranglehold on the mar- after their fourth year of operation, purposes; to the Committee on Energy ket and protect America’s access to the placing a heavy burden on these cen- and Natural Resources. rare earths that are vital to the pro- ters. The National Institute of Stand- Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I duction of cutting-edge technologies in ards and Technology, NIST, at the De- rise today to introduce legislation in this country. partment of Commerce, in turn, pro- the Senate to help the United States vides one-third of the centers’ funding. minerals industry resume production So what should we be doing to rees- MEP centers can meet their portion of of rare earths in this country. These tablish domestic rare earth? My answer the cost share requirement through metals are increasingly important to is a companion measure to legislation funds from universities, State and local our military, strategic, and economic introduced earlier this spring in the governments, and other institutions. priorities due to their use in clean en- House by Rep. MIKE COFFMAN, a fellow In today’s tumultuous economy, ergy technologies and many other Republican from Colorado. My bill these centers are experiencing in- high-tech applications. would establish it as the policy of the

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So later they are notified, they aren’t given merce, and State along with the Direc- that morning, that 7-year-old girl was enough time to help. In 2008, after tor of OMB and the Chairman of CEQ found wandering the park, looking for these guidelines were put into place, to expedite permitting, review supply her parents. the New Mexico Children, Youth, and chains, and consider strategic stock- Stories like these happen every day. Families Department testified before piling of rare earths. The bill would They are happening to innocent chil- the House of Representatives that they also provide the rare earth industry dren, most of them United States citi- still did not receive notice of enforce- with access to federal loan guarantee zens. Children who have committed no ment actions before they happened. programs meant to advance clean en- crime, who have hurt no one, but who State authorities in Massachusetts ergy technologies. have had their lives torn apart because were notified months ahead of a raid in There is a great deal of emphasis on of the sins of their parents. New Bedford. But almost immediately the need for expansion of clean energy According to the U.S. Customs and after it happened, the detainees were manufacturing in the United States. Immigration Service, over 100,000 par- transferred to Texas, leaving state Promises of ‘‘green jobs’’ abound, but ents of U.S. citizen children were de- agencies unable to help. Governor they will only be realized if American ported in the past 10 years. Four mil- Deval Patrick called it a ‘‘race to the industries have access to the raw mate- lion U.S. citizen children in our coun- airport.’’ rials needed to produce these new tech- try have at least one undocumented Our bill makes sure that whenever nologies. This legislation represents an immigrant parent. Forty thousand of possible, the Governor, local and state important first step in our efforts to those children live in Minnesota. law enforcement, and child welfare grow domestic manufacturing of clean Our country is not doing enough to agencies find out about raids ahead of energy technologies. The bill will also protect these innocent kids. That is time. It also makes sure that schools help to create more jobs in America’s why Senator KOHL and I have crafted a and community centers are notified minerals industry, where firms provide bill to fix that. after these actions so that they too can good, high-wage jobs and pay taxes So I am proud to stand today with help. that will help to reduce our deficit. Senators KOHL, MENENDEZ, KLOBUCHAR, That brings me to the second prob- Furthermore, decreasing our reliance FEINGOLD, DURBIN and FEINSTEIN to in- lem. If they want to help, state child on foreign minerals will reduce our bal- troduce the Humane Enforcement and welfare agencies and community orga- ance of payments deficit and strength- Legal Protections for Separated Chil- nizations must be allowed to help iden- en national security. dren Act, or the HELP Separated Chil- tify detainees who have children at I hope this bill advances quickly, and dren Act. This is a simple but strong home. Mothers and fathers detained in I encourage my colleagues to join as bill to protect our Nation’s kids from enforcement actions often don’t tell cosponsors of the measure. We have an unnecessary harm from immigration ICE agents that they have children at ambitious agenda given the small enforcement actions. home—because they are afraid that amount of time that remains in the I want to take a few moments to talk ICE will detain them, too. current Congress, but there is too about what this bill does—the problems As Troy Tucker, the sheriff of Clark much at stake for our military it solves, and how it solves them. County, Arkansas said after an action strength and our clean energy goals to But before I do that, I want to take there, ICE is ‘‘not doing their job by ignore the problems we have in access- a second to talk about what this bill simply questioning [people] and asking ing affordable and secure supplies of does not do. This bill is strictly about them whether they have children and rare earths. protecting children. It doesn’t change not contacting anyone locally.’’ our laws on immigrant admission, ex- Even though the Bush administra- By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself, clusion, or removal. No one is going to tion guidelines allow state authorities Mr. KOHL, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. get in or stay in this country because and local non-profits to help screen de- KLOBUCHAR, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mr. of this bill. It has nothing to do with tainees, this is not happening often DURBIN, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN): so-called amnesty or any decisions enough. So our bill requires ICE and S. 3522. A bill to protect children af- about deportation. State agencies enforcing immigration fected by immigration enforcement ac- So what does this bill actually do? laws to allow these groups to confiden- tions, and for other purposes; to the This bill fixes four problems in our tially screen detainees and identify Committee on the Judiciary. immigration enforcement system. those who have kids at home. Mr. FRANKEN. Mr. President, on De- The first problem is notice to State Our bill makes another critical fix in cember 12, 2006, Immigration and Cus- authorities. Invariably, in almost all our immigration enforcement system. toms Enforcement staged raids on immigration enforcement actions, it is The Bush and ICE detention guidelines Swift & Company meatpacking plants our local communities that have to require authorities to give detainees in six states—Colorado, Iowa, Ne- clean up after the government’s dirty free emergency phone calls. But again, braska, Texas, Utah, and my home work. it isn’t being done enough, and it isn’t State of Minnesota. It’s state and child welfare services being done right. Over 1,500 unauthorized immigrants that take in kids who have lost their In the Swift raid in Worthington, one were arrested in these raids. They also mom or dad in a raid. It’s local shelters mother told ICE agents that she had left countless children—most of them and churches that feed those kids— kids at home, but still wasn’t allowed citizens and legal residents—without again, most of whom are citizens— to call them or let anyone know what their parents and with no way of find- when their family breadwinner is taken had happened until later the next day. ing them. One second-grader in Wor- away. And it’s local schools that have In Iowa, after a raid in Postville, some thington, MN—a U.S. citizen—came to take care of kids when no one picks children went 72 hours without seeing home that Tuesday night to find his 2- them up after soccer practice. their parents or knowing what hap- year-old brother alone and his mother After the Swift raids, the Bush ad- pened to them. and father missing. ministration finally understood this. Any parent knows how scared kids For the next week, this boy stayed at And so in 2007, it put in place humani- get just when you come home late. Can home caring for his 2-year-old brother tarian guidelines that call upon ICE to you imagine how scared they would get while his grandmother traveled to Wor- reach out to state authorities and child if you went missing for a whole day? thington to care for her grandchildren. welfare services before major enforce- For 3 days? Can you imagine what On June 22, 2007, ICE agents staged ment actions. Again, that is the Bush would happen if they didn’t know who another raid, this one in the Jackson administration. President Obama ex- to call? Can you imagine what would

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And it is ex- (5) DETENTION FACILITY.—The term ‘‘detention facility’’ means a Federal, State, or curity; and tremely difficult for parents to partici- local government facility, or a privately (B) contact information for— pate in legal proceedings that affect owned and operated facility, that is used to (i) child welfare agencies in all 50 States, their kids. hold individuals suspected or found to be in the District of Columbia, all United States This means that parents can’t tell a violation of the Immigration and Nation- territories, counties, and local jurisdictions; family court judge about a brother or ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). and sister or neighbor that could take care (6) IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTION.—The (ii) attorneys and legal service providers of their child. Children have actually term ‘‘immigration enforcement action’’ capable of providing free legal advice or free means the apprehension of, detention of, or legal representation regarding child welfare, been adopted by well-meaning families child custody determinations, and immigra- or put into foster care because their request for or issuance of a detainer for, 1 or more individuals for suspected or confirmed tion matters; parents were unable to participate in violations of the Immigration and Nation- (3) ensure that personnel of the Depart- custody proceedings. ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) by the De- ment of Homeland Security and cooperating Our bill makes sure that after partment of Homeland Security or cooper- entities do not— they’re detained, parents can continue ating entities. (A) interview individuals in the immediate to have access to phones to call their (7) LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY.—The term presence of children; or kids, their lawyers, and family courts. ‘‘local education agency’’ has the meaning (B) compel or request children to translate Our bill also requires ICE to consider given to the term in section 9101 of the Ele- for interviews of other individuals who are mentary and Secondary Education Act of encountered as part of an immigration en- the best interests of children in deci- forcement action; and sions to transfer detainees between fa- 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). (8) NGO.—The term ‘‘NGO’’ means a non- (4) ensure that any parent, legal guardian, cilities, or put them into reliable and governmental organization that provides so- or primary caregiver of a child in the United cost-effective supervised release pro- cial services or humanitarian assistance to States— grams. the immigrant community. (A) receives due consideration of the best Our immigration system isn’t bro- interests of his or her children or wards in SEC. 3. APPREHENSION PROCEDURES FOR IMMI- any decision or action relating to his or her ken. It is in shambles. And while our GRATION ENFORCEMENT-RELATED bill doesn’t fix 99.9 percent of those ACTIVITIES. detention, release, or transfer between detention facilities; and (a) NOTIFICATION.— problems, it takes a small but impor- (B) is not transferred from his or her ini- (1) ADVANCE NOTIFICATION.—Subject to tant step to make sure our kids don’t tial detention facility or to the custody of paragraph (2), when conducting any immi- suffer any more than they have to al- the Department of Homeland Security until gration enforcement action, the Department ready. the individual— of Homeland Security and cooperating enti- I am proud to say that because this is (i) has made arrangements for the care of ties shall notify the Governor of the State, his or her children or wards; or such a critical, albeit narrowly tar- the local child welfare agency, and relevant (ii) if such arrangements are impossible, is geted measure, our bill has gained the State and local law enforcement before com- informed of the care arrangements made for support of the top faith, child welfare, mencing the action, or, if advance notifica- the children and of a means to maintain and immigrant advocacy organizations tion is not possible, immediately after com- communication with the children. mencing such action, of— in the country. (c) NONDISCLOSURE AND RETENTION OF IN- (A) the approximate number of individuals I’m also proud to say that it has won FORMATION ABOUT APPREHENDED INDIVIDUALS the support of faith leaders across Min- to be targeted in the immigration enforce- AND THEIR CHILDREN.— nesota, the Minnesota Chamber of ment action; and (1) IN GENERAL.—Information collected by Commerce, Chief Tom Smith of the St. (B) the primary language or languages be- child welfare agencies and NGOs in the lieved to be spoken by individuals at the tar- course of the screenings and interviews de- Paul Police Department, and countless geted site. immigrant advocacy groups in the scribed in subsection (b)(1) about an indi- (2) HOURS OF NOTIFICATION.—Whenever pos- vidual apprehended in an immigration en- State. sible, advance notification should occur dur- While immigration may be com- forcement action may not be disclosed to ing business hours and allow the notified en- Federal, State, or local government entities plicated, protecting our kids isn’t. It’s tities sufficient time to identify resources to or to any person, except pursuant to written something we can all agree on. conduct the interviews described in sub- authorization from the individual or his or Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- section (b)(1). her legal counsel. sent that the text of the bill and a list (3) OTHER NOTIFICATION.—When conducting (2) CHILD WELFARE AGENCY OR NGO REC- any immigration action, the Department of of supporters be printed in the RECORD. OMMENDATION.—Notwithstanding paragraph There being no objection, the mate- Homeland Security and cooperating entities (1), a child welfare agency or NGO may— shall notify the relevant local education (A) submit a recommendation to the De- rial was ordered to be printed in the agency and local NGOs of the information RECORD, as follows: partment of Homeland Security or cooper- described in paragraph (1) immediately after ating entities regarding whether an appre- S. 3522 commencing the action. hended individual is a parent, legal guardian, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- (b) APPREHENSION PROCEDURES.—In any im- or primary caregiver who is eligible for the resentatives of the United States of America in migration enforcement action, the Depart- protections provided under this Act; and Congress assembled, ment of Homeland Security and cooperating (B) disclose information that is necessary SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. entities shall— to protect the safety of the child, to allow This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Humane En- (1) as soon as possible and not later than 6 for the application of subsection (b)(4)(A), or forcement and Legal Protections for Sepa- hours after an immigration enforcement ac- to prevent reasonably certain death or sub- rated Children Act’’ or the ‘‘HELP Separated tion, provide licensed social workers or case stantial bodily harm. Children Act’’. managers employed or contracted by the SEC. 4. ACCESS TO CHILDREN, LOCAL AND STATE SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. child welfare agency or local NGOs with con- COURTS, CHILD WELFARE AGEN- In this Act: fidential access to screen and interview indi- CIES, AND CONSULAR OFFICIALS. (1) APPREHENSION.—The term ‘‘apprehen- viduals apprehended in such immigration en- (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Home- sion’’ means the detention, arrest, or cus- forcement action to assist the Department of land Security shall ensure that all detention tody by officials of the Department of Home- Homeland Security or cooperating entity in facilities operated by or under agreement land Security or cooperating entities. determining if such individuals are parents, with the Department of Homeland Security

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Not later than 120 days after the date of Asian Law Alliance; California Immigrant (b) ACCESS TO CHILDREN, STATE AND LOCAL the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Policy Center; Children Now; Coalition for COURTS, CHILD WELFARE AGENCIES, AND CON- Homeland Security shall promulgate regula- Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles; SULAR OFFICIALS.—At all detention facilities tions to implement this Act. East Bay Community Law Center; Inter- operated by, or under agreement with, the SEC. 8. SEVERABILITY. national Institute of the Bay Area; Public Department of Homeland Security, the Sec- If any provision of this Act or amendment Counsel. retary of Homeland Security shall— made by this Act, or the application of a pro- COLORADO (1) ensure that individuals who are de- vision or amendment to any person or cir- Lutheran Advocacy Ministries; Rocky tained by reason of their immigration status cumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network. may receive the screenings and interviews the remainder of this Act and amendments described in section 3(b)(1) not later than 6 made by this Act, and the application of the CONNECTICUT hours after their arrival at the detention fa- provisions and amendment to any person or Connecticut Voices for Children. cility; circumstance, shall not be affected by the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (2) ensure that individuals who are de- holding. tained by reason of their immigration status Ayuda; The Episcopal Church. and are believed to be parents, legal guard- NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING THE FLORIDA ians, or primary caregivers of children in the HELP SEPARATED CHILDREN ACT United States are— Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center; Flor- (A) permitted daily phone calls and regular AFL–CIO; America’s Promise Alliance; ida Legal Services, Inc.; Gulfcoast Legal contact visits with their children or wards; American Humane Association; American Services, Inc.; Legal Aid Society of the Or- (B) able to participate fully, and to the ex- Immigration Lawyers Association; American ange County Bar Association, Inc.; Legal tent possible in-person, in all family court Muslim Voice; American Nursery & Land- Ministry H.E.L.P., Inc. scape Association; Amnesty International proceedings and any other proceeding im- GEORGIA pacting upon custody of their children or USA; Arizona Council of Human Service Pro- viders; Asian & Pacific Islander American Asian American Legal Advocacy Center, wards; Inc. (AALAC) of Georgia; Georgia Rural (C) able to fully comply with all family Health Forum; Asian American Justice Cen- ter; Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance; Urban Summit; Latinos for Education & Jus- court or child welfare agency orders impact- tice Organization. ing upon custody of their children or wards; Bridging Group; Catholic Charities USA; (D) provided with contact information for Center for Asian Pacific Islander; Center for ILLINOIS family courts in all 50 States, the District of Farmworker Families; Child Welfare League Instituto del Progreso Latino; Maria Columbia, all United States territories, of America; Church World Service, Immigra- Baldini-Potermin & Associates. tion and Refugee Program; The Episcopal counties, and local jurisdictions; IOWA (E) granted free and confidential telephone Church; Every Child Matters Education calls to child welfare agencies and family Fund; Family Violence Prevention Fund; Child and Family Policy Center; Lutheran courts; First Focus Campaign for Children; Foster Services in Iowa; National Association of So- (F) granted free and confidential telephone Care Alumni of America; Foster Family- cial Workers, Iowa Chapter. calls and confidential in-person visits with based Treatment Association; Friends Com- KENTUCKY mittee on National Legislation; Hebrew Im- attorneys, legal representatives, and con- Kentucky Youth Advocates. sular officials; migrant Aid Society (HIAS); Human Rights (G) provided United States passport appli- Watch; Immigrant Legal Resource Center; LOUISIANA cations for the purpose of obtaining travel Immigration Equality; Juvenile Law Center; New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial documents for their children or wards; Kids in Need of Defense (KIND); Latino Com- Justice. mission on AIDS; Legal Momentum; Lu- (H) granted adequate time before removal MAINE to obtain passports and other necessary trav- theran Immigrant and Refugee Service Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project; Maine el documents on behalf of their children or (LIRS); Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Children’s Alliance. wards if such children or wards will accom- Service (LIRS); Mennonite Central Com- pany them on their return to their country mittee U.S.—Washington Office; Midwest Co- MARYLAND alition for Human Rights; Moms Rising; Na- of origin or join them in their country of ori- CASA de Maryland; Lutheran Office on tional Association for the Education of gin; and Public Policy. (I) provided with the access necessary to Homeless Children and Youth; National As- MICHIGAN obtain birth records or other documents re- sociation of Social Workers; National Con- quired to obtain passports for their children sumers League; National Council of Jewish Bethany Children’s Services; Immigrant or wards; and Women; National Council of La Raza; Na- Legal Advocacy Project; Michigan’s Chil- (3) facilitate the ability of detained par- tional Federation of Filipino American Asso- dren. ciations; National Foster Care Coalition; Na- ents, legal guardians, and primary caregivers MINNESOTA to share information regarding travel ar- tional Immigrant Justice Center; National Immigration Forum; National Immigration Advocates for Human Rights; American rangements with their children or wards, Immigration Lawyers Association, Min- child welfare agencies, or other caregivers Law Center; National Korean American Service & Education Consortium; National nesota/Dakotas Chapter; Ascension Church; well in advance of the detained individual’s Benedictine-Franciscan Immigrant Justice departure from the United States. Latino AIDS Action Network; National Pol- icy Partnership; OCA; Physicians for Human Commission (St. Joseph & Little Falls, MN); SEC. 5. MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING. Rights; Saavedra Law Firm; Sargent Shriver Casa Guadalupana; Catholic Charities of St. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall National Center on Poverty Law; Sisters of Paul & Minneapolis; Center for Asian Pacific develop and implement memoranda of under- Mercy of the Americas, South Central Com- Islanders; Center for Mission, Archdiocese of standing or protocols with child welfare munity; Sojourners; South Asian Americans St. Paul and Minneapolis; Children’s Defense agencies and NGOs regarding the best ways Leading Together (SAALT); Southeast Asia Fund Minnesota; Children’s Law Center of to cooperate and facilitate ongoing commu- Resource Action Center; U.S. Committee for Minnesota; Chinese Social Service Center; nication between all relevant entities in Refugees and Immigrants; Union for Reform Church World Service; Congregational Coun- cases involving a child whose parent, legal Judaism; Unitarian Universalist Association cil, the Miracle Lutheran Church; Depart- guardian, or primary caregiver has been ap- of Congregations; United Methodist Church, ment of Social Concerns, Catholic Charities prehended or detained in an immigration en- General Board of Church and Society; Voices of the Diocese of St. Cloud; Family & Chil- forcement action to protect the best inter- for America’s Children; Women’s Refugee dren’s Service; Franciscan Sisters of Little ests of the child and the best outcome for the Commission; Youth Build USA; Zero to Falls; Great River Interfaith Partnership; family of the child. Three. Hmong American Partnership; Hospitality SEC. 6. MANDATORY TRAINING. Minnesota; Immigrant Law Center of Min- STATE AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS SUP- The Secretary of Homeland Security , in nesota; Immigration Task Force, Minnesota PORTING THE HELP SEPARATED CHILDREN consultation with the Secretary of Health Conference United Church of Christ; Inter- ACT and Human Services and independent child faith Coalition on Immigration; ISAIAH; welfare experts, shall require and provide in- ARIZONA Jewish Community Action; Justice Commis- person training on the protections required Arizona Council of Human Service Pro- sion of the Sisters of St. Joseph of under sections 3 and 4 to all personnel of the viders; Children’s Action Alliance; Florence Carondelet and Consociates; Latin America

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:34 Jun 23, 2010 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22JN6.032 S22JNPT1 rfrederick on DSK8KYBLC1PROD with SENATE S5280 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 22, 2010 & Haiti Focus Group, St. Luke’s Pres- Latz, Shir Tikvah Congregation; Charles & Policy Priorities; Daya Inc.; Wilco Justice byterian Church; Legal Rights Center; Lu- Hertha Lutz, Peace and Justice Advocates, Alliance. theran Coalition for Public Policy in Min- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, VIRGINIA nesota; Lutheran Social Service of Min- Minneapolis, MN; Miguel Lucas Lindgren, Voices for Virginia’s Children. nesota; Metropolitan Consortium of Commu- DFL Latino Caucus Treasurer, Roseville, nity Developers; Mid-Minnesota Legal As- MN; Brianna MacPhee, Executive Board, WASHINGTON sistance; Midwest Food Processors Associa- Minnesota Latino Caucus, Minneapolis, MN; Children’s Home Society of Washington; tion; Minnesota Advocates for Human Pastor Rod Maeker, Faculty (ret.), Luther Northwest Immigrant and Refugee Rights Rights; Minnesota AFL-CIO; Minnesota Seminary, St. Paul, MN; Rev. Naomi Mahler, Project. Agri-Growth Council; Minnesota Alliance Paz y Esperanza Lutheran Church, Willmar, f With Youth; Minnesota Business Immigra- MN; Pastor Susan Maetzold Moss, Episcopal tion Coalition; Minnesota Catholic Con- Diocese of Minnesota; Sen. Mee Moua (Dist. NOTICE OF HEARING ference; Minnesota Chamber of Commerce; 67), Chair, Minnesota Senate Judiciary Com- Minnesota Fathers & Families Network; mittee, St. Paul, MN; Lauren Morse-Wendt, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association; Min- Mission and Ministry Developer, Edina, MN; RESOURCES nesota Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Min- Pastor Richard Mork, Evangelical Lutheran Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I nesota Lodging Association; Minnesota Milk Church in America, St. Paul, MN; Rev. Jen would like to add two bills for the pre- Producers Association; Minnesota Nursery & Nagel, Salem English Lutheran, Min- viously announced hearing scheduled Landscape Association; Minnesota Res- neapolis, MN; Rev. Karsten Nelson, Our Re- before the Senate Committee on En- taurant Association; Minnesota School So- deemer Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN; Rev. ergy and Natural Resources. The hear- cial Workers Association; Minnesota Keith H. Olstad, St. Paul-Reformation Lu- Strengthening Our Lives (SOL); No More theran Church, St. Paul, MN; Rafael Ortega, ing will be held on Thursday, June 24, Children Left Behind; Office of Justice, Ramsey County Commissioner; Pastor Paul 2010, at 9:30 a.m., in room SD–366 of the Peace & Integrity of Creation, School Sisters Slack, New Creation Community Church, Dirksen Senate Office Building. of Notre Dame, Mankato; Project for Pride Brooklyn Park, MN; Rev. Dr. Karen Smith The purpose of the hearing is to hear in Living; Service Employees International Sellers, Minnesota Conference United testimony on the following bills: S. Union (SEIU), Local 26—Minneapolis; Serv- Church of Christ; Roxanne Smith, Social 3497, a bill to amend the Outer Conti- ice Employees International Union (SEIU), Justice Dir., St. Joseph the Worker Church, nental Shelf Lands Act to require Minnesota State Council; Sisters Online; So- Maple Grove, MN; Chief Tom Smith, St. Paul leases entered into under that Act to cial Concerns & Family Office, Diocese of Police Department; Pastor Grant Stevensen, New Ulm; Sowers Leadership Team, Guard- St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, St. Paul, include a plan that describes the means ian Angels Catholic Church; St. John Neu- MN; Rabbi Adam Stock Spilke, Mount Zion and timeline for containment and ter- mann Catholic Church; The Minneapolis Temple; Pastor Eric Strand, Edina Commu- mination of an ongoing discharge of Foundation; UFCW Local 1161—Worthington; nity Church, Edina, MN; Rev. Dale oil, and for other purposes; and, S. 3431, UFCW Local 789—South St. Paul; UNITE Stuepfert, Director of Chaplaincy (ret.), Hen- a bill to improve the administration of Here, Minnesota State Council; United Cam- nepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, the Minerals Management Service, and bodian Association of Minnesota; United MN; Pastor Steve Sylvester, Our Savior’s for other purposes. Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), Lutheran Church, Circle Pines, MN; Linda Adding bills: S. 3509, a bill to amend Local 1161—Worthington; United Food and Thompson, Lay Leader, St. Luke Pres- Commercial Workers (UFCW), Local 789— byterian Church, Plymouth, MN; Sen. Patri- the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to pro- South St. Paul; Willmar Area Comprehen- cia Torres Ray (District 62); Rev. Jill mote the research and development of sive Immigration Reform; YWCA of Min- Tollefson, La Mision San Jose Obrero de technologies and best practices for the neapolis. Episcopal, Montgomery, MN; Rev. Susan safe development and extraction of MINNESOTA FAITH LEADERS, ELECTED OFFI- Tjornehoj, Minneapolis Area Synod, Evan- natural gas and other petroleum re- CIALS & COMMUNITY ADVOCATES SUP- gelical Lutheran Church in America, Min- sources, and for other purposes; and, S. PORTING THE HELP SEPARATED CHILDREN neapolis, MN; Pastor Jason Van Hunnik, 3516, a bill to amend the Outer Conti- ACT Westwood Lutheran Church, St. Louis Park, nental Shelf Lands Act to reform the Rabbi Morris J. Allen, Beth Jacob Con- MN; Pastor Mark Vinge, House of Hope Lu- theran Church, New Hope, MN; Rev. David management of energy and mineral re- gregation; Rabbi Renee Bauer, Mayim Rabim sources on the Outer Continental Shelf, Congregation; Rev. Ralph Baumgartner, Gal- Wangaard, Minneapolis Area Synod, Evan- ilee Lutheran Church, Roseville, MN; Rev. gelical Lutheran Church in America, Min- and for other purposes. Chris Becker, Peace Lutheran Church, Inver neapolis, MN; Pastor Mark Wegener, Because of the limited time available Grove Heights, MN; Pastor Chris Berthelsen, Woodlake Lutheran Church, Richfield, MN; for the hearing, witnesses may testify First Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN; Rev. Rev. Bruce M. Westphal, Westwood Lutheran by invitation only. However, those Mariann Budde, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Church, St. Louis Park, MN; Rev. Jonathan wishing to submit written testimony Minneapolis, MN; Pastor Sarah Campbell, Zielske, Hope Lutheran Church.. for the hearing record may do so by Mayflower Community Congregational NEW JERSEY sending it to the Committee on Energy Church, Minnapolis, MN; Mayor Chris Cole- Association for Children of New Jersey; and Natural Resources, United States man, City of St. Paul; Rev. Doug Donley, Casa Esperanza; IRATE & First Friends; University Baptist Church, Minneapolis, MN; Senate, Washington, DC 20510–6150, or Statewide Parent Advocacy Network. by e-mail to Abi- Rabbi Amy Eilberg, Jay Phillips Center for NEW MEXICO Jewish-Christian Learning; Pastor Paul [email protected]. For Families, LLC.; Lutheran Advocacy Erickson, Evangelical Lutheran Church of For further information, please con- Ministry; New Mexico Children, Youth and America, St. Paul, MN; Rev. James tact Linda Lance at (202) 224–7556 or Families Protective Services Division; New Erlandson, Lutheran Church of the Re- Mexico Women’s Justice Project; PBJ Fam- Abigail Campbell at (202) 224–1219. deemer, St. Paul, MN; Rev. G. Allen Foster, ily Services, Inc. Citadel of Hope Church, Brooklyn Park, MN; f NEW YORK Pastor Pam Fickenscher, Edina Community AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO ´ Coalition for Asian American Children and Lutheran Church, Edina, MN; Luz Marıa MEET Frı´as, Human Rights & Equal Economic Op- Families; Make the Road New York; The portunity Dept., City of St. Paul; Pastor Dan Osborne Association; Schuyler Center for COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES Garnaas, Grace University Lutheran Church, Analysis and Advocacy. Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask Minneapolis, MN; Rev. Chad Gilbertson, NORTH CAROLINA unanimous consent that the Com- Willmar, MN; Revs. Patrick & Luisa Cabello Action for Children North Carolina; The mittee on Armed Services be author- Hansel, Minneapolis Area Synod, Evan- Exceptional Children’s Assistance Center. gelical Lutheran Church in America, Min- ized to meet during the session of the OKLAHOMA neapolis, MN; Rev. Richard Headen, Pres- Senate on June 22, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. byterian Church USA, Plymouth, MN; Allan Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without D. Henden, Lay Leader, United Church of OREGON objection, it is so ordered. Christ, Minneapolis, MN; Rev. Karen Hering, Immigration Counseling Services (Port- COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND Unity Unitarian Church, St. Paul, MN; Rev. land, OR). TRANSPORTATION Anita C. Hill, St. Paul, MN; Loan T. Huynh, SOUTH CAROLINA Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask Attorney at Law; Bishop Craig E. Johnson, Minneapolis Area Synod, Evangelical Lu- South Carolina Appleseed. unanimous consent that the Com- theran Church in America, Minneapolis, MN; TEXAS mittee on Commerce, Science, and Elder Karen Larson, St. Luke Presbyterian Catholic Charities of Dallas, Inc., Immi- Transportation be authorized to meet Church, Minnetonka, MN; Rabbi Michael gration & Legal Services; Center for Public during the session of the Senate on

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Rollcall mittee on Energy and Natural Re- EXECUTIVE CALENDAR sources be authorized to meet during votes are expected to occur throughout the session of the Senate on June 22, Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I ask the day. 2010, at 10 a.m., in room SD–366 of the unanimous consent that the Senate f Dirksen Senate Office Building. proceed en bloc to Calendar Nos. 945, 946, 947, 949, 950, and 951; that the nomi- ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 9:30 A.M. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without TOMORROW objection, it is so ordered. nations be confirmed en bloc, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, if there is COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS table en bloc, any statements relating no further business to come before the Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask to the nominations be printed in the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that unanimous consent that the Com- RECORD, as if read, the President be im- it adjourn under the previous order. mittee on Foreign Relations be author- mediately notified of the Senate’s ac- There being no objection, the Senate, ized to meet during the session of the tion, and the Senate then resume legis- at 9:51 p.m., adjourned until Wednes- Senate on June 22, 2010, at 9:30 a.m., to lative session. day, June 23, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. hold a hearing entitled ‘‘Iran Policy in The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without f the Aftermath of United Nations Sanc- objection, it is so ordered. tions.’’ The nominations considered and con- DISCHARGED NOMINATION The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without firmed en bloc are as follows: The Senate Committee on Environ- objection, it is so ordered. INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA ment and Public Works was discharged COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, NATIVE CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT from further consideration of the fol- AND PENSIONS Cynthia Chavez Lamra, of New Mexico, to lowing nomination by unanimous con- Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the sent and the nomination was placed on unanimous consent that the Com- Institute of American Indian and Alaska Na- the Executive Calendar: mittee on Health, Education, Labor, tive Culture and Arts Development for a * RAFAEL MOURE-ERASO, OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO BE A and Pensions be authorized to meet term expiring May 19, 2010. MEMBER OF THE CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD IN- during the session of the Senate to con- JoAnn Lynn Balzer, of New Mexico, to be a VESTIGATION BOARD FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS. duct a hearing entitled ‘‘The ADA and Member of the Board of Trustees of the Insti- * Nominee has committed to respond Olmstead Enforcement: Ensuring Com- tute of American Indian and Alaska Native to requests to appear and testify before Culture and Arts Development for a term ex- any duly constituted committee of the munity Opportunities for Individuals piring May 19, 2012. with Disabilities’’ on June 22, 2010. The Senate. NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION hearing will commence at 2:30 p.m. in f Tracie Stevens, of Washington, to be room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Chairman of the National Indian Gaming CONFIRMATIONS Building. Commission for the term of three years. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Executive nominations confirmed by DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE objection, it is so ordered. the Senate, Tuesday, June 22, 2010: Pamela Cothran Marsh, of Florida, to be NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE United States Attorney for the Northern Dis- Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask trict of Florida for the term of four years. BRIAN HAYES, OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD FOR THE unanimous consent that the Select Peter J. Smith, of Pennsylvania, to be TERM OF FIVE YEARS EXPIRING DECEMBER 16, 2012. Committee on Intelligence be author- United States Attorney for the Middle Dis- MARK GASTON PEARCE, OF NEW YORK, TO BE A MEM- trict of Pennsylvania for the term of four BER OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD FOR ized to meet during the session of the THE TERM OF FIVE YEARS EXPIRING AUGUST 27, 2013. Senate on June 22, 2010 at 2:30 p.m. years. Kevin Anthony Carr, of Wisconsin, to be AMTRAK BOARD OF DIRECTORS The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without United States Marshal for the Eastern Dis- ANTHONY R. COSCIA, OF NEW JERSEY, TO BE A DIREC- objection, it is so ordered. trict of Wisconsin for the term of four years. TOR OF THE AMTRAK BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS. SUBCOMMITTEE ON SUPERFUND, TOXICS, AND f ALBERT DICLEMENTE, OF DELAWARE, TO BE A DIREC- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TOR OF THE AMTRAK BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE RE- Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask LEGISLATIVE SESSION MAINDER OF THE TERM EXPIRING JULY 26, 2011. unanimous consent that the Sub- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD committee on Superfund, Toxics, and ate will now return to legislative ses- MARK R. ROSEKIND, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD Environmental Health of the Com- sion. FOR A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 31, 2014. mittee on Environment and Public f DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Works be authorized to meet during ORDERS FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE JIM R. ESQUEA, OF NEW YORK, TO BE AN ASSISTANT the session of the Senate on June 22, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. 23, 2010 2010, at 2:30 p.m. in room 406 of the DEPARTMENT OF STATE Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I ask Dirksen Senate Office Building. JUDITH ANN STEWART STOCK, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE AN The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without unanimous consent that when the Sen- ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE (EDUCATIONAL AND objection, it is so ordered. ate completes its business today, it ad- CULTURAL AFFAIRS). The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- journ until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ator from Pennsylvania. June 23; that following the prayer and PATRICIA A. HOFFMAN, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE AN ASSIST- the pledge, the Journal of proceedings ANT SECRETARY OF ENERGY (ELECTRICITY DELIVERY f AND ENERGY RELIABILITY). be approved to date, the morning hour NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY EXECUTIVE SESSION be deemed to have expired, the time for ARI NE’EMAN, OF MARYLAND, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE the two leaders be reserved for their NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY FOR A TERM EXPIR- use later in the day, and that following ING SEPTEMBER 17, 2012. NOMINATION DISCHARGED any leader remarks, the Senate proceed DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I ask to a period of morning business for 1 DAVID T. MATSUDA, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, unanimous consent that the Senate hour, with Senators permitted to speak TO BE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE MARITIME ADMINISTRA- proceed to executive session and that therein for up to 10 minutes each, with TION. the Environment and Public Works the Republicans controlling the first 30 MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION Committee be discharged of the fol- minutes and the majority controlling MICHAEL F. TILLMAN, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE A MEM- BER OF THE MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION FOR A TERM lowing nomination: PN1573, Rafael the final 30 minutes. EXPIRING MAY 13, 2011.

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DARYL J. BONESS, OF MAINE, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 13, 2010. JEFFREY A. LANE, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT EDUARDO M. OCHOA, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE ASSIST- DARYL J. BONESS, OF MAINE, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY (CONGRESSIONAL AND INTER- ANT SECRETARY FOR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DE- MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS). PARTMENT OF EDUCATION. MAY 13, 2013. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION DEPARTMENT OF LABOR NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD CHERYL A. LAFLEUR, OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO BE A JAMES L. TAYLOR, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE CHIEF FINAN- EARL F. WEENER, OF OREGON, TO BE A MEMBER OF MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COM- CIAL OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD FOR MISSION FOR THE TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30, 2014. THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 31, PHILIP D. MOELLER, OF WASHINGTON, TO BE A MEM- NATIONAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 2010. BER OF THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMIS- BOARD SION FOR THE TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30, 2015. AMTRAK BOARD OF DIRECTORS ROBERT WEDGEWORTH, OF ILLINOIS, TO BE A MEMBER OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES JEFFREY R. MORELAND, OF TEXAS, TO BE A DIRECTOR BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 6, 2013. OF THE AMTRAK BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR A TERM OF MICHAEL JAMES WARREN, OF THE DISTRICT OF CO- CARLA D. HAYDEN, OF ILLINOIS, TO BE A MEMBER OF FIVE YEARS. LUMBIA, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION THE NATIONAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES BOARD ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FOR A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 17, 2011. FOR A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 6, 2014. JOHN COPPOLA, OF FLORIDA, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE ARTHUR ALLEN ELKINS, JR., OF MARYLAND, TO BE IN- NATIONAL BOARD FOR EDUCATION SCIENCES NATIONAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES BOARD FOR SPECTOR GENERAL, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 6, 2013. AGENCY. ADAM GAMORAN, OF WISCONSIN, TO BE A MEMBER OF WINSTON TABB, OF MARYLAND, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL BOARD THE NATIONAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES BOARD PEACE CORPS FOR EDUCATION SCIENCES FOR A TERM EXPIRING NO- FOR A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 6, 2013. VEMBER 28, 2011. CAROLYN HESSLER RADELET, OF THE DISTRICT OF CO- LAWRENCE J. PIJEAUX, JR., OF ALABAMA, TO BE A DEBORAH LOEWENBERG BALL, OF MICHIGAN, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY LUMBIA, TO BE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE PEACE MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NA- CORPS. SERVICES BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 6, TIONAL BOARD FOR EDUCATION SCIENCES FOR A TERM 2014. OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION EXPIRING NOVEMBER 28, 2012. MARGARET R. MCLEOD, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE ELIZABETH L. LITTLEFIELD, OF THE DISTRICT OF CO- BIA, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF LUMBIA, TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE OVERSEAS PRIVATE THE NATIONAL BOARD FOR EDUCATION SCIENCES FOR A DANIEL J. BECKER, OF UTAH, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE INVESTMENT CORPORATION. TERM EXPIRING NOVEMBER 28, 2012. BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE STATE JUSTICE INSTI- BRIDGET TERRY LONG, OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO BE A TUTE FOR A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 17, 2010. INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION, UNITED MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NA- JAMES R. HANNAH, OF ARKANSAS, TO BE A MEMBER OF STATES AND CANADA TIONAL BOARD FOR EDUCATION SCIENCES FOR A TERM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE STATE JUSTICE IN- EXPIRING NOVEMBER 28, 2012. STITUTE FOR A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 17, 2010. LANA POLLACK, OF MICHIGAN, TO BE A COMMISSIONER GAYLE A. NACHTIGAL, OF OREGON, TO BE A MEMBER ON THE PART OF THE UNITED STATES ON THE INTER- EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE STATE JUSTICE NATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND INSTITUTE FOR A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 17, 2012. DAVID K. MINETA, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE DEPUTY DI- CANADA. JOHN B. NALBANDIAN, OF KENTUCKY, TO BE A MEMBER RECTOR FOR DEMAND REDUCTION, OFFICE OF NATIONAL OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE STATE JUSTICE DRUG CONTROL POLICY. FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT INSTITUTE FOR A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 17, 2010. BOARD DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES MARSHA J. RABITEAU, OF CONNECTICUT, TO BE A MEM- BER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE STATE JUS- DANA KATHERINE BILYEU, OF NEVADA, TO BE A MEM- SHERRY GLIED, OF NEW YORK, TO BE AN ASSISTANT TICE INSTITUTE FOR A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 17, BER OF THE FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVEST- SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. 2010. MENT BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING OCTOBER 11, 2011. ´ SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION HERNAN D. VERA, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE A MEMBER OF MICHAEL D. KENNEDY, OF GEORGIA, TO BE A MEMBER THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE STATE JUSTICE IN- OF FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD MARIE COLLINS JOHNS, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- STITUTE FOR A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 17, 2012. FOR A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 25, 2010. BIA, TO BE DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SMALL MICHAEL D. KENNEDY, OF GEORGIA, TO BE A MEMBER BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OF FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 25, 2014. INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA THOMAS EDWARD DELAHANTY II, OF MAINE, TO BE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF SPECIAL PANEL ON APPEALS NATIVE CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT MAINE FOR THE TERM OF FOUR YEARS. WENDY J. OLSON, OF IDAHO, TO BE UNITED STATES AT- DENNIS P. WALSH, OF MARYLAND, TO BE CHAIRMAN OF CYNTHIA CHAVEZ LAMAR, OF NEW MEXICO, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INSTI- TORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF IDAHO FOR THE TERM OF THE SPECIAL PANEL ON APPEALS FOR A TERM OF SIX FOUR YEARS. YEARS. TUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE CUL- TURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT FOR A TERM EXPIRING JAMES A. LEWIS, OF ILLINOIS, TO BE UNITED STATES THE JUDICIARY MAY 19, 2010. ATTORNEY FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS JOANN LYNN BALZER, OF NEW MEXICO, TO BE A MEM- FOR THE TERM OF FOUR YEARS. MILTON C. LEE, JR., OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, BER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INSTITUTE OF DONALD J. CAZAYOUX, JR., OF LOUISIANA, TO BE TO BE AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE CULTURE AND UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR THE TERM OF FIF- ARTS DEVELOPMENT FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 19, 2012. OF LOUISIANA FOR THE TERM OF FOUR YEARS. TEEN YEARS. HENRY LEE WHITEHORN, SR., OF LOUISIANA, TO BE TODD E. EDELMAN, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION UNITED STATES MARSHAL FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT BE AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF OF LOUISIANA FOR THE TERM OF FOUR YEARS. TRACIE STEVENS, OF WASHINGTON, TO BE CHAIRMAN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR THE TERM OF FIFTEEN KEVIN CHARLES HARRISON, OF LOUISIANA, TO BE OF THE NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION FOR YEARS. UNITED STATES MARSHAL FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT THE TERM OF THREE YEARS. JUDITH ANNE SMITH, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OF LOUISIANA FOR THE TERM OF FOUR YEARS. TO BE AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD CHARLES GILLEN DUNNE, OF NEW YORK, TO BE UNITED OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR THE TERM OF FIF- STATES MARSHAL FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW TEEN YEARS. EARL F. WEENER, OF OREGON, TO BE A MEMBER OF YORK FOR THE TERM OF FOUR YEARS. THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD FOR A PAMELA COTHRAN MARSH, OF FLORIDA, TO BE UNITED DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 31, 2015. STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF DONALD L. COOK, OF WASHINGTON, TO BE DEPUTY AD- THE ABOVE NOMINATIONS WERE APPROVED SUBJECT FLORIDA FOR THE TERM OF FOUR YEARS. MINISTRATOR FOR DEFENSE PROGRAMS, NATIONAL NU- TO THE NOMINEES’ COMMITMENT TO RESPOND TO RE- PETER J. SMITH, OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO BE UNITED CLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. QUESTS TO APPEAR AND TESTIFY BEFORE ANY DULY STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF CONSTITUTED COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE. PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE TERM OF FOUR YEARS. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE KEVIN ANTHONY CARR, OF WISCONSIN, TO BE UNITED EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT STATES MARSHAL FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WIS- SHARON E. BURKE, OF MARYLAND, TO BE DIRECTOR OF CONSIN FOR THE TERM OF FOUR YEARS. OPERATIONAL ENERGY PLANS AND PROGRAMS. BENJAMIN B. TUCKER, OF NEW YORK, TO BE DEPUTY KATHERINE HAMMACK, OF ARIZONA, TO BE AN ASSIST- DIRECTOR FOR STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY. ANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY. ADMINISTRATION MICHAEL J. MCCORD, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (COMP- NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRA- TROLLER). JOHN H. LAUB, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE TION NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH DAVID A. SCORE ELIZABETH A. MCGRATH, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE. AND ENDING WITH DEMIAN A. BAILEY, WHICH NOMINA- CHIEF MANAGEMENT OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JAMES P. LYNCH, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO TIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED DEFENSE. BE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS. IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON JUNE 8, 2010.

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SMALL BUSINESS JOBS AND businesses in my district about the lack of SUPPORT TAIWAN CREDIT ACT OF 2010 available credit and with the passage of this bill we are taking action to address their con- SPEECH OF HON. SCOTT GARRETT cerns. OF NEW JERSEY HON. JOHN D. DINGELL The statistic has been cited many times be- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF MICHIGAN fore, but it is worth remembering that small Tuesday, June 22, 2010 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES businesses have created two-thirds of net new Wednesday, June 16, 2010 jobs over the past 15 years. Let’s help our Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Madam small businesses help grow our economy by Speaker, as a long-time friend of Taiwan, and The House in Committee of the Whole passing this important legislation. I urge my as one of the 140 bipartisan Members of the House on the State of the Union had under colleagues to join me in voting ‘‘yes’’ on H.R. Congressional Taiwan Caucus, I urge my col- consideration the bill (H.R. 5297) to create the Small Business Lending Fund Program 5297. leagues to join me in supporting an issue that to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to my Taiwanese-American constituents and I make capital investments in eligible institu- f care deeply about. tions in order to increase the availability of During the previous Congress, I introduced credit for small businesses, and for other HONORING LT. COL. DUDLEY R. H. Con. Res. 250, which supports Taiwan’s purposes: CANNON, JR., TITUSVILLE, FL full membership in international organizations Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of such as the United Nations. To me, it seems H.R. 5297, the Small Business Jobs and HON. GINNY BROWN-WAITE only fair that a country with a population of 23 Credit Act. I want to thank the Chairmen of the OF FLORIDA million be represented in the U.N. and its affili- Financial Services and Small Business Com- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ated organizations. If it weren’t for China’s disapproval, Taiwan mittees, Representatives BARNEY FRANK, D– Tuesday, June 22, 2010 MA, and NYDIA VELA´ZQUEZ, D–NY, respec- would likely have become a member of the tively, for their leadership in bringing to bear Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. U.N. long ago. China consistently blocks Tai- this jobs-creating measure and Congressman Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Lt. Col. wan’s membership in the U.N. because China GARY PETERS, D–MI, for providing critical guid- D.R. Cannon Jr. who, on June 25th of this opposes international recognition of Taiwan’s ance for Michigan on the bill as it moved for- year, will be retiring after 28 years of service status as a sovereign and independent coun- ward. to the United States Air Force. Today, we cel- try. And since China is a large country, and Today, we are, voting on legislation that will ebrate his dedication to his family, our country, Taiwan a small one, Taiwan’s involvement in encourage lending to small businesses and in- and the Judge Advocate General’s Corp. international organizations has become contin- turn job creation. First, H.R. 5297 sets up a Col. Cannon was a direct appointee to the gent upon Chinese approval. $30 billion small business lending fund for United States Air Force Judge Advocate Gen- A prime example of China’s influence oc- small- and medium-sized community banks, eral’s Department, starting as first lieutenant in curred just a short while ago. In early April of which could leverage up to $300 billion in June 1982. He began active duty in July 1982 this year, the media reported that China would lending. The fund encourages small business and served four years at Hanscom Air Force permit Taiwan’s Health Minister to attend the lending by decreasing the interest rate at Base, Massachusetts. Upon leaving active annual summit of the World Health Organiza- which the loan is paid back when the bank ex- duty in June 1986, he joined the active re- tion (WHO) in Geneva for the second year in pands lending to small businesses. Second, serves and was stationed at Eglin Air Force a row. the bill creates a State Small Business Credit Base, FL until June 31, 1988. From August Then, in mid-April, our State Department Initiative to be administered by the Treasury 1986 until June 1988, he served a split attach- sent a report to Congress supporting ‘‘mean- Department which would provide funding for ment with his tour at Eglin Air Force Base and ingful participation’’ by Taiwan in the WHO. It new or existing state lending programs. It is inactive training at Patrick Air Force Base, read: ‘‘As we plan for the 63rd WHA [World estimated the new Credit Initiative would cre- Florida. In June of 1988, Col. Cannon was re- Health Assembly] session this May, the U.S. ate an estimated $20 billion in new lending. Fi- attached to the Office of the Staff Judge Advo- welcomes the extension of WHA’s invitation nally, H.R. 5297 contains a provision to restart cate, Eastern Space and Missile Center (now once again to Taiwan to send an observer del- private investment to meet small businesses’ 45th Space Wing), at Patrick Air Force Base. egation. [. . .] The invitation to attend the evolving financing needs through a new SBA After leaving active duty, Col. Cannon started 2009 WHA was issued after the People’s Re- public-private partnership. working for the National Aeronautics and public of China agreed to Taiwan’s participa- While the Democratic Congress blunted the Space Administration with the office of Chief tion.’’ Clearly, Taiwan attended this year’s downward spiral of our economy that was Council at Kennedy Space Center. Since No- summit only because China allowed it to do born out of Bush administration policy, our un- vember 2004, he has been the Director of so. employment rate still hovers around 9.5 per- Procurement at Kennedy. I am concerned that other countries and cent nationwide and around 14 percent in Among his various awards, Col. Cannon international organizations will now begin to Michigan. It is clear that we can and must do has been awarded the Air Force Meritorious view China as Taiwan’s suzerain. If this view more to ensure our government continues to Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the becomes the accepted international norm, Tai- put the economy on the path to recovery. In Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak wan’s current status as an independent, sov- particular, small businesses must have access leaf cluster, NASA’s Exceptional Achievement ereign state will be undermined further. to capital so they can expand and hire work- Medal, NASA’s Exceptional Service Medal, Some applaud the fact that Taiwan had any ers. In the beginning of this month at a Fed- and the NASA Small Business Administrator’s presence in this year’s summit. I would like to eral Reserve Bank meeting in Detroit, Fed Cup Award for Fiscal Year 2009. point out though that, due to Chinese pres- Chairman Ben Bernanke highlighted this need In addition to his professional accomplish- sure, Taiwan participated under the name as he called on banks to lend to small busi- ments, Col. Cannon has remained a dedicated ‘‘Chinese Taipei,’’ even though the name of nesses ‘‘for the safety and soundness of our and caring leader, husband and father; putting the country is ‘‘Taiwan.’’ Taipei is merely Tai- banking system.’’ This legislation fulfills the his all in everything he does. His legacy will wan’s capital. In addition, Taiwan participated need articulated not only by Mr. Bernanke and continue in the hundreds of JAG Corps per- in the WHA session as a mere ‘‘observer.’’ other leading economists, but by small busi- sonnel he has mentored through the years. This meant that Taiwan’s representatives did nesses in the 15th district such as our auto- Madam Speaker, please join me in con- not have the right to vote during the weeklong motive suppliers and manufacturers, high tech gratulating Lt. Col. Dudley Cannon on the oc- meeting. Furthermore, Taiwan’s participation start ups, and innovative alternative energy casion of his retirement and thanking him for was not permanent; it came under Beijing’s firms. I have listened to the concerns of small his service to our great nation. sponsorship on a one-year-at-a-time basis.

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I believe that having full and equal membership in the United Na- While the Cleveland Chapter began as a a forum for our young people to express them- tions, the WHO, and other international organi- small group, they quickly grew to 1,600 mem- selves in a creative way is extraordinarily im- zations. bers by 1922. The population of African Amer- portant and I will continue to work in Congress f icans in Northeast Ohio increased during the to ensure that the arts are preserved. 1920s and 1930s, allowing political leadership The future of this country depends on the A TRIBUTE TO SERGEANT to organize and emerge. In 1923, supported hopes and dreams of its children. Our commu- ZACHARY WALTERS by the Cleveland Chapter of the NAACP, nity, and our Nation, is enhanced by the con- Thomas W. Fleming was elected the first-ever tributions of students like Laura DeStefano. HON. KAY GRANGER African American to Cleveland City Council. A Additionally, I would like to recognize the work OF TEXAS few years later, three more African Americans of the teachers and administrators at East IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES were elected to serve on the Cleveland City Meadow High School who dedicate their lives Council. In 1927, Harry E. Davis was elected to their students. The staff is the backbone of Tuesday, June 22, 2010 to serve on the Cleveland Civil Service Com- the students’ success and I thank them for all Ms. GRANGER. Madam Speaker, I rise mission and Mary Martin Brown was elected that they do on a daily basis. today to honor Marine Sergeant Zachary Wal- as a member of the Cleveland City School Madam Speaker, it is with pride and admira- ters who was killed in Helmand, Afghanistan Board. They too were the first African Ameri- tion I offer my thanks and recognition to Laura on June 8, 2010 while serving with the 2nd cans to hold these positions. DeStefano. Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine During its first few decades, the Cleveland f Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force based Chapter of the NAACP fought fiercely against out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. racism. Chapter leaders and members rallied TRIBUTE TO FORMER SHAWNEE Sergeant Walters attended Flagler Palm and organized for fair housing, educational CITY COUNCILMEMBER FRANK Coast High School and was a member of the and job opportunities, and an end to segrega- GOODE Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps tion. The Cleveland Chapter of the NAACP (JROTC). He graduated in 2005 and joined filed lawsuits against theaters, restaurants and HON. DENNIS MOORE the United States Marine Corps the next day, other establishments that discriminated OF KANSAS passing up college scholarships and job offers against African Americans. Chapter members IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES so he could serve the country he loved. Dur- also worked diligently behind the scenes to Tuesday, June 22, 2010 ing his initial tour in the Marine Corps, he de- persuade white business owners to stop dis- ployed from August 2008 to March 2009 in criminatory practices. Mr. MOORE of Kansas. Madam Speaker, I support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Madam Speaker and colleagues, please join rise today to pay tribute to Frank Goode, who After his initial enlistment was complete, me in honor and recognition of the members recently concluded 32 years of public service Sergeant Walters could have returned to civil- and leaders, past and present, of the Cleve- to the citizens of Shawnee, Kansas. In April, ian life, but he instead chose to re-enlist in the land Chapter of the NAACP as they gather to Frank Goode concluded a 30-year tenure as Marine Corps. Sergeant Walters learned that celebrate their 51st Annual Dinner. Since their an elected member of the Shawnee City the Marines whom he had trained would be formation in 1912, members have risked their Council, which was preceded by 2 years of deployed to Afghanistan, and he felt it was his lives and their livelihoods to fight for equality service on the Shawnee City Planning Com- duty to lead the Marines he had prepared into and tear down the walls of racism. In their mission. combat. He selflessly chose to answer the call quest for freedom they paved the way for a On April 12, the City of Shawnee an- once again. Sergeant Walters shipped out in society where equal opportunity and justice nounced that it is naming the city’s Public May for Afghanistan, just days before his 24th exist for many as never before and where Works Service Center after former birthday. someday, will exist for all. Councilmember Goode, in recognition of his long and distinguished service to Shawnee. As Sergeant Walters lost his life to a roadside f bomb while doing what he had chosen to do: Mayor Jeff Meyers said in making the an- leading men into combat. Our Nation can HONORING LAURA DESTEFANO nouncement, ‘‘I’m sure we couldn’t find but a never repay the debt we owe to this brave handful of individuals across the county who man and his family. Sergeant Walters rep- HON. CAROLYN McCARTHY have served their community for 32 years. resents the best values of this Nation and the OF NEW YORK That kind of commitment to the community de- Marine Corps, embodying the Corps’ values of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES serves recognition that a plaque could never Honor, Courage and Commitment. give.’’ Tuesday, June 22, 2010 I cannot state it any better than Sergeant Frank Goode grew up in Shawnee, attend- Walters’ mother, Regina Walters, did, when Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York. Madam ing St. Joseph Grade School and St. Joseph she said: ‘‘I’ve never been prouder in my life. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Laura High School. He also attended Donnelly Col- My precious boy made the ultimate sacrifice. DeStefano, the Award of Merit Winner for the lege, Rockhurst College and Finlay Engineer- He would not have had it any other way.’’ 4th Congressional District’s high school art ing School. A Korean War veteran, Goode I wish to extend my condolences to Ser- competition, ‘‘An Artistic Discovery.’’ An Artis- was a division sales manager for the Stuart geant Walters’ family and hope that they con- tic Discovery recognizes and encourages the Hall Company. He first became involved with tinue to find solace in his lasting impact on artistic talent in the Nation, as well as in each local issues when he was appointed to the both his grateful Nation and his proud Corps. congressional district. The Congressional Art Planning Commission in 1977; in the following f Competition began in 1982 to provide an op- year, he launched his first campaign for City portunity for Members of Congress to encour- Council. IN HONOR OF THE 51ST ANNUAL age and recognize the artistic talents of their As Council member, Goode focused on ex- DINNER OF THE CLEVELAND young constituents. Since then, over 650,000 panding the city and improving its infrastruc- CHAPTER OF THE NAACP high school students have been involved with ture, while holding the line on taxes. He was the nationwide competition. particularly supportive of tax abatements, par- HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH Laura DeStefano, a resident of the 4th Con- ticularly those for Bayer Animal Healthcare, OF OHIO gressional District, is currently a senior at East which he credits with keeping that major em- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Meadow High School in East Meadow, New ployer in Shawnee. York. Ms. DeStefano offered her digital pho- Having left the Council at age 80, Frank Tuesday, June 22, 2010 tography piece, ‘‘Where the Side Walk Ends.’’ Goode is certainly entitled to a relaxing retire- Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I rise Laura’s eye for beauty is certainly a testament ment. Nonetheless, he’s still going strong, today in recognition of the 51st Annual Dinner to her achievement. having spent the past few years also working of the Cleveland Chapter NAACP. The Cleve- The contest in the 4th Congressional District at Goode Brothers Asphalt, a business started land Chapter and all NAACP Chapters were a continues to flourish and I owe it to all of the by his brothers at about the same time he first

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Sandra tribute to a dedicated public servant who has achieve this major accomplishment; com- has assisted many with questions about immi- been key to the growth and prosperity of pleting 400 hours of voluntary public service, gration processes and procedures, and has Shawnee, Kansas, for the past several dec- 200 hours of personal development activities, been able to help them make St. Louis and ades. I am pleased to have this opportunity to 200 hours of physical fitness and 4 consecu- America feel more like home. recognize former Shawnee City Council Mem- tive days and nights of an exploration or expe- I have received many accolades from citi- ber Frank Goode. dition. zens all across my district who received crit- f Reflecting on his efforts and the time it took ical assistance outstanding service from San- to accomplish this award, Jacob said that he dra. From visa issues to emergency passport IN RECOGNITION OF THE ORDER ‘‘realized that personal growth can go hand-in- problems, Sandra went the extra mile to help OF THE KNIGHTS OF RIZAL, hand with service to others.’’ It is refreshing to resolve their problem in the most professional CLEVELAND CHAPTER, AND THE see that young Americans in my district and and timely manner possible. Many times, she 149TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE all across the country are working so hard to came to the office very early or stayed very BIRTH OF DR. JOSE PROTACIO improve themselves and their communities. late to make calls across different international RIZAL I want to congratulate Jacob for his deter- time zones to help bring resolution to prob- mination and dedication and encourage him to lems, something my constituents have come HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH continue working towards his goals. to truly appreciate. OF OHIO I admire Sandra for the many challenges f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES she has overcome in her lifetime. My staff and Tuesday, June 22, 2010 RECOGNIZING JAMES A. I have learned much from Sandra, and I hope PARETTI, JR. she has learned from her experience with my Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I rise office as well. May Sandra enjoy success and today in recognition of the contribution of the peace with her new husband-to-be Bernard, Cleveland Chapter of the Order of the Knights HON. JOHN KLINE OF MINNESOTA and we wish her well as she begins this new of Rizal and to honor Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal chapter in her life. I, along with all of my staff, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES on the occasion of the 149th anniversary of will miss her very much. his birth. Tuesday, June 22, 2010 A hero of the Filipino Independence move- f Mr. KLINE of Minnesota. Madam Speaker, ment in the 1800s, Dr. Rizal continues to in- IN HONOR OF GEORGE AND CLARA those of us privileged to serve in the U.S. spire. His heroic and poignant writings and ef- ZABOROWSKI ON THE OCCASION House of Representatives do not do our jobs forts focused on freedom from oppression and OF THEIR 65TH WEDDING ANNI- alone. We rely on the expertise and tireless liberty for all. He inspired and energized peo- VERSARY energy of staff members who share our com- ple beyond his native Philippines. mitment to serving our constituents and our A young and idealistic doctor, Dr. Rizal nation. As one of my staff members prepares HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH wrote of freedom and independence from to depart, I recognize and applaud his years of OF OHIO Spain. His writings soon struck a chord and he service to this, The People’s House. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES went on to found the Filipino independence James A. Paretti, Jr. first came to Capitol Tuesday, June 22, 2010 movement, Luga Filipina, in Manila in 1892. Hill in 1987, and has served on the staff of the By 1898, an armed struggle for independence Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I rise Education and Labor Committee since 2003. had begun, and government officials accused today in honor and recognition of George and As Workforce Policy Counsel, Jim has helped Dr. Rizal of leading the charge. On the Clara Zaborowski, as they celebrate sixty-five reform and modernize employment policy with evening of December 30, 1896, Dr. Rizal was years of marriage and devotion to one an- the overarching goal of protecting workers and executed by firing squad in what is now known other. On this special day, they also celebrate fostering innovation among American employ- in Manila as Rizal Park. The night before his their family and many friends throughout the ers. As an attorney, his dedication to and un- scheduled execution, he wrote the poem ‘Mi community. derstanding of the law has been the hallmark Ultimo Adios,’ a heart-rending and poignant George Zaborowski grew up on Cleveland’s of his service. expression of his love for country and people eastside and worked at White Motor Company Jim’s quick wit and powerful intellect have of the Philippines. for nearly forty years. Clara Sokolowski grew Madam Speaker and colleagues, please join served members of the Education and Labor up in the Tremont neighborhood in the apart- me in honoring and celebrating the life of Dr. Committee well. He has proven to be a deft ment above her parents’ restaurant, the Jose Protacio Rizal, and in recognition of the negotiator able to put principle above party Sokolowski’s University Inn. Established in members of the Order of the Knights of Rizal, and craft legislation in the best interest of the 1923, the Sokolowski’s University Inn remains Cleveland Chapter. Dr. Jose Rizal’s story is nation. Jim’s contributions to the House are one of Cleveland’s most beloved culinary land- the embodiment of the innate human quest for many, and we wish him well as he enters the marks. Mr. Zaborowski joined the Marines and freedom, justice and liberty. next phase of a career dedicated to upholding, served his nation during World War II. interpreting, and improving the laws that affect George and Clara, both of Polish heritage f American workers and employers. and fluent in Polish, met in 1941. On June 23, RECOGNIZING JACOB COSTELLO f 1945, they wed at St. John Cantius Church in FOR EARNING THE CONGRES- Cleveland, Ohio. Together, they lovingly raised SIONAL AWARD GOLD MEDAL ACKNOWLEDGING SANDRA their children—Thomas and Christine. Their JAKOVLJEVIC shared love for each other has extended HON. JOHN BOOZMAN through each new generation. Their family OF ARKANSAS HON. RUSS CARNAHAN continues to be the center of their lives, as IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF MISSOURI they are close to their grandchildren, Lisa, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Maureen, Kim and Jessica, as well as their Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Tuesday, June 22, 2010 great-grandchildren, Joshua, Craig, Kyle, Mr. BOOZMAN. Madam Speaker, I would Malcom, Cassy, Alex, Spencer and Henry. like to ask my colleagues to join me in recog- Mr. CARNAHAN. Madam Speaker, I rise To this day, Mr. and Mrs. Zaborowski con- nizing Jacob Costello from Wesley, Arkansas today to honor and acknowledge Sandra tinue to honor Polish traditions and customs, for achieving the Congressional Award Gold Jakovljevic. especially during the holiday season. They Medal. This prestigious award is the highest Sandra has been a valued district staff have instilled within their children, grand- honor given to America’s youth by the U.S. member of mine for the past 3 years, special- children, and great-grandchildren a sense of Congress. izing in outreach to the Bosnian community their family heritage. The Congressional Award Program recog- and providing excellent customer service to Madam Speaker and Colleagues, please nizes excellence and service among young my constituents. join me in honor and recognition of Mr. and

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Today, it is one of the largest RECOGNIZING THE COMMUNITY exceptional efforts have helped make our VFW posts in the state with nearly 1,200 ACTIVISM OF MR. MICHAEL Central Florida safer, our community more dy- members. SLAYMAKER namic, and our people more conscientious. He Strongsville VFW Post 3345 has a legacy of has inspired our youth and empowered them community outreach and volunteer service HON. ALAN GRAYSON to be proud of who they are. throughout the western communities of Great- OF FLORIDA Madam Speaker, I am honored to pay trib- er Cleveland. The members of Post 3345 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ute to Mr. Michael Slaymaker for his out- have reached out to veterans and the families standing work and leadership both in the Gay Tuesday, June 22, 2010 of military personnel, providing support and & Lesbian community and in our Florida com- assistance wherever possible. Post 3345 pro- Mr. GRAYSON. Madam Speaker, I rise munity as a whole. He is a fantastic commu- vides numerous college scholarships and today to recognize the outstanding public serv- nity activist and a source of pride to Florida. sponsors an annual Teacher of the Year ice of Mr. Michael Slaymaker, president of the f Award. Members also volunteer thousands of Orlando Youth Alliance, in honor of Gay & hours annually for charity and at local Vet- AGC RECOGNIZES THE BEST IN Lesbian Pride Month. Under the direction of erans Administration hospitals. THE INDUSTRY Mr. Slaymaker, the Orlando Youth Alliance Members of VFW Post 3345 raised funds to serves to educate parents, academia, health construct a Veterans Memorial to publicly care workers, and others about the develop- HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON honor and commemorate the lives of all Amer- ment and diversity of sexual identity and make OF TEXAS ican soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice them more attention to the concerns and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES on behalf of our nation. needs of gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Madam Speaker and Colleagues, please transgendered youth. Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. join me in honoring the members of Mr. Slaymaker moved to Central Florida in Madam Speaker, the Magazine of the Associ- Strongsville VFW Post 3345 and all veterans 1995 from Iowa. He graduated from Central ated General Contractors of America proudly for their contributions to community and coun- College, Pella, Iowa, In 1983 with a bachelor recognizes the new Margot and Bill Winspear try. of arts degree in Communications & Theatre Opera House and the AT&T Performing Arts f and minor degrees in Business Management Center Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in Dal- and German. In 1999, he earned his master of HONORING THE SERVICE AND SAC- las, TX. Both buildings received an Aon Build RIFICE OF UNITED STATES AIR arts degree in Human Resources at Rollins America Award for their pioneering projects, College in Winter Park, Florida. FORCE SENIOR AIRMAN BEN- commitment to safety, and community out- JAMIN D. WHITE Mr. Slaymaker has worked with numerous reach. The one-of-a-kind 80,000-sq-ft AT&T non-profit organizations that have contributed Performing Arts Center Dee and Charles Wyly greatly to the Central Florida community. From Theatre wins in the ‘‘Building New’’ category. HON. GABRIELLE GIFFORDS 1983 through 1993, he worked for the Amer- Complimentary, the Margot and Bill Winspear OF ARIZONA ican Heart Association, first at a field rep- Opera House is the grand award winner for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES resentative, then as the Special Events Direc- ‘‘Construction Management New.’’ Tuesday, June 22, 2010 tor, and finally as the Director of Field Serv- The eye-catching opera house is built in the Ms. GIFFORDS. Madam Speaker, I rise ices. He successfully designed a major gifts center of Dallas’ arts district which anchors the today to honor United States Air Force Senior program and increased the annual revenue AT&T Performing Arts Center Dee and Airman Benjamin D. White, who was killed in generation by $1 million and he was recog- Charles Wyly Theatre. The complexity and action on June 9, 2010. nized nationally for his exceptional work. From stunning aesthetics of the Dallas Opera Benjamin grew up in Johnson City, Ten- 1995 to 1996, he served at the Executive Di- House, constructed by Linbeck Group, re- nessee and graduated from Science Hill High rector for the Hope and Help Center in Central ceived AGC’s highest award. This European School in 2004. He attended East Tennessee Florida, whose mission is to treat and prevent style opera house, built at $197 million, in- State University before entering the Air Force the spread of HIV/AIDS. Mr. Slaymaker’s out- cludes a performance hall that accommodates in July 2006. standing service continued there as he initi- opera, musical theater, ballet, and many other A Pararescueman assigned to the 48th Res- ated many programs to benefit the people of dance forms. cue Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Florida and repaired the financially troubled One of the most visually stunning elements Base, Benjamin belonged to a highly regarded state of the organization. In 1998, he joined in the theater is the red glass wall panels that and specialized unit known throughout the the Orlando Gay Chorus as a volunteer singer encase the performance hall. This red curtain military for their skills and willingness to risk and was quickly recruited to help with fund- wall is made up of a shocking 1,100 glass their lives to save others. raising. For 10 years, he served as the Devel- panels. It includes a great feature that allows The motto of Pararescue units, ‘‘That Others opment Director for the Orlando Gay Chorus, three operable sections to be lowered opening May Live’’, speaks to the dedication that Ben- increasing their budget by more than the building to the outdoors. jamin and his brothers in arms share. He per- $150,000. In 2000, he founded the Orlando For more than two decades these impres- ished doing what he loved, alongside other Air Anti-Discrimination Ordinance Committee to sive awards were given to projects selected by Force Rescue personnel, on a mission to save fight local discrimination, and has been the a panel of tough critics and contractors. Now, a British Soldier’s life. driving force behind this highly successful vol- Dallas can cheerfully accept this award and We remember Senior Airman White and unteer group ever since. From 2001 to 2010, relish in their ‘‘job well done!’’ offer our deepest condolences and sincerest he was the Human Resources & Development f prayers to his family. My words cannot effec- Director of the La Amistad Foundation, Inc., IN HONOR OF THE STRONGSVILLE tively convey the feeling of great loss, nor can where his innovations helped enhance the VFW, POST 3345 ON THE OCCA- they offer adequate consolation. However, it is quality of life for adults with chronic mental ill- SION OF THEIR 75TH ANNIVER- my hope that in future days, his family may nesses. SARY take some comfort in knowing that Benjamin Currently, Mr. Slaymaker is the President of made a difference in the lives of many others the Orlando Youth Alliance, a non-profit orga- and serves as an example of a competent and nization which has the vital purpose in the HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH OF OHIO caring leader and friend that will live on in the Central Florida community to provide a safe IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES hearts and minds of all those he touched. and nurturing environment for LGBT youth be- Senior Airman White is survived by his tween the ages of 13 and 20. The Orlando Tuesday, June 22, 2010 mother Brenda, father Tony and brother Mark. Youth Alliance was formed in 1990 under the Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I rise This body and this country owe Benjamin name ‘‘Delta Youth Alliance’’ as a support today in honor of the veteran and auxiliary and his family our deepest gratitude, and we

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He felt that one of the keys OF NEW JERSEY hibition of vending machines that sell tobacco to peace in Sudan is education for its children, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES products in settings in which children are and dedicated his life to improving the edu- present. Vending machines served as an easy Tuesday, June 22, 2010 cational opportunities in his native country. way for minors to access tobacco products While Mr. Bol was helping Sudan make sig- Mr. ANDREWS. Madam Speaker, I rise since no age verification is present. Because nificant strides forward in its education system, today to strongly support the right of Israel to the vast majority of all smokers try their first it is clear that there is still much work to be act in self-defense, which requires the inspec- cigarette between the ages of twelve and done. It is my hope that we in Congress, and tion of cargo going into area controlled by the twenty, these important changes will go a long others across the globe, are inspired by the terrorist organization Hamas surrounding the way toward preventing children from trying work of Manute Bol to help children in Sudan Gaza territory. The inspections are vital be- their first cigarette, and becoming smokers as and that together, we continue the mission he cause Hamas has smuggled in thousands of adults. has begun. rockets to attack and terrorize Israeli civilians. Thus far, the FDA has moved expeditiously Hamas has clearly stated its goal is the de- in their implementation of the Family Smoking f struction of the State of Israel and the leaders Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. I hope of the Gaza flotilla, particularly those on the that they will continue their efforts to discour- IN RECOGNITION OF BUD AND Mavi Marmara, set out to intentionally use age our nation’s young people from smoking SHERRY GRINSTEAD’S 50TH WED- force to confront the blockade. If the blockade and educate them of the harmful effects of to- DING ANNIVERSARY were to be broken, it would be impossible to bacco use. For too long tobacco companies tell which vessels were carrying humanitarian have targeted our nation’s children through HON. MIKE ROGERS supplies and which were carrying deadly rock- cartoon ads, event sponsorship, and free mer- OF ALABAMA ets. chandise. I am confident that the continued IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES As a sovereign nation, Israel has the right to implementation of this law will lead to genera- protect its people from the threat of terrorism. tions of fewer tobacco-addicted youth. Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Israel warned the boats that they were in vio- f Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, lation of a lawful blockade and offered them I would like to pay tribute to a very special oc- an alternative where the humanitarian aid HONORING ATHLETE AND HUMANITARIAN MANUTE BOL casion today—the 50th wedding anniversary would be off-loaded and delivered to Gaza. of Bud and Sherry Grinstead. The flotilla, however, insisted on attempting to Bud Grinstead of Gary, IN, and Sherry circumvent the blockade because their primary HON. DENNIS MOORE Ryzenga of Holland, MI, met at Bryan Univer- motivation was confrontation. OF KANSAS sity in Dayton, TN. In September of 1959, the Israel is a long-standing democratic ally of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES couple transferred to Tennessee Temple Uni- the United States. We must stand with Israel Tuesday, June 22, 2010 versity in Chattanooga, Tennessee. and defend their right to defend the Israeli people. Mr. MOORE of Kansas. Madam Speaker, I On June 4, 1960, Bud and Sherry were married at Rose Park Baptist Church in Sher- f rise today to pay tribute to Sudanese athlete and humanitarian Manute Bol, who sadly ry’s hometown by Revs. Garland Cofield and RECOGNIZING THE ONE YEAR AN- passed away on June 19, 2010, at the age of James Gurley. After college graduation in NIVERSARY OF THE FAMILY 47. June of 1962, the couple moved to Jackson- SMOKING PREVENTION AND TO- Seven-foot 7-inches tall, Manute Bol joined ville, Florida to serve at Victory Baptist Church BACCO CONTROL ACT the National Basketball Association (NBA) in where their first two children were born. On 1985 with the Washington Bullets, after catch- May 26, 1965, Bud was ordained as a Baptist HON. TODD RUSSELL PLATTS ing the eye of an American basketball coach minister. The family relocated to Oxford, Alabama in OF PENNSYLVANIA working in Sudan. When he arrived in the 1969 where Bud served as minister of music IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES United States, he didn’t speak any English and hadn’t completed any schooling beyond a and taught the young adult class at Trinity Tuesday, June 22, 2010 basic elementary level. His exceptional height Baptist Church. Their third child was born in Mr. PLATTS. Madam Speaker, today marks and shot blocking ability made him an instant 1970. That same year, Bud started Trinity the one year anniversary of the enactment of hit in the NBA, and, in addition to two stints Christian Academy (TCA). The school added a the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco with Washington, his 10-year career took him grade each year until their first graduating Control Act. I was proud to have partnered to Golden State, Philadelphia and Miami. He class graduated in 1979. Bud also started a with Representative HENRY WAXMAN in intro- twice led the league in the number of blocked radio broadcast in 1979. During their time at ducing this bill and seeing its passage through shots per game and shares the record as the Trinity, Sherry taught piano lessons and a the House of Representatives. tallest person to ever play in the NBA. music class. The Family Smoking Prevention and Control While many undoubtedly knew Mr. Bol due In 1975, the family joined the Tom Williams Act took important steps to educate the Amer- to his prowess on the basketball court, he was Evangelistic Team and traveled from church to ican public about the harmful effects of to- perhaps most proud of the humanitarian work church ministering to all. In 1978, they moved bacco-use. The law provides the Food and he did to help his native Sudan. In 2007, after back to Oxford to serve at Trinity Baptist Drug Administration (FDA) with the authority to relocating to Olathe, Kansas, Mr. Bol Church and in 1980, Bud accepted the posi- regulate tobacco products and ensures that partnered with a Kansas-based relief organization of pastor. The radio station, WTBJ, aired these products are not advertised or sold to tion, Sudan Sunrise, to help educate and im- for the first time in 1994. Bud has ministered children. prove living conditions for children in Sudan. in every continent of the world except Antarc- While many of the provisions of this law are He pledged money and support to help con- tica and Sherry has taught full time at TCA for still being implemented by the FDA, a number struct a school in his native Turalei, Sudan, 28 years and is retiring this year. of important changes have already taken which was partially completed in January Bud and Sherry have three children: place. For example, a ban on flavored ciga- 2010, and now serves 300 children a day. Debbie, Darryl and Dawn and nine grand- rettes is now being enforced. Cigarettes with Ravaged by prolonged civil wars, Sudan children. A reception in their honor will be held flavors such as strawberry and lemon were lacks many of the basic services that you and on June 26th at Trinity Baptist Church. clearly marketed toward children and lured I take for granted. Eighty-five percent of the I salute my friends, Bud and Sherry, on the young adults into trying their first cigarette. population in Southern Sudan is illiterate. Only 50th year of their life together and join their In addition, tobacco companies are now pro- about seven percent of teachers in the south- family in honoring them on this special occa- hibited from sponsoring athletic and cultural ern part of the country have any professional sion.

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Madam Speaker, I rise courage and recognize the artistic talents of Tuesday, June 22, 2010 today in honor and recognition of Karl Ertle, their young constituents. Since then, over whose dedication has helped improve the edu- 650,000 high school students have been in- Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Madam Speaker, cation and opportunities for hundreds of young volved with the nationwide competition. I rise today to introduce a resolution honoring National Pollinator Week, which takes place women and men throughout southeast Cleve- Danielle Fuentes, a resident of the 4th Con- from June 21 to 27, 2010. It is my pleasure to land, Ohio, and beyond. gressional District, is currently a senior at announce that with the leadership of the Polli- Mr. Ertle has been the President and Prin- Oceanside High School in Oceanside, New nator Partnership, a majority of States as well cipal of Cleveland Central Catholic High York. Ms. Fuentes offered her piece called as a number of federal agencies, including the School, an urban high school located in the ‘‘Dead Ringer’’, which was a pencil still life. Department of Agriculture, have officially rec- Slavic Village neighborhood, since 2004. He Danielle’s eye for beauty and shadowing skills ognized the occasion to reflect upon the im- has turned the school around, managing a are certainly a testament to her achievement. $13 million capital improvement program and portance of and challenges facing these spe- The contest in the 4th Congressional District overseeing an increase in enrolment of more cies vital to our ecosystem and agriculture. continues to flourish and I owe it to all of the than forty percent. Responsible for almost $20 billion worth of Mr. Ertle grew up in the Cleveland area. He talented students like Danielle from our high products in the United States alone, an esti- studied at St. Ignatius High School and then schools that submitted their art to be displayed mated one-third of all food and beverages is later began his teaching career there. He in this distinguished contest. It is essential for derived from pollinators. With 75 percent of all earned a bachelor’s degree in English from art programs and curricula to remain in our flowering plant species relying on animals like Borromeo College and a master’s degree in schools and communities. I believe that having birds, bees, bats, and butterflies as the vehicle religious studies from John Carroll University. a forum for our young people to express them- for transferring pollen for fertilization, there is Between 1983 and 2004 he performed a num- selves in a creative way is extraordinarily im- no escaping the fact that pollinators are es- ber of different roles at St. Ignatius, including portant and I will continue to work in Congress sential not just for plants, but for the sustain- theology teacher, director of admissions, as- to ensure that the arts are preserved. ability and security of our food supply. sistant principal for student services, and vice The future of this country depends on the Because new threats are emerging against president of the Mission of St. Ignatius. hopes and dreams of its children. Our commu- these animals all the time, we should use Na- Madam Speaker and colleagues, please join nity, and our nation, is enhanced by the con- tional Pollinator Week to learn about how to me in honor and recognition of Karl Ertle on tributions of students like Danielle Fuentes. help protect and encourage pollinators’ growth the occasion of his retirement. He has continu- Additionally, I would like to recognize the work and survival. There are many things we can ously and unstintingly served the young peo- of the teachers and administrators at Ocean- do. For example, we can plant a garden with ple of Cleveland, displaying integrity, kindness, side High School who dedicate their lives to native flowering plants supplying pollinators and an unwavering commitment to bettering their students. The staff is the backbone of the with nectar, pollen and homes as well as work the lives of countless students. I wish Mr. students’ success and I thank them for all that to minimize pollution and use of chemicals Ertle, his wife Carol, and his children: Tim, they do on a daily basis. that contaminate their habitats. We can also Katie, Mary, Annie, Danny and Joe, health, Madam Speaker, it is with pride and admira- educate our friends on the importance of polli- peace and happiness. tion I offer my thanks and recognition to nators and can learn even more from the Polli- f Danielle Fuentes. nator Partnership’s Web site, which can be found at www.pollinator.org. CONGRATULATING THE f Madam Speaker, National Pollinator Week NEEDVILLE LADY BLUE JAYS provides us an opportunity to recognize how TRIBUTE TO SCAPPOOSE HIGH important pollinators are to the sustainability of HON. PETE OLSON SCHOOL our environment. I urge my colleagues to join OF TEXAS me in supporting the goals and ideals of Na- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. DAVID WU tional Pollinator Week. f Tuesday, June 22, 2010 OF OREGON HONORING THE CAREER OF Mr. OLSON. Madam Speaker, I rise to con- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gratulate the Needville Lady Blue Jays on an DOROTHY MANN outstanding season. The Lady Blue Jays Tuesday, June 22, 2010 fought hard giving it everything they had, but Mr. WU. Madam Speaker, I rise today to HON. ALLYSON Y. SCHWARTZ lost a heartbreaking game in the bottom of the congratulate Scappoose High School on win- OF PENNSYLVANIA 11th inning in the Texas 3A semifinal ning the Oregon School Activities Associa- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES matchup. tion’s, OSAA, 4A boys baseball championship. Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Although they did not clinch the title, these Scappoose finished their season with 22 wins athletes have shown they have the dedication, Ms. SCHWARTZ. Madam Speaker, I rise and six losses, beating top-ranked Astoria today to recognize Dorothy Mann and cele- determination, and drive to reach their goals. High School 2–1 in eight innings on June 5, I know these ladies are the pride of their brate her retirement after 33 years as the bold 2010, to capture their first State championship and visionary Executive Director of the Family school and community. The Needville Lady since 1982. Blue Jays’ demonstrate excellence in both Planning Council in Philadelphia. I ask my colleagues to join me in congratu- The Family Planning Council administers all academics and athletics, and I applaud them lating Principal Eric Clendenin, Athletic Direc- public funds for family planning services in the on a great season. tor Jim Jones, Head Coach Robert Medley, five-country Philadelphia region. Under f Assistant Coaches Joe Girres, Matt Bailey, Dorothy’s leadership, the Council worked to HONORING DANIELLE FUENTES and Neal Lordos, and all of the Scappoose In- prevent teen pregnancy, HIV infection and dians—Cody Backus, Brandon Bernardi, other STDs; to provide care to HIV positive HON. CAROLYN McCARTHY Dillion Davidson, Aaron Egger, Austin Egger, women, children and families; and to provide OF NEW YORK Willy Fouts, Cory Hendryx, Torin Huff, Nathan breast and cervical cancer screening pro- Kranyak, DJ Maloney, Tanner Meyer, Brad grams for uninsured women and so much IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Morrison, Chris Neifert, Nick Paxton, Paul more. In 2008, the Council served 145,000 pa- Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Revis, Jason Sawyer, Max Updike, and Jacob tients, and in 2009 was the 6th largest pro- Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York. Madam Watt—for winning the OSAA 4A boys baseball vider of Title X family planning services in the Speaker, I rise today to recognize Danielle championship. nation.

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WITTMAN Ms. Mann was instrumental in opening the first OF VIRGINIA individual citizen for his contributions to pro- federally funded family planning programs in tecting lives and property of our citizens, but IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Commonweatlh. A tenacious advocate, in the case of Dr. James ‘‘Jeff’’ Kimpel, the Di- Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Dorothy Mann took her leadership to a na- rector of NOAA’s Severe Storms Laboratory in tional level where she testified before Con- Mr. WITTMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise Norman, Oklahoma, we have just this kind of gress and served on two Institute of Medicine today to honor and remember a United States individual tirelessly dedicated to improving the panels about the importance of preventing Marine who serves as an example of courage research and development of weather and STIs and the perinatal transmission of HIV. In and patriotism to us all. Sergeant Donald J. meteorology programs, Jeff Kimpel is now re- addition, Ms. Mann is a founding member and Lamar II, of the United States Marine Corps, tiring on June 18 to spend more time with his former Board President of National Family recently gave the last full measure of devotion 5 children and 2 grandchildren in Norman, Planning & Reproductive Health Association and sacrifice for our beloved nation while sup- Oklahoma. (NFPRHA) and the AIDS Alliance for Children, During his last 13 years of federal service porting combat operations in the Helmand Youth & Families. Jeff Kimpel has served the nation by working Province of Afghanistan. Men such as Ser- On personal note, I am grateful to be to improve the lead-time and accuracy of se- geant Lamar epitomize the core value of self- among those with the honor of calling Dorothy vere weather forecasts and weather warnings less service that we all hold so dear in the Mann a colleague and a friend. We have in order to save the lives of many Americans United States, and especially in the United spent many years working closely together, and to save property from being destroyed. In States Marine Corps. and I am very proud of our work. the state of Oklahoma, severe weather is a Sergeant Lamar grew up in Stafford County, Today we recognize the achievements of Virginia, and graduated from Stafford High Dorothy Mann and her preeminent career in massive problem, and accurate estimates of the true threats from severe weather are espe- School in 2004. There, he was known by his the field of public health. She has done vital teachers, coaches, and friends as a well- work to advance the Title X Family Planning cially of interest to not just our state, but to a wide range of users. This includes weather rounded leader who excelled in sports, par- Program and promote the critical link between ticularly wrestling and football. After gradua- preventive health care and opportunity for forecasters, the insurance industry, emergency management communities and the general tion, Sergeant Lamar joined the Marine Corps women are the hallmarks of her career. and was assigned to the First Battalion, Sec- f public. Dr. Kimpel has worked with the NSSL and was able to establish strong programs ond Marine Regiment, Second Marine Divi- COMMENDING THE HOLLYWOOD that have helped speed up the construction of sion, of the Second Marine Expeditionary WALK OF FAME ON ITS 50TH AN- the National Weather Center building, which is Force at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Al- NIVERSARY shared with the National Weather Service though already among America’s elite fighting force as an infantryman, Sergeant Lamar SPEECH OF (NWS), and the University of Oklahoma Mete- orology Program. chose to be part of an even more exclusive HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN Dr. Kimpel has been a pioneer in the field group—Marine Sniper. He stood out at every OF CALIFORNIA of technology and meteorology. The NSSL opportunity and always gave his utmost. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has been able to expound on many programs Sergeant Lamar’s awards at the time of his Wednesday, June 16, 2010 to enhance their technology, all under the deployment included the Marine Corps Good Mr. WAXMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today watch of Dr. Kimpel. The NSSL has performed Conduct Medal, National Defense Service to express my strong support for H. Res 1357, research that has led to the upgrade of Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service a resolution congratulating the Hollywood NEXRADs (NEXt generation weather RADar) Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, and Afghanistan Walk of Fame on the occasion of its 50th an- from propriety to open systems, which also Campaign Medal. To add to his list of acco- niversary. added super resolution capability and de- lades, he was recently meritoriously promoted The star-studded sidewalks at Hollywood signed dual polarization upgrades. to Sergeant, a unique and fitting distinction for Boulevard and Vine Street are an iconic sym- As a long serving member of the House of a combat-proven leader of Sergeant Lamar’s bol of the American entertainment industry. Science and Technology Committee, I com- caliber. First envisioned by former Hollywood Cham- mend the work of Dr. Jeff Kimpel and recog- A man of character and fortitude, Sergeant ber of Commerce President E.M. Stuart, the nize his outstanding science related positions Lamar bravely served two combat tours in Hollywood Walk of Fame today prominently including President of the American Meteoro- Iraq. He was most recently serving his third fulfills its mission to maintain ‘‘the glory of a logical Society, National Science Foundation combat tour in the Helmand Province of Af- community whose name means glamour and positions, Department of Energy, and a partici- ghanistan, where fierce fighting was taking excitement in the four corners of the world.’’ pant in major decision making policy in the en- place daily during 2010. Tragically, on May Since its inception in 1960, over 2,000 indi- vironmental, and meteorological and atmos- 12th, 2010, Sergeant Lamar exhibited the ulti- viduals have been awarded stars on the walk pheric areas for NOAA and other government mate sacrifice for his country, family, and in the categories of motion picture, television, agencies. Dr. Kimpel was instrumental in es- friends while engaged in combat operations music, radio broadcasting, and theater. Indi- tablishing support for NSSL that led to the there. His leadership in the Marine Corps and vidually, these stars honor the talents and ex- construction of a magnificent national weather his local community will not be forgotten. traordinary achievements of artists as varied center building shared with the National I extend to Sergeant Lamar’s entire family as Sidney Poitier, Carol Burnett, Elvis Presley, Weather Service and the University of Okla- my sincere condolences and deep apprecia- Gloria Estefan and Bob Hope. Collectively, the homa’s meteorology program. He is truly one tion for their sacrifices and service to our na- Hollywood Walk of Fame celebrates an enter- of the world’s foremost authorities on severe tion. He is survived by his wife, Stephanie tainment industry that is an engine of creativity weather including tornados, thunderstorms, Lamar, and daughter, Madison; his parents, and ingenuity and an emblem of American cul- hail, strong winds, heavy rainfall, ice storms, Don and Coleen Lamar; and two younger ture at home and abroad. flooding and winter storms who has explored brothers. The liberties and freedoms we enjoy Today, our Nation is proud to honor the Hol- new technologies during his career for using here in the United States are in place because lywood Walk of Fame, which attracts an esti- weather information to assist government fore- of brave and courageous men such as Ser- mated 10 million visitors a year, and its devel- casters and federal, university, and private geant Lamar who routinely answer the call to opment as a lively hub for tourism and a thriv- sector partners. duty and place sacrifice above self. We are ing monument. It is most certainly a destina- Today we would like to thank you for your eternally grateful to him and his family for their tion worth visiting and commemorating. service and dedication, and for all the work service to our nation.

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Timberly Dinglas, a resident of the 4th Con- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Varying benefit levels across the fifty states gressional District, is currently a junior at Val- Tuesday, June 22, 2010 produce different results, but in Wisconsin, for ley Stream South High School in Valley a married couple with two children, the mar- Stream, New York. Ms. Dinglas offered her Mr. PETRI. Madam Speaker, today, I am in- riage penalty starts rising from about zero at piece called ‘‘The Black Eye’’, which was a troducing the Making Work and Marriage Pay $19,000 of combined income to $7,000 in colored pencil portrait of a young man with a Act of 2010. This legislation will establish a bi- after-tax income at $28,000 of combined earn- black eye. Timberly’s eye for color and blend- partisan commission to study the negative im- ings, which is what you get if two people earn ing skills are evident in this piece and are cer- pact that high effective marginal rates can minimum wage. At $42,000, the cost of being tainly a testament to her achievement. have on families as they attempt to improve married reaches $8,154. That’s a high price The contest in the 4th Congressional District their circumstances through work or marriage. for a marriage license. continues to flourish and I owe it to all of the The National Commission on Effective Mar- This penalty results from the high effective talented students like Timberly from our high ginal Tax Rates for Low-Income Families marginal tax rates produced by taxes and the schools that submitted their art to be displayed would provide an important opportunity for re- phaseout of various benefit programs. As in- in this distinguished contest. It is essential for moving the disincentives that hold many back, come rises, taxes go up and benefits go art programs and curricula to remain in our in spite of their personal efforts to get ahead. down. The couple that has combined their schools and communities. I believe that having Federal and state governments provide fi- a forum for our young people to express them- nancial assistance to low-income families lives and their income sees a steeper loss of selves in a creative way is extraordinarily im- through many means-tested programs and a income than does the comparable couple that portant and I will continue to work in Congress variety of income tax credits. Each of these has remained unmarried. If marriage is a rec- to ensure that the arts are preserved. benefits is income-based, and as income rises ognized good for both society and the individual couples, then government policy should The future of this country depends on the benefits are reduced through phase-outs. hopes and dreams of its children. Our commu- These reductions occur at various earnings not stand in the way of people choosing to nity, and our nation, are enhanced by the con- levels and on differing schedules. marry. tributions of students like Timberly Dinglas. While it is appropriate for benefits to be It’s time that Congress rationalizes this web withdrawn as family income increases, little of programs to ensure that hard work brings Additionally, I would like to recognize the work thought has been given to the combined im- rewards by removing the punishingly high ef- of the teachers and administrators at Valley pact on behavior of these multiple phase-outs. fective marginal tax rates faced by low-income Stream South High School who dedicate their Different programs are created within separate individuals and families. lives to their students. The staff is the back- Congressional committees and are imple- This is why I am introducing the Making bone of the students’ success and I thank mented by assorted federal and state agen- Work and Marriage Pay Act. them for all that they do on a daily basis. cies. No one entity has the authority to con- My bill would authorize a Commission made Madam Speaker, it is with pride and admira- sider our vast system as a whole. The Com- up of Cabinet Secretaries, Governors, and tion I offer my thanks and recognition to mission established under this Act would be recognized policy experts to recommend solu- Timberly Dinglas. given this task and charged with the responsi- tions for the problems posed by these high ef- f bility to propose a legislative package to re- fective marginal tax rates. The Commission CONGRATULATING THE CLEMENTS move the disincentives to work and marriage would be constructed to achieve partisan bal- RANGERS that these high effective marginal rates im- ance, input from states offering a varying level pose. of income support, and expert participation Marginal rates matter. Economists have from government and private sector experts. HON. PETE OLSON long contended that high tax rates affect the The Commission would be charged with OF TEXAS investment decisions of affluent individuals. seeking a solution along certain policy lines, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES People at all income levels, however, respond but would have full authority to offer additional Tuesday, June 22, 2010 rationally to economic incentives and disincen- policy recommendations. The Commission’s Mr. OLSON. Madam Speaker, I rise today tives. If we want people to work their way into recommendations would be in the form of a to congratulate the Clements Rangers Base- the middle class, we need to change a system legislative blueprint to ease consideration of its ball team on an outstanding season. They which says that if you’re poor and you struggle comprehensive solution by the wide range of were the Region 3 Champions which qualified to earn a higher income, you won’t be able to Congressional committees. them for 5A Texas finals. keep enough of it to make it all seem really For too long, Congress has neglected to I congratulate their coach, Israel De Los worthwhile. clean up the mess of uncoordinated federal Santos, for his steering the team to this suc- I have looked at the impact these marginal benefit programs. The Making Work and Mar- cessful season. The Rangers made their com- rates have on a typical single mother with two riage Pay Act is the first step toward a benefit munity and school very proud through their children living in Wisconsin. From $17,000 to structure that rewards work and effort and replay. I wish their seniors Brian Heathcoat, Dil- $40,000 in earnings, this single parent would flects our shared belief that marriage is the lon Huff, Ryan Berger, Kenny Hutchison, Tyler experience combined effective marginal tax basis of stable communities. I urge my col- Kruse, Andrew Riddle, Matthew Sugar, Scott rates in excess of 50 percent—averaging 59 leagues to support this important legislation. Ballard, John Stanford, and Mike Garcia the percent between $24,000 and $41,000. At f best of luck in all their future endeavors. lower income levels, she even approaches a rate of 100 percent. Putting this into perspec- HONORING TIMBERLY DINGLAS f tive, the U.S. corporate tax rate is 35 percent RECOGNIZING THE LIFE OF (one of the highest in the industrialized world). HON. CAROLYN McCARTHY RICHARD BURTON The highest U.S. income tax rate for individ- OF NEW YORK uals is also 35 percent. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. BRIAN P. BILBRAY Thus, for every dollar of new income earned Tuesday, June 22, 2010 OF CALIFORNIA by increased effort or the acquisition of new IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES skills, this single mother finds herself only in- Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York. Madam crementally ahead and, perhaps, wondering Speaker, I rise today to recognize Timberly Tuesday, June 22, 2010 whether her hard work is being justly re- Dinglas, the Award of Achievement Winner for Mr. BILBRAY. Madam Speaker, I rise today warded. Despite the good intentions, these the 4th Congressional District’s high school art to honor Mr. Richard Allyn Burton and the programs, in effect, offer no incentive to get competition, ‘‘An Artistic Discovery.’’ An Artis- contributions he has made to our nation. Mr. ahead. Rather, the incentives are backwards tic Discovery recognizes and encourages the Burton, born to Clarence and Fern Burton in and low-income workers often are encouraged artistic talent in the nation, as well as in each Pleasant Hill, Missouri, is a shining example to stay where they are. congressional district. The Congressional Art for future generations to follow. The same dynamic can also affect an indi- Competition began in 1982 to provide an op- Mr. Burton came to California during the vidual’s decision whether to marry. Experts portunity for Members of Congress to encour- Great Depression with his four brothers and

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She retired on De- Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Upon the United States’ entry into World cember 1, 2009, after 16 years of devotion. War II, the Burtons answered the call to serv- Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I proudly ice and all four brothers enlisted in the mili- Sue continually went above and beyond the rise today to honor the memory of one of Fort tary. After completing basic training and 16 norm during her teaching career. She found Worth’s most respected and active community weeks of ‘‘A’’ School to become an Elec- time while raising a family of eight children to leaders, Judge Terry D. Lewis. Judge Lewis trician’s Mate, Mr. Burton served with Task found the Peace Club and the Thanksgiving worked his entire life supporting his family, Forces 92 and 94 in the North Pacific sup- for Others and Christmas for Others programs serving God and the Fort Worth community for porting offensive operations against the Japa- at Bishop Timon St. Jude High School. There, which he cared so deeply. nese. He then passed through the Panama she was also awarded the Franciscan award Terry D. Lewis was the 4th child of 10, Canal and supported operations in the Carib- twice and was received into the Franciscan graduating from Dunbar High School in 1969, bean. Upon his separation from the military, Order Holy Name Province as an affiliate. where he was an Honor Student, receiving the Mr. Burton had been awarded the Combat Ac- National Merit Achievement Award at graduation Ribbon, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Madam Speaker, it is my distinct honor to tion. While he was there, he was a member of Medal (with a bronze star), the American recognize Sue Overdorf for her service as a the Charles L. Scott Jazz Band, on the debate Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory devoted teacher, counselor, friend, wife and team, four-year letterman in football, and Vice Medal. mother, excelling in all areas. Sue was a President of the Student Council. He was re- After returning from the war, Richard mar- guide as a religious educator to her students, cruited to go to the University of Chicago by ried Ms. Eloise Flanders of Escondido, and and also showed her values through her chari- a former Dunbar student, Dr. Calvin Lee the two enjoyed 53 years of marriage. They table and extracurricular activities. Her involve- Dixon. He attended the University of Chicago raised two children, two grandchildren, and a ment in community life benefitted everyone for four years and graduated in 1973 with a great-grandchild. around her. It is my honor to congratulate Sue bachelor’s degree in Political Science. While Mr. Burton is the epitome of what we now Overdorf, a woman I am pleased to call my at the University of Chicago, he was a mem- refer to as the ‘‘Greatest Generation.’’ He friend, for a career filled with such accomplish- ber of the school wrestling team, and devel- served his country well in her time of need, ments. oped a passion for the martial arts. From and he has exemplified the hard work and de- there, he became a commissioned officer in termination that makes America great. f the U.S. Marine Corps, where he was twice f promoted before leaving active duty in 1976. HONORING THE AIR FORCE While serving as a Marine Corps Officer, he HONORING SUZANNE M. THUNDERBIRDS participated in the evacuations of both Saigon OVERDORF and Cambodia. After leaving the Marine Corps, Terry went HON. BRIAN HIGGINS HON. JAMES L. OBERSTAR to work in the business world. He worked for OF NEW YORK Johnson & Johnson, Xerox, and Jewel Food OF MINNESOTA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Stores prior to finding his calling of working with juvenile delinquents and emotionally dis- Tuesday, June 22, 2010 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES turbed teenagers in Chicago. Mr. HIGGINS. Madam Speaker, I rise today Tuesday, June 22, 2010 In 1987, while holding a full-time position to honor Mrs. Suzanne ‘‘Sue’’ Overdorf for her and raising a family, he attended Chicago- years of service as a devoted teacher, wife, Mr. OBERSTAR. Madam Speaker, I rise to Kent School of Law and served on the Law mother and influential community member. honor the long and dedicated service of the Review Committee, receiving his Doctor of Ju- Sue deserves the utmost admiration for her United States Air Force Thunderbirds Aerial risprudence in 1991, and being honored with service as a dedicated mentor and role model Demonstration Team and to commend its lat- the Golden Gavel Award from his graduating to the youth of the community. As Sue’s est of many visits to Duluth, Minnesota, in my law class for his publications and volunteerism friend, I am honored to recognize her many Congressional District. while in law school. He was then employed by achievements. The theme for the 2010 Duluth Air Show is the Office of Cook County Public Defender, Suzanne Mae Fox was born on April 11, ‘‘Generations’’—the generations of aircraft and where he specialized in law concerning the 1943 in South Buffalo, New York. She began abuse and neglect of children. American men and women who have flown her education at St. Thomas Aquinas elemen- Upon moving home to Fort Worth in 1995, them for more than a century. No other unit tary school, later graduating from Mount Mercy he acquired his license to practice law in the Academy in 1960. Sue went on to study at reflects this theme more than the Thunder- State of Texas, and worked with his brother, Buffalo State College for two years before be- birds, who have captivating audiences with the Honorable Glenn Lewis and the Tarrant ginning her teaching career at St. Bonaventure their precise, intricate aerial performances for County District Attorney’s Office. At the time of Elementary School. Sue continued on the path half of a century. The Air Force Thunderbirds his death, he was serving as a Municipal toward teaching excellence when she pursued truly span generations, with thousands of pi- Court Judge with the City of Fort Worth, where her degree in education at St. Rose College in lots and many different aircraft, from the F-84 he was perhaps most proud of his efforts to Albany, graduating summa cum laude in 1979. Thunderstreak to the current F-16 Fighting match homeless people who appeared before Sue married her high school sweetheart Ted Falcon. Since 1953, the pilots and support him with social service programs. As recently ‘‘Ozzie’’ Overdorf 46 years ago. While living in crew of the Thunderbirds have displayed un- as June 4, 2010, he is said to have written in Lansing, Michigan they began their family paralleled professionalism, dedication, patriot- an email to his colleagues: which continued to grow when they relocated ism and ability. Their commitment to the com- Some people share the socio-political phi- to Albany. In 1979 Sue, Ted and their six chil- munities they visit is unmatched. Whether on losophy that government should not or cannot dren moved back to their hometown of Ham- the ground or in the air, the Thunderbirds afford to help those on the lower economic burg, New York where Sue taught and coordi- bring great credit to themselves, the Air Force rungs of our social ladder . . . Then there are nated CCD at St. Peter and Paul Parish and and the United States. those of us who believe that government can- Nativity Parish in Orchard Park. The Overdorf not afford to neglect them. We all share this family grew with the addition of 2 more chil- On behalf of the millions of people who City whether our income is considerable or nil. dren and in 1993, now the mother of eight, have witnessed the Thunderbirds’ extraor- Fort Worth Star-Telegram (June 16, 2010). Sue continued her teaching career at Mount dinary flight demonstrations, I wish to offer my Madam Speaker, it is with great honor that Mercy Academy and Bishop Timon St. Jude hearty thank you to the men and women in I rise today to remember Judge Terry Lewis High School. Sue demonstrated great love the unit and acknowledge their service to our for his legacy and service to the city of Fort and dedication to her roots by teaching the great nation. Worth and specifically the community in which

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Elder McLendon’s we stand today to celebrate the extraordinary of congregate meals and stepping up research many, many fans in Philadelphia and across life of this extraordinary man, I am proud to initiatives into the aging process as well as the nation may be mildly disappointed, but have represented such an outstanding citizen Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes. Jorge is they are immensely proud of the man, his from the 26th District of Texas in the U.S. particularly proud of his work with my father to powerful voice and his faith. House of Representatives. strengthen the Centers for Disease Control Annette John-Hall, a talented writer for the f and Prevention (CDC). Philadelphia Inquirer, captured the drama and Jorge was integral in the formation of the the impact of this remarkable man and his HONORING JORGE J. LAMBRINOS Roybal Institute on Applied Gerontology. In my quest, in her column in today’s newspaper. I FOR MORE THAN 38 YEARS OF father’s last few years in office, seniors from share her column and extend my congratula- SERVICE ON BEHALF OF OLDER East Los Angeles petitioned California State tions to this Philadelphia Gospel superstar. AMERICANS AND ON THE OCCA- University Los Angeles to establish an en- [From the Philadelphia Inquirer, June 22, SION OF HIS RETIREMENT FROM dowed chair in Congressman Roybal’s name. 2010] THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN Jorge’s strategic recommendations resulted in AT 79, ELDER MCLENDON SHARES THE GIFT OF CALIFORNIA ROYBAL INSTITUTE the establishment of the Edward R. Roybal HIS VOICE ON AGING Foundation and the creation of the Institute. (By Annette John-Hall) After my father’s retirement in 1993, Jorge All you have to do is watch the audience HON. LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD joined him at Cal State Los Angeles and be- react to Elder Goldwire McLendon every OF CALIFORNIA came the first full time director of the Roybal time he sings to understand the profound im- Institute. He was responsible for the manage- pact he has. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment of several health promotion and disease People get choked up. Some weep outright. Tuesday, June 22, 2010 prevention projects, including a collaborative Heck, just watching him perform on Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Madam Speaker, I research project with the CDC to determine YouTube puts a lump in your throat. See, McLendon sings gospel. And he has rise today to honor Jorge J. Lambrinos, found- the levels of older adult vaccinations in the for, oh, 70 years, ever since he was 9 and singing director of the University of Southern Cali- Latino community of East Los Angeles. He ing in Sunday school in Jacksonville, Fla., fornia (USC) Roybal Institute on Aging, who is also collaborated with USC’s Alzheimer’s Dis- his hometown. retiring this month after more than 38 years of ease Research Center to translate findings He has sung in prisons, in concert halls, working in and out of government on behalf of from its clinical trials research to community and at his own place of worship, Mount Olive older Americans. application. In addition, Jorge was the Prin- Baptist Church in Philadelphia, where he has Jorge was born in Panama City, Panama cipal Investigator of a project funded by the ministered for 40 years. Association of Teachers of Preventive Medi- But it wasn’t until McLendon decided to and arrived to this country at the age of 11 audition for Sunday Best, BET’s gospel sing- speaking no English. He fondly recalls his first cine to develop interventions to reduce the ining competition, that the whole nation un- job, at age 12, shining shoes in the barber- cidence of falls and injuries among older derstood just how remarkable his gift was. shop where his father worked. From then on, adults. Jorge moved with the center from Cal At 79, McLendon was easily the oldest con- Jorge’s strong work ethic and love for our State LA to its new home at the University of testant by at least 30 years. And yes, he’d country motivated him on a non-stop mission Southern California in 2006. sometimes forget the lyrics. in pursuit of the American Dream—not only for Jorge Lambrinos has received numerous But his life experience came through whenever he hit the stage. After a typically mov- himself but for our nation’s elderly as well. awards and appointments, including being named as one of the ‘‘Top 100 Most Influential ing performance early in the competition, Jorge first got involved in advocating for judge Tina Campbell of Mary Mary, the gos- seniors as Director of Latin Americans for So- Hispanics in the U.S.’’ by Hispanic Business pel sister duo, told McLendon: ‘‘You got a cial and Economic Development. There, he Magazine. He has served as a member of the standing ovation from God. He’s all over was instrumental in getting the City of Detroit National Advisory Council of the National Insti- you.’’ to establish a senior center in the Latino com- tute on Aging, the California Commission on Outsinging a field of 20, McLendon made it munity of southwest Detroit. Jorge’s leadership Aging and the Executive Council of AARP all the way to Sunday’s finals before losing in his adopted hometown led to a prestigious California, where he continues to serve as to 27-year-old powerhouse LeAndria John- son. fellowship opportunity in our nation’s capital. health policy advisor. In addition to his work in public service, But it didn’t matter. What matters is that As one of 10 national Health, Education, and now, in the winter of his life, McLendon’s Welfare Fellows, Jorge worked under Arthur Jorge’s dedication to our country is also evi- season is finally here. dent through his distinguished military service. S. Flemming, the U.S. Commissioner on Aging GIFT FROM GOD A graduate of the U.S. Army War College and at the Administration on Aging. Call it what you want. Wisdom. Talent. After his one-year fellowship ended, Jorge a decorated Bronze Star Gulf War veteran, Showmanship. became director of the U.S. Administration on Jorge retired as a Lt. Colonel after 27 years of McLendon chooses to credit his gift and Aging’s Executive Secretariat and Special As- military service. the effect it has to a higher power. sistant to the Commissioner on Aging. During Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to ‘‘The Lord set me up and used me,’’ he said that time, as an advisor to Commissioner please join me in recognizing Jorge’s long before performing in concert with other Sun- day Best contestants at New Covenant Flemming, Jorge played a key role in the es- record of service to our country. His significant contributions have made life healthier and Church of Philadelphia Saturday. tablishment of four national minority aging or- He almost didn’t allow himself to be used. ganizations. He also worked to ensure that mi- more just for older Americans from all walks of ‘‘Do you know how old I am?’’ he’d ask his nority communities had a voice in the emerg- life and I wish him many more years of fulfill- children when they’d urge him to audition. ing field of gerontology. ment and success in retirement. Never comfortable in a crowd, McLendon Building on this area of expertise, in 1977, f could easily have taken one look at the hundreds of hopefuls at the Convention Center Jorge joined my father, Congressman Edward SALUTING ELDER GOLDWIRE R. Roybal, as Director of the Subcommittee on audition on that cold March morning and MCLENDON, PHILADELPHIA’S said, ‘‘I don’t want to be bothered with all of Housing and Consumer Interests of the House PREMIER GOSPEL SINGER those people,’’ says his daughter-in-law, Select Committee on Aging. During that time, Karen McLendon, 56. But she says he stuck it Jorge guided the development of the Con- HON. CHAKA FATTAH out because of ‘‘the prodding from the Lord.’’ gregate Housing Services legislation signed Possessing a silky smooth tenor reminis- OF PENNSYLVANIA into law by President Jimmy Carter, which au- cent of Sam Cooke, with a smidgen of James IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES thorizes all Sec. 202 senior housing to provide Cleveland’s thunder thrown in, McLendon temporary supportive services to ailing resi- Tuesday, June 22, 2010 sang as a soloist in the Savettes Choral En- semble and the Brockington Choral Ensem- dents. When my father became chair of the Mr. FATTAH. Madam Speaker, an incredibly ble in the ’60s and ’70s. He was ordained as a full Committee on Aging, Jorge served as the talented Gospel singer from Philadelphia has minister in 1978 and pastored St. James Holy full committee’s staff director—becoming one been sharing his gift with a national audience Church in Tennille, Ga., for 16 years before of the first Latino staffers to hold such a posi- through ‘‘Sunday Best,’’ the BET network’s reuniting with his family—five children, 15 tion. closely watched gospel singing competition. grands and 14 great-grands—in Philly.

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Madam Speaker, has to honor that.’’ McLendon is enjoying a national recogni- RECOGNIZING WORLD REFUGEE I would like to pay tribute today to the profes- tion he had never known before. He’s in the DAY sional teaching career of Dr. Frances K. midst of a 40-city tour featuring Sunday Best Kochan. contestants, where he’s the headliner. He Dr. Kochan received a degree in elementary gets fan mail every day from viewers in- HON. JIM McDERMOTT education from the State University of New spired to go back to church or pursue a pas- York at Fredonia in June 1962, and began sion late in life because of him. OF WASHINGTON teaching English as a second language on the McLendon’s only regret is that Ruth, his Island of Yap in September of 1963. After re- wife of 59 years, is in the final stages of Alz- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES heimer’s disease and cannot enjoy his season turning to the United States, she served as an with him. He has cared for her since 2003. Tuesday, June 22, 2010 adult teacher at the Retarded Citizens Center ‘‘Beautiful high soprano,’’ he says of his in Medina, New York, then as an elementary wife’s voice. ‘‘She wrote music, and we used Mr. MCDERMOTT. Madam Speaker, I rise school teacher in the Mannford County School to harmonize all the time.... I’m trying to today to recognize June 20, 2010 as World District in Oklahoma. control myself talking about her.’’ Refugee Day. There are more than 42 million In the summer of 1970, Dr. Kochan re- Still, despite personal heartache, there’s people in the world—16 million of them refu- sumed her international teaching career in much to enjoy—and be thankful for. gees—who have fled their homes due to war, Guam, where she taught for four years. While ‘‘It ain’t over,’’ he says, ‘‘till God says it’s political conflict, or persecution in their coun- over.’’ overseas, Dr. Kochan received a master’s de- try. We have the responsibility to support gree in reading education from the University f these men, women and children, many of of Guam in 1974. LA-Z-BOY SOUTH COMMEMORATES whom have struggled in the face of After returning from Guam, Dr. Kochan 50TH ANNIVERSARY unfathomable violence. Despite the trauma began her career with Wakulla County refugees experience, these are people who re- Schools in Crawfordville, Florida, where she HON. GREGG HARPER main hopeful that one day their lives will return served as a reading specialist, reading and language arts projects director, principal and OF MISSISSIPPI to normal and they will once again be safe finally as assistant superintendent and cur- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES from harm. riculum director. Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Today is not the time to dwell on the In 1985, Dr. Kochan began her work in daunting number of people who are fleeing higher education at Florida State University, Mr. HARPER. Madam Speaker, on June 16, from their home country, but rather to cele- 2010, employees, retirees and the company and received her Ph.D. in Adult Education and brate the will to live, demonstrated daily by the leadership of La-Z-Boy South celebrated 50 Policy Studies in 1994. She served there nine millions of refugees who attempt to find a bet- years of production. La-Z-Boy founders, Ed- years before beginning at Auburn University. ter place to call home. We should learn a les- ward M. Knabusch and Edwin J. Shoemaker In 1994, Dr. Kochan began at Auburn Uni- son from those who have lost or given up so opened the Newton, Mississippi plant in 1960 versity serving as an associate professor, and much and we must find that kind of courage when they were seeking to expand production. then later becoming the Director of the Tru- The Newton facility has grown to 800,000 to support our refugee communities here at man Pierce Institute. She began working as a square feet from the original 60,000 when the home and abroad. full professor in November of 1999, served as plant officially opened. The company credits Although much has been done to assist Associate Dean of Administration and Re- this half century of success to the men and newly arrived refugees, our challenge is far search and finally became Dean of the School women of the La-Z-Boy family and to the sup- from over. I would like to thank my community of Education in July of 2005, where she will port they have received from the Newton com- organizations who work directly with newly ar- serve until stepping down this summer. munity. rived refugees into Washington State. They Dr. Kochan has a received a number of Founded in Monroe, Michigan, Newton, Mis- are the ones who rise to the occasion and awards throughout her career, including the sissippi was selected as the first out-of-state should be commended for the great work they 2002 Distinguished Educator Award from Flor- plant because of the friendly people and the have accomplished. Organizations such as ida State University and the Wayne T. Smith city’s access to raw materials. The first re- The Lutheran Community Services Northwest, Distinguished Professor Award from Auburn University. cliner was produced on June 6, 1960, and The International Rescue Committee, the Ref- A celebration of her teaching career will be was raffled off during the opening of a local ugee Women’s Alliance, the Coalition for Ref- held July 22 at Auburn University. I congratu- supermarket. Since that time, La-Z-Boy South ugees from Burma, and the Southwest Youth has celebrated many milestones including the late Dr. Frances Kochan for her 47 years of and Family Services are only a few of the service as an educator and join her friends December 9, 1980 production of its three-mil- many whose constant advocacy has been a lionth chair and the September 17, 2003 pro- and family in honoring her on this special oc- tremendous asset in the lives of my constitu- casion. duction of its 10-millionth chair. Now employ- ents. Community organizations are not the f ing 600 Newton-area residents, the Mississippi only ones to be recognized. I would be remiss facility produces over one hundred different if I didn’t recognize the hard work of commu- HONORING THE SERVICE AND SAC- styles of furniture and custom-builds 1,100 nity individuals who volunteer their time and RIFICE OF UNITED STATES AIR pieces every day. resources to assist newly arrived refugees to FORCE TECHNICAL SERGEANT This facility has spurred economic growth in Washington State, many of whom arrived to MICHAEL PAUL FLORES Mississippi outside of the Newton community. the US as refugees themselves. From manufacturing to shipping to manage- HON. GABRIELLE GIFFORDS ment, the economy has blossomed as Lay-Z- World Refugee Day is a time to come to- OF ARIZONA Boy’s business has increased nationally. In gether and spread the word to the global com- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES appreciation to the community, La-Z-Boy munity about a sometimes forgotten popu- South has made contributions to many local lation so that we can ensure that we remem- Tuesday, June 22, 2010 businesses and organizations, as well as nu- ber our responsibility to aid those whose spir- Ms. GIFFORDS. Madam Speaker, I rise merous charities and youth programs. its have not broken and optimism has never today to honor United States Air Force Tech- In today’s struggling economy, La-Z-Boy wavered. Let us recognize World Refugee Day nical Sergeant Michael Paul Flores, who was has maintained a skilled workforce providing and honor the millions of refugees worldwide killed in action on June 9, 2010. optimism for many hard-working Mississip- who must daily persevere through hardship Michael was a decorated 12-year Air Force pians. As our nation continues to recover from and adversity. veteran. During his eight deployments to Iraq

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:50 Jun 23, 2010 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K22JN8.014 E22JNPT1 tjames on DSKG8SOYB1PROD with REMARKS E1164 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 22, 2010 and Afghanistan, he earned the Distinguished Additionally last week, the UN Human In the late 1950s Mildred began to work for Flying Cross and twelve Air Medals. He grew Rights Council condemned the ethnic violence the Internal Revenue Service during tax sea- up in San Antonio, Texas, where he graduated in Kyrgyzstan and called on its interim govern- son. Eventually she was hired full time at from John Marshall High School before enlist- the Social Security Administration where ment to conduct a complete and transparent she retired after over 20 years of service. ing in 1997. investigation into the events of April 7 that led She belonged to several community orga- A Pararescue Non-Commissioned Officer to the ouster of the previous government, as nizations including the Turtle Hill Home- assigned to the 48th Rescue Squadron at well as the ongoing ethnic violence. owners Association, which was organized in Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Michael be- Healing the wounds of ethnic violence and her living room. This organization was in- longed to a highly regarded and specialized achieving long-term stability will not be easy in strumental in the redevelopment of the Tur- unit known throughout the military for their a region with such burgeoning ethnic tensions. tle Hill area, which now has many new skills and willingness to risk their lives to save It is important that the international commu- homes. She was also a long-time member of others. nity, including the United States, remains com- the now inactive L’Esprit Social Club and when meetings were held in her home, all The motto of Pararescue units, ‘‘That Others mitted to addressing the humanitarian needs May Live’’, speaks to the dedication that Mi- members attended mainly because they and achieving meaningful and sustainable knew the food and company would be excel- chael and his brothers in arms share. He per- progress in Kyrgyzstan. lent. ished doing what he loved alongside other Air f Force Rescue personnel, on a mission to save Mildred Davis is now a resident at a British Soldier’s life. TRIBUTE TO MILDRED DAVIS OF Medicalodge Post Acute Care and continues We remember Tech Sergeant Flores and KANSAS CITY, KANSAS to be loved and admired by many friends, as- offer our deepest condolences and sincerest sociates and a foster daughter. prayers to his family. My words cannot effec- HON. DENNIS MOORE f tively convey the feeling of great loss, nor can OF KANSAS RECOGNIZING THE 145TH ANNIVER- they offer adequate consolation. However, it is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES my hope that in future days, his family may SARY OF JUNETEENTH AND THE Tuesday, June 22, 2010 take some comfort in knowing that Michael 17TH CELEBRATION OF THE made a difference in the lives of many others Mr. MOORE of Kansas. Madam Speaker, I JUNETEENTH FREEDOM & HER- and serves as an example of a competent and rise today to pay tribute to a resident of Kan- ITAGE FESTIVAL IN MEMPHIS, caring leader and friend that will live on in the sas’ Third Congressional District who will TENNESSEE hearts and minds of all those he touched. shortly celebrate her hundredth birthday—a Technical Sergeant Flores is survived by his goal that many aspire to, but few achieve. Mil- HON. STEVE COHEN wife Marisa, daughter Eliana and son Michael. dred Davis of Kansas City, Kansas, will cele- OF TENNESSEE This body and this country owe Michael and brate her hundredth birthday on June 30th. I IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES his family our deepest gratitude, and we will know that you and all House Members join today and forevermore honor and remember with me in wishing Mildred Davis many happy Tuesday, June 22, 2010 him and his service to our country. returns of the day, and I am pleased to place Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, I rise today f in the RECORD a short biography of her, which to recognize June 19, 2010 as the 145th anni- was written by her friend, Joyce Dickens: versary of the observance of Juneteenth in the ONGOING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS Ava Mildred Finnie Davis was born June United States and the 17th celebration in IN KYRGYZSTAN 30, 1910, to Lillie Dedman Finnie and Lewis Memphis, Tennessee. While the Emancipation Finnie in Commerce, Texas. She was the Proclamation was signed by President Abra- HON. RUSS CARNAHAN youngest of five children—three brothers and ham Lincoln in September 1862, it was not OF MISSOURI a sister. Her parents and all brothers and sis- until June 19, 1865 that Union Soldiers led by IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ter have preceded her in death. Though her given name is Ava, she soon became known Major General Gordon Granger proclaimed Tuesday, June 22, 2010 to all as Mildred. freedom to the last slaves in the far corners of Mr. CARNAHAN. Madam Speaker, as She accepted Christ at an early age and the South in Galveston, Texas. To commemo- Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Sub- was united with the New Hope Baptist rate this day in our history and the political committee on International Organizations, Church of Greenville, Texas, before moving contributions of many African-Americans to Human Rights, and Oversight, I wanted to call to Kansas City, Kansas, and uniting with Oli- our nation, the Memphis Juneteenth Freedom vet Institutional Baptist Church where she attention to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in and Heritage Festival has chosen the theme, has been a faithful and loyal member and ‘‘A Tribute to African-Americans in Politics Kyrgyzstan. worker for over 50 years. She served duti- Since the ousting of former President fully in the Women’s Missionary Depart- from Reconstruction to Present.’’ Kurmanbek Bakiyev’s government on April 7, ment, Baptist Training Union and the Sun- Hiram R. Revels of Mississippi, the first Afri- 2010, the southern Kyrgyzstan region along day School for many years. She has encour- can-American to serve by appointment in the the Uzbekistan border has been plagued with aged and counseled many young people spir- U.S. Senate in 1870 and Joseph Hayne ethnic violence. Instability and waves of vio- itually. Rainey of South Carolina, the first African- lence have continued in Osh and Jalal-Abad, Mildred attended prep school and two American elected to the U.S. House of Rep- resulting in killings, rapes, beatings, and wide- years of college at Langston University in resentatives in 1871, made tremendous polit- Langston, Oklahoma. In those days you spread pillaging and destruction of homes and could teach school in Texas with two years ical strides by paving the way for other Afri- communities. Moreover, there are reportedly of college and she taught school at a small can-Americans. Jefferson Long, although the at least 400,000 displaced persons, of which country school. She married Grady L. Davis shortest serving African-American in the U.S. many are ethnic Uzbeks seeking refuge in (now deceased) in Paris, Texas, and they House of Representatives, was the first to Uzbekistan. Those remaining in Osh are iso- moved to Kansas City in the early 1940s. She speak on the floor in 1870. Blanche Bruce of lated and living in fear of the next violent worked at the old munitions plant in the Mississippi was the first African American and clash. Meanwhile, the Kyrgyzstan interim gov- Fairfax Industrial District during the war only former slave to preside over the U.S. ernment continues to struggle to stabilize the and after the war she began to work for well- Senate in 1979 and William Dawson of Illinois to-do families in Johnson County cleaning region. and cooking. They soon discovered she was a was the first to chair a standing Congressional I am encouraged by recent actions taken by superior cook and began to use her skills in committee in 1949. Shirley Chisholm of New the U.S. Government and the international the kitchen for their entertaining. In 1945 York was the first African-American woman community in response to the humanitarian she and Grady bought their first home, at 615 elected to Congress in 1968. From my home crisis. Last week, the State Department an- Freeman Avenue, where she resided for over of Memphis, Harold Ford, Sr. was the first Afri- nounced $32.267 million in aid programs for 60 years. She was childless and when my can-American from Tennessee to be elected humanitarian relief, reconstruction, and com- large family moved next door to her in 1954 to the U.S. House of Representatives. His munity stabilization. I look forward to working she befriended me and took me under her son, Harold Ford, Jr., was the first African- wings making me clothes and encouraging with the Administration to help ensure that tax- me in my endeavors. I was only 12 years old American Member to succeed his father. payer resources are spent efficiently, trans- and I loved going next door where she would Today, we all have our first African-American parently, and effectively to help those Kyrgyz regale me with stories of her youth and life. President, Barack Obama. and Uzbeks most in need and establish lasting She was not only a fun person but also a wise From Reconstruction to the Sanitation Work- stability. mentor. ers Union Strike in 1968, Memphis has been

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Willis became the first African- Because the creation of this small bank IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES American elected to the Tennessee General lending fund is so important to economic de- Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Assembly after Reconstruction. velopment and job creation, it is supported by Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks, former Executive Di- America’s home town banks, small busi- Mr. MCCOTTER. Madam Speaker, today I rector/CEO of the NAACP and Dr. Vasco nesses, Realtors, and home builders, among rise to honor and acknowledge Reverend Smith, the first African-American elected to the others. I was pleased to support H.R. 5297 Mary Margaret Eckhardt, Pastor of St. Mat- Shelby County Commission and influential in and encouraged that it passed the House with thew’s United Methodist Church in Livonia, the founding of The MED, both resided in bipartisan support. I urge prompt action in the Michigan, upon her retirement after more than Memphis until their recent deaths. Former Senate. 30 years of service in ministry. Tennessee State Senator and civil rights judge Reverend Eckhardt became an ordained Russell Sugarmon currently resides in Mem- f minister in 1979 after having obtained her bachelor of science and master of science de- phis and is still politically active. I am privi- RECOGNIZING THE LIFE AND PUB- leged to have worked alongside these men grees from the University of Tennessee, going LIC SERVICE OF DERRYL AL- on to pursue her Master of Divinity from and to call them friends. BERT DUMERMUTH Since 1865, communities have gathered to United Theological Seminary in Ohio. Rev- celebrate Juneteenth through readings of the erend Eckhardt has served in four United Emancipation Proclamation, singing of spir- HON. DEVIN NUNES Methodist Churches in Michigan, spending the ituals, and large gatherings of family and OF CALIFORNIA last 8 years at St. Matthew’s as an exceptional friends. For the past 17 years in Memphis, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES preacher, adult Bible Study leader and mission trip leader. She serves on the UMC district Juneteenth has been held in the historic Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Douglass Community, named after Frederick level as a Hunger Coordinator and at the con- Douglass. The land on which the community Mr. NUNES. Madam Speaker, I rise today ference level as an UMCOR Disaster sits was once owned by Reverend William to recognize the life and public service of re- Coordinater. Serving her church as well as her commu- Rush-Plummer, the son of a slave from Africa tired teacher Derryl Albert Dumermuth. Derryl nity, Reverend Eckhardt has been an active and a slave owner. was an inspiration to all those who knew him, Madam Speaker, it is in the spirit of these impacting the lives of his students and the sur- supporter and member of the Rotary Club of great men and women and countless others rounding community. Livonia and currently holds the position of that I ask my colleagues to join me in observ- Derryl Dumermuth was the fifth of six chil- Secretary. She avidly enjoys the outdoors as ing our nation’s 145th anniversary of dren, growing up on his family farm in Fayette, a hiker and bicyclist. Reverend Eckhardt has Juneteenth and the celebrations in Memphis. Iowa. He attended Upper Iowa University and proven to be a woman of dedicated and irre- This is a time to reflect upon the end of slav- Iowa State College until he enlisted in the Ma- proachable service. She will be missed by the ery in America and to recognize the many rine Corps early in 1944. After World War II, members of her congregation as she pursues contributions from African-Americans. As Dr. he earned his bachelor’s of science degree the next chapter of her life. Madam Speaker, for more than 30 years Martin Luther King, Jr. said, the Emancipation from Upper Iowa University and in 1955 he re- Reverend Mary Margaret Eckhardt has faith- Proclamation ‘‘came as a joyous daybreak to ceived the master of arts degree at Northern fully served her congregation, her church, her end the long night of their captivity.’’ Arizona University. When the huge influx of students studying on the G.I. Bill threatened to community and her Lord. As she enters the f swamp the faculty at Upper Iowa University, next phase of her life, she leaves behind a HOUSE SMALL BUSINESS Derryl was hired to teach mathematics; the legacy of dedication, integrity, and excellence. LEGISLATION start of a successful career in public edu- Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in con- cation. gratulating Reverend Mary Margaret Eckhardt HON. IKE SKELTON In 1962, Derryl brought his family to my upon her retirement and recognizing her years of loyal service to our community and country. OF MISSOURI hometown of Tulare, California. Here he f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES served as Tulare Union High School Math De- partment Chairman for 28 years, retiring in TRIBUTE TO KARA GORMLEY Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1990. Derryl taught the first class of computer Mr. SKELTON. Madam Speaker, one of the programming ever offered in the city of Tulare surest ways government can help generate and developed the first Advanced Placement HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN economic activity, innovation, and job growth course for Tulare county schools, AP Cal- OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES is by cutting taxes on small businesses, which culus. High school yearbooks were dedicated are the backbone of the U.S. economy and to Mr. Dumermuth in 1952 and in 1981, he Tuesday, June 22, 2010 employ more than half of all American work- was chosen as the ‘‘Outstanding Math/Science Mr. CLYBURN. Madam Speaker, I rise ers. Teacher in Tulare/Kings Counties,’’ and was today to pay tribute to a popular television per- I have voted for and cosponsored a number chosen as a mentor teacher for two consecu- sonality in Columbia, South Carolina as she of small business tax cut bills during the 111th tive years. leaves her post as a morning news anchor on Congress and was pleased to vote last week In addition to his devotion to education, Tuesday, June 22, 2010. Kara Gormley is a in support of H.R. 5486, the Small Business Derryl was an active member of the commu- familiar face to Columbians who have watched Jobs Tax Relief Act. Among other things, this nity. He was the coordinator of the Docent her professionally report the news at WIS–TV bill would cut capital gains taxes for small Program at the Tulare City Historical Museum for more than a decade. Her presence on the businesses and would quadruple the tax de- and church historian for the United Methodist Sunrise program will be sorely missed. duction for business start-up expenses from Church of Tulare. He was also an active mem- Kara Gormley is a native of Carthage, New $5,000 to $20,000. H.R. 5486 is common ber of several organizations including the York, and is the daughter of the late Barbara sense legislation and ought to be quickly en- Tulare High School CTA and the Kiwanis Club and Robert Gormley. After graduating from acted. of Greater Tulare. In 2001, Derryl wrote ‘‘A Providence College in Rhode Island, Kara Another way to stimulate business activity Town Called Tulare’’ as a fundraiser for the took her first broadcast journalism job in and create jobs is to help America’s commu- Tulare Historical Museum and two years later Wausau, Wisconsin. Midlands viewers first nity banks lend money to small businesses. published ‘‘Tulare Legends and Trivia from A came to know Kara when she joined WIS Business owners in Missouri tell me they want to Z.’’ News 10 in 1996 as co-host of the Sunrise to expand but cannot because of a lack of fi- Derryl was someone who I knew personally. program. She later took an assignment to an- nancing. A second bill considered in the He was a dedicated teacher and mentor, in- chor the evening news at 5:00 p.m., and serve House last week, H.R. 5297, would allow spiring everyone he taught. His life’s values as a featured health reporter. small banks to tap into a $30 billion fund at and commitment to education will live on In 2000, she was lured away from WIS, and the Treasury Department so they can issue through his family, friends, and community. became the morning news anchor at the NBC

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:50 Jun 23, 2010 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K22JN8.017 E22JNPT1 tjames on DSKG8SOYB1PROD with REMARKS E1166 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 22, 2010 sister station in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her HONORING REPRESENTATIVE Monsignor Antonelli was born on September heart remained in Columbia, and Kara married PATRICIA B. SUTHERLAND 23, 1918, in Sheppron, Pennsylvania. He Banks Meador, a native of Chester, in 2002, began his studies for the priesthood at the which led to her return to WIS. Back in Colum- HON. MICHAEL H. MICHAUD Stigmatine Minor Seminary in Waltham, Mas- bia, she anchored the weekend news and OF MAINE sachusetts in 1931, at the tender age of 13 served as a weekday reporter. Later she re- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES years. He continued his studies at the Stigmatine Major Seminary in Wellesley, Mas- joined the Sunrise program, where her journey Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at WIS began. sachusetts until he was ordained a priest on Mr. MICHAUD. Madam Speaker, I rise June 11, 1949, and immediately became an Kara has been recognized for her journalism today to recognize the accomplishments of assistant pastor at the Sacred Heart Church, talent by the Associated Press and the South Representative Patricia B. Sutherland and in Milford, Massachusetts. Carolina Broadcasters Association. She has congratulate her on her pending retirement Four years later in 1953, he was assigned also earned the prestigious Edward R. Murrow from the Maine Legislature. to the U.S. territory of Guam, where he taught Award of Excellence. Currently serving her second term in the at Father Duenas Memorial School, a Catholic She has been very active in the Midlands Maine Legislature, Representative Sutherland high school, until being reassigned to the community. Kara has generously donated her has shown a continued dedication to serving mainland United States in 1959. time and her talents to the National Alliance of the people of Maine and has been a tireless advocate for education and economic develop- In 1970 he returned to Guam, this time as the Mentally Ill, Special Olympics South Caro- ment in the state. Assistant Pastor at the Agana Cathedral and lina, Project Pet, Sistercare, Camp Kemo, the After receiving a bachelor’s degree in San Vicente Church. He also served as Direc- Children’s Miracle Network and Palmetto English from Saint Joseph’s College, Pat tor of the Permanent Diaconate Program on Health Children’s Hospital. She is also an ac- began her career teaching high school Guam. tive supporter of Winston’s Wish, a foundation English, and a little over twenty years ago, In 1973, he was sent to the Northern Mar- of autistic children, and the national Safety Northern Maine Community College in iana Islands, first for two weeks on Tinian, Council’s ‘‘Alive at 25’’ program, which pro- Presque Isle, then Northern Maine Technical then to the permanent position of Pastor of motes safe driving habits among drivers under College, was fortunate enough to bring her on San Francisco De Borja Church in Songsong, 25. as their director of development and commu- Rota. There he served until 1991, when he ini- Kara takes great pride in her contribution to nity relations. While Pat’s retirement from that tiated and built the Rota San Isidro Mission at Faces of Freedom, a book that profiles fallen role was cause for some sadness, it provided Sinapalu on Rota, becoming its Pastor and heroes who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghani- an occasion to show her dedication to increas- serving at the Mission up to the present day. stan. The proceeds of the book go to charities ing Maine students’ opportunities for higher In his ministry, Monsignor Antonelli presided that benefit military families. learning. As the House Chair of the Maine over countless masses, baptisms, catechism Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, Pat As a former competitive swimmer and schol- classes, counseling sessions, weddings and has worked hard to improve education for all funerals. His daily work involves administering arship athlete, Kara is dedicated to promoting Maine students. communion to hospital patients, prison in- physical fitness. She helped create and build Pat is also a champion of economic devel- mates, the sick and the elderly. Limitless Sports, an organization that helps opment in Maine. Her commitment to eco- wheelchair-bound children and adults partici- nomic development is exemplified by her con- In partnership with the Sisters of Mercy from pate in athletics. tributions to Aroostook County’s economic de- Guam, he established the Escuelan San Fran- velopment initiatives, including the critical cisco De Borja on Rota in 1985. Today, the Kara and her husband will remain in Colum- school continues to provide grade school edu- bia, where she will focus on raising their three Aroostook County Empowerment Zone. Pat also chairs the Northern Maine Empowerment cation to children on Rota. He is also directly young sons—Dalton, Evan and Cooper. Council and is a board member of the North- responsible for the beautification and mainte- Madam Speaker, I ask you and my col- ern Maine Development Commission and the nance of the San Pedro Cemetery on Rota, leagues to join me on congratulating Kara Leaders Encouraging Aroostook Development which some have referred as a mini Arlington Gormley for her contributions to the field of program. In addition, she is a member of the National Cemetery because of the care Pale broadcast journalism and to her dedication to Presque Isle Kiwanis Club and is on the Town Antonelli has given this ground. making her community a better place to live. of Chapman’s board of selectmen. While ministering to his flock, Monsignor She has enriched the lives of so many during Patricia Sutherland continues to leave last- Antonelli also has found time to breed and her years at WIS–TV, and I wish her all the ing marks on Maine. I am confident that she raise cattle and to experiment with a variety of best as she pursues other endeavors. will continue to find ways to express her pas- grasses to use as feed. He has a herd of sion for educational and economic develop- nearly 100 head of cattle on his small Rota f ment during this new and exciting chapter in ranch. Many would say that the Monsignor her life. On behalf of the people of Maine, it has bred the best cattle and maintains the OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL is with pride that I congratulate Representative best grazing lands on Rota. DEBT Sutherland for her excellent work. Monsignor Antonelli’s service and activities Madam Speaker, please join me in honoring have won wide recognition. Among the honors Representative Patricia B. Sutherland for her he has received during his service on Rota is HON. MIKE COFFMAN continued dedication to serving the people of recognition as the ‘‘Conservationist of the Maine. OF COLORADO Year’’ in 1990 by the Luta Soil and Water f Conservation District; and in 1996, Pope John IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRIBUTE TO MONSIGNOR LOUIS Paul II named him ‘‘Prelate of Honor’’, which Tuesday, June 22, 2010 ANTONELLI gave him the title of Monsignor. Monsignor Antonelli has been a priest for 61 Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Madam Speak- HON. GREGORIO KILILI CAMACHO years, 37 of which he ministered to the spir- er, today our national debt is itual health of the people of Rota, volunteered $13,040,053,515,762.18. SABLAN as a high school teacher and assisted farmers OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS and cattle ranchers. He has declared and af- On January 6th, 2009, the start of the 111th IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Congress, the national debt was firmed that Rota is his home for the rest of his Tuesday, June 22, 2010 $10,638,425,746,293.80. life and also where he wants to rest in peace. Mr. SABLAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today On behalf of the people of the Northern This means the national debt has increased to pay tribute to a man truly blessed by his Mariana Islands, I wish to express my grati- by $2,401,627,769,468.38 so far this Con- Creator: a man who is religious, honest, faith- tude to Monsignor Antonelli for all his excep- gress. ful, devoted, and obedient to his calling. The tional service and wish him good health and This debt and its interest payments we are man to whom I refer is the Reverend Mon- much happiness as he continues his ministry passing to our children and all future Ameri- signor Louis Antonelli, the pastor of San Isidro to our people: We look forward to his 92nd cans. Church on the island of Rota. birthday in September!

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By the teaching of Wednesday, June 16, 2010 Tuesday, June 22, 2010 our Basilian Fathers through goodness, dis- Mr. LEE of New York. Madam Speaker, I cipline and knowledge the entire Catholic Cen- Ms. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise ask that the House join me in recognizing tral family, including this alumnus, shares in today in support of H. Con. Res. 242, which Merton Williams Middle School of Hilton, NY, this unprecedented 6th Division 1 Champion- honors and praises the National Association for being recognized as one of the top middle ship brought home to Catholic Central during for the Advancement of Colored People, schools in the country. the 2009–2010 school year. NAACP, for its 101st year of service. H. Con. The National Forum to Accelerate Middle Madam Speaker, the 2010 Catholic Central Res. 242 is an important resolution that com- Grades Reform recently recognized Merton Shamrocks deserve to be recognized for their mends an organization that has worked tire- Williams Middle School as a School to Watch. dedication, achievement and spirit and I am lessly to make our Nation a better place for all Only 90 of the nation’s 21,000 public middle very proud of their determination and effort. I Americans. schools are honored each year, and only 17 of ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating New York’s 1,121 public middle schools are the Shamrocks for obtaining yet another title I would like to thank Chairman CONYERS for honored this year. as well as for their devotion to our community his leadership in bringing this bill to the floor. Until the establishment of Merton Williams and country. Live and die for CC High! I also thank the sponsor of this legislation, Middle School in 1964, middle school students f Congressman GREEN, for taking the time to in Hilton attended six different area schools. honor the NAACP and its crucial contributions Today, Merton Williams lives up to the motto TRIBUTE TO MAYOR ROBERT D. to our Nation’s social and moral progress. of the Hilton School District: ‘‘Maximizing the COBLE Mr. Speaker, the NAACP has played a vital Potential of the Individual Learner.’’ role in empowering our Nation’s African-Amer- The teachers and staff of Merton Williams HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN ican community and ensuring that all Ameri- are truly to be commended for their hard work OF SOUTH CAROLINA cans are equal before the law. As the oldest and service to their students. Credit is espe- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cially due to Principal Carol Stehm and Assist- and largest civil rights organization in the Tuesday, June 22, 2010 ant Principal Suzanne Goff for their excep- United States, the NAACP has always been tional leadership. But most importantly, I would Mr. CLYBURN. Madam Speaker, I rise dedicated to achieving their goals through like to congratulate the students of Merton Wil- today to pay tribute to a dear friend and out- non-violence. One of the most famous mo- liams. Through their hard work and devotion to standing public servant, the Honorrlble Robert ments in the history of the NAACP occurred in their schoolwork and their community, they D. Coble. Mayor Coble is retiring from public 1955, when an NAACP secretary refused to stood out as an exceptional group of young life after 25 years of service, the last two dec- give up her seat on a bus to a white man. adults. ades as Mayor of Columbia, South Carolina. This bold and empowering decision by Rosa I ask that this House once again join with He has served as a tireless advocate for the Parks started the Montgomery Bus Boycotts me in congratulating Merton Williams Middle city and its residents, and his tremendous and was a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights School for receiving this commendation and leadership will be missed. Movement. serving as an example to middle schools and Mayor Bob, as he is affectionately known, is junior high schools everywhere. a native of Chesterfield, South Carolina, but The NAACP was a driving force behind the came to live in the city he now leads as a f passage of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, child. He is a graduate of Dreher High School, 1960, and 1964, the Voting Rights Act of RECOGNIZING THE CENTRAL and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree from 1965, the Voting Rights Act Reauthorization CATHOLIC SHAMROCKS the University of South Carolina. At USC’s and Amendments Act of 2006, and the Fair School of Law, Mayor Bob distinguished him- Housing Act of 2006. On July 16, 2009, during HON. THADDEUS G. McCOTTER self as a member of the Order of the Wig and the NAACP’s centennial anniversary celebra- OF MICHIGAN Robe and graduated with a Juris Doctor cum tion in New York, members remembered IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES laude. progress made and reaffirmed their passion in Today he is a partner in the law firm of Tuesday, June 22, 2010 the ongoing fight for equality. The keynote Nexsen Pruet. He has dedicated his legal ca- speaker at the anniversary celebration was the Mr. MCCOTTER. Madam Speaker, today I reer to practicing in the areas of economic de- first black President of the United States, rise to acknowledge the Division 1 State velopment, health care, regulatory law and Barack H. Obama. Champion Golf team from my alma mater, De- governmental representation. This expertise is troit Catholic Central High School. On June a reflection of the issues he is passionate Mr. Speaker, it is entirely fitting that we 12, 2010 the Catholic Central Shamrocks about in his public service. honor and express our national gratitude for raised the MHSAA championship trophy after In 1985, Bob Coble won a seat on Richland the NAACP for 101 years of service, during besting defending champion Grand Rapids County Council where he served for 5 years which time it assisted millions of Americans Forest Hills Central by 14 strokes. before being elected Mayor of Columbia in and helped fight poverty, inequality, and social Under the tutelage of Coach Bill Hayes, the 1990. During his 20 years at the helm of the injustice. It is equally important that we ex- Shamrocks tied for second place in the Catho- city, Mayor Bob has focused on revitalizing press our full support for and solidarity with lic High School League and seemed to get downtown and the neighborhoods that sur- the NAACP as it continues in its second cen- stronger with every step toward the finals of round it. Today, the city that Mayor Coble tury of service and continues to address the state tourney. After securing a place in Di- manages is almost unrecognizable from the pressing national issues like political, edu- vision 1 District 7 on May 28, CC moved on one he inherited. The once gritty industrial cor- cational, social, economic, and racial inequal- to regionals on June 3, finishing behind top ridor, just blocks from the State Capitol, has ity. As one who has long been active in the ranked Birmingham Brother Rice and Hart- been transformed into a vibrant commercial thoroughfare known as the Vista. A riverfront Long Beach chapter of the NAACP, I can at- land. The 8th ranked Shamrocks took to the links that was once dominated by the state’s largest test to the critical role that this organization after round one with a slim 4-shot lead over correctional facility is now home to a park, continues to play in the communities across Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central and sum- new residential developments and two popular our country. marily set a new state final round record of museums. Former barrack-style public housing Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join 281. More impressive yet, CC set a new state developments have been razed and replaced me in supporting H. Con. Res. 242. tournament record of 569 besting the old with affordable housing that families are proud

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:50 Jun 23, 2010 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A22JN8.036 E22JNPT1 tjames on DSKG8SOYB1PROD with REMARKS E1168 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 22, 2010 to call home. These are just a few examples Personally, I will never forget being rocked South Carolina, the Council on Aging, the of the tremendous changes that have taken by images of the suffering and chaos after South Carolina Special Olympics and the place in Columbia under Mayor Bob leader- Hurricane Katrina and picking up the phone to Bethlehem Community Center. He is currently ship. ask Mayor Bob to help me bring survivors of a board member with the River Alliance, Inge- The name Mayor Bob exemplifies the affa- that disaster to Columbia. He didn’t hesitate, nuity, and the Central Carolina Economic De- ble way he approaches the office and the peo- and worked throughout the Labor Day week- velopment Alliance. ple he serves. No issue is too small and no end to set up a one-of-a-kind center to provide person is too insignificant for this humble pub- all the services evacuees would need. The Mayor Bob has received numerous awards lic servant. He has met Presidents and Popes, City of Columbia ultimately became the des- during his 25 years of public service including but has never lost the common touch. He tination for more than 2,000 New Orleans resi- the Chamber of Commerce’s Ambassador of treats everyone with respect and dignity no dents who had no place to call home, and the Year (2004), Central Midlands Council of matter their status in life. thanks to Mayor Bob they found a community Governments Regional Leadership Award His style of governing is one I can appre- that welcomed them with open arms. (2007), induction into Richland School District ciate—consensus-building. This style was born Outside of his work on the city’s behalf, One’s Hall of Fame (2007) and the Global Vi- in part because of his natural disposition, but Mayor Bob has also been personally com- sion Award from the World Affairs Council also because of his role as a who held no mitted to improving the community in which he (2008). more voting power than any other member of lives. He has served on numerous boards and He is married to the former Beth McLeod City Council. Despite this weak mayor form of commissions and volunteered countless hours and they are the proud parents of six children government, Mayor Bob was anything but of his time. He started the City of Columbia’s and two grandsons. They are members of weak. He led the way in setting the agenda for Lunch Buddy program and has been a lunch Trenholm Road United Methodist Church, the city and ensuring that his vision was car- buddy for 12 years. Mayor Bob and his wife, where he has taught Sunday school and was ried out. And his influence went beyond the Beth, founded the ‘‘First Ladies Walk for Life’’ a Boy Scout leader for a number of years. City of Columbia. to raise funds for breast cancer research. Mayor Bob was a vocal opponent of the He has served as the President of the Mu- Madam Speaker, I ask you and our col- Confederate flag flying over the State Capitol. nicipal Association of South Carolina and leagues to join me in thanking Bob Coble for He was also an integral player in the fight to Chairman of the Fighting Back Task Force for his tremendous record of public service. Even save Fort Jackson from closure during two Alcohol and Drug Abuse. He was instrumental though he is stepping aside to let a new lead- rounds of the base realignment process. I feel in creating the Central Midlands Regional er take over the helm in Columbia, the city will certain that it was because of his and other Transit Authority and has been the fundraising forever reflect the many positive contributions community leaders making such a strong case chairman of the United Negro College Fund. Mayor Bob has made. He is a true leader and for Fort Jackson that its mission grew as other Mayor Bob is also a former member of the ad- great example for anyone entering public serv- facilities were being closed. visory board for the Medical University of ice today to follow.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:50 Jun 23, 2010 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A22JN8.039 E22JNPT1 tjames on DSKG8SOYB1PROD with REMARKS Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Daily Digest Senate Donald L. Cook, of Washington, to be Deputy Chamber Action Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nu- Routine Proceedings, pages S5217–S5282 clear Security Administration. Measures Introduced: Six bills were introduced, as Judith Ann Stewart Stock, of Virginia, to be an follows: S. 3517–3522. Page S5268 Assistant Secretary of State (Educational and Cultural Affairs). Measures Reported: Patricia A. Hoffman, of Virginia, to be an Assist- S. 3104, to permanently authorize Radio Free ant Secretary of Energy (Electricity Delivery and En- Asia, with an amendment in the nature of a sub- ergy Reliability). stitute. (S. Rept. No. 111–214) Page S5268 Sharon E. Burke, of Maryland, to be Director of Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the fol- Operational Energy Plans and Programs. lowing nominations: David T. Matsuda, of the District of Columbia, to Sherry Glied, of New York, to be an Assistant be Administrator of the Maritime Administration. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Ari Ne’eman, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Brian Hayes, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of National Council on Disability for a term expiring the National Labor Relations Board for the term of September 17, 2012. five years expiring December 16, 2012. Marie Collins Johns, of the District of Columbia, Mark Gaston Pearce, of New York, to be a Mem- to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business ber of the National Labor Relations Board for the Administration. term of five years expiring August 27, 2013. Daniel J. Becker, of Utah, to be a Member of the Jim R. Esquea, of New York, to be an Assistant Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute for Secretary of Health and Human Services. a term expiring September 17, 2010. Benjamin B. Tucker, of New York, to be Deputy James R. Hannah, of Arkansas, to be a Member Director for State, Local, and Tribal Affairs, Office of the Board of Directors of the State Justice Insti- of National Drug Control Policy. tute for a term expiring September 17, 2010. Gayle A. Nachtigal, of Oregon, to be a Member Mark R. Rosekind, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the State Justice Insti- of the National Transportation Safety Board for a tute for a term expiring September 17, 2012. term expiring December 31, 2014. John B. Nalbandian, of Kentucky, to be a Mem- John H. Laub, of the District of Columbia, to be ber of the Board of Directors of the State Justice In- Director of the National Institute of Justice. stitute for a term expiring September 17, 2010. James P. Lynch, of the District of Columbia, to Michael F. Tillman, of California, to be a Member be Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics. of the Marine Mammal Commission for a term ex- Carolyn Hessler Radelet, of the District of Colum- piring May 13, 2011. bia, to be Deputy Director of the Peace Corps. Daryl J. Boness, of Maine, to be a Member of the Anthony R. Coscia, of New Jersey, to be a Direc- Marine Mammal Commission for a term expiring tor of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of May 13, 2010. five years. Earl F. Weener, of Oregon, to be a Member of the Albert DiClemente, of Delaware, to be a Director National Transportation Safety Board for the remain- of the Amtrak Board of Directors for the remainder der of the term expiring December 31, 2010. of the term expiring July 26, 2011. Jeffrey R. Moreland, of Texas, to be a Director of Arthur Allen Elkins, Jr., of Maryland, to be In- the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five spector General, Environmental Protection Agency. years. Elizabeth L. Littlefield, of the District of Colum- Robert Wedgeworth, of Illinois, to be a Member bia, to be President of the Overseas Private Invest- of the National Museum and Library Services Board ment Corporation. for a term expiring December 6, 2013. D706

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Week, by a 2⁄3 yea-and-nay vote of 388 yeas with Chamber Action none voting ‘‘nay,’’ Roll No. 376; Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 11 pub- Pages H4640–43, H4651–52 lic bills, H.R. 5564–5574; and 10 resolutions, H. Recognizing the historical significance of Res. 1457–1466, were introduced. Pages H4676–77 Juneteenth Independence Day: H. Res. 546, to rec- Additional Cosponsors: Pages H4677–78 ognize the historical significance of Juneteenth Inde- Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows: pendence Day, and to express the sense of the House of Representatives that history should be regarded as H.R. 4805, to amend the Toxic Substances Con- a means for understanding the past and more effec- trol Act to reduce the emissions of formaldehyde tively facing the challenges of the future, by a 2⁄3 from composite wood products, with an amendment yea-and-nay vote of 390 yeas with none voting (H. Rept. 111–509, Pt. 1). Page H4676 ‘‘nay,’’ Roll No. 377; and Pages H4643–45, H4652 Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she Supporting the goals and ideals of High-Per- appointed Representative Cuellar to act as Speaker formance Building Week: H. Res. 1407, to support pro tempore for today. Page H4639 the goals and ideals of High-Performance Building Recess: The House recessed at 12:32 p.m. and re- Week, by a 2⁄3 yea-and-nay vote of 371 yeas to 20 convened at 2 p.m. Page H4639 nays, Roll No. 378. Pages H4647–49, H4652–53 Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Recess: The House recessed at 2:58 p.m. and recon- Chaplain, Reverend Lane Bemebenek, Joy Lutheran vened at 6 p.m. Page H4651 Church, Moore, South Carolina. Page H4639 Suspensions—Proceedings Postponed: The House Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules debated the following measures under suspension of and agree to the following measures: the rules. Further proceedings were postponed: Supporting National Men’s Health Week: H. Recognizing the significance of National Carib- Con. Res. 288, to support National Men’s Health bean-American Heritage Month: H. Res. 1369, to recognize the significance of National Caribbean- American Heritage Month and Pages H4645–47

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Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following: New System of Motor Carrier Oversight, 10 a.m., 2167 H.R. 5503, Securing Protections for the Injured from Rayburn. Limitations on Liability Act; a motion to authorize Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Over- issuance of subpoenas to BP America for documents re- sight and Investigations, hearing on Emergency Prepared- garding its claims process relating to the Gulf oil spill; ness: Evaluating the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ H. Res. 1455, Directing the Attorney General to trans- Fourth Mission, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon. mit to the House of Representatives copies of certain Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee communications relating to certain recommendations re- on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, executive, briefing garding administration appointments; H.R. 5281, Re- on Cybersecurity, 2 p.m., 304 HVC. moval Clarification Act of 2010; a measure Prohibiting Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Interstate Commerce in Crush Videos Act of 2010; H.R. Analysis and Counterintelligence, executive, briefing, Hot 1020, Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009; and H.R. 1237, Spots, 1 p.m., 304 HVC. Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2009, Joint Meetings 10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn. Committee on Natural Resources, hearing on H.R. 5479, Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Homeland Security Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act of 2010, and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Federal Fi- 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth. nancial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold joint hearings Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Sub- with the House Oversight and Government Reform Sub- committee on Domestic Policy, hearing entitled ‘‘Treat- committee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the ing Addiction as a Disease: The Promise of Medication District of Columbia to examine customer and employee Assisted Recovery,’’ 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn. views on the future of the United States Postal Service, Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on 2:30 p.m., SD–G50. Energy and Environment, hearing on Deepwater Drilling Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 4173, to pro- Technology, Research and Development, 10 a.m., 2318 mote the financial stability of the United States by im- Rayburn. proving accountability and transparency in the financial Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Sub- system, to end ‘‘too big to fail’’, to protect the American committee on Highways and Transit, hearing on Com- taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from prehensive Safety Analysis 2010: Understanding FMCSA’s abusive financial services practices, 1 p.m., SD–106.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE United States; (3) S. 2865—Congressional Award Pro- 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 23 gram Reauthorization Act; (4) H. Con. Res. 285—Sup- porting the goals and ideals of designating 2010 as the Year of the Father; (5) H. Res. 1034—Expressing support Senate Chamber for designation of July 2010 as ‘‘Braille Literacy Month’’; (6) H. Res. 1373—Expressing support for ‘‘National Program for Wednesday: After the transaction of any Physical Education and Sport Week’’; (7) H.R. 795— morning business (not to extend beyond one hour), Senate Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social expects to resume consideration of the House Message to Work Reinvestment Act; (8) H.R. 3993—Calling Card accompany H.R. 4213, American Jobs and Closing Tax Consumer Protection Act; (9) H. Res. 1359—Calling for Loopholes Act, with roll call votes expected to occur the immediate and unconditional release of Israeli soldier throughout the day. Gilad Shalit held captive by Hamas; (10) H. Res. ll—Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the conclu- Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sion of the United States-Japan Treaty of Mutual Co- operation and Security and expressing appreciation to the 10 a.m., Wednesday, June 23 Government of Japan and the Japanese people for enhancing peace, prosperity, and security in the Asia-Pacific region; (11) H. Res. ll—Expressing the sense of the House Chamber House of Representatives on the one-year anniversary of Program for Wednesday: Consideration of the following the Government of Iran’s manipulation of Iranian elec- suspensions: (1) H.R. 5551—To require the Secretary of tions, on the Government of Iran’s continued denial of the Treasury to make a certification when making pur- human rights and democracy to the people of Iran, and chases under the Small Business Lending Fund Program; on the Government of Iran’s continued pursuit of a nu- (2) H. Res. 1434—Recognizing National Homeowner- clear weapons capability; and (12) H. Res. 1350—Recog- ship Month and the importance of homeownership in the nizing June 20, 2010, as World Refugee Day.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Garrett, Scott, N.J., E1153 McCarthy, Carolyn, N.Y., E1154, E1158, Richardson, Laura, Calif., E1167 Giffords, Gabrielle, Ariz., E1156, E1163 E1160 Rogers, Mike, Ala., E1157, E1163 Andrews, Robert E., N.J., E1157 Granger, Kay, Tex., E1154 McCotter, Thaddeus G., Mich., E1165, Roybal-Allard, Lucille, Calif., E1162 Bilbray, Brian P., Calif., E1160 Grayson, Alan, Fla., E1156 E1167 Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho, Boozman, John, Ark., E1155 Harper, Gregg, Miss., E1163 McDermott, Jim, Wash., E1163 Northern Mariana Islands, E1166 Brown-Waite, Ginny, Fla., E1153 Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E1158 Michaud, Michael H., Me., E1166 Schwartz, Allyson Y., Pa., E1158 Burgess, Michael C., Tex., E1161 Higgins, Brian, N.Y., E1161 Moore, Dennis, Kans., E1154, E1157, Skelton, Ike, Mo., E1165 Carnahan, Russ, Mo., E1155, E1164 Johnson, Eddie Bernice, Tex., E1156 E1164 Waxman, Henry A., Calif., E1159 Clyburn, James E., S.C., E1165, E1167 Kline, John, Minn., E1155 Nunes, Devin, Calif., E1165 Wittman, Robert J., Va., E1159 Coffman, Mike, Colo., E1166 Kucinich, Dennis J., Ohio, E1154, E1155, Oberstar, James L., Minn., E1161 Wu, David, Ore., E1158 Cohen, Steve, Tenn., E1164 E1155, E1156, E1158 Olson, Pete, Tex., E1158, E1160 Dingell, John D., Mich., E1153 Lee, Christopher John, N.Y., E1167 Petri, Thomas E., Wisc., E1160 Fattah, Chaka, Pa., E1162 Lucas, Frank D., Okla., E1159 Platts, Todd Russell, Pa., E1157

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