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Vol. 157 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2011 No. 194 House of Representatives The House met at 9 a.m. and was THE JOURNAL The county judge politely said no called to order by the Speaker pro tem- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The local citizen has complained about the pore (Mr. DOLD). Chair has examined the Journal of the scene, and he really doesn’t care what f last day’s proceedings and announces somebody from Wisconsin thinks. He to the House his approval thereof. even invited other religious groups to DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- use the courthouse square, but no one PRO TEMPORE nal stands approved. has asked to do so. The county officials don’t appear to The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- f fore the House the following commu- be succumbing to the intimidation tac- nication from the Speaker: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE tics of the bigoted group that wants to WASHINGTON, DC, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the censor religion. County commissioner December 16, 2011. gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Joe Hall made it clear: ‘‘We will re- I hereby appoint the Honorable ROBERT J. WILSON) come forward and lead the move the nativity scene when hell DOLD to act as Speaker pro tempore on this House in the Pledge of Allegiance. freezes over. It’s not going anywhere.’’ day. Mr. WILSON of South Carolina led And that’s just the way it is. JOHN A. BOEHNER, f Speaker of the House of Representatives. the Pledge of Allegiance as follows: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the EXTEND UNEMPLOYMENT COM- f United States of America, and to the Repub- PENSATION AND PAYROLL TAX PRAYER lic for which it stands, one nation under God, CUT indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick f (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: permission to address the House for 1 Eternal God, we give You thanks for ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER minute.) giving us another day. We pause in PRO TEMPORE Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, Con- Your presence and ask guidance for the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gress should not be waiting until the men and women of the people’s House. Chair will entertain up to five requests 11th hour to act on behalf of the Amer- Enable them, O God, to act on what for 1-minute speeches on each side of ican people. And yet here we are with they believe to be right and true and the aisle. the Federal emergency unemployment just, and to do so in ways that show re- f compensation program and the payroll spect for those with whom they dis- tax cut scheduled to end in just a cou- agree. In this, may they grow to be CHRISTMAS IN ATHENS, TEXAS ple of weeks, which will cause tremen- models and good examples in a time (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was dous harm to the American people. when so many in our world are unable given permission to address the House This holiday, thousands of Rhode Is- to engage gracefully with those with for 1 minute.) landers are wondering whether they whom they are at odds. Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, in will be able to afford to stay in their May the Members realize that Your the piney woods of east Texas, the homes, afford to go grocery shopping, congregation is wider and broader than small town of Athens in Henderson and whether they will be able to afford ever we could measure or determine. County is getting ready for the holi- their heating and electricity bills. Help them, and help us all, O Lord, to days. A group of local volunteers with Americans are being left with real un- put away any judgments that belong to Keep Athens Beautiful has placed a na- certainty because of the failure of this You and do what we can to live to- tivity scene on the far corner of the body to act responsibly. gether in peace. courthouse square. It has been there It’s a shame that extending emer- As we approach this next recess, for the last 10 years with no complaints gency unemployment compensation bless our great Nation, and keep it from residents. and the payroll tax cut have become faithful to its ideals, its hopes, and its But a group of out-of-towners, not the latest victims of partisan politics. promise of freedom in our world. from Athens, not even from Texas, but But it’s not too late to act to provide Bless us this day and every day, and from a thousand miles away in Wis- families with a measure of assurance may all that is done within the peo- consin, have self-righteously objected that they will be able to meet their ple’s House be for Your greater honor to the nativity scene. The antireligious basic necessities in the weeks to come. and glory. hate group demands baby Jesus be I’ve heard from many of my constitu- Amen. evicted from the courthouse lawn. ents about the devastating impact that

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VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:05 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16DE7.000 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H9800 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 16, 2011 ending unemployment benefits or a tax Mr. Speaker, we need to do every- staff who may report to me but who increase will have. Let’s get it done. thing we can to ensure that our return- work for the people of Georgia’s 12th f ing veterans have an opportunity to District. work and to rebuild this Nation right THANK YOU IRAQ VETERANS f here at home. (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY f asked and was given permission to ad- (Mr. CASSIDY asked and was given dress the House for 1 minute and to re- CONGRATULATING BOY SCOUT permission to address the House for 1 vise and extend his remarks.) TROOP 121 minute and to revise and extend his re- Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. (Mr. MCCLINTOCK asked and was marks.) Speaker, in 2003 the United States mili- given permission to address the House Mr. CASSIDY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to tary and its allies began operations to for 1 minute.) highlight a newer technology called en- remove Saddam Hussein from power, Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, to- hanced oil recovery. When an oil well who was a ruthless dictator and a morrow, Boy Scout Troop 121 of Gran- runs dry, half as much oil remains un- threat to stability in the Middle East, ite Bay, California, will conduct its derground, unable to be extracted undermining world peace. Yesterday, 200th Eagle Scout Court of Honor and using traditional means. This is where the United States military successfully induct its 212th and 213th Eagle Scouts. enhanced oil recovery comes in. EOR, concluded its military involvement in During its 43 years of existence, as it’s called, pumps CO2 into the Iraq. We have victory in Iraq for the Troop 121 has produced an entire gen- ground, and oil which is trapped can be people of Iraq to build upon. eration of young men who have gone on extracted safely and cost effectively. As a proud father of two sons who Now, enhanced oil recovery is not hy- served in Iraq, I want to offer a heart- to become upstanding family men, respected businessmen, and leaders of our draulic fracturing, or fracking. It is a felt thank-you to every American serv- process that displaces oil and allows it icemember who served in the country community. And that’s what I particularly want to salute today: the work of to be extracted. The Department of En- and their families. I want to thank and ergy states that enhanced oil recovery assure the family members of the serv- the Boy Scouts of America, as exempli- fied by Troop 121. can yield as much as 80 billion barrels icemembers who lost their lives—exem- of oil, decreasing our needs to import plified by Major Trane McCloud—and The hiking and camping and outdoor activities might make Boy Scouting by as much as one-third. And for those those who are wounded warriors, fight- seeking to reduce atmospheric CO , ening for freedom, that their sacrifice appealing and enjoyable, but what 2 hanced oil recovery provides the se- and their military families will always makes it admirable and elevated is not questration of carbon capture and se- be cherished. that it produces good campers, but Secretary Leon Panetta in Baghdad that it produces good citizens. It incul- questration. As importantly, enhanced oil recov- said: ‘‘Iraq has made remarkable cates timeless values and virtues that progress over the last 9 years.’’ Army forge solid citizens who contribute far ery employs thousands of Americans General Lloyd J. Austin, III, Com- beyond their numbers to the strength while generating royalty payments to mander of U.S. Forces in Iraq, praised and stability of our society. local, State, and Federal governments. servicemembers and families for meet- Troop 121 has done this for 43 years, Enhanced oil recovery creates jobs, in- ing our national objectives and giving and it is my pleasure and honor to creases energy security, and poten- Iraq hope for a prosperous future. commend them on their good work. tially benefits our environment, and is a technology to be supported as much In conclusion, God bless our troops, f and we will never forget September the as we can. 11th in the global war on terrorism. b 0910 f f RECOGNIZING THE HARDWORKING CHINESE CURRENCY NATION BUILDING STAFF OF GEORGIA’S 12TH CON- MANIPULATION GRESSIONAL DISTRICT (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given (Mr. CRITZ asked and was given per- permission to address the House for 1 (Mr. BARROW asked and was given mission to address the House for 1 minute.) permission to address the House for 1 minute.) Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, yester- minute and to revise and extend his re- Mr. CRITZ. Mr. Speaker, over the day we marked the end of the war in marks.) past several weeks, we have heard a lot Iraq. I join with all of my colleagues in Mr. BARROW. Mr. Speaker, we all of rhetoric about how this House has expressing our gratitude to those know that many senior citizens in our passed so many jobs bills that are sit- Americans who served when their country have trouble getting the So- ting in the Senate waiting for action. country called. We owe it to our re- cial Security and Medicare benefits But I want to talk about one bill that turning veterans to do everything we they’ve paid for throughout their actually passed the Senate, and it is can to make sure that the economy working life, and many veterans have waiting in the House for action, and they are returning to is strong and trouble receiving the benefits they’ve that is going after countries that ma- prosperous. earned through their service and sac- nipulate their currency, of which China The United States spent $62 billion rifice in protecting our country. How- is the largest violator. nation building in Iraq. The end of the ever, because of the hard work of my The bill has been sitting in com- war will generate enough savings to district staff, folks in my district re- mittee since February with no Repub- put a downpayment on nation building covered over $3.5 million in benefits lican action. A discharge petition has we need to do right here in America. that they were entitled to but were not sat at this desk for the last 5 months An aggressive investment in infra- getting from the Federal Government with no Republican action. It remains structure, rebuilding our roads, in just the last year alone. just 30 signatures shy of forcing action bridges, rails, and water systems can This shines a light on a big problem on Chinese currency manipulation, generate the economic activity we with our Federal Government. Our con- which estimates show could create 1.5 need to reduce unemployment. A $1.2 stituents shouldn’t have to appeal to million jobs in this country. trillion investment will create 27 mil- their Congressman to get the benefits So I want to urge the citizens of this lion jobs over 5 years. This growth will they’re entitled to. We need to work country to call their Republican Con- both reduce the debt and deficit. together to make the Social Security gressmen to urge this Republican We have deferred infrastructure in- Administration and the Department of House that as they open their presents vestments in America for too long. We Veterans Affairs work better so that over this holiday season and they open get a D grade from the Society of Civil none of our constituents will have to those boxes and find those little tags Engineers. The Chamber of Commerce get their Congressman to help them that say ‘‘made in China,’’ call your predicts $362 billion in lost growth over get their benefits. Republican Congressman, call this Re- the next 5 years will occur unless we Until we get to that point, I’m proud publican House, and say thank you, repair our infrastructure. that I have a talented and hardworking thank you for putting party before

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:05 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16DE7.004 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9801 country. Tell them, put country before holiday and pay for it in a meaningful Sec. 309. Enhanced procurement authority to party. Don’t put China’s economy be- way, in a balanced way. We can then go manage supply chain risk. fore the United States’. forward with investments that middle Sec. 310. Burial allowance. Sec. 311. Modification of certain reporting re- f class America truly deserves and requirements. quires. ACCESS TO CAPITAL MARKETS Sec. 312. Review of strategic and competitive f analysis conducted by the intel- (Mr. DOLD asked and was given per- ligence community. mission to address the House for 1 ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING TO ELE- minute and to revise and extend his re- PRO TEMPORE MENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMU- marks.) The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. NITY Mr. DOLD. Mr. Speaker, as a small DOLD). Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, Subtitle A—Office of the Director of National business owner, I know that it’s tough the Chair will postpone further pro- Intelligence to get access to capital. If a company ceedings today on motions to suspend Sec. 401. Intelligence community assistance to doesn’t have the resources it needs to the rules on which a recorded vote or counter drug trafficking organiza- grow and expand, then it’s virtually tions using public lands. the yeas and nays are ordered, or on Sec. 402. Application of certain financial re- impossible to hire new workers. which the vote incurs objection under Yesterday, the Financial Services porting requirements to the Office clause 6 of rule XX. of the Director of National Intel- Committee had a hearing where we ex- Record votes on postponed questions ligence. amined a bipartisan bill, H.R. 3606, will be taken later. Sec. 403. Public availability of information re- which would make it easier for compa- garding the Inspector General of nies to access capital markets and ease f the Intelligence Community. the overwhelming regulations that INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION Sec. 404. Clarification of status of Chief Infor- mation Officer in the Executive these young businesses encounter. This ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012 is exactly the type of bill that both Schedule. Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. Sec. 405. Temporary appointment to fill vacan- sides can agree on, and I certainly urge Speaker, I move to suspend the rules cies within Office of the Director my colleagues to support it. and concur in the Senate amendment of National Intelligence. Without a doubt, by allowing compa- Subtitle B—Central Intelligence Agency nies access to the markets, we give to the bill (H.R. 1892) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for in- Sec. 411. Acceptance of gifts. them the opportunity to succeed, and, Sec. 412. Foreign language proficiency require- in turn, they will have the opportunity telligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Govern- ments for Central Intelligence to create additional jobs, which is what Agency officers. we desperately need. ment, the Community Management Ac- Sec. 413. Public availability of information re- Bill after bill has been passed out of count, and the Central Intelligence garding the Inspector General of this body and gone over to the Senate. Agency Retirement and Disability Sys- the Central Intelligence Agency. tem, and for other purposes. Sec. 414. Creating an official record of the Over two dozen bills wait on the Sen- Osama bin Laden operation. ate, of which each and every one of The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the Senate amendment is Sec. 415. Recruitment of personnel in the Office them are bipartisan and would create of the Inspector General. as follows: additional jobs. With an unemployment Subtitle C—National Security Agency Senate amendment: rate of over 8 percent for the past 34 Sec. 421. Additional authorities for National Se- months and at least 9 percent for 28 of Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: curity Agency security personnel. those months, it’s about time that we Subtitle D—Other Elements moved forward on the jobs package SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as Sec. 431. Codification of Office of Intelligence that we’re trying to push in the House. the ‘‘Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal and Analysis of the Department We need to step up and get America Year 2012’’. of Homeland Security as element back to work. (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- of the intelligence community. Sec. 432. Federal Bureau of Investigation par- f tents for this Act is as follows: ticipation in the Department of Sec. 1. Short title; Table of contents. PAYROLL TAX HOLIDAY Justice leave bank. Sec. 2. Definitions. (Mr. TONKO asked and was given Sec. 433. Accounts and transfer authority for TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES appropriations and other amounts permission to address the House for 1 Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. for intelligence elements of the minute and to revise and extend his re- Sec. 102. Classified Schedule of Authorizations. Department of Defense. marks.) Sec. 103. Personnel ceiling adjustments. Sec. 434. Report on training standards of de- Mr. TONKO. Mr. Speaker, as we come Sec. 104. Intelligence Community Management fense intelligence workforce. to the close of yet another calendar Account. TITLE V—OTHER MATTERS year, and as we move well into the Fed- TITLE II—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGEN- Sec. 501. Report on airspace restrictions for use eral fiscal year, much work remains to CY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYS- of unmanned aerial vehicles along be done for America’s hardworking TEM the border of the United States middle class families, the working fam- Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. and Mexico. Sec. 502. Sense of Congress regarding integra- ilies of this country that make our TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS tion of fusion centers. economy work. We need to make cer- Sec. 301. Increase in employee compensation Sec. 503. Strategy to counter improvised explo- tain that we respond with the exten- and benefits authorized by law. sive devices. sion of a payroll tax holiday. This Sec. 302. Restriction on conduct of intelligence Sec. 504. Sense of Congress regarding the pri- House knows that that is important activities. ority of railway transportation se- business. Sec. 303. Annual report on hiring of National curity. We know that the President pre- Security Education Program par- Sec. 505. Technical amendments to the National sented a plan before Congress that ticipants. Security Act of 1947. Sec. 304. Enhancement of authority for flexible Sec. 506. Technical amendments to title 18, would ask for a surcharge on the most personnel management among the United States Code. upper income strata in our country to elements of the intelligence com- Sec. 507. Budgetary effects. bring about fundamental fairness and munity. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. to address social and economic justice. Sec. 305. Preparation of nuclear proliferation In this Act: We know that the hardworking middle assessment statements. (1) CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMIT- class has taken it on the chin with tax Sec. 306. Cost estimates. TEES.—The term ‘‘congressional intelligence cuts of a decade and a half ago that Sec. 307. Updates of intelligence relating to ter- committees’’ means— have really caused hardship with the rorist recidivism of detainees held (A) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the at United States Naval Station, Senate; and recession in this country where we lost Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (B) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel- 8.2 million jobs. Sec. 308. Notification of transfer of a detainee ligence of the House of Representatives. We could go forward and do the right held at United States Naval Sta- (2) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘in- thing. We can extend that payroll tax tion, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. telligence community’’ has the meaning given

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:05 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\K16DE7.005 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H9802 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 16, 2011 that term in section 3(4) of the National Security civilian personnel authorized under such section ability Fund for fiscal year 2012 the sum of Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)). for such element. $514,000,000. TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (b) AUTHORITY FOR CONVERSION OF ACTIVITIES TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS PERFORMED BY CONTRACT PERSONNEL.— SEC. 301. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSA- SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the authority Funds are hereby authorized to be appro- TION AND BENEFITS AUTHORIZED in subsection (a) and subject to paragraph (2), BY LAW. priated for fiscal year 2012 for the conduct of if the head of an element of the intelligence the intelligence and intelligence-related activi- Appropriations authorized by this Act for sal- community makes a determination that activi- ary, pay, retirement, and other benefits for Fed- ties of the following elements of the United ties currently being performed by contract per- States Government: eral employees may be increased by such addi- sonnel should be performed by employees of tional or supplemental amounts as may be nec- (1) The Office of the Director of National In- such element, the Director of National Intel- essary for increases in such compensation or telligence. ligence, in order to reduce a comparable number benefits authorized by law. (2) The Central Intelligence Agency. of contract personnel, may authorize for that (3) The Department of Defense. purpose employment of additional full-time SEC. 302. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTEL- LIGENCE ACTIVITIES. (4) The Defense Intelligence Agency. equivalent personnel in such element equal to The authorization of appropriations by this (5) The National Security Agency. the number of full-time equivalent contract per- Act shall not be deemed to constitute authority (6) The Department of the Army, the Depart- sonnel performing such activities. for the conduct of any intelligence activity ment of the Navy, and the Department of the (2) CONCURRENCE AND APPROVAL.—The au- Air Force. thority described in paragraph (1) may not be which is not otherwise authorized by the Con- (7) The Coast Guard. exercised unless the Director of National Intel- stitution or the laws of the United States. (8) The Department of State. ligence concurs with the determination de- SEC. 303. ANNUAL REPORT ON HIRING OF NA- (9) The Department of the Treasury. scribed in such paragraph. TIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PRO- GRAM PARTICIPANTS. (10) The Department of Energy. (c) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONNEL.—The (11) The Department of Justice. Director of National Intelligence shall establish Not later than 90 days after the end of each (12) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. guidelines that govern, for each element of the of fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014, the head of (13) The Drug Enforcement Administration. intelligence community, the treatment under the each element of the intelligence community shall (14) The National Reconnaissance Office. personnel levels authorized under section 102(a), submit to the congressional intelligence commit- (15) The National Geospatial-Intelligence including any exemption from such personnel tees a report, which may be in classified form, Agency. levels, of employment or assignment— containing the number of personnel hired by (16) The Department of Homeland Security. (1) in a student program, trainee program, or such element during such fiscal year that were SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZA- similar program; at any time a recipient of a grant or scholarship TIONS. (2) in a reserve corps or as a reemployed an- under the David L. Boren National Security (a) SPECIFICATIONS OF AMOUNTS AND PER- nuitant; or Education Act of 1991 (50 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.). SONNEL LEVELS.—The amounts authorized to be (3) in details, joint duty, or long-term, full- SEC. 304. ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITY FOR appropriated under section 101 and, subject to time training. FLEXIBLE PERSONNEL MANAGE- section 103, the authorized personnel ceilings as (d) NOTICE TO CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE MENT AMONG THE ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. of September 30, 2012, for the conduct of the in- COMMITTEES.—The Director of National Intel- Section 102A of the National Security Act of telligence activities of the elements listed in ligence shall notify the congressional intel- 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403–1) is amended by adding at paragraphs (1) through (16) of section 101, are ligence committees in writing at least 15 days the end the following new subsection: those specified in the classified Schedule of Au- prior to the initial exercise of an authority de- ‘‘(v) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH POSITIONS IN thorizations prepared to accompany the bill scribed in subsection (a) or (b). EXCEPTED SERVICE.—(1) The Director of Na- H.R. 1892 of the One Hundred Twelfth Congress. SEC. 104. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGE- MENT ACCOUNT. tional Intelligence, with the concurrence of the (b) AVAILABILITY OF CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— head of the covered department concerned and AUTHORIZATIONS.— There is authorized to be appropriated for the in consultation with the Director of the Office (1) AVAILABILITY TO COMMITTEES OF CON- Intelligence Community Management Account of Personnel Management, may— GRESS.—The classified Schedule of Authoriza- of the Director of National Intelligence for fiscal ‘‘(A) convert competitive service positions, and tions referred to in subsection (a) shall be made year 2012 the sum of $576,393,000. Within such the incumbents of such positions, within an ele- available to the Committee on Appropriations of amount, funds identified in the classified Sched- ment of the intelligence community in such de- the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of ule of Authorizations referred to in section partment, to excepted service positions as the the House of Representatives, and to the Presi- 102(a) for advanced research and development Director of National Intelligence determines nec- dent. shall remain available until September 30, 2013. essary to carry out the intelligence functions of (2) DISTRIBUTION BY THE PRESIDENT.—Subject (b) AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL LEVELS.—The ele- such element; and to paragraph (3), the President shall provide for ments within the Intelligence Community Man- ‘‘(B) establish new positions in the excepted suitable distribution of the classified Schedule of agement Account of the Director of National In- service within an element of the intelligence Authorizations, or of appropriate portions of the telligence are authorized 777 full-time or full- community in such department, if the Director Schedule, within the executive branch. time equivalent personnel as of September 30, of National Intelligence determines such posi- (3) LIMITS ON DISCLOSURE.—The President 2012. Personnel serving in such elements may be tions are necessary to carry out the intelligence shall not publicly disclose the classified Sched- permanent employees of the Office of the Direc- functions of such element. ule of Authorizations or any portion of such tor of National Intelligence or personnel de- ‘‘(2) An incumbent occupying a position on Schedule except— tailed from other elements of the United States the date of the enactment of the Intelligence (A) as provided in section 601(a) of the Imple- Government. Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 selected menting Recommendations of the 9/11 Commis- (c) CLASSIFIED AUTHORIZATIONS.— to be converted to the excepted service under sion Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 415c) (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In this section shall have the right to refuse such (B) to the extent necessary to implement the addition to amounts authorized to be appro- conversion. Once such individual no longer oc- budget; or priated for the Intelligence Community Manage- cupies the position, the position may be con- (C) as otherwise required by law. ment Account by subsection (a), there are au- verted to the excepted service. (c) USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES IN thorized to be appropriated for the Community ‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘covered de- THE CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—In addition to any Management Account for fiscal year 2012 such partment’ means the Department of Energy, the other purpose authorized by law, the Director of additional amounts as are specified in the clas- Department of Homeland Security, the Depart- the Federal Bureau of Investigation may expend sified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in ment of State, or the Department of the Treas- funds authorized in this Act as specified in the section 102(a). Such additional amounts for ad- ury.’’. Federal Bureau of Investigation Policy Imple- vanced research and development shall remain SEC. 305. PREPARATION OF NUCLEAR PRO- mentation section of the classified annex accom- available until September 30, 2013. LIFERATION ASSESSMENT STATE- panying this Act. (2) AUTHORIZATION OF PERSONNEL.—In addi- MENTS. SEC. 103. PERSONNEL CEILING ADJUSTMENTS. tion to the personnel authorized by subsection Section 102A of the National Security Act of (a) AUTHORITY FOR INCREASES.—The Director (b) for elements of the Intelligence Community 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403–1), as amended by section 304 of National Intelligence may authorize the em- Management Account as of September 30, 2012, of this Act, is further amended by adding at the ployment of civilian personnel in excess of the there are authorized such additional personnel end the following new subsection: number of full-time equivalent positions for fis- for the Community Management Account as of ‘‘(w) NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION ASSESSMENT cal year 2012 authorized by the classified Sched- that date as are specified in the classified STATEMENTS INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ADDEN- ule of Authorizations referred to in section Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section DUM.—The Director of National Intelligence, in 102(a) if the Director of National Intelligence 102(a). consultation with the heads of the appropriate determines that such action is necessary for the TITLE II—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGEN- elements of the intelligence community and the performance of important intelligence functions, CY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYS- Secretary of State, shall provide to the Presi- except that the number of personnel employed in TEM dent, the congressional intelligence committees, excess of the number authorized under such sec- SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House tion may not, for any element of the intelligence There is authorized to be appropriated for the of Representatives, and the Committee on For- community, exceed 3 percent of the number of Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Dis- eign Relations of the Senate an addendum to

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:05 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A16DE7.057 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9803 each Nuclear Proliferation Assessment State- ‘‘(1) intelligence relating to recidivism of de- tion 11101 of title 40, United States Code) that is ment accompanying a civilian nuclear coopera- tainees currently or formerly held at the Naval purchased for inclusion in a covered system, tion agreement, containing a comprehensive Detention Facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the loss of integrity of which could result in analysis of the country’s export control system by the Department of Defense; and a supply chain risk for a covered system. with respect to nuclear-related matters, includ- ‘‘(2) an assessment of the likelihood that such (3) COVERED PROCUREMENT.—The term ‘‘cov- ing interactions with other countries of pro- detainees will engage in terrorism or commu- ered procurement’’ means— liferation concern and the actual or suspected nicate with persons in terrorist organizations. (A) a source selection for a covered system or nuclear, dual-use, or missile-related transfers to ‘‘(b) UPDATES.—Not less frequently than once a covered item of supply involving either a per- such countries.’’. every 6 months, the Director of National Intel- formance specification, as provided in section SEC. 306. COST ESTIMATES. ligence, in consultation with the Director of the 3306(a)(3)(B) of title 41, United States Code, or (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 506A of the National Central Intelligence Agency and the Secretary an evaluation factor, as provided in section Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 415a–1) is amend- of Defense, shall update and make publicly 3306(b)(1) of such title, relating to supply chain ed— available an unclassified summary consisting of risk; (1) in subsection (a)(2)— the information required by subsection (a) and (B) the consideration of proposals for and (A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(2)’’; and the number of individuals formerly detained at issuance of a task or delivery order for a covered (B) by adding at the end the following new Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who system or a covered item of supply, as provided subparagraph: are confirmed or suspected of returning to ter- in section 4106(d)(3) of title 41, United States ‘‘(B) For major system acquisitions requiring a rorist activities after release or transfer from Code, where the task or delivery order contract service or capability from another acquisition or such Naval Station.’’. concerned includes a contract clause estab- program to deliver the end-to-end functionality (2) INITIAL UPDATE.—The initial update re- lishing a requirement relating to supply chain for the intelligence community end users, inde- quired by section 506I(b) of such Act, as added risk; or pendent cost estimates shall include, to the max- by paragraph (1) of this subsection, shall be (C) any contract action involving a contract imum extent practicable, all estimated costs made publicly available not later than 10 days for a covered system or a covered item of supply across all pertinent elements of the intelligence after the date the first report following the date where such contract includes a clause estab- community. For collection programs, such cost of the enactment of the Intelligence Authoriza- lishing requirements relating to supply chain estimates shall include the cost of new analyst tion Act for Fiscal Year 2012 is submitted to risk. (4) COVERED PROCUREMENT ACTION.—The term training, new hardware and software for data members and committees of Congress pursuant ‘‘covered procurement action’’ means any of the exploitation and analysis, and any unique or to section 319 of the Supplemental Appropria- following actions, if the action takes place in additional costs for data processing, storing, tions Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32; 10 U.S.C. 801 the course of conducting a covered procurement: and power, space, and cooling across the life note). (A) The exclusion of a source that fails to cycle of the program. If such costs for proc- (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The meet qualifications standards established in ac- essing, exploitation, dissemination, and storage table of contents in the first section of the Na- cordance with the requirements of section 3311 are scheduled to be executed in other elements of tional Security Act of 1947 is amended by insert- of title 41, United States Code, for the purpose the intelligence community, the independent ing after the item relating to section 506H the of reducing supply chain risk in the acquisition cost estimate shall identify and annotate such following new item: of covered systems. costs for such other elements accordingly.’’; and ‘‘Sec. 506I. Summary of intelligence relating to (B) The exclusion of a source that fails to (2) in subsection (e)(2)— terrorist recidivism of detainees achieve an acceptable rating with regard to an (A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(2)’’; held at United States Naval Sta- evaluation factor providing for the consider- (B) in subparagraph (A), as so designated, by tion, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.’’. ation of supply chain risk in the evaluation of striking ‘‘associated with the acquisition of a SEC. 308. NOTIFICATION OF TRANSFER OF A DE- proposals for the award of a contract or the major system,’’ and inserting ‘‘associated with TAINEE HELD AT UNITED STATES issuance of a task or delivery order. the development, acquisition, procurement, op- NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. (C) The decision to withhold consent for a eration, and sustainment of a major system contractor to subcontract with a particular (a) REQUIREMENT FOR NOTIFICATION.—The across its proposed life cycle,’’; and source or to direct a contractor for a covered President shall submit to Congress, in classified (C) by adding at the end the following: system to exclude a particular source from con- form, at least 30 days prior to the transfer or re- ‘‘(B) In accordance with subsection (a)(2)(B), sideration for a subcontract under the contract. each independent cost estimate shall include all lease of an individual detained at Naval Sta- (5) COVERED SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘covered sys- tion, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of June 24, costs required across elements of the intelligence tem’’ means a national security system, as that 2009, to the country of such individual’s nation- community to develop, acquire, procure, oper- term is defined in section 3542(b) of title 44, ality or last habitual residence or to any other ate, and sustain the system to provide the end- United States Code. foreign country or to a freely associated State to-end intelligence functionality of the system, (6) SUPPLY CHAIN RISK.—The term ‘‘supply the following information: including— chain risk’’ means the risk that an adversary (1) The name of the individual to be trans- ‘‘(i) for collection programs, the cost of new may sabotage, maliciously introduce unwanted ferred or released. analyst training, new hardware and software function, or otherwise subvert the design, integ- (2) The country or the freely associated State for data exploitation and analysis, and any rity, manufacturing, production, distribution, to which such individual is to be transferred or unique or additional costs for data processing, installation, operation, or maintenance of a cov- released. storing, and power, space, and cooling across ered system so as to surveil, deny, disrupt, or (3) The terms of any agreement with the coun- the life cycle of the program; and otherwise degrade the function, use, or oper- try or the freely associated State for the accept- ‘‘(ii) costs for processing, exploitation, dis- ation of such system. ance of such individual, including the amount semination, and storage scheduled to be exe- (b) AUTHORITY.—Subject to subsection (c) and cuted in other elements of the intelligence com- of any financial assistance related to such in consultation with the Director of National munity.’’. agreement. Intelligence, the head of a covered agency may, (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made (4) The agencies or departments of the United in conducting intelligence and intelligence-re- by this section shall take effect on the date that States responsible for ensuring that the agree- lated activities— is 180 days after the date of the enactment of ment described in paragraph (3) is carried out. (1) carry out a covered procurement action; this Act. (b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term and SEC. 307. UPDATES OF INTELLIGENCE RELATING ‘‘freely associated States’’ means the Federated (2) limit, notwithstanding any other provision TO TERRORIST RECIDIVISM OF DE- States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Mar- of law, in whole or in part, the disclosure of in- TAINEES HELD AT UNITED STATES shall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. formation relating to the basis for carrying out NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, (c) CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER REQUIRE- a covered procurement action. CUBA. MENTS.—Nothing in this section shall be con- (c) DETERMINATION AND NOTIFICATION.—The (a) UPDATES AND CONSOLIDATION OF LAN- strued to supersede or otherwise affect the fol- head of a covered agency may exercise the au- GUAGE.— lowing provisions of law: thority provided in subsection (b) only after— (1) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the National Secu- (1) Section 1028 of the National Defense Au- (1) any appropriate consultation with pro- rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413 et seq.) is amend- thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. curement or other relevant officials of the cov- ed by inserting after section 506H the following (2) Section 8120 of the Department of Defense ered agency; new section: Appropriations Act, 2012. (2) making a determination in writing, which ‘‘SUMMARY OF INTELLIGENCE RELATING TO TER- SEC. 309. ENHANCED PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY may be in classified form, that— RORIST RECIDIVISM OF DETAINEES HELD AT TO MANAGE SUPPLY CHAIN RISK. (A) use of the authority in subsection (b)(1) is UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: necessary to protect national security by reduc- BAY, CUBA (1) COVERED AGENCY.—The term ‘‘covered ing supply chain risk; ‘‘SEC. 506I. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of agency’’ means any element of the intelligence (B) less intrusive measures are not reasonably National Intelligence, in consultation with the community other than an element within the available to reduce such supply chain risk; and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and Department of Defense. (C) in a case where the head of the covered the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, (2) COVERED ITEM OF SUPPLY.—The term ‘‘cov- agency plans to limit disclosure of information shall make publicly available an unclassified ered item of supply’’ means an item of informa- under subsection (b)(2), the risk to national se- summary of— tion technology (as that term is defined in sec- curity due to the disclosure of such information

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MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN REPORT- ing through the sharing of intelligence informa- mination is the Director of National Intel- ING REQUIREMENTS. tion. ligence; and (a) INTELLIGENCE REFORM AND TERRORISM (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (4) providing a notice, which may be in classi- PREVENTION ACT OF 2004.—Section 1041(b) of the (1) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered enti- fied form, of the determination made under Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention ty’’ means an international drug trafficking or- paragraph (2) to the congressional intelligence Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 403–1b(b)) is amended by ganization or other actor involved in drug traf- committees that includes a summary of the basis striking paragraphs (3) and (4). ficking generally. for the determination, including a discussion of (b) INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR (2) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCY.—The less intrusive measures that were considered and FISCAL YEAR 2003.—Section 904(d)(1) of the In- term ‘‘Federal land management agency’’ in- why they were not reasonably available to re- telligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 cludes— duce supply chain risk. (50 U.S.C. 402c(d)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘on (A) the Forest Service of the Department of (d) DELEGATION.—The head of a covered an annual basis’’. Agriculture; agency may not delegate the authority provided (c) INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR (B) the Bureau of Land Management of the in subsection (b) or the responsibility to make a FISCAL YEAR 1995.—Section 809 of the Intel- Department of the Interior; determination under subsection (c) to an official ligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (C) the National Park Service of the Depart- below the level of the service acquisition execu- (50 U.S.C. App. 2170b) is amended— ment of the Interior; (D) the Fish and Wildlife Service of the De- tive for the agency concerned. (1) by striking subsection (b); and partment of the Interior; and (e) SAVINGS.—The authority under this section (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘reports re- (E) the Bureau of Reclamation of the Depart- is in addition to any other authority under any ferred to in subsections (a) and (b)’’ and insert- ment of the Interior. other provision of law. The authority under this ing ‘‘report referred to in subsection (a)’’. (d) REPORT ON TEMPORARY PERSONNEL AU- (3) PUBLIC LANDS.—The term ‘‘public lands’’ section shall not be construed to alter or effect means land under the management of a Federal the exercise of any other provision of law. THORIZATIONS FOR CRITICAL LANGUAGE TRAIN- ING.—Paragraph (3)(D) of section 102A(e) of the land management agency. (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirements of this section shall take effect on the date that is 180 National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403– SEC. 402. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TO THE days after the date of the enactment of this Act 1(e)), as amended by section 306 of the Intel- ligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NA- and shall apply to contracts that are awarded TIONAL INTELLIGENCE. on or after such date. (Public Law 111–259; 124 Stat. 2661), is amended by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘For each of For each of the fiscal years 2010, 2011, and (g) SUNSET.—The authority provided in this the fiscal years 2010, 2011, and 2012, the’’. 2012, the requirements of section 3515 of title 31, section shall expire on the date that section 806 United States Code, to submit an audited finan- SEC. 312. REVIEW OF STRATEGIC AND COMPETI- of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authoriza- cial statement shall not apply to the Office of tion Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111– TIVE ANALYSIS CONDUCTED BY THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. the Director of National Intelligence if the Di- 383; 10 U.S.C. 2304 note) expires. (a) REVIEW.—The Director of National Intel- rector of National Intelligence determines and SEC. 310. BURIAL ALLOWANCE. ligence shall direct the Director’s Senior Advi- notifies Congress that audited financial state- (a) AUTHORIZATION TO PROVIDE.— sory Group to conduct a comprehensive review ments for such years for such Office cannot be (1) IN GENERAL.—The head of an agency or of the strategic and competitive analysis of produced on a cost-effective basis. department containing an element of the intel- international terrorism and homegrown violent SEC. 403. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION ligence community may pay to the estate of a extremism conducted by elements of the intel- REGARDING THE INSPECTOR GEN- decedent described in paragraph (2) a burial al- ligence community during the 12 month period ERAL OF THE INTELLIGENCE COM- MUNITY. lowance at the request of a representative of beginning on the date of the enactment of this Section 103H of the National Security Act of such estate, as determined in accordance with Act. 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403–3h) is amended by adding at the laws of a State. (b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 15 (2) DESCRIPTION.—A decedent described in this months after the date of the enactment of this the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(o) INFORMATION ON WEBSITE.—(1) The Di- paragraph is an individual— Act, the Director of the National Intelligence rector of National Intelligence shall establish (A) who served as a civilian officer or em- shall submit to the congressional intelligence and maintain on the homepage of the publicly ployee of such an agency or department; committees— (B) who died as a result of an injury incurred (1) a report on the results of the review con- accessible website of the Office of the Director of during such service; and ducted under subsection (a); and National Intelligence information relating to the (C) whose death— (2) any actions taken by the Director to imple- Office of the Inspector General of the Intel- (i) resulted from hostile or terrorist activities; ment the recommendations, if any, of the Direc- ligence Community including methods to contact or tor’s Senior Advisory Group based on such re- the Inspector General. (ii) occurred in connection with an intel- sults. ‘‘(2) The information referred to in paragraph (1) shall be obvious and facilitate accessibility to ligence activity having a substantial element of TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING TO ELE- risk. the information related to the Office of the In- MENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMU- spector General of the Intelligence Commu- (b) USE OF BURIAL ALLOWANCE.—A burial al- NITY lowance paid under subsection (a) may be used nity.’’. Subtitle A—Office of the Director of National SEC. 404. CLARIFICATION OF STATUS OF CHIEF to reimburse such estate for burial expenses, in- Intelligence cluding recovery, mortuary, funeral, or memo- INFORMATION OFFICER IN THE EX- SEC. 401. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ASSIST- ECUTIVE SCHEDULE. rial service, cremation, burial costs, and costs of ANCE TO COUNTER DRUG TRAF- Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is transportation by common carrier to the place FICKING ORGANIZATIONS USING amended by inserting after the item relating to selected for final disposition of the decedent. PUBLIC LANDS. the Chief Information Officer, Small Business (c) AMOUNT OF BURIAL ALLOWANCE; RELA- (a) CONSULTATION.—The Director of National Administration the following new item: TIONSHIP TO OTHER PROVISIONS.—A burial al- Intelligence shall consult with the heads of the ‘‘Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence lowance paid under subsection (a) shall be— Federal land management agencies on the ap- Community.’’. (1) in an amount not greater than— propriate actions the intelligence community (A) the maximum reimbursable amount al- SEC. 405. TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT TO FILL VA- can take to assist such agencies in responding to CANCIES WITHIN OFFICE OF THE DI- lowed under Department of Defense Instruction the threat from covered entities that are cur- RECTOR OF NATIONAL INTEL- 1344.08 or successor instruction; plus rently or have previously used public lands in LIGENCE. (B) the actual costs of transportation referred the United States to further the operations of Section 103 of the National Security Act of to in subsection (b); and such entities. 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403–3) is amended— (2) in addition to any other benefit permitted (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub- under any other provision of law, including date of the enactment of this Act, the Director section (f); and funds that may be expended as specified in the of National Intelligence shall submit to the con- (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol- General Provisions section of the classified gressional intelligence committees, the Com- lowing new subsection: annex accompanying this Act. mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and the ‘‘(e) TEMPORARY FILLING OF VACANCIES.— (d) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep- With respect to filling temporarily a vacancy in date of the enactment of this Act, the Director resentatives a report on the results of the con- an office within the Office of the Director of Na- of the Office of Personnel Management, in consultation under subsection (a). Such report shall tional Intelligence (other than that of the Direc- sultation with the Director of National Intel- include— tor of National Intelligence), section 3345(a)(3) ligence, the Secretary of Labor, and the Sec- (1) an assessment of the intelligence commu- of title 5, United States Code, may be applied— retary of Defense, shall submit to Congress a re- nity collection efforts dedicated to covered enti- ‘‘(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph port on the feasibility of implementing legisla- ties, including any collection gaps or inefficien- (A), by substituting ‘an element of the intel- tion to provide for burial allowances at a level cies; and ligence community, as that term is defined in

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:05 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A16DE7.057 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9805 section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 fessional speaking and reading proficiency in a disrupt the terrorists, near Shanksville, Penn- (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)),’ for ‘such Executive agency’; foreign language, such proficiency being at least sylvania. and level 3 on the Interagency Language Round- (4) Osama bin Laden planned or supported ‘‘(2) in subparagraph (A), by substituting ‘the table Language Skills Level or commensurate numerous other deadly terrorist attacks against intelligence community’ for ‘such agency’.’’. proficiency level using such other indicator of the United States and its allies, including the Subtitle B—Central Intelligence Agency proficiency as the Director of the Central Intel- 1998 bombings of United States embassies in ligence Agency considers appropriate.’’; Kenya and Tanzania and the 2000 attack on the SEC. 411. ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS. (B) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B); U.S.S. Cole in Yemen, and against innocent ci- Section 12 of the Central Intelligence Agency and vilians in countries around the world, including Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 403l(a)) is amended— (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘position or the 2004 attack on commuter trains in Madrid, (1) in subsection (a)— category of positions’’ both places that term ap- Spain and the 2005 bombings of the mass transit (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; and pears and inserting ‘‘position, category of posi- system in London, England. (B) by striking the second and third sentences tions, or occupation’’. (5) Following the September 11, 2001, terrorist and inserting the following: (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 611(b) of the In- ‘‘(2) Any gift accepted under this section (and attacks, the United States, under President telligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 George W. Bush, led an international coalition any income produced by any such gift)— (Public Law 108–487; 50 U.S.C. 403–4a note) is ‘‘(A) may be used only for—’’ into Afghanistan to dismantle al Qaeda, deny amended— them a safe haven in Afghanistan and ‘‘(i) artistic display; (1) by inserting ‘‘or promotions’’ after ‘‘ap- ‘‘(ii) purposes relating to the general welfare, ungoverned areas along the Pakistani border, pointments’’; and and bring Osama bin Laden to justice. education, or recreation of employees or depend- (2) by striking ‘‘that is one year after the (6) President Barack Obama in 2009 committed ents of employees of the Agency or for similar date’’. additional forces and resources to efforts in Af- purposes; or (c) REPORT ON WAIVERS.—Section 611(c) of the ghanistan and Pakistan as ‘‘the central front in ‘‘(iii) purposes relating to the welfare, edu- Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year our enduring struggle against terrorism and ex- cation, or recreation of an individual described 2005 (Public Law 108–487; 118 Stat. 3955) is tremism’’. in paragraph (3); and amended— ‘‘(B) under no circumstances may such a gift (1) in the first sentence— (7) The valiant members of the United States (or any income produced by any such gift) be (A) by striking ‘‘positions’’ and inserting ‘‘in- Armed Forces have courageously and vigorously used for operational purposes. dividual waivers’’; and pursued al Qaeda and its affiliates in Afghani- ‘‘(3) An individual described in this para- (B) by striking ‘‘Directorate of Operations’’ stan and around the world. graph is an individual who— and inserting ‘‘National Clandestine Service’’; (8) The anonymous, unsung heroes of the in- ‘‘(A) is an employee or a former employee of and telligence community have pursued al Qaeda the Agency who suffered injury or illness while (2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘posi- and affiliates in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and employed by the Agency that— tion or category of positions’’ and inserting ‘‘po- around the world with tremendous dedication, ‘‘(i) resulted from hostile or terrorist activities; sition, category of positions, or occupation’’. sacrifice, and professionalism. ‘‘(ii) occurred in connection with an intel- (d) REPORT ON TRANSFERS.—Not later than 45 (9) The close collaboration between the Armed ligence activity having a significant element of days after the date of the enactment of this Act, Forces and the intelligence community prompted risk; or and on an annual basis for each of the fol- the Director of National Intelligence, General ‘‘(iii) occurred under other circumstances de- lowing 3 years, the Director of the Central Intel- James Clapper, to state, ‘‘Never have I seen a termined by the Director to be analogous to the ligence Agency shall submit to the congressional more remarkable example of focused integration, circumstances described in clause (i) or (ii); intelligence committees a report on the number seamless collaboration, and sheer professional ‘‘(B) is a family member of such an employee of Senior Intelligence Service employees of the magnificence as was demonstrated by the Intel- or former employee; or Agency who— ligence Community in the ultimate demise of ‘‘(C) is a surviving family member of an em- (1) were transferred during the reporting pe- Osama bin Laden.’’. ployee of the Agency who died in circumstances riod to a Senior Intelligence Service position in (10) While the death of Osama bin Laden rep- described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of subpara- the Directorate of Intelligence career service or resents a significant blow to the al Qaeda orga- graph (A). the National Clandestine Service career service; nization and its affiliates and to terrorist orga- ‘‘(4) The Director may not accept any gift and nizations around the world, terrorism remains a under this section that is expressly conditioned (2) did not meet the foreign language require- critical threat to United States national secu- upon any expenditure not to be met from the ments specified in section 104A(g)(1) of the Na- rity. gift itself or from income produced by the gift tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403– (11) President Obama said, ‘‘For over two dec- unless such expenditure has been authorized by 4a(g)(1)) at the time of such transfer. ades, bin Laden has been al Qaeda’s leader and law. SEC. 413. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION symbol, and has continued to plot attacks ‘‘(5) The Director may, in the Director’s dis- REGARDING THE INSPECTOR GEN- against our country and our friends and allies. cretion, determine that an individual described ERAL OF THE CENTRAL INTEL- The death of bin Laden marks the most signifi- in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (3) LIGENCE AGENCY. cant achievement to date in our Nation’s effort may accept a gift for the purposes described in Section 17 of the Central Intelligence Agency to defeat al Qaeda.’’. paragraph (2)(A)(iii).’’; and Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 403q) is amended by add- (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of (2) by adding at the end the following new ing at the end the following new subsection: Congress that— subsection: ‘‘(h) INFORMATION ON WEBSITE.—(1) The Di- (1) the raid that killed Osama bin Laden dem- ‘‘(f) The Director, in consultation with the Di- rector of the Central Intelligence Agency shall onstrated the best of the intelligence commu- rector of the Office of Government Ethics, shall establish and maintain on the homepage of the nity’s capabilities and teamwork; issue regulations to carry out the authority pro- Agency’s publicly accessible website information vided in this section. Such regulations shall en- relating to the Office of the Inspector General (2) for years to come, Americans will look back sure that such authority is exercised consistent including methods to contact the Inspector Gen- at this event as a defining point in the history with all relevant ethical constraints and prin- eral. of the United States; ciples, including— ‘‘(2) The information referred to in paragraph (3) it is vitally important that the United ‘‘(1) the avoidance of any prohibited conflict (1) shall be obvious and facilitate accessibility to States memorialize all the events that led to the of interest or appearance of impropriety; and the information related to the Office of the In- raid so that future generations will have an of- ‘‘(2) a prohibition against the acceptance of a spector General.’’. ficial record of the events that transpired before, gift from a foreign government or an agent of a SEC. 414. CREATING AN OFFICIAL RECORD OF during, and as a result of the operation; and foreign government.’’. THE OSAMA BIN LADEN OPERATION. (4) preserving this history now will allow the SEC. 412. FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY RE- (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: United States to have an accurate account of QUIREMENTS FOR CENTRAL INTEL- (1) On May 1, 2011, United States personnel the events while those that participated in the LIGENCE AGENCY OFFICERS. killed terrorist leader Osama bin Laden during events are still serving in the Government. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 104A(g) of the Na- the course of a targeted strike against his secret (c) REPORT ON THE OPERATION THAT KILLED tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403–4a(g)) compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. OSAMA BIN LADEN.—Not later than 90 days is amended— (2) Osama bin Laden was the leader of the al after the completion of the report being prepared (1) in paragraph (1)— Qaeda terrorist organization, the most signifi- by the Center for the Study of Intelligence that (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph cant terrorism threat to the United States and documents the history of and lessons learned (A)— the international community. from the raid that resulted in the death of (i) by inserting ‘‘in the Directorate of Intel- (3) Osama bin Laden was the architect of ter- Osama bin Laden, the Director of the Central ligence career service or the National Clandes- rorist attacks which killed nearly 3,000 civilians Intelligence Agency shall submit such report to tine Service career service’’ after ‘‘an indi- on September 11, 2001, the most deadly terrorist the congressional intelligence committees. vidual’’; attack against our Nation, in which al Qaeda (d) PRESERVATION OF RECORDS.—The Director (ii) by inserting ‘‘or promoted’’ after ‘‘ap- terrorists hijacked four airplanes and crashed of the Central Intelligence Agency shall preserve pointed’’; and them into the World Trade Center in New York any records, including intelligence information (iii) by striking ‘‘individual—’’ and inserting City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and, and assessments, used to generate the report de- ‘‘individual has been certified as having a pro- due to heroic efforts by civilian passengers to scribed in subsection (c).

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:05 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A16DE7.057 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H9806 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 16, 2011 SEC. 415. RECRUITMENT OF PERSONNEL IN THE ‘‘(K) The Office of Intelligence and Analysis retary of Defense for Intelligence shall submit to OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GEN- of the Department of Homeland Security.’’. the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence ERAL. SEC. 432. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION and the Committee on Armed Services of the (a) STUDY.—The Inspector General of the Of- PARTICIPATION IN THE DEPART- House of Representatives and the Select Com- fice of Personnel Management, in consultation MENT OF JUSTICE LEAVE BANK. mittee on Intelligence and the Committee on with the Inspector General of the Central Intel- Subsection (b) of section 6372 of title 5, United Armed Services of the Senate a report on the ligence Agency, shall carry out a study of the States Code, is amended to read as follows: training standards of the defense intelligence personnel authorities and available personnel ‘‘(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) workforce. Such report shall include— benefits of the Office of the Inspector General of and notwithstanding any other provision of this (1) a description of existing training, edu- the Central Intelligence Agency. Such study subchapter, neither an excepted agency nor any cation, and professional development standards shall include— individual employed in or under an excepted applied to personnel of defense intelligence com- (1) identification of any barriers or disincen- agency may be included in a leave bank pro- ponents; and tives to the recruitment or retention of experi- gram established under any of the preceding (2) an assessment of the ability to implement enced investigators within the Office of the In- provisions of this subchapter. a certification program for personnel of the de- spector General of the Central Intelligence ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of fense intelligence components based on achieve- Agency; and law, the Director of the Federal Bureau of In- ment of required training, education, and pro- (2) a comparison of the personnel authorities vestigation may authorize an individual em- fessional development standards. of the Inspector General of the Central Intel- ployed by the Bureau to participate in a leave (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: ligence Agency with personnel authorities of In- bank program administered by the Department (1) DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE COMPONENTS.—The spectors General of other agencies and depart- of Justice under this subchapter if in the Direc- term ‘‘defense intelligence components’’ means— ments of the United States, including a compari- tor’s judgment such participation will not ad- (A) the National Security Agency; son of the benefits available to experienced in- versely affect the protection of intelligence (B) the Defense Intelligence Agency; vestigators within the Office of the Inspector sources and methods.’’. (C) the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agen- General of the Central Intelligence Agency with cy; SEC. 433. ACCOUNTS AND TRANSFER AUTHORITY (D) the National Reconnaissance Office; similar benefits available within the offices of FOR APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER Inspectors General of such other agencies or de- AMOUNTS FOR INTELLIGENCE ELE- (E) the intelligence elements of the Army, the partments. MENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DE- Navy, the Air Force, and the Marine Corps; and (b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 120 FENSE. (F) other offices within the Department of De- days after the date of the enactment of this Act, (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 21 of title 10, fense for the collection of specialized national the Inspector General of the Office of Personnel United States Code, is amended by inserting intelligence through reconnaissance programs. (2) DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE WORKFORCE.—The Management shall submit to the congressional after section 428 the following new section: term ‘‘defense intelligence workforce’’ means the intelligence committees and the Committee on ‘‘§ 429. Appropriations for Defense intelligence personnel of the defense intelligence compo- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of elements: accounts for transfers; transfer nents. the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and authority TITLE V—OTHER MATTERS Government Reform of the House of Representa- ‘‘(a) ACCOUNTS FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR DE- SEC. 501. REPORT ON AIRSPACE RESTRICTIONS tives— FENSE INTELLIGENCE ELEMENTS.—The Secretary FOR USE OF UNMANNED AERIAL VE- (1) a report on the results of the study con- of Defense may transfer appropriations of the ducted under subsection (a); and HICLES ALONG THE BORDER OF THE Department of Defense which are available for UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. (2) any recommendations for legislative action the activities of Defense intelligence elements to based on such results. Not later than 90 days after the date of the an account or accounts established for receipt of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home- (c) FUNDING.—Of the funds authorized to be such transfers. Each such account may also re- appropriated by this Act, the Director of Na- land Security shall submit to the congressional ceive transfers from the Director of National In- intelligence committees, the Committee on Home- tional Intelligence shall transfer to the Inspec- telligence if made pursuant to Section 102A of tor General of the Office of Personnel Manage- land Security of the House of Representatives, the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403- and the Committee on Homeland Security and ment such sums as may be necessary to carry 1), and transfers and reimbursements arising out this section. Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on from transactions, as authorized by law, be- whether restrictions on the use of airspace are Subtitle C—National Security Agency tween a Defense intelligence element and an- hampering the use of unmanned aerial vehicles SEC. 421. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES FOR NA- other entity. Appropriation balances in each by the Department of Homeland Security along TIONAL SECURITY AGENCY SECU- such account may be transferred back to the ac- the international border between the United RITY PERSONNEL. count or accounts from which such appropria- States and Mexico. UTHORITY O RANSPORT PPREHENDED tions originated as appropriation refunds. (a) A T T A SEC. 502. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING INTE- PERSONS.—Paragraph (5) of section 11(a) of the ‘‘(b) RECORDATION OF TRANSFERS.—Transfers GRATION OF FUSION CENTERS. National Security Agency Act of 1959 (50 U.S.C. made pursuant to subsection (a) shall be re- It is the sense of Congress that ten years after 402 note) is amended to read as follows: corded as expenditure transfers. the terrorist attacks upon the United States on ‘‘(5) Agency personnel authorized by the Di- ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds trans- September 11, 2001, the Secretary of Homeland rector under paragraph (1) may transport an in- ferred pursuant to subsection (a) shall remain Security, in consultation with the Director of dividual apprehended under the authority of available for the same time period and for the National Intelligence, should continue to inte- this section from the premises at which the indi- same purpose as the appropriation from which grate and utilize fusion centers to enlist all of vidual was apprehended, as described in sub- transferred, and shall remain subject to the the intelligence, law enforcement, and homeland paragraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1), for the same limitations provided in the act making the security capabilities of the United States in a purpose of transferring such individual to the appropriation. manner that is consistent with the Constitution custody of law enforcement officials. Such ‘‘(d) OBLIGATION AND EXPENDITURE OF to prevent acts of terrorism against the United transportation may be provided only to make a FUNDS.—Unless otherwise specifically author- States. transfer of custody at a location within 30 miles ized by law, funds transferred pursuant to sub- SEC. 503. STRATEGY TO COUNTER IMPROVISED of the premises described in subparagraphs (A) section (a) shall only be obligated and expended EXPLOSIVE DEVICES. in accordance with chapter 15 of title 31 and all and (B) of paragraph (1).’’. (a) STRATEGY.— (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO other applicable provisions of law. (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of National TORT LIABILITY.—Paragraph (1) of section 11(d) ‘‘(e) DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE ELEMENT DE- Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense shall of the National Security Agency Act of 1959 (50 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘Defense intel- establish a coordinated strategy utilizing all U.S.C. 402 note) is amended— ligence element’ means any of the Department of available personnel and assets for intelligence (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or’’ at Defense agencies, offices, and elements included collection and analysis to identify and counter the end; within the definition of ‘intelligence community’ network activity and operations in Pakistan (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period under section 3(4) of the National Security Act and Afghanistan relating to the development at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).’’. and use of improvised explosive devices. (3) by adding at the end the following new (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec- (2) CONTENTS.—The strategy established subparagraph: tions at the beginning of subchapter I of such under paragraph (1) shall identify— ‘‘(D) transport an individual pursuant to subchapter is amended by adding at the end the (A) the networks that design improvised explo- section (a)(2).’’. following new item: sive devices, provide training on improvised ex- Subtitle D—Other Elements ‘‘429. Appropriations for Defense intelligence plosive device assembly and employment, and SEC. 431. CODIFICATION OF OFFICE OF INTEL- elements: accounts for transfers; smuggle improvised explosive device components LIGENCE AND ANALYSIS OF THE DE- transfer authority.’’. into Afghanistan; PARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SEC. 434. REPORT ON TRAINING STANDARDS OF (B) the persons and organizations not directly AS ELEMENT OF THE INTELLIGENCE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE WORK- affiliated with insurgents in Afghanistan who COMMUNITY. FORCE. knowingly enable the movement of commercial Section 3(4)(K) of the National Security Act of (a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the products and material used in improvised explo- 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)(K)) is amended to read as date of the enactment of this Act, the Director sive device construction from factories and ven- follows: of National Intelligence and the Under Sec- dors in Pakistan into Afghanistan;

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:05 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A16DE7.057 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9807 (C) the financiers, financial networks, institu- men and women who serve so proudly nificantly below the President’s budget tions, and funding streams that provide rein our intelligence services that work request for fiscal year 2012 and further sources to the insurgency in Afghanistan; and tirelessly to keep America safe. This is still below the levels authorized and (D) the links to military, intelligence services, and government officials who are complicit in a good day to bring the fiscal year 2012 appropriated in fiscal year 2011. These allowing the insurgent networks in Afghanistan intelligence authorization bill to the savings—and this is important, Mr. to operate. floor today. This will be our second in- Speaker—were achieved without im- (b) REPORT AND IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later telligence authorization bill since Jan- pacting the intelligence community’s than 120 days after the date of the enactment of uary of this year, when I became chair- important mission, as the cuts of the this Act, the Director of National Intelligence man and my ranking member took his 1990s did. and the Secretary of Defense shall— position as well for the House Intel- The bottom line is that this bipar- (1) submit to the congressional intelligence ligence Committee, and it will be the tisan bill preserves and advances na- committees and the Committees on Armed Serv- ices of the House of Representatives and the 29th bill in our committee’s history. tional security and is also fiscally responsible. The secrecy that is a nec- Senate a report containing the strategy estab- b 0920 lished under subsection (a); and essary part of our country’s intel- (2) implement such strategy. This bill is a vital tool for congres- ligence work requires that the congres- SEC. 504. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE sional oversight of the intelligence sional intelligence committees conduct PRIORITY OF RAILWAY TRANSPOR- community’s classified activities and strong and effective oversight on behalf TATION SECURITY. is critical to ensuring that our intel- of the American people. That strong It is the sense of Congress that— ligence agencies have the resources and and effective oversight is impossible, (1) the nation’s railway transportation (in- authorities they need to do their im- cluding subway transit) network is broad and however, without an annual intel- technically complex, requiring robust commu- portant work. ligence authorization bill. And I want nication between private sector stakeholders Passing an annual intelligence au- to thank both of the staffs for the Re- and the intelligence community to identify, thorization bill is vital to keeping the publicans and the Democrats, and the monitor, and respond to threats; laws governing our intelligence oper- members from both the Republicans (2) the Department of Homeland Security Of- ations up to date. The FY12 bill sus- and Democrats on this committee for fice of Intelligence and Analysis maintains a tains our current intelligence capabili- constructive relationship with other Federal coming together in a bipartisan way on ties and provides for the development the important issue of national secu- agencies, state and local governments, and pri- of future capabilities, all while achiev- vate entities to safeguard our railways; and rity. And I thank my friend, DUTCH (3) railway transportation security (including ing significant savings. RUPPERSBERGER, the ranking member, subway transit security) should continue to be The U.S. intelligence community for his leadership in getting us not to prioritized in the critical infrastructure threat plays a critical role in the war on ter- one, but to two authorization bills assessment developed by the Office of Intel- rorism and securing the country from within just 10 months. And that’s no ligence and Analysis and included in threat as- many threats that we face today. Ef- small accomplishment, as you might sessment budgets of the intelligence community. fective and aggressive congressional know, Mr. Speaker. SEC. 505. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE NA- oversight is essential to ensuring con- With that, I reserve the balance of TIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947. tinued success in the intelligence com- The National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. my time. 401 et seq.) is amended— munity. Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speak- (1) in section 3(6) (50 U.S.C. 401a(6)), by strik- The intelligence authorization bill er, I yield myself such time as I may ing ‘‘Director of Central Intelligence’’ and in- funds U.S. intelligence activities span- consume. serting ‘‘Director of National Intelligence’’; ning 17 separate agencies. This funding I rise today in favor of the Intel- (2) in section 506(b) (50 U.S.C. 415a(b)), by totaled roughly $80 billion in fiscal ligence Authorization Act for FY 2012. striking ‘‘Director of Central Intelligence.’’ and year 2010. The current challenging fis- When Chairman ROGERS and I took inserting ‘‘Director of National Intelligence.’’; cal environment demands the account- over leadership of the House Perma- and (3) in section 506A(c)(2)(C) (50 U.S.C. 415a– ability and financial oversight of our nent Select Committee on Intelligence, 1(c)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘National Foreign Intel- classified intelligence programs that we made a commitment to work to- ligence Program’’ both places that term appears can only come with an intelligence au- gether to ensure the intelligence com- and inserting ‘‘National Intelligence Program’’. thorization bill. munity has the authorities it needs to SEC. 506. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18, The bill’s comprehensive classified effectively protect America. This intel- UNITED STATES CODE. annex provides detailed guidance on in- ligence authorization bill achieves this Section 351(a) of title 18, United States Code, telligence spending, including adjust- purpose. It gives our intelligence pro- is amended— ments to costly programs. This bill fessionals critical resources, capabili- (1) by inserting ‘‘the Director (or a person funds the requirements of the men and nominated to be Director during the pendency ties, and authorities. We passed FY11 of such nomination) or Principal Deputy Direc- women of the intelligence community, earlier this year, and now we can see tor of National Intelligence,’’ after ‘‘in such de- both military and civilian, many of the finish line for FY12. partment,’’; and whom directly support the war zones or For 5 years, there were no intel- (2) by striking ‘‘Central Intelligence,’’ and in- are engaged in other dangerous oper- ligence bills. There was a gap in over- serting ‘‘the Central Intelligence Agency,’’. ations to keep America and Americans sight. When this bill is signed into law, SEC. 507. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. safe. it will be the third time in 3 years that The budgetary effects of this Act, for the pur- It provides oversight and authoriza- the Intelligence Committee has passed pose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As- tion for critical intelligence activities, an intel authorization act. You-Go-Act of 2010, shall be determined by ref- including the global counterterrorism I strongly believe that passing the erence to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, sub- operations, such as the one that took authorization bill is critical to na- mitted for printing in the Congressional Record out Osama bin Laden; cyberdefense by tional security. The Intelligence Com- by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Com- the National Security Agency; coun- mittee wants to strengthen the intel- mittee, provided that such statement has been tering the proliferation of weapons of ligence community and give them the submitted prior to the vote on passage. mass destruction; global monitoring of tools they need. However, it is also our The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- foreign militaries and weapons tests; job to conduct thorough, effective over- ant to the rule, the gentleman from research and development of new tech- sight and provide budgetary direction. Michigan (Mr. ROGERS) and the gen- nology to maintain our intelligence This bill does that. tleman from Maryland (Mr. RUPPERS- agencies’ technological edge, including This bill makes smart choices. It BERGER) each will control 20 minutes. work on code breaking and spy sat- trims and eliminates duplicative ef- The Chair recognizes the gentleman ellites. forts wherever possible. We made care- from Michigan. This has been a strategy for a tough ful decisions and were mindful to pro- Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. fiscal climate. After passage of the tect the current and future capabilities Speaker, I yield myself such time as I Budget Control Act, the committee re- that protect our Nation. This bill may consume. vamped the bill it reported out of com- aligns our resources with our current This is a good day for the United mittee back in May to double its budg- threats and makes important invest- States, certainly a good day for the et savings. As a result, the bill is sig- ments in space, satellites, and cyber.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:49 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16DE7.057 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H9808 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 16, 2011 This bill is even more important hance the capabilities of the intel- of the astronauts the same as they today with the 10th anniversary of 9/11 ligence community, and will make our know the names of NFL quarterbacks fresh in our minds. When it comes to Nation stronger. today. terrorism, Osama bin Laden may be I urge my colleagues to support this And yet, because of the fact that gone, but radical extremists still have bill. there hasn’t been as much in space, we the United States as a target. Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. I continue as a country need to educate our con- Intelligence is clearly the best de- to reserve the balance of my time. stituents how important space is. We fense against terrorism, and this bill Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speak- are the strongest country in the world, makes our defense even stronger. This er, I yield myself such time as I may and one of the main reasons is because act is bipartisan and bicameral. The consume. we are active and control the skies. members of our Intelligence Com- I think we really need to discuss the Yet, right now, our space program has mittee work not as Democrats or Re- issue of cybersecurity. Cyberthreat is to be reinvigorated, and we have to publicans, or as the House or Senate, the one thing I think that keeps a lot refocus on that. but as Americans protecting our coun- of us on the Intelligence Committee up America, again, controls the world try. This bill is proof that Congress can at night, how serious a threat it is to because we control the skies. Our in- work together to do good things. I fully our country—we’re being attacked on a vestment in space keeps us safe. If we support this bill and urge my col- regular basis. And we as a country need fail to make that investment, other leagues to do the same. to do what we have to do to go forward countries will move ahead and edge us And I also want to acknowledge the and deal with the issue of cyber. out. As an example, China is going to leadership of Chairman ROGERS for Cyber poses one of the greatest the Moon. They are spending time, re- helping put this bill together. threats to Americans from both an eco- search, and development to go to the I reserve the balance of my time. nomic and national security perspec- Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. I continue Moon. Currently, we rely on the Rus- tive. We are losing millions of dollars to reserve my time, Mr. Speaker. sians to get to the international space Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speak- because of cyberattacks. Our intellec- station. er, I yield 3 minutes to my distin- tual property is being stolen daily just We must reinvest in the capabilities guished colleague from the State of as we speak. Our Pentagon is being at- to give us the edge in space. We also tacked as we speak. We have seen California (Mr. THOMPSON). need to think about different ways to Mr. THOMPSON of California. I countless examples of cutting-edge get ahead. The bill breaks down bar- thank the gentleman for yielding. U.S. ideas being stolen and used for for- riers of our launch industry. All op- Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support eign products. tions need to be on the table as we talk of H.R. 1892, the Intelligence Author- Cyber is also a major national secu- about keeping America’s edge in space. ization Act for FY12. rity concern. We only have to look at I reserve the balance of my time. As the ranking member of the Sub- the attack on South Korea’s banking Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. committee on Terrorism, Human Intel- system to realize the impact an attack Speaker, I yield myself such time as I ligence, Analysis, and Counterintel- can have on critical infrastructure. In may consume. South Korea, depositors lost access to ligence, I am pleased that we were able The ranking member brings up an their money and critical investment. to work together to bring a bipartisan, important point about how complex Data was lost. An attack like this bicameral intelligence authorization this bill is and the level of threats and bill to the House floor for the third could happen in the United States if we the degree of threat that this great year in a row. This is a testament to do not prepare and focus on the issue of country faces every day and really the the hard work and leadership of our cybersecurity. This bill strengthens importance of our investment in the chairman, Mr. ROGERS, and ranking U.S. cyberdefenses, again, a very im- technology that we need to keep ahead member, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. portant part of this bill. of enemy nations who seek to do us This bill will increase information I reserve the balance of my time. harm. sharing throughout the intelligence Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. This bill embodies the fact that there community. It includes a provision Speaker, I yield myself such time as I will be members of the intelligence that is important to my home State of may consume. California, requiring the Director of I appreciate the gentleman bringing community whose job it is to find National Intelligence to compile a up the issue of cybersecurity, an in- those Russian spies—like the illegal threat assessment of foreign drug traf- credibly important issue, one that this alien Russian case that was here—that fickers that are destroying our public committee spends a great deal of time are attempting to do bad things to the lands here in the United States and on. And the ranking member and my- United States. The same with Chinese causing unacceptable levels of violence self and many members of this com- spies and Iranian spies, and the list is because of their drug-growing oper- mittee have co-authored a bill—and very long. And, unfortunately, it’s not ations in our public parks and forests. many Members of this House—to give a spy novel; it’s not a movie. These This bill requires the DNI to share this that first important step to protecting things are real. They happen every day information with Federal land manage- Americans’ networks from both eco- in the United States, and we are a tar- ment agencies like the Forest Service nomic espionage and attack of those get of those nation-states as they seek so that we can take back our public particular networks. to steal our secrets. lands. This bill provides those protections, The bill also includes a provision b 0930 and that means that we have to invest that I authored, working with my I can’t think of anything that is in space. It means that we have to in- friend and former committee colleague, more pressing than that particular vest in our cybersecurity capability. It Representative ANNA ESHOO from Cali- issue, and I appreciate the gentleman’s means that we have to invest in our fornia, requiring the Director of the working with us on that particular HUMINT collection, meaning recruit- Central Intelligence Agency to provide issue and being a leading voice here in ing others who will help us identify and a full report on the events surrounding Congress on that particular issue. ferret out those who seek to do us the May 2011 Osama bin Laden raid. We I reserve the balance of my time. harm. are all very proud of the intelligence Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speak- It means that we have the challenges community’s extraordinary efforts in er, I yield myself such time as I may of trying to make sure that al Qaeda, carrying out this operation. We believe consume. who has expressed an interest in a radi- it’s important that the intelligence I think another major issue that ological bomb, doesn’t get their hands community document this operation in we’ve addressed in this bill is the issue on those types of materials. It means our permanent record as to how the op- of space. Years ago, when we went to that we have to be careful about nu- eration was conducted and its impor- the Moon, the whole country under- clear weapons being proliferated tance on our counterterrorism efforts. stood how important space was to the around the world by either force secu- Mr. Speaker, this legislation will im- national defense of our country, and, in rity or, worse yet, nation-states who prove our national security, will en- those days, everyone knew the names encourage that type of activity.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:05 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16DE7.008 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9809 It is no simple job being an intel- traordinary job they have done on the community, making sure that we fo- ligence officer or being in the intel- Intelligence Committee. cused on what the intelligence commu- ligence community here in the United This committee, I think, has been nity needed. We knew, as this country States. more productive than it’s been in has an issue with respect to the deficit, I think this bill is an accurate reflec- years, and owing largely to the efforts that we had to do some cutting. tion on how we move to the next place, of these two gentlemen as well as all It’s not about cutting; it was what to but also an important reminder of the the members of the committee. I am cut. And we wanted to make sure that important work that they do, often in greatly appreciative of the spirit of co- the cuts that we made in this intel- the shadows. The men and women who operation and nonpartisanship that ligence bill, working as Republicans conduct this important work certainly prevails on the Intelligence Com- and Democrats, would not affect the deserve our support and all of the re- mittee, and I want to thank both of mission for the national security of our sources that we can muster to make these gentlemen. country. We spent time before the bill sure that they’re successful in their en- I also enjoy working with JOE HECK, passed, hours and hours, working, staff deavors. the chairman of the Technical and Tac- working, coming together. And what’s With that, I reserve the balance of tical Subcommittee, and as ranking very unique, also, about this com- my time. member I appreciate the opportunity mittee is that both the Democrat and Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speak- to work on our overhead architecture the Republican staff worked very close- er, I yield myself such time as I may issues. I remain concerned that we are ly together, and I hadn’t seen that in consume. largely investing in some inherited sys- the past as a member of this com- I think it’s extremely important that tems that are important but very ex- mittee for over 9 years right now. And we look back where we’ve come from pensive and can often crowd out new that’s one of the main reasons that we since 9/11. innovations and new technologies that have such a great, effective staff that During 9/11, or before 9/11, we had are worthy of investment that provide work together as a team, to come to- agencies, intelligence agencies that potentially game-changing capabili- gether to make sure that we did what just were not working together. There ties, but I look forward to continuing we had to do. was not a teamwork approach. And, as to work with the chair and ranking b 0940 a result of not working together, the member to advance the science and attack of 9/11 occurred. The 9/11 Com- technology that helps us stay one step Now we are here today to finish the mission made numerous recommenda- ahead of our adversaries and helps us job. Republicans and Democrats have tions, and a lot of those recommenda- keep an eye on some of the bad actors come together to make important tions were very positive and were im- around the world that pose a poten- choices and to do what is right for the plemented. tially great threat to the United intelligence community and our coun- As a result of the bin Laden raid and States. try. This bill makes America safer. bringing him to justice, I think it But, once again, I’m greatly appre- Again, I commend everyone who par- showed the teamwork that is needed, ciative of the efforts of the committee ticipated in this effort, especially the especially in the intelligence commu- and our leadership. I think this is a su- bipartisan leadership of Chairman ROG- nity, to work together, whether or not perb bill and moves our intelligence ca- ERS, the other members of the Intel- it’s NSA, the NRO, it’s the military, all pabilities forward. ligence Committee, and the leadership those different agencies coming to- I urge my colleagues to join in sup- of Senators FEINSTEIN and CHAMBLISS gether and working as a team. And we port. in the Senate Intelligence Committee, would not have had the success that we Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. again working together. We can do our had with bin Laden if it weren’t for Speaker, I yield myself such time as I work here, but we need the Senate to that teamwork approach. may consume. come together, and we did and we now I think now we have to learn about I appreciate the gentleman and look have the product here today. the teamwork approach and working forward to continuing to work with the I would like to thank again both the together in Congress, also. We as Mem- gentleman from California on those ac- Democrat and Republican staff for the bers of Congress need to do our job and tivities when it comes to our overhead countless hours they spent. come together and do the people’s architecture. There are programs wor- I fully support the fiscal year 2012 In- work, and the partisan politics has to thy of investment, and the technology telligence Authorization Act and urge stop. that we apply to this particular effort my colleagues to do the same. What I’m leading to is that I think is incredibly important. I yield back the balance of my time. that this bill, and the previous bills We always need to stay ahead. Amer- Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. that we’ve passed, and the leadership of ica always needs to be number one, and Speaker, I yield myself the balance of Chairman ROGERS and the open minds this bill reflects that. I think the work my time. of every member, whether Democrat or of the gentleman certainly is reflected I want to thank the members of the Republican, on the Intelligence Com- in this bill as well, and I look forward committee, both Republican and Dem- mittee has allowed us to come together to continuing to work with you to ocrat, for their fine bipartisan effort on and have a bipartisan bill. And we make sure that we don’t have crowd- this national security bill of real sig- would hope that what is happening out when it comes to future tech- nificance. Many, many hours on behalf here today in the bills that we’ve nology. I think it’s incredibly impor- of both the Democrat staff and the Re- passed will be looked at as an example tant. publican staff to get this right. When for the future. I reserve the balance of my time. we had to trim back some finances Again, Chairman ROGERS, thank you Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speak- from the community without impact- for that commitment. We made a com- er, I yield myself such time as I may ing the mission, that is no small chal- mitment when we first came that the consume. lenge, and I think this product is a tes- stakes are too high, national security I do want to acknowledge the Tech- tament to all of the work on behalf of is too high, and we must work to- nical and Tactical Subcommittee and both staffs, and both members, Repub- gether. the work done by Mr. HECK and also lican and Democrat, to get us here. I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. SCHIFF. I have served with Mr. I want to take this time to thank Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. I continue SCHIFF for years on the Intelligence Senator FEINSTEIN and Senator CHAM- to reserve the balance of my time. Committee, and he has been very fo- BLISS for their work as well on this par- Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speak- cused on the technical area, which is ticular bill. We wouldn’t be here today er, I yield 3 minutes to a member of the extremely important to our national if it weren’t for that bicameral and bi- Intelligence Committee, the gentleman security. partisan effort, again, on this national from California (Mr. SCHIFF). Mr. Speaker, in closing, it took a security bill. Mr. SCHIFF. I thank the gentleman long time for us to get to this point GENERAL LEAVE for yielding, and I want to thank the here today. We spent days in important Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. chair and ranking member for the ex- hearings analyzing the intelligence Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that

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Is there sure will help improve innovation, reduce risk may not serve after the expiration of that mem- objection to the request of the gen- and strengthen the industrial base. This bill ber’s term.’’; and tleman from Michigan? also recognizes and encourages competition (2) There was no objection. in space launch programs with an eye towards On page 5, line 3, strike ‘‘(c)’’ and insert Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. With that, reducing the cost of spacecraft launch while ‘‘(b)’’. I yield back the balance of my time. On page 5, strike lines 9 through 19 and in- maintaining reliability. sert the following: Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to In addition to concern over the federal gov- support the 2012 Intelligence Authorization (c) APPLICATION OF FEDERAL TRAVEL REGULA- ernment’s spending habits, another reason Act. In particular, this bill includes funding to TION AND DEPARTMENT OF STATE STANDARDIZED Nevadans elected me 1ast fall is to restore REGULATIONS TO THE COMMISSION.—Section accelerate implementation of an insider threat government accountability and oversight. 201(i) of the International Religious Freedom detection program and requires best practices The intelligence community is no exception: Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431(i)) is amended by implemented in the Army to be reviewed for we must ensure they are accountable and re- adding at the end the following: ‘‘Members of inclusion across the Intelligence Community. the Commission are subject to the requirements ceive proper oversight because most of their In addition, the bill supports critical resources set forth in chapters 300 through 304 of title 41, work occurs outside of the public’s view. for cybersecurity, a threat which demands the Code of Federal Regulations (commonly known Chairman ROGERS and Ranking Member attention of national security specialists. as the ‘Federal Travel Regulation’) and the De- As the successful operation against Usama RUPPERSBERGER are doing incredible work on partment of State Standardized Regulations bin Ladin demonstrated earlier this year, the this issue, and I applaud their dedication to re- governing authorized travel at government ex- storing proper accountability and oversight to pense, including regulations concerning the Intelligence Community has made significant mode of travel, lodging and per diem expendi- strides towards working together to counter the intelligence community. I am confident the intelligence authorization tures, reimbursement payments, and expense re- the most complex threats facing our nation. porting and documentation requirements.’’. Productive cooperation and intelligence inte- act provides the resources and latitude our in- On page 5, strike line 21 and insert the fol- gration embodies the intent of congressional telligence community needs while removing lowing: reforms made after the tragic events of 9/11. excess and indolence. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 204 of the Inter- I am encouraged to see this progress, espe- That is why I urge my colleagues to vote national Religious Freedom cially in the area of information sharing. ‘‘yes’’ on H.R. 1892. On page 6, between lines 16 and 17, insert While the sharing of classified information is The SPEAKER pro tempore. The the following: question is on the motion offered by (b) PENDING CLAIMS.—Any administrative or imperative to keep our country safe, techno- judicial claim or action pending on the date of logical advances have also increased the risks the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. the enactment of this Act may be maintained of this cooperation. As we saw last year with ROGERS) that the House suspend the under section 204(g) of the International Reli- the damage of Wikileaks the threat from a ma- rules and concur in the Senate amend- gious Freedom Act of 1998, as added by sub- licious insider, with the ‘‘keys to the kingdom,’’ ment to the bill, H.R. 1892. section (a). is real. The question was taken. On page 6, line 21, strike ‘‘and 2013’’ and in- This bill requires the Director of National In- The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the sert ‘‘through 2014’’. opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being On page 7, line 9, strike ‘‘2013’’ and insert telligence to review improvements made to the ‘‘2014’’. Army’s insider threat regulation and consider in the affirmative, the ayes have it. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- implementation across the Intelligence Com- Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. ant to the rule, the gentlewoman from munity. The bill also accelerates other tech- Speaker, on that I demand the yeas Florida (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN) and the nical initiatives within the insider threat pro- and nays. gentleman from California (Mr. BER- gram. It is imperative that we ensure our secu- The yeas and nays were ordered. MAN) each will control 20 minutes. rity officers and network administrators have The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- The Chair recognizes the gentle- this capability in place to protect our most sen- ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- woman from Florida. sitive information. ceedings on this question will be post- Further, this bill helps secure our informa- poned. GENERAL LEAVE Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I tion and networks both from the insider and f from outside actors by addressing the risks ask unanimous consent that all Mem- posed to our cyber networks. We must all UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON bers may have 5 legislative days to re- work together to raise awareness of this threat INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS vise and extend their remarks and in- and work with both public and private sector FREEDOM REFORM AND REAU- sert extraneous material on this meas- partners. I urge my colleagues to join me in THORIZATION ACT OF 2011 ure. support of this bill. Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Mr. HECK. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong sup- move to suspend the rules and concur objection to the request of the gentle- port of H.R. 1892. in the Senate amendments to the bill woman from Florida? As the Chairman of the Technical and Tac- (H.R. 2867) to reauthorize the Inter- There was no objection. Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I tical Subcommittee, I was tasked with leading national Religious Freedom Act of 1998, yield myself such time as I may con- a comprehensive review of our Nation’s sat- and for other purposes. sume. ellite systems. This review was conducted, The Clerk read the title of the bill. The right to free religious belief and and I am confident that the systems proposed The text of the Senate amendments practice is a fundamental human right. in the classified annex of this bill provide the is as follows: best value approach to collecting the overhead But as Coptic Christians in Egypt and Senate amendments: other religious minorities can attest, imagery demanded by our Nation’s senior pol- Beginning on page 2, strike line 6 and all icy makers, intelligence analysts and war fight- that follows through ‘‘(3)’’ on page 4, line 18, that right is frequently and tragically ers. and insert the following: denied. It was for this reason that Con- Two of the intelligence community’s chief (a) TERMS.—Section 201(c) of the Inter- gress established the United States weapons against terrorism are information— national Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 Commission on International Religious and the ability to communicate that information U.S.C. 6431(c)) is amended— Freedom, an independent, bipartisan swiftly. This reality places a significant de- (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the Federal Commission charged with mand on our imaging systems, and it brings following: monitoring and protecting and pro- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term of office of each into focus the cost associated with these sys- moting religious freedom abroad. member of the Commission shall be 2 years. An Our State Department prioritizes an tems. individual, including any member appointed to As we’re fighting the war on terror, we must the Commission prior to the date of the enact- array of diplomatic, economic, and not allocate resources without due process. ment of the United States Commission on Inter- other issues that sometimes keep it Former Secretary of Defense Gates and national Religious Freedom Reform and Reau- from speaking and acting boldly former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff thorization Act of 2011, shall not serve more against religious suppression. For this

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I want reports push American foreign policy worship, and observance. to single out Speaker BOEHNER and his to better reflect America’s most cher- But elsewhere around the world, reli- staff because they were a part of this ished liberties. gious freedom and human rights are effort for the last several months, and For example, in spite of long-stand- routinely violated. Countless men, they were very faithful, so I want to ing abuses, Vietnam has not been re- women, and children face violence, per- thank them. I also want to thank my designated by the State Department as secution, and discrimination because of staff for being involved in this for well a Country of Particular Concern, CPC, their faith. Unfortunately, intolerance over a year. for religious freedom violations. But is not restricted to just a few coun- The Coptic Christians are going the Commission has built a compelling tries. Violent extremist attacks have through a very difficult time. The Iraqi case for Vietnam’s CPC status, report- taken place in the Middle East and Christians are being killed, and dif- ing on the repression of protestants in South Asia. The regimes in North ficult things are happening to them. In the Central Highlands, unregistered Korea and Iran actively repress reli- Tibet, the Buddhists are setting them- Buddhist groups, and others—a call gious freedom. Apostasy and blas- selves aflame because of the persecu- that was echoed by our Foreign Affairs phemy laws have fueled discrimination tion of the Chinese Government. The Committee earlier this year in our against religious minorities in Afghan- Catholic Church in China is under State authorization bill. istan, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. stress: 25 bishops are under house ar- Yet, the Commission will soon have Other religious minorities like the Ti- rest. The Protestant House Church in to shut its doors unless Congress acts betan Buddhists, Uighur Muslims, China is being squeezed and persecuted. immediately to reauthorize it. Ahmadis, and the Bahais face violence The Christians in Sudan, in the Blue For this reason, the House over- in government restrictions, and anti- Nile area, are going through genocide whelmingly passed H.R. 2867 back in Semitism is still prevalent around the and are being killed because of their faith. September. This bipartisan bill would world. reform and reauthorize the Commis- Interestingly enough, the original b 0950 sion and, in recognition of the fiscal bill passed on the very last day of Con- gress a number of years ago, and his- challenges we face, includes funding More than ever, we need the U.S. tory is repeating itself. The Commis- that is a 30 percent cut from current Commission on International Religious sion has been a beacon of hope. With year funding levels. Freedom to continue its important Finally 3 days ago, the Senate unani- work to support the right to practice that, I just want to, again, thank all those who helped us get here. mously passed H.R. 2867, along with a one’s religion freely around the globe. Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I brief amendment which is before us This bipartisan bill before us today yield 1 minute to the gentleman from today. The Senate amendment adds a reauthorizes the Commission, known California (Mr. DREIER), chairman of few additional reforms, including as USCIRF, for another 3 years. The bill also contains some sensible re- the Committee on Rules. standard Federal regulation of Com- Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I thank forms that will strengthen USCIRF’s mission travel, to those required by the distinguished chair of the Com- efforts to monitor and report on the our House bill. mittee on Foreign Affairs for yielding status of freedom of religion abroad. I want to thank my good friend from me the time. Virginia, Mr. FRANK WOLF, for his in- These reforms include the process of I rise to congratulate my very good dispensable leadership in authoring selecting the chair, term limits for friend, the gentleman from Virginia, service for the members of the Com- this bill. I also want to thank my rank- FRANK WOLF, who has just talked ing member, Mr. BERMAN of California, mission, travel regulations, and a GAO about both Sudan and China as being and our Senate colleagues for their co- study on improving the effectiveness very key areas where religious persecu- operation. and coordination of all the U.S. Gov- tion has taken place and continues to I urge all of our colleagues to join us ernment bodies that focus on inter- be a threat. I’ve been working with the in voting ‘‘aye’’ and sending H.R. 2867 national religious freedom. chair of the Committee on Foreign Af- to the President’s desk as soon as pos- In particular, I would like to thank fairs and with other Members in a bi- sible. Let us remind the world that we Mr. WOLF for agreeing to include a pro- partisan way on the situation that ex- stand as one against the persecution of vision that clarifies that USCIRF is ists in Egypt. religious believers anywhere. subject to the same workplace protec- One of the reasons I wanted to offer I reserve the balance of my time. tions and civil rights laws as the rest remarks is that, when she stood up and Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield of the Federal Government. talked about the Coptic Christians in myself such time as I may consume. With this piece of legislation, Egypt, we obviously know that there I rise in strong support of H.R. 2867, USCIRF will be able to more effec- are challenging days ahead; and I think the United States Commission on tively carry out its mission and be the it’s very important for us to do every- International Religious Freedom Re- Commission it was intended to be. I thing that we can to encourage those form and Reauthorization Act of 2011, urge my colleagues to support the leg- who may have had a history of engag- and the Senate amendments to the bill. islation. ing in religious persecution in the past I want to initially start out by I yield back the balance of my time. to recognize religious freedom, human thanking the sponsor of this legisla- Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I rights, the rights of women, the rule of tion, the gentleman from Virginia, yield such time as he may consume to law, and all of the other very critical FRANK WOLF, for his leadership on the the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. items that are a key part of the devel- issue of international religious free- WOLF), chairman of the Appropriations opment of democracy. dom; Senator DURBIN for his efforts to Subcommittee on State and Foreign So many people believe that you strengthen the bill; my chairman, Operations and the author of this bill. have a democracy if you hold an elec- ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, for her manage- (Mr. WOLF asked and was given per- tion. Well, Mr. Speaker, as you know ment of this whole process that’s fi- mission to revise and extend his re- very well, one election a democracy nally going to get this reauthorization marks.) does not make; and there are other hopefully passed and sent to the Presi- Mr. WOLF. I thank the chair very very important aspects of the develop- dent. much for yielding. ment of democracy, and religious free- We’re fortunate to live in a country I want to thank Representative ROS- dom is a key part of that. that was founded by religious refugees LEHTINEN and her staff for, really, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, on principles of tolerance. And we being very dogged and persistent, and I with that, I have no further requests

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Mr. Speaker, I result in a ‘‘hierarchy of rights’’—those of us freedom Commissions. rise in support of H.R. 2867, the United States who championed the bill argued that it was The bill before us includes a number of bi- Commission on International Religious Free- necessary to ensure that religious freedom is partisan reforms to Commission authorities dom Reform and Reauthorization Act, as given its rightful place within the framework of and operations to make their work even more amended by the Senate. human rights promotion. effective. Religious freedom—the right to worship and The law provided a new and bipartisan I want to thank Chairman ROS-LEHTINEN and practice one’s faith according to the dictates of focus, which has begun to grant religious free- Ranking Member BERMAN for working to bring one’s own conscience—is a foundational dom its rightful stature in the diplomatic and to the floor this important bill, which deserves human right. Many have called religious free- foreign policy of the United States, under both unanimous support. And I would like to extend dom the first freedom. Not only is it the first Democratic and Republican administrations. a special thanks to Representative WOLF, amendment of the U.S. Constitution, it is in- The U.S. Commission on International Reli- whose tireless efforts on this legislation have trinsic to the human dignity of every man and gious Freedom was and is an important part brought hope to persecuted people across the woman on this earth. of that effort. It was created as an inde- world. However, it is a right denied or curtailed for pendent body of experts to review the facts The SPEAKER pro tempore. The many—and according to some estimates, and make policy recommendations from a question is on the motion offered by most—people in the world. vantage point outside of our diplomatic corps, the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. For Copts in Egypt, Uighurs in China, where bilateral and other concerns had some- ROS-LEHTINEN) that the House suspend Montagnards in Central Vietnam, Jews and times resulted in the soft-pedaling of severe, the rules and concur in the Senate Baha’i in Iran, many Buddhist monks in ongoing violations of religious freedom around amendments to the bill, H.R. 2867. Burma, and countless millions elsewhere, the the world. The question was taken; and (two- ability to live their faith without threat of perse- Even today, when the quality of State De- thirds being in the affirmative) the cution is a distant and unrealized promise. partment reporting on religious freedom issues rules were suspended and the Senate Dr. Brian Grim, a witness at a recent hear- has improved, the Commission continues to amendments were concurred in. ing I held on religious freedom, has done sig- serve a critical role as a sounding board and A motion to reconsider was laid on nificant research in this area. In a study he a catalyst. the table. conducted in 2009, he found that nearly 70 One indicator is the fact that the Commis- f percent of the world’s 6.8 billion people live in sion’s list of recommended ‘‘Countries of Par- countries with high or very high restrictions on ticular Concern’’ for severe violations of reli- PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION religion. His study specifically cited Iran, Paki- gious remains larger than the number des- OF CONFERENCE REPORT ON stan, China, and Egypt as among the most re- ignated by the State Department. H.R. 2055, CONSOLIDATED APPRO- pressive of religious expression. This is signifi- In September, Secretary Clinton rightfully PRIATIONS ACT, 2012; PROVIDING cant not only because it highlights the number designated Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. of people denied this most fundamental of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Uzbekistan 3672, DISASTER RELIEF APPRO- human rights, but also because religious free- as CPCs. PRIATIONS ACT, 2012; PROVIDING dom is comprised of a ‘‘bundle of rights.’’ Reli- But the State Department’s list does not add FOR CONSIDERATION OF H. CON. gious freedom implies freedom of conscience, any new countries from last year, and glaringly RES. 94, CORRECTING THE EN- freedom of speech, freedom of association omits Vietnam, whose policies have more than ROLLMENT OF H.R. 3672; AND and assembly, and even freedom of the press. earned that badge of shame. FOR OTHER PURPOSES Absent freedom of religion, all these other Secretary Clinton also did not designate Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, by direc- rights are in jeopardy. Egypt, Iraq, Nigeria, Turkmenistan, and Paki- tion of the Committee on Rules, I call In fact, Dr. Grim’s research shows that stan as recommended by the Commission. up House Resolution 500 and ask for its countries that respect these rights reap a host We need the Commission more than ever. immediate consideration. of socio-economic benefits, including better Already in the Congress, we have had six The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- education, better health care, greater equity of comprehensive hearings on religious freedom: lows: pay between men and women, and higher Two in the Tom Lantos Human Rights Com- H. RES. 500 GDP, and these benefits arguably lead to mission regarding the religious freedom of minorities in the Middle East, especially Egypt; Resolved, That upon adoption of this reso- greater social stability. On the other hand, lution it shall be in order to consider the countries without respect for religious freedom two on the Committee I chair regarding the conference report to accompany the bill do worse on these socio-economic indicators, prioritization of religious freedom in U.S. for- (H.R. 2055) making appropriations for mili- have greater societal tension, and are more eign policy, and two in the Helsinki Commis- tary construction, the Department of Vet- prone to instability. The importance of pro- sion on the particular plight of Coptic Chris- erans Affairs, and related agencies for the moting all components of religious freedom tians in Egypt. fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for therefore cannot be overstated. Not only is it The Commission has been an invaluable re- other purposes. All points of order against a moral imperative, but religious freedom source to Congress as we monitor the protec- the conference report and against its consid- tion and promotion of religious freedom eration are waived. The conference report keeps extremism and tyranny at bay. shall be considered as read. The previous For these reasons, U.S. leadership on reli- around the world—and the response of the question shall be considered as ordered on gious freedom is desperately needed in many Administration on this very important issue. the conference report to its adoption without countries around the world, together with a They have also been a resource to govern- intervening motion except: (1) one hour of more vigorous utilization of the means pro- ments seeking how to remedy religious free- debate; and (2) one motion to recommit if ap- vided in the IRF Act for promoting religious dom abuses within their own borders. For in- plicable. human rights. stance, in Indonesia, the Commission worked SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it I was pleased to work with my good friend with members of the Indonesian House of shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 3672) making appropriations for from Virginia (Mr. WOLF) and to chair the Representatives and civil society groups who disaster relief requirements for the fiscal Committee hearings and markup fourteen introduced measures to strengthen provisions year ending September 30, 2012, and for other years ago that led to the enactment of the in the criminal code regarding attacks on reli- purposes. All points of order against consid- International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, gious gatherings and amend the law gov- eration of the bill are waived. The bill shall which established the U.S. Commission on erning the building of religious venues. be considered as read. All points of order International Religious Freedom. The Act pro- The Commission also continues to help net- against provisions in the bill are waived. The vided our Administration with the tools nec- work human rights and legal advocates in In- previous question shall be considered as or- essary to make international religious freedom donesia working to defend individuals accused dered on the bill to final passage without in- an integral component of the highest priority in of ‘‘blasphemy’’ and religious minorities facing tervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the U.S. foreign policy. intimidation and violence from extremist chair and ranking minority member of the Contrary to assertions that singling out reli- groups. The Commission’s work in Indonesia Committee on Appropriations; and (2) one gious freedom would somehow make it seem will have practical impact on the exercise of motion to recommit. more important or separated from other funda- human rights—and preservation of peace—in SEC. 3. Upon adoption of this resolution, it mental human rights—the Clinton Administra- Indonesia. shall be in order to consider in the House the

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I am very happy to see my good against provisions in the concurrent resolu- and that’s why I have to say that I be- friend from Seattle, the distinguished tion are waived. The previous question shall lieve this bipartisan compromise, ranking member of the Appropriations be considered as ordered on the concurrent which has been worked out with Mem- Committee, arrive on the floor. And I resolution to its adoption without inter- bers of the House and the Senate and wasn’t going to say this, but because of vening motion except: (1) 20 minutes of de- the White House, moves us in the direc- this report on NPR, I’m going to share bate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the tion of doing just that. it. Committee on Appropriations; and (2) one Why? Because we are actually bring- Tamara Keith, who is the congres- motion to recommit which may not contain ing about in this conference report a sional correspondent for NPR on Morn- instructions. $95 billion reduction in discretionary ing Edition, characterized why it is SEC. 4. The Clerk shall not transmit to the spending, merely a drop in the bucket. that we are here on Friday rather than Senate a message that the House has passed We all recognize that it’s not enough. having met the 3-day layover require- H.R. 3672 until notified by the Speaker or by We all recognize that much, much ment and all these things that we message from the Senate that the Senate has wanted to do when the agreement was taken the question on adoption of House more remains to be done, but, Mr. Concurrent Resolution 94 as adopted by the Speaker, this is an important first struck on Monday, and what she said House. step. And the fact that it’s been done was that Senate Democrats held this SEC. 5. It shall be in order at any time on in a bipartisan, bicameral way, work- bill hostage. Those are not my words, the legislative day of December 16, 2011, for ing not only with the first but the sec- again, Mr. Speaker. Those are the the Speaker to entertain motions that the ond branch of government as well, is, I words of Tamara Keith who reported House suspend the rules, as though under on National Public Radio this morning clause 1(c) of rule XV, relating to a measure believe, a positive indicator for us. continuing appropriations for the fiscal year As I think about the challenges that that this measure was held hostage by ending September 30, 2012. we have—and I said this during the Senate Democrats. And she went on a SEC. 6. The requirement of clause 6(a) of management of our jobs bill that we second time, using the word ‘‘hostage.’’ rule XIII for a two-thirds vote to consider a had, the so-called extenders measure She said, Well, finally the hostages report from the Committee on Rules on the that deals with the question of extend- have been released. Again, those are same day it is presented to the House is ing unemployment insurance, doing ev- not my words. Those are the words of waived with respect to any resolution re- erything we possibly can to keep taxes National Public Radio. ported through the legislative day of Decem- ber 31, 2011, providing for consideration or low by extending for a year the payroll So some people wanted me to say it, disposition of any of the following measures: tax holiday, ensuring that people have but I decided not to say it myself. But (1) A measure relating to expiring provi- access to Medicare dollars, and, of when I heard it early this morning, I sions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. course, focusing on job creation by pro- couldn’t help but say it. So that’s the (2) A measure relating to the Medicare ceeding with the Keystone XL pipeline. reason I’m looking across the Chamber payment system for physicians. As I pointed out during that debate, right now at 3,000 pages stacked this (3) A measure relating to appropriations right now, our job is jobs. The Amer- high right next to the distinguished for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012. ican people want us to focus on job cre- ranking minority member of the Com- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. ation and economic growth, and I be- mittee on Rules, right across the aisle BASS of New Hampshire). The gen- lieve that this bipartisan, bicameral from the distinguished ranking mem- tleman from California is recognized compromise will help us in that quest. ber of the Committee on Appropria- for 1 hour. It hasn’t been pretty getting here. tions, the gentleman from Washington Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, for the We all know the famous Otto von Bis- (Mr. DICKS). purposes of debate only, I yield the cus- marck line, that you don’t want to Mr. Speaker, we’ve had to waive the tomary 30 minutes to my very good watch sausage or laws being made. 3-day layover requirement because, friend from Rochester, New York (Ms. This has been ugly. again, according to NPR, we had this SLAUGHTER), the distinguished ranking And, actually, I was not going to say conference report held hostage, but minority member of the Committee on what I’m about to say right now, Mr. we’ve finally gotten here. Now that Rules, pending which I yield myself Speaker, but I am going to proceed and we’re here, I’m happy to say that, such time as I may consume. I will explain to you why. while I’m not ecstatic with every meas- (Mr. DREIER asked and was given It’s been a painful and difficult and ure in it—just as I know that Mr. DICKS permission to revise and extend his re- ugly and messy process which, frankly, is not ecstatic with every measure in marks.) is exactly what James Madison wanted. LAUGHTER Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, H. Res. it; I know that Ms. S is not 500 provides for the consideration of He is looking down at us saying, The ecstatic with every measure in it; I’m three measures that will ensure that process is working just as I envisaged not ecstatic with the process that has the government is funded through the it, because he wanted there to be this gotten us here because of the chal- end of the fiscal year; and this rule, as clash of ideas and a struggle. But, at lenges and ugliness and messiness was outlined by the reading Clerk, pro- the end of the day, he wanted there to we’ve gone through this week. We are vides very important tools to deal with be a compromise; and he wanted there here because it is absolutely essential important issues that have yet to be to be an agreement at the end of the that we not see the government shut resolved. day, recognizing that that needed to be down in several hours at midnight to- done. night. b 1000 We know that the chairs of the Com- So I believe that we need to realize— Now, Mr. Speaker, we all know that, mittee on Appropriations, Messrs. ROG- and I know Mr. DICKS and I have had as we sit here at 3 minutes of 10 o’clock ERS and INOUYE, shook hands on Mon- this conversation repeatedly, along this morning, we are faced at midnight day and had an agreement. Again, I with our friend Mr. ROGERS of Ken- tonight with the prospect of a govern- was not going to say this; but the tucky, the chairman of the Committee ment shutdown. There is a bipartisan Rules Committee completed its work on Appropriations—that we want a consensus on the need to ensure that early this morning, and I got a few clean slate as we head into next year so we don’t face a government shutdown; hours of sleep, and I woke up to Na- that Mr. DICKS and Mr. ROGERS will be and it’s very important that we take tional Public Radio, which I do. That’s able to go through regular order, bring action to prevent that from taking what wakes me up in the morning, Mr. the appropriations bills to the floor place, and that’s exactly what our op- Speaker. And I know that there are and, we hope and pray, get each bill portunity is here today. some of my Republican friends who are done ad seriatim, the way they’re sup- At the same time, it’s important for not fans of National Public Radio. I posed to be done, rather than dealing us to realize that it is absolutely im- like to watch MSNBC TV and listen to with what has been characterized as an

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I find in my constituency the idea But it’s essential for the American gress that had promised at the begin- that we were going to give land to Rus- people, for those who are representing ning part of the campaign and what we sia around the Grand Canyon to mine us so diligently around the world in were promised at the beginning of this for uranium mind-boggling to people. conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and term was that this would not happen We really ought to be worried about other spots, for people who rely and anymore. Instead, it has happened over that. This is a very serious problem. need to have support from government and over again. Over the past 12 Instead of spending the year finding programs that do exist, it’s essential months, we have witnessed the utter common ground, we have done nothing that we get this measure passed, and failure to responsibly legislate—a fail- about that. So throwing bipartisanship pass it with what I hope will be strong ure that has led to this massive bill to the side, the majority pushed for- bipartisan support. that we are considering today. ward with its ideological battles at the So, Mr. Speaker, I’m not going to say You’ve heard all of this before, but in expense of the Nation’s welfare. And that I am happy that we are doing the the fall of 2010 when the majority took what we see this morning is the result things that will be outlined, I know, over, Speaker BOEHNER said: We’ll do of their divisive efforts. very thoughtfully by the distinguished away with the concept of comprehen- What we know is that a process that former chair and current ranking mem- sive spending bills. began with brinksmanship and threats, ber of the Committee on Rules. I will He’s been around awhile too, and he and ends with this 2,000-page, $1 tril- say that we have got 3,000 pages. knows that there are times when lion megabus crammed through the By the way, I should say, before my things happen that really don’t fall in House as the clock hits zero is all we friend begins this, that on Monday, vir- line with what we want. But nonethe- have. This is our chance to keep the tually all of that was available, and it less, he made that promise. Despite government from shutting down. With proper priorities and a serious was put online at 12:30 Wednesday this call for a deliberate appropriations effort to engage legislators from both night. Right after midnight Wednes- process, the House was recently asked sides of the aisle, we could truly have day, it was made available online. And to consider a $180 billion minibus, totaling 354 pages of legislation. a process and a product that would so while we have not actually met the And today, less than 24 hours—we’re make the American people proud. But exact 3-day layover requirement, I about halfway, I think—we are offered that’s not what we have here today, should point to the fact that we always a $1 trillion megabus appropriations and it is not what has been done this said—and I’m so proud of the fact that bill. It was given to the Members of the year. we have been able to do it. But when House today, and we’re asked to vote I hope sincerely, and I know that we faced what is really a very, very im- on that. We will, of course, do that be- many people on both sides of the aisle portant deadline, that being the clo- cause, as I’ve said, the looming layoff hope sincerely, that as the calendar sure of the government that would and shutdown of the Federal Govern- turns to 2012, we can put an end to the take place 14 hours from now, I think ment is something that we cannot zero-sum leadership that has been pro- it is very important that we take this stand at this juncture, or any other vided and finally give the American action and do it as quickly and as well time. people the responsible, bipartisan lead- as we possibly can. So despite the earlier promises by ership that they want and deserve. With that, Mr. Speaker, I reserve the the GOP to separate the controversial I reserve the balance of my time. balance of my time. legislation from the must-pass bill, the Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, as my Ms. SLAUGHTER. Good morning, megabus was delayed by a battle over good friends from the Appropriations Mr. Speaker. controversial riders. We know this Committee, Mr. ROGERS and Mr. DICKS, I thank the gentleman for yielding could have been done much sooner, but congratulate each other in the well, I me the customary 30 minutes, and I there were five riders that had to be re- will ask them to move out of the well yield myself such time as I may con- solved—everything from the reproduc- so that I am able to yield 3 minutes to sume. tive rights of the citizens of the Dis- my good friend from Grandfather Com- Mr. Speaker, my distinguished col- trict of Columbia to energy-saving munity, who left the Rules Committee league is absolutely right. This is ‘‘the lightbulbs. at 1 o’clock this morning and went rest of the bus.’’ But it’s going to be a Mr. Speaker, this House has spent down to her office to work before going little while before we realize whether more time debating lightbulbs than we down to the White House at 7:30 for a we are on that bus or whether we’ve have putting American people to work. tour for her constituents. been thrown under it. Obviously, as Mr. It has really been an outrage—we have So I underscore the fact that VIR- DREIER called attention to it, this is talked about this so many times be- GINIA FOXX is extraordinarily dedi- the bill that we have today. None of us fore. But nonetheless, in all the con- cated, and for that reason and many will make any pretense at all of having templations, all the conference work, others, I am happy to yield her 3 min- read it. lightbulbs have survived. I know that’s utes. Now, I have been around long enough a sigh of relief to everybody in Amer- Ms. FOXX. I want to thank the dis- to know that things happen this way. ica who had no idea we were spending tinguished gentleman from California, The country is about to shut down to- so much time micromanaging their the chairman of the Rules Committee, night; the agencies are all prepared to lightbulbs. to whom we all look for wisdom, espe- close, and we can’t have that. So we But this is a sign, I think, of a larger cially at times like this. I think he has find ourselves confronted here today failure, a failure of their vision of gov- been extraordinarily generous in his with this completed and going through erning. It is a vision that we’ve gone comments this morning in talking this conference. through all this year that was based on about the bipartisan approach. We all brinksmanship and threats—an all-or- praised the chairman and the ranking b 1010 nothing game of chicken with their member of the Appropriations Com- A lot of people are breathing a sigh of colleagues and the American people. mittee early this morning when the relief this morning, frankly, particu- And everybody is exhausted from, will Rules Committee was meeting. It is larly the Federal workers and the rest we do it? Won’t we do it? Can we do it? important that we celebrate the bipar- of the country, that they are not going Must we do it? Part of that has re- tisan nature of this bill. to be faced with a shutdown of Federal sulted in a lessening of the credit rat- As everybody will say I’m sure today, agencies. ing of the United States of America for it’s not a perfect bill that’s coming up. But although we were able to avert the very first time. It’s not pleasing everybody. It’s pleas- that crisis today, this 2,000-page legis- So instead of spending the year finding very few people. But it is sausage- lative package is not a cause for cele- ing common ground with their Demo- making and rulemaking at its finest.

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But I tlewoman from California (Ms. LEE). these issues out. Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield do want to say to my colleagues across b 1020 the aisle, there’s an old saying that myself 1 minute to simply make a cou- people who live in glass houses should Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, ple of very important points, and that not throw stones. let me thank Congresswoman SLAUGH- is we are here faced with this situation Again, as my colleague from Cali- TER, the gentlelady from New York, for because of the inability of our col- fornia said, we’re not happy that we her leadership and for yielding. leagues in the other body, the United have a rather large bill and a some- This is not the open and transparent States Senate, to act. what short perspective in time to deal process the Republicans have promised I am just looking at the list of the with it. But this bill was out there on the American people. Instead, we have conferees, and I listened to my friends Monday, as he pointed out. And were it had a closed-door process that has criticize the bill—and I actually don’t not for the dilatory tactics of the Sen- stacked this critical spending bill, a know whether my friend from Roch- ate, we could have had this bill on the bill that is necessary to make our gov- ester is going to end up supporting the floor earlier this week, and it has cer- ernment and our Nation function, with conference report or not. I didn’t get a tainly been out there for everybody to a bunch of special-interest riders. For conclusion on that—but I will say that read. example: every single House Member, Democrat I want to say to my colleague from Gutting the budget of the IRS, that and Republican, every subcommittee across the aisle from New York who will not reduce deficits caused by the chairman, every ranking member of a said there was a lot of wasted time on Bush tax cuts for the 1 percent, and subcommittee, the so-called cardinals, lightbulbs. Mr. Speaker, lightbulbs are that’s in this bill. the chairs of the subcommittees, a symptom of the problem with this ex- Helping to spread HIV and hepatitis signed this conference report. It is bi- ecutive administration and our friends C through dirty needles will not help partisan. across the aisle. Talk about wanting to our economic recovery. Yes, that will Unfortunately, in the Senate, we micromanage—they want to control happen in this bill. have a number of Members of the Sen- what kind of lightbulbs we have. It was Denying the women of Washington, ate who didn’t sign the conference re- a debate between the Senate Demo- DC, the right which other women have port. But I believe that we need to real- crats and the President of the United throughout the country, the right to ize that we went for 963 days—nearly States on whether we’re going to con- health services, the right to have an 1,000 days, Mr. Speaker—without a tinue to control the kind of lightbulbs abortion with the city’s own money— budget having passed from the United we have that delayed this process yes- not Federal funds, mind you, not Fed- States Senate. We know, Mr. Speaker, terday for many, many hours. eral funds but other funds. We are de- that we didn’t have any appropriations But we need to talk about some posi- nying, again, low-income, mostly Afri- bills done last year. We’re trying to tive things that the Republicans in this can American minority women that clean this process up. House have done this year. We’ve right in this bill. Why in the world With that, Mr. Speaker, I would like stopped spending money we don’t have. would we want to include this type of a to yield 3 minutes to a very thoughtful, We’ve cut discretionary spending for rider in a bill to fund our government? diligent new member of the Committee the second year in a row for the first It makes no sense. It’s mean-spirited on Rules, the gentleman from time since World War II. Thanks to the and it’s wrong. Lawrenceville, Georgia (Mr. WOODALL). changes in the way this Congress Also, why would we want to continue Mr. WOODALL. I thank my chairman works, that Republicans brought here to have provisions to pollute the air for yielding the time, and I want to under the leadership of our Speaker, that we breathe and the water that we thank my chairman for his work on instead of shoveling ever-larger piles of drink? That’s in this bill, with some of opening this process up in the House. money into the Federal government these riders. That will not raise the He’s teamed up with our new Speaker black hole, this bill represents another failing median income of American to say that regular order is the better step towards reducing the size, scope, workers. Unfortunately, again, this bill way to do things. and cost of the Federal government. does that. I want to say, and it needs to be said, We’ve been working hard to cut Funding abstinence-only sex edu- it’s too easy when all you do is read spending, grow the economy, and cre- cation, we know that fails. That won’t the headlines in this town to start ate jobs. We’ve protected hardworking create the millions of jobs necessary to pointing the finger of blame. Here is taxpayers from Washington’s waste by grow the American middle class and to National Journal, one of our dailies: eliminating 42 government programs. help more people from falling deeper Dems Sign Conference Report. The And thanks to Republicans’ efforts to into poverty. White House and Senate Majority stop wasteful pork-barrel spending, This recession—and for many, it’s Leader HARRY REID had blocked pas- while the Democrats included 18,000 still a depression—is hurting millions. sage of the measure. earmarks in their final 2 years of Half of all Americans are either in pov- It’s not about where the blame is; it’s spending—— erty, near poor, or low income. We about where the successes are. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The should be focused on lifting these fami- When you look behind me, Mr. time of the gentlewoman has expired. lies up and reigniting the American Speaker, at this stack of pages that Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I am Dream. represents this bill, what that rep- happy to yield my colleague an addi- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The resents is the work that didn’t get done tional 30 seconds. time of the gentlewoman has expired. last year but that NORM DICKS and that Ms. FOXX. Thank you, Mr. Chair- Ms. SLAUGHTER. I yield the gentle- HAL ROGERS have come together to get man. lady an additional 30 seconds. done this year. When we talk about House Republicans fulfilled our Ms. LEE of California. Thank you. regular order and the regular order pledge to Americans by including no In this bill, we should have focused that hasn’t happened this year, what earmarks—no earmarks—in the 2011 on creating these ladders of oppor- we need to talk about is the fact that and 2012 spending bills. This is a huge tunity, removing barriers and helping we had no regular order on appropria- success. After years of status quo pork- to reignite the American Dream for all tions bills last year. We got six of them barrel spending, Republicans have Americans. Instead, we’re scoring, I be- passed through appropriations, the reg- changed the culture of spending in lieve, political points on the backs of ular order process, this year. That’s America. Washington, DC, women and millions half. That’s 50 percent of the way

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And Cuba, and it deserves the support of you have the power to bring bills up to it’s not the way that the Appropria- this Congress. And hopefully, some day the floor. You couldn’t be bothered to tions Committee wants to legislate, soon, we can scrap our whole Cuba pol- bring them up. and it’s not the way any Member of icy and lift the travel restrictions so Sure, you found time to bring up bills this House wants to legislate, and it’s every American can go visit that coun- to defund Planned Parenthood and Na- 50 percent better than what we did last try. tional Public Radio. You had time to year. We’re going to get back to reg- But, Mr. Speaker, I cannot let this bring up bills that would allow unsafe ular order. We’re going to get back to opportunity go without commenting a people to carry concealed weapons regular order by clearing out the work little bit on the process. My friend from one State to another. Oh, and my from 2012—I’m sorry, 2011 was this from Georgia talked about regular favorite, you found time to reaffirm year. We are now finishing 2012 today. order. Regular order my foot. I mean, our national motto. That’s what all the We’re going to be able to start 2013. all points of order were waived against American people are worried about, I sit on the Budget Committee. My this bill. Half of the bills that are in whether we’re going to reaffirm our na- commitment to my friends on the Ap- this—this is pretty heavy—no one had tional motto. propriations Committee is we’re going an opportunity to offer a single amend- But you couldn’t find time to debate to move that budget. We’re going to ment on. ‘‘Read the bill.’’ That’s what bills funding our Nation’s roads, move it early. We’re going to move it my Republican friends shouted last bridges, national parks, and commu- on time, and we’re going to be done by year, ‘‘Read the bill.’’ They used this nity health centers. You couldn’t find the end of March so that you all can rallying cry to promote their Pledge to to time to do your job. begin your important work. It’s not America where they promised to read Now, I’m glad the appropriators just about the spending of the money. the bill. No one read that bill at all. reached an agreement, but it’s sad that It’s about the oversight of how the Where are the Tea Party people when this Republican Congress has once money is spent. And that’s why regular you want them? again broken the promise they made to order is so important. Mr. DREIER. Will the gentleman the American people. A 2,300-page bill— Do you know that there is only one yield? something this important and de- committee in this House that comes to Mr. MCGOVERN. When I’m finished, tailed—can’t be read and examined in a the Rules Committee day in and day I’ll yield. few hours. That’s why you promised 3 out and says this: I want an open rule Mr. DREIER. I look forward to it. days to read the bill, but you couldn’t on my bill so that all Members can be Mr. MCGOVERN. Let me read a even keep that promise. I remember heard. I do not want waivers to go quote: when they were in charge at an earlier along with it, and I want the House to ‘‘We will ensure that bills are de- time when immunity for prescription operate under regular order? There’s bated and discussed in the public drug companies was inserted into an only one, and it’s the Appropriations square by publishing the text online for appropriations bill without anyone Committee. at least 3 days before coming up for a knowing about it. When you see what’s going on today vote in the House of Representatives.’’ The SPEAKER pro tempore. The and what we’re doing in the name of That’s directly from their pledge. Yet time of the gentleman has expired. completing our business for the year, here we are today considering a 2,300- Ms. SLAUGHTER. I yield the gen- understand that this is the one com- page bill that was introduced at 11:45 tleman from Massachusetts 1 addi- mittee in the House that wants to give p.m.—last night. That’s not 3 days. tional minute. everybody a say. This is the one com- That’s not even 12 hours. Twenty-three Mr. MCGOVERN. I have the utmost mittee in the House that tries to make hundred pages were presented to this respect for the chairman of the Appro- every Member’s opinion count. And if House in the dead of night. The Rules priations Committee. And I take him we can successfully deal with this in Committee didn’t finish until close to 1 at his word when he says there are no the same bipartisan way that we have a.m. this morning, and here we are. earmarks in this bill, that there are no been throughout the year, we can move Who knows for sure what’s in this special provisions, that there is noth- this business today and begin anew, as bill? Who in this body has had the time ing snuck in here at the last minute. we all want to, on January 1 of next to read this bill as it is currently draft- I’m a trusting guy; but I also believe in year. ed? This is not the way my friends verifying things, because in the past, I thank my chairman, and I thank promised to run this House. things have been snuck into these bills the appropriators for their very hard Mr. DREIER. Will the gentleman without us knowing about it. work. yield? But look at this bill. Look at this Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I am Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I said bill. It’s 2,300 pages. It was just intro- pleased to yield 4 minutes to the gen- to the gentleman I won’t yield until duced in the dead of night. It was re- tleman from Massachusetts, a member I’m finished, and I would appreciate ported out of the Rules Committee al- of the Committee on Rules, Mr. not being interrupted. most at 1 a.m. in the morning. And this MCGOVERN. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- is different than what was posted a few Mr. MCGOVERN. I thank the gentle- tleman from Massachusetts controls days ago. Read the bill, Mr. Speaker. lady for yielding to me. the time. The new Republican Congress promised Mr. Speaker, let me begin by thank- Mr. MCGOVERN. This is not the way that we could read the bill. Too bad ing Chairman ROGERS and Ranking you promised to run the House. This is they’re breaking their Pledge to Amer- Member DICKS for their tireless work not how you said you would do the peo- ica. on this bill, and I’m pleased that we’re ple’s business. You said you would I hope, Mr. Speaker, that next year finally going to finish the appropria- bring up every appropriations bill we will go back to regular order, where tions process for this year. under an open rule, but you barely all the appropriations bills will come I especially want to thank the White manage to bring up half of them. Half to the floor and they will all be debated House, Senator REID, and other key of the appropriations bills were never individually, under an open process. I Senate and House negotiators for re- brought up before Members of this hope we get to that point. moving the House Cuba provision from House. But I want to say, finally, that the the final conference report. Not only fact that these bills were not all was it a direct attack on the preroga- b 1030 brought up has nothing to do with the tives of the Executive, but it was cruel What happened to the Labor-HHS Senate, it has nothing to do with the and inhumane. It would have ripped bill? What happened to the Transpor- President. It has everything to do with

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I say to my friend from overwhelming because last year noth- tinuing resolution to another, leaving Rochester, would you yield time to the ing was done, nothing was accom- the public bewildered. And so Mr. gentleman so I can engage in a discus- plished. And so what’s happened, Mr. DICKS and I have determined, along sion with him? Speaker, is we are in a position where with Senator INOUYE and our col- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The the appropriators have been shoul- leagues in the Senate, to restore reg- time of the gentleman from Massachu- dering this responsibility. And, unfor- ular order, bringing one bill at a time setts has expired. tunately, our colleagues in the other to this floor and letting it be amended Who seeks time? body, the majority leadership there, and debated at length, and then into a Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, may I in- Senator REID and others, according to conference with our colleagues across quire how much time remains on each the National Public Radio report, as I the way. That’s what we want to get side. discussed this morning, as others have back to. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- acknowledged, it was pointed out in Now, this bill that’s before us today tleman from California has 131⁄2 min- the publications out this morning, this is a huge bill. I do not like omnibus utes remaining, and the gentlewoman was held hostage, and that’s why we bills; neither one of us does. We’re not from New York has 161⁄2 minutes re- are where we are. going to have them. But in order to maining. Now, my friends are enjoying holding clean up the mess that was left us, we Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield up the 2,300-page conference report and had no choice. myself such time as I may consume. the additional 700 pages of the joint The SPEAKER pro tempore. The I’d like to yield to my friend from managers’ report that is included in time of the gentleman has expired. Worcester to engage in a discussion. there. But guess what, Mr. Speaker, all Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I am I’m sorry, would the gentlewoman like of that was available on Monday, 5 happy to yield my friend an additional me to yield? I’m happy to yield to my days ago. And the only exception in 30 seconds. And I would ask my friend friend from Rochester if she would like this measure is one item has been to yield to me, if he would. me to yield. Would the gentlewoman pulled out. That one item pulled out Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. I yield to like me to yield to her? I’ve just been happens to be the Cuba language that the gentleman. recognized. was there, and there was obviously a Mr. DREIER. I thank my friend for Ms. SLAUGHTER. I would like to ad- lot of concern about that. That was yielding. I would like to just say that I dress the Speaker. pulled out. Then one item was added, misspoke. The agreement was reached The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- and that has to do with the Commodity between Mr. ROGERS and Mr. INOUYE on tleman from California is recognized. Futures Trading Corporation. And so, Monday, and the pages were not made Mr. DREIER. Would the gentle- as our colleagues hold up these thou- available until it was filed at 12:27, at woman from New York like me to yield sands of pages, we need to realize it’s just after midnight on Wednesday. to her, Mr. Speaker? been available since Monday. This is The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Ms. SLAUGHTER. I do not. If I could Friday, Mr. Speaker. That’s more than time of the gentleman from Kentucky be allowed to say something here. the 3-day layover requirement. And Mr. DREIER. Then I will reclaim my has expired. we’ve pointed to these minor modifica- Mr. DREIER. I am happy to yield my time, Mr. Speaker. tions. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- friend an additional 30 seconds. With that, Mr. Speaker, I would like So I just want to say that I did tlewoman from New York is not recog- to yield 2 minutes to the very distin- misspeak when I said the agreement nized. The gentleman from California guished chair of the Committee on Ap- was struck on Monday. It was made controls the time. propriations, my very good friend from available after midnight on Wednes- Mr. DREIER. I am happy to yield to Somerset, Kentucky (Mr. ROGERS). day. my friend from Rochester if she would Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. I thank I would like to yield an additional 30 like to ask me a question or ask the the chairman for yielding. seconds to my friend from Somerset. Chair a question. I am more than And I want to thank the members of happy to yield to her, I would say, Mr. the Rules Committee. Chairman b 1040 Speaker. DREIER and all of the members of that Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. We’re Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time committee are required to work at all here because this bill is the product of as I may consume. hours of the day and night. In fact, we our committee, but most importantly, In the spirit of bipartisanship, in the were testifying before the committee it’s a product of our subcommittees, spirit of recognizing that we need to last night at 12:30 seeking the rule on Republicans and Democrats. They’re ensure that the government doesn’t this bill; but that’s par for the course the ones who put this bill together. shut down at midnight, I’d like to en- for the Rules Committee, who work Collectively all of those nine sub- gage in a discussion with my friend long, laborious hours with very little committees are represented in this from Worcester, as I was trying to thanks. But I want to thank them. package here. It’s been vetted by Re- when he was in the well, to say a few And I want to say to Chairman publicans and Democrats, House and things. DREIER and the gentlelady, the ranking Senate, all the way through, there are First of all, as we all know, last year member, there has got to be a special no earmarks here, there are no air- no appropriations bills were passed. place reserved in heaven for those who dropped provisions in this bill, it is a Nothing was completed in the last Con- labor in this vineyard. So thank you good bill. It’s not perfect. I don’t like gress—nothing at all. And we have for the hard work that you do. omnibus bills. spent, with Mr. ROGERS and Mr. DICKS, I want to say thanks to my col- But in cleaning up the mess left us, virtually this entire year cleaning up league, my ranking member on the full this bill is a good-faith effort to get the work of the last Congress. And the committee, Mr. DICKS, who is with us ’012 out of the way so that in ’013, this gentleman will recognize that, I’m in the Chamber. He and I have worked January, we will be able to go to work sure. I mean, the gentleman acknowl- hand in hand in this process all year on getting the 2013 bills done in the edges that, Mr. Speaker, that we have long. It’s a very productive relation- regular way. spent this year working to clean up the ship. I value his advice and his help and I want to thank the staff for all the fact that no appropriations work was he has been free to give that advice and hard work they have done all year done last year. help all year long. And this is the prod- long, and I thank our colleagues.

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And, gentleman from Washington, the rank- time of the gentleman from Wash- by the way, we want a trinket there as ing member of Appropriations, Mr. ington has expired. well. DICKS, who has worked so hard. Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield Let’s make sure that that final bill, Mr. DICKS. I thank the ranking myself 15 seconds. they’re saying, has an exemption for member of the Rules Committee for I say to my friend, first of all, happy environmental law so you can build a yielding. birthday. huge pipeline, the Keystone XL Pipe- I just want to say that this has been Mr. DICKS. Thank you. line, extra large pipeline right through a bipartisan collaborative, bipartisan Mr. DREIER. And the great birthday the middle of America, waiving the en- effort to put this bill here, and Mr. present is that we will not shut the vironmental laws, and at the same MCGOVERN and others have explained government down, and we obviously time, ladies and gentlemen, having no some of the concerns about the process, will see this measure passed today. guarantee that the oil that comes from and they’re legitimate, and we hope to I also want to say to my friend that Canada through the United States will do better next year. I am committed to I believe we’ve made history here. To be sold in the United States. They working together with the chairman to have any Member of the House stand won’t accept that provision, neither bring all 12 appropriations bills to the up, especially on his birthday, Mr. TransCanada nor the Republicans, even floor separately next year so that we Speaker, and speak in complimentary though they say we would do it for our can exercise regular order. ways of the other body is, in fact, his- national security. We did have to do H.R. 1 in the toric in and of itself. So here we are at the end of the year, spring, which was all 12 bills from ’11, Mr. DICKS. I just wanted to make lightbulb efficiency out the door. They and we spent a week on it, and we also sure everybody got the full picture. like to do the same thing, by the way, had over 500 amendments. And it just Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, may I infor increased efficiency in the vehicles showed that the Members want to have quire of the Chair how much time is re- we drive, the planes which we fly in, a chance to amend these bills. And if maining on each side? the boats which we sail here in the you don’t bring them to the floor under The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- United States, as we see the Middle 1 regular order, you don’t have an oppor- tleman from California has 7 ⁄4 minutes East in turmoil, as we see Iran and Iraq tunity to do that. remaining, and the gentlewoman from perhaps growing closer together, 1 So we’re going to try to improve on New York has 13 ⁄2 minutes remaining. they’re trying to reduce the efficiency our record. We got six to the floor this Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I reserve of our country by making it more like- year. I think we can do better next the balance of my time. ly we consume oil. Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I year if we get started early, so we The SPEAKER pro tempore. The yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from make a pledge to work from that. time of the gentleman has expired. I want to compliment our chairman, Massachusetts (Mr. MARKEY). Ms. SLAUGHTER. I yield the gen- Mr. MARKEY. I thank the gentle- Mr. ROGERS, for his openness, his will- tleman 1 additional minute. lady. Mr. MARKEY. So here we have, ingness to consider all points of view. This is the end of the year, and so the He could not have done a better job, again, misunderstanding on the part of Republicans need a few presents for the the Republicans on our key national and to have the patience of Job to lis- oil industry, for the coal industry, and ten to everybody, and still debating the security issue, and that is changing our that’s what this final weekend is all relationship with the energy sources last few items in this bill this week. about: How do we get those presents? Now, my good friend, Mr. DREIER, which we consume, because it comes And so they tried and tried in this bill whom I have enormous respect for, we disproportionately out of the Straits of to roll back many, many environ- work together on trade issues all the Hormuz, out of the Middle East into mental laws, but they have been unable time. The only thing I would say about our country. And so this issue goes to do so. But what they have said is the other body is that they weren’t right to the core, this lightbulb effi- just give us one thing, give us one trin- doing something that was evil. They ciency. It’s a small symbol of all the ket, perhaps, a symbol of our success in were trying to get an unemployment other things that they oppose in terms rolling back the laws of energy effi- compensation bill enacted; they’re try- of increasing the efficiency of our soci- ciency in our country. ety, and it’s stuck right in the middle ing to get an extension of the payroll And so within this bill, the Repub- of this so-called omnibus bill, and they tax bill and some other important pro- licans have now successfully inserted a visions that are crucial to the Amer- wouldn’t be happy unless they got it. provision which rolls back the Mind you, this attempt that was de- ican people. lightbulb efficiency laws, which the And so what they did by slowing us feated earlier this year on the House companies of our country and the rest down a little bit was to give an oppor- floor, when Members could vote for it, of the world must comply with. tunity to get that work done. must be snuck into the omnibus end-of- Now, what does that mean? Well, for The SPEAKER pro tempore. The the year bill. So whether it be the XL consumers in our country, it will be $6 time of the gentleman has expired. pipeline for the oil industry, whether it billion per year that they will have to Ms. SLAUGHTER. I yield the gen- be the lightbulb bill for the coal indus- pay in higher electricity bills every tleman an additional 30 seconds. try, whether it be the billionaire tax year that they are alive. Mr. DICKS. As much as I would have break staying on the books, rather What else does it mean? Well, it preferred to go forward, we had to ac- than helping to make sure ordinary means that the coal industry is happy knowledge that this was important people get tax breaks; billionaires, oil because they generate half the elec- work that needed to be accomplished. or coal industry, that is what the agen- tricity in our country, so they’ll burn Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Will the da is all about. more coal in order to generate that gentleman yield? I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote. Mr. DICKS. I yield to the chairman. electricity in order for the American Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. I’ve heard people to use less efficient lightbulbs. b 1050 a rumor around here that today is sort And that greenhouse gas will go up Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I am of a special day for the gentleman. Is it into the atmosphere, and since the Re- happy to yield 2 minutes to my good true that a few years ago you were publicans don’t believe the planet is friend from Bainbridge Township, Ohio born on this date? warming, what do they care? Just roll (Mr. LATOURETTE). Mr. DICKS. It was not just a few back the lightbulb efficiency stand- Mr. LATOURETTE. I thank the years ago, Mr. Chairman. Well, this is ards. chairman.

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Mr. Speaker, I We must not ignore the cause from the things I could never get my arms yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from public safety and first responder orga- around in the Superman series was the Mississippi, the ranking member on nizations that have warned us about Bizarro Superman. As I listen to this Homeland Security, Mr. THOMPSON. devastating effects of cuts. For this debate, I think that I have landed in a Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. reason and probably a hundred more, I ‘‘bizarro’’ world. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule oppose the conference report. To go to another children’s story, ev- and the underlying measure, the con- Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I would eryone knows the story of the three lit- ference report on H.R. 2055. inquire of my friend how many speak- tle pigs. Those who are criticizing the When presented with this 1,219-page ers she has remaining on her side. process or the criticism of the process, funding bill, it’s hard to know where to Ms. SLAUGHTER. We have no fur- not those, the criticism of the process start. As the ranking member of the ther speakers. that has brought this bill to the floor, Homeland Security Committee, I May I inquire if my colleague has is a little bit like there is a fourth lit- choose to start by looking at how it any. tle pig that didn’t even bother to build will affect our Nation’s first responders Mr. DREIER. I plan to close and then a straw house or a wood house but gets and the communities they protect. move the previous question so we can to the brick house where the wolf can’t This package, 10 years after the at- move ahead to ensure we don’t shut get in and is complaining that the tacks of September 11, 2001, is a dan- down the government. With that, I reserve the balance of brick furniture is too hard. gerous departure from the path we’ve Now, listen. No budget was produced been on as a Nation to build up our pre- my time. Ms. SLAUGHTER. I urge my col- in the last Congress. Not one. And so, paredness and our response capabili- leagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on the previous for the process lovers around here, you ties. It abandons the men and women question and the martial law rule, and know where all of the numbers came we count on to save lives. I yield back the balance of my time. Since 9/11 there has been a general from that we had to deal with in the Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield recognition that, as a Nation, we are appropriations committee? In the mind myself the balance of my time. of one man from Wisconsin who is now dangerously unprepared for the emerg- We all know that the American peo- retired. That didn’t happen. The budget ing threats we face. That is why past ple are hurting. We have a protracted was passed. You know what else? The Congresses established an array of Fed- unemployment problem that has gone budget this year gave lower numbers eral grant programs targeted to spe- on for an extended period of time, the for the second time straight under this cific homeland security gaps and needs. longest period of time since the Great majority, and it is a little more dif- Across the country, we’ve seen the ben- Depression, and it’s important for us to ficult to spend less money than more efits of the path lead by the Congresses realize the reasons for this. money. It’s easier to spend more towards preparedness as evidenced by One of the very important reasons for money. the response to this year’s wave of dis- this is that we have seen a dramatic But Mr. DICKS and Mr. ROGERS did asters. expansion of the size and scope and something that was never done under Today, however, this Congress not reach of government. During the 4 the stewardship of the previous Speak- only strays from the path but bulldozes years that my friends on the other side er, and that is we had bills come up in it. of the aisle were in the majority, we subcommittee. You know what? Any The conference report slashes more witnessed an 82 percent increase in Member could offer an amendment— than $2 billion from first responder non-defense discretionary spending. good amendments, bad amendments, funding. Last year, $3.38 billion was We now have a $15 trillion national stupid amendments, wonderful amend- provided to communities across the debt, and I think Democrats and Re- ments—and we voted on them. They country under FEMA’s grant program, publicans alike acknowledge that that went to full committee. The same most notably: the State Homeland Se- cannot be sustained. thing occurred. curity Grant program, Urban Area Se- As I’ve been saying throughout this I’m going to tell you, the bills came curity Initiative, Metropolitan Medical week, our job is jobs. Right now our job to the floor under open rules. I think I Response System, Operation is jobs. We need to have a laser-like could count on—I wouldn’t have to Stonegarden, Citizen Corps program, focus on creating job opportunities for take off my shoes to figure out the Port Security Grant Program, transit our fellow Americans, people who are number of open rules under the pre- security grant programs, interoper- so frustrated they’ve given up the ef- vious Speaker’s administration, as ability community grant programs, fort to look for work. they privatized the Nation’s health and emergency operation centers. This So that’s why the things that we’re care, one-seventh of the economy of year, under this package, just $1.35 bil- dealing with today are so critically im- the United States, as they put in place lion is designated for all of the grant portant to address those needs. a national carbon tax with no amend- programs. Now, since there has been bipartisan ments. So for those who are squealing The SPEAKER pro tempore. The recognition that we can’t continue about process, it’s really an inappro- time of the gentleman has expired. down the road with an 82 percent in- priate exercise. Ms. SLAUGHTER. I yield the gen- crease in non-defense discretionary And relative to the other body, and I tleman 1 additional minute. spending which we witnessed over the have nothing but respect for Mr. DICKS, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. That past several years, it’s important for us but to say that the Senate wasn’t doing is less than half of what we were pro- to come together, and that’s exactly anything nefarious by linking this bill vided this last year. what’s happened. that was going to put on furlough and To make matters worse, this package This is NORM DICKS’ birthday, and shut down the government at midnight punts responsibility for the tough deci- we’re very happy about that. We’re tonight and link that to the payroll sions about funding levels for each pro- happy that on his birthday we’re going tax cuts and others, listen, the Senate gram to Secretary Napolitano. to see a bipartisan agreement that will has become again and again and again The approach taken here should sur- bring about a $95 billion reduction in the place where legislation goes to die. prise no one. Tough decisions about non-defense discretionary spending. It is not enough to sit over there in the funding have been punted throughout And that’s what this work product lofty Senate Chamber and say, ‘‘We this session, and as a result, the Con- does, Mr. Speaker. don’t like what you did, House,’’ and gress has moved from shutdown crisis And again, bipartisan recognition not produce a product. to shutdown crisis. and even bicameral recognition, and The time has come for them to pass If this package is enacted, the Con- even recognition from down Pennsyl- a bill, and then the process is we’re gress will be punting responsibility for vania Avenue with the second branch

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I said earlier Alexander Graves (MO) Pearce Roybal-Allard Courtney Kind that I believe that this multi-thou- Amash Griffin (AR) Pence Ruppersberger Critz Amodei Griffith (VA) Kucinich Rush sand-page package was available on Petri Crowley Austria Grimm Langevin Ryan (OH) Pitts Cuellar Monday; it was agreed to on Monday; Bachus Guinta Larsen (WA) Sa´ nchez, Linda Platts Cummings but it wasn’t made available until Barletta Hall Larson (CT) T. Poe (TX) Davis (CA) Lee (CA) Bartlett Hanna Sanchez, Loretta early Thursday morning. Yet we are Pompeo Davis (IL) Levin Barton (TX) Harper Sarbanes where we are, and there was an agree- Posey DeFazio Lewis (GA) Bass (NH) Harris Schakowsky Price (GA) DeGette Lipinski ment. Mr. INOUYE and Mr. ROGERS Benishek Hartzler Schiff Quayle DeLauro Loebsack came to this agreement on Monday. Berg Hastings (WA) Schrader Reed Deutch Biggert Hayworth Lofgren, Zoe We could have done this earlier, but Rehberg Dicks Schwartz Bilbray Heck Lowey Reichert Dingell ´ Scott (VA) we know that our friends in the other Bilirakis Hensarling Lujan Renacci Doggett Scott, David body chose—and as I said, I wasn’t Bishop (UT) Herger Lynch Ribble Donnelly (IN) Serrano Black Herrera Beutler Maloney going to say it earlier, but it has been Rigell Doyle Sewell Blackburn Huelskamp Markey characterized in the media as having Rivera Edwards Sherman Bonner Huizenga (MI) Matsui Ellison Sires held hostage this very important ap- Bono Mack Hultgren Roby McCarthy (NY) Engel Slaughter propriations bill. We also dealt with Boustany Hunter Roe (TN) McCollum Eshoo Smith (WA) Brady (TX) Hurt Rogers (AL) McDermott the threat of a government shutdown Farr Stark Brooks Issa Rogers (KY) McGovern Fattah Sutton that would take place 13 hours from Broun (GA) Jenkins Rogers (MI) McNerney Frank (MA) Thompson (CA) now. We are not going to see that hap- Buchanan Johnson (IL) Rohrabacher Meeks Fudge Thompson (MS) Bucshon Johnson (OH) Rokita Michaud pen. We are not going to see that hap- Garamendi Tierney Buerkle Johnson, Sam Rooney Miller (NC) pen because Mr. DICKS and Mr. ROGERS Gonzalez Tonko Burgess Jones Ros-Lehtinen Miller, George Green, Al Towns and other members of the Appropria- Burton (IN) Jordan Roskam Moore Green, Gene Tsongas tions Committees in both bodies—and Calvert Kelly Ross (FL) Moran Grijalva Van Hollen Camp King (IA) Royce Murphy (CT) the leadership—came together to en- Hahn Vela´ zquez Campbell King (NY) Runyan Nadler Hanabusa Visclosky sure that that doesn’t happen. Canseco Kingston Ryan (WI) Neal Hastings (FL) Walz (MN) We still have a long way to go. We Cantor Kinzinger (IL) Scalise Olver Heinrich Owens Wasserman Capito Kissell Schilling still have much work that needs to be Higgins Pallone Schultz Carter Kline Schmidt done. But by the passage of this meas- Himes Pascrell Waters Cassidy Labrador Schock Hinchey Pastor (AZ) Watt ure today, Mr. Speaker, we are going to Chabot Lamborn Schweikert Hinojosa Payne Waxman do exactly what is necessary. We are Chaffetz Lance Scott (SC) Hirono Welch Coffman (CO) Landry Pelosi going to finally have a clean slate. Scott, Austin Hochul Wilson (FL) Cohen Lankford Perlmutter Sensenbrenner Holden Woolsey We’ve all commiserated over the fact Cole Latham Peters Sessions Holt Peterson Yarmuth that we’ve had this mess to clean up of Conaway LaTourette Shimkus the past. It’s been ugly and it’s been Cravaack Latta Shuler NOT VOTING—15 difficult; but we have, in fact, by virtue Crawford Lewis (CA) Shuster Crenshaw LoBiondo Bachmann Filner Myrick of this agreement cleaned it up so that Simpson Clay Giffords Napolitano Culberson Long Smith (NE) we can continue to work down this Denham Lucas Coble Guthrie Paul Smith (NJ) Davis (KY) Gutierrez Pingree (ME) path towards balancing the budget, Dent Luetkemeyer Smith (TX) DesJarlais Lummis Diaz-Balart Johnson, E. B. Speier Southerland getting our fiscal house in order, and Dold Lungren, Daniel Stearns b 1130 doing what we need to do—our jobs, Dreier E. Stivers Duffy Mack which is to create jobs. Stutzman Ms. FUDGE, Ms. BERKLEY, Messrs. Duncan (SC) Manzullo I think we have a chance to do that. Sullivan CLARKE of Michigan, FATTAH, and Duncan (TN) Marchant So, Mr. Speaker, I urge support of Ellmers Marino Terry RUSH changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ this rule, and I urge support of the pre- Emerson Matheson Thompson (PA) to ‘‘nay.’’ Farenthold McCarthy (CA) Thornberry vious question so that we can move Tiberi So the previous question was ordered. ahead and make sure that we have Fincher McCaul The result of the vote was announced Fitzpatrick McClintock Tipton what’s necessary to meet this very im- Flake McCotter Turner (NY) as above recorded. portant deadline by midnight. Fleischmann McHenry Turner (OH) Stated against: With that, I yield back the balance of Fleming McIntyre Upton Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall 937, I Flores McKeon Walberg my time, and I move the previous ques- Forbes McKinley Walden was away from the Capitol due to prior com- tion on the resolution. Fortenberry McMorris Walsh (IL) mitments to my constituents. Had I been The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Foxx Rodgers Webster present, I would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ West question is on ordering the previous Franks (AZ) Meehan Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, Frelinghuysen Mica Westmoreland question. Gallegly Miller (FL) Whitfield December 16, 2011, I was absent during roll- The question was taken; and the Gardner Miller (MI) Wilson (SC) call vote No. 937 in order to attend an impor- Speaker pro tempore announced that Garrett Miller, Gary Wittman tant event in my district. Had I been present, Gerlach Mulvaney Wolf the ayes appeared to have it. Gibbs Murphy (PA) Womack I would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on the Motion on Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, on Gibson Neugebauer Woodall Ordering the Previous Question on the Rule that I demand the yeas and nays. Gingrey (GA) Noem Yoder providing for consideration of the Conference The yeas and nays were ordered. Gohmert Nugent Young (AK) Report on H.R. 2055—Consolidated Appro- Goodlatte Nunes Young (FL) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Gosar Nunnelee Young (IN) priations Act, H.R. 3672—Disaster Relief Ap- ant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, propriations Act and H. Con. Res. 94—Direct- this 15-minute vote on ordering the NAYS—179 ing the Clerk of the House of Representatives previous question will be followed by 5- Ackerman Berman Butterfield to make corrections in the enrollment of H.R. Altmire Bishop (GA) Capps minute votes on adoption of House Res- Andrews Bishop (NY) Capuano 3671. olution 500, if ordered; motion to sus- Baca Blumenauer Cardoza The SPEAKER pro tempore. The pend the rules and concur in the Sen- Baldwin Boren Carnahan question is on the resolution. ate amendment to H.R. 1892; and mo- Barrow Boswell Carney The question was taken; and the Bass (CA) Brady (PA) Carson (IN) tion to suspend the rules on S. 278, if Becerra Braley (IA) Castor (FL) Speaker pro tempore announced that ordered. Berkley Brown (FL) Chandler the ayes appeared to have it.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:57 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16DE7.030 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9821 Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, on NAYS—164 MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE that I demand the yeas and nays. Ackerman Eshoo Neal A message from the Senate by Ms. The yeas and nays were ordered. Altmire Fattah Olver Andrews Frank (MA) Pallone Curtis, one of its clerks, announced The SPEAKER pro tempore. This Baca Fudge Pascrell that the Senate has passed without will be a 5-minute vote. Baldwin Garamendi Pastor (AZ) amendment a bill and a concurrent res- Barrow Gonzalez Payne olution of the House of the following The vote was taken by electronic de- Bass (CA) Green, Al Pelosi vice, and there were—yeas 252, nays Becerra Green, Gene Polis tiles: 164, not voting 17, as follows: Berkley Grijalva Price (NC) H.R. 3421. An act to award Congressional Berman Hahn Quigley Gold Medals in honor of the men and women [Roll No. 938] Bishop (GA) Hanabusa Rangel who perished as a result of the terrorist at- Bishop (NY) Hastings (FL) Reyes YEAS—252 Blumenauer Heinrich tacks on the United States on September 11, Richardson 2001. Adams Graves (MO) Owens Boren Higgins Richmond Aderholt Griffin (AR) Palazzo Boswell Himes Ross (AR) H. con. Res. 93. Concurrent resolution pro- Brady (PA) Hinchey Akin Griffith (VA) Paulsen Rothman (NJ) viding for a correction to the enrollment of Braley (IA) Hinojosa Alexander Grimm Pearce Roybal-Allard the bill H.R. 2845. Brown (FL) Hirono Amash Guinta Pence Ruppersberger Butterfield Hochul The message also announced that the Amodei Hall Perlmutter Rush Capps Holden Austria Hanna Peters Ryan (OH) Senate has passed a bill of the fol- Capuano Honda Bachus Harper Peterson Sa´ nchez, Linda lowing title in which the concurrence Cardoza Hoyer Barletta Harris Petri T. Carnahan Inslee of the House is requested. Bartlett Hartzler Pitts Sanchez, Loretta Barton (TX) Hastings (WA) Carney Israel Platts Sarbanes S. 1612. An act to provide the Department Bass (NH) Hayworth Carson (IN) Jackson (IL) Poe (TX) Schakowsky of Justice with additional tools to target Benishek Heck Castor (FL) Jackson Lee Pompeo Schiff extraterritorial drug trafficking activity. Berg Hensarling Chandler (TX) Posey Schrader Biggert Herger Chu Johnson (GA) Price (GA) Schwartz f Bilbray Herrera Beutler Cicilline Keating Quayle Scott (VA) Bilirakis Holt Clarke (MI) Kildee Rahall Scott, David INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION Black Huelskamp Clarke (NY) Kind Reed Serrano ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012 Blackburn Huizenga (MI) Clay Kucinich Rehberg Sewell Bonner Hultgren Reichert Cleaver Langevin The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Clyburn Larsen (WA) Sherman Bono Mack Hunter Renacci Cohen Larson (CT) Sires finished business is the vote on the mo- Boustany Hurt Ribble Conyers Lee (CA) Slaughter tion to suspend the rules and concur in Brady (TX) Issa Rigell Cooper Levin Smith (WA) Brooks Jenkins Rivera the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. Costello Lewis (GA) Stark Broun (GA) Johnson (IL) Roby 1892) to authorize appropriations for Courtney Loebsack Sutton Buchanan Johnson (OH) Roe (TN) Critz Lofgren, Zoe Thompson (CA) fiscal year 2012 for intelligence and in- Bucshon Johnson, Sam Rogers (AL) Crowley Luja´ n Thompson (MS) telligence-related activities of the Buerkle Jones Rogers (KY) Cuellar Lynch Tierney Burgess Jordan Rogers (MI) United States Government, the Com- Cummings Maloney Tonko Burton (IN) Kaptur Rohrabacher munity Management Account, and the Calvert Kelly Davis (CA) Markey Towns Rokita Camp King (IA) Davis (IL) Matsui Tsongas Central Intelligence Agency Retire- Rooney Campbell King (NY) DeFazio McCarthy (NY) Van Hollen Ros-Lehtinen ment and Disability System, and for Canseco Kingston DeGette McCollum Walz (MN) Roskam other purposes, on which the yeas and Cantor Kinzinger (IL) DeLauro McDermott Wasserman Ross (FL) Capito Kissell Deutch McGovern Schultz nays were ordered. Royce Carter Kline Dingell McNerney Waters The Clerk read the title of the bill. Runyan Cassidy Labrador Doggett Meeks Watt Ryan (WI) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chabot Lamborn Donnelly (IN) Michaud Waxman Scalise question is on the motion offered by Chaffetz Lance Doyle Miller (NC) Welch Schilling Coffman (CO) Landry Edwards Miller, George Wilson (FL) the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Cole Lankford Schmidt Ellison Moore Woolsey ROGERS) that the House suspend the Schock Conaway Latham Engel Nadler Yarmuth rules and concur in the Senate amend- Costa LaTourette Schweikert Cravaack Latta Scott (SC) NOT VOTING—17 ment. Crawford Lewis (CA) Scott, Austin This will be a 5-minute vote. Sensenbrenner Bachmann Filner Napolitano Crenshaw Lipinski Bishop (UT) Giffords Paul The vote was taken by electronic de- Culberson LoBiondo Sessions Coble Guthrie Pingree (ME) vice, and there were—yeas 396, nays 23, Denham Long Shimkus Connolly (VA) Gutierrez Speier Dent Lowey Shuler not voting 14, as follows: Shuster Davis (KY) Johnson, E. B. Vela´ zquez DesJarlais Lucas Diaz-Balart Myrick [Roll No. 939] Dicks Luetkemeyer Simpson Dold Lummis Smith (NE) YEAS—396 Dreier Lungren, Daniel Smith (NJ) b 1137 Ackerman Bono Mack Chandler Duffy E. Smith (TX) Adams Boren Chu Duncan (SC) Mack Southerland So the resolution was agreed to. Aderholt Boswell Cicilline Duncan (TN) Manzullo Stearns Akin Boustany Clarke (MI) Ellmers Marchant Stivers The result of the vote was announced Alexander Brady (PA) Clay Emerson Marino Stutzman as above recorded. Altmire Brady (TX) Cleaver Farenthold Matheson Sullivan Amodei Braley (IA) Clyburn Farr McCarthy (CA) Terry A motion to reconsider was laid on Andrews Brooks Coffman (CO) Fincher McCaul Thompson (PA) the table. Austria Broun (GA) Cole Fitzpatrick McClintock Thornberry Baca Brown (FL) Conaway Flake McCotter Tiberi Stated against: Bachus Buchanan Connolly (VA) Fleischmann McHenry Tipton Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall 938, I Baldwin Bucshon Cooper Fleming McIntyre Turner (NY) Barletta Buerkle Costa Flores McKeon Turner (OH) was away from the Capitol due to prior com- Barrow Burgess Costello Forbes McKinley Upton mitments to my constituents. Had I been Bartlett Burton (IN) Courtney Fortenberry McMorris Visclosky present, I would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ Barton (TX) Butterfield Cravaack Foxx Rodgers Walberg Bass (CA) Calvert Crawford Franks (AZ) Meehan Walden Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, Bass (NH) Camp Crenshaw Frelinghuysen Mica Walsh (IL) December 16, 2011, I was absent during roll- Becerra Campbell Critz Gallegly Miller (FL) Webster call vote No. 938 in order to attend an impor- Benishek Canseco Crowley Gardner Miller (MI) West Berg Cantor Cuellar Garrett Miller, Gary Westmoreland tant event in my district. Had I been present, Berkley Capito Culberson Gerlach Moran Whitfield I would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on H. Res. 500— Berman Capps Cummings Gibbs Mulvaney Wilson (SC) Rule providing for consideration of the Con- Biggert Cardoza Davis (CA) Gibson Murphy (CT) Wittman Bilbray Carnahan Davis (IL) Gingrey (GA) Murphy (PA) Wolf ference Report on H.R. 2055—Consolidated Bilirakis Carney DeGette Gohmert Neugebauer Womack Appropriations Act, H.R. 3672—Disaster Relief Bishop (GA) Carson (IN) DeLauro Goodlatte Noem Woodall Appropriations Act and H. Con. Res. 94—Di- Bishop (NY) Carter Denham Gosar Nugent Yoder recting the Clerk of the House of Representa- Bishop (UT) Cassidy Dent Gowdy Nunes Young (AK) Black Castor (FL) DesJarlais Granger Nunnelee Young (FL) tives to make corrections in the enrollment of Blackburn Chabot Deutch Graves (GA) Olson Young (IN) H.R. 3671. Bonner Chaffetz Dicks

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:57 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16DE7.034 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H9822 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 16, 2011 Dingell Kingston Reichert Wolf Yarmuth Young (FL) Amash Donnelly (IN) Kinzinger (IL) Doggett Kinzinger (IL) Renacci Womack Yoder Young (IN) Amodei Doyle Kissell Dold Kissell Reyes Woodall Young (AK) Andrews Dreier Kline Donnelly (IN) Kline Ribble Austria Duffy Kucinich Doyle Labrador Richardson NAYS—23 Baca Duncan (SC) Labrador Dreier Lamborn Richmond Amash Fattah Miller, George Bachus Duncan (TN) Lamborn Duffy Lance Rigell Blumenauer Gibson Moore Baldwin Edwards Lance Duncan (SC) Landry Rivera Capuano Grijalva Olver Barletta Ellison Landry Edwards Langevin Roby Clarke (NY) Jones Payne Barrow Ellmers Langevin Ellison Lankford Roe (TN) Cohen Kucinich Stark Bartlett Engel Lankford Ellmers Larsen (WA) Rogers (AL) Conyers Lee (CA) Waters Barton (TX) Eshoo Larsen (WA) Emerson Larson (CT) Rogers (KY) DeFazio Lewis (GA) Woolsey Bass (CA) Farenthold Larson (CT) Engel Latham Rogers (MI) Duncan (TN) McGovern Bass (NH) Farr Latham Eshoo LaTourette Rohrabacher Becerra Fattah LaTourette Farenthold Latta Rokita NOT VOTING—14 Benishek Fincher Latta Farr Levin Rooney Bachmann Giffords Napolitano Berg Fitzpatrick Lee (CA) Fincher Lewis (CA) Ros-Lehtinen Coble Guthrie Paul Berkley Flake Levin Fitzpatrick Lipinski Roskam Davis (KY) Gutierrez Pingree (ME) Berman Fleischmann Lewis (CA) Flake LoBiondo Ross (AR) Diaz-Balart Johnson, E. B. Speier Biggert Fleming Lewis (GA) Fleischmann Loebsack Ross (FL) Filner Myrick Bilbray Flores Lipinski Fleming Lofgren, Zoe Rothman (NJ) Bilirakis Forbes LoBiondo Flores Long Roybal-Allard b 1147 Bishop (GA) Fortenberry Loebsack Forbes Lowey Royce Bishop (NY) Foxx Lofgren, Zoe Fortenberry Lucas Runyan Mr. COHEN and Ms. CLARKE of New Bishop (UT) Frank (MA) Long Foxx Luetkemeyer Ruppersberger York changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to Black Franks (AZ) Lowey Frank (MA) Luja´ n Rush ‘‘nay.’’ Blackburn Frelinghuysen Lucas Franks (AZ) Lummis Ryan (OH) Blumenauer Fudge Luetkemeyer Frelinghuysen Lungren, Daniel Ryan (WI) So (two-thirds being in the affirma- Bonner Gallegly Luja´ n Fudge E. Sa´ nchez, Linda tive) the rules were suspended and the Bono Mack Garamendi Lummis Gallegly Lynch T. Senate amendment was concurred in. Boren Gardner Lungren, Daniel Garamendi Mack Sanchez, Loretta The result of the vote was announced Boswell Garrett E. Gardner Maloney Sarbanes Boustany Gerlach Lynch Garrett Manzullo Scalise as above recorded. Brady (PA) Gibbs Mack Gerlach Marchant Schakowsky A motion to reconsider was laid on Brady (TX) Gibson Manzullo Gibbs Marino Schiff the table. Braley (IA) Gingrey (GA) Marchant Gingrey (GA) Markey Schilling Stated for: Brooks Gonzalez Marino Gohmert Matheson Schmidt Broun (GA) Goodlatte Markey Gonzalez Matsui Schock Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, Brown (FL) Gosar Matheson Goodlatte McCarthy (CA) Schrader December 16, 2011, I was absent during roll- Buchanan Gowdy Matsui Gosar McCarthy (NY) Schwartz call vote No. 939 in order to attend an impor- Bucshon Granger McCarthy (CA) Gowdy McCaul Schweikert Buerkle Graves (GA) McCarthy (NY) Granger McClintock Scott (SC) tant event in my district. Had I been present, Burgess Graves (MO) McCaul Graves (GA) McCollum Scott (VA) I would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on Senate Amend- Burton (IN) Green, Al McCollum Graves (MO) McCotter Scott, Austin ment to H.R. 1892—Intelligence Authorization Butterfield Green, Gene McCotter Green, Al McDermott Scott, David Act for Fiscal Year 2012. Calvert Griffin (AR) McDermott Green, Gene McHenry Sensenbrenner Camp Griffith (VA) McGovern Griffin (AR) McIntyre Serrano Stated against: Campbell Grijalva McHenry Griffith (VA) McKeon Sessions Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. Canseco Grimm McIntyre Grimm McKinley Sewell 939, I was away from the Capitol due to prior Cantor Guinta McKeon Guinta McMorris Sherman commitments to my constituents. Had I been Capito Hahn McKinley Hahn Rodgers Shimkus Capps Hall McMorris Hall McNerney Shuler present, I would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ Capuano Hanabusa Rodgers Hanabusa Meehan Shuster Cardoza Hanna McNerney Hanna Meeks Simpson f Carnahan Harper Meehan Harper Mica Sires Carney Harris Meeks Harris Michaud Slaughter SUGAR LOAF FIRE PROTECTION Carson (IN) Hartzler Mica Hartzler Miller (FL) Smith (NE) DISTRICT LAND EXCHANGE ACT Carter Hastings (FL) Michaud Hastings (FL) Miller (MI) Smith (NJ) OF 2011 Cassidy Hastings (WA) Miller (FL) Hastings (WA) Miller (NC) Smith (TX) Castor (FL) Hayworth Miller (MI) Hayworth Miller, Gary Smith (WA) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Chabot Heck Miller (NC) Heck Moran Southerland finished business is the question on Chaffetz Heinrich Miller, Gary Heinrich Mulvaney Stearns Chandler Hensarling Miller, George Hensarling Murphy (CT) Stivers suspending the rules and passing the Chu Herger Moore Herger Murphy (PA) Stutzman bill (S. 278) to provide for the exchange Cicilline Herrera Beutler Moran Herrera Beutler Nadler Sullivan of certain land located in the Arapaho- Clarke (MI) Higgins Mulvaney Higgins Neal Sutton Roosevelt National Forests in the Clarke (NY) Himes Murphy (CT) Himes Neugebauer Terry Clay Hinchey Murphy (PA) Hinchey Noem Thompson (CA) State of Colorado, and for other pur- Cleaver Hinojosa Nadler Hinojosa Nugent Thompson (MS) poses, as amended. Clyburn Hirono Neal Hirono Nunes Thompson (PA) The Clerk read the title of the bill. Coffman (CO) Hochul Neugebauer Hochul Nunnelee Thornberry Cohen Holden Noem Holden Olson Tiberi The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Cole Holt Nugent Holt Owens Tierney question is on the motion offered by Conaway Honda Nunes Honda Palazzo Tipton the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Connolly (VA) Huelskamp Nunnelee Hoyer Pallone Tonko HASTINGS) that the House suspend the Conyers Huizenga (MI) Olson Huelskamp Pascrell Towns Cooper Hultgren Olver Huizenga (MI) Pastor (AZ) Tsongas rules and pass the bill, as amended. Costa Hunter Owens Hultgren Paulsen Turner (NY) The question was taken. Courtney Hurt Palazzo Hunter Pearce Turner (OH) The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the Cravaack Inslee Pallone Hurt Pelosi Upton Crawford Israel Pascrell Inslee Pence Van Hollen opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being Crenshaw Issa Pastor (AZ) Israel Perlmutter Vela´ zquez in the affirmative, the ayes have it. Critz Jackson (IL) Paulsen Issa Peters Visclosky RECORDED VOTE Crowley Jackson Lee Payne Jackson (IL) Peterson Walberg Cuellar (TX) Pearce Jackson Lee Petri Walden Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, I demand a Culberson Jenkins Pelosi (TX) Pitts Walsh (IL) recorded vote. Cummings Johnson (GA) Pence Jenkins Platts Walz (MN) A recorded vote was ordered. Davis (CA) Johnson (IL) Perlmutter Johnson (GA) Poe (TX) Wasserman Davis (IL) Johnson (OH) Peters Johnson (IL) Polis Schultz The SPEAKER pro tempore. This DeFazio Johnson, Sam Peterson Johnson (OH) Pompeo Watt will be a 5-minute vote. DeGette Jones Petri Johnson, Sam Posey Waxman The vote was taken by electronic de- DeLauro Jordan Pitts Jordan Price (GA) Webster vice, and there were—ayes 413, noes 0, Denham Kaptur Platts Kaptur Price (NC) Welch Dent Keating Poe (TX) Keating Quayle West not voting 20, as follows: DesJarlais Kelly Polis Kelly Quigley Westmoreland [Roll No. 940] Deutch Kildee Pompeo Kildee Rahall Whitfield Dicks Kind Posey Kind Rangel Wilson (FL) AYES—413 Dingell King (IA) Price (GA) King (IA) Reed Wilson (SC) Ackerman Aderholt Alexander Doggett King (NY) Price (NC) King (NY) Rehberg Wittman Adams Akin Altmire Dold Kingston Quayle

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:57 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16DE7.019 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9823 Quigley Schiff Tierney CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2055, fair, bipartisan compromise. No party Rahall Schilling Tipton CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIA- got everything they wanted, but we Rangel Schmidt Tonko Reed Schock Towns TIONS ACT, 2012 have found a reasonable, responsible Rehberg Schrader Tsongas Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. balance between reduced spending, wise Reichert Schwartz Turner (NY) Federal investments, and policy Renacci Schweikert Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution Turner (OH) changes that American businesses need Reyes Scott (SC) Upton 500, I call up the conference report to Ribble Scott (VA) Van Hollen accompany the bill (H.R. 2055) making to thrive. With Christmas coming on, Richardson Scott, Austin Vela´ zquez it’s time we complete this important Richmond Scott, David appropriations for military construc- Rigell Sensenbrenner Visclosky tion, the Department of Veterans Af- legislation and go home to our families Rivera Serrano Walberg fairs, and related agencies for the fiscal and our friends. Walden Roby Sessions year ending September 30, 2012, and for We don’t have much down time be- Roe (TN) Sewell Walsh (IL) fore our work will begin again on fiscal Rogers (AL) Sherman Walz (MN) other purposes, and ask for its imme- Rogers (KY) Shimkus Wasserman diate consideration. year 2013, and I’m hopeful that with the Rogers (MI) Shuler Schultz The Clerk read the title of the bill. groundwork we have laid this year, Rohrabacher Shuster Waters The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- cleaning up past years’ messes, clear- Rokita Simpson Watt ing the table for next year, when we Rooney Sires Waxman ant to House Resolution 500, the con- Ros-Lehtinen Slaughter Webster ference report is considered read. can bring these bills separately and in- Roskam Smith (NE) Welch (For conference report and state- dividually to the floor for our Members Ross (AR) Smith (NJ) West ment, see proceedings of the House of to debate, amend, and vote on. That’s Ross (FL) Smith (TX) Westmoreland the goal. So I’m hopeful with the Rothman (NJ) Smith (WA) Whitfield December 15, 2011, at page H9004.) Roybal-Allard Southerland Wilson (FL) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- groundwork we have laid this year, we Royce Stark Wilson (SC) tleman from Kentucky (Mr. ROGERS) will be able to work through next Runyan Stearns Wittman year’s appropriations in regular order Ruppersberger Stivers and the gentleman from Washington Wolf Rush Stutzman (Mr. DICKS) each will control 30 min- and, most importantly, on time, so Ryan (OH) Sullivan Womack that we don’t find ourselves in this sit- Woodall utes. Ryan (WI) Sutton The Chair recognizes the gentleman uation next December. Sa´ nchez, Linda Terry Woolsey T. Thompson (CA) Yarmuth from Kentucky. One last note, Mr. Speaker: This re- Sanchez, Loretta Thompson (MS) Yoder Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. sult today would not have happened Sarbanes Thompson (PA) Young (AK) Speaker, I yield myself such time as I without the good will and the good Scalise Thornberry Young (FL) may consume. work of the committee’s ranking mem- Schakowsky Tiberi Young (IN) I rise today to present the final fiscal ber, Mr. DICKS, who has been a great NOT VOTING—20 year 2012 appropriations legislation, partner throughout this process. While Bachmann Giffords McClintock which includes the conference report things have been difficult, and we Coble Gohmert Myrick for the remaining nine appropriations haven’t always seen eye to eye, his Costello Guthrie Napolitano bills, as well as two other bills we will knowledge of the process and his com- Davis (KY) Gutierrez Paul Diaz-Balart Hoyer Pingree (ME) consider later that provide funding for mitment to a fair and positive outcome Emerson Johnson, E. B. Speier disaster recovery and assistance. have been a huge asset. His leadership Filner Maloney For the second year in a row, Mr. has been critical to the bills we’ve Speaker, the Appropriations Com- passed, and certainly the one before us b 1154 mittee, along with the body, has today. achieved significant reductions in Fed- b 1200 So (two-thirds being in the affirma- eral Government spending to the tune tive) the rules were suspended and the of some $95 billion in reduced spending. Along with Mr. DICKS, I must thank bill, as amended, was passed. Never before in recent history has Con- the cardinals and the ranking members The result of the vote was announced gress cut spending 2 years back to of the subcommittees to whom we as above recorded. back. turned to produce this bill that’s before A motion to reconsider was laid on The Republican majority is truly liv- us today: Chairman YOUNG and Rank- the table. ing up to our commitment to slice Fed- ing Member DICKS on Defense; Chair- Stated for: eral spending, getting our budgets back man FRELINGHUYSEN and Ranking into balance and living within our Member VISCLOSKY on Energy and Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. means. The legislation also includes Water; Chairwoman EMERSON and 940, I was away from the Capitol due to prior absolutely no earmarks, zero ear- Ranking Member SERRANO on Finan- commitments to my constituents. Had I been marks, abiding by the House rule. cial Services; Chairman ADERHOLT and present, I would have voted ‘‘aye.’’ This report and the disaster aid Ranking Member PRICE on Homeland Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, spending package signify the end of the Security; Chairman SIMPSON and Rank- December 16th, 2011, I was absent during road for the fiscal year 2012 appropria- ing Member MORAN on Interior; Chair- rollcall vote No. 940 in order to attend an im- tions cycle, helping to avoid a poten- man REHBERG and Ranking Member portant event in my district. Had I been tial government shutdown and sup- DELAURO on Labor-HHS; Chairman present, I would have voted ‘‘aye’’ on S. 278— porting vital programs and services the CRENSHAW and Ranking Member HONDA Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District Land Ex- American people rely on. on Legislative Branch; Chairman CUL- change Act. In particular, Mr. Speaker, this bill BERSON and Ranking Member BISHOP provides funding necessary to support on MilCon; and Chairwoman GRANGER f our national security, including fund- and Ranking Member LOWEY on State ing for our military engagements and Foreign Operations. They worked GENERAL LEAVE abroad and our domestic obligations; through these bills with a sharp eye benefits and programs for our veterans, and a respect for the taxpayer and the Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. active military, and their families; and programs that they dealt with. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that Homeland Security efforts to keep our Time and again, Mr. Speaker, all Members may have 5 legislative borders and communities safe and throughout this year we’ve faced dif- days in which to revise their remarks sound. ficult and arduous tasks head-on, met and include extraneous material on the In addition, this legislation includes every challenge before us. And without conference report on H.R. 2055, H. Con. policy provisions targeted at reining in the leadership of these subcommittee Res. 94, and H.R. 3672, and that I may harmful government interference and chairmen and ranking members, we include tabular material on the same. protecting life, liberty, and the Con- would not be here today. They’ve made The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there stitution. up the package that’s before us today. objection to the request of the gen- Mr. Speaker, after weeks of arduous Finally, I want to thank the staff, tleman from Kentucky? negotiations on this package with our both sides of the aisle, majority and There was no objection. Senate counterparts, we’ve struck a minority, hard work this year beyond

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You’ve done a really The Defense bill provides funding for critical self 2 minutes. great job in leading this committee in national security needs, provides the nec- The conference report before us con- getting this job done. essary resources to continue the Nation’s mili- tains nine separate bills: Defense; En- To my friend, Mr. DICKS, I’ve already tary efforts abroad, and contains essential ergy and Water; Financial Services; wished him personally a happy birth- funding for health and quality of life programs Homeland Security; Interior; Labor- day, but, Mr. Speaker, we appreciate for the men and women of the Armed Serv- HHS and Education; Legislative Mr. DICKS’ relationship with the Con- ices and their families. Branch; Military Construction and VA; gress, with our subcommittee, with the The bill is separated into two subdivisions, and State and Foreign Operations. It is full committee. Together, they’ve the Department’s base funding and the Over- a bipartisan agreement reached after made a great team; they’ve done a seas Contingency Operations funding. The many hours of deliberation and debate. great job. base funding in this bill totals $518 billion—$5 It reflects the fact that neither party As I said, the defense bill is the big- billion above last year and $21 billion below can pass this bill on its own in either gest part of this bill. It is actually $21 the request. The Overseas Contingency Oper- the House or the Senate. billion less than was requested in the ations portion totals $115 billion—$43 billion The conference report is a remark- budget. We were given a number. We below last year and $2.8 billion below the re- able product of the hard work of all were instructed to make reductions. quest. members of the Appropriations Com- This subcommittee, the members and These reductions were not easily achieved; mittee and, as the chairman men- the staff, worked diligently to make but the Subcommittee reviewed in detail the tioned, especially the ranking members sure that any reductions that we had budget request, and found areas and pro- and the cardinals, the chairmen of the to make would not affect the readiness grams where reductions were possible without subcommittees. of our Nation or would not adversely adversely impacting the warfighter or readi- I especially want to congratulate the affect any of our troops. We success- ness. staff. I was a staff person myself, and fully concluded that task. We kept our This was extremely important in finalizing as the chairman has said, I have never commitment to maintain readiness and this bill. I committed long ago that I would seen people work harder than the staff to remain strong in the support of our never write or support a bill which adversely on the House Appropriations Com- troops. affected any soldier or had an adverse effect mittee. And I want to commend Bill It makes me feel good that we have on our Nation’s readiness. I firmly believe I Inglee and David Pomerantz for their an agreement that was agreed upon by have kept that promise with this bill. work all during this year, their co- the Republicans and the Democrats in The bill before us provides $131.1 billion for operation, and their leadership of the the House and the Republicans and the military personnel—including the requested staff. And we have a great staff. You Democrats in the Senate. We won’t get 1.6 percent military pay raise. know, these people have enormous ex- a unanimous vote on this package at It funds $163.1 billion in Operation and perience, they have great background, all, but we worked together. Maintenance for equipment and facility mainte- and we’re proud of all of them. People have wondered, and I’m sure nance, base operations, and critical readiness all of us have been asked by our con- I also want to congratulate BILL programs to prepare for and conduct combat stituents, Why can’t you guys in Con- YOUNG, my chairman on the Defense and peace-time missions. Subcommittee, former chairman of the gress work together and get things The bill provides $32.5 billion for the De- full committee. We’ve been good done? fense Health Program, including an additional When Congress acts as a Congress friends, and I want to wish him a happy $603.6 million for military medical research, in- and avoids a lot of outside political in- birthday. It’s ironic that here we are cluding +$239 million for cancer research and fluence, it’s amazing what we can do. I on the last day getting this big bill +$135 million for Psychological Health/Trau- just would call attention to the fact we passed on both of our birthdays. So matic Brain Injury (PH/TBI). just concluded the intelligence bill on somebody smiled on us. Maybe it was It provides $104.6 billion in procurement for a bipartisan basis. new equipment and upgrades to ensure that the other body by slowing things down. We did the National Defense Author- We’re going to have our ranking our military has the systems, weapons, and ization Act last week on a bipartisan members present their statements equipment they need to train, maintain infra- basis. This omnibus bill that we will after the chairmen on the other side. structure, and conduct successful operations. pass today on a bipartisan basis, we I want to thank Mr. ROGERS again for This includes $15.3 billion for the construction worked together and we got things all of his courtesy and his great work. of 11 Navy ships; $5.9 billion for 31 Joint done when we were able to work as a He had to have the patience of Job in Strike Fighter aircraft; $3.2 billion for 28 F–18 Congress. Super Hornets and 12 EA–18 Growlers; $2.8 order to get this thing done, but he did I am very happy to be supportive of billion for 127 H–60 Blackhawk helicopters; it and I commend him. especially the defense part of this bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. and $720 million for 48 MQ–9 Reaper UAVs. BISHOP of Utah). The time of the gen- b 1210 And the bill funds $72.4 billion in essential tleman has expired. Again, I want to congratulate Chair- basic and applied research that will help pre- Mr. DICKS. I yield myself an addi- man ROGERS and Ranking Member pare our forces with the systems and equip- tional 15 seconds. DICKS for their strong leadership in ment necessary to meet potential future chal- I just want to commend him for his getting us back to the regular order. lenges. This includes $2.7 billion for continued patience and his determination, and As Mr. DICKS said, next year we’re development and testing of the Joint Strike next year we’re going to get all 12 bills going to do all of the appropriations Fighter. to the floor. bills one at a time, which is just like As I mentioned before, analytically based I reserve the balance of my time. it’s supposed to be done. and rational reductions were taken to reach Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. I thank Mr. Speaker, there is so much more the subcommittee’s allocation. These include: the gentleman for his words. to talk about with regard to this bill— programs which have been terminated or re- Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the so many details—that we have written structured since the budget was submitted; chairman of the Defense Appropria- copies of a report on what it does and savings from favorable contract pricing adjust- tions Subcommittee, the gentleman what it doesn’t do, and we’ll be happy ments; contract and schedule delays resulting from Florida (Mr. YOUNG). to provide that for any Member who in fiscal year 2012 savings; unjustified cost in- Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, asks. Other than that, let’s vote for creases or funding requested ahead of need; I want to thank the gentleman, the this package and let’s get our job done. anticipated or historical under-execution; re- chairman, for yielding me the time. I want to wish you all a very Merry scissions of unneeded prior year funds; and It’s not really adequate to explain Christmas. Hopefully, I won’t have to Department-identified funds which were no this bill, this defense bill, which is the wish you a happy New Year until after longer required. largest part of this mini-bus, omnibus, we come back next year, but we’ll see For example, we reduced $435 million for or call it what you will, but thank you, how that goes. contract delays on the Army’s Ground Combat Chairman ROGERS, especially for bring- Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to represent the Vehicle; $515 million for excess Working Cap- ing back regular order in the appro- fiscal year 2012 Defense Appropriations bill ital Fund cash balances; $540 million in propriations process, which we haven’t before the House today. gram delay savings for the Enhanced Medium

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:49 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00093 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K16DE7.042 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H9892 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 16, 2011 Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance This bill is essential to maintaining Mr. Speaker, the Appropriations System (EMAARS); and $2.6 billion in the readiness and capabilities of U.S. Committee is composed of serious and unneeded prior year funds. forces. It provides for the need of our intelligent people. Our members and While representative of the reductions that men and women in uniform and their our terrific staff—I was also on the were made, these were by no means easy de- families. The bill also includes respon- staff at one time—work hard to invest cisions. Staff on both sides of the aisle, and sible reductions from the budget rein our country and to improve the lives both sides of the Capitol, worked tirelessly to quest, recognizing the fiscal realities of the people we represent. ensure that the readiness of our Nation’s mili- that our Nation faces. This is a must- As Chairman ROGERS indicated, our tary was not impacted, and its future not jeop- pass bill, which I support. members do disagree, but they ardized, in the name of budget cuts. Again, I commend Chairman YOUNG thoughtfully consider the facts; they That effort is a strong indication of the bi- and the staff of the Defense Sub- consider each other’s perspectives and partisan nature of this bill, which is the long- committee for their extraordinary positions and reach reasonable com- standing tradition of this subcommittee. And I work. This is the largest appropria- promises that improve the Government would like to thank Ranking Member DICKS for tions bill. It is essential to national se- of the United States of America. This working with us in upholding that tradition. curity. is how this entire body should conduct It is a good bill that maintains our commit- With that, I reserve the balance of itself. ments to our soldiers and their families, and my time. I especially want to thank Chairman continues to support and maintain the finest Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. ROGERS and Ranking Member DICKS military in the world. I urge its adoption. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the chair- and their staffs for leading the way. Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- man of the Energy and Water Sub- I also want to express my gratitude self such time as I may consume. committee of the Appropriations Com- to Chairman FRELINGHUYSEN, who is The Department of Defense appro- mittee, the gentleman from New Jer- also my friend and a consummate gen- priations bill is part of this package: sey (Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN). tleman; and to our subcommittee mem- This bill includes the base funding of Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I want to bers and our exceptional staffs for their $518 billion, a reduction of $21 billion thank the chairman for his support and dedication and hard work in crafting a below the President’s budget request; leadership as we work through the ap- wonderful piece of legislation. The bill also provides $115 billion for propriations process. The agreement on energy and water overseas contingency operations, $2.8 Mr. Speaker, this morning I am provides $2.3 billion for nonprolifera- billion below the budget request; pleased to support this appropriations tion activities, $30 million above last The bill balances funding essential bill that keeps our government open year’s level, ensuring that our ability for U.S. troops and their families with for business but that also substantially to counter the most serious threat con- readiness, weapons acquisition, and reduces Federal spending in almost fronting our national security, the technology development; every Department. threat of nuclear terrorism, is ade- For military personnel and family A special thanks to my ranking quately funded; programs, the bill includes full funding member and good friend, PETE VIS- The agreement provides for renew- of the military pay accounts, including CLOSKY, for his hard work, his knowl- able energy programs at level funding a 1.6 percent pay raise for our troops. edge of our energy and water bill, and from last year. The science account, so For community support programs, the his passionate support for so many pri- critical to the competitiveness of our bill includes $40 million above the re- orities. Nation, is $46 million above last year; quest for Impact Aid and $250 million Our portion of the bill has an impor- and ARPA–E provides and drives inno- to replace inadequate schools located tant national security component so vation to support our scientific com- on DOD bases that are owned and oper- that we increase funding for the safety petitiveness; ated by our local educational authori- and the reliability of our nuclear deter- The Army Corps of Engineers is fund- ties and by the U.S. Department of rent, as well as for a new generation of ed at $5 billion, a slight increase over Education; naval reactors. last year’s level, ensuring that some For readiness, the bill includes $163 While funding for the Department of ongoing projects will not be termi- billion for operations and maintenance. Energy is below the President’s re- nated. With this account, the bill includes quest, we continue to ensure that our We must invest in our infrastructure. $150 million above the request for ship Nation has a diversity of energy sup- While this bill does increase funding depot maintenance and $34 million to ply, that nuclear energy will be a crit- for Corps, we are not adequately in- fully fund the Reserve Officers’ Train- ical part of that future, and that im- vesting in infrastructure. But I do urge ing Corps program; portant research and development will the support of the legislation. For procurement and research pro- continue at our remarkable national Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. grams, the bill includes $255 million to laboratories. Additionally, our bill pro- Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the chair- prevent the shutdown of the M–1 tank vides funds for the Army Corps of Engi- man of the Homeland Security Sub- production; $1 billion for National neers to protect public safety, to keep committee, the gentleman from Ala- Guard and Reserve equipment; $200 America open for business, and to meet bama (Mr. ADERHOLT). million for Rapid Innovation Funding; emergencies. (Mr. ADERHOLT asked and was $230 million to procure equipment Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to support given permission to revise and extend needed to enhance special operations; a bill that ensures our national secu- his remarks.) $130 million above the request for ongo- rity, our safety, and our economic se- Mr. ADERHOLT. I thank the gen- ing cooperative missile defense pro- curity with fewer taxpayer dollars. tleman for yielding. grams with Israel; and $100 million Mr. DICKS. I yield 2 minutes to the I rise in strong support of the con- above the request to mature tech- distinguished gentleman from Indiana, ference report. nologies for the next-generation bomb- the ranking member of the Energy and I want to thank Chairman ROGERS, as er; Water Subcommittee, Mr. VISCLOSKY. well as Ranking Member NORMAN For overseas contingencies, the bill (Mr. VISCLOSKY asked and was DICKS, for his leadership and their com- includes $115 billion, $2.8 billion below given permission to revise and extend mitment as we went back to regular the request and $43 billion below 2011. his remarks.) order in producing this agreement. The decline compared to that of last Mr. VISCLOSKY. I thank the gen- Mr. Speaker, we had challenging ne- year reflects the withdrawal of U.S. tleman for yielding. gotiations with our colleagues from the troops from Iraq. The bill provides for There is great substance in this bill, other body, but I believe we have the withdrawal of U.S. personnel from but I really want to address the process forged a disciplined agreement that Iraq by the end of this month; the oper- and to begin my remarks by saying puts a priority on limited spending and ation of U.S. forces in Afghanistan; and how very proud I am of the Appropria- on true priorities like border security, programs to train and equip Afghan se- tions Committee of the House of Rep- immigration enforcement, and disaster curity forces so they are capable of as- resentatives and the United States relief while at the same time instilling suming security responsibility. Senate of this Congress. robust fiscal discipline and oversight.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:49 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00094 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16DE7.023 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9893 This conference report provides a statutory direction to ICE to maintain a daily chairman, Mr. ADERHOLT, for their total of $39.6 billion in discretionary detention bed capacity of 34,000 beds—the commitment to restoring regular order spending for the Department of Home- highest detention capacity in its history—to and maintaining the pattern of bipar- land Security. That is $4 billion below strengthen immigration enforcement and tisan cooperation that distinguishes the President’s request, 9.1 percent. It achieve increased removals; supporting the our committee, even in today’s is $3 billion below the FY 2010, and it is highest-ever levels of staffing for Border Patrol hyperpartisan environment. I also $2 billion below that of last year. These agents, CBP officers, and ICE agents; and want to thank our talented and dedi- are genuine reductions, not just budget fully funding major re-capitalization efforts by cated staff for drafting and negotiating gimmicks. the Coast Guard and Secret Service protective what was a very difficult package to b 1220 operations during next year’s Presidential put together. campaign. With respect to DHS, overall funding Within this contracted funding, The fiscal discipline, oversight, and spend- will drop for a second year in a row to frontline operations are made a pri- ing reductions in this conference agreement $39.6 billion. But this drop is com- ority as well, including funding and di- include: Two terminations of ineffectual and pensated for by the separate disaster rection to ICE to maintain a daily de- redundant offices at DHS; unprecedented re- relief bill we will be considering short- tention bed capacity of 34,000 beds, porting requirements for FEMA’s grant pro- ly. When these two measures are com- which is the highest detention capacity grams and disaster relief operations; numer- bined, FEMA will receive a total of $7.1 in its history. Also, funding for the ous planning, justification, and reporting re- billion for disaster relief, ensuring that highest-ever levels of staffing for Bor- quirements; and a statutory requirement for families and businesses affected by re- der Patrol agents, CBP officers, and the Secretary of Homeland Security to enforce cent disasters will receive assistance ICE agents. immigration law. vital for recovery and rebuilding. This conference agreement also ter- Finally, this conference agreement and the Beyond disaster assistance, the re- minates two ineffectual offices at the disaster supplemental bill that is also being duced allocation meant that we had to Department of Homeland Security. It considered by the House today, fully fund make some tough decisions. I’m installs unprecedented oversight at FEMA’s disaster relief requirements for fiscal pleased that sufficient funding is pro- FEMA, and it includes a statutory re- year 2012—that means that devastated areas vided in this bill for our frontline DHS quirement for the Secretary of Home- like Joplin, Missouri; numerous flooded com- employees to conduct critical oper- land Security to enforce the immigra- munities along the Mississippi River and East ations along our borders, protect our tion laws that are on the books. Coast; and tornado-ravaged towns in my Nation’s airports and seaports, and Finally, this conference agreement home state of Alabama will get the full assist- thwart cybersecurity attacks on our and the disaster supplemental bill that ance they need to rebuild and get back on Federal Government. we are also considering today fully their feet. Other accounts which were radically funds FEMA’s disaster relief require- And, this funding can be offset through re- underfunded in the House bill, have ments for 2012. That means that dev- ductions we will also consider later today—re- been increased modestly in this omni- astated areas all across the country ductions I support. bus bill but nowhere near adequate lev- will get what they need to get back on Mr. Speaker, this conference agreement els. Research and development funding their feet. And this funding can be off- represents some of the very best from this has been cut by 38 percent since 2010, set through reductions that will also be Chamber—a product forged out of intense and undermining our investments in new considered later this afternoon, which I open debate; a product that followed regular technologies targeted specifically at support. order; and a product that meets the goals and homeland security threats. And State Let me close again by thanking all objectives laid out by Speaker BOEHNER, Ma- and local grants have been reduced by those involved in this process on the jority Leader CANTOR, and Chairman ROGERS more than 50 percent from the 2010 Appropriations Committee. I would at the beginning of this Congress. level, requiring our States and commu- like to thank Ben Nicholson, with the This is a strong conference agreement and nities to delay or abandon vital pre- majority, as well as the majority staff, I urge my colleagues to support it. paredness efforts. and Stephanie Gupta, with the minor- Let me close by sincerely thanking Senators The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ity, and her staff. I would also like to LANDRIEU and COATS as well as Ranking time of the gentleman has expired. thank Senator LANDRIEU and Senator Member PRICE for their hard work and con- Mr. DICKS. I yield the gentleman an COATS, as well as the gentleman from tributions toward forging this reasonable additional 15 seconds. North Carolina, Ranking Member agreement on funding for the Department of Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. These PRICE, of course, who was my partner Homeland Security for fiscal year 2012. cuts in grants will seriously hamper in this process, for their hard work and Let me also thank Chairman ROGERS, Chair- States and communities in their pre- compromise as we worked toward forg- man INOUYE, and the House and Senate Ap- paredness efforts. We simply have to do ing this reasonable agreement. propriations front office staff for the support of better next year. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this our Subcommittee’s efforts—I sincerely appre- While this is an imperfect bill, under conference aagreement. ciate their leadership through this laborious the circumstances we know it could We had a long, challenging negotiation with process as well as their fidelity to regular have been much worse. It’s the product our colleagues from the other body, but I be- order. of bicameral and bipartisan decisions lieve we have forged a disciplined and reason- Mr. DICKS. I yield 2 minutes to the about how best to allocate our scarce able agreement, that adheres to the require- distinguished gentleman from North resources to protect the American peo- ments, constraints, and principles of the Budg- Carolina, the ranking member of the ple. With that in mind, I urge col- et Control Act; requires strict fiscal discipline; Homeland Security Subcommittee, Mr. leagues to support the omnibus bill. instills hard-hitting oversight; and prioritizes PRICE. Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. limited spending on true priorities like border Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the very security, immigration enforcement, and dis- Speaker, I am pleased that we are fi- distinguished chairman of the Finan- aster relief. nally considering an omnibus appro- cial Services Subcommittee on Appro- Mr. Speaker, this conference report provides priations bill for fiscal 2012 to fund priations, the gentlelady from Missouri a total of $39.6 billion dollars in discretionary critical Federal agencies, including the (Mrs. EMERSON). spending for the Department of Homeland Se- Department of Homeland Security. Mrs. EMERSON. Mr. Speaker, I curity. That’s $4 billion dollars, or 9.1 percent, After a year of lurching from one man- thank the chairman for yielding. I below the President’s request; $3 billion dol- ufactured crisis to another, desta- know he hasn’t enjoyed an easy task, lars, or 7.2 percent, below fiscal year 2010’s bilizing the American economy and but he has done a tremendous job in enacted level; and $2 billion dollars, or 5.0 sending Congress’ approval ratings to bringing us to this point today. So percent, below last year’s enacted level. record lows, it’s high time we restored thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. These are actualized spending reductions, some measure of regular order to this I also want to express my apprecia- not just some budget gimmicks. critical legislative function. tion to Ranking Member SERRANO and Within this contracted funding, frontline op- I applaud Chairman ROGERS, Ranking Laura Hogshead, on his staff. They erations are prioritized, including: Funding and Member DICKS, and my subcommittee have been terrific to work with. And

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Please let me also express my ap- what is most important to our national as, have done a tremendous job. preciation to Chairwoman EMERSON, security interests and the security of There are a lot of reasons to be happy who worked so well with me and our our allies and our neighbor Mexico. about this bill and to vote for it, from staff throughout this process. The bill provides security assistance the perspective of the Financial Serv- Unfortunately, because of the budget for critical allies, including full finding ices Committee. The bill reduces this agreement and the allocation that was for the U.S.-Israel memorandum of un- portion of the President’s budget re- given to the subcommittee, there are derstanding. quest by $4.2 billion. Compared to 2010, significant cuts to many important The bill also carries new language on discretionary funding in this bill is re- agencies. However, this is a much bet- the Palestinian Authority, cutting off duced by 11 percent. We are heeding the ter bill than what emerged from our their economic aid and stopping their American people’s call for a limited, committee markup, and we worked ability to have a U.S. office if they ob- more transparent, more responsive hard to provide sufficient funding in tain member state status at the United Federal Government. order to avoid layoffs of hardworking Nations. Additionally, the bill address- The bill prohibits funds for certain Federal employees. I am especially es concerns about assistance to Egypt White House czars, rescinds $25 million pleased that the health care repeal pro- and to Pakistan. from a mandatory slush fund at the Se- visions and the many anti-Dodd-Frank New restrictions are also placed on curities and Exchange Commission, provisions that were a part of the com- the U.N. and other international orga- and dedicates much-needed resources mittee-passed bill have not been in- nizations. For example, funds are with- for the counterterrorism activities at cluded in this final conference agree- held from these organizations until the Department of Treasury. The bill ment. they publicly display their audit and fi- also provides funding for the Small I am, however, distressed that this nancial reports. Business Administration’s business agreement once again interferes in the I want to thank the members of the loans program. Our small businesses local affairs of the District of Colum- State-Foreign Operations Appropria- are critical to our economy, and this bia. Although D.C. will be able to con- tions Subcommittee and, in particular, program extends accessible and afford- tinue to use its own local funds for sy- my ranking member, Mrs. LOWEY, who able credit to help them grow. ringe exchange programs, this con- has been extremely helpful in devel- As fortunate as I feel to have reached ference report prohibits them from oping this compromise. I also thank agreement with my colleagues in so using their own local funds for abor- my colleagues across the Capitol who many areas, I’m still startled and a bit tion services, a restriction that no worked in good faith for the best pos- dismayed by the White House’s refusal other American city has dictated to it sible outcomes. I believe we were suc- to submit the Consumer Financial Pro- by the Federal Government. cessful in protecting our national secu- tection Bureau, an agency whose mis- rity while providing appropriate over- b 1230 sion is to promote accountability and sight of taxpayer dollars. transparency in the financial industry, Finally, I am pleased that the provi- I want to sincerely thank the staff: to the usual and customary trans- sion reinstating the harsh Bush-era re- from Mrs. LOWEY’s staff, Steve Mar- parency measures accorded to Congress strictions on Cuban-American travel to chese, Erin Kolodjeski and Talia and the American people. Cuba and limitations on remittances Dubovi; and on my staff, Anne Marie Provisions in the House’s bill would was dropped from the conference re- Chotvacs, Clelia Alvarado, Alice Ho- have limited the budget of the bureau port. Had this provision stayed in the gans, Susan Adams, Craig Higgins, to $200 million and subjected the CFPB bill, there would have been an imme- Jamie Guinn, Johnnie Kaberle, and to annual congressional review. I’m diate shutdown of family travel to Matt Leffingwell. They all worked ap- really hard-pressed to understand why Cuba, which would have been particu- preciable hours and with great dedica- a $200 million limitation is not enough larly difficult just days before the holi- tion. for a bureau without a director, or why day season. Mr. DICKS. I yield 2 minutes to the the centerpiece of the Dodd-Frank Act Before I conclude, I would like to distinguished gentlewoman from New cannot withstand meaningful, regular take this opportunity to thank the ma- York, the ranking member of the review by the Congress, which estab- jority and minority subcommittee staff State-Foreign Operations Sub- lished it in the first place. for all of their hard work and to ac- committee, Mrs. LOWEY. The checks and balances envisioned knowledge the efforts of my own per- Mrs. LOWEY. As ranking member of by our Founders apply to every other sonal staff. the State-Foreign Operations Sub- consumer-oriented agency in the exec- Mr. Speaker, within the strict budg- committee, I want to congratulate utive branch of government. The CFPB etary limitations that were given the Chairwoman GRANGER, Chairman ROG- ought to be treated no different from committee and this section, an im- ERS, Ranking Member DICKS, and the the Federal Trade Commission, the Se- proved version, I am in favor of the outstanding majority and minority curities and Exchange Commission, the bill, and I would ask my colleagues to staff. Thank you all for working to- Commodity Futures Trading Commis- vote for it. gether with me on a bill that will help sion, the Food and Drug Administra- Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. maintain our global leadership, protect tion, and others in this important re- Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the dis- national security, and promote eco- gard. I can promise that the CFPB will tinguished chair of the State-Foreign nomic growth. be revisited again and again by Con- Ops Subcommittee, the gentlelady Our wise investments in better gress. from Texas (Ms. GRANGER). health and education systems, eco- Leaving that subject though for an- Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise in nomic opportunity in the developing other day, I do urge my colleagues to strong support of the State-Foreign world, humanitarian assistance, inter- support the bill and the savings it con- Operations division of this conference national financial institutions, devel- tains on behalf of the American people. agreement, which contains $42.1 billion opment assistance, economic support Mr. DICKS. I yield 2 minutes to the in discretionary budget authority. This funds, and international family plan- distinguished gentleman from New means that since January, spending in ning will help to save lives, develop the York, the ranking member of the Fi- this bill will decrease in this bill by next generation of U.S. trading part- nancial Services Subcommittee, Mr. $6.6 billion, or more than 13 percent. ners to boost job growth domestically, SERRANO. The agreement includes overseas con- and confront the conditions that foster Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, I would tingency operations spending for State radicalism and instability that threat- like to thank Congressman DICKS for and USAID to implement in frontline en the long-term security of the United yielding me time so that I can com- states and conflict areas. These costs States.

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Stringent conditions on contin- essential; but it will also do the most agement with $60 million to help expe- ued assistance for Egypt, the Pales- fundamental job that this Congress has dite the review of offshore exploration tinian Authority, Pakistan, and Af- to do every year, and that is to fund plans. It also fully funds the newly cre- ghanistan will help ensure account- appropriately the priorities that this ated Bureau of Safety and Environ- ability and responsible use of taxpayer Congress puts before the country. mental Enforcement at $76 million, in- dollars. In closing, let me congratulate my cluding $15 million for oil spill re- This bill is aimed at advancing our friend, HAL ROGERS from Kentucky, search. economic and strategic interests with whom I served on the Appropria- It provides authority for the collec- around the world through effective and tions Committee for over two decades, tion of $62 million in inspection fees, efficient diplomacy and development, and Mr. DICKS, with whom I have but it dedicates funding for approving and I urge my colleagues to support it. served every day of my congressional permits, expediting exploration plans, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. career. Both are decent, hardworking, and hiring much-needed inspectors and Speaker, I reserve the balance of my conscientious Representatives. They engineers while also accelerating the time. and their subcommittee chairs and approval of drilling plans. It fully funds Mr. DICKS. I yield 2 minutes to the ranking members have come together wildfire suppression at the 10-year av- gentleman from Maryland, the Demo- to present this product. erage. It cuts the NEA and NEH fund- cratic whip, Mr. HOYER, my good friend It is time to act. It is time to act ing by $17.4 million combined in this and a former member of the Appropria- positively. I will, when the roll is bill from the ’011 appropriation. tions Committee who has worked very It provides $4.3 billion to the Indian called, be supporting this piece of legis- strongly with us all year to move these Health Service. This has been a bipar- lation. bills forward. tisan effort with Mr. DICKS when he Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. I thank Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman was chairman of this committee, with the gentleman for those comments. for his comments and for yielding. Mr. MORAN when he was chairman of Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the I rise in support of this legislation. this committee, and now with me that chairman of the Interior Sub- This ought to be a lesson for us in we fully fund the Indian Health Serv- committee, the gentleman from Idaho some humility. I was the majority ices. This is a 5.8 percent increase in (Mr. SIMPSON). leader. Had I, as majority leader, this bill to address the health care Mr. SIMPSON. First, let me thank brought that bill that sits on that needs in Indian Country, including ac- Chairman ROGERS and Ranking Mem- floor, 1,207 pages, within the last 24 cess to Indian health facilities and con- ber DICKS. hours to the floor, I think the response tractual obligations to tribes. It pro- As I’ve told many Members, if this is from that side of the aisle would have vides $108 million for the Smithsonian, been harsh, accusatory, and not help- your first term or your second term or including $75 million for the construc- ful. your third term here in this body, this tion of the National Museum of African Now, why do I say that? Because it is the first time you’ve actually seen American History and Culture. happened. And it ought to be a portion an appropriation bill come to the floor It does several things for Westerners of humility for all of us to understand under an open rule, and I know that is that live in public land States relative the legislative process is difficult. We something we both want. The majority to grazing. There is a new provision bring different views and we represent party wants that, and I know the mi- that requires that the administrative different constituencies and we have nority party wants that, also. And review process first be exhausted before different priorities. while Mr. HOYER was correct, we didn’t litigating on grazing issues and pro- I rise in strong support of this bill, get them all done, we are moving in vides protection for trailing of live- and I urge my colleagues to support the right direction. And we will get stock. this piece of legislation. None of them there where every bill comes under an This, overall, is a good bill, and I have read it. Not one of us has read open rule so that Members have input think it’s one that we can all be proud every page of this bill. I see the chair- into that legislation, and that’s what of. And, again, I want to thank Mr. man raising his hand, and I take him we’re working toward. And I want to MORAN for his dedication and work on at his word. That means 434 of us will thank you for that. this. But, most of all, I want to thank have to rely on his advice and counsel. b 1240 the staff on both sides of the aisle. If And I’m sure Mr. DICKS has read it as you’re not on this committee, if you well. My point is we work by commit- But first let me also thank my part- don’t work with this committee, you tees, as President Wilson said, and ner in this effort, Mr. MORAN from Vir- don’t know how much time they put in, we’ve worked hard on this bill through ginia. He’s been a great asset in work- and they do an incredible job for Con- the year. ing out this bill. We don’t always agree gress and for the American people. My Republican colleagues, during the on every issue. I’m from Idaho, he’s MR. DICKS. I yield 2 minutes to the course of the last election, said, We’re from Virginia, and so we sometimes distinguished gentleman from Virginia, going to bring bills one at a time to the have differences of opinion. But we’re the ranking member of the Interior floor and consider them. The Labor- able to sit down and work together to Subcommittee, Mr. MORAN. Health bill that is included in a sub- solve those differences and work out a Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, I too want stantial portion of those pages, not bill that I think is in the best interests to join the chorus in commending only has it not been brought to the of the American people. Chairman ROGERS, Chairman SIMPSON, floor, it didn’t pass the subcommittee. The Interior bill conference agree- and our ranking member, NORM DICKS, Nor the full committee. Nor this floor. ment is $29.175 billion, which is $384 and the phenomenal work of the appro- But this bill has been worked on million below the FY enacted level. priations staff on both sides. Rich carefully, and I want to congratulate The conference agreement funds the Healey and Shalanda Young, for exam- Mr. ROGERS and Mr. DICKS and all of EPA at $8.45 billion, which is $233 mil- ple, have been working on this bill for the subcommittee chairs for working lion below the FY11 enacted level and the last several months, sometimes out the differences that we had so we $524 million below the President’s re- through the night. But all the pros on could do what the American people ex- quest. The bill also includes in title IV the appropriations staff, they are led pect us to do—come to agreement on a a general provision that amends the by David Pomerantz; his deputy, Les- bill that none of us perceives as perfect Clean Air Act to transfer air quality ley Turner; Bill Inglee. They are pros, but perceive as a positive step for our permitting authority as of the date of and they all deserve special recogni- country. this enactment from the Environ- tion.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:45 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00097 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16DE7.049 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H9896 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 16, 2011 Mr. Speaker, this is a vast improve- it’s less than we spent in 2010, and it’s the government and should be suffi- ment over the Interior and Environ- less money than we spent in 2009. cient to keep current services in place. ment bill considered by the House in When you look specifically at the That is why I support this bill and ask July. The agreement provides $1.7 bil- House of Representatives, which we are my colleagues to do the same. lion more than the initial House allo- all a part of, the last two cycles we I want to thank Chairman CRENSHAW cation. And $8.4 billion is provided for have reduced spending on the House of and his staff for the collegial working EPA, it’s 1.3 over the House bill. The Representatives by over 10 percent. relationship throughout this process: agreement maintains basically level When we ask other agencies of the Liz Dawson, the majority clerk; Chuck funding for the operation of the Na- Federal Government to do more with Turner and Jennifer Kisiah from the tional Park Service, and it restores less, to rein in spending, to tighten subcommittee; and Michael Kirlin from funding for the science programs in their belt, be more effective and be his personal staff. I also want to thank USGS land and water conservation more efficient, we have not exempted my staff, Shalanda Young, the minor- front programs are increased by $22 ourselves from that, and we have led by ity clerk, and Mark Nakamoto from million over last year’s level. And it’s example. Every Member’s office ac- my personal staff. important to note that we’ve restored count in this body has been reduced by Mr. Speaker, while not perfect, this funding for endangered species and 10 percent these last 2 years. The lead- bill is the result of a lot of hard work critical habitat listings. ership offices have had their funding and compromise. I thank my col- Subcommittee Chairman MIKE SIMP- reduced by 10 percent, and the commit- leagues on both sides of the aisle. tees as well, even the Appropriations SON spearheaded a bipartisan effort in b 1250 support of funding for Native American Committee, has been reduced by even programs. And as a result, the Indian more than 10 percent. So I think this is Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Health Service is increased by 6 per- another step forward to fund our prior- Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gen- cent, important increases in education, ities but exercise spending discipline. tleman from Oklahoma (Mr. COLE), a public safety, and tribal government. I certainly want to thank my rank- very hardworking member of the Ap- This agreement doesn’t abandon our ing member, Mr. HONDA, for his co- propriations Committee. commitment to the arts. operation and hard work and thank all Mr. COLE. I thank the gentleman for In fact, NEA and NEH are each given our staff members for their dedication yielding. $11 million over the House allocation. and commitment, and I urge my col- Mr. Speaker, first of all, I’d like to It’s equal to the President’s request. leagues to support this very good bill. congratulate Chairman ROGERS and Just as important, though, as what is Mr. DICKS. I yield 2 minutes to the Ranking Member DICKS for an excep- included in this agreement is what is gentleman from California, the rank- tionally hard job which yielded, frank- not. The conferees dropped more than ing member of the Legislative Branch ly, a very good product. two dozen unacceptable environmental Subcommittee, Mr. HONDA. This bill spends less—$70 billion riders that were a part of the House Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, today Con- less—than the President requested and bill. Gone are the greenhouse gas, the gress is considering a bill to keep the $6 billion less than we spent last year. Grand Canyon uranium mining, the government running for the remainder It’s the second year in a row we’ve ac- mountain top mining removal riders to of the fiscal year. That is our basic re- tually cut discretionary spending. name just a few. This is not to say that sponsibility as Members of Congress. I The bill cuts by 5 percent the funding the bill is completely devoid of any en- am pleased that we are operating under for EPA regulatory programs which vironmental restrictions, but this is a regular order in considering the con- have passed some wildly unpopular and compromise. And I can say that in ference report. The American people costly rules. The bill eliminates 23 pro- nearly every instance what has been want us to work together. This pack- grams totaling more than $240 million. included is significantly improved over age is a reflection of what we can ac- And while this bill cuts wasteful spend- what was originally proposed. complish through hard work and coming, it actually focuses additional The SPEAKER pro tempore. The promise. funds on things that count—defending time of the gentleman has expired. The Legislative Branch appropria- our country, helping some of our most Mr. DICKS. I yield the gentleman an tions bill will provide the Congress and vulnerable and challenged citizens, and additional 15 seconds. its agencies with $4.3 billion to work providing funds to educate some of our Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, I want to with, which is a reduction from the most disadvantaged young people. say this. This is the way things were previous fiscal year. I have hope for The bill provides a 1.6 percent pay in- meant to be done in this body. Politics more funds for the Congressional Budg- crease for the military, as requested by was meant to be the art of compromise, et Office and the Government Account- the President, and funds the Defense with people acting in good faith for the ability Office, which have experienced Health and Military Family programs betterment of their country. That’s increased demands from Members dur- at $1.1 billion above FY2011 and $283 what this omnibus appropriations bill ing these budget-focused times. How- million above the President’s request. is all about. And so it deserves to be ever, I am glad we restored funding for Along with supporting our Armed passed unanimously. agencies that were the targets of the Forces, this bill exceeds FY2011 levels Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. most extreme cuts proposed in the for our veterans. With $58 billion in dis- Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the chair- original House bill. cretionary spending, this bill fully man of the Legislative Branch Sub- This conference report restores $18 funds $2.1 billion above last year’s level committee on Appropriations, the gen- million to the Government Printing Of- for those who have served our country. tleman from Florida (Mr. CRENSHAW). fice, $12 million to the Library of Con- In addition, the Indian Health Serv- Mr. CRENSHAW. I thank the chair- gress, averting layoffs the original ice is funded at $4.3 billion, an increase man for yielding the time, and I thank House bill would have caused. Capitol of nearly 6 percent. I particularly want him for his leadership. Police funding remains at last year’s to thank Chairman SIMPSON and Rank- I urge all of my colleagues to support level of $340.1 million. It is the only ing Member MORAN for their hard ef- this conference report because I think legislative branch agency that was not forts. The original House bill was actu- it takes another step to change this cut from last year’s level. ally even higher; it’s our friends in the culture of spending that we’ve had in This conference report includes lan- Senate who actually reduced funding this town to a culture of savings. And guage requiring the Chief Administra- here. The House really did a great job we actually spent less money this year tive Officer and the Sergeant At Arms in this area. than we spent last year. to take on more of a leadership role in Finally, I want to note TRIO funding When you look at the Legislative setting policies regarding district of- was increased in a difficult environ- Branch Subcommittee, which I chair, fice security, including helping Mem- ment by $15 million. you’ll find that we reduced spending bers renegotiate leases to secure more Mr. Speaker, this is a good bill. It this year by 71⁄2 percent. In fact, the favorable terms on security require- reprioritizes our spending away from money that we spend on the legislative ments. This bill provides the basic wasteful programs that don’t work to- branch is less than we spent last year, level of funding for the leg branch of ward things that are truly important

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:45 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00098 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16DE7.052 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9897 for the American people. I urge its pas- cut by 17 percent, are now only cut by ing units, 80 replacement units, and sage. I thank my friends for their hard 3 percent. And this agreement retains improvements to 216 family housing work. key investments in the Affordable Care units. Mr. DICKS. Will the gentleman Act implementation and in title X. For Veterans Affairs, the conference yield? I’m glad to see the National Insti- agreement provides a total of $122.2 bil- Mr. COLE. I yield to my friend from tutes of Health receive a funding in- lion for the FY12 programs of the De- Washington. crease of $299 million; and a new Na- partment of Veterans Affairs, of which Mr. DICKS. I just want to commend tional Center for Advancing $58.5 billion is discretionary funding. the gentleman for his work in support Translational Science, as proposed by The agreement also contains $52.5 of Indian Country, both the Indian Director Francis Collins, is established. billion in advance funding for the VA, Health Service and the BIA. You have NIH can now keep funding life-saving the identical level that was requested been a tireless advocate. Our sub- research and pushing the frontiers of by the President for the VA medical committee on the Interior has had bi- medical knowledge. accounts. partisan work on this issue, and I com- Perhaps no other investments we Mr. Speaker, I am also pleased that mend you for your strong leadership on make are as important as the ones we the conference agreement provides that important issue. make in our children. This agreement $45.8 million for Arlington National Mr. COLE. I thank the gentleman includes a $16 million increase for the Cemetery, which is $700,000 over last very much and appreciate that. Childcare and Development Block year’s level. I urge passage of the bill. Grant, providing desperately needed Finally, Mr. Speaker, the conference Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 31⁄2 aid to working parents for safe and re- agreement fully funds the Armed minutes to the distinguished gentle- liable child care. It provides a $424 mil- Forces Retirement Home request and woman from Connecticut, the ranking lion increase for Head Start, allowing includes $14.6 million for the Armed member of the Labor, Health and our kids to continue a path to aca- Forces Retirement Home to facilitate Human Services Appropriations Sub- demic success. the repairs at the D.C. campus to re- committee, Congresswoman ROSA It includes a $60 million increase to pair damages sustained by the earth- DELAURO. title I, supporting schools serving low- quake in August. Ms. DELAURO. I thank the ranking income children, and a $100 million in- Mr. Speaker, let me just thank the member. And I want to say a thank crease to IDEA, supporting children committee and the subcommittee staff you to my colleague, Congressman with special needs. for all of their hard work in putting DICKS, and to the chairman, Mr. ROG- One of the hardest issues for this con- the bill together in a bipartisan, bi- ERS, also to the staff, both majority ference has been Pell Grants. The cameral, cooperative way, taking lead- and minority, for their tireless work in agreement maintains the maximum ership from our chairman and our this effort, including David Pomeranz, grant amount of $5,550. For too many ranking member, who have worked Steve Crane, David Reich, Lisa students I have met, even a $100 cut tirelessly to get this appropriations Molyneux and Letty Mederos, Susan would have derailed their prospects for process back to regular order. Frost as well. They did unbelievable higher education. At the same time, we I urge the adoption of the conference work in this effort. have made some targeted cost-saving report, and I urge all my colleagues to I rise in support of this budget for changes to the program that should support it. It’s a good bill. Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. FY2012. It funds the government at a eliminate the funding shortfall for this Speaker, I continue to reserve the bal- level consistent with the Budget Con- year and perhaps next year as well. trol Act without many of the damaging I am pleased to see that the virtual ance of my time. Mr. DICKS. I yield 11⁄2 minutes to the and extraneous ideological riders that elimination of the Corporation for Na- distinguished gentlewoman from Ohio marked earlier efforts. tional and Community Service pro- (Ms. KAPTUR), who is the next ranking Make no mistake, there are real cuts posed in the majority’s draft has been member on the Democratic side on the here, including hard cuts to vital pro- rolled back. Instead of ending House Appropriations Committee. grams like the LIHEAP program, the AmeriCorps, it will continue. Low-Income Home Energy Assistance I intend to support this conference b 1300 Program. Still, I believe this legisla- agreement and would encourage others Ms. KAPTUR. I thank my dear friend tion has been improved. to do so as well. and colleague Congressman DICKS. In terms of Labor, Health and Human Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. I rise in support of this conference re- Services, and Education, the agree- Speaker, I reserve the balance of my port. ment restores $2.9 billion in cuts made time. This bill is welcome news and helps in the chairman’s draft. These restora- Mr. DICKS. I yield 2 minutes to the restore confidence that America can tions are key investments in job cre- distinguished gentleman from Georgia, govern. It is essential to economic ation, education, and the health and the ranking member of the Military growth and job creation in our country, well-being of families that will lead us Construction and Veterans’ Affairs and the bill cuts overall discretionary to recovery. We know, especially as Subcommittee, Mr. BISHOP. spending by $7 billion over last year over 13 million of our fellow Americans Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. I thank the and also $98 billion less than the Presi- look for work, that investments in gentleman for yielding. dent’s FY12 budget proposal. human capital like job training and re- Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this This bill demonstrates the Appro- employment services are part of the conference agreement. The MILCON/ priations Committee is still one of the core, essential role for government. VA section of the conference agree- few that properly functions in this in- They help responsible people succeed. ment includes a discretionary total of stitution, and I can’t thank enough And I am pleased that this agreement $71.7 billion, a decrease of $1.4 billion Chairman HAL ROGERS and Ranking restores the 74 percent cut to job train- below last year’s level and a decrease Member NORM DICKS for their bipar- ing programs that was proposed in the of $2.1 billion below the President’s re- tisan leadership and hard work, along original chairman’s bill, which was quest. with their staff, to bring this House to never considered before the committee. For Military Construction, the con- regular order. Health care is no longer short- ference agreement provides $13.1 billion This legislation includes vital fund- changed. With an aging population and for military construction projects. And ing for the defense of our Nation and a nursing shortage before us, we need reductions to the budget request are our domestic imperative. The bill in- to make wise investments in our possible because of savings on projects cludes support for our Great Lakes health workforce. The programs that that were appropriated in previous ports, as in Cleveland, Lorain, San- help to train primary care doctors, years. dusky, and Toledo, as well as around nurses, and other health providers, cut However, even with these reductions, the country, and invests in their infra- by 61 percent in the majority’s draft, the agreement funds family housing structure necessary to modernize those are now only cut by 6 percent. Funding construction at $1.7 billion, which pro- facilities to increase our exports and for vital mental health services, once vides for a total of 48 new family hous- increase jobs.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:45 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00099 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16DE7.053 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H9898 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 16, 2011 It also includes environmental res- Does the language of section 8110 of larly, this bill slashes funding for virtually every toration funding needed for the Great division A of this bill require any fur- environmental safety initiative the federal gov- Lakes to allow economic revitalization ther authorization? ernment has pursued to protect public safety, as we create more maritime jobs and Mr. DICKS. I thank the gentlelady including those promoting clean air and water. nature tourism. The bill keeps our from Guam for raising this question. Thankfully, this bill maintains level funding for commitment to establish America’s en- It is our intent that section 8110 of the National Institutes of Health and our com- ergy independence with robust invest- division A of this bill has the required munity health centers, as such services will ments in renewable energy in solar, authorization and should be executed likely be in more demand due to unwise—or wind, and biomass. The investments in by the Department of Defense as speci- unhealthy, to be more precise—decisions technology for those represent not just fied in division A of this bill to support made elsewhere in the bill. jobs for today, but for tomorrow. civilian infrastructure requirements on While this bill maintains our commitment to As we grow our economy forward, Guam. our servicemembers, veterans, and their fami- budget certainty matters for fiscal Ms. BORDALLO. I thank the gen- lies, it actually undermines their hard work by year 2012. I urge my colleagues to sup- tleman for the clarification. further hollowing out our international aid pro- port this so that we can govern our Na- Mr. DICKS. I yield back the balance grams. The bill cuts $6 billion from two of the tion and the Nation’s interests. of my time. three pillars of our national security agenda: Mr. DICKS. I yield 1 minute to the Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. diplomacy and development. While the bill gentlewoman from California (Ms. Speaker, I yield back the balance of provides new funding for counterterrorism, hu- LEE), a distinguished member of the my time and urge an ‘‘aye’’ vote on the manitarian assistance and civilian programs in Appropriations Committee. measure. Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, it cuts more Ms. LEE of California. Let me thank Mr. DICKS. I urge an ‘‘aye’’ vote too. than 15% from the State Department budget the gentleman for yielding and also Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise in oppo- and continues the disinvestment in USAID by thank our chairman and ranking mem- sition to the Conference Report on H.R. 2055, putting a freeze on hiring and closing 3 over- ber and subcommittee chairs, really, the Consolidated Appropriations Act. I support seas missions. Such cuts jeopardize the sta- for bringing together a bipartisan bill a number of provisions included in this bill bility achieved in Iraq and Afghanistan and our to the floor. But I cannot support the such as the $10 million for the Gulf War Vet- engagement in the power shift under way in bill because, once again, poor and low- erans’ Illness Research Program. Yet I cannot the Middle East through the Arab Spring. How income communities are taking the support legislation that includes billions of dol- can we expect to foster moderate political brunt of the terrible cuts. lars for our military operations overseas. movements in the Middle East if we don’t in- While there are good provisions in I remain concerned over the funding for the vest in development and diplomacy? this bill, what we have, however, is a Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) fund The same foolhardy choices are applied bill loaded with special interest, Tea at DoD and the State Department included in with respect to assistance for our local part- Party Republican riders at the expense this bill. H.R. 2055 includes a total of $126.3 ners. This bill cuts assistance for our commu- of low-income people, especially billion for the OCO account, which is used to nity first responders by 40%, and it reduces women of color, right here in Wash- support our military operations in Afghanistan federal support for local fire station personnel ington, D.C. and Iraq. The U.S. has spent a total of 19 and equipment by 17%. Our local police and Cutting off low-income women in years combined in Iraq and Afghanistan, at a fire personnel represent the front lines of our Washington, D.C. from access to the total of more than $1.3 billion. As official mili- homeland security, and the federal govern- same health and reproductive services tary operations in Iraq draw to a close, we ment must continue to be a full partner in that available throughout the country is have to note that Iraq is not much closer to a effort. The bill does, however, increase ever really not critical to preventing a shut- so slightly federal assistance for local class- democracy than it was when we first invaded down. Forcing the continuation of ab- rooms by boosting Title I funding and adding the country in 2003. Similarly, we would be stinence-only sex education that fails $100 million in special education aid. While foolish to think that our support of the corrupt to meet the needs of young people, the federal government still falls considerably central government and continued military that’s not critical to preventing the short of meeting its commitment of funding intervention in Afghanistan would result in sta- government shutdown. Increasing the 40% of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu- bility. spread of HIV and hepatitis C through cation Act, this bill inches us closer and re- I urge my colleagues to join me in opposing dirty needles is not critical to pre- lieves pressure on local taxpayers to foot the this bill. venting a government shutdown. bill for this unfunded mandate. Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, Finally, let me just say this bill con- So you see, Mr. Speaker, these are difficult this appropriations bill presents us with a num- tinues to fund over $2 billion a week, choices that merit further debate than this cur- ber of difficult, if not outright conflicting, mind you, $2 billion a week on a war rent process allows. This is certainly not the choices. Certainly I and other members would without end in Afghanistan. We must bill I would have drafted, but it is the one we prefer to have debated each of these bills indi- allow the Afghan people to control have been presented. I believe the positives vidually with an opportunity to offer amend- their own destiny and immediately do outweigh the negatives ever so slightly. ments.—6 of 12. The spending decisions begin to pull our great young men and Faced with an up-or-down vote to support this being made today will have far reaching impli- women in uniform out of harm’s way. package or shut down the federal government, Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, may I in- cations for all Americans, whether it’s access I will unenthusiastically support this bill. The quire how much time remains. to a community health center, quality class- public expects us to conduct the Nation’s busi- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- room instruction or support for local police and ness, and this bill does accomplish that. But tleman from Washington has 1 minute firefighters. Some of these priorities enjoy bi- the public also expects us to do it in a respon- remaining, and the gentleman from partisan agreement, but some do not. We sible manner, and this process has been any- Kentucky has 1 minute remaining. ought to have those debates, Mr. Speaker, so thing but that, and I hope my Republican col- Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. the public can be more informed and have leagues more fully engage in this debate on Speaker, I advise the gentleman from time to weigh in with their thoughts to better spending priorities when Congress reconvenes Washington that I have no further re- inform our decisions. next year. I suspect such an exercise will bet- quests for time. In reviewing this bill, I once again come to ter inform our public, which will better inform Mr. DICKS. I yield 1 minute to the the conclusion that the Republican leadership our politics and our decisions. gentlelady from Guam (Ms. BORDALLO) in the House knows the cost of everything yet Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, the conference re- for a colloquy. the value of nothing. For example, the Energy port accompanying H.R. 2055 clearly states Ms. BORDALLO. I thank the gen- and Water bill preserves level funding for the that Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has tleman very much. renewable energy program to support re- the ability to create the Afghanistan/Pakistan Section 2207 of the recently passed search and development of alternative fuels in Study Group. I worked closely with members FY12 Defense authorization bill re- support of America’s energy independence. of the House and Senate to include the fund- stricts transfer of funding from the De- Yet the same bill undercuts the foundation of ing for this important panel and I am extremely partment of Defense to support civilian our Nation’s economic innovation by cutting pleased that it is now possible for it to become infrastructure requirements on Guam, half the budget for the Advanced Research a reality. except funding specifically authorized Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA–E) and re- Despite numerous requests for Secretary in law. ducing funds for basic science research. Simi- Panetta to create this panel using his existing

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He ne- Aside from the specific policy recommenda- administration that revealed a lack of clar- glects to mention whether his definition of tions of the panel, the ISG helped force a mo- ity about the end game in Afghanistan. How ‘‘fresh eyes’’ includes those who devised and ment of truth in our national conversation much more so is this true for the rest of the implemented the current U.S. strategy. It is about the war effort. country? An APSG is necessary for precisely clear that his strategy in Afghanistan and Paki- I believe our nation is again facing such a that reason. We are nine years into our na- stan has not yet been successful—and the moment in the Afghanistan war effort, and tion’s longest running war and the American American people are concerned about the out- that a similar model is needed. In recent people and their elected representatives do days I have spoken with a number of knowl- not have a clear sense of what we are aiming come. edgeable individuals including former senior to achieve, why it is necessary and how far I also include for the RECORD my initial letter diplomats, public policy experts and retired we are from attaining that goal. Further, an to President Obama outlining the importance and active military. Many believe our Af- APSG could strengthen many of our NATO of the Af/Pak Study Group, as well as letters ghanistan policy is adrift, and all agreed allies in Afghanistan who are also facing of support from prominent foreign policy ex- that there is an urgent need for what I call dwindling public support, as evidenced by perts. This panel presents the Obama Admin- an Afghanistan-Pakistan Study Group the recent Dutch troop withdrawal, and istration with the opportunity to engage the (APSG): We must examine our efforts in the would give them a tangible vision to which brightest minds outside of government in re- region holistically, given Pakistan’s stra- to commit. tegic significance to our efforts in Afghani- Just as was true at the time of the Iraq viewing current strategy in South Asia and stan and the Taliban’s presence in that coun- Study Group, I believe that Americans of all bring their considerable experience to bear to try as well, especially in the border areas. political viewpoints, liberals and conserv- ensure that we have the best possible strategy This likely will not come as a surprise to atives alike, and varied opinions on the war going forward in this vitally important region. you as commander in chief. You are well ac- will embrace this ‘‘fresh eyes’’ approach. Mr. Speaker, Secretary Panetta now has quainted with the sobering statistics of the Like the previous administration’s support clear ability and funding to create the Afghani- past several weeks—notably that July sur- of the Iraq Study Group, which involved tak- stan/Pakistan Study Group. I believe we owe passed June as the deadliest month for U.S. ing the group’s members to Iraq and pro- troops. There is a palpable shift in the na- viding high-level access to policy and deci- it to our servicemembers and their families to tion’s mood and in the halls of Congress. A consider all opinions on how to achieve suc- sion makers, I urge you to embrace an Af- July 2010 CBS news poll found that 62 per- ghanistan-Pakistan Study Group. It is al- cess in Afghanistan in Pakistan. cent of Americans say the war is going badly ways in our national interest to openly as- CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, in Afghanistan, up from 49 percent in May. sess the challenges before us and to chart a HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Further, last week, 102 Democrats voted clear course to success. Washington, DC, August 4, 2010. against the war spending bill, which is 70 As you know, the full Congress comes back Hon. BARACK H. OBAMA, more than last year, and they were joined by in session in mid-September—days after The President, The White House, Washington 12 members of my own party. Senator Lind- Americans around the country will once DC. say Graham, speaking last Sunday on CNN’s again pause and remember that horrific DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: On September 14, ‘‘State of the Union,’’ candidly expressed morning nine years ago when passenger air- 2001, following the catastrophic and delib- concern about an ‘‘unholy alliance’’ emerg- lines became weapons, when the skyline of erate terrorist attack on our country, I ing of anti-war Democrats and Republicans. one of America’s greatest cities was forever voted to go to war in Afghanistan. I stand by I have heard it said that Vietnam was not changed, when a symbol of America’s mili- that decision and have the utmost con- lost in Saigon; rather, it was lost in Wash- tary might was left with a gaping hole. The fidence in General Petraeus’s proven leader- ington. While the Vietnam and Afghanistan experts with whom I have spoken in recent ship. I also remain unequivocally committed parallels are imperfect at best, the shadow of days believe that time is of the essence in to the success of our mission there and to history looms large. Eroding political will moving forward with a study panel, and the more than 100,000 American troops sacri- has consequences—and in the case of Afghan- waiting for Congress to reconvene is too long ficing toward that end. In fact, it is this istan, the stakes could not be higher. A year to wait. As such, I am hopeful you will use commitment which has led me to write to ago, speaking before the Veterans of Foreign an executive order and the power of the bully you. While I have been a consistent sup- War National Convention, you rightly said, pulpit to convene this group in short order, porter of the war effort in both Afghanistan ‘‘Those who attacked America on 9/11 are and explain to the American people why it is and Iraq, I believe that with this support plotting to do so again. If left unchecked, the both necessary and timely. Should you comes a responsibility. This was true during Taliban insurgency will mean an even larger choose not to take this path, respectfully, I a Republican administration in the midst of safe haven from which al Qaeda would plot intend to offer an amendment by whatever the wars, and it remains true today. to kill more Americans. So this is not only vehicle necessary to mandate the group’s In 2005, I returned from my third trip to a war worth fighting . . . this is fundamental creation at the earliest possible opportunity. Iraq where I saw firsthand the deteriorating to the defense of our people.’’ Indeed it is The ISG’s report opened with a letter from security situation. I was deeply concerned fundamental. We must soberly consider the the co-chairs that read, ‘‘There is no magic that Congress was failing to exercise the nec- implications of failure in Afghanistan. Those formula to solve the problems of Iraq. How- essary oversight of the war effort. Against that we know for certain are chilling—name- ever, there are actions that can be taken to this backdrop I authored the legislation that ly an emboldened al-Qaeda, a reconstituted improve the situation and protect American created the Iraq Study Group (ISG). The ISG Taliban with an open staging ground for fu- interests.’’ The same can be said of Afghani- was a 10-member bipartisan group of well-re- ture worldwide attacks, and a destabilized, stan. spected, nationally known figures who were nuclear-armed Pakistan. I understand that you are a great admirer brought together with the help of four rep- Given these realities and wavering public of Abraham Lincoln. He, too, governed dur- utable organizations—the U.S. Institute for and political support, I urge you to act im- ing a time of war, albeit a war that pitted Peace, the Center for the Study of the Presi- mediately, through executive order, to con- brother against brother, and father against dency, the Center for Strategic and Inter- vene an Afghanistan-Pakistan Study Group son. In the midst of that epic struggle, he re- national Studies, and the Baker Institute for modeled after the Iraq Study Group. The lied on a cabinet with strong, often times op- Public Policy at Rice University—and participation of nationally known and re- posing viewpoints. Historians assert this charged with undertaking a comprehensive spected individuals is of paramount impor- served to develop his thinking on complex review of U.S. efforts there. This panel was tance. Among the names that surfaced in my matters, Similarly, while total agreement intended to serve as ‘‘fresh eyes on the tar- discussions with others, all of whom more may not emerge from a study group for Af- get’’—the target being success in Iraq. than meet the criteria described above, are ghanistan and Pakistan, I believe that vig- While reticent at first, to their credit ISG co-chairs Baker and Hamilton; former orous, thoughtful and principled debate and President Bush, State Secretary Rice and Senators Chuck Robb, Bob Kerrey and Sam discussion among some of our nation’s great- Defense Secretary Rumsfeld came to support Nunn; former Congressman Duncan Hunter; est minds on these matters will only serve the ISG, ably led by bipartisan co-chairs, former U.S. ambassador Ryan Crocker, the national interest. The biblical admoni- former Secretary of State James Baker and former Secretary of Defense James Schles- tion that iron sharpens iron rings true. former Congressman Lee Hamilton. Two inger, and General Keane. These names are Best wishes. members of your national security team, simply suggestions among a cadre of capable Sincerely, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and CIA men and women, as evidenced by the make- FRANK R. WOLF, Director Leon Panetta, saw the merit of the up of the ISG, who would be more than up to Member of Congress. ISG and, in fact, served on the panel. Vice the task. P.S. We as a nation must be successful in President Biden, too, then serving in the I firmly believe that an Afghanistan-Paki- Afghanistan. We owe this to our men and Senate, was supportive and saw it as a means stan Study Group could reinvigorate na- women in the military serving in harm’s way to unite the Congress at a critical time. A tional confidence in how America can be suc- and to the American people.

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CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE Pakistan and India are inextricably linked. tionally, this assessment requirement would PRESIDENCY AND CONGRESS, . . . you cannot establish policies in a stove duplicate already ongoing, periodic assess- Washington, DC, June 1, 2011. pipe manner. The Study Group will imme- ments, such as the semi-annual section 1230 Hon. FRANK WOLF, diately recognize that fact and accommodate ‘‘Report on Progress Toward Security and U.S. House of Representatives, Cannon House it. Stability in Afghanistan.’’ Office Building, Washington, DC. It is important to understand that conflict In your letters, you also mention the work DEAR FRANK: To say that the May 2, 2011 occurs at three levels. . . . Strategic, Oper- and writings of Ambassador Peter Tomsen. targeted elimination of Osama bin Laden by ational, and Tactical. Too often we look at In early October, Deputy Assistant Sec- a team of U.S. Navy SEALs was welcome the tactical level . . . see the heroism and retary of Defense (DASD) for Afghanistan, news would be the understatement of the accomplishments of our servicemen and Pakistan, and Central Asia, David Sedney, 21st century. The death of a terrorist icon women . . . and make conclusions re. the spoke to Ambassador Tomsen at length on a that had directed the murder of thousands of conduct of the war. Unfortunately, that is variety of issues, including Ambassador American, European, and Muslim civilians NOT the way to look at this current conflict. Tomsen’s recommendations in his book, The has also caused almost immediate specula- Like Vietnam, we can do a solid job at the Wars of Afghanistan. tion as to what his demise will mean for the Tactical Level and lose the war at the Oper- If you would like to discuss further the international mission in Afghanistan. ational and Strategic Levels. This is where way forward in Afghanistan and with Paki- Within hours of President Obama’s an- we find ourselves today in Afghanistan . . . stan—and hear more about the discussion nouncement of bin Laden’s death, pundits and the path to any kind of victory is closely with Ambassador Tomsen—please let the De- and politicians from both the Right and Left linked to success in Pakistan and India. The partment know, and DASD David Sedney are calling for a speedier withdrawal in the possibility of achieving such success across will provide you a comprehensive brief. Thank you again for your thoughtful let- wake of the al-Qaeda leader’s demise. How- all three countries is small . . . certainly fol- ters, as well as for your unwavering Support ever, many are concerned that such a move lowing the policies in place today (and yes- of our courageous men and women in uni- would risk reversing the gains that have terday.) form. been made by our nearly ten-year military Again, I applaud your work and on behalf Sincerely, effort and could cause Afghanistan to once of those young men and women who are sac- LEON E. PANETTA, again remerge as a destabilizing pariah that rificing so far from home, I thank you. Secretary of Defense. violates human rights and threatens inter- Semper Fidelis, national security. CHARLES C. KRULAK, Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to As the country becomes increasingly di- General, USMC (Ret.), clarify the intent of language included in the vided over the issue of our involvement in 31th Commandant of conference report on H.R. 2055, the Consoli- Afghanistan, many questions have been the Marine Corps, dated Appropriations Act for FY12, regarding raised regarding our relationship with Paki- 13th President, Bir- the management of forest roads. stan. Despite spending billions in aid and se- mingham-Southern In May of 2011 the Ninth Circuit Court of College. curity assistance, America’s approval rating Appeals issued a final ruling in NEDC v. in Pakistan is a mere 17%. Furthermore the discovery of Osama bin Laden in a compound SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, Brown declaring for the first time that forest located less than a mile from the Pakistan 1000 DEFENSE PENTAGON, roads used for timber management are point Military Academy has dramatically ampli- Washington, DC. sources and must have permits under section fied concerns that elements of the Pakistani Hon. FRANK R. WOLF, 402 of the Clean Water Act. The State of Or- Inter-Services Intelligence service may be U.S. House of Representatives, egon and the industry defendants have now maintaining links with al-Qaeda and other Washington, DC. asked the Supreme Court to review this deci- violent extremist organizations. While many DEAR REPRESENTATIVE WOLF: Thank you sion. On Monday, December 12, the Supreme understand that cutting off or reducing aid for your letters regarding our strategy in Af- ghanistan and your proposal to create an Af- Court issued an order seeking the views of the to Pakistan would be risky, the American Solicitor General signaling the possibility that public is unlikely to tolerate continued per- ghanistan-Pakistan Study Group. ceived double-dealing on the part of the Pak- To address your main point, I have exam- the Court will review the case. However, the istani security services. New creative and ined our policy with fresh eyes, and I believe Ninth Circuit’s decision remains in effect. independent thinking is needed to overcome the current U.S. strategy is indeed the best Section 429 of Division E exempts the current deadlock. way forward. The United States and our Coa- stormwater discharges from forest roads and As the country struggles to find the appro- lition partners are seeing clear progress other forestry activities from any such permit priate way forward in Afghanistan and Paki- through our strategy in Afghanistan, par- requirement for the rest of the fiscal year. This stan, I am heartened by your efforts to es- ticularly in our core goal of disrupting, dis- will ensure that neither EPA nor any state is tablish a bipartisan and independent Afghan- mantling, and ultimately defeating al-Qaida and its extremist affiliates. Our surge forces, forced to impose a permitting requirement istan-Pakistan Study Group that will take a while the Supreme Court is considering wheth- comprehensive look at America’s current along with those of our Allies and partners and future role in the region. and the expanding Afghan National Security er to review the Ninth Circuit’s decision. With I had the privilege of helping organize the Forces, have reversed the insurgency’s mo- such an abrupt change in interpretation of the Iraq Study Group (ISG), which the proposed mentum and continue to build on our gains. Act, it is important that there be an opportunity Af-Pak Study Group would be modeled after, There has also been a marked decline in vio- for the Supreme Court to weigh in. We en- and feel that a similar such effort would be lence in Afghanistan so far in 2011, compared courage the Supreme Court to proceed with of great help today. to the same period last year. We have also its determination of whether to review of the Such a group can provide an effective uni- made steady progress in assisting Afghani- case, and this provision should in no way fying rallying point that will enable the stan’s development of its own forces, which country to come together in support of a have begun assuming the lead for security deter the Court’s proceedings. comprehensive strategy that will guard our for more than a quarter of the Afghan popu- Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speak- interests in the region and foster a more sta- lation, with the transition of seven provinces er, Yucca Mountain is the repository for our ble and secure world. and municipalities having occurred this past nation’s high level defense nuclear waste and With warm regards, summer. spent nuclear fuel under current law. This con- Sincerely yours, I agree with your concern that one of the ference report does not change that fact. Re- DAVID ABSHIRE. greatest risks to the progress we have made gardless of the politically-based preferences of is from terrorist and militant groups who the Obama Administration, the Senate Majority find safe havens in Pakistan. To that end, we BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN Leader or the Chairman of the Nuclear Regu- COLLEGE, are working hard with Pakistan to improve Birmingham, AL, July 25, 2011. the level of cooperation to close these safe latory Commission, terminating Yucca Moun- Congressman FRANK R. WOLF, havens and promote the emergence of a sta- tain would require Congress to amend the Nu- Cannon House Office Building, ble and durable political solution in Afghani- clear Waste Policy Act. Washington, DC. stan, which is beneficial not only to the Mr. Speaker, if it in fact were the position of DEAR CONGRESSMAN WOLF: Thank you so United States, but also to the region. Congress to support termination of Yucca much for your letter of July, 20, 2011 for- Given that the Coalition is making undeni- Mountain, surely we would have acted to warding me your letter to Secretary Pa- able progress, the Chairman of the Joint amend the law. Congress has not amended netta. You asked for my thoughts on the pro- Chiefs of Staff and I continue to think that the Nuclear Waste Policy Act—or even con- posed Af/Pak Study Group and here they are: creating an Afghanistan-Pakistan Study I think you are spot on! It should be obvi- Group, as described in your letter and sidered terminating Yucca Mountain. ous to everyone concerned that the time has amendment to the FY 2012 Defense Appro- Decades were spent studying potential loca- come to do a professional evaluation of the priations bill, is not necessary. Our view is tions for a national repository—and Yucca current policy in the region. When I mention that the establishment of such a group would Mountain was determined to be the best solu- ‘‘region’’, I believe it is important to include divert attention and resources from the im- tion. Congress designated Yucca Mountain in India. At the end of the day, Afghanistan, plementation of our current strategy. Addi- 1987 as the national repository and has voted

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The final Our wise investments in better health and House that prohibits the use of funds to close agreement restores most of the funds. education systems, economic opportunity in Yucca Mountain. Explicit language like this, The conference report drops many of the the developing world, humanitarian assistance, though, is not required as it continues to be il- mean-spirited policy riders aimed at women, international financial institutions, development legal for the Department of Energy to termi- including those that would have prevented assistance, economic support funds, and inter- nate the project—and thus illegal for the De- Planned Parenthood from offering preventive national family planning will help to save lives, partment to spend federal dollars for that pur- care, allowed health professionals to deny develop the next generation of U.S. trading pose. The Department of Energy has funding safe and legal care to women, blocked funding partners to boost job growth domestically, and leftover from previous years should it choose for the United Nations Population Fund, and confront the conditions that foster the radi- to comply with the law and continue the Yucca restored the global gag rule. While removing calism and instability that threaten the long- Mountain licensing process regardless of this these riders is a positive step, unfortunately term security of the United States. bill. the final bill continues to prohibit the District of This bill also fully funds our agreements with Mr. Speaker, the fact that the final bill clari- Columbia from using its own, non-federal vital allies including Israel, Jordan, and Egypt, fies that the Chairman of the Nuclear Regu- funds for a full range of reproductive health and supports governance and development latory Commission cannot terminate any services. activities in Egypt to aid the transition to de- project without a majority vote of the Nuclear Another area where the bill is significantly mocracy. Regulatory Commission should not be over- improved compared to the extremely poor However, we do not write blank checks. looked. Over a year ago, the Atomic Safety House proposal is homeland security, al- Stringent conditions on continued assistance and Licensing Board rejected the Department though it may still be insufficient. for Egypt, the Palestinian Authority, Pakistan of Energy’s motion to withdraw the Yucca li- In these difficult fiscal times, federal home- and Afghanistan will help ensure accountability cense application. That ruling should have land security resources must be prioritized for and responsible use of tax-payer dollars. been finalized after the Nuclear Regulatory those areas that face the highest threat of an The bill is far from perfect, but it is a rea- attack. I am pleased that the final agreement Commission voted sustain it with two-to-two sonable compromise. I urge your support. includes altered language to ensure funds are Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in tie vote with one Commissioner abstaining. distributed by the Secretary on the basis of strong support of the reauthorization of the The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Com- threat, vulnerability and consequence. Lautenberg Amendment, a lifeline for Iranian mission refused to release the results of their However, I am concerned about practical Jews, Christians, Baha’is and other religious vote on the matter for almost a year. Instead, implementation of this new block grant as it minorities under threat of the Iranian regime. the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Com- combines the State Homeland Security Grant Life in Iran for Jews, Christians and Baha’is mission has acted unilaterally to shut down Program, which has a statutory minimum fund- is dangerous. Each year, the State Depart- the ongoing review of the Yucca Mountain ap- ing requirement for each state, with risk-based ment cites Iran as a ‘‘Country of Particular plication. This unprecedented, bureaucratic programs such as the Urban Area Security Ini- Concern’’ for its ‘‘systematic and egregious and orchestrated stall tactic has been ques- tiative. violations of religious freedom.’’ President tioned by Congress and former and current The conference report continues funding for Ahmadinejad has engaged in a campaign of members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commis- the Securing the Cities program, a vital initia- virulent anti-Semitism, and according to the sion. tive building the capability for New York’s first 2011 Annual Report of the United States Unfortunately, in congressional hearings just responders to detect illicit radiological mate- Commission on International Religious Free- this week we learned that this abuse of power rials and weapons, which is a top priority for dom, ‘‘Since the disputed June 12, 2009 elec- is the rule—not the exception—when it comes Mayor Bloomberg, Commissioner Kelly, and tions, human rights and religious freedom con- to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chair- me. ditions in Iran have regressed to a point not man. It extends well beyond the policy and It is unfortunate that during an economic cri- seen since the early days of the Islamic revo- safety issue of Yucca Mountain and instead, sis, some are fixated on mining near the lution.’’ The regime has a history of targeting absent serious changes, it appears to be put- Grand Canyon, eliminating clear air protec- religious minorities for harassment, imprison- ting the entire mission of the NRC at risk. tions, and prioritizing fossil fuel technology. Ul- ment or worse. Mr. Speaker, I’m hopeful that Congress will timately the most egregious environmental rid- The Lautenberg Amendment provides an continue vigorous oversight over the Nuclear ers were removed, but we must do more to in- escape route for these vulnerable individuals. Regulatory Commission and continue to take vest in clean, renewable energy sources that First enacted in 1989, and extended to include all actions possible to ensure that the federal will create high-paying research, development, Iran in 2003, the provision establishes a pre- government keeps its existing legal obligation manufacturing, and servicing jobs and in- sumption of refugee eligibility for certain cat- to move forward with Yucca Mountain. crease our competitiveness in the global mar- egories of historically religiously persecuted Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support ketplace. minorities. of the conference agreement. While it has I am pleased that the Small Business Ad- The Fiscal Year 2011 funding measure only many flaws, it represents a substantial im- ministration receives an additional $189 million authorized the program for 45 days, leaving provement from the grossly inadequate House to support small businesses, provide disaster thousands of Iranians seeking escape at great spending bills. assistance, and improve access to capital. In risk when it expired on June 1. Although I op- Our top priority must be to grow our econ- Westchester and Rockland Counties, I have pose this Fiscal Year 2012 spending bill due omy and create jobs, and the underlying bill seen firsthand what government can do to cre- to its deep cuts to programs, and its riders makes critical investments, including: ate jobs. Small Business Administration loan prohibiting the use of federal funds for repro- Providing the National Institutes of Health programs help economic development organi- ductive health services in the District of Co- with an additional $299 million, which will in- zations provide micro-loans to emerging small lumbia, needle exchange programs and en- ject $45 million into New York’s economy; businesses, and SBA 7(a) and 504 loans help forcement of light bulb efficiency standards, I Investing in early childhood education by small businesses receive access to capital to welcome the reinstatement of this critical pro- maintaining Head Start slots, child care grants, expand the create jobs. vision. and continuing quality education programming In addition, Westchester and Rockland Our nation was founded by individuals es- by supporting the Corporation for Public Counties benefit from the Long Island Sound, caping religious persecution. Their experience, Broadcasting; which contributes almost $5 billion a year to and desire to practice their beliefs freely, Increasing resources for the two major fed- the regional economy through boating, com- undergirds our shared values of religious liberal K–12 grants, Title I and IDEA; mercial and sport fishing, and tourism. This bill erty and tolerance. The United States has a Continuing the maximum Pell Grant award provides nearly $4 million for the EPA to con- long and proud history of welcoming groups of $5,500, which helps approximately nine mil- tinue its program to clean the Long Island escaping religious discrimination—and emi- lion students afford college; and Sound and strengthen its ecosystem for gen- grating so that they may worship freely—and Restoring most of the proposed Republican erations to come, as well as funds to clean up the Lautenberg Amendment is an extension of reductions to youth and adult job training serv- and improve navigable waterways, including this tradition. I applaud the reauthorization of ices. the Hudson River. this critical program.

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These reduc- and the challenges faced by communities and tion around funding the federal government tions undermine the Federal partnership with the federal government to clean up UXO on was consumed by policy riders and petty local communities and will make it more dif- former military sites, I am very pleased to see projects championed by narrow interest ficult to clean the air and water and protect im- our government willing to lead by example and groups. Congress should be investing in the portant public lands. invest in necessary environmental cleanup. foundations of American prosperity and the in- While overall I am concerned about the For too long, former military bases are left lit- frastructure that supports the success of indi- funding levels for the Environmental Protection tered with dangerous, unexploded munitions vidual Americans. Rebuilding and renewing Agency, I am pleased that the Committee and toxic chemicals. The government has a our nation’s badly eroded infrastructure, maintained funding for EPA’s Office of Smart responsibility to clean up theses sites and re- strengthening our nation’s healthcare system, Growth, part of the Interagency Partnership turn the land to the local community so it can protecting our environment, streamlining and between HUD, DOT and EPA. The funds allo- put it to use and boost their economy. reforming the Department of Defense, and en- cated to the Office of Smart Growth and the WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE suring that our financial watchdogs have the Interagency Partnership recognize the model Water is essential to just about every kind of resources they need to rein in financial bad that the Partnership presents. At a time of development assistance. If developing coun- actors are all necessary investments and key dwindling government funds, we need to en- tries don’t have access to clean water or ade- obligations of our nation’s government. I’m sure that our programs are working in concert, quate sanitation facilities, it doesn’t matter how pleased that this funding package dropped that we reduce red tape when possible, and many schools we build or vaccines we pass many of the damaging and narrow riders that that we are encouraging communities to use out. Those investments are wasted because would have hurt our environment, women, and federal dollars to address multiple areas: eco- children can’t learn if they have to stay home our diplomatic relationships, and, while I am nomic development, public health, transpor- to collect water, or can’t ingest retroviral medi- still disappointed that Congress could not do tation planning, environmental protection, af- cations because of waterborne disease. Water more, this compromise marks a step forward fordable housing and community planning. I must be a priority in any development discus- from the terrible choices outlined in the Re- am pleased that the Committee has recog- sion, and I extremely pleased to see this legis- publican budget earlier this year. nized the importance of the Office of Smart lation do just that by setting aside $315 million Growth and its associated offices at HUD and DEFENSE to provide greater access for the world’s poor- DOT. est. One of the greatest areas of disappointment With bipartisan support including that of for me in this legislation is defense spending. It is vital that Congress renew its focus on President George W. Bush, Congress amend- investing in the infrastructure that underpins This bill provides more funding for our military ed the Lacey Act—which bars trade in illegal America’s growth. I reluctantly support this than nearly the rest of the world combined, wildlife products—in 2008 to include a ban on legislation but I urge my colleagues to redou- and represents a missed opportunity for much illegally harvested wood. These amendments needed reform. The greatest threat to our fu- ble their efforts to renew and rebuild America. have helped U.S. businesses compete on a The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. ture is losing control of our ability to make level playing field, saved over $1 billion annu- tough decisions that will enable us to sustain DOLD). All time for debate has expired. ally, and protected thousands of U.S. jobs. Pursuant to House Resolution 500, our military and, more importantly, to sustain Crucial to continuing these successes comes the economy. Wasteful weapons programs the previous question is ordered. from investing in the enforcement of this law. The question is on the conference re- that continue to arm us for the Cold War, I am happy to see $200 million for enforce- port. unsustainable deployment strategies, and the ment, but it’s my belief that we ought to be The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- tragic ongoing funding for an unwinnable war making a greater investment. ant to clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas in Afghanistan could have been addressed. FINANCIAL SERVICES and nays are ordered. Sadly, this bill fails to set down a marker for Excessive risk-taking by banks coupled with Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, fur- real change, and forfeits and opportunity to lax regulations contributed to the financial cri- ther proceedings on this question will lead responsibly. sis that devastated millions of families. Con- be postponed. EDUCATION gress passed the Dodd-Frank Act to give fed- f I am pleased that this bill protects the Pell eral regulatory agencies the tools they need to Grant program and maintains the current protect consumers and the global financial CORRECTING THE ENROLLMENT $4,860 maximum. In addition, the small in- system. This bill increases the resources of OF H.R. 3672 creases in IDEA and Title I funding, while far the Securities Exchange Commission by 8 Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. less than what are necessary, are a significant percent, which will aid enforcement and imple- Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution improvement compared to earlier Republican mentation of Dodd-Frank. Despite some im- 500, I call up the concurrent resolution proposals. While many of the programs are provements, I retain significant concerns with (H. Con. Res. 94) directing the Clerk of facing cuts, I appreciate the continued funding the legislation. I urge my colleagues to con- the House of Representatives to make for the Arts in Education program, as well as tinue buttressing the budgets of critical agen- corrections in the enrollment of H.R. the programs that support teacher develop- cies like the Internal Revenue Service, the 3672, and ask for its immediate consid- ment and special education. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and eration. ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY the Securities and Exchange Commission, to The Clerk read the title of the con- With regard to environment and energy, this ensure adequate policing of financial markets current resolution. bill could have been worse. I’m pleased that and limit the risk of another global financial The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- many of the most egregious riders were re- collapse. ant to House Resolution 500, the concurrent resolution is considered read. moved from the Interior-Environment and En- PUBLIC BROADCASTING The text of the concurrent resolution ergy and Water titles. It is inappropriate to use The omnibus legislation takes a refreshing is as follows: the appropriations process to make policy and break from partisan politics when it comes to score political points. I am strongly opposed to making a critical investment in our public H. CON. RES. 94 the legislative riders that remain, including lan- broadcasting system. After a long year of Resolved by the House of Representatives (the fighting hard to protect funding and to Senate concurring), That, in the enrollment of guage that would stop the Department of En- the bill (H.R. 3672) making appropriations for ergy from enforcing new efficiency standards depoliticize this issue, I am extremely pleased disaster relief requirements for the fiscal for light bulbs. These standards stemmed from to see $445 million for the Corporation for year ending September 30, 2012, and for other a non-controversial and bi-partisan initiative in Public Broadcasting, CPB, the advanced ap- purposes, the Clerk of the House of Rep- 2005 and this rider is sadly indicative of how propriation for CPB, Fiscal Year 2013 funding resentatives shall make the following correc- partisan and politically-motivated the legisla- untouched, and flat-level funding for Ready to tions: tive process has become. Learn, a program which brings award-winning (1) In the heading for title III, strike I am also extremely disappointed in the educational content into underserved class- ‘‘PROVISION’’ and insert ‘‘PROVISIONS’’. rooms. (2) After section 301, insert the following funding levels for important environmental and new section: public health protections. The Environmental UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE ‘‘SEC. 302. (a) ACROSS-THE-BOARD RESCIS- Protection Agency suffers an almost 20 per- As the founder and co-chairman of the SION.—There is hereby rescinded an amount cent cut, including significant reductions for Unexploded Ordnance, UXO, Caucus, which equal to 1.83 percent of—

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:45 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00104 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16DE7.021 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9903 ‘‘(1) the budget authority provided for fis- forward and get this bill passed. So I Provided further, That the Assistant Sec- cal year 2012 for any discretionary account don’t object to this particular provi- retary of the Army for Civil Works shall sub- in any fiscal year 2012 appropriation Act (ex- sion. I hope we can move forward. mit to the Committees on Appropriations of cept the Department of Defense Appropria- I yield back the balance of my time. the House of Representatives and the Senate tions Act, 2012 and the Military Construction a monthly report detailing the allocation and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. I yield and obligation of these funds, beginning not Appropriations Act, 2012); and back the balance of my time, urging later than 60 days after the date of the enact- ‘‘(2) the budget authority provided in any support. ment of this Act. advance appropriation for fiscal year 2012 for The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE any discretionary account (other than for for debate has expired. For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation the Department of Veterans Affairs) in any Pursuant to House Resolution 500, and Maintenance’’ for necessary expenses to prior fiscal year appropriation Act. the previous question is ordered. dredge navigation channels in response to, ‘‘(b) PROPORTIONATE APPLICATION.—Any rescission made by subsection (a) shall be ap- The question is on the concurrent and repair damage to Corps projects result- plied proportionately— resolution. ing from, a major disaster declared pursuant ‘‘(1) to each discretionary account and The question was taken; and the to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and each item of budget authority described in Speaker pro tempore announced that Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et. such subsection; and seq.), $534,000,000, to remain available until the ayes appeared to have it. expended: Provided, That such amount is des- ‘‘(2) within each such account and item, to Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. each program, project, and activity (with ignated by the Congress as being for disaster Speaker, on that I demand the yeas relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the programs, projects, and activities as delin- and nays. eated in the appropriation Act or accom- Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit panying reports for the relevant fiscal year The yeas and nays were ordered. Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That covering such account or item, or for ac- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- the Assistant Secretary of the Army for counts and items not included in appropria- ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- Civil Works shall submit to the Committees tion Acts, as delineated in the most recently ceedings on this question will be post- on Appropriations of the House of Represent- atives and the Senate a monthly report de- submitted President’s budget). poned. ‘‘(c) EXCEPTIONS.—The rescission in sub- tailing the allocation and obligation of these section (a) shall not apply to budget author- f funds, beginning not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. ity provided for fiscal year 2012 that is des- DISASTER RELIEF ignated by the Congress as being for— FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2012 ‘‘(1) disaster relief pursuant to section For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Con- 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. trol and Coastal Emergencies’’, as authorized Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985; or Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution by section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 (33 ‘‘(2) Overseas Contingency Operations/ 500, I call up the bill (H.R. 3672) making U.S.C. 701n), for necessary expenses to pre- Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section appropriations for disaster relief re- pare for flood, hurricane, and other natural 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and disasters and support emergency operations, Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. quirements for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other pur- repair, and other activities as authorized by ‘‘(d) SUBSEQUENT APPROPRIATIONS LAWS.— law, in response to a major disaster declared In the case of any fiscal year 2012 appropria- poses, and ask for its immediate con- pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster tion law enacted after the enactment of this sideration. Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 section, any rescission required by sub- The Clerk read the title of the bill. U.S.C. 5121 et. seq.), $388,000,000, to remain section (a) shall take effect immediately The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- available until expended: Provided, That such after the enactment of such law. amount is designated by the Congress as ‘‘(e) OMB REPORT.—Not later than 30 days ant to House Resolution 500, the bill is after the date of the enactment of this Act, considered read. being for disaster relief pursuant to section the Director of the Office of Management The text of the bill is as follows: 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Pro- and Budget shall submit to the Committees H.R. 3672 on Appropriations of the House of Represent- vided further, That the Assistant Secretary of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- atives and the Senate a report specifying the the Army for Civil Works shall submit to the resentatives of the United States of America in account and amount of each rescission made Committees on Appropriations of the House pursuant to subsection (a).’’. Congress assembled, That the following sums of Representatives and the Senate a monthly are appropriated, out of any money in the report detailing the allocation and obliga- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the tion of these funds, beginning not later than tleman from Kentucky (Mr. ROGERS) fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for 60 days after the date of the enactment of and the gentleman from Washington other purposes, namely: this Act. (Mr. DICKS) each will control 10 min- TITLE I—DISASTER RELIEF TITLE II—COMBATING WASTE, FRAUD, utes. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND ABUSE The Chair recognizes the gentleman SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION from Kentucky. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. DISASTER RELIEF FUND LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES Speaker, I yield myself 2 minutes. For an additional amount for the ‘‘Disaster For an additional amount for continuing I rise to present H. Con. Res. 94. This Relief Fund’’ for major disasters declared disability reviews under titles II and XVI of bill contains a legislative provision to pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster the Social Security Act and for the cost as- Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 sociated with conducting redeterminations offset the $8.1 billion in disaster fund- of eligibility under title XVI of the Social ing provided by H.R. 3672, which we will U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $6,400,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such Security Act, not more than $483,484,000 may consider shortly. amount is designated by the Congress as be expended, as authorized by section This offset is funded by a 1.83 percent being for disaster relief pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any across-the-board cut to all of fiscal 2012 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and one or all of the trust funds referred to base discretionary spending, except the Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. therein: Provided, That such amount is additional new budget authority specified for Department of Defense, Military Con- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL purposes of subsection 251(b)(2)(B) of the Bal- struction and Veterans Affairs. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Such an offset ensures that we are anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control living within our means while still pro- CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL Act of 1985, and shall be treated for such pur- MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES poses as being included under this heading in viding for the hundreds of thousands of the Departments of Labor, Health and For an additional amount for ‘‘Mississippi Americans affected by recent natural Human Services, and Education, and Related River and Tributaries’’ for necessary ex- disasters with the help that they need. Agencies Appropriations Act, or any con- penses for repair of damages to Federal I ask my colleagues to join me in tinuing appropriation Act, for fiscal year projects resulting from a major disaster de- supporting this resolution, which, in 2012. clared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford effect, pays for the disaster funding Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISION which will come later. Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et. seq.), $802,000,000, to re- SEC. 301. Each amount appropriated or I reserve the balance of my time. main available until expended: Provided, made available in this Act is in addition to Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- That such amount is designated by the Con- amounts otherwise appropriated for the fis- self such time as I may consume. gress as being for disaster relief pursuant to cal year involved. It is the opinion of our side that this section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disaster Re- is unnecessary, but we’ve got to move and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: lief Appropriations Act, 2012’’.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:14 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00105 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16DE7.064 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H9904 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 16, 2011 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- provide funding to respond to natural for the Army Corps over the budget re- tleman from Kentucky (Mr. ROGERS) disasters. This bill recognizes that request and over last year’s level. How- and the gentleman from Washington sponsibility. ever, despite the best efforts of the sub- (Mr. DICKS) each will control 30 min- I urge strong support of this legisla- committee, we are still $443 million utes. tion. below that provided to the Corps in fis- The Chair recognizes the gentleman I reserve the balance of my time. cal year 2010. At these levels, we are from Kentucky. Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. not close to addressing the Corps back- Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the dis- log of navigation and flood control Speaker, I yield myself such time as I tinguished chairman of the Financial projects. That is why I am pleased may consume. Services Subcommittee on Appropria- today to rise in support of this bill that I rise to present H.R. 3672, the Dis- tions, the gentlelady from Missouri does provide $1.7 billion in Corps disaster Relief Appropriations Act, which (Mrs. EMERSON). aster relief funding. This has been an is the third bill in our final appropria- Mrs. EMERSON. Thank you, Mr. extraordinary flood season. Further, in tions package for fiscal year 2012. Chairman. August, Hurricane Irene caused signifi- This bill provides a total of $8.1 bil- I’m so relieved that this measure cant damage. lion in funding for critical aid and re- today will provide desperately needed Assuming there are no additional covery assistance for disaster emer- funds for emergencies and disasters natural disasters in 2012, this funding gencies. Of this total, $6.4 billion will which occurred all over the country appears adequate to address damages go to FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund. this past year. within Presidential declared disaster This includes funding for fire assist- For most Americans, the thought of areas. However, my colleagues should ance, emergency declarations, major the suffering caused by tornadoes and be aware there are damages to the tune disasters, surge operations, and dis- floods fades with the newspaper head- of $233 million which must be addressed aster readiness support. lines. Months later, though, so many in at locations outside declared disaster b 1310 our country are still trying to recover areas for which the bill does not pro- from storms and events that took them In addition, these funds will help vide funding. from their homes, their livelihoods, cover costs from large-scale previous Again, we must note that there are their safety, or all of the above. This disasters such as the summer 2011 tor- no moneys provided for emergencies funding and a reminder of their plight nadoes and Hurricane Irene. that may occur between now and Octo- are very important to call to mind as We’ve had a historic chain of disas- ber 1 of 2012. We know that, poten- we vote upon this measure. ters in this country over the last year tially, wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, I’d like to recognize these folks in or so. floods, and earthquakes will occur. So I The legislation also provides $1.7 bil- southern Missouri who have been will simply conclude by saying that lion in funding for disaster recovery as- through it all and have set such a removing forward—and again, I strongly sistance through the Army Corps of markable example and have really support this bill—we must, as an insti- Engineers. This funding will help re- come out fighting. We have: tution, have the intestinal fortitude to pair damage to critical infrastructure Wendell Choate, who’s over 80 years budget for emergencies in anticipation caused by recent storms and floods and old, and his daughter Beth, who runs of them on an annual basis. will help prepare for future disaster their sweet corn farm of several thou- Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. events. This total adheres to the total sand acres. All of it was destroyed; Speaker, I am prepared to yield back if disaster funding level agreed to under Brother Bennett, who lived in the the gentleman is. the Budget Control Act this past sum- floodway for over 80 years. He lost his Mr. DICKS. I have no further re- mer. home; quests for time, and I yield back the I urge my colleagues to support this Milus and Wanda Wallace. They lost balance of my time. legislation, to provide our commu- their home and so much of their land Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. nities and families with the support was damaged by scouring; Speaker, I yield back the balance of they need as they recover from these Lynell and Mary Robinson, along my time and urge an ‘‘aye’’ vote. devastating natural disasters. with the entire historic black commu- Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, I voted to I reserve the balance of my time. nity of Pinhook, including the Wil- support funding our Nation’s disaster relief Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- liams and the Strahorns; programs for an additional year. However, I self such time as I may consume. Randy Sutton, Ellot Rafferty, the remain unsatisfied by the work Congress has This year natural disasters have had Story family, the Dugan family, Eddie engaged in this year regarding our Nation’s devastating impacts on the lives of Marshall, Lester Goodin, Carlin Ben- budgeting for disaster. The funding we in- many Americans. Today we are consid- nett, our presiding commissioner, and cluded this year for the Federal Emergency ering a bill that provides relief to those Kevin Mainard, mayor of East Prairie Management Agency and the Army Corps of severely damaged communities. and a farmer in the floodway. Engineers is significant, but it is likely that the In total, the bill provides $8.1 billion Mr. DICKS. I yield 4 minutes to the cost of next year’s disasters outstrip even in vital funding to rebuild areas af- distinguished gentleman from Indiana, those significant sums. fected by numerous horrific disasters the ranking member of the Energy and Worldwide, disasters last year caused a in 2011, as well as funding long-term re- Water Subcommittee, Mr. VISCLOSKY. record $350 billion in damage, much of it not building needs that date back as far as Mr. VISCLOSKY. I rise in strong sup- covered by insurance. In the U.S., two storms Hurricane Katrina. Of the $8.1 billion, port of the legislation. alone—the tornadoes of April and May—in the $6.4 billion is for FEMA. I would like to begin my remarks by Southeast cost more than $14 billion. These This funding will meet the Federal indicating that I consider investing in losses were absorbed by those who suffer commitment to restore impacted areas our water infrastructure as a key com- from the disaster, by insurers, and by Federal after hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, ponent in disaster relief, that is if we agencies. In the end, the taxpayers are on the and severe snowstorms. Almost every can avoid disasters in the first place. hook to protect our communities, to aid those State and territory will receive a por- We prevent harm, and we certainly who have lost loved ones, homes, and pos- tion of this funding. With the adoption save the taxpayers much money. sessions, and to rebuild what is lost. The of this bill, families and businesses will Several years ago, perhaps, if we had amount we have appropriated this year will be receive the funding they need for vital made an adequate investment in water insufficient to accommodate these tasks in the recovery and rebuilding efforts. infrastructure, we might not have year ahead; when the money runs out, Con- The bill also provides $1.7 billion to avoided the issue of spending more gress will have to take action in an emergency repair damage to Corps of Engineers fa- money in one city in this country in setting to ensure an adequate Federal re- cilities, roughly equal to the need iden- one year, New Orleans, than we did on sponse. tified by the Corps within Presi- every water project in the United What is needed is not merely an increase in dentially declared disaster areas. States of America combined. these budgets. Congress must find the time In nearly every year since 1997, the In the omnibus bill that we have just and resources to focus on prevention, and to Congress has recognized the need to considered, we have increased funding strengthen the programs that minimize this

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:14 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00106 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K16DE7.059 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9905 damage when inevitable storms and disasters adoption of the conference report on Ros-Lehtinen Sewell Upton befall us. Our emergency response should be the bill (H.R. 2055) making appropria- Roskam Sherman Van Hollen Ross (AR) Shimkus Visclosky robust, but our preventative efforts should be tions for military construction, the De- Rothman (NJ) Shuler Walden irreproachable and I urge my colleague to help partment of Veterans Affairs, and re- Roybal-Allard Shuster Walz (MN) prevent the next disaster, not merely respond lated agencies for the fiscal year end- Runyan Simpson Wasserman Ruppersberger Sires to it. ing September 30, 2012, and for other Schultz Rush Slaughter Watt Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support Ryan (WI) Smith (NE) purposes, on which the yeas and nays Webster Sa´ nchez, Linda Smith (NJ) of this disaster relief measure and urge all of were ordered. Welch T. Smith (TX) my colleagues to support it. The Clerk read the title of the bill. West The $8.1 of funding contained in this meas- Sanchez, Loretta Smith (WA) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Sarbanes Stivers Whitfield ure for FEMA and the Corps of Engineers is question is on the conference report. Scalise Sullivan Wilson (FL) vitally important to a lot of communities around Schiff Sutton Wolf The vote was taken by electronic de- the country, including those communities in Schock Thompson (MS) Womack vice, and there were—yeas 296, nays Schrader Thompson (PA) Woodall Missouri River Basin in Iowa and other States. 121, not voting 16, as follows: Schwartz Thornberry Yarmuth FEMA monies go a long way in restoring Scott (VA) Tiberi Yoder communities hit by natural disasters, both in [Roll No. 941] Scott, Austin Tierney Young (AK) terms of individual aid and assistance to com- YEAS—296 Scott, David Tonko Young (FL) Serrano Tsongas Young (IN) munities for infrastructure repair and rebuild. Ackerman Dreier Levin Sessions Turner (NY) The funds for the Corps of Engineers in the Aderholt Duffy Lewis (CA) bill are also important, particularly for restora- Alexander Edwards Lipinski NAYS—121 tion of flood control infrastructure, and damage Altmire Ellmers LoBiondo Adams Goodlatte Petri Andrews Emerson Loebsack Akin Gowdy Pingree (ME) to other infrastructure. Baca Engel Long Amash Graves (GA) Poe (TX) This past spring and summer in southwest Bachus Eshoo Lowey Amodei Griffith (VA) Polis Baldwin Farenthold Lucas Iowa, the residents experienced enormous Austria Grijalva Posey Barletta Farr Luetkemeyer damage to their communities, their homes, Bartlett Guinta Quayle Barrow Fattah Luja´ n Berg Hahn their farms and their small businesses. The Barton (TX) Fincher Lungren, Daniel Quigley Bishop (UT) Harris Rangel damage that resulted has climbed well into the Bass (CA) Fitzpatrick E. Boustany Holden Reed Bass (NH) Fleischmann Lynch Brooks Huelskamp multi-millions—and is still rising in some Ribble cases. That is why this money is especially Becerra Flores Maloney Broun (GA) Huizenga (MI) Benishek Forbes Marino Bucshon Hultgren Richardson meaningful. It shows that we in the Congress Berkley Foxx Matsui Buerkle Hurt Rivera are aware of the needs at the local level, and Berman Frelinghuysen McCarthy (CA) Burton (IN) Johnson (OH) Ross (FL) will provide the assistance required. Biggert Gallegly McCarthy (NY) Campbell Jones Royce I intend to continue to work with my fellow Bilbray Garamendi McCaul Capuano Jordan Ryan (OH) Bilirakis Gerlach McCollum Chabot Kind Schakowsky committee members, and the Water Re- Bishop (GA) Gibbs McDermott Chaffetz King (IA) Schilling sources Subcommittee in the Transportation & Bishop (NY) Gibson McGovern Clarke (MI) Kinzinger (IL) Schmidt Infrastructure Committee to restore flood con- Black Gonzalez McIntyre Clarke (NY) Kucinich Schweikert Blackburn Gosar McKeon Cleaver Labrador Scott (SC) trol infrastructure in S.W. Iowa, and to carry Blumenauer Granger McKinley Coffman (CO) Lamborn Sensenbrenner out the necessary repairs and rebuild activi- Bonner Graves (MO) McMorris Cooper Landry Southerland Bono Mack Green, Al Rodgers ties. Costello Lee (CA) Stark The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Boren Green, Gene McNerney Cravaack Lewis (GA) Boswell Griffin (AR) Meehan Stearns WOODALL). All time for debate has ex- DeFazio Lofgren, Zoe Stutzman Brady (PA) Grimm Meeks DesJarlais Lummis Terry pired. Brady (TX) Hall Mica Doyle Mack Thompson (CA) Pursuant to House Resolution 500, Braley (IA) Hanabusa Michaud Duncan (SC) Manzullo Tipton the previous question is ordered. Brown (FL) Hanna Miller (FL) Duncan (TN) Marchant Towns The question is on the engrossment Buchanan Harper Miller (MI) Ellison Markey Burgess Hartzler Miller (NC) Flake Matheson Turner (OH) and third reading of the bill. ´ Butterfield Hastings (FL) Miller, George Fleming McClintock Velazquez The bill was ordered to be engrossed Calvert Hastings (WA) Moore Fortenberry McCotter Walberg and read a third time, and was read the Camp Hayworth Moran Frank (MA) McHenry Walsh (IL) third time. Canseco Heck Murphy (CT) Franks (AZ) Miller, Gary Waters The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Cantor Heinrich Myrick Fudge Mulvaney Waxman Capito Hensarling Nadler Gardner Murphy (PA) Westmoreland question is on the passage of the bill. Capps Herrera Beutler Neal Garrett Neugebauer Wilson (SC) Pursuant to clause 10 of rule XX, the Carnahan Higgins Nugent Gingrey (GA) Noem Wittman yeas and nays are ordered. Carney Himes Nunes Gohmert Pence Woolsey Carter Hinchey Olson Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, fur- Castor (FL) Hinojosa Olver NOT VOTING—16 ther proceedings on this question will Chandler Hirono Owens Bachmann Filner Napolitano be postponed. Chu Hochul Palazzo Cardoza Giffords Nunnelee Cicilline Holt Pallone Carson (IN) Guthrie Paul f Clay Honda Pascrell Cassidy Gutierrez Speier ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Clyburn Hoyer Pastor (AZ) Coble Herger Cohen Hunter Paulsen Davis (KY) Johnson, E. B. PRO TEMPORE Cole Inslee Payne The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Conaway Israel Pearce b 1346 ant to clause 8 of rule XX, proceedings Connolly (VA) Issa Pelosi Conyers Jackson (IL) Perlmutter Messrs. KINZINGER of Illinois, DUN- will resume on questions previously Costa Jackson Lee Peters CAN of South Carolina, TOWNS, Ms. postponed. Courtney (TX) Peterson RICHARDSON, Messrs. SOUTHER- Votes will be taken in the following Crawford Jenkins Pitts LAND and COFFMAN of Colorado order: adoption of the conference re- Crenshaw Johnson (GA) Platts Critz Johnson (IL) Pompeo changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to port to accompany H.R. 2055; adoption Crowley Johnson, Sam Price (GA) ‘‘nay.’’ of House Concurrent Resolution 94; and Cuellar Kaptur Price (NC) Messrs. MILLER of Florida, GON- passage of H.R. 3672. Culberson Keating Rahall ZALEZ, RICHMOND, CONYERS, RUSH The first electronic vote will be con- Cummings Kelly Rehberg Davis (CA) Kildee Reichert and WATT changed their vote from ducted as a 15-minute vote. Remaining Davis (IL) King (NY) Renacci ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ electronic votes will be conducted as 5- DeGette Kingston Reyes So the conference report was agreed minute votes. DeLauro Kissell Richmond to. Denham Kline Rigell f Dent Lance Roby The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2055, Deutch Langevin Roe (TN) Diaz-Balart Lankford Rogers (AL) A motion to reconsider was laid on CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIA- Dicks Larsen (WA) Rogers (KY) the table. TIONS ACT, 2012 Dingell Larson (CT) Rogers (MI) Doggett Latham Rohrabacher Stated for: The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Dold LaTourette Rokita Mr. CASSIDY. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. finished business is the question on Donnelly (IN) Latta Rooney 941 I was unavoidably detained.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:14 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00107 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A16DE7.050 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H9906 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 16, 2011 Had I been present, I would have voted Brady (TX) Hayworth Platts Hahn Markey Ryan (OH) Brooks Heck Poe (TX) Hanabusa Matsui Sa´ nchez, Linda ‘‘yea.’’ Broun (GA) Hensarling Pompeo Hastings (FL) McCarthy (NY) T. Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, on Buchanan Herrera Beutler Posey Heinrich McCollum Sanchez, Loretta December 16, 2011, I missed rollcall vote 941. Bucshon Huelskamp Price (GA) Higgins McDermott Sarbanes I was detained because of physical illness and Buerkle Huizenga (MI) Quayle Himes McGovern Schakowsky Burgess Hultgren Quigley Hinchey McNerney Schiff could not make it to the floor. Had I been Burton (IN) Hunter Reed Hinojosa Meeks Schrader present, I would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall Calvert Hurt Rehberg Hirono Michaud Schwartz 941. Camp Issa Reichert Hochul Miller (NC) Scott (VA) Stated against: Campbell Jenkins Renacci Holden Miller, George Scott, David Canseco Johnson (IL) Ribble Holt Moore Serrano Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall 941, I Cantor Johnson (OH) Rigell Honda Moran Sewell was away from the Capitol due to prior com- Capito Johnson, Sam Rivera Hoyer Murphy (CT) Sherman mitments to my constituents. Had I been Carney Jones Roby Inslee Nadler Sires Carter Jordan Roe (TN) Israel Neal Slaughter present, I would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ Cassidy Kelly Rogers (AL) Jackson (IL) Olver Stark Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, Chabot Kind Rogers (KY) Jackson Lee Pallone Sutton December 16th, 2011, I was absent during Chaffetz King (IA) Rogers (MI) (TX) Pascrell Thompson (CA) rollcall vote No. 941 in order to attend an im- Coffman (CO) King (NY) Rohrabacher Johnson (GA) Pastor (AZ) Thompson (MS) Cole Kingston Rokita Kaptur Payne Tierney portant event in my district. Had I been Conaway Kinzinger (IL) Rooney Keating Pelosi Tonko present, I would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on Adoption Cooper Kissell Ros-Lehtinen Kildee Perlmutter Towns of the Conference Report on H.R. 2055—Con- Costa Kline Roskam Kucinich Peters Tsongas Cravaack Labrador Ross (AR) Langevin Pingree (ME) Van Hollen solidated Appropriations Act. ´ Crawford Lamborn Ross (FL) Larsen (WA) Polis Velazquez Crenshaw Lance Larson (CT) Price (NC) Visclosky f Royce Culberson Landry Runyan Lee (CA) Rahall Wasserman DeFazio Lankford Levin Rangel Schultz MOMENT OF SILENCE IN REMEM- Ryan (WI) Denham Latham Scalise Lewis (GA) Reyes Waters Loebsack Richardson BRANCE OF MEMBERS OF Dent LaTourette Schilling Watt Lofgren, Zoe Richmond Waxman ARMED FORCES AND THEIR DesJarlais Latta Schmidt Lowey Rothman (NJ) Welch Diaz-Balart Lewis (CA) Schock FAMILIES Luja´ n Roybal-Allard Wilson (FL) Dold Lipinski Schweikert Donnelly (IN) LoBiondo Lynch Ruppersberger Woolsey The SPEAKER. The Chair would ask Scott (SC) Dreier Long Maloney Rush Yarmuth Scott, Austin all present to rise for the purpose of a Duffy Lucas Sensenbrenner NOT VOTING—13 moment of silence. Duncan (SC) Luetkemeyer Sessions Duncan (TN) Lummis Bachmann Guthrie Nunnelee The Chair asks that the House now Shimkus Ellmers Lungren, Daniel Coble Gutierrez Paul observe a moment of silence in remem- Shuler Emerson E. Davis (KY) Herger Speier Shuster brance of our brave men and women in Farenthold Mack Filner Johnson, E. B. Simpson uniform who have served or fallen in Fincher Manzullo Giffords Napolitano Smith (NE) Fitzpatrick Marchant Afghanistan, and in honor of all who Smith (NJ) Flake Marino ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Smith (TX) have served or fallen in Operation Iraqi Fleischmann Matheson The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Smith (WA) Freedom as it draws to a close. Fleming McCarthy (CA) DOLD) (during the vote). There are 2 Flores McCaul Southerland Our men and women return home Stearns minutes remaining. having freed Iraq from a vicious ty- Forbes McClintock Fortenberry McCotter Stivers b 1354 rant, thwarted a violent insurgency Foxx McHenry Stutzman that threatened the Iraqi people, and Franks (AZ) McIntyre Sullivan Ms. BASS of California and Mr. Frelinghuysen McKeon Terry GARAMENDI changed their vote from helped to build a stable and democratic Thompson (PA) Gallegly McKinley ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ government that is a friend of the Gardner McMorris Thornberry United States. We honor the hard work Garrett Rodgers Tiberi So the concurrent resolution was and sacrifice of our servicemembers, Gerlach Meehan Tipton agreed to. Turner (NY) and the courage of their families. Gibbs Mica The result of the vote was announced Gibson Miller (FL) Turner (OH) Upton as above recorded. f Gingrey (GA) Miller (MI) Gohmert Miller, Gary Walberg A motion to reconsider was laid on Walden the table. CORRECTING THE ENROLLMENT Goodlatte Mulvaney Gosar Murphy (PA) Walsh (IL) Stated against: OF H.R. 3672 Gowdy Myrick Walz (MN) Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall 942, I The SPEAKER. Without objection, 5- Granger Neugebauer Webster Graves (GA) Noem West was away from the Capitol due to prior com- minute voting will continue. Graves (MO) Nugent Westmoreland mitments to my constituents. Had I been There was no objection. Griffin (AR) Nunes Whitfield present, I would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ The SPEAKER. The unfinished busi- Griffith (VA) Olson Wilson (SC) Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, Grimm Owens Wittman ness is the vote on adoption of the con- Guinta Palazzo Wolf December 16th, 2011, I was absent during current resolution (H. Con. Res. 94) di- Hall Paulsen Womack rollcall vote No. 942 in order to attend an im- recting the Clerk of the House of Rep- Hanna Pearce Woodall portant event in my district. Had I been resentatives to make corrections in the Harper Pence Yoder present, I would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on H. Con. Harris Peterson Young (AK) enrollment of H.R. 3672, on which the Hartzler Petri Young (FL) Res. 94—Directing the Clerk of the House of yeas and nays were ordered. Hastings (WA) Pitts Young (IN) Representatives to make corrections in the en- The Clerk read the title of the con- rollment of H.R. 3671. NAYS—165 current resolution. f The SPEAKER. The question is on Ackerman Castor (FL) DeGette LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM the concurrent resolution. Andrews Chandler DeLauro Baca Chu Deutch (Mr. CANTOR asked and was given This will be a 5-minute vote. Baldwin Cicilline Dicks The vote was taken by electronic de- Bass (CA) Clarke (MI) Dingell permission to address the House for 1 vice, and there were—yeas 255, nays Becerra Clarke (NY) Doggett minute.) Berkley Clay Doyle 165, answered not voting 13, as follows: Mr. CANTOR. Mr. Speaker, as Mem- Berman Cleaver Edwards bers are aware, there are ongoing con- [Roll No. 942] Bishop (GA) Clyburn Ellison Bishop (NY) Cohen Engel versations in the Senate over how to YEAS—255 Blumenauer Connolly (VA) Eshoo proceed on the House’s Middle Class Adams Barletta Bilirakis Brady (PA) Conyers Farr Tax Relief and Job Creation Act. At Aderholt Barrow Bishop (UT) Braley (IA) Costello Fattah Akin Bartlett Black Brown (FL) Courtney Frank (MA) this time the fate of the Senate’s con- Alexander Barton (TX) Blackburn Butterfield Critz Fudge versations are unclear. Therefore, we Altmire Bass (NH) Bonner Capps Crowley Garamendi will conclude our business for the week Amash Benishek Bono Mack Capuano Cuellar Gonzalez at the end of this vote series. Amodei Berg Boren Cardoza Cummings Green, Al Austria Biggert Boswell Carnahan Davis (CA) Green, Gene Should the Senate follow regular Bachus Bilbray Boustany Carson (IN) Davis (IL) Grijalva order and amend the House’s bill, I

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:14 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16DE7.052 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9907 would expect us to return to review Courtney Johnson (GA) Price (NC) Burgess Jordan Rokita and potentially consider their proposed Cravaack Johnson (IL) Quigley Camp Kingston Royce Crawford Johnson (OH) Rahall Campbell Lamborn Ryan (WI) changes. Crenshaw Johnson, Sam Reed Coffman (CO) Lummis Schweikert As all of my colleagues are painfully Critz Jones Rehberg Conaway Mack Sensenbrenner aware, the Senate has the ability to Crowley Kaptur Reichert Cooper Marchant Southerland Duffy McCotter move both as quickly and as slowly as Cuellar Keating Renacci Stearns Culberson Kelly Reyes Duncan (SC) McHenry Stutzman Duncan (TN) Miller (MI) it wants. So it is difficult, Mr. Speaker, Cummings Kildee Richardson Sullivan Davis (CA) Kind Farenthold Miller, Gary to predict if or when we may need to Richmond Thornberry Davis (IL) King (IA) Flake Mulvaney return. Rigell Tiberi DeFazio King (NY) Rivera Fleming Neugebauer Upton My best guess is that the earliest we DeGette Kinzinger (IL) Roby Flores Petri Walberg would return is this Monday, December DeLauro Kissell Roe (TN) Franks (AZ) Pitts Walsh (IL) 19. But I can assure my colleagues that Denham Kline Rogers (AL) Garrett Poe (TX) Gohmert Pompeo Webster we will provide at least 24 hours’ notice Dent Kucinich Rogers (KY) DesJarlais Labrador Rohrabacher Gowdy Posey Westmoreland prior to scheduling any further votes in Deutch Lance Rooney Graves (GA) Price (GA) Wilson (SC) the House this year. Diaz-Balart Landry Ros-Lehtinen Harris Quayle Woodall With that, Mr. Speaker, I wish all of Dicks Langevin Roskam Huelskamp Ribble Yoder Dingell Lankford Ross (AR) Huizenga (MI) Rogers (MI) my colleagues a merry Christmas, a Doggett Larsen (WA) Ross (FL) NOT VOTING—15 happy Chanukah, and happy holidays. Dold Larson (CT) Rothman (NJ) Mr. HOYER. Will my friend yield? Donnelly (IN) Latham Roybal-Allard Bachmann Giffords Nunnelee Mr. CANTOR. Yes. Doyle LaTourette Runyan Coble Guthrie Paul Dreier Latta Ruppersberger Davis (KY) Gutierrez Peters Mr. HOYER. Just to clarify, it is my Edwards Lee (CA) Rush Filner Johnson, E. B. Rangel understanding, therefore, that we do Ellison Levin Ryan (OH) Garamendi Napolitano Speier intend, before we leave for the year, to Ellmers Lewis (CA) Sa´ nchez, Linda Emerson Lewis (GA) ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE address the House-passed bill or a Sen- T. Engel Lipinski Sanchez, Loretta The SPEAKER pro tempore (during ate version thereof. Eshoo LoBiondo Sarbanes the vote). There is 1 minute remaining. I thank my friend for yielding. Farr Loebsack Scalise Mr. CANTOR. As I indicated earlier, Fattah Lofgren, Zoe Schakowsky Fincher Long Schiff it is all pending the Senate’s action. As Fitzpatrick Lowey Schilling b 1404 Fleischmann Lucas I indicated, no one really knows how Schmidt Forbes Luetkemeyer Mr. WESTMORELAND changed his quickly or slowly that will occur and if Schock Fortenberry Luja´ n vote from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Schrader it will occur. Foxx Lungren, Daniel Schwartz So the bill was passed. Frank (MA) E. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance Scott (SC) The result of the vote was announced Frelinghuysen Lynch of my time. Scott (VA) Fudge Maloney as above recorded. Scott, Austin Gallegly Manzullo A motion to reconsider was laid on f Scott, David Gardner Marino Serrano the table. Gerlach Markey DISASTER RELIEF Sessions Stated for: APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2012 Gibbs Matheson Gibson Matsui Sewell Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall 943, I Gingrey (GA) McCarthy (CA) Sherman was away from the Capitol due to prior com- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Shimkus objection, 5-minute voting will con- Gonzalez McCarthy (NY) mitments to my constituents. Had I been Goodlatte McCaul Shuler tinue. Gosar McClintock Shuster present, I would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ There was no objection. Granger McCollum Simpson Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, Sires The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Graves (MO) McDermott December 16, 2011, I was absent during roll- Green, Al McGovern Slaughter call vote No. 943 in order to attend an impor- finished business is the vote on passage Green, Gene McIntyre Smith (NE) of the bill (H.R. 3672) making appro- Griffin (AR) McKeon Smith (NJ) tant event in my district. Had I been present, priations for disaster relief require- Griffith (VA) McKinley Smith (TX) I would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on H.R. 3672—Dis- Smith (WA) ments for the fiscal year ending Sep- Grijalva McMorris aster Relief Appropriations Act. Grimm Rodgers Stark tember 30, 2012, and for other purposes, Guinta McNerney Stivers f on which the yeas and nays were or- Hahn Meehan Sutton PERSONAL EXPLANATION Hall Meeks Terry dered. Thompson (CA) The Clerk read the title of the bill. Hanabusa Mica Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, on Hanna Michaud Thompson (MS) Friday, December 16, 2011, I was unable to The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Harper Miller (FL) Thompson (PA) question is on the passage of the bill. Hartzler Miller (NC) Tierney vote due to an important family event. Had I This is a 5-minute vote. Hastings (FL) Miller, George Tipton been present, I would have voted: Hastings (WA) Moore Tonko On rollcall No. 937—yes—Previous Ques- The vote was taken by electronic de- Hayworth Moran Towns tion on H. Res. 500, Rule for consideration of vice, and there were—yeas 351, nays 67, Heck Murphy (CT) Tsongas the Conference Report for H.R. 2055. not voting 15, as follows: Heinrich Murphy (PA) Turner (NY) Hensarling Myrick Turner (OH) On rollcall No. 938—yes—H. Res. 500, Rule [Roll No. 943] Herger Nadler Van Hollen for consideration of the Conference Report for YEAS—351 Herrera Beutler Neal Vela´ zquez Higgins Noem Visclosky H.R. 2055. Ackerman Bishop (GA) Capuano Himes Nugent Walden On rollcall No. 939—yes—Senate Amend- Adams Bishop (NY) Cardoza Hinchey Nunes Walz (MN) ment to H.R. 1892, Intelligence Authorization Aderholt Bishop (UT) Carnahan Hinojosa Olson Wasserman Act of Fiscal Year 2012. Akin Black Carney Hirono Olver Schultz Alexander Blumenauer Carson (IN) Hochul Owens Waters On rollcall No. 940—yes—S. 278, Sugar Altmire Bonner Carter Holden Palazzo Watt Loaf Fire Protection District Land Exchange Amodei Bono Mack Cassidy Holt Pallone Waxman Act. Andrews Boren Castor (FL) Honda Pascrell Welch On rollcall No. 941—yes—H.R. 2055, Mak- Austria Boswell Chabot Hoyer Pastor (AZ) West Baca Boustany Chaffetz Hultgren Paulsen Whitfield ing appropriations for military construction, the Bachus Brady (PA) Chandler Hunter Payne Wilson (FL) Department of Veterans Affairs, and related Baldwin Braley (IA) Chu Hurt Pearce Wittman agencies for the fiscal year ending September Barletta Brooks Cicilline Inslee Pelosi Wolf Barrow Brown (FL) Clarke (MI) Israel Pence Womack 30, 2012. Bartlett Buchanan Clarke (NY) Issa Perlmutter Woolsey On rollcall No. 942—yes—H. Con. Res. 94, Bass (CA) Bucshon Clay Jackson (IL) Peterson Yarmuth Directing the Clerk of the House of Represent- Bass (NH) Buerkle Cleaver Jackson Lee Pingree (ME) Young (AK) atives to make corrections in the enrollment of Becerra Burton (IN) Clyburn (TX) Platts Young (FL) Berg Butterfield Cohen Jenkins Polis Young (IN) H.R. 3672. Berkley Calvert Cole On rollcall No. 942—yes—H.R. 3672, Mak- Berman Canseco Connolly (VA) NAYS—67 ing appropriations for disaster relief require- Biggert Cantor Conyers Bilbray Capito Costa Amash Benishek Brady (TX) ments for the fiscal year ending September Bilirakis Capps Costello Barton (TX) Blackburn Broun (GA) 20, 2012.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:49 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00109 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16DE7.067 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H9908 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 16, 2011 FURTHER CONTINUING APPRO- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there pushed strongly in the Territorial As- PRIATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2012 objection to the request of the gen- sembly to have the State university lo- Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. tleman from Kentucky? cated in the region. Speaker, I send to the desk a joint res- There was no objection. In 1877, 1 year after Colorado was ad- olution (H.J. Res. 94) making further The text of the joint resolution is as mitted to the United States, the Uni- continuing appropriations for fiscal follows: versity of Colorado—the State’s first year 2012, and for other purposes, and H.J. RES. 95 university—opened its doors. From its ask unanimous consent for its imme- Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- early status as a college town and min- diate consideration. resentatives of the United States of America in ing community, Boulder County has The Clerk read the title of the joint Congress assembled, That the Continuing Ap- expanded, with a population now reach- resolution. propriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–36) is ing over 300,000 people. The picturesque The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there further amended by striking the date speci- scenery and outdoor lifestyle has al- objection to the request of the gen- fied in section 106(3) and inserting ‘‘Decem- lowed this county to grow significantly ber 23, 2011’’. tleman from Kentucky? over the past 150 years. Mr. DICKS. Reserving the right to The joint resolution was ordered to Aside from the University of Colo- object, and I will not object, I yield to be engrossed and read a third time, was rado, Boulder County boasts an excel- the distinguished chairman to explain read the third time, and passed, and a lent technology sector, numerous small this CR. motion to reconsider was laid on the businesses, and countless microbrew- Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. I thank table. eries. One of my personal favorites is the gentleman for yielding. f Oskar Blues Brewing Company in This continuing resolution extends Longmont, Colorado. This region of ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY, funding for government operations by 1 Colorado continues to rate high in na- DECEMBER 19, 2011 day to give the other body an extra day tional polls for overall health and well- to consider and pass the consolidated Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. being, and is rated as one of the best appropriations bill. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that places to raise a family in the country. Mr. DICKS. I withdraw my reserva- when the House adjourns today, it ad- Boulder County is the gateway to the tion. journ to meet at 10 a.m. on Monday Rocky Mountains. It’s known for its The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there next. tremendous outdoor recreation. From objection to the request of the gen- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there skiing, hiking, fishing, hunting, and tleman from Kentucky? objection to the request of the gen- There was no objection. biking—just to name a few—Boulder is tleman from Kentucky? an outdoorsman’s town. It is my honor The text of the joint resolution is as There was no objection. follows: to recognize the 150th anniversary of Boulder County on the House floor. H.J. RES. 94 f Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- PERMISSION FOR MEMBER TO f resentatives of the United States of America in INSERT EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL Congress assembled, That the Continuing Ap- propriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–36) is Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. b 1410 further amended by striking the date speci- Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that fied in section 106(3) and inserting ‘‘Decem- the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. ber 17, 2011’’. RYAN) be authorized to insert extra- ANTI-AMERICAN ACTIVITY The joint resolution was ordered to neous material in the RECORD. (Mr. RIVERA asked and was given be engrossed and read a third time, was The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there permission to address the House for 1 read the third time, and passed, and a objection to the request of the gen- minute and to revise and extend his re- motion to reconsider was laid on the tleman from Kentucky? marks.) table. There was no objection. Mr. RIVERA. Mr. Speaker, it was re- f f cently discovered that a Venezuelan national prone to anti-American activ- FURTHER CONTINUING APPRO- REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER PRIATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2012 ity is present and active on U.S. soil. AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 3589 Livia Antonieta Acosta Noguera, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, I ask consulate general of Venezuela in Speaker, I send to the desk a joint res- unanimous consent to have my name Miami, has been linked to a potential olution (H.J. Res. 95) making further removed as a cosponsor of H.R. 3589. cyberattack on the United States in- continuing appropriations for fiscal The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there volving affiliates of the Iranian, Cuban, year 2012, and for other purposes, and objection to the request of the gen- and Venezuelan regimes. In 2008, while ask unanimous consent for its imme- tleman from California? serving at the Venezuelan Embassy in diate consideration. There was no objection. Mexico, Ms. Noguera worked with The Clerk read the title of the joint members from the Iranian and Cuban resolution. f Embassies to develop plans for an at- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there HONORING BOULDER COUNTY objection to the request of the gen- tack on critical U.S. Government infra- tleman from Kentucky? (Mr. GARDNER asked and was given structure systems. Mr. DICKS. Reserving the right to permission to address the House for 1 Ms. Noguera’s actions demonstrate object, I yield to the chairman to ex- minute.) her willingness to undermine U.S. in- plain the amendment. Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to terests by partnering with Iran and Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. I thank honor the 150th anniversary of Boulder Cuba, two U.S.-designated state spon- the gentleman for yielding. County, Colorado. sors of terrorism. This discovery This continuing resolution ensures Boulder County is one of 17 Colorado heightens our concern for the growing that government operations will con- counties officially created in 1861 by Iranian presence in the hemisphere. tinue to be funded through December the Territory Assembly. The Obama administration should take 23. The resolution is a simple date ex- In the mid-1800s, settlers began flock- decisive action against Iran in order to tension that gives Congress time to ing to Boulder County because of the prevent the development of any sort of prepare the consolidated appropria- robust and profitable mining sector. Latin American-Iranian diplomatic re- tions bill for presentation to the Presi- Local businesses were created to sup- lations. dent. This is a noncontroversial meas- port the growing number of new miners This is an essential component of the ure that has signoff from both sides of to the area. preservation of our national security; the aisle, and I urge its adoption. The original founders of Boulder had and, if the allegations are found true, Mr. DICKS. I withdraw my reserva- more aspirations than to just be a sim- it begins with the immediate diplo- tion and urge a positive vote. ple Colorado mining town. Residents matic expulsion of Ms. Noguera.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:49 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00110 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16DE7.070 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9909 FUNDING FOR DISASTERS AND gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. FOR- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance HONORING OUR RETURNING SOL- TENBERRY) is recognized for 60 minutes of my time. DIERS as the designee of the majority leader. f Mr. FORTENBERRY. Mr. Speaker, (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked yesterday marked the official end of b 1420 and was given permission to address America’s 9-year war in Iraq. In a low- the House for 1 minute.) FAIRTAX key ceremony in Baghdad, U.S. troops Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Mr. lowered the American flag of command The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Speaker, we just finished debating and that flew over the Iraqi capital. The the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- reviewing, although the time was very 4,000 remaining U.S. servicemembers in uary 5, 2011, the gentleman from Geor- short, the language that would fund Iraq will leave by this year’s end. gia (Mr. WOODALL) is recognized for the this Nation. That is our duty. The Iraq war was a painful and dif- remainder of the time. I’m concerned, however, that some of ficult time, extraordinarily costly in Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, I very the cuts impacted our seniors, our terms of Americans, America’s lives much appreciate the time. young people, and our environment. We and resources. Nearly 4,500 Americans, I want to get to tax policy here in must do better, and I certainly dis- including 45 Nebraskans, were killed in just a moment, but I want to take just agree with cutting again the appropria- Operation Iraqi Freedom. 227 Nebras- a few minutes, having just passed the tions for this Nation impacting our kans were wounded in combat. Tens of appropriations bill for fiscal year 2012, veterans and their families another 2 thousands of Iraqis lost their lives. We to talk about how long that’s been. percent. lost good men and women, individuals Now, Mr. Speaker, I know you have I voted against it, and I believe that full of life and blessed with talent, been a proponent of regular order since we must ensure that if America is hit whose proud families awaited their re- you came to this body. But as I went by a disaster, we pay for it. We have to turn to the country they loved so dear back and looked to see when was the fight this fight again. and served so well. last time the House was able to operate However, Mr. Speaker, as our soldiers But in spite of our wounds, we are not under a continuing resolution but return, I thank Members who are wear- proud—proud of our fallen heroes, under a regular appropriations process, ing the yellow ribbon, but I ask you to proud of the veterans who have come Mr. Speaker, it’s been since December go home and yellow ribbon your dis- back to us, proud of their sacrifice, of 2009. December of 2009 is when we trict offices. Ask your cities and ham- proud of their noble vision that has sig- last passed an appropriations bill. lets and States to put yellow ribbons nificantly changed the global environ- Now granted appropriations bills out to welcome the troops who are ment where democratic ideals are now come in all sorts and sizes. The one coming home and say a job well done. making steady gains everywhere. we’re dealing with today came in the It ended yesterday with the casing of The work of our troops, steadily done large size. We’ll call that the jumbo the colors in Iraq. It is our obligation in the midst of extensive public debate size. I know the minority whip shares and duty to not let one soldier come and strategy deliberations about the my passion for that. My hope is we will home to a silent America and a silent war was the strength of this mission. be able to get to regular order next community. These troops achieved what was set be- year and go through each appropria- f fore them. The victories were theirs. tions bill one by one by one. Their unwavering commitment, their But what I say to you, Mr. Speaker, HONORING CHRISTOPHER skill, and their bravery got the job is that I came to this body a year ago HITCHENS done. to make a difference, and I wanted to (Mr. COHEN asked and was given per- The troops’ efforts unbound an Iraqi make all the difference last January, mission to address the House for 1 people held hostage for decades by an I’ll be honest with you. And when I minute.) egomaniacal dictator. Insurgencies led couldn’t do it all in January, I hoped Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I awoke by terrorists seeking to wreak havoc that we could do it all in February. and disorder were put down by our this morning to unfortunate news. A When we couldn’t do it all in February, troops. Space was created to allow friend of mine and one of the world’s I hoped we could do it all in March. Iraqis the time necessary to build the most brilliant writers and intellects, And, of course, we were able to pass the foundations of a representative govern- Christopher Hitchens, passed away yes- budget here in the House, the budget terday. ment in a more open society. But there are still challenges and sig- that took the first step towards re- Christopher Hitchens was a brilliant nificant obstacles. It would have been forming entitlements that we’ve seen man who was a writer and a preferable, Mr. Speaker, for a small come out of this body since I would provocateur. You may not have dis- stay-behind force to remain for ongo- argue Lyndon Johnson began these agreed with him, you may not have ing response and stabilization efforts. programs in the 1960s. But we have agreed with him, but I think everybody The way forward will not be easy, but begun to make a difference. knew that Christopher Hitchens was today Iraqis determine Iraq’s future. As I look at this stack of papers here well-versed on the subject on which he No longer constricted by the dictates that represent the spending, the appro- spoke and could express it in a way un- of a despot, they have held elections, priations process, for 2012, Mr. Speaker, like any other. I don’t think there was they have written a constitution, and it’s the first time in 2 years we’ve had a more erudite, knowledgeable indi- hopefully they will build a culture that that. Of course, over a thousand days vidual on the face of this Earth. respects the rights and dignity of all of since the Senate has been able to pass He has left us. their people. a budget. We have made progress. As To me, he was a good friend. He made America and the world needs a sta- 2011 comes to a close, I hope we can cel- my visit to Washington here easier. To bilized Iraq. Our security is strength- ebrate some of those successes along his friends, he was loyal, gracious, and ened by it, and we will continue a the way. fun. To his foes, he was a feared enemy, strong, diplomatic relationship to help Because in terms of real spending, a feared foe. achieve it. An Iraq that protects the Mr. Speaker, in this document what we The world was lucky for his being rights of all of its people, Sunni and see is for the second year in a row, the here, and I was lucky for my life inter- Shiite, Christian and Yazidi, and em- first time since World War II, two con- secting with his. The world shall miss ploys a government that maintains secutive years, Mr. Speaker, with this him, a life well lived. order and preserves liberties will be an leadership team and this appropria- Rest in peace, my friend. Iraq that can help transform the entire tions committee and this bipartisan f Middle East looking for a new way for- House, we’ve been able to reduce Fed- ward. eral discretionary spending—$95 bil- END OF WAR IN IRAQ The foundation for this has been laid, lion. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. after much toil and bloodshed, by val- A lot of folks say, well, ROB, is that BROOKS). Under the Speaker’s an- iant American soldiers who return to going to be funny math? Is that going nounced policy of January 5, 2011, the us now as modern-day heroes. to be just some items but not all

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And we’ve got sucked into Washington, D.C., from tax break in the U.S. Tax Code. brought it down $95 billion in just 1 the heartland from back in my district Now, that’s a debate worth having. year, just the 1 year you and I have in Georgia, from back in your district, I don’t want to eliminate every sin- been here, Mr. Speaker. from somebody’s family kitchen table. gle deduction in the U.S. Tax Code, But it can’t all be done in appropria- Every nickel that gets spent in Wash- every single credit in the U.S. Tax tions bills, Mr. Speaker, you know. ington got sucked up here to Wash- Code. Every credit in the U.S. Tax Code Only about a third of all of the money ington, D.C. is not created equally. Every deduction that goes out the door here in Wash- Oftentimes when we talk about taxes in the U.S. Tax Code is not created ington, D.C., goes out the door through and we talk about giving people their equally. There are some that help move this process that we did today, the ap- money back, that’s not spending, this economy forward, and there are propriations process. The rest of it goes that’s giving people their own hard- some that don’t. That’s the debate that out through mandatory spending pro- earned money back. we have, and this is the end result of it. grams—Medicare, Medicaid, Social Se- Today, Mr. Speaker, when we have What if we started over from scratch, curity, interest on the national debt— $15 trillion in national debt, when the Mr. Speaker? What if we started over those mandatory spending programs. amount of money we owe has eclipsed from scratch with a bill like the In fact, as you know, Mr. Speaker, we the entire productive capacity of FairTax—with something that ends all could zero out everything else. We America for an entire year, our entire loopholes by starting a Tax Code that could decide there will be no Congress, annual GDP, the question now is when has no loopholes, that ends the loop- there will be no White House, there you have a tax break, when you agree holes by starting a Tax Code that has will be no FBI, there will be no Army, to let a loophole into the Tax Code and no loopholes? there will be no Navy, no Marine Corps, let somebody else pay less, what hap- So often we talk about reforming the no Coast Guard, no Air Force, no pens? Well, what happens is that we Tax Code as if we’re stuck with the Tax parks, no Environmental Protection then borrow more. Code that we’ve got. Are we? I tell you Agency, no Education Department, no That’s a new debate, Mr. Speaker, be- we’re not. That’s what this body does. nothing. We could zero out absolutely cause so often we can talk about tax This body could zero out the entire Tax everything that we fund through the cuts like the capital gains tax cut, like Code and start again with a blank appropriations process and the budget interest in dividends. We can talk sheet of paper tomorrow. We have that still wouldn’t be balanced. Not cutting about tax cuts that stimulate the econ- ability; we have that authority; and we it. Zeroing it out. And we still couldn’t omy, tax cuts that we think will help ought to use it. balance the budget just on appropria- the economy grow faster and bring If we used it today—again, just to un- tions bills alone. more revenue in; but all tax cuts aren’t derstand the magnitude of the excep- There’s two sides of every budget bal- like that. Some tax cuts are just free tions and exemptions in the Tax Code, ancing operation, Mr. Speaker, as you money that you’re giving away to peo- when you go and you say, Golly, I’m in know. There’s the spending side, and ple. Instead of passing a bill that says, the 15 percent bracket; I’m in the 25 there’s the revenue side. I want to talk I hereby give you a hundred dollars, it percent bracket; I’m in the 10 percent about the revenue side here for just a makes Congress feel better to pass a bracket—when you talk about those minute. bill that says, I hereby tax you a hun- things, the exceptions and exemptions I put up a poster here, Mr. Speaker. dred dollars less. I’m going to bill your total over $1 trillion in 2012 alone. You can’t see it from where you sit. It neighbors for it, and I’m going to bill Now, where are those? Where are says H.R. 25, the FairTax. I’m going to your kids for it, and I’m going to bill those exceptions and exemptions going, leave it up here the whole half hour, your grandkids for it, but I’m going to Mr. Speaker? This next chart quan- Mr. Speaker, because H.R. 25, named tax you a hundred dollars less. tifies those. the FairTax, is the only tax bill in Con- It’s time, Mr. Speaker, for us as con- Number one, a list of exceptions and gress, the only piece of legislation on servatives to be honest about where exemptions: exclusion of employer con- either the House side or the Senate the Tax Code takes this country when tributions for medical insurance preside that goes into the Tax Code and we fill it full of loopholes and exemp- miums and medical care, $609 billion. says every exception, exemption, ex- tions, because I will tell you, and you Hear that, Mr. Speaker. Half of all clusion, special carve-outs, special know better than most, Mr. Speaker, the money that’s included in loopholes, favor, anything that gives you a break the art of the loophole is a time-hon- exemptions, exceptions, exclusions, over your neighbor, your company an ored Washington tradition. carve-outs in the United States Tax advantage over the one next door, all Code goes to employers to subsidize b 1430 of those tax breaks, special exceptions, their purchases of health insurance for loopholes—gone. It’s not something that has been per- their employees. It’s the only bill in either the House fected by Republicans. It’s not some- Candidly, Mr. Speaker, I hear from or the Senate that does it. thing that has been perfected by Demo- employees day after day after day, and But that’s not even the good news, crats. It’s not even something that was they say, ROB, how come I don’t get Mr. Speaker. The good news is it’s also perfected by the Whigs, Mr. Speaker. those same tax breaks to purchase my the most popular fundamental tax bill It’s been around as long as taxes have own insurance? Why am I held cap- in either the House or Senate as well. been around. tive—captive—by my employer? Since That’s right. More Members of this And the folks who work in this town when did my employer get entrusted to body have cosponsored the FairTax who try to manipulate the Tax Code make the best health decisions for me than any other fundamental tax reform have been around just as long as well. and my family? legislation that’s been introduced here. But let’s look at this. Let’s look at I will tell you that this provision And more United States Senators in what’s happening in 2012, just in 2012. that originated in World War II, with the other body have cosponsored their The annual budget deficit for 2012, Mr. wage controls here in Congress, has led version of the FairTax than any other Speaker, is projected by the Joint to so many of the third-party payer fundamental tax reform proposal in the Committee on Taxation and the Con- problems, the health insurance infla- Senate. gressional Research Service to be $1.1 tion challenges, that we have in this Now, why is that important? Why is trillion and change. It’s a $1.1 trillion country today. it important to end all the loopholes? projected budget deficit for 2012. $609 billion is what you, Mr. Speaker, Well, Mr. Speaker, the chart I have How much money do you think we’ve and your family and every other Amer- here is the cost of tax expenditures. carved out in loopholes and exceptions ican family has to pay more because Now tax expenditures—I’ve got to tell and exemptions and carve-outs and de- we’ve chosen to subsidize the business

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The power to tax is the sidies, we’re going to get your money only offers one policy; that has the ef- power to destroy. from the cane growers and the beet fect of your having a third-party payer So rather than taxing savings—be- growers. so that it insulates you from the true cause we don’t have enough retirement There are folks on every side of the cost of health care. savings happening in this country, be- issue in this town. So whenever there’s Trouble after trouble after trouble cause we don’t have enough thrifts an issue that’s a contentious issue, you with the American health care system happening in this country—we’ve given can call in one side, you can call in the comes from the United States Tax folks a tax break to encourage them to other, and you can hear both sides of Code, Mr. Speaker—and we can do bet- save. the argument. Folks who are experts, ter. Is that a laudable public goal, Mr. folks who have been working on these $357 billion is the deductibility of Speaker? I’m sure it is. I’m sure that it issues for decade after decade after dec- mortgage insurance on owner-occupied is. ade. Well, when the Federal tax bill for homes. It’s the mortgage insurance de- We need more Americans to take sav- America’s businesses is $10 billion, it duction—again, a deduction that mil- ing for their retirement more seri- doesn’t take much of an investment in lions of American families take advan- ously. The question is, What’s the best lobbying for special exemptions in the Tax Code to make that happen. tage of. It’s a deduction that, arguably, way to get that done? Is it the United Now let me go back and look at cor- has a tremendous effect on the real es- States Tax Code? But does America porate income taxes over time. I’m in tate market and on our real estate know that that’s what’s happening the camp that tells you, corporations agents and on our construction compa- today, that today $356 billion of tax don’t pay taxes, Mr. Speaker. Corpora- nies—on and on and on. There are revenue is forgone in the name of en- tions do not pay taxes. Consumers pay things tied into the deductibility of couraging retirement savings? taxes. I’m from Atlanta. If you add a mortgage insurance. It’s a debate that has to happen in tax on the Coca-Cola Company, what I remember once upon a time, Mr. Washington, D.C.—these are the big do you think is going to happen? Speaker, I was listening to an elected ones—because so often we argue about They’re going to raise the price of official talk. He had some folks in his things as if it’s the little ones that find Coca-Cola. Right? That’s what happens office, and they said, We have to, have the dollar. It’s not the little ones that every single time that—we already to, have to have the deductibility of find the dollar; it’s the little ones that have a competitive market. Coke and mortgage insurance because the only find the headlines. You don’t find head- Pepsi are competing in a cutthroat reason we’re able to sell real estate in lines about the mortgage interest de- beverage market out there today. this country is that folks are able to duction or the employer health insur- They’re already suppressing their deduct their interest, and that makes a ance deduction. You find headlines prices as much as they can. There is difference. about the ‘‘bridge to nowhere’’ and how only one taxpayer in America, and it is This elected official said, Well, how in the world that got in the Transpor- the American consumer. When we tax about if we double interest rates? Is tation bill. But understand that this is businesses, we just make the busi- that going to help us sell more big business. nesses the tax collector, and they raise homes?—because it’ll certainly help Now, I’m not here to pick on lobby- their prices. I end up paying the tax folks deduct more interest. The answer ists, Mr. Speaker. I think lobbyists per- when I buy the goods. They collect was no. form an important role in this town. I those taxes, and pass them on. What we need are low interest rates can’t be an expert on every issue, and I But according to our friends at Citi- to sell homes. We have low interest can’t hire staff. I’ve got Alex Poirot on zens for Tax Justice—and you are not rates in this country today, but it’s one my staff down here today. He knows a going to hear me quoting Citizens for of those things that, whether Repub- lot about a lot, but he can’t know ev- Tax Justice very often, Mr. Speaker, licans or Democrats, folks have agreed erything about everything. So, when I because we don’t agree a lot. But they that we want to subsidize interest pay- need more information, I will go to pay a lot of attention to how much ments for folks who own homes. There folks involved in the industry. We call money is being spent in this town to is no such subsidy program for folks those folks ‘‘lobbyists.’’ manipulate the Tax Code. They say who rent. I’ll tell you, the best lobbyists in the $475 million is being spent to manipu- Is there a good reason for that? world are the ones who fly up from late the Tax Code in this town. Now, Maybe there is. Certainly, the argu- back home—the teachers in your com- folks, it’s our fault. We created the Tax ment has been made time and time munity, the caretakers in your com- Code. I don’t blame the IRS for the way again, but it’s something that we have munity, the physicians in your commu- the Tax Code works. Congress created chosen to do in this country, Mr. nity. Those members of your commu- the Tax Code. Congress tells the IRS Speaker. nity who come up here to talk about what to do. So for businesses to spend I don’t know that, even for those their issues are the best lobbyists in $475 million, for individuals to pay Americans who defend this deduction town, but there are firms up here that folks to come and lobby for the United to their dying breaths, do they know have lobbyists as well. States Tax Code, that makes sense. that it comprises a full third of the Why do you rob banks? Because that’s b 1440 value of every deduction, exemption, where the money is. Why do you lobby exclusion that exists in the United There is a line in ‘‘The Distinguished the Tax Code? Because that’s where the States Tax Code, because it does—half Gentleman.’’ Mr. Speaker, I’m going to money is—not in these appropriations of the deductions and exclusions come date myself by going back to when bills that we’re doing today, but in the in from the mortgage interest deduc- Eddie Murphy’s movies were funny, Tax Code. tion, others from the medical insur- back in the day. ‘‘The Distinguished Trillions and trillions and trillions of ance and premium deductions for em- Gentleman’’ was a tale of a fellow who dollars in revenue, Mr. Speaker. And ployers. got elected to Congress by accident. with the stroke of a pen, a loophole, an Finally, of the biggest of our deduc- And he was going along with the proc- exception, exemption hidden some- tions and exemptions is the deduction ess, and he walked up to a powerful where in what is now 76,000 pages of for 401(k) plans, which is down here at committee chairman. And the com- code, you can save money for your cli- the bottom, of $356 billion—again, de- mittee chairman said, How do you feel ent. You can get a break that your ducting money that we’re saving, about sugar subsidies? Eddie Murphy, competitor doesn’t get. And who ends right?—because the power to tax is the being Eddie Murphy and a new Con- up paying that bill? Every other Amer- power to destroy, Mr. Speaker—you gressman said, Well, Mr. Chairman, ican family. And if we don’t pay that

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That’s where we look for tax and every American family that congressional office. You’re going to economic vibrance today, Mr. Speaker. shops there is paying the tax. get to serve your neighbors. You’re That’s where we look for Tax Code suc- So how do we get to something that going to get to serve your country. It is cess today. Country after country after defines our fair share? Well, Mr. Speak- going to be a wonderful thing. And I country threw out their old code, er, that brings me to the heart of the pay $10 an hour. Who wants to come? adopted a flat consumption tax, a flat FairTax. I don’t like the divisive All the hands go up around the room. income tax, made it easy to pay, easy games that are being played in Amer- Then I say, But I’m going to have to to comply with, and raised the reve- ica today, Mr. Speaker. I don’t know put a tax on that because we have bills nues to their national treasury. We why it is that what we see in the media to pay in this country. So I am going could do that very same thing. There’s and what we sometimes hear from the to put a $9 an hour tax on that, but you a sweet spot, and we are not in it. podiums is language designed to divide will still be able to take home that last Mr. Speaker, we sometimes get swept America. I can’t think of a single dollar. Who wants to come work 80 up in partisanship here in the House. I strength of this country, I can’t think hours a week for me for $1 an hour? know you avoid it. I try to avoid it. of a single trait that makes this coun- And all the hands go down, Mr. Speak- But sometimes it happens. But when it try great that is enhanced by dividing er. That’s economics 101. There is a comes to the issue of reforming the America. That’s why we always talk sweet spot here. They called it the Tax Code, it’s not a partisan issue. I’ll about the American Dream, Mr. Speak- Laffer curve in the 1980s. There’s a point to this quote from President er, something that unites us, some- sweet spot where you can raise tax Barack Obama in a speech he was mak- thing that brings all of our disparate rates and continue to raise income for ing on international tax policy reform. views and hopes and dreams together the government—tax receipts, and if He says, Our Tax Code is full of cor- into one understanding of what makes you exceed that rate, you begin to porate loopholes that make it perfectly this country different from any other shrink tax receipts for the government. legal for companies to avoid paying country on the planet. Mr. Speaker, my idea of fair when I I remember a story, Mr. Speaker, their fair share. Now his take on it is a sit down with a blank sheet of paper to this was over on the Senate side, a Sen- little different from mine. try to design a brand new Tax Code for ator from Washington State who ran You know, the U.S. Tax Code defines this country, fair doesn’t mean that the Finance Committee at the time. what folks have to do. I almost think And the question was, What would hap- we’re going to try to ensure equal out- it’s your patriotic duty to pay as little comes for every American. Fair means pen if we raised taxes to 100 percent on tax as you legally can. Don’t send your we’re going to start with a level play- all Americans who make over $250,000 a extra money up here. Whoever is ening field for every American. year? What would happen? What would couraging you to do that, don’t do it. Have you ever been in a community, happen if we raised taxes on all Ameri- Keep as much of your own money as Mr. Speaker, and you see somebody cans making over $250,000 a year to 100 you can because I promise you, you’re driving a brand-new Porsche and you percent? Well, he asked that question going to spend it better than I will. wonder if they’re paying their fair to the tax scoring committee, and folks b 1450 share? Have you ever been walking got excited, sent back a good message, It’s not from lack of trying. It’s not past a clothing store, you and I might and said, Oh, golly, if we did that, we’d be on our way down to the Goodwill or raise this big pot of money to help pay from lack of trying. Keep your own money in your pocket; send as little as Salvation Army or T.J.Maxx or to Mar- Federal bills. Big pot of money. shall’s and you see somebody walking Well, come on, Mr. Speaker, you tell you legally can. But, yes, the Tax Code has been into Brooks Brothers and you wonder if me, what would happen if we raised they’re paying their fair share? warped over time to make it very dif- taxes on you to 100 percent? Well, I tell You know, I remember growing up, I ficult to tell what is someone’s fair you, you would quit coming to work. had a good friend who lived next door. You have got a heart for service. But share. What is their fair share? The family had everything—boats, lake Now, the top 10 percent of all income you also have bills to pay. Folks would houses, beach houses, brand-new cars, adjust their behavior. No one would earners in this country, Mr. Speaker, fancy clothes. And when it came time make over $250,000 a year anymore. pay 60 percent of all of the income to apply for college aid, we both filled The power to tax is the power to de- taxes. The top 10 percent pay 60 per- out our applications. I didn’t get a stroy. When you tax at 100 percent, you cent of all the income taxes. The top 50 penny in Federal financial aid because destroy 100 percent of all that eco- percent pay 100 percent of all the in- I got a note back that said: Dear Sir, nomic production. You know what’s come taxes. About half of America Your family saved too much. sad, as I look at this Economics 101 today pays no income taxes whatso- Your family saved too much. chart, Mr. Speaker? It’s that it’s Amer- ever. In fact, a growing amount of My buddy next door—fancy cars, ica that has this disastrous, destruc- American families are actually receiv- fancy houses, fancy clothes, he got tive, detrimental Tax Code. The former ing money from the Tax Code instead back a note that said: Congratulations, Soviet Bloc countries, Mr. Speaker, of paying money into the Tax Code. you qualify for a subsidized college they have flat taxes. They have con- That’s not what the Tax Code is for. education. sumption taxes. They started with a But on both sides of the aisle, we You qualify for a subsidized college blank slate after the fall of the Soviet agree that this Tax Code isn’t working. education. Union, and they created tax codes that The President thinks it isn’t working Why? Because in all of these flush work. They rejected the communist because it allows folks to pay nothing, years that your family has had, you system and said, What if we have a flat and that’s not fair. I’d tell you it’s not spent it all. So now in your time of tax on everything that’s easy to pay? working because it allows one company need, you have nothing and you qualify Mr. Speaker, I know we have to have to pay one amount and its neighbor for a bonus. taxes in this country, and I don’t mind company to have to pay twice that Mr. Speaker, that is not anything paying them. I don’t mind paying amount, and that’s not fair. Equity is that makes this country great. What them. I love the freedom that we have what’s fair. And I’ll tell you, Tax Code makes this country great is people in this country, and I know freedom for corporations, it shouldn’t go from being able to make their own choices isn’t free. What I don’t like, Mr. Speak- the 30s down to the 20s. It shouldn’t go about how they’re going to live their er, is having to pay someone to help me from the 30s down to the teens. It life and the Federal Government pay my taxes—I’m a smart guy—to should go from the 30s down to zero, doesn’t bail them out.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:14 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00114 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16DE7.077 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9913 Mr. Speaker, you and I weren’t here have crafted a Tax Code that doesn’t marijuana growers. So if you work when the bailouts came down the pipe, work, as we have crafted a regulatory hard, apply yourself and join the union, but I guarantee you that we would’ve structure that doesn’t work. But the you can be a junior marijuana grower both voted ‘‘no.’’ We would have both good news is—and it’s good news, Mr. at $25 an hour I’m told. And if you real- voted ‘‘no’’ for every penny of bailout Speaker—that there’s nothing wrong ly work hard and really apply yourself, money that came down the pipe be- with America that this body can’t fix. you can exceed where you start and because the American Government is not Because I’ll tell you, Mr. Speaker, come a senior marijuana grower and supposed to be about bailing out any- there’s nothing wrong with America get close to $35 an hour. That’s what body. The America Government is sup- that this body didn’t cause. I’m hold. posed to be about protecting the free- Government is not the solution to Mr. Speaker, I think that’s wonderful dom of the American people. And that our problems, and many times govern- for those folks in California. We’re not includes, Mr. Speaker, freedom to fail. ment is the creator of our problems. I bringing unionized marijuana-growing Freedom to fail. do not want this body, no matter how to the great State of Georgia. I’m not You get to make the choices you august, I do not want my 435 col- trying to stop the folks in California want to make about your life, but you leagues, no matter how well-studied from doing what they want to do, but also have to bear the consequences. If and well-intended, to decide for me it’s not going to come to our great you want to take great risks, if you how my life should be led. That’s never State of Georgia. And that’s what have great success, you benefit from been what America was about. What makes this country great. We can that. And if you have great failure, you America is about is making your own choose for ourselves, as individuals, as pay the price for that. We cannot insu- decisions for yourself, making your families, as communities, and as late people, Mr. Speaker, from the con- own decisions for your family, and States how it is that we want to live sequences of their actions. But over knowing with absolute certainty, Mr. our life—but not with the United and over again, that’s what the Tax Speaker, absolute certainty, that by States Tax Code. Code does. the sweat of your brow, by the power of Mr. Speaker, the Tax Code manipu- Oh, if you lose money, we want to your ideas, by the commitment that lates every facet of your life—every protect you. If you make money, we you make, you can make your tomor- facet of your life. If you’re going to buy want to punish you. I don’t get that. I row better than your today. a green car, we’re going to pay you don’t understand that. Fairness for me I’ll tell you, that’s the American money. If you buy a car that burns too is a level playing field for opportunity, Dream, Mr. Speaker. It’s not about much gasoline, we’re going to charge not a level playing field for outcomes. how much money you have in your you a fuel premium. If you receive your Mr. Speaker, you know we talk every pocket. It’s not about what kind of income from dividends, we’re going to day in this Chamber about jobs; and by house you live in or what kind of car give you a tax break. If you receive talk, we act every day to promote an you drive. It’s about that you can de- your income from working hard on the environment in this Nation that grows cide today that you’re going to take line every day, you’re going to pay full jobs. actions for yourself and for your family freight. If you’ve had a great year this What do you think, Mr. Speaker, the and you’re going to make tomorrow year, even if you hadn’t made another American Tax Code does when a multi- better. penny in the rest of your life, we’re national corporation is trying to decide Hope, Mr. Speaker. Hope is a price- going to tax you like you’re rich. If where it’s going to put its next plant? less commodity. A priceless com- you make a little bit this year, even What do you think it does? Because I modity. And I fear we’re not growing though you’ve made millions every can tell you, Mr. Speaker, with abso- hope in this country, Mr. Speaker, like other year for the rest of your life, lute certainty that America has the we used to. I fear we are extinguishing we’re going to tax you like you’re poor. highest corporate tax rate of any na- the candle of hope in this country. And Mr. Speaker, we manipulate behavior tion on the planet. The number one not out of malice, Mr. Speaker. That’s in line item after line item after line highest. what makes it so insidious. It’s not out item in the United States Code; and, So you’re a business person, Mr. of malice. It’s out of folks who believe candidly, folks on both sides of the Speaker. Where do you want to locate? in their heart deep down inside that aisle defend it. They defend it as if Do you want to locate in a country they’re passing these policies because we’re really smart here. And I’ll tell that has ended all of the loopholes, they want to make America better. you, folks here work hard. I’m not that has restored a fairness to the mar- down on Congress. Folks here in Con- ketplace for a level playing field, that b 1500 gress work hard. But they don’t know allows our free enterprise system to Mr. Speaker, America was better everything, nor can they, nor should work? Or do you want to locate your when Americans were running Amer- they be burdened with that responsi- business in the country that has the ica. The whole idea of a Republic isn’t bility. But that’s what happens in the single highest corporate tax rate in the that we get to be king of this land col- Tax Code: let me pass this tax incen- world? Those are easy decisions, Mr. lectively. Our job is simple. It is to pro- tive, because if only we encourage this Speaker, and companies are making tect the freedom of individuals back behavior, all of America will be them every day. home so that individuals back home happier. And it’s easy to hide things in I talked to a CEO in my district can make the decisions that work best the Tax Code. Again, it’s 75,000 pages. about 6 months ago. He said, Rob, I’m for them. Mr. Speaker, I encourage you to take going to be leaving. He said, The gov- I have to tell you, Mr. Speaker, I a look at H.R. 25, again, the single ernment has made it hard to pack up come from the great State of Georgia. most widely cosponsored piece of fun- and leave. It’s going to take me about We’re a little conservative in our part damental tax reform legislation in ei- 2 years, but I’m taking every job that’s of the world and proud of it. If anyone ther the House or the Senate. And, in in this district and I’m moving them to is looking for a good conservative part fact, it’s the most widely cosponsored Switzerland because it’s just not worth of the world to be a part of, I invite piece of tax reform legislation in both doing business in America any more. you to come down. We’ve got some Chambers. It ends every loophole. Mr. Speaker, we have the hardest good real estate prices and a good job Mr. Speaker, you hear folks every working workforce on the planet. We market. Come on down and be a part of day down here on the House floor: I have the best education and transpor- what we have, Mr. Speaker. want you to end the loopholes for rich tation infrastructure on the planet. We But I read a story about my friends people; I want you to end the loopholes have the finest education system on in California. Now, I enjoy visiting for oil companies; I want you to end the planet. Nobody, nobody gives you California. I don’t want to move there. the loopholes for Solyndra and the more bang for your buck than the But it was a story about the Teamsters solar companies; I want you to end American worker, and yet people are unionizing marijuana growers in Cali- loophole, loophole, loophole, loophole. deciding to take those jobs overseas. fornia because medicinal marijuana is Mr. Speaker, there’s one bill in the Why? It’s not the American workers’ a big business out there in California House that does it all, and its H.R. 25. fault, Mr. Speaker. It’s our fault as we these days. And so they unionized the No loopholes, no exemptions. We all

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It is good to small businesses or those who want the jobs we already have has to be a for us to have an opportunity for a dia- to buy homes. Our businesses have over part of that. And yet we run jobs over- logue and to be able to listen to each $1.12 trillion in cash on hand. seas each and every day in large part other. It saddens me to hear that businesses because of our Tax Code. I know that I’ll be joined shortly by who are protected by our flag and our More importantly, Mr. Speaker, the the whip of this Congress, Mr. HOYER. soldiers and can do business in a demo- FairTax is revenue neutral. So many So let me just quickly say that I re- cratic setting, just because of wanting folks think about a conservative Re- member serving in this Congress when more money, they will lift up their publican like me liking every tax cut President Bush was the President, and business and take it to another country he can get his hands on. I do. I’m a big I always made the point that once we and remove the employees who invest proponent of leaving more money in in- are elected, even as we come from con- in this country. It saddens me. dividuals’ pockets. I will always be- stituency, even as we come out of I ask the simple question: Where lieve the American family will spend tough political battles, it really is the there is a benefit, is there not burden? their own money better than we will oath that we take that ensures that we And I do want to correct any impres- spend it on their behalf in Washington. represent all of America, whether we sion that we tax Americans 90 percent. Always. But, Mr. Speaker, there are have the glory of coming from a State Yes, we need tax reform, real tax re- bills to pay in Washington. We do need that is claiming progressiveness or one form. We need to help Americans keep to support our troops, we do need to de- that is conservative. When we get on money in their pockets. But I can tell fend our homeland, and we do need to that train or airplane or drive that car you, out of $10, we don’t take $9. We protect our border. And so the FairTax and come to Washington, D.C., we rep- want people to be able to work and brings in every penny of revenue that resent all of America. reap the benefit of their work. we bring in today. It’s revenue neutral. But may I just share with you that In fact, given the bill that’s in front So let me quickly just say that America is an umbrella on a rainy day, of the Senate right now on payroll you’re looking at a stack of papers that when there are hurricanes and taxes, we’re actually going to bring in that represent the approach that my tornados and earthquakes, you expect more revenue with the FairTax than Republican friends took to fund the us to come running and restore your we bring in with the current system, needs of the American people. Under communities. You expect us to take but it’s designed to be revenue neutral the Democratic Caucus and the Demo- care of the dams and bridges, the high- because I know that we must pay cratic Congress of last Congress, we ways, to ensure that America’s infra- taxes. But we mustn’t make it hard to had the appropriations bills, almost 12 structure is working, that the electric do. That’s a choice we’ve made in this of them, come to the floor, and Mem- grid can withstand a cyberattack, a po- body, and it’s the wrong one. bers openly debated all of the issues tential homeland attack, if you will. Mr. Speaker, take a look at H.R. 25, around the different bills dealing with After 9/11, you asked America why, the FairTax. You can find out all about transportation, housing, homeland se- and you wanted us to get busy and get it at www.fairtax.org, all the informa- curity and defense. They had an oppor- to work and ensure the homeland is tion, all the studies. We started with a tunity to be on the floor. The constitu- protected. And I sit on the Homeland blank sheet of paper, we came up with ents could email or call or say what is Security Committee. Every day our re- a plan that starts everyone on a level that in this particular bill. But under sponsibility is to read the fine lines in playing field. And so far, Mr. Speaker, this Republican leadership, this is what the classified information to make sure we’ve attracted enough cosponsors on they brought us and gave us 1 hour to that we are in front of the terrorists, both sides of the Hill to make it the read these pages because of the emer- whether it’s a lone wolf or whether it is single most popular fundamental tax gency of funding the American people. a massive attack. We have been fortu- reform bill in Congress. That’s not a way to run a country. nate, because of our young men and I thank you for giving me this time It’s not Democratic or Republican. It’s women in the military, because of our this afternoon to talk about it, and I not conservative or liberal. It’s just intelligence community, that we have yield back the balance of my time. not the way. not had a major attack on our soil since 9/11. That’s what the government f And I would offer to say that we’re is all about. You cannot throw the committed and should have done this FURTHER MESSAGE FROM THE baby out with the bathwater. weeks ago, extending the payroll tax SENATE And we have some other responsibil- relief, providing for 160 million work- A further message from the Senate ities as well. The responsibilities of ening Americans and extending the un- by Ms. Curtis, one of its clerks, an- suring our children are safe and that employment, helping 6 million Ameri- nounced that the Senate has passed a we don’t allow and condone sexual cans. You see, I don’t believe that bill of the following title in which the abuse of our children or bullying of our those Americans care whether we are concurrence of the House is requested: children. Yes, you can make a national conservative Republican, whether we statement on that, though we want S. 2009. An act to improve the administra- twitter, whether we email or whether families to get help and children to get tion of programs in the insular areas, and for we speak on the floor of the House. other purposes. help, but the circus that is going on in They want us to abide by the oath that f Penn State is so unacceptable. we take when we stand and affirm our I’ve introduced legislation to stop CONGRESS REPRESENTS ALL OF relationship with the United States the Federal funding of any entity that AMERICA and our obligation and duty to the covers up or tolerates child sexual The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under American people. abuse. I have introduced legislation to the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- When our soldiers who are coming make a stand against the bullying and uary 5, 2011, the gentlewoman from home now, yesterday being the last day ask communities and school districts Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE) is recognized of war in Iraq, the casing of the colors, to establish best practices to help our for 60 minutes as the designee of the not one soldier that I visited in Iraq or children and families. minority leader. Afghanistan ever put up and said, I’m a And then it is important to note that Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Thank Republican or I’m a Democratic. Every we do need to have the harmony and you very much, Mr. Speaker. one of them was proud to be an Amer- the collegiate collaboration that really Happy holiday to America. Let me ican. And that’s what we are obligated speaks of this grand place, this august reinforce that we live in a great coun- to do on this floor. institution of which we’ve had so many

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:14 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00116 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16DE7.079 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9915 opportunities. One of our Members was And can I just say to you, unemploy- from Michigan—to be able to applaud interviewed in one of our newspapers ment insurance is not a handout. I again the automobile industry, because here on the Hill, and he spoke elo- spoke with someone just the other day we were right in there recognizing that quently as a protector of this institu- who had four boys that they had to it wasn’t just making cars in Detroit. tion, one who had been here even as a take care of, was working and now on It was all the car dealerships and all page, and he mourned for the lack of unemployment, trying to find work. the guys and ladies that supported the collegiate interaction. But they worked. This is their insur- Boy Scouts and boys and girls clubs Everybody thinks it’s a joke to call ance. This is the wisdom of America, to and little leagues that were going to be people names; I do not. For we all come not let people be abandoned. impacted. in different shapes, sizes, and colors, And so I would hope that we would b 1520 and it is unfortunate that groups get find the collegiate ability to give the condemned because of their race, be- media back home and here more posi- Oh, look at them now, many of them cause of their sex, or because of where tive messages to take back and not uti- just rolling along, selling American they come from, their lifestyle, their lize, if you will, the media waves in the cars again. That was the right thing to background, who they represent, who First Amendment to ridicule an insti- do. they come on the floor and attempt to tution that so many of us and all of us And when we came after 9/11 and air- advocate for. I do not in any way dis- hold dear, not for us being here lines came to us saying we just can’t allow anyone who comes with a dif- present, not for any personal status, make it, and we had to extend a help- ferent perspective from one that I may but we hold it dear and near because of ing hand—I wouldn’t even call it a bail- be suggesting today, and that should the history of this place. So many deci- out—but they needed us because of the not generate name-calling. sions have been made. horrific tragedy and attacks and mur- And the press loves it. They love to The early Founding Fathers had a derous actions of 9/11. And thank good- see us name-call against each other. smaller setting just outside of these ness we did; and look, there are fami- They make that the story of the day. Chambers, but this is how we have lies being reunited on America’s air- They don’t talk about the yellow rib- come to be the longest lasting democ- lines today. bons that Members wore, both Repub- racy, because we view this place as a Sometimes the government has to do lican and Democrat, commemorating place to work out our differences and what is unpopular for the greater good. the return of our soldiers. And I per- not a place to raise our differences. Yes, there are more things to do with sonally thank them because I came to We’ve had some major crises in this the financial industry; there are ques- them and asked them to do so. I thank country. I’d like to have been here and tions to be answered about foreclosure them—the Speaker, the leader, the Ma- imagine what the Members were ad- that still continues. There is work to jority Leader, and of course the whip, dressing in the 1929 collapse when, if be done to help our families restore leadership coming together to say you read your history books, people their wealth. There are questions to be thank you to our troops. were jumping out of windows, pri- asked about the wealth disparity, the Members, why don’t we, as we go marily in places where they felt the fi- numbers of impoverished, the children through our holiday season, turn our- nancial impact. Congress had to come that are literally living in poverty, the selves around. Let’s not give fodder to together. Decisions might not have numbers of families that are on supple- the media, who simply likes to ridicule been the best, but they made it mental food assistance, 46 million. and make us look as if we’re doing through the 1930s. I know my grand- But for one moment, I have never nothing. And whether or not I agree or parents have spoken about what that thought that America was not a great disagree, I know Members are in their depression was really like. And then a country; I never doubted her. In spite offices or in their districts and they are President by the name of Franklin of the accusations and the name-call- responding to the needs of our con- ing that comes about in the political stituents. Delano Roosevelt dealt with World War process, I never doubt the greatness of And as I speak to our constituents II, but also dealt with the dismal con- America. back home, as we send this bill to the ditions of this Nation and put America Mr. DREIER. Will the gentlewoman President and appropriations come back to work to bring about the pros- yield? that will help you in housing, help you perity of the 1950s. Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. I yield in transportation and the environment, I have the greatest hope that we have it is important for our local officials— that potential. And I know that Presi- to the gentleman from California. and I look forward to working with my dent Obama believes in job creation Mr. DREIER. I thank my friend for own City of Houston, let’s be respon- and has done so—3 million jobs and yielding, and I would like to join with sible in these dollars and make sure more to come. And rather than focus my friend in stating that this great that the monies get to those who are in on a company that would disregard the level of patriotism and dedication to need. So that when constituents sit patriotic obligation to hire Americans the United States of America is some- back home and they see the debating and think that it’s so easy to pick up— thing that obviously does transcend going on here and the ire going on here and it is. We are a democracy. We have party. And while we obviously disagree and maybe some of the disagreements, no restraints on anyone planting their on lots of issues, I appreciate the fact and then they wonder, Where is my business anywhere, moving their busi- that she has pointed to this spirit of help coming? We’ve sent it to the ness anywhere. But to think that we agreement and comity. I think it’s States, we’ve sent it to the cities, and have lost the patriotism that would very key on this particular day, as we it’s important for you to hold them ac- cause me to say, You know what? I’m have dealt in a bipartisan way with the countable as to the resources that are going to suck it in, keep these hard- threat of a government shutdown needed to improve your quality of life. working Americans working—in what- that’s looming just hours away from us So I’m here today to announce that ever State it is—and I’m not going to now, we have been able to successfully we’re not going home, we’re just paus- fall victim to greed and leave, but I’m avert that. ing, because we have to come back and going to stay put and make sure that I But the reason that I have asked my make sure that the payroll tax cuts are am taking care of the American people, friend to yield is that we met in the extended for working Americans, so that’s what I would hope to see in this Rules Committee until early this that we can ensure that we don’t lose country, all of us pulling ourselves to- morning, and I’ve been going for the 400,000 jobs and help 160 million Ameri- gether and pulling up our bootstraps, last couple of days, and I just heard cans, many of them the families of sol- and making sure that we have the abil- over the past several hours of the pass- diers that are returning home. ity to work hard, and to ensure that as ing of a good friend of mine who was And then, of course, it is important we work hard we can make this coun- one of the greatest essayists and for us to ensure that the unemployed— try a great place. That is the challenge witticists of our time. 6 million of them—and some even be- that we have. And when I heard the news of Chris- yond that, the 99ers who’ve come up And I might say this one thing about topher Hitchens’ passing, I was struck against the wall of no unemployment bailouts and investments; you don’t with what a dedicated and patriotic in- insurance, are taken care of. know how excited I am—and I’m not dividual he was. I suspect that he

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Under the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- a great deal of time talking about that whether or not you think it’s impor- uary 5, 2011, the gentleman from Texas and other international policy issues. tant that there are not homeless vet- (Mr. GOHMERT) is recognized for 30 min- But if one looks at the series that he erans or soldiers who are coming back wrote in Vanity Fair, as he was diag- utes. who can’t work, whether or not we Mr. GOHMERT. Thank you, Mr. nosed with cancer, they are very, very want to encourage our corporations powerful. And, again, Christopher Speaker. that have this massive cash on hand to I appreciate the comments of my col- Hitchens and I didn’t agree on every realize what a wonderful, patriotic Na- issue, but I always enjoyed the ex- league from Texas, my sister in faith. I tion that they live in, and to be able to changes and the time that I was able to know we get carried away sometimes work and ensure that we have the abil- spend with him and, of course, have in worrying about different bills. ity to do the job that is necessary to be been fascinated by his works. I think There’s a lot to be concerned about. that the world is a better place for done. But looking at our Nation’s history, Christopher Hitchens having lived and, I know that Mr. HOYER was coming from whence we’ve come gives us a bet- obviously, we’re saddened by his pass- to the floor, so let me just say to Mr. ter glimpse of where we should be ing. HOYER, who will be coming to you in going. I want to say to his wife and daugh- just awhile to, again, assure the work- At this time, as Congress has for dec- ters that our thoughts—I hesitate to ing people of America that this Con- ades, many, many generations, we are say prayers when it comes to Chris- gress will have the payroll tax ex- about to have a Christmas recess. And topher—go to him, because he was a tended and the President will sign it as so, though we’re used to in here debat- very committed atheist; but I will say we note that he has said every day that ing back and forth, fussing back and forth, because of the season and also that our thoughts and, since we have he wants to sign it and will sign it. them, our prayers are with the mem- with due deference to the things my bers of the Hitchens family, and to say Let me say to the unemployed, I friend from Texas said, it is important that his works, because he was such a know that the unemployment insur- to take note of who we are and our his- great writer, will continue for years ance allows you to pay your mortgage tory, just as our Founders did. and years to come to fascinate and in- and to pay your rent and to pay your I’ve got a book here, William trigue and create the kind of intellec- necessities, but let me say to you that Federer, just a wonderful gentleman. tual curiosity that is necessary. we are looking to create jobs, more He’s put together so many great books. I just would like to say that I am jobs in America. And I expect to be in- This one is called ‘‘Prayers and Presi- saddened by the passing of my friend, troducing legislation that will help the dents: Inspiring Faith From Leaders of Christopher Hitchens, and certainly energy industry reduce the deficit, re- the Past.’’ It’s noteworthy. have had my life improved and bettered pair our coastal waters and our eco- I was 4 years in the Army, and I by his having lived. systems, make sure that we are re- never saw an order like this, but right Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. I thank sponding to the loss of wetlands and now we’re debating whether or not the gentleman from California. I think the deterioration by hurricanes that chaplains should be forced to marry his presence on the floor indicates our have come on that gulf region there to people when they know in their hearts bipartisanship and thank him for rais- restore the healthy fishing waters but, it violates their Christian teaching, ing those comments about Christopher as well, to develop our natural gas and their Christian beliefs, and our Con- and our knowledge about him as well. the ability to utilize the present expi- stitution was not supposed to do that. Let me also indicate my concern and ration that generates resources for the It’s interesting to note that the order sympathy to his family. That speaks to American people. from the Commander in Chief of the my point of coming together and being Revolutionary military, May 2, 1778, to able to share and yield to a gentleman This is a season of giving, and I only the troops at Valley Forge was as fol- from the other party. As I do so, I want that America be known as a be- lows: nevolent Nation, but strong and power- would indicate that’s how we should go The Commander in Chief directs that di- forward as we come back to vote posi- ful in her values and, of course, re- vine service be performed every Sunday at 11 tively on the payroll tax extension specting her military, but the military, o’clock in each brigade which has a chaplain. next week and stay here until it is based upon a civilian-led government Those brigades which have none will attend done and, of course, the unemployment that focuses on democracy, equality, the places of worship nearest to them. It is insurance, but going forward in 2012 to and justice. And I say to my col- expected that officers of all ranks will, by their attendance, set an example for their answer some of the cries of many of leagues, let’s come back here next week to finish our job; but 2012, let it men. While we are zealously performing the those who have taken to our streets duties of good citizens and soldiers, we cer- throughout America who have asked us be the no name-calling session. Let us tainly ought not to be inattentive to the about jobs, the Occupy Movement, that focus on what we do for others, what higher duties of religion. To the distin- have been just Americans. I just call we do for Americans; and let it not be guished character of Patriot, it should be our them Americans, who have taken up as a progressive or a conservative, but highest glory to laud the more distinguished the constitutional privilege of peti- let it be as an American. That’s the character of Christian. tioning their government. call for this Nation: to come and stand That was the order of George Wash- Mr. Speaker, I want to make a com- as an American. ington in 1778 to our troops. mitment that our work will be focused Mr. Speaker, it has been my privilege It’s also worth noting that when he on action and make the second part of to share my thoughts with my col- did what no man has ever done in the history of the world before or since, the 112th Congress equal to what we did leagues, and I hope that as this legisla- that was lead a military in revolution, in the 111th with pay parity, with the tion will be signed by the President, al- win the revolution, and then tender his GI Bill, with the affordable health care though it has had a very difficult jour- bill, and so many other items that were resignation and go home, in essence ney, and I would have wanted a more so valuable to this country, and when I saying, I’ve done what you ask, you expanded debate, we are glad that we say that, legislative initiatives. gave me all power. I’m giving it all are serving America. Let us be pre- Let me also say to the American pub- back. lic and our local communities, I know pared to roll up our sleeves to do so in At the end of that resignation was a you think someone else is calling or the coming early days of 2012. prayer, and I’ll read part of the prayer emailing, but this is what democracy is Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, from George Washington. This was all about. We want to hear from you on and I yield back the balance of my 1783, June 14. At the end of his resigna- these issues of how we come together, time. tion were these words:

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:14 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00118 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16DE7.083 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9917 Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer from Wisconsin who was saying Chris- ern lives of the teachings of Him whose birth that Thou wilt keep the United States in tians are a hateful group, that it is a we celebrate. To more and more of us, the Thy holy protection. hate religion, not understanding our words ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy- And finally that Thou wilt most graciously history, not understanding this obser- self’ have taken on a meaning that is show- be pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to ing itself and proving itself in our purposes love mercy, and to demean ourselves with vation at this time of year. Not so and daily lives. that charity, humility, and pacific temper of much that we designate surely Decem- May the practice of that high ideal grow in mind which were the characteristics of the ber 25 was the day when Jesus was us all in the year to come. Divine Author of our blessed religion, and born, but that it has been traditionally I give you and send you one and all, old without a humble imitation of whose exam- a date where we remembered his birth. and young, a Merry Christmas and a truly ple in these things we can never hope to be James Madison had plenty to say. In Happy New Year. And so, for now and for al- a happy Nation. part, in one of his national day of pub- ways, ‘God bless us every one.’ That was George Washington in re- lic humiliation and prayer proclama- The words of Franklin Roosevelt. signing as no one had done before. In tions, he said: In 1941, just 2 weeks exactly after the fact, King George, when he was told If the public homage of a people can ever horror of Pearl Harbor’s sneak attack, Washington was resigning, didn’t be- be worthy of the favorable regard of the holy Franklin Roosevelt said this: lieve him. He didn’t believe that that and omniscient Being to whom it is ad- Sincere and faithful men and women . . . would happen. He said nobody would do dressed, it must be guided only by their free are asking themselves this Christmas: How that. In fact he said, If Washington choice, by the impulse of their hearts and can we light our trees? How can we give our were to do that, he would be the great- the dictates of their consciences, and such a gifts? How can we meet and worship with spectacle must be interesting to all Chris- love and with uplifted spirit and heart in a est man alive. He was. He was indeed. tian nations as proving that religion, that It is also noteworthy, because in fig- world at war, a world of fighting and suf- gift of heaven, for the good of man. fering and death? uring out where we’re going from here, Abraham Lincoln, September 5, 1864, Franklin Roosevelt went on: and especially in this Christmas sea- said in regard to this great book, talk- son, we need to know where we came ing about the Bible: How can we pause, even for a day, even for from. 1789, George Washington said this Christmas Day, in our urgent labor of arm- I have but to say, I believe the Bible is the in writing: ing a decent humanity against the enemies best gift God has given to man. All the good which beset it? How can we put the world May the same wonder-working Deity who, Savior gave to the world was communicated aside, as men and women put the world aside long since delivering the Hebrews from their through this book. But for it we could not in peaceful years, to rejoice in the birth of Egyptian oppressors, planted them in the know right from wrong. All things most de- Christ? Promised Land—whose providential agency sirable for man’s welfare, here and hereafter, has lately been conspicuous in establishing are to be found portrayed in it. Franklin Roosevelt went on: these United States as an independent Na- b 1540 Looking into the days to come, I have set tion—still continue to water them with the aside a day of prayer, and in that Proclama- dews of heaven and to make the inhabitants So it’s interesting that now, in a tion, I have said: ‘The year 1941 has brought of every denomination participate in the place where so many Christian groups upon our Nation a war of aggression by pow- temporal and spiritual blessings of that peo- came to avoid persecution, we’re about ers dominated by arrogant rulers whose self- ple whose God is Jehovah. to come full circle. Now we have peo- ish purpose is to destroy free institutions. George Washington. ple, groups like just in the recent days, They would thereby take from the freedom- There may be the gentleman from loving peoples of the Earth the hard-won lib- who are on television, telling me, as a erties gained over many centuries. The new Maryland that follows me. If not, these Christian, that I’m a member of a hate may be the last Special Orders before year of 1942 calls for the courage . . . Our group? strength, as the strength of all men every- the Christmas break. And I think with He understands not what Washington where, is of greater avail as God upholds us. all of the debate that goes back and understood, what Jefferson understood, Therefore, I . . . do hereby appoint the forth, this is critically important to what Madison understood. And how first day of the year 1942 as a day of prayer, note who said what while we were about the only President to have ever of asking forgiveness for our shortcomings of being founded. been elected to Congress and been the past, of consecration to the tasks of the Thomas Jefferson said these words in elected President and to have been ap- present, of asking God’s help in the days to come. We need His guidance that this people 1781, and it’s inscribed on the Jefferson pointed to the Supreme Court? In fact, Memorial: may be humble in spirit but strong in the he was Chief Justice of the Supreme conviction of the right; steadfast to endure God who gave us life, gave us liberty. And Court. He was William Howard Taft. sacrifice and brave to achieve a victory of can the liberties of a Nation be thought se- William Howard Taft, Chief Justice liberty and peace. cure when we have removed their only firm of the Supreme Court, said these words Our strongest weapon in this war is that basis, a conviction in the minds of the people in 1908: conviction of the dignity and brotherhood of that these liberties are the gift of God, that No man can study the movement of mod- man which Christmas Day signifies . . . they are not to be violated but with His Against enemies who preach the principles of wrath. Indeed, I tremble for my country ern civilization from an impartial standpoint and not realize that Christianity, and the hate and practice them, we set our faith in when I reflect that God is just, that His jus- human love and in God’s care for us and all tice cannot sleep forever. spread of Christianity, are the only basis of hope of modern civilization in the growth of men everywhere.’ Think of those words, as I know that popular self-government. A year later exactly, Franklin Roo- in the county right next to my home Our only Member of Congress, who sevelt said: county there are people, a group, Free- was also President, who was also Chief To you who serve in uniform, I also send a dom From Religion, that is doing all Justice, said this: message of cheer that you are in the they can to have a nativity scene re- The spirit of Christianity is pure democ- thoughts of your families and friends at moved that is a part of the history of racy; it is the equality of man before God— home and that Christmas prayers follow you Athens, Texas. the equality of man before the law, which is, wherever you may be. To all Americans, I Thomas Jefferson also said these as I understand it, the most Godlike mani- say that loving our neighbor as we love our- words: ‘‘I am a Christian in the only festation that man has been able to make. selves is not enough—that we as a Nation sense in which He wished anyone to be, William Howard Taft. and as individuals will please God best by showing regard for the laws of God. There is sincerely attached to his doctrines in Franklin D. Roosevelt said these no better way of fostering good will toward preference to all others.’’ words on December 24, 1933, because he man than by first fostering good will toward Jefferson said: ‘‘I shall need, too, the believed the Christian religion not to God. favor of that Being in whose hands we be a hate religion, as so many are now Then Franklin Roosevelt quotes from are, who led our forefathers, as Israel saying, as so many are trying to per- John 14:15: of old, from their native land and secute. It is also important to under- planted them in a country flowing with ‘‘If we love Him, we will keep His Com- stand this was in a terrible time of a mandments.’’ In sending Christmas greetings all the necessities and comforts of depression. to the Armed Forces and merchant sailors of life.’’ Franklin D. Roosevelt said this: the United Nations, we include therein our I was on Fox News last week with my . . . this year marks a greater national un- pride in their bravery on the fighting fronts friend, Eric Bolling, had a gentleman derstanding of the significance in our mod- and on all the seas.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:49 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00119 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16DE7.084 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H9918 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 16, 2011 It is significant that tomorrow, Christmas thought she was not hearing out of one ear, The doctor at Baylor, concerned about the Day, our plants and factories will be stilled. but that was a minor thing so she did not sensitive area of the brain in which the That is not true of the other holidays we pursue answers for a long time. tumor was located, referred her to a neuro- have long been accustomed to celebrate. On Eventually she decided to go the 60 miles surgeon friend at the Mayo Clinic. Again, she all other holidays, work goes on gladly—for to Longview, Texas, to have a hearing check- and Dad did what they had to, with surgery the winning of the war. So Christmas be- up with an ear, nose, and throat specialist scheduled shortly after Christmas. When the comes the only holiday in all the year. I like named Dr. Norman, whose only other con- neurosurgeon went in, he found the tumor to think that this is so because Christmas is tact with our family was about 14 years ear- was more grapefruit size, involved a great a holy day. May all it stands for live and lier when he diagnosed a hearing problem for deal of the brain, and could not be removed grow throughout the years. me when I was 8 years old. He ran tests and entirely. We were told later it would grow It might be worth hearing from John did x rays of Mother, but was baffled. He said back in maybe a year, maybe 20, no one she had lost most of her hearing in her right would know. Mom felt that was OK, too. Kennedy, December 1962, which was ap- ear, and he expected to find a small tumor in proximately a year before he was assas- And through it all, she found her amazing her inner ear, but the x rays showed there sense of humor again as well. In fact, her sinated. John Kennedy said these was no tumor at the normal spot. She had a surgeon was quite concerned that he had words at this season, at this time: hearing loss, but he had no idea why. She traumatized nerves or parts of her brain that With the lighting of this tree, which is an went home feeling that at least there was could have materially affected her abilities. something wrong with her that was not psy- old ceremony in Washington and one which He told the nurses it was imperative that he has been among the most important respon- chosomatic. Nonetheless, her depression, anxiety, loss watch her come out from under the anes- sibilities of a good many Presidents of the thesia so he would have a better idea of the United States, we initiate, in a formal way, of balance, impetuosity all kept getting worse, and she knew it. As fall was heading damage that might have occurred. He was the Christmas season. We mark the festival toward Christmas, Mother was heading for alerted and was standing at the foot of Moth- of Christmas, which is the most sacred and disaster. That was what she feared most, as er’s bed when she opened her eyes, which hopeful day in our civilization. For nearly did my father, my older sister, Susan, my then met his eyes. He asked, ‘Do you know 2,000 years, the message of Christmas, the two younger brothers, David and Bill, along who I am?’ Mother looked at him for a mo- message of peace and good will towards all with me. ment and then said, ‘If you don’t know who men has been the guiding star of our endeav- Several months after her office visit with you are, you’re worse off than I am!’ Mother ors . . . I had a meeting . . . which included Dr. Norman, my brilliant mother was over- still had her sense of humor. some of our representatives from far off whelmed in a way none of us could help. This It took 15 years for the tumor to grow back countries in Africa and Asia. They were re- smart woman who read all of us Bible stories big enough to take her life, and the last few turning to their posts for the Christmas holi- from our earliest days, who loved to recite years were tough. Half of her face did sag a days. Talking with them . . . I was struck by poetry from memory, jokes and stories, was bit, causing many to think Mother might the fact that in the far-off continents, Mus- now having trouble from time to time re- have had a stroke. But that too did not mat- lims, Hindus, Buddhists, as well as Chris- membering some of those—and it was not ter as much as the fact that Mother’s prayer tians, pause from their labors on the 25th just age taking its toll on this 50-year-old had been answered. She, and we all, had a day of December to celebrate the birthday of mother. God who listened to our prayers, and an- the Prince of Peace. One night, my mother could not sleep, swered them. Kennedy went on and said: which was not unusual, but she got on her Christmas was rather special that year. It There could be no more striking proof that knees to pray. This was a regular habit for was before her surgery, so none of us knew Christmas is truly the universal holiday of this staunch Christian, a Southern Baptist, what lay ahead for Mother or our family all men. It is the day when all of us dedicate in fact. But that night it was in complete from there. But everyone seemed a little our thoughts to others; when all are re- desperation and hopelessness. She prayed in closer, loved a little deeper, hugged a little minded that mercy and compassion are the essence: ‘Lord, You know I would not take longer, had fewer squabbles, and appreciated enduring virtues; when all show, by small my own life, but I cannot live another day everything a little more. deeds and large and by acts, that it is more like this. I cannot go on. You have to do something. Please help me!’ Two thousand years after God gave blessed to give than to receive. It is the day My youngest brother, Bill, was the only us Jesus, He was and is still in the when we remind ourselves that man can and sibling still living at home. He said he business of answering prayer, just as must live in peace with his neighbors and awoke, got up, saw a light on, and went to that it is the peacemakers who are truly George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, the living room. He saw Mom and worriedly James Madison, and Presidents blessed. In this year of 1962, we greet each asked, ‘Mother, are you all right?’ She said, other at Christmas with some special sense ‘Yes, son. I’m fine. Go on back to bed.’ He throughout our history—Abraham Lin- of the blessings of peace. did. She prayed a while longer, eventually coln on up to the present day—have ac- This has been a year of peril, when the drifting down the hall to fall in bed beside knowledged. peace has been sorely threatened. But it has our father. been a year when peril was faced and when Mr. Speaker, as so often occurred in The next morning, Mother, not having to the first 100 years of this country’s his- reason ruled. As a result, we may talk at this teach that day, slept late until the phone Christmas just a little bit more confidently rang. Since Dad was already at work, Mother tory in this building, I will close with of peace on Earth, goodwill to men. As a re- answered. It was the ear doctor, Dr. Norman, a verse of scripture, as so many in Con- sult, the hopes of the American people are who had seen her once many months before gress used to do. perhaps a little higher. We have much yet to but with whom there had been no contact do. We still need to ask God to bless every- since. He said, ‘Mrs. Gohmert, this is Dr. b 1600 one. Norman over in Longview. I woke up in the b 1550 middle of the night thinking about you, and Psalms 116:1–2: just wanted to call and see if your problems And then finally, I was asked last I love the Lord, because He has heard my had gotten any better.’ Mother told him, no, voice and my supplications; because He has year to write a story, a personal story, she had actually thought she was worse. He inclined His ear to me, therefore I will call about a previous Christmas season. I said that is what he had awakened thinking, upon Him as long as I live. would like to share that. It can be and he wanted to send her over to a neurolo- Merry Christmas. Happy holidays to found at Human Events, entitled, ‘‘An- gist friend of his at Baylor Hospital in Dallas others who are offended by Merry swered Prayer,’’ from December 25, and just let him run tests until he figured Christmas. As Franklin Roosevelt said: 2010. out what was wrong. Mother and Dad did not have a lot of God Bless Us Every One. Merry Christ- Mother had become so very impulsive. You money then, but they readily agreed to do never knew what she might do next. This mas. just that. Dr. Norman was not a friend of the I yield back the balance of my time. brilliant woman in her younger years had family, had not seen Mother in many put herself through Baylor University in less months, did not have common friends with than three years while working full-time, our family, but he was providentially usable f was a member of an Honor Society, and had and awoke with Mother on his mind! spent most of her professional life as an Almost a week of testing, and nothing DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA eighth-grade English teacher. showed until they tried a new machine—new APPROPRIATIONS She had prided herself on being able to at that time—called a CT Scan. It revealed a solve almost any puzzle, answer most any small, walnut-sized tumor just inside the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under question, and now it was she who was puzzled skull above her left ear. Mother was elated the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- by lots of things. She got disoriented, and when she told us the results. We were all uary 5, 2011, the gentlewoman from the was going crazy thinking she might be going heartsick, but not Mother. She was so ex- District of Columbia (Ms. NORTON) is crazy. In fact, a local doctor in our small cited because she knew it was a physical town in east Texas told Dad if she got much problem; she wasn’t just going crazy. What recognized for 30 minutes. worse, she might need to be put in a home or was more, she knew, as we all did—God had Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I come to institution. That drove her even crazier. answered her prayer. From there, she could make a few remarks about the 2012 om- Amidst the other perplexing conditions, she handle whatever happened. nibus appropriations conference report

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:49 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00120 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16DE7.085 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9919 just passed and about one part of that trict has the highest HIV/AIDS rate in Capital of our country, the only capital report that has no place in any con- the United States, in part because of of a free world country whose citizens ference report or in any House appro- the old needle exchange rider. Of do not have a representative in their priations bill. I refer, of course, to the course, this funding doesn’t have to do parliament who has the authority and part of that report called the D.C. ap- with the needle exchange rider; this privilege of voting. propriations bill. has to do with making sure that there b 1610 First, for all of the contention in this is money for education and treatment. It’s a lamentable fact that Mrs. NOR- Congress, as we look at the 2012 omni- And so I want to thank Mrs. EMERSON TON, who is speaking to us this after- bus appropriations, there is certainly and Mr. SERRANO because together noon, does not have that vote, and all much for Democrats to be relieved they saw to it that this funding was in of us ought to recognize that it’s a about. There was a wholesale attack in the bill, and I certainly want to thank blight on our democracy. But I con- the beginning of this Congress on ev- Mrs. EMERSON for the bipartisanship gratulate her on representing the Dis- erything from education to clean en- she has shown ever since she has been trict of Columbia in such an extraor- ergy. But in the end, because Demo- on the committee that handles the D.C. dinarily positive fashion even without crats know how to fight for what the appropriations. Even on those occa- the vote. And it would be awesome American people tell them to fight for, sions where she and I are in disagree- what she could do, in addition to that, health care reform was saved. Wall ment, she is always open to hearing with the vote. Street reform was saved. Clean energy from us. And I rise, as well, to make a couple was saved. Job training was saved. I am equally glad that the D.C. TAG of comments, Mr. Speaker, about the NPR, National Public Radio, was not program was funded by her sub- business that is pending before this defunded. Planned Parenthood, which committee. Thousands of our children Congress. We have passed an omnibus offers reproductive services throughout are going to colleges throughout the appropriation bill, this bill that is on our country, was not defunded. And United States with funding from the the desk here, 1,207 pages, reported out Title X family planning was not Federal Government to make up for last night, a conference report. I urged defunded. The National Labor Rela- the fact that the District of Columbia support of that bill. But it was not, of tions Board can continue on with its does not have a State university sys- course, consistent with the pledges rules concerning union elections. And tem. If this funding had been shut off, that were made to do appropriations these are only some of the many ingre- it would have been a catastrophe for bills discretely, that is, one after an- dients in this omnibus report that led those in college and for those preparing other. It’s difficult to do that, unfortu- Democrats to vote for it because it to go to college. nately. It’s the way we should do it, contained much for them to be proud And of course I mentioned the De- but we didn’t do it this year, and we of. partment of Homeland Security head- haven’t done it in years past under Yes, in the give and take of appro- quarters construction project. The Democratic and Republican leadership. priations, the kind of give and take headquarters is a priority for this ad- But I am concerned, Mr. Speaker, there should have been more of during ministration, as it was for the last ad- that we have some critically unfinished this Congress, there were some things ministration, and is also a priority for business pending in the Congress of the in this appropriations bill for the Na- the District of Columbia because so United States. We passed a bill here tion that I do not support and that gen- many of the jobs will go to those in through the House some days ago erally Democrats do not support. Still, this region and, of course, in the Dis- which provided for the extension of the this bill was far more bipartisan than trict of Columbia. payroll tax cut that we gave to 160 mil- any other bill that has come before the At the same time, we are justifiably lion Americans last year. Our economy 112th Congress. angry about the D.C. abortion rider is still not as robust as we want it to Then, of course, there was the D.C. that was placed on our appropriations be, and the President of the United appropriations. From anywhere in for the second year in a row, despite an States has said let’s continue that tax America, the words ‘‘D.C. appropria- energetic campaign from many of our cut for middle-income Americans. We tions’’ do not sound right on the House allies and District residents to elimi- have not done that yet. And, unfortu- floor. This is the place where we deal nate this rider. nately, the bill that we passed through with the Nation’s business, not the I see that my good friend, Mr. HOYER, the House had items in it that obvi- business of any local jurisdiction. But, has come to the floor. While there is a ously the Senate did not agree with. of course, there are anachronisms here. great deal more I want to say about The majority leader tried to put that There are intrusions here, and they go this bill and how it affects the District bill on the floor for consideration by to matters affecting the District of Co- of Columbia, it is with pleasure to the Senate, and the minority leader ob- lumbia. yield to my good friend, the Demo- jected to that consideration, so it has To be sure, there is much to be re- cratic whip. not moved. lieved about in the D.C. bill. This was Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentlelady In addition to the middle class tax not a total loss for the District. The for yielding. I want to join her in say- cut, we must not leave Washington bill funded our top three priorities—the ing that there were some minuses in without providing for an extension of extraordinary D.C. Tuition Assistance this bill, and the minuses in this bill the unemployment insurance. This Grant program; the Department of historically have been, as it relates to great Nation, this wealthy Nation, Homeland Security headquarters, now the District of Columbia, that the Con- should not abandon those who cannot going up in Ward 8, a part of our city gress has treated the District of Co- find work through no fault of their where there is great unemployment, lumbia as its own possession as op- own. If we do not act, then a million and where this construction is doing a posed to an independent political juris- Americans may go off unemployment good deal of good; and funding for HIV/ diction that has been granted home insurance and not have money to feed AIDS treatment in the District of Co- rule, and the Congress ought to honor themselves, to assist in feeding their lumbia. that home rule. families, pay their housing bills and I want to thank my good friends, As we urge democracies around the continue to afford to look for work. In Mrs. EMERSON and Mr. SERRANO, par- world or dictatorships around the the month of February, another 2 mil- ticularly for the funding for HIV/AIDS world to honor the views of their peo- lion will find themselves similarly sit- education and treatment. This funding ple, the Congress of the United States uated. was included in the President’s budget, ought to honor the wishes of the people Lastly, we must pass an extension of but it didn’t have to be in our appro- of the District of Columbia. I always the compensation of doctors who are priations bill. And, indeed, it was in lament when we put in these individual serving Medicare patients. That is crit- neither the initial House nor Senate provisions. ical to do so that we can assure med- appropriations bill. I also want to say to the gentlelady ical treatment for our seniors. There’s I asked these two appropriators if from the District of Columbia how out- not a Member of Congress who wants they could possibly see to it that this standing a job she does representing to see that happen, or at least none funding was included because the Dis- this jurisdiction in which we have the who say they want to see it happen.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:49 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00121 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16DE7.091 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H9920 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 16, 2011 So I want to join Ms. NORTON as we war in Iraq and bringing our troops for low-income women. No one asked stand here today as we are leaving for home. We welcome them home. We these residents to be arrested. There the weekend, but I also want to call honor them for their service. And we was a picket line. I went to Longworth, the House’s attention to a concern that pledge to them our continuing care for there on Independence Avenue, joined I have. The majority leader, ERIC CAN- their needs resulting from their serv- the picket line, left, and then was in- TOR, announced to us the schedule this ice. formed that four people had decided to afternoon and said that we would not And I thank the gentlelady for yield- engage in civil disobedience in order to be meeting today, later in the day, ing this time to call our attention to send the Congress the message that we after our business, which is now con- the important work that is yet to be will never go away quietly so long as cluded, that we would not be meeting done in this first session of this Con- you treat the residents of the District on Saturday or Sunday, and that we gress. of Columbia as second-class citizens. may come back on the 19th, which is Ms. NORTON. Well, I thank you, Mr. These four joined 72 people who were Monday. HOYER. It was a very special pleasure arrested when Congress re-imposed this Now, one of the things I was con- to yield to the man who is second in very rider in April. Our residents have cerned about is that he said on the the Democratic leadership here in the been successful in this sense: While floor that it is difficult to predict if or House. And I think that it was particu- there is one rider, the abortion rider, when we need to return. Now, he meant larly appropriate, as we close out this there are no others. And yet there were by that that he wasn’t sure when the session, for our Democratic Whip, a attempts to put on more riders, more Senate was going to act. I understand Democratic leader, to come to the floor attachments—at odds with what the his meaning. But I will tell you, Mr. to remind us of unfinished business. residents of the District of Columbia Speaker, that I hope the American peo- It was a great pleasure to be able, themselves have enacted—but those ple will demand that we return and therefore, to give time to Mr. HOYER, were not added. There were riders that that they will demand that we act be- who speaks for us all. And I thank him would have kept the District from fore we adjourn sine die, before we con- for speaking not only to the Nation’s using needle exchange programs, indis- clude this first session of the Congress. business, but for speaking to the busi- pensable to eliminating the spread of Yes, Christmas is coming, Hanukkah, ness of the District of Columbia. He HIV/AIDS. There were promises of rid- Kwanza and other celebrations, but never neglects the City. He has been a ers on the District’s marriage equality there will be no celebration for those great champion of the District and for law. And there was a promise of a rider people who cannot find work and who freedom for the people of the Nation’s to eliminate all of the District’s gun believe that the support system that Capital. safety laws. Because the District resi- this country has extended to them will Mr. HOYER essentially spoke about dents did not go silently the last time, be ripped out from under them. the unfinished business of the 112th we have been able to beat back those So I am here on the floor to join my Congress. I was relieved at what the riders. colleague in talking about the omnibus Democrats were able to accomplish in We are relieved that the Federal Gov- appropriation bill to say that I’m this conference report, when you con- ernment didn’t shut down because the pleased that we passed it. It will keep sider that almost everything of great District government would have shut our government operating. It has not priority for us was under attack. So, down on Friday had the Federal Gov- yet passed, but hopefully in the next 48 yes, we are relieved. ernment shut down, although the Dis- hours the Senate will have acted— But what Mr. HOYER has reminded us trict of Columbia is no part of this hopefully in the next 24—on the con- about this evening is that there is un- fight. The District passed its local ference report, and we’ll get it ready to finished business that should not allow budget months ago. However, the Con- send it to the President. Congress to go home to celebrate its gress treats the District I am very hopeful that all 435 Mem- own personal Christmas with a clear paternalistically and makes it bring its bers of this House and that all 100 conscience until it deals with this part budget to people who know nothing Members of the United States Senate of the Nation’s business—the payroll about its budget and have contributed are committed to the proposition that tax that will go up unless we extend it nothing to its budget in order for the we will not leave this town and that we and unemployment benefits for 6 mil- Congress—people from other districts— will not abandon our responsibilities to lion people. These would have been rou- to sign off on the local budget of a city assure the adoption of the three meas- tine ingredients, the payroll tax, for not their own. So because the District ures which I have referenced. example, that economists tell us are The middle class tax cut will affect of Columbia budget was locked within ingredients essential to keep the econ- one of the appropriations that had not 160 Americans. I frankly think we omy from collapsing, because the should pay for that with a slight sur- been passed—the District faced a pos- money from the tax cut is going to be sible shutdown. charge, not a sacrifice, just an addi- instantly spent by those who receive it. tional contribution by some of the best I have had a bill here pending for 1620 off in America, not because of class b many months to the effect that if the warfare but because they want, I’m And if the payroll tax goes up instead government shuts down, the District sure, to help their fellow citizens who of staying put, there will be a full 1 can continue to spend its own local need help. percent decrease in the already shallow funds. That bill has not passed. It is We are committed to the proposition growth of the economy. amazing to even contemplate the possi- that we will not leave here without Unemployment benefits do precisely bility that the local government would making sure that that middle class tax the same way. For every four people have been shut down over issues having cut continues, that unemployment in- looking for a job, there’s only one job nothing to do with the local govern- surance is available and that doctors available today. Who would want to ment. Well, there is only one way to will be compensated. deny unemployment benefits? avoid that problem, and it is a way So I thank the gentlelady for yield- And as for Medicare physician reim- that we are making at least some ing for this comment. And in closing, bursements, we already have too many progress on, and that is to give the city let me say that I wear a yellow ribbon. physicians unwilling to take Medicare the right to pass its own budget and be There’s a great song called ‘‘Tie a Yel- patients. The last thing we want to do done with it. low Ribbon ’Round the Ole Oak Tree.’’ is to leave that situation, which would We are pleased that there is some in- We wear that yellow ribbon for the leave many of our seniors with nobody terest in this issue, especially the bill troops that have been overseas defend- to go to. Mr. ISSA of California has introduced ing freedom in harm’s way. We wear Mr. Speaker, four D.C. residents were to give the District budget autonomy, that yellow ribbon to remind them of arrested this morning in front of the a bill that mirrors my own in many how pleased we are that so many of Longworth building to protest congres- ways, with, of course, the deference his them are coming home. sional action to keep the District from bill gives to the Congress. But it would The President has met his commit- spending its own local funds as it sees go a long way toward avoiding shut- ment to end our participation in the fit—in this case, for abortion services downs, toward allowing the District,

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The comparison is also needed to en- Street because the Congress forces the dicate how intolerable it is for the force section 302(f) of the Budget Act because city to bring its budget to the Con- 600,000 residents of the Nation’s capital the point of order under that section equally gress, thereby creating uncertainty for to be treated as second-class citizens. applies to measures that would breach the those who hold our bonds. So there is a Happy holidays to all Members of the applicable section 302(b) suballocation. way, and it is a way that we will never House. May we have a bipartisan year The fourth table gives the current level for give up until we get that way. next year. fiscal year 2013 of accounts identified for ad- May I ask how much time remains? I yield back. vance appropriations under section 402 of H. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Con. Res. 34. This list is needed to enforce tlewoman has 3 minutes remaining. f section 402 of the budget resolution, which creates a point of order against appropria- Ms. NORTON. So as the residents of PUBLICATION OF BUDGETARY the District of Columbia look at the tion bills that contain advance appropria- MATERIAL tions that are: (i) not identified in the state- national appropriations, they will see ment of managers or (ii) would cause the ag- STATUS REPORT ON CURRENT SPENDING LEVELS the national conference report and gregate amount of such appropriations to ex- OF ON-BUDGET SPENDING AND REVENUES FOR they will have much to be grateful for ceed the level specified in the resolution. FY 2012 AND THE 10-YEAR PERIOD FY 2012 because the wholesale attack on every- If you have any questions, please contact THROUGH FY 2021 thing from education to health care re- Paul Restuccia at (202) 226–7270. form did not succeed. Yes, there were Hon. JOHN A. BOEHNER, Sincerely, Speaker, House of Representatives, Washington, also some extraordinary and important PAUL RYAN, DC. Chairman. things in the D.C. appropriations, even DEAR MR. SPEAKER: To facilitate the appli- as the city is in anguish that the Con- cation of sections 302 and 311 of the Congres- REPORT TO THE SPEAKER FROM THE gress would dictate to the city how it sional Budget Act, I am transmitting an up- COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET must spend its own local funds. The dated status report on the current levels of STATUS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2012 CONGRESSIONAL city is justifiably angry that there was on-budget spending and revenues for fiscal BUDGET; ADOPTED IN H. CON. RES. 34; REFLECTING one rider, one amendment at odds with year 2012 and for the 10-year period fiscal ACTION COMPLETED AS OF DECEMBER 9, 2011 our own preferences, forced upon us in year 2012 through fiscal year 2021. This sta- the way of authoritarian governments. tus report is current through December 9, [On-budget amounts, in millions of dollars] 2012. At the same time, other riders that The term ‘current level’ refers to the Fiscal years— would have been terribly destructive, amounts of spending and revenues estimated 2012 1 2012–2021 we were able to fight off. for each fiscal year based on laws enacted or The D.C. funding had in fact a salu- awaiting the President’s signature. Appropriate Level: Budget Authority ...... 2,858,503 (2) tary effect and we are mindful of the The first table in the report compares the Outlays ...... 2,947,662 (2) needs of the Nation and of the city, es- current levels of total budget authority, out- Revenues ...... 1,890,365 30,278,654 lays, and revenues with the overall limits set Current Level: pecially the funding for the Homeland Budget Authority ...... 2,970,326 (2) Security headquarters in ward 8, a in H. Con. Res. 34, the concurrent resolution Outlays ...... 3,024,942 (2) ward with a high unemployment rate. on the budget for fiscal year 2012. This com- Revenues ...... 1,889,846 30,251,129 parison is needed to implement section 311(a) Current Level over (+)/under (¥) Appropriate DC TAG, which is the program that al- Level: of the Budget Act, which creates a point of Budget Authority ...... +111,823 (2) lows our children to go to State col- order against measures that would breach Outlays ...... +77,280 (2) leges around the country because we do the budget resolution’s aggregate levels. The Revenues ...... ¥519 ¥27,525 not have a State university system. table does not show budget authority and 1 Notes for 2012: The appropriate level for FY2012 was established in And we are especially appreciative of outlays for years after fiscal year 2012 be- H.Con. Res 34, which was subsequently deemed to be in force in the House cause appropriations for those years have of Representatives pursuant to H. Res. 287. The current level for FY2012 the funding for HIV/AIDS, to engage in starts with the baseline estimates contained in An Analysis of the Presi- education and treatment in a city that not yet been considered. dent’s Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2012, published by the Congres- has a high AIDS rate. The second table compares the current lev- sional Budget Office, and makes adjustments to those levels for enacted els of budget authority and outlays for ac- legislation. The Appropriations Committee has 2 Not applicable because annual appropriations Acts for fiscal years 2013 tion completed by each authorizing com- through 2021 will not be considered until future sessions of Congress. tried to overcome the partisanship of mittee with the ‘‘section 302(a)’’ allocations the 112th Congress. It did so to a fair made under H. Con. Res. 34 for fiscal year BUDGET AUTHORITY extent in the general conference re- 2012 and fiscal years 2012 through 2021. ‘‘Ac- Budget authority for FY 2012 are above the port, and it certainly did so on our ap- tion’’ refers to legislation enacted after the appropriate levels set by H. Con. Res. 34. propriations, the D.C. appropriations, adoption of the budget resolution. This com- OUTLAYS parison is needed to enforce section 302(f) of notwithstanding the issue that we will Outlays for FY 2012 are above the appro- the Budget Act, which creates a point of continue to take on with our appropriate levels set by H. Con. Res. 34. priations until our appropriation is order against measures that would breach the section 302(a) allocation of new budget REVENUE ours alone, our appropriation, our authority for the committee that reported Revenue for FY 2012 is below the appro- money. the measure. It is also needed to implement priate levels set by H. Con. Res. 34. My thanks to those who, in civil pro- section 311(b), which exempts committees Revenue for the period FY 2012 through test, civil disobedience were arrested that comply with their allocations from the FY2021 is below the appropriate levels set by this morning because of the abortion point of order under section 311(a). H. Con. Res. 34. DIRECT SPENDING LEGISLATION—COMPARISON OF CURRENT LEVEL WITH AUTHORIZING COMMITTEE 302(a) ALLOCATIONS FOR RESOLUTION CHANGES, REFLECTING ACTION COMPLETED AS OF DECEMBER 9, 2011 [Fiscal Years, in nillions of dollars]

2012 2012-2021 House Committee BA Outlays BA Outlays

Agriculture: Allocation ...... ¥2,315 ¥2,228 ¥177,866 ¥176,005 Current Level ...... 0 0 0 0 Difference ...... +2,315 +2,228 +177,866 +176,005 Armed Services: Allocation ...... 0 0 0 0 Current Level ...... 0 0 0 0 Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 Education and the Workforce: Allocation ...... ¥4,994 ¥2,522 ¥149,437 ¥133,808 Current Level ...... +8,690 +3,492 ¥8,775 ¥4,630 Difference ...... +13,684 +6,014 +140,662 +129,178 Energy and Comrnerce: Allocation ...... ¥698 ¥1,207 ¥1,365,771 1,366,350

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2012 2012-2021 House Committee BA Outlays BA Outlays

Current Level ...... 0 0 0 0 Difference ...... +698 +1,207 +1,365,771 +1,366,350 Financial Services: Allocation ...... ¥5,986 ¥6,485 ¥66,359 ¥67,488 Current Level ...... 0 0 0 0 Difference ...... +5,986 +6,485 +66,359 +67,488 Foreign Affairs: Allocation ...... 0 0 0 0 Current Level ...... 0 0 0 0 Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 Homeland Security: Allocation ...... ¥1,900 ¥1,900 ¥16,600 ¥14,100 Current Level ...... 0 0 0 0 Difference ...... +1,900 +1,900 +16,600 +14,100 House Administration: Allocation ...... 0 0 0 0 Current Level ...... 0 0 0 0 Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 Judiciary: Allocation ...... ¥387 ¥1 ¥48,087 ¥47,701 Current Level ...... ¥3 ¥3 ¥13 ¥13 Difference ...... +384 ¥2 +48,074 +47,688 Natural Resources: Allocation ...... ¥239 ¥190 ¥10,735 ¥10,472 Current Level ...... 0 0 0 0 Difference ...... +239 +190 +10,735 +10,472 Oversight and Government Reform: Allocation ...... ¥8,102 ¥8,275 ¥153,145 ¥153,302 Current Level ...... 0 0 0 0 Difference ...... +8,102 +8,275 +153,145 +153,302 Science, Space and Technology: Allocation ...... 0 0 0 0 Current Level ...... 0 0 0 0 Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 Small Business: Allocation ...... 0 0 0 0 Current Level ...... 0 0 0 0 Difference ...... 0 0 0 0 Transportation and Infrastructure: Allocation ...... ¥17,250 ¥122 ¥132,784 ¥4,396 Current Level ...... ¥185 0 ¥1,850 0 Difference ...... +17,65 +122 +130,934 4,396 Veterans’ Affairs: Allocation ...... 0 0 0 0 Current Level ...... ¥26 ¥26 ¥7 ¥7 Difference ...... ¥26 ¥26 ¥7 ¥7 Ways and Means: Allocation ...... ¥7,945 ¥8,020 ¥1,147,818 ¥1,148,128 Current Level ...... ¥81 ¥293 ¥50,366 ¥50,447 Difference ...... +7,864 +7,727 +1,097,452 +1,097,681

DISCRETIONARY APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012—COMPARISON OF CURRENT STATUS WITH APPROPRIATIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE 302(b) SUB ALLOCATIONS

302(b) suballocations as of Dec. Current status reflecting action Current status minus 9, 2011 (H. Rept. 112–104) completed as of Dec. 9, 2011 suballocations BA OT BA OT BA OT

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA ...... 17,250 21,452 20,137 23,292 +2,887 +1,840 Commerce, Justice, Science ...... 50,237 62,446 52,944 63,759 +2,707 +1,313 Defense ...... 648,709 654,698 648,694 654,685 ¥15 ¥13 Energy and Water Development ...... 30,639 44,577 30,624 44,522 ¥15 ¥55 Financial Services and General Government ...... 19,895 23,523 19,895 23,523 0 0 Homeland Security ...... 40,850 45,122 40,850 45,122 0 0 Interior, Environment ...... 27,473 30,766 27,465 30,439 ¥8 ¥327 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education ...... 139,218 154,253 24,658 124,205 ¥114,560 ¥30,048 Legislative Branch ...... 4,314 4,397 3,320 3,565 ¥994 ¥832 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs ...... 72,535 78,492 72,535 78,483 0 ¥9 State, Foreign Operations ...... 39,569 46,060 0 28,254 ¥39,569 ¥17,806 Transportation, HUD ...... 47,655 118,272 57,312 122,169 +9,657 +3,897 Subtotal (Section 302(b) Allocations) ...... 1,138,344 1,284,058 998,434 1,242,018 ¥139,910 ¥42,040 Total (Section 302(a) Allocation ...... 1,138,344 1,284,058 998,434 1,242,018 ¥139,910 ¥42,040 Memorandum: Emergencies 1 ...... ¥ ¥ ¥ 918 ¥ ¥918 Global War on Terrorism 2 ...... 126,544 64,100 118,942 59,939 ¥7,602 ¥4,161 1 Pursuant to H.Con Res 34, emergencies are not reflected in 302(b) allocations or current level above. 2 Section 301 of H.Con Res. 34, allows the allocation to the House Committee on Appropriations to be adjusted by amounts designated for the Global War on Terrorism [GWOT]. The 302(b) allocations and current status above reflect any adjustments made to date for this purpose. Outlays displayed on the GWOT row, represent only new outlays resulting from new GWOT-related budget authority.

2013 ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS PURSUANT TO H. CON. 2013 ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS PURSUANT TO H. CON. 2013 ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS PURSUANT TO H. CON. RES. 34 AS OF DEC. 9, 2011 RES. 34 AS OF DEC. 9, 2011—Continued RES. 34 AS OF DEC. 9, 2011—Continued [budget authority in millions of dollars] [budget authority in millions of dollars] [budget authority in millions of dollars]

Section 402(c) (2) Limits 2013 Project-based Rental Assistance ...... 400 Section 402 (c) (1) Limits 2,013 Subtotal, enacted advances 1 ...... 4,400 Appropriate Level ...... 28,852 Previously enacted advance appropriation 2 2,013 Appropriate Level ...... 52,541 Accounts Identified for Advances: Accounts Identified for Advances: Employment and Training Administration ...... n.a. Corporation for Public Broadcasting ...... 445 Department of Veterans Affairs: Office of Job Corps ...... n.a. Total, enacted advances 1 ...... 4,845 Medical Services ...... n.a. Education for the Disadvantaged ...... n.a. Medical Support and Compliance ...... n.a. School Improvement Programs ...... n.a. 1 Line itmes may not add to total due to rounding. Medical Facilities ...... n.a. Special Education ...... n.a. 2 Funds were appropriated in Public Law 111–117. Subtotal, enacted advances 1 ...... 0 Career, Technical and Adult Education ...... n.a. Payment to Postal Service ...... n.a. Tenant-based Rental Assistance ...... 4,000

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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, the Budget for Fiscal Year 2012, as approved United-States-Panama Trade Promotion Washington, DC, December 16, 2011. by the House of Representatives. Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law Hon. PAUL RYAN, Since my last letter dated November 2, 112–43); Chairman, Committee on the Budget, House of 2011, the Congress has cleared and the Presi- The Consolidated and Further Continuing Representatives, Washington, DC. dent has signed the following acts that affect DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The enclosed report budget authority, outlays, and revenues for Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55); shows the effects of Congressional action on fiscal year 2012: and the fiscal year 2012 budget and is current An act to extend the Generalized System An act to amend the Internal Revenue through December 9, 2011. This report is sub- of Preferences, and for other purposes (Pub- Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 permitted under section 308(b) and in aid of sec- lic Law 112–40); cent withholding . . . and for other purposes tion 311 of the Congressional Budget Act, as United States-Korea Free Trade Agree- (Public Law 112–56). amended. ment Implementation Act (Public Law 112– Sincerely, The estimates of budget authority, out- 41); lays, and revenues are consistent with the United States-Columbia Trade Promotion ROBERT A. SUNSHINE technical and economic assumptions of H. Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law (For Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director). Con. Res. 34, the Concurrent Resolution on 112–42); Enclosure. FISCAL YEAR 2012 HOUSE CURRENT LEVEL REPORT THROUGH DECEMBER 9, 2011 [In millions of dollars]

Budget authority Outlays Revenues

Previously Enacted Revenues ...... n.a. n.a. 1,891,411 Permanents and other spending legislation ...... 1,842,372 1,771,503 n.a. Appropriation legislation ...... 0 581,418 n.a. Offsetting receipts ...... ¥708,099 ¥708,099 n.a. Total, Previously enacted ...... 1,134,273 1,644,822 1,891,411

Enacted this session: Authorizing Legislation Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection & Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011 (P.L. 112–9) ...... 0 0 ¥490 Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2011, Part II (P.L. 112–16) ...... ¥185 0 0 Budget Control Act of 2011 (P.L. 112–25) ...... 8,690 3,492 0 Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act of 2011 (P.L. 112–26) ...... ¥26 ¥26 0 America Invents Act (P.L. 112–29) ...... ¥3 ¥3 ¥4 An act to extend the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes (P.L. 112–40) ...... ¥28 ¥240 ¥996 United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (P.L. 112–41) ...... 53 53 ¥31 United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (P.L. 112–42) ...... ¥68 ¥68 ¥137 United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (P.L. 112–43) ...... 1 1 118 An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding . . . and for other purposes (P.L. 112–56) ...... ¥39 ¥39 ¥25 Total, authorizing legislation enacted this session ...... 8,395 3,170 ¥1,565

Appropriations Acts The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (P.L. 112–55, Divisions A, B, and C) 1 ...... 242,076 195,617 0 Continuing Resolution: The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (P.L. 112–55, Division D) 1 ...... 957,561 554,056 0 Entitlements and mandatories: Budget resolution estimates of appropriated entitlements and other mandatory programs ...... 628,021 627,277 0 Total Current Level 2 ...... 2,970,326 3,024,942 1,889,846 Total Budget Resolution 3 ...... 2,858,503 2,947,662 1,890,365 Current Level Over Budget Resolution ...... 111,823 77,280 n.a. Current Level Under Budget Resolution ...... n.a. n.a. 519 Memorandum: Revenues, 2012–2021: House Current Level ...... n.a. n.a. 30,251,129 House Budget Resolution ...... n.a. n.a. 30,278,654 Current Level Over Budget Resolution ...... n.a. n.a. n.a. Current Level Under Budget Resolution ...... n.a. n.a. 27,525 Source: Congressional Budget Office. Note: n.a. = not applicable; P.L. = Public Law. 1 P.L. 112–55 contains four divisions: Division A (the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012); Division B (Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appro- priations Act, 2012); Division C (Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012); and Division D (Further Continuing Appropriations, 2012), which provides funding through December 16, 2011, for programs in the remaining appropriation bills. The figures shown here for the continuing resolution are calculated on an annualized basis. 2 For purposes of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act in the House, the budget resolution does not include budget authority, outlays, or revenues for off-budget amounts. As a result, current level excludes these items. 3 Periodically, the House Committee on the Budget revises the totals in H. Con. Res. 34, pursuant to various provisions of the resolution: Budget authority Outlays Revenues Original Budget Resolution ...... 2,858,545 2,947,916 1,891,411 Revisions: For the United States-Colombia, Panama, Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Acts (section 404) ...... ¥14 ¥14 ¥50 For an act to extend the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes (section 305) ...... ¥28 ¥240 ¥996 Revised Budget Resolution 2,858,503 2,947,662 1,890,365

SENATE BILLS REFERRED ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the risdiction of the committee concerned. committee concerned. Bills of the Senate of the following S. 2009. An act to improve the administra- titles were taken from the Speaker’s tion of programs in the insular areas, and for f other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign table and, under the rule, referred as ADJOURNMENT follows: Affairs; in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary for a period to be subsequently de- Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I move S. 1612. An act to provide the Department termined by the Speaker, in each case for that the House do now adjourn. of Justice with additional tools to target consideration of such provisions as fall with- The motion was agreed to; accord- extraterritorial drug trafficking activity; to in the jurisdiction of the committee con- the Committee on the Judiciary; in addition cerned; in addition to the Committee on ingly (at 4 o’clock and 30 minutes to the Committee on Energy and Commerce Education and the Workforce for a period to p.m.), under its previous order, the for a period to be subsequently determined be subsequently determined by the Speaker, House adjourned until Monday, Decem- by the Speaker, in each case for consider-hin each case for consideration of such provi- ber 19, 2011, at 10 a.m. EXPENDITURE REPORTS CONCERNING OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL Reports concerning the foreign currencies and U.S. dollars utilized for Official Foreign Travel during the fourth quarter of 2011 pursuant to Public Law 95–384 are as follows:

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Date Per diem 1 Transportation Other purposes Total U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar U.S. dollar Name of Member or employee Country Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Foreign equivalent Arrival Departure currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency or U.S. currency 2 currency 2 currency 2 currency 2

Jennifer Stewart ...... 11/5 11/7 Oman ...... 366.00 ...... (3) ...... 366.00 11/7 11/9 Afghanistan ...... 28.00 ...... (3) ...... 28.00 11/9 11/10 Egypt ...... 302.00 ...... (3) ...... 302.00 11/10 11/12 United Kingdom ...... 734.00 ...... (3) ...... 734.00 Committee total ...... 1,430.00 1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. 3 Military air transportation. HON. JOHN A. BOEHNER, Speaker of the House, Dec. 6, 2011. REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, DELEGATION TO ROMANIA, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN OCT. 7 AND OCT. 10, 2011

Hon. Michael Turner ...... 10 /7 10 /10 Romania ...... 730.60 ...... (3) ...... 730.60 Hon. Jo Ann Emerson ...... 10/7 10/10 Romania ...... 776.68 ...... (3) ...... 776.68 Hon. Carolyn McCarthy ...... 10 /7 10 /10 Romania ...... 726.68 ...... (3) ...... 726.68 Hon. Jeff Miller ...... 10 /7 10 /10 Romania ...... 695.60 ...... (3) ...... 695.60 Hon. Mike Ross ...... 10/7 10/10 Romania ...... 739.61 ...... (3) ...... 739.61 Hon. David Scott ...... 10 /7 10 /10 Romania ...... 870.60 ...... (3) ...... 870.60 David Fite ...... 10 /7 10 /10 Romania ...... 813.60 ...... (3) ...... 813.60 Greg McCarthy ...... 10/7 10/10 Romania ...... 819.85 ...... (3) ...... 819.85 Riley Moore ...... 10/7 10/10 Romania ...... 772.10 ...... (3) ...... 772.10 Tim Morrison ...... 10/7 10/10 Romania ...... 749.50 ...... (3) ...... 749.50 Janice Robinson ...... 10 /7 10 /10 Romania ...... 870.60 ...... (3) ...... 870.60

Committee total ...... 8,565.42 ...... 8,565.42 1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. 3 Military air transportation. HON. MICHAEL R. TURNER, Chairman, Dec. 7, 2011. REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, DELEGATION TO PANAMA, PERU, COLOMBIA, EL SALVADOR, AND GUATEMALA, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN NOV. 5 AND NOV. 12, 2011

Hon. David Dreier ...... 11/5 11/6 Panama ...... 240.00 ...... (3) ...... 240.00 Hon. Sam Farr ...... 11 /5 11 /6 Panama ...... 240.00 ...... (3) ...... 240.00 Hon. Jeff Fortenberry ...... 11/5 11/6 Panama ...... 240.00 ...... (3) ...... 240.00 Hon. Susan Davis ...... 11/5 11/6 Panama ...... 240.00 ...... (3) ...... 240.00 Hon. Dennis Cardoza ...... 11 /5 11 /6 Panama ...... 240.00 ...... (3) ...... 240.00 Barry Jackson ...... 11/5 11/6 Panama ...... 240.00 ...... (3) ...... 240.00 Brad Smith ...... 11 /5 11 /6 Panama ...... 240.00 ...... (3) ...... 240.00 Rachael Leman ...... 11/5 11/6 Panama ...... 240.00 ...... (3) ...... 240.00 John Lis ...... 11/5 11/6 Panama ...... 240.00 ...... (3) ...... 240.00 Asher Hildebrand ...... 11/5 11/6 Panama ...... 240.00 ...... (3) ...... 240.00 Hon. David Dreier ...... 11/6 11/8 Peru ...... 615.00 ...... 754.64 ...... 1,369.64 Hon. Sam Farr ...... 11 /6 11 /8 Peru ...... 615.00 ...... 754.64 ...... 1,369.64 Hon. Jeff Fortenberry ...... 11/6 11/8 Peru ...... 615.00 ...... 754.64 ...... 1,369.64 Hon. Susan Davis ...... 11/6 11/8 Peru ...... 615.00 ...... 754.64 ...... 1,369.64 Hon. Dennis Cardoza ...... 11 /6 11 /8 Peru ...... 615.00 ...... 955.24 ...... 1,570.24 Barry Jackson ...... 11/6 11/8 Peru ...... 615.00 ...... 754.64 ...... 1,369.64 Brad Smith ...... 11 /6 11 /8 Peru ...... 615.00 ...... 754.64 ...... 1,369.64 Rachael Leman ...... 11/6 11/8 Peru ...... 615.00 ...... 754.64 ...... 1,369.64 John Lis ...... 11/6 11/8 Peru ...... 615.00 ...... 955.24 ...... 1,570.24 Asher Hildebrand ...... 11/6 11/8 Peru ...... 615.00 ...... 754.64 ...... 1,369.64 Hon. David Dreier ...... 11/8 11/10 Colombia ...... 708.00 ...... (3) ...... 708.00 Hon. Sam Farr ...... 11 /8 11 /10 Colombia ...... 708.00 ...... (3) ...... 708.00 Hon. Jeff Fortenberry ...... 11/8 11/10 Colombia ...... 708.00 ...... (3) ...... 708.00 Hon. Susan Davis ...... 11/8 11/10 Colombia ...... 708.00 ...... (3) ...... 708.00 Hon. Dennis Cardoza ...... 11 /8 11 /10 Colombia ...... 708.00 ...... (3) ...... 708.00 Hon. Gregory Meeks ...... 11/8 11/10 Colombia ...... 708.00 ...... 1,742.00 ...... 2,450.00 Barry Jackson ...... 11/8 11/10 Colombia ...... 708.00 ...... (3) ...... 708.00 Brad Smith ...... 11 /8 11 /10 Colombia ...... 708.00 ...... (3) ...... 708.00 Rachael Leman ...... 11/8 11/10 Colombia ...... 708.00 ...... (3) ...... 708.00 John Lis ...... 11/8 11/10 Colombia ...... 708.00 ...... (3) ...... 708.00 Asher Hildebrand ...... 11/8 11/10 Colombia ...... 708.00 ...... (3) ...... 708.00 Hon. David Dreier ...... 11/10 11/11 El Salvador ...... 189.00 ...... 264.74 ...... 453.74 Hon. Sam Farr ...... 11 /10 11/11 El Salvador ...... 189.00 ...... 264.74 ...... 453.74 Hon. Jeff Fortenberry ...... 11/10 11/11 El Salvador ...... 189.00 ...... 264.74 ...... 453.74 Hon. Susan Davis ...... 11/10 11 /11 El Salvador ...... 189.00 ...... 728.74 ...... 917.74 Hon. Dennis Cardoza ...... 11 /10 11 /11 El Salvador ...... 189.00 ...... 325.74 ...... 514.74 Barry Jackson ...... 11/10 11/11 El Salvador ...... 189.00 ...... 264.74 ...... 453.74 Brad Smith ...... 11 /10 11/11 El Salvador ...... 189.00 ...... 264.74 ...... 453.74 Rachael Leman ...... 11/10 11/11 El Salvador ...... 189.00 ...... 264.74 ...... 453.74 John Lis ...... 11/10 11/11 El Salvador ...... 189.00 ...... 264.74 ...... 453.74 Asher Hildebrand ...... 11/10 11/11 El Salvador ...... 189.00 ...... 264.74 ...... 453.74 Hon. David Dreier ...... 11/11 11/12 Guatemala ...... 182.00 ...... (3) ...... 182.00 Hon. Sam Farr ...... 11 /11 11/12 Guatemala ...... 182.00 ...... (3) ...... 182.00 Hon. Jeff Fortenberry ...... 11/11 11/12 Guatemala ...... 182.00 ...... 414.74 ...... 596.74 Barry Jackson ...... 11/11 11/12 Guatemala ...... 182.00 ...... (3) ...... 182.00 Brad Smith ...... 11 /11 11/12 Guatemala ...... 182.00 ...... (3) ...... 182.00 Rachael Leman ...... 11/11 11/12 Guatemala ...... 182.00 ...... (3) ...... 182.00 John Lis ...... 11/11 11/12 Guatemala ...... 182.00 ...... (3) ...... 182.00 Asher Hildebrand ...... 11/11 11/12 Guatemala ...... 182.00 ...... (3) ...... 182.00 Committee total ...... 32,960.74 1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:49 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00126 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 8634 E:\CR\FM\A16DE7.001 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9925 3 Military air transportation. h HON. DAVID DREIER, Chairman, Dec. 9, 2011. EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON Speaker, in each case for consideration of ETC. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of By Mr. ISSA (for himself and Mrs. communications were taken from the committees were delivered to the Clerk MALONEY): Speaker’s table and referred as follows: for printing and reference to the proper H.R. 3699. A bill to ensure the continued 4317. A letter from the Chairman and Chief calendar, as follows: publication and integrity of peer-reviewed Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administra- Mr. HALL: Committee on Science, Space, research works by the private sector; to the tion, transmitting proposed amendments to and Technology. H.R. 2484. A bill to reau- Committee on Oversight and Government title 12, chapter VI of the Code of Federal thorize the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hy- Reform. Regulations; to the Committee on Agri- poxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to in- By Mr. MCCAUL: culture. clude a comprehensive and integrated strat- H.R. 3700. A bill to award a Congressional 4318. A letter from the Administrator, egy to address harmful algal blooms and hy- Gold Medal to Louis Zamperini, U.S. Olym- Agency for International Development, poxia, to provide for the development and pian and World War II prisoner of war, for transmitting the semiannual report on the implementation of a comprehensive research his service to the country, sacrifice during activities of the Inspector General for the pe- plan and action strategy to reduce harmful the war, and his inspiration to others riod ending September 30, 2011, pursuant to 5 algal blooms and hypoxia, and for other pur- through his courage as a survivor; to the U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. Act) section 5(b); to poses; with an amendment (Rept. 112–333, Pt. Committee on Financial Services. the Committee on Oversight and Govern- 1). Ordered to be printed. By Mr. LEWIS of Georgia: ment Reform. 4319. A letter from the Acting Chief Execu- DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEE H.R. 3701. A bill to amend title XX of the tive Officer, Corporation for National and Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XIII, Social Security Act to provide grants to support job creation initiatives, and for other Community Service, transmitting the In- H.R. 1981. the Committee on Energy and spector General’s semiannual report to Con- purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Commerce discharged from further consider- Means. gress for the reporting period April 1, 2011 ation. H.R. 1981 referred to the Committee of through September 30, 2011; to the Com- By Mr. GARAMENDI (for himself, Mr. the Whole House on the state of the Union TONKO, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. JOHNSON of mittee on Oversight and Government Re- and ordered to be printed. form. Georgia, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. HEINRICH, 4320. A letter from the Chairman and Presi- f Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CARSON of dent, Export-Import Bank, transmitting the TIME LIMITATION OF REFERRED Indiana, Mr. RUSH, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. semiannual report of the Inspector General BILL for the period ending September 30, 2011; to HAHN, and Mr. JACKSON of Illinois): the Committee on Oversight and Govern- Pursunt to clause 2 of rule XII the H.R. 3702. A bill to clarify that an author- ment Reform. following action was taken by the ization to use military force, a declaration of 4321. A letter from the Assistant Attorney Speaker: war, or any similar authority shall not au- General, Department of Justice, transmit- thorize the detention without charge or trial H.R. 2484. Referral to the Committee on ting the semi-annual report of the Attorney of a citizen or lawful permanent resident of Natural Resources extended for a period end- General concerning enforcement actions the United States and for other purposes; to ing not later than February 9, 2012. taken by the Department under the Lob- the Committee on the Judiciary. bying Disclosure Act, Public Law 104–65, as f By Mr. INSLEE: amended by Public Law 110–81, codified at 2 PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS H.R. 3703. A bill to establish a program to U.S.C. Sec. 1605(b)(1) for the semi-annual pe- provide student fellowships in fields of riod beginning on July 1, 2010, pursuant to 2 Under clause 2 of rule XII, public science, technology, engineering, and mathe- U.S.C. section 1605(b)(1); to the Committee bills and resolutions of the following matics, with preference given to the study of on the Judiciary. titles were introduced and severally re- technological development encompassing the 4322. A letter from the Assistnat Attorney ferred, as follows: fields of energy, environment, and economy; General, Department of Justice, transmit- to the Committee on Science, Space, and By Mr. BARTON of Texas (for himself, ting the semi-annual report of the Attorney Technology. Mr. COHEN, and Mr. SIMPSON): General concerning enforcement actions By Mr. ACKERMAN (for himself, Mr. H.R. 3696. A bill to prohibit, as an unfair taken by the Department under the Lob- KING of New York, Mr. MORAN, Ms. and deceptive act or practice, the promotion, bying Disclosure Act, Public Law 104–65, as JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mr. GEORGE marketing, and advertising of any post-sea- amended by Public Law 110–81, codified at 2 MILLER of California, Mrs. LOWEY, son NCAA Division I football game as a na- U.S.C. Sec. 1605(b)(1) for the semi-annual pe- Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. tional championship game unless such game riod beginning on January 1, 2010; to the BLUMENAUER, Mr. MICHAUD, and Ms. is the culmination of a fair and equitable Committee on the Judiciary. SCHAKOWSKY): 4323. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- playoff system; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H.R. 3704. A bill to amend the Humane ment of Veterans Affairs, transmitting a let- Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act of 1958 ter reporting the FY 2011 expenditures from By Mrs. CAPITO: H.R. 3697. A bill to honor the Nation’s fall- to ensure the humane slaughter of non- the Pershing Hall Revolving Fund for ambulatory livestock, and for other pur- projects, activities, and facilities that sup- en miners by requiring improved mine safety practices and compliance in order to prevent poses; to the Committee on Agriculture. port the mission of the Department of Vet- By Mrs. CAPPS (for herself and Mr. erans Affairs, pursuant to Public Law 102–86, future mine accidents; to the Committee on BOUSTANY): section 403(d)(6)(A); to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addi- Veterans’ Affairs. tion to the Committee on the Budget, for a H.R. 3705. A bill to amend title XVIII of the 4324. A letter from the Director of Legisla- period to be subsequently determined by the Social Security Act to provide for coverage tive Affairs, Office of the Director of Na- Speaker, in each case for consideration of of comprehensive cancer care planning under tional Intelligence, transmitting a report on such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- the Medicare Program and to improve the the Retirement Benefits for Former Employ- tion of the committee concerned. care furnished to individuals diagnosed with ees of Air America, pursuant to Public Law By Mr. MCCAUL (for himself, Mr. cancer by establishing grants programs for 111–84, section 1057(b)(1) 123 Stat. 2464; to the MACK, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, provider education, and related research; to Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Se- Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. YOUNG of Indiana, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, lect). Mr. HARPER, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. and in addition to the Committee on Ways 4325. A letter from the Chief Privacy Offi- PETERSON, Mr. WALSH of Illinois, Mr. and Means, for a period to be subsequently cer, Department of Homeland Security, POE of Texas, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. determined by the Speaker, in each case for transmitting the Privacy Office fourth quar- OLSON, Mr. KING of New York, Mrs. consideration of such provisions as fall with- terly report for fiscal year 2011; to the Com- MILLER of Michigan, Mr. CARTER, Mr. in the jurisdiction of the committee con- mittee on Homeland Security. FARENTHOLD, and Mr. ROHRABACHER): cerned. 4326. A letter from the Officer for Civil H.R. 3698. A bill to direct the Secretary of By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN: Rights and Civil Liberties, Department of State to designate Iran’s Revolutionary H.R. 3706. A bill to create the Office of Homeland Security, transmitting the De- Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organiza- Chief Financial Officer of the Government of partment’s report for the Office of Civil tion, and for other purposes; to the Com- the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes; to Rights and Civil Liberties for the Third mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources. Quarter of 2011; jointly to the Committees on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a pe- By Mr. FLAKE (for himself and Mr. Homeland Security and the Judiciary. riod to be subsequently determined by the COOPER):

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:49 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00127 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16DE7.001 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H9926 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 16, 2011 H.R. 3707. A bill to prohibit the consider- By Mr. HOLT: H.R. 3722. A bill to amend part A of title IV ation in the House of Representatives of any H.R. 3715. A bill to encourage online work- of the Social Security Act to require States legislation containing an earmark; to the force training; to the Committee on Edu- to implement a drug testing program for ap- Committee on Rules. cation and the Workforce. plicants for and recipients of assistance By Mr. FORTENBERRY (for himself By Mr. HUELSKAMP (for himself and under the Temporary Assistance for Needy and Mr. TERRY): Mrs. ELLMERS): Families program; to the Committee on H.R. 3708. A bill to prohibit the Secretary H.R. 3716. A bill to provide that Federal Ways and Means. of Labor from issuing a final rule that pre- funds may not be used for National Heritage By Mr. SCHILLING (for himself, Mr. vents the agricultural employment of minors Areas and similar areas, and for other pur- HULTGREN, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. to detassel; to the Committee on Education poses; to the Committee on Natural Re- SCHOCK, and Mr. WALSH of Illinois): H.R. 3723. A bill to amend title 38, United and the Workforce. sources. By Mr. ISRAEL (for himself, Ms. States Code, to direct the Secretary of Vet- By Mr. GIBSON (for himself, Mr. BART- DELAURO, Mr. BISHOP of New York, erans Affairs to enter into contracts with LETT, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. HIMES, Mr. MUR- health care providers to improve access to BURTON of Indiana, Mr. DAVIS of Ken- PHY of Connecticut, Mr. COURTNEY, health care for veterans who have difficulty tucky, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Ms. Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. receiving treatment at a health care facility FOXX, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. JOHNSON of CROWLEY, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Ohio, Mr. LABRADOR, Mr. LANKFORD, York, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. KING of New for other purposes; to the Committee on Vet- Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. MILLER of Flor- York, and Mr. SERRANO): erans’ Affairs. ida, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. NUGENT, Mr. H.R. 3717. A bill to amend and reauthorize By Mr. SESSIONS: PENCE, Mr. REED, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. certain provisions relating to Long Island H.R. 3724. A bill to amend the Controlled ROONEY, Mr. ROSS of Florida, Mr. Sound restoration and stewardship; to the Substances Act to authorize physicians, pur- AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SHIM- Committee on Transportation and Infra- suant to an agreement with the Attorney KUS, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, and structure, and in addition to the Committee General, to transport controlled substances Mr. STIVERS): on Natural Resources, for a period to be sub- from a practice setting to another practice H.R. 3709. A bill to amend the War Powers sequently determined by the Speaker, in setting or to a disaster area; to the Com- Resolution to limit the use of funds for in- each case for consideration of such provi- mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in ad- troduction of the Armed Forces into hos- sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the dition to the Committee on the Judiciary, tilities, and for other purposes; to the Com- committee concerned. for a period to be subsequently determined mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to By Mr. KEATING: by the Speaker, in each case for consider- the Committee on Rules, for a period to be H.R. 3718. A bill to prioritize certain re- ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- subsequently determined by the Speaker, in turning workers for purposes of the numer- risdiction of the committee concerned. each case for consideration of such provi- ical limitation on H-2B temporary workers; By Mr. SHERMAN (for himself and Mr. sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the to the Committee on the Judiciary. BURTON of Indiana): H.R. 3725. A bill to authorize the President committee concerned. By Mr. KING of Iowa (for himself, Mr. to vest certain property of the Government By Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas: BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. of Libya seized or blocked by the United H.R. 3710. A bill to direct the Secretary of LOEBSACK, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, States and to authorize the use of that prop- Interior and the Secretary of Commerce, act- Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. erty to defray the full costs of Operation Od- ing through the National Oceanic and At- TERRY, and Ms. JENKINS): yssey Dawn and United States participation H.R. 3719. A bill to provide that funds made mospheric Administration, to initiate imme- in NATO Operation Unified Protector, and available to the Corps of Engineers for cer- diate action to create jobs in America, and for other purposes; to the Committee on For- tain Missouri River fish and wildlife pur- for other purposes; to the Committee on Nat- eign Affairs. poses be used for the reconstruction of flood ural Resources, and in addition to the Com- By Mr. STIVERS (for himself and Mr. control structures, and for other purposes; to mittees on Science, Space, and Technology, HIGGINS): and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a the Committee on Transportation and Infra- H.R. 3726. A bill to amend the Homeland period to be subsequently determined by the structure, and in addition to the Committee Security Act of 2002 to improve efficiency Speaker, in each case for consideration of on Natural Resources, for a period to be sub- and guarantee accountability in the Urban such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- sequently determined by the Speaker, in Area Security Initiative grant program; to tion of the committee concerned. each case for consideration of such provi- the Committee on Homeland Security. By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida: sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the By Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky: H.R. 3711. A bill to require the President to committee concerned. H.J. Res. 94. A joint resolution making fur- call a White House Conference on Haiti; to By Mr. KING of Iowa (for himself, Mr. ther continuing appropriations for fiscal the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in ad- GOHMERT, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. year 2012, and for other purposes; considered dition to the Committee on Rules, for a pe- ROHRABACHER, Mr. BURGESS, Mrs. and passed. riod to be subsequently determined by the MYRICK, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. By Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky: Speaker, in each case for consideration of FLEMING, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. BILBRAY, H.J. Res. 95. A joint resolution making fur- such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. ther continuing appropriations for fiscal tion of the committee concerned. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. GRAVES of year 2012, and for other purposes; considered By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. Georgia, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. POSEY, and passed. LUJA´ N, and Mr. PEARCE): Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, By Mr. LATHAM (for himself and Mr. Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, H.R. 3712. A bill to grant the Congressional BOREN): Mr. MARINO, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. H. Con. Res. 95. Concurrent resolution ex- Gold Medal to the troops who defended Ba- POE of Texas, and Mr. CHAFFETZ): pressing the sense of Congress that the Sec- taan during World War II; to the Committee H.R. 3720. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- retary of Labor should recognize the unique on Financial Services, and in addition to the enue Code of 1986 to clarify that wages paid circumstances of farm family youth workers Committee on House Administration, for a to unauthorized aliens may not be deducted when issuing regulations under the Fair period to be subsequently determined by the from gross income, and for other purposes; to Labor Standards Act relating to hired farm Speaker, in each case for consideration of the Committee on Ways and Means, and in workers under the age of 16; to the Com- such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- addition to the Committees on the Judici- mittee on Education and the Workforce. tion of the committee concerned. ary, and Education and the Workforce, for a By Mr. HOLDEN (for himself, Mr. f period to be subsequently determined by the MORAN, and Mr. MICHAUD): Speaker, in each case for consideration of CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY H.R. 3713. A bill to direct the Foreign such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- STATEMENT Claims Settlement Commission to receive tion of the committee concerned. Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of and determine the validity and amount of By Mr. MEEHAN (for himself, Mr. claims for loss of wages and other property the Rules of the House of Representa- YODER, Mr. FATTAH, and Mr. AN- tives, the following statements are sub- of those plaintiffs in the case Bruce D. Ab- DREWS): bott et al. v. Socialist People’s Libyan Arab H.R. 3721. A bill to authorize veterans’ mitted regarding the specific powers Jamahiriya; to the Committee on Foreign treatment courts and encourage services for granted to Congress in the Constitu- Affairs. veterans through drug courts under the Om- tion to enact the accompanying bill or By Mr. HOLT (for himself, Mr. GRI- nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of joint resolution. JALVA, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. BORDALLO, 1968; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. BARTON of Texas: Mr. POLIS, and Mr. PAYNE): By Mr. PEARCE (for himself, Mr. H.R. 3696. H.R. 3714. A bill to provide for grants from WESTMORELAND, Mr. ROE of Ten- Congress has the power to enact this legis- the Secretary of Education to State and nessee, Mr. DUNCAN of South Caro- lation pursuant to the following: local educational agencies for EnergySmart lina, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. HUIZENGA This bill is enacted pursuant to the power schools and Energy Star programs; to the of Michigan, Mr. POSEY, Mr. KING of granted to Congress under Article I, Section Committee on Education and the Workforce. Iowa, and Mr. MULVANEY): 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:53 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00128 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L16DE7.100 H16DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9927 By Mrs. CAPITO: Service of the United States, reserving to This bill in enacted pursuant to the power H.R. 3697. the States respectively, the Appointment of granted to Congress under Article 1, Section Congress has the power to enact this legis- the Officers, and the Authority of training 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. lation pursuant to the following: the Militia according to the discipline pre- By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida: Clause 3 & 18 of Section 8, Article I, of the scribed by Congress; H.R. 3711. U.S. Constitution To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. MCCAUL: Cases whatsoever, over such District (not ex- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 3698. ceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. Congress has the power to enact this legis- of particular States, and the acceptance of By Mr. HEINRICH: lation pursuant to the following: Congress, become the Seat of the Govern- H.R. 3712. Article I Section 8 ment of the United States, and to exercise Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. ISSA: like Authority over all Places purchased by lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 3699. the Consent of the Legislature of the State Article I Section 8 Congress has the power to enact this legis- in which the Same shall be, for the Erection By Mr. HOLDEN: lation pursuant to the following: of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, H.R. 3713. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8, Clause 8: and other needful Buildings; And To promote the Progress of Science and To make all Laws which shall be necessary lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The Congress useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to and proper for carrying into Execution the shall have Power to make all Laws which Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vest- shall be necessary and proper for carrying their respective Writings and Discoveries ed by this Constitution in the Government of into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all By Mr. MCCAUL: the United States, or in any Department or other Powers vested by the Constitution in H.R. 3700. Officer thereof. the Government of the United States, or in Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. INSLEE: any Department or Officer thereof. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 3703. Article I, Section 8. Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. HOLT: H.R. 3714. By Mr. LEWIS of Georgia: lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 3701. The Constitutional authority of Congress lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- to enact this legislation is provided by Arti- lation pursuant to the following: Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution cle 1, Section 8 which states that Congress By Mr. HOLT: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power shall have the power ‘‘to regulate Commerce granted to Congress under Article I of the H.R. 3715. with foreign Nations, and among the several Congress has the power to enact this legis- United States Constitution and its subse- States, and with the Indian Tribes.’’ and that lation pursuant to the following: quent amendments, and further clarified and Congress shall have the power ‘‘to make all Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution interpreted by the Supreme Court of the Laws which shall be necessary and proper for By Mr. HUELSKAMP: United States. carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- By Mr. GARAMENDI: H.R. 3716. ers, and all other Powers vested by this Con- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 3702. stitution in the Government of the United Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: States, or in any Department or Officer Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 lation pursuant to the following: thereof.’’ To make all Laws which shall be necessary Article 1—The Legislative Branch By Mr. ACKERMAN: and proper for carrying into Execution the Section 8—Powers of Congress H.R. 3704. foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vest- The Congress shall have Power To lay and Congress has the power to enact this legis- ed by the Constitution in the Government of collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, lation pursuant to the following: the United States, or in any Department or to pay the Debts and provide for the common Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Officer thereof. Defence and general Welfare of the United Constitution. By Mr. ISRAEL: States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises By Mrs. CAPPS: H.R. 3717. shall be uniform throughout the United H.R. 3705. Congress has the power to enact this legis- States; Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: To borrow money on the credit of the lation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Sec. 8, Clause 3. United States; Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United By Mr. KEATING: To regulate Commerce with foreign Na- States Constitution. H.R. 3718. tions, and among the several States, and By Mrs. CHRISTENSEN: Congress has the power to enact this legis- with the Indian Tribes; H.R. 3706. lation pursuant to the following: To establish an uniform Rule of Natu- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ralization, and uniform Laws on the subject lation pursuant to the following: Constitution. of Bankruptcies throughout the United Article IV, Section 3 of the US Constitu- By Mr. KING of Iowa: States; tion which provides: The Congress shall have H.R. 3719. To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, Power to dispose of and make all needful Congress has the power to enact this legis- and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Rules and Regulations respecting the Terri- lation pursuant to the following: Weights and Measures; tory or other Property belonging to the The principal constitutional authority for To provide for the Punishment of counter- United States; and nothing in this Constitu- this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of ar- feiting the Securities and current Coin of the tion shall be so construed as to Prejudice ticle I of the Constitution of the United United States; any Claims of the United States, or of par- States (the appropriation power), which To establish Post Offices and Post Roads; ticular State. states: ‘‘No Money shall be drawn from the To promote the Progress of Science and By Mr. FLAKE: Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropria- useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to H.R. 3707. tions made by Law. . . .’’ In addition, clause Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to Congress has the power to enact this legis- 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution their respective Writings and Discoveries; lation pursuant to the following: (the spending power) provides: ‘‘The Con- To constitute Tribunals inferior to the Su- Congress has the power to enact this legis- gress shall have the Power . . . to pay the preme Court; lation pursuant to Article I, Section 5, Debts and provide for the common Defence To define and punish Piracies and Felonies Clause 2, which includes ‘‘each House may and general Welfare of the United States. committed on the high Seas, and Offenses determine the rules of its proceedings.’’ . . .’’ Together, these specific constitutional against the Law of Nations; By Mr. FORTENBERRY: provisions establish the congressional power To declare War, grant Letters of Marque H.R. 3708. of the purse, granting Congress the author- and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Congress has the power to enact this legis- ity to appropriate funds, to determine their Captures on Land and Water; lation pursuant to the following: purpose, amount, and period of availability, To raise and support Armies, but no Appro- Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United and to set forth terms and conditions gov- priation of Money to that Use shall be for a States Constitution. erning their use. longer Term than two Years; By Mr. GIBSON: By Mr. KING of Iowa: To provide and maintain a Navy; H.R. 3709. H.R. 3720. To make Rules for the Government and Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Regulation of the land and naval Forces; lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: To provide for calling forth the Militia to Article I, section 8, clauses 11, 12, 13, 14, This bill is enacted pursuant to the power execute the Laws of the Union, suppress In- and 18. granted to Congress under Article I, Section surrections and repel Invasions; By Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas: 8, Clause 1 and under Article I, Section 8, To provide for organizing, arming, and dis- H.R. 3710. Clause 4 of the United States Constitution. ciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. MEEHAN: Part of them as may be employed in the lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 3721.

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Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 104: Mr. WEST. H.R. 1519: Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 139: Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. RANGEL, and Ms. HAHN, Mr. OWENS, and Mr. KISSELL. This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. H.R. 1537: Mr. PAYNE and Mr. BACA. Section 8. H.R. 141: Mr. JONES. H.R. 1546: Mr. GUTHRIE and Ms. HANABUSA. By Mr. PEARCE: H.R. 178: Mr. WELCH. H.R. 1558: Mr. HALL. H.R. 3722. H.R. 266: Ms. CLARKE of New York. H.R. 1621: Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 267: Ms. CLARKE of New York. H.R. 1639: Mr. SCHILLING. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 303: Mr. SCHILLING. H.R. 1648: Ms. WILSON of Florida and Ms. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United H.R. 370: Mr. KUCINICH. KAPTUR. States Constitution H.R. 371: Mr. JONES. H.R. 1666: Ms. RICHARDSON. By Mr. SCHILLING: H.R. 376: Ms. PINGREE of Maine. H.R. 1681: Mr. MILLER of North Carolina H.R. 422: Mr. CARNAHAN. H.R. 3723. and Mr. YARMUTH. H.R. 466: Mr. RAHALL. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1736: Mr. LUETKEMEYER. H.R. 487: Mr. LIPINSKI. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1738: Mr. GERLACH, Mr. NADLER, and H.R. 576: Mr. CARNAHAN. Pursuant to the power granted to Congress Mr. PASCRELL. H.R. 657: Mr. POMPEO. under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 12, 13, 14, H.R. 1895: Mr. LOBIONDO and Mr. ROTHMAN H.R. 676: Mr. BACA. and 16 of the United States Constitution, the of New Jersey. H.R. 718: Ms. TSONGAS and Mr. LUJA´ N. bill is authorized by Congress’ power over H.R. 1897: Mr. CHANDLER. H.R. 721: Mr. KIND. the care of the Armed Forces. H.R. 733: Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of Cali- H.R. 1964: Mr. GOWDY, Mr. COFFMAN of Col- By Mr. SESSIONS: fornia and Mr. LIPINSKI. orado, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. OLSON, H.R. 3724. H.R. 813: Mr. MICHAUD. and Mr. KELLY. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 835: Mr. TIPTON, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. H.R. 1971: Mr. TOWNS. lation pursuant to the following: HIGGINS, and Mr. TURNER of New York. H.R. 1981: Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. AUSTRIA, Mr. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. H.R. 860: Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. GRAVES of WOMACK, and Mr. FITZPATRICK. By Mr. SHERMAN: Missouri, Mr. YODER, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. H. R. 2016: Mr. SCHIFF and Mr. CONNOLLY of H.R. 3725. QUAYLE, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Ms. MOORE, Virginia. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, and Mrs. LOWEY. H. R. 2028: Mr. BLUMENAUER. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 894: Mr. PETERS and Mr. GONZALEZ. H. R. 2052: Mr. CRITZ. Article 1, Section 8. H.R. 933: Mr. OLVER and Mr. HONDA. H. R. 2069: Mr. GRIMM. By Mr. STIVERS: H.R. 938: Mr. JONES. H. R. 2094: Mr. WITTMAN. H.R. 3726. H.R. 975: Mr. CLAY. H. R. 2131: Mr. KIND, Mr. THOMPSON of Cali- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 995: Mr. BOSWELL. fornia, Mr. PALAZZO, and Mr. COSTA. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1005: Mr. HEINRICH. H. R. 2139: Mr. RENACCI, Mr. YODER, and Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the H.R. 1116: Mr. BACA. Mr. REED. United States Constitution. H.R. 1148: Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. H. R. 2194: Mr. GRIJALVA. By Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky: H.R. 1175: Mr. BOREN and Mr. PASTOR of Ar- H. R. 2239: Mr. HINCHEY. H.J. Res. 94. izona. H. R. 2252: Mr. BOUSTANY. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1206: Mr. PENCE. H. R. 2288: Mr. CRITZ and Mr. TURNER of lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1221: Mrs. NOEM. New York. The principal constitutional authority for H.R. 1236: Mr. SERRANO. H. R. 2341: Mr. LUJA´ N. this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of ar- H.R. 1265: Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado and Mr. H. R. 2353: Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. ticle I of the Constitution of the United KIND. BOSWELL, Mr. PLATTS, and Mr. LOEBSACK. States (the appropriation power), which H.R. 1288: Ms. DELAURO and Mr. DENT. H. R. 2359: Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. states: ‘‘No Money shall be drawn from the H.R. 1294: Ms. CHU. H. R. 2376: Ms. PINGREE of Maine. Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropria- H.R. 1295: Ms. CHU. H. R. 2429: Mr. BERG. tions made by Law. . . .’’ In addition, clause H.R. 1339: Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. H. R. 2453: Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER. 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution YARMUTH, Ms. SUTTON, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. H. R. 2464: Mr. PASTOR of Arizona. (the spending power) provides: ‘‘The Con- COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Ms. H. R. 2492: Mr. TIPTON, Mr. UPTON, Mr. HIG- gress shall have the Power . . . to pay the DEGETTE, Mr. TONKO, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. LAR- GINS, Ms. RICHARDSON, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, Ms. Debts and provide for the common Defence SON of Connecticut, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mrs. BONO and general Welfare of the United WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mr. MACK, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. SCHOCK, Ms. States. . . .’’ Together, these specific con- WALZ of Minnesota, Mr. PASTOR of Arizona, SLAUGHTER, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. DENHAM, and stitutional provisions establish the congres- Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CALVERT. sional power of the purse, granting Congress Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. BRALEY of H.R. 2563: Mr. MANZULLO. the authority to appropriate funds, to deter- Iowa, Mr. HIGGINS, Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of H.R. 2569: Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. mine their purpose, amount, and period of California, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. BRADY of Penn- BUCHANAN, and Mr. WALDEN. availability, and to set forth terms and con- sylvania, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mr. H.R. 2580: Mr. MARINO. ditions governing their use. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. SCHWARTZ, H.R. 2677: Ms. HAHN. By Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky: Mr. QUIGLEY Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. DAVIS of Illi- H.R. 2678: Mr. FILNER and Ms. RICHARDSON. H.J. Res. 95. nois, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. MEEKS, H.R. 2689: Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Mr. LANGEVIN, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. H.R. 2735: Mr. PASCRELL. lation pursuant to the following: COSTELLO, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. KIND, Mr. CAR- H.R. 2810: Mr. KING of Iowa. The principal constitutional authority for DOZA, Mr. SHULER, Mr. BOREN, Mr. KINGSTON, H.R. 2885: Mr. BOREN and Mr. MANZULLO. this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of ar- Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. POE of Texas, H.R. 2900: Mr. MCINTYRE. ticle I of the Constitution of the United Mr. DICKS, Mr. BONNER, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. H.R. 2936: Mr. CUELLAR. States (the appropriation power), which UPTON, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. BER- H.R. 2948: Mr. DEFAZIO and Mr. HONDA. states: ‘‘No Money shall be drawn from the MAN, Mr. JONES, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. CHAFFETZ, H.R. 2959: Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropria- Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. COLE, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. H.R. 2962: Mr. KIND and Mr. MARCHANT. tions made by Law. . . .’’ In addition, clause ESHOO, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. H.R. 2966: Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution SCHIFF, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. THOMPSON of Cali- DELAURO, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Ms. (the spending power) provides: ‘‘The Con- fornia, Mr. HOLT, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. SCOTT of VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. ENGEL, and Mr. gress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Virginia, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. MCCOTTER. Debts and provide for the common Defence WATT, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, H.R. 2972: Ms. HOCHUL, Mr. SMITH of Wash- and general Welfare of the United Ms. RICHARDSON, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. BACA, ington, and Ms. SLAUGHTER. States. . . .’’ Together, these specific con- Mr. RUSH, Mr. CLARKE of Michigan, Mr. KIL- H.R. 2977: Mr. MCCOTTER. stitutional provisions establish the congres- DEE, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. H.R. 2997: Mr. YODER, Mr. PITTS, Mr. BAR- sional power of the purse, granting Congress JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. TON of Texas, and Mr. WALDEN. the authority to appropriate funds, to deter- HIRONO, and Mr. ISRAEL. H.R. 3053: Ms. WATERS. mine their purpose, amount, and period of H.R. 1340: Ms. HOCHUL. H.R. 3057: Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois. availability, and to set forth terms and con- H.R. 1370: Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. H.R. 3059: Mr. DOLD. ditions governing their use. WILSON of South Carolina, and Mr. ROSS of H.R. 3061: Mr. GRIMM and Mr. SCOTT of Florida. South Carolina. f H.R. 1418: Mr. HEINRICH. H.R. 3066: Mr. BARLETTA. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H.R. 1501: Mr. STIVERS. H.R. 3087: Mr. MCCOTTER. H.R. 1513: Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of H.R. 3144: Mr. HEINRICH. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors Texas, Ms. HAYWORTH, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. H.R. 3159: Mr. REHBERG. were added to public bills and resolu- MCCOTTER, and Ms. Linda T. SA´ NCHEZ of H.R. 3187: Ms. SPEIER. tions as follows: California. H.R. 3193: Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan.

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H.R. 3200: Mr. BASS of New Hampshire. H.R. 3586: Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BILBRAY, chusetts, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. JACKSON LEE of H.R. 3206: Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. BURGESS, and Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Texas, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. H.R. 3208: Mr. AKIN. H.R. 3593: Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. COHEN, and Ms. FUDGE. H.R. 3209: Mr. BENISHEK and Mr. AKIN. ISRAEL, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. NAD- H. Con. Res. 85: Mr. MILLER of North Caro- H.R. 3216: Mr. LUETKEMEYER and Mr. HEIN- LER, Mr. TURNER of New York, Mr. TOWNS, lina, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, RICH. Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, and Mr. WELCH. H.R. 3230: Mr. ROKITA. Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HIGGINS, and Ms. SLAUGH- H. Res. 58: Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. SABLAN, H.R. 3258: Mr. ROSS of Arkansas. TER. Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. CRITZ, Ms. HIRONO, and H.R. 3266: Mr. KUCINICH. H.R. 3594: Mr. JONES, Mr. CANSECO, Mr. Ms. HAHN. H.R. 3271: Mr. KUCINICH. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. H. Res. 298: Mr. WOLF and Mr. STARK. H.R. 3286: Mr. HONDA, Mr. PASCRELL, and NUNNELEE, Mr. KLINE, Mr. BURTON of Indi- H. Res. 446: Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. SPEIER. ana, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, and Mr. WITTMAN. and Mr. LIPINSKI. H. Res. 460: Mr. MORAN, Mr. H.R. 3288: Mr. HARRIS and Ms. DEGETTE. H.R. 3599: Mr. INSLEE. RUPPERSBERGER, and Mr. MEEKS. H.R. 3324: Mr. DEFAZIO and Ms. BALDWIN. H.R. 3606: Ms. MOORE. H.R. 3337: Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. GRIFFIN of H.R. 3608: Ms. FOXX. Arkansas, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. CONNOLLY of f H.R. 3609: Mrs. MYRICK. Virginia, and Mr. HECK. H.R. 3615: Mr. ROKITA, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. H.R. 3365: Mr. AMODEI and Mr. PASTOR of GOWDY, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. CONGRESSIONAL EARMARKS, LIM- Arizona. POSEY, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. ITED TAX BENEFITS, OR LIM- H.R. 3378: Mr. CONYERS and Mr. AMASH. MULVANEY, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. STUTZMAN, ITED TARIFF BENEFITS H.R. 3393: Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. BART- H.R. 3425: Mr. MCDERMOTT and Mr. KUCI- Under clause 9 of rule XXI, lists or LETT, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, and Mr. COLE. NICH. statements on congressional earmarks, H.R. 3620: Mr. HOLT. H.R. 3441: Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mrs. H.R. 3626: Mr. HINCHEY. limited tax benefits, or limited tariff BLACKBURN, Mr. FLORES, and Mr. WESTMORE- H.R. 3627: Mr. BUCSHON. benefits were submitted as follows: LAND. H.R. 3634: Mr. SHULER. H.R. 3461: Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. OFFERED BY: MR. ROGERS OF KENTUCKY H.R. 3635: Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia and Ms. CALVERT, Mr. BOREN, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. MOORE. H.J. Res. 94, making further continuing ap- RAHALL, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mrs. ELLMERS, Mr. H.R. 3638: Ms. CHU, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. propriations for fiscal year 2012, does not FINCHER, Mrs. NOEM, Mr. THOMPSON of Penn- HONDA, and Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. contain any congressional earmarks, limited sylvania, Mr. REHBERG, Mr. PERLMUTTER, H.R. 3639: Mr. MCKINLEY. tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as de- Ms. HAYWORTH, Mr. HUELSKAMP, and Ms. H.R. 3643: Mr. LOEBSACK. fined in clause 9 rule XX. MOORE. H.R. 3652: Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. WESTMORE- OFFERED BY: MR. ROGERS OF KENTUCKY H.R. 3488: Mr. SENSENBRENNER. LAND, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. ROE of H.R. 3506: Mr. RANGEL. H.J. Res. 95, making further continuing ap- Tennessee, Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. DUN- H.R. 3510: Mr. MCGOVERN and Mr. PEARCE. propriations for fiscal year 2012, does not H.R. 3521: Mr. PENCE. CAN of South Carolina, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. contain any congressional earmarks, limited H.R. 3523: Mr. WALBERG and Mr. CAMP. LANDRY, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as de- H.R. 3529: Ms. HOCHUL. Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. ROSS of Florida, and fined in clause 9 rule XXI. H.R. 3553: Mr. COHEN and Mr. FILNER. Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. H.R. 3562: Mr. GRIJALVA. H.R. 3653: Mr. KIND. f H.R. 3564: Mr. CONYERS. H.R. 3658: Mr. SCHOCK and Mr. MCDERMOTT. H.R. 3568: Mr. PALLONE. H.R. 3665: Ms. FUDGE. H.R. 3573: Mr. CARSON of Indiana. H.R. 3676: Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. JORDAN, Ms. DELETIONS OF SPONSORS FROM H.R. 3575: Mrs. BLACKBURN. CLARKE of New York, and Mr. GIBSON. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS H.R. 3577: Mrs. BLACK and Mr. SHULER. H.R. 3680: Mr. INSLEE. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors H.R. 3582: Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. ROE of Ten- H.J. Res. 80: Mr. OLVER. were deleted from public bills and reso- nessee, and Mr. WESTMORELAND. H.J. Res. 86: Mr. MCGOVERN. H.R. 3583: Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. CANSECO, and H.J. Res. 90: Mrs. MALONEY, Ms. PINGREE of lutions as follows: Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan. Maine, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. FRANK of Massa- H.R. 3589: Mr. HONDA.

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Vol. 157 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2011 No. 194 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was Senator from the Commonwealth of Vir- be placed on the calendar under rule called to order by the Honorable MARK ginia, to perform the duties of the Chair. XIV. R. WARNER, a Senator from the Com- DANIEL K. INOUYE, Mr. REID. Would the Chair announce monwealth of Virginia. President pro tempore. morning business, please. Mr. WARNER thereupon assumed the f PRAYER Chair as Acting President pro tempore. RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- f fered the following prayer: RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Let us pray. LEADER pore. Under the previous order, leadership time is reserved. Eternal God, the world and all that is The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- in it belong to You. You lay its founda- pore. The majority leader is recog- f tions in the ocean depths by the power nized. MORNING BUSINESS of Your voice. Through Your redemp- tive work You brought peace on Earth f The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- and goodwill to humankind. SCHEDULE pore. The Senate will be in a period of morning business until 12 p.m. with Lord, we need Your peace today on Mr. REID. Following leader remarks, Senators permitted to speak therein up Capitol Hill. Release Your peace so the Senate will be in a period of morn- to 10 minutes each, with the first hour that our lawmakers will find purity of ing business. The majority will control equally divided and controlled between motives, integrity of actions, and unity the first 30 minutes and the Repub- the two leaders or their designees, with of purpose. Teach our Senators Your licans will control the next 30 minutes. ways. Make yourself known to them We expect to consider the omnibus the majority controlling the first 30 today. spending bill within the next 24 hours minutes and the Republicans control- Lord, we place our reliance squarely or 36 hours. We also continue to work ling the next 30 minutes. on Your reliability as we pray in Your on an agreement to consider the pay- The Senator from Illinois. merciful Name. Amen. roll tax compromise. The Senate will Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I sug- be notified when votes are scheduled. gest the absence of a quorum. f As a reminder to all Senators, clo- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ture was filed on the motion to proceed to H.R. 3630, the House Republican pay- The assistant legislative clerk pro- The Honorable MARK R. WARNER led roll tax bill. Unless an agreement is ceeded to call the roll. the Pledge of Allegiance as follows: reached, that vote will occur tomorrow The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the morning. pore. The Senator from Illinois. United States of America and to the Repub- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask lic for which it stands, one nation under God, f unanimous consent that the order for indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. MEASURE PLACED ON THE the quorum call be rescinded. CALENDAR—H.R. 3094 f The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Mr. REID. Mr. President, H.R. 3094 is pore. Without objection, it is so or- APPOINTMENT OF ACTING at the desk and due for a second read- dered. PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE ing. f The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The UNRESOLVED ISSUES pore. The clerk will read the bill by clerk will please read a communication Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I hope to the Senate from the President pro title for a second time. The assistant bill clerk read as fol- we are drawing to a close. We are not tempore (Mr. INOUYE). lows: certain; there are still some unresolved The assistant bill clerk read the fol- issues. But the Omnibus appropriations lowing letter: A bill (H.R. 3094) to amend the National Labor Relations Act with respect to rep- bill is moving forward, and it will fund U.S. SENATE, resentation hearings and the timing of elec- our government for the remainder of PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, tions of labor organizations under that Act. this fiscal year. It has been a long and Washington, DC, December 16, 2011. To the Senate: Mr. REID. I object to any further arduous process. Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, proceedings at this time. We started by passing three appro- of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- priations bills in the Senate, then when appoint the Honorable MARK R. WARNER, a pore. Objection is heard. The bill will we tried to call the next three we ran

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What ing for a job they are able to make Services Subcommittee which I chair. they wanted to be was not a Member of basic payments so they do not lose Included in that committee jurisdic- Congress but a mayor. So in their frus- their homes—at least have a roof over tion are the Securities and Exchange tration they decided they will be a their heads—and provide for the basic Commission and the Commodity Fu- Congressman from their district back necessities of life for their struggling tures Trading Commission. These are home and a surrogate mayor for the families. the two government agencies respon- District of Columbia. I cannot believe this has become a sible for watching Wall Street and the Over 800,000 American citizens and political football. I can still recall a major financial institutions markets taxpayers live in this great city. They time—not that long ago—when Repub- across America. We are doing our best have nominally had home rule for dec- lican and Democratic Presidents would to not only restore America’s con- ades. Yet time and again, year after renew unemployment benefits without fidence in some of these institutions year, they are subjected to those question, without demand that it be that have been shaken by the recession would-be mayors from all around paid for, because they knew it was es- but also to make certain it never hap- America who impose standards on this sential. It was as caring and needy as pens again. There is resistance, pri- city that they would never suggest in disaster aid is, and now it has become marily from the banking community their own hometowns. It becomes a so- a political football. and some financial institutions that cial experiment, primarily for the We need to extend these unemploy- don’t want regulation even after the rightwing. ment benefits before we leave town. We embarrassing failures of the last reces- One of the programs each year that have to get that done. The President sion and the need for a Federal Govern- becomes a source of controversy is the has insisted on it, and he is right. We ment bailout. needle exchange program. This pro- know now, with our high unemploy- We need to make certain that at the gram of exchanging needles and sy- ment rate coming down slowly, that we Securities and Exchange Commission ringes is the bridge to those who are still need to provide this assistance to and the Commodity Futures Trading addicted to bring them out of their ad- families. Were we to cut off these un- Commission there are adequate funds diction into a healthy situation. Why employment benefits, in my home for them to do the job. I will tell my would we do this in the District of Co- State of Illinois, 148,000 people would colleagues honestly that the under- lumbia? Because the incidence of HIV/ lose their benefits—148,000 people. funding of the Commodity Futures AIDS infection in this city is the high- What a happy holiday they would have, Trading Commission is a serious mis- est in the United States of America. take—serious. MFA Global has been That is the reality of life on the streets knowing that on January 1, the bene- the subject of repeated hearings on of Washington—a reality which those fits would no longer continue. Let’s get this job done. Let’s go home Capitol Hill as to what went wrong who have opposed this program refuse at least with the clear mind that we that led to the eighth largest bank- to acknowledge. ruptcy in the history of the United The medical professionals step for- have met our obligation to this econ- States. Innocent people across America ward and say: Do this. We can help omy and to the unemployed people and the world have lost money. Some make this a cleaner, healthier, safer across America, that we have funded of them have lost their savings because city if you do it. Time and time again, our government, and that we will re- of wrongdoing by someone—we still some folks stand in the House and say: turn next year and, I hope, find a more don’t know who. But the agency re- Oh, we are just going to get rid of this congenial and bipartisan environment sponsible for monitoring this activity, and show that we are opposed to intra- to work in. the Commodity Futures Trading Com- venous drug use. I yield the floor. mission, is facing a modest—almost Well, I am opposed to it too, but I The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. immodest—increase in appropriations know that in addition to strong laws TESTER). The Senator from Virginia. this year when they desperately need we need thoughtful, commonsense solu- Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, first of more. tions such as the needle exchange pro- all, I thank the Presiding Officer for This is an agency which had a budget gram that is supported by medical or- taking a few moments so I can make of about $200 million in the last year. ganizations. The fact that this is not my statement. I also thank my friend, The administration had asked for $300 taking place in the way it should is an the Senator from Illinois, for his com- million for this year. We will be lucky embarrassment, and I am sorry this ments. to come up with anything in the range will be included in one part of this ap- f of $215 million. That is a 7- or 8-percent propriations bill. TRIBUTE TO FEDERAL WORKERS increase in an agency which des- Before we leave, we need to do two perately needs more not just for per- things in addition to funding our gov- JOHN MERLINO sonnel—and they need the best profes- ernment. We need to make certain the Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I was sionals—but also for computer tech- payroll tax cut which benefits 160 mil- heartened to hear the comments the nology to keep up with the volume of lion Americans continues after Decem- majority leader made, that we are trades taking place and to monitor ac- ber 31. This is a lifeline to many strug- close to an agreement to make sure we tivity so as to avoid embarrassment gling families, and it is a way to insert do not put the American people or the and exploitation. into our economy the spending power great Federal workers through another This notion by many on the other of 160 million families buying goods one of these eleventh-hour fire drills, side of the aisle that we can starve and services that plays out into even where we get to the brink of the preci- these agencies and somehow end up more economic activity—more jobs and pice of shutting down our Federal Gov- with a stronger economy is completely profitability. That is a must. The ernment. upside down. The strength of the Amer- President insists on it. He has crossed It is in that spirit that I rise because, ican economy, whether we are talking America making that case. We cannot as many know, over the last year and a about Wall Street or the Chicago Mer- leave town without doing it. We are half or so I have come regularly to the cantile Exchange or the Chicago Board working on the final details today, and floor of the Senate to continue a tradi- of Options Exchange, is in the fact that we should close that as quickly as pos- tion that was started by Senator Kauf- we are guided by the rule of law. We sible to make certain there is no gap in man from Delaware, where we recog- encourage and put into law standards this coverage of this payroll tax cut. nize the contributions of great Federal of transparency, and we have oversight Secondly, the maintaining of unem- employees. that is adequate to the job. This year’s ployment insurance benefits is abso- Today, I am pleased to honor another appropriations bill falls short of that lutely essential for millions of Ameri- exceptional—exceptional—Federal mark. cans who are out of work. worker, Mr. John Merlino.

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CHAPTER 12 BANKRUPTCIES and has performed many of its func- I suggest the absence of a quorum. tions, including the constitutional The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I task—the constitutional task—of clerk will call the roll. wish to take a few minutes to discuss a maintaining the Senate Journal. The assistant legislative clerk (Mr. case that was argued a few weeks ago Another of Mr. Merlino’s main re- Merlino) proceeded to call the roll. before the Supreme Court, Hall v. the sponsibilities is to call the roll during Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask United States. This case involves a spe- votes and quorum calls. More impor- unanimous consent that the order for cific provision that I authored which is tant, he is also one of those special the quorum call be rescinded. contained in the 2005 bankruptcy re- workers on the dais who have been The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- form law. Throughout the litigation in known at times to actually keep new pore. Without objection, it is so or- this case, my statements supporting Members, as they preside over the Sen- dered. the provision—in other words, the ate, awake during long stretches in the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- statements that were said here on the chair. pore. The majority leader. floor of the Senate and in committee He is always ready with a good sports Mr. REID. Could I ask my friend to report were discussed in these cases at quip and is known as a person who goes yield for a colloquy between the Repub- length. above and beyond the call of duty. As a lican leader and myself? I want to take a few minutes and matter of fact, I know it was his birth- Mr. GRASSLEY. I will yield and ask walk through the history and intent of day yesterday and I have been planning unanimous consent that I reclaim the this provision so people hear it straight from this author’s mouth, meaning this speech for some time and I wanted floor when the leader is done. from this Senator. to make sure it coincided with that im- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- At its core, the case Hall v. the pore. Without objection, it is so or- portant date for him. United States is about statutory inter- The Secretary of the Senate, Nancy dered. pretation. The statute at issue is 11 Erickson, noted that in addition to his The majority leader. U.S.C. (a)(2)(A), which was a farm hard work and attention to detail—this f bankruptcy provision added to the is a quote—‘‘It is his great sense of GOOD PROGRESS Bankruptcy Code in 2005. humor that helps many of us keep Before I get into the discussion about Mr. REID. Mr. President, Senator smiling, especially during the Senate’s the case, I wish to explain what this MCCONNELL and I have just finished a late [night] legislative sessions.’’ particular provision does and why it meeting. We are making good progress A small cog in the greater legislative needed to be added to the Bankruptcy on being able to handle the issues that process, Mr. Merlino is a member of an Code. Congress enacted Chapter 12 of everyone knows are outstanding. We often unrecognized but dedicated team the Bankruptcy Code in 1986, which was are not there yet, but we are very that keeps the Senate running smooth- subsequently made permanent in 2005. close. ly and one that is charged with ensur- Chapter 12 allows family farmers to use There will be votes tomorrow. There ing continuity of operations no matter a bankruptcy process to reorganize could be votes this afternoon also. I what the situation. their finances and operations. It is a would also say, because this is a ques- In fact, Mr. Merlino recently entered proven success as a leverage tool for the history books. During a pro forma tion that people will ask, the House is farmers and their lenders. It helps a session held at the Postal Square going to pass their bill around 3 farmer and the banker sit down and Building immediately following the o’clock—that is the omnibus, around 3 work out alternatives for debt repay- earthquake in August, Mr. Merlino, un- o’clock. Time is not always exact. ment. Not long after it became law in knowingly, became one of only two There is a ruling from this White 1986, we began to hear about what people, along with Senator COONS, to House and its predecessors that if one worked and what did not work for have spoken during the only official House passes a spending bill, as we are farmers who were reorganizing in session of the Senate convened outside doing here, and there is a presumption bankruptcy. the Capitol Building since 1814. The that it will pass in the other body, the One problem we learned arose when a last time the Senate met outside the time is extended for 24 hours. So every- debtor farmer needed to sell assets in Capitol Building for such a session was one does not have the worry about the order to generate cash for reorganiza- when the British troops burned the government closing tonight. tion. A farmer may need to sell por- Capitol during the War of 1812. So The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- tions of the farm to raise cash to fund again, Mr. Merlino took his role in the pore. The Republican leader. a plan and pay off his creditors. How- history books of this great institution. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, let ever, in this situation, we are usually I hope my colleagues—and I know the me echo the remarks of the majority dealing with land that has been in the Presiding Officer, again, by expelling leader. As he has indicated, the admin- family’s hands for a long time. This me from the chair this morning to istration takes a view that if the final means the cost basis is probably very allow me to make this statement—will appropriations bills pass one House low. So once a farmer filed bankruptcy join me in honoring Mr. Merlino, a fel- this afternoon—we could have that and then tried to sell a portion or all of low Virginian, for the excellent work vote today or it could be tomorrow— the land, he would be hit with a sub- he and the legislative team do each and but the administration, I am told by stantial capital gains tax. This creates every day and for their commitment to the majority leader, takes the view problems, because as originally draft- public service. that it has passed one House, there ed, Chapter 12 required full payment of It is in that sense of Mr. Merlino’s would not be a government shutdown. all priority claims under Section 507 of commitment to public service that I So I think everybody should be reas- the Bankruptcy Code. The only way to know the Presiding Officer joins me in sured that that is not going to happen. avoid this requirement was if the hold- this and that we get our work done The conference report has been signed er of the claim agreed that its claim today, so we can give this team—and and we are moving toward completing could be treated differently. the literally couple other million Fed- the basic work of government through Thus, when a farmer sold his land eral workers across the country—the next September 30 very shortly. which resulted in large capital gains, sense that we are not going to shut On the second issue, the majority the IRS would have a priority claim down the government, that they are leader and I are making significant against the bankruptcy estate. I wish going to be able to go into the holiday progress in reaching an agreement on a to take a moment to explain the con- season with the recognition that the package that will have bipartisan sup- cept of bankrupt estates, which may be

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Jan 22, 2013 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD11\RECFILES\DECEMBER\S16DE1.REC S16DE1 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with S8696 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 16, 2011 a bit confusing. When an individual or The language I proposed ultimately a narrow exception even though that is corporation files for bankruptcy, an es- was enacted in the 2005 bankruptcy re- what I intended. tate is created. The estate consists of form law. Since the Bankruptcy Code, Unfortunately, the IRS, under the property that is liquidated for the pur- the courts, and the IRS treated the tax Obama administration, is taking a po- pose of paying creditors. So in the case liability as an administrative expense, sition today that is antifarmer and the of farmers filing a bankruptcy petition the new provision created a very nar- exact opposite of what it said 6 years under Chapter 12, the farm assets are row exception to that administrative ago. This about-face on the part of the the property of the estate. expense. Basically, only in Chapter 12 IRS came only after we made the According to section 541(a)(6) of the cases, if a farmer sold farmland that change in the law, and it became clear Bankruptcy Code, the proceeds of the resulted in a capital gains liability, that in very narrow circumstances the sales of those assets are also property then the IRS’s claim would not receive IRS would lose its priority position. I of the estate. So the situation farmers priority status. That is the benefit of respect the IRS’s interest in pursuing faced was that the IRS held a large pri- the legislation I got passed to reorga- tax dollars, but it exhibited a heck of a ority claim against the bankruptcy es- nization of a family farm. But it is lot of chutzpah in taking this position. tate. what is in dispute in these particular Our policy reasons for this new excep- Let me take a minute to talk about cases I am referring to. Instead the tion were very simple. The farmers claims against the estate to under- government would have an unsecured didn’t have enough money to pay ev- stand how we got to where we are claim, which means they may get paid eryone. We decided it would be better today. In this situation, we are dealing to let them sell some assets, which with a claim that is based on taxes something but not necessarily the entire amount. Also, the IRS would no would generate cash and help them to owed. The Bankruptcy Code says that reorganize, keep farming, and pay their taxes incurred by the estate are admin- longer be able to veto a plan’s confirmation, thus the farmer debtor creditors. istrative expenses. An administrative In making this decision, we realized expense essentially receives top pri- would be allowed to reorganize. From a bankruptcy point of view, someone would have to make a sac- ority when determining who gets paid rifice. We decided to give farmers a what. Thus, the effect this had was this approach makes complete sense. As I have discussed already, filing a pe- break from government taxes in a very that the IRS with its priority claim narrow set of circumstances. Now, could object to any reorganization plan tition creates a bankruptcy estate. The bankruptcy estate then sells the lands though, the government is trying to that did not provide for full payment of figure out a way to jump back ahead of its tax claim. The IRS essentially held post petition, and that results in capital gains that are owed to the IRS. other creditors and get more money. veto authority over a family farmer’s These creditors the IRS is trying to plan confirmation. In some instances Those taxes incurred by the estate post petition are administrative expenses break in front of are small businesses, then, a farmer who sought to sell a por- suppliers, and small local banks that tion of his farm to reorganize, pay which receive priority status. My language, enacted into law in extend credit and supplies to farmers. creditors, and become profitable again This is not what we expected would was prohibited completely from doing 2005, stripped the priority claims owed to the government in this very specific happen when we passed the 2005 bank- so. ruptcy law. After learning of this problem, I instance and made them generally unsecured claims. However, since the pas- This is an important issue and an im- started working on a way to fix it. portant case that the Supreme Court Simply put, I wanted to make sure sage of this legislation, the IRS has made an about-face. The government will decide in the coming months. The that family farmers in a Chapter 12 Supreme Court will decide whether this case could, in fact, sell portions of now argues, despite the way it treated this situation for all of these years, provision accomplishes my goal, which their farm to effectively reorganize I have stated. I look forward to seeing without the capital gains taxes jeop- that the tax liability created is the responsibility of the individual and not how the case is resolved. Rest assured, ardizing the reorganization. The very I will work to ensure that this policy of purpose of Chapter 12 and bankruptcy the bankruptcy estate. Yet the entire reason we created this new provision protecting family farmers is followed in general is to allow for a fresh start. as that was our clear intent in having Unfortunately, this was not happening was because of the way the IRS treated the tax liability. this law enacted. Chapter 12 has proven because of the IRS priority. successful as a leverage tool for farm- In 1999, I introduced the Safeguarding The IRS’s new position has been argued in Federal courts and has received ers and their lenders. It helps the farm- America’s Farms Entering the Year er and banker to sit down and work out 2000 Act. This bill, among other things, mixed results, so now there is a dispute whether my provision accomplishes alternatives for debt repayment. sought to fix the capital gains tax Should the Court rule that the Internal issue. When I introduced the bill, I said what it was designed to do. In 2009 the Eighth Circuit case Knudsen v. IRS Revenue Code is inconsistent with the it would ‘‘help farmers to reorganize by Bankruptcy Code and rule against my keeping tax collectors at bay.’’ I also held the provision applies to post-petition sales of farm assets, which is what intent as the author, I will obviously explained: have to work to remedy that inconsist- we are discussing here. Specifically, Under current law, farmers often face a ency because what we did in 2005 is the crushing tax liability if they need to sell the Eighth Circuit rejected the IRS’s right thing. I hope the Supreme Court livestock or land in order to reorganize their position that the Internal Revenue realizes the history and intent behind business affairs . . . High taxes have caused Code does not recognize a separate tax- the legislation and follows the congres- farmers to lose their farms. Under the Bank- able entity being created when a debtor sional intent. ruptcy Code, the IRS must be paid in full for files a Chapter 12 petition. any tax liabilities generated during a bank- I yield the floor and suggest the ab- Put another way, the IRS is claiming ruptcy reorganization. If the farmer can’t sence of a quorum. pay the IRS in full, then he can’t keep his the individual debtor is responsible for The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- farm. This is not sound policy. Why should tax liability that arises out of a bank- pore. The clerk will call the roll. the IRS be allowed to veto a farmer’s reorga- ruptcy estate action. The Eighth Cir- The legislative clerk proceeded to nization plan? cuit disagreed and said there is now an call the roll. But let me go back to a portion of exception preventing the IRS from hav- Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, I ask what I quoted, these words, ‘‘then he ing a priority claim for capital gains. unanimous consent that the order for can’t keep his farm.’’ Simply put, if But in the Ninth Circuit, the court the quorum call be rescinded. you are a farmer in a farming oper- there held that there was no exception The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ation, and you can continue to farm, for post-petition capital gains. In Hall pore. Without objection, it is so or- and reorganization is keeping you from v. the United States, now before the dered. farming, well, obviously you do not Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit said f have a business of farming and you the Halls were responsible for the cap- cannot farm. Family farms are very ital gains tax from selling part of their FEEDING THE HUNGRY important to the economic viability of farm during bankruptcy. This holding Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, as Ar- rural America. means that my provision did not create kansans and all Americans do last

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Many holi- curity to sorting through the dumpster take action on to ensure that it occurs day memories are centered around the garbage at the local grocery store after because it will create lots of jobs, cre- time spent sitting at the table with her husband passed away and her ate wealth, make us more secure as a family and friends. monthly income disappeared. nation, and help bring down the cost of The unfortunate reality for more and Unfortunately, similar stories can be energy. Low-cost energy is the best more people, is that those memories heard throughout our State. Commu- possible way to create even more jobs are becoming more distant as more nity-based efforts like those in Fort in America. We compete in a global Americans than ever are having dif- Smith are making a difference to ad- marketplace, and the extent to which ficulty putting food on the table. In dress hunger and malnourishment. our industries can have cheaper en- fact, recent studies show one in six We are seeing it across the state of ergy, they can hire more people, make Americans are food deprived. Arkansas. Last week, the NBC affiliate more widgets, and pay more taxes to Despite Arkansas’s reputation as a KARK in Little Rock spent the week the U.S. Government and to States, leader in agriculture production, Ar- urging viewers to donate to the Arkan- cities, and counties. kansans are struggling to provide nu- sas Food Bank. The Greater Good Week The construction of the Keystone tritious, healthy meals for their fami- of Giving donation drive will undoubt- Pipeline would run from Alberta, Can- lies. edly provide many blessings to many ada, to Texas refineries along the gulf What is most concerning is that families this holiday season. coast. It adds a number of miles of nearly 25 percent of Arkansas kids go It’s painfully clear that our current pipeline, although it will also use exist- to bed hungry. That gives Arkansas the economic environment is intensifying ing pipelines that are in place now. We unfortunate distinction of having the our hunger issues in Arkansas and have thousands of miles of pipelines worst rate of childhood hunger in the across the country. The fact is, we around the United States. Building a country. don’t have to look far to see how hun- pipeline is not unusual. We build them While I believe Congress should be ger hurts. over and over again. Many pipelines working identifying a range of legisla- I believe hunger is a solvable problem run through our State, and they pro- tive improvements or reforms that can but it requires us all working together. vide the low-cost energy that helps us be made in Federal policy to help fight Please consider what you can do to to be competitive and create jobs. hunger, Washington can’t help solve help neighbors in need, not just during This construction project alone this problem alone. this holiday season, but all year long. would add 20,000 American workers, This requires community involve- I yield the floor. high-paid American workers, jobs not ment. Fortunately, we are blessed to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- funded by additional debt that we bor- have help at the local level from a wide pore. The Senator from Alabama. row to try to artificially create jobs. variety of organizations in Arkansas, f They are real construction jobs. Ex- and nationwide, that make it their perts tell us it would likely lead to the mission to fight hunger. THE ECONOMY creation of more than 100,000 jobs over- As a co-chair of the Senate Hunger Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, we all. This is a significant number. Caucus, Senators DURBIN, LUGAR, are, as a nation, facing difficult finan- In addition, as I said, it would make CASEY, MORAN, BROWN of Ohio, and my- cial times, and I for one believe it is us more energy secure and make us self put politics aside to raise aware- true that the middle class in America more able to contain the growth in the ness and recognize the great work un- is suffering economically to a degree price of fuel because it would provide a derway in our states addressing food that is unusual. It needs to be thought large, competitive source of fuel for insecurity. about, it needs to be addressed. America. When fully operational, the We call this effort the Hour for Hun- I have a number of ideas about what pipeline will transport 700,000 barrels a ger. Our initiative encourages all Mem- we should do, and they don’t include day. That is almost half of the amount bers of Congress to dedicate one hour raising taxes and spreading the money of oil the United States currently im- during this holiday season to highlight around. I don’t believe that is the right ports from the entire Middle East. Mr. the commitments of national, state direction for the country to go. That is President, 700,000 barrels a day is al- and local organizations to fight hun- essentially the view of President most exactly the amount of oil we im- ger. Obama. As he says he is for the middle port from Venezuela, and that is not a Last Friday, I had the opportunity to class, he taxes people at even higher friendly country to us. Hugo Chavez visit the Samaritan Community Center levels and would do those kinds of gov- and his team there are a dangerous in Rogers, Arkansas. For more than 20 ernment programs that he believes will threat to the hemisphere. Much of years, this organization has lent a work. their wealth comes from the oil they helping hand to the hungry through At a most fundamental level, I am sell to the United States. I am not say- soup kitchens, food pantries, convinced the greatest thing we can do ing that we cannot buy on the world ‘‘Snackpacks for Kids’’ and a variety of to strengthen America—strengthen us market and that we should not buy other initiatives. financially, strengthen job creation for from Venezuela, but why in the world This help is needed now more than the middle class—would be to do the would we deny ourselves the right to ever. The economy is forcing more peo- things that allow growth in the private purchase 700,000 barrels a day from our ple to rely on the services of Samaritan sector. There are a lot of things we can friend, our fine trading partner, Can- Community Center. In just three years, do that will not cost this Treasury a ada, our neighbor? there has been more than a 50 percent dime. There is a strategic political interest increase in clients. Indeed, one of the greatest threats to of significance here too. How will the This is the story with similar organi- the American economy is the debt that Canadians feel if we reject this pipeline zations throughout Arkansas. In a seg- hangs over us like a cloud. It is inhib- when great effort, time, and years of ment that aired last month, CNN fo- iting growth and investment and pros- investment and study have gone into cused on the extent of the hunger prob- perity. We have to get this Nation on a it? lem in Arkansas’s second largest city, sustainable path, not the unsustainable This plan to build a pipeline is sup- Fort Smith. Ken Kupchick, marketing path we are on. I have been dis- ported by a bipartisan coalition, Demo- director for the River Valley Regional appointed, frankly, at the leadership of crats and Republicans, including many Food Bank in Fort Smith, told CNN the President. He has not understood Democratic Governors, such as Mon- some heart-wrenching stories encoun- this. He believes that the way to do it tana Governor Brian Schweitzer, along tered while helping those in need. is through governmental borrowing, with a number of Democratic Senators

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Jan 22, 2013 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD11\RECFILES\DECEMBER\S16DE1.REC S16DE1 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with S8698 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 16, 2011 and Congressmen. It is not a partisan green corporations that are not pro- President Obama has continued to ig- issue. Seven Governors of States that ducing and are going bankrupt in seri- nore China’s abusive currency devalu- will house the pipeline have come out ous numbers. A recent study found that ation process which undermines the to voice their support. Each State almost 190,000 new jobs could be cre- rule of law and is decimating American through which the pipeline will pass is ated next year if energy production in manufacturing. I was pleased to work supportive of the pipeline. Those en- the Gulf of Mexico, where I live, re- with my Democratic colleagues in the couraging the pipeline also include turned to pre-moratorium levels. Senate to pass legislation that would labor unions, such as the Teamsters, Think about that. If we went back to require the government to respond to that together represent about 25 mil- the pre-moratorium levels on produc- legitimate complaints of businesses lion workers. Remember, this is a jobs tion, it would add 190,000 jobs and bring that can prove they have been damaged program that will create high-paying in more American wealth. Instead of by the deliberate manipulation of Chi- jobs, and many will be for union work- having to buy our oil from Canada or na’s currency. You can’t have a good ers. Yet the President has blocked the Venezuela, it would be our own, keep- trading relationship with a country pipeline construction for some time, ing our wealth at home and creating that is cheating you; that is not play- deferring a decision now until after the jobs at home. ing by the rules. Are we going to sit by next election. Many argue that it is The moratorium was imposed after year after year and allow factory after not hard to conclude that this is a po- the oil spill. We had expert testimony factory to be closed because we are un- litical decision and an attempt to in the environment committee there is willing to confront this on some sort of avoid alienating the liberal anti-energy a new device that has been prepared religious, economic, free-trade theory environmentalists or those who favor and is now ready to go that could be because they sell us cheaper products? the pipeline, such as his union sup- put over a blown-out well, such as the If they cause our businesses to lay off porters. one we had, so that in a matter of days thousands of workers or to close down, I don’t know the politics of it. All I it would stop the leak. They eventually should we thank them because we get a know is that I cannot find a single did that, using a cap. Instead of 90 or cheaper product? But how long will it sound reason not to proceed. I know it 100 days, within a few days you could be cheaper? would be tremendously economically cut off a leak like that. It should have I don’t go for that. I think we need beneficial to America. We must address been there to begin with, in my opin- real leadership here. It wouldn’t cost the true, structural, long-term prob- ion. It was a very significant failure of the Treasury a dime if we stood up and lems that are hammering our economy management not to have such a safety protected our workers on the world and middle-class workers in America, device. But it is now available. competitive stage; if we backed them robbing them of opportunity. I also believe the permitorium—the up and ensured our businesses have fair We had before the environmental inability to get permits—has cost us a trade. We would create jobs without committee a couple of days ago a wit- lot of jobs. Now that the complete ban adding to the debt. We would create ness from Alabama—Van Richey, the is over, you can get permits, but they jobs that pay more taxes and reduce CEO at ACIPCO. This is a 100-year-old have been slowed down dramatically, the debt. This trade manipulation and company where the CEO/owner a num- and huge rigs, capable of drilling in the unfairness does enormous damage to ber of years ago turned it over to the deep gulf, have been moved to other the middle class. employees. Mr. Richey testified their places in the world and are not pro- The number of U.S. manufacturing number of employees has gone from ducing. It would have cost United sites fell from 397,000 in 2001 to 344,000 4,600 to 2,900, and that the pipe indus- States taxpayers virtually nothing to in June of 2010. That is a real manufac- try in America is down 30 percent—the put an intensive effort into reviewing turing decline. It is not inevitable. In entire pipe industry. Think about that. the dangers in the gulf, doing it quick- fact, I am convinced we have a chance These are real jobs. These are people ly, and putting this industry back on to have a renaissance in manufacturing who built their lives around good-pay- track before so many of those produc- in America. If we keep our energy costs ing work at ACIPCO, and over a thou- tion rigs moved abroad. down, if we don’t have unnecessary reg- sand of them are now not working. I Also burdensome, intrusive regula- ulations, and we create a tax policy don’t know what they are doing. Hope- tions have undermined job creation and that is good, I think we might surprise fully, they found something, but it is hurt small businesses. The average ourselves on how well we can bounce unlikely to be the kind of solid manu- number of rules costing the economy back. Because the cost of manufac- facturing job they had. We must pursue over $100 million pending during 2001 to turing in other countries is going up reforms that make our economy 2006 was about 72. Under this adminis- dramatically—and we now have, with stronger and more productive, restor- tration, the average number is 130. In our technology, our infrastructure, and ing confidence and allowing for sus- fact, over 180,000 jobs will be lost each our high machinery utilization—we can tained economic job growth. year from 2012 to 2020 as a result of four be competitive in areas we haven’t Consider a few of the biggest chal- EPA rules that impact the regulatory been competitive in before. lenges we face. One of them is the structure of the electric industry. Manufacturing employment peaked health care law. Promises were made. These are dramatic events. at 19 million in 1979, with 11.7 million The President insisted it would reduce It would cost the Treasury of the in February of 2011. I don’t think this health care costs, but health insurance United States not a dime to not follow country can be healthy and strong eco- premiums have increased $2,200 per through on these dramatic rules, one of nomically, I don’t think it can have an family since 2008. The Congressional which is the boiler MACT rule. I have effective presence strategically and Budget Office warned us this health never heard so much concern from my militarily around the world if we don’t care bill was not going to bring down constituents over that rule. Hopefully, have a manufacturing base. I don’t see costs, and, in fact, the bill has brought it will be part of the legislation that how it can happen. What are people costs up. That is money out of the moves the payroll tax holiday. That going to do? pockets of American families that they legislation would also change the boil- They say we will go into the service do not have now to spend in the mar- er MACT rule. That would be a tremen- industry. Well, how many people can ketplace because it has to be spent on dous relief for the American economy. make a computer? As a matter of fact, their health insurance. We need to get The point is, these rules cost the most of these technological advance- the government out of dominating and economy, cost jobs, drive up our cost of ments, such as our super TVs and com- regulating areas of the economy for production, and make it more difficult puters, are made abroad. It is a com- which they have no experience or abil- to be competitive in the world market- petitive world, but we can be more ity to operate in an effective way. place. We don’t need that. Every single competitive. We can take back some of Instead of allowing the production of rule that is effective needs to be main- that manufacturing, I am convinced. American energy—energy from this tained; every single rule that is unnec- I also believe at a time of high unem- country—the President has blocked essary and drives up cost should be ployment we need to be sure the immi- commonsense energy production while eliminated. Yet we are still adding rule gration laws of this country are en- sending stimulus dollars to favored after rule, and it is costing jobs. forced. The very idea we should relax

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We have to protect our legitimate na- through the private sector, putting a We need to be sure the people who tional interest. If you want to have stop to crony capitalism and favor- run this country understand that the open borders, I am willing to discuss itism, producing more American en- American people are not happy with that and say we should have totally ergy, and making our government lean- us. How can they be happy? We are bor- open borders. But if you don’t—and no er and more productive. That is good rowing 40 cents of every dollar we nation in the world does, to my knowl- for the economy: creating a long-term spend. We are on an unsustainable debt edge—then you must create an immi- debt reduction plan so that every in- course, and we don’t even have a budg- gration system that serves your na- vestor and businessperson and Amer- et and refuse to bring up one. It is just tional interest and creates jobs for ican citizen will say, well, we are on a unthinkable. American citizens wherever possible. path now that is sustainable, not on a We will end up in the last of this ses- America’s $15 trillion debt is destroy- path that is unsustainable—as every sion heading into Christmas with some ing jobs and confidence in the econ- economist has told us; adopting a glob- conglomerated-together, massive om- omy. The debt itself is the largest we ally competitive Tax Code, a Tax Code nibus bill, a last-minute tax holiday have ever seen. The annual deficit is that enhances investment in America, bill, and somehow we will muddle for- the largest we have ever seen. It dwarfs enhances expansion in job creation, not ward and continue spending for the any deficits we have ever had before, one that inhibits growth and job cre- government so it will not close down. and it is continuing year after year. ation. But all of this should have been done President Bush, in his last year in of- We need to confront illegal immigra- months ago. There is no reason it has fice, had the biggest deficit he ever tion at the border and at the workplace to be held to the last minute except it had—$450 billion. It was one of the and serve the national interests. We gives the leader more power to manipu- largest deficits in the history of the need to uphold the rules of law in trade late, and it gives Members of Congress Republic. President Obama’s first year and quit acquiescing to those who less opportunity to know what is in it. cheat and manipulate trade rules to in office saw a $1.4 trillion deficit. It It gives the American people less op- their advantage. I don’t believe we can has been $1.3 trillion or more for the portunity to know what is in it. last 3 years. sustain that over a long period of time. So I am not happy. I don’t think the I do believe that has hammered jobs This year, CBO was predicting the American people are. I think they are and manufacturing in America. deficit would come in at a tad under $1 rightfully disappointed with us. Some- We need to eliminate unwise and trillion—$970 billion. But if we pass how we have to get this country on the this tax holiday, we will add $200 bil- damaging regulations. Any burden placed on individual Americans or right track. It will require tightening lion to the debt just like that. So next our belts. We cannot continue to bor- year, we will be at $1.1-plus trillion, if businesses in America that does not pay for itself in benefits should never row and spend at this rate. the Congressional Budget Office’s pro- A lot of people are going to be dis- jections are true. be imposed. We have too much in that category. Finally, delivering to the appointed that things they hoped to re- This is a serious matter. The debt is ceive they will no longer be able to re- a threat to us. We have to quit running good people of this country the honest and responsible government and budget ceive. But the country will not sink up the debt. We have to quit borrowing into the ocean. It will not. This coun- so we can spend. That is all this tax they deserve. The sad fact is, we have now gone 961 try is strong. All we have to do is do holiday is—the government borrowing days without a budget. I think that what they are doing in New Jersey and the money so people don’t pay into shows the irresponsibility of this Con- doing in Alabama, beginning to do in their pension plan—Social Security. I gress. I was disappointed when the some of the other States that have am uneasy about that. It weakens the Democratic leader in the Senate said it been deeply in debt, do what Senator moral component of Social Security would be foolish to even attempt to WARNER did as Governor of Virginia: and it clearly adds to our debt. Social bring up a budget this year, and he was manage the economy and balance the Security is on an unsustainable course. not going to do it for the second year. budget. I appreciate his leadership in This bill would do nothing to fix the This is really, really dangerous; a the Senate to try to produce something unsustainable course of Social Secu- country that is suffering the greatest worthwhile for the Nation. rity. It says we don’t put in the money debt and deficits we have ever had, to So we can do better, and we have to we have been putting in every year for not have a budget is utterly and to- do better, and the American people are the last 60 years, I suppose. How can tally unacceptable. entitled to it. that do anything but weaken Social I can’t imagine a party wanting to be I yield the floor, and I suggest the ab- Security? And it absolutely increases the leader of the Senate that will not sence of a quorum. our debt and will show up on the score even bring to the floor a budget, as re- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- by the Congressional Budget Office. quired by statute, required by law. The pore. The clerk will call the roll. I am the ranking Republican on the House passed one. They passed a his- The assistant legislative clerk pro- Budget Committee. It is so painful; I toric budget, a budget that would have ceeded to call the roll. would love to be able to support—and I altered the debt course of America, put Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, I ask won’t say I won’t support—this tax hol- us on a sound path. The Republican unanimous consent the order for the iday. But it is not sound policy in the leadership in the House summoned quorum call be rescinded. long run for America. We can’t keep their courage and produced a budget The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- chasing after and borrowing money to that would reduce spending, alter the pore. Without objection, it is so or- spend, because the debt is so large. We taxes in America in a way that would dered. now have a debt equal to 100 percent of create more growth, and brought it for- f GDP, our gross debt. We have never ward. AGRICULTURE had anything like this before. So Senator REID thought he was clev- So it is time, indeed, for a middle- er. He knew Democrats wouldn’t vote Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, I know class agenda, an agenda that helps and for it because it would actually cut we are all anxious to reach a conclu- strengthens this country. We don’t spending, and he brought it up so it sion on significant legislation that is need more dishonest spending, politi- could be voted down. But over 40 people pending. It determines many things cians promising favor, promising to voted for it. important to Americans and it creates give people something the government I brought up at the same time Presi- the opportunity for Members of the doesn’t have to give, spending money dent Obama’s budget—the most irre- Senate and the House to spend a little

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One of the beneficiaries than how we pass on, from one genera- reliable evidence and data that show of growing up on a family farm in Kan- tion to the next, the workings on a the need for changes, but it is quite the sas is somebody I would also like to family farm. opposite. In fact, the Department of mention briefly this morning. As Mem- I am worried these rural traditions Labor admits it lacks data to justify bers of Congress, we surround ourselves are under attack by Washington, DC. many of its suggested changes. Fur- with bright minds and fellow natives of In September, our Department of thermore, according to the National our home States. I have had the privi- Labor proposed new rules that would Farm Medicine Center, youth-related lege of working alongside a young man, ban youth under the age of 16 from par- injuries from farm accidents have de- Aaron Popelka, as a member of my ticipating in what are many common clined by nearly 60 percent from 1998 to staff for 6 years. In those years, Aaron farm-related tasks such as rounding up 2009. has proven himself to be a thoughtful cattle on horseback, operating a trac- If you ask any farmer or rancher voice in a chaotic Capitol Hill culture. tor or cleaning out stalls with a shovel about the importance of safety, they With a bright policy mind, Aaron has and wheelbarrow. I am sure there are would tell you safety is at the top of advised me on agriculture and energy many 15- and 16-year-olds who would be their list. It is their children. It is and trade policy while also serving as happy not to do that work, but it is im- their neighbor’s children. They care my chief council. portant work, and it is a way fathers greatly. But they would also tell you it A native of Munden, KS, Aaron and sons, mothers and daughters, is critical for the rural way of life to be brought with him a commonsense ap- grandparents, work side by side with able to train and encourage the next proach to the way he conducted his du- family members. generation to safely and successfully ties on behalf of our State. Aaron will One of the things I care a lot about is begin careers in agriculture. If today’s continue his duties on behalf of Kan- agriculture. That matters to us in young people are not given the chance sans but in a different fashion. Aaron places such as Kansas because that is to learn at a young age what it takes has accepted a position back home in the economy of our communities. But I to operate a farm, we put at risk the Kansas and will leave my staff at end also know it is important for other rea- future of agriculture in our Nation. of the year. The lure of returning home sons as well, not just dollars and cents. If these changes go into effect, not to Kansas is powerful. Over the years, I It is important because it is how, his- only will the shrinking rural workforce have lost valued members of my staff, torically, in this country, we passed on be further reduced and our Nation’s much like the rest of you. However, I our values from one generation to the youth be deprived of valuable career appreciate the fact that while their de- next. Working side by side with moms training opportunities but, most im- parture from Washington DC is not and dads and grandparents is the way portant, a way of life begins to dis- pleasing to me, more often than not we pass on character and values and in- appear. Our country cannot afford to they return home to Kansas and the re- tegrity from one generation to the lose the next generation of farmers and sult is a benefit to our home State. next. It is something that throughout ranchers. I am thankful for having had Aaron the history of our country has been im- I shared my concerns with the Sec- as a member of my staff. I am thankful portant across our Nation when every retary of Labor several weeks ago, in for the faithful service he has provided place was a rural part of our Nation. which we asked for a delay, a longer to my fellow citizens in our home To most young people growing up on comment period. The comment period State. But I am most thankful for his that family farm, jobs are routine, it is was running through fall harvest friendship and I look forward to our a part of their lives. These Department across most of the country. The De- paths crossing again back home. of Labor regulations are going to in- partment of Labor granted a 30-day ex- Aaron, best of luck to you and God trude significantly in that ability. Ac- tension, but that expired December 1, bless you and your family. cording to the American Farm Bureau about 2 weeks ago. Parents and com- I suggest the absence of a quorum. Federation, about 98 percent of our munities should be allowed to look The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- country’s 2 million farms are family after the best interests of their fami- pore. The clerk will call the roll. owned. By working alongside those lies and citizens. Now that comment The assistant legislative clerk pro- parents and grandparents, important period has run. I hope the Department ceeded to call the roll. skills and values are learned. The prob- of Labor will take into account the se- Mr. COATS. Mr. President, I ask lem we face now is that agriculture is rious concerns by farmers and ranch- unanimous consent that the order for a way of life and the Department of ers, their families, and agribusiness the quorum call be rescinded. Labor wants to change that. across the country. But just a delay The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Until recently, farms jointly owned and longer comment period is insuffi- pore. Without objection, it is so or- and operated by multiple family mem- cient. In fact, I am circulating a letter dered. bers had discretion over the respon- among my colleagues in the Senate Mr. COATS. Mr. President, I ask sibilities they gave their children on that I am asking them to sign, request- unanimous consent to speak for up to the farm. But this new rule would do ing the Department of Labor not pro- 15 minutes as in morning business away with that freedom. The Depart- ceed to implement these rules. I ask The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ment of Labor is proposing to tell my colleagues to take a look at that pore. Without objection, it is so or- farmers and ranchers: We know what is letter and please join me. dered. best for your children and what they Local experts should be the ones con- f should and should not be doing. ducting safety training programs to The Department of Labor is also try- educate our Nation’s young people. The HINDERING JOB CREATION ing to do away with successful farm future of agriculture depends on stop- Mr. COATS. Mr. President, the holi- safety and training certification pro- ping this vast overreach of Executive day season is coming upon us, a period grams. In our part of the country and authority, protecting individual rights. of celebration and joy. But as we pre- around the Nation, 4–H and FFA coun- We know rural America’s values are pare to spend time with our friends and ty extension offices are very impor- not always the values held in Wash- our families in the coming weeks, it is tant. They play a critical role in train- ington, DC. In the weeks ahead, I will important to remember during this ing and certifying young people to safe- continue to work with my colleagues holiday season there are many families ly carry on farm activities. That hap- to make certain this destructive rule out there across this country who are pens today. But the Department has ig- does not move forward so we can pro- hurting. nored research that shows such protect and preserve our values for the As I visit with Hoosiers, I hear con- grams improve safety habits of young next generation of American farmers cern in the voices of parents trying to

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For nearly 3 years we have Pipeline. By delaying a decision for a by the private sector. We can provide been hearing the President talk about year, the President essentially is say- 20,000 jobs immediately without tax- how this Nation needs good-paying jobs ing we are denying 20,000 or more indi- payer dollars. That is why this is sup- for people. The President has spoken viduals from gaining work. The presi- ported by Republicans, supported by on this on numerous occasions. In his dent is blocking jobs and preventing Democrats, supported by Unions, sup- inaugural address in 2009, he said: Americans from building this much- ported by right-to-work States, sup- There is work to be done. The state of our needed pipeline which is so important ported across the board by those who economy calls for action, bold and swift. And for the future of this country. We talk we will act, not only to create new jobs, but feel we need more energy independ- about our dependence on Middle East to lay a new foundation for growth. ence. Yet, after assuring us that his top oil and the blood and treasure we have More than a year later in June 2010, priority is creating jobs, the President had to spend to keep those sea lanes the President said: ‘‘Our top priority is says, no. Instead, he chooses to yield to open and that oil flowing to the United to recover and rebuild from a recession some extreme voices on the environ- States, and yet the President denies us that has touched the lives of nearly mental left who basically say, no more the opportunity to mine our own do- every American.’’ Two months ago, the oil, no more pipelines, no more coal, mestic energy sources and to use President said: ‘‘Everywhere I go, they fossil fuels are out. It is wind, solar, sources that come from Canada or off tell me they want action on jobs.’’ batteries, or nothing—despite how Despite the rhetoric, what we have our shores. The Keystone XL Pipeline is a many jobs it costs. and what we are dealing with is a se- So I am asking the President of the ries of regulations and policies coming project that if constructed will bring a minimum of about 750 million barrels United States to reconsider his deci- out of the White House that are deny- sion especially at a time when people ing Americans the opportunity to have of oil to this country for refining purposes. It will provide an estimated are struggling in this country. The jobs and preventing job creators from commonsense solution to one of our hiring. This is a result of regulations 20,000 new jobs directly and support hundreds of thousands of jobs in com- problems is right here before us. Yet that are hampering businesses as well we hear from the President, no, he is as policies here that we have or have ing years indirectly. My State alone, Indiana, has indicated that at least 100 going to postpone the decision for a not enacted that would encourage job year to get past the 2012 election. This growth and economic opportunities. Indiana companies would benefit from the pipeline. This project has bipar- is political decision is denying a lot of For nearly 34 consecutive months un- people work at a time when it is des- employment has been hovering around tisan support as well. perately needed. At the same time the the 9-percent level although we all Twenty-two House Democrats wrote President is asking the Congress to ex- know the real unemployment number a letter to President Obama and said tend unemployment benefits, primarily is much higher than that. There are that it is in our national interests to because of his own failed economic people who have given up looking and have a Presidential permit issued for policies, the White House is blocking they’re no longer counted. There are Keystone as soon as possible. That’s this incredible job creating oppor- people who are working at pay levels supported by Republicans, but the tunity. and talent levels far below their abili- President has said that if we send him Another immediate action the ad- ties. And so the underemployment a yearend bill that includes this, he ministration can take would be to ac- number, combined with the unemploy- plans to veto it. It makes no sense ment number, is very significant and what-so-ever. It is irrational—to say cept a modest provision to provide a much higher than the official number that the No. 1 priority for this country reasonable delay on two costly Envi- reflects. is to get people back to work and to ronmental Protection Agency regula- For months I have been on this floor provide jobs, and here we have a ready- tions that will deal another dev- talking about a whole number of initia- made job creator that is being post- astating blow to our already fragile tives I thought was necessary to spur poned to pacify some extreme environ- economy. In the next few days, the En- our economy and get us moving for- mentalists who don’t want one drop of vironmental Protection Agency is ex- ward again. Comprehensive tax reform oil or one piece of coal mined in this pected to finalize a rule that could is something Senator WYDEN and I country or used in this country to pro- threaten over 20 percent of the coal- have engaged in on a bipartisan basis vide energy resources. They think all fired powerplant generation in the Mid- and we’ve been talking about it all we need to do is switch to electric— west and in the Southeast. We’ve now year, yet here we are at the end of the which, by the way, is only produced learned it also has a dramatic adverse session and we are not going to be able through burning coal and oil—to pro- effect on powerplants in the States of to accomplish that this year. We’ll give vide electricity to plug in our cars and Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. So a it a run next year, and hopefully we make them work or they want wind major part of our country will be af- can make some progress on that. There and solar. Well, if we look outside the fected by this rule. Known as Utility is almost a unanimous consensus that window here in Washington and across MACT, this regulation will force most comprehensive tax reform needs to most of the country the last few days of our country’s 1,100 coal-fired plants take place. Yet we have now spent a you are going to see a lot of clouds and to retrofit their facilities or close their year talking about it but not doing it. very little sun. And you are not going doors. The Partnership for Affordable We also know that issues such as enti- to see much wind. We cannot run fac- Clean Energy reported that closures of tlement reform and reducing the out- tories, we cannot run businesses, we U.S. coal-fired powerplants will accel- of-control spending here are necessary can’t even light this Senate based sole- erate sharply during the next 10 years to put us on more solid footing, and de- ly on this alternative energy as it cur- because of this utility rule. spite the valiant efforts and hard work rently exists, and it is costing the tax- The EPA’s expected announcement of many in this Chamber, Republicans payer a lot of money. on the utility rule comes just after and Democrats, we’ve been unable to The Keystone XL Pipeline also has they issued another major rule that accomplish and succeed. Much of this the support of labor groups and unions. will cost additional American jobs be- difficulty, frankly, has been because These are the entities that will be pro- cause starting on January 1 the EPA the White House refusing to dem- viding jobs for the project. will begin requiring utilities to reduce onstrate leadership. The President has Mark Ayers of the AFL–CIO wrote: powerplant emissions that may cause not stepped up and engaged in fulfilling For America’s skilled craft construction air quality complications in neigh- the very things he said are the most professionals, any discussion of the Keystone boring States. That regulation, called important things we need to do. XL project begins and ends with one word: the Cross State Air Pollution Rule, is

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We cannot the two regulations I have just men- results. It has become clear to me and do that if we are plunging into debt or tioned is alarming. The Indiana Energy reaffirmed something I believed from the policies coming out of this admin- Association estimates that the cost of day one when I first got into politics— istration are denying our citizens the these rules will be between $6.5 billion that unless we put in place a balanced right to work in jobs that are avail- and $7.3 billion just in my home State budget amendment to the Constitution able, such as the Keystone Pipeline. I of Indiana. And when we add the entire that will require Members to come can’t even pay the utility cost now eastern half of the country, from Mis- down to this well and, before the Presi- they say and if you are going to raise sissippi River on to the Atlantic Ocean, dent of the Senate, put their left hand my rates 20 to 30 percent because of that number goes up exponentially. on the Bible and their right hand in the these regulations it is not going to be The National Economic Research As- air and swear to uphold a Constitution the kind of joyful, happy celebration at sociates estimates employment losses that incorporates a balanced budget re- Christmas we would all wish for all our of 1.4 million across the country as a quirement, we are never going to get families across America. result of the current EPA rules and there. With that, I yield the floor and sug- deadlines. By 2016, NERA reports that There is always a reason why some- gest the absence of a quorum. American ratepayers will see an aver- thing statutorily—all the efforts of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The age increase of up to 23.5 percent—and Gang of 6, the committee of 12; the clerk will call the roll. in some places rates will be even high- rush to prevent crises by raising the The bill clerk proceeded to call the er. debt limit; the cliff hangers: are we roll. Now, I want to say this: Cleaning our going to pass this or not, and are we Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I ask air is a worthy goal. Hundreds of bil- going to extend the debt limit or not unanimous consent that the order for lions of dollars have been spent under extend it—all the provisions through the quorum call be rescinded. the Clean Air Act, which I supported in the appropriations process to cut The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the 1980s and early 1990s because, as spending and reduce government in- objection, it is so ordered. Americans, we all want to clean our volvement and so forth have essen- Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I have a air. Hundreds of billions of dollars have tially failed. number of consents I will offer. been spent by our utilities on clean air, What we need to do is what most f consumers have been paying for it States in this country do, what every through our electricity bills to clean business has to do, what every family EXTENSION OF MORNING the air. The progress we have made has has to do; that is, commit to balancing BUSINESS been astounding. our budget, not spending more than we Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I ask Provisions that were offered in a bill take in, and having a sworn, constitu- unanimous consent that the period for Senator JOE MANCHIN—a Democrat tional agreement that this is what we morning business be extended until 5 from West Virginia—and I offered to- will do before we adjourn during every p.m., with Senators permitted to speak gether on a bipartisan basis do not turn session. My State of Indiana has to do for up to 10 minutes each. back or unwind the progress we have this, and many States across the coun- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without made. They simply extend the compli- try have to do this. They do because it objection, it is so ordered. ance date for a 3-year period of time produces transparency and honesty and and coordinate that compliance date so Members going before their constitu- f that utilities can accomplish both of ents and saying: That program is a INSULAR AREAS ACT OF 2011 these goals laid out by the EPA in a great idea, but we can’t afford it. Un- reasonable time frame. This rule will less you’re willing to support Congress Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I ask take effect on January 1 of 2012. So raising your taxes or cuts in other unanimous consent that the Senate we’re asking for a little more time. places, we can’t put that new program proceed to the consideration of S. 2009, Earlier this year I voted to eliminate in place. introduced earlier today. these rules. That vote, led by Senator I think my time is running out. I ask The PRESIDING OFFICER. The RAND PAUL, was defeated. So we move unanimous consent for 2 more minutes, clerk will report the bill by title. now to the next stage which is to give and I will wrap it up. The bill clerk read as follows: utilities more time to meet EPA dead- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. A bill (S. 2009) to improve the administra- lines. BLUMENTHAL). Without objection, it is tion of programs in the insular areas, and for I urge the President to consider the so ordered. other purposes. Manchin-Coats legislation called the Mr. COATS. Thank you, Mr. Presi- There being no objection, the Senate Fair Compliance Act, which is bipar- dent. I thank my colleagues. proceeded to consider the bill. tisan legislation to delay the imple- If we don’t have this ultimate en- Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I am mentation of these harmful EPA rules. forcement mechanism, I fear we will pleased to be joined by my colleague Otherwise, our utilities will not have just continue to do what we have been from Alaska, and the ranking member the time needed to adequately prepare. doing for years and years and years; of the Committee on Energy and Nat- The EPA will be shutting them down. that is, falling far short of where we ural Resources, LISA MURKOWSKI, in Without extra compliance time, there need to go. I think where most of us urging passage of the Insular Areas Act are predictions of blackouts or rolling know we need to make the tough deci- of 2011. This legislation would enact blackouts and substantial increases in sions, to be honest with our constitu- three time-sensitive provisions needed utility rates at a time when the econ- ents, to go forward and basically say to improve the operation of certain omy is struggling and our manufactur- this is what our sworn obligation is, Federal programs in the U.S. territory ers need every competitive advantage and we are going to have to fulfill this of American Samoa and in the freely they can get in order to compete obligation. Nothing else has succeeded associated states of the Republic of the around the world and get people back in forcing this body to come together Marshall Islands, the Federated States to work. and in a bipartisan way—or even on a of Micronesia, and the Republic of Having said that, let me just say one partisan basis—do what is necessary to Palau. more thing. It is disappointing from get our fiscal house in order. First, section 2 of the bill would my perspective in the lack of progress During this holiday season, the peo- amend the Compact of Free Associa- in addressing our dire fiscal situation. ple who are without work and strug- tion Amendments Act of 2003 to direct We’ve tried just about everything and gling to pay their mortgages or strug- the Secretary of Energy, as a part of

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The wage economy is conducted under clause (i)(I); and ture and a radiochemical analysis of centrated in the government sector and ‘‘(bb) the results of the radiochemical anal- groundwater surrounding and in the fish processing. In recent years, how- ysis conducted under clause (i)(II); and structure. This section of the bill fur- ever, trade globalization and rising ‘‘(II) a determination on whether the sur- ther requires the Secretary to submit a costs have contributed to a severe eco- veys and analyses indicate any significant report to Congress with the results of nomic downturn. GAO recently re- change in the health risks to the people of the monitoring. Finally, the section re- Enewetak from the contaminants within the ported—GAO–11–427—that one of two Cactus Crater containment structure. quires that the Secretary of the Inte- tuna canneries closed in 2009 and the ‘‘(iii) FUNDING FOR GROUNDWATER MONI- rior shall make available to DOE, from other cannery significantly reduced op- TORING.—The Secretary of the Interior shall existing technical assistance funds, the erations. Employment in this key sec- make available to the Department of En- funding needed to conduct the chem- tor fell by 55 percent from 2009 to 2010. ergy, Marshall Islands Program, from funds ical analysis of groundwater. The U.S. minimum wage was extended available for the Technical Assistance Pro- This section was requested by the to American Samoa in 2007, with an- gram of the Office of Insular Affairs, the Government of the Marshall Islands be- nual increases of 50 cents starting in amounts necessary to conduct the cause of continuing concerns about ra- radiochemical analysis of groundwater under 2008. But, because of the severe down- clause(i)(II).’’. diation contamination among the peo- turn, Congress delayed the 2010 wage SEC. 3. CLARIFYING THE TEMPORARY ASSIGN- ple living and fishing near Runit Is- increase until 2012. The Government of MENT OF JUDGES TO COURTS OF land. Officials from the Department of American Samoa is requesting this fur- THE FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES. Energy regularly visit the islands near ther delay because of the unique and Section 297(a) of title 28, United States Runit as a part of DOE’s ongoing Mar- continuing challenges it faces along Code, is amended by striking ‘‘circuit or dis- shall Islands monitoring activities, and with other South Pacific island econo- trict judge’’ and inserting ‘‘circuit, district, it is reasonable to direct that those of- mies. magistrate, or territorial judge of a court’’. ficials periodically monitor the Runit Mr. President, there are no author- SEC. 4. DELAY OF SCHEDULED MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE IN AMERICAN SAMOA. Island containment structure to assure izations in the bill, and any additional (a) DELAYED INCREASE PENDING GOVERN- the community that the surrounding costs associated with its enactment MENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT.—Sec- waters are not being contaminated and would be funded from existing sources. tion 8103(b)(2)(C) of the Fair Minimum Wage do not pose a health risk to persons liv- These are time-sensitive provisions of Act of 2007 (29 U.S.C. 206 note; Public Law ing and fishing nearby. interest to these remote U.S.-affiliated 110–28) is amended— Second, section 3 of the bill would island communities, and I urge the sup- (1) by striking ‘‘each year thereafter until’’ amend current law which authorizes port of my colleagues in passing this and inserting ‘‘on September 30 of every U.S. judges to serve temporarily, on a bill. third year thereafter until’’; and reimbursable basis, on the courts of the Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I ask (2) by striking ‘‘except that’’ and all that freely associated states. These island follows through ‘‘September 30’’ and insert- unanimous consent that the bill be ing ‘‘except that there shall be no such in- nations were formerly administered by read three times and passed, the mo- crease in 2012, 2013, and 2014 pending the tri- the United States under a U.N. trustee- tion to reconsider be laid upon the ennial report required under section 8104(a)’’. ship, and the practice of providing tem- table, with no intervening action or de- (b) TRIENNIAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT- porary judges on a reimbursable and bate, and any statements relating to ABILITY OFFICE REPORT.—Section 8104(a) of time-available basis to assist local the matter be printed in the RECORD. the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (29 courts has existed for several decades. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without U.S.C. 206 note; Public Law 110–28) is amend- This section was requested by the Gov- objection, it is so ordered. ed by striking ‘‘April 1, 2013, and every 2 ernment of the Republic of the Mar- The bill (S. 2009) was ordered to be years’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1, 2014, and every 3 years’’. shall Islands, which has few judges of engrossed for a third reading, was read its own and seeks to have additional the third time, and passed, as follows: Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I ask U.S. judges available to assist, particu- S. 2009 unanimous consent that following my larly when multijudge panels are need- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- remarks, Senator HUTCHISON be recog- ed to hear appeals. This authority is resentatives of the United States of America in nized for floor remarks. used by the Ninth Circuit Court only a Congress assembled, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without few days per year when such temporary SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. objection, it is so ordered. assignments do not interfere with the This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Insular f caseload of the assigned judges. The Areas Act of 2011’’. PAYROLL TAX CUT section would expand the pool of eligi- SEC. 2. CONTINUED MONITORING ON RUNIT IS- LAND. Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I rise to ble judges from circuit and district Section 103(f)(1) of the Compact of Free As- judges, to include magistrate and terri- sociation Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. speak about the payroll tax cut we torial judges. On March 31, 2011, I re- 1921b(f)(1)) is amended— have been debating and considering ceived a letter from the Judicial Con- (1) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and in- these many weeks and which we seem ference of the United States stating its serting the following: to be making some progress on today. support for this provision. ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding’’; and I know we will hear more about that Finally, section 4 of this bill would (2) by adding at the end the following: later today. I wish to make a couple amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act of ‘‘(B) CONTINUED MONITORING ON RUNIT IS- points—first about the issue itself and LAND.— 2007 to delay the 50-cent increase in the then a few points about what is hap- ‘‘(i) CACTUS CRATER CONTAINMENT AND minimum wage of American Samoa GROUNDWATER MONITORING.—Effective begin- pening in Pennsylvania. I wish to high- that is scheduled for September 30, ning January 1, 2012, the Secretary of Energy light some of the constituent mail we 2011, until September 30, 2015. It would shall, as a part of the Marshall Islands pro- have received about this issue and also delay future periodic minimum gram conducted under subparagraph (A), pe- about the state of the economy and wage increases and the periodic GAO riodically (but not less frequently than every people’s lives. report on the impact of prior wage in- 4 years) conduct— But first and foremost, by way of re- creases from a 2-year to a 3-year, cycle. ‘‘(I) a visual study of the concrete exterior view, we have had a number of weeks American Samoa is a small, remote, of the Cactus Crater containment structure now of debate about the payroll tax on Runit Island; and unincorporated and unorganized U.S. ‘‘(II) a radiochemical analysis of the and putting in place an agreement territory—the only U.S. territory in groundwater surrounding and in the Cactus where both parties can come together the Southern Hemisphere. Its economy Crater containment structure on Runit Is- to make sure we put in place the pay- more closely resembles that of the land. roll tax cut we agreed to last year.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Jan 22, 2013 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD11\RECFILES\DECEMBER\S16DE1.REC S16DE1 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with S8704 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 16, 2011 Many who have been watching this de- economic challenges. But it is one of well, and she encapsulated a lot of bate know what that means. Instead of the most constructive, one of the most what people are feeling. having an individual worker or em- effective steps we can take. I am going to read an excerpt from a ployee pay 6.2 percent as a payroll tax, If we do not do it, here is the con- second letter, one from a woman from we reduced that last year to 4.2 per- sequence, at least as it relates to Penn- the eastern side of our State, in the so- cent. I think it is vital, at a minimum, sylvania—a big State that has a lot of called Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania. I we do that, we extend it. the economic challenges many States will not read the whole letter. It is I had two pieces of legislation—two have. Mark Zandi, a respected econo- about her family and some of the eco- different versions—to reduce that even mist, did some analysis just on Penn- nomic challenges they have had. I wish more, to cut it in half and also to do sylvania. If we do not extend the pay- to read just two excerpts. She says: the same for businesses. I think that is roll tax cut, which, as we know, has the Now I find myself questioning whether or a good idea, but for whatever reason we potential to benefit 160 million Amer- not anyone has an answer and if they do, will it be too late. have not reached agreement on that. ican workers—in my home State of You see, over the last 2 years, all four But we seem to have made progress in Pennsylvania last year that meant members of my family, myself included, the last couple days—even in the last more than 6.5 million workers had a have lost our jobs. couple hours—coming together on an cut in their payroll tax, a tremendous This is a woman from one family in agreement on the payroll tax. We do benefit for a State such as Pennsyl- one part of Pennsylvania talking about not have an agreement yet. But we are vania. We grew in the last year about how many members of her family have all working very hard because we all 50,000 jobs. That is the good news. The lost their jobs. She expects us to get know both the benefits of it and the bad news could be, if we do not pass a our job done—to come together and to consequences of not extending the pay- payroll tax cut, for Pennsylvania—for work together to pass a cut in the payroll tax cut. the country, which, obviously, would roll tax. The benefits are plainly evident. If have an impact in Pennsylvania—the Later in the letter she says this—and we put in place this payroll tax cut, we job loss number, according to Mark I will conclude with this quotation: can jump-start, kick-start job creation Zandi, would be just shy of 20,000 jobs We need to put people back to work. Only and move the economy forward. I say lost in the State of Pennsylvania in then can the economy get turned around. I that in light of some recent numbers 2012. don’t care who comes up with the plan, but we have in Pennsylvania. Pennsylva- So it is vitally important for the the parties need to work together if this nia’s unemployment rate has hovered country is going to survive. My family is Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. I only one example. I know of SO many others around 8 percent for a long time. The think that applies for the Nation as a who are struggling and in an even worse po- number of people unemployed in our whole. It is one of the steps, and, sition than we are. State, the 8 percent, does not sound as frankly, one of the few steps Congress She is talking about other people high as in some places, but that meant can take that will have a direct impact being in a worse circumstance, and she over half a million people were out of not just on the economy overall but to has all four members, including her- work. It was not too long ago—just a directly put dollars in people’s pock- self, of her family who have lost their few months ago—when we had roughly ets—take-home pay. That is what this jobs in the course of the last year or so. 525,000 people out of work. That num- whole issue is about for employees— So if she can demonstrate—this woman ber reduced to about 513,000. Fortu- what is going to be their take-home from the Lehigh Valley in Pennsyl- nately, just yesterday, we got news pay in 2012. If we pass the tax cut, it vania—if she can demonstrate that that the number has fallen below will be about $1,000. If we do not pass a kind of empathy and compassion and 500,000 for the first time in a long time. tax cut, it will be zero in terms of an understanding of what others are going We are at 499,000—not much below half extra benefit. through, when she herself and her fam- a million, but that is good news for Working Americans who have been ily have suffered so substantially in Pennsylvania. What that meant is, our struggling through this economy and this economy, the least we can do in unemployment rate went from 8.1 per- suffering should have the right to ex- the Senate, in Washington—the very cent down to 7.9 percent. So we are pect we take the action they are tell- least we can do—is come together and below 8 percent. ing us to take to cut the payroll tax. work together to get this job done. As many people know, the national Let me cite two examples of what The leading indicator of that, I would rate went below 9 percent to 8.6 per- people are asking us to do, from two argue, is making sure we put in place a cent. So we are seeing the unemploy- constituents, and then I will conclude cut in the payroll tax so at a min- ment rate nationally and in a number my remarks. imum—as people are still doing holiday of States, including Pennsylvania, Here is a letter from a woman in shopping and still wanting to have a going in the right direction, meaning it Pennsylvania, central Pennsylvania. I bright and happy holiday and want to is going down. The unemployment rate will not give her name. We do not have have some measure of peace of mind, is going down. The number of people the authority to do that. But I wish to some measure of security about next out of work, fortunately, is shrinking a read some of her words. Here is what year—at least know we came together little bit. she says about how she perceives Wash- and made sure this payroll tax cut was We have a long way to go to com- ington and what is happening here. I in place. pletely dig out of this economic ditch will just read about two sentences from It is vital for the people of Pennsyl- our economy has been in for a long her letter: vania, and I think it is essential for time. One of the best ways to continue economic growth across the country. Please make sure something is done in We need to come together and get this that progress is to pass a cut in the Washington before the end of the year. I feel payroll tax again, as we did last year. that no one should be able to have a break— done. I yield the floor and suggest the ab- It was the right thing to do last year. Talking about us in Congress— It is the right thing to do this year, to sence of a quorum. before taking action on the tax breaks that The PRESIDING OFFICER. The continue the progress. We want to will expire at the end of this year. If you all clerk will call the roll. make sure we are doing everything pos- cannot do this then you should all leave of- The bill clerk proceeded to call the sible so our month-to-month job cre- fice and let someone in there who can work roll. ation number is much higher than it together and get things done. Stay and do Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I your job. Period!! has been. ask unanimous consent that the order We have been averaging in the rough- She has two exclamation points after for the quorum call be rescinded. ly 150,000 range of private sector job the word ‘‘period.’’ What she is telling The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without growth. That is not enough. We need us is what so many Americans are tell- objection, it is so ordered. that above 200,000, and we need it even ing us: that we have work to do here, f above 250,000. If we take this step—it is to come together, to agree not just on not the only step—there is no magic a budget for the next year but espe- APPROPRIATIONS wand to any policy we pass. Cutting cially on something as fundamental as Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, we the payroll tax will not solve all our this payroll tax cut. So she said it very seem to be heading to an agreement

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Jan 22, 2013 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD11\RECFILES\DECEMBER\S16DE1.REC S16DE1 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S8705 today. At this point, the House appears So now we are working toward cut- We also have to deal with the long to be ready to vote on the conference ting the deficits over a 10-year period term. We are not going to be able to do report on the appropriations bills for as we agreed we would do. In the next it in the next 2 days, but surely when the rest of the fiscal year, which would few days, I hope we are going to take we come back next year we can pick up be until the end of September of next fiscal year 2012 off the books and imme- tax reform. We can put our Tax Code in year. I think this is good. We came to diately focus our attention on long- a better structure so our corporations an agreement in August called the term deficit reduction and, hopefully, will bring their businesses that are now Budget Control Act. It was a 10-year comprehensive tax reform because the overseas back to America. Those are commitment to lower spending, lower real issue is how we are going to get going to be jobs in America. That is our deficits. It required a cap in each of the debt down more. how we want to create revenue in this the next 10 years that would be a down We are talking about a $15 trillion country, not by taxing the people who payment on our debt, would lower the debt. If we cut the debt $1 trillion, it is would hire people but by having an eq- deficit and lower the debt. a down payment. But I think we need uitable Tax Code that will make cor- The Omnibus appropriations bill, ob- to do more in a responsible way. But porations do their business here so peo- viously, because it has so many dif- we cannot do it all in discretionary ple will have jobs, and they will in- ferent agencies in it, rather than each spending. If we are going to do what crease their revenue and the economy separate agency bill going forward as the taxpayers elected us to do, then we of our country. we have done normally in the past in are going to have to deal with entitle- That is the way we need to deal with the Senate—because it has so many, ments. We are going to have to deal the long term. We need to deal with en- there are people who are going to dis- with Social Security reform and Medi- titlement reform and Tax Code reform. agree with parts of it. There is no get- care reform. We do not have a revenue problem in ting around that. The military con- Everyone knows, common sense tells this country. We do not have a problem struction, of which I am on the sub- us, Social Security has changed since with people paying too little in taxes. committee and have chaired it in the the time it was passed and today when We have a spending problem that has past, is part of this bill. So are many of people are living longer and retiring given us a $15 trillion debt. the other bills that are very important later. But we have not accommodated So I hope as all of those families in for the functioning of our government. those changes. We have not set the ac- America are settling in for the holi- However, the appropriations bill tuarial tables that would sustain So- days that we would be doing the work sticks with the agreement we all made. cial Security for the next 75 years. We in Washington that would assure a In August, there was a lot of negotia- could do it by just very gradually, 3 long-term future for these families, tion on how we deal with the debt. To months a year only, increasing the age which means we are going to have to be honest, I did not think it was of retirement; put a cap on it at 68 or cut spending from the government, enough. Many of us did not think it 69. We could bring Social Security into that we are not going to increase taxes was enough. But we have not been able balance. to come to terms between the two We would also have to make adjust- on the working people of our country, Houses of Congress and with the Presi- ments in the cost of living increases. and that we would have regulatory re- dent on how we can do more and get But we would not have to raise taxes, form that would allow our small busi- the votes to do it and get the President and we would not have to cut the core nesses to grow without the heavy hand to sign the bill. benefits in any reduction. So we can do of government putting a blanket on So I am not saying we are going to this and make significant deficit reduc- their ability to grow. When there is a blanket on the abil- agree with everything in this Omnibus tions so the $15 trillion starts coming appropriations bill. But every one of down. That is our debt. ity to grow, they are not going to hire these bills did go through the com- We have to deal with Social Security more people. That is the problem we mittee, and they have been vetted. reform. I have introduced legislation, have in this country right now. So we They did keep the agreement. We have the Defend and Save Social Security are making, in the next 2 days, I hope— lowered the spending across the board. Act, with Senator KYL as my cosponsor I hope my colleagues will support the We set the final fiscal year 2012 funding that has done exactly that. Other Sen- agreement we made in August to start at $1.043 trillion. This is $7 billion less ators have introduced legislation. Sen- the down payment on the spending in than last year’s level, and it is almost ator PAUL introduced legislation that this country, lowering it, lowering it $100 billion less than the President’s re- would gradually bring down the Social from what the President sent over, a quest. Security deficit, which would also budget from which we have cut almost Now, it is not enough for many peo- bring down the debt of our country. $100 billion. ple in this body, but we all voted in the This is responsible. I am going to push Even in the face of this crisis in this majority; 74 separate Members voted in next year to try to get this Social Se- country on spending, the President favor of the Budget Control Act, and curity reform. sent us a budget that was almost $100 the appropriations bills all have met But in the next 2 days we are going billion more than we are going to pass those caps. That is something I do not to deal with discretionary spending be- in the House and Senate because we hear said very often in this body, that cause that is all we have on the table made an agreement in August to cut we have met the caps. to deal with, and we are going to keep spending. The House is also going to I was vice chairman, the ranking the agreements we made in the Budget send disaster relief, which I will cer- member, of one of the very important Control Act, which 74 Members of the tainly support, and they are going to appropriations committees that funded Senate supported. The appropriators send a bill that would pay for it with a NASA, the Department of Commerce, have kept their word. Every single bill 1.83-percent across-the-board cut in dis- the Department of Justice. We met has had a cap on spending. Where we cretionary base spending, excluding the these caps. It was hard. Each one of the have the capability to deal with discre- Department of Defense, military con- subcommittees of the Appropriations tionary spending—and that is all we struction, and veterans affairs. I think Committees on the Senate side met the have, we cannot deal with entitlements that is a responsible approach. caps, even though we had to cut and until we have entitlement reform. But I think with the budget that we are balance and set priorities and not fund in discretionary spending, the appro- putting forward with the appropria- some of the important areas that we priators have kept their word. That is tions, with a 1.83-percent across-the- would like to have funded. But that is what we will be voting on, to keep the board cut to fund disaster relief that what choosing and prioritizing are word that 74 Senators agreed was the we know is going to happen and be nec- about. That is why we made the agree- right approach. essary in the next 9 months of next ment, and we stuck to it. So when all We are going to vote on a bill that year, that we should pay for that. We of these appropriations bills are com- will be passed by the House today and, should have disaster relief in our budg- plete, we will have cut discretionary hopefully, be passed by the Senate to- ets in the future, and we should try to spending for 2 years in a row for the night or tomorrow as our leader has accommodate it right now. first time in modern history, frankly, said we will. I hope we can pass that We are not going to withhold it for really cut. bill. people who are in need. We do not

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Jan 22, 2013 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD11\RECFILES\DECEMBER\S16DE1.REC S16DE1 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with S8706 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 16, 2011 know if it is going to be wildfires or reduce our dependence on foreign energy, at The assistant legislative clerk pro- droughts or hurricanes or tornados. We least foreign sources that are hostile to our ceeded to call the roll. are not going to deny that help. But it interests. Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, I ask should be budgeted just like everything Senator CONRAD further said: unanimous consent the order for the we do. We should have some sense that I, for one, on this side hope that this could quorum call be rescinded. we have prepared for it. Preparing for be part of a final package and I hope that The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without disasters should be part of our budget. this is something we could work through in objection, it is so ordered. The Senator the coming hours. There is not a business in this country from Florida. that does not prepare for disasters. The Senator MCCASKILL: Mr. RUBIO. I ask unanimous consent government should do it too. If States rights are being protected and if that I be recognized to speak in morn- I hope we will be on a trajectory to this is going to be something maybe, that we ing business for up to 15 minutes. lower the spending, keeping our agree- can try to jump start the approval process, make it go more quickly. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ment of August with the Omnibus ap- objection, it is so ordered. Representative CLYBURN, one of the propriations bill that is going to be f passed by the House this afternoon and leaders of the Democratic conference will come to the Senate. I hope we will in the House: CONFRONTING THE ISSUES be able to act by tomorrow on that I’m very much for the pipeline. There is no Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, I thank question about that. piece of legislation that keeps the those who have listened to our e-mails agreements we made. Congress should do something, not back in Florida that we just sent out It is a down payment. It is not what just assist people who are struggling in alerting them I will be speaking on the all of us wanted, but I think we ought a down economy or out of work, but Senate floor, maybe the last time I will to put in disaster relief. I think we help incentivize job creation for them speak this year. ought to pay for that with another 1.83- at the same time. In other words, let’s I want to take a few minutes to up- percent cut across the board. I think not just pass a bill that helps people on date everyone on what this first year that would be the responsible ap- the benefits side; let’s also include in the Senate has been like. First of proach, and then we can start next something that actually helps the pri- all, it has been a tremendous privilege year on the long term. That would be vate sector create the jobs Americans and honor. There is not a day goes by regulatory reform, Social Security re- need for the long term. This is the bal- that I do not come to this building form—to make it solvent for 75 years, anced approach Americans want, one early in the morning, when I can get to at least—and Medicare reform. Those that extends help but also offers hope. the gym—I probably should do that This is just the kind of thing we are the things that will give us a long- more than I do—and see this building should be doing around here. Both par- term, hopefully, solvent government lit up in the darkness. It takes my ties like it, the labor unions like it, that will be the model for the world be- breath away that I actually get to why in the world wouldn’t we want to cause, is there any question that we work here in this building on behalf of need a model in the world right now for put it in the package? The only reason the White House has the people of the State of Florida. fiscal discipline and responsible gov- given for opposing the pipeline provi- I recognize what an honor and privi- erning? I hope America can provide it. lege it is to have this position, not just I yield the floor, and I suggest the ab- sion is they would rather vote on it alone, which makes absolutely no in this unique institution—which is dif- sence of a quorum. ferent, perhaps, than any legislative The PRESIDING OFFICER. The sense. You are either for the provision or you are not. So I suggest here is a body in all of history—but this Repub- clerk will call the roll. lic that stands out in the history of The legislative clerk proceeded to rare opportunity to do something truly positive together on a bipartisan basis mankind. As Americans, we should al- call the roll. ways take a moment to recognize that Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I at the end of the year. Let’s finish this in America, on this floor, we debate ask unanimous consent the order for year on a truly cooperative, bipartisan and sometimes solve issues other coun- the quorum call be rescinded. note. Let’s strengthen our Nation’s en- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ergy security, decrease the energy we tries fight wars with each other about. objection, it is so ordered. import from overseas, create American That is a real blessing and a real opportunity to be an example for the world. f jobs right now, and let’s do it all on a bipartisan basis. I am grateful and feel blessed to be a KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE As I said, there is bipartisan support part of it, and I thank the people of Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I for this project. We need to get it done, Florida for the opportunity to do it. rise to make some observations about and we need to get it done now. The I want to share two observations as the Keystone Pipeline. President House of Representatives has been this year comes to an end—and, hope- Obama has said his first priority is quite clear that they are not going to fully, today or tomorrow, sometime jobs. Here is an opportunity for the support a package that does not in- this week, we will wrap up our work in President to show it, a pipeline provi- clude the pipeline. Frankly, I would this body for 2011—observations I have sion that, according to some estimates, not be able to support a package that after my first year. I think I am 3 would create thousands of jobs right doesn’t include the pipeline. I think weeks from having been sworn in for away. In fact, those are all the esti- this is something we could all be proud the first time. There are a couple of mates I have seen, that this is a project of at the end of the year, dem- things that concern me. that is ready to go. onstrating to the American people that First is a real lack of urgency. There Here is an opportunity for the Presi- we can work together not only to help are some major issues that confront dent to say he is not going to let a few those who are struggling, through a America. These have to be confronted. radical environmentalists stand in the continuation of the payroll tax holiday We need look no further than Europe way of a project that will create thou- and an unemployment benefits pack- to see what our future holds, unfortu- sands of jobs and make America more age, but also create jobs at the same nately, if some of the issues that now secure at the same time. The labor time in the private sector without a confront us are not confronted. That is unions support the pipeline, the Cham- penny of the Federal Government’s not hyperbole, it is not partisanship, it ber of Commerce supports the pipeline, money by moving this pipeline along. is reality—it is math. This country out-of-work Americans support it, and After all, it has undergone years of borrows more money than it needs to a growing number of Democrats are ex- environmental studies. It is ready to or should. This is a country that is now pressing their support as well. go. The company is ready to hire the spending more money than it takes in Here are a few of the comments we people just as soon as we give them the at an alarming pace, and there is no heard from Democrats just this very signoff. plan in place to prevent that. week. Senator KENT CONRAD of North Mr. President, I yield the floor and That is not a partisan observation; Dakota said: suggest the absence of a quorum. that is not a Republican concern or a I personally think the pipeline is abso- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic concern; that is the con- lutely in the national interest. It’ll help us clerk will call the roll. cern of every person who is grounded in

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No. 1, there are a lot of take away from the people who have political rhetoric for a moment and people in Florida who are on Medicare; too much and give to the people who do look at the numbers. In January of and, No. 2, in my own life, both in my not have enough. 2009, when the President was sworn in, father’s illness last year before he Let me tell you why I am troubled by he inherited a very bad economy. He passed away and this year when my that. The first reason I am troubled by inherited a bad economy. He inherited mother suffered some setbacks in her that is because it is absolutely not the an economy, for example, that had 12 health, I have seen firsthand how im- kind of country we have been for 220- million people out of a job, an economy portant Medicare is. some-odd years. It is not in our nature. where gas was $1.85 a gallon, where the There are two things that worry me Americans have never been a people to debt was at $10.6 trillion, where we about Medicare. The first is that it will drive through a nice neighborhood and were 39 million Americans living in not be there when my generation and say: Oh, I hate the people who live in poverty in January of 2009. He inher- future generations retire. The other is these nice houses. Americans are peo- ited a bad economy. just as important: that somehow, if we ple who drive through a nice neighbor- But for the first years of his Presi- fail to act in a timely manner, people hood and say: Congratulations on your dency, at least one of the first 2 years, like my mother, who are currently on nice house. Guess what. We will be he had 60 votes in the Senate which I Medicare, may at some point in their joining you soon. quickly learned is the way everything lifetime see their benefits change dra- We have never been people who go seems to happen around here, by 60 matically or see the program and qual- around and confront people or look at votes. He had a majority in the House. ity of access decline. people who have been financially suc- He could have anything he wanted, and We need to do everything we can to cessful and say: We hate you. We envy he said: This is what I want. This is save Medicare. We know for a fact, and you because of how well you are doing. what the President said: He wanted a no one can dispute, if we leave Medi- Americans have celebrated their suc- stimulus package, and he got it. He care the way it is right now, that process, and they say: Guess what. We are wanted his health care package, and he gram is going to be in a lot of trouble. going to be successful soon as well. got it. He wanted financial services re- I hope there is a sense of urgency about I remember growing up, I always tell form, and he got it. So what happened? that. Also, the fact that our economy people I am a child of privilege because Let’s look at the numbers. is now smaller than our debt—$15 tril- I have the privilege and the honor of He became President, bad economy, lion is a lot of money we owe, that our being born in the greatest country in got everything he wanted. What has children and our grandchildren will human history and of having a mother happened since? Now there are 13.3 mil- owe. That is a lot of money. That is a and a father who were married, loved lion people unemployed, gas is now at big deal. The national security threats each other and lived in our home. $3.27 a gallon on average, the debt is we face are significant and have to be These are two of the most important now up to $15 trillion, and people in confronted. benefits anyone could have. But my poverty—39 million when he took of- The sense that somehow the major parents were working-class folks. My fice, 46 million people now. issues can wait until another election dad was a bartender for most of his life. Put aside the partisan rhetoric for a or another moment concern me be- My mom was a maid and cashier and moment—just the numbers. He became cause these issues have a tendency to stock clerk at K-Mart. We were not President, got everything he wanted, sneak up on us and a problem becomes people of financial means in terms of and everything got worse. Those are a crisis. It is a lot harder to solve a cri- significant financial wealth. the facts. sis than it is to solve a problem, so I I tell them I always had what I need- Is that because he is a bad person? Of hope we have a sense of urgency with ed. I didn’t always have what I wanted, course not. It is ridiculous. It is be- regard to these issues in the coming but I always had what I needed. My cause his view of government and poli- year. parents always provided that. I don’t tics is wrong and those who share it are There is another issue I would like to remember them telling us or teaching wrong. They are not un-American, they talk about, which is a troubling emer- us the only way we could be more suc- are not bad people, but the proof is it gence in the last year in politics. It is cessful was if other people were less doesn’t work. It has not worked any- this rhetoric that, in my opinion, seeks successful. They never inculcated in us where else in the world to approach it to divide Americans against each the belief that somehow in order for us this way, and it is not going to work other, basically pits Americans against to climb the ladder, other people had to here. I hope in this new year we will re- each other. come down from the ladder. verse course on these things and in- The way the rhetoric basically goes On the contrary, they would hold up stead embrace and take up that which is, there is a reason there are Ameri- these examples of success to inspire in does work in America. cans who are struggling, hurting; a rea- us the hope that someday we could be What makes America become more son that people have lost their jobs; there as well—financially, in our ca- prosperous? It is not that complicated. that people are working twice as hard reers, what have you. We are people It is not Fortune 500 companies or big and are making half as much; that peo- who have always celebrated other peo- corporations. Every country in the ple have lost their homes, and people ple’s success so long as we always had world has rich people. Every country in have graduated from college but can- the opportunity to meet that success the world has billionaires and million- not find a job. And there is a theme by ourselves. That is the American na- aires. What makes us different is that some, including, frankly, many in our ture. That is the American character. here a worker can become an owner, an political leadership and from time to That is what makes us different from employee can become an employer. It time even the White House, saying to the rest of the world. happens all the time. You cannot walk people the reason they are doing worse I am afraid we could lose that or are two blocks anywhere in this country is because there is a handful of people on the verge of losing that. I am con- and not bump into somebody who out there doing too well. The reason cerned that there are those in Amer- didn’t start a business out of the spare they have lost their jobs is because ica’s political leadership who are advo- bedroom of their home, who didn’t take someone else is being too greedy. The cating that we abandon that in favor of their credit card or their lifesavings reason they are losing their homes is something else. I think it is wrong be- and risked it all behind a great idea because someone else owns too many cause it does not work. That thought and today 20 people work for them. homes. The reason they are making process that somehow other people That is 20 families being fed, 20 fami- less money is because someone else is have to be worse off in order for us to lies sending kids to college because making too much money. be better off does not work. People get somebody had the audacity to take

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We have to get back to that. reverse course from the direction we that flooding in Louisiana, which sits What stands in the way of that are are headed, it will place us on a path at the base of this great Mississippi three things, above everything else. that is true to our heritage as a people River basin. So our people, as well as The first is a Tax Code that is crazy. It and embrace for our children and people along the entire Mississippi is not complicated, it is not burden- grandchildren a future they deserve, a River Valley, experienced unprece- some, it is crazy. It is the craziest prosperous and growing America where dented flooding. thing you have ever seen in your life. all things are possible, where anyone The lonely and distraught couple sit- First of all, it is full of loopholes and from anywhere can accomplish any- ting in what looks like the middle of exemptions built in. That doesn’t hurt thing, where the son of a bartender and an ocean is actually in Nags Head, NC. the big guys. It doesn’t hurt billion- a maid can be a U.S. Senator, and This is what happened to their beach aires and millionaires and big corpora- where anyone watching, no matter home as water virtually surrounded tions. These guys can handle this stuff. where you start out in life, can accom- them and destroyed that community. They may not like it, but they can hire plish and be anything you want to ac- Again, this happened this year with lawyers, accountants, and lobbyists. complish if you are willing to work Hurricane Irene. They can figure this stuff out. You hard, play by the rules and have the Down here on the far right is a pic- know who a complicated Tax Code ability to do it. ture of the fires that raged and dev- kills? The guy or gal trying to start a With that, I want to wish all of my astated parts of Texas, which experi- business out of the spare bedroom of colleagues and the people of Florida enced one of the worst droughts in the their home. We have to simplify our and the people of the United States a recorded history of Texas. Tax Code. It has to be reformed. If merry Christmas, a happy Hanukkah, What is sad about this debate is I there is stuff in it that is the result of and a happy New Year. May God al- could show picture after picture after good lobbying as opposed to good pol- ways bless our country and may 2012 picture of communities in our country icy, take it out. I hope we will work on bring us the safety and prosperity for devastated by tornadoes, fires, hurri- that. Everybody here says they are for our Nation and for the world. canes—disasters that strike without tax reform, so do it. Let’s have ur- I thank the Chair. warning and whose impact is virtually gency. Let’s have some urgency behind I note the absence of a quorum. impossible to measure until months that. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The afterward because of the extraordinary The second is regulations. Look, we clerk will call the roll. damage. In fact, the Weather Service need to have regulations. Here is a The bill clerk called the roll. just this month did a recalculation of glass of water. I don’t want this to Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I ask 2011 and declared it to be one of the have poison in it. I want our air to be unanimous consent that the order for worst disaster years since records have clean. Government has a role to play in the quorum call be rescinded. been kept, saying they have now con- those things. Let me tell you what hap- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without cluded, as enough evidence has come pens when regulations go too far, when objection, it is so ordered. in, that we had over 12 disasters in 1 they seem to exist only for the purpose Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I ask year—in this year of 2011—over $1 bil- of justifying the existence of a regu- unanimous consent to speak in morn- lion each. lator. You don’t hurt the guys who ing business for up to 15 minutes. So this year was a real outlier, but have made it; you don’t hurt the big The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without sadly—and the Presiding Officer has corporations or the billionaires. These objection, it is so ordered. heard it in his State, and we have guys can hire lawyers to deal with that f heard it in my State of Louisiana, and stuff, and they can hire lobbyists to we have heard it around the world— DISASTERS IN 2011 change all that stuff. It kills the people these pictures may not be an aberra- trying to start a business out of the Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I will tion. These pictures may show what is spare bedroom of their home. So we take the opportunity while the floor is to come. And while 2011 was a very bad have to simplify the regulatory system relatively quiet to come and explain year, people are starting to think that we have in this country as well. one of the votes we are going to be as a result of the changes in tempera- Finally, this debt. The debt is a prob- asked to cast tomorrow. In fact, it is ture and climate change—and whatever lem. There is no plan in place to do very timely that I am here on the Sen- people think the reasons are for that, anything about it. People are afraid, ate floor at 2 o’clock in the afternoon no one should disagree with the con- concerned, worried—and rightfully so— because the House, I understand, just sequences of changing temperature, about investing money in an economy passed H. Con. Res. 94, and I am going which are violent weather episodes. that doesn’t have a plan to pay its to ask the Senate to reject that resolu- The question is, What are we going to bills. I hope we reverse course on all of tion when it comes here tomorrow for do about it and what is the right way these issues. If we do, it will lead to our vote. I am asking Democrats and to move forward? Let me show my col- prosperity. Republicans to join with me in voting leagues what the wrong way is before I Let me tell you what prosperity will no on that resolution. I would like to explain the right way. lead to. It will lead to more jobs, more take a few minutes to explain why. I This picture depicts the wrong way jobs will lead to more taxpayers, more think pictures are worth a thousand to respond. This has been suggested by taxpayers will lead to more revenue, words, so let me just use four to save some of my Republican colleagues. and more revenue means we will have time. They suggest that when the water rises money to pay down our debt and do This is about disasters in 2011. This on your home or when the tornado rips what government should do, such as whole issue is about how we should you out of your bed and the roof falls our national defense, invest in infra- budget for disasters. It is an important on you and your family or when the structure and in our people, and pro- debate that has been one of the many river water rises and you look out of vide a safety net to help those who can- debates Congress has had over this last your second-floor window over your not help themselves. year, and we are wrapping up that de- 100- or 200-acre farm and you can’t see To do that, it all starts with embrac- bate in the next 48 hours. So this is a anything and your cows are swimming ing the fundamental principle of Amer- part of that debate. and your horses are swimming as well, ica’s prosperity. We have never been a I think pictures speak louder than that what you should do is climb on nation of haves and have-nots. We are words. This is a picture of Joplin, MO, your roof, call Washington, call the a nation of haves and soon-to-haves, of a town that was virtually wrecked by a hotline, and identify the offset in the

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It doesn’t floods or tornadoes or hurricanes or Federal Government, identify an offset, make any sense, and it is not right. It other disasters. and then we will send a rescue unit to is not the right way to budget. It vio- I think most people in the Senate un- respond to your emergency. It is not lates the Budget Control Act, and it is derstand 2011 was a tough year. It was funny. The American people aren’t so hypocritical that some on the other a historic year. But the sad thing is, I laughing. side are requiring this for domestic ex- think we also understand it could re- So I am going to ask my colleagues penses when they don’t require the peat itself. Using these disasters, when to vote no on H. Con. Res. 94 tomorrow same thing for foreign expenses or it was not the case for the war in Iraq, because that is exactly what H. Con. international expenses. was not the case for the war in Afghan- Res. 94 does. I should get a big pen and I would like to put up the next chart. istan, was not the case for Medicare, write, ‘‘If you think that grandma here To pour salt on the wound—and I don’t was not the case for the rebate with a cat and the phone is what you quite understand the politics. I don’t checks—but when it comes to disasters want your constituents to look like, understand the math. I don’t under- we cannot seem to find $8.1 billion then you just go right on and vote for stand the budgetary consequences, and within the budget control structure. I H. Con. Res. 94.’’ I don’t understand the politics. They do not, as I said, understand it. But I am not going to vote for that are wrong on all three counts because We have seen this cartoon I have in concurrent resolution because our lead- this is what those who voted for H. the Chamber before. I will not go into ers wisely—both Republican and Demo- Con. Res. 94 have to go home and ex- it. But I think it says beautifully why cratic leaders, wisely—in August, in plain to their constituents. They are this is the wrong approach. Again, anticipation of this issue, already pro- going to have to go home and say: these pictures speak a thousand words. When I was in Congress, I allocated vided for disaster funding in the Budg- This other chart shows what a disaster $823 billion for the war in Iraq and re- et Control Act. They already provided looks like. I wish I had something to quired no pay-for. Then I went back to for it. We don’t have to tell our con- show what it feels like to lose every- Congress and spent $557 billion in Af- stituents that before we can send thing, and then, when you have lost ev- ghanistan and didn’t say a word about money to help them in Joplin or in erything, trying to provide confidence that. Then I went back and added a Nags Head, NC, or Cairo, IL, or San An- to your own family, to your own chil- Medicare drug benefit for $180 billion, tonio or Dallas, TX, they have to iden- dren, and to your neighbors, to then and we didn’t pay for that. Then I went tify an offset, because we wisely said listen to the debate in Congress that back and sent checks to everyone when within the Budget Control Act, within says: We write a blank check to Iraq, a George Bush was the President, and blank check to Afghanistan, a blank our efforts to close the budget gap, those checks cost $124 billion, and we that we are providing for disaster fund- check here, and yet, when it comes to didn’t require any offset or budget im- funding for disasters, we have to have ing, and that is what we have done. But plication for that. But when Americans some Members of the House will con- this argument. had their homes destroyed, their farms I am going to ask my colleagues to tinue to want to adhere to trying to flooded, their businesses ruined by dis- vote no on H. Con. Res. 94 tomorrow. In identify an offset before disasters can asters, I can’t send a dime unless we voting no, we will reject to the find- be responded to. They say things such take it out of health, transportation, the-offset-now requirement. We will as, we should pay for disasters in the or education. honor the agreement made between Re- year we respond to them. So they said no to this little $8.1 bil- publican and Democratic leaders back I am going to present a chart in just lion—after spending a grand total of in August to include this in the Budget a minute, but first I want to try to ex- $1.68 trillion on all these items. So I do Control Act. We will send a powerful plain the second reason this is a faulty not understand the math. I do not un- signal to our constituents that they way forward. derstand their position as to the budg- come first; that disaster victims should In 2005, which wasn’t that many et. I most certainly do not understand years ago, the Federal Government al- come first in the budget, not last; that the politics, and I do not agree with it we understand how difficult it is for located $45 billion—actually, I think because I think the American people this number is about $68 billion, and I them to rebuild their communities, and should come first. Their needs from the Federal Government wants to be will show the chart in a minute—in 1 disasters should come first. We cannot and will be a reliable partner they can year, and that year was the year of possibly, because of the erratic nature depend on in their time of need. Katrina and Rita, which were the No. 1 of disasters themselves—we might With this ill-advised resolution, we and No. 3 most violent and disastrous think we are powerful in the Senate, return to an issue that consumed this and costly hurricanes in the history of but we are not more powerful than Chamber for weeks this past fall. our country. They happened in the God, and we are not more powerful That issue is how we pay for disaster same year to the same State—or to the than nature; and I am not saying that funding—money used by communities same area, which was Mississippi, Lou- God causes these storms, but nature destroyed by disasters that are strug- isiana, and Texas. We got the brunt of has a way—we are not that powerful gling to clean up, rebuild, and move on two of the worst storms that literally and we do not know and cannot predict with their lives after a tragic act of flooded a metropolitan area or flooded when these will happen. All we can do Mother Nature. an area greater than the size of Great is respond. We have seen many such events over Britain. And that amount was $68 bil- We have responded appropriately in the past few years—from historic lion. the Senate version of this bill. Our bill floods in the Midwest, to deadly torna- If we followed the poor logic of some will provide funding for FEMA, for the does in the South, to the wreckage in- on the Republican side that we had to Corps of Engineers, within the budg- flicted on a huge swath of the country pay for this disaster in that year in the etary control structure. It will allow us earlier this year by Hurricane Irene budget, I think we would have probably to pay for this over time in future ne- and Tropical Storm Lee. had to eliminate half of the discre- gotiations, which is the wise way to do Back in September, Republicans in tionary budget of the United States of it. But it will not force us to use disas- the House stood in the way of this crit- America. I am going to get that exact ters that occur in this country as an ical recovery money, arguing that no number. But it is ludicrous to think we excuse to continue to ring out costs funds should be sent to disaster victims would be able to find $68 billion in the from health, transportation, and edu- until Congress had figured out how to budget in that one year. In fact, the cation. pay for it through other cuts. whole homeland security budget—it As my colleagues know, I feel very That is bad enough on its face. But wouldn’t be half—the whole homeland strongly about this issue, and I am what made it even more ridiculous is

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I That act included two contingency than $1 million a year. But the House beg to differ. These cuts have con- funds—funds that could be spent above Republicans want to keep going back sequences in the everyday lives of and beyond the established cap on Fed- to this one small part of the budget to Americans across our Nation. eral spending. One of those funds was find savings. Here is the bottom line: Instead of for overseas contingencies like the So, let’s be clear. Here is what the being really serious about closing the wars and rebuilding in Iraq and Af- Republicans do not require payment budget gap and putting new revenues ghanistan that allows for $126 billion in for: Iraq war, $823 billion; Afghanistan on the table or saying across-the-board spending above the cap. The other was war, $557 billion; Medicare drug benefit, cuts for everything, House Republicans for disaster relief and included an $11.3 $180 billion; and Bush rebate checks, continue to use everything, even disas- billion cap adjustment for additional $124 billion. ters that strike home, as an excuse to spending beyond the regular level. Now, you ask, what do they require cut health, education, and transpor- We made this agreement because we payment for? Community disaster re- tation. recognized that there is a real cost as- lief, $8.1 billion. Well, I stand here today and say to Reason No. 2 of why the House Re- sociated with disaster recovery—a cost them: Enough is enough. publicans’ plan should be firmly re- I urge my colleagues to vote against that can’t always be anticipated be- jected: The House Republicans’ plan this resolution. This Congress made an cause natural disasters, by their very wouldn’t require true across-the-board agreement months ago on how to fund nature, are highly unpredictable. unanticipated disasters. We should The stand-alone disaster funding bill cuts to pay for disaster spending. It stick with that agreement. we consider today, when combined with would only require cuts to domestic There are times and there are places the minibus passed last month, will ac- discretionary spending—a portion of the government that makes up only 14 for politics. Aid for disaster victims is count for $10.4 billion of that $11.3 bil- not one of them. Victims of natural lion disaster funding cap—an amount percent of total expenditures. In April, we cut domestic discre- disasters should not be victimized completely within the requirements tionary spending for fiscal year 2011 by twice—first by Mother Nature and then laid out in the bipartisan Budget Con- 7 percent. And the omnibus legislation by politics in Washington. trol Act. before the Senate, consistent with the There may be another expression of a But now, House Republicans are once Budget Control Act, cuts it by an addi- different side of this argument. I have again trying to go back on that agree- tional 1 percent. not heard a good one yet. But I look ment by requiring that agreed-upon This proposal—the one we are cur- forward—if any of my colleagues want funding be offset with additional rently considering—would pile on to to come down and take the opposite across-the-board cuts to discretionary that by cutting another 1.8 percent to side of this argument, I am around. I spending. domestic programs. am not going anywhere. I will be here There are two reasons this is wrong- I think we need to be clear about ex- today. I will be here tomorrow. I will headed. actly what this would mean. There are be happy to debate them on the floor Reason No. 1: The House Republicans consequences to these cuts—real con- on this subject. But as the chair of the are creating a double standard regard- sequences that the American people Homeland Security Appropriations ing offsets—one for defense spending would feel immediately. Subcommittee, I have to take a strong and another for domestic disaster re- Among them, it means that Title I stand on this issue because our budget lief. education funding would be cut by $265 is the one that basically gets called on That is because, in this proposal, million. That means that almost 1,000 to fund these disasters. they only require an additional offset schools serving more than 350,000 dis- Again, if I have to follow the require- for domestic disaster spending. They advantaged students could lose fund- ment to fund them in the year the have sent over no such language for the ing, and about 3,700 teachers and aides money is spent—1 year—I am going to additional funding provided in the bill could lose their jobs. have to come to this floor and tell ev- we just voted on for overseas contin- It means that special education fund- eryone: We are not going to have a gencies. ing would be cut by $199 million. That homeland security bill this year be- Let’s get to the heart of what that could lead to the loss of 2,600 education cause we just had a category 5 strike means. It means that House Repub- staff serving special needs students. Miami, and the bill—as they said last licans are saying: No, we don’t have to It means a $146 million cut to Head night on the Weather Channel—will ex- pay for wars in places like Afghanistan Start funding, which would eliminate ceed $40 billion. So I am going to have or Iraq. But we do have to offset spend- 11,000 low-income students and their to give up our whole bill, and we will ing for domestic disaster recovery. families from this critical program. have no security for the United States Why is that? Why is it that the House It would mean a reduction of 400 Bor- to pay for the disaster in 1 year. Republicans say we are able to rebuild der Patrol agents—nearly half the This is the chart I wanted to show. Iraq or Afghanistan without a single number that we hired and trained since This is how erratic funding can be, as word of protest, but we won’t rebuild Congress enacted the border security shown on this chart. This shows fund- Vermont or New Jersey or Missouri or supplemental 16 months ago. ing from 2003 to 2012. In 2003, we spent Louisiana in a similar way? It would mean that 161,000 fewer basically a little over $1.7 billion. Then The omnibus bill has $126 billion in it women, infants, and children would re- it jumped up to a little over $6 billion. for the costs of the wars. If we followed ceive food assistance under the WIC Then, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma—which the same pay-for standard that the program. was in Florida—moved us all the way House Republicans are insisting on for It would hurt our efforts to combat up to $45 billion in 2005, and then we disaster relief on the costs of the war, terrorism and crime, with more than fell back again to about $7.8 billion. We we would have to impose a 24-percent 5,500 Department of Justice positions can see the erratic nature of these across-the-board cut on the Defense becoming vacant through a hiring storms. It is impossible for us to even budget or a 12-percent cut on the entire freeze and furloughs. get a good average. So the only thing discretionary budget. It would mean a cut to the IRS en- we can do is put a baseline in our bill, This double standard makes no sense. forcement mission, resulting in lost and then if disaster strikes, to respond I remind my colleagues that when Hur- revenues of approximately $4 billion and put it in the Budget Control Act ricanes Katrina and Rita struck the annually. That would increase the def- over our 302(b) allocations. gulf coast, it required appropriations of icit by at least six times the magnitude If we do not do it that way, we are more than $62 billion in fiscal year 2005 of the proposed reduction. going to end up having to scramble

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I do not want to have to be the one to program has been in limbo at a time I have been hearing from people call the thousands of Border Patrol when temperatures are dropping. across New Hampshire about the dif- agents whom I have helped to fund in The Department of Health and ficulties they are going to face if this my budget or have to call Senator Human Services here in Washington funding is not available and available JOHN MCCAIN or Senator KYL and say: has released $1.7 billion, but so much soon. I wish to just share one of those I am sorry. We have to lay off all the more is needed. Making matters worse, stories. It is the story of Kim Border Patrol agents along the border the Energy Information Administra- Brandolini of Nashua. In 2010, Kim suf- in Arizona for a year or two because we tion projects a 10-percent increase in fered a series of strokes that left her had a big storm in Miami, and I have to the price of heating oil this winter. disabled and unable to work. LIHEAP send the money to Miami. That is the highest average winter funds covered nearly all her monthly Whoever heard of such a thing. That price ever predicted. fuel costs last year. is what the Republicans in the House In New Hampshire, more than half But this year, because of the cuts, have sent to us. It should be rejected our homes rely on home heating oil. It she is on the waiting list. She does not on its face. There is a better way to is one of the highest percentages in the know how she is going to pay to heat move forward, and the way is in the country, and the number of families her home. She already owes the oil Budget Control Act that our leaders who need assistance is growing every company $600, and last year she had to wisely have already agreed to. day. State offices are being forced to pay $6,000 to replace a broken boiler. So we will have this vote tomorrow. change eligibility levels for funding as Kim is only 44 years old. She is raising Again, I think I have raised three ex- they grapple with uncertainty over fu- a son all by herself. Previously, she cellent points about why the House ap- ture funds. served for 14 years in the Army Re- There are two things that can be proach is wrong and why our approach serve. Kim does not deserve to be in done in order to immediately address is correct. If someone wants to come this situation. this situation before it escalates into and debate it, I will be happy to maybe In Nashua, which is one of the warm- an even more serious crisis. First, Con- try to explain it a little bit more. est parts of New Hampshire, the aver- gress needs to pass an Omnibus appro- I can understand some on the other age nightly low is below freezing for priations bill as soon as possible. I am side who say: We have to find a way to nearly half the year. very pleased to see the positive pay for it, even if we have already ne- If we don’t find a way to fund progress on this issue; that there has gotiated, et cetera, but when the other LIHEAP now, Kim and thousands like been an agreement announced on an side refuses to put even a new penny on her will have no way to keep their fam- Omnibus appropriations measure. the table to help with some of these Hopefully, we are on track to pass ilies safe and warm. We need to act, things, it makes it even harder to that bill either today or tomorrow. The and we need to act quickly. Already, achieve what we are trying to achieve. omnibus includes nearly $3.5 billion in the delay in funding LIHEAP has pre- I thank the Presiding Officer. I hope funding for LIHEAP. But we need to vented States such as New Hampshire my colleagues will hear these argu- get that money out the door. Once Con- from taking advantage of more afford- ments and let me know if there is any- gress has spoken, is that the adminis- able bulk purchases of home heating thing further we can explain on it. But tration needs to release additional oil. The bottom line is, now that we I think the picture says a thousand LIHEAP funds as quickly as possible. have a budget agreement, we need to words. The $1.7 billion that has already been release additional funds so that thou- I will close with this again: No Amer- released is not enough. But the knowl- sands of New Hampshire families stay ican should have to sit on their roof, edge that additional LIHEAP funds are warm and don’t have to make impos- while the water rises, and identify an pending in the omnibus bill we are sible choices between their basic needs offset to finance their own rescue. We about to pass should give President this winter. We can’t leave families are a stronger nation than that. We are Obama the assurance he needs to re- such as Kim Brandolini’s out in the a bigger nation than that. We most cer- lease more money. I hope once the cold this winter. I hope we can get this tainly can provide the funding for budget is passed the administration budget passed as soon as possible and FEMA, for the Corps of Engineers, and will release these additional funds as that the Obama administration will re- other funding in the way our Budget soon as possible, because at this holi- lease additional LIHEAP funds before Control Act stipulates in this budget. day season, what better gift could we Christmas and the end of the year. I yield the floor and suggest the ab- provide to those families in need than I yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. to make sure they have the funds to sence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The keep their houses warm this season. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. I know it is difficult to argue for clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to more funding these days because of our The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. deficit. Its challenges are clear. In fact, call the roll. Mrs. SHAHEEN. Mr. President, I ask in the Senate, we have already voted, Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for and I was one of those votes, for more unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. than $1 trillion in cuts to Federal the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without spending this year. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. objection, it is so ordered. I have continued to call for a com- WHITEHOUSE). Without objection, it is f prehensive, balanced, bipartisan plan so ordered. that looks at both revenue flows and The Senator from Texas. LIHEAP FUNDING spending. I have been part of the work- f Mrs. SHAHEEN. Mr. President, I am ing group, a bipartisan working group, here to urge that my colleagues in Con- that now has over 40 Senators calling KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE gress and the Obama administration for a $4 trillion deficit reduction pro- Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I would provide the funding for the Low-In- posal over the next 10 years. But when like to address the Senate on the sub- come Home Energy Assistance Pro- we cut our budget, we need to look at ject of the Keystone XL Pipeline, gram or LIHEAP. As you know, in Con- wasteful spending, at duplicative pro- which has been reported to be part of necticut, LIHEAP provides immediate grams, and at subsidies to industries the proposed package that would con- critical heating assistance for families that no longer need our help. tain the extension of the payroll tax and seniors in need during these freez- LIHEAP energy assistance for low-in- holiday and the expiring unemploy- ing cold winter months. come families does not fall under any ment insurance benefits.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Jan 22, 2013 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD11\RECFILES\DECEMBER\S16DE1.REC S16DE1 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with S8712 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 16, 2011 There have been some who have going down to Cushing, OK, but then dustry, including the U.S. Pipeline and raised questions about the pipeline and the expansion would be down into Hazardous Materials Safety Adminis- some who have said they object to it Houston and Port Arthur. tration, the U.S. Environmental Pro- being included in the package, but I I think this is another educational tection Agency, and the U.S. Federal would like to hopefully shed a little document. These actually are the crude Energy Regulatory Commission. light—maybe not so much heat—on the oil and refined product pipelines that Once this oil gets to the refineries, subject, coming from a State such as currently exist in the United States. the U.S. refining sector has invested a mine, which is an energy-producing So lest anybody feel as if we are doing lot of money upgrades throughout the state. We are very familiar with the oil something new and novel that has country to adapt to the world’s chang- and gas pipelines and the safety meas- never been done, let me try to disabuse ing oil supply, including the increasing ures that need to be undertaken to them of that notion. percentage of the world’s oil that is so- keep them safe and to keep them from As you can see, this is a huge spider’s called heavy crude. My understanding contaminating the environment. This web of oil and gas and refined product is that what comes out of the oil sands is not some sort of alien technology or pipelines throughout the United in Canada is heavy crude which re- something the industry does not have States. Not surprisingly, you see a lot quires a little different refining capa- the expertise to deal with in a safe and of them concentrated down in my bility. But refineries in the U.S. gulf secure and appropriate manner. State of Texas but, importantly, a good region have long received heavy crude The legislation that is being proposed portion of that pipeline traffic ema- from other countries and are well-posi- in the payroll tax holiday would re- nates from our No. 1 trading partner in tioned to receive and to handle these quire the Secretary of State to issue a the world, Canada, which is a friend supplies from Canada. Presidential permit within 60 days of and an ally and a safe source of oil and I think it is important for us to also enactment—and this does not take the gas into the United States. As to some contemplate not just the economic aspects of this source of oil to be con- President out of the equation—unless people who perhaps wonder about this sumed here in America but also that it the President publicly determines this pipeline and wonder what it all means, is not dependent, for example, on im- project is not in the national interest. this will help allay any concerns or ported oil from the Middle East and So if for some reason—really beyond some concerns they might have that subject to weather conditions or hos- my comprehension—President Obama we are somehow doing something novel tile environments that might other- were to determine that building this or risky or that we have not done in wise cause economic and national secu- pipeline was not in the public’s inter- the past. rity concerns here in America. est, he could, under the terms of this Pipelines are simply one mode of We hear from time to time that Iran, legislation, essentially veto it. But transporting oil and gas. You can do it which we know has growing aspirations once the permit is approved, Trans- other ways. You can put it on a tanker for regional influence in the Middle Canada would be able to start con- truck and drive it down our highways. East—and now, with the end of Amer- struction on parts of the project out- I happen to think this is a better and ica’s involvement in the Iraq war, we side of Nebraska. safer way to do it than loading up a know Iran is going to rush in to try to Now, why outside of Nebraska? As bunch of tanker trucks to drive down fill some of that vacuum there, and I you may recall, Mr. President, a num- our highways. You can do it through am concerned about it. But more to the ber of people in Nebraska, including barges, through our inland waterways. point today is that 90 percent of the their leadership here in the Senate, had But the pipeline is simply the most ef- Persian Gulf’s oil exports and 40 per- concerns about the route of the Trans- ficient and safest way of doing it. cent of the global seaborne oil trade Canada pipeline, the Keystone XL Of course, as we all know, these pipe- goes through the Straits of Hormuz, Pipeline within Nebraska itself, but lines are by and large buried and more which would be a logical first place for Nebraska’s leaders have taken it upon or less unseen. So this is a transpor- the Iranian Government to choke off— themselves to come up with a new tation network for our Nation’s oil and should they decide to create havoc— route, which they will do in order to gas that most people probably are not the oil supply through that vital area. satisfy concerns about contamination even aware of, and I guess that is a The Straits of Hormuz, of course, is of the aquifer in that State. good thing, but it is important that very important in a geopolitical sense. The one point I would like to empha- people understand what we are talking The point I am simply trying to size is that we have been talking for a about. make is that this is not only a matter long time—since the financial crisis in These pipelines move crude oil from of jobs—but it is a matter of jobs in September of 2008—about what we need oilfields on land and offshore to refin- America with the construction of this to do to get our economy back on track eries, where it is turned into fuels and pipeline—it is not just a matter of how and to create jobs. Indeed, there was a other products. we protect our environment, which is lot of discussion back during the pas- You can see down here in the Gulf of very important—how do we regulate sage of the stimulus that we needed Mexico, for example, where we have this industry in a way that protects shovel-ready jobs. But, as you will re- tremendous reserves of oil and gas. You the health, safety, and welfare of the call, there were a lot of things that can see how the pipelines extend even American people—but this is a national went into the stimulus that did not in- beneath the water out into the Gulf of security issue as well. clude infrastructure development. In Mexico. It is also very important in terms of fact, infrastructure was comprised only These pipelines move crude oil to re- simply the price of gasoline. I am not of a very small fraction of what the fineries, where it is turned into fuels an economist by training, but I do un- spending on the stimulus actually did. and other products, and then from the derstand that when there is more of First of all, let me make clear what refineries to terminals, where fuels are something and given that there is sta- we are talking about. This chart dem- trucked to retail outlets. One amazing ble demand, you will be able to lower onstrates the existing Keystone Pipe- thing about this is this literally hap- the price when there is a greater sup- line. In other words, there is already a pens 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, out ply. It is purely a matter of supply and Keystone Pipeline, but it goes from Al- of sight and out of mind to most Amer- demand. berta, Canada, and terminates in Illi- icans. I looked online at the price of gaso- nois. That is the orange line. So what Let’s talk a minute about safety be- line a year ago. It was $2.98 for the we are really talking about is an exten- cause this is something on which no price of a gallon of regular gasoline. sion and expansion of the Keystone one has an exclusive claim when it Today it is about 27 cents higher. Of Pipeline, and it terminates in Port Ar- comes to our environmental and safety course, it has been much higher, as you thur and Houston, TX, where we have concerns. Under the law, any spill asso- know. But my point is that this is a the refinery capacity to make it into ciated with one of these pipelines has stable and secure source of oil used to gasoline, jet fuel, and the like. So this to be reported—a spill of 5 gallons or make gasoline and other refined petro- is the proposed route, as you can see, of more—to the Department of Transpor- leum products that will help bring the expansion. It hooks up in Steele tation. There are already a number of down or at least stabilize the price of City, NE, with the existing pipeline Federal agencies that regulate this in- gasoline for consumers.

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I appreciate what things you would like to have but literally the most important one in the the opportunity to address this issue. I you can put off until tomorrow, and United States. There is something in it would point out that this project has what things you maybe would like to for us as well in that for every dollar strong bipartisan support. I invite my have but you are going to have to end the United States spends on Canadian colleagues—who perhaps are not as fa- up doing without because you simply products, 91 cents is returned to the miliar with the importance of this cannot afford it. United States. There is a close eco- pipeline project to the economy of the Well, gasoline is something people nomic security relationship between United States and job creation and who need in order to drive their kids to the United States and Canada. may not be aware that this is nothing school or drive to work, and the in- This pipeline would also encourage new; this is something we have done creased price of gasoline because of development of additional oil resources before in a safe and environmentally geopolitical uncertainty, because of in the northern part of the United responsible way—to join us and per- concerns about supply, disasters such States. North Dakota currently has I haps reconsider their view so we can as we had in the Gulf of Mexico—all of believe somewhere on the order of 3 or get this done and help get 20,000 Ameri- those cause disruptions or concerns 4 percent unemployment. One reason cans back to work. about disruptions in supply that cause I yield the floor. why it does is because they have dis- gas prices to go up. So this is another The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- covered—I can get a confirmation from good reason why I believe we need a ator from North Dakota. Senator HOEVEN, perhaps, but one rea- stable source of additional oil and, Mr. HOEVEN. Mr. President, I rise to son why North Dakota has been boom- again, from a friendly nation, our No. 1 speak on the subject of the Keystone trading partner, which is Canada. ing, in addition to great leadership, has Pipeline. I am pleased to follow my es- Let me just quickly go over a few been the fact that the Bakken forma- teemed colleague from the great State other little factoids that people might tion there has been the source of a of Texas. I think it is only appropriate find interesting. This is a $7 billion huge supply of oil. Of course, building that I follow him, both because I agree project. As I said, it is the largest shov- this pipeline would help further en- absolutely with his remarks and I el-ready infrastructure project in the hance the ability to develop domestic think it shows the importance of this United States currently. It has been oil and gas resources and put them in project to North Dakota and Texas and under review by the Federal Govern- the pipeline and get them to the refin- across this country. This is an incred- ment for 3 years. This is not some ery and get them to market. ibly important project, so I am pleased knee-jerk or impulsive decision we are This is one of the big dangers I think to be here again today to address it. asking to be made here; this is some- we also need to highlight: In a world RUSSELL EVENMO thing that has been carefully reviewed where we are so interconnected and First of all, let me say it is nice to for its environmental impact. where there are so many options avail- welcome Russell Evenmo to the floor The good news at a time when unem- able to our trading partners such as on his last day. He has done an out- ployment remains unacceptably high is Canada, the fact is if we don’t create standing job working for me. He also that this project is estimated to cause this pipeline expansion for markets has my chart, so I am glad we are able the creation of about 20,000 jobs. We all where these products come into the to get him on the floor. know that the No. 1 problem in Amer- United States, then Canada is going to The legislation we have authored on ica today is that too many people are sell it to China or other parts of the the Keystone Pipeline is included in out of work, the No. 2 problem in world. the House package that provides an ex- America today is that too many people The PRESIDING OFFICER. May I re- tension for the payroll tax cut. It is are out of work, and the No. 3 problem mind the Senator that we are oper- very appropriate that it is in that in America today is that too many peo- ating under a 10-minute time limit. package, so I come today to talk about ple are out of work. This would create The Senator has consumed 17 minutes some misperceptions I am hearing out jobs at a time when we sorely need and there is now another Senator on there in regard to this legislation. The them, and that is why this project has the floor. first is that somehow this is an add-on gained the kind of bipartisan support Mr. CORNYN. I ask unanimous con- to the payroll tax holiday extension that gives me great hope that we will sent to speak for another 3 minutes. legislation which some think shouldn’t somehow knock down the impediments The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without be there. I wish to address that, be- to building this pipeline so we can get objection, it is so ordered. cause it is absolutely where it should people back to work and we can get Mr. CORNYN. This is as close to a be. It is a jobs bill. The extension of that stable oil supply and create econo-brainer as I think we can identify. the payroll tax cut, the payroll tax hol- nomic development in the private sec- But this also particularly benefits my iday, is about helping to create more tor when we need it most. It is esti- State of Texas, which I am honored to jobs in this country. It is about helping mated this pipeline would ultimately represent. TransCanada’s direct invest- people who are out there working hard generate about $20.9 billion in new pri- ment of about $1.6 million in Texas for every day. It is about stimulating eco- vate sector spending. We all know that the construction and development of nomic activity. It is a tax reduction to with the Federal Government revenue the pipeline will lead to gains in busi- help get this economy going and to down around 15 percent of our GDP be- ness activity in the State of Texas of help get people back to work. cause of the recession and slow econ- an estimated $2.3 billion in total ex- Keystone is a jobs bill. It belongs in omy, while spending is up around 25 penditures and $2 billion in output. The a jobs package. This is a jobs package. percent of GDP, we need to do two increased economic activity stimulated This is about creating jobs. It creates things: We need to cut Federal spend- by the TransCanadian investment in jobs without the Federal Government ing, and we also need to increase Texas will generate tax receipts in con- spending 1 penny. In fact, this will gen- growth in the private sector which will struction of an estimated $41.1 million erate hundreds of millions of dollars of produce additional revenue to the to the State and $7.7 million to local State and local tax revenues. It will Treasury and help us close that deficit taxing entities. Once these facilities generate private investment, but it gap and begin to chip away at the debt. are completed, they will have a useful will create jobs. This is a jobs package. This pipeline and the jobs it would cre- life estimated at not less than 100 So I wish to address that misperception ate and the tax revenues that would be years. Using reasonable assumptions I have heard from time to time and re- generated will help do that. regarding valuation and tax rates, spond that this does belong as part of a This is also important to our rela- these assets are estimated to yield jobs package. Of course it does. This is tionship with our trading partner Can- more than $1.1 billion in property taxes how we create jobs.

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That islation we have written—and there stronger energy player in all types of project initially applied for a permit on have been other bills on this—but the energy. We have wind; we have hydro; April 19, 2006. The final environmental legislation included in the House pack- we have biofuels; we have biomass; we impact statement was issued 2 years age we are working to get passed in the have solar. We are now the fourth larg- later—actually less than 2 years later. Senate, here is what it says: 60 days est oil-producing State in the country. It was issued on January 11, 2008. So in after the bill is passed, the President, Next year we will be the third largest less than 2 years, this project, very through the Department of State, has oil-producing State in the country be- similar—in less than 2 years they got a to make a determination on whether hind only Alaska and, of course, No. 1, final environmental impact statement. this project is in the national interest. Texas. But to do that, we need infra- And amazingly enough, within 60 days They do not have to say yes. They can structure. We need to be able to trans- after that final environmental impact say yes or they can say no, but they port our oil—oil that we produce—to statement it was signed off on and ap- have to determine whether it is in the the refineries around the country. We proved by the State Department. It had national interest—60 days after the bill will put 100,000 barrels of oil a day that final approval. So it all happened with- is passed. we produce in North Dakota into this in a 2-year process for that project. But as to the Nebraska piece, we say, pipeline and get it down into the gulf Now let’s talk about the Keystone Nebraska’s Department of Environ- refineries. So this isn’t just about mov- XL project. Keystone XL: Trans- mental Quality will work with EPA ing Canadian crude into the U.S; this is Canada, the same company, is building and the State Department and take the about moving our own domestic prod- it. The same company is building both time they need to reroute in Nebraska. uct as well. projects. They filed for a State Depart- Because that was the concern. It does As the Senator from Texas may have ment Presidential permit in September not set a timeline on how fast they explained, there is a backlog of oil in 2008. That is when they filed for their have to do it. It says: You have the Cushing right now, which is a hub for permit. They went through the whole time you need to reroute and address oil. But we need to move that oil from process. They got a final environ- the concern that was raised. Cushing, in Oklahoma, down to the re- mental impact statement on August 26, This legislation is all about solving fineries in Texas and Louisiana. This 2011—3 years. the concern that was raised so this pipeline will move that product to The first project, the whole project project can go forward. It does not set these refineries. So, again, it is not was approved in less than 2 years. This a timeline on it. Again, where is this just about moving Canadian crude into project, we have already been at it for rush that it could somehow create an the United States; this is about moving 3 years. So people are saying this is environmental issue? It is not there. product throughout the United States rushing—somehow rushing the project. The point is this: If we do not pursue as well where we have serious bottle- Almost an identical project, fully ap- this project, this oil will still be pro- necks. When we have those bottle- proved from start to finish in 2 years, duced—700,000 barrels a day—700,000 necks, our producers in North Dakota and we are sitting here 3 years later, barrels a day of Canadian crude. It will get less. They face a discount. If the and we don’t even have approval yet, still be produced. But instead of com- product has to move by rail or by and we are rushing the process some- ing down to our refineries in the truck, we suffer a discount. That af- how. United States, instead of creating jobs fects not only the oil companies them- Furthermore, the Department of in the United States, instead of reduc- selves but it also affects the individual State indicated that after all this envi- ing our dependence on oil from the producers, the mineral owners who get ronmental work—after 3 years of envi- Middle East, the oil is going to China. royalty payments. This is about truly ronmental work the State Department That pipeline, instead of going south, creating economic activity. said, We are going to have a decision will go west. The product will be put on The first point I want to emphasize is out before year end, meaning now. Be- oil tankers and it will go to Chinese re- that this is absolutely—is and should fore the end of this year, the State De- fineries. In the Chinese refineries there be—part of this jobs package. partment says, we are going to have a will be higher emissions, lower envi- The second point I want to talk decision. ronmental standards. So you are going about for a minute is that the concern So myself and others who have been to have more emissions, more environ- has been expressed that somehow we working on this say: Well, that is mental impacts. are rushing this process. Somehow we great. Finally, we are going to get a de- Again, I come back to the point: Are are not taking enough time in terms of cision. Then all of a sudden the admin- we going to create more energy inde- approving this pipeline, so maybe that istration says: No, no, we are not going pendence for ourselves, are we going to could create an environmental concern. to have a decision. We are going to create more jobs here, or are we going Nothing could be further from the need another 18 months. We are going to send that product to China? Because truth. We are taking more time than to need another 18 months somehow be- that is the choice. That is the real we did for almost the exact same cause there is concern about the route choice. Do you want to deal with re- project that has already been approved. through Nebraska. That was the con- ality, real terms? That is the choice we This red line here on this chart is the cern. face. Keystone Pipeline. The Keystone Pipe- So the State of Nebraska then—let’s Look, this project is about creating line runs from Alberta, Canada, down make sure I have my dates right—then jobs. It belongs in a bill that is about to Patoka, IL. It brings product down said: OK, we are concerned in Ne- creating jobs. This—and I will wrap up, to refineries in the United States. That braska. But we are going to address the Mr. President—legislation is about re- pipeline has not only been approved problem. We are going to solve the ducing our dependence on oil from the but it has been built. It moves 590,000 problem. The State of Nebraska had a Middle East—700,000 barrels a day—not barrels a day of oil from the Alberta, special session on November 1 of this to mention the product it helps my Canada area down to our refineries. year, which concluded on November 22. State of North Dakota, Montana, and That has been approved and built, and In their special session, they agreed others move down to our refineries in we are moving almost 600,000 barrels of that they would reroute the Keystone Texas and Louisiana. oil today. This is the Keystone XL XL Pipeline as to the route in Ne- With this pipeline, we will have bet- project, right next to it—a very similar braska. The concern was that it went ter environmental stewardship, not project. through western Nebraska, what is worse. This is a project on which we I want to talk a little bit about the called the Ogallala Aquifer or the need to move forward. We have drafted timeline on this as well. I was formerly sandhills region. There is a lot of irri- this legislation. We have worked on a

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Mr. President, I want again, as we talk about deficit reduc- lot of elderly folks who, despite Medi- to talk on a number of issues, but I tion we are going to cut this program, care, pay a great deal of money out of would tell my friend from North Da- we are going to cut that program, and their own pockets for health care. kota, I very strongly disagree with him yet the wealthy—millionaires and bil- What I am hearing—again, I do not about this Keystone XL Pipeline. For lionaires—are not going to be asked to know what will be in the final package, those of us who are concerned about pay one nickel more in taxes. I think but what some media reports suggest global warming, and all of the destruc- that is wrong, and people should under- is, there are proposals out there to in- tion that is currently taking place be- stand that in all likelihood that is ex- crease Medicare income-related pre- cause of global warming, and will in- actly what will happen again. miums by 15 percent, starting in 2017, crease in years to come, this Keystone Furthermore, we have major corpora- and also that there are some ideas out XL project is exactly what we should tions, companies on Wall Street, oil there which would decrease the income not be doing. companies that in recent years have at which beneficiaries pay these in- f made billions of dollars in profit and come-related premiums to $80,000 for yet have, in some cases, believe it or an individual and $160,000 for a couple. EXTENSION OF MORNING not, not paid one nickel in Federal cor- What this would mean is that older BUSINESS porate income tax because of a wide va- people will have to pay more for health Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask riety of loopholes. care. In some cases they cannot afford unanimous consent that the period for We have a situation where we are los- to do that. I hope very much that does morning business be extended until 7 ing tens and tens of billions of dollars— not happen. p.m., with Senators permitted to speak a hundred billion dollars—a year be- When we talk about Medicare in this for up to 10 minutes each. cause of all kinds of tax havens which country, we have to talk about the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without exist in the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, overall health care crisis, which is not objection, it is so ordered. other countries. Large corporations, only that 50 million people are unin- f wealthy individuals can shelter their sured, it is not only that health care OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS BILL money, not pay taxes, and then the re- costs for all health insurance compa- sult is revenue declines in the United nies are soaring—or virtually all of Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, before States, and my friends in the Repub- them—but we have to ask why it is in I get to the Keystone issue, I want to lican Party suggest: Cut this, cut that, the United States of America we end suggest that at this particular mo- go after Social Security, go after Medi- up spending almost twice as much per ment, at the very end of the congres- care, go after Medicaid, go after edu- capita on health care as do the people sional session, before the end of the cation, go after environmental protec- of any other country. year’s work, it is a strange moment in tion. Yet once again—once again—the Yesterday in my office I had a mem- Congress because you have, behind wealthiest people in this country will ber of the Australian Parliament. In closed doors, negotiators from the not pay a nickel more in taxes, large Australia, all people have health care House and the Senate—Republicans corporations will continue to enjoy as a right. Prescription drug coverage and Democrats—trying to put together huge tax loopholes. is largely covered by the government. large and complicated bills, and the Second of all, as somebody who be- Their costs for prescription drugs are concern I have—and I speak only for lieves it is absolutely imperative this much lower because their national myself, but I think other Members in country transform its energy system health care program negotiates prices the Senate feel the same way—is we away from fossil fuel, away from green- with the drug companies. Yet in our are suddenly going to be given a fait house gas emissions, and moves to en- country the situation is very different. accompli, a complicated and long bill ergy efficiency and sustainable energy, What we want to do is not ask mid- with many implications, many very I am very concerned that in the legisla- dle-income people to be paying more important provisions, and then we are tion we will be dealing with today or for their health care at a time when going to be asked to vote on it with not tomorrow—or Sunday or whenever— many of them are paying already more having had much input into the bill or there will not be an extension of impor- than they can afford. So the changes in even the ability to digest it fully and tant programs for renewable energy. Medicare which I have been reading know what it means to our constitu- One of the most important is the 1603 about are something that concern me ents. renewable energy extender. This is a very much. Let me touch on some of the issues Treasury grant program which helps There is another area out there that concern me, and let me also say provide financing for renewable energy which I think will have profound impli- that what I am going to be referring to projects by converting an existing tax cations for our economy. The House are reports in the media. I do not know credit into a grant. Republican leadership passed a bill re- what will be in the final product. I am This one program, which costs barely cently as part of this conference nego- not sure anybody does. But here is more than $1 billion, has leveraged $23 tiation going on now to slash unem- some of what the media is reporting billion in private investments. It sup- ployment insurance in half and cut up that might be in the payroll holiday ports 22,000 renewable energy projects to 40 weeks of unemployment benefits. tax bill—or what might not be in it, for in all 50 States of our country. It has If this legislation were to become law— that matter. created up to 290,000 jobs. If we do not and I certainly hope it will not—it One of the issues I believe very include the 1603 program in legislation, could lead to the loss of 140,000 jobs and strongly about is that at a time when it will expire at the end of this year. hundreds of thousands of unemployed the middle class is disappearing, when What we have seen, time and time workers, who lost their jobs through no poverty is increasing, and when more again—whether it is wind, whether it is fault of their own, losing their benefits. and more Americans understand that solar—is, if we do not extend these pro- Here we have a situation where, in the wealthiest people are doing phe- grams, investments in these tech- real terms, 25 million Americans are nomenally well, and yet their effective nologies significantly decline, we lose unemployed or underemployed, long- tax rate is the lowest in decades—an jobs, we lose our ability to compete term unemployment is the longest on issue Warren Buffett keeps reminding internationally in terms of becoming a record, we have more people who are us about—that it is almost definitely leader in sustainable energy. experiencing long-term unemployment going to be the case that while we con- I hope very much what I am hearing than at any other time we can remem- tinue to cut programs or raise revenue in the media and other sources is not ber, and the solution our Republican

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Jan 22, 2013 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD11\RECFILES\DECEMBER\S16DE1.REC S16DE1 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with S8716 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 16, 2011 friends want to bring about—after I understand it, to make a decision on enacted this summer was part of an ef- fighting to make sure millionaires and this within the next several months. fort where Republicans said: We will billionaires are not asked to pay more The reality is that among many raise the debt limit, but we want you in taxes—is to slash unemployment in- other factors, the inspector general of to cut spending. We need to cut back surance in a very significant way. the State Department is currently in- on spending because we have had a se- Now, there is another issue dealing vestigating whether the State Depart- ries of deficits the likes of which the with employment above and beyond ment acted inappropriately in appoint- Nation has never seen before. We have unemployment insurance; that is, that ing a particular company to do the en- to do better. We need to reduce spend- the House Republican bill, the ideas vironmental study which, amazingly ing. that they are bringing into the con- enough, given the fact that I think Our Democratic colleagues resisted. ference, would freeze Federal employee they had a conflict of interest, ended So when it was finally done, it was a pay through 2015, and over a period of up in a very positive light. $900 billion-plus reduction in spending, years reduce the civilian workforce by So the inspector general is now look- which was to occur over 10 years. Plus, 10 percent, cutting some 200,000 decent- ing at a conflict of interest issue in the committee of 12 was supposed to paying jobs. terms of the environmental study find $1.2 trillion more if they could. If Now, let’s be clear. For Federal em- which will take a bit of time. Further- they could not, there would be an auto- ployees there has already been a pay more, I think many of us understand matic cut of that. So it would be about freeze for the last 2 years. Those are that at a time when greenhouse gas a $2.1 trillion savings over 10 years. the nurses in our Veterans’ Adminis- emissions are rising rapidly in this Experts have told us we need at least tration hospitals. Those are people who country and all over the world, at a $4 trillion in savings over 10 years, not are making $30,000, $40,000 a year. time when virtually the entire sci- $2 trillion. But it was a step in the There is now a proposal to once again entific community tells us that global right direction, and that was the best extend the freeze to them. warming is an enormously significant that could be done under the cir- This is a real cut in real wages be- problem for the future of our planet, at cumstances. So the bill was passed. cause inflation is going up for our Fed- a time when we are seeing increased What I want to say is that under that eral employees. But what concerns me floods and droughts and extreme legislation, it was discovered that this equally is not only the impact this weather disturbances, anyone who has year—the current fiscal year, that freeze would have on Federal employ- studied the issue understands that in began October 1—we were going to ees, it sends a signal to every employer terms of global warming, the Keystone spend $1.43 trillion instead of the $1.5 in America who says: Well, yes, I know XL tar sands pipeline is a very dan- trillion we spent last year. So there you guys have not gotten a wage in- gerous project. was a lot of heartburn and com- crease in a number of years. I know Producing energy-intensive tar sands plaining. We are only cutting $7 billion that I have asked you to pay more for oil emits 82 percent more carbon pollu- out of the discretionary portion of our health insurance. Yes, we have cut tion and contributes more to global budget, not Social Security and Medi- back on your pensions. But guess what. warming than conventional oil, accord- care, but other programs that are In Washington, the Congress says they ing to the EPA. going up every year: food stamps, col- are going to once again, for the third With that, let me conclude but just lege loans, Pell grants. year, freeze Federal pay. In fact, they suggest that I think we need to be dis- So we were going to cut at least the are going to ask Federal employees to cussing publicly some of the issues discretionary accounts by $7 billion, pay more, too, for their pensions, that we may be voting on in a very from $1.50 trillion to 1.43 billion. But I which means a cut for many Federal short period of time. have to say, we are not going to employees. Well, if the Federal Govern- I yield the floor. achieve that. Just as has so often been ment can do it, it says to private em- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the case, we promise reductions in ployers all over America so can they. ator from Alabama. spending but do not get there. You One of the points President Obama f would think that we could find $7 bil- has been making and why he last lion. You would think that is not too FEDERAL DEFICIT fought for a middle-class tax cut is much to ask this government, that has that he wants to put more money into Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, we been increasing spending at a substan- the hands of working families. I under- will be voting, I understand, on three tial rate, to reduce spending a little stand that. I agree with that concept. pieces of legislation from the House. bit. But what is the sense of providing tax One is a massive omnibus bill that In fact, in the first 2 years of Presi- breaks for the middle class on one would include 9 of the 13 appropriations dent Obama’s administration, non- hand—a concept which I support—— bills that should be brought up individ- defense discretionary spending went up The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ually and voted on individually, with 24 percent, a dramatic increase. So to ator’s time has expired. amendments on each one. They have reduce spending and try to get this Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask all been cobbled together now at the huge deficit under control is not too unanimous consent for 2 additional end of the year in one giant omnibus much to ask, in my opinion. Indeed, we minutes. bill, with only a few hours for us to re- are borrowing 40 percent of every dol- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without view their contents. lar we spend. This year we will spend objection, it is so ordered. In addition, there will be a vote to about $3.6 trillion and take in about Mr. SANDERS. What is the sense on offset certain emergency expendi- $2.2 trillion or $2.3 trillion. That is just one hand in saying, we need to put tures—in other words, pay for these not any way to do business. money in the hands of the middle class new expenditures with savings else- This will be the third straight year through a tax cut, and, on the other where in the government rather than that has happened. So we were looking hand, send a green light to employers borrow the money for it—add to our for some improvement. I would just say all over this country who will now look debt for it. A third vote will be, in ef- to my colleagues, this is one little off- at the Federal Government and then fect, to fund and appropriate the set, $8 billion in additional spending, say to their employees: Hey, the Fed- money that would be so offset or spend and it will determine whether we have eral Government has frozen wages for a it by borrowing it if it is not offset. any reduction in spending or whether, third year, cut back on pension pro- I would just share with my col- in fact, contrary to our promises this grams, and we are going to do that as leagues one particular thing. The Pre- summer, we will spend more this year well. siding Officer, Senator WHITEHOUSE, is than last year. Lastly, but not least, for whatever on the Budget Committee, and our These are the numbers as we have reason, my Republican colleagues in staff has looked at these budget num- calculated them from the Budget Com- the House have put into this mix of a bers. I would just advise my col- mittee staff. The regular appropria- payroll tax holiday a demand that the leagues—I believe they should vote to tions would be this year $1.43 trillion, Keystone XL tar sands project be com- offset the additional expenditure. This but they have added to it disaster and pleted; that the President be forced, as is the reason: The Budget Control Act other spending of $11 billion, which

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That would re- discuss the Omnibus appropriations Then we begin to wonder why the duce our spending this year by $5 bil- conference report that I guess will be American people have such a low opin- lion, not as much as we promised in the before this body at the pleasure of the ion of our performance in our Nation’s Budget Act but at least a modest re- members of the Appropriations Com- Capital. I saw a poll that says it is as duction. mittee. low as 9 percent. Hopefully, that is not It is a very important vote. It is a I call my colleagues’ attention to the representative—maybe it is a 10-, 11-, symbolic vote. It says: Are we honest size of this bill. There are 13 agencies 12-percent approval rating. We were de- with the American people when we go of government, all appropriations bills, bating a bill last year that had $1.1 before them with a bill that says we and none of this, because of the press- trillion and contained 6,488 earmarks are going to spend less than we spent ing issues of the calendar, will be open that totaled $8.3 billion. Now we have a last year, even if it was a small to any amendments—no amendments bill that is $915 billion, and this year amount? We cannot even achieve that. regarding all these functions of govern- we have no traditional earmarks, but Perhaps that is why people are un- ment and a cost of, in this particular there is $3.5 billion in unauthorized happy with us. We have been promising bill, it is $915 billion. These are 9 appro- spending in the Department of Defense them that we would do something priations bills of the 12. This contains portion of the bill alone—the Defense about the debt situation in this coun- $915 billion that we will probably be appropriations part of it is $3.5 billion, try. But we have not done much. As a considering, and because of the fact on which there has never been a hear- matter of fact, we have done almost that we all have to get out of town— ing, and it has never been considered nothing. and I am one of those—we will vote by the Armed Services Committee. If it So I would just urge my colleagues to sometime tomorrow, and we will be was, it was rejected. So we have $3.5 think about that as they cast their able to tell our constituents we have billion just in the defense part of the votes on this portion of the House leg- completed our task for the year, at bill. Nobody wanted it or asked for it, islation, which has not been discussed least as far as funding the government neither the military, nor the services, much among our colleagues, and not to continue—as we seem to threaten to nor was there a hearing. They added particularly well-understood. But I do do every year, although I am not sure $3.5 billion in the Department of De- think it is important. I think it is an people are as frightened as they used to fense alone. important, symbolic vote. be. I think the men and women in the Are we willing to do that? It would This bill before me is 1,221 pages long military deserve better than some of amount to about a 1.86-percent, less and contains funding for nine of the an- these earmarks that I will talk about. than 2 percent across-the-board rescis- nual appropriations bills, for a grand Here we are, we are going to rush and sion to offset spending on the other total of $915 billion. If you add the beat the clock, and we haven’t even spending items, exempting defense and three appropriations bills already en- moved to this piece of legislation yet. some other items. Defense, of course, acted, we are going to spend $1.043 tril- In case some of our constituents don’t has taken dramatic cuts already. They lion. That is a fantastic improvement know, a call will be made to everybody are working on very dramatic cuts, and because last year it was $1.1 trillion. So saying please agree to a few hours’ as a result of the failure of the com- I am glad our constituents, whom we time agreement so we can vote tomor- mittee of 12, they will take a huge cut. promised, when some of us, such as my- row and we can all go home, and we The Defense Department has taken, self, ran in 2010 for reelection, that we will. There will not be a single amend- on a percentage basis and a real dollar would get this $15 trillion debt under ment debated and voted on, on this bill basis, far more in reductions than any control—and we go back to Washington on this floor. I would like to say we other department. Of course this is not and eliminate the reckless and out-of- didn’t see it coming, but the fact is we for war spending. War is in a separate control spending, I am sure they will did see it coming. overseas contingency account. This is be pleased to know that instead of $1.1 In keeping with the regular order and the base defense budget that is taking trillion, we are now down to $1.043 tril- legislating requirements of the Senate, the cuts. I wanted to share that with lion—a reduction of approximately 5 the Armed Services Committee—of my colleagues. percent. We can get a better deal than which I have been a proud member for I also appreciated Senator HOEVEN’s that at the Macy’s Christmas sale. Of many years—scheduled and conducted presentation on the Keystone Pipeline. course, not to forget the earmarks— more than 70 hearings, vetted the And I truly believe, and agree with my here it is. President’s budget request, and re- friend from Vermont, that unemploy- I am confident no average Member of ported a bill out. Seven months later, ment is a tremendous problem for us. the Senate—what I mean by that is not we moved to the floor of the Senate What I don’t agree with is that it can a member of the Appropriations Com- and we did authorize funding and hun- be fixed by borrowing and spending and mittee has had a chance to peruse this dreds of millions of dollars and the ap- taxing. That is what we have seen late- hernia-inducing piece of legislation. If propriators decided they knew better. ly. I suggest that one way to deal with it sounds like I am a little cynical and We have a fundamental problem in the unemployment is to not spend any gov- a little angry, it is because I am, and Senate, and we are unable to engage in ernment money, get the government the American people are cynical and the process of authorizing prior to the bureaucrats busy, examine this pipe- angry. regular appropriations. What is the line. We have pipelines crossing all There are 535 Members of Congress. outcome? A handful of people—all over this country. If we bring those All of us are sent by our constituents good, honest, decent people, I am under control, approve this pipeline, it to represent them. But I think the sure—and unelected staff disburse hun- will add 20,000 real jobs and 100,000 indi- American people and our constituents dreds of billions of dollars, often in a rect jobs and make this country more should know this is a report on a bill manner that directly contradicts the safe and secure from foreign energy ex- that is signed by 37 Members of the will of the authorizers—those who are ploitation. House and 17 Members of the Senate. entrusted in their Committee assign- I yield the floor. There are 535 Members, and these are ments to authorize what is necessary Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I ask the ones who put this together. It is to defend this Nation. unanimous consent to speak for as long full of hundreds of earmarks, pork, un- So here we are at the eleventh hour as I may consume. necessary spending, and projects in the ramming through a measure so we can The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without defense portion of the bill, which I will get out of town for the holidays. I will objection, it is so ordered. be talking a fair amount about, which talk about some of the provisions,

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Oper- by the Federal Government—the holi- project buys 53 school buses and associated ations and maintenance funds are sup- day season is approaching in my State spare parts’ packages to correct Guam’s se- posed to buy the gas and the spare vere shortage of school buses. Future in- and all over America where there is not duced population growth will further strain parts—the things that keep the mili- enough money to fund the food banks, the busing system. tary machine moving. That is what it and we are going to spend money on EXCERPTS is. So $33 million goes to Guam, and schoolbuses and cultural repositories PROJECT 1: GUAM MENTAL HEALTH AND this funding is in direct contradiction in Guam. SUBSTANCE ABUSE FACILITY of the explicit direction that was in the That is not the end of the story. This GovGuam provided an initial $34.2 million conference report that prevented this initial funding grant to Guam of $33 cost estimate to build a new mental health because we knew it was coming. million includes $9.6 million for the and substance abuse facility at Oka Point. If this omnibus bill were subject to first phase of a mental health facility. When completed, this facility would provide amendment, I would immediately seek They claim that is somehow related to enhanced treatment services that include to strip the funding from this bill. Let the proposed military buildup on counseling, physical training, recreation, as- me be clear. This funding I am talking Guam. I am still trying to sort that sistance with activities of daily living, peer about for Guam is a ‘‘bridge to no- one out. Without one additional marine support, and speech therapy, in addition to where.’’ The money, in part, is to pro- other efficiencies gained through close loca- or his family being stationed on Guam, tion to other related inpatient and out- vide the Government of Guam funds to how does a proposed buildup not hap- patient medical care. Presently, the buy 53 civilian schoolbuses. They put pening for years help with a mental GovGuam Department of Mental Health and money in the Defense bill for 53 health facility on Guam? Substance Abuse (DMHSA) program is man- schoolbuses and 53 repair kits for the It might not surprise you to learn aged by the court-appointed Guam Federal buses for $10.7 million. That is to buy this money for a new mental health fa- Management Team (FMT) and the Guam schoolbuses and repair kits for Guam. cility has nothing to do with any ma- Mental Health Planning Council. DMHSA is Why? Why would we want to do that? rines coming to Guam but is required currently under permanent Federal injunc- Their reasoning is because we are rede- tion and is required to hire additional staff to satisfy a current Federal injunction and construct a new facility to address their ploying marines from Japan. But we that mandates the construction of a deficiencies. Due to inadequate staff and fa- have paused that redeployment in the new facility. So take it out of Defense. cility resources, DMHSA is not able to pro- authorization bill because we don’t Take it out of the hardware and the op- vide services to approximately 60 percent of know exactly how to do it. So we are erations and maintenance our men and 1,400 identified as requesting assistance. pausing the redeployment of marines; women in the military need. PROJECT 2: CULTURAL REPOSITORY meanwhile, the appropriators move for- Our committee did the research for The Federal Team reviewed a $12.7 million ward and put $10.7 million in to buy ci- these projects. We reviewed the work- project cost estimate from GovGuam for the vilian schoolbuses, and not one single ing papers of the Department of De- design, construction and outfitting of a Cul- marine, sailor or airman has been as- fense’s Economic Adjustment Com- tural Repository that would provide 15,000 signed to Guam as part of the intended mittee and found this funding would square feet to store existing artifacts, arti- buildup that would justify in any way not go to its priorities and decided, as facts anticipated to be discovered during the buildup of military forces on the island, and using that money. a conference, not to support the au- an additional 5,000 square feet of space for What else are we buying with this $33 thorization. administrative offices. Presently, GovGuam million? Well, $12.7 million is intended Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- provides artifacts to foreign museums for ex- to be used for a cultural artifacts resent to have printed in the RECORD the hibitions or stores them in 7,600 square feet pository. I am not making that up— Working Papers Excerpt of DOD’s Eco- of space split between two floors of an office $12.7 million of your tax dollars is buy- nomic Adjustment Committee. building. This storage space is presently over ing a cultural artifacts repository in There being no objection, the mate- capacity and does not meet cultural storage Guam, in the name of the redeploy- rial was ordered to be printed in the requirements, including environmental controls. The proposed facility would be located ment of the U.S. marines from Japan, RECORD, as follows: on government owned land and be adjacent which is not taking place. They claim ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT COMMITTEE to the future Guam Institute of Natural His- it is related to artifacts that will be 2010 GUAM SOCIOECONOMIC NEEDS AS- tory and Cultural Heritage (GINHCH). The dug up during the major military con- SESSMENT WORKING PAPERS present facility would be decommissioned struction projects that have been SUMMARY OF PROJECTS ASSESSED and the artifacts would be transferred to this planned for Guam as part of the build- PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE—GUAM MEN- new facility with the remainder of the space up. But with the agreement of the Pen- TAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE FACILITY projected to be occupied in 10 years. tagon, we have put it on hold. Recommendation: Consider for Fiscal Year PROJECT 3: SCHOOL BUS FLEET I guess it is important when you are 2012 budget submission. A Federal injunction GovGuam estimates $10.7 million is needed doing a military construction project mandates Guam Department of Mental to purchase 53 school buses and spare parts to preserve the artifacts. The money Health and Substance Abuse to hire addi- packages. The school bus fleet provides intended for this cultural artifacts re- tional staff and construct a new facility to transportation services to all non-DoD stu- pository is, at best, early, and much provide for approximately 60 percent of iden- dents on the island for both public and pri- tified and un-served cases. Projected mili- vate schools and for extracurricular activi- less if it were ever needed. So here we tary buildup induced growth could adversely ties. The bus fleet is also an integral part of are with an investment of at least $33 impact the island’s mental health and sub- the island’s emergency response plan and is million on a ‘‘bridge to nowhere’’ to stance abuse system. A new $34.2 million fa- used for population relocation during large hold artifacts that will never be dug cility provides enhanced treatment services scale events. Currently, the fleet operates out of the Earth. in counseling, physical training, recreation, only at 47 percent, requiring buses to be tri- The money in this Defense appropria- daily living assistance, peer support, and ple cycled during the day. Schools also start tions bill for this cultural artifacts re- speech therapy. classes at different times in order to ensure pository is actually going to be spent CULTURAL—CULTURAL REPOSITORY that all children can be bused to school. Daily bus runs begin before 6:00 a.m., result- to build a 20,000-square-foot museum, Recommendation: Consider for Fiscal Year ing in some students arriving well before 2012 budget submission. Federal law requires most of which will be used for the stor- classes begin. Subsequent morning bus cy- the U.S. Government to curate and archive age of existing artifacts and existing cles often deliver students to school well cultural artifacts discovered as a result of administration, completely unrelated after classes have begun. At the end of the U.S. Government construction. Guam’s ex- school day, students are often delayed by to the major military construction isting space to receive, study, and store such hours in their departure from school due to projects associated with the buildup on unearthed cultural artifacts is inadequate. A school bus shortages. Guam. $12.7 million Cultural Repository will pro- They get the benefits of $12.5 million vide 20,000 square feet of curatorial and ad- Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, this is in Federal largess for a new museum, ministrative spaces. Currently, the majority not the way Congress is supposed to

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You would think have been provided by the authorizing The analysis of alternatives, which after $14 billion and 44 C–17s, averaging committees. In no way do appropria- helps determine what the capability of over $250 million each, that would be tions committees have the legitimate the bomber should be, will not be com- enough of an earmark. Obviously, not authority to override the specific di- pleted for another year and a half. The so for the Appropriations Committee. rection of authorizing committees capabilities requirement document, There are others in here. Some of my when those authorizing committees which is key to ensuring the new old favorites. There is $25 million for have spoken to a matter and denied au- bomber design is stable—which is need- unrequested helicopter upgrades, an in- thority for a specific type or level of ed to determine if increased taxpayer crease to the Civil Air Patrol Program funding. dollars should be invested in the new of $7 million, unrequested, unauthor- This is why the approval rating of bomber—is not complete and will not ized; $273 million in unrequested, unau- Congress is in single digits. The Amer- be complete for a couple of years. Fi- thorized research on everything from ican people have seen through this. nally, they wanted to use this money Parkinson’s disease and HIV to alter- They see this kind of abuse and waste to sustain the bomber force they have. native energy and nanotechnology. and they have had enough of it. If you So why? Why? Why would we add $100 Speaking of alternate energy, the ap- don’t understand the rise of the tea million when there is absolutely no propriators tucked unrequested, unau- party, you can start by looking right way it could be used? Well, I can only thorized funding throughout a certain here. say there are reasons for it. I will not division of the bill, and $130 million in It is not as if this issue was somehow make allegations, but it is not magic. ambiguously named ‘‘alternative en- hidden from the leadership of the Ap- It is not something that appears out of ergy research’’ is scattered for the propriations Committee. I wrote to the thin air. same sort of programs that brought us chairman and ranking member of the There is a program called Combat the recent achievement of the Depart- Appropriations Committee. Let me Dragon. Of approximately 100 ment of the Navy, which proudly an- give a few examples of what the Appro- unrequested and unauthorized addi- nounced the purchase of 450,000 gallons priations Committee has done. tions above the President’s budget re- There is a program called MEADS— of alternative fuels for $12 million. My quest found in the appropriations bill, the Medium Extended Air Defense Sys- friends, that equates to $26 a gallon. I one of the more interesting ones is a tem. The program was supposed to am certain our constituents will be have been terminated as originally pro- $20 million allocation for an obscure glad to know their tax dollars are now posed in the Senate version of the bill. aircraft program called Combat Dragon going toward paying $26 a gallon for The Defense appropriations portion of II. The name is interesting. Sounds aviation fuel. the bill is at $390 million, nearly the pretty exciting. You won’t find it in But, no, no, they need more money— entire $406 million requested. We found the President’s budget request. It $262 million in unauthorized Navy re- out the Appropriations Committee was didn’t appear in our authorization bill. search and development programs. The going to fund the program, and I felt So I asked my staff to find out what list of Navy adds is eerily similar to compelled to ensure the final Defense happened. the Army’s, and as you would expect, it authorization conference report pro- The purpose of the program: Combat covers a familiar set of Member inter- hibits any funding beyond 2012. Under Dragon II is to lease up to four crop- est items—nanotechnology, alternative the requirements imposed by the De- duster-type aircraft and to outfit them energy, and giveaways to home-State fense authorization conference report, with machine gun pods, laser-guided interests. this year’s funding will be restrained bombs, rockets, and air-to-air missiles. There are increases for Space Situa- by prohibiting the Department from I asked if this request was justified, tional Awareness. spending more than 25 percent until vetted, approved in any way. The an- I repeat, $50 million in increases for the Secretary of Defense provides a swer was no, no, no. There is no urgent Space Situational Awareness in two plan to either restructure the program operational requirement for this type funding lines—just two lines—with no in a way that requires no additional of aircraft. justification. No argument for it. funding or terminates the program. So After a little investigation, we found Maybe it is good. It may be good, but we wanted to get this report from the this aircraft lease will not be—surprise, we won’t know. We won’t know for Secretary. But what did the Appropria- surprise—competitively awarded. As months and months and months, and tions Committee do? The full $406 mil- such, it is effectively earmarked for a maybe years. lion. particular aircraft manufacturer that For those who are interested in the I think my colleagues should under- has the corner on this particularly ob- compelling national security issue of stand, they have decided to never put scure part of the aviation market. space situational awareness, you will this system—the Medium Extended Air The C–17. The Defense appropriations be glad to know $50 million of your tax Defense System—into operation. They bill adds $225 million—only $225 mil- dollars is going to be spent there. want to have a corporate memory, a lion—for an unrequested, unauthorized The budget requested $86 million for memory of what they have learned in C–17 aircraft that no one in the U.S. Operationally Responsive Space. This spending what ends up to be a couple of Air Force or the Pentagon thought we bill adds $26 million more, just for fun. billion dollars. needed. According to every strategic The Armed Services Committee au- The Next-Generation Bomber. The planning document, the Air Force has thorized, and the Congress will soon President asked there not be money an excess capacity of large cargo air- appropriate, some $290 million for re- proposed for the Next-Generation craft, and the Air Force already has 222 search into post-traumatic stress dis- Bomber, but the appropriators chose to C–17 cargo aircraft and more than 80 C– order, prosthetics, blast injury, and add $100 million—$100 million. This is 5s. psychological health. These are critical money for the Next Generation Bomber The key reason for an overage of to improving our actual battlefield that was not requested by the Air large cargo aircraft is because the Ap- medicine. Yet once again, the appropri- Force nor was there any testimony by propriations Committee over the past ators inserted unrequested money for the Air Force leadership, either civil- several years added 44 C–17s that were medical research, this time to the tune ian or military, in support of this addi- not authorized—that we neither needed of $600 million. tional huge addition in funding. It nor could afford—at a cost of $14 billion Let me remind my colleagues that magically appeared here. above the Department’s request. these unrequested projects are funded This morning, I tried to find out if The OMB, five Secretaries of Defense, at the expense of other military prior- this money would be wisely spent, and the Commander of Transportation ities. I agree that research on multiple

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When they asked him why, he released by Dr. COBURN, he highlights don’t do it in the bill, we do it by tele- said, that is because the money is that ‘‘just this year GAO identified phone, and we threaten agencies: If you there. So this money, which may be hundreds of billions of dollars of dupli- don’t give this money to this person, meritorious to spend on Alzheimer’s cative and overlapping programs that, your money will be cut the next year. and cancer and other medical issues, if addressed by Congress, could both So the fact is, although we have an should not come out of the Defense ap- save money and improve services for earmark ban, there are thousands of propriations bill. taxpayers. For every $1 spent on the earmarks in this bill. And what do we Of course, the Guard and Reserve al- GAO, the agency provides $90 in sav- do? We cut the very agency that is ways come in and get additional ings recommendations. Yet, instead of going to be required to help us solve money. They got $1 billion in adopting those good-government re- our financial problems over the next unrequested, unauthorized funding for forms, the Senate Appropriations Com- few years; we cut them more than we ‘‘miscellaneous equipment.’’ I repeat: mittee has responded by proposing dra- cut our own budgets. Now, they can be $1 billion for ‘‘miscellaneous equip- matic budget cuts to the GAO.’’ cut, and appropriately so. Everybody is ment.’’ I am sure certain States on the I don’t want to go through all this going to have to share. But to cut the appropriators’ short list will be very pork that I just described again, but we GAO 6.4 percent—40 percent more than pleased to have the money directed can afford all that and yet we are going we are cutting our own budgets—out of their way. I am not so sure about the to cut the only watchdog organization spite? They and the Congressional Re- taxpayers. that really gives us an objective view search Service do the best work on the Some have merit, some don’t. None of what we do here in Congress. I am Hill. They do better than we do. Yet we of the ones I talked about were re- sure that it is a coincidence. are going to take away a tool that is quested. And this is just in Defense. So here we are again. Here we are going to help this country solve its The tragedy of all this is, except for again, the same thing as last year, the very difficult financial problems. I the Senator from Oklahoma and myself same thing for years—a few Members think it is outrageous. It nauseates me. and a few others, all this will slide of the House and Senate making deci- Mr. MCCAIN. I would ask my col- through and the American people—ob- sions on hundreds of billions of dollars, league, I identified $3.5 billion viously, the taxpayers—will pick up perhaps over $1 trillion, and we, the unrequested, unauthorized, no-hearing- the tab. on projects—$3.5 billion. Since Dr. We won’t have a chance to address other Members, because of our desire— COBURN has taken a broader view of the issue of the bonuses that have gone understandable—to leave this body and things, I wonder how many billions he to the executives of Fannie Mae and return to our homes for the holidays, would estimate totally there are of Freddie Mac that have cost the Amer- after a few hours of debate, no amend- ican citizens so many hundreds of bil- ments, no changes in the bill, not hav- these unauthorized, unrequested lions of dollars. We are going to let ing had the ability to even examine it, projects in the entire bill. Mr. COBURN. I would just respond to these people—because this won’t be ap- we will be voting. the Senator, I don’t know for sure be- propriated—we are going to let them I ask unanimous consent to engage in cause we haven’t been able to go take home annual salaries of $900,000 a colloquy with the Senator from Okla- through the whole bill, and the cre- and bonuses of $12.08 million, while homa. ativity associated with parochialism they ask the taxpayers for more bail- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. out money. Mr. Edward DeMarco says UDALL of New Mexico). Without objec- and getting reelected by helping the that is the only way you can get good tion, it is so ordered. very well-connected few in this country Mr. MCCAIN. I would just mention, I people to serve the country. is unbelievable. So it is hidden, and it I am sure the men and women in the say to my colleague from Oklahoma, takes a long time. It doesn’t take 48 military would be interested to know the issue of this cutting of the budget hours. that is what is required to serve. The of the Government Accountability Of- We got this bill at 2:00 Tuesday base pay of a four-star general is fice. It seems rather strange to me. morning. That is when we got it. And $179,000. The Chief Justice of the U.S. And I would be curious, with this cut of course nobody is around at 2:00 Tues- Supreme Court makes $223,000. But Mr. to the Government Accountability Of- day morning, are they? So we will have DeMarco feels people who are working fice, what will the effect be on our abil- 72 hours to read a 1,200-page book, and at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac deity to have this watchdog organization then we have to figure out what is in serve $900,000, and millions of dollars in give us the reports and information we it. As the Senator said, we are not bonuses. need as far as the functions of govern- going to know what is in it, not until After all, they are doing such a great ment are concerned? the next Solyndra comes, not until the job. Mr. COBURN. I thank the Senator for next person goes to jail, not until the The Alaska Native corporations is his question. next Senator goes to jail. We are not one of my favorites. We need to be es- I think the people need to know what going to know. pecially mindful of how taxpayer dol- the GAO actually does. The GAO is The fact is, what we are seeing is ir- lars are appropriated. The Army Corps, nonpartisan; they are not Democrats responsible behavior on the part of the in light of a recent Justice Department or Republicans. They are accountants, Congress with this bill, and if we don’t investigation, revealed what prosecu- and they are investigators, and they break this cycle of protecting incum- tors called one of the largest bribery are the most valuable tool we have be- bency through spending money, we are scandals in U.S. history involving cause we won’t do the oversight of call- not going to have a country left. It is Army Corps contracting officials and ing agencies up here. I think the num- not just wrong, it is immoral. It is im- the contracting director of Eyak Tech- bers are that we are going to lose 400 moral. nology, an ANC-owned company. In the investigators and auditors out of the The Senator talked about research at authorization bill, we are trying to GAO. One question to ask is, Why is it the Department of Defense. There are have all of these small business funding we are cutting the GAO more than we good reasons to do medical research at issues, no matter whether it be in an are cutting our own budget? the Department of Defense, but we ANC or others, looked at. Let me make one additional point. have the world’s premier institutes, And, of course, we won’t be able to Things are not right in our country be- the National Institutes of Health. Now, address the Solyndra issue. Private in- cause things aren’t right in the Senate. we are not increasing them signifi- vestors will collect the first $69 million This 1,200-page bill that should have cantly, but we are markedly increasing that can be recovered from the com- come out here appropriations bill by the study of MS at a military research pany, with taxpayers placed in second appropriations bill—11 or 12 appropria- facility instead of through NIH, where position by the Department of Energy. tions bills—has over $3.5 billion worth we are spending $100 million already a

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May I also point out, as with spending a few million dollars on long-term effects of doing this kind of my colleague did, that all of us as schoolbuses in Guam that have nothing legislating at this time in our history, Members of the Senate are guided to to do with our Nation’s defense. when we have the greatest difficulty some degree by seniority, which means I hope the Senator from Oklahoma and the greatest landmines ahead of us assignment and ranking in various will not give up. I certainly will not. financially—for us to do what we are committees. But we should have an But I think, frankly, the American doing here today to please a very small equal opportunity to represent our con- people deserve a lot better than they group of Congressmen and Senators stituents and our priorities and our are getting out of this process. If they who happen to make up the Appropria- views and our goals. are cynical and if they are angry and if tion Committee and to address their This document was signed by 37 they are frustrated, they have every election concerns and their knowing Members of the House and 17 Members reason to be so. better than the authorization commit- of the Senate, so really this system I yield the floor. tees—it won’t surprise the Senator hands the important decisions that all Mr. President, I suggest the absence that in this bill, this conglomeration of 535 Members of the House and Senate of a quorum. what I will call an omni-terrible, is are responsible for over to 37 in the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. over $400 billion in spending that is un- House and 17 in the Senate. Neither the The legislative clerk proceeded to authorized, that has never been author- Senator from Oklahoma nor I had a single time to discuss with our col- call the roll. ized or the authorizations have expired Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask leagues all that is in this bill. Not a long ago and the authorizing commit- unanimous consent the order for the single time did we have a chance to tees don’t reauthorize it for a reason, quorum call be rescinded. and yet we keep spending the money. say: Wait a minute, let’s not put in The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without So I think it is amazing that we have that cultural repository for Guam. Not objection, it is so ordered. as high as a 9-percent approval rating. a single time did we have a chance to f And I am saddened not just for us, I am say: Hey, this Combat Dragon II is not saddened for the future of America really something we need to fund. You ENERGY POLICY that we would now, right before Christ- know, the Civil Air Patrol is really a Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I guess I mas—because we are running on a great outfit, but we don’t think we am one of several Senators who doesn’t deadline to go home we are going to need to add $7 million in these difficult know for sure what is going to happen pass a bill that is essentially irrespon- times. We think helicopters needed to tonight or tomorrow. I do know that sible, inept, and loaded with political be upgraded, but why should we add $25 we have one very contentious issue in favors instead of doing the best right million to helicopter upgrades when the pipeline. Several people have been thing for this country. the military says we don’t need $25 talking about this. I would like to give, The GAO, in late February, early million for helicopter upgrades? This is perhaps, a different, maybe a historic March, put out a report on duplication what is wrong with this system. perspective on this issue as we are in the Federal Government. Most of my Mr. COBURN. If I could respond, that looking at it. colleagues applauded it. It was a great $25 million is going to go to one com- I think with all the talk and all the deal of work that they spent a lot of pany—we don’t know where yet—that demagoging people want us to be inde- time on. The second and third compo- is well-connected and well-heeled to ei- pendent from the Middle East when nent of that, of the Federal Govern- ther a Member of the House or the Sen- producing our energy in fact we have ment, is coming out this February, and ate. Mark my words, that is where it is the recoverable resources in the United in it were hundreds of billions of dol- going. Somebody—one individual busi- States to be totally independent—for lars of duplicative programs. Not in ness, one individual constituent—is the North American Continent to be one place in this bill that we have been going to benefit from that at the ex- totally independent in providing its able to find so far has any of what the pense of our children and our future. own energy. We are the only country in GAO said should be eliminated, should Mr. MCCAIN. So the system now has the world that does not exploit its own be discontinued—none of it has hap- deteriorated to the point where these resources. We have more recoverable pened. decisions are made—by the way, I reserves in oil, gas, and coal than any What is the consequence of spending would like to correct the record. There other country in the world. Yet it is a $200 billion of borrowed money—money are 37 total Members in the House and political problem because there are we don’t have—on things the GAO says Senate, so 37 out of 535 who would be people who do not want to exploit our we don’t need? What is the consequence making these decisions. own resources. They do not want to go of that? The consequence of that is im- So we really are in a kind of situa- offshore. They do not want to go there. poverishment of our children. It is the tion where we come down and all we Eighty-four percent of our onshore theft of opportunity from our children. can do is complain about it. That public land is off-limits, so we cannot That is what it is. So I don’t say the seems to me a deprivation of all of us drill there. It is very disturbing when word ‘‘corruption’’ lightly. When you who are not in that group of 37 of the we see the real reason. We have an ad- are stealing opportunity and you are ability to make our input into the fu- ministration that doesn’t want us to impoverishing those who follow, that is ture of this country. I do not think the exploit our own resources. We have a corrupt. It is also immoral. American people are going to stand for Secretary of Energy who said we are We won’t be able to defeat this bill. it too much longer. I really don’t. going to have to get the price of gaso- We won’t be able to amend this bill. We I say to my colleague, I think a cou- line in the pumps comparable to Eu- won’t be able to offer amendments to ple of things are going to happen. I rope, $8 a gallon, before people realize what the GAO said is absolute stu- think in the next election—I say this we have to go in another direction pidity because of the way we are bring- to all my colleagues. I think in the other than fossil fuels. We have an As- ing this up and the fact that we didn’t next election no incumbent is safe. But sistant Secretary of Energy who said bring these bills through here. And the I also say, one way or another there is we have to wean ourselves off fossil bills they did bring through, they lim- going to be a third party in the polit- fuels. ited the amendments on anyway. So ical arena of the United States. We All this green energy stuff is fine, the voice of the average American cannot keep doing these things, Repub- and someday when the technology is doesn’t get heard in the Senate under lican and Democrat, without sooner or there we will be able to do something the way it is operating right now. Good later a response by the very well-in- with it. But it is not there. In the ideas that actually will improve our formed electorate—thanks to devices meantime, we have to run this machine country and save us money don’t ever like this. called America.

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Oklahoma alone, it is expected, if gether and changed the routing of it so tion, in order to hide this agenda of not they would open the Keystone Pipeline, it goes to an area where there is no op- wanting to provide our own energy, would have some 14,000 new jobs. That position, and there is still no pipeline. was to do away with hydraulic frac- is just in my State, in Oklahoma alone. I think even if we were to have to turing. A lot of people don’t know what The construction of the pipeline is stay here—and I am the last one who that is. expected to add about $1.2 billion in wants to stay here for any length of Hydraulic fracturing is a technique new spending in my State of Okla- time—a key issue right now is getting started in my State of Oklahoma in homa. We have heard Senators from that open again. 1948. There has never been a case of Nebraska and North Dakota and South I will yield the floor. groundwater contamination in over 1 Dakota talk about how it would affect The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- million of these applications since 1948. their States. Just in my State alone, ator from Georgia. Yet the President made a speech about once operational, it is projected that it Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, I ask 6 months ago saying we need to use would add more than $667 million in unanimous consent that immediately this good, clean natural gas, and it is property taxes. following my remarks, the Senator plentiful, cheap, and we have a lot of Cushing, OK is a very important part from Ohio, Mr. BROWN, be recognized. it, we should use it—but we have to do of this. It is mind-boggling. When I go The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without something about hydraulic fracturing. back to Oklahoma—I hope we go back objection, it is so ordered. The reality is we cannot get into any sometime tomorrow—and people ask f of these tight formations for oil or gas the question of why is it, since we want MORTGAGE FINANCING without using hydraulic fracturing. It cheap oil and gas right from the North is a perfectly safe process. They are American Continent—why would they Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, this trying to kill fossil fuels by stopping stop a pipeline to carry it? morning it was announced that the it. They do it because politically they former officers of Freddie Mac and Just last week the EPA said, like an do not want that to happen. I believe it Fannie Mae are going to be prosecuted, endangerment finding, that we have is important to look at the other as- or cases have been filed, for their mis- now said in the State of Wyoming, in pects. Jim Jones—a lot of us knew him representation of the liabilities that this very shallow well up there, only when he was a four-star general who both of those institutions posed to the 600 feet, that somehow there is some served with a lot of dignity. He was American Congress and American tax- contamination, and it was due to hy- very successful. He became the Na- payers. draulic fracturing. It is not. Hydraulic tional Security Adviser to President Last year when we passed the Dodd- fracturing is done 1 mile, 2 miles down Obama. Frank amendment on mortgages and deep. That is one of the efforts. He said: on risk retention, we exempted Freddie The second issue we are addressing In a tightly contested global economy, Mac and Fannie Mae from the liability tonight—and this is significant. It is where securing energy resources is a na- that every other company in the coun- almost as if, with all the majority they tional must, we should be able to act with try had to go through. We find our- have supporting the President with the speed and agility. And any threat to this selves today in a place where Freddie 2012 elections coming up, I am in shock project, by delay or otherwise, would con- Mac and Fannie Mae have cost the a lot of my colleagues on the left side, stitute a significant setback. American taxpayer at least $171 billion. on the Democratic side, are following He ties this in to national security. That number is rising because of the President Obama off this plank and He further said the failure to move for- exemption from Dodd-Frank; Freddie going along with these efforts to kill ward with the project will prolong the and Fannie, other than FHA, are the fossil fuels. The most recent one is the risk to our economy and our energy se- only act in town. one we are talking about tonight, and curity and send the wrong message to A week ago I introduced a piece of that is the pipeline. job creators. legislation to deal with this issue. It is On November 10 the Obama adminis- One of the opponents of the pipeline a piece of legislation that will termi- tration State Department announced it thinks that stopping the construction nate Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and would delay the Keystone XL Pipeline would prevent Canada from developing create a bridge, or a transition, from decision until after the 2012 elections. its tar sands. We have the far left envi- where we are to a privatized mortgage This delay came shortly after the head ronmentalists who think somehow securitization and guarantee program. of the Sierra Club, the executive direc- they can stop this activity in Canada I want to briefly address how that tor, Michael Brune, tied their political when we know what will happen if we takes place because in the end it will support for President Obama’s reelec- continue to stop the transportation pay back the American taxpayer. It tion to the Keystone decision—and through the pipeline all the way from will put Freddie and Fannie out of they went along with it. That is what Alberta down into Texas. business, and we will have a robust we are facing right now. It is some- According to Austan Goolsbee, a mortgage market available to the thing that is very punitive to our former Obama chairman of the White American people as the housing mar- whole country, not just in terms of the House Council of Economic Advisers— ket begins to recover in this country. fact that we cannot use our good, keep in mind he is on their side. He First of all, the legislation creates a cheap energy we develop right here but said: new entity called the Mortgage Fi- the number of jobs. It’s a bit naive to think the tar sands nance Agency. It is an agency with di- The Keystone XL Pipeline is esti- would not be developed if they don’t build rectors that are appointed by the mated to add more than 250,000 perma- that pipeline. President with advice-and-consent ap- nent jobs for U.S. workers and add He went on to say: proval by the Senate. Its directors are more than $100 billion in annual total Eventually, it’s going to be built. It may members of the government that deal expenditures to the U.S. total econ- go to the Pacific, it may go through Ne- with financial institutions and finan- omy. During the construction phase braska, but it’s going to be built somewhere. cial regulations. It will have advisory alone, it would generate more than $585 They go ahead and talk about the groups for people affiliated with hous- million in State and local taxes. fact that they have already approved a ing, and it will be established with the I am particularly interested in this. way of getting it to the west coast of following goals: Within a year it will be As to my State of Oklahoma, I did not Canada and shipped to China. So this is up and running so it can be a guarantor bring it with me, but there is a map something where there is no justifica- of quality residential mortgages—and I that shows where this pipeline would tion for stopping it other than the po- underline QRM, quality residential go in order to get to the tight forma- litical justification. Other than the ad- mortgages.

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People made a lot of money, idential mortgages, an entity that in sounding number, voted to preserve but America lost and today our econ- the beginning can secure those and can collective bargaining and what it omy suffers because of it. guarantee those and can, at the end of meant to public employees and what it The new mortgage finance agency 10 years, have an institution that can meant to our way of life for those who would be able to guarantee and wrap be privatized. are not public employees, and that is high-quality residential mortgages. In Here is the real kicker. Upon privat- at the State level. those wraps and in those guarantees ization, the money that is made by the At the Federal level we must con- they would receive a fee which would government on the sale of the entity tinue to fight to ensure these brave go into a catastrophic fund to back up goes to pay back the taxpayer for the public servants have the resources nec- the risk on those mortgages. $171 billion or more they lost, and any essary to safely perform their jobs. In addition to that, the QRM require- excess money, which more than likely That is because so many give the ulti- ments would make it essential that no there would be, goes to reduce the na- mate sacrifice. In the last 10 years, 47 loan was made 95 percent loan-to- tional debt. law enforcement officials representing value. Any loan above 70 percent would So I hope everyone in this body will 35 Ohio agencies were killed while on have private mortgage insurance on look at the Mortgage Finance Agency duty. Forty-seven law enforcement of- the amount up to 95 percent, and with- proposal I introduced last week. When ficials were killed while on duty just in in 36 months the agency would be re- we come back next year, instead of a decade. quired to have supplemental insurance griping about the problems we have According to the FBI, 48 law enforce- coverage to take the risk down to 50 had, let’s start looking to the solutions ment officials across the country were cents on the dollar. that will take us back to the America feloniously killed in the line of duty in It would be required by the fifth year we love economically and the housing 2009. More than 57,000 law enforcement to have a game plan established and a market that is absolutely critical to officials were assaulted while per- plan of liquidating the asset and our country. forming their duties. privatizing the guarantee to the pri- I yield the floor. This past May during National Police vate sector. That is a very important The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Week, I attended a Greater Cleveland process because it is the bridge to the ator from Ohio. Police Officer Memorial service in Hun- end of Freddie and Fannie and the tax- f tington Park in Cleveland. During the payer guaranteeing of residential service, I met Sara Winfield of mortgages. We would have a situation FIRST RESPONDERS Marysville, OH. Sara’s husband Brad- with a downpayment of 5 percent, pri- Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. President, ley Winfield was a deputy in the Mar- vate mortgage insurance of 25 percent, we ask a great deal from our first re- ion County Sheriff’s Department, a and supplemental insurance of 20 per- sponders, from firefighters, and from north central community, when he was cent, and the risk to the government police officers to keep our neighbor- shot and killed while on duty. In her would be 50 cents on the dollar. hoods safe from violence and drugs. We grief, this widow, with two young sons In the great recession values fell 31 ask them to put their lives on the line, to care for, has become an advocate en- percent. In this recession they have to save people from burning buildings, suring that those who protect us are fallen 33 percent. So the government’s to track down armed criminals. We ask protected themselves. That is why I co- coverage would be 17 percent in addi- and they give each day and each night. sponsored legislation introduced by tion to the liability that exists today. That is why we cannot just honor them Maryland Democrat BEN CARDIN that It is a very good place to have the gov- through parades, memorials, speeches would create a national blue alert sys- ernment and to build an entity that on the Senate floor, showing up at var- tem aimed at apprehending criminals brings us back to a mortgage market ious kinds of festivals, but we honor who injure or kill law enforcement offi- in the United States of America that is them by the priorities we set in our cials. viable and that works. Federal Government, in State legisla- Modeled after the Amber Alert Sys- I don’t like Freddie Mac and Fannie tures in Santa Fe and Columbus and tem used to find missing children, the Mae, and I don’t like what happened, Atlanta, in city halls, and in county blue alert system would disseminate but it has happened. I know everybody courthouses. critical information about suspected wants to terminate them, and I do too. Earlier this year, Ohioans over- criminals to other law enforcement But we have a difficult housing market whelmingly rejected issue 2, which agencies, the public, and the media. in America that will only come back would have curtailed the ability of first When someone has gunned down a po- when this robust capital is flowing into responders, firefighters, and police offi- lice officer, police departments all over the mortgage markets, and that will cers not just to organize and bargain the region, the State, and the country only take place when we get ourselves collectively for their wages and their need to know about it. Blue alerts out of the current dilemma and on a benefits but, much more broadly than would be broadcast to local media and path toward privatization. that, to have them sit down and nego- on messaging signs. It would include a The American private sector is a tre- tiate with their employers, with cities, detailed description of the suspect, the mendous entity. It has proven in many with counties, with the State, and with vehicle, and other identifying informa- ways they can find a solution to most taxpayers for safety equipment and tion. It would encourage State and all problems we have, but we have to adequate staffing. local governments to develop addi- create a bridge to that privatization. This was a victory for them. The de- tional protocols to help apprehend sus- We have to create an entity that feat of issue 2 was a victory for hard- pects. works, an entity that is self-sus- working men and women in Ohio. It Eleven States already have such a taining, and change some of the prin- was the only time in American history system, but if it is only on the State ciples of lending back to the way it when the issue of collective bargaining level and the perpetrator who killed used to be in this country so that when was on a State ballot for a statewide the police officer escapes to another people borrow money on their houses, vote, and voters voted more than State that doesn’t have it, it doesn’t they really have a job, and it is three-fifths—61 percent to 39 percent— work so well. That is why Senator verified, and their credit score indi- to preserve collective bargain rates. CARDIN’s national blue alert bill is so cates they can make the payments Again, collective bargaining not just important. they are going to be required to make; for themselves in terms of wages and Ohio doesn’t have this. I am encour- that their credit history is a good his- benefits but collective bargaining for aged that the Ohio Senate recently tory, and the house appraises and the police officers’ safety vests; for fire- passed a version of this law. Again, it underwriting is sound. Most impor- fighters to have the right kind of safe- needs to be national so that it goes

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Mr. Presi- ber of things to cut back on the rights protect law enforcement. It would be dent, at the late hour, as the Senate of voters. In the first place, the League made possible with existing commu- continues to try to do its work, there is of Women Voters, which has been reg- nity-oriented policing services such as, word that maybe—as the Good Book istering voters for years, has stopped the COPS Program funded by the De- says: ‘‘Come, let us reason together’’— its registration of voters because of the partment of Justice. maybe there is some movement in new law. Why? Because the old law on I remember 15, 18 years ago when the bringing about some consensus-build- the books for decades said that once an COPS Program began with President ing so the people’s work can be done organization such as the League of Clinton and the Congress in the 1990s. and these issues that have kept us Women Voters registered the new vot- It made such a difference in helping apart for so long can finally be reers, they had 10 days to turn that in to local communities, small towns, big solved. Maybe they will be resolved the respective supervisors of elections cities, rural areas, suburbs, to be able only on a temporary basis. But at least in the 67 counties. The new elections to staff up in a better way with com- we would be in a situation where we law amended that to 48 hours, and they munity police officers. did not allow the tax cuts for Social attached to that the possibility of a It is these types of Federal invest- Security payments that would be fine that could go up to $1,000 per per- ments that are so critical for commu- such—if those tax cuts did not con- son on the person doing the registra- nities facing significant budget short- tinue, there would be an immediate tion if they did not turn in the names falls. Too many communities are amount more that people will have to in 48 hours. Of course, we had the two forced to make cutbacks in essential pay out of their pocket. Maybe those cases of two civics teachers in two dif- services reducing staff size and scaling will continue. It is certainly the right ferent parts of the State who, being back investments on safety equipment. thing to do. good teachers, in their government These choices are difficult, and they It is also the right thing to do to class were registering their students to are made with great reluctance. That keep unemployment compensation vote and did not meet the 48-hour dead- is why Federal grants such as the staff- going in a time of a recession, when so line and the State of Florida is looking ing for adequate fire and emergency re- many people are out of work, and they at the possibility of fining these teach- sponse, so-called SAFER grants, or the do not have the opportunity to get ers. That is the height of hypocrisy. assistance for the firefighters grant are work or only get what they can piece That is the height of an assault on the critical to help communities hire more together, which is not enough to sus- right of people to vote by impeding firefighters as well as recruit and retain their families. That is the right their ability to register to vote. tain first responders. The omnibus bill thing to do. Certainly passing the fund- The intended result is there. The we are considering now will provide ing bills to keep the government going League of Women Voters is just one or- much needed investments that will past midnight tonight is clearly the ganization. There are many. But it help communities do that. right thing to do, instead of extraneous shows what has happened; that all the While I fight for stronger invest- issues holding us up, to having us all registrations that would occur of peo- ments, it is clear every little bit helps. wound around the axle where we can’t ple being encouraged to participate in Earlier this week the Chillicothe Fire even fund the Government of the the political system is not being done Department received a funded grant United States. So maybe some reason- and will not be done until this issue is through the AFG Program. It follows able minds are coming together to settled in the courts, and that is prob- the SAFER grant that not only helped start working out these issues. I cer- ably going to be late summer. So for hire personnel, it saves lives. Fire tainly hope so. the period of over 1 year, since the Chief Steve Gallacher, whom I have In the meantime, what I wish to passing of this new law in Florida, vot- spoken with prior to this, was off duty speak about is something that is even ers will not be registered by organiza- when he experienced a pulmonary em- more pernicious and that is making it tions such as the League of Women bolism, a blood clot to the lung. With- harder for our people to express their Voters. That is a sad commentary, but out a grant that kept his neighborhood constitutional right of casting a vote. in fact that is what has happened. That firehouse open or without the medic We have seen a pattern in 14 States, en- who was hired because of the AFG is what has happened in the State of acting new election laws that basically grant, Chief Gallagher says he would Florida. are a suppression of voter rights. One But that is not all. Let me tell my have died. These Federal investments literally of those States that is glaringly, dubi- colleagues what else the law does. My helped to save Chief Gallacher’s life. ously at the top of the list as being the colleagues remember how college stu- According to him, 40 percent of deaths most severe in cutting back on people’s dents got so active for the first time in among firefighters occur due to cardiac ability to vote and to know the vote a Presidential election. When the Pre- arrest. He wrote to me: they have cast is going to be counted siding Officer and I were coming up in When I helped write the grant application, as they intended it—and, in the first college, we were taught that public I knew that it would save lives. But I never place, making it so they can register to service was one of the highest callings imagined that one of those lives would be my vote—that very fundamental constitu- a person could have. We were also own. tional right for Americans is being taught that to be a participant in our With reduced tax revenues, with the threatened through these laws in the democracy was a civic responsibility. increased need of vital public services States, including my State, of sup- But over the intervening years, after such as fire and police, it is critical we pressing the right to vote. the Vietnam war, after a number of help our communities carry out the If we look at the similarities of the other circumstances, young people got most basic and lifesaving duties. We laws in the 14 States, we will see an ob- turned off to politics and government. can keep first responders and fire- vious pattern. But in my State of Flor- Then we saw them in this past Presi- fighters and officials on the job. ida, we see the most severe assault on dential election becoming energized We can establish an alert system to the rights of voters of all the 14 States. once again. They went down in the cit- warn us when criminals seek to harm The present issue is joined in a court in ies where they went to school and they law enforcement officials. These are bi- the District of Columbia, a suit iron- registered in great numbers. Then, on partisan actions that can help commu- ically brought by the State of Florida election day, they turned out in great nities across Ohio and throughout the against the Department of Justice over numbers. Do my colleagues know what Nation. the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and its the State of Florida did in passing the

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Instead of the Sunday before the ments to reflect the final amounts con- to the voting registration in the col- Tuesday election, the last day of the tained in the two pieces of legislation. lege town, if that driver’s license, eighth day will be the Saturday before When compared to my previous adjust- which likely shows their parents’ ad- the Tuesday election. ments, the combined effect of H.R. 2055 dress, if it is in a different county, they On the basis of the experience of the and H.R. 3672 is to increase budget au- will not give them a ballot. They will last decade, guess who voted in record thority by $2.302 billion and lower out- give them a provisional ballot. As a re- numbers on the Sunday before the lays by $0.286 billion in 2012. sult, we saw in the last Presidential Tuesday election after church. Certain election in Florida half the provisional minority groups, in record numbers. With these revisions, I have now ballots cast were not counted. Therefore, it is again an attempt at made adjustments to budget authority This is a blatant attempt to cut out suppressing that particular vote. in 2012 pursuant to the Budget Control a certain element or to make it more Why cannot we use walking-around Act of $137.48 billion. That total breaks difficult, all under the guise that they common sense that would say we want down as follows: $126.544 billion for are trying to weed out fraud. We to help people, to facilitate people, to overseas contingency operations, haven’t had a lot of voter fraud in our make it easier for them to cast their $10.453 billion for disaster relief, and State of Florida, and I daresay we vote, make it easier for them to reg- $0.483 billion for program integrity ini- would find the same in the other 13 ister to vote; and then, once they have tiatives. States that enacted these very repres- cast that vote, to do it in a manner I ask unanimous consent that the fol- where they know exactly what they are sive laws. lowing tables detailing the changes to doing, lessen the amount of mistakes, But that is not all. The law goes on the allocation to the Committee on Ap- and have the security of mind of know- further to restrict voters’ rights by propriations and the budgetary aggre- cutting back on the number of days of ing that the vote was going to be gates be printed in the RECORD. early voting. Why did we have early counted as they intended it? Yet we see voting? In our State, we went through laws have been passed in a number of There being no objection, the mate- the trauma of the Presidential election States to the contrary. rial was ordered to be printed in the of 2000, when there was so much confu- It is my hope—it is the hope of a lot RECORD, as follows: sion about whether the ballot was in- of people across this country, who care tended to be this way, and people were about one of the most fundamental BUDGETARY AGGREGATES rights of being a citizen of the United (Pursuant to section 106(b)(1)(C) of the Budget Control Act of 2011 and confused with the way the ballot was section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) constructed. It went on and on and on. States of America: the right to vote; a We know the high drama that ended in right, a constitutional right that casts $s in millions 2011 2012 us in contrast to a lot of other coun- the Supreme Court of Bush v. Gore. Be- Current Spending Aggregates: cause of that trauma, many State leg- tries on the face of planet Earth—it is Budget Authority ...... 3,070,885 2,983,398 my hope, as the court deliberates and Outlays ...... 3,161,974 3,047,189 islatures decided to try to make it Adjustments: easier to vote. One way to vote so there renders its judgment, the Constitution Budget Authority ...... 0 2,302 of the United States will be upheld. Outlays ...... 0 ¥286 was less confusion was to allow what Revised Spending Aggregates: other States have done, which is to let Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I pre- Budget Authority ...... 3,070,885 2,985,700 part of the voting occur before election viously filed committee allocations Outlays ...... 3,161,974 3,046,903 day—early voting. Then a person can and budgetary aggregates pursuant to take their time going in. People don’t section 106 of the Budget Control Act FURTHER REVISIONS TO THE BUDGET AUTHORITY AND have to be confined to voting within a of 2011. Today, I am further adjusting OUTLAY ALLOCATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPRO- 12-hour period from 7 o’clock in the some of those levels, specifically the PRIATIONS morning until 7 o’clock at night, with allocation to the Committee on Appro- (Pursuant to section 106 of the Budget Control Act of 2011 and section 302 the long lines and perhaps inclement priations for fiscal year 2012 and the of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) budgetary aggregates for fiscal year weather, with a pouring down rain- Current Al- Revised Al- storm or snowstorm, to inhibit people’s 2012. $s in millions location/ Adjustment location/ ability to exercise their right to vote. Section 101 of the Budget Control Act Limit Limit So legislatures across this country allows for various adjustments to the Fiscal Year 2011: started enacting early voting. In Flor- statutory limits on discretionary General Purpose Discre- tionary Budget Author- ida, that early voting period was 2 spending, while section 106(d) allows ity ...... 1,211,141 0 1,211,141 weeks. The 2 weeks went all the way up the Chairman of the Budget Committee General Purpose Discre- tionary Outlays ...... 1,391,055 0 1,391,055 through the Sunday before the Tuesday to make revisions to allocations, ag- Fiscal Year 2012: election. Lo and behold, in the last gregates, and levels consistent with Security Discretionary Budget Authority ...... 814,744 2,200 816,944 Presidential election, because of early those adjustments. The Senate will Nonsecurity Discretionary voting, 40 percent of the electorate of soon be considering the conference re- Budget Authority ...... 363,434 102 363,536 General Purpose Discre- Florida voted before election day. port to accompany H.R. 2055, the Con- tionary Outlays ...... 1,327,925 ¥286 1,327,639 You certainly know the supervisors solidated Appropriations Act, 2012, as Memorandum: Cumulative Ad- justments, Fiscal Year 2012: of election liked that because then on well as H.R. 3672, the Disaster Relief Security Discretionary the election day, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Appropriations Act, 2012. I previously Budget Authority ...... n/a 132,944 n/a Nonsecurity Discretionary there was 60 percent of the vote—not made adjustments pursuant to the Budget Authority ...... n/a 4,536 n/a 100 percent of the vote—and, therefore, Budget Control Act to the allocation to General Purpose Discre- it was much more manageable, even the Committee on Appropriations and tionary Outlays ...... n/a 65,639 n/a DETAIL ON ADJUSTMENTS TO FISCAL YEAR 2012 ALLOCATIONS TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (Pursuant to Section 106 of the Budget Control Act of 2011)

Overseas Con- $s in billions Program Integ- Disaster Relief Emergency tingency Oper- Total rity ations

Combined adjustments for H.R. 2055 and H.R. 3672: Budget Authority ...... ¥0.410 2.712 0.000 0.000 2.302 Outlays ...... ¥0.359 0.213 0.007 ¥0.147 ¥0.286 Memorandum 1: Breakdown of Above Adjustments by Category: Security Budget Authority ...... 0.000 2.200 0.000 0.000 2.2000 Nonsecurity Budget Authority ...... ¥0.410 0.512 0.000 0.000 0.102

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Overseas Con- $s in billions Program Integ- Disaster Relief Emergency tingency Oper- Total rity ations

General Purpose Outlays ...... ¥0.359 0.213 0.007 ¥0.147 ¥0.286 Memorandum 2: Cumulative Adjustments (Includes Previously Filed Adjustments): Budget Authority ...... 0.483 10.453 0.000 126.544 137.480 Outlays ...... 0.415 1.803 0.000 63.421 65.639

RECESS SUBJECT TO THE CALL OF the Honorable Wilson ‘‘Bill’’ Livingood, tion, balancing security needs while THE CHAIR who served with distinction for 17 maintaining open access to the ‘‘Peo- Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. Presi- years as the House of Representatives ple’s House.’’ dent, I ask unanimous consent that the Sergeant at Arms, protecting and serv- Mr. President, I congratulate Mr. Senate recess subject to the call of the ing Members, staff and visitors to the Livingood on his well-earned retire- Chair. Capitol complex. ment. There being no objection, the Senate, Mr. Livingood, the House Chief Law f Enforcement Officer, served with great at 6:18 p.m., recessed subject to the call VOTE EXPLANATION of the Chair and reassembled at 8:14 merit in his capacity as Sergeant at p.m. when called to order by the Pre- Arms and as a member and biennial Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, I wish to siding Officer (Mr. CASEY). Chairman of the United States Capitol explain my absence from rollcall votes Police Board, shepherding monumental 230 and 231 on Thursday, December 15, f security enhancements post September 2011. MAKING FURTHER CONTINUING 11, 2001. I was unable to vote yesterday be- APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL Mr. Livingood was sworn in on Janu- cause I was back in Atchison, KS, pay- YEAR 2012 ary 4, 1995, for the 104th Congress, making my respects to slain police sergeant Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- ing him the third longest-serving David Enzbrenner. Officer Enzbrenner imous consent that the Senate proceed House Sergeant at Arms in United was a veteran of the Atchison Police to the consideration of H.J. Res. 94, States history. Prior to 1995, Mr. Department but, more important, he which is a 24-hour continuing resolu- Livingood was the Senior Advisor to was a loving dad and a caring husband. tion, which was just received from the the Director of the U.S. Secret Service, Although I returned to Washington House and is at the desk. from 1989 to 1995, serving for 33 years as today to continue the important work The PRESIDING OFFICER. The a special agent with the Secret Serv- being done in the Senate, my thoughts clerk will report the joint resolution ice. and prayers continue to be with Officer by title. Born on October 1, 1936, in Philadel- Enzbrenner’s family and the Atchison The legislative clerk read as follows: phia, Mr. Livingood received a Bach- community. elor of Science degree in Police Admin- A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 94) making f further continuing appropriations for fiscal istration from Michigan State Univer- year 2012, and for other purposes. sity. His public service began at an WELCOMING HOME U.S. TROOPS There being no objection, the Senate early age, as he served as Michigan Mr. AKAKA. Mr. President, I rise to proceeded to consider the joint resolu- State University’s student body presi- welcome home 53 of the men and tion. dent in 1959. A veteran of the U.S. women of the Headquarters Element of Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- Navy, he was appointed as a Special the storied 25th Infantry Division, also imous consent that the joint resolution Agent at the Secret Service’s Dallas known as Tropic Lightning, who will be read three times and passed, the mo- Field Office in 1961 and held super- be returning to Schofield Barracks in tion to reconsider be laid upon the visory assignments at headquarters Hawaii from their deployment to Iraq table, there be no intervening action or and on several protective divisions to this Sunday, in time to join their loved debate, and any statements related to include the Presidential Protective Di- ones for the holidays. I would like to this matter be printed in the RECORD. vision. recognize the entire 25th Infantry Divi- In 1969, Mr. Livingood was promoted The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without sion for their service in Iraq and Af- to Assistant to the Special Agent in objection, it is so ordered. ghanistan over the past decade. I would Charge of the Presidential Protection The joint resolution (H.J. Res. 94) also like to pay my respects and give Division. Five years later, he was pro- was ordered to a third reading, was my deepest condolences to the families moted to Assistant Special Agent in read the third time, and passed. of the 236 members of the 25th Infantry Mr. REID. Mr. President, I suggest Charge of the Office of Protective Forces. Mr. Livingood was named Spe- Division who made the ultimate sac- the absence of a quorum. rifice while serving in Iraq and Afghan- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cial Agent in Charge of the Houston istan, defending the American values clerk will call the roll. Field Office in 1982 until his appoint- The legislative clerk proceeded to ment as Deputy Assistant Director, Of- and freedoms we enjoy. call the roll. fice of Training in 1986. From 1988 to Although I cannot be there in person, Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- 1995, he served as the Senior Advisor to I send my warmest aloha and heartfelt imous consent that the order for the three Directors. gratitude to these soldiers and their quorum call be rescinded. Mr. President, Mr. Livingood is families for their many sacrifices and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without known best around the world for his in- dutiful service to our country. objection, it is so ordered. troduction of the President of the Since its activation on October 1, MORNING BUSINESS United States at the State of the Union 1941, the 25th Infantry Division has Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- address, and he is the 36th person to played a significant role in every major imous consent that the Senate proceed hold the Sergeant at Arms office since conflict we have had. In that tradition to a period of morning business, with the House of Representatives first met of outstanding service, the 6 major ele- Senators permitted to speak therein in New York City in 1789. ments of the 25th Infantry Division— for up to 10 minutes each. Mr. Livingood served during critical, the division headquarters, the 4 brigade The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without historical and tragic events that in- combat teams, and the combat avia- objection, it is so ordered. clude the fatal shootings of two United tion brigade—have made a total of 19 f States Capitol Police officers, the ter- combat deployments since 2004. Thir- rorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and teen of these deployments were to Iraq TRIBUTE TO WILSON ‘‘BILL’’ the anthrax attacks the following and another six were to Afghanistan. In LIVINGOOD month in 2001. addition, three separate Tropic Light- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise to Mr. President, during his tenure, Mr. ning battalion-sized aviation task recognize the extraordinary work of Livingood has served with great resolu- forces have deployed to Iraq.

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Some of these record of National Guard service, the 25th Infantry Division represents same voices had no problem with which began in 1638 when the first colo- the last U.S. military division to leave spending hundreds of billions of bor- nial defensive force was established in Iraq as part of the complete with- rowed dollars on wars waged overseas, Portsmouth, RI. The militia, which drawal of American combat forces fol- on rebuilding communities in Iraq and was known as the Traine Band, was lowing the successful Iraqi campaign. Afghanistan, and on giving tax breaks formed to provide protection and secu- I am pleased that the war in Iraq has to the wealthiest among us. But now rity for the people. The group eventu- finally come to an end, and I urge my they insist on a different standard, dif- ally evolved into the Rhode Island Na- colleagues to remember that the full ferent rules, for emergency recovery ef- tional Guard. cost of war includes the extended care forts desperately needed by Americans It was the Rhode Island militia that of the soldiers, sailors, airmen, and ma- here at home. That is just wrong. first engaged in offensive action rines who serve so bravely. These men We need to come together as a coun- against England during the lead up to and women have risked their lives to try, as we always have in the past, to the Revolutionary War. On July 19, protect this country in its time of pass an emergency disaster bill that is 1769, members of the Rhode Island mili- need, and we must honor our Nation’s adequate to the devastation faced by tia sunk the British schooner HMS Lib- commitment to them afterwards. I Vermonters and millions of other erty in Newport. A few years later, on would like to again thank these sol- Americans. We are bound together as the night of June 10, 1772, Rhode Island diers for their service, and may God one nation, the United States. Ameri- volunteers organized under Captain bless them and their families in Hono- cans help each other in time of need. Abraham Whipple, seized and burned lulu. I know there are bipartisan majori- the HMS Gaspee in Narragansett Bay. f ties for passing a straightforward dis- Then, on April 22, 1775, in response to OFFSETTING DISASTER FUNDING aster relief package as we have for shots fired at Lexington, MA, the every other disaster in the past, but Rhode Island General Assembly mobi- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, Vermont political point-scoring and my-way-or- lized a 1,500-man ‘‘Army of Observa- and other the other States still reeling no-way factionalism stand in the way. tion’’ to serve under the command of in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene BG Nathaniel Greene. This force was have a huge stake in the misguided off- That is unconscionable. Vermonters and countless others who sent to Boston to support the Conti- set resolution sent to us by the House are trying to get back on their feet nental Army in its fight for American of Representatives. In fact, all Ameri- after Irene and other calamities across independence. By the end of the Revo- cans have a stake in this. On the heels of unprecedented flood- our Nation do not have the luxury of lutionary War, more than 22 Rhode Is- ing this spring, the State of Vermont time to waste on the temper tantrums land militia units had contributed to bore the full brunt of Irene in August. of ideological factions in Congress. It is our country’s glorious cause. Our small State is stretched to the winter now; a harsh season in our part During the Civil War, more than limit right now. Our people need the of the country. Some parts of Vermont 23,000 Rhode Island militiamen de- helping hand of Federal disaster recov- already have seen over a foot of snow ployed in support of Union forces, and ery programs just as Vermonters, dec- and more is on the way. 16 soldiers received Medals of Honor. ade after decade, have always sup- Statesmanship should never be out of During the First World War, more than ported this safety net when other season least of all, when our fellow 3,800 members of the Rhode Island Na- States have needed it. Americans’ livelihoods are at stake. tional Guard served in combat as part These programs were already running In the spirit of the holiday season, I of the 26th ‘‘Yankee’’ Division. Fur- on fumes before Irene and now the need continue to hope that reason and good- thermore, over 3,000 Rhode Island Na- is even greater in this tough year in will will prevail in the Senate on this tional Guard members were deployed which 48 States have had Federal disas- ridiculous call to offset disaster relief, to both the European and Pacific thea- ters declared within their borders. and on so many other issues before us ters to support operations in the Sec- The Senate promptly started the ef- that are critical to the American peo- ond World War. Rhode Island National fort to replenish the depleted disaster ple. Guard units also supported operations funds with a strong and responsible f during the Korean and Vietnam wars, stand-alone bill in September. Our leg- as well as Operation Desert Shield and 375TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE islation is within the bounds of the Operation Desert Storm. NATIONAL GUARD budget agreement reached this sum- The Rhode Island National Guard has mer, and after overcoming a partisan Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Today I rise to been particularly active meeting the filibuster, we got that bill through the commemorate the 375th anniversary of operational demands of the post-9/11 Senate in a bipartisan vote. the National Guard. As ceremonies are era. Rhode Island has the second high- Now all these months later the House held across the country to celebrate est per capita National Guard deploy- of Representatives sends us a smaller this historic milestone, I wanted to pay ment rate of all the States. It has ful- disaster aid bill along with a resolution tribute to our National Guard for the filled over 5,600 deployment requests, that calls for the new disaster spending enormous contributions it has made to and many of its 3,200 members have de- to be offset. In other words, undo the our country throughout the course of ployed multiple times. In addition, the bipartisan budget agreement that we its proud history. The origin of the Na- Rhode Island National Guard remains all agreed to back in August; change tional Guard traces its roots back to an indispensable asset in protecting the long practice of Americans prompt- the militias of the 13 original English the lives and property of Rhode Island ly helping fellow Americans in a disas- colonies. The oldest units were orga- citizens. The Guard played an instru- ter’s aftermath; and pit disaster vic- nized on December 13, 1636, in the Mas- mental role in 2010 responding to the tims against those trying to get a loan sachusetts Bay Colony. historic floods in our State, from which to start their small business, those As the motto of the National Guard we are still recovering. Today, the di- needing student loans, those needing so aptly puts it, the force is ‘‘Always verse mission of the Rhode Island Na- nutrition and housing assistance, those Ready, Always There.’’ Our Constitu- tional Guard is directed by MG Kevin developing alternative energy sources, tion bestows on the National Guard R. McBride, adjutant general of the or those performing cutting-edge re- dual State and Federal missions. State of Rhode Island. search against disease. Whether aiding State law enforcement, Since September 11, the National The House resolution calling for dis- responding to a national emergency or Guard has been deployed at unprece- aster funding to be offset with across- catastrophic natural disaster, or serv- dented levels, with over 650,000 soldiers

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I applaud the National Guard for would be a turning point for Belarus its vital work in protecting our coun- centennial celebration. Twenty years later, he was the cochair of the com- and that its authoritarian ruler, Alek- try at home and abroad and commend sandr Lukashenko, would finally begin its 375 years of dedicated service. mittee that planned the rededication of Idaho’s newly restored capitol building. to pursue the political and economic f Marty could always be counted on to reforms demanded by his people. TRIBUTE TO GUION S. BLUFORD, deliver quality results. In fact, the December 19 election was JR. His education and military service a turning point for Belarus—but not in Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, it is with may have had something to do with his the way that some had hoped. It soon great pleasure that I rise today to rec- success. At the age of 17, as a junior in became obvious that the election had ognize Guion S. Bluford, Jr. for being high school, he joined the Army Na- been egregiously rigged by the regime. the 2011 recipient of the Pennsylvania tional Guard. Marty served 8 years and In response, thousands of Belarusians Society Gold Medal for Distinguished was a staff sergeant when he was dis- from every background peacefully took Achievement. charged. to the streets in protest. It was the Marty is a graduate of Columbia Mr. Bluford was born on November most significant public demonstration Basin College, the University of Idaho, 22, 1942, to Guion Senior and Lolita the country had seen in over a half dec- and Harvard University’s Senior Man- Bluford in Philadelphia, PA. Mr. ade, and the Lukashenko regime re- agers in Government Program. But Bluford grew up in inner-city Philadel- sponded with violence. through the years, Marty never phia during a time of great prejudice stopped learning. He adapted, he stud- On that day, Belarusian security and social change. As a youth he spent ied and continued to provide good forces detained or arrested over 600 his free time reading about aviation counsel to those who sought out his ad- peaceful protestors. Hundreds more technology, building model aircrafts, vice. were surrounded by armored tanks and and dreaming of flying aircrafts. He consistently shares his time and beaten by thugs dispatched by the re- Mr. Bluford attended Pennsylvania expertise with community groups. Cur- gime. The Lukashenko regime arrested State University and joined the Air rently, he serves on the board of direc- seven opposition candidates who par- Force ROTC Program, receiving his tors of the Foundation for Idaho His- ticipated in the vote, severely beating FAA pilot license while still a senior in tory, North Idaho Chamber of Com- one candidate. In the year that has fol- college. After graduating college in merce, Idaho Humanities Council, and lowed the election, hundreds of peo- 1964 Mr. Bluford was assigned to the the James A. and Louise McClure Cen- ple—including several Presidential 556th Tactical Fighter Squadron in ter for Public Policy, as well as on the candidates—have been sentenced to Vietnam and flew over 140 combat mis- advisory board for the School of Jour- lengthy prison terms in sham trials sions in Southeast Asia. nalism and Mass Media at the Univer- that have again revealed Belarus’ judi- In 1978, Mr. Bluford was selected as sity of Idaho. cial system to be nothing more than a one of NASA’s class of 35 astronauts. In addition, he is the current presi- political tool abused by the regime. It On August 30, 1980, Mr. Bluford became dent of the Historic Silver City Foun- is a system that has institutionalized America’s first African American in dation and a past president of the City torture and denies its prisoners access space when he flew to orbit aboard the Club of Boise and the Idaho Heming- to family, lawyers, medical treatment, shuttle Challenger. During his career at way House Foundation. and open legal proceedings. NASA he flew on several other space As a well-known Hemingway scholar, I should note that the peaceful pro- missions, and when he retired in July Marty has lectured on Hemingway tests that erupted in Belarus 1 year ago 1993, he had logged more than 688 hours throughout the United States, Spain, took place just 2 days after a 26-year- in space. and Cuba. He has also been very in- old man in the Tunisian town of Sidi Mr. President, I ask my colleagues to volved in the preservation of Ernest Bouzid set himself on fire, which in join me in recognizing Mr. Guion S. Hemingway’s home in Ketchum, ID and turn sparked a series of peaceful pro- Bluford, Jr., for his years of service to in Cuba. tests that overthrew the long-ruling our country. I invite my colleagues to Although Marty will be retiring from dictator in that country—starting the join me in recognizing Mr. Bluford for the working world at the end of 2011, Arab Spring. But as the winds of his recent award and wish him well in we know he will continue serving these change sweep across north Africa and the future. and other groups throughout the State. His retirement will give him more time the Middle East, ousting some of the f to spend with his wife Barb and their world’s most entrenched regimes, it is TRIBUTE TO MARTY PETERSON family and especially the grand- important for us to remember that Mr. RISCH. Mr. President, today I children. there remains one last dictatorship in When people ask us what makes join with Idaho’s senior Senator MIKE Europe; that is, the Lukashenko re- Idaho such a great place, we could talk CRAPO to recognize and pay tribute to gime in Belarus. about the beautiful mountains, skiing, the exceptional dedication of Marty Despite the extraordinary changes whitewater rafting, hunting and fish- Peterson, who is retiring after 51 years taking place around the world, the ing, or a myriad of other things. But in Lukashenko regime has sustained, and of public service in our great State. reality, it is people such as Marty For nearly 20 years, Marty has served Peterson who work to make Idaho even even intensified, its crackdown against as the special assistant to the presi- better—that is why Idaho is so great. its own people. This is a regime that dent of the University of Idaho. He has It is with our sincere thanks and well recently outlawed nearly all forms of served seven U of I presidents during wishes that Senator CRAPO and I recog- public speech and peaceful assembly, that time, giving them valuable insight nize Marty Peterson for his many con- including silent protest. It is a regime into the politics of the State as he tributions to the State of Idaho and its that, instead of responding to the le- oversaw the government affairs work people. We wish him a happy and pro- gitimate demands of its people, has of the university. ductive retirement. sought to cultivate close ties with Marty has an in-depth understanding other dictatorships, like the regime in f of Idaho’s government, having served Tehran. It is a regime that, according as the budget director under Governors ANNIVERSARY OF BELARUS to reports, delivered military equip- John Evans and Cecil Andrus. He also ELECTION ment to the Qadhafi regime in Libya in served on the staff of U.S. Senator Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I February 2011 just as it prepared to Frank Church and was executive direc- rise today to pay tribute to the coura- slaughter its own people.

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The Euro-Atlantic community have pledged to the Belarusian opposi- and intellect led to his becoming an ex- of democracies must speak with one tion is disbursed and implemented as pert in economic matters about which voice to ratchet up pressure on quickly as possible, particularly for he consistently delivered comprehen- Lukashenko. And while the United groups operating inside of Belarus. And sive, insightful and helpful analyses. States and the EU have taken strong we in Washington must continue to en- He rose through the ranks to become and important steps, including impos- gage with the Belarusian opposition an economist reaching the level of spe- ing travel bans on nearly 200 and its emerging leaders, and lend cialist, the highest level of analyst at Belarusian officials, freezing the assets them our support. CRS. He headed the Banking, Insur- that these officials hold in the West, Let me conclude by saying that I do ance, Securities and Macroeconomic and both renewing and imposing new not know when Belarus will be free, Policy Section in the Government and sanctions on Belarusian state-owned but I have no doubt that someday it Finance Division of CRS from 2005 to enterprises, more can be done. will be free. I am confident that the fu- 2007, in which he oversaw the work of a In particular, I hope that in the ture of Belarus belongs not to dozen other analysts and specialists. weeks ahead, the United States and the Lukashenko and his thugs but to the He is the author or co-author of 100 EU will implement sanctions against Belarusian people. CRS reports and countless confidential other state-owned entities that enrich Indeed, the future of Belarus belongs memos. the Lukashenko regime at the expense to the dissidents who are in jail or who Mr. Jickling has worked on some of of the Belarusian people. are being harassed—to Ales Byalitski, the most significant securities and Furthermore, it is critical that at a the founder of Belarus’ largest human banking issues facing the country. He moment when the Lukashenko regime rights organization who recently cele- wrote the first CRS reports on the im- is looking for a financial lifeline to brated his 49th birthday in prison. It pacts of the September 11 attacks on keep himself in power, the United belongs to Alyaksandr Klaskouski, a the markets and on the Enron scandal. States and our allies work together to 33-year-old former traffic police officer At that time, he also coordinated CRS’ ensure that responsible international in Minsk who pleaded with security internal ‘‘Enron group.’’ He assisted institutions and actors—including the forces on December 19 not to use force senior Congressional staff as they for- IMF—do not lend money to that re- against peaceful protestors and who mulated legislative responses to the gime. It is clear—as we have seen over himself stood between riot police and corporate accountability scandals. the past 2 years—that such funds will unarmed protestors. He, too, is now From the onset of the recent finan- only be used by Lukashenko to prop up serving time in a maximum security cial crisis, Mr. Jickling has been in- his illegitimate and repressive rule. prison for his efforts. The future of strumental in assisting Congress as we And I continue to urge our own govern- Belarus belongs also to Natalia addressed the serious banking and mar- ment to state publicly that the United Kaliada, the director of the Belarus ket problems facing the country. He States will not support any further Free Theatre, who was arrested on De- provided expert analysis on a daily IMF assistance to Belarus until we see cember 19 but continues to press on in basis to the Banking Committee and to credible political and economic reforms her work—to fight dictatorship with others in Congress on housing finance, by Belarusian authorities, beginning art. Natalia does this, as she put it in non-bank financial intermediation, fi- with the immediate and unconditional January when she testified before the nancial derivatives, exotic financial release of all political prisoners in Senate Foreign Relations Committee, products and markets, and many other Belarus. because ‘‘we want our spectators to issues. His dedication was shown by his At the same time we are shocked and think. When people start thinking, this working nights and weekends during appalled by the cruelty and is the most terrifying thing for a dic- this period. He significantly contrib- thuggishness of the Lukashenko re- tator.’’ uted to the quality of legislation that gime, we should also take note of the The future of Belarus belongs to ultimately was enacted and cooperated remarkable courage and perseverance every Belarusian who seeks a brighter effectively with Members and their of the Belarusian people, who press on future for their country—a future of staffs to produce the legislation. He in their struggle for greater freedom democracy and opportunity. And we was exactly the right person at the and opportunity. stand with them in their cause on this right time. Over the past year, I have been hon- anniversary of the December 19, 2010, Mr. Jickling retires from the CRS ored to meet with Belarusian opposi- election—and on every anniversary to having set a standard of superior serv- tion leaders and activists. These con- come, until Belarus is free. ice and having assisted a generation of versations have been extremely power- f CRS analysts in developing their skills. ful, as I have heard directly from the He leaves CRS to spend more time with TRIBUTE TO MARK JICKLING, CRS men and women who are facing repres- his family and pursue some of his other sion on the front lines and looking for Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Mr. interests, including the professional help from us in their noble struggle. President, I want to recognize Mark performance of music. His many ac- Today, I join my colleagues in saying Jickling, a dedicated public servant complishments will remain a fitting to the brave people in Belarus who are who has served as a financial econo- tribute to his career and character. striving to secure their fundamental mist with the Congressional Research Mr. Jickling will be greatly missed. I freedoms: We have not and will not for- Service and is retiring after nearly 33 wish him and his family all the best in get about you and your important years of providing expert analyses to the future. cause. We remember your names. We the U.S. Congress on economic, finance f will stand in solidarity with you and in and securities matters. He is widely re- support of you until you achieve your spected in the Senate and House of TRIBUTE TO DON DIXON goal, which is a free and democratic Representatives, as well as among his Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, I rise Belarus. And we believe more than ever CRS colleagues, for his broad knowl- today to recognize and honor Don that the day will come when Belarus edge and insights into financial and Dixon, who is retiring from Senate will be free. economic matters as well as his profes- service. Don has been a trusted advisor The extraordinary revolutions that sionalism and collegiality. Thanks to and dear friend for many years. are taking place across the Middle East his dedicated efforts, Congress has been Approximately 15 years ago, I was and north Africa should remind us all better informed as it has sought to find blessed to have Don join my staff as that the United States does best in the legislative solutions to many of the my State director of agriculture. He

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Jan 22, 2013 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD11\RECFILES\DECEMBER\S16DE1.REC S16DE1 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with S8730 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 16, 2011 brought to the position his experience ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS the forest industry continues to thrive as a farmer and his sincere dedication and maintain its crucial role through- to solving challenges facing the agri- out South Dakota. cultural community. Throughout his TRIBUTE TO FRANKLIN OTIS I am proud to recognize and honor Senate service, Don has covered thou- CARROLL Frank’s service to the United States sands of miles and spent countless ∑ Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Mr. Forest Service and am delighted to hours meeting with constituents and President, I rise today to recognize and join with his family and friends in con- ensuring that their concerns and inter- honor the public service of Mr. Frank- gratulating him on his retirement. I ests are properly addressed. It has been lin Otis Carroll, who is retiring from wish Frank and Audrey all the best as said that anytime two farmers meet in the U.S. Forest Service after 45 years they begin a new chapter in their Idaho, Don is there. This illustration, of dedicated service to protecting our lives.∑ while not too far from the truth, em- Nation’s natural resources. f Frank was born on September 18, phasizes Don’s deep personal commit- REMEMBERING VIRGINIA GABRIEL ment to ensuring sound representation 1952, to Franklin and Betty Carroll, in ∑ of Idaho agriculture. For example, he Flagstaff, AZ. Blessed with a gift for Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, has assisted with multiple farm bills, expressing his opinion, Frank believed today I wish to pay tribute to Virginia gathering input from Idahoans to craft early in life that he was destined to Gabriel of Clarks Summit, PA, who the best policy possible, contributing pursue a career in the legal profession. passed away on September 26, 2011, at throughout the drafting and providing But as he worked to pay for school, he the age of 93. To those who knew and information to farmers and ranchers took a job with the National Park loved her, she will forever remain an when the laws were enacted. He sac- Service as a firefighter at southern Ar- inspiration, a motivator, and a role rificed weeks with his family when he izona’s Saguaro National Monument. model. stayed in Washington, DC, to assist From then on, he sought to follow in It is no coincidence that Virginia was with the crafting of the 2002 farm bill. his father’s footsteps and care for the born into what has been called the I have always been able to count on lands we all enjoy. He has since served greatest generation. Like so many oth- Don to literally go the extra mile for in four National Parks and in Forest ers of her generation, she and her hus- constituents. Service Regions 2, 3, and 4—travelling band Steven responded when the coun- from Arizona to Idaho to Minnesota be- try called on them during a time of Don’s dedication and exemplary serv- fore settling in the Black Hills of great need. Their commitment to the ice led to his appointment to serve as South Dakota. Nation was visible on the day of their the Idaho State executive director of Frank earned a degree in history and wedding. As they exchanged their vows the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s English at the University of New Mex- on the altar, Steven’s Navy unit waited Farm Service Agency, FSA. While this ico and a Masters Degree in Public Ad- outside for the ceremony to end, at appointment, unfortunately, led to Don ministration at Boise State. He and which point he joined them and to- leaving my staff for the first time in Audrey, his wife of nearly 34 years, gether they departed for their assign- 2007, his work on behalf of the agricul- raised three girls—Jessica, Lauren and ment, which ultimately took them to tural community during his time at Merri—and are looking forward to the Pacific theater. Like Steven, Vir- FSA and his return to Senate service spending more time with their seven ginia also engendered a sense of social were welcomed. I feel blessed to have grandchildren. responsibility towards our Nation. Re- once again benefited from his on-the- Over the years, Frank has worked maining stateside during World War II, ground knowledge of production and tirelessly to protect our public lands, Virginia did what she could to help in agricultural policy for the past 3 years. first working on hand crews, then the war effort. This commitment to His enthusiasm and sincere desire to working his way up the ranks to be- help our Nation took her to Bridgeport, do all that he can for people are part of coming a top level fire boss. He has CT, where she secretly worked at the what make Don exceptional. His unsur- been a respected spokesman for forest Singer sewing machine factory passed energy, faith, and optimism also health and land management practices throughout the war manufacturing set him apart. The humor and get-up- that keep our lands green as we battle bomber sights for American aircraft. and-go Don brings to any challenge has the Mountain Pine Beetle. Proactive in Beyond Virginia’s devotion to our enabled many accomplishments for educating the public about our lands, country in its time of need, she will al- Idahoans, and Don is widely respected Frank is the first person to pick up the ways be remembered for her abiding for his integrity and devotion to phone to explain what is happening in commitment to her family and by achieving results. the forest. During his tenure, Frank those who profited from her presence. has built lifelong friendships with a She made life better for everyone Although for many, retirement pro- wide variety of folks that continue to around her by lifting their spirits vides time to slow down and relax, this day. through her kindness, generosity, knowing Don, he will likely work as Rick Cables, a former Regional For- laughter, and memorable smile. Her hard in his retirement as he does on ester for Region 2 who has known love of family and their awareness of the job. ‘‘Idle’’ is not a word in Don’s Frank for 35 years, describes Frank as, that love was an incalculable source of vocabulary. However, I hope that re- ‘‘one of the most passionate and dedi- strength which propelled them forward tirement provides Don with more time cated individuals in protecting our every day. Evoking the same sentiment to spend with his family whom he loves public lands that I have ever known. that Senator Edward Kennedy had for so much: his wonderful wife Georgia; He is a talented communicator whose his brother Robert, Virginia provided his children Lucinda, ‘‘Cindy,’’ Lorin, unique gift for communicating allows strength in time of trouble, wisdom in Paul, and Tobin; eight grandchildren; him to convey complex forest issues in time of uncertainty, and sharing in and six great-grandchildren. Lucky for simple terms so all can understand. time of happiness. The manner in me, Don is also one of my neighbors in When the Black Hills National Forest which Virginia lived her life, and ex- my hometown of Idaho Falls, so I hope was looking to establish its new Forest pected her family to live theirs, leaves to see him often. We have shared many Advisory Board, I could think of no one behind a legacy that ensures she will laughs over the years, and I look for- better to help in the process. I remem- always be by their side.∑ ward to sharing many more. ber telling the supervisor at the time, f Don, you are model public servant, John Twiss, he’s someone that will and I feel very fortunate to have bene- push you harder to communicate more RECOGNIZING KAKE, ALASKA fitted from your wise counsel and hard than you may want.’’ ∑ Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, work for so many years. I wish you the Frank’s life work has been the pro- today I wish to celebrate 100 years of happy retirement you so greatly detection of public lands and he has done Kake, AK, as an incorporated first- serve for your years of dedicated serv- so with an intense love of the places class city. Kake Day, on January 8, ice. Don, thank you for all that you where he lives. It is because of the 2012, will acknowledge the commu- have done on behalf of Idahoans. work of people like Frank Carroll that nity’s accomplishments, ranging from

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An act to provide for the exchange Tlingit ways. ognition he deserved once the war of certain land located in the Arapaho-Roo- The Tlingit people have inhabited the ended and he was discharged on Feb- sevelt National Forests in the State of Colo- region of Kake for thousands of years, ruary 9, 1946. rado, and for other purposes. controlling the trade routes around Over 65 years later, his country is fi- The message also announced that the Kuiu and Kupreanof islands, enjoying nally recognizing Lee’s accomplish- House agrees to the amendments of the the territory, raising families, and liv- ments by awarding him the Bronze Senate to the bill (H.R. 2867) to reau- ing off the land. The Tlingit of the Star posthumously. I ask unanimous thorize the International Religious Kake region gained a reputation among consent that the citation to accom- Freedom Act of 1998, and for other pur- early explorers as being strong and pany this award be printed in the poses. ∑ powerful. Some encounters with early RECORD. At 5:33 p.m., a message from the European and American explorers have There being no objection, the mate- House of Representatives, delivered by been documented by historians as re- rial was ordered to be printed in the Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, sulting in occasional skirmishes. RECORD, as follows: announced that the House has passed In the early part of the 20th century, The Bronze Star Medal is awarded to Ser- the following joint resolution, in which Kake began to physically transform. geant Lee Osterholm, United States Army, Service Number 39–616–345: ‘‘For exception- it requests the concurrence of the Sen- Stores were built, a government school ate: was installed, and a post office was es- ally meritorious achievement in ground op- H.J. Res. 94. Joint resolution making fur- tablished in 1904. Kake also became the erations against hostile forces while assigned as Reconnaissance Sergeant, Company H, ther continuing appropriations for fiscal first Native village to organize under 387th Infantry Regiment, 97th Infantry Divi- year 2012, and for other purposes. Federal law, resulting in U.S. citizen- sion, in the Central Europe Campaign, World f ship for community residents. In 1912, War II. Sergeant Lee Osterholm’s out- Kake was incorporated as a first-class standing performance of duty, technical ex- MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE city government in the territory of pertise, and unwavering commitment to mis- RECEIVED DURING ADJOURNMENT Alaska. This event is now known as sion accomplishment in ground combat in an ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION SIGNED Kake Day, and it is the 100th anniver- active war zone were vital to successful com- Under the authority of the order of sary of that event that I wish to combat operations in the Central Europe Cam- the Senate of January 5, 2011, the Sec- paign. His contributions and dedication to memorate today. duty are in keeping with the finest tradi- retary of the Senate, on December 16, Kake Day is not only a celebration of tions of the United States Army and reflect 2011, during the adjournment of the past accomplishments but also a cele- great credit upon himself, the 97th Infantry Senate, received a message from the bration of the history of the Kake Division, and the United States Army in House of Representatives announcing Tlingit ways. Kake has blended West- World War II.’’ that the Speaker has signed the fol- ern ways and the rich cultural tradi- f lowing enrolled joint resolution: tions of its past to make Kake into the MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT H. J. Res. 94. Joint resolution making fur- city it is today. ther continuing appropriations for fiscal Recognized tribes—the Organized Vil- Messages from the President of the year 2012, and for other purposes. lage of Kake and the Central Council United States were communicated to The enrolled joint resolution was Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of the Senate by Mr. Pate, one of his sec- subsequently signed subsequent to ad- Alaska—are essential components of retaries. journment by the Acting President pro Kake, alongside entities such as the In- f tempore (Mr. REID). side Passage Electric Cooperative. Im- EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED f portant food sources link the old and As in executive session the Presiding MEASURES PLACED ON THE the new ways of life, including salmon, CALENDAR halibut, shellfish, deer, bear, water- Officer laid before the Senate messages The following bill was read the sec- fowl, and berries. from the President of the United Nearby, standing on a bluff over- States submitting sundry nominations ond time, and placed on the calendar: looking Kake, is the world’s largest and a withdrawal which were referred H.R. 3094. An act to amend the National to the appropriate committees. Labor Relations Act with respect to rep- totem pole, which serves as a reminder resentation hearings and the timing of elec- of the city’s history and as a guide (The nominations received today are printed at the end of the Senate pro- tions of labor organizations under that Act. moving into the future. Standing at 132 f feet, this properly sanctioned totem ceedings.) ENROLLED BILL PRESENTED pole was carved by the Chilkats in 1967 f The Secretary of the Senate reported for Alaska’s centennial. MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE On the 100 year celebration of Kake that on today, December 16, 2011, she Day, Alaskans will enjoy a parade, a At 3:06 p.m., a message from the had presented to the President of the protocol workshop, and song and dance House of Representatives, delivered by United States the following enrolled featuring Keex’ Kwan dancers. I am Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- bill: sure the event will be memorable for nounced that the House has agreed to S. 384. An act to amend title 39, United all involved.∑ the following concurrent resolution, in States Code, to extend the authority of the which it requests the concurrence of United States Postal Service to issue a f the Senate: semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer TRIBUTE TO LEE OSTERHOLM H. Con. Res. 94. Concurrent resolution di- research. ∑ Mr. TESTER. Mr. President, today I recting the Clerk of the House of Representa- f wish to discuss the life of a great tives to make corrections in the enrollment EXECUTIVE AND OTHER American, a fellow Montanan, and a of H.R. 3672. COMMUNICATIONS true patriot who served his country The message also announced that the The following communications were proudly in World War II, Army SGT House agrees to the report of the com- laid before the Senate, together with Lee Osterholm, a native of Butte, MT. mittee of conference on the disagreeing accompanying papers, reports, and doc- Born on April 24, 1919, Lee served in votes of the two Houses on the bill uments, and were referred as indicated: the Border Patrol in Texas prior to (H.R. 2055) making appropriations for EC–4354. A communication from the Under World War II. When our country was military construction, the Department Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Tech- thrust into war, Lee answered the call of Veterans Affairs, and related agen- nology and Logistics), transmitting, pursu- of duty, enlisting in the U.S. Army on cies for the fiscal year ending Sep- ant to law, a report relative to test and eval- March 8, 1943, and was soon on the bat- tember 30, 2012, and for other purposes. uation budgets that are not certified by the tlefields of Central Europe fighting for Director, Test Resource Management Center our very freedom. At 4:47 p.m., a message from the (TRMC), to be adequate by March 31 of the Between 1943 and 1945 Lee’s unwaver- House of Representatives, delivered by year preceding the fiscal year for which such budgets are proposed; to the Committee on ing commitment to duty and courage Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, Armed Services. under fire was evident as he led men announced that.the House has passed EC–4355. A communication from the Acting into combat throughout the European the following bill, with amendment, in Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition,

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Jan 22, 2013 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD11\RECFILES\DECEMBER\S16DE1.REC S16DE1 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with S8732 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 16, 2011 Technology and Logistics), transmitting, tration, Department of Transportation, Parachute and Indemnification Payments; pursuant to law, a report indicating that a transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of Technical Correction’’ (RIN3133–AD73) re- report relative to the Department of De- a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthiness Directives; ceived in the Office of the President of the fense’s purchases from foreign entities for Pacific Aerospace Limited Airplanes’’ Senate on December 16, 2011; to the Com- fiscal year 2011 is not yet available and is ex- ((RIN2120–AA64)(Docket No. FAA–2011–0971)) mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- pected to be submitted by April 2012; to the received in the Office of the President of the fairs. Committee on Armed Services. Senate on December 14, 2011; to the Com- EC–4373. A communication from the Gen- EC–4356. A communication from the Asso- mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- eral Counsel of the National Credit Union ciate General Counsel for Legislation and tation. Administration, transmitting, pursuant to Regulations, Office of Community Planning EC–4364. A communication from the Senior law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Commu- and Development, Department of Housing Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Adminis- nity Development Revolving Loan Fund Ac- and Urban Development, transmitting, pur- tration, Department of Transportation, cess for Credit Unions’’ (RIN3133–AD91) re- suant to law, the report of a rule entitled transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of ceived in the Office of the President of the ‘‘Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid a rule entitled ‘‘Standard Instrument Ap- Senate on December 16, 2011; to the Com- Transition to Housing: Emergency Solutions proach Procedures (139); Amdt. No. 3452’’ mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- Grants Program and Consolidated Plan Con- (RIN2120–AA65) received in the Office of the fairs. EC–4374. A communication from the Asso- forming Amendments’’ (RIN2506–AC29) re- President of the Senate on December 14, 2011; ciate Chief, Wireless Telecommunications ceived in the Office of the President of the to the Committee on Commerce, Science, Bureau, Federal Communications Commis- Senate on December 14, 2011; to the Com- and Transportation. sion, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- EC–4365. A communication from the Senior port of a rule entitled ‘‘National Environ- Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Adminis- fairs. mental Policy Act Compliance for Proposed EC–4357. A communication from the Asso- tration, Department of Transportation, Tower Registrations; Effects of Communica- ciate General Counsel for Legislation and transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of tions Towers on Migratory Birds’’ (FCC 11– Regulations, Office of Community Planning a rule entitled ‘‘Standard Instrument Ap- 181) received in the Office of the President of and Development, Department of Housing proach Procedures (50); Amdt. No. 3453’’ the Senate on December 16, 2011; to the Com- and Urban Development, transmitting, pur- (RIN2120–AA65) received in the Office of the mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- suant to law, the report of a rule entitled President of the Senate on December 14, 2011; tation. ‘‘Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid to the Committee on Commerce, Science, EC–4375. A joint communication from the Transition to Housing: Defining ‘Homeless’ ’’ and Transportation. Chairman of the House Committee on Trans- (RIN2506–AC26) received in the Office of the EC–4366. A communication from the Senior portation and Infrastructure, Chairman of President of the Senate on December 14, 2011; Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Adminis- the House Committee on Oversight and Gov- to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and tration, Department of Transportation, ernment Reform, Chairman of the House Urban Affairs. transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of Subcommittee on Investigations and Over- EC–4358. A communication from the Senior a rule entitled ‘‘Standard Instrument Ap- sight, and Chairman of the House Sub- Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Adminis- proach Procedures (36); Amdt. No. 3454’’ committee on National Security, Homeland tration, Department of Transportation, (RIN2120–AA65) received in the Office of the Defense and Foreign Operations, transmit- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of President of the Senate on December 14, 2011; ting a report entitled ‘‘A Decade Later: A a rule entitled ‘‘Certification of Part 23 Tur- to the Committee on Commerce, Science, Call for TSA Reform’’; to the Committee on bofan—and Turbojet-Powered Airplanes and and Transportation. Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Miscellaneous Amendments’’ ((RIN2120– EC–4367. A communication from the Senior EC–4376. A communication from the Senior AJ22)(Docket No. FAA–2009–0738)) received in Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Adminis- Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Adminis- the Office of the President of the Senate on tration, Department of Transportation, tration, Department of Transportation, December 14, 2011; to the Committee on Com- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of merce, Science, and Transportation. a rule entitled ‘‘Standard Instrument Ap- a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthiness Directives; EC–4359. A communication from the Senior proach Procedures (27); Amdt. No. 3455’’ Turbomeca S.A. Arriel 2B Turboshaft En- Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Adminis- (RIN2120–AA65) received in the Office of the gines’’ ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. FAA– tration, Department of Transportation, President of the Senate on December 14, 2011; 2011–1031)) received in the Office of the Presi- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of to the Committee on Commerce, Science, dent of the Senate on December 16, 2011; to a rule entitled ‘‘Harmonization of Various and Transportation. the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Airworthiness Standards for Transport Cat- EC–4368. A communication from the Attor- Transportation. egory Airplanes—Flight Rules’’ ((RIN2120– ney Advisor, Federal Railroad Administra- EC–4377. A communication from the Senior AJ72)(Docket No. FAA–2010–0310)) received in tion, Department of Transportation, trans- Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Adminis- the Office of the President of the Senate on mitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule tration, Department of Transportation, December 14, 2011; to the Committee on Com- entitled ‘‘Alternate Passenger Rail Service transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of merce, Science, and Transportation. Pilot Program’’ (RIN2130–AC19) received in a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthiness Directives; EC–4360. A communication from the Senior the Office of the President of the Senate on ATR–GIE Avions de Transport Regional Air- Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Adminis- December 14, 2011; to the Committee on Com- planes’’ ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. FAA– tration, Department of Transportation, merce, Science, and Transportation. 2011–0721)) received in the Office of the Presi- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of EC–4369. A communication from the Attor- dent of the Senate on December 16, 2011; to a rule entitled ‘‘Damage Tolerance and Fa- ney Advisor, Office of the General Counsel, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and tigue Evaluation of Composite Rotorcraft Department of Homeland Security, transmit- Transportation. EC–4378. A communication from the Senior Structures’’ ((RIN2120–AJ52)(Docket No. ting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Adminis- FAA–2009–0660)) received in the Office of the vacancy in the Department of Transpor- tration, Department of Transportation, tation in the position of Under Secretary of President of the Senate on December 14, 2011; transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of to the Committee on Commerce, Science, Transportation for Policy, received in the a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthiness Directives; and Transportation. Office of the President of the Senate on De- Gulfstream Aerospace LP (Type Certificate EC–4361. A communication from the Senior cember 12, 2011; to the Committee on Com- Previously Held by Israel Aircraft Indus- Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Adminis- merce, Science, and Transportation. tries, Ltd.) Airplanes’’ ((RIN2120–AA64) tration, Department of Transportation, EC–4370. A communication from the Sec- (Docket No. FAA–2011–0716)) received in the transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of retary of Transportation, transmitting, pur- Office of the President of the Senate on De- a rule entitled ‘‘Amendment of Class E Air- suant to law, a report entitled ‘‘The National cember 16, 2011; to the Committee on Com- space; Evansville, IN’’ ((RIN2120– Initiative for Increasing Seat Belt Use: merce, Science, and Transportation. AA66)(Docket No. FAA–2011–0429)) received Buckle Up America Campaign’’; to the Com- EC–4379. A communication from the Senior in the Office of the President of the Senate mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Adminis- on December 14, 2011; to the Committee on tation. tration, Department of Transportation, Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC–4371. A communication from the Acting transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of EC–4362. A communication from the Senior Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthiness Directives; Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Adminis- Service, Department of Agriculture, trans- Rolls-Royce plc RB211–524G2–19; –524G2–T–19; tration, Department of Transportation, mitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule –524G3–19; –524G3–T–19; 524H2–19; –524H2–T–19; transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of entitled ‘‘Rural Business Investment Pro- –524H–36; and –524H–T–36 Turbofan’’ a rule entitled ‘‘Modification of Class E Air- gram’’ (RIN0570–AA80) received in the Office ((RIN2120–AA64)(Docket No. FAA–2011–1109)) space; Driggs, ID’’ ((RIN2120–AA66)(Docket of the President of the Senate on December received in the Office of the President of the No. FAA–2011–0837)) received in the Office of 16, 2011; to the Committee on Agriculture, Senate on December 16, 2011; to the Com- the President of the Senate on December 14, Nutrition, and Forestry. mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- 2011; to the Committee on Commerce, EC–4372. A communication from the Gen- tation. Science, and Transportation. eral Counsel of the National Credit Union EC–4380. A communication from the Senior EC–4363. A communication from the Senior Administration, transmitting, pursuant to Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Adminis- Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Adminis- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Golden tration, Department of Transportation,

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Turboshaft En- agreement to include the export of defense to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Sched- gines’’ ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket No. FAA– articles, including, technical data, and de- ules of Controlled Substances: Placement of 2011–1159)) received in the Office of the Presi- fense services to support the design, develop- Ezogabine into Schedule V’’ (Docket No. dent of the Senate on December 16, 2011; to ment, testing and qualification of weapon DEA–354) received in the Office of the Presi- the Committee on Commerce, Science, and kits to be installed on UH-60M helicopters dent of the Senate on December 16, 2011; to Transportation. owned and operated by the Armed Forces of the Committee on the Judiciary. EC–4381. A communication from the Senior the United Arab Emirates in the amount of EC–4399. A communication from the Dep- Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Adminis- $50,000,000 or more; to the Committee on For- uty Assistant Administrator, Office of Diver- tration, Department of Transportation, eign Relations. sion Control, Drug Enforcement Agency, De- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of EC–4390. A communication from the Assist- partment of Justice, transmitting, pursuant a rule entitled ‘‘Airworthiness Directives; ant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Sched- Airbus Airplanes’’ ((RIN2120–AA64) (Docket Department of State, transmitting, pursuant ules of Controlled Substances: Temporary No. FAA–2011–1232)) received in the Office of to the Arms Export Control Act, the certifi- Placement of Carisoprodol’’ (Docket No. the President of the Senate on December 16, cation of a proposed manufacturing license DEA–333) received in the Office of the Presi- 2011; to the Committee on Commerce, agreement to include the export of defense dent of the Senate on December 16, 2011; to Science, and Transportation. articles, including, technical data, and de- the Committee on the Judiciary. EC–4382. A communication from the Senior fense services to the Republic of Korea for EC–4400. A communication from the Assist- Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Adminis- the manufacture, assembly, inspection, and ant Attorney General, Office of Legislative tration, Department of Transportation, test of F404–GE–102 aircraft engines in the Affairs, Department of Justice, transmit- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of amount of $100,000,000 or more; to the Com- ting, pursuant to law, the first quarter of fis- a rule entitled ‘‘Modification of Class E Air- mittee on Foreign Relations. cal year 2011 quarterly report of the Depart- space; Blythe, CA’’ ((RIN2120–AA66) (Docket EC–4391. A communication from the Assist- ment of Justice’s Office of Privacy and Civil No. FAA–2011–0585)) received in the Office of ant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Liberties; to the Committee on the Judici- the President of the Senate on December 16, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant ary. 2011; to the Committee on Commerce, to law, a report relative to a proposed revi- f Science, and Transportation. sion of the U.S. Munitions List Category XIX EC–4383. A communication from the Senior in part 121 of the International Traffic in REPORTS OF COMMITTEES Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Adminis- Arms Regulations (ITAR); to the Committee The following reports of committees tration, Department of Transportation, on Foreign Relations. were submitted: transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of EC–4392. A communication from the Assist- By Mr. CASEY, from the Joint Economic a rule entitled ‘‘Amendment of Class E Air- ant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Committee: space; Luray, VA’’ ((RIN2120–AA66) (Docket Department of State, transmitting, pursuant Special Report entitled ‘‘The 2011 Joint No. FAA–2011–0785)) received in the Office of to law, a report relative to a proposed revi- Economic Report’’ (Rept. No. 112–101). the President of the Senate on December 16, sion of the U.S. Munitions List Category VII By Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee 2011; to the Committee on Commerce, in part 121 of the International Traffic in on Energy and Natural Resources, with an Science, and Transportation. Arms Regulations (ITAR); to the Committee amendment: EC–4384. A communication from the Sec- on Foreign Relations. S. 1134. A bill to authorize the St. Croix retary of Transportation, transmitting, pur- EC–4393. A communication from the Assist- River Crossing Project with appropriate suant to law, the Department’s annual re- ant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, mitigation measures to promote river val- port on the administration of the Surface Department of State, transmitting, pursuant ues. Transportation Project Delivery Pilot Pro- to the Arms Export Control Act, the certifi- By Mr. HARKIN, from the Committee on gram; to the Committee on Environment and cation of a proposed technical assistance Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Public Works. agreement to include the export of defense with an amendment in the nature of a sub- EC–4385. A communication from the Chief articles, including, technical data, and de- stitute: of the Publications and Regulations Branch, fense services for the NATO Active Layered S. 1855. A bill to amend the Public Health Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence Systems Service Act to reauthorize various programs Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Engineering and Integration Contract in the under the Pandemic and All-Hazards Pre- report of a rule entitled ‘‘2012 Standard Mile- amount of $100,000,000 or more; to the Com- paredness Act. age Rates’’ (Notice 2012–1) received in the Of- mittee on Foreign Relations. f fice of the President of the Senate on Decem- EC–4394. A communication from the Pro- ber 16, 2011; to the Committee on Finance. gram Manager, Centers for Medicare and INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND EC–4386. A communication from the Chief Medicaid Services, Department of Health JOINT RESOLUTIONS of the Publications and Regulations Branch, and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant The following bills and joint resolu- Internal Revenue Service, Department of the to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Patient Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Protection and Affordable Care Act; Estab- tions were introduced, read the first report of a rule entitled ‘‘Recurring Item Ex- lishment of Consumer Operated and Oriented and second times by unanimous con- ception to the Economic Performance Re- Plan (CO OP) Program’’ (RIN0938–AQ98) resent, and referred as indicated: quirement’’ (Rev. Rul. 2012–1) received in the ceived in the Office of the President of the By Mr. DEMINT: Office of the President of the Senate on De- Senate on December 16, 2011; to the Com- S. 2008. A bill to repeal certain provisions cember 16, 2011; to the Committee on Fi- mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and of the Communications Act of 1934, title 17 of nance. Pensions. the United States Code, and the regulations EC–4387. A communication from the Assist- EC–4395. A communication from the Asso- of the Federal Communications Commission ant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, ciate General Counsel for General Law, Of- that intervened in the television market- Department of State, transmitting, pursuant fice of General Counsel, Department of place, and for other purposes; to the Com- to the Arms Export Control Act, the certifi- Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- cation of a proposed transfer of major de- to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the tation. fense equipment involving the transfer of F– position of Chief Financial Officer, Depart- By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and 110–GE–132 jet engines to the United Arab ment of Homeland Security, received in the Ms. MURKOWSKI): Emirates in the amount of $14,000,000 or Office of the President of the Senate on De- S. 2009. A bill to improve the administra- more; to the Committee on Foreign Rela- cember 16, 2011; to the Committee on Home- tion of programs in the insular areas, and for tions. land Security and Governmental Affairs. other purposes; considered and passed. EC–4388. A communication from the Assist- EC–4396. A communication from the Acting By Mr. KERRY (for himself and Ms. ant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Staff Director, U.S. Commission on Civil COLLINS): Department of State, transmitting, pursuant Rights, transmitting, pursuant to law, the S. 2010. A bill to amend title II of the So- to the Arms Export Control Act, the certifi- Commission’s Performance and Account- cial Security Act to repeal the Government cation of a proposed export of defense arti- ability Report for fiscal year 2011; to the pension offset and windfall elimination pro- cles, to include technical and defense serv- Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- visions; to the Committee on Finance. ices to the Netherlands related to Airframe ernmental Affairs. By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Doors, Weapons Bay Doors, Engine Inlet EC–4397. A communication from the Presi- SCHUMER, Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. MENEN- Duct Skins and Engine Inlet Duct Assem- dent and CEO, Inter-American Foundation, DEZ, Mrs. BOXER, and Mr. BROWN of blies of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter air- transmitting, pursuant to law, the audit re- Ohio): craft in the amount of $100,000,000 or more; to port for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 financial S. 2011. A bill to amend title 49, United the Committee on Foreign Relations. statements; to the Committee on Homeland States Code, to provide certain port authori- EC–4389. A communication from the Assist- Security and Governmental Affairs. ties, and for other purposes; to the Com- ant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, EC–4398. A communication from the Dep- mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- Department of State, transmitting, pursuant uty Assistant Administrator, Office of Diver- tation.

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A bill to amend title 32, United S. 2026. A bill to ensure that representative name of the Senator from Minnesota States Code, the body of laws of the United payees under the Social Security program (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) was added as a co- States dealing with the National Guard, to are subject to criminal background checks; sponsor of S. 1265, a bill to amend the recognize the City of Salem, Massachusetts, to the Committee on Finance. Land and Water Conservation Fund as the Birthplace of the National Guard of the United States; to the Committee on f Act of 1965 to provide consistent and Armed Services. ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS reliable authority for, and for the fund- By Mr. AKAKA: ing of, the land and water conservation S. 2014. A bill to reform the United States S. 228 fund to maximize the effectiveness of Postal Service, and for other purposes; to the At the request of Mr. BARRASSO, the the fund for future generations, and for Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. other purposes. ernmental Affairs. RUBIO) was added as a cosponsor of S. S. 1318 By Mr. ENZI (for himself and Mr. BAR- 228, a bill to preempt regulation of, ac- LOBUCHAR RASSO): At the request of Ms. K , the S. 2015. A bill to require the Secretary of tion relating to, or consideration of name of the Senator from Connecticut the Interior to convey certain Federal land greenhouse gases under Federal and (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) was added as a co- to the Powell Recreation District in the common law on enactment of a Federal sponsor of S. 1318, a bill to enhance pre- State of Wyoming; to the Committee on En- policy to mitigate climate change. and post-adoptive support services. ergy and Natural Resources. S. 431 S. 1403 By Mr. WYDEN: S. 2016. A bill to amend the Food and Nu- At the request of Mr. PRYOR, the At the request of Mr. HARKIN, the trition Act of 2008, the Richard B. Russell names of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. name of the Senator from West Vir- National School Lunch Act, and the Child BEGICH), the Senator from Pennsyl- ginia (Mr. ROCKEFELLER) was added as Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase access to vania (Mr. CASEY), the Senator from Il- a cosponsor of S. 1403, a bill to amend healthy food for families, to amend the Con- linois (Mr. DURBIN), the Senator from part B of the Individuals with Disabil- solidated Farm and Rural Development Act Alaska (Ms. MURKOWSKI), the Senator ities Education Act to provide full Fed- and the Farm Security and Rural Invest- eral funding of such part. ment Act of 2002 to increase access to credit from Idaho (Mr. RISCH), the Senator S. 1597 for small and new farmers, and for other pur- from New York (Mr. SCHUMER), the poses; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu- Senator from Oregon (Mr. WYDEN), the At the request of Mr. BROWN of Ohio, trition, and Forestry. Senator from Wyoming (Mr. BAR- the name of the Senator from Cali- By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. DUR- RASSO), the Senator from Louisiana fornia (Mrs. BOXER) was added as a co- BIN, and Mr. WHITEHOUSE): (Ms. LANDRIEU), the Senator from Con- sponsor of S. 1597, a bill to provide as- S. 2017. A bill to secure the Federal voting necticut (Mr. LIEBERMAN), the Senator sistance for the modernization, renova- rights of persons when released from incar- from Ohio (Mr. PORTMAN), the Senator tion, and repair of elementary school ceration; to the Committee on the Judiciary. and secondary school buildings in pub- By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. from New Hampshire (Mrs. SHAHEEN), SCHUMER, Mr. LIEBERMAN, and Mr. the Senator from Florida (Mr. NELSON), lic school districts and community col- BLUMENTHAL): the Senator from Idaho (Mr. CRAPO), leges across the United States in order S. 2018. A bill to amend and reauthorize the Senator from Kansas (Mr. ROB- to support the achievement of im- certain provisions relating to Long Island ERTS) and the Senator from Rhode Is- proved educational outcomes in those Sound restoration and stewardship; to the land (Mr. REED) were added as cospon- schools, and for other purposes. Committee on Environment and Public S. 1616 Works. sors of S. 431, a bill to require the Sec- By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and retary of the Treasury to mint coins in At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the Mrs. BOXER): commemoration of the 225th anniver- name of the Senator from Montana S. 2019. A bill to require the Administrator sary of the establishment of the Na- (Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor of the Federal Aviation Administration to tion’s first Federal law enforcement of S. 1616, a bill to amend the Internal prescribe regulations to reduce helicopter agency, the United States Marshals Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain noise pollution in certain residential areas, Service. stock of real estate investment trusts and for other purposes; to the Committee on from the tax on foreign investments in S. 672 Commerce, Science, and Transportation. United States real property interests, By Mr. HARKIN: At the request of Mr. ROCKEFELLER, and for other purposes. S. 2020. A bill to protect all school children the name of the Senator from Delaware S. 1833 against harmful and life-threatening seclu- (Mr. COONS) was added as a cosponsor At the request of Mr. MANCHIN, the sion and restraint practices; to the Com- of S. 672, a bill to amend the Internal mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and names of the Senator from South Da- Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and Pensions. kota (Mr. THUNE) and the Senator from modify the railroad track maintenance By Mr. TOOMEY: Kansas (Mr. MORAN) were added as co- credit. S. 2021. A bill to nullify certain regulations sponsors of S. 1833, a bill to provide ad- regarding the mandatory replacement of cer- S. 707 tain traffic signs, and for other purposes; to ditional time for compliance with, and At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the the Committee on Commerce, Science, and coordinating of, the compliance sched- Transportation. names of the Senator from Delaware ules for certain rules of the Environ- By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. ENZI, (Mr. COONS), the Senator from New mental Protection Agency. Mr. SCHUMER, and Mr. WICKER): York (Mr. SCHUMER), the Senator from S. 1903 S. 2022. A bill to establish a demonstration Florida (Mr. NELSON) and the Senator At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, program to test the viability of community from Wisconsin (Mr. KOHL) were added the name of the Senator from South integrated small-house nursing care homes; as cosponsors of S. 707, a bill to amend Dakota (Mr. JOHNSON) was added as a to the Committee on Finance. the Animal Welfare Act to provide fur- By Mr. SCHUMER: cosponsor of S. 1903, a bill to prohibit S. 2023. A bill to establish a safety perform- ther protection for puppies. commodities and securities trading ance rating system for motorcoach services S. 1096 based on nonpublic information relat- and operations; to the Committee on Com- At the request of Ms. STABENOW, the ing to Congress, to require additional merce, Science, and Transportation. names of the Senator from Michigan reporting by Members and employees By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and (Mr. LEVIN) and the Senator from New of Congress of securities transactions, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico): S. 2024. A bill to make technical amend- York (Mr. SCHUMER) were added as co- and for other purposes. ment to the T’uf Shur Bien Preservation sponsors of S. 1096, a bill to amend title S. 1925 Trust Area Act, and for other purposes; to XVIII of the Social Security Act to im- At the request of Mr. LEAHY, the the Committee on Indian Affairs. prove access to, and utilization of, bone name of the Senator from Rhode Island

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Mr. President, today I some of whom have not been hired yet. At the request of Mrs. HUTCHISON, the am introducing the Postal Investment Because of the long time horizon and name of the Senator from Alabama Act of 2011 which lays out many ideas significant assets of this fund, I believe (Mr. SESSIONS) was added as a cospon- to help strengthen the United States that diversifying its investment would sor of S. 1941, a bill to amend the secu- Postal Service through investment and mean positive growth for the fund over rities laws to establish certain thresh- innovation. time, and would bring it in line with olds for shareholder registration, and For many years, I have been an advo- many private sector retirement ac- for other purposes. cate for the Postal Service, its work- counts. If we want the Postal Service S. 1956 ers, and importantly, postal customers. to act more like a business, we could At the request of Mr. THUNE, the The Postal Service represents a multi- start by allowing it similar flexibility. name of the Senator from Wyoming billion dollar industry on which all In addition to investing the fund, my (Mr. ENZI) was added as a cosponsor of Americans rely for delivery of mail and bill would also suspend payments to S. 1956, a bill to prohibit operators of packages. Unfortunately, in recent the prefunding account in any years in civil aircraft of the United States from years, the downturn in the overall which the Postal Service does not have participating in the European Union’s economy has negatively impacted the the profits to invest. Unfortunately, emissions trading scheme, and for postal business, exacerbating a decline under current law, the fund which was other purposes. in the mail because of electronic diver- set up to insure against future default sion. S. 1961 of the Postal Service is the very thing The 21st Century Postal Service Act, At the request of Mr. REED, the name putting the Postal Service on the brink S. 1789, passed in November by the of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. of default. I believe this new approach Homeland Security and Governmental LEAHY) was added as a cosponsor of S. is a responsible way forward, which Affairs Committee, contains many 1961, a bill to provide level funding for also recognizes the legitimate goal of needed postal reforms and sensible the Low-Income Home Energy Assist- prefunding this liability over a longer compromises. Unfortunately, that bill ance Program. term. also contained an unrelated measure S. 1988 reducing benefits for disabled and in- Just as importantly, the Postal Serv- At the request of Mr. BLUNT, the jured federal workers. As Chairman of ice needs more flexibility in its busi- name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. the Federal Workforce Subcommittee, ness model to innovate. My bill con- RISCH) was added as a cosponsor of S. this issue concerned me enough that I tains several provisions to accelerate 1988, a bill to amend the Federal Power had to vote against reporting the bill innovation in the Postal Service’s Act to require the Federal Energy Reg- to the full Senate. However, I did think products. Many of these are based on ulatory Commission to consider pri- the bill contained important provisions recommendations provided to Congress vate landownership and private use of that will help the Postal Service and I in a Postal Regulatory Commission, land in issuing hydropower licenses, look forward to further debate. I am in- PRC, report released earlier this year. and for other purposes. troducing the Postal Investment Act to The bill would allow for pricing flexi- S. 1994 add to that conversation. While this bilities for increased premium services At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the bill is not a comprehensive approach subject to performance requirements. name of the Senator from Rhode Island that can rescue the Postal Service on It would also explicitly allow the Post- (Mr. WHITEHOUSE) was added as a co- its own, it represents several new ideas al Service, through the PRC, to create sponsor of S. 1994, a bill to prohibit de- that have not yet been debated. new classes of mail to meet evolving ceptive practices in Federal elections. Since 2006, we have required the customer demands. For instance, there S. 2003 Postal Service to pay roughly $5 billion may be a market for a product with the At the request of Mrs. FEINSTEIN, the per year in to an account to prefund its speed of first class mail, but with none names of the Senator from Minnesota retiree health benefit liability. This is of the additional services that are part (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) and the Senator from a payment that no other agency, and of first class. The bill also encourages Connecticut (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) were few private sector companies, must the further development of experi- added as cosponsors of S. 2003, a bill to make. While prefunding this liability mental products to find new sources of clarify that an authorization to use was a worthy goal, and it addressed an revenue. military force, a declaration of war, or accounting problem in the Postal Ac- In order to create more account- any similar authority shall not author- countability and Enhancement Act of ability for product innovation, the bill ize the detention without charge or 2006, it is crippling the Postal Service would require the Postmaster General trial of a citizen or lawful permanent financially. The core of the Postal In- to designate a Chief Product Innova- resident of the United States and for vestment Act would restructure the re- tion officer to come up with new ideas other purposes. tirement health benefit prefunding re- and keep the public better informed of S. 2004 quirement and allow for the funds set what the Postal Service is doing to find At the request of Mr. UDALL of New aside against the future liability to be new products and services. My bill Mexico, the name of the Senator from invested in a diverse mix of govern- would also require more focus on re- Alaska (Mr. BEGICH) was added as a co- ment and non-government securities, taining revenues for existing products sponsor of S. 2004, a bill to grant the instead of only in government securi- by reducing uncollected postage. Congressional Gold Medal to the troops ties as is now the case. Finally, my bill contains several pro- who defended Bataan during World War There are promising precedents for visions related to the postal workforce. II. investing funds in this way in the Fed- Like several other proposals intro- S. RES. 310 eral Government. In 2001, we passed the duced already, the bill would allow the At the request of Ms. MIKULSKI, the Railroad Retirement and Survivors’ Postal Service access to excess pay- name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Improvement Act, which created a ments it has made over the years to CHAMBLISS) was added as a cosponsor of trust fund to invest railroad employee the Federal Employee Retirement Sys- S. Res. 310, a resolution designating retirement assets in non-government tem. It would use those funds first to 2012 as the ‘‘Year of the Girl’’ and con- securities. Assets of the Pension Ben- offer voluntary retirement incentives gratulating Girl Scouts of the USA on efit Guaranty Corporation also are in- to employees to help right-size the its 100th anniversary. vested in a diversified manner. Even in workforce.

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This bill would give them vision which would have shifted costs service for all Americans well into the the flexibility to use half of what they from the Postal Service to the Medi- future. I ask my colleagues to consider now get from USDA to buy local agri- care program and postal retirees by re- the proposals I have put forward and culture products. This approach not quiring eligible retirees to sign up for work with me and all members who only enables schools to buy healthier Medicare Parts A and B, and reducing have their own proposals to help enact food for their students but also helps the Federal Employees Health Benefit lasting improvements for the United keep that money in their local econ- package available to them. Instead, my States Postal Service. omy and support the family farmers bill would ask the Postal Service to down the road. work with the Office of Personnel Man- By Mr. WYDEN: This bill also moves USDA nutrition agement and the Center for Medicare S. 2016. A bill to amend the Food and programs into the 21st century when it and Medicaid Services to educate the Nutrition Act of 2008, the Richard B. comes to technology. It would push postal workforce about how the Medi- Russell National School Lunch Act, USDA to allow using smartphones and care program can work to enhance and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to tablet technology to accept SNAP ben- their existing health benefits. increase access to healthy food for efits, just as they can accept debit and To address concerns that have been families, to amend the Consolidated credit cards today. This will open up expressed about how the Postal Service Farm and Rural Development Act and access for SNAP beneficiaries to road- works with its employee unions and the Farm Security and Rural Invest- side food stands and farmers markets, management organizations on collec- ment Act of 2002 to increase access to and encourage innovation within the tive bargaining and consultation credit for small and new farmers, and agency. SNAP recipients would also be rights, the Postal Innovation Act offers for other purposes; to the Committee allowed to use online grocery stores to ways to strengthen these relationships. on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For- purchase foods—a hugely helpful op- It contains a provision clarifying arbi- estry. tion for busy moms or elderly folks for trators’ broad authority to consider Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, over the whom a grocery store is just too hard the factors he or she deems relevant last 10 months, I have been working to get to. For the WIC program, state should collective bargaining with a with a diverse group of people in my agencies will be allowed to use tech- union fail. It also contains a provision State on ways to get healthier food and nologies like videoconferencing to keep clarifying the consultation process for more local agricultural products to costs low when it comes to training managers, supervisors, and post- consumers throughout the country. and certification, particularly for masters. In the case of labor and man- Our group included folks from every stores in rural areas. agement agreeing to any future work- part of the State, from gleaners to cat- Folks will also get a better sense of force reductions, the bill also clarifies tle ranchers to pear growers. Today, I how the over $70 billion a year tax- that the process would be subject to exam introducing legislation based on my payers fund SNAP with is being spent isting procedures for other Federal em- discussions with that agricultural advi- if this bill passes. It requires compa- ployees. sory group. What we came up with is a nies that take in over $1 million a year Additionally, as the postal workforce series of proposals that I believe will from the SNAP program to provide the has begun making concessions on pay create agricultural jobs, increase ac- Federal Government with a receipt of and benefits and other contributions to cess to healthy locally grown fruits just what they have provided. the organization’s solvency, this bill and vegetables and reduce paperwork For small farmers, this bill suspends contains a provision intended to ensure for small farmers while improving ac- the 15-year limit for farmers to use that those at the very top of the Postal cess to Federal loans. FSA-guaranteed operating loans and Service share in the sacrifice. This pro- This legislation, the Fresh Regional the 7-year limit for them to use FSA vision is modeled on an amendment Eating for Schools and Health Act, or direct operating loans. By suspending drafted by Senator TESTER that was FRESH, will provide healthier choices these time limits indefinitely, farmers discussed but never settled on during for recipients of Federal programs, will have more access to these critical Committee consideration of postal re- push the U.S. Department of Agri- capital tools. It includes creation of a form legislation. Currently, the Post- culture’s, USDA’s, technology agenda streamlined micro-loan program that master General and several other top forward, increase flexibility for State will allow small farmers who just need executives at the Postal Service make and local stakeholders, and provide a quick loan to repair their truck or more than $200,000 per year, in addition better tools for small and beginning buy some feed to borrow up to $5,000 on to bonuses, deferred compensation, and farmers. an expedited basis and with reduced pa- other benefits. I believe that running For too long, the Federal Govern- perwork. the Postal Service is public service, ment has pushed one size fits all solu- For beginning farmers, this legisla- and the Postal Service simply cannot tions when it comes to nutrition and tion provides an alternative to the re- afford to treat the top management school lunches. That is why this bill al- quirement that they need three years like corporate executives, especially lows States to put forward innovative of farm management experience to get when postal employees and so many approaches to increase nutrition out- direct loans to buy farm lands. Instead, other Americans face pay freezes. As comes for Supplemental Nutrition As- it allows the completion of college de- important as his duties are, I believe it sistance Program, SNAP, beneficiaries. grees related to business and agri- is wrong for the Postmaster General to Let me make it clear: under this waiv- culture to be considered a substitute be paid more than the Secretary of De- er, no benefits will be reduced, and eli- for hands-on experience. For example, fense. My bill would tie the top pay at gibility requirements will not be Horticulture or Agricultural Business the Postal Service to the Executive changed. But States will be allowed to Management degrees would be accept- Level schedule used to determine pay provide incentives for eating healthy able as an alternative. This will give for Federal executives. for SNAP recipients, and help those young folks more opportunities to get I believe that the provisions I have folks meet the nutritional guidelines the capital needed to start a farm. outlined in this bill will serve as im- the Federal Government has put out. I am really proud of the efforts the portant ideas as we move forward with Another area where flexibility is Oregonians on my agricultural advi- comprehensive postal reform. It is my needed is in the school lunch program. sory committee made in helping pro- sincere hope that we can work out our Right now, over $1 billion goes to Or- vide common sense solutions for nutri- differences on the 21st Century Postal egon schools to purchase food for tion and farming programs. I want to Service Act, which would be a work- school lunches from a USDA com- thank them for helping to create these

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A bill to secure the Federal In 2011, I am concerned that there are ticular I want to thank the Brennan voting rights of persons when released still several areas where the legacy of Center for Justice, the ACLU, the from incarceration; to the Committee Jim Crow laws and state disenfran- Leadership Conference on Civil and on the Judiciary. chisement statutes lead to unfairness Human Rights, and the NAACP for Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, today I in Federal elections. First, state laws their work on this legislation. am pleased to introduce the Democracy governing the restoration of voting This legislation is ultimately de- Restoration Act. The Democracy Res- rights vary widely throughout the signed to reduce recidivism rates and toration Act, or DRA, had been intro- country, such that persons in some help reintegrate ex-prisoners back into duced in previous Congresses by former States can easily regain their voting society. When prisoners are released, Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin rights, while in other States persons ef- they are expected to obey the law, get and I am proud to follow his example. fectively lose their right to vote per- a job, and pay taxes as they are reha- I want to thank Senator DURBIN for manently. Second, these state dis- bilitated and reintegrated into their joining me as an original co-sponsor of enfranchisement laws have a dispropor- community. With these responsibilities this legislation. tionate impact on racial and ethnic mi- and obligations of citizenship should As the late Senator Kennedy often norities. Third, this patchwork of state also come the rights of citizenship, in- said, civil rights is the ‘‘unfinished laws results in the lack of a uniform cluding the right to vote. business’’ of America. The Democracy standard for eligibility to vote in Fed- In 2007, President George W. Bush Restoration Act would restore voting eral elections, and leads to an unfair signed the Second Chance Act into law, rights in federal elections to approxi- disparity and unequal participation in after overwhelming approval and mately 5 million Americans who have Federal elections based solely on where strong bipartisan support in Congress. been released from prison and are back an individual lives. The legislation expanded the Prison living in their communities. In 35 States, convicted individuals Re-Entry Initiative, by providing job After the Civil War, Congress enacted may not vote while they are on parole. training, placement services, transi- and the states ratified the Fifteenth In 10 States, a conviction can result in tional housing, drug treatment, med- Amendment, which provides that ‘‘the life-time disenfranchisement. Several ical care, and faith-based mentoring. right of citizens of the United States to States requires prisoners to seek dis- At the signing ceremony, President vote shall not be denied or abridged by cretionary pardons from Governors, or Bush said: ‘‘We believe that even those the United States or by any State on action by the parole or pardon board, who have struggled with a dark past account of race, color, or previous con- in order to regain their right to vote. can find brighter days ahead. One way dition of servitude. The Congress shall Several States deny the right to vote we act on that belief is by helping have power to enforce this article by to individuals convicted of certain mis- former prisoners who have paid for appropriate legislation.’’ demeanors. States are slowly moving their crimes. We help them build new Unfortunately, many states passed or repeal or loosen many of these bar- lives as productive members of our so- laws during the Jim Crow period after riers to voting for ex-prisoners. But ciety.’’ the Civil War to make it more difficult studies show that a growing number of The Democracy Restoration Act is for newly-freed slaves to vote in elec- African-American men, for example, fully consistent with the goals of the tions. Such laws included poll taxes, will be disenfranchised at some point Second Chance Act, as Congress and literacy tests, and disenfranchisement in their life, partly due to mandatory the States seek to reduce recidivism measures. Some disenfranchisement minimum sentencing laws that have a rates, strengthen the quality of life in measures applied to misdemeanor con- disproportionate impact on minorities. our communities and make them safer, victions and in practice could result in Congress recently addressed part of and reduce the burden on taxpayers. lifetime disenfranchisement, even for this problem by enacting the Fair Sen- Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- individuals that successfully re- tencing Act to partially reduce the sen- sent that letters of support be printed integrated into their communities as tencing disparity between crack coin the RECORD. law-abiding citizens. caine and powder cocaine convictions. There being no objection, the mate- It took Congress and the states near- While I welcome these steps, I believe rial was ordered to be printed in the ly another century to eliminate the that Congress should take stronger ac- RECORD as follows: poll tax, upon the ratification of the tion now to remedy this problem. DECEMBER 16, 2011. Twenty-Fourth Amendment in 1964. The legislation would restore voting DEAR MEMBER OF CONGRESS: We, the under- The Amendment provides that ‘‘the rights to prisoners after their release signed organizations, a coalition of civil rights of citizens of the United States from incarceration. It requires that rights, social and criminal justice, and other legal and advocacy organizations, are writ- to vote in any primary or other elec- prisons receiving federal funds notify ing to urge your support and co-sponsorship tion for President or Vice President, or people about their right to vote in fed- of the Democracy Restoration Act of 2011, a for Senator or Representative in Con- eral elections when they are leaving bill that seeks to restore voting rights in gress, shall not be denied or abridged prison, sentenced to probation, or con- federal elections to people who are out of by the United States or any State by victed of a misdemeanor. The bill au- prison and living in the community. The cur- reason of failure to pay any poll tax or thorizes the Department of Justice and rent patchwork of laws that disfranchise other tax.’’ individuals harmed by violation of this people with criminal records has created an Shortly thereafter Congress enacted Act to sue to enforce its provisions. inconsistent and unfair federal electoral the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which process, perpetuating entrenched racial dis- The bill generally provides State elec- crimination. As organizations dedicated to swept away numerous State laws and tion officials with a grace period to re- promoting democracy and justice as well as procedures that had denied African- solve voter eligibility complaints with- equal rights for all Americans, we strongly Americans and other minorities their out a lawsuit before an election. support passage of this legislation. constitutional right to vote. For exam- The legislation is narrowly crafted to Currently, 5.3 million American citizens ple, the Act outlawed the use of lit- apply to federal elections, and retains are denied the right to vote because they eracy or history tests that voters had the States’ authorities to generally es- have a criminal conviction in their past. to pass before registering to vote or tablish voting qualifications. This leg- Four million of these people are out of prison, living in the community, paying taxes casting their ballot. The act specifi- islation is therefore consistent with and raising families; yet they remain cally prohibits states from imposing Congressional authority under the Con- disfranchised for years, often decades, and any ‘‘voting qualification or pre- stitution and voting rights statutes, as sometimes for life. The United States is one requisite to voting, or standard, prac- interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court. of the few western democratic nations that

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Jan 22, 2013 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD11\RECFILES\DECEMBER\S16DE1.REC S16DE1 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with S8738 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 16, 2011 excludes such large numbers of people from ProjectVote; Queers for Economic Jus- There is no credible evidence that denying the democratic process. Congressional action tice; South Asian Americans Leading voting rights to people after release from is needed to restore voting rights in federal Together (SAALT); State Rep. Edward prison does anything to reduce crime. In our elections to the millions of Americans who J. Orlett (Ret) -Ohio; judgment, just the opposite is true. Every have been released from incarceration, but StoptheDrugWar.org; The Sentencing year over 600,000 people leave prison. We continue to be denied their ability to fully Project; Women With A Vision, Inc. must find new and effective ways to foster participate in civic life. Fortunately, Sen- reintegration back into the community and ator Ben Cardin and Representative John DECEMBER 16, 2011 prevent recidivism. We believe that bringing Conyers are lead sponsors of the Democracy DEAR MEMBER OF CONGRESS: We, the under- people into the political process makes them Restoration Act of 2011, which is intended to signed religious organizations, reflecting di- stakeholders in the community and helps address these injustices. verse faith traditions, in one voice write to steer former offenders away from future Criminal disfranchisement laws are rooted urge you to support and co-sponsor the De- crimes. in the Jim Crow era. They were enacted mocracy Restoration Act, a bill which seeks The hallmark of a democratic government alongside poll taxes and literacy tests and to restore federal voting rights to millions of is that it reflects the views of the governed, were intended to keep African Americans Americans living and working in our com- views that are most readily expressed from voting. By 1900, 38 states denied voting munities who have been disenfranchised be- through the ballot box. As law enforcement rights to people with criminal convictions, cause of a criminal conviction in their past. and criminal justice officials, we are deeply most of which disfranchised people until As people of faith, we believe all people are committed to securing our system of Amer- they received a pardon. The intended effects created in God’s image. We are deeply con- ican democracy. Carving a segment of the of these laws continue to this day. Nation- cerned that state disenfranchisement laws community out of the democratic process is wide 1-3% of African-American men have lost continue to deprive our neighbors of their inconsistent with America’s best traditions the right to vote. If current incarceration fundamental right to vote and relegate them and highest values. rates continue, three in ten of the next gen- to second-class citizenship. People who commit crimes must and will From Joseph saving untold numbers from eration of African American men will lose serve all terms of their sentence. But once famine, to Peter being the rock upon which the right to vote at some point in their life- the criminal justice system has determined Christ’s church was built, our scriptures bear times. This racial disparity also impacts the that they are ready to return to the commu- families of those who are disfranchised and powerful witness of the great achievements that can be made by persons who have spent nity, they should receive both the rights and the communities in which they reside by di- responsibilities that come with the status of minishing their collective political voice. time in prison. It is consistent with the best of our democratic values and our moral her- being a citizen. Restoring the right to vote is In this country, voting is a national sym- simply good law enforcement policy. bol of political equality and full citizenship. itage to encourage former prisoners to participate constructively with their commu- To protect basic public safety and When a citizen is denied this right and re- strengthen the core of our democracy, we sponsibility, his or her standing as a full and nities in ways such as voting. Accordingly, we join the many Americans urge you to use your leadership to pass this equal member of our society is called into who believe that continuing to deny the important legislation. question. The responsibilities of citizen- franchise to millions of our fellow citizens Sincerely, ship—working, paying taxes and contrib- who have rejoined our communities is un- American Correctional Association; As- uting to one’s community— are duties con- wise and unjust. Our support for the Democ- sociation of Paroling Authorities Inter- ferred upon those reentering society. To fur- racy Restoration Act rests squarely on our national; American Probation and Pa- ther punish individuals who are back in the obligation to be merciful and forgiving, our role Association; James H. Austen; community by denying them a right of citi- commitment to treat others with the respect Blacks in Law Enforcement of Amer- zenship counters the expectation that citi- and dignity that God’s children deserve, and ica; Correctional Association of New zens have rehabilitated themselves after a our steadfast belief in the human capacity York; Charles J. Hynes, District Attor- conviction. The United States should not be for redemption. ney, Kings County, New York; Inter- a country where the effects of past mistakes We applaud your efforts to restore the national Community Corrections Asso- have countless consequences—and no oppor- franchise to persons who have been released ciation; Doug Jones; Peg tunity for redress. from prison, and we urge you to pass the De- Lautenschlager; Jorge Montes, Prin- Passage of the Democracy Restoration Act mocracy Restoration Act. cipal at Montes & Associates; Okla- of 2011 will ensure that all Americans living Yours truly, homa Department of Corrections; Po- in their communities will have the oppor- The Aleph Institute, an organization for lice Foundation; Providence Police De- tunity to participate in our electoral proc- Jewish renewal; Christian Reformed partment; Rhode Island Department of ess. A strong, vibrant democracy requires Church of North America; Crossroad Corrections. the broadest possible base of voter participa- Bible Institute; Evangelicals for Social tion, and allowing all persons who have com- Action; The Institute for Prison Min- By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself pleted their prison time to vote is the best istries at the Billy Graham Center; and Mrs. BOXER): way to ensure the greatest level of participa- Masjid An-Nur, an Islamic center in S. 2019. A bill to require the Adminis- tion. Minneapolis, MN; Mennonite Central trator of the Federal Aviation Admin- We urge you to support the passage of the Committee; National Advocacy Center Democracy Restoration Act of 2011. of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd; istration to prescribe regulations to re- If you have any questions, please contact National Hispanic Christian Leadership duce helicopter noise pollution in cer- Deborah J. Vagins of the ACLU Washington Conference; NETWORK, A National tain residential areas, and for other Legislative Office or Nicole Austin-Hillery of Catholic Social Justice Lobby; Pres- purposes; to the Committee on Com- the Brennan Center for Justice. byterian Church USA, Office of Public merce, Science, and Transportation. Sincerely, Witness, Washington, DC; Progressive American Civil Liberties Union; APIA Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I National Baptist Convention, Inc.; Re- rise to introduce the Los Angeles Resi- Vote; Brennan Center for Justice; Cen- storative Justice Ministries Network of ter for the Study of the American Elec- dential Helicopter Noise Relief Act of North America; Sojourners, a Christian 2011, which is cosponsored by Senator torate; CitiWide Harm Reduction; Com- ministry based in Washington, DC; mission on Social Action of Reform Ju- United Church of Christ, Justice and BOXER. daism; Crossroad Bible Institute; Witness Ministries; The United Meth- This legislation is very simple. It di- Demos; Desiree Alliance; Drug Policy odist Church, General Board of Church rects the Federal Aviation Administra- Alliance; Drug Policy Forum of Ha- and Society; Unitarian Universalist As- tion to develop and enforce regulations waii; Fair Elections Legal Network; sociation of Congregations. to control helicopter noise and improve The Fortune Society’s David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy; helicopter safety above Los Angeles. DECEMBER 16, 2011 FAA must complete the regulations Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy; DEAR MEMBER OF CONGRESS: We, the under- International CURE; Law Enforcement signed law enforcement and criminal justice within three years, in consultation Against Prohibition; Lawyers’ Com- leaders, urge you to support and co-sponsor with the local community, and it must mittee For Civil Rights Under Law; the Democracy Restoration Act, a bill which include an exemption for public safety The Leadership Conference on Civil and seeks to restore federal voting rights to the aircraft. Human Rights; Maryland CURE; nearly four million Americans living, work- The bill is a companion to legislation NAACP; NAACP Legal Defense and ing and paying taxes in our communities with the same name introduced by Educational Fund, Inc.; New Mexico who have been disenfranchised because of a Representative BERMAN. Women’s Justice Project; A New PATH criminal conviction in their past. We support This legislation is long overdue. (Parents for Addiction Treatment & the restoration of voting rights because con- Healing); North Carolina Harm Reduc- tinuing to disenfranchise individuals after Under current law, helicopter pilots tion Coalition; NORML; The Office of release from prison is ineffective law en- can and do fly practically wherever Social Justice, Christian Reformed forcement policy and violates core principles they want above Los Angeles, and no Church of North America (CRCNA); of democracy and equality. agency limits their activity.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Jan 22, 2013 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD11\RECFILES\DECEMBER\S16DE1.REC S16DE1 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S8739 The Federal Aviation Administration As one pilot explained: the Holly- Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, through- controls our Nation’s airspace exclu- wood Bowl managers ‘‘are always call- out my career in public service I have sively, but it imposes no restrictions ing the towers telling them to get us been committed to ensuring that chil- on helicopter flight paths, elevation, or away. But they can’t do anything.’’ dren in this country receive a quality hovering. Only FAA can act. education. I believe that each child If a helicopter wants to hover over a Only the FAA has the authority to should be educated in a supportive, car- home in Los Angeles for an hour, it improve the lives of millions of Califor- ing, stimulating environment in which can. nians bothered by helicopters by estab- they are treated as an individual and One neighborhood leader told the lishing common sense rules that in- provided with the tools they need to New York Times this summer that he crease safety and reduce noise. succeed. I also believe no child should was afraid of complaining too loudly But to date, FAA leaders have ig- be subjected to abusive disciplinary about the noise helicopters create be- nored this problem. In fact, FAA has strategies or violent behavioral inter- cause he feared helicopter operators not even tracked noise and annoyance ventions while in school and no child would retaliate, legally, by parking complaints. should be secluded or unnecessarily re- over his house. This bill directs the FAA to take this strained. I have fought to ensure that City officials and State agencies per- matter seriously. all children be treated fairly in schools mit the location of helicopter landing FAA would be required to bring in this country, and as a result I am pads, but they have absolutely no about safer, more pleasant skies above pleased to introduce today the Keeping power to govern what the chopper does Los Angeles in cooperation with the All Students Safe Act. This important once it takes off. They can do nothing local communities. legislation will protect school children to discourage tourist pilots from flying The air above our cities is a common against ineffective harmful and life- low and banking hard for the promise Federal resource that only Congress threatening seclusion and restraint of a tip. has the power to protect, and today the practices. Bottom Line: This is, for all intents air above Los Angeles is polluted with In 2009 the Government Account- and purposes, an unregulated industry. helicopter noise. ability Office conducted a study on se- This reality is increasingly frus- This is therefore a very important clusion and restraint in schools. This trating to Los Angeles residents who bill for the quality of life in America’s study revealed that although the Chil- are experiencing what many people say second largest city. dren’s Health Act of 2000 amended Title is the most intense period of helicopter I hope my colleagues will support V of the Public Health Service Act and use in memory. this legislation and work with us to regulated the use of seclusion and re- Every day brings a steady swarm of enact it as part of FAA reauthoriza- straint on residents and children in helicopters buzzing above Southern tion. hospital facilities that receive Federal California’s bedroom communities in Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- funds, there was no Federal law re- what many officials say are greater sent that the text of the bill be printed stricting the use of seclusion and re- numbers than ever before. in the RECORD. straint in schools. In a hearing on May There are media helicopters, traffic There being no objection, the text of 19, 2009 parents of children who were helicopters, tour helicopters, paparazzi the bill was ordered to be printed in injured or killed as a result of the use and film crew helicopters, corporate the RECORD, as follows: of seclusion and restraint in schools helicopters and private commuter heli- testified before the House Committee S. 2019 copters. on Education and Labor. This testi- Downtown L.A. has a helicopter Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- mony from parents highlighted the resentatives of the United States of America in parking lot in the clouds; helipads lie Congress assembled, very real need for this legislation. The atop nearly every skyscraper. Keeping All Students Safe Act address- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. But the city’s residents may have fi- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Los Angeles es many of the concerns raised at that nally reached their breaking point in Residential Helicopter Noise Relief Act of hearing and by the G.A.O. study. The July, after two consecutive weekends 2011’’. act specifically prohibits seclusion, the of extreme helicopter noise. SEC. 2. REGULATIONS TO REDUCE HELICOPTER use of locked or barred rooms where First, the helicopters hovered for NOISE POLLUTION IN CERTAIN RESI- children are left unattended, without hours on end as Prince William and his DENTIAL AREAS. supervision. The act also prohibits me- new bride, Kate, settled into Hancock (a) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—Not later chanical and chemical restraints, phys- Park, a Los Angeles community. than 3 years after the date of the enactment ical restraints that are life-threat- Then, a week later, the helicopters of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall prescribe reg- ening, including those that restrict monitoring the impact of closing Inter- ulations for helicopter operations in Los An- breathing, and aversive behavioral state 405 were even worse. geles County, California, that include re- interventions that compromise a stu- Los Angeles resident Sue Rosen told quirements relating to the flight paths and dent’s health and safety. the New York Times that there were, altitudes associated with such operations to The G.A.O. study also revealed that at any given time, at least five heli- reduce helicopter noise pollution in residen- restraint and seclusion-related fatali- copters hovering over her house watch- tial areas, increase safety, and minimize ties and injuries most often involve ing the 405. ‘‘The noise was nerve- commercial aircraft delays. children with disabilities. This vulner- wracking,’’ she said. ‘‘The house was (b) EXEMPTIONS.—In prescribing regula- able population must especially be pro- tions under subsection (a), the Adminis- vibrating.’’ trator shall exempt helicopter operations re- tected from this type of abuse, and this The same week, a helicopter thumped lated to emergency, law enforcement, or legislation seeks to do just that. The loudly above the Hollywood Bowl at military activities from the requirements Keeping All Students Safe Act pro- the exact moment Gustavo Dudamel described in that subsection. hibits the use of all types of restraint was leading the Los Angeles Phil- (c) CONSULTATIONS.—In prescribing regula- and seclusion in all schools receiving harmonic through the adagio in the tions under subsection (a), the Adminis- Federal financial assistance, and pre- overture to Mozart’s ‘‘Abduction From trator shall make reasonable efforts to con- vents the use of this type of interven- the Seraglio.’’ sult with local communities and local heli- tion from being included in any child’s copter operators in order to develop regula- Although the Hollywood Bowl has tions that meet the needs of local commu- individualized education plan. This worked aggressively with helicopter nities, helicopter operators, and the Federal prohibition is included in the act be- operators to establish a voluntary no- Aviation Administration. cause we know that planning for the fly zone during concert nights, they use of restraint or seclusion has been have no power to enforce it, and pilots By Mr. HARKIN. shown to actually increase their use. ignore it. S. 2020. A bill to protect all school Although the act does allow for the Noise from helicopters above the Hol- children against harmful and life- use of restraint in emergency situa- lywood bowl has been so loud some threatening seclusion and restraint tions to prevent serious bodily injury years that the Symphony had to stop practices; to the Committee on Health, to the student, other students in the playing. Education, Labor and Pensions. classroom, or staff, it also requires

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This will help to ensure that in and means the isolation of a student in a room, the rare instances where restraint is (B) ‘‘school resource officer’’ and ‘‘school enclosure, or space that is— necessary to prevent serious bodily in- personnel’’ have the meanings given such (A) locked; or jury, all techniques will be adminis- terms in section 4151 of such Act (20 U.S.C. (B) unlocked and the student is prevented tered appropriately and unnecessary 7161). from leaving. injury can be avoided. (4) FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—The (12) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ Another issue uncovered by the term ‘‘Federal financial assistance’’ means means the Secretary of Education, and, any grant, loan, contract (other than a pro- G.A.O. study was that no web site, Fed- where appropriate, the Secretary of the Inte- curement contract or a contract of insurance rior and the Secretary of Defense. eral agency, or other entity currently or guaranty), or any other arrangement by (13) SERIOUS BODILY INJURY.—The term ‘‘se- collects comprehensive data related to which the Department provides or otherwise rious bodily injury’’ has the meaning given the use of restraint and seclusion in makes available assistance in the form of— the term in section 1365(h) of title 18, United our Nation’s schools. This Act will (A) funds; States Code. remedy this situation, as it requires (B) services of Federal personnel; or (14) STATE-APPROVED CRISIS INTERVENTION each State educational agency to pre- (C) real and personal property or any inter- TRAINING PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘State-ap- est in or use of such property, including— proved crisis intervention training program’’ pare and submit a report documenting, (i) transfers or leases of such property for among other information, any in- means a training program approved by a less than fair market value or for reduced State that, at a minimum, provides training stances in which physical restraint was consideration; and in evidence-based practices shown to be ef- imposed upon a student. This will (ii) proceeds from a subsequent transfer or fective— allow us to track the use of restraint lease of such property if the Federal share of (A) in the prevention of the use of physical and to determine if our efforts to de- its fair market value is not returned to the restraint; crease it are being successful. Federal Government. (B) in keeping both school personnel and (5) FREE APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION.— Support for this Act comes from students safe in imposing physical restraint For those students eligible for special edu- in a manner consistent with this Act; many sectors of the education commu- cation and related services under the Indi- nity. Organizations such as Easter (C) in the use of data-based decision- viduals with Disabilities Education Act (20 making and evidence-based positive behav- Seals, United Cerebral Palsy, The Arc U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), the term ‘‘free appro- ioral interventions and supports, safe phys- of the United States, the National Dis- priate public education’’ has the meaning ical escort, conflict prevention, behavioral abilities Rights Network and the Coun- given the term in section 602 of such Act (20 antecedents, functional behavioral assess- U.S.C. 1401). cil of Parent and Attorney Advocates ments, de-escalation of challenging behav- (6) MECHANICAL RESTRAINT.—The term iors, and conflict management; all support this legislation. In addition, ‘‘mechanical restraint’’— (D) in first aid, including the signs of med- in the House, our colleague, Represent- (A) has the meaning given the term in sec- ical distress, and cardiopulmonary resuscita- ative GEORGE MILLER, introduced in tion 595(d)(1) of the Public Health Service tion; and April a companion bill with bi-partisan Act (42 U.S.C. 290jj(d)(1)), except that the (E) certification for school personnel in the meaning shall be applied by substituting support. practices and skills described in subpara- ‘‘student’s’’ for ‘‘resident’s’’; and This act is an important step towards graphs (A) through (D), which shall be re- (B) does not mean devices used by trained protecting all children within our Na- quired to be renewed on a periodic basis. school personnel, or used by a student, for TUDENT.—The term ‘‘student’’ means tion’s schools from the use of restraint the specific and approved therapeutic or (15) S and seclusion. No child should be sub- safety purposes for which such devices were a student who— jected to physical restraint or seclu- designed and, if applicable, prescribed, in- (A) is enrolled in a public school; sion as a disciplinary technique or be- cluding— (B) is enrolled in a private school and is re- havior intervention strategy. (i) restraints for medical immobilization; ceiving a free appropriate public education (ii) adaptive devices or mechanical sup- at the school under subparagraph (B) or (C) Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- of section 612(a)(10) of the Individuals with sent that the text of the bill be printed ports used to allow greater freedom of mobil- ity than would be possible without the use of Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. in the RECORD. such devices or mechanical supports; or 1412(a)(10)(B), (C)); There being no objection, the mate- (iii) vehicle safety restraints when used as (C) is enrolled in a Head Start or Early rial was ordered to be printed in the intended during the transport of a student in Head Start program supported under the RECORD, as follows: a moving vehicle. Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831); or (D) receives services under section 619 or S. 2020 (7) PHYSICAL ESCORT.—The term ‘‘physical escort’’ means the temporary touching or part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- holding of the hand, wrist, arm, shoulder, Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1419, 1431 et seq.). resentatives of the United States of America in waist, hip, or back for the purpose of induc- SEC. 3. PURPOSE. Congress assembled, ing a student to move to a safe location. The purposes of this Act are— SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. (8) PHYSICAL RESTRAINT.—The term ‘‘phys- (1) to promote the development of effective This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keeping All ical restraint’’ means a personal restriction intervention and prevention practices that Students Safe Act’’. that immobilizes or reduces the ability of an do not use restraints and seclusion; SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. individual to move the individual’s arms, (2) to protect all students from physical or In this Act: legs, body, or head freely. Such term does mental abuse, aversive behavioral interven- (1) APPLICABLE PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘ap- not include a physical escort, mechanical re- tions that compromise health and safety, plicable program’’ has the meaning given the straint, or chemical restraint. and any restraint imposed for purposes of co- term in section 400(c)(1) of the General Edu- (9) POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS ercion, discipline or convenience, or as a sub- cation Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221(c)(1)). AND SUPPORTS.—The term ‘‘positive behav- stitute for appropriate educational or posi- (2) CHEMICAL RESTRAINT.—The term ‘‘chem- ioral interventions and supports’’ tive behavioral interventions and supports; ical restraint’’ means a drug or medication (A) means a school-wide systematic ap- (3) to ensure that staff are safe from the used on a student to control behavior or re- proach to embed evidence-based practices harm that can occur from inexpertly using strict freedom of movement that is not— and data-driven decisionmaking to improve restraints; and (A) prescribed by a licensed physician, or school climate and culture in order to (4) to ensure the safety of all students and other qualified health professional acting achieve improved academic and social out- school personnel and promote positive school under the scope of the professional’s author- comes, and increase learning for all students, culture and climate. ity under State law, for the standard treat- including those with the most complex and SEC. 4. MINIMUM STANDARDS; RULE OF CON- ment of a student’s medical or psychiatric intensive behavioral needs; and STRUCTION. condition; and (B) encompasses a range of systemic and Each State and local educational agency (B) administered as prescribed by the li- individualized positive strategies to rein- receiving Federal financial assistance shall censed physician or other qualified health force desired behaviors, diminish reoccur- have in place policies that are consistent professional acting under the scope of the rence of challenging behaviors, and teach ap- with the following: professional’s authority under State law. propriate behaviors to students. (1) PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN ACTION.—School (3) ESEA DEFINITIONS.—The terms— (10) PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SYSTEM.— personnel, contractors, and resource officers (A) ‘‘Department’’, ‘‘educational service The term ‘‘protection and advocacy system’’ are prohibited from imposing on any stu- agency’’, ‘‘elementary school’’, ‘‘local edu- means a protection and advocacy system es- dent—

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(A) seclusion; (i) establish policies and procedures that (4) NOTIFICATION IN WRITING ON DEATH OR (B) mechanical restraint; ensure school personnel and parents, includ- BODILY INJURY.—In a case in which serious (C) chemical restraint; ing private school personnel and parents, are bodily injury or death of a student occurs in (D) aversive behavioral interventions that aware of the State, local educational agency, conjunction with the use of physical re- compromise health and safety; and school’s policies and procedures regard- straint or any intervention used to control (E) physical restraint that is life-threat- ing seclusion and restraint; behavior, there are procedures to notify, in ening, including physical restraint that re- (ii) establish policies and procedures to writing, within 24 hours after such injury or stricts breathing; and keep all students, including students with death occurs— (F) physical restraint if contraindicated the most complex and intensive behavioral (A) the State educational agency and local based on the student’s disability, health care needs, and school personnel safe; educational agency; needs, or medical or psychiatric condition, (iii) establish policies and procedures for (B) local law enforcement; and as documented in a health care directive or planning for the appropriate use of restraint (C) a protection and advocacy system, in medical management plan, a behavior inter- in crisis situations in accordance with this the case of a student who is eligible for serv- vention plan, an individualized education Act by a team of professionals trained in ac- ices from the protection and advocacy sys- program or an individualized family service cordance with a State-approved crisis inter- tem. plan (as defined in section 602 of the Individ- vention training program; and (5) PROHIBITION AGAINST RETALIATION.—The uals with Disabilities Education Act (20 (iv) establish policies and procedures to be State or local educational agency, each U.S.C. 1401)), or plan developed pursuant to followed after each incident involving the school and educational program served by section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 imposition of physical restraint upon a stu- the State or local educational agency, and (29 U.S.C. 794), or other relevant record made dent, including— school personnel of such school or program available to the State or local educational (I) procedures to provide to the parent of shall not retaliate against any person for agency. the student, with respect to each such inci- having— (2) PHYSICAL RESTRAINT.— dent— (A) reported a violation of this section or (A) IN GENERAL.—Physical restraint may (aa) a verbal or electronic communication Federal or State regulations or policies pro- only be implemented if— on the same day as each such incident; and mulgated to carry out this section; or (i) the student’s behavior poses an imme- (bb) within 24 hours of each such incident, (B) provided information regarding a viola- diate danger of serious bodily injury to self tion of this section or Federal or State regu- or others; written notification; and (II) after the imposition of physical relations or policies promulgated to carry out (ii) the physical restraint does not inter- this section. fere with the student’s ability to commu- straint upon a student, procedures to ensure SEC. 5. INTERACTION. nicate in the student’s primary language or that all school personnel in the proximity of (a) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in mode of communication; and the student immediately before and during this Act shall be construed to restrict or (iii) less restrictive interventions have the time of the restraint, the parent, the stu- limit, or allow the Secretary to restrict or been ineffective in stopping the immediate dent, appropriate supervisory and adminis- danger of serious bodily injury to the stu- trative staff, and appropriate IEP team limit, any other rights or remedies otherwise dent or others, except in a case of a rare and members, participate in a debriefing session. available to students or parents under Fed- clearly unavoidable emergency circumstance (B) DEBRIEFING SESSION.— eral or State law (including regulations) or posing immediate danger of serious bodily (i) IN GENERAL.—The debriefing session de- to restrict or limit stronger restrictions on injury. scribed in subparagraph (A)(iv)(II) shall the use of restraint, seclusion, or aversives (B) LEAST AMOUNT OF FORCE NECESSARY.— occur as soon as practicable, but not later in Federal or State law (including regula- When implementing a physical restraint, than 5 school days following the imposition tions) or in State policies. staff shall use only the amount of force nec- of physical restraint unless it is delayed by (b) DENIAL OF A FREE APPROPRIATE PUBLIC essary to protect the student or others from written mutual agreement of the parent and EDUCATION.—Failure to meet the minimum the threatened injury. school. Parents shall retain their full legal standards of this Act as applied to an indi- (C) END OF PHYSICAL RESTRAINT.—The use rights for children under the age of majority vidual child eligible for accommodations de- of physical restraint shall end when— concerning participation in the debriefing or veloped pursuant to section 504 of the Reha- (i) a medical condition occurs putting the other matters. bilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) or for student at risk of harm; (ii) CONTENT OF SESSION.—The debriefing education or related services under the Indi- (ii) the student’s behavior no longer poses session described in subparagraph (A)(iv)(II) viduals with Disabilities Education Act (20 an immediate danger of serious bodily injury shall include— U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) shall constitute a denial to the student or others; or (I) identification of antecedents to the of a free appropriate public education. (iii) less restrictive interventions would be physical restraint; SEC. 6. REPORT REQUIREMENTS. effective in stopping such immediate danger (II) consideration of relevant information (a) IN GENERAL.—Each State educational of serious bodily injury. in the student’s records, and such informa- agency shall (in compliance with the re- (D) QUALIFICATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS ENGAG- tion from teachers, other professionals, the quirements of section 444 of the General Edu- ING IN PHYSICAL RESTRAINT.—School per- parent, and student; cation Provisions Act (commonly known as sonnel imposing physical restraint in accord- (III) planning to prevent and reduce reoc- the ‘‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy ance with this subsection shall— currence of the use of physical restraint, in- Act of 1974’’) (20 U.S.C. 1232g)) prepare and (i) be trained and certified by a State-ap- cluding consideration of the results of any submit to the Secretary, and make available proved crisis intervention training program, functional behavioral assessments, whether to the public, a report with respect to each except in the case of rare and clearly un- positive behavior plans were implemented local educational agency, and each school avoidable emergency circumstances when with fidelity, recommendations of appro- not under the jurisdiction of a local edu- school personnel trained and certified are priate positive behavioral interventions and cational agency, located in the same State not immediately available due to the unfore- supports to assist personnel responsible for as such State educational agency that in- seeable nature of the emergency cir- the student’s educational plan, the individ- cludes the following information: cumstance; ualized education program for the student, if (1) The total number of incidents in which (ii) engage in continuous face-to-face mon- applicable, and plans providing for reason- physical restraint was imposed upon a stu- itoring of the student; and able accommodations under section 504 of dent in the preceding full academic year. (iii) be trained in State and school policies the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794); (2) The information described in paragraph and procedures regarding restraint and se- (IV) a plan to have a functional behavioral (1) shall be disaggregated— clusion. assessment conducted, reviewed, or revised (A) by the total number of incidents in (E) PROHIBITION ON USE OF PHYSICAL RE- by qualified professionals, the parent, and which physical restraint was imposed upon a STRAINT AS PLANNED INTERVENTION.—The use the student; and student— of physical restraints as a planned interven- (V) for any student not identified as eligi- (i) that resulted in injury to students or tion shall not be written into a student’s ble to receive accommodations under section school personnel, or both; education plan, individual safety plan, plan 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 (ii) that resulted in death; and developed pursuant to section 504 of the Re- U.S.C. 794) or services under the Individuals (iii) in which the school personnel impos- habilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), indi- with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. ing physical restraint were not trained and vidualized education program or individual- 1400 et seq.), evidence of such a referral or certified as described in section 4(2)(D)(i); ized family service plan (as defined in sec- documentation of the basis for declining to and tion 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities refer the student. (B) by the demographic characteristics of Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401)), or any other (iii) COMMUNICATION BY THE STUDENT.— all students upon whom physical restraint planning document for an individual student. When a student attends a debriefing session was imposed, including— (3) OTHER POLICIES.— described in subparagraph (A)(iv)(II), infor- (i) the subcategories identified in section (A) IN GENERAL.—The State or local edu- mation communicated by the student may 1111(h)(1)(C)(i) of the Elementary and Sec- cational agency, and each school and edu- not be used against the student in any dis- ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. cational program served by the State or ciplinary, criminal, or civil investigation or 6311(h)(1)(C)(i)); local educational agency shall— proceeding. (ii) age; and

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Jan 22, 2013 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD11\RECFILES\DECEMBER\S16DE1.REC S16DE1 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with S8742 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 16, 2011 (iii) disability category. tion may use such grant or subgrant funds The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without (b) UNDUPLICATED COUNT; EXCEPTION.—The for 1 or more of the following: objection, it is so ordered. disaggregation required under subsection (a) (1) Developing and implementing a high- f shall— quality professional development and train- (1) be carried out in a manner to ensure an ing program to implement evidence-based PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR unduplicated count of the total number of systematic approaches to school-wide posi- Mr. HOEVEN. Mr. President, I ask incidents in the preceding full academic year tive behavioral interventions and supports, in which physical restraint was imposed including improving coaching, facilitation, unanimous consent that Russell upon a student; and and training capacity for administrators, Evenmo, an intern in my office, be per- (2) not be required in a case in which the teachers, specialized instructional support mitted floor privileges for today. It is number of students in a category would re- personnel, and other staff. his last day and I wish to get him on veal personally identifiable information (2) Providing technical assistance to de- the floor, if I could. about an individual student. velop and implement evidence-based system- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without SEC. 7. GRANT AUTHORITY. atic approaches to school-wide positive be- objection, it is so ordered. (a) IN GENERAL.—From the amount appro- havioral interventions and supports, includ- f priated under section 9, the Secretary may ing technical assistance for data-driven deci- award grants to State educational agencies sionmaking related to positive behavioral UNANIMOUS CONSENT to assist in— interventions and supports in the classroom. AGREEMENT (1) establishing, implementing, and enforc- (3) Researching, evaluating, and dissemi- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- nating high-quality evidence-based programs ing the policies and procedures to meet the imous consent that at 9 a.m. tomorrow minimum standards described in this Act; and activities that implement school-wide positive behavioral interventions and sup- morning, Saturday, December 17, the (2) improving State and local capacity to Senate proceed to the consideration of collect and analyze data related to physical ports with fidelity. restraint; and (4) Supporting other local positive behav- Calendar No. 257, H.R. 3630; that the (3) improving school climate and culture ioral interventions and supports implemen- majority leader be recognized to offer a by implementing school-wide positive behav- tation activities consistent with this sub- Reid-McConnell substitute amendment ioral interventions and supports. section. agreed to by both leaders—a 2-month (b) DURATION OF GRANT.—A grant under (h) EVALUATION AND REPORT.—Each State extension of the payroll tax reduction, this section shall be awarded to a State edu- educational agency receiving a grant under doc fix, and unemployment insurance; this section shall, at the end of the 3-year cational agency for a 3-year period. that following the reporting of the (c) APPLICATION.—Each State educational grant period for such grant— (1) evaluate the State’s progress toward amendment, the Senate proceed to vote agency desiring a grant under this section in relation to the substitute; that there shall submit an application to the Secretary the prevention and reduction of physical re- at such time, in such manner, and accom- straint in the schools located in the State, be no amendments in order to the sub- panied by such information as the Secretary consistent with the minimum standards; and stitute or the bill prior to the vote; may require, including information on how (2) submit to the Secretary a report on that the amendment be subject to a 60- the State educational agency will target re- such progress. vote threshold; that if the substitute sources to schools and local educational SEC. 8. ENFORCEMENT. amendment is agreed to, the bill, as agencies in need of assistance related to pre- (a) USE OF REMEDIES.—If a State edu- amended, be read the third time and venting and reducing physical restraint. cational agency fails to comply with the re- passed; that if the Reid-McConnell sub- (d) AUTHORITY TO MAKE SUBGRANTS.— quirements under this Act, the Secretary stitute amendment is not agreed to, shall— (1) IN GENERAL.—A State educational agen- the majority leader be recognized; that cy receiving a grant under this section may (1) withhold, in whole or in part, further use such grant funds to award subgrants, on payments under an applicable program in ac- upon the disposition of H.R. 3630, the a competitive basis, to local educational cordance with section 455 of the General Senate proceed to the consideration of agencies. Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1234d); the conference report with respect to (2) APPLICATION.—A local educational (2) require a State or local educational H.R. 2055; that there be 15 minutes of agency desiring to receive a subgrant under agency to submit, and implement, within 1 debate, 5 minutes each for Senators this section shall submit an application to year of such failure to comply, a corrective INOUYE, COCHRAN, and MCCAIN; that the applicable State educational agency at plan of action, which may include redirec- upon the use or yielding back of time, such time, in such manner, and containing tion of funds received under an applicable program; the conference report be temporarily such information as the State educational set aside and, notwithstanding the lack agency may require. (3) issue a complaint to compel compliance (e) PRIVATE SCHOOL PARTICIPATION.— of the State or local educational agency of receipt of the papers from the House (1) IN GENERAL.—A State educational agen- through a cease and desist order, in the same with respect to H.R. 3672, the Senate cy receiving grant funds under this section manner the Secretary is authorized to take proceed to the consideration en bloc of shall, after timely and meaningful consulta- such action under section 456 of the General the following items: H.R. 3672, a bill re- tion with appropriate private school offi- Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1234e); or garding emergency disaster funding, cials, ensure that private school personnel (4) refer the State to the Department of and H. Con. Res. 94, a correcting reso- can participate, on an equitable basis, in ac- Justice or Department of Education Office of lution to provide offsets for the emer- tivities supported by grant or subgrant Civil Rights for an investigation. (b) CESSATION OF WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.— gency disaster funding; that there be funds. no amendments in order to the bill or (2) PUBLIC CONTROL OF FUNDS.—The control Whenever the Secretary determines (whether of funds provided under this section, and by certification or other appropriate evi- the concurrent resolution prior to title to materials, equipment, and property dence) that a State or local educational votes in relation to those measures; with such funds, shall be in a public agency agency that is subject to the withholding of that following the reporting of the bill and a public agency shall administer such payments under subsection (a)(1) has cured and the concurrent resolution, the Sen- funds, materials, equipment, and property. the failure providing the basis for the with- ate proceed to votes on the measures in (f) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—A State edu- holding of payments, the Secretary shall the following order: passage of H.R. cational agency receiving a grant, or a local cease the withholding of payments with re- 3672, adoption of H. Con. Res. 94, and educational agency receiving a subgrant, spect to the State educational agency under such subsection. adoption of the conference report to ac- under this section shall use such grant or company H.R. 2055, the Omnibus appro- subgrant funds to carry out the following: SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (1) Researching, developing, implementing, There are authorized to be appropriated priations bill; that there be 2 minutes and evaluating evidence-based strategies, such sums as may be necessary to carry out equally divided prior to each vote; that policies, and procedures to reduce and pre- this Act for fiscal year 2012 and each of the each of the votes be subject to a 60 af- vent physical restraint in schools, consistent 4 succeeding fiscal years. firmative vote threshold; that no mo- with the minimum standards described in f tions or points of order be in order this Act. prior to the votes other than budget (2) Providing professional development, AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO points of order and the applicable mo- training, and certification for school per- MEET tions to waive; further, the cloture mo- sonnel to meet such standards. COMMITTEE ON FINANCE tion with respect to the motion to pro- (g) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—In addition to the required activities described Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I ask ceed to H.R. 3630 be vitiated; finally, in subsection (f), a State educational agency unanimous consent that the Com- that the House be immediately notified receiving a grant, or a local educational mittee on Finance be authorized to of the Senate’s action following the agency receiving a subgrant, under this sec- meet on December 16, 2011. votes.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:28 Jan 22, 2013 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD11\RECFILES\DECEMBER\S16DE1.REC S16DE1 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S8743 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without PROGRAM MENT OF THE TREASURY, FOR A TERM OF SIX YEARS. (NEW POSITION) objection, it is so ordered. Mr. REID. Senators should expect a DEPARTMENT OF STATE f series of rollcall votes tomorrow morn- NANCY J. POWELL, OF IOWA, A CAREER MEMBER OF ing beginning at 9 a.m. in relation to a THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, PERSONAL RANK OF CA- SIGNING AUTHORITY REER AMBASSADOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAOR- 2-month extension of the payroll tax, DINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- unemployment insurance, the doc fix, OF AMERICA TO INDIA. imous consent that from Friday, De- disaster aid, and the omnibus appro- IN THE AIR FORCE cember 16 through Monday, January 23, priations conference report. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT 2012, the majority leader be recognized IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- f CATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203: to sign duly enrolled bills and joint resolutions. ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 9 A.M. To be brigadier general TOMORROW COLONEL JEFFREY K. BARNSON The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without COLONEL ABEL BARRIENTES objection, it is so ordered. Mr. REID. If there is no further busi- COLONEL KIMBERLY A. CRIDER COLONEL THERON G. DAVIS f ness to come before the Senate, I ask COLONEL CHRISTOPHER L. EDDY unanimous consent that the Senate COLONEL LYMAN L. EDWARDS COLONEL JOHN C. FLOURNOY, JR. ORDERS FOR SATURDAY, stand adjourned under the previous COLONEL KATHRYN J. JOHNSON DECEMBER 17, 2011 order. COLONEL KENNETH D. LEWIS, JR. COLONEL STEPHEN J. LINSENMEYER, JR. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- There being no objection, the Senate, COLONEL VINCENT M. MANCUSO at 8:38 p.m., adjourned until Saturday, COLONEL UDO K. MCGREGOR imous consent that when the Senate COLONEL ERIC S. OVERTURF completes its business today, it ad- December 17, 2011, at 9 a.m. COLONEL KAREN A. RIZZUTI COLONEL VINCENT M. SARONI journ until 9 a.m. on Saturday, Decem- f COLONEL JAMES P. SCANLAN ber 17, 2011; that following the prayer NOMINATIONS and pledge, the Journal of proceedings f be approved to date, the morning hour Executive nominations received by be deemed expired, and the time for the the Senate: WITHDRAWAL two leaders be reserved for their use THE JUDICIARY later in the day; that following any JOHN THOMAS FOWLKES, JR., OF TENNESSEE, TO BE Executive Message transmitted by leader remarks, the Senate proceed to UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE WESTERN the President to the Senate on Decem- DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE, VICE BERNICE B. DONALD, the consideration of Calendar No. 257, ELEVATED. ber 16, 2011 withdrawing from further H.R. 3630, the House payroll bill that KEVIN MCNULTY, OF NEW JERSEY, TO BE UNITED Senate consideration the following STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW we have talked about, as provided JERSEY, VICE GARRETT E. BROWN, JR., RETIRING. nomination: under the previous order. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY RICHARD SORIAN, OF NEW YORK, TO BE AN ASSISTANT The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, VICE RICHARD B. BERNER, OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO BE DI- CHRISTINA H. PEARSON, RESIGNED, WHICH WAS SENT TO objection, it is so ordered. RECTOR, OFFICE OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH, DEPART- THE SENATE ON JANUARY 26, 2011.

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END OF U.S. MILITARY and sports coverage in the communities that County Equal Rights Commission as a recipi- OPERATIONS IN IRAQ they serve. ent of the 2011 Annual Dale Butler Equal In my district, the Raleigh research triangle Rights Award for exemplary service in equal HON. JIM McDERMOTT area is home to some of the leading employment opportunity matters and leader- OF WASHINGTON innovators in technology and healthcare. The ship in promoting equal rights. legislation that we pursue and enact in Wash- Rick was an honors graduate of California IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ington has an enormous impact on these busi- State University, Chico, earning his degree in Friday, December 16, 2011 nesses and research facilities. With Time War- Business Administration with an emphasis in Mr. MCDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, yesterday ner Cable’s commitment to reporting both at Accounting. He is a lifetime selection to Beta marked the official end of United States mili- the local and national level, they are giving our Gamma Sigma, a national scholastic honor tary operations in Iraq. President Obama has residents an important resource to stay in- society for business graduates. Rick has been fulfilled his promise to bring all of our troops formed and involved. married to his beautiful wife Kathy for 37 home by December and, for that, I commend I applaud Time Warner Cable for recog- years. They have 4 children and 8 grand- him. nizing the importance of local news, for invest- children. I objected to the invasion of Iraq at the out- ing in it and creating jobs while providing this Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join set, and I have vigorously opposed it since. As critical service to their customers and the con- me in honoring my good friend, Mr. Richard we withdraw from Iraq after nearly nine years stituents I serve. Robinson for his years of dedication to the County of Stanislaus. of war, there is no sense of ‘‘mission accom- f plished’’ because the mission was incompre- f IN RECOGNITION OF RICHARD hensible. We invaded the country under false TO COMMEND ZIAMATIC CORPORA- ROBINSON pretenses and deliberate misrepresentations: TION FOR RECEIVING THE GOV- no credible evidence pointed to the existence ERNOR’S AWARD FOR SAFETY of weapons of mass destruction and, not sur- HON. DENNIS A. CARDOZA AND EXCELLENCE IN 2011 prisingly, none were found. OF CALIFORNIA It is my hope that history books accurately IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK will record the sorry consequences of invading Friday, December 16, 2011 OF PENNSYLVANIA a sovereign nation on the basis of adulterated IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES evidence. That is what we did in 2003, and Mr. CARDOZA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Friday, December 16, 2011 our country has paid, and will continue to pay, recognize my friend, Richard Robinson in the dearly for its foolish rush to war. Today, Iraq’s event of his retirement after seven dedicated Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today economy is in shambles, its coalition govern- years of service as Chief Executive Officer of to honor a prestigious Bucks County based ment is fragile, anti-Americanism runs high, Stanislaus County. company, Ziamatic, for receiving the Gov- and violence abounds. Rick was appointed Stanislaus County Chief ernor’s Award for Safety and Excellence. Since we launched this war, nearly 4,500 Executive Officer in September 2004. In this Ziamatic Corp. (ZICO) was founded in 1958 American soldiers have lost their lives and position, under the director of the Board of Su- with the intention of providing the men and tens of thousands have sustained lifelong inju- pervisors, Rick oversees all aspects of women in the fire services industry with prod- ries. Their sacrifice must be honored and re- Stanislaus County government, which includes ucts that make their profession safer and easi- membered. One way to do so is by not re- 26 County departments, a $900 million oper- er. Over the years, Ziamatic has grown to be- peating the grievous mistakes that led us into ating budget and over 3,600 employees. come a leading manufacturer of fire and safety Iraq. My fear is that those who sought this war Faced with severe financial challenges dur- equipment in the United States. Today, the again are urging conflict—this time with Iran. ing the current economic crisis, Rick led an ef- Yardley-based company employs 33 people. George Santayana warned that ‘‘Those who fort to develop a multi-year framework around For almost half of the last century, ZICO cannot remember the past are condemned to which the County budget functions, a strategy has designed and developed dozens of new repeat it.’’ Let us reflect at length on the pun- which enables the County to address both cur- products ranging from breathing apparatus to ishing costs of war and its unforgiving legacy. rent and future year budget shortfalls in a sys- ambulance equipment and ladder access systems. With each new design, one thing has al- f tematic and proactive manner. During his career with Stanislaus County, he also led many ways been consistent: quality. Before a prod- CONGRATULATIONS TO TIME WAR- efforts aimed at strengthening the County uct has the ZICO name attached to it, it must NER CABLE ON THE OPENING OF health care safety net, including successful ini- undergo rigorous testing to be sure that it THEIR D.C. BUREAU tiatives to attain the Federally Qualified Health meets the highest of standards. Care Facility Designation in the County’s Thank you to Mike Ziayalek, and all of the HON. RENEE L. ELLMERS health clinic system, a multi-year effort to re- employees at Ziamatic. Congratulations on receiving the Governor’s Award for Safety and OF NORTH CAROLINA tain the County Residency Program, and the Excellence. We appreciate all that you do for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sale and transition of the Stanislaus Behavior Health Center to private Ownership. the community and wish you many more years Friday, December 16, 2011 Prior to his appointment with Stanislaus of success. Mrs. ELLMERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to County, Rick had, since 1991, held the posi- f congratulate Time Warner Cable for its invest- tion of Chief Administrator with Tehama Coun- HONORING THE SAINT XAVIER ment in local television news coverage in ty. Rick started his local government career in UNIVERSITY COUGARS FOOT- North Carolina and its recent expansion into 1982 as an Accountant for the Tehama Coun- BALL TEAM FOR PLAYING THE Washington, D.C. ty Auditor-Controller’s Office. In 1986, he was NAIA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME By opening a news bureau in our nation’s elected Auditor-Controller and ran unopposed capital, the people of North Carolina will have for a second four-year term in 1990. another outlet to learn about the important Rick currently serves on several local com- HON. DANIEL LIPINSKI OF ILLINOIS work being done on their behalf and other up- mittees, including the Community Hospice IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dates that are important to the communities Board of Directors, the Governing Board of throughout the region. Doctors Medical Center, Stanislaus Workforce Friday, December 16, 2011 Mr. Speaker, TWC is dedicating significant Alliance Board of Directors and the Valley Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to resources to high quality local news channels First Credit Union Supervisory Committee. recognize the 2011 St. Xavier University Cou- that provide critical local news, weather, traffic Rick was recently honored by the Stanislaus gars football team, who will compete in the

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VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:14 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K16DE8.001 E16DEPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E2286 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 16, 2011 school’s first National Association of Intercolle- productive result of sending the already desta- Remember, there are such men and women of giate Athletics (NAIA) championship game on bilized economies of our European allies into honor, fighting all in such dark places. December 17, 2011. The Cougars, who call a tailspin and threaten the stability of the glob- ... Giving all of their treasure, oh yes That Last my district home, will compete for the title in al economic recovery. Full Measure . . . so you may live in Rome, Georgia, against Carroll College of I am also troubled by the 601(c) provision peace. . . . Montana. inserted during mark-up of the bill, which takes So say a prayer and shed a tear, for all of St. Xavier defeated Marian University on the unprecedented step of restricting dialogue them and all of these so here . . . Our December 3rd to go 13-1 for the season and between U.S. and Iranian officials. The con- Patriots of Peace! earn a trip to the title game. Marian was the troversial provision would prohibit contact be- And all of the ones, who now so in hospitals, who have so just begun their new bat- only school to defeat St. Xavier this year, and tween U.S. diplomats and any Iranian official who ‘‘would pose an unusual and extraor- tles in this new year. So shed a tear. the Cougars avenged their loss in exciting ... fashion to earn their title birth. With SXU lead- dinary threat to the vital national security inter- For the ones who now so live without arms ing by three points in the final moments of the ests of the United States.’’ This is dangerous and legs, and holes in all places . . . game, Marian was threatening to score with a and would have prohibited the efforts that se- teaching us all what faith is! first-and-goal situation. On third down, SXU cured the release of two of my constituents, For them all so shed a tear! freshman Clayton Fejedelem intercepted a Sarah Shourd and Shane Bauer, along with And for all of those most magnificent ones, as Thy Will Be Done, On Earth As It Is pass in the end zone to seal the victory. their friend and fellow U.C. Berkeley alumnus Josh Fattal, who were detained for years in In Heaven now in the ground . . . for The Cougars’ potent spread offense was on freedom won! Shed a tear. . . . full display in the second half of the contest Iran after being arrested while hiking near For all those little boys and girls, who have with three touchdowns through the air. St. Xa- Iran’s border with Northern Iraq. Furthermore, just lost their best friends in the world. vier’s offense leads the NAIA in scoring of- not only is it unclear how restricting negotia- ... fense with 45.9 points per game. Just as im- tions with Iran on its nuclear program would Its so sad now, shed a tear. . . . advance our security interests, it should be And as you so sing your songs of joy, remem- pressive was the defense as it held Marian’s ber all of these little girls and boys in star running back to just 26 yards on 16 car- clear that taking this option off the table is counterproductive in addressing the very real your hearts so very loud! And shed a ries. tear. . . . threats that Iran presents. SXU had come close in the past, making it And in this evening as you break your bread, It is my hope that my colleagues will ad- to the NAIA semifinals three times before, but remember to say a prayer for all those dress these issues in conference and return a this year the fourth time was the charm. When whom have bled! bill for final passage that considers what it the Cougars face Carroll College tomorrow, I All so you can be free and live in peace. . . . takes to effectively undertake national security Please shed a tear, and say a prayer for all of am confident they will be ready to take on the strategy execution. It is time for us to stop these. . . . Fighting Saints. Please join me in honoring the posturing and to understand that far from a re- A child is born. . . . St. Xavier University Cougars football team ward to withhold, diplomacy is a critical tool for As we remember on this golden morn. . . . and their head coach, Mike Feminis, on com- protecting United States national security inter- Remember all of their Christian Acts, for their courage does not lack. . . . peting in the NAIA National Championship and ests. sealing their place as a perennial football pow- So for all of our Armed Forces, shed a tear. erhouse. May they perform like champions f ... Say a prayer, that they will all be home one and bring back a national championship tro- IN HONOR OF ALBERT CASWELL day . . . safe and sound in the coming phy. AND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF years. . . . f OUR NATION’S ARMED SERVICES And on this Christmas night as you so lay yourself down to sleep. . . . IRAN THREAT REDUCTION ACT OF All in your hearts, so very deep. . . . Say a 2011 HON. PETE SESSIONS prayer. . . . OF TEXAS That our Lord will so watch over all of these. ... SPEECH OF IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES And say a prayer for peace . . . do so please. Friday, December 16, 2011 HON. BARBARA LEE ... Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Now, on this night from high above. . . . OF CALIFORNIA recognize Albert ‘‘Bert’’ Caswell. But comes a gentle rain, soft falling snow IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Bert has worked as a United States Capitol flakes from our Lord all in his love. Tuesday, December 13, 2011 tour guide for over twenty-five years. He is ... All for their selfless sacrifice, all of these Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, while I known throughout the Capitol for his extraor- fine men and women who now must am deeply concerned about Iran’s capacity to dinary work and selfless attitude. After hours, fight. . . . develop nuclear weapons and I support tar- Bert volunteers his time offering Capitol tours Are but our Lord’s tears, for all these and geted sanctions against Iran, I voted no on to wounded veterans and participants of the their families on this night. . . . Make-A-Wish foundation. He also visits and So say a prayer and shed a tear, and so pray H.R. 1905, the Iran Threat Reduction Act of that they will all be back next year. 2011 because I do not believe it would accom- writes poems for wounded soldiers at local hospitals to lift their spirits and celebrate their ... plish its stated goal of reducing the threat from But, with their loved ones, on Christmas heroic nature. Iran. night. . . . Mr. Speaker, I submit before you a poem, I am concerned that at a time when more Lord God, Bless Them. . . . Bless Them All! authored by Albert, reflecting on the extraor- nuanced diplomatic tools are needed to suc- Thank Them All. . . . dinary sacrifices and courage of the men and cessfully address this important and multi- And say a prayer and shed a tear for all women of our Nation’s Armed Services. those most magnificent families and faceted effort to prevent Iran from developing CHRISTMAS TEARS heroes who answer the call! nuclear weapons, this legislation would dan- Thank them all and shed a tear. gerously limit the flexibility of the U.S. Govern- This Christmas season, as you awake. . . . Please, so take the time to so take. . . . f ment to engage directly with Iran to turn back To remember in this December, all of those these efforts. The Administration has made it families whose hearts now quake. . . . PERSONAL EXPLANATION clear that the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions For they are so separated, so far across the Accountability and Divestment Act (CISADA), shores . . . by such dark and most evil HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. war. . . . enacted just last year after careful deliberation OF MICHIGAN by both the House and Senate, is an ade- All in fear, not knowing . . . if but their IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES quate and effective tool for addressing the loved ones may live but one day more. threat potentially posed through multilateral ... Friday, December 16, 2011 So say a prayer. . . . negotiations with Iran. I have spoken directly Because, there will be tears across this na- Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, on December with officials at the State Department and they tion. . . . Christmas Tears. . . . 14, 2011, I inadvertently cast ‘‘yea’’ votes on tell me they are very concerned that piling on And as you so see the smiles upon your chil- the final passage of H.R. 1905 and H.R. 2105. additional sanctions could have the counter- dren’s faces. . . . I am opposed to both bills.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:14 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K16DE8.005 E16DEPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2287 TRIBUTE TO JOHNNIE B. BOOKER ment Institute, NAACP, Urban League and Big RECOGNIZING RADM MICHAEL A. Bethel AME Church. Ms. Booker has ap- BROWN HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN peared in a myriad of national publications OF SOUTH CAROLINA and has received numerous honors and HON. DANIEL E. LUNGREN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES awards for her outstanding professional con- OF CALIFORNIA tributions and accomplishments. Friday, December 16, 2011 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. Booker received a Bachelor of Science Friday, December 16, 2011 Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Degree from Hampton University and a Master pay tribute to Ms. Johnnie B. Booker on the of Social Work Degree from the Atlanta Uni- Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California. Mr. occasion of her retirement from the Coca-Cola versity School of Social Work. She is the Speaker, I am honored to recognize Rear Ad- Company. Ms. Booker’s career has been proud mother of a son, S. Courtney Booker, miral Michael A. Brown for his distinguished marked by an extraordinary record of success III, mother-in-law of Nissa and grandmother of service to the Government of the United as a corporate executive, national expert on two wonderful grandchildren, Dalyn and Aiden, States as the Director, Cybersecurity Coordi- workforce and supplier diversity, and senior who bring her special joy. I know that she is nation, National Protection and Programs Di- federal government official. looking forward to being able to spend more rectorate, and Senior Department of Home- Ms. Booker has served as Global Director of time with them in retirement. land Security Cybersecurity Representative to Supplier Diversity for the Coca-Cola Company Mr. Speaker, I ask that the entire House join the National Security Agency and the United since 2001. In this capacity, she has been re- me in congratulating Ms. Johnnie B. Booker States Cyber Command from December 2010 sponsible for developing and implementing the on this well deserved retirement. I wish her to January 2012. Rear Admiral Brown is a national level lead- company’s supplier diversity program and ini- good health and Godspeed. er on cybersecurity, a matter of highest impor- tiatives to assure equal contracting opportuni- f ties for minority- and women-owned busi- tance to the nation’s national security, home- nesses. During her first year with Coca-Cola, HONORING SARAH SMIERCIAK, RE- land defense and economic competitiveness. contracts with minority- and women-owned CIPIENT OF THE 2011 RHODES Since the Department of Defense and the De- businesses increased over the previous year SCHOLARSHIP partment of Homeland Security each bring dif- by 50 percent, exceeding the company’s goal ferent authorities, capabilities and cultures to by 27 percent. Under Ms. Booker’s leadership, HON. DANIEL LIPINSKI this national challenge, the nation needed an the company has consistently exceeded its astute solution provider and consensus builder OF ILLINOIS in each of these areas. Handpicked to bridge goals for subsequent years, and its supplier IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES diversity profile has grown substantially in ac- the two leading Departments in this mission tual dollars expended and global recognition. Friday, December 16, 2011 space, he quickly earned the respect of each Mr. Speaker, I might add that this is Ms. Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to due to his intellect, skill and determination for Booker’s second retirement. Before joining honor Sarah Smierciak, a graduate of my national-level solutions and brought the De- Coca-Cola, she had a successful career in the alma mater, Northwestern University, who was partments closer together. Rear Admiral Brown’s sound advice rou- federal government, culminating in her role as recently awarded a prestigious Rhodes Schol- tinely developed and informed policy and op- Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity at arship. erations positions taken by senior decision the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Ms. Smierciak hails from Lemont and ma- makers at the national level, thereby advanc- (FDIC), from which she retired in 1996. In jored in History and in Middle East Language ing national and international cybersecurity 1991, Ms. Booker joined the Resolution Trust and Civilization. She studied Arabic at the policy and critical legislative proposals needed Corporation (RTC) as Vice President, Division American University in Cairo and Damascus to change the nation’s antiquated cybersecu- University. She is also an accomplished of Minority and Women’s Programs. While at rity-related laws. Few people had a bigger role triathlete and a member of the Phi Beta Kappa the RTC, she created unprecedented con- at increasing the understanding and apprecia- tracting and investment opportunities for Honor Society. tion of the complexity and relationship be- Established in 1903, Rhodes Scholarships minority- and women-owned businesses and tween policy, technology and operations re- law firms. She commissioned the first disparity are awarded to outstanding well-rounded stu- quired to secure our nation’s public and pri- study by a federal agency and increased con- dents to attend Oxford University for post- vate infrastructure. tracting fees for minority- and women-owned graduate study. The selection committee iden- Rear Admiral Brown’s leadership was cru- businesses from 18 percent to over 48 percent tifies young men and women of outstanding cial in the execution of a first-of-its-kind gov- and from 3 to 26 percent for minority- and intellect, character, leadership, and commit- ernment-wide boundary cyber defense system women-owned law firms. Her work at the RTC ment to service. Over 830 of our nation’s top to which the U.S.’s foreign intelligence system served as a model for other federal agencies students applied and Sarah was awarded one would be connected, to setting the course to as well as private companies seeking to es- of only 83 Rhodes Scholarships. transform DHS’s cyber operational centers into tablish viable minority procurement programs. Ms. Smierciak’s work and experiences dem- national assets, to creating the public-private Prior to her tenure at the RTC, Ms. Booker onstrate that she is a very deserving choice partnerships necessary to jointly operate to served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Fair for this prestigious scholarship. She has pub- mitigate extraordinarily pressing nation state, Housing and Equal Opportunity at the U.S. lished articles on social justice and published crime, and hacktivist cyber threats. Department of Housing and Urban Develop- her photography, and serves as a docent on The National Cybersecurity and Commu- ment. In this role, she established a new office Egyptian art at The Field Museum. nications Integration Center was another of his of affirmative action and equal opportunity and Fluent in Arabic, she currently resides in notable achievements providing the vision and successfully revamped the Department’s frag- Egypt, where she is promoting the value of execution to make it operational. Both a war- mented approach to discrimination complaint education by assisting orphans in the after- rior and innovative thinker, he seamlessly processing and affirmative employment pro- math of the Egyptian Revolution. Through her worked with government and private sector grams. Ms. Booker also served in executive work with the international charity, FACE for counterparts to strengthen and support oper- capacities with the Federal Home Loan Bank Children in Need, she is working to develop a ational partnerships. Board and the National Urban League. teaching curriculum for the street children of During a perilous time for our nation, in Active in her community, Ms. Booker serves Egypt and Sudan. She remains tireless in her which our adversaries’ ability and will to steal on the boards of the National Minority Supplier devotion to helping these young boys appre- and control our national assets through cyber- Development Council, Women’s Business En- ciate the need for education. space often far outpaces our posture to stop terprise National Council, US Pan Asian Ms. Smierciak plans to use her Rhodes it, Rear Admiral Brown helped set the nec- Chamber of Commerce, Bronx Community Scholarship to pursue developmental studies essary strategic direction by unifying the Fed- College Foundation, the Ashley Stewart Foun- at Oxford University. She aspires to one day eral Executive branch, state and local govern- dation, National Advisory Board of the Whitney be an advisor at the United Nations. ment, the U.S. critical infrastructure commu- M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work—Clark I ask you to join me in honoring Ms. Sarah nity, and the private sector. His leadership cul- Atlanta University and the Supplier Diversity Smierciak, a member of the Rhodes Scholar- minated in a White House-supported effort Council of The Conference Board. Her civic ship Class of 2012, and may she have suc- that defined a national plan for unified public affiliations include Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, cess in all her endeavors to promote the value and private response to malicious activity Dogwood City Chapter of The Links, Inc., Cir- of education throughout the United States and under the National Cyber Incident Response cle-Lets, The National Black Child Develop- the world. Plan.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:14 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A16DE8.004 E16DEPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E2288 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 16, 2011 Our thanks also go to his wife, Therese L. tody contained in the bill simply do not go far 1956. Following his service in the Army, Mr. Brown and his children Michael R. Brown, enough to ensure that counterterrorism offi- Castelli worked in the insurance industry for Meghan T. Brown and Lauren M. Brown. Their cials have the ability to effectively deal with nearly 30 years as a claim adjuster and com- support and sacrifice on behalf of our Nation the threats our country faces, while upholding mercial insurance agent. He also spent 16 should be recognized along with Rear Admiral our constitutional values. years as the co-owner and operator of Trans Brown’s tremendous hard work. These detainee provisions put into law the Ohio Insurance Agency with his brother, Ron. f authority of the military to indefinitely detain In 1986, Frank became the Service Director without trial individuals determined to be mem- for the City of Middleburg Heights, Ohio. HONORING THE 60TH ANNIVER- bers or substantial supporters of terrorist orga- In addition to his careers serving his coun- SARY OF CANAAN GALILEE MIS- nizations. But the bill does not define in clear try, fellow Ohioans and residents of Middle- SIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH terms those who are subject to this provision burg Heights, Mr. Castelli has been a leader and leaves open the possibility that even in the community. Since 1976 he has served HON. JERRY F. COSTELLO American citizens arrested on U.S. soil could as the president of the Misty Lake Condo- OF ILLINOIS be detained indefinitely. minium Association and at one time served as I fully support many provisions in this bill, in- a member of the Planning Commission. From IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cluding those that provide our service mem- 1976 to 1986 Frank was a councilman for Mid- Friday, December 16, 2011 bers with the pay and equipment they need dleburg Heights, Ward 1. He has also been Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to and deserve. I also strongly support provisions serving as the president of the Middleburg ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing that make much-needed improvements to the Heights Democratic Club since 1998 and is an the 60th Anniversary of Canaan Galilee Mis- sexual assault and harassment policies of the active member of the Cuyahoga County sionary Baptist Church in Madison, Illinois. Defense Department, and ensure that victims Democratic Party Executive Committee. In 1951, Mother Georgia Jones accepted have access to a military lawyer and maintain Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me her calling to help organize a new church in their option of confidential reporting even if in honoring Mr. Frank Castelli as he cele- the Eagle Park area of Madison, Illinois. Word they seek legal counsel. brates his retirement. of Mother Jones’ efforts reached Rev. C. D. But, the language regarding detainees con- McClinton, the former pastor of Southern Tab- tained in this bill threatens the rights and lib- f ernacle Church in nearby Lovejoy. These two, erties of American citizens. We must state un- along with a small group of dedicated pio- equivocally that no American may be arrested HONORING ACTIVIST AND CIVIL neers, met for several weeks before forming a on U.S. soil and detained indefinitely without RIGHTS HERO KATHLYN GILLIAM Mission which would become Canaan Galilee trial. This bill fails that test and compromises Missionary Baptist Church, with Rev. our most basic constitutional values. HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON That is why I vigorously oppose H.R. 1540 McClinton as the first Pastor. OF TEXAS Early meetings of the new church were held and urge my colleagues to join me in a strong IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in the Jones’ home. Soon, a lot was pur- ‘‘no’’ vote. chased and the first church structure was con- f Friday, December 16, 2011 structed through the labors of the church DIVISION E OF THE CONSOLI- Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. members. A fire destroyed the first church DATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of building on Good Friday, 1966, and temporary Kathlyn Gilliam, a champion of civil rights and facilities were required, including a tent where the Dallas school district’s first African-Amer- services were held during the summer and fall HON. MICHAEL K. SIMPSON ican female trustee. Ms. Gilliam was 81 years of 1966. Work was ongoing for a permanent OF IDAHO old when she passed away this last Sunday. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES replacement which would be completed in There is no shortage of talent and diversity stages as resources were available. The phys- Friday, December 16, 2011 in the 30th District of Texas, and residents like ical church structure continued to develop as Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Speaker, the Statement Kathlyn Gilliam are a testament to this fact. An the church congregation grew and a new edi- activist and a leader, Ms. Gilliam dedicated fice was recently dedicated. of Managers language contained in Division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012 her life to achieving higher quality education Canaan Galilee Missionary Baptist Church regarding the Boiler MACT rule is not intended and living standards for all. has grown and expanded since its humble be- in any way to convey an endorsement by the Growing up and working during the days of ginnings. A number of ministries have been in- conferees of any Boiler MACT rulemaking pro- segregation, Ms. Gilliam’s exceptional char- stituted to serve not only the church congrega- posal. acter helped her to triumph over a unique set tion but also the Eagle Park community. The of institutional hurdles and staunch resistance f current and seventh pastor, Rev. Don Sanford, from her peers. She bravely attended Lincoln has been a driving force for expanding the IN RECOGNITION OF THE RETIRE- High School before Dallas ISD’s desegrega- church involvement in the community. MENT OF MR. FRANK CASTELLI tion and even went on to become the school Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me district’s first Black female trustee. in honoring the 60th Anniversary of Canaan Ms. Gilliam actively shaped the way South Galilee Missionary Baptist Church and to wish HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH OF OHIO Dallas schools would evolve into some of the them the best for many years to come. magnet schools we understand them to be IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f today. By fiercely advocating for stronger cur- Friday, December 16, 2011 ricula and warding off near-constant opposition CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 1540, from the rest of the school board, Ms. Gilliam NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA- Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in enhanced the overall learning experience for TION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012 recognition of Mr. Frank Castelli’s retirement as the Service Director for the City of Middle- thousands of students in the area, the effects of which are still apparent today. SPEECH OF burg Heights after 25 years of dedicated service. Mr. Speaker, it saddens me and thousands HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY Mr. Frank Castelli was born in Jefferson, of other Dallas residents to hear of Ms. OF NEW YORK Ohio and graduated from Geneva High Gilliam’s passing. Her legacy of effectively re- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES School. He later continued his education by shaping the Dallas school district and improv- attending Cleveland State University. Mr. ing her community is not only immortalized in Wednesday, December 14, 2011 Castelli and his wife, Delia, have been married a school named in her honor, but also in our Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in for 45 years and have one daughter, Claudia, hearts and memories. Ms. Gilliam’s passing strong opposition to H.R. 1540, the National and two sons, Marc and Matt. Frank also has comes as a great loss to the 30th District of Defense Authorization Act for FY 2012. The two grandchildren, Marcella and Pete. Texas, and I hope that others will take exam- conference report provisions regarding the Mr. Castelli is a veteran of the United States ple by her leadership and exceptional char- treatment of terrorism detainees in U.S. cus- Army and served in Germany during 1955 and acter.

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SPEECH OF to recognize the 40th anniversary of the America’s armed forces were called to duty, Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary, the largest and did everything asked of them and served with HON. PATRICK MEEHAN most successful non-profit wild bird hospital in distinction. Their valor and dedication in serv- OF PENNSYLVANIA the United States. ing our country half a world away has been an It is a privilege for me to represent the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES inspiration to me and to our nation. And now, Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary in Indian Shores as they leave the nation of Iraq, we here at Monday, December 12, 2011 and to have seen firsthand the outstanding home honor their sacrifice, the sacrifice of commitment of its staff that works to rehabili- their families, and welcome them with open Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, in Pennsylvania tate the more than 8,000 injured birds it ad- arms and open hearts. As we welcome those and across the country, we are moving for- mits each year. who are coming home, we must not forget the ward to develop American sources of energy. The Sanctuary was founded in 1971 by nearly 4,500 servicemembers who lost their This development will reduce energy prices for zoologist Ralph T. Heath and is staffed by lives and the more than 30,000 troops who hardworking taxpayers, create jobs for Ameri- highly trained individuals equipped with emer- were wounded in this conflict who, along with cans and lessen our dependence on foreign gency facilities, a surgical center, recovery their families, have made the ultimate sacrifice oil. As this important development moves for- areas, and an outdoor wild bird recuperation for our country. ward, we must remain strongly committed to area. Admitting up to 159 different species per President Obama deserves much credit for year, the Sanctuary is world renowned for its protecting our environment and ensuring these keeping his promise to the American people to innovative rehabilitation techniques with over operations are safe and responsible. withdraw from the Iraq conflict and have our 80 percent of its admitted birds successfully troops home by the holidays. Those of us in The production of natural gas from the rehabilitated and released back into the wild. the House and the Senate must continue to Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania is an eco- Over the years, the Sanctuary has also be- honor our commitment to our veterans and nomic driver for our State but it also presents come a cherished attraction to Central Florida their families, helping to ensure a future in unique challenges. Thousands of wells have visitors. Attracting over 100,000 visitors each which they can fulfill their hopes and dreams already been drilled in Pennsylvania, and year, the Sanctuary offers a unique environ- for themselves and their children. many more and thousands of miles of ment for bird watching, and a tremendous op- f Marcellus-related pipeline are planned in the portunity for photographing wildlife on Florida’s beautiful Gulf Coast. Admission into the Sanc- Keystone State alone. Most of these facilities JOBS ARE OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY tuary has always been free, giving the general are unmanned and spread across rural areas, public a great opportunity to visit and learn HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS making monitoring and data communication about Florida’s wildlife. OF NEW YORK difficult. Critical failures of these systems can Mr. Speaker, through their hard work and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cause untold environmental and economic dedication, the staff and volunteers of the damage, yet we may not know of these fail- Friday, December 16, 2011 Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary not only give ures until far too much damage has been back to Florida’s natural world, but also serve Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to done. There is an urgent need for better sys- as a valued asset to our community. This call attention to incentives that add to unem- tems to monitor wells and pipelines for leaks, weekend, many of the Sanctuary’s family and ployment and decrease tax revenues. damage and anomalies to protect the environ- friends from the past 40 years will gather to Strong consumer protection laws are the re- ment and the public. celebrate the history and accomplishments of sponsibility of each State in our Union and I this valuable facility. It is my hope that my col- support efforts to enforce them to protect our The House has taken a step to address leagues in the House will join me in saying constituents. However, no reasonable person these deficiencies in passing H.R. 2845, the thank you to all those who have been a part would favor an approach so draconian in its Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job of the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary. effect that it makes innocent employees vic- Creation Act of 2011. Among other provisions, f tims. The impact on our hard-working union the bill requires the Secretary of Energy to members is unfair and unwarranted. Propor- continue evaluating industry safety standards DORIS VIRGINIA TRACY TRIBUTE tionality in these cases is critical. Perverse in- and readiness to respond to infrastructure fail- centives can be seen when the settlements in ures. In performing these evaluations, I en- HON. SCOTT R. TIPTON these cases are used to pay operating budg- courage the Secretary to investigate the utility OF COLORADO ets of the agencies that bring the charges, es- of secured, meshed wireless networks. These IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pecially if it encourages the targeting of out of state companies for huge settlements. The meshed networks—multi-antenna, no-root Friday, December 16, 2011 payments should be enough to compensate meshed-radio systems—can provide contin- Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in for any harm and to push the company to act uous monitoring and then alert operations per- honor of Doris Virginia Tracy, a longtime resi- in an appropriate manner according to law. sonnel and first responders to leaks and dam- dent of La Veta, Colorado. Mrs. Tracy was a Only in egregious or criminal circumstances age in real-time. They can be expanded as distinguished World War Two-era pilot and should companies be forced out of business. new operations are brought online and added loving wife and mother. It is crucial to enforce strong consumer pro- to exploration vehicles like ships and trucks, From the earliest days of her childhood in tection and deceptive advertising laws. In this improving communications potential in the crit- Missouri, Doris dreamed of learning to fly. She economy, as we hasten to take measures to ical first minutes after an incident. took her first ride in a bi-plane at the age of protect jobs, we have got to be mindful of in- nine, and decided to become an ‘‘aviatrix,’’ as As the Secretary moves forward with his centives that put states revenue needs in female pilots were then known. After entering competition with each other. Without question, safety review and evaluations pursuant to the college with her sister Bernice, Doris was only the states must have the power to stop decep- bill, I encourage the consideration of secured, the second girl to sign up for Civilian Pilot tive advertising and unfair competition, but meshed wireless networks as a possible Training. After a long wait, as only one woman they should not have the authority to abuse means of ensuring both real-time monitoring of was allowed in the program for every nine that power in ways that decrease other states remote energy infrastructure and swift, seam- men, she earned her license. tax revenues by forcing businesses to add less response and communication in the event In order to continue flying and serve her thousands of Americans to the ranks of the of leaks or other critical failures. country during World War Two, she applied

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:14 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K16DE8.010 E16DEPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E2290 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 16, 2011 with the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots We give these great America’s families what Today in Turkey, beautiful and historic Ar- (WASP), who flew military aircraft in support of they need most . . . menian churches, monuments and mon- the Army Air Forces. After seven months of All in this battle, when recovery and death asteries lie in ruins—broken not by the sands lies close . . . training, she flew engineering flight tests, co- For a family’s love but means most! of time, but by desecration, theft and dyna- piloted B-24s, and flew administrative flights in From on The Wings of Luke comes hope . . . mite. C-45s at bases in Texas, Ohio, Mississippi, For too long, the U.S. has allowed Turkey to f and Wyoming. elude responsibility for the destruction of Ar- After the WASP program disbanded, Doris TRIBUTE TO DR. PETER menian churches. With this resolution, Con- moved to La Veta with her family to start a FRIEDMAN gress sends a stern message to Turkey’s store. It was there she met Julian Tracy at a Prime Minister, Recep Erdogan—the United local dance. They were married in 1946 and HON. MICHAEL K. SIMPSON States will not tolerate Turkish assaults on Ar- raised two daughters together, Glenna Lee OF IDAHO menian heritage and religious freedom. and Julie. In addition to running the store, she IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The passage of House Resolution 306 ear- was active with the PTA, the Francisco Fort lier this week was an important step towards Museum, and the Eastern Star, and enjoyed Friday, December 16, 2011 justice for the Armenian people, but our work searching the Colorado hills for artifacts. Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I stand here is unfinished. Until the U.S. and Turkey offi- In March 2010, Doris was in attendance today to express my gratitude to Dr. Peter cially recognize the Armenian Genocide for here in Washington as the WASP were pre- Friedman who served as my Congressional what it was, I will continue to fight to correct sented with the Congressional Gold Medal for Fellow this year. Pete served as my point per- the staggering injustice of soft-peddling the their service to the nation. She passed away son on energy issues with the Energy and murder of 1.5 million men, women and chil- at the age of ninety on July 29, 2010, and was Water Appropriations Subcommittee and was dren. survived by her daughters, five grandchildren, responsible for all nuclear and defense related and three great-grandchildren. issues in my office. f Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to recognize Pete’s background as chairman of an engi- HONORING DAVID MONTGOMERY Doris Tracy. I rise today to salute this one-of- neering department, a naval officer, and engi- a-kind woman who is remembered for her neering background, provided me with unique smile, warmth, and patriotism. technical knowledge of nuclear power and de- HON. CHRISTOPHER S. MURPHY OF CONNECTICUT f fense issues. His expertise came to the fore- front during the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear re- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE WINGS OF LUKE actor accident. Pete provided me with data- Friday, December 16, 2011 driven, measured advice on the crisis which HON. VIRGINIA FOXX was both forward-looking and justifiable. It was Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, an important year for nuclear energy and it I rise today to note the passing of David Mont- OF NORTH CAROLINA gomery, after a long and well-lived life. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES was good to have Pete on my staff. In the appropriations process, Pete devel- David Montgomery had many roles in his Friday, December 16, 2011 oped well-researched and insightful positions, life: machinist, union activist, educator, author Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I submit the fol- which properly prioritized the spending on en- and, most importantly, father and husband. lowing poem. ergy projects based on their potential impact. Dr. Montgomery came to my state of Con- necticut in 1979, where he had a distinguished ON THE WINGS OF LUKE His astute political insights and his willingness and ability to learn the legislative process research, writing and teaching career. It was All in . . . there that he wrote his most notable work, All in those most darkest hours of war . . . served me very well. When, most precious life so lies before . . . I benefited greatly from Pete’s advice, ‘‘Fall of the House of Labor: The Workplace, All in that balance that which so insures . . . knowledge and work ethic over the past year. the State and American Labor Activism, 1865– When, who lives or dies . . . I want to thank him, and commend him, for a 1925,’’ which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in ‘Oh but to so see another sunrise . . . job well done. I also want to thank his wife, 1989. When, a loved one’s caress will so shower Sylvia, and daughter, Helen, for allowing us to More than an author though, Dr. Mont- ... have Pete for the year. I know it wasn’t easy gomery was an activist who started his career Such faith and strength, in all of its great for them to have him away for such a long pe- not in academia, but on the shop floor. In the power . . . 1950s, after graduating from college, he went As their loved ones encouragement will so riod. I am sure they will be glad to have him flower . . . back and that he will be glad to resume his to work as a machinist, where he began to or- Such strength and faith all in these hours position as Chairman of the Department of ganize workers to join the International Asso- ... Mechanical Engineering at the University of ciation of Machinists. He was black-listed and All in these precious moments which above Massachusetts, Dartmouth. fired from his first job in Minneapolis as a re- all else so towers . . . Finally, I want to thank the American Soci- sult of his organizing efforts, as he was re- With loved ones at their sides, as against all ety of Mechanical Engineers for sponsoring peatedly throughout his career. Yet, instead of odds they so reach for the skies . . . Pete as a Congressional Fellow. At a time ceding his cause, he continued to fight for his Where, the beginning of hope and healing so values. He then made a remarkable transition: lies! when the world is becoming increasingly tech- But, comes the very will to live or die! nical and competitive, Congress benefits from he earned his doctorate and began a career in While, in the coming months and days . . . the advice of experienced and educated ex- teaching. Dr. Montgomery taught at several As into the year as do they . . . perts. colleges, eventually becoming the Farnum Professor of History at Yale. As upon bended knees so pray . . . f As upon The Wings of Luke their loved ones But whatever job he had, he never stopped arrive this day . . . URGING TURKEY TO SAFEGUARD being an activist. Dr. Montgomery helped From all across our Country Tis of Thee, ITS CHRISTIAN HERITAGE strengthen the resolve of workers and activists come their loved ones all in tears to while teaching in New Haven. His research provide such relief . . . SPEECH OF I open arms hope we now see! and teaching informed his students about the To provide the strength that they all need! HON. JANICE HAHN history of working people, and he inspired For all of these great American families our OF CALIFORNIA generations of students to study that history hearts so bleed . . . IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES as they sought to change the nation. He knew Because, the one thing that which but means that by valuing the dignity of work and recog- the most! Tuesday, December 13, 2011 nizing workers’ struggle for justice in their I but when loved ones lie all in arms length Ms. HAHN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in sup- workplace and country, we could help build a so very close! port of House Resolution 306 that the House more just society. Because hearts of love can lift such souls higher! passed earlier this week. A former student of his, Jennifer Klein, cap- To help win all of those battles, all in these Wherever we see repression, wherever we tured his essence when she said in a press times so dire . . . see atrocities being swept under the rug, we account that Dr. Montgomery was not only That in the end but mean the most . . . have a moral duty to speak out. Members of ‘‘the model of the scholar-activist but also the So On These Wings of Luke . . . NATO are no exception. activist-scholar.’’

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:14 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K16DE8.014 E16DEPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2291 My heartfelt condolences to Dr. Montgom- Best Short Film: A Petal Onto the Sea. H.R. 1254 ery’s wife, Martel, his sons Claude and Ed- Best Children’s Feature Film: Close to Me. ward, his five grandchildren, his brother Daniel Charity Film: My Girlhood. HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH and sister Virginia. Outstanding Chinese Culture Promoter: OF OHIO Dr. Montgomery led the kind of full and Dedication. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES committed life to which all of us should aspire. Outstanding Chinese Film Promoter: Macau He will be missed by all who were lucky Friday, December 16, 2011 Film Association. enough to know him. Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise in oppo- Chinese Film Promoter Mayor Award: Xin f sition to H.R. 1254, the Synthetic Drug Control Hua City Mayor. Act of 2011 because it will do little, if anything, CONGRATULATING THE CHINESE Outstanding Newcomer Actor: Joshua to curb abuse of synthetic marijuana. It will, AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL FOR Hannum—Leading Actor of ‘‘Once Upon a however, unnecessarily burden the criminal CELEBRATING ITS 7TH YEAR Time in Tibet.’’ justice system and inhibit important scientific Outstanding Newcomer Actress: Zhou research on synthetic substances. It will also HON. GRACE F. NAPOLITANO Yang—Leading Actress of ‘‘Love You You.’’ impose further unnecessary costs onto tax- OF CALIFORNIA Outstanding Newcomer Director: Chen payers as the federal criminal code is ex- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Miao—Director of ‘‘Son of the Stars.’’ panded. Friday, December 16, 2011 Outstanding Newcomer Producer: Wang Evidence suggests that criminalizing sub- Bin, Yang Yue—The Producers of ‘‘Time Flies stances, as this bill envisions, does not Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to Soundlessly.’’ change demand or prevent health harms that congratulate the Chinese American Film Fes- Best Actor of the Year: Wang Qianyuan— stem from their use. The deaths and injuries tival, which was held in Los Angeles and San Leading Actor of ‘‘The Piano in a Factory.’’ that result from abuse of any substance and Francisco, California, for celebrating its 7th the destruction that drug abuse inflicts on our successful year. Best Actress of the Year: Ni Ping—Leading Actress of ‘‘The Sun.’’ families and communities is heartbreaking. I This year, the opening ceremonies were support comprehensive drug education pro- Best Director of the Year: Yang Yazhou— held on October 27, 2011 at the Directors grams which promote clear information for The Director of ‘‘The Sun.’’ Guild of America in Los Angeles, and on Octo- children and adults about how to recognize ber 30, 2011 at the Marina Theatre in San Outstanding Achievement Award: Tang Guo drug abuse and the risk factors that promote Francisco. With over 10 workshops and semi- Qiang. it. It is important to recognize that drug abuse nars, and over 200 officially selected films that proliferates differently depending on the socio- were screened in Hollywood, Los Angeles, f economic conditions that exist in a given com- and San Francisco, the Festival has once CHIEF GERALD WHITMAN TRIBUTE munity, which makes it all the more important again demonstrated how effectively the Chi- for the federal government to assist state and nese and American cultures can join together local governments in addressing this public through the medium of film to create unique HON. SCOTT R. TIPTON health problem. This bill does nothing to boost and outstanding work. OF COLORADO real public health and education awareness Many of those in the Chinese industry have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES campaigns which must be a part of addressing been recognized by the American film indus- substance abuse. try, but for many others this was the first time Friday, December 16, 2011 Instead, H.R. 1254 would place a number of these films had ever been screened in North Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in synthetic substances under Schedule I of the America. The films chosen for the Festival honor of Chief Gerald Whitman of the Denver Controlled Substances Act. As Schedule I is were audiences’ favorites in the Chinese and Police Department. Chief Whitman has served the most restrictive, placing substances on it American film markets. capably and honorably in this position for over makes research on these substances vastly With the support of the Consulate General eleven years. more difficult. Scientific researchers have of China in Los Angeles, and the Motion Pic- Chief Whitman’s distinguished career with warned Congress that this legislation will im- ture Association of America, the Chinese pede research on treatments for a range of American Film Festival has become a grand the Department began in 1982. After excelling as a Patrol Officer, Field Training Officer, Ser- diseases and disorders, including Parkinson’s annual event of cultural exchange and com- disease. In addition, the Drug Enforcement munication between the two film industries. geant, and Lieutenant, he was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1995. During this time Agency already has the power to place sub- As one of the major annual cultural events stances on the Schedule I list. in Hollywood, this festival demonstrates that he was responsible for the protection of the newly-formed District 6, including Capitol Hill Finally, criminalization of another group of creativity has no boundaries of race, color, drugs will engender an expansion of the crimi- language, or traditions. Through the window of and Downtown Denver. Three years later, he was again promoted to Division Chief of Pa- nal justice regime. Our present system of film, people see each other, hear each other criminal justice already places a far too large and understand each other. As described by trol, where he oversaw uniformed patrol operations. and disproportionate burden onto poor and mi- James Su, Founder and current Chairman of nority communities. Marijuana arrests in the Mayor Wellington Webb named Gerald the Festival, ‘‘The Chinese American Film United States cost on average $10,000 per in- Whitman as Denver’s 68th Chief of Police in Festival continues to showcase the dynamic dividual from arrest to adjudication, according 2000. Under his leadership, major crime rates power of creations it produces when East to public policy researcher John B. Gettman at have dropped despite an economic recession meets with West and when hands are joined the George Mason University School of Public and fewer officers per capita on patrol. The together.’’ Policy. The prosecution and prison terms that Department has gained a reputation for inno- Mr. Speaker, I ask all my colleagues to join will necessarily arise from enforcement of this vative ideas, the effective use of technology, me in congratulating Mr. Su and the Chinese bill will impose enormous costs on taxpayers and an emphasis on community and victim American Film Festival for another successful at a time when resources are scant. I urge my outreach. Its forensics lab and cold case unit year and for showing tremendous dedication colleagues to join me in opposing this legisla- have received wide acclaim, and serve as a to cultural exchange while opening commu- tion. model for departments nationwide. nication between the Chinese and American f film industries. Welcome to California, and Gerry Whitman holds a Bachelors Degree in welcome to the United States. Law Enforcement Administration and a Mas- MASON PUNCHERS STATE 2010 CAFF Golden Angel Award Films: The ters in Criminal Justice from the University of CHAMPIONSHIP Seal of Love; My Kingdom; Color Me Love; 72 Colorado at Denver. Despite having a longer Heroes; Detective D; Always Be With You; An tenure than any of his predecessors, he in- HON. K. MICHAEL CONAWAY tends to return to the rank of Captain after Eternal Lamb; Love You You; A Simple Life; OF TEXAS stepping down as Chief of Police. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Best Documentary Film: The Day of Noah 2: Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to recognize Apocalypse. Chief Gerald Whitman. I rise today to thank Friday, December 16, 2011 Best Independent Film: Dali. him for his continuing devotion to the City of Mr. CONAWAY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Best Asian American Film: Wedding Palace. Denver and its citizens. congratulate the Mason Punchers football

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:14 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A16DE8.011 E16DEPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E2292 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 16, 2011 team on an outstanding 2011 season. Yester- 1955, he assumed the presidency of the Mem- gan. Mr. Speaker, I ask all of my colleagues day, the Punchers won the Class 1A, Division phis Branch of the NAACP and served in that to join me in honoring the life of Judge H.T. I Texas state championship and ended their position until 1958. H.T. Lockard headed up Lockard. Judge H.T. Lockard will be remem- season with a perfect record, 15–0. their legal committee and contributed to na- bered by many. His was a life well lived. I want to congratulate the team on their tional efforts. During this time, H.T. Lockard f dedication and hard work. It takes determina- was joined by Russell Sugarmon, Vasco and tion and focus to win a state championship, Maxine Smith, Jesse Turner, Billy Kyles and CONGRATULATING SILVER CROSS and the focus must be all the greater to do it the late Benjamin Hooks and A.W. Willis. To- HOSPITAL on top of a perfect season. I applaud the per- gether, these stalwarts of the civil rights move- severance of the team. ment fought for and won many victories in- HON. ADAM KINZINGER Coach Kade Burns, as well as all the young cluding desegregating Memphis Street Rail- OF ILLINOIS men on this team, deserves recognition for the way Co., public buildings, restaurants and the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES accomplishment. The 15–0 season was all the University of Memphis, formerly Memphis Friday, December 16, 2011 greater considering this was Coach Burns’ first State University. Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, season as head coach at Mason. H.T. Lockard broke significant barriers and today I rise to congratulate Silver Cross Hos- I know that many years from now, these paved the way for future African-American pital, which is located in my district, for ex- young men from Mason will look back on this politicians in Memphis. In 1964, Mr. Lockard panding its facilities to New Lenox, IL. In this day with fond memories. I encourage them to became the first African-American to hold new facility, the wonderful caregivers of Silver enjoy this achievement to the utmost, as it is elective office in Shelby County by being Cross will be better able to serve the many a once-in-a-lifetime experience. elected to the Shelby County Quarterly Court, residents of Will County. Each and every day, It is my honor to represent the student and now known as the County Commission. He healthcare professionals across the country families Mason and their state championship then became active in local African-American provide life saving and sustaining help to football team. Again, I congratulate the Mason political clubs and played a key role behind those most in need. The professionals at Sil- Punchers on a perfect season and a state the scenes as an advisor on civil rights issues ver Cross exemplify the best qualities we have championship! to President Lyndon B. Johnson. H.T. Lockard come to expect from our healthcare profes- f was appointed to serve as Administrative As- sionals. Their distinguished history provides a sistant to Tennessee Governor Buford Elling- HONORING THE LIFE OF AND tremendous example for others to follow. ton from 1967–1971 thereby becoming the I would like to highlight just a couple of their ACHIEVEMENTS OF JUDGE first African-American cabinet member in the HOSEA T. ‘‘H.T.’’ LOCKARD accolades as they continue construction of State of Tennessee. In 1975, H.T. Lockard be- their new state-of-the-art 289-bed hospital. came a Criminal Court judge and served until First, Silver Cross Hospital has been named a HON. STEVE COHEN 1994. 100 Top Hospital Award recipient for seven OF TENNESSEE Judge Lockard later served as a board consecutive years by Thomson Reuters member of the National Civil Rights Museum IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Healthcare, a leading provider of information in Memphis from 1989–1999. He gave much Friday, December 16, 2011 and solutions to improve the quality and cost of his time to the Memphis Charter Commis- of healthcare. Only four hospitals in the nation Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to sion, a non-partisan group that reviewed the have won the award for the last seven con- honor the life of Judge H.T. Lockard, born city Charter and made recommendations for secutive years. Secondly, new programs in- Hosea T. Lockard on June 24, 1920. Judge changes to be presented to the citizens of cluding an enhanced partnership with Chil- Lockard was a civil rights leader, hero and Memphis through voter referendums. Mr. dren’s Memorial Hospital, Rehabilitation Insti- pioneer who fought alongside giants to bring Lockard was awarded the Benjamin L. Hooks tute of Chicago and University of Chicago racial equality to Memphis, Tennessee and the Award by the Memphis Bar Foundation in Medical Center will bring new services to pa- surrounding area. He grew up on a small farm 2010 in recognition of his lifelong commitment tients and improve the health of the commu- near Henning, Tennessee before deciding to to social justice and his prominence on the na- attend LeMoyne College in Memphis in 1940. nity. tional stage. It is a true pleasure to represent Silver Prior to completing his studies at LeMoyne Some of his closest colleagues and friends Cross Hospital. This new facility will allow the College, Mr. Lockard chose to postpone his recounted his dedication to the civil rights Silver Cross family to better fulfill their vision, education to serve his country in the Army movement while he was a lawyer and presi- which is ‘‘We, the Silver Cross Family, are Medical Corps during World War II which in- dent of the NAACP. The late Vasco Smith, a committed to our culture of excellence, and cluded three and half years in North Africa, former Shelby County Commissioner, said will deliver an unrivaled healthcare experience Italy, France and Germany. After his discharge ‘‘. . . Lockard was pretty much the whole for our patients, their families and the commu- in 1945, he continued his studies at Sorbonne show. He did an outstanding job, and he prob- nity.’’ University in Paris before returning to ably laid the foundation for a lot of things that LeMoyne where he attained his bachelor’s de- happened later on.’’ His wife, Maxine Smith, a f gree in 1947. After finishing at LeMoyne, H.T. former executive secretary of the Memphis RECOGNIZING THE SERVICE OF Lockard was not allowed to attend a Ten- Branch of the NAACP described him as the JOHN SULLIVAN nessee law school due to segregation. inner circle of the civil rights movement in Undeterred by challenges he faced in Ten- Memphis. Former General Sessions Court HON. JEFF MILLER nessee, he pursued his Juris Doctorate by at- Judge Russell Sugarmon commented on H.T. OF FLORIDA tending Lincoln University Law School in St. Lockard saying ‘‘When he put his mind to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Louis, Missouri where he graduated in 1950. something, he was a plow. He dug in and dug While in law school, H.T. Lockard observed in and wouldn’t let up . . . If Lockard was on Friday, December 16, 2011 that conditions for African-Americans in St. the other side, you’d better be prepared.’’ Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise Louis were far better than those in Tennessee. Judge Lockard was an exceptional judge, today to recognize John Sullivan on his retire- After much debate, he made the tough deci- leader and gentleman. I had the pleasure of ment after 40 years in public service, including sion to move back to Memphis where he meeting him in 1970 when he and I supported 38 with the Social Security Administration. began practicing law and working with the Na- Senator Stan Snodgrass for Tennessee gov- John Sullivan began his career in public tional Association of the Advancement of Col- ernor. In addition to the legacy he leaves be- service in 1972 when he joined NASA as a ored People, NAACP, to improve race rela- hind, I will remember Judge Lockard for his Budget Specialist. Two years later, Mr. Sul- tions in Memphis. service to the community and his dedication to livan transferred to the Social Security Admin- Mr. Lockard once recalled how at a NAACP the bench. As an admirer of classic cars, I will istration, where he would spend the next 38 meeting, the topics of police brutality and seg- also remember his convertible Thunderbird. years. Mr. Sullivan started in the Social Secu- regation in public facilities were like music to Judge Hosea T. ‘‘H.T.’’ Lockard passed rity Administration as Mail Clerk, quickly rising his ears. He said, ‘‘. . . Good music, because away on December 12, 2011 at 91 years of through the ranks to positions including Claims that’s what I wanted to get involved in and age. He leaves to memory his wife of 49 Representative, Quality Review Specialist, Su- help bring about the change . . . I was ready years, Ida Walker Lockard; three brothers, pervisory Resident Representative, Branch to roll up my sleeves and go and ready to Emmitt Lockard, Albert Lockard Jr. and Manager, Project Manager, and District Man- tackle anything that needed to be tackled.’’ In Lorenza Lockard; and one sister, Lydia Mor- ager.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:14 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K16DE8.017 E16DEPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2293 Mr. Sullivan is an assiduous worker, and his RECOGNIZING THE WEST SPRING- TRIBUTE TO U.S. HOUSE SER- professionalism, dedication, outstanding initia- FIELD DANCE TEAM ON THEIR GEANT AT ARMS WILSON ‘‘BILL’’ tive and resourcefulness have been recog- TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISH- LIVINGOOD nized on multiple occasions. He has been MENTS awarded more than 30 performance awards, HON. JO BONNER including the Social Security Administration OF ALABAMA Regional Commissioners Citation, the Social HON. GERALD E. CONNOLLY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Security Commissioner’s Team Award and OF VIRGINIA Friday, December 16, 2011 Biltmore’s Who’s Who of American Empow- ering Executives and Professionals. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. BONNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to a man who may not be a household In addition to his tireless work with the So- Friday, December 16, 2011 cial Security Administration, Mr. Sullivan is ac- name in most American towns and cities but tively involved in his Church and local commu- Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I who, over the past two decades, has become nity. He has served on the St. Anne’s Catholic rise today to recognize the West Springfield an integral part of the U.S. House of Rep- Church Parish Council, as well as its Finance Dance Team for their incredible run on the na- resentatives, the Honorable Wilson ‘‘Bill’’ Livingood, our outstanding Sergeant at Arms, Council. Mr. Sullivan has also volunteered for tionally televised show, ‘‘America’s Got Tal- who will be retiring next month. more than 25 years with the Boy Scouts of ent’’. The West Springfield Dance Team pro- Known around the Capitol as the ‘‘protector’’ America, where he is currently the Vice Presi- gressed to the semi-finals with their profes- dent of Programs Gulf Coast Council, and nu- and ‘‘keeper of the House,’’ Bill Livingood has sional grade choreography, distinct style, and etched his name in the history books for serv- merous scouts in his troop, including three of superb dancing talents. his sons, have gone on to become Eagle ing the third longest term as Sergeant at Arms Scouts. Under the tutelage of their coaches, re- of the U.S. House of Representatives. To nowned choreographers Tara Perez and most Americans, he is the man—and the Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the United States Jason King, and with the full support of the voice—who for 15 seconds every year an- Congress it is my honor to recognize Mr. John West Springfield High School community, in- nounces at the beginning of the annual State Sullivan for his dedicated career as a public cluding principal Mark Greenfelder and Direc- of the Union address, ‘‘Mr. Speaker, The servant and thank him for his service to North- tor of Student Activities Andy Muir, the West President of the United States.’’ west Florida. My wife Vicki and I wish Mr. Sul- Springfield Dance Team has received numer- Bill was first sworn in as House Sergeant at livan, his wife Jennie, and his sons—Richard, ous awards and recognitions including back- Arms by Speaker Newt Gingrich on January 4, John, Matthew, Michael and Taylor—all the 1995. He is only the thirty-sixth person to hold best. to-back Championship titles from the National Dance Alliance, including the ‘‘Innovative Cho- this post since the House of Representatives first met in New York City in 1789. f reography’’ and ‘‘Best in Category’’ awards. West Springfield Dance Team has distin- Bill Livingood’s remarkable record of public PERSONAL EXPLANATION guished itself as the dominant team in local service is even more noteworthy because of and national competitive dance, and it is now the unique experience he brought to the posi- a national celebrity for its run on ‘‘America’s tion. He was the first House Sergeant at Arms HON. BRETT GUTHRIE Got Talent’’ and a recent appearance on ‘‘The to possess considerable expertise in law enforcement, an asset that has served the OF KENTUCKY View’’ Halloween episode. House well during his tenure. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Their eye-popping performances were a de- Prior to his appointment, he was Senior Ad- Friday, December 16, 2011 light to watch, and these young people served visor to the Director of the U.S. Secret Service as tremendous ambassadors not only on be- from 1989 to 1995, and a Special Agent with Mr. GUTHRIE. Mr. Speaker, due to the half of their dance team, but also their school, the Secret Service for a total of 33 years. His death of a close friend, I was absent from the their families and our community. They and background includes service on then-Vice House on Thursday, December 15th and Fri- their families should be proud of these accom- President Lyndon Johnson’s security detail, as day, December 16th. Had I been present, I plishments. I know we are, and I want to con- well as spending more than a decade aboard would have recorded the following votes: gratulate the following members of the West Air Force One. Rollcall 933—aye; Springfield Dance Team for their many suc- As an elected officer of the House of Rep- Rollcall 934—aye; cesses in the area of competitive dance, their resentatives, the Sergeant at Arms is the chief Rollcall 935—aye; achievements on ‘‘America’s Got Talent’’, and law enforcement and protocol officer of the recent appearance on ‘‘The View’’: body, and is responsible for maintaining order Rollcall 936—aye; WS Dance Team 2010–2011 (performers on on the House side of the United States Capitol Rollcall 937—aye; complex. ‘‘America’s Got Talent’’): Chelsea Kopf and Rollcall 938—aye; The Sergeant at Arms reviews and imple- Julian Asuncion Rollcall 939—aye; ments all issues relating to the safety and se- WS Dance Team 2010–2011 and 2011– Rollcall 940—aye; curity of Members of Congress and the Capitol 2012 (performers on ‘‘America’s Got Talent’’, complex. The Sergeant at Arms also coordi- Rollcall 941—aye; and ‘‘The View’’): Emily Barnes, Dori Shapiro, nates extensively with the U.S. Capitol Police Rollcall 942—aye; Katie Lee, Riley O’Rourke, Nicole Mobley, and various intelligence agencies to assess Rollcall 943—no. Breezy Thompson, Sarah Thompson, Kristen threats against Members of Congress and the Toler, Natalie Wawrzeniak, Jordan Penrod, Capitol complex. f Hannah Ernst, Jordan Dey, Nicky Ditnoy, and Every visitor to the U.S. Capitol, whether it May Ditnoy be the President of the United States, a for- PERSONAL EXPLANATION WS Dance Team 2011–2012 (performers on eign head of state or one of our youngest citizens, can roam safely around the vast Capitol ‘‘The View’’): Ellen Abood, Madeline Diez, Vic- complex because of Bill Livingood’s profes- HON. ROBERT E. ANDREWS toria Diez, Brianna Burns, Lauren Rader, sionalism, his dedication to duty and his con- Danny Lora, and Collin Hensley OF NEW JERSEY siderable experience. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join When this most recent chapter of American me in congratulating the West Springfield Friday, December 16, 2011 history is written, it will be noted that Bill Dance Team on their many accomplishments served the House during some of the most Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Speaker, due to a per- and awards and for making it into the semi- challenging times in its history, including the sonal family matter on December 15, 2011, I finals of ‘‘America’s Got Talent.’’ I thank the 1998 shootings of two U.S. Capitol Police offi- was absent from votes. As such, I am submit- team’s coaches, Tara Perez and Jason King, cers, the 9/11 attacks on our country, as well ting these remarks to indicate how I would Principal Mark Greenfelder, Director of Stu- as the anthrax threats to Congress that came have voted if I were here: I would have voted dent Activities Andy Muir, and the entire West in the wake of the 2001 terror attacks. Make No on the Journal Vote, and Yes on H.R. 886, Springfield High School community for their ro- no mistake, House security has undergone H.R. 2719, and H.R. 443. bust support of these exceptional students. significant improvements over the last decade

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As an added tribute to his good stewardship women in uniform, but also that of Sheriff Gee Recognized as leaders in the auto industry, of this important job, Bill served under four and the Hillsborough County Sheriffs to honor Rick and Rita Case have received numerous speakers, both Democrat and Republican, their brothers and sisters in arms and to pro- awards; including National Dealers of the Year starting with Speaker Gingrich, then Speaker tect the safety and security of the citizens of by USA Today, Time and Sports Illustrated Dennis Hastert, Speaker NANCY PELOSI and Hillsborough County. magazines, the American International Auto- our current Speaker, JOHN BOEHNER. He and f mobile Dealers Association and the National his office have been completely above re- Automobile Dealer Association. Most recently proach and non-partisan. To say that Bill IN RECOGNITION OF MR. PIERRE Rick and Rita Case were the 2011 recipients Livingood is a consummate professional with a BEJJANI of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The sterling reputation for honesty, integrity and Year Award. Additionally, in 2012, they also class would be a fair way of describing the re- HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH became the first couple to ever win the Amer- spect every Member of this House has for Bill. OF OHIO ican International Automobile Dealers Associa- Mr. Speaker, we are all indebted to Bill IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion David F. Mungenast National Lifetime Livingood’s stewardship and watchful eye over Achievement Award. Friday, December 16, 2011 this historic chamber. As he prepares to leave Beyond running a successful business, Rick the House in the coming weeks, I join my col- Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in and Rita Case founded the Rick Case ‘‘Bikes leagues and the American people in offering honor of Mr. Pierre Bejjani, the president of for Kids’’ program in 1962 and have collected him a hearty ‘‘job well done’’ and wish him all the Northeast Ohio Lebanese American Asso- and donated more than 100-thousand bicycles the best in his well-deserved retirement. ciation, NOLAA, as he is honored by the to children in need in their community. f American Nationalities Movement. As Rick celebrates this incredible milestone, Mr. Bejjani was born in Lebanon and immi- I am proud to support him here on the floor of HONORING THE HILLSBOROUGH grated to Cleveland, Ohio 1981. He attended the House of Representatives, and am hon- COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE FOR The Ohio State University where he earned a ored to call him a friend. ITS TRIBUTE TO OUR FALLEN degree in civil engineering. He returned to f HEROES Cleveland after graduating and began working POVERTY AND THE HALF IN TEN as a construction manager. Mr. Bejjani started CAMPAIGN HON. GUS M. BILIRAKIS his own business in 1991. Today, he serves OF FLORIDA as the managing director/executive editor of HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Profile News Ohio and is the senior partner for Diversity Advertising Agency. OF ILLINOIS Friday, December 16, 2011 Mr. Bejjani has served the Cleveland com- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to munity since the mid-1990s. He organized the Friday, December 16, 2011 honor Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee first Annual Lebanon Day on November 22, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, at this for his efforts to honor fallen military heroes 2011. He currently serves as the president holiday season, it is proper for us to pause from the Tampa Bay area. At the direction of NOLAA and vice president of the Cleveland and consider the major threat that poverty Sheriff Gee, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s American Middle East Organization. He is also poses to our nation, and how the path we take Office has instituted a program to conduct on the boards of Worldwide Intercultural Net- to address that challenge will determine honor escorts for every fallen hero from work of Cleveland, Global Cleveland Initiative whether we succeed in improving America’s Tampa Bay who returns to Hillsborough Coun- and the Recruiting Battalion of Northern Ohio. long-term social, economic, and moral well- ty. To date, Sheriff Gee and the Hillsborough As a result of his dedication to the commu- being. County Sheriffs have conducted 12 honor es- nity, Mr. Bejjani has been received numerous Income inequality has risen sharply over the corts for fallen heroes since the escorts were awards. He received NOLAA’s Community past 30 years. Since 1979, the gap in after-tax implemented in 2009. While that is 12 honor Recognition Award in 2009. In 2010 he was income between the wealthiest one percent escorts too many, I am proud to represent a the recipient of the Census 2010 Partnership and middle- and low-income quintiles has community with an institution as respectful and Award. Mr. Bejjani was also recognized for his more than tripled. Adjusted gross income for dignified as the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s work on the U.S. Army Strength in Diversity working-class families has seen the least Office. Program in April, 2011. growth, and the economic collapse of 2008 At the direction of Sheriff Gee, and with the Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me put many out of work. permission of the fallen hero’s family, any fall- in recognizing the life and achievements of Mr. Last year, 49 million Americans—including en hero that arrives in Hillsborough County is Pierre Bejjani and congratulating him on being almost 17 million children—lived in poverty. escorted to any destination. These escorts in- this year’s American Nationalities Movement’s One in four children in America is considered volve multiple motorcycle deputies, patrol honoree. ‘‘food insecure,’’ sometimes going to bed hun- cruisers, and other Sheriff’s vehicles, including f gry. That number is unconscionable. But pov- members of the Sheriff’s aviation unit, as the erty is not just a statistic—it impacts our fami- hearse and the family’s vehicles are led THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF RICK lies, neighbors, and communities in many through the county. Each family is given a CASE AUTOMOTIVE ways. copy of a DVD and photo album commemo- Shirley G. is a Social Security beneficiary in rating the escort to help them heal, remember, HON. ALLEN B. WEST Harwood Heights, Illinois, who suffers from se- and recall that their loved one was a real OF FLORIDA vere asthma, diabetes, high cholesterol and American hero. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES high blood pressure. On September 1, she Many of us recall the unfortunate response learned that due to state budget shortfalls, she Friday, December 16, 2011 that many of our veterans received upon their would have to pay out-of-pocket for her medi- return from Vietnam. One of the great lessons Mr. WEST. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec- cations. Shirley elected to pay her basic health of that tragedy was to always remember the ognize my friend and constituent, Rick Case, insurance, rent, gas, electric and telephone sacrifices of the service member. As Vice- who will be celebrating the 50th Anniversary of bills and NOT buy food. She signed up for a Chairman of the House Committee on Vet- Rick Case automotive in early 2012. ‘‘meals on wheels’’ program to provide her erans’ Affairs, I constantly find myself in awe Rick discovered his true passion at an early with one meal per day and relies on a local of the sacrifices and efforts that have been age, selling used cars in high school from the food pantry for her remaining food needs. She made on behalf of our great country by the front yard of his family home in Akron, Ohio. was also forced to ration her medication. The men and women who have worn the uniform In 1962, he opened his first dealership, Moxie unpredictability of food and medicine has of our Armed Services. Regardless of the poli- Motors, in Akron, followed by Sharp Used wreaked havoc on her health and she cannot tics of the conflicts that our country has en- Cars in Barberton, Ohio in 1963. stabilize her asthma or diabetes. gaged in over the course of the last decade, Rick Case is as excited today about his Jack K. worked for decades as a taxi cab I am proud of and appreciative of the efforts business as he was 50 years ago and aggres- driver, but retired with very little wealth. He

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During high school, minor supporting contracts required to com- Mr. Speaker, I know my colleagues will join both were what is called ‘‘unaccompanied plete projects that have already begun. First, me in congratulating Dr. Mobley. Because of homeless youth,’’ meaning they were under- it is not the intent of the bill to restrict the De- his efforts, I know that those with Down Syn- age and without a home. partment of Defense from modifying current drome, and their families, will see easier days Against those odds, both Starnica and Bran- contracts or awarding required ancillary con- ahead. With Dr. Mobley’s work, we will one don are now thriving. Starnica is enrolled in tracts in support of active projects because day see a world free of these devastating neu- college and is an expectant mother. Brandon those prior-year funds have already been obli- rological disorders. is a college graduate with a good job and a gated and therefore are not subject to the re- f bright future. Both are incredible success sto- strictions set forth in section 2207. We under- ries, but they are the exception to the rule— stand that minor additional obligations may be TRIBUTE TO JANICE ‘‘TEKO’’ particularly in today’s economy. More common required to complete those previously author- WISEMAN are the homeless to whom I passed out sand- ized projects, and we do not object to such wiches on a recent cold Chicago night, work- minor obligations as long as they are within HON. JO BONNER ing with the Night Ministry. the scope of the original authorizations. Too many Americans born in poverty don’t OF ALABAMA Others have asked me, can the Department IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have the tools to escape it. And too many for- of Defense use any funding to continue plan- merly middle-class Americans are falling into ning and program management activities or Friday, December 16, 2011 poverty. We must promote and protect afford- begin new studies that will help inform or de- Mr. BONNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to offer able housing, nutrition assistance, good velop any of the five requirements that are this tribute to Janice ‘‘Teko’’ Wiseman, a na- schools, and other services to enable every- outlined in section 2207 that must be met be- tive of Mobile, AL, who recently passed away one to have a chance at the American Dream. fore further funds are obligated? The language at the age of 83. She spent her life in active We have a responsibility to reduce poverty so that no one has to make the choice be- in section 2207 is not indented to restrict the service to her community and her family. tween medication and heat, and so that every Department of Defense’s ability to use prior- Married for 62 years, Teko and her hus- child has a place to call home and food to eat. year funding to conduct program management band, Dr. Hollis Wiseman, originally met as We owe it to our constituents and our country activities, planning and further studies or com- high school sweethearts. to buffer existing social safety net programs so plete ongoing studies that will better inform or During the 1960’s—a decade of turmoil in that Shirley, Jack, Starnica and Brandon can allow the Department to complete work on the Alabama—Teko and Hollis set an example of keep a roof over their heads and put food in five requirements that are called out in section courage and commitment to justice and the their stomachs. 2207 of this bill. This provision is not intended city they loved by founding ABLE (Alabamians I am troubled with the vitriol that many pub- to stop the military buildup, but there are Behind Local Education), an organization to lic figures have directed at those struggling questions that remain outstanding. help peacefully integrate the Mobile County with poverty and at the programs that give I am committed to working with the schools. Although opposed by some political them a chance to thrive. This is a time when Gentlelady from Guam to continue to address leaders at the time, the Wisemans stood fast all Americans need to help one another suc- these issues regarding the stationing of Ma- and eventually saw their goals realized. Their ceed. rine Corps forces on Guam. efforts received international attention on a The Half in Ten Campaign has set an ambi- f Voice of America broadcast. tious but achievable goal of cutting poverty in In 1983, Teko helped found Keep Mobile IN RECOGNITION OF DR. WILLIAM half in ten years. I am an original cosponsor Beautiful and worked as its coordinator for ten MOBLEY of Congresswoman BARBARA LEE’s Half in Ten years. Her energy and creativity resulted in a Act, which would strengthen anti-poverty initia- beautification competition called No More Eye- tives by creating a national plan to meet the HON. PETE SESSIONS sore, which engaged residents from school- goal of reducing poverty by 50 percent, elimi- OF TEXAS children to bank presidents to clean up and nating extreme poverty, and eliminating child IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES beautify the ugliest eyesores around town. poverty over the next decade. Friday, December 16, 2011 Other projects included planting the intersec- This task will be difficult. It will require an Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to rection of I–65 and I–10 and landscaping the en- honest assessment of the successes and fail- ognize Dr. William C. Mobley, Distinguished trance to Bankhead Tunnel. Her impact on the ures of our social safety net programs, and Professor and Chair of the Department of city is visible to this day. make recommendations on how to improve Neurosciences at the University of California When they retired twenty years ago, Teko the effectiveness of those programs. It will San Diego. On December 8th, Dr. Mobley was and Hollis moved to Fairhope, Alabama. also seek solutions to the causes of poverty; awarded the International Sisley-Jerome There, Hollis, who had built the University of income inequality, economic instability, lack of Lejeune Prize, in Paris, France, for his thera- South Alabama Neonatal Intensive Care Unit living wages, and lack of investment in low-in- peutic research on Genetic Intellectual Disabil- named in his honor, became president of the come communities. ities. Fairhope Library Board and spearheaded the Poverty touches every community in Amer- Dr. Mobley’s many contributions in the field drive to raise approximately seven million dol- ica, and we should be able to formulate a roof Down Syndrome have been truly valued in lars to build the current state of the art library. bust, bipartisan solution to the crisis. I thank the special needs community. His research to Meanwhile, Teko Wiseman turned her atten- Congresswoman LEE for her leadership on this identify causes of neurodegenerative disorders tion to the lack of sidewalks along the Bay and issue, and I urge my colleagues to come to- has brought new optimism to those afflicted conceived a project to building a hike/bike trail gether in support of the Half in Ten Act. with diseases from Alzheimer’s to Down Syn- beginning at the Battleship on the Causeway f drome. and extending along the Eastern Shore to CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 1540, As the parent of a child with Down Syn- Weeks Bay. The organization she founded in NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA- drome, I understand first-hand the daily chal- 1995 to realize this dream, the Eastern Shore TION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012 lenges that families are facing. We are the Trailblazers, has raised over $6.5 million beneficiaries of Dr. Mobley’s important re- through private donations and grants. The 32 SPEECH OF search and future generations will be enabled mile trail is only two miles short of completion. as a result. Mr. Speaker, Teko was a treasure to South HON. ADAM SMITH Dr. Mobley has used his expertise to serve Alabama and her loss is one that is shared by OF WASHINGTON this Congress. As the expert advisor for the our entire community. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Congressional Down Syndrome Caucus, Dr. I offer my heartfelt condolences to her hus- Wednesday, December 14, 2011 Mobley has educated Members of Congress band, Hollis; her sister, Merrellyn Miller; their Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, on this important issue, raising public aware- six children, Holly Wiseman, Merrell Wiseman, some have raised concerns about potential ness while advancing critical research. Valery De Laney, Carole Norden, Jay

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DAWSON For you will walk again my son, and you will Mr. Speaker, I ask that this poem penned in so run! his honor by Albert Caswell be placed in the As you rebuild your life, America’s most HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. brilliant of all sons! OF OHIO In.... For from what you’ve lost. . . . far much more you’ve gained! IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES All In That Fight! Are but all of those courageous brave hearts, But, with your iron will, the price you Friday, December 16, 2011 who must bring their light! paid.... Whose most magnificent hearts, must some- With your beautiful children and wonderful Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in wife! recognition of Mr. David Dawson as he retires how reach upward but to the greatest heights! Oh yes you are now so winning that fight! after 40 years of service at the Legal Aid Soci- Who are all Airborne, with but their fine For heroes like you are put upon this earth, ety of Cleveland. hearts so worn . . . to so teach us all what so comes first! Legal Aid Society of Cleveland is a law firm Who so courageously must ignite! And if ever I have a son, I wish he could but for low-income individuals and provides serv- While, moving all out there into that dark- be as brilliant as you this one! ices in the areas of consumer rights, domestic ness of war.... Who All In The Fight, so did what must be violence, education, employment, family law, Armed, but only with their most courageous done! of all lights to victory to insure! And led with his heart of honor, upon battle- health, housing, foreclosure, immigration, pub- fields so on! lic benefits, utilities and tax. It was founded as To So Find That Courage . . . To So Find That Faith.... And came back home, through all of this a nonprofit in 1905 and until 1966 operated All in how their fine hearts have so be- pain and heartache.... as Thy Will primarily with volunteers. In 1966, staff attor- haved.... Be Done! neys were hired and today there are 53 attor- All with such Strength In Honor, so all in Who has taught us even greater things, neys, 40 staff members and more than 1800 place.... showing us all to what new heights volunteers that serve Cleveland’s low-income To so win that battle, to so win that fight! hearts can run! individuals. Legal Aid’s mission is to secure As from out of such darkness, they so bring And one day for all of your sacrifice, you will their light! shine. . . . all up in Heaven’s sun! justice and resolve fundamental problems for For up in Heaven, you need not arms or legs! those who are low income and otherwise vul- While, one and all are so willing to face! That Face of Death! And that’s where Christopher you are going nerable by providing high quality legal services And not so ask why, while there all of their one day! and working for systemic solutions. fine hearts so crest! All for what you gave! And what you’ve Mr. Dawson attended Kenyon College Armed but with only your saw gun in hand, done! where he received a degree in English in as Chris you so heroically went out But your life here on earth, is not finished! 1964. He earned his Juris Doctor in 1971 from ahead.... Is not so done, because our Lord has more Vanderbilt University. He bravely served with As was heard your most courageous battle work for you my son! the United States Navy between 1964 and cry, all in your stead! All In That Fight! 1967. He began working at the Legal Aid So- As from out of such darkness as said! f ciety of Cleveland in 1971 as a staff attorney As from out of all of your heartache, as your great heart so led.... IN RECOGNITION OF THE PHOEBUS in the Hough Neighborhood Office. Through- With such courage and faith, all in this your HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM out the past 40 years Mr. Dawson has also most amazing grace.... served as an Attorney in Charge, the Civil Di- Excepting this fight! HON. ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ SCOTT Because, from hearts of courage full like rector, and today serves as the Deputy Direc- OF VIRGINIA tor for the Main Office and Interim Managing yours, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Attorney for the Lorain County Office. America’s Sons over darkness have so shown Because of his dedication to serving the their might! Friday, December 16, 2011 people of Cleveland and vast expertise in pov- Because with only such fine men as you Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I am Christopher, will we so win that fight! erty law, Mr. Dawson was honored by the As on that day, when you so walked through honored to rise, on behalf of Congressman Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation in 2010. that valley death.... ROB WITTMAN, Congressman SCOTT RIGELL, Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me Armed with but only your courage as so left, and myself, to call attention to a group of in congratulating Mr. David Dawson as he reas with your Brothers In Arms as you young students from Hampton, Virginia, who tires after 40 years of dedicated service to the had all so pledged! have, for the fourth year in a row, distin- Legal Aid Society of Cleveland. When, a bomb almost left you for dead! guished themselves, their school, their com- While, lying there all between life and death! f munity and the Commonwealth of Virginia. As you had so died several times, as when The Phoebus High School Phantoms foot- you said the Lord came to you and so HONORING ARMY SPECIALIST ball team had a remarkable season. On De- CHRISTOPHER KURTZ said! So said, ‘‘don’t give up, I have more work for cember 10, Coach Stan Sexton and the Phan- you to do!’’ toms won their fourth consecutive Virginia HON. STEVE STIVERS As from that moment on, you began your state football championship, defeating South OF OHIO new fight as onward you so moved! County High School of Lorton 20–10 at Scott IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES So on that next morning as you so awoke, so Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. close to death.... After overcoming injuries to finish 8–2, Friday, December 16, 2011 As in that moment, your fine heart so Phoebus High entered the postseason tour- Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to spoke.... nament as the number three seed. Led by So spoke to you about all what you had so honor a true American hero, Army Specialist left! Coach Stan Sexton, after a series of close Christopher Kurtz of the 1st Platoon, Apache As into the future, with all of your courage games, including a come from behind fourth Troop, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, our nation would so bless! quarter win in the regional semifinals, and a 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Air- As you had lost your two strong legs, and 27–26 win in the state semifinals, Phoebus borne Division. This month marks the one part of your hand.... High entered the state championship game. year anniversary of an IED blast that nearly But, somehow your great heart still found To cap what Coach Sexton could only call took his life and left him without his legs and the strength to stand! ‘‘an unusual season,’’ Phoebus High turned to took from him part of his hand. As we so watched you Chris, so watched you their defense to bring home a championship. grow.... As a Lieutenant Colonel in the Ohio Army As you so came back from the dead, and all The Phantoms forced five turnovers over the National Guard, I have had the honor and of that pain and woe! course of the game on their way to a 20–10 privilege of witnessing firsthand the heroism, As what a fine work of art, your life to our win, and another state championship. The selflessness, and dedication of those who world would show! Phantom’s excellence in football is char- serve in our military. We enjoy unparalleled To So Teach Us All! To So Beseech Us All! acteristic of the quality of athletics on the

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Washington has Although very accomplished in football, While Iraq is no longer ruled by a dictator, the pressed Baghdad for years to end corruption Phoebus High’s legacy of excellence is not human price the Iraqi people paid in death, and build a representative government. It limited to the field of athletics. Under the Di- destruction, violence, and misery casts a very will need to keep pressing. rection of Principal Robert Johnson, the Phoe- After investing billions of dollars, the dark shadow over their country’s future. United States has had more success rebuild- bus faculty seeks to inspire all students to In the final analysis, America’s war in Iraq ing Iraq’s security forces. But Iraqi and strive for excellence and achievement in the was a strategic and human tragedy that must American commanders say these forces are classroom, in their extracurricular activities never be repeated. Now, as armchair generals not ready to fully protect the country and in their communities. in their disgraced neo-conservative pinstripes against insurgents or potentially hostile Phoebus has two innovative programs plot a new misadventure, this time with Iran, neighbors. There are critical weaknesses in aimed at expanding the learning experience the American people must not be deceived, intelligence, air defenses, artillery and logistics. outside of the traditional classroom. One of not be driven by fear, and not yield to another The Obama administration was unable to them involves courses that prepare students expensive and painful war of choice. reach a new defense agreement with Baghdad for careers in technology. As host of the Mr. Speaker, I request the attached New that would have allowed several thousand Hampton School Division’s Information Design York Times editorial regarding the end of American troops to stay behind as backup. and Engineering Academy (IDEA), Phoebus America’s war in Iraq entitled ‘‘A Formal End’’ We hope that the Iraqi Army will do better offers magnet career classes in pre-engineer- be included. than expected. The administration must be prepared to offer limited help if the army ing, design and information technology, and [From the New York Times, Dec. 15, 2011] does get into serious trouble. media technology and design. These courses A FORMAL END President Obama, who first ran for office provide the students a foundation to prepare It is a relief that the American role in the campaigning against the war, has never for college classes and jobs in the technology misguided Iraq war is finally over. It came to wavered on his promise to bring the troops sector. Phoebus is also home to the Blue an official close on Thursday with an appro- home. The last few thousand will be out of Phantom Inn, a student-run restaurant that priately subdued ceremony in Baghdad. We Iraq by year’s end. We celebrate their return. But this country must never forget the intol- gives students an opportunity to develop their mourn the nearly 4,500 American troops and tens of thousands of Iraqis who lost their erable costs of a war started on arrogance culinary arts skills. The restaurant program and lies. was nationally recognized in Southern Living lives. After so much pain and sacrifice, Iraqis f magazine. now have the responsibility for making their RECOGNIZING CROSSROADS INDUS- So we would like to extend our enthusiastic own better future. The fighting is not over, congratulations to Coach Stan Sexton, his and success is still a long shot. The United TRIAL SERVICES, BOSMA INDUS- coaching staff, the players on the Phoebus States has a major role to play: encouraging, TRIES AND THE ABILITYONE High School Phantoms and to all of Phoebus supporting and goading Iraq’s leaders to PROGRAM High School students, families, friends and make the long-delayed political com- fans, for their continued dedication to excel- promises that are their only hope for build- HON. ANDRE´ CARSON ing a stable democracy. lence in winning the Group AAA Division 5 Vir- OF INDIANA ginia High School League state football cham- The fact that Saddam Hussein is gone is a genuine cause for celebration. But the list of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pions of 2011. errors and horrors in this war is inexcusably Friday, December 16, 2011 f long, starting with a rush to invasion based Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, today on manipulated intelligence. I rise to recognize two organizations in Indian- ENDING AMERICA’S WAR IN IRAQ The Bush administration had no plan for governing the country once Saddam was de- apolis, Crossroads Industrial Services and HON. BETTY McCOLLUM posed. The Iraqi economy still bears the Bosma Enterprises. Both of these organizations are a part of the AbilityOne Program, OF MINNESOTA scars from the first frenzied days of looting. The decision to disband the Sunni-dominated which has helped more than 47,000 Ameri- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Iraqi Army helped unleash five years of sec- cans who are blind or who have significant Friday, December 16, 2011 tarian strife that has not fully abated. Iraq’s disabilities gain skills and training that ulti- political system remains deeply riven by Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, President mately led to gainful employment. ethnic and religious differences. Together, these organizations employ 189 Obama deserves tremendous credit for ending America’s reputation has yet to fully re- America’s war in Iraq, honoring his commit- people in Indianapolis, jobs made possible by cover from the horrors of Abu Ghraib. The the AbilityOne Program. This critical program ment to bring all U.S. troops home by the end country is still paying a huge price for Presi- harnesses the purchasing power of the federal of 2011. As commander-in-chief he has al- dent George W. Bush’s decision to short- government to buy products and services from ways set the appropriate course of action in change the war in Afghanistan. American participating community-based nonprofit agen- Iraq while always honoring the service and policy makers, for generations to come, cies that are dedicated to training and employ- sacrifice of our troops and our military families. must study these mistakes carefully and ensure that they are not repeated. ing individuals with disabilities. It affords Amer- The Iraq War has been a tragedy for far too As for Iraq today, the authoritarian ten- icans with disabilities the opportunity to ac- many American and Iraqi families. The human dencies of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al- quire job skills and training, receive good costs of this war—in deaths, suffering, and Maliki are deeply troubling. A member of wages and benefits, and gain greater inde- permanent loss—cannot be calculated. U.S. the Shiite majority that was badly per- pendence and quality of life. troops served and fought with a profound secuted under Saddam, he has been far more This segment of the population has suffered sense of duty to our country. For this, all interested in payback than inclusion. from significant unemployment. Federal oppor- Washington has pushed him over the Americans should be grateful. The family tunities through the AbilityOne Program have members and loved ones of our brave troops years—but, often, not hard enough. The Baghdad government promised jobs to played an important role in bringing people also endured tremendous sacrifices that can 100,000 members of the Sunni Awakening with disabilities into the workforce. For exam- never be repaid. Those selfless Americans movement—insurgents whose decision to ple, one of Bosmas Enterprises’ employees who sacrificed their lives and bodies in service switch sides helped end the civil war—but Kevin Mossberger exemplifies how training to our country, must always be remember only half that have been hired. Parliament and the AbilityOne Program can make a real them and Congress must always fulfill the still needs to enact a law, called for in the difference in the life of someone. Kevin, who promises it has made to our veterans and Constitution, that would provide a legal is in his early twenties obtained a degree in their families. basis for determining who should be pros- Business Management, but because of a ge- At home we cannot ignore the war’s other ecuted for supporting Saddam’s Baath Party or other extremist ideologies. Iraq’s leaders netic eye disease called Retinitis Pigmentosa costs. The Iraq War directly added $800 billion have many more issues to resolve. Incred- was unable to find work in his small, southern to the nation’s debt—a bill that will be paid by ibly, they have still not decided how to di- Indiana hometown. our children and grandchildren. Meeting the vide the country’s oil wealth. There is no His parents suggested he go to Bosma En- long-term health care needs of Iraq war vet- agreement on who will control the oil-rich terprises’ Rehabilitation Center to receive ad- erans will require hundreds of billions more for city of Kirkuk, which is claimed by both ditional training to live independently and to

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Marvin McMickle for more by bringing their abilities together with those able to visit Crossroads Industrial Services than two decades of leadership and service to who are in a position to use them. and see firsthand the impact of the AbilityOne the congregation of Antioch Baptist Church Most importantly however, the White House Program on not only its employees, but also and residents of Cleveland. I wish him luck in Conference on Haiti will help ensure that the the impact it has on our men and women in his new position. challenges facing the Haitian people remain in uniform. Crossroads employees are respon- f the public eye and in the minds of all Ameri- sible for producing items that our service INTRODUCING WHITE HOUSE CON- cans. members rely on, like ballistic helmet pad While the United States has been instru- FERENCE ON HAITI ACT OF 2011 sets, combat identification panels, and rocket mental in the recovery and rebuilding from launcher spare parts. It is with these important countless natural and man-made disasters contributions that Crossroads, like Bosma, ex- HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS throughout the world, few international trage- emplifies the quality of work and determination OF FLORIDA dies have had as deep an impact on the to enhance the lives of disabled Americans IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES United States, and particularly the State of that make the AbilityOne Program so invalu- Friday, December 16, 2011 Florida, as this one. able. Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I Helping our Haitian neighbors is not only the Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise today to introduce the White House Con- right thing to do; it is also in our own nation’s extend my support to the AbilityOne Program. ference on Haiti Act of 2011. This important best interests. Just a stone’s throw from our I also want to commend the dedication and piece of legislation would call on the President shores, instability in Haiti impacts our own commitment to Jim Vento of Easter Seals of the United States to convene a White economy and immigration levels. Crossroads, Lou Moneymaker of Bosma In- House Conference on Haiti within the next cal- Our nation’s rapid, comprehensive re- dustries, and their staffs, for helping individ- endar year. sponse, from our government down to every- uals who are blind or have a significant dis- As we are all well aware, in January of last day Americans, has been commendable, but ability find employment. The impact of their year, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the the President and this administration are in a work and that of each AbilityOne employee already struggling nation of Haiti. Approxi- position to do more. This legislation would not has an undeniably positive impact on our com- mately three million people were affected and be a costly endeavor, but could stand to save munity. 230,000 are estimated to have died. Those millions of dollars that could be used to im- f who survived continue to face unimaginable prove the lives of the Haitian people for gen- conditions with a crumbling infrastructure and erations to come. IN RECOGNITION OF REVEREND recurring Cholera outbreaks. At a time of continued instability and crisis, MARVIN MCMICKLE, PH.D. If there is a silver lining to this unimaginable the United States must do all within its power tragedy, it is that out of this, the Haitian peo- to help ensure a long-term sustainable recov- HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH ple have been given the incredible opportunity ery for Haiti. OF OHIO to right the wrongs of the past and rebuild I ask my colleagues to support this legisla- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES their nation stronger than ever before. Millions tion and urge the House Leadership to bring Friday, December 16, 2011 of dollars in aid have flooded into the country it swiftly to the House floor for consideration. and thousands of aid organizations are com- f Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in mitted to building a sustainable recovery. recognition of Reverend Marvin McMickle and Immediately following the earthquake, we all IN HONOR OF RADIO STATION congratulate him on his retirement after twen- witnessed countless foreign governments and KZRG’S RESPONSE TO THE JOP- ty-four years of service as the pastor of Anti- aid organizations pledging to stand with Haiti, LIN TORNADO och Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio. Rev. and I have been inspired by the countless in- McMickle will become the president at Colgate dividuals throughout the globe who have do- HON. BILLY LONG Rochester Crozer Divinity School. nated their talents and services to the recov- OF MISSOURI Rev. McMickle was born in 1948 in Chi- ery and the many more who are eager to help, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cago, Illinois. He was ordained as a reverend but simply don’t know how. Friday, December 16, 2011 in New York City in 1973. Rev. McMickle We cannot let this opportunity go to waste. served as the pastor of St. Paul Baptist However, with the possibility to do good Mr. LONG. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec- Church in Montclair, New Jersey and as the comes the very real possibility of waste, dupli- ognize and honor the service of one of the 7th associate pastor for the Abyssinian Baptist cation, and inefficiencies in the rebuilding and District of Missouri’s radio stations, KZRG. Church in New York City prior to becoming the recovery process. KZRG is an AM radio station broadcasting pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Cleveland, Under this bill, the major stakeholders in the from Joplin, Missouri that does news broad- Ohio in 1987. rebuilding, along with other interested parties, casting for Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and In addition to being a staple in Cleveland’s will come together to share their knowledge Kansas, or as they call it, ‘‘the four state’’ spiritual community, Rev. McMickle is also a and best practices and identify gaps in the re- area. major influence in academia and politics. He covery process. It is my hope that out of this On May 22, 2011, an EF–5 tornado struck earned his undergraduate degree from Aurora Conference, opportunities for collaboration and Joplin, Missouri, devastating a once quiet Mis- College, a Master of Divinity degree from coordination in projects big and small will souri town. On that Sunday evening, Joplin Union Theological Seminary, a Doctor of Min- emerge. was forever changed. Much was destroyed. istry degree from Princeton Theological Semi- The Conference will also highlight innovative Family, friends, neighbors, homes and busi- nary and a doctorate in philosophy from Case ideas for rebuilding and redevelopment in nesses disappeared in the blink of a tornado’s Western Reserve University. Over the years, Haiti. From inexpensive hurricane and earth- eye. After the winds stilled, over 160 people, Rev. McMickle has taught at several colleges quake proof housing and green building tech- 8,000 homes and 500 businesses were lost. and universities including Ashland Theological niques to sustainable economic practices and The early days were tough. Shock and dis- Seminary, Case Western Reserve University, urban development. There are countless com- belief, chaos and devastation, but out of that Cleveland State University, Fordham, Prince- panies and individuals who have developed wreckage came hope and inspiration. We ton and spent a semester as a visiting pro- groundbreaking concepts in response to this found out there are a lot of heroes in Joplin. fessor at Yale University. tragedy, but they have yet to be connected During those dark hours they stood up and Rev. McMickle has served as president of with those who can put these ideas into prac- came to the aid of their community when their Shaker Heights School Board and Montclair tices or with others pursuing similar goals who neighbors needed them most. There is no bet- Branch of the National Association for the Ad- may be able to improve upon their initiatives. ter example of that than the associates at vancement of Colored People (NAACP). He Innovation does not happen in a bubble; great KZRG. has also served on the boards of Greater things can happen when great minds come to- Despite the fact that seven KZRG associ- Cleveland Roundtable, United Pastors in Mis- gether. ates lost homes during the tornado, despite

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Mr. Speaker, each much of the community powerless and unable the international arena when it comes to re- Member of this body is assisted by those who to communicate. However, the radio broad- building and renewing America’s infrastructure serve on our staffs. The roles and responsibil- casts of KZRG continued. KZRG remained on and making advances in education. Even our ities of a Member of Congress make it impos- air, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, giving health care system, improved by the Afford- sible for any one individual to do it all. It takes folks critical and time-sensitive information as able Care Act, still falls short of the systems a team. it was happening. KZRG was there, helping in use by most of our major European com- Today I wish to recognize and express ap- the police dispatch their officers, helping loved petitors. preciation to a key member of my team as he ones find each other, helping community lead- These glaring examples of un-sustainability retires from official public service. ers coordinate disaster recovery efforts. Truly, for our infrastructure, our education system Bill Harris has served as my Chief of Staff journalism at its finest. and our health care system are all troubling. and then Senior Counselor since 2004. But his They also launched a relief collection effort, None of this, however, compares with the un- service to the country began in 1968 as a which collected food, clothing, and toiletry sustainability of our massive defense and se- member of U.S. Army Signal Corps and his items to listeners in need. In fact, their station curity spending. U.S. defense spending is service to the Congress began in 1972, when became a meeting place of sorts, for emer- bloated and not strategically oriented. We can- he took a job as a staff assistant to Congress- gency personnel and volunteers. They be- not continue to spend almost as much as the man Mike McCormack of Washington State. came a symbol of the community getting back rest of the world—friend and foe alike—com- Earning his law degree from Georgetown, he on its feet. bined. We spend 6 times as much on defense was Congressman McCormack’s Counsel until Folks in Southwest Missouri should be as China, and 12 times that of Russia. Our 1976. proud to know that in times of trouble, KZRG Navy is larger than the next 13 navies com- Between his stints with the Congress, Bill was and will always be there. I too am proud bined. worked for the Atomic Industrial Forum, the and honored to call the associates of KZRG People who are at the front deserve our Committee for Energy Awareness, the U.S. my fellow citizens and neighbors in the 7th best in terms of equipment, and they and their Council for Energy Awareness (which is now Congressional District of Missouri. families need to be well-cared for, not just in the Nuclear Energy Institute), and the Univer- f the field, but when they come home. Our sity Research Alliance. In each of these posi- armed forces are stressed and continue to be tions, Bill’s focus was energy and the tremen- CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 1540, hobbled by the reckless actions in Iraq and dous possibilities that can come from nuclear NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA- further challenged by the war in Afghanistan, research and development. TION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011 and need to come home. We continue to In 2004, I enticed Bill back into government spend in Afghanistan with no clear plan for service to serve as my Chief of Staff. He led SPEECH OF withdrawal. my team by helping each staff member de- HON. EARL BLUMENAUER Today we have a reauthorization of the develop his or her talents and interests to grow OF OREGON fense bill that fails to lay the foundation for the and serve the people of the 13th district. His IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dramatic changes that are needed. Scaling expertise in energy and in management, as back our open-ended spending commitments, well as his background in the law, were invalu- Wednesday, December 14, 2011 nuclear weapons systems that we spend more able. But, perhaps most importantly has been Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, today I on today than during the Cold War and are far his character and strong, steady leadership. voted against the National Defense Authoriza- more out of proportion to what we will ever Too few individuals possess the modesty tion Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (NDAA). While need or use, patterns of deployment, for ex- that puts the good of the organization and the nothing is more important than providing the ample, with our Navy, all cry out for reform. mission ahead of any personal considerations. resources needed to keep America and our Long overdue elements to deal with cost ef- Yet some of the strongest leaders and those men and women in uniform safe, this author- fectiveness and the environmental footprint, with the most to say are those persons of ization spends too much and is a missed op- energy costs at $400 a gallon for fuel at the character whose soft-spoken demeanor quiets portunity for much needed reform. frontlines in Afghanistan, and tens of billions of the noise with intellect, honesty, and sound First, however, I would like to thank Chair- dollars lost to inefficient air conditioning are judgment. Bill is just such a leader. man MCKEON and Ranking Member SMITH of missing. He has helped ensure that we made deci- the House Armed Services Committee for in- The greatest threat to our future is losing sions based on the concerns of the people in cluding elements of all three of my amend- control of our ability to make tough decisions Texas, not how policy in Washington should ments in this final conference bill. One amend- that will enable us to sustain our military and, control the lives of people back home. No ment lifts the veil on classified immunity for more importantly, to sustain the economy. In matter what the task, my staff and I counted defense contractors, a practice that exposed short, the NDAA ignores the big picture. on Bill’s guidance and sense of duty to the 36 of our Oregon National Guardsmen to toxic We should reject this blueprint and begin people we represent. chemicals in Iraq. The other two will help pro- the process now of right-sizing the military, Of course, Bill’s commitment to service goes tect our troops on the battlefield and save bil- trimming our burdensome nuclear stockpiles beyond his profession. He spends his free lions of dollars through energy efficiency initia- and unnecessary programs, eliminating costly time engaging with all corners of the commu- tives. Their inclusion, however, does not offset weapons programs, ending our misguided nity. For example, he is currently a Mission the overall authorization which fails to reflect mission in Afghanistan, and moving away from Pilot with the Civil Air Patrol, a long-serving America’s priorities or our national security re- a Cold War model of deployment with U.S. board member of the Harrington Cancer Cen- alities. military bases all over Europe. ter of Amarillo, and a member of the Amarillo It is deeply unfortunate that this legislation We have the most powerful military in the Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee. includes the appalling detention provisions and world and will by far even if we invest sub- But that is just a sampling. Over the years, Bill that the bill continues to tie the President’s stantially less. Our problem is that the Amer- and wonderful wife Bev have become fixtures hands by restricting his ability to transfer de- ican public is being ill-served by government. in the community when it comes to serving tainees to the United States for trial in Federal We’re not investing in our future, and our others and the community as a whole. Bill has Court are appalling. Preventing the administra- economy will not be able to sustain this ever- been on more committees and organizational tion from closing Guantanamo only serves to increasing military commitment, to say nothing projects than anyone could count. bolster Al Qaeda and erode America’s secu- of the demands of investing in our commu- President Reagan put a premium on prin- rity. There is no excuse—even in the name of nities and our people, especially the young. ciple-based leadership. He kept a small fighting terrorism—for undermining our ideals. This is another missed opportunity to set down plaque on his desk in the Oval Office with a Beyond the practical security considerations, a marker for real change, and to lead respon- quote that read, ‘‘There is no limit to what a terrorism is an assault on those ideals and we sibly. man can do or where he can go if he does not

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It is for this spirit of service and dedication wife, Stephanie), Kristina Lindsay, and his f to the highest standards of excellence that I many friends and colleagues whose lives were am honored to recognize the contributions and enriched by his sense of humor, creativity and PERSONAL EXPLANATION to acknowledge the retirement of a man who generosity. is a credit to my office, his family, and our f HON. GEOFF DAVIS country. OF KENTUCKY ROBERT GRIFFIN III—BAYLOR As he moves into the next phase of his life, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I want to express my gratitude, not only for all HEISMAN of his help with my work in representing the Friday, December 16, 2011 13th district, but for all he has done so far to HON. TED POE Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, on make our community and our region a better OF TEXAS Thursday, December 15, 2011, I was unable place to live. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to vote due to an important family event. f Friday, December 16, 2011 Had I been present, I would have voted: On rollcall No. 933—‘‘yes’’—Approval of the HONORING AND COMMEMORATING Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, each year Journal. THE LIFE OF JAMES E. BURCH the Heisman Memorial Trophy is presented to the ‘‘outstanding college football player whose On rollcall No. 934—‘‘yes’’—H.R. 886—U.S. HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH performance best exhibits the pursuit of excel- Marshals Service 225th Anniversary Com- lence with integrity.’’ The 2011 winner, Baylor memorative Coin Act. OF OHIO On rollcall No. 935—‘‘yes’’—H.R. 2719, Rat- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES University Quarterback Robert Griffin III, or RG3 as he’s known to fans, highly deserves tlesnake Mountain Public Access Act. Friday, December 16, 2011 American collegiate athletics most celebrated On rollcall No. 936—‘‘yes’’—H.R. 443, To Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor. Provide for the conveyance of certain property honor and commemorate the life of James E. Robert was born in Okinawa, Japan to two from the U.S. to the Maniilaq Association in Burch, military veteran, advertising executive U.S. Army Sergeants. They would eventually Kotzebue, AK. and lifelong anti-war and environmental activ- settle in football-mad Texas, home of the origi- f ist. A renaissance man with a passion for nal Friday Night Lights, but Robert’s talents RECOGNIZING 16TH ANNIVERSARY leaving the world better than he found it, Jim could not be contained to the gridiron. He was OF DAYTON PEACE ACCORDS spent his life acting on the life philosophy a three sport star for Copperas Cove High passed along to him by his mother, ‘‘I am my School, excelling in baseball, football, and brother’s keeper.’’ track. HON. MICHAEL R. TURNER Born in Evanston, Illinois on February 27, Recruiters came from across the nation to OF OHIO 1926, Jim served in the United States Infantry bring Robert’s talents to their University, but IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in the South Pacific. At age 19, he became he believed in the message of Head Coach Friday, December 16, 2011 the program director of the Armed Forces Art Briles and followed him to Baylor, not Radio Service station WVTQ in Osaka, Japan. known as a football powerhouse. In 2008 Rob- Mr. TURNER of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, today I He was honorably discharged in May 1946. ert shined, starting 11 of his 12 games and am glad to recognize the 16th anniversary of After working in the radio business in Holly- winning the Big 12 Freshman of the Year hon- the Dayton Peace Accords. wood, he moved to Arizona where he met and ors. The Bears finished 4–8 but their future On December 14, 1995, the General Frame- married his wife of 61 years, Wileta. In 1951, was bright. work Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Jim, Wileta and their two children, Bill and 2010 was the breakthrough year for RG3 Herzegovina, known as the Dayton Peace Ac- Barbara moved to northern California where and the Baylor Bears. They fought to a 7–5 cords, ended a conflict that threatened to de- Jim began a 23-year career working with the record and played in their first bowl game in stabilize Europe and resulted in the death of San Francisco-based advertising agency Bat- over 15 years and also ranked in the national approximately 250,000 people, and the dis- ten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn where he cre- top 25 for the first time in 30 years. Robert placement of more than 2,000,000 men, ated numerous award winning advertisements. dug deep inside himself and vowed to lead the women, and children. Jim left his professional position and began Bears through uncharted waters—football Negotiations began on November 1, 1995, his second career as a volunteer activist. In- prominence. at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, strumental in the beginnings and ongoing work The 2011 season started off with a bang. Ohio, and concluded there on November 21, of Sequoia Seminar, Creative Initiative, Project The Bears defeated #14 TCU, the previous 1995, when the leaders of Bosnia and Survival, Beyond War and the Foundation for year’s Rose Bowl winner. Robert would com- Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia all agreed to Global Community, Jim contributed his many mand the Bears to a 9–3 record, their best in a breakthrough peace settlement that sought talents to groundbreaking projects. Among over 25 years, including upsets of Texas and, to halt conflicts that began in Bosnia and them were, the beginning of a recycling pro- for the first time in school history, then #5 Herzegovina in April 1992. gram in Palo Alto, California that became a Oklahoma. Griffin was dangerous in the air Previous attempts to negotiate peace in model for the Nation, the first space bridge to and on his feet, passing for 3,998 yards and Bosnia and Herzegovina had been unsuccess- connect the United States and the Soviet 36 touchdowns while rushing for 644 yards ful; and the negotiations were initiated under Union during the Cold War (1984), the first and 9 touchdowns. He lead the nation with a intense pressure by many of the world pow- satellite space bridge connecting seven coun- 192.31 passing efficiency, on pace to shatter ers, particularly the United States and Russia, tries on five continents (1985) and the creation the all-time record. The success propelled the prompting the leaders of the three sides to at- of a series of nature documentaries that were team into a bowl for the second consecutive tend the negotiations in Dayton, Ohio. featured on PBS. Jim served as a Member of year and made Griffin the 77th Heisman Tro- The United States negotiating team, led by the Board of Trustees for the Foundation for phy winner and first from Baylor University. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, guided peace Global Community until December of 2010. Robert was a leader both on and off the negotiations endorsed by members of the Eu- Launching yet a third career, Jim was elect- field. The perennial Honor Roll student grad- ropean Union (EU) and Russian Federation; ed to the Palo Alto City Council in 1999. In uated in three years with his political science and 21 days of intense negotiations occurring 2005, at the age of 78, he was elected mayor, degree and will finish his Masters in Commu- at the Hope Hotel at Wright-Patterson Air the oldest mayor in the city’s history. While nication next spring. He is as known for his Force Base brought hope and an opportunity knowing that the job required a local focus, faith as he is his football abilities. Upon win- for peace. Jim continued to bring his understanding of ning the trophy in New York City, he and his The negotiations succeeded, against all pre- global interconnectedness to city government. military family immediately headed to the dictions, due to the visionary leadership, the He observed on more than one occasion that, Ground Zero 9/11 memorial for some reflec- determination of all involved, the desire for ‘‘It’s one world, it’s one Earth, it’s one planet; tion. Robert never forgot his roots. peaceful resolution of the conflict, and the ex- it’s one ecosystem. We’re either all going to Mr. Speaker, it is always refreshing to see tensive community support. Wright-Patterson make it or nobody’s going to make it.’’ good things happen to good people, and Rob- Air Force Base was chosen as the site of the

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:14 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A16DE8.030 E16DEPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2301 negotiations due to its diversity and security, HONORING 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF OCCUPY which offered an environment where the war- HILL-MURRAY D.C. ring parties could focus on negotiating peace out of the spotlight of the media and away HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH from distracting geopolitical pressures. HON. BETTY McCOLLUM OF OHIO IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Dayton community unexpectedly be- OF MINNESOTA Friday, December 16, 2011 came part of the process as its people be- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES came proud to be part of history, holding can- Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I submit the dlelight vigils, placing ‘candles of peace’ in Friday, December 16, 2011 following: their front windows, congratulating and praying THE DECLARATION OF OCCUPY D.C. Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, today I rise for the negotiators, forming a human peace CONSENTED TO BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY to honor the students, alumni, parents, faculty chain around Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, NOVEMBER 30TH, 2011 and staff of Hill-Murray School in Maplewood, and continuing to study peace and human We have been captives of corrupt economic Minnesota on the occasion of its 50th Anniver- and political systems for far too long. The rights based on the community’s experiences sary. This educational institution has a distin- concentration of wealth and the purchase of hosting these historic negotiations. guished record on academics, community in- political power stifle the voices of the increasingly disenfranchised 99 percent. Cor- The negotiators highlighted Ohio’s ethnic di- volvement and athletic success. versity to show the warring parties that people porate dominance subverts democracy, in- Archbishop Murray Memorial high school tentionally sows division, destroys the envi- from disparate ethnic histories could live ev- was founded in 1958 by the Benedictine Sis- ronment, obstructs the just and equitable eryday life in peace; and the Dayton Peace ters as a school for young women. In 1959, pursuit of happiness, and violates the rights Accords provided a framework and common and dignity of all life. just a few blocks down the street, the Chris- agreement to the North Atlantic Treaty Organi- Occupy D.C. is an open community of di- tian Brothers founded the Hill High School as verse individuals, facing different forms of zation (NATO) implementation and stabiliza- a school for boys. Classes officially began in oppression and impacted by economic exploi- tion force missions which provided security for both schools in 1951, and in 1971 the schools tation to differing degrees, but united by a the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cro- shared vision of equality for the common merged and the Hill-Murray School was born. atia, and Serbia. good. The harsh economic conditions that During the past 50 years, Hill-Murray has have plagued the poor, working class, and The Dayton Literary Peace Prize, estab- communities of color for generations have lished in 2006, remains the only literary peace strived for excellence in all areas. Its mission statement declares the school ‘‘is committed begun to affect the previously financially se- prize awarded in the United States, and con- cure. This acute awareness of our common tinues the legacy of the 1995 Dayton Peace to developing creative and responsible leaders fate has united us in our struggle for a better Accords by honoring authors who write about for tomorrow’s world who will provide effective future. We recognize that inequality and in- peace and whose work provides enduring lit- moral leadership in their local and global com- justice systemically affect every aspect of our society: our communities, homes, and erary value. munities’’. This charge is reflected in both the school’s design and its results: from its stu- hearts. To build the world we envision, we commit ourselves to overcoming our per- The Dayton International Peace Museum in dents, 92% of whom enroll in post-high school downtown Dayton, a nonprofit, all-volunteer or- sonal biases so we can successfully challenge educational institutions; to its classrooms, systems of oppression in solidarity. ganization, is one of the few community-based where the student-teacher ratio is 14:1; and to We are peaceably assembled at McPherson institutions with a focus on peace in the United its teachers 79% of whom hold advanced de- Square, practicing direct democracy on the States, and the Museum honors Dayton’s his- grees and 80% of whom have more than 5 doorstep of K Street, the epicenter of destructive corporate and governmental rela- tory as the host of the 1995 Dayton Peace Ac- years of experience. cords, offering nonpartisan educational pro- tionships. Recognizing that the term ‘‘oc- grams and exhibits featuring themes of non- Following the school’s mission to prepare cupy’’ is associated with exploitation, violence, and imperialism, we are reclaiming it violent conflict resolution, social justice issues, students not only for college but for the broader journey of life, Hill-Murray students in to mean the peaceful liberation of public international relations, and peace. space. In this disenfranchised city, we are in- grades nine through twelve complete two serv- sisting that our economic and political sys- Mr. Speaker, the Dayton, Ohio, community ice requirements per year helping the eco- supported the peace negotiations and worked tems serve the people’s interests. Now is the nomically disadvantaged, the physically or time to advance and complete the struggles to create a strong, lasting relationship with mentally impaired, and the elderly. With its of the many who came before us. Bosnia and Herzegovina by hosting numerous emphasis on developing the entire person, We are assembled because . . . visiting delegations, creating a sister city rela- It is absurd that the 1 percent has taken 40 90% of the student body participates in extra- percent of the nation’s wealth through ex- tionship with Sarajevo, and hosting an inter- curricular activities. national anniversary commemoration. Bosnia ploiting labor, outsourcing jobs, and manipu- lating the tax code to their benefit through and Herzegovina has received a conditional The Hill-Murray athletics department has one of the finest histories in the State of Min- special capital tax rates and loopholes. The Membership Action Plan to join NATO pending system is rigged in their favor, yet they cry continued progress on reforms. Croatia is pro- nesota. In the past 5 years, Hill-Murray teams foul when anyone even dares to question gressing on the path to join the EU, became and individual athletes advanced to the Min- their relentless class warfare. a NATO member in 2009, and has deployed nesota State Tournament in boys and girls Candidates in our electoral system require basketball, boys and girls track, boys and girls huge sums of money to be competitive. troops around the world, including in Afghani- These contributions from multi-national stan, fighting alongside the United States golf, girls tennis, competitive cheerleading, and danceline. The boys Hockey team is re- corporations and wealthy individuals destroy Armed Forces to bring peace, stability, and responsive representative governance. A sys- prosperity to others. The Montenegrin Par- garded as one of the best in the state, and tem of backroom deals, kickbacks, bribes, liament declared independence from Serbia on earned its 3rd State Championship in 2008. and dirty politics overrides the will of the June 3, 2006, and thus created a multi-ethnic Additionally Hill-Murray has produced 6 Na- people. The rotation of decision makers be- country with a viable economy, professional tional Hockey League players, 3 World Hock- tween the public and private sectors cul- tivates a network of public officials, lobby- military and democratic institutions. ey Association players, over 70 Division I ists, and executives whose aligned interests The entire State of Ohio has contributed to NCAA players; 2 Major League Baseball play- do not serve the American people. stability and prosperity in the Balkan region by ers, and 3 Olympians including a member of The entrenched two-party system over- looks public interests by pursuing narrow fostering an exemplary relationship between the gold-medal winning 1980 U.S. Hockey team responsible for the ‘Miracle on Ice.’ political goals. This climate encourages can- the Ohio National Guard and the Serbian didates to polarize voters for individual Armed Forces; and the Dayton Peace Accords Mr. Speaker, in honor of all members of the power and personal gain. Citizens’ meaning- effectively ended the conflict, created a multi- Hill-Murray family, I am pleased to submit this ful input has been compromised by gerry- ethnic country in the Balkans, and addressed statement for the Congressional Record rec- mandering, voter disenfranchisement, and topics critical to the future of Bosnia and ognizing the many contributions this school unresponsive politicians. Residents of Wash- ington, D.C., continue to lack autonomy and Herzegovina, including regional stabilization, a has made to the State of Minnesota and the legislative representation. constitutional framework, the repatriation of United States of America during the past 50 The 1 percent benefits from economic, po- refugees, and internal security. years. litical, and legal structures that oppress

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:14 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16DE8.033 E16DEPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E2302 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 16, 2011 communities long targeted by displacement, Exercise your right to peaceably assemble Party Chair. He served as Precinct Chair for denial of sovereignty, slavery, and other in- and reclaim the commons. Re-conceive ways both Jacks Creek and Burnsville Townships. justices. These persecuted but resilient com- to build a democratic, just, and sustainable munities continue to suffer through genera- world. Our mountain community is a better place tions of disproportionately higher rates of To all who value democracy, we encourage because of Mr. McIntosh’s devotion to activ- unemployment, poverty, criminalization, you to collaborate and share available re- ism and service. Mr. McIntosh was an invalu- and homelessness. Facets of the 1 percent sources. able presence in the lives of the many people campaign to blame these groups for these Join your voice with ours and let it am- he inspired and helped through his work. problems while obstructing healing and res- plify until the heart of the movement booms Though he will be missed, I know this legacy toration. with our chorus of solidarity. Those with power have divided us from will live on for years to come. *These grievances are not all inclusive. working in solidarity by perpetuating histor- Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me ical prejudices and discrimination based on f in honoring the exemplary life of Mr. Clyde perceived race, religion, immigrant or indig- McIntosh of Yancey County, North Carolina. enous status, income, age, gender, gender OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL identity, sexual orientation, and disability, DEBT among other things. These divisions have in- f hibited our ability to work in solidarity, though today we recognize the power of unit- HON. MIKE COFFMAN WE MUST GET OUR FISCAL HOUSE ing as the 99 percent. OF COLORADO IN ORDER Financial institutions gambled with our IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES savings, homes, and economy. They col- lapsed the financial system and needed the Friday, December 16, 2011 HON. SCOTT DesJARLAIS public to bail them out of their failures yet Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, OF TENNESSEE deny any responsibility and continue to fight oversight. Corporations loot from those on January 26, 1995, when the last attempt at IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES whose labor creates society’s prosperity, a balanced budget amendment passed the while the government allows them to pri- House by a bipartisan vote of 300–132, the Friday, December 16, 2011 vatize profits and socialize risk. national debt was $4,801,405,175,294.28. Mr. DESJARLAIS. Mr. Speaker, I have made Corporate interests threaten life on Earth Today, it is $15,098,098,486,788.82. We’ve it clear from the beginning that until the Sen- by extracting and burning fossil fuels and re- added $10,296,693,311,494.54 dollars to our sisting the necessary transition to renewable ate leadership can pass a budget, the House debt in 16 years. This is $10 trillion in debt our energy. Their drilling, mining, clear-cutting, should be using the baseline off of the frame- nation, our economy, and our children could overfishing, and factory farming destroys work included in the House-passed 2012 have avoided with a balanced budget amend- the land, jeopardizes our food and water, and budget. The Path to Prosperity is a credible poisons the soil with near impunity. They ment. privilege polluters over people by subsidizing and commonsense proposal that would put fossil fuels, blocking investments in clean f our nation on the path to balanced budgets energy and efficient transportation, and hid- HONORING THE LIFE OF MR. and debt reduction. ing environmental destruction from public CLYDE MCINTOSH OF NORTH Unfortunately, the spending levels set forth oversight. in today’s omnibus appropriations package ex- Private corporations, with the govern- CAROLINA ment’s support, use common resources and ceed those numbers established in the Path to infrastructure for short-term personal profit, Prosperity. For this reason, I had to cast my while stifling efforts to invest in public HON. HEATH SHULER vote against the legislation considered in the goods. OF NORTH CAROLINA House today. The U.S. government engages in drawn- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES It is impossible to get our nation’s fiscal out, costly conflicts abroad. Numerous acts of conquest have been, and continue to be, Friday, December 16, 2011 house in order unless we have a budget framework to work off of. House Republicans pursued to control resources, overthrow for- Mr. SHULER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to have done their job and passed a budget, it is eign governments, and install subservient re- honor the life of an outstanding public servant gimes. These wars destroy the lives of inno- now time for Senate Democrats to do the and dedicated volunteer in Yancey County, cent civilians and American soldiers, many same. of whom suffer adverse effects throughout North Carolina. Mr. Clyde McIntosh of Burns- life. These operations are a blank check to ville committed his life to service and activism. My constituents sent me to Washington to divert money from domestic priorities. After graduating from Burnsville High School make the difficult spending decisions, and I’m Government authorities cultivate a cul- in 1950, Mr. McIntosh proudly served four more than willing to make them. Continuing ture of fear to invade our privacy, limit as- years in the United States Navy. Upon com- Resolutions and omnibus packages are not sembly, restrict speech, and deny due proc- pletion of his service, he moved back to the the sort of bold action that the people in Ten- ess. They have failed in their duty to protect mountains of Western North Carolina where nessee’s Fourth Congressional District expect. our rights. Exacerbated by profiteering in- I applaud efforts by the House Leadership in terests, the criminal justice system has un- he built a successful real estate and develop- fairly targeted underprivileged communities ment business and operated a dairy farm. which a number of our appropriations bills and outspoken groups for prosecution rather During this period, he worked diligently toward were considered this year under regular order than protection. the goal of preserving the rural heritage of the and under open rules which allowed for de- Corporatized culture warps our perception area. bate and amendments. Unfortunately, this of reality. It cheapens and mocks the beauty Mr. McIntosh assumed public office when process was unable to be completed and of human thought and experience while pro- he was elected Sheriff of Yancey County in many of the bills passed by the House have moting excessive materialism as the path to simply languished in the Senate without con- happiness. The corporate news media fur- 1986. From 1999 to 2005, he served on the thers the interests of the very wealthy, dis- Board of Directors of the Yancey County De- sideration. torts and disregards the truth, and confines partment of Social Services, spending a por- I am hopeful that United States Congress our imagination of what is possible for our- tion of his tenure as Chair. For many years, will restart a process in which budgets are selves and society. Mr. McIntosh was an active community volun- passed and the 12 appropriations bills are Leaders are trading our access to basic teer for the Lions Club and Meals on Wheels. considered in an open process. Omnibus bills needs in exchange for handouts to the ultra- are unpopular to our constituents. They invite wealthy. Our rights to healthcare, education, Mr. McIntosh worked for years to educate food, water, and housing are sacrificed to Yancey County youth on the importance of poor legislating and lead to increased spend- profit-driven market forces. They are at- civic engagement and community involvement. ing. Our constituents expect and deserve tacking unemployment insurance, Medicare, He acted as a mentor for the Young Demo- more. Medicaid, and Social Security, creating an crats organization of Yancey County, encour- I have made a commitment to continue the uncertain future for us all.* aging young people to be politically active. fight for long-term solutions to rein in Wash- A better world is possible. To all people, I commend his outstanding contributions to ington’s out-of-control spending, and I am ap- We, the Washington D.C. General Assembly the Democratic Party. In April 2001, he was preciative of the constituents in the Fourth Dis- occupying K Street in McPherson Square, named Mountain Democrat of the Year and trict of Tennessee who have sent me to urge you to assert your power. also served as the Yancey County Democratic Washington to do that very thing.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:14 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16DE8.035 E16DEPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2303 CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF COM- idea that private individuals could create pri- troops are finally coming home, and Iraqis will MAND SERGEANT MAJOR PATRI- vate industry with private interests and build a assume the full responsibilities of self-govern- CIA GRIFFIN CARDWELL, NCANG, great society without an all knowing bureauc- ment. The Obama Administration’s leadership RET. racy telling them how to do it. Times have and the skill and bravery of our military men changed since 1791. Our nation has grown, and women have made this moment possible. HON. G. K. BUTTERFIELD our government has grown, and today we in- But as we welcome those troops returning OF NORTH CAROLINA habit a different world. There is no way that home to their families, we must also remem- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Madison and Jefferson and the rest of the ber the tens of thousands who came home founders who fought for a Bill of Rights could with wounds both seen and unseen, the more Friday, December 16, 2011 have envisioned the country we have become. than 1.5 million Americans who served in Iraq, Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I rise to Over the years we have fought many battles and most of all the nearly 4,500 brave men honor the life of Command Sergeant Major over the interpretation of these amendments and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in Patricia Griffin Cardwell. CSM Cardwell and these principles have stood the test of pursuit of this day. America’s military families passed away last week on December 7. She time. The Bill of Rights is a fundamental fea- have born a heavy burden, and we must con- was a veteran of the North Carolina Army Na- ture of our country and a beacon to the rest tinue our commitment to support our troops, tional Guard (NCANG) and is survived by her of the world that freedom works, it is to be veterans, survivors, and families. mother, two brothers, and her niece and neph- celebrated, and not repressed. Iraq will face significant challenges in the ew. f days ahead. But America has an interest in CSM Cardwell was the daughter of Betty Iraqi security and stability, as with all of our Nowarah Griffin and the late Reginald Griffin. IN RECOGNITION OF MR. HAROLD friends and allies in the Middle East. So when She was a native of Martin County, a graduate L. WILLIAMS Iraq encounters those challenges, it will do so of Williamston High School, and a member of as a sovereign nation, with America as its the First Christian Church. HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH partner. CSM Cardwell began her distinguished 28- OF OHIO f year career with the NCANG on December 5, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1979, as a Specialist, and became a full-time HONORING MR. MIKE BUNCH, DEP- Friday, December 16, 2011 member of the Guard in 1984. From 2001– UTY COMMANDER OF THE JOINT 2002, she attended the United States Army Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in MANUFACTURING AND TECH- Sergeants Major Course at the USA Ser- recognition of Mr. Harold L. Williams as he re- NOLOGY CENTER AT ROCK IS- geants Major Academy in Fort Bliss, Texas. tires after 35 years of service at the Legal Aid LAND ARSENAL CSM Cardwell made history on April 1, 2004, Society of Cleveland. when she was promoted to the rank of Ser- Legal Aid Society of Cleveland is a law firm HON. DAVID LOEBSACK geant Major, becoming the first woman to rise for low-income individuals and provides serv- OF IOWA to this rank in the NCANG. She was later lat- ices in the areas of consumer rights, domestic IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES violence, education, employment, family law, erally appointed as a Command Sergeant Friday, December 16, 2011 Major of the 217th Human Resources Bat- health, housing, foreclosure, immigration, pub- talion Headquarters, and served in a dual sta- lic benefits, utilities and tax. It was founded as Mr. LOEBSACK. Mr. Speaker, today I tus in both this post and as the Chief, Per- a nonprofit in 1905 and until 1966 operated would like to recognize the long, successful, sonnel Services of the Human Resources primarily with volunteers. In 1966, staff attor- and highly dedicated career of Mr. Mike Section at Joint Forces Headquarters in Ra- neys were hired and today there are 53 attor- Bunch, the Deputy Commander of the Joint leigh until her retirement on December 31, neys, 40 staff members and more than 1800 Manufacturing and Technology Center, which 2007. volunteers that serve Cleveland’s low-income is located at the Rock Island Arsenal. Mr. CSM Cardwell served our country for three individuals. Legal Aid’s mission is to secure Bunch has served our country as an employee decades with tremendous character and devo- justice and resolve fundamental problems for of the United States Army for over 34 years. tion. She deserves the highest appreciation those who are low income and otherwise vul- A native of Moline, Illinois and a proud grad- and commendation. I pray that her family is nerable by providing high quality legal services uate of Upper Iowa University, Mike followed able to find peace in this difficult time. I ask and working for systemic solutions. his great-grandfather, grandfather, grand- that my colleagues join me in honoring her Mr. Williams began working at Legal Aid So- mother, mother, and father to work on the today. ciety of Cleveland in 1975 in the Law Reform Rock Island Arsenal. His first job on the Island f Unit. Since 2003, he has served as the man- was as a second shift keypunch operator aging attorney of Legal Aid’s Consumer Law earning $3 an hour. Since then, he has 220TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RATI- Unit. Mr. Williams also supervises Legal Aid’s worked on Rock Island Arsenal for all but FICATION OF THE FIRST 10 law participation in Ohio’s Save the Dream three years of his adult life, even meeting his AMENDMENTS TO THE CON- foreclosure prevention program. He is the edi- wife of 34 years, Julie, on the Island. STITUTION, THE BILL OF RIGHTS tor and principal author of Ohio Consumer During that time, Mike served with the Army Law. Material Command, Information Systems HON. CORY GARDNER Because of his dedication to serving the Command, and the Army Corps of Engineers. OF COLORADO people of Cleveland and his vast expertise in He has dedicated his career to ensuring that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES consumer law, Mr. Williams was the recipient our Soldiers have the equipment they need to safely carry out their missions. I have not met Friday, December 16, 2011 of the William J. Brown Consumer Protection Award from the Ohio Attorney General in a person more dedicated to our Soldiers, the Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to March 2010. United States Army, or Rock Island Arsenal mark the 220th anniversary of the ratification Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me than Mike. His expertise has served the Joint of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, in congratulating Mr. Harold L. Williams as he Manufacturing and Technology Center and our the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights serves to retires after 35 years of dedicated service to nation exceedingly well, and I have often re- check the power of government and preserve the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland. lied on his years of knowledge and expertise the freedom of Americans. Our founding fa- f in my work for the Rock Island Arsenal and thers realized that even well intentioned gov- our Soldiers. ernments answerable to the will of the voters END OF THE WAR IN IRAQ Mike is very humble and most likely would can grow to be tyrannical. They recognized not admit this himself, but, while his retirement that protections were needed to guard against HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN is well-deserved, it is also a significant loss to government interference and so they en- OF CALIFORNIA the Rock Island Arsenal. His commitment to shrined those protections in the highest law of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Arsenal and the work of the Joint Manu- the land. The Bill of Rights is unique in that it facturing and Technology Center to equip our is a document that outlines government power Friday, December 16, 2011 troops is unparalleled. Whether it was during not by what the government can do but by Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, this week his time as a tool grinder at the Arsenal or his what it CAN’T do. The spirit of our nation is in America solemnly observes the end of an era. four years as Deputy Commander, his commit- that distinction. We are a nation built on the After almost nine years of war in Iraq, our ment to producing nothing but top quality

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Fortunately, Mike’s retire- Friday, December 16, 2011 ergetic life, it makes Bruce Sundlun one of ment is not the end of the family legacy on the the most accomplished and remarkable men Island his—son Ryan began as a pipe fitter at Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise to in our state’s history. the Arsenal and currently works at Army Con- share with all of you an American success And that’s not even counting five mar- tracting Command-Rock Island. story built on hard work and an overflowing riages, four children, three unsuccessful runs community spirit. for governor, two dead raccoons, and one On behalf of all of my constituents, I would long escape on the loose, behind enemy lines. like to thank Mike for his years of service to Bill Buchanan is one of the newest members of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. He got There’s really just no way to fit it all in. Rock Island Arsenal, the United States Army, Let me step into my role as a Sundlun and our nation. I know I join his colleagues, there the old fashioned way—he went to work staffer, and ask you to think just of his brief friends, and loved ones in wishing him well in everyday to keep his community both informed four years as governor. Hit (on Day One of his retirement. and entertained and his peers honored him for his administration) by an unprecedented it. bank failure affecting 300,000 Rhode Island- f Let me tell you a bit about Bill. He didn’t get ers, AND by the worst budget deficit in state PERSONAL EXPLANATION his start in Texas radio. He started making his history, AND by an implosion of the state’s way selling appliances in Kentucky and work- entire worker’s compensation system, AND ing part-time as a radio sports announcer and with the urgent need to restore ethics in HON. MARIO DIAZ-BALART government, Bruce was the man for that mo- writing copy for the Indianapolis Star. OF FLORIDA ment, and swung into his customary decisive He then packed his bags and headed south IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES action. landing at KGTN in Georgetown, Texas where The budget was promptly and fairly bal- Friday, December 16, 2011 he started making a name for himself selling anced and the whole budget process im- Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, due to a radio commercials. proved. family medical issue, I was unable to cast the In 1977, he got the news that would change Inventive solutions to repay the depositors following votes. If I had been present, I would his life forever. He learned that a radio station and clean up the RISDIC mess were found and implemented, and those at fault were have voted as follows: was for sale in Liberty. He bought what was then KPXE and put down roots in Liberty. In made to pay—over a hundred million dollars. Rollcall vote 913—I would have voted ‘‘yes’’ His worker’s compensation reform moved Rollcall vote 914—I would have voted ‘‘yes’’ the last nearly quarter century, he’s made the the state from an embarrassment to a model, Rollcall vote 915—I would have voted ‘‘yes’’ switch to the FM dial and kept providing Lib- moving what was then the business commu- Rollcall vote 916—I would have voted ‘‘no’’ erty County with ‘‘music mixed with things that nity’s worst problem completely off the Rollcall vote 925—I would have voted ‘‘yes’’ matter.’’ problem list for now going on 20 years. Rollcall vote 926—I would have voted ‘‘yes’’ Engineering publications and even Readers As a problem solver, he had no peer. Rollcall vote 927—I would have voted ‘‘yes’’ Digest took note of the station’s ‘‘split-chan- And that alone would be pretty extraor- Rollcall vote 928—I would have voted ‘‘yes’’ nel’’ innovations. dinary. But there was that ethics gap. So Rollcall vote 929—I would have voted ‘‘yes’’ Bill remains very hands on at KSHN and Bruce wrote Executive Order 91–One, the ethics executive order that succeeding gov- Rollcall vote 930—I would have voted ‘‘yes’’ many people in Liberty still talk about how his ernors renewed virtually unchanged. He re- Rollcall vote 931—I would have voted ‘‘no’’ coverage of The John Hebert Distributing Fire formed our Ethics Commission. He changed Rollcall vote 932—I would have voted ‘‘yes’’ was heard around the world and how KSHN the way we appoint judges, to reduce the pol- Rollcall vote 933—I would have voted ‘‘yes’’ has been in lifeline in floods and Hurricanes itics. He changed the way we fund elections, Rollcall vote 934—I would have voted ‘‘yes’’ Rita and Ike. with a public finance plan and donor limits. Rollcall vote 935—I would have voted ‘‘yes’’ Bill Buchanan and KSHN are a huge part of Through an intense storm of legal and polit- Rollcall vote 937—I would have voted ‘‘yes’’ the community of Liberty. The Texas Radio ical opposition, he opened up the pension Rollcall vote 938—I would have voted ‘‘yes’’ Hall of Fame is lucky to have Bill Buchanan records; putting an end forever to backroom Rollcall vote 939—I would have voted ‘‘yes’’ because he keeps local radio local by refusing special pension bills. He got our State Police Rollcall vote 940—I would have voted ‘‘yes’’ nationally accredited. to let his station be simply a jukebox. He even cleaned up the Capitol literally! f f All that was extraordinary—but still not COMMENDING TIME WARNER enough. STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN In the worst economic times the state had CABLE JOHN B. LARSON AND EULOGY seen since the Depression, with a shrinking DELIVERED BY SENATOR SHEL- budget, he decided to extend universal health HON. TOM REED DON WHITEHOUSE HONORING care to children—and started the program OF NEW YORK THE LIFE OF GOVERNOR BRUCE that became Rite Care. Against immense opposition, he built our new airport terminal. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SUNDLUN He embarked on the Westin Hotel, the Con- Friday, December 16, 2011 HON. JOHN B. LARSON vention Center, and the Providence Place Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to com- Mall. He finished the Jamestown Bridge and OF CONNECTICUT built the Expressway. And even that’s not mend Time Warner Cable for its dedication to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the end of it. keeping citizens informed about what is going Friday, December 16, 2011 It was an amazing burst of activity. I will on in Washington. The better informed our citi- bet that almost every Rhode Islander, al- zens are, the better it is for our democracy. As Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, most every day, is somehow touched by our founding father Thomas Jefferson wrote in Bruce Sundlun was a remarkable man and an something Governor Sundlun did. 1789, ‘‘Whenever the people are well-in- outstanding public servant. His daughter Kara And through it all, he drove his staff crazy. formed, they can be trusted with their own and son-in-law Dennis and their children are He was irrepressible, impatient, imperial, unscriptable, combative, frustrating, willful, government.’’ constituents of mine. I was fortunate to be constantly threw caution to the winds, im- At a time when news coverage budgets are chatting with Senator SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, possible to keep up with—he drove us nuts. being cut, I applaud Time Warner cable for ex- who was recalling his life. Senator WHITE- And we loved him. panding their presence in Washington, DC HOUSE delivered the eulogy for Governor We loved him because he was bold and with the opening of a new bureau. Sundlun, and on behalf of Congressman JIM brave, and was warm-hearted and trusting I have always been a champion for trans- LANGEVIN and DAVID CICILLINE, it is my honor and generous, and because he was willing to parency in government. News coverage is one as Democratic Caucus Chair to submit these throw caution to the winds to do what was right. We loved him because he never once of the ways that sunlight is shined into govern- thoughtful and poignant remarks for the CON- had us make excuses or try to shift the ment operation. This increased presence will GRESSIONAL RECORD. blame. lead to a more informed citizenry, and I con- EULOGY FOR GOVERNOR BRUCE SUNDLUN AS That was not his style. ‘‘Never complain; gratulate Time Warner Cable for making this DELIVERED BY U.S. SENATOR SHELDON WHITEHOUSE never explain.’’ investment in democracy. What a man. What a life. We all remember his Bruce-isms:

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:14 Dec 17, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A16DE8.042 E16DEPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS December 16, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2305 ‘‘Always touch base with those concerned will give undergraduate students opportunities by 2018, yet women and minorities are vastly before taking action.’’ to expand both the breadth and depth of their underrepresented in those fields. In a survey ‘‘How fast would you get it done if the Rus- education in multidisciplinary science, tech- of female and minority chemists and chemical sians were in South Attleboro?’’ ‘‘When you’ve won, stop talking, close nology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields engineers, 77 percent said significant numbers your briefcase and leave.’’ in real world research settings from National of women and minorities are missing from the ‘‘Message to Garcia.’’ Labs to businesses. An American workforce U.S. STEM workforce because ‘‘they were not ‘‘Who, what, where, when; don’t bother me that is highly skilled in STEM fields is nec- identified, encouraged or nurtured to pursue with why.’’ essary for the United States’ economic com- STEM studies early on.’’ For that reason, this The phone calls, at all hours, that began petitiveness and job creation in innovative in- legislation will give preference to students with no ‘‘hello’’ and ended with dial tone. dustries. from groups that have been historically under- The road shows known to his staff as ‘‘Dome on the Roam’’, or more precisely, Industries that drive Washington state and represented in STEM fields. ‘‘Bruce on the Loose.’’ our nation’s economy, such as health care, It is crucial that we support, promote, and And sometimes just that big foxy grin. biotechnology, information technology, manu- encourage students to pursue pathways to- We saw that his qualities of friendship and facturing, aerospace, transportation, construc- ward careers in STEM fields. The FUTURE loyalty had an almost physical force; that he tion, and energy efficiency and clean tech- STEM Act will facilitate an overall improve- had your back even if you made mistakes (no nology, all need career-ready STEM-trained ment in STEM education and help prepare our one ever was thrown under the bus); and that graduates to remain competitive and cutting- nation’s students for a high-tech future, while he was a better friend the more the chips edge. In fact, workforce projections for 2014 were down. helping to maintain and improve our global ex- Politics is full of fair weather friends; by the U.S. Department of Labor show that 15 cellence in science and technology. I urge my Bruce Sundlun was your stormy weather of the 20 fastest growing occupations require colleagues to support this legislation, which friend. Politics is full of people who take significant science or mathematics training to will help to ensure America has the high- tiny cautious steps with their finger up con- successfully compete for a job. Yet, despite skilled STEM workforce that is necessary to stantly testing the winds; Bruce stepped our high unemployment rate, the U.S. is falling increase our global competitiveness. boldly down the path he thought was right, behind in STEM graduates and many of these f even if that meant stepping right in it. job openings are not being filled by American People wonder what lives on after they die. workers. The U.S. Department of Education REMEMBERING AND HONORING Well, Bruce, we do. And every one of us has OFFICER PETER FIGOSKI been changed: made better, and stronger, reports that America now ranks 20th inter- harder-working and more resourceful, by nationally in our share of graduate degrees your vibrant elemental force in our lives. awarded in engineering, computer science, HON. PETER T. KING We’ve gone on to be judges and lawyers, to and mathematics. OF NEW YORK run state and federal agencies, to become We need focused programs to ensure that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Senators and councilmen and Lieutenant the next generation of high-tech workers is Governors, banking leaders and senior part- prepared to enter the strongest STEM-related Friday, December 16, 2011 ners in national accounting firms, but none industries in Washington state and across the Mr. KING of New York. Mr. Speaker, today of us ever will be more proud of anything I rise to recognize and honor New York Police than the simple title: ‘‘I was a Sundlun staff- nation. The FUTURE STEM Act seeks to ad- er.’’ dress these problems by exposing students to Officer Peter Figoski, who made the ultimate Soozie and Marjorie, Tracey and Stuart STEM fields as undergraduates, getting young sacrifice on December 12th. Peter Figoski will and Peter and Kara: Thank you. Thank you people early experience in professional set- be remembered as a man of service to his for sharing your husband and father with our tings. country. A 12-time decorated NYPD veteran state. For those who loved and were changed The FUTURE STEM Act establishes a pilot from West Babylon, Officer Figoski was a lov- by him, I thank you. For those who knew undergraduate student fellowship program to ing father to four daughters and a respected and were touched by him, I thank you. And award competitive grants to partner institutions member of his community. There is no ques- for those who never knew him directly, but to provide student work experience that will whose lives are better today because of what tion that he will be greatly missed by the New he did, I thank you. overall improve education and training in sup- York police community and by the many oth- As I close, I want to take you back to a port of STEM fields. Under the grants, stu- ers he touched. The 200 officers that lined up scene from that wonderful movie I saw as a dents will engage in a 10-week fellowship and outside the Jamaica Hospital Medical Center kid, ‘‘To Kill A Mockingbird.’’ As you’ll re- be placed in real research settings at commu- to salute their fallen colleague is a true testa- call, Atticus Finch takes on the courageous nity colleges, universities, businesses, Na- ment to that. I am proud that Officer Figoski but unpopular defense of a black man wrong- tional Laboratories, and other research set- was my constituent. fully accused of rape. At the end of the trial, tings. The fellowships will pay $4,500 to the As the son of a New York police officer, I Atticus’s daughter Scout—proper name Jean student for a ten-week project, plus up to Louise—is up in the gallery of the court- understand the selfless and vital role played room, with the black townspeople, who $2,000 reimbursement for housing and travel by our first responders. They put their lives on aren’t allowed down on the regular court- expenses. An additional $3,500 per project is the line day in and day out to keep us safe. room floor. The courtroom floor empties, but reserved for equipment, instrumentation, and My thoughts and prayers are with the family they remain, and slowly stand. As Atticus other educational and training materials need- and loved ones of Officer Figoski. In closing, packs his papers together, closes his bag, and ed for the project; supporting outreach efforts I would also like to commend his partner, Offi- walks out, an elderly man leans down to the to recruit students; encouraging collaboration cer Glenn Estrada, for risking his life to bring little girl and says, ‘‘Stand up, Miss Jean between government, industry, and academic the killer to justice. I yield back. Louise. Your father’s passing.’’ At the end of this service, as Bruce is partners; and assessing the activities funded f under the Act. These allowances are on par taken to his gravesite after 91 years of a life PERSONAL EXPLANATION well and fully lived, we will all stand up. And with existing fellowship programs. rightly so. A governor will be passing. Industries such as aerospace, solar power, f and advanced biofuels would be eligible to HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON compete to host STEM students in the pilot OF TEXAS FELLOWSHIPS FOR UNDER- program. In Washington state, students could IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GRADUATE TRAINING AND USE- be employed at Boeing, Washington State Friday, December 16, 2011 FUL RESEARCH IN ENERGY-RE- University, Everett Community College, Pacific LATED SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), or at Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. ENGINEERING, AND MATHE- countless other locations. PNNL’s Energy and Mr. Speaker, on Monday, December 12, 2010, MATICS FIELDS ACT OF 2011 Environment Division currently employs some I requested and received a leave of absence undergraduate and community college stu- for the rest of the week. HON. JAY INSLEE dents as interns and I am told that they would For the information of our colleagues and OF WASHINGTON be eager to employ more under the program my constituents, below is how I would have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES created by this Act. voted on the following vote I missed during All of America’s students deserve the oppor- this time period. Friday, December 16, 2011 tunity to pursue a STEM career. According to On rollcall 927, To strengthen Iran sanctions Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, today I intro- the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, STEM laws for the purpose of compelling Iran to duced the FUTURE STEM Act. This legislation fields are expected to add 2.7 million new jobs abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and

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LARSON appear in the RECORD. Gold Medals in honor of the men and women OF CONNECTICUT who perished as a result of the terrorist at- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tacks on the United States on September 11, f 2001, I would have voted ‘‘aye.’’ Friday, December 16, 2011 On rollcall 930, To designate the property RECOGNIZING KELLY MEARS, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. John Brennan between the United States Federal Court- ADRIAN PARSONS, SAM JEWLER, was a venerated citizen of my hometown, East house and the Ed Jones Building located at AND JOE GRAY WHO ARE EN- Hartford. He served his country, his state, and 109 South Highland Avenue in Jackson, Ten- GAGED IN A HUNGER STRIKE his community in several elected, appointed, nessee, as the ‘‘M.D. Anderson Plaza’’ and to FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA and volunteer positions; most recently he pre- authorize the placement of a historical/identi- VOTING RIGHTS sided as a Judge where he served until he fication marker on the grounds recognizing the was 93, and did so with vigor, and a sense of achievements and philanthropy, I would have humor. Growing up in East Hartford when voted ‘‘aye.’’ HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON you’re poor John Brennan, if you were type On rollcall 931, To authorize appropriations OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA casting, you’d say he looked like Henry for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Fonda, and we along with his beautiful wife IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Department of Defense, for military construc- Mary, raised four children, Susan, Jack, Peter, tion, and for defense activities of the Depart- Friday, December 16, 2011 and Tome, all of who I was fortunate to know, ment of Energy, to prescribe military personnel and know how devoted to their father they are. strengths for such fiscal year, I would have Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to At his funeral service it was his youngest son voted ‘‘aye.’’ ask the House of Representatives to recog- Tom, who gave the eulogy on behalf of the On rollcall 932, To authorize appropriations nize the extraordinary dedication of four young family, there is so much I could say about for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the people who are engaged in a hunger strike for John Brennan, he commanded blind respect Department of Defense, for military construc- District of Columbia voting rights, budget au- and rightfully so. Nothing I could say however tion, and for defense activities of the Depart- tonomy and legislative autonomy, an unprece- captures the feeling, the sentiment, the public ment of Energy, to prescribe military personnel dented step in the District’s 210-year struggle servant, and the father as Tom Brennan’s re- strengths for such fiscal year, I would have for equal citizenship. D.C. residents Kelly marks on his father that follows. voted ‘‘no.’’ Mears, Adrian Parsons, and Sam Jewler, in EULOGY HONORING THE LIFE OF JUDGE JOHN On rollcall 933, On Approving the Journal, I the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi, began their D. BRENNAN would have voted ‘‘no.’’ hunger strike on December 8, and were joined (By Thomas S. Brennan) On rollcall 934, To require the Secretary of the next day by Joe Gray, a Maryland resi- First of all I’d like to thank everyone for the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration dent. Unfortunately, this unusual journey coming to join our family today. I know how of the 225th anniversary of the establishment ended for one of the strikers, twenty-four-year- absolutely thrilled my father would be to see of the Nation’s first Federal law enforcement old Kelly Mears, who was unable to continue all of you here, even though I know also that agency, the United States Marshals Service, I with the three other strikers due to medical he was a little disappointed to have only would have voted ‘‘aye.’’ complications. The four visited members of made it to the age of 94, when he was still in On rollcall 935, To ensure public access to his youthful prime with so much left to be Congress during the final days of negotiation done. But in many ways he almost was still the summit of Rattlesnake Mountain in the on the fiscal year 2012 appropriations bills, Hanford Reach National Monument for edu- in his prime, and I think that said a lot and as the District government faced a pos- about how he lived his life—he never lost his cational, recreational, historical, scientific, cul- sible shutdown over a federal spending bill youthful enthusiasm and he had a genuine tural, and other purposes, I would have voted and payroll tax fight. The hunger strikers have appreciation for whatever the moment of- ‘‘aye.’’ written a declaration of grievances. They are fered. He was someone who from the begin- On rollcall 936, To provide for the convey- asking members of Congress to find ways to ning was endowed with many gifts and he ance of certain property from the United made use of those gifts in a variety of arenas show solidarity with them. Representative States to the Maniilaq Association located in throughout his life. KEITH ELLISON of Minnesota came to the floor Kotzebue, Alaska, I would have voted ‘‘aye.’’ My father often described his childhood during my special order on the shutdown On rollcall 937, On Ordering the Previous growing up in East Hartford of the 1920s as threat and the spending bill’s prohibition on Question, providing for consideration of the an almost idyllic ‘‘Huck Finn’’ sort of exist- the District’s use of its local funds for abor- ence—kids running free playing baseball conference report to accompany H.R. 2055, tions for low-income women. We are grateful down in the meadows, riding a rope swing Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and re- to Representative ELLISON for reading the dec- into the Connecticut River or racing carrier lated agencies Appropriations for FY 2012; I pigeons that neighborhood kids would keep laration of the hunger strikers into the CON- would have voted ‘‘no.’’ in backyard coops. Like many of the Irish On rollcall 938, On Agreeing to the Resolu- GRESSIONAL RECORD, and for his decision to back then, his father worked on the trains tion, providing for consideration of the con- abstain from food and water for 24 hours in and would release the carrier pigeons when ference report to accompany H.R. 2055, Mili- solidarity with them. Since the fiscal year 2011 he was way down the lone toward New York. tary Construction, Veterans Affairs, and re- spending deal was announced in April 2011, In that era, those pigeons making their way lated agencies Appropriations for FY 2012; I which prohibited the District from spending its home might very well have sailed past Yan- local funds on abortion services for low-in- kee Stadium when Babe Ruth was slugging a would have voted ‘‘no.’’ home run, or over houses where families On rollcall 939, On Motion to Suspend the come women, 72 people, including D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray and D.C. Council mem- were gathering around a radio waiting for Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment, FDR to speak, before circling down over the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year bers, have been arrested for acts of civil dis- farms and tobacco fields that once sur- 2012; I would have voted ‘‘aye.’’ obedience in protest of the treatment of D.C. rounded this town. It was a simple working On rollcall 940, To provide for the exchange residents as second-class citizens. However, class world and he grew up during the De- of certain land located in the Arapaho-Roo- the D.C. hunger strikers will always be repression, so there wasn’t any choice then but sevelt National Forests in the State of Colo- membered as a special inspiration and for a to make the most out of whatever you were rado; I would have voted ‘‘aye.’’ special sacrifice. It is a sacrifice we had no lucky enough to have. On rollcall 941, On Agreeing to the Con- right to ask for. Even now, we ask these The arrival of World War II took him far away from the innocent small town life and ference Report, Making appropriations for mili- young people not to endanger their health. it became one of the defining experiences of tary construction, the Department of Veterans They have been heard. We will never forget his life. The world was suddenly opened wide Affairs; I would have voted ‘‘aye.’’ them. I ask the House to join me in honoring and he was thrilled to be riding on the tide On rollcall 942, Directing the Clerk of the Kelly Mears, Adrian Parsons, Sam Jewler, and of history. And of course, to hear him tell it, House of Representatives to make corrections Joe Gray. it was one giant adventure—we never knew

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So we IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES an island off of South Korea where he had knew it was trouble when the day finally Friday, December 16, 2011 been assigned to accept the transfer of all came that he said he didn’t want to go to Japanese back to Japan. It just so happened work anymore. Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to that there had been a tailor who had worked Yet even near the end of his life, when he honor the lengthy public service career of on the island for the previous 40 years who was going through radiation treatments, his David Long, Chief of the Norwich Township was originally Japanese and so his family face could light up at the sight of a simple Fire Department. David Long has served the was extremely upset that he was being cup of chowder that my sister might bring forced to completely uproot everything. My over to the hospital for him. Or he would Hilliard, Ohio community as a member of its father had ordered him to bring all his shuffle outside to the hospital parking lot, fire department for 36 years, serving more things in a suitcase and be on the dock ready take a sip out of a flask of bourbon that my than 7 years as Chief of the department. to leave the next morning. When the ap- brother had smuggled in, look around and Born and raised in the Hilliard area, David pointed hour arrived, he saw that practically say ‘‘Isn’t this the life!’’ And he really meant joined the Norwich Township Fire Department the whole town had come out to bid goodbye it. That was his rare gift—to be able to genu- in 1975 as a part-time firefighter. On Sep- to the old tailor, nearly all of them in tears. inely appreciate and make the most of what- tember 9, 1976 he earned a full-time position So he looked around for a minute, gathered ever the moment held and still find an upside from which he moved up the ranks, becoming in the scene and then called the tailor for- to it. If you asked him how he was feeling, ward before the crowd and announced to ev- he’d say ‘‘Raring to go!’’ and it really wasn’t a lieutenant on July 1, 1984, Assistant Chief eryone (in his best gruff military voice): much of an exaggeration. And his amazing on April 1, 1996, and finally Chief of the de- ‘‘You are free to stay’’ at which point the en- work ethic refused to quit. Just a few weeks partment on April 2, 2004. He is a certified tire town erupted in chaotic celebration, ago, he woke up from a nap and asked my paramedic, fire instructor, and fire inspector. they lifted my father up and carried him sister Suzie where he was and what day it David Long has played a critical role in through the streets on their shoulders. To was. So she told him, it’s Wednesday and keeping the Hilliard community safe for more me, that moment expressed something essen- you’re at home’’. He sounded absolutely than three and a half decades. He has literally tial about him—that he felt pretty instinc- aghast in his response: ‘‘Home? What am I run into burning buildings to protect his neigh- doing home in the middle of the week—I’m tively that a certain humanity and practi- bors. David’s willingness to put his own life at cality should determine a decisions, rather supposed to be at work!’’ In a way, he was than blind adherence to some order from kind of like one of those characters from an risk in service to others is truly inspiring and headquarters. And also that though he could old John Wayne movie that you just couldn’t exemplifies the courage that makes America have a tough exterior, it wasn’t very hard to keep down, where even after being hit with great. penetrate beyond it and ultimately he al- 100 rounds from the enemy, he would still As Chief, David has led the department dur- ways was guided by a very innate sense of somehow stagger back to throw that one de- ing an important time for the community and fairness. cisive final grenade. has presided over some major departmental After the war, he returned home to East So today we lay to final rest an old soldier milestones, including relocating the depart- Hartford and remained there for the rest of who embraced battle and celebration with his life. He practiced law, built a family, be- equal relish, who demonstrated that he could ment to the Hilliard Joint Safety Services came involved in local politics, was elected not just endure, but do it with ‘‘pizzazz’’ and Building. David has been a sound and stable Mayor and later appointed as a judge in the certainly for far longer than we had any leader, admired both by his firefighters and the Connecticut Superior Court. Many of you right to ask for. It was once said, by the community at large. here today knew him through the variety of Civil War veteran and Supreme Court Jus- Chief David Long has touched many lives activities that evolved out of his many years tice Oliver Wendall Holmes, that ‘‘to act and inspired others to service at this critical of public life in town. In East Hartford, he with enthusiasm and faith is the condition time in our history when we need dedicated was in his element, he flourished and he for acting greatly’’. To our father and your public servants the most. I thank David for all never wanted to live anywhere else. friend, we can now rightfully say without Long before we had Google to research any hesitation: you met that test—mission ac- that he has done for the Hilliard community topic or answer any question, there was John complished. Of course we will miss you and congratulate him on concluding an im- Brennan. And when you spoke to him, you greatly, but you had one heck of a run and pressive and inspiring career. were instantly transported back over a re- we’re really very grateful and proud of that. f markable span of history by someone who And so we promise to pass along your sense could remember all the details and bring the of humor, to keep telling our favorite stories COMMEMORATING THE LIFE OF back to life—in fact, you were actually talk- about you and to still be toasting you at CAPTAIN ERWIN J. KORCZYNSKI ing to someone who remembered speaking to some cocktail hour far into the future with veterans of the Civil War. He was renowned warm memories to always keep you very for his ability to recall little known histor- much alive in our hearts. HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY ical facts and had immediate access to a OF ILLINOIS f treasure trove of information that he would IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES eagerly dispense on subjects as diverse as the STATEMENT ON THE SCHRADER Friday, December 16, 2011 dates of the major battles of the Boer Wars AMENDMENT TO H.R. 10, THE or the work of some obscure German poet. REINS ACT Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise But despite his ability in this arena, it was today to recognize the life of Captain Erwin J. always balanced with a pronounced disregard Korczynski, a Chicago native whose contribu- for anything that smacked of ‘‘unnecessary HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH tions to our country should not be forgotten. pretense’’ or ‘‘excess’’, which perhaps ex- OF OHIO Mr. Korczynski passed away in January of plained his lifetime loyalty to Maxwell IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES House coffee, Prell shampoo, and $5 sun- 2011, but his impact on the nation and those glasses. In fact, my sister reminded me yes- Friday, December 16, 2011 who knew him will last forever. terday that he was perfectly happy to drive Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise in oppo- Erwin Korczynski was a quintessential his Buick into the ground, much to the dis- sition to the Schrader amendment to H.R. 10, American. Born and raised with his twin broth- may of the salesman down at Dworin Chev- the REINS Act. The REINS Act makes certain er in Chicago, Illinois, Mr. Korczynski’s youth rolet, of course. And always, no matter how distinguished his career in the law may have regulations that protect American priorities like was busy: he was an avid boy scout, marched been or how adept he was with the life of the public health, our economy, and workers’ with the Chicago Cavaliers Drum and Bugle mind, he took a certain pleasure in making rights, extraordinarily difficult to enact by re- Corps and was a competitive member of his fun of himself too, as if he were really just a quiring Congressional approval even though high school’s Track and Field team. regular guy. So if I were to say now that he Congress already has the power to disapprove After high school he pursued the priesthood, had an ‘‘indefatigable’’ spirit, he would feign any regulation. The Schrader Act further hob- but in 1963, Erwin felt a need to serve his an innocent look, lean forward helpfully and bles regulatory efforts by requiring an addi- country directly, and enlisted in the United add ‘‘tireless too’’. As if he didn’t know what tional cost-benefit analysis, which is heavily bi- States Marine Corps. He served with the Ma- the word meant. It was one of his favorite jokes and in fact I have since stolen it for ased against regulations which protect things rine Attack Squadron, VMA 131. While in the myself. that are not usually monetized like clean air, Marine Corps, he had moved up the ranks He reached mandatory retirement as a Su- clean water, and public health protections. I and attained the rank of Sergeant before he perior Court judge in 1986 and then continued could not support it. was honorably discharged in 1969.

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HIGHLIGHTS House agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropria- tions Act, 2012. Senate substitute amendment is agreed to, the bill, as Chamber Action amended, be read a third time and passed; if the Routine Proceedings, pages S8693–S8743 Reid-McConnell substitute amendment is not agreed Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills were intro- to, the Majority Leader be recognized; that upon the duced, as follows: S. 2008–2026. Pages S8733–34 disposition of H.R. 3630, Senate proceed to consid- Measures Reported: eration of the conference report to accompany H.R. Special Report entitled ‘‘The 2011 Joint Economic 2055, making appropriations for military construc- Report’’. (S. Rept. No. 112–101) tion, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related S. 1134, to authorize the St. Croix River Crossing agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, Project with appropriate mitigation measures to pro- 2012; that there be 15 minutes of debate—5 min- mote river values, with an amendment. utes each for Senators Inouye, Cochran and McCain; S. 1855, to amend the Public Health Service Act that upon the use or yielding back of time, the con- to reauthorize various programs under the Pandemic ference report be temporarily set aside and, notwith- and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, with an amend- standing the lack of receipt of the papers from the ment in the nature of a substitute. Page S8733 House of Representatives with respect to H.R. 3672, Measures Passed: making appropriations for disaster relief requirements for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, Insular Areas Act: Senate passed S. 2009, to im- Senate proceed to the consideration, en bloc, of the prove the administration of programs in the insular following items: H.R. 3672, and H. Con. Res. 94, areas. Pages S8702–03 directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives Further Continuing Appropriations: Senate to make corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 3672; passed H.J. Res. 94, making further continuing ap- that there be no amendments in order to the bill or propriations for fiscal year 2012. Page S8726 the concurrent resolution prior to votes on or in rela- Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, tion to those measures; that following the reporting Omnibus Appropriations Bill, and Disaster Re- of the bill and the concurrent resolution, Senate vote lief Appropriations Act—Agreement: A unani- on the measures in the following order: passage of mous-consent-time agreement was reached providing H.R. 3672; adoption of H. Con. Res. 94; and adop- that at 9 a.m., on Saturday, December 17, 2011, tion of the conference report to accompany H.R. Senate proceed to the consideration of H.R. 3630, to 2055; that there be two minutes equally divided provide incentives for the creation of jobs; that the prior to each vote; that each vote be subject to a 60 Majority Leader be recognized to offer a Reid- affirmative vote threshold; and no motions or points McConnell substitute amendment agreed to by both of order be in order prior to the votes other than Leaders—a two month extension of the payroll tax budget points of order and the applicable motions to reduction, doc fix and unemployment insurance; that waive; provided further, the cloture motion with re- following the reporting of the amendment, Senate spect to the motion to proceed to consideration of vote on or in relation to the substitute amendment; H.R. 3630 be withdrawn; and that the House of that there be no amendments in order to the substitute or the bill prior to the vote; that the amend- Representatives be immediately notified of the Sen- ment be subject to a 60 vote threshold; that if the ate’s action following the votes. Pages S8742–43 D1376

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Signing Authority—Agreement: A unanimous- Messages from the House: Page S8731 consent agreement was reached providing that from Measures Placed on the Calendar: Friday, December 16, 2011 through Monday, Janu- Pages S8693, S8731 ary 23, 2012, the Majority Leader be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions. Enrolled Bills Presented: Page S8731 Page S8743 Executive Communications: Pages S8731–33 Nominations Received: Senate received the fol- Additional Cosponsors: Pages S8734–35 lowing nominations: Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: John Thomas Fowlkes, Jr., of Tennessee, to be Pages S8735–42 United States District Judge for the Western Dis- trict of Tennessee. Additional Statements: Pages S8730–31 Kevin McNulty, of New Jersey, to be United Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S8742 States District Judge for the District of New Jersey. Privileges of the Floor: Page S8742 Richard B. Berner, of Massachusetts, to be Direc- tor, Office of Financial Research, Department of the Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and ad- Treasury, for a term of six years. journed at 8:38 p.m., until 9 a.m. on Saturday, De- Nancy J. Powell, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to cember 17, 2011. (For Senate’s program, see the re- India. marks of the Majority Leader in today’s Record on 16 Air Force nominations in the rank of general. page S8743.) Page S8743 Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the following nomination: Committee Meetings Richard Sorian, of New York, to be an Assistant (Committees not listed did not meet) Secretary of Health and Human Services, which was sent to the Senate on January 26, 2011. Page S8743 No committee meetings were held. h House of Representatives United States Commission on International Re- Chamber Action ligious Freedom Reform and Reauthorization Act Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 31 pub- of 2011: Concurred in the Senate amendments to lic bills, H.R. 3696–3726; and 3 resolutions, H.J. H.R. 2867, to reauthorize the International Reli- Res. 94–95; and H. Con. Res. were introduced. gious Freedom Act of 1998. Pages H9810–12 Pages H9925–28 Suspension:—Proceedings Resumed: The House Additional Cosponsors: Page H9928 agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today. measure which was debated on December 14th: Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District Land Ex- appointed Representative Dold to act as Speaker pro change Act of 2011: S. 278, amended, to provide for the exchange of certain land located in the Arapaho- tempore for today. Page H9799 Roosevelt National Forests in the State of Colorado, Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules by a 2⁄3 recorded vote of 413 ayes with none voting and pass the following measures: ‘‘no’’, Roll No. 940. Pages H9822–23 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and 2012: Concurred in the Senate amendment to H.R. Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012— 1892, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 Conference Report: The House agreed to the con- for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of ference report to accompany H.R. 2055, making ap- the United States Government, the Community propriations for military construction, the Depart- Management Account, and the Central Intelligence ment of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the Agency Retirement and Disability System, by a 2⁄3 fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, by a yea-and- yea-and-nay vote of 396 yeas to 23 nays, Roll No. nay vote of 296 yeas to 121 nays, Roll No. 941. 939 and Pages H9801–10, H9821–22 Pages H9812–21, H9823–H9902, H9905–06

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J. Aaron, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member Joint Meetings of the Social Security Advisory Board, Social Security Ad- MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS ministration, Time to be announced, Room to be an- AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES nounced. APPROPRIATIONS ACT House On Thursday, December 15, 2011, Conferees agreed No hearings are scheduled. to file a conference report on the differences between the Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 2055, f making appropriations for military construction, the CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012. Week of December 19 through December 24, 2011 f COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR SATURDAY, Senate Chamber DECEMBER 17, 2011 The Senate is not expected to be in session. (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Senate Committees Senate (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Committee on Finance: Business meeting to consider the No meetings/hearings scheduled. nominations of Mary John Miller, of Maryland, to be an Under Secretary, and Alastair M. Fitzpayne, of Maryland, House Committees to be a Deputy Under Secretary, both of the Department Committee on the Judiciary, December 21, full Com- of the Treasury, Kathleen Kerrigan, of Massachusetts, to mittee, continue markup of H.R. 3261, the ‘‘Stop Online be a Judge of the United States Tax Court, and Henry Piracy Act’’ 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 9 a.m., Saturday, December 17 10 a.m., Monday, December 19

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Saturday: Senate will proceed to the con- Program for Monday: To be announced. sideration of H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, with a vote on or in relation to the Reid- McConnell substitute amendment, and if the substitute amendment is agreed to, the bill as amended, be read a third time and passed; to be followed by a series of votes on passage of H.R. 3672, Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, adoption of H. Con. Res. 94, Enrolling Correction, and adoption of the conference report to accompany H.R. 2055, Omnibus Appropriations bill.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Fitzpatrick, Michael G., Pa., E2285 Meehan, Patrick, Pa., E2289 Foxx, Virginia, N.C., E2290 Miller, Jeff, Fla., E2292 Andrews, Robert E., N.J., E2293 Gardner, Cory, Colo., E2303 Murphy, Christopher S., Conn., E2290 Bilirakis, Gus M., Fla., E2294 Guthrie, Brett, Ky., E2293 Napolitano, Grace F., Calif., E2291 Blumenauer, Earl, Ore., E2299 Hahn, Janice, Calif., E2290 Norton, Eleanor Holmes, D.C., E2306 Bonner, Jo, Ala., E2293, E2295 Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E2298 Poe, Ted, Tex., E2300 Brady, Kevin, Tex., E2304, E2308 Inslee, Jay, Wash., E2305 Reed, Tom, N.Y., E2304 Butterfield, G.K., N.C., E2303 Johnson, Eddie Bernice, Tex., E2288, E2305 Schakowsky, Janice D., Ill., E2294, E2307 Cardoza, Dennis A., Calif., E2285 King, Peter T., N.Y., E2305 Scott, Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’, Va., E2296 Carson, Andre´, Ind., E2297 Kinzinger, Adam, Ill., E2292 Sessions, Pete, Tex., E2286, E2295 Clyburn, James E., S.C., E2287 Kucinich, Dennis J., Ohio, E2288, E2291, E2294, E2296, Shuler, Heath, N.C., E2302 Coffman, Mike, Colo., E2302 E2298, E2300, E2301, E2303, E2307 Simpson, Michael K., Idaho, E2288, E2290 Cohen, Steve, Tenn., E2292 Larson, John B., Conn., E2304, E2306 Smith, Adam, Wash., E2295 Conaway, K. Michael, Tex., E2291 Lee, Barbara, Calif., E2286 Stivers, Steve, Ohio, E2296, E2307 Connolly, Gerald E., Va., E2293 Lipinski, Daniel, Ill., E2285, E2287 Thornberry, Mac, Tex., E2299 Conyers, John, Jr., Mich., E2286 Loebsack, David, Iowa, E2303 Tipton, Scott R., Colo., E2289, E2291 Costello, Jerry F., Ill., E2288 Long, Billy, Mo., E2298 Towns, Edolphus, N.Y., E2289 Davis, Geoff, Ky., E2300 Lungren, Daniel E., Calif., E2287 Turner, Michael R., Ohio, E2300 DesJarlais, Scott, Tenn., E2302 McCollum, Betty, Minn., E2297, E2301 Waxman, Henry A., Calif., E2303 Diaz-Balart, Mario, Fla., E2304 McDermott, Jim, Wash., E2285 West, Allen B., Fla., E2294 Ellmers, Renee L., N.C., E2285 Maloney, Carolyn B., N.Y., E2288, E2289 Young, C.W. Bill, Fla., E2289

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