E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 115 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION

Vol. 164 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2018 No. 18 House of Representatives The House met at 4 p.m. and was Mr. ADERHOLT led the Pledge of Al- OFFICE OF THE CLERK, called to order by the Speaker pro tem- legiance as follows: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, DC, January 24, 2018. pore (Mr. THOMAS J. ROONEY of Flor- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Hon. PAUL D. RYAN, ida). United States of America, and to the Repub- The Speaker, House of Representatives, lic for which it stands, one nation under God, f Washington, DC. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the per- DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER f mission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of PRO TEMPORE the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- PROVIDING FOR A JOINT SESSION tives, the Clerk received the following mes- sage from the Secretary of the Senate on fore the House the following commu- OF CONGRESS TO RECEIVE A nication from the Speaker: January 24, 2018, at 1:27 p.m.: MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT That the Senate passed S. 1395. WASHINGTON, DC, Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Speaker, I send That the Senate passed S. 2152. January 25, 2018. to the desk a privileged concurrent res- With best wishes, I am, I hereby appoint the Honorable THOMAS J. Sincerely, olution and ask for its immediate con- ROONEY to act as Speaker pro tempore on KAREN L. HAAS. this day. sideration. f PAUL D. RYAN, The Clerk read the concurrent reso- Speaker of the House of Representatives. lution, as follows: APPOINTMENTS TO f H. CON. RES. 101 CONGRESSIONAL AWARD BOARD Resolved by the House of Representatives (the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The PRAYER Senate concurring), That the two Houses of Chair announces the Speaker’s ap- The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick Congress assemble in the Hall of the House pointment, pursuant to section 803(a) J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: of Representatives on Tuesday, January 30, of the Congressional Recognition for Dear God, we give You thanks for 2018, at 9 p.m., for the purpose of receiving Excellence in Arts Education Act (2 such communication as the President of the giving us another day. USC 803(a)), and the order of the House We ask Your special blessing upon United States shall be pleased to make to them. of January 3, 2017, of the following the Members of this people’s House. Member on the part of the House to the The concurrent resolution was agreed In these days of a constituent work- Congressional Award Board: to. week, give wisdom to all the Members, Mr. HUDSON of North Carolina A motion to reconsider was laid on that they might execute their respon- And, in addition: the table. sibilities to the benefit of all Ameri- Mr. Steve Hart, Washington, D.C. cans. f Ms. Kimberly Norman, Dallas, Texas Bless them, O God, and be with them Mr. Michael Pitts, Jr., Kenosha, Wis- and with us all this day and every day ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER consin to come. May all that is done be for PRO TEMPORE Mr. Marc Baer, Savage, Minnesota Your greater honor and glory. Mr. Jason Van Pelt, Washington, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Amen. D.C. ant to clause 4 of rule I, the following f enrolled bill was signed by the Speaker f THE JOURNAL on Monday, January 22, 2018: SENATE BILLS REFERRED H.R. 195, making further continuing appro- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Bills of the Senate of the following priations for the fiscal year ending Sep- titles were taken from the Speaker’s ant to section 2(a) of House Resolution tember 30, 2018, and for other purposes. 694, the Journal of the last day’s pro- table and, under the rule, referred as ceedings is approved. f follows: S. 1395. An act to revise the boundaries of f COMMUNICATION FROM THE certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Re- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE CLERK OF THE HOUSE sources System units in Delaware; to the Committee on Natural Resources. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- S. 2152. An act to amend title 18, United gentleman from Alabama (Mr. ADER- fore the House the following commu- States Code, to provide for assistance for vic- HOLT) come forward and lead the House nication from the Clerk of the House of tims of child pornography, and for other pur- in the Pledge of Allegiance. Representatives: poses; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:08 Jan 26, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A25JA7.000 H25JAPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with HOUSE H628 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 25, 2018 ENROLLED BILL SIGNED partment of Defense, transmitting the FY ance Corporation, transmitting the Corpora- 2018 Operational Energy Budget Certification tion’s final rule — Rules of Practice and Pro- Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House, Report, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2926(c)(4); Pub- cedure (RIN: 3064-AE71) received January 18, reported and found truly enrolled a bill lic Law 113-291, div. A, title IX, Sec. 901(g)(1); 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public of the House of the following title, (128 Stat. 3465); to the Committee on Armed Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the which was thereupon signed by the Services. Committee on the Judiciary. Speaker on Monday, January 22, 2018: 3819. A letter from the Chief Counsel, 3831. A communication from the President FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, H.R. 195. An act making further continuing of the United States, transmitting docu- transmitting the Department’s final rule — appropriations for the fiscal year ending ments to the Congress that describe the safe- Suspension of Community Eligibility; New September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. guard actions proclaimed on imports of large York: Montgomery County, City of Amster- residential washers and certain crystalline f dam; [Docket ID: FEMA-2017-0002; Internal silicon photovoltaic cells (whether or not BILL PRESENTED TO THE Agency Docket No.: FEMA-8513] received partially or fully assembled into other prod- PRESIDENT January 18, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ucts), pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2253(b); Public 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House, Law 93-618, Sec. 203(b); (88 Stat. 2015); to the Stat. 868); to the Committee on Financial Committee on Ways and Means and ordered reported that on January 22, 2018, she Services. to be printed. presented to the President of the 3820. A letter from the Chief Counsel, United States, for his approval, the fol- FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, f lowing bill: transmitting the Department’s final rule — Suspension of Community Eligibility; Beau- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON H.R. 195. Making further continuing appro- regard Parish, Unincorporated Areas; [Dock- PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS priations for the fiscal year ending Sep- et ID: FEMA-2017-0002; Internal Agency Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of tember 30, 2018, and for other purposes. Docket No.: FEMA-8511] received January 18, f 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public committees were delivered to the Clerk ADJOURNMENT Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the for printing and reference to the proper Committee on Financial Services. calendar, as follows: The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- 3821. A letter from the Secretary, Bureau Mr. HENSARLING: Committee on Finan- ant to section 2(b) of House Resolution of Industry and Security, Department of cial Services. H.R. 3978. A bill to amend the 694, the House stands adjourned until Commerce, transmitting the Annual Report Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of noon on Monday, January 29, 2018, for for Fiscal Year 2017 from the Department’s 1974 to modify requirements related to mort- morning-hour debate and 2 p.m. for leg- Bureau of Industry and Security, pursuant to gage disclosures, and for other purposes 50 U.S.C. app. 2413(a); Public Law 96-72, Sec. islative business. (Rept. 115–524). Referred to the Committee of 14(a); (93 Stat. 532); to the Committee on For- the Whole House on the state of the Union. Thereupon (at 4 o’clock and 4 min- eign Affairs. utes p.m.), under its previous order, the Mr. HENSARLING: Committee on Finan- 3822. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, cial Services. H.R. 4546. A bill to amend the House adjourned until Monday, Janu- Legislative Affairs, Department of State, Securities Act of 1933 to specify when a na- ary 29, 2018, at noon for morning-hour transmitting Transmittal No. DDTC 17-097, tionally traded security is exempt from debate. pursuant to the reporting requirements of State regulation of security offerings (Rept. Section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control f 115–525). Referred to the Committee of the Act; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. RULES AND REPORTS SUBMITTED 3823. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. BISHOP of Utah: Committee on Nat- Legislative Affairs, Department of State, PURSUANT TO THE CONGRES- ural Resources. H.R. 4266. A bill to clarify transmitting Transmittal No. DDTC 17-083, SIONAL REVIEW ACT the boundary of Acadia National Park, and pursuant to the reporting requirements of for other purposes; with an amendment Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(d), executive Section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control (Rept. 115–526). Referred to the Committee of communications [final rules] sub- Act; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. mitted to the House pursuant to 5 3824. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, the Whole House on the state of the Union. Legislative Affairs, Department of State, Mr. BISHOP of Utah: Committee on Nat- U.S.C. 801(a)(1) during the period of ural Resources. H.R. 4264. A bill to direct the September 14, 2017, through January 3, transmitting Transmittal No. DDTC 17-086, pursuant to the reporting requirements of Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 2018, shall be treated as though re- Section 36(d) of the Arms Export Control Bureau of Land Management land in Cache ceived on January 25, 2018. Original Act; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. County, Utah, to the City of Hyde Park for dates of transmittal, numberings, and 3825. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, public purposes (Rept. 115–527). Referred to referrals to committee of those execu- Legislative Affairs, Department of State, the Committee of the Whole House on the tive communications remain as indi- transmitting Transmittal No. DDTC 17-090, state of the Union. cated in the Executive Communication pursuant to the reporting requirements of f Section 36(d) of the Arms Export Control section of the relevant CONGRESSIONAL Act; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS RECORD. 3826. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, f Legislative Affairs, Department of State, Under clause 2 of rule XII, public EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, transmitting Transmittal No. DDTC 17-091, bills and resolutions of the following pursuant to the reporting requirements of ETC. titles were introduced and severally re- Section 36(d) of the Arms Export Control ferred, as follows: Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive Act; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 3827. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, By Ms. GRANGER: communications were taken from the H.R. 4877. A bill Making appropriations for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, Speaker’s table and referred as follows: the Department of Defense for the fiscal year transmitting Transmittal No. DDTC 17-099, ending September 30, 2018, and for other pur- 3816. A letter from the Acting Adminis- pursuant to the reporting requirements of poses; to the Committee on Appropriations, trator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Spe- Section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control and in addition to the Committee on the cialty Crops Program, Department of Agri- Act; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. culture, transmitting the Department’s in- 3828. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Budget, for a period to be subsequently de- terim rule — Oranges, Grapefruit, Tan- Legislative Affairs, Department of State, termined by the Speaker, in each case for gerines, and Pummelos Grown in Florida and transmitting Transmittal No. DDTC 17-101, consideration of such provisions as fall with- Imported Grapefruit; Change in Size Re- pursuant to the reporting requirements of in the jurisdiction of the committee con- quirements for Grapefruit [Doc. No.: AMS- Section 36(d) of the Arms Export Control cerned. SC-17-0063; SC17-905-1 IR] received January Act; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. CUMMINGS (for himself and 17, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 3829. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Mr. YOUNG of Alaska): Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to and Standards Branch, Bureau of Safety and H.R. 4878. A bill to establish the Federal the Committee on Agriculture. Environmental Enforcement, Department of Labor-Management Partnership Council, and 3817. A letter from the Acting Adminis- the Interior, transmitting the Department’s for other purposes; to the Committee on trator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Spe- final rule — Oil and Gas and Sulfur Oper- Oversight and Government Reform. cialty Crops Program, Department of Agri- ations on the Outer Continental Shelf —— By Mr. KING of Iowa (for himself, Mr. culture, transmitting the Department’s affir- Civil Penalty Inflation Adjustment [Docket PETERSON, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. MAR- mation of interim rule — Walnuts Grown in ID: BSEE-2018-0001; 189E1700D2 SHALL, and Mr. PITTENGER): California; Decreased Assessment Rate [Doc. ET1SF0000.PSB000 EEE500000] (RIN: 1014- H.R. 4879. A bill to prevent States and local No.: AMS-SC-17-0035; SC17-984-1 FIR] re- AA36) received January 18, 2018, pursuant to jurisdictions from interfering with the pro- ceived January 17, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. duction and distribution of agricultural 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on the products in interstate or foreign commerce, Stat. 868); to the Committee on Agriculture. Judiciary. and for other purposes; to the Committee on 3818. A letter from the Under Secretary, 3830. A letter from the Director, Office of Agriculture, and in addition to the Com- Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, De- Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insur- mittee on the Judiciary, for a period to be

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:04 Apr 18, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD18\JANUARY\H25JA8.REC H25JA8 January 25, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H629 subsequently determined by the Speaker, in granted to Congress in the Constitu- ADDITIONAL SPONSORS each case for consideration of such provi- tion to enact the accompanying bill or Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the joint resolution. committee concerned. were added to public bills and resolu- By Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER: By Ms. GRANGER: tions, as follows: H.R. 4880. A bill to revise the boundaries of H.R. 4877. H.R. 354: Mr. NORMAN. certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Re- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 592: Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, sources System units in Delaware; to the lation pursuant to the following: Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, and Mr. Committee on Natural Resources. The principal constitutional authority for DEUTCH. By Mr. LATTA (for himself and Mr. this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of ar- H.R. 644: Mr. BURGESS. LOEBSACK): ticle I of the Constitution of the United H.R. 719: Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. SAM JOHNSON H.R. 4881. A bill to require the Federal States (the appropriation power), which of Texas, Mr. FERGUSON, and Mr. GOODLATTE. Communications Commission to establish a states: ‘‘No Money shall be drawn from the H.R. 807: Mr. CAPUANO and Mr. THOMAS J. task force for meeting the connectivity and Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropria- ROONEY of Florida. technology needs of precision agriculture in tions made by Law. . . .’’ In addition, clause H.R. 820: Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. the United States; to the Committee on En- 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution CUELLAR, and Mr. RUIZ. ergy and Commerce. (the spending power) provides: ‘‘The Con- H.R. 850: Mr. CURTIS, Mr. NEWHOUSE, and By Mr. PAULSEN (for himself and Mr. gress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Mr. CRAWFORD. KIND): Debts and provide for the common Defence H.R. 858: Ms. SLAUGHTER. H.R. 4882. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- and general Welfare of the United H.R. 936: Mr. DEUTCH. enue Code of 1986 to treat amounts paid for States. . . .’’ Together, these specific con- H.R. 972: Mr. CONNOLLY. H.R. 1155: Ms. BORDALLO and Mr. SEAN PAT- private umbilical cord blood or umbilical stitutional provisions establish the congres- RICK MALONEY of New York. cord tissue, or placental blood or placental sional power of the purse, granting Congress H.R. 1322: Mr. SUOZZI. tissue, banking services as medical care ex- the authority to appropriate funds, to deter- H.R. 1406: Mr. RYAN of Ohio. penses; to the Committee on Ways and mine their purpose, amount, and period of H.R. 1458: Mr. NADLER. availability, and to set forth terms and con- Means. H.R. 1494: Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. ditions governing their use. By Mr. POLIS: H.R. 1536: Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Ms. By Mr. CUMMINGS: H.R. 4883. A bill to provide for the designa- BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, and H.R. 4878. tion of certain wilderness areas, recreation Ms. PINGREE. management areas, and conservation areas Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1554: Ms. SHEA-PORTER. in the State of Colorado, and for other pur- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1575: Ms. SHEA-PORTER. poses; to the Committee on Natural Re- Article I, Section 8. H.R. 1626: Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. sources. By Mr. KING of Iowa H.R. 1789: Mr. CORREA. By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself H.R. 4879. H.R. 1815: Mr. CAPUANO. and Mr. SCHNEIDER): Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1861: Ms. BARRAGA´ N, Mr. SAM JOHNSON H.R. 4884. A bill to deter foreign inter- lation pursuant to the following: of Texas, and Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. ference in United States elections, and for Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United H.R. 1902: Mr. GOMEZ. other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign States Consitution. H.R. 1928: Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. Affairs, and in addition to the Committees By Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER: CUMMINGS, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, on Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Ju- H.R. 4880. Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, and Mr. SUOZZI. diciary, and Financial Services, for a period Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1953: Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. to be subsequently determined by the Speak- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1972: Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, er, in each case for consideration of such pro- Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 visions as fall within the jurisdiction of the Mr. GAETZ, and Mrs. WALORSKI. The Congress shall have Power * * * To committee concerned. H.R. 1987: Mr. HECK. make all Laws which shall be necessary and By Mr. TAKANO (for himself, Mr. GON- H.R. 2147: Mr. CRIST. proper for carrying into Execution the fore- H.R. 2162: Mr. CRAWFORD. ZALEZ of Texas, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, going Powers, and all other Powers vested by H.R. 2166: Mr. PEARCE. Ms. NORTON, Ms. BASS, Ms. JACKSON this Constitution in the Government of the H.R. 2268: Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire. LEE, and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN): United States, or in any Department or Offi- H.R. 2392: Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. H.R. 4885. A bill to require the Federal In- cer thereof. ESPAILLAT, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. MCGOVERN, and surance Office of the Department of the By Mr. LATTA: Mr. COHEN. Treasury to conduct a study to identify dis- H.R. 4881. H.R. 2397: Mr. GARRETT. parities between communities in auto insur- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2401: Ms. MATSUI. ance costs and payout amounts based on the lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2451: Mr. POLIS. predominant racial makeup of such commu- Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: Congress H.R. 2472: Mr. LAMBORN. nities, and for other purposes; to the Com- H.R. 2520: Mr. DUFFY. mittee on Financial Services. shall have the Power . . . ‘‘to regulate Com- merce with foreign Nations, and among the H.R. 2652: Ms. SHEA-PORTER. By Mr. ADERHOLT: H.R. 2687: Mrs. LAWRENCE. several States, and with the Indian tribes.’’ H. Con. Res. 101. Concurrent resolution H.R. 2740: Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. CAPUANO, By Mr. PAULSEN: providing for a joint session of Congress to Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. H.R. 4882. receive a message from the President; con- BRAT, Mr. FORTENBERRY, and Mr. CLYBURN. sidered and agreed to. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2952: Mr. RYAN of Ohio. By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for him- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2999: Mr. KILDEE. self, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. LEWIS of Article I, Section 8 H.R. 3199: Mr. YARMUTH. Georgia, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. To make all Laws which shall be necessary H.R. 3380: Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. PAYNE, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. SERRANO, and proper for carrying into Execution the H.R. 3549: Ms. SHEA-PORTER. Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vest- H.R. 3637: Mr. GARAMENDI. RUSH, Ms. LEE, Ms. CLARKE of New ed by this Constitution in the Government of H.R. 3671: Mr. SUOZZI. York, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. the United States, or in any Department or H.R. 3894: Mr. BEYER. H.R. 3956: Mr. BIGGS. MOORE, Ms. BASS, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Officer thereof. H.R. 3981: Mr. MCNERNEY and Ms. SCHA- Georgia, Mr. ESPAILLAT, and Ms. By Mr. POLIS: KOWSKY. JACKSON LEE): H.R. 4883. H.R. 4082: Ms. JACKSON LEE. H. Res. 713. A resolution supporting the Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 4099: Mr. BACON, Ms. LEE, Mr. GRI- goals and ideals of the designation of Janu- lation pursuant to the following: JALVA, Mr. RUSH, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, ary 1, 2015, to December 31, 2024, as the Article I, Section 8 and Mr. HASTINGS. ‘‘International Decade for People of African By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN: H.R. 4143: Mr. MACARTHUR. Descent’’; to the Committee on Foreign Af- H.R. 4884. H.R. 4229: Mr. NEWHOUSE. fairs. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 4231: Mr. ROKITA and Mr. JOHNSON of lation pursuant to the following: f Louisiana. Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of H.R. 4256: Mr. CARTER of Georgia and Mr. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY the United States MOULTON. STATEMENT By Mr. TAKANO: H.R. 4271: Mr. SCHIFF. H.R. 4885. H.R. 4276: Mr. HECK, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. NOR- Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of Congress has the power to enact this legis- TON, and Mr. BLUMENAUER. the Rules of the House of Representa- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4312: Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. tives, the following statements are sub- Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the Con- MEADOWS, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. PEARCE, mitted regarding the specific powers stitution of the United States. and Mr. KING of New York.

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H.R. 4316: Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. BILIRAKIS, and H. Res. 704: Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. New York. Mr. POSEY. H. Res. 707: Ms. MENG, Mr. MARINO, and Mr. H.R. 4370: Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. H.R. 4852: Mr. POSEY. SHERMAN. H.R. 4392: Mr. BACON. H.R. 4855: Mr. ESPAILLAT. H.R. 4413: Mr. KING of New York. H.R. 4875: Mr. BROWN of Maryland and Ms. f H.R. 4461: Mr. GRIFFITH. BONAMICI. H.R. 4525: Mr. CRIST. H.J. Res. 61: Mr. WALDEN. CONGRESSIONAL EARMARKS, LIM- H.R. 4547: Mr. ZELDIN and Mr. HECK. H. Res. 58: Mr. CONNOLLY. ITED TAX BENEFITS, OR LIM- H.R. 4671: Mr. PANETTA. H. Res. 128: Mr. REICHERT. ITED TARIFF BENEFITS H.R. 4680: Ms. HANABUSA, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. H. Res. 142: Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. NORTON, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SCHA- H. Res. 199: Mr. CICILLINE. Under clause 9 of rule XXI, lists or KOWSKY, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mr. H. Res. 245: Mr. WITTMAN. statements on congressional earmarks, AL GREEN of Texas, and Mr. SABLAN. H. Res. 570: Mr. ZELDIN. limited tax benefits, or limited tariff H.R. 4691: Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania. H. Res. 671: Mr. RENACCI and Mr. BACON. benefits were submitted as follows: H.R. 4693: Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania. H. Res. 683: Mr. MCNERNEY and Mr. BISHOP H.R. 4776: Ms. JAYAPAL. of Michigan. OFFERED BY MS. GRANGER H.R. 4780: Mr. HULTGREN. H. Res. 692: Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. LUETKE- H.R. 4877, making appropriations for the H.R. 4810: Mr. BUCSHON. MEYER, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Ms. NORTON, Department of Defense for fiscal year 2018, H.R. 4830: Mr. KHANNA. Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. MOONEY of West Vir- and for other purposes, does not contain any H.R. 4840: Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Ms. ginia, and Mr. RYAN of Ohio. congressional earmark, limited tax benefits, CASTOR of Florida, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. ROSS, Mr. H. Res. 697: Mr. SHERMAN and Mrs. NAPOLI- or limited tariff benefits as defined in clause THOMAS J. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. HASTINGS, TANO. 9 of rule XXI.

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Vol. 164 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2018 No. 18 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was through February 8. But that bill these matters. A bipartisan, bicameral called to order by the President pro didn’t only end the shutdown, it also group, including Senators CORNYN and tempore (Mr. HATCH). extended the State Children’s Health DURBIN, is hard at work on immigra- f Insurance Program for 6 years. That is tion. We will also hear from the White long-term security for millions of vul- House on Monday, and I look forward PRAYER nerable children and peace of mind for to the framework they will present. The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- their families. And the bill delayed I am optimistic these ongoing nego- fered the following prayer: three onerous taxes that ObamaCare tiations will lead to results; nonethe- Let us pray. would otherwise have imposed on the less, I came to the floor on Sunday Eternal Lord God, the Giver of every American people. night and again on Monday to restate a good and perfect gift, thank You for Yesterday, I filed cloture on com- possibility I had previously discussed this fresh opportunity to do Your will monsense legislation to protect unborn with Members with diverse views on on Earth. children who can feel pain. There are immigration policy. I restated that if Guide our lawmakers. Give them con- only seven countries left that still per- the February 8 deadline for the current sciences void of offense toward You and mit elective abortion after 20 weeks, funding bill passes and a long-term humanity and honesty of conduct. May including us, unfortunately, China, and agreement still eludes us, as long as they bring You their daily challenges, North Korea. On issues of human dig- the government remains open, the Sen- casting their cares on You. Lord, help nity, this is not the company we ought ate will proceed to a variety of prior- them to draw more fully from Your in- to keep. I look forward to voting to ad- ities on the subject of immigration, in- exhaustible resources, claiming Your vance this bill next week. cluding border security, the DACA promise to provide for all their needs. We also made important headway in issue, and other aspects of immigration Use them to bring peace, justice, and another vital area—the personnel busi- policy. prosperity to our Nation. ness. We confirmed three of President The bill I choose to introduce for de- And Lord, bless the members of the Trump’s highly qualified nominees for bate will have an amendment process illustrious fall 2017 page class as they important posts. We have a new Chair- that will ensure a level playing field at prepare to leave us. man of the Federal Reserve, Mr. Pow- the outset. The amendment process We pray in Your loving Name. Amen. ell. We have a new Secretary of Health will be fair to all sides, allowing Mem- f and Human Services, Mr. Azar. And we bers to offer their own legislation for PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE have a new Ambassador at Large for consideration and votes. While I obvi- International Religious Freedom, our ously cannot guarantee any outcomes, The President pro tempore led the former colleague Sam Brownback. Here let alone supermajority support, I can Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: in the Senate, Mr. Brownback cham- ensure the process is fair to all sides. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the pioned legislation to combat human I am glad that my restating this sim- United States of America, and to the Repub- trafficking and work to facilitate co- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, ple position helped my Democratic col- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. operation on issues facing vulnerable leagues to persuade their leader to children. As the voices of religious mi- abandon his filibuster and permit the f norities are being suppressed around government to reopen. The American RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY the world, I am glad they will have people are waiting for us to act as soon LEADER Ambassador Brownback to speak up for as possible, so I hope that hard work The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. them. and honest discussions will yield agree- YOUNG). The majority leader is recog- Of course, a great deal of work lies ments before February 8. nized. ahead of us. In the near future, we need f f to make bipartisan progress on areas such as immigration and border secu- WORK OF THE SENATE rity, disaster relief, healthcare, and se- TAX REFORM Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, this curing adequate funding for our Armed Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, on week, the Senate has moved past a par- Forces. It is my strong preference that another matter, on Tuesday, President tisan paralysis and checked off several Senators reach bipartisan agreements Trump will deliver his first State of important items for the American peo- on these issues in advance of the Feb- the Union Address. He will have good ple. ruary 8 deadline. Fortunately, with the news to deliver on a variety of fronts. On Monday, we passed the bipartisan government shutdown behind us, seri- I am particularly looking forward to measure that funds the government ous discussions have resumed on all his remarks on our economy.

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:48 Jan 25, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A25JA6.000 S25JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE S508 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 25, 2018 Consumer confidence is up. Unem- ness for event equipment. He recently tion reform, there is no end to what ployment is down. Markets are break- explained that ‘‘the relief that will be each party says could be on the table. ing records. From small businesses to provided by the new tax bill gives com- Republicans want vast curtailment of our largest job creators, pay raises, bo- panies like mine the capital to pur- legal immigration. Democrats want to nuses, and plans for new investments chase new inventory . . . as well as discuss a pathway to citizenship for 11 are all in season. hire additional employees.’’ million. That is a recipe for delay when Of course, the engine of American Summing it up, American enterprise we can’t afford one. Some on the other prosperity is the American people, but is thriving. Tax reform helped make it side are insisting on expanding this be- smart policy can help by getting the happen. yond the DACA and border security government out of their way. f issues. That will just delay. That will Last December, Republicans in the just make sure that things don’t work. House and the Senate joined the Presi- RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME My Republican colleagues, particu- dent to deliver once-in-a-generation The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under larly the leader and his more moderate tax reform. Every day, more evidence the previous order, the leadership time Members, should feel the pressure to piles up that tax reform is already is reserved. get this done, or else this administra- working for the American people. The tion will start separating families, tak- f headlines are full of major employers ing kids out of school, servicemembers announcing pay raises and bonuses for CONCLUSION OF MORNING out of our military, and workers out of workers, as well as new investments. BUSINESS our companies. They will rip them For example, Brown-Forman—a glob- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning from the American fabric in which al spirits company headquartered in business is closed. they are embedded. What a tragedy my hometown of Louisville that em- that would be. ploys more than 1,000 Kentuckians—an- f So the clock is ticking on Dreamers, nounced yesterday that tax reform will EXECUTIVE SESSION and we don’t have time for extraneous help the company to start a new chari- issues that some on the right or the table foundation for community invest- left might want to add that have noth- ment and commit $120 million to fund EXECUTIVE CALENDAR ing to do with DACA or border secu- employee pensions. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under rity. The clock is also ticking for pen- Soon, thanks to tax reform, a Main the previous order, the Senate will pro- sioners, for victims of opioid addiction Street small business owner will fi- ceed to executive session and resume seeking treatment, and for our vet- nally be able to realize her dream to consideration of the following nomina- erans seeking quality healthcare. We expand into the vacant shop next door. tion, which the clerk will report. have other issues: rural infrastructure, Of course, that will mean hiring more The senior assistant legislative clerk childcare, things that Democrats want help. read the nomination of R.D. James, of to get done in this deal. We have to get Soon, thanks to tax reform, a father- Missouri, to be an Assistant Secretary a budget deal and a DACA deal that and-son manufacturing plant will be of the Army. can get 60 votes—13 days before Dream- able to afford the new equipment they Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I ers get a lot closer to deportation; 13 have been eyeing and give their work- suggest the absence of a quorum. days to help our economy, our commu- ers new skills in the process. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The nities, and the middle class, who have Stories like these may not make clerk will call the roll. been waiting for over a year for this waves here in Washington, but believe The senior assistant legislative clerk Congress to do something for them, in- me, they will be front-page news in proceeded to call the roll. stead of just helping business interests. communities all across our country. Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask FBI From coast to coast, Americans’ lives unanimous consent that the order for Mr. President, now I want to focus on will improve as Main Street businesses the quorum call be rescinded. one more thing that really should dis- operate for the first time under a 21st- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without turb every American, and it certainly century tax code. objection, it is so ordered. disturbs me—recent events concerning This is not just a tax law for the big the Federal Bureau of Investigation. RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER guys. Now even the smallest businesses For decades, the FBI has been our will be able to take a significant deduc- The Democratic leader is recognized. Nation’s premier law enforcement tion on their business income, giving DACA AND OTHER ISSUES BEFORE THE SENATE agency, admired from one end of the them more money to buy new equip- Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, there country to the other. TV shows and ment, hire new employees, or provide are now only 13 days remaining before movies all talked about how good the health coverage for their team. the continuing resolution expires on FBI was. We know because we trust So much focus has been on bonuses, February 8. In that short amount of them with protecting our country pay raises, and 401(k) matches, and for time, we must seek a budget deal, an against many-faced threats: drug traf- good reason. But we should not forget agreement on healthcare legislation, ficking, terrorism, white-collar crime. all of the jobs that will be created and a bipartisan bill to protect the In 2016, the FBI—not politically, but when businesses decide to invest more Dreamers and provide for border secu- just in the way it works to keep being because they can immediately deduct rity. All these items are important. All vigilant to protect us in our security— their capital expenditures. I am al- of them are urgent, and we are working was tasked with another mission of ready hearing from small business own- hard to get them all done. great importance—investigating Rus- ers this law was designed to help. On the issue of immigration, the bi- sia’s interference in our elections. Before tax reform, one franchise res- partisan group of moderate Senators As that investigation progressed, it taurant owner in Kentucky wrote me should continue trying to find a con- found that members of the Trump cam- to say that ‘‘the current high tax rate sensus. I think that is an excellent paign had concerning associations with that I pay as a pass-through entity re- idea. The White House, unfortunately, the Russians in the lead-up to the elec- duces the amount of earnings I can re- has proven unreliable and wildly unpre- tion. That was pure law enforcement. invest into my business, employees, dictable. Within the course of hours, That wasn’t some political direction. and community.’’ She went on to say, they say different things. Every time Now that that investigation led by ‘‘I am very encouraged that tax reform the President moves forward on one Special Counsel Mueller has resulted in is under way in Congress and hope that thing, his staff pulls him back and two guilty pleas and two more indict- it can be accomplished in a timely undoes what he said. The action should ments of Trump campaign officials, manner.’’ Well, Republican majorities be here in the Senate to find a narrow there seems to be a fervor on the other in Congress and the President did just deal on DACA and border security. side to discredit what the special coun- that. Now, as we have found time and sel’s investigation has already re- In Nicholasville, KY, another con- again, when we open up the negotia- vealed. That should give serious pause stituent of mine operates a rental busi- tions to discussions of broad immigra- to Democrats, Republicans, and all

VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:48 Jan 25, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G25JA6.002 S25JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE January 25, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S509 Americans. A foreign power, probably up on casual texts sent between FBI What the FBI is investigating right the one that is most in our face, Rus- agents to peddle the nonsense that now is about shielding our democracy sia, is interfering in our elections. I there is a ‘‘secret society’’ at the De- from the disinformation campaigns of don’t care if it is Democratic elections, partment of Justice, without a shred of foreign adversaries. Russia wants noth- Republican elections, national elec- evidence. I saw one of those—the Sen- ing more than to undermine our de- tions, or local elections. When a for- ator who was propagating this, this mocracy by eroding people’s faith in its eign power interferes in our elections, morning on television. It looked crazy. institutions, for without resilient that gnaws at the wellspring of our de- It looked delusional. It looked para- democratic institutions, there can be mocracy. All of us should be giving the noid. What began as an attempt to dis- no democracy. FBI space and encouragement to finish credit the investigator has now de- Make no mistake about it. Today their investigation without delay or in- volved into delusional, self-serving par- Russia may be doing the same thing terference. anoia. that a lot of our Republican colleagues Instead, ever since Special Counsel The Republican Party, which used to are. Tomorrow they may be attacking Mueller was appointed, too many Re- hold itself up as a law and order party, our Republican colleagues. The Rus- publicans and too many in the right- seems intent on destroying the credi- sians have no interests other than wing media have been desperate to dis- bility of our premier law and order hurting America. So the Republican at- tract the Nation from his investiga- agency and the hard-working men and tacks on the credibility of the FBI and tion. women who serve there—all to assist a the Department of Justice are playing First they waged an aggressive and President who cares and knows very right into Putin’s hands. They con- coordinated—I would say shameful—at- little about the boundaries of rule of stitute an attack on democracy itself. tack on the integrity of the special law. There has to be a line. There has to counsel. I was in the gym this morning. Imagine, the FBI, which for decades be a line where the interests of your I spoke to one of my senior Republican the Republican Party upheld—I re- political party stop, because to go any colleagues, who said he knew Mueller, member lots of political debates here— further would be to diminish our coun- and he knew what a fine man he was. now they are discrediting them with try. I say that to my colleagues here He is a model public servant. He spent virtually no basis in fact. Guess who and in the House who have participated decades earning the trust and rev- has joined the Republican campaign to in this besmirching unfairly, erence of both parties. He was known attack the FBI. The Republican cam- paranoically, self-interestedly of the as somebody who was a registered Re- paign to attack the FBI has been FBI. Peddling delusions of secret soci- publican through my years in Wash- joined by the same forces that inter- eties, ‘‘deep state’’ leaks, and coup fered in the 2016 election—Wikileaks, ington. He wasn’t regarded as a par- d’etats cross the line of what anyone of Julian Assange, and Russia. tisan figure, somebody who would have any party should do. It has to stop. Just a few years ago, those things vendettas, political or otherwise—no. I yield the floor. were attacked by our Republican It got so out of hand—I couldn’t believe The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- friends, particularly the hard right. ator from Wyoming. this—that a Republican Congressman Now they are joining them, wittingly TAX REFORM suggested Special Counsel Mueller’s in- or unwittingly. Can you imagine the Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, we vestigation was a ‘‘coup,’’ on the floor outrage on the right if President have finally ended this government of the House. That Congressman ought Obama’s message was being spread by shutdown that was produced and di- to go back and read his Constitution Wikileaks, Julian Assange, or Kremlin rected by the Democrats in the Senate. and read his history books. The rule of sources? law is not a coup. I would say to that Within hours of GOP lawmakers and The reason Democrats decided to Republican Member of Congress: No FOX News calling for the release of the take this extreme step and shut down person, not even the President, is Nunes memo, Russian-linked bots the government was because of the nar- above the law. began pushing the narrative using the row issue of illegal immigration. They The political smear campaign has hashtag ‘‘releasethememo’’—Russian shut down services for citizens of the now bled into a spiraling and delu- bots, hashtag ‘‘releasethememo.’’ Just United States to provide services for sional attack on the FBI itself. The Re- a few hours after some of our Repub- people who are not citizens of the publican majority on the House Intel- lican friends started this push, use of United States, and the Democrats have ligence Committee has, according to the hashtag spiked and was used 100 admitted it was all about this issue of Representative SCHIFF, manufactured a times more than any other hashtag by illegal immigration. secret memo of partisan talking points, Kremlin-linked accounts. There may have been another reason, full of innuendo and glaring omissions, We are witnessing an effort by the as well, that Democrats wanted to shut intended to suggest widespread corrup- Russian Government to intervene and down the government, and that was so tion at the Department of Justice and influence our democratic processes in they could change the subject being de- the FBI. They are very, very serious al- real time. Every single American bated by people, talked about by legations, if they had any truth to should be concerned by this, particu- friends, noticed by Americans, and them or backing. Adding to the impro- larly when their elected officials are making the headlines. That subject, of priety, some of those same Republicans willing to work—wittingly or unwit- course, is the competence and opti- are now trying to release this slan- tingly—alongside Russia to manipulate mism in the American economy—by derous memo—and that is what it is, a our opinion. Some of our Republican workers, by people who are paying slanderous memo—to the public. colleagues—sadly, unfortunately, taxes, by people who realize how the Since this investigation has started, wittingly or unwittingly—are acting as Republican tax relief legislation is our Nation has had to endure con- allies of Russia’s disinformation cam- going to help improve their lives per- spiracy after conspiracy from Repub- paign. Can you imagine? Can you imag- sonally. lican Congressmen and Senators and, ine? It is hard to make this stuff up. It I think the success of the Republican of course, from the rightwing press, seems like we make this stuff up, but it tax relief bill scares a lot of Demo- which acts in total cahoots. There are is real—hard-right Republicans and the crats. It scares them because every one conspiracies about ‘‘deep state’’ leaks Russians trying to discredit our pre- of them voted against it. They didn’t and unmasking requests, phone taps at mier law enforcement agency. think it was a good idea to let people Trump Tower, Uranium One, who paid This country erected institutions keep more of their hard-earned money. for the so-called Steele dossier, and like the FBI and the Department of The Democrats thought it was a better today it is this memo. On and on and Justice to defend the vital interests of idea for possibly the government to on, they are conspiracy theories with the Nation without deference to polit- keep that money and use it and spend virtually no fact—paranoia, delusion. ical parties. Much like the Federal ju- it in ways many people—certainly in Why? Are they afraid of the truth of diciary, they act as an essential check Wyoming—feel is not a good use of that the Mueller investigation? It seems so. on political power—whosever power it money. Families know how to get more Meanwhile, Republican Members of is—a defense against creeping value out of their dollars than the gov- this body, I am ashamed to say, picked authoritarianism. ernment ever will. Democrats voted

VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:48 Jan 25, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G25JA6.003 S25JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE S510 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 25, 2018 against it—the tax cuts that would ac- back from overseas to the United law and instead see reports about the tually create jobs all across the coun- States. It is good for America. It is Democrats shutting down the govern- try, and we have seen that job creation what an America first economy looks ment. occurring. They voted against the tax like. It gets rid of this crazy Tax Code It is interesting. There has been so relief that is going to allow money to that we had, giving other countries an much economic activity after this be brought back to America so invest- advantage—not anymore. changed that other countries are begin- ments are made in America. The second thing this tax relief law ning to become nervous. Other coun- It was so interesting to listen to has done is actually cut taxes. When tries used to know they had the upper NANCY PELOSI—the former Speaker of American businesses had to pay this hand over the United States when it the House and now the minority leader second tax, the rates were very high— came to investments in the economy, in the House—refer to what we were one of the highest in the world. It was and they figured the United States doing in the Senate and in the House as adding insult to injury. Other coun- would never get its act together Armageddon. She said it was the end of tries have actually been cutting taxes enough to change the tax laws to make the world. That is what she said. for years—not the United States, not us the competitive, thriving economy The American people, hard-working on our own companies in the United we know we can be. These countries people, don’t believe that at all. They States. Here at home, we had one of knew the U.S. tax law was working in believe it is good for them personally. the highest and most punitive taxes in their favor—not anymore. It turns out that people who work at the world. There wasn’t a major coun- Countries like China, the United more than 200 companies in this coun- try in the world where businesses paid Kingdom, and Japan are considering try have already gotten a raise or some as high a tax as we did in the United changing their own taxes in response kind of a cash benefit or additional States. Washington was taxing compa- to what we have done. We are leading contribution to their retirement be- nies about 35 percent if they tried to the way. They are trying to play catch- cause of the tax law. That is why all bring home some of the profits from up with their economy. In Australia, as those companies said they did it. Over overseas. Because of the tax law we a matter of fact, they expect the loss of 2 million people have obtained this passed and President Trump has significant amounts of economic activ- benefit of the tax relief law, and more signed, this rate has now dropped to 21 ity and growth to the United States be- are going to benefit in the years ahead. percent—from 35 percent to 21 percent. cause of the new tax law. Other coun- Millions of Americans are going to Now our tax rates are actually below tries are running scared because Presi- start seeing more take-home pay in the average of other countries around dent Trump and Republicans in Con- their paychecks next month. That is the world. That puts American busi- gress are doing exactly what we prom- because of this tax relief law the Demo- nesses at a significantly stronger posi- ised the American people we would do. crats—every one of them—opposed. We tion to compete around the world. It We are keeping our promises. We are are seeing it not just with American puts us at a competitive advantage. We putting American workers first. Tax families; we are seeing it with invest- got rid of the double taxation system— relief is working. It is helping hard- ments coming in from abroad. Republicans did—when we passed this working American families. It is cre- This law has totally changed how we law, and we cut tax rates significantly ating economic growth. It is giving tax the money companies earn that sell as well. America the competitive edge we de- things to people overseas. This chart When you put these two things to- serve because of the work we do, and goes through it. It used to be that when gether—cutting the rates, making it we haven’t had it in a long period of U.S. companies made money some- easier to bring money back to the time. where else; they paid taxes there. If United States, eliminating this double Democrats said it would never hap- they wanted to bring it back home, taxation—it is a big help to American pen, during the debate, on the tax law. they had to pay taxes again, a double workers, to the men and women who First, they did everything they could taxation. Very few countries do that, work in America, as well as the busi- to make sure we wouldn’t get it but the United States was one of nesses that employ those people. Busi- passed—slowed it down, voted against them—double taxation. Businesses nesses are much more likely now to in- it, talked against it. They were wrong, then had to make a decision, had to vest in America, put their money back and now they know they were wrong. make a choice. It could bring money home, in American workers, in the They have seen the money come back. back home, pay taxes a second time, or American economy. We are seeing it They have seen the growth in the econ- keep the money overseas, invest it already. omy. They have seen the number of there, and not have to pay that second The tech company Apple recently an- jobs created. They have seen the tax. A lot of companies, looking at the nounced it is increasing investments in growth in wages. They are seeing peo- tax laws the United States had on the U.S. operations. They said their total ple keeping more of their hard-earned books previously, decided it was too contribution to the American economy dollars. They see people happier. They much of a penalty to bring that money over the next 5 years will be $350 bil- see a level of confidence and optimism back home and invest it in the Amer- lion. They are planning to bring home that wasn’t there in a previous admin- ican economy. There was something as much as $250 billion in money that istration. like $2.8 trillion in American business right now is parked overseas. They are The Democrats seem to be trying to that American businesses had been talking about employing 20,000 more change the subject by putting up a holding in other countries. workers, hiring 20,000 more people. smokescreen—shutting down the gov- We actually had a tax code that They have been letting that money sit ernment to avoid and try to deflect worked to the advantage of foreign overseas because of this system that from the success the Republicans have countries, not to the advantage of the locked the money out. Now, with the allowed the American people to recog- United States. It was locking money new tax law, it is going to be much nize in themselves because the tax laws out, keeping it overseas, keeping it easier to bring this money home and have changed, and the American people from helping American workers at invest it in America. will benefit from it for years to come. home. That is a very backward way to It is not just Apple. We are seeing it It is time for the Democrats to give look at how the Tax Code should work. with Fiat Chrysler, with Boeing, with up the games, come to the table, join We changed the law when Republicans AT&T, and with others. They are in- Republicans, and do what we know we voted to change the tax law, give tax- creasing investment in the United need to do, which is put the American payers relief. Now the money gets States and in the workers at home, and workers first. It is time for the Demo- taxed once, not twice. It changed the it is all because of the tax law the Re- crats to join the Republicans and work system in America the way most coun- publicans voted for, and every one of on behalf of all the American people tries around the world do it. That the Democrats voted against. It is no who have sent all of us here in the first means businesses no longer have this surprise that Democrats may have place, and we are seeing it now with warped incentive to keep their money wanted to shut down the government the tax law and the tax relief and the out of the United States. It makes it to knock off the front page of the paper tax cuts that are benefiting people all much easier for that money to come the headlines of the success of the tax across this country.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:48 Jan 25, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G25JA6.005 S25JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE January 25, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S511 I yield the floor. Speaking of verbal mistakes, you proposition and will, certainly, lead to I suggest the absence of a quorum. cannot conduct high stakes diplomacy America alone. The Muslim ban, hast- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The through the use of Twitter. We should ily handed down not 1 week into his ad- clerk will call the roll. never normalize such conduct by a ministration, was the early defining The senior assistant legislative clerk President of the United States. Sec- moment of President Trump’s tenure— proceeded to call the roll. retary of State Rex Tillerson conceded the clearest sign yet he would actively Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I ask last week that he, essentially, learns work to denigrate our values and iso- unanimous consent that the order for about the President’s foreign policy late us from the rest of the world. the quorum call be rescinded. statements—or even of his positions— President Trump’s rhetoric has made The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. SUL- because his staff at Foggy Bottom a multifaceted conflict with China LIVAN). Without objection, it is so or- prints off the President’s tweets for more likely at a time when we need to dered. him. That should give everyone a mo- work with the Chinese on stronger dip- FOREIGN POLICY ment for pause. lomatic ties between our nations to im- Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I come Besides the nuclear crisis with North prove regional stability in East Asia. to the floor to reflect on the troubling Korea, nowhere have the President’s The President’s decision to withdraw foreign policy 1 year into President statements been more damaging than the United States from the Paris cli- Donald Trump’s administration. in the tenuous relationship between mate agreement—an accord that every A recent poll out from Gallup showed Washington and Moscow. Frankly, the nation on Earth is a member of and a dramatic reduction in global public President’s words and actions send a which the majority of the President’s opinion toward the United States. Con- clear signal to Mr. Putin that he can senior advisers recommended against— fidence in the United States by the continue to attack democratic institu- is a gross abdication of American lead- global community has plummeted to 30 tions and values with impunity. Each ership and a narrow-minded rejection percent under President Trump. A low time Mr. Putin denies to Mr. Trump of basic science and fact. public opinion of our great country, that the Kremlin was involved in at- I and other Members of this body are among other nations, is not a good tempting to influence the 2016 elec- engaged in an attempt to prevent the thing, and it is not something to cele- tion—a bald-faced lie—the American President from withdrawing without brate. In fact, it makes the world less President races to say that he believes reason from another major inter- safe for America and Americans. It him. Never before in history has such a national agreement—the Joint Com- limits our economic opportunities, and clear threat to our national security prehensive Plan of Action, otherwise it undermines our ability to promote been so clearly ignored by a President known as the Iran nuclear deal. The our values of portraying President Rea- of the United States. President has jeopardized the agree- gan’s vision of a city on a hill. In just Last week, I released a report ment by not certifying Iran’s compli- 1 year, the Trump administration has through the Senate Foreign Relations ance and without his producing any betrayed America’s values, abandoned Committee that documented Mr. evidence that Iran is in violation of the our allies, and appeased our enemies. Putin’s pattern of 20 years of attacks agreement. He has now made a number America’s alliances, for example, against democratic institutions in Eu- of aggressive demands of Congress and with the United Nations and the North rope. In order to best understand what of our European allies, once again dem- Atlantic Treaty Organization keep our he did here in the United States in onstrating that he is no negotiator. country safe and prosperous while they 2016—a matter still under investiga- America first, supposedly, but as also build a more secure world, but tion—as well as to protect ourselves in communities in Maryland and across President Trump has repeatedly ques- 2018, 2020, and beyond, we need to un- the country struggle with a nationwide tioned the worthiness of both organiza- derstand the big picture and respond epidemic of opioids, heroin, and tions and has attacked leading mem- accordingly. We will never be fully pro- fentanyl overdoses, President Trump’s bers of each body—almost always key tected or have a robust enough re- budget has proposed a 27-percent reduc- American allies. sponse with the President’s repeated tion in America’s global counter- These concerns were made much public appeasement of Mr. Putin. narcotics efforts, which will directly worse when, early in the administra- We have seen again this week how weaken our ability to work with inter- tion, Secretary Tillerson said that that has been playing out in a matter national partners to stem the illegal America’s interests would no longer be that is being debated in Congress. The flow of drugs that are entering our dictated by our values. It was almost Russian Government continues to country. unfathomable to hear the Nation’s top interfere in our political debates here The President sought to slash $1 bil- diplomat speak in such a narrow, my- in the United States. There are reports lion from America’s global efforts to opic way. Also, the games the adminis- that Russian internet bots and trolls fight HIV/AIDS in Africa, Asia, and tration has played with the mission are working to support Congressman elsewhere. Thanks to bipartisan Amer- statements of the State Department NUNES’s efforts to produce and release ican leadership, we have made enor- and the U.S. Agency for International a Republican staff report on the inves- mous strides against this disease. We Development have been clear attempts tigation into Russia’s interference in should not turn back from that to depart from the values that define our 2016 elections. We know that Rus- progress. This kind of fear, insecurity, who we are—support for democracy, sian bots and trolls are vigorously pro- and even xenophobia are damaging our human rights, transparency, and good moting these attacks and corroding reputation abroad and corroding our governance. our political institutions and norms of core identity as Americans here at President Trump has praised behavior, seeking to paralyze our gov- home. strongmen leaders in Russia, China, ernment and undermine our democ- The President has doubled down on Turkey, Egypt, and the Philippines racy. This sort of behavior carries a the disastrous wall rhetoric and con- even as they imprison, torture, or kill possible grave risk to our democratic tinues to belittle Mexico, one of our their own citizens. If support for world system and our very way of life. closest friends and partners in the leaders who lack almost all of our val- I am not surprised to find that Rus- world. Even the White House Chief of ues is not bad enough, President sian services are attacking us, as a re- Staff’s attempt to clean up the Presi- Trump’s attacks on some of America’s cent report that we released made it dent’s wall position ended embarrass- closest friends have undermined the clear that it was part of their strategy, ingly for him. credibility of America’s word and but I do hope that all of us—Democrats President Trump’s campaign to un- America’s commitment to its values. and Republicans—will stand up for our dermine American values resulted in Launching verbal broadsides against democratic institutions and speak out slashing refugee resettlement into the the United Kingdom, Australia, and against Russia’s interference in our po- United States, while asking other South Korea—the latter during the on- litical system. countries to do more. His policies dam- going standoff with North Korea—are The President refers to his foreign age our moral leadership, condone deeply regrettable and completely policy strategy as ‘‘America first.’’ other countries’ rejection of refugees counterproductive. ‘‘America first’’ is a risky and chaotic on their borders, and strengthen the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:48 Jan 25, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G25JA6.006 S25JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE S512 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 25, 2018 hand of those who wish to do us harm percent to the State Department and tional security decisions that are re- through recruitment and USAID budgets, attempting to dis- quired to keep this country safe and radicalization. U.S. leadership on this embowel critical national security maintain our global leadership. issue is key to our counterterrorism tools. Secretary Tillerson has main- The role of Congress in shaping and strategy. tained an unexplained hiring freeze at advancing U.S. foreign policy has never President Ronald Reagan admitted the Department and Agency. Dip- been more important, and I will con- 140,000 refugees in just 1 year of his lomats are leaving the government in tinue to advance legislation, conduct Presidency. By contrast, at a time of large numbers, and his attempt to reor- oversight, and speak out about these extraordinary international need—far ganize the Department many view as a important issues in the name of the greater than when President Reagan solution in search of a problem. The American people and the values and was in office—President Trump capped President has little interest in how di- norms that define us and our place in refugee resettlement at 45,000 this fis- plomacy advances our interests, pro- this complicated world. I am proud cal year. Since he announced that pol- motes our values, and makes us safer that there are many Members on both icy, refugee admissions in this country and more prosperous. sides of the aisle who share these con- have fallen to a level unseen in modern To make matters worse, the Presi- cerns, and we will work together for history. At the current rate, the United dent and his family continue to con- America’s national security interests. States may grant entry to fewer than duct themselves in a manner that pro- With that, Mr. President, I suggest 20,000 refugees—the lowest number motes their business interests, making the absence of a quorum. since the program was established in our foreign policy more difficult. In his The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 1980. The President’s stealth attack on dealings with China alone, the writing clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the refugee resettlement is a war on a pro- is on the wall. Candidate Trump said that on day one of his Presidency, he roll. gram that has embodied America’s Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, I would declare China a currency manip- compassion and global leadership. ask unanimous consent that the order Much attention has been drawn to ulator. American businesses are still for the quorum call be rescinded. the despicable uncertainty that Presi- waiting. Did he sacrifice the American The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. dent Trump has injected into the lives worker in order to appease the Chinese FISCHER). Without objection, it is so of hundreds of thousands of Dreamers, banker who paid him rent at Trump ordered. preparing to deport young people who Tower? Or perhaps it was so he could SENATE PRIORITIES secure those long sought after business are essentially American citizens to Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, now countries they have never known. But trademarks with China—38 in all. that the government is up and running The American people should not lose equally as troubling is the President’s again, we need to look ahead at what sight of the fact that the President has denial of temporary protected status, our legislative priorities should be. I refused to divest himself from the or TPS, for hundreds of thousands of can’t speak for everybody, but I can Trump Organization, ignoring decades people from Haiti and El Salvador. speak for myself. My priorities are of ethical norms and precedent. The Many more from Honduras and Syria threefold. sit in the President’s crosshairs. These President of the United States is en- First, we need to expedite disaster re- people have lived in our country, some- gaged in foreign policy while maintain- lief. In December, the House passed an times for decades, contribute to our ing unprecedented business interests in $81 billion disaster relief bill designed economy, and many have American cit- about 20 countries. Today, the Presi- to address the natural disasters caused izen children. Sending them back to dent has a financial stake in real es- by Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Harvey, their home nations at this time—coun- tate projects in India, Indonesia, the as well as the wildfires out West. That tries that are already destabilized to Philippines, and elsewhere—develop- has been sitting in the Senate since De- various degrees—will exacerbate local ments that require approval and inter- cember. We need to act and act with and regional problems. vention from governments, financing dispatch. I am proud of the legislation I have from banks, and cooperation from local Everybody remembers Hurricane written with Senators FEINSTEIN and partners. He continues to earn royal- Harvey—we certainly do in Texas— VAN HOLLEN that is supported by nu- ties from properties located through- which pummeled us last August. It was merous colleagues to create a legal out the world, from Panama to the last August; this is February. Most of pathway to residency for TPS recipi- United Arab Emirates. the media attention in the months ents who only seek a better life for Reaping a financial profit while serv- since has focused on the city of Hous- themselves and their families, enrich- ing as President begs the question of ton, which quite literally was torn ing our country and all that it stands whether he is working in his own best apart. This was the most intense rain for in the process. interest or the Nation’s best interest— event in American history—more than The U.S. military is the finest in the exactly why the Constitution’s emolu- 50 inches of rain fell in 5 days. world, but increasingly, President ments clause exists and of which I be- Other areas beyond Houston fared Trump wants our men and women in lieve he is in violation. President worse—I am thinking of cities like uniform to do what should be the re- Trump could easily rectify this by cut- Rockport and Port Author on the sponsibility of our diplomatic and de- ting his financial ties and leaving no Texas coast. I am thinking of cities velopment corps—our forces for peace. doubt that his first and foremost pri- like Victoria and Beaumont. More than And it is not just a slow and steady ority is serving the Nation’s interests. 28,000 square miles were flooded. Crops transfer of responsibilities from Foggy In closing, let me say that American rotted, livestock died, and almost 6 Bottom to the Pentagon; President foreign policy led by our values, sup- months later people are still piecing Trump has failed to fill critical na- port for our allies, and a desire to together their lives. tional security jobs and is gutting our make the world a better place, keeps us In addition to Hurricane Harvey, as I development and diplomatic institu- safe at home and advances our coun- said, there was Hurricane Irma and tions. try’s prosperity and security. President Hurricane Maria, and there were the It infuriates me when the President Trump has not put the strategies in wildfires that burned across California or his team dares to accuse the Senate place to deal with the complicated na- that later resulted in mudslides after of failing to do its constitutional re- tional security crises facing our coun- the rains fell. I know the Federal Gov- sponsibilities regarding nominations. try. Instead, he has made international ernment is not the only entity charged Of 163 Senate-confirmed positions security challenges more difficult to with ensuring help gets to these places, across the State Department and solve, including the crisis with Iran, but it certainly has an important part USAID, the administration does not the nuclear weapons dilemma with to play. have nominees for 72 of those jobs—just North Korea, and the Kremlin activi- This morning, I attended the U.S. under 50 percent—1 year into office of ties sowing discord in our country and Conference of Mayors and saw a num- this administration. throughout the world. President ber of my mayors from Texas who were The administration has proposed an Trump has been unwilling to engage in part of the success or at least the man- illogical and ideological cut of over 30 the delicate diplomacy and tough na- agement of this natural disaster in

VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:48 Jan 25, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G25JA6.008 S25JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE January 25, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S513 Texas. They have done their part. The statement about the first piece of that That is one reason I am very inter- State has done its part. It is time for puzzle last night. We are expecting to ested in taking the lessons we learned the Federal Government to step up, hear more from the White House on in Texas and other States on prison re- and it is time for the Senate to pass how they expect Congress to respond form and offering a better, more en- this supplemental bill that was passed and what the President would find ac- lightened, and sensible path to reentry by the House in December. ceptable here in the next few days. for people who made mistakes and The second priority I have, person- This bill can’t become law without ended up in our jails and prisons. Not ally, is lifting the spending caps that the President’s signature. So the Presi- everybody is going to take advantage impair our national defense, particu- dent’s views are not irrelevant, but we of it. In my visits in Texas prisons, I larly our men and women in uniform. are the ones who have the primary re- know illiteracy is rampant. Some peo- In my remarks yesterday, I said this is sponsibility to resolve these com- ple have drug or alcohol problems that a problem set in motion by the Budget plicated issues. Getting 60 votes is not need to be addressed. Some people just Control Act of 2011. While well-inten- the only thing we are aiming for. Cer- need to learn basic job skills if we ex- tioned—for a while it did hold down tainly, that is the hurdle we have in pect for them to succeed once they get discretionary spending and reduced our the Senate, but it would be a futile act out of prison. We have used various in- deficits and our debt—its implementa- if the President wouldn’t sign it or if it centives for low-risk offenders in Texas tion has not stemmed our national wouldn’t pass the House of Representa- to provide them opportunities to ad- debt, but it has tied the hands of our tives. So we have our work cut out for dress each of those concerns, and it has military. This is an important lesson. us, and I know the American people been quite successful. Not only have It is not defense spending, it is not tax will not support it unless it is a serious fewer people recommitted crimes and cuts, it is not discretionary spending; and well-thought-out proposal. The ended up back in prison, but our com- it is the mandatory spending in our en- blowback will be strong, and we will munities have become safer as a result, titlement programs which continue to face a harsh reprisal if we don’t take and taxpayers have had to build fewer run up deficits and debt and which into account the opinions and the prisons in the process. threaten us and our financial future, to views of our constituents back home, I have been working in the Senate on be sure. which I intend to do. a bipartisan way with my colleague In the meantime, our military faces Beyond these short-term actions, from Rhode Island, Senator WHITE- readiness challenges across the globe. which we need to move on as soon as HOUSE, and my colleague from Utah, We simply must listen to people like possible, there are other priorities I Senator LEE. I know this issue has got- Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. We would like to mention as well. Infra- ten some real traction thanks to Presi- should lift the caps, end sequester so structure is something everybody likes dent Trump and the roundtable he our military no longer suffers and so to talk about, until you ask the ques- hosted at the White House earlier this our national security is on safer tion: How are we going to pay for it? month. ground. Recently, I introduced a bipartisan More than 11 million people go to jail The third on my immediate to-do list bill with Senator WARNER from Vir- each year in the United States, and is working with a bipartisan group of ginia that would expand an infrastruc- there are currently 2.3 million people legislators as well as President Trump ture financing authority already in use under confinement. This is a matter of on the issue of the DACA recipients. As by many States and local governments great public concern, but to me the No. everybody who has been paying much across the United States. This legisla- 1 concern is public safety. If we can attention in recent days knows, this is tion is called the BUILD Act, which keep the public safer, if we can save a group of about 690,000 young adults would raise the caps on a specific cat- taxpayer dollars, and if we can help who came into the country as children egory of what are known as private ac- people who are willing to accept the because their parents brought them in tivity bonds, giving additional access opportunity to turn their lives around illegally, in noncompliance with our to tax-exempt bond authority for the and become productive members of our immigration laws. purpose of constructing highway society, it seems to me that we ought In the United States, we don’t hold projects. to be doing that. children responsible for the mistakes I was with a number of Texas mayors I look forward to hearing more—per- of their parents, nor should we punish earlier this morning, and they told me haps even from the President during these young adults who have now they see that as a positive develop- the State of the Union Address on grown up because their parents broke ment, something they can use in their Tuesday night, if he chooses to men- our immigration laws. We know they cities. They appreciate that during the tion his interest in that topic, which I face an uncertain future, and much of tax reform debate we maintained the know he is interested in. the responsibility for our porous bor- tax-exempt status of municipal bonds Finally, we have to keep filling our ders should be borne by Congress—not used for those kinds of purposes. judicial vacancies. Last year, we were only the present Congress, but past In the near future, I intend to intro- able to put two Texans on the Fifth Congresses—for basically turning our duce a few other legislative initiatives Circuit Court of Appeals, but more dis- heads the other way while people con- to help rehabilitate our Nation’s infra- trict judges have come through the tinued to immigrate illegally into the structure. I come from a State that is pipeline this year. One of the judges we United States. growing because we are creating so confirmed earlier this month is David We are going to need to improve our many jobs, and that is putting a strain Counts from Midland, TX. He will be infrastructure, personnel, and tech- on our existing infrastructure. So for serving in the Western District of nology to make sure we don’t experi- the interest of public safety and the en- Texas. Just this week, the President ence that sort of rush of illegal immi- vironment, as well as our economy, we announced his intention to nominate gration in the future, which is why need to repair and build out our infra- another judge for the Western District some of our Democratic colleagues like structure. I know the White House has of Texas, Alan Albright, as well as Cam to say that we need to protect DACA some plans in this area as well, and we Barker, Jeremy Kernodle, and Michael recipients, which we are willing to do. look forward to hearing more about Truncale for the Eastern District of But we want to make sure there is not them and working with the administra- Texas. a repetition of this in 3 years or 5 years tion when it comes to infrastructure. We are a big State. So we have a lot hence. So there are important meas- Thinking about other areas that we of judicial vacancies, and Senator CRUZ ures we need to combine with that, and could work on in a bipartisan fashion, and I are working hard, together with the President has told us that he is I firmly believe it is important for us the White House, to make rec- going to insist upon—and he is correct to look at success stories in the States, ommendations to President Trump for in doing so—a robust border security and then, once these laboratories of de- nomination. They go through a very component, as well as ending chain mi- mocracy have done things that actu- extensive vetting process. Senator gration and the diversity lottery visas. ally result in positive things, we can CRUZ and I have created something we From the news I saw this morning, it then learn from them and scale them call the Federal Judicial Evaluation sounds like the President made some up at the Federal level. Committee, which is a group of our

VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:48 Jan 25, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G25JA6.009 S25JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE S514 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 25, 2018 most experienced practitioners in the Mr. PETERS. Madam President, I provides cost-effective care to millions State, on a bipartisan basis, to evalu- ask unanimous consent that the order of Americans in both rural and urban ate the people who apply for these im- for the quorum call be rescinded. areas across our country. portant life-tenured positions. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without How is it that a nation that put the I want to compliment the President objection, it is so ordered. first man on the Moon still can’t put for his sterling picks for the judiciary, WORK OF THE SENATE lights on for our own American citizens certainly so far, starting with the Su- Mr. PETERS. Madam President, I be- in Puerto Rico? We need to help fami- preme Court of the United States. But lieve every campaign for elective office lies clean out their flooded homes in at the intermediate appellate courts, in this great Nation is essentially a the gulf, support communities that like the Fifth Circuit and these district months-long job interview with the have faced out-of-control wildfires and courts, these are the people who do the voters or, perhaps more accurately, it mudslides during the devastating 2017 day-in and day-out work of the judici- is thousands and thousands of indi- disaster season, and ensure affordable ary to make sure that all Americans vidual interviews. Like any employer, flood insurance is available to every have access to justice and the oppor- the voters have expectations for us homeowner who needs it. tunity for a fair hearing before an im- once we have been hired to do this job. Americans stand by each other in the partial judge. That is one of the most I will never forget I work for the peo- face of tragedy. This is why Senator important things the Federal Govern- ple of Michigan, and I feel very fortu- STABENOW and I fought for a year to de- ment provides through our judicial nate to have earned the opportunity to liver Federal resources to Flint and branch: ‘‘Equal justice under law,’’ as serve them. When I ran for the U.S. continue working to make sure fami- the words above the Supreme Court Senate, I told Michiganders I would be lies are receiving the care they need and get their damaged pipes repaired. building say. a pragmatic problem-solver and stand In addition to addressing all of these TRIBUTE TO EMILY KIRLIN by that promise each and every day. We were all sent here to be problem- urgent issues, we need to keep the Madam President, I wish to recognize solvers, especially the hard problems. lights on in the Federal Government, and sincerely thank a member of my Making the effort to participate in our where funding is set to expire again in staff, Emily Kirlin, for her decade of democracy is fundamentally opti- just 2 weeks. public service here in the Senate. Ev- mistic. Voters want us to make their While the government was shut down erybody knows Emily in the Senate be- lives and our Nation better. Every Sen- this past weekend, I worked with a bi- cause of her bubbly personality, and partisan group of Senators pulled to- ator elected to this body carries the she is always looking to find ways to gether by my colleagues Senator COL- hopes, the dreams, and the expecta- help Senators be more successful and LINS and Senator MANCHIN. This group tions of the people who live in their to recognize their tremendous con- is called the Common Sense Coalition, State. tributions to this body. While we should never lose sight of and we worked through the weekend to Emily is originally from Crossville, our Nation’s hopes and dreams, today I find a bipartisan compromise to open TN, and we will not hold that against wish to focus on expectations. Ameri- the Federal Government and find a path forward to tackle the complex, her. She is not a Texan, but many peo- cans expect us to work together. They pressing issues before us in Congress. ple from Tennessee eventually came to expect us to talk to each other. They While the lights are back on, the real Texas, as I tell a couple of my Ten- expect us to negotiate and find com- nessee colleagues, most of them one work is just beginning. In the coming mon ground where we disagree. They weeks, we need to find a legislative so- step ahead of a great spouse or one step expect us to help our fellow Americans ahead of the law. Those are the Ten- lution to provide certainty to the after disasters. They expect us to re- Dreamers—young men and women nesseans who made their way to Texas spond to crises like the opioid epidemic at the time of our founding. Things brought to the United States as small and dangerously underfunded pensions children. They grew up as Americans, have gotten better, by the way, but that jeopardize their retirement secu- that is sort of an inside joke between went to school here, served in our mili- rity. They expect us to keep our bor- tary, only speak English, and are every Tennesseans and Texans. ders secure and enact reasonable Emily has been director of Member bit as American as you and I. They human immigration policies that keep graduate from our colleges and univer- services in my whip office and is the our Nation competitive and boost eco- longest serving member of our oper- sities and provide critical talent to a nomic growth, and they expect us to growing American economy. They ation. Before working in her current responsibly fund the Federal Govern- capacity, she served under my prede- start their own small businesses and ment. create jobs in our communities. They cessor, Senator Jon Kyl, and before None of us should be proud of the re- that for my colleague, Senator ALEX- are young adults who voluntarily came cent government shutdown. There is no out of the shadows to participate in the ANDER. such thing as a good government shut- Everyone who has had the privilege DACA Program and are fearful they down. I am nevertheless hopeful that will be ripped from their home and be of meeting Emily knows that she is one lessons can be learned from last week- of a kind. Her smile lights up rooms, deported to a country they have never end and a better path forward can be visited, a country where they don’t and her personality is contagious. Ev- found. I think the coming weeks and eryone loves being around her. But she even speak the language and will find months are of vital importance to the themselves a stranger in a foreign land, also works incredibly hard. Some future of the U.S. Senate as a meaning- nights she is here until 1 in the morn- which is an absolutely terrifying situa- ful, functional institution. tion. ing and goes home and works even Let’s be honest with ourselves and Without question, we must also pass harder alongside her husband Michael. with the American people. In the last a disaster relief package to help com- Together, they have two small chil- few years, we have not been functional. munities devastated by the hurricanes, dren, Brock and Madge, who, I am sure, We have blown deadline after deadline. floods, and wildfires. We must also re- require a lot of love and attention. It took us almost 4 months past the authorize the Community Health Cen- So we are sad to see Emily go, but we funding deadline to tackle the easiest ter Program that provides essential wish her nothing but the best and want problem: reauthorizing the Children’s healthcare to Americans and over to express our sincere gratitude for her Health Insurance Program, a program 600,000 Michiganders. service to the Senate. We know her fu- that provides healthcare to millions of We must do more to fight the far- ture will be bright in whatever path Americans children, while saving tax- reaching opioid epidemic that is hurt- she decides to take. payers money. ing and killing far too many of our I yield the floor. As I stand here, healthcare for over friends, family, and neighbors. The I suggest the absence of a quorum. 600,000 Michiganders—including over opioid epidemic is a public health crisis The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 12,000 Michigan veterans—remains at that touches everyone in every State clerk will call the roll. risk because we have blown through and every county. The senior assistant legislative clerk deadline after deadline to fund commu- We need to deliver certainty to the proceeded to call the roll. nity health centers, a program that hard-working Americans who spent

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This is why the work Jonathan and women who serve our country in with the 300th Chemical Company, does is so important in keeping that the armed services, keeps us safe, and Army Reserve, out of Morgantown, Great Lake clean. properly funds both our military and WV. He has worked in our office since At the end of the week, while others domestic programs. 2015 and has impressed all of us with might look forward to a relaxing week- This will not be easy, but solving his dedication to both of his jobs. In end with family and friends, so often, easy problems is not why we were sent the Senate, he handles veterans and Jonathan heads out for drill with his to the Senate. I ran for the U.S. Senate military issues along with energy and unit. He used to drive from Washington to solve the tough problems facing our environmental policy. He has read, lit- to Illinois and, later, to West Virginia country, and I know my colleagues in erally, thousands of letters from Ohio for the weekend as part of his service. the Common Sense Coalition ran to servicemembers and veterans over the Now his unit is deploying. While we solve tough problems as well. We need years and has always worked to make will miss his expertise, his enthusiasm, the entire Senate and the House to sure their views and concerns have and his unique perspective in this of- start acting like one, big Common been heard and that our office has fice this year, we are also so grateful Sense Coalition. No organization or helped them whenever we have been for his service to Ohio and to our coun- business can run their budget in 2- or 3- able to. He has often called the fami- try. One final note, before his deploy- week increments. lies directly to follow up and listen to ment, last month, Jon got engaged to The Defense Department and all of their stories. his partner Kevin. Jon and Kevin will our domestic agencies need certainty In 2016, during a meeting with the join so many of Ohio’s military fami- for budget planning just like any Gold Star Wives of America, Jon lies who understand the unique chal- household or business does. We cannot learned that education benefits for lenges of having a family member serv- let the American people down any some spouses who had lost their loved ing far from home. longer by kicking the can down the ones in the earliest days following 9/11 One of the things that is so impor- road with another series of short-term would expire before they could make tant that we as Members of the Senate budget patches. The coming weeks will full use of this benefit their families must do is recognize the service of our be difficult, but we need to rise to the had earned. He immediately brought men and women in uniform. We should occasion and deliver on all of these re- this issue to my attention, and we also recognize the importance of the sponsibilities. Now is the time for us to worked to introduce the Military service and sacrifice of those family step up our game. The American people Spouses Achieving College Education members who are left behind and who expect and deserve nothing less. for Survivors Act. We passed this bi- often live in the margins financially. I yield the floor. partisan legislation as part of a larger On behalf of my whole office, we con- I suggest the absence of a quorum. veterans package that will directly af- gratulate Jon and Kevin on their en- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The fect veterans and their families in my gagement. We wish Jon well on his clerk will call the roll. State, in Nebraska, and other States tour overseas, and we thank him for The senior assistant legislative clerk across the country. his sacrifice and his service. proceeded to call the roll. Jonathan has played a critical role in CHIP AND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS Mr. BROWN. Madam President, I ask ensuring that our military installa- Madam President, Congress finally unanimous consent that the order for tions in my State have the support did the right thing, after having failed the quorum call be rescinded. they need to perform critical national to do the right thing in September and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without security missions—from the 180th in October and November and December objection, it is so ordered. Toledo and the 910 in Youngstown, to and early January, by reauthorizing Mr. BROWN. Madam President, I ask Camp Ravenna, to the base in my the Children’s Health Insurance Pro- unanimous consent to speak as in hometown of Mansfield, to Springfield, gram. The bill passed out of the Senate morning business for up to 10 minutes. and of course to Wright-Patterson Air Finance Committee with only one ‘‘no’’ The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Force Base. He often attends visiting vote. The Children’s Health Insurance objection, it is so ordered. Ohio Honor Flight ceremonies, rep- Program has been around for 20 years, TRIBUTE TO JONATHAN MILLER resenting our office and supporting and it has always been bipartisan. Mr. BROWN. Madam President, I rise Ohio veterans who visit the memorials There are 209,000 children in Ohio to honor a member of my staff, Jona- that have been built in their honor. who benefit from the Children’s Health than Miller, who has dedicated his life His love for the outdoors and for Ohio Insurance Program. These are chil- to serving his country and his State. has also shone through in his work on dren—sons and daughters—of parents Not only does Jonathan serve the issues like protecting the Great Lakes, who generally work full time but who people of Ohio each day on our staff, including the Great Lakes Restoration only make $8 or $10 or $12 an hour. helping Ohio servicemembers and vet- Initiative and in preserving the Cuya- These families often don’t have insur- erans, but he also wears the uniform hoga Valley National Park, which is ance themselves, but the Children’s himself, first as a member of the Na- near his childhood home. Health Insurance Program will provide tional Guard and now as a member of I would add that Ohio is one of the insurance for those children. the Army Reserve. Earlier this month lucky States east of the Mississippi in It is particularly aggravating to was his last day in the office for a year that it is one of the few States that has many of us that so many Members of as his unit is deploying to fight for our a national park, and it is not far from Congress—all of us who have health in- country. the population centers of Cleveland and surance provided by taxpayers—failed Jonathan grew up in Macedonia, OH, Akron. Even though the Trump admin- to continue the program, which has al- and graduated from Nordonia High istration tried to zero out—the way we ways been bipartisan, in September, School and Ohio University. In 2011, talk about it—or dramatically cut when the program expired, as well as in while working toward his master’s de- funding for the Great Lakes Restora- October and November and December. gree, he enlisted in the National Guard. tion Initiative, I and Senator PORTMAN, Now, as our vote the other day dem- Jon told me he enlisted, in part, be- a Republican, worked together to re- onstrated, the Children’s Health Insur- cause he was ‘‘inspired by the debate store that funding. ance Program will be around for 6 more and repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and We know keeping Lake Erie clean is years as we continue to make improve- the stories of veterans in my family,’’ an ongoing challenge. Right off the ments with it. The problem is, while we like so many who join the armed serv- city of Toledo, Lake Erie is only 30 feet provide insurance for 6 more years for ices because of patriotism, family val- deep, contrasted with Lake Superior, these 209,000 children in Ohio and 9 mil- ues, and family precedent. which is 600 feet deep, on the average. lion children all over the country, we

VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:48 Jan 25, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G25JA6.012 S25JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE S516 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 25, 2018 haven’t, in so many cases, provided the gram. A week ago, finally, we did the Cotton Isakson Roberts place and the environment for these Children’s Health Insurance Program, Crapo Johnson Rounds Cruz Jones Rubio parents to take their children. but we left hanging the community Daines Kaine Sasse One big shortcoming is Congress’s re- health centers. Donnelly Kennedy Schatz fusal to do its job to reauthorize the The last letter is from Julie DiRossi- Duckworth King Schumer Enzi Klobuchar community health centers, the so- King, chief operating officer for the Scott Ernst Lankford Shaheen called federally qualified health cen- Ohio Association of Community Health Feinstein Leahy Shelby Fischer Lee ters. My State is home to several dozen Centers, which represents 512 health Smith Flake Manchin Stabenow federally qualified community health centers in Ohio. She said: Gardner Markey Sullivan centers. They provide all kinds of We have hit that critical point . . . that Gillibrand McConnell Tester healthcare services, in many cases, in- the Community Health Center Program as Graham Menendez Grassley Merkley Thune cluding pediatric, dentistry, all kinds we know and rely on it today will soon be on Tillis life support. There literally is no room for Harris Murkowski of preventive care, all kinds of emer- Hassan Murphy Udall gency care, and other help for so many additional delay. Hatch Murray Van Hollen families, particularly for low-income I appreciate that Congress finally did Heinrich Nelson Warner Warren the right thing on the Children’s Heitkamp Paul families, in their neighborhoods, where Heller Perdue Whitehouse this can make a difference. Health Insurance Program. I ask Con- Hirono Peters Wicker I want to briefly share three letters gress to do what is right for the com- Hoeven Portman Wyden to illustrate the importance of this. munity health centers. It will literally Inhofe Reed Young Stephanie Wiersma, the CEO of Lo- save lives and will matter for so many NAYS—1 rain County Health & Dentistry, wrote families in my State and States all Sanders to me 2 weeks ago before we passed the over the country. NOT VOTING—10 most recent continuing resolution: I yield the floor. Blumenthal Durbin Risch We desperately plod on, doing all the right I suggest the absence of a quorum. Burr McCain Toomey things for our health centers and patients, The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Casey McCaskill yet for months we have been in limbo and, SASSE). The clerk will call the roll. Corker Moran frankly, sick with fear. The senior assistant legislative clerk I worry about the impact on my staff and The nomination was confirmed. patients. I know the impact on recruitment proceeded to call the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under of providers . . . what professional wants to Mr. WICKER. Mr. President, I ask the previous order, the motion to re- chance a funding crisis to come work for a unanimous consent that the order for consider is considered made and laid health center at this point in time? the quorum call be rescinded. upon the table and the President will Open provider positions means less access The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without be immediately notified of the Senate’s to care, plain and simple. Access is espe- objection, it is so ordered. action. cially important now with all the flu and ill- Mr. WICKER. Mr. President, I ask The Senator from Alaska. ness going around. unanimous consent that all time be f What Stephanie is saying is that yielded back on both sides and the Sen- when Congress doesn’t do its job—when ate proceed to the vote. LEGISLATIVE SESSION all of us who have health insurance The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without that is paid for by taxpayers fail to do objection, it is so ordered. our jobs—these community health cen- The question is, Will the Senate ad- MORNING BUSINESS ters, which are professionally run and vise and consent to the James nomina- Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, I ask close to home for so many families, tion? unanimous consent that the Senate cannot plan for the future. They can- Mr. WICKER. Mr. President, I ask for proceed to legislative session for a pe- not recruit a physical therapist or a pe- the yeas and nays. riod of morning business, with Sen- diatric dentist or an internist or a fam- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a ators permitted to speak therein for up ily practice doctor. Is a professional sufficient second? to 10 minutes each. provider, who has invested a lot of There is a sufficient second. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without money in her education, going to want The clerk will call the roll. objection, it is so ordered. to go to a health center where Congress The bill clerk called the roll. f simply doesn’t do its job in providing Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators funding? I think Stephanie wrote that are necessarily absent: the Senator RECOGNIZING THE ALASKA PA- so very well. from North Carolina (Mr. BURR), the CIFIC UNIVERSITY NORDIC SKI Jared Pollick, CEO of Third Street Senator from Tennessee (Mr. CORKER), TEAM Family Health Services in my home- the Senator from Arizona (Mr. town of Mansfield, wrote: Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, every MCCAIN), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. It is nearly impossible to make sound stra- week, I have been coming to the floor, MORAN), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. tegic decisions for our organizations without going on 2 years now, to talk about RISCH), and the Senator from Pennsyl- the security of our funding. We are always what makes my State, the great State told both sides of the aisle love Community vania (Mr. TOOMEY). of Alaska, such an amazing place to Health Centers. We really need them to show Mr. SCHUMER. I announce that the live—gorgeous, untouched mountains, it with funding. Senator from Connecticut (Mr. the glaciers, the wildlife. I have live That is exactly right. I have heard BLUMENTHAL), the Senator from Penn- web cams in my office. For people who my Republican colleagues talk almost sylvania (Mr. CASEY), the Senator from want to see the bears, walruses, the ad nauseam about how much they like Illinois (Mr. DURBIN), and the Senator salmon spawning, bears scooping up the Children’s Health Insurance Pro- from Missouri (Mrs. MCCASKILL), are these amazing fish from the choked gram, how much they like the commu- necessarily absent. streams, please come on by. Most of nity health centers, and I think they The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. that happens during the spring, sum- really in their guts do. But then Sen- PERDUE). Are there any other Senators mer, and fall. The winter, of course, is ator MCCONNELL and the Republican in the Chamber desiring to vote? the longest season in Alaska. In my leadership let them expire on Sep- The result was announced—yeas 89, opinion, it is one of the best times to tember 30, did nothing in October, nays 1, as follows: experience our State. nothing in November, nothing in De- [Rollcall Vote No. 24 Ex.] For those watching on TV or in the cember. They did a tax cut for the rich. YEAS—89 Gallery, we want to welcome you to We know that, but they didn’t reau- Alexander Boozman Cassidy Alaska. Come on by. You will have the thorize, didn’t provide additional sig- Baldwin Brown Cochran trip of a lifetime. I guarantee it. nificant, predictable, sufficient funding Barrasso Cantwell Collins It is truly the people who make my Bennet Capito Coons for the community health centers or Blunt Cardin Cornyn State such a truly special place. What the Children’s Health Insurance Pro- Booker Carper Cortez Masto we try to do each week is talk about

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:41 Jan 26, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G25JA6.014 S25JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE January 25, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S517 some of those people in what we have admit, it was a difficult experience for CONFIRMATION OF SAM termed our ‘‘Alaskan of the Week’’ me. I think I was smoked after about 10 BROWNBACK celebration, to talk about community, minutes with them, and they had about Mr. HATCH. Now, Mr. President, to talk about so many Alaskans who a 2-hour workout session on the moun- turning to another subject, I would are helping not only their State and tain. It gave me a sense of how hard like to speak for a few minutes on Sam their community but their country, they work and what dedicated, world- Brownback’s recent confirmation as generous yet tough and competitive class athletes we have in my home- Ambassador at Large for International people who make up our Wonderful town. Religious Freedom. I’ve known Gov- State. Next month, several of these APU ernor Brownback for many years, and I Many of them get very excited when skiers will travel to Korea to represent am confident he will serve our Nation the snow starts to fall. They strap on the United States of America at the well in advancing and defending reli- their skis and they fly through the Winter Olympics, the way they have in gious freedom across the world. snow. One group of Alaskans who every previous Olympics. They are top skiers Throughout my Senate service, it has winter strap on their skis and train— for America. Let me name a few. been my privilege to defend religious actually train all year round and com- First and I would say foremost, freedom. In 1990, for example, I served pete on the hundreds of miles of An- Kikkan Randall, America’s most deco- as one of the principal authors of the chorage’s trail system—is the Alaska rated cross-country skier in U.S. his- Religious Freedom Restoration Act, or Pacific University Nordic Ski Pro- tory and an Alaskan icon—she will par- RFRA, a crucially important piece of gram. Hands down, it is the very best ticipate in her fifth Winter Olympics. legislation that prohibits the govern- ski team in America. They are our Let me say that again. She will partici- ment from substantially burdening a Alaskans of the Week. pate in her fifth Winter Olympics. That Let me tell you a little bit about the person’s exercise of religion unless is an incredible record for any Amer- APU Nordic Ski Program. Led by doing so is necessary to further a com- ican athlete, winter or summer games. Coach Erik Flora, Alaska’s APU Nordic pelling government interest. She is also a wonderful person. She is Ski team year after year produces The bill passed the Senate 97 to 3 and very, very community-oriented. Along- some of our Nation’s finest athletes, passed the House without recorded op- side her will be APU teammates Sadie who compete in races all across the position. This remarkable, broad sup- and Erik Bjornsen—they are brother world, including the upcoming Winter port demonstrated that religious lib- and sister—Rosie Brennan, and maybe, Olympics in Korea. As I mentioned, erty is a rare issue that unites Ameri- hopefully, even a few more. Addition- year after year, APU athletes are sim- cans of all stripes. ally, their APU teammate Jess Yeaton, ply the best cross-country skiers in the That unity of purpose extends to our who was born in Australia but grew up Nation. Their depth of talent was put commitment to protect this funda- in Alaska, will ski for the Australian on display earlier this month at the mental right abroad. In 1948, the Unites cross-country ski team. You are get- U.S. Cross Country Championships in States was one of the original signers ting the picture. This is a group of peo- Anchorage, where they took 11 out of of the Universal Declaration of Human ple who are going to do very, very well the 24 podium spots in the senior races Rights, which proclaims that every in the Olympics and are going to rep- and 8 out of the 24 junior podium spots. person has the right to freedom of reli- resent our country and other countries Think about that. One team dominated gion. proudly. the U.S. Cross Country Championships Fifty years later, Congress unani- this year. Cross-country skiing is woven into mously passed the International Reli- They train year-round. In the sum- the fabric of Alaska’s winter commu- gious Freedom Act. I was proud to sup- mer, the ski team trains on Eagle Gla- nity. It brings people together, and it port this act, which declares religious cier, accessible by a 10-minute heli- helps build community. So many of our freedom to be a universal human right, copter ride from Girdwood, AK. As the skiers, including and especially the a pillar of our Nation, and a funda- Anchorage Daily News put it, this APU team, are also generous and kind mental freedom. The law established unique training area has ‘‘been a in helping others learn how to ski and the U.S. Commission on International springboard to APU’s international and graciously host skiers from all across Religious Freedom and created the po- domestic success [and dominance]. the country, as was on full display dur- sition of Ambassador at Large for Flora and his staff have groomed ing the recent U.S. Cross Country International Religious Freedom, the serpentined, undulating trails there Championships. position to which Governor Brownback that mimic [international] courses’’ on On behalf of all Alaskans—really, on was just confirmed. a glacier in Alaska in the summer. behalf of all U.S. Senators—I wish the As evidenced by his work here in the That is great training. It is year-round. team good luck in Korea. We will be Senate, Governor Brownback truly un- In addition to training and coaching watching. I know you will make Alas- derstands the need for leaders who will these world-class athletes, the APU kans and our fellow Americans very stand up for religious liberty and en- Nordic Ski Center also has a popular proud as you compete on the world sure that all people—no matter where junior program, which helps develop stage once again. Once again, thanks they live—are able to worship how, the next generation of Olympic skiers. for all you do. Thanks for your tremen- where, or what they may. I have had the honor to get to know dous hard work and dedication. And to During his 14 years in this body, Gov- some of these skiers, these wonderful the APU Nordic ski team, thanks again ernor Brownback was involved in a athletes, over the past few years. They for being our Alaskans of the Week. wide range of issues related to religious certainly would make Alaskans proud, I yield the floor. freedom. Governor Brownback knows but I think they would make all Amer- I suggest the absence of a quorum. firsthand how crucial the Commission icans proud. They are great young men is in keeping our Nation and world The PRESIDING OFFICER. The and women who are dedicated, dis- leaders informed about the status of re- clerk will call the roll. ciplined, humble, hard-working, and ligious freedom throughout the world. very smart. They are students; they The bill clerk proceeded to call the It seems unfathomable in this day are very, very good students. I even roll. and age, but thousands and even hun- had the opportunity to go and train Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask dreds of thousands of our brothers and with them occasionally. I am more of a unanimous consent that the order for sisters throughout the world are being downhill skier than a cross-country the quorum call be rescinded. imprisoned, tortured, and even exe- skier. I went with them in the fall, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without cuted for their personal convictions. In when there wasn’t any snow on the objection, it is so ordered. recent remarks, Secretary of State ground, to do some mountain interval (The remarks of Mr. HATCH per- Tillerson discussed the prevalence of training, running with them up and taining to the introduction of S. 2344 religious persecution and intolerance. down the mountains. To witness and are printed in today’s RECORD under He noted that almost 80 percent of the train with these world-class athletes ‘‘Statements on Introduced Bills and global population lives with restric- was an amazing experience. I must Joint Resolutions.’’) tions on their freedom of religion.

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Mr. President, I was tunities for support during each stage ligious freedom by all governments and necessarily absent for the confirmation of deployment. peoples.’’ I believe he will fulfill this vote on the nomination of R.D. James The Yellow Ribbon Reintegration pledge, and I thank him for his willing- to be an Assistant Secretary of the Program bridges this gap by con- ness to serve our country as Ambas- Army. necting National Guard and Reserve sador at Large for International Reli- On vote No. 24, had I been present, I servicemembers and their families with gious Freedom. would have voted yea on confirmation resources where they live and provides I suggest the absence of a quorum. of the James nomination.∑ a support network to aide their unique The PRESIDING OFFICER. The (At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the challenges. Through the program, Re- clerk will call the roll. following statement was ordered to be serve Component members and their The senior assistant legislative clerk printed in the RECORD.) families gain access to relevant infor- proceeded to call the roll. mation and resources, including family Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I f and marriage counseling, financial ask unanimous consent that the order VOTE EXPLANATION planning and education, small business for the quorum call be rescinded. ∑ planning, legal benefits, healthcare in- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Mrs. MCCASKILL. Mr. President, I was necessarily absent for vote No. 24 formation, employment training oppor- YOUNG). Without objection, it is so or- tunities, and veterans benefits edu- dered. on January 25, 2018, on the confirma- tion of Executive Calendar No. 552, cation. f R.D. James to be an Assistant Sec- I had the distinct pleasure of working EXECUTIVE SESSION retary of the Army, Army Corps of En- with Congressman John Kline and Sen- gineers. Had I been present, I would ators Norm Coleman, Saxby Chambliss, have voted yea.∑ and JOHNNY ISAKSON in introducing the EXECUTIVE CALENDAR legislation that created the Yellow f Ribbon Reintegration Program in 2008. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Sen- 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE YEL- I am pleased to say the Minnesota Na- ate proceed to executive session for the LOW RIBBON REINTEGRATION tional Guard’s program, Beyond the consideration of the following nomina- PROGRAM Yellow Ribbon, sought to improve how tion: Executive Calendar No. 474. Minnesota’s servicemembers returning Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, from Iraq and Afghanistan experienced The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without today I wish to recognize the 10th anni- objection, it is so ordered. reintegration and became the model versary of the establishment of the for the national program we are recog- The clerk will report the nomination. Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program. The bill clerk read the nomination of nizing today. The National Defense Authorization Since its launch, the Yellow Ribbon Jonathan H. Pittman, of the District of Act of 2008 established the Department Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of Reintegration Program’s pre, during, of Defense Yellow Ribbon Reintegra- and postdeployment events have sup- the Superior Court of the District of tion Program to assist National Guard Columbia for the term of fifteen years. ported more than 1.5 million service- and Reserve servicemembers as they members and their families. These 10 Thereupon, the Senate proceeded to transition between their civilian and consider the nomination. years have demonstrated the necessity military roles and back again. The pro- of the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I gram ensures the readiness of Reserve ask unanimous consent that the Sen- Program’s mission in maintaining the Component members, their families, readiness of National Guard and Re- ate vote on the nomination with no in- and communities before, during, and tervening action or debate; that if con- serve servicemembers, their families, after deployment. and their communities. firmed, the motion to reconsider be National Guard and Reserve service- considered made and laid upon the I am sure the entire Senate will join members are the backbone of our Na- with me in congratulating the Yellow table; that the President be imme- tion’s military, comprising nearly half diately notified of the Senate’s action; Ribbon Reintegration Program on the of our total force. We have relied on successes that have brought it to its that no further motions be in order; them to support combat missions and that any statements relating to 10th anniversary and supporting its abroad, and we will continue to rely on continued success moving forward. the nomination be printed in the them. Nearly 1 million guardsmen and RECORD. reservists have deployed since Sep- f The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there tember 11, 2001, with nearly 35,000 cur- ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS objection? rently mobilized. Without objection, it is so ordered. Not only do National Guard and Re- Is there further debate? serve servicemembers support combat TRIBUTE TO DANIELLE HIGHLEY If not, the question is, Will the Sen- operations, security, and humanitarian AND JAXON AGEE ate advise and consent to the Pittman missions around the world, they also ∑ Mr. DAINES. Mr. President, this nomination? ensure our safety when unforeseen dis- week I have the honor of recognizing The nomination was confirmed. asters and emergencies occur. Just this two of Montana’s 24,000 children who f past year, Reserve Component mem- benefit from the Children’s Health In- LEGISLATIVE SESSION bers have responded to Hurricanes Har- surance Program, better known as vey, Irma, and Maria, providing relief CHIP. Jaxon Agee of Helena was diag- and emergency services to hundreds of nosed with Leigh syndrome as a baby. MORNING BUSINESS thousands of Americans. Through their Access to a pediatrician is absolutely Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I compassion, professionalism, and cour- critical for Jaxon. Despite having a ask unanimous consent that the Sen- age, they protect our way of life, not team of medical professionals who ate proceed to legislative session and just abroad, but also here at home. work to ensure he remains healthy, he be in a period of morning business, In establishing the Yellow Ribbon has had to be flown from Helena to with Senators permitted to speak Reintegration Program, Congress rec- Community Medical Center’s pediatric therein for up to 10 minutes each. ognized that National Guard and Re- intensive care unit in Missoula several The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without serve servicemembers face challenges times. Jaxon’s family is committed to objection, it is so ordered. throughout the deployment cycle that caring for their son no matter what,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:15 Jan 26, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A25JA6.002 S25JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE January 25, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S519 but CHIP helps them manage Jaxon’s Teacher-of-the-Year Finalists.’’ I com- accompanying papers, reports, and doc- condition and makes well-baby checks mend Ms. Samantha Neff, Ms. Leesa uments, and were referred as indicated: more affordable, ultimately lowering Lavender, and Ms. Julie DelRusso for EC–4132. A communication from the Sec- the odds of another emergency visit. their dedication to Florida’s students retary of the Commodity Futures Trading Danielle Highley of Deer Lodge is an- and wish them well in the State’s Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, other Montana kid who relies on CHIP Teacher of the Year Selection process. the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Technical funding. At just 18 months of age, The material follows: Amendments to Rules of Registration and Review of Exchange Disciplinary, Access De- Danielle lost the ability to walk. A [From the Orlando Sentinel, Jan. 24, 2018] nial or Other Adverse Actions’’ (RIN3038– form of juvenile arthritis proved to be SEMINOLE ANNOUNCES THREE TEACHER-OF- AE15) received in the Office of the President a costly condition, as injections and in- THE-YEAR FINALISTS of the Senate on January 23, 2018; to the fusions cost several thousand dollars, (By Leslie Postal) Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and but when Danielle has consistent treat- A math coach, a civics teacher and a high Forestry. ment, she can walk, run, and play like school instructor who works with students EC–4133. A communication from the Man- a kid again. Before being enrolled in with disabilities were tapped Wednesday as agement Analyst, Grain Inspection, Packers CHIP, Danielle went without treat- finalists for Seminole County’s teacher-of- and Stockyards Administration, Department the-year honors. of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to ment for 3 months, and she again lost The winner will be announced March 15 law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘United the ability to walk. CHIP has allowed and will then be in the running for Florida’s States Standards for Barley’’ (7 CFR Part 800 Danielle the opportunity to get treat- top teacher award. and 810) received in the Office of the Presi- ment and be a kid again. She is back in Seminole’s three finalists are: dent of the Senate on January 23, 2018; to the school, and when she grows up, of all Samantha Neff, a math coach at Idyllwilde Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and things, she hopes to be a doctor for Elementary School, who has been an elemen- Forestry. tary school teacher in the district for 17 EC–4134. A communication from the White kids. I am also pleased to announce years and also teaches at the University of that she will be joining me as my guest House Liaison, Department of Education, Central Florida. transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of at the State of the Union. Leesa Lavender, a seventh-grade civics a vacancy in the position of Assistant Sec- Jaxon and Danielle, thank you for teacher at Markham Woods Middle School, retary, Office of Special Education and Re- sharing your stories. I am so glad that who has taught middle school social studies habilitative Services, Department of Edu- Congress has passed, and the President since 2007. cation, received in the Office of the Presi- Julie DelRusso, who works with 9th-to- dent of the Senate on January 23, 2018; to the has signed into law a 6-year reauthor- 12th-grade students through the district’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and ization of the program, the longest in Exceptional Student Support Services De- Pensions. its history. Now, the families of the partment. She’s been a teacher with the dis- 24,000 Montana children who depend on EC–4135. A communication from the Chair- trict for 25 years. man of the Council of the District of Colum- The district will announce the winner at CHIP can rest assured their children bia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report the teacher-of-the-year ceremony at the Hil- will continue to have access to critical on D.C. Act 22–230, ‘‘Health Literacy Council ton Orlando/Altamonte Springs.∑ care.∑ Establishment Act of 2017’’; to the Com- f f mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- TRIBUTE TO COLTON MEEHAN mental Affairs. TRIBUTE TO ERIN COSKY EC–4136. A communication from the Assist- ∑ Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, today I ∑ ant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, I ask to recognize Colton Meehan, an intern in Affairs, Department of Justice, transmit- have printed in the RECORD an article my Washington, DC, office, for all of ting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ‘‘Uni- that was published in yesterday’s Pen- the hard work he has done for me, my formed Services Employment and Reemploy- sacola News Journal, ‘‘Meet the Santa staff, and the State of South Dakota. ment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) Quarterly Rosa Teacher of the Year.’’ I commend Colton is a graduate of the Univer- Report to Congress; First Quarter of Fiscal Ms. Erin Cosky for her dedication to sity of California, Santa Cruz, having Year 2018’’; to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Florida’s students, and wish her well in earned a degree in politics. He is a the State’s Teacher of the Year selec- dedicated worker who has been com- f tion process. mitted to getting the most out of his EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF The material follows: experience. COMMITTEE [From the Pensacola News Journal USA I extend my sincere thanks and ap- The following executive reports of Today Network, Jan. 24, 2018] preciation to Colton Meehan for all of nominations were submitted: the fine work he has done and wish him MEET THE SANTA ROSA TEACHER OF THE YEAR By Mr. INHOFE for Mr. McCAIN for the FLORIDA.—Gulf Breeze High School science continued success in the years to Committee on Armed Services. teacher Erin Cosky has been selected as the come.∑ Army nomination of Maj. Gen. Scott D. Santa Rosa County School District’s Teach- f Berrier, to be Lieutenant General. er of the Year. Air Force nomination of Brig. Gen. Charles The news was announced during a surprise MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT L. Plummer, to be Major General. visit to Cosky’s classroom Wednesday morn- Messages from the President of the Air Force nomination of Col. Sharon R. ing. United States were communicated to Bannister, to be Brigadier General. Cosky teaches earth and space science and the Senate by Ms. Cuccia, one of his Air Force nomination of Maj. Gen. Jeffery advanced placement environmental science secretaries. A. Rockwell, to be Lieutenant General. at the school. She is Santa Rosa’s nominee Army nominations beginning with Col. An- for the Florida Department of Education’s f thony R. Hale and ending with Col. Garrick Teacher of the Year 2019. EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED M. Harmon, which nominations were re- The Florida Teacher of the Year will be se- ceived by the Senate and appeared in the lected in May and will serve as Florida’s As in executive session the Presiding Congressional Record on December 11, 2017. nominee for National Teacher of the Year, Officer laid before the Senate messages Army nomination of Maj. Gen. Eric J. Wes- which will be announced in January 2019. from the President of the United ley, to be Lieutenant General. Cosky, other nominees for the award and all States submitting nominations which Army nomination of Maj. Gen. Theodore D. Santa Rosa County educators will be hon- were referred to the Committee on Martin, to be Lieutenant General. ored at Santa Rosa’s Golden Apple Celebra- Commerce, Science, and Transpor- Army nomination of Col. Susie S. Kuilan, tion on March 2.∑ to be Brigadier General. tation. Army nomination of Maj. Gen. Leslie C. f (The message received today is print- Smith, to be Lieutenant General. ed at the end of the Senate pro- TRIBUTE TO SAMANTHA NEFF, Navy nomination of Rear Adm. (lh) Johnny ceedings.) LEESA LAVENDER, AND JULIE R. Wolfe, Jr., to be Vice Admiral. f Navy nomination of Capt. John C. Ring, to DELRUSSO be Rear Admiral (lower half). ∑ Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, I ask to EXECUTIVE AND OTHER Navy nomination of Rear Adm. (lh) Scott have printed in the RECORD an article COMMUNICATIONS D. Conn, to be Rear Admiral . that was published in the Orlando Sen- The following communications were Mr. INHOFE for Mr. McCAIN. Mr. tinel, ‘‘Seminole Announces Three laid before the Senate, together with President, for the Committee on Armed

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:39 Jan 26, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G25JA6.018 S25JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE S520 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 25, 2018 Services I report favorably the fol- Army nominations beginning with Ken- Navy nomination of Paul I. Ahn, to be lowing nomination lists which were neth S. Katrosh and ending with Dolly R. Lieutenant Commander. printed in the RECORDS on the dates Livingston, which nominations were re- Navy nomination of Allen G. Gunn, to be Lieutenant Commander. indicated, and ask unanimous consent, ceived by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record on January 18, 2018. (Nominations without an asterisk to save the expense of reprinting on the Army nominations beginning with Joseph Executive Calendar that these nomina- were reported with the recommenda- Kloiber and ending with Paul Navas III, tion that they be confirmed.) tions lie at the Secretary’s desk for the which nominations were received by the Sen- information of Senators. ate and appeared in the Congressional f The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Record on January 18, 2018. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND objection, it is so ordered. Army nomination of Erick C. Crews, to be JOINT RESOLUTIONS Colonel. Air Force nominations beginning with Army nominations beginning with Michael The following bills and joint resolu- Sarah E. Abel and ending with Michelle E. C. Bradwick and ending with Douglas S. tions were introduced, read the first Wyche, which nominations were received by Yoon, which nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- and second times by unanimous con- the Senate and appeared in the Congres- sional Record on November 14, 2017. sent, and referred as indicated: sional Record on January 18, 2018. Air Force nominations beginning with By Mr. TESTER: Army nominations beginning with Zachary Brett L. Hedgepeth and ending with Ryan M. S. 2338. A bill to amend chapter 55 of title T. Busenbark and ending with Jaime A. Yi, which nominations were received by the 5, United States Code, to reform the manner Sanjuan Rubio, which nominations were re- Senate and appeared in the Congressional in which Border Patrol agents are com- ceived by the Senate and appeared in the Record on December 11, 2017. pensated; to the Committee on Homeland Se- Air Force nominations beginning with Jo- Congressional Record on January 18, 2018. curity and Governmental Affairs. anna K. Kowalik and ending with Mahasin Army nominations beginning with Gabby By Mr. PAUL: M. Hangalay, which nominations were re- V. Canceran and ending with John P. Cross, S. 2339. A bill to amend title 31, United ceived by the Senate and appeared in the which nominations were received by the Sen- States Code, to provide for automatic con- Congressional Record on December 11, 2017. ate and appeared in the Congressional tinuing resolutions; to the Committee on Ap- Air Force nominations beginning with Record on January 18, 2018. propriations. Trish M. Arno and ending with Christopher Army nomination of Adam T. Soto, to be By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. N. White, which nominations were received Lieutenant Colonel. BROWN, Ms. WARREN, and Mr. Army nomination of Philip J. Dacunto, to by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- CARDIN): be Colonel. sional Record on January 8, 2018. S. 2340. A bill to establish the Federal Air Force nominations beginning with Jin Army nomination of Lyle A. Ourada, to be Labor-Management Partnership Council; to Hwa Lee Frazier and ending with Jack David Colonel. the Committee on Homeland Security and Army nomination of Sherry M. Kwon, to Spencer, which nominations were received Governmental Affairs. be Major. by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Marine Corps nomination of Christopher N. sional Record on January 18, 2018. BROWN, and Mr. BLUMENTHAL): Air Force nominations beginning with Earley, to be Major. S. 2341. A bill to amend title 38, United Marine Corps nominations beginning with Corey L. Anderson and ending with Robert States Code, to improve the processing of William Doctor, Jr. and ending with Scott E. K. Talton, which nominations were received veterans benefits by the Department of Vet- Vasquez, which nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- erans Affairs, to limit the authority of the by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- sional Record on January 18, 2018. Secretary of Veterans Affairs to recover Air Force nomination of Michael C. Maine, sional Record on January 18, 2018. overpayments made by the Department and to be Colonel. Marine Corps nominations beginning with other amounts owed by veterans to the Air Force nominations beginning with Me- Paulo T. Alves and ending with Patrick J. United States, to improve the due process lissa A. Day and ending with Roberta J. Toal, which nominations were received by accorded veterans with respect to such re- Stemem, which nominations were received the Senate and appeared in the Congres- covery, and for other purposes; to the Com- by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- sional Record on January 18, 2018. mittee on Veterans’ Affairs. sional Record on January 18, 2018. Marine Corps nomination of Henry W. By Mr. YOUNG: Air Force nominations beginning with Soukup, to be Lieutenant Colonel. S. 2342. A bill to amend the Higher Edu- Matthew M. Bird and ending with Paul Marine Corps nomination of William W. cation Act of 1965 to create an innovation Kelley Stroud, which nominations were re- Inns III, to be Lieutenant Colonel. zone initiative, and for other purposes; to ceived by the Senate and appeared in the Marine Corps nomination of Craig A. El- the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, Congressional Record on January 18, 2018. liott, to be Lieutenant Colonel. and Pensions. Air Force nominations beginning with Marine Corps nominations beginning with By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Ms. KLO- Holly L. Brewer and ending with Mario Bill W. Brooks, Jr. and ending with Kyle L. BUCHAR, Mr. DAINES, and Mr. Tommasi, which nominations were received Hollis, which nominations were received by TESTER): by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- the Senate and appeared in the Congres- S. 2343. A bill to require the Federal Com- sional Record on January 18, 2018. sional Record on January 18, 2018. munications Commission to establish a task Air Force nominations beginning with Marine Corps nominations beginning with force for meeting the connectivity and tech- John G. Andrade and ending with Lawrence Edward J. Abma and ending with Joseph A. nology needs of precision agriculture in the P. Wood, which nominations were received Zimmermann, which nominations were re- United States; to the Committee on Com- by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- ceived by the Senate and appeared in the merce, Science, and Transportation. sional Record on January 18, 2018. Congressional Record on January 18, 2018. By Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Air Force nomination of Joshua M. Kovich, Marine Corps nominations beginning with FLAKE): to be Colonel. Justin R. Anderson and ending with Michael S. 2344. A bill to amend the Immigration Air Force nominations beginning with D. Wilcox, which nominations were received and Nationality Act to authorize additional David M. Dersch, Jr. and ending with Pat- by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- visas for well-educated aliens to live and rick J. Travers, which nominations were re- sional Record on January 18, 2018. work in the United States, and for other pur- ceived by the Senate and appeared in the Marine Corps nomination of Steven P. poses; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Congressional Record on January 18, 2018. Hulse, to be Lieutenant Colonel. By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. KLO- Air Force nominations beginning with Navy nominations beginning with Paul F. BUCHAR, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. BROWN, Mr. Lance J. Kim and ending with Sonia W. S. Magoulick and ending with Li Sung, which CRUZ, Mr. HELLER, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Taoyi, which nominations were received by nominations were received by the Senate and Mr. PORTMAN, and Mr. HATCH): the Senate and appeared in the Congres- appeared in the Congressional Record on No- S. 2345. A bill to amend the DNA Analysis sional Record on January 18, 2018. vember 14, 2017. Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to provide Air Force nomination of David L. Wells II, Navy nomination of Nicholas H. Steging, additional resources to State and local pros- to be Colonel. Jr., to be Lieutenant Commander. ecutors, and for other purposes; to the Com- Army nomination of Aleksandr Gutman, to Navy nomination of Jonathan S. Durham, mittee on the Judiciary. be Major. to be Lieutenant Commander. By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mrs. Army nomination of Robert L. Ozburn, to Navy nominations beginning with Laura C. CAPITO): be Major. Gilstrap and ending with Diana Tranyu, S. 2346. A bill to establish an innovative Army nomination of Jocelyn A. Leventhal, which nominations were received by the Sen- water infrastructure workforce development to be Colonel. ate and appeared in the Congressional program, and for other purposes; to the Com- Army nominations beginning with Alyssa Record on December 11, 2017. mittee on Environment and Public Works. S. Adams and ending with Bradley O. Wood, Navy nomination of Todd D. Husty, to be By Mr. TILLIS (for himself and Mr. which nominations were received by the Sen- Lieutenant Commander. VAN HOLLEN): ate and appeared in the Congressional Navy nomination of Dawn M. Stankus, to S. 2347. A bill to amend the Securities Act Record on January 18, 2018. be Lieutenant Commander. of 1933 to expand the ability to use testing

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Res. 377, a merce, Science, and Transportation. name of the Senator from Vermont resolution recognizing the importance f (Mr. LEAHY) was added as a cosponsor of paying tribute to those individuals of S. 1719, a bill to eliminate duties on who have faithfully served and retired SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND imports of recreational performance from the Armed Forces of the United SENATE RESOLUTIONS outerwear, to establish the Sustainable States, designating April 18, 2018, as The following concurrent resolutions Textile and Apparel Research Fund, ‘‘Military Retiree Appreciation Day’’, and Senate resolutions were read, and and for other purposes. and encouraging the people of the referred (or acted upon), as indicated: S. 1922 United States to honor the past and By Mr. SCOTT (for himself, Mr. ALEX- At the request of Mr. GRAHAM, the continued service of military retirees ANDER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BURR, Mr. name of the Senator from Tennessee to their local communities and the CASSIDY, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. COTTON, (Mr. ALEXANDER) was added as a co- United States. Mr. CRUZ, Mr. DAINES, Mr. ENZI, Mrs. sponsor of S. 1922, a bill to amend title f FEINSTEIN, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. ISAK- 18, United States Code, to protect pain- SON, Mr. HATCH, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED capable unborn children, and for other LANKFORD, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. PAUL, BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS purposes. Mr. PERDUE, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. TILLIS, By Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. WICKER, Mr. YOUNG, S. 2008 Mr. FLAKE): and Mr. GRAHAM): At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the S. 2344. A bill to amend the Immigra- S. Res. 381. A resolution designating the name of the Senator from West Vir- tion and Nationality Act to authorize week of January 21 through January 27, 2018, ginia (Mr. MANCHIN) was added as a co- additional visas for well-educated as ‘‘National School Choice Week’’ ; consid- sponsor of S. 2008, a bill to combat the ered and agreed to. aliens to live and work in the United opioid epidemic and drug sample back- By Mr. DONNELLY (for himself, Mr. States, and for other purposes; to the logs. TOOMEY, Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. CASEY): Committee on the Judiciary. S. Res. 382. A resolution supporting the S. 2065 Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I rise contributions of Catholic schools; considered At the request of Mr. YOUNG, the today to discuss the pressing need to and agreed to. name of the Senator from Mississippi reform our high-skilled immigration By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Ms. (Mr. WICKER) was added as a cosponsor HARRIS, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. VAN HOL- system. This is an issue I’ve cham- of S. 2065, a bill to establish a dem- pioned for a number of years and one LEN, Ms. WARREN, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. onstration program to provide inte- HEITKAMP, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. STABE- that becomes only more urgent with grated care for Medicare beneficiaries NOW, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. KING, Mr. each passing season. BROWN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. with end-stage renal disease, and for It is also an issue that I believe ties BLUMENTHAL, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. other purposes. in directly with the recent discussions FEINSTEIN, Ms. HIRONO, Mrs. MURRAY, S. 2121 we have been having about merit-based and Mr. NELSON): At the request of Mr. HELLER, the immigration. As I said on the floor last S. Res. 383. A resolution expressing support name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. for the designation of a ‘‘Women’s Health week, high-skilled immigration is YOUNG) was added as a cosponsor of S. Research Day’’; to the Committee on Health, merit-based immigration. It is immi- Education, Labor, and Pensions. 2121, a bill to amend title XVIII of the gration targeted at the best, the Social Security Act to require report- f brightest, and the most highly edu- ing of certain data by providers and cated. It is immigration targeted at in- ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS suppliers of air ambulance services for dividuals who have the skills employ- purposes of reforming reimbursements S. 518 ers need. If we want to have a discus- for such services under the Medicare At the request of Mr. WICKER, the sion about individuals who will add program, and for other purposes. name of the Senator from New Mexico value to our economy, who will bring S. 2174 (Mr. UDALL) was added as a cosponsor critical skills to the table, and who At the request of Mr. YOUNG, the of S. 518, a bill to amend the Federal will help keep our country competi- name of the Senator from North Da- Water Pollution Control Act to provide tive, high-skilled immigration is what kota (Mr. HOEVEN) was added as a co- for technical assistance for small we should be talking about. sponsor of S. 2174, a bill to direct the treatment works. For years, we have had a system for Secretary of Veterans Affairs to con- bringing high-skilled workers from S. 545 duct a study on the Veterans Crisis other countries to the United States to At the request of Mr. PAUL, the name Line. fill jobs for which there is a shortage of of the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. S. 2311 American labor. This system does not JOHNSON) was added as a cosponsor of At the request of Mr. GRAHAM, the replace American jobs. Rather, it sup- S. 545, a bill to preserve and protect the name of the Senator from Tennessee plements our workforce with talent free choice of individual employees to (Mr. ALEXANDER) was added as a co- from other countries in industries form, join, or assist labor organiza- sponsor of S. 2311, a bill to amend title where there are simply not enough tions, or to refrain from such activi- 18, United States Code, to protect pain- qualified American workers to meet ties. capable unborn children, and for other demand. S. 786 purposes. But the system is badly out of date. At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the S. RES. 376 To begin with, it caps the number of name of the Senator from West Vir- At the request of Mr. MERKLEY, the high-skilled worker visas—also called ginia (Mr. MANCHIN) was added as a co- name of the Senator from Colorado H–1B visas—that employers can obtain sponsor of S. 786, a bill to establish a (Mr. GARDNER) was added as a cospon- each year at a number that is far below grant program relating to the preven- sor of S. Res. 376, a resolution urging demand. This year, just like last year tion of student and student athlete the Governments of Burma and Ban- and the year before, USCIS reached the opioid misuse. gladesh to ensure the safe, dignified, annual cap on H–1B visas within the S. 1361 voluntary, and sustainable return of first week that visa petitions could be At the request of Mr. CRAPO, the the Rohingya refugees who have been submitted. In fact, during that single name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. displaced by the campaign of ethnic week, USCIS received over twice as BROWN) was added as a cosponsor of S. cleansing conducted by the Burmese many visa petitions as there were 1361, a bill to amend title XVIII of the military. available visas.

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My updated I-Squared bill will also and brightest here in America and then That’s why today I am introducing end the problem of H–1B workers who send them back home because they my Immigration Innovation Act, or I- are on the path to a green card from can’t get permanent work in the Squared, to bring our high-skilled im- United States. That makes no sense. In migration system into the 21st cen- being locked into their current jobs by fact, it is just plain stupid. tury. This critical legislation contains enabling such workers to change jobs There is also a significant backlog reforms that will end abuse, provide a earlier in the process without losing for skilled professionals and advanced clearer path for individuals educated in their places in the green card line, and degree holders who want to come to the United States to stay in the United it creates a new, streamlined green the United States on green cards. States, and enable employers more eas- card process for high-skilled workers These are the very individuals we ily to hire the talent they need. who wish to come to the United States should be encouraging to come to our I would like to thank my good friend on a permanent basis to obtain condi- country—individuals who have the from Arizona, Senator FLAKE, for co- tional residency without having to use technical skills our science and tech- sponsoring I-Squared. Senator FLAKE the cumbersome H–1B system. nology companies need and who will and I have worked together for a long Many of the problems with our cur- earn good salaries and contribute time on this issue, and I am grateful rent H–1B program stem from the fact meaningfully to our economy—and yet for his leadership. that workers seeking temporary em- we respire them to wait years and Many of my colleagues are familiar ployment and workers seeking long- years to obtain a green card. Again, will I-Squared. I have introduced pre- term employment are funneled into the you want to talk about merit-based im- vious versions in the last two Con- same system. My updated I-Squared migration? These are the folks we gresses. The version I am introducing bill will help separate these two em- should be welcoming to our country today, however, has a number of impor- ployment streams in ways that will with enthusiasm. Instead, we throw up tant changes. In many ways, it is a dif- benefit both employers and employees. barrier after barrier until many simply ferent bill. Allow me to highlight some give up. of the changes. Finally, my updated I-Squared bill At the same time, a handful of com- Like previous versions, my updated I- will provide nearly $1 billion in new panies have found ways to game the H– Squared bill raises the annual H–1B cap funding for STEM education and work- 1B system to displace American em- to better meet market demand. In fact, er training programs without raising a ployees with lower paid foreign work- it ties the cap to market demand so single cent in taxes. It does this by in- ers. We have all seen the news stories: that the cap increases and decreases as creasing fees for H–1B petitions and American workers told they are being demand increases and decreases. It also green cards and directing the new fund- replaced with foreign personnel and enables H–1B workers to change jobs ing to State block grants for STEM that if they want to receive a sever- without losing their H–1B status and training. ance package or a positive employer allows foreign students attending In many ways, this last piece is the reference, they better train their re- American universities to declare an in- most important provision of I-Squared. placements. These stories disgust me tent to stay in the United States fol- The STEM disciplines—science, tech- as they should disgust all Americans. lowing graduation so they can more nology, engineering, and math—are Under no circumstances should an em- easily secure full-time employment. going to be critical to our country’s ployer be able to use a program that Lastly, the bill authorizes the recap- success in the coming decades. In- was designed to mitigate workforce ture of unused green cards from pre- creased funding for STEM education shortages to put hardworking Ameri- vious years and eliminates per-country and worker training programs will help cans out of a job. That was never the green card caps, which unfairly dis- ensure that we have the workforce we intent of the H–1B program, and it criminate against individuals from need to succeed in the global economy. must not be allowed to continue. countries with larger numbers of appli- It will help produce more graduates There are also other problems with cants. the H–1B program that we need to fix. Here is what is new to I-Squared this with the computer science and engi- Too often, large employers crowd out Congress. neering skills high-tech employers re- small businesses by submitting far First, and most importantly, the bill quire. It will enable workers displaced more visa petitions than they actually creates an express prohibition on hir- by globalization and the changing need. This practice can lead to wasted ing an H–1B worker with the purpose economy to acquire new, in-demand visas and puts small employers at a and intent to replace an American skills so they can restart their careers, significant disadvantage in the H–1B worker. That was never the intent of and if we’re successful, increased lottery. the H–1B program and must not be al- STEM funding may even reduce the de- Another problem concerns H–1B lowed to happen. mand for H–1B and other skilled visas workers who wish to transition to Second, the bill creates an express in the first place because it will better green card status. Because of the sig- prohibition on conditioning an employ- align our workforce with employer nificant backlog in employment-based ee’s pay or severance on training an H– needs. green cards, high-skilled workers who 1B replacement. I-Squared is supported by a broad co- wish to come to the United States on a Third, the bill raises the level-1 wage alition of tech commies, trade associa- permanent basis often start out on H– employers must pay to prevent em- tions, and other job creators. I ask 1B visas, and because of quirks in our ployers from using H–1B workers to un- unanimous consent at this time to be immigration laws, these workers must dercut labor costs. printed in the RECORD a number of let- stay with their original sponsoring em- Fourth, the bill updates the 1998 law ters in support of the bill, including ployers until green cards become avail- that exempts H–1B employers from cer- letters from the Information Tech- able, which may take 10 years or tain recruitment and non-displacement nology Industry Council and the Semi- longer. During this time, the employee requirements if the employer pays its conductor Industry Association. Other may be forced to accept below-market H–1B employees a high enough salary. key stakeholders who will be issuing wages or suboptimal working condi- Specifically, the bill raises the salary tions just to stay in the green card threshold to match inflation and elimi- statements of support include Micro- queue. If the employee were to take a nates the exemption altogether for par- soft, Facebook, the Internet Associa- higher paying, or better, job at another ticularly heavy users of H–1Bs. tion, and the Software Alliance. company, the employee would lose his Fifth, the bill imposes penalties on There being no objection, the mate- or her place in the green card line. This employers who file more H–1B petitions rial was ordered to be printed in the creates a power imbalance between H– than they need to prevent large, cash- RECORD, as follows:

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ITI, SEMICONDUCTOR sionals to accept employment with new em- Washington, DC, January 22, 2018. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, ployers, a key change we support. We will in- Re Immigration Innovation Act of 2018. Washington, DC, January 24, 2018. clude this legislation in Congress as part of Hon. ORRIN HATCH, Hon. ORRIN HATCH, our advocacy efforts to advance fair, innova- U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. tive and competitive immigration reforms.’’ Washington, DC. DEAR SENATOR HATCH: On behalf the Semi- The members of CFGI and SHRM are work- conductor Industry Association (SIA), I am DEAR SENATOR HATCH: On behalf of the 60 ing to create a 21st century workplace that writing to express our strong support for the members of the Information Technology In- empowers employers and the workforce to Immigration Innovation Act of 2018 (‘‘I- dustry Council (ITI), I write to express our compete and win in an increasingly competi- Squared Act’’). strong support for your legislation, the Im- tive global economy. Building an immigra- High-skilled immigration reform is a crit- migration Innovation (I-Squared) Act of 2018. tion system that is fair, innovative and com- ical priority for the U.S. semiconductor in- ITI is the voice of the high-tech community, petitive is a critical component to realizing dustry. In order to compete globally, SIA advocating for policies that advance U.S. this goal. member companies require the talent of the leadership in technology and innovation, ‘‘We applaud Senators Hatch and Flake for best and brightest scientists and engineers in open access to new and emerging markets, their commitment to invest in the future of the world. U.S. colleges and universities at- protect and enhance consumer choice, and the U.S. workforce and modernize our na- tract the best students to America to obtain encourage domestic and global competition. tion’s outdated employment-based immigra- advanced degrees in science, technology, en- Our membership includes companies from all tion system in a way that works for the gineering and mathematics (STEM). Many of verticals of the technology sector, including workforce,’’ said Mike Aitken, SHRM’s vice these students significantly contribute to semiconductor, network equipment, soft- president of government affairs. the U.S. innovation ecosystem through fed- ware, digital services, hardware, mobile de- ‘‘This legislation addresses many of the se- erally and privately funded research during vice, and internet companies. rious challenges facing employers navigating their graduate training. Upon graduation, the current maze of immigration laws and We have long advocated for changes to our these highly educated STEM graduates very immigration system that allow employers to regulations, including eliminating green often want to work in the U.S., but are too card backlogs and modernizing the H–1B visa attract and retain the world’s best and high- often compelled to return to their home ly-educated employees so that we can con- system,’’ Aitken added. ‘‘These reforms are a countries where they compete with U.S. critical component to building and sup- tinue to innovate and compete in a global companies. This has the impact of reducing marketplace. Our members are committed to porting a 21st century workplace in which the competitiveness of U.S. companies and employers and the workforce can thrive.’’ growing the U.S. economy and creating jobs restricting growth of our economy. CFGI and SHRM are eager to work on the for—and protecting—American workers. In The I-Squared Act would strengthen the bill as it moves forward. fact, in the tech sector, we are producing U.S. economy and promote innovation by jobs faster than we can fill them. In 2016, making important improvements to the H– there were approximately 3.3 million science, 1B and the green card programs. These nec- SIIA SAYS I-SQUARED ACT IS CRITICAL FOR technology, engineering, and mathematics essary reforms will help spur innovation and U.S. ECONOMY AND GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS (STEM) job openings posted online. By con- create thousands of high paying manufac- [Jan. 25, 2018] trast, in that same year, U.S. universities turing and research jobs here in America. WASHINGTON D.C.—The Software & Infor- graduated 568,000 students with STEM de- SIA appreciates your leadership on the I- mation Industry Association (SIIA) today grees. To meet this job demand, it is vital we Squared Act, and we look forward to work- welcomed the introduction of the ‘‘Immigra- not only provide STEM education and train- ing with you to ensure its prompt enactment tion Innovation (I-Squared) Act of 2018,’’ by ing to more American students and workers, into law. Senators Orrin Hatch (R–UT) and Jeff Flake but that we also ensure U.S.-based employers Sincerely, (R–AZ). can recruit the top talent from American JOHN NEUFFER, universities and from abroad. President & CEO. SIIA Senior Vice President for Public Pol- The United States is in dire need of a re- icy, Mark MacCarthy, issued the following statement: newed skilled immigration system and the COUNCIL FOR GLOBAL IMMIGRATION economic benefits of such reforms could not AND SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RE- ‘‘The U.S. IT industry—and the American be clearer. For example, over 230,000 addi- SOURCE MANAGEMENT, economy more broadly—has long benefited tional computer-related jobs would have January 25, 2018. from the contributions of highly-educated workers, regardless of where they were born. been created for American workers if not for CFGI AND SHRM APPLAUD IMMIGRATION The I-Squared Act will make critical reforms the 2007 and 2008 H–1B visa petition denials. INNOVATION ACT OF 2018 Furthermore, more than half of the startup to the U.S. immigration laws to help U.S. THE I-SQUARED BILL IS THE RIGHT SOLUTION companies attract and retain the best and companies valued at over $1 billion in the FOR EMPLOYERS AND THE WORKFORCE United States were founded by at least one most innovative employees from around the ALEXANDRIA, VA.—The Council for Global immigrant, many of whom initially came world. Immigration (CFGI) and the Society for here on H–1B visas. On average, each of these ‘‘This bill will greatly enable continued Human Resource Management (SHRM) ap- companies now employs 760 Americans. Yet, U.S. innovation, job creation, and economic plaud today’s introduction of the Immigra- our broken immigration system continues to expansion, while preventing abuses of the H– tion Innovation Act of 2018 (I-Squared). The stymie such talent and future innovation. 1B program that could harm U.S. workers. bill includes provisions to modernize the The legislation also promotes the American ITI welcomes the introduction of the I- high-skilled employment-based immigration education system by funding state grants to Squared Act of 2018. This critical legislation system in a way that would work for all who promote STEM education and training in the would upgrade our immigration system for have a stake in immigration, including em- U.S. the 21st century economy in several ways. ployers and the workforce. ‘‘SIIA thanks Senators Hatch and Flake First, it will reset the number of H–1B visas The legislation, introduced by Sen. Orrin and allow their availability to adjust to for co-sponsoring the I-Squared Act, and we Hatch (R-Utah) and Sen. Jeff Flake (R– look forward to working with them and meet market demands. Second, it reforms Ariz.), would establish a voluntary trusted the green card system in ways that will re- other congressional leaders to enact this employer program, among other provisions. critical legislation.’’ duce the current backlog, and enable the Consistent with a CFGI proposal, a trusted most exceptional and highly-skilled foreign- employer program would make the system Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, there is a born individuals to innovate, start new com- more efficient for employers and the govern- lot of debate about immigration right panies, and advance their professional devel- ment. now. We all know that we need to do opment and success in the United States. ‘‘This legislation would ensure that em- something about DACA. I know that as Third, the legislation reflects our industry’s ployers acting in good faith have access to commitment to protect American workers, well as anyone. I have been working on the top global talent they need to compete, a solution for the Dreamer population as well as our support for domestic STEM while providing additional resources to train education and training programs. and educate U.S. workers in high-demand for a very long time, and we are going The I-Squared Act is much-need legislation STEM fields,’’ said Lynn Shotwell, executive to find a solution. We also need to do that will enable skilled workers who wish to director of CFGI. ‘‘It would also reform the something about border security and work in the United States to propel Amer- H–1B program with enhanced protections for interior enforcement so we don’t end ican innovation, engender growth in our U.S. workers, an important change that up back in the same place 20 years economy, and help create jobs here at home. CFGI supports. from now. We commend you for your diligence on this ‘‘We endorse the bill’s provision that would But we can walk and chew gum at important issue and urge both the House and keep today’s green card system in place, but Senate to support this important legislation. provide a more direct path to a green card the same time, and I think talking Sincerely, when there are no able, willing or qualified about merit-based immigration is a DEAN C. GARFIELD, U.S. workers available,’’ Shotwell continued. good thing. It is an important prin- President and CEO. ‘‘This option would make it easier for profes- ciple.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:39 Jan 26, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A25JA6.025 S25JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE S524 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 25, 2018 As we do so, we need to remember (2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end Whereas hundreds of organizations, more that we already have merit-based pro- the following: than 9,000 schools, and millions of individ- grams built into our existing immigra- ‘‘(5) ALLOCATION OF GRANT AWARDS FOR uals in the United States celebrate the bene- tion laws. The problem is those pro- PROSECUTORS.—For each fiscal year, not less fits of educational choice during the 8th an- than 5 percent, but not more than 7 percent, nual National School Choice Week, held the grams aren’t working the way they are of the grant amounts distributed under para- week of January 21 through January 27, 2018: supposed to. They are not properly graph (1) shall, if sufficient applications to Now, therefore, be it aligned with employer needs, and in justify such amounts are received by the At- Resolved, That the Senate— their current set-up, there is too much torney General, be awarded for purposes de- (1) designates the week of January 21 room for waste and abuse. scribed in subsection (a)(9), provided that through January 27, 2018, as ‘‘National My I-Squared bill will fix both of none of the funds required to be distributed School Choice Week’’; those problems. It will help ensure we under this paragraph shall decrease or other- (2) congratulates students, parents, teach- wise limit the availability of funds required ers, and school leaders from K–12 education have the talent in our country that we environments of all varieties for their per- need to succeed. It will also help equip to be awarded to States or units of local gov- ernment under paragraph (3).’’. sistence, achievements, dedication, and con- the next generation of Americans to (b) PROSECUTION OF COLD CASES.—Of the tributions to society in the United States; meet the demands of our increasingly amounts made available to the Attorney (3) encourages all parents, during National tech-driven economy. General under section 2 of the DNA Analysis School Choice Week, to learn more about the I-Squared will also help put an end to Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. education options available to them; and the troubling abuses we have seen in 40701) for a DNA Analysis and capacity en- (4) encourages the people of the United the H–1B program and ensure that the hancement program and for other local, States to hold appropriate programs, events, State, and Federal forensic activities for the and activities during National School Choice program is used as it was intended—to Week to raise public awareness of the bene- supplement, not replace, American purpose described in section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (34 fits of opportunity in education. labor. U.S.C. 40701) under the heading ‘‘STATE AND f I repeat what I said at the outset: LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE’’ under SENATE RESOLUTION 382—SUP- High-skilled immigration is merit- the heading ‘‘OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS’’ based immigration. It is immigration under the heading ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF JUS- PORTING THE CONTRIBUTIONS targeted at the best, the brightest, and TICE’’ in fiscal years 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS the most highly educated. not less than 5 percent, but not more than 7 Mr. DONNELLY (for himself, Mr. As we debate how to improve our im- percent, of such amounts shall be provided TOOMEY, Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. CASEY) migration system, let us keep in mind for grants for prosecutors to increase the ca- submitted the following resolution; that we already have merit-based pro- pacity of State and local prosecution offices which was considered and agreed to: to address the cold cases involving violent grams in our existing laws. Thinking S. RES. 382 crime, where suspects have been identified outside the box is important, but it is through DNA evidence. Whereas Catholic schools in the United also important not to overlook what is States are internationally acclaimed for right here in front of us. f their academic excellence and provide stu- My I-Squared bill will help ensure SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS dents with more than an exceptional scho- that we have a high-skilled immigra- lastic education; tion system that works, that meets Whereas Catholic schools instill a broad, values-added education emphasizing the life- employer needs, that keeps America SENATE RESOLUTION 381—DESIG- long development of moral, intellectual, competitive, and that prepares the NATING THE WEEK OF JANUARY physical, and social values in young people next generation of Americans to suc- 21 THROUGH JANUARY 27, 2018, in the United States; ceed. It is commonsense legislation; It AS ‘‘NATIONAL SCHOOL CHOICE Whereas Catholic schools serve the Nation is balanced legislation; and I urge all of WEEK’’ by providing a diverse student population my colleagues to support it. from all regions of the country and all socio- Mr. SCOTT (for himself, Mr. ALEX- economic backgrounds a strong academic By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. ANDER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BURR, Mr. and moral foundation, including 41.4 percent of students from racial and ethnic minority KLOBUCHAR, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. DAINES, Mr. ENZI, Mrs. FEIN- backgrounds and 19 percent from non-Catho- BROWN, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. HELLER, lic families; STEIN, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. PORTMAN, Whereas Catholic schools are an affordable and Mr. HATCH): HATCH, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. LANKFORD, option for parents, particularly in under- S. 2345. A bill to amend the DNA Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PERDUE, served urban areas; Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of Mr. RUBIO, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. Whereas Catholic schools produce students 2000 to provide additional resources to WICKER, Mr. YOUNG, and Mr. GRAHAM) strongly dedicated to their faith, values, State and local prosecutors, and for submitted the following resolution; families, and communities by providing an other purposes; to the Committee on which was considered and agreed to: intellectually stimulating environment rich in spiritual, character, and moral develop- S. RES. 381 the Judiciary. ment; Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask Whereas providing a diversity of choices in Whereas Catholic schools are committed to unanimous consent that the text of the K–12 education empowers parents to select community service, producing graduates who bill be printed in the RECORD. education environments that meet the indi- hold ‘‘helping others’’ among their core val- There being no objection, the text of vidual needs and strengths of their children; ues; the bill was ordered to be printed in Whereas high-quality K–12 education envi- Whereas the total Catholic school student ronments of all varieties are available in the the RECORD, as follows: enrollment for the 2017–2018 academic year is United States, including traditional public almost 1,900,000 and the student-teacher S. 2345 schools, public charter schools, public mag- ratio is 12 to 1; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- net schools, private schools, online acad- Whereas the Catholic high school gradua- resentatives of the United States of America in emies, and home schooling; tion rate is 99 percent, with 86 percent of Congress assembled, Whereas talented teachers and school lead- graduates attending 4-year colleges; SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. ers in each of the education environments Whereas in the 1972 pastoral message con- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Justice prepare children to achieve their dreams; cerning Catholic education, the National Served Act of 2018’’. Whereas more families than ever before in Conference of Catholic Bishops stated, ‘‘Edu- SEC. 2. PROSECUTION OF DNA COLD CASES. the United States actively choose the best cation is one of the most important ways by (a) DEBBIE SMITH DNA BACKLOG GRANT PRO- education for their children; which the Church fulfills its commitment to GRAM.—Section 2 of the DNA Analysis Back- Whereas more public awareness of the the dignity of the person and building of log Elimination Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 40701) issue of parental choice in education can in- community. Community is central to edu- is amended— form additional families of the benefits of cation ministry, both as a necessary condi- (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end proactively choosing challenging, moti- tion and an ardently desired goal. The edu- the following: vating, and effective education environments cational efforts of the Church, therefore, ‘‘(9) To increase the capacity of State and for their children; must be directed to forming persons-in-com- local prosecution offices to address the back- Whereas the process by which parents munity; for the education of the individual log of violent crime cases in which suspects choose schools for their children is non- Christian is important not only to his soli- have been identified through DNA evi- political, nonpartisan, and deserves the ut- tary destiny, but also the destinies of the dence.’’; and most respect; and many communities in which he lives.’’;

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:53 Jan 26, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A25JA6.010 S25JAPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with SENATE January 25, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S525 Whereas the week of January 28, 2018, to ate, the following committees are au- son, Jr., to be United States District February 3, 2018, has been designated as Na- thorized to meet during today’s session Judge for the District of Utah, James tional Catholic Schools Week by the Na- of the Senate: R. Sweeney II, to be United States Dis- tional Catholic Educational Association and trict Judge for the Southern District of the United States Conference of Catholic COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES Bishops, and January 31, 2018, has been des- The Committee on Armed Services is Indiana, and John C. Anderson, to be ignated National Appreciation Day for authorized to meet during the session United States Attorney for the District Catholic Schools; of the Senate on Thursday, January 25, of New Mexico, Brandon J. Fremin, to Whereas the National Catholic Schools 2018, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing on be United States Attorney for the Mid- Week was first established in 1974 and has pending nominations. dle District of Louisiana, and David G. been celebrated annually for the past 44 COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES Jolley, to be United States Marshal for years; The Committee on Armed Services is the Eastern District of Tennessee, all Whereas while Catholic schools must work of the Department of Justice. hard to maintain enrollment, the demand authorized to meet during the session and enthusiasm for Catholic schools remains of the Senate on Thursday, January 25, PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS strong; 2018, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing The Permanent Subcommittee on In- Whereas 30 percent of Catholic schools entitled ‘‘Global Challenges and the vestigations of the Committee on have waiting lists for admission and new U.S. National Security Strategy.’’ Homeland Security and Government schools are opening across the country; and COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN Affairs is authorized to meet during Whereas the theme for National Catholic AFFAIRS the session of the Senate on Thursday, Schools Week 2018 is Catholic Schools: January 25, 2018, at 10 a.m., to conduct Learn. Serve. Lead. Succeed.: Now, there- The Committee on Banking, Housing fore, be it and Urban Affairs is authorized to a hearing entitled ‘‘Combatting the Resolved, That the Senate— meet during the session of the Senate Opioid Crisis: Exploiting (1) supports the goals of National Catholic on Thursday, January 25, 2018, at 10 Vulnerabilities in the International Schools Week, an event cosponsored by the a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled Mail.’’ National Catholic Educational Association ‘‘CFIUS Reform: Administration Per- f and the United States Conference of Catholic spectives on the essential elements.’’ Bishops and established to recognize the VETERAN PARTNERS’ EFFORTS TO vital contributions of the thousands of COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND ENHANCE REINTEGRATION ACT Catholic elementary and secondary schools TRANSPORTATION Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I in the United States; The Committee on Commerce, (2) applauds the National Catholic Edu- Science, and Transportation is author- ask unanimous consent that the Com- cational Association and the United States ized to meet during the session of the mittee on Veterans’ Affairs be dis- Conference of Catholic Bishops on their se- Senate on Thursday, January 25, 2018, charged from further consideration of lection of a theme that all can celebrate; and at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing enti- S. 1873 and the Senate proceed to its (3) supports the continued dedication of tled ‘‘This is Not a Drill: An Examina- immediate consideration. Catholic schools, students, parents, and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without teachers across the United States toward tion of the Wireless Emergency Alert System.’’ objection, it is so ordered. academic excellence, and supports the key The clerk will report the bill by title. role they play in promoting and ensuring a COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL The bill clerk read as follows: brighter, stronger future for the Nation. RESOURCES The Committee on Energy and Nat- A bill (S. 1873) to require the Secretary of f Veterans Affairs to carry out a program to ural Resources is authorized to meet AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND establish peer specialists in patient aligned during the session of the Senate on PROPOSED care teams at medical centers of the Depart- Thursday, January 25, 2018, at 10 a.m., ment of Veterans Affairs, and for other pur- SA 1920. Mr. MCCONNELL (for Mr. BLUNT) at the Washington Convention Center, poses. proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1873, to to conduct a hearing entitled ‘‘Road to There being no objection, the Senate require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Tomorrow: Energy Innovation in Auto- carry out a program to establish peer spe- proceeded to consider the bill. cialists in patient aligned care teams at motive Technologies.’’ Mr. MCCONNELL. I further ask medical centers of the Department of Vet- COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, unanimous consent that the Blunt erans Affairs, and for other purposes. AND PENSIONS amendment, which is at the desk, be f The Committee on Health, Edu- considered and agreed to. cation, Labor, and Pensions is author- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there TEXT OF AMENDMENTS ized to meet during the session of the objection? SA 1920. Mr. MCCONNELL (for Mr. Senate on Thursday, January 25, 2018, Without objection, it is so ordered. BLUNT) proposed an amendment to the at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing enti- The amendment (No. 1920) was agreed bill S. 1873, to require the Secretary of tled ‘‘Reauthorizing the Higher Edu- to, as follows: Veterans Affairs to carry out a pro- cation Act: Access and Innovation.’’ (Purpose: To modify the timeline for gram to establish peer specialists in COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, establishment of the program) patient aligned care teams at medical AND PENSIONS On page 2, strike lines 15 through 18 and in- centers of the Department of Veterans The Committee on Health, Edu- sert the following: Affairs, and for other purposes; as fol- cation, Labor, and Pensions is author- (1) Not later than December 31, 2018, at not lows: ized to meet during the session of the fewer than 25 medical centers of the Depart- ment. On page 2, strike lines 15 through 18 and in- Senate on Thursday, January 25, 2018, (2) Not later than December 31, 2019, at not sert the following: at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a hearing on fewer than 50 medical centers of the Depart- (1) Not later than December 31, 2018, at not the nomination of Frank T. Brogan, of ment. fewer than 25 medical centers of the Depart- Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Sec- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I ment. retary for Elementary and Secondary (2) Not later than December 31, 2019, at not ask unanimous consent that the bill, as fewer than 50 medical centers of the Depart- Education, Department of Education. amended, be considered read a third ment. COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY time and the Senate proceed to vote on f The Committee on the Judiciary is passage of the bill, as amended. authorized to meet during the session The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO of the Senate on Thursday, January 25, objection, it is so ordered. MEET 2018, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing on The bill was ordered to be engrossed Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I have 9 subcommittee assignments and the fol- for a third reading and was read the requests for committees to meet during lowing nominations: Kurt D. third time. today’s session of the Senate. They Engelhardt, of Louisiana, to be United The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there have the approval of the Majority and States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Cir- further debate? Minority leaders. cuit, Barry W. Ashe, to be United If not, the bill having been read the Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph States District Judge for the Eastern third time, the question is, Shall it 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Sen- District of Louisiana, Howard C. Niel- pass?

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OATH OF CITIZENSHIP HONORING THE LIFE OF FRANCES helped him receive an American Field Service GRICE scholarship to attend his senior year of high HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY school in Minnesota. With the help of grants from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Win- OF INDIANA HON. PETE AGUILAR OF CALIFORNIA ston S. Churchill Association, Dr. Surin re- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ceived his bachelor’s degree from Claremont IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, January 25, 2018 Men’s College (now Claremont McKenna Col- Thursday, January 25, 2018 lege) in California and a master’s and doc- Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, it is with Mr. AGUILAR. Mr. Speaker, today it is my torate from Harvard University, and through a great pleasure and sincerity that I take this distinct privilege to pay tribute to the life of Congressional Fellowship from the Asia Foun- time to congratulate thirty individuals who will Frances Grice. Frances was a beloved mem- dation worked in the office of Representative take their oaths of citizenship on Friday, Feb- ber of my community who committed her life Geraldine Ferraro. ruary 2, 2018. This memorable occasion will to the people of the Inland Empire. Frances For a Muslim of Malay-descent who didn’t be held at the United States Courthouse and believed whole-heartedly that every person, own a pair of shoes until the age of 11 to later Federal Building in Hammond, Indiana. regardless of skin color, religion or economic become a globetrotting envoy, Dr. Surin never America is a country founded by immi- status, deserved to be treated equally, and lost his deep sense of humility and grace and grants. From its beginning, settlers have come with respect and compassion. ease with communicating. Dedicated to im- from countries around the world to the United A civil rights leader and longtime advocate proving the lives of others, he always made States in search of better lives for their fami- for racial equality, Frances led the charge to time during his frequent trips to his family’s lies. Oath ceremonies are a shining example desegregate public schools in San Bernardino, hometown to meet with the poor and see how of what is so great about the United States of California. As a cofounder of the Community he could help them. He is survived by his wife, America—that people from all over the world League of Mothers, Frances became a voice Alisa, and their three sons, to whom I extend can come together and unite as members of for the African-American community in the San my deepest thoughts and condolences. a free, democratic nation. These individuals Bernardino region, and used her tenacity and I had the pleasure of meeting with Dr. Surin realize that nowhere else in the world offers a compassion to represent the interests of one in 2014 while he was in America to receive better opportunity for success than here in of the area’s most under-represented popu- the National Peace Corps Association’s Harris America. lations. Wofford Global Citizen Award. Dr. Surin ac- On February 2, 2018, the following people, Frances later founded Operation Second cepted the award on behalf of what he called representing many nations throughout the Chance, a training program to help young ‘‘the millions of other so called ‘Peace Corps world, will take their oaths of citizenship in people in the Inland Empire gain work experi- Products’ all around the world whose lives Hammond, Indiana: Patrick Joseph Fay, ence and become economically independent. have been enriched and influenced by [Peace Monica Soledad Aguayo Paredes, Feda Her students still remember her fondly, and Corps volunteers].’’ From his ‘‘Big Break,’’ as Izzedin Aljobeh, Olalak Khamkhosy Baccam, her dedication to those who were in need he called it, with volunteers David and Phyllis Henriette Uwimpuhwe Balinda, Carolina made a lasting difference in the lives of count- until the day he died, Dr. Surin channeled the Brambila, Sandra Campos, Jazman Abigail less young people across the Inland Empire. spirit of the Peace Corps to partner in peace, Cruz, Felix Dorado Amaro, Maria Echeverria, Sadly, Frances passed away last month. I progress, and understanding. I hope that Dr. Oluwole Elenitoba-Johnson, Maria Isabel Gali- speak on behalf of the entire Inland Empire Surin’s life and work can serve as a model for cia, Omar Agustin Garcia, Martin Herrera, community when I say our region is dev- all of us. Naomi Juarez, Katalin Csiszar Moore, Cain astated by this loss, and that her contributions f Eliseo Morales Jurado, Grissel Morelos, Mung to making our community a better place to live San Myi Shi, Otilia Snezana Nikolovski, will never be forgotten. HONORING JOHN HARRITY, PRESI- Hernan Osorio, Ashok Patel, Elena Rangel, DENT OF THE CONNECTICUT f Delia Ruiz, Jorge Luis Sullon, Susan STATE COUNCIL OF MACHINISTS, Oluwaiemisi, Aleksandar Todorovich, Hannah HONORING DR. SURIN PITSUWAN ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RE- Tran, Pedro Vargas, and Otoniel Verdugo. TIREMENT Although each individual has sought to be- HON. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY III come a citizen of the United States for his or OF MASSACHUSETTS HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO her own reasons, be it for education, occupa- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF CONNECTICUT tion, or to offer their loved ones better lives, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES each is inspired by the fact that the United Thursday, January 25, 2018 States of America is, as Abraham Lincoln de- Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Thursday, January 25, 2018 scribed it, a country ‘‘. . .of the people, by the remember the life of Dr. Surin Pitsuwan of the Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, it is my great people, and for the people.’’ They realize that Kingdom of Thailand. privilege to rise today to join the many family, the United States is truly a free nation. By Dr. Surin, a great friend to countless Ameri- friends, and colleagues who have gathered seeking American citizenship, they have made cans in the diplomatic and Peace Corps com- today to celebrate an outstanding member of the decision that they want to live in a place munities, passed away on November 30, Connecticut’s labor movement and my good where, as guaranteed by the First Amendment 2017. friend, John Harrity. John, who has been a of the Constitution, they can practice religion Dr. Surin became a household name in U.S. proud member of IAM since the day after he as they choose, speak their minds without fear diplomatic circles, first as Thailand’s foreign was hired as a vertical turret lathe operator at of punishment, and assemble in peaceful pro- minister and later as Secretary General of the Pratt & Whitney nearly forty years ago, marks test should they choose to do so. Association of Southeast Asian Nations. his retirement having served as President of Mr. Speaker, I respectfully ask you and my Throughout his life in government and aca- the Connecticut State Council of Machinists other distinguished colleagues to join me in demia, Dr. Surin wielded his skills to influence since 2012. congratulating these individuals who will be- and forge peaceful partnerships with America John began his union service with IAM come citizens of the United States of America and the world. Local 1746 where he served as a Shop Stew- on February 2, 2018. They, too, are American Dr. Surin first entered the American experi- ard and Senior Steward as well as editor of citizens, guaranteed the inalienable rights to ence as an impoverished teenager in southern the Local Lodge 1746 newsletter. In 1986, he life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We, Thailand as a student of David and Phyllis was elected Business Representative, begin- as a free and democratic nation, congratulate Johnston—his ‘‘Angels of Hope’’ as he called ning his service with the Connecticut State them and welcome them. them—two Peace Corps volunteers who Council of Machinists, and four years later he

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Within the first gotiations to communications to organization weeks. seven years of operation, Santa Rosa Junior efforts, John’s work has helped to secure eco- f College went through great adversity: briefly nomic and retirement security for his members closing due to a severe city-wide influenza and their families. As President of the Con- IN RECOGNITION OF STEVE MIL- outbreak, losing its basement location due to necticut State Council of Machinists, John has LER’S SERVICE TO KENTUCKY’S a fire, and operating nomadically out of sev- been the voice for more than 10,000 active SECOND DISTRICT eral temporary spaces for four years. But out and retired IAM members and they could not of this early turmoil came remarkable growth have asked for a more passionate or dedi- HON. BRETT GUTHRIE and resilience. cated leader. OF KENTUCKY By 1927, the college attained the stability it John’s work for IAM members has extended IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES needed to succeed and grow. Operating out of far beyond his role within the union itself. He a permanent campus on over 40 acres of Thursday, January 25, 2018 has served as director of GrowJobsCT, a pro- land, the college was able to begin extending gram that brings together labor and state busi- Mr. GUTHRIE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to its roots throughout the community, becoming ness interests on issues of common concern give my sincere thanks to Steve Miller of the inaugural member of the newly created in order to support manufacturing and its as- Shelby County, Kentucky, who is retiring after Santa Rosa Junior College District. sociated jobs throughout Connecticut. He has nine years of service as a field representative Today, Santa Rosa Junior College has also served on a number of boards and com- with my office. grown significantly in scholastic capability and missions related to jobs, including as a mem- My friendship with Steve began when I was quality. Now spanning a combined total of ber of the Board of Directors of the Con- first elected to the Kentucky State Senate. more than 500 acres, the college district oper- necticut Green Bank and Chairperson of the Steve worked for the Senate leadership office, ates two campuses, a public safety training Board of Directors of the Connecticut Round- and I quickly learned how much everyone center, and a nationally ranked farm labora- table on Jobs and Climate. He was a founding loved Steve. He built friendships quickly and tory, among other facilities. The college now member of the Connecticut Hydrogen and had a deep knowledge of legislation and pol- employs over 3,000 faculty and staff to instruct Fuel Cell Coalition, a member of the Advisory icy, so when I was elected to serve the Sec- the more than 28,000 students who enroll Board of Connecticut’s Manufacturing Innova- ond District in the U.S. House of Representa- each semester. With these sizable gains in tion Fund, and co-chair of the Workforce De- tives, I knew I wanted Steve on my team. students, facilities, and staff, the district has velopment Committee of the Manufacturing In- Steve rose up to the challenge and imme- also expanded to serving 15 major high school novation Fund in its Investing in Manufacturing diately developed a reputation for serving con- campuses and 1,600 square miles, making it Community Partnerships federal initiative. stituents effectively. He understood early on one of the largest college districts in the na- John also played a critical role in the develop- that service transcends ideological differences. tion. ment of the Advanced Manufacturing Training Once, when Steve had an introductory meet- Santa Rosa Junior College, one hundred Center at Goodwin College where he is an ad- ing with a local official, he was rebuffed be- years old, offers exceptional academic, career junct faculty member. cause the official was of a different party. technical, athletic and performing arts pro- Over the years, John and I have worked on Steve chuckled and explained that he wasn’t grams that have consistently garnered state, countless issues together and I will always be there to be political—he was there to serve national and worldwide attention. Mr. Speaker, grateful for his candor, friendship, and support. that community and be a resource to that offi- after a century of steady scholastic achieve- He has dedicated a lifetime to ensuring safe cial. A great relationship began in fifteen min- ment and operational stability, the continuing workplaces. Today, as he marks his retire- utes and endures still. success of Santa Rosa Junior College has led ment, I am honored to stand and extend my For the past nine years, I’ve heard my con- to immeasurable social and economic im- deepest thanks and appreciation to John stituents tell similar stories of appreciation for provements for not only the North Bay com- Harrity for his bold leadership and outstanding Steve. He wakes up each day thinking about munity but the nation. It is therefore appro- contributions to IAM and Connecticut’s labor who he can introduce me to as he hits the priate that we stand together in recognition of movement. I wish him, his wife, Cindy, his road to visit the constituents of Kentucky’s this momentous occasion. children and grandchildren the very best for Second District. I will miss Steve, but I wish f many more years of health and happiness as him and his wife Donna good health and good they begin this new chapter. times with their family during retirement. SUPPORT CROSS-STRAIT STATUS f f QUO BETWEEN TAIWAN AND CHINA PERSONAL EXPLANATION HONORING THE CENTENNIAL AN- NIVERSARY OF SANTA ROSA HON. PAUL A. GOSAR HON. EARL BLUMENAUER JUNIOR COLLEGE OF ARIZONA OF OREGON IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. JARED HUFFMAN Thursday, January 25, 2018 Thursday, January 25, 2018 OF CALIFORNIA Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, my vote IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ex- press serious concern and opposition to the on January 22 is the same as my vote the Thursday, January 25, 2018 prior time: No. The situation is the same as it unilateral decision by the Chinese Civil Avia- was then, except there is one week fewer to Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today, tion Authority to activate four air routes in the actually get something done. along with my colleague, Congressman MIKE Taiwan-Strait. The decision was made without This legislation represents a fundamental THOMPSON, in recognition of the Santa Rosa any consultation with the government of Tai- failure on the part of Republicans to govern. Junior College’s centennial anniversary. Serv- wan, which is a clear violation of international This bill does next to nothing for Community ing more than 1.7 million students since open- law according to the International Civil Aviation Health Centers, the Children’s Health Insur- ing its doors, this public institution has grown Organization. This action by China could pose ance Program, our veterans, our pension sys- from seven women’s vision for a local junior a grave threat to the cross-strait status quo tems—some of which are in a state of crisis, college into a nationally and internationally between China and Taiwan. The cross-strait and the victims of natural disasters. Hundreds recognized leader in removing barriers to high- status quo has been essential in preventing a of thousands of people in Puerto Rico remain er education. military crisis between the two countries that without power. And, most glaringly, this bill Founded in 1918, the Santa Rosa Junior could be a threat to peace and security in does nothing to improve the situation of two- College was conceived of by members of the East Asia. thirds of a million Dreamers, who deserve cer- Federated Home and School Association of All relevant parties, including the Taiwanese tainty and protection but whose lives Trump’s Santa Rosa, an organization of prominent Government, support the continuation of the reckless actions have turned upside down. women from across the City of Santa Rosa cross-strait status quo. The Chinese Govern- The situation continues to be outrageous, who came together around the idea of bring- ment must come to the negotiating table with and it doesn’t have to be this way. The prior- ing higher education to their community. Taiwan in order to return to the status quo. I

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Using information between China and Taiwan should be based letes for over 20 years. from DHS, CBO estimates that implementing on dignity and respect, not one side trying to As so many people in the community know, the act’s provisions would cost less than dominate the other. the entire Leonard family was devoted to foot- $500,000; such spending would be subject to f ball. Liz’s husband, Ken, and son, Derek, are the availability of appropriated funds. high school football coaches for two rival Enacting H.R. 4564 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you- RECOGNIZING ASSISTANT CHIEF teams in Illinois. The ‘‘Leonard Bowl,’’ played JACK MULCAHY FOR 41 YEARS go procedures do not apply. between Ken’s Sacred Heart-Griffin Cyclones CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 4564 AT THE GLENS FALLS FIRE DE- and Derek’s Rochester Rockets, has become would not increase net direct spending or on- PARTMENT one of the most uniting high school sports budget deficits in any of the four consecutive spectacles in the state. I can only imagine the 10–year periods beginning in 2028. dilemma Liz found herself in while attending H.R. 4564 contains no intergovernmental or HON. ELISE M. STEFANIK private-sector mandates as defined in the OF NEW YORK these games and deciding who to root for. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES As someone who knows the Leonard family The CBO staff contact for this estimate is well, my thoughts and prayers are with them Mark Grabowicz. The estimate was approved Thursday, January 25, 2018 and all members of our local community as we by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Assistant Ms. STEFANIK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember the tremendous positive impact the Director for Budget Analysis. congratulate Assistant Chief Jack Mulcahy on Leonard family and Liz have had on so many f his retirement from the Glens Falls Fire De- of our school districts and communities. U.S. MARSHAL CLEVELAND partment after 41 years of service. I thank Liz for shaping young minds, sup- VAUGHN, JR. After serving in the Army and then the porting young athletes and Christians, and for Navy, Mulcahy intended to become a State being a shining light in all of our communities. HON. DON BACON Police Trooper, but instead found himself with f a temporary job at the Glens Falls Fire De- OF NEBRASKA partment. This summer job turned into a four- PERSONAL EXPLANATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES decade career of helping those in his commu- Thursday, January 25, 2018 nity as a firefighter. Mulcahy served in his role HON. THOMAS A. GARRETT, JR. Mr. BACON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to of assistant chief for ten years, and before OF VIRGINIA commemorate African-American History Month that, a lieutenant for 15 years. Not only did IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES by posthumously honoring the federal service, Mulcahy risk his own life in fires to save oth- Thursday, January 25, 2018 accomplishments and communal contributions ers, but he also enjoyed assisting citizens in of U.S. Marshal Cleveland Vaughn, Jr. their everyday problems, like rescuing pets Mr. GARRETT. Mr. Speaker, let the record He was born on a farm in Earle, Arkansas, from trees. Mulcahy considers himself lucky to show that I was present for the Roll Call vote skipped a grade in country school and grad- have been part of the Glens Falls firefighter 044. Had my vote registered properly, the Roll uated from high school at age 16. He went to ‘‘extended family,’’ and looks forward to keep- Call would have shown my ‘‘Yea’’ vote on Roll college at what is now known as the Univer- ing in touch but also having more time to Call No. 44. sity of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and graduated spend with his wife, three children, and grand- f with a degree in agriculture education. As a son. young boy, he dreamed of becoming a game COST ESTIMATE ON H.R. 4564, THE On behalf of New York’s 21st district, I warden. POST-CALIPHATE THREAT AS- would like to thank Assistant Chief Mulcahy for He began his federal career as a special SESSMENT ACT OF 2017 his years of hard work and dedication to his agent with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service community, and wish him all the best in the in 1967, when he was accepted into a federal years ahead. HON. MICHAEL T. McCAUL law enforcement training program. Mr. Vaughn f OF TEXAS wrote of the experience in an essay for the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Omaha World Herald stating ‘‘I was the first PERSONAL EXPLANATION Thursday, January 25, 2018 black. At the time, I didn’t realize what that meant, that it was a tremendous breakthrough. HON. BILL JOHNSON Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, the following To me, it was a job. Period.’’ It is a job he cost estimate H.R. 4564, the Post-Caliphate OF OHIO held for half of a 28-year career with the U.S. Threat Assessment Act of 2017, prepared by IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Department of the Interior. In 1993, Cleveland the Congressional Budget Office was not was the first African-American appointed to be Thursday, January 25, 2018 made available to the Committee at the time the U.S. Marshal for the State of Nebraska. Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I was of filing of the legislative report. The U.S. Marshals Service describes the absent during roll call vote 44. I was tending CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, members of its ranks thusly, ‘‘hometown-men to my critically ill mother. Had I been present, U.S. CONGRESS, and women familiar with local feelings about Washington, DC, January 18, 2018. I would have voted ‘yes.’ national issues. They are people comfortable Hon. MICHAEL MCCAUL, f Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security, within their own neighborhoods.’’ This is a par- House of Representatives, Washington, DC. ticularly apt description of Mr. Vaughn accord- REMEMBERING ELIZABETH ‘‘LIZ’’ DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional ing to his friends, family and colleagues. LEONARD Budget Office has prepared the enclosed cost Quoting Shirley Vaughn, his wife of nearly 49 estimate for H.R. 4564, the Post-Caliphate years, ‘‘He loved people. He loved his church. HON. RODNEY DAVIS Threat Assessment Act of 2017. He loved to help.’’ If you wish further details on this esti- OF ILLINOIS Cleveland Vaughn was active in his church, mate, we will be pleased to provide them. Zion Baptist, serving as a trustee. He was a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The CBO staff contact is Mark Grabowicz. mentor and a confidant for the young and old. Thursday, January 25, 2018 Sincerely, KEITH HALL, Director. Cleveland shared his love of the outdoors and Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speak- Enclosure. nature with all. He utilized his passion to help er, I rise today to remember a valued member H.R. 4564—POST-CALIPHATE THREAT coordinate an annual wild game feed at Zion of the central Illinois community, Elizabeth ASSESSMENT ACT OF 2017 Baptist church, which emphasized fellowship ‘‘Liz’’ Leonard. Liz passed away on December As passed by the House of Representatives between young men and positive role models. 31, 2017 at just 64 years old, but her memory on January 9, 2018 The Douglas County Attorney described Mr. and legacy will continue to live on. H.R. 4564 would require the Department of Vaughn as a ‘‘public servant whose public Liz touched so many lives in the Springfield Homeland Security (DHS) to prepare a service didn’t stop.’’ He was known for his community where she taught in the Springfield threat assessment related to the current ac- generosity, openness and selflessness.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:21 Jan 26, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A25JA8.005 E25JAPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REMARKS E98 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks January 25, 2018 In addition to his wife, Shirley, and other rel- sumer Advisory Council, the Washington State in his 92 years of life. Fond memories of him atives, Vaughn is survived by son Derek Law and Justice Commission, and the State will forever remain with his wife of over 50 Vaughn, and daughters Monica Watson and Criminal Justice Training Commission. years, Annie Ruth Robinson, and his four chil- Janae Vaughn of Omaha. Senator Gorton is the proud father of Thom- dren: Regina, Rene, Renard (married to As we prepare to celebrate Black History as, Sarah, and Rebecca Gorton and grand- Michelle), and Rodney (married to Demetria), month, we recognize the immense contribu- father of seven. He was married to the late as well as his six grandchildren: Cameron, tions African-Americans have made to this Sally Clark Gorton for 55 years. Reagan, Samara, Morgan, Nathan, and Keon. country. Trailblazers and public servants like Senator Gorton will always be known for his He was truly a blessing to the Fort Lauderdale Cleveland Vaughn, Jr. deserve our gratitude values of principled leadership, scholarly pur- community. I am so pleased to honor his life and thanks. suit, bipartisanship and honesty. It is truly an and legacy. He will be dearly missed. f honor to recognize him for his 90th birthday, f and all of his great contributions to Wash- HONORING SENATOR SLADE ington state and our country. DACA = DEMS AGAINST COMMON GORTON f AMERICANS HON. CATHY McMORRIS RODGERS HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY HON. VIRGINIA FOXX OF WASHINGTON OF MR. RALEIGH R. RAWLS OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, January 25, 2018 HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS OF FLORIDA Thursday, January 25, 2018 C Mrs. M MORRIS RODGERS. Mr. Speaker, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I rise today to honor the 90th birthday of Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to in- former Senator Slade Gorton. Thursday, January 25, 2018 clude in the RECORD an opinion editorial au- Senator Gorton has had an overwhelming Mr. HASTINGS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thored by columnist Tom Joyce of the Mount impact on Washington state and has touched honor the life and legacy of Mr. Raleigh R. Airy News. In the piece, ‘‘DACA = Dems the lives of countless individuals. Rawls. Raleigh was a gentleman and scholar, against Common Americans,’’ Mr. Joyce cor- Senator Gorton graduated from Dartmouth and dear friend of mine. He was a very strong rectly asserts that during the Schumer Shut- College in 1950, and Columbia University Law family man, and a staple of our community for down, the Democratic Party put the interests School in 1953. He served in the United all of his professional life. of DACA participants above those of our mili- States Army, United States Air Force, and After completing his first semester of his tary personnel who suffer from shutdowns. I United States Air Force Reserve. In 1959, he senior year at Dillard High School in Fort Lau- commend Mr. Joyce on his acute under- was elected to the Washington State House of derdale, Raleigh was drafted into the United standing of the facts. Representatives and was elected majority States Navy where he was honorably dis- [From the Mount Airy News] leader in 1967. In 1969, he was appointed charged in 1946. After completing his service, DACA = DEMS AGAINST COMMON AMERICANS Washington state Attorney General. During his he applied and was accepted into Howard (By Tom Joyce) time as attorney general, he argued 14 cases University and graduated with a Bachelor of As I sit here on Friday, a stare-down is before the United States Supreme Court. Arts Degree in English. After graduating from continuing in Washington over a spending In 1980, he was elected to the United Howard University, Raleigh worked for the bill that was threatening to shut down the States Senate, a position he held for 18 years. Veterans Administration for three years as an federal government at midnight. During his time in the Senate, he was ap- insurance processor for veterans. First of all, it’s bad enough that members pointed to several powerful committee posi- In 1953, Raleigh returned to his alma mater of Congress—representing both parties—are so irresponsible they can’t handle a basic tions including Appropriations; Budget; Com- to attend law school, where he graduated in function such as adopting a budget, some- merce, Science, and Transportation; and En- 1956. It was at Howard University Law School thing state and local governments, busi- ergy and Natural Resources. He also proudly that Raleigh had the chance to engage with nesses and families routinely do. This is evi- served as counsel to the majority leader. notables such as Dr. James Nabrit and Dr. dent not just with the spending plan, but vir- Among the legislation he championed was S. George E.C. Hayes. Raleigh also witnessed tually any issue of consequence to address 1488, Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 1999. history being made when he observed Attor- our nation’s many woes. This legislation established programs to facili- ney Thurgood Marshall practice arguing the The problem is that members of both par- tate the placement of automatic external case of Brown v. the Board of Education. ties are more interested in pleasing their While many of his classmates remained in corporate donors and other special interests defibrillators in federal buildings. S. 1488 also than they are helping rank-and-file Ameri- protects individuals who voluntarily acquire or Washington, D.C. upon graduating, Raleigh cans. Senators and representatives largely use automatic external defibrillators to help made a conscious decision to return to the have become a privileged class who believe save victims of cardiac arrest. Additionally, he segregated south, so that he could influence they don’t have to play by the rules, ones sponsored S. 837, Washington State Wilder- young Black students. After passing the bar they themselves make. ness Act of 1984, which, designated almost exam in 1957, Raleigh became the first lawyer Although people like myself are paid to two dozen national forest lands in Washington to graduate from Dillard High School and the offer these kinds of observations in the dim state as components of the National Wilder- second Black lawyer to practice in Broward hope they might actually elicit change, I County. wholeheartedly believe change won’t occur ness Preservation System. unless some major overhaul in Washington After he retired from the Senate, Senator Raleigh served the South Florida community replaces most of the present leadership. Gorton served on the 9/11 Commission, argu- in many capacities that included: a founding While the fiscal irresponsibility sur- ably one of the most important commissions in member of the TJ Reddick Bar Association, a rounding the recent budget impasse has been American history. This commission produced founding member of the Broward County sickening in and of itself, the really dis- the 9/11 Commission report, which analyzed Urban League, a founding member of the gusting thing is how congressional Demo- the events surrounding the terrorist attacks on Sistrunk Festival, a board member of the Boys crats have tied their support for a spending September 11, 2001. and Girls Club of Broward County, a member bill to relief for DACA participants. In order to educate the next generation of of the Robert Bethel Post 220 of the American You know, the Deferred Action for Child- hood Arrivals (Dreamers) program that gives policy experts, Senator Gorton helped estab- Legion, a member of the Community Service special treatment to hundreds of thousands lish the Slade Gorton International Policy Cen- Council, a board member of the LA Lee (and maybe more) illegal immigrants ter. The Center facilitates fellowships, intern- Branch YMCA, a board member of the Old brought by their illegal immigrant parents ships, and a leadership development program Dillard Museum, and a member of Dillard High to this country as kids ‘‘through no fault of to conduct research in economics, trade, en- School’s Taskforce for Quality Education. Ra- their own.’’ ergy security, energy, and the environment. leigh was also a lifetime member of the Na- Now they are young adults who are all He also serves on the K&L Gates Council and tional Bar Association, the National Associa- military heroes, heart surgeons or Rhodes is often a guest speaker for the Jennifer Dunn tion for the Advancement of Colored People Scholars with spotless criminal records, and despite being such great and talented people Leadership Institute. His work today allows (NAACP), and the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, aren’t depriving legal citizens of jobs. him to mentor aspiring young individuals, one Inc., which he joined while attending Howard Even if all that were true, it’s disgraceful of his favorite pursuits. University. to see how the Democratic Party has been Among his many other civic efforts, Senator Mr. Speaker, Mr. Raleigh R. Rawls will be putting the interests of DACA participants Gorton was a member of the President’s Con- remembered by the many people he touched above those of our military personnel who

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His lifetime of work with state and public and non-profit organizations. Her vision here in the first place? federal governments, the Columbia River and success led to her election as the first When was the last time the Democrat Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Portland State president of UAW Local 2110, an amal- Party was all in to help veterans plagued by University, and beyond pointed us all in the gamated local with units in a variety of non- homelessness and unemployment? right direction, and continues to make a dif- manufacturing settings. As president, Julie To be honest, the Democrats once were the party of the working man, which somewhere ference today. While he will be sorely missed, was responsible for collective bargaining for along the way was hijacked by far-left cul- his legacy will live on through the works of the more than thirty-five Technical, Office and Pro- tural elitists. They deal in a currency of many he mentored. fessional Units, particularly committed to the identity politics which sees issues such as f fight for contract language to protect workers’ who uses what bathroom as more important health and safety, and to promote women’s than those aiding the common man. HONORING JON JUMPER and family issues. While their unwavering desire to avoid Julie’s career with Region 9A began with doing anything that in any way inconven- HON. J. LUIS CORREA her appointment to the staff in 1994 where iences illegal aliens (at the expense of legal OF CALIFORNIA Americans) is part of this trend, the truth is she focused on education. Responsible for the Democrats are selfishly motivated. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES organization of thousands of graduate student As Sen. Ted Cruz remarked during the 2016 Thursday, January 25, 2018 employees, adjunct faculty, and part-time fac- presidential campaign, another definition for Mr. CORREA. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ulty, as well as the successful election, cam- illegal immigrants is ‘‘undocumented Demo- take some time today to honor one of my con- paign, and negotiations for the first contract for crats.’’ And obviously with their core sup- the dealers at Foxwoods Resort Casino, Julie port among real Americans dwindling to the stituents, Mr. Jon Jumper, for his immense dedication to serving California’s state govern- rose through the ranks at Region 9A to be- point their party basically has rendered come its Director. Her leadership has been itself irrelevant, Democrats are seeking a ment. ready-made group of subservient voters. Mr. Jumper graduated from the University of defined by an aggressive organizing program This can be accomplished by legalizing the California, Riverside (UCR) in 1982 with a and an expansion of its coalition building pro- DACA group and any other non-citizens on Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration gram. Julie’s contributions to UAW Region 9A which Democrats can lay their hands. and Dance. While attending UCR, he also and the labor movement as a whole have Here again, the common man is lost in the been nothing short of extraordinary. Her ef- shuffle. studied physics, biology, chemistry, mathe- matics, accounting, archeology, and dance forts have ensured that thousands of workers As long as there are homeless veterans have a safe work environment and economic whose needs are not being met, people mired history. in poverty through governmental policies Mr. Jumper is a Tax Administrator for Ana- security for their families. and additional conditions ‘‘through no fault heim’s tax office who was originally hired in I would be remiss if I did not extend a per- of their own’’ and other legal residents in 1985. First working as a field auditor, then as sonal note of thanks and appreciation to Julie need, not one bit of energy should be devoted a tax collector and now as an administrator. for her many years of friendship. I have had to assisting illegals. During his tenure, Mr. Jumper has worked tire- the pleasure of working with her throughout Given that many people from other nations my time as a Member of Congress and have have spent years and untold sums of money lessly to account for tax revenue and manage audits in the city of Anaheim. always appreciated her candor, her vision, and to become U.S. citizens the right way, I per- her dedication to her members. sonally won’t be satisfied until every person Mr. Jumper is essential to his office in col- now within our borders illegally is deported lecting tax revenue from audits. Mr. Jumper Julie Kushner has dedicated her profes- once and for all. has successfully managed a team of tax pro- sional career to ensuring the economic secu- We either have laws and rules, or we don’t. fessionals, administrative program specialists, rity as well as the health and safety of our And build that wall. and auditors to create exceptional work. His working families. I am honored to rise today to You can’t convince me this wouldn’t ben- extend my heartfelt congratulations and sin- efit legal Americans by freeing up jobs they expertise has greatly helped the Anaheim and Santa Ana community receive tax revenue, cere thanks to Julie as she marks the end of supposedly won’t take, including better- a remarkable career. I wish her, her husband, than-average construction positions often which in turn has led to better infrastructure, occupied by illegals. Along the way compa- improvements in education, and public serv- Larry, as well as their three children and four nies—yes, many of which grease the Repub- ices. grandchildren the very best for many more lican wheels with donations—would be forced I am pleased to say that Mr. Jumper has years of health and happiness as they begin to pay decent wages rather than exploiting contributed greatly to his community and state this new chapter. cheap labor. government. f The first ones who should be deported are Mr. Speaker, Mr. Jumper is an exemplary the parents of Dreamers, who when described HONORING THE 60TH as people brought here ‘‘through no fault of citizen. I am honored to congratulate Mr. ANNIVERSARY OF PICO RIVERA their own’’ is another way of saying it was Jumper for his tenure at Anaheim’s tax office somebody’s fault—theirs. and hope he continues to be an outstanding ´ In the meantime, DACA will continue to be citizen for his community. HON. LINDA T. SANCHEZ OF CALIFORNIA another way of saying Democrats Against f Common Americans. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HONORING JULIE KUSHNER, DI- f Thursday, January 25, 2018 RECTOR OF UAW REGION 9A, ON PASSING OF ROY SAMPSEL THE OCCASION OF HER RETIRE- Ms. SA´ NCHEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor MENT one of the cities in my district. On January 28, HON. EARL BLUMENAUER Pico Rivera, California celebrates its 60th An- niversary. Pico Rivera is a thriving community OF OREGON HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO nestled on the eastern edge of the Los Ange- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF CONNECTICUT les basin. With over 120 acres dedicated to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, January 25, 2018 recreational space, and 100 acres of local Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, with the Thursday, January 25, 2018 parks, Pico Rivera offers residents a peaceful passing of our dear friend Roy Sampsel this Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, it is my great refuge from the hustle and bustle of Los Ange- past November, we lost a legend in Oregon privilege to rise today to pay tribute to Julie les. tribal politics. His Celebration of Life was held Kushner, Director of UAW Region 9A, as she Pico Rivera was officially incorporated in in Portland Wednesday, January 24th. Roy marks her retirement after seven years as Di- 1958 as the 61st city in Los Angeles County. understood that honoring and protecting tribal rector and more than thirty years as a union Before the community evolved into a lively rights is a critical component of a just society. activist and leader. residential area, the historic communities were For tribes along the Columbia River and Julie began her career in the union move- originally home to agricultural practice. Now, across the Pacific Northwest, Roy fought to ment in 1977 when she joined District 65, an Pico Rivera is home to a vibrant industrial and

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Chief, Bureau of International Organizations, De- Committee Meetings partment of State; Robert Cintron, Vice President, (Committees not listed did not meet) Network Operations, William Siemer, Acting Dep- uty Inspector General, and Guy Cottrell, Chief Post- BUSINESS MEETING al Inspector, Postal Inspection Service, all of the Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favor- United States Postal Service; Todd C. Owen, Execu- ably reported 1,056 nominations in the Army, Navy, tive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Oper- Air Force, and Marine Corps. ations, Customs and Border Protection, and Gregory C. Nevano, Deputy Assistant Director, Illicit Trade, U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY Travel, and Finance Division, Homeland Security In- Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a vestigations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, hearing to examine global challenges and United both of the Department of Homeland Security; and States national security strategy, after receiving testi- Daniel D. Baldwin, Section Chief, Office of Global mony from Henry A. Kissinger, Kissinger Associ- Enforcement, Asia and Africa, Operations Division, ates, and George P. Shultz, Stanford University Hoo- Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of ver Institution, both a former Secretary of State, and Justice. Richard L. Armitage, Armitage International, former HIGHER EDUCATION ACT Deputy Secretary of State, all of Washington, D.C. REAUTHORIZATION CFIUS REFORM Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine reauthor- Committee concluded a hearing to examine Com- izing the Higher Education Act, focusing on access mittee on Foreign Investment in the United States and innovation, after receiving testimony from Joe reform, focusing on Administration perspectives on May, Dallas County Community College District, the essential elements, including S. 2098, to mod- Dallas, Texas; Donna Linderman, City University of ernize and strengthen the Committee on Foreign In- New York, New York; Barbara Brittingham, Com- vestment in the United States to more effectively mission on Institutions of Higher Education, Bur- guard against the risk to the national security of the lington, Massachusetts, on behalf of the New Eng- United States posed by certain types of foreign in- land Association of Schools and Colleges; Deborah vestment, and S. 1983, to establish a process to re- Bushway, Northwestern Health Sciences University, view foreign investment to determine the economic Bloomington, Minnesota; and Mike Larsson, Match effect of the investment on the United States, after Beyond, Boston, Massachusetts. receiving testimony from Heath P. Tarbert, Assistant NOMINATION Secretary of the Treasury; Richard E. Ashooh, Assist- ant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administra- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: tion; and Eric D. Chewning, Deputy Assistant Sec- Committee concluded a hearing to examine the retary of Defense for Manufacturing and Industrial nomination of Frank T. Brogan, of Pennsylvania, to Base Policy. be Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, after the nomi- WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM nee, who was introduced by Senator Nelson, testified Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: and answered questions in his own behalf. Committee concluded a hearing to examine the BUSINESS MEETING Wireless Emergency Alert system, after receiving testimony from Lisa M. Fowlkes, Chief, Public Safety Committee on the Judiciary: Committee announced the and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communica- following subcommittee assignments: tions Commission; Scott Bergmann, CTIA, and Sam Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Con- Matheny, National Association of Broadcasters, both sumer Rights: Senators Lee (Chair),Grassley, Hatch, of Washington, D.C.; and Michael Lisenco, ARRL, Graham, Tillis, Klobuchar, Leahy, Blumenthal, and Newington, Connecticut. Booker. COMBATING THE OPIOID CRISIS Subcommittee on the Constitution: Senators Cruz (Chair), Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af- Cornyn, Crapo, Sasse, Graham, Kennedy, Hirono, fairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Durbin, Whitehouse, Coons, and Harris. concluded a hearing to examine combating the Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism: Senators Graham opioid crisis, focusing on exploiting vulnerabilities (Chair), Grassley, Hatch, Cornyn, Cruz, Sasse, Ken- in international mail, after receiving testimony from nedy, Whitehouse, Feinstein, Durbin, Klobuchar, Joseph Murphy, International Postal Policy Unit Coons, and Booker.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2 p.m., Monday, January 29 12 p.m., Monday, January 29

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Monday: Senate will resume consideration Program for Monday: To be announced. of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2311, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 5:30 p.m. Upon disposition of the motion to proceed to consider- ation of S. 2311, Senate will vote on the motion to in- voke cloture on the nomination of David Ryan Stras, of Minnesota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Foxx, Virginia, N.C., E98 McCaul, Michael T., Tex., E97 Garrett, Thomas A., Jr., Va., E97 McGovern, James P., Mass., E100 Aguilar, Pete, Calif., E95 Gosar, Paul, Ariz., E96 McMorris Rodgers, Cathy, Wash., E98 Bacon, Don, Nebr., E97 Guthrie, Brett, Ky., E96 Sa´ nchez, Linda T., Calif., E99 Blumenauer, Earl, Ore., E96, E99 Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E98 Stefanik, Elise M., N.Y., E97 Correa, J. Luis, Calif., E99 Huffman, Jared, Calif., E96 Visclosky, Peter J., Ind., E95 Davis, Rodney, Ill., E97 Johnson, Bill, Ohio, E97 DeLauro, Rosa L., Conn., E95, E99 Kennedy, Joseph P., III, Mass., E95

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