May 12, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2469 But while we will make the most per- Kennedy Portman Shelby Ernst Markey Schatz suasive legal arguments available on Lankford Risch Sullivan Feinstein McConnell Schumer Lee Romney Thune Gillibrand Menendez Shaheen the law and the facts, I must add that Lummis Rounds Tillis Graham Merkley Sinema the most effective advocates for justice Marshall Rubio Toomey Grassley Moran Smith will always remain those little babies McConnell Sasse Tuberville Hassan Murkowski Stabenow Murkowski Scott (FL) Wicker Hickenlooper Murphy with Down syndrome and the parents Sullivan Paul Scott (SC) Young Hirono Murray Tester Hoeven Ossoff who brought them bravely into this Thune NOT VOTING—1 Johnson Padilla world. They will be the first to tell you Toomey Heinrich Kaine Peters Van Hollen that a person with Down syndrome Kelly Portman isn’t a burden. It isn’t just a ‘‘thing,’’ The motion was agreed to. King Reed Warner to quote the Icelandic eugenicists. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Klobuchar Romney Warnock Warren These babies are persons. They are HIRONO). Pursuant to S. Res. 27 and the Leahy Rosen Luja´ n Rounds Whitehouse fearfully and wonderfully made. They motion to discharge having been Manchin Sanders Wyden are created equal in the eyes of and agreed to, the nomination will be image of God, just like each and every placed on the Executive Calendar. NAYS—30 one of us. The motion was agreed to. Barrasso Fischer Paul Blackburn Hagerty Risch So let us fervently pray that one day f Boozman Hawley Rubio soon, our laws will reflect this very Braun Hyde-Smith Sasse Burr Inhofe Scott (FL) basic truth and protect these innocent CLOTURE MOTION children. Cornyn Kennedy Scott (SC) Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays Cotton Lankford Shelby I yield the floor. Crapo Lee Tillis I suggest the absence of a quorum. before the Senate the pending cloture Cruz Lummis Tuberville motion, which the clerk will state. Daines Marshall Wicker The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The bill clerk read as follows: clerk will call the roll. NOT VOTING—2 CLOTURE MOTION The bill clerk proceeded to call the Heinrich Young We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- roll. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. On Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I ask ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move this vote, the yeas are 68, the nays are unanimous consent that the order for to bring to a close debate on the nomination 30. the quorum call be rescinded. of Executive Calendar No. 108, Ronald The motion is agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Stroman, of the District of Columbia, to be The Senator from Louisiana. objection, it is so ordered. a Governor of the United States Postal Serv- f VOTE ON MOTION TO DISCHARGE ice for a term expiring December 8, 2021. Charles E. Schumer, Margaret Wood Has- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH san, Tammy Duckworth, Jon Tester, ACCESS FOR STUDENTS ACT the previous order, the question is on John Hickenlooper, Tammy Baldwin, agreeing to the motion to discharge Brian Schatz, Gary C. Peters, Tina Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I am the nomination of Chiquita Brooks- Smith, Cory A. Booker, Christopher going to talk for a few minutes about LaSure from the Committee on Fi- Murphy, Debbie Stabenow, Richard mental health for our kids. I think nance. Blumenthal, Sheldon Whitehouse, many Americans have known and, un- Mr. BROWN. I ask for the yeas and Chris Van Hollen, Benjamin L. Cardin, fortunately, some Americans have nays. Robert P. Casey, Jr., Alex Padilla. loved some of our fellow citizens who The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- suffer with depression and anxiety and sufficient second? imous consent, the mandatory quorum thoughts of suicide. It is a particular There appears to be a sufficient sec- call has been waived. problem for our young people. CDC re- ond. The question is, Is it the sense of the ports that one in four young Americans The clerk will call the roll. Senate that debate on the nomination have actually considered suicide, and, The bill clerk called the roll. of Ronald Stroman, of the District of in fact, the second leading cause of (Mr. VAN HOLLEN assumed the Columbia, to be a Governor of the death for young people is suicide. Chair.) United States Postal Service for a term I am sure there are a lot of reasons Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the expiring December 8, 2021, shall be for this. I think it is harder to be a brought to a close? Senator from New Mexico (Mr. HEIN- young person today. Many of our kids The yeas and nays are mandatory RICH) is necessarily absent. see things that those of us who are under the rule. The result was announced—yeas 51, older didn’t have to deal with until we The clerk will call the roll. nays 48, as follows: were adults—drugs, of course; alcohol; The legislative clerk called the roll. [Rollcall Vote No. 184 Ex.] also, social media. You can still find (Mr. HICKENLOOPER assumed the kindness in America, but unfortu- YEAS—51 Chair.) nately you have to go offline to do it. Baldwin Hickenlooper Peters Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Some of our young people—many of Bennet Hirono Reed Senator from New Mexico (Mr. HEIN- Blumenthal Kaine Rosen our young people—just need someone Booker Kelly Sanders RICH) is necessarily absent. to talk to. Some of them, when their Brown King Schatz Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is anxiety and their depression is acute, Cantwell Klobuchar Schumer necessarily absent: the Senator from Cardin Leahy Shaheen need medical treatment, and this bill Carper Luja´ n Sinema Indiana (Mr. YOUNG). will simply provide a mechanism for Casey Manchin Smith Further, if present and voting, the our young people to receive it. Collins Markey Stabenow Senator from Indiana (Mr. YOUNG) The bill, as I said, is called the Im- Coons Menendez Tester would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ Cortez Masto Merkley Van Hollen proving Mental Health Access for Stu- Duckworth Moran Warner The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Are dents Act. It would provide that Durbin Murphy Warnock there any other Senators in the Cham- schools—our universities—be required Feinstein Murray Warren ber desiring to vote? Gillibrand Ossoff Whitehouse to print phone numbers for the Na- Hassan Padilla Wyden The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 68, tional Suicide Prevention Lifeline, the nays 30, as follows: Crisis Text Line, and a campus mental NAYS—48 [Rollcall Vote No. 185 Ex.] health center or program on the stu- Barrasso Cornyn Graham Blackburn Cotton Grassley YEAS—68 dent ID cards. Blunt Cramer Hagerty Baldwin Cantwell Collins This bill would not require our Boozman Crapo Hawley Bennet Capito Coons schools to tear up current ID cards. It Braun Cruz Hoeven Blumenthal Cardin Cortez Masto would be phased in. And if a school Burr Daines Hyde-Smith Blunt Carper Cramer Capito Ernst Inhofe Booker Casey Duckworth doesn’t use an ID card, they don’t have Cassidy Fischer Johnson Brown Cassidy Durbin to start using an ID card. My bill

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