S7712 — SENATE December 1, 2017 would prefer to have the freedom to op- The question is on agreeing to the Feinstein Manchin Schumer erate as they see fit rather than have amendment. Franken Markey Shaheen Gillibrand McCaskill Stabenow to deal with Federal regulations, and I The amendment (No. 1618), as amend- Harris Menendez Tester suspect that is a big part of what the ed, was agreed to. Hassan Merkley Udall real problem is on the other side of the The amendment was ordered to be Heinrich Murphy Van Hollen Heitkamp Murray aisle. But, folks, I think it is a per- engrossed and the bill to be read a Warner Hirono Nelson Warren Kaine Peters fectly reasonable proposition that if a third time. Whitehouse King Reed college chooses to forgo the very sub- The bill was read the third time. Wyden Klobuchar Sanders stantial funds available to it from Fed- The PRESIDING OFFICER. There Leahy Schatz eral taxpayers, it is OK to say that it will now be 2 minutes of debate prior to will be exempt from this endowment. the vote on H.R. 1. The bill (H.R. 1), as amended, was So I urge my colleagues to vote no on The Senator from Oregon. passed. The VICE PRESIDENT. The Tax Cuts the amendment. Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, millions and Jobs Act, as amended, is passed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The of Americans must be watching in (Applause, Senators rising.) question is on agreeing to the amend- stunned disbelief tonight as the Repub- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. ment. lican Senate betrays the middle class PERDUE). The majority leader. Mr. MERKLEY. I ask for the yeas for the benefit of faceless, multi- and nays. national corporations. f The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Colleagues, how many middle-class EXECUTIVE SESSION sufficient second? families need to see their hard-earned There appears to be a sufficient sec- pay snatched away in tax hikes before ond. these corporate handouts are no longer EXECUTIVE CALENDAR The clerk will call the roll. worth it? How many more Americans Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I The senior assistant legislative clerk need to see their jobs shipped overseas move to proceed to executive session to called the roll. before corporate paymasters no longer consider Calendar No. 495, Kirstjen The result was announced—yeas 52, call the shots? How many Americans Nielsen. nays 48, as follows: need to lose their healthcare or see The PRESIDING OFFICER. The [Rollcall Vote No. 302 Leg.] their premiums shoot sky-high before question is on agreeing to the motion. YEAS—52 this is stopped? The motion was agreed to. Baldwin Gillibrand Murray What is happening tonight is the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Bennet Harris Nelson worst of the U.S. Senate. There is a clerk will report the nomination. Blumenthal Hassan Peters trail of broken promises—broken prom- Booker Heinrich Reed The senior assistant legislative clerk Brown Heitkamp Sanders ises to working families in the mad read the nomination of Kirstjen Cantwell Hirono Schatz dash to pass this bill. The American Nielsen, of Virginia, to be Secretary of Cardin Kaine Schumer people understand this is the first step Homeland Security. Carper Kennedy Shaheen Casey King of continuing attacks on Medicare, on CLOTURE MOTION Stabenow Collins Klobuchar Tester Medicaid, and on Social Security. This Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Coons Leahy Udall vote will not be forgotten. Cortez Masto Manchin send a cloture motion to the desk. Donnelly Markey Van Hollen I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- Duckworth McCaskill Warner The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- ture motion having been presented Warren Durbin Menendez jority leader. under rule XXII, the Chair directs the Feinstein Merkley Whitehouse C Fischer Murkowski Wyden Mr. M CONNELL. Mr. President, I clerk to read the motion. Franken Murphy yield back the time on this side. The senior assistant legislative clerk The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill NAYS—48 read as follows: having been read the third time, the Alexander Flake Perdue CLOTURE MOTION Barrasso Gardner Portman question is, Shall the bill pass? We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- Blunt Graham Risch Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Boozman Grassley Roberts ask for the yeas and nays. Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby Burr Hatch Rounds The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- Capito Heller Rubio Cassidy Hoeven Sasse sufficient second? nation of Kirstjen Nielsen, of Virginia, to be Cochran Inhofe Scott There appears to be a sufficient sec- Secretary of Homeland Security. Corker Isakson Shelby ond. Mitch McConnell, Tom Cotton, Roy Cornyn Johnson Strange The clerk will call the roll. Blunt, Rob Portman, James E. Risch, Cotton Lankford Sullivan Lindsey Graham, Richard Burr, Mike Crapo Lee Thune The legislative clerk called the roll. Crapo, John Boozman, Roger F. Cruz McCain Tillis The result was announced—yeas 51, Wicker, Ron Johnson, , Daines McConnell Toomey Enzi Moran Wicker nays 49, as follows: John Hoeven, , Marco Ernst Paul Young [Rollcall Vote No. 303 Leg.] Rubio, , John Barrasso. The amendment (No. 1856) was agreed YEAS—51 Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I to. Alexander Flake Paul ask unanimous consent that the man- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- Barrasso Gardner Perdue datory quorum call for the cloture mo- Blunt Graham Portman tion be waived. jority leader. Boozman Grassley Risch Mr. MCCONNELL. Colleagues, we are Burr Hatch Roberts The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without moving now to final passage. Capito Heller Rounds objection, it is so ordered. I know of no further amendments to Cassidy Hoeven Rubio Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Cochran Inhofe Sasse ask unanimous consent that notwith- the bill. Collins Isakson Scott AMENDMENT NO. 1618, AS AMENDED Cornyn Johnson Shelby standing rule XXII, the Senate vote on The PRESIDING OFFICER. There Cotton Kennedy Strange this cloture motion at 5:30 p.m. on Crapo Lankford Sullivan Monday, December 4. will be 2 minutes of debate on amend- Cruz Lee Thune ment No. 1618, as amended. Daines McCain Tillis The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Enzi McConnell Toomey objection, it is so ordered. Ernst Moran Wicker The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- yield back our time. Fischer Murkowski Young The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time ator from Wyoming. is yielded back for the majority. NAYS—49 TAX CUTS AND JOBS BILL Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I yield Baldwin Cantwell Corker Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, earlier this back. Bennet Cardin Cortez Masto week, I said it was historic that we Blumenthal Carper Donnelly The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time Booker Casey Duckworth began the consideration of the Tax is yielded back. Brown Coons Durbin Cuts and Jobs Act. Today is even more

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:24 Dec 02, 2017 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G01DE6.093 S01DEPT1 December 1, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7713 significant because we are one step that position. She has been in a num- to search through as they listen to closer to enacting that bill. ber of positions in the Senate that both sides make cases about what can The chairman of the Finance Com- trained her well to be able to do that, and can’t be in a budget reconciliation mittee, Senator HATCH, has called this and she did a marvelous job. bill. a once-in-a-generation opportunity. I I also want to thank her team: Matt There are also many other staffers agree. Giroux, Paul Vinovich, Becky Cole, who deserve to be thanked for their As an accountant, one of my goals Thomas Fuller, Elizabeth Keys, Joe work on this product, including the en- when I came to the Senate in 1996 was Brenckle, Jim Neill, Steve Robinson, tire Finance and Energy Committee to serve on the Finance Committee. Greg D’Angelo, Tom Borck, Rick staffs, but in the interest of time, I will When I joined the committee in 2009, I Berger, Jeremy Dalrymple, David just say that I appreciate them and said that positive, pro-growth changes Ditch, Susan Eckerly, Alison McGuire, look forward to working with all of to our tax policy could help us out of Will Morris, Steve Townsend, Kelsie them to help finish enacting this bill the economic downturn. I believe this Wendelberger, and Eric Ueland. that will benefit hard-working Ameri- bill makes those types of changes and I would like to thank my personal of- cans and make our economy and coun- will jump-start our economy. fice staff who worked hard on the tax try stronger. This week, 137 economists agreed provisions in this package and kept all Mr. President, I yield the floor. with that assessment. In a letter to of my other issues going at the same Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, with pas- Senators and Representatives, these time. Particularly, I want to thank sage of this bill, we are another step economists wrote: ‘‘Economic growth Bart Massey, who is a CPA and who has closer to providing real tax relief to will accelerate if the Tax Cuts and Jobs been my special person to work on the middle class and providing a much- Act passes, leading to more jobs, high- these finance issues with me for more needed boost to our economy. er wages, and a better standard of liv- than 3 years. Today’s events have been years in ing for the American people.’’ I also want to thank Tara Shaw, my the making. This has been my chief My colleagues on the other side of chief of staff, who had to put together legislative focus for many years, and it the aisle dispute that analysis. But a new staff because a lot of good people has been a priority for many of my col- after a decade of below-average growth I had were taken to the administration leagues as well, including some that and official projections showing real and to the Budget Committee. She did are no longer serving. I am talking, of economic growth will average less than a marvelous job on that. course, about people like Dave Camp 2 percent annually over the next dec- Landon Stropko is the legislative di- and Senator Max Baucus, who did a lot ade, isn’t it time that we tried some- rector, and he has coordinated well. I to move this effort forward. I feel thing new? thank Liz Schwartz, Natalia Riggin, gratified to have been here and to have Some of my colleagues have also sug- Aniela Butler, Charlie Carroll, Shawna worked with my colleagues to get this gested that this bill hasn’t gone Newsome, Garnett Decosimo, Chris far. through regular order. I have already Lydon, Aron Wehr, Dylan Mitchell, As efforts this year began earnest, we reminded folks of the 70 tax hearings in Coy Knobel, Max D’Onofrio, Rachel set out to give low- and middle-income the Senate Finance Committee held Vliem, and the rest of my Wyoming Americans some much-needed relief over the last 6 years, but that isn’t all team that worked out in Wyoming col- and to give our country an opportunity we have done. In the last Congress, lecting the information and doing case- to compete in the global economy. Chairman HATCH organized five bipar- work out there while we got this work This bill will do that. With passage of tisan groups to propose changes to the done. this bill, American families will have Tax Code. I was party to those groups, I thank the Budget Committee’s bi- bigger paychecks and better wages. Our which made many recommendations partisan staff: Kim Proctor, Katie employers will have more favorable that have informed this package. I Smith, George Woodall, Grace Bruno, conditions to invest in expansion, grow would say that those working groups and Kevin Walsh, as well as Celina their businesses, and create more jobs were also bipartisan. Inman, who has been on loan to us right here in the United States. While I don’t sit on the Energy Com- from the Government Publishing Of- So many people both in and out of mittee, I understand that Chairman fice. Congress have worked hard to get us to MURKOWSKI led a similarly robust proc- We have also been supported by the this point, and I want to express my ess. The issue of oil and gas exploration great work of our leadership, the floor, appreciation for their efforts. Of and development in the Arctic Na- and the cloakroom staff. Specific course, I can’t thank everyone in a sin- tional Wildlife Refuge has been an thanks are owed to Sharon gle floor speech, but I do want to thank issue since before I was a Senator. We Soderstrom, Hazen Marshall, Jane Lee, some who may be within earshot at the have been considering and debating the Brandon Dunn in the leader’s office, moment. matter for years. This year alone, Sen- Monica Popp, John Chapuis, Emily First and foremost, I want to thank ator MURKOWSKI has introduced a bill, Kirlin, Sam Beaver, Jody Wright, and the members of the Senate Finance held a hearing, and then marked up Noah McCullough in the whip’s office Committee, who put in countless days, legislation on this issue. Now the bill and especially Laura Dove, who coordi- weeks, and months in preparing this that is a product of the Finance and nates all of this activity on the floor legislation and helping to get it passed. Energy Committee’s efforts is on the and who knows the rules backward and All of our majority members contrib- floor. forward and is able to give good ad- uted greatly to this process, and I am We have not bypassed committees. vice—some very definite advice some- most grateful. We have not filled the tree. We have times but always helpful advice—and I also want to thank the distin- not cut off debate by filing cloture, Robert Duncan, Chris Tuck, Megan guished majority leader who also did so which was a common practice in recent Mercer, Tony Hanagan, Mike Smith, much to secure the details of the bill years. I think this is as open and trans- Katherine Kilroy, and Chloe Barz in and shepherd it through the Senate. parent a process as I have seen in many the cloakroom. I want to thank Chairman BRADY and years, and I appreciate the leader, I ap- I would really be remiss if we didn’t Speaker RYAN over in the House of preciate Chairman HATCH, and I appre- thank the Senate Parliamentarian, Representatives. They, too, have been ciate Chairman MURKOWSKI for their Elizabeth MacDonough, and her team: great partners in this endeavor. work to make that happen. Leigh Hilderbrand, Michael Beaver, Of course, I need to thank Secretary I also want to thank my Budget Com- and Allison Markoski. Reconciliation Mnuchin and Director Cohn for their mittee staff for their work on this bill. bills are subject to special rules and commitment to this effort and their In particular, I want to thank my staff procedures, and I know they have given help in getting it done. director, Betsy McDonnell, who has up a lot of their nights and their week- I want to thank the staff of the Fi- done a remarkable job shepherding ends, as well as their regular job time, nance Committee, who have done so both the budget resolution and rec- to work in detail on this product. Peo- much of the heavy lifting here. I need onciliation bill through the committee ple wouldn’t even realize the file cabi- to single out Mark Prater, my chief tax and on the floor. She has been new to nets full of precedents that they have counsel, who has served the committee

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:24 Dec 02, 2017 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G01DE6.097 S01DEPT1 S7714 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 1, 2017 for decades now and whose knowledge help us get the bill written and ready grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section and expertise on these matters is rec- to pass. As did the staff at the legisla- 12203: ognized by everyone here and pretty tive counsel’s office, led by Mark To be brigadier general much everyone everywhere else. Thank McGunagle and Jim Fransen and their Col. John M. Breazeale you, as well, to the rest of my com- whole team and those who work with Col. Damon S. Feltman mittee tax staff: Jennifer Acuna, Tony Elizabeth McDounagh in the Parlia- Col. Anne B. Gunter Coughlan, Christopher Hanna, Alex mentarian’s office. Col. Scheid P. Hodges Monie, Eric Oman, Marty Pippins, There are too many people to thank Col. Richard L. Kemble Col. Tanya R. Kubinec Preston Rutledge, and Nick Wyatt. in a single floor speech, but, I am very Col. Erich C. Novak I need to thank my staff director, grateful for the countless individuals Col. Jeffrey T. Pennington Jay Khosla, who quarterbacked the who have in this endeavor over the Col. John N. Tree staff through this whole ordeal and years. We are not there yet, but we are Col. Aaron G. Vangelisti who has spent many years with me as getting closer. Col. William W. Whittenberger, Jr. we have laid the groundwork and start- I look forward to moving this effort Col. Christopher F. Yancy ed construction on this undertaking. I through the next steps and to working The following named Air National Guard of want to thank the other members of with my colleagues on other challenges the United States officer for appointment in my senior team as well, including Matt that lie ahead. the Reserve of the Air Force to the grade in- Hoffman, Jeff Wrase, Julia Lawless, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- dicated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 and 12212: Jennifer Kuskowski, Chris Armstrong, ator from Wyoming. and Bryan Hickman. I need to thank To be brigadier general f the communications staff on the com- Col. Darlow G. Botha, Jr. mittee: Katie Niederee, Nicole Hager, EXECUTIVE CALENDAR The following named Air National Guard of and Joshua Blume. the United States officers for appointment in Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unani- the Reserve of the Air Force to the grade in- I also need to thank a couple of mous consent that the Senate proceed former staff members. Chris Campbell, dicated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 to the consideration of Executive Cal- and 12212: my former staff director, worked for endar Nos. 510 through 522 and all years on this effort, and while, he is To be brigadier general nominations placed on the Secretary’s Col. Steven J. deMilliano now at Treasury, I am sure he is cele- desk; that the nominations be con- brating on his own today. I would also Col. Christopher E. Finerty firmed, the motions to reconsider be The following named Air National Guard of like to give a thank you to Jim Lyons, considered made and laid upon the my tax counsel who, unfortunately, the United States officers for appointment in table with no intervening action or de- the Reserve of the Air Force to the grade in- passed away a little over a year ago. He bate; that no further motions be in dicated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 contributed greatly to this effort for a order; that any statements related to and 12212: number of years, and his steady pres- the nominations be printed in the To be brigadier general ence has definitely been missed. RECORD; that the President be imme- Beyond my own staff, I want to Col. Michele K. LaMontagne diately notified of the Senate’s action Col. Michael J. Regan, Jr. thank the tax legislative assistants and the Senate then resume legislative from each of the committee members The following named Air National Guard of session. the United States officers for appointment in who helped to craft this bill, namely, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the Reserve of the Air Force to the grade in- Chris Allen, Sam Beaver, Joseph objection, it is so ordered. dicated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 Boddicker, Chris Conlin, Shay Haw- The nominations considered and con- and 12212: kins, Randy Herndon, Bart Massey, firmed en bloc are as follows: To be brigadier general Monica McGuire, Mike Quickel, IN THE ARMY Col. Travis K. Acheson Zacshary Rudisill, Andrew Siracuse, Col. Barry A. Blanchard The following named officers for appoint- Robert Sneeden, Derek Theurer, and Col. Michael A. Borkowski ment to the grade indicated in the United Mark Warren, all of whom did an out- Col. Michael T. Butler States Army under title 10, U.S.C., section Col. Michael A. Cooper standing job in helping us to produce 624: this bill. Col. Monique J. DeSpain To be brigadier general I also want to thank the committee’s Col. Matthew D. Dinmore legislative directors: Charles Cogar, Col. Douglas F. Stitt Col. Teresa S. Edwards IN THE NAVY Col. Emmanuel I. Haldopoulos Ken Flanz, Chris Gillott, Brad Grantz, Col. Charles G. Jeffries The following named officer for appoint- Amber Kirchhoefer, Kurt Kovarik, Jes- Col. Gregory W. Lair ment in the United States Navy to the grade sica McBride, Sarah Paul, Landon Col. Jeffrey W. Magram indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 624: Stropko, Jay Sulzmann, Stephen Col. James C. McEachen Tausend, Pam Thiessen, and Chris- To be rear admiral (lower half) Col. Maurice M. McKinney topher Toppings. Capt. Michael E. Boyle Col. Suellen Overton I also need to thank the staff from The following named officer for appoint- Col. Gregg A. Perez the leader’s office, including Brendan ment in the United States Navy to the grade Col. Mark D. Piper Dunn, Antonia Ferrier, Hazen Mar- indicated while assigned to a position of im- Col. James P. Rowlett Col. Michael D. Sproul shall, Erica Suares, Terry Van Doren, portance and responsibility under title 10, U.S.C., section 601: Col. Christan L. Stewart Don Stewart, and Jane Lee. Col. David W. Walter To be vice admiral This process has been a joint effort Col. Terry L. Williams with our friends on the Budget Com- Rear Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti Col. Shanna M. Woyak mittee, and I need to thank Senator IN THE AIR FORCE Col. Frank Y. Yang ENZI, once again, for his leadership on The following named officer for appoint- Col. Jeffrey D. Young that committee to give us the rec- ment in the Reserve of the Air Force to the The following named Air National Guard of onciliation instruction that made this grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section the United States officers for appointment in possible. Additionally, I would like to 12203: the Reserve of the Air Force to the grade in- thank members of his staff, including: To be major general dicated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 and 12212: Joe Brenckle, Jim Neill, Betsy McDon- Brig. Gen. Arthur E. Jackman, Jr. To be major general nell, Matt Giroux, Paul Vinovich, The following named officer for appoint- Becky Cole, Eric Ueland, Thomas ment in the Reserve of the Air Force to the Brig. Gen. Ondra L. Berry Fueller, and the rest of the Budget grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section Brig. Gen. Samuel W. Black 12203: Brig. Gen. William D. Bunch Committee team. Brig. Gen. Joseph S. Chisolm To be major general Other bodies deserve our thanks as Brig. Gen. Thomas B. Cucchi well. Tom Barthold and his team at the Brig. Gen. Josef F. Schmid, III Brig. Gen. Gary L. Ebben Joint Committee on Taxation made The following named officers for appoint- Brig. Gen. Jerry L. Fenwick themselves available at all hours to ment in the Reserve of the Air Force to the Brig. Gen. Dawn M. Ferrel

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