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Senate WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2018 E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 115 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 164 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2018 No. 135 House of Representatives The House was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Friday, August 17, 2018, at 9 a.m. Senate WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2018 The Senate met at 12 noon and was The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without spend the summer in Syria as a free- called to order by the President pro objection, it is so ordered. lance journalist. He was frustrated tempore (Mr. HATCH). f with the lack of good information on f Syria’s civil war—a war that, by some RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME estimates, has claimed more than one- PRAYER The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under half million lives and displaced mil- The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- the previous order, the leadership time lions more, having created a refugee fered the following prayer: is reserved. crisis affecting neighboring countries, Let us pray. like Jordan, Turkey, and Lebanon, and Glorious God, the source of our f having destabilized the entire region. strength, fill us with life anew. CONCLUSION OF MORNING In spite of the violence and political Strengthen and guide our lawmakers BUSINESS by the light of Your counsels, directing turmoil and as a strong believer in the their steps. Lord, open their eyes so The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning freedom of the press, Austin wanted to that they may discern Your truth and business is closed. let his fellow Americans know what courageously obey Your precepts. Give f was going on in that terrible civil war, them reverence for You in all their which continues to this day. So he EXECUTIVE SESSION thoughts, words, and actions. Think didn’t wait around for someone else to Your thoughts through them, providing act; he went to Syria himself, and he reported on the civil war. them with the peace, power, and pa- EXECUTIVE CALENDAR tience needed to do Your will on Earth. As with most things he tried, Austin Eternal God, we give You all praise, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under proved to be a very successful jour- glory, blessings, and honor. the previous order, the Senate will re- nalist. But then, in August of 2012, just We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen. sume consideration of the following days before he was planning to leave f nomination, which the clerk will re- Syria, he was taken hostage, and little port. has been heard from him since. That is PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The senior assistant legislative clerk why I am again today renewing my call The President pro tempore led the read the nomination of A. Marvin for Austin Tice’s immediate release by Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: Quattlebaum, Jr., of South Carolina, to his captors. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the be United States Circuit Judge for the Over the last several years, I have United States of America, and to the Repub- Fourth Circuit. had the privilege of meeting with Aus- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, I indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. tin’s parents a number of times, Mark ask unanimous consent to speak for up The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. and Debra Tice, who have worked tire- to 15 minutes as in morning business. lessly to locate him and bring him ERNST). The Senator from Utah. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. HATCH. Madam President, I sug- home safely. In fact, I plan to meet objection, it is so ordered. gest the absence of a quorum. with them again this afternoon to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The CALLING FOR THE RELEASE OF AUSTIN TICE bring them up to speed on my most re- clerk will call the roll. Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, yes- cent conversations with National Secu- The senior assistant legislative clerk terday marked the sixth anniversary of rity Adviser John Bolton, whom I have proceeded to call the roll. the kidnapping of a brave young man asked to meet with the Tices and main- Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, I named Austin Tice. tain the continuity between the Obama ask unanimous consent that the order Back in 2012, Austin decided to put administration and now the Trump ad- for the quorum call be rescinded. his law school studies on hold and ministration when it comes to efforts ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S5599 . VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:32 Aug 16, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4637 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15AU6.000 S15AUPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE S5600 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE August 15, 2018 to return him safely to his family and another enormous batch of records As I said, Democrats have 12 years’ friends. from Judge Kavanaugh’s service as a worth of cases and opinions from Judge Of course, his family doesn’t know lawyer in the George W. Bush White Kavanaugh, and I hope they have start- Austin as a journalist, primarily; they House. It also released another 21,000 ed to look at them, but I am not so don’t know him primarily as a deco- pages just last night. The office of sure that is the case. I believe 20 Demo- rated Marine Corps veteran, a Houston President Bush has now produced more crats have already come out against native, and a seventh-generation than 174,000 pages of material to the the nominee, so, apparently, they don’t Texan, either—all of which he is. They, committee, and, of course, that is on need to see anything else in order to of course, know him as their friend, top of the judge’s judicial record, which reach a conclusion, and, as I have their brother, their son. has already been produced to the com- noted in the past, five of them came Austin Tice has a family who is wait- mittee. out against the nominee before he was ing for him, missing him, and laboring According to the Wall Street Jour- even nominated, indicating, of course, to find any piece of information that nal, the White House has turned over that they would oppose anyone nomi- will lead to his whereabouts and return more than 195,000 documents on Judge nated by this President. him home safely. Kavanaugh—significantly more than Now they have turned their tactics to Today, on the sixth anniversary, I were produced for either Justice Kagan making requests for more and more am here to say that the entire Nation or Justice Gorsuch. As Chairman documents, even while the Washington stands behind the Tice family. In soli- GRASSLEY has pointed out, it is the Post describes their campaign to block darity with them, we call for Austin’s largest cumulative production of exec- Kavanaugh as ‘‘fizzling.’’ The article immediate release by his captors and utive branch material ever received in said that our Democratic colleagues urge the administration to use all pos- the course of evaluating a Supreme have all but acknowledged they are un- sible means to secure Austin’s safe re- Court nominee. able to prevent the confirmation, so turn home. I am thankful to the Trump These records, of course, are being re- you might ask: Why the paper chase? administration, as I am to the Obama viewed as they are produced, in addi- The real answer is, that is all they administration, and I have met with tion to the 307 opinions or cases in have left. The Archivist, appointed by them both about Austin’s case. which Judge Kavanaugh wrote an opin- former President Obama, has stated I know the former administration of ion as an appeals court judge, as well that he cannot, nor can any current President Obama and the current ad- as the hundreds more opinions that he Archivist, change the law or long- ministration of President Trump share joined as a member of the panel. standing and consistent practices when my desire to see Austin come home as Once upon a time, our Democratic it comes to document production. soon as possible, but we need to take a friends said that these opinions and There is no end run around this proc- step back and realize why people like cases were what mattered the most— ess. Of course, the Senate already has Austin are taken hostage in the first not extraneous paper that bears no rel- most, if not all, of the documents we place. In many parts of the world, au- evance to the judge’s qualification or need—many more, as I mentioned, than thoritarian regimes and criminal that he even had any input in. Perhaps they had for either Justices Gorsuch or nonstate actors see a free press as a our friend, the Democratic leader, re- Kagan. What is going on exactly? I threat—an existential threat. They members the standard he set with re- think I have indicated my opinion. It is don’t want to risk a spotlight exposing gard to documents during Justice all they have left. human rights abuses, lies, corruption, Sotomayor’s confirmation. He appro- During the time we were away from and graft. They want to inoculate priately pointed out, ‘‘It is the judicial Washington this last week, Chairman themselves from criticism and bury the record, more than speeches and state- GRASSLEY said the confirmation hear- truth so it never sees the light of day. ments, more than personal back- ing for Judge Kavanaugh will begin on In places like Turkey, Syria, China, ground, that most accurately measures September 4, which will be 57 days and elsewhere, journalists are silenced how modest a judicial nominee will after President Trump’s announcement and often jailed, sometimes even be.’’ of the nomination.
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