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Congressional Record—House H7253 December 17, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7253 Buck Graves (MO) McClintock Speier Titus Wasserman Titus (Connolly) Watson Coleman Wild (Scanlon) Bucshon Green, Al (TX) McCollum Stanton Tlaib Schultz Vargas (Correa) (Pallone) Wilson (FL) Budd Griffith McEachin Stauber Tonko Waters Veasey (Beyer) Welch (Hayes) Burchett Grijalva McGovern Stefanik Torres (CA) Watkins (McGovern) Burgess Grothman McKinley Steil Torres Small Watson Coleman f Bustos Guthrie McNerney Steube (NM) Weber (TX) Stevens Trahan Butterfield Haaland Meeks Webster (FL) STAND UP FOR AMERICANS WHO Calvert Hagedorn Meng Stewart Turner Welch Stivers Underwood Carbajal Hall Meuser Wenstrup ARE TRYING TO SURVIVE THE ´ Suozzi Upton Cardenas Harder (CA) Mfume Westerman COVID–19 PANDEMIC Swalwell (CA) Van Drew Carson (IN) Harris Miller Wexton Carter (GA) Hartzler Moolenaar Takano Vargas (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was Wild Cartwright Hastings Mooney (WV) Taylor Veasey Wilson (FL) given permission to address the House Case Hayes Moore Thompson (CA) Vela Wittman for 1 minute and to revise and extend Casten (IL) Heck Morelle Thompson (MS) Vela´ zquez Womack Castor (FL) Hern, Kevin Moulton Thompson (PA) Visclosky her remarks.) Castro (TX) Herrera Beutler Mucarsel-Powell Thornberry Walberg Woodall Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, Chabot Hice (GA) Mullin Tiffany Walden Yarmuth I thought about every day I would rise Timmons Walorski Young Chu, Judy Higgins (LA) Murphy (FL) to emphasize the number of Americans Cicilline Higgins (NY) Murphy (NC) Tipton Waltz Zeldin who have died in the last 24 hours be- Cisneros Hill (AR) Nadler NAYS—5 Clark (MA) Himes Napolitano cause of COVID–19, some 3,000-plus; Clarke (NY) Hollingsworth Neal Amash Massie Roy 300,000 Americans have already died, a Biggs Rice (SC) Clay Horn, Kendra S. Neguse half a million are expected to lose their Cleaver Horsford Newhouse NOT VOTING—37 Cline Houlahan Norcross life by the beginning of the year. Clyburn Hoyer Norman Abraham Gohmert Rooney (FL) It is crucial that we, without ceasing, Cohen Hudson Nunes Bishop (UT) Graves (LA) Ryan pass a COVID–19 package that includes Cole Huffman O’Halleran Brady Green (TN) Sensenbrenner Comer Huizenga Ocasio-Cortez Byrne Guest Spano a lifeline for families that are trying to Conaway Hurd (TX) Olson Carter (TX) Holding Trone survive: cash payment; unemployment; Connolly Jackson Lee Omar Cheney King (IA) Wagner more money for vaccines; more testing; Cooper Jacobs Palazzo Cloud Lesko Walker more money to stop evictions; more Correa Jayapal Pallone Collins (GA) Loudermilk Williams Duncan Marchant money for small businesses, res- Costa Jeffries Palmer Wilson (SC) Dunn McHenry Courtney Johnson (GA) Panetta Wright taurants, and our transportation com- Flores Mitchell Cox (CA) Johnson (LA) Pappas Yoho munity. Fudge Roby Craig Johnson (OH) Pascrell But more importantly, children are Crawford Johnson (SD) Payne Gianforte Rogers (AL) Crenshaw Johnson (TX) Pence losing parents. And the holiday season Crist Jordan Perlmutter b 1701 is coming, and many are not even Crow Joyce (OH) Perry So (two-thirds being in the affirma- thinking about another surge like we Cuellar Joyce (PA) Peters Cunningham Kaptur Peterson tive) the rules were suspended and the had from Thanksgiving. Curtis Katko Phillips bill, as amended, was passed. Madam Speaker, I beg of America to Davids (KS) Keating Pingree The result of the vote was announced prayerfully commemorate, celebrate, Davidson (OH) Keller Pocan as above recorded. love this holiday season, but it should Davis (CA) Kelly (IL) Porter Davis, Danny K. Kelly (MS) Posey A motion to reconsider was laid on be a skinny season to save lives. Davis, Rodney Kelly (PA) Pressley the table. Save lives. Dean Kennedy Price (NC) MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE And we must pass a COVID–19 pack- DeFazio Khanna Quigley age, not leave until we get it done. DeGette Kildee Raskin RESOLUTION 965, 116TH CONGRESS DeLauro Kilmer Reed Allred (Wexton) Frankel (Clark Meng (Clark Americans are dying, and that means DelBene Kim Reschenthaler Axne (Davids (MA)) (MA)) that we have to stand up, and stand up Delgado Kind Rice (NY) (KS)) Garamendi Moore (Beyer) for them, and I am here on the floor to ´ Demings King (NY) Richmond Barragan (Beyer) (Sherman) Mucarsel-Powell stand up for them. DeSaulnier Kinzinger Riggleman Bera (Aguilar) Gottheimer (Wasserman DesJarlais Kirkpatrick Rodgers (WA) Blumenauer (Panetta) Schultz) f Deutch Krishnamoorthi Roe, David P. (Beyer) Grijalva (Garcı´a Nadler (Jeffries) Diaz-Balart Kuster (NH) Rogers (KY) Bonamici (Clark (IL)) Napolitano FAREWELL TO CONGRESS Dingell Kustoff (TN) Rose (NY) (MA)) Haaland (Davids (Correa) Doggett LaHood Rose, John W. Brownley (CA) (KS)) Neguse The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Doyle, Michael LaMalfa Rouda (Clark (MA)) Hastings (Perlmutter) SHERRILL). Under the Speaker’s an- ´ F. Lamb Rouzer Cardenas (Wasserman Pascrell nounced policy of January 3, 2019, the Emmer Lamborn Roybal-Allard (Cisneros) Schultz) (Pallone) Engel Langevin Ruiz Case Heck (Kildee) Payne gentleman from New York (Mr. ENGEL) Escobar Larsen (WA) Ruppersberger (Cartwright) Jayapal (Raskin) (Wasserman is recognized for 60 minutes as the des- Eshoo Larson (CT) Rush Cleaver (Davids Johnson (TX) Schultz) ignee of the majority leader. Espaillat Latta Rutherford (KS)) (Jeffries) Peters (Kildee) ´ Mr. ENGEL. Madam Speaker, I would Estes Lawrence Sanchez Cohen (Beyer) Kennedy Peterson Evans Lawson (FL) Sarbanes Costa (Correa) (McGovern) (McCollum) hope that anyone who has ever had the Ferguson Lee (CA) Scalise Craig Kilmer (Kildee) Pingree privilege to serve as a Member of Con- Finkenauer Lee (NV) Scanlon (McCollum) (Cicilline) Kim (Davids Fitzpatrick Levin (CA) Schakowsky Davis (CA) Pocan (Raskin) gress leaves this place with a heart full (KS)) Fleischmann Levin (MI) Schiff (Scanlon) Porter (Wexton) of gratitude. After 32 years as a Mem- Kind (Beyer) Fletcher Lieu, Ted Schneider Dean (Scanlon) Price (NC) Kirkpatrick ber of this body, I certainly feel that Fortenberry Lipinski Schrader DeFazio (Davids (Butterfield) (Stanton) way. Foster Loebsack Schrier (KS)) Richmond Foxx (NC) Lofgren Schweikert DeGette (Blunt Kuster (NH) (Butterfield) It is hard to believe that I have been Frankel Long Scott (VA) Rochester) (Bustos) Roybal-Allard elected for 16 terms, 32 years. I came Fulcher Lowenthal Scott, Austin DelBene Lamb (Panetta) (Garcia (TX)) here at age 41, not knowing exactly Gabbard Lowey Scott, David (Cicilline) Langevin Ruiz (Dingell) Gaetz Lucas Serrano DeSaulnier (Lynch) Rush what to expect, and I have learned a Gallagher Luetkemeyer Sewell (AL) (Matsui) Lawrence (Underwood) great deal in these 32 years. Gallego Luja´ n Shalala Deutch (Rice (Kildee) Schakowsky I send gratitude, first and foremost, Garamendi Luria Sherman (NY)) Lawson (FL) (Kelly (IL)) to the people of the 16th District of Garcia (CA) Lynch Sherrill Doggett (Raskin) (Demings) Schneider Garcı´a (IL) Malinowski Shimkus Doyle, Michael Lieu, Ted (Beyer) (Casten (IL)) New York for sending me here 16 times. Garcia (TX) Maloney, Simpson F. (Cartwright) Lipinski Schrier It has been an honor to have your trust Gibbs Carolyn B. Sires Escobar (Garcia (Schrader) (Spanberger) and to be your voice here in the House. Golden Maloney, Sean Slotkin (TX)) Lofgren (Jeffries) Serrano Gomez Marshall Smith (MO) Eshoo Lowenthal (Jeffries) Gratitude to thousands of people: the Gonzalez (OH) Mast Smith (NE) (Thompson (Beyer) Sewell (AL) Capitol Police; the Sergeant at Arms; Gonzalez (TX) Matsui Smith (NJ) (CA)) Lowey (Tonko) (Cicilline) the Congressional Research Service; Gooden McAdams Smith (WA) Finkenauer McEachin Sires (Pallone) the Architect of the Capitol; the Office Gosar McBath Smucker (Underwood) (Wexton) Smith (WA) Gottheimer McCarthy Soto Fletcher McNerney (Courtney) of the Attending Physician, Dr. Brian Granger McCaul Spanberger (Raskin) (Raskin) Speier (Scanlon) Monahan; and so many others. It takes VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:40 Dec 18, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A17DE7.012 H17DEPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with HOUSE H7254 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 17, 2020 a small army to keep Congress run- to some countries on the other side of As a child of the Cold War, I remem- ning, and you seldom get the recogni- the globe, if you don’t have much ber learning about America as a beacon tion you have earned. interaction with them, you won’t get of freedom and democracy, standing Gratitude to my staff over the years, to know them, and that is one thing I opposed to an oppressive, totalitarian and let me acknowledge a few who have hope changes, and changes soon. ideology. My entire life has been an been with me for a long while: the staff People have been stopping me here education in what a force for good director on the Foreign Affairs Com- and wishing me well upon my retire- America can be when we are at our mittee, Jason Steinbaum; my chief of ment from Congress, and many, again, best, in the American values that sup- staff, Bill Weitz; and my administra- are from the other party, and I want to port human rights and human dignity, tive assistant here in Washington, Ned thank them, because it means a lot to and America’s character of compassion Michalek. me. and generosity. Madam Speaker, I will include in the I have tried to be bipartisan, not giv- So, of course, as a public servant, I RECORD a full roster of my staff in the ing up what I believe and not pulling wanted to leave my mark on the way office of the 16th District and on the back from what I feel, but being bipar- the United States conducts itself on Committee on Foreign Affairs, with my tisan in that you can respect each the global stage. There are a few areas profound thanks. And, of course, other even if you don’t agree on some where I like to think I made a dif- Madam Speaker, I send gratitude to of the issues. ference. my fellow Representatives. We are all here trying to do the same I have always had a special place in When I came here, I never could have thing.
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