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Vol. 165 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019 No. 53 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was with the men and women who want to lose their parents, and it will be be- called to order by the Speaker pro tem- make a difference. cause we here in Congress failed to pore (Mr. COSTA). I want to thank our teachers and take simple action when we were called f educators and professionals who work to make change. in these fields, and I want to include We have been handed a game-winning DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO Ms. Lucy Gamby, who was my sixth layup or, in Minnesota terms, an TEMPORE grade teacher, and thank her for the empty net, and all we have to do is tap The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- influence that she had in my life. I am in the puck. All we have to do is say to fore the House the following commu- sure every one of us has someone like our Liberian population who came here nication from the Speaker: that that is that special teacher. fleeing bloody civil war and the terrors WASHINGTON, DC, WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY of the Ebola virus: You matter; you are March 27, 2019. Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, on March 21, doing everything right. The world took I hereby appoint the Honorable JIM COSTA we celebrated Down Syndrome Day. everything from you, and you came to to act as Speaker pro tempore on this day. Many people don’t know this, but our country. You work hard, legally, NANCY PELOSI, they do know I have 11 grandchildren. you pay your taxes, and you are valued Speaker of the House of Representatives. My sixth grandchild and third grand- members of our community. f son is Stanley. Stanley has Down’s, But because we gave Liberians an immigration status DED, that does not MORNING-HOUR DEBATE and Stanley is an amazing, fun child, wonderful. allow a pathway to citizenship; and be- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- You know, it is kind of our job as cause that status expires now in 4 days, ant to the order of the House of Janu- grandparents to make sure that each these friends, neighbors, and family ary 3, 2019, the Chair will now recog- grandchild believes that they are the members will be subject to deporta- nize Members from lists submitted by favorite, and I do my best to do that, tion, and it will tear our community the majority and minority leaders for but today I want to recognize Stanley apart, and it will be on us. morning-hour debate. because I want to make sure that peo- Mr. Speaker, I recently heard from The Chair will alternate recognition ple understand that the people and the Nicole Mattson, a healthcare employer between the parties. All time shall be families that are involved and have in senior care back in the Twin Cities: equally allocated between the parties, Down syndrome children or grand- ‘‘We don’t have enough workers. At my and in no event shall debate continue children, that we live and we work to facility, 60 percent of employees are beyond 11:50 a.m. Each Member, other make sure that they can achieve to the immigrants, and over half of those are than the majority and minority leaders highest level that they can in life. So Liberians. We would have to say good- and the minority whip, shall be limited this day I want to say, ‘‘Stanley, I love bye to a pool of talent that is highly to 5 minutes. you.’’ skilled and educated. f We want to recognize all of our chil- ‘‘I have no idea why we would leave dren who have Down’s and our adults behind such a critically important PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK who have Down’s and encourage them group of people to the healthcare in- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The to be the best that they can be. dustry. Very simply, we cannot do the Chair recognizes the gentleman from f work, we cannot care for people, we Illinois (Mr. BOST) for 5 minutes. cannot care for seniors without them. Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, this week we LIBERIAN IMMIGRANTS IN We need them here, and we are glad celebrate Public Schools Week. It MINNESOTA NEED PEACE OF MIND they are here.’’ serves as a reminder that every child The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Mr. Speaker, I would say that we deserves access to quality education Chair recognizes the gentleman from need courage to pass a legislative fix to that helps them reach their full poten- Minnesota (Mr. PHILLIPS) for 5 min- save Minnesota’s healthcare industry tial. utes. and keep hardworking members of our Public schools are where our stu- Mr. PHILLIPS. Mr. Speaker, the population home. I would say that we dents become citizens. They learn to clock is ticking and thousands of Min- need courage to keep our families and think critically, solve problems, and nesotans are running out of time. Busi- communities and brothers and sisters build relationships. They grow to con- ness owners are going to lose their together. This is so simple and so easy, tribute to our society, our economy, workforce, workers are going to lose that we do not even need courage. We and our communities, and it all starts their jobs, and children are going to just need to pass a bill.

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:56 Mar 27, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR7.000 H27MRPT1 H2832 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 These are immigrants who have done Congratulations on a great event, on a position that Congress had al- everything the right way: They are and thank you for the important work ready rejected. here legally; they work hard; they pay you do in the community. I would have hoped that they learned their taxes; and they have made them- FIGHTING THE BUREAUCRACY from that experience, but it appears selves irreplaceable contributors to our Mr. HURD of Texas. Mr. Speaker, my that that is not the case. Now Presi- communities. team and I are committed to fighting dent Trump and Mick Mulvaney—a Their immigration status has been the bureaucracy for folks I represent former colleague of ours who voted not extended by every President from Bill across the 23rd Congressional District only to shut down the government, but Clinton to Donald Trump. These would of Texas who can’t battle it on their against the wishes of the Republican be undocumented citizens of our very own. Speaker, voted against opening govern- own creation. ment up—have sent to Congress a If you need the human argument, Recently, my team helped Kinney County in south Texas cut through budget proposal that ramps up con- hear it from my constituent, Michael: frontation and sets up an even more ‘‘Going back to Liberia is not an option Federal red tape to secure $4 million in funding and spare the county from fi- difficult impasse. for me. My only brother, who we were Their budget proposal rejects 6 years not able to bring to America, died in nancial ruin. The county was being punished simply for following orders, of governing consensus enshrined in Liberia a few years ago. My parents three 2-year budget agreements to and siblings all live here in the United but due to conflicting information raise the caps put in place by the Budg- States. from Washington bureaucrats regard- ‘‘I was recently accepted into a doc- ing how much to pay employees at the et Control Act in a bipartisan way and toral program in education. My whole county detention center, they were according to the principles of parity, life is here. This is my home. Liberia is told they owed the Federal Govern- fairness, and equality. a fragile country still recovering from ment $4 million. Adhering to that path and working a decades-long war.’’ Once my office heard about this together to raise the caps responsibly Or Matthew, who could lose his older issue, we worked relentlessly with the and at the same rate for defense and brother: ‘‘It affects me deeply as a U.S. U.S. Marshals Service to ensure these nondefense investments would be, in citizen. This is someone I look up to. If costs were covered. my view, the best way to ensure that he was to up and leave the U.S., that I thank Kinney County Judge Tully appropriations for next year proceed on would be very difficult for him, for me. Shahan for informing me of this issue a bipartisan basis so that we can do the He has a daughter. I cannot take on and the Department of Justice for job of funding the government and that responsibility of being my niece’s working with my office to resolve this avert another unnecessary, dangerous, caretaker. situation. and harmful shutdown in October. ‘‘I cannot even imagine the night- The administration’s proposal of WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH mare that this will create in my com- using the overseas contingency oper- Mr. HURD of Texas. Mr. Speaker, munity. This is not just about me and ations account to avoid negotiating Joyce Meyer once said that ‘‘teachers my family; it is about our community. with Congress on responsibly dealing can change lives with just the right We are going to be losing friends and with the BCA caps and hiding increases mix of chalk and challenges.’’ family. I am not ready for this.’’ in defense funding is a massive gim- For Amistad National Recreation We have the legislation. We have a mick. Area Education Specialist Lisa fix ready to go to move DED holders to Who said that? The Republican ma- Nielsen, her chalk is a trail, a shore- TPS for 3 years while we pass a more jority said that a number of years ago. line, and a pair of binoculars. The 28- comprehensive fix. It is more than just an accounting year National Park Service veteran has So, Mr. Speaker, I say to my col- sleight of hand, with real implications created several innovative and inter- leagues, ask yourselves: Are we here to for our national security planning and active programs that have educated make a difference? Are you here to long-term strategy. tens of thousands of Texans I represent make people’s lives better? Are you The OCO account, again, overseas of all ages on the importance of con- here to help business owners and work- contingency operations account, was servation and maintaining our south ers, or are you here to keep playing created to fund imminent defense pri- and west Texas natural treasures for politics with people’s lives? orities outside of the normal Pentagon Let’s rise to the occasion and be bet- future generations to come. budget planning cycle. ter than that and finally, at long last, I am proud to rise today to honor Now Mr. Mulvaney wants to use OCO give our Liberian community the peace Lisa and all of the women who are at the rate of some $175 billion-plus as of mind that they so richly deserve. making an impact each day across the if Afghanistan, in which we have been f 23rd Congressional District of Texas as involved for some 17 years, is a contin- KINETIC KIDS we continue to celebrate Women’s His- gency. It is not a contingency. It is an tory Month. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The operating expense. Chair recognizes the gentleman from f If OCO were used in the way the ad- Texas (Mr. HURD) for 5 minutes. BUDGET PROPOSAL ministration intends, it could cripple Mr. HURD of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I multiyear planning by our military by rise today to spotlight Kinetic Kids, an The SPEAKER pro tempore. The calling into question every penny shift- organization in my hometown that Chair recognizes the gentleman from ed into that account in future years. helps more than 2,800 children with Maryland (Mr. HOYER). It is also disingenuous for them to special needs in San Antonio, Schertz, Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise out demand that Congress pour money into and New Braunfels. of a deep concern for our country and defense through what Mr. Mulvaney A few weeks ago, I joined over 470 its ability to sustain investments in himself has called a ‘‘backdoor slush Texans in the cold and the wet to sup- growing our economy and making op- fund.’’ That is what he called OCO in port these local children with special portunities available for our people. 2015 when he was a Member of Con- needs. Our country suffered the longest gov- gress. In 2001, Kinetic Kids was founded by ernment shutdown in its history just a And now that same Mr. Mulvaney, Tracey Fontenot and Kacey Wernli, pe- few months ago. For 35 days, 800,000 the Acting Chief of Staff and, frankly, diatric physical therapists who saw Federal employees and their families I believe, also, the Acting OMB Direc- that children with special needs needed were forced to go without paychecks. tor, proposes to use what he called a more exercise. They needed motiva- Our economy was burdened by uncer- backdoor slush fund without acknowl- tion; they needed camaraderie; they tainty and a lack of confidence in our edging the need to compromise else- needed the joy that comes from being leaders. where on the ledger. part of a team. That shutdown was the direct result I am proud to be part of their team, of the Trump administration’s b 1015 and I will always be here to cheer them confrontational approach to governing This is fiscal irresponsibility at its on. and its irresponsible decision to insist worst, because it is a veneer of concern

VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:56 Mar 27, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.002 H27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2833 for fiscal discipline used to hide the ations of the Congress. It won’t be ernment to get by. I am who I am ugly truth of fiscal recklessness and easy, but it is necessary. today because of the experiences of brinksmanship. The Trump-Mulvaney Let us not delude ourselves into be- both welfare and hard work. budget is, to put it bluntly, a fraud. lieving, just a few weeks removed from Government assistance can help meet It is the Congress’ job to move ahead the longest government shutdown in people’s basic needs. We all know that. with good faith efforts to agree on rais- our history, that the administration’s But on its own, welfare alone means ing the caps. We have a procedure shortsighted approach will lead to any- surviving just barely on the edges. Wel- called sequester that, if we do not thing but another shutdown at the end fare can meet short-term basic needs, amend the caps, will go into effect 15 of the fiscal year. Divided government but education and work—yes, edu- days after we adjourn this session and need not be confrontational govern- cation and work—they deliver long- cut to levels that no Member of Con- ment. term hope and dignity and purpose and gress, in my view, believes is reason- I tell people on a regular basis that opportunity. able, rational, or responsible. It would the Congress is less than the sum of its That brings me, today, to the Supple- automatically occur if we do not pass a parts. What do I mean by that? I mean mental Nutrition Assistance Program, caps bill. the individual Members have integrity SNAP. Many of us call it food stamps. That is indicative that there is bipar- and a willingness to work together, I know this program well from a num- tisan agreement, which has happened but, as a body, we have found ourselves ber of personal and professional experi- over the last 6 years in 2-year cycles, unable or unwilling to do just that. We ences. that the caps required by the sequester are less than the sum of our parts, less Most of you probably know that, bill were irrational. I think there is a than the sum of our Members’ intellect under Federal law, able-bodied nonsen- consensus. So, as opposed to confronta- and willingness to act responsibly. iors—people between the ages of 18 and tion, and to avoid a shutdown in Octo- We can disagree on details, but we 50—who don’t have children at home ber, we ought to come to an agreement. must try to reach agreement on the are required to work or train or volun- The President, of course, needs to be caps in order to assist appropriators, teer or go to school for 20 hours a week part of that agreement, because he promote fiscal responsibility, reduce to receive their benefits. would need to sign legislation amend- uncertainty, and protect the ability of To most Americans, these work re- ing the sequester act. our military to plan its budget over the quirements are common sense, just as Appropriators need guidance, also, to long term with confidence. they were when they were passed, in begin the hard work of writing funding If OCO is relied upon, in terms of bil- 1986, into law in a bipartisan manner. bills. They need to know what the lions of dollars, they cannot do that. It They are common sense because work agreed spending level will be. We call it is undermining our national security, isn’t punishment. Work is opportunity. a 302(a). What it really means is: How as well as undermining the ability to Unfortunately, over the years, some much money are you going to spend on meet our domestic needs. States have used gimmicks and loop- discretionary spending for defense and The Trump-Mulvaney budget pro- holes to trigger waivers. Those waivers nondefense objectives? posal was, sadly, a missed opportunity water down the work requirements Now, I am an appropriator. I haven’t and more of a fiscally irresponsible that we have been talking about. served on the committee for some charade. These, I am sure, well-intentioned but years, because I am in the leadership, I say to my friends on both sides of misguided efforts, mean that one-third but I am on leave. I understand as well the aisle: Let us strive to not miss our of our country lives in an area with no as anyone how important it is to have own opportunity to meet in good faith work requirements. agreed-upon top-line numbers in order and produce a budget caps agreement Today, despite a record-high 7 mil- for the committee to do its work effec- that promotes fiscal sanity, upholds lion job openings, we have 2.7 million tively on a bipartisan basis. the principle of parity, and allows us to SNAP recipients who can work but who I will tell my Republican colleagues, invest in a better future for our coun- aren’t. There is a better way, I am as I have told my Democratic col- try. Certainly, we ought to expect no happy to say, and I want to tell you leagues, it is my intention, as majority less of ourselves, and, certainly, that is about it. of the House of Representatives, to pro- what our constituents expect of us. A few years ago, because of State vide for the passage of the appropria- Then, let us proceed to achieve a re- waivers, too many Arkansans were not tions bills through the House of Rep- alistic, fiscally responsible path toward experiencing the kind of dignity and resentatives by the end of June. a real, sustainable budget agreement opportunity that comes from work, so The Budget Act requires us to do it worthy of our duty to our country and Arkansas changed course. They put by June 30. We have never done it. We constituents and to future generations. their work requirements back into haven’t done it on our side; the Repub- Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to place, and the results were breath- licans haven’t done it on their side. come together, to reason together, and taking. They were impressive. What inevitably happens is we don’t to establish a plan to proceed, not just People who left the program because get our work done, and we had a shut- for this year, but for a decade to come, they didn’t work or didn’t train or down last year and this year of historic that is fiscally responsible, meets the didn’t volunteer ended up better off proportions and of historic cost and of challenges that we have, and seizes the than they were on welfare. Necessity historic undermining of confidence in opportunities that are in front of us. pushed them into a job path that the United States of America here and f brought them more resources than wel- around the world. fare alone could ever provide. We need to get to work; we need to DIGNITY, OPPORTUNITY, AND With all of those people moving off get to work together; and we need to AMERICAN VALUE OF WORK the welfare rolls and into the work- get this job done. Let’s strive to The SPEAKER pro tempore. The place, they were earning money, and achieve that which I know is achiev- Chair recognizes the gentleman from the State saw its revenues go up. able. South Dakota (Mr. JOHNSON) for 5 min- That kind of success can, and is, hap- I have talked to Ms. GRANGER. I have utes. pening elsewhere. When Maine reimple- talked to the ranking member of the Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Mr. mented work requirements, incomes of Budget Committee here in the House, Speaker, I grew up in a large working- former enrollees more than doubled STEVE WOMACK, a good friend of mine. class family in central South Dakota. I and caseloads declined by 90 percent. I have talked to Senator ENZI, the suppose there were some years when we These results show all of us how im- chairman in the Senate. And I have were more poor than we were working portant it is for us to close these loop- talked to Senator MCCONNELL. I class. But I want to make it clear, my holes. USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue haven’t heard from anybody who parents worked hard every single day. should be commended for his efforts to doesn’t think we need to get caps es- So did I, and so did my brother and my do just that through a proposed rule, tablished so that we can do our work sisters. making sure that food stamp recipients for the American people and reestab- Even with that hard work, there were are encouraged and rewarded for their lish confidence in the rational oper- times when we needed help from gov- work.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:56 Mar 27, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.005 H27MRPT1 H2834 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 I want to make very clear, these ac- fore us, who have made a difference news a lot lately, along with a predict- tions are not about taking aid away throughout the history of our country able narrative from the Washington from areas that are struggling with and throughout the world, and those know-it-all chorus and their main- high unemployment. There are clear who continue to pave the way for the stream media partners that he has a exceptions for those areas. Instead, next generation, those who have bro- distinguished record and reputation as this is about prompting more States ken the glass ceiling, and those who an expert on foreign policy. and more citizens to experience the are role models. How very ‘‘Washington’’ it is to assume that with his long Washington re- successes that have been experienced b 1030 by Maine and by Arkansas. sume, especially his chairmanship of We all know that every one of us does The unsung heroines of these coura- the Senate Foreign Relations Com- better, every single one of us does bet- geous pioneering women continue to mittee, that Joe Biden is a foreign pol- ter, when we are pushed, when we are always make a difference. icy genius. moved past our comfort level. Growth The role model for me, and one who Nice guy that he is, let’s look at the requires effort. That is true in ath- I must say made the incredible dif- facts. letics; that is true in academics; that is ference, was our mother, Lena Cordoza Because America’s national security true in raising children; and that is Costa, a daughter of immigrants, born depends on America’s wise choice of true in all other areas of life as well. before the Depression, raised during it, our next President, I want to quote the Denying millions of able-bodied SNAP having to quit school as a freshman in great Charles Krauthammer, who more recipients that push, that growth, also high school to help raise her seven sib- accurately described Mr. Biden’s record denies them a chance at a better fu- lings because her father had been in- back in 2012. ture. jured in an agricultural accident. The Vice President over the last 30 years In States where work requirements She went on with our father to be—as holds the American record for being wrong have been reinstituted, a clearer path Tom Brokaw noted—perhaps America’s on the most issues in Foreign Affairs ever. greatest generation, striving with the And the list starts with the nuclear freeze in out of poverty has reemerged. We have the early eighties against Thatcher and to do that elsewhere. We have to do values of hard work, of teaching us to treat others as we would want to be Reagan, which is one of the follies of the era. that everywhere. He supported it. I close today, Mr. Speaker, by saying treated ourselves, and values of com- He was against aid to the Nicaraguan that work has dignity; work is oppor- mon sense. Contras, which in the end brought democ- As a young boy, learning that, Jim, tunity; and work is an American value. racy and ended the Sandinista rule at the you know, the truth is the truth, and time. f that you should always never forget He was against Reagan’s expansion of the CELEBRATING VAISAKHI those who are less fortunate. defense budget, which bankrupted the Soviet Union and led to the end of the Soviet Em- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. After our father passed away, my mother in her mid-70s quietly decided pire. HARDER of California). The Chair recog- He was against Reagan on strategic de- nizes the gentleman from California to go back to school and to get her fenses, which is the big advantage that we (Mr. COSTA) for 5 minutes. GED. She didn’t need to. She was a have now in missile defense. Mr. COSTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today successful business person; she was an And look at where he was on Iraq. He op- to join the Sikh community in cele- artist, a voracious reader, and a composed the first Iraq war, the Gulf war that brating Vaisakhi. petitive bridge player. liberated Kuwait, that everyone agrees was a good thing. On April 14, Sikhs around the world, And when she got her GED, she told my sister and me. We said, Mom, why He supported the second Iraq war, which including thousands and thousands in he, not I, say was a terrible mistake. And California’s San Joaquin Valley, will didn’t you tell us? then when the surge happened, he opposed celebrate the Vaisakhi festival. This She says, Well, I wasn’t sure I would the surge in Iraq which rescued a losing war week, we welcome members of the Con- do well. and ended in our leaving with our heads held Our mother did—everything that she gressional Sikh Caucus to the Hill to high and some promise of the future. did, she did well, and continued to He seems to be the Herbert Hoover of participate in those celebrations. American foreign policy. And for him to be The festival marks the new year and serve as a role model. Later on, the high school in which the spokesman for the Obama Administra- the beginning of the spring season for she had to quit as a freshman, at a tion on these affairs, I think is quite ironic. the global Sikh community. 100th anniversary of that high school, It is not just conservative commenta- The date of the Vaisakhi festival has asked her to come—with myself—and tors who can see through the illusion tremendous significance in Sikhism. they presented her her high school di- of Vice President Biden’s foreign policy The festival commemorates the year ploma. judgment. 1699, when Sikhism emerged as a col- She was so proud of that high school Robert Gates, former CIA director lective faith in what is now modern- diploma. And today, it sits on my desk. and Defense Secretary for George W. day India. And I show students that you can be Bush and Barack Obama, had this to It also celebrates both the birthday whatever you want to be if you have say about Biden in his book, ‘‘Duty: of the 10th Sikh guru, Guru Gobind the proper role model and encourage- Memoirs of a Secretary at War’’: Singh, and the foundation of the ment. ‘‘I think he has been wrong on nearly Khalsa Panth, the Sikh brotherhood. It is women who are guiding our Na- every major foreign policy and na- Sikhs across the globe celebrate this tion towards a more equal future—like tional security issue over the past four day with enthusiasm and joy. I know our mother—who make a difference. decades.’’ they do in the rich San Joaquin Valley Today, I am proud to be a Member of I rarely, if ever, agree with Barack that is home to so many who are farm- the most diverse Congress in the Obama, and I am glad to see our coun- ers, businesspeople, and community United States’ history, with over 102 try is now back on the road to a strong leaders. I have the honor to represent women in this body, women serving the foreign policy. But I will give Presi- them and to celebrate with them. people’s House. dent Obama credit for wisely dis- This festival models what all cul- We honor their sacrifice, their bril- regarding Vice President Biden’s coun- tures strive for: strong communities liance, and the strength of their service sel on, arguably, the greatest achieve- coming together to celebrate progress, for our Nation. ment of Obama’s presidency: his au- renew its dedication to helping one an- f thorization in 2011 of the raid by Amer- other, and peace. ica’s SEAL Teams that killed Osama Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to JOE BIDEN: DECADES OF BEING Bin Laden. please join me in celebrating this spe- WRONG As Vice President Biden, himself, re- cial tradition in the Sikh community. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The called to a group of Democrats in 2016, WOMEN TRAILBLAZERS Chair recognizes the gentleman from President Obama asked for a final rec- Mr. COSTA. Mr. Speaker, every Texas (Mr. BABIN) for 5 minutes. ommendation from his national secu- March, we come together to honor Mr. BABIN. Mr. Speaker, former Vice rity team, and he asked, Joe, what do trailblazing women who have come be- President Joe Biden has been in the you think?

VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:56 Mar 27, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.006 H27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2835 His answer was, Mr. President, my All of that was eliminated with the CONGRATULATING WHEELING suggestion is, don’t go. Affordable Care Act. PARK HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH AND Many agree that President Obama What a disaster for this administra- DEBATE TEAM picked Biden as his Vice President in tion to proudly and arrogantly stand The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 2008 to quell concerns about his youth up to take a stand to destroy the Af- Chair recognizes the gentleman from and lack of experience in Foreign Af- fordable Care Act in my State, in West Virginia (Mr. MCKINLEY) for 5 fairs, but in retrospect, it has now be- Texas v. Azar, and how sad it is that minutes. come clear that the most useful role he State officials from the moment they Mr. MCKINLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise played was for Mr. Obama to take got elected in my State, Republicans, today to recognize the Wheeling Park whatever he recommended and advised every day have been fighting to destroy High School Speech and Debate Team, and conclude that it was probably the the Affordable Care Act. which has won the West Virginia State wrong approach. championship for 40 years in a row. Mr. Biden now believes that he is the And my own county health depart- Think about that. right man to lead our Nation as Presi- ment is begging for relief; begging for Their uninterrupted string of vic- dent. America will choose a President the expanded Medicaid; begging to tories began when Jimmy Carter was in 2020, and I hope that Republicans serve the many thousands upon thou- President, and now has extended and Democrats will conclude, as our sands that are in need who are working through the administrations of Presi- 44th President and countless others poor, but my State refused to accept dents Reagan, Bush 41, Clinton, Bush have, that the opposite might just be the expanded Medicaid. And now, with 43, President Obama, and now Presi- true. great hubris, pompousness, this Gov- dent Trump. ernment—it is supposed to be for the f Their winning streak is longer than people, of which we are—has decided to most of my staff has been alive. Their HEALTHCARE FOR ALL take a stand to destroy the Affordable 40-year record may very well be the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Care Act. longest in the country’s history. Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Rather than do what we are attempt- Their students are part of a dynasty. Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE) for 5 minutes. ing to do as Democrats and protecting Some even have a personal family leg- Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I preexisting conditions and to expand acy because they are following the want to take this moment to go down and improve on healthcare, we are footsteps of their parents, who also a very tough, and for many families, looking to lower health insurance pre- won when they competed in the high humiliating journey down memory miums, strengthen protections for peo- school competition at Park. lane. ple with pre-existing conditions, stop Look, Generation Z suffers from a lot Memories full of sick mothers and fa- insurance companies from selling junk of negative stereotypes, but the team thers, sick children, and maybe even health insurance plans, and reverse the members on the Wheeling Park Speech those who lost their life because they administration’s healthcare, sabo- and Debate Team are examples of a could not get affordable healthcare. taging needlessly driven-up premiums great new generation and what they Apparently, this administration and uninsured rates and empower can do. doesn’t understand; for those of us who States to innovate and invest in enroll- These students are dedicated. They were here before the Affordable Care ing more people. work year-round and compete in com- Act, the years and years of work, the petitions to hone their skills. They are thousands of pages of testimony, the Outreach. I have been engaged in out- able to convey emotions and sway an many different committees—even my reach and education, and the families audience while passionately arguing committee, the Committee on the Ju- are excited when they are eligible for today’s most pressing topics. diciary—we heard the pain and cries of insurance. We couldn’t be prouder of these stu- those who did not have health insur- All of the people that I mentioned, dents. There is no doubt in my mind, ance. and some who died, had preexisting they have a bright future ahead of Maybe he doesn’t know—the adminis- conditions. Over 50 percent of the them, and that has everything to do tration—the story of the 8-year-old girl American people—maybe upwards of 65 with their work ethic and dedication. whose family actually took her to the percent—have preexisting conditions. I would also like to congratulate and thank their coaches, Bill Cornforth, office of the insurance company—she In 2012, there were 45 million unin- had leukemia—to beg for coverage. And Kayla Nelson, Isabella Droginske and sured persons, but the Affordable Care Brigitte Mazure, as well as the team’s they denied her, and she died. Act was making its way so much so Maybe they did not hear the story of founding coach, Fran Schoolcraft, who that we have reduced the amount of led them through their first 25 vic- the mother whose son had hepatitis be- uninsured persons, as the numbers cause he had not been able to overcome tories. show in 2018, down to about 28 million, Congratulations on their first 40, and his drug addiction, even though he was and we were making steady progress. a lawyer, and his only basis of here’s to the road to 41. healthcare was the emergency room in What kind of caring attitude do you b 1045 have? a city hospital; CONGRATULATING AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF Or maybe the doctor who drove to Where is your humanity, that you CRITICAL-CARE NURSES another city hundreds of miles away to would take insurance away from sick Mr. MCKINLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise get his intern son, put him in the back- children, families, and the elderly, and today to recognize the 50th anniversary seat of his car and drive him all the that you would allow their prescription of the American Association of Crit- way back so that he could be inside the drugs to shoot through the roof, which ical-Care Nurses. jurisdiction in which his healthcare is what will happen when you destroy My wife, Mary, was a critical-care covered. and implode the Affordable Care Act. nurse for over 45 years and served as Maybe the administration and the It is not an overnight success. 50 the past president of AACN. Her time President do not know about junk in- years America was trying to work on a as a critical-care nurse taught me how surance policies, that when you get to system that would work, beyond the difficult it is to have a career in nurs- the hospital, as they look over you in Medicare system, and Medicaid. ing. the emergency room and say, There is It requires working long hours, week- no room at the inn for you because We are supporting—many of us—a ends, and caring for people during the your insurance doesn’t cover hos- way to provide healthcare for all, like most challenging times of the patients’ pitalization. Medicare for all. I am supporting this lives. And while sometimes nurses get Or the tap on the door of your hos- legislation, but what is happening in to see happy endings, other times, they pital room while you are in the bed, the administration is nothing but an share in the emotions of families mak- and although you are still ill, you are implosion of a lifeline for the American ing very difficult decisions. evicted because your insurance has people. That is why it is important to honor capped. We need to stop that now. the American Association of Critical-

VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:56 Mar 27, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.008 H27MRPT1 H2836 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 Care Nurses, their dedication to their risen with the cost of inflation. There in his new chapter, and I wish his suc- patients, and their push for excellence is no reason why a family’s ability to cessor, Sharon Curran, all of the best because, like their mission statement save for dependent care shouldn’t have in her new role. says, ‘‘Nothing less is acceptable.’’ increased with time as well. RECOGNIZING CAROLANN BEGLEY FOR HER WORK f If my bill were in effect now, families TO PREVENT HUNGER would be able to put $11,300 in their Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I CHILDCARE CRISIS flexible savings accounts. That is about rise to recognize an outstanding school The SPEAKER pro tempore. The the average cost of childcare for one administrator in Montgomery County, Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from child in this country. Pennsylvania, who was recently recog- California (Ms. PORTER) for 5 minutes. The Family Savings for Kids and nized by a national nonprofit organiza- Ms. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to Seniors Act offers families a way to tion for her work to prevent hunger talk about an important issue affecting keep more of what they earn to pay for amongst our community students. families across our country, including the childcare and eldercare that allows Carolann Begley, nutrition services in my home State of California. them to work. The work that parents area supervisor at North Penn High I am a single mom, and I know first- do adds to the vitality and the strength School, was named a Breakfast Hero by hand that we have a childcare crisis in of our economy. the organization, No Kid Hungry. this country. Two years ago, I spent Mr. Speaker, I hope my colleagues Carolann’s work has been instru- $16,000 on childcare for my daughter will join me in supporting America’s mental in making breakfast more ac- Betsy to attend the U.C. Irvine-Verano working families. cessible to students, notably through Preschool. That is more than it would f her work to implement a breakfast have been for an entire year of tuition cart for the 2018–2019 school year. RECOGNIZING GRACE BIBLE for her to be an undergraduate at U.C. Mr. Speaker, our community school CHURCH Irvine. administrators and educators work I was able to keep $5,000 of the money The SPEAKER pro tempore. The tirelessly to give our students the re- that I earned pretax to go toward those Chair recognizes the gentleman from sources they need to pursue their childcare expenses in a flexible spend- Pennsylvania (Mr. FITZPATRICK) for 5 goals. I applaud Carolann for her serving account, but that didn’t go very far minutes. ice, and I would also like to thank to cover childcare for Betsy, never Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I North Penn High School Principal Pete mind my other two children. The $5,000 rise to recognize a faith community in Nicholson and the No Kid Hungry net- doesn’t even get me to tax day. This is Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, work, an organization, for all of the the reality of raising a family in Or- that truly embodies the virtues of work that they do for our community. kindness and charity. Grace Bible ange County and in so many places f across the country. Church in Souderton, will be hosting In only one State is childcare consid- its sixth annual Easter dinner, where COMMEMORATING THE FIGHTIN’ ered affordable. Let that sink in. In all members of our community are wel- FIFTY-FIFTH every State but one, the majority of come. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. families have to spend more than 7 per- Like last year, Grace Bible Church JACKSON LEE). The Chair recognizes the cent of their income on childcare. will be offering transportation to resi- gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. BACON) My constituents in the 45th Congres- dents of Grundy Manor in Telford and for 5 minutes. sional District have asked me to help Valley Vista in Souderton so that they Mr. BACON. Madam Speaker, I rise them make childcare affordable. are able to participate in an evening of to commemorate the longstanding Jennifer, who works in my district, food and fellowship. bond our Midwest communities enjoy has two children under the age of 3. Mr. Speaker, I am grateful to all of with the Fightin’ Fifty-Fifth Wing, the She and her husband will spend 23 per- the congregants of Grace Bible Church United States Air Force wing right cent of their gross income on childcare for opening their doors to our neigh- here at Offutt Air Force Base in Ne- next year. That is not affordable. bors and for living out their Christian braska. It has units all over the world. In Irvine, Erica and her husband faith in their actions. The 55th Wing and the 55th Wing As- spend $1,350 each month for childcare I would like to particularly thank sociation will jointly celebrate a for their 3-year-old son. They have ac- and recognize one of the event’s orga- uniquely treasured relationship at this cess to a flexible spending account nizers, Carol Doyle, for her work, along year’s reunion in April that will fea- through their employer, but the $5,000 with Pastor Dave Dunbar for his vision ture numerous dedications and com- that current law allows only covers 31 and for his leadership. memorative events. percent of their annual childcare cost. RECOGNIZING ALAN HARTL IN HIS RETIREMENT The Fightin’ Fifty-Fifth’s historic Even for those with school-age chil- Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I lineage began before World War II. dren, the most affordable city-spon- rise to recognize the retirement of a Since 1940, the unit has distinguished sored camps so parents can work dur- true professional and advocate in itself as a preeminent Air Force orga- ing the summer and spring break, ex- Bucks County, Pennsylvania, after his nization, flying and supporting world- ceed $5,000. And the cost of eldercare is nearly 40 years of providing mental wide operations in peace and conflict. equally out of proportion to the cur- health counseling and recovery serv- Of note, the 55th Fighter Group con- rent $5,000 limit on the Dependent Care ices to members of our community. ducted fighter sweeps over the invasion Flexible Spending Account. Alan Hartl will be stepping down as beaches on June 6, 1944, using their P– That is why I am introducing the bi- the chief executive officer of the 38s. In 1966, the Fightin’ Fifty-Fifth partisan Family Savings for Kids and Lenape Valley Foundation after a long transferred to Nebraska as part of the Seniors Act. This bill will allow fami- and distinguished career. A psycholo- Strategic Air Command. lies to keep more of their own pay- gist, Alan has, for decades, been a For over 50 years, the 55th Wing per- checks, pretax, to use for the care for strong advocate for those with behav- sonnel have supported national inter- kids, grandparents, and other family ioral health needs. ests around the world, focusing on pro- members that they incur so that they Widely respected throughout Bucks viding first-class reconnaissance, real- can work. The bill does this by adjust- County and among his peers, Alan is a time intelligence, command and con- ing the limit that Americans can put member of the board of directors of trol, information warfare, and combat into their Dependent Care Flexible both the National Council for Behav- support capabilities. It is the largest Spending Accounts, or FSAs. Families ioral Health and the Pennsylvania Re- wing in Air Combat Command and flies use this pretax benefit to help pay for habilitation and Community Providers the most diverse types of aircraft. preschool, camps, adult daycare, and Association. Notably, since Operation Desert childcare. Alan’s dedication to improving the Shield and Operation Desert Storm, The $5,000 limit under current law lives of our neighbors and his deliv- the 55th Wing is the only Air Force has not changed since it was enacted in ering hope to those most in need are wing with continuous operations, 1986, but childcare costs have certainly truly admirable. I wish him all the best maintenance, and aircraft presence in

VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:56 Mar 27, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.011 H27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2837 the United States Central Command history of our State and a third of Gary and I both grew up in theater of operations. Offutt Air Force Base was damaged, in- Taylorville, Illinois. After graduation, Indeed, the sheer longevity of this cluding key operations and support fa- he went on to serve in the Army and in storied unit’s history and global mis- cilities. The Fightin’ Fifty-Fifth never the Army National Guard. He eventu- sion reach personifies their motto, missed a beat supporting operations all ally became a police officer in our ‘‘The Sun never sets on the Fightin’ over the world. This indomitable spirit hometown. He was proud of his job and Fifty-Fifth.’’ of the Fightin’ Fifty-Fifth led the Sec- always loved going to schools to teach The unit’s exceptional record of serv- retary of the Air Force, Heather Wil- students about the police station and ice was the catalyst for the 55th Wing son, to say: ‘‘Not even Mother Nature his job protecting our community. Association’s creation. Following dec- could defeat the 55th Wing.’’ Outside of work, Gary’s greatest ades of the Fightin’ Fifty-Fifth cama- So, after 75 years as an organiza- hobby was firearms. He was a gun- raderie, global deployments, and oper- tional flying wing, over a half century smith, a proud member of the NRA, a ational achievement, a handful of vet- based in Nebraska, and more than 25 master firearms instructor, and my eran aviators were determined to pre- consecutive years deployed in the Mid- and my wife’s concealed carry instruc- serve this invaluable heritage so it dle East for combat operations, the tor. Gary loved teaching people about would not be lost to future genera- Fightin’ Fifty-Fifth deserves our high- the responsibility of owning firearms tions. est respect, and I am honored to salute and teaching people the importance of This innovative initial cadre formed the 55th Wing Association for all of its gun safety. the 55th Strategic Reconnaissance efforts to preserve its rich heritage. I will remember Gary as a true exam- Wing Association to serve alongside f ple of patriotism and service to our the Offutt’s 55th Strategic Reconnais- community that we share as a home- RECOGNIZING COLONEL CRAIG sance Wing Active-Duty force. Both or- town. He made a tremendous impact on OSBORNE ganizations were eventually renamed the lives of many in Taylorville, and he to today’s 55th Wing and 55th Wing As- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The will truly be missed. sociation, respectively, and have re- Chair recognizes the gentleman from My prayers are with his wife, Gina; mained in Nebraska ever since. Illinois (Mr. RODNEY DAVIS) for 5 min- their four children, Logan, Kaylee, The 55th Wing Association is com- utes. Tanner, and Dylan; and all those like prised of Air Force veterans who served Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. me who were blessed to know Gary honorably in the Fightin’ Fifty-Fifth, Madam Speaker, I rise today to con- Jones. most of whom were stationed at Offutt gratulate Colonel Craig Osborne, a sol- SLOW DOWN TO PROTECT FIRST RESPONDERS Air Force Base. The 55th Wing Associa- dier in my district who will be retiring Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. tion’s support to their Active-Duty this week after 30 years of service in Madam Speaker, I rise today to high- counterparts is second to none, and its the United States Army. light a dangerous, disturbing, and un- Colonel Osborne graduated from Illi- support to the 55th Wing alumni is a acceptable trend in Illinois and across nois State University in 1989 as a dis- model for other Air Force organiza- the country. It is the rising number of tinguished military graduate, and dur- tions to emulate. It embodies the im- first responders being struck by driving his time with the Army, he has par- pressive relationship between alumni ers. ticipated in a total of five combat de- veterans and Active-Duty military We are not even 3 months into this ployments: Operation Desert Shield, members, and they have it in their year, and 14 members of the Illinois Operation Desert Storm, Operation credo, ‘‘Honoring those who served, and State Police have been struck by driv- Joint Guard, Operation Enduring Free- serving those who do.’’ It could not be ers while on the road or responding to dom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. said any better. incidents. These accidents have re- Time and time again, Colonel This bond between veteran citizens sulted in one fatality and more than a Osborne has answered the call to serve and military personnel is nothing short dozen injuries. his country. He has served at the head- of remarkable. These organizations Our first responders put their lives quarters of Allied Land Forces South- demonstrate the very best of coopera- on the line every day to protect us, and eastern Europe in Turkey, as well as tion to serve our national interests, it is inexcusable to have this number of the chief of staff for a combined, joint, sustain organizational values, and fos- them injured by errant and distracted and interagency task force in Kabul, ter military fellowship from as far drivers. These numbers average out to Afghanistan. back as those who served in World War more than one trooper struck per week II to those of the present who still fly, b 1100 and is nearly double the number of in- fight, and win our Nation’s battles In his current position with the Na- cidents in all of 2018. right now. Their relationship will for- Even though every State has laws re- ever be enshrined at the many cere- tional Defense University, he contributes to the education of future genera- quiring drivers to change lanes or slow monies in Nebraska on April 6, where down when vehicles or emergency per- monuments will be dedicated to the tions of our servicemembers. Among his many distinctions, Colo- sonnel are on the side of the road, alumni of the Fightin’ Fifty-Fifth past, nel Osborne has earned three Defense these tragedies keep occurring. For the present, and future. safety of our first responders, construc- In 2003, the 55th Wing Association Superior Service Medals, the Legion of Merit, five Bronze Star Medals, three tion workers, and tow truck drivers, captured the inspirational essence of please slow down, avoid distractions, their history in choosing the following Defense Meritorious Service Medals, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, and and be alert on the road to help save inscription on their U.S. Air Force Mu- lives and buck this tragic trend. seum monument, and it says: numerous other awards. Words cannot express how thankful I We must never forget that freedom is never am for Colonel Osborne’s service. He is f really free; it is the most costly thing in the world. And freedom is never paid in a lump a great example of someone who has sum; payments come due in every genera- dedicated his life to serving his coun- MOTORCYCLE COMMUNITY tion. All any of us can do is to offer the gen- try, and I am proud to honor him PROFILING erations that follow a chance for freedom. today. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The The 55th Wing Association also chose Congratulations on your retirement, Chair recognizes the gentleman from these same words for inclusion on the Colonel. Michigan (Mr. WALBERG) for 5 minutes. monuments they will dedicate this REMEMBERING GARY JONES Mr. WALBERG. Madam Speaker, I April. They are fitting praise for the Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. rise today to bring awareness to the accomplishments of the past and a Madam Speaker, I rise today to re- issue of motorcycle profiling. challenge to the Fightin’ Fifty-Fifth member Gary Jones, a good friend and This week, I joined Congressman for the future. dedicated police officer who passed BURGESS, my fellow co-chair of the Just 11 days ago, Nebraska was hit away earlier this month after a long Congressional Motorcycle Caucus, to with the worst national disaster in the battle with cancer. introduce a resolution that encourages

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:23 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.012 H27MRPT1 H2838 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 greater collaboration between the mo- grateful for your commitment to keep- as ideas. We must live them as truths torcycle community and law enforce- ing our parks in pristine shape. and show the world that they work. ment officials to prevent instances of f America is where freedom has made profiling. its greatest mark. It is where cre- There is no doubt, motorcycles rep- PROMISE OF AMERICA ativity is unmatched by any time in resent more than just a mode of trans- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The history. It is where justice flowers portation to those of us who ride them. Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from more generously than anyplace on They often signify a sense of freedom, Washington (Mrs. RODGERS) for 5 min- Earth. identity, and camaraderie. In Michi- utes. The torch must be passed to the next gan, we have thousands of local riders Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. generation. That is what President and many more who come from out of Madam Speaker, I rise today to reflect John F. Kennedy said, and, Madam State to enjoy our Great Lakes, scenic on the promise of America. Speaker, we must do just that. highways, and the great outdoors. What is the promise of America? I will keep coming back to this floor, As an avid motorcyclist myself, I What has it meant for us? And what to the people’s House, to make this have heard from many in the riding does it mean for us today? case that the promise of America is for community who felt that they had America has been around for a few every person in our country. been profiled by law enforcement at hundred years. That is really not that There is a battle going on right now least once, oftentimes solely because of long. In that short time, our dreams for the heart and soul of America, so it their motorcycle-related apparel. have informed the imaginations of peo- is worth repeating that we must never While I certainly support actions taken ple around the globe. forget our purpose. That is what unites to enforce violations of the law, we It all started when our Founding Fa- us as Americans, and it is where I find should all be concerned about profiling thers drafted and signed the Declara- hope that we can come together around of riders based on their attire and ab- tion of Independence. It set us on a shared values that built our great Na- sent any wrongdoing. path for our Nation to be the greatest tion. To be clear, motorcyclists have a experiment in self-governance that the I am committed more than ever to deep appreciation for our Nation’s law world has ever known. Our Founders restore trust and confidence in the enforcement officers. We understand were our first innovators who risked it promise of America. It is a promise the difficulties they face on a daily all for America to be free. that will keep us free, empower our basis, and we are not disparaging that I am sure there are times when we children in the next generation to in any way. Our resolution simply have fallen short, but our experiment shine, and strengthen the moral fabric seeks to bring increased awareness and has been overwhelmingly for the good. where our identity rests. encourage a cooperative effort to ad- It is here in America that we have led f dress an issue that affects many of our and cultivated history’s greatest constituents in the motorcycle commu- breakthroughs. We fought a war to end CELEBRATING 140TH ANNIVER- nity. slavery. We liberated Europe from the SARY OF 28TH INFANTRY DIVI- By having an open dialogue, I hope Nazis. We invented flight; put men on SION OF U.S. ARMY NATIONAL we can foster a greater understanding the Moon; split the atom; and invented GUARD of the issues surrounding motorcycle the microchip, the internet, and more. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The profiling and ensure our roads and At great expense, all this was accom- Chair recognizes the gentleman from highways are safe for all to enjoy. plished by maintaining fleets and ar- Pennsylvania (Mr. THOMPSON) for 5 RECOGNIZING THE MAITLAND FAMILY mies for America to be a beacon of minutes. Mr. WALBERG. Madam Speaker, I hope for freedom-loving people around Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. rise today to recognize Jim and Cheri the world. We have done more to lift Madam Speaker, I rise today to recog- Maitland of Jackson, Michigan. The people out of poverty and raise the nize the 28th Infantry Division of the Maitlands recently made history by be- standard of living than any nation in United States Army National Guard as coming the first family to visit all 418 the history of the world. it recently celebrated the anniversary national parks and units. From Alaska Madam Speaker, I am sure our of its 140th year of serving this Nation. to the River Raisin National Battle- Founders never dreamed that any of Its roots in American history were field Park in Monroe, Michigan, they this would be possible, but it was be- planted long before our Nation’s found- have logged more than 300,000 miles cause they made their vision for Amer- ing. The 28th Infantry’s lineage traces over the span of 8 years. The Maitland ica a reality rooted in the promise that all the way back to when Benjamin children, Jamison and Gerald, each our rights are self-evident, sacred, and Franklin formed a militia known as have an impressive collection of Junior undeniable. the Pennsylvania Associators. The first Ranger badges from learning about all America was born with purpose. It meeting of the Associators occurred on the parks. The family earned the nickname the says it right here in the Declaration of November 21, 1747. Franklin organized ‘‘Parkbound Maitlands’’ after watching Independence. We all know the words, units to defend the city of Philadelphia a documentary series on America’s na- or at least we should know the words: against the French and Spanish pri- tional parks, which then sparked a de- ‘‘We hold these truths to be self-evi- vateers. sire on their part to see the beauty dent, that all men are created equal, The 28th Infantry Division is the old- across our great land. that they are endowed by their Creator est continuously serving division in the When the Maitlands are not explor- with certain unalienable Rights, that United States Army. It wasn’t until ing in their RV, you might find them among these are Life, Liberty and the 1879 when the 28th ID was officially es- volunteering at River Raisin National pursuit of Happiness.’’ tablished by Governor Henry Hoyt and Battlefield Park in Monroe, Michigan. These are more than just words. It is designated a red keystone as its sym- It is a wonderful park and destination a faith statement, a distinctive na- bol. in our community where the family tional credo. The moment we fail to be- Throughout history, the 28th Infan- has spent more than 1,000 volunteer lieve it, the experiment is over and this try Division has answered our coun- hours. Nation will fade away like all nation- try’s call to serve in nearly every war. Their philosophy is to leave each states that have lost belief in them- The 28th ID soldiers fought side by side park a little bit better than how they selves and forgotten their identity. in the Spanish-American War. They found it. If we forget our purpose and let the earned the nickname ‘‘Iron Division’’ Madam Speaker, I share the promise of America be broken, then we in the First World War by General Maitlands’ love of the outdoors and our are lost. The future is lost. John Pershing after a chivalrous stand national park system. This is truly a It is our job and our highest responsi- in France. This decorated division still remarkable accomplishment and one bility to transmit the promise of Amer- goes by this storied nickname. that makes me pretty jealous. ica to our children and to all who are The infantrymen stepped ashore at Congratulations to the Maitland fam- a part of this great experiment. It is Omaha Beach and were the first Amer- ily on your incredible journey. I am not enough that we merely assert these ican division to parade through Paris

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:23 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.014 H27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2839 after its liberation. They were also de- last day’s proceedings and announces pay. In fact, Congress passed the Equal ployed for duty during the Korean war. to the House her approval thereof. Pay Act in 1963 to ensure that. But In present day, its operations have con- Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- that is not what Democrats have put tinued in places like Bosnia, Kosovo, nal stands approved. this legislation on the floor for. In- Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan. f stead, they wanted something to ben- I had the distinct pleasure of meeting efit trial lawyers and to make it nearly these members of the 28th Division last PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE impossible for job creators to defend November in Kuwait, joining them in The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the against frivolous, unlimited lawsuits. the mess hall for Thanksgiving dinner. gentleman from California (Mr. In fact, this legislation is actually The division stationed in Kuwait was LAMALFA) come forward and lead the harmful to women in the workforce by part of Operation Spartan Shield. This House in the Pledge of Allegiance. creating a mandatory opt-out system operation sought to strengthen U.S. Mr. LAMALFA led the Pledge of Alle- for class action lawsuits that will ulti- partnerships in the Middle East and giance as follows: mately limit legal options when there support ongoing operations to defeat I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the actually is workplace discrimination. ISIS. United States of America, and to the Repub- This legislation is all about litiga- Just a few weeks ago, I got to reunite lic for which it stands, one nation under God, tion, and that is not right. Enforce ex- with the 28th ID in Hershey, Pennsyl- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. isting laws effectively. That will pro- vania, to celebrate the 140th anniver- f tect women, and everyone, in the work- sary. The dinner and ceremonies were a place. fitting tribute for a historic part of the ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER The number of working women in the United States military. PRO TEMPORE U.S. is higher than ever—nearly 75 mil- Madam Speaker, these men and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The lion—with more women entering the women continue to build upon the Iron Chair will entertain up to 15 requests workforce in the last 2 years than men. Division legacy. They are brave, resil- for 1-minute speeches on each side of That is the type of fairness we should ient, and well-trained to support each the aisle. continue to strive for. other in combat and defend our great f I support policies that help more Nation. women become their own boss, not un- So I say to the men and women of the ASSYRIAN NEW YEAR limited paydays for trial lawyers. 28th Infantry Division: Roll on, 28th. (Mr. HARDER of California asked Roll on. f Madam Speaker, I congratulate the and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME 28th Infantry Division for 140 years of COMMEMORATIVE COIN service, sacrifice, and valor. and extend his remarks.) Mr. HARDER of California. Madam (Mr. MORELLE asked and was given f Speaker, I rise today to wish the As- permission to address the House for 1 RECESS syrian community in the Central Val- minute and to revise and extend his re- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ley and across the world a Happy New marks.) ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair Year. Mr. MORELLE. Madam Speaker, in declares the House in recess until noon One of my fondest memories growing honor of the final week of Women’s today. up in Turlock was spending afternoons History Month, I am proud to join a Accordingly (at 11 o’clock and 14 with my Assyrian neighbor, who was group of bipartisan colleagues in intro- minutes a.m.), the House stood in re- like a grandmother to me. Her name ducing the National Women’s Hall of cess. was Nana Bitpera. Fame Commemorative Coin Act. As the National Women’s Hall of f Every day, she would pick grape leaves in her backyard while she made Fame celebrates its 50th anniversary, b 1200 rice, so my brother and I could enjoy this will help ensure the financial via- AFTER RECESS fresh, homemade dolmas after school. bility and longevity of this iconic his- She would tell me stories about the torical landmark for years to come. The recess having expired, the House I am especially pleased that our very incredible contributions of the Assyr- was called to order by the Speaker pro own Louise Slaughter will be inducted ian culture to art and literature: how tempore (Ms. JACKSON LEE) at noon. into the hall of fame this year: a fit- Assyrians built the first human cities, f ting tribute for one of the most inspir- were the first to domesticate crops, ing women I have had the privilege of PRAYER and how they literally invented the knowing. The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick wheel. Louise will take her place alongside J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: She also told me about the centuries some of our Nation’s trailblazers in the God of the universe, we give You of persecution that Assyrians faced city that forever altered the course of thanks for giving us another day. that caused so many to come for a new Send us Your spirit, enlighten the women’s rights in our Nation. future in America. I am delighted that this legislation hearts of the Members of this people’s Madam Speaker, as we celebrate the House. Uphold all of our commitments will help ensure that Louise, and so year 6769, I want to tell the Assyrian many other remarkable women in the to live according to Your revealed community how grateful I am to be truths and the constitutional law of hall of fame, will continue to inspire their neighbor, and may this new year generations to come. this great Nation. bring their families joy and happiness. Let freedom flourish in the lives of Madam Speaker, I look forward to Your people who seek justice and prove f diligently working toward its passage, themselves trustworthy. PAYCHECK FAIRNESS and I encourage my colleagues to sup- Shape virtuous leadership in govern- port this important bill. (Mr. LAMALFA asked and was given ment at every level. May all citizens f permission to address the House for 1 know with confidence the diligence of minute and to revise and extend his re- SOCIAL SECURITY their representatives, and may this APPROPRIATIONS body prove creative in facing the issues marks.) of the day. Mr. LAMALFA. Madam Speaker, I (Ms. WILD asked and was given per- May all that is done this day be for rise today to express my serious con- mission to address the House for 1 Your greater honor and glory. cern with the inappropriately and minute and to revise and extend her re- Amen. euphemistically named ‘‘Paycheck marks.) f Fairness Act.’’ In reality, this legisla- Ms. WILD. Madam Speaker, I rise tion should be called the ‘‘Leave No today to advocate for an appropriation THE JOURNAL Lawyer Behind Act.’’ request I have put forward to provide The SPEAKER pro tempore. The I am sure everyone in this room be- adequate funding to the Social Secu- Chair has examined the Journal of the lieves that equal work deserves equal rity Administration.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:23 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.016 H27MRPT1 H2840 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 Social Security enables millions of substitute are waived. No amendment to The rule provides for consideration of Americans to make ends meet, includ- that amendment in the nature of a sub- H. Res. 124 under a closed rule, and it ing retired and disabled workers, and stitute shall be in order except those printed provides 1 hour of debate, equally di- the families of deceased workers. It is a in part B of the report of the Committee on vided and controlled by the chair and Rules. Each such amendment may be offered program that working folks have been only in the order printed in the report, may ranking member of the Committee on paying into their entire working lives. be offered only by a Member designated in Armed Services. Despite the agency’s effectiveness, the report, shall be considered as read, shall Madam Speaker, 56 years ago, Presi- funding cuts have created a massive, be debatable for the time specified in the re- dent John F. Kennedy signed the Equal and in some cases life-threatening, port equally divided and controlled by the Pay Act. He referred to this law as a backlog. proponent and an opponent, shall not be sub- ‘‘structure basic to democracy’’—equal The national average wait time for a ject to amendment, and shall not be subject pay for equal work, in essence, equal- Social Security Disability Insurance to a demand for division of the question in ity. But the sad reality is that, over 56 the House or in the Committee of the Whole. years later, women are still paid less benefits hearing is 535 days. And last All points of order against such amendments year, Philadelphia, in my State, had than their male counterparts for the are waived. At the conclusion of consider- same work. I know, because it hap- the longest average wait time in the ation of the bill for amendment the Com- country: 26 months. One West Philadel- mittee shall rise and report the bill to the pened to me. One of my first jobs was in a male- phia woman with multiple sclerosis House with such amendments as may have dominated industry selling steel. It waited 878 days before getting a favor- been adopted. Any Member may demand a didn’t matter if I performed as well, if able ruling. separate vote in the House on any amend- not better, than my male colleagues; I Given this reality, I am truly ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the amendment in the na- was still paid less. I had to leave that alarmed that, rather than fully funding ture of a substitute made in order as original job, which I loved, because I wasn’t Social Security, the President’s budget text. The previous question shall be consid- getting my fair share. It was a shame is consistently hundreds of millions of ered as ordered on the bill and amendments then, and it is a shame now. dollars less than what Congress en- thereto to final passage without intervening In the sixties, women made 60 cents acted the previous year. motion except one motion to recommit with on the dollar. Now the average woman This sums up why people are fed up or without instructions. makes 80 cents compared to her male with Washington: powerful politicians SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order without intervention of any counterpart—80 cents. For women of keeping everyday Americans from the point of order to consider in the House the color, the gender wage gap is even benefits they have earned. The injus- resolution (H. Res. 124) expressing opposition more severe: tice needs to stop. We must stand with to banning service in the Armed Forces by For every dollar made by her non- working families and help them obtain openly transgender individuals. The resolu- Hispanic White male counterpart, an their benefits. tion shall be considered as read. The pre- African American woman makes 61 vious question shall be considered as ordered f cents, a Native American woman on the resolution and preamble to adoption makes 58 cents, and women who look PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION without intervening motion or demand for like me, Latinas, make 53 cents on the division of the question except one hour of OF H.R. 7, PAYCHECK FAIRNESS dollar for similar work. That is less ACT, AND PROVIDING FOR CON- debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the than the average woman made in the SIDERATION OF H.RES. 124, OP- 1960s. POSING BAN ON TRANSGENDER Committee on Armed Services. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Do I not work just as hard as my MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES male counterparts? WILD). The gentlewoman from Cali- Do I deserve to make 53 cents on the Mrs. TORRES of California. Madam fornia is recognized for 1 hour. Speaker, by direction of the Com- dollar? Mrs. TORRES of California. Madam Do I not have to support my house- mittee on Rules, I call up House Reso- Speaker, for the purpose of debate lution 252 and ask for its immediate hold as much as a man? only, I yield the customary 30 minutes Latinas lose, on the average, $28,386 consideration. to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. BUR- The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- every year. That amounts to more than GESS), pending which I yield myself $1 million over her career. lows: such time as I may consume. During What would an extra $1 million mean H. RES. 252 consideration of this resolution, all for the working woman or for her chil- Resolved, That at any time after adoption time yielded is for the purpose of de- dren? That she never has to chose be- of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant bate only. tween paying for childcare or buying to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the GENERAL LEAVE groceries or not worrying about how to House resolved into the Committee of the Mrs. TORRES of California. Madam send her kids to college. Maybe she Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7) to amend Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that could even fulfill the American Dream the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to pro- all Members be given 5 legislative days of purchasing a home. vide more effective remedies to victims of to revise and extend their remarks. Some people brush this off by argu- discrimination in the payment of wages on The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there ing that women choose different or the basis of sex, and for other purposes. The objection to the request of the gentle- easier jobs than men, like being a first reading of the bill shall be dispensed woman from California? teacher or a nurse. To those people, I with. All points of order against consider- There was no objection. ask: Who sets those salaries? When was ation of the bill are waived. General debate b 1215 the last time you were underpaid to shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex- teach 40 children in a classroom set- ceed one hour equally divided and controlled Mrs. TORRES of California. Madam ting? by the chair and ranking minority member Speaker, on Monday the Rules Com- Nursing assistants each suffer rough- of the Committee on Education and Labor. mittee met and reported a rule, House ly three times—three times—the rate After general debate the bill shall be consid- Resolution 252, providing for consider- ered for amendment under the five-minute of back and other injuries as construc- rule. In lieu of the amendment in the nature ation of two bills: H.R. 7, the Paycheck tion workers. Are you going to tell me of a substitute recommended by the Com- Fairness Act; and H. Res. 124, express- that the nurse who spends 12 hours on mittee on Education and Labor now printed ing opposition to banning service in her feet taking care of those most in in the bill, it shall be in order to consider as the Armed Forces by openly need doesn’t deserve higher pay, or the an original bill for the purpose of amend- transgender individuals. 911 dispatcher who is working the ment under the five-minute rule an amend- The rule provides for consideration of graveyard shift, fielding call after call ment in the nature of a substitute consisting H.R. 7 under a structured rule. The rule after call, coordinating an effective of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-8 provides 1 hour of debate, equally di- emergency response so that they them- modified by the amendment printed in part vided and controlled by the chair and A of the report of the Committee on Rules selves can save lives or the first re- accompanying this resolution. That amend- ranking member of the Committee on sponders can save lives? ment in the nature of a substitute shall be Education and Labor. It self-executes a Don’t tell me women’s work is easier. considered as read. All points of order manager’s amendment. It also makes We need equality—in practice, not just against that amendment in the nature of a in order nine amendments. in law.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:23 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.019 H27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2841 H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act tion has broken a promise to their chil- In both low-skill and high-skill sec- will make equal pay a reality. It ad- dren. This doesn’t make us safer. tors, there remains a short supply of dresses the many complicated facets of We should welcome every qualified willing or qualified workers, driving up sex-based discrimination. person who is willing to stand up to de- wages for both. Across the spectrum, Even when it is crystal clear, it is in- ploy and enlist in our Armed Forces to all workers are benefiting from the credibly difficult to win a lawsuit to serve alongside people like my son. current economy. prove that employers are discrimi- Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- Our former colleague Jack Kemp nating on the basis of sex. The Pay- ance of my time. used to describe a situation where ‘‘a check Fairness Act requires employers Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I rising tide lifts all boats.’’ We may to demonstrate that wage disparity is yield myself such time as I may con- very well be in that ‘‘rising tide’’ pe- based on a bona fide factor other than sume and thank the gentlewoman from riod. sex, such as education, training, or ex- California (Mrs. TORRES) for yielding But despite the good news, the ma- perience. me the customary 30 minutes. jority has crafted legislation that In workplaces where women are em- Madam Speaker, today we are consid- would place a greater burden on empowered to know how much they are ering H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness ployers and reduce the privacy of em- making compared to their male col- Act. This legislation seeks to prevent ployees and increase Federal spending. leagues, the gender gap shrinks by 7 wage discrimination on the basis of H.R. 7 does little to protect the percent; however, some workplaces pe- sex, but this is already prohibited wages of American workers. In fact, it nalize employees for discussing their under current law. makes it harder for employers to de- salaries. The Paycheck Fairness Act The Paycheck Fairness Act is a false fend legitimate differentials in pay. would prevent retaliation against em- promise made by the majority that Currently, employers may pay dif- ployees for wage transparency. would not provide the outcomes that ferent wages due to factors other than Sex discrimination causes women to we all seek as Americans. This legisla- sex, such as education, training, or ex- make 6.6 percent less than equally tion will empower trial lawyers and of- perience. qualified male counterparts on their fers no new protections against pay Let’s say that again. Under current first job. Over time, as raises and bo- discrimination. law, you must pay equal wages for According to the Equal Pay Act of nuses are decided based on a women’s equal work. That means all other 1963, Federal law currently prohibits prior salary history, this gap is made things being equal, a woman cannot be all discrimination in pay or other em- even worse. The Paycheck Fairness Act paid differently than a man. prevents employers from asking for a ployment practices based upon sex or When an employee brings different salary history. any other nonjob-performance-related qualifications to the job, such as an ad- Another factor that contributes to issue. vanced degree or more years of experi- gender pay disparity is that women are In 1964, Congress enacted comprehen- ence, the factors used to evaluate em- less likely to negotiate for a higher sal- sive antidiscrimination civil rights ployee pay are no longer equal. This ary. Studies show that men are ex- protection based on race, color, na- preserves the flexibility for employers pected to negotiate, but when women tional origin, religion, and sex under to make the best decision for their ask for more money, they are penalized title 7 of the Civil Rights Act. and still paid less. The Paycheck Fair- Together, these laws protect against business, including hiring the most ness Act creates a grant program to sex discrimination and provide a range qualified employees, regardless of their fund negotiation and skills training. of remedies for victims. As a result, gender. Currently, employees must opt in to sex-based wage disparity is in direct b 1230 class action lawsuits brought under the violation of not one, but two current H.R. 7 would now require that non- Equal Pay Act, running contrary to Federal laws. sex reasons for any wage disparity Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. This It is important to acknowledge that would have what is termed a ‘‘business makes it more difficult for women to there are bad actors. A small number necessity.’’ Now, ‘‘business necessity,’’ use the courts to correct equal pay dis- of managers may practice pay dis- this is a term that goes undefined in parities. The Paycheck Fairness Act crimination, but their actions are ille- the legislation. Proving a gender-based allows them to opt out, removing bar- gal, and this opens their businesses to business necessity that accounts for riers to participate in class action law- lawsuits and to heavy fines. the entire differential in pay is some- suits and, therefore, addressing sys- I could not agree more that such dis- times a nearly impossible standard to tematic gender-based inequality. crimination has no place in those busi- defend. I have offered two amendments to nesses or in society in general. How- Employers would no longer be able to the Paycheck Fairness Act bill to high- ever, those who perpetuate these ille- hire or pay employees based on quali- light the serious effects of the gender gal acts are the exception and not the fications, unless that qualification is pay gap on women of color. rule. The Paycheck Fairness Act is a step Congress must not ignore the posi- being one sex or the other, a standard in the right direction. Women who look tive trends our Nation has seen in the that is defined in very few jobs. In ad- like me should not make 53 cents on last 26 months: dition, employers would not be able to the dollar for the same work as our Since 2017, the Trump administration consider market or economic factors of White male colleagues, and even less has made significant strides in reining their particular business sector that than the average woman made 60 years in Federal overreach, improving oppor- might account for a wage disparity. ago. It is wrong, and it is unjust. That tunities and results for Americans in This change to what is called a ‘‘bona is why it is crucial we pass H.R. 7, the the past 2 years; fide factor defense’’ does not take into Paycheck Fairness Act. The Tax Cut and Jobs Act has given account the reality of the labor mar- Now, I would like to turn your atten- all Americans greater opportunity, re- ket. Employees are often willing to action to H. Res. 124, expressing opposi- gardless of sex, leading to an improved cept lower pay for greater control over tion to banning service in the Armed economy; their work location, their schedule, or Forces by openly gay transgender indi- Unemployment is at its lowest level how they aggregate their leave. Stud- viduals. in nearly half a century; ies have shown this is particularly true For me, this issue hits close to home. Median wages across all demographic for women, but it is also true for men. I am a proud mother of an Air Force groups are rising faster now than at With the threat of a lawsuit hanging veteran. any time in recent history. over the heads of employers, they are It wasn’t a decision they made light- According to a recent Wall Street less likely to allow for flexibility in ly. It was one made with great personal Journal article, the United States the workplace. Instead of allowing em- sacrifice, and the U.S. Government economy added jobs for 100 consecutive ployees to negotiate their own pay and made a promise to them that they months. The current labor market is their work arrangements, employers would be safe to be themselves. not only benefiting the low-skilled will be incentivized to transform jobs Imagine how their mothers and fa- services, but also high-skilled workers that were once negotiable and flexible thers must feel knowing that our Na- and those with advanced degrees. into jobs where one size must fit all.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:23 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.021 H27MRPT1 H2842 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 H.R. 7 also limits an employer’s abil- out the consent of those employees or clear that we must be intentional in ity to pay its employees based on per- their employer. our efforts to address persistent pay formance. If a woman were to earn a H.R. 7 also requires employers to pro- disparity. performance-based bonus or salary that vide disaggregated employee informa- On average, women working full time her male coworker did not receive, that tion to the Department of Labor with- lose a combined total of more than $900 man could file a suit against the em- out delineating mechanisms to keep billion every year due to the wage gap. ployer on the basis that the bonus is that information safe. If the annual gender gap were closed, a not a business necessity, due to the We saw just that last week with the working woman would have enough vagueness of the term in H.R. 7. Federal Emergency Management Agen- money for an additional 13 months of With this threat in mind, employers cy data breach. The government is not childcare, a year of college tuition, may be less likely to use performance- always the best steward of a citizen’s more than 1 year’s worth of food, or an based pay and bonuses, despite studies private information, and we should additional 10 months of rent. showing such pay models actually in- limit the data received by agencies Equal pay is not simply a women’s crease employee pay. As approximately until those capabilities are improved issue. It is a family issue. When women 40 percent of employers now use per- and verified. bring home less money each day, it formance-based compensation, this bill Let me be clear: Wage discrimination means they have less to take care of and the vague definitions in this bill certainly has no place and is illegal in their family, including for groceries, could potentially lead to a stagnation the United States of America. But I be- rent, childcare, and healthcare. or a decrease in wages. lieve this bill places undue and unnec- Opponents of this legislation argue— Under current law, employers are essary restrictions on otherwise lawful we just heard it—that this is a gift to prohibited from pay discrimination business practices and is based upon attorneys representing employees and whether it is intentional or not. If such unsubstantiated findings. Therefore, I that their fees should be severely lim- pay discrimination is intentional, em- cannot support H.R. 7. ited. Remember, rights are easily dis- ployees can sue the employer in a class The path that Congress must take is regarded and violated if you don’t have action suit for up to $300,000 in compen- not to increase opportunities for trial the ability to enforce those rights. This argument made by opponents is satory and punitive damages. lawyers but to continue focusing on simply an attempt to avoid talking The Paycheck Fairness Act would re- strong economic policy that expands about the pervasiveness of wage dis- move the threshold to this liability and opportunities for all Americans. crimination. It is an attempt to de- would require that workers be included Last year, 2.8 million jobs were added crease enforcement of the Fair Labor in class action lawsuits. It would re- to the United States’ economy. Fifty- Standards Act and to lessen the pen- quire that they be included in class ac- eight percent of those jobs were taken alties for employers who engage in dis- tion lawsuits unless they opt out, but by women. Nearly 75 million women criminatory practices. If nothing else, many people may not be aware of that are participating in the workforce we should call it out for what it is. requirement that they must opt out. today, more than at any time in our We know that when women succeed, Otherwise, they are automatically in- Nation’s history. A robust and resilient our country thrives. The Paycheck cluded. economy will provide the jobs and wage Fairness Act will take us forward to In addition, there are no limits on gains Americans expect and deserve. ensuring economic security for work- the fees charged by trial lawyers. Madam Speaker, I urge opposition to ing women. There were amendments offered at the the rule, and I reserve the balance of I want to end by acknowledging the Rules Committee hearing to do just my time. extraordinary leadership of ROSA that, but they were not accepted as Mrs. TORRES of California. Madam DELAURO, the Congresswoman from part of this rule. Speaker, I would like to take this op- Connecticut who has spent so much of One of those amendments, in fact, portunity to inform my colleague from her life dedicated to this issue. limited the compensation for litigation Texas that the women in Texas make Madam Speaker, I urge my col- attorneys to $2,000 per hour. That was $0.72 to their male counterparts. I leagues to vote ‘‘yes’’ on H.R. 7. the cap placed on attorneys’ fees, $2,000 think Texas women deserve to have Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I an hour. That is a phenomenal sum of equal pay. yield myself 2 minutes. money. It was rejected by the Rules Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to In almost every election cycle in Committee. Apparently, they felt that the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. which I have participated since 2002, their litigation attorneys were worth CICILLINE). people on the Democratic side of the more than $2,000 an hour or are re- Mr. CICILLINE. Madam Speaker, I aisle have talked about wanting to required to earn more than $2,000 an hour thank the gentlewoman for yielding. build the middle class. I will submit to in order to put food on the table for Madam Speaker, I rise in strong sup- you, over the last 26 months, this ad- their families. It just doesn’t make port of H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness ministration, this President, has re- sense. There should be reasonable limi- Act, long overdue legislation to close built the middle class. tations on those fees. the gender wage gap and ensure equal Let me just quote to you from an ar- While legitimate claims do exist, and pay for equal work. ticle in The Wall Street Journal from I hope that all employees who have ex- Too many Americans are not making March 1 of this year, a very recent arti- perienced discrimination seek a legal enough to make ends meet, living pay- cle. ‘‘All sorts of people who have pre- remedy, the changes in H.R. 7 would check to paycheck. We need to focus on viously had trouble landing a job are significantly increase the size and the strategies to raise family incomes. now finding work. Racial minorities, profitability of lawsuits, making un- H.R. 7 does just that. those with less education, and people necessary lawsuits even more likely for H.R. 7 would limit pay secrecy, ex- working in the lowest-paying jobs are trial lawyers looking for new cash pand pay data collection, and create getting bigger pay raises and, in many flows. more employer accountability for pay cases, experiencing the lowest unem- The Paycheck Fairness Act would differences. This legislation will build ployment rate ever recorded for their also have a substantial impact on the upon and improve the work of Presi- groups.’’ rights of both employers and employ- dent Kennedy, who signed the Equal Continuing to quote here: ‘‘They are ees. The bill would prohibit employers Pay Act, and President Obama, who joining manufacturing workers, women from requesting information regarding signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay in their prime working years, Ameri- an employee’s pay history, which is Act. cans with disabilities, and those with likely an unconstitutional limit on the Despite the progress we have made criminal records, among others, in employer’s freedom of speech. over the last 50 years, women are still finding improved job prospects after Furthermore, the bill reduces the earning less than their male counter- years of disappointment.’’ right to privacy for employers and em- parts across age, race, and socio- It is incongruous to me that we ployees as it removes any recourse economic groups. This stubborn wage would want to roll-back those gains should an employee make public the gap, often exacerbated by employer-im- that this administration has made in wages of other employees, even with- posed pay secrecy policies, makes it the last 26 months.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:23 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.023 H27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2843 Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- was a free lawyer for them. It was very Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New ance of my time. high pressure, and it was very grueling, York. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong Mrs. TORRES of California. Madam but she loved it. support of the rule and the underlying Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- When she got the job, she was told a bill, and I particularly thank my col- tlewoman from California (Mrs. rule: Nobody talks about salary in this league, ROSA DELAURO, for decades of TRAHAN). office. work in support of H.R. 7. Mrs. TRAHAN. Madam Speaker, I But one day, she found out that a In 1963, Congress passed the Equal rise to offer my strong support for the male colleague was doing the same job, Pay for Equal Work Act prohibiting an rule and for H. Res. 124. We should ap- and he had similar credentials, but he employer from paying men and women prove both and send a powerful mes- made much more money. She was mak- different wages for the same work. It sage that Congress will not tolerate ing $18,000 a year. He was making helped, but 56 years later, the typical such a cruel and self-defeating policy. $20,000. woman working full-time year-round is Last month, the Armed Services When she asked her boss why, she still paid only 80 cents for every dollar Committee’s Military Personnel Sub- was told that he, the male attorney, paid to her male coworker. That committee held a hearing that was the had a wife and children to take care of. amounts to more than $10,000 each first of its kind. The chairwoman, my Madam Speaker, that was me. That year. colleague from California, invited happened to me 40 years ago. The gap is even worse for women of transgender servicemembers to testify. color. African American women make b 1245 We heard from an impressive panel of only 61 percent of a White man’s earn- five dedicated servicemembers. They It was then and still today is a very ings. Native American women make asked for nothing more than to be per- common experience to millions of just 58 percent, and Latina women a mitted to continue to serve their Na- women who are still earning 80 cents mere 53 percent. tion honorably. on the dollar that men make, and actu- But let’s be clear. Pay discrimination Before the hearing, I met Staff Ser- ally much less for women of color. It doesn’t just hurt women. It hurts en- geant Patricia King. Patricia grew up still makes me angry to think about tire families and the overall economy. on Cape Cod. She is a combat-tested my own experience, but I am not com- Women are the sole or primary bread- and decorated infantry soldier who has plaining about my own life journey. winners in half of U.S. households with served nobly for over 20 years in the Fortunately, I have a job now that children. So passing this bill would not Army. Her life was turned upside down pays me the same as my male col- just help women and families, it would by a tweet nearly 2 years ago, one that leagues. I am so happy I am in a posi- help our entire economy. According to put her military career in jeopardy. tion to do something about this today. some estimates, equal pay could cut We should never treat our service- As a result of lower lifetime earnings poverty among working women and members so callously. But if Patricia’s and different work patterns, women are their families by more than half and story isn’t sufficiently convincing, con- hit hard in retirement. add over half a trillion dollars to the sider how shortsighted this ban is as The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. U.S. economy. well. JACKSON LEE). The time of the gentle- The Paycheck Fairness Act is simple The DOD’s total cost for transition- woman has expired. and straightforward. It protects all em- related care in fiscal year 2017 was $2.2 Mrs. TORRES of California. Madam ployees’ right to free speech by ending million, which is one-tenth of 1 percent Speaker, I yield the gentlewoman from the unfair prohibitions that can make of DOD’s annual healthcare budget for Florida an additional 30 seconds. it a firing offense for someone to sim- the Active component. Yet the cost to Ms. FRANKEL. I am too excited, ply tell a coworker how much they train a single fifth-generation fighter Madam Speaker. make. It strengthens workers’ ability pilot is $11 million. The retraining cost This is why so many women end up in to challenge gender-based wage dis- of losing just one transgender military poverty. I want to just say this over crimination. pilot would be five times more than the and over: women go to work for the It is long overdue, and it is fair. entire transition-related care for the same reason men go to work, and that When women succeed, America suc- military for a year. is to take care of their families. Re- ceeds, and our overall economy suc- Meanwhile, the Army missed its regardless of the circumstance’s agenda, ceeds. cruitment goal for the first time in we deserve to be paid equally. This Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, may more than a decade last year. Now is Paycheck Fairness Act is going to I inquire as to how much time remains certainly not the time to turn away allow workers to talk openly about on my side? well-qualified and patriotic soldiers. their pay. It is going to prohibit asking The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Let’s approve the rule and the resolu- about salary histories. It is going to re- tleman from Texas has 171⁄2 minutes re- tion and say ‘‘no’’ to discrimination. quire bosses to prove disparities exist maining. The gentlewoman from Cali- Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I re- for discrimination. fornia has 11 minutes remaining. serve the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, I urge my col- Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I Mrs. TORRES of California. Madam leagues to support this bill because yield myself 3 minutes. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- when women succeed, America suc- Madam Speaker, I appreciate Con- tlewoman from Florida (Ms. FRANKEL). ceeds. gresswoman MALONEY, the previous Ms. FRANKEL. Madam Speaker, this Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I speaker’s, comments. She and I served is a great day in America. I am so yield myself 1 minute. on the Joint Economic Committee to- proud to say that as the Congress con- Madam Speaker, I would just like to gether back in 2010. The country just siders these bills that protect and ad- remind the Speaker and colleagues in lost a very wise economist, Alan vance human rights. the House that when the President Krueger. I remember Alan Krueger I rise today, specifically, to talk came and delivered his State of the coming in and testifying to our Joint about the Paycheck Fairness Act, be- Union message, he was significantly Economic Committee; he testified cause men and women should be able to proud of the fact that right now more about—of course, at the time in 2010, be paid the same for doing the same women are working in the workforce the description was that we were in a work. than any time in our country’s history. low-pressure labor market. He con- I thank my colleagues, ROSA Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- trasted that with the high-pressure DELAURO and the committee chairman, ance of my time. labor market of the 1960s. I don’t recall BOBBY SCOTT, for their advancement of Mrs. TORRES of California. Madam if there were specific suggestions how this great legislation. Speaker, having more women enter the to move from that low-pressure labor Madam Speaker, I want to tell you a workforce does not mean that women market back to a high-pressure labor story, the story of a young lawyer who are earning equal pay for equal work. market, but I don’t think there can be worked in the public defender’s office. Madam Speaker, I yield 21⁄2 minutes any misunderstanding that we are back Her job was to represent people accused to the gentlewoman from New York in a high-pressure labor market. That of crimes like murder and robbery. She (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY). is a good thing.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:23 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.024 H27MRPT1 H2844 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 I quoted a few minutes ago from an ‘‘It’s amazing that I’m getting paid almost ‘‘Recessions are a prime opportunity for article in The Wall Street Journal. Let $20 an hour to learn how to weld,’’ says Ms. companies to reexamine what they’re doing, me just read a little deeper from that Eaton, the single mother of a young daugh- trim headcount and search for ways to auto- article: ter. When she finishes the two-year appren- mate,’’ he said. ‘‘The pressure to do that is ticeship, her wage will rise to more than $27 less when a long, long expansion is going One face of the red-hot job market is Cas- per hour. on.’’ sandra Eaton, 23, a high school graduate who It’s no surprise to economists that many With these forces in play, many econo- was making $8.25 an hour at a daycare center people who were previously left behind are mists predict a barbell job market will take near Biloxi, Mississippi, just a few months now able to catch up. It’s something policy- hold, playing to the favor of low- and high- ago. Now she earns $19.80—that is almost $20 makers have been working toward for years. skill workers and still disadvantaging many an hour—as an apprentice at a shipyard in Obama administration economists debated in the middle. nearby Pascagoula. how to sustain an unemployment below 5 The U.S. is adding jobs in low-skilled serv- The article continues: percent. Now Trump administration officials ices sectors. Four of the six occupations the ‘‘It’s amazing that I am getting paid are considering how to pull those not look- Labor Department expects to add the most almost $20 an hour to learn how to ing for jobs back into the labor force. jobs through 2026 require, at most, a high- weld, says Ms. Eaton, the single moth- ‘‘If you can hold unemployment at a low school diploma. Personal-care aide, a job level for a long time there are substantial that pays about $11 an hour to help the elder- er of a young daughter. When she fin- benefits,’’ Janet Yellen, the former chair- ly and disabled, is projected to add 778,000 ishes the 2-year apprenticeship, her woman of the Federal Reserve, said in an jobs in the decade ended in 2026, the most of wage will rise to more than $27 per interview. ‘‘Real wage growth will be faster 819 occupations tracked. The department ex- in a tight labor market. So disadvantaged hour.’’ pects the economy to add more than half a workers gain on the employment and the Madam Speaker, such is the strength million food-prep workers and more than a wage side, and to my mind, that’s clearly a of a high-pressure labor market, and I quarter million janitors. include this article from The Wall good thing.’’ This was one of Ms. Yellen’s hopes when Those low-skill workers are reaping pay Street Journal in the RECORD. she was running the Fed from 2014 to 2018; gains in part because there aren’t a lot of [From the Wall Street Journal, Mar. 1, 2019] keep interest rates low and let the economy people eager to fill low-skill jobs anymore. INSIDE THE HOTTEST JOB MARKET IN HALF A run strong enough to keep driving hiring. In Only about 6 percent of U.S. workers don’t CENTURY the process, the theory went, disadvantaged hold a high school diploma, down from above A LOOK AT WHO’S GETTING AHEAD, WHO COULD workers could be drawn from the fringes of 40 percent in the 1960s, according research by BE LEFT BEHIND AND HOW LONG THE BOOM the economy. With luck, inflation wouldn’t MIT economist David Autor. CAN LAST take off in the process. Her successor, Je- James O. Wilson dropped out of high school in the 10th grade and started selling drugs, (By Erie Morath and Lauren Weber) rome Powell, has generally followed the which eventually led to a lengthy incarcer- The job market doesn’t get much better strategy, moving cautiously on rates. ‘‘This is a good time to be patient,’’ Mr. ation. When Mr. Wilson, 59, was released in than this. The U.S. economy has added jobs Powell told members of Congress Tuesday. 2013 he sought out training at Goodwill, for 100 consecutive months. Unemployment The plan seems to be paying big dividends where he learned to drive a forklift. Those recently touched its lowest level in 49 years. now, but will it yield long-term results for skills led him to a part-time job at a FedEx Workers are so scarce that, in many parts of American workers? Corp. facility at an Indianapolis airport. He the country, low-skill jobs are being handed Two risks loom. The first is that the low- was promoted to a full-time job in 2017 and is out to pretty much anyone willing to take skill workers who benefit most from a high- now earning more than $16 an hour. He has a them—and high-skilled workers are in even pressure job market are often hit hardest house with his wife and enjoys taking care of shorter supply. when the job market turns south. Consider his cars, including a prized Cadillac. All sorts of people who have previously had what happened to high-school dropouts a lit- ‘‘I wanted to show FedEx you can take a trouble landing a job are now finding work. tle more than a decade ago. Their unemploy- person, and he can change,’’ he said. ‘‘I want Racial minorities, those with less education ment rate dropped below 6% in 2006 near the FedEx to say, ‘Do you have any more people and people working in the lowest-paying jobs end of a historic housing boom, then shot up like him?‘ ’’ are getting bigger pay raises and, in many to more than 15% when the economy crum- Skilled workers in high-tech and manage- cases, experiencing the lowest unemploy- bled. Many construction, manufacturing and rial positions are also benefiting from the ment rate ever recorded for their groups. retail jobs disappeared. high-pressure labor market, particularly in They are joining manufacturing workers, The unemployment rate for high-school thriving cities. Of 166 sectors that employ at women in their prime working years, Ameri- dropouts fell to 5 percent last year. In the least 100,000 Americans, software publishing cans with disabilities and those with crimi- past year, median weekly wages for the pays the highest average wages, $59.81 an nal records, among others, in finding im- group rose more than 6 percent, outpacing hour in the fourth quarter of 2018. Wages in proved job prospects after years of dis- all other groups. But if the economy turns the field grew 5.5 percent from a year earlier, appointment. toward recession, such improvement could well outpacing 3.3 percent overall growth in There are still fault lines. Jobs are still again reverse quickly. ‘‘The periods of high hourly pay. The average full-time employee scarce for people living in rural areas of the unemployment are really terrible,’’ Ms. in the sector already earns more than country. Regions that rely on industries like Yellen said. coal mining or textiles are still struggling. The second risk is that this opportune mo- $100,000 a year. And the tight labor market of the moment ment in a long business cycle might be Other technical industries, scientific re- may be masking some fundamental shifts in masking long-running trends that still dis- search and computer systems design, were the way we work that will hurt the job pros- advantage many workers. A long line of aca- also among the five best paying fields. Some pects of many people later on, especially demic research shows that automation and of the hottest labor markets in the U.S.—in- those who lack advanced degrees and skills. competition from overseas threaten the cluding Austin, Texas; San Jose, Calif.; and But for now, at least, many U.S. workers work of manufacturing workers and others Seattle—have more than twice the con- are catching up after years of slow growth in mid-skill jobs, such as clerical work, that centration of technical jobs as the country and underwhelming wage gains. can be replaced by machines or low-cost on average. One face of the red-hot job market is Cas- workers elsewhere. A Wall Street Journal analysis of Moody’s sandra Eaton, 23, a high-school graduate who The number of receptionists in America, at Analytics data found Austin to be the hot- was making $8.25 an hour at a daycare center 1.015 million in 2017, was 86,000 less than a test labor market in the country among near Biloxi, Miss., just a few months ago. decade earlier, according to the Labor De- large metros. It ranked second in job growth, Now she earns $19.80 an hour as an appren- partment. Their annual wage, at $29,640, was third for share of adults working and had the tice at a Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. down 5 percent when adjusted for inflation. sixth-lowest unemployment rate last year, shipyard in nearby Pascagoula, where she is Tougher trade deals being pushed by the among 53 regions with a population of more learning to weld warships. Trump Administration might help to claw than a million. San Jose, the second-hottest The unemployment rate in Mississippi, some manufacturing jobs back, but econo- labor market, had the lowest average unem- where Huntington employs 11,500 people, has mists note that automation has many of the ployment rate last year and the second-best been below 5 percent since September 2017. same effects on jobs in manufacturing and wage growth. Prior to that month, the rate had never been the service section as globalization, replac- While a strong economy is conveying bene- below 5 percent on records dating back to ing tasks that tend to be repeated over and fits to a broad swath of Americans, those in the mid-1970s. In other parts of the country, over again. rural areas aren’t experiencing the same lift the rate is even lower. In Iowa and New Andrew McAfee, co-director of the MIT Ini- from the rising tide. Hampshire, the December jobless rate was 2.4 tiative on the Digital Economy, said the In metro areas with fewer than 100,000 peo- percent, tied for the lowest in the country. next recession could be the moment when ple and in rural America, the average unem- That’s helped shift power toward job seekers businesses deploy artificial intelligence, ma- ployment last year was half a percentage and caused employers to expand their job chine learning and other emerging tech- point higher compared to metro areas with searches and become more willing to train nologies in new ways that further threaten more than a million people, according to an applicants that don’t meet all qualifications. mid-skill work. analysis by job search site Indeed.com.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:23 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.026 H27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2845 ‘‘Finding work can be challenging for rural Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous not absolutely required for the job, be- job-seekers because rural workers and em- consent to insert the text of my cause of the business necessity require- ployers both have fewer options,’’ said In- amendment in the RECORD, along with ment in the bill. deed economist Jed Kolko. ‘‘Many rural extraneous material, immediately This example may not be the excep- areas have slow-growing or shrinking popu- tion. As our economy and culture lations.’’ prior to the vote on the previous ques- Bradley Cox lives in Vevay, Ind., a rural tion. shifts, we are finding ourselves in a community of fewer than 2,000 people. The The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there world where women are attending and 23-year-old graduated with a bachelor’s de- objection to the request of the gen- graduating college far more often than gree in business administration and liberal tleman from Texas? men. According to the U.S. Depart- arts from Indiana University East in Decem- There was no objection. ment of Education data, nearly 60 per- ber, but said he had found opportunities lim- Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I cent of those who graduated with a ited in his region. yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman bachelor’s degree were women. So, cer- After years working in hourly positions at tainly, we do not want the unintended a casino, he took a job last summer as a from Arizona (Mrs. LESKO) to explain cashier at a CVS Health Corp. drug store, the amendment. consequences of an employer not being making about $12 an hour. He hoped to work Mrs. LESKO. Madam Speaker, I able to consider the advanced edu- at a bank, or perhaps in a traveling sales thank my good friend from Texas, Rep- cation of a woman under this business role, making use of his business degree. ‘‘But resentative BURGESS, for yielding me necessity language in the bill. to be honest, for me to do that, I would have time on this most important issue. H.R. 7 is more of the same from the to move to one of the cities or commute to First, I would like to talk about the new majority: government knows best. one of the cities, at least,’’ he says. ‘‘I don’t underlying bill. Equal work does de- It will tie the hands of employers and have the opportunity around where I live.’’ prevent employees—especially female Other workers are employed—but need to serve equal pay, regardless of the sex of the employee. In America, this is al- employees—from negotiating a salary string together two or more jobs to make and working environment that works ends meet. ready the law of the land, and it has Michelle Blandy, 48, had a full-time digital been since 1963 when Congress passed for them and their family. It is already against the law to discriminate, and marketing job in Phoenix but hasn’t been the Equal Pay Act. However, we stand commonsense approaches to amending able to find steady work since moving to here today debating a rule for a par- the law were summarily rejected by my Harrisburg, Pa., to be closer to her family. tisan Democrat bill that offers no pro- Instead she’s pieced together some freelance colleagues from the other side of the tections against pay discrimination in projects, occasionally drives for Lyft and aisle. sells refurbished jewelry boxes on Etsy. ‘‘I the workplace. Instead, the bill makes Madam Speaker, if the previous ques- have applied for full-time jobs, I just didn’t it easier for trial lawyers to score un- tion is defeated, we would amend this have any luck,’’ she said. ‘‘Harrisburg is tiny limited paydays while dragging work- rule to include a simple change. It pro- compared to Phoenix. There’s not as many ing women through never-ending legal vides working parents more flexibility tech companies or big companies here that dramas. so that they can go to baseball games are hiring.’’ This bill also prevents women from The good news is this long run of low un- and science fairs; in other words, to be employment could last for a while. Economic utilizing their expertise, skills, talents, better parents. theory holds that when unemployment is and education to their advantage. It ef- I would like to read a portion of that very low, it stirs inflation, which causes the fectively ties employers’ hands from amendment: Federal Reserve to raise short-term interest considering factors that would allow Notwithstanding the other provisions of rates and short-circuit growth and hiring. them to potentially give employees the subsection, an employee and an employer That kind of cycle ended the 1960s period of better working environments or for may voluntarily negotiate compensation and low unemployment, but inflation in this pe- employees to negotiate a higher salary. benefits to provide flexibility to best meet riod remains below the Fed’s target of 2 per- According to Camille Olson, who tes- the needs of such employee and employer cent. tified as a witness in the House Sub- consistent with other provisions of this act. That has allowed the Fed to keep rates The SPEAKER pro tempore. The low. By January 1970, when the unemploy- committee on Civil Rights and Human ment rate was 3.9 percent, the Fed had raised Services and on the House Sub- time of the gentlewoman has expired. its target short-term interest rate to more committee on Workforce Protections, Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I than 8 percent to fight inflation. By con- there can indeed be unintended nega- yield an additional 3 minutes to the trast, when the jobless rate fell below 4 per- tive consequences from this bill. gentlewoman from Arizona. Mrs. LESKO. We all know that the cent last year, the Fed kept its target rate Let me read an example from her greatest benefit working parents with below 2.5 percent thanks to low inflation. written testimony. This is her state- ‘‘It may turn out that lower unemploy- young children want and value is flexi- ment, and she gave an example. ment proves to be more sustainable than it bility. Our concern is that this radical It basically says: In this example an was in the 1960s,’’ says Ms. Yellen. ‘‘I think proposal which is called paycheck fair- employer has chosen to pay a higher we don’t know yet.’’ ness would actually limit the flexi- salary to a female law firm office ad- Mr. BURGESS. Again, I would point bility employers can give to working out that since the inauguration of Don- ministrator who has a J.D. degree. The parents, so parents can go to their ac- ald Trump, our labor market has, in job duties for that position do not in- tivities. fact, experienced a resurgence that a clude legal work. Nevertheless, in the This amendment is a very simple rising tide is indeed lifting all boats. It employer’s judgment, the performance amendment. It simply restates the law is incumbent upon us not to damage of those job duties will be enhanced by and makes it clear that if you run a the economy that has brought the ben- the additional qualifications of a J.D., dry cleaner with five people in it, you efit to so many people—so many of justifying the higher salary. don’t have to hire a lawyer to define a those forgotten Americans—who were In this example, the male employee job for an employee with a child in denied that benefit before, those very had a lesser degree. So in this exam- such a way that the employee can go to Americans to whom President Trump ple—because in this bill it requires the science fair or a baseball game. committed at the time of his inaugura- business necessity—the male could sue. Instead of being about more litigation in January 2017. Even though he doesn’t have as high a tion and trial lawyers, it is about giv- Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- degree as the woman, he could say: I ing more flexibility for working par- ance of my time. want equal pay. ents. Working Americans should have Mrs. TORRES of California. Madam So, what I am trying to say is be- the freedom to choose what is best for Speaker, I have no additional speakers, cause of the wording of this bill, I be- them and their families, not the Fed- and I reserve the balance of my time to lieve—and the witness in the commit- eral Government. Hardworking men close. tees believes—there are unintended and women need more flexibility to Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I consequences that could actually hurt balance work, life, and family. This yield myself such time as I may con- women. amendment seeks to provide additional sume. The employee may have a claim even relief in this area. Madam Speaker, if the previous ques- if the advanced degree does actually Madam Speaker, I urge ‘‘no’’ on the tion is defeated, I will offer an amend- improve performance or serve another previous question and ‘‘no’’ on the un- ment to the resolution. legitimate business goal where it was derlying measure.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:23 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR7.008 H27MRPT1 H2846 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 b 1300 bad about getting fair pay? Equal pay Bustos Higgins (NY) Pascrell for equal work. Butterfield Hill (CA) Payne Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I Carbajal Himes Perlmutter yield myself the balance of my time. Mothers make 71 cents for every dol- Ca´ rdenas Horn, Kendra S. Peters Madam Speaker, while this resolu- lar earned by fathers in similar jobs. If Carson (IN) Horsford Peterson we paid women fairly, maybe they Cartwright Houlahan Phillips tion attempts to increase protections Case Hoyer would get a chance to spend more time Pingree against wage discrimination based on Casten (IL) Huffman Pocan sex, it does not significantly improve with their kids. Castor (FL) Jackson Lee Porter what already exists in current law. If my colleagues care about moms Castro (TX) Jayapal Pressley Chu, Judy Jeffries Price (NC) I agree with my Democratic friends spending time with their kids, let’s Cicilline Johnson (GA) that there should be no tolerance for pass National Paid Family Leave Act Quigley Cisneros Johnson (TX) Raskin wage discrimination based on sex or for standards. Let’s create better working Clark (MA) Kaptur Rice (NY) Clarke (NY) Keating any other factor protected under the conditions for pregnant women. Let’s Richmond Clay Kelly (IL) Rose (NY) Equal Pay or Civil Rights Act, but this fund programs for affordable childcare. Cleaver Kennedy Rouda bill is not the way to do so. This is just the beginning. The cost Clyburn Khanna Roybal-Allard Cohen Kildee So, Madam Speaker, as we conclude, for American women, their families, Ruiz I urge a ‘‘no’’ on the previous question, Connolly Kilmer and our economy is much too high to Cooper Kim Ruppersberger ‘‘no’’ on the underlying measure, and I wait any longer. Correa Kind Rush yield back the balance of my time. Costa Kirkpatrick Ryan Madam Speaker, I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote ´ Mrs. TORRES of California. Madam Courtney Krishnamoorthi Sanchez on the rule and a ‘‘yes’’ vote on the Sarbanes Speaker, I yield myself the balance of Cox (CA) Kuster (NH) previous question. Craig Lamb Scanlon my time. The material previously referred to Crist Langevin Schakowsky Schiff The smart and innovative women of by Mr. BURGESS is as follows: Crow Larsen (WA) Arizona’s Eighth Congressional Dis- Cuellar Larson (CT) Schneider At the end of the resolution, add the fol- trict deserve to have a voice in this de- Cummings Lawrence Schrader lowing: Cunningham Lawson (FL) Schrier bate, and I am going to give it to them. SEC. 3. Notwithstanding any other provi- Davids (KS) Lee (CA) Scott (VA) They earn 80 cents to every dollar sion of this resolution, the amendment print- Davis (CA) Lee (NV) Scott, David that their male counterpart earns. ed in section 4 shall be in order as though Davis, Danny K. Levin (CA) Sewell (AL) They deserve to have fair wages for the printed as the last amendment in part B of Dean Levin (MI) Shalala DeFazio Lewis Sherman the report of the Committee on Rules accom- equal work that they are performing. DeGette Lieu, Ted Sherrill Before I begin my closing statement, panying this resolution if offered by Rep- DeLauro Lipinski Sires I would like to take a moment to honor resentative Lesko of Arizona or a designee. DelBene Loebsack Slotkin a valuable member of my staff: Justin That amendment shall be debatable for 10 Delgado Lofgren Smith (WA) Vogt. minutes equally divided and controlled by Demings Lowenthal Soto the proponent and an opponent. DeSaulnier Lowey Spanberger Justin has been my legislative direc- Deutch Luja´ n SEC. 4. The amendment referred to in sec- Speier tor for 2 years. During that time, he Dingell Luria Stanton tion 3 is as follows: after section 3 insert the Doggett Lynch has been a phenomenal member of my following: Stevens team, designing innovative legislative Doyle, Michael Malinowski Suozzi SEC. 3A. FLEXIBILITY FOR WORKING PARENTS. F. Maloney, Swalwell (CA) initiatives, providing wise counsel, and Section 6(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Engel Carolyn B. Takano serving as a generous mentor to my Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(d)) is amended— Escobar Maloney, Sean Thompson (CA) junior staff. Eshoo Matsui Thompson (MS) (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through Espaillat McAdams Titus Now he will move on to be an excel- (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), respec- Evans McBath Tlaib lent staff director for the Economic tively; and Finkenauer McCollum Tonko (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol- Fletcher McEachin Opportunity Subcommittee of the Vet- Torres (CA) Foster McGovern erans’ Affairs Committee. We are sad lowing: Trahan Frankel McNerney to see our waffle maker, Justin, leave ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding the other provisions Trone of this subsection, an employee and an em- Fudge Meeks our office, but we are so proud of all Gabbard Moore Underwood ployer may voluntarily negotiate compensa- Van Drew that he has accomplished. Gallego Morelle tion and benefits to provide flexibility to Garamendi Moulton Vargas Madam Speaker, 60 years from now, I best meet the needs of such employee and Garcı´a (IL) Mucarsel-Powell Veasey hope that we have moved forward as a employer, consistent with other provisions Garcia (TX) Murphy Vela Nation. I hope that our daughters and of this Act.’’ Golden Nadler Vela´ zquez granddaughters grow up in an America Gomez Napolitano Visclosky Mrs. TORRES of California. Madam Gonzalez (TX) Neal Wasserman that recognizes their value through the Speaker, I yield back the balance of Gottheimer Neguse Schultz quality of their work and not their my time, and I move the previous ques- Green (TX) Norcross Waters Watson Coleman gender. Imagine that. tion on the resolution. Grijalva O’Halleran The Paycheck Fairness Act gets us Haaland Ocasio-Cortez Welch The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Harder (CA) Omar Wexton closer to securing a future for them. question is on ordering the previous Hastings Pallone Wild A recent McKinsey study found that, question. Hayes Panetta Wilson (FL) Heck Pappas Yarmuth if women’s full potential in the labor The question was taken; and the market was reached, $4.3 trillion would Speaker pro tempore announced that NAYS—192 be added to the labor market in 2025. the ayes appeared to have it. Abraham Burchett Dunn Our economy would benefit from that Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, on Aderholt Burgess Emmer Allen Byrne Estes woman power. that I demand the yeas and nays. There has been enough talk about Amash Calvert Ferguson The yeas and nays were ordered. Armstrong Carter (GA) Fitzpatrick lawyer fees. Women attorneys deserve The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Arrington Carter (TX) Fleischmann equal pay for equal work, too. This ar- ant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair Babin Chabot Flores gument is nothing more than an at- Bacon Cheney Fortenberry will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum tempt to avoid talking about the per- Baird Cline Foxx (NC) time for any electronic vote on the Balderson Cloud Fulcher vasiveness of wage discrimination in question of adoption of the resolution. Banks Cole Gaetz this country. Barr Collins (GA) Gallagher The policies in the Paycheck Fair- The vote was taken by electronic de- Bergman Collins (NY) Gianforte ness Act work. Just look at California. vice, and there were—yeas 231, nays Biggs Comer Gibbs 192, not voting 8, as follows: Bilirakis Conaway Gohmert In 2017, Californian women made a me- Bishop (UT) Cook Gonzalez (OH) dian of 89 cents to every dollar made by [Roll No. 130] Bost Crawford Gooden their male counterparts. YEAS—231 Brady Crenshaw Gosar Brooks (AL) Curtis Graves (GA) Adams Beatty Bonamici In just a few years, we decreased gen- Brooks (IN) Davidson (OH) Graves (LA) Aguilar Bera Boyle, Brendan der pay disparity by more than any Buchanan Davis, Rodney Graves (MO) Allred Beyer F. Buck Diaz-Balart Green (TN) other State. Axne Bishop (GA) Brindisi Bucshon Duffy Griffith I have heard it said that addressing Barraga´ n Blumenauer Brown (MD) Budd Duncan Grothman wage equity is bad for moms. What is Bass Blunt Rochester Brownley (CA)

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:41 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.029 H27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2847 Guest Massie Scott, Austin Delgado Larsen (WA) Rice (NY) Mast Roby Taylor Guthrie Mast Sensenbrenner Demings Larson (CT) Richmond McCarthy Rodgers (WA) Thompson (PA) Hagedorn McCarthy Shimkus DeSaulnier Lawrence Rose (NY) McCaul Roe, David P. Thornberry Harris McCaul Simpson Deutch Lawson (FL) Rouda McClintock Rogers (AL) Timmons Hartzler McClintock Smith (MO) Dingell Lee (CA) Roybal-Allard McHenry Rogers (KY) Tipton Hern, Kevin McHenry Smith (NE) Doggett Lee (NV) Ruiz McKinley Rooney (FL) Turner Herrera Beutler McKinley Smith (NJ) Doyle, Michael Levin (CA) Ruppersberger Meadows Rose, John W. Upton Hice (GA) Meadows Smucker F. Levin (MI) Rush Meuser Rouzer Wagner Higgins (LA) Meuser Spano Miller Roy Engel Lewis Ryan Walberg Hill (AR) Miller Stauber Escobar Lieu, Ted Mitchell Rutherford Sa´ nchez Walden Holding Mitchell Stefanik Eshoo Lipinski Moolenaar Scalise Sarbanes Walker Hollingsworth Moolenaar Steil Espaillat Loebsack Mooney (WV) Schweikert Scanlon Walorski Hudson Mooney (WV) Steube Evans Lofgren Schakowsky Mullin Scott, Austin Huizenga Mullin Stewart Finkenauer Lowenthal Newhouse Sensenbrenner Waltz Schiff Watkins Hunter Newhouse Stivers Fletcher Lowey Schneider Norman Shimkus Hurd (TX) Norman Taylor ´ Nunes Simpson Weber (TX) Foster Lujan Schrader Johnson (LA) Nunes Thompson (PA) Olson Smith (MO) Webster (FL) Frankel Luria Schrier Johnson (OH) Olson Thornberry Fudge Lynch Palazzo Smith (NE) Wenstrup Scott (VA) Johnson (SD) Palazzo Timmons Gabbard Malinowski Palmer Smith (NJ) Westerman Scott, David Jordan Palmer Tipton Gallego Maloney, Pence Smucker Williams Serrano Joyce (OH) Pence Turner Garamendi Carolyn B. Perry Spano Womack Sewell (AL) Joyce (PA) Perry Upton Garcı´a (IL) Maloney, Sean Posey Stauber Shalala Woodall Katko Posey Wagner Garcia (TX) Matsui Ratcliffe Stefanik Sherman Wright Kelly (MS) Ratcliffe Walberg Golden McAdams Reed Steil Sherrill Yoho Kelly (PA) Reed Walden Gomez McBath Reschenthaler Steube Sires Young King (IA) Reschenthaler Walker Gonzalez (TX) McCollum Rice (SC) Stewart Slotkin Zeldin King (NY) Rice (SC) Walorski Gottheimer McEachin Riggleman Stivers Kinzinger Riggleman Waltz Smith (WA) Green (TX) McGovern NOT VOTING—9 Kustoff (TN) Roby Watkins Grijalva McNerney Soto LaHood Rodgers (WA) Weber (TX) Haaland Meeks Spanberger DesJarlais Johnson (LA) Wilson (SC) LaMalfa Roe, David P. Webster (FL) Harder (CA) Meng Speier Granger Kinzinger Wittman Lamborn Rogers (AL) Wenstrup Hastings Moore Stanton Himes Torres Small Latta Rogers (KY) Westerman Hayes Morelle Stevens Hollingsworth (NM) Lesko Rooney (FL) Williams Heck Moulton Suozzi Long Rose, John W. Womack Higgins (NY) Mucarsel-Powell Swalwell (CA) b 1340 Takano Loudermilk Rouzer Woodall Hill (CA) Murphy So the resolution was agreed to. Lucas Roy Wright Horn, Kendra S. Nadler Thompson (CA) Luetkemeyer Rutherford Yoho Horsford Napolitano Thompson (MS) The result of the vote was announced Marchant Scalise Young Houlahan Neal Titus as above recorded. Marshall Schweikert Zeldin Hoyer Neguse Tlaib A motion to reconsider was laid on Huffman Norcross Tonko NOT VOTING—8 Torres (CA) the table. Jackson Lee O’Halleran Stated for: Amodei Serrano Wittman Jayapal Ocasio-Cortez Trahan DesJarlais Torres Small Jeffries Omar Trone Mr. HIMES. Madam Speaker, on March 27, Granger (NM) Johnson (GA) Pallone Underwood 2019, I was unable to be present for the vote Meng Wilson (SC) Johnson (TX) Panetta Van Drew on the motion to agree to H. Res. 252, offered Kaptur Pappas Vargas Keating Pascrell Veasey by Rep. TORRES of California. Had I been b 1331 Kelly (IL) Payne Vela present for rollcall No. 131, I would have voted Messrs. SMITH of Nebraska, STIV- Kennedy Perlmutter Vela´ zquez ‘‘yea.’’ Khanna Peters Visclosky Stated against: ERS, MCCAUL, JOHN W. ROSE of Ten- Kildee Peterson Wasserman nessee, and Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER Kilmer Phillips Schultz Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam Speak- changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to Kim Pingree Waters er, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been ‘‘nay.’’ Kind Pocan Watson Coleman present, I would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall Kirkpatrick Porter Welch So the previous question was ordered. No. 131. Krishnamoorthi Pressley Wexton Mr. KINZINGER. Madam Speaker, earlier The result of the vote was announced Kuster (NH) Price (NC) Wild as above recorded. Lamb Quigley Wilson (FL) today I was not present to cast a vote on the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Langevin Raskin Yarmuth Combined Rule. Had I been present, I would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall No. 131. question is on the adoption of the reso- NAYS—190 lution. PERSONAL EXPLANATION Abraham Collins (NY) Guthrie Mr. WITTMAN. Madam Speaker, I was not The question was taken; and the Aderholt Comer Hagedorn Speaker pro tempore announced that Allen Conaway Harris present for Roll Call Vote No. 130 on ordering the ayes appeared to have it. Amash Cook Hartzler the previous question of H. Res. 252 and Roll Amodei Crawford Hern, Kevin Call No. 131 on adoption of the rule, H. Res. Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, on Armstrong Crenshaw Herrera Beutler that I demand the yeas and nays. Arrington Curtis Hice (GA) 252. Had I been present, I would have voted The yeas and nays were ordered. Babin Davidson (OH) Higgins (LA) NAY on Roll Call No. 130 and No 131. Bacon Davis, Rodney Hill (AR) f The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a Baird Diaz-Balart Holding 5-minute vote. Balderson Duffy Hudson REQUEST TO CONSIDER H.R. 962, The vote was taken by electronic de- Banks Duncan Huizenga BORN-ALIVE ABORTION SUR- vice, and there were—yeas 232, nays Barr Dunn Hunter Bergman Emmer Hurd (TX) VIVORS PROTECTION ACT 190, not voting 9, as follows: Biggs Estes Johnson (OH) Mr. GOODEN. Madam Speaker, I ask [Roll No. 131] Bilirakis Ferguson Johnson (SD) unanimous consent that the Com- Bishop (UT) Fitzpatrick Jordan YEAS—232 Bost Fleischmann Joyce (OH) mittee on the Judiciary be discharged Adams Butterfield Cooper Brady Flores Joyce (PA) from further consideration of H.R. 962, Aguilar Carbajal Correa Brooks (AL) Fortenberry Katko the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Pro- Allred Ca´ rdenas Costa Brooks (IN) Foxx (NC) Kelly (MS) Axne Carson (IN) Courtney Buchanan Fulcher Kelly (PA) tection Act, a bill which has the full Barraga´ n Cartwright Cox (CA) Buck Gaetz King (IA) support of the Republican Conference Bass Case Craig Bucshon Gallagher King (NY) and the majority of the American peo- Beatty Casten (IL) Crist Budd Gianforte Kustoff (TN) ple, as it would save the lives of Bera Castor (FL) Crow Burchett Gibbs LaHood Beyer Castro (TX) Cuellar Burgess Gohmert LaMalfa liveborn infants that have survived Bishop (GA) Chu, Judy Cummings Byrne Gonzalez (OH) Lamborn late-term abortions, and ask for its im- Blumenauer Cicilline Cunningham Calvert Gooden Latta mediate consideration in the House. Blunt Rochester Cisneros Davids (KS) Carter (GA) Gosar Lesko Bonamici Clark (MA) Davis (CA) Carter (TX) Graves (GA) Long The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Boyle, Brendan Clarke (NY) Davis, Danny K. Chabot Graves (LA) Loudermilk guidelines consistently issued by suc- F. Clay Dean Cheney Graves (MO) Lucas cessive Speakers, as recorded in sec- Brindisi Cleaver DeFazio Cline Green (TN) Luetkemeyer tion 956 of the House Rules and Man- Brown (MD) Clyburn DeGette Cloud Griffith Marchant Brownley (CA) Cohen DeLauro Cole Grothman Marshall ual, the Chair is constrained not to en- Bustos Connolly DelBene Collins (GA) Guest Massie tertain the request unless it has been

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:22 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR7.003 H27MRPT1 H2848 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 cleared by the bipartisan floor and The CHAIR. Pursuant to the rule, the Madam Chair, I reserve the balance committee leaderships. bill is considered read the first time. of my time. PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRIES The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam Mr. GOODEN. Madam Speaker, par- SCOTT) and the gentlewoman from Chair, I yield myself such time as I liamentary inquiry. North Carolina (Ms. FOXX) each will may consume. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- control 30 minutes. Madam Chair, my friend, the chair- tleman will state his parliamentary in- The Chair recognizes the gentleman man, is a diligent and thoughtful col- quiry. from Virginia. league, and I believe his heart is in the Mr. GOODEN. Madam Speaker, it is Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam right place. my understanding that the Republican Chair, I yield myself such time as I Everyone in this House is in agree- Conference is in full agreement. Is the may consume. ment that pay discrimination on the Democratic conference not onboard Madam Chair, I thank the gentle- basis of sex is wrong, no matter how with saving lives? woman from Connecticut for her dec- you look at it. The law is very clear The SPEAKER pro tempore. As indi- ades of leadership fighting for working about this. But this bill doesn’t do any- cated, a unanimous consent request for women. thing to help working women. This is a In 1963, the Equal Pay Act codified the consideration of that measure bill for trial lawyers, plain and simple. the right to ‘‘equal pay for equal work would have to have received clearance That is what shows a fundamental dif- regardless of sex.’’ In fact, the Equal ahead of time by the majority and mi- ference in outlook and principle. Pay Act was enacted 1 year prior to the nority floor and committee leader- Democrats want women to sue their Civil Rights Act of 1964 that, for the ships. bosses; Republicans want women to be- first time, provided for the enforce- The Chair is unaware of such clear- come the bosses. ment of antidiscrimination laws. Over ance; therefore, the Chair cannot en- Republicans have favored strong eco- the past 55 years, the Equal Pay Act, in tertain the request at this time. nomic policies that will empower and combination with title VII of the Civil Mr. GOODEN. Madam Speaker, par- enable women to keep driving the Rights Act, has produced substantial liamentary inquiry. economy forward and build the lives progress toward addressing inequities The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- they want for themselves. Instead of for women in the workplace. tleman will state his parliamentary in- looking for ways to line the pockets of Yet, loopholes and insufficient enquiry. trial lawyers, we stand with working forcement have allowed gender-based Mr. GOODEN. Madam Speaker, I women. wage discrimination to persist. Today, would ask that we schedule a vote im- I am proud, Madam Chair, to yield 5 women earn, on average, 80 cents on mediately. The Republican Conference minutes to the gentlewoman from Wy- the dollar compared to White men in HENEY), one of the hardest is fully onboard, and I would encourage oming (Ms. C similar jobs. The wage gap is even working women I know. the Democrats to join us in protecting worse for women of color. It exists in Ms. CHENEY. Madam Chair, I would the infant lives that are born. every sector, regardless of education, like to start by thanking my dear The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- experience, occupation, industry, or job friend and colleague, Ms. FOXX, the Re- tleman is not stating a proper par- title. publican leader of the House Education liamentary inquiry. The gentleman is Drawn out over a lifetime, the per- and Labor Committee, for her tremen- not recognized. sistent wage gap could cost a woman dous work and leadership on behalf of f anywhere from $400,000 to $2 million. all American women and families. For many, this is the difference be- PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT Madam Chair, I rise today in strong tween financial stability and poverty. opposition to H.R. 7, the so-called Pay- GENERAL LEAVE In fact, we know that achieving pay eq- check Fairness Act. This should be Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam uity would actually cut the poverty called the ‘‘Pay the Trial Lawyers Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that rate for working women more than 50 Act.’’ all Members may have 5 legislative percent. Madam Chair, my State of Wyoming days in which to revise and extend That is why we are considering this launched the fight for women’s equal- their remarks and insert extraneous historic legislation today. After dec- ity and rights when we became the material on H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fair- ades of failing to address persistent first jurisdiction in the world to grant ness Act. wage inequity, the Paycheck Fairness women the right to vote 150 years ago. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Act is our opportunity to strengthen Here in this Chamber, 100 years ago, objection to the request of the gen- the Equal Pay Act, bolster the rights the House agreed that women should tleman from Virginia? of working women, lift families out of have the right to vote on a national There was no objection. poverty, and, finally, align our rem- basis. Leaders of the women’s suffrage The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- edies for gender discrimination with movement were fighting on behalf of ant to House Resolution 252 and rule other established antidiscrimination women’s rights. They were not fighting XVIII, the Chair declares the House in laws by eliminating caps on damages to provide greater payouts to trial law- the Committee of the Whole House on when employers act with malice or yers. We should honor those women, the state of the Union for the consider- reckless indifference, consistent with and the generations of women who ation of the bill, H.R. 7. the laws governing discrimination came after them, by defeating this The Chair appoints the gentlewoman based on race or national origin, treat- sham bill. from the District of Columbia (Ms. ing attorney fees consistent with title The bill my Democratic colleagues NORTON) to preside over the Committee VII of the Civil Rights Act, and re- have put on the floor today offers no of the Whole. stricting an employer’s inquiry and renew protections for women in the liance on a prospective employee’s pre- workplace. It paints job creators, many b 1345 vious salary. This is consistent with of whom in the Trump economy are in- IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE the Americans with Disabilities Act, creasingly women, as evil. Republicans Accordingly, the House resolved the Genetic Information Non- know that economic policies that gen- itself into the Committee of the Whole discrimination Act, and similar re- erate growth, create jobs, and increase House on the state of the Union for the strictions regarding an applicant’s wages benefit women and men. Our consideration of the bill (H.R. 7) to marital or pregnancy status. policies empower women and facilitate amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of As chair of the House Committee on the success of women-owned busi- 1938 to provide more effective remedies Education and Labor, I urge my col- nesses, which account for roughly 9 to victims of discrimination in the leagues to join me in casting a vote for million jobs and $1.7 trillion in rev- payment of wages on the basis of sex, final passage of the Paycheck Fairness enue. and for other purposes, with Ms. NOR- Act and making equal pay for equal Madam Chair, today’s bill is just the TON in the chair. work a reality for working women latest example of the misguided and The Clerk read the title of the bill. across this country. damaging policies Democrats in this

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:22 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.035 H27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2849 body are attempting to pursue. They full restitution or provide bad-acting Fairness Act; it should be called the claim to be ‘‘for the people,’’ but in the companies a meaningful deterrent. pay the trial lawyers act. nearly 3 months that they have been in Paycheck fairness puts gender-based If there exists residual bias and discharge, they have embraced socialism; discrimination sanctions on equal foot- crimination against women in the they have enabled anti-Semitism; they ing with other forms of wage discrimi- workplace, it is wrong, and it needs to have passed legislation that violates nation by allowing women to sue for end. Since 1963, equal pay for equal the First Amendment and the Second compensatory and punitive damages. It work has been the law of the land Amendment; and they have repeatedly better protects employees from being under the Equal Pay Act. refused to take steps necessary to pro- fired for sharing their salary with co- Let me say that again. Since 1963, tect the lives of babies after those ba- workers. It establishes a grant program equal pay for equal work has been the bies are born. to provide salary negotiation training law of the land. It is currently illegal Now, Madam Chair, they are telling for girls and for women. It ensures that for employers to pay different wages us they are fighting for women when employers are not reliant on wage his- based on gender, and as the bill sponsor really they are simply fighting for trial tory when they hire an employee. just said, there are currently mecha- lawyers. We have seen this movie be- Over 60 years ago, after Republican nisms to address any wrongs that may fore. The Democrats are not really for President Dwight Eisenhower called for be there. the people. They are for the govern- equal pay legislation during his 1956 While I appreciate the sentiment of ment and for the special interest State of the Union Address on the floor the bill before us, I cannot support its groups that support them. The Amer- of this House, and more than 55 years flawed approach. The pay the trial law- ican people know better, and we de- after President Kennedy signed the yers act does not build on the Equal serve better. Equal Pay Act, pay discrimination is Pay Act. It does not offer women new Madam Chair, I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on very much still a reality in our coun- protections against discrimination in this bill, and I call on my Democratic try. In 2017, there were almost 26,000 colleagues to come together with us, to the workplace. Instead, it encourages charges of unlawful, sex-based pay dis- lawsuits against employers by offering work with us, so that we can actually crimination filed with the U.S. Equal make real progress for America’s the prospect of unlimited monetary Employment Opportunity Commission damages. women and their families. and 996 Equal Pay Act charges. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam The pay the trial lawyers act also The CHAIR. The time of the gentle- Chair, I yield 3 minutes to the gentle- creates an impossibly high burden of woman has expired. woman from Connecticut (Ms. proof for job creators defending them- Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam DELAURO), the sponsor of the bill. selves in lawsuits. Chair, I yield an additional 1 minute to Ms. DELAURO. Madam Chair, I rise Furthermore, the pay the trial law- in support of H.R. 7, the Paycheck the gentlewoman from Connecticut. yers act handicaps job creators, includ- Fairness Act. Ms. DELAURO. Women continue to ing women-owned businesses, by adding It is a historic day on the House of earn 20 percent less than men, on aver- onerous compensation reporting re- Representatives floor, and we are going age, according to Census data. Women quirements. The Federal bureaucracy to pass paycheck fairness, equal pay earn less regardless of the choices they will heap yet another burden on hard- for equal work, in this United States of make in their career or education. working Americans if this passes. America. Across industries, whether you are a fi- So, Madam Chair, the pay the trial Madam Chair, I thank the chairman nancial manager, a registered nurse, a lawyers act does not build on the Equal of the Education and Labor Committee schoolteacher, or an executive, a pay Pay Act’s success. Instead, it encour- for getting this bill through the com- gap exists between men and women. ages lawsuits, hurts job creators, and mittee and onto the floor today. We Ten years ago, we passed the Lilly empowers lawyers. Sadly, it also have waited 8 years to be able to vote Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. It reopened misses an opportunity to truly help on this issue. the courtroom door but did not address women. The United States Congress has a the underlying issue at hand today. For these reasons, I urge my col- rich history of making a difference in We have an opportunity to pass the leagues to join me in opposing this the lives of the American people: So- Paycheck Fairness Act. It is a matter deeply flawed bill. cial Security, the Fair Labor Stand- of right and wrong. Discrimination is Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam ards Act, the GI Bill, Medicare, and the unacceptable, and we are all dimin- Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentle- Affordable Care Act, to name but a few. ished when we fall short. woman from California (Ms. PELOSI), Today, we can make a difference for President Kennedy said, when he the Speaker of the House of Represent- working women and their families. signed the Equal Pay Act, that this atives. Today, we can address the biggest eco- would ‘‘add to our laws another struc- Ms. PELOSI. Madam Chair, I thank nomic challenge of our time, that ture basic to democracy’’ and ‘‘affirm the gentleman for yielding. I thank Americans are in jobs that do not pay our determination that when women him also for his extraordinary leader- them enough to live on. We can address enter the labor force, they will find ship in matters that relate to the edu- their economic struggle. And, yes, this equality in their pay envelope.’’ cation of the American people, employ- is a bill that the majority is passing We can do this today on the floor of ment preparedness, fairness in our today to address that economic need this House. I urge my colleagues on workforce, and, of course, today. for families. both sides of the aisle to vote for the I cannot tell you how difficult it has Paycheck Fairness Act and make sure Madam Chair, I thank the chairman been to break through on something so that we guarantee equal pay for equal for giving us this opportunity on this simple: Men and women in the same work. day of the House of Representatives. job deserve the same pay. But now, the This is a day that God has made. Let us b 1400 issue and the environment have col- rejoice and be glad. And let us make lided. Equal pay is at the center of our Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam the most of it in a very joyous way. It public discourse, and paycheck fairness Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentle- is a day of celebration. is ready for passage today. woman from Missouri (Mrs. HARTZLER), Madam Chair, the gentleman, BOBBY A bipartisan bill supported by every my distinguished colleague. SCOTT, has been a supporter of this ini- member of the Democratic Caucus, the Mrs. HARTZLER. Madam Chair, tiative for a long time, and I thank Paycheck Fairness Act toughens rem- today I rise in opposition to H.R. 7. It him for making today possible. edies in the Equal Pay Act of 1963 to is a deeply flawed bill that offers false And it happens on a day when we are give America’s working women the op- promises while empowering lawyers honored to have, in the Speaker’s portunity to fight wage discrimination and bureaucracy, not empowering chair, Congresswoman ELEANOR and to receive the paycheck that they women. HOLMES NORTON, a champion to end have earned. In fact, I agree with my colleague discrimination in every way in our Under existing law, damages are too from Wyoming who said a minute ago country, including discrimination in insubstantial to provide women with it should not be called the Paycheck the paycheck.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:22 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.037 H27MRPT1 H2850 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 Madam Chair, today I rise in support symbolizes when a woman’s wages because we know that, in our economy of the Paycheck Fairness Act. It reaf- catch up to a man’s earnings from the and in our country, when women suc- firms our Nation’s sacred promise that previous year. In other words, the first ceed, America succeeds. equal pay deserves equal work. 3 months of the year, most women are I, therefore, urge a bipartisan vote I do so in saluting Congresswoman working for free compared to what a for this legislation for women to suc- ROSA DELAURO, Madam Chair, the man will make in the overall year. ceed and to have equality in our soci- guardian angel of this legislation and So April 2 is that day. By then, we ety as they have equality in their pay- the godmother of so many initiatives will have already been celebrating for a checks. in this House to support progress for few days. Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam America’s working families. We pass this legislation during Wom- Chair, I yield 5 minutes to the distin- The ability to balance work, to bal- en’s History Month as we serve with a guished gentleman from Alabama (Mr. ance work and home is a challenge that woman Speaker of the House and with BYRNE). many families face, men and women more than 100 women in the same Con- Mr. BYRNE. Madam Chair, I thank alike, but ROSA DELAURO has been a gress, as I said before, marking 100 my colleague for yielding. constant champion for America’s work- years since women won the right to I believe all my colleagues can agree ing families. vote. that women deserve equal pay for equal While we are talking today about So this is about respect. It is about work. However, the bill considered equality in the paycheck, she has also respect, my colleagues on both sides of today takes the wrong approach to en- been a champion for paid sick leave the aisle, respect for women and the sure that current equal protections, and affordable childcare. The list goes work that they do. And if they do equal protections that have been in place on and on. Madam Chair, I thank the work, why wouldn’t they get equal since 1963, are reaffirmed and fortified. gentlewoman—guardian angel, god- pay? This bill offers no new protections for mother—for making today possible. Would you, my colleague, like to get women in the workforce. Instead, it I am very excited about this. It is less than your colleagues on the Re- makes it more difficult for employers historic. It should happen at a time publican side of the aisle? and employees to have an open and in- when we have over 100 women serving Would you, any of my colleagues on formative discussion about hiring and in the House of Representatives, and it this side of the aisle, like to work for other employment decisions. should happen in the same Congress less than our male counterparts? Perhaps worst of all, it is designed in that we will also observe the 100th an- Well, why should women and the rest a way that helps increase the bottom niversary of the passing of the amend- of the workforce then be subjected to line for lawyers. That is right. The ment to have women have the right to that discrimination? only paychecks that this legislation vote. Paycheck fairness is about respect. It will increase are paychecks for law- It is all very historic. It is all about is about justice for women, finally clos- yers. progress, and that progress on this bill ing the wage gap that robs women of It is unfair to women; it is unfair to began in this Congress 2 months ago. more than $400,000 over the course of the workforce; and it is unfair to busi- House Democrats stood with Lilly their working lives. And for women of nesses. Ledbetter on the 10th anniversary of color, it is even a bigger difference. It may come as a surprise to many President Obama signing the Lilly And this not only has an impact on people that the so-called Paycheck Ledbetter Act, exactly 10 years ago, their pay, it has an impact on their Fairness Act offers no new protections signing that Fair Pay bill into law. pensions and on their retirement. So against pay discrimination. It was a magnificent achievement, it, this is very, very important. Let me repeat that. The legislation too, being led by George Miller, the This legislation advances progress for being debated today offers no new pro- chair of the committee Mr. SCOTT now families because it is about equal pay tections against pay discrimination. chairs. ROSA DELAURO, of course, for women. It is about how that equal- Instead, it imposes a one-size-fits-all played a hand in that. ity of paycheck affects their families, mandate to one of the most varied and The gentlewoman from Connecticut ensuring that women can earn the complex workforces in the world. (Ms. DELAURO) then introduced the wages they have earned so they can Rather than allowing for informal equal pay bill, and then we passed it in pay for their family’s everyday needs, discussions, the Paycheck Fairness Act the House. It didn’t pass the Senate—60 such as rent, groceries, childcare, strictly limits communications be- votes needed in the Senate—but she healthcare—the list goes on. tween employers and employees on key has persisted, and we are fortunate for Two-thirds of moms are either the hiring decisions. Under this bill, the that. primary breadwinners or co-bread- burden is laid on the backs of employ- We are grateful to her and to Lilly winners in their households in our ers, and the lack of clarity for employ- Ledbetter and the groups, so many out- country. This legislation strengthens ees is simply unworkable. side groups that have worked so hard America, unleashing the full power of I don’t see how limiting the discus- to mobilize and make this difference— women in our economy and upholding sion between employers and employees, some of them include the American As- the value of fairness. particularly on hiring decisions, is sociation of University Women, the Na- Do you believe in fairness in our de- going to help anybody; and I certainly tional Women’s Law Center, National mocracy? don’t see how opening the gates to lim- Partnership for Women and Families, When President Kennedy signed the itless, frivolous lawsuits is going to National Organization for Women, Na- Equal Pay Act into law in 1963, he cele- help anybody. tional Committee for Pay Equity, brated equal pay as a ‘‘structure basic It should be noted, the Lilly MomsRising, UltraViolet, Center for to democracy’’—equal pay, a structure Ledbetter Pay Act that the Speaker Law and Social Policy, the Leadership basic to democracy—enlarging the just alluded to was signed 10 years ago Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issue to our great democracy. with the promise that it would allevi- NAACP, League of Women Voters, U.S. We are proud to take this step to ate pay discrimination in the work- Women’s Chamber of Commerce, the fully and finally secure the paycheck place. Yet, if you look at pay discrimi- list goes on and on, the Anti-Defama- fairness that is fundamental to our de- nation charges filed with the Equal tion League, the American Psycho- mocracy because it will implement the Employment Opportunity Commission, logical Association, and many more— Equal Pay Act, make it enforceable. they have remained steady each year because that outside mobilization will Yet, securing paycheck fairness is since 1997, both before and after the be important in passing this legislation only the first step that House Demo- Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act became and turning it into law, into an im- crats will take. We will continue to law. I am hearing that same kind of provement in the lives of America’s unlock the full economic power of overpromising when it comes to H.R. 7. working families. women in our workplace with paid sick In an effort to improve the bill and Now we are proud to pass this bill be- leave, led by Congresswoman DELAURO, ensure the damages actually go to the fore Equal Pay Day, which is on April affordable childcare, led by Congress- women impacted instead of lawyers, I 2, next week—April Pay Day, which woman DELAURO, as well as a fair wage offered an amendment that would cap

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:22 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.038 H27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2851 attorney’s fees for any judgment to 20 the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and more retirement. By strengthening the law percent of the judgment. Sadly, this recently, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay against pay discrimination, H.R. 7 would commonsense amendment was blocked Act, we have made some progress in re- help address women’s lower pay and lower incomes in retirement. by the Rules Committee. ducing inequities for women in the In addition, AARP supports the Paycheck Why don’t my colleagues want to workplace. But, unfortunately, loop- Fairness Act’s provision on salary history. join me in ensuring that money actu- holes and insufficient enforcement While asking about a job applicant’s prior ally gets to victims of pay discrimina- tools have allowed wage discrimination salary history has long been recognized as a tion instead of simply padding the wal- to persist. barrier to equal pay it has also proven to be lets of lawyers? For example, a lack of easily acces- a barrier to employment for older workers. A It is a real shame this amendment sible data on hiring and wages has majority (56 percent) of all older workers age 50 plus have been prematurely pushed out of was not made in order. I think we can made it difficult to detect, let alone longtime jobs before they choose to retire. all agree that the idea of discrimina- prevent, wage discrimination. And even Once displaced, older workers have great dif- tion against someone based on sex is when wage discrimination is discov- ficulty finding reemployment, and most are absolutely unacceptable, and it is in- ered, working women face significant unable to find a job with wages comparable consistent with the values we hold as barriers to fulfilling the heavy burden to the job they lost. It is quite common for Americans. of proof for holding discriminating em- prospective employers to use a prior higher This issue is not partisan. In 1944, Re- ployers accountable. salary level to disqualify an older applicant publican Congresswoman Winifred Last month, I was honored to chair from consideration because they simply assume that the worker will require the same Stanley introduced a precursor to the the hearing on persistent, gender-based wage. However, there are many reasons why Equal Pay Act, which, since passing wage discrimination. We heard wit- an older worker might be willing to accept a years later, has been the law of the nesses describe the barriers to detect- lower salary, including better benefits or land for the past 55 years. ing wage discrimination and holding work hours; a more desirable job/firm; a ca- The Equal Pay Act of 1963 specifi- employers accountable. But most im- reer change; or simply desperation to find a cally made it illegal to pay different portantly, we heard how the Paycheck new job. In these cases, the ability of the em- wages to employees of the opposite sex Fairness Act will provide workers with ployer to ask about and rely on salary his- for equal work. In addition, title 7 of the tools they need to help close the tory in considering an older applicant often results in age discrimination in hiring. the Civil Rights Act made it illegal for gender pay gap and achieve wage equal- In conclusion, H.R. 7 will help prevent one employers to discriminate on the basis ity. of the age-related assumptions that hinder of race, color, national origin, religion, Several States have already acted to equal opportunity for older workers, as well and sex. address pay inequities, including bipar- as enhance retirement income security for Yet, as I said before, despite these tisan efforts in my home State of Or- women. For these reasons, we urge support protections on the books, there are bad egon. It is time for Congress to step up for the Paycheck Fairness Act. actors who continue to practice pay and address persistent wage discrimi- Sincerely, discrimination. Based on laws existing NANCY A. LEAMOND, nation nationwide. Executive Vice President and Chief Advocacy for decades, it is unacceptable, and we By passing the Paycheck Fairness & Engagement Officer. must hold these bad actors account- Act, we have the opportunity to end Ms. BONAMICI. Madam Chair, I also able. discriminatory pay practices that con- include in the RECORD a letter from the Unfortunately, the Paycheck Fair- tribute to keeping women and families AAUW in support of the Paycheck ness Act, as written, fails to improve in poverty. We have the opportunity to Fairness Act. employment protections. finally make equal pay for equal work AAUW, b 1415 a reality. March 25, 2019. Madam Chair, I include in the We have a responsibility to the DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: On behalf of the RECORD a letter from AARP outlining more than 170,000 members and supporters of American people to craft strong poli- support for the Paycheck Fairness Act the American Association of University cies that support women in the work- because the bill will strengthen finan- Women (AAUW), I urge you to vote in sup- place, not merely offer weak lip service cial security for women while in the port of the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 7) that, in fact, cripples employers and workforce, and later enhance retire- and to oppose harmful amendments when the bill comes to the House floor as soon as this employees alike. ment income security. I ask my colleagues to join me in op- week. Despite federal and state equal pay AARP, laws, gender pay gaps persist. The Paycheck posing this phony bill, and, instead, Washington, DC, March 26, 2019. let’s work together in a bipartisan way Fairness Act offers a much needed update to Hon. NANCY PELOSI, the Equal Pay Act of 1963 by providing new to actually ensure women continue to Speaker, House of Representatives, tools to battle these pervasive pay gaps and thrive in the workforce. Washington, DC. to challenge discrimination. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam Hon. KEVIN MCCARTHY, In January, we celebrated the 10th anni- Chair, I yield 3 minutes to the gentle- Republican Leader, House of Representatives, versary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. woman from Oregon (Ms. BONAMICI). Washington, DC. This vital law rectified the Supreme Court’s Ms. BONAMICI. Madam Chair, today DEAR SPEAKER PELOSI AND LEADER MCCAR- harmful decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear women make up nearly half of our THY: On behalf of our 38 million members and Tire & Rubber Company. The law helps to all Americans age 50 and older, AARP is ensure that individuals subjected to unlawful workforce. Sixty-four percent of moth- writing to express our support for the Pay- compensation discrimination are able to ers in the United States work outside check Fairness Act (H.R. 7). This bill would bring a case of ongoing pay discrimination the home. Many are the sole family strengthen financial security for women regardless of when it began. Despite the im- wage earner. Their wages pay for rent, both while in the workforce and later in re- portance of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay for groceries, for childcare, for tirement, and it would provide an important Act, this law’s enactment only restored dec- healthcare. But even though it is 2019, protection for all workers against age dis- ades of prior law—it did not give women new too often, equal pay for equal work is crimination in hiring. tools to receive equal pay for equal work. not a reality. Pay discrimination against women jeop- There is no more fitting way to mark this ardizes their financial security, both while historic milestone than making real, con- On average, White women earn 80 working and in retirement. The roughly 20 crete progress in ensuring all women receive cents on the dollar compared with percent pay gap between women and men fair pay. While the gap has narrowed since White men in substantially equal jobs. who work full-time, year-round means wom- passage of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, The wage gap is even more pronounced en’s median earnings are more than $10,000 a progress has largely stalled in recent years. for women of color in nearly every line year less than men’s, with an even bigger Data from the U.S. Census Bureau once of work, regardless of education, expe- shortfall for women of color. Because all ele- again revealed that women working full- rience, occupation, industry, or job ments of retirement income—Social Secu- time, year-round are typically paid only 80 title. rity, pensions, and savings—are based on cents for every dollar paid to men. The pay one’s earnings while in the workforce, lower gaps have grown even wider for women of This has severe and long-term con- earnings during women’s work lives follow color. African American women and Latinas sequences for the lives of working them into retirement. As a result, women make, respectively, 61 and 53 cents on the women, families, and for our economy. age 65 and older are 80 percent more likely dollar as compared to non-Hispanic, white With the Equal Pay Act, title VII of than men to live below the poverty level in men. The overall pay gap has only decreased

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:22 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.040 H27MRPT1 H2852 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 by a nickel during the 21st century and, un- Fairness Act and opposing harmful amend- Wage Equity Act with over 40 of my less action is taken, the pay gap between ments when the bill comes to the House floor colleagues, which offers a stark con- men’s and women’s earnings will not close for a vote as soon as this week. trast to the partisan approach laid out until 2106. We urge you to stand with women and fam- in H.R. 7. We looked to innovation in Research indicates that the gender pay gap ilies and vote yes on the Paycheck Fairness develops very early in women’s careers. Con- Act (H.R. 7). Cosponsorship and votes associ- the States to find consensus, bipartisan trolling for factors known to affect earnings, ated with this bill and amendments may be policies that were supported by both such as education and training, marital sta- scored in the AAUW Action Fund Congres- Republicans and Democrats, and signed tus, and hours worked, research finds that sional Voting Record for the 116th Congress. by Republican Governors, proof that college-educated women still earn 7 percent Sincerely, equal pay for equal work is not a par- less than men just one year out of college. DEBORAH J. VAGINS, tisan issue, and that Republicans are, Over time, the gap compounds and widens, Senior Vice President, Public Policy and indeed, leading the way on women’s impacting women’s social security and re- Research. economic opportunity. tirement. Ms. BONAMICI. Madam Chair, today, Ensuring that women have equal pay The Wage Equity Act is reflective of would have a dramatic impact on families we have this opportunity. Let’s pass the modern workforce and supports the and the economy. Many companies have al- the Paycheck Fairness Act and make empowerment of women in today’s ready recognized the benefits and the power equal pay for equal work a reality. economy. Specifically, my legislation of women’s increased economic participa- Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam allows employees to negotiate vol- tion, and that is why business groups like Chair, I yield 5 minutes to the distin- untary, flexible work arrangements. the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce and guished gentlewoman from New York These dynamic compensation models Main Street Alliance have endorsed the Pay- (Ms. STEFANIK). empower the individual to seek the check Fairness Act. According to a 2017 re- Ms. STEFANIK. Madam Chair, I port from Institute for Women’s Policy Re- work arrangement that works best in search (IWPR), the poverty rate for all work- thank my good friend, Ranking Mem- their own life and for their own family. ing women would be cut in half, falling from ber FOXX. America’s businesses, in particular 8.0 percent to 3.8 percent, if women were paid Madam Chair, there are nearly 75 our small businesses, which are the the same as comparable men. The same million women working in the United backbone of our economy, they seek to study by IWPR indicates that the U.S. econ- States, the most in our Nation’s his- do right by their employees. In rec- omy would have produced an additional tory. Thanks to our strong economy, ognition of this, the Wage Equity Act $512.6 billion in income if women had re- nearly 3 million jobs were created in creates a self-audit system for vol- ceived equal pay for equal work. This is why the last year, and of those jobs, 58 per- I urge you to pass this important bill. untary pay analysis by businesses. The Paycheck Fairness Act would update cent went to women. Under our proposal, a business could and strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963 to Women are graduating from college and should undergo a pay analysis to ensure that it provides effective protection at a higher rate than their male coun- proactively rectify pay disparity against sex-based pay discrimination in to- terparts and are increasingly their should it exist. By creating this envi- day’s workplace. family’s primary breadwinner. Despite ronment of consistent self-reflection, The bill takes several important steps, in- all of these positive economic indica- we can further empower businesses to cluding: tors, there remains evidence that in Ensuring Non-Retaliation: The bill pro- do what they already seek to do, doing hibits retaliation against workers for dis- some cases women do not earn the right not only for their employees, but cussing or disclosing wages. Without the same levels of compensation as men. following the law. non-retaliation provisions of the Paycheck Republicans strongly support equal Madam Chair, I believe that an indi- Fairness Act, many women will continue to pay for equal work, and we owe it to vidual should be able to negotiate em- be silenced in the workplace—that is, prohib- women to constructively engage on ployment based upon their qualifica- ited from talking about wages with cowork- this important issue and put forward tions and merit for the position. I also ers due to the fear of being fired. This is an solutions to strengthen existing law. believe that the victim of wage dis- issue that keeps women—like it kept Lilly Democrats have put forth a bill that Ledbetter—from learning of pay discrimina- crimination at any point in their cation against them. prioritizes trial attorneys and govern- reer should not have to have this dis- Prohibiting Use of Salary History: The bill ment regulation over women’s eco- crimination follow them to their next prohibits employers from relying on salary nomic empowerment. The Democratic job and compound throughout the rest history in determining future pay, so that bill, for the first time, would require of their career. prior pay discrimination doesn’t follow data disclosure to the EEOC that col- That is why my bill protects the em- workers from job to job. lects compensation data broken down ployee’s right to not disclose their sal- Ensuring Job-Relatedness: The bill closes by the sex, race, and national origin of loopholes that have weakened the Equal Pay ary history during the job interview Act over time by ensuring that disparities in employees, while also tracking the hir- process unless they wish to voluntarily pay are justified by a business necessity that ing, termination, and promotion data disclose it. is related to the job. of those employees. We must acknowledge the Equalizing Remedies: The bill ensures These intrusions into the operations compounding impact of wage discrimi- women can receive the same robust remedies of private businesses would add compli- nation on a person’s career and be will- for sex-based pay discrimination that are ance costs exceeding $700 million per ing to discuss ideas to free employees currently available to those subjected to dis- year. And on top of these onerous new from this burden. crimination based on race and ethnicity. requirements, H.R. 7 is a giveaway to Providing Additional Assistance and Re- At the same time, we cannot erode sources: The bill also provides technical as- trial attorneys by changing class ac- the necessary negotiation that takes sistance to businesses, requires wage data tion formation from opt in, to opt out. place in a job interview or ignore the collection, and supports salary negotiation America’s businesses will need to role wage figures can play in advance- skills training programs to give workers the prepare for an onslaught of frivolous ment of an individual through their ca- tools to advocate for higher wages. lawsuits which now will be open to un- reer. Providing a Small Business Exception: The limited compensatory and punitive The Wage Equity Act protects the Equal Pay Act and the Fair Labor Standards damages. ability for an employee and their per- Act have an exemption for small businesses that generate less than $500,000 in annual The bill establishes an impossibly spective employer to have a wage ex- revenues a year, and the Paycheck Fairness high burden of proof for employers de- pectation conversation, an important Act would keep that exemption intact. The fending the legitimacy of any pay dif- part of any negotiation. bill would also support small businesses with ferentials between employees. We need My legislation protects an employ- technical assistance. to recognize that in today’s modern ee’s ability to discuss compensation The pay gap is persistent and can only be economy, 40 percent of small busi- with their colleagues, while giving the addressed if women are armed with the tools nesses are run by women. This bill employers the ability to set reasonable necessary to challenge discrimination would make it harder for these women against them, and employers are provided limitations on the time, location, and with effective incentives and technical as- business leaders. manner of this activity to protect em- sistance to comply with the law. I urge you This issue is far too important to ployees from harassment. to take a critical step towards achieving pay leave to partisan solutions. That is The CHAIR. The time of the gentle- equity by voting in support of the Paycheck why today I am proud to introduce the woman has expired.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:22 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR7.015 H27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2853 Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam states that the Paycheck Fairness Act EEOC EQUAL PAY ACT STATISTICS Chair, I yield an additional 1 minute to is integral to ensuring women earn the EQUAL PAY ACT (EPA) CHARGES FILED WITH the gentlewoman from New York. same amount as men for equal work. EEOC (AVERAGE PER YEAR) Ms. STEFANIK. Madam Chair, fur- AFSCME, George W. Bush Administration (FY 2001– thermore, the Wage Equity Act seeks Washington, DC, March 25, 2019. 2008): 1,036. Obama Administration (FY 2009–2016): 999. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, to put women on equal footing with Trump Administration (FY 2017–2018): 1,031. men as they start their careers. Washington, DC. EEOC EPA CHARGES RESOLVED* (AVERAGE PER The legislation provides for a grant DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: On behalf of the YEAR) program targeted toward women in col- members of the American Federation of Bush Administration (FY 2001–2008): 959. lege and career tech programs to pro- State, County and Municipal Employees Obama Administration (FY 2009–2016): vide negotiation skills education. (AFSCME), I am writing in support of the 1,078. Lastly, my bill directs the GAO to ‘‘Paycheck Fairness Act’’ (H.R. 7). This leg- Trump Administration (FY 2017–2018): 1,220. study the manager’s gap. We know that islation is integral to ensure that women * EEOC resolves charges in a number of dif- the wage gap greatly expands for earn the same amount as men for equal ferent ways: negotiated settlement, with- work. drawal of charge upon receipt of desired ben- women after they return to the work- To date, women make up almost 47 percent efits, successful conciliation, unsuccessful force following parental leave. We conciliation, a finding of no reasonable of the workforce in America. Their partici- must have a clear sense of the impact cause, or closure for administrative reasons. that leave during this time will have pation has steadily climbed since the 1970s, and they are completing college and univer- LAWSUITS FILED BY EEOC WITH EPA CLAIMS (AV- on an employee’s future earning and sity education at higher rates. The range of ERAGE PER YEAR) (NOTE: NUMBERS DO NOT IN- opportunity potentials. occupations women workers hold has also ex- CLUDE PRIVATE LITIGATION) These are commonsense proposals panded with women making notable gains in Bush Administration (FY 2001–2008): 9. that are supported by Democrats and professional and managerial occupations. Obama Administration (FY 2009–2016): 3. Republicans. I encourage my col- Yet with more than 74.6 million women in Trump Administration (FY 2017–2018): 8. leagues to reject Big Government over- the civilian workforce, there is still a gender Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam reach, and find practical, bipartisan so- pay gap between men and women. That’s Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- lutions that improve and strengthen why passage of this bill is necessary. Even tleman from Georgia (Mr. ALLEN). the existing law of the land: equal pay with the enormous progress made by women Mr. ALLEN. Madam Chair, I rise over many decades, women continue to face for equal work. today to speak out against H.R. 7, leg- discrimination that limits their ability to islation that places unprecedented re- Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam succeed and advance at work. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentle- strictions and liability on job creators Fifty-six years after former President John woman from North Carolina (Ms. that will harm the very women it F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into claims to protect. ADAMS). law, women earn less than men. While that Ms. ADAMS. Madam Chair, I want to As a small business owner with over law along with other civil rights legislation 40 years of experience creating jobs, I thank Chairman SCOTT for his leader- like Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act know just how hard it can be for em- ship and Representative DELAURO for have helped to narrow the wage gap, it still bringing this bill to the floor. exists across all occupations, industries, and ployers to find skilled and qualified I rise today in strong support of the trade and educational attainment. This workers. With 7.6 million available jobs Paycheck Fairness Act because, like shortchanges many working families and creates little upward mobility in compensa- throughout our Nation, the last thing Fannie Lou Hamer and Representative tion to meet basic household needs. Cur- we need to do is overregulate our busi- DELAURO, I am sick and tired of being rently, women make only 80 percent of every nesses, especially when Federal law al- sick and tired of paycheck inequity. dollar a man makes in nearly every occupa- ready makes it illegal to pay different For three decades, from the North tion where there is enough earnings data to Carolina House to the United States wages to women for equal work. compare. This gap in earnings translates H.R. 7 dramatically increases liabil- Congress, I have been fighting to close into $10,169 less per year in average earnings. ity for employers, eliminates a busi- the gender wage gap. As the new chair This percentage is even lower for women of ness owner’s ability to contest gender- of the Education and Labor Sub- color. Black women earn 61 cents, Latina based pay discrimination cases, ex- committee on Workforce Protections, I women 53 cents, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women 62 cents, Native women 58 pands damages, and encourages frivo- am very proud to support this bill. It cents, and Asian women 58 cents for every lous lawsuits. takes the average woman an additional dollar paid to a white man. This trend is not Furthermore, this partisan bill offers 91 days to earn what her male peers only troubling for women’s career and finan- no new protections against pay dis- earned in 2018, and that is unaccept- cial success, but it also limits their ability crimination in the workplace. Rather, to save for retirement. able. H.R. 7 directly benefits trial lawyers at In my district in North Carolina, Stronger equal pay protections and en- the expense of working women. Taken women still only make about 82 cents forcement measures are essential to ensure as a whole, this bill will very likely for every dollar a man makes. It is that our workplaces treat women fairly and limit or obstruct an employer’s efforts operate free of discrimination on the job. even worse for women of color, who are to recruit, hire, promote workers, and even less likely to make as much as AFSCME strongly supports the ‘‘Paycheck Fairness Act’’ (H.R. 7) and encourages swift to increase their pay—once again, their male counterparts working the empty partisan promises from my col- same job. Black women earn only 61 passage to alleviate gender-based wage discrimination, and ensure women receive equal leagues on the other side of the aisle. cents for every dollar a man makes; pay for equal work. Hispanic women only 53 cents. Sincerely, b 1430 When we shortchange women, we SCOTT FREY, However, after passing historic tax shortchange our children, our families, Director of Federal Government Affairs. reform under the Republican-led Con- and our economy. In fact, women are gress and eliminating burdensome red Ms. ADAMS. By passing the Pay- shortchanged $500 billion every year. tape under the leadership of President check Fairness Act, we will strengthen Fifty-six years have passed since the Trump, our businesses are continuing the Equal Pay Act. We will bolster the Equal Pay Act was signed into law, and to empower women across this country rights of working women, and finally, it has been 10 years since President at unprecedented levels. Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair we will put an end to gender-based We have more women working in the Pay Act. wage disparity. U.S. than ever before, nearly 75 mil- Yet, our work remains unfinished. Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam lion. Women filled nearly 60 percent of Today, the U.S. House of Representa- Chair, before I recognize the next the 2.8 million jobs created in the last tives speaks loud and clear, and we will speaker, I include in the RECORD a year. One in five employer businesses no longer wait while women continue chart which shows that pay discrimina- nationwide is owned by women, includ- to do the same work and not get the tion charges filed per year with the ing by my wife of 45 years, Robin. same pay. The time is up for that. EEOC have remained statistically con- I need to keep this momentum going, Madam Chair, I include in the sistent during the George W. Bush, not obstruct employers’ efforts to re- RECORD a letter from AFSCME which Obama, and Trump administrations. cruit, hire, and promote workers.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.043 H27MRPT1 H2854 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 Madam Chair, I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote dures into conformance with those available the Paycheck Fairness Act. I thank today on H.R. 7. for other civil rights claims, and strengthens Representative DELAURO for her efforts Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam the government’s ability to identify and in continuing to push this bill to fru- Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- remedy systematic wage discrimination by ition. requiring employers to report pay data to As chair of the HELP Subcommittee tleman from Michigan (Mr. LEVIN). the EEOC. Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. Madam When women endure pay discrimination, and as an African American woman, I Chair, as vice chairman of the Com- entire families suffer. We urge you to sup- feel very strongly about the issue of mittee on Education and Labor, I am port final passage of the Paycheck Fairness pay fairness. Our Nation cannot ade- so proud that our committee made it a Act (S. 84), and to oppose any amendment quately improve labor conditions with- top priority this year to bring the Pay- that would weaken this important and long out addressing the stark inequities check Fairness Act to the floor, and I overdue legislation. that exist along gender and racial congratulate Chairman SCOTT for his Sincerely, lines. The fact that, on average, women leadership. WILLIAM SAMUEL, currently earn just 80 cents for every This is an issue where the evidence Director, Government Affairs. dollar a man earns for the same posi- could not be clearer. In Michigan’s Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. Madam tion and amount of work is just plain Ninth District, which I represent, for Chair, while I believe belonging to a wrong and is a disgrace. example, women’s median annual wage union is the surest way to guarantee By passing the Paycheck Fairness is more than $10,000 lower than men’s. equal pay on the job, the Paycheck Act and promoting wage parity, we can I don’t care how many jobs are created Fairness Act will provide effective new lift families out of poverty and keep or how many women are working, we tools to close the wage gap. harmful biases out of the workplace. need to do something to, at long last, Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam There are too many poor working peo- make women’s pay equal to men’s. Chair, I yield 3 minutes to the distin- ple in America working two and three If we allow this gap to persist, we are guished gentlewoman from West Vir- jobs to keep their families whole. Re- not just telling women they aren’t ginia (Mrs. MILLER). search has shown that a woman’s level worth as much as men. We are doing Mrs. MILLER. Madam Chair, I rise of education and work experience or real damage to entire families and to today to speak in opposition to H.R. 7, chosen industry do not necessarily our economy. Failure to tackle the pay the Paycheck Fairness Act. I am a shield her from unfair pay. This prob- gap isn’t just discriminatory; it is mother and a grandmother. I have lem is widespread and can be found shockingly shortsighted. raised two boys and one husband. I across all sectors of the economy, af- The Paycheck Fairness Act will fi- have owned businesses, managed em- fecting even the most prepared women. nally align our treatment of gender ployees, made payroll, served in the Economically disadvantaged women discrimination with other established State legislature, and herded buffalo. I are hit extremely hard, as are women antidiscrimination policies. This is an don’t need any more men trying to tell of color. There are two Americas, a opportunity to realize equal pay for me that they need to protect me from rich and prosperous America and a equal work that we simply cannot af- being paid less. I am perfectly capable poor and struggling America. Black ford to miss. of negotiating a fair wage for a fair and Latina women earn 61 cents and 53 I regret that my good friends across day’s work and choosing exactly what cents, respectively, for every dollar the aisle did not introduce a single bill is important to me when making my earned by men who perform the same to strengthen the Equal Pay Act across own decisions. job—such a discrepancy, such a stark the 20 years they held the gavel in this The bill proposed by my colleagues statistic, such a shame. The wage gap Chamber. I hope they will join us today across the aisle tells young women en- is too wide and narrowing much too to lift up America’s women and fami- tering the workforce that they are un- slowly for Congress not to act. lies to full equality at long last. able to negotiate for their own jobs or I strongly support H.R. 7 as a positive Finally, I include in the RECORD a take control of their own life and that step toward correcting this glaring in- strong letter of support for H.R. 7 from they need to be coddled by the govern- justice. I reiterate my strong support the AFL–CIO. ment in order to succeed. What arro- for H.R. 7, and I urge all my colleagues AFL–CIO, gance. to vote ‘‘yes’’ for paycheck fairness. March 25, 2019. We are not some delicate and help- Madam Chair, I include in the DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: The AFL–CIO less group that needs men to tell us RECORD a letter of support from the strongly urges your support of the Paycheck just how bad we have it and just how National Education Association. Fairness Act (H.R 7) when it comes to the much they need to make sure that we NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, House floor this week. March 26, 2019. The Paycheck Fairness Act is a long over- are looked after. I can take care of my- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, due remedial measure that responds to the self, thank you, and so can every single Washington, DC. demonstrated inadequacies of the 1963 Equal woman in this country. This bill is DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: On behalf of our Pay Act. Although the Equal Pay Act made nothing more than a trial lawyer’s three million members and the 50 million it illegal for employers to pay unequal wages dream and a job creator’s nightmare. students they serve, we urge you to VOTE to male and female employees who perform The Equal Pay Act already makes it YES on the Paycheck Fairness Act of 2019 the same work, wage disparities between illegal to pay unequal wages for equal (H.R. 7). Votes associated with this issue men and women persist in both the private work. The men can go try to find some- may be included in NEA’s Report Card for and public sectors, at every educational the 116th Congress. level, across the country. Women working body else who needs their help. In the meantime, I am going to focus on actu- Equal pay for equal work is NOT today’s full time are paid only 80 cents for every dol- reality. lar paid to men, and this gap is greater for ally helping women earn more by cre- The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics re- women of color. While belonging to a union ating good-paying jobs, by growing our ports that in 2017, the median weekly earn- is the surest way to guarantee equal pay on economy, and by building a system ings of full-time, salaried female workers the job—unionized women earn some 27 per- that allows for flexible work schedules were 82 percent of those of full-time, salaried cent more than do their non-union counter- and nurtures entrepreneurship. male workers. parts—the Paycheck Fairness Act would pro- We can’t legislate respect any more According to AAUW, the pay gap is even vide new effective tools to close the wage bigger for women of color with African gap. than we can legislate common sense. Americans earning 61 cents, American In- The Paycheck Fairness Act provides tar- Women know real respect is earned. We dian/Alaskan natives 58 cents, and Latinas 53 geted remedies designed to update the 1963 don’t need the men’s help, and we don’t cents for every dollar paid to white men. Equal Pay Act. It requires employers to need the government’s help. We just The gender pay gap exists in all demo- demonstrate that wage gaps between men need them both to get out of our way. graphics, all parts of the country, and nearly and women doing the same work truly result I wholly oppose this legislation. all occupations—including female-dominated from factors unrelated to gender. It prohibits Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam professions like teaching and nursing. employers’ use of prior salary history in set- The Institute for Women’s Policy Research ting pay for new hires and employer retalia- Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentle- reports that closing the pay gap would cut tion against workers who discuss their pay woman from Florida (Ms. WILSON). the poverty rate for working single mothers with coworkers. Last, H.R. 7 brings Equal Ms. WILSON of Florida. Madam in half and lift 2.5 million children out of Pay Act remedies and class action proce- Chair, I rise in strong support of H.R. 7, poverty.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.047 H27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2855 The Paycheck Fairness Act of 2019 would Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam There is no more fitting way to begin this help by: Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentle- historic Congress than by making real, con- Requiring employers to demonstrate that woman from Illinois (Ms. UNDERWOOD). crete progress in ensuring all women receive gender is NOT the reason they pay employ- Ms. UNDERWOOD. Madam Chair, let fair pay. The Paycheck Fairness Act updates ees different amounts to perform the same and strengthens the Equal Pay Act of 1963 to jobs. me be very clear: Equal pay for equal ensure that it provides robust protection Prohibiting employers from asking job work has never been a reality for against sex-based pay discrimination. Among candidates about their salary histories. women in America. other provisions, this comprehensive bill Protecting employees from retaliation if Congress recognized this for the first bars retaliation against workers who volun- they discuss their pay with colleagues. time 56 years ago, before I was even tarily discuss or disclose their wages. It Strengthening enforcement of equal pay born, when the Equal Pay Act was closes loopholes that have allowed employers laws by requiring employers to provide to to pay women less than men for the same the Equal Employment Opportunity Com- passed. This was a foundational piece of civil rights legislation. But a half work without any important business jus- mission (EEOC) data on salaries, promotions, tification related to the job. It ensures and dismissals, broken down by race and century later, it is clear that the Equal women can receive the same robust remedies gender. Pay Act isn’t working for everyone, for sex-based pay discrimination that are Putting in place robust remedies for dis- and it isn’t working fast enough. currently available to those subjected to discrimination. In my district, for every dollar that crimination based on race and ethnicity. It For all of these reasons, we urge you to men in Naperville or Batavia or prohibits employers from relying on salary VOTE YES on H.R. 7. history in determining future pay, so that Sincerely, McHenry make, women make 71 cents. pay discrimination does not follow women MARC EGAN, That is the worst pay gap in Illinois. It from job to job. And it also provides much Director of Government Relations. means we have to work at least 10 years longer to earn the same lifetime needed training and technical assistance, as Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam well as data collection and research. Chair, I yield myself such time as I income. At this rate, every woman in Women are increasingly the primary or co- may consume. America wouldn’t make equal pay for breadwinner in their families and cannot af- Madam Chair, we have made it clear doing the same work for almost 200 ford to be shortchanged any longer. Women that we do not believe H.R. 7 is good years. working full-time, year-round are typically for working women, but no one has to In my community in Illinois, the 14th paid only 80 cents for every dollar paid to take our word for it. There are more Congressional District isn’t willing to men, and when we compare women of color to white, non-Hispanic men, the pay gaps are working women today than ever before. wait that long, and neither are the House Democrats. That is why I am even larger. Moms are paid less than dads. Here is what many of the job creators And even when controlling for factors, such who have helped make that a reality standing here today as a cosponsor and as education and experience, the pay gaps have to say about H.R. 7. strong supporter of the Paycheck Fair- persist and start early in women’s careers The H.R. Policy Association said: ness Act. There is no point in a wom- and contribute to a wealth gap that follows As written, the bill would penalize legiti- an’s life, from childhood to retirement, them throughout their lifetimes. These pay mate, nondiscriminatory pay decisions; im- where the gender pay gap doesn’t hurt gaps can be addressed only if workers have pose an unworkable burden of proof on em- her. The Paycheck Fairness Act would the legal tools necessary to challenge dis- ployers that even The Washington Post has take huge, critical steps to fix that. crimination and when employers are pro- said ‘‘potentially invites too much intrusion The Committee on Education and vided with effective incentives and technical and interference with core business deci- assistance to comply with the law. Labor held hearings on the act, and we It’s time to take the next step toward sions’’; and add to the confusing labyrinth of heard from experts how this bill would State and local pay history laws. achieving equal pay. We urge you to vote for do things like lift children out of pov- The National Federation of Inde- the Paycheck Fairness Act and encourage erty, contribute billions of dollars to your colleagues to do the same, taking up pendent Business said: America’s economy, and make sure the cause of Lilly Ledbetter and all those H.R. 7 requires the Equal Employment Op- women have a safer, healthier retire- who have fought for equal pay. portunity Commission to issue regulations ment. Sincerely, providing for collection of employers’ com- 9to5, National Association of Working pensation data. Most small business owners Madam Chair, I include in the Women: do not have a human resources department RECORD a letter signed by 315 State, 9to5 California; 9to5 Colorado; 9to5 Geor- or a full-time staff member in charge of re- local, and national organizations that gia; 9to5 Wisconsin. porting and compliance. NFIB members re- support the Paycheck Fairness Act. A Better Balance port unreasonable government regulations as VOTE FOR THE PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT ACCESS Women’s Health Justice their second most important small business MARCH 25, 2019. Advocacy and Training Center problem. DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: As members of a American Federation of Labor-Congress of Americans for Tax Reform and the broad coalition of organizations that pro- Industrial Unions (AFL-CIO): Center for Worker Freedom says: ‘‘Un- mote economic opportunity for women and PA AFL-CIO. fortunately, this bill would actually vigorous enforcement of antidiscrimination African American Ministers In Action likely harm the women the Democrats laws, we strongly urge you to vote for the American Association of University are claiming to help. If signed into law, Paycheck Fairness Act when it comes to the Women (AAUW): the legislation would likely lead to less House floor for a vote. Despite federal and AAUW of Alabama; AAUW of Alaska; state equal pay laws, gender pay gaps per- (AAUW Fairbanks (AK) Branch, AAUW Ko- flexible work schedules for women, sist. This legislation offers a much needed diak (AK) Branch); AAUW of Arizona; AAUW fewer incentives for those who work update to the Equal Pay Act of 1963 by proof Arkansas; AAUW of California; AAUW of hard, and lower pay for all.’’ viding new tools to battle the pervasive pay Colorado; AAUW of Connecticut; AAUW of The National Taxpayers Union said: gaps and to challenge discrimination. Delaware; AAUW of District of Columbia Though well-intended, H.R. 7 would not re- In January, we celebrated two major ac- (AAUW Washington (DC) Branch, AAUW solve lingering issues of pay discrimination, complishments. First, an historic number of Capitol Hill (DC) Branch); AAUW of Florida; particularly when safeguards are already women were sworn into the 116th Congress, AAUW of Georgia; AAUW of Hawaii; AAUW available under the Equal Pay and Fair many of whom—along with their male col- of Idaho; AAUW of Illinois; AAUW of Indi- Labor Standards Acts. Instead, under H.R. 7, leagues—ran and won on issues central to ana; AAUW of Iowa; AAUW of Kansas; AAUW women could be perceived as a legal liabil- the economic well-being of families. Second, of Kentucky; AAUW of Louisiana; AAUW of ity, ultimately reducing employment oppor- on January 29, 2019, we commemorated the Maine. tunities. Rather than impose new regula- tenth anniversary of the enactment of the AAUW of Maryland; AAUW of Massachu- tions that increase the cost of doing business Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. That vital law setts; AAUW of Michigan; AAUW of Min- and kill jobs, Congress should remove bar- rectified the Supreme Court’s harmful deci- nesota; AAUW of Mississippi; AAUW of Mis- riers that limit prosperity for both men and sion in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber souri; AAUW of Montana; AAUW of Ne- women. Company. The law helps to ensure that indi- braska; AAUW of Nevada; AAUW of New This bill, as my colleagues have said, viduals subjected to unlawful compensation Hampshire; AAUW of New Jersey; AAUW of discrimination are able to have their day in New Mexico; AAUW of New York; AAUW of is a sham, and it simply doesn’t do court and effectively assert their rights North Carolina; AAUW of North Dakota; what my colleagues across the aisle under federal antidiscrimination laws. But AAUW of Ohio; AAUW of Oklahoma; AAUW say it will do. the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, critical as of Oregon; AAUW of Pennsylvania; AAUW of Madam Chair, I reserve the balance it is, is only one step on the path to ensuring Puerto Rico; AAUW of Rhode Island; AAUW of my time. women receive equal pay for equal work. of South Carolina; AAUW of South Dakota;

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Interfaith Worker Justice tice American Civil Liberties Union International Alliance of Theatrical Stage New York Paid Leave Coalition American Federation of Government Em- Employees New York State Coalition Against Domes- ployees (AFGE), AFL-CIO International Association of Machinists tic Violence American Federation of State, County, and and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) North Carolina Justice Center Municipal Employees (AFSCME) International Association of Sheet Metal, Oxfam America American Federation of Teachers, AFL- Air, Rail and Transportation Workers PathWays PA CIO (SMART) Local 20 People For the American Way American Psychological Association International Brotherhood of Electrical Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advo- Americans for Democratic Action Workers—3rd District cates Anti-Defamation League International Brotherhood of Electrical PowHer NY Atlanta Women for Equality Workers 29 Progressive Maryland Bend the Arc: Jewish Action International Federation of Professional Public Citizen Bozeman Business & Professional Women and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) Restaurant Opportunities Centers United California Employment Lawyers Associa- International Union, United Automobile, Service Employees International Union tion Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Work- (SEIU): California Federation of Business & Profes- ers of America (UAW) SEIU Local 6686. sional Women JALSA: Jewish Alliance for Law and So- SiX Action Caring Across Generations cial Action Southwest Women’s Law Center Casa de Esperanza: National Latin@ Net- Jewish Women International Texas Business Women Inc. work for Healthy Families and Communities Justice for Migrant Women Transport Workers Union Catalyst Lambda Legal U.S. Women and Cuba Collaboration Center for Advancement of Public Policy The Leadership Conference on Civil and U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce Center for American Progress Human Rights UltraViolet Center for Law and Social Policy League of Women Voters of St. Lawrence Union for Reform Judaism Central Conference of American Rabbis Unitarian Universalist Women’s Federa- Citizen Action of New York County, NY Legal Aid At Work tion Clearinghouse on Women’s Issues UNITE HERE! Local 57 Coalition of Labor Union Women: Main Street Alliance Maine Women’s Lobby United Church of Christ Justice and Wit- California Capital Chapter, Coalition of ness Ministries Labor Union Women; Chesapeake Bay Chap- McCree Ndjatou, PLLC Methodist Federation for Social Action United Mine Workers of America: ter, Coalition of Labor Union Women; Chi- United Mine Workers of America District cago Chapter, Coalition of Labor Union MomsRising Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable Two. Women; Derby City Chapter, Coalition of United Nations Association of the United Labor Union Women; Grand Prairie/Arling- NAACP National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of States ton Chapter, Coalition of Labor Union United State of Women Women; Greater New Jersey Chapter, Coali- the Good Shepherd National Asian Pacific American Women’s United Steelworkers (USW): tion of Labor Union Women; Greater Okla- Forum (NAPAWF) United Steelworkers, District 10; USW homa City Chapter, Coalition of Labor Union National Association of Letter Carriers Local 1088; L.U. #1088 USW. Women; Houston Chapter, Coalition of Labor (NALC), AFL-CIO UN Women USNC Metro New York Chapter Union Women; Ohio Chapter, Coalition of National Center for Transgender Equality UnidosUS Labor Union Women; Kentucky State Chap- National Committee on Pay Equity Voter Participation Center ter, Coalition of Labor Union Women; Los National Council of Jewish Women Westminster Presbyterian Church Angeles Chapter, Coalition of Labor Union National Domestic Workers Alliance Women Employed Women. National Education Association WNY Women’s Foundation Metro Detroit Chapter, Coalition of Labor National Employment Law Project Women of Reform Judaism Union Women; Michigan Capitol Area Chap- National Employment Lawyers Associa- Women’s All Points Bulletin, WAPB ter, Coalition of Labor Union Women; Mis- tion: Women’s Voices, Women Vote Action Fund souri State Chapter, Coalition of Labor NELA–Georgia; NELA–Houston; NELA–In- WomenNC Union Women; Neshaminy Bucks Chapter, diana; NELA–New Jersey; NELA–New York; Women’s Law Project Coalition of Labor Union Women; Philadel- Women’s Rabbinic Network NELA–Pennsylvania; NELA–Texas. phia Chapter, Coalition of Labor Union YWCA USA: National Federation of Business and Pro- Women; Rhode Island Chapter, Coalition of YWCA Allentown; YWCA Alliance; YWCA fessional Women Clubs Labor Union Women; San Diego Chapter, Co- Asheville; YWCA Berkeley/Oakland; YWCA National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund alition of Labor Union Women; South- Billings; YWCA of Binghamton & Broome National Organization for Women: County; YWCA Brooklyn; YWCA Cambridge; western PA Chapter, Coalition of Labor Anne Arundel County NOW; Arlington YWCA Central Alabama; YWCA Central Mas- Union Women; St. Louis Metro Chapter, Coa- NOW; Baton Rouge NOW; California NOW; sachusetts; YWCA Clark County; YWCA lition of Labor Union Women; Western New Central Phoenix/Inez Casiano NOW; Char- Contra Costa/Sacramento; YWCA Corpus York Chapter, Coalition of Labor Union lotte NOW; Chester County NOW; Con- Christi; YWCA Gettysburg & Adams County; Women; Western Virginia Chapter, Coalition necticut NOW; DC NOW; East End NOW; YWCA Great Falls; YWCA Greater Austin; of Labor Union Women. Florida NOW; High Desert NOW; Hollywood Congregation of Our Lady of the Good YWCA Greater Baton Rouge; YWCA Greater NOW; Illinois NOW; Indianapolis NOW; Jack- Shepherd, US Provinces Cincinnati; YWCA Greater Harrisburg; sonville NOW; Louisiana NOW. Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal CYWCA Greater Miami-Dade. Maryland NOW; Miami NOW; Michigan Fund (CWEALF) YWCA of Greater Portland; YWCA of NOW; Minnesota NOW; Montana NOW; Mor- Disciples Women Kauai; YWCA Mahonini Valley; YWCA ris County NOW; North Carolina NOW; Ne- Ecumenical Poverty Initiative McLean County; YWCA Metropolitan Phoe- vada NOW; New Orleans NOW; New York Equal Pay Today nix; YWCA Mount Desert Island; YWCA New City NOW; New York State NOW; Northern Equal Rights Advocates Hampshire; YWCA of the Niagara Frontier; New Jersey NOW; Northwest PA NOW; Or- Feminist Majority Foundation YWCA Oklahoma City; YWCA Olympia; egon NOW; Pennsylvania NOW; Philadelphia Friends of the Delaware County Women’s YWCA Orange County; YWCA Pasadena- NOW; Seattle NOW. Commission Foothill Valley; YWCA of the Sauk Valley; Seminole County NOW; South Jersey Futures Without Violence YWCA Seattle/King/Snohomish; YWCA NOW—Alice Paul Chapter; Southwest ID Gender Equality Law Center South Hampton Roads; YWCA Southeastern NOW; Southwest PA NOW; Sun Cities/West Girls For Gender Equity Massachusetts; YWCA St. Paul; YWCA of Valley NOW; Texas State NOW; Washington Girls Inc. Syracuse and Onondaga County; YWCA Tri- County NOW; Washington NOW; Washtenaw Grameen Development Society (GDS) County Area; YWCA of the University of Illi- Graphic Communications Conference/Inter- County NOW; West Pinellas NOW; West Vir- nois; YWCA of Van Wert County; YWCA of national Brotherhood of Teamsters Local ginia NOW; Westchester NOW; Will County Watsonville; YWCA Western New York; 24M/9N NOW; Williamsport NOW; Wisconsin NOW; YWCA Westmoreland County; YWCA Yak- Greater New York Labor Religion Coali- Worcester NOW. ima. tion National Partnership for Women & Fami- Zonta Club of Greater Queens Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organiza- lies Zonta Club of Portland tion of America, Inc. National Resource Center on Domestic Vi- Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters—USA— olence Ms. UNDERWOOD. Madam Chair, I JPIC National Women’s Law Center also want to acknowledge the hard

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR7.026 H27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2857 work and leadership of Chairman likely to experience hunger. They are African-American women make only 61 SCOTT, Representative DELAURO, and less likely to own a home or be fully cents, and Hispanic women only 53 cents, for committee staff on the issue of equal prepared for retirement. every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic pay. men. These gaps translate into a loss of al- b 1445 most $24,000 a year for African-American This is a bipartisan bill with support women and almost $28,500 annually for His- from both parties. I encourage my col- At the end of the day, those pennies panic women. leagues on both sides of the aisle to on the dollar add up, and that loss of The Paycheck Fairness Act is a respon- join me in supporting the Paycheck income is putting women of color at a sible, steady yet aggressive bill. It will help Fairness Act and take this important serious disadvantage. remedy this inequity and close this unac- step toward ending gender-based dis- The Paycheck Fairness Act will take ceptable gap. In short, the legislation will protect women and families across America crimination at work. aggressive action to remedy these inequalities and tear down the economic by: protecting against retaliation for dis- Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam cussing salaries with colleagues; prohibiting Chair, I yield myself such time as I barriers that women of color face. It employers from screening job applicants may consume. will do that, in part, by ensuring the based on their salary history or requiring Madam Chair, earlier, my colleagues Equal Employment Opportunity Com- salary history during the interview and hir- presented some interesting numbers. mission has the information it needs to ing process; requiring employers to prove The wage gap is a truly fascinating detect pay discrimination and to iden- that pay disparities exist for legitimate, job- subject to study because there are sta- tify those additional cross-section bi- related reasons; providing plaintiffs who file ases. sex-based wage discrimination claims under tistics to show it is vast, and there are the Equal Pay Act with the same remedies statistics to show, in many cases, it is The CHAIR. The time of the gentle- as are available to plaintiffs who file race- or virtually nonexistent. woman has expired. ethnicity-based wage discrimination claims We should note the numbers that Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam under the 1964 Civil Rights Act; removing ob- really aren’t up for debate. There are Chair, I yield the gentlewoman from stacles in the Equal Pay Act to facilitate more working women today than ever Minnesota an additional 30 seconds. plaintiffs’ participation in class action law- before, 74.9 million. A record 2.8 million Ms. OMAR. Madam Chair, I am proud suits that challenge systemic pay discrimi- new jobs were created in the past year, to introduce an amendment with my nation; and creating a negotiation skills training program for women and girls. and nearly 60 percent of those jobs are colleague, Representative BEYER from I again urge you to do all you can to see now filled by women. There are more Virginia, that will ensure that the that this important legislation is enacted as women owning businesses and employ- major employers are required to report quickly as possible so that women can begin ing Americans than ever before. That that information to that commission. to have some parity for a day’s work. This in was no accident. Women are the direct That will go a long way to finally end- turn will help hard working American beneficiaries of strong economic pol- ing the systemic barriers that women women, their children and their families and women of color face in this coun- gain the economic stability they deserve. icy. Please support the Paycheck Fairness Act They need strong economic policy. try. and work to eliminate this unacceptable gap They don’t want more ways to sue peo- I thank Chair SCOTT and Chair in pay. ple. They want more freedom to work DELAURO. I am really excited to be Sincerely, in the jobs they want. part of this change-making Congress. HILARY O. SHELTON, We are here for women, Madam I include in the RECORD a letter from Director, NAACP Chair, not their lawyers. the NAACP in support of this legisla- Washington Bureau Madam Chair, I reserve the balance tion. & Senior Vice Presi- of my time. dent for Policy and WASHINGTON BUREAU, NATIONAL AS- Advocacy. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam SOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentle- OF COLORED PEOPLE, Chairman, I reserve the balance of my woman from Minnesota (Ms. OMAR). Washington, DC, March 25, 2019. Ms. OMAR. Madam Chair, I am hon- Re: NAACP Strong support for the imme- time. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam ored to rise today to speak on H.R. 7, diate passage of H.R. 7, the Paycheck Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- the Paycheck Fairness Act. I am proud Fairness Act. The Honorable, tleman from Virginia (Mr. BEYER). to be part of a Congress that is finally Mr. BEYER. Madam Chair, I am a taking action to close the gender pay House of Representatives, Washington, DC. businessman. I am also the father of gap. After so many years of inaction on DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: On behalf of the three daughters. this issue when our Republican col- NAACP, our nation’s oldest, largest and I have managed people and managed leagues were in the majority, I think it most widely-recognized grassroots-based compensation plans for more than 40 is fair to say that it is about time. civil rights organization, I strongly urge you years, and I know that we cannot man- It is hard to imagine that, in this day to support and vote in favor of H.R. 7, the age what we do not measure. I agree and age, women could be paid less than Paycheck Fairness Act. This critical legislation would update and strengthen the Equal with my friend, the Republican con- a man for doing the same job. But it gresswoman from New York, that men happens, and it happens often. Statis- Pay Act of 1963, which mandated that employers pay equal wages to men and women and women should be paid equally for tics show that pay disparity isn’t a who perform substantially the same work. equal work. This should be a bedrock thing of the past; it is happening The Paycheck Fairness Act closes loopholes principle of our democracy. today. It isn’t just holding women in the Equal Pay Act which have diluted its But if we don’t gather the data, how back; it is amplifying racial inequal- effectiveness in combating unfair and un- will we ever know if there is paycheck ities across the country. equal pay. While the Equal Pay Act has fairness? We often hear the statistics that say helped to narrow the wage gap between men My middle daughter is a computer women make 80 cents to every dollar and women in our workforce, significant dis- programmer—well paid. She was dis- that is paid to a man, but those figures parities remain and must be addressed. Especially in today’s economy, more mayed to learn around Christmastime are often worse for women of color. women work outside of the home and their that her male counterparts doing ex- Black women are making only 61 cents paycheck is a necessary part of their house- actly the same work were making more on the dollar. For Latina women, that holds’ resources. Yet all too often women are money. is 53 cents. For Native American forced to raise their families on incomes It is a fiction that this will be a bur- women, it is 58 cents. Clearly, the pay lower than that of male colleagues per- den on employers with more than 100 gap is compounded by a racial gap. forming the same jobs. According to 2018 employees. Absolutely none of these It should be obvious to all of us that data, women in the United States are typi- employers have not digitized their pay- this problem extends beyond the work- cally paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to check process decades ago. The collec- place. men. The median annual pay for a woman who holds a full-time, year-round job is tion of this data requires a keystroke; Madam Chair, you see the impact ev- $41,977 while the median annual pay for a that is all. All the data, already there, erywhere you look around our society. man who holds a full-time, year-round job is already gathered. Women of color are less likely to have $52,146—a difference of $10,169 per year. The Pay transparency is the most power- healthcare coverage. They are more statistics are even worse for women of color. ful way to achieve paycheck fairness.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:32 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.050 H27MRPT1 H2858 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 Men and women together are out- Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chair- women earned 59 cents on the dollar raged when they see actual measured man, I yield 1 minute to the gentle- compared to men. pay unfairness. But where incomes are woman from Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE). In the 56 years since, that gap has most fair, where they are most trans- Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I only closed by 21 cents. Women still parent—in the military and in govern- thank the gentleman for yielding, the make only 80 cents on the dollar comment—paycheck inequity is small or chairman of the full committee, I ac- pared to their male counterparts and even nonexistent. knowledge the ranking member, and earn less than men in nearly every sin- This is not a bill for lawyers. This is indicate that, as all of us who have gle occupation. a bill for business owners and business come to the floor, this is an enor- The pay gap is even more extreme for managers who want to do the right mously historic day. women of color. Over the course of an thing and now will have the data to do For those of us who know the history entire career, that gap results in that right thing. of equal pay for women in America, women losing millions of dollars in Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam this is a journey long in coming and earnings compared to their male coun- Chair, I continue to reserve the balance continuing—first with the Equal Pay terparts. of my time. Act of some 50-plus years ago; then In today’s economy, in which women Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chair, I with the Lilly Ledbetter Act 10 years make up more than half of the work- yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman ago; and now with this historic legisla- force and are the sole or co-bread- from the District of Columbia (Ms. tion, the Paycheck Fairness Act—to winner in half of American families, NORTON). make good on the idea that women that is simply unacceptable. Ms. NORTON. Mr. Chair, I thank my should not be getting less than their friend for yielding. Being paid fairly for your work is a male counterparts: African American fundamental issue of fairness and free- I have left the chair, where I had women earning 61 percent, Latina been presiding, to speak on my bill, dom. Pay disparity can limit women’s women earning 53 percent, and Hawai- which is included in H.R. 7. My bill is career choices and their financial inde- ian and Pacific Islanders earning 62 Pay Equity for All, to bar an employer pendence, but equal pay enables women percent versus White, non-Hispanic from asking about a person’s prior pay. to save for retirement, to build careers, Mr. Chair, I want to thank all of you men. to buy homes, and to support their The most important part of this leg- who have led this bill to where we are families. today. I also am very much for the bill islation is the protection given to Today, I am proud to vote for the in which my bill is included, H.R. 7, women today, requiring employers to Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation I which includes class actions, for exam- prove that pay disparities exist for le- have cosponsored in every Congress ple, the clarification for which has gitimate, job-related reasons other since 1997. been most needed. than sex. It bans retaliation against This legislation gets us closer, at Expanding this bill is personal for workers who wish to discuss their last, to fulfilling the promise of equal me. I was the first woman to chair the wages. It removes obstacles in the pay for equal work and finally ensuring Equal Employment Opportunity Com- Equal Pay Act to allow workers to par- that women have the ability to fight mission and enforce the Equal Pay Act, ticipate in class-action lawsuits and back against wage discrimination and expanding it during my term at the improves the Department of Labor close the wage gap. commission. tools for enforcing the Equal Pay Act. I wish to thank Chairman SCOTT for I, therefore, am very grateful to my The CHAIR. The time of the gentle- including language in this bill that good friend ROSA DELAURO, a great woman has expired. mirrors legislation I introduced with Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam champion of equal pay, for including Representative ELEANOR HOLMES NOR- Chair, I yield the gentlewoman from my Pay Equity for All Act in this bill. TON to address how employers use sal- Mr. Speaker, many employers may Texas an additional 30 seconds. ary history. Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Chair, it not recognize that they are discrimi- Many women and minorities start is important to note that no one, as a nating against women because they their careers with unfair and artifi- woman, can ask you what your pre- may not intentionally do so. But set- cially low salaries compared to their vious pay was—how denigrating that ting wages based on salary history is White male counterparts. That discrep- is—and use it as a basis to not pay you routinely done in the workplace, per- ancy can be compounded from job to what you really deserve in this new po- haps even by some in the Congress, and job, when employers rely heavily on it reinforces the wage gap and may be sition. salary history in compensation pack- the most important reason for the per- Also, women are heads of household; ages. sistence of the wage gap that we have they deserve the ability to provide for This change will help ensure that been unable to unlock. their family. What it means is that historically Madam Chair, this is not a lawsuit women’s pay is based on their merit disadvantaged groups—women and mi- bill. This is an opportunity bill. This is and not on the past discrimination of norities in particular—often start their a fairness bill. This is the ability to go other employers. careers with unfair and artificially low into court to receive justice. And, yes, Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues wages compared to their White male as part of justice, class-action lawsuits to support this bill and to finish the counterparts. This then gets can work. work of closing the wage gap. imbedded—this discrimination—and I believe that the Paycheck Fairness Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam compounded throughout their careers, Act should be passed, promptly going Chairman, I yield myself such time as so they never catch up with their male to the other body, and be signed by the I may consume. counterparts. President of the United States, because Madam Chair, I have worked for most Job offers ought to be based on an ap- women, too, have the responsibilities of my life. I entered the workforce as a plicant’s skill and merit, not past sal- to serve and provide for their family. young woman, not because I wanted to ary or salary history. This is an historic piece of legisla- but because I had to. I knew the burden My bill keeps an employer from ask- tion. I thank ROSA DELAURO. of poverty well. If I didn’t work to sup- ing applicants for their salary history Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam port myself, if I didn’t contribute to or their salary in the last job during Chair, I reserve the balance of my my family income, we would go hun- the interview process or as a condition time. gry. of employment. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam Well, I have been enormously blessed One study has shown, if you don’t ask Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- to have gone from working for survival this question, wages are set at 9 per- tleman from New York (Mr. NADLER), to working for pleasure and, I hope, a cent higher. Therefore, this bill is a the chair of the Committee on the Ju- greater purpose. I know there are mil- very important component of bridging diciary. lions of women of all ages in this coun- the wage gap. Mr. NADLER. Madam Chair, I thank try today who must work to survive, Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. the gentleman for yielding. just as I did. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my Madam Speaker, in 1963, when the When I entered the workforce, equal time. Equal Pay Act was signed into law, pay for equal work—equal pay for

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This Women take home less money than they Federal laws, and they have no ex- House should follow their lead. have rightfully earned in every industry, no cuses. Madam Chair, I yield back the bal- matter what they do, how high their level of No one should operate under the as- ance of my time. education, or where they are from. sumption that women have reached Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam Not only is this a matter of basic equality, their full potential in the workplace. Chair, I would like to inquire how economic justice and freedom, it also com- Over the years, I have experienced much time I have left. pounds and is a significant issue impacting sexism and misogyny. I have seen un- The CHAIR. The gentleman has 2 women’s retirement security. fairness. I have seen, also, remarkable minutes remaining. The Paycheck Fairness Act provides a long- advancement, and I have remained dis- Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam overdue remedy to the 1963 Equal Pay Act. It appointed in many ways. Chair, I yield myself the balance of my will give women the tools needed to success- So, for the sake of all the working time. fully challenge pay discrimination and to women I have known and know now, Madam Chair, I just want to make a incentivize employers to comply with the law. women who work because they choose couple of closing comments. I urge all my colleagues to support its pas- to and women who work because they We have heard speaker after speaker sage. must, I looked for anything in this leg- complain that, if this bill passes, law- Ms. JOHNSON of Texas. Madam Chair, I islation worthy of their support. I yers will get paid. Most lawyers, in rise today to voice my support for H.R. 7, the found that this bill wasn’t written for fact, only get paid when they have a Paycheck Fairness Act. The purpose of this their sake at all. winning case; so if they want lawyers legislation is simple: ensuring all women are This bill is a cynical political ploy to stop getting paid, they could do this rewarded with equal pay for equal work. The that borders on paternalism. There is if we would stop discriminating. landmark Equal Pay Act of 1963 has helped not a single new or strengthened legal The only way to enforce the laws us to achieve progress in this crucial policy protection against pay discrimination against discrimination is to hire a law- area, but the Equal Pay Act, enacted over a for working women in H.R. 7. yer and go to court, and that is when half-century ago, is out of date and out of lawyers get paid. Stop the discrimina- touch with today’s business world. The Pay- b 1500 tion; stop the lawyers from getting check Fairness Act makes necessary and This bill is entirely designed for trial paid. common-sense improvements to this historic lawyers, and Democrats must think There is also a suggestion that we law so that we can take another step toward women are too dumb to understand ought to limit the amount of money eradicating gender-based wage discrimination. what they have done. that can be paid to lawyers. The fact is Most importantly, this bill seeks to make It is an insult to women everywhere that no group supporting women sup- equal pay a reality for women of color. Race that Democrats are passing this bill off port that limitation because the limi- and gender wage gaps harm not just the eco- as something good for them. This bill tation sometimes can be so low that nomic security of women but also of their fam- is like every other cheap product in you can’t hire a lawyer. It is only sup- ilies. A woman of color who works full time, drugstores and supermarkets across ported by groups supporting those rep- year round, can lose more than $1 million in America that has been covered in pink resenting people accused of discrimina- income over a 40-year career because of the packaging, marketed as the solution tion. wage gap. Currently, black women earn $0.60 women have been waiting for, and sold It is also one-sided. There is no pro- for every dollar earned by their white male for twice what it is worth. posal to limit the amount of money counterparts. Native American women earn We know women are smarter than that the guilty can pay their lawyers. $0.57 to every dollar, and Latina women earn that. Democrats, who have assumed A comment was made about unlim- $0.54. Meanwhile, white women and Asian that women will always follow their ited damages. The damages, in fact, in women earn $0.79 and $0.87, respectively. agenda, realize they are running out of this bill are the same as you can get This wage gap has not improved for years and time, and that is why they have under race and religious discrimina- continues to squeeze women’s pocketbooks, stooped to a stunt like H.R. 7. tion, and the purpose of the bill is to erode their earning potential, and deprive Women in America are embracing conform the process for gender dis- them of the means to improve their own lives their power and potential in ways they crimination to the process for other and support their families. never have before. I am not talking forms of discrimination like race and It is long past time to update the Equal Pay about the record number of women in religion. Act to give working women the legal tools they Congress. I am talking about the his- The EEOC data, as my colleague need to challenge sex-based pay discrimina- toric, groundbreaking number of from Virginia pointed out, is available, tion and to encourage employers to comply women in the workforce. and if you do not report this data, you with the law. The Paycheck Fairness Act sets More than half of the record number could have gross disparities. You could forth a path toward achieving those goals. of new jobs created in the past year pay all the men one thing and all the I urge members of the House to pass this have gone to women. More women are women less, and until that is reported, critical legislation. stepping up to start and lead busi- nobody might notice. Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam Chair, I nesses, to be job creators themselves, Madam Chair, there are pay gaps. rise today in support of H.R. 7, the Paycheck than ever before. Discrimination still exists, and this Fairness Act—a modest, common-sense solu- Women need Representatives in legislation is one step in closing that tion to the problem of pay inequity. Washington who will cheer for them, pay gap. We need to pass the legisla- Equal pay for equal work is not only a core not their rich lawyers. If Democrats tion. value of mine and others—it’s the law. Full im- want to champion a bill to make life Madam Chair, I yield back the bal- plementation of that principle, however, re- easier for trial lawyers, that is their ance of my time. mains elusive. choice, but they should be honest Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Chair, our Repub- The Paycheck Fairness Act, which was first about it and, for once, bypass the op- lican colleagues say the Paycheck Fairness introduced in 1997 and passed the House of portunity to talk down to hardworking Act is unnecessary, a boom for trial attorneys Representatives with bipartisan support in women everywhere. and a burden on employers, but once again 2009, is a serious initiative to realize the noble For the women who work today be- the latest numbers tell a different story. Amer- goal of true equality. cause they must, I am glad they have ican women continue to lag far behind fair pay Among its provisions, this legislation would: the legal protections I didn’t when I for equal work. Encourage businesses to rely on information was in their shoes. It was women like The latest numbers from the U.S. Census about the market value of a position, industry them who paved the way for suffrage a Bureau once again revealed that American standards, the duties of the job, and their

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With 64 percent of mothers being Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000a et seq.). sense exceptions for FIR professionals. the primary, sole, or co-breadwinners of their (B) These barriers have resulted, in signifi- Improve research on the gender pay gap by families, equal pay for women means Amer- cant part, because the Equal Pay Act of 1963 instructing Department of Labor (DOL) to con- ica’s families are better off. has not worked as Congress originally intended. duct studies and review available research Ensuring women have equal pay would Improvements and modifications to the law are and data to provide information on how to have a significant positive impact on our fami- necessary to ensure that the Act provides effec- identify, correct, and eliminate illegal wage dis- lies and our economy and I urge my col- tive protection to those subject to pay discrimination on the basis of their sex. parities. leagues to support this legislation. (C) Elimination of such barriers would have Assist the DOL in uncovering wage discrimi- The CHAIR. All time for general de- positive effects, including— nation by requiring the collection of wage data bate has expired. (i) providing a solution to problems in the from federal contractors, and direct the Equal Pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be economy created by unfair pay disparities; Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) considered for amendment under the 5- (ii) substantially reducing the number of to conduct a survey of available wage informa- minute rule. working women earning unfairly low wages, tion and create a system of wage data collec- In lieu of the amendment in the na- thereby reducing the dependence on public assistance; tion. ture of a substitute recommended by (iii) promoting stable families by enabling all Support small businesses with technical as- the Committee on Education and family members to earn a fair rate of pay; sistance by providing support to all businesses Labor, printed in the bill, it shall be in (iv) remedying the effects of past discrimina- to help them with their equal pay practices. order to consider as an original bill for tion on the basis of sex and ensuring that in the Momentum has continued to build, with the purpose of amendment under the 5- future workers are afforded equal protection on more than 260 diverse organizations signing a minute rule an amendment in the na- the basis of sex; and letter in support of the bill, including the U.S. (v) ensuring equal protection pursuant to ture of a substitute consisting of the Congress’ power to enforce the 5th and 14th Women’s Chamber of Commerce, which rep- text of Rules Committee Print 116–8 Amendments to the Constitution. resents business associations and groups modified by the amendment printed in (6) The Department of Labor and the Equal across the country, and the Main Street Alli- part A of House Report 116–19. That Employment Opportunity Commission carry out ance, a national network of small business amendment in the nature of a sub- functions to help ensure that women receive owners. stitute shall be considered as read. equal pay for equal work. Madam Chair, according to the National The text of the amendment in the na- (7) The Department of Labor is responsible for— Partnership for Women and Families, if the ture of a substitute is as follows: (A) collecting and making publicly available disparity in median annual earnings for women H.R. 7 information about women’s pay; and men working full-time, year-round were Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- (B) ensuring that companies receiving Federal closed, women would have over $10,000 more resentatives of the United States of America in contracts comply with anti-discrimination af- in earnings each year. For millennial women, Congress assembled, firmative action requirements of Executive Order closing this gender wage gap could add up to SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 11246 (relating to equal employment oppor- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Paycheck Fair- tunity); more than $1,000,000 in lost income over a (C) disseminating information about women’s ness Act’’. career. rights in the workplace; This not only impacts these women im- SEC. 2. FINDINGS. (D) helping women who have been victims of mensely, but also directly impacts those with Congress finds the following: pay discrimination obtain a remedy; and families. Over 62 percent of two-parent, mar- (1) Women have entered the workforce in (E) investigating and prosecuting systemic record numbers over the past 50 years. gender based pay discrimination involving gov- ried households with children, have both par- (2) Despite the enactment of the Equal Pay ents employed, which means these families ernment contractors. Act of 1963, many women continue to earn sig- (8) The Equal Employment Opportunity Com- would add $10,000 more to their family’s total nificantly lower pay than men for equal work. mission is the primary enforcement agency for earnings per year. These pay disparities exist in both the private claims made under the Equal Pay Act of 1963, Madam Chair, this bill makes good eco- and governmental sectors. and issues regulations and guidance on appro- nomic sense. Companies are recognizing the (3) In many instances, the pay disparities can priate interpretations of the law. benefits and the power of women’s increased only be due to continued intentional discrimina- (9) Vigorous implementation by the Depart- economic participation, and some have al- tion or the lingering effects of past discrimina- ment of Labor and the Equal Employment Op- ready enacted policies similar to those out- tion. After controlling for educational attain- portunity Commission, increased information as ment, occupation, industry, union status, race, lined in the Paycheck Fairness Act. Compa- a result of the amendments made by this Act, ethnicity, and labor force experience roughly 40 wage data, and more effective remedies, will en- nies like Staples and Amazon have ended in- percent of the pay gap remains unexplained. sure that women are better able to recognize and quiries into job applicants’ salary histories to (4) The existence of such pay disparities— enforce their rights. avoid importing prior pay discrimination into (A) depresses the wages of working families (10) Certain employers have already made their wage setting process. These moves are who rely on the wages of all members of the great strides in eradicating unfair pay dispari- directly aligned with the Paycheck Fairness family to make ends meet; ties in the workplace and their achievements Act’s provision banning reliance on salary his- (B) undermines women’s retirement security, should be recognized. which is often based on earnings while in the tory in determining future pay, so that prior SEC. 3. ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT OF EQUAL PAY workforce; REQUIREMENTS. pay discrimination doesn’t follow workers from (C) prevents women from realizing their full (a) BONA FIDE FACTOR DEFENSE AND MODI- job to job. economic potential, particularly in terms of FICATION OF SAME ESTABLISHMENT REQUIRE- We have also seen a movement, spear- labor force participation and attachment; MENT.—Section 6(d)(1) of the Fair Labor Stand- headed by investors, to motivate companies to (D) has been spread and perpetuated, through ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(d)(1)) is amend- disclose their pay data. After a gender pay commerce and the channels and instrumental- ed— shareholder proposal from the investment ities of commerce, among the workers of the sev- (1) by striking ‘‘No employer having’’ and in- management firm Arjuna Capital, Citigroup eral States; serting ‘‘(A) No employer having’’; (E) burdens commerce and the free flow of (2) by striking ‘‘any other factor other than publicly released the results of its pay equity goods in commerce; sex’’ and inserting ‘‘a bona fide factor other review in 2018 covering a third of its global (F) constitutes an unfair method of competi- than sex, such as education, training, or experi- workforce, and another, more comprehensive tion in commerce; ence’’; and review, in 2019. This data release went even (G) tends to cause labor disputes, as evidenced (3) by inserting at the end the following: further than the Paycheck Fairness Act’s pro- by the tens of thousands of charges filed with ‘‘(B) The bona fide factor defense described in visions, which would only require that compa- the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission subparagraph (A)(iv) shall apply only if the em- nies give this summary information to the against employers between 2010 and 2016; ployer demonstrates that such factor (i) is not (H) interferes with the orderly and fair mar- based upon or derived from a sex-based differen- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission keting of goods in commerce; and tial in compensation; (ii) is job-related with re- (EEOC), not the public. (I) in many instances, may deprive workers of spect to the position in question; (iii) is con- According to a 2017 report from the Institute equal protection on the basis of sex in violation sistent with business necessity; and (iv) ac- for Women’s Policy Research, the poverty rate of the 5th and 14th Amendments to the Con- counts for the entire differential in compensa- for all working women would be cut in half if stitution. tion at issue. Such defense shall not apply

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where the employee demonstrates that an alter- (d) ACTION BY SECRETARY.—Section 16(c) of out by the Department of Labor that the Sec- native employment practice exists that would the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. retary of Labor determines to be appropriate. serve the same business purpose without pro- 216(c)) is amended— (c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after ducing such differential and that the employer (1) in the first sentence— the date of enactment of this Act, and annually has refused to adopt such alternative practice. (A) by inserting ‘‘or, in the case of a violation thereafter, the Secretary of Labor, in consulta- ‘‘(C) For purposes of subparagraph (A), em- of section 6(d), additional compensatory or pu- tion with the Secretary of Education, shall pre- ployees shall be deemed to work in the same es- nitive damages, as described in subsection (b),’’ pare and submit to Congress a report describing tablishment if the employees work for the same before ‘‘and the agreement’’; and the activities conducted under this section and employer at workplaces located in the same (B) by inserting before the period the fol- evaluating the effectiveness of such activities in county or similar political subdivision of a lowing: ‘‘, or such compensatory or punitive achieving the purposes of this section. State. The preceding sentence shall not be con- damages, as appropriate’’; SEC. 6. RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH. strued as limiting broader applications of the (2) in the second sentence, by inserting before Not later than 18 months after the date of en- term ‘establishment’ consistent with rules pre- the period the following: ‘‘and, in the case of a actment of this Act, and periodically thereafter, scribed or guidance issued by the Equal Employ- violation of section 6(d), additional compen- the Secretary of Labor shall conduct studies and ment Opportunity Commission.’’. satory or punitive damages, as described in sub- provide information to employers, labor organi- (b) NONRETALIATION PROVISION.—Section 15 of section (b)’’; zations, and the general public concerning the the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. (3) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘the first means available to eliminate pay disparities be- 215) is amended— sentence’’ and inserting ‘‘the first or second sen- tween men and women, including— (1) in subsection (a)— tence’’; and (1) conducting and promoting research to de- (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘employee (4) in the sixth sentence— has filed’’ and all that follows and inserting velop the means to correct expeditiously the con- (A) by striking ‘‘commenced in the case’’ and ditions leading to the pay disparities; ‘‘employee— inserting ‘‘commenced— ‘‘(A) has made a charge or filed any complaint (2) publishing and otherwise making available ‘‘(1) in the case’’; to employers, labor organizations, professional or instituted or caused to be instituted any in- (B) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; vestigation, proceeding, hearing, or action associations, educational institutions, the or’’; and media, and the general public the findings re- under or related to this Act, including an inves- (C) by adding at the end the following: tigation conducted by the employer, or has testi- sulting from studies and other materials, relat- ‘‘(2) in the case of a class action brought to ing to eliminating the pay disparities; fied or is planning to testify or has assisted or enforce section 6(d), on the date on which the participated in any manner in any such inves- (3) sponsoring and assisting State, local, and individual becomes a party plaintiff to the class community informational and educational pro- tigation, proceeding, hearing or action, or has action.’’. served or is planning to serve on an industry grams; SEC. 4. TRAINING. committee; or (4) providing information to employers, labor ‘‘(B) has inquired about, discussed, or dis- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commis- organizations, professional associations, and closed the wages of the employee or another em- sion and the Office of Federal Contract Compli- other interested persons on the means of elimi- ployee;’’; ance Programs, subject to the availability of nating the pay disparities; and (B) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at funds appropriated under section 11, shall pro- (5) recognizing and promoting the achieve- the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and vide training to Commission employees and af- ments of employers, labor organizations, and (C) by adding at the end the following: fected individuals and entities on matters in- professional associations that have worked to ‘‘(6) to require an employee to sign a contract volving discrimination in the payment of wages. eliminate the pay disparities. or waiver that would prohibit the employee from SEC. 5. NEGOTIATION SKILLS TRAINING. SEC. 7. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL disclosing information about the employee’s (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— AWARD FOR PAY EQUITY IN THE wages.’’; and (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor, WORKPLACE. (2) by adding at the end the following: after consultation with the Secretary of Edu- (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established the Sec- ‘‘(c) Subsection (a)(3)(B) shall not apply to in- cation, is authorized to establish and carry out retary of Labor’s National Award for Pay Eq- stances in which an employee who has access to a grant program. uity in the Workplace, which shall be awarded, the wage information of other employees as a (2) GRANTS.—In carrying out the program, the on an annual basis, to an employer to encour- part of such employee’s essential job functions Secretary of Labor may make grants on a com- age proactive efforts to comply with section 6(d) discloses the wages of such other employees to petitive basis to eligible entities to carry out ne- of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 individuals who do not otherwise have access to gotiation skills training programs for the pur- U.S.C. 206(d)), as amended by this Act. such information, unless such disclosure is in poses of addressing pay disparities, including (b) CRITERIA FOR QUALIFICATION.—The Sec- response to a complaint or charge or in further- through outreach to women and girls. retary of Labor shall set criteria for receipt of ance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or (3) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to re- the award, including a requirement that an em- action under section 6(d), including an inves- ceive a grant under this subsection, an entity ployer has made substantial effort to eliminate tigation conducted by the employer. Nothing in shall be a public agency, such as a State, a local pay disparities between men and women, and this subsection shall be construed to limit the government in a metropolitan statistical area (as deserves special recognition as a consequence of rights of an employee provided under any other defined by the Office of Management and Budg- such effort. The Secretary shall establish proce- provision of law.’’. et), a State educational agency, or a local edu- dures for the application and presentation of (c) ENHANCED PENALTIES.—Section 16(b) of the cational agency, a private nonprofit organiza- the award. Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. tion, or a community-based organization. (c) BUSINESS.—In this section, the term ‘‘em- 216(b)) is amended— (4) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a ployer’’ includes— (1) by inserting after the first sentence the fol- grant under this subsection, an entity shall sub- (1)(A) a corporation, including a nonprofit lowing: ‘‘Any employer who violates section 6(d) mit an application to the Secretary of Labor at corporation; shall additionally be liable for such compen- such time, in such manner, and containing such (B) a partnership; satory damages, or, where the employee dem- information as the Secretary of Labor may re- (C) a professional association; onstrates that the employer acted with malice or quire. (D) a labor organization; and reckless indifference, punitive damages as may (5) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that receives a (E) a business entity similar to an entity de- be appropriate, except that the United States grant under this subsection shall use the funds scribed in any of subparagraphs (A) through shall not be liable for punitive damages.’’; made available through the grant to carry out (D); (2) in the sentence beginning ‘‘An action to’’, an effective negotiation skills training program (2) an entity carrying out an education refer- by striking ‘‘the preceding sentences’’ and infor the purposes described in paragraph (2). ral program, a training program, such as an ap- serting ‘‘any of the preceding sentences of this (b) INCORPORATING TRAINING INTO EXISTING prenticeship or management training program, subsection’’; (3) in the sentence beginning ‘‘No employees PROGRAMS.—The Secretary of Labor and the or a similar program; and shall’’, by striking ‘‘No employees’’ and insert- Secretary of Education shall issue regulations or (3) an entity carrying out a joint program, ing ‘‘Except with respect to class actions policy guidance that provides for integrating the formed by a combination of any entities de- brought to enforce section 6(d), no employee’’; negotiation skills training, to the extent prac- scribed in paragraph (1) or (2). (4) by inserting after the sentence referred to ticable, into programs authorized under— SEC. 8. COLLECTION OF PAY INFORMATION BY in paragraph (3), the following: ‘‘Notwith- (1) in the case of the Secretary of Education, THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPOR- standing any other provision of Federal law, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of TUNITY COMMISSION. any action brought to enforce section 6(d) may 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), the Carl D. Perkins Section 709 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 be maintained as a class action as provided by Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2000e–8) is amended by adding at the end the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.’’; and U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), the Higher Education Act of the following: (5) in the sentence beginning ‘‘The court in’’— 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and other programs ‘‘(f)(1) Not later than 18 months after the date (A) by striking ‘‘in such action’’ and inserting carried out by the Department of Education of enactment of this subsection, the Commission ‘‘in any action brought to recover the liability that the Secretary of Education determines to be shall provide for the collection from employers prescribed in any of the preceding sentences of appropriate; and of compensation data and other employment-re- this subsection’’; and (2) in the case of the Secretary of Labor, the lated data (including hiring, termination, and (B) by inserting before the period the fol- Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 promotion data) disaggregated by the sex, race, lowing: ‘‘, including expert fees’’. U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), and other programs carried and ethnic identity of employees.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A27MR7.024 H27MRPT1 H2862 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 ‘‘(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Com- ‘‘(ii) for any other purpose that the Commis- rely on wage history if it is voluntarily provided mission shall have as its primary consideration sion determines appropriate. by a prospective employee, after the employer the most effective and efficient means for en- ‘‘(G) The Commission shall annually make makes an offer of employment with an offer of hancing the enforcement of Federal laws pro- publicly available aggregate compensation data compensation to the prospective employee, to hibiting pay discrimination. For this purpose, collected under paragraph (1) for the categories support a wage higher than the wage offered by the Commission shall consider factors including described in subparagraph (E), disaggregated by the employer; the imposition of burdens on employers, the fre- industry, occupation, and core based statistical ‘‘(3) seek from a prospective employee or any quency of required reports (including the size of area (as defined by the Office of Management current or former employer the wage history of employers required to prepare reports), appro- and Budget).’’. the prospective employee, except that an em- priate protections for maintaining data con- SEC. 9. REINSTATEMENT OF PAY EQUITY PRO- ployer may seek to confirm prior wage informa- fidentiality, and the most effective format to re- GRAMS AND PAY EQUITY DATA COL- tion only after an offer of employment with port such data. LECTION. compensation has been made to the prospective ‘‘(3)(A) For each 12-month reporting period (a) BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS DATA COL- employee and the prospective employee responds for an employer, the compensation data col- LECTION.—The Commissioner of Labor Statistics to the offer by providing prior wage information lected under paragraph (1) shall include, for shall continue to collect data on women workers to support a wage higher than that offered by each range of taxable compensation described in in the Current Employment Statistics survey. the employer; or subparagraph (B), disaggregated by the cat- (b) OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLI- ‘‘(4) discharge or in any other manner retali- egories described in subparagraph (E)— ANCE PROGRAMS INITIATIVES.—The Director of ate against any employee or prospective em- ‘‘(i) the number of employees of the employer the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Pro- ployee because the employee or prospective em- who earn taxable compensation in an amount grams shall ensure that employees of the Of- ployee— that falls within such taxable compensation fice— ‘‘(A) opposed any act or practice made unlaw- range; and (1)(A) shall use the full range of investigatory ful by this section; or ‘‘(ii) the total number of hours worked by tools at the Office’s disposal, including pay ‘‘(B) took an action for which discrimination such employees. grade methodology; is forbidden under section 15(a)(3). ‘‘(B) Subject to adjustment under subpara- (B) in considering evidence of possible com- ‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term graph (C), the taxable compensation ranges de- pensation discrimination— ‘wage history’ means the wages paid to the pro- scribed in this subparagraph are as follows: (i) shall not limit its consideration to a small spective employee by the prospective employee’s ‘‘(i) Not more than $19,239. number of types of evidence; and current employer or previous employer.’’. ‘‘(ii) Not less than $19,240 and not more than (ii) shall not limit its evaluation of the evi- (b) PENALTIES.—Section 16 of such Act (29 $24,439. dence to a small number of methods of evalu- U.S.C. 216) is amended by adding at the end the ‘‘(iii) Not less than $24,440 and not more than ating the evidence; and following new subsection: $30,679. (C) shall not require a multiple regression ‘‘(f)(1) Any person who violates the provisions ‘‘(iv) Not less than $30,680 and not more than analysis or anecdotal evidence for a compensa- of section 8 shall— $38,999. tion discrimination case; ‘‘(A) be subject to a civil penalty of $5,000 for ‘‘(v) Not less than $39,000 and not more than (2) for purposes of its investigative, compli- a first offense, increased by an additional $1,000 $49,919. ance, and enforcement activities, shall define for each subsequent offense, not to exceed ‘‘(vi) Not less than $49,920 and not more than ‘‘similarly situated employees’’ in a way that is $10,000; and $62,919. consistent with and not more stringent than the ‘‘(B) be liable to each employee or prospective ‘‘(vii) Not less than $62,920 and not more than definition provided in item 1 of subsection A of employee who was the subject of the violation $80,079. section 10–III of the Equal Employment Oppor- for special damages not to exceed $10,000 plus ‘‘(viii) Not less than $80,080 and not more than tunity Commission Compliance Manual (2000), attorneys’ fees, and shall be subject to such in- $101,919. and shall consider only factors that the Office’s ‘‘(ix) Not less than $101,920 and not more than junctive relief as may be appropriate. investigation reveals were used in making com- ‘‘(2) An action to recover the liability de- $128,959. pensation decisions; and ‘‘(x) Not less than $128,960 and not more than scribed in paragraph (1)(B) may be maintained (3) shall implement a survey to collect com- against any employer (including a public agen- $163,799. pensation data and other employment-related ‘‘(xi) Not less than $163,800 and not more than cy) in any Federal or State court of competent data (including hiring, termination, and pro- $207,999. jurisdiction by any one or more employees or motion data) and designate not less than half of ‘‘(xii) Not less than $208,000. prospective employees for and on behalf of— ‘‘(C) The Commission may adjust the taxable all nonconstruction contractor establishments ‘‘(A) the employees or prospective employees; compensation ranges under subparagraph (B)— each year to prepare and file such survey, and and ‘‘(i) if the Commission determines that such shall review and utilize the responses to such ‘‘(B) other employees or prospective employees adjustment is necessary to enhance enforcement survey to identify contractor establishments for similarly situated.’’. of Federal laws prohibiting pay discrimination; further evaluation and for other enforcement SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. purposes as appropriate. or (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— ‘‘(ii) for inflation, in consultation with the (c) DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DISTRIBUTION OF There are authorized to be appropriated such Bureau of Labor Statistics. WAGE DISCRIMINATION INFORMATION.—The Sec- sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. retary of Labor shall make readily available (in ‘‘(D) In collecting data described in subpara- (b) PROHIBITION ON EARMARKS.—None of the graph (A)(ii), the Commission shall provide that, print, on the Department of Labor website, and funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) with respect to an employee who the employer is through any other forum that the Department for purposes of the grant program in section 5 of not required to compensate for overtime employ- may use to distribute compensation discrimina- this Act may be used for a congressional ear- ment under section 7 of the Fair Labor Stand- tion information), accurate information on com- mark as defined in clause 9(e) of rule XXI of the ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207), an employer pensation discrimination, including statistics, Rules of the House of Representatives. explanations of employee rights, historical anal- may report— SEC. 12. SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE. ‘‘(i) in the case of a full-time employee, that yses of such discrimination, instructions for employers on compliance, and any other informa- (a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act and the such employee works 40 hours per week, and in amendments made by this Act shall take effect the case of a part-time employee, that such em- tion that will assist the public in understanding and addressing such discrimination. on the date that is 6 months after the date of ployee works 20 hours per week; or enactment of this Act. SEC. 10. PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO PROSPEC- ‘‘(ii) the actual number of hours worked by (b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE MATERIALS.—The such employee. TIVE EMPLOYEES’ SALARY AND BEN- EFIT HISTORY. Secretary of Labor and the Commissioner of the ‘‘(E) The categories described in this subpara- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission graph shall be determined by the Commission (a) IN GENERAL.—The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by shall jointly develop technical assistance mate- and shall include— rial to assist small enterprises in complying with ‘‘(i) race; inserting after section 7 the following new sec- the requirements of this Act and the amend- ‘‘(ii) ethnic identity; tion: ments made by this Act. ‘‘(iii) sex; and ‘‘SEC. 8. REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITIONS RE- (c) SMALL BUSINESSES.—A small enterprise ‘‘(iv) job categories, including the job cat- LATING TO WAGE, SALARY, AND BEN- egories described in the instructions for the EFIT HISTORY. shall be exempt from the provisions of this Act, Equal Employment Opportunity Employer Infor- ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be an unlawful and the amendments made by this Act, to the mation Report EEO-1, as in effect on the date of practice for an employer to— same extent that such enterprise is exempt from the enactment of this subsection. ‘‘(1) rely on the wage history of a prospective the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards ‘‘(F) The Commission shall use the compensa- employee in considering the prospective em- Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) pursuant to tion data collected under paragraph (1)— ployee for employment, including requiring that clauses (i) and (ii) of section 3(s)(1)(A) of such ‘‘(i) to enhance— a prospective employee’s prior wages satisfy Act (29 U.S.C. 203(s)(1)(A)). ‘‘(I) the investigation of charges filed under minimum or maximum criteria as a condition of SEC. 13. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. section 706 or section 6(d) of the Fair Labor being considered for employment; Nothing in this Act, or in any amendments Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(d)); and ‘‘(2) rely on the wage history of a prospective made by this Act, shall affect the obligation of ‘‘(II) the allocation of resources to investigate employee in determining the wages for such pro- employers and employees to fully comply with such charges; and spective employee, except that an employer may all applicable immigration laws, including being

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A27MR7.024 H27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2863 subject to any penalties, fines, or other sanc- It is appropriate to compare the pay tion persists, and, at times, it occurs in tions. data collection provisions in H.R. 7 to stealth ways that cannot be easily de- SEC. 14. SEVERABILITY. the 2016 Obama scheme because H.R. 7, tected. That, in fact, is a key reason If any provision of this Act, an amendment as modified by the Scott amendment why I oppose this amendment. made by this Act, or the application of that pro- printed in part A of the Rules Com- Keeping this bill intact is necessary vision or amendment to particular persons or to prevent the kind of unfair discrimi- circumstances is held invalid or found to be un- mittee report, codifies much of the 2016 constitutional, the remainder of this Act, the Obama administration mandate. In nation that occurs when one employee amendments made by this Act, or the applica- fact, H.R. 7 now includes 12 pay bands, is compensated less than another de- tion of that provision to other persons or cir- the same number as in the Obama man- spite doing the same job just as well cumstances shall not be affected. date, at the exact dollar amounts that for just as long and with the same cre- The CHAIR. No amendment to that were part of the Obama mandate. dentials. amendment in the nature of a sub- Incredibly, H.R. 7’s employee pay I worked in the private sector for 13 stitute shall be in order except those data mandate is even more extreme years before coming to Congress. I printed in part B of House Report 116– than the Obama proposal. In addition know firsthand that unfair pay dispari- 19. Each such amendment may be of- to collecting reams of employee pay ties still occur. Across industries, I worked with em- fered only in the order printed in the data, the bill requires the EEOC to col- ployers to confront this inequality, to lect hiring, termination, and pro- report, by a Member designated in the bring more women to the decision- motion data. How the EEOC would col- report, shall be considered as read, making table and create work environ- shall be debatable for the time speci- lect this kind of data and how business ments where people of any sex, gender, fied in the report equally divided and owners would comply is anyone’s race, or ethnicity were truly empow- controlled by the proponent and an op- guess. ered. ponent, shall not be subject to amend- As with the previous scheme to ex- Pay discrimination derails a work- ment, and shall not be subject to a de- pand the EEO–1, H.R. 7’s provision place. It holds back talent and under- mand for division of the question. raises many concerns. For one, H.R. 7 mines trust, a toxic mix for any busi- AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MS. FOXX OF would pose significant threats to the ness. NORTH CAROLINA confidentiality and privacy of em- A key component of the Paycheck The CHAIR. It is now in order to con- ployee pay data. For instance, the Fairness Act requires that the Equal sider amendment No. 1 printed in part EEOC shares the EEO–1 data with the Employment Opportunity Commission B of House Report 116–19. Department of Labor, which, in certain collect wage data, disaggregated by Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam situations, might release data even if sex, race, and national origin. This pro- Chair, I have an amendment at the the EEOC would not. vision is particularly necessary to re- desk. Moreover, time and again we have spond to the administration’s attempt The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate seen massive and harmful data to block the EEOC from collecting the amendment. breaches of Federal agencies. Requir- data. The text of the amendment is as fol- ing the EEOC to collect pay data would Earlier this month, the National lows: create yet another valuable target, and Women’s Law Center won an important Strike section 8. H.R. 7 fails to adequately address the case to reinstate the EEOC’s ability to The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Reso- need for protection of employee data. collect this data. Nevertheless, attacks lution 252, the gentlewoman from As with the Obama EEO–1 scheme, I on collecting data of this type con- North Carolina (Ms. FOXX) and a Mem- also have concern regarding the data’s tinue. We should not make it easier to ber opposed each will control 5 min- lack of usefulness and whether the hide pay discrimination. utes. EEOC would be able to appropriately This provision is necessary to ensure The Chair recognizes the gentle- manage and interpret the massive that equal work does, in fact, lead to woman from North Carolina. amounts of employee pay data it would equal pay. It will reveal trends in hir- Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam collect. I have already mentioned the ing, compensation, and advancement, Chair, I yield myself such time as I burden of such a collection on employ- and it will expose sex-segregated jobs, may consume. ers. and unequal salaries, benefits, or bo- In 2016, the Obama administration For all these reasons, this amend- nuses. proposed adding employee pay data to ment strikes the invasive, risky, and This provision is a critical compo- the EEO–1 report, which is filed by cer- burdensome provision requiring the nent of the bill, and I urge my col- tain employers specifying employee EEOC to collect employee compensa- leagues to oppose the amendment and data by job category, ethnicity, race, tion data from employers broken down keep the bill intact. Madam Chair, I yield to the gen- and sex. by race, sex, and ethnicity. I urge my After strong concerns were raised tleman from Virginia (Mr. SCOTT). colleagues to vote in favor of this Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam about this misguided proposal by con- amendment. Chair, I include in the RECORD a letter gressional Republicans, the Office of Madam Chair, I yield back the bal- from the International Federation of Management and Budget stopped it ance of my time. Professional and Technical Engineers from going forward in August 2017. A Mrs. TRAHAN. Madam Chair, I claim in support of this legislation. Federal district court recently over- the time in opposition. turned OMB’s stay on the data collec- The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF PRO- FESSIONAL & TECHNICAL ENGI- Massachusetts is recognized for 5 min- tion, which the administration will NEERS, AFL-CIO & CLC, likely appeal. utes. Washington, DC, March 26, 2019. The Obama administration scheme Mrs. TRAHAN. Madam Chair, before DEAR REPRESENTATIVE, On behalf of the would have imposed an extremely cost- addressing the pending amendment, I 90,000 members represented by the Inter- ly and uniquely burdensome mandate want to thank the gentleman from Vir- national Federation of Professional and on business owners, providing reams of ginia (Mr. SCOTT) for his leadership and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), we are writing proprietary data to the government for also express my profound appreciation in support of H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act. Sponsored by Congresswoman Rosa uses which were never adequately ex- for my friend from Connecticut. She DeLauro, this legislation will amend the plained. has been a tireless champion over the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide The Obama EEO–1 mandate would years for equal pay on behalf of those more effective remedies to victims of gender- have increased the data fields provided who have been discriminated against based discrimination in the payment of by employers in each EEO report twen- unfairly. wages. With a floor vote scheduled this week, tyfold, from 180 to 3,660. It was also es- Madam Chair, I imagine that most of IFPTE urges you to vote for H.R. 7. timated that adding employee pay data us agree that unfair pay discrimination Today, women earn 80 cents to every one dollar earned by their male counterparts. It to the EEO–1 form would have brought needs to be stopped. Unfortunately, de- is even worse for African-American women, the overall cost to employers of sub- spite the progress we have made in of- who earn only 61 cents on the dollar committing the report to approximately fering greater opportunities to more pared to white non-Hispanic men, while His- $700 million annually. and more Americans, pay discrimina- panic and Latina women earn only 53 cents

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR7.024 H27MRPT1 H2864 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 on the dollar compared to white non-His- women entering the workforce, but issues of pay parity among historically panic men. While these glaring differences let’s compensate them fairly for their underserved groups. should be unacceptable in any day and age, work, and let’s use data to inform our My first amendment changes the the impact is even greater today with pov- decisions. findings section of the Paycheck Fair- erty rates among women recently reaching Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues their highest peak in nearly two decades. ness Act to recognize the devastating The problem of unequal pay for equal work to oppose the amendment and support impacts the wage gap has on women of spans every sector and all educational levels. the underlying bill, and I yield back color. We must acknowledge that the According to a 2017 Department of Profes- the balance of my time. wage gap is not color blind. By failing sional Employees (DPE, AFL-CIO) fact sheet, The CHAIR. The question is on the to recognize the specific effect the Professional Women: A Gendered Look at In- amendment offered by the gentle- wage gap has on women and girls of equality in the U.S. Workforce, women with a woman from North Carolina (Ms. color, these impacts might go unno- bachelor’s degree or higher earned $1,230 in FOXX). ticed. median weekly wages in 2015, while men with The amendment was rejected. a comparable education earned $1,420. The Madam Chair, I reserve the balance AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED BY MRS. TORRES OF DPE fact sheet also looked at wage dispari- of my time. CALIFORNIA ties per occupational category and found Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam that, without exception, women’s wages lag The CHAIR. It is now in order to con- Chair, I rise in opposition to the far behind men. Despite comprising 55 per- sider amendment No. 2 printed in part amendment. cent of workers in professional and related B of House Report 116–19. The CHAIR. The gentlewoman is rec- occupations, women in those professions Mrs. TORRES of California. Madam ognized for 5 minutes. earn 28 percent less than men. Chair, I have an amendment at the Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam The Paycheck Fairness Act is aimed at desk. Chair, my colleague just said that closing the pay discrimination gap by The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate strengthening the Equal Pay Act of 1963. Latina women are being paid 53 cents the amendment. for every dollar a White man earns for This legislation will: The text of the amendment is as fol- Clarify acceptable reasons for differences the same work. That is currently ille- in pay to ensure that a wage gap is legiti- lows: gal and should be reported. mate and truly a result of factors other than Page 1, line 12, add at the end the fol- My colleague may want to amend her gender; lowing: ‘‘Pay disparities are especially severe for women and girls of color.’’. statement on that, but I want to say Allow for reasonable comparisons between again, paying a woman less than a man employees to determine fair wages; The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Reso- when they are both doing the same Prohibit employer retaliation against lution 252, the gentlewoman from Cali- workers who inquire about employee wages work is abhorrent and illegal. fornia (Mrs. TORRES) and a Member op- Women deserve equal pay for equal in general, or disclose their own wage; posed each will control 5 minutes. Provide women with the option to proceed work. That is why two Federal laws The Chair recognizes the gentle- in an opt-out class action lawsuit and allow prohibit pay discrimination based on women to receive punitive and compensatory woman from California. Mrs. TORRES of California. Madam sex. damages for pay discrimination; What Congress should be looking at Increase training for Equal Employment Chair, I rise today to offer an amend- are ways to expand opportunities for Opportunity Commission (EEOC) staff to ment to H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness better identify and handle wage disputes; Act, and I strongly support H.R. 7 and women in the workplace. H.R. 7, how- Require EEOC to develop regulations di- any effort to address the gender wage ever, does nothing to help women. In- recting employers to collect wage data; gap in this country. stead, it is written to help trial law- Require the Department of Labor to rein- A terrible disparity exists in our yers. state activities that promote equal pay (i.e. Rather than treating sex discrimina- educational programs, technical assistance country. Women on average make 80 cents to every dollar made by their tion charges with the seriousness they to employers, promoting research about pay deserve, H.R. 7 is designed to make it disparities between men and women); and, White male counterpart. What is worse Establish salary negotiation skills training is that it is not getting any better. easier for trial lawyers to bring more for women and girls. Last year, the gender wage gap actu- suits of questionable validity, which The Paycheck Fairness Act is a long over- ally grew for women of color. For every will siphon off money from settlements due bill to help close the pay gap suffered by dollar made by their non-Hispanic and jury awards to line the pockets of women workers. IFPTE urges you to support White male counterpart, an African trial lawyers. H.R. 7. As we have said before, H.R. 7 offers Sincerely, American woman makes 61 cents, a Na- tive American woman makes 58 cents, no new or meaningful protections PAUL SHEARON, against pay discrimination. President. and women who look like me, Latinas, The findings section in H.R. 7 to MATTHEW BIGGS, make 53 cents on the dollar for similar Secretary-Treasurer/ work. That is less than the average which this amendment is added already Legislative Director. woman in the 1960s. discusses women in the workplace and Mrs. TRAHAN. Madam Chair, report- Do I not work just as hard as my implies that the gender pay gap is ing this data allows the EEOC to see male counterparts? Do I deserve to largely caused by discriminatory acts. which employers have racial or gender make 53 cents on the dollar? And do I However, economic studies conducted pay gaps that differ significantly from not have to support my family just as by government and private entities the pay patterns of other employers in much as any man? alike consistently show that women their industry and region. Because of the gender pay gap, make more holistic and discerning To be clear, this pay data will not Latinas lose an average of $28,386. That choices than men about managing conclusively establish that any em- amounts to more than $1 million over work-life demands, placing an equal ployer is violating the law, and it isn’t her career. and sometimes higher value on life fac- intended to. What it will do is aggre- To earn the same amount as her tors besides their paycheck as they gate millions of data points to estab- White non-Hispanic male colleagues, a make decisions about hours worked, lish gender and racial pay patterns Black woman must work until she is 86 overtime pursued, and promotions within job categories, industries, and years old. You cannot get those hours sought. localities, allowing identification of back, those years back, or those dec- Those values and choices should be firms that significantly depart from ades back. honored, Madam Chair. As such, the those benchmarks that may warrant The gender wage gap contributes to a gender pay gap significantly shrinks further analysis. wealth of disparity that makes it hard- when these choices and factors are er for people of color to get ahead. taken into account. b 1515 In 2013, the median White household Pay discrimination is a serious issue, Simply put, we cannot end unfair pay had about $134,000 in total wealth. For but I do not believe this amendment discrimination if we don’t have the the median Black household, it is will improve the bill or help to address data. $11,000. That is a 13-to-1 ratio. pay discrimination in the workplace. I join my colleague from North Caro- Addressing the gender wage gap is Madam Chair, I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote, and lina in celebrating a record number of the first step to addressing larger I reserve the balance of my time.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR7.040 H27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2865 Mrs. TORRES of California. Madam less than their male counterparts for We want to ensure the laws prohib- Chair, I am prepared to close. the same type of work. I know this be- iting pay discrimination are effective. Madam Chair, my amendment shines cause it happened to me. However, this amendment, and the un- a light on the plight of women and One of my very first jobs was in a derlying provision in H.R. 7, are not girls of color and sets the tone to take male-dominated industry, selling steel. going to be helpful in this regard. their struggle into account throughout It didn’t matter that I performed as We should strive to provide women the rest of the bill. well, if not better, than my male col- and all workers more freedom, flexi- My colleagues on the other side of leagues. It didn’t matter that I sold bility, and opportunities. I do not be- the aisle might have never heard about steel in three languages while they sold lieve this amendment will help us retaliation, about blacklisting. When in just one. I would do my own data achieve that goal. women have the courage to come for- entry to get the job done, while they Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues ward and report these wage thefts and relied on an assistant. And when I to oppose it, and I reserve the balance abuses, they are treated differently needed to rush a shipment, I was not of my time. under current law. That is why this bill afraid to walk into the warehouse, pick Mrs. TORRES of California. Madam is important. That is why this amend- the material, pack it, and send it to my Chair, my amendment will expand the ment is important. customer. I was still paid less. Paycheck Fairness Act to ensure the Madam Chair, I would like to thank I had to leave that job that I loved Secretary of Labor is paying attention the gentlewoman from Connecticut because I wasn’t getting my fair share. to specific issues and researching the (Ms. DELAURO) for introducing this It was a shame then and it is a shame wage gap; educating employers, the bill, for her dedication to fair pay. today. media, and labor organizations on Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues On average, Latinas still get paid 53 these findings, specifically high- to support my amendment, and I yield cents to every dollar made by their lighting the impact on underrep- back the balance of my time. White male colleagues for the same resented groups; ensuring minorities Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam type of work. are included in informational and edu- Chair, again I say, Republicans abhor Today, we can act to change this. By cational outreach programs; and cele- any type of discrimination, particu- passing the Paycheck Fairness Act brating the accomplishments of em- larly pay discrimination against with my amendment, maybe young ployers who are leading the way to spe- women. Latinas and other women of color will cifically address the gender gap issue Madam Chair, if H.R. 7 would help not have to suffer and share my experi- for women of color. with the situation that my colleague ence. By paying specific attention to described, we would be in favor of it. Madam Chair, I reserve the balance women of color in their research, No woman should be discriminated of my time. maybe, one day, we can fill that gap to against because she reports the fact Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam recognize that diversity of perspective that she is receiving unequal pay for Chair, I rise in opposition to the can be an asset. work, but, again, H.R. 7 does nothing amendment. I wonder how different my experience The CHAIR. The gentlewoman is rec- to help those situations. That is why would have been if the Paycheck Fair- ognized for 5 minutes. ness Act would have been in place at we oppose it. Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam the time. Would I still have become a Madam Chair, H.R. 7 is not helping Chair, women deserve equal pay for homeowner? Maybe. Would I still have women; it is helping trial lawyers. I equal work. In America, it is law codi- been a successful mother of three sons? urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on the fied in the Equal Pay Act and the Civil Maybe. Would I have been able to af- amendment, and I yield back the bal- Rights Act. ford to pay for childcare? Maybe. These ance of my time. Unfortunately, H.R. 7 is a false prom- are the things that women in business The CHAIR. The question is on the ise that creates opportunities and ad- and the workforce are having to deal amendment offered by the gentle- vantages for trial lawyers, not for with every single day. woman from California (Mrs. TORRES). working women, and the bill already Madam Chair, I yield back the bal- The amendment was agreed to. requires new government studies. AMENDMENT NO. 3 OFFERED BY MRS. TORRES OF ance of my time. CALIFORNIA b 1530 Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam The CHAIR. It is now in order to con- H.R. 7 allows for undocumented com- Chair, I want to say, again: no one in sider amendment No. 3 printed in part pensatory and punitive damages, ex- the workplace should be discriminated B of House Report 116–19. pands class actions, and makes it im- against. No woman of color, no woman, Mrs. TORRES of California. Madam possible to defend against a claim, should be discriminated against. Re- Chair, I have an amendment at the when the pay difference at issue is le- publicans are opposed to any discrimi- desk. gitimate. But the bill does not offer nation, in pay or otherwise, but H.R. 7 The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate new protections for workers against is not going to fix that. If it were, we the amendment. pay discrimination. would be on board. The text of the amendment is as fol- Both government and nongovern- Madam Chair, I yield back the bal- lows: ment studies have shown that the gen- ance of my time. Page 14, line 3, insert ‘‘, with specific at- der pay gap significantly shrinks when The CHAIR. The question is on the tention paid to women and girls from his- certain choices and factors are in- amendment offered by the gentle- torically underrepresented and minority cluded, such as choices made in man- woman from California (Mrs. TORRES). groups’’ after ‘‘disparities’’. aging work-life demands. The amendment was agreed to. The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Reso- For example, a recent Harvard Uni- AMENDMENT NO. 4 OFFERED BY MR. BYRNE lution 252, the gentlewoman from Cali- versity study found that the gap in pay The CHAIR. It is now in order to con- fornia (Mrs. TORRES) and a Member op- between female and male bus and train sider amendment No. 4 printed in part posed each will control 5 minutes. operators working for the Massachu- B of House Report 116–19. The Chair recognizes the gentle- setts Bay Transportation Authority Mr. BYRNE. Madam Chair, I have an woman from California. was explained by the workplace choices amendment at the desk. Mrs. TORRES of California. Madam that women and men make, rather The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate Chair, I rise today to offer a second than other factors such as discrimina- the amendment. amendment to H.R. 7, the Paycheck tion. The Harvard study is noteworthy The text of the amendment is as fol- Fairness Act. because the workplace characteristics lows: This amendment ensures that women of the female operators are entirely Amend section 3(a)(2) to read as follows: and girls of color are included in the comparable to their male operators. (2) by striking ‘‘any other factor other research, education, and outreach done All of the operators are represented by than sex’’ and inserting ‘‘a bona fide business-related reason other than sex’’; and by the Secretary of Labor. the same union, and all are covered by Page 6, strike lines 9 through 20. The sad truth is that women, espe- the same collective bargaining agree- Page 6, line 21, strike ‘‘(C)’’ and insert cially women of color, are still paid ment. ‘‘(B)’’.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.061 H27MRPT1 H2866 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Reso- discrimination. This amendment does Mr. BYRNE. Mr. Chairman, I appre- lution 252, the gentleman from Ala- the same thing. ciate what the gentlewoman had to bama (Mr. BYRNE) and a Member op- My Republican colleagues’ sugges- say. I was listening very carefully to posed each will control 5 minutes. tion that the Paycheck Fairness Act her. I think she does have it confused, The Chair recognizes the gentleman eliminates the ‘‘factor other than sex’’ however, because it does inject an addi- from Alabama. defense is contradicted by the text of tional burden for employers that is not Mr. BYRNE. Madam Chair, I yield this bill. An employer may still raise a in the law right now and it does pro- myself such time as I may consume. ‘‘factor other than sex’’ defense provide a ton of unclarity with regard to Madam Chair, this amendment adds vided that the ‘‘factor other than sex’’ what they are going to have to do to the language ‘‘a bona fide business-re- be bona fide, job related, and required comply with it. And I think my use of lated reason’’ to make clear to the by business necessity. the bona fide business-related reason is courts that the factor other than sex This amendment’s attempt to strike going to inject the clarity we need and defense in the Equal Pay Act cannot be section (3)(a)(3), which explains what actually protect plaintiffs more than used as a loophole or excuse for using constitutes a bona fide factor, is an at- what is in the bill. sex as a factor. tempt to create ambiguity so that Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance This amendment additionally strikes courts continue to interpret the act’s of my time. the remaining provisions of the under- protection in a narrow way. Ms. WILD. Mr. Chairman, I think it lying bill relating to applications of This bill provides necessary clarity is important, given that we are having the factor other than sex defense. that this bona fide factor defense is a discussion here over who understands These unnecessary provisions require only available when there is a real the text of the bill, to read it directly that, even when an employer already business necessity. This bill ensures into the RECORD. shows the factor is other than sex, it that there is a connection between the ‘‘The bona fide factor defense, de- must meet additional illogical and in- pay disparity and the specific job in scribed in subparagraph (A)(iv) shall surmountable burdens, effectively pav- question. This amendment is contrary apply only if the employer dem- ing an unimpeded path to the promise to the congressional intent of the un- onstrates that such factor (i) is not of unlimited punitive and compen- derlying bill, and I urge my colleagues based upon or derived from a sex-based satory damages for trial lawyers. In sum, this amendment strengthens to vote ‘‘no.’’ differential in compensation; (ii) is job current law and eliminates the new and Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of related with respect to the position in untested concepts the underlying bill my time. question; (iii) is consistent with busi- Mr. BYRNE. Mr. Chair, I was listen- imposes on employers. It would make ness necessity; and, (iv) accounts for ing to the gentlewoman talk and I it impossible for an employer to defend the entire differential in compensation don’t know that she has read my any difference in pay, even when based at issue.’’ amendment, because my amendment on any number of legitimate job-re- It is very clearly set forth in the actually solves the problem that she lated factors. text. Madam Chair, I reserve the balance poses. There are some circuits that Mr. Chairman, I, therefore, continue of my time. have given opinions just exactly as she to urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on Ms. WILD. Madam Chair, I rise in op- said. What my amendment does is sub- the Byrne amendment, and I reserve position to the Byrne amendment. stitute for those decisions the bona fide the balance of my time. The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from business-related reason, which has been Mr. BYRNE. Mr. Chairman, I have Pennsylvania is recognized for 5 min- decided by a number of circuits. It is great respect for the gentlewoman. I utes. very clear. There is nothing amorphous don’t think she understands what that Ms. WILD. Madam Chair, don’t be about it. Practitioners in this area, language actually means, how it has mistaken. This amendment is a clear like myself, understand exactly what it actually been interpreted by the attempt to undermine the fundamental means. It actually solves the problem courts, and how it may be totally mis- objectives of the Paycheck Fairness posed by the gentlewoman and makes interpreted against plaintiffs in these Act, which are to engender pay dis- it a lot better than what is in the un- types of lawsuits. parity by, in part, further clarifying derlying bill. What my amendment does is actually congressional intent so that courts can The problem with the underlying bill strengthen the hand of parties that no longer dismiss meritorious claims. is that it injects amorphous new things have a clear understanding of what The Paycheck Fairness Act fixes cur- that we don’t have any idea what they they are trying to accomplish there, ei- rent employment discrimination and would mean. What my amendment does ther the plaintiffs or the defendants. It pay discrimination laws, laws that is it actually makes it clear and solves is an improvement in the bill for plain- have proven insufficient, given that the very problem that she stated in her tiffs and defendants. We should all be women still earn 80 cents on the dollar presentation. for this, not against it. I don’t want to compared to similarly situated White Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance go tit for tat with her on everything, men. And, of course, the disparity for of my time. but I do think she misunderstands both women of color is even greater. Ms. WILD. Mr. Chairman, this bill the amendment and the underlying Under the current Equal Pay Act, an clarifies that the ‘‘factor other than bill. employer is not liable for gender pay sex’’ is only available on a bona fide Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance disparity if the disparity is due to job-related and business necessary rea- of my time. merit, seniority, quality of production son. Ms. WILD. Mr. Chairman, I think it or ‘‘a factor other than sex.’’ Some It clarifies that this defense is not is my colleague from Alabama who is courts have interpreted the ‘‘factor available where the employee dem- confused about the wording of this other than sex’’ criteria so broadly onstrates that a reasonable alternative text. His amendment would specifically that it frustrates the codified intent of employment practice would serve the eliminate the wording that I just read the Equal Pay Act. same business purpose without pro- into the RECORD. For instance, some courts have found ducing a pay disparity and that the Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance that the ‘‘factor other than sex’’ need employer refused to adopt such an al- of my time. not be business related or even related ternative practice. Mr. BYRNE. Mr. Chairman, how to the particular job in question. Some Carefully consider those words. This much time do I have remaining? courts have interpreted the ‘‘factor is a burden-shifting provision that The Acting CHAIR (Mr. GONZALEZ of other than sex’’ defense to include would simply allow an employee to Texas). The gentleman from Alabama ‘‘market forces,’’ or worse, accepted show a reasonable alternative. It adds has 2 minutes remaining. the argument that pay disparity can be nothing to an employer’s existing bur- Mr. BYRNE. Mr. Chairman, once explained by an employer’s ‘‘random den. It only allows an employee to again, I heard what she read into the decision.’’ rebut that defense with evidence. RECORD. I already read that. I under- Those interpretations are nothing Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance stand exactly what it says. I think more than a lifesaver for pretextual of my time. maybe I haven’t made myself clear:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.066 H27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2867 The underlying bill injects clarity into The Chair recognizes the gentle- the needs of women of color in the the law, which hurts plaintiffs in their woman from Washington. workforce. cases. This will hurt women in bringing Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Chairman, what a In 2017, the gender wage gap widened their cases. It will take years to try to moment of tremendous pride it is to be for women of color. While research get clarity through the court system, if here in the 116th Congress under a found that women made 80 cents for we ever get clarity. That hurts plain- Democratic majority as we finally pass every dollar paid to White, non-His- tiffs in these lawsuits. the Paycheck Fairness Act. panic men, women of color fared much Defendants like to throw up I rise in strong support of this bill, worse than average: Black women were unclarity. So I guess, perhaps, if you and I thank Chairman SCOTT for his paid only 61 cents for every dollar paid wanted to argue from that point of tremendous leadership in shepherding to White men; Native American women view, let’s have a confusing bill. I am this bill to the floor. were paid 58 cents; and Latina women going to get clarity into the bill that I also thank the author of H.R. 7, were paid only 53 cents. actually helps women. And it is the Congresswoman ROSA DELAURO, who That means that this year, Equal irony of this whole proceeding that the has been a champion for women’s Pay Day, the date that marks how long bill that is supposed to help women, rights her entire career. The Paycheck women have to work into the year to that they say is going to help women, Fairness Act is a testament to her tire- earn what their White male counter- hurts them. I am trying to help women less dedication to the eradication of parts earned in the previous calendar with my amendment. the gender pay gap, and it is by her year, falls on April 2. But for Black Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance leadership that we are here today on women, Equal Pay Day isn’t until Au- of my time. the verge of obtaining a more equitable gust 22. Native American women’s workforce. Equal Pay Day falls on September 23, b 1545 I also thank Congresswoman and Latinas have to work nearly 11 full Ms. WILD. Mr. Chairman, this WATERS, who has long advocated for months into 2019 before they will see amendment eliminates clarity. It sim- and fought for pay equity and been a their Equal Pay Day on November 20. ply replaces it with the words ‘‘bona beacon of courage for women across That is true economic injustice. fide,’’ with no additional definition or this country. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of guidance, thereby ensuring that this We passed the Equal Pay Act in 1963, my time. defense will continue to be misunder- which made it illegal to discriminate Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. stood, misused, and incorrectly applied based on sex when men and women are Chairman, I rise in opposition to the by the courts. performing jobs that require substan- amendment. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- tially equal effort, skill, and responsi- The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman ance of my time. bility. We followed that up with title 7 is recognized for 5 minutes. Mr. BYRNE. Mr. Chairman, this lan- of the Civil Rights Act, which, among Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. guage is consistent with how nearly all other things, made it illegal to dis- Chairman, once again, it is wrong to circuit courts of appeal have inter- criminate based on sex. And then 10 discriminate, including with respect to preted this factor. years ago, we passed the Lilly pay, based on sex. It is also illegal to ‘‘Bona fide business-related reason’’ Ledbetter Act, which made it clear do so under both the Equal Pay Act of is not an empty phrase. For example, that every single inadequate paycheck 1963 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. in one case where the employer alleged a woman receives is a new act of dis- Everyone, Republicans and Demo- that the difference in pay was based on crimination. And yet, inequality per- crats alike, supports equal pay for the higher paid person’s participation sisted. equal work because, when workers in a bona fide skills development pro- Today, women are paid, on average, thrive, America thrives, but H.R. 7 gram, the court carefully examined the only 80 cents for every dollar paid to does not further this goal. program to determine whether it was men, resulting in a gap of $10,169 per Democrats claim H.R. 7 will improve legitimate and, in fact, found that it woman, per year. And that pay gap upon these existing and bipartisan laws was not. doesn’t discriminate. It exists in all oc- to create new avenues for women to This amendment helps women. If you cupations, locales, and regardless of fight pay discrimination. What H.R. 7 want to help women in the workforce, education or work history. actually does is create new avenues for this amendment does it. Their bill The Paycheck Fairness Act seeks to trial lawyers to earn higher pay- doesn’t. eliminate this gap by picking up where checks—while dragging countless Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- the Equal Pay Act of 1963 left off and women into unwanted lawsuits. ance of my time. strengthening protections for women Of the 2.8 million jobs created in the The Acting CHAIR. The question is in the workplace against retaliation, past year, more than 58 percent have on the amendment offered by the gen- discriminatory screening, and legal ob- gone to women. tleman from Alabama (Mr. BYRNE). stacles to justice. This amendment to Today, there are 74.9 million working The amendment was rejected. H.R. 7 will ensure that the data col- women in the United States, more than AMENDMENT NO. 5 OFFERED BY MS. JAYAPAL lected on behalf of the legislation will ever before; and one in five employer The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order be inclusive of all races and businesses, nationwide, is owned by to consider amendment No. 5 printed in ethnicities. women. part B of House Report 116–19. Pursuant to section 6 of H.R. 7, the We celebrate workers who choose to Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Chairman, I rise Secretary of Labor must conduct stud- give priority to professional success as the designee for Congresswoman ies as well as provide information to and promotion, but it is equally impor- WATERS to offer her amendment. employers and the general public con- tant to show that we value freedom The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will cerning the means by which gender pay and diversity of choice in the work- designate the amendment. disparities can be eliminated. These place. The text of the amendment is as fol- studies are a critical step forward to- It is not the job of Federal law- lows: wards closing the pay gap. makers to tell American workers of ei- Page 13, line 23, insert after ‘‘women’’ the This amendment would clarify that ther sex what their priorities should following: ‘‘(including women who are Asian these Department of Labor studies be. A number of economic studies con- American, Black or African-American, His- mandated by section 6 of the under- ducted by government and private enti- panic American or Latino, Native American lying bill must include not just infor- ties alike consistently show that or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific mation regarding pay disparities be- women make more holistic and dis- Islander, and White American)’’. tween men and women generally, but cerning choices than men about man- The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to specifically for women of every racial aging work-life demands. House Resolution 252, the gentlewoman and ethnic background. The new government studies man- from Washington (Ms. JAYAPAL) and a Mr. Chairman, in order to empower dated by H.R. 7 will likely tell us what Member opposed each will control 5 all women, we must continue to high- we already know and that our col- minutes. light the specific barriers faced by and leagues will not acknowledge: that

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.067 H27MRPT1 H2868 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 work patterns and life decisions are posed to be added by section 8, add at the end not providing any burden on small key to explaining the wage gap, and the following: business, this amendment would ex- that the wage gap shrinks considerably ‘‘(3) The compensation data under para- empt those with 100 employees or less. when factors such as hours worked per graph (1) shall be collected from each em- Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of ployer that— week, industry, occupation, work expe- ‘‘(A) is a private employer that has 100 or my time. rience, job tenure, and preferences for more employees, including such an employer b 1600 nonwage benefits are considered. that is a contractor with the Federal Gov- In addition to opening countless ave- ernment, or a subcontractor at any tier Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. nues for trial lawyer payouts while thereof; or Chairman, I claim the time in opposi- limiting employer defenses, H.R. 7 ‘‘(B) the Commission determines tion to this amendment. mandates intrusive and elaborate data appropriate.’’. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman collection from employers, breaking The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to is recognized for 5 minutes. down compensation, hiring, termi- House Resolution 252, the gentleman Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. nation, and promotion data by sex, from Virginia (Mr. BEYER) and a Mem- Chair, I reserve the right to change my race, and national origin of employ- ber opposed each will control 5 min- mind based on what I hear from my ees—that will cost about $700 million a utes. colleague from Virginia. year. The Chair recognizes the gentleman Mr. Chair, I do have great respect for Rather than expending taxpayer dol- from Virginia. my colleague from Virginia, and I ap- lars on expanding studies, Federal law- Mr. BEYER. Mr. Chairman, I yield preciate the fact that this amendment makers should promote a continued myself such time as I may consume. recognizes the very serious problem focus on strong economic policy, edu- Mr. Chairman, as a small business with H.R. 7 by applying the expansive cation, and innovation that will create owner and employer, I understand the government data collection mandate opportunities and expand options for value of data because you can’t im- only to business owners with 100 or all American workers. prove what you don’t measure. So my more employees. However, the forced Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues amendment, which I offer with Rep- data collection scheme in the under- to oppose this amendment, and I re- resentative ILHAN OMAR, exempts em- lying bill, even with this amendment, serve the balance of my time. ployers with fewer than 100 employees is still extremely misguided. Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Chairman, better from reporting compensation data and H.R. 7 requires business owners to, information allows us to develop better only requires those with more than 100 for the first time ever, submit reams of policy solutions, and that is all this to do so. pay data to the EEOC, broken down by amendment does: collects more infor- Employers already report workforce job category, race, sex, and ethnicity. mation to address an unacceptable in- data by race, sex, and ethnicity across Moreover, the collection must also inequality. By mandating that the stud- 10 different job categories in their an- clude hiring, termination, and pro- ies conducted by the Department of nual EEO–1 submission to the EEOC. motion data, which even the Obama ad- Labor explicitly address and include So collecting this data simply ensures ministration’s 2016 pay data collection women of color in particular, we can equal pay for equal work. If employers scheme did not include. ensure that no one is left behind. value the standard, this is an easy This data collection mandate raises I urge all of my colleagues to support start. several concerns. the gathering of this valuable informa- I am very grateful to Chairman First, it puts at risk volumes of high- tion and vote ‘‘yes’’ on this amend- SCOTT and the leadership on the ly confidential pay data involving mil- ment. amendments to strengthen pay data lions of individual workers. We all Mr. Chairman, it has been a long collection and to Congresswoman ROSA know the widespread data breaches the road to get here, but today, women DELAURO for her years and years of ef- Federal Government has suffered. across the country of every race and fort on this. Second, the EEOC will not be able to ethnicity can stand tall and know that Persistent pay gaps exist in the U.S. manage or properly use this data. It we value their work equally. workforce to correlate with sex, race, has never been explained what exactly Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- and ethnicity. The Congress has found the EEOC will do with this data. ance of my time. that 64.6 percent of the wage gap can be Third, this mandate is overly burden- Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. explained by three factors: experience, some. The data cells required from Chairman, we believe women should industry, and occupation, the things business owners when they file an em- not be discriminated against. We don’t my good friend from North Carolina ployer information report, EEO–1, with want women discriminated against, pointed out. But the remaining 35 per- the EEOC will expand from 180 cells to women of any category in this country, cent can’t be explained by these dif- 3,660. It has been estimated that the and this amendment is not necessary ferences. new reams of pay data added to the and neither is H.R. 7. Federal law specifically prohibits EEO–1 will cost business owners $700 Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues men and women from being paid dif- million annually. to vote ‘‘no’’ on the amendment and ferently for work, but enforcement of Although this amendment would ‘‘no’’ on the underlying bill, and I yield this mandate is impeded by a lack of spare some business owners from the back the balance of my time. mandate, the serious flaws in this data The Acting CHAIR. The question is knowledge—no data, not reliable data, collection mandate make the provision on the amendment offered by the gen- especially data by sex and by race. This in the underlying bill not worth saving. tlewoman from Washington (Ms. is a barrier to closing the persistent pay gap for women and minorities. If the pay data collection mandate is JAYAPAL). The amendment was agreed to. All we are really asking here is to be not worth applying to smaller firms, The Acting CHAIR. The Chair under- able to provide the data so that busi- then perhaps it should be reconsidered stands that the amendment No. 6 will ness leaders can make the good deci- entirely. What is good for the goose is not be offered. sions and so that employees can dis- good for the gander. AMENDMENT NO. 7 OFFERED BY MR. BEYER cover if they are being unfairly paid. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order They have a right, then, to ask. of my time. to consider amendment No. 7 printed in For over 50 years, companies have Mr. BEYER. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 part B of House Report 116–19. used the EEO–1 form to report. Earlier minute to the gentleman from Mary- Mr. BEYER. Mr. Chairman, I have an today, we have heard that this will rep- land (Mr. HOYER), the distinguished amendment at the desk. resent an unfair burden on businesses. majority leader. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will While virtually every business I Mr. HOYER. Mr. Chairman, I thank designate the amendment. know—even those with two, three, and the gentleman for yielding. I wanted to The text of the amendment is as fol- four employees—find ways to outsource speak during general debate, but I will lows: paycheck preparation, almost all of take this time to speak on behalf of In subsection (f) of section 709 of the Civil this has been digitized. But to be extra this legislation and also to rise in sup- Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–8), as pro- cautious and make sure that we are port of the gentleman’s amendment.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.070 H27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2869 Mr. Chairman, the American people hear the phrase, ‘‘Keep the faith.’’ way, this amendment itself damns the entrusted Democrats with the majority ROSA DELAURO has kept the faith year bill. in part because we pledged to work after year, not only with women of As our colleague from Maryland says, hard on the issues they care about America, but with the families and I hope that every business owner in most, issues affecting their everyday children of America who rely on wom- America will note that every Democrat lives. en’s wages for the quality of their is a cosponsor of this bill. I hope that I am the father of three daughters. lives, and their partners’, and their word gets out loud and clear across the They are all extraordinary people. I spouses’. country, particularly among business want them all treated based upon the I thank the gentlewoman, ROSA owners. content of their character, their per- DELAURO, for all that she has done for I will say that this amendment to formance, and the duties that they per- our country in keeping the faith. spare smaller companies makes the form, not on the fact that they happen I also thank my dear friend and my teeniest, tiniest improvement to this to be daughters and not sons. colleague from my neighboring State bill, and, therefore, I will support it, al- One of the issues we pledged to ad- of Virginia, Chairman BOBBY SCOTT, for though I don’t believe the bill will go dress was raising wages, and that in- his faithfulness, for his focus, and for anywhere in the Senate. cludes addressing the gender pay gap, his bringing this bill to the floor so It is my hope that, again, that points which keeps women from earning their early in our session. out the discriminatory nature and the fair share and hurts families, children, Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to terrible aspects of this bill to all busi- and all people. observe April 2, which is Equal Pay ness and industry in the country. It The last time I was the majority Day. It is a day symbolizing how far doesn’t help the underlying bill in leader, which was from 2007 to 2011, we into the year women must work to terms of the other businesses and in- enacted the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay earn what men earned in the previous dustries. Act to make it easier for women who year—essentially, 3 months of free Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- have faced discriminatory pay and ben- labor. Not in this body, because we are ance of my time. Mr. BEYER. Mr. Chairman, I thank efits to seek justice. all paid the same in this body. We com- Lilly Ledbetter had worked hard, and my friend from North Carolina for supply with this bill. That is the good she did not know that she was being porting this amendment, and I thank news. my friend from North Carolina for paid less than her counterparts doing The bad news is, women, on average, exactly the same thing she was doing, clearly stating a number of times have to work not 12 months but 15 with exactly the same responsibility today that Democrats and Republicans months to earn what men earn in 12 and exactly the same expectations. are both committed to equal pay for months. That is what that language There was no justice in that, but she men and for women. meant. didn’t know it. The Supreme Court I think our differences just come I urge my colleagues to vote today to said, well, you didn’t raise the issue down to how we accomplish that, be- make this the last Equal Pay Day and quickly enough. cause 50 years after the Equal Pay Act We also passed the Paycheck Fair- pass this bill to ensure the promise of was signed, there are still significant ness Act in that same Congress, but, economic equality for all. differences, despite our joint commit- unfortunately, the Senate failed to We hold these truths to be self-evi- ment to equal pay. enact it as well. dent, that all—drop the ‘‘men’’—that If unequal pay continues to persist, Now we return to this important all are created equal. That view maybe how do we address it? We simply say work of ensuring equal pay for equal self-evident, but it is not self-exe- that the collection of data to the EEO– work. Who, intellectually, can oppose cuting. Let us act upon it today. 1 is the best way to move forward. The that concept? Who, with any sense of Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. employers with less than 100 have been fairness and fair play, could oppose Chairman, could I inquire as to how exempted from the very beginning of that concept and precept? much time I have remaining, and how the EEO–1 report, so this is simply con- It is shameful, Mr. Chairman, that, much time the gentleman from Vir- sistent with that and recognizes that, in 2019, 56 years after President Ken- ginia has remaining. to get meaningful data, sometimes you nedy signed the Equal Pay Act, we are The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman need more than a handful of people. here fighting for equal pay. A half cen- from North Carolina has 23⁄4 minutes That is, 6 or 10 or 12 people don’t nec- tury later, women still earn, on aver- remaining. The gentleman from Vir- essarily give you an apples-to-apples age, 80 cents to a man’s dollar, and, ginia has 2 minutes remaining. comparison. When you get more than very frankly, minority women earn Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. 100, you can do it. less than that. That gap is even worse Chairman, I have said it I don’t know The government already collects the for minorities. Two-thirds of women how many times today. I will say it sensitive data. It has done it for years are now either the primary bread- one more time. Republicans are op- without privacy concerns. My friend winners or co-breadwinners in their posed to pay discrimination. We have pointed out there may be 3,200 or 3,600 households. always been opposed to pay discrimina- categories. Right now, with deep learn- Make no mistake, this is an eco- tion. We have always been for the ing and machine learning, this is some- nomic concern for families across our rights of others. thing that takes a microsecond to do. country. This is not a woman’s issue. It The first Republican President in This is very easy. We are now in an in- is a fairness issue. It is an every fam- this country was the leader that ended tellectual and digital world where we ily, every person issue. slavery in this country. Republicans can have the EEO discover which com- Democrats ran on a platform of rais- have been for civil rights. We have panies have persistent patterns of pay ing wages, as I said. We are focused on been for equal pay. We support the inequity, and it really works. making sure that more working fami- rights of all citizens to be treated All our offices have pay trans- lies can make it in America. That is equally. We have all said that, every parency. When I am trying to figure what this bill will help achieve. Republican who has spoken here. out how much to pay a legislative cor- I am proud that every member of the This bill does not do that. I believe respondent or legislative director or Democratic Caucus—let me repeat that the gentleman from Virginia’s front office, I know that everyone can that, every member—234 members of amendment proves that this is a dam- go online and figure out what everyone the Democratic Caucus have signed on aging bill, because he wants to spare else is making. That is a powerful in- as cosponsors of this bill because we smaller companies from the very dam- centive for us to make sure that people believe it is fair; because we believe it aging impacts of the pay data collec- are paid fairly and paid equally. All we is right; because we believe it is good tion mandate. are trying to do is bring the same for families; and, yes, because we be- That, in a way, is discriminatory in transparency to American businesses lieve it is good for the American econ- itself because there is a feeling that it across the country. omy. is okay for big businesses to pay the Mr. Chair, I thank my friend for her ROSA DELAURO is on the floor, and I cost of this, but it is not okay for small support of this amendment, and I yield want to thank the gentlewoman. We businesses to pay the cost of this. In a back the balance of my time.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.074 H27MRPT1 H2870 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 The Acting CHAIR. The question is to reduce greater inequalities in the overall Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. on the amendment offered by the gen- labor force. Chairman, in America, discriminating tleman from Virginia (Mr. BEYER). The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to in pay based on sex is illegal as codi- The question was taken; and the Act- House Resolution 252, the gentlewoman fied in the Equal Pay Act and the Civil ing Chair announced that the ayes ap- from Michigan (Mrs. LAWRENCE) and a Rights Act. peared to have it. Member opposed each will control 5 Democrats claim H.R. 7 will improve Mr. BEYER. Mr. Chair, I demand a minutes. upon these bipartisan laws to create recorded vote. The Chair recognizes the gentle- new opportunities for women to fight The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to woman from Michigan. pay discrimination. What H.R. 7 actu- clause 6 of rule XVIII, further pro- Mrs. LAWRENCE. Mr. Chairman, I ally does is create new opportunities ceedings on the amendment offered by yield myself such time as I may con- for trial lawyers to earn higher pay- the gentleman from Virginia will be sume. checks. Similarly, while this amend- postponed. Mr. Chairman, I would first like to ment appears to be marketed as assist- thank Representative ROSA DELAURO b 1615 ing young women, this paternalistic for her hard work on H.R. 7, the Pay- approach undermines young women’s AMENDMENT NO. 8 OFFERED BY MRS. LAWRENCE check Fairness Act. This longstanding abilities and pigeonholes them into The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order legislation which would ensure equal stereotypical roles. to consider amendment No. 8 printed in pay for equal work has been introduced This amendment directs the Sec- part B of House Report 116–19. in every single Congress since 1997. retary of Labor to conduct a study on Mrs. LAWRENCE. Mr. Chairman, I As the chair of the Bipartisan Wom- the gender pay gap in the teenage labor have an amendment at the desk. en’s Caucus, I am proud to support H.R. force and then to report recommenda- The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will 7, meaningful legislation that would at tions to Congress, including rec- designate the amendment. a minimum ensure that workers are ommendations to expand awareness, The text of the amendment is as fol- protected against gender-based pay dis- specifically for teenage girls, on pay lows: crimination, prevent retaliation grades and employment rights. I am In section 6, strike ‘‘Not later than’’ and against those who voluntarily discuss tempted to call this the babysitting insert ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than’’. wages, eliminate loopholes which amendment because it additionally In section 6, add at the end the following: would allow institutional discrimina- (b) REPORT ON GENDER PAY GAP IN TEENAGE asks the Department of Labor to spend tion in pay; equalize remedies for gen- LABOR FORCE.— taxpayer dollars to compare amounts (1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one der-based discrimination; and prohibit earned by men and women in informal year after the date of the enactment of this salary history from dictating future jobs such as babysitting. Act, the Secretary of Labor, acting through pay. This amendment could also be called the Director of the Women’s Bureau and in Mr. Chair, my amendment is simple. the in loco parentis amendment, be- coordination with the Commissioner of While we debate the gender pay gap in cause it is parents who should be Labor Statistics, shall— the professional workplace, it is imper- teaching their children about the bene- (A) submit to Congress a report on the gen- ative that we understand how and when fits of hard work and education and the der pay gap in the teenage labor force; and the pay gap begins. For women, the importance of a first job, which is often (B) make the report available on a publicly gender-based wage gap typically accessible website of the Department of a minimum wage job. We don’t need Labor. emerges in the teenage years and only the government coming in and telling (2) ELEMENTS.—The report under sub- increases with time. My amendment children and parents what their chil- section (a) shall include the following: will require the Secretary of Labor and dren should be doing. These initial jobs (A) An examination of trends and potential the Commissioner of Labor Statistics help to teach teenagers important solutions relating to the teenage gender pay to submit a report to Congress that skills that will stay with them their gap. studies the teenage pay gap and pro- entire lives. (B) An examination of how the teenage vide recommendations to address it. American women of all ages are gender pay gap potentially translates into A 2018 study cited in The Washington skilled, they are smart, and today they greater wage gaps in the overall labor force. Post reported that the gender-based (C) An examination of overall lifetime are driving the American economy. Of earnings and losses for informal and formal wage gap emerges well before adult- the 2.8 million jobs created in the last jobs for women, including women of color. hood, leading to long-term effects on year, more than 58 percent have gone (D) An examination of the teenage gender lifetime earnings and economic mobil- to women. One in five employer busi- pay gap, including a comparison of the aver- ity. The economic impacts of the gen- nesses is owned by women; and we are age amount earned by males and females, re- der-based wage gap are even greater for seeing more young women than men spectively, in informal jobs, such as baby- women of color. earning college degrees. sitting and other freelance jobs, as well as Teenagers are a substantial but often I support equal pay for equal work, formal jobs, such as retail, restaurant, and understudied part of our workforce. which is rightfully required under two customer service. Many teenagers, not out of just want- (E) A comparison of — Federal statutes. Congress should focus (i) the types of tasks typically performed ing something to do, but out of neces- on policies that will continue to in- by women from the teenage years through sity or because of their financial situa- crease economic opportunity and ex- adulthood within certain informal jobs, such tion, work part-time while in school pand options for all workers. This as babysitting and other freelance jobs, and and sometimes enter the workforce, amendment and the underlying bill formal jobs, such as retail, restaurant, and unfortunately, as early as 12 years old. fails in this regard. customer service; and To truly address the wage gap, we need Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to (ii) the types of tasks performed by young- to have a better way to identify the oppose this amendment, and I reserve er males in such positions. root of these gaps. the balance of my time. (F) Interviews and surveys with workers This report would provide the statis- Mrs. LAWRENCE. Mr. Chairman, I and employers relating to early gender-based would really feel challenged to think pay discrepancies. tics necessary to uncover why this pay (G) Recommendations for— gap exists and the best ways to remedy that my colleague is unaware that (i) addressing pay inequality for women the inconsistency. If women are raised there are young girls who are teenagers from the teenage years through adulthood, in a culture where they believe they who work in restaurants and in other including such women of color; are not equal to men, the disparity capacities, not because their parents (ii) addressing any disadvantages experi- that exists will never be broken. We want them to have activities but be- enced by young women with respect to work must work to end that mindset now. cause they are literally trying to sur- experience and professional development; Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of vive and feed themselves and some- (iii) the development of standards and best times their brothers and sisters, and to practices for workers and employees to en- my time. sure better pay for young women and the Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. say that it is not necessary for us to prevention of early inequalities in the work- Chair, I rise in opposition to the have data and not just stand at a mike place; and amendment. as an elected official and make as- (iv) expanding awareness for teenage girls The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- sumptions based on your own privilege on pay rates and employment rights in order tlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes. of life.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.076 H27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2871 I think it is imperative that we look The text of the amendment is as fol- workplace. Every employee should be at the data, and here I am saying lows: able to advocate and negotiate for that—before I can say and validate the Page 7, line 23, insert after ‘‘employee’’ the themselves without fear of reprisal. Ac- status of teenage girls—I would want following: ‘‘(such as by inquiring or dis- cording to the Carnegie Mellon study, statistics and reports so that we can cussing with the employer why the wages of men are four times more likely than truly address the inequality that girls the employee are set at a certain rate or sal- women to ask for a raise, and when often get, and the mindset that a little ary)’’. women do ask, they typically request boy who is out working, he needs the The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to 30 percent less than men do. pay and often is given a larger amount House Resolution 252, the gentleman We should be encouraging employees, of money versus a girl—and every girl from Maryland (Mr. BROWN) and a regardless of their gender, to inquire is not a babysitter, but if we want to Member opposed each will control 5 and discuss disparities in pay with call this the babysitter amendment, I minutes. their employers and advocate for them- will accept it. The Chair recognizes the gentleman selves if they aren’t being paid fairly or As we work to address the pay gap, it from Maryland. if it is simply time they received a is important that we do not forget our Mr. BROWN of Maryland. Mr. Chair- well-deserved raise. new generation of leaders, and it is man, I yield myself such time as I may b 1630 about breaking a cycle, about having a consume. Mr. Chairman, at a time when wages young girl who is working, and she un- Let me start by saying it is a privi- are not rising fast enough, Congress derstands that I have value and that I lege to be able to stand on the floor of must ensure every working American too should be paid an equal pay. the U.S. House of Representatives in is paid equally and fairly and is em- Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of this year, in this term, and in this ses- powered throughout their salary nego- my time. sion of Congress to participate in the Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. tiation process. debate and the discussion and to offer I reserve the balance of my time. Chairman, I know that my colleague an amendment on this historic bill, the Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. was not on the floor earlier when I Paycheck Fairness Act. Chairman, I claim the time in opposi- spoke and told of my need to work even I would like to first thank my friend tion to the amendment. before I was a teenager, and I worked and colleague, the chairman of the The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman for survival. So I know that she did not committee, BOBBY SCOTT from Vir- from North Carolina is recognized for 5 know that and did not know that I do ginia, for his leadership on this issue minutes. not take lightly the fact that many and this bill. I want to recognize the Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Pay young people in this country are like I decades’ long work of my colleague discrimination on the basis of sex is was and working to help support their from Connecticut, Congresswoman wrong, and it also, importantly, vio- families so that they have food and ROSA DELAURO, on the underlying bill lates two Federal statutes. they are able to survive. and her efforts, along with many other Retaliation by an employer against I do not take lightly anyone’s work women, including Maryland’s former an employee for pursuing reasonable in this country, not anyone. I worked Senator Barbara Mikulski to finally discussion or inquiry regarding poten- hard all my life, and I have always ensure that women are paid and treat- tially discriminating compensation is wanted to be paid equally with men, ed fairly in the workplace. wrong, and it, too, is illegal. and I know there were times I was not. My amendment would enhance pay However, like the rest of this bill, the So I understand that. I never want to transparency protections in this bill. expanded nonretaliation provision in see anyone discriminated against in This amendment would make it unlaw- H.R. 7 goes too far, and this amend- this country. I particularly never want ful for an employer to discriminate ment takes it even further. to see a woman discriminated against against an employee for simply dis- Under current law, those who inquire for equal pay when she is doing the job cussing or inquiring why they are about, discuss, or disclose compensa- that a man is doing. being paid a certain wage or salary. tion information in a reasonable man- I wish with all my heart that we were Mr. Chairman, if you found out that ner and with a good faith belief that an improving on the Equal Pay Act and you were being paid less than your col- unlawful pay disparity may exist are the Civil Rights Act and helping to leagues for the same work, you would protected from retaliation. However, make things better for women with probably demand to be paid more. But the underlying provision in H.R. 7 re- H.R. 7. We are not. We are lining the for too long, it has been considered garding pay disclosures and discussion pockets of trial lawyers and in many taboo to discuss your salary with your has no limits at all. cases will be harming women. This The inquiry, discussion, and disclo- coworkers let alone confront your boss amendment stereotypes young women sure allowed under this bill is not re- if you were being paid unfairly. because it mentions babysitting. That quired to be reasonable nor related to When pay is transparent, organiza- is where the stereotypes come in, in any perceived pay disparity and raises tions must be able to justify each em- this amendment, and that is unfortu- serious privacy concerns for all employee’s salary, thus reducing or eliminate. ployees, especially in the age of social nating any type of bias. We do have a younger generation, media. That is why the Paycheck Fairness and we have women who can do any job H.R. 7 takes away an employee’s abil- Act puts transparency front and center that any man can do, and she should be ity to control disclosure of information and why my amendment goes a little paid equally for it. But neither this about their own pay. It also limits an further and gives every employee the study nor this bill is going to guar- employer’s ability to protect what right to negotiate the higher pay. antee that. should be confidential information Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of Since Congress has not been able to about employees. my time. act over the past several years, States Congress should focus on policies The Acting CHAIR. The question is have led the way in promoting pay that promote opportunity and options on the amendment offered by the gen- transparency, including California, Illi- for all workers. This amendment does tlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. LAW- nois, Louisiana, and my State of Mary- not further this purpose. RENCE). land. In Maryland we added very broad Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to The amendment was agreed to. pay transparency protections to ensure protect workers’ privacy rights by op- AMENDMENT NO. 9 OFFERED BY MR. BROWN OF employees the ability to discover and posing this amendment and the under- MARYLAND discuss disparities in pay, and we even lying bill, and I reserve the balance of The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order expanded prohibitions against dis- my time. to consider amendment No. 9 printed in criminatory pay practices to include Mr. BROWN of Maryland. Mr. Chair, part B of House Report 116–19. gender identity, an item that I would unfortunately, historically, the cloak Mr. BROWN of Maryland. Mr. Chair, hope that this Congress may take up of confidentiality has often been the I have an amendment at the desk. later this session. shield used by employers to discrimi- The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will But my amendment today reiterates nate against women when it comes to designate the amendment. the importance of transparency in the paycheck fairness.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.078 H27MRPT1 H2872 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 I encourage all my colleagues to sup- Harder (CA) Marchant Schiff NOT VOTING—7 Harris Marshall Schneider port my amendment and the under- DesJarlais Radewagen Wittman Hartzler Massie Schrader Granger San Nicolas lying bill, and I yield back the balance Hastings Mast Schrier Plaskett Wilson (SC) of my time. Hayes Matsui Scott (VA) Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. Heck McAdams Scott, Austin b 1702 Chairman, once again, I reiterate my Herrera Beutler McBath Scott, David Hice (GA) McCarthy Sensenbrenner Messrs. SCHWEIKERT, MOONEY of opposition to the underlying bill and to Higgins (LA) McCaul Serrano West Virginia, FERGUSON, this amendment, and I yield back the Higgins (NY) McClintock Sewell (AL) RIGGLEMAN, and PALMER changed balance of my time. Hill (AR) McCollum Shalala their vote from ‘‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ Hill (CA) McEachin The Acting CHAIR. The question is Sherman Messrs. COLE, BUCSHON, GIBBS, on the amendment offered by the gen- Himes McGovern Sherrill Holding McHenry Shimkus BISHOP of Utah, GAETZ, Ms. tleman from Maryland (Mr. BROWN). Hollingsworth McKinley Simpson VELA´ ZQUEZ, Messrs. BROOKS of Ala- The amendment was agreed to. Horn, Kendra S. McNerney Sires bama, WEBER of Texas, LAMBORN, Horsford Meadows AMENDMENT NO. 7 OFFERED BY MR. BEYER Slotkin and CLOUD changed their vote from Houlahan Meeks Smith (MO) The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to Hoyer Meng Smith (NE) ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ clause 6 of rule XVIII, the unfinished Hudson Meuser Smith (NJ) So the amendment was agreed to. business is the demand for a recorded Huffman Miller Smith (WA) The result of the vote was announced Huizenga Mitchell Smucker vote on amendment No. 7 printed in Hunter Moolenaar as above recorded. part B of House Report 116–19 offered Soto Hurd (TX) Moore Spanberger Stated for: by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Jackson Lee Morelle Spano Mr. WITTMAN. Mr. Chair, I was unavoidably BEYER) on which further proceedings Jayapal Moulton Speier detained due to illness. Had I been present, I were postponed and on which the ayes Jeffries Mucarsel-Powell Stanton Johnson (GA) Mullin would have voted ‘‘YEA’’ on rollcall No. 132. prevailed by voice vote. Stauber The Acting CHAIR. The question is Johnson (LA) Murphy Stefanik The Clerk will redesignate the Johnson (OH) Nadler Steil on the amendment in the nature of a Johnson (SD) amendment. Napolitano Steube substitute, as amended. Johnson (TX) Neal The Clerk redesignated the amend- Stevens The amendment was agreed to. Jordan Neguse Stewart ment. Joyce (OH) Newhouse The Acting CHAIR. Under the rule, Stivers Joyce (PA) Norcross the Committee rises. RECORDED VOTE Suozzi Kaptur Norton The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Swalwell (CA) Accordingly, the Committee rose; Katko Nunes Takano and the Speaker pro tempore (Ms. has been demanded. Keating O’Halleran Taylor A recorded vote was ordered. Kelly (IL) Ocasio-Cortez JACKSON LEE) having assumed the Thompson (CA) Kelly (MS) Olson chair, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Acting The vote was taken by electronic de- Thompson (MS) Kelly (PA) Omar vice, and there were—ayes 406, noes 24, Thompson (PA) Chair of the Committee of the Whole Kennedy Palazzo Thornberry House on the state of the Union, re- not voting 7, as follows: Khanna Pallone Timmons [Roll No. 132] Kildee Panetta ported that that Committee, having Tipton Kilmer Pappas had under consideration the bill (H.R. AYES—406 Titus Kim Pascrell 7) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Tlaib Abraham Castro (TX) Doyle, Michael Kind Payne Tonko Act of 1938 to provide more effective Adams Chabot F. King (NY) Pence Torres (CA) Aderholt Cheney Duffy Kinzinger Perlmutter remedies to victims of discrimination Torres Small Aguilar Chu, Judy Duncan Kirkpatrick Perry in the payment of wages on the basis of (NM) Allred Cicilline Dunn Krishnamoorthi Peters sex, and for other purposes, and, pursu- Trahan Amash Cisneros Emmer Kuster (NH) Peterson Armstrong Engel Trone ant to House Resolution 252, he re- Clark (MA) Kustoff (TN) Phillips Arrington Escobar Turner Clarke (NY) LaHood Pingree ported the bill back to the House with Axne Eshoo Clay LaMalfa Pocan Underwood an amendment adopted in the Com- Bacon Espaillat Cleaver Lamb Porter Upton Baird Estes mittee of the Whole. Cline Lamborn Posey Van Drew Balderson Evans The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Cloud Pressley Vargas Banks Finkenauer Langevin Clyburn Larsen (WA) Price (NC) Veasey the rule, the previous question is or- Barr Cohen Fitzpatrick Vela ´ Larson (CT) Quigley dered. Barragan Cole Fleischmann Vela´ zquez Bass Fletcher Latta Raskin Is a separate vote demanded on any Collins (GA) Visclosky Beatty Flores Lawrence Reed Collins (NY) Wagner amendment to the amendment re- Bera Fortenberry Lawson (FL) Reschenthaler Comer Walberg ported from the Committee of the Bergman Foster Lee (CA) Rice (NY) Conaway Walden Beyer Foxx (NC) Lee (NV) Richmond Whole? Connolly Walorski Bilirakis Frankel Lesko Roby If not, the question is on the amend- Bishop (GA) Cook Fudge Levin (CA) Rodgers (WA) Waltz ment in the nature of a substitute, as Cooper Wasserman Bishop (UT) Fulcher Levin (MI) Roe, David P. amended. Blumenauer Correa Gabbard Lewis Rogers (AL) Schultz Blunt Rochester Costa Gaetz Lieu, Ted Rogers (KY) Watkins The amendment was agreed to. Bonamici Courtney Gallagher Lipinski Rooney (FL) Watson Coleman The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Bost Cox (CA) Gallego Loebsack Rose (NY) Weber (TX) question is on the engrossment and Boyle, Brendan Craig Garamendi Lofgren Rose, John W. Webster (FL) F. Crenshaw Garcı´a (IL) Long Rouda Welch third reading of the bill. Brady Crist Garcia (TX) Loudermilk Roybal-Allard Westerman The bill was ordered to be engrossed Brindisi Crow Gianforte Lowenthal Ruiz Wexton and read a third time, and was read the Cuellar Brooks (AL) Gibbs Lowey Ruppersberger Wild third time. Brooks (IN) Cummings Gohmert Lucas Rush Williams Cunningham Brown (MD) Golden Luetkemeyer Rutherford Wilson (FL) MOTION TO RECOMMIT Curtis Brownley (CA) Gomez Luja´ n Ryan Womack Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam Davids (KS) Buchanan Gonzalez (OH) Luria Sablan Woodall Davidson (OH) Speaker, I have a motion to recommit Buck Gonzalez (TX) Lynch Sa´ nchez Wright Davis (CA) Bucshon Gonza´ lez-Colo´ n Malinowski Sarbanes Yarmuth at the desk. Davis, Danny K. Budd (PR) Maloney, Scalise Yoho The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the Davis, Rodney Burgess Gooden Carolyn B. Scanlon Young Dean gentlewoman opposed to the bill? Bustos Gottheimer Maloney, Sean Schakowsky Zeldin Butterfield DeFazio Graves (LA) Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam DeGette Byrne Graves (MO) NOES—24 Speaker, in its present form, I am. Calvert DeLauro Green (TN) Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam Carbajal DelBene Green (TX) Allen Gosar Rice (SC) Ca´ rdenas Delgado Griffith Amodei Graves (GA) Riggleman Speaker, I reserve a point of order on Carson (IN) Demings Grijalva Babin Hern, Kevin Rouzer the motion to recommit. Carter (GA) DeSaulnier Grothman Biggs King (IA) Roy The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point Cartwright Deutch Guest Burchett Mooney (WV) Schweikert of order is reserved. Case Diaz-Balart Guthrie Carter (TX) Norman Walker Casten (IL) Dingell Haaland Crawford Palmer Waters The Clerk will report the motion to Castor (FL) Doggett Hagedorn Ferguson Ratcliffe Wenstrup recommit.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.082 H27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2873 The Clerk read as follows: was considered in committee. Every The only test for attorney’s fees Ms. Foxx of North Carolina moves to re- Democrat on the Education and Labor should be reasonableness. Courts and commit the bill H.R. 7 to the Committee on Committee opposed this modest judges are well equipped to determine Education and Labor with instructions to re- change. whether a fee is reasonable, far better port the same back to the House forthwith, If this amendment is adopted, trial equipped than Congress is. with the following amendment: lawyers will have to somehow make Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- In section 3(c)(5)— due with 49 percent of the overall judg- tlewoman from New Jersey (Ms. (1) strike ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph ment, and we all know that trial law- SHERRILL). (A); (2) redesignate subparagraph (B) as sub- yers siphon off more than this amount b 1715 in many of their class action cases. paragraph (C); and Ms. SHERRILL. Madam Speaker, I (3) insert after subparagraph (A), the fol- Victims of true pay discrimination should be the true beneficiaries of any rise today in opposition to the motion lowing: to recommit offered by the gentle- (B) by inserting after ‘‘defendant’’ the fol- judgment in their favor. This amend- woman from North Carolina. lowing: ‘‘(except that any contingent attor- ment will help ensure this outcome in ney’s fees shall not exceed 49 percent of any There are few things that define us as Equal Pay Act cases. a country more distinctly than the judgment awarded to the plaintiff or plain- Madam Speaker, supporters of H.R. 7 idea of the American Dream: the idea tiffs)’’; and say the bill is about helping victims of The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- that anyone can make it here through pay discrimination. If that is true, hard work and dedication. That dream tlewoman from North Carolina is rec- then all Members should support this ognized for 5 minutes. rests on giving people a fair shot. reasonable proposal. Right now, too many people in this Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam All we are asking is that if our col- country just aren’t getting a fair shot, Speaker, I am here to offer a motion to leagues are so intent on giving trial and women in this country face addi- recommit that is about honesty. lawyers a bigger piece of the pie, then tional barriers because they simply are It is about making sure this bill does consider giving working women more not paid equally for their work. what my Democrat colleagues say it than a few crumbs. Madam Speaker, this bill, H.R. 7, will do, and that is help victims of Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- supports paycheck fairness because wage discrimination on the basis of ance of my time. equal pay for equal work is about re- sex. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam spect, and in New Jersey we know re- It is about making sure that any Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of spect. I know what paycheck fairness woman who experiences unfair and ille- my point of order. looks like because we just passed it in gal wage discrimination just because The SPEAKER pro tempore. The res- New Jersey. It is high time that Con- she is a woman doesn’t go through all ervation of a point of order is with- gress ensures these commonsense val- the hardship of a legal battle only to drawn. ues for the rest of the women across see her lawyer walk away with even Ms. WILD. Madam Speaker, I rise in this country. more of her money. opposition to the motion to recommit. I have listened to objections raised With this motion to recommit, if a The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- today that women already have protec- plaintiff has entered into a contin- tlewoman from Pennsylvania is recog- tions for equal pay. Well, let me assure gency fee arrangement in Equal Pay nized for 5 minutes. you that the protections in our laws Ms. WILD. Madam Speaker, I am op- Act litigation, the attorney’s contin- are not adequate. posed to all caps on attorney’s fees in gency fee, including costs, will not ex- I rise today, Madam Speaker, for this type of case. ceed 49 percent of the judgment award- women who are earning just 80 cents on The only criteria for the amount of ed to the plaintiff. every dollar. I rise for our African attorney’s fees charged should be rea- If adopted, it will ensure that the in- American women who are only earning sonableness in the context of the case dividual who has brought the claim ac- 61 cents on the dollar. I rise today for itself. Hispanic women who are only earning tually receives a majority of the judg- I have spent more than 30 years in ment and that the attorney doesn’t 53 cents on the dollar. courtrooms, most of that time rep- Madam Speaker, I rise today for collect the lion’s share. resenting the defense in civil matters, The authors of H.R. 7 failed to in- American women and for their families almost always for companies; in other so we can give them a fair shot, like a clude in the text any new legal protec- words, against the very trial lawyers tions for workers against discrimina- woman in my district who, despite we speak of. being a single mom helping to pay off tion. Instead, the bill alters the Equal So I have no bias in favor of those her children’s college debt, was passed Pay Act to allow unlimited compen- lawyers, but let me tell you this: rep- over for a raise because her male co- satory damages even when there is no resenting plaintiffs in employment worker had a family to support, or an- intentional discrimination, and unlim- cases is a very hard job. These lawyers other who found that she was being ited punitive damages. It also expands work for every penny they earn. They paid less than her male coworkers after class action lawsuits. take cases that put their own liveli- years of performing the same job and H.R. 7 makes it impossible in many hood at risk. with the same seniority. And, Madam cases for employers to defend against Many employment cases take years Speaker, I am fighting today for my Equal Pay Act claims even when there to resolve. Often they have to go to two daughters so they have the same is a legitimate business reason for a court over and over to litigate dis- opportunities and the same rights as pay differential. covery and pretrial matters, and all my two sons. H.R. 7 creates special incentives and the while, they are not collecting a In the House, we know what our co- awards for trial lawyers. paycheck from that case, because they workers are making. We can look it up. For working women who have been have taken it on a contingent fee basis. We need our constituents to have that taken advantage of by their bosses, it Without an award at the end of the same opportunity. sets them up to lose out again. case, they receive nothing, and they Madam Speaker, I have joined my H.R. 7 encourages trial lawyers to advance out-of-pocket expenses. colleagues on the other side of the aisle file more lawsuits of questionable va- But even more important, without in the past on their motions. I believe lidity and to drive workers into the these lawyers, low-income female em- deeply in the need for this body to suits without their knowledge for the ployees with legitimate grievances come together today to focus on issues purpose of siphoning off the new pool of would have no recourse. Only with a that matter to our families. It is time unlimited compensatory and punitive competent lawyer’s help can they pro- for my colleagues to now join me, be- damages created by H.R. 7, lining their ceed. cause supporting women, supporting own pockets at the expense of plain- This motion, if passed, would dis- families, and supporting the American tiffs. courage lawyers from taking these Dream is a shared value. A similar amendment capping law- cases. And if they don’t take these I know in New Jersey the equal pay yers’ contingency fees at 15 percent cases, employees, workers, families bill passed with broad bipartisan sup- was offered by Mr. BYRNE when H.R. 7 lose out. port. In fact, in the entire State senate

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.085 H27MRPT1 H2874 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 and assembly, there were only two peo- Webster (FL) Wittman Yoho The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ple who voted against it. Wenstrup Womack Young question is on the passage of the bill. Westerman Woodall Zeldin If there were ever a moment, if there Williams Wright The question was taken; and the were ever a bill, if there were ever a NOES—236 Speaker pro tempore announced that time to put obstruction aside, it is the ayes appeared to have it. Adams Garcia (TX) Ocasio-Cortez now. The motion put forth has nothing Aguilar Golden Omar Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam to do with equal pay, and I urge my Allred Gomez Pallone Speaker, on that I demand the yeas colleagues to reject it. Amash Gonzalez (TX) Panetta and nays. Ms. WILD. Madam Speaker, I yield Axne Gottheimer Pappas The yeas and nays were ordered. Barraga´ n Green (TX) Pascrell back the balance of my time. Bass Grijalva Payne The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Beatty Haaland Perlmutter 5-minute vote. objection, the previous question is or- Bera Harder (CA) Peters The vote was taken by electronic de- dered. Beyer Hastings Peterson Bishop (GA) Hayes Phillips vice, and there were—yeas 242, nays There was no objection. Blumenauer Heck Pingree 187, not voting 3, as follows: Blunt Rochester Higgins (NY) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Pocan [Roll No. 134] question is on the motion to recommit. Bonamici Hill (CA) Porter Boyle, Brendan Himes Pressley YEAS—242 The question was taken; and the F. Horn, Kendra S. Price (NC) Adams Speaker pro tempore announced that Brindisi Horsford Gabbard Mucarsel-Powell Quigley Aguilar Brown (MD) Houlahan Gallego Murphy the noes appeared to have it. Raskin Allred Brownley (CA) Hoyer Garamendi Nadler Rice (NY) Axne ´ RECORDED VOTE Bustos Huffman Garcıa (IL) Napolitano Richmond Barraga´ n Butterfield Jackson Lee Garcia (TX) Neal Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam Rose (NY) Bass Carbajal Jayapal Golden Neguse Beatty Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. Ca´ rdenas Jeffries Rouda Gomez Norcross Bera A recorded vote was ordered. Carson (IN) Johnson (GA) Roybal-Allard Gonzalez (TX) O’Halleran Beyer Cartwright Johnson (TX) Ruiz Gottheimer Ocasio-Cortez The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a Bishop (GA) Case Kaptur Ruppersberger Green (TX) Omar 5-minute vote. Blumenauer Casten (IL) Keating Rush Grijalva Pallone Blunt Rochester The vote was taken by electronic de- Castor (FL) Kelly (IL) Ryan Haaland Panetta Bonamici vice, and there were—ayes 191, noes 236, Castro (TX) Kennedy Sa´ nchez Harder (CA) Pappas Boyle, Brendan Chu, Judy Khanna Sarbanes Hastings Pascrell not voting 4, as follows: F. Cicilline Kildee Scanlon Hayes Payne Brindisi [Roll No. 133] Cisneros Kilmer Schakowsky Heck Pelosi Brown (MD) Clark (MA) Kim Schiff Higgins (NY) Perlmutter AYES—191 Brownley (CA) Clarke (NY) Kind Schneider Hill (CA) Peters Abraham Bustos Gibbs Mitchell Clay Kirkpatrick Schrader Himes Peterson Aderholt Butterfield Gohmert Moolenaar Cleaver Krishnamoorthi Schrier Horn, Kendra S. Phillips Allen Carbajal Gonzalez (OH) Mooney (WV) Clyburn Kuster (NH) Scott (VA) Horsford Pingree Amodei Gooden Mullin Ca´ rdenas Houlahan Pocan Cohen Lamb Scott, David Armstrong Gosar Newhouse Carson (IN) Hoyer Porter Connolly Langevin Serrano Arrington Graves (GA) Norman Cartwright Huffman Pressley Cooper Larsen (WA) Sewell (AL) Babin Graves (LA) Nunes Case Hurd (TX) Price (NC) Correa Larson (CT) Shalala Bacon Graves (MO) Olson Casten (IL) Jackson Lee Quigley Costa Lawrence Sherman Baird Castor (FL) Green (TN) Palazzo Courtney Lawson (FL) Jayapal Raskin Balderson Sherrill Castro (TX) Grothman Palmer Cox (CA) Lee (CA) Jeffries Reed Banks Sires Chu, Judy Guest Pence Craig Lee (NV) Johnson (GA) Rice (NY) Barr Slotkin Cicilline Guthrie Perry Crist Levin (CA) Johnson (TX) Richmond Bergman Smith (WA) Cisneros Hagedorn Posey Crow Levin (MI) Kaptur Rose (NY) Biggs Soto Clark (MA) Harris Ratcliffe Cuellar Lewis Keating Rouda Bilirakis Spanberger Clarke (NY) Hartzler Reed Cummings Lieu, Ted Kelly (IL) Roybal-Allard Bishop (UT) Speier Clay Hern, Kevin Reschenthaler Cunningham Lipinski Kennedy Ruiz Bost Stanton Cleaver Herrera Beutler Rice (SC) Davids (KS) Loebsack Khanna Ruppersberger Brady Stevens Clyburn Hice (GA) Riggleman Davis (CA) Lofgren Kildee Rush Brooks (AL) Suozzi Cohen Higgins (LA) Roby Davis, Danny K. Lowenthal Kilmer Ryan Brooks (IN) Swalwell (CA) Connolly ´ Hill (AR) Rodgers (WA) Dean Lowey Kim Sanchez Buchanan Takano Cooper Holding Roe, David P. DeFazio Luja´ n Kind Sarbanes Buck Thompson (CA) Correa Hollingsworth Rogers (AL) DeGette Luria Kirkpatrick Scanlon Bucshon Thompson (MS) Costa Hudson Rogers (KY) DeLauro Lynch Krishnamoorthi Schakowsky Budd Titus Courtney Huizenga Rooney (FL) DelBene Malinowski Kuster (NH) Schiff Burchett Cox (CA) Hunter Rose, John W. Delgado Maloney, Tlaib Lamb Schneider Burgess Craig Hurd (TX) Rouzer Demings Carolyn B. Tonko Langevin Schrader Byrne Crist Johnson (LA) Roy DeSaulnier Maloney, Sean Torres (CA) Larsen (WA) Schrier Calvert Crow Johnson (OH) Rutherford Deutch Matsui Torres Small Larson (CT) Scott (VA) Carter (GA) Cuellar Johnson (SD) Scalise Dingell McAdams (NM) Lawrence Scott, David Carter (TX) Cummings Jordan Schweikert Doggett McBath Trahan Lawson (FL) Serrano Chabot Cunningham Joyce (OH) Scott, Austin Doyle, Michael McCollum Trone Lee (CA) Sewell (AL) Cheney Davids (KS) Joyce (PA) Sensenbrenner F. McEachin Underwood Lee (NV) Shalala Cline Davis (CA) Katko Shimkus Engel McGovern Van Drew Levin (CA) Sherman Cloud Davis, Danny K. Kelly (MS) Simpson Escobar McNerney Vargas Levin (MI) Sherrill Cole Davis, Rodney Kelly (PA) Smith (MO) Eshoo Meeks Veasey Lewis Simpson Collins (GA) Dean King (IA) Smith (NE) Espaillat Meng Vela Lieu, Ted Sires Collins (NY) DeFazio King (NY) Smith (NJ) Evans Moore Vela´ zquez Lipinski Slotkin Comer DeGette Kinzinger Smucker Finkenauer Morelle Visclosky Loebsack Smith (NJ) Conaway DeLauro Kustoff (TN) Spano Fletcher Moulton Wasserman Lofgren Smith (WA) Cook DelBene LaHood Stauber Foster Mucarsel-Powell Schultz Lowenthal Soto Crawford Delgado LaMalfa Stefanik Frankel Murphy Waters Lowey Spanberger Crenshaw Demings ´ Lamborn Steil Fudge Nadler Watson Coleman Lujan Speier Curtis DeSaulnier Latta Steube Gabbard Napolitano Welch Luria Stanton Davidson (OH) Deutch Lesko Stewart Gaetz Neal Wexton Lynch Stevens Davis, Rodney Diaz-Balart Long Stivers Gallego Neguse Wild Malinowski Suozzi Diaz-Balart Dingell Loudermilk Taylor Garamendi Norcross Wilson (FL) Maloney, Swalwell (CA) Duffy Doggett Lucas Thompson (PA) Garcı´a (IL) O’Halleran Yarmuth Carolyn B. Takano Duncan Luetkemeyer Thornberry Doyle, Michael Maloney, Sean Thompson (CA) Dunn Marchant Timmons NOT VOTING—4 F. Matsui Thompson (MS) Emmer Marshall Tipton Engel McAdams Titus DesJarlais Griffith Estes Massie Turner Escobar McBath Tlaib Granger Wilson (SC) Ferguson Mast Upton Eshoo McCollum Tonko Fitzpatrick McCarthy Wagner Espaillat McEachin Torres (CA) Fleischmann McCaul Walberg b 1727 Evans McGovern Torres Small Flores McClintock Walden Finkenauer McNerney (NM) Fortenberry McHenry Walker So the motion to recommit was re- Fitzpatrick Meeks Trahan Foxx (NC) McKinley Walorski jected. Fletcher Meng Trone Fulcher Meadows Waltz Foster Moore Underwood Gallagher Meuser Watkins The result of the vote was announced Frankel Morelle Van Drew Gianforte Miller Weber (TX) as above recorded. Fudge Moulton Vargas

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.087 H27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2875 Veasey Wasserman Wexton The Clerk read the title of the resolu- specified in such subsection shall be avail- Vela Schultz Wild able for expenses incurred during the period ´ Waters tion. Velazquez Wilson (FL) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there beginning at noon on January 3, 2020, and Visclosky Watson Coleman Yarmuth ending immediately before noon on January Welch objection to the request of the gentle- 3, 2021. NAYS—187 woman from California? (b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The com- There was no objection. Abraham Gosar Olson mittees and amounts referred to in sub- Aderholt Graves (GA) Palazzo The text of the resolution is as fol- section (a) are: Committee on Agriculture, Allen Graves (LA) Palmer lows: $5,756,664; Committee on Armed Services, Amash Graves (MO) Pence H. RES. 245 $8,175,111; Committee on the Budget, Amodei Green (TN) Perry Resolved, $5,190,212; Select Committee on the Climate Armstrong Griffith Posey Crisis, $1,890,750; Committee on Education SECTION 1. COMMITTEE EXPENSES FOR THE ONE Arrington Grothman Ratcliffe and Labor, $7,289,357; Committee on Energy Babin Guest HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS. Reschenthaler and Commerce, $10,573,692; Committee on Bacon Guthrie (a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the One Rice (SC) Ethics, $3,507,696; Committee on Financial Baird Hagedorn Riggleman Hundred Sixteenth Congress, there shall be Balderson Harris Services, $8,538,931; Committee on Foreign Roby paid out of the applicable accounts of the Banks Hartzler Affairs, $8,120,362; Committee on Homeland Rodgers (WA) House of Representatives, in accordance with Barr Hern, Kevin Roe, David P. Security, $7,654,001; Committee on House Ad- Bergman Herrera Beutler this primary expense resolution, not more Rogers (AL) than the amount specified in subsection (b) ministration, $5,472,211; Permanent Select Biggs Hice (GA) Committee on Intelligence, $6,231,500; Com- Rogers (KY) for the expenses (including the expenses of Bilirakis Higgins (LA) mittee on the Judiciary, $7,930,297; Select Bishop (UT) Hill (AR) Rooney (FL) all staff salaries) of each committee named Committee on the Modernization of Con- Bost Holding Rose, John W. in such subsection. Rouzer gress, $37,500; Committee on Natural Re- Brady Hollingsworth (b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The com- Roy Brooks (AL) Hudson mittees and amounts referred to in sub- sources, $6,947,963; Committee on Oversight Brooks (IN) Huizenga Rutherford and Reform, $9,495,034; Committee on Rules, section (a) are: Committee on Agriculture, Buchanan Hunter Scalise $3,327,189; Committee on Science, Space, and $11,513,328; Committee on Armed Services, Buck Johnson (LA) Schweikert Technology, $5,539,827; Committee on Small $16,350,222; Committee on the Budget, Bucshon Johnson (OH) Scott, Austin Business, $3,098,148; Committee on Transpor- Sensenbrenner $10,380,424; Select Committee on the Climate Budd Johnson (SD) tation and Infrastructure, $8,915,165; Com- Burchett Jordan Shimkus Crisis, $3,781,500; Committee on Education mittee on Veterans’ Affairs, $4,138,192; and Burgess Joyce (OH) Smith (MO) and Labor, $14,578,714; Committee on Energy Committee on Ways and Means, $9,133,432. Byrne Joyce (PA) Smith (NE) and Commerce, $21,147,384; Committee on (c) REVIEW OF USE OF FUNDS IN FIRST Calvert Katko Smucker Ethics, $7,015,392; Committee on Financial Carter (GA) Kelly (MS) Spano SESSION.— Services, $17,077,862; Committee on Foreign Carter (TX) Kelly (PA) Stauber (1) REVIEW.—None of the amounts pro- Chabot King (IA) Stefanik Affairs, $16,240,724; Committee on Homeland vided for in section 1 for a committee named Cheney King (NY) Steil Security, $15,308,002; Committee on House in subsection (b) may be available for ex- Cline Kinzinger Steube Administration, $10,644,422; Permanent Se- penses of the committee after March 15, 2020, Cloud Kustoff (TN) Stewart lect Committee on Intelligence, $12,463,000; Cole LaHood unless the chair or ranking minority mem- Stivers Committee on the Judiciary, $15,860,594; Se- ber of the committee appears and presents Collins (GA) LaMalfa Taylor lect Committee on the Modernization of Con- Collins (NY) Lamborn Thompson (PA) testimony at a hearing of the Committee on Comer Latta gress, $487,500; Committee on Natural Re- House Administration held prior to such Thornberry sources, $13,895,926; Committee on Oversight Conaway Lesko Timmons date to review the committee’s use of the and Reform, $18,990,068; Committee on Rules, Cook Long Tipton amounts provided for in section 1 during the Crawford Loudermilk Turner $6,654,378; Committee on Science, Space, and first session of the One Hundred Sixteenth Crenshaw Lucas Upton Technology, $11,079,654; Committee on Small Curtis Luetkemeyer Congress and to determine whether the Wagner Business, $6,196,296; Committee on Transpor- Davidson (OH) Marchant amount specified in subsection (b) with re- Walberg tation and Infrastructure, $17,830,330; Com- Duffy Marshall spect to the committee should be updated on Walden Duncan Massie mittee on Veterans’ Affairs, $8,276,384; and the basis of the review. Dunn Mast Walker Committee on Ways and Means, $18,266,864. Walorski (2) WAIVER.—The Committee on House Emmer McCarthy SEC. 2. FIRST SESSION LIMITATIONS. Waltz Administration may waive the application of Estes McCaul (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount provided paragraph (1) to any or all of the committees Ferguson McClintock Watkins Weber (TX) for in section 1 for each committee named in named in subsection (b). Fleischmann McHenry subsection (b), not more than the amount Flores McKinley Webster (FL) SEC. 4. VOUCHERS. Fortenberry Meadows Wenstrup specified in such subsection shall be avail- Payments under this resolution shall be Foxx (NC) Meuser Westerman able for expenses incurred during the period made on vouchers authorized by the com- Fulcher Miller Williams beginning at noon on January 3, 2019, and mittee involved, signed by the chair of such Wittman Gaetz Mitchell ending immediately before noon on January committee, and approved in the manner di- Gallagher Moolenaar Womack 3, 2020. Gianforte Mooney (WV) Woodall rected by the Committee on House Adminis- (b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The com- tration. Gibbs Mullin Wright mittees and amounts referred to in sub- Gohmert Newhouse Yoho SEC. 5. REGULATIONS. Gonzalez (OH) Norman Young section (a) are: Committee on Agriculture, Amounts made available under this reso- Gooden Nunes Zeldin $5,756,664; Committee on Armed Services, lution shall be expended in accordance with $8,175,111; Committee on the Budget, NOT VOTING—3 regulations prescribed by the Committee on $5,190,212; Select Committee on the Climate House Administration. DesJarlais Granger Wilson (SC) Crisis, $1,890,750; Committee on Education SEC. 6. RESERVE FUND FOR UNANTICIPATED EX- and Labor, $7,289,357; Committee on Energy b 1735 PENSES. and Commerce, $10,573,692; Committee on (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby es- Mr. POSEY changed his vote from Ethics, $3,507,696; Committee on Financial tablished a reserve fund for unanticipated ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Services, $8,538,931; Committee on Foreign expenses of committees for the One Hundred So the bill was passed. Affairs, $8,120,362; Committee on Homeland Sixteenth Congress. The result of the vote was announced Security, $7,654,001; Committee on House Ad- (b) AMOUNT.—The reserve fund under this as above recorded. ministration, $5,172,211; Permanent Select section shall have a balance of $8,000,000, of Committee on Intelligence, $6,231,500; Com- A motion to reconsider was laid on which— mittee on the Judiciary, $7,930,297; Select (1) $1,500,000 shall be available for unan- the table. Committee on the Modernization of Con- ticipated expenses incurred during the period f gress, $450,000; Committee on Natural Re- beginning at noon on January 3, 2019, and sources, $6,947,963; Committee on Oversight ending immediately before noon on January PROVIDING FOR THE EXPENSES and Reform, $9,495,034; Committee on Rules, OF CERTAIN COMMITTEES OF 3, 2020; and $3,327,189; Committee on Science, Space, and (2) $6,500,000 shall be available for unan- THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- Technology, $5,539,827; Committee on Small ticipated expenses incurred during the period TIVES IN THE ONE HUNDRED Business, $3,098,148; Committee on Transpor- beginning at noon on January 3, 2020, and SIXTEENTH CONGRESS tation and Infrastructure, $8,915,165; Com- ending immediately before noon on January mittee on Veterans’ Affairs, $4,138,192; and Ms. LOFGREN. Madam Speaker, I 3, 2021. Committee on Ways and Means, $9,133,432. (c) ALLOCATION TO COMMITTEES.— ask unanimous consent to take from SEC. 3. SECOND SESSION LIMITATIONS. Amounts in the reserve fund under this sec- the Speaker’s table H. Res. 245 and ask (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount provided tion shall be paid to a committee pursuant for its immediate consideration in the for in section 1 for each committee named in to an allocation approved by the Committee House. subsection (b), not more than the amount on House Administration.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR7.030 H27MRPT1 H2876 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 SEC. 7. ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. built entirely by private donations and The Committee on House Administration CRAIG). Is there objection to the re- dedicated to the 2.7 million service- shall have authority to make adjustments in quest of the gentleman from New Jer- members who served during the Viet- amounts under section 1, if necessary to sey? nam war. comply with an order of the President issued Madam Speaker, we all know some- under section 251A or 254 of the Balanced There was no objection. Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act f one who served in Vietnam. These veterans are our friends, our family, and of 1985 or to conform to any change in appro- HOUR OF MEETING ON TOMORROW priations for the purposes of such section 1. neighbors. It is long overdue to salute The resolution was agreed to. Mr. PAYNE. Madam Speaker, I ask them for their service, but it is not too A motion to reconsider was laid on unanimous consent that when the late. This weekend, I will proudly be at the table. House adjourns today, it adjourn to the Cambria County War Memorial to meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow. mark this special day. f The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there May God bless our Vietnam war vet- REQUEST TO CONSIDER H.R. 962, objection to the request of the gen- erans today, tomorrow, and every day. BORN-ALIVE ABORTION SUR- tleman from New Jersey? Welcome home. VIVORS PROTECTION ACT There was no objection. f Mr. GREEN of Tennessee. Madam f b 1745 Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that HONORING FLORENCE M. JOHNSON SALTON SEA DROUGHT the Committee on the Judiciary be dis- (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given CONTINGENCY PLAN charged from further consideration of permission to address the House for 1 (Mr. RUIZ asked and was given per- H.R. 962, the Born-Alive Abortion Sur- minute and to revise and extend his re- mission to address the House for 1 vivors Protection Act, a commonsense marks.) minute and to revise and extend his re- bill to protect the smallest and most Mr. PAYNE. Madam Speaker, I rise marks.) vulnerable among us, and ask for its today to honor a community leader Mr. RUIZ. Madam Speaker, I rise immediate consideration in the House. from Essex County, New Jersey, Ms. today to address concerns about the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Florence M. Johnson. Ms. Johnson has Colorado River drought contingency guidelines consistently issued by suc- been an exceptional leader across Essex plan and to sound the alarm and avoid cessive Speakers, as recorded in sec- County for the past four decades. a public health crisis at the Salton Sea tion 956 of the House Rules and Man- In the 1970s, she cofounded a housing in southern California. ual, the Chair is constrained not to en- development in East Orange, New Jer- To be clear, I support the goals of the tertain the request unless it has been sey, that was designed, built, and man- DCP, which outlines voluntary water cleared by the bipartisan floor and aged by African Americans—one of the use cuts across seven Western States in committee leaderships. first of its kind. the event of a worsening drought. How- Mr. GREEN of Tennessee. Madam In the 1980s and 1990s, she was a trail- ever, I am concerned that the current Speaker, if this unanimous consent re- blazing member of East Orange City proposal to implement the DCP pro- quest can’t be entertained, I urge the Council. vides an expansive waiver to the Bu- Speaker and the majority leader to im- In 2000, she joined the New Jersey reau of Reclamation that could result mediately schedule the Born-Alive bill. Symphony Orchestra as an outreach in the reduction of water to the Salton The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- and community engagement leader. At Sea. tleman is not recognized for debate at the New Jersey Symphony, Ms. John- The Salton Sea is the largest inland this time. son led outreach to schools, churches, body of water in all of California, and Mr. GREEN of Tennessee. I would senior centers, and other organizations its very existence is already at risk. ask that the—— in order to make sure that the arts Ensuring the Salton Sea is protected as The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- benefit everyone in the community. part of this agreement is critically im- tleman is not recognized for debate at This evening, she is being honored as portant because, if the Salton Sea decline accelerates, thousands of lake this time. a Hidden Figure in East Orange, New beds will become exposed, subjecting f Jersey. residents of southern California to Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER harmful dust that penetrates the lungs to join me in honoring Ms. Florence M. AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 1735 and can cause severe respiratory ill- Johnson for her leadership. Ms. MOORE. Madam Speaker, I ask ness. f unanimous consent to have my name I look forward to working with the removed as a cosponsor of H.R. 1735. HONORING VIETNAM VETERANS Natural Resources Committee to find a solution that prevents a broad waiver The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania of Federal laws and that preserves objection to the request of the gentle- asked and was given permission to ad- water rights and critical environ- woman from Wisconsin? dress the House for 1 minute and to re- mental protections for its surrounding There was no objection. vise and extend his remarks.) residents. f Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, I support the goals Madam Speaker, tomorrow is National of the DCP. However, I cannot in good AUTHORIZING THE SPEAKER TO Vietnam War Veterans Day. DECLARE A RECESS ON WEDNES- conscience support implementation in Madam Speaker, 46 years ago, March a way that harms the Salton Sea or DAY, APRIL 3, 2019, FOR THE 29, 1973, the last combat troops were or- PURPOSE OF RECEIVING IN threatens the health of the people I dered out of Vietnam; and just 2 years serve. JOINT MEETING HIS EXCEL- ago, we designated March 29 as a na- f LENCY JENS STOLTENBERG, tional day to honor our Vietnam vet- SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE erans. CONSEQUENCES OF AIR FORCE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY OR- Madam Speaker, in many instances, RUNNING OUT OF OPERATION GANIZATION our Vietnam veterans often did not re- AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING Mr. PAYNE. Madam Speaker, I ask ceive a warm welcome home when they (Mr. GAETZ asked and was given per- unanimous consent that it may be in returned from war. There were no pa- mission to address the House for 1 order at any time on Wednesday, April rades, no welcome back ceremonies. minute and to revise and extend his re- 3, 2019, for the Speaker to declare a re- Our Vietnam veterans, many of marks.) cess, subject to the call of the Chair, whom were drafted, answered the Na- Mr. GAETZ. Madam Speaker, I rise for the purpose of receiving in joint tion’s call and served with honor and to raise the concerns of Floridians and meeting His Excellency Jens distinction. Georgians who still await a supple- Stoltenberg, Secretary General of the Vietnam veterans constructed their mental appropriation from the Con- North Atlantic Treaty Organization. own memorial here in Washington, gress.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR7.033 H27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2877 Every other major storm and disaster vital human right for freshwater to be- minute and to revise and extend his re- received a supplemental appropriation, long to everyone. marks.) but for some reason, victims of Hurri- f Mr. SPANO. Madam Speaker, I rise cane Michael remain waiting. today to congratulate the Lakeland REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF The Air Force, expecting an appro- Christian School Mock Trial team for BARBARA RICCA priation, began the process of rebuild- winning second place in the Florida ing Tyndall Air Force Base. This morn- (Mr. JOYCE of Ohio asked and was High School Mock Trial Competition. ing, the Air Force put out news that given permission to address the House The team previously won first place they have run out of O&M funds. for 1 minute.) in regionals and went on to win not What does this mean? It means that, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Madam Speaker, only second place among all teams in as of this morning, we have deferred 61 I rise today to recognize the passing of Florida but also the Stephen required facility projects at bases in 18 a dear friend and a model public serv- Shenkman Professionalism Award and States across our country. ant from my district, Ms. Barbara the Best Attorney award, which was It means that, on May 1, we will stop Ricca of Newbury Township in Geauga granted to Abby Branham. work on Tyndall Air Force Base, fail- County. Ms. Ricca passed away peace- In addition to Abby, the team in- ing to meet our obligations to rebuild. fully on Saturday morning, March 23, cluded Ama Fosu, Annie Bolter, Trent It means that, on May 15, the Air at the age of 95. Curtis, Keaton Walding, Jace Gravitt, Barb proudly served as the legal sec- Force will cut aircraft repairs, poten- Faith Nagy, Emily Branham, Lucy tially endangering our pilots’ safety retary for Geauga County for over 30 years. She worked under five different Bolter, Seth Martinez, Tag Hunt, Riley when flying and limiting their training Rhoden, Carter Sawicki, Haley Caylor, capacity. prosecutors from both parties. In fact, when I became prosecutor, Barbara was and Aline Peek. Ultimately, it means that, on Sep- These students dedicated many hours tember 1, we will cut 18,000 training my very first secretary. She worked tirelessly until her re- of hard work and preparation to learn flying hours. the facts of their case and present This is unacceptable in the current tirement, but Barb did not retire from life. She worked just as hard as a vol- them thoughtfully in the competition. global environment. We must act now I am confident the knowledge they to ensure that the men and women unteer at University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center and could be found gained will help them become active serving in the Air Force are furnished members of our community in college with the tools to accomplish their mis- baling hay on their family farm. For relaxation, she played in the and beyond. sions. Their success comes not only from This is our job as the Congress, and Great Geauga County Fair Band, of their own hard work but also from the we need to do it immediately, since which she had been an original charter mentors who guided them through the there are very few legislative days remember since 1938. Most recently, I had process. The talented students were maining before the Easter break. the honor of pinning Barb at the Geauga County Fair to commemorate coached by Chasity Branham, professor f her 80th year of playing in the fair of criminal justice at Polk State Col- WORLD WATER DAY band. lege, and Judge Melissa Gravitt, who (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given Barb will not only be missed by her recently assumed the bench for Flor- permission to address the House for 1 loving family and friends but by the ida’s 10th Judicial Circuit. minute.) entire Geauga County community. These women took many hours out of Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, I rise May Barbara Ricca rest in peace. their busy schedules to impart their to commemorate World Water Day, f passion for justice to these students. I just celebrated on March 22. CONGRATULATING FULLERTON appreciate all that they do. Our next Water sustains life on Earth. It is COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAM generation is made better by their critical to health, sanitation, food pro- service. (Mr. CORREA asked and was given duction, and the economy at large. f Tragically, over 2 billion people permission to address the House for 1 HONORING THE CAREER OF JUDGE around our world lack access to safe minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) RAMON GARCIA drinking water, a humanitarian crisis. Mr. CORREA. Madam Speaker, to my Some live in our country. (Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas asked and right is a picture of champs. I con- Limited access to freshwater is an was given permission to address the gratulate the Fullerton College men’s ever-increasing risk to our national se- House for 1 minute.) basketball team for winning the State curity as nations go to war over this Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas. Madam championship this last weekend. Speaker, I rise today to honor the ca- precious resource. Meanwhile, terrorist This victory marks Fullerton Col- organizations seek to control water re- reer and service of a gentleman, the lege’s fourth State championship title, Honorable Ramon Garcia. sources to finance their destabilizing but the first since 2006. This awesome activities. That is why we must fully Judge Garcia recently completed his performance is thanks to Coach Perry third term as the Hidalgo County fund U.S. diplomatic leadership, to en- Webster and tournament MVP Lance sure that the looming conflicts over judge, serving with honor and distinc- Coleman, sophomore Rodrick McCobb, tion during his tenure. Judge Garcia water can be nipped in the bud. and the rest of the talented players. was first elected in 2002. At the end of My own constituents in northern I am honored to recognize these fine his tenure in 2006, Judge Garcia left Hi- Ohio are acutely aware of how precious young men. These players are going to access to clean water can be. In the be role models, and they are going to dalgo County in the best financial posi- summer of 2014, fertilizer runoff led to be leaders in our community. These tion it had ever been in, in its history. massive clusters of harmful algae men have learned a lesson, which is Judge Garcia returned for a second blooms in Lake Erie, compromising that hard work and determination pay round as Hidalgo County judge, being water supplies to over half a million off. elected for a second term in 2010, and a residents of Toledo. Flint, Michigan, These are our State champions. Con- third term in 2014, having served until shortly thereafter, endured its own gratulations to Coach Webster and the this year in 2019. water crisis. Hornets. They have earned this vic- His leadership and fiscally respon- As the Appropriations Committee’s tory. sible policies have paved the way for Energy and Water Development, and Go Hornets. Hidalgo County to construct a much- Related Agencies Subcommittee chair, f needed county courthouse. The Hidalgo I can assure you that our committee is County Commissioners Court officially working tirelessly to fight for im- CONGRATULATING LAKELAND named the courthouse’s law library the proved infrastructure, environmental CHRISTIAN SCHOOL MOCK TRIAL ‘‘Hidalgo County Judge Ramon Garcia protections, and access to clean water. TEAM Law Library,’’ paying homage to his Together, we will meet this crisis in (Mr. SPANO asked and was given per- positive contributions to Hidalgo Coun- our country and abroad and allow the mission to address the House for 1 ty.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.095 H27MRPT1 H2878 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 Ramon Garcia was born in 1948 at the Mr. NEGUSE. Madam Speaker, rifices of those who have fought for us old McAllen General Hospital, the cur- today, I want to share the story of a and for our freedom. rent location of McAllen City Hall. He family in my district. In 2015, the I am proud to honor Ms. Kondor. graduated with honors from the Uni- Cerrato family was in the NICU, fight- f versity of Houston, Bates College of ing for the life of their son Ethan. At Law, in 1972, and passed the State bar just 10 days old, he had undergone two b 1800 the same year. major surgeries, had been the subject BIPARTISANSHIP He began practicing in 1973 with Joe of dozens of procedures, and had spent B. Evins, who was an attorney at the the first days of his life traumatized (Mr. VAN DREW asked and was given time but would later go on to be the and struggling through pain. permission to address the House for 1 State district judge in our county. After only 10 days, the Cerrato fam- minute and to revise and extend his re- Recently, Judge Garcia formed a coa- ily had accumulated a hospital bill of marks.) lition of community leaders to plan for over $250,000. While little Ethan was Mr. VAN DREW. Madam Speaker, I the 2020 Census and ensure that Hi- fighting for his life, Christine and Mat- am grateful for the opportunity to dalgo County is accurately counted. thew Cerrato were grappling with the speak to the Members of the House. We The coalition’s work is recognized thought of filing for bankruptcy. are all here because the American peo- statewide and by other city and county At this moment, the question be- ple made it so. governments that are facing similar came: What could they rely on? The The diversity of our Nation’s polit- situations. answer was the Affordable Care Act, ical ideals is boundless. That is what Today, Hidalgo County continues its which was passed into law this week 9 made our country what it is today. We fight for representation and entitle- years ago. are here to represent these vast ideals. ment funds, and they owe many thanks Earlier this week, the Department of The definition of bipartisanship is of to Judge Garcia for his tireless work. Justice called on the Federal courts to or involving the agreement or coopera- Madam Speaker, Judge Garcia is a overturn the ACA in its entirety, the tion of two political parties that usu- pillar in our community. There are latest attack from this administration ally oppose each other’s policies. It is many reasons to admire the work of on the affordable healthcare of mil- about cooperation, it is about com- Judge Garcia. I personally thank the lions of families, including many in my promise, and it is about working to- judge for his exemplary work in gov- State of Colorado and in my district. gether with those who don’t have the ernment, but I most admire his trial These relentless efforts to repeal this same exact ideals as you. and advocacy skills that he has used to law would have harmful impacts on I am asking for the membership of advocate for south Texas. families across the country, like the this House to think on the idea of bi- He has challenged the status quo as a Cerrato family. partisanship. It is my belief that we litigator and as our county judge to We cannot move backward on the the benefit of south Texans. It is a owe it to the American people to work progress we have made to provide af- together. privilege to represent resilient, hard- fordable healthcare to American fami- f working individuals like him. lies. Instead, we must move forward to f lower drug prices, to lower the cost of MUELLER INVESTIGATION RECOGNIZING CINCINNATI healthcare, and to ensure that Colo- (Mr. MEUSER asked and was given MOELLER CRUSADERS rado families and families all over permission to address the House for 1 (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given America can get the care they need. minute.) permission to address the House for 1 f Mr. MEUSER. Madam Speaker, we, minute.) HONORING CHER KONDOR our country, over the past 2 years have Mr. CHABOT. Madam Speaker, the lived through persistent and daily ac- (Mr. SMUCKER asked and was given Cincinnati Moeller Crusaders have cusations against our President of Rus- permission to address the House for 1 done it again, back-to-back Ohio Divi- sian collusion in his election, accusa- minute and to revise and extend his re- sion I basketball champs 2 years in a tions made by many Democrats and row. marks.) Mr. SMUCKER. Madam Speaker, the media. Our President was accused The Crusaders defeated the strong of nothing short of high crimes and Akron Saint Vincent-Saint Mary team March is Women’s History Month, and I am proud to honor some remarkable misdemeanors. over the weekend, 52–44, to take the A 2-year, thorough investigation was championship. women in my district. Today, I am recognizing Ms. Cher carried out. Last Friday, perhaps the Moeller was undefeated this season most thorough investigation in recent going 29–0. In fact, going back to last Kondor, who I had the honor of meeting just recently. Cher is a Gold Star history concluded. The investigation season, it is their 49th win in a row in enjoyed not only complete, unlimited a league and a State known for great mother. Her son, Martin Kondor, was a U.S. Army specialist killed in Baqubah, access to witnesses, but the resources high school basketball teams. of the entire Federal Government, in- As a graduate of a Greater Catholic Iraq, in 2004. cluding the Department of Justice, the League rival school, La Salle, I have to Of course, Ms. Kondor was dev- FBI, and the intelligence community. acknowledge that Moeller is strong in astated, but she decided to do some- just about everything. In fact, my sen- thing in his honor and in honor of all The Mueller investigation reached a ior year at La Salle, Moeller was the the other veterans who have served, conclusion that no Russian collusion only team to beat us in football, even particularly those who have sacrificed took place nor was there any evidence with me anchoring the La Salle defen- their lives for our freedom. of any participation by any persons in sive line. She created a memorial veterans gar- the campaign. To Moeller’s players, especially the den called the Gold Star Garden in The verdict is in. Nevertheless, our seniors who will be graduating, the York County and has raised, since the Democrat colleagues continue to talk coaches, parents, teachers, and fans, time it was created, nearly $1 million about a further investigation. Any fur- congratulations. I wish them all the for the garden. This beautiful, living ther investigations would not have the best in the future—unless, of course, monument is a gathering place for fraction of resources of the Mueller in- they are playing my alma mater, La those who want to commemorate and vestigation. Salle. remember the fallen and celebrate the I ask: Seriously? Another investigation? This one was not enough? Or are f lives of our sons and daughters who volunteered to protect this country. we prolonging for the sake of pro- REPEALING AFFORDABLE CARE Ms. Kondor honors our Nation’s vet- longing this issue? ACT WOULD HAVE HARMFUL RE- erans, and it is a privilege to recognize We owe it to the American people to PERCUSSIONS her contribution to our community on accept the facts from a 2-year inves- (Mr. NEGUSE asked and was given the House floor today. tigation, move on, and do the work we permission to address the House for 1 We are thankful for her example and were sent here to do. We owe this to minute.) for her continued awareness of the sac- the American people.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.097 H27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2879 ISRAEL: AMERICA’S seen firsthand the results of the failing House since Trump’s inauguration, INDISPENSABLE ALLY to hold those in power accountable to some for the first time, around the (Mr. GREEN of Tennessee asked and the laws of the land. From corporate same time they also patronized a was given permission to address the polluters who continue to violate the Trump property. House for 1 minute.) Clean Air Act with no real enforcement At least three foreign governments Mr. GREEN of Tennessee. Madam to stop the violations that hurt our held events at Trump properties during Speaker, I rise today in support of public health, I have also seen first- Trump’s second year in office. Two of America’s indispensable ally, Israel. hand a megabillionaire who directly those countries did so after holding Israel is the brightest beacon of hope violated Federal and State processes similar events elsewhere in previous and freedom in the Middle East. that resulted in thousands of trucks to years. I proudly attended AIPAC’s policy rumble through our local neighbor- Not only has President Trump still conference this week. Their mission is hoods where one in five children have refused to divest from his businesses, more important than ever. asthma. he seems to have doubled down by rein- Anti-Semitism and anti-Israel senti- Do you know why those in power forcing the idea that The Trump Orga- ment is rampant across the world and, looked the other way? Because of polit- nization is an extension of the Trump sadly, is found even in this Chamber. I ical influence on my colleagues who administration. These offenses must be investigated. am appalled one of my colleagues is so then became conflicted. In total, CREW found more than 900 brazen as to resurrect old lies of Jewish This is why I rise today to put for- conflicts in the second year of the conspiracies, propaganda used to op- ward H. Res. 257, which creates a trans- Trump administration. This presents a press the Jewish people for centuries. parent process to ensure the protection clear picture of a Presidency used to Elsewhere, Iran’s puppet, Assad, of our democracy. That ensures that turn a profit and the President’s busi- seeks to take Israel’s land for strategic we don’t have a lawless society that re- nesses serving at points of access to leverage in Iran’s mission to wipe sults in irreparable harm to the Amer- the corridors of power. Israel off the map. ican people. Doing nothing when we are seeing a This report shows that special inter- I am proud to stand with President blatant disregard of the United States ests, foreign governments, and political Trump in defense of our ally, Israel. I Constitution and our ethical norms is allies continue to pour money into am grateful he chose to recognize the dangerous. No one, Madam Speaker, in- Trump’s bank accounts while the Golan Heights as a part of Israel and cluding the President of the United American public is left in the dark proud we now officially recognize Jeru- States, is above the law. about whether or not the President’s salem as Israel’s capital. I know many have focused on actions policy decisions are made in the best f that were conducted prior to his taking interests of our country, or is it in the HONORING ROY BENAVIDEZ the oath of office, and that is impor- best interests of the President’s bot- tant. However, as critically important tom line, benefiting himself personally. (Mr. CLOUD asked and was given per- are the actions by the President after We have been sent here to legislate. I mission to address the House for 1 he swore to uphold the United States am thinking about the historic For the minute and to revise and extend his re- Constitution before all of us. People Act we passed right here in this marks.) He is not a CEO, Madam Speaker, Chamber, the gun reform package we Mr. CLOUD. Madam Speaker, I rise anymore, but a public servant who is passed, legislation to protect our lands, today to honor and recognize Master held accountable not to shareholders to increase and strengthen healthcare Sergeant Roy Benavidez. On the occa- and investors, but the actual American for Americans, and much more. sion of the Roy P. Benavidez Memorial people, real people, people who expect I am proud of my first bills. One pro- Highway dedication, my district is all of us to follow the laws. tects our public health in regards to proud to claim this Medal of Honor re- In the 2 years since he took office, petroleum coke exposure, and the cipient as our own. President Trump racked up more than other, which has a wide range of sup- Sergeant Benavidez answered the call 1,400 conflicts of interest involving the port, would prohibit the use of credit to serve his country in Vietnam. At government, those trying to influence scores by the auto insurance industry. one crucial time while overseas, he vol- it and The Trump Organization, ac- However, Madam Speaker, none of untarily boarded a rescue helicopter cording to a report released by the these bills is free from the harm that and put his own life on the line to save Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics comes from the current administration his fellow soldiers. in Washington. and the President of the United States During the rescue effort, he was shot President Trump used the Presidency not complying with the clauses of the multiple times, bayoneted, and hit by to enrich himself by repeatedly pro- United States Constitution. When grenade fragments as he fought for 6 moting his businesses as extensions of these conflicts and direct violations to hours to protect his wounded com- his administration. Political allies, the Emoluments Clause are not inves- rades. He saved the lives of at least wealthy donors, special interests, and tigated, we set a dangerous precedent eight men. foreign governments have adopted a that those issues we passed in this After returning home, he went before key tactic of patronizing Trump’s busi- Chamber are not important. Congress to advocate for better veteran nesses to garner favor with the Trump I think about the recent announce- healthcare. He then devoted the rest of administration. ment that T-Mobile and Sprint would his life to service, speaking to students Here are some of the key findings like the Federal Government to ap- about the importance of education and from CREW’s tracking of Trump’s con- prove a merger between the two com- inspiring American troops around the flicts of interest: panies. In the same breath, T-Mobile world. President Trump made 118 visits to spent close to $200,000 at the D.C. May this highway serve as a memo- his properties in his second year in of- Trump hotel. This is what we call an rial to this brave and selfless Amer- fice, bringing his 2-year total to 281 vis- upgraded version of pay to play, and it ican, Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez. its to properties he still profits from dangerously corrupts our democracy. f while serving as President of the When President Truman sidestepped United States. the Constitution and went to war, NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW In his second year in office, President every sitting President had done the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Trump and other White House staff same. One of the first major challenges the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- promoted Trump businesses on at least to the War Powers Act came in 1981 uary 3, 2019, the gentlewoman from 87 occasions. More than 150 political when President Reagan deployed mili- Michigan (Ms. TLAIB) is recognized for committees, including campaigns and tary personnel to El Salvador without 60 minutes as the designee of the ma- party committees, have spent nearly $5 consulting or submitting a report to jority leader. million at Trump businesses since he Congress. Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, I grew became President. At least 13 special In 1999, President Clinton continued up in the district I serve where I have interest groups lobbied the White a bombing campaign in Kosovo beyond

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.099 H27MRPT1 H2880 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 the 60-day limit cited in the law. A b 1815 the head of the executive branch of the more recent War Powers Act dispute She has truly hit the ground running. government. arose in 2011 when President Barack She came from the State house. She is This is why the Framers understood Obama initiated a military action in a lawyer. She has been an advocate, that it was necessary to empower an- Libya without congressional and she understands the issues associ- other branch of government to do this. authorization. ated with criminal justice. So I thank How prophetic and how wise they were You see, Madam Speaker, when we do her for what she has done and what she to do so. nothing, we set a precedent and allow is doing with this resolution. It was not intended that we would it to become the norm. I can’t stress Madam Speaker, it was never in- outsource this investigation to the ex- enough how dangerous this is to the tended for the executive branch of the ecutive branch, which is, in essence, core of our democracy. government to investigate itself. what has occurred. We have allowed This will not be the last billionaire The Framers of the Constitution, in the executive branch to assume what is CEO who runs for President who will Federalist 65, addressed this. Federalist truly the responsibility and the duty attempt to not divest from his business 65, the Federalist Papers. and the obligation of the House of Rep- interests. I invite people to please read the Fed- resentatives. Now, what we have witnessed from eralist Papers. If you can’t read them This is ours. This is what we must do. this administration are acts that could all, just read Federalist 65 and 69. When there was a Republican admin- very well be impeachable offenses out- Some things are made perspicuously istration in this House, I indicated that side of the scope of the Mueller inves- clear. One of the things made clear is I wouldn’t get in the way of that investigation. We have a duty in this Cham- that impeachment is solely within the tigation, but I also indicated that the ber to inquire about these acts, to in- province of the House of Representa- House should do its job. vestigate them, to find out if there was tives. And if the House is to do its job, it is any wrongdoing, and to seek account- Madison, the fourth President of the contemplated that the Judiciary Com- ability if it has been found. United States of America; Jay, the mittee would do exactly what the Rep- That is why, today, I have introduced first Chief Justice of the Supreme resentative from the 13th Congres- a resolution that calls on the Judiciary Court; and Hamilton, the first Sec- sional District in Michigan is doing Committee to inquire into these activi- retary of the Treasury of the United now and, that is, take up the question ties that may be impeachable offenses. States of America—these are the au- of impeachment in the Judiciary Com- There are serious pieces of evidence mittee by way of a resolution such as out there, many that have come thors of the Federalist Papers, and what she has called to the attention of through the various committees of this they were prophetic with some of their this Congress. body, in the media, and things within writings. While I would not agree with all that I salute her for doing so because this the public eye. An investigation will they did in their lifetimes, I will tell is what was contemplated by the Fram- take a look at all of those things with you that what they have done with ref- ers of the Constitution. This is what the question: Are these impeachable of- erence to impeachment is prophetic, Madison contemplated, Jay con- fenses? Is our President acting above because they understood that at some templated, and Hamilton con- the rule of law? As Congress, we have a job to ensure point you could have a President who templated. And, to give further evidence of what that is exactly what is not happening. was unfit to hold office, but who had they contemplated, we but only have If, at the end, it gets the President to not committed a crime but should be to review the impeachment in 1868 of comply, then we have done our job. If removed from office before the next Andrew Johnson. the President doesn’t, then we move election because of the harm the Presi- Andrew Johnson was impeached in forward and, at the very least, put any dent is imposing upon society. Article X of the Articles of Impeach- future President on notice: Congress Understanding this, they were in sup- ment against him for speaking ill of will hold you accountable and will report of Article II, Section 4 of the Con- Congress. quire you to divest in your businesses. stitution, which deals with treason, Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- bribery, and other high crimes and mis- There is no requirement that the ance of my time. demeanors as the means by which a President commit a crime, that the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- President can be removed from office President commit an offense for which bers are reminded to refrain from en- after having been elected. he must be found guilty beyond a rea- gaging in personalities toward the They understood that there might be sonable doubt before a President can be President. a time such as this and a President impeached. such as Trump. Congress determines what the stand- f They understood that we, the Mem- ard is for impeachment. Unfortunately, IMPEACHMENT bers of this august body, should be em- we have allowed what happens on the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under powered such that we could take up the judicial side of the law to be conflated the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- cause of the American people. Not be- with what happens on the political side uary 3, 2019, the gentleman from Texas cause we are Democrats, because it is of the law. (Mr. GREEN) is recognized for the re- not about Democrats; it is about de- The judiciary, or the judicial side, mainder of the hour as the designee of mocracy. Not because we are Repub- would have a crime. This is what Mr. the majority leader. licans, because it is not about Repub- Mueller was investigating, to see if a Mr. GREEN of Texas. Madam Speak- licans; it is about the Republic and crime had been committed—a crime. er, it is always an honor to stand in the what Franklin said when he called to And, if a crime is committed, of course well of the House of Representatives. our attention: You have a Republic if the President can be impeached for Each time I am afforded this oppor- you can keep it. committing a crime. tunity, I have tried to savor the mo- It is about maintaining this Repub- But the President can also be im- ment knowing that it is not eternal lic. They were prophetic. They under- peached if he has not committed a and knowing that, at some point, we stood that you cannot allow the execu- crime, but he is doing harm to society. will no longer have this preeminent tive branch to investigate itself, be- This is the law. privilege. But I do appreciate having cause if you allow such to happen, you When we say no person is above the the opportunity to serve the people of find yourself with what has happened law, we are talking about not only the the Ninth Congressional District and with Mr. Mueller. law as it is codified with reference to to serve my country. I love my coun- He has investigated, but he cannot criminality, but also the law as it has try. hand it over to us because he is an been codified such that impeachment I thank the gentlewoman for what agent of the executive branch of gov- can be the punishment in the sense she has done with H. Res. 257. I support ernment. And, as an agent of the exec- that the President would be indicted. this resolution, and I would like to utive branch of government, he is re- It is not the same as an indictment, compliment the lady for what she has quired to submit his report to the exec- but it is quite similar, and the Presi- done since she has arrived in Congress. utive branch, a report that is all about dent would then have to face trial in

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.100 H27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2881 the Senate, presided over by the Chief And, when they review our actions, it sounds like. I know what it tastes Justice of the Supreme Court. the query will be: What did they do like. I suffered through it. There is no punishment, per se, with when they had an opportunity to take b 1830 this entire process. It is just a means up the cause of justice? by which a President is removed from They will want to know what did we I would not want to see what I had to office. And, if he has committed a do. And the only way they can know endure become a part of the fiber and crime, he can, of course, still be pros- what we did is for there to be a vote. fabric of this country ever again. ecuted for the criminal activity. At some point, we have to move be- Whenever we see evidence of this ugli- So, tonight, we are here to thank the yond talking points to action items. ness rearing its head, we should do Member for what she has done in filing The only way to make this an action what we can to stare it down and stop this resolution, H. Res. 257. We are here item is for there to be a vote. it. tonight to acknowledge that the Fram- And those who look through the vista I stand here tonight believing that ers of the Constitution contemplated of time, perhaps generations unborn, we have a duty, a responsibility, and what she has done. She is in order. when they look through the vista of an obligation to allow what this Con- We are here tonight to acknowledge time, they will want to see the record. gresswoman has called to our attention that it is now within the hands of the And the record will show where we to move forward. I stand on the Con- Judiciary Committee, this resolution, stood when we had the opportunity to stitution in saying this, and I will and it is my prayer that the Judiciary remove an unfit person from office, an stand with her. I am proud to be associ- Committee would take this resolution unfit President. ated with her and what she is doing. and bring it to a vote. The record will show where we stood, When we do bring this to a vote, my I believe that it is time for us to do but, more importantly, it will give hope is that every Member will vote his what the Constitution contemplates by them some clues as to what was hap- or her conscience. That is all that I way of the words of the Framers and by pening in this House at the time. It ask, just vote your conscience, and let way of what Federalist 65 has called to will give them some evidence of where the record reflect where we stood. our attention. we were. As Dr. King put it, the truest meas- However, I still stand tonight where I And I assure you, Madam Speaker, at ure of a person is not where the person stood when I initially took to the floor some point on this infinite continuum, stands in times of comfort and conven- of the House of Representatives and in- people are going to ask the question: ience. The truest measure of a person dicated that this President should be What was wrong with them? What was is where you stand in times of chal- impeached. I stand where I stood then, wrong with them? lenge and controversy. and I also stand on the premise that, if They had a President who was sepa- These are times of challenge and con- the Judiciary Committee does not act, rating babies from their mothers at the troversy. The question is, where do we any Member of this august body can border, with no means of reuniting stand? The record will show where we bring impeachment to a vote. them. stand. I stand on this. This is what the rules Babies are still separated from their There are some who will say that allow. And as a Member of Congress, I parents. this is going to be a hard vote. I have have given an assurance that there will They will want to know: What was a sense of what hard votes are like. I be another vote on impeachment in the wrong with them? They allowed this? have had to take some hard votes since House of Representatives. They will want to know: How could I have been in Congress. I have had to I will do it. I don’t like using per- you decide that you are going to take take some hard votes and never had a sonal pronouns because my mother al- up the cause against persons who make person say thank you for taking that ways said: ‘‘Alexander, whatever you commentary in the House, but you hard vote. I have taken my share of will do, you will do with others.’’ won’t take up the cause against a hard votes. But, because of the way the process President who went so far as to say I have some members of the clergy is codified, I will do it because I love there were some fine people among the that still have not found favor with my country. bigots, the racists, the xenophobes, the some of the votes that I have taken, I will do it because I understand that homophobes, the Islamophobes, the na- but I took them because it was the we have a person who is unfit to be tivists; among those persons who principled thing to do, because it was President holding this office. marched and proclaimed ‘‘Jews will not the constitutional thing to do, because I will do it because I want to protect replace us,’’ persons who said, ‘‘blood it was not only the right thing to do, the democracy. and soil.’’ but the righteous thing to do. So I I will do it because I believe in the How could you allow this to go un- know what hard votes are like. Republic. challenged? People expect me to take hard votes, I will do it because I salute the flag They will want to know: What was and they expect me, after I take my and I believe in liberty and justice for wrong with them? Why would they hard votes, to go back and convince my all. allow such a person to continue in of- constituents that I did the right thing. I will do it because I believe that Lin- fice, a person who demeans the country Nobody seeks to protect me from hard coln was right when he spoke of gov- when he demeans its heroes, a person votes. I know what hard votes are like. ernment of the people, by the people, who demeans persons by simply decid- I understand when people say this for the people being forever a part of ing that name-calling is more appro- would be a hard vote. I understand it. our country, our land. priate than debating issues. But that is why we came. We were I will do it because it is the appro- And, by the way, calling a person elected to take hard votes. If it were priate thing to do at a time such as who is a bigot a bigot is not name-call- easy, then we wouldn’t be here. Other this, with a President such as Trump. ing. That is properly labeling the ac- folk would do the easy things. People And finally this, Madam Speaker, I tions of a person, the behavior of a per- who get elected to Congress are ex- have not suggested that I have whipped son. pected to take hard votes, to do that or would whip, meaning encourage oth- And, by the way, for those who may which is difficult. ers to vote a certain way. I have con- not have paid attention, if you have Let us understand that the record sistently said you should vote your been following these various TV pro- will reflect the vote. It will give people conscience. grams, news programs, information who look through the vista of time I still stand by it. Vote your con- sources, host after host, persons who some indication as to why we are doing science. Vote your conscience, knowing are being interviewed, have said that what we are doing and have not done that, at some point on the infinite con- the President is a racist. They have what we should have done. tinuum that we call time—at some said that the President is a bigot. Madam Speaker, again, I am proud to point on the infinite continuum that I understand that it is difficult for stand in the well of the Congress of the we call time, there will be people who some to say. Not for me. Not for me. I United States of America. I never take will review our actions through the know what bigotry looks like. I know for granted this preeminent privilege. I vista of time. what racism smells like. I know what will always be grateful to the Speaker

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:36 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K27MR7.102 H27MRPT1 H2882 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 27, 2019 of the House and all the various offi- AD19) received March 21, 2019, pursuant to 5 Committee on Transportation and Infra- cers of this House for permitting the U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. structure. time. I am grateful, and I thank them 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Edu- 506. A letter from the Management and cation and Labor. Program Analyst, FAA, Department of for being as magnanimous, if you will, 498. A letter from the Acting Assistant Transportation, transmitting the Depart- as they are, but also for following the General Counsel for the Division of Regu- ment’s final rule — Amendment of Class E rules and allowing me to speak. This is latory Service, Office of Postsecondary Edu- Airspace for the following Alaska Towns; a great opportunity. cation, Department of Education, transmit- Toksook Bay, AK; Unalakleet, AK; Wain- I pray that we who hold public trust ting the Department’s final rule — Student wright, AK; and Yakutat, AK [Docket No.: will honor the Constitution of the Assistance General Provisions, Federal Per- FAA-2017-0350; Airspace Docket No.: 17-AAL- United States of America. kins Loan Program, Federal Family Edu- 6] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received March 21, 2019, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law Madam Speaker, I am proud to say cation Loan Program, William D. Ford Fed- eral Direct Loan Program, and Teacher Edu- 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- that I yield back the balance of my cation Assistance for College and Higher mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- time. Education Grant Program [Docket ID: ED- ture. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- 2015-OPE-0103] (RIN: 1840-AD19) received 507. A letter from the Management and bers are reminded to refrain from en- March 21, 2019, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Program Analyst, FAA, Department of gaging in personalities toward the 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Transportation, transmitting the Depart- President. Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education ment’s final rule — Establishment of Class E and Labor. Airspace, Amendment of Class D Airspace, f 499. A letter from the Chair, National Com- and Revocation of Class E Airspace; Tacoma, mittee on Vital and Health Statistics, De- WA [Docket No.: FAA-2017-1032; Airspace SENATE ENROLLED BILL SIGNED partment of Health and Human Services, Docket No.: 17-ANM-4] (RIN: 2120-AA66) re- The Speaker announced her signa- transmitting the Thirteenth Report to Con- ceived March 21, 2019, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ture to an enrolled bill of the Senate of gress on the Implementation of the Adminis- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor- the following title: trative Simplification Provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Account- tation and Infrastructure. S. 252.—An act to authorize the honorary ability Act (HIPPA) OF 1996, pursuant to 42 508. A letter from the Management and appointment of Robert J. Dole to the grade U.S.C. 242k(k)(7); Public Law 104-191, Sec. Program Analyst, FAA, Department of of colonel in the regular Army. 263; (110 Stat. 2033); to the Committee on En- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- ment’s final rule — Standard Instrument Ap- f ergy and Commerce. 500. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- proach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums ADJOURNMENT ment of the Treasury, transmitting a semi- and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Mis- cellaneous Amendments [Docket No.: 31235; Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, I move annual report detailing telecommunications- related payments made to Cuba pursuant to Amdt. No.: 3837] received March 21, 2019, pur- that the House do now adjourn. Treasury Department licenses during the pe- suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- The motion was agreed to; accord- riod from July 1 through December 31, 2018, 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee ingly (at 6 o’clock and 34 minutes pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 6004(e)(6); Public Law on Transportation and Infrastructure. 509. A letter from the Management and p.m.), under its previous order, the 102-484, Sec. 1705(e)(6) (as amended by Public Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Law 104-114, Sec. 102)(g)); (110 Stat. 794); to House adjourned until tomorrow, Transportation, transmitting the Depart- the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Thursday, March 28, 2019, at 9 a.m. ment’s final rule — Standard Instrument Ap- 501. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- proach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums f ment of the Treasury, transmitting a six- and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Mis- month periodic report on the national emer- EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, cellaneous Amendments [Docket No.: 31231; gency with respect to South Sudan that was Amdt. No.: 3833] received March 21, 2019, pur- ETC. declared in Executive Order 13664 of April 3, suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 2014, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1641(c); Public Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee Law 94-412, Sec. 401(c); (90 Stat. 1257) and 50 communications were taken from the on Transportation and Infrastructure. Speaker’s table and referred as follows: U.S.C. 1703(c); Public Law 95-223, Sec 204(c); 510. A letter from the Management and (91 Stat. 1627); to the Committee on Foreign Program Analyst, FAA, Department of 494. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Affairs. of the Navy, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Transportation, transmitting the Depart- 502. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- ment’s final rule — Standard Instrument Ap- Department of Defense, transmitting notifi- ment of the Treasury, transmitting a six- cation to Congress of the anticipated use of proach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums month periodic report on the national emer- and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Mis- Selected Reserve units that will be ordered gency with respect to significant malicious to active duty under the authority of 10 cellaneous Amendments [Docket No.: 31232; cyber-enabled activities that was declared in Amdt. No.: 3834] received March 21, 2019, pur- U.S.C. 12304b, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 12304(f); Executive Order 13694 of April 1, 2015, pursu- Public Law 94-286, Sec. 1; (90 Stat. 517); to the suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- ant to 50 U.S.C. 1641(c); Public Law 94-412, 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee Committee on Armed Services. Sec. 401(c); (90 Stat. 1257) and 50 U.S.C. 495. A letter from the Under Secretary, Re- on Transportation and Infrastructure. 1703(c); Public Law 95-223, Sec 204(c); (91 Stat. 511. A letter from the Management and search and Engineering, Department of De- 1627); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Program Analyst, FAA, Department of fense, transmitting notification that the De- 503. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- partment is not submitting a formal report ment of the Treasury, transmitting a six- ment’s final rule — Standard Instrument Ap- to Congress in response to Sec. 2803, Sub. month periodic report on the national emer- proach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums Sec. (c)(1) of the National Defense Authoriza- gency with respect to persons who commit, and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Mis- tion Act due to funding not made available; threaten to commit, or support terrorism cellaneous Amendments [Docket No.: 31239; to the Committee on Armed Services. that was declared in Executive Order 13224 of Amdt. No.: 3840] received March 21, 2019, pur- 496. A letter from the Assistant Secretary September 23, 2001, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- of Defense, Sustainment, Department of 1641(c); Public Law 94-412, Sec. 401(c); (90 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee State, transmitting a notification that the Stat. 1257) and 50 U.S.C. 1703(c); Public Law on Transportation and Infrastructure. assembly of the required report on the De- 95-223, Sec 204(c); (91 Stat. 1627); to the Com- 512. A letter from the Management and partment’s Operational Energy Strategy will mittee on Foreign Affairs. Program Analyst, FAA, Department of be completed at the end of May 2019; to the 504. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- Committee on Armed Services. ment of the Treasury, transmitting a six- ment’s final rule — Standard Instrument Ap- 497. A letter from the Acting Assistant month periodic report on the national emer- proach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums General Counsel for the Division of Regu- gency with respect to Ukraine that was de- and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Mis- latory Services, Office of Postsecondary Edu- clared in Executive Order 13660 of March 6, cellaneous Amendments [Docket No.: 31238; cation, Department of Education, transmit- 2014, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1641(c); Public Amdt. No.: 3839] received March 21, 2019, pur- ting the Department’s final rule — Guidance Law 94-412, Sec. 401(c); (90 Stat. 1257) and 50 suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- for the Standard for Borrower Defense to Re- U.S.C. 1703(c); Public Law 95-223, Sec 204(c); 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee payment Applications; Institutions’ Notifi- (91 Stat. 1627); to the Committee on Foreign on Transportation and Infrastructure. cations of Financial Responsibility Events, Affairs. 513. A letter from the Management and Actions, and Conditions; Implementation of 505. A letter from the Director, Bureau of Program Analyst, FAA, Department of the Class Action Bans and Predispute Arbi- Transportation Statistics, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Depart- tration Agreements Provisions; the Repay- Transportation, transmitting the Bureau’s ment’s final rule — Standard Instrument Ap- ment Rate and Financial Protection Disclo- 2018 Transportation Statistics Annual Re- proach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums sures Provisions of the 2016 Borrower De- port, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 6312; Public Law and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Mis- fense to Repayment Regulations (RIN: 1840- 112-141, Sec. 52011(a); (126 Stat. 894); to the cellaneous Amendments [Docket No.: 31236;

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Amdt. No.: 3838] received March 21, 2019, pur- and Class E Airspace; Atwater, CA [Docket JEFFRIES, Mr. KILMER, Ms. suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- No.: FAA-2017-1091; Airspace Docket No.: 17- SPANBERGER, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee AWP-26] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received March 21, Mr. ROSE of New York, Ms. SCHA- on Transportation and Infrastructure. 2019, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public KOWSKY, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. 514. A letter from the Management and Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Committee on Transportation and Infra- Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. Transportation, transmitting the Depart- structure. MCNERNEY, Ms. DEAN, Ms. CLARKE of ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- 522. A letter from the Management and New York, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, tives; Airbus SAS Airplanes [Docket No.: Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. FAA-2018-0962; Product Identifier 2018-NM- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- LYNCH, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. BLU- 125-AD; Amendment 39-19560; AD 2019-03-08] ment’s final rule — Amendment of Class E MENAUER, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, (RIN: 2120-AA64) received March 21, 2019, pur- Airspace; Corry, PA [Docket No.: FAA-2018- Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. DEGETTE, suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 0998; Airspace Docket No.: 18-AEA-19] (RIN: Ms. SCHRIER, and Ms. KUSTER of New 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee 2120-AA66) received March 21, 2019, pursuant Hampshire): on Transportation and Infrastructure. to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, H.R. 9. A bill to direct the President to de- 515. A letter from the Management and Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on velop a plan for the United States to meet Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation and Infrastructure. its nationally determined contribution under Transportation, transmitting the Depart- 523. A letter from the Management and the Paris Agreement, and for other purposes; ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- Program Analyst, FAA, Department of to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in tives; The Boeing Company Airplanes [Dock- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- addition to the Committee on Energy and et No.: FAA-2018-0580; Product Identifier ment’s final rule — Amendment of Class D Commerce, for a period to be subsequently 2018-NM-025-AD; Amendment 39-19558; AD Airspace and Class E Airspace; Schenectady, determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with- 2019-03-06] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received March NY, Ithaca, NY, and Albany, NY [Docket in the jurisdiction of the committee con- 21, 2019, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); No.: FAA-2018-0256; Airspace Docket No.: 18- cerned. Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to AEA-11] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received March 21, By Mr. WALBERG (for himself, Mr. the Committee on Transportation and Infra- 2019, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public RASKIN, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, structure. Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the 516. A letter from the Management and Mr. MCCLINTOCK, and Mr. RUSH): Committee on Transportation and Infra- H.R. 1895. A bill to restore the integrity of Program Analyst, FAA, Department of structure. Transportation, transmitting the Depart- the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- f the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addi- tives; The Boeing Company Airplanes [Dock- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON et No.: FAA-2018-0409; Product Identifier tion to the Committees on Energy and Com- 2017-NM-120-AD; Amendment 39-19559; AD PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS merce, Ways and Means, and Financial Serv- ices, for a period to be subsequently deter- 2019-03-07] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received March Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- 21, 2019, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); committees were delivered to the Clerk sideration of such provisions as fall within Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to for printing and reference to the proper the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. the Committee on Transportation and Infra- calendar, as follows: By Mr. CORREA (for himself, Mr. GON- structure. 517. A letter from the Management and Mr. NADLER: Committee on the Judici- ZALEZ of Texas, Ms. NORTON, Mr. Program Analyst, FAA, Department of ary. H.R. 1585. A bill to reauthorize the Vio- GOMEZ, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. MCGOV- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- lence Against Women Act of 1994, and for ERN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. CARBAJAL, Mr. WALTZ, Ms. MOORE, ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- ´ tives; Airbus SAS Airplanes [Docket No.: 116–21, Pt. 1). Referred to the Committee of Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. CARDENAS, and Mr. FAA-2018-0907; Product Identifier 2018-NM- the Whole House on the state of the Union. FITZPATRICK): H.R. 1896. A bill to amend the Elementary 118-AD; Amendment 39-19562; AD 2019-03-10] DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEE and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ex- (RIN: 2120-AA64) received March 21, 2019, pur- Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XIII, the pand the military student identifier program suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- Committees on Energy and Commerce, to cover students with a parent who serves in 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee the reserve component of the Armed Forces; on Transportation and Infrastructure. Financial Services, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Re- to the Committee on Education and Labor. 518. A letter from the Management and By Ms. KELLY of Illinois (for herself, Program Analyst, FAA, Department of sources, and Veterans’ Affairs, dis- Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. BASS, Ms. SCHA- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- charged from further consideration. KOWSKY, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. KUSTER of ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- H.R. 1585 referred to the Committee of New Hampshire, Ms. LEE of Cali- tives; Airbus SAS Airplanes [Docket No.: the Whole House on the state of the fornia, Mr. RUSH, Ms. BLUNT ROCH- FAA-2018-0906; Product Identifier 2018-NM- Union. ESTER, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. 122-AD; Amendment 39-19561; AD 2019-03-09] RASKIN, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. (RIN: 2120-AA64) received March 21, 2019, pur- f WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. BLU- suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- MENAUER, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. WILSON 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS of Florida, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. on Transportation and Infrastructure. Under clause 2 of rule XII, public LOWENTHAL, Mr. PAYNE, Mrs. BEATTY, 519. A letter from the Management and bills and resolutions of the following Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. Program Analyst, FAA, Department of titles were introduced and severally re- QUIGLEY, Mrs. DINGELL, and Mr. Transportation, transmitting the Depart- DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois): ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- ferred, as follows: By Ms. CASTOR of Florida (for herself, H.R. 1897. A bill to improve Federal efforts tives; Airbus SAS Airplanes [Docket No.: with respect to the prevention of maternal Ms. PELOSI, Mr. HOYER, Mr. PALLONE, FAA-2018-0508; Product Identifier 2018-NM- mortality, and for other purposes; to the Mr. ENGEL, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. JOHN- 012-AD; Amendment 39-19563; AD 2019-03-11] Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in SON of Texas, Mr. NEAL, Mr. MCGOV- (RIN: 2120-AA64) received March 21, 2019, pur- addition to the Committees on Ways and ERN, Mr. NADLER, Ms. BROWNLEY of suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- Means, and Education and Labor, for a pe- California, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. LEVIN 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee riod to be subsequently determined by the on Transportation and Infrastructure. of California, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. Speaker, in each case for consideration of 520. A letter from the Management and MCEACHIN, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. CASTEN such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- ´ Program Analyst, FAA, Department of of Illinois, Mr. LUJAN, Mr. HASTINGS, tion of the committee concerned. Transportation, transmitting the Depart- Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. BEYER, Mr. By Mr. CRAWFORD (for himself and LOWENTHAL, Ms. PORTER, Mr. SCOTT ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- Mrs. BUSTOS): tives; Pacific Aerospace Limited Airplanes of Virginia, Mr. SOTO, Mr. GALLEGO, H.R. 1898. A bill to modify the prohibition [Docket No.; FAA-2018-0385; Product Identi- Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New on United States assistance and financing fier 2018-CE-019-AD; Amendment 39-19554; AD York, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. CISNEROS, for certain exports to Cuba under the Trade 2019-03-02] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received March Mr. CRIST, Ms. NORTON, Ms. MATSUI, Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement 21, 2019, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Mr. ROUDA, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Act of 2000, and for other purposes; to the Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. COHEN, Mr. PA- Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addi- the Committee on Transportation and Infra- NETTA, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mr. COURT- tion to the Committees on Financial Serv- structure. NEY, Ms. FRANKEL, Mr. CUMMINGS, ices, and Agriculture, for a period to be sub- 521. A letter from the Management and Mr. WELCH, Ms. BARRAGA´ N, Mr. VAN sequently determined by the Speaker, in Program Analyst, FAA, Department of DREW, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. each case for consideration of such provi- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- TONKO, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. CARBAJAL, sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the ment’s final rule — Amendment of Class D Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. committee concerned.

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By Mr. GARAMENDI (for himself, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. H.R. 1917. A bill to require the Director of FITZPATRICK, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. COOPER, Mr. JOHN W. ROSE of Ten- the Office of Management and Budget to sub- MCNERNEY, Mr. TONKO, Mr. DOGGETT, nessee, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. mit to Congress an annual report on projects Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee, and Mr. that are over budget and behind schedule, COSTA, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. COHEN): and for other purposes; to the Committee on NORTON, Mr. COHEN, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. H.R. 1908. A bill to award a Congressional Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the GONZALEZ of Texas, Miss RICE of New Gold Medal to Master Sergeant Rodrick Committee on the Budget, for a period to be York, Mr. HARDER of California, Ms. ‘‘Roddie’’ Edmonds in recognition of his he- subsequently determined by the Speaker, in HAALAND, Ms. HILL of California, Mr. roic actions during World War II; to the each case for consideration of such provi- SAN NICOLAS, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE Committee on Financial Services. sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the of Pennsylvania, Ms. JUDY CHU of By Mr. CHABOT (for himself and Mr. committee concerned. California, Mr. KATKO, Ms. JACKSON SCHNEIDER): By Mr. GIANFORTE: LEE, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. H.R. 1909. A bill to require the Securities H.R. 1918. A bill to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Depart- LOWENTHAL, and Mr. SOTO): and Exchange Commission to revise rules re- H.R. 1899. A bill to provide for the refi- lating to general solicitation or general ad- ment of Veterans Affairs in Bozeman, Mon- nancing and recalculation of certain Federal vertising to allow for presentations or other tana, as the ‘‘Travis W. Atkins Department student loans, and for other purposes; to the communication made by or on behalf of an of Veterans Affairs Clinic’’; to the Com- Committee on Education and Labor. issuer at certain events, and for other pur- mittee on Veterans’ Affairs. By Ms. HAALAND (for herself, Mrs. poses; to the Committee on Financial Serv- By Mr. KELLY of Mississippi (for him- TORRES of California, Mr. YOUNG, and ices. self, Mr. GIBBS, Mrs. CRAIG, Mr. Mr. COLE): By Mr. AMASH (for himself, Mr. JOR- THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mrs. AXNE, H.R. 1900. A bill to establish a business in- DAN, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee, Mr. cubators program within the Department of Mr. MCCLINTOCK, and Mr. BUCK): PALAZZO, Mr. GUEST, Mr. GONZALEZ the Interior to promote economic develop- H.R. 1910. A bill to abolish the Export-Im- of Texas, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, and ment in Indian reservation communities; to port Bank of the United States, and for other Mr. WOMACK): the Committee on Natural Resources. purposes; to the Committee on Financial H.R. 1919. A bill to amend the Animal By Mr. OLSON (for himself, Ms. SCHA- Services. Health Protection Act to provide chronic KOWSKY, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. By Mr. WALTZ (for himself, Mr. wasting disease support for States and co- MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, MOULTON, and Mr. BACON): ordinated response efforts, and for other pur- and Mr. FOSTER): H.R. 1911. A bill to amend titles 10 and 38, poses; to the Committee on Agriculture. H.R. 1901. A bill to amend title XVIII of the United States Code, to expand certain bene- By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Social Security Act to preserve access to re- fits for survivors of members of the Armed LUJA´ N, Mr. TONKO, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, habilitation innovation centers under the Forces who die in line of duty, and for other and Ms. MATSUI): Medicare program; to the Committee on purposes; to the Committee on Armed Serv- H.R. 1920. A bill to amend title XIX of the Ways and Means, and in addition to the Com- ices, and in addition to the Committee on Social Security Act to provide a higher Fed- mittee on Energy and Commerce, for a pe- Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subse- eral matching rate for increased expendi- riod to be subsequently determined by the quently determined by the Speaker, in each tures under Medicaid for mental and behav- Speaker, in each case for consideration of case for consideration of such provisions as ioral health services, and for other purposes; such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- fall within the jurisdiction of the committee to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. tion of the committee concerned. concerned. By Mr. KILMER (for himself, Ms. HER- By Mr. HOLDING (for himself and Mr. By Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mex- RERA BEUTLER, Ms. BONAMICI, and Mr. LEWIS): ico: YOUNG): H.R. 1902. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- H.R. 1912. A bill to amend the Homeland H.R. 1921. A bill to authorize Federal agen- enue Code of 1986 to allow officers and em- Security Act of 2002 to provide for require- cies to establish prize competitions for inno- ployees of the Department of the Treasury to ments relating to documentation for major vation or adaptation management develop- provide to taxpayers information regarding acquisition programs, and for other pur- ment relating to ocean acidification; to the low-income taxpayer clinics; to the Com- poses; to the Committee on Homeland Secu- Committee on Science, Space, and Tech- mittee on Ways and Means. rity. nology. By Miss RICE of New York (for herself, By Mr. CISNEROS: By Mr. KIND (for himself, Ms. MENG, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. KING of New York, H.R. 1913. A bill to amend title 38, United Mrs. WALORSKI, and Mr. LAHOOD): Mr. TRONE, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, States Code, to authorize the Secretary of H.R. 1922. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- and Ms. WATERS): Veterans Affairs to pay educational assist- enue Code of 1986 to include certain over-the- H.R. 1903. A bill to amend the Older Ameri- ance or subsistence allowances to certain in- counter medical products as qualified med- cans Act of 1965 to support individuals with dividuals during school term, quarter, or se- ical expenses; to the Committee on Ways and younger onset Alzheimer’s disease; to the mester breaks; to the Committee on Vet- Means. Committee on Education and Labor. erans’ Affairs. By Ms. LEE of California (for herself By Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. By Mr. COHEN (for himself and Mr. and Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio): GALLEGO, Ms. HAALAND, Ms. CHABOT): H.R. 1923. A bill to amend title 31, United GABBARD, and Mr. O’HALLERAN): H.R. 1914. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to require the Secretary of the H.R. 1904. A bill to amend the Omnibus States Code, with respect to national pri- Treasury to mint and issue quarter dollars in Public Land Management Act of 2009 to ority safety programs, and for other pur- commemoration of the Nineteenth Amend- make the Reclamation Water Settlements poses; to the Committee on Transportation ment, and for other purposes; to the Com- Fund permanent; to the Committee on Nat- and Infrastructure. mittee on Financial Services. ural Resources. By Mr. CUMMINGS (for himself and By Mrs. LEE of Nevada (for herself and By Mr. GOMEZ: Mr. GUTHRIE): Mrs. LESKO): H.R. 1905. A bill to require notice from the H.R. 1915. A bill to amend the Higher Edu- H.R. 1924. A bill to direct the Secretary of Secretary of the Treasury in the case of any cation Act of 1965 to make technical im- Veterans Affairs to provide child care to vet- closure of a Taxpayer Assistance Center; to provements to the Net Price Calculator sys- erans at Vet Centers in the same manner as the Committee on Ways and Means. tem so that prospective students may have a the Secretary provides child care to veterans By Mr. CROW: more accurate understanding of the true cost at other Department of Veterans Affairs fa- H.R. 1906. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- of college; to the Committee on Education cilities; to the Committee on Veterans’ Af- enue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the and Labor. fairs. nonbusiness energy property credit; to the By Ms. DELBENE (for herself, Mrs. By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of Committee on Ways and Means. RODGERS of Washington, Mr. SMITH of New York (for herself, Mr. By Mr. BUCHANAN (for himself and Washington, and Mr. NEWHOUSE): ESPAILLAT, Mr. NADLER, and Ms. Mr. KIND): H.R. 1916. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- VELA´ ZQUEZ): H.R. 1907. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- enue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retire- H.R. 1925. A bill to designate the Manhat- enue Code of 1986 to modify the qualification ment Income Security Act of 1974 to provide tan Campus of the New York Harbor Health requirements with respect to certain mul- alternative minimum funding rules for cer- Care System of the Department of Veterans tiple employer plans with pooled plan pro- tain single-employer plans maintained by a Affairs as the ‘‘Margaret Cochran Corbin viders, and for other purposes; to the Com- community newspaper; to the Committee on Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care mittee on Education and Labor, and in addi- Education and Labor, and in addition to the System’’; to the Committee on Veterans’ Af- tion to the Committee on Ways and Means, Committee on Ways and Means, for a period fairs. for a period to be subsequently determined to be subsequently determined by the Speak- By Mr. PHILLIPS (for himself and Mr. by the Speaker, in each case for consider- er, in each case for consideration of such pro- FITZPATRICK): ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- visions as fall within the jurisdiction of the H.R. 1926. A bill to provide temporary pro- risdiction of the committee concerned. committee concerned. tected status for certain nationals of Libe- By Mr. BURCHETT (for himself, Mr. By Mr. GALLAGHER (for himself and ria, and for other purposes; to the Com- DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. Ms. SPEIER): mittee on the Judiciary.

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By Mr. RATCLIFFE (for himself, Mr. KATKO, Mr. COLE, Mrs. RODGERS of By Mr. RYAN (for himself and Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. DAVID P. ROE Washington, Mr. TURNER, Mr. REED): of Tennessee, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. BUR- BUCSHON, Mr. MCHENRY, Mrs. H. Con. Res. 28. Concurrent resolution ex- GESS, Mr. PALMER, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. WALORSKI, Mr. HAGEDORN, Mr. WAL- pressing support for designation of the first GALLAGHER, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. GREEN DEN, Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. THOMPSON of Friday of October as ‘‘Manufacturing Day’’; of Tennessee, Mr. YOHO, Mr. BYRNE, Pennsylvania, Mr. STEIL, Mr. FLO- to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. RES, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. REED, By Ms. TLAIB (for herself and Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. WALKER, Mr. Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. COOK, Mr. HUDSON, GREEN of Texas): GAETZ, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. JOHNSON of Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mrs. WAGNER, H. Res. 257. A resolution inquiring whether Louisiana, Mr. CHABOT, and Mr. Mr. BURGESS, Mr. KING of New York, the House of Representatives should impeach WITTMAN): Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. Donald John Trump, President of the United H.R. 1927. A bill to amend title 5, United STAUBER, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. States of America; to the Committee on States Code, to clarify the nature of judicial BALDERSON, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. Rules. review of agency interpretations of statutory ZELDIN, Mr. BOST, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. By Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself and and regulatory provisions; to the Committee JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. Mr. WILSON of South Carolina): on the Judiciary. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. H. Res. 258. A resolution affirming United By Mr. RESCHENTHALER (for him- CHABOT, Mr. LATTA, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. States support for the continued implemen- self, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. STEUBE, and Mr. KINZINGER, and Mr. LAHOOD): tation of the Treaty of Peace between the CLINE): H.R. 1935. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Arab Republic of Egypt and the State of H.R. 1928. A bill to amend the Illegal Immi- Standards Act of 1938 to enhance provisions Israel; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. gration Reform and Immigrant Responsi- related to pay discrimination, and for other By Mr. FORTENBERRY (for himself bility Act of 1996 to impose penalties for purposes; to the Committee on Education and Ms. ESHOO): State noncompliance with enforcement of and Labor. H. Res. 259. A resolution expressing the immigration law, and for other purposes; to By Mr. TIPTON: sense of the House of Representatives to sup- the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 1936. A bill to amend the Omnibus port the repatriation of religious and ethnic By Mr. ROUDA: Public Land Management Act of 2009 to mod- minorities in Iraq to their ancestral home- H.R. 1929. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- ify the terms of the Jackson Gulch rehabili- lands; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. enue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the tation project in Colorado, and for other pur- By Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Ms. qualified fuel cell motor vehicles credit; to poses; to the Committee on Natural Re- FUDGE, Mr. MORELLE, and Ms. JACK- the Committee on Ways and Means. sources. SON LEE): By Mr. ROUZER: By Mrs. TORRES of California (for her- H. Res. 260. A resolution supporting the H.R. 1930. A bill to provide for the elimi- self and Ms. HAALAND): goals and ideals of National Middle Level nation of the Department of Education, and H.R. 1937. A bill to amend the Native Education Month; to the Committee on Edu- for other purposes; to the Committee on American Business Development, Trade Pro- cation and Labor. Education and Labor. motion, and Tourism Act of 2000, the Buy In- By Mr. PERRY: By Mr. SCHNEIDER (for himself, Ms. dian Act, and the Native American Programs H. Res. 261. A resolution strongly con- KELLY of Illinois, and Mr. GONZALEZ Act of 1974 to provide industry and economic demning the February 2019 terrorist attack of Texas): development opportunities to Indian commu- in India, offering condolences to the family H.R. 1931. A bill to authorize dedicated do- nities; to the Committee on Natural Re- and friends of the victims, and reaffirming mestic terrorism offices within the Depart- sources, and in addition to the Committee on solidarity with the people of India; to the ment of Homeland Security, the Department Education and Labor, for a period to be sub- Committee on Foreign Affairs. of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Inves- sequently determined by the Speaker, in By Mr. ROUZER: tigation to analyze and monitor domestic each case for consideration of such provi- H. Res. 262. A resolution recognizing line- terrorist activity and require the Federal sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the men, the profession of linemen, the contribu- Government to take steps to prevent domes- committee concerned. tions of these brave men and women who tic terrorism; to the Committee on the Judi- By Mrs. TRAHAN (for herself and Mr. protect public safety, and expressing support ciary, and in addition to the Committees on KELLY of Pennsylvania): for the designation of April 18, 2019, as Na- H.R. 1938. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- Homeland Security, and Armed Services, for tional Lineman Appreciation Day; to the enue Code of 1986 to provide a credit to small Committee on Energy and Commerce. a period to be subsequently determined by employers providing an eligible automatic By Mr. TONKO (for himself and Mr. the Speaker, in each case for consideration contribution arrangement under a retire- of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- ment savings plan; to the Committee on WENSTRUP): H. Res. 263. A resolution expressing support tion of the committee concerned. Ways and Means. for the designation of April 9, 2019, as Na- By Ms. SCHRIER (for herself, Ms. By Mr. TURNER: DELBENE, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. THOMP- H.R. 1939. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- tional Yellow Ribbon Day; to the Committee SON of California, Ms. SA´ NCHEZ, Ms. enue Code of 1986 to extend the health cov- on Oversight and Reform. JUDY CHU of California, and Mr. erage tax credit; to the Committee on Ways f GOMEZ): and Means. H.R. 1932. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- By Mrs. WAGNER (for herself, Mr. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY enue Code of 1986 to treat as compensation CRENSHAW, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illi- STATEMENT for purposes of retirement contribution limi- nois, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. OLSON, Mr. Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of tations any difficulty of care payments ex- DIAZ-BALART, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, and the Rules of the House of Representa- cluded from gross income; to the Committee Mrs. MILLER): tives, the following statements are sub- on Ways and Means. H.R. 1940. A bill to amend title II of the So- By Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for him- cial Security Act to make available parental mitted regarding the specific powers self, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. DUNCAN, Ms. leave benefits to parents following the birth granted to Congress in the Constitu- LOFGREN, and Ms. KUSTER of New or adoption of a child, and for other pur- tion to enact the accompanying bill or Hampshire): poses; to the Committee on Ways and Means. joint resolution. H.R. 1933. A bill to prohibit States from By Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. SMITH of By Ms. CASTOR of Florida: retroactively imposing a sales tax collection Missouri, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, H.R. 9. duty on a remote seller, and for other pur- Mr. REED, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. KELLY of Congress has the power to enact this legis- poses; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Pennsylvania, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. SERRANO (for himself, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. HIGGINS of New Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- KHANNA, Ms. MOORE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. York, Mr. HOLDING, Ms. SEWELL of tion COHEN, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. Alabama, Mrs. WALORSKI, Ms. By Mr. WALBERG: VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. LAW- DELBENE, Mr. LAHOOD, Ms. MOORE, H.R. 1895. RENCE, and Ms. CLARKE of New York): Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. DUFFY, Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1934. A bill to direct the Assistant Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. HECK, lation pursuant to the following: Secretary of Commerce for Communications Mr. HUDSON, Mr. POCAN, Mr. Article I, Section 8, Clause 9 of the Con- and Information to prepare and submit peri- GROTHMAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. stitution of the United States; the power to odic reports to Congress on the role of tele- EMMER, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, and Mr. constitute Tribunals inferior to the Supreme communications in hate crimes; to the Com- GALLAGHER): Court. mittee on Energy and Commerce. H. Con. Res. 27. Concurrent resolution ex- The purpose of the bill is to amend the By Ms. STEFANIK (for herself, Mr. pressing the sense of the Congress that tax- civil asset forfeiture procedures and Section HURD of Texas, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. exempt fraternal benefit societies have his- 8, Clause 9 extends to Congress the power to STIVERS, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. UPTON, torically and continue to provide critical create inferior courts and to make rules of Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. MAR- benefits to Americans and United States procedure and evidence for such courts. SHALL, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. communities; to the Committee on Ways and By Mr. CORREA: GIANFORTE, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. Means. H.R. 1896.

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Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power Clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Congress has the implied power to repeal granted to Congress under Article I of the Contitution. laws that exceed its constitutional authority United States Constitution and its subse- By Mr. CRAWFORD: as well as laws within its constitutional au- quent amendments, and further clarified and H.R. 1898. thority. interpreted by the Supreme Court of the Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. WALTZ: United States. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1911. By Mrs. LEE of Nevada: The Congress has the power to enact this Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1924. legislation pursuant to the enumerate pow- lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- ers listed in Article 1, Section 8 of the US Article 1, Section 8 lation pursuant to the following: Constitution, to regulate Commerce with The Congress shall have the power to pro- Article I, Section 8 To raise and support Foreign Nations. vide for the common defense. Armies. By Mr. GARAMENDI: By Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mex- By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of H.R. 1899. ico: New York: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1912. H.R. 1925. lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: tion Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution By Ms. HAALAND: Constitution By Mr. PHILLIPS: H.R. 1926. H.R. 1900. By Mr. CISNEROS: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1913. lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Con- Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 lation pursuant to the following: gress with the power to ‘‘regulate commerce By Mr. OLSON: Article I Section 8 of the Constitution with foreign nations, and among the several H.R. 1901. By Mr. COHEN: states, and with the Indian tribes.’’ Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1914. By Mr. RATCLIFFE: lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1927. Article I, Section VIII lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. HOLDING: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8 lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1902. By Mr. CUMMINGS: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article III, Section 1, Sentence 1, and Sec- H.R. 1915. tion 2, Clauses 1 and 4 of the Constitution, in lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Con- that the legislation defines or affects judi- lation pursuant to the following: cial powers and cases that are subject to leg- stitution of the United States. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 By Miss RICE of New York: islation by Congress; Article 1, Section 1, ELBENE: By Ms. D Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, H.R. 1903. H.R. 1916. in that the legislation concerns the exercise Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- of legislative powers generally granted to lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 Congress by that section, including the exer- Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution By Mr. GRIJALVA: cise of those powers when delegated by Con- By Mr. GALLAGHER: H.R. 1904. gress to the Executive; and, Article 1, Sec- H.R. 1917. Congress has the power to enact this legis- tion 8, Clause 18 of the United States Con- Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: stitution, in that the legislation exercises lation pursuant to the following: U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8, cl. 3 legislative power granted to Congress by Article 1 Section 9 To regulate Commerce with foreign Na- that clause ‘‘to make all laws which shall be No Money shall be drawn from the Treas- tions, and among the several States, and necessary and proper for carrying into execu- ury, but in Consequence of Appropriations with the Indian tribes; tion the foregoing powers, and all other pow- made by Law; and a regular Statement and U.S. Cont. art. IV, sec. 3, cl. 2, sen. a ers vested by this Constitution in the Gov- Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of The Congress shall have Power to dispose ernment of the United States, or in any De- all public Money shall be published from of and make all needful Rule and Regula- partment or Officer thereof.’’ time to time. tions respecting the Territory of other Prop- By Mr. RESCHENTHALER: By Mr. GIANFORTE: erty belonging to the United States; H.R. 1928. By Mr. GOMEZ: H.R. 1918. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1905. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Clause 4 of Section 8 of Article I—The Con- lation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8 gress shall have the Power to establish a uni- Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 By Mr. KELLY of Mississippi: form Rule of Naturalization, and uniform By Mr. CROW: H.R. 1919. Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies H.R. 1906. Congress has the power to enact this legis- throughout the United States. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: By Mr. ROUDA: lation pursuant to the following: The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to H.R. 1929. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1. Section 8 of Article I of the United States Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. BUCHANAN: Constitution, which provides Congress with lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1907. the ability to enact legislation necessary and This bill is enacted pursuant to the power Congress has the power to enact this legis- proper to effectuate its purposes in taxing granted to Congress under Article 1, Section lation pursuant to the following: and spending. 8 of the United States Constitution. Article I, Sec. 8. By Mr. KENNEDY: By Mr. ROUZER: By Mr. BURCHETT: H.R. 1920. H.R. 1930. H.R. 1908. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8—to provide for the gen- Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United Article IV, eral welfare and to regulate commerce States Constitution states that ’’The Con- Section 3, Clause 2. The Congress shall among the states. gress shall have Power To make all Laws have Power to dispose of and make all need- By Mr. KILMER: which shall be necessary and proper for car- ful Rules and Regulations respecting the H.R. 1921. rying into Execution the foregoing Powers, Territory or other Property belonging to the Congress has the power to enact this legis- and all other Powers vested by this Constitu- United States; and nothing in this Constitu- lation pursuant to the following: tion in the Government of the United States tion shall be so construed as to Prejudice Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1; Article 1, or in any Department of Officer thereof.’’ any Claims of the United States, or of any Section 8, Clause 3; and Article 1, Section 8, By Mr. SCHNEIDER: particular State. Clause 18. H.R. 1931. By Mr. CHABOT: By Mr. KIND: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1909. H.R. 1922. lation pursuant to the following:

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Article 1, Section 8 H.R. 148: Ms. JACKSON LEE. H.R. 1035: Mr. MARSHALL. By Ms. SCHRIER: H.R. 154: Mr. YARMUTH. H.R. 1043: Ms. NORTON. H.R. 1932. H.R. 216: Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. FERGUSON, H.R. 1044: Mr. BEYER and Mr. CLEAVER. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Mr. LAHOOD, and Mr. EMMER. H.R. 1046: Mr. BEYER. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 218: Mr. MAST, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. H.R. 1095: Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Article I of the Constitution. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. ROGERS H.R. 1096: Mr. LONG and Ms. STEFANIK. By Mr. SENSENBRENNER: of Alabama, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. H.R. 1098: Mr. PERRY. H.R. 1933. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. PALMER, Mr. JOHNSON H.R. 1111: Mr. HASTINGS and Ms. BARRAGA´ N. Congress has the power to enact this legis- of Ohio, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, and Mr. CLOUD. H.R. 1134: Ms. OMAR. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 250: Mr. DUNCAN and Mr. RICE of H.R. 1139: Ms. LEE of California, Mr. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 South Carolina. PAPPAS, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. LAN- By Mr. SERRANO: H.R. 296: Mr. GOODEN. GEVIN, Ms. WEXTON, and Mrs. CRAIG. H.R. 1934. H.R. 299: Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Mr. H.R. 1146: Mrs. TORRES of California, Ms. Congress has the power to enact this legis- CLEAVER, Mr. COX of California, Mr. WIL- WILD, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. COX of Cali- lation pursuant to the following: LIAMS, Mr. STIVERS, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. TAY- fornia, Mr. DELGADO, and Mr. GOLDEN. Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the United LOR, Mr. BRADY, Mr. GOLDEN, Mrs. TRAHAN, H.R. 1166: Ms. WILD, Ms. SPANBERGER, and States Constitution related to general wel- Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. CASTEN of Il- Mr. BEYER. fare of the United States. linois, and Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. H.R. 1175: Mr. KILMER, Mr. WELCH, Mr. By Ms. STEFANIK: H.R. 309: Mr. DEFAZIO. NORMAN, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. CICILLINE, Mrs. H.R. 1935. H.R. 310: Mr. PETERS and Mr. SCHIFF. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. HOLD- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 332: Ms. OMAR. ING, and Ms. WILD. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 336: Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. H.R. 1179: Mr. BISHOP of Utah and Ms. NOR- Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United H.R. 397: Mr. RASKIN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. TON. States Constitution NEGUSE, and Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. H.R. 1186: Mr. PASCRELL. By Mr. TIPTON: H.R. 400: Mr. VAN DREW. H.R. 1289: Mr. OLSON. H.R. 1936. H.R. 444: Mr. VAN DREW and Mr. H.R. 1305: Mr. VAN DREW and Mr. CASE. Congress has the power to enact this legis- KRISHNAMOORTHI. H.R. 1306: Mr. ROUZER. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 445: Ms. PINGREE and Mr. VAN DREW. H.R. 1307: Mr. ROUZER. Article 1, Section 8 H.R. 446: Mr. STEUBE. H.R. 1311: Miss GONZA´ LEZ-COLO´ N of Puerto By Mrs. TORRES of California: H.R. 500: Mr. BALDERSON. Rico. H.R. 1937. H.R. 510: Mr. MOULTON. H.R. 1327: Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Mr. CRIST, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 530: Miss RICE of New York. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 553: Mr. CHABOT, Mr. MCCAUL, and Mr. and Ms. HOULAHAN. According to Article 1: Section 8: Clause VAN DREW. H.R. 1345: Ms. NORTON. 18: of the United States Constitution, seen H.R. 555: Mr. CLAY and Mr. THOMPSON of H.R. 1358: Mr. SPANO. below, this bill falls within the Constitu- Mississippi. H.R. 1360: Mr. LAMB. tional Authority of the United States Con- H.R. 578: Mr. FITZPATRICK. H.R. 1384: Mrs. TRAHAN. H.R. 594: Ms. SCANLON. gress. H.R. 1385: Mr. KENNEDY and Ms. MATSUI. H.R. 602: Mr. GAETZ. Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: To make all H.R. 1386: Mr. RUIZ, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. H.R. 613: Mr. ARMSTRONG and Mr. LARSON Laws which shall be necessary and proper for RUSH, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. MATSUI, and Ms. of Connecticut. carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- ESHOO. H.R. 638: Mr. BANKS. ers, and all other Powers vested by this Con- H.R. 1396: Mrs. LURIA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, H.R. 641: Mr. CORREA. Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. stitution in the Government of the United H.R. 651: Ms. OMAR. VELA, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. CRIST, Mr. MCNER- States, or in any Department or Officer H.R. 663: Mr. QUIGLEY. NEY, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. RUPPERS- thereof. H.R. 693: Mr. CLEAVER and Ms. LOFGREN. BERGER, Ms. MOORE, Ms. TITUS, Ms. MCCOL- By Mrs. TRAHAN: H.R. 759: Mr. GOSAR. LUM, Mr. TONKO, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. H.R. 1938. H.R. 763: Mr. LEVIN of California. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. HILL of Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 784: Mr. BUCSHON. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 808: Mr. KING of New York and Mr. California, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress HIGGINS of Louisiana. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, H.R. 824: Mr. KEATING, Ms. PINGREE, and CASTEN of Illinois, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL. CISNEROS, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Debts and provide for the common Defence H.R. 835: Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. SIRES, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. and general Welfare of the United States; H.R. 838: Ms. KELLY of Illinois and Mr. WEBER of Texas, Ms. CLARKE of New York, By Mr. TURNER: NORMAN. Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. ROYBAL- H.R. 1939. H.R. 846: Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana. ALLARD, Ms. BASS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 849: Mr. RICHMOND and Ms. SCHA- BALDERSON, Ms. BARRAGA´ N, Mr. BROOKS of lation pursuant to the following: KOWSKY. Alabama, Mr. LAMB, and Mr. GRIJALVA. Article 1, Section 8 H.R. 855: Mr. CASTEN of Illinois. H.R. 1398: Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. SEWELL of Ala- By Mrs. WAGNER: H.R. 861: Mrs. DAVIS of California. bama, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALO- H.R. 1940. H.R. 873: Mr. POCAN and Mr. RYAN. NEY of New York, Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 888: Mr. STEUBE, Mr. OLSON, and Mr. and Mr. STIVERS. lation pursuant to the following: LATTA. H.R. 1400: Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. TONKO, Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- H.R. 897: Mr. CLOUD. and Mr. KATKO. tion H.R. 912: Mr. KIND. H.R. 1418: Mr. FERGUSON. f H.R. 938: Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. MATSUI, and H.R. 1423: Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. RUSH. H.R. 1425: Ms. MATSUI, Ms. SPANBERGER, ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H.R. 943: Mr. BYRNE, Mrs. CRAIG, Mr. and Mr. PHILLIPS. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors PAPPAS, and Mr. KIM. H.R. 1499: Ms. MATSUI. H.R. 1527: Mr. MASSIE. were added to public bills and resolu- H.R. 945: Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma. H.R. 962: Mr. STEUBE. H.R. 1572: Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana. tions, as follows: H.R. 965: Ms. ESHOO, Ms. MATSUI, and Mrs. H.R. 1588: Mr. ROSE of New York. H.R. 6: Ms. SLOTKIN, Ms. SHERRILL, and Ms. CRAIG. H.R. 1595: Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. SHERRILL, SPANBERGER. H.R. 986: Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. Mrs. BUSTOS, and Mr. MCNERNEY. H.R. 35: Mr. PANETTA. RUSH, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. ESHOO, H.R. 1597: Mr. MEEKS, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. H.R. 36: Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. BERA, and and Ms. MATSUI. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. JOHNSON of Mr. CASE. H.R. 987: Mr. RUSH, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. PAL- Georgia, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. GRAVES of Mis- H.R. 64: Mr. MARSHALL. LONE, and Ms. MATSUI. souri, and Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER. H.R. 94: Mrs. LEE of Nevada. H.R. 1002: Mrs. BUSTOS. H.R. 1602: Mr. POSEY. H.R. 95: Mr. VELA, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. H.R. 1004: Mr. EVANS, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. H.R. 1629: Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. LATTA, Mr. RICH- NEGUSE, Mr. SCHIFF, and Mr. DOGGETT. H.R. 1641: Mr. CA´ RDENAS and Mr. RUTHER- MOND, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mrs. H.R. 1006: Mr. LONG. FORD. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, and Mr. H.R. 1007: Mr. KING of Iowa, Ms. STEFANIK, H.R. 1652: Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. SAN NICO- EVANS. Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, and Mr. SMITH LAS, and Mr. FITZPATRICK. H.R. 96: Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. VAN of New Jersey. H.R. 1668: Ms. CLARKE of New York. DREW, and Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois. H.R. 1010: Mr. RUIZ, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. H.R. 1673: Mr. WOODALL. H.R. 101: Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. WALTZ, and Mr. RUSH, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. MATSUI, and Ms. H.R. 1679: Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SEWELL of Ala- CRIST. ESHOO. bama, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. JOHNSON of

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Ohio, Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. TITUS, Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Ms. ESHOO, H. Res. 220: Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. VELA, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. CUR- and Mr. BROOKS of Alabama. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. COSTA, TIS, Mr. SOTO, Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, H.R. 1846: Mr. WELCH, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. and Mr. LEWIS. Miss RICE of New York, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, PAYNE, and Ms. MENG. H. Res. 221: Mr. CICILLINE and Mr. COSTA. Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of H.R. 1854: Mr. KATKO and Mr. KEVIN HERN H. Res. 222: Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. Pennsylvania, and Ms. BARRAGA´ N. of Oklahoma. ROONEY of Florida, and Mr. COSTA. H.R. 1680: Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Ms. NORTON, H.R. 1855: Mr. CONAWAY and Mr. DAVIDSON H. Res. 231: Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. LARSON of Mr. TURNER, Mr. POSEY, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, of Ohio. Connecticut, Ms. HAALAND, and Mr. COURT- Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mrs. MURPHY, Mr. H.R. 1857: Mr. THOMPSON of California and NEY. BRINDISI, and Mr. WATKINS. Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire. H. Res. 241: Mr. MARSHALL. H.R. 1706: Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. WEBER of Texas, H.R. 1860: Mr. WALBERG. H. Res. 246: Mr. WATKINS, Mr. SWALWELL of Mr. BARR, Mr. WATKINS, Mr. ROONEY of Flor- H.R. 1884: Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. KIND, Ms. JOHN- California, Mr. COOPER, Mr. KIND, Ms. ida, and Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. SON of Texas, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Penn- SCHRIER, Mr. SPANO, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BIGGS, H.R. 1715: Mr. GIBBS. sylvania, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. CROW, Ms. CLARK Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, H.R. 1721: Mr. BISHOP of Georgia and Ms. of Massachusetts, Mr. HECK, Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. Mr. BUDD, Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. HILL of California. BONAMICI, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. FITZPATRICK, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. BURGESS, Ms. H.R. 1722: Ms. HILL of California and Mr. SPEIER, Mr. TONKO, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. ESHOO, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. ROGERS VAN DREW. DEUTCH, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. of Alabama, Mr. BANKS, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. H.R. 1735: Mr. KHANNA. BARRAGA´ N, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. BERA, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. LAN- H.R. 1739: Ms. WILD. DESAULNIER, Ms. HOULAHAN, and Ms. DAVIDS GEVIN, Ms. TITUS, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. GIBBS, H.R. 1740: Ms. WILD. of Kansas. Mr. KING of New York, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, H.R. 1748: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey and H.J. Res. 38: Ms. MENG. Mr. LATTA, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. KATKO, Mr. Mrs. NAPOLITANO. H. Con. Res. 20: Ms. GRANGER and Ms. RYAN, Mr. CASE, Mrs. TORRES of California, H.R. 1753: Mr. DESJARLAIS and Mr. STEUBE. ADAMS. Mr. COLE, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. H.R. 1755: Mr. BISHOP of Utah and Mr. GAL- H. Con. Res. 25: Mr. RUSH and Ms. TLAIB. BILIRAKIS, Mr. ROSE of New York, Ms. LAGHER. H. Res. 27: Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. SHALALA, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. LUETKE- H.R. 1759: Ms. SA´ NCHEZ. H. Res. 49: Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. LOFGREN, and MEYER, Mr. TURNER, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. HOLD- H.R. 1762: Mr. COLE. Mr. GOODEN. ING, and Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. H.R. 1770: Ms. GRANGER. H. Res. 60: Ms. DEAN, Mr. MOONEY of West H.R. 1781: Mr. PALLONE, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. Virginia, Mr. COSTA, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. CAR- f RUSH, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. KEN- SON of Indiana, and Mr. KIM. NEDY, Ms. MATSUI, and Mr. BILIRAKIS. H. Res. 107: Mr. KIM. H.R. 1830: Mr. STEUBE. H. Res. 124: Mr. KIND, Ms. WILSON of Flor- DELETIONS OF SPONSORS FROM H.R. 1837: Mrs. LURIA, Mr. SPANO, Mr. SEAN ida, and Mr. AGUILAR. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. CRIST, H. Res. 138: Mr. GREEN of Texas and Mr. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors Mr. MAST, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. DESJARLAIS, VAN DREW. were deleted from public bills and reso- Ms. NORTON, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. SIRES, H. Res. 154: Mr. MALINOWSKI and Mr. Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. PETERSon, Mr. BURGESS, DELGADO. lutions, as follows: Mr. COOPER, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Ms. H. Res. 190: Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. H.R. 1735: Ms. MOORE.

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Vol. 165 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019 No. 53 Senate The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was sume consideration of the motion to ple a crystal-clear picture of what the called to order by the President pro proceed to H.R. 268, which the clerk Democratic Party stands for in 2019 tempore (Mr. GRASSLEY). will report. and whom it represents. Nearly all of f The legislative clerk read as follows: our Democratic colleagues wrapped Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 15, H.R. their arms around the radical policy PRAYER 268, a bill making supplemental appropria- they have marketed to the public as The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- tions for the fiscal year ending September 30, the Green New Deal. fered the following prayer: 2019, and for other purposes. I am sure we will be hearing carefully Let us pray. Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, I crafted spin about the transparent po- Eternal God, from whom all blessings ask unanimous consent to speak for 1 litical maneuvering behind voting flow, we thank You for the gift of this minute as in morning business. present instead of voting yes. Not ex- day. Inspire us to use these precious The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without actly ‘‘Profiles in Courage.’’ Not ex- hours and minutes to glorify Your objection, it is so ordered. actly ‘‘Profiles in Courage.’’ Name. Lord, give us the wisdom to THE GREEN NEW DEAL I am also certain that we will hear number our days that we may have Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, more indignant claims that I somehow hearts of wisdom. Guide our Senators yesterday, we had debate on the Green with strength, courage, hope, and love. sabotaged the legislation they said Empower them to build bridges that New Deal. I wonder how many Ameri- they support by actually bringing it to will keep America strong. Use them to cans realize that this debate on the a vote. That is a fascinating sight in pull down barriers of contention and Green New Deal was not on a bill be- the Senate—the cosponsors of a policy replace them with gates that lead to fore the Congress that would become complaining bitterly that they actu- harmony and peace. Lord, do for our law but was on nothing but a non- ally had to go on record to actually lawmakers more than they can ask or binding resolution. Rather than work- vote for a bill they supposedly support, imagine. ing on specific changes in the law, the but go on record they did. They can We pray in Your sovereign Name. authors chose vague aspirations for call it voting present. They can call it Amen. dramatic action in the future. That is voting yes. But when every single Sen- the difference between an active envi- f ate Democrat running for President ronmentalist and an environmental ac- has signed on as a cosponsor, when all PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE tivist. of the energy and momentum in the The President pro tempore led the I am proud of my accomplishments Democratic Party is behind this, when Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: that have had a real, positive impact just a tiny handful of Democratic Sen- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the on the environment. For instance, I au- ators could bring themselves to vote United States of America, and to the Repub- thored the production tax credit for against it on the floor, what we have is lic for which it stands, one nation under God, wind energy back in 1992. During my a Democratic Party that is fixated on indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. leadership on the Senate Finance Com- satisfying the far left, even at the cost f mittee in the 2000s, I oversaw the es- of crushing—crushing—working-class RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME tablishment, enhancement, and re- and middle-class American life as we newal of numerous clean energy tax in- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. know it. centives. Yesterday, the vast majority of Sen- BLACKBURN). Under the previous order, My point is not to say that I made the leadership time is reserved. ate Democrats could not dismiss some- some impact on the environment but thing as crazy as ending the production f to say that there is a difference be- of American oil, coal, natural gas, and CONCLUSION OF MORNING tween offering a bill and, in turn, just nuclear energy within a decade. They BUSINESS a nonbinding resolution, which—the couldn’t vote against that. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning Democrats haven’t put forth any real Senate Democrats could not dismiss business is closed. law. something as absolutely ludicrous as a I yield the floor. f federally mandated overhaul of every RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER building in America to meet the green- SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- ness—greenness—standards of Wash- ACT, 2019—MOTION TO PROCEED— jority leader is recognized. ington bureaucrats. Resumed Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, Senate Democrats could not reject a The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under yesterday, my Democratic colleagues plan to take more control over where the previous order, the Senate will rein this body offered the American peo- Americans choose to live, how they

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Thanks bills by hundreds of dollars a month cratic colleagues, including all of their to them, the Senate can take action and cost the U.S. Government more Presidential candidates, could not even soon on a comprehensive measure to than the entire 2017 GDP of the whole bring themselves to vote against the support our fellow citizens. world. They couldn’t vote against that. obviously absurd socialist wish list we The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- American manufacturing, American considered yesterday. This is what the ator from California is recognized. agriculture, industries, jobs, houses, modern Democratic Party wants to be. UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—H. CON. RES. 24 farms, buildings, and cars that make These are their plans for the country. Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Madam President, up daily life for millions of working At least the American people are cer- I ask unanimous consent that the Sen- Americans—Democrats want Wash- tainly offered a very, very clear con- ate proceed to the immediate consider- ington, DC, to declare war on all of trast. ation of H. Con. Res. 24, expressing the that because it doesn’t comply with DISASTER FUNDING sense of Congress that the report of the latest fashions in Brooklyn or San Madam President, on an entirely dif- Special Counsel Mueller should be Francisco. They want to march the en- ferent matter, in recent months, nat- made available to the public and to tire country toward extreme environ- ural disasters have occupied an out- Congress and which is at the desk; fur- mentalist goals that even President sized share of headlines across our ther, that the concurrent resolution be Obama’s former Secretary of Energy country. We have seen counties in Ala- agreed to; the preamble be agreed to; has dismissed as impossible. That is bama and Georgia bear the blows of a and the motions to reconsider be con- what the Democratic Party of 2019 ap- vicious tornado, and we support the sidered made and laid upon the table parently has become. loved ones of those 23 people whose with no intervening action or debate. Remember, their last Presidential lives it claimed. We have seen a spate The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there nominee bragged, after her loss, that at of powerful hurricanes tear across the objection? least she had won all the places in shores of Florida and the Carolinas, Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, America that are ‘‘optimistic, diverse, leaving tens of billions of dollars in reserving the right to object. As I men- dynamic, [and] moving forward.’’ We damage behind. Flooding has repeat- tioned yesterday, when a similar unanimous consent proposal was pro- can fill in the blanks and see how they edly caused damage in my home State pounded, I have consistently supported view all the other places that millions of Kentucky, and, of course, it is cur- the proposition that the special coun- of Americans call home, those places rently at major disaster levels in com- sel should be allowed to complete his that just aren’t enlightened enough to munities across the Midwest. vote for Democrats, places where farm In some places, the process of re- work without interference, and I have jobs and factory jobs really matter, building has already dragged on for consistently supported the proposition places where expensive high-speed rail months. Families have faced the daily that his report ought to be released, to and electric cars and trucks simply struggle of getting things back to nor- the greatest extent possible, consistent with the law and with the need to pro- will not get the job done, places where mal. soaring electric bills represent a kitch- Others are still literally—literally— tect sources and methods and the need en-table crisis and not just a minor in- underwater. Residents are wading to preserve the integrity of ongoing in- convenience, and places that are actu- through the wreckage of homes and vestigations, including investigations ally home to the workers who would businesses. Normal seems a long way the special counsel has referred to oth- be, as the resolution breezily puts it, away. ers. The Attorney General has committed ‘‘affected by the transition’’—in other From the gulf coast to the heartland, to as much transparency as possible in words, jobs shipped overseas and work- there are Americans calling for our the release of the report, and he is ers out in the cold. In Democrats’ eyes, help. Here in Congress we must have working with the special counsel to- all of us in these places are just back- their back. We must take swift and ward that end. I think we should be ward and out-of-date. People who live comprehensive action. I am pleased to consistent in letting the special coun- say, a number of our colleagues have in those areas are just backward and sel actually finish his work and not crafted legislation that would allow us out-of-date. Our lives need to be trans- just when we think it may be politi- to answer these calls for help from our formed by Washington, DC, bureau- cally advantageous to one side or the people. crats, whether we like it or not. other for him to do so. The supplemental funding measure The disruption isn’t limited to just Therefore, Madam President, I ob- advanced by the Senate yesterday environmental and energy issues; there ject. are so many more things Washington would deliver over $13 billion to help The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ob- Democrats want to get their hands American communities recover and re- jection is heard. around. build following recent natural disas- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Democrats are pushing Medicare for ters. It would mean more help for vic- ator from California. None, a scheme that would make it un- tims of tornadoes in our Southern Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Madam President, lawful to provide the private health in- States, victims of hurricanes from I ask unanimous consent to make re- surance policies that American fami- North Carolina to Puerto Rico, and the marks as in morning business. lies rely on and force everyone into a families in Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without brandnew government scheme de- and Kansas, who are still, as we speak, objection. signed, of course, right here in Wash- waiting for the waters of a truly cata- Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Madam President, ington. It is ironic that this approach strophic flood to recede. The legisla- last Friday, Special Counsel Mueller would mean long waiting lists for peo- tion before us would equip the Depart- submitted his report to Attorney Gen- ple with preexisting conditions and ment of Defense to conduct urgent re- eral Barr. On Sunday, the Attorney cause over 180 million Americans to pairs to bases and installations dam- General provided a four-page summary lose the coverage they choose and rely aged by storms. It would help Amer- of that report to Congress and the on. Republicans are dedicated to pro- ica’s farmers and ranchers cover storm- American people. tecting Americans with preexisting related losses, and it would help get Unfortunately, the Attorney Gen- conditions. Republicans are the ones local schools, healthcare facilities, and eral’s summary tells us little about fighting for American families as they major infrastructure back on track what Special Counsel Mueller actually try to navigate the unaffordable wreck- more quickly. found. In fact, according to the sum- age of ObamaCare. I am proud of the work put in by mary, Mueller’s office spent 2 years in- The story is the same on every issue: many Members to prepare this latest vestigating, with a team of 19 lawyers Democrats aren’t interested in security package so swiftly and thoroughly on and 40 FBI agents and other profes- and stability for American families; behalf of our communities in need. We sional staff. The special counsel issued

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27MR6.002 S27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2013 more than 2,800 subpoenas, executed Mueller found that there is ‘‘evidence The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. nearly 500 search warrants, obtained on both sides of the question.’’ Con- CRAMER). Without objection, it is so or- more than 230 orders for communica- gress and the American people should dered. tion records, issued almost 50 orders be able to see that evidence and make RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER authorizing the use of pen registers, a determination, including what the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The made 13 requests to foreign govern- appropriate next steps are, if any. Democratic leader is recognized. ments for evidence, and interviewed I am very disappointed that some Re- Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, there approximately 500 witnesses. That is publicans are saying Democrats need is so much going on. So I will be ad- quite a record. to move on before we even see the re- dressing several topics today: The fact is, a four-page summary port or underlying evidence. Many of healthcare, climate change, Mr. cannot possibly illuminate what this these Republicans called for eight con- Mueller’s report, and Puerto Rico. thorough of an investigation uncov- gressional investigations into the HEALTHCARE ered. I find it so disappointing that so Benghazi attack and demanded and re- Mr. President, two nights ago, Presi- many are rushing to judgment without ceived 880,000 pages of documents re- dent Donald Trump and Attorney Gen- being able to see the full report or all lated to the Clinton email investiga- eral Barr decided to escalate their 2- of the underlying facts. tion. We have also already obtained year war against healthcare to a whole This report should be made public. As documents related to Mueller’s inves- new level. They declared that the en- has been, I think, well stated, not only tigation, including classified FISA tire Affordable Care Act, and the is the official government interested, Court applications. healthcare for tens of millions of but the American public is interested Of course, unwarranted foot-dragging Americans and protections for more in our findings as well. is really not good, and really bad for than 100 million, is unconstitutional We know the Russian Government this country. I had thought we were and ought to be eliminated. interfered with the U.S. election. That past that with prior events where we Now, the President wants to go back has been reported by the intelligence did take action, and we were able to to repeal and replace again? Make our community and intelligence com- see both sides. After 37 indictments, 6 day. The Republicans here in the Sen- mittee—I sit on that committee—and of whom were indicted Trump advisers, ate tried over and over to deal with re- it has been reaffirmed by the special as well as 7 guilty pleas, surely spend- peal and replace. They couldn’t because counsel’s investigation. ing more than a week on understanding they have no replacement. The Amer- We also know, from court filings, what happened and asking for the full ican people spoke loud and clear in the documents, and press reports, that the report is warranted. How can we have November 2018 elections and addressed President and at least 17 people associ- 37 indictments, 6 Trump advisers, as the Republican antics by defeating ated with his campaign had more than well as guilty pleas, without being able them resoundingly. The American peo- 100 contacts with Russia or Russia’s to understand what actually happened ple resoundingly rejected the Repub- intermediaries. and not be afforded the material to lican plan of repeal and replace for However, Attorney General Barr’s gain that understanding? healthcare. In fact, very few Repub- I hope this can be a bipartisan effort summary provides no information lican Senators would embrace it when to ensure the full record is produced about any of these contacts or multiple they were running as candidates. and the facts are uncovered. It is really offers from Russian-affiliated individ- Indeed, if the Republican Party puzzling to me why the Republican side uals to assist the campaign, and that is wants to be, in Donald Trump’s words, would not want to do this. Do they pre- a quote—‘‘multiple offers from Rus- ‘‘the Party of healthcare,’’ God help sume guilt on their side, and therefore sian-affiliated individuals to assist the the middle class. God save the middle they want to hide it from the public? If campaign’’—referenced in the Attorney class. God save people with disabilities. you don’t, why wouldn’t you want General’s summary. God save the hundreds of millions with whatever the true facts are to come Congress must determine the risks to preexisting conditions. out? The American people deserve no national security, whether there was, If the administration had its way, less. in fact, misconduct, whether existing the elimination of the Affordable Care On March 14, the House of Represent- laws are sufficient to deter and punish Act would send premiums soaring for atives passed a resolution calling for election interference, and what next millions of Americans. It would revoke Special Counsel Mueller’s report to be steps are appropriate. The American coverage for tens of millions more who made public. The vote was unanimous, people also have a right to the truth gained coverage through Medicaid ex- 420 to 0—420 to 0. Both sides of the about what happened in the 2016 elec- pansions. It would strike protections House of Representatives said this tion and to judge the facts for them- for hundreds of millions, even people should happen. selves. Senator SCHUMER, our minority lead- who get coverage through their em- Special Counsel Mueller also did not er, has now twice sought unanimous ployer. It would tell college students draw a conclusion, one way or the consent for the Senate to consider that and graduates aged 21 to 26 that they other, as to whether the President resolution. These requests have been could no longer be on their parents’ committed a crime through his efforts blocked by Republicans. I don’t under- healthcare. to obstruct the investigation. Instead, stand that. If the House can consider Let’s not forget that this decision Mr. Mueller wrote: ‘‘While this report this, why can’t we look at what the would impose billions of dollars in new does not conclude that the President House has done? This, to my knowl- prescription drug costs for seniors on committed a crime, it also does not ex- edge, in the quarter of a century that I Medicare. Does the Republican Party onerate him.’’ have been in this body, has never hap- really want to raise the price for senior Since Special Counsel Mueller elect- pened before, where the Senate has ac- citizens when they buy drugs? That is ed to describe the facts but did not de- tually refused to look at information. what they are doing. That is what cide whether to charge the President I very much hope there can be a President Trump is doing. I wasn’t at with a crime, we don’t know why he change of mind and allow the U.S. Sen- the lunch where the President talked made this decision, but clearly we do ate to do its due diligence in this mat- about this, but I didn’t hear any re- need to see the facts for ourselves to be ter. Hiding the information will not ports of any Republican in that room able to make a decision about how to solve the problem. rejecting what the President said when proceed and what, if any, additional I yield the floor. he said repeal and replace. This Repub- steps are necessary. I suggest the absence of a quorum. lican Party is the Party of healthcare? While the Attorney General con- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Come on, now. cluded there was no crime of obstruc- clerk will call the roll. You can’t undo all the healthcare for tion committed, we knew that was his The legislative clerk proceeded to tens of millions, the protections for conclusion 9 months ago when he wrote call the roll. preexisting conditions for hundreds of a 10-page memo explaining why the Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask millions, the drug costs for tens of mil- President can’t be charged with ob- unanimous consent that the order for lions of seniors, the protections for struction of justice. Special Counsel the quorum call be rescinded millions of young college graduates,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27MR6.009 S27MRPT1 S2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 27, 2019 and say you are for healthcare. You Republican colleagues three simple the Senate wasted the American peo- just can’t. questions to which they owe an answer ple’s time on a ridiculous charade fea- Compounding the injury, the Presi- to their constituents. First, do you be- turing a sham vote that fooled no one. dent’s latest budget wants to cut more lieve climate change is real? Second, Read the press today. Read the Wall than $1 trillion from Medicare and do you believe climate change is Street Journal. Yesterday’s vote on the Medicaid. In doing so, the President is caused by human activity? And third, Republican version of the Green New breaking his promise, blatantly and do you believe Congress has to act im- Deal was not just a cynical ploy—al- uncaringly. He doesn’t care about what mediately to deal with this problem? though it was—it was the ultimate he promised people. He is breaking his We are finally getting some answers, ‘‘tell’’ that Republicans, for all their promise to the American people that thanks to MCCONNELL’s trick that he talk, have no real plan to combat cli- he would do no such thing. This is the eventually played on himself. No less mate change, no real plan on party of healthcare? The Department than Leader MCCONNELL was asked by healthcare, and no real plan on climate of Justice’s decision is a moral and in- the press yesterday afternoon at his change—just a lot of political stunts. stitutional outrage. Not only would it Ohio Clock press camp if he believes in I am glad that finally, though—this harm Americans, but it would under- climate change, and he said he believes is the good news here—some of my col- mine the rule of law. it is real and he believes it is caused by leagues are starting to see the light Today I am announcing a new plan— human activity. Well, there is one and admit that it is real and admit a new way for my colleagues to show more step if you believe all that: What that it is caused by human activity. that they mean what they say. I am in- is your answer—not what you are Now, they need to put their money troducing a simple amendment to the against but what you are for? where their mouth is and work with us pending appropriations bill we are con- I want to commend Senators ROB- to take action that matches the scale sidering here in the Senate. It will very ERTS, ALEXANDER, and MURKOWSKI. of the problem. If our colleagues refuse simply prohibit the Department of Jus- They came to the floor and stated un- to join us on a bipartisan basis in cre- tice from using any funding to litigate equivocally and clearly that climate ating this select committee, we Demo- the downfall of ACA in the circuit change is real and caused by humans. crats aren’t going to wait. We will take court. Let’s see how all of our Repub- Make no mistake, in this glacial at- action on our own. lican colleagues who said they don’t mosphere controlled by the Repub- Later today, we will be announcing want to take away protections for pre- licans, when it comes to climate our own path. We are going on offense existing conditions, who said they change, this is real progress, but, of on climate change, keeping a spotlight don’t want to take away healthcare for course, it is not close to enough. on this issue and making sure that this millions, and who said they want to As to the third question, Leader Chamber keeps debating this most ur- lower seniors’ drug costs vote on this. MCCONNELL offered no solution. All we gent issue of our day. Will the leader do what he has been got was a sham vote that he voted We cannot play politics with our so characteristic of doing in the major- against. So I ask Leader MCCONNELL: children’s future any longer. I have a ity and block a chance for this amend- What is your plan? Some Republicans new grandson. By the time he grows ment? Will any Republican on the now seem to admit the challenges of up, I don’t want the waters to be rising, other side stand up and say: Don’t climate change. OK, that is good. Now, the climate to be changing, and the block it, Mr. Leader; we have to pro- what is your solution? whole world totally discombobulated tect the American people’s healthcare. Turning the Senate floor into a cam- so he can’t live a good and happy life. We shall see. paign ad studio is not a solution to cli- My Republican friends, you are going We should all feel that way. mate change, nor is it very effective Avoiding the problem, whether it is to have the chance this afternoon or even for their own purposes. Several because special interests are saying to when they vote on this bill to show us Senators seemed to suggest that this avoid it—the Koch brothers, coal in- which side you are on. problem can simply be solved by fund- dustry, oil industry, and everyone CLIMATE CHANGE ing for more research. I support fund- else—is not serving our country well. Mr. President, the Senate finally ing for research. It should be part of held the Republican leader’s promised PUERTO RICO any climate plan. Yet I say to my political stunt vote on the issue of cli- Mr. President, the Republicans and friends—particularly, those from coal mate change and the results did not the White House are refusing to make States—that is not going to solve the make the Republicans happy. The several minor changes to the disaster problem. Dealing with coal sequestra- stunt was exposed for what it was. The bill under consideration today— whole issue of climate change—for the tion and coal technology will, at best, changes that will help Puerto Rico, the first time, really—was debated here solve 1 percent of the problem. So I say U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern and turned on our Republican col- to my friends: What about the other 99 Mariana Islands. leagues. It became clear to the Amer- percent, because 1 percent isn’t Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurri- ican people that our Republican col- enough? Temperatures will still go up. cane Maria a year and a half ago—dev- leagues have no plan for climate The oceans will still rise. The terrible astation we haven’t probably seen in change. kinds of disaster—flooding, tornadoes, any other part of our country. It is re- We have heard what they are against. and wildfires—that we have had will ported that nearly $91 billion of dam- We haven’t heard a peep about a com- continue. To simply say that you are age was done by the hurricane. prehensive plan that they are for. The doing some research into how to deal Puerto Rico is still struggling to re- attempt by the Republicans to make a with coal is not close to solving the cover. These are American citizens. mockery of the issue completely back- problem. Let’s not forget that. These are not fired. Leader MCCONNELL was forced to Yesterday was a golden opportunity people from some foreign land. Yet it answer some questions that he has for this Chamber to come together and has been publicly reported that the ducked for a very long time. Whether show the American people that Repub- President has told his staff to find or not Leader MCCONNELL intended it, licans are serious about tackling the ways to limit Federal dollars from the fact is, at the very least, that this threat. I asked to create a bipartisan going to Puerto Rico. It was even re- Chamber is doing something it hasn’t select committee on climate change. ported that at yesterday’s lunch with done in years. It held an actual debate Let’s get some of the people who are Republicans, the President complained on the topic of climate change. most interested in this issue from dif- that Puerto Rico has been getting too MCCONNELL’s stunt, again, ferent ideological stripes and from dif- much aid. He said he ‘‘doesn’t want an- boomeranged on him and his col- ferent places in the country to come other single dollar going to the is- leagues, and they finally had to discuss together and come up with a solution. land,’’ even though he has held up the this issue rather than do what they Of course, once again, the Republican dollars that Democrats and Repub- have liked to do for the last 5 years and leader blocked that genuine attempt. licans voted for. sweep it under the rug. Unfortunately, my good friend, the We help Americans when there is a Yesterday, the day before, today, and junior Senator from Wyoming, ob- disaster. We don’t pick and choose be- continuing in the future, we ask our jected when we asked for this. Instead, cause they may not vote for us—or

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27MR6.003 S27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2015 vote at all—or because we don’t like Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask Taxing every millionaire in the the elected official. These are people unanimous consent that the order for United States at a 100-percent rate for who are hurting. the quorum call be rescinded. 10 years would bring in only a tiny What the President is doing with The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without fraction of $93 trillion. Taxing every Puerto Rico is disgraceful but typical objection, it is so ordered. household making more than $200,000 a of his view to divide and pick winners THE GREEN NEW DEAL year at a 100-percent rate for 10 years and losers. What the President is doing Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, yester- wouldn’t get the Democrats anywhere is unacceptable and un-American. day afternoon, the Senate voted on the close to $93 trillion. Taxing every fam- I urge my Republican colleagues to Green New Deal—the Democrats’ $93 ily making more than $100,000 a year at come to the table, to accept the com- trillion socialist fantasy. a 100-percent rate for 10 years would monsense changes we have proposed to How did the Democrats vote on this still leave the Democrats far short of help the territories recover—the same deal? They voted present. That is right. $93 trillion. proposals that passed the House—and There were 43 out of 47 Members of the The Green New Deal is not a plan to help us pass a disaster package that Democratic caucus who voted present. that can be paid for by taxing the rich. addresses the needs not of some but of This may be the first time in my ex- This plan would be paid for on the all disaster survivors and that address- perience here that I have ever seen a backs of working families. The size of es the needs of all Americans who are piece of legislation and people who au- the tax hikes that would be required to affected, not just those he happens to thored that legislation—in this case, even begin to finance this massive gov- like. That is not what any President there were 13 Democrats who authored ernment expansion would sharply di- before has done. That is not what the bill, cosponsored the bill, intro- minish Americans’ standard of living America does. duced the bill, and indicated that ac- and usher in a new era of diminished MUELLER REPORT tion on the issue needed to be taken prosperity, and I haven’t even men- Mr. President, finally, I want to say now—proceed to vote present. I have tioned the freedom of choice Ameri- a few words on the report by Special never seen that in my time either in cans would lose and give up under the Counsel Mueller. the House or in the Senate. There was Green New Deal. From the start, the Democrats have always an opportunity, as the Pre- Your car’s engine would likely soon argued that nothing short of full trans- siding Officer knows, in the House of become illegal. Washington planners parency will satisfy the American peo- Representatives, when you voted by could force you to rebuild your house ple’s right to know what happened dur- electronic machine, to punch the yel- to meet strict, new, energy-efficient ing Russia’s attack on our election. low ‘‘present’’ option. You had red or guidelines. Your ability to travel by air That is why it is unacceptable that Mr. green or present, but very rarely was might be restricted or entirely eliminated. BARR, who reached his initial conclu- that used. Yet I don’t think I have ever The Green New Deal doesn’t limit sions quickly—in 48 hours—now needs seen, in the U.S. Senate, 13 U.S. Sen- itself to massive government expansion several weeks, he says, to review the ators file a bill, introduce a bill, coin the area of energy. sponsor a bill, talk about how impor- report, and there are reports that he Among other things, it would also tant it is that we deal with it and deal may now only release a summary of put the government in charge of your that finding. with it immediately, and then proceed healthcare. So, if you like your health First, let me talk about the time. to vote present. That is what happened plan, get ready to give it up. Then Attorney General Barr moved like a yesterday. there are the millions of current en- I want to step back for a minute and hare to get out the summary he wrote ergy jobs that would be lost under this talk about the Green New Deal—the with the purpose of exonerating the plan. Plus, there would likely be sig- Democrats’ plan to put the government President. He is now moving like a tor- nificant job losses in other industries in charge of everything from your en- toise to issue Mueller’s full report. as small businesses and larger compa- People are going to ask: What the heck ergy to your healthcare. nies would find themselves being un- The costs of this plan would be stag- is going on? Is there some political mo- able to cope with the Green New Deal’s geringly high. One think tank released tivation here? Americans are entitled mandates and taxes. to see the full report, not a summary. its first estimate that found that the For American families, the Green We all know the intelligence commu- Green New Deal would cost somewhere New Deal would mean smaller pay- nity can redact parts of the report— between $51 trillion and $93 trillion checks, fewer jobs, fewer choices, and a small they will be—to protect secret over a 10-year period—between $51 tril- permanently reduced standard of liv- sources, but we also expect the rest of lion and $93 trillion. The 2017 gross doing. the report to be issued, not a summary. mestic product for the entire world— You don’t even have to take my word Mr. BARR has issued one brief summary the whole planet—only came to $80.7 for it. Here is what the AFL–CIO, trillion, which is more than $10 trillion already, and many Americans don’t which represents 121⁄2 million workers trust that summary because they want less than the Democrats are proposing in a number of unions, had to say about to see the whole report before jumping to spend on the Green New Deal. This the Green New Deal: to a conclusion. So we need the report $93 trillion is more than the amount of The Green New Deal resolution is far too now, without delay. We can’t have po- money the U.S. Government has spent short on specific solutions that speak to the litical considerations enter into it. in its entire history. jobs of our members and the critical sectors ‘‘Oh, we will delay it for several weeks So how do the Democrats plan to of our economy. It is not rooted in an engi- to let things cool off.’’ I hope that is cover that $93 trillion? Well, they don’t neering-based approach and makes promises not what is happening. actually have a plan. The Green New that are not achievable or realistic. We will In any case, we need the report now. Deal resolution itself makes a vague not accept proposals that could cause imme- reference to ‘‘community grants, pub- diate harm to millions of our members and This is too important for Mr. BARR to their families. We will not stand by and be playing politics. He can remove any lic banks, and other public financing.’’ allow threats to our members’ jobs and their cloud of suspicion by releasing the full Then, of course, the Democrats have families’ standard of living go unanswered. their favorite funding source, which is report as the President and members of Let me repeat that: taxing the rich. The problem is, there his party call for. When we read reports We will not accept proposals that could that Barr only wants to release a sum- is no way taxing the rich would even cause immediate harm to millions of our mary and that Leader MCCONNELL is come close to paying for the Green New members and their families. We will not unsupportive of transparency, some- Deal. One analyst found that three stand by and allow threats to our members’ thing doesn’t smell right. Democratic proposals—the New York jobs and their families’ standard of living go I yield the floor. Representative’s proposed 70-percent unanswered. I suggest the absence of a quorum. top tax rate, the Massachusetts Sen- Again, these are quotes from the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ator’s wealth tax, and the Hawaii Sen- AFL–CIO. That is what it is saying clerk will call the roll. ator’s financial transactions tax— about the Democrats’ Green New Deal. The senior assistant legislative clerk would together pay for approximately 4 The American people have a right to proceeded to call the roll. percent of the Green New Deal. know where the Democrats stand on

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27MR6.004 S27MRPT1 S2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 27, 2019 this massive government expansion. ment overreach and will work with Re- Sikh identity, Sikh culture, and the Are they for it or are they against it? publicans to develop responsible solu- Sikh way of life. Thousands of Sikhs Their Presidential candidates have em- tions to protect our environment—so- from all over the United States will be braced this plan. There were 13 Senate lutions that don’t hurt American fami- here participating and celebrating. Democrats, as I mentioned, who spon- lies. I came here this morning because I sored the original Green New Deal res- I yield the floor. want to add my voice as one wishing olution in the Senate, and there were The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the Sikh community great luck and 92 Democrats who sponsored the origi- ator from Pennsylvania. great joy at this parade and in the very nal Green New Deal resolution in the CELEBRATING VAISAKHI joyous celebration of Vaisakhi. House. Yet, yesterday, just four Mem- Mr. TOOMEY. Mr. President, I rise I yield the floor. bers of the Democratic caucus had the today to mark a very special day for The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- courage to make their positions clear. the Sikh religion and the Sikh commu- ator from Texas. As for the rest, well, it is actually nity across America and in Pennsyl- THE GREEN NEW DEAL understandable that most Democrats vania—and this is the holiday of Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, yester- didn’t want to go on the record as sup- Vaisakhi. day, the Senate had a significant vote. porting, perhaps, the most irrespon- Although the youngest among the Senators made their voices heard on sible and costly resolution ever to major religions of the world, Sikhism the Green New Deal, and after a lot of come before the U.S. Senate. It is pret- has emerged as a distinct socio-reli- grandstanding from those Senate ty difficult to tell your constituents gious community. By the numbers, it Democrats who initially rushed to sup- that you support cutting their pay- is, I believe, the sixth largest religion port this proposal, not a single one checks, eliminating millions of their in the world, with 30 million adherents voted for the proposal. jobs, and drastically reducing their worldwide, and approximately 700,000 However, my Republican colleagues choices. Sikhs have chosen to make their home and I didn’t vote present. We don’t be- I am sure there are more than four in the United States. lieve that is what our constituents sent Members of the Democratic caucus who A large number of those Sikhs live in us here to do. Instead, we voted against don’t support this plan, but the Demo- my State of Pennsylvania. In fact, the socialist grab bag of policies that crats are more and more enthralled there are several Sikh places of wor- would set us back an estimated $93 tril- with the far-left wing of their party, ship across Pennsylvania. They are lion and would bankrupt the State of and, clearly, some Democrats were known as a Gurdwara, and they are lo- Texas. To be clear, voting no on the afraid to actually reject this plan with cated in and around Philadelphia, Green New Deal isn’t a referendum on their votes. Pittsburgh, Allentown, and Erie. the issue of lowering carbon emissions So what happened? There were 43 out Sikhism itself was founded in the or finding cleaner energy; it is saying of 47 Members of the Democratic cau- 15th century in South Asia on the prin- no to the litany of far-left proposals cus here in the U.S. Senate who left ciples of equality, justice, and respect that would leave American families the American people in limbo about for all human beings. footing the bill to the tune of tens of their views, and they ended up voting Sikhs pray twice a day—in the morn- thousands of dollars each. present. ing and in the evening—and they pray The Green New Deal promised things I would love to think that every for the welfare of mankind. like free higher education. You might Democrat who voted present yesterday Over a period of 239 years, Sikhism have thought this was really about the has realized how damaging the Green was established by 10 gurus. The first environment; well, it was a grab bag of New Deal would be to working families. among them was Guru Nanak. These government handouts and takeovers. It But the scary truth is that while some gurus were learned, spiritual guides de- also included Medicare for All, which Democrats may have voted present voted to improving the moral well- means that if you have employer-pro- simply because they wanted to avoid being of their followers and the com- vided health insurance, you couldn’t angering the far-left wing of their munities in which they lived. keep it. Even President Obama said: If party, other Democrats really believe— In 1699, the 10th and final guru— you like what you have, you can keep they really believe—in the Green New Gobind Singh—founded a fellowship of it. But not now—not with this new, Deal. soldier saints called the Khalsa Panth. radical group of Democrats who now The junior Senator from Vermont Today, Sikhs celebrate this occasion say: Forget that promise. We are going was asked if the Green New Deal goes with the holiday that they call to take what you have, even if you like too far. His answer? ‘‘No. You cannot Vaisakhi. This year, Sikhs across the it. go too far on the issue of climate United States and around the world There, of course, was the guarantee change.’’ will celebrate Vaisakhi on April 14. of jobs. I noted yesterday that the only Really? You can’t go too far? Not For Sikhs, Vaisakhi is a very special thing missing from the Green New Deal even if you saddle millions of families time. It is a special time to celebrate is free beer and pizza for everybody. with exorbitant taxes and other costs and share their faith with their friends It has been estimated that imple- just for miniscule gains? Not even if and their neighbors. The occasion is menting the full list of the Green New you permanently damage the American marked by dancing and parades. Every- Deal’s promises would cost the average economy? one is welcome to attend these celebra- American family $65,000 a year, which One of the Green New Deal’s authors tions, and they attract Americans from is well over what many Americans has actually stated that it is a legiti- all religious, cultural, and ethnic back- make annually. mate question whether people should grounds. These ludicrous proposals were have children because of climate Vaisakhi celebrations are a really vi- pitched as a way to uplift the middle change. Is that something the Green brant affair, and members of the Sikh class and create jobs, but in reality, New Deal supporters want to legislate community wear bright orange or yel- they would have undone the economic too? Really? low festive clothes to mark the occa- gains we made these past 2 years under The Democrats’ Green New Deal ex- sion. These colors represent the spirit the Trump administration. We could tremism is disturbing, and I am deeply and the joy of the celebration. say goodbye to the record-low unem- disappointed in yesterday’s vote be- It is interesting to note that when ployment levels and the growth we cause the American people deserve to Vaisakhi is celebrated in the Sikh have been seeing. What middle-class hear where every Democrat stands on homeland of Punjab, the gold and yel- American do you know who could af- this dangerous plan. Americans deserve low wheat fields are ready to be har- ford an extra $65,000 each year to pay to know whether Democrats are willing vested. the Federal Government for the litany to hike their taxes, eliminate their This year, the Sikh Coordination of Green New Deal line items, such as jobs, and diminish drastically their Committee East Coast has organized a tearing down every building and re- freedoms. parade in Washington, DC, on April 6 placing it with a green version? I hope more Democrats will join the to commemorate Vaisakhi as National Even the liberal AFL–CIO’s energy four who rejected this massive govern- Sikh Day. The theme of the parade is committee had this to say:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27MR6.006 S27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2017 We will not accept proposals that could Earlier this week, officials from ITC Sometimes when people hear us talk cause immediate harm to millions of our said that cleanup crews had removed about regulation, they act as if our members and their families. We will not more than 33,000 barrels of an oily mix- side of the aisle believes that no regu- stand by and allow threats to our members’ jobs and their families’ standard of living to ture from the ship channel. That is 1 lation is appropriate, which is entirely go unanswered. million gallons, which is more than I false. It is important to have regula- This is the AFL–CIO. can even imagine. tions to protect the public safety of the Instead of the Green New Deal, we The chemical fire and resulting American people and particularly in should follow the Texas model of inno- chemical spill not only brought grave places around tank farms like this one vation. But it is not just Texas; there health concerns to those who live and in Deer Park. I think it is very impor- are some great private sector initia- work around Deer Park and pollution tant that any existing regulations— tives taking place that deal with this to the air and environment, it also that we make sure those regulations ground businesses in the region to a and laws are enforced. concern about CO2 emissions in a much more practical, rational, free market halt. Because of the chemical spill, As part of this investigation, I hope way. We have a thriving energy sector nearly 7 miles of the Houston Ship we will find out that there were no vio- in Texas, as the Presiding Officer Channel closed for 3 days, cutting off lations of existing regulations and knows, and it isn’t stifled by overregu- this booming area of our economy from laws, but if there were, then the people lation. That is one reason it is thriv- the waterway and delaying shipment of responsible should be held accountable. ing. goods up and down the ship channel. I am not going to prejudge at this early The Green New Deal would force us Some estimates show that the region’s point before the investigation takes to rely on foreign energy sources be- oil and gas and petrochemical sectors place whether there is any legal re- cause we wouldn’t be able to produce lost $1 billion in revenue as a result of sponsibility or whether anybody did enough here in the United States to the closure. This ship channel sees things they should not have done con- keep the lights on. But with invest- hundreds of shipments a day, with sistent with the laws and regulations ment in innovative solutions and new tankers and freighters moving various that do exist, but I will say that once technologies, we can ensure that our products and goods up and down the the investigation is complete, if there country can remain energy inde- shoreline to businesses surrounding the were violations of regulations designed pendent and deal with legitimate con- Houston area. to protect the public safety or laws cerns about the environment. The effects from the closure of facili- passed by Congress and signed by the I applaud our colleagues who voted ties and companies in the area will re- President, that I will be the first to de- against this legislation to ensure that quire a costly and lengthy recovery. mand there be accountability for viola- the American people won’t have to Folks along the ship channel in South- tion of those regulations and those pick up the tab for the far-left wing east Houston will also be concerned laws. agenda of our Democratic colleagues. about health consequences until we can Mr. President, I yield the floor. Conversely, I stand ready to work on find out more answers. I suggest the absence of a quorum. real, achievable solutions and to find The ITC’s tanks contain chemicals The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. ways to reduce emissions and lessen commonly used in the production of SASSE). The clerk will call the roll. our environmental footprint without gasoline—xylene, naphtha, pyrolysis The senior assistant legislative clerk overregulating and overcharging. gasoline. Naphtha, in particular, can proceeded to call the roll. DEER PARK, TEXAS irritate and burn the nose and throat Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask On another note, most people across when inhaled. When exposed to fire, unanimous consent that the order for the country hadn’t heard of Deer Park, naphtha can produce poisonous gases. the quorum call be rescinded. TX, until last Sunday. They were prob- The health effects of these chemicals The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ably more familiar with nearby Hous- are of grave concern, but it is not just objection, it is so ordered. ton, TX. But last Sunday morning was the short-term effects—the irritation H.R. 268 when the first reports came rolling out and burning—that are concerning; con- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, on Janu- that residents were forced to shelter in tact with these chemicals can poten- ary 16, more than 2 months ago, the place when a chemical tank at the tially have lasting, long-term effects, House passed a supplemental appro- Intercontinental Terminals Company, making it vital to discern the exact priations bill, H.R. 268, which addressed or ITC, caught fire. level of exposure to these chemicals the needs of all communities impacted ITC’s tanks hold petrochemical liq- caused as a result of the fire. by recent natural disasters. The House- uids and gases used to produce gaso- It is important that we get to the passed disaster bill provided assistance line—all highly flammable and haz- bottom of this, and I am proud that our to help people impacted by Hurricanes ardous. As many could have predicted, local, State, and Federal officials have Florence and Michael, the Hawaii vol- but certainly no one had hoped, the fire quickly jumped into action. The Texas canoes, and the California wildfires. It spread quickly to a nearby tank. By Commission on Environmental Qual- provided aid to the people in the Com- Wednesday, seven tanks were aflame. ity, the Environmental Protection monwealth of the Northern Mariana Is- Firefighters fought for 3 days to extin- Agency, local responders, and the lands in Guam, who were struck last guish the massive flames, and just Coast Guard were all on the scene year by typhoons, and the people of when it seemed as if the fire was under quickly and have been working around American Samoa, who were devastated control, it flared again last Friday, the clock since the start of the first by Cyclone Gita. It continued assist- burning through 11 storage tanks in fire. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board ance for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Vir- total. A massive fireball and billowing and the Occupational Safety and gin Islands to help them continue their plumes of smoke could be seen for Health Administration, or OSHA, have recovery from Hurricanes Irma and miles. This didn’t stop, as new tanks opened investigations into the fires. Maria. They passed it 2 months ago. caught fire, forcing schools and busi- The Environmental Protection Agency, Instead of moving quickly on this nesses to close and residents to right- along with the Texas Commission on package to help those Americans in fully question their safety. Environmental Quality, are conducting need, Senate Republicans, at the Presi- Unfortunately, the story doesn’t end continuous air quality checks. dent’s insistence, held up the House there. By the end of the week, as ITC I appreciate the swift action by local, bill because it included assistance for drained chemicals from the remaining State, and Federal agencies to protect Americans in Puerto Rico. Instead of exposed tanks, the containment wall my constituents in the region and con- giving aid to the people who need it, surrounding the tank farm burst. Foam duct investigations to ensure that we the President has chosen to delay it used to fight the fires and contami- can prevent this type of event from over petty grudges and political con- nants leaked, forcing a portion of the ever occurring again. I will monitor cerns. Houston Ship Channel to close and those investigations closely as they The President’s refusal to help Amer- bringing a new round of health risks progress and will ensure they have the icans in Puerto Rico not only delays associated with the release of airborne resources they need in order to com- the important disaster bill that many and liquid toxins. plete their work. of the other States are relying on to

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27MR6.010 S27MRPT1 S2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 27, 2019 speed their recovery efforts, it dis- must continually reassess and provide They cannot have it both ways. The criminates against the over 3 million them what is needed to fully recover. administration cannot simultaneously Americans who reside in Puerto Rico, I remember when this first happened, hold up recovery dollars for Puerto and that is wrong. We have never—cer- back when the White House was saying Rico and then point to Puerto Rico’s tainly in my years here—had disaster there may be two or three or four or a failure to spend it as an excuse not to bills in which we say that Americans in dozen fatalities in Puerto Rico. Well, provide additional assistance. In other this State can be helped, but we do not they were off by thousands. There were words, they are holding these billions like the Americans in this State, so 2,975 people who lost their lives, not away from Puerto Rico, saying: You they cannot be helped. just a handful. cannot have it, but why are you not This is the United States of America. We don’t simply appropriate the spending it? We are supposed to take care of all of same amount of money to each State Come on. You cannot do that. You our citizens when there is a crisis, not or territory that is hit with a disaster cannot claim they are not spending the pick and choose who gets assistance no matter the level of damage. We look money that is being held back from based on who we are aligned with po- at each place, and we provide what is them, and then say that is why they do litically. I have voted for disaster relief needed for the people to rebuild their not need additional assistance. for red States, for blue States, for pur- homes, their communities, and their Yesterday, Senator SCHUMER and I ple States because they are part of the lives. sent a letter to the administration United States of America. I feel that as I will give you one example of why about these bureaucratic delays and a country we have to come together to one size does not fit all. With Katrina, demanded answers. help each other when there is a dis- we in Congress passed six supplemental I ask unanimous consent to have aster. disaster packages—not one, six—to printed in the RECORD a copy of a let- Certainly Republican Senators and help rebuild Louisiana and Mississippi ter dated March 25, 2019, to Mick Democratic Senators helped the State because the storm was unlike anything Mulvaney, Peter Gaynor, and Ben Car- of Vermont when we were hit with a we had ever seen. They needed the as- son. disaster a few years ago. Well, today it sistance coming in over time. I sup- There being no objection, the mate- is Puerto Rico, and all of the Ameri- ported the help for Louisiana and Mis- rial was ordered to be printed in the cans in Puerto Rico need our help. sissippi. No one at the time would have RECORD, as follows: argued to stop after the first tranche of A year and a half ago, it was hit by U.S. SENATE, two back-to-back category 5 hurri- funding we provided and then leave Washington, DC, March 25, 2019. canes. It is rare that anybody ever gets them to fend for themselves, because Hon. MICK MULVANEY, hit by two back-to-back category 5 they are Americans. We saw there were Director, Office of Management and Budget, hurricanes. An estimated 2,975 Ameri- more problems, and we added money. Washington, DC. cans lost their lives. Homes were de- This is no different. Hon. PETER GAYNOR, The President reportedly came to the Acting Administrator, Federal Emergency Man- molished, communities destroyed. It Capitol and met with Senators yester- agement Agency, Washington, DC. was an extraordinary disaster, and it day and made his case as to why we Hon. BEN CARSON, requires a commensurate extraor- should not continue aid to Puerto Rico. Secretary, Department of Housing dinary response. Let me repeat. The President of the and Urban Development, Washington, DC. I am glad we are finally moving to DEAR DIRECTOR MULVANEY, HONORABLE United States—something I have never debate on the House-passed bill because GAYNOR, AND HONORABLE CARSON, Last No- seen in my 45 years here with either a we need that. We actually ought to just vember, we wrote to express our concern Republican or Democratic President— pass the House-passed bill, but, unfor- about the significant and unsupported delays affirmatively argued that we should re- related to the immediate and long-term re- tunately, the Republicans say they will frain from helping American citizens in covery needs of Puerto Rico in the aftermath file a substitute that will take us back- need. of catastrophic Hurricanes Irma and Maria. ward, not forward. Of course, like so many things the Specifically, we highlighted the lack of ef- Again, at the President’s insistence, President has said, it was not based in fective Federal interagency coordination it eliminates critical assistance for the fact or reality. He claimed that Puerto under the leadership of the Office of Manage- ment and Budget (OMB), which has and con- Americans in Puerto Rico provided for Rico had received over $90 billion in in the House bill, as well as assistance tinues to impede on the Commonwealth’s Federal assistance, but it has not. He ability to finalize emergency repairs through to other U.S. territories. It eliminates knows it has not. Why does he keep State-revolving funds that would help FEMA’s Public Assistance categories A and saying this when he has to know that B programs, and subsequently its efforts to Puerto Rico rebuild damaged water what he is saying is not true? He move toward permanent reconstruction. systems and ensure they are resilient claims it is using Federal money to pay These delays are not unique to FEMA, as the and can stand up to future storms. It off its debt. It has not. The President Department of Housing and Urban Develop- eliminates a 100-percent cost-share for knows that is not true. Why does he ment (HUD) has also been affected by OMB’s FEMA that would help cash-strapped keep saying it? micromanagement and excessive bureauc- Puerto Rico access Federal aid. It Some here in this body have claimed racy as they attempt to administer and oversee Puerto Rico’s Community Development eliminates money to help Americans that Puerto Rico has in the bank $20 ensure that Puerto Rico is able to re- Block Grant—Disaster Recovery (CDBG–DR) billion in previously appropriated funding. The lack of leadership and coordina- build their electrical grid. It elimi- money that they have failed to spend, tion, combined with delays in meeting the nates $68 million in Medicaid assist- and they argue that we should provide basic needs of the island, more than eighteen ance for American Samoa, Guam, and no more until it is drawn down. I do months after receiving a presidential dis- the Northern Mariana Islands, whose not know if they are getting their talk- aster declaration, has left far too many chil- programs face serious shortages due to ing points from the White House or dren and elderly citizens in unhealthy and the increased need. what, but that is simply false. unsafe conditions, families in severely dam- Some of my friends on the other side The bulk of the money to which they aged homes, and communities without ade- of the aisle claim that this money is refer, which we Republicans and Demo- quate infrastructure to sustain a decent quality of life. not needed. They point to previous dis- crats alike voted to appropriate over 1 The response that we received, several aster supplemental bills and argue that year ago, is being held up by the ad- months later, was wholly inadequate and we have already addressed the needs of ministration in redtape and bureauc- contained no information to respond to our Puerto Rico, and we should move on. racy. It seems as though it is being concerns. Specifically, we raised concerns Well, that is untrue. We provided Puer- purposely held back because of inac- about OMB’s failure to work expeditiously to Rico with significant assistance, as tion by this administration. Billions of with HUD to finalize and issue a Federal we should have, given the extraor- dollars that Congress approved over 1 Register Notice for nearly $16 billion in dinary nature of the storms that rav- year ago for disaster recovery efforts CDBG–DR mitigation funding that Congress appropriated in February 2018, of which $8.3 aged the island and given the extent of remain in the U.S. Treasury in Wash- billion has been allocated to Puerto Rico. As the devastation, but as damage assess- ington, DC, not where they belong—as- a result, this critical source of funding re- ments come in and the full picture of sisting the American citizens of Puerto mains unavailable for obligation more than the devastation becomes clear, we Rico. There is no excuse for that. a year after it was appropriated, and nearly

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27MR6.012 S27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2019 a year and half after the historic hurricanes their review. A year after the initial decision been on the north side of the river, made landfall. The purpose of the mitigation to replace the building was made, the fate of which were now on the south side of allocation was to provide not only Puerto the Vieques Hospital project remains in the river, upside down and destroyed. I Rico, but more than 15 other cities, states question, and it appears that no real and territories the resources necessary to re- progress has been made in addressing the saw farmers’ fields wiped out, busi- build their homes, businesses, and critical long-term health care needs of the people of nesses ruined, schools destroyed, roads infrastructure to updated construction Vieques, who continue to rely on a mobile necessary to bring medical supplies standards in order to prevent the same level clinic. into villages gone. I know firsthand. I of destruction in future disaster events. As Last, when FEMA provides disaster assist- know as a lifelong Vermonter that in you are probably aware, some reconstruction ance, the receiving State or Territory is re- these moments the Federal Govern- has started to take place, but without the sponsible for implementing financial con- ment is a critical partner in the effort trols to ensure that funds obligated for a availability of the mitigation funding, Puer- to recover and rebuild. to Rico is unable to strategically adopt these project by FEMA are drawn down by the improved standards, or leverage this critical grantee for the approved purpose. Currently, It is the same in other States—North resource toward a comprehensive island-wide FEMA applies additional fiscal oversight re- Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, rebuild strategy. Further delays in the avail- quirements specifically to Puerto Rico, Texas, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. ability of funding is unacceptable. We insist which require the Commonwealth to provide Virgin Islands. They are all counting that you finalize the mitigation notice in the detailed documentation to validate that any on us to get this bill across the finish next 30 days. costs incurred with disaster assistance fund- line. It has also come to our attention that sev- ing are for allowable expenses. FEMA manu- That is why, 3 weeks ago, I put a eral issues have reached a critical point with ally validates a percentage of those actions. compromise on the table to create a FEMA that are hindering the recovery ef- Negotiations to end these additional over- forts in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Is- sight measures and expedite the processing path forward. I did it in my capacity as lands as well. FEMA needs to work with the of recovery funding have been ongoing; how- chairman of the Appropriations Com- territories to develop ways to expedite ap- ever, it’s unclear what remaining steps Puer- mittee. It was a reasonable proposal. It provals and obligations of funding, especially to Rico must take to assume full responsi- does not restore everything that had for priority projects. In addition, FEMA bility of their recovery assistance. Until been eliminated from the House bill, needs to develop clear policies with regard to FEMA approves the transition of fiscal over- but it was a compromise that focused the issues laid out below, share them openly sight to Puerto Rico, these extraordinary on the most critical proposals and the with Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and measures will stay in place. FEMA must be immediate needs. Had Senate Repub- Congress, and ensure that they are being im- clear about the changes Puerto Rico needs to plemented in a consistent way. make in order to properly manage its own licans accepted this proposal, we likely First, finalizing the consistent implemen- recovery expenses and eliminate any unnec- would have seen quick passage of a dis- tation of the ‘‘pre-disaster condition’’ lan- essary bureaucratic steps. aster bill in a bipartisan fashion in guage from section 20601 of the Bipartisan As the territories continue to recover, it is both the Senate and the House. It actu- Budget Act of 2018 is paramount. The intent crucial that FEMA address these issues and ally would have eliminated the need of this provision was to facilitate the remove forward with a stronger sense of ur- for a conference and would have gotten building of infrastructure, including the gency and consideration for the unique electric grid, in a way that is resilient to fu- the assistance to the people who need issues that they face. A recovery of this it sooner rather than later. ture weather events, reduces the need for fu- scale requires consistency, transparency, and ture federal disaster assistance, and makes constant coordination with territory offi- Unfortunately, it appears the Presi- use of technology and modern standards cials. dent will not accept even this reason- when rebuilding. Congress specifically Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands able offer. It makes me think about wished to avoid a situation where the islands were hit by back-to-back Category 5 hurri- when he closed down the government would be forced to simply plug new pieces canes, and the damage to the islands was for over 1 month because the Congress into antiquated infrastructure, which would catastrophic. An estimated 2,975 people lost gave him only $1.6 billion for a wall, only lead to more frequent failures in the fu- their lives, homes were demolished, and com- ture. It has come to our attention that there and then he reopened the government munities destroyed. This extraordinary dis- when we gave him $1.3 billion. I don’t is a lack of consistency and transparency in aster requires a commensurate extraor- the way that FEMA is implementing this dinary response. We have a responsibility to know if they actually read the pro- language, and that FEMA’s interpretation of come to the aid of fellow U.S. citizens in posals and bills that we sent. this language may be contrary to congres- times of need, and this is certainly one of In this case, I think it is obvious sional intent. For example, recent news re- those times. what is happening. The President is ports indicate that FEMA has reduced its We ask for a detailed response providing an willing to endanger the entire disaster cost estimate for a Project Worksheet cov- update on the status of these issues and the package for all of the United States be- ering rebuilding of a number of schools be- projected timeframe for their final resolu- cause he wants to pick winners and los- cause upgrades to meet industry standards tion be provided without delay. Please re- ers. When there is a disaster, there are were removed from the scope of work, after spond by April 5, 2019. previously being discussed by the stake- Sincerely, no winners and losers. Americans come holders involved. FEMA must immediately PATRICK LEAHY, together to help everybody. Yet he rectify this situation and issue clear guid- U.S. Senator. wants to say who gets assistance in the ance and expectations on its approach to im- CHARLES E. SCHUMER, wake of disasters based on his own ar- plementing both the ‘‘pre-disaster condi- U.S. Senator. bitrary standards and political tion’’ and the ‘‘industry standards’’ portion Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, yester- grudges. That is unacceptable. Where is of the Bipartisan Budget Act. If FEMA needs day the inspector general of the De- it going to end? Which State will the additional guidance from Congress, we must be informed of this need immediately. partment of Housing and Urban Devel- President disfavor next? Remember Second, we are also concerned about opment announced that it will review that just a few months ago, the Presi- changing FEMA guidance and approaches whether the White House has delib- dent, in a tweet, threatened to cut off leading to substantial replication of efforts erately interfered with the timely dis- aid to California as they were reeling and excessive delays in approving and obli- tribution of hurricane funds to Puerto from some of the worst fires in recent gating funding for priority projects in the Rico. That is pretty amazing. I have history. He sent a tweet telling mil- territories. For example, according to rep- never seen a case that I remember lions of Americans he doesn’t want to resentatives of the Commonwealth, in March of 2018 FEMA determined that the level of where the inspector general of Housing help. We are an independent branch of damage to the Vieques Hospital justified re- and Urban Development had to look government. We have to have a respon- placement of the building, instead of repair. into whether the White House was de- sible party in the room, and it should Accordingly, in August of 2018, a scope of liberately interfering with funds to go be Congress. work was agreed upon by the stakeholders to a disaster area. I think back to when Vermont was involved, and coordination between FEMA, I know firsthand what it is like to hit by disaster and hurricane flooding. COR3, and the municipality began on the see a State hit by disaster. Tropical As I was traveling around the State the cost estimate of the replacement project. Storm Irene hit Vermont in 2011, and it day after, surveying the damage, I was However, two months later, FEMA rep- devastated our State. People lost their receiving emails from a number of Sen- resentatives informed COR3 and the municipality that they intended to review the va- homes, roads were washed out, bridges ators, Republicans and Democrats, say- lidity of the replacement decision that destroyed, and communities forever ing: Vermont stood with us when we FEMA had previously made, sending the changed. I saw bridges twisted like a had a disaster; we will stand with you agreed upon decision to the Expert Panel for child’s toy. I saw farmhouses that had today.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR6.002 S27MRPT1 S2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 27, 2019 That is what I want to do. I want to ically for statehood twice in the past seven If we do something and we do it right help, just as I voted to help Louisiana years, the federal government has delayed and we do it smartly, we are going to six times and Mississippi for their dam- their responsibility to act. see a bunch of new jobs in the field of age. It wasn’t for a political benefit for People from all over the nation, and the green energy. We are going to see more world, have witnessed the inequalities Amer- Vermont, but it was because we are icans face on the island. The federal response solar. We are going to see more wind. Americans and we all stand together. and its treatment during these past months We are going to see a whole new indus- To think that we might consider a in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria is clear try of an electric grid and things that disaster package that picks and choos- evidence of our second-class citizenship. we need to do to bring down green- es which Americans are helped when ‘‘Mr. President: Enough with the insults house gases and be a leader once again they have all suffered equally from dis- and demeaning mischaracterizations. We are in energy for the world. asters, and to say: OK, you, American, not your political adversaries; we are your Last October, the United Nations we favor you, you get money. You, citizens. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ‘‘We are not asking for anything more than American, I don’t like you. So you are any other U.S. state has received. We are Change issued a special report explain- not going to get money. That is not the merely asking for equality.’’ ing the potential impact of climate change if the Earth warms 1.5 degrees American way. That is not the way the Mr. LEAHY. The Americans in Puer- Celsius above historic global tempera- Senate should be. to Rico do not have representation in ture levels dating back to before the Let’s pass a bill that addresses the this body. Vermont is probably as far Industrial Revolution started. That re- needs of all communities impacted by away from Puerto Rico as just about port predicted that in just over 20 disaster and do it now. People are wait- any State, with the exception of Alas- years, we could see even more of what ing. The needs are pressing. ka and Hawaii. They do not have any- I will file an amendment today with we have seen this last year: persistent body to speak directly on their behalf my recommended compromise. It pro- drought, food shortages, worsening on such an important matter. The Gov- vides a reasonable path forward—one wildfires, and increased flooding—dam- ernor has spoken out. I urge every that allows us to move quickly to get age that could cost an estimated $54 Member to read what the Governor has assistance to the people who need it trillion. to say. I agree with him. Americans in now. I hope all Members will support Then, in November, the ‘‘Fourth Na- Puerto Rico should be helped just as it. tional Climate Assessment’’ issued a Americans in Texas, Americans in The Governor of Puerto Rico made a special report that concluded that Oklahoma, Americans in California, or strong statement this morning. without significant global efforts to re- Americans in New York, or wherever Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- duce greenhouse gas emissions, climate disaster has struck. We are the United sent to have printed in the RECORD a change will threaten the health and States of America. Let’s start acting statement by Puerto Rico Governor Ri- safety of people, will slow economic like that on behalf of all Americans, cardo Rossello. growth, will damage our Nation’s infra- not on behalf of political biases. There being no objection, the mate- structure, which we are seeing right I yield the floor. rial was ordered to be printed in the now in the Midwest, and will impede I suggest the absence of a quorum. RECORD, as follows: the production of energy and food. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Finally, in January of this year, the STATEMENT BY PUERTO RICO GOVERNOR LANKFORD). The clerk will call the roll. U.S. Department of Defense released a RICARDO ROSSELLO´ The bill clerk proceeded to call the (March 26, 2019) report on the effects of a changing cli- roll. mate to U.S. military installations and SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO.—‘‘The comments Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I their operational viability. All of these attributed to Donald Trump today by sen- ask unanimous consent that the order ators from his own party are below the dig- experts—yes, scientists, and, yes, mili- for the quorum call be rescinded. tary leaders—have made it clear that nity of a sitting President of the United The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without States. They continue to lack empathy, are inaction is not an option for our econ- objection, it is so ordered. irresponsible, regrettable and, above all, un- omy, for our environment, for our justified. CLIMATE CHANGE country, or for our world. ‘‘I want to be very clear: Not a single fed- Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I Military and security experts have eral dollar has been used to make debt pay- rise today to join again my colleagues repeatedly reminded us that climate ments. This has been the most transparent to speak of the need for bipartisan ac- change is a threat to our national secu- recovery in the history of the United States, tion to address climate warming. providing unprecedented access and collabo- rity. Look at the examples of refugees ration with federal agencies. In fact, just Throughout the past year, we have coming up from Africa—people who yesterday we reached an agreement with received warning after warning about used to be subsistence farmers who no FEMA on the transition of responsibilities the warming and about the devastating longer can make their livings. They for the reimbursement of recovery funds. An consequences of climate change that used to eek by, which was not easy, but agreement predicated on the acknowledg- are coming much sooner than some now they are moving up; they are mov- ment by the federal government that appro- people actually expected. ing to Europe. That is just one example priate fiscal controls are in fact established. I remember when I first got to the of what we are seeing. ‘‘I can only assume that Trump is receiv- Senate. I was part of the Environment ing misleading information from his own I am from a State of refugees. Our staff. I have now made several requests to Committee, and we had military lead- refugees are a major part of our econ- meet with the President to discuss Puerto ers come to speak. We had scientists, omy, but we know we want to have a Rico’s recovery and reconstruction, but up and they basically predicted every- sensible refugee policy and that we to this day we haven’t received a confirma- thing that we have seen coming, from can’t have sudden droves of people tion or a date, even though Trump told me the wildfires in the West to the rising moving up because of environmental we would meet after his visit to Vietnam ocean levels, to weird weather events catastrophes that are going on in their earlier this year. like more tornadoes, to the type of countries. Yet we are going to see more ‘‘I invite the President to stop listening to flooding that we are seeing in the Mid- ignorant and completely wrong advice. In- and more and more of that. At some stead he should come to Puerto Rico to hear west as we speak and the type of flood- point, we have to realize, you know firsthand from the people on the ground. I ing we have seen in Florida as a result what, we want thriving economies in invite him to put all of the resources at his of hurricanes. Africa; we want thriving economies disposal to help Americans in Puerto Rico, They also talked about the economic throughout the world; and climate like he did for Texas and Alabama. No more, consequences of this. I think it is real- change is going to be an impediment to no less. ly important that people don’t see this that. ‘‘Of course, today the world knows the un- as environment versus economics. If we If you want to close your eyes to the pleasant truth that Puerto Rico is a colonial do nothing, the economics are bad. If rest of the world and pretend it is not territory of the United States and are well aware of the democratic deficiencies we en- we do nothing, we are going to con- happening, it is going to come knock- dure: We are not allowed to vote for our tinue to see homeowners’ insurance in- ing at your door. It is what is going to President nor have voting representation in crease, like we have nationwide—a 50- keep happening if we don’t do some- Congress. Even as we have asked democrat- percent increase in the last 10 years. thing about climate change. There will

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27MR6.014 S27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2021 be more severe weather—heat waves mate change agreement, which means what we can do to start bringing the that could reduce our water supply, ex- we are the only country in the world temperature down to an international treme rainfall that could damage crit- that isn’t in it. When the President goal, by the way, of 3.6 degrees Fahr- ical infrastructure, a decrease in agri- first made his announcement, Syria enheit. That is a lot, but our wanting cultural productivity that could and Nicaragua were not in it. Now they to stay under that amount is actually threaten, in my State alone, a $20 bil- are. This is not what leadership is a realistic goal right now. lion ag industry, which ranks fifth in when we are the only country that is Instead of spending time debating the Nation. We cannot close our eyes not part of this agreement. No, that is these kinds of show resolutions, we to climate change because it is hap- not what leadership is, and it certainly should be taking real action to combat pening right now around us. impedes our doing business around the climate change. We need a comprehen- That is why it is all the more dis- world when it comes to green energy. sive approach that will reduce green- appointing that the Senate has failed Other countries can go in there and house gas emissions and promote en- to seriously consider legislation that ask: Why are you going to do business ergy-efficient technologies and home- would address climate change. I have with this country? It is the only one grown energy resources. That is what been here for these close calls. When I that hasn’t signed on to the inter- we should do. When Senator MCCON- first came to the Senate, we were so national climate change agreement? NELL brought up what was an aspira- close to getting a renewable electricity That happens. I have heard from tional resolution to bring people to- standard put in place nationwide. I had businesspeople. That happens. That is gether, he did it as a show to divide a bill that would have done that. It one thing that happens. people. That is not what we want to do would have been combined with the re- When it came to greenhouse gases, here. We have people from all over the newable fuel standard, and I think it the standards we had in place at the country who have some different views would have been a good way to have EPA were a compromise that had been on this, and we should be coming to- brought people in from both parties, worked on over years. It is now on the gether to figure out solutions. As I from both sides of the aisle, and from cutting room floor because this admin- noted, I believe we must reinstate the all parts of the country. I remember istration went backward. Clean Power Plan rules and the gas standing in the back of this Chamber The gas mileage standard is some- mileage standards that the administra- with Senator CANTWELL, bemoaning thing else we could do. Again, we went tion has reversed, which has rolled the fact that we were just one vote backward. Instead of working on these back the progress we have made. short of getting it done. That was over things—coming up with more com- I also want to talk today about my a decade ago. prehensive legislation—unfortunately, home State’s work on these issues. Meanwhile, yes, States are taking ac- our colleagues on the other side of the I am proud Minnesota has taken a tion. With our having a Republican aisle decided, yesterday, to play poli- proactive and innovative approach to Governor at the time, Tim Pawlenty, tics by bringing up the Green New Deal energy use and sustainability, which is my State was able to get a renewable resolution with the explicit intention critical to addressing carbon emissions electricity standard put in place— of trying to create a divide by voting it and climate change. As I noted, that something like 20 to 25 percent by down. 25-percent electricity standard would 2025—and we are making that. We Do you know what? The resolution, be met and is going to be met by 2025. wouldn’t have made it if we had not set as I have said, is aspirational. It sets This bipartisan bill was signed into law a goal, which, at that time, seemed out some audacious goals. We know we by Governor Pawlenty in 2007, and it bold, and we did it on a bipartisan can’t meet everything that is in that passed the House back then. basis—with Democrats, Republicans, resolution in 10 years. Yet what has it By the way, that was 2007, right? and the legislature. We combined it po- done that I think is so good? It has re- Since then, everything we have learned litically with a renewable fuel standard ignited the debate on how the United has reinforced what we know, which is so it would get some of our farmers and States can lead the way in addressing that climate change is happening. Back other people on board. We had two pro- global climate change while building a in 2007, we had not seen this big push visions in there—a strong renewable clean energy future that benefits against doing something about it. We electricity standard and a strong re- American businesses, factories, and had not seen all of the dark money newable fuel standard, with a Repub- workers. that went in to take care of not doing lican Governor leading the way. Why? We are a country that sets audacious something about it and to back up this We could see ahead. We could see the goals. We put a man on the Moon, inertia we are seeing. Yet, somehow, effect climate change would have on right? We won World War II. We are a back in 2007, in my State, I guess we our outdoor economy. We could see the country that sets audacious goals. got it through—we got around some of effect it would have on hunting and Sometimes it takes us longer to meet this—because that legislation that was fishing and recreation in our State. them, which is OK. If we see a problem, signed by a Republican Governor re- Here is what happened. We barely we don’t just put our heads down. We ceived overwhelmingly bipartisan sup- missed doing something on the renew- look ahead; we look at each other; and port. It passed the Minnesota House by able electricity standard. Then Presi- we figure out how we are going to meet a vote of 123 to 10 and passed the Min- dent Obama got elected, and we were in the challenge. That is what we have to nesota Senate by 63 to 3. the middle of a downturn. I had actu- do with climate change. Earlier this month, our new Gov- ally hoped we would have moved on re- At the same time that our Repub- ernor, Governor Walz, announced a pro- newable electricity, but the decision lican colleagues brought up the Green posal that would build on that earlier was made to go with cap and trade. I New Deal resolution for a vote, they work by setting a goal of generating supported cap and trade. In the end, de- declined to consider the resolution that 100 percent of the State’s energy from spite its passing in the House, we was offered by Senator CARPER that clean sources by 2050. We have also couldn’t get the votes in the Senate, in simply says climate change is real, seen other Governors doing this across part, because we were in the middle of that human activity during the last the country. I think that is great. Jus- a downturn. century has been the dominant cause tice Brandeis once said that the States Since then, we have done a few of the climate crisis, and that the are laboratories of democracy, which is things on energy efficiency, which have United States and Congress should a good thing. We can’t just sit there been good, that Secretary Chu called take immediate action to address the and expect States, on an individual the low-hanging fruit. We have done challenges of climate change. basis, to change the national dialogue. some things in the farm bill with con- The challenges we face are too great Some of these things have to be done servation, with the sodsaver provision to waste time on show votes and polit- by us in this Chamber in Washington, that I have with Senator THUNE, but we ical stunts. For years, we have heard of DC. haven’t done anything that signifi- the things we can do to make a dif- Once we set those goals, which start- cantly makes a difference. ference. There is not one approach; it is ed with the Republican Governor of Instead, the administration has an ‘‘all of the above’’ approach. We Minnesota and then moved on to two taken us out of the international cli- know—and I have seen the models— Democratic Governors, what we saw

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27MR6.016 S27MRPT1 S2022 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 27, 2019 was Xcel Energy—Minnesota’s largest stead have negative show votes for no Now let me speak to General Abizaid utility—as being the earliest supporter reason at all? We are going to keep because no one can honestly claim that of the last administration’s Clean talking about this and not let it go be- the Foreign Relations Committee has Power Plan. This is an electric util- cause what we need is action. been anything but extremely diligent ity—the biggest one in our State—that We need policies that encourage re- and expeditious with this nomination. recently announced plans to deliver duction in greenhouse gasses. We must With my full support, General 100-percent carbon-free electricity to leave our children with a world that is Abizaid appeared in the very first com- its customers by 2050. As part of that as good as the one we got. mittee nominations hearing of this pledge, it plans to reduce carbon emis- There is an old Ojibwe saying—we Congress, and I very much look for- sions by 80 percent by 2030 in the eight have a lot of proud Indian Tribes in ward to voting in favor of his nomina- States it serves. It is an electric com- Minnesota—that says: You make deci- tion as soon as our chairman—our Re- pany—a power utility—that has real- sions not for now but for seven genera- publican chairman—exercises his pre- ized this is in its best long-term inter- tions from now. rogative and puts him before the com- est and that it is certainly in the best You know what. That is our duty. mittee for a vote. long-term interest of its customers. But guess what. With climate change, As with all nominees, the timing of If energy utilities like Xcel under- it is no longer just seven generations his consideration by the full Senate is stand the need to reduce our use of fos- now; it is for the pages who are sitting under the control of the majority lead- sil fuels and to embrace setting ambi- right here, because this is happening er. tious goals that will eventually get us right now. The predictions are dire. It is clear that President Trump has to 100-percent clean renewable energy, I was in Florida just a few weeks ago, an inaccurate or dishonest view of the then so should we and so should the ad- and they predict that in a decade, 1 out nominations situation in the Senate ministration. of 10 of their homes is going to be and particularly in the Foreign Rela- We know energy innovation can’t flooded in their State—1 out of 10 of tions Committee. really take root—not in any kind of se- their homes. We cannot confirm diplomats we do rious way—without there being cer- You see what is happening in Nor- not have. All too often, the committee tainty, stability, and a clear path for- folk, VA. You look at these pages and has received nominations late or not at ward. Yes, some of that can happen in you think: This is not just seven gen- all. The Trump administration took the States, and that is exciting. It can erations from now; this is 7 years from nearly 2 years before it even bothered to nominate General Abizaid, leaving a happen in our businesses and in busi- now or 70 years from now. That is what gaping hole in our diplomatic posture nesses in Minnesota, like Cargill—the we are dealing with. It is upon us. So it is our duty, our constitutional duty as to Saudi Arabia and the region. biggest private company in the coun- To go nearly 2 years without putting elected representatives, to do our job. try—that looks at the world and sees forward a nominee is a failure of lead- It is our moral duty to do the right what is going to happen to its investors ership, pure and simple. Saudi Arabia’s thing for this country. So let’s get to and its employees if we don’t do some- actions over the past 2 years highlight work and get this done. thing about climate change. It has the fact that we need an adult on the I yield the floor. joined in an effort with major busi- ground, which is why I wholeheartedly nesses to take this on. So, yes, States The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ator from New Jersey. support General Abizaid and look for- are doing things, and Governors are ward to what I hope is his speedy con- NOMINATIONS doing things. firmation. Yes, electric utilities are doing Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I Sadly, Saudi Arabia is not an iso- things. Some of our small electric util- come to the floor to correct the record lated example. It took even longer— ities in Minnesota have actually start- concerning statements the President more than 2 years—for the Trump ad- ed creating incentives for solar panels. reportedly made yesterday afternoon ministration to nominate a candidate One of the most innovative ones will when he met with Senate Republicans. to be U.S. Ambassador to Turkey. As- give its customers—this is a very small Apparently, in between his efforts to tonishingly enough, it was only this town in a small county—large water stiff hurricane victims in Puerto Rico week that the President sent up an am- heaters that cost about $1,000 if, in ex- and tear affordable healthcare away bassadorial nominee for Mexico. We are change, they will get solar panels. from millions of Americans, the Presi- now 26 months into the Trump admin- Senator HOEVEN and I worked on a dent claimed that Democrats were istration, and we still lack ambassa- bill to make sure people in this Cham- holding up ambassadorial nominations dorial nominees to critical countries ber understood that these large water in the Senate. Just weeks ago, we such as Egypt, Pakistan, and our close heaters were really helpful in the base- heard similar comments from the Sen- ally, Jordan. ments of farmhouses and that they ate majority leader, who claimed that Let’s be clear. This is the President’s were actually more energy efficient. GEN John Abizaid’s nomination to be reckless abdication of a constitutional Then this utility—a little electric co- Ambassador to Saudi Arabia was responsibility essential to projecting op—took a step forward and actually ‘‘being held up.’’ American power abroad. When you offered a free water heater in exchange Let me be clear. No one wants to see don’t nominate someone, President for buying a long-term interest in a the State Department vested with all Trump has only himself to blame. solar panel. It is not as easy when you the resources it needs to effectively Furthermore, there is unfortunately are a small electric co-op. I have a ton conduct American foreign policy, in- another severe problem that we cannot of them in my State, and I have cluding qualified and capable staff, ignore with regard to the administra- worked with them extensively, but more than I do. We cannot promote our tion’s nominees. When the Trump ad- they, too, are starting to see the future foreign policy, protect American citi- ministration repeatedly fails to appro- and are starting to do their part. zens, advocate for American busi- priately vet political nominations, In my State, we have big businesses nesses, or advance American values Congress must exercise appropriate like Cargill, big electric utilities like without a robust diplomatic core. oversight. The President has nomi- Xcel, and little electric co-ops. We I want all of my colleagues on both nated and renominated individuals have our Governors. We have busi- sides of the aisle to know that each with restraining orders for threats of nesses that are not in the electric busi- time the Senate Foreign Relations violence; people who made material ness but that see what is happening to Committee has received nominations, I omissions, sometimes on a repeated their customers around the world. We have dedicated my time and staff re- basis, in their nomination materials; have universities, nonprofits, churches, sources to efficiently and diligently vet people who tweeted and retweeted vile synagogues, and mosques that want to and advance these nominations. In the things about Senators and their fami- retrofit and make their places of wor- last Congress, the committee reported lies and who have engaged in incidents ship more energy efficient, which is an- 169 nominations. So I reject the asser- that should, frankly, mean they should other bill I have with Senator HOEVEN. tion that we have not done our part to never have been nominated. When all of this is going on, how can ensure that the State Department is One nominee attacked my late col- we just sit here and do nothing and inappropriately staffed. league and good friend Senator John

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After months of no evidence, that Senator CRUZ’s wife Chair.) working on this bill, we couldn’t have is part of a sinister cabal seeking to The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. COT- been happier. We finally had a bipar- combine the Governments of Canada, TON). The Senate democratic whip. tisan bill to address the immigration Mexico, and the United States. This S. 874 challenge in America. nominee called Hillary Clinton a ‘‘ter- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I come The bill left here and went to the rorist with amnesia’’ and retweeted to the floor today to speak about the House of Representatives under a Re- someone calling Senator ROMNEY a Dream Act, a bipartisan piece of legis- publican leadership, and it died. They ‘‘dumbass.’’ lation that would give immigrant stu- wouldn’t even consider it, wouldn’t de- You can’t make this stuff up. dents who grew up in the United States bate it, and, certainly, wouldn’t vote Senator SASSE’s office said that a chance to earn their citizenship. This on it. Look at the mess we have today nominee should ‘‘put on his tinfoil hat is not a new topic. It was 19 years ago in the United States because of our im- and visit our office with evidence for that I introduced the Dream Act. It migration laws, and consider the possi- his salacious conspiracy theories and hasn’t become law yet, but it has in- bility that 6 years ago we had finally cuckoo allegations’’ and went on to ob- spired a movement of thousands of found a path that could lead us to a bi- serve that ‘‘People who want to serve young people across this country. partisan solution. That path is still Americans as our diplomats and Back in the day when I introduced there. this bill and talked about the Dream- spokespersons abroad should know that Part of that immigration law was the ers, people thought you were talking words and truth matter, even during Dream Act, which we are reintro- about a British rock group. In this campaigns. Cynics and nuts are prob- ducing. In 2010 I joined with Republican case, the Dreamers happened to be a ably going to have a hard time secur- Senator Dick Lugar of Indiana. We group of people living in America who ing Senate confirmation.’’ I couldn’t called on President Obama to use his were desperately trying to become part agree with him more. authority as President to protect these Yet the President thought highly of America’s future. They came to the Dreamers from deportation. In other enough of this individual and lowly United States as children, infants, tod- words, if we couldn’t pass the law, enough of the U.S. Senate that he nom- dlers, and kids. They are American in could the President do something to inated him for an ambassadorship in every way except for a piece of paper help protect them? two successive Congresses. on their immigration status. They Another ambassadorial nominee was have gone to our schools. They sit next President Barack Obama responded. the subject of a temporary restraining to us in church. They are the kids He created a program called the De- order after she left a bullet-ridden tar- whom you see on the playground with ferred Action for Childhood Arrivals get practice sheet on her doctor’s your own kids, but they are undocu- Program, known as DACA. Here is chair. mented. Because they are undocu- what DACA said: We will give you, 2 Again, you cannot make this up. mented, they are subject to deporta- years at a time, temporary legal status As for being unresponsive to com- tion at any moment in their lives. to stay in the United States and not be mittee requirements for all nominees, I They end up going to school, but it is deported and be able to work in this can understand that nominees may ac- tougher for them. They don’t qualify country. If you want the temporary cidentally leave off a few businesses for Pell grants or Federal loans. They status that is renewable every 2 years, they were involved in, but we had one have to find a way to save the money you have to report to the government, nominee who failed to inform the com- or find a way to secure a scholarship go through a comprehensive back- mittee of dozens of businesses and an- that just might be available to them, ground investigation, pay a fee, and, other nominee who, even more egre- but it is rare. Most of the time it then, we will give you a chance to stay giously, failed to mention multiple means a longer period of time in col- here, go to school and work, and not be lawsuits he was involved in, including lege before they can finish, as they afraid of that knock on the door. one in which he was alleged to have save up the money. Ultimately, they More than 800,000 Dreamers stepped fired a female employee who com- are trained to become our teachers, our forward. They came forward in an explained of sexual harassment. Given nurses, our doctors, our engineers, and traordinary way. I can remember the the nature and frequency of these even our soldiers. first day when then-Congressman Luis omissions, it is hard to believe they Yesterday I reintroduced the Dream Gutierrez and I decided at Navy Pier in were unintentional. Act. My cosponsor is Senator LINDSEY Chicago, which is a huge gathering So when the White House, either GRAHAM, a Republican from South place, that we would have a sit-down through negligence or incompetence, Carolina and chairman of the Senate for these young people so they could sends us unvetted, unqualified nomi- Judiciary Committee. I want to thank fill out the forms and apply for DACA nees—incapable and oftentimes offen- LINDSEY GRAHAM for joining me in this status. Initially, we thought we were sive—my staff and I exercise due dili- bipartisan effort. Bipartisanship is rare going to have 1,000. We didn’t know gence on behalf of the American peo- in this Chamber, and on an issue of what we would do with it. Then, there ple. controversy, it is even rarer. were 2,000, and then 3,000, and it turned To make this crystal clear, the Presi- Senator GRAHAM and I have a long out that families literally stood in line dent can speed up this process. All he history of working together because we all night long for the chance to come has to do is start nominating Ameri- believe that Congress has an obligation across that threshold to sit down with cans with appropriate credentials and to do the job we were elected to do and a volunteer and fill out their form for honorable conduct in their careers. It pass legislation that solves problems. DACA status. Mothers and fathers were is not rocket science. Senator GRAHAM and I were partners in in tears with their kids thinking: At The United States and our allies con- the Gang of 8—four Democratic Sen- least my son or my daughter will have tinue to face tremendous challenges ators and four Republican Senators. a chance not to be deported and to be around the world. We must continue to That was the gang with the great John part of America. More than 800,000 of lead on the international stage and McCain, CHUCK SCHUMER, MARCO these Dreamers came forward, and they work in collaboration with inter- RUBIO, LINDSEY GRAHAM, Jeff Flake, received DACA protection because of national partners to achieve our shared BOB MENENDEZ, and MICHAEL BENNET. President Obama’s Executive order. security goals. But to have our dip- We wrote a comprehensive immigra- Forty-three thousand were in my State lomats in place, they must be nomi- tion reform bill a few years back in of Illinois.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27MR6.019 S27MRPT1 S2024 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 27, 2019 DACA has unleashed the full poten- the varsity tennis team. She received mitment that the next generation of tial of these Dreamers, who are con- her associate’s degree from Harper Col- Americans who will come from all over tributing to our country in so many lege. She is now a senior at Loyola the world will continue to make this ways—teachers, soldiers, engineers, University in Chicago. one of the finest countries on Earth. and small business owners. Here is a special word about Loyola I yield the floor. Then came the day with a new Presi- University in Chicago. This is an amaz- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. dent—President Donald Trump. On ing campus that is doing its best to PERDUE). The Senator from Iowa. September 5, 2017, President Trump an- give people just like Karla a chance in WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH nounced that he would repeal DACA life. They have created something Ms. ERNST. Mr. President, we rise to and the protections that it gave to called Arrupe College, which is a low celebrate Women’s History Month. these people. Hundreds of thousands of cost approach to higher education for This month is, of course, very per- Dreamers faced losing their work per- some of the poorest families in Chi- sonal to me as a woman, a daughter, mits and, even worse, being deported cago, and they don’t exclude kids who and a mother. One of the sayings I love from the only country they had ever are protected by DACA or are Dream- is: ‘‘Well-behaved women seldom make known and being sent back to places ers. The Loyola medical school is one history.’’ This is so true. I want to re- they couldn’t even remember. of the few in the United States with flect on a few of these fearless fe- When President Trump announced open competition where DACA stu- males—trailblazers—who have made the repeal of DACA, he called on Con- dents can apply. There are 32 medical history and who have shaped our fu- gress to legalize DACA. Since then, students at Loyola in Chicago who are ture. President Trump has rejected every undocumented. They are DACA Dream- These are women like suffrage leader single bipartisan deal we offered him ers. They desperately want to be part Carrie Chapman Catt. She founded the on the subject. I am not giving up on of America. Part of the agreement is if League of Women Voters in 1920, which the Dream Act, and I am not giving up they go to medical school at Loyola was 2 years after she helped women on the Dreamers. You would think that and borrow money to do it, they have gain the right to vote. Catt relocated after all these years and all these to pay back a year of service in an un- to Iowa when she was 7 years old, and young people, people would be coming derserved area in the State of Illinois she graduated from what is now Iowa to the floor who are against the Dream for the money that they are receiving State University, my alma mater. She Act and against DACA, telling horrible to go to school. was so committed to the cause of stories about the young people who we Back to Karla. women that she helped found the Inter- During college, she was on the Na- are talking about today. Strangely, national Woman Suffrage Alliance to tional Honor Roll and the Dean’s List. that has never happened. I am sure help spread rights for women all She also volunteers with an outreach there is going to be somebody to dis- around our globe. program for at-risk kids and with appoint me. That is human nature. I fast-forward to today, when one can AmeriCorps VISTA, and she founded a Overwhelmingly, these young people see the fruits of her labor. In Iowa, we tutoring program for elementary are just nothing short of amazing. just elected our first female Governor— school students. I have come to the floor of the Sen- my friend and a fearless female, Kim I know Karla a little better than I Reynolds. We also gained two new ate more than 100 times to tell their know some of the Dreamers because women lawmakers with the election of stories because I think that is the best she interned here in my Washington, ABBY FINKENAUER and CINDY AXNE and way for you to understand why this DC, office last year. What does she a record number of women in the Iowa issue is so important. want to do at the end of this journey if This is an amazing young woman. State House, led by Speaker of the she can stay in America? She wants to House Linda Upmeyer. In Congress, we Her name is Karla Robles. Karla Robles be a teacher in the Chicago Public have a record number of women who is the 116th Dreamer whose story I Schools. She wants to pursue her mas- serve in the U.S. House and 25 who have told on the floor of the Senate. ter’s degree and become a high school She was brought to the United States guidance counselor. serve in the U.S. Senate. While we from Mexico when she was 8 years old. There are some people who look at come from differing backgrounds and She grew up in Chicago, where her this picture and say: This is not an political stripes, I admire these women mom and dad worked long hours in a American citizen. Tell her to leave. I for jumping into the arena. pizza restaurant. Karla’s parents told look at this picture and think that we I also reflect on a woman named her and her brothers and sisters: No are lucky to have her, that this Nation Deborah Sampson. Sampson is credited matter what happens, make sure to of immigrants is lucky to have this as the first woman to serve in the U.S. stay out of trouble and study really young woman who simply wants to Army. This hero, who couldn’t serve hard. It will all pay off one day. give back to America. That is all she is openly as a female, disguised herself as That is exactly what Karla did. When asking for—nothing special—just to let a male and joined the Continental Karla started school in the third grade, her give back to this country. Army in 1781. She led forces on a mis- she didn’t speak English, but she So we have reintroduced the Dream sion that helped to capture 15 enemy worked hard and quickly became an ex- Act. I hope my colleagues on both sides soldiers. She served as a scout, dug cellent student. Karla wrote me a let- of the aisle will come forward and join trenches, and endured battle wounds. ter and she said: ‘‘Education has been me and Senator LINDSEY GRAHAM, my She even extracted a pistol ball from an important part of my life and the Republican cosponsor. her own leg so no one would know she teachers who took the time to guide We think there are about 1.8 million was a female. my family and me are a big reason I young people who are eligible for the Fast-forward to today, when thou- want to go into this field.’’ Dream Act in the United States. They sands of women are serving in the mili- In the seventh grade, Karla received have never known another country. In tary and are taking on bigger and the American Legion Award—this un- the mornings, when they walk into the badder roles. They are all brave, fierce, documented young girl—which was classrooms in their schools, they stand and honorable. They are modern-day given to one boy and one girl in the up and put their hands on their chests Deborah Sampsons. class who ‘‘are deemed most worthy of and pledge allegiance to the only flag I think of the wonderful women with the high qualities of citizenship and of they have ever known. They were just whom I served in the Army and of all true Americanism.’’ kids when they were brought here. of those whom I commanded—my won- In high school, Karla Robles was a Shouldn’t we do the right thing in derful mechanics, my truckdrivers, my member of the National Honor Society America—this Nation of immigrants, admin specialists. I think of my daugh- and the President’s Club, and she was this country of opportunity, this bright ter, who is a cadet at West Point, as active in student government. city on the hill, this shining city on well as Air Force Secretary Heather She participated in a program called the hill? Wilson, and so many other women who TRUST, where she agreed to volunteer Yes, we should. serve in Active Duty, as reservists, and her personal time to mentor younger For the Dreamers and for their moms as National Guardsmen. They all serve students. She was captain and MVP of and dads, we have to renew our com- our great Nation.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27MR6.021 S27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2025 Finally, I reflect on Gertrude Dieken. in the Senate but the millions of medalist Mary Lou Retton, who is a Dieken was from Grundy County, IA. women throughout history and across native of West Virginia; Mother Jones, She was an editor and the first woman the country who have made and con- who is a champion of the working class vice president of the Farm Journal—a tinue to make a difference in their and a labor organizer who campaigned renowned magazine that is dedicated to homes, in their communities, and in for the United Mine Workers; Pulitzer farming. Savvy in business, economics, society in general. Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck; and journalism, Dieken established a I am very proud to represent the the host of the ‘‘TODAY’’ show, Hoda book publishing division and became State of West Virginia—a State with a Kotb; actress and advocate Jennifer the first female member of its board of long and rich history of female trail- Garner; and Saira Blair. Many of you directors. blazers. It is a State that respects and have never heard of Saira Blair. Sev- Iowa women are today exercising celebrates those women. Maybe you eral years ago, at the age of 18, she be- their girl power, making it happen on have heard that phrase ‘‘mountain came the youngest person ever—male the shop floor, in the boardroom, on mamas.’’ Well, Mother’s Day was actu- or female—to get elected to a State or the farm, and in every occupation in ally originated in West Virginia by Federal office. She served in the West between. Iowa is now ranked eighth for Grafton resident Anna Jarvis in 1908. Virginia House of Delegates. growth in the number of women-owned President Woodrow Wilson made it an These incredible women and so many businesses. official national holiday in the year others have helped to shape history As part of my 99 County Tour, I have 1914, and it is an annual reminder and society, and they have paved the met many of these phenomenal women today to cherish and thank one of the, way for the next generation of lead- and have heard their stories and if not the, most influential women in ers—girls and young women who might dreams for their futures. I am contin- many people’s lives—their mothers. not yet have realized or achieved their ually inspired by these fearless females I miss my mother every day. I know full potential. and the thousands of other women like my mother, who was the First Lady of In 2015, I was sworn in as West Vir- them who have paved the path forward West Virginia, was an incredible role ginia’s first female Senator. This dis- and broken—shattered—that glass ceil- model for me and an inspiration. See- tinction is a privilege for me, and it is ing. They are changing lives and are ing all she did for our State and for our an honor. It is certainly nothing I take helping our economy and our commu- fellow West Virginians through her lightly. I may well be the very first fe- nities grow. public service was a driving force male Senator from West Virginia, but I We know it isn’t always easy today throughout my life. Not only that, she am very confident that I will not be to be a fearless female, just as it was was a great and loving mother, and as the last—certainly, not if I can help it. not easy for the trailblazing women of I said, I still miss her every day. So, shortly after I came to the Sen- the past. We must continue to take on Another West Virginia woman who ate, I started an initiative called West the challenges that confront women has been an incredible inspiration is Virginia Girls Rise Up because I want from all walks of life—harassment, Katherine Johnson. Katherine was born to inspire the next generation of lead- abuse, and discrimination. Keeping the in White Sulpher Springs, WV, in 1918. ers. Through that program, I visit fifth economy strong, along with issues like In her being brilliant with numbers, grade girls across the State. We talk childcare access, criminal justice re- she attended West Virginia State Col- about their dreams, what they can be form, healthcare, and paid parental lege and was later one of the first when they grow up, and how they can leave, are areas in which I am working Black students to integrate West Vir- be the best versions of themselves. to move that ball forward. ginia University’s graduate school in As a matter of fact, the Senator from Melinda Gates often says, ‘‘When 1939. That is pretty notable in and of Iowa mentioned the astronaut, Peggy women and girls are empowered to par- itself, but Katherine didn’t stop there. Whitson. She was with me when I did ticipate fully in society, everyone ben- In 1953, she took a job at NASA and two Girls Rise Up in West Virginia, and efits.’’ I believe that to be true. began working as a human computer. we talked about three different accom- The future is bright for women She literally calculated how to get plishments that girls can do to reach today—in particular, for young men into space. Remember, with the their full potential—education, phys- women—because of the sacrifices of launch of the Soviets’ satellite Sputnik ical fitness, and self-confidence. I be- those who have come before us. We in 1957, the space race was on. America lieve these are the building blocks for a have a common bond as females, sis- needed a win, and Katherine Johnson successful future for whatever you ters, mothers, grandmothers, and played a major role in facilitating that want to do. daughters. It is easy to look at these win. Her work put John Glenn into Then we set goals. Maybe it is read- historical examples as a mere recita- space and into history. The success of ing more. Maybe it is eating healthier. tion of facts and figures, but I view that mission marked a turning point in Maybe it is raising your hand more in them as a challenge—a challenge to all the space race altogether, and it made class. Most importantly, I challenged women to stand strong and reject the a significant impact in the future of these girls to achieve these goals. status quo, to achieve greatness, to be space travel and exploration. Some What I hope the girls get out of this a friend and a mentor, and to prove all may better recognize Katherine’s name is that you can reach a goal you set for of those doubters wrong. Whether you from the movie ‘‘Hidden Figures.’’ yourself now—or at least really work are a stay-at-home mom or a woman in I am proud to say that in tribute to hard to—and you can reach your next America’s boardrooms or anywhere in Katherine and her incredible legacy at goal when you get older. Then you can between, you are making a difference. NASA, I introduced legislation to re- reach your next goal and your next As Peggy Whitson—famed astronaut name West Virginia’s only NASA facil- goal and your next goal, until you find and first female to command the Inter- ity after her. President Trump signed yourself doing groundbreaking re- national Space Station—once said: ‘‘If that bill into law last year, and Fair- search in a lab, being a CEO of a For- a farmer’s daughter from Iowa can be mont, WV, is now the home of the tune 500 company, designing a sky- an astronaut, you can be just about Katherine Johnson Independent Verifi- scraper at an architectural firm, or anything you want to be.’’ cation & Validation Facility. At 100 working to make our country a better I yield the floor. years young, Katherine still serves as a place from the floor of the U.S. Senate The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- tremendous role model to me and to or, I will add, as President of the ator from West Virginia. women everywhere. United States. Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. President, it is my Of course, all of our States are home The possibilities are endless, but the honor to be here with my fellow woman to brilliant women. My home of West common thread is this: Think about Senator from the State of Iowa. I enjoy Virginia is home to numerous amazing what it is you want, work hard to learning more about Iowa and about women who have made significant con- make your dreams a reality, and have the strength of Iowan women and in tributions, and we are proud to claim confidence to never back down. our Nation. them all. As I travel across West Virginia with I join my colleague to highlight and I don’t know if one remembers Amer- my West Virginia Girls Rise Up Pro- celebrate not only the women leaders ica’s sweetheart of 1984, Olympic gold gram, I am constantly amazed at the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27MR6.023 S27MRPT1 S2026 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 27, 2019 potential of the young women I see. I This Congress, Senator TESTER and I called Green New Deal. In a display of know the same is true in States across have reintroduced legislation to elimi- political courage for the ages, 43 Demo- this country. nate barriers to care and services that crats voted present, including many of I hope those girls are watching us many women veterans face. The legis- the bill’s own sponsors. here in this Chamber today. I hope lation is appropriately named for Debo- Now, many of them are running for they are hearing the stories of the in- rah Sampson—the Deborah Sampson President. In fact, these days, it seems credible women and trailblazers who Act—which honors the service and sac- that all of the Democratic Senators are have come before us. I hope they are rifice of the American Revolution hero running for President and perhaps may thinking to themselves: That could be who actually disguised herself as a man realize what a disaster the Green New me one day. in order to serve in the Continental Deal is for them. I am incredibly proud to be a part of Army. The Green New Deal would force a what female leaders are doing right We can be proud of Deborah Sampson transition in just 10 years—one dec- now, but I am more incredibly opti- and the countless women patriots who ade—to 100 percent green energy, what- mistic to see what our future female have followed in her footsteps. ever that is. But it is an impossible leaders will do in the years ahead. We must update VA services to sup- goal that would require trillions of dol- I yield the floor. port the unique needs of our entire vet- lars of taxes and the effective national- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- eran population, including the growing ization of private industry in America. ator from Arkansas. number of women relying on VA for That is not all—no, not all. Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, I am care. The Green New Deal would also over- pleased to join my colleagues in recog- While opportunities remain to ad- haul or rebuild all existing buildings in nizing Women’s History Month and vance women’s equality, the United the United States to achieve maximum celebrating the countless women who States recently took an important step energy efficiency—all—every single have shaped our Nation and those who to empower women worldwide. Con- home and building in America. I guess continue to devote their time and en- gress approved and President Trump you could call it the ‘‘Extreme Home ergy to the pursuit of equality here at signed into law the Women’s Entrepre- Makeover Mandate.’’ home and abroad. The Green New Deal also calls for Women have demonstrated incredible neurship and Economic Empowerment perseverance in the face of adversity. Act. Senator CARDIN and I introduced taxpayer-funded college and jobs for Their stories of fighting for equal op- the legislation to eliminate global gen- every person in the country, even for portunity are ingrained in the history der-related barriers and empower fe- illegal aliens and even if you are un- of our country. We wouldn’t be the male entrepreneurs around the world. able or unwilling to work. That is ac- great Nation that we are without those In some parts of the world, women cording to a press release the Demo- who paved the path for a more prom- are pushed so far to the sidelines that crats sent out and then tried to send ising future for women. they are denied access to even the most down the memory hole when it was We honor the individuals whose re- basic financial services. Cultural and justly mocked, and understandably so. markable courage and dedication to historical barriers prevent women from Jobs for everyone who is unable to challenging the status quo helped ad- launching a business, building savings, work and unwilling to work—there is a vance women’s rights and those who and supporting economic growth in big difference between those two followed their dreams while breaking their communities. Leveling the play- groups of people. the glass ceiling. ing field will help the world economy The radical nature of the Green New In 1932, Arkansas elected Hattie Car- grow substantially. Deal cannot be overstated. The amount away to the U.S. Senate, which made Providing women access to tools for of control it would give to politicians her the first woman elected to this economic success supports global pros- and planners in Washington would be body. She broke barriers, changed perity. Our country can lead by exam- the envy of Soviet Russia. Actually, it norms, and helped lay the foundation ple and help deliver these tools and em- would make Stalin blush. And it would for the new role women were beginning power women. I look forward to seeing take Stalinist tactics to achieve a to be recognized as deserving to play in women succeed because of this legisla- Green New Deal. the Senate throughout her legislative tive effort. To borrow from Churchill, ‘‘Social- career. I am a dad of three daughters and a ism may begin with the best of inten- Senator Caraway served nearly 14 grandfather to two little girls. I want tions, but it always ends with the Ge- years in the Senate, where in 1933 she women across the globe to have the stapo.’’ Who else is going to come into was the first woman to chair a Senate same access to resources and opportu- your home and make sure that it is en- committee and in 1943 became the first nities that my girls have because I ergy compliant? Who else is going to woman to preside officially over the have seen with my own eyes how limit- confiscate your gas-using pickup Senate. less their potential is. truck? Who else is going to ensure that Arkansans are particularly proud Earlier this year, President Trump you don’t commit the terrible crime of that our legacy in the U.S. Senate in- launched the Women’s Global Develop- eating a hamburger? cludes electing the first woman to ment and Prosperity Initiative to em- Perhaps we can come up with a bet- serve in this Chamber. The path that power women around the world to ful- ter name for the Green New Deal—one Hattie Caraway trailblazed for more fill their economic potential. The that reflects its true lineage. Might I women to enter the ranks of the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Eco- suggest the Red New Deal, the color of world’s greatest deliberative body has, nomic Empowerment Act is an essen- Communist regimes the world over, or without a doubt, made the Senate a tial piece of this plan to deliver global perhaps the Green Leap Forward in better, stronger institution and has results. honor of Mao. benefited our Nation immensely. Empowering women strengthens fam- I gather some House freshmen might Today, more women are serving in ilies, communities, and our Nation. As actually feel pretty comfortable with Congress than ever before. We need to we take this time to reflect on the those labels. They claim these radical look no further than Hattie Caraway to challenges women have overcome and ideas are necessary to stop the threat understand the magnitude of her deci- still face, let us continue the momen- of climate change—a threat so dire, the sion to step forward and serve her tum started generations ago by hard- Democrats insist—so dire that we will State and country. working, courageous, and determined all be dead in 12 years—12 years—if we More women are also answering the women who envisioned a country full don’t surrender to totalitarian levels of call to serve our Nation in uniform. of opportunities for success for all. power over our lives to central plan- Women are the fastest growing demo- I yield the floor. ners in Washington. graphic of veterans, but many Depart- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Yet we gave them a chance to vote ment of Veterans Affairs facilities ator from Arkansas. on this existential, apocalyptic threat don’t have the ability to provide equi- THE GREEN NEW DEAL and they all said: Meh, maybe later. table care or services to our women Mr. COTTON. Mr. President, the Sen- So this isn’t really about climate veterans. ate has unanimously rejected the so- change or even the environment. I

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:53 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27MR6.025 S27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2027 mean, come on. What do free college the Green New Deal, and, believe me, tor. When that happened, that made for rich kids and guaranteed jobs for the Green New Deal is laughable. But her the first woman to hold statewide lazy bums have to do with climate for many Americans, the Green New office in Missouri. She was elected to a change? Deal is no laughing matter. full term in 1986 and reelected two The answer is: Nothing. And that Imagine, if you will, a mom and dad more times after that. tells you all you need to know about and a couple young kids outside Little In Missouri, at least, you can’t talk what the Democrats are up to. Rock, let’s say. Every day, they drive about politics and the impact on poli- The Green New Deal isn’t a real pol- the kids to school. They commute into tics without talking about Phyllis icy proposal. It is just the Democrats’ the city where they work and back out Schlafly, who was a vocal and tireless most fanciful and frightful dreams to the suburbs, just so they can afford advocate for conservative ideas. She wrapped in one shiny package. I would a home. When they are home on the was never afraid of a fight, but she also call it a policy platform, but that weekends, maybe they try to fire up knew when to celebrate what was pos- would probably give it too much credit the grill on the patio to have a little sible. One of the great things about for substance. cookout for the kids. Phyllis Schlafly was that she knew The President put it very well. He This working-class family is doing its how to win, when you could win, and said the Green New Deal is more like best to live the American dream and what you could win, when you could an undergraduate term paper, one writ- pass it on to their kids. The Green New win it, and, then, how to come back ten late at night after too many bong Deal is not for that family. It would and fight for what you didn’t get the hits, judging from its botched rollout. outlaw their entire way of life, from first time and continue to work for If you really feared a climate catas- the minivan in the garage to the ham- more. She was a friend of mine. I value trophe, you would do a couple of simple burgers on their grill, to the house her legacy. There is no question that things. First, you would build as many they call home. she impacted the political landscape of new, beautiful, carbon-free nuclear The Green New Deal would be a death the country. powerplants as you could. But the sentence for America’s families. Yet As I mentioned earlier, there are Green New Deal omits nuclear energy the Democrats have the nerve to sell it seven women represented in the Hall of entirely, no doubt to please the Demo- as a rescue mission. I reject that fraud Famous Missourians. Two of them were crats’ crony renewable energy lobby- on America, and now so does the Sen- committed lifelong to education. In ists and the anti-nuclear know- ate. 1873 Susan Blow, who was born in St. nothings in the Democrats’ base. I yield the floor. Louis, founded the first public kinder- Second, you would get tough on the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- garten in the United States in the Des world’s biggest polluters, especially on ator from Missouri. Peres public school in Carondelet. In China. Foreign nations, after all, have Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, March is 1818 Saint Rose Duchesne opened the driven almost all of the growth in glob- Women’s History Month. A number of first Sacred Heart school outside of Eu- al carbon emissions since the turn of my colleagues have been coming to the rope. The Academy of the Sacred Heart the century. floor and talking about the accom- was the first free school west of the But the Green New Dealers seem to plishments of particular women in Mississippi and the first Catholic believe America is the root of all of the their States. I want to do the same school in what would eventually be- world’s problems, even though our thing. come the St. Louis Archdiocese. I men- emissions have been declining. It is When Virginia Minor, a St. Louisan, tioned that this was Saint Rose just another case of the Democrats’ was denied the ability to register to Duchesne, one of the first women to be guiding principle: Blame America first. vote in 1872, she took her case all the an American who rose to the level of Of course, if we did something as stu- way to the Supreme Court. While she sainthood. pid as pass the Green New Deal, most wasn’t successful at the Supreme Court There are also a few world figures in foreign nations would just laugh at us level, she remained a leader in the suf- that hall of fame, like Josephine and keep building their economies and frage movement and later testified be- Baker, who was not only an iconic en- keep polluting while we tanked our fore the Senate Select Committee on tertainer but also a civil rights activist own economy, immiserated our citi- Woman Suffrage in 1889. Remember and, interestingly, a member of the zens, and lost millions of jobs in pur- that women didn’t get the right to vote French resistance during World War II suit of a fantasy. until 1920. So she was working on this while she was entertaining in Europe. The Green New Deal would amount with thousands of others for a long In our hall of fame, she is joined by to America’s unilateral disarmament time. She is also one of seven women other entertainers, like Ginger Rogers on the world stage, which for some represented in the Missouri State Cap- and Betty Grable. Democrats is probably a feature and itol’s Hall of Famous Missourians. The seventh woman honored in the not a bug. But sometimes even terrible Virginia Minor and her fellow suf- State capitol is Sacagawea, who, of ideas deserve a vote. So we gave them fragettes blazed a trail of political course, was part of the Lewis and Clark a vote on the Green New Deal, and the leadership that others followed. In 1952 expedition into Missouri and up the bill’s own sponsors complained. Leonor Sullivan became the first Missouri River and other territories of In any event, the Senate flunked the woman in Congress from Missouri. Dur- the Louisiana Purchase. Democrats’ term paper unanimously, ing the 24 years that she served in the To cover all of the notable Missouri and the only reason the Green New House, she became the first woman ap- women in history would be impossible. Deal got an F is that there is not a pointed to the House Democratic To talk about the countless women lower grade. So common sense pre- Steering Committee. She was elected who are making an incredible impact vailed this time, although I have a feel- secretary, one of the elected leaders, of in our State today would be imposing this is not the last time we have the House Democratic caucus for five sible—people who are devoted to public heard of the Green New Deal. terms. service, who are successful entre- Remember, this is not the hobby Our former colleague, Senator Claire preneurs, who serve our country in the horse of some eccentric socialist fringe McCaskill, won her Senate race in 2006. Armed Forces, and so much more. of the Democratic Party—oh, no, not With that, she became the first woman Those women and others continue to at all. The Green New Deal has 90 elected to the U.S. Senate from Mis- help lead our country and to inspire Democratic cosponsors in the House. souri. Certainly, Senator McCaskill younger women. There is a reason that That is nearly two out of every five and I disagreed on plenty of things over March is Women’s History Month, and House Democrats, and the Democratic the years, but, frankly, when it came thousands and thousands—maybe mil- Presidential candidates have rushed to to the big issues affecting our State, lions—of Missouri women would easily endorse the Green New Deal. Remem- we always figured out how to work to- qualify in that category of people who ber that when you step into the voting gether to get things done. have made a difference in history. booth in 2020. Also from our State, I want to recog- I yield the floor. But let me wrap up on a more serious nize Margaret Kelly, who in 1984 was The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- note. I have made a lot of jokes about appointed to the position of State audi- ator from Wyoming.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:53 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27MR6.027 S27MRPT1 S2028 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 27, 2019 Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, as we The Green New Deal plan would India, and emissions in the United celebrate Women’s History Month, I eliminate fossil fuels by requiring 100 States have been declining over the am proud to spotlight Wyoming’s great percent renewable, carbon-free energy last dozen years, while they continue history and achievements for women’s in just 10 years. Talk about having to go up in China and India and in equality. extra money in your pocket to fill your other locations around the world. Wyoming is the ‘‘Equality State’’— gas tank, but just putting gas in the Why do Democrats want to do this? the first State to give women the right car would be extremely difficult if the Well, they would like to engineer a big to vote and hold public office. We actu- Green New Deal were to come to pass. government takeover—or, I should say, ally did it before statehood. Long be- On the issue of climate change, cli- as they say, transformation—of the fore statehood, in 1869, the Wyoming mate change is real, but the Green New U.S. economy. Territory was the first to grant women Deal is unrealistic. While it is impor- There is a real solution that will not the right to vote. tant, in 2017 wind and solar energy gen- wreck our economy, will not hurt our Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie be- erated just 8 percent of our electricity. Nation, will not hurt people’s jobs, and came the first woman in the United Should we have more? Yes, but 8 per- will not hurt American families. The States to vote in a general election in cent of what we need is certainly inad- solution is not taxation. It is not regu- 1870, and Wyoming insisted on pro- equate. lation. It is innovation. Republicans tecting women’s right to vote as a pre- Affordable and reliable fossil fuels, continue to work, and we do it in a bi- condition for even joining the Union in like coal and natural gas, power three partisan way to advance innovative 1890. out of five U.S. homes and businesses. strategies for reducing carbon emis- Now, that is not all. The first elected Excluding fossil fuels would snuff out sions. woman Governor in the United States, the bright lights of Americans’ pros- First, we are working to promote Nellie Taylor Ross, was Wyoming’s perity. It would threaten national se- carbon capture, and then using that 14th Governor. curity. It would threaten jobs. It would carbon and sequestering it, taking it Wyoming women continue to hold threaten our independence from foreign away. That means taking carbon out of key elected offices today, with strong energy, and all Americans’ higher the atmosphere and using it produc- leaders like U.S. Representative LIZ standard of living. tively. We can use it for medical CHENEY. What Democrats are proposing is es- projects, construction projects, and for The State owes a debt of gratitude to sentially a pipe dream. It is no surprise extracting oil. You can push the carbon all of these extraordinary women lead- that Democrats have yet to provide a dioxide into the ground in the area of ers. cost estimate. They don’t want Ameri- oil wells and get out more oil, as a re- THE GREEN NEW DEAL cans to know that the Green New Deal sult, leaving the carbon dioxide under- Now I would like to turn to this could cost up to $93 trillion over the ground. week’s debate over the Democrats’ so- Last year, the Senate passed the bi- next 10 years. That is roughly $65,000 called Green New Deal. partisan FUTURE Act. It was signed each and every year for each and every The Green New Deal isn’t about pro- into law, and it expands tax credits for family in America. tecting our environment. It is about in- carbon capture facilities. creasing the size and scope of the Fed- The Nation is already over $22 tril- Now we are advancing the bipartisan eral Government. lion in debt. So how are they planning USE IT Act, which will help to turn Every Democrat Senator running for to pay for this? By doing what they carbon that has been captured into val- President supports the Green New often plan to do—raising taxes. uable products. Deal. They have cosponsored it—each Paying for a $93 trillion bill would A second way Republicans are work- and every one of them, every single empty just about every Americans’ ing in a bipartisan way to reduce emis- one. savings account in the country, and sions is by supporting nuclear power. By cosponsoring the Green New Deal, let’s not forget that the Green New Nuclear power generates about 60 per- these Senators have shown Americans Deal would not actually solve the prob- cent—60 percent—of American-pro- what they actually do support as can- lems they are trying to solve. Really, duced carbon-free energy. By far, that didates and as an agenda for America, the proposal amounts to unrealistic is the largest source of American car- and that is massively increasing the economic disarmament. bon-free energy. It is much more than size of government. Plus, U.S. economic decline would double solar and wind power combined. This year the Federal Government is harm the environment. That is what In late December, we passed the bi- projected to spend over $4 trillion. we are hearing from the Green New partisan Nuclear Energy Innovation That amount includes everything—So- Deal. It would be unilateral harm to and Modernization Act. This legisla- cial Security, national defense, Medi- our economy and no improvement to tion had Republican and Democratic care, all of it. If we were to pass the the overall global climate. They want support and was signed into law by Green New Deal, it would cost up to $93 it done immediately. They want it President Trump. This law will help trillion over the next 10 years. That is done drastically. It is a level of alarm innovators develop advanced nuclear $9.3 trillion a year—more than double that is not in any way called for. reactors that are safer, cleaner, and what our government currently spends. When you think about the American more versatile. That is what we need to So, you see, the Green New Deal economy and what we are able to do in do. It is simplifying the process on the would massively expand the Federal this country, it is a strong economy front end for the innovators to build Government, and that is exactly what that allows for a clean environment. state-of-the-art nuclear reactors. These Democrat Senators running for Presi- The stronger the economy, often the advanced reactors are going to power dent want and plan to do, if elected. cleaner the environment is. That is the next generation of nuclear plants. Don’t be confused by Senate Demo- certainly the case here, when you com- We need them to expand the use of car- crats’ ducking this vote on the Green pare us around the world to other coun- bon-free energy. We also need to main- New Deal. This is where Democrats tries and their economies and their en- tain our existing nuclear powerplants, would take our country if they were to vironments. and Congress needs to address how we retake the White House. The label ‘‘Made in America’’ means manage nuclear waste. Nuclear power The Green New Deal would bankrupt more than just the country of origin. It is an area with broad bipartisan sup- our Nation, would wreak havoc, and means the better the environment. We port. We must continue to work to- would wreck the economy. are being asked to destroy—that is gether on nuclear power. Republicans’ pro-growth, pro-jobs what the Democrats are asking us to A third approach that Republicans policies have strengthened the econ- do with this Green New Deal—our are taking to reduce emissions is in- omy and improved the lives of Amer- strong, growing, and improving econ- creasing the use of renewable energy. ican families in their everyday lives at omy and allow the largest polluters in Republicans have repeatedly passed tax home. Because of tax relief, millions of the world to grow at our expense. incentives to promote clean energy. families have more money now in their Right now, 13 percent of emissions These include tax credits for wind and pockets to decide what to spend, what comes from the United States, but 33 solar panels, as well as incentives for to save, and what to invest. percent comes from China and from biodiesel and compressed natural gas.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:53 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27MR6.029 S27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2029 We know all these innovative strate- phisticated jobs out there in bioscience skills training, we would be able to fill gies work. We see it in America’s un- and technology, welding, of course, and these jobs, which is great for the com- paralleled success in reducing emis- manufacturing—in Ohio, it is a big panies and for the economy but also, sions. This progress is not the result of deal—and also CDLs for truckdrivers, again, a great opportunity for these taxation; it is not the result of regula- commercial driver’s licenses. You young people. tion; it is the result of American inno- might see somebody there who is inter- In 2018, our economy added 223,000 vation. Our cutting-edge technologies ested in going into firefighting or EMS. jobs per month on average. That is can be adopted globally. This morning, I had a chance to visit about twice what the pre-tax reform Republicans want to make America’s with a young man who is in a CTE pro- baseline estimate was from the Con- energy as clean as we can, as fast as we gram where he is going to be imme- gressional Budget Office of only 107,000 can, while investing in promising inno- diately hired by a fire department. jobs per month. So we more than dou- vations for the future. Democrats want These are great opportunities for our bled it. We have also had strong wage more government control. That is what young people. Right now, these CTE growth over the last 12 months. In fact, they asked for with the Green New schools are incredibly important be- wage growth in the last year was high- Deal—control of our economy and con- cause the skills are needed, and the er than at any time in the last decade. trol of our lives, despite the cost to training is needed. In Ohio, frankly, for a decade and a American families and American tax- One of the challenges we have had, half we have had flat wages. Finally, payers. frankly, is that sometimes parents who we are now seeing wages going up. Last Let’s continue to pass real climate are advising their kids are saying ‘‘You month, the average was about 3.4 per- solutions, not these far-left fantasies. need to go to a 4-year college or univer- cent growth for private sector workers Let’s focus on what works for our envi- sity like I did’’ or maybe like their and, by the way, it is more for blue-col- ronment and our economy, not what uncle or aunt did. Maybe that is the lar workers than for white-collar work- works for Democrats who are running goal they have for their kids, and that ers, supervisory workers, which is all for President. is fine. For many young people, that is good news. Republicans are going to continue to appropriate, but for others, what a We have a lot of good things going on oppose unrealistic, unworkable, and great opportunity, to be able to get out in terms of increasing jobs, increasing unaffordable proposals like the Green of high school, get a job immediately— wages, increasing benefits. Much of New Deal. It is a big green bomb. The a good-paying job with good benefits— that is due to tax reform. I have gone Democrats are ducking it, they are and then at some point, because often all around our State and talked to dodging it, and they are now distancing in these schools, including in Ohio, you folks at roundtable discussions. I have themselves from it by showing up on get college credit while you are in high been to over 25 businesses to talk spe- the floor of the Senate—those who school, to go on to college later, and cifically: What did you do with the tax have cosponsored it, those who have perhaps your employer will pay for savings? Every one of them has a great gone on TV and on the hustings around that. story, but with all these pro-growth the country saying they would support This morning, I was with a young policies kicking in, the thing I am it and be for it—and voting not for it woman named Jordan. She is at the hearing now is: Yes, the tax reform but present. The Democrats are duck- Great Oaks career and technical center helped us. The regulatory relief is a ing this for a good reason: They know in Southwest Ohio. Jordan is becoming good idea, but we need workers, we what a disaster it would be for our Na- a welder, and, as I explained to Jordan, need people, and we need them to have tion. she is going to have amazing opportu- the skills that go with the jobs we Thank you. nities. She will have plenty of job op- have. This mismatch between the skills I yield the floor. portunities because she is going to that are out there and these jobs, that I suggest the absence of a quorum. have a skill that is so badly needed in skills gap is the thing we need to close. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Ohio right now. Our manufacturing There are lots of ways to do that. The clerk will call the roll. sector is desperate for welders, and National Skills Coalition estimates The senior assistant bill clerk pro- they are willing to pay good money for that nearly half of all job openings be- ceeded to call the roll. welders. She can make 45,000, 50,000 tween now and 2022 will be middle-skill Mr. PORTMAN. Madam President, I bucks a year with good benefits at 18 jobs that require education beyond ask unanimous consent that the order years old as a welder instead of taking high school but not a 4-year degree. If for the quorum call be rescinded. on student debt, which in Ohio is about you have a career in technical, with op- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. $27,000 on average. Somebody grad- portunities in high school, and then BLACKBURN). Without objection, it is so uating from community college or a 4- when you get out of high school, you ordered. year college or university is taking on have a certificate or you can get into a The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- significant debt. course where you can learn how to do ator from Ohio. This is an opportunity for us to get one of these skills—although you are CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION more young people into career and not getting an associate’s degree or a Mr. PORTMAN. Madam President, I technical education. We think we bachelor’s degree, you are getting a am on the floor today to talk about ca- ought to do it. We have a good econ- certificate, often a stackable certifi- reer and technical education and spe- omy right now thanks to tax reform cate that can lead to a degree later— cifically legislation we have introduced and regulatory relief. There is a lot of that is what is going to be needed. that would provide a lot more training hiring going on, and wages are actually In its most recent skills gap study, opportunities for people who need the higher right now. In Ohio, we have a Deloitte and The Manufacturing Insti- in-demand jobs that are out there. number of people who are looking for tute highlighted the fact that there are When people hear about career and employees. The ‘‘help wanted’’ signs so many jobs out there that need these technical education, sometimes they are out there. skills. They estimate there are about wonder what we are referring to. High We have about 148,000 jobs available 2.4 million positions likely to be un- school programs used to be called voca- in the State, if you look at filled between 2018 and 2028. The eco- tional education. Many in my genera- OhioMeansJobs.com, which is the nomic impact of not having these jobs tion might remember it as that. But it website that offers these positions. filled is about a $2.5 trillion hit to our is not your father’s Oldsmobile. It is Now, there are about 250,000 Ohioans economy. This is why all of this is so not the old voc-ed programs you might out of work. How does that make important. remember. In fact, it is very impres- sense? Well, it makes sense because if About 6 years ago, we started the Ca- sive. If you go to these CTE schools you look at the jobs that are being of- reer and Technical Education Caucus today—and Ohio, luckily, has a lot of fered, for many of the jobs, you have to in the Senate. At first, there were two great career and technical academies have a skill. You have to be a coder or of us, Senator KAINE from Virginia and and schools—you will see something a machine operator or a welder, or you myself. Now we have 27 Senators on amazing. You will see young people have to have some bioscience back- the CTE Caucus. Why? Because Mem- being trained for some of the most so- ground to be a tech. So if we had the bers are hearing back home about this,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:53 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27MR6.031 S27MRPT1 S2030 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 27, 2019 which has been good to raise awareness programs, a 15-week training pro- for the aerospace and defense industry. for career and technical education. It gram—trust me, if somebody starts off Other employers were there, as well as has been helpful for us to put together in one of these training programs, it is Butler Tech, which is a local CTE pro- some bipartisan legislation that helps much more likely they will end up get- gram which has done really incredible, to promote career and technical edu- ting the certificate. They can see just innovative work. cation. around the corner where the job is. In There, I had the opportunity to meet Last year, in the Perkins bill, for in- a sense, the certificate is the ticket to with a lot of students. One of them was stance, Senator KAINE and I got legis- that job, and it is a shorter term pros- a high school student named Jake. He lation in that helps to improve the pect. I think it is a very efficient use of is a chemical operator at a nearby quality of CT programs all around the the Pell grant, and we should expand manufacturer called Pilot. He is a vet- country, ensuring again that college the Pell grant, not take it away from eran who has completed his certificate credit can be offered, helping to hold colleges and universities—not at all. training, and his employer is now pay- up programs to make sure young peo- Pell is an incredibly important pro- ing for him to continue his education ple and their parents know about this gram, but let’s allow it to be used for and get a degree while working for opportunity. short training programs. them. Connor was there, a high school Just a couple weeks ago, Senator I was at the CT Program in Akron, student who is running machines and KAINE and I reintroduced legislation OH, recently. I also went to Stark learning advanced manufacturing called Jumpstart Our Businesses by State Community College. They have a while working at a place called RB Supporting Students Act. The acronym new campus. We had a roundtable on Tool. Torez is a 19-year-old who went is the JOBS Act. The JOBS Act is workforce development. We had a lot of to the program and is now in charge of something we introduced in the last local businesses there talking about calibration and making sure precision couple of Congresses, but I really feel how great these programs have been tools are up to speed at this company, its time has come. I feel it is an oppor- for them. We had students there. The Rhinestahl. tunity right now for us to move for- chamber of commerce was there. The teacher of all these students, a ward with the JOBS Act. One, we are Mayor Dan Horrigan of Akron and guy named Dave Fox, was there. He hearing from all around the country Summit County executive Ilene Sha- said his last class of 28 graduates had a the need for this, but, second, we have piro were there. I heard from students combined total of more than 100 job of- the likelihood of a higher education in high school and in community col- fers. Think about this. These young bill moving this year, which would be lege who were already working for people going through these certificate the perfect place to put the JOBS Act. some of the local employers, businesses programs, 28 young people, had more It is a commonsense solution to help like the K Company, an HVAC com- than 100 job offers. These are good job solve the skills gap problem we are pany based in Akron. They work with offers. We are talking about $40,000, talking about. It says, with regard to Stark State; they work with local high $50,000 a year, jobs that pay $18 to $20 Pell grants—which is for low-income schools; and they get young people on an hour and good benefits, and a lot of students—instead of just making them the right educational track to be able employers will pay for them to con- available for community colleges or 4- to work in the HVAC field where there tinue their education, should they year colleges or universities or for are plenty of jobs right now. If you are choose to do so. longer term courses, why not allow an HVAC tech, you can get a job. It has Last week, President Trump came to Pell grants to be used for shorter term been a great example of where they are the Joint Systems Manufacturing Cen- training programs? That is what is helping the economy, they are helping ter in Lima, OH. This is an incredible needed right now. a particular business, and they are manufacturing facility that does some- I think this is a fairness issue. When really helping students to get a great thing unique in America, which is they I talk to students, as I did this morn- job. build tanks. The kind of welding they ing here in Washington, as I do back in Stark State president Dr. Para Jones have to be trained on is incredibly so- the State of Ohio, what they tell me is: is very innovative, working with our phisticated and difficult to do. The ROB, I don’t have the money to get a high schools and working with the kind of machine work they have to do driver’s license and go through that business community, trying to ensure is really difficult. Cutting the tanks’ process, much less to get a certificate we are all working together on this. steel is an incredibly difficult task, to become a welder or to become a Dr. Jones, the employers who were plus some other alloys they use to pro- coder or to become a tech in a hospital around the table, the educators who tect our troops in the field. They need setting. The government will give me a were around the table, and the students to hire about 400 additional workers in Pell grant to go to a junior college or who were around that table—all of the next year or so, partly because, a community college or a university, them—were really excited about the with the defense buildup, we are put- but I can’t get a Pell grant to help me JOBS Act. They know it is going to ting more money into the plant. I am get the training I need to actually get work. They know this will help them very pleased to say President Trump in out there and get a job that I know is deal with exactly the problems they his budget put more funding into the right there, ready, good pay, good ben- are seeing in the local community. Lima plant this year, but they need efits. Last week, I also toured a company workers, and they need help training To me, that shows how our system is in Hubbard, OH, Warren Fabricating people. They need skilled welders, ma- not working with regard to the modern and Machining. As always happens, I chinists, assembly workers, and var- economy and the needs we have right heard about the need for skilled work- ious types of engineers. now, and it is not fair to those stu- ers. It is a great example of a company These are good-paying jobs and great dents. I think we ought to allow stu- taking full advantage of the tax reform opportunities for young people. Wheth- dents to use Pell grants for shorter and tax cuts. They bought a beautiful, er they are coming up through the term training programs of less than 15 new machine that is incredibly impor- ranks in high school or whether they weeks. I also think it is a matter of ef- tant for their effectiveness as a com- are midcareer changing jobs, it would ficiency of the Pell grant and the tax- pany to be able to compete with China be great for us to help them get the payer. and others. They have also been able to people they need, and the JOBS Act, Unfortunately, most people who take raise people’s salaries and increase the they all say, would be exactly what a Pell who go to a college don’t grad- benefits with their tax savings, but they need to help to do that. uate. There are lots of reasons for that. their issue now is getting the work- At a roundtable discussion at Staub I think the main reason is because force. They want to operate at full ca- Manufacturing in Dayton recently, the many of them have to drop out because pacity, but they can’t find the people. CEO of the company told me he be- they have to work, but, in the mean- They have openings right now. lieves welders coming out of high time, they don’t have the degree. So I also visited an advanced manufac- school will be better off financially they have the Pell, but they don’t get turer called Rhinestahl Corporation in than many attorneys or doctors. the degree, not even a certificate; Mason, right outside of Cincinnati. I asked him what he meant by that. whereas, in these short-term training They manufacture high-precision parts He pointed out that while an attorney

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:58 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27MR6.033 S27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2031 or another professional might make cation, the Association of Community nies tell me in Ohio: You know, ROB, more coming right out of school, by Colleges and Trustees—I know commu- we could do what we are doing here in the time they get out of school—law nity colleges have put this highest on other places, and not just Indiana, school, as an example—and get out of their list—and other groups. which is next to Ohio, but maybe India. debt and start investing, the welder is I am also pleased to say, again, it is We don’t want that. We want to have well on his or her way to building a sig- in the budget. President Trump puts the workforce that is needed to be able nificant nest egg. together a budget every year. This to keep these good jobs and keep these It is true. When you think about it, a year’s budget actually has our JOBS companies here in this country, to en- welder makes, let’s say, $50,000 a year Act included in it. It is one that is to- sure that we can keep moving in a posi- starting at age 18. Let’s say there is no tally bipartisan. tive direction, and, again, to ensure student debt because, again, through Senator KAINE from Virginia and I that Ohioans can develop the skills the certificate program and through a have been the coauthors of this legisla- they need to grow in the career of their Pell—if we get the JOBS Act passed, in tion over the years. We continue to choice and to fulfill their potential in particular—this person is able to do so work closely together on this. We have life. without any student debt. Using an on- 10 cosponsors already, having just in- Thank you. line calculator and assuming about 8 troduced this a couple weeks ago. It is I yield the floor. percent growth, if that individual sets a bipartisan group, mixed, Republicans The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. aside 10 percent of his or her income and Democrats. We also have a lot of CRAMER). The Senator from Pennsyl- toward retirement, from the age of 18 outside stakeholders supporting it, vania. up to 67—and this assumes a person and, again, it is now in the President’s CHILDCARE gets no raise at all, which of course is budget. Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I rise to not going to happen. A person is going The reason we are getting all this talk about an issue that I know is on to have a higher salary over time as support is it works. It works. It will the minds of many, many Americans, the person gets more seniority, but as- cover programs that, at a minimum, especially folks who are in the middle suming no raise, $50,000 a year: $2.8 require 150 hours and 8 weeks to com- class or who are struggling to get to million in retirement savings at age 67. plete. There are some alternative pro- the middle class, and that is the issue That is a nice nest egg to be able to grams that limit them by requiring of childcare. live comfortably in retirement with them to be 320 hours. I will tell you our I think most of us in this Chamber peace of mind. community colleges tell me none of agree that all children born in this Compare that to an attorney, let’s their short-term training programs country have a light inside of them. say, making $100,000 a year in a big law would qualify for that higher number For some children, that light will shine firm, starts investing at least at 30 of hours—programs like welding, preci- very brightly without a lot of help as years old, after they get through sion machining, electrical trades. All they have innate abilities or they have school and paying off their debt. It those programs would fit into the circumstances they are born into for may be later, but let’s say 30 to be con- JOBS Act but not into some of the al- which they don’t need a lot of help servative. If that person sets aside 10 ternatives that are being discussed. from public policy or from programs or percent of his or her income: $2.2 mil- We need the JOBS Act now, and we from legislation. Yet there are a lot of lion by age 67. So even though the at- think there is a great vehicle for it— children who have a light inside of torney had a higher salary and was in- which is the Higher Education Act— them that can burn to the full measure vesting twice as much each month, the this year. A big fan of career and tech- of its potential if we do our job. When welder making $50,000 a year is going nical education is the chairman of that I say ‘‘our job,’’ I mean the job of elect- to be better off. committee, Senator LAMAR ALEX- ed officials. I think it is the job of Part of this is getting people into ANDER. He understands the need for us every elected official at every level of these jobs and getting them into jobs to provide the kind of skills training government and of those who work when they are young, where they can needed to fill the jobs that are out with them to do everything they can to begin to make investments in their re- there that companies are desperate to make sure that the light inside of tirement but also make investments in fill. He sees this in his own State of every child burns as brightly as at a car, buy the house, start putting Tennessee, where he has a lot of manu- least the full measure of his or her po- money aside for their kids’ education, facturing jobs, including auto manufac- tential. just to have the peace of mind that turers that are looking for more skilled We know, just by way of one example comes with knowing you are going to workers every day. in the context of childcare, that afford- have this profession and this oppor- As we work to reauthorize the Higher able, high-quality childcare enables tunity to get ahead early in life. Education Act, my hope is colleagues parents to work so they can support I am hoping we can get the JOBS Act on both sides of the aisle will join us in their families. Also, quality, affordable passed. It would help provide so many ensuring that the JOBS Act is included healthcare helps give children the people—particularly young people— in that. Let’s be sure that we deal with early learning experiences they need to these opportunities. If we can shift the the fairness issue here and that we develop and succeed in school. When paradigm, stop this notion of thinking have a sense of understanding about children learn more and it is early in that everybody who is going through our economy and what the needs are life, they will earn more much later in high school needs to go to a 4-year col- right now. their lives. That connection between lege or university right away and in- A lot of that need is in skills and the learning and earning isn’t just a stead think about, how do you ensure kind of skills that the JOBS Act would rhyme; all the research shows that that this young person can have an op- provide. It just makes too much sense. there is a direct connection. When that portunity to get ahead in life, learn a If we make career and technical edu- child learns at a younger age because skill where there is an immediate need, cation a priority and if we enact the of early education and quality and actually help our economy? Be- JOBS Act I discussed today, we are childcare and so many other strategies, cause our biggest challenge right now, going to help tens of thousands of our we are all better off. Not only is that as I see it—not just in the manufac- young people be able to achieve their child better off in his or her family, but turing sector, where it is particularly dreams, whatever they are, and to have we are all better off. We will have a obvious, but across the board, in bio- better opportunities. Just as impor- higher skilled workforce; we will have science, certainly in moving, transpor- tant, we are going to be able to help a more productive workforce; and we tation, truckdriving, and other profes- our economy—help to ensure that here will grow and be able to out-compete sions, the biggest challenge we have in the United States we have a growing any country in the world if we invest right now is workforce. This would do economy where we have better tax pol- in early learning. both. icy, better regulation policy, and also, Unfortunately, we know the chal- The JOBS Act has been endorsed by for the workers, ensure that the com- lenges. The cost of childcare has in- the National Skills Coalition, the Asso- panies don’t pick up and move because creased by 25 percent in just the last ciation for Career and Technical Edu- they don’t have the workforce. Compa- decade, which has created significant

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:58 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27MR6.034 S27MRPT1 S2032 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 27, 2019 financial strains for those same mid- Therein lies the problem that we news is that it knocks her out of eligi- dle-class families. According to data have to try to solve. If we have mil- bility. She must pay the full cost of from Child Care Aware, which is in my lions and millions of families—middle childcare and be away from her chil- home Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, class or who are struggling to get to dren. She doesn’t know what she will the average cost of full-time, center- the middle class—making childcare de- do during the summer as she will need based childcare is about $11,560 for an terminations based solely on the cost, to increase the time her children are in infant and about $8,712 for a 4-year-old. we will all be in trouble over time. care, which will result in higher costs This is about 12 percent of a married That is not what we should be doing. It when her children are on summer couple’s annual income in Pennsyl- doesn’t mean the price will not be a break. So that is the dilemma she vania, and it is nearly 46 percent of a challenge for so many, and it doesn’t faces—working harder and getting a single parent’s annual income—46 per- mean the price will be irrelevant, but if full-time job but then not being able to cent. That is not sustainable. That is they are not able to find quality afford help. She needs help from us as not a number that anyone should be childcare that is affordable, that child well. satisfied with. Frankly, I am not sure will be worse off over time; that com- I spoke with a mother in Verona, PA, that 12 percent of the annual income munity will be; and the rest of us will in Allegheny County, who has an 11- for a two-parent family is sustainable. be. We will not have the high-skilled month-old child who is in childcare We should get that number into the workforce that we need. We will not be now. Though both she and her husband single digits. The bill I will talk about able to compete and win the battle work full time, they struggle to afford in a moment seeks to do that. across the world that we need to win, care. They would like to grow their Just this past week, when we were all and that is the battle to create the family, but, again, the cost of childcare back in our States and were able to highest skilled workforce in the world is their main reason for not doing so. travel for the better part of a week, I and to maintain that advantage. We know that childcare helps children When I was in Gettysburg this past had the chance to get to six childcare grow and learn, that it helps parents week, I heard from two parents who centers in cities across Pennsylvania, work and provide for their families, had adopted two children, one of whom and I spoke to more than 25 families and that it helps employers retain a has significant medical issues and has who shared their stories about their productive workforce. Yet families been in and out of the hospital. They struggles. The struggle, of course, in across the country are unable to afford have struggled to find a childcare cen- care. That is why it is so important this case, was the struggle to afford ter that is able to handle the behav- that we increase Federal investments high-quality childcare. ioral and developmental needs of their I was in Philadelphia, Pottstown, in early learning and childcare. children. The father, who is a small For example, in fiscal year 2018, the Gettysburg, Verona, Erie, and Reading. business owner, has had to make ad- Childcare and Development Block If you had charted those cities on a justments to his work schedule and sell Grant program was funded at $5.27 bil- map, you would have literally gone off some of his business assets to make lion here in Washington. That was an from the furthest corner of the south- ends meet. He has had to choose be- 83-percent increase—the largest single eastern part of our State, which is tween paying for his own health insur- increase in the history of the program. Philadelphia, to the most remote, ance or that of his children. He has had In that same year—the last budget northwestern corner of the State, in to give up his own insurance to ensure year, the last appropriations year— Erie. I went to communities below Erie there will never be a lapse in coverage Head Start received a little more than and to the northeast as well—so lit- for his children. He makes too much $9.8 billion, and that was $610 million erally every corner of the State. Across money to qualify for childcare sub- more than the program got in 2017. those communities, we heard a lot of sidies but lives with constant anxiety Both of those were good results. It the same challenges, a lot of similar over his financial situation. doesn’t happen every day in Wash- stories. Part of his testimony and that of his ington, we know. These historic, bipar- For example, one single mom in wife was very emotional because of the tisan investments were continued in Philadelphia told us recently what, I stress and the pressure on that fam- the last fiscal year. So there was an in- think, is emblematic of what is hap- ily—the stress and pressure of the crease in this last fiscal year. It was pening in a lot of communities: healthcare itself and also of the stress nowhere near the increase of the prior I struggle every day to make ends meet. I and pressure because of the cost of year, but there were extra dollars to am not eligible for any public assistance, so childcare. sustain funding. These investments are I juggle my bills just to make ends meet. I I was grateful he was willing to share already making an impact in States have to become very creative in making sure his story. In a public setting, it is not like Pennsylvania and across our coun- that I pay my mortgage, utilities, and easy to talk about the burdens that childcare. try, but there is so much more unmet you live with every day in order to need and so much more work to be Then she goes on from there to write: push a policy forward so as to make done. So it is good news on the block Then I decide if I can pay for anything in life better for another family. Like a grants, but, of course, that is not the addition to that, such as healthcare, food, lot of these parents, I was grateful they whole story on childcare. necessities for my child or my home. I knew were willing to help us better under- I am pushing for both increased fund- I would not be able to afford childcare. Luck- ily, I have the support of loved ones in my stand those struggles so that we could ing for the next fiscal year—the one we life who support me when I fall short. Most better propose good policy. are working on now, 2020—as well as do not have this. We also heard from a single mom who two bills that will make high-quality Then this single mother goes on to works long hours as she tries to ad- childcare accessible and affordable for vance and work her way up the cor- write the following: low- and middle-income families. The porate ladder. Prior to her current cir- first is the Childcare for Working Fam- All of my family and friends struggle to cumstance, she was waitressing and pay for childcare because we are middle class ilies Act, and the second is the Child individuals who make too much money to barely making $11,000 a year. When she and Dependent Care Tax Credit En- qualify for childcare assistance or any other was hardly making any income, she hancement Act. I will discuss them in programs, but we also don’t make enough was able to make ends meet with the that order. money to actually afford childcare out of assistance of the Supplemental Nutri- The Childcare for Working Families pocket. Oftentimes, we have to choose a tion Assistance Program and CCIS, Act would first provide direct financial childcare based off of a price and not based which is our State’s childcare program assistance to working parents to help off of the quality of education they will pro- that helps families. Now she is in a dif- pay for childcare and early learning to vide our children at the childcare facility. ferent circumstance. She works full ensure that no parents would pay more Notice what she wrote at the end time—an achievement that she is quite than 7 percent of their household in- there. She is making a decision about proud of. She is no longer eligible, comes for childcare if they earn less the childcare she will provide for her though, for these programs because her than 150 percent of the State’s median children based off only one consider- income has gone up. income. ation—the price. It is not based on the The good news is her income went up, These numbers change between me- quality. and she has a full-time job. The bad dian household income and median

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:53 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27MR6.037 S27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2033 family income, but if you are just look- come, but the income is rather limited conservative legal luminaries, from Su- ing at the median household income in and the credit is not refundable. So preme Court Justices to big-name poli- Pennsylvania, it is about $57,000. If you they don’t get anything back from that ticians, to renowned legal scholars. It do 150 percent of that, you will be into credit. So it isn’t worth much to them issues newsletters and produces the eighties, roughly. We don’t know in many cases. podcasts and policy recommendations. where the line would be drawn for cer- The last part of the bill will retain Through this, they hope to ‘‘reorder tain State by State, but if we can come the value over time by indexing the priorities within the legal system’’ and up with a way to keep costs below 7 benefits of this child and dependent create a network of members ‘‘that ex- percent for folks who are in that in- care tax credit and raise those thresh- tends to all levels of the legal commu- come range—say, roughly, in the low olds based upon inflation. nity.’’ eighties down—we can help these fami- In conclusion, I think it is pretty I disagree pretty strongly with the lies do two things: go to work while simple. All children deserve the chance system of law they are trying impose, providing childcare for their children to learn and succeed, regardless of and their funding is suspiciously ob- that is quality childcare and also be where they are born or regardless of scure, but this debate is a fine thing to able to afford it. their family’s income. That is why it is have—so no objection there either. The second part of the bill—and it is, so important to make sure that all Then there is the third Federalist So- basically, three parts—will be uni- families have access to high-quality, ciety. This one doesn’t have much in versal access to high-quality preschool affordable childcare and early learning. common with the law school debating programs for 3- and 4-year-olds. Together, these proposals will help to society, and it certainly doesn’t oper- The third part would be to improve bring us closer to that reality and, I ate like your run-of-the-mill Wash- workforce compensation by ensuring would argue, closer to meeting our ob- ington think tank. This Federalist So- that all childcare workers are paid a ligation as elected officials at every ciety is the nerve center for a com- living wage and that early childhood level of government—this being the plicated apparatus that does not care educators are provided parity with ele- Federal level in the Congress, the Sen- much about conservative principles mentary schoolteachers who have simi- ate and the House, meeting our obliga- like judicial restraint or originalism or lar credentials and experience. So tion to make sure that the light inside textualism. there are three parts to that bill— of every child burns to the full measure This Federalist Society is the vehicle childcare help, early learning help with and shines to the full measure of its po- for powerful, commercial, and indus- preschool, and paying the workforce tential. trial interests that seek not simply to ‘‘reorder’’ the judiciary but to acquire more. I yield the floor. People in both parties say it all the I suggest the absence of a quorum. control of the judiciary to benefit their time: We care about our children, and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The interests. This third Federalist Society we care about our seniors. But some- clerk will call the roll. understands the fundamental power of times the folks who provide care to The legislative clerk proceeded to the Federal judiciary to rig the system in favor of its donor interests and, as both groups of Americans—those who call the roll. the Kavanaugh confirmation so clearly provide care and early learning to chil- Mr. WHITEHOUSE. I ask unanimous illustrated, is willing to go to drastic dren and those who provide skilled care consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. lengths to secure that power. in nursing homes and other settings to I am here today to talk about that seniors—are among the lowest paid The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. third Federalist Society. workers in our society. So we say we The story of the third Federalist So- THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY prioritize those Americans, and we ciety is partly the story of a man don’t lift them up with the kind of Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, named Leonard Leo, the society’s exec- workforce that they sometimes need. this week the Senate conveyor belt of utive vice president. The second bill I will talk about—and President Trump’s judicial nominees Mr. Leo is now the most influential then I will wrap up—I will soon re- grinds on. So far, the President and the person shaping America’s Federal judi- introduce with Congressman DAVIS. It Senate leader have an unprecedented ciary. Don’t be surprised if you are lis- is a proposal to improve and expand an pace in confirming Federal judges, es- tening and you have never heard of existing tax credit which we know as pecially powerful Federal appellate him. He has never been elected. He is the child and dependent care tax cred- judges. They seem to have no higher not accountable to any voter. Instead, it, not to be confused with the child priority. he is the front man for interests that tax credit, the tax credit you may have What is a little weird about this is want to use the Federalist Society and eligibility for if you have a child. This that nearly 90 percent of Trump’s ap- its surrounding network of front one focuses on child care and depend- pellate judges and both of his Supreme groups and PR shops and think tanks ent care. Court Justices are members of the so- to acquire control over our courts. This bill would help families pay for called Federalist Society. On the Su- Renowned court watcher Jeffrey childcare expenses by doing the fol- preme Court, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, Toobin describes Mr. Leo as ‘‘Trump’s lowing: first, increasing the maximum Alito, and Thomas all are members. subcontractor on the selection of Su- amount of the credit from just over Now, that is a little weird. preme Court Justices.’’ More accu- 1,000 bucks—about $1,050—to $3,000 per What is really weird is that through rately, Mr. Leo is the subcontractor for child, and it could go up as high as 6,000 this Federalist Society vehicle, big, a network of big corporate interests if you have more than one child, mak- special interests are picking Federal and front groups. ing the full tax credit available to judges. In the summer of 2016, it was Leo who most working families with incomes up In effect, there are three Federalist delivered the list of potential nominees to $120,000 a year. Societies. The first one most lawyers to fill the vacancy left by the death of Now, under the current law, that know from law school. It is, for the Antonin Scalia and the blocking of credit starts to lose its value once you most part, a debating society made up Merrick Garland. It was Mr. Leo who hit only $15,000 of income—not that of like-minded aspiring lawyers drawn was involved in the Trump transition, high of an income level. By raising to conservative ideas and judicial doc- helping to conduct outreach to poten- that number, you are going to get a lot trine. They organize seminars and in- tial Supreme Court picks, including more middle-class families that will vite academics, judges, and attorneys Neil Gorsuch. benefit, as well as some trying to get to speak. That is terrific—no problem Mr. Leo even orchestrated a $1 mil- to the middle class. there. lion donation to Trump’s inauguration. The third part of the bill would en- The second Federalist Society is the The role of the Federalist Society sure that lower income families are parent organization of the campus de- has been confirmed by President better able to benefit from the credit bating society—a sort of highbrow Trump’s own legal counsel, Don by making it fully refundable. think tank seeking to further conserv- McGahn. You have this strange dynamic where ative and libertarian judicial prin- McGahn told a Federalist Society folks are working and they have an in- ciples. It convenes fancy forums with gathering in 2017:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:53 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27MR6.038 S27MRPT1 S2034 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 27, 2019 Our opponents of judicial nominees fre- How do we know that these groups 501(c)(3) side of the Judicial Crisis Net- quently claim the President has outsourced have a big agenda before the courts? work. Why does a shell corporation his selection of judges. That is completely We know that because they also fund a give money to the Trump inaugural false. I have been a member of the Federalist fleet of front groups that file so-called Society since law school, still am, so, frank- and also serve as a consultant to a ly, it seems like it’s been in-sourced. amicus briefs before courts signaling legal organization fighting for the con- what results the big donors want. The Ha-ha, so funny. firmation of specific Justices? What The Federalist Society does more Kochs, the Bradleys, the Mercers, and consulting did they do? Was there any than pick the judges. They prepare their ilk spend millions to pursue an consulting done at all? Great ques- them. They study the prospective anti-regulation, anti-union, and anti- tions. Leonard Leo probably knows the nominees and the Senators who will environment agenda, and they use the answer. In 2018, he told the Federal ask them questions. They gather mur- Federalist Society to stock the judici- Elections Commission that the BH der boards for nominees to practice for ary with judges who will rule their Group was his employer. confirmation hearings. way. While this apparatus may be complex Mr. Leo is proud of this operation. The Federalist Society, as a 501(c)(3) and difficult to track, its goal is sim- During the confirmation hearing for organization, is supposed to stay out of ple. Don McGahn explained it suc- Justice Neil Gorsuch, Leo told Toobin, politics. The Judicial Crisis Network is cinctly: ‘‘Regulatory reform and judi- with considerable satisfaction: a 501(c)(4) organization which can, and cial selection are . . . deeply con- You know, the hearings matter so much does, get involved in politics. The Judi- nected.’’ Translated, that means that less than they once did. We have the tools cial Crisis Network is led by a disciple the Federalist Society’s goal is to pack now to do all the research. We know every- of Leonard Leo’s, a former clerk for ul- the judiciary through judicial selection thing they have written. We know what traconservative Justice Clarence with judges who will deliver what is they’ve said. There are no surprises. Thomas. The Judicial Crisis Network called regulatory reform, an extreme In the Judiciary Committee, we see has been described in conservative cir- anti-regulation, anti-union, anti-envi- the result over and over—meaningless cles as ‘‘Leonard Leo’s PR organiza- ronment agenda for those corporatist committee hearings where nominees tion—nothing more and nothing less.’’ Federalist Society funders. parrot empty words about applying law When it comes time to muscle a judi- Let me give you two examples. to fact and respecting precedent. Then, cial nominee through Senate confirma- The Senate just confirmed Neomi once confirmed and on the bench, those tion, the Judicial Crisis Network Rao to the DC Circuit Court of Ap- nominees deliver dependably for the swings into action. Media campaigns, peals. Rao comes right out of the deep partisan and corporate donors behind attack ads, and big spending—that is bog of special interest dark money. Her this Federalist Society operation. the Judicial Crisis Network’s world. bio appears on the Federalist Society It is bad enough that judicial selec- Like its Federalist Society partner, website, along with the list of 26 times tion has been outsourced—or the Judicial Crisis Network gets mas- she has been featured at Federalist So- insourced—to a partisan private entity. sive sums of dark money, and it spends ciety events—26 auditions, as one Worse is how nontransparent this all massively too. It spent $7 million on might describe them. is. It is hard to find out who is behind campaigns to block Merrick Garland This is a person confirmed for the DC it. It is a very nontransparent problem, from getting a hearing on his nomina- Court of Appeals who has never been a but here is what we have been able to tion to the Supreme Court, and it spent judge. She has never even tried a case. piece together. The evidence is that the $10 million to support the nomina- What has she done? She served as the Federalist Society is funded by mas- tion—blockade enabled—of Neil Trump administration’s point person sive, secret contributions from cor- Gorsuch—and $7 million and $10 mil- for tearing down Federal regulations as porate rightwing groups that have big lion—and it received one anonymous head of the White House’s Office of In- agendas before the courts. donation of $17.9 million. One donor formation and Regulatory Affairs. In 2017 the Federalist Society took gave $17.9 million to this operation to Among her greatest hits was taking $5.5 million via an entity called influence our judiciary. I will say that one of Scott Pruitt’s proposed regu- DonorsTrust. DonorsTrust has as its we need to know who that donor was. latory rollbacks for the climate-change sole purpose to launder the identities Because we are in the minority, we are driving-gas methane from the oil and of donors to other groups so that Amer- going to be spurned and rejected if we gas industry and tipping that regula- icans don’t know who the real backers try to get that information. On the tion even further in favor of fossil fuel are of the groups. It is an identity re- House side, where they have the power polluters. Out-Pruitting Scott Pruitt moval machine for big donors. Through of subpoena, we need to pursue that. It for the fossil fuel industry is hard to the hard work of investigators, jour- ought to be public information when do. That may have been another audi- nalists, and researchers, we have one donor can spend nearly $18 million tion for the court. learned that the Koch brothers are to influence the selection of a U.S. Su- Rao also funded the so-called Center among the largest—if not the largest— preme Court Justice. for the Study of the Administrative contributors to DonorsTrust. The Fed- Judicial Crisis Network then got $23 State at George Mason University’s eralist Society’s total annual budget is million from something called the Antonin Scalia Law School, which is about $20 million. So this $5.5 million Wellspring Committee. You will have devoted to conjuring ways to roll back in funding, laundered through to forgive some of this because it is as many regulations affecting these DonorsTrust, provides more than a very obscure. These are peculiar groups corporations as possible and is funded quarter of its entire budget. that aren’t involved in any ordinary by these same secretive groups. Other shadowy corporate and right- business or regular activity. The I asked Ms. Rao about the funders of wing organizations also donate mil- Wellspring Committee is a Virginia- her center at the Scalia Law School. lions to the Federalist Society. In 1 based entity with ties to—you guessed She claimed in her answers—and, by year, the Lynde and Harry Bradley it—Leonard Leo, and the Judicial Cri- the way, I will add that these were Foundation, a rightwing trust, gave sis Network then promised to spend as questions for the record—written ques- over $3 million to the Federalist Soci- much on the Kavanaugh nomination as tions that she had time to consider, re- ety. Koch Industries, several other they had for Gorsuch. view, and respond to. This was not a Koch-network foundations and trusts, Add to this mix of peculiarly funded surprise attack of an unprepared wit- and nearly a dozen wholly anonymous and obscure organizations the BH ness at a hearing. She had weeks to an- donors have given over $100,000 each to Group, a shell corporation that gave $1 swer. She claimed in her answers that, the Federalist Society. Tax documents million to Donald Trump’s inaugural. to the best of her knowledge, her orga- from 2014, uncovered by the New York The BH Group received over $1 million nization had not received any money Times, show a donation of more than $2 in something called consulting fees in from the Federalist Society, from Koch million from the Mercer family, the se- 2017 from something else called the Ju- Family Foundations, or from anony- cretive donors who helped start dicial Education Project. Who is Judi- mous funders. Breitbart News and bankrolled the cial Education Project? The Judicial Well, that was simply not true. A Trump campaign. Education Project is—guess what—the Virginia open records request revealed

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:53 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27MR6.040 S27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2035 that an anonymous donor and the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without lating Treasure County for 100 years of Charles Koch Foundation donated $30 objection, it is so ordered. as one of Montana’s 56 counties. million earmarked specially for her or- f Although one of the least populous ganization. Guess whose interests she counties in Montana, Treasure boasts has been conveyed onto the DC Circuit MORNING BUSINESS many historic buildings that incor- Court of Appeals to protect. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I porate the rich history of Big Sky Now consider the case of Kisor v. ask unanimous consent that the Sen- Country from the Yucca Theater with Wilkie, a case currently before the Su- ate be in a period of morning business, its beautiful Spanish mission style ar- preme Court. It hasn’t gotten much at- with Senators permitted to speak chitecture that provided hope and en- tention. On its face, it is about an ob- therein for up to 10 minutes each. tertainment during the Great Depres- scure administrative law doctrine, but The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without sion, to the 1950s contemporary style Kisor has been described as a ‘‘stalking objection, it is so ordered. courthouse in Hysham. With a popu- horse for much larger game’’—whether f lation less than a thousand, Treasure administrative agencies can continue ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS County’s rich lands provide a bounty to have the independence they need to for ranchers and farmers alike. regulate in the public interests. At ∑ Mr. BENNET. Mr. President. I wish Treasure County is an important stake could be the power of the EPA to to honor the distinguished career of part of Montana’s cherished history protect our air and water, of the De- Bruce Benson, the outgoing president and remains a vital part of our State’s partment of Labor to continue to proof the University of Colorado. Through landscape. I congratulate the folks tect workers in the workplace, and of his tenacity and hard work, Bruce down in Treasure County on cele- the Securities and Exchange Commis- made the university and the State of brating 100 years of excellence in local sion to protect investors against finan- Colorado a better place. CU is one of government.∑ cial fraud. the Nation’s great universities, and f Many corporations hate regulation. Bruce’s contributions, including the The problem is regulations are pretty record-breaking growth in research REMEMBERING SAMYA STUMO popular. Politicians may talk about funding, have made it a source of state- ∑ Mr. MARKEY. Mr. President, Samya cutting redtape, but their constituents wide pride. Stumo, a University of Massachusetts really like clean air and clean water. Bruce would admit that he was origi- Amherst graduate and resident of Shef- They want safe workplaces and the nally reluctant to take the job and field, MA, was tragically killed aboard peace of mind that their investments with good reason: He had already en- Ethiopian Airlines flight 302. Samya, are sound. joyed a long and fruitful career in poli- That is where judges like Neomi Rao just 24 years old, was a champion of so- tics, philanthropy, and business. How- and cases like Kisor come in. For dec- cial justice, with a goal of revolution- ever, those experiences and relation- ades we have operated in a system izing global health. Her undergraduate ships were exactly what made Bruce so where Congress passes laws and admin- fieldwork in Peru challenged unjust so- effective. As only he could, Bruce was istrative Agencies fill in the details cial services; her master’s work in Eu- able to use these experiences to further and implement those laws using their rope gave a voice to marginalized pa- regulatory power and their time, pa- CU’s standing as one the Nation’s tient groups living with viral hepatitis; tience, and expertise to deal with com- prominent public universities and re- and, most recently, she was working to plex problems. It has worked extremely search institutions. disrupt the status quo in global health well. Cases like Kisor, however, slowly Under Bruce’s leadership, the univer- systems to help countries achieve uni- chip away at that system, shifting sity’s research funding reached record versal healthcare coverage. She strove more and more power from expert regu- levels, surpassing $1 billion during the for all people and patients to be treated latory agencies to courts and to courts last academic year. This money alas human beings, particularly in con- filled with more and more judges like lowed for critical research in bio- text of their culture, family, and indi- Neomi Rao. technology, healthcare, energy, and viduality. She was a beacon of hope for The Daily Beast influence reporter aerospace and a number of other fields. Massachusetts, the Nation, and all of Jay Michaelson wrote: Additionally, CU had its 6 best fund- the lives she has touched.∑ Sometimes thought of as a legal associa- raising years during his time at the f helm, including a record $440.4 million tion, the Federalist Society is actually a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI’S BI- large right-wing network that grooms con- between 2017 and 2018. All the while, servative law students still in law school Bruce guided efforts to implement CENTENNIAL RESEARCH AND IN- (sponsoring everything from free burrito operational efficiencies, cut bureauc- NOVATION WEEK lunches to conferences, speakers, and jour- racy, and improve business practices at ∑ Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, today nals), links them together, mentors them, the university. Successes like these so- I wish to recognize the University of finds them jobs, and eventually places them Cincinnati on their bicentennial cele- in courts and in government. lidify Bruce’s legacy and his commitment to the future of Colorado. It is bration honoring 200 years of extraor- Within this Federalist Society is this worth noting that he is retiring as the dinary research. operation I have described, funded by longest serving CU president in more In January of 1819, two colleges were dark money and designed to remake than half a century. chartered by the state of Ohio: the our judiciary on behalf of a distinct Bruce has always been a tireless Medical College of Ohio and Cincinnati group of very wealthy and powerful, College. Both are predecessors to to- anonymous funders. Add to that the champion for Colorado’s young people. day’s University of Cincinnati. The dark money funding the so-called Judi- He worked to make the DPS Founda- opening enrollment of Cincinnati Col- cial Crisis Network. Add to that the tion into the great civic organization it lege was roughly 70 students. Today, dark money funding the amicus briefs is today. He has also done extraor- the University of Cincinnati has an en- telling these judges what to do. Then dinary work at Children’s Hospital Col- rollment of nearly 46,000 students, look at the outcomes when the Fed- orado. making it one of the largest univer- eralist Society-selected appointees get Bruce has consistently worked to sities in the Nation. UC stands as a a majority on the court. It is not a change the lives of children and stu- Carnegie Research 1 university, with a pretty sight. dents across the State of Colorado, I yield the floor. from the youngest of kids to college living alumni base of more than 300,000; I suggest the absence of a quorum. graduates. I know I speak on behalf of a world-acclaimed campus and top pro- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The all of Colorado when I say that we are grams in music, health, design, science, clerk will call the roll. all grateful for his service.∑ and more; plus a $4.2 billion economic The legislative clerk proceeded to f impact in its tristate region of Ohio, call the roll. Kentucky, and Indiana. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I RECOGNIZING TREASURE COUNTY Next week, UC will be celebrating its ask unanimous consent that the order ∑ Mr. DAINES. Mr. President, this Bicentennial Research and Innovation for the quorum call be rescinded. week I have the honor of congratu- Week. The week will be honoring UC’s

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:53 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G27MR6.042 S27MRPT1 S2036 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 27, 2019 past 200 years of extraordinary re- bers. His leadership will not be soon for the study of history. He was twice search by showcasing the impactful, forgotten, and I congratulate him on a board member and was elected presi- imaginative, and innovative work re- his successes, as well as wish him good dent of the Mississippi Historical Soci- searchers at UC are doing today. Exam- fortune, on this next chapter in his ety, served 15 years on the State Com- ples of the research and innovation life.∑ mittee for the Center for the Study of that will be highlighted during the f Southern Culture at the University of week include demonstrations of con- Mississippi, and founded the Yazoo His- TRIBUTE TO SAMUEL B. OLDEN nected autonomous vehicles, presen- torical Society’s remarkable museum, tations on infrastructure to share data ∑ Mr. WICKER. Mr. President, I am housed in the same Triangle Center in smart secure cities, pitches by stu- pleased to advise the Senate of the ac- building where he had attended ele- dent-inventors and entrepreneurs, dis- complishments of a fellow Mississip- mentary school. Even in his 90s, he es- cussions on partnerships needed for the pian, Mr. Samuel B. Olden of Yazoo tablished and helped to fund the Yazoo goal of ending the opioid epidemic, City, on the occasion of his 100th birth- Memorial Literary Walkway, which highlights from experts in day. stretches between the Triangle Center bioinformatics, neuroscience, and engi- Mr. Olden is from Yazoo City, the and the B.S. Ricks Library. The walk- neering at the University of Cincinnati gateway to the Mississippi Delta, way memorializes more than 100 and its affiliated institutions and how where he was born in 1919, to a family Yazooan authors that include former they are pushing the boundaries of of Mississippi planters. Throughout his U.S. House Minority Leader and U.S. clinical and data sciences, and more. youth, he read widely in the B.S. Ricks Senator John Sharp Williams, literary UC is proud of the broad societal im- Memorial Library, the oldest privately critic and editor Henry Herschel pacts the work of our researchers have funded public library in the State, Brickell, Governor Haley Reeves had on Cincinnati, the region, and be- which greatly contributed to his per- Barbour, beloved writers Willie Morris, yond. Congratulations to the Univer- sonal development and admission into Teresa Nicholas, Ruth Williams, John sity of Cincinnati for 200 years of re- the University of Mississippi in Oxford. Langston, and Caroline Langston search and innovation excellence.∑ There, he received a B.A. and M.A., re- Jarboe, and educator Henry Mitchell f portedly conversed with Nobel Prize Brickell. His large collection of pre-Co- winning author William Faulkner, and lumbian ceramics is now on display in TRIBUTE TO DR. RONNIE BOOTH was ultimately recruited to Wash- the Mississippi Museum of Art in Jack- ∑ Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. Mr. ington, DC, to serve at the Department son and is the focus of Yumi Park’s President, today I would like to cele- of State. Prior to American involve- book ‘‘Mirrors of Clay.’’ brate the service and achievements of ment in World War II, Mr. Olden was This remarkable man has served his Dr. Ronnie Booth of Anderson, SC, as sent abroad as the Vice Consul at our Nation as a diplomat, military officer, he approaches his retirement from his embassy in Quito, Ecuador, from 1941 and emissary, during wars hot and position as president of the Tri-County to 1943. Upon his return, Mr. Olden en- cold. He served the world in the energy Technical College. Dr. Booth, named listed in the U.S. Navy, serving from industry as a global businessman of the third president of TCTC in 2003, has 1943–46 at posts ranging from Shanghai, distinction. He returned to his home- spent the last 16 years helping to ad- China, to Paris, France. town and has continued to serve his vance the college and community to its After the war, Mr. Olden transited State, his university, and his commu- current level of unprecedented success. the north Atlantic on a Liberty ship. A nity as a historian, educator, and phi- Under Dr. Booth’s leadership, Tri- fellow naval officer noted Mr. Olden’s lanthropist even into the tenth decade County Technical College launched fortitude during this stormy passage. of his life. His friends across the Nation three community campuses, three While tending to his ailing father back and around the world celebrate with workforce training centers, and eco- in Mississippi, he received a letter from him today.∑ nomic development, technology and Washington asking him to consider de- student success centers among dif- fending our Nation’s freedom, in a f ferent campuses. He also created and third, essential way. Mr. Olden re- MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE established the Bridge to Clemson and turned to the District of Columbia, At 10:08 a.m., a message from the Connect to College Programs, which where he was invited to join the newly House of Representatives, delivered by both help to create pathways for stu- formed Central Intelligence Group. Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- dents of all backgrounds to achieve Commencing in 1947, Mr. Olden spent 2 nounced that the House has passed the their goals. Other notable achieve- years in the group’s Washington office, following bills, in which it requests the ments during his tenure include the followed by 3 years in Vienna, Austria, concurrence of the Senate: Technical Career Pathways Program, where he defended freedom and democ- H.R. 297. An act to extend the Federal rec- Michelin Manufacturing Scholars Pro- racy against Communist aggression. ognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chip- gram, and I-BEST Manufacturing Following a decade in public service, pewa Indians of Montana, and for other pur- Pathway Program. Mr. Olden entered the private sector, poses. Just this past year, Tri-County Tech- where he employed his experience H.R. 1388. An act to take lands in Sonoma nical College earned the top ranking in abroad for Mobil Oil. From 1952–1957, he County, California, into trust as part of the student success, transfer, and gradua- was posted in East and West Nigeria, reservation of the Lytton Rancheria of Cali- tion among the 16 colleges in the SC British and French Cameroon, The fornia, and for other purposes. Technical College System and also Congo, Chad, and Gabon. He joined ENROLLED BILL SIGNED ranked in the top 1 percent nationally Mobil’s government relations depart- At 1:49 p.m., a message from the for successful transfers to 4-year col- ment in 1957 and returned to New York. House of Representatives, delivered by leges and universities. Community sup- There, he attained Observer status at Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- port and partnerships have also grown the United Nations and strode the halls nounced that the Speaker has signed under Dr. Booth’s leadership, truly with Adlai Stevenson and Eleanor Roo- the following enrolled bill: uniting the Tri-County area for the sevelt. Later, he went abroad once S. 252. An act to authorize the honorary better. more to serve as general manager of appointment of Robert J. Dole to the grade Dr. Booth has also been an active and Mobil’s affiliates in Tunisia, Algeria, of Colonel in the regular Army. engaged citizen, being a member of Peru, and Spain. The enrolled bill was subsequently multiple professional associations, By 1974, Mr. Olden was fluent in signed by the President pro tempore civic groups, and State and national English, French, German, and Spanish. (Mr. GRASSLEY). boards. His commitment to improving He had connections around the world. f the lives of his students, school, and And where did he go? He chose to retire community cannot be understated, and to the finest place that he had ever MEASURES REFERRED he has surely made a resoundingly lived: Yazoo City. There, he owned and The following bill was read the first positive impact on countless students, operated a cattle ranch for 15 years, and the second times by unanimous faculty, staff, and community mem- while continuing to pursue his passion consent, and referred as indicated:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:53 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR6.011 S27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2037 H.R. 1388. An act to take lands in Sonoma of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to dent’s Budget as adequate for the implemen- County, California, into trust as part of the law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Scrapie in tation of the Department’s Operational En- reservation of the Lytton Rancheria of Cali- Sheep and Goats’’ (Docket No. APHIS–2007– ergy Strategy; to the Committees on Armed fornia, and for other purposes; to the Com- 0127) received in the Office of the President Services; and Appropriations. mittee on Indian Affairs. of the Senate on March 25, 2019; to the Com- EC–714. A communication from the Acting Secretary of Defense, transmitting a request f mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For- estry. relative to issuing a travel restriction on MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME EC–707. A communication from the Admin- senior officials’ travel to Syria effective istrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, March 19, 2019; to the Committee on Armed The following bill was read the first Department of Agriculture, transmitting, Services. time: pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled EC–715. A communication from the Acting H.R. 297. An act to extend the Federal rec- ‘‘Federal Milk Marketing Orders - Amending Secretary of Defense, transmitting a request ognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chip- the Class 1 Skim Milk Price Formula’’ ((7 relative to issuing a travel restriction on pewa Indians of Montana, and for other pur- CFR Part 1000) (Docket No. AMS–DA–18– senior officials’ travel to Iraq effective poses. 0096)) received during adjournment of the March 19, 2019; to the Committee on Armed Services. f Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on March 20, 2019; to the Committee EC–716. A communication from the Assist- ENROLLED BILL PRESENTED on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. ant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), transmitting, pursuant to The Secretary of the Senate reported EC–708. A communication from the Admin- istrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, law, a report on the mobilizations of selected that on today, March 27, 2019, she had Department of Agriculture, transmitting, reserve units, received during adjournment presented to the President of the pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled of the Senate in the Office of the President United States the following enrolled ‘‘Pecans Grown in the States of Alabama, of the Senate on March 20, 2019; to the Com- bill: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Geor- mittee on Armed Services. EC–717. A communication from the Senior S. 252. An act to authorize the honorary gia, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Official performing the duties of the Under appointment of Robert J. Dole to the grade Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readi- of colonel in the regular Army. South Carolina, and Texas; Revision of Re- porting Requirements’’ ((7 CFR Part 986) ness), transmitting the report of six (6) officers authorized to wear the insignia of the f (Docket No. AMS–SC–18–0019; SC18–986–1 grade of brigadier general in accordance with FR)) received during adjournment of the EXECUTIVE AND OTHER title 10, United States Code, section 777, this Senate in the Office of the President of the COMMUNICATIONS will not cause the Department to exceed the Senate on March 20, 2019; to the Committee number of frocked officers authorized; to the The following communications were on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. EC–709. A communication from the Admin- Committee on Armed Services. laid before the Senate, together with EC–718. A communication from the Senior istrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, accompanying papers, reports, and doc- Official performing the duties of the Under Department of Agriculture, transmitting, uments, and were referred as indicated: Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readi- pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ness), transmitting the report of eleven (11) EC–703. A communication from the Acting ‘‘Fresh Fruits, Vegetables and Other Prod- officers authorized to wear the insignia of Director, Office of Management and Budget, ucts Inspection, Certification and Standards Executive Office of the President, transmit- the grade of rear admiral (lower half) in ac- and Processed Fruits and Vegetables, Proc- cordance with title 10, United States Code, ting, pursuant to law, a report entitled essed Products Thereof, and Certain Other ‘‘OMB Sequestration Preview Report to the section 777, this will not cause the Depart- Processed Food Products; Removal of Power ment to exceed the number of frocked offi- President and Congress for Fiscal Year 2020’’; of Attorney and Other Administrative to the Special Committee on Aging; Agri- cers authorized; to the Committee on Armed Changes’’ ((7 CFR Parts 51 and 52) (Docket Services. culture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Appropria- No. AMS–SC–16–0106)) received during ad- tions; Armed Services; Banking, Housing, EC–719. A communication from the Alter- journment of the Senate in the Office of the nate Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office and Urban Affairs; the Budget; Commerce, President of the Senate on March 20, 2019; to Science, and Transportation; Energy and of the Secretary, Department of Defense, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of Natural Resources; Environment and Public and Forestry. Works; Select Committee on Ethics; Fi- a rule entitled ‘‘Program to Encourage Pub- EC–710. A communication from the Presi- lic and Community Service (PACS)’’ nance; Foreign Relations; Health, Education, dent of the United States, transmitting, pur- Labor, and Pensions; Homeland Security and (RIN0790–AK44) received in the Office of the suant to law, the Budget Blueprint of the President of the Senate on March 13, 2019; to Governmental Affairs; Indian Affairs; Select United States Government for Fiscal Year Committee on Intelligence; the Judiciary; the Committee on Armed Services. 2020 received during adjournment of the Sen- EC–720. A communication from the Presi- Rules and Administration; Small Business ate in the Office of the President of the Sen- dent of the United States, transmitting, pur- and Entrepreneurship; and Veterans’ Affairs. ate on March 18, 2019; referred jointly, pursu- suant to law, a report relative to the EC–704. A communication from the Acting ant to the order of January 30, 1975 as modi- issuance of an Executive Order with respect Director, Office of Management and Budget, fied by the order of April 11, 1986; to the to transnational criminal organizations that Executive Office of the President, transmit- Committees on the Budget; and Appropria- takes additional steps to deal with the nating, pursuant to law, a report entitled tions. tional emergency with respect to significant ‘‘OMB Report to the Congress on the Joint EC–711. A communication from the Presi- transnational criminal organizations de- Committee Reductions for Fiscal Year 2020’’; dent of the United States, transmitting, pur- clared in Executive Order 13581 of July 24, to the Special Committee on Aging; Agri- suant to law, the fiscal year 2018 Annual Nu- 2011; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, culture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Appropria- clear Weapons Stockpile Assessments from and Urban Affairs. tions; Armed Services; Banking, Housing, the Secretaries of Defense and Energy, the EC–721. A communication from the Sec- and Urban Affairs; the Budget; Commerce, three national security laboratory directors, retary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursu- Science, and Transportation; Energy and and the Commander, United States Strategic ant to law, a six-month periodic report on Natural Resources; Environment and Public Command (OSS–2019–0274); to the Committee the national emergency with respect to per- Works; Select Committee on Ethics; Fi- on Armed Services. sons undermining democratic processes or nance; Foreign Relations; Health, Education, EC–712. A communication from the Assist- institutions in Zimbabwe that was declared Labor, and Pensions; Homeland Security and ant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations in Executive Order 13288 of March 6, 2003; to Governmental Affairs; Indian Affairs; Select and Low Intensity Conflict), transmitting, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Committee on Intelligence; the Judiciary; pursuant to law, a report relative to the De- Urban Affairs. Rules and Administration; Small Business partment of Defense support activities pro- EC–722. A communication from the Sec- and Entrepreneurship; and Veterans’ Affairs. vided under the authority of Section 1022 of retary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursu- EC–705. A communication from the Direc- the National Defense Authorization Act for ant to law, a six-month periodic report on tor of the Regulatory Management Division, FY 2004 during fiscal year 2018 (OSS–2019– the national emergency with respect to Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- 0206); to the Committee on Armed Services. South Sudan that was declared in Executive ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- EC–713. A communication from the Assist- Order 13664 of April 3, 2014; to the Committee titled ‘‘Mandipropamid; Pesticide Toler- ant Secretary of Defense (Sustainment), on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. ances’’ (FRL No. 9987–25–OCSPP) received transmitting, pursuant to law, a notice of EC–723. A communication from the Sec- during adjournment of the Senate in the Of- additional time required to complete a re- retary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursu- fice of the President of the Senate on March port that includes a fuel budget justification ant to law, a six-month periodic report on 22, 2019; to the Committee on Agriculture, for the upcoming fiscal year, an appendix of the national emergency that was declared in Nutrition, and Forestry. all Department of Defense operational en- Executive Order 13694 of April 1, 2015, with EC–706. A communication from the Con- ergy initiatives, the Joint Staff’s progress in respect to significant malicious cyber-en- gressional Review Coordinator, Animal and implementing the energy Key Performance abled activities; to the Committee on Bank- Plant Health Inspection Service, Department Parameter, and certification of the Presi- ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:55 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR6.008 S27MRPT1 S2038 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 27, 2019 EC–724. A communication from the Sec- EC–734. A communication from the Senior Senate in the Office of the President of the retary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursu- Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Depart- Senate on March 15, 2019; to the Committee ant to law, a six-month periodic report on mental Offices, Department of the Treasury, on Environment and Public Works. the national emergency declared in Execu- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of EC–743. A communication from the Direc- tive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, with a rule entitled ‘‘Freedom of Information Act tor of the Regulatory Management Division, respect to persons who commit, threaten to Regulations’’ ((RIN1505–AC35) (31 CFR Part Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- commit, or support terrorism; to the Com- 1)) received during adjournment of the Sen- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- ate in the Office of the President of the Sen- titled ‘‘Clean Air Plans; 2008 8-Hour Ozone fairs. ate on March 20, 2019; to the Committee on Nonattainment Area Requirements; San Joa- EC–725. A communication from the Sec- Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. quin Valley, California’’ (FRL No. 9990–13– retary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursu- EC–735. A communication from the Assist- Region 9) received during adjournment of the ant to law, a six-month periodic report on ant to the Board of Governors of the Federal Senate in the Office of the President of the the national emergency with respect to Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to Senate on March 15, 2019; to the Committee Ukraine that was originally declared in Ex- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Amend- on Environment and Public Works. ecutive Order 13660 of March 6, 2014; to the ments to the Capital Plan Rule’’ (RIN7100– EC–744. A communication from the Direc- Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AF41) received during adjournment of the tor of the Regulatory Management Division, Affairs. Senate in the Office of the President of the Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- EC–726. A communication from the Sec- Senate on March 20, 2019; to the Committee ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- retary of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. titled ‘‘Methylene Chloride; Regulation of to law, a report relative to the export to the EC–736. A communication from the Deputy Paint and Coating Removal for Consumer People’s Republic of China of an item not Secretary, Division of Corporation Finance, Use Under TSCA Section 6(a)’’ (FRL No. detrimental to the U.S. space launch indus- Securities and Exchange Commission, trans- 9989–29–OCSPP) received during adjournment try; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, mitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule of the Senate in the Office of the President and Urban Affairs. entitled ‘‘FAST Act Modernization and Sim- of the Senate on March 22, 2019; to the Com- EC–727. A communication from the Sec- plification of Regulation S–K’’ (RIN3235– mittee on Environment and Public Works. retary of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant AM00) received during adjournment of the EC–745. A communication from the Direc- to law, a report relative to the export to the Senate in the Office of the President of the tor of the Regulatory Management Division, People’s Republic of China of items not det- Senate on March 22, 2019; to the Committee Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- rimental to the U.S. space launch industry; on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and EC–737. A communication from the Asso- titled ‘‘Standards of Performance for New Urban Affairs. ciate General Counsel for Legislation and Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines EC–728. A communication from the Vice Regulations, Office of General Counsel, De- for Existing Sources Commercial and Indus- President and Chief Operating Officer of the partment of Housing and Urban Develop- trial Solid Waste Incineration Units; Tech- Export-Import Bank of the United States, ment, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- nical Amendments’’ (FRL No. 9991–32–OAR) transmitting, pursuant to law, the Uniform port of a rule entitled ‘‘Adjustments of Civil received during adjournment of the Senate Resource Locators (URLs) for the Bank’s Monetary Penalty Amounts for 2019’’ in the Office of the President of the Senate Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Performance Plan (RIN2501–AD90) received in the Office of the on March 22, 2019; to the Committee on Envi- and Fiscal Year 2018 Annual Performance President of the Senate on March 25, 2019; to Report to Congress; to the Committee on ronment and Public Works. the Committee on Banking, Housing, and EC–746. A communication from the Direc- Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC–729. A communication from the Direc- Urban Affairs. tor of the Regulatory Management Division, EC–738. A communication from the General tor, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protec- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- tion, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 2019 Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Com- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- annual report relative to the Fair Debt Col- mission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the titled ‘‘Air Plan Approval; Kentucky; Minor lection Practices Act; to the Committee on report of a rule entitled ‘‘Implementation of Sources Infrastructure Requirement for the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Amended Section 203(a)(1)(B) of the Federal 2012 Fine Particulate Matter, 2010 Nitrogen EC–730. A communication from the Pro- Power Act’’ ((RIN1902–AF56) (Docket No. Dioxide, and 2010 Sulfur Dioxide NAAQS’’ gram Specialist of the Legislative and Regu- RM19–4–000)) received during adjournment of (FRL No. 9991–40–Region 4) received during latory Activities Division, Office of the the Senate in the Office of the President of adjournment of the Senate in the Office of Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Senate on March 18, 2019; to the Com- the President of the Senate on March 22, the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, mittee on Energy and Natural Resources. 2019; to the Committee on Environment and the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Loans in Areas EC–739. A communication from the Chief of Public Works. Having Special Flood Hazards’’ (RIN1557– the Regulations and Standards Branch, Bu- EC–747. A communication from the Chair- AD84) received during adjournment of the reau of Safety and Environmental Enforce- man, Medicare Payment Advisory Commis- Senate in the Office of the President of the ment, Department of the Interior, transmit- sion, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report Senate on March 15, 2019; to the Committee ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- entitled ‘‘March 2019 Report to the Congress: on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. titled ‘‘Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations on Medicare Payment Policy’’; to the Com- EC–731. A communication from the General the Outer Continental Shelf - Civil Penalty mittee on Finance. Counsel of the Federal Housing Finance Inflation Adjustment’’ (RIN1014–AA42) re- EC–748. A communication from the Chair, Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the ceived in the Office of the President of the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access report of a rule entitled ‘‘Rules of Practice Senate on March 25, 2019; to the Committee Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, and Procedure; Civil Money Penalty Infla- on Energy and Natural Resources. a report entitled ‘‘March 2019 Report to Con- tion Adjustment’’ (RIN2590–AB01) received in EC–740. A communication from the Assist- gress on Medicaid and CHIP’’; to the Com- the Office of the President of the Senate on ant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), mittee on Finance. March 13, 2019; to the Committee on Bank- transmitting, pursuant to law, a report rel- EC–749. A communication from the Chief of ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs. ative to the New Soo Locks Project, Sault the Publications and Regulations Branch, In- EC–732. A communication from the General Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI; to the ternal Revenue Service, Department of the Counsel of the Federal Housing Finance Committee on Environment and Public Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Works. report of a rule entitled ‘‘Guidance Under report of a rule entitled ‘‘Margin and Capital EC–741. A communication from the Direc- Section 851 Relating to Investments in Stock Requirements for Covered Swap Entities’’ tor of the Regulatory Management Division, and Securities’’ (RIN1545–BN55) received dur- (RIN2590–AB02) received in the Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- ing adjournment of the Senate in the Office President of the Senate on March 14, 2019; to ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- of the President of the Senate on March 21, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and titled ‘‘Air Plan Approval; Indiana; Attain- 2019; to the Committee on Finance. Urban Affairs. ment Plan for Indianapolis and Terre Haute EC–750. A communication from the Chief of EC–733. A communication from the Assist- SO2 Nonattainment Areas’’ (FRL No. 9991– the Publications and Regulations Branch, In- ant Director for Regulatory Affairs, Office of 10–Region 5) received during adjournment of ternal Revenue Service, Department of the Foreign Assets Control, Department of the the Senate in the Office of the President of Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the the Senate on March 15, 2019; to the Com- report of a rule entitled ‘‘Distributions of report of a rule entitled ‘‘Technical Amend- mittee on Environment and Public Works. Stocks and Securities of a Controlled Cor- ments to OFAC Regulations to Incorporate EC–742. A communication from the Direc- poration’’ (Rev. Rul. 2019–09) received during the List of Foreign Financial Institutions tor of the Regulatory Management Division, adjournment of the Senate in the Office of Subject to Correspondent Account or Pay- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- the President of the Senate on March 21, able-Through Account Sanctions (CAPTA ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- 2019; to the Committee on Finance. List)’’ (31 CFR Parts 561 and 566) received titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Air EC–751. A communication from the Chief of during adjournment of the Senate in the Of- Quality State Implementation Plans; Cali- the Publications and Regulations Branch, In- fice of the President of the Senate on March fornia; Plumas County; Moderate Area Plan ternal Revenue Service, Department of the 20, 2019; to the Committee on Banking, Hous- for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS’’ (FRL No. 9990–34– Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the ing, and Urban Affairs. Region 9) received during adjournment of the report of a rule entitled ‘‘2019 Calendar Year

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:35 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR6.016 S27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2039 Resident Population Figures’’ (Notice 2019– the amount of $100,000,000 or more (Trans- Act of 1965, as Amended by every Student 19) received during adjournment of the Sen- mittal No. DDTC 18–101); to the Committee Succeeds Act: Providing Equitable Services ate in the Office of the President of the Sen- on Foreign Relations. to Eligible Private School Children, Teach- ate on March 21, 2019; to the Committee on EC–759. A communication from the Assist- ers, and Families’’ received during adjourn- Finance. ant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Depart- ment of the Senate in the Office of the Presi- EC–752. A communication from the Chief of ment of State, transmitting, pursuant to the dent of the Senate on March 15, 2019; to the the Publications and Regulations Branch, In- Case-Zablocki Act, 1 U.S.C. 112b, as amended, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and ternal Revenue Service, Department of the the report of the texts and background state- Pensions. Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the ments of international agreements, other EC–766. A communication from the General report of a rule entitled ‘‘Treasury Decision than treaties (List 2019–0013 - 2019–0020); to Counsel, Office of Personnel Management, (TD): Amendments to the Low-Income Hous- the Committee on Foreign Relations. transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of ing Credit Compliance-Monitoring Regula- EC–760. A communication from the Chair- a vacancy for the position of Director, Office tions’’ (RIN1545–BL39) received during ad- man, National Committee on Vital and of Personnel Management, received during journment of the Senate in the Office of the Health Statistics, transmitting, pursuant to adjournment of the Senate in the Office of President of the Senate on March 21, 2019; to law, a report entitled, ‘‘Thirteenth Report to the President of the Senate on March 21, the Committee on Finance. Congress on the Implementation of the Ad- 2019; to the Committee on Homeland Secu- EC–753. A communication from the Chief of ministrative Simplification Provisions of the rity and Governmental Affairs. the Publications and Regulations Branch, In- Health Insurance Portability and Account- EC–767. A communication from the Asso- ternal Revenue Service, Department of the ability Act (HIPPA) of 1996’’; to the Com- ciate General Counsel for General Law, De- Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and partment of Homeland Security, transmit- report of a rule entitled ‘‘Treasury Decision Pensions. ting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a (TD): Amendments to the Low-Income Hous- EC–761. A communication from the Assist- vacancy in the position of Administrator, ing Credit Utility Allowance Regulations’’ ant General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Federal Emergency Management Agency, (RIN1545–BM28) received during adjournment Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Department of Homeland Security, received of the Senate in the Office of the President transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of in the Office of the President of the Senate of the Senate on March 21, 2019; to the Com- a rule entitled ‘‘Allocation of Assets in Sin- on March 25, 2019; to the Committee on mittee on Finance. gle-Employer Plans; Benefits Payable in Ter- Homeland Security and Governmental Af- EC–754. A communication from the Chief of minated Single-Employer Plans; Interest As- fairs. the Publications and Regulations Branch, In- sumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits’’ EC–768. A communication from the Assist- ternal Revenue Service, Department of the (29 CFR Parts 4022 and 4044) received during ant General Counsel for General Law, De- Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the adjournment of the Senate in the Office of partment of Homeland Security, transmit- report of a rule entitled ‘‘Treasury Decision the President of the Senate on March 20, ting, pursuant to law, six (6) reports relative (TD): Qualified Business Income Deduction’’ 2019; to the Committee on Health, Education, to vacancies in the Department of Homeland (RIN1545–BO71) received during adjournment Labor, and Pensions. Security, received during adjournment of the of the Senate in the Office of the President EC–762. A communication from the Direc- Senate in the Office of the President of the of the Senate on March 21, 2019; to the Com- tor of Regulations and Policy Management Senate on March 21, 2019; to the Committee mittee on Finance. Staff, Food and Drug Administration, De- on Homeland Security and Governmental Af- EC–755. A communication from the Assist- partment of Health and Human Services, fairs. ant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Depart- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of EC–769. A communication from the Vice ment of State, transmitting, pursuant to a rule entitled ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Chairman and Executive Director of the Ad- section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce ministrative Conference of the United the certification of a proposed license for the for Human Consumption; Extension of Com- States, transmitting, a report of five rec- export of firearms abroad controlled under pliance Dates for Subpart E’’ ((21 CFR Part ommendations adopted by the Administra- Category I of the U.S. Munitions Lists of .50 112) (Docket No. FDA–2011–N–0921)) received tive Conference of the United States at its 70th Plenary Session; to the Committee on caliber machine guns to Oman for the Royal in the Office of the President of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Af- Oman Guard in the amount of $1,000,000 or on March 18, 2019; to the Committee on fairs. more (Transmittal No. DDTC 18–053); to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. EC–770. A communication from the Direc- EC–763. A communication from the Acting Committee on Foreign Relations. tor, Office of Government Ethics, transmit- EC–756. A communication from the Assist- Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory ting, pursuant to law, the Office’s Congres- ant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Depart- Services, Office of Postsecondary Education, sional Budget Justification and Annual Per- ment of State, transmitting, pursuant to Department of Education, transmitting, pur- formance Plan for fiscal year 2020, and the section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, suant to law, the report of a rule entitled Annual Performance Report for fiscal year the certification of a proposed license for the ‘‘Guidance for the Standard Borrower De- 2018; to the Committee on Homeland Secu- export of firearms abroad controlled under fense to Repayment Applications; Institu- rity and Governmental Affairs. Category I of the U.S. Munitions Lists of tions’ Notifications of Financial Responsi- EC–771. A joint communication from the 5.56mm semi-automatic assault rifles to bility Events, Actions, and Conditions; Im- Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Oper- Oman for the Omani Ministry of Defense in plementation of the Class Action Bans and ating Officer of the Armed Forces Retire- the amount of $1,000,000 or more (Trans- Predispute Arbitration Agreements Provi- ment Home, transmitting, pursuant to law, a mittal No. DDTC 18–087); to the Committee sions; the Repayment Rate and Financial report entitled ‘‘Armed Forces Retirement on Foreign Relations. Protection Disclosures Provisions of the 2016 Home Performance and Accountability Re- EC–757. A communication from the Assist- Borrower Defense to Repayment Regula- port for Fiscal Year 2018’’; to the Committee ant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Depart- tions’’ (RIN1840–AD19) received during ad- on Homeland Security and Governmental Af- ment of State, transmitting, pursuant to journment of the Senate in the Office of the fairs. section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act, President of the Senate on March 20, 2019; to EC–772. A communication from the Execu- the certification of a proposed license for the the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, tive Director, Commodity Futures Trading export of defense articles, including tech- and Pensions. Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, nical data and defense services, to the United EC–764. A communication from the Acting the Commission’s fiscal year 2017 FAIR Act Kingdom and Israel to support the develop- Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory inventory; to the Committee on Homeland ment, integration, and support for F–135 pro- Services, Office of Postsecondary Education, Security and Governmental Affairs. pulsion system Organizational Level (O– Department of Education, transmitting, pur- EC–773. A communication from a Senior Level) maintenance field training, and serv- suant to law, the report of a rule entitled Official Performing the Duties of the Chief ices for the operation and sustainment of the ‘‘Student Assistance General Provisions, Financial Officer, Department of Homeland F–35 Lightening II air systems operated by Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, a the Ministry of Defense in Israel in the Family Education Loan Program, William D. report entitled ‘‘U.S. Department of Home- amount of $100,000,000 or more (Transmittal Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, and land Security Annual Performance Report No. DDTC 18–057); to the Committee on For- Teacher Education Assistance for College for Fiscal Years 2018–2020’’; to the Committee eign Relations. and Higher Education Grant Program’’ on Homeland Security and Governmental Af- EC–758. A communication from the Assist- (RIN1840–AD19) received during adjournment fairs. ant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Depart- of the Senate in the Office of the President EC–774. A communication from the Chair- ment of State, transmitting, pursuant to of the Senate on March 20, 2019; to the Com- man of the Council of the District of Colum- section 36(c) and (d) of the Arms Export Con- mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and bia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report trol Act, the certification of a proposed li- Pensions. on D.C. Act 21–563, ‘‘Short-Term Rental Reg- cense for the manufacture of significant EC–765. A communication from the Deputy ulation Act of 2018’’; to the Committee on military equipment and the export of tech- General Counsel, Office of Elementary and Homeland Security and Governmental Af- nical data and defense services, to Israel and Secondary Education, Department of Edu- fairs. Germany to support the manufacture of fire- cation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the EC–775. A communication from the Presi- arm components, parts, accessories, barrels, report of a rule entitled ‘‘Title I, Part A of dent of the United States, transmitting, pur- blank receivers, and breech mechanisms in the Elementary and Secondary Education suant to law, the Economic Report of the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:35 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR6.018 S27MRPT1 S2040 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 27, 2019 President together with the 2019 Annual Re- of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- were referred or ordered to lie on the port of the Council of Economic Advisers; to ant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘An- table as indicated: the Joint Economic Committee. chorage Ground; Sabine Pass, TX’’ POM–16. A resolution adopted by the Gen- EC–776. A communication from the Assist- ((RIN1625–AA01) (Docket No. USCG–2018– eral Assembly of the State of New Jersey ant General Counsel for General Law, De- 0388)) received during adjournment of the urging the United States Congress to enact partment of Homeland Security, transmit- Senate in the Office of the President of the the Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act; ting, pursuant to law, two (2) reports relative Senate on March 21, 2019; to the Committee to the Committee on Armed Services. to vacancies in the Department of Homeland on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Security, received during adjournment of the EC–786. A communication from the Attor- ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 85 Senate in the Office of the President of the ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department Whereas, under current federal law, sur- Senate on March 21, 2019; to the Committee of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- vivors of deceased military members are re- on the Judiciary. ant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Se- quired to forfeit part or all of their Survivor EC–777. A communication from the Assist- curity Zones: Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Benefit Plan (SBP) annuity when they are ant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Corpus Christi, TX’’ ((RIN1625–AA87) (Docket awarded Dependency and Indemnity Com- Affairs, Department of Justice, transmit- No. USCG–2019–0156)) received during ad- pensation (DIC) from the United States De- ting, pursuant to law, a report relative to journment of the Senate in the Office of the partment of Veterans Affairs (VA); and the Victims Compensation Fund established President of the Senate on March 21, 2019; to Whereas, currently, surviving spouses of by the Witness Security Reform Act of 1984; the Committee on Commerce, Science, and active duty or retired members who died of a to the Committee on the Judiciary. Transportation. service-connected cause are required to for- EC–778. A communication from the Assist- EC–787. A communication from the Attor- feit $1 of their SBP annuity for each $1 re- ant Attorney General, Office of Legislative ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department ceived in DIC; and Affairs, Department of Justice, transmit- of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- Whereas, for FY 2017, the DIC was approxi- ting, pursuant to law, the annual report from ant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Se- mately $1,258 a month and the offset wiped the Attorney General to Congress relative to curity Zones: Missouri River, Mile Markers out most if not all of the SBP annuity com- the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absen- 450–625, St. Joseph, MO to Omaha, NE’’ pensation for a majority of survivors; and tee Voting Act; to the Committee on Rules ((RIN1625–AA00) (Docket No. USCG–2019– Whereas, Congress has made attempts to and Administration. 0177)) received during adjournment of the help some of the survivors by: raising the EC–779. A communication from the Regula- Senate in the Office of the President of the lump-sum death gratuity for deaths after Oc- tion Policy Development Coordinator, Office Senate on March 21, 2019; to the Committee tober 2001; ending the offset for survivors of Regulation Policy and Management, De- on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. who remarry after age 57; and authorizing partment of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, EC–788. A communication from the Deputy the Special Survivor Indemnity Allowance pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs (SSIA), a modest monthly rebate (approxi- ‘‘VA Acquisition Regulation: Construction Bureau, Federal Communications Commis- mately $310 in FY 2017) to SBP-DIC recipi- and Architect-Engineer Contracts’’ (RIN2900– sion, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- ents subjected to this in equity; and AQ18) received during adjournment of the port of a rule entitled ‘‘Rules and Regula- Whereas, however, the lump-sum increases Senate in the Office of the President of the tions Implementing the Telephone Consumer in the death gratuity did not help the 95% of Senate on March 21, 2019; to the Committee Protection Act of 1991’’ (CG Docket No. 02– survivors whose spouses died of service- on Veterans’ Affairs. 278) received during adjournment of the Sen- caused conditions before 2001. Forced to for- EC–780. A communication from the Regula- ate in the Office of the President of the Sen- feit $1,258 a month, survivors view the SSIA tion Policy Development Coordinator, Office ate on March 15, 2019; to the Committee on $310 rebate a poor effort at restitution. More- of Regulation Policy and Management, De- Commerce, Science, and Transportation. over, SSIA will terminate in May 2018 if Con- partment of Veterans Affairs, transmitting, EC–789. A communication from the Chief of gress does not extend the allowance; and pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled Staff, Wireless Telecommunication Bureau, Whereas, in 2007, the Veterans Disability ‘‘Fertility Counseling and Treatment for Federal Communications Commission, trans- Benefits Commission was asked to review Certain Veterans and Spouses’’ (RIN2900– mitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule the inequity and determined that when mili- AP94) received during adjournment of the entitled ‘‘1998 Biennial Regulatory Review— tary service causes a member’s death, the Senate in the Office of the President of the Withdrawal of the Commission as an Ac- DIC should be paid in addition to the SBP Senate on March 15, 2019; to the Committee counting Authority in the Maritime Mobile on Veterans’ Affairs. annuity, not subtracted from it; and and Maritime Mobile-Satellite Radio Serv- Whereas, the Military Surviving Spouses EC–781. A communication from the Acting ices’’ ((FCC 18–186) (IB Docket No. 98–96)) re- Administrator of the Federal Aviation Ad- Equity Act is currently pending in Congress ceived in the Office of the President of the to: repeal certain provisions that require the ministration, Department of Transportation, Senate on March 14, 2019; to the Committee transmitting, pursuant to law, a report enti- offset of money paid in DIC compensation on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. from SBP annuities for surviving spouses tled ‘‘Assistance Provided to Foreign Avia- EC–790. A communication from the Asso- tion Authorities for FY 2018’’; to the Com- under 60 years of age; prohibit requiring re- ciate Bureau Chief, Wireline Competition payment of certain monies previously paid mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- Bureau, Federal Communications Commis- tation. to SBP recipients; and require certain mili- sion, transmitting, pursuant to law, the retary departments to pay the dependent chil- EC–782. A communication from the Direc- port of a rule entitled ‘‘Connect America tor, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, De- dren when there is no eligible surviving Fund’’ ((FCC 19–8) (WC Docket No. 10–90)) re- spouse; and partment of Transportation, transmitting, ceived during adjournment of the Senate in pursuant to law, a report entitled ‘‘Transpor- Whereas, this House urges Congress to pass the Office of the President of the Senate on tation Statistics Annual Report 2018’’; to the the Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act March 15, 2019; to the Committee on Com- Committee on Commerce, Science, and because our nation’s military personnel risk merce, Science, and Transportation. their lives to defend our nation and our free- Transportation. EC–791. A communication from the Chief of EC–783. A communication from the Regu- doms and they should be able to trust that Staff, Media Bureau, Federal Communica- latory Ombudsman, Federal Motor Carrier the benefits they designate for their families tions Commission, transmitting, pursuant to Safety Administration, Department of will be provided; Now, therefore, be it law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Television Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Broadcasting Services; Cookeville and law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘ELDT; State of New Jersey: Franklin, TN’’ (MB Docket No. 18–383) re- Commercial Driver’s License Upgrade from 1. This House urges Congress to enact the ceived during adjournment of the Senate in Class B to Class A’’ (RIN2126–AC05) received Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act. the Office of the President of the Senate on during adjournment of the Senate in the Of- 2. Copies of this resolution, as filed with March 18, 2019; to the Committee on Com- fice of the President of the Senate on March the Secretary of State shall be transmitted merce, Science, and Transportation. 21, 2019; to the Committee on Commerce, by the Clerk of the General Assembly to the EC–792. A communication from the Chief of President and Vice President of the United Science, and Transportation. Staff, Media Bureau, Federal Communica- EC–784. A communication from the Deputy States, the Majority and Minority Leaders of tions Commission, transmitting, pursuant to Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Pro- the United States Senate, the Speaker and law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘LPTV; TV grams, National Marine Fisheries Service, Minority Leader of the United States House Translator, and FM Broadcast Station Reim- Department of Commerce, transmitting, pur- of Representatives, every member of Con- bursement’’ ((FCC 19–21) (MB Docket No. 18– suant to law, the report of a rule entitled gress elected from this State, and the Sec- 214)) received during adjournment of the ‘‘International Affairs; Antarctic Marine retary of the United States Department of Senate in the Office of the President of the Living Resources Convention Act; Correc- Veterans Affairs. Senate on March 22, 2019; to the Committee tion’’ (RIN0648–BI40) received during ad- on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. journment of the Senate in the Office of the POM–17. A resolution adopted by the Sen- President of the Senate on March 20, 2019; to f ate of the State of Alaska urging the imple- the Committee on Commerce, Science, and PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS mentation of an oil and gas leasing program Transportation. in the coastal plain of the Arctic National EC–785. A communication from the Attor- The following petitions and memo- Wildlife Refuge; to the Committee on Energy ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department rials were laid before the Senate and and Natural Resources.

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 7 activity on the North Slope of Alaska with- who have serious medical conditions and out adverse effects on the environment or mental illnesses or who are the parents of Whereas, in 16 U.S.C. 3143 (sec. 1003 of the wildlife populations; and small children who qualify for Medicaid ben- Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva- Whereas the state continues to strive to efits; and tion Act), the United States Congress re- ensure the ongoing health and productivity Whereas, the jail population in the United served the right to permit oil and gas devel- of the Porcupine and Central Arctic caribou States is growing faster than the prison pop- opment and production in the coastal plain herds and the protection of land, water, and ulation, and approximately two-thirds of the of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; and wildlife resources during the exploration and jail population consists of those pending dis- Whereas, in 16 U.S.C. 3142 (sec. 1002 of the development of the coastal plain of the Arc- position who remain innocent until proven Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva- tic National Wildlife Refuge; and guilty and who are currently not being treat- tion Act), the United States Congress au- Whereas polling consistently shows Alas- ed equally to those awaiting trial who ob- thorized nondrilling exploratory activity in kans overwhelmingly support responsible oil tained bail and were released awaiting adju- the coastal plain of the Arctic National and gas development in the non-wilderness dication; and Wildlife Refuge; and portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Ref- Whereas, providing Medicaid services to Whereas sec. 20001 of the Tax Cuts and Jobs uge; and persons in jail pending disposition will in- Act of 2017 (P.L. 115–97) requires the United Whereas, while most Alaskans support decrease the likelihood that the provision of States Secretary of the Interior to establish velopment in the coastal plain of the Arctic services is continuous once the person reen- and administer a competitive oil and gas National Wildlife Refuge, many do so with ters the community; and program for the leasing, development, and the understanding that the state’s workforce Whereas, section 1905(a)(A) of the Social production of oil and gas in and the trans- will be used to the maximum extent possible Security Act prevents South Dakota from portation of oil and gas from the coastal if the leasing program moves forward; and providing Medicaid services to persons in jail plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Whereas the proposed leasing area of the pending disposition who would otherwise be and coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife covered under the Medicaid policies of South Whereas sec. 20001 of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Refuge is located in the North Slope Bor- Dakota: Now, therefore, be it Act of 2017 (P.L. 115–97) requires that at least ough, and many residents of the borough, the Resolved, By the Senate of the Ninety- two lease sales be held by December 22, 2024, population of which is predominantly Fourth Legislature of the State of South Da- and that each sale offer for lease at least Inupiat, are supportive of development in the kota, the House of Representatives concur- 400,000 acres of land with the highest hydro- non-wilderness area of the coastal plain; be ring therein, that the Legislature requests carbon potential in the coastal plain of the it further Resolved, That the Alaska State the United States Congress to amend the So- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, allowing for Legislature requests that the United States cial Security Act to allow states to provide up to 2,000 acres of federal land, which is Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Medicaid services to those persons presumed equivalent to .01 percent of the 19,300,000- Management, implement an oil and gas leas- innocent in jail awaiting trial; and be it fur- acre refuge, to be covered by production and ing program in the coastal plain of the Arc- ther support facilities; and tic National Wildlife Refuge as outlined in Resolved, That the secretary of the senate Whereas the coastal plain of the Arctic Na- the December 2018 Coastal Plain Oil and Gas transmit copies of this resolution to the tional Wildlife Refuge contains an estimated Leasing Program Draft Environmental Im- Speaker and Clerk of the United States 7,687,000,000 barrels of recoverable oil and pact Statement; and be it further House of Representatives, the President and 7,000,000,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas; and Resolved, That the Alaska State Legisla- Secretary of the United States Senate, the Whereas the exploration, development, and ture requests that the United States Depart- United States Secretary of Health and production of oil and gas in the coastal plain ment of the Interior, Bureau of Land Man- Human Services, and to the South Dakota of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is pre- agement, in its consideration of action alter- congressional delegation. dicted to generate 1,430 direct jobs and 6,350 natives outlined in the December 2018 Coast- indirect jobs annually and 2,480 direct jobs al Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Draft POM–19. A resolution adopted by the Sen- and 10,100 indirect jobs at peak employment; Environmental Impact Statement, take into ate of the State of California urging the and account the long history of safe and respon- United States Congress and the President of Whereas the estimated potential govern- sible oil and gas development on Alaska’s the United States to support a woman’s right ment revenue from petroleum development North Slope, the enormous benefits develop- to make reproductive health decisions and in the coastal plain of the Arctic National ment of oil and gas resources in the coastal access reproductive healthcare; to the Com- Wildlife Refuge through 2050, including rev- plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and enue to the North Slope Borough, the state, would bring to the state and the nation, the Pensions. and the federal government from royalties, advances in oilfield technology that con- income taxes, production taxes, and property SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 7 tinue to shrink the impact area of oil and taxes, equals $104,673,000,000; and Whereas, January 22, 2019, marks the 46th gas activities, and the support of residents Whereas oil and gas development in the anniversary of the United States Supreme from the North Slope Borough and across the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Court’s landmark decision in Roe v. Wade North Slope of Alaska for oil and gas devel- Refuge has the potential to extend the life of (1973) 410 U.S. 113, which affirmed that every opment in a portion of the coastal plain. the Trans Alaska Pipeline System and in- woman has a fundamental right to control Copies of this resolution shall be sent to crease throughput, which has declined from her own reproductive decisions and to decide the Honorable Donald J. Trump, President of a peak of 2,033,000 average barrels of oil a day whether to øend or to continue pregnancy,¿ the United States; the Honorable Michael R. in 1988 to 509,000 average barrels of oil a day continue a pregnancy or obtain an abortion, Pence, Vice President of the United States in 2018; and and is an occasion deserving of acknowledg- and President of the U.S. Senate; the Honor- Whereas oil and gas development in the ment; and able David Bernhardt, Acting United States coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Whereas, Roe v. Wade has been the corner- Secretary of the Interior; Brian Steed, Dep- Refuge has the potential to enhance the eco- stone of women’s ability to control their re- uty Director for Policy and Programs, Bu- nomic viability of the proposed Alaska lique- productive lives, allowing every woman in reau of Land Management, U.S. Department fied natural gas project; and the United States the right to decide when, of the Interior; and Nicole Hayes, Coastal Whereas oil and gas development on the if, and with whom to have children, and how Plain Project Manager, Bureau of Land Man- coastal plain would strengthen national se- many children to øhave;¿ have, and has agement Alaska State Office, U.S. Depart- curity and provide long-lasting benefits to helped facilitate women’s economic and societal ment of the Interior. the national economy by creating thousands participation in the United States; and of jobs nationwide, generating billions of øWhereas, Women’s ability to control their POM–18. A concurrent resolution adopted dollars in government revenue, providing af- reproductive lives has helped and facilitated by the Legislature of the State of South Da- fordable energy to American consumers, and their participation in the economic and so- kota urging the United States Congress to decreasing dependence on foreign energy; cial life of our nation; and¿ amend the Social Security Act to allow and Whereas, In the years prior to the Roe v. states to provide Medicaid services to those Whereas advances in extended-reach and Wade øhas drastically reduced the maternal persons presumed innocent in jail awaiting directional drilling technology have greatly mortality rate for women terminating their trial; to the Committee on Finance. reduced the impact area of oil and gas activi- pregnancies in the United States. In the ties, including shrinking the average drilling SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8 years prior to the¿ decision, illegal abortion pad size by more than 80 percent, from 65 Whereas, a basic principle of the United accounted for approximately 17 percent of all acres in 1970 to 12 acres today, and increas- States judicial system is that citizens reported deaths attributable to pregnancy ing the subsurface area accessible from mod- charged with a crime are innocent until and childbirth, and many women were se- ern drilling pads by nearly 2,000 percent, proven guilty; and verely injured as a result of ‘‘back alley’’ from three square miles in 1970 to 60 square Whereas, the United States and South Da- abortion procedures; and miles today; and kota have determined it is right and appro- Whereas, Interference with a woman’s Whereas safe and responsible oil and gas priate to care for our most vulnerable citi- right to choose causes women to be forced exploration, development, and production zens through the Medicaid program, and into illegal and dangerous abortions, as they has been demonstrated by over 50 years of county jails are populated by many persons often were in the United States before the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:05 Jun 07, 2019 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD19\MARCH\S27MR9.REC S27MR9 S2042 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 27, 2019 Roe v. Wade decision. Many women are Whereas, While helpful to service mem- of college; to the Committee on Health, Edu- forced to make these decisions today in bers, the process in place for applying for cation, Labor, and Pensions. countries where abortion is illegal and where each type of benefit can be time consuming By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. the unsafe methods of illegal abortion lead and burdensome, especially as service mem- COTTON): to 13 percent of global maternal deaths annu- bers are making a transition from military S. 890. A bill to authorize the Sergeant at ally, or eight maternal deaths every øhour. to civilian life; and Arms to protect the personal technology de- Many survivors of an illegal abortion suffer Whereas, Providing for automatic enroll- vices and accounts of Senators and covered serious and often permanent injuries;¿ hour; ment of veterans for the VA benefits they employees from cyber attacks and hostile in- and are entitled to would facilitate this process formation collection activities, and for other Whereas, Roe v. Wade continues to protect and ease the transition to civilian life: Now, purposes; to the Committee on Rules and Ad- the health and freedom of women throughout therefore, ministration. the United øStates;¿ States. National peer-re- Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the By Mr. SULLIVAN: viewed studies show abortion is a safe medical State of New Jersey: S. 891. A bill to amend title 38, United procedure, increasingly provided through out- 1. This House urges the United States Con- States Code, to provide payment of Medal of patient medication, that nearly one in four gress to pass legislation to automatically en- Honor special pension under such title to the surviving spouse of a deceased Medal of women in the United States will access; and roll veterans for benefits they are entitled to Honor recipient, and for other purposes; to Whereas, Roe v. Wade is in serious jeop- in the United States Department of Veterans the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. ardy of being overturned or further eroded due Affairs system. By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Ms. COL- to President Donald J. Trump’s appointment 2. Copies of this resolution, as filed with LINS, and Ms. MURKOWSKI): of two justices to the United States Supreme the Secretary of State, shall be transmitted S. 892. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Court who have a record of being hostile to by the Clerk of the General Assembly to the Medal, collectively, to the women in the a woman’s constitutional right to choose, President of the United States Senate, the United States who joined the workforce dur- Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh; and Senate Minority Leader, the Speaker of the ing World War II, providing the aircraft, ve- Whereas, States are passing legislation that United States House of Representatives, the hicles, weaponry, ammunition, and other creates barriers to abortion and there are more House Minority Leader, the Secretary of the materials to win the war, that were referred than a dozen cases limiting abortion rights that United States Department of Veterans Af- to as ‘‘Rosie the Riveter’’, in recognition of could be considered by the Supreme Court of the fairs, and each member of Congress elected their contributions to the United States and United States; and from this State. the inspiration they have provided to ensu- Whereas, Providers of sexual and reproduc- ing generations; to the Committee on Bank- tive healthcare are still under serious, unrelent- POM–21. A petition from a citizen of the ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs. ing attack for providing essential information State of Ohio relative to tax incentives on By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. and services, such as abortion, as evidenced by American-made automobiles; to the Com- BURR, Mr. WARNER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. bomb threats, arson, and vandalism in Cali- mittee on Finance. RUBIO, Mr. BENNET, Mr. COTTON, and fornia and the fact that death threats against f Mrs. FEINSTEIN): abortion providers doubled, and incidents of S. 893. A bill to require the President to de- clinic obstruction tripled, nationally from 2016 EXECUTIVE REPORT OF velop a strategy to ensure the security of to 2017 alone; and COMMITTEE next generation mobile telecommunications Whereas, The State of California stands in systems and infrastructure in the United strong support of every woman’s funda- The following executive report of a States and to assist allies and strategic part- mental right, as confirmed in Roe v. Wade, nomination was submitted: ners in maximizing the security of next gen- to make øher own¿ decisions regarding øher By Mr. RUBIO for the Committee on Small eration mobile telecommunications systems, pregnancy;¿ pregnancy and commits to boldly Business and Entrepreneurship. infrastructure, and software, and for other advance access to sexual and reproductive * David Christian Tryon, of Ohio, to be purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, healthcare within our state; now, therefore, be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Science, and Transportation. it Administration. By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Resolved by the Senate of the State of Cali- * Nomination was reported with rec- BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. fornia, That the Senate urges the President CARDIN, Mr. COONS, Ms. DUCKWORTH, of the United States and the United States ommendation that it be confirmed sub- Ms. HARRIS, Mr. KAINE, Ms. KLO- Congress to express their support for a wom- ject to the nominee’s commitment to BUCHAR, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. WHITE- an’s fundamental right to control her own respond to requests to appear and tes- HOUSE, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SCHATZ, and reproductive decisions, as well as their sup- tify before any duly constituted com- Mr. REED): port for access to comprehensive reproduc- mittee of the Senate. S. 894. A bill to authorize dedicated domes- tive øhealth care,¿ healthcare, including the tic terrorism offices within the Department f services provided by Planned Parenthood; of Homeland Security, the Department of and be it further INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investiga- Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate JOINT RESOLUTIONS tion to analyze and monitor domestic ter- transmit copies of this resolution to the rorist activity and require the Federal Gov- President and Vice President of the United The following bills and joint resolu- ernment to take steps to prevent domestic States, to the Speaker of the House of Rep- tions were introduced, read the first terrorism; to the Committee on the Judici- resentatives, to the Majority Leader of the and second times by unanimous con- ary. Senate, to each Senator and Representative sent, and referred as indicated: By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Ms. from California in the Congress of the United STABENOW): By Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mr. HEIN- States, and to the author for appropriate dis- S. 895. A bill to provide for a permanent ex- RICH, and Ms. CORTEZ MASTO): tribution. tension of the enforcement instruction on S. 886. A bill to amend the Omnibus Public supervision requirements for outpatient Land Management Act of 2009 to make the POM–20. A resolution adopted by the Gen- therapeutic services in critical access and Reclamation Water Settlements Fund per- small rural hospitals; to the Committee on eral Assembly of the State of New Jersey manent; to the Committee on Energy and urging the United States Congress to pass Finance. Natural Resources. By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, legislation that would automatically enroll By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Ms. veterans for benefits in the Department of Ms. HIRONO, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. SMITH, and Ms. ERNST): UDALL, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, and Ms. Veterans Affairs system; to the Committee S. 887. A bill to revise counseling require- on Veterans’ Affairs. DUCKWORTH): ments for certain borrowers of student loans, S. 896. A bill to amend the Ethics in Gov- ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 163 and for other purposes; to the Committee on ernment Act of 1978 to provide for reform in Whereas, Military service members are eli- Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. the operations of the Office of Government gible for a range of United States Depart- By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Ms. Ethics, and for other purposes; to the Com- ment of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits when SMITH, and Ms. ERNST): mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- they are discharged; and S. 888. A bill to require a standard finan- mental Affairs. Whereas, Currently, those benefits may in- cial aid offer form, and for other purposes; to By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Ms. clude, but are not limited to, healthcare, dis- the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, KLOBUCHAR, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. LEAHY, ability, educational, and employment bene- and Pensions. Mr. TILLIS, Ms. SMITH, Ms. ERNST, fits; and By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Ms. and Mr. JONES): Whereas, Under the VA pre-discharge pro- SMITH, and Ms. ERNST): S. 897. A bill to amend title 11, United gram, members are encouraged to apply for S. 889. A bill to amend the Higher Edu- States Code, with respect to the definition of each type of benefit they are entitled to cation Act of 1965 to make technical im- ‘‘family farmer’’; to the Committee on the prior to their discharge, and are encouraged provements to the Net Price Calculator sys- Judiciary. to work with an accredited representative tem so that prospective students may have a By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and during this process; and more accurate understanding of the true cost Mr. SCHUMER):

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:09 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR6.032 S27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2043 S. 898. A bill to designate the Manhattan and for other purposes; to the Committee on cial space activities, and for other purposes; Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care Commerce, Science, and Transportation. to the Committee on Commerce, Science, System of the Department of Veterans Af- By Mr. SASSE (for himself, Mr. GRASS- and Transportation. fairs as the ‘‘Margaret Cochran Corbin Cam- LEY, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. pus of the New York Harbor Health Care Sys- HAWLEY, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. ROMNEY): tem’’; to the Committee on Veterans’ Af- LEE, Mr. ROUNDS, and Mr. INHOFE): S. 920. A bill to amend title II of the Social fairs. S. 909. A bill to amend title 5, United Security Act to make available parental By Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. States Code, with respect to the judicial re- leave benefits to parents following the birth CARPER): view of agency interpretations of statutory or adoption of a child, and for other pur- S. 899. A bill to limit the authority of the and regulatory provisions; to the Committee poses; to the Committee on Finance. President to modify duty rates for national on the Judiciary. By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. security reasons and to limit the authority By Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mr. MURPHY, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. MAR- of the United States Trade Representative to SCHATZ): KEY, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mrs. GILLI- impose certain duties or import restrictions, S. 910. A bill to reauthorize and amend the BRAND, Ms. WARREN, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. and for other purposes; to the Committee on National Sea Grant College Program Act, CARDIN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Ms. KLO- Finance. and for other purposes; to the Committee on BUCHAR, Ms. SMITH, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. By Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. Commerce, Science, and Transportation. CORTEZ MASTO, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. VAN TESTER): By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. HOLLEN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. BROWN, Mr. S. 900. A bill to designate the community- TOOMEY): BOOKER, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. MERKLEY, based outpatient clinic of the Department of S. 911. A bill to require the installation of and Ms. HIRONO): Veterans Affairs in Bozeman, Montana, as secondary cockpit barriers on existing air- S.J. Res. 15. A joint resolution proposing the ‘‘Travis W. Atkins Department of Vet- craft, and for other purposes; to the Com- an amendment to the Constitution of the erans Affairs Clinic’’; to the Committee on mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- United States relative to equal rights for Veterans’ Affairs. tation. men and women; to the Committee on the By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. By Ms. ERNST: Judiciary. S. 912. A bill to require certain public hous- CASEY, Mrs. CAPITO, and Mr. JONES): f S. 901. A bill to amend the Older Americans ing agencies to absorb port-in housing choice Act of 1965 to support individuals with vouchers, and for other purposes; to the SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND younger onset Alzheimer’s disease; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban SENATE RESOLUTIONS Affairs. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and The following concurrent resolutions Pensions. By Mr. BRAUN: S. 913. A bill to require group health plans and Senate resolutions were read, and By Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself and Mr. and health insurance issuers offering health TESTER): referred (or acted upon), as indicated: insurance coverage to disclose cost informa- S. 902. A bill to amend title 38, United By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. tion to enrollees in such plans or coverage; States Code, to provide for the non-applica- ISAKSON, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. KAINE, Mr. to the Committee on Health, Education, bility of non-Department of Veterans Affairs CARDIN, Mr. COONS, Mr. MERKLEY, Labor, and Pensions. covenants not to compete to the appoint- and Mr. BOOKER): By Mr. WICKER (for himself and Ms. ment of physicians in the Veterans Health S. Res. 122. A resolution observing the 25th CANTWELL): Anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda; to Administration, and for other purposes; to S. 914. A bill to reauthorize the Integrated the Committee on Foreign Relations. the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act By Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. MENEN- By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. of 2009, to clarify the authority of the Ad- DEZ, Mr. TILLIS, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. ministrator of the National Oceanic and At- JOHNSON, and Mr. MURPHY): MANCHIN, Mr. RISCH, Mr. WHITE- mospheric Administration with respect to HOUSE, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. COONS, Mrs. S. Res. 123. A resolution supporting the post-storm assessments, and to require the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and rec- CAPITO, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. SUL- establishment of a National Water Center, LIVAN, Mr. BENNET, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. ognizing its 70 years of accomplishments; to and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Committee on Foreign Relations. PORTMAN, and Mr. GARDNER): Commerce, Science, and Transportation. By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. S. 903. A bill to direct the Secretary of En- By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Ms. ergy to establish advanced nuclear goals, RISCH, Mr. PETERS, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. WARREN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, and Mr. provide for a versatile, reactor-based fast DURBIN, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MAR- SANDERS): KEY, and Mr. SCHUMER): neutron source, make available high-assay, S. 915. A bill to prohibit public companies S. Res. 124. A resolution condemning the low-enriched uranium for research, develop- from repurchasing their shares on the open March 15, 2019, terrorist attacks in Christ- ment, and demonstration of advanced nu- market, and for other purposes; to the Com- church, New Zealand, offering sincere condo- clear reactor concepts, and for other pur- mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- lences to all of the victims and their fami- poses; to the Committee on Energy and Nat- fairs. lies, and expressing and standing in soli- ural Resources. By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. darity with the people and Government of By Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. BENNET, DUCKWORTH, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. New Zealand; to the Committee on Foreign Mr. ISAKSON, and Mr. BRAUN): VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. Relations. S. 904. A bill to authorize the Department BROWN, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. SMITH, and By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Ms. of Labor’s voluntary protection program; to Mr. KING): the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, S. 916. A bill to improve Federal efforts MURKOWSKI, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. COL- and Pensions. with respect to the prevention of maternal LINS, Mr. BROWN, Ms. ERNST, Mr. By Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mr. CASEY, mortality, and for other purposes; to the COONS, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. and Mr. LEAHY): Committee on Finance. BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. ARRIS ARPER ONES S. 905. A bill to amend the Older Americans By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. BOOK- H , Mr. C , Mr. J , Mr. EED AN OLLEN IRONO Act of 1965 to authorize a national network ER, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. JONES, Ms. KLO- R , Mr. V H , Ms. H , ORTEZ ASTO DALL of Statewide senior legal hotlines, and for BUCHAR, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. C M , Mr. U , Ms. ARREN MITH LOBUCHAR other purposes; to the Committee on Health, and Mr. VAN HOLLEN): W , Ms. S , Ms. K , Education, Labor, and Pensions. S. 917. A bill to direct the Assistant Sec- Mr. DURBIN, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and retary of Commerce for Communications and SCHUMER, Mr. PETERS, Mr. KAINE, Ms. Mrs. CAPITO): Information to prepare and submit periodic BALDWIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs. MUR- S. 906. A bill to improve the management reports to Congress on the role of tele- RAY, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. of driftnet fishing; to the Committee on communications in hate crimes; to the Com- KING, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. Commerce, Science, and Transportation. mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- WYDEN, and Ms. MCSALLY): By Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Mr. tation. S. Res. 125. A resolution designating March PERDUE): By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Ms. COR- 2019 as ‘‘National Women’s History Month’’; S. 907. A bill to preserve open competition TEZ MASTO): considered and agreed to. and Federal Government neutrality towards S. 918. A bill to prohibit the President or a By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. the labor relations of Federal Government Federal agency from constructing, oper- TESTER, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. JONES, Mr. contractors on Federal and federally funded ating, or offering wholesale or retail services BROWN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. VAN construction projects, and for other pur- on broadband networks without authoriza- HOLLEN, Mr. KING, Ms. WARREN, Ms. poses; to the Committee on Homeland Secu- tion from Congress, and for other purposes; SMITH, Mr. CARPER, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. rity and Governmental Affairs. to the Committee on Commerce, Science, KAINE, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and and Transportation. Mr. SANDERS, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. SHA- Mrs. GILLIBRAND): By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Ms. SINEMA, HEEN, Mr. BENNET, Mr. REED, Mr. S. 908. A bill to provide for an equitable Mr. MARKEY, and Mr. WICKER): BOOKER, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. KLO- management of summer flounder based on S. 919. A bill to reduce regulatory burdens BUCHAR, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. ROSEN, Ms. geographic, scientific, and economic data and streamline processes related to commer- SINEMA, and Ms. HARRIS):

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S. Res. 126. A resolution expressing support S. 323 S. 651 for the designation of the week of March 25 At the request of Mrs. MURRAY, the At the request of Mr. CASEY, the through March 29, 2019, as ‘‘Public Schools name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. name of the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Week’’; considered and agreed to. CORTEZ MASTO) was added as a cospon- DUCKWORTH) was added as a cosponsor By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. CAS- of S. 651, a bill to amend the Internal SIDY, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. BROWN, sor of S. 323, a bill to direct the Sec- Ms. HASSAN, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. CARPER, retary of Education to establish the Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. REED, Mr. DURBIN, Recognition Inspiring School Employ- age requirement with respect to eligi- Mr. KING, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. ees (RISE) Program recognizing excel- bility for qualified ABLE programs. DUCKWORTH, Ms. COLLINS, Ms. lence exhibited by classified school em- S. 665 HIRONO, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MANCHIN, ployees providing services to students At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. BOOZ- in prekindergarten through high the name of the Senator from Maine MAN, Mr. WICKER, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, school. (Mr. KING) was added as a cosponsor of Mr. TESTER, Mr. PETERS, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, and S. 365 S. 665, a bill to reduce the number of Ms. WARREN): At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the preventable deaths and injuries caused S. Res. 127. A resolution recognizing the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. by underride crashes, to improve motor contributions of AmeriCorps members and SULLIVAN) was added as a cosponsor of carrier and passenger motor vehicle alumni to the lives of the people of the S. 365, a bill to amend section 232 of the safety, and for other purposes. United States; considered and agreed to. Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to require S. 708 By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Ms. At the request of Mr. MERKLEY, the STABENOW, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. CARDIN, the Secretary of Defense to initiate in- Ms. KLOBUCHAR, and Mr. LANKFORD): vestigations and to provide for congres- name of the Senator from Michigan S. Con. Res. 9. A concurrent resolution ex- sional disapproval of certain actions, (Mr. PETERS) was added as a cosponsor pressing the sense of Congress that tax-ex- and for other purposes. of S. 708, a bill to amend the Animal empt fraternal benefit societies have histori- S. 373 Welfare Act to limit experimentation cally provided and continue to provide crit- At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, on cats. ical benefits to the people and communities S. 726 of the United States; to the Committee on the names of the Senator from Wis- At the request of Mrs. FEINSTEIN, the Finance. consin (Ms. BALDWIN), the Senator name of the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. f from Illinois (Ms. DUCKWORTH) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. MUR- HIRONO) was added as a cosponsor of S. ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS RAY) were added as cosponsors of S. 373, 726, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the S. 16 a bill to provide for the retention and safety of cosmetics. At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the service of transgender individuals in name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. the Armed Forces. S. 741 At the request of Ms. SMITH, the ISAKSON) was added as a cosponsor of S. S. 479 names of the Senator from Minnesota 16, a bill to amend title VII of the Tar- At the request of Mr. TOOMEY, the iff Act of 1930 to provide for the treat- name of the Senator from Virginia (Mr. (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. HYDE-SMITH) were ment of core seasonal industries af- WARNER) was added as a cosponsor of S. fected by antidumping or counter- 479, a bill to revise section 48 of title 18, added as cosponsors of S. 741, a bill to vailing duty investigations, and for United States Code, and for other pur- amend the Public Health Service Act other purposes. poses. to require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health S. 164 S. 521 plans to provide for cost sharing for At the request of Mr. DAINES, the At the request of Mr. BROWN, the oral anticancer drugs on terms no less names of the Senator from Minnesota names of the Senator from Massachu- favorable than the cost sharing pro- (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) and the Senator from setts (Mr. MARKEY) and the Senator vided for anticancer medications ad- Arizona (Ms. SINEMA) were added as co- from New York (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) were ministered by a health care provider. sponsors of S. 164, a bill to amend title added as cosponsors of S. 521, a bill to S. 743 10, United States Code, to remove the amend title II of the Social Security At the request of Mr. ISAKSON, the prohibition on eligibility for TRICARE Act to repeal the Government pension name of the Senator from Tennessee Reserve Select of members of the re- offset and windfall elimination provi- (Mr. ALEXANDER) was added as a co- serve components of the Armed Forces sions. sponsor of S. 743, a bill to award a Con- who are eligible to enroll in a health S. 559 gressional Gold Medal to the soldiers of benefits plan under chapter 89 of title At the request of Mr. TESTER, the the 5307th Composite Unit (Provi- 5, United States Code. name of the Senator from California sional), commonly known as ‘‘Merrill’s S. 175 (Ms. HARRIS) was added as a cosponsor Marauders’’ , in recognition of their At the request of Mrs. FEINSTEIN, the of S. 559, a bill to amend the Family bravery and outstanding service in the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to pro- jungles of Burma during World War II. CORTEZ MASTO) was added as a cospon- vide leave because of the death of a son S. 750 sor of S. 175, a bill to improve agricul- or daughter. At the request of Mr. BLUNT, the tural job opportunities, benefits, and S. 567 names of the Senator from Montana security for aliens in the United At the request of Mr. CRUZ, the (Mr. DAINES), the Senator from Ohio States, and for other purposes. names of the Senator from Florida (Mr. (Mr. BROWN), the Senator from West S. 177 SCOTT), the Senator from South Da- Virginia (Mrs. CAPITO), the Senator At the request of Mr. ROBERTS, the kota (Mr. ROUNDS) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. STABENOW), the name of the Senator from Nebraska from Maine (Ms. COLLINS) were added Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. HYDE- (Mrs. FISCHER) was added as a cospon- as cosponsors of S. 567, a bill clarifying SMITH), the Senator from Minnesota sor of S. 177, a bill to amend the Inter- that it is United States policy to recog- (Ms. SMITH), the Senator from Mis- nal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Small nize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan sissippi (Mr. WICKER) and the Senator Business Act to expand the availability Heights. from Montana (Mr. TESTER) were added of employee stock ownership plans in S S. 595 as cosponsors of S. 750, a bill to amend corporations, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. CASSIDY, the the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to S. 257 name of the Senator from Mississippi permanently extend the new markets At the request of Mr. TESTER, the (Mrs. HYDE-SMITH) was added as a co- tax credit, and for other purposes. name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. sponsor of S. 595, a bill to amend title S. 753 SULLIVAN) was added as a cosponsor of XVIII of the Social Security Act to At the request of Mr. BROWN, the S. 257, a bill to provide for rental as- provide for the coordination of pro- name of the Senator from Pennsyl- sistance for homeless or at-risk Indian grams to prevent and treat obesity, vania (Mr. CASEY) was added as a co- veterans, and for other purposes. and for other purposes. sponsor of S. 753, a bill to amend title

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Res. 118, a resolu- observation services in a hospital to- human rights certifications for arms tion recognizing the importance of pay- ward satisfying the 3-day inpatient sales, and for other purposes. ing tribute to those individuals who hospital requirement for coverage of S. 862 have faithfully served and retired from skilled nursing facility services under At the request of Mr. KENNEDY, the the Armed Forces of the United States, Medicare. name of the Senator from Missouri designating April 18, 2019, as ‘‘Military S. 771 (Mr. HAWLEY) was added as a cosponsor Retiree Appreciation Day’’ , and en- At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the of S. 862, a bill to repeal the sunset for couraging the people of the United names of the Senator from Delaware collateral requirements for Small Busi- States to honor the past and continued (Mr. COONS) and the Senator from Mis- ness Administration disaster loans. service of military retirees to their souri (Mr. HAWLEY) were added as co- S. 865 local communities and the United sponsors of S. 771, a bill to amend sec- At the request of Mr. SULLIVAN, the States. tion 21 of the Small Business Act to re- name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. S. RES. 120 quire cyber certification for small busi- MURKOWSKI) was added as a cosponsor At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the ness development center counselors, of S. 865, a bill to amend the Oil Pollu- names of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. and for other purposes. tion Act of 1990 to establish an oil spill DURBIN), the Senator from Wisconsin S. 772 response and prevention grant program (Ms. BALDWIN), the Senator from Wash- At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the and provide for advances from the Oil ington (Ms. CANTWELL), the Senator name of the Senator from Missouri Spill Liability Trust Fund, to amend from Mississippi (Mrs. HYDE-SMITH), (Mr. HAWLEY) was added as a cosponsor the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. of S. 772, a bill to require an annual re- extend and modify the application of HASSAN), the Senator from North Da- port on the cybersecurity of the Small the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund fi- kota (Mr. HOEVEN) and the Senator Business Administration, and for other nancing rate, and for other purposes. from Arizona (Ms. MCSALLY) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 120, a purposes. S. 879 resolution opposing efforts to S. 785 At the request of Mr. VAN HOLLEN, delegitimize the State of Israel and the At the request of Mr. TESTER, the the name of the Senator from Nevada Global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanc- name of the Senator from Michigan (Ms. ROSEN) was added as a cosponsor tions Movement targeting Israel. (Mr. PETERS) was added as a cosponsor of S. 879, a bill to provide a process for of S. 785, a bill to improve mental granting lawful permanent resident f health care provided by the Depart- status to aliens from certain countries STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED ment of Veterans Affairs, and for other who meet specified eligibility require- BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS purposes. ments, and for other purposes. By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and S. 816 S.J. RES. 14 Mr. COTTON): At the request of Mr. CASSIDY, the At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the S. 890. A bill to authorize the Ser- name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms. geant at Arms to protect the personal SCOTT) was added as a cosponsor of S. MCSALLY) was added as a cosponsor of technology devices and accounts of 816, a bill to amend the Natural Gas S.J. Res. 14, a joint resolution pro- Senators and covered employees from Act to expedite approval of exports of posing an amendment to the Constitu- cyber attacks and hostile information small volumes of natural gas, and for tion of the United States to require collection activities, and for other pur- other purposes. that the Supreme Court of the United poses; to the Committee on Rules and S. 818 States be composed of not more than 9 Administration. At the request of Mr. RISCH, the justices. Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, today I, name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. S. RES. 78 along with my colleague Senator COT- COLLINS) was added as a cosponsor of S. At the request of Mr. PERDUE, the TON from Arkansas, am introducing the 818, a bill to exempt certain 16- and 17- name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Senate Cybersecurity Protection Act year-old individuals employed in log- MCSALLY) was added as a cosponsor of to defend the integrity of American de- ging operations from child labor laws. S. Res. 78, a resolution recognizing the mocracy by providing cybersecurity S. 824 national debt as a threat to national protection for the personal accounts and electronic devices of Senators and At the request of Ms. STABENOW, the security. and key members of their staff. names of the Senator from New Jersey S. RES. 85 In 2016, hackers working for the Rus- (Mr. MENENDEZ) and the Senator from At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the sian government broke into a range of Kansas (Mr. ROBERTS) were added as name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. targets, including the network of the cosponsors of S. 824, a bill to increase GRASSLEY) was added as a cosponsor of Democratic National Committee and the number of States that may conduct S. Res. 85, a resolution recognizing the the email account of Senator Hillary Medicaid demonstration programs to 100th anniversary of the founding of Clinton’s presidential campaign man- improve access to community mental Easterseals, a leading advocate and ager, John Podesta. These widely pub- health services. service provider for children and adults licized breaches are only the tip of the with disabilities, including veterans S. 851 iceberg. These hacks are widely known and older adults, and their caregivers At the request of Ms. BALDWIN, the today because the emails stolen from and families. names of the Senator from Washington these accounts were subsequently (Mrs. MURRAY), the Senator from Cali- S. RES. 112 weaponized and used as part of a cam- fornia (Ms. HARRIS) and the Senator At the request of Mr. BOOZMAN, the paign to influence the outcome of sev- from Oregon (Mr. MERKLEY) were added names of the Senator from Pennsyl- eral elections—most publicly, the pres- as cosponsors of S. 851, a bill to direct vania (Mr. CASEY) and the Senator idential race between Donald Trump the Secretary of Labor to issue an oc- from Kansas (Mr. MORAN) were added and Hillary Clinton, but also U.S. cupational safety and health standard as cosponsors of S. Res. 112, a resolu- House of Representatives races in Illi- that requires covered employers within tion expressing the sense of the Senate nois, New Hampshire, New Mexico, the health care and social service in- that the United States condemns all North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsyl- dustries to develop and implement a forms of violence against children glob- vania. Senator LINDSEY GRAHAM also comprehensive workplace violence pre- ally and recognizes the harmful im- reported that his campaign’s email was vention plan, and for other purposes. pacts of violence against children. successfully compromised. S. 854 S. RES. 118 While the Russian hacks in 2016 were At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the At the request of Ms. WARREN, the a watershed moment, these are merely names of the Senator from Kentucky names of the Senator from New Jersey the most visible and disruptive exam- (Mr. PAUL) and the Senator from Penn- (Mr. BOOKER) and the Senator from ples of foreign intelligence services

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:09 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR6.037 S27MRPT1 S2046 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 27, 2019 using offensive cyber capabilities to dividual senators and their staff to to S. 894 target those involved in our political defend themselves from spies and hack- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- process. Senior officials from the 2008 ers. Hostile foreign intelligence serv- resentatives of the United States of America in Obama and McCain presidential cam- ices do not respect the arbitrary line Congress assembled, paigns have publicly confirmed that between work and personal technology. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. both organizations were compromised This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Domestic As such, the U.S. government must ex- Terrorism Prevention Act of 2019’’. by hackers. In 2017, the media reported tend its defensive cyber perimeter to SEC. 2. FINDINGS. that then-White House Chief of Staff include legislators’ personal devices Congress finds the following: John Kelly’s personal cell phone had and accounts.’’ (1) White supremacists and other far-right- been compromised, possibly for as long Our bill would permit the SAA to wing extremists are the most significant do- as ten months before the malware was provide voluntary, opt-in cybersecurity mestic terrorism threat facing the United discovered. And in 2018, media reports assistance to Senators and key Senate States. revealed that the personal email ac- staff to secure their personal devices (2) On February 22, 2019, a Trump Adminis- tration United States Department of Justice counts of senior congressional staffers and accounts. Any Senate staffer would had been targeted by the notorious official wrote in a New York Times op-ed be eligible to receive assistance, pro- that ‘‘white supremacy and far-right extre- Russian hacking group ‘‘Fancy-Bear.’’ vided that the Senator employing them mism are among the greatest domestic-secu- These and other events clearly dem- determines that they are highly vul- rity threats facing the United States. Re- onstrate the unique threats faced by nerable to cyber attacks and informa- grettably, over the past 25 years, law en- Senators and their staff. Unfortu- tion collection because of their posi- forcement, at both the Federal and State nately, as I revealed in a letter to Sen- tion in the Senate. levels, has been slow to respond. . . .Killings ate leadership last year, the Sergeant committed by individuals and groups associ- There is precedent for extending cy- ated with far-right extremist groups have At Arms (SAA), which is responsible bersecurity protection to the personal for the Senate’s cybersecurity, in- risen significantly.’’. devices of government officials. Sec- (3) An April 2017 Government Account- formed me that it currently lacks the tion 1645 of the 2017 National Defense ability Office report on the significant, le- authority to use official Senate re- Authorization Act permits the Sec- thal threat posed by domestic violent ex- sources to protect the personal devices retary of Defense to provide personal tremists explained that ‘‘[s]ince September and accounts of Senators and key Sen- device cybersecurity assistance to offi- 12, 2001, the number of fatalities caused by ate staff, even when those staff are cials whom the secretary ‘‘determines domestic violent extremists has ranged from 1 to 49 in a given year.’’ The report noted: being targeted by foreign governments. to be highly vulnerable to cyber at- Senators COTTON and I are not alone ‘‘[F]atalities resulting from attacks by far tacks and hostile information collec- in recognizing the seriousness of this right wing violent extremists have exceeded tion activities because of the positions national security threat. those caused by radical Islamist violent ex- Last year, then-Director of the Na- occupied by such personnel in the De- tremists in 10 of the 15 years, and were the same in 3 of the years since September 12, tional Security Agency Admiral Mi- partment.’’ The Senate Cybersecurity Protection Act is also similar to provi- 2001. Of the 85 violent extremist incidents chael Rogers acknowledged in a letter that resulted in death since September 12, to me that personal devices and ac- sions included in the intelligence authorization bill approved by the Senate 2001, far right wing violent extremist groups counts of senior U.S. government offi- were responsible for 62 (73 percent) while rad- cials ‘‘remain prime targets for exploi- Select Committee on Intelligence in ical Islamist violent extremists were respon- tation.’’ Likewise, in written responses 2018, which would permit the Director sible for 23 (27 percent).’’. to post-hearing questions from the of National Intelligence to protect the (4) An unclassified May 2017 joint intel- Senate Intelligence Committee last personal devices and accounts of high- ligence bulletin from the Federal Bureau of risk staff in the intelligence commu- Investigation and the Department of Home- year, Director of National Intelligence land Security found that ‘‘white supremacist Dan Coats wrote that ‘‘[t]he personal nity. Passage of this common sense, bipar- extremism poses [a] persistent threat of le- accounts and devices of government of- thal violence,’’ and that White supremacists ficials can contain information that is tisan legislation would provide Sen- ‘‘were responsible for 49 homicides in 26 at- useful for our adversaries to target, ei- ators and their staff with much-needed tacks from 2000 to 2016 . . . more than any ther directly or indirectly, these offi- protection for their personal accounts other domestic extremist movement’’. cials and the organizations with which and devices, and with them, the integ- (5) Fatal terrorist attacks by far-right- they are affiliated.’’ The Appropria- rity of American democracy. I thank wing extremists include— my colleague Senator COTTON for his (A) the August 5, 2012, mass shooting at a tions Committee also noted last year Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, in in its report accompanying the 2019 efforts on this bill, and hope the Senate will promptly pass this vital legisla- which a White supremacist shot and killed 6 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill members of the gurdwara; that it ‘‘continues to be concerned that tion. (B) the April 13, 2014, mass shooting at a Senators are being targeted for hack- Jewish community center and a Jewish as- ing and cyber attacks, especially via By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. sisted living facility in Overland Park, Kan- their personal devices and accounts.’’ BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. sas, in which a neo-Nazi shot and killed 3 ci- Currently, Senators and staffers are CARDIN, Mr. COONS, Ms. vilians, including a 14-year-old teenager; expected to protect their own devices DUCKWORTH, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. (C) the June 8, 2014, ambush in Las Vegas, KAINE, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. Nevada, in which 2 supporters of the far- and accounts from foreign government right-wing ‘‘patriot’’ movement shot and MARKEY, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. hackers. This is absurd. Senators and killed 2 police officers and a civilian; SANDERS, Mr. SCHATZ, and Mr. the vast majority of their staff are not (D) the June 17, 2015, mass shooting at the cybersecurity experts, and certainly do REED): Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South not have the training our resources to S. 894. A bill to authorize dedicated Carolina, in which a White supremacist shot defend themselves from sophisticated domestic terrorism offices within the and killed 9 members of the church; foreign intelligence agencies. Eric Department of Homeland Security, the (E) the November 27, 2015, mass shooting at Rosenbach, who was formerly Chief of Department of Justice, and the Federal a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in which an anti-abortion Staff to Secretary of Defense Ash Car- Bureau of Investigation to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity extremist shot and killed a police officer and ter, has endorsed the bill we are intro- 2 civilians; ducing today, observing that ‘‘Senators and require the Federal Government to (F) the March 20, 2017, murder of an Afri- and their staff should not be expected take steps to prevent domestic ter- can-American man in New York City, alleg- to go toe to toe with some of the most rorism; to the Committee on the Judi- edly committed by a White supremacist who sophisticated adversaries in cyber- ciary. reportedly traveled to New York ‘‘for the space; authorizing protection of per- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask purpose of killing black men’’; sonal accounts is a critical component unanimous consent that the text of the (G) the May 26, 2017, attack in Portland, Oregon, in which a White supremacist alleg- bill be printed in the RECORD. of our cyber defense efforts.’’ Likewise, edly murdered 2 men and injured a third Bruce Schreier, a noted cybersecurity There being no objection, the text of after the men defended 2 young women whom expert has also endorsed the bill, stat- the bill was ordered to be printed in the individual had targeted with anti-Mus- ing that ‘‘[i]t is ludicrous to expect in- the RECORD, as follows: lim hate speech;

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:09 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR6.045 S27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2047 (H) the August 12, 2017, attack in Char- does not include acts perpetrated by individ- and neo-Nazi infiltration of Federal, State, lottesville, Virginia, in which a White su- uals associated with or inspired by— and local law enforcement agencies and the premacist killed one and injured nineteen (A) a foreign person or organization des- uniformed services; and after driving his car through a crowd of indi- ignated as a foreign terrorist organization (B)(i) in the first report, an analysis of in- viduals protesting a neo-Nazi rally, and of under section 219 of the Immigration and Na- cidents or attempted incidents of domestic which former Attorney General Jeff Sessions tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); terrorism that have occurred in the United said, ‘‘It does meet the definition of domestic (B) an individual or organization des- States since April 19, 1995; and terrorism in our statute.’’; ignated under Executive Order 13224 (50 (ii) in each subsequent report, an analysis (I) the July 2018 murder of an African- U.S.C. 1701 note); or of incidents or attempted incidents of do- American woman from Kansas City, Mis- (C) a state sponsor of terrorism as deter- mestic terrorism that occurred in the United souri, allegedly committed by a White su- mined by the Secretary of State under sec- States during the preceding year; and premacist who reportedly bragged about tion 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of (C) a quantitative analysis of domestic ter- being a member of the Ku Klux Klan; 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4605), section 40 of the Arms rorism for the preceding year, including the (J) the October 24, 2018, shooting in Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780), or sec- number of— Jeffersontown, Kentucky, in which a White tion 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of (i) domestic terrorism related assessments man allegedly murdered 2 African Americans 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); initiated by the Federal Bureau of Investiga- at a grocery store after first attempting to (3) the term ‘‘Domestic Terrorism Execu- tion, including the number of assessments enter a church with a predominantly Afri- tive Committee’’ means the committee with- from each classification and subcategory; can-American congregation during a service; in the Department of Justice tasked with as- (ii) domestic terrorism-related preliminary and sessing and sharing information about ongo- investigations initiated by the Federal Bu- (K) the October 27, 2018, mass shooting at ing domestic terrorism threats; reau of Investigation, including the number the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, (4) the term ‘‘hate crime incident’’ means of preliminary investigations from each clas- Pennsylvania, in which a White nationalist an act described in section 245, 247, or 249 of sification and subcategory, and how many allegedly shot and killed 11 members of the title 18, United States Code, or in section 901 preliminary investigations resulted from as- congregation. of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. sessments; (6) In November 2018, the Federal Bureau of 3631); (iii) domestic terrorism-related full inves- Investigation released its annual hate crime (5) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec- tigations initiated by the Federal Bureau of incident report, which found that in 2017, retary of Homeland Security; and Investigation, including the number of full hate crimes increased by approximately 17 (6) the term ‘‘uniformed services’’ has the investigations from each classification and percent, including a 23-percent increase in meaning given the term in section 101(a) of subcategory, and how many full investiga- religion-based hate crimes, an 18-percent in- title 10, United States Code. tions resulted from preliminary investiga- crease in race-based crimes, and a 5-percent SEC. 4. OFFICES TO COMBAT DOMESTIC TER- tions and assessments; increase in crimes directed against LGBT in- RORISM. (iv) domestic terrorism-related incidents, (a) AUTHORIZATION OF OFFICES TO MONITOR, dividuals. The total number of reported hate including the number of incidents from each ANALYZE, INVESTIGATE, AND PROSECUTE DO- crimes rose for the third consecutive year. classification and subcategory, the number MESTIC TERRORISM.— of deaths and injuries resulting from each in- The previous year’s report found that in 2016, (1) DOMESTIC TERRORISM UNIT.—There is au- cident, and a detailed explanation of each in- hate crimes increased by almost 5 percent, thorized a Domestic Terrorism Unit in the cident; including a 19-percent rise in hate crimes Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the De- (v) Federal domestic terrorism-related ar- against American Muslims; additionally, of partment of Homeland Security, which shall rests, including the number of arrests from the hate crimes motivated by religious bias be responsible for monitoring and analyzing each classification and subcategory, and a in 2016, 53 percent were anti-Semitic. Simi- domestic terrorism activity. detailed explanation of each arrest; larly, the report analyzing 2015 data found (2) DOMESTIC TERRORISM OFFICE.—There is (vi) Federal domestic terrorism-related in- that hate crimes increased by 6 percent that authorized a Domestic Terrorism Office in dictments, including the number of indict- year. Much of the 2015 increase came from a the Counterterrorism Section of the Na- ments from each classification and sub- 66-percent rise in attacks on American Mus- tional Security Division of the Department category, and a detailed explanation of each lims and a 9-percent rise in attacks on Amer- of Justice— indictment; ican Jews. In all three reports, race-based (A) which shall be responsible for inves- (vii) Federal domestic terrorism-related crimes were most numerous, and those tigating and prosecuting incidents of domes- prosecutions, including the number of inci- crimes most often targeted African Ameri- tic terrorism; and dents from each classification and sub- cans. (B) which shall be headed by the Domestic category, and a detailed explanation of each (7) On March 15, 2019, a White nationalist Terrorism Counsel. prosecution; was arrested and charged with murder after (3) DOMESTIC TERRORISM SECTION OF THE (viii) Federal domestic terrorism-related allegedly killing 50 Muslim worshippers and FBI.—There is authorized a Domestic Ter- convictions, including the number of convic- injuring more than 40 in a massacre at the rorism Section within the Counterterrorism tions from each classification and sub- Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Mosque in Division of the Federal Bureau of Investiga- category, and a detailed explanation of each Christchurch, New Zealand. The alleged tion, which shall be responsible for inves- conviction; and shooter posted a hate-filled, xenophobic tigating domestic terrorism activity. (ix) Federal domestic terrorism-related manifesto that detailed his White nation- (4) STAFFING.—The Secretary, the Attor- weapons recoveries, including the number of alist ideology before the massacre. Prime ney General, and the Director shall each en- each type of weapon and the number of weap- Minister Jacinda Ardern labeled the mas- sure that the offices authorized under this ons from each classification and sub- sacre a terrorist attack. section in their respective agencies shall category. (8) In January 2017, a right-wing extremist have adequate staff to perform the required (3) HATE CRIMES.—In compiling a joint re- who had expressed anti-Muslim views was duties. port under this subsection, the domestic ter- charged with murder for allegedly killing 6 (b) JOINT REPORT ON DOMESTIC TER- rorism offices authorized under paragraphs people and injuring 19 in a shooting rampage RORISM.— (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a) shall, in con- at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada. It was (1) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later sultation with the Civil Rights Division of the first-ever mass shooting at a mosque in than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Department of Justice and the Civil North America, and Prime Minister Trudeau this Act, and each year thereafter, the Sec- Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of Inves- labeled it a terrorist attack. retary of Homeland Security, the Attorney tigation, review each hate crime incident re- (9) On February 15, 2019, Federal authori- General, and the Director of the Federal Bu- ported during the preceding year to deter- ties arrested U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant reau of Investigation shall submit a joint re- mine whether the incident also constitutes a Christopher Paul Hasson, who was allegedly port authored by the domestic terrorism of- domestic terrorism-related incident. planning to kill a number of prominent jour- fices authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (4) CLASSIFICATION AND PUBLIC RELEASE.— nalists, professors, judges, and ‘‘leftists in and (3) of subsection (a) to— Each report submitted under paragraph (1) general’’. In court filings, prosecutors de- (A) the Committee on the Judiciary, the shall be— scribed Lieutenant Hasson as a ‘‘domestic Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- (A) unclassified, to the greatest extent pos- terrorist’’ who in an email ‘‘identified him- ernmental Affairs, and the Select Committee sible, with a classified annex only if nec- self as a White Nationalist for over 30 years on Intelligence of the Senate; and essary; and and advocated for ‘focused violence’ in order (B) the Committee on the Judiciary, the (B) in the case of the unclassified portion to establish a white homeland.’’. Committee on Homeland Security, and the of the report, posted on the public websites SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the Department of Homeland Security, In this Act— of the House of Representatives. the Department of Justice, and the Federal (1) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director (2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted Bureau of Investigation. of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; under paragraph (1) shall include— (c) DOMESTIC TERRORISM EXECUTIVE COM- (2) the term ‘‘domestic terrorism’’ has the (A) an assessment of the domestic ter- MITTEE.—There is authorized a Domestic meaning given the term in section 2331 of rorism threat posed by White supremacists Terrorism Executive Committee, which title 18, United States Code, except that it and neo-Nazis, including White supremacist shall—

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:09 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR6.042 S27MRPT1 S2048 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 27, 2019 (1) meet on a regular basis, and not less Domestic Terrorism Executive Committee 73 Fed. Reg. 68702 through 68704) with respect regularly than 4 times each year, to coordi- and the domestic terrorism offices author- to requirements for direct supervision by nate with United States Attorneys and other ized under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of sec- physicians for therapeutic hospital out- key public safety officials across the country tion 4(a) of this Act— patient services) and extended by section 1 of to promote information sharing and ensure (1) share intelligence to address domestic Public Law 113–198, section 1 of Public Law an effective, responsive, and organized joint terrorism activities; 114–112, section 16004(a) of the 21st Century effort to combat domestic terrorism; and (2) conduct an annual, intelligence-based Cures Act (Public Law 114–255), and section (2) be co-chaired by— assessment of domestic terrorism activities 51007 of the Bipartisan Budget Act (Public (A) the Domestic Terrorism Counsel au- in their jurisdictions; and Law 115–123), and reinstated for calendar thorized under subsection (a)(2)(B); (3) formulate and execute a plan to address years 2018 and 2019 under the final rule enti- (B) a United States Attorney or Assistant and combat domestic terrorism activities in tled ‘Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient United States Attorney; their jurisdictions. Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Sur- (C) a member of the National Security Di- (b) REQUIREMENT.—The activities required gical Center Payment Systems and Quality vision of the Department of Justice; and under subsection (a) shall focus on the most Reporting Programs’ published on December (D) a member of the Federal Bureau of In- significant domestic terrorism threats, as 14, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 59216).’’. vestigation. determined by the number of domestic ter- (d) FOCUS ON GREATEST THREATS.—The do- rorism-related incidents from each category By Mr. KAINE (for himself and mestic terrorism offices authorized under and subclassification in the joint report for Mr. CARPER): paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a) the preceding year required under section S. 899. A bill to limit the authority of shall focus their limited resources on the 4(b). the President to modify duty rates for most significant domestic terrorism threats, SEC. 7. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE. national security reasons and to limit as determined by the number of domestic Not later than 180 days after the date of the authority of the United States terrorism-related incidents from each cat- enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, Trade Representative to impose certain egory and subclassification in the joint re- the Director, the Secretary, and the Sec- duties or import restrictions, and for port for the preceding year required under retary of Defense shall establish an inter- other purposes; to the Committee on subsection (b). agency task force to combat White suprema- SEC. 5. TRAINING TO COMBAT DOMESTIC TER- Finance. cist and neo-Nazi infiltration of the uni- Mr. KAINE. Mr. President, today RORISM. formed services. (a) REQUIRED TRAINING AND RESOURCES.— Senator CARPER and I introduced the The Secretary, the Attorney General, and SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Reclaiming Congressional Trade Au- the Director shall review the anti-terrorism There are authorized to be appropriated to thority Act of 2019. Enacting this bill training and resource programs of their re- the Department of Justice, the Federal Bu- would restore the role on Congress in reau of Investigation, the Department of spective agencies that are provided to Fed- overseeing international trade matters. eral, State, local, and Tribal law enforce- Homeland Security, and the Department of Defense such sums as may be necessary to I have been outspoken against the ment agencies, including the State and abuse of executive authorities that Local Anti-Terrorism Program that is fund- carry out this Act. ed by the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the have been delegated to the President. Department of Justice, and ensure that such By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Congress has a Constitutional power to programs include training and resources to Ms. STABENOW): oversee international trade. We have assist State, local, and Tribal law enforce- S. 895. A bill to provide for a perma- recently seen an abuse of this power, as ment agencies in understanding, detecting, nent extension of the enforcement in- with other executive authorities. This deterring, and investigating acts of domestic struction on supervision requirements bill would mandate expanded Congres- terrorism and White supremacist and neo- for outpatient therapeutic services in sional involvement in international Nazi infiltration of law enforcement agen- critical access and small rural hos- trade decisions by requiring the Trump cies. The domestic-terrorism training shall pitals; to the Committee on Finance. Administration—and future Adminis- focus on the most significant domestic ter- trations—to further analyze, commu- rorism threats, as determined by the quan- Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask titative analysis in the joint report required unanimous consent that the text of the nicate, and justify tariff actions to under section 4(b). bill be printed in the RECORD. Congress. Congress would then review (b) REQUIREMENT.—Any individual who pro- There being no objection, the text of new tariffs and if the Administration vides domestic terrorism training required the bill was ordered to be printed in used national security to justify the under this section shall have— the RECORD, as follows: tariffs’ need, Congress would be re- (1) expertise in domestic terrorism; and quired to approve them. (2) relevant academic, law enforcement, or S. 895 I am advocating for my colleagues to other experience in matters related to do- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- consider supporting this bill, especially mestic terrorism. resentatives of the United States of America in as the damaging effects of the ongoing (c) REPORT.— Congress assembled, trade war continue. It’s time for Con- (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. gress to step in and act on our Con- the date of enactment of this Act and once This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rural Hos- each year thereafter, the Secretary, the At- pital Regulatory Relief Act of 2019’’. stitutional duty. torney General, and the Director shall each SEC. 2. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF ENFORCE- By Mr. DAINES (for himself and submit an annual report to the committees MENT INSTRUCTION ON SUPER- of Congress described in section 4(b)(1) on the VISION REQUIREMENTS FOR OUT- Mr. TESTER): domestic terrorism training implemented by PATIENT THERAPEUTIC SERVICES S. 900. A bill to designate the commu- their respective agencies under this section, IN CRITICAL ACCESS AND SMALL nity-based outpatient clinic of the De- which shall include copies of all training ma- RURAL HOSPITALS. partment of Veterans Affairs in Boze- terials used and the names and qualifications Section 1834 of the Social Security Act (42 man, Montana, as the ‘‘Travis W. At- of the individuals who provide the training. U.S.C. 1395m) is amended by adding at the kins Department of Veterans Affairs end the following new subsection: (2) CLASSIFICATION AND PUBLIC RELEASE.— Clinic’’; to the Committee on Veterans’ Each report submitted under paragraph (1) ‘‘(x) PERMANENT EXTENSION OF ENFORCE- MENT INSTRUCTION ON SUPERVISION REQUIRE- Affairs. shall be— Mr. DAINES. Mr. President, I ask (A) unclassified, to the greatest extent pos- MENTS FOR OUTPATIENT THERAPEUTIC SERV- sible, with a classified annex only if nec- ICES IN CRITICAL ACCESS AND SMALL RURAL unanimous consent that the text of the essary; and HOSPITALS.—On and after the date of the en- bill be printed in the RECORD. (B) in the case of the unclassified portion actment of this subsection, the Secretary There being no objection, the text of of each report, posted on the public website shall continue to apply the enforcement in- the bill was ordered to be printed in of the Department of Homeland Security, struction described in the notice of the Cen- the RECORD, as follows: the Department of Justice, and the Federal ters for Medicare & Medicaid Services enti- S. 900 Bureau of Investigation. tled ‘Enforcement Instruction on Super- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- SEC. 6. COMBATTING DOMESTIC TERRORISM vision Requirements for Outpatient Thera- resentatives of the United States of America in THROUGH JOINT TERRORISM TASK peutic Services in Critical Access and Small Congress assembled, FORCES AND FUSION CENTERS. Rural Hospitals for CY 2013’, dated November SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF TRAVIS W. ATKINS (a) IN GENERAL.—The joint terrorism task 1, 2012 (providing for an exception to the re- DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF- forces of the Federal Bureau of Investigation statement and clarification under the final FAIRS CLINIC IN BOZEMAN, MON- and State, local, and regional fusion centers, rulemaking changes to the Medicare hospital TANA. as established under section 210A of the outpatient prospective payment system and (a) DESIGNATION.—The community-based Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. calendar year 2009 payment rates (published outpatient clinic of the Department of Vet- 124h), shall each, in coordination with the in the Federal Register on November 18, 2008, erans Affairs located at 300 North Willson

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:09 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR6.042 S27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2049 Avenue, Bozeman, Montana, shall after the tablish a voluntary ‘‘permit transition S. 908 date of the enactment of this Act be known program’’ by March 2020 that will com- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- and designated as the ‘‘Travis W. Atkins De- pensate fishermen during this transi- resentatives of the United States of America in partment of Veterans Affairs Clinic’’ or the tion process. California has already Congress assembled, ‘‘Travis W. Atkins VA Clinic’’. dedicated $1 million for the program SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. (b) REFERENCE.—Any reference in any law, This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fluke Fair- regulation, map, document, paper, or other and another $1 million is being sought ness Act of 2019’’. record of the United States to the commu- through a public-private partnership. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. nity-based outpatient clinic referred to in Now that these nets are banned in Congress finds the following: subsection (a) shall be considered to be a ref- State waters, our legislation to ban the (1) Summer flounder is an important eco- erence to the Travis W. Atkins Department nets in Federal waters is more timely nomic fish stock for commercial and rec- of Veterans Affairs Clinic. than ever. The ‘‘Driftnet Moderniza- reational fishermen across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic United States. By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself tion and Bycatch Reduction Act’’ would phase out the use of drift (2) The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Con- and Mrs. CAPITO): servation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. S. 906. A bill to improve the manage- gillnets over the five years after enact- 1801 et seq.) was reauthorized in 2006 and in- ment of driftnet fishing; to the Com- ment. The bill also authorizes the De- stituted annual catch limits and account- mittee on Commerce, Science, and partment of Commerce to assist fisher- ability measures for important fish stocks. Transportation. men in transitioning from driftnets to (3) That reauthorization prompted fishery Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I more sustainable gear types, which managers to look at alternate management am pleased to re-introduce the studies have shown actually increase schemes to rebuild depleted stocks like sum- profitability. mer flounder. ‘‘Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch (4) Summer flounder occur in both State Reduction Act.’’ This legislation would Updated fishing gear that could re- and Federal waters and are managed through update the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery place driftnets is available and has a joint fishery management plan between the Conservation and Management Act to been successfully deployed in the At- Council and the Commission. phase out the use of harmful drift lantic Ocean and in trials in the Pacific (5) The Council and the Commission de- gillnets and replace them with more Ocean. Deep-set buoy gear, for exam- cided that each State’s recreational and sustainable fishing gear. I would like ple, allows fishermen to more accu- commercial harvest limits for summer flounder would be based upon landings in previous to thank my colleague, Senator CAP- rately target swordfish and other mar- ketable species in deep, cold water. The years. ITO, for once again co-leading this im- (6) These historical landings were based on portant bill. gear alerts fishermen immediately flawed data sets that no longer provide fair- Drift gillnets, which are approxi- when they have fish on the line, so the ness or flexibility for fisheries managers to mately one to one and a half miles fish can be retrieved and delivered to allocate resources based on the best science. long, are intended to catch swordfish market quickly, thereby garnering a (7) This allocation mechanism resulted in and thresher shark off the coast of higher price. an uneven split among the States along the California. Tragically, nearly 60 other In a 2016 poll, California voters over- East Coast which is problematic. whelmingly supported efforts to end (8) The fishery management plan for sum- species are frequently caught and mer flounder does not account for regional killed in the nets, including dolphins, the use of drift gillnets to catch sword- changes in the location of the fluke stock porpoises, whales, sea lions, and sea fish, with 87 percent of those surveyed even though the stock has moved further to turtles. These are known as bycatch. in a poll commissioned by The Pew the north and changes in effort by anglers While some of these species can be Charitable Trusts agreeing that fisher- along the East Coast. sold, most are wastefully thrown back men should use less harmful gear. (9) The States have been locked in a man- into the ocean either dead or seriously Our bill enjoys support from a wide agement system based on data collected injured. range of commercial fishing compa- from 1981 to 1989, thus, the summer flounder stock is not being managed using the best According to the National Marine nies, sportfishing groups, and environ- available science and modern fishery man- Fisheries Service, these harmful nets mental organizations, including: the agement techniques. account for 90% of whale and porpoise American Sportfishing Association, the (10) It is in the interest of the Federal Gov- species killed in West Coast Fisheries. International Game Fish Association, ernment to establish a new fishery manage- In the 1980s, Congress enacted legisla- Coastal Conservation Association of ment plan for summer flounder that is based tion to end the domestic use of California, Yamaha USA, Okaiwa Cor- on current geographic, scientific, and eco- driftnets approximately 1.5 miles or poration, the Pew Charitable Trusts, nomic realities. longer. Under President George H.W. Oceana, Sea Legacy, and Mission Blue. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: Bush, the United States entered bind- Our ‘‘Driftnet Modernization and By- (1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ ing international agreements banning catch Reduction Act’’ will protect val- means the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries such nets worldwide. uable marine life unique to the West Commission. Driftnets are prohibited or are not Coast, including several endangered (2) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means utilized off the United States’ Atlantic species. This bill will also help fisher- the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Coun- and Gulf coasts as well as in Wash- men to provide fresher, more profit- cil established under section 302(a) of the ington State, Oregon, Alaska, and Ha- able, and more sustainable seafood to Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and waii. Mexico permanently banned the American consumers. Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1852(a)). (3) NATIONAL STANDARDS.—The term ‘‘Na- use of these nets in the Gulf of Cali- I look forward to working with my tional Standards’’ means the national stand- fornia in 2017. colleagues to pass the ‘‘Driftnet Mod- ards for fishery conservation and manage- However, neither domestic nor inter- ernization and Bycatch Reduction ment set out in section 301(a) of the Magnu- national law currently includes the Act.’’ Thank you, Mr. President. I yield son-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Man- drift gillnets used in Federal waters off the Floor. agement Act (16 U.S.C. 1851(a)). the coast of California to catch sword- (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ fish and thresher shark, despite their By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself means the Secretary of Commerce. significant impact on protected marine and Mrs. GILLIBRAND): (5) SUMMER FLOUNDER.—The term ‘‘summer life. This California-based fishery is S. 908. A bill to provide for an equi- flounder’’ means the species Paralichthys dentatus. the last place in the United States table management of summer flounder SEC. 4. SUMMER FLOUNDER MANAGEMENT RE- where these deadly driftnets are al- based on geographic, scientific, and FORM. lowed. economic data and for other purposes; (a) FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN MODIFICA- Last year, the California legislature to the Committee on Commerce, TION.—Not later than 1 year after the date of passed a bill, subsequently signed into Science, and Transportation. enactment of this Act, the Council shall sub- law by Governor Jerry Brown, to phase Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask mit to the Secretary, and the Secretary may out these large-mesh drift gillnets in unanimous consent that the text of the approve, a modified fishery management plan for the commercial management of State waters and establish a buyout bill be printed in the RECORD. summer flounder under title III of the Mag- program over a four-year period. There being no objection, the text of nuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and The State law requires the California the bill was ordered to be printed in Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 et seq.) or an Department of Fish and Wildlife to es- the RECORD, as follows: amendment to such plan that—

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:09 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR6.048 S27MRPT1 S2050 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 27, 2019 (1) shall be based on the best scientific in- rate (per 100,000 live births) for the 48 contig- the State level and extrapolating such data formation available; uous States and Washington, DC increased to the Federal level. (2) establishes commercial quotas in direct from 18.8 percent in 2000 to 23.8 percent in (11) In the United States, death reporting proportion to the distribution, abundance, 2014 to 26.6 percent in 2018. This estimated and analysis is a State function rather than and location of summer flounder as reflected rate is on par with such rate for under- a Federal process. States report all deaths— by fishery independent surveys conducted by developed nations such as Iraq and Afghani- including maternal deaths—on a semi-vol- the National Marine Fisheries Service and stan. untary basis, without standardization across State agencies; (3) International studies estimate the 2015 States. While the Centers for Disease Control (3) considers regional, coastwide, or other maternal mortality rate in the United States and Prevention has the capacity and system management measures for summer flounder as 26.4 per 100,000 live births, which is almost for collecting death-related data based on that comply with the National Standards; twice the 2015 World Health Organization es- death certificates, these data are not suffi- and timation of 14 per 100,000 live births. ciently reported by States in an organized (4) prohibits the establishment of commer- (4) It is estimated that more than 60 per- and standard format across States such that cial catch quotas for summer flounder on a cent of maternal deaths in the United States the Centers for Disease Control and Preven- State-by-State basis using historical land- are preventable. tion is able to identify causes of maternal ings data that does not reflect the status of (5) According to the Centers for Disease death and best practices for the prevention the summer flounder stock, based on the Control and Prevention, the maternal mor- of such death. most recent scientific information. tality rate varies drastically for women by (12) Vital statistics systems often under- (b) CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSION.— race and ethnicity. There are 12.7 deaths per estimate maternal mortality and are insuffi- In preparing the modified fishery manage- 100,000 live births for White women, 43.5 cient data sources from which to derive a ment plan or an amendment to such a plan deaths per 100,000 live births for African- full scope of medical and social determinant as described in subsection (a), the Council American women, and 14.4 deaths per 100,000 factors contributing to maternal deaths. shall consult with the Commission to ensure live births for women of other ethnicities. While the addition of pregnancy checkboxes consistent management throughout the While maternal mortality disparately im- on death certificates since 2003 have likely range of the summer flounder. pacts African-American women, this urgent improved States’ abilities to identify preg- (c) FAILURE TO SUBMIT PLAN.—If the Coun- public health crisis traverses race, ethnicity, nancy-related deaths, they are not generally cil fails to submit a modified fishery man- socioeconomic status, educational back- completed by obstetrical providers or per- agement plan or an amendment to such a ground, and geography. sons trained to recognize pregnancy-related plan as described in subsection (a) that may (6) African-American women are 3 to 4 mortality. Thus, these vital forms may be be approved by the Secretary, the Secretary times more likely to die from causes related missing information or may capture incon- shall prepare and consider such a modified to pregnancy and childbirth compared to sistent data. Due to varying maternal mor- plan or amendment. non-Hispanic White women. tality-related analyses, lack of reliability, SEC. 5. REPORT. (7) The findings described in paragraphs (1) and granularity in data, current maternal Not later than 1 year after the date of the through (6) are of major concern to research- mortality informatics do not fully encap- approval under section 4 of a modified fish- ers, academics, members of the business sulate the myriad medical and socially de- ery management plan for the commercial community, and providers across the obstet- terminant factors that contribute to such management of summer flounder or an rical continuum represented by organiza- high maternal mortality rates within the amendment to such plan, the Comptroller tions such as March of Dimes; the United States compared to other developed General of the United States shall submit to Preeclampsia Foundation; the American Col- nations. Lack of standardization of data and Congress a report on the implementation of lege of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; the data sharing across States and between Fed- such modified plan or amendment that in- Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine; the As- eral entities, health networks, and research cludes an assessment of whether such imple- sociation of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and institutions keep the Nation in the dark mentation complies with the National Neonatal Nurses; the California Maternal about ways to prevent maternal deaths. Standards. Quality Care Collaborative; Black Women’s (13) Having reliable and valid State data Health Imperative; the National Birth Eq- aggregated at the Federal level are critical By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. uity Collaborative; Black Mamas Matter Al- to the Nation’s ability to quell surges in ma- DUCKWORTH, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, liance; EverThrive Illinois; the National As- ternal death and imperative for researchers Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MERKLEY, sociation of Certified Professional Midwives; to identify long-lasting interventions. Mr. BROWN, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. PCOS Challenge: The National Polycystic (14) Leaders in maternal wellness highly SMITH, and Mr. KING): Ovary Sundrome Association; and the Amer- recommend that maternal deaths be inves- S. 916. A bill to improve Federal ef- ican College of Nurse Midwives. tigated at the State level first, and that forts with respect to the prevention of (8) Hemorrhage, cardiovascular and coro- standardized, streamlined, de-identified data nary conditions, cardiomyopathy, infection, regarding maternal deaths be sent annually maternal mortality, and for other pur- embolism, mental health conditions, to the Centers for Disease Control and Pre- poses; to the Committee on Finance. preeclampsia and eclampsia, polycystic vention. Such data standardization and col- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask ovary syndrome, infection and sepsis, and lection would be similar in operation and ef- unanimous consent that the text of the anesthesia complications are the predomi- fect to the National Program of Cancer Reg- bill be printed in the RECORD. nant medical causes of maternal-related istries of the Centers for Disease Control and There being no objection, the text of deaths and complications. Most of these con- Prevention and akin to the Confidential the bill was ordered to be printed in ditions are largely preventable or manage- Enquiry in Maternal Deaths Programme in the RECORD, as follows: able. the United Kingdom. Such a maternal mor- (9) Oral health is an important part of talities and morbidities registry and surveil- S. 916 perinatal health. Reducing bacteria in a lance system would help providers, academi- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- woman’s mouth during pregnancy can sig- cians, lawmakers, and the public to address resentatives of the United States of America in nificantly reduce her risk of developing oral questions concerning the types of, causes of, Congress assembled, diseases and spreading decay-causing bac- and best practices to thwart, pregnancy-re- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. teria to her baby. Moreover, some evidence lated or pregnancy-associated mortality and This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mothers and suggests that women with periodontal dis- morbidity. Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Aware- ease during pregnancy could be at greater (15) The United Nations’ Millennium De- ness Act’’ or the ‘‘MOMMA’s Act’’. risk for poor birth outcomes, such as pre-ec- velopment Goal 5a aimed to reduce by 75 per- SEC. 2. FINDINGS. lampsia, pre-term birth, and low birth cent, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal Congress finds the following: weight. Furthermore, a woman’s oral health mortality rate, yet this metric has not been (1) Every year, across the United States, during pregnancy is a good predictor of her achieved. In fact, the maternal mortality 4,000,000 women give birth, about 700 women newborn’s oral health, and since mothers can rate in the United States has been estimated suffer fatal complications during pregnancy, unintentionally spread oral bacteria to their to have more than doubled between 2000 and while giving birth or during the postpartum babies, putting their children at higher risk 2014. Yet, because national data are not fully period, and 70,000 women suffer near-fatal, for tooth decay, prevention efforts should available, the United States does not have an partum-related complications. happen even before children are born, as a official maternal mortality rate. (2) The maternal mortality rate is often matter of pre-pregnancy health and prenatal (16) Many States have struggled to estab- used as a proxy to measure the overall care during pregnancy. lish or maintain Maternal Mortality Review health of a population. While the infant mor- (10) The United States has not been able to Committees (referred to in this section as tality rate in the United States has reached submit a formal maternal mortality rate to ‘‘MMRC’’). On the State level, MMRCs have its lowest point, the risk of death for women international data repositories since 2007. lagged because States have not had the rein the United States during pregnancy, Thus, no official maternal mortality rate ex- sources to mount local reviews. State-level childbirth, or the postpartum period is high- ists for the United States. There can be no reviews are necessary as only the State deer than such risk in many other developed maternal mortality rate without stream- partments of health have the authority to nations. The estimated maternal mortality lining maternal mortality-related data from request medical records, autopsy reports,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:09 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR6.052 S27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2051 and police reports critical to the function of stress of racism—and one’s birthing out- such data and to encourage the sharing of the MMRC. comes. The stress of sex and race discrimina- such data among the respective States. (17) The United Kingdom regards maternal tion and institutional racism has been dem- (b) BEST PRACTICES RELATING TO PREVEN- deaths as a health systems failure and a na- onstrated to contribute to a higher risk of TION OF MATERNAL MORTALITY.— tional committee of obstetrics experts re- maternal mortality, irrespective of one’s (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year view each maternal death or near-fatal gestational age, maternal age, socio- after the date of enactment of this Act— childbirth complication. Such committee economic status, or individual-level health (A) the Director, in consultation with rel- also establishes the predominant course of risk factors, including poverty, limited ac- evant patient and provider groups, shall maternal-related deaths from conditions cess to prenatal care, and poor physical and issue best practices to State maternal mor- such as preeclampsia. Consequently, the mental health (although these are not nomi- tality review committees on how best to United Kingdom has been able to reduce its nal factors). African-American women re- identify and review maternal mortality incidence of preeclampsia to less than one in main the most at risk for pregnancy-associ- cases, taking into account any data made 10,000 women—its lowest rate since 1952. ated or pregnancy-related causes of death. available by States relating to maternal (18) The United States has no comparable, When it comes to preeclampsia, for example, mortality, including data on oral, mental, coordinated Federal process by which to re- which is related to obesity, African-Amer- and breastfeeding health, and utilization of view cases of maternal mortality, systems ican women of normal weight remain the any emergency services; and failures, or best practices. Many States have most at risk of dying during the perinatal (B) the Director, working in collaboration active MMRCs and leverage their work to period compared to non-African-American with the Health Resources and Services Ad- impact maternal wellness. For example, the obese women. ministration, shall issue best practices to State of California has worked extensively (23) The rising maternal mortality rate in hospitals, State professional society groups, with their State health departments, health the United States is driven predominantly and perinatal quality collaboratives on how and hospital systems, and research collabo- by the disproportionately high rates of Afri- best to prevent maternal mortality. rative organizations, including the Cali- can-American maternal mortality. (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— fornia Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (24) African-American women are 3 to 4 For purposes of carrying out this subsection, and the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal times more likely to die from pregnancy or there is authorized to be appropriated Health, to establish MMRCs, wherein such maternal-related distress than are White $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023. State has determined the most prevalent women, yielding one of the greatest and (c) ALLIANCE FOR INNOVATION ON MATERNAL causes of maternal mortality and recorded most disconcerting racial disparities in pub- HEALTH GRANT PROGRAM.— and shared data with providers and research- lic health. ers, who have developed and implemented (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year (25) Compared to women from other racial after the date of enactment of this Act, the safety bundles and care protocols related to and ethnic demographics, African-American preeclampsia, maternal hemorrhage, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (re- women across the socioeconomic spectrum ferred to in this subsection as the ‘‘Sec- like. In this way, the State of California has experience prolonged, unrelenting stress re- been able to leverage its maternal mortality retary’’), acting through the Associate Ad- lated to racial and gender discrimination, ministrator of the Maternal and Child review board system, generate data, and contributing to higher rates of maternal apply those data to effect changes in mater- Health Bureau of the Health Resources and mortality, giving birth to low-weight babies, nal care-related protocol. To date, the State Services Administration, shall establish a and experiencing pre-term birth. Racism is a of California has reduced its maternal mor- grant program to be known as the Alliance risk-factor for these aforementioned experi- tality rate, which is now comparable to the for Innovation on Maternal Health Grant ences. This cumulative stress often extends low rates of the United Kingdom. Program (referred to in this subsection as across the life course and is situated in ev- (19) Hospitals and health systems across ‘‘AIM’’) under which the Secretary shall eryday spaces where African-American the United States lack standardization of award grants to eligible entities for the pur- women establish livelihood. Structural bar- emergency obstetrical protocols before, dur- pose of— riers, lack of access to care, and genetic pre- ing, and after delivery. Consequently, many (A) directing widespread adoption and im- dispositions to health vulnerabilities exacer- providers are delayed in recognizing critical plementation of maternal safety bundles signs indicating maternal distress that bate African-American women’s likelihood through collaborative State-based teams; quickly escalate into fatal or near-fatal to experience poor or fatal birthing out- and incidences. Moreover, any attempt to ad- comes, but do not fully account for the great (B) collecting and analyzing process, struc- dress an obstetrical emergency that does not disparity. ture, and outcome data to drive continuous consider both clinical and public health ap- (26) African-American women are twice as improvement in the implementation of such proaches falls woefully under the mark of ex- likely to experience postpartum depression, safety bundles by such State-based teams cellent care delivery. State-based maternal and disproportionately higher rates of with the ultimate goal of eliminating pre- quality collaborative organizations, such as preeclampsia compared to White women. ventable maternal mortality and severe ma- the California Maternal Quality Care Col- (27) Racism is deeply ingrained in United ternal morbidity in the United States. laborative or entities participating in the States systems, including in health care de- (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—In order to be eligi- Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health livery systems between patients and pro- ble for a grant under paragraph (1), an entity (AIM), have formed obstetrical protocols, viders, often resulting in disparate treat- shall— tool kits, and other resources to improve ment for pain, irreverence for cultural norms (A) submit to the Secretary an application system care and response as they relate to with respect to health, and dismissiveness. at such time, in such manner, and con- maternal complications and warning signs Research has demonstrated that patients re- taining such information as the Secretary for such conditions as maternal hemorrhage, spond more warmly and adhere to medical may require; and hypertension, and preeclampsia. treatment plans at a higher degree with pro- (B) demonstrate in such application that (20) The Centers for Disease Control and viders of the same race or ethnicity or with the entity is an interdisciplinary, multi- Prevention reports that nearly half of all providers with great ability to exercise em- stakeholder, national organization with a maternal deaths occur in the immediate pathy. However, the provider pool is not national data-driven maternal safety and postpartum period—the 42 days following a primed with many people of color, nor are quality improvement initiative based on im- pregnancy—whereas more than one-third of providers (whether student-doctors in train- plementation approaches that have been pregnancy-related or pregnancy-associated ing or licensed practitioners) consistently proven to improve maternal safety and out- deaths occur while a person is still pregnant. required to undergo implicit bias, cultural comes in the United States. Yet, for women eligible for the Medicaid pro- competency, or empathy training on a con- (3) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that gram on the basis of pregnancy, such Med- sistent, on-going basis. receives a grant under paragraph (1) shall icaid coverage lapses at the end of the month SEC. 3. IMPROVING FEDERAL EFFORTS WITH RE- use such grant funds— on which the 60th postpartum day lands. SPECT TO PREVENTION OF MATER- (A) to develop and implement, through a (21) The experience of serious traumatic NAL MORTALITY. robust, multi-stakeholder process, maternal events, such as being exposed to domestic vi- (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR STATES safety bundles to assist States and health olence, substance use disorder, or pervasive WITH RESPECT TO REPORTING MATERNAL MOR- care systems in aligning national, State, and racism, can over-activate the body’s stress- TALITY.—Not later than one year after the hospital-level quality improvement efforts response system. Known as toxic stress, the date of enactment of this Act, the Director to improve maternal health outcomes, spe- repetition of high-doses of cortisol to the of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre- cifically the reduction of maternal mortality brain, can harm healthy neurological devel- vention (referred to in this section as the and severe maternal morbidity; opment, which can have cascading physical ‘‘Director’’), in consultation with the Admin- (B) to ensure, in developing and imple- and mental health consequences, as docu- istrator of the Health Resources and Serv- menting maternal safety bundles under sub- mented in the Adverse Childhood Experi- ices Administration, shall provide technical paragraph (A), that such maternal safety ences study of the Centers for Disease Con- assistance to States that elect to report bundles— trol and Prevention. comprehensive data on maternal mortality, (i) satisfy the quality improvement needs (22) A growing body of evidence-based re- including oral, mental, and breastfeeding of a State or health care system by factoring search has shown the correlation between health information, for the purpose of en- in the results and findings of relevant data the stress associated with one’s race—the couraging uniformity in the reporting of reviews, such as reviews conducted by a

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State maternal mortality review committee; (4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— period, a State shall not have in effect, with and For purposes of carrying out this subsection, respect to women who are eligible for med- (ii) address topics such as— there is authorized to be appropriated ical assistance under the State plan or under (I) obstetric hemorrhage; $14,000,000 per year for each of fiscal years a waiver of such plan on the basis of being (II) maternal mental health; 2020 through 2024. pregnant or having been pregnant, eligibility (III) the maternal venous system; (e) EXPANSION OF MEDICAID AND CHIP COV- standards, methodologies, or procedures (IV) obstetric care for women with sub- ERAGE FOR PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM under the State plan or waiver that are more stance use disorders, including opioid use WOMEN.— restrictive than the eligibility standards, disorder; (1) REQUIRING COVERAGE OF ORAL HEALTH methodologies, or procedures, respectively, (V) postpartum care basics for maternal SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM under such plan or waiver that are in effect safety; WOMEN.— on the date of enactment of this para- (VI) reduction of peripartum racial and (A) MEDICAID.—Section 1905 of the Social graph.’’. ethnic disparities; Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended— (B) CHIP.—Section 2105(d) of the Social Se- (VII) reduction of primary caesarean birth; (i) in subsection (a)(4)— curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(d)) is amended by (VIII) severe hypertension in pregnancy; (I) by striking ‘‘; and (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘; adding at the end the following new para- (IX) severe maternal morbidity reviews; (D)’’; and graph: (X) support after a severe maternal mor- (II) by inserting ‘‘; and (E) oral health serv- ‘‘(4) IN ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS FOR TAR- bidity event; ices for pregnant and postpartum women (as GETED LOW-INCOME PREGNANT WOMEN.—Dur- (XI) thromboembolism; defined in subsection (ee))’’ after ‘‘subsection ing the period that begins on the date of en- (XII) optimization of support for (bb))’’; and actment of this paragraph and ends on the breastfeeding; and (ii) by adding at the end the following new date that is five years after such date of en- (XIII) maternal oral health; and subsection: actment, as a condition of receiving pay- (C) to provide ongoing technical assistance ‘‘(ee) ORAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR PREG- ments under subsection (a) and section at the national and State levels to support NANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN.— 1903(a), a State that elects to provide assist- implementation of maternal safety bundles ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this ance to women on the basis of being preg- under subparagraph (A). title, the term ‘oral health services for pregnant (including pregnancy-related assistance (4) MATERNAL SAFETY BUNDLE DEFINED.— nant and postpartum women’ means dental provided to targeted low-income pregnant For purposes of this subsection, the term services necessary to prevent disease and women (as defined in section 2112(d)), preg- ‘‘maternal safety bundle’’ means standard- promote oral health, restore oral structures nancy-related assistance provided to women ized, evidence-informed processes for mater- to health and function, and treat emergency who are eligible for such assistance through nal health care. conditions that are furnished to a woman application of section 1902(v)(4)(A)(i) under (5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— during pregnancy (or during the 1-year pe- section 2107(e)(1), or any other assistance For purposes of carrying out this subsection, riod beginning on the last day of the preg- under the State child health plan (or a waiv- there is authorized to be appropriated nancy). er of such plan) which is provided to women $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 ‘‘(2) COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS.—To satisfy on the basis of being pregnant) shall not through 2023. the requirement to provide oral health serv- have in effect, with respect to such women, (d) FUNDING FOR STATE-BASED PERINATAL ices for pregnant and postpartum women, a eligibility standards, methodologies, or pro- QUALITY COLLABORATIVES DEVELOPMENT AND State shall, at a minimum, provide coverage cedures under such plan (or waiver) that are SUSTAINABILITY.— for preventive, diagnostic, periodontal, and more restrictive than the eligibility stand- (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year restorative care consistent with rec- ards, methodologies, or procedures, respec- after the date of enactment of this Act, the ommendations for perinatal oral health care tively, under such plan (or waiver) that are Secretary of Health and Human Services (re- and dental care during pregnancy from the in effect on the date of enactment of this ferred to in this subsection as the ‘‘Sec- American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry paragraph.’’. retary’’), acting through the Division of Re- and the American College of Obstetricians (6) INFORMATION ON BENEFITS.—The Sec- productive Health of the Centers for Disease and Gynecologists.’’. retary of Health and Human Services shall Control and Prevention, shall establish a (B) CHIP.—Section 2103(c)(5)(A) of the So- make publicly available on the Internet grant program to be known as the State- cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397cc(c)(5)(A)) is website of the Department of Health and Based Perinatal Quality Collaborative grant amended by inserting ‘‘or a targeted low-in- Human Services, information regarding ben- program under which the Secretary awards come pregnant woman’’ after ‘‘targeted low- efits available to pregnant and postpartum grants to eligible entities for the purpose of income child’’. women and under the Medicaid program and development and sustainability of perinatal (2) EXTENDING MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR the Children’s Health Insurance Program, in- quality collaboratives in every State, the PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN.—Section cluding information on— District of Columbia, and eligible territories, 1902 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. (A) benefits that States are required to in order to measurably improve perinatal 1396a) is amended— provide to pregnant and postpartum women care and perinatal health outcomes for preg- (A) in subsection (e)— under such programs; nant and postpartum women and their in- (i) in paragraph (5)— (B) optional benefits that States may pro- fants. (I) by inserting ‘‘(including oral health vide to pregnant and postpartum women (2) GRANT AMOUNTS.—Grants awarded services for pregnant and postpartum women under such programs; and under this subsection shall be in amounts (as defined in section 1905(ee))’’ after (C) the availability of different kinds of not to exceed $250,000 per year, for the dura- ‘‘postpartum medical assistance under the benefits for pregnant and postpartum tion of the grant period. plan’’; and women, including oral health and mental (3) STATE-BASED PERINATAL QUALITY COL- (II) by striking ‘‘60-day’’ and inserting ‘‘1- health benefits, under such programs. LABORATIVE DEFINED.—For purposes of this year’’; and (7) FEDERAL FUNDING FOR COST OF EXTENDED subsection, the term ‘‘State-based perinatal (ii) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘60-day’’ MEDICAID AND CHIP COVERAGE FOR quality collaborative’’ means a network of and inserting ‘‘1-year’’; and POSTPARTUM WOMEN.— multidisciplinary teams that— (B) in subsection (l)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘60- (A) MEDICAID.—Section 1905 of the Social (A) work to improve measurable outcomes day’’ and inserting ‘‘1-year’’. Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d), as amended by for maternal and infant health by advancing (3) EXTENDING MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR LAW- paragraph (1), is further amended— evidence-informed clinical practices using FUL RESIDENTS.—Section 1903(v)(4)(A) of the (i) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘and (aa)’’ quality improvement principles; Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(v)(4)(A)) and inserting ‘‘(aa), and (ff)’’; and (B) work with hospital-based or outpatient is amended by striking ‘‘60-day’’ and insert- (ii) by adding at the end the following: facility-based clinical teams, experts, and ing ‘‘1-year’’. ‘‘(ff) INCREASED FMAP FOR EXTENDED MED- stakeholders, including patients and fami- (4) EXTENDING CHIP COVERAGE FOR PREG- ICAL ASSISTANCE FOR POSTPARTUM WOMEN.— lies, to spread best practices and optimize re- NANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN.—Section Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Federal sources to improve perinatal care and out- 2112(d)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 medical assistance percentage for a State, comes; U.S.C. 1397ll(d)(2)(A)) is amended by striking with respect to amounts expended by such (C) employ strategies that include the use ‘‘60-day’’ and inserting ‘‘1-year’’. State for medical assistance for a woman of the collaborative learning model to pro- (5) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.— who is eligible for such assistance on the vide opportunities for hospitals and clinical (A) MEDICAID.—Section 1902(l) of the Social basis of being pregnant or having been preg- teams to collaborate on improvement strate- Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(l)) is amended nant that is provided during the 305-day pe- gies, rapid-response data to provide timely by adding at the end the following new para- riod that begins on the 60/th/ day after the feedback to hospital and other clinical teams graph: last day of her pregnancy (including any to track progress, and quality improvement ‘‘(5) During the period that begins on the such assistance provided during the month science to provide support and coaching to date of enactment of this paragraph and ends in which such period ends), shall be equal hospital and clinical teams; and on the date that is five years after such date to— (D) have the goal of improving population- of enactment, as a condition for receiving ‘‘(1) 100 percent for the first 20 calendar level outcomes in maternal and infant any Federal payments under section 1903(a) quarters during which this subsection is in health. for calendar quarters occurring during such effect; and

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SISTANCE PROVIDED TO PREGNANT WOMEN.— work school, school of professional psy- (b) TAX PARITY FOR PIPE TOBACCO.—Sec- Notwithstanding subsection (b), the en- chology, or any other health professional tion 5701(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of hanced FMAP, with respect to payments school or program at an institution of higher 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘$2.8311 cents’’ under subsection (a) for expenditures under education (as defined in section 101 of the and inserting ‘‘$49.56’’. the State child health plan (or a waiver of Higher Education Act of 1965) focused on the (c) TAX PARITY FOR SMOKELESS TOBACCO.— such plan) for assistance provided under the prevention, treatment, or recovery of health (1) Section 5701(e) of the Internal Revenue plan (or waiver) to a woman who is eligible conditions that contribute to maternal mor- Code of 1986 is amended— for such assistance on the basis of being tality and the prevention of maternal mor- (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$1.51’’ pregnant (including pregnancy-related as- tality and severe maternal morbidity; and inserting ‘‘$26.84’’; sistance provided to a targeted low-income ‘‘(2) demonstrate community engagement (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘50.33 pregnant woman (as defined in section and participation, such as through partner- cents’’ and inserting ‘‘$10.74’’; and 2112(d)), pregnancy-related assistance pro- ships with home visiting and case manage- (C) by adding at the end the following: vided to a woman who is eligible for such as- ment programs; and ‘‘(3) SMOKELESS TOBACCO SOLD IN DISCRETE sistance through application of section ‘‘(3) provide to the Secretary such informa- SINGLE-USE UNITS.—On discrete single-use 1902(v)(4)(A)(i) under section 2107(e)(1), or tion, at such time and in such manner, as the units, $100.66 per thousand.’’. any other assistance under the plan (or waiv- Secretary may require. (2) Section 5702(m) of such Code is amend- er) provided to a woman who is eligible for ‘‘(c) DIVERSITY.—In awarding a cooperative ed— such assistance on the basis of being preg- agreement under subsection (a), the Sec- (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or chew- nant) during the 305-day period that begins retary shall take into account any regional ing tobacco’’ and inserting ‘‘, chewing to- on the 60th day after the last day of her preg- differences among eligible entities and make bacco, or discrete single-use unit’’; nancy (including any such assistance pro- an effort to ensure geographic diversity (B) in paragraphs (2) and (3), by inserting vided during the month in which such period among award recipients. ‘‘that is not a discrete single-use unit’’ be- ends), shall be equal to— fore the period in each such paragraph; and ‘‘(A) 100 percent for the first 20 calendar ‘‘(d) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.— (C) by adding at the end the following: quarters during which this paragraph is in ‘‘(1) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary ‘‘(4) DISCRETE SINGLE-USE UNIT.—The term effect; and shall make publicly available on the internet ‘discrete single-use unit’ means any product ‘‘(B) 90 percent for calendar quarters there- website of the Department of Health and containing tobacco that— after.’’. Human Services information submitted to ‘‘(A) is not intended to be smoked; and (8) EFFECTIVE DATE.— the Secretary under subsection (b)(3). ‘‘(B) is in the form of a lozenge, tablet, pill, (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph ‘‘(2) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall pouch, dissolvable strip, or other discrete (B), the amendments made by this sub- evaluate each regional center of excellence single-use or single-dose unit.’’. section shall take effect on the first day of established or supported pursuant to subsection (a) and disseminate the findings re- (d) TAX PARITY FOR SMALL CIGARS.—Para- the first calendar quarter that begins on or graph (1) of section 5701(a) of the Internal after the date that is one year after the date sulting from each such evaluation to the appropriate public and private entities. Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking of enactment of this Act. ‘‘$50.33’’ and inserting ‘‘$100.66’’. (B) EXCEPTION FOR STATE LEGISLATION.—In ‘‘(3) DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary shall (e) TAX PARITY FOR LARGE CIGARS.— the case of a State plan under title XIX of share evaluations and overall findings with State departments of health and other rel- (1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section the Social Security Act or a State child 5701(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 health plan under title XXI of such Act that evant State level offices to inform State and local best practices. is amended by striking ‘‘52.75 percent’’ and the Secretary of Health and Human Services all that follows through the period and in- determines requires State legislation in ‘‘(e) MATERNAL MORTALITY DEFINED.—In serting the following: ‘‘$49.56 per pound and a order for the respective plan to meet any re- this section, the term ‘maternal mortality’ proportionate tax at the like rate on all frac- quirement imposed by amendments made by means death of a woman that occurs during tional parts of a pound but not less than this subsection, the respective plan shall not pregnancy or within the one-year period fol- 10.066 cents per cigar.’’. be regarded as failing to comply with the re- lowing the end of such pregnancy. (2) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary of the Treas- quirements of such title solely on the basis ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— ury, or the Secretary’s delegate, may issue of its failure to meet such an additional re- For purposes of carrying out this section, guidance regarding the appropriate method quirement before the first day of the first there is authorized to be appropriated for determining the weight of large cigars for calendar quarter beginning after the close of $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through purposes of calculating the applicable tax the first regular session of the State legisla- 2023.’’. under section 5701(a)(2) of the Internal Rev- ture that begins after the date of enactment enue Code of 1986. (g) SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PRO- of this Act. For purposes of the previous sen- (f) TAX PARITY FOR ROLL-YOUR-OWN TO- GRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN.— tence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year BACCO AND CERTAIN PROCESSED TOBACCO.— Section 17(d)(3)(A)(ii) of the Child Nutrition legislative session, each year of the session Subsection (o) of section 5702 of the Internal Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(3)(A)(ii)) is shall be considered to be a separate regular Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting amended— session of the State legislature. ‘‘, and includes processed tobacco that is re- (1) by striking the clause designation and (f) REGIONAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE.— moved for delivery or delivered to a person Part P of title III of the Public Health Serv- heading and all that follows through ‘‘A other than a person with a permit provided ice Act is amended by adding at the end the State’’ and inserting the following: under section 5713, but does not include re- following new section: ‘‘(ii) WOMEN.— movals of processed tobacco for exportation’’ ‘‘(I) BREASTFEEDING WOMEN.—A State’’; ‘‘SEC. 399V–7. REGIONAL CENTERS OF EXCEL- after ‘‘wrappers thereof’’. LENCE ADDRESSING IMPLICIT BIAS (2) in subclause (I) (as so designated), by (g) CLARIFYING TAX RATE FOR OTHER TO- AND CULTURAL COMPETENCY IN PA- striking ‘‘1 year’’ and all that follows BACCO PRODUCTS.— TIENT-PROVIDER INTERACTIONS through ‘‘earlier’’ and inserting ‘‘2 years (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5701 of the Inter- EDUCATION. postpartum’’; and ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by add- (3) by adding at the end the following: after the date of enactment of this section, ing at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(II) POSTPARTUM WOMEN.—A State may the Secretary, in consultation with such ‘‘(i) OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS.—Any prod- elect to certify a postpartum woman for a other agency heads as the Secretary deter- uct not otherwise described under this sec- period of 2 years.’’. mines appropriate, shall award cooperative tion that has been determined to be a to- agreements for the establishment or support (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: bacco product by the Food and Drug Admin- of regional centers of excellence addressing (1) MATERNAL MORTALITY.—The term ‘‘ma- istration through its authorities under the implicit bias and cultural competency in pa- ternal mortality’’ means death of a woman Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco tient-provider interactions education for the that occurs during pregnancy or within the Control Act shall be taxed at a level of tax purpose of enhancing and improving how one-year period following the end of such equivalent to the tax rate for cigarettes on health care professionals are educated in im- pregnancy. an estimated per use basis as determined by plicit bias and delivering culturally com- (2) SEVERE MATERNAL MORBIDITY.—The the Secretary.’’. petent health care. term ‘‘severe maternal morbidity’’ includes (2) ESTABLISHING PER USE BASIS.—For pur- ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive unexpected outcomes of labor and delivery poses of section 5701(i) of the Internal Rev- a cooperative agreement under subsection that result in significant short-term or long- enue Code of 1986, not later than 12 months (a), an entity shall— term consequences to a woman’s health. after the later of the date of the enactment

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of this Act or the date that a product has or any other provision of law, any article S. RES. 122 been determined to be a tobacco product by which is located in a foreign trade zone on Whereas 25 years ago, between April and the Food and Drug Administration, the Sec- any tax increase date shall be subject to the June 1994, an estimated 800,000 Rwandans, retary of the Treasury (or the Secretary of tax imposed by paragraph (1) if— most of them members of the minority Tutsi the Treasury’s delegate) shall issue final reg- (A) internal revenue taxes have been deter- community along with some politically mod- ulations establishing the level of tax for such mined, or customs duties liquidated, with re- erate Hutus, were killed in an organized product that is equivalent to the tax rate for spect to such article before such date pursu- campaign of genocide; cigarettes on an estimated per use basis. ant to a request made under the 1st proviso (h) CLARIFYING DEFINITION OF TOBACCO of section 3(a) of such Act, or Whereas up to 2,000,000 people fled Rwanda PRODUCTS.— (B) such article is held on such date under as refugees, 1,000,000 were internally dis- (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section the supervision of an officer of the United placed, and of the survivors, 75,000 were chil- 5702 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is States Customs and Border Protection of the dren who lost one or both parents; amended to read as follows: Department of Homeland Security pursuant Whereas the United Nations Assistance ‘‘(c) TOBACCO PRODUCTS.—The term ‘to- to the 2d proviso of such section 3(a). Mission for Rwanda was dramatically scaled bacco products’ means— (5) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub- back as the genocide occurred, with the ‘‘(1) cigars, cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, section— United States and other nations failing to pipe tobacco, and roll-your-own tobacco, and (A) IN GENERAL.—Any term used in this stop the killings; ‘‘(2) any other product subject to tax pur- subsection which is also used in section 5702 Whereas the genocide forced Rwandans to suant to section 5701(i).’’. of such Code shall have the same meaning as confront core issues of ethnic and national (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Subsection such term has in such section. identity, justice, peace, reconciliation, and (d) of section 5702 of such Code is amended by (B) TAX INCREASE DATE.—The term ‘‘tax in- security; striking ‘‘cigars, cigarettes, smokeless to- crease date’’ means the effective date of any Whereas the people and Government of bacco, pipe tobacco, or roll-your-own to- increase in any tobacco product excise tax Rwanda have taken steps to foster peace and bacco’’ each place it appears and inserting rate pursuant to the amendments made by ‘‘tobacco products’’. reconciliation; this section (other than subsection (j) there- Whereas Rwanda’s position on the United (i) INCREASING TAX ON CIGARETTES.— of). (1) SMALL CIGARETTES.—Section 5701(b)(1) Nations Development Program Human De- (C) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ velopment Index continues to steadily im- of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘$50.33’’ means the Secretary of the Treasury or the prove, although the nation remains one of and inserting ‘‘$100.66’’. Secretary’s delegate. (2) LARGE CIGARETTES.—Section 5701(b)(2) the world’s poorest, positioned at 158 out of (6) CONTROLLED GROUPS.—Rules similar to of such Code is amended by striking the rules of section 5061(e)(3) of such Code 189 countries and territories requiring con- ‘‘$105.69’’ and inserting ‘‘$211.38’’. shall apply for purposes of this subsection. tinued development assistance and support; (j) TAX RATES ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION.— (7) OTHER LAWS APPLICABLE.—All provi- and Section 5701 of such Code, as amended by sions of law, including penalties, applicable Whereas the people and Government of the subsection (g), is amended by adding at the with respect to the taxes imposed by section United States support the people of Rwanda end the following new subsection: in their aspirations for continued economic ‘‘(j) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.— 5701 of such Code shall, insofar as applicable growth, improved food security, better ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any cal- and not inconsistent with the provisions of endar year beginning after 2018, the dollar this subsection, apply to the floor stocks health outcomes, protection of biodiversity, amounts provided under this chapter shall taxes imposed by paragraph (1), to the same and fully accountable governance: Now, each be increased by an amount equal to— extent as if such taxes were imposed by such therefore, be it section 5701. The Secretary may treat any ‘‘(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by Resolved, That the Senate— person who bore the ultimate burden of the ‘‘(B) the cost-of-living adjustment deter- (1) solemnly observes the 25th Anniversary mined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar tax imposed by paragraph (1) as the person to whom a credit or refund under such provi- of the genocide in Rwanda, which began on year, determined by substituting ‘calendar April 6, 1994; year 2017’ for ‘calendar year 2016’ in subpara- sions may be allowed or made. (l) EFFECTIVE DATES.— (2) recognizes the failure of the inter- graph (A)(ii) thereof. national community, including the United ‘‘(2) ROUNDING.—If any amount as adjusted (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in States, to provide urgent assistance in pre- under paragraph (1) is not a multiple of $0.01, paragraphs (2) through (4), the amendments venting and stopping the genocide; such amount shall be rounded to the next made by this section shall apply to articles (3) reaffirms that the people of the United highest multiple of $0.01.’’. removed (as defined in section 5702(j) of the (k) FLOOR STOCKS TAXES.— Internal Revenue Code of 1986) after the last States will continue to stand with the people (1) IMPOSITION OF TAX.—On tobacco prod- day of the month which includes the date of of Rwanda in their ongoing journey towards ucts manufactured in or imported into the the enactment of this Act. reconciliation, peace, and open, inclusive, United States which are removed before any (2) DISCRETE SINGLE-USE UNITS AND PROC- and accountable governance; tax increase date and held on such date for ESSED TOBACCO.—The amendments made by (4) reaffirms its commitment to the Con- sale by any person, there is hereby imposed subsections (c)(1)(C), (c)(2), and (f) shall vention on the Prevention and Punishment a tax in an amount equal to the excess of— apply to articles removed (as defined in sec- of the Crime of Genocide, done at Paris De- (A) the tax which would be imposed under tion 5702(j) of the Internal Revenue Code of cember 9, 1948; section 5701 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) after the date that is 6 months after the (5) supports ongoing efforts to educate the 1986 on the article if the article had been re- date of the enactment of this Act. people of the United States, and around the (3) LARGE CIGARS.—The amendments made moved on such date, over world, about the genocide in Rwanda, hoping by subsection (e) shall apply to articles re- (B) the prior tax (if any) imposed under to prevent the commission of any such fu- moved after December 31, 2019. section 5701 of such Code on such article. ture occurrences in Rwanda or elsewhere; (2) CREDIT AGAINST TAX.—Each person shall (4) OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS.—The amendments made by subsection (g)(1) shall apply (6) commits to continuing efforts to be allowed as a credit against the taxes im- strengthen and support Rwandan, United posed by paragraph (1) an amount equal to to products removed after the last day of the States, and other international institutions $500. Such credit shall not exceed the month which includes the date that the Sec- and tribunals working to bring to justice amount of taxes imposed by paragraph (1) on retary of the Treasury (or the Secretary of those responsible for the genocide; and such date for which such person is liable. the Treasury’s delegate) issues final regula- (7) calls on the United States Government (3) LIABILITY FOR TAX AND METHOD OF PAY- tions establishing the level of tax for such MENT.— product. and the international community to seize on the occasion of this anniversary to focus at- (A) LIABILITY FOR TAX.—A person holding f tobacco products on any tax increase date to tention on the future of Rwanda, cooperating which any tax imposed by paragraph (1) ap- SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS to prevent and respond to genocide and plies shall be liable for such tax. crimes against humanity in nations across (B) METHOD OF PAYMENT.—The tax imposed the globe, and to support the people of Rwan- by paragraph (1) shall be paid in such man- da so that they may— ner as the Secretary shall prescribe by regu- SENATE RESOLUTION 122—OBSERV- (A) be free from future ethnic violence; lations. ING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF (B) experience full civil and human rights, (C) TIME FOR PAYMENT.—The tax imposed THE GENOCIDE IN RWANDA without fear of violence or intimidation; by paragraph (1) shall be paid on or before Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. (C) peacefully resolve disputes; and the date that is 120 days after the effective ISAKSON, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. KAINE, Mr. (D) benefit from sustained economic date of the tax rate increase. CARDIN, Mr. COONS, Mr. MERKLEY, and growth and development, which improves the (4) ARTICLES IN FOREIGN TRADE ZONES.— health, prosperity and standard of living of Mr. BOOKER) submitted the following Notwithstanding the Act of June 18, 1934 all. (commonly known as the Foreign Trade resolution; which was referred to the Zone Act, 48 Stat. 998, 19 U.S.C. 81a et seq.), Committee on Foreign Relations:

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PORTING THE NORTH ATLANTIC of the Alliance,’’ and have asserted that The Senate— TREATY ORGANIZATION AND ‘‘there can be no return to ‘business as usual’ (1) lauds NATO for its 70-year maintenance RECOGNIZING ITS 70 YEARS OF until there is a clear, constructive change in of the alliance and recognizes its singular Russia’s actions that demonstrates compli- contributions to maintaining the safety, se- ACCOMPLISHMENTS ance with international law and its inter- curity, and democratic systems of its mem- Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. MENEN- national obligations and responsibilities’’. bers; DEZ, Mr. TILLIS, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. (12) The NATO Wales Summit Declaration (2) calls on NATO member states to con- JOHNSON, and Mr. MURPHY) submitted of 2014 pledged, ‘‘Allies currently meeting tinue to fully meet their Wales pledges, more the following resolution; which was re- the NATO guideline to spend a minimum of fully share the security burden by increasing their defense spending with a focus on meet- ferred to the Committee on Foreign 2% of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on defence will aim to continue to do so. . . ing capabilities targets, enhancing inter- Relations: Allies whose current proportion of GDP operability, improving readiness, and mod- S. RES. 123 spent on defence is below this level will: halt ernization to respond to the threats that Resolved, any decline in defence expenditure; aim to face the alliance on each of its flanks; SECTION 1. FINDINGS. increase defence expenditure in real terms as (3) stands in robust support of those NATO The Senate makes the following findings: GDP grows; aim to move towards the 2% members who spend two percent or more of (1) The North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- guideline within a decade with a view to their GDPs on defense, acknowledges the tion (NATO) was founded on April 4, 1949, to meeting their NATO Capability Targets and four countries that have met that goal since ‘‘safeguard the freedom, common heritage filling NATO’s capability shortfalls.’’. 2014, and strongly encourages the remainder and civilisation of [its] peoples, founded on (13) Twenty-two NATO nations have in- to strive to quickly reach that goal; the principles of democracy, individual lib- creased their military spending since the (4) affirms that the Senate stands ready to erty and the rule of law’’. Wales Declaration of 2014. consider, if all applicable criteria are satis- (2) The United States Senate approved the (14) The NATO Brussels Summit Declara- fied, the Republic of North Macedonia’s ap- North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on July 21, tion of 2018 stated, ‘‘We reaffirm our unwav- plication to join NATO; 1949, and the United States Government ac- ering commitment to all aspects of the (5) backs the White House’s 2017 affirma- ceded to membership in NATO on August 24, Defence Investment Pledge agreed at the 2014 tion that the United States ‘‘stand[s] firmly 1949. Wales Summit, and to submit credible na- behind Article 5’’ of the NATO Treaty; (3) NATO is a community of democracies tional plans on its implementation, includ- (6) welcomes former Secretary of Defense that acts collectively to promote freedom, ing the spending guidelines for 2024, planned James Mattis’ efforts to encourage signifi- stability, and peace around the globe. capabilities, and contributions. Fair burden cant NATO reforms, especially regarding (4) NATO has continued to welcome into sharing underpins the Alliance’s cohesion, modernization, readiness, command struc- its membership those nations that have solidarity, credibility, and ability to fulfil ture adaptation, military mobility, and im- evinced a desire to partake in the alliance’s our Article 3 and Article 5 commitments. We proving NATO’s speed of decisionmaking to commitment to settle international disputes welcome the considerable progress made ensure the alliance remains fit for purpose; peaceably, strengthen their free institutions, since the Wales Summit with four consecu- and promote conditions of stability and well- tive years of real growth in non-US defence (7) reaffirms the commitment of the being, and seek to eliminate conflict in their expenditure. All Allies have started to in- United States to NATO’s mission, and its be- international economic policies, and which crease the amount they spend on defence in lief that NATO is the most successful secu- are dedicated to maintaining and developing real terms and some two-thirds of Allies rity alliance in our Nation’s history and one their capacity to resist armed attack. have national plans in place to spend 2% of that will continue to be a cornerstone of (5) The sustained commitment of NATO to their Gross Domestic Product on defence by United States security. mutual defense has made possible the demo- 2024. More than half of Allies are spending f cratic and economic transformation of Cen- more than 20% of their defence expenditures tral and Eastern Europe. on major equipment, including related re- SENATE RESOLUTION 124—CON- (6) Lasting stability and security in Europe search and development, and, according to DEMNING THE MARCH 15, 2019, requires the further military, economic, and their national plans, 24 Allies will meet the TERRORIST ATTACKS IN CHRIST- political integration of emerging democ- 20% guideline by 2024. Allies are delivering CHURCH, NEW ZEALAND, OFFER- racies into existing European and trans- more of the heavier, high-end capabilities we atlantic structures. require and are improving the readiness, ING SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO (7) NATO serves as a force multiplier, deployability, sustainability, and interoper- ALL OF THE VICTIMS AND THEIR whose command structures, training institu- ability of their forces.’’. FAMILIES, AND EXPRESSING tions, and multilateral exercises have gen- (15) NATO Secretary General Jens AND STANDING IN SOLIDARITY erated unprecedented multinational con- Stoltenberg has stated, ‘‘By the end of next WITH THE PEOPLE AND GOVERN- tributions to United States national security year, NATO allies will add . . . 100 billion MENT OF NEW ZEALAND priorities and enabled European and Cana- extra U.S. dollars toward defense.’’. dian soldiers to fight side-by-side with mem- (16) Allies who have recently acceded to Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. bers of the United States Armed Forces. NATO are amongst the highest per capita RISCH, Mr. PETERS, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. (8) The allies invoked NATO’s Article 5 col- contributors to NATO missions. DURBIN, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MARKEY, lective defense clause and offered military (17) At the Bucharest Summit of the North and Mr. SCHUMER) submitted the fol- assistance to the United States in respond- Atlantic Treaty Organization in April 2008, lowing resolution; which was referred ing to the attacks of September 11, 2001. the Heads of State and Government of the to the Committee on Foreign Rela- (9) NATO member nations stood in support member countries of NATO declared, tions: of the United States after it was attacked on ‘‘NATO’s ongoing enlargement process has September 11, 2001, sending tens of thousands been an historic success in advancing sta- S. RES. 124 troops to fight alongside American soldiers bility and cooperation and bringing us closer Whereas, on March 15, 2019, an armed white in Afghanistan. to our common goal of a Europe whole and supremacist murdered 50 Muslims and in- (10) NATO is currently involved in several free, united in peace, democracy and com- jured dozens more at the Al Noor and operations benefiting United States national mon values. NATO’s door will remain open Linwood mosques in Christchurch, New Zea- security, including Operation Resolute Sup- to European democracies willing and able to land; port in Afghanistan, NATO’s Kosovo Force assume the responsibilities and obligations Whereas Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (KFOR), Operation Sea Guardian in the Med- of membership, in accordance with Article 10 has said that ‘‘[i]t is clear that this can now iterranean Sea (maritime situational aware- of the Washington Treaty. We reiterate that only be described as a terrorist attack,’’ not- ness, counter-terrorism at sea, and support decisions on enlargement are for NATO itself ing that many of the victims could be mi- to capacity-building), the capacity-building to make.’’. grants or refugees, and pronouncing it ‘‘one NATO Mission Iraq, support for African (18) Vice President Mike Pence in June 2017 of New Zealand’s darkest days’’; Union missions, and air policing missions in reiterated that the United States ‘‘commit- Whereas the people of New Zealand are the member and nonmember nations of East- ment [to NATO] is unwavering’’ and that grieving following the terrorist attacks, ern Europe. ‘‘NATO’s open door must always remain so’’. which targeted and killed innocent men, (11) NATO members have stood against (19) The Governments, leaders, and par- women, and children; Russian aggression in Eastern Europe, have liaments of Greece and the Republic of North Whereas the people of the United States supported United States sanctions on that Macedonia have ended their dispute and rati- and New Zealand stood shoulder-to-shoulder country and imposed their own, have re- fied the Prespa Agreement, resolving a long- and shared spilled blood in the struggles of sponded, as noted in the NATO Brussels standing bilateral dispute and establishing a the 20th century to combat fascism, racism, Summit Declaration of 2018, ‘‘to the deterio- strategic partnership between the two coun- and other extremist ideologies; rated security environment by enhancing tries and clearing the way for North Macedo- Whereas New Zealand is among the closest our deterrence and defence posture, includ- nia’s accession to NATO. allies of the United States;

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:09 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR6.055 S27MRPT1 S2056 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 27, 2019 Whereas New Zealand is a diverse nation Whereas women led the efforts to secure on the many notable contributions that with a proud tradition of immigration with suffrage and equal opportunity for women, women have made to the United States; and more than 200 ethnicities and 160 languages, and also served in the abolitionist move- (3) urges the people of the United States to and the strength and vibrancy of New Zea- ment, the emancipation movement, labor observe ‘‘National Women’s History Month’’ land are enhanced by the diverse religious movements, civil rights movements, and with appropriate programs and activities. beliefs and tolerance of its citizens, includ- other causes to create a more fair and just Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I ing followers of all major religions, including society for all; rise today in honor of Women’s History Islam, Christianity, and Judaism; Whereas suffragists wrote, marched, were Month to recognize the tremendous Whereas the suspect in the Christchurch arrested, and ultimately succeeded in killings is a self-described immigrant-hating achieving the enactment of— achievements women have made for white supremacist who used a helmet- (1) the 19th Amendment to the Constitu- the United States and pay tribute to mounted camera to broadcast live video of tion of the United States, section 1 of which their tireless efforts to fight for them- the slaughter in an apparent effort to insti- provides that ‘‘The right of citizens of the selves, their families, and all Ameri- gate further white supremacist, anti-Muslim, United States to vote shall not be denied or cans. and anti-immigrant violence; abridged by the United States or by any We have set aside this month for over Whereas, over the past several years, there state on account of sex’’; and 30 years to give us the opportunity to has been a disturbing increase in white su- (2) the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. not only reflect on the past and ob- premacist violence around the globe, with 10301 et seq.), which extended the protection dozens of people of faith murdered, including serve the many accomplishments of of the right to vote to women of color and American women, but to also inspire in their places of worship; language minorities; Whereas the scourge of white nationalism the next generation of women leaders. Whereas, in 2019, the United States cele- I look upon the great courage our around the world must be condemned un- brates the 100th anniversary of Congress pro- equivocally; and posing the 19th Amendment to the Constitu- foremothers have displayed with great Whereas the reprehensible attacks at the tion of the United States, which guarantees admiration and continue to personally Al Noor and Linwood mosques have no place women the constitutional right to vote; be inspired by those who blazed the in a peaceful, civilized, tolerant world: Now, Whereas women have been and continue to trail for women like me. therefore, be it be leaders in the forefront of social change When I first came to Washington in Resolved, That the Senate— efforts, business, science, government, math, (1) condemns the horrific terrorist attacks 1992, they called it the ‘‘Year of the art, literature, music, film, athletics, and on the Al Noor and Linwood mosques in Woman.’’ Only two other women were more; Christchurch, New Zealand; serving in the Senate, and four women Whereas women now represent approxi- (2) expresses its deepest condolences to the had just been elected to the chamber, mately half of the workforce of the United victims of those attacks and their families; States; myself included. Today, a quarter of (3) expresses solidarity with the people of Whereas women once were routinely barred the Senate is represented by women New Zealand, including the Islamic commu- from attending medical schools of the United and a record 102 women serve in the nity of New Zealand; States, but now are enrolling in medical House of Representatives, including (4) recognizes the threat posed by white su- schools of the United States at higher num- the first woman speaker. I am proud of premacist terrorism and recommits United bers than men; States leadership in building more inclusive, the progress we’ve made and hopeful Whereas women previously were turned diverse, and tolerant societies; and we will continue to build on that mo- away from law school, but now represent ap- (5) calls upon the United States Govern- mentum toward full equality.. proximately half of law students in the ment to redouble its efforts, using all avail- Even at record levels, though, the United States; able and appropriate tools, to combat the number of women in Congress falls far Whereas women have been vital to the mis- spread of white supremacist terrorism. sion of the Armed Forces since the American short of the 51 percent of our Nation’s f Revolution, serving in volunteer and enlisted population that are women. I have great hope in the next generations of SENATE RESOLUTION 125—DESIG- positions, with more than 200,000 active-duty women to rise up and help lead the way NATING MARCH 2019 AS ‘‘NA- servicewomen and 2,000,000 veterans representing every branch of service; in building a better California and TIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY Whereas more than 10,000,000 women own United States. MONTH’’ businesses in the United States; As in government, women have been Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Ms. Whereas Jeannette Rankin of Montana was and continue to be leaders in major so- MURKOWSKI, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. COL- the first woman elected to the House of Rep- cial change efforts in our Nation. The resentatives in 1916 and Hattie Wyatt Cara- LINS, Mr. BROWN, Ms. ERNST, Mr. business world has been transformed by COONS, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, way of Arkansas was the first woman elected to the United States Senate in 1932; powerful women at the table, as have Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. CAR- Whereas Margaret Chase Smith of Maine science, music, film, athletics, lit- PER, Mr. JONES, Mr. REED, Mr. VAN was the first woman to serve in both houses erature, and much more. Today, there HOLLEN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. CORTEZ of Congress; are more than 10 million women owned MASTO, Mr. UDALL, Ms. WARREN, Ms. Whereas a record number of women were American businesses and half of our SMITH, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. DURBIN, elected to public office in the 2018 midterm workforce is made up of women. Ms. STABENOW, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. elections; Enrollment numbers at medical and PETERS, Mr. KAINE, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. Whereas, in the 116th Congress, a record 25 law schools are now almost evenly split women serve as United States Senators, and CANTWELL, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. HEINRICH, between men and women. Our women Ms. ROSEN, Mr. KING, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. 102 women serve in the House of Representa- tives; warriors serve in critical roles in the CASEY, Mr. WYDEN, and Ms. MCSALLY) U.S. Armed Forces, with more than submitted the following resolution; Whereas President Jimmy Carter issued the first Presidential Proclamation desig- 200,000 active-duty servicewomen which was considered and agreed to: nating March 2 through 8, 1980, as ‘‘National proudly serving and a growing number S. RES. 125 Women’s History Week’’; of women veterans representing every Whereas National Women’s History Month Whereas, in 1987, a bipartisan group of Sen- branch of service. recognizes and spreads awareness of the im- ators introduced the first joint resolution to Women who have selflessly answered portance of women in the history of the pass Congress designating ‘‘Women’s History the call to duty have served their Na- United States; Month’’; Whereas, throughout the history of the Whereas President Ronald Reagan issued tion with honor, courage, and distinc- United States, whether in the home, their the first ‘‘Women’s History Month’’ Presi- tion. I have the utmost respect for the workplace, school, the courts, or in wartime, dential Proclamation in 1987; and dignity and valor they exhibit and they women have fought for themselves, their Whereas, despite the advancements of are commended. families, and all people of the United States; women in the United States, much remains As a United States Senator proudly Whereas, even from the early days of the to be done to ensure that women realize representing California, I ask you to history of the United States, Abigail Adams their full potential as equal members of soci- join me in celebrating the stories and urged her husband to ‘‘Remember the ladies’’ ety in the United States: Now, therefore, be greatness of American women who ac- when representatives met for the Conti- it complished the unprecedented and nental Congress in 1776; Resolved, That the Senate— Whereas women were particularly impor- (1) designates March 2019 as ‘‘National honor their legacies by continuing to tant in the establishment of early chari- Women’s History Month’’; defend the rights they worked so hard table, philanthropic, and cultural institu- (2) recognizes the celebration of ‘‘National to achieve. Thank you Mr. President tions in the United States; Women’s History Month’’ as a time to reflect and I yield the floor.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:35 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR6.056 S27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2057 SENATE RESOLUTION 126—EX- Resolved, That the Senate supports the des- Whereas AmeriCorps members, after their PRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE ignation of the week of March 25 through terms of service with AmeriCorps end, have DESIGNATION OF THE WEEK OF March 29, 2019, as ‘‘Public Schools Week’’. been more likely to remain engaged in their communities as volunteers, teachers, and MARCH 25 THROUGH MARCH 29, f nonprofit professionals than the average in- 2019, AS ‘‘PUBLIC SCHOOLS dividual; WEEK’’ SENATE RESOLUTION 127—RECOG- NIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF Whereas AmeriCorps is a proven pathway Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. AMERICORPS MEMBERS AND to employment, providing members with val- TESTER, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. JONES, Mr. uable career skills, experience, and contacts ALUMNI TO THE LIVES OF THE to prepare them for the 21st century work- BROWN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. VAN HOL- PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES force and to help close the skills gap in the LEN, Mr. KING, Ms. WARREN, Ms. SMITH, Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. CASSIDY, United States; Mr. CARPER, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. KAINE, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HAS- Whereas, in 2009, Congress passed the bi- Ms. HASSAN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. partisan Serve America Act (Public Law 111– SAN, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. CARPER, Ms. SANDERS, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, 13; 123 Stat. 1460), which authorized the ex- BALDWIN, Mr. REED, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. Mr. BENNET, Mr. REED, Mr. BOOKER, pansion of national service, expanded oppor- KING, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. tunities to serve, increased efficiency and ac- Ms. COLLINS, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. MARKEY, HIRONO, Ms. ROSEN, Ms. SINEMA, and countability, and strengthened the capacity Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. of organizations and communities to solve Ms. HARRIS) submitted the following WYDEN, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. WICKER, Ms. problems; resolution; which was considered and Whereas national service programs have agreed to: KLOBUCHAR, Mr. TESTER, Mr. PETERS, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. VAN HOL- engaged millions of people in the United S. RES. 126 States in results-driven service in the most LEN, and Ms. WARREN) submitted the Whereas public education is a significant vulnerable communities of the United following resolution; which was consid- States, providing hope and help to individ- institution in a 21st-century democracy; ered and agreed to: Whereas the public schools in the United uals with economic and social needs; States are where students come to be edu- S. RES. 127 Whereas national service and volunteerism cated about the values and beliefs that hold Whereas, since its inception in 1994, the demonstrate the best of the spirit of the the people of the United States together as a AmeriCorps national service program has United States, with people turning toward nation; proven to be a highly effective way— problems and working together to find com- Whereas public schools prepare young peo- (1) to engage the people of the United munity solutions; and ple of the United States to contribute to the States in meeting a wide range of local and Whereas AmeriCorps Week, observed in society, economy, and citizenry of the coun- national needs; and 2019 from March 10 through March 16, is an try; (2) to promote the ethics of service and vol- appropriate time for the people of the United Whereas 90 percent of children in the unteerism; States— United States attend public schools; Whereas, since 1994, more than 1,000,000 in- (1) to salute current and former Whereas local, State, and Federal law- dividuals have taken the AmeriCorps pledge AmeriCorps members for their positive im- makers should prioritize support for to ‘‘get things done for America’’ by becom- pact on the lives of people in the United strengthening the public schools of the ing AmeriCorps members; States; United States and empower superintendents, Whereas, each year, AmeriCorps, in coordi- (2) to thank the community partners of principals, and other school leaders to imple- nation with State service commissions, pro- AmeriCorps for making the program pos- ment, manage, and lead school districts and vides opportunities for approximately 75,000 sible; and schools in partnership with educators, par- individuals across the United States to give (3) to encourage more people in the United ents, and other local education stakeholders; back in an intensive way to communities, States to become involved in service and vol- Whereas local, State, and Federal law- States, Tribal nations, and the United unteering: Now, therefore, be it makers should support services and pro- States; Resolved, That the Senate— grams such as counseling, extracurricular Whereas AmeriCorps members have served (1) encourages the people of the United activities, and mental health supports that more than 1,500,000,000 hours nationwide, States to join in a national effort— are critical to help students engage in learn- helping— (A) to salute AmeriCorps members and ing; (1) to improve the lives of the most vulner- alumni; and Whereas public schools should foster inclu- able people of the United States; (B) to raise awareness about the impor- sive, safe, and high-quality environments (2) to protect the environment; tance of national and community service; where children can learn to think critically, (3) to contribute to public safety; (2) acknowledges the significant accom- problem solve, and build relationships; (4) to respond to disasters; plishments of the members, alumni, and Whereas public schools should provide an (5) to strengthen the educational system of community partners of AmeriCorps; environment in which all students can have the United States; and (3) recognizes the important contributions the opportunity to succeed beginning in (6) to expand economic opportunity; made by AmeriCorps members and alumni to their earliest years, regardless of who they Whereas, since 1994, more than the lives of the people of the United States; are or where they live; $9,200,000,000 in AmeriCorps funds have been and Whereas Congress should support efforts to invested in nonprofit, community, edu- (4) encourages individuals of all ages to advance equal opportunity and excellence in cational, and faith-based groups, and those consider opportunities to serve in public education and to implement contin- funds leverage hundreds of millions of dol- AmeriCorps. uous improvement and evidence-based prac- lars in outside funding and in-kind donations f tices; each year; SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLU- Whereas every child should receive an edu- Whereas AmeriCorps members recruit and cation that helps the child reach the child’s supervise millions of community volunteers, TION 9—EXPRESSING THE SENSE full potential and to attend schools that demonstrating the value of AmeriCorps as a OF CONGRESS THAT TAX-EX- offer a high-quality educational experience; powerful force for encouraging people to be- EMPT FRATERNAL BENEFIT SO- Whereas Federal funding, in addition to come involved in volunteering and commu- CIETIES HAVE HISTORICALLY local and State funds, supports the access of nity service; PROVIDED AND CONTINUE TO students to inviting classrooms, well-pre- Whereas AmeriCorps members serve at PROVIDE CRITICAL BENEFITS TO pared educators, and services to support more than 20,000 locations across the United THE PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES healthy students, such as nutrition and after States, including at nonprofit organizations, OF THE UNITED STATES school programs; schools, and faith-based and community or- Whereas teachers, paraprofessionals, and ganizations; Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Ms. STA- principals should provide a well-rounded edu- Whereas AmeriCorps National Civilian BENOW, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. cation and strive to create joy in learning; Community Corps campuses in the States of KLOBUCHAR, and Mr. LANKFORD) sub- Whereas superintendents, principals, other Mississippi, Maryland, Iowa, California, and mitted the following concurrent resolu- school leaders, teachers, paraprofessionals, Colorado strengthen communities and de- tion; which was referred to the Com- and parents make public schools vital com- velop future leaders through team-based mittee on Finance: ponents of communities and are working service; hard to improve educational outcomes for Whereas AmeriCorps members nationwide, S. CON. RES. 9 children across the country; and in return for the service of those members, Whereas the fraternal benefit societies of Whereas the week of March 25 through have earned more than $3,700,000,000 to use to the United States are longstanding mutual March 29, 2019, would be an appropriate pe- further their own educational advancement aid organizations created more than a cen- riod to designate as ‘‘Public Schools Week’’: at colleges and universities across the tury ago to serve the needs of communities Now, therefore, be it United States; and provide for the payment of life, health,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:09 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR6.059 S27MRPT1 S2058 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 27, 2019 accident, and other benefits to their mem- be proposed to amendment SA 201 submitted gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b and bers; by Mr. SHELBY and intended to be proposed 5173) shall be 100 percent of the eligible costs Whereas fraternal benefit societies rep- to the bill H.R. 268, supra; which was ordered under such sections. resent a successful, modern-day model under to lie on the table. (b) APPLICABILITY.—The Federal share pro- which individuals come together with a com- SA 205. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amend- vided by subsection (a) shall apply to dis- mon purpose to collectively provide chari- ment intended to be proposed to amendment aster assistance applied for before, on, or table and other beneficial activities for soci- SA 201 submitted by Mr. SHELBY and in- after the date of enactment of this Act. tended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 268, ety; SEC. 502. The Administrator of the Federal Whereas fraternal benefit societies operate supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. Emergency Management Agency shall pro- SA 206. Mr. TILLIS (for himself and Mr. under a chapter system, creating a nation- vide assistance, pursuant to section 428 of BURR) submitted an amendment intended to wide infrastructure, combined with local en- the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 268, ergy and knowledge, which positions fra- Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et ternal benefit societies to most efficiently supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 207. Mr. TILLIS (for himself and Mr. seq.), for critical services as defined in sec- address unmet needs in communities, many tion 406 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster BURR) submitted an amendment intended to of which the government cannot address; be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 268, Relief and Emergency Assistance Act for the Whereas the fraternal benefit society supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. duration of the recovery for incidents DR– model represents one of the largest member- SA 208. Mr. TILLIS (for himself and Mr. 4404, DR–4396, and DR–4398 to— volunteer networks in the United States, BURR) submitted an amendment intended to (1) replace or restore the function of a fa- with approximately 8,000,000 people of the be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 268, cility or system to industry standards with- United States belonging to more than 25,000 supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. out regard to the pre-disaster condition of local chapters across the country; SA 209. Mr. TILLIS (for himself and Mr. the facility or system; and Whereas research has shown that the value BURR) submitted an amendment intended to (2) replace or restore components of the fa- of the work of fraternal benefit societies to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 268, cility or system not damaged by the disaster society is more than $3,800,000,000 per year, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. where necessary to fully effectuate the re- accounting for charitable giving, educational SA 210. Mr. TILLIS (for himself and Mr. placement or restoration of disaster-dam- programs, and volunteer activities, as well BURR) submitted an amendment intended to aged components to restore the function of as important social capital that strengthens be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 268, the facility or system to industry standards. the fabric, safety, and quality of life in thou- supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. sands of local communities in the United SA 211. Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mr. BURR, SA 205. Mr. LEAHY submitted an States; Mr. CORNYN, and Mr. CRUZ) submitted an Whereas, in 1909, Congress recognized the amendment intended to be proposed to amendment intended to be proposed to value of fraternal benefit societies and ex- amendment SA 201 submitted by Mr. SHELBY amendment SA 201 submitted by Mr. empted those organizations from taxation, and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. SHELBY and intended to be proposed to as later codified in section 501(c)(8) of the In- 268, supra; which was ordered to lie on the the bill H.R. 268, making supplemental ternal Revenue Code of 1986; table. appropriations for the fiscal year end- Whereas fraternal benefit societies have SA 212. Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. ing September 30, 2019, and for other adapted since 1909 to better serve the evolv- CRUZ, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. TILLIS, purposes; which was ordered to lie on ing needs of their members and the public; Mr. BURR, and Mr. KENNEDY) submitted an the table; as follows: Whereas the efforts of fraternal benefit so- amendment intended to be proposed to cieties to help people of the United States amendment SA 201 submitted by Mr. SHELBY Strike all after page 55, line 6 save money and be financially secure re- and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. through page 62, line 6 and insert the lieves pressure on government safety net 268, supra; which was ordered to lie on the following: programs; and table. ‘‘(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) Whereas Congress recognizes that fraternal f benefit societies have served their original TEXT OF AMENDMENTS ‘‘For an additional amount for ‘Commu- purpose for more than a century, helping nity Development Fund’, $1,491,000,000 to re- countless individuals, families, and commu- SA 203. Ms. HARRIS (for herself and main available until expended, for necessary nities through fraternal member activities: Mrs. FEINSTEIN) submitted an amend- expenses for activities authorized under title Now, therefore, be it ment intended to be proposed to I of the Housing and Community Develop- Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep- amendment SA 201 submitted by Mr. ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) re- resentatives concurring), That it is the sense SHELBY and intended to be proposed to lated to disaster relief, long-term recovery, of Congress that— the bill H.R. 268, making supplemental restoration of infrastructure and housing, (1) the fraternal benefit society model is a economic revitalization, and mitigation in successful private sector economic and social appropriations for the fiscal year end- the most impacted and distressed areas re- support system that helps meet needs that ing September 30, 2019, and for other sulting from a major disaster that occurred would otherwise go unmet; purposes; which was ordered to lie on in 2018 (except as otherwise provided under (2) the provision of payment for life, the table; as follows: this heading) pursuant to the Robert T. Staf- health, accident, or other benefits to the On page 55, line 20, insert after ‘‘Sec- ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist- members of fraternal benefit societies in ac- retary:’’ the following: ‘‘Provided further, ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided, cordance with section 501(c)(8) of the Inter- That of the amounts made available under That funds shall be awarded directly to the nal Revenue Code of 1986 is necessary to sup- this heading, $150,000,000 shall be allocated to State, unit of general local government, or port the charitable and fraternal activities meet unmet infrastructure needs for grant- Indian tribe (as such term is defined in sec- of the volunteer chapters within the commu- ees that received allocations for disasters tion 102 of the Housing and Community De- nities of fraternal benefit societies; that occurred in 2017 under this heading of velopment Act of 1974) at the discretion of (3) fraternal benefit societies have adapted division B of Public Law 115–56 and title XI the Secretary: Provided further, That of the since 1909 to better serve their members and of Public Law 115–123:’’. amounts made available under this heading the public; and the Secretary shall allocate an amount nec- (4) the exemption from taxation under sec- SA 204. Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for him- essary to address unmet needs for restoration 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of self, Ms. WARREN, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. tion of infrastructure for grantees that re- 1986 of fraternal benefit societies continues HARRIS, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. MARKEY, ceived allocations for disasters that occurred in 2017 under this heading of division B of to generate significant returns to the United and Mrs. GILLIBRAND) submitted an States, and the work of fraternal benefit so- Public Law 115–56 and title XI of subdivision amendment intended to be proposed to 1 of division B of Public Law 115–123: Provided cieties should continue to be promoted. amendment SA 201 submitted by Mr. f further, That of the amounts provided in the SHELBY and intended to be proposed to previous proviso, the Secretary’s determina- AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND the bill H.R. 268, making supplemental tion of unmet needs for restoration of infra- PROPOSED appropriations for the fiscal year end- structure shall not take into account mitiga- SA 203. Ms. HARRIS (for herself and Mrs. ing September 30, 2019, and for other tion-specific allocations: Provided further, FEINSTEIN) submitted an amendment in- purposes; which was ordered to lie on That any funds made available under this tended to be proposed to amendment SA 201 the table; as follows: heading and under the same heading in Pub- submitted by Mr. SHELBY and intended to be lic Law 115–254 that remain available, after At the end of title V of division A, add the proposed to the bill H.R. 268, making supple- the funds under such headings have been al- following: mental appropriations for the fiscal year located for necessary expenses for activities ending September 30, 2019, and for other pur- GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE authorized under such headings, shall be al- poses; which was ordered to lie on the table. SEC. 501. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal located to grantees receiving awards for dis- SA 204. Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, share of assistance provided for DR–4336–PR, asters that occurred in 2018, for mitigation Ms. WARREN, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. DR–4339–PR, DR–4340–USVI and DR–4335– activities in the most impacted and dis- MERKLEY, Mr. MARKEY, and Mrs. GILLI- USVI under sections 403, 406 and 407 of the tressed areas resulting from a major disaster BRAND) submitted an amendment intended to Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer- that occurred in 2018: Provided further, That

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:35 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR6.061 S27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2059 allocations under the previous proviso shall Requirements Act, 2018 (division I of Public overseeing the obligation and expenditure of be made in the same proportion that the Law 115–254) is amended by striking ‘State or amounts under this heading: Provided further, amount of funds each grantee received or unit of general local government’ and insert- That the amount specified in the preceding will receive under this heading for unmet ing ‘State, unit of general local government, proviso shall be combined with funds appro- needs related to disasters that occurred in or Indian tribe (as such term is defined in priated under the same heading and for the 2018 and the same heading in division I of section 102 of the Housing and Community same purpose in Public Law 115–254 and the Public Law 115–254 bears to the amount of all Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302))’: aggregate of such amounts shall be available funds provided to all grantees that received Provided further, That the sixth proviso for any of the same such purposes specified allocations for disasters that occurred in under this heading in the Supplemental Ap- under this heading or the same heading in 2018: Provided further, That of the amounts propriations for Disaster Relief Require- Public Law 115–254 without limitation: Pro- made available under the text preceding the ments Act, 2018 (division I of Public Law 115– vided further, That such amount is des- first proviso under this heading and under 254) is amended by striking ‘State or subdivi- ignated by the Congress as being for an the same heading in Public Law 115–254, the sion thereof’ and inserting ‘State, unit of emergency requirement pursuant to section Secretary shall allocate to all such grantees general local government, or Indian tribe (as 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and an aggregate amount not less than 33 per- such term is defined in section 102 of the Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.’’; cent of the sum of such amounts of funds Housing and Community Development Act of (2) at the appropriate place under title X, within 120 days after the enactment of this 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302))’: Provided further, That insert the following: Act based on the best available data, and in administering the funds under this head- ‘‘SEC. ll. Of all amounts made available shall allocate no less than 100 percent of ing, the Secretary of Housing and Urban De- for mitigation activities under the heading such funds by no later than 180 days after the velopment may waive, or specify alternative ‘Department of Housing and Urban Develop- enactment of this Act: Provided further, That requirements for, any provision of any stat- ment—Community Development Fund’ in the Secretary shall not prohibit the use of ute or regulation that the Secretary admin- Public Law 115–123, the Secretary shall pub- funds made available under this heading and isters in connection with the obligation by lish in the Federal Register the allocations the same heading in Public Law 115–254 for the Secretary or the use by the recipient of to all eligible grantees, and the necessary ad- non-Federal share as authorized by section these funds (except for requirements related ministrative requirements applicable to such 105(a)(9) of the Housing and Community De- to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor allocations within 90 days after enactment of velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(9)): standards, and the environment), if the Sec- this Act; Provided further, That of the amounts made retary finds that good cause exists for the ‘‘(1) For any plans or amendments address- available under this heading, grantees may waiver or alternative requirement and such ing the use of any funds provided under Pub- establish grant programs to assist small waiver or alternative requirement would not lic Law 115–123 and received by the Secretary businesses for working capital purposes to be inconsistent with the overall purpose of prior to December 22, 2018, the Secretary aid in recovery: Provided further, That as a title I of the Housing and Community Devel- shall review pending amendments within 15 condition of making any grant, the Sec- opment Act of 1974: Provided further, That, days of enactment of this Act and pending retary shall certify in advance that such notwithstanding the preceding proviso, re- plans within 30 days of enactment of this grantee has in place proficient financial con- cipients of funds provided under this heading Act; trols and procurement processes and has es- that use such funds to supplement Federal ‘‘(2) After the date of this Act, the Sec- tablished adequate procedures to prevent assistance provided under section 402, 403, retary may not apply the statutory waiver any duplication of benefits as defined by sec- 404, 406, 407, 408 (c)(4), or 502 of the Robert T. or alternative requirement authority pro- tion 312 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As- vided by Public Law 115–123 to extend or oth- Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) may erwise alter existing statutory and regu- U.S.C. 5155), to ensure timely expenditure of adopt, without review or public comment, latory provisions governing the timeline for funds, to maintain comprehensive websites any environmental review, approval, or per- review of required grantee plans.’’; regarding all disaster recovery activities as- mit performed by a Federal agency, and such (3) at the appropriate place under title VI, sisted with these funds, and to detect and adoption shall satisfy the responsibilities of insert the following new paragraph: prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds: Pro- the recipient with respect to such environ- ‘‘In addition, for an additional amount for vided further, That with respect to any such mental review, approval or permit: Provided ‘State and Tribal Assistance Grants’, duplication of benefits, the Secretary shall further, That, notwithstanding section $250,000,000, to remain available until exact in accordance with section 1210 of Public 104(g)(2) of the Housing and Community De- pended, of which $130,500,000 shall be for cap- Law 115–254 (132 Stat. 3442) and section 312 of velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304(g)(2)), italization grants for the Clean Water State the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and the Secretary may, upon receipt of a request Revolving Funds under title VI of the Fed- Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5155): for release of funds and certification, imme- eral Water Pollution Control Act, and of Provided further, That the Secretary shall re- diately approve the release of funds for an which $119,500,000 shall be for capitalization quire grantees to maintain on a public activity or project assisted under this head- grants under section 1452 of the Safe Drink- website information containing common re- ing if the recipient has adopted an environ- ing Water Act: Provided, That notwith- porting criteria established by the Depart- mental review, approval or permit under the standing section 604(a) of the Federal Water ment that permits individuals and entities preceding proviso or the activity or project Pollution Control Act and section awaiting assistance and the general public to is categorically excluded from review under 1452(a)(1)(D) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, see how all grant funds are used, including the National Environmental Policy Act of funds appropriated herein shall be provided copies of all relevant procurement docu- 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.): Provided further, to States or Territories in EPA Regions 2, 4 ments, grantee administrative contracts and That the Secretary shall publish via notice and 6 in amounts determined by the Admin- details of ongoing procurement processes, as in the Federal Register any waiver, or alter- istrator for wastewater and drinking water determined by the Secretary: Provided fur- native requirement, to any statute or regula- treatment works and facilities impacted by ther, That prior to the obligation of funds a tion that the Secretary administers pursu- Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: Pro- grantee shall submit a plan to the Secretary ant to title I of the Housing and Community vided further, That, for Region 2, such funds for approval detailing the proposed use of all Development Act of 1974 no later than 5 days allocated from funds appropriated herein funds, including criteria for eligibility and before the effective date of such waiver or al- shall not be subject to the matching or cost how the use of these funds will address long- ternative requirement: Provided further, That share requirements of sections 602(b)(2), term recovery and restoration of infrastruc- of the amounts made available under this 602(b)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Con- ture and housing, economic revitalization, heading, up to $5,000,000 shall be made avail- trol Act nor the matching requirements of and mitigation in the most impacted and dis- able for capacity building and technical as- section 1452(e) of the Safe Drinking Water tressed areas: Provided further, That such sistance, including assistance on contracting Act: Provided further, That, for Region 2, not- funds may not be used for activities reim- and procurement processes, to support withstanding the requirements of section bursed by, or for which funds have been made States, units of general local government, or 603(i) of the Federal Water Pollution Control available by, the Federal Emergency Man- Indian tribes (and their subrecipients) that Act and section 1452(d) of the Safe Drinking agement Agency or the Army Corps of Engi- receive allocations pursuant to this heading, Water Act, each State and Territory shall neers, in excess of the authorized amount of received disaster recovery allocations under use the full amount of its capitalization the project or its components: Provided fur- the same heading in Public Law 115–254, or grants allocated from funds appropriated ther, That funds allocated under this heading may receive similar allocations for disaster herein to provide additional subsidization to shall not be considered relevant to the non- recovery in future appropriations Acts: Pro- eligible recipients in the form of forgiveness disaster formula allocations made pursuant vided further, That of the amounts made of principal, negative interest loans or to section 106 of the Housing and Community available under this heading and under the grants or any combination of these: Provided Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306): Pro- same heading in Public Law 115–254, up to further, That, for Regions 4 and 6, notwith- vided further, That a State, unit of general $2,500,000 shall be transferred, in aggregate, standing the requirements of section 603(i) of local government, or Indian tribe may use up to ‘Department of Housing and Urban Devel- the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and to 5 percent of its allocation for administra- opment—Program Office Salaries and Ex- section 1452(d) of the Safe Drinking Water tive costs: Provided further, That the first penses—Community Planning and Develop- Act, for the funds allocated, each State shall proviso under this heading in the Supple- ment’ for necessary costs, including informa- use not less than 20 percent but not more mental Appropriations for Disaster Relief tion technology costs, of administering and than 30 percent amount of its capitalization

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:09 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR6.065 S27MRPT1 S2060 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 27, 2019 grants allocated from funds appropriated ‘‘(b) The amounts provided by the amend- SEC. ll. AUTHORITY TO BEGIN PLANNING AND herein to provide additional subsidization to ments made by subsection (a) are designated CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN HAZ- eligible recipients in the form of forgiveness by the Congress as being for an emergency ARD MITIGATION PROJECTS. of principal, negative interest loans or requirement pursuant to section (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— grants or any combination of these: Provided 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and (1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the further, That the Administrator shall retain Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.’’. Administrator of the Federal Emergency $37,300,000 of the funds appropriated herein Management Agency; for grants to any state or territory that has SA 206. Mr. TILLIS (for himself and (2) the term ‘‘covered project’’ means a not established a water pollution control re- Mr. BURR) submitted an amendment in- project— volving fund pursuant to title VI of the Fed- tended to be proposed by him to the (A) that will result in protection to property; and eral Water Pollution Control Act or section bill H.R. 268, making supplemental ap- 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act for (B) for which an entity initiated planning drinking water facilities and waste water propriations for the fiscal year ending or construction before or after requesting as- treatment plants impacted by Hurricanes September 30, 2019, and for other pur- sistance for the project under a hazard miti- Irma and Maria: Provided further, That the poses; which was ordered to lie on the gation grant program; and funds appropriated herein shall only be used table; as follows: (3) the term ‘‘hazard mitigation grant pro- for eligible projects whose purpose is to re- On page 55, line 7, strike ‘‘$1,060,000,000’’ gram’’ means— duce flood damage risk and vulnerability or and insert ‘‘$2,940,000,000’’. (A) the predisaster hazard mitigation grant to enhance resiliency to rapid hydrologic program authorized under section 203 of the change or a natural disaster at treatment SA 207. Mr. TILLIS (for himself and Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer- works as defined by section 212 of the Fed- gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133); Mr. BURR) submitted an amendment in- (B) the hazard mitigation grant program eral Water Pollution Control Act or any eli- tended to be proposed by him to the gible facilities under section 1452 of the Safe authorized under section 404 of the Robert T. Drinking Water Act, and for other eligible bill H.R. 268, making supplemental ap- Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As- tasks at such treatment works or facilities propriations for the fiscal year ending sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c); and necessary to further such purposes: Provided September 30, 2019, and for other pur- (C) the flood mitigation assistance pro- further, That, for Region 2, notwithstanding poses; which was ordered to lie on the gram authorized under section 1366 of the section 603(d)(2) of the Federal Water Pollu- table; as follows: National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c). tion Control Act and section 1452(f)(2) of the On page 20, line 5, strike ‘‘$740,000,000’’ and (b) ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE FOR INITI- Safe Drinking Water Act, funds allocated insert ‘‘$1,500,000,000’’. from funds appropriated herein may be used ATED PROJECTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any to make loans or to buy, refinance or re- SA 208. Mr. TILLIS (for himself and structure the debt obligations of eligible re- other provision of law, an entity seeking Mr. BURR) submitted an amendment in- cipients only where such debt was incurred hazard mitigation assistance under a hazard on or after September 20, 2017: Provided fur- tended to be proposed by him to the mitigation grant program shall be eligible to ther, That the Administrator of the Environ- bill H.R. 268, making supplemental ap- receive such assistance for a covered project mental Protection Agency may retain up to propriations for the fiscal year ending if the entity— $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein for September 30, 2019, and for other pur- (A) complies with all other eligibility re- management and oversight: Provided further, poses; which was ordered to lie on the quirements of the hazard mitigation grant That such amount is designated by the Con- table; as follows: program; and gress as being for an emergency requirement (B) complies with all Federal planning and On page 19, line 11, strike ‘‘$35,000,000’’ and pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- building requirements for the project. insert ‘‘$96,000,000’’. anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control (2) COSTS INCURRED.—An entity seeking Act of 1985.’’; and hazard mitigation assistance under a hazard (4) at the appropriate place under title VII, SA 209. Mr. TILLIS (for himself and mitigation grant program shall be respon- insert the following: Mr. BURR) submitted an amendment in- sible for any project costs incurred by the ‘‘GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE tended to be proposed by him to the entity for a covered project if the covered project is not awarded, or is determined to ‘‘SEC. ll. (a) Section 1108(g)(5) of the So- bill H.R. 268, making supplemental ap- be ineligible for, assistance. cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1308(g)(5)) is propriations for the fiscal year ending (c) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall amended— September 30, 2019, and for other pur- apply to any application for hazard mitiga- ‘‘(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘and poses; which was ordered to lie on the tion assistance for a covered project sub- (E)’ and inserting ‘(E), and (F)’; table; as follows: mitted on or after January 1, 2016. ‘‘(2) in subparagraph (C), in the matter pre- On page 18, line 5, strike ‘‘$200,000,000’’ and ceding clause (i), by striking ‘and (E)’ and in- insert ‘‘$1,180,000,000’’. serting ‘and (F)’; SA 212. Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. ‘‘(3) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as SA 210. Mr. TILLIS (for himself and subparagraph (F); TILLIS, Mr. BURR, and Mr. KENNEDY) ‘‘(4) by inserting after subparagraph (D), Mr. BURR) submitted an amendment in- submitted an amendment intended to the following: tended to be proposed by him to the be proposed to amendment SA 201 sub- ‘‘ ‘(E) Subject to subparagraph (F), for the bill H.R. 268, making supplemental ap- mitted by Mr. SHELBY and intended to period beginning January 1, 2019, and ending propriations for the fiscal year ending be proposed to the bill H.R. 268, making September 30, 2019, the amount of the in- September 30, 2019, and for other pur- supplemental appropriations for the crease otherwise provided under subpara- poses; which was ordered to lie on the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, graph (A) for the Northern Mariana Islands table; as follows: shall be further increased by $36,000,000.’; and and for other purposes; which was or- ‘‘(5) in subparagraph (F) (as redesignated On page 18, line 5, strike ‘‘$200,000,000’’ and dered to lie on the table; as follows: insert ‘‘$1,180,000,000’’. by paragraph (3) of this section)— At the appropriate place, insert the fol- On page 19, line 11, strike ‘‘$35,000,000’’ and ‘‘(A) by striking ‘title XIX, during’and in- lowing: insert ‘‘$96,000,000’’. serting ‘‘title XIX— SEC. ll01. For all amounts made avail- On page 20, line 5, strike ‘‘$740,000,000’’ and ‘‘ ‘(i) during’; able for mitigation activities under the insert ‘‘$1,500,000,000’’. ‘‘(B) by striking ‘and (D)’ and inserting ‘, heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban On page 55, line 7, strike ‘‘$1,060,000,000’’ (D), and (E)’; Development—Community Planning and De- and insert ‘‘$2,940,000,000’’. ‘‘(C) by striking ‘and the Virgin Islands’ velopment—Community Development Fund’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘, the Vir- in Public Law 115–123, the Secretary of Hous- gin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Is- SA 211. Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mr. ing and Urban Development shall, not later lands’; BURR, Mr. CORNYN, and Mr. CRUZ) sub- than 90 days after enactment of this Act, ‘‘(D) by striking the period at the end and mitted an amendment intended to be publish in the Federal Register the alloca- inserting ‘; and’; and proposed to amendment SA 201 sub- tions made to all eligible grantees and the ‘‘(E) by adding at the end the following: mitted by Mr. SHELBY and intended to necessary administrative requirements ap- ‘‘ ‘(ii) for the period beginning January 1, be proposed to the bill H.R. 268, making plicable to those allocations. 2019, and ending September 30, 2019, with re- supplemental appropriations for the f spect to payments to Guam and American fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, Samoa from the additional funds provided and for other purposes; which was or- AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall MEET increase the Federal medical assistance per- dered to lie on the table; as follows: centage or other rate that would otherwise At the appropriate place, insert the fol- Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I apply to such payments to 100 percent.’. lowing: have 9 requests for committees to meet

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:09 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR6.065 S27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2061 during today’s session of the Senate. SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION, OPERATIONS, A bill (S. 590) to award Congressional Gold They have the approval of the Majority SAFETY, AND SECURITY Medals to Katherine Johnson and Dr. Chris- and Minority leaders. The Subcommittee on Aviation, Op- tine Darden, to posthumously award Con- Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph erations, Safety, and Security of the gressional Gold Medals to Dorothy Vaughan 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Sen- Committee on Commerce, Science, and and Mary Jackson, and to award a Congres- sional Gold Medal to honor all of the women ate, the following committees are au- Transportation is authorized to meet who contributed to the success of the Na- thorized to meet during today’s session during the session of the Senate on tional Aeronautics and Space Administra- of the Senate: Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at 3 p.m., to tion during the Space Race. COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND conduct a hearing entitled, ‘‘Oversight There being no objection, the com- TRANSPORTATION of commercial aviation.’’ mittee was discharged, and the Senate The Committee on Commerce, SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER proceeded to consider the bill. Science, and Transportation is author- The Subcommittee on Water and Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous ized to meet during the session of the Power of the Committee on Energy and consent the bill be considered read a Senate on Wednesday, March 27, 2019, Natural Resources is authorized to third time and passed and the motion at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing ‘‘Our meet during the session of the Senate to reconsider be considered made and blue economy, success and opportuni- on Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at 2.30 laid upon the table. ties.’’ p.m., to conduct a hearing. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN f objection, it is so ordered. AFFAIRS The bill (S. 590) was ordered to be en- The Committee on Banking, Housing, ORDER OF BUSINESS grossed for a third reading, was read and Urban Affairs is authorized to the third time, and passed, as follows: meet during the session of the Senate Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, as S. 590 on Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at 10 in executive session, I ask unanimous Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled consent that at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, the Senate proceed to execu- resentatives of the United States of America in ‘‘Chairman’s housing reform outline, Congress assembled, part II.’’ tive session and consideration of Exec- utive Calendar No. 9; further, that SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS there be 15 minutes of debate equally This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hidden Fig- The Committee on Foreign Relations ures Congressional Gold Medal Act’’. divided and that following the use or is authorized to meet during the ses- SEC. 2. FINDINGS. sion of the Senate on Wednesday, yielding back of time, the Senate vote Congress finds the following: March 27, 2019, at 10 a m., to conduct a on the nomination with no intervening (1) In 1935, the National Advisory Com- hearing on the following nominations: action or debate; that if confirmed, the mittee for Aeronautics (referred to in this Robert A. Destro, of Virginia, to be As- motion to reconsider be considered section as ‘‘NACA’’) hired 5 women to serve sistant Secretary for Democracy, made and laid upon the table, the as the first ‘‘computer pool’’ at the Langley President be immediately notified of Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory where Human Rights, and Labor, Keith those women took on work making calcula- Krach, of California, to be an Under the Senate’s action, and the Senate resume legislative session. tions that male engineers had made pre- Secretary (Economic Growth, Energy, viously. and the Environment), to be United The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without (2) During the 1940s, NACA began recruit- States Alternate Governor of the Euro- objection, it is so ordered. ing African-American women to work as pean Bank for Reconstruction and De- f computers and initially separated those velopment, and to be United States Al- women from their White counterparts in a ternate Governor of the International MEASURE READ THE FIRST group known as the ‘‘West Area Computers’’ TIME—H.R. 297 where the women were restricted to seg- Bank for Reconstruction and Develop- regated dining and bathroom facilities. ment, and United States Alternate Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I (3) Katherine Johnson was born on August Governor of the Inter-American Devel- understand there is a bill at the desk, 26, 1918, in White Sulphur Springs, West Vir- opment Bank, and David Stilwell, of and I ask for its first reading. ginia. Hawaii, to be an Assistant Secretary The PRESIDING OFFICER. The lead- (4) In 1953, Katherine Johnson began her (East Asian and Pacific Affairs), all of er is correct. career in aeronautics as a computer in the the Department of State. The clerk will read the bill by title segregated West Area Computing unit described in paragraph (2). COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION for the first time. The legislative clerk read as follows: (5) As a member of the Flight Research Di- The Committee on Rules and Admin- vision, Katherine Johnson analyzed data istration is authorized to meet during A bill (H.R. 297) to extend the Federal rec- from flight tests. After NACA was reformu- the session of the Senate on Wednes- ognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chip- lated into the National Aeronautics and day, March 27, 2019, at 10:30 a.m., to pewa Indians of Montana, and for other pur- Space Administration (referred to in this conduct a hearing entitled, ‘‘Annual poses. section as ‘‘NASA’’), Katherine Johnson— oversight of the Smithsonian Institu- Mr. MCCONNELL. I now ask for a (A) calculated the trajectory for Alan tions.’’ second reading and, in order to place Shepard’s Freedom 7 mission in 1961, which was the first human spaceflight by an indi- COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND the bill on the calendar under the pro- vidual from the United States; ENTREPRENEURSHIP visions of rule XIV, I object to my own (B) co-authored a report that provided the The Committee on Small Business request. equations for describing orbital spaceflight and Entrepreneurship is authorized to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- with a specified landing point, which made meet during the session of the Senate tion having been heard, the bill will re- her the first woman to be recognized as an on Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at 2:30 ceive a second reading on the next leg- author of a report from the Flight Research p.m., to conduct a business meeting on islative day. Division; (C) was asked to verify the calculations pending legislation. f when electronic computers at NASA were SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEAPOWER used to calculate the orbit for John Glenn’s The Subcommittee on Seapower of HIDDEN FIGURES CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL ACT Friendship 7 mission; and the Committee on Armed Services is (D) provided calculations for NASA authorized to meet during the session Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I throughout her career, including for the of the Senate on Wednesday, March 27, ask unanimous consent that the Com- Apollo missions. 2019, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing. mittee on Banking, Housing, and (6) Katherine Johnson retired from NASA SUBCOMMITTEE ON STRATEGIC FORCES Urban Affairs be discharged from fur- in 1986. The Subcommittee on Strategic ther consideration of S. 590 and the (7) Dr. Christine Darden was born on Sep- Forces of the Committee on Armed Senate proceed to its immediate con- tember 10, 1942, in Monroe, North Carolina. (8) In 1962, Dr. Christine Darden graduated Services is authorized to meet during sideration. from Hampton Institute with a B.S. in Math- the session of the Senate on Wednes- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ematics and a teaching credential. day, March 27, 2019, at 2:30 p.m., to con- clerk will report the bill by title. (9) Dr. Christine Darden attended Virginia duct a hearing. The legislative clerk read as follows: State University where she studied aerosol

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There is authorized to be charged against the work in this position resulted in the produc- (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund tion of low-boom sonic effects, which revolu- Speaker of the House of Representatives and such amounts as may be necessary to pay for tionized aerodynamics design. the President pro tempore of the Senate the costs of the medals struck under this (11) Dr. Christine Darden completed her shall make appropriate arrangements for the Act. education by earning a Ph.D. in Mechanical presentation, on behalf of Congress, of 5 gold (b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received Engineering from George Washington Uni- medals of appropriate design as follows: from the sale of duplicate bronze medals au- versity in 1983. (1) One gold medal to Katherine Johnson in thorized under section 4 shall be deposited (12) While working at NASA, Dr. Christine recognition of her service to the United into the United States Mint Public Enter- Darden— States as a mathematician. prise Fund. (A) was appointed to be the leader of the (2) One gold medal to Dr. Christine Darden Sonic Boom Team, which worked on designs for her service to the United States as an f to minimize the effects of sonic booms by aeronautical engineer. testing wing and nose designs for supersonic (3) In recognition of their service to the RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED TODAY aircraft; United States during the Space Race— Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I (B) wrote more than 50 articles on aero- (A) 1 gold medal commemorating the life nautics design; and ask unanimous consent that the Sen- of Dorothy Vaughan; and (C) became the first African American to ate now proceed to the en bloc consid- (B) 1 gold medal commemorating the life of be promoted to a position in the Senior Ex- eration of the following Senate resolu- Mary Jackson. ecutive Service at Langley. (4) One gold medal in recognition of all tions which were submitted earlier (13) Dorothy Vaughan was born on Sep- women who served as computers, mathe- today: S. Res. 125, S. Res. 126, and S. tember 20, 1910, in Kansas City, Missouri. maticians, and engineers at the National Ad- Res. 127. (14) Dorothy Vaughan began working for visory Committee for Aeronautics and the There being no objection, the Senate NACA in 1943. Dorothy Vaughan— (A) started at NACA as a member of the National Aeronautics and Space Administra- proceeded to consider the resolutions West Area Computing unit; tion between the 1930s and the 1970s (referred en bloc. (B) was promoted to be the head of the to in this section as ‘‘recognized women’’). Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous West Area Computing unit, becoming (b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purpose consent that the resolutions be agreed of the awards under subsection (a), the Sec- NACA’s first African-American supervisor, a to, the preambles be agreed to, and the position that she held for 9 years; and retary of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall strike each motions to reconsider be considered (C) became an expert programmer in made and laid upon the table, all en FORTRAN as a member of NASA’s Analysis gold medal described in that subsection with and Computation Division. suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, bloc. (15) Dorothy Vaughan retired from NASA to be determined by the Secretary. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without in 1971 and died on November 10, 2008. (c) TRANSFER OF CERTAIN MEDALS AFTER objection, it is so ordered. (16) Mary Jackson was born on April 9, PRESENTATION.— The resolutions were agreed to. 1921, in Hampton, Virginia. (1) SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.— The preambles were agreed to. (A) IN GENERAL.—After the award of the (17) Mary Jackson started her career at (The resolutions, with their pre- NACA in 1951, working as a computer as a gold medal commemorating the life of Doro- thy Vaughan under subsection (a)(3)(A) and ambles, are printed in today’s RECORD member of the West Area Computing unit. under ‘‘Submitted Resolutions.’’) (18) After petitioning the city of Hampton the award of the gold medal in recognition of recognized women under subsection (a)(4), to allow her to take graduate-level courses f in math and physics at night at the all- those medals shall be given to the Smithso- White Hampton High School, Mary Jackson nian Institution where the medals shall be— ORDERS FOR THURSDAY, MARCH was able to complete the required training to (i) available for display, as appropriate; 28, 2019 become an engineer, making her NASA’s and Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I first female African-American engineer. (ii) made available for research. (19) Mary Jackson— (B) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of ask unanimous consent that when the (A) while at NACA and NASA— Congress that the Smithsonian Institution Senate completes its business today, it (i) worked in the Theoretical Aero- should make the gold medals received under adjourn until 10 a.m., Thursday, March dynamics Branch of the Subsonic-Transonic subparagraph (A) available for— 28; further, that following the prayer Aerodynamics Division at Langley where she (i) display, particularly at the National and pledge, the morning hour be Museum of African American History and analyzed wind tunnel and aircraft flight deemed expired, the Journal of pro- data; and Culture; or (ii) loan, as appropriate, so that the medals ceedings be approved to date, the time (ii) published a dozen technical papers that for the two leaders be reserved for their focused on the boundary layer of air around may be displayed elsewhere. airplanes; and (2) TRANSFER TO FAMILY.—After the award use later in the day, morning business (B) after 21 years working as an engineer of the gold medal in honor of Mary Jackson be closed, and the Senate resume con- at NASA, transitioned to a new job as under subsection (a)(3)(B), the medal shall be sideration of the motion to proceed to Langley’s Federal Women’s Program Man- given to her granddaughter, Wanda Jackson. H.R. 268. ager where she worked to improve the pros- SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without pects of NASA’s female mathematicians, en- Under regulations that the Secretary may objection, it is so ordered. gineers, and scientists. promulgate, the Secretary may strike and (20) Mary Jackson retired from NASA in sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medals f 1985 and died in 2005. struck under this Act, at a price sufficient to (21) These 4 women, along with the other cover the cost of the medals, including labor, ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 10 A.M. African-American women in NASA’s West materials, dies, use of machinery, and over- TOMORROW head expenses. Area Computing unit, were integral to the Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, if success of the early space program. The sto- SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS. there is no further business to come be- ries of these 4 women exemplify the experi- (a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck fore the Senate, I ask that it stand ad- ences of hundreds of women who worked as under this Act are national medals for pur- computers, mathematicians, and engineers poses of chapter 51 of title 31, United States journed under the previous order. at NACA beginning in the 1930s and the Code. Thereupon, the Senate, at 6:33 p.m., handmade calculations that they made (b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of adjourned until Thursday, March 28, played an integral role in— sections 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United 2019, at 10 a.m.

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CONGRATULATING BLAIR OAKS diana. Ruth’s extraordinary civic leadership in- Cody Maier is a student at Arvada High HIGH SCHOOL FOR WINNING THE cluded service through many social organiza- School and received this award because his 2018 MISSOURI CLASS 2 STATE tions including PEO, Harrison Lake Garden determination and hard work have allowed him FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Club and the Monday literary club. Ruth ac- to overcome adversities. tively supported Indiana University and served The dedication demonstrated by Cody Maier HON. BLAINE LUETKEMEYER on the advisory boards for the School of Arts is exemplary of the type of achievement that OF MISSOURI and Sciences and Jacobs School of Music. can be attained with hard work and persever- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ruth and Dick were part of a small group ance. It is essential students at all levels strive that cofounded Fairlawn Presbyterian Church Wednesday, March 27, 2019 to make the most of their education and de- in 1961. She and Dick donated property for velop a work ethic which will guide them for Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Madam Speaker, I the Salvation Army to build a support center, the rest of their lives. rise today to ask my colleagues to join me in sponsored the Johnson Center for Entrepre- I extend my deepest congratulations to congratulating the Blair Oaks Falcons Football neurship at I.U., the Johnson Distinguished Cody Maier for winning the Arvada Wheat team for winning the 2018 Missouri Class 2 Guest Artist series at the Columbus Phil- Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. State Football Championship. harmonic, and publication of ‘‘The Birds of In- I have no doubt he will exhibit the same dedi- With a perfect record of 15–0, the Blair diana’’ by Bill Zimmerman. cation and character in all of his future accom- Oaks Falcons Football team and coaching The Pence family knew Ruth for many years plishments. staff should be commended for all of their and considered her a close friend. Ruth was hard work throughout this past year and for a generous person who will be remembered f bringing home the state championship to their fondly and greatly missed. school and community. Ruth is survived by her children, Jenny INTRODUCTION OF DUI REPORTING Please join me in congratulating the coach- Johnson of Nashville, Rick Johnson (Alice) of ACT OF 2019 ing staff: Ted LePage; assistant coaches: Columbus; two grandchildren, Richard ‘‘Ricky’’ Kevin Alewine, Lerone Briggs, John Butler, Loomis Johnson III and Ann ‘‘Annie’’ Elizabeth HON. STEVE COHEN Mike Cook, Josh Linnenbrink, Mason Swisher, Johnson. OF TENNESSEE Andrew Terpstra; manager: Ben Stockman; May god rest her soul and bring comfort to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and the players: Kamron Morriss, Jayden her family and friends as we mourn her loss Purdy, Nolan Hair, Gavin Wekenborg, Seth and celebrate her life here on earth. Wednesday, March 27, 2019 DeWesplore, Cade Stockman, Zach Herigon, f Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, I rise today Cobi Marble, Carson Prenger, Sam in support of the DUI Reporting Act, a bill I in- RECOGNIZING MASON DAUGHERTY Luebbering, Jake Closser, Ian Nolph, Braydan troduced today with my colleague, STEVE AND ELI SCOTT Pritchett, Riley Lentz, Cadon Garber, Levi CHABOT, along with the support of Mothers Haney, Josh Bischoff, Hayden Ellis, Adam Against Drunk Driving. Hughes, Zach Goeller, Trinity Scott, Griffin HON. VAN TAYLOR If enacted, this bill would address the loop- Herst, Kyler Griep, Adam Jurgensmeyer, OF TEXAS hole in our nation’s drunk-driving laws that en- Collin Branum, Jordan Keesler, Nico Canale, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ables repeat DUI offenders to be charged and Conner Wilson, Nolan Atnip, John Benward, Wednesday, March 27, 2019 tried as first-time offenders because of incon- Zack Wilbers, Carson Bax, Cale Willson, sistent reporting. Mr. TAYLOR. Madam Speaker, I rise today Caleb Buechter, James Thomson, Austin Currently, when police make a drunk driving to recognize Mason Daugherty and Eli Scott Lange, Corban Bonnett, Shane Gillmore, An- arrest, they don’t always have access to infor- from McKinney, Texas on winning the 2019 drew Luebbering, Rylee Niekamp, Benner mation about all of the driver’s previous ar- C–SPAN video documentary competition. Thomas, Ayden Chouinard, Isaiah Prenger, rests for driving under the influence. Their documentary, ‘‘What it Means to be Grant Laune, and Marcus Edler on their dedi- The reason is because not all police depart- American: Citizen Accountability in Govern- cation to the game and focus throughout the ments report DUI arrests to either the National ment’’ highlights how the United States Con- season. Crime Information Center, or ‘‘NCIC’’ for short, stitution intended to instill power within the I ask you to join me in recognizing the Blair or the Next Generation Identification database, American people and how corruption within Oaks Falcons Football team for a job well or ‘‘NGI,’’ which are the national crime data- our system of government diverts that power done. bases that can be made instantly available to f away from individuals. Like these impressive 11th graders from police right from their patrol cars. HONORING RUTH WOLFE JOHNSON Imagine International Academy of North The consequences of this lack of reporting Texas, I too believe power must rest with we can prove tragic. Just a few years ago there HON. GREG PENCE the people. Working together, we can bring was a terrible accident in northern Mississippi, just outside of my Congressional District. Two OF INDIANA about real change in Washington. teenagers from Memphis were killed when the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Madam Speaker, I ask that my colleagues car they were driving was struck by a drunk Wednesday, March 27, 2019 in the House of Representatives join me today in congratulating Mason Daugherty and Eli driver who had accrued seven DUI charges Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to Scott on their achievement. since 2008 and had been allowed to plead guilty five times to a first-offense DUI. honor my friend, Ruth Johnson, who recently f passed away at the age of 86 in Columbus, When the law enforcement officer ran the Indiana. CODY MAIER suspect’s driving record in the national data- Born in Sullivan County, Ruth was the base, his past DUI convictions never showed eighth child of Ora and Ann Wolfe. She at- HON. ED PERLMUTTER up. tended Indiana State University and then went OF COLORADO This is shameful. A DUI somewhere should to work at Shell Oil Company. Ruth met—and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES be recognized as a DUI anywhere. It should later married—Dick Johnson, who had pur- not matter where you were caught driving chased a Shell distributorship in Columbus. Wednesday, March 27, 2019 drunk. If you drive drunk, previous offenses Ruth and Dick worked together to grow the Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, I rise should be recorded and penalties should in- Johnson Oil Company. today to recognize and applaud Cody Maier crease so innocent lives can be saved. Ruth played an integral role in the Colum- for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service The accrual of multiple first-time DUI of- bus community and throughout the State of In- Ambassadors for Youth award. fenses is unconscionable and must be ended.

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:47 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K27MR8.001 E27MRPT1 E358 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 27, 2019 Our bill will save lives by enacting common- IN HONOR OF CHESTER ELKIN for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service sense, bipartisan reforms to harmonize report- Ambassadors for Youth award. ing standards for DUI offenses across the HON. ANDY BARR Miguel May is a student at Arvada High states. OF KENTUCKY School and received this award because his I urge my colleagues to help pass it quickly. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES determination and hard work have allowed him f to overcome adversities. Wednesday, March 27, 2019 The dedication demonstrated by Miguel May INTRODUCTION OF THE SUP- Mr. BARR. Madam Speaker, I rise today to is exemplary of the type of achievement that PORTING CHILDREN OF THE NA- honor the life of a special man, Mr. Chester can be attained with hard work and persever- TIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE Elkin, of Madison County, Kentucky. Mr. Elkin ance. It is essential students at all levels strive ACT is part of a special group of heroes that to make the most of their education and deserved our nation during World War II. velop a work ethic which will guide them for HON. J. LUIS CORREA Mr. Elkin was born in the small community the rest of their lives. OF CALIFORNIA of Wallaceton in 1919. He served in the Army I extend my deepest congratulations to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Air Corps from 1941 to 1946. Mr. Elkin was Miguel May for winning the Arvada Wheat Wednesday, March 27, 2019 assigned to an airbase on Ie Jima Island, Oki- Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. Mr. CORREA. Madam Speaker, according nawa, where he led the development of a run- I have no doubt he will exhibit the same dedi- to the U.S. Department of Education, more way for landing our aircraft. At the war’s end, cation and character in all of his future accom- than 80 percent of military-connected children he was chosen to be in charge of receiving plishments. attend public schools. In 2011, the Govern- Japanese aircraft and their pilots as they sur- f rendered. Mr. Elkin earned the American The- ment Accountability Office reported that data CONGRATULATING THE RECIPI- concerning the academic outcomes of these ater Medal, American Defense Medal, Asiatic Pacific Theater Medal with 2 bronze stars, ENTS OF THE 2019 H.E.B. ISD students was limited. In response, Congress AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE passed the Every Student Succeeds Act, Good Conduct Ribbon, and the Victory Medal which included the military student identifier to for his service in the war. require that public schools identify and report Mr. Elkin was a civic minded person from a HON. KENNY MARCHANT on the academic outcomes of military-con- young age and worked to benefit his commu- OF TEXAS nected students. nity. While still in high school, he became the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES driver of his community’s first school bus. At However, the military student identifier only Wednesday, March 27, 2019 includes children with a parent who is on ac- the age of 17, he opened a general store so tive-duty in the Armed Forces. Children whose local citizens would not have to travel to get Mr. MARCHANT. Madam Speaker, I rise parents serve in the National Guard or Re- needed supplies. He later bought property in today to congratulate thirty-three outstanding serve Components are excluded from the mili- and around Berea, enabling him to provide nu- students from the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Inde- tary student identifier unless that parent merous new businesses and create jobs. He pendent School District who have been award- serves full-time. These children still face served on many committees and civic organi- ed the district’s Awards of Excellence for the unique challenges and stressors as members zations for the Berea community. He was a 2018–2019 school year. of the National Guard and Reserves often depart owner in Renfro Valley Entertainment, The following students have been selected ploy within their respective state in response which draws visitors from all over the world. to receive this award due to their meritorious to state emergencies, directives, or while in He has been an active member of the achievements within their respected dis- training. Wallaceton Baptist Church since he was a ciplines. These students possess unique tal- Therefore, the Supporting Children of the teenager. He has been a member of the ents and experiences that have enabled their National Guard and Reserve Act expands the American Legion Post 50 in Berea for many tremendous success within a diverse field of military student identifier to include children of years. For 30 years, he served as County subjects, which include visual and performing the National Guard and Reserves. Game Warden. Mr. Elkin’s involvement over arts, business and industry, science, mathe- This simple and straightforward change will many years resulted in improvements to the matics, and communications, to name just a provide invaluable data for educators, parents, quality of life in Berea. few. and policymakers to understand the academic Mr. Elkin and his fellow veterans are true Jack Alcorn, Troy Curtsinger, Davonia outcomes of all military-connected students. heroes. As members of the ‘‘Greatest Genera- Williams, Jerry Manyvanh, Tristen Strawn, Alina Yoo, Martha Hernandez, Shakyria f tion,’’ they willingly served to protect and defend the freedoms that we enjoy today. I am Bagley, Zachary Campbell, Khusbu Dalal, CIERRA MARTINEZ humbled to honor the service of Mr. Chester Jenna French, Alexa Hassell, Lauren Hill, Elkin before the United States Congress. Erin Millican, Mason Ornelas, Beverlyn Osoro, Nicholas Pena, Isabela Ponce, Coleen HON. ED PERLMUTTER f Roche, Haley Sawatis, Lauren Adams, Hadee OF COLORADO PERSONAL EXPLANATION Al Hassanawi, Eric Carlsen, Chloe Crane, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Samuel Cusack, Jordan Edwards, Timothy Wednesday, March 27, 2019 Harris, Dylan Hurt, Nicholas Munoz, Aaron HON. ROSS SPANO Norgaard, Jake Peters, Allan Stevens, Nel- Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, I rise OF FLORIDA son Tran. today to recognize and applaud Cierra Mar- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Through their hard work and dedication, tinez for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Wednesday, March 27, 2019 these young men and women have built a Service Ambassadors for Youth award. strong foundation on which to continue their Cierra Martinez is a student at Jefferson Jr/ Mr. SPANO. Madam Speaker, I was not growth and education. Sr. and received this award because her de- present for votes on March 5 through 6, 2019 In addition to recognizing the students, I termination and hard work have allowed her to due to an illness. Had I been present, I would would like to take this opportunity to thank the overcome adversities. have voted Yea on Roll Call No. 104; Yea on fine educators who have worked to ensure the The dedication demonstrated by Cierra Mar- Roll Call No. 105; Nay on Roll Call No. 106; needs of these students are met and their tal- tinez is exemplary of the type of achievement and Nay on Roll Call No. 107. ents are nurtured. It is with great pleasure that that can be attained with hard work and perse- f I recognize the following teachers from Hurst verance. It is essential students at all levels MIGUEL MAY Hills Elementary, Central Junior High, L.D. strive to make the most of their education and Bell, Buinger CTE Academy, KEYS, and Trin- develop a work ethic which will guide them for ity High School for their unwavering support of the rest of their lives. HON. ED PERLMUTTER these students: I extend my deepest congratulations to OF COLORADO Lauren Allen, Carolyn Allen, Jo Ann Cierra Martinez for winning the Arvada Wheat IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Antinone, Ricky Balthrop, Jennifer Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. Wednesday, March 27, 2019 Brockman, Tammy Brown, Richard I have no doubt she will exhibit the same dedi- Campanaro, Mario Casanova, Kathleen cation and character in all of her future ac- Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, I rise Chase, Trasa Cobern, Amanda Collins, Ken- complishments. today to recognize and applaud Miguel May neth Davis, Christine Davis, Michael Dean,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:47 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR8.001 E27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E359 Blanca Diaz, Logan Douglass, Kendal Fries, need to do is talk to her team around her. The of the American Expeditionary Force, who Cherie Gibson, Paul Gibson, Candace Harris, staff and volunteers at Grace Place describe fought in World War I, convened to create an Catherine Kazyaka, Sarah Keith, Laurel her as, ‘‘a fantastic leader and a champion for organization to represent veterans of that con- Kuepker, Van Mathews, Allen Matthews, Karen McCurdy, Joseph Mendenhall, Court- those in need. Her efforts to secure funding flict. Today, the American Legion focuses on ney Miller, Jennifer Muirhead, Ann Nadeau, and bring programs into rural communities that serving veterans, current service members Louise Payblas, Vandana Rajpurohit, David will help the most vulnerable are truly inspir- children and communities with a membership Rawls. ing. She never gives up and her tireless ef- numbering over two million from 13,000 posts Madam Speaker, I am honored to recognize forts are an inspiration.’’ worldwide. The American Legion, under the these outstanding students and teachers on Duana truly is an inspiration. And on behalf leadership of its National Commander Brett this monumental achievement. I ask all my of the residents of Wisconsin’s 7th Congres- Reistad, continues to grow and advocate on distinguished colleagues to join me in con- sional District, I would like to thank Duana behalf of those who have served our nation gratulating the recipients of the 2019 HEB ISD Bremer, for her selfless commitment to fami- with honor and distinction. Awards of Excellence. lies in need. One of the very first posts to come into ex- f f istence in the months following the creation of the American Legion was the Lowville Amer- RECOGNIZING THE 100 LADIES OF JAKE McBRYDE ican Legion Post 162. The National organiza- DEERING tion came into existence in March 1919 and HON. ED PERLMUTTER the Lowville post was founded just three OF COLORADO HON. DONNA E. SHALALA months later, in June. Since then, they have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF FLORIDA been a leading post, sending members to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, March 27, 2019 serve on national, state, and district commit- Wednesday, March 27, 2019 tees. They have made an indelible impact on Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, I rise Ms. SHALALA. Madam Speaker, I rise the Lowville community over the past century today to recognize and applaud Jake McBryde and I wish them continued success. On behalf for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service today in recognition of the 100 Ladies of Deering, a philanthropic women’s organization of New York’s 21st District, I want to congratu- Ambassadors for Youth award. late them on this milestone and thank them for Jake McBryde is a student at North Arvada dedicated to preserving the Deering Estate, a their century-long tradition of service. Middle School and received this award be- pillar of South Florida history. As Women’s cause his determination and hard work have History Month comes to an end, I am proud to f allowed him to overcome adversities. honor the 100 Ladies of Deering for carrying NOZYONNA McCALL The dedication demonstrated by Jake on the long tradition of Miami women working McBryde is exemplary of the type of achieve- tirelessly on behalf of our community. ment that can be attained with hard work and Listed on the National Register of Historic HON. ED PERLMUTTER perseverance. It is essential students at all Places, the Deering Estate is the 1920’s era OF COLORADO levels strive to make the most of their edu- Miami home of Charles Deering, an industri- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cation and develop a work ethic which will alist, preservationist, and environmentalist. Wednesday, March 27, 2019 The work of the 100 Ladies of Deering is vital guide them for the rest of their lives. Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, I rise to the preservation the Estate, and more I extend my deepest congratulations to Jake today to recognize and applaud Nozyonna broadly, to keeping our South Florida commu- McBryde for winning the Arvada Wheat Ridge McCall for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. I have nity connected to our shared history. The 100 Ladies of Deering are deeply in- Service Ambassadors for Youth award. no doubt he will exhibit the same dedication Nozyonna McCall is a student at Jefferson and character in all of his future accomplish- volved in the maintenance of the Deering Es- tate, including the Stone House, Richmond Jr/Sr. and received this award because her ments. determination and hard work have allowed her f Cottage, outbuildings, grounds, and natural areas. Today, visitors can explore these sites to overcome adversities. The dedication demonstrated by Nozyonna HONORING DUANA BREMER as they would have appeared when Charles McCall is exemplary of the type of achieve- Deering occupied the Estate in the 1920’s. ment that can be attained with hard work and HON. SEAN P. DUFFY The 100 Ladies of Deering provide resources perseverance. It is essential students at all OF WISCONSIN and assistance for the 444-acre Estate’s his- levels strive to make the most of their edu- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES toric furnishings. They preserve original ob- cation and develop a work ethic which will jects in their original settings, recreate the Wednesday, March 27, 2019 guide them for the rest of their lives. scenes of daily life on the Estate, and create Mr. DUFFY. Madam Speaker, I proudly rise I extend my deepest congratulations to a period setting for original objects. As anyone today to honor Duana Bremer, Director of Sal- Nozyonna McCall for winning the Arvada who has visited can attest, the furnishings vation Army’s St. Croix and Polk County Wis- Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth evoke a powerful experience of time and consin programs. award. I have no doubt she will exhibit the space while providing witness to past events Duana has dedicated her life to serving the same dedication and character in all of her fu- and personalities. most vulnerable among us. I have seen the in- The 100 Ladies of Deering exemplify ex- ture accomplishments. credible work she does day in and day out, traordinary dedication to the South Florida f serving families in our community by showing community. I am pleased to celebrate their them the path to personal growth and sustain- HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY achievements as community leaders, philan- ability. Her commitment and experience OF FLORIDA B. THOMAS thropists, and Miami women. makes her an invaluable asset to our work as legislators. Duana testified before the House f HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing HONORING THE LOWVILLE AMER- OF FLORIDA and Insurance on May 17, 2018 at a hearing ICAN LEGION POST 162 ON THEIR IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES titled, ‘‘An Overview of Homelessness in CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY Wednesday, March 27, 2019 America,’’ in which she provided valuable in- sight into what the homeless experience is like HON. ELISE M. STEFANIK Mr. HASTINGS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and legacy of Mrs. Flor- for those living in rural areas such as Wis- OF NEW YORK ida B. Thomas. Florida was a selfless member consin. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES With the help of Duana, the Family Self-Suf- of her community and spent her life serving ficiency Act and the Housing Choice Voucher Wednesday, March 27, 2019 others. She was a woman of strong values Mobility Demonstration Act have been signed Ms. STEFANIK. Madam Speaker, I rise and always worked to help her community into law. Both of these pieces of legislation will today to honor the American Legion as a through her church and her jobs as a teacher help break the multi-generational cycle of pov- whole and specifically, The Lowville American and librarian. erty in our communities. Legion Post 162 on their 100th anniversary. Florida was born in Tallahassee, Florida in It’s easy to see the value of Duana’s leader- The American Legion was chartered by 1938. She attended Florida A&M University ship in the fight against homelessness. All you Congress in September 1919 after members where she received her Bachelor of Science

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:47 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A27MR8.005 E27MRPT1 E360 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 27, 2019 degree in Library Science, before continuing our undying support. In order to truly honor Vicki saw early on that if the community was her education at the University of South Flor- their service and sacrifice, we need to do to survive and prosper, the political, business, ida where she received a Master’s in Adminis- more than pay lip service to their effort. As education, and community leaders would need tration and Supervision. elected leaders, we have a responsibility to to work together. This became the focus of She served for 59 years at Greater Friend- fight for additional resources that allow them Vermilion Advantage. More than simply an ad- ship Missionary Baptist Church, where she to do their jobs effectively for the rest of us. vocate for the community, Vicki had a com- was on the finance committee and served as In order to properly serve New Hampshire’s prehensive vision focused on creating the next a choir member and secretary. In addition to First District and pay appropriate respect to generation of community leaders and a skilled serving at her church, Florida worked for 40 the services we are lucky to receive from our and educated workforce, diversifying the eco- years as a teacher within the Hendry County New Hampshire police officers, I am com- nomic base of the county, and developing a School System. After retiring from teaching, mitted to fighting on their behalf in Congress, cooperative environment between labor and Florida felt she could still serve her community to guarantee that our law enforcement officials management, to name just a few of her initia- so she began working as a full-time librarian have the resources they need to combat the tives. at the Harlem Library where she worked until opioid crisis, keep our streets safe, and pro- A major component of what Vicki has done she retired in 2014. tect our communities from harm. is sell outside companies to the advantages of Throughout her career, Florida was recog- Congratulations to the New Hampshire Po- locating their operations in Vermilion County. nized again and again for her hard work and lice Association Pipes and Drums on 25 years Doing this for several decades has likely made dedication to those around her. She was the of excellence. It is my honor to serve them as Vicki the most informed and effective cham- first black librarian in the state of Florida within the Representative of New Hampshire’s First pion of Vermilion County. Her steady efforts the integrated school system and was named Congressional District. over the past 37 years has had an inestimable ‘‘Children Intermediate School (CIS) Teacher f impact on the community that she cares so of the Year’’ in 1987. She was also an active much for. KENDALL McCOY member of The Order of the Eastern Star fra- Indeed, Vicki’s efforts are a labor of love. ternity. In May, 2017 the Harlem Community She grew up in Vermilion County, graduated Library was re-named in her honor, and now HON. ED PERLMUTTER from Danville High School, and lives in the serves the community as the Florida B. Thom- OF COLORADO community she helped remake. Her tireless ef- as Library. And, just last year, she was hon- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES forts, mental toughness, professionalism, and ored with The Heritage Award for 2018. Wednesday, March 27, 2019 unshakable faith that Vermilion County was Madam Speaker, Florida Thomas was a Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, I rise worth trying to save has made a difference champion for her community and she posi- today to recognize and applaud Kendall worthy of recognition. tively impacted the lives of many in Harlem McCoy for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Madam Speaker, it is my pleasure and and surrounding communities. I extend my Service Ambassadors for Youth award. honor to rise today to recognize Vicki Haugen deepest condolences to her husband, Melvin, Kendall McCoy is a student at The Manning and to thank her for her leadership of and the rest of her friends and family during School and received this award because her Vermilion Advantage for these past 37 years. this extremely difficult time. Florida Thomas determination and hard work have allowed her That leadership, by the way, has led to the was a blessing to our community and I am to overcome adversities. creation of well over four thousand full-time proud to honor her memory today. She will be The dedication demonstrated by Kendall jobs and counting. I wish Vicki all the best and dearly missed. McCoy is exemplary of the type of achieve- Vermilion Advantage continued success. f ment that can be attained with hard work and f IN HONOR OF THE 25TH ANNIVER- perseverance. It is essential students at all PERSONAL EXPLANATION SARY OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE levels strive to make the most of their edu- POLICE ASSOCIATION PIPES AND cation and develop a work ethic which will HON. KATIE PORTER DRUMS guide them for the rest of their lives. I extend my deepest congratulations to Ken- OF CALIFORNIA HON. CHRIS PAPPAS dall McCoy for winning the Arvada Wheat IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. Wednesday, March 27, 2019 OF NEW HAMPSHIRE I have no doubt she will exhibit the same dedi- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cation and character in all of her future ac- Ms. PORTER. Madam Speaker, I was unable to be present for votes on Monday, Wednesday, March 27, 2019 complishments. March 25, 2019. Had I been present, I would f Mr. PAPPAS. Madam Speaker, I rise today have vote YES on Roll Call vote 126. to recognize the New Hampshire Police Asso- RECOGNIZING VICKI HAUGEN’S 37 f ciation Pipes and Drums as they celebrate YEARS AT VERMILION ADVAN- their 25th anniversary. In October of 1994, TAGE LEAH MENDOZA New Hampshire State Police Sergeant James Noyes was shot and killed during a standoff HON. JOHN SHIMKUS HON. ED PERLMUTTER with an armed barricaded subject. Inspired by OF ILLINOIS OF COLORADO the Boston Police Gaelic Column’s perform- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ance at Sergeant Noyes’s funeral, members of the New Hampshire Police Association set out Wednesday, March 27, 2019 Wednesday, March 27, 2019 to create a pipes and drums band of their Mr. SHIMKUS. Madam Speaker, I rise today Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, I rise own. Coming together from various police de- to recognize Vicki Haugen, who took over today to recognize and applaud Leah Men- partments across the state, a small group was leadership of Vermilion Advantage 37 years doza for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge assembled in December of 1994 and made its ago. Service Ambassadors for Youth award. official debut in 1996 during the New Hamp- Vermilion Advantage is the lead economic Leah Mendoza is a student at Mandalay shire Police memorial in Concord. development office for Vermilion County, Illi- Middle School and received this award be- Ever since, this distinguished band has nois. Vicki began her tenure at Vermilion Ad- cause her determination and hard work have grown in size and notoriety. We gather to cel- vantage during a time when the business envi- allowed her to overcome adversities. ebrate a quarter century of this effort, and to ronment in Danville and Vermilion County was The dedication demonstrated by Leah Men- acknowledge and honor the life of Sergeant in turmoil. Major businesses, which had con- doza is exemplary of the type of achievement James Noyes and of every New Hampshire tributed for many years to the financial and that can be attained with hard work and perse- law enforcement officer who has been trag- economic health of the community, were leav- verance. It is essential students at all levels ically killed in the line of duty. ing or considering doing so. Rather than be strive to make the most of their education and Sergeant Noyes’s sacrifice is a humbling re- defeated by these setbacks, Vicki enlisted develop a work ethic which will guide them for minder about the acute danger our brave po- other community leaders to pull together and the rest of their lives. lice officers face each day as they put their develop a coordinated plan to keep the losses I extend my deepest congratulations to Leah lives on the line to keep our communities safe. to a minimum and attract replacements for Mendoza for winning the Arvada Wheat Ridge Their service deserves our appreciation and those business that left. Service Ambassadors for Youth award. I have

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:47 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A27MR8.009 E27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E361 no doubt she will exhibit the same dedication WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH made significant contributions to the American and character in all of her future accomplish- story: ments. HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE Congresswoman Barbara Jordan of Texas OF TEXAS was the first African American woman elected f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to the House of Representatives; Kathryn ‘‘Kathy’’ Whitmire was the first HONORING THE LIFE OF BELOVED Wednesday, March 27, 2019 woman elected to serve in Houston City gov- CAPITAL REGION EDUCATOR ER- Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I rise ernment; and NEST D. STECK to commemorate Women’s History Month. Mae Carol Jemison, the first African Amer- I want to offer a special mention for the U.S. ican woman astronaut. HON. PAUL TONKO House of Representatives women firsts: These many accomplishments does not Congresswoman Jeanette Rankin of Mon- mean there is not more that needs to be done. OF NEW YORK tana who was the first elected woman member There is still a long way for women to go IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of the House of Representatives; according the Shriver Report. Wednesday, March 27, 2019 Congresswoman Patsy Mink of Hawaii was Women are more than 50 percent of the the first woman of color and the first Asian population and more than 50 percent of the Mr. TONKO. Madam Speaker, I rise today American woman elected to Congress; votes. to honor the legacy of beloved community Congresswoman Shirley Anita Chisholm of A woman working full time, all year at a leader, veteran and educator Ernest D. Steck New York who was the first African-American minimum-wage job, or a job close to the min- who passed away in February. Congresswoman member of the House of imum wage, will not be able to bring her family Mr. Steck was a symbol of virtue and dis- Representatives; and above the poverty line. cipline to many in our Capital Region Our Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen whom Families need an income closer to 200 per- community owes him a debt of gratitude for we have the honor of working with is the first cent of the federal poverty threshold to escape his commitment to educating and shaping the Hispanic woman elected to serve in Congress. the brink. minds of the young men under his tutelage, National Women’s History Month’s roots go In the Shriver Report’s survey: both in his history classroom and on the foot- back to March 8, 1857, when women from 73 percent of Americans said that in order ball field. New York City factories staged a protest over to raise the incomes of working women and Ernest was born in Rock Island, Illinois and working conditions. their families, they strongly favor the govern- grew up in Chicago and Brooklyn during the International Women’s Day was first ob- ment ensuring that women get equal pay for Great Depression He enlisted and served in served in 1909. equal work; the U.S. Army during World War II and fought In 1981, Congress passed a law authorizing 79 percent of Americans said the govern- in the Pacific Theater. After the war, he went the President to proclaim March 7, 1982 as ment should expand access to high-quality, af- back to school to earn his undergraduate and ‘‘Women’s History Week.’’ It was a modest be- fordable childcare for working families; advanced degrees in physical education at the ginning, but very significant to women be- Almost 60 percent of Americans said University of Iowa. cause it started a societal and cultural change women raising children on their own face tre- After brief stints teaching in Bridgeport, Con- in how women—and especially young girls mendous challenges and should be helped fi- necticut and Providence, Rhode Island, Ernest saw themselves within the American story. nancially by government, employers, and com- moved to Albany and brought his love of In 1987, Congress expanded the week to a munities; and teaching to the Albany Academy, where he month. Every year since, Congress has If we are going to win the war on poverty taught from 1953 to 1991. He also coached passed a resolution for Women’s History we must wage and win the war of discrimina- football, basketball, track, and tennis Each dis- Month, and the President has issued a procla- tion of women in the workforce. cipline provided a welcome opportunity for Er- mation. Pay inequality is not just a women’s issue— nest to share the principles that guided his life: This month we recognize Women’s History it is a family income equality issue. the importance of hard work, discipline, and Month by noting the fundamental role women In 2012, Texas’ ranked second among the integrity. These earned him the respect of his have played in shaping America’s history. But 50 states among with workers earning at or colleagues and students. Classrooms were I say to you that a month is not enough to below the federal minimum wage. known to fall silent before he arrived while stu- make known the significant contributions of According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Sta- dents waited eagerly for him to speak. women to the success of the United States of tistics of the 6.1 million workers are paid hour- America. ly rates in Texas in 2012, Ernest’s legacy of service earned him a pro- We taught our girls about Rose the Riveter In Texas 282,000 earned exactly the pre- motion to athletic director and a spot in the who represented the millions of American vailing federal minimum wage of $7.25 per Capital Region Hall of Fame in August of women who went to work on assembly lines to hour, while 170,000 earned less. 2014. If not reminding his teams that ‘‘cool manufacture tanks, planes, and weapons for From 2011 to 2012, the number of Texas heads win games,’’ he could be found virtually the defense of this nation during World War II. workers who earned at or below the federal silent on the sidelines He believed in allowing We have many American Women heroes in minimum wage was 7.5 percent. The percent- the students to call their own plays, giving the STEM area like: Sally Kristen Ride, the age of workers earning less than the federal them a chance to develop team unity and first woman sent into space; Eileen Marie Col- minimum 2012 was 2.8 percent, while the trust. His creative approaches worked time lins, the first woman space shuttle pilot; and share earning exactly the minimum wage was and time again. In 1970, the Albany Academy Grace Murray Hopper an American computer 4.7 percent. football team won the State Championship for scientist and United States Navy rear admiral. Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to small high schools. He led a record-achieving Admiral Hopper developed the first compiler help celebrate Women’s History month by be- championship streak until 1982. Students he for a computer programming language, which coming cosponsors of H.R. 863. coached referred to themselves as ‘‘Ernie’s made it possible to program computers with- f Boys,’’ a moniker that denoted their respect out using punch cards. and appreciation Even to people who never The Shriver Report, ‘‘A Woman’s Nation RECOGNIZING THE LIFE OF BILLY stepped foot on a court or entered an arena, Pushes Back from the Brink:’’ Some Rec- MARTIN Ernest was legendary. ommended Steps for Government Businesses, Above all, Ernest was a proud family man and Women reported on the economic health HON. TRENT KELLY His legacy lives on in his sons David and Phil- of the average American woman. OF MISSISSIPPI lip and grandchildren Kaylee, James, Alex- Today, women make up half the U.S. work- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES andra, and Aaron He was laid to rest in late force, but the average full time working February alongside his wife Roselyn. To those woman earns only 77 percent of what the av- Wednesday, March 27, 2019 who knew him, loved him, and were made erage full time working man makes. Mr. KELLY of Mississippi. Madam Speaker, better by his presence, I offer my sincere con- And that is why the House must pass H.R. I rise today to celebrate the life of Billy Martin, dolences. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act, when it comes who passed away on Sunday, January 27th at May we all take inspiration from the incred- to the floor for debate and vote. the age of 52. ible service and courage of Ernest Steck and There are many women in the State of Billy, a native of Gulfport, Mississippi, grad- honor his legacy for years to come. Texas and in the city of Houston who have uated from Gulfport High School and attended

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:47 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K27MR8.010 E27MRPT1 E362 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 27, 2019 Gulf Coast Community College. He went on to THOMAS MILLS vestments support jobs and provide an eco- be an ice cream delivery driver for Blue Bell nomic boost for both of our economies. In Ice Cream for over ten years. It was during HON. ED PERLMUTTER partnership with American companies, this time that he began investing in the lives OF COLORADO Kazakhstan launched the Astana International of young adults at Resurrection Life Worship IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Financial Center (AIFC) in 2018, which serves Center in Picayune, Mississippi. After his time as a trading and financing platform for foreign at Blue Bell, he accepted a full-time position at Wednesday, March 27, 2019 and domestic investors, allowing Kazakhstan RLM serving as the administrator for over ten Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, I rise to grow as a major financial hub in the region. years. It was in this role that Bill’s heart of today to recognize and applaud Thomas Mills Kazakhstan and the United States have also service out shined all those around him. for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service been constructive partners in promoting secu- In a world where everyone seems to be Ambassadors for Youth award. rity and stability around the world. Our two na- dead set on self-promotion and self-advance- Thomas Mills is a student at Three Creeks tions work together closely to support peace in ment, Billy found his joy in serving others. In K–8 and received this award because his de- Afghanistan and Central Asia through the a world where people are going to extreme termination and hard work have allowed him Strategic Partnership Dialogue, joint-military lengths to draw attention to themselves, Billy to overcome adversities. efforts, and the C5+1 multilateral meetings. went the extra mile to draw attention to others. The dedication demonstrated by Thomas Additionally, President Nazarbayev was instru- In a world where it’s common to see people Mills is exemplary of the type of achievement mental in Kazakhstan being the first Central broadcast their own accomplishments, Billy that can be attained with hard work and perse- Asian country to be elected to the United Na- was a megaphone for the achievements and verance. It is essential students at all levels tions National Security Council, providing a good qualities of others. In a time when every- strive to make the most of their education and voice for the people of the region on a global one wants to see their dreams fulfilled, Billy develop a work ethic which will guide them for stage. saw fit to spend his time helping fulfill the the rest of their lives. The United States welcomes this peaceful dreams of others. I extend my deepest congratulations to transition of power in Kazakhstan as it re- Billy’s life is one that should be celebrated Thomas Mills for winning the Arvada Wheat mains a reliable and trusted partner in Central and remembered. His legacy of obedience to Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. Asia and I congratulate Mr. Kassym-Jomart God and selfless service to others lives on in I have no doubt he will exhibit the same dedi- Tokayev on his new role. all the lives he touched. cation and character in all of his future accom- f Left to cherish his memory are his wife and plishments. best friend of 17 years, Jameye Hickman Mar- f STEFAN MOE tin of Picayune, his mother, Shirley Martin; his siblings, Randy (Karen) Martin and Terri CONGRATULATING KAZAKHSTAN HON. ED PERLMUTTER ON THEIR PRESIDENTIAL TRAN- (Tony) Zbysinski, of the Mississippi Gulf OF COLORADO SITION Coast; his brothers-in-law, Rev. Allen (Amy) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Hickman of Picayune and Andrew (Karen) Wednesday, March 27, 2019 Hickman of Brookhaven, 17 nephews and HON. STEVE CHABOT nieces and 9 great-nephews and great-nieces. OF OHIO Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, I rise f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES today to recognize and applaud Stefan Moe for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Wednesday, March 27, 2019 HONORING BELOVED ALBANY Ambassadors for Youth award. RESTAURANT LOMBARDO’S Mr. CHABOT. Madam Speaker, I rise today Stefan Moe is a student at Drake Middle to recognize the historic March 19 announce- School and received this award because his HON. PAUL TONKO ment by former Kazakhstan President, Mr. determination and hard work have allowed him OF NEW YORK Nursultan Nazarbayev, who voluntarily and to overcome adversities. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES peacefully resigned from his position as Presi- The dedication demonstrated by Stefan Moe dent and as the Head of State. is exemplary of the type of achievement that Wednesday, March 27, 2019 Kazakhstan’s Constitution was prepared for can be attained with hard work and persever- Mr. TONKO. Madam Speaker, I rise today such a scenario and calls for the Chairperson ance. It is essential students at all levels strive to bid a fond farewell to Lombardo’s, a historic of the Senate of the Parliament to step in and to make the most of their education and de- Albany, New York restaurant that was a be- take on the roles and responsibilities for the velop a work ethic which will guide them for loved community staple for nearly a century remainder of the President’s term. This transi- the rest of their lives. until its close earlier this year. tion process, which will usher in the Chairman I extend my deepest congratulations to Ste- Charley Salvatore Lombardo opened what of the Senate, Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, fan Moe for winning the Arvada Wheat Ridge would become this legendary family restaurant as Head of State, is moving forward peacefully Service Ambassadors for Youth award. I have in 1919 after making the journey to the United and with little to no disruption, as all parties inno doubt he will exhibit the same dedication States from Southern Italy. For decades, volved remain committed to Kazakhstan’s fur- and character in all of his future accomplish- Lombardo’s weathered the changing land- ther development and prosperity, as well as ments. scape of the Albany area, generation after serving as a stabilizing force in the region. Ad- f generation, never wavering in its service to ditionally, I call on President Tokayev to carry neighbors and cherished ability to bring people out the reforms necessary to hold free and fair HONORING ROY BENAVIDEZ together. elections in 2020, so that the people of Whether looking for a bite to eat or a brief Kazakhstan can continue to strengthen their HON. MICHAEL CLOUD respite from the demands of daily life, democratic institutions. OF TEXAS Lombardo’s provided a hub of connection and For almost 30 years, Kazakhstan and the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES familiarity for the surrounding area. Many Al- United States have worked diligently to build a bany residents chose this establishment as strategic partnership based on mutual trust Wednesday, March 27, 2019 the setting to celebrate their milestones, from and cooperation on important issues such as Mr. CLOUD. Madam Speaker, I rise today birthdays to anniversaries to reunions. Artists economic investment, security, and cultural to honor and recognize Master Sergeant Roy and authors found inspiration behind its doors. exchanges. Both Kazakhstan and the United Benavidez. Local entrepreneurs cite Lombardo’s as a States have made clear that this strategic My district is proud to claim as one of our model that guided their ventures. partnership and friendship will continue to own Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez, a Medal Lombardo’s memorable Art Deco design grow and expand under a new Head of State. of Honor recipient who is among the most dis- and tiled floors saw their last public visitors in I applaud President Nazarbayev for his work tinguished heroes in American history. On the December of 2018, but the spirit of the estab- to create a strong and lasting relationship with occasion of the Roy P. Benavidez Memorial lishment lives on in the stories and memories the United States. In 2018, the U.S. and Highway Dedication, I would like to recognize of its owners, its many servers and staffs, pa- Kazakhstan signed numerous economic once more a man who exemplified courage, trons and friends. Thank you to everyone who agreements that have paved the way for more sacrifice, and unbreakable determination. made Lombardo’s such a special place for our than 700 American companies to invest over Sergeant Benavidez, of El Campo, Texas, community. $3.7 million in the last year alone. These in- was orphaned at a young age and dropped

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:47 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A27MR8.015 E27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E363 out of middle school to support his family be- I extend my deepest congratulations to Jo- Committee on the Judiciary fore answering the call to service in Vietnam. seph Molinaro for winning the Arvada Wheat To hold hearings to examine arbitration He recovered from a land mine injury to be- Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. in America. come a Green Beret, and when a call for help I have no doubt he will exhibit the same dedi- SD–226 came in, he voluntarily boarded a rescue heli- cation and character in all of his future accom- 2 p.m. copter and put his own life on the line to save plishments. Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, his fellow soldiers. f Sergeant Benavidez was shot in the head Science, and Related Agencies SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS To hold hearings to examine the pro- and the leg but continued working to load the Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, posed budget estimates and justifica- wounded onto the helicopter. As the helicopter tion for fiscal year 2020 for the Depart- took off, the pilot was killed, and the helicopter agreed to by the Senate of February 4, 1977, calls for establishment of a sys- ment of Commerce. crashed. Sergeant Benavidez heroically car- SD–G50 tem for a computerized schedule of all ried his wounded comrades off the helicopter 2:30 p.m. and spent what he described as ‘‘six hours in meetings and hearings of Senate com- Committee on Homeland Security and hell’’ returning fire, calling in airstrikes, caring mittees, subcommittees, joint commit- Governmental Affairs for the wounded, and even recovering classi- tees, and committees of conference. To hold hearings to examine the nomina- fied documents. He was shot multiple times, This title requires all such committees tions of Ron A. Bloom, of New York, to bayoneted, clubbed, and hit by fragments from to notify the Office of the Senate Daily be a Governor of the United States a grenade, before finally dragging the soldiers Digest—designated by the Rules Com- Postal Service, and James A. Crowell mittee—of the time, place and purpose he came to rescue onto a second evacuation IV, and Jason Park, both of the Dis- of the meetings, when scheduled and helicopter. He saved the lives of at least eight trict of Columbia, both to be an Asso- any cancellations or changes in the men. ciate Judge of the Superior Court of In 1981, Sergeant Benavidez received the meetings as they occur. the District of Columbia. As an additional procedure along SD–342 Medal of Honor from President Reagan, who with the computerization of this infor- 3 p.m. noted that ‘‘if the story of his heroism were a mation, the Office of the Senate Daily Committee on Armed Services movie script, you would not believe it.’’ His Digest will prepare this information for Subcommittee on Airland Medal of Honor citation declared that his printing in the Extensions of Remarks To hold hearings to examine Army mod- ‘‘fearless personal leadership, tenacious devo- section of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ernization in review of the Defense Au- tion to duty, and extremely valorous actions in on Monday and Wednesday of each thorization Request for fiscal year 2020 the face of overwhelming odds were in keep- week. and the future years defense program. ing with the highest traditions of the military Meetings scheduled for Thursday, SR–232A service.’’ March 28, 2019 may be found in the APRIL 3 But his challenges were not over. Two years Daily Digest of today’s RECORD. later, he received notice that his disability ben- 9 a.m. efits were to be cut off, despite shrapnel in his MEETINGS SCHEDULED Committee on Appropriations heart and constant pain. So he went before Subcommittee on Department of the Inte- Congress on behalf of his fellow veterans, APRIL 2 rior, Environment, and Related Agen- cies asking ‘‘if they can do this to me, what will 9:30 a.m. To hold hearings to examine proposed they do to all the others?’’ Thanks to the ef- Committee on Armed Services budget estimates and justification for forts of Sergeant Benavidez, the President be- To hold hearings to examine the nomina- came personally involved in the situation, and tions of General Tod D. Wolters, USAF, fiscal year 2020 for the Environmental Protection Agency. the Department of Health and Human Serv- for reappointment to the grade of general and to be Commander, United SD–124 ices announced reforms to the review process. 9:30 a.m. He devoted the rest of his life to service, States European Command and Su- preme Allied Commander Europe, and Committee on Appropriations speaking to students about the importance of General Stephen J. Townsend, USA, for Subcommittee on Department of Defense education and inspiring American troops reappointment to the grade of general To hold hearings to examine proposed around the world. and to be Commander, United States budget estimates and justification for Sergeant Benavidez was a model of bravery Africa Command. fiscal year 2020 for the Defense Health and selfless sacrifice, and it is right and fitting SD–G50 Program. to recognize his heroism by dedicating the Special Committee on Aging SD–192 Roy P. Benavidez Memorial Highway in his To hold hearings to examine Alzheimer’s, Committee on Commerce, Science, and honor. May this highway serve not only as a focusing on new directions in bio- Transportation medical research and caregiving. Business meeting to consider pending memorial to a great man but as an inspiration SD–106 calendar business. to his fellow Texans to live with the same spirit 10 a.m. SD–G50 of courage and service. Committee on Banking, Housing, and 2:15 p.m. f Urban Affairs To hold hearings to examine the applica- Committee on the Judiciary JOSEPH MOLINARO tion of environmental, social, and gov- Subcommittee on Intellectual Property ernance principles in investing and the To hold hearings to examine women in- HON. ED PERLMUTTER role of asset managers, proxy advisors, ventors and the future of American innovation. OF COLORADO and other intermediaries. SD–538 SD–226 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Committee on Energy and Natural Re- 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, 2019 sources Committee on Appropriations Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, I rise To hold hearings to examine the Presi- Subcommittee on Energy and Water Devel- today to recognize and applaud Joseph dent’s proposed budget request for fis- opment cal year 2020 for the Department of En- To hold hearings to examine proposed Molinaro for receiving the Arvada Wheat ergy. Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. budget estimates and justification for SD–366 fiscal year 2020 for the National Nu- Joseph Molinaro is a student at Drake Mid- Committee on Environment and Public clear Security Administration. dle School and received this award because Works SD–138 his determination and hard work have allowed To hold oversight hearings to examine Committee on Appropriations him to overcome adversities. the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. SD–406 Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing The dedication demonstrated by Joseph and Urban Development, and Related Molinaro is exemplary of the type of achieve- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Agencies ment that can be attained with hard work and To hold hearings to examine reauthor- To hold hearings to examine proposed perseverance. It is essential students at all izing HEA, focusing on addressing cam- budget estimates and justification for levels strive to make the most of their edu- pus sexual assault and ensuring stu- fiscal year 2020 for the Department of cation and develop a work ethic which will dent safety and rights. Housing and Urban Development. guide them for the rest of their lives. SD–430 SD–192

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:47 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27MR8.018 E27MRPT1 E364 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 27, 2019 Committee on Armed Services Committee on Small Business and Entre- Committee on Homeland Security and Subcommittee on SeaPower preneurship Governmental Affairs To hold hearings to examine Navy and To hold hearings to examine reauthoriza- To hold hearings to examine unprece- Marine Corps aviation programs in re- tion of the Small Business Administra- dented migration at the United States view of the Defense Authorization Re- tion’s access to capital programs. southern border. quest for fiscal year 2020 and the Fu- SR–428A SD–342 ture Years Defense Program. 3 p.m. SR–232A Committee on Appropriations APRIL 9 Subcommittee on Legislative Branch Committee on Armed Services 9:30 a.m. To hold hearings to examine proposed Subcommittee on Strategic Forces budget estimates and justification for Committee on Armed Services To hold hearings to examine missile de- fiscal year 2020 for the Senate Sergeant To hold hearings to examine the posture fense policies and programs in review at Arms and the United States Capitol of the Department of the Navy in re- of the Defense Authorization Request Police. view of the Defense Authorization Re- for fiscal year 2020 and the Future SD–124 quest for fiscal year 2020 and the Fu- Years Defense Program. ture Years Defense Program. SR–222 APRIL 4 SD–G50 Committee on Indian Affairs 9:30 a.m. To hold hearings to examine enhancing Committee on Armed Services APRIL 10 tribal self-governance and safety of In- To hold hearings to examine the posture 2:30 p.m. dian roads. of the Department of the Air Force in Committee on Indian Affairs SD–628 review of the Defense Authorization To hold hearings to examine building out Request for fiscal year 2020 and the Fu- Indian country, focusing on tools for ture Years Defense Program. community development. SD–G50 SD–628

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:47 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\M27MR8.000 E27MRPT1 Wednesday, March 27, 2019 Daily Digest Senate Nason Nomination—Agreement: A unanimous- Chamber Action consent-time agreement was reached providing that Routine Proceedings, pages S2011–S2062 at 1:30 p.m., on Thursday, March 28, 2019, Senate Measures Introduced: Thirty-five bills and eight begin consideration of the nomination of Nicole R. resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 886–920, Nason, of New York, to be Administrator of the S.J. Res. 15, S. Res. 122–127, and S. Con. Res. 9. Federal Highway Administration, that there be 15 Pages S2042–44 minutes of debate, equally divided in the usual form, and that following the use or yielding back of time, Measures Passed: Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination, with Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act: no intervening action or debate. Page S2061 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Messages from the House: Page S2036 was discharged from further consideration of S. 590, to award Congressional Gold Medals to Katherine Measures Referred: Pages S2036–37 Johnson and Dr. Christine Darden, to posthumously Measures Read the First Time: Page S2037 award Congressional Gold Medals to Dorothy Enrolled Bills Presented: Page S2037 Vaughan and Mary Jackson, and to award a Congres- Executive Communications: Pages S2037–40 sional Gold Medal to honor all of the women who contributed to the success of the National Aero- Petitions and Memorials: Pages S2040–42 nautics and Space Administration during the Space Executive Reports of Committees: Page S2042 Race, and the bill was then passed. Pages S2061–62 Additional Cosponsors: Pages S2044–45 National Women’s History Month: Senate agreed Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: to S. Res. 125, designating March 2019 as ‘‘National Pages S2045–58 Women’s History Month’’. Page S2062 Additional Statements: Pages S2035–36 Public Schools Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 126, expressing support for the designation of the Amendments Submitted: Pages S2058–60 week of March 25 through March 29, 2019, as Authorities for Committees to Meet: ‘‘Public Schools Week’’. Page S2062 Pages S2060–61 Contributions of AmeriCorps Members and Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and Alumni: Senate agreed to S. Res. 127, recognizing adjourned at 6:33 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Thursday, the contributions of AmeriCorps members and alum- March 28, 2019. (For Senate’s program, see the re- ni to the lives of the people of the United States. marks of the Majority Leader in today’s Record on Page S2062 page S2062.) Measures Considered: Supplemental Appropriations Act—Agreement: Committee Meetings Senate continued consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 268, making supple- (Committees not listed did not meet) mental appropriations for the fiscal year ending Sep- tember 30, 2019. Page S2011 APPROPRIATIONS: ARMY A unanimous-consent agreement was reached pro- Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Depart- viding for further consideration of the motion to ment of Defense concluded a hearing to examine proceed to consideration of the bill, post-cloture, at proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal approximately 10:00 a.m., on Thursday, March 28, year 2020 for the Army, after receiving testimony 2019. Page S2062 from Mark T. Esper, Secretary of the Army, and D306

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:34 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D27MR9.REC D27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D307 General Mark A. Milley, Chief of Staff of the Army, Thompson, USAF, Commander, Space and Missile both of the Department of Defense. Systems Center, both of the Air Force Space Com- APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF mand, all of the Department of Defense; and TRANSPORTATION Cristina T. Chaplain, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Government Accountability Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Trans- Office. portation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine HOUSING REFORM proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Transportation, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: after receiving testimony from Elaine Chao, Secretary Committee concluded a hearing to examine Chair- of Transportation. man’s housing reform outline, part II, including S. 603, to amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council ENERGY to consider alternative approaches before determining Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy that a U.S. nonbank financial company shall be su- and Water Development concluded a hearing to ex- pervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal amine proposed budget estimates and justification Reserve System, after receiving testimony from Mi- for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Energy, chael Bright, Structured Finance Industry Group, after receiving testimony from Rick Perry, Secretary Lindsey D. Johnson, U.S. Mortgage Insurers, and of Energy. Michael D. Calhoun, Center for Responsible Lend- APPROPRIATIONS: LOC AND AOC ing, all of Washington, D.C.; Robert D. Broeksmit, Mortgage Bankers Association, Chevy Chase, Mary- Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legisla- land; Vince Malta, National Association of Realtors, tive Branch concluded a hearing to examine pro- San Francisco, California; and Carrie Hunt, National posed budget estimates and justification for fiscal Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions, Ar- year 2020 for the Library of Congress and the Archi- lington, Virginia. tect of the Capitol, after receiving testimony from Carla D. Hayden, Librarian of Congress, Library of 2020 BUDGET Congress; and Christine Merdon, Acting Architect of the Capitol. Committee on the Budget: Committee began consideration of the concurrent resolution on the budget for DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND fiscal year 2020, but did not complete action there- FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM on, recessed subject to the call, and will meet again Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on on Thursday, March 28, 2019. SeaPower concluded a hearing to examine Navy shipbuilding programs in review of the Defense Au- OUR BLUE ECONOMY thorization Request for fiscal year 2020 and the Fu- Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: ture Years Defense Program, after receiving testi- Committee concluded a hearing to examine our blue mony from James F. Geurts, Assistant Secretary of economy, focusing on successes and opportunities, the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisi- after receiving testimony from Mississippi Governor tions, Vice Admiral William R. Merz, USN, Deputy Phil Bryant, Jackson; Michael J. Conathan, The Chief of Naval Operations for Warfare Systems, and Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C.; and Scott Deal, Lieutenant General David H. Berger, USMC, Com- Maverick Boat Group, Fort Pierce, Florida. manding General, Marine Corps Combat Develop- ment Command and Deputy Commandant for Com- THE STATE OF AIRLINE SAFETY bat Development and Integration, all of the Depart- ment of Defense. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Sub- committee on Aviation and Space concluded a hear- MILITARY SPACE OPERATIONS ing to examine the state of airline safety, focusing on Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Stra- Federal oversight of commercial aviation, after re- tegic Forces concluded a hearing to examine military ceiving testimony from Daniel K. Elwell, Acting space operations, policy, and programs, after receiv- Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, ing testimony from Kenneth P. Rapuano, Assistant Robert L. Sumwalt, III, Chairman, National Trans- Secretary for Homeland Defense and Global Security, portation Safety Board, and Calvin L. Scovel, III, In- Lieutenant General David D. Thompson, USAF, spector General, all of the Department of Transpor- Vice Commander, and Lieutenant General John F. tation.

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COLORADO RIVER DROUGHT to be an Assistant Secretary (East Asian and Pacific CONTINGENCY PLAN Affairs), all of the Department of State, after the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Sub- nominees testified and answered questions in their committee on Water and Power concluded a hearing own behalf. to examine the Colorado River Drought Contingency SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION OVERSIGHT Plan, after receiving testimony from Brenda Burman, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee of the Interior; Thomas Buschatzke, Director, Ari- concluded an oversight hearing to examine the zona Department of Water Resources, Phoenix; John Smithsonian Institution, after receiving testimony J. Entsminger, General Manager, Southern Nevada from David J. Skorton, Secretary of the Smithsonian Water Authority, Las Vegas; and Patrick Tyrrell, Institution. Wyoming State Engineer, Cheyenne. BUSINESS MEETING NOMINATIONS Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Com- Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded mittee ordered favorably reported the following busi- a hearing to examine the nominations of Robert A. ness items: Destro, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for De- S. 771, to amend section 21 of the Small Business mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor, who was intro- Act to require cyber certification for small business duced by Senator Cassidy, Keith Krach, of Cali- development center counselors; fornia, to be an Under Secretary (Economic Growth, S. 772, to require an annual report on the cyberse- Energy, and the Environment), to be United States curity of the Small Business Administration, with an Alternate Governor of the European Bank for Recon- amendment in the nature of a substitute; struction and Development, and to be United States S. 862, to repeal the sunset for collateral require- Alternate Governor of the International Bank for Re- ments for Small Business Administration disaster construction and Development, and United States loans; and Alternate Governor of the Inter-American Develop- The nomination of David Christian Tryon, of ment Bank, who was introduced by Senators Ohio, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Busi- Portman and Young, and David Stilwell, of Hawaii, ness Administration. h House of Representatives provide more effective remedies to victims of dis- Chamber Action crimination in the payment of wages on the basis of Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 47 pub- sex, by a yea-and-nay vote of 242 yeas to 187 nays, lic bills, H.R. 9, 1895–1940; and 9 resolutions, H. Roll No. 134. Pages H2848–75 Con. Res. 27–28; and H. Res. 257–263, were intro- Rejected the Foxx motion to recommit the bill to duced. Pages H2883–85 the Committee on Education and labor with instruc- Additional Cosponsors: Pages H2887–88 tions to report the same back to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 191 ayes Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows: to 236 noes, Roll No. 133. Pages H2872–74 H.R. 1585, to reauthorize the Violence Against Pursuant to the Rule, it shall be in order to con- Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes, with sider as an original bill for the purpose of amend- an amendment (H. Rept. 116–21, Part 1). ment under the five-minute rule an amendment in Page H2883 the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she Rules Committee Print 116–8, modified by the appointed Representative Costa to act as Speaker pro amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 116–19, tempore for today. Page H2831 in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a sub- Recess: The House recessed at 11:14 a.m. and re- stitute recommended by the Committee on Edu- convened at 12 noon. Page H2839 cation and Labor now printed in the bill. Page H2860 Paycheck Fairness Act: The House passed H.R. 7, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:34 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D27MR9.REC D27MRPT1 March 27, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D309 Agreed to: Providing for the expenses of certain committees Torres amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. of the House of Representatives in the One Rept. 116–19) that recognizes the severity of the Hundred Sixteenth Congress: The House agreed gender wage gap for girls and women of color; to take from the Speaker’s table and agree to H. Res. Pages H2864–65 245, providing for the expenses of certain commit- Torres amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. tees of the House of Representatives in the One Rept. 116–19) that highlights the gender pay gap’s Hundred Sixteenth Congress. Pages H2875–76 impact on women and girls of color during research Providing for a recess of the House for a joint and education efforts conducted by the Secretary of meeting to receive His Excellency Jens Labor; Page H2865 Stoltenberg, Secretary General of the North At- Jayapal amendment (No. 5 printed in part B of lantic Treaty Organization: Agreed by unanimous H. Rept. 116–19) that clarifies that the studies con- consent that it may be in order at any time on ducted by the Department of Labor concerning the Wednesday, April 3, 2019, for the Speaker to de- elimination of pay disparities between men and clare a recess, subject to the call of the Chair, for the women must include information about, and an anal- purpose of receiving in joint meeting His Excellency ysis of, women of all racial and ethnic backgrounds; Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of the North At- Pages H2867–68 lantic Treaty Organization. Page H2876 Lawrence amendment (No. 8 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116–19) that requires the Department of Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that Labor to conduct a study on the gender pay gap in when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet the teenage workforce and provide recommendations at 9 a.m. tomorrow, March 28th. Page H2876 for how to address the gap; Pages H2870–71 Quorum Calls—Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes Brown (MD) amendment (No. 9 printed in part and two recorded votes developed during the pro- B of H. Rept. 116–19) that makes it unlawful to ceedings of today and appear on pages H2846–47, discriminate against an employee for inquiring or H2847, H2872, H2874, and H2874–75. There were discussing with the employer why the wages of the no quorum calls. employee are set at a certain rate or salary; and Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and ad- Pages H2871–72 journed at 6:34 p.m. Beyer amendment (No. 7 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116–19) that exempts employers with fewer than 100 employees from reporting compensation Committee Meetings data under Section 8 of this Act (by a recorded vote of 406 ayes to 24 noes, Roll No. 132). APPROPRIATIONS—DEPARTMENT OF Pages H2868–70, H2872 STATE Rejected: Foxx amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Rept. 116–19) that sought to strike Section 8 relat- Foreign Operations, and Related Programs held a ing to the collection by the Equal Employment Op- budget hearing on the Department of State. Testi- portunity Commission of pay information and other mony was heard from Mike Pompeo, Secretary, De- employment-related data (including hiring, termi- partment of State. nation, and promotion data) disaggregated by the sex, race, and national origin of employees; and APPROPRIATIONS—U.S. ARMY CORPS OF Pages H2863–64 ENGINEERS AND BUREAU OF Byrne amendment (No. 4 printed in part B of H. RECLAMATION Rept. 116–19) that sought to clarify that the ‘‘any Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy other factor other than sex’’ defense in the Equal Pay and Water Development, and Related Agencies held Act means ‘‘a bona fide business-related reason other a budget hearing on the U.S. Army Corps of Engi- than sex’’; strike Section 3(a)(B) relating to the ap- neers and Bureau of Reclamation. Testimony was plication of the factor other than sex defense to an heard from Brenda Burman, Commissioner, Bureau Equal Pay Act claim. Pages H2865–67 of Reclamation; R.D. James, Assistant Secretary of H. Res. 252, the rule providing for consideration the Army for Civil Works, U.S. Army Corps of En- of the bill (H.R. 7) and the resolution (H. Res. 124) gineers; Tim Petty, Assistant Secretary for Water was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 232 yeas to and Science, Department of Interior; and Lieutenant 190 nays, Roll No. 131, after the previous question General Todd T. Semonite, Chief of Engineers and was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 231 yeas to Commanding General, U.S. Army Corps of Engi- 192 nays, Roll No. 130. Pages H2840–47 neers.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:34 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D27MR9.REC D27MRPT1 D310 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST March 27, 2019 MEMBER DAY Agencies held a budget hearing on the Department Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Finan- of Veterans Affairs. Testimony was heard from the cial Services and General Government held a hearing following Department of Veterans Affairs officials: entitled ‘‘Member Day’’. Testimony was heard from Paul R. Lawrence, Under Secretary for Benefits; Jon Representatives Finkenauer and Jackson Lee. Rychalski, Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer; Richard A. Stone, M.D., Ex- MEMBER DAY ecutive in Charge, Veterans Health Administration; Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the De- and Robert Wilkie, Secretary. partments of Labor, Health and Human Services, PUBLIC WITNESS HEARING Education, and Related Agencies held a hearing entitled ‘‘Member Day’’. Testimony was heard from Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Finan- Representatives Fitzpatrick, Haaland, Jackson Lee, cial Services and General Government held a hearing Khanna, McCollum, Smith of New Jersey, Suozzi, entitled ‘‘Public Witness Hearing’’. Testimony was Hagedorn, Visclosky, and Wild. heard from public witnesses. APPROPRIATIONS—NATIONAL OCEANIC APPROPRIATIONS—NATIONAL AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Com- merce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies held a Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Com- budget hearing on the National Oceanic and Atmos- merce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies held a pheric Administration. Testimony was heard from budget hearing on the National Aeronautics and Neil Jacobs, Acting Administrator, National Oceanic Space Administration. Testimony was heard from and Atmospheric Administration. James Bridenstine, Administrator, National Aero- nautics and Space Administration. USDA’S PROPOSED RELOCATION OF THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE AND THE APPROPRIATIONS—NATIONAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE AGRICULTURE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agri- held a budget hearing on the National Reconnais- culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Admin- sance Office. Testimony was heard from Frank istration, and Related Agencies held a hearing enti- Calvelli, Principal Deputy Director, National Recon- tled ‘‘USDA’s Proposed Relocation of the Economic naissance Office. This hearing was closed. Research Service and the National Institute of Food NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES AND and Agriculture’’. Testimony was heard from Kristi U.S. MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN THE INDO- J. Boswell, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Agri- PACIFIC culture, Department of Agriculture. Committee on Armed Services: Full Committee held a APPROPRIATIONS—NATIONAL SECURITY hearing entitled ‘‘National Security Challenges and AGENCY, U.S. CYBER COMMAND U.S. Military Activities in the Indo-Pacific’’. Testi- Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense mony was heard from Admiral Philip S. Davidson, held a budget hearing on the National Security U.S. Navy, Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Com- Agency, U.S. Cyber Command. Testimony was heard mand; General Robert B. Abrams, U.S. Army, Com- from General Paul M. Nakasone, Director, Com- mander, United Nations Command, Combined mander, National Security Agency, Cyber Command. Forces Command, and U.S. Forces Korea; and Ran- This hearing was closed. dall G. Schriver, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, Department of Defense. MEMBER DAY RESERVE COMPONENT DUTY STATUS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Inte- REFORM rior, Environment, and Related Agencies held a hearing entitled ‘‘Member Day’’. Testimony was Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Mili- heard from Representatives Visclosky, Posey, Galla- tary Personnel held a hearing entitled ‘‘Reserve gher, Comer, and Haaland. Component Duty Status Reform’’. Testimony was heard from Jeri Bucsh, Director, Military Compensa- APPROPRIATIONS—DEPARTMENT OF tion Policy, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense VETERANS AFFAIRS for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense; Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Mili- Major General Michael R. Taheri, U.S. Air Force, tary Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Director, Joint Staff, National Guard Bureau; Major

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Maintaining a Robust Ecosystem for our Technological River Drought Contingency Plan’’, 10 a.m., 1324 Long- Edge’’, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn. worth. Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing entitled Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hear- ‘‘FY20 Priorities for Department of Defense Nuclear Ac- ing entitled ‘‘Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation: Inno- tivities’’, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn. vative Approaches and Economic Development Opportu- Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, con- nities’’, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth. tinue markup on H.R. 389, the ‘‘Kleptocracy Asset Re- Committee on Oversight and Reform, Full Committee, covery Rewards Act’’; H.R. 1500, the ‘‘Consumers First hearing entitled ‘‘Member Day’’, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn. Act’’; H.R. 1595, the ‘‘Secure and Fair Enforcement Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Com- Banking Act of 2019’’; H.R. 1815, the ‘‘SEC Disclosure mittee, hearing entitled ‘‘Putin’s Playbook: The Krem- Effectiveness Testing Act’’; and H.R. 1856, the ‘‘Ending lin’s Use of Oligarchs, Money and Intelligence in 2016 Homelessness Act of 2019’’, 8:45 a.m., 2128 Rayburn. and Beyond’’, 9 a.m., 2175 Rayburn. Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water, Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, Full Committee, Oceans, and Wildlife, hearing entitled ‘‘The Colorado organizational meeting, 9 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 10 a.m., Thursday, March 28 9 a.m., Thursday, March 28

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Thursday: Senate will continue consider- Program for Thursday: Consideration of H. Res. 124— ation of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. Expressing opposition to banning service in the Armed 268, Supplemental Appropriations Act, post-cloture. Forces by openly transgender individuals. At 1:30 p.m., Senate will begin consideration of the nomination of Nicole R. Nason, of New York, to be Ad- ministrator of the Federal Highway Administration, and vote on confirmation of the nomination at 1:45 p.m.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Jackson Lee, Sheila, Tex., E361 Shalala, Donna E., Fla., E359 Kelly, Trent, Miss., E361 Shimkus, John, Ill., E360 Barr, Andy, Ky., E358 Luetkemeyer, Blaine, Mo., E357 Spano, Ross, Fla., E358 Chabot, Steve, Ohio, E362 Marchant, Kenny, Tex., E358 Stefanik, Elise M., N.Y., E359 Cloud, Michael, Tex., E362 Pappas, Chris, N.H., E360 Taylor, Van, Tex., E357 Cohen, Steve, Tenn., E357 Pence, Greg, Ind., E357 Correa, J. Luis, Calif., E358 Perlmutter, Ed, Colo., E357, E358, E358, E359, E359, Tonko, Paul, N.Y., E361, E362 Duffy, Sean P., Wisc., E359 E360, E360, E362, E362, E363 Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E359 Porter, Katie, Calif., E360

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