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Vol. 167 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2021 No. 106 House of Representatives The House met at 9 a.m. and was We pray this, having each been made Congratulations, Consul General called to order by the Speaker pro tem- free in Your name. Alicia Kerber, the first woman to head pore (Ms. DEGETTE). Amen. the consulate’s office in Houston. A f f good neighbor, we have worked to- gether on food drives, COVID testing THE JOURNAL DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER and vaccines, trade, and immigration PRO TEMPORE The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- rights. The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- ant to section 11(a) of House Resolu- Tomorrow, June 18, the consulate fore the House the following commu- tion 188, the Journal of the last day’s will be opening its new headquarters. nication from the Speaker: proceedings is approved. Congratulations to the Mexican diplo- f WASHINGTON, DC, matic mission in Houston. May we con- June 17, 2021. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE tinue to work together the next 100 I hereby appoint the Honorable DIANA years. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the DEGETTE to act as Speaker pro tempore on Congratulations. Felicidades. gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. this day. f NANCY PELOSI, KELLER) come forward and lead the Speaker of the House of Representatives. House in the Pledge of Allegiance. HONORING THE LIFE AND SERVICE Mr. KELLER led the Pledge of Alle- f OF BARBARA MORRIS STAFFORD giance as follows: (Mr. GRIFFITH asked and was given PRAYER I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the permission to address the House for 1 The Chaplain, the Reverend Margaret United States of America, and to the Repub- minute.) Grun Kibben, offered the following lic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. GRIFFITH. Madam Speaker, I prayer: rise today in great sadness. Last night, f O Lord, our God, speak into our lives at 6:16, my friend, a community leader as You have spoken throughout time. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER and a member of my district staff, On the day of historic jubilee, speak PRO TEMPORE passed away, Barbara Morris Stafford. good news to the poor that they would The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Barbara was born in 1953, and was have occasion to celebrate emanci- Chair will entertain up to five requests part of a political family. Her father, pation from chains that yet bind them. for 1-minute speeches on each side of Howard Morris, was chairman of the Proclaim liberty to those still held the aisle. Giles County Board of Supervisors. Her captive by injustice. Give sight to f husband was a 10-term member of the those blind to Your merciful love. Free Virginia House of Delegates, and when all who are oppressed and break every CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF he died young, she took over his seat. yoke of prejudice and hatred. HOUSTON’S MEXICAN CONSULATE Now a single mother to Chris, Eliza- Then call upon us to be the bearers of (Ms. GARCIA of Texas asked and was beth, and Mary, she served her commu- these truths in both word and deed. given permission to address the House nity for many years as a member of the Cast our eyes on those around us that for 1 minute and to revise and extend Virginia House of Delegates; mayor of we would not see slave or free, but her remarks.) her hometown of Pearisburg, Virginia; brothers and sisters, children of Your Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Madam Speak- director of the chamber of commerce; creation. er, I rise today in celebration of 100 and then, for over 10 years and until That each person who calls the years of the Mexican Consulate’s pres- last night, as a constituent services United States home be allowed to de- ence in Houston. This is huge for the representative in my district office. light in the freedoms afforded them by diplomatic relationship between two Barbara was a great leader and she its democracy. neighbors. The consulate was first es- will be sorely missed by the commu- That liberty and justice would be tablished in 1920, and today it is the nity she loved and the community that woven inextricably into the fabric of largest diplomatic mission in the city, loved her. our Nation and defended on behalf of providing services to tens of thousands f all her people. of people a year. It is proof of the need And that henceforward, all may be to strengthen, now more than ever, our THANKING CAPITOL POLICE freed from hate and oppression to enjoy diplomatic ties and tackle our shared (Mr. MCNERNEY asked and was Your perfect design for this Republic. opportunities and challenges. given permission to address the House

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Madam basis, reflect collectively and, hope- the Capitol Police Officers for their he- Speaker, I am proud to cosponsor an fully, begin the process of truth and roic defense on January 6, and every amendment to H.R. 1187, a bill that collective healing as a nation. day that they protect the seat of this would increase transparency of pub- But I ask us that we must not stop Nation’s government. licly traded companies to disclose here. We must continue to go forward My problem is that 175 of my Repub- workplace harassment cases, and I am to fight for racial justice because in lican colleagues, many who still have pleased to see this amendment passed many parts of our country it still ex- this sign on their doors, voted against in the House yesterday. ists in the form of housing discrimina- an independent bipartisan commission Workplace harassment is far too tion and segregation, lack of access to to investigate the causes of the Janu- common, and the shareholders and cus- healthcare, and wealth inequality. ary 6 insurrection. tomers of a company should know It is so humbling to stand here as a Capitol Police Officers suffered de- Black man in America and take an- bilitating physical and mental trauma, whether that company fosters a healthy work culture and that it al- other step toward feeling whole in this and two lost their lives because of the country. But we must—we have to events of that day. Unless we under- lows its workers to thrive. come together across party lines to do stand how this act of terror was accom- Up to six in seven women in the much more. plished and hold those who are respon- workplace report having experienced sexual harassment. Seven of 10 people sible accountable for their actions, it f could happen again. of color report experiencing some form So why did so many Republicans vote of verbal, racial, or ethnic harassment, against the commission? and those who speak out usually face HONORING THE LIFE OF FOSTER Because they are afraid of what could retaliation. This amendment would FRIESS be found. They are afraid that it could bring to light these forms of mistreat- (Mr. ALLEN asked and was given affect their future elections. ment and incentivize companies to pre- permission to address the House for 1 This is hypocrisy at its ugliest. While vent harassment in the workplace. minute and to revise and extend his re- Republicans in Congress pay lip service I thank Ms. FRANKEL for her leader- marks.) to the Capitol Police and their her- ship on H.R. 1187, and I encourage my Mr. ALLEN. Madam Speaker, it is oism, they are too cowardly to back a colleagues to support this workplace my privilege today to rise to honor the commission that would shed light on improvement bill, as well as improving life of Foster Friess, an American pa- the terrorist attack that put the brave the quality of life. triot who was a warrior for conserv- women’s and men’s lives in danger on f ative and Christian values. that terrible day. HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE Foster truly lived the American f MOTHER EMANUEL AFRICAN Dream. He started his own business that led to incredible success. But Fos- VETERANS DESERVE TIMELY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH ter leaves behind a legacy that is far SERVICE SHOOTING greater than success, as his generosity (Mr. KELLER asked and was given (Ms. MACE asked and was given per- impacted the lives of countless people. permission to address the House for 1 mission to address the House for 1 His favorite Bible verse from Gala- minute.) minute and to revise and extend her re- tians: ‘‘Carry each other’s burdens, and Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, marks.) in this way you will fulfill the law of America’s veterans have served our Na- Ms. MACE. Madam Speaker, June 17, Christ.’’ tion honorably, and they deserve time- 2015, was one of the darkest days in To Foster and his wife, Lynnette, ly access to the benefits they have Charleston, South Carolina, history. that verse was more than words; it was earned through their service. Six years ago today, nine church mem- put into action daily. They were pas- The National Personnel Records Cen- bers were gunned down by a white su- sionate about charitable giving and al- ter was forced to scale down its oper- premacist at Mother Emanuel African ways looking for ways to lend their ations due to the COVID–19 pandemic Methodist Episcopal Church. support to people in need. and is currently staffed at 25 percent Today I rise to honor the lives of He will be missed by many, and my capacity, well below the staffing level those lost that day. South Carolina’s prayers are especially with his wife, needed to process the estimated 5,000 African-American community showed Lynnette, their 4 children and 15 records requests it receives on an aver- enormous restraint and an outpouring grandchildren. age day. These service records are re- of love during this time, even to the ir- Foster’s life glorified God, and his quired for veterans to access medical redeemable; and today we stand to- legacy will live on far beyond his years. benefits; adjudicate disability claims; gether, wrapped in the pride of Charles- We must all learn from his example. and request a commendation, award, or ton Strong. regalia, such as a Purple Heart or cam- So today I would like to recognize f paign service medal. Reverend and State Senator Clementa To date, there is a backlog of half a Pinckney, Cynthia Hurd, Reverend HONORING THE LIFE OF DAVID million veterans’ requests at the NPRC Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, Tywanza SAUSSY and, in some cases, veterans have wait- Sanders, Ethel Lance, Susie Jackson, ed for over a year for documentation. Depayne Middleton Doctor, the Rev- (Mr. CARTER of Georgia asked and That is unacceptable. erend Daniel Simmons, and Myra was given permission to address the That is why I introduced the Records Thompson. House for 1 minute and to revise and Act, which would compel the NPRC to You will always be remembered, and extend his remarks.) fully reopen, address the backlog, and may you rest in peace. Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Madam develop a plan to prevent this from f Speaker, I rise today to remember and ever happening again. honor former Chatham County Com- These men and women were willing CONTINUE THE FIGHT FOR RACIAL missioner David Saussy of Savannah, to lay down their lives in service to our JUSTICE Georgia, who passed away on May 19 at Nation, and we need to continue work- (Mr. BOWMAN asked and was given the age of 86. ing to ensure our veterans get the level permission to address the House for 1 Born the youngest of five children, of responsiveness from their govern- minute and to revise and extend his re- David moved to Savannah in 1964, and ment that they deserve. marks.) lived the next 57 years in Ardsley Park.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:27 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.003 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE June 17, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2899 All who knew David remember his ner, BARBARA LEE, the author of this AUMF was passed, Iran and Iraq were Savannah smile and his proud expres- bill. I am proud to stand with her in fighting each other in a vicious war sions whenever he talked about Savan- her unyielding quest to repeal the 2002 that lasted almost a decade. nah’s accomplishments. David’s count- AUMF, and I congratulate her early on If the President needs to strike these less friends and family members con- for working so hard for over 20 years to groups to defend our Nation, our diplo- sider him one of the most generous get this done. matic personnel, or our Armed Forces, people they knew. Nineteen years ago, as a junior Mem- he can do so under Article II of the He was on the boards of the Chat- ber of Congress, I faced one of the most Constitution. If any Armed Forces per- ham-Savannah Authority for the consequential decisions of my career as sonnel on the ground need to defend Homeless and the Coastal Center for an elected official with the United themselves, they have the inherent Development Services, was a founding States Congress. The drumbeats of war right under unit self-defense principles. member of the St. David’s Society of were reverberating throughout Capitol Today, Congress has a historic oppor- Savannah, and served two terms as a Hill as the Bush administration pre- tunity to repeal this outdated author- Republican County Commissioner. pared to invade Iraq. After carefully ization and reassert its proper author- I am thankful for the immense im- considering all the evidence before us, ity over the solemn matters of war and pact he had on the Savannah commu- including unanswered questions about peace. nity, and I know his legacy will re- post-Saddam Iraq, I cast my vote I urge all of my colleagues to vote main. against authorizing military force ‘‘yes’’ on this legislation, and I reserve My thoughts and prayers are with his against the Hussein regime. the balance of my time. family, friends, and all who knew him But our vote this morning to repeal Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Speaker, I during this most difficult time. the 2002 AUMF is not about reliti- yield myself such time as I may con- f gating our past. Rather, repealing this sume. outdated authorization is about plan- Madam Speaker, I want to thank my b 0915 ning strategically for our future. It is good friend, Chairman MEEKS. We work REPEALING THE AUTHORIZATION about Congress reclaiming its constitu- well together. When we disagree, we do FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE tional obligation to weigh in on mat- it civilly, and I think that is the way AGAINST IRAQ RESOLUTION OF ters of war and peace. this body should operate. But I do dis- 2002 On substance, the case for repealing agree on this one. Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, pursu- the 2002 AUMF is unassailable. The 2002 I have said many times before that ant to House Resolution 473, I call up AUMF would have no effect on any on- war should not be on autopilot. I do the bill (H.R. 256) to repeal the Author- going military operations in Iraq. The think this is an outdated AUMF, and I ization for Use of Military Force United States is not relying on the 2002 do believe that Congress needs to re- Against Iraq Resolution of 2002, and AUMF as the sole authority for any claim its war powers under Article I of ask for its immediate consideration in military operations. It has been used as the Constitution. the House. an additional legal justification for I also share the desire to repeal the The Clerk read the title of the bill. strikes by Presidents from both parties 2002 AUMF, as well as the 2001 AUMF, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- but not as the sole authority for any but that must be part of a serious proc- ant to House Resolution 473, the bill is strikes over the last decade. The Biden ess to provide clear, updated authori- considered read. administration, in an unprecedented ties against the terrorists who still The text of the bill is as follows: move, has announced support for the plot to kill Americans at home and abroad. I still hope to work toward H.R. 256 legislation we are moving today. Repeal is crucial because the execu- that end with my respected friend, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Chairman MEEKS, but a repeal and re- Representatives of the United States of America tive branch has a history of stretching in Congress assembled, the 2002 AUMF’s legal authority. It has placement should be simultaneous. It is confusing to me that we are SECTION 1. REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION FOR already been used as justification for USE OF MILITARY FORCE AGAINST military actions against entities that jamming through a standalone repeal IRAQ RESOLUTION OF 2002. had nothing to do with Saddam Hus- without basic due diligence; without The Authorization for Use of Military sein’s Ba’athist dictatorship, simply consulting the State Department, the Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public because such entities were operating in Defense Department, or the intel- Law 107–243; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) is hereby re- Iraq. ligence community; without consulting pealed. Given all of the countries active near the Government of Iraq and our coali- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill Iraq today, including Turkey and Rus- tion partners and allies. shall be debatable for 1 hour, equally sia, the 2002 AUMF is vulnerable to In the 3 months since I made that divided and controlled by the chair and being abused. complaint at our markup, the majority the ranking minority member of the I have heard from my friend, the still has not scheduled a single brief- Committee on Foreign Affairs or their ranking member, Mr. MCCAUL, as well ing. This, in my judgment, is not a se- respective designees. as other Members opposed to this legis- rious legislative process for the most The gentleman from New York (Mr. lation who expressed two concerns: one serious issues that we face, and that is MEEKS) and the gentleman from Texas on the process, about the need for fur- war and peace. (Mr. MCCAUL) each will control 30 min- ther briefings and conversations, and This feels like yet another political utes. another on substance, about Iran- effort to undo one of President Trump’s The Chair recognizes the gentleman backed groups in Iraq. boldest counterterrorism successes: from New York. On procedure, we should dispel our- using the 2002 AUMF to remove Qasem GENERAL LEAVE selves of the fiction that this is a new Soleimani from the battlefield. Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I ask issue. Congress has been debating what Soleimani was Iran’s mastermind of unanimous consent that all Members to do in a post-Saddam Iraq for 18 terror for decades. He was responsible may have 5 legislative days in which to years, and our status of forces agree- for the death of more than 600 Ameri- revise and extend their remarks and in- ment expired in 2011. This has been a cans and wounded thousands more. He clude extraneous material on H.R. 256. frontline issue for nearly two decades, orchestrated the attack on our Bagh- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there and the House Foreign Affairs Com- dad Embassy. He plotted to assassinate objection to the request of the gen- mittee moved this bill through regular the Saudi Ambassador on American tleman from New York? order. soil here in D.C. He oversaw Iran’s sup- There was no objection. Regarding the concern about Iran- port for Assad, who killed hundreds of Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I yield backed groups, let me once again reit- thousands in Syria. In short, America myself such time as I may consume. erate that the 2002 AUMF was about re- and the world are much safer with Madam Speaker, I rise in strong sup- moving the Hussein regime in Iraq. It Qasem Soleimani gone. port of H.R. 256. Let me start off by had absolutely nothing to do with Iran. While the 2002 AUMF was largely thanking my very good friend and part- A decade and a half before the 2002 about Saddam Hussein, it also clearly

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:27 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.005 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H2900 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2021 addressed the terrorist threats in and trust him. We work well together, but thorough understanding of the effect of any emanating from Iraq. All prior admin- we have to do this, to work together such action and of the threats facing U.S. istrations, Republican and Democrat, with the administration to replace this forces, personnel, and interests around the have used it for that purpose. aging AUMF with updated authorities world. As the Administration works with the Congress to reform AUMFs, it will be critical Today, the biggest threat in Iraq is needed to keep Americans safe from to- to maintain the clear authority to address not Saddam Hussein. We can all recog- day’s terrorist threats, an updated threats to the United States’ national inter- nize that. But it is the Iran-sponsored AUMF that reflects the modern-day ests with appropriately decisive and effective terrorist groups attacking our dip- threats in the region. military action. lomats, our soldiers, our embassy, and Again, I look forward to working to- -- our citizens. They cannot be targeted gether with Chairman MEEKS and our [Press Release—June 14, 2021] using the 2001 AUMF because they are colleagues on this if we are going to be CVA URGES PASSAGE OF 2002 AUMF REPEAL not associated with the forces of al- serious about war powers reform. But GRASSROOTS VETERANS GROUP APPLAUDS REP. Qaida, the Taliban, or ISIS, but they this bill is not it. This bill is not re- LEE, BIPARTISAN LEADERSHIP ON CRITICAL can be targeted using the 2002 AUMF, sponsible. We are not doing this the MEASURE TO RESTORE BALANCE OF POWER as the prior administration did to take right way. If we are going to repeal it, ARLINGTON, VA.—Concerned Veterans for out Soleimani, consistent with long- let’s update the AUMF to modern-day America (CVA) Executive Director Nate An- standing practice. needs and reform it. derson released the following statement urg- Last year, the Trump administration Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- ing the U.S. House to pass H.R. 256, Rep. Bar- ‘‘strongly opposed’’ repeal, saying it ance of my time. bara Lee’s bill to repeal the 2002 Authoriza- tion for the Use of Military Force (AUMF): would ‘‘terminate a critical legal au- b 0930 ‘‘Debating, authorizing, and exercising thority’’ and undermine our defense Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I yield oversight of American military action is one ‘‘against ongoing threats from Iran and of Congress’s most solemn duties. Unfortu- Iranian-sponsored proxies.’’ 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from nately, Congress has largely deferred to the The Biden administration now claims California (Ms. LEE), the sponsor of executive branch and neglected its role in that it does not need the 2002 AUMF for this bill. matters of war and peace over the last twen- current operations because it has Arti- Ms. LEE of California. Madam ty years. Repealing the 2002 AUMF would be cle II authority to use force without Speaker, let me first thank our chair- an important step toward Congress re- man, Mr. MEEKS, for moving this bill asserting its constitutional role in shaping congressional authorization. foreign policy and giving the American peo- Is that what we are going to do now, through committee. It wasn’t an easy lift, and his leadership was extremely ple a voice. We applaud Rep. Lee for her con- is yield to the President’s Article II au- tinued leadership on this issue along with thority without any congressional au- important in getting us to where we the broad coalition of bipartisan representa- thorization? are today. tives and organizations who have found com- Madam Speaker, that is precisely I also thank Leader HOYER, Speaker mon ground in this endeavor.’’ PELOSI, and let me take a minute to what this repeal does. It takes our au- BACKGROUND thank our staff: My chief of staff, Julie thority, our Article I authorities, Americans for Prosperity, a partner of away. We are repealing our Article I Nickson, who is here with us today; my CVA, issued a Key Vote Alert for this meas- authority and yielding it to the Presi- legislative director, Gregory Adams; ure, signaling it will take into account law- dent of the United States. Congressman MEEKS’ staff; and all of makers’ votes in its annual legislative score- Telling the President to rely solely the staff members who have worked for card. on Article II, in my judgment, is a big 20 years to get us to this point. CVA recently led a coalition in sending a I also want to thank our Democratic letter to members of Congress urging sup- step backward from the war powers re- port of a bipartisan resolution introduced by form and reasserting Congress’ Article and Republican cosponsors and our outside broad spectrum of groups, like Sens. Kaine and Young to repeal a pair of ob- I powers. solete AUMFs. The group was joined on the It is also inconsistent with the War the Friends Committee on National letter by Defense Priorities Initiative, Free- Powers Resolution. That law says that Legislation, Win Without War, the dom Works, and the R Street institute. the President’s Article II powers are American Legion, and Americans for CVA has been working to repeal the out- limited to responding to an attack on Prosperity that have fought alongside dated 2001 and 2002 AUMFs for years, making the territory or Armed Forces of the us. it a priority for its grassroots and advocacy United States. It does not cover Amer- Madam Speaker, I include in the efforts in its annual policy agendas (2019, RECORD the Statement of Administra- 2020, 2021). Notably, though less than a fifth ican civilians in a foreign country, of current members of Congress voted on the such as our contractors, our diplomats, tion Policy and letters of support from many of these groups. 2001 AUMF, it has been invoked to justify 41 and our embassy, who are under at- operations in 19 countries since passage. tack, as I speak, in Iraq. STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY In 2019, the group partnered with VoteVets, We should not encourage any Presi- H.R. 256—REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION FOR USE a traditional rival, to urge lawmakers to re- dent to go it alone without Article I OF MILITARY FORCE AGAINST IRAQ RESOLU- claim their constitutional war powers duties. congressional authorization. TION OF 2002—REP. LEE, D–CA WITH 134 CO- The New York Times wrote about the un- SPONSORS Finally, today’s vote is not hap- likely partnership. Setting the example for lawmakers and the administration, the pening in a vacuum. This rushed, The Administration supports House pas- sage of H.R. 256, to repeal the Authorization groups found common ground on this issue standalone repeal, without any con- for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Reso- and flew activists and volunteers in to DC to sultation with the Department of De- lution of 2002 (‘‘2002 AUMF’’). This bipartisan meet with their members of Congress to fense, the Secretary of State, or the in- legislation would terminate the October 16, bring lasting policy change in Washington. telligence community, as Mr. MAST has 2002, statutory authorization for the use of CVA has been staunch in its support of consistently talked about, sends a dan- military force against Iraq. lawmakers who have taken a principled gerous message of disengagement that The Administration supports the repeal of stand and worked to repeal these measures could destabilize Iraq, embolden Iran, the 2002 AUMF, as the United States has no in the past. In 2019, CVA welcomed the addi- tion of the bipartisan War Powers Caucus to which it will, and strengthen al-Qaida ongoing military activities that rely solely on the 2002 AUMF as a domestic legal basis, Congress, applauding lawmakers for and ISIS in the region. and repeal of the 2002 AUMF would likely prioritizing the issue. CVA also launched a We would avoid such dangers by tak- have minimal impact on current military op- digital ad campaign thanking lawmakers for ing up a repeal and a replacement si- erations. Furthermore, the President is com- standing against endless war, praising law- multaneously. I think both sides of the mitted to working with the Congress to en- makers for voting to ensure proper Congres- aisle agree, we need to update this sure that outdated authorizations for the use sional input before any offensive military AUMF, and we need to reform it to the of military force are replaced with a narrow force against Iran. modern-day threats in the region. Sad- and specific framework appropriate to en- FEBRUARY 17, 2021. dam Hussein is no longer the threat. sure that we can continue to protect Ameri- DEAR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, As organiza- cans from terrorist threats. tions from across the ideological spectrum, Real AUMF reform requires Congress In working with the Congress on repealing we are committed to addressing one of our and the administration to work to- and replacing other existing authorizations country’s most critical national security gether. The chairman has committed of military force, the Administration seeks needs: ending our forever wars. We don’t al- to doing this, and I appreciate and to ensure that the Congress has a clear and ways agree on the reasons to do so, but we do

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The reorient U.S. foreign policy away from the Barbara Lee’s effort in turning the page on best way to do that is through bottom-up in- unaccountable, interventionist approach this unsuccessful chapter of U.S. foreign pol- novation, not top-down regulation such as we’ve seen for nearly two decades, Congress icy by sunsetting the 2001 AUMF and repeal- those mandated by this bill. must sunset the 2001 Authorization for the ing the 2002 Iraq AUMF. I urge you to vote ‘‘NO’’ on H.R. 1187. This Use of Military Force (AUMF) and repeal the Sincerely, vote will be recorded in our legislative score- 2002 Iraq AUMF. American Civil Liberties Union, Brennan card for the 117th Congress. Since its enactment on September 14, 2001, Center for Justice, Bridges Faith Ini- Sincerely, the 2001 AUMF has served as a blank check tiative, BringOurTroopsHome.US, Cen- BRENT GARDNER, for endless, global war under multiple presi- ter for International Policy, Concerned Chief Government Affairs Officer, dents. Despite congressional intent to only Veterans for America, Council for a Americans for Prosperity. give then-President George W. Bush the au- Livable World, Demand Progress, De- thority to use military force against those fense Priorities Initiative, THE AMERICAN LEGION, responsible for the 9/11 attacks and those FreedomWorks, Friends Committee on OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COMMANDER, who harbored them, the law failed to include National Legislation, Human Rights Washington, DC, April 7, 2021. any time limits, geographic constraints, spe- First, National Religious Campaign Hon. BARBARA LEE, cific objectives or an exit strategy. As a re- Against Torture, Pax Christi USA, House of Representatives, sult, three successive presidents have used Peace Action, Project On Government Washington, DC. the law to unilaterally expand the nation’s Oversight, Protect Democracy, Quincy DEAR REPRESENTATIVE LEE: On behalf of use of military force against individuals, Institute for Responsible Statecraft, R the nearly two million members of The groups, and even nation states never in- Street Institute, Secure Families Ini- American Legion, I am pleased to express tended by Congress. Presidents Bush, Obama, tiative, September 11th Families for support for H.R. 256, which would repeal the and Trump have used the 2001 AUMF to jus- Peaceful Tomorrows, The Center for Authorization for Use of Military Force tify U.S. military action in 19 countries at Victims of Torture, VoteVets, Win Against Iraq Resolution of 2002. Congress least 41 times. The expansive U.S. milita- Without War, Women’s Action for New passed the 2002 AUMF to authorize force rized counterterrorism footprint now extends Directions. against Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi regime in to at least 80 countries, costing an estimated order to defend the United States against the $6.4 trillion, as well as the lives of thousands AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY, threat posed by the regime’s alleged posses- of American soldiers, and hundreds of thou- June 15, 2021. sion of weapons of mass destruction. This sands of civilians abroad. DEAR REPRESENTATIVES, On behalf of threat proved unfounded and the mission un- Congress passed the 2002 Iraq AUMF to au- Americans for Prosperity’s activists in all 50 dertaken pursuant to the 2002 Iraq AUMF— thorize force against the Saddam Hussein re- states, I urge you to vote ‘‘NO’’ on H.R. 1187, designated ‘‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’’—offi- gime. It is not required for any ongoing mili- the so-called ‘‘Corporate Governance Im- cially ended on December 11, 2011. tary activities, as the executive branch re- provement and Investor Protection Act.’’ Our servicemembers have accomplished lies on an overly broad interpretation of the Businesses can be a force for good when their original objectives in Iraq, a dangerous 2001 AUMF for operations against ISIS, al they serve customers, drive life-improving regime was removed, and the authorization Qaeda, and other groups. However, both the innovations, and enable employees to find for the war should end. With the under- Obama and Trump administrations expanded fulfillment in their work. But the best way standing that complex global threats cannot their interpretation of the scope of the 2002 to do that is through bottom-up approaches, be solved by military power alone, we value Iraq AUMF beyond congressional intent. not top-down regulation. Mobilizing the Se- the importance of sustaining a civilian-led Most recently, the Trump administration curities and Exchange Commission to force approach of elevating diplomacy and devel- cited it as a legal basis for the targeted kill- industry from all corners of the economy to opment alongside a strong defense. The ing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, an adhere to dubious, ambiguous, and one-size- American Legion stands ready to assist action clearly unrelated to the original fits all requirements—as this bill does—will members of Congress with strengthening our scope of the authorization. Retaining this only harm our ability to improve society and nation’s interests and ensuring that diplo- law renders it susceptible to further abuse. undermine America’s capacity to lead in the macy is the first instrument of national President Biden has stated a desire to end global economy. power considered at the highest level. the forever wars. With this in mind, Congress H.R. 1187 represents a sweeping expansion In accordance with American Legion Reso- should sunset the 2001 AUMF eight months of government overreach and dramatic mis- lution No. 22: Addressing the ‘Forever War’, after a law is enacted and immediately re- sion creep for the SEC, which has neither the passed unanimously by our National Execu- peal the 2002 Iraq AUMF. Rather than expe- authority, expertise, nor accountability to tive Committee in meetings held October 14– diting a new AUMF, Congress must first pub- evaluate the materiality of these disclosures 15, 2020, which urges a renewal of a proper licly debate whether military force is both to shareholders and potential shareholders. constitutional balance to American foreign necessary and appropriate for addressing Further, the standards these regulations set, policy decision-making by encouraging Con- current security challenges and what, if any, and the effectiveness of the methods to gress to repeal and replace outdated Author- new legal authority may be necessary. In the which those standards would be met, are un- izations for Use of Military Force, we strong- interim, Article II of the Constitution pro- clear. As an example, recent evidence has ly support this bill. vides the president with the legal authority shown there is virtually no relationship be- We applaud your leadership in addressing needed to defend our country against an ac- tween trends in energy-related carbon emis- this critical issue facing our nation’s tual or truly imminent armed attack. sions and top-down climate policies such as servicemembers, veterans, and their fami- With a new president who has signalled the implementation of international agree- lies. support for our government’s institutional ments, carbon pricing, cap-and-trade, or For God & Country, checks and balances and a U.S. public that command and control sectoral regulation. In JAMES W. ‘‘BILL’’ OXFORD, supports an end to endless war, it is time for fact, since the 2007 Massachusetts v. EPA de- National Commander. Congress seize the opportunity to reassert cision, countries as well as states that have its constitutional authority over war powers. not endorsed these policies have generally Ms. LEE of California. Let me just In fact, the U.S. Constitution places the reduced per capita energy-related carbon di- take a minute to honor my dear friend, power to declare war squarely in the hands oxide emissions at a far greater pace than the late Congressman Walter Jones, a of Congress for good reason. Our democracy those that have. Republican from North Carolina who relies on the foundational belief that it is Beyond this, the very act of forcing compa- was my partner for many years to the people to whom the U.S. government re- nies to meet preset, one-size-fits-all require- build bipartisan support to bring our mains accountable, not the president. By as- ments ultimately undermines the leaps in troops home. signing Congress the sole authority to de- innovation we need to actually achieve our clare war, our nation’s founders sought to shared goals for the environment and society I am proud to stand with everyone as ensure that a decision as momentous as the as a whole. Business leaders and consumers— we exercise our most important duty one to wage war was properly debated, scru- not politicians and appointed Washington of- assigned by the Constitution to decide tinized, and justified. Failing to sunset the ficials—are the driving force to innovate and when and how America goes to war. 2001 AUMF and repeal the 2002 Iraq AUMF deliver superior products and services that We cannot revise history as it relates now will continue to effectively cede Con- solve for the needs of today while also push- to why this authorization was put into gress’ power over war and peace to the exec- ing our country toward a better future that place. utive branch. benefits all. Eighteen years ago, in front of the In the past five years, the House of Rep- This bill would also impose new costly bur- resentatives or its committees have voted to dens on companies, open the floodgates to infamous ‘‘Mission Accomplished’’ ban- repeal both the 2001 AUMF and the 2002 Iraq cronyism, undermine businesses’ ability to ner backdrop, former President Bush AUMF, drawing both Democratic and Repub- create new value, and ultimately put a drag told the Nation that the major combat lican support. With a new administration on our recovering economy. operations in Iraq have ended.

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What I object to is that now we are long overdue for repeal, which is why The Bush administration, yes, misled abdicating our responsibility by giving we have voted multiple times to repeal the American people by saying there the President Article II authorities the 2002 AUMF with bipartisan support. were weapons of mass destruction in alone without any authorization of use Since coming to Congress, I have Iraq, that Iraq posed an imminent of military force from the Congress. been very clear, Congress must reassert threat by drawing a false connection They talk a lot about Article I on the congressional authority in decisions of between the tragic events of 9/11 and other side, but aren’t we abdicating our war and peace. The authority is re- Saddam Hussein. Those lies and misin- Article I responsibility? quired by our Constitution, and it is formation had deadly consequences. I am all for updating this thing, but fundamental to our representation of The mistakes continue to haunt us to completely do away with it and just our constituents, especially our serv- today. give this President Article II authori- icemembers. Once the war started, the Out of Iraq ties to do whatever he wants without Our men and women in uniform de- Caucus was founded by Congresswoman any congressional review, in my judg- serve to see a new era of congressional Lynn Woolsey, me, and led by Con- ment, is a wrong step forward. accountability, one where Members of gresswoman MAXINE WATERS. Over 80 Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- Congress do not shirk their account- Members joined. Many of us took our ance of my time. ability when it comes to issues of war protests to the streets, joining hun- Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I will and peace. dreds of thousands protesting the un- just say really quickly: Before Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Speaker, I con- necessary, immoral war of choice. Year Soleimani, we had passed a bill on the tinue to reserve the balance of my after year, we worked for the safe and AUMF in 2019, so it wasn’t in response time. Mr. MEEKS. Madam speaker, I now orderly withdrawal of our troops. to President Trump. So this was at- yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman I share all this history, not because tempted even before that. from California (Ms. JACOBS), the vice of nostalgia, but we have to remember I now yield 1 minute to the gen- chair of the subcommittee on Inter- why this authorization was passed, be- tleman from Virginia (Mr. CONNOLLY), national Development, International cause 87 percent of current Members of head of the United States delegation to Organizations, and Global Corporate the House were not here to vote on this the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Social Impact. AUMF in 2002. The Constitution re- and a member of our Foreign Affairs quires that we cannot appropriate Ms. JACOBS of California. Madam Committee. Speaker, I rise today to support this funds for armies for more than 2 years, Mr. CONNOLLY. Madam Speaker, critical legislation to repeal the 2002 and yet for almost two decades we have Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. Mem- Authorization For Use of Military failed to revisit these AUMFs. bers of the Bush administration seized Force. To this day, our endless wars con- on our fear at that time to persuade I want to thank Congresswoman BAR- tinue, costing trillions of dollars and Americans that Saddam Hussein posed BARA LEE and the chair of this com- thousands of lives in a war that goes a grave threat to the United States, way beyond any scope that Congress mittee for their enduring leadership on and Congress passed an Authorization this issue. conceived or intended. for Use of Military Force without any I want to salute our veterans, our I was in middle school when Congress limitation on how long it could be in young men and women in uniform. passed this authorization to use force effect. They did everything we have asked against Saddam Hussein’s regime in Nineteen years later, and ten years them to do. Many veterans support this Iraq. Today, as a Member of this body, after we formally ended ground oper- repeal. I am voting to repeal it. The outdated 2002 AUMF bears no ations, it is still law. This is an abroga- I make this point to remind my col- correlation to the threats we face tion of Article I responsibilities and leagues that the decisions around war today. duties of the Congress of the United and peace are some of the most con- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The States. sequential ones we make here. My gen- time of the gentlewoman has expired. There is no more profound power eration has spent our entire adult lives Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I yield vested in us in the Constitution than to in the shadow of two long and pro- the gentlewoman an additional 10 sec- send our young men and women into tracted wars. onds. combat. It is long past time that we I am proud to represent San Diego, a Ms. LEE of California. Madam dealt with this AUMF and righted the military community that has made in- Speaker, the President earlier stated imbalance between the powers of Arti- credible sacrifices because of that vote his support for the bill, saying that the cle I, which are exclusively those of in 2002. Now it is time to take it off the 2002 AUMF will not impact current Congress, and the powers of Article II books. military operations, but repeal can pre- for a Commander in Chief only after Repealing this authorization would vent our country from entering an- Congress has acted. not impact any of our current military other protracted engagement under I am proud to support this measure operations, but repealing it will pre- this outdated authority. today. vent a future President from abusing it We can’t afford to leave this in place Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Speaker, I con- and reclaim Congress’ rightful role in indefinitely. For two decades it has tinue to reserve the balance of my authorizing war, ensuring our service- been in place. This is our opportunity time. members know that they are not being to restore our constitutional role. Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I now sent to harm’s way without a full de- Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman bate of this representative body. There yield myself such time as I may con- from Virginia (Ms. SPANBERGER), a is nothing rushed about something sume. member of our HFAC committee with that has taken 20 years. I would just like to comment that to strong foreign affairs credentials. Madam Speaker, I urge my col- me it is very interesting, the timing of Ms. SPANBERGER. Madam Speaker, leagues to support this repeal. the gentlewoman from California’s re- on October 16, 2002, the United States Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Speaker, I peal. It happened after President Congress voted to authorize military yield myself such time as I may con- Trump had an air strike to take out action against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. sume. Soleimani in Iraq, at exactly the same The text of the authorization was Let me just clarify again. This bill time. He had authority to do so under clear. That was its purpose. Years was filed last Congress after President the 2002 AUMF and Article II under the later, Saddam Hussein is long dead, Trump took out the mastermind of ter- Constitution. and our military action has ended. ror for two decades in the Middle East, What is interesting about now, the The 2002 AUMF is separate and dis- Qasem Soleimani, to challenge his au- other side of the aisle was upset when tinct from the 2001 AUMF, which au- thority to take out one of the biggest

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If we do away with this without and we put aside these partisan stripes yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from replacing it, we abdicate our Article I for a moment, we can have an honest Florida (Mr. MAST), a combat veteran, authorities in an absolute manner to debate about what a replacement a distinguished servicemember, and a the executive branch under Article II. would look like. Short-term political member of the Foreign Affairs Com- I think that it is important for any- gain has no impact on what foreign ac- mittee. one watching this debate to understand tors make in terms of their policy deci- Mr. MAST. Madam Speaker, war what we are doing here today. sions. ISIS and terrorists don’t change powers and AUMF, it is a distant im- Madam Speaker, with that, I yield based on what we debate here, and they personal term to talk about the work such time as he may consume to the certainly didn’t give up yet. of the warfighter. And I think for peo- gentleman from Illinois (Mr. We made a decision; the President ple on both sides of the aisle, it is any- KINZINGER). made a decision to leave Afghanistan. thing but impersonal. Mr. KINZINGER. Madam Speaker, I While I disagree with that, I certainly Probably all of us in here know peo- remember over the period of the last hope he is successful and that my pre- ple who have passed in our wars, roads Presidency joining my colleagues on dictions are wrong, but I do know that named after them, schools named after both sides of the aisle at various times that sent a message. It sent a message them, VFWs, and other buildings when statements were made that we that America is disengaging in the war named after them. It is not impersonal are just going to leave Iraq or we are on terror. What would this send as to those of us in here and to those who going to leave the Kurds in Syria, and well, right on the heels of this? have been targeted by snipers, have I think that was shortsighted, those What message would this send to the had ordnance dropped on them, walked statements, so I joined my colleagues terrorists who are on the ropes, who across fields of improvised explosive on both sides. haven’t attacked in the United States, devices, were burned alive in Humvees But, yet, today, we are debating the not because they don’t want to, but be- and other pieces of equipment that repeal of the 2002 AUMF as if we all cause we haven’t let them because we they served their time in. somehow believe that we are going to have fought them on their territory, It is not impersonal to us. We all magically repeal this and then come up before they have the ability to organize know the stories. And I like to believe with some narrow replacement that is and attack us here? that we do take that very seriously. going to authorize, when we can’t real- What does that message send? Be- And there is broad-based consensus ly agree that the sky is blue in this cause to a terrorist, all they need is on the fact that these AUMFs need to group. the ability to go out and say, ‘‘We are be changed. But to do that and to have But I want to, for a second, look back winning,’’ to recruit somebody, to give and say what would have happened the appropriate responsibility to those their life for that terrorist cause. who go out there and fight the wars, we when this was introduced originally. Madam Speaker, I understand where So in January of 2014 this repeal was have to talk to the people who go out this is coming from. I deeply would there and command the battles, that introduced. Let’s say we passed it. love an AUMF that replaces this the What happened since January of 2014? sit in the JOC and sit in the TOC, and right way, but this is the wrong process Well, I will tell you. In June of 2014 we sit in the Pentagon. and the wrong order to do that. So I began airstrikes against ISIS. Because But, instead, what we did was we had urge my colleagues to join me in oppos- of the 2002 AUMF, we were able to as- professors from NYU and Harvard and ing this. sist our allies to defeat ISIS in their Yale come in and speak to us for a few capital of Raqqa, their stronghold in b 0945 minutes about their opinions. Mosul, and we even destroyed their ca- Mr. MEEKS. I want to remind the But what I can tell you is that a bat- liphate throughout the region. gentleman that the 2014 strike against tlefield looks nothing like a lecture I know my colleagues who support ISIS, the primary AUMF, where it was hall or a faculty lounge. They are not this legislation have the right inten- utilized in the 2001 AUMF, continues the same things. And their opinions are tions in mind, but even President and still is in existence. Also, when you not nearly as weighty as those of the Biden’s own Statement of Administra- talk about Soleimani, the primary uti- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff tion Policy admits that this repeal lization, still-President Trump talked or the Secretary of Defense or the Sec- would have an impact on our military about Article II. So those still are in retary of the Army or the Secretary of operations. That is why we don’t call existence to protect the American peo- the Navy or the Commandant of the for a blanket repeal, but a narrowly ple and at the President’s options. Marine Corps or one of our combatant crafted replacement. Let’s do that Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to commanders. first. the gentlewoman from Massachusetts If we take seriously this power that the 435 of us in this body have, not just The bleak reality is that without an (Ms. CLARK), the assistant Speaker. authorization to fight terror, more in- Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. to cast a vote, but to cast an informed nocent human beings will suffer. Let us Madam Speaker, 19 years ago, this vote to say that we went out there and not forget the horrors that ISIS per- body passed the 2002 Authorization for did every bit of diligence that we could, petrated on innocent men, women, and Use of Military Force based on lies and it means speaking to those individuals, children. Men were beheaded for prac- misinformation about Saddam Hus- asking those questions, and then com- ticing their faith, women were stoned sein’s weapons of mass destruction. ing to the conclusions that bring us to to death for trying to flee abusive rela- This authorization has entangled us the votes that we cast. tionships. Children were made foot sol- in a decades-long war, costing billions But without that, we are acting on diers and suicide bombers. Without this of dollars and tens of thousands of pure arrogance that we know better AUMF, this would still be happening. lives. without asking any questions, that we Today, we have militia groups at- Millions of young people in this coun- know what to do without going out tacking the American Embassy in try, including my three children, have there and seeking any facts, without Baghdad. We have malign forces trying never known an America that wasn’t at finding out how this will affect the de- to destabilize the democratically elect- war. fense of our homeland. And it is not ed Iraqi Government. We have dozens This repeal is long overdue and abso- what gives the honor and respect to of terror organizations, including ISIS, lutely vital to protecting the integrity those who go out there and defend this that want to revive the caliphate of our system of checks and balances country. It is not what gives the honor which brought so much pain and suf- and the security of our Nation and and respect to them that they deserve. fering to so many in the region. servicemembers. Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I Before we hastily pass this ill- Today we stand up for Congress’ con- thank the gentleman for his service, thought-out and ill-timed political leg- stitutional war powers and the right to and I really respect him for what he

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Madam Speaker, I always do that. thank the gentleman for yielding. thank the gentleman for yielding and But I will also say that those individ- Madam Speaker, I rise in strong sup- for his leadership in bringing this im- uals who we did bring before the com- port of H.R. 256. portant and overdue legislation to the mittee, though they might be profes- Let me first recognize the tireless ef- floor. sors now, they either served in the forts of Representative BARBARA LEE, Congratulations to you, Mr. Chair- DOD or the White House, plus we had a who has spearheaded this issue for man, for being the chair of the com- classified briefing in the auditorium nearly two decades and has been the mittee and, as your ranking member with representatives from the Joint moral conscience in Congress against has said, striving to act in a very bi- Chiefs. So we were making sure that endless, unjust wars. partisan way. That doesn’t hold for we had to get all of the information The decision to go to war is one of today necessarily; but, nonetheless, that we could in regards to this issue. the most profound and consequential a where there is a will, there is a way. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to nation can make. This 2002 AUMF is Madam Speaker, nearly 20 years have the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. outdated, and its repeal will end its passed since the Congress passed the OMAR), the vice chair of the Sub- legal authority to justify U.S. inter- 2002 Authorization for Use of Military committee on Africa, Global Health vention in Iraq. Force, and 10 years have passed since and Global Human Rights and the Sub- Under the Constitution, Congress has the formal end of U.S. military oper- committee on International Develop- the sole duty to declare war. By repeal- ations: Operation Iraqi Freedom. ment, International Organizations, and ing this authorization today, we are Yet, today, 10 years later, our Nation Global Corporate Social Impact. working to return this power back to is still operating under an outdated Ms. OMAR. Madam Speaker, I thank the people’s House and the Senate. Authorization for Use of Military the chairman for yielding, and I thank That is how a checks and balances sys- Force, which risks being used, and in the distinguished author of this legisla- tem works. some cases has been used, as a blank tion, Congresswoman LEE, for bringing Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Speaker, I check to conduct unrelated military forth this legislation. yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from operations. Madam Speaker, for the past 20 California (Mr. CALVERT), a member of Let me be clear. Repealing the 2002 years, the 2002 Authorization has been the Appropriations Committee. Authorization for Use of Military used to wage war and cause destruction Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I Force in no way precludes us, our coun- around the world. rise in opposition to H.R. 256. try, from defending our military and While many in this Congress have Though a combat-tested security diplomatic personnel in Iraq. Article II participated in war, I am someone who partner, Iraq continues to be a fragile of the Constitution, the 2001 AUMF, has endured war and understands the state. The 2002 Authorization for Use of and the bilateral agreements with Iraq impact it has on innocent lives. The Military Force allowed the United permit this. act of war does nothing to make us States to end Saddam Hussein’s reign But it will prevent a situation in safer. of terror. It also allowed us to return which U.S. military personnel are de- Engaging in endless wars has led us and assist the people of Iraq when deci- ployed or military operations are con- to undermining our most important sions made by the Obama-Biden admin- ducted, without the approval of Con- morals: peace, liberty, and justice. istration led to the formation of ISIS gress or the country, for purposes that Congress cannot sit idly by as we and enabled the terror group to estab- are unconnected to the AUMF’s origi- take more civilian lives and decrease lish a caliphate in northwestern Iraq in nal purpose. our ability to build prosperity at home. 2014. We are here because of the courage of The more we spend on endless wars, Now, that same Authorization for Congresswoman BARBARA LEE. No one the less we are able to invest in our Use of Military Force provides the has been fiercer or more relentless or own people with education, housing, United States with the legal authority more principled on this issue. I thank and employment opportunities. for military operations in support of Congresswoman BARBARA LEE and oth- I am pleased that Congress is finally our Iraqi partners, if needed, and ers who have worked with her over the working on restoring its authority over against terrorist threats in Iraq, in- years. matters of peace and war. cluding those from the Iran-backed mi- I thank also our Foreign Affairs Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Speaker, I litia groups. chair, GREGORY MEEKS, who has moved yield an additional 2 minutes to the This critical piece of legislation pro- this bipartisan priority with both ur- gentleman from Florida (Mr. MAST). vided the authority for last year’s gency and unity through the com- Mr. MAST. Madam Speaker, I thank strike on Iran’s terror mastermind mittee. the chairman for his comments about Soleimani, whose IEDs, I might remind us seeking advice on Authorization for people, killed more than 600 American b 1000 Use of Military Force from academics soldiers and wounded thousands more. We are pleased that this legislation, from Harvard, Yale, and NYU. And The Authorization for Use of Mili- which has previously passed the House though they may have spent time serv- tary Force also provides authority to twice, has over 130 cosponsors. Thank ing in defense roles, I would remind the strike Iranian-backed Shia militia you, also, to Senator TIM KAINE, a chairman that in the hearings that groups that have and are currently at- longtime leader on AUMF repeal and these academics voiced their opinions tacking Americans in Iraq. reform in the Senate, who has intro- in, they expressed numerous times that This shortsighted and purely polit- duced a companion bill in the Senate. they didn’t even have the access to in- ical effort to repeal the authority with- Repealing the 2002 AUMF will defend formation that we had. They said it out a replacement sends the wrong Congress’ constitutional authorities over and over. They didn’t have the an- message and will embolden the Islamic and our American democracy’s system swers that we might have the answers terror groups and the world’s largest of separation of powers. to. state sponsor of terror, Iran. Under the Constitution, it is the Con- I would say it is incumbent upon this I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on gress that has the sole duty to declare body to seek answers not from those this bill until we have a viable replace- war. We must reassert that authority who say we have more information, but ment that addresses the threat of Iran to decide if and when our country goes to ask somebody who may potentially and its proxies. to war. have more information than us so that We have already turned our backs on This repeal is also possible because of we can make a more informed decision Afghanistan. We should not repeat this the leadership of President Joe Biden, about policy that we are tasked with error in Iraq. who understands and has respect for voting on that affects so many. Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I yield Congress’ constitutional authorities. Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from He understands the need for this action 1 minute to the gentlewoman from New California (Ms. PELOSI), our illustrious to keep our troops and the American York (Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ), the chair of the leader and Speaker of the United people safe. Again, that is our first re- Small Business Committee. States House of Representatives. sponsibility: to protect and defend.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:43 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.013 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE June 17, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2905 The Congress stands in agreement California (Ms. WATERS), the chair- We must repeal this authorization so with the Biden-Harris administration, woman of the Committee on Financial that Congress can take up its responsi- which has stated that ‘‘the President is Services. bility and vote on the great issues of committed to working with the Con- Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, I thank our time. gress to ensure that outdated author- my colleague from New York, Chair- Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I con- izations for the use of military force man GREGORY MEEKS, for the time. tinue to reserve the balance of my are replaced with a narrow and specific Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support time. framework appropriate to ensure that of Congresswoman BARBARA LEE’s reso- Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 we can continue to protect Americans lution to repeal the outdated 2002 minute to the gentlewoman from Cali- from terrorist threats.’’ AUMF, which was used to start the fornia (Ms. ESHOO). Why has that been elusive, for us to Iraq war, which killed more than 4,500 Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I thank the come up with a better, more focused American soldiers and approximately chairman for recognizing me and yield- plan? 200,000 Iraqi civilians. ing time. Madam Speaker, just for public infor- As the chair of the Out of Iraq Cau- Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this resolution to repeal the AUMF resolu- mation, when we have tried to come up cus, I worked with Congresswoman LEE with a newer, fresher, more appropriate and our former colleague, Lynn Wool- tion of 2002. Here we are, in 2021. Mr. Speaker, I voted against that AUMF, we have three challenges. sey, to end the Iraq war and bring our AUMF, and to this day, I believe it pro- What is the scope? What is the Au- troops home. duced one of the worst foreign policy thorization for Use of Military Force The Iraq war finally ended in Decem- disasters in U.S. history. It was built for? Is it for boots on the ground? Is it ber 2011. We cannot allow this outdated on a lie; it claimed the lives of over for air? What is it for? What is the AUMF to be used as a blank check for 4,400 Americans and countless Iraqi ci- scope that we are giving the authority future wars. It is long past time for vilians; and it cost our Treasury tril- to the executive branch to use? Congress to reassert its constitutional What is the geography? How far does role in authorizing and providing over- lions of dollars. The Iraq war ended 10 years ago, but that extend? Is this global? Is it spe- sight over United States military ac- this AUMF is still on the books. It is a cific to a region? tion. blank check, and we need to get rid of These are important decisions be- Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my col- it. We run the risk that administra- cause some of the threats are, shall we leagues to support this bill. tions will misuse it to justify future say, unpredictable. But that doesn’t Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I con- military action and directly undermine mean what we do here should be unpre- tinue to reserve the balance of my Congress’ Article I war powers author- dictable. time. ity. The third is the timing. How long Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 The House has voted three times to does it last? What is it for? How far in minute to the gentleman from Cali- repeal this AUMF, and today, it is time geography does it extend? And how fornia (Mr. GARAMENDI). to pass it. Let us have a victory here long does that authority last? Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, I rise on the floor—and celebrate another Over time, as we have tried to re- in support of the resolution. victory that the Supreme Court has place this outdated Authorization for The United States Congress has the upheld the Affordable Care Act. Use of Military Force, we have run into sole constitutional power to declare Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I con- war and, therefore, a constitutional those disagreements internally as well tinue to reserve the balance of my duty to consider, debate, and, if nec- as with the White House. But the more time. the public knows about our commit- essary, repeal an Authorization for Use Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, it is now ment to honoring our constitutional of Military Force. my honor to recognize a gentleman responsibility—and we will work with a The very title of this AUMF shows who I want to thank for his service, for President who is not here to undermine how much it has strayed from its origi- he is a Marine combat veteran who that—hopefully, we will have that au- nal purpose. The 2002 Authorization for served in Iraq. thorization, as necessary, as we go for- Use of Military Force Against Iraq was Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the ward. designed to address the threat posed by gentleman from Arizona (Mr. As Members of Congress, the first an Iraq run by Saddam Hussein. He has GALLEGO). duty we have is to keep the American been dead for many years. Mr. GALLEGO. Mr. Speaker, I rise people safe. That includes our coura- We have the responsibility to mem- today in support of H.R. 256 to repeal geous men and women in uniform, who bers of the Armed Forces who risk the 2002 Authorization for Use of Mili- sacrifice every day for our freedoms. their lives, and the American public tary Force that sent me and thousands To do this, we must pursue a Na- who fund these seemingly endless con- of other young Americans into war in tional Security Strategy and a defense flicts, to terminate the current 2002 Iraq. policy that are smart, strong, and stra- Authorization for Use of Military Even though the mission in Iraq has tegic. And we look forward to working Force. Since 2009, I voted consistently been over for almost a decade, this au- with the administration on this vital to revoke this open-ended authoriza- thorization remains on the books. This mission. tion and to reassert Congress’ role. is not a mistake or an oversight. It is With that, I again salute our distin- For too long, we have failed this re- a dangerous abdication of Congress’ re- guished colleague from California, Con- sponsibility. Congress must act now to sponsibility. gresswoman BARBARA LEE, for her per- repeal the 2002 Authorization for Use of The longer this AUMF is on the sistence and her leadership; our distin- Military Force Against Iraq. books, the more opportunity it has to guished chairman, Mr. GREGORY Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I con- be abused as a blank check for military MEEKS. tinue to reserve the balance of my action in the Middle East without the Again, I am grateful for the cour- time. input of the American people. teous consideration of this legislation Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 The longer this AUMF is on the today, although we may not be in com- minute to the gentleman from Texas books, the longer we in Congress are plete agreement. (Mr. GREEN), a distinguished Member. bending our own moral and constitu- Madam Speaker, I urge a strong vote Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, tional duty to debate and to decide for H.R. 256, to repeal the 2002 Author- we, who are honored to be Members of when to send American soldiers into ization for Use of Military Force, and Congress, are here to pass judgment on harm’s way and to look into the eyes of hope that we will have a strong bipar- the great issues of our time. There is servicemen and -women when we do. tisan vote. no greater issue of our time than the We cannot run from this incredible re- Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Speaker, I con- issue of war and peace. It is about life sponsibility any longer. tinue to reserve the balance of my and death. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to time. We should not be allowed to escape join me in passing this bill and re- Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I yield our duty, responsibility, and obligation taking Congress’ constitutional role in 1 minute to the gentlewoman from to vote on issues of war and peace. exercising our war powers.

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Constitution to the executive branch ing the diplomats, is highly irrespon- Mr. Speaker, I was a sophomore in and saying: Oh, Article II, the Presi- sible, it is reckless, and it is dangerous. high school when Congress gave the dent has unlimited discretion under Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of green light for war in Iraq. Nearly 20 Article II to do whatever the hell he my time. years later, I am here as a freshman wants to do. Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 Member of Congress, urging my col- That is not what this Congress minute to the gentlewoman from Illi- leagues to repeal that authorization. should be doing. We need to replace nois (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY). For over half my life, Republican and this with an updated AUMF that re- Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, Democratic Presidential administra- flects the threats in the region, the today, I will vote, once again, to repeal the 2002 Authorization for Use of Mili- tions have used the 2002 Authorization current threats, which are Iran and the tary Force because we cannot continue for Use of Military Force as a blank proxies of Iran that have hit our em- check for war and the justification for endless wars. bassy, have killed our soldiers, and are Congress passed the 2002 AUMF au- aggressive military actions in the Mid- attacking our diplomats in the region. thorization for war again Saddam Hus- dle East. b 1015 sein’s regime. I voted against that res- Young people today have never olution. And, now, here we are nearly known a time when our country was Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I would 20 years later, and we have seen three not fighting overseas or conducting just say to my friend from Texas that successive administrations use the strikes on poor and Brown nations. It maybe we should do—if you think Iran AUMF to wage war in ways that were is time for that to stop. is a threat—an AUMF for Iran. This never intended, that were way beyond The American people are tired of end- AUMF was for Iraq. the scope of the congressional author- less wars. We need a more peaceful and Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. ization that was used. productive foreign policy grounded in Only Congress has the authority to JAYAPAL). diplomacy and human rights, and we, declare war. And it is time for us to re- finally, have an administration that Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this resolution to re- claim that authority. We can’t let an- agrees. other day go by with this authorization peal an almost two decades-long Au- Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to in place. We cannot support endless thorization for Use of Military Force support this bill. wars. against Iraq. Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I con- Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 tinue to reserve the balance of my Mr. Speaker, I would like to start by minutes to the gentleman from Ala- saying thank you, thank you, thank time. bama (Mr. ROGERS), the lead Repub- Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 you to my colleague, Congresswoman lican on the House Armed Services minute to the gentleman from Michi- BARBARA LEE. Committee. gan (Mr. KILDEE). I was an activist back in 2001, leading Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speak- Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the largest immigrant advocacy orga- er, let me start by saying that this ar- the chairman for yielding and for his nization and the largest march at the gument that we have to get rid of the leadership. time against the war in Iraq, because AUMF is just ridiculous. We pass the Mr. Speaker, I stand in strong sup- we knew that what was happening was National Defense Authorization Act port of this resolution, Congresswoman wrong. And we were looking at Con- every year. We have passed it every LEE’s longtime effort to repeal the 2002 gress, and saying, Congress needs to year for 60 consecutive years. If we Authorization for Use of Military make sure they are taking action, and don’t want to authorize something we Force. BARBARA LEE stood up at that time on are doing militarily, we can stop it at The Constitution is clear: Only Con- her own. any time. So this is a false argument gress has the power to authorize war. The 2002 AUMF was based on a lie; a that we have to do this to be able to In 2002, this resolution was adopted lie that has resulted in hundreds of prevent what we are doing in Afghani- in order to address the ongoing threat thousands of lives lost, including civil- stan or Iraq or anyplace else. from Saddam Hussein and his regime in ians, U.S. servicemembers, journalists, But with regard to this specific bill, Iraq, the threat that it represented to humanitarian workers; a lie that was this is a bad deal for our national secu- America. Saddam Hussein is gone. A used as the legal basis for military hos- rity and the safety of American serv- new government has been established tilities beyond Iraq, hostilities that icemembers overseas. Since the libera- in Iraq, and this AUMF is obsolete. were never authorized by Congress. tion of Iraq, the murderous Iranian re- There are threats to the United Mr. Speaker, this must be the begin- gime has armed proxy organizations to States, and we have the authority to ning and not the end of our work to end kill Americans and innocent Iraqis. address those threats when they arise. endless wars. We must continue our Iran has armed proxy militias with There are ongoing threats that we work to forge a meaningful engage- small arms, mortars, rockets, and now ought to be able to debate here on the ment with the rest of the world toward sophisticated UAVs that can avoid base floor of the House of Representatives a lasting peace. Mr. Speaker, I also defenses. The Obama and Trump ad- and act upon when our security is thank the chairman for his tremendous ministrations both used the 2002 AUMF threatened. But no President of any leadership. to target terrorist threats originating party should ever be able to reach back Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield from Iraq. two decades when Congress, on a dif- myself such time as I may consume. Threats like ISIS and militias ferent fact situation, authorized the Just a point of clarification to the backed by Iran have killed and injured use of force in order to authorize any chairman. I am not talking about a American servicemembers and contrac- use of force that they deemed to be im- declaration of war against Iran. What tors. This bill would repeal the 2002 portant to them. we are talking about is what is the cur- AUMF and offer nothing in its place; Congress has this authority, and we rent threat in Iraq. Today, it is prox- no authorization to mop up ISIS forces need to assert it. That is what we do ies, the Shia proxies of Iran in Iraq. or whatever movement comes next; no today. The reason why President Biden hit authorization to target Iranian proxies Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield them in Syria, it is the authorities whose sole goal is to destabilize Iraq myself such time as I may consume. that President Trump used to take out and kill Americans. Mr. Speaker, just a brief comment, Soleimani in Iraq, not in Iran. This bill only offers the illusion of once again, that repealing this Author- Soleimani, ‘‘The Butcher’’, the master- withdrawal. Like President Biden’s

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I would argue that we are. had the day before. stan, but ever since, three President’s, Mr. Speaker, I want to close with the Repealing the 2002 AUMF without a both Republican and Democrat, have motion to recommit. replacement only undermines our na- used this permission to drag out con- If we adopt the motion to recommit, tional security. It offers no real solu- flicts and to get us into new ones. we will instruct the Committee on For- tion to the issues. Americans who weren’t even alive on eign Affairs to consider my amendment Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to 9/11 or during the invasion of Iraq are to H.R. 256. It responds to the serious vote ‘‘no.’’ still fighting and dying there, in Syria, escalation by Hamas against Israel Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I just want across Africa, and who knows where that we saw in May. to remind my friend that this 2002 else. Our Founders wisely gave Con- Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con- AUMF has not been utilized as the sole gress the exclusive constitutional au- sent to insert the text of my amend- reason or the sole authority in over 10 thority over whether our Nation goes ment in the RECORD, along with extra- years. The 2001 AUMF is still in effect. to war. neous material, immediately prior to Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the Sadly, Congress has failed to perform the vote on the motion to recommit. gentleman from Maryland (Mr. this sacred duty for far too long. This The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. BROWN), who is a colonel, retired, and is about restoring the powers set forth CARBAJAL). Is there objection to the re- we thank him for his service in our in Article I. Congress can go to war quest of the gentleman from Texas? military. with anyone under Article I. When There was no objection. Mr. BROWN. Mr. Speaker, I want to Washington drags us into a war, they b 1030 aren’t the ones who go do the fighting thank Congresswoman LEE for her Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, Hamas leadership on repealing the 2002 AUMF. and dying, our children are. The very least we can do is give their parents a launched over 4,000 rockets at our clos- That was the authorization that sent est allies in the Middle East. This was me and hundreds of thousands of serv- say in when and where and if their kids will fight and die thousands of miles a stark reminder of the dangerous icemen and -women to Iraq since the threats that Israel faces from Hamas, invasion in 2003. The justification for away. Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I reserve Hezbollah, Iran, and other terrorist or- that war was fundamentally flawed. the balance of my time. ganizations. But to be certain, the purpose of the Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I have no For this reason, our MTR makes sure 2002 AUMF established a broad mili- further speakers, and I reserve the bal- that the United States can quickly tary mission in Iraq. Yet, I have no ance of my time. react to Israel’s security needs in the doubt that that mission that we were Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield event of future attacks. given has been completed. And, sadly, myself such time as I may consume. If enacted, this language would es- the Nation has lost more than 4,400 Mr. Speaker, I think I laid out our tablish contingency plans to provide brave soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Ma- arguments, and I think it is irrespon- Israel with defense articles such as mu- rines who were engaged in Operation sible to repeal this authority, which nitions, ISR technology, aircraft, and Iraqi Freedom. still is used to protect our embassy dip- related services. It would also create a It is time for us, for Congress and the lomats and soldiers in Iraq against the waiver to expedite arms transfers if American people, to formally recognize Shia proxies of Iran. Israel is under threat of military at- the end of America’s 2002 mission in I am committed to work with the tack. Iraq. This is an important first step. As chairman to update this outdated This language passed the House last Congress, once again, reasserts its re- AUMF. And I think if there is any Congress with broad bipartisan sup- sponsibility in the use of our military agreement in this Chamber, and also port, and I encourage all of my col- forces by authorizing frameworks that on both sides of the aisle, it is that we leagues to support it today. address current threats to our Nation need to modernize it to the modern-day I fear that the 2002 AUMF repeal we and that we authorize the use of mili- threats. are considering today without a re- tary force only as the last resort. And as I read from the President’s placement may embolden our adver- Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield Statement of Administration Policy, saries, especially Iran—the largest myself such time as I may consume. the President says: I am committed to state sponsor of terror in the world— Mr. Speaker, I agree with the gen- working with the Congress to ensure and its proxies by signaling that we are tleman. We need to exercise our Article that outdated authorizations for the retreating from the Middle East. I constitutional responsibilities and use of military force are replaced with Our MTR is intended to send a strong update this outdated AUMF. That is a framework appropriate to ensure message that this is absolutely false. It precisely what we are arguing today. that we can continue to protect Ameri- will also send a message that passage We are not saying that we should re- cans from terrorist threats. will demonstrate our ironclad support place this, but we shouldn’t repeal I agree with the President of the for Israel and all our allies in the re- without an updated AUMF that re- United States, and I think the chair- gion. flects the modern-day threats. man does as well. We have to do this, Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to As I close later, I will talk about the and it is not going to be easy, but it is support the motion to recommit today, chairman and I working on that effort. time to update this outdated AUMF. and I yield back the balance of my That is what this body should be doing, I would prefer to have repealed and time. because otherwise, if we repeal this, we replaced it with our updated AUMF. Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- are again ceding our Article I respon- But as BRIAN MAST, a heroic veteran self the balance of my time. I thank sibilities to the executive, and just giv- who lost his legs in battle, said, We the gentleman from Texas for his hard ing him unlimited Article II powers. cannot just repeal this and talk about work. As he has indicated, it is a pleas- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of updating when we haven’t even talked ure working with him on this com- my time. to the Department of Defense, the Sec- mittee and working collectively and Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 retary of State, and the intelligence having open and honest dialog where minute to the gentlewoman from community about what is the modern- we agree and where we disagree. The South Carolina (Ms. MACE), and I day threat, and what we need to do in manner in which we do that, I think, thank the gentlewoman for her bipar- Congress to exercise our Article I re- serves this body in a very good way, tisan spirit in coming down to the floor sponsibilities that we have a responsi- and I look forward to continuing to today to speak on this AUMF. bility to do, and not just cede every- work with him in that regard. Ms. MACE. Mr. Speaker, I want to thing to the executive branch under Even though we see this a little dif- thank my colleagues on the other side Article II. ferently, I will say right now that I am

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Iraq.’’ More than 6,800 American service members Our duty and our responsibility in U.S. military deployments and operations gave the last full measure of devotion to their what took place is over. There comes a carried out pursuant to the 2002 AUMF— country on battlefields in Afghanistan and Iraq, time when certain AUMFs simply be- dubbed Operation Iraqi Freedom—officially with hundreds of thousands more returning come outdated and need to be repealed. concluded in 2011. with physical, emotional, or psychological We are going to do two others. We have Almost 18 years after the resolution’s pas- wounds that may never heal. an AUMF still on the books from 1957. sage, the United States recognizes the sov- The direct economic cost of the war in the We have another one that is on the ereignty of Iraq and considers Iraq a key ally. Persian Gulf exceeds $1.07 trillion, including books from 1991. There is no need to re- Under the Constitution, Congress has the $773 billion in Overseas Contingency Oper- peal and replace. They are outdated. sole duty to declare war and repealing obso- ations funds, an increase of $243 billion to the Once they become outdated, let’s just lete Authorizations for Use of Military Force Department of Defense base budget, and an remove them from the books. (AUMFs) is essential for Congress to fulfill its increase of $54.2 billion to the Veterans Ad- So let me again reiterate this: the re- constitutional responsibilities. ministration budget to address the human pealing of the 2002 AUMF would have Leaving the 2002 AUMF in place increases costs of the military involvement in Iraq. no effect on any outgoing military op- the likelihood that future presidents will use it We should not repeat the mistakes of the erations in Iraq. In fact, the only thing as a basis to start a new war, or expand a past and the legislation before us is directly leaving the AUMF on the books does is current one, without Congress’s explicit au- aligned with the will of the American people. risk inviting future administrations to thorization. I commend my colleague, Congresswoman try to stretch its legal authority and In July 2019, the House adopted a Lee BARBARA LEE for introducing this legislation bypass Congress’ constitutional obliga- amendment to NDAA virtually identical to H.R. and urge all Members to vote for H.R. 256 tion to make decisions on matters of 256, To Repeal the AUMF Against Iraq Reso- and repeal the misguided and certainly out- war and peace, thereby getting past lution of 2002, by a bipartisan vote of 242 to dated 2002 Authorization For Use of Military and abdicating our responsibilities 180. Force in Iraq. under Article I authority and allow the The overly broad 2002 AUMF represents Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I executive to interpret the AUMFs far deterioration of Congressional oversight. rise in support of H.R. 256, legislation to re- beyond their intent. As our brave service members are deployed peal the Authorization for Use of Military Force So the repeal of the 2002 AUMF is around the world in combat zones, Congress Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (‘‘2002 only one in a series of steps that Con- is missing in action. AUMF’’). gress must take to reclaim its Article Congress must repeal the 2002 AUMF im- This authorization has outlived its useful- I authority, but it is, indeed, an impor- mediately to fulfill its constitutional obligation ness, if it ever had one. My position on the tant step. Today’s historic vote is a to provide oversight and consent on matters of Iraq war has been clear: I opposed the occu- turning point to quickly bring an end war and peace. pation of Iraq and the damage it unleashed. to this outdated AUMF. I understand As provided under the War Powers Resolu- We were wise to exit this quagmire while re- from listening to the Senate that the tion of 1973, absent a Congressional declara- taining the ability to address any legitimate se- Senate’s intention also is to quickly tion of war or authorization for the use of mili- curity threats emanating from this region. bring the 2002 AUMF repeal for a vote. tary force, the President as Commander-in- But we left the 2002 AUMF in place, which So I look forward to Congress no Chief has constitutional power to engage the was a mistake. First the Obama Administration longer taking a backseat on some of U.S. armed forces in hostilities only in the and now the Biden Administration have made the most consequential decisions our case of a national emergency created by an clear it is no longer needed. As noted by the Nation can make. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance attack upon the United States, its territories or Biden Administration, ‘‘repeal of the 2002 of my time. possessions, or its armed forces. AUMF would likely have minimal impact on Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, as a sen- Mr. Speaker, since the objectives which led current military operations.’’ ior member of the Homeland Security Com- Congress to pass the 2002 Authorization to Additionally, I share concerns that failure to mittee, the Out of Iraq Caucus, and a cospon- Use Military Force (AUMF) have been repeal the 2002 AUMF will allow it to continue sor, I rise in strong support of H.R. 256, which achieved, I believe the authorization to use to be misused to legitimize U.S. military ac- repeals the Authorization for Use of Military that military force expired automatically. tions that were never contemplated when it That is why thirteen years ago, on October Force Against Iraq passed by Congress nearly was passed, including in areas far outside of 31, 2007, I introduced H.R. 4020, the ‘‘Military twenty years ago on October 16, 2002 as Iraq. Success in Iraq Commemoration Act of 2007,’’ It’s time that Congress begins to reclaim its Pub. L. 107–243. I extend my thanks and deep appreciation which acknowledged and affirmed that the two war powers. Repealing this outdated 2002 to our colleague, the gentlewoman from Cali- objectives of the 2002 AUMF—(1) to defend AUMF will also allow our country to refocus fornia, Congresswoman BARBARA LEE, for her the national security of the United States and our military strategies and efforts towards de- tireless and unwavering devotion to repealing (2) to enforce all relevant United Nations Se- fending against legitimate national security this misguided AUMF and acknowledging the curity Council resolutions regarding Iraq—had threats facing our country. We will never stop grievous mistake history has shown it to be in fact been achieved and called upon the open ended war if we never reconsider the and as many of predicted at the time it would President to issue a proclamation calling upon open-ended authorizations that are feeding be. the people of the United States to observe a them. The Constitution is clear about Con- Congress never intended for the 2002 national day of celebration commemorating gress’ authority. These are difficult decisions AUMF to have such broad and extended military success in Iraq. but every time we punt on reasserting our au- reach. Mr. Speaker, where a Congressional author- thority regarding sending our men and women Over the last 18 years, we have seen 3 ization to use military force has expired, the in uniform to war, we weaken our institution Presidents use this legislation as a blank President must obtain a new authorization to and our democracy. check to engage in serious military action. continue the use of force. Today’s vote marks the fourth time in the The 2002 AUMF is an outdated piece of As a co-equal branch of government, it is past three years that the House has passed legislation and repealing it will not affect any Congress’s right and responsibility to be fully similar legislation in a bipartisan fashion. To- current military operations. consulted regarding any potential plans to ex- day’s action hopefully marks the last time we Moreover, the 2002 AUMF is unnecessary pand military operations in the region, to as- do so and that we will finally see this legisla- because everything the 2002 AUMF covers is sess whether such action is in the national se- tion enacted into law. already fully covered under the 2001 9/11 curity interest of the United States and our al- I support H.R. 256 and the termination of AUMF, except for attacks against Iran. lies, and to withhold or grant authorization for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Congress passed the 2002 AUMF to ad- the use of military force based on this assess- Against Iraq, and I urge my colleagues to sup- dress the perceived threat posed by the re- ment. port this measure.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.020 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE June 17, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2909 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- [Roll No. 171] Gonzalez, Maloney, Sa´ nchez ant to House Resolution 473, the pre- Vicente Carolyn B. Sarbanes YEAS—204 Gottheimer Maloney, Sean Scanlon vious question is ordered on the bill. Aderholt Gohmert Moore (AL) Green, Al (TX) Manning Schakowsky The question is on the engrossment Allen Gonzales, Tony Moore (UT) Grijalva Massie Schiff and third reading of the bill. Amodei Gonzalez (OH) Mullin Harder (CA) Matsui Schneider Armstrong Good (VA) Murphy (NC) Hayes McBath Schrader The bill was ordered to be engrossed Higgins (NY) McCollum Arrington Gooden (TX) Nehls Schrier and read a third time, and was read the Himes McEachin Babin Gosar Newhouse Scott (VA) Horsford McGovern third time. Bacon Granger Norman Scott, David Baird Graves (LA) Houlahan McNerney Sewell MOTION TO RECOMMIT Nunes Hoyer Meeks Balderson Graves (MO) Obernolte Sherman Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I have a Banks Greene (GA) Huffman Meng Sherrill Owens Jackson Lee Mfume motion to recommit at the desk. Barr Griffith Palazzo Sires Bentz Grothman Jacobs (CA) Moore (WI) Slotkin The Clerk will report the motion to Palmer Jayapal Morelle Bergman Guest Smith (WA) recommit. Pence Jeffries Moulton Bice (OK) Guthrie Soto Perry Johnson (GA) Mrvan The Clerk read as follows: Biggs Hagedorn Spanberger Pfluger Johnson (TX) Murphy (FL) Mr. McCaul moves to recommit the bill, Bilirakis Harris Speier Posey Jones Nadler Bishop (NC) Hartzler Stansbury H.R. 256, to the Committee on Foreign Af- Reed Kahele Napolitano fairs. Boebert Hern Stanton Bost Herrell Reschenthaler Kaptur Neal Rodgers (WA) Keating Neguse Stevens The material previously referred to Brady Herrera Beutler Strickland Brooks Hice (GA) Rogers (AL) Kelly (IL) Newman by Mr. MCCAUL is as follows: Rogers (KY) Khanna Norcross Suozzi Buchanan Higgins (LA) Swalwell At the end of the bill, add the following: Buck Hill Rose Kildee O’Halleran Rosendale Kilmer Ocasio-Cortez Takano SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. Bucshon Hinson Thompson (CA) Budd Hollingsworth Rouzer Kim (NJ) Omar It is the policy of the United States to pro- Thompson (MS) Burchett Hudson Roy Kind Pallone vide assistance to the Government of Israel Titus Burgess Huizenga Rutherford Kirkpatrick Panetta in order to help enable Israel to defend itself Tlaib Calvert Issa Salazar Krishnamoorthi Pappas Tonko by itself and develop long-term capacity, pri- Cammack Jackson Scalise Kuster Pascrell Torres (CA) marily through the acquisition of advanced Carl Jacobs (NY) Schweikert Lamb Payne Trahan capabilities that are available from the Carter (GA) Johnson (LA) Scott, Austin Langevin Perlmutter Trone Carter (TX) Johnson (OH) Sessions Larsen (WA) Peters United States. Underwood Cawthorn Johnson (SD) Simpson Larson (CT) Phillips SEC. 3. CONTINGENCY PLANS TO PROVIDE Vargas Chabot Jordan Smith (MO) Lawrence Pingree ISRAEL WITH NECESSARY DEFENSE Veasey Cheney Joyce (OH) Smith (NE) Lawson (FL) Pocan ARTICLES AND SERVICES. Vela Cline Joyce (PA) Smith (NJ) Lee (CA) Porter The President shall establish and update as Vela´ zquez Cloud Katko Smucker Lee (NV) Pressley Leger Fernandez Wasserman appropriate contingency plans to provide Clyde Keller Spartz Price (NC) Levin (CA) Quigley Schultz Israel with defense articles and defense serv- Cole Kelly (MS) Stauber Levin (MI) Raskin Waters ices that are determined by the President to Comer Kelly (PA) Steel Lieu Rice (NY) Watson Coleman be necessary for the defense of Israel. Crawford Kim (CA) Stefanik Crenshaw Kinzinger Lofgren Ross Welch SEC. 4. WAIVER FOR EXISTING OR IMMINENT Steil Curtis Kustoff Lowenthal Roybal-Allard Wexton MILITARY THREAT TO ISRAEL. Steube Davidson LaHood Luria Ruiz Wild Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act Stewart Lynch Ruppersberger Williams (GA) Davis, Rodney LaMalfa Taylor (22 U.S.C. 2778) is amended by adding at the DesJarlais Lamborn Mace Rush Wilson (FL) Tenney Malinowski Ryan Yarmuth end the following: Diaz-Balart Latta Thompson (PA) Donalds LaTurner ‘‘(l) WAIVER FOR EXISTING OR IMMINENT Tiffany NOT VOTING—7 Duncan Lesko MILITARY THREAT TO ISRAEL.— Timmons Dunn Letlow Doyle, Michael Green (TN) Rice (SC) ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon receiving informa- Turner Emmer Long F. Harshbarger Torres (NY) tion that Israel is under an existing or immi- Upton Estes Loudermilk Fallon McHenry Valadao nent threat of military attack, the President Feenstra Lucas Van Drew may waive the requirements of this Act and Ferguson Luetkemeyer b 1102 direct the immediate transfer to Israel of Fischbach Malliotakis Van Duyne such defense articles or defense services the Fitzgerald Mann Wagner Messrs. CASE, MRVAN, STANTON, Walberg President determines to be necessary to as- Fitzpatrick Mast Ms. TLAIB, Mr. PASCRELL, and Ms. Fleischmann McCarthy Walorski sist Israel in its defense against such threat. Waltz WASSERMAN SCHULTZ changed their Amounts obligated or expended to carry out Fortenberry McCaul Foxx McClain Weber (TX) vote from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ this paragraph shall not be subject to any Franklin, C. McClintock Webster (FL) Messrs. ZELDIN, DAVIDSON, HOL- limitation in law, or provision of any bilat- Scott McKinley Wenstrup LINGSWORTH, and BUDD changed eral agreement, relating to the amount of Fulcher Meijer Westerman United States assistance authorized to be Gaetz Meuser Williams (TX) their vote from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ made available to Israel. Gallagher Miller (IL) Wilson (SC) So the motion to recommit was re- Wittman ‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—As soon as Garbarino Miller (WV) jected. Womack practicable after a transfer of defense arti- Garcia (CA) Miller-Meeks Gibbs Moolenaar Young The result of the vote was announced cles or defense services pursuant to the au- Gimenez Mooney Zeldin as above recorded. thority provided by paragraph (1), the Presi- Stated for: dent shall provide a notification in writing NAYS—219 Mr. RICE of South Carolina. Madam Speak- to Congress of the details of such transfer, Adams Carson Dean er, due to a committee hearing with Treasury consistent with the requirements of section Aguilar Carter (LA) DeFazio 36 of this Act.’’. Allred Cartwright DeGette Secretary Janet Yellen, I was unable to make rollcall Vote 171 on the Motion to Recommit The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Auchincloss Case DeLauro Axne Casten DelBene offered by Mr. McCaul of Texas. I would like ant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX, the pre- Barraga´ n Castor (FL) Delgado the record to note that I would have supported vious question is ordered on the motion Bass Castro (TX) Demings the Motion to Recommit and have a long his- to recommit. Beatty Chu DeSaulnier Bera Cicilline Deutch tory of supporting our ally, Israel. The question is on the motion to re- Beyer Clark (MA) Dingell MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE commit. Bishop (GA) Clarke (NY) Doggett Blumenauer Cleaver RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS The question was taken; and the Escobar Blunt Rochester Clyburn Ca´ rdenas Gonzalez, Kim (NJ) Speaker pro tempore announced that Eshoo Bonamici Cohen (Gomez) Vicente (Pallone) Espaillat the noes appeared to have it. Bourdeaux Connolly Cicilline (Gomez) Kirkpatrick Evans Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, on that I Bowman Cooper (Pingree) Granger (Stanton) Fletcher Boyle, Brendan Correa Cleaver (Davids (Arrington) Langevin demand the yeas and nays. Foster F. Costa (KS)) Grijalva (Garcı´a (Courtney) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Frankel, Lois Brown Courtney DeSaulnier (IL)) Lawson (FL) ant to section 3(s) of House Resolution Gallego Brownley Craig (Thompson Himes (Evans) Bush Crist Garamendi (Courtney) Lieu (Raskin) 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. (CA)) Bustos Crow Garcı´a (IL) Hoyer (Brown) Lowenthal The vote was taken by electronic de- Frankel, Lois Butterfield Cuellar Garcia (TX) Johnson (TX) (Beyer) (Clark (MA)) vice, and there were—yeas 204, nays Carbajal Davids (KS) Golden (Jeffries) Meng (Clark 219, not voting 7, as follows: Ca´ rdenas Davis, Danny K. Gomez Gimenez (Waltz) Kahele (Mrvan) (MA))

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.021 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H2910 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2021 Mullin (Lucas) Ruiz (Aguilar) Swalwell Raskin Sewell Titus ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall No. 171, and ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall Nadler (Jeffries) Rush (Gallego) Reed Sherman Tlaib No. 172. Napolitano (Underwood) Trahan (Lynch) Rice (NY) Sherrill Tonko (Correa) Sewell (DelBene) Wagner Rice (SC) Sires Torres (CA) MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE Nehls (Fallon) Sherrill (Walorski) Rosendale Slotkin Torres (NY) RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS Payne (Pallone) (Pallone) Ross Smith (WA) Trahan Wexton Ca´ rdenas Hoyer (Brown) Porter (Levin Porter (Levin Sires (Pallone) Roy Soto Trone (Connolly) (Gomez) Johnson (TX) (CA)) (CA)) Speier (Scanlon) Roybal-Allard Spanberger Underwood Wilson (FL) Cicilline (Jeffries) Roybal-Allard Roybal-Allard Strickland Ruiz Spartz Upton (Hayes) (Pingree) Kahele (Mrvan) (Escobar) (Escobar) (Kilmer) Ruppersberger Speier Vargas Cleaver (Davids Kim (NJ) Ruiz (Aguilar) Rush Stansbury Veasey (KS)) (Pallone) Rush The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Ryan Stanton Vela DeSaulnier Kirkpatrick (Underwood) BONAMICI). The question is on the pas- Sa´ nchez Steel Vela´ zquez (Thompson (Stanton) Sewell (DelBene) Sarbanes Steube Wasserman sage of the bill. (CA)) Langevin Sherrill Scanlon Stevens Schultz Frankel, Lois (Courtney) (Pallone) The question was taken; and the Schakowsky Stewart Waters (Clark (MA)) Lawson (FL) Sires (Pallone) Speaker pro tempore announced that Schiff Strickland Watson Coleman Gimenez (Waltz) (Evans) Speier (Scanlon) Schneider Suozzi Welch the ayes appeared to have it. Gonzalez, Lieu (Raskin) Strickland Schrader Swalwell Wexton Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, on Vicente Lowenthal (Kilmer) Schrier Takano Wild (Gomez) (Beyer) Swalwell that I demand the yeas and nays. Schweikert Thompson (CA) Williams (GA) Granger Meng (Clark (Gallego) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Scott (VA) Thompson (MS) Wilson (FL) (Arrington) (MA)) Trahan (Lynch) Scott, David Tiffany Yarmuth ant to section 3(s) of House Resolution Grijalva (Garcı´a Mullin (Lucas) Wagner 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. NAYS—161 (IL)) Nadler (Jeffries) (Walorski) Harshbarger Napolitano Wexton The vote was taken by electronic de- Aderholt Granger Moore (UT) (Kustoff) (Correa) (Connolly) Allen Graves (LA) Mullin vice, and there were—yeas 268, nays Himes Nehls (Fallon) Wilson (FL) Amodei Graves (MO) Murphy (NC) 161, not voting 2, as follows: (Courtney) Payne (Pallone) (Hayes) Armstrong Grothman Nehls [Roll No. 172] Arrington Guest Newhouse f YEAS—268 Babin Guthrie Norman Bacon Hagedorn Nunes b 1130 Adams Delgado Lamb Baird Harris Owens Aguilar Demings Langevin Balderson Harshbarger Palazzo APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO Allred DeSaulnier Larsen (WA) Banks Hartzler Palmer SELECT COMMITTEE ON ECO- Auchincloss Deutch Larson (CT) Barr Hern Pence NOMIC DISPARITY AND FAIR- Axne Dingell Lawrence Bentz Hice (GA) Perry ´ Barragan Doggett Lawson (FL) Bergman Higgins (LA) Pfluger NESS IN GROWTH Bass Donalds Lee (CA) Bice (OK) Hill Reschenthaler The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Beatty Doyle, Michael Lee (NV) Bilirakis Hinson Rodgers (WA) Bera F. Leger Fernandez Bost Hollingsworth Rogers (AL) Chair announces the Speaker’s ap- Beyer Escobar Levin (CA) Brady Hudson Rogers (KY) pointment, pursuant to section 4(g)(1) Biggs Eshoo Levin (MI) Buchanan Huizenga Rose of House Resolution 8, 117th Congress, Bishop (GA) Espaillat Lieu Bucshon Jackson Rouzer and the order of the House of January Bishop (NC) Evans Lofgren Budd Jacobs (NY) Rutherford Blumenauer Feenstra Lowenthal Calvert Johnson (LA) Salazar 4, 2021, of the following Members to the Blunt Rochester Fletcher Lynch Carl Johnson (OH) Scalise Select Committee on Economic Dis- Boebert Foster Mace Carter (GA) Johnson (SD) Scott, Austin parity and Fairness in Growth: Bonamici Frankel, Lois Malinowski Carter (TX) Joyce (OH) Sessions IMES Bourdeaux Gaetz Maloney, Chabot Joyce (PA) Simpson Mr. H , Connecticut, Chair Bowman Gallagher Carolyn B. Cheney Katko Smith (MO) Ms. KAPTUR, Ohio Boyle, Brendan Gallego Maloney, Sean Cline Keller Smith (NE) Ms. MOORE, Wisconsin F. Garamendi Mann Clyde Kelly (MS) Smith (NJ) Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ, Texas Brooks Garcia (CA) Manning Crawford Kelly (PA) Smucker ´ Brown Garcıa (IL) Massie Crenshaw Kim (CA) Stauber Ms. JAYAPAL, Washington Brownley Garcia (TX) Matsui Curtis Kinzinger Stefanik Ms. CRAIG, Minnesota Buck Gohmert McBath Davis, Rodney Kustoff Steil Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, New York Burchett Golden McClintock DesJarlais LaHood Taylor ACOBS Burgess Gomez McCollum Diaz-Balart LaMalfa Tenney Ms. J , California Bush Gonzalez, McEachin Duncan Lamborn Thompson (PA) f Bustos Vicente McGovern Dunn Latta Timmons Butterfield Good (VA) McNerney Emmer LaTurner Turner LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM Cammack Gooden (TX) Meeks Estes Lesko Valadao Carbajal Gosar Meijer Fallon Letlow Van Drew (Mr. SCALISE asked and was given ´ Cardenas Gottheimer Meng Ferguson Long Van Duyne permission to address the House for 1 Carson Green, Al (TX) Mfume Fischbach Loudermilk Wagner Carter (LA) Greene (GA) Miller (IL) minute and to revise and extend his re- Fitzgerald Lucas Walberg marks.) Cartwright Griffith Mooney Fitzpatrick Luetkemeyer Walorski Case Grijalva Moore (AL) Fleischmann Luria Waltz Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I rise for Casten Harder (CA) Moore (WI) Fortenberry Malliotakis Weber (TX) the purpose of inquiring of the House Castor (FL) Hayes Morelle Foxx Mast Webster (FL) majority whip the schedule for next Castro (TX) Herrell Moulton Franklin, C. McCarthy Wenstrup Cawthorn Herrera Beutler Mrvan Scott McCaul Westerman week. Chu Higgins (NY) Murphy (FL) Fulcher McClain Williams (TX) Mr. Speaker, I would be happy to Cicilline Himes Nadler Garbarino McKinley Wilson (SC) yield to my friend from South Carolina Clark (MA) Horsford Napolitano Gibbs Meuser Wittman (Mr. CLYBURN), the majority whip of Clarke (NY) Houlahan Neal Gimenez Miller (WV) Womack Cleaver Hoyer Neguse Gonzales, Tony Miller-Meeks Young the House. Cloud Huffman Newman Gonzalez (OH) Moolenaar Zeldin Mr. CLYBURN. Madam Speaker, I Clyburn Issa Norcross Cohen Jackson Lee O’Halleran NOT VOTING—2 appreciate the gentleman letting me Cole Jacobs (CA) Obernolte Green (TN) McHenry stand in today for the majority leader. Comer Jayapal Ocasio-Cortez Next week, on Tuesday, the House Connolly Jeffries Omar b 1127 Cooper Johnson (GA) Pallone will meet at 12 p.m. for morning-hour Correa Johnson (TX) Panetta Mr. ISSA changed his vote from debate and 2 p.m. for legislative busi- Costa Jones Pappas ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ ness, with votes expected no earlier Courtney Jordan Pascrell So the bill was passed. than 6:30 p.m. Craig Kahele Payne Crist Kaptur Pelosi The result of the vote was announced On Wednesday and Thursday, the Crow Keating Perlmutter as above recorded. House will meet at 10 a.m. for morning- Cuellar Kelly (IL) Peters A motion to reconsider was laid on hour debate and 12 p.m. for legislative Davids (KS) Khanna Phillips the table. Davidson Kildee Pingree business. Davis, Danny K. Kilmer Pocan PERSONAL EXPLANATION On Friday, the House will meet at 9 Dean Kim (NJ) Porter Mr. MCHENRY. Madam Speaker, due to an a.m. for legislative business, with last DeFazio Kind Posey unavoidable conflict, I was forced to miss votes no later than 3 p.m. DeGette Kirkpatrick Pressley DeLauro Krishnamoorthi Price (NC) votes on June 17, 2021. Had I been present, We will consider several bills under DelBene Kuster Quigley I would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall No. 170, suspension of the rules. The complete

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A17JN7.016 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE June 17, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2911 list of suspension bills will be an- on the Coronavirus, but we also look thing we should do and we should do nounced by the close of business to- forward to seeing him back in the mid- now, and this would get more informa- morrow. dle of this fray soon, too. tion out to the public, as well as to our In addition, we will consider: If I may, I did want to ask. There Members. H.R. 2062, the Protecting Older Work- were a couple of bills that deal with I would also ask if the majority ers Against Discrimination Act, which the origin of the coronavirus, and I would look at H. Res. 90, which is a res- would make it easier for those who know we have been having those con- olution that supports the international have suffered age discrimination in the versations about trying to get a deeper investigation into the origin of COVID– workplace to file a complaint and seek investigation into the origin of the 19. redress; coronavirus. But the Senate had passed There are many countries. We have H.R. 1443, the LGBTQ Business Equal over a few weeks ago a bill, S. 1867, heard a lot of European countries have Credit Enforcement and Investment that came out of the Senate unani- expressed interest in having an inter- Act, which would ensure that the Con- mously back in May, which requires national commission to look into this. sumer Financial Protection Bureau the Director of National Intelligence to I don’t know why the United States keep statistics on credit reporting for declassify information that relates to would be reluctant to be a part of that LGBTQ-owned businesses in the same the origin of COVID–19. investigation. way as it does for women- and minor- I am not sure if this is a bill that you But, again, in light of all of the new ity-owned companies and small busi- all were looking at bringing up, but we information that has come out, some nesses; and wanted to just ask if we could have S. emails recently since our committee H.R. 239, Equal Access to Contracep- 1867 brought to the House floor. It was has met, show more and more that tion for Veterans Act, which would a bill that passed unanimously out of there is a high likelihood that COVID– allow women receiving healthcare serv- the Senate, which does indicate that 19 started in the Wuhan lab. Whether it ices from the VA system to access there was strong interest on both sides was intentional or not, there is strong basic contraceptive care without pay- to get that information declassified so evidence pointing to the fact that it ing copays similar to coverage pro- we can get more information about the likely started there. vided under the Affordable Care Act. origin of COVID for all of our Members We have not had a single hearing, not We will consider three resolutions of to be able to see, not just those Mem- any of the standing committees, and disapproval to reverse regulatory ac- bers that have access to that informa- here we have a committee that, by its tions made under the prior administra- tion. name, the Select Subcommittee on the tion, which have all been passed by the I am not sure, again, if the gen- Coronavirus was established for the Senate: tleman was looking at that, but if that purpose of investigating COVID–19, all S.J. Res. 13 would reverse the Equal is something you all could look at, I elements of it, not just what is hap- Employment Opportunity Commis- think it would be well received by both pening here in America. sion’s rule that had obscured informa- sides, and then would help us quickly We just recognized over 600,000 deaths tion about the factual and legal basis get that information available for all from COVID–19 on the steps of the Cap- the Commission used to make deter- to see. itol just a few days ago. So, clearly, it minations on discriminatory practices; Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- has hit our country hard, but it has hit S.J. Res. 14 would overturn the prior tleman. the whole world hard. Millions of peo- administration’s Environmental Pro- Mr. CLYBURN. You and I have been ple have died. And now there is real tection Agency rule that removed pro- having this discussion for quite a while evidence that has come out, including tections from dangerous methane emis- with our select subcommittee activi- from some of our own scientists here in sions that exacerbate the climate cri- ties. I have not seen the legislation America, that they may have been sis; and that you make reference to, but I am aware over a year ago that COVID–19 S.J. Res. 15 would overturn a rule by sure that the majority leader has. And, originated in the lab as opposed to the Office of the Comptroller of the like you, I am looking forward to his what the original projections were that Currency and allow States once again speedy recovery so he can get back into it was a bat-to-human transmission. to regulate these lenders and protect this spot. I am a little more familiar Now there is a lot of evidence pointing consumers in order to rein in predatory with sparring with you in our select to the opposite of that. lenders and rent-a-bank schemes. subcommittee than on this floor. In fact, many of us were calling for Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, I But having said that, I think you are that investigation over a year ago, and thank the gentleman from South Caro- aware that the Biden administration some were called conspiracy theorists, lina for walking us through those. Of has already directed the United States yet now the hard scientific data shows course, I would first like to, as we note intelligence community to examine that it may have been, in fact, started that the majority leader is not here, this issue, calling on the intelligence in that lab. wish Mr. HOYER a speedy recovery. I community to redouble their efforts to Why are we not having those hear- got to speak with him yesterday, and report their findings by August 24 and ings now in our committee, other com- he is doing better and appreciates the to keep Congress fully apprised of their mittees, again, not months from now? prayers and thoughts from our col- work. But if China knew of this, there may leagues. We have confidence in their ability not be scientists that we can get access And I told him: You don’t have to to conduct a robust evidence-based in- to, but we have American scientists rush back. You want to make sure you quiry into the origin of the coronavirus who were in communication with those get better before you come back. and will not allow House Republicans scientists. Whether it is directly or in- And I know from experience to take to irresponsibly hijack this issue for directly, there may have been taxpayer the time and get better. And I offered, partisan purposes. We want to see this funds that were involved in that. We by the way, use of my physical thera- thing happen, and you and I have had should be trying to find that out now. pist, and maybe he and I will do some this discussion. And because they have And China may be trying to cover some joint physical therapy when he returns. got until August 24—that is, what, 3 of that up. But he was in good spirits and is look- months from now, or less—I think we The quicker we can get those hear- ing forward to coming back. I know the will be in a good place to let the Intel- ings and those investigations, the more gentleman from South Carolina shares ligence Committee do its work. we can find out while it is still possible that as well. Mr. SCALISE. There is an old adage: to find it out. I think it would help a MR. CLYBURN. Absolutely. ‘‘Why put off tomorrow what you can lot of us to understand what really Mr. SCALISE. I am sure the gen- do today?’’ happened, what went wrong. tleman from Maryland is watching There is unanimous support for S. Because if it was started in that lab, right now as he is recovering, but I 1867 to not wait until August. And, in this would be a disaster dramatically said, we are used to sparring and hav- fact, it was May when Senators—all greater than Chernobyl in terms of ing some fun conversations back and Republicans and all Democrat Sen- devastation to the world, loss of human forth through the Select Subcommittee ators—recognized that this is some- life. We should all want to be finding

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.027 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H2912 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2021 out. There were a lot of investigations b 1145 I wanted to ask because we are hear- into Chernobyl. This is dramatically That was not shared with us in pre- ing different reports on what may or worse than Chernobyl. And if it was vious hearings. I think a lot of our may not come to the House floor. self-made, that is something we should Members on both sides would like to Budget reconciliation, possibly, and be investigating now. I am not sure find that information out as much as tax increases, unfortunately, are still why there is a reluctance to do it. we can. And the more we are asking being floated out there, which is dif- But I would ask the gentleman, if I questions, the more I think we will get ferent from what we are hearing right could just reiterate, I know we sent a answers that everybody in the country now with the bipartisan Senate plan. letter—over 200 of our colleagues and around the world wants to know. Can the gentleman shed light on signed on—asking that we investigate So, we will continue to press for that. what is anticipated on the floor, it, all the committees of jurisdiction, I also want to ask about the appro- whether it would be a budget reconcili- including ours. priations process. I understand the ation bill in the weeks or months Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- Committee on Appropriations is start- ahead or maybe a bipartisan plan, tleman. ing to do some work to start bringing which we would surely encourage, lay- Mr. CLYBURN. Madam Speaker, I up the bills in committee so that we ing out some ideas of infrastructure want to assure the gentleman that I can, hopefully, have an appropriations that would be bipartisan that we would am as anxious to know exactly what process move forward. We would be support? happened as he is. And the American strongly encouraging a bipartisan ap- Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman could people want to know exactly what hap- propriations process but also an open answer that, I would be happy to yield. pened. The fact of the matter is, appropriations process. Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I thank though, we have several committees So, as we look to the floor schedule, the gentleman for yielding. I think the that are investigating, including the we are hearing that maybe in July gentleman is aware that I am very anx- House Committee on Science, Space, some of these bills would come to the ious about doing things in a bipartisan and Technology have indicated that floor. As the gentleman knows, when way when that can be achieved. they intend to look into the matter. we bring appropriations bills to the Now, the majority leader has an- Now, like you, I am from the South, floor, whether it is a fully open process nounced that during the week of June and you can get too many cooks in the or even a modified process, you typi- 28, the House will take up the INVEST kitchen. And I am fully aware that to cally have well over 100 amendments in America Act, a 5-year surface trans- have a plethora of committees stum- that come to the floor on these appro- portation reauthorization bill that was bling over each other trying to get to priations bills. approved by the Committee on Trans- the bottom of this will serve no useful Does the gentleman anticipate that portation and Infrastructure by a bi- purpose. we would start, around July, seeing partisan vote. So I want to see things done here as some of those bills come to the floor? I think the gentleman is aware of the close to regular order as we possibly And will we have that ability on the pretty long session, all-night session, can have them done, and to let the floor to have those kinds of amend- that both parties in that committee committees of jurisdiction conduct ments brought forward in a process undertook. I think that they have pro- their investigation, this administra- that we have seen in the past? duced a product that will make these tion working through its intelligence Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gen- key investments in smart, safe, sus- department doing the investigations, tleman. tainable, and resilient transportation and I am sure they will come up with Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I thank infrastructure that is needed by the the kind of information that would do the gentleman for yielding. American people to move goods and us as citizens and as Members of this The Committee on Appropriations services throughout our country effi- great body justice. has announced that it will start its ciently, effectively, and equitably. I Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, we process next week with four sub- could not go through this colloquy will continue to press for that inves- committee markups. Over the next 2 with the gentleman and not invoke tigation. weeks, and then the week of July 12, those three words that he is so familiar And, you know, I am from New Orle- the committee will complete sub- with. ans, and I know what it is like to have committee and full committee mark- Now, at the same time, we must re- cooks in the kitchen, but I also know ups on all 12 of the annual appropria- member that our Nation’s infrastruc- how important it is to have a lot of tions bills. eyes looking at the same thing. And We plan to consider the bills on the ture is comprised of far more than the more eyes looking into something floor the final 2 weeks of July, when we roads and bridges. I often talk about where there is mystery, where there is are in session. That will be the week of the advent of the internet. I could re- uncertainty, where there is specula- July 19 and July 26. member when it first came on the tion, I think the more people looking Now, I suspect that we will be close scene, everybody referred to the inter- at this, the better. to what the gentleman just indicated net as the ‘‘information super- Again, our committee is uniquely set he would like to see with the schedule. highway.’’ I have always advocated up. There are other committees that I am certain that the Committee on that it is time for us to start treating are set up to look at different aspects Appropriations will do everything it the information highway the same way of it. We should all be looking at it be- possibly can to keep that schedule so we treat the interstate highways. cause the more questions we ask—it that we will complete all of our work So, I agree with the gentleman that seems like right now more questions before the August break. we should move with an infrastructure are raised. We need to get answers to Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I thank bill, but I want him to know that I those questions, and we get those an- the gentleman, and we look forward to think it is important that the Acces- swers by having that oversight hear- that robust process through both com- sible, Affordable Internet for All Act is ing. We don’t want some kind of So- mittee and, ultimately, on the floor. a part of that. viet-style coverup. We want to be look- The last point, I wanted to ask about I know this debate has been going on ing at those questions and having peo- deals with infrastructure. We are see- as to whether or not we ought to move ple brought in. ing a lot of different groups both in the on a bipartisan bill that focuses on tra- There are American scientists, some House and Senate that are working on ditional infrastructure. For anything people who work for this United States various infrastructure plans. I know we to be traditional, it has to be in our Government, who could help us answer had Members on our side, Ranking past, but I think it is time for us to be those questions, and they haven’t been Member GRAVES and others, who rolled looking to the future when we talk brought forward. We can compel them out a plan recently that covers tradi- about infrastructure and to have an in- to come forward, especially in light of tional infrastructure, which would be frastructure bill come through this these emails that have come out re- roads and bridges—even broadband, wa- body that focuses on the future of cently, which show that some of those terways—paid for along the way, not healthcare, which cannot be efficient, scientists were aware over a year ago with tax increases but with responsible effective, or equitable without that it may have started in the lab. budgeting. broadband.

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Mr. Speaker, I rise to not in my lifetime but maybe in yours. freedom finally came for the last honor the life of Anita Ehlers, a con- We must be prepared. enslaved African Americans in the stituent member of the Barrington, Il- So, I am hopeful that this infrastruc- United States when Union soldiers ar- linois, community I represent and, ture bill that we move through this rived in Galveston, Texas, more than 2 more importantly, a friend. body will not just be traditional but years after President Lincoln issued I never knew Anita when she didn’t will be looking to the future so we can the Emancipation Proclamation. have cancer. But for a long time, I have the kind of legislation that will Today, 156 years later, President didn’t know that she did. She just prepare our children and grandchildren Biden will be signing a law to make never let it define who she was. for a world that we hope they will be Juneteenth a new Federal holiday. It is I knew her as a wonderfully kind, competitive in. a cause for celebration. It should also hardworking woman who was com- Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I thank serve as an occasion for learning and mitted to making the world a better the gentleman. Hopefully, we can have for this country to reflect on our his- place. that debate and work together to tory and recommit to doing the vital Our Speaker often reminds us: ‘‘We achieve that vision for the future as we work to ensure that the lasting effects don’t agonize. We organize.’’ Every are dealing with the problems of today of slavery, bigotry, and racism are re- time she says it, I see Anita’s face in and our infrastructure needs for today, placed with hope, dignity, and equality my head. but also do it in a fiscally responsible for all. I never saw her feel sorry for herself. way. I think that is what the two sides, We can start with the Senate passing Every time I was with her, it seemed especially in the Senate, are looking the George Floyd Justice in Policing like all the thoughts in her head were at. Act, legislation to reform policing and on how to make the world a little bet- I still haven’t gotten an indication, address systemic racism and bias with- ter for everybody else: her husband, specifically, as it deals with some kind in law enforcement, and finally making Gregg; her daughters, Julia and Lind- of reconciliation bill that may or may the John Lewis Voting Rights Act a say; her friends and neighbors; me and not come to the floor. Hopefully, it is law, passing it. all the folks she was motivating. not some attempt to raise taxes and do Today, we celebrate this historic des- As a women’s marcher, a climate pro- things that would undermine our econ- ignation of Juneteenth as a Federal tector, an ally for the LBGT commu- omy, our competitiveness, and our holiday. Tomorrow, we get back to nity, a universal health coverage ability to create more opportunities for work. champion, a union member, a teacher, people to achieve the American Dream and a lung cancer support advocate, by entering into the workforce and ul- f she never agonized. She organized. timately moving their way up and hav- The world, and our district, is a sad- ing their own opportunities as well, BIDEN INFLATION der place without her. But I take inspi- which would be undermined with high- (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania ration because she always made our er taxes. community a better place. If that part of the equation gets asked and was given permission to ad- May we all find the strength to fol- brought in, clearly, that changes the dress the House for 1 minute and to re- low her example, to make the world dynamic. But, hopefully, we stick to vise and extend his remarks.) around us a little easier for everybody the traditional infrastructure needs Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. else, no matter the adversity that we that you and I would both agree need Mr. Speaker, I rise to address the hid- may personally face. to be met. Hopefully, we can find a den tax that is plaguing hardworking path to get there together. That is Americans. This hidden tax is infla- f what we will be working toward in the tion. 1200 week ahead. Under President Biden, we have seen the largest spike in 13 years, with con- PREPARATIONS TO EVACUATE Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman has AFGHAN INTERPRETERS nothing else, I am prepared to yield sumer prices surging 5 percent in May. back. Core inflation rose at its fastest pace (Mr. MEIJER asked and was given Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I don’t since 1992. permission to address the House for 1 have anything else. I thank the gen- American families are being forced to minute.) tleman for allowing me to stand in pay more for the products that they Mr. MEIJER. Mr. Speaker, I rise here today. need. Gasoline is 56.2 percent more ex- today to address the dire situation of I say to him that I would hope that pensive today than 12 months ago. our interpreters in Afghanistan, where as we go forward with this discussion, Transportation services have increased we are over halfway through our we will look at this whole issue as the 11.2 percent. Together, food and energy planned withdrawal. Meanwhile, al- title of the bill indicates: Invest in prices have increased 3.8 percent. Even most 20,000 Afghans who worked with America. When we make investments, used cars and truck prices have in- U.S. forces are anxiously awaiting spe- financial investments, the money may creased 29.7 percent. cial immigrant visa approval, a process leave our coffers, but it comes back Yet, Democrats rammed through a that can take years. Making matters sometimes tenfold. trillion-dollar package that is crushing worse, our Kabul Embassy suspended So there is a big difference between small businesses and hurting hard- visa operations last week due to a raising taxes and making investments. working American families by surge in COVID cases. Mr. SCALISE. Hopefully, we can incentivizing Americans to stay at Mr. Speaker, President Biden must keep that difference in mind. home and not get back to work. We are immediately start preparations to I appreciate the gentleman filling in, currently down 7.6 million jobs from evacuate those Afghans to Guam to and we will see the gentleman from our pre-pandemic levels. Our inflation safely await visa approval. My col- Maryland back soon enough and maybe is rising because of President Biden’s leagues and I on the Honoring our even moving a little faster than before. far-left tax-and-spend proposals. Promises Working Group urged the ad- I am not going to challenge him to a Americans cannot afford the Biden ministration to do so 2 weeks ago, but race because he would defeat me in inflation tax. We know wasteful gov- we have yet to hear back. This is unac- that. ernment spending will not solve this ceptable. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from crisis, no matter how many times President Biden ended the remain in South Carolina, and I yield back the President Biden and the Democrats Mexico for economic migrants but in- balance of my time. propose it. sists on a remain in Afghanistan policy

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.030 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H2914 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2021 for Afghans who risked their lives to itor the areas around them. People who have down and increases the length of time it help American forces. While they wait, dropped out of groups crossing have stopped takes to get tasks down. the Taliban are hunting them down. at my house wanting to use the phone, WiFi, On June 4, 2021, my father and I encoun- Dozens have already been killed while and call their smuggler. This is very con- tered four groups of illegal immigrants on cerning, as often my wife is at home alone our ranch totaling well over 30 individuals. bureaucrats dither. with our children, and I am hours away Border Patrol was able to apprehend all four We cannot abandon our Afghan allies working on the ranch. These people are des- groups, but they told me something that I to die. We must get them to Guam. perate. And it is only a matter of time before found very troubling. They said that there f someone gets hurt. were only eight agents in the field that Now, Mr. Speaker, the border in New evening. Deming Border Patrol Station is re- ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE Mexico is not like the other borders in sponsible for the area we live in. The sta- AND CLEAN ENERGY cities around El Paso or the ports of tion’s area of responsibility includes well (Mr. TONKO asked and was given entry, here there is a huge difference. over 60 miles of border. Eight agents were ex- permission to address the House for 1 pected to cover all of that during their shift. JUNE 13, 2021. This does not make for a very secure border. minute and to revise and extend his re- REPRESENTATIVE HERRELL, My name is Encountering groups crossing and a lack of marks.) Russell Johnson. I am a fourth-generation manpower in the field is becoming the norm. Mr. TONKO. Mr. Speaker, we cannot cattle rancher in southern Luna County. I The Patrol Agent in Charge at the Deming unravel infrastructure from climate. ranch along side my wife, two children, my Border Patrol Station told us that they are As we consider bold new investments in father, and my mother. Our ranch borders averaging 650 apprehensions a week. These America’s infrastructure, our choices the international boundary with Mexico for are apprehensions, they do not include the a little over 8 miles. My family has ranched will shape our climate future for better people that are successfully making their il- on this same piece of land since 1918. What legal entry. or worse. we are experiencing on the border today is Failing to address climate pollution It is important to note that we do not have not only a risk to my family, but our state unaccompanied minors or family groups and clean energy in our infrastructure and this nation. crossing through our area. They are all work will force future generations of When President Biden signed the procla- young, adult males in good physical shape. Americans to cover a blank check. And mation ending border wall construction, we All the people I have encountered are wear- we are already passing on grave and saw a dramatic increase in illegal foot traffic ing full camouflage, to include face cov- through our ranch. There now exists a gap in erings and carpet or sponge booties on their growing costs for our past failures to the wall that separates the United States act. feet. These people are not turning them- from Mexico on our ranch. It is approxi- selves in, they do not want to be caught. But let me put this another way: mately 3/4-mile wide along with a border seizing opportunities to tackle climate Unfortunately, this is not the first time we monument access gate that was not installed have experienced issues regarding the bor- change in our infrastructure work will leaving a gap about 12 feet wide. Not only did der. What differs this time from others is help us build legislation that makes President Biden’s proclamation end the con- that our government is not trying to do any- America cleaner, safer, and more com- struction of the physical barrier, but it also thing to resolve the issue. I feel like as a cit- petitive as a Nation. It will save count- stopped all other infrastructure and tech- izen of this country, I do not matter in the nology that was to go with it. Improved ac- eyes of our government. The State of Texas less lives and create millions of good cess roads for Border Patrol, lighting, sensor American jobs. has declared a state of emergency in many if technology and camera systems were all part not all its counties that border Mexico. If we make climate a priority, our of the project that was abruptly ended. The workers will miss fewer days on the Texas is doing this because the Federal Gov- situation at the border has progressively ernment is not addressing the issue. Enough job, and our kids will miss fewer days worsened because of this decision. Talking pressure will be put on the Texas border that at school. Our local budgets will suffer with local Border Patrol Agents, group size New Mexico will see an even larger increase less strain. Our infrastructure dollars in our area has gone from four to six people in illegal traffic as it will be pushed west. will go farther. The things we build in a group, to now being upwards of twenty. This bothers me greatly. This is all crossing and passing through not I am writing you today to make you aware will last longer. only my property, but our homes and busi- Climate is a growing threat that de- of the situation on the border in our area and ness. to ask for help. Border Patrol manpower is mands urgent, bold action. And doing I can no longer allow my children to play strained, and our local law enforcement is nothing about it is doing something, it outside unless an adult is with them to mon- stretched thin. Ideally, the border wall and itor the areas around them. People who have is condemning the United States to be- all infrastructure and technology need com- dropped out of groups crossing have stopped come a weaker, sicker, and poorer Na- pleted. In the meantime, we desperately need at my house wanting to use the phone or tion. This is our path to choose. Do we more boots on the ground to help with this have access to my Wi-Fi to call their smug- allow America to further decline or surge in illegal traffic. We also need better gler. This is very concerning as often my cellphone coverage in these remote areas. choose a more sustainable, prosperous, wife is at home alone with our children and Not being able to call for law enforcement or and just future? To me, the decision is I am hours away working on the ranch. emergency service is a huge safety concern. clear: Let’s move forward. These people are desperate. It’s only a mat- Last, but certainly not least, we need help f ter of time before our home is broken into. The increase in traffic is also affecting our getting this administration to address the CRISIS AT THE BORDER business. Much of southern New Mexico is border crisis. Thank you for your attention suffering a D4 drought. We are having to sup- to these matters. (Ms. HERRELL asked and was given Respectfully, permission to address the House for 1 plement our cattle to get to the monsoon season. This hardship is being compounded RUSSELL JOHNSON. minute and to revise and extend her re- by the people crossing the border illegally. f marks.) Currently, we have decent natural grasses in HONORING WILLIAM ALLEN Ms. HERRELL. Mr. Speaker, this the pasture bordering Mexico. Our cattle are week I received a letter and these not utilizing this rangeland properly because PULLUM photos, in fact, more photos than just they are constantly getting spooked by the (Mr. GAETZ asked and was given per- this, from a constituent. The photos people crossing. This is pushing them into mission to address the House for 1 were taken on his ranch at 5 a.m. ear- drier areas with not enough suitable feed for minute and to revise and extend his re- lier this week from a game camera them to consume. The cattle are also suscep- marks.) tible to contracting stress induced illnesses about 15 miles north of the border. like Pasteurella Pneumonia from constantly Mr. GAETZ. Mr. Speaker, today I Mr. Speaker, I include in the RECORD being run off. We have experienced this be- rise to honor the life of William Allen a letter from Russell Johnson dated fore under similar border conditions. If not Pullum. June 13, 2021, and I would like to read treated quickly, cattle can die within 48 Navarre is a community in my dis- a few excerpts from the letter. hours. We are experiencing this not only on trict in Florida that is one of the fast- ‘‘When President Biden signed the parts of the ranch that border Mexico, but est growing. It is vibrant, full of proclamation ending border wall con- further north as well. warfighters, workers, and lovely peo- struction, we saw a dramatic increase Our day-to-day operations have been nega- ple. Bill Pullum is the father of tively impacted. We now try to work in pairs in illegal foot traffic through our at a minimum. With no cellphone service in Navarre. ranch.’’ our area, it is safer to work with someone He was born in 1947 and lived most of I can no longer allow my children to play with you, so you have somebody to watch his life in this community. He joined outside unless an adult is with them to mon- your back. This slows our work progress the Army in 1967 as an Army helicopter

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There was hardly a numerous awards, authored more than f cause in Navarre that Bill Pullum and 250 scientific articles, served on the his family did not support. NIH, and even founded a biotech com- REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF OTTO He was dedicated as a family mem- pany. As a direct result of his many WARMBIER ber, a husband, a father, and was in- years of hard work and accomplish- (Mrs. KIM of California asked and strumental in mission work in Hon- ments, he was inducted into the Okla- was given permission to address the duras throughout his life. homa Hall of Fame in 2020. House for 1 minute and to revise and Mr. Speaker, please join me in hon- Mr. Speaker, Dr. Prescott made an extend her remarks.) oring the late Bill Pullum for his life of immense impact on OMRF, and as a re- Mrs. KIM of California. Mr. Speaker, service to our country and to the com- sult, the lives of thousands of Oklaho- I rise today to honor the life of Otto munity in my district. mans. As a leading facility for health Frederick Warmbier as we approach f research, I want Americans to know the fourth anniversary of his tragic how instrumental his role was in cre- death on June 19, 2017. RECOGNIZING DICKINSON HIGH ating a facility where researchers are SCHOOL SOFTBALL CHAMPIONS Otto was a kind and studious young working hard to understand and de- man, raised in Ohio, was salutatorian (Mr. ARMSTRONG asked and was velop new treatments for diseases like of his high school and attended the given permission to address the House cancer, heart disease, and aging. University of Virginia. At the age of 22, I am honored to recognize Dr. Pres- for 1 minute and to revise and extend he was imprisoned and tortured by the cott, and I am grateful for the profound his remarks.) North Korean regime following a Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Speaker, on impact he has had on my district and school tour in 2015 and died a few days Saturday, June 5, the Dickinson High far beyond. He will be greatly missed. after he was released. School girls softball team capped off an f Mr. Warmbier experienced what no extraordinary season by winning the HONORING THE LIFE OF RAYMOND American or human being should ever North Dakota Class A State Champion- TRUJILLO have to go through. The United States ship. Dickinson had 13 hits, and Mataya (Mr. DONALDS asked and was given will not back down from holding the Mortensen’s dominant pitching per- permission to address the House for 1 North Korean regime accountable for formance led to the team’s first-ever minute and to revise and extend his re- human rights abuses. As one of the first Korean-American State title. Dickinson’s 10–0 win was marks.) women to serve in Congress and a their 30th in 33 games. Mortensen sur- Mr. DONALDS. Mr. Speaker, I rise member of the House Foreign Affairs rendered only two hits in the shutout. today to honor the life of Raymond Committee, I will continue to do my And senior Paige Balliet ended the Trujillo, a patriotic American, a part to advocate for global human game with a walk-off double to trigger United States marine, and a dutiful of- ficer in Collier County, Florida. He rights and hold violators accountable. the 10-run rule. Dickinson finished the season with 30 tragically passed away in May at the We remember and honor Otto, al- and 3. They had 487 hits, 110 doubles, 19 age of 56 years old. ways. Raymond dedicated his life to giving triples, and 51 home runs. Their team f back through service. He joined the batting average was .464, and they United States Marine Corps as a teen- RECENT UPTICK IN INFLATION IN averaged 14.5 runs a game, contrasted ager. Devoted to the Marine Corps OUR COUNTRY with a team ERA of 1.42 and 250 strike- creed, semper fidelis, Raymond spent 17 (Mr. OBERNOLTE asked and was outs in 196 innings. years in the military proudly serving Both Taya Hopfauf and Jenna Decker given permission to address the House our Nation. for 1 minute.) were named to the all-State team, and Upon his exit from the military, Ray- Coach Amanda Mickey was named Mr. OBERNOLTE. Mr. Speaker, I rise mond continued his service in his com- to note with great alarm the recent up- coach of the year. munity by becoming a police officer Congratulations to the entire team tick in inflation in our country. with the Collier County Sheriff’s office, Last month, the Consumer Price on a great year, especially Paige to which he would serve the Collier Balliet and Madison McChesney. Index rose over 5 percent, which is over County community for more than 20 21⁄2 times the Fed’s target rate for in- f years. flation in our country. HONORING DR. STEPHEN Alongside his brothers and sisters in The price of lumber—although, PRESCOTT blue, Raymond protected the Collier thankfully, it has declined the last County community for more than 20 week—is still over three times what it (Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma asked and years. For years, he worked in the was just a few months ago. The price of was given permission to address the Youth Relations Bureau helping to fuel is over 50 percent higher. And that House for 1 minute and to revise and mold and shape the children of today mirrors the price of many commodities extend her remarks.) and the future leaders of tomorrow. Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, Growing up in California, Raymond from corn to soybeans. I rise today to honor the life and leg- was a lifelong Oakland Raiders fan and This is alarming, not just from a acy of the late Dr. Stephen Prescott, loved the game of football, so much so macroeconomic standpoint, but most former Oklahoma Medical Research he spent his spare time coaching youth importantly, from the standpoint of Foundation president. football. the constituents we represent. The Dr. Prescott served OMRF with out- In a moment of history where police Members of this Chamber might be standing leadership for 15 years, build- officers are vilified, hated, and looked able to afford to spend 50 percent more ing the institution into what it is down upon, Raymond Trujillo wore the to fill the tank of their car, but unfor- today. He dedicated his life to a sci- badge with honor, dignity, and respect. tunately, many of the people we rep- entific career, immersed in medical re- Raymond was a proud father to three resent cannot. And that burden of in- search, and loved traveling the world, sons, Raymond III, Alexander, and flation is an unseen tax on the least ad- often in conjunction with his profes- Jason, and a loving grandfather of vantaged members of our society, the sional commitments. But what he three, who were his pride and joy. members of the lower class, and the loved more than anything was his wife My prayers are with his fellow ma- working poor. of 52 years, Susan, his two children and rines, his brothers and sisters in blue, Economists tell us that this uptick grandchildren. and his family. in inflation is directly related to the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.034 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H2916 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2021 spending policies of our government, I am proud to announce that, in 2020, I really want to help the Democrats and we need to get our fiscal house in 176 Iowa schools participated in the keep their promise that their new $4 order to prevent this in the future. college application campaign, and all trillion proposed spending will be cov- f together, 504 students completed 1,578 ered by their new receipts, their new college applications. Of the 176 schools revenues. They have a really inter- ISSUES OF THE DAY that participated, Muscatine High esting math problem. Either they are The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. School in my district was awarded the going to have to cut their spending AUCHINCLOSS). Under the Speaker’s an- 2020 School of Excellence Award for substantially in half or dramatically nounced policy of January 4, 2021, the Iowa from ACT. Muscatine was se- raise taxes on the American people. gentleman from Texas (Mr. GOHMERT) lected for this great award based on We asked Secretary Yellen: Should is recognized for 60 minutes as the des- their commitment to student success we expect a value-added tax? Is a VAT ignee of the minority leader. and for serving as an exemplary model in our future? Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield for Iowa’s college application cam- The math is really ugly—we are to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. paign. going to talk about that in a second GAETZ). Congratulations to the students and here—to cover all these new spending b 1215 faculty at Muscatine for being leaders initiatives plus just the demographic in academic achievement and for serv- curve that is already about to crush us, REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF LIEUTENANT ing as a great role model for student COLONEL SAMUEL LOMBARDO debtwise. success in Iowa and the entire Nation. The answer was an interesting one. It Mr. GAETZ. Mr. Speaker, today I Mr. GOHMERT. It is wonderful to rise to commemorate the life of Lieu- is: Well, that is not part of our current hear that about Iowa. proposal. tenant Colonel Samuel Lombardo. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman Sam and his family legally immi- For everyone who is interested in tax from Arizona (Mr. SCHWEIKERT). grated to the United States from Italy. policy—and I accept that maybe some NEW SPENDING INITIATIVES of us are a little bit on the geek side— He enlisted to serve in the Army Na- Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Mr. Speaker, I tional Guard’s 28th Infantry Division I am fascinated with the tax on Medi- thank Congressman GOHMERT for yield- care financing. Keep an ear out because just 1 month following the start of ing to me. World War II. the only way I think the left is going For anyone who is not particularly to get these types of revenues is to ac- After training, he was deployed to familiar, we have sort of mechanisms. Europe where he would serve as pla- tually go to completely new revenue- Last night, we were running late, and raising, new tax regimes. toon leader and executive officer of I once we hit 10 o’clock, we were shut Company, 394th Infantry Regiment, Let’s talk about what I consider is off. And trying to do 21 boards in 8 the greatest fragility of our Nation’s 99th Division, and he would always re- minutes, I apologize to those who have mind constituents in northwest Florida future. It turns out it is not Republican to try to take our words down. or Democrat policy. It is demographics. that he fought in the Battle of the But I wanted to just touch on a cou- What is the fastest growing demo- Bulge. ple of things. One really quickly, we graphic in the United States? It is get- During this time, Lieutenant Colonel were just blessed to have Secretary ting old. We are graying very, very Lombardo and his platoon created Yellen in front of Ways and Means. I fast. It is baby boomers. their own makeshift flag out of scraps have tremendous respect for and have When you look at this chart—and we of red and blue cloth. For the white, built a relationship with her when she did this last night, but we did it sort of they used German surrender flags. was Federal Reserve Chair. They used this as their battle flag in I want us all to pay attention to a caffeinated, very fast—take the next 30 victorious campaigns across the Rhine promise that the Secretary and the years. This is without all the new and Danube Rivers. President have made, and that is the spending that has been proposed this Following World War II, Lieutenant new spending initiatives will be cov- year by the new administration. This is Colonel Lombardo continued his serv- ered by the new taxes, the new reve- our baseline, $101 trillion of debt in 30 ice to our country in Korea and Viet- nues. I assume that is an honorable years at today’s dollars. This is infla- nam. way to do it. We will fight over what tion-adjusted dollars, 67 percent. Throughout his service, Lieutenant the spending priorities are, and none of Functionally, $68 trillion of debt is Colonel Lombardo earned the Silver these games where we are going to do just Medicare. Only about $3 trillion is Star, the Bronze Star with ‘‘V’’ for 15 years of tax hikes to cover 10 years the rest of government, so it is Medi- Valor, as well as an Oak Leaf Cluster of spending because, let’s be honest, care, then Social Security. with Meritorious Achievement among that is a complete fraud on the Amer- If you believe, Mr. Speaker, like I do, 10 other medals. ican people. that we have an absolute moral obliga- Mr. Speaker, please join me in hon- But the best math that is coming out tion to keep our promises to those oring the late Lieutenant Colonel Sam- from a number of groups right now is folks who have paid into Social Secu- uel Lombardo. the tax hikes that are being proposed, rity and Medicare, then what are we I asked Sam how he was able to be so the revenues, are only going to cover going to do to keep that promise? healthy after more than 100 years liv- maybe, if you are being optimistic, Mr. The reality of it is that this is what ing on the planet Earth. He said that Speaker, on the receipts, 50 percent of buries us as a country. It is our demo- his secret was red wine and almonds at the new spending. graphics and the promises that are dra- night. I think I will have a little of Yesterday, I think it is Penn Whar- matically unfunded. Remember, Mr. both in his honor this evening. ton that put out their model, I guess Speaker, it is only maybe 4 years or so Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield last week, that the capital gains tax that the Medicare trust fund—which is to the gentlewoman from Iowa (Mrs. itself loses $33 billion over the first 10 only part A, which is the hospital por- MILLER-MEEKS). years. So, it is not scored to 15 years; tion—that trust fund is gone. RECOGNIZING MUSCATINE HIGH SCHOOL it is 10. Part B is actually seeing a doctor. Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, But, Mr. Speaker, if you do what is Part C is managed care. That has its I rise today to recognize a high school called the basis, which is how much is own little, in some ways, financial ben- in my district that was recently recog- subject to the capital gains tax even efits. And D is drugs. Parts B and D are nized for their commitment to student though the perversity of it is that a 100 percent out of the general fund. success. huge portion of that is actually infla- They don’t have trust funds. For over 15 years, Iowa has partnered tion we are going to tax, it would raise, This is absolutely critical. This will with the ACT’s college application in their model, $133 billion. The admin- drive all government policy. If you are campaign to increase the number of istration, the Democrats, have said someone who wants money for edu- first-generation college students and this will be 330. So, they are only hit- cation, if you are someone who wants students from low-income households ting about one-third of the revenues money for the environment or our mili- in applying for and pursuing higher that have been promised from the cap- tary, then the fact of the matter is it is education. ital gains tax. Medicare that consumes us.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.036 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE June 17, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2917 One of my great frustrations is when you are going to have tomorrow, Mr. give speeches about how minority com- you look at the math of how much is Speaker, because we are going to shut munities and my Native American spending, Mr. Speaker, and then the fi- down the disruption. We are going to communities from Arizona had such nancing of that spending, you get a protect—here is the sinister thing that horrible outcomes during COVID, are sense that, as Republicans, we have healthcare economists talk about. The you willing to look at the this bad habit. We will go and say: Democrats’ H.R. 3 actually protects comorbidities that were there before Well, we will balance the budget Big Pharma because the industry now COVID? It is diabetes. becomes you just adjust your current through waste and fraud. b 1230 Democrats will go and say: Well, we patent, and that is how you make a liv- are going to balance it by nationalizing ing, Mr. Speaker. And it turns out, spending money on healthcare, Medicare for All. But the ones that nip their heels that this management curative—and I real- None of those are real. We are not cure things, it is like the hepatitis C ly want curative—turns out to be one telling the truth. we cure now. Those cures don’t come of the most powerful things you and I Let’s walk through just a couple of because we have just wiped out the in- could ever do for U.S. sovereign debt things that are in my craw right now. come stream. going forward. It is 31 percent of just This is just one portion of the left’s bill We need to rethink. If Republicans Medicare spending, and the numbers we called H.R. 3. From a conceptual stand- and Democrats have a common goal are still working on for Medicaid and point, it is an honest debate of what that we need to look at pharmaceutical other things. are we going to do about prescription costs, then destroying the pipeline that So part of my other proposal is there drug costs. cures people and that ends the misery are things we could do almost over- The methodology, though, Mr. is really dark. night that have incredible impacts on Speaker, if you actually read the re- Mr. Speaker, we Republicans have the cost of healthcare in this country; search, in a decade, it is killing people our sins. How many of us will get be- and here is one that I beg of us to start and costing more because we are on the hind a microphone and talk about price getting in our lexicon. cusp of a time of miracles. transparency? Price transparency is a Sixteen percent of the healthcare This is really important to get our really good thing, but it has almost no spending this year, over half a trillion heads around. We have all heard about real effect on the price of healthcare. dollars, just this year, will be people this concept of mRNA. We have talked The best academic studies we have not taking their meds or taking them about it for 20-plus years. Years ago, I been able to find in our office is 0.1 to incorrectly. You have hypertension, used to come to this mike and talk 0.7 percent. you don’t take your meds, you have a about this concept of bio-foundry. My point is really simple here. The stroke. You have high cholesterol, you Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter ACA, ObamaCare, was a financing bill. don’t take your meds—and those is, we can take a snippet of your DNA It was who got subsidized and who had things are cheap and inexpensive. and a snippet of your cancer, your dis- to pay. Our Republican alternative was Grandma is forgetful, or we get busy in ease, or your virus, and it would take a financing bill. It was who had to pay our lives. weeks. And for the CAR-T therapy for and who got subsidized. Medicare for And it turns out there are things cancer, it was $350,000 just to get you All is a financing bill. where the pill top talks to your phone. When are we going to have the really your shot, but it was curing people. We It talks to you. There are other ones tougher discussion of what we pay? just moved up 10 years in technology. where it dispenses the pharmaceuticals Let’s disrupt the price of healthcare That is one of the amazing things Op- to you. through technology. It turns out the technology of get- eration Warp Speed. It is actually one How many of us went to Blockbuster ting people to take their pharma- of the few positive things I can say Video last weekend? We don’t because ceuticals properly, if we would under- that came out of this pandemic is it is now we hit a button called Netflix and stand its impact, that is 16 percent of here. all sorts of other things. We allow dis- U.S. healthcare spending is just not Look up Tesla and mRNA, Mr. ruption to happen in other parts of our Speaker. You find out that all sorts of healthcare, but we have built so many taking our pharmaceuticals properly. very disruptive companies are invest- regulatory barriers and so many licens- That is a half a trillion dollars. ing in these little bio-foundries. ing barriers, crazy things that would Think about what you could do with We are on the edge of curing HIV, disrupt healthcare. a half a trillion dollars a year—not sickle cell anemia. We now have a cure One of my grand proposals—and this over 10, not over 15; a year—and how for hemophilia. And we are also going one needs to be Republicans and Demo- much less misery you would have in to cure all sorts of cancers. There are crats coming together—that $68 tril- this country by people having strokes, some amazing things happening. The lion over the next 30 years in just getting sick. problem is they are expensive, Mr. Medicare spending, that is a substan- This is not a revolution of trying to Speaker. But they cure you. tial driver for U.S. sovereign debt. crush pharma or go after drug prices. It H.R. 3 does something that I think is Thirty-one percent of it is just diabe- is actually taking a look and using this fairly dark and fairly sinister, and we tes. crazy thing we call, oh, yeah, math, need our brothers and sisters on the It turns out, Mr. Speaker, if you and and a calculator, and also technology. Democrat side to be honest with con- I can have a revolution in ending the And, yes, it doesn’t work necessarily stituents, and that is something called misery of diabetes, it is also the single in our political lexicon. It is a little reference pricing. If a quality year is biggest initiative you can have to U.S. harder to campaign on, but it happens bought through a drug, but it costs sovereign debt. to be factual. more than, in this case, $37,000 in Great It is time Republicans and Democrats The other thing I am going to beg of Britain, Mr. Speaker, you don’t get it. come together and do an Operation us—and Congressman GOHMERT, I ap- H.R. 3 does this where they take a Warp Speed on diabetes. Yes, there is preciate him yielding to me. So I prom- basket of some of these countries and really neat research that is on the cusp ise I will only do one or two more say that we are going to use their cap. of almost curatives for type 1, the boards. So, you are prepared to turn to your autoimmune pancreatic cells. But the I need us to think revolutionary. Be- constituent and say: Oh, that drug is political side is going to be really fore the pandemic, a Democratic col- $40,000. Yes, it gives you that quality tough for all of us because we are going league, MIKE THOMPSON, from Cali- year, but it is over our cap, so we are to have to talk about type 2, which has fornia, a good guy, has worked with me not going to provide you that pharma- a substantial lifestyle component in it. on telemedicine. It was a piece of legis- ceutical. It needs a discussion of what we do in lation that substantially was going to By doing that, we just destroyed nutrition support as a country and go nowhere because there were lots and small, disruptive bio-foundry pharma what we do in our farm bill as a coun- lots and lots and lots of lobbyists who that is curing people. We are going to try. hated it because it disrupts the money. subject our population to say that the Mr. Speaker, if we care about people, But when the pandemic hit, our tele- misery you have today is the misery if we really are going to come here and medicine bill became law. It expires

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.038 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H2918 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2021 when they declare the pandemic over. around Washington, D.C. And I was And the rich got richer, but not as The expansion of reimbursement and reading about proposals to go after the fast as the poor got less poor. And that access to telemedicine goes away. We billionaires, the mega-rich, and I recall is back to, in a weird way, a long an- need to fix that. what Ronald Reagan’s economist, eco- swer to your question. But we also now need to understand nomic adviser, Arthur Laffer, had said. We need to have an honest debate of what is telemedicine. Telemedicine is Dr. Laffer said—he told a small group what maximizes revenues while mini- the thing you can wear on your wrist; of us years ago—if you want to produce mizing economic damage. And right the thing you can wear on your chest; money—of course, I am asking you this now, just throwing out numbers, and the thing you blow into. because I have such great respect for then throwing out fake—and I am The technology is here to crash the your monetary analyses. being a little brutal on that—fake mod- price of healthcare. And all the skep- If you want to go after money, you els from the administration saying we tics who attacked telemedicine before want to produce tax revenue, the one are going to raise $4 trillion, we are the pandemic, oh Grandma’s not going place you will never get it is going going to cover all of our new spending, to be able to use; they don’t know how after the super-rich because they are when all of the other models—and very to work FaceTime; no one is going to the only people in America who have soon joint tax will score it and we will want to make a phone call to a doctor the wherewithal to avoid whatever tax see what the reality is. or a healthcare professional. you put on them. But everyone it is scoring right now, Turns out they were wrong. We have What is your thought about that the Dems are only getting about half the last 18 months of proof. The satis- analysis? the revenues. And we have already seen the first analysis of the corporate tax faction rates are off the chart. A, we Mr. SCHWEIKERT. I have actually hike. It unemploys 1 million Ameri- need to continue it, but we need to ex- been blessed to spend lots of time with cans in the first 24 months. pand the definition. Professor Laffer and, actually, a couple of other folks who also have Nobel Mr. GOHMERT. That would be people And then the other things the pan- who would pay income tax if they demic has brought us is things we Prizes in economics. They tolerate me. Gilder, I consider a personal friend, if didn’t lose their jobs. never thought of. Mr. SCHWEIKERT. That didn’t lose How about a little home kit? you really want to geek out. First off, you have a conceptual prob- their jobs. And the harder part of the These are available today. Actually, scoring is—and this was one of the mir- you can get them sent to your house in lem and the left doesn’t—we have got to work with them to first admit we acles of 2018 and 2019—the Democrats a day. Blow into it. It tells you if you repeatedly attacked the tax reforms have COVID–19. tax income. Property taxes are really the only things we tax wealth. We tax from the end of 2017 and the regulatory Well, if that exists for COVID, what reforms. would happen if I turned to you and your real estate wealth. So the leaked IRS data, which is a But there were so many people work- said, turns out we have the technology ing, and there was such vitality in the today where you can have a medical real problem if you want confidence in a tax system that, once again, the IRS economy that Medicare part A, the lab in your medicine cabinet. You blow trust fund, grew in years. Social Secu- is back to being weaponized. If you into it, it tells you if you even have rity grew in years because there were want to tax wealth, that is a different cancer cells or a virus or bacteria. It so many people paying their payroll tax system, and there are all sorts of exists today. tax. We, as a body, need to legalize the games you can play with that. They didn’t really pay income tax be- You could take your wealth and say, disruptive technologies that allow us cause they were part of the population all right, here is what I am going to do. to disrupt the price of healthcare if we that had been removed from having to I am not going to take an income. I am are going to save Medicare, save the pay income tax because we changed— going to borrow from it. but it turns out, if you actually, truly country from the crushing debt. And, So how do you tax it? believe we have a societal obligation to yes, we are going to annoy a lot of in- You have to conceptualize very, very keep our promises, to keep Social Se- cumbent investors and a lot of incum- different. bent businesses, but it is the right and We also—we actually have the math, curity, to keep Medicare vibrant, it moral thing to do. even though it may not happen in the turns out you need an incredibly vi- brant economy for people to be work- We have a society that has become a fiscal year you want it to. The ing. You can do that also by a rational country of oligopolies, and Congress ultrawealthy give away most of their has become a protection racket. We tax policy instead of a punishing one. wealth. That has been a tradition in Mr. GOHMERT. I know you would protect incumbents; not incumbent this country, particularly for about a elected officials, incumbent business have—— century and a half. Mr. SCHWEIKERT. I am sorry; it is a models. A tax system to work—and the gen- Yet the disruption of the technology long answer, but it actually has—— tleman and I have actually had a side Mr. GOHMERT. No, no. I appreciate that is here today crushes the misery conversation about this. You have to my friend from Arizona, Mr. of so many of our brothers and sisters find what is the most—or the least dis- SCHWEIKERT’s excellent analysis, be- out there who have chronic conditions, ruptive tax that maximizes revenue, cause we do want to have a vibrant that get sick. but also maximizes economic expan- economy. As the saying goes, it lifts all We can crash the price of healthcare. sion. So we are already seeing some boats. And I really appreciate the anal- We can make us healthier as a society. data that the Democrats’ proposal on ysis on where the Medicare spending is We can take on, in that same breath, capital gains tax, actually, without going. That is something we need to the crushing debt that is here. And it is changing the basis, actually raises sub- deal with. demographic. It is coming. No matter stantially less revenues. I hear solutions of throwing money how many speeches we give pretending Now how is that possible? at the problem, but the real problem is we have a way around it, the only way It is because you stop engaging in we don’t have the proper money to around it is we have got to change the those economic activities. throw at it because the economy is not actual price of healthcare. So somewhere there is a sweet spot doing as it should. I beg of us, we need to think dif- that maximizes revenues, but also then And then I still hear our friends talk ferently because this place, often our maximizes economic activity. And I about the need to stop climate change. policy sets, sort of sounds like it is have an absolute fixation that 2018, Unfortunately, the climate has been still the 1990s. 2019 were miracle years economically changing since the Earth ever ap- Mr. GOHMERT. Would the gentleman for the working poor in this country. It peared. And I have got a lot of friends yield for a question? is 2 years where, actually, income in- out there. And I say friends face- Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Oh, I would love equality genuinely shrank; the broad tiously. People on the left—I am begin- to yield. based nature of the working poor get- ning to understand that sarcasm is a Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I appre- ting dramatically less poor. tool that is appreciated by the intel- ciate Mr. SCHWEIKERT’s ongoing anal- That shouldn’t be a partisan fight. It ligent. So the left, the alt-left, they yses of the way we mismanage money should be the bipartisan goal. don’t get it.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:10 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.040 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE June 17, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2919 But this is an article from Ethan really intriguing. The author does an There was a time in Mexico when Hunt back in August of 2019. It says: amazing job of pulling these things to- people who were wealthy knew the NASA admits that climate change oc- gether. drug cartels would normally leave curs because of changes in Earth’s It is interesting. The drug cartels them alone. There was a time in Mex- solar orbit; not because of SUVs and south of our border, apparently, we are ico when the drug cartels basically had fossil fuel. informed, have workers in every city in a wink-and-nod agreement: Look, we Well, it really can be a combination America. Of course, we have heard be- won’t have attacks in tourist attrac- of things. But having found out from fore that the Border Patrol, ICE, the tions because we know how important the former NASA Director that the U.S. Government is considered to be that money is. Moon’s orbit is slightly changing and the logistics for the multibillion-dollar Well, all of those days are gone. If we the Earth’s orbit is slightly changing drug cartels in Mexico because the were really a compassionate neighbor, and, as the term was, it is becoming drug cartels get them across illegally we would secure our border. We would more squashed, well, that would mean into the United States. And I have seen stop drawing off people with the poten- there are times when we are closer to people in the middle of the night, as tial to be the best citizens that Guate- the Sun and we are further away from they are being processed by the Border mala, Mexico, other countries have, the Sun. Patrol, long lines of people. I have drawing them up here because of the And I know there are some leftists at watched them comparing addresses and corruption below our border that we in NASA that said: Oh, no, changing sometimes switching addresses. the U.S. Government are helping fund. Earth’s orbit doesn’t affect our climate They are the addresses that the drug It really needs to stop. But it is get- at all. cartels have given them as to where ting worse, much, much worse, as we And I would humbly submit that you the drug cartels want them to go work are seeing numbers that no one has don’t have to be a rocket scientist to in order to earn enough money, either seen in many, many years. understand that if you get closer to the drug trafficking, sex trafficking, or There has been so much appropriate Sun, or if you get further away from human trafficking, to pay off the rest concern about January 6 and what hap- the Sun, it is absolutely going to affect of their debt to the drug cartels for pened that day. Unfortunately, we don’t know all that happened that day. your climate; just as more solar activ- getting them into the United States il- There are some major questions that ity, more solar flares, they are going to legally. Many times, it is the U.S. Gov- need to be answered. affect our climate. And there is not a ernment, which means U.S. taxpayers, that end up paying to send the drug We know that the former chief of the lot that we can do about more solar Capitol Police testified that they got flares, solar activities, solar hot spots. cartels’ employees, or indentured serv- ants, to the cities where the drug car- no intelligence from the FBI about po- And I would sarcastically ask a ques- tential violence on January 6. There tion regarding the Bureau of Land tels want them. It is incredible that we, as a U.S. were lots of stories about people who Management and National Forest Serv- were here at the Capitol on January 6 ice, since they were going to be spend- Government, are helping the drug car- tels in Mexico make the tens of billions that may have carried a Confederate ing so much time on climate change, flag, may have had red on and MAGA and we had heard the Earth’s orbit was of dollars that they use to keep dif- ferent levels of government corrupt in or Trump. changing slightly and the Moon’s orbit But the Capitol Police had told me Mexico, that keep the Mexican people was changing slightly. the day before: Hey, we have heard from having the economy that would Could they do anything about that? there are going to be people who hate allow them to have across-the-board Trump that are going to be trying to b 1245 wonderful homes, have wonderful jobs, blend in, and there is going to be vio- For those who thought I was really and be one of the top economies in the lence, and we are concerned about it. challenging BLM, the Bureau of Land world. The corruption of the drug car- But the chief of the Capitol Police Management and the National Forest tels keeps Mexico from having their said they got no intel like that from Service, like they were going to do true place in the top economies in the the FBI. something about the Earth’s orbit, the world. An article a few days ago from Re- National Forest Service and Bureau of They have some of the hardest-work- volver says: ‘‘Unindicted Co-Conspira- Land Management, they are not going ing people in the world. They have in- tors in the January 6 Cases Raise Dis- to do anything about the Earth’s orbit credible natural resources, a fantastic turbing Questions of Federal Fore- because they can’t. That is not their location—actually, better than the knowledge.’’ That is June 14. I saw my job. U.S. because they are between North friend Tucker Carlson covered this last Although there is some professor and South America, and they are be- night. that thinks we might could adjust our tween the Pacific and the Atlantic. In- But this is really disturbing, and this orbit, I think that is still yet to be ar- credible location, hardworking people, is something that I know from my time rived at scientifically. It is an inter- great natural resources, good ports, here in Congress has disturbed Demo- esting concept, but I had no belief that but the corruption that the American crats and Republicans alike across the it was about to happen by the Bureau people are funding through their U.S. aisle because we don’t like to see gov- of Land Management and National For- Government and through the purchase ernment agents stirring up trouble or est Service. of drugs that are massively coming find that there are criminal acts that It is interesting to look back. I into this country—if somebody truly would not likely have occurred had not missed this article back in 2019. It goes has compassion for the people of Mex- the Federal Government been partici- into much more detail about not only ico and Central America, they would pating, whether they were actual the changing orbit but the changing demand that our southern border be se- agents or undercover agents or inform- tilt from time to time. cured, that we continue to provide ants that were working for the Federal Then if you do more digging, you find visas in greater numbers than any Government. out that actually, going back mil- country in the world, but we secure the But this is scary stuff. This is kind of lions—some say 56 million; some say border so that we cut the tens of bil- third-world stuff. This is not only billions—that the planet was much lions of dollars from flowing to the third-world stuff, but this is like Putin hotter, and the planet’s orbit was clos- drug cartels that then corrupt and de- kind of activity. er to the Sun. It has moved back some, stroy lives, kill Americans with If there were Federal agents that according to some, over the millions or fentanyl and other drugs that are pour- were involved on January 6, we really billions, whatever you believe, number ing into our country. And the Mexican need to know what the FBI knew and of years. people would come to the United when they knew it. Not only that, we I also want to mention this article States on vacation to spend the signifi- need to know how much participation from The Washington Times, June 16, cant, wonderful money they had earned did any of our Federal friends, either at 2021, Stephen Dinan, about without fear of the drug cartels and DOJ, FBI, or any of the intel commu- ‘‘Smartphone smugglers: How social what they will do to them if they are nity, what kind of role were they play- media is reshaping border crime.’’ It is not subservient. ing.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.042 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H2920 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2021 There is information that came out ing short of seismic. Especially if such spiracy, serving as the basis for charg- about the effort to kidnap the Michi- agents or informants enjoyed ex- ing those indicted. The question imme- gan Governor, and it has been said that tremely senior-level positions within diately arises as to why this is the case there were Federal agents that were in- such groups.’’ and forces us to consider whether cer- volved in that. It would seem, if you And the thing is, like I said, they tain individuals are being protected have 14 people that are involved in a have got documentation, the Federal from indictment because they were in- conspiracy to commit a crime, and pleadings that the United States Gov- volved in January 6 as undercover over a third of them, including people ernment has filed in some of these operatives or confidential informants in leadership, are Federal agents, un- cases, that really raised serious issues. for a Federal agency. dercover agents, or people that are Yeah, there is no question, there were So another place further on in the ar- working for a Federal entity, that we radical groups there, and those three ticle it points out: ‘‘This would be far have got some serious problems, and seem to be the most prominent. But worse than the already bad situation of we have not done adequate oversight. from the pleadings from the Depart- the government knowing about the It disturbs me greatly that there was ment of Justice itself, it appears that possibility of violence and doing noth- not more information forthcoming they had significant presence and par- ing. Instead, this would imply that ele- from our Federal law enforcement in- ticipation in what went on. ments of the federal government were telligence, DOJ, than was received here We do need to see the 14,000 hours of active instigators in the most egre- on Capitol Hill because, surely, if they security video, seeing Ashli Babbitt gious and spectacular aspects of Janu- had known the level of planning by a killed by an officer standing off to the ary 6, amounting to a monumental en- small group to actually commit vio- side. There were officers in front of the trapment scheme used as a pretext to lence and break into our U.S. Capitol, window, but then there were officers on imprison otherwise harmless protesters they would have been better prepared. the other side where Ashli was; and it at the Capitol—and in a much larger I know some of us have had extreme appeared it was John Sullivan, a sense used to frame the entire MAGA differences with the Speaker, but I just Trump hater, that told them if they movement as potential domestic ter- feel sure if she had known the level of will move out of the way they won’t rorists.’’ violence that was being talked about get hurt, and the officers appeared. There is so much more. Let’s see, fur- and planned and monitored by DOJ and Well, they moved out of the way, and ther on, I guess this is page 8/26. ‘‘In FBI, surely she would not have allowed these guys broke through the glass. one of the plot’s climactic scenes, in the Sergeant at Arms to turn down Na- And yet with all of the people that the main van driving up to look at tional Guard support on January 6. the FBI has sought information on and Governor Whitmer’s vacation home’’— This article pulls from documents, put up pictures—and it appears they and that is of course the plot to kidnap legal documents, that have been filed were probably wearing masks, but the Governor—‘‘three out of the five by the Federal Government in some of there is another 14,000 hours of video. people in the van—60 percent of the these different cases. This article says: These guys were around in the Capitol, plot’s senior leaders—were Federal ‘‘To address the matter directly in the around the Capitol. They didn’t have agents and informants.’’ following three questions: In the year their masks up at all times. But it ‘‘FBI infiltrators comprised, at the leading up to January 6 and during doesn’t appear that the FBI has asked very least’’—talking about overall in January 6 itself, to what extent were for assistance in identifying those peo- that plot—‘‘26 percent of the plotters. the three primary militia groups—the ple that broke through the glass or That is, at least five FBI operatives Oath Keepers, the Proud Boys, and the that were right there, at least when have been disclosed, against just 14 sus- Three Percenters—that the FBI, DOJ, Ashli was shot in the neck and killed. pects indicted.’’ Pentagon, and network news have la- And that normally means if they are So looking at some of the pleadings beled most responsible for planning and not asking for help in identifying by the DOJ themselves, but just to give executing a Capitol attack on January somebody that they know who they an idea of what we are dealing with, it 6 infiltrated by agencies of the Federal are—and maybe they are person 1, per- says, ‘‘On December 30, 2020, Watkins Government, or informants of said son 2, person 3, person 15—that are re- and Caldwell exchanged the following agencies?’’ ferred to in the pleadings of people that text messages: Question 2: ‘‘Exactly how many Fed- were working with the FBI or Federal ‘‘Watkins: Looks like we are green eral undercover agents or confidential authorities of some kind. light to come to D.C. on the 6th. The informants were present at the Capitol But this is very unsettling stuff. It rally point still at your place? or in the Capitol during the infamous was bad enough to have our Capitol at- ‘‘Caldwell: Not that I am aware. Have ‘siege,’ and what roles did they play— tacked. As a former felony judge, I been contacted by no one. Typical (Per- merely passive informants or active in- would have no problem sending people son one). Here’s the rub: (Person two) stigators?’’ to prison that broke into this Capitol, and I will be in a hotel within striking And, third: ‘‘Finally, of all of the that literally broke in or that did dam- distance of the city starting on the 4th, unindicted co-conspirators referenced age or that stole things here. There is so we won’t even be here. There will be in the charging documents,’’ the offi- no place for that, and they do need to some stuff going on during the 5th, and cial Federal pleadings, ‘‘of those in- be severely punished. we want to be a part of that whenever dicted for crimes on January 6, how But were some of those people doing it shakes out.’’ many worked as a confidential inform- those things working for the FBI? Were Person one and person two were ap- ant or as an undercover operative for they egged on by Federal authorities? parently working for the Federal au- the Federal Government—FBI, Army Because it sure looks like from some of thorities, some Federal agency. Counterintelligence, et cetera?’’ these legal documents they filed and Another place it references person the masking of names and referring to two, person three, person one, and they b 1300 them as something other than their seem to be significant leaders in what ‘‘If the narrative about January 6 real names that we have a serious prob- is going on. does not conform to the questions lem with some of the people that were Another place: Person three—emailed above, the American people will never involved that day that it appears were person three several maps along with learn the most important truth about either working for Federal authorities the message. These maps will get you what January 6 is, and what kind of or were informants for Federal authori- from the hotel into D.C. country they’re really living in. ties and had leadership positions in I mean, person 10 checked into the ‘‘If it turns out the Federal Govern- those groups and quite possibly, in Hilton Garden Inn in Vienna. ment did in fact have undercover some cases probably, helped to egg Person three, another reference. agents or confidential informants em- them on. Person 15 and person 20 are ref- bedded within the so-called militia This article says in many cases the erenced. groups indicted for conspiring to ob- unindicted co-conspirators appear to be These are people that they are cov- struct the Senate certification on Jan- much more aggressive and egregious ering up their names because they are uary 6, the implications would be noth- participants in the very so-called con- working for the Federal authorities.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.044 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE June 17, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2921 If you look at some of the video on first in Peru, then in Grand Rapids, and that pain, she found purpose. Over the January 6, there were a lot of people then Lansing, where he has worked course of the last year, she has devoted walking around. They had no business tirelessly for the past 50 years to im- her time to the New Day Foundation being in the Capitol. But it is quite prove the lives of children through edu- for Families, a local nonprofit that concerning that people that were ex- cation. His career has taken him from supports those fighting cancer and tremely active at all should have been being a counselor at C.W. Otto Junior their loved ones. or were working for Federal entities High, an assistant principal at Gardner The financial cost of a cancer diag- such that they have to cover up their Junior High and Eastern High School, nosis goes beyond just medical care, as names because of their complicity with principal at Pattengill Middle School, I know well. Beyond the loss of income, the Federal authorities during that and finally as deputy superintendent of the increase in expenses, and emotional day. the entire school district. distress, it is a diagnosis that can con- So that is United States versus He was an innovator in the class- sume us entirely. And that is where the Caldwell, Crowl, and then there is one room, developing a clustered teaching New Day Foundation for Families Government’s Opposition to Defend- approach that is still being used today. comes in. With an army of local volun- ant’s Motion for Reconsideration of De- In addition, he led the adoption of teers like Ms. Brinker, they provide re- tention. guidelines proposed by the Youth Vio- sources to give cancer patients hope They are holding some of these peo- lence Prevention Coalition, which through financial assistance and emo- ple still. Some with 23 hours, 24 hours brought about significant positive tional support. When her husband was in the hos- a day in solitary. Some were just walk- changes in student and community re- pital, Ms. Brinker was surrounded by ing around, they did no damage. They lations. family, friends, and churchgoers who should not have come into the Capitol, Since 2009, he has been an elected helped lighten the load. For her, she but it remains to be seen why the gov- member of the Lansing District Board wouldn’t have known what to do with- ernment has their stinger out so much of Education, a role that he carries out out that help. And it is why she works for people no matter how mild their with joy because it allows him to con- so hard to make someone else’s load a participation on January 6. tinue his service to Lansing students. little lighter. During the pandemic, And yet the biggest damage done to Dr. Rodriguez’ passions extend be- when family members of the United States in protests was last yond education. He is an officer with immunocompromised patients saw a summer, and those folks aren’t being the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce treated the same way that others are. trip to the grocery store as a fraught and a member of the Ingham County So there are some very serious ques- experience, Ms. Brinker was there to Health Department’s Board of Health. tions that need to be answered. We do provide for their essential needs. need the answers. We need to know But to really know Dr. Rodriguez, you Since the program began last spring, how many Federal agents; how many only need to read his monthly maga- volunteers like Lisa made more than informants had given information to zine Adelante Forward. 300 deliveries helping 125 families in Federal agencies and why in the world Published in both English and Span- total. They were a godsend during all of that information was not pro- ish, Adelante Forward has been an in- COVID, and not just for their food de- vided to people that needed to protect strumental source of information for liveries. By demonstrating that service Capitol Hill. the Lansing community, advertising doesn’t stop, not even during a once-in- So we need an investigation. We new businesses and spreading word a-generation pandemic, Ms. Brinker don’t need one that has an entire Dem- about resources from Head Start class- was a source of inspiration and ocrat staff. It needs to be truly bipar- es to COVID vaccine clinics. It has strength. With an infectious attitude tisan to get to the bottom of just what been a key way to reach Latino and that brightens the days of all she happened that day and who caused it to Hispanic residents, bridging the lan- serves, we are lucky to have her in our happen. guage gap in order to improve commu- community. With that, I yield back the balance of nity relations. And, as I am sure Dr. Ms. Brinker has persevered through my time. Rodriguez is proud to know, it is even adversity and loss, and it has mag- f being used by some Spanish language nified her service. With the powerful teachers as part of their lesson plans. perspective that comes with experi- SERVICE BEFORE SELF The publication wouldn’t be possible ence, she has used it to better her Lake The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under without the special partners that work Orion community. As a humble spirit, the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- to put it together: Danny Layne, she prefers that any recognition focus uary 4, 2021, the gentlewoman from Allena Tapia, Patricia Briones, and Dr. on making a difference. An article in Michigan (Ms. SLOTKIN) is recognized George Mansour. In addition, no trib- the local paper ended with her asking for 60 minutes as the designee of the ute to Dr. Rodriguez would be complete readers to get themselves involved. majority leader. without mention of his wife of 30 years, And true to form, for this recognition, (Ms. SLOTKIN asked and was given Margarita, as well as their two daugh- she indicated that credit should go to permission to revise and extend her re- ters and two grandchildren. the good people of the New Day Foun- marks.) It is my privilege to represent Dr. dation for Families. Ms. SLOTKIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise Rodriguez in Washington. I am grateful It is a rare soul who can reduce pain today to talk about service by recog- for his willingness to always speak to and hardship in others, especially when nizing individuals and organizations me about Lansing’s needs. Every time they themselves have been in that posi- who have stepped up when their fellow we are able to connect, it is a pleasure tion. For her work to honor the loving citizens needed them most. Through to hear about the good work being done memory of her husband and her tireless their actions, they have shown what it to improve the lives of others. I am ap- service to community, it is my privi- means to put others before self. preciative of his commitment to serv- lege to recognize Lisa Brinker on the DR. SATURNINO RODRIGUEZ ing others, and it is my honor to recog- House floor today. Ms. SLOTKIN. Mr. Speaker, I begin nize him today in the permanent HONORING LISA KOCAB by rising today to honor Dr. Saturnino RECORD of the people’s House. Ms. SLOTKIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise Rodriguez, a good friend and devoted b 1315 today to recognize another Lisa, the servant of the Latino community in ultimate champion and advocate for Lansing. HONORING LISA BRINKER the disability community in Brighton, Over the years, Dr. Rodriguez, or Ms. SLOTKIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise Michigan, Ms. Lisa Kocab. Nino as he is known around town, has today to honor Ms. Lisa Brinker, a Put simply, Lisa is a powerhouse. As had many titles. In each role, he has resident of Lake Orion, who has been a teacher and a mother of five, includ- left a profound impact on the students, there for her community when it need- ing an incredible 10-year-old boy, PJ, faculty, parents, and community resi- ed her most. who has Down syndrome, she has built dents that call greater Lansing home. Ms. Brinker has faced adversity in and created an incredible circle of sup- Dr. Rodriguez has spent his entire her life. Three years ago, her husband port since moving back to Michigan in professional life working in schools— passed away from brain cancer. Out of 2016.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.046 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H2922 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2021 At first, when she was scouting They immigrated to the U.S. in 1991, their unique abilities by learning new schools for PJ, she had to push through moving to Brighton 10 years later, skills and enjoying the rewards of an being told ‘‘no.’’ The family wanted to where they have built a successful honest day’s works. From career plan- move back to be nearer to the kids’ business with a loyal following for the ning to vocational training, to em- grandparents, but the first school dis- last two decades. Mr. Wong, known as ployer services, Peckham offers more trict that they called referred to stu- Ed around town, is known for his work than 30 different programs that create dents with special needs as ‘‘those ethic and attention to detail. His em- opportunities for every single indi- kids.’’ Other schools gave similar re- ployees rave about the culture he vidual they work with. sponses when asked if PJ could be brings to the team. ‘‘Extremely flexi- Named after the former rehabilita- placed in general education. ble and supportive,’’ ‘‘Very welcoming tion services director of the State of That is, until she called Brighton’s and inspiring,’’ ‘‘I feel honored to work Michigan, Ralf Peckham, they began special education director, who told with such excellent people’’ is some of serving the greater Lansing region in Lisa that PJ could absolutely go to what they have said. 1976. Today, they have grown into one school with the other students; that if Mr. Wong’s character truly came of the largest community rehabilita- they moved to Brighton, she would through in his devotion to keeping his tion programs in the entire State. work with them. So that is what Lisa customers and employees safe during With core values of compassion, com- and her husband did. COVID–19. At a time when restaurants munity, and collaboration as a founda- Now, Lisa will be the first to tell you and dining establishments were par- tion, Peckham has broken the mold of that it wasn’t always smooth sailing. ticularly hard hit by the public health what a human services agency can be. She has had to overcome plenty of restrictions, Mr. Wong put a plan in They go beyond just matching skills to challenges from PJ’s struggles with de- place to allow Wong Express House to places of employment. They treat each velopment to the hurt of hearing intol- stay afloat. person, no matter their ability, with erant words and from other families. After closing for 9 weeks, they re- respect and dignity. Their holistic ap- Lisa has been tested in too many opened on May 29, 2020, as a model for proach to each situation allows them ways to count, but she has turned her safe service. With a separate enclosed to build an environment of trust, where pain into purpose by deciding to open area inside the restaurant, the dining each person they work with can thrive. Gigi’s Playhouse in Southfield, Michi- area was transformed into a A physical, cognitive, behavioral, or gan. With more than 45 locations na- contactless pickup window for cus- socioeconomic challenge should never tionwide, Gigi’s Playhouses are now tomer convenience. Instead of dine-in, get in the way of someone realizing ‘‘achievement centers’’ for individuals the restaurant trained staff to fully their full potential. To that end, with Down syndrome. They are spaces transition into drive-thru and carry- Peckham makes our district and our that are specifically designed for kids out only. State a better place to live. At a funda- to interact and play with each other The changes were not easy, but the mental level, they help folks to earn while offering free programs to learn space was turned into a safe, simple, economic and personal independence how to read, improve their health, de- and effective process that limited cus- by creating, sustaining, and improving velop career skills, and reach their tomer-to-staff interaction, keeping ev- employment opportunities in our com- greatest potential. eryone safe from infection. That abil- Lisa was the driving force behind munity. ity to adapt, to work through the chal- Peckham is a leader of workplace fundraising, searching for a location, lenges in order to keep customers sat- culture, from how employers view men- and pulling resources together. Now, isfied, is why I am proud to recognize tal health to how to safely reopen as with her dream a reality, she strives every day to realize the vision of Gigi’s Mr. Wong; his wife, Mei; their son, Jian we see a light at the end of the tunnel Playhouses, to see a world where indi- on the floor of the House today. in COVID–19. For their efforts, they Their pride in their restaurant is evi- viduals with Down syndrome are ac- have been featured in Fortune Maga- dent as soon as you walk in the door, cepted and embraced in their families, zine’s Great Places to Work List, and and their resilience can be found in schools, and communities. recognized by the U.S. Department of In its first year of operation, Gigi’s their dedication to each other and our Labor with the Gold Hire Vets Medal- served 383 people with Down syndrome, community. During the shutdown, lion Award. more than half of whom were adults. when Jian had to travel back to Brook- Mr. Speaker, accessibility and diver- Since then, they have expanded their lyn to support his wife and two kids, sity are cornerstones of a modern offerings and, in order to help more Mr. and Mrs. Wong stayed in Brighton workplace. They make our economy residents, even adapting during the holding down the fort to make sure stronger, bring our communities clos- pandemic by switching to virtual pro- that their staff would be taken care of. er, and demonstrate what our country grams. It is no surprise that on their first is all about: Equality of opportunity. Mr. Speaker, I am a firm believer in day back in business they were so over- Today, I am proud to congratulate finding your people, those who will whelmed with support to the point that Peckham on 45 successful years har- have your back and stay by your side they completely sold out of food. Now, nessing the power of acceptance. They through ups and downs, failures and as they chart a course for the weeks develop potential, work with purpose, successes. Without a doubt, Lisa Kocab and months ahead, I know that the and deliver results. With these remarks has found her people in Brighton and at Wong family will continue to dem- on the House floor, may their contribu- Gigi’s Playhouse; and the disability onstrate the toughness and grit that tions to our Nation live on in the CON- community in Michigan has found its Michiganians are known for during un- GRESSIONAL RECORD. person in Lisa. certain times. RECOGNIZING LIVINGSTON COUNTY MEDICAL She is an inspiration to us all, and I On behalf of a grateful community, it RESERVE CORPS am so proud to represent her here in is my honor to recognize the leadership Ms. SLOTKIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise the Halls of Congress. It is my honor to and staff at Wong Express House by in- today because, in Livingston County, speak these words into the CONGRES- serting their story of resilience into there is a group of retired medical pro- SIONAL RECORD so that her story can the permanent RECORD so that it may fessionals and volunteers that answer inspire all who read it. last for years to come. the call to serve by staying in action RECOGNIZING THE WONG FAMILY RECOGNIZING PECKHAM, INCORPORATED and continuing to train in the event of Ms. SLOTKIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise Ms. SLOTKIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise emergencies. today to recognize a staple of the com- today to recognize an organization in In 2006, the Livingston County Med- munity, the Wong family of Wong Ex- my district that goes above and beyond ical Reserve Corps was founded as a press House in Brighton. by providing job training opportunities public health volunteer team. Today, I Before moving to Michigan, Xueqi for folks with significant disabilities am proud to honor them on the House Wong worked as a fisherman and a se- and other barriers to employment. floor during their work during the curity officer for his town while raising A nonprofit based in Lansing, COVID–19 pandemic. his family with his wife, Mei, in Fujian Peckham, Incorporated, provides a As one of the 762 Medical Reserve province, China. platform for people to demonstrate Corps units in the Nation, they are

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.047 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE June 17, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2923 part of a network of locally organized In 2018 alone, Cristo Rey served over opened up their own homes so that sur- groups that strive to improve the 56,000 members of their community. vivors of domestic violence could find health and safety of our communities. They distributed over 357,000 pounds of refuge. In Livingston County, our reserve food, and provided more than 21,000 Later on, as it grew, LACASA was corps is composed of 194 members, with meals to the hungry. Their family able to rent, then buy, and finally ex- an extra 80 volunteers, dedicating their health center cared for nearly 2,800 pand to a permanent shelter where time at the clinic. These folks are reg- unique patients, empowered 1,500 indi- women and children can access coun- istered nurses, pharmacists, physi- viduals to manage their finances, and seling services, legal advocacy, and cian’s assistants, nurse practitioners, helped families save over $700,000 in wraparound support. paramedics, licensed professional prescription drug costs. In addition to sanctuary, LACASA nurses, EMTs, firefighters, veterinar- b 1330 offers 24-hour crisis response with ians, chiropractors, social workers, trained staff who are able to intake teachers, public health professionals, In addition to these programs, Cristo and serve the diverse needs of survivors and others with nonmedical Rey served as an essential warming of child abuse, domestic abuse, and sex- backgrounds. center during harsh winters and as a ual assault. For so many in our com- They come from all walks of life, but cooling center during sweltering sum- munity, the folks at LACASA are di- they are motivated to their cause, mers for the roughly 5,000 individuals rectly responsible for giving them the which is a healthier Livingston Coun- who are homeless in the Lansing area. tools and strength to begin the road to- ty. And their work during the pan- Every day, Cristo Rey staff live up to ward a better future. demic is nothing short of heroic. They their motto: ‘‘Serving individuals, However, pandemics don’t stop abus- helped with mask packaging and dis- serving families, serving communities. ers. In fact, when outside stressors tribution, staffing a COVID hotline, Always with compassion. Always with occur, abuse historically tends to esca- contact tracing, and vaccine support. respect.’’ late. So when shelter-in-place orders Without the reserve corps, the county Wherever there is a need, whether it took effect last year, closing LACASA would not have been able to respond as is a basic need, a spiritual need, or a and its around-the-clock facility was effectively. societal need, Cristo Rey is there. Yes, not an option. Record numbers of vic- Since the beginning of last year, tem- they offer support and care, but they tims seeking help and refuge contacted porary staff have logged almost 7,000 also focus on self-sufficiency and hon- them, and their ability to adapt is hours on duty, with volunteers adding oring the dignity of every person who nothing short of heroic. another 5,000 hours. These hours rep- walks through their doors. In 2020 alone, LACASA provided 1,170 resent shots in arms, questions an- For the poor and vulnerable, immi- overnight stays in hotel rooms and swered, fears put at ease, and more. grants and migrants, and all people in over 3,500 off-site meals for victims and When our people need it the most, need, regardless of language or culture, their families. They expanded capacity the Medical Reserve Corps stepped up. Cristo Rey is instrumental in the work to handle a 230-percent increase in Their training designed for full-scale to break the cycle of poverty and lift child forensic interviews. emergencies meant the difference when the community up. As a trusted orga- LACASA saw the number of calls to Livingston County was tested like nization, they are crucial to building their 24/7 helpline nearly double when never before. bridges between different parts of the the number of individuals seeking per- I am so grateful for each and every city. sonal protection orders more than tri- member who has proudly worn the yel- In 2019, during the search for a new pled compared to an average year. low vest of the Medical Reserve Corps. police chief, Cristo Rey hosted the first Mr. Speaker, I have had the chance Mr. Speaker, I especially want to rec- community meet-and-greet for Daryl to personally visit LACASA, touring ognize Jennifer Kramer, the Medical Green, who became Lansing’s chief of their shelter and working with their Reserve Corps coordinator, who has police. When our community was president, CEO, and badass, Bobette certainly personally put in incredibly rocked by COVID, Cristo Rey was one Schrandt, on several occasions. I am so long hours in service to others. of the first to retool its programs and thankful for her leadership and for the With their motto of Partner, Provide, offerings in order to start adapting to entire organization’s tireless support Prepare, and Protect, the Medical Re- changing times. and work to provide a port in the serve Corps makes the extraordinary These days, with a grant from the storm for local residents. seem ordinary. I have seen them in ac- Dart Foundation, the center has been They are a model for similar non- tion myself when I visited a vaccina- able to offer vaccinations to residents, profits, earning national accreditation tion clinic in January. They are orga- particularly in underserved and hard- from the National Children’s Alliance nized, efficient, and wholly devoted to to-reach communities, which is essen- as a children’s advocacy center just the cause. tial for bringing down the rates of in- last week. Bobette told me herself. It is It is my great honor to speak these fection and reopening Michigan’s econ- their highest level of membership, an words into the official RECORD so that omy. honor that says everything about future generations can read about For their 50 years of service to Lan- LACASA’s dedication to addressing these heroes who were there when we sing, it is my great honor to recognize childhood abuse in southeast Michigan. needed them most. the men and women who truly do God’s Today, I am proud to lift up their RECOGNIZING CRISTO REY COMMUNITY CENTER work at Cristo Rey Community Center. trauma-informed procedures and prac- Ms. SLOTKIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise May they continue to live out their tices as a shining beacon of hope in today to recognize Cristo Rey Commu- mission for the next 50 years and for as Michigan’s Eighth District. nity Center, a nonprofit organization long as these words remain in the On behalf of a grateful community, that has been meeting the needs of the RECORD of the people’s House. thank you for the work that you do, Lansing community since 1968. RECOGNIZING LACASA and may you continue to lead the way. As a comprehensive, basic-needs Ms. SLOTKIN. Mr. Speaker, it is my Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance service center, Cristo Rey is an invalu- honor to recognize LACASA, a non- of my time. able source for residents, no matter profit in my community that has stood f their station in life. The center’s out as a beacon of hope for thousands health clinic serves the uninsured and of vulnerable women and children in ENROLLED BILL SIGNED underinsured while offering counseling mid-Michigan. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the to those struggling with substance In 1979, LACASA was founded as the House, reported and found truly en- abuse and addiction. Their financial Livingston Area Council Against rolled a bill of the House of the fol- counselors help folks develop healthy Spousal Abuse. With just $40 in dona- lowing title, which was thereupon spending and saving habits, and their tions and a part-time director at a desk signed by the Speaker: community kitchen serves free hot in a borrowed office space, the organi- H.R. 711. An act to amend the West Los An- breakfast and lunch Monday through zation first relied entirely on volun- geles Leasing Act of 2016 to authorize the use Friday. teers, selfless local residents who of certain funds received pursuant to leases

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN7.048 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H2924 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2021 entered into under such Act, and for other Plan for the Tioga County Area [EPA-R03- 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- purposes. OAR-2020-0321; FRL-10023-81-Region 3] re- mittee on Energy and Commerce. ceived June 8, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. EC–1406. A letter from the Director, Regu- f 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 latory Management Division, Environmental SENATE ENROLLED BlLL SIGNED Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Commerce. cy’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; Florida; The Speaker announced her signa- EC–1398. A letter from the Director, Regu- Maintenance Plan Update for the ture to an enrolled bill of the Senate of latory Management Division, Environmental Hillsborough County Lead Area [EPA-R04- the following title. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- OAR-2020-0185; FRL-10024-49 Region 4] re- S.475.—An act to amend title 5, United cy’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; Maine; ceived June 8, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. States Code, to designate Juneteenth Na- Infrastructure State Implementation Plan 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 tional Independence Day as a legal public Requirements for the 2015 Ozone Standard Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and holiday. and Negative Declaration for the Oil and Gas Commerce. Industry for the 2008 and 2015 Ozone Stand- EC–1407. A letter from the Director, Regu- f ards; Correction [EPA-R01-OAR-2020-0327; latory Management Division, Environmental ADJOURNMENT FRL-10024-76-Region 1] received June 8, 2021, Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law cy’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; Indiana; The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- Two Revised Sulfur Dioxide Rules for Lake ant to section 11(b) of House Resolu- mittee on Energy and Commerce. County [EPA-R05-OAR-2020-0369; FRL-10024- tion 188, the House stands adjourned EC–1399. A letter from the Director, Regu- 65-Region 5] received June 8, 2021, pursuant until 9 a.m. on Monday, June 21, 2021. latory Management Division, Environmental to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Thereupon (at 1 o’clock and 34 min- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on cy’s final rule — Significant New Use Rules Energy and Commerce. utes p.m.), under its previous order, the on Certain Chemical Substances (20-7.B) EC–1408. A letter from the Chief of Staff, House adjourned until Monday, June [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0303; FRL-10021-85] Media Bureau, Federal Communications 21, 2021, at 9 a.m. (RIN: 2070-AB27) received June 8, 2021, pursu- Commission, transmitting the Commission’s f ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- final rule — Sponsorship Identification Re- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee quirements for Foreign Government-Pro- OATH FOR ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED on Energy and Commerce. vided Programming [MB Docket No.: 20-299] INFORMATION) EC–1400. A letter from the Director, Regu- received June 8, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. latory Management Division, Environmental 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Under clause 13 of rule XXIII, the fol- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and lowing Member executed the oath for cy’s final rule — Significant New Use Rules Commerce. access to classified information: on Certain Chemical Substances (20-6.B) EC–1409. A letter from the Deputy Chief, Melanie A. Stansbury [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0251; FRL-10021-77] Auctions Division, Office of Economic and (RIN: 2070-AB27) received June 8, 2021, pursu- Analytics, Federal Communications Com- f ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- mission, transmitting the Commission’s EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee final rule — Certification adopted for auc- on Energy and Commerce. tion of flexible-use service licenses in the ETC. EC–1401. A letter from the Director, Regu- 3.45-3.55 GHz band for next-generation wire- Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive latory Management Division, Environmental less services (Auction 10) [AU Docket No.: 21- communications were taken from the Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 62] received June 8, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Speaker’s table and referred as follows: cy’s final rule — Significant New Use Rules 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 on Certain Chemical Substances (20-5.B) Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and EC–1393. A letter from the General Coun- [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0222; FRL-10018-77] Commerce. sel, Farm Credit Administration, transmit- (RIN: 2070-AB27) received June 8, 2021, pursu- EC–1410. A letter from the Deputy Chief, ting the Administration’s direct final rule — ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- Policy and Rules Division, Office of Engi- Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee neering and Technology, Federal Commu- Disclosure and Reporting (RIN: 3052-AD47) on Energy and Commerce. nications Commission, transmitting the received June 14, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. EC–1402. A letter from the Director, Regu- Commission’s final rule — Allocation of 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 latory Management Division, Environmental Spectrum for Non-Federal Space Launch Op- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Agriculture. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- erations; Amendment of Part 2 of the Com- EC–1394. A letter from the Attorney, Office cy’s final rule — Revised Cross-State Air mission’s Rules for Federal Earth Stations of the General Counsel, Consumer Product Pollution Rule Update for the 2008 Ozone Communicating with Non-Federal Fixed Sat- Safety Commission, transmitting the Com- NAAQS; Correction [EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0272; ellite Service Space Stations; and Federal mission’s direct final rule — Safety Standard FRL-10024-45-OAR] (RIN: 2060-AU84) received Space Station Use of the 399.9-400.05 MHz for High Chairs [Docket No.: CPSC-2015-0031] June 8, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Band [ET Docket No.: 13-115] (RM-11341) re- received May 25, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to ceived May 19, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and EC–1403. A letter from the Director, Regu- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. latory Management Division, Environmental Commerce. EC–1395. A letter from the Director, Regu- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- EC–1411. A letter from the Deputy Bureau latory Management Division, Environmental cy’s final rule — Modification of Significant Chief, Policy Division, Public Safety and Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- New Uses of Certain Chemical Substances Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Commu- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation (20-2.M) [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0302; FRL-10022- nications Commission, transmitting the of Implementation Plans; North Dakota; Re- 76] (RIN: 2070-AB27) received June 8, 2021, Commission’s final rule — Improving Public visions to Air Pollution Control Rules; Re- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law Safety Communications in the 800MHZ Band gional Haze [EPA-R08-OAR-2021-0002; FRL- 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- [WT Docket: 02-55] (Proceeding Terminated) 10024-54-Region 8] received June 8, 2021, pur- mittee on Energy and Commerce. received May 19, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- EC–1404. A letter from the Director, Regu- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee latory Management Division, Environmental Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and on Energy and Commerce. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Commerce. EC–1396. A letter from the Director, Regu- cy’s final rule — Difenoconazole; Pesticide EC–1412. A letter from the Managing Direc- latory Management Division, Environmental Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0626; EPA-HQ- tor, Office of the Managing Director, Finan- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- OPP-2020-0082; and EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0345; cial Operations, Federal Communications cy’s final rule — Cellulose, ethyl ether; Ex- FRL-10022-28] received June 8, 2021, pursuant Commission, transmitting the Commission’s emption from the Requirement of a Toler- to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, final rule — Assessment and Collection of ance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0138; FRL-10023-34] Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2021; Assess- received June 8, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Energy and Commerce. ment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 EC–1405. A letter from the Director, Regu- Fiscal Year 2020 [MD Docket No.: 21-190] [MD Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and latory Management Division, Environmental Docket No.: 20-105] received May 19, 2021, Commerce. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law EC–1397. A letter from the Director, Regu- cy’s final rule — Designation of Areas for Air 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- latory Management Division, Environmental Quality Planning Purposes; California; East- mittee on Energy and Commerce. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- ern Kern Ozone Nonattainment Area; Reclas- EC–1413. A letter from the Executive Direc- cy’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; Pennsyl- sification to Severe [EPA-R09-OAR-2021-0340; tor, Council of the Inspectors General on In- vania; 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient FRL-10024-58-Region 9] received June 8, 2021, tegrity and Efficiency, transmitting the Air Quality Standards Second Maintenance pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law Council’s interim final rule — Privacy Act

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A17JN7.019 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE June 17, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2925 Regulations (RIN: 3219-AA03) received June ment Administration, transmitting the Ad- titles were introduced and severally re- 11, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); ministration’s interim final rule — Sched- ferred, as follows: Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to ules of Controlled Substances: Placement of By Mrs. GREENE of Georgia (for her- the Committee on Oversight and Reform. Remimazolam in Schedule IV [Docket No.: self, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. GAETZ, and Mr. EC–1414. A letter from the Biologist, Spe- DEA-658] received May 19, 2021, pursuant to 5 GOSAR): cial Assistant, Office of Protected Resources, U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. Department of Commerce, transmitting the 251; (110 Stat. 868); jointly to the Committees H.R. 3960. A bill to eliminate the Bureau of Department’s final rule — Endangered and on Energy and Commerce and the Judiciary. Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Designating EC–1422. A letter from the Section Chief, remove firearm restrictions on lawful gun Critical Habitat for the Central America, Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforce- owners, and provide funds to surviving fami- Mexico, and Western North Pacific Distinct ment Administration, transmitting the Ad- lies of border patrol agents killed as a result Population Segments of Humpback Whales ministration’s final rule — Schedules of Con- of Operation Fast and Furious; to the Com- [Docket No.: 210415-0080] (RIN: 0648-BI06) re- trolled Substances: Placement of mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to ceived June 1, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Lemborexant in Schedule IV [Docket No.: the Committees on Ways and Means, and 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 DEA-600] received May 19, 2021, pursuant to 5 Homeland Security, for a period to be subse- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Natural Re- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. quently determined by the Speaker, in each sources. 251; (110 Stat. 868); jointly to the Committees case for consideration of such provisions as EC–1415. A letter from the Agency Rep- on Energy and Commerce and the Judiciary. fall within the jurisdiction of the committee resentative, United States Patent and Trade- EC–1423. A letter from the Deputy Director concerned. mark Office, Department of Commerce, and Acting Director of Privacy and Open By Mr. DOGGETT (for himself, Ms. transmitting the Department’s final rule — Government, Office of the Secretary, Depart- ADAMS, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. BISHOP of Changes to Representation of Others before ment of Commerce, transmitting the Depart- Georgia, Ms. BOURDEAUX, Ms. BUSH, the United States Patent and Trademark Of- ment’s final rule — Social Security Number Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. CASTOR of fice [Docket No.: PTO-C-2013-0042] (RIN: 0651- Fraud Prevention Act of 2017 Implementa- Florida, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. AC91) received June 1, 2021, pursuant to 5 tion [Docket No.: 210329-0073] (RIN: 0605- CLEAVER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. COHEN, U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. AA49) received May 19, 2021, pursuant to 5 Mr. COOPER, Mr. CRIST, Mr. CUELLAR, 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on the U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. Judiciary. 251; (110 Stat. 868); jointly to the Committees ESCOBAR, Mrs. FLETCHER, Ms. LOIS EC–1416. A letter from the Senior Attor- on Oversight and Reform and Ways and FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. GARCIA of ney, Office of Aviation Consumer Protection, Means. Texas, Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Office of the Secretary, Department of Texas, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. JACK- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- f SON LEE, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. ment’s final rule — Tarmac Delay Rule REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. LAWSON of [Docket No.: DOT-OST-2019-0144] (RIN: 2105- Florida, Ms. MANNING, Mrs. MCBATH, PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS AE47) received May 19, 2021, pursuant to 5 Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. POCAN, U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on committees were delivered to the Clerk ROSS, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. DAVID SCOTT Transportation and Infrastructure. for printing and reference to the proper of Georgia, Mr. SOTO, Mr. THOMPSON EC–1417. A letter from the Regulation De- calendar, as follows: of Mississippi, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. VELA, velopment Coordinator, Office of Regulation Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WIL- Policy and Management, Office of General Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Committee on Edu- LIAMS of Georgia, Ms. WILSON of Flor- Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs, cation and Labor. H.R. 2062. A bill to amend ida, and Mr. CONNOLLY): transmitting the Department’s interim final the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and other laws to clarify appropriated H.R. 3961. A bill to amend title XIX of the rule — Extension of Veterans’ Group Life In- Social Security Act to provide for a dem- surance (VGLI) Application Periods in Re- standards for Federal employment discrimi- nation and retaliation claims, and for other onstration project under the Medicaid pro- sponse to the COVID-19 Public Health Emer- gram for political subdivisions of States to gency (RIN: 2900-AR24) received June 14, 2021, purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 117–63). Referred to the Committee of the Whole provide medical assistance for the expansion pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law population under such program, and for 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- House on the state of the Union. Mr. PALLONE: Committee on Energy and other purposes; to the Committee on Energy mittee on Veterans’ Affairs. and Commerce. EC–1418. A letter from the Chief, Legal Commerce. House Joint Resolution 34. Reso- By Ms. DEAN (for herself, Mr. ARM- Processing Division, Internal Revenue Serv- lution providing for congressional dis- STRONG, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, ice, transmitting the Service’s IRB only rule approval under chapter 8 of title 5, United Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. FITZPATRICK, — Safe harbor for taxpayers who relied on States Code, of a rule submitted by the Envi- Mr. NORCROSS, Mrs. KIM of California, IRC Notice 2020-32 and/or Revenue Ruling ronmental Protection Agency relating to Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mrs. 2020-27 [Revenue Procedure 2021-20] received ‘‘Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission AXNE, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. May 25, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modi- PERLMUTTER, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 fied Sources Review’’ (Rept. 117–64). Referred KHANNA, Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mr. Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and to the Committee of the Whole House on the GOODEN of Texas, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. Means. state of the Union. ´ EC–1419. A letter from the Regulations Co- Ms. WATERS: Committee on Financial VELAZQUEZ, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, ordinator, Centers for Medicare and Med- Services. H.R. 1443. A bill to amend the Mr. BANKS, Mr. BUDD, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. icaid Services, Department of Health and Equal Credit Opportunity Act to require the DELBENE, Mr. MOONEY, Mrs. WAGNER, Human Services, transmitting the Depart- collection of small business loan data related Mr. BARR, Mr. STEIL, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. ment’s interim final rule — Medicare Pro- to LGBTQ-owned businesses; with an amend- GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. gram; Modification of Limitations on Redes- ment (Rept. 117–65). Referred to the Com- RESCHENTHALER, Ms. SLOTKIN, Ms. ignation by the Medicare Geographic Classi- mittee of the Whole House on the state of WEXTON, and Mr. GUEST): fication Review Board (MGCRB) [CMS-1762- the Union. H.R. 3962. A bill to authorize notaries pub- IFC] (RIN: 0938-AU56) received May 19, 2021, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New lic to perform, and to establish minimum pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law York: Committee on Oversight and Reform. standards for, electronic notarizations and 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); jointly to the H.R. 2662. A bill to amend the Inspector Gen- remote notarizations that occur in or affect Committees on Energy and Commerce and eral Act of 1978, and for other purposes; with interstate commerce, to require any Federal Ways and Means. an amendment (Rept. 117–66, Pt. 1). Referred court to recognize notarizations performed EC–1420. A letter from the Regulations Co- to the Committee of the Whole House on the by a notarial officer of any State, to require ordinator, Center for Clinical Standards and state of the Union. any State to recognize notarizations per- formed by a notarial officer of any other Quality, Department of Health and Human DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEE Services, transmitting the Department’s State when the notarization was performed final rule — Medicare Program; Medicare Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XIII, the under or relates to a public Act, record, or Coverage of Innovative Technology (MCIT) Committee on the Budget discharged judicial proceeding of the notarial officer’s and Definition of ‘‘Reasonable and Nec- from further consideration. H.R. 2662 State or when the notarization occurs in or essary’’; Delay in Effective Date [CMS-3372- referred to the Committee of the Whole affects interstate commerce, and for other F2] (RIN: 0938-AT88) received June 1, 2021, House on the state of the Union. purposes; to the Committee on Energy and pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law Commerce, and in addition to the Committee f 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); jointly to the on the Judiciary, for a period to be subse- Committees on Energy and Commerce and PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS quently determined by the Speaker, in each Ways and Means. case for consideration of such provisions as EC–1421. A letter from the Section Chief, Under clause 2 of rule XII, public fall within the jurisdiction of the committee Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforce- bills and resolutions of the following concerned.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:49 Jun 18, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L17JN7.000 H17JNPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H2926 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2021 By Ms. DEAN: the Treasury to update guidance on cus- H.R. 3976. A bill to provide defense and se- H.R. 3963. A bill to expand compassionate tomer identification regulations with re- curity assistance to ensure the survival of release authority and elderly home confine- spect to the use of identification cards issued Israel and its people from an existing or im- ment access for offenders with heightened by a municipality, and for other purposes; to minent military threat, and for other pur- coronavirus risk; to the Committee on the the Committee on Financial Services. poses; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees By Mr. CURTIS (for himself and Mr. By Mr. BUDD: on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, CA´ RDENAS): H.R. 3977. A bill to amend the Foreign As- for a period to be subsequently determined H.R. 3969. A bill to amend title XXVII of sistance Act of 1961 to limit assistance to the by the Speaker, in each case for consider- the Public Health Service Act to include ac- Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Lib- ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- tivities to address social determinants of eration Organization, and for other purposes; risdiction of the committee concerned. health in the calculation of medical loss ra- to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Ms. SALAZAR (for herself, Mr. tios; to the Committee on Energy and Com- By Mr. BURGESS: MALINOWSKI, Ms. CHENEY, Mr. COHEN, merce. H.R. 3978. A bill to make it unlawful to Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. DIAZ- By Mr. CURTIS (for himself and Mr. send a demand letter in bad faith for a pat- BALART, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. GIMENEZ, MOULTON): ent relating to COVID-19 related products, Miss GONZA´ LEZ-COLO´ N, Mr. MAST, Mr. H.R. 3970. A bill to require Federal agen- and for other purposes; to the Committee on CAWTHORN, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. CRIST, cies to timely respond to right-of-way re- Energy and Commerce. Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. GREEN of Ten- quests for the build out of broadband service, By Mr. BUTTERFIELD (for himself nessee, Mrs. STEEL, Ms. TENNEY, and and for other purposes; to the Committee on and Mr. LONG): Ms. MALLIOTAKIS): Transportation and Infrastructure, and in H.R. 3979. A bill to establish a refund effec- H.R. 3964. A bill to require the United addition to the Committee on Natural Re- tive date for rates and charges under the States Trade Representative to submit a re- sources, for a period to be subsequently de- Natural Gas Act, and for other purposes; to port on the manner and extent to which termined by the Speaker, in each case for the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Nicaragua is in compliance with the Domini- consideration of such provisions as fall with- By Mr. CARTER of Georgia: can Republic-Central America-United States in the jurisdiction of the committee con- H.R. 3980. A bill to require the Secretary of Free Trade Agreement; to the Committee on cerned. Commerce and the Federal Trade Commis- Ways and Means. By Mr. ARRINGTON (for himself, Mr. sion to conduct a study on facial recognition By Mr. CLYDE (for himself, Mr. MAST, HERN, and Mr. RICE of South Caro- technology, and for other purposes; to the Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. CRENSHAW, and lina): Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in H.R. 3971. A bill to amend title II of the So- Mr. PERRY): addition to the Committees on Science, H.R. 3965. A bill to designate Ansarallah as cial Security Act to prevent concurrent re- Space, and Technology, and Foreign Affairs, a foreign terrorist organization and impose ceipt of unemployment benefits and Social for a period to be subsequently determined Security disability insurance, and for other certain sanctions on Ansarallah, and for by the Speaker, in each case for consider- purposes; to the Committee on Ways and other purposes; to the Committee on the Ju- ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- Means. diciary, and in addition to the Committee on risdiction of the committee concerned. By Mr. BERA (for himself, Mr. CHABOT, Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subse- By Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. Mr. KAHELE, Mr. BACON, Mr. CASE, quently determined by the Speaker, in each FITZPATRICK, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mrs. and Mr. WOMACK): case for consideration of such provisions as H.R. 3972. A bill to support the diplomatic, HAYES, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. fall within the jurisdiction of the committee economic, and physical space of Taiwan, and LYNCH, Ms. NORTON, Ms. SCHA- concerned. for other purposes; to the Committee on For- KOWSKY, and Ms. WILD): By Mr. CLYDE (for himself, Mr. BABIN, eign Affairs, and in addition to the Com- H.R. 3981. A bill to amend the Older Ameri- Mr. MANN, Mr. EMMER, Mr. VAN mittee on Ways and Means, for a period to be cans Act of 1965 to authorize a national net- DREW, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. MAST, Mr. subsequently determined by the Speaker, in work of Statewide senior legal hotlines, and DESJARLAIS, Mr. BISHOP of North each case for consideration of such provi- for other purposes; to the Committee on Carolina, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. CARTER sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the Education and Labor. of Texas, and Mr. BOST): committee concerned. By Ms. CASTOR of Florida (for herself H.R. 3966. A bill to prohibit the United By Mr. BIGGS (for himself, Mr. PERRY, and Mr. POSEY): H.R. 3982. A bill to amend the Federal States from rejoining the Joint Comprehen- Mr. ROSENDALE, Mr. STEWART, Mr. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the sive Plan of Action (JCPOA) until the Presi- MCCLINTOCK, Mr. MANN, Mrs. Food and Drug Administration’s jurisdiction dent makes certain certifications, and for BOEBERT, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. NEWHOUSE, over certain tobacco products, and to protect other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign and Ms. CHENEY): Affairs. H.R. 3973. A bill to amend the Endangered jobs and small businesses involved in the By Mr. TAKANO (for himself, Mrs. Species Act of 1973 to provide for improved sale, manufacturing, and distribution of tra- LURIA, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. precision in the listing, delisting, and ditional and premium cigars; to the Com- TRONE, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. LEVIN of downlisting of endangered species and poten- mittee on Energy and Commerce. California, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. LAMB, tially endangered species; to the Committee By Mr. CAWTHORN (for himself, Mr. Mr. BROWN, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. UNDER- on Natural Resources. TIFFANY, Mr. STEUBE, Ms. HERRELL, WOOD, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. MRVAN, Mr. By Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, and Mr. WEBER of Texas): ALLRED, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. LOIS Mr. KILDEE, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. MOORE H.R. 3983. A bill to direct the Secretary of FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. RYAN, Mr. of Wisconsin, Mr. KIND, Mr. Homeland Security to issue regulations with MCGOVERN, Mr. HARDER of California, HORSFORD, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. SCHNEI- respect to the optional practical training Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. KILMER, Mr. DER, Mr. BEYER, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. program, and for other purposes; to the Com- SOTO, Ms. MENG, Ms. STRICKLAND, SUOZZI, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. CHU, Mr. mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to and Ms. SPANBERGER): EVANS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illi- the Committee on Education and Labor, for H.R. 3967. A bill to improve health care and nois, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. a period to be subsequently determined by benefits for veterans exposed to toxic sub- SA´ NCHEZ, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of the Speaker, in each case for consideration stances, and for other purposes; to the Com- Pennsylvania, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. HIG- of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- mittee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition GINS of New York, Mr. LARSON of tion of the committee concerned. to the Committee on Armed Services, for a Connecticut, and Mr. THOMPSON of By Mr. CRENSHAW: period to be subsequently determined by the California): H.R. 3984. A bill to amend title 28, United Speaker, in each case for consideration of H.R. 3974. A bill to extend the trade adjust- States Code, to provide a civil action against such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- ment assistance program, and for other pur- a foreign state for deliberate concealment or tion of the committee concerned. poses; to the Committee on Ways and Means. distortion of information with respect to an By Mr. TORRES of New York (for him- By Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, international public health emergency, and self, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mr. BEYER, Ms. CHU, Mr. DANNY K. for other purposes; to the Committee on the Mr. MEEKS, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALO- DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. Judiciary. NEY of New York, Ms. CLARKE of New DOGGETT, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KIND, Ms. By Mr. CROW (for himself, Mrs. MUR- York, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. SA´ NCHEZ, PHY of Florida, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. NADLER, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. and Ms. SEWELL): GALLEGO, Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. WALTZ, MENG, Mr. JEFFRIES, and Mr. BOW- H.R. 3975. A bill to amend the Trade Act of Mr. BACON, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Mr. KIM MAN): 1974 to modify and extend the Generalized of New Jersey, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, H.R. 3968. A bill to require the Board of System of Preferences, to amend the Har- Mr. STANTON, Mr. MEIJER, Mr. BERA, Governors of the Federal Reserve System, monized Tariff Schedule of the United States Mr. WELCH, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. JACOBS of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, to modify temporarily certain rates of duty, California, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and for other purposes; to the Committee on DUNN, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. LAMB, the National Credit Union Administration, Ways and Means. Ms. DEAN, Mr. THOMPSON of Cali- the Office of the Comptroller of the Cur- By Mr. BUDD (for himself and Mr. fornia, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. TAYLOR, and rency, and the United States Department of MURPHY of North Carolina): Mr. WENSTRUP):

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A bill to expand access to grad- (for himself, Mr. HIGGINS of New GHER, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. uate education by amending the Federal Pell York, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. BALDERSON, Mr. GOHMERT, Mrs. Grant program to include postbaccalaureate SEWELL, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, HARSHBARGER, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. GON- study; to the Committee on Education and and Mr. KILDEE): ZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsyl- Labor. H.R. 3986. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- vania, Mr. CARL, Mrs. RODGERS of By Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for enue Code of 1986 to improve the work oppor- Washington, Mr. WENSTRUP, and Mr. himself, Mr. REED, Mr. BLUMENAUER, tunity tax credit with respect to workforce STEIL): Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. development and foster care transition H.R. 3994. A bill to amend title 38, United HIGGINS of New York, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. youth, and for other purposes; to the Com- States Code, to extend the authorization pe- MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. FERGUSON, mittee on Ways and Means. riod for emergency treatment in non-Depart- Mr. ESTES, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mrs. MIL- By Ms. DELAURO: ment of Veterans Affairs medical facilities LER of West Virginia, Mr. HERN, Mr. H.R. 3987. A bill to prohibit the award of under the Veterans Community Care Pro- KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. RICE of Federal Government contracts to inverted gram; to the Committee on Veterans’ Af- South Carolina, and Mr. WENSTRUP): domestic corporations, and for other pur- fairs. H.R. 4003. A bill to amend title II of the So- poses; to the Committee on Oversight and By Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio (for himself cial Security Act to eliminate work dis- Reform, and in addition to the Committee on and Mrs. LURIA): incentives for childhood disability bene- Armed Services, for a period to be subse- H.R. 3995. A bill to direct the Secretary of ficiaries; to the Committee on Ways and quently determined by the Speaker, in each Energy to submit to Congress a report on the Means. case for consideration of such provisions as global nuclear leadership of the United By Mrs. LESKO (for herself, Mr. BABIN, fall within the jurisdiction of the committee States; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. LAMALFA, and concerned. and in addition to the Committee on Energy Mr. ROSE): By Mr. DEUTCH (for himself, Mr. WIL- and Commerce, for a period to be subse- H.R. 4004. A bill to prohibit Federal fund- SON of South Carolina, Ms. TITUS, Mr. quently determined by the Speaker, in each ing for institutions of higher education that MCGOVERN, Ms. JACOBS of California, case for consideration of such provisions as have partnerships with schools or other or- Mr. SIRES, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. fall within the jurisdiction of the committee ganizations funded by North Korea, and for MOULTON, Ms. BASS, and Mr. concerned. other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign FITZPATRICK): Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on By Mrs. HARTZLER (for herself, Ms. H.R. 3988. A bill to enhance mental health Education and Labor, for a period to be sub- BASS, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. and psychosocial support within United sequently determined by the Speaker, in GROTHMAN, Mr. CAWTHORN, Mr. States foreign assistance programs; to the each case for consideration of such provi- BACON, Ms. SALAZAR, Mrs. WAGNER, Committee on Foreign Affairs. sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the By Mrs. DINGELL: Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. committee concerned. H.R. 3989. A bill to amend the consumer STAUBER, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. By Ms. MATSUI (for herself, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. product safety laws to repeal of exclusion of KATKO, Mr. LANGEVIN, and Mr. OWENS, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, and Mrs. pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from GARBARINO): the definition of consumer product under AXNE): H.R. 4005. A bill to direct the Director of such laws; to the Committee on Energy and H.R. 3996. A bill to amend the Omnibus the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu- Commerce. Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to rity Agency to establish a School Cybersecu- By Mrs. DINGELL (for herself, Ms. include an additional permissible use of rity Improvement Program, and for other KUSTER, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. amounts provided as grants under the Byrne purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Se- KATKO): JAG program, and for other purposes; to the curity, and in addition to the Committee on H.R. 3990. A bill to ban the use of inten- Committee on the Judiciary. Education and Labor, for a period to be sub- tionally added perfluoroalkyl or By Mrs. HAYES (for herself, Mr. sequently determined by the Speaker, in polyfluoroalkyl substances in cosmetics; to BACON, and Ms. ROSS): each case for consideration of such provi- the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H.R. 3997. A bill to amend the Richard B. sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the By Mr. DUNCAN (for himself, Mr. Russell National School Lunch Act to en- committee concerned. PERRY, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, Mr. hance direct certification under the school By Mr. MORELLE: BABIN, Mrs. GREENE of Georgia, Mrs. lunch program; to the Committee on Edu- H.R. 4006. A bill to require original equip- MCCLAIN, Mrs. HINSON, and Mr. cation and Labor. ment manufacturers of digital electronic CAWTHORN): By Mr. HICE of Georgia (for himself, equipment to make available certain docu- H.R. 3991. A bill to require that any person Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. WEBER of Texas, mentation, diagnostic, and repair informa- that maintains an internet website or that and Mr. JACKSON): tion to independent repair providers, and for sells or distributes a mobile application that H.R. 3998. A bill to require the Bureau of other purposes; to the Committee on Energy maintains and stores information collected Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and Commerce. from such website or application in China to to make video recordings of the examination By Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina (for disclose that such information is stored and and testing of firearms and ammunition, and himself, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. STEUBE, maintained in the People’s Republic of China for other purposes; to the Committee on the Mr. BABIN, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. C. SCOTT and whether the Chinese Communist Party Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee FRANKLIN of Florida, Ms. TENNEY, or a Chinese state-owned entity has access to on Ways and Means, for a period to be subse- Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. JOYCE of Penn- such information; to the Committee on En- quently determined by the Speaker, in each sylvania, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. ergy and Commerce. case for consideration of such provisions as GROTHMAN, Mr. OWENS, Mr. FITZ- By Ms. GARCIA of Texas: fall within the jurisdiction of the committee GERALD, Mr. BANKS, Mrs. MILLER- H.R. 3992. A bill to amend the Age Dis- concerned. MEEKS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. TIF- crimination in Employment Act of 1967 pro- By Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (for FANY, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr. JACKSON, hibit employers from limiting, segregating, himself and Mr. O’HALLERAN): Mr. BUDD, Ms. LETLOW, Mr. MANN, or classifying applicants for employment; to H.R. 3999. A bill to appropriately limit the and Mr. JORDAN): the Committee on Education and Labor. size of the population required for urban H.R. 4007. A bill to amend the Higher Edu- By Ms. GARCIA of Texas (for herself, areas of metropolitan statistical areas; to cation Act of 1965 to ensure that public insti- Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New the Committee on Oversight and Reform. tutions of higher education eschew policies York, Ms. NORTON, Mr. ESPAILLAT, By Mr. KINZINGER: that improperly constrain the expressive Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. JOHNSON of H.R. 4000. A bill to require any person that rights of students, and to ensure that private Georgia, Mr. RUSH, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. maintains an internet website or that sells institutions of higher education are trans- MENG, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. or distributes a mobile application that is parent about, and responsible for, their cho- MCGOVERN, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. POCAN, owned, wholly or partially, by the Chinese sen speech policies; to the Committee on Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. OMAR, Mr. Communist Party or by a non-state owned Education and Labor. PETERS, Mr. GALLEGO, Mrs. DEMINGS, entity located in the People’s Republic of By Mr. NEWHOUSE (for himself and Mr. RASKIN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. China, to disclose that fact to any individual Mr. O’HALLERAN): NEGUSE, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. JACOBS of who downloads or otherwise uses such appli- H.R. 4008. A bill to amend the Public California, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. SIRES, cation; to the Committee on Energy and Health Service Act to provide for the estab- Ms. LEE of California, and Mr. Commerce. lishment of a virtual health pilot program to CA´ RDENAS): By Mr. KINZINGER: facilitate utilization of remote patient moni- H.R. 3993. A bill to ensure the humane H.R. 4001. A bill to require online retailers toring technology to maintain or expand ac- treatment of pregnant women by reinstating to prominently disclose product country-of- cess to health care services for individuals in

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rural areas, and for other purposes; to the By Mrs. TORRES of California (for her- NORMAN, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. VAN DREW, Committee on Energy and Commerce. self, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. BUDD, Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mr. By Ms. NORTON: and Mr. COHEN): GREEN of Tennessee, Mrs. HINSON, H.R. 4009. A bill to authorize the George- H.R. 4017. A bill to authorize appropria- Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mrs. WAGNER, Ms. town African American Historic Landmark tions for the Department of State for fiscal MACE, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. OWENS, Mr. C. Project and Tour to establish a commemora- years 2021 through 2023 to provide assistance SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Mr. tive work in the District of Columbia and its to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras BURCHETT, Mr. HUDSON, Ms. environs, and for other purposes; to the Com- through bilateral compacts to increase pro- MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. EMMER, and Ms. mittee on Natural Resources. tection of women and children in their CHENEY): By Mr. PANETTA (for himself, Mrs. homes and communities and reduce female H. Res. 484. A resolution expressing the WALORSKI, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. WENSTRUP, homicides, domestic violence, and sexual as- sense of the House of Representatives that and Ms. SPEIER): sault; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. the United States should not waive intellec- H.R. 4010. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- By Mr. VALADAO (for himself, Mr. tual property rights relating to COVID-19 enue Code of 1986 to include fuel cells using MCCARTHY, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. GARCIA vaccines or treatments; to the Committee on electromechanical processes for purposes of of California, Mr. ISSA, Mrs. KIM of the Judiciary. California, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. the energy tax credit; to the Committee on MCCLINTOCK, Mr. NUNES, and Mrs. f Ways and Means. STEEL): By Ms. PRESSLEY (for herself, Ms. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY H.R. 4018. A bill to provide drought relief STATEMENT OMAR, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. BUSH, Mr. in the State of California, and for other pur- JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. LEE of Cali- poses; to the Committee on Natural Re- Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of fornia, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OCASIO-COR- sources. the Rules of the House of Representa- TEZ, and Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois): By Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. tives, the following statements are sub- H.R. 4011. A bill to divert Federal funding TAKANO, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illi- away from supporting the presence of police mitted regarding the specific powers nois, Mr. JONES, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. LEE granted to Congress in the Constitu- in schools and toward evidence-based and of California, Ms. NORTON, Ms. tion to enact the accompanying bill or trauma informed services that address the PRESSLEY, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, Ms. WILSON needs of marginalized students and improve of Florida, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, joint resolution. academic outcomes, and for other purposes; Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. JACKSON By Mrs. GREENE of Georgia: to the Committee on Education and Labor, LEE, Mr. CICILLINE, and Mr. CARSON): H.R. 3960. and in addition to the Committee on the Ju- H.R. 4019. A bill to amend title 28, United Congress has the power to enact this legis- diciary, for a period to be subsequently de- States Code, to adjust the penalty for unjust lation pursuant to the following: termined by the Speaker, in each case for conviction and imprisonment, and for other Article I, Section 8 of the United States consideration of such provisions as fall with- purposes; to the Committee on the Judici- Constitution. in the jurisdiction of the committee con- ary. By Mr. DOGGETT: cerned. By Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN (for her- H.R. 3961. By Mr. ROSENDALE: self, Ms. BUSH, Ms. MOORE of Wis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 4012. A bill to amend title XVIII of the consin, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, lation pursuant to the following: Social Security Act to permanently include Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the certain HCPCS codes as telehealth services Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. LEE of California, United States Constitution. under such title, and for other purposes; to Ms. OMAR, Mr. BOWMAN, and Ms. By Ms. DEAN: the Committee on Energy and Commerce, TLAIB): H.R. 3962. and in addition to the Committee on Ways H.R. 4020. A bill to reform United States Congress has the power to enact this legis- and Means, for a period to be subsequently drug policy, and for other purposes; to the lation pursuant to the following: determined by the Speaker, in each case for Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition Section I, Article 8 consideration of such provisions as fall with- to the Committees on Energy and Com- By Ms. DEAN: in the jurisdiction of the committee con- merce, Oversight and Reform, Financial H.R. 3963. cerned. Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. ROY (for himself, Mr. PERRY, House Administration, Armed Services, and lation pursuant to the following: Mr. GOODEN of Texas, Mr. POSEY, Mr. the Budget, for a period to be subsequently Article I, Section 8 HARRIS, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. determined by the Speaker, in each case for By Ms. SALAZAR: GOOD of Virginia, Mr. CLOUD, Mrs. consideration of such provisions as fall with- H.R. 3964. BOEBERT, and Mr. GREEN of Ten- in the jurisdiction of the committee con- Congress has the power to enact this legis- nessee): cerned. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4013. A bill to end the emergency in- By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for Article 1 Section 8 crease in unemployment compensation bene- himself and Mrs. LURIA): By Mr. CLYDE: fits, and for other purposes; to the Com- H.R. 4021. A bill to amend title 10, United H.R. 3965. mittee on Ways and Means. States Code, to establish the Exceptional Congress has the power to enact this legis- Family Member Program Advisory Council By Mr. RUIZ (for himself, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: of the Department of Defense, and for other Article I, Section 8 BUCSHON, Ms. SEWELL, and Mr. purposes; to the Committee on Armed Serv- By Mr. CLYDE: WENSTRUP): ices. H.R. 3966. H.R. 4014. A bill to provide for a new build- By Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia (for her- Congress has the power to enact this legis- ing period with respect to the cap on full- self, Ms. BUSH, Ms. BASS, Ms. NOR- lation pursuant to the following: time equivalent residents for purposes of TON, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. Article I, Section 8 payment for graduate medical education DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. By Mr. TAKANO: costs under the Medicare program for certain HUFFMAN, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. CARSON, H.R. 3967. hospitals that have established a shortage Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- specialty program; to the Committee on CLEAVER, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. PRESSLEY, lation pursuant to the following: Ways and Means, and in addition to the Com- Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. GREEN of This bill is enacted pursuant to the power mittee on Energy and Commerce, for a pe- Texas, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. granted to Congress under Article I; Section riod to be subsequently determined by the HAYES, and Mr. TORRES of New 8, Claus 18 of the United States Constitution. Speaker, in each case for consideration of York): By Mr. TORRES of New York: such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- H.J. Res. 53. A joint resolution proposing H.R. 3968. tion of the committee concerned. an amendment to the Constitution of the Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Ms. SHERRILL (for herself, Mr. United States to prohibit the use of slavery lation pursuant to the following: MEIJER, and Ms. SPANBERGER): and involuntary servitude as a punishment Article I, section 8; H.R. 4015. A bill to amend subtitle A of for a crime; to the Committee on the Judici- By Mr. CURTIS: title II of division A of the CARES Act to ary. H.R. 3969. support workers as they re-enter the labor By Mr. BAIRD (for himself, Mrs. Congress has the power to enact this legis- force by providing a newly employed worker WALORSKI, Mr. BANKS, Mrs. SPARTZ, lation pursuant to the following: allowance, and for other purposes; to the Mr. PENCE, Mr. CARSON, and Mr. HOL- Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Committee on Ways and Means. LINGSWORTH): Constitution By Mr. SMUCKER: H. Res. 483. A resolution recognizing the By Mr. CURTIS: H.R. 4016. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- 125th Anniversary of the Indiana Veterans’ H.R. 3970. enue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on the use Home; to the Committee on Veterans’ Af- Congress has the power to enact this legis- of certain electric highway vehicles to fund fairs. lation pursuant to the following: the Highway Trust Fund; to the Committee By Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS (for herself, Article 1, Section 8 of the United States on Ways and Means. Mrs. FISCHBACH, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. Constitution.

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I, Section 8, clause 1 provides Con- By Mr. CARTWRIGHT: Article 1, Section 8: To make all Laws gress with the power to ‘‘lay and collect H.R. 3981. which shall be necessary and proper for car- Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises to pay Congress has the power to enact this legis- rying into Execution the foregoing Powers, the Debts and provide for the common lation pursuant to the following: and all other Powers vested by this Constitu- Defence and general Welfare of the United Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to tion in the Government of the United States, States.’’ the power of Congress to regulate Commerce or in any Department or Officer thereof. By Mr. BERA: with foreign Nations, and among the several By Ms. GARCIA of Texas: H.R. 3972. States, and with the Indian Tribes.) H.R. 3993. Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Ms. CASTOR of Florida: Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 3982. lation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8: Powers of the Congress Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. By Mr. BIGGS: lation pursuant to the following: Constitution H.R. 3973. Article 1, Section 8 of the United States By Mr. GIBBS: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Constitution H.R. 3994. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. CAWTHORN: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article 1. H.R. 3983. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. BLUMENAUER: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article 1, Section 8 H.R. 3974. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8 H.R. 3995. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. CRENSHAW: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 H.R. 3984. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. BLUMENAUER: Congress has the power to enact this legis- To make all Laws which shall be necessary H.R. 3975. and proper for carrying into Execution the Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8: foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vest- lation pursuant to the following: ‘‘Provide for the common Defence and gen- ed by this Constitution in the Government of Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 the United States, or in any Department of By Mr. BUDD: eral Welfare of the United States’’ ‘‘To make all Laws which shall be nec- Officer thereof. H.R. 3976. By Mrs. HARTZLER: Congress has the power to enact this legis- essary and proper for carrying into Execu- tion the foregoing Powers.’’ H.R. 3996. lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8, Clause II. ‘‘The Con- By Mr. CROW: H.R. 3985. lation pursuant to the following: gress shall have power to declar War’’ Article 1, Section 8, clause 7 Article 1, Section 8, Clause 14 . ‘‘The Con- Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mrs. HAYES: gress shall have power to make rules for the lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, United States Con- H.R. 3997. government and regulation of the land and Congress has the power to enact this legis- naval Forces.’’ stitution. By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois: lation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18. ‘‘The Con- Article 1 Section 8 gress shall have power to make all laws H.R. 3986. Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. HICE of Georgia: which shall be necessary and proper for car- H.R. 3998. lation pursuant to the following: rying into execution the foregoing powers, Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I of the Constitution and its subse- and all other powers vested by this Constitu- lation pursuant to the following: quent amendments and further clarified and tion in the Government of the United States, Actricle 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Con- interpreted by the Supreme Court of the or in any department or dfficer thereof.’’ stitution states that Congress shall have the United States. By Mr. BUDD: Power ‘‘To regulate Commerce with foreign By Ms. DeLAURO: H.R. 3977. Nations, and among the several States . . .’’ H.R. 3987. Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota: Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 3999. Article I section I, which includes an im- lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article 1, Section 8 of the United States plied power for the Congress to regulate the lation pursuant to the following: conduct of the United States with respect to Constitution. This bill is enacted pursuant to the power foreign affairs. By Mr. DEUTCH: granted to Congress under Article I, Section By Mr. BURGESS: H.R. 3988. 8 of the United States Consitution. H.R. 3978. Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. KINZINGER: Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4000. lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article I, Congress has the power to enact this legis- The authority granted to Congress to regu- Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution. lation pursuant to the following: late patent and intellectual property law is By Mrs. DINGELL: Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 3 (Commerce derived from Article I, Section 8, clause 8 of H.R. 3989. Clause); and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 the Constitution, providing the legislature Congress has the power to enact this legis- (Necessary and Proper Clause). with the power to ‘‘promote the progress of lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. KINZINGER: science and useful arts, by securing for lim- The constitutional authority of Congress H.R. 4001. ited times to authors and inventors the ex- to enact this legislation is provided by Arti- Congress has the power to enact this legis- clusive right to their respective writings and cle I, section 8 of the United States Constitu- lation pursuant to the following: discoveries,’’ Further, the Necessary and tion. Article I, Sec, 8; Clause 3 (Commerce Proper Clause found in Article I, Section 8, By Mrs. DINGELL: Clause); and Article I; Section 8, Clause 18 clause 18, provides Congress with the power H.R. 3990. (Necessary and Proper Clause) to ‘‘make all laws which shall be necessary Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Ms. KUSTER: and proper for carrying into execution the lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4002. foregoing powers, and all other powers vest- The Constitutional authority of Congress Congress has the power to enact this legis- ed by this Constitution in the government of to enact this legislation is provided by Arti- lation pursuant to the following: the United States, or in any department or cle I, Section 8 of the United States Con- Article I, Section 8, Clause I officer thereof;’’ stitution. By Mr. LARSON of Connecticut: By Mr. BUTTERFIELD: By Mr. DUNCAN: H.R. 4003. H.R. 3979. H.R. 3991. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Con- Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 gives Con- stitution: To make all laws which shall be Constitution, Congress has the power to col- gress the specific power to regulate com- necessary and proper for carrying into Exe- lect taxes and expend funds to provide for merce with other nations. This bill seeks to cution the powers enumerated under section the general welfare of the United States. regulate one small portion of commerce, 8 and all other Powers vested by the Con- Congress may also make laws that are nec- namely protecting the data of American citi- stitution in the Government of the United essary and proper for carrying into execution zens from companies who might store that States, or in any Department or Officer their powers enumerated under Article I. data in China or allow the government of the thereof. By Mr. CARTER of Georgia: Chinese Communist Party to have access to By Mrs. LESKO: H.R. 3980. that data. H.R. 4004.

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Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mrs. TORRES of California: H.R. 852: Mr. PAPPAS. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4017. H.R. 884: Mr. CASE. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1—The Con- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 890: Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. HERN, and Mr. gress shall have Power to lay and collect lation pursuant to the following: GARBARINO. Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay According to Article 1: Section 8: Clause H.R. 933: Mr. GOOD of Virginia. the Debts and provide for the common 18: of the United States Constitution, seen H.R. 1011: Mr. LATURNER, Mr. NUNES, and Defence and general Welfare of the United below, this bill falls within the Constitu- Mr. YOUNG. States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises tional Authority of the United States Con- H.R. 1012: Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. OMAR, and Mr. shall be uniform throughout the United gress. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. States. Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: To make all H.R. 1016: Miss RICE of New York. By Ms. MATSUI: Laws which shall be necessary and proper for H.R. 1117: Mr. FITZPATRICK. H.R. 4005. carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- H.R. 1131: Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. STEWART, Congress has the power to enact this legis- ers; and all other Powers vested by this Con- and Mr. HICE of Georgia. lation pursuant to the following: stitution in the Government of the United H.R. 1145: Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. GARBARINO, Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution States, or in any Department or Officer and Mr. PERLMUTTER. By Mr. MORELLE: thereof. H.R. 1179: Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of H.R. 4006. By Mr. VALADAO: New York. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 4018. H.R. 1182: Ms. MCCOLLUM. lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1183: Ms. MCCOLLUM. This bill is enacted pursuant to the power lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1240: Ms. SPANBERGER. granted to Congress under Article I, Section Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all H.R. 1283: Ms. CRAIG. 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. Laws which shall be necessary and proper for H.R. 1297: Mr. VALADAO. By Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina: carrying out into Execution the foregoing H.R. 1368: Mr. GARAMENDI. H.R. 4007. Powers, and all other Powers vested by this H.R. 1394: Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. MATSUI, Congress has the power to enact this legis- Constitution in the Government of the Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. THOMPSON of lation pursuant to the following: United States, or in any Department or of- California, and Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Article 1, Section 8 of the United States fice thereof. Pennsylvania. Constitution By Ms. WATERS: H.R. 1456: Ms. STRICKLAND. By Mr. NEWHOUSE: H.R. 4019. H.R. 1474: Mr. DELGADO. H.R. 4008. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1577: Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. COLE, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: CA´ RDENAS, Mr. CURTIS, and Mr. PAPPAS. lation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, clause 1 of the U.S. H.R. 1581: Ms. BUSH, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Article 1, Section 9, United States Con- Constitution and Article 1, Section 9, clause Mr. LAMB, Ms. STRICKLAND, and Mr. stitution 7 of the U.S. Constitution. GARAMENDI. By Ms. NORTON: By Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN: H.R. 1582: Mrs. DEMINGS. H.R. 4009. H.R. 4020. H.R. 1596: Mr. CASE. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1630: Mr. AUCHINCLOSS. lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1661: Ms. SPANBERGER, Ms. NORTON, clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Mr. KATKO, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. CASE, Mr. Constitution. Laws which shall be necessary and proper for HARDER of California, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, By Mr. PANETTA: carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- Mr. ALLRED, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Ms. LOFGREN, H.R. 4010. Miss GONZA´ LEZ-COLO´ N, and Mr. PHILLIPS. Congress has the power to enact this legis- ers, and all other Powers vested by this Con- H.R. 1749: Mr. BOST. lation pursuant to the following: stitution in the Government of the United H.R. 1800: Ms. PINGREE. Artic1e I, Section 8, clause 18 States, or in any Department or Officer H.R. 1815: Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. HORSFORD, By Ms. PRESSLEY: thereof. and Mr. GRIJALVA. H.R. 4011. By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 4021. H.R. 1829: Mrs. AXNE. lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1915: Ms. SCANLON. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1957: Ms. WILD. States Constitution. Article 1, Section 8 of the United States H.R. 1977: Mr. BROOKS and Mr. ARMSTRONG. By Mr. ROSENDALE: Constitution. H.R. 2011: Mr. FITZPATRICK. H.R. 4012. By Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia: H.R. 2012: Ms. BONAMICI. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.J. Res. 53. H.R. 2062: Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. KEATING, lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Mr. PETERS, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. Article 1, Section 8 of the United States lation pursuant to the following: PRICE of North Carolina, and Mr. PHILLIPS. Constitution. This bill is enacted pursuant to the power H.R. 2094: Mr. TRONE and Mr. TIMMONS. By Mr. ROY: granted to Congress under Article I, Section H.R. 2108: Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. H.R. 4013. 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitu- H.R. 2119: Ms. ROSS, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- tion. SARBANES, Mr. BROWN, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: f NEGUSE, Mr. PANETTA, and Mr. CICILLINE. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United H.R. 2126: Mr. UPTON. States Constitution—to make all Laws ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H.R. 2144: Mr. SWALWELL. which shall be necessary and proper for car- Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors H.R. 2154: Ms. MANNING and Mr. SUOZZI. rying into Execution the foregoing Powers, H.R. 2184: Mr. DESAULNIER. were added to public bills and resolu- H.R. 2238: Mr. RUSH. and all other Powers vested by this Constitu- tions, as follows: tion in the Government of the United States, H.R. 2249: Mr. HORSFORD and Mr. or any Department or Officer thereof. H.R. 18: Mr. HILL. GARBARINO. By Mr. RUIZ: H.R. 263: Mrs. TRAHAN. H.R. 2255: Mr. WELCH and Ms. SLOTKIN. H.R. 4014. H.R. 426: Mr. JACKSON. H.R. 2258: Mrs. MCCLAIN. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 503: Ms. BASS, Mr. CICILLINE, Mrs. DIN- H.R. 2269: Mr. ZELDIN. lation pursuant to the following: GELL, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. H.R. 2307: Mr. LAWSON of Florida and Mr. Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the JEFFRIES, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KAP- HUFFMAN. United States Constitution, to provide for TUR, Mr. KILMER, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY H.R. 2325: Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. NORTON, the general welfare and make all laws nec- of New York, Ms. MENG, Ms. NORTON, Ms. and Mr. RESCHENTHALER. essary and proper to carry out the powers of SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, H.R. 2328: Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. BROWN, Mr. Congress. Ms. SEWELL, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. UNDERWOOD, CARBAJAL, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. By Ms. SHERRILL: and Ms. WILSON of Florida. HIGGINS of New York, Mrs. MURPHY of Flor- H.R. 4015. H.R. 605: Mr. LUETKEMEYER. ida, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. SCHRIER, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 653: Mr. LIEU. VARGAS, and Ms. Vela´ zquez. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 735: Mr. OBERNOLTE, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. H.R. 2362: Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. KILMER, Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the NUNES, Mr. GARCIA of California, Mr. Mr. CRENSHAW, and Mr. KIM of New Jersey. Constitution of the United States of America AGUILAR, Mr. RUIZ, Mrs. STEEL, and Mr. H.R. 2372: Mr. EMMER. By Mr. SMUCKER: LEVIN of California. H.R. 2374: Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. BACON, Mr. H.R. 4016. H.R. 761: Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER and Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. LATURNER, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- STAUBER. VAN DREW, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. MANN, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 818: Mr. SMUCKER. COLE, Mr. OWENS, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. KELLER, Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of H.R. 825: Mrs. NAPOLITANO and Mr. Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. MOORE of the United States. KHANNA. Utah, and Mr. NORMAN.

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H.R. 2385: Ms. NORTON. H.R. 3165: Ms. PORTER. H.R. 3630: Mr. CASTEN, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. H.R. 2399: Mrs. AXNE. H.R. 3187: Mr. LOWENTHAL. MACE, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. H.R. 2447: Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. H.R. 3222: Ms. NORTON, Mr. CLEAVER, and LAWSON of Florida, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. LARSON of Ms. KUSTER. LOUDERMILK, Mr. CRIST, Mr. WELCH, Mr. LAN- Connecticut, Ms. HOULAHAN, and Mr. H.R. 3246: Ms. MCCOLLUM. GEVIN, Mr. GALLAGHER, and Ms. SPANBERGER. HAGEDORN. H.R. 3247: Ms. SCANLON. H.R. 3648: Mrs. HAYES. H.R. 3256: Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. GAETZ, and H.R. 2467: Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. DEGETTE, and H.R. 3703: Mr. CASE. Mr. KELLER. Mr. COOPER. H.R. 3732: Mr. KAHELE. H.R. 3294: Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. H.R. 2486: Mrs. HARTZLER. H.R. 3778: Mr. POCAN and Ms. JACOBS of OMAR, Ms. WATERS, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALO- H.R. 2502: Mr. CARSON, Mr. LARSEN of California. NEY of New York, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Washington, and Mrs. AXNE. H.R. 3780: Mr. TONKO, Ms. SCHRIER, and Mr. Mr. EVANS, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, and H.R. 2503: Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. CLEAVER. Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. SUOZZI, and Mr. KILDEE. H.R. 3790: Ms. KUSTER. H.R. 3335: Mr. CARTWRIGHT. H.R. 2517: Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. H.R. 3791: Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Penn- H.R. 3341: Mr. BUCHANAN. BACON, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. BOST, and Mr. H.R. 3355: Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. HIGGINS of sylvania. EMMER. New York, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. H.R. 3796: Mr. STEUBE. H.R. 2549: Mr. BROWN. HORSFORD, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BRENDAN F. H.R. 3800: Ms. STRICKLAND, Ms. LEGER H.R. 2573: Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WIL- FERNANDEZ, and Mr. AGUILAR. EMMER, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. KUSTOFF, Ms. SON of Florida, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. H.R. 3807: Mr. CASTEN, Ms. CLARKE of New TENNEY, Mr. ROSE, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. COSTA, ALLRED, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. York, Mr. KAHELE, Mr. LIEU, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. ESCOBAR, LOWENTHAL, Ms. NEWMAN, Ms. JACOBS of Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. PALLONE, and Ms. Mr. CASE, Ms. NEWMAN, Mr. PETERS, and Mr. California, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mrs. WATERS. DESAULNIER. HAYES, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. H.R. 3811: Mr. VAN DREW. H.R. 2585: Ms. CHENEY. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. CARTER of H.R. 3820: Mr. GIBBS and Mr. HIGGINS of H.R. 2586: Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. BROWN, Mr. Louisiana, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. GONZALEZ of Louisiana. NORCROSS, Mr. LAMB, Mr. SUOZZI, and Mr. Ohio, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. H.R. 3823: Mr. WITTMAN. NADLER. BUDD, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. TONKO, Mr. VEASEY, H.R. 3829: Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. H.R. 2648: Mr. AUCHINCLOSS. Mr. PAYNE, Mr. POSEY, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mrs. H.R. 3834: Ms. JAYAPAL and Mr. MORELLE. H.R. 2654: Mr. KUSTOFF, Mr. EVANS, Ms. AXNE, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. SIRES, Miss RICE of H.R. 3843: Mr. AMODEI. LETLOW, and Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. New York, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. SMITH of Wash- H.R. 3867: Mr. MCGOVERN. H.R. 2724: Mr. BOWMAN. TRICKLAND ASSERMAN H.R. 3875: Mrs. KIM of California. H.R. 2734: Ms. WILD and Mr. SWALWELL. ington, Ms. S , Ms. W SCHULTZ, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. TRONE, Ms. H.R. 3901: Mr. STEUBE. H.R. 2748: Ms. CRAIG, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mrs. H.R. 3926: Mr. TIMMONS. TORRES of California, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. WILD, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. KILMER, Mr. H.R. 3959: Ms. NORTON. FEENSTRA, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. STEIL, Mrs. H.J. Res. 29: Mr. KHANNA. HINSON, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. COHEN, Mr. NADLER, Ms. TITUS, Ms. NORTON, Ms. MACE, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- H.J. Res. 50: Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. LUETKE- JONES, Mr. KATKO, and Mr. BOST. MEYER, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, and Mrs. H.R. 2759: Mr. MOORE of Utah. vania, and Ms. WATERS. H.R. 3369: Mr. EMMER. LESKO. H.R. 2774: Ms. MCCOLLUM. H.R. 3377: Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS. H. Con. Res. 19: Mrs. TRAHAN. H.R. 2840: Mrs. DEMINGS. H.R. 3408: Mr. SIRES. H. Con. Res. 31: Mr. SAN NICOLAS. H.R. 2859: Ms. WILSON of Florida. H.R. 3435: Mrs. MCCLAIN. H. Res. 47: Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. H.R. 2900: Mr. CARSON, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, H.R. 3440: Mr. PAYNE and Ms. STRICKLAND. H. Res. 117: Mr. ALLRED. AN REW and Mr. V D . H.R. 3443: Mrs. AXNE, Mr. THOMPSON of H. Res. 118: Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. H.R. 2901: Mr. CASE and Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Pennsylvania, and Mr. CARBAJAL. H. Res. 121: Mr. RUPPERSBERGER and Mr. H.R. 2903: Mr. EVANS, Ms. MOORE of Wis- H.R. 3446: Mr. SUOZZI and Mr. GREEN of BROWN. consin, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. Texas. H. Res. 225: Ms. SLOTKIN. HERRERA BEUTLER, and Mr. MOOLENAAR. H.R. 3488: Ms. WILD and Ms. BASS. H. Res. 413: Mr. RASKIN. H.R. 2931: Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Penn- H.R. 3491: Mr. COOPER. H. Res. 469: Mr. BILIRAKIS. sylvania and Mr. SOTO. H.R. 3515: Mr. JACOBS of New York, Mrs. H. Res. 471: Ms. STEFANIK. H.R. 2974: Ms. STRICKLAND and Ms. MENG. HARTZLER, and Mr. PENCE. H.R. 2991: Mr. JONES, Mr. JOHNSON of Geor- H.R. 3537: Mr. STAUBER, Mr. f gia, and Ms. STRICKLAND. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. SLOTKIN, H.R. 3044: Mrs. LURIA. Mr. SARBANES, Mr. GRIFFITH, Ms. DISCHARGE PETITIONS— H.R. 3046: Mr. WITTMAN. SPANBERGER, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. KHANNA, ADDITIONS AND WITHDRAWALS H.R. 3048: Mr. BLUMENAUER and Mr. CASE. Mr. MANN, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. SEAN PATRICK The following Members added their H.R. 3054: Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. TORRES of MALONEY of New York, Mr. THOMPSON of names to the following discharge peti- New York, Mr. DESAULNIER, and Mr. CARSON. Pennsylvania, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. NADLER, tions: H.R. 3076: Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. BACON, Mr. Ms. SA´ NCHEZ, Mr. MCNERNEY, and Mrs. WAT- HORSFORD, and Mr. VALADAO. SON COLEMAN. Petition 1 by Mrs. CAMMACK on House H.R. 3104: Ms. LETLOW and Mr. TIFFANY. H.R. 3541: Mr. CARBAJAL. Resolution 274: Mr. Crenshaw. H.R. 3109: Mr. TIMMONS. H.R. 3554: Mr. COMER. Petition 2 by Mr. ROY on House Resolution H.R. 3134: Mr. MOOLENAAR and Mr. WITT- H.R. 3622: Ms. STRICKLAND and Mr. BLU- 216: Mr. Rouzer, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mr. MAN. MENAUER. Guthrie.

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