Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 116 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION

E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 116 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 166 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2020 No. 204 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was These are the people who walked in Doug Hartman, Karen Hasara, Holly called to order by the Speaker pro tem- parades; they helped pass out balloons, Healey, Brian Heckert, Bob pore (Mr. CUELLAR). candy, and political literature; they Hermsmeyer, Dennis Herrington, Nita f carried signs; they put up and took Hill, Mark and Elaine Hoffman, Nancy down political signs of all sizes; they Kimme, Bob Kjellander, Gwen Klinger, DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO helped stuff mail and phone-bank; they Doug Knebel, Lynn Koch, Gale and Pat TEMPORE organized fundraisers, both big and Koelling, Greg Knott, J.C. Kowa, Kel- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- small; they manned booths at county vin Kuneth, Keith and Judy Loemker, fore the House the following commu- fairs. Kay Long, Tom and Robin Long, Sen- nication from the Speaker: What causes people to give up their ator David Luechtefeld, Curt and Lu WASHINGTON, DC, time, their talents and possessions to a Maddox, Tony Marsh, Mark and Carol December 3, 2020. candidate, party, or cause? It is at the Mestemacher, Don and Joanne Metzler, I hereby appoint the Honorable HENRY heart of a representative democracy, Guy Michael, Tom and Robin Long. CUELLAR to act as Speaker pro tempore on our constitutional Republic. Kathy Lynch, Kathy Lydon, Andy this day. If someone is going to cast a vote for and Judy Madonia, Tony Marsh, Mayor NANCY PELOSI, you, shouldn’t you know their beliefs? Billy McDaniel, State Representative Speaker of the House of Representatives. If you feel strongly about an issue, Charlie Meier, Mark and Carol f wouldn’t you want to help a kindred Mestemacher, Lois Olson, Bill and MORNING-HOUR DEBATE spirit? Emily Olson, Paul Palazollo, Katherine I started to run for Federal office 28 Parker, Randy Pollard, Richard Porter, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- years ago, unsuccessful then. I was suc- Bob Radmacher, Ed and Meredith ant to the order of the House of Janu- cessful 4 years later. Ragsdale, Mark and Shirley Repking, ary 7, 2020, the Chair will now recog- When asked in 1992 what I stood for, Pat Roddick, Dora Rohan, Tim Schnei- nize Members from lists submitted by I replied: der, The Schulte family, Tim Schnei- the majority and minority leaders for Less government, individual responsi- der, Randy Shroyer, Irv Smith, Tim morning-hour debate. bility, lower taxes, and more personal free- Smith and Scott McPherson, Kristy The Chair will alternate recognition doms and liberties. Koch Stephenson, State Representative between the parties, with time equally I followed immediately with: Ron Stephens, Richard Stubblefield, allocated between the parties and each I am pro-life, and I support the Second Steve Tomaszewski, Wes Tucker, Troy Member other than the majority and Amendment, and I am a churchgoer. Uphoff, Senator Frank Watson, Don minority leaders and the minority My volunteers subscribe to these val- and Wanda Weder, Jim Wham, Bob whip limited to 5 minutes, but in no ues. They decided not only to vote for Winchester, Sharon Woodward, Boone event shall debate continue beyond me, but they also actively engaged in Wooden. 11:50 a.m. campaign activities. Mr. Speaker, there is always a risk f Mr. Speaker, one way to thank my when you recognize people and name volunteers and supporters is to list THANKING MY CAMPAIGN TEAM names. Most of us, when we do that, their names in the CONGRESSIONAL AND SUPPORTERS forget someone who should have been RECORD, which I am doing today. They mentioned. If I have done that, I apolo- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The are: gize. My intent is not to exclude but to Chair recognizes the gentleman from Mayor Al Adomite, Floyd Alexander, offer thanks. Illinois (Mr. SHIMKUS) for 5 minutes. Kirby Ballard, Sue Barfield, Steve Until I officially leave office, I can Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, another Barker, Rhonda Belford, Bill Bethel, add names to the CONGRESSIONAL group that I would like to pause and Ruth Buettner, Glen Bolger, Pat RECORD, so if I have forgotten you, let thank is my campaign team and sup- Brady, Jen Daulby, Rosalee Davis, me know and I will submit your name. porters. Marty and Donna Davis, Sherri Long Many of my supporters have died. I It is amazing how diverse this group Deeder, Mayor Dick Dietz, Chris Dud- mourned their loss with their families. is. They are young and old; they are ley, Sue (and Jack) Dwyer, Bill Enlow, I tried to attend either the wake or the rich and poor; they live in towns, vil- Bruce and Matt Flannigan, The Tony funeral. We also tried to send notes, lages, and isolated country roads. Fuhrman Family, Mayor Allen Gaffner, memorials, or flowers, whatever was While conservative in ideology, they Kenny and Joni Garret, Andy Goleman, deemed appropriate at the time. identify as Republicans, Democrats, Brad Goodrich, Wally and Evie Gorski, All of my colleagues here on both Libertarians, and even Independents. Wes and Rene Gozia, Brad Graven. sides of the aisle share this experience. b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H6049 . VerDate Sep 11 2014 11:25 Dec 04, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A03DE7.000 H03DEPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H6050 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 3, 2020 We would not be here without our sup- We live in a pluralistic society. Part citizen voting easier? To win elections, porters. We couldn’t have survived our of our responsibility is to figure out of course. primary or general election without a how the political Rubik’s Cube comes It is no secret to Democrats or Re- core group of people who believed in us together; getting to ‘‘yes’’ among dif- publicans that, consistent with a 2014 and would always answer the call when ferent and competing points of view; study by Old Dominion University and we needed them. fashioning a result where everyone can George Mason University professors, As long as we have people willing to, get up from the table, perhaps not with noncitizens and illegal aliens vote 80 as Teddy Roosevelt said, step into the everything they sought, but with percent of the time for Democrats. arena and we have people willing to enough to vote ‘‘yes’’ while still being Mr. Speaker, there are many tens of support them, we as a nation will be true to their values. millions of illegal aliens and other non- fine. There is such a thing as principled citizens in America. In 2010, the Census My thanks to them, my volunteers compromise. Indeed, I believe that found 11 million illegal aliens in Amer- and supporters. principled compromise is the only way ica. A 2018 Yale study estimated as f we can move forward and lift up those many as 22 million illegal aliens in America. There are simply so many, FAREWELL TO CONGRESS around us in desperate need of our help. that no one can keep track of how The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Do we no longer believe that? Or did many. Chair recognizes the gentleman from Similarly, no one knows how massive we forget it? the illegal alien voting bloc is or how Washington (Mr. HECK) for 5 minutes. Where I have failed to live up to Mr. HECK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today many voted in 2020. Hundreds of thou- these ideals, I beg your forgiveness. I to speak on this floor for the last time. sands? Oh, most certainly. Millions? can only promise to keep trying. My purpose is to convey two simple Very likely. Finally, I cannot help but think of thoughts: first, an expression of grati- But what we do know for sure is that the eternal wisdom of our former col- tude, foremost to my wife, Paula—we the illegal alien voting bloc was large league, John Dingell, the longest serv- are newlyweds; we have only been mar- enough and critical enough to winning ing Member of this Chamber in our Na- ried 44 years—and to my two sons. the Presidential race, that at the Octo- tion’s history. When I arrived here, Their support has been the only reason ber 22 Presidential debate, Joe Biden every first-term Member walked on that I have been able to do this. openly and publicly solicited their ille- I have been absent. I am sorry. I down to where he sat and sought his gal votes by promising: ‘‘Within 100 promise to do better. advice, and he gave the same to every- days, I am going to send to the United Thank you as well to my staff. Every one; the same to everyone. He would States Congress a pathway to citizen- Member here knows we ain’t nothing look us in the eye and say: ship for over 11 million undocumented without them. We are just the orna- You have an important job—a very impor- people.’’ ment on the hood of the car, and they tant job—and you are not a very important Think about that for a moment. A are the engine. They have both my un- person. Presidential candidate on national TV dying love and gratitude.

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