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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 117 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 117 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 167 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2021 No. 107 Senate The Senate met at 3 p.m. and was RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY tect Americans’ voting rights. It is not called to order by the President pro LEADER a vote on any particular policy. It is tempore (Mr. LEAHY). The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- not a vote on this bill or that bill. It is f jority leader is recognized. a vote on whether the Senate should simply debate the issue about voting PRAYER f rights—the crucial issue of voting The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- MEASURE PLACED ON THE rights in this country. fered the following prayer: CALENDAR—S. 2118 Now, by all rights, we shouldn’t have Let us pray. Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I to debate voting rights on the floor of Eternal God, today, open the minds understand there is a bill at the desk the U.S. Senate. These rights should be sacrosanct, but the events of the last of our lawmakers, that they may wel- that is due for a second reading. few months compel us to have this de- come new insights and knowledge You The PRESIDING OFFICER. The lead- wish to give them. Remind them of bate now. er is correct. Why is there such urgency? Because Your admonition that they should love The clerk will read the bill by title You with all their minds. of what has been happening in Repub- for the second time. lican legislature after legislature in Lord, give them the wisdom to refuse The legislative clerk read as follows: to cling so tightly to the past that they the last several months. Voting A bill (S. 2118) to amend the Internal Rev- limit what You can do for them in the rights—the most fundamental right of enue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives a democracy, the right that men and future. Give them the courage to for increased investment in clean energy, change their minds when that is need- and for other purposes. women have died for in wartime and in ed. peacetime, the right by which all other Mr. SCHUMER. In order to place the rights are secured—are under assault— Lord, may they be tolerant to the bill on the calendar under rule XIV, I thoughts of others and open to the under assault from one end of the coun- object to further proceeding. try to the other. truth wherever they may find it. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- We pray in Your loving Name. Amen. In the wake of the 2020 election, Don- tion has been heard. The bill will be ald Trump told a lie—a Big Lie—that f placed on the calendar. the election was stolen from him by PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE f voter fraud. There was no evidence for The President pro tempore led the BUSINESS BEFORE THE SENATE this. His own administration concluded that the 2020 election was one of the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, on I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the safest in history. His lawyers were today’s, tomorrow’s, and this week’s laughed out of courts, many by Repub- United States of America, and to the Repub- business, the Senate will soon vote on lic for which it stands, one nation under God, lican judges—some by judges he ap- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. two more nominees to join President pointed, that Trump appointed. But he Biden’s administration: Christopher f kept saying it anyway. He lied over Fonzone to serve as general counsel for and over and over again. Donald Trump RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME the Office of the Director of National lied over and over and over again, poi- The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under Intelligence and Kiran Ahuja to be Di- soning our democracy, lighting a fire the previous order, the leadership time rector of the Office of Personnel Man- beneath Republican State legislatures, is reserved. agement. Those votes will happen to- which immediately launched the most The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. night and tomorrow. sweeping voter suppression effort in HIRONO). The Senator from Vermont. The discussions on the bipartisan in- years. Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, I sug- frastructure bill and a budget rec- Just a note, how despicable a man is gest the absence of a quorum. onciliation bill are both moving for- Donald Trump. He lost an election le- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ward and will continue throughout the gitimately. He can’t face that—that it clerk will call the roll. week. was his failure. And he creates a lie—a The legislative clerk proceeded to But tomorrow—tomorrow—the Sen- Big Lie—and wins so many people over call the roll. ate will also take a crucial vote on to that lie with the help of news media Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I whether to start debate on major vot- and other news commentators who are ask unanimous consent that the order ing rights legislation. lying, as well, and they know it. for the quorum call be rescinded. I want to say that again. Tomorrow, Again, Donald Trump, with his des- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the Senate will take a vote on whether picable lies, has lit a fire beneath Re- objection, it is so ordered. to start debate on legislation to pro- publican State legislatures, and they ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S4637 ® Pdnted on recycled papfil. VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:49 Jun 22, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21JN6.000 S21JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with SENATE S4638 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 21, 2021 have launched the most sweeping voter Removing student IDs from the list and square. Get rid of the election suppression efforts in at least 80 years. of valid forms of identification—that is board official when there is no evidence More than 250 bills in 43 States were election integrity? Bunk. We know they did anything wrong. The cumu- introduced just between the months of what you are doing. You don’t want lative effect will make it easier for fol- January and February that would re- students to vote. Yeah. Don’t let stu- lowers of Trump’s Big Lie, for partisan strict the right to vote. Do you want to dents vote. Turn them off to the whole Republicans to rig the rules and try to know how many were introduced dur- process, and make America even more overturn election results. ing a similar period of time last year, alienated. I read this article in the New York the year before Donald Trump was tell- Delaying the hours of Sunday voting Times this weekend. You could weep ing the Big Lie? Thirty-five. Thirty- until the evening, which, coinciden- from reading it. They reported that at five in 2020 and more than 250 in 2021. tally or not so coincidentally, by these least 10 members of county election Today, in June, there have been near- Republican legislatures makes it hard- boards in Georgia have been removed ly 400 bills introduced. The only thing er for Black churchgoers to participate or are about to be removed in the wake that changed between 2020 and 2021 was in voter drives after Sunday services— of the new law passed by the GOP legis- Donald Trump’s Big Lie about massive how despicable. Does that sound like lature. These are the folks who are in fraud. Jim Crow, my Republican colleagues? charge of selecting ballot drop box lo- And now in States like Georgia and It sure does to a lot of us. cations. They pointed out an African- Iowa and Florida and Montana, these I challenge my Republican col- American woman who made sure that a proposals are becoming law under the leagues. I challenge you, Republican poor area had a drop box every year to vicious guise of election integrity. The Senators: Come to the floor. Defend allow people to vote. They want to words ‘‘election integrity’’ aren’t a these policies. Tell us how they secure kick her off the board. No one knows guise. There is nothing vicious about the vote. Tell us how they prevent why. We do know why. There is no real, them. The way Republican legislatures nearly nonexistent voter fraud. How legitimate reason why. According to are using those words is vicious and a does removing student IDs as a valid the Times, who are they kicking off? form of identification secure our elec- guise, a falsehood, fake. At least five are people of color, most tions? Do you have any evidence that I want my Republican colleagues— are Democrats, and they are all most 40-year-olds are showing up at the polls maybe, we can awaken their con- likely to be replaced by Republicans. with fake student IDs? Come on, show science, maybe, on something as sacred Please, my colleagues, read this arti- us. How is criminalizing giving water as voting rights. I want my Republican cle. Read this article on how Repub- or food to voters in a line a fraud pre- colleagues to listen to some of the poli- lican States are expanding their power vention measure? You got any evidence cies that have been proposed by Repub- over elections, by Nick Corasaniti and of that? What arguments do Repub- lican State legislatures and tell me Reid J.
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