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Vol. 163 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2017 No. 109 House of Representatives The House met at noon and was of Congress, and he and his wife, Jen- China has flagrantly violated their called to order by the Speaker pro tem- nifer, have always served as great am- WTO commitments, costing U.S. pro- pore (Mr. MITCHELL). bassadors for the Big Red One. ducers billions in lost farm income as f Thank you to the general and Jen- China put up import barriers and nifer for always making me, as well as stockpiled surplus grains that are DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO my staff, feel so very welcome at Fort weighing on world markets. TEMPORE Riley. Our global rules-based trading sys- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- Brigadier General Frank has received tem has brought tremendous benefits fore the House the following commu- numerous awards and served in mul- to American businesses, farmers, work- nication from the Speaker: tiple theaters, some of which include ers, and consumers. As global com- WASHINGTON, DC, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Up- merce has expanded, we have found June 26, 2017. hold Democracy in Haiti, and Oper- that, when there is a free and level I hereby appoint the Honorable PAUL ation Freedom’s Sentinel. playing field, American producers can MITCHELL to act as Speaker pro tempore on We commend him for his service to match any competitor. this day. our Nation and wish him and Jennifer f PAUL D. RYAN, the best of luck and much success in Speaker of the House of Representatives. his next post as deputy commander CONGRATULATING LAUREN f general of the Army Cadet Command EMERSON at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He and Jen- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The MORNING-HOUR DEBATE nifer will certainly be missed at Fort Chair recognizes the gentleman from The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Riley and in Kansas. Louisiana (Mr. ABRAHAM) for 5 min- ant to the order of the House of Janu- ENFORCING TRADE AGREEMENTS utes. ary 3, 2017, the Chair will now recog- Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise nize Members from lists submitted by today to commend the Trump adminis- today to recognize Ms. Lauren Emer- the majority and minority leaders for tration for their recent work on en- son from Rapides High School for being morning-hour debate. forcement of trade agreements. recognized as one of the top 20 ag The Chair will alternate recognition Kansas is an export-dependent State. teachers in the Nation by the National between the parties. All time shall be We supply food, feed, aircraft, and Association of Agricultural Educators. equally allocated between the parties, parts to countries all over the world. Lauren’s students come into her and in no event shall debate continue As I have traveled the State over the classroom with a strong background in beyond 1:50 p.m. Each Member, other past 6 months, I have heard repeatedly agriculture, and she provides hands-on than the majority and minority leaders that we must find ways to open new lessons that provoke meaningful con- and the minority whip, shall be limited markets for United States producers, nections between the curriculum and to 5 minutes. including Kansans. their work at home to help take their f The good news is that this adminis- learning to the next level. tration is focused on doing just that: Her students can earn industry cer- HONORING BRIGADIER GENERAL opening new markets. The announce- tifications and dual credit by enrolling PATRICK D. FRANK ment that U.S. beef will be allowed in her agricultural courses. She helps The SPEAKER pro tempore. The back in China is a tremendous exam- develop her students’ leadership skills Chair recognizes the gentleman from ple. China is a $2.5 billion beef market, through the National FFA Organiza- Kansas (Mr. MARSHALL) for 5 minutes. which the U.S. has been unfairly shut tion, skills they need to move forward Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise out of for 13 years. This bilateral suc- with higher levels of education, post- today to honor Brigadier General Pat- cess shows how serious the U.S. is graduate education, and just for life. rick D. Frank, who is currently serving about holding other countries account- To borrow from the FFA creed, I, as the acting senior commander of the able and that our negotiators are work- too, believe in the future of agriculture 1st Infantry Division in Fort Riley, but ing on behalf of U.S. producers. because of educators like Lauren departing soon for a new post after Recent confirmation that the U.S. is Emerson who are leading the next gen- serving in this capacity since October continuing World Trade Organization eration of agriculturalists. The Fifth 2016. cases against China’s import barriers District is proud to recognize Ms. Brigadier General Frank was the for wheat, corn, and rice is also wel- Emerson for all she is doing for her ag first to welcome me as a new Member come news for United States farmers. students.

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:41 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A26JN7.000 H26JNPT1 H5142 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 26, 2017 RECESS we celebrate and recognize the many Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- benefits of owning a home. why run for Congress when a single ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair For generations of Americans, own- Federal judge can write a new law ing a home has been an essential ele- declares the House in recess until 2 without having to get any votes for it? ment in achieving the American Another Federal court recently de- p.m. today. Dream. But since the Great Recession, cided that President Trump cannot set Accordingly (at 12 o’clock and 5 min- we have seen homeownership rates immigration policy, despite his having utes p.m.), the House stood in recess. drop to historic lows. the clear authority to do so. f Young families often find themselves It is hard to believe this is happening in the United States of America where b 1400 unable to save for a downpayment or to gain access to adequate credit. This is judges are supposed to interpret the AFTER RECESS especially true for those in rural areas. law, not engage in partisan politics. The recess having expired, the House The United States Department of Ag- Our last hope now is with the Su- was called to order by the Speaker pro riculture places emphasis on helping preme Court. Surely they will remind other courts that their ruling should tempore (Mr. MITCHELL) at 2 p.m. rural Americans buy homes. USDA provides mortgage loan guarantees rest on the plain meaning of statutes, f through partnerships with private sec- not on their personal views of the PRAYER tor lenders to help low- to moderate-in- President. come rural home buyers. That some judges ignore precedent The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick In 2016 alone, USDA worked with and the Constitution is a clear and J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: nearly 1,500 lenders to help 116,000 rural present danger to our democracy. If the Gracious God, thank You for giving individuals and families buy homes. Supreme Court does not strongly af- us another day. USDA has helped more than 4.1 million firm that President Trump has the We ask Your blessing of strength and rural residents buy a home since the same rights as other Presidents, we perseverance that each Member might National Housing Act was passed 68 will be witnessing the slow unraveling best serve their constituents and our years ago. of our democratic form of government. entire Nation. Mr. Speaker, the benefits of home- Based on their preliminary actions The debates and issues that dominate ownership have widespread benefits. today, though, let us have confidence the legislative landscape, as always, Homeownership fortifies communities, that the Supreme Court has the collec- are contentious and challenging. Many creates jobs, and strengthens the local tive wisdom to guard and guide our Americans are anxious to know what businesses that support our towns. great Nation. will come to pass. Thank you to USDA for your com- f Bless the Members of Congress with mitment to providing affordable hous- wisdom, equanimity, and good will as HONORING TEJ MAAN, YUBA CITY ing for rural Americans. Happy Na- CITY COUNCIL they struggle to find solutions that tional Homeownership Month. (Mr. GARAMENDI asked and was might unite rather than further divide f our Nation. We know this is a lot to given permission to address the House ask, but grant also to all Americans in- CELEBRATING LGBT EQUALITY for 1 minute and to revise and extend creased faith and hope, virtues most in DAY his remarks.) need in these difficult days, that their (Ms. DELBENE asked and was given Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, I rise Representatives might faithfully per- permission to address the House for 1 today to honor Tej Maan, an upstand- form their appointed tasks. minute and to revise and extend her re- ing citizen and council member in my May all that is done this day be for marks.) district. Mr. Maan has been the direc- Your greater honor and glory. Ms. DELBENE. Mr. Speaker, I rise tor of environmental health in Yuba Amen. today to celebrate LGBT Equality Day. County since 1998, where he has created Today, we mark the anniversary of vital safeguards to protect the environ- f landmark victories at the Supreme mental health and well-being of the THE JOURNAL Court that moved our country toward Yuba County community. Additionally, Mr. Maan is a member The SPEAKER pro tempore. The one that is more fair, more equal, and of the Punjabi American Heritage Soci- Chair has examined the Journal of the more inclusive of all Americans, and ety, the California Conference of Direc- last day’s proceedings and announces we are a better, stronger Nation for it. tors of Environmental Health, and the to the House his approval thereof. Each year, on June 26, we commemo- Yuba City Chamber of Commerce. He is Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- rate the decriminalization of loving the host of a local television show nal stands approved. LGBT couples, in overturning of the discriminatory Defense of Marriage called ‘‘Punjabi Waves,’’ which features f Act, and now marriage equality in all discussions and in-depth interviews on PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 50 States. current events and issues in the But even as we celebrate this incred- Punjabi community. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the ible progress, we must never forget the Mr. Maan is also the founder of the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. work that remains. first Sikh school in the United States, THOMPSON) come forward and lead the The LGBT community continues to which is located in Yuba City. Tej’s House in the Pledge of Allegiance. face staggering rates of harassment love for America and his selfless dedi- Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania led and discrimination for who they are cation to his community have made the Pledge of Allegiance as follows: and who they love. I invite all my col- him a well-respected and treasured I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the leagues to stand with me on the right member of the Yuba City region. I offer United States of America, and to the Repub- side of history. America is ready to my utmost appreciation and gratitude lic for which it stands, one nation under God, take the next step forward. for Tej Maan’s many contributions to indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. So today, let’s recommit to breaking society. f down the barriers that remain in ful- f filling the American promise of liberty CELEBRATING NATIONAL and justice for all. HIGHLIGHTING IMPORTANCE OF HOMEOWNERSHIP MONTH SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS PRO- f (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania GRAM asked and was given permission to ad- THE SUPREME COURT CAN SAVE (Mr. LAMALFA asked and was given dress the House for 1 minute and to re- US permission to address the House for 1 vise and extend his remarks.) (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was minute and to revise and extend his re- Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. given permission to address the House marks.) Mr. Speaker, June is National Home- for 1 minute and to revise and extend Mr. LAMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I rise ownership Month, and it is a time when his remarks.) today to highlight the importance of

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:41 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K26JN7.003 H26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5143 the Secure Rural Schools program. In medical professionals who may qualify days within which to revise and extend over 700 counties and 41 States, timber to perform physical examinations on their remarks and include extraneous was once an economic engine, sup- eligible veterans and issue medical cer- material on H.R. 2547, as amended. porting tens of thousands of jobs while tificates required for operation of a The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there keeping critical government operations commercial motor vehicle, and for objection to the request of the gen- going strong in these communities that other purposes, as amended. tleman from Missouri? house tax-exempt Federal land. The Clerk read the title of the bill. There was no objection. However, in recent decades, restric- The text of the bill is as follows: Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam tive forest management regulations, H.R. 2547 Speaker, I yield myself such time as I combined with devastating partisan en- may consume. vironmental campaigns, has resulted in Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Madam Speaker, the Fixing of Amer- access to our Federal forests being cut resentatives of the United States of America in ica’s Surface Transportation Act, or off, blocking any economic activity op- Congress assembled, the FAST Act, created a process only portunities. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. for doctors at the Department of Vet- Rural counties do not want to come This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Ex- erans Affairs to qualify to perform to Congress every year to beg for panded Trucking Opportunities Act of 2017’’. physical examinations on eligible vet- money they should be getting to gen- SEC. 2. MEDICAL CERTIFICATE FOR VETERANS erans and then issue the medical cer- OPERATING COMMERCIAL MOTOR erate in their own backyards anyway. VEHICLES. tificates that are required in order to Money that should come from Federal (a) QUALIFIED EXAMINERS.—Section 5403(d)(2) operate a commercial vehicle. and State land, though it may take up of the FAST Act (49 U.S.C. 31149 note; 129 Stat. H.R. 2547 would expand who is eligi- most of their county, now generates no 1548) is amended to read as follows: ble for the process to all VA medical economic value for them. ‘‘(2) QUALIFIED EXAMINER.—The term ‘quali- professionals as long as they are au- Reauthorizing Secure Rural Schools fied examiner’ means an individual who— thorized by the State in which they are is very important and will provide, ‘‘(A) is employed in the Department of Vet- licensed, certified, and registered to erans Affairs as an advanced practice nurse, perform physical examinations and though not a permanent solution, at doctor of chiropractic, doctor of medicine, doctor least a temporary one until we get of osteopathy, physician assistant, or other they meet other requirements. back to the wise management of our medical professional; H.R. 2547 would ensure that the list Federal lands instead of watching them ‘‘(B) is licensed, certified, or registered in a of eligible medical professionals within burn each fall, as we see in the news. State to perform physical examinations; the VA matches the list of eligible We can’t sit back and watch rural com- ‘‘(C) is familiar with the standards for, and medical professionals that can become munities suffer until we wake up to physical requirements of, an operator required certified under the traditional FMCSA that reality. to be medically certified under section 31149 of process. title 49, United States Code; and As Congress works to implement This is a bipartisan bill. It is going to ‘‘(D) has never, with respect to such section, ease the regulatory burdens that help commonsense forest management poli- been found to have acted fraudulently, includ- cies, it is imperative we keep the Se- ing by fraudulently awarding a medical certifi- create employment opportunities for cure Rural Schools program in place so cate.’’. our veterans. rural communities will have the fund- (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 5403 Madam Speaker, I would urge my ing for schools and roads that they of the FAST Act (49 U.S.C. 31149 note; 129 Stat. colleagues to support H.R. 2547, and I need. 1548) is amended— reserve the balance of my time. (1) in subsection (a)— Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I f (A) by striking ‘‘physician-approved veteran yield myself such time as I may con- RECESS operator,’’ and inserting ‘‘veteran operator ap- sume. proved by a qualified examiner,’’; and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- (B) by striking ‘‘qualified physician’’ and in- Madam Speaker, I rise in strong sup- ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair serting ‘‘qualified examiner’’; port of H.R. 2547. This bill is another of declares the House in recess until ap- (2) in subsection (b)(1)— our efforts to help tackle the long- proximately 5 p.m. today. (A) by striking ‘‘the physician’’ and inserting standing commercial driver shortage Accordingly (at 2 o’clock and 9 min- ‘‘the examiner’’; and and support veterans at the same time (B) by striking ‘‘qualified physician’’ and in- utes p.m.), the House stood in recess. as they transition from military to ci- serting ‘‘qualified examiner’’; vilian life. f (3) in subsection (c)— H.R. 2547 will ensure that all quali- (A) by striking ‘‘qualified physicians’’ and in- b 1700 serting ‘‘qualified examiners’’; and fied medical professionals employed by the Veterans Administration can per- AFTER RECESS (B) by striking ‘‘such physicians’’ and inserting ‘‘such examiners’’; and form commercial driver physical ex- The recess having expired, the House (4) in subsection (d)(1)— aminations for their veteran patients. was called to order by the Speaker pro (A) in the paragraph heading by striking The medical professionals that this tempore (Ms. CHENEY) at 5 p.m. ‘‘PHYSICIAN-APPROVED VETERAN OPERATOR’’ and bill addresses are already eligible to inserting ‘‘VETERAN OPERATOR APPROVED BY A f become certified medical examiners. QUALIFIED EXAMINER’’; and This bill simply allows them to utilize (B) by striking ‘‘physician-approved veteran ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER the alternative certification process PRO TEMPORE operator’’ and inserting ‘‘veteran operator approved by a qualified examiner’’. for VA-employed physicians that is The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- (c) RULEMAKING.—The amendments made by currently being finalized by the Fed- ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair this section shall be incorporated into any rule- eral Motor Carrier Safety Administra- will postpone further proceedings making proceeding related to section 5403 of the tion. today on motions to suspend the rules FAST Act (49 U.S.C. 31149 note; 129 Stat. 1548) Unfortunately, the most recent avail- on which a recorded vote or the yeas that is being conducted as of the date of enact- able data shows that, of the 54,000 med- and nays are ordered, or on which the ment of this Act. ical professionals listed on FMCSA’s vote incurs objection under clause 6 of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- national registry of certified medical rule XX. ant to the rule, the gentleman from examiners, only 25 are employed by the The House will resume proceedings Missouri (Mr. GRAVES) and the gentle- VA. The online training and testing on postponed questions at a later time. woman from the District of Columbia system being developed by FMCSA and (Ms. NORTON) each will control 20 min- f the VA should help remedy this situa- utes. tion. This bill will allow more care- VETERANS EXPANDED TRUCKING The Chair recognizes the gentleman givers to use this new resource. OPPORTUNITIES ACT OF 2017 from Missouri. This bill is consistent with the intent Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam GENERAL LEAVE of the FAST Act, which was the prod- Speaker, I move to suspend the rules Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam uct of a strong bipartisan process here and pass the bill (H.R. 2547) to expand Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that in the House of Representatives. the Department of Veterans Affairs all Members may have 5 legislative FMCSA, in consultation with the VA,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:41 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K26JN7.005 H26JNPT1 H5144 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 26, 2017 has done a good job creating an alter- general, showing up every single day to the Administrator of the Federal native process that will eventually see what we can do to make a dif- Emergency Management Agency to allow more VA doctors to become cer- ference. It is not a difference for 300 provide technical assistance to com- tified medical examiners, while main- million Americans at the time, but if mon interest communities regarding taining the safety and integrity of the you were that one veteran who is try- eligibility for disaster assistance, and certification system. Allowing VA ing to feed your family, who is trying for other purposes, as amended. medical professionals to utilize online to get your certification, who is trying The Clerk read the title of the bill. training and testing will make it easier to get yourself back to work, this bill The text of the bill is as follows: for them to obtain certification, while could make all the difference; this H.R. 1684 ensuring they are familiar with the amendment could make all the dif- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- specific medical standards required for ference. I am grateful to the entire resentatives of the United States of America in commercial drivers. committee team of members and team Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Though the FAST Act used the word of staff for making that possible. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disaster Assist- ‘‘physicians,’’ the process that FMCSA Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I ance Support for Communities and Homeowners has outlined should also be available yield myself such time as I may con- Act of 2017’’. for use by VA-employed nurse practi- sume. SEC. 2. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND REC- tioners, chiropractors, physician as- Seldom do we get to do two good OMMENDATIONS. sistants, and other qualified medical things at one time, and that is exactly (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Adminis- professionals. This bill ensures that what this bill does. Anything we can do trator of the Federal Emergency Management they are eligible to use that process. for our veterans is not enough. This Agency shall provide technical assistance to a common interest community that provides essen- Madam Speaker, I support this legis- bill focuses on them. tial services of a governmental nature on actions lation and strongly urge its adoption, Remember, they have been in the that a common interest community may take in and I reserve the balance of my time. armed services driving trucks. When order to be eligible to receive reimbursement Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam they come home, they probably have from a grantee that receives funds from the Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- had the best training in the entire uni- Agency for certain activities performed after an tleman from Georgia (Mr. WOODALL). verse. Our country will gain much not event that results in a disaster declaration. Mr. WOODALL. Madam Speaker, I only by putting them to work, but by (b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 90 want to thank the chairman for yield- days after the date of enactment of this Act, the using their training. Administrator shall provide to the Committee on ing me the time, and I want to thank On our committee, we have long Transportation and Infrastructure of the House him for his leadership. struggled with an issue that we still of Representatives and the Committee on Home- Madam Speaker, the amendment have not, indeed, conquered, and that land Security and Governmental Affairs of the that you mentioned, the bill as amend- is the difficulty of getting people to Senate a legislative proposal on how to provide ed, was actually an amendment from drive commercial trucks. This is one of eligibility for disaster assistance with respect to the chairman to perfect the bill. I want the hardest jobs in America. You are common areas of condominiums and housing co- to thank the ranking member for her spending time away from your family. operatives. support on the committee, and I want You sometimes are gone not only over- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- to thank the gentlewoman from Cali- night, but more than that. ant to the rule, the gentleman from fornia (Ms. BROWNLEY) for her work on It has been difficult to get people to Missouri (Mr. GRAVES) and the gentle- the amendment. do this indispensable job for our coun- woman from the District of Columbia Madam Speaker, I wish more high try and for the trucking industry. (Ms. NORTON) each will control 20 min- schoolers were in the Capitol today, I Madam Speaker, I am particularly utes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman wish there were more American Gov- pleased that Mr. GRAVES and I have from Missouri. ernment students in the Capitol today, been able to find this new way to both because this amendment is exactly the aid the industry and help out veterans. GENERAL LEAVE way that the American people expect Madam Speaker, I do not have any Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam the process to work. more speakers, and I yield back the Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that As the ranking member pointed out, balance of my time. all Members may have 5 legislative we made a great step in the FAST Act Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam days within which to revise and extend to try to put more veterans to work, to Speaker, with that, I would urge my their remarks and include extraneous try to fill more empty spots in com- colleagues to join me in supporting material on H.R. 1684, as amended. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there mercial truck driving. We did a great this important piece of legislation. objection to the request of the gen- job together in a bipartisan way. I yield back the balance of my time. tleman from Missouri? A lot of folks do a job, and then they The SPEAKER pro tempore. The are embarrassed to admit that they There was no objection. question is on the motion offered by Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam didn’t get it done 100 percent. We have the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I had folks come into our offices who GRAVES) that the House suspend the may consume. said: Listen, you have made a great rules and pass the bill, H.R. 2547, as Madam Speaker, the Disaster Assist- step to help our veterans access these amended. ance Support for Communities and certifications, but you could do more, The question was taken. Homeowners Act of 2017 would allow and let us tell you how. The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the FEMA to provide technical assistance As the ranking member pointed out, opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being to some community associations re- as the chairman pointed out, before the in the affirmative, the ayes have it. garding their application for disaster FMCSA has even finished the original Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam assistance. The bill also seeks rec- regulations, we are back at work per- Speaker, on that I demand the yeas ommendations from FEMA on how fecting this, adding more healthcare and nays. condos and co-ops may be eligible for providers to the rolls so that more vet- The yeas and nays were ordered. disaster funds to repair common areas erans can get to work faster—not be- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- which are affected by these disasters. cause we are particularly brilliant ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- Madam Speaker, I want to thank the folks up here, but because folks who do ceedings on this motion will be post- gentleman from New York (Mr. NAD- this every single day as a job back poned. LER) for working with the committee home noticed it, told us how we could f on this issue. The House passed similar do it better, and then we created the language last year as part of the FEMA DISASTER ASSISTANCE SUPPORT partnerships up here to make it hap- Disaster Assistance Reform Act. pen. FOR COMMUNITIES AND HOME- Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- Madam Speaker, it makes me so OWNERS ACT OF 2017 ance of my time. proud to be associated with folks like Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I the chairman, like the ranking mem- Speaker, I move to suspend the rules yield myself such time as I may con- ber, the Transportation Committee in and pass the bill (H.R. 1684) to direct sume.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:29 Sep 20, 2017 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD17\JUNE\H26JN7.REC H26JN7 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5145 Madam Speaker, I rise in support of they lived. Families who lived in Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I H.R. 1684, the Disaster Assistance Sup- condos were eligible for assistance for yield myself such time as I may con- port for Communities and Homeowners their individual units, but could not sume. Act of 2017, introduced by the gen- get any assistance to repair ground Madam Speaker, my good friend is tleman from New York (Mr. NADLER), floor entryways, boilers, or other com- from New York, so it may be clear why my good friend and colleague. This bill mon areas. Those who lived in coopera- he, with a city full of condominiums will assist common interest commu- tive housing, or co-ops, were ineligible and co-ops, would want this bill. But I nities such as condos, co-ops, and com- for any disaster assistance to repair just want to alert Congress that in- munity associations after disaster the walls or floors of their units, let creasingly what Mr. NADLER sees in strikes. alone their common areas. New York is what we are seeing all Hurricane Sandy caused severe im- This was not a small problem for my over the country. pacts to New York City and the sur- constituents. In the storm surge area After Hurricane Sandy, with climate rounding areas, inflicting billions of in New York, nearly 20 percent of hous- change already here, we have to do all dollars of damage. ing units are in co-op buildings and an we can before the fact, having seen While condominiums and cooperative additional 8 percent are in condomin- what that disaster did to New York associations are not common in large iums. City, New Jersey, and the surrounding parts of the country, they are common Seniors in high-rise condo buildings community. in dense areas such as New York City were able to get assistance to repair When people have gone through a dis- and Washington, D.C. their floors and repaint their floors, aster, they have suffered enough. So to FEMA’s Individual Assistance Pro- but nothing to fix the elevators they find that your resident is covered, but gram does not consider these types of needed to reach their units. Families in your way to get in the residence or in housing units which share common co-ops could replace their furnishings the elevator is certainly not what Con- areas such as entryways, stairwells, and make some repairs, but the halls of gress intended. and elevators. As a result, FEMA de- the buildings remained covered with My own jurisdiction, the District of termined that disaster damage to com- mold and uninhabitable. Almost every Columbia, was built with single family mon areas is the responsibility of the district in the country has condos, and homes, but that is not what we are condominium or cooperative associa- homeowners in these condo commu- building in the District of Columbia tion board and, therefore, not eligible nities will continue to face the same and cities and counties throughout the for disaster assistance. That cannot be terrible realization that FEMA can United States now. In our own city, what Congress intended. give them no help in the wake of new there is a limited area. There is no way The bill also addresses another type disasters. to go but up. Community associations, or common Mr. NADLER speaks not only for New of housing common in certain parts of interest communities, around the York City, but his bill speaks for what the Nation: community associations. country have experienced similar road- is happening in the United States of Community associations provide essen- blocks when they seek FEMA disaster America. I think we may have caught tial services of a governmental nature assistance. Many of these associations this problem just in time. We do not such as trash collection and maintain- own and operate their own roads, ca- know when the next disaster will ing roads and waterways. After dis- nals, bridges, and water systems. In the occur. We don’t want to be caught flat- aster strikes, however, FEMA may aftermath of a disaster, however, they footed on it. deny reimbursement to community as- are not eligible for FEMA assistance I very much appreciate that my good sociations for performing the same for basic essential government serv- friends have worked with us to bring types of essential services that FEMA ices, such as removing trees and debris this bill forward. reimburses local governments for per- from communal roads. Residents can- Madam Speaker, I have no more forming. not get out of their neighborhoods and speakers, and I yield back the balance b 1715 emergency vehicles cannot get in. of my time. Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam In many cases, these common inter- This bill would address these eligibility problems in two ways: Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to est communities may have been eligi- First, it would direct FEMA to pro- please support H.R. 1684, and I yield ble for FEMA assistance if they had en- vide common interest communities back the balance of my time. tered into agreements with their local with technical assistance to identify Mr. ENGEL. Madam Speaker, after Hurri- governments before the disaster oc- options for public assistance eligi- cane Sandy, thousands of homeowners curred. Unfortunately, many common bility. Many of these communities are throughout the New York region learned that interest communities are not aware of unaware that they could already be eli- they were ineligible for federal disaster assist- these opportunities. This bill directs gible for assistance if, prior to a dis- ance because they lived in a co-op or a FEMA to provide technical assistance aster, they entered into agreements condo; not in a single family home. so that these common interest commu- with their local governments on issues According to the FEMA’s policy, co-ops and nities know what actions they can take like debris removal. condo associations are ‘‘business entities’’— before disaster strikes so that they Second, my colleagues and I have not eligible for federal assistance that can may be eligible to receive reimburse- communicated several times with reach up to $30,000 per household. ment from FEMA after the fact. FEMA about the issue of condo and co- As a result, community associations are I strongly support this bill, and I op eligibility for disaster assistance. often faced with the daunting task of cleaning urge my colleagues to support this FEMA has studied this issue for several up and rebuilding after a major natural dis- measure. years, and this bill directs FEMA to aster—without the help or resources that other Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- take the next step in this process by homeowners receive from the federal govern- ance of my time. providing the House and Senate comment. Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam mittees legislative proposals to address To help bring fairness to the federal disaster Speaker, I have no further speakers, these issues and to make condos and relief process, my colleague JERRY NADLER and I reserve the balance of my time. co-ops eligible for disaster assistance. and I introduced H.R. 1684, the Disaster As- Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I Madam Speaker, I thank Chairman sistance Support for Communities and Home- yield such time as he may consume to SHUSTER and Ranking Member DEFA- owners Act. the gentleman from New York (Mr. ZIO for bringing this bipartisan legisla- Our bill directs FEMA to provide technical NADLER), the author of the bill. tion to the floor today, and I thank Mr. assistance to help community associations Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I SANFORD and Mr. ENGEL for cospon- qualify for disaster assistance grants. thank the gentlewoman for yielding. soring it. It also directs FEMA to provide rec- In the aftermath of Superstorm I urge my colleagues to support this ommendations to Congress, within 12 months, Sandy, thousands of New Yorkers and bill. on additional ways that co-ops and condos other Americans learned that they Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam can become eligible for assistance. were ineligible for FEMA assistance Speaker, I continue to reserve the bal- I encourage swift passage of H.R. 1684 to because of the type of home in which ance of my time. help ensure that all community association

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:41 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K26JN7.011 H26JNPT1 H5146 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 26, 2017 homeowners have access to federal disaster The SPEAKER pro tempore. The to exempt veterans from certain re- benefits. question is on the motion offered by quirements in order to obtain a com- Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I rise the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. mercial driver’s license if they had today in support of H.R. 1684, the Disaster GRAVES) that the House suspend the qualified experience while serving in Assistance Support for Communities and rules and pass the bill, H.R. 1684, as the armed services or Reserve compo- Homeowners Act of 2017. amended. nents. This bill directs the Federal Emergency The question was taken; and (two- H.R. 2258 would extend this exemp- Management Agency (FEMA) to provide tech- thirds being in the affirmative) the tion to individuals who are currently nical assistance to Common Interest Commu- rules were suspended and the bill, as serving in either the armed services or nities to ensure they are eligible to apply for amended, was passed. Reserve components. public assistance. A motion to reconsider was laid on This is a bipartisan bill that will help H.R. 1684 also instructs FEMA to provide the table. current members of the armed services or Reserve components find employ- legislative proposals to Congress in order to f make condominiums and housing coopera- ment in the private sector. ACTIVE DUTY VOLUNTARY ACQUI- tives eligible for disaster assistance in the fu- Madam Speaker, I urge my col- SITION OF NECESSARY CREDEN- ture. leagues to support H.R. 2258, and I re- Madam Speaker, H.R. 1684 addresses an TIALS FOR EMPLOYMENT ACT serve the balance of my time. outstanding issue many Americans face in the Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I aftermath of natural disasters because they Speaker, I move to suspend the rules yield myself such time as I may con- are ineligible for FEMA assistance based on and pass the bill (H.R. 2258) to require sume. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong sup- the type of home they live in. that certain standards for commercial port of H.R. 2258, as amended, which The glaring discrepancy and inequity in driver’s licenses applicable to former will allow current servicemembers who FEMA’s policy were revealed as communities members of the armed services or re- have military experience operating struggled to recover and rebuild from the rav- serves also apply to current members commercial motor vehicles to more aging effects of Hurricane Sandy in 2012. of the armed services or reserves, as easily obtain a commercial driver’s li- In addition to causing the deaths of 72 U.S. amended. cense. The Clerk read the title of the bill. citizens, Hurricane Sandy was the second- In 2015, Congress included a provision The text of the bill is as follows: costliest hurricane in United States history, de- in the FAST Act to allow States to stroying 651,000 housing units in New York H.R. 2258 waive the written CDL knowledge test and New Jersey and exacting a staggering for drivers with military commercial $19 billion in damages for New York City Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- motor vehicle driving experience, but alone. resentatives of the United States of America in it restricts the waiver to former mem- Congress assembled, However, due to FEMA’s unfair policy to- bers of the military. There are a sig- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. wards community associations, thousands of nificant number of current reservists New Yorkers found themselves ineligible for This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Active Duty Voluntary Acquisition of Necessary Credentials and members of the National Guard federal recovery assistance needed to repair with military commercial motor vehi- their homes because under current federal for Employment Act’’ or the ‘‘ADVANCE Act’’. SEC. 2. COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE STAND- cle experience who could benefit from law, condominiums, housing cooperatives, and ARDS FOR SERVICE MEMBERS AND the waiver. This legislation allows homeowners associations are classified as VETERANS. them to more easily use the skills they businesses. Section 31305(d) of title 49, United States learned serving our country to earn a H.R. 1684 corrects this unfairness by au- Code, is amended— decent wage and feed their families. thorizing FEMA to provide direct disaster relief (1) in the subsection heading, by striking These servicemen and servicewomen ‘‘VETERAN OPERATORS’’ and inserting ‘‘SERVICE to these communities in the form of technical receive from the Federal Motor Carrier assistance and monetary reimbursements. MEMBERS, RESERVISTS, AND VETERANS’’; (2) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘subpara- Safety Administration, or FMCSA, Further, the legislation directs FEMA to sub- graph (A) during’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph what they describe as thorough and mit to Congress within 90 days of enactment (A)— comprehensive training, including a plan to make common areas of condos and ‘‘(i) while serving in the armed forces or re- many hours of behind-the-wheel train- co-ops eligible for disaster assistance. serve components; and ing—something that we have long ad- Madam Speaker, this legislation is particu- ‘‘(ii) during’’; and vocated for as a requirement for civil- larly beneficial to my congressional district (3) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ‘‘current ian drivers. There is a shortage of com- since Houston ranks among the most disaster- or’’ before ‘‘former’’ each place the term appears. mercial truck drivers, and these well- prone cities in the country. trained military drivers are exactly the Many of my constituents can recall with hor- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- type of individuals that we would want ror the devastating effects of Hurricane Ike in ant to the rule, the gentleman from to help enter the trucking profession. 2008, which killed 37 people and destroyed Missouri (Mr. GRAVES) and the gentle- Using its existing exemption author- 100,000 homes in Texas. woman from the District of Columbia ity, FMCSA has already taken action Over the course of this massive natural dis- (Ms. NORTON) each will control 20 min- to make current servicemembers eligi- aster, FEMA played a vital role in responding utes. ble for the knowledge test waiver on a to the needs of impacted areas and victims. The Chair recognizes the gentleman temporary basis. Last October, FMCSA Unfortunately, FEMA’s response to Hurri- from Missouri. issued an exemption that allows States cane Ike was also beset by a lack of clear GENERAL LEAVE to waive the CDL knowledge test for communication between appointed officials Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam trained military truck drivers, whether and regional emergency managers on the Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that they are current members of the mili- ground. all Members may have 5 legislative tary or veterans. Improving federal policy for disaster relief is days in which to revise and extend FMCSA cited the fact that training a bipartisan issue and H.R. 1684 is endorsed their remarks and include extraneous these drivers receive in the military in- by the Community Associations Institute, a material on H.R. 2258. cludes ‘‘many hours of classroom train- leading membership organization with more The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there ing, practical skills training, and on- than 34,000 members and 70 chapters nation- objection to the request of the gen- the-road training that are essential for wide. tleman from Missouri? safe driving.’’ However, FMCSA’s tem- Madam Speaker, legislation like H.R. 1684 There was no objection. porary exemption expires in October is crucial to ensuring that all Americans re- Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam 2018. This bill would make permanent ceive the relief and assistance they deserve in Speaker, I yield myself such time as I the ability for current members of the the wake of natural disasters like Hurricane may consume. military to utilize the FAST Act waiv- Sandy that destroy lives and leave local Madam Speaker, the Fixing Amer- er. economies in tatters. ica’s Surface Transportation Act, or Madam Speaker, I strongly support I urge my colleagues to join me in sup- FAST Act, authorized the Federal this legislation, and I urge its adop- porting H.R. 1684. Motor Carrier Safety Administration tion.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:41 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A26JN7.004 H26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5147 Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam COAST GUARD IMPROVEMENT AND ance of my time. Speaker, I continue to reserve the bal- REFORM ACT OF 2017 Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam ance of my time. Mr. HUNTER. Madam Speaker, I Speaker, I have no further speakers, Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the and I reserve the balance of my time. yield myself such time as I may con- bill (H.R. 1726) to amend title 14, Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I sume. United States Code, to improve the or- yield such time as he may consume to I want to thank Mr. AGUILAR, who is ganization of such title and to incor- the gentleman from California (Mr. the author of this bill, for his work in porate certain transfers and modifica- AGUILAR), my good friend. Mr. AGUILAR. Madam Speaker, I filling this hole so that members of the tions into such title, and for other pur- thank the gentlewoman for yielding. National Guard and reservists, indeed, poses. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of are more easily able to obtain a com- The Clerk read the title of the bill. the Active Duty Voluntary Acquisition mercial driver’s license based on ex- The text of the bill is as follows: of Necessary Credentials for Employ- actly the kind of training that the H.R. 1726 ment Act, or the ADVANCE Act. armed services gives. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- The ADVANCE Act will allow Active It is certainly true that we have had resentatives of the United States of America in Duty servicemembers, reservists, and trouble in committee getting on-the- Congress assembled, National Guardsmen the same unique job training as a requirement. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. testing standards for commercial driv- (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coast Guard Improvement and Reform er’s licenses granted to veterans by the b 1730 latest surface transportation bill, the Act of 2017’’. Here, we have people who get on-the- (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- Fixing America’s Surface Transpor- tents for this Act is as follows: tation Act, the FAST Act. job training, and on-the-job training of The FAST Act allows veterans with just the kind that our country needs, Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. qualifying experience to be exempt because of the shortage Mr. AGUILAR TITLE I—REORGANIZATION OF TITLE 14, from State knowledge-based tests when spoke of in commercial drivers, a very UNITED STATES CODE obtaining commercial driver’s licenses. difficult job that necessitates long Sec. 101. Initial matter. hours, often away from one’s own home Sec. 102. Subtitle I. The ADVANCE Act would extend this Sec. 103. Chapter 1. exemption to Active Duty servicemem- and family. Sec. 104. Chapter 3. bers, reservists, and National Guards- Madam Speaker, I regard this bill as Sec. 105. Chapter 5. men. a twin of the very first bill that we Sec. 106. Chapter 7. I introduced the ADVANCE Act to passed, the VA bill that allows the Vet- Sec. 107. Chapter 9. ensure that Active Duty servicemem- erans Administration to offer physical Sec. 108. Chapter 11. bers and reservists have access to the examinations, when we were alerted Sec. 109. Subtitle II. same benefits as veterans, helping to Sec. 110. Chapter 19. that there were only 25 physicians Sec. 111. Part II. smooth their transition from military there who could do that. Sec. 112. Chapter 21. to civilian life. We owe it to our brave So this is a good pairing of bills that Sec. 113. Chapter 23. men and women to help them find work our country needs because of the short- Sec. 114. Chapter 25. here at home. age of commercial drivers, and that we Sec. 115. Part III. This bipartisan bill is a commonsense Sec. 116. Chapter 27. owe our veterans and those who serve, Sec. 117. Chapter 29. measure that will create opportunities even now, in our services. I am particu- for servicemembers to find work in Sec. 118. Subtitle III and chapter 37. larly pleased that this is a jobs bill. It their communities by simplifying how Sec. 119. Chapter 39. seems to me that it is clear that when Sec. 120. Chapter 41. they translate the driving skills they we enable more and more people to Sec. 121. Subtitle IV and chapter 49. learned in the military to American drive commercial trucks, we are in- Sec. 122. Chapter 51. jobs across this country. According to creasing the supply of jobs available in Sec. 123. References. the Department of Transportation, the Sec. 124. Rule of construction. our country. ADVANCE Act can help nearly 75,000 TITLE II—TRANSFERS AND Active Duty, Reserves, and National These are high-paying jobs for good MODIFICATIONS reason, because they are difficult jobs, Guardsmen throughout the United Sec. 201. Amendments to title 14, United States. so I think this bill and our first bill are States Code, as amended by This legislation comes at a critical bills that the bipartisan House today title I of this Act. time. According to the American can take special pride in. Sec. 202. Primary duties. Trucking Associations, there is an esti- Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- Sec. 203. Regattas and marine parades. mated 40,000 truck driver shortage na- ance of my time. Sec. 204. Regulation of vessels in territorial waters of United States. tionally. The American Trucking Asso- Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam Sec. 205. National maritime transportation ciations has endorsed the ADVANCE Speaker, with that, I urge my col- advisory committees. Act because it will help put service- leagues to join me in supporting this Sec. 206. Clothing at time of discharge for members back to work here at home important piece of legislation, and I good of service. and it will allow us to close a troubling yield back the balance of my time. TITLE I—REORGANIZATION OF TITLE 14, skills gap in our local communities. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The UNITED STATES CODE The ADVANCE Act has also been en- question is on the motion offered by SEC. 101. INITIAL MATTER. dorsed by the Association of the United the gentleman from California (Mr. Title 14, United States Code, is amended by States Navy and The Retired Enlisted GRAVES of Missouri) that the House striking the title designation, the title head- Association. It was unanimously suspend the rules and pass the bill, ing, and the table of parts at the beginning passed out of the Transportation and H.R. 2258, as amended. and inserting the following: Infrastructure Committee, and has The question was taken. ‘‘TITLE 14—COAST GUARD strong bipartisan support. ‘‘Subtitle Sec. The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the Additionally, Senators Cornyn and ‘‘I. Establishment, Powers, Duties, opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being Warren have introduced a bipartisan and Administration ...... 101 in the affirmative, the ayes have it. companion bill in the Senate. ‘‘II. Personnel ...... 1901 I urge my colleagues to join me Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam ‘‘III. Coast Guard Reserve and Auxil- today and support this bill so we can Speaker, on that I demand the yeas iary ...... 3701 and nays. ‘‘IV. Coast Guard Authorizations and make this commonsense change to en- Reports to Congress ...... 4901’’. sure that all current and former mem- The yeas and nays were ordered. SEC. 102. SUBTITLE I. bers of the military with specialized The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Part I of title 14, United States Code, is training can more easily access the li- ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- amended by striking the part designation, censes they need to get good-paying ceedings on this motion will be post- the part heading, and the table of chapters jobs as they transition to civilian life. poned. at the beginning and inserting the following:

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Acquisitions ...... 1101’’. (1) REQUIREMENT.—The sections of title 14, (B) by inserting after section 317 (as so re- SEC. 103. CHAPTER 1. United States Code, identified in the table designated and transferred under subsection (a) INITIAL MATTER.—Chapter 1 of title 14, provided in paragraph (2) are amended— (b)) the following: United States Code, is amended by striking (A) by redesignating the sections as de- ‘‘§ 318. Environmental Compliance and Res- the chapter designation, the chapter head- scribed in the table; and toration Program ing, and the table of sections at the begin- (B) by transferring the sections, as nec- ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this ning and inserting the following: essary, so that the sections appear after the section— ‘‘CHAPTER 1—ESTABLISHMENT AND table of sections for chapter 3 of such title ‘‘(1) ‘environment’, ‘facility’, ‘person’, ‘re- DUTIES (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in lease’, ‘removal’, ‘remedial’, and ‘response’ which the sections are presented in the have the same meaning they have in section ‘‘Sec. table. 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Re- ‘‘101. Establishment of Coast Guard. (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in para- sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 ‘‘102. Primary duties. graph (1) is the following: U.S.C. 9601); ‘‘103. Department in which the Coast Guard ‘‘(2) ‘hazardous substance’ has the same operates. meaning it has in section 101 of the Com- ‘‘104. Removing restrictions. Title 14 Title 14 prehensive Environmental Response, Com- ‘‘105. Secretary defined.’’. section Section heading section pensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601), (b) REDESIGNATIONS AND TRANSFERS.— number (provided for iden- number before re- tification purposes after re- except that it also includes the meaning (1) REQUIREMENT.—The sections of title 14, designa- only-not amended) designa- given ‘oil’ in section 311 of the Federal Water United States Code, identified in the table tion tion Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1321); and provided in paragraph (2) are amended— ‘‘(3) ‘pollutant’ has the same meaning it (A) by redesignating the sections as de- 41 Grades and ratings 301 has in section 502 of the Federal Water Pollu- scribed in the table; and tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362). (B) by transferring the sections, as nec- 44 Commandant; ap- ‘‘(b) PROGRAM.— essary, so that the sections appear after the pointment 302 ‘‘(1) The Secretary shall carry out a pro- table of sections for chapter 1 of such title gram of environmental compliance and res- (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in 46 Retirement of Com- toration at current and former Coast Guard which the sections are presented in the mandant 303 facilities. table. ‘‘(2) Program goals include: (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in para- 47 Vice Commandant; ‘‘(A) Identifying, investigating, and clean- graph (1) is the following: appointment 304 ing up contamination from hazardous substances and pollutants. Title 14 Title 14 50 Vice admirals 305 ‘‘(B) Correcting other environmental dam- section Section heading section age that poses an imminent and substantial number (provided for iden- number 51 Retirement 306 danger to the public health or welfare or to before re- tification purposes after re- the environment. designa- only-not amended) designa- 52 Vice admirals and ‘‘(C) Demolishing and removing unsafe tion tion admiral, continuity buildings and structures, including buildings of grade 307 and structures at former Coast Guard facili- 1 Establishment of ties. Coast Guard 101 56 Chief Acquisition ‘‘(D) Preventing contamination from haz- Officer 308 2 Primary duties 102 ardous substances and pollutants at current Coast Guard facilities. 53 Office of the Coast 3 Department in ‘‘(3)(A) The Secretary shall respond to re- Guard Reserve; Di- leases of hazardous substances and pollut- which the Coast rector 309 Guard operates 103 ants— ‘‘(i) at each Coast Guard facility the 54 Chief of Staff to United States owns, leases, or otherwise pos- 652 Removing restric- President: appoint- tions 104 sesses; ment 310 ‘‘(ii) at each Coast Guard facility the 4 Secretary defined 105 United States owned, leased, or otherwise 57 Prevention and re- possessed when the actions leading to con- sponse workforces 312 tamination from hazardous substances or SEC. 104. CHAPTER 3. pollutants occurred; and (a) INITIAL MATTER.—Chapter 3 of title 14, 58 Centers of expertise ‘‘(iii) on each vessel the Coast Guard owns United States Code, is amended by striking for Coast Guard or operates. the chapter designation, the chapter head- prevention and re- ‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) of this paragraph ing, and the table of sections at the begin- sponse 313 does not apply to a removal or remedial ac- ning and inserting the following: tion when a potentially responsible person ‘‘CHAPTER 3—COMPOSITION AND 59 Marine industry responds under section 122 of the Comprehen- ORGANIZATION training program 314 sive Environmental Response, Compensa- ‘‘Sec. tion, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9622). ‘‘301. Grades and ratings. 60 Training course on ‘‘(C) The Secretary shall pay a fee or ‘‘302. Commandant; appointment. workings of Con- charge imposed by a State authority for per- ‘‘303. Retirement of Commandant. gress 315 mit services for disposing of hazardous sub- ‘‘304. Vice Commandant; appointment. stances or pollutants from Coast Guard fa- ‘‘305. Vice admirals. 98 National Coast cilities to the same extent that nongovern- ‘‘306. Retirement. Guard Museum 316 mental entities are required to pay for per- ‘‘307. Vice admirals and admiral, continuity mit services. This subparagraph does not of grade. 336 United States apply to a payment that is the responsibility ‘‘308. Chief Acquisition Officer. Coast Guard Band; of a lessee, contractor, or other private per- ‘‘309. Office of the Coast Guard Reserve; Di- composition; direc- son. rector. tor 317 ‘‘(4) The Secretary may agree with another ‘‘310. Chief of Staff to President: appoint- Federal agency for that agency to assist in ment. (c) ADDITIONAL CHANGES.— carrying out the Secretary’s responsibilities ‘‘311. Captains of the port. (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 14, under this section. The Secretary may enter ‘‘312. Prevention and response workforces. United States Code, is further amended— into contracts, cooperative agreements, and ‘‘313. Centers of expertise for Coast Guard (A) by inserting after section 310 (as so re- grant agreements with State and local gov- prevention and response. designated and transferred under subsection ernments to assist in carrying out the Sec- ‘‘314. Marine industry training program. (b)) the following: retary’s responsibilities under this section.

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Services that may be obtained under this ‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—AIDS TO NAVIGATION Title 14 Title 14 paragraph include identifying, investigating, ‘‘541. Aids to navigation authorized. section Section heading section and cleaning up off-site contamination that ‘‘542. Unauthorized aids to maritime naviga- number (provided for iden- number may have resulted from the release of a haz- tion; penalty. before re- tification purposes after re- ardous substance or pollutant at a Coast ‘‘543. Interference with aids to navigation; designa- only-not amended) designation tion Guard facility. penalty. ‘‘(5) Section 119 of the Comprehensive En- ‘‘544. Aids to maritime navigation; penalty. 83 Unauthorized aids vironmental Response, Compensation, and ‘‘545. Marking of obstructions. Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9619) applies to re- ‘‘546. Deposit of damage payments. to maritime navi- sponse action contractors that carry out re- ‘‘547. Rewards for apprehension of persons gation; penalty 542 sponse actions under this section. The Coast interfering with aids to naviga- 84 Interference with Guard shall indemnify response action con- tion. aids to navigation; tractors to the extent that adequate insur- ‘‘SUBCHAPTER IV—MISCELLANEOUS penalty 543 ance is not generally available at a fair price ‘‘561. Icebreaking in polar regions. at the time the contractor enters into the ‘‘562. Appeals and waivers. 85 Aids to maritime contract to cover the contractor’s reason- ‘‘563. Notification of certain determina- navigation; penalty 544 able, potential, long-term liability. tions.’’. ‘‘(c) ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RES- (b) REDESIGNATIONS AND TRANSFERS.— 86 Marking of obstruc- TORATION ACCOUNT.— (1) REQUIREMENT.—The sections of title 14, tions 545 ‘‘(1) There is established for the Coast United States Code, identified in the table Guard an account known as the Coast Guard provided in paragraph (2) are amended— 642 Deposit of damage Environmental Compliance and Restoration (A) by redesignating the sections as de- payments 546 Account. All sums appropriated to carry out scribed in the table; and the Coast Guard’s environmental compliance (B) by transferring the sections, as nec- 643 Rewards for appre- and restoration functions under this section essary, so that the sections appear after the hension of persons or another law shall be credited or trans- table of sections for chapter 5 of such title interfering with ferred to the account and remain available (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in aids to navigation 547 until expended. which the sections are presented in the ‘‘(2) Funds may be obligated or expended table. 87 Icebreaking in from the account to carry out the Coast (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in para- polar regions 561 Guard’s environmental compliance and res- graph (1) is the following: toration functions under this section or an- 101 Appeals and waiv- other law. ers 562 ‘‘(3) In proposing the budget for any fiscal Title 14 Title 14 year under section 1105 of title 31, the Presi- section Section heading section number (provided for iden- number 103 Notification of cer- dent shall set forth separately the amount before re- tification purposes after re- tain determina- requested for the Coast Guard’s environ- designa- only-not amended) designations 563 mental compliance and restoration activities tion tion under this section or another law. (c) ADDITIONAL CHANGES.—Chapter 5 of ‘‘(4) Amounts recovered under section 107 92 Secretary; general title 14, United States Code, is further of the Comprehensive Environmental Re- powers 501 amended— sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 (1) by inserting before section 501 (as so re- 631 Delegation of pow- U.S.C. 9607) for the Secretary’s response ac- designated and transferred under subsection ers by the Sec- tions at current and former Coast Guard fa- (b)) the following: cilities shall be credited to the account. retary 502 ‘‘(d) ANNUAL LIST OF PROJECTS TO CON- ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL POWERS’’; GRESS.—The Commandant of the Coast 633 Regulations 503 (2) by inserting before section 521 (as so re- Guard shall submit to the Committee on designated and transferred under subsection Transportation and Infrastructure of the 93 Commandant; gen- (b)) the following: House of Representatives and the Committee eral powers 504 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—LIFE SAVING AND on Commerce, Science, and Transportation LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES’’; of the Senate a prioritized list of projects el- 632 Functions and pow- (3) by inserting before section 541 (as so re- igible for environmental compliance and res- ers vested in the designated and transferred under subsection toration funding for each fiscal year concur- Commandant 505 (b)) the following: rent with the President’s budget submission for that fiscal year.’’. 520 Prospective pay- ‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—AIDS TO (2) CONFORMING REPEALS.—Sections 634, 690, ment of funds nec- NAVIGATION’’; 691, 692, and 693 of title 14, United States essary to provide and Code, are repealed. medical care 506 (4) by inserting before section 561 (as so re- SEC. 105. CHAPTER 5. designated and transferred under subsection (a) INITIAL MATTER.—Chapter 5 of title 14, 88 Saving life and (b)) the following: United States Code, is amended by striking property 521 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER IV—MISCELLANEOUS’’. the chapter designation, the chapter head- SEC. 106. CHAPTER 7. ing, and the table of sections at the begin- 89 Law enforcement 522 (a) INITIAL MATTER.—Chapter 7 of title 14, ning and inserting the following: United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘CHAPTER 5—FUNCTIONS AND POWERS 99 Enforcement authority 523 the chapter designation, the chapter head- ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL POWERS ing, and the table of sections at the begin- ‘‘Sec. 100 Enforcement of ning and inserting the following: ‘‘501. Secretary; general powers. coastwise trade ‘‘CHAPTER 7—COOPERATION ‘‘502. Delegation of powers by the Secretary. ‘‘503. Regulations. laws 524 ‘‘Sec. ‘‘504. Commandant; general powers. ‘‘701. Cooperation with other agencies, ‘‘505. Functions and powers vested in the 95 Special agents of States, territories, and political Commandant. the Coast Guard In- subdivisions. ‘‘506. Prospective payment of funds necessary vestigative Service ‘‘702. State Department. to provide medical care. law enforcement ‘‘703. Treasury Department. ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—LIFE SAVING AND LAW authority 525 ‘‘704. Department of the Army and Depart- ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES ment of the Air Force. 637 Stopping vessels; ‘‘521. Saving life and property. ‘‘705. Navy Department. ‘‘522. Law enforcement. indemnity for fir- ‘‘706. United States Postal Service. ‘‘523. Enforcement authority. ing at or into vessel 526 ‘‘707. Department of Commerce. ‘‘524. Enforcement of coastwise trade laws. ‘‘708. Department of Health and Human Serv- ‘‘525. Special agents of the Coast Guard In- 91 Safety of naval ves- ices. vestigative Service law enforce- sels 527 ‘‘709. Maritime instruction. ment authority. ‘‘710. Assistance to foreign governments and ‘‘526. Stopping vessels; indemnity for firing 81 Aids to navigation maritime authorities. at or into vessel. authorized 541 ‘‘711. Coast Guard officers as attache´s to mis- ‘‘527. Safety of naval vessels. sions.

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‘‘712. Contracts with Government-owned es- Title 14 Title 14 (b) REDESIGNATIONS AND TRANSFERS.— tablishments for work and ma- section Section heading section (1) REQUIREMENT.—The sections of title 14, terial. number (provided for iden- number United States Code, identified in the table ‘‘713. Nonappropriated fund instrumental- before re- tification purposes after re- provided in paragraph (2) are amended— ities: contracts with other designa- only-not amended) designa- (A) by redesignating the sections as de- tion tion agencies and instrumentalities scribed in the table; and to provide or obtain goods and 153 Appointment of (B) by transferring the sections, as nec- services. essary, so that the sections appear after the ‘‘714. Appointment of judges. judges 714 ‘‘715. Arctic maritime domain awareness. table of sections for chapter 9 of such title ‘‘716. Oceanographic research. 154 Arctic maritime (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in ‘‘717. Arctic maritime transportation. domain awareness 715 which the sections are presented in the ‘‘718. Agreements.’’. table. (b) REDESIGNATIONS AND TRANSFERS.— 94 Oceanographic re- (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in para- (1) REQUIREMENT.—The sections of title 14, search 716 graph (1) is the following: United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended— 90 Arctic maritime (A) by redesignating the sections as de- Title 14 Title 14 transportation 717 section Section heading section scribed in the table; and number (provided for iden- number (B) by transferring the sections, as nec- 102 Agreements 718 before re- tification purposes after re- essary, so that the sections appear after the designa- only-not amended) designa- table of sections for chapter 7 of such title SEC. 107. CHAPTER 9. tion tion (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in (a) INITIAL MATTER.—Chapter 9 of title 14, which the sections are presented in the United States Code, is amended by striking 641 Disposal of certain table. the chapter designation, the chapter head- material 901 (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in para- ing, and the table of sections at the begin- graph (1) is the following: ning and inserting the following: 653 Employment of ‘‘CHAPTER 9—ADMINISTRATION draftsmen and engineers 902 Title 14 Title 14 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—REAL AND PERSONAL section Section heading section PROPERTY number (provided for iden- number 656 Use of certain ap- before re- tification purposes after re- ‘‘Sec. propriated funds 903 designa- only-not amended) designa- ‘‘901. Disposal of certain material. tion tion ‘‘902. Employment of draftsmen and engi- 666 Local hire 904 neers. 141 Cooperation with ‘‘903. Use of certain appropriated funds. 670 Procurement au- other agencies, ‘‘904. Local hire. thority for family States, territories, ‘‘905. Procurement authority for family housing 905 and political sub- housing. divisions 701 ‘‘906. Air Station Cape Cod Improvements. 671 Air Station Cape ‘‘907. Long-term lease of special purpose fa- Cod Improvements 906 142 State Department 702 cilities. ‘‘908. Long-term lease authority for light- 143 Treasury Depart- house property. 672 Long-term lease of ment 703 ‘‘909. Small boat station rescue capability. special purpose fa- ‘‘910. Small boat station closures. cilities 907 144 Department of the ‘‘911. Search and rescue center standards. Army and Depart- ‘‘912. Air facility closures. 672a Long-term lease ment of the Air ‘‘913. Turnkey selection procedures. authority for light- Force 704 ‘‘914. Disposition of infrastructure related to house property 908 E–LORAN. 145 Navy Department 705 674 Small boat station ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—MISCELLANEOUS rescue capability 909 146 United States Post- ‘‘931. Oaths required for boards. al Service 706 ‘‘932. Administration of oaths. 675 Small boat station ‘‘933. Coast Guard ensigns and pennants. closures 910 147 Department of ‘‘934. Penalty for unauthorized use of words Commerce 707 ‘Coast Guard’. 676 Search and rescue ‘‘935. Coast Guard band recordings for com- center standards 911 147a Department of mercial sale. ‘‘936. Confidentiality of medical quality as- Health and Human 676a Air facility clo- surance records; qualified im- Services 708 sures 912 munity for participants. 148 Maritime instruc- ‘‘937. Admiralty claims against the United 677 Turnkey selection tion 709 States. ‘‘938. Claims for damage to property of the procedures 913 149 Assistance to for- United States. eign governments ‘‘939. Accounting for industrial work. 681 Disposition of in- and maritime au- ‘‘940. Supplies and equipment from stock. frastructure related thorities 710 ‘‘941. Coast Guard Supply Fund. to E–LORAN 914 ‘‘942. Public and commercial vessels and 150 Coast Guard offi- other watercraft; sale of fuel, 635 Oaths required for cers as attache´s to supplies, and services. boards 931 missions 711 ‘‘943. Arms and ammunition; immunity from taxation. 636 Administration of 151 Contracts with ‘‘944. Confidential investigative expenses. oaths 932 Government-owned ‘‘945. Assistance to film producers. establishments for ‘‘946. User fees. 638 Coast Guard en- work and material 712 ‘‘947. Vessel construction bonding require- signs and pennants 933 ments. 152 Nonappropriated ‘‘948. Contracts for medical care for retirees, 639 Penalty for unau- fund instrumental- dependents, and survivors: al- thorized use of ities: contracts ternative delivery of health words ‘‘Coast with other agencies care. Guard’’ 934 and instrumental- ‘‘949. Telephone installation and charges. ities to provide or ‘‘950. Designation, powers, and account- 640 Coast Guard band obtain goods and ability of deputy disbursing of- recordings for com- services 713 ficials. mercial sale 935 ‘‘951. Aircraft accident investigations.’’.

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Title 14 Title 14 ing, and the table of sections at the begin- Title 14 Title 14 section Section heading section ning and inserting the following: section Section heading section number (provided for iden- number ‘‘CHAPTER 11—ACQUISITIONS number (provided for iden- number before re- tification purposes after re- before re- tification purposes after re- designa- only-not amended) designa- ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS designa- only-not amended) designation tion ‘‘Sec. tion tion ‘‘1101. Acquisition directorate. 645 Confidentiality of ‘‘1102. Improvements in Coast Guard acquisi- 565 Required contract medical quality as- tion management. terms 1106 surance records; ‘‘1103. Role of Vice Commandant in major ac- qualified immunity quisition programs. 579 Extension of major for participants 936 ‘‘1104. Recognition of Coast Guard personnel acquisition pro- for excellence in acquisition. gram contracts 1107 646 Admiralty claims ‘‘1105. Prohibition on use of lead systems in- against the United tegrators. 566 Department of De- States 937 ‘‘1106. Required contract terms. fense consultation 1108 ‘‘1107. Extension of major acquisition pro- 647 Claims for damage gram contracts. 567 Undefinitized con- to property of the ‘‘1108. Department of Defense consultation. tractual actions 1109 United States 938 ‘‘1109. Undefinitized contractual actions. ‘‘1110. Guidance on excessive pass-through 568 Guidance on exces- 648 Accounting for in- charges. sive pass-through dustrial work 939 ‘‘1111. Mission need statement. charges 1110 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—IMPROVED ACQUISITION 649 Supplies and equip- PROCESS AND PROCEDURES 569 Mission need statement from stock 940 ‘‘1131. Identification of major system acqui- ment 1111 650 Coast Guard Supply sitions. 571 Identification of Fund 941 ‘‘1132. Acquisition. ‘‘1133. Preliminary development and dem- major system ac- 654 Public and com- onstration. quisitions 1131 mercial vessels and ‘‘1134. Acquisition, production, deployment, other watercraft; and support. 572 Acquisition 1132 sale of fuel, sup- ‘‘1135. Acquisition program baseline breach. plies, and services 942 ‘‘1136. Acquisition approval authority. 573 Preliminary devel- ‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—PROCUREMENT opment and dem- 655 Arms and ammuni- ‘‘1151. Restriction on construction of vessels onstration 1133 tion; immunity in foreign shipyards. from taxation 943 ‘‘1152. Advance procurement funding. 574 Acquisition, pro- ‘‘1153. Prohibition on overhaul, repair, and duction, deploy- 658 Confidential inves- maintenance of Coast Guard ment, and support 1134 tigative expenses 944 vessels in foreign shipyards. ‘‘1154. Procurement of buoy chain. 575 Acquisition pro- 659 Assistance to film gram baseline ‘‘SUBCHAPTER IV—DEFINITIONS producers 945 breach 1135 ‘‘1171. Definitions.’’. 664 User fees 946 (b) REDESIGNATIONS AND TRANSFERS.— 576 Acquisition ap- (1) REQUIREMENT.—The sections of title 14, proval authority 1136 667 Vessel construction United States Code, identified in the table bonding require- provided in paragraph (2) are amended— 665 Restriction on con- ments 947 (A) by redesignating the sections as de- struction of vessels scribed in the table; and in foreign shipyards 1151 668 Contracts for med- (B) by transferring the sections, as nec- ical care for retir- essary, so that the sections appear after the 577 Advance procure- ees, dependents, table of sections for chapter 11 of such title ment funding 1152 and survivors: al- (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in which the sections are presented in the ternative delivery 96 Prohibition on table. of health care 948 overhaul, repair, (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in para- and maintenance of graph (1) is the following: 669 Telephone installa- Coast Guard vessels tion and charges 949 in foreign shipyards 1153 Title 14 Title 14 673 Designation, pow- section Section heading section 97 Procurement of ers, and account- number (provided for iden- number buoy chain 1154 ability of deputy before re- tification purposes after re- disbursing officials 950 designa- only-not amended) designation tion 581 Definitions 1171 678 Aircraft accident 561 Acquisition direc- investigations 951 (c) ADDITIONAL CHANGES.—Chapter 11 of torate 1101 title 14, United States Code, is further (c) ADDITIONAL CHANGES.—Chapter 9 of 562 Improvements in amended— title 14, United States Code, is further Coast Guard acqui- (1) by striking all subdivision designations amended— sition management 1102 and headings in such chapter, except for— (1) by inserting before section 901 (as so re- (A) the chapter designation and heading designated and transferred under subsection 578 Role of Vice Com- added by subsection (a); (b)) the following: mandant in major (B) the subchapter designations and head- ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—REAL AND PERSONAL acquisition pro- ings added by this subsection; and PROPERTY’’; grams 1103 (C) any designation or heading of a section and or a subdivision of a section; (2) by inserting before section 931 (as so re- 563 Recognition of (2) by inserting before section 1101 (as so designated and transferred under subsection Coast Guard per- redesignated and transferred under sub- (b)) the following: sonnel for excel- section (b)) the following: lence in acquisition 1104 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—MISCELLANEOUS’’. ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL SEC. 108. CHAPTER 11. 564 Prohibition on use PROVISIONS’’; (a) INITIAL MATTER.—Chapter 11 of title 14, of lead systems in- (3) by inserting before section 1131 (as so United States Code, is amended by striking tegrators 1105 redesignated and transferred under sub- the chapter designation, the chapter head- section (b)) the following:

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‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—IMPROVED ACQUISI- ‘‘1927. Cadets; initial clothing allowance. Title 14 Title 14 TION PROCESS AND PROCEDURES’’; ‘‘1928. Cadets; degree of bachelor of science. section Section heading section (4) by inserting before section 1151 (as so ‘‘1929. Cadets; appointment as ensign. number (provided for iden- number redesignated and transferred under sub- before re- tification purposes after re- ‘‘1930. Cadets: charges and fees for attend- designa- only-not amended) designa- section (b)) the following: ance; limitation. tion tion ‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—PROCUREMENT’’; ‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—FACULTY and 188 Appointment of ‘‘1941. Civilian teaching staff. (5) by inserting before section 1171 (as so permanent commis- redesignated and transferred under sub- ‘‘1942. Permanent commissioned teaching sioned teaching section (b)) the following: staff; composition. staff 1943 ‘‘1943. Appointment of permanent commis- ‘‘SUBCHAPTER IV—DEFINITIONS’’. sioned teaching staff. 189 Grade of permanent SEC. 109. SUBTITLE II. ‘‘1944. Grade of permanent commissioned commissioned (a) INITIAL MATTER.—Title 14, United teaching staff. teaching staff 1944 States Code, is further amended by inserting ‘‘1945. Retirement of permanent commis- after chapter 11 (as amended by section 108) sioned teaching staff. 190 Retirement of per- the following: ‘‘1946. Credit for service as member of civil- manent commis- ‘‘Subtitle II—Personnel ian teaching staff. sioned teaching ‘‘Chap. Sec. ‘‘1947. Assignment of personnel as instruc- staff 1945 ‘‘19. Coast Guard Academy ...... 1901 tors. 191 Credit for service ‘‘21. Personnel; Officers ...... 2101 ‘‘1948. Marine safety curriculum.’’. ‘‘23. Personnel; Enlisted ...... 2301 as member of civil- (b) REDESIGNATIONS AND TRANSFERS.— ‘‘25. Personnel; General Provisions ... 2501 ian teaching staff 1946 (1) REQUIREMENT.—The sections of title 14, ‘‘27. Pay, Allowances, Awards, and United States Code, identified in the table 192 Assignment of per- Other Rights and Benefits ...... 2701 provided in paragraph (2) are amended— ‘‘29. Coast Guard Family Support, sonnel as instruc- (A) by redesignating the sections as de- tors 1947 Child Care, and Housing ...... 2901’’. scribed in the table; and (b) RESERVED CHAPTER NUMBERS.— (B) by transferring the sections, as nec- 199 Marine safety cur- (1) CHAPTER 13.—Chapter 13 of title 14, essary, so that the sections appear after the United States Code, is amended by striking riculum 1948 table of sections for chapter 19 of such title the chapter designation, the chapter head- (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in ing, and the table of sections at the begin- (c) ADDITIONAL CHANGES.— which the sections are presented in the ning. (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 19 of title 14, table. (2) CHAPTER 14.—Chapter 14 of title 14, United States Code, is further amended— (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in para- United States Code, is amended— (A) by inserting before section 1901 (as so graph (1) is the following: (A) by striking the chapter designation, redesignated and transferred under sub- the chapter heading, and the table of sec- section (b)) the following: tions at the beginning; and Title 14 Title 14 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—ADMINISTRATION’’; (B) by striking the subchapter designation section Section heading section number (provided for iden- number (B) by inserting before section 1923 (as so and the subchapter heading for each of the before re- tification purposes after re- redesignated and transferred under sub- subchapters of such chapter. designa- only-not amended) designa- section (b)) the following: (3) CHAPTER 15.—Chapter 15 of title 14, tion tion ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—CADETS United States Code, is amended— (A) by striking the chapter designation, 181 Administration of ‘‘§ 1921. Corps of Cadets authorized strength the chapter heading, and the table of sec- Academy 1901 ‘‘The number of cadets appointed annually tions at the beginning; and to the Academy shall be as determined by (B) by striking the subchapter designation 200 Policy on sexual the Secretary but the number appointed in and the subchapter heading for each of the harassment and any one year shall not exceed six hundred. subchapters of such chapter. sexual violence 1902 ‘‘§ 1922. Appointments (4) CHAPTER 17.—Chapter 17 of title 14, ‘‘Appointments to cadetships shall be made United States Code, is amended by striking 194 Annual Board of under regulations prescribed by the Sec- the chapter designation, the chapter head- Visitors 1903 retary, who shall determine age limits, ing, and the table of sections at the begin- methods of selection of applicants, term of ning. 196 Participation in service as a cadet before graduation, and all (5) CHAPTER 18.—Chapter 18 of title 14, Federal, State, or other matters affecting such appointments. United States Code, is amended by striking other educational In the administration of this section, the the chapter designation, the chapter head- research grants 1904 Secretary shall take such action as may be ing, and the table of sections at the begin- necessary and appropriate to insure that fe- ning. 195 Admission of for- male individuals shall be eligible for ap- SEC. 110. CHAPTER 19. eign nationals for instruction; restric- pointment and admission to the Coast Guard (a) INITIAL MATTER.—Chapter 19 of title 14, tions; conditions 1923 Academy, and that the relevant standards United States Code, is amended by striking required for appointment, admission, train- the chapter designation, the chapter head- 181a Cadet applicants; ing, graduation, and commissioning of fe- ing, and the table of sections at the begin- preappointment male individuals shall be the same as those ning and inserting the following: travel to Academy 1926 required for male individuals, except for ‘‘CHAPTER 19—COAST GUARD ACADEMY those minimum essential adjustments in ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—ADMINISTRATION 183 Cadets; initial such standards required because of physio- logical differences between male and female ‘‘Sec. clothing allowance 1927 individuals.’’; ‘‘1901. Administration of Academy. (C) by inserting before section 1926 (as so ‘‘1902. Policy on sexual harassment and sex- 184 Cadets; degree of redesignated and transferred under sub- ual violence. bachelor of science 1928 section (b)) the following: ‘‘1903. Annual Board of Visitors. ‘‘1904. Participation in Federal, State, or 185 Cadets; appoint- ‘‘§ 1924. Conduct other educational research ment as ensign 1929 ‘‘The Secretary may summarily dismiss grants. from the Coast Guard any cadet who, during 197 Cadets: charges and ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—CADETS his cadetship, is found unsatisfactory in ei- fees for attendance; ther studies or conduct, or may be deemed ‘‘1921. Corps of Cadets authorized strength. limitation 1930 not adapted for a career in the Coast Guard. ‘‘1922. Appointments. Cadets shall be subject to rules governing ‘‘1923. Admission of foreign nationals for in- 186 Civilian teaching discipline prescribed by the Commandant. struction; restrictions; condi- staff 1941 tions. ‘‘§ 1925. Agreement ‘‘1924. Conduct. 187 Permanent com- ‘‘(a) Each cadet shall sign an agreement ‘‘1925. Agreement. missioned teaching with respect to the cadet’s length of service ‘‘1926. Cadet applicants; preappointment staff; composition 1942 in the Coast Guard. The agreement shall pro- travel to Academy. vide that the cadet agrees to the following:

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Compulsory retirement. ‘‘CHAPTER 21—PERSONNEL; OFFICERS five years immediately after such appoint- ‘‘2155. Retirement for physical disability ment. ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—APPOINTMENT AND after selection for promotion; ‘‘(3) That if an appointment described in PROMOTION grade in which retired. paragraph (2) is not tendered or if the cadet ‘‘Sec. ‘‘2156. Deferment of retirement or separation is permitted to resign as a regular officer be- ‘‘2101. Original appointment of permanent for medical reasons. fore the completion of the commissioned commissioned officers. ‘‘2157. Flag officers. service obligation of the cadet, the cadet— ‘‘2102. Active duty promotion list. ‘‘2158. Review of records of officers. ‘‘(A) will accept an appointment as a com- ‘‘2103. Number and distribution of commis- ‘‘2159. Boards of inquiry. missioned officer in the Coast Guard Re- sioned officers on active duty ‘‘2160. Boards of review. serve; and promotion list. ‘‘2161. Composition of boards. ‘‘(B) will remain in that reserve component ‘‘2104. Appointment of temporary officers. ‘‘2162. Rights and procedures. until completion of the commissioned serv- ‘‘2105. Rank of warrant officers. ‘‘2163. Removal of officer from active duty; ice obligation of the cadet. ‘‘2106. Selection boards; convening of boards. action by Secretary. ‘‘(b)(1) The Secretary may transfer to the ‘‘2107. Selection boards; composition of ‘‘2164. Officers considered for removal; retire- Coast Guard Reserve, and may order to ac- boards. ment or discharge; separation tive duty for such period of time as the Sec- ‘‘2108. Selection boards; notice of convening; benefits. retary prescribes (but not to exceed four communication with board. ‘‘2165. Relief of retired officer promoted years), a cadet who breaches an agreement ‘‘2109. Selection boards; oath of members. while on active duty. under subsection (a). The period of time for ‘‘2110. Number of officers to be selected for ‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—GENERAL PROVISIONS which a cadet is ordered to active duty under promotion. this paragraph may be determined without ‘‘2111. Promotion zones. ‘‘2181. Physical fitness of officers. regard to section 651(a) of title 10. ‘‘2112. Promotion year; defined. ‘‘2182. Multirater assessment of certain per- ‘‘(2) A cadet who is transferred to the Coast ‘‘2113. Eligibility of officers for consideration sonnel.’’. Guard Reserve under paragraph (1) shall be for promotion. (b) REDESIGNATIONS AND TRANSFERS.— transferred in an appropriate enlisted grade ‘‘2114. United States Deputy Marshals in (1) REQUIREMENT.—The sections of title 14, or rating, as determined by the Secretary. Alaska. United States Code, identified in the table ‘‘(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a ‘‘2115. Selection boards; information to be provided in paragraph (2) are amended— cadet shall be considered to have breached furnished boards. (A) by redesignating the sections as dean agreement under subsection (a) if the ‘‘2116. Officers to be recommended for pro- scribed in the table; and cadet is separated from the Coast Guard motion. (B) by transferring the sections, as nec- Academy under circumstances which the ‘‘2117. Selection boards; reports. essary, so that the sections appear after the Secretary determines constitute a breach by ‘‘2118. Selection boards; submission of re- table of sections for chapter 21 of such title the cadet of the cadet’s agreement to com- ports. (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in plete the course of instruction at the Coast ‘‘2119. Failure of selection for promotion. which the sections are presented in the Guard Academy and accept an appointment ‘‘2120. Special selection boards; correction of table. as a commissioned officer upon graduation errors. (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in para- from the Coast Guard Academy. ‘‘2121. Promotions; appointments. graph (1) is the following: ‘‘(c) The Secretary shall prescribe regula- ‘‘2122. Removal of officer from list of select- tions to carry out this section. Those regula- ees for promotion. tions shall include— Title 14 Title 14 ‘‘2123. Promotions; acceptance; oath of office. section Section heading section ‘‘(1) standards for determining what con- ‘‘2124. Promotions; pay and allowances. number (provided for iden- number stitutes, for the purpose of subsection (b), a ‘‘2125. Wartime temporary service pro- before re- tification purposes after re- breach of an agreement under subsection (a); motions. designa- only-not amended) designa- ‘‘(2) procedures for determining whether ‘‘2126. Promotion of officers not included on tion tion such a breach has occurred; and active duty promotion list. ‘‘(3) standards for determining the period ‘‘2127. Recall to active duty during war or na- 211 Original appoint- of time for which a person may be ordered to tional emergency. ment of permanent serve on active duty under subsection (b). ‘‘2128. Recall to active duty with consent of commissioned offi- ‘‘(d) In this section, ‘commissioned service officer. cers 2101 obligation’, with respect to an officer who is ‘‘2129. Aviation cadets; appointment as Re- a graduate of the Academy, means the period serve officers. 41a Active duty pro- beginning on the date of the officer’s ap- motion list 2102 pointment as a commissioned officer and ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—DISCHARGES; RETIREMENTS; ending on the sixth anniversary of such ap- REVOCATION OF COMMISSIONS; SEPARATION 42 Number and dis- pointment or, at the discretion of the Sec- FOR CAUSE tribution of com- retary, any later date up to the eighth anni- ‘‘2141. Revocation of commissions during missioned officers versary of such appointment. first five years of commissioned on active duty pro- ‘‘(e)(1) This section does not apply to a service. motion list 2103 cadet who is not a citizen or national of the ‘‘2142. Regular lieutenants (junior grade); United States. separation for failure of selec- 214 Appointment of ‘‘(2) In the case of a cadet who is a minor tion for promotion. temporary officers 2104 and who has parents or a guardian, the cadet ‘‘2143. Regular lieutenants; separation for may sign the agreement required by sub- failure of selection for pro- 215 Rank of warrant of- section (a) only with the consent of the par- motion; continuation. ficers 2105 ent or guardian. ‘‘2144. Regular Coast Guard; officers serving ‘‘(f) A cadet or former cadet who does not under temporary appointments. 251 Selection boards; fulfill the terms of the obligation to serve as ‘‘2145. Regular lieutenant commanders and convening of boards 2106 specified under section (a), or the alternative commanders; retirement for obligation imposed under subsection (b), failure of selection for pro- 252 Selection boards; shall be subject to the repayment provisions motion. composition of of section 303a(e) of title 37.’’; and ‘‘2146. Discharge in lieu of retirement; sepa- boards 2107 (D) by inserting before section 1941 (as so ration pay. redesignated and transferred under sub- ‘‘2147. Regular warrant officers: separation 253 Selection boards; section (b)) the following: pay. notice of con- ‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—FACULTY’’. ‘‘2148. Separation for failure of selection for vening; commu- (2) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 182 of promotion or continuation; nication with board 2108 title 14, United States Code, is repealed. time of. SEC. 111. PART II. ‘‘2149. Regular captains; retirement. 254 Selection boards; Part II of title 14, United States Code, is ‘‘2150. Captains; continuation on active duty; oath of members 2109 amended by striking the part designation, involuntary retirement.

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Title 14 Title 14 Title 14 Title 14 Title 14 Title 14 section Section heading section section Section heading section section Section heading section number (provided for iden- number number (provided for iden- number number (provided for iden- number before re- tification purposes after re- before re- tification purposes after re- before re- tification purposes after re- designa- only-not amended) designa- designa- only-not amended) designa- designa- only-not amended) designation tion tion tion tion tion

255 Number of officers 283 Regular lieuten- 325 Rights and proce- to be selected for ants; separation for dures 2162 promotion 2110 failure of selection for promotion; con- 326 Removal of officer 256 Promotion zones 2111 tinuation 2143 from active duty; action by Secretary 2163 256a Promotion year; 284 Regular Coast defined 2112 Guard; officers 327 Officers considered serving under tem- for removal; retire- 257 Eligibility of offi- porary appointment or discharge; cers for consider- ments 2144 separation benefits 2164 ation for promotion 2113 285 Regular lieutenant 333 Relief of retired of- 258 Selection boards; commanders and ficer promoted information to be commanders; re- while on active furnished boards 2115 tirement for failure duty 2165 of selection for pro- 259 Officers to be rec- motion 2145 335 Physical fitness of ommended for pro- officers 2181 motion 2116 286 Discharge in lieu of retirement; separa- 429 Multirater assess- 260 Selection boards; tion pay 2146 ment of certain reports 2117 personnel 2182 286a Regular warrant of- 261 Selection boards; ficers: separation (c) ADDITIONAL CHANGES.—Chapter 21 of submission of re- pay 2147 title 14, United States Code, is further ports 2118 amended— 287 Separation for fail- (1) by striking all subchapter designations 262 Failure of selection ure of selection for and headings in such chapter, except for the for promotion 2119 promotion or con- subchapter designations and headings added tinuation; time of 2148 by this subsection; 263 Special selection (2) by inserting before section 2101 (as so boards; correction 288 Regular captains; redesignated and transferred under sub- of errors 2120 retirement 2149 section (b)) the following: ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—APPOINTMENT AND 271 Promotions; ap- 289 Captains; continu- PROMOTION’’; pointments 2121 ation on active (3) by inserting before section 2115 (as so duty; involuntary redesignated and transferred under sub- 272 Removal of officer retirement 2150 section (b)) the following: from list of select- ees for promotion 2122 290 Rear admirals and ‘‘§ 2114. United States Deputy Marshals in rear admirals Alaska 273 Promotions; ac- (lower half); con- ‘‘Commissioned officers may be appointed ceptance; oath of tinuation on active as United States Deputy Marshals in Alas- office 2123 duty; involuntary ka.’’; retirement 2151 (4) by inserting before section 2141 (as so 274 Promotions; pay redesignated and transferred under sub- and allowances 2124 291 Voluntary retire- section (b)) the following: ment after twenty ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—DISCHARGES; RETIRE- 275 Wartime temporary years’ service 2152 MENTS; REVOCATION OF COMMIS- service promotions 2125 SIONS; SEPARATION FOR CAUSE’’; 292 Voluntary retire- and 276 Promotion of offi- ment after thirty (5) by inserting before section 2181 (as so cers not included years’ service 2153 redesignated and transferred under sub- on active duty pro- section (b)) the following: motion list 2126 293 Compulsory retire- ‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—GENERAL ment 2154 331 Recall to active PROVISIONS’’. duty during war or 294 Retirement for SEC. 113. CHAPTER 23. national emergency 2127 physical disability (a) INITIAL MATTER.—Chapter 23 of title 14, after selection for United States Code, is amended by striking 332 Recall to active promotion; grade in the chapter designation, the chapter head- duty with consent which retired 2155 ing, and the table of sections at the begin- of officer 2128 ning and inserting the following: 295 Deferment of re- ‘‘CHAPTER 23—PERSONNEL; ENLISTED 373 Aviation cadets; tirement or separa- ‘‘Sec. appointment as Re- tion for medical ‘‘2301. Recruiting campaigns. serve officers 2129 reasons 2156 ‘‘2302. Enlistments; term, grade. ‘‘2303. Promotion. 281 Revocation of com- 296 Flag officers 2157 ‘‘2304. Compulsory retirement at age of missions during sixty-two. first five years of 321 Review of records ‘‘2305. Voluntary retirement after thirty commissioned serv- of officers 2158 years’ service. ice 2141 ‘‘2306. Voluntary retirement after twenty 322 Boards of inquiry 2159 years’ service. 282 Regular lieutenants ‘‘2307. Retirement of enlisted members: in- (junior grade); sep- 323 Boards of review 2160 crease in retired pay. aration for failure ‘‘2308. Recall to active duty during war or na- of selection for pro- 324 Composition of tional emergency. motion 2142 boards 2161 ‘‘2309. Recall to active duty with consent of member.

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‘‘2310. Relief of retired enlisted member pro- Title 14 Title 14 Title 14 Title 14 moted while on active duty. section Section heading section section Section heading section ‘‘2311. Retirement in cases where higher number (provided for iden- number number (provided for iden- number grade or rating has been held. before re- tification purposes after re- before re- tification purposes after re- ‘‘2312. Extension of enlistments. designa- only-not amended) designa- designa- only-not amended) designa- ‘‘2313. Retention beyond term of enlistment tion tion tion tion in case of disability. 367 Detention beyond 421 Retirement 2502 ‘‘2314. Detention beyond term of enlistment. term of enlistment 2314 ‘‘2315. Inclusion of certain conditions in en- 422 Status of recalled listment contract. 369 Inclusion of certain personnel 2503 ‘‘2316. Discharge within three months before conditions in en- expiration of enlistment. listment contract 2315 423 Computation of re- ‘‘2317. Aviation cadets; procurement; trans- tired pay 2504 fer. 370 Discharge within ‘‘2318. Aviation cadets; benefits. three months be- 424 Limitations on re- ‘‘2319. Critical skill training bonus.’’. fore expiration of tirement and re- (b) REDESIGNATIONS AND TRANSFERS.— enlistment 2316 tired pay 2505 (1) REQUIREMENT.—The sections of title 14, United States Code, identified in the table 371 Aviation cadets; 424a Suspension of pay- provided in paragraph (2) are amended— procurement; ment of retired pay (A) by redesignating the sections as de- transfer 2317 of members who are scribed in the table; and absent from the (B) by transferring the sections, as nec- 372 Aviation cadets; United States to essary, so that the sections appear after the benefits 2318 avoid prosecution 2506 table of sections for chapter 23 of such title (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in 374 Critical skill train- 425 Board for Correc- which the sections are presented in the ing bonus 2319 tion of Military table. Records deadline 2507 (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in para- SEC. 114. CHAPTER 25. graph (1) is the following: (a) INITIAL MATTER.—Chapter 25 of title 14, 426 Emergency leave United States Code, is amended by striking retention authority 2508 Title 14 Title 14 the chapter designation, the chapter head- section Section heading section ing, and the table of sections at the begin- 427 Prohibition of cer- number (provided for iden- number ning and inserting the following: tain involuntary before re- tification purposes after re- ‘‘CHAPTER 25—PERSONNEL; GENERAL administrative sep- designa- only-not amended) designa- arations 2509 tion tion PROVISIONS ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 428 Sea service letters 2510 350 Recruiting cam- ‘‘Sec. paigns 2301 ‘‘2501. Grade on retirement. 430 Investigations of ‘‘2502. Retirement. flag officers and 351 Enlistments; term, ‘‘2503. Status of recalled personnel. Senior Executive ‘‘2504. Computation of retired pay. grade 2302 Service employees 2511 ‘‘2505. Limitations on retirement and retired pay. 352 Promotion 2303 431 Leave policies for ‘‘2506. Suspension of payment of retired pay the Coast Guard 2512 353 Compulsory retire- of members who are absent from the United States to avoid ment at age of 467 Computation of prosecution. sixty-two 2304 length of service 2513 ‘‘2507. Board for Correction of Military Records deadline. 354 Voluntary retire- 432 Personnel of former ‘‘2508. Emergency leave retention authority. ment after thirty Lighthouse Service 2531 years’ service 2305 ‘‘2509. Prohibition of certain involuntary administrative separations. (c) ADDITIONAL CHANGES.—Chapter 25 of 355 Voluntary retire- ‘‘2510. Sea service letters. title 14, United States Code, is further ment after twenty ‘‘2511. Investigations of flag officers and Sen- amended— years’ service 2306 ior Executive Service employees. (1) by inserting before section 2501 (as so 357 Retirement of en- ‘‘2512. Leave policies for the Coast Guard. redesignated and transferred under sub- listed members: in- ‘‘2513. Computation of length of service. section (b)) the following: crease in retired ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL pay 2307 ‘‘2531. Personnel of former Lighthouse Serv- PROVISIONS’’; ice.’’. and 359 Recall to active (b) REDESIGNATIONS AND TRANSFERS.— (2) by inserting before section 2531 (as so duty during war or (1) REQUIREMENT.—The sections of title 14, redesignated and transferred under sub- national emergency 2308 United States Code, identified in the table section (b)) the following: provided in paragraph (2) are amended— ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—LIGHTHOUSE 360 Recall to active (A) by redesignating the sections as de- SERVICE’’. duty with consent scribed in the table; and of member 2309 (B) by transferring the sections, as nec- SEC. 115. PART III. essary, so that the sections appear after the Part III of title 14, United States Code, is 361 Relief of retired en- table of sections for chapter 25 of such title amended by striking the part designation, listed member pro- (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in the part heading, and the table of chapters moted while on ac- which the sections are presented in the at the beginning. tive duty 2310 table. SEC. 116. CHAPTER 27. (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in para- (a) INITIAL MATTER.—Chapter 27 of title 14, 362 Retirement in cases graph (1) is the following: United States Code, is amended by striking where higher grade the chapter designation, the chapter head- or rating has been ing, and the table of sections at the begin- Title 14 Title 14 held 2311 section Section heading section ning and inserting the following: number (provided for iden- number ‘‘CHAPTER 27—PAY, ALLOWANCES, 365 Extension of enlist- before re- tification purposes after re- AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BEN- ments 2312 designa- only-not amended) designa- EFITS tion tion 366 Retention beyond ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—PERSONNEL RIGHTS AND term of enlistment 334 Grade on retire- BENEFITS in case of disability 2313 ment 2501 ‘‘Sec. ‘‘2701. Procurement of personnel.

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‘‘2702. Training. table of sections for chapter 27 of such title Title 14 Title 14 ‘‘2703. Contingent expenses. (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in section Section heading section ‘‘2704. Equipment to prevent accidents. which the sections are presented in the number (provided for iden- number ‘‘2705. Clothing at time of discharge for good table. before re- tification purposes after re- of service. (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in para- designa- only-not amended) designa- ‘‘2706. Right to wear uniform. graph (1) is the following: tion tion ‘‘2707. Protection of uniform. ‘‘2708. Clothing for officers and enlisted per- 496 Time limit on sonnel. Title 14 Title 14 award; report con- section Section heading section cerning deed 2741 ‘‘2709. Procurement and sale of stores to number (provided for iden- number members and civilian employ- before re- tification purposes after re- ees. designa- only-not amended) designa- 497 Honorable subse- ‘‘2710. Disposition of effects of decedents. tion tion quent service as ‘‘2711. Deserters; payment of expenses inci- condition to award 2742 dent to apprehension and deliv- 468 Procurement of ery; penalties. personnel 2701 498 Posthumous awards 2743 ‘‘2712. Payment for the apprehension of stragglers. 469 Training 2702 500 Life-saving medals 2744 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—AWARDS 501 Replacement of 476 Contingent ex- ‘‘2731. Delegation of powers to make awards; medals 2745 rules and regulations. penses 2703 ‘‘2732. Medal of honor. 502 Award of other ‘‘2733. Medal of honor: duplicate medal. 477 Equipment to pre- medals 2746 ‘‘2734. Medal of honor: presentation of Medal vent accidents 2704 of Honor Flag. 503 Awards and insig- ‘‘2735. Coast Guard cross. 482 Clothing at time of nia for excellence ‘‘2736. Distinguished service medal. discharge for good in service or con- ‘‘2737. Silver star medal. of service 2705 duct 2747 ‘‘2738. Distinguished flying cross. ‘‘2739. Coast Guard medal. 483 Right to wear uni- 516 Presentation of ‘‘2740. Insignia for additional awards. form 2706 United States flag ‘‘2741. Time limit on award; report con- upon retirement 2748 cerning deed. 484 Protection of uni- ‘‘2742. Honorable subsequent service as condi- form 2707 509 Persons discharged tion to award. as result of court- ‘‘2743. Posthumous awards. 485 Clothing for offi- martial; allowances ‘‘2744. Life-saving medals. cers and enlisted to 2761 ‘‘2745. Replacement of medals. personnel 2708 ‘‘2746. Award of other medals. 510 Shore patrol duty; ‘‘2747. Awards and insignia for excellence in 487 Procurement and payment of ex- service or conduct. sale of stores to penses 2762 ‘‘2748. Presentation of United States flag members and civil- upon retirement. ian employees 2709 511 Compensatory ab- ‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—PAYMENTS sence from duty for ‘‘2761. Persons discharged as result of court- 507 Disposition of ef- military personnel martial; allowances to. fects of decedents 2710 at isolated duty ‘‘2762. Shore patrol duty; payment of ex- stations 2763 penses. 508 Deserters; payment ‘‘2763. Compensatory absence from duty for of expenses inci- 512 Monetary allow- military personnel at isolated dent to apprehen- ance for transpor- duty stations. sion and delivery; tation of household ‘‘2764. Monetary allowance for transpor- penalties 2711 effects 2764 tation of household effects. ‘‘2765. Retroactive payment of pay and allow- 644 Payment for the 513 Retroactive pay- ances delayed by administra- apprehension of ment of pay and al- tive error or oversight. stragglers 2712 lowances delayed ‘‘2766. Travel card management. by administrative ‘‘2767. Reimbursement for medical-related 499 Delegation of pow- error or oversight 2765 travel expenses for certain per- ers to make sons residing on islands in the awards; rules and 517 Travel card man- continental United States. regulations 2731 agement 2766 ‘‘2768. Annual audit of pay and allowances of members undergoing perma- 518 Reimbursement for 491 Medal of honor 2732 nent change of station. medical-related ‘‘2769. Remission of indebtedness. travel expenses for 504 Medal of honor: du- ‘‘2770. Special instruction at universities. certain persons re- plicate medal 2733 ‘‘2771. Attendance at professional meetings. siding on islands in ‘‘2772. Education loan repayment program. the continental ‘‘2773. Rations or commutation therefor in 505 Medal of honor: United States 2767 money. presentation of ‘‘2774. Sales of ration supplies to messes. Medal of Honor 519 Annual audit of pay ‘‘2775. Flight rations. Flag 2734 and allowances of ‘‘2776. Payments at time of discharge for members under- good of service. 491a Coast Guard cross 2735 going permanent ‘‘2777. Clothing for destitute shipwrecked change of station 2768 persons. 492 Distinguished serv- ‘‘2778. Advancement of public funds to per- ice medal 2736 461 Remission of in- sonnel. debtedness 2769 ‘‘2779. Transportation to and from certain 492a Silver star medal 2737 places of employment.’’. 470 Special instruction (b) REDESIGNATIONS AND TRANSFERS.— 492b Distinguished fly- at universities 2770 (1) REQUIREMENT.—The sections of title 14, ing cross 2738 United States Code, identified in the table 471 Attendance at pro- provided in paragraph (2) are amended— 493 Coast Guard medal 2739 fessional meetings 2771 (A) by redesignating the sections as described in the table; and 494 Insignia for addi- 472 Education loan re- (B) by transferring the sections, as nec- tional awards 2740 payment program 2772 essary, so that the sections appear after the

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Title 14 Title 14 (b) REDESIGNATIONS AND TRANSFERS.— ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—COAST GUARD section Section heading section (1) REQUIREMENT.—The sections of title 14, FAMILIES’’; number (provided for iden- number United States Code, identified in the table (2) by inserting before section 2921 (as so before re- tification purposes after re- provided in paragraph (2) are amended— redesignated and transferred under sub- designa- only-not amended) designa- (A) by redesignating the sections as de- section (b)) the following: tion tion scribed in the table; and ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—COAST GUARD CHILD (B) by transferring the sections, as nec- CARE’’; 478 Rations or com- essary, so that the sections appear after the mutation therefor table of sections for chapter 29 of such title and in money 2773 (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in (3) by inserting before section 2941 (as so which the sections are presented in the redesignated and transferred under sub- 479 Sales of ration sup- table. section (b)) the following: plies to messes 2774 (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in para- ‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—HOUSING’’. graph (1) is the following: 480 Flight rations 2775 SEC. 118. SUBTITLE III AND CHAPTER 37. (a) INITIAL MATTER.—Title 14, United 481 Payments at time Title 14 Title 14 States Code, is further amended by adding of discharge for section Section heading section after chapter 29 (as amended by section 117) good of service 2776 number (provided for iden- number the following: before re- tification purposes after re- designa- only-not amended) designa- ‘‘Subtitle III—Coast Guard Reserve and 486 Clothing for des- tion tion Auxiliary titute shipwrecked ‘‘Chap. Sec. persons 2777 531 Work-life policies ‘‘37. Coast Guard Reserve ...... 3701 and programs 2901 ‘‘39. Coast Guard Auxiliary ...... 3901 488 Advancement of ‘‘41. General Provisions for Coast public funds to per- 532 Surveys of Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary ...... 4101 sonnel 2778 Guard families 2902 ‘‘CHAPTER 37—COAST GUARD RESERVE ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—ADMINISTRATION 660 Transportation to 541 Reimbursement for and from certain adoption expenses 2903 ‘‘Sec. places of employ- ‘‘3701. Organization. ment 2779 542 Education and ‘‘3702. Authorized strength. ‘‘3703. Coast Guard Reserve Boards. training opportuni- ‘‘3704. Grades and ratings; military author- (c) ADDITIONAL CHANGES.—Chapter 27 of ties for Coast ity. title 14, United States Code, is further Guard spouses 2904 amended— ‘‘3705. Benefits. ‘‘3706. Temporary members of the Reserve; (1) by inserting before section 2701 (as so 543 Youth sponsorship eligibility and compensation. redesignated and transferred under sub- initiatives 2905 section (b)) the following: ‘‘3707. Temporary members of the Reserve; disability or death benefits. ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—PERSONNEL RIGHTS 544 Dependent school AND BENEFITS’’; ‘‘3708. Temporary members of the Reserve; children 2906 certificate of honorable service. (2) by inserting before section 2731 (as so ‘‘3709. Reserve student aviation pilots; Re- redesignated and transferred under sub- 551 Definitions 2921 serve aviation pilots; appoint- section (b)) the following: ments in commissioned grade. ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—AWARDS’’; 552 Child development ‘‘3710. Reserve student pre-commissioning as- services 2922 and sistance program. (3) by inserting before section 2761 (as so ‘‘3711. Appointment or wartime promotion; 553 Child development redesignated and transferred under sub- retention of grade upon release center standards section (b)) the following: from active duty. and inspections 2923 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—PAYMENTS’’. ‘‘3712. Exclusiveness of service. ‘‘3713. Active duty for emergency augmenta- SEC. 117. CHAPTER 29. 554 Child development tion of regular forces. (a) INITIAL MATTER.—Chapter 29 of title 14, center employees 2924 ‘‘3714. Enlistment of members engaged in United States Code, is amended by striking schooling. the chapter designation, the chapter head- 555 Parent partner- ing, and the table of sections at the begin- ships with child de- ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—PERSONNEL ning and inserting the following: velopment centers 2925 ‘‘3731. Definitions. ‘‘CHAPTER 29—COAST GUARD FAMILY ‘‘3732. Applicability of this subchapter. ‘‘3733. Suspension of this subchapter in time SUPPORT, CHILD CARE, AND HOUSING 680 Definitions 2941 of war or national emergency. ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—COAST GUARD FAMILIES 681 General authority 2942 ‘‘3734. Effect of this subchapter on retire- ‘‘Sec. ment and retired pay. ‘‘2901. Work-life policies and programs. 475 Leasing and hiring ‘‘3735. Authorized number of officers. ‘‘2902. Surveys of Coast Guard families. of quarters; rental ‘‘3736. Precedence. ‘‘2903. Reimbursement for adoption expenses. ‘‘3737. Running mates. ‘‘2904. Education and training opportunities of inadequate housing 2943 ‘‘3738. Constructive credit upon initial ap- for Coast Guard spouses. pointment. ‘‘2905. Youth sponsorship initiatives. ‘‘3739. Promotion of Reserve officers on ac- ‘‘2906. Dependent school children. 680 Retired service members and de- tive duty. ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—COAST GUARD CHILD CARE pendents serving on ‘‘3740. Promotion; recommendations of selec- ‘‘2921. Definitions. advisory commit- tion boards. ‘‘2922. Child development services. tees 2944 ‘‘3741. Selection boards; appointment. ‘‘2923. Child development center standards ‘‘3742. Establishment of promotion zones and inspections. 685 Conveyance of real under running mate system. ‘‘2924. Child development center employees. property 2945 ‘‘3743. Eligibility for promotion. ‘‘2925. Parent partnerships with child devel- ‘‘3744. Recommendation for promotion of an opment centers. 687 Coast Guard Hous- officer previously removed from ‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—HOUSING ing Fund 2946 an active status. ‘‘2941. Definitions. ‘‘3745. Qualifications for promotion. ‘‘2942. General authority. 688 Reports 2947 ‘‘3746. Promotion; acceptance; oath of office. ‘‘2943. Leasing and hiring of quarters; rental ‘‘3747. Date of rank upon promotion; entitle- of inadequate housing. ment to pay. ‘‘2944. Retired service members and depend- (c) ADDITIONAL CHANGES.—Chapter 29 of ‘‘3748. Type of promotion; temporary. ents serving on advisory com- title 14, United States Code, is further ‘‘3749. Effect of removal by the President or mittees. amended— failure of consent of the Senate. ‘‘2945. Conveyance of real property. (1) by inserting before section 2901 (as so ‘‘3750. Failure of selection for promotion. ‘‘2946. Coast Guard Housing Fund. redesignated and transferred under sub- ‘‘3751. Failure of selection and removal from ‘‘2947. Reports.’’. section (b)) the following: an active status.

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‘‘3752. Retention boards; removal from an ac- Title 14 Title 14 Title 14 Title 14 tive status to provide a flow of section Section heading section section Section heading section promotion. number (provided for iden- number number (provided for iden- number ‘‘3753. Maximum ages for retention in an ac- before re- tification purposes after re- before re- tification purposes after re- tive status. designa- only-not amended) designa- designa- only-not amended) designa- ‘‘3754. Rear admiral and rear admiral (lower tion tion tion tion half); maximum service in grade. 713 Enlistment of 741 Retention boards; ‘‘3755. Appointment of a former Navy or members engaged removal from an Coast Guard officer. in schooling 3714 active status to ‘‘3756. Grade on entry upon active duty. provide a flow of ‘‘3757. Recall of a retired officer; grade upon 720 Definitions 3731 promotion 3752 release.’’. (b) REDESIGNATIONS AND TRANSFERS.— 721 Applicability of 742 Maximum ages for (1) REQUIREMENT.—The sections of title 14, this subchapter 3732 retention in an ac- United States Code, identified in the table tive status 3753 provided in paragraph (2) are amended— 722 Suspension of this (A) by redesignating the sections as de- subchapter in time 743 Rear admiral and scribed in the table; and of war or national rear admiral (lower (B) by transferring the sections, as nec- emergency 3733 half); maximum essary, so that the sections appear after the service in grade 3754 table of sections for chapter 37 of such title 723 Effect of this sub- (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in chapter on retire- 744 Appointment of a which the sections are presented in the ment and retired former Navy or table. pay 3734 Coast Guard officer 3755 (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following: 724 Authorized number 745 Grade on entry of officers 3735 upon active duty 3756 Title 14 Title 14 746 Recall of a retired section Section heading section 725 Precedence 3736 number (provided for iden- number officer; grade upon before re- tification purposes after re- release 3757 designa- only-not amended) designa- 726 Running mates 3737 tion tion 727 Constructive credit (c) ADDITIONAL CHANGES.—Chapter 37 of 701 Organization 3701 upon initial ap- title 14, United States Code, is further pointment 3738 amended— 702 Authorized (1) by inserting before section 3701 (as so strength 3702 728 Promotion of Re- redesignated and transferred under sub- serve officers on ac- section (b)) the following: 703 Coast Guard Re- tive duty 3739 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—ADMINISTRATION’’; serve Boards 3703 and 729 Promotion; rec- (2) by inserting before section 3731 (as so 704 Grades and ratings; ommendations of redesignated and transferred under sub- military authority 3704 selection boards 3740 section (b)) the following: 705 Benefits 3705 730 Selection boards; ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—PERSONNEL’’. appointment 3741 706 Temporary mem- SEC. 119. CHAPTER 39. bers of the Reserve; 731 Establishment of (a) INITIAL MATTER.—Title 14, United eligibility and com- promotion zones States Code, is further amended by adding pensation 3706 under running mate after chapter 37 (as added by section 118) the system 3742 following: 707 Temporary mem- ‘‘CHAPTER 39—COAST GUARD AUXILIARY bers of the Reserve; 732 Eligibility for pro- disability or death motion 3743 ‘‘Sec. benefits 3707 ‘‘3901. Administration of the Coast Guard 733 Recommendation 708 Temporary mem- Auxiliary. for promotion of an bers of the Reserve; ‘‘3902. Purpose of the Coast Guard Auxiliary. officer previously certificate of hon- ‘‘3903. Eligibility; enrollments. removed from an orable service 3708 active status 3744 ‘‘3904. Members of the Auxiliary; status. 709 Reserve student ‘‘3905. Disenrollment. aviation pilots; Re- 734 Qualifications for ‘‘3906. Membership in other organizations. promotion 3745 serve aviation pi- ‘‘3907. Use of member’s facilities. lots; appointments ‘‘3908. Vessel deemed public vessel. in commissioned 735 Promotion; accept- ‘‘3909. Aircraft deemed public aircraft. grade 3709 ance; oath of office 3746 ‘‘3910. Radio station deemed government sta- 709a Reserve student 736 Date of rank upon tion. pre-commissioning promotion; entitle- ‘‘3911. Availability of appropriations. ment to pay 3747 assistance program 3710 ‘‘3912. Assignment and performance of duties. 710 Appointment or 737 Type of promotion; ‘‘3913. Injury or death in line of duty.’’. wartime pro- temporary 3748 (b) REDESIGNATIONS AND TRANSFERS.— motion; retention (1) REQUIREMENT.—The sections of title 14, of grade upon re- 738 Effect of removal United States Code, identified in the table lease from active by the President or provided in paragraph (2) are amended— duty 3711 failure of consent (A) by redesignating the sections as de- of the Senate 3749 scribed in the table; and 711 Exclusiveness of (B) by transferring the sections, as nec- service 3712 739 Failure of selection essary, so that the sections appear after the for promotion 3750 table of sections for chapter 39 of such title 712 Active duty for (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in emergency aug- 740 Failure of selection which the sections are presented in the mentation of reg- and removal from table. ular forces 3713 an active status 3751 (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following:

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Title 14 Title 14 Title 14 Title 14 ‘‘5101. Transmission of annual Coast Guard section Section heading section section Section heading section authorization request. number (provided for iden- number number (provided for iden- number ‘‘5102. Capital investment plan. before re- tification purposes after re- before re- tification purposes after re- ‘‘5103. Major acquisitions. designa- only-not amended) designa- designa- only-not amended) designa- ‘‘5104. Manpower requirements plan. tion tion tion tion ‘‘5105. Inventory of real property.’’. 821 Administration of 891 Flags; pennants; (b) REDESIGNATIONS AND TRANSFERS.— the Coast Guard uniforms and insig- (1) REQUIREMENT.—The sections of title 14, Auxiliary 3901 nia 4101 United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended— 822 Purpose of the 892 Penalty 4102 (A) by redesignating the sections as de- Coast Guard Auxil- scribed in the table; and iary 3902 893 Limitation on (B) by transferring the sections, as nec- rights of members essary, so that the sections appear after the table of sections for chapter 51 of such title 823 Eligibility; enroll- of the Auxiliary (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in ments 3903 and temporary members of the Re- which the sections are presented in the table. 823a Members of the serve 4103 (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in para- Auxiliary; status 3904 894 Availability of fa- graph (1) is the following: cilities and appro- 824 Disenrollment 3905 priations 4104 Title 14 Title 14 825 Membership in section Section heading section SEC. 121. SUBTITLE IV AND CHAPTER 49. number (provided for iden- number other organizations 3906 (a) INITIAL MATTER.—Title 14, United before re- tification purposes after re- States Code, is further amended by adding designa- only-not amended) designa- 826 Use of member’s fa- tion tion after chapter 41 (as added by section 120) the cilities 3907 following: 2901 Transmission of an- 827 Vessel deemed pub- ‘‘Subtitle IV—Coast Guard Authorizations nual Coast Guard lic vessel 3908 and Reports to Congress authorization re- ‘‘Chap. Sec. quest 5101 828 Aircraft deemed ‘‘49. Authorizations ...... 4901 public aircraft 3909 ‘‘51. Reports ...... 5101 2902 Capital investment ‘‘CHAPTER 49—AUTHORIZATIONS plan 5102 829 Radio station ‘‘Sec. deemed govern- ‘‘4901. Requirement for prior authorization of 2903 Major acquisitions 5103 ment station 3910 appropriations. ‘‘4902. Authorization of appropriations. 2904 Manpower require- 830 Availability of ap- ‘‘4903. Authorization of personnel end ments plan 5104 propriations 3911 strengths. ‘‘4904. Authorized levels of military strength 679 Inventory of real property 5105 831 Assignment and and training.’’. performance of du- (b) REDESIGNATIONS AND TRANSFERS.— ties 3912 (1) REQUIREMENT.—The sections of title 14, SEC. 123. REFERENCES. United States Code, identified in the table (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the fol- 832 Injury or death in provided in paragraph (2) are amended— lowing definitions apply: line of duty 3913 (A) by redesignating the sections as de- (1) REDESIGNATED SECTION.—The term ‘‘re- scribed in the table; and designated section’’ means a section of title (B) by transferring the sections, as nec- 14, United States Code, that is redesignated SEC. 120. CHAPTER 41. essary, so that the sections appear after the by this title, as that section is so redesig- (a) INITIAL MATTER.—Title 14, United table of sections for chapter 49 of such title nated. States Code, is further amended by adding (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in (2) SOURCE SECTION.—The term ‘‘source sec- after chapter 39 (as added by section 119) the which the sections are presented in the tion’’ means a section of title 14, United States Code, that is redesignated by this following: table. (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in para- title, as that section was in effect before the ‘‘CHAPTER 41—GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR graph (1) is the following: redesignation. COAST GUARD RESERVE AND AUXILIARY (b) REFERENCE TO SOURCE SECTION.— (1) TREATMENT OF REFERENCE.—A reference ‘‘Sec. Title 14 Title 14 section Section heading section to a source section, including a reference in ‘‘4101. Flags; pennants; uniforms and insig- number (provided for iden- number a regulation, order, or other law, is deemed nia. before re- tification purposes after re- to refer to the corresponding redesignated designa- only-not amended) designa- section. ‘‘4102. Penalty. tion tion (2) TITLE 14.—In title 14, United States ‘‘4103. Limitation on rights of members of Code, each reference in the text of such title the Auxiliary and temporary 2701 Requirement for to a source section is amended by striking members of the Reserve. prior authorization such reference and inserting a reference to of appropriations 4901 ‘‘4104. Availability of facilities and appro- the appropriate, as determined using the ta- priations.’’. bles located in this title, redesignated sec- 2702 Authorization of tion. appropriations 4902 (b) REDESIGNATIONS AND TRANSFERS.— (c) OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (1) REQUIREMENT.—The sections of title 14, (1) REFERENCE TO SECTION 182.—Section 2703 Authorization of United States Code, identified in the table 1923(c) of title 14, United States Code, as so personnel end provided in paragraph (2) are amended— redesignated by this title, is further amend- strengths 4903 (A) by redesignating the sections as deed by striking ‘‘section 182’’ and inserting scribed in the table; and 2704 Authorized levels of ‘‘section 1922’’. (B) by transferring the sections, as nec- EFERENCES TO CHAPTER 11 military strength (2) R .—Title 14, essary, so that the sections appear after the and training 4904 United States Code, is further amended— table of sections for chapter 41 of such title (A) in section 2146(d), as so redesignated by this title, by striking ‘‘chapter 11 of this (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in SEC. 122. CHAPTER 51. title’’ and inserting ‘‘this chapter’’; and which the sections are presented in the (a) INITIAL MATTER.—Title 14, United (B) in section 3739, as so redesignated by table. States Code, is further amended by adding this title, by striking ‘‘chapter 11’’ each (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in para- after chapter 49 (as added by section 121) the place that it appears and inserting ‘‘chapter graph (1) is the following: following: 21’’. ‘‘CHAPTER 51—REPORTS (3) REFERENCE TO CHAPTER 13.—Section ‘‘Sec. 3705(b) of title 14, United States Code, as so

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:41 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A26JN7.007 H26JNPT1 H5160 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 26, 2017 redesignated by this title, is further amend- ‘‘(A) A licensed officer shall be liable to (1) by striking all before ‘‘may employ’’ ed by striking ‘‘chapter 13’’ and inserting suspension or revocation of license in the and inserting the following: ‘‘chapter 27’’. manner prescribed by law for incompetency ‘‘§ 583. Enforcement provisions (4) REFERENCE TO CHAPTER 15.—Section or misconduct. ‘‘The President’’; 308(b)(3) of title 14, United States Code, as so ‘‘(B) Any person in charge of the naviga- (2) by striking ‘‘the purpose of this title’’ redesignated by this title, is further amend- tion of a vessel other than a licensed officer and inserting ‘‘this subchapter’’; and ed by striking ‘‘chapter 15’’ and inserting shall be liable to a penalty of $5,000. (3) by transferring the section so that the ‘‘chapter 11’’. ‘‘(C) The owner of a vessel (including any section appears after section 582 of title 14, (5) REFERENCES TO CHAPTER 19.—Title 14, corporate officer of a corporation owning the United States Code (as transferred by sub- United States Code, is further amended— vessel) actually on board shall be liable to a section (c) of this section). (A) in section 4901(4), as so redesignated by penalty of $5,000, unless the violation of reg- (e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis this title, by striking ‘‘chapter 19’’ and in- ulations occurred without the owner’s for chapter 5 of title 14, United States Code, serting ‘‘section 318’’; and knowledge. is amended by adding at the end the fol- (B) in section 4902(4), as so redesignated by ‘‘(D) Any other person shall be liable to a lowing: this title, by striking ‘‘chapter 19’’ and in- penalty of $2,500. ‘‘SUBCHAPTER V—REGULATION OF VESSELS IN serting ‘‘section 318’’. ‘‘(2) MITIGATION OR REMISSION.—The Com- TERRITORIAL WATERS OF UNITED STATES (6) REFERENCE TO CHAPTER 23.—Section mandant may mitigate or remit any penalty 701(a) of title 14, United States Code, as so provided for in this subsection in the manner ‘‘581. Regulation of anchorage and movement redesignated by this title, is further amend- prescribed by law for the mitigation or re- of vessels during national emer- ed by striking ‘‘chapter 23’’ and inserting mission of penalties for violation of the navi- gency. ‘‘chapter 39’’. gation laws.’’. ‘‘582. Seizure and forfeiture of vessel; fine SEC. 124. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis and imprisonment. This title, including the amendments made for chapter 5 of title 14, United States Code, ‘‘583. Enforcement provisions. ‘‘584. Definitions.’’. by this title, is intended only to reorganize is amended by inserting after the item relat- title 14, United States Code, and may not be ing to section 563 the following: SEC. 205. NATIONAL MARITIME TRANSPOR- construed to alter— ‘‘Sec. 564. Regattas and marine parades.’’. TATION ADVISORY COMMITTEES. (1) the effect of a provision of title 14, (c) REPEAL.—The Act of April 28, 1908 (35 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title 14, United States United States Code, including any authority Stat. 69, chapter 151; 33 U.S.C. 1233 et seq.), is Code, is amended by inserting after chapter or requirement therein; repealed. 11 the following: (2) a department or agency interpretation SEC. 204. REGULATION OF VESSELS IN TERRI- ‘‘CHAPTER 13—NATIONAL MARITIME with respect to title 14, United States Code; TORIAL WATERS OF UNITED STATES. TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMIT- or (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF SUBCHAPTER V.— TEES Chapter 5 of title 14, United States Code, is (3) a judicial interpretation with respect to ‘‘Sec. amended by adding at the end the following: title 14, United States Code. ‘‘1301. National Chemical Transportation ‘‘SUBCHAPTER V—REGULATION OF VES- Safety Advisory Committee. TITLE II—TRANSFERS AND SELS IN TERRITORIAL WATERS OF MODIFICATIONS ‘‘1302. National Commercial Fishing Safety UNITED STATES Advisory Committee. SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 14, UNITED ‘‘§ 584. Definitions ‘‘1303. National Merchant Marine Personnel STATES CODE, AS AMENDED BY TITLE I OF THIS ACT. ‘‘In this subchapter: Advisory Committee. ‘‘1304. National Merchant Mariner Medical Except as otherwise expressly provided, ‘‘(1) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘United Advisory Committee. whenever in this title an amendment or re- States’ includes all territory and waters, ‘‘1305. National Boating Safety Advisory peal is expressed in terms of an amendment continental or insular, subject to the juris- Committee. to, or a repeal of, a section or other provi- diction of the United States. ‘‘1306. National Offshore Safety Advisory sion of title 14, United States Code, the ref- ‘‘(2) TERRITORIAL WATERS.—The term ‘ter- Committee. erence shall be considered to be made to title ritorial waters of the United States’ includes ‘‘1307. National Navigation Safety Advisory 14, United States Code, as amended by title all waters of the territorial sea of the United Committee. I of this Act. States as described in Presidential Procla- mation 5928 of December 27, 1988.’’. ‘‘1308. National Towing Safety Advisory SEC. 202. PRIMARY DUTIES. (b) REGULATION OF ANCHORAGE AND MOVE- Committee. Section 102(7) of title 14, United States MENT OF VESSELS DURING NATIONAL EMER- ‘‘1309. Administration. Code, is amended to read as follows: GENCY.—Section 1 of title II of the Act of ‘‘§ 1301. National Chemical Transportation ‘‘(7) maintain a state of readiness to assist June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 220, chapter 30; 50 Safety Advisory Committee in the defense of the United States, including U.S.C. 191), is amended— ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established when functioning as a specialized service in (1) by striking the section designation and the Navy pursuant to section 103.’’. a National Chemical Transportation Safety all that follows before ‘‘by proclamation’’ Advisory Committee (in this section referred SEC. 203. REGATTAS AND MARINE PARADES. and inserting the following: to as the ‘Committee’). (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 14, ‘‘§ 581. Regulation of anchorage and move- ‘‘(b) FUNCTION.—The Committee shall ad- United States Code, is amended by inserting ment of vessels during national emergency vise the Secretary on matters relating to the after section 563 the following: ‘‘Whenever the President’’; safe and secure marine transportation of ‘‘§ 564. Regattas and marine parades (2) by striking ‘‘of the Treasury’’; hazardous materials. ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commandant of the (3) by striking ‘‘of the department in which ‘‘(c) MEMBERSHIP.— Coast Guard may issue regulations to pro- the Coast Guard is operating’’; ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall mote the safety of life on navigable waters (4) by striking ‘‘this title’’ and inserting consist of not more than 25 members ap- during regattas or marine parades. ‘‘this subchapter’’; and pointed by the Secretary in accordance with ‘‘(b) DETAIL AND USE OF VESSELS.—To en- (5) by transferring the section so that the this section and section 1309 of this chapter. force regulations issued under this section— section appears before section 584 of title 14, ‘‘(2) EXPERTISE.—Each member of the Com- ‘‘(1) the Commandant may detail any pub- United States Code (as added by subsection mittee shall have particular expertise, lic vessel in the service of the Coast Guard (a) of this section). knowledge, and experience in matters relat- and make use of any private vessel tendered (c) SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE OF VESSEL; ing to the function of the Committee. gratuitously for that purpose; and FINE AND IMPRISONMENT.—Section 2 of title ‘‘(3) REPRESENTATION.—Each member of ‘‘(2) upon the request of the Commandant, II of the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 220, the Committee shall represent 1 of the fol- the head of any other Federal department or chapter 30; 50 U.S.C. 192), is amended— lowing: agency may enforce the regulations by (1) by striking the section designation and ‘‘(A) Chemical manufacturing entities. means of any public vessel of such depart- all that follows before ‘‘agent,’’ and inserting ‘‘(B) Entities related to marine handling or ment and any private vessel tendered gratu- the following: transportation of chemicals. itously for that purpose. ‘‘§ 582. Seizure and forfeiture of vessel; fine ‘‘(C) Vessel design and construction enti- ‘‘(c) TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY.—The author- and imprisonment ties. ity of the Commandant under this section ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If any owner,’’; ‘‘(D) Marine safety or security entities. may be transferred by the President for any (2) by striking ‘‘this title’’ each place it ap- ‘‘(E) Marine environmental protection en- special occasion to the head of another Fed- pears and inserting ‘‘this subchapter’’; and tities. eral department or agency whenever in the (3) by transferring the section so that the ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary shall, President’s judgment such transfer is desir- section appears after section 581 of title 14, based on the needs of the Coast Guard, deter- able. United States Code (as transferred by sub- mine the number of members of the Com- ‘‘(d) PENALTIES.— section (b) of this section). mittee who represent each entity specified in ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For any violation of reg- (d) ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS.—Section 4 of paragraph (3). Neither this paragraph nor ulations issued pursuant to this section the title II of the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. any other provision of law shall be construed following penalties shall be incurred: 220, chapter 30; 50 U.S.C. 194), is amended— to require an equal distribution of members

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National Commercial Fishing Safety ‘‘(i) each shall— edge, and experience regarding the medical Advisory Committee ‘‘(I) be a citizen of the United States; and examinations of merchant mariners or occu- ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established ‘‘(II) hold an active license or certificate pational medicine. a National Commercial Fishing Safety Advi- issued under chapter 71 of title 46 or a mer- ‘‘(B) 5 shall represent professional mari- sory Committee (in this section referred to chant mariner document issued under chap- ners and have particular expertise, knowl- as the ‘Committee’). ter 73 of title 46; edge, and experience in occupational require- ‘‘(b) FUNCTION.—The Committee shall ad- ‘‘(ii) 3 shall be deck officers who represent ments for mariners. vise the Secretary on matters relating to the merchant marine deck officers and, of the 3— ‘‘§ 1305. National Boating Safety Advisory safe operation of vessels to which chapter 45 ‘‘(I) 2 shall be licensed for oceans any gross Committee tons; of title 46 applies, including the matters of— ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established ‘‘(II) 1 shall be licensed for inland river ‘‘(1) navigation safety; a National Boating Safety Advisory Com- route with a limited or unlimited tonnage; ‘‘(2) safety equipment and procedures; mittee (in this section referred to as the ‘‘(III) 2 shall have a master’s license or a ‘‘(3) marine insurance; ‘Committee’). master of towing vessels license; ‘‘(4) vessel design, construction, mainte- ‘‘(b) FUNCTION.—The Committee shall ad- nance, and operation; and ‘‘(IV) 1 shall have significant tanker expe- vise the Secretary on matters relating to na- ‘‘(5) personnel qualifications and training. rience; and tional boating safety. ‘‘(c) MEMBERSHIP.— ‘‘(V) to the extent practicable— ‘‘(c) MEMBERSHIP.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall ‘‘(aa) 1 shall represent labor; and ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall consist of 18 members appointed by the Sec- ‘‘(bb) 1 shall represent management; consist of 21 members appointed by the Sec- retary in accordance with this section and ‘‘(iii) 3 shall be engineering officers who retary in accordance with this section and section 1309 of this chapter. represent merchant marine engineering offi- section 1309 of this chapter. cers and, of the 3— ‘‘(2) EXPERTISE.—Each member of the Com- ‘‘(2) EXPERTISE.—Each member of the Com- mittee shall have particular expertise, ‘‘(I) 2 shall be licensed as chief engineer mittee shall have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience in matters relat- any horsepower; knowledge, and experience in matters relating to the function of the Committee. ‘‘(II) 1 shall be licensed as either a limited ing to the function of the Committee. chief engineer or a designated duty engineer; ‘‘(3) REPRESENTATION.—Members of the ‘‘(3) REPRESENTATION.—Members of the and Committee shall be appointed as follows: Committee shall be appointed as follows: ‘‘(III) to the extent practicable— ‘‘(A) 10 members shall represent the com- ‘‘(A) 7 members shall represent State offi- ‘‘(aa) 1 shall represent labor; and mercial fishing industry and— cials responsible for State boating safety ‘‘(bb) 1 shall represent management; ‘‘(i) as a group, shall together reflect a re- programs. ‘‘(iv) 2 shall be unlicensed seamen who rep- gional and representational balance; and ‘‘(B) 7 members shall represent rec- resent merchant marine unlicensed seaman ‘‘(ii) as individuals, shall each have experi- reational vessel and associated equipment and, of the 2— ence— manufacturers. ‘‘(I) 1 shall represent able-bodied seamen; ‘‘(I) in the operation of vessels to which ‘‘(C) 7 members shall represent the general and chapter 45 of title 46 applies; or public or national recreational boating orga- ‘‘(II) 1 shall represent qualified members of ‘‘(II) as a crew member or processing line the engine department; and nizations and, of the 7, at least 5 shall rep- worker on a fish processing vessel. ‘‘(v) 1 shall be a pilot who represents mer- resent national recreational boating organi- ‘‘(B) 1 member shall represent naval archi- chant marine pilots. zations. tects and marine engineers. ‘‘(B) 6 members shall represent marine edu- ‘‘§ 1306. National Offshore Safety Advisory ‘‘(C) 1 member shall represent manufactur- cators and, of the 6— Committee ers of equipment for vessels to which chapter ‘‘(i) 3 shall be marine educators who rep- ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 45 of title 46 applies. resent maritime academies and, of the 3— a National Offshore Safety Advisory Com- ‘‘(D) 1 member shall represent education ‘‘(I) 2 shall represent State maritime acad- mittee (in this section referred to as the and training professionals related to fishing emies (and are jointly recommended by such ‘Committee’). vessel, fish processing vessel, and fish tender academies); and ‘‘(b) FUNCTION.—The Committee shall ad- vessel safety and personnel qualifications. ‘‘(II) 1 shall represent either State mari- vise the Secretary on matters relating to ac- ‘‘(E) 1 member shall represent underwriters time academies or the United States Mer- tivities directly involved with, or in support that insure vessels to which chapter 45 of chant Marine Academy; and of, the exploration of offshore mineral and title 46 applies. ‘‘(ii) 3 shall be marine educators who rep- energy resources, to the extent that such ‘‘(F) 1 member shall represent owners of resent other maritime training institutions matters are within the jurisdiction of the vessels to which chapter 45 of title 46 applies. and, of the 3, 1 shall represent the small ves- Coast Guard. ‘‘(G) 3 members shall represent the general sel industry. ‘‘(c) MEMBERSHIP.— public and, to the extent possible, shall in- ‘‘(C) 2 members shall represent shipping ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall clude— companies employed in ship operation man- consist of 15 members appointed by the Sec- ‘‘(i) an independent expert or consultant in agement. retary in accordance with this section and maritime safety; ‘‘(D) 2 members shall represent the general section 1309 of this chapter. ‘‘(ii) a marine surveyor who provides serv- public. ‘‘(2) EXPERTISE.—Each member of the Com- ices to vessels to which chapter 45 of title 46 ‘‘§ 1304. National Merchant Mariner Medical mittee shall have particular expertise, applies; and Advisory Committee knowledge, and experience in matters relat- ‘‘(iii) a person familiar with issues affect- ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established ing to the function of the Committee. ing fishing communities and the families of a National Merchant Mariner Medical Advi- ‘‘(3) REPRESENTATION.—Members of the fishermen. sory Committee (in this section referred to Committee shall be appointed as follows: ‘‘§ 1303. National Merchant Marine Personnel as the ‘Committee’). ‘‘(A) 2 members shall represent entities en- Advisory Committee ‘‘(b) FUNCTION.—The Committee shall ad- gaged in the production of petroleum. ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established vise the Secretary on matters relating to— ‘‘(B) 2 members shall represent entities en- a National Merchant Marine Personnel Advi- ‘‘(1) medical certification determinations gaged in offshore drilling. sory Committee (in this section referred to for the issuance of licenses, certification of ‘‘(C) 2 members shall represent entities en- as the ‘Committee’). registry, and merchant mariners’ documents gaged in the support, by offshore supply ves- ‘‘(b) FUNCTION.—The Committee shall ad- with respect to merchant mariners; sels or other vessels, of offshore mineral and vise the Secretary on matters relating to ‘‘(2) medical standards and guidelines for oil operations, including geophysical serv- personnel in the United States merchant ma- the physical qualifications of operators of ices. rine, including the training, qualifications, commercial vessels; ‘‘(D) 1 member shall represent entities en- certification, documentation, and fitness of ‘‘(3) medical examiner education; and gaged in the construction of offshore explo- mariners. ‘‘(4) medical research. ration and recovery facilities. ‘‘(c) MEMBERSHIP.— ‘‘(c) MEMBERSHIP.— ‘‘(E) 1 member shall represent entities en- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall gaged in diving services related to offshore consist of 19 members appointed by the Sec- consist of 14 members appointed by the Sec- construction, inspection, and maintenance. retary in accordance with this section and retary in accordance with this section and ‘‘(F) 1 member shall represent entities en- section 1309 of this chapter. section 1309 of this chapter. gaged in safety and training services related ‘‘(2) EXPERTISE.—Each member of the Com- ‘‘(2) EXPERTISE.—Each member of the Com- to offshore exploration and construction. mittee shall have particular expertise, mittee shall have particular expertise, ‘‘(G) 1 member shall represent entities en- knowledge, and experience in matters relat- knowledge, and experience in matters relat- gaged in pipelaying services related to off- ing to the function of the Committee. ing to the function of the Committee. shore construction. ‘‘(3) REPRESENTATION.—Members of the ‘‘(3) REPRESENTATION.—Members of the ‘‘(H) 2 members shall represent individuals Committee shall be appointed as follows: Committee shall be appointed as follows: employed in offshore operations and, of the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:41 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A26JN7.007 H26JNPT1 H5162 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 26, 2017 2, 1 shall have recent practical experience on ‘‘(F) 1 member shall represent licensed and applicable committee established under this a vessel or offshore unit involved in the off- unlicensed towing vessel engineers with for- chapter. shore mineral and energy industry. mal training and experience. ‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary shall not ‘‘(I) 1 member shall represent national en- ‘‘(G) 2 members shall represent port dis- seek, consider, or otherwise use information vironmental entities. tricts, authorities, or terminal operators. concerning the political affiliation of a ‘‘(J) 1 member shall represent deepwater ‘‘(H) 2 members shall represent shippers nominee in making an appointment to any ports. and, of the 2, 1 shall be engaged in the ship- committee established under this chapter. ‘‘(K) 1 member shall represent the general ment of oil or hazardous materials by barge. ‘‘(3) SERVICE AT PLEASURE OF THE SEC- public (but not a specific environmental ‘‘(I) 2 members shall represent the general RETARY.—Each member of a committee es- group). public. tablished under this chapter shall serve at ‘‘§ 1307. National Navigation Safety Advisory ‘‘§ 1309. Administration the pleasure of the Secretary. ‘‘(4) SECURITY BACKGROUND EXAMINATIONS.— Committee ‘‘(a) MEETINGS.—Each committee estab- ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established lished under this chapter shall, at least once The Secretary may require an individual to a National Navigation Safety Advisory Com- each year, meet at the call of the Secretary have passed an appropriate security back- mittee (in this section referred to as the or a majority of the members of the com- ground examination before appointment to a ‘Committee’). mittee. committee established under this chapter. ‘‘(b) FUNCTION.—The Committee shall ad- ‘‘(5) PROHIBITION.— ‘‘(b) EMPLOYEE STATUS.—A member of a vise the Secretary on matters relating to committee established under this chapter ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in maritime collisions, rammings, and shall not be considered an employee of the subparagraph (B), a Federal employee may groundings, Inland Rules of the Road, Inter- Federal Government by reason of service on not be appointed as a member of a com- national Rules of the Road, navigation regu- such committee, except for the purposes of mittee established under this chapter. lations and equipment, routing measures, the following: ‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR NATIONAL MERCHANT marine information, and aids to navigation ‘‘(1) Chapter 81 of title 5. MARINE PERSONNEL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— systems. The Secretary may appoint a Federal em- ‘‘(c) MEMBERSHIP.— ‘‘(2) Chapter 171 of title 28 and any other Federal law relating to tort liability. ployee to serve as a member of the National ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Com- consist of not more than 21 members ap- ‘‘(c) COMPENSATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (b), a member of a committee estab- mittee to represent the interests of the pointed by the Secretary in accordance with United States Merchant Marine Academy this section and section 1309 of this chapter. lished under this chapter, when actually engaged in the performance of the duties of and, notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), ‘‘(2) EXPERTISE.—Each member of the Com- may do so without soliciting, receiving, or mittee shall have particular expertise, such committee, may— ‘‘(1) receive compensation at a rate estab- considering nominations for such appoint- knowledge, and experience in matters relat- ment. ing to the function of the Committee. lished by the Secretary, not to exceed the ‘‘(6) TERMS.— ‘‘(3) REPRESENTATION.—Each member of maximum daily rate payable under section 5376 of title 5; or ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term of each mem- the Committee shall represent 1 of the fol- ber of a committee established under this lowing: ‘‘(2) if not compensated in accordance with paragraph (1)— chapter shall expire— ‘‘(A) Commercial vessel owners or opera- ‘‘(i) December 31 of the third full year after tors. ‘‘(A) be reimbursed for actual and reason- the effective date of the appointment; or ‘‘(B) Professional mariners. able expenses incurred in the performance of ‘‘(ii) in the case of a member filling a va- ‘‘(C) Recreational boaters. such duties; or cancy caused by another member not com- ‘‘(D) The recreational boating industry. ‘‘(B) be allowed travel expenses, including pleting a full term, at the end of the unex- ‘‘(E) State agencies responsible for vessel per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized pired term of the member succeeded. or port safety. by section 5703 of title 5. ‘‘(B) TOTAL NUMBER.— ‘‘(F) The Maritime Law Association. ‘‘(d) ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTEER SERV- ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary shall, ICES.—A member of a committee established clause (ii), members first appointed to a based on the needs of the Coast Guard, deter- under this chapter may serve on such com- committee established under this chapter mine the number of members of the Com- mittee on a voluntary basis without pay mittee who represent each entity specified in without regard to section 1342 of title 31 or after January 1, 2018, may not serve more paragraph (3). Neither this paragraph nor any other law. than 2 terms. any other provision of law shall be construed ‘‘(e) STATUS OF MEMBERS.— ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTIONS.— to require an equal distribution of members ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in ‘‘(I) VACANCIES.—A member appointed to a representing each entity specified in para- paragraph (2), with respect to a member of a committee established under this chapter to graph (3). committee established under this chapter fill a vacancy caused by another member not whom the Secretary appoints to represent an completing a full term may be appointed to ‘‘§ 1308. National Towing Safety Advisory 2 terms in addition to the unexpired term of Committee entity or group— ‘‘(A) the member is authorized to represent the member succeeded. ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established ‘‘(II) CHAIRMEN.—A member elected Chair- a National Towing Safety Advisory Com- the interests of the applicable entity or group; and man of a committee established under this mittee (in this section referred to as the chapter may serve up to 3 terms. ‘Committee’). ‘‘(B) requirements under Federal law that ‘‘(C) CONTINUED SERVICE AFTER TERM.— ‘‘(b) FUNCTION.—The Committee shall ad- would interfere with such representation and When the term of a member of a committee vise the Secretary on matters relating to that apply to a special Government em- shallow-draft inland navigation, coastal wa- ployee (as defined in section 202(a) of title established under this chapter ends, the terway navigation, and towing safety. 18), including requirements relating to em- member, for a period not to exceed 1 year, ‘‘(c) MEMBERSHIP.— ployee conduct, political activities, ethics, may continue to serve as a member until a ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall conflicts of interest, and corruption, do not successor is appointed. consist of 18 members appointed by the Sec- apply to the member. ‘‘(7) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on a com- retary in accordance with this section and ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding sub- mittee established under this chapter shall section 1309 of this chapter. section (b), a member of a committee estab- be filled in the same manner as the original ‘‘(2) EXPERTISE.—Each member of the Com- lished under this chapter shall be treated as appointment. mittee shall have particular expertise, a special Government employee for purposes ‘‘(8) SPECIAL RULE FOR REAPPOINTMENTS.— knowledge, and experience in matters relat- of the committee service of the member if— Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the ing to the function of the Committee. ‘‘(A) the Secretary appointed the member Secretary may reappoint a member of a com- ‘‘(3) REPRESENTATION.—Members of the to represent the general public; or mittee established under this chapter for any Committee shall be appointed as follows: ‘‘(B) the member, without regard to service term, other than the first term of the mem- ‘‘(A) 7 members shall represent the barge on the committee, is a special Government ber, without soliciting, receiving, or consid- and towing industry, reflecting a regional employee. ering nominations for such appointment. geographic balance. ‘‘(f) SERVICE ON COMMITTEE.— ‘‘(g) STAFF SERVICES.—The Secretary shall ‘‘(B) 1 member shall represent the offshore ‘‘(1) SOLICITATION OF NOMINATIONS.—Before furnish to each committee established under mineral and oil supply vessel industry. appointing an individual as a member of a this chapter any staff and services consid- ‘‘(C) 1 member shall represent masters and committee established under this chapter, ered by the Secretary to be necessary for the pilots of towing vessels who hold active li- the Secretary shall publish, in the Federal conduct of the committee’s functions. censes and have experience on the Western Register, a timely notice soliciting nomina- ‘‘(h) CHAIRMAN; VICE CHAIRMAN.— Rivers and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. tions for membership on such committee. ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each committee estab- ‘‘(D) 1 member shall represent masters of ‘‘(2) APPOINTMENTS.— lished under this chapter shall elect a Chair- towing vessels in offshore service who hold ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—After considering nomi- man and Vice Chairman from among the active licenses. nations received pursuant to a notice pub- committee’s members. ‘‘(E) 1 member shall represent masters of lished under paragraph (1), the Secretary ‘‘(2) VICE CHAIRMAN ACTING AS CHAIRMAN.— active ship-docking or harbor towing vessels. may, as necessary, appoint a member to the The Vice Chairman shall act as Chairman in

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:41 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A26JN7.007 H26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5163 the absence or incapacity of, or in the event (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— There was no objection. of a vacancy in the office of, the Chairman. (i) REGULATIONS.—Section 4302(c)(4) of title Mr. HUNTER. Madam Speaker, I ‘‘(i) SUBCOMMITTEES AND WORKING 46, United States Code, is amended by strik- yield myself such time as I may con- GROUPS.— ing ‘‘Council established under section 13110 sume. ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Chairman of a com- of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee es- After 68 years, H.R. 1726, the Coast tablished under section 1305 of title 14’’. mittee established under this chapter may Guard Improvement and Reform Act establish and disestablish subcommittees (ii) REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF DE- and working groups for any purpose con- FECTS.—Section 4310(f) of title 46, United will reorganize and modernize title 14, sistent with the function of the committee. States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Advi- Coast Guard, United States Code. Title ‘‘(2) PARTICIPANTS.—Subject to conditions sory Council’’ and inserting ‘‘Advisory Com- I of the bill reorganizes existing sec- imposed by the Chairman, members of a mittee’’. tions of the code within the title to committee established under this chapter (5) NAVIGATION SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL.— provide a more uniformed, logical and additional persons drawn from entities Section 5 of the Inland Navigational Rules structure. It makes no substantive or groups designated by this chapter to be Act of 1980 (33 U.S.C. 2073) is repealed. changes to the reorganized sections. represented on the committee or the general (6) TOWING SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— Title II includes amendments to title (A) REPEAL.—Public Law 96–380 (33 U.S.C. public may be assigned to subcommittees 14. The Coast Guard requested uni- and working groups established under para- 1231a) is repealed. graph (1). (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— formity in how its advisory commit- ‘‘(3) CHAIR.—Only committee members may (i) REDUCTION OF OIL SPILLS FROM SINGLE tees operate. Title II transfers the ad- chair subcommittees and working groups es- HULL NON-SELF-PROPELLED TANK VESSELS.— visory committees to title 14 from title tablished under paragraph (1). Section 3719 of title 46, United States Code, 46 and includes changes to ensure uni- ‘‘(j) CONSULTATION.—Before taking any sig- is amended by inserting ‘‘National’’ before formity in committee operations. nificant action, the Secretary shall consult ‘‘Towing Safety’’. Title II also transfers sections in with, and consider the information, advice, (ii) SAFETY EQUIPMENT.—Section 4102(f)(1) title 33 and 50, dealing with port safety of title 46, United States Code, is amended by and recommendations of, a committee estab- into title 14, to colocate them with lished under this chapter if the function of inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Towing Safe- ty’’. similar authorities. In 2002, port secu- the committee is to advise the Secretary on rity provisions were similarly reorga- matters related to the significant action. (d) TREATMENT OF EXISTING COUNCILS AND COMMITTEES.—Notwithstanding any other nized, and this follows that pattern. No ‘‘(k) TERMINATION.—Each committee estab- provision of law— lished under this chapter shall terminate on substantive changes were made to (1) an advisory council or committee sub- September 30, 2027. those sections either. The transfer al- stantially similar to an advisory committee ‘‘(l) ADVICE, REPORTS, AND RECOMMENDA- lows for better organization of the code established under chapter 13 of title 14, TIONS.— United States Code, as added by this Act, and makes it easier for the public and ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each committee estab- and that was in force or in effect on the day the Congress to find the governing laws lished under this chapter shall submit its ad- before the date of enactment of this section, of the Coast Guard. vice, reports, and recommendations to the including a council or committee the author- Lastly, the title also amends the pri- Secretary. ity for which was repealed under subsection mary duties of the Coast Guard to clar- ‘‘(2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Sec- (c), may remain in force or in effect for a pe- retary shall submit such advice, reports, and ify their defense readiness status, and riod of 2 years from the date of enactment of recommendations to the Committee on it repeals an unused authority. this section, including that the charter, Transportation and Infrastructure of the Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- membership, and other aspects of the council House of Representatives and the Committee ance of my time. or committee may remain in force or in ef- on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Mr. GARAMENDI. Madam Speaker, I fect; and of the Senate. yield myself such time as I may con- (2) during the 2-year period referenced in ‘‘(m) OBSERVERS.—Any Federal agency paragraph (1)— sume. with matters under such agency’s adminis- (A) requirements relating to the applicable Madam Speaker, H.R. 1726 is a non- trative jurisdiction related to the function of advisory committee established under chap- controversial bill to reorganize the a committee established under this chapter ter 13 of title 14, United States Code, shall be Coast Guard’s permanent authorities may designate a representative to— treated as satisfied by the substantially under title 14 of the U.S. Code in order ‘‘(1) attend any meeting of such com- similar advisory council or committee; and mittee; and to improve the clarity and the coher- (B) the enactment of this section, includ- ‘‘(2) participate as an observer at meetings ence of the title. ing the amendments made in this section, of such committee that relate to such a mat- I would like to thank my assistant, shall not be the basis— ter.’’. and counsel, Dave Jansen, and John (i) to deem, find, or declare such council or (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis committee, including the charter, member- Rayfield, on the other side, for recog- for subtitle I of title 14, United States Code, ship, and other aspects thereof, void, not in nizing that there is confusion, and so is amended by inserting after the item relat- force, or not in effect; this legislation, while it makes no sub- ing to chapter 11 the following: (ii) to suspend the activities of such coun- stantive changes to the Coast Guard’s ‘‘13. National Maritime Transpor- cil or committee; or existing authorities and policies under tation Advisory Committees ...... 1301’’. (iii) to bar the members of such council or title 14, does save for some conforming (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— committee from meeting. changes to create a new chapter for all (1) COMMERCIAL FISHING SAFETY ADVISORY SEC. 206. CLOTHING AT TIME OF DISCHARGE FOR of the Coast Guard national advisory COMMITTEE.—Section 4508 of title 46, United GOOD OF SERVICE. States Code, and the item relating to that Section 2705 of title 14, United States Code, councils and execute a handful of other section in the analysis for chapter 45 of that and the item relating to that section in the minor transfers. title, are repealed. analysis for chapter 27 of that title, are re- It just simply ends a lot of confusion (2) MERCHANT MARINER MEDICAL ADVISORY pealed. as people try to figure out where it is COMMITTEE.—Section 7115 of title 46, United The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- in the code that they must look. States Code, and the item relating to that ant to the rule, the gentleman from Accordingly, I am comfortable with section in the analysis for chapter 71 of that California (Mr. HUNTER) and the gen- supporting this legislation, although I title, are repealed. do note that it will impose some addi- (3) MERCHANT MARINE PERSONNEL ADVISORY tleman from California (Mr. tional administrative costs on the COMMITTEE.— GARAMENDI) each will control 20 min- (A) REPEAL.—Section 8108 of title 46, utes. Coast Guard as they set about imple- United States Code, and the item relating to The Chair recognizes the gentleman menting it. that section in the analysis for chapter 81 of from California (Mr. HUNTER). I want to commend the chairman, that title, are repealed. GENERAL LEAVE Mr. HUNTER, for the Coast Guard and (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section Mr. HUNTER. Mr. Speaker, I ask Maritime Transportation Sub- 7510(c)(1)(C) of title 46, United States Code, is unanimous consent that all Members committee, for his initiative and for amended by inserting ‘‘National’’ before may have 5 legislative days to revise his staff’s initiative, in taking on this ‘‘Merchant Marine’’. and extend their remarks, and to in- important little bit of housekeeping (4) NATIONAL BOATING SAFETY ADVISORY that is going to make all of our lives COUNCIL.— clude any extraneous material on H.R. (A) REPEAL.—Section 13110 of title 46, 1726. easier. I will certainly urge all of the United States Code, and the item relating to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Members to support it. that section in the analysis for chapter 131 of objection to the request of the gen- I also appreciate Chairman HUNTER’s that title, are repealed. tleman from California? work with me in an effort to try to

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:43 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A26JN7.007 H26JNPT1 H5164 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 26, 2017 solve another problem. This is only one The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Bass Dunn Kuster (NH) Beatty Ellison Kustoff (TN) piece of our effort to try to improve question is on the motion offered by Bera Emmer LaHood the maritime industry. While we are the gentleman from California (Mr. Bergman Engel LaMalfa trying to move H.R. 1726 today, we HUNTER) that the House suspend the Beyer Eshoo Lamborn have more work to do. rules and pass the bill, H.R. 1726. Biggs Espaillat Lance And to that end, I look forward to Bilirakis Estes (KS) Langevin The question was taken; and (two- Bishop (GA) Esty (CT) Larsen (WA) working with Chairman HUNTER on thirds being in the affirmative) the Bishop (MI) Evans Larson (CT) bringing H.R. 2593 to the floor before rules were suspended and the bill was Bishop (UT) Farenthold Latta the August recess, together with the passed. Black Faso Lawrence full committee chairman, BILL SHU- Blackburn Ferguson Lawson (FL) A motion to reconsider was laid on Blum Fitzpatrick Lee STER; and ranking Democrat, PETER the table. Blumenauer Fleischmann Levin DEFAZIO. H.R. 2593 deals with the Fed- Blunt Rochester Flores Lewis (GA) eral Maritime Commission Authoriza- f Bonamici Fortenberry Lewis (MN) Bost Foster Lieu, Ted tion Act of 2017. RECESS This legislation would update and Boyle, Brendan Foxx Lipinski The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- F. Frankel (FL) LoBiondo strengthen the Shipping Act to address Brady (PA) Franks (AZ) Loebsack the current upheaval in the global ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair Brady (TX) Frelinghuysen Lofgren shipping markets that affect U.S. for- declares the House in recess until ap- Brat Fudge Loudermilk proximately 6:30 p.m. today. Bridenstine Gabbard Love eign trade. Brooks (IN) Gaetz Lowenthal The formation of three large ocean Accordingly (at 5 o’clock and 39 min- Brown (MD) Gallagher Lowey carrier alliances has raised legitimate utes p.m.), the House stood in recess. Brownley (CA) Gallego Luetkemeyer concerns among U.S. port service pro- Buck Garamendi Lujan Grisham, f Budd Garrett M. viders, maritime terminal operators, Burgess Gianforte Luja´ n, Ben Ray and tug operators. By virtue of the b 1830 Bustos Gibbs Lynch sheer size and volume of trade that Byrne Gohmert MacArthur these alliances carry, they will have a AFTER RECESS Calvert Gonzalez (TX) Maloney, The recess having expired, the House Capuano Goodlatte Carolyn B. decided advantage in determining ports Carbajal Gosar Maloney, Sean of call, negotiating contracts, and was called to order by the Speaker pro Ca´ rdenas Gottheimer Marino shifting costs, all at the expense, pos- tempore (Mr. HOLDING) at 6 o’clock and Carson (IN) Gowdy Marshall sibly, of our domestic port service pro- 30 minutes p.m. Carter (GA) Granger Massie Carter (TX) Graves (GA) Mast viders. f Cartwright Graves (LA) Matsui I know Chairman HUNTER shares my Castor (FL) Graves (MO) McCarthy concerns, and neither of us are indif- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Castro (TX) Green, Al McCaul ferent. We are going to have to deal PRO TEMPORE Chabot Green, Gene McClintock with this, and that will be our next Chaffetz Griffith McCollum The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Cheney Grijalva McEachin piece of legislation on the floor. The ant to clause 8 of rule XX, proceedings Chu, Judy Grothman McGovern chairman is on top of it with his staff, Cicilline Guthrie McHenry will resume on motions to suspend the and we look forward to that bill, H.R. Clark (MA) Hanabusa McKinley rules previously postponed. 2593, being reported out of the Trans- Clarke (NY) Harper McMorris Votes will be taken in the following Clay Harris Rodgers portation Committee as it clarifies the order: Cleaver Hartzler McNerney Federal Maritime Commission’s au- Clyburn Hastings McSally H.R. 2547, by the yeas and nays; and thority to oversee and aggressively Coffman Heck Meadows H.R. 2258, by the yeas and nays. Cohen Hensarling Meehan deal with competition. Cole Herrera Beutler Meeks So what we have today is one of two The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. The second Collins (GA) Hice, Jody B. Messer pieces of legislation that we intend to Collins (NY) Higgins (LA) Mitchell move forward dealing with the overall electronic vote will be conducted as a Comer Higgins (NY) Moolenaar 5-minute vote. Comstock Hill Mooney (WV) well-being of the maritime industry. Conaway Himes Moore I highly recommend H.R. 1726 to the f Connolly Holding Moulton floor. It is noncontroversial and should Conyers Hollingsworth Mullin pass. The other piece of legislation will VETERANS EXPANDED TRUCKING Cook Hoyer Murphy (FL) OPPORTUNITIES ACT OF 2017 Cooper Hudson Murphy (PA) be here shortly, and we will take that Correa Huffman Nadler up at that time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Costa Huizenga Newhouse Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- finished business is the vote on the mo- Costello (PA) Hultgren Noem ance of my time. tion to suspend the rules and pass the Courtney Hunter Nolan Mr. HUNTER. Madam Speaker, I Cramer Hurd Norcross bill (H.R. 2547) to expand the Depart- Crawford Issa Nunes yield myself such time as I may con- ment of Veterans Affairs medical pro- Crist Jackson Lee O’Halleran sume. fessionals who may qualify to perform Crowley Jayapal O’Rourke Cuellar Jeffries Olson Madam Speaker, I would like to asso- physical examinations on eligible vet- ciate myself with the gentleman’s re- Culberson Jenkins (KS) Palazzo erans and issue medical certificates re- Curbelo (FL) Jenkins (WV) Pallone marks and thank him for all of his quired for operation of a commercial Davidson Johnson (GA) Palmer hard work, and especially Dave Jansen motor vehicle, and for other purposes, Davis (CA) Johnson (LA) Panetta and John Rayfield, the two Coast Davis, Danny Johnson (OH) Pascrell as amended, on which the yeas and Davis, Rodney Johnson, E. B. Paulsen Guard savants of the staff on the nays were ordered. DeFazio Johnson, Sam Payne Transportation Committee. Those are The Clerk read the title of the bill. DeGette Jones Pearce Delaney Jordan Pelosi the gentlemen who did this, who really The SPEAKER pro tempore. The understand this code, and who made it DeLauro Joyce (OH) Perlmutter question is on the motion offered by DelBene Kaptur Perry better for future Congress and future the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Demings Katko Peters staff, so they can actually see what is Denham Keating Peterson GRAVES) that the House suspend the going on with the Coast Guard, and Dent Kelly (IL) Pittenger rules and pass the bill, as amended. DeSantis Kelly (MS) Pocan maybe the Coast Guard might under- The vote was taken by electronic de- DeSaulnier Kelly (PA) Poe (TX) stand what is going on with the Coast vice, and there were—yeas 409, nays 0, DesJarlais Kennedy Poliquin Deutch Khanna Polis Guard a little bit better. not voting 22, as follows: I would like to reiterate that H.R. Diaz-Balart Kihuen Posey [Roll No. 323] Dingell Kildee Price (NC) 1726 is a straightforward bill. It reorga- Doggett Kilmer Quigley nizes title 14 and does not make any YEAS—409 Donovan Kind Raskin substantive changes. Abraham Amash Banks (IN) Doyle, Michael King (IA) Ratcliffe Madam Speaker, I urge Members to Adams Amodei Barletta F. King (NY) Reed Aderholt Arrington Barr Duffy Kinzinger Reichert support it, and I yield back the balance Aguilar Babin Barraga´ n Duncan (SC) Knight Renacci of my time. Allen Bacon Barton Duncan (TN) Krishnamoorthi Rice (NY)

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:41 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K26JN7.018 H26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5165 Rice (SC) Sewell (AL) Tsongas Handel received 134,595 or 51.87% of the total question has been raised with regard to Roby Shea-Porter Upton number of votes cast for that office. Roe (TN) Sherman her election. Valadao It would appear from these unofficial re- The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Rogers (AL) Shimkus Vargas sults that Karen Handel was elected as Rep- Rogers (KY) Shuster the request of the gentleman from Veasey resentative in Congress from the Sixth Con- Rokita Simpson Vela Georgia? Rooney, Francis Sinema gressional District of Georgia. Visclosky To the best of our knowledge and belief at There was no objection. Rooney, Thomas Sires Wagner this time, there is no contest to this elec- J. Slaughter Walberg f Ros-Lehtinen Smith (MO) tion. Walden SWEARING IN OF THE HONORABLE Rosen Smith (NE) Walker As soon as the official results are certified Roskam Smith (NJ) Walorski to this office by all counties/precincts in- RALPH NORMAN, OF SOUTH Ross Smith (TX) Walters, Mimi volved, an official Certificate of Election CAROLINA, AS A MEMBER OF Rothfus Smith (WA) Wasserman will be prepared for transmittal as required Rouzer Smucker THE HOUSE Schultz Roybal-Allard Soto by law. Waters, Maxine Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I ask Royce (CA) Speier Sincerely, Watson Coleman unanimous consent that the gentleman Ruppersberger Stefanik NATHAN DEAL, Weber (TX) Russell Stewart Governor. from South Carolina, the Honorable Webster (FL) Rutherford Stivers f Ralph Norman, be permitted to take Ryan (OH) Suozzi Welch Wenstrup the oath of office today. Sa´ nchez Swalwell (CA) COMMUNICATION FROM THE His certificate of election has not ar- Sanford Takano Westerman Sarbanes Taylor Williams CLERK OF THE HOUSE rived, but there is no contest and no Schakowsky Tenney Wilson (FL) The SPEAKER laid before the House question has been raised with regard to Wilson (SC) Schiff Thompson (CA) the following communication from the his election. Schneider Thompson (MS) Wittman Schrader Thompson (PA) Womack Clerk of the House of Representatives: The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Schweikert Thornberry Woodall OFFICE OF THE CLERK, the request of the gentleman from Yarmuth Scott (VA) Tiberi HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, South Carolina? Scott, Austin Tipton Yoder Washington, DC, June 22, 2017. There was no objection. Scott, David Titus Yoho Sensenbrenner Tonko Young (AK) Hon. PAUL D. RYAN, f Serrano Torres Young (IA) Speaker, House of Representatives, Sessions Trott Zeldin Washington, DC. SWEARING IN OF MEMBERS-ELECT DEAR MR. SPEAKER: I have the honor to The SPEAKER. Will the Representa- NOT VOTING—22 transmit herewith a scanned copy of a letter tives-elect please present themselves in Brooks (AL) Lucas Ruiz received from Ms. Marci Andino, Executive Buchanan Marchant Rush the well. Director, South Carolina Election Commis- The Representatives-elect will please Bucshon Meng Scalise sion, indicating that, according to the pre- Butterfield Napolitano Turner liminary results of the Special Election held raise their right hand. Cummings Neal Vela´ zquez Mrs. HANDEL of Georgia, and Mr. Gutie´rrez Pingree June 20, 2017, the Honorable Ralph Norman Walz NORMAN of South Carolina appeared at Labrador Richmond was elected Representative to Congress for Long Rohrabacher the Fifth Congressional District of South the bar of the House and took the oath Carolina. of office, as follows: b 1852 With best wishes, I am, Do you solemnly swear that you will sup- So (two-thirds being in the affirma- Sincerely, port and defend the Constitution of the tive) the rules were suspended and the KAREN L. HAAS. United States against all enemies, foreign bill, as amended, was passed. and domestic; that you will bear true faith SOUTH CAROLINA and allegiance to the same; that you take The result of the vote was announced ELECTION COMMISSION, as above recorded. this obligation freely, without any mental Columbia, SC, June 22, 2017. reservation or purpose of evasion; and that A motion to reconsider was laid on Hon. KAREN L. HAAS, you will well and faithfully discharge the du- the table. Clerk, House of Representatives, ties of the office on which you are about to f Washington, DC. enter, so help you God. DEAR MS. HAAS: This is to advise you that COMMUNICATION FROM THE the unofficial results of the Special Election The SPEAKER. Congratulations. You CLERK OF THE HOUSE held on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, for Represent- are now Members of the 115th Congress. ative in Congress from the Fifth Congres- f The SPEAKER laid before the House sional District of South Carolina, show that the following communication from the Ralph Norman received 44,906 votes or 51.1% WELCOMING THE HONORABLE Clerk of the House of Representatives: of the total number of votes cast for that of- KAREN HANDEL TO THE HOUSE OFFICE OF THE CLERK, fice. OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, It would appear from these unofficial re- The SPEAKER. Without objection, sults that Ralph Norman was elected as Rep- Washington, DC, June 23, 2017. the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Hon. PAUL D. RYAN, resentative in Congress from the Fifth Con- LEWIS) is recognized for 1 minute. Speaker, House of Representatives, gressional District of South Carolina. Washington, DC. To the best of our knowledge and belief at There was no objection. Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, DEAR MR. SPEAKER: I have the honor to this time, there is no contest to this elec- transmit herewith a scanned copy of a letter tion. I rise to welcome the newest member of received from The Honorable Nathan Deal, As soon as the official results are certified the Georgia congressional delegation, Governor, the State of Georgia, indicating to this office by all counties involved and the Representative KAREN HANDEL, serving that, according to the preliminary results of State Board of Canvassers certifies the offi- the Sixth Congressional District in our the Special Election held June 20, 2017, the cial results, a certification of the official results will be prepared and transmitted to the beautiful State. Honorable Karen Handel was elected Rep- I want to congratulate KAREN on be- resentative to Congress for the Sixth Con- S.C. Secretary of State as required by law. Sincerely, coming the first Republican woman gressional District of Georgia. ever elected to the House of Represent- With best wishes, I am, MARCI ANDINO, Sincerely, Executive Director. atives from the State of Georgia. She was actually born in the District of Co- KAREN L. HAAS. f lumbia, and was raised in Upper Marl- STATE OF GEORGIA, SWEARING IN OF THE HONORABLE boro, Maryland. So she is returning OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, KAREN C. HANDEL, OF GEORGIA, home. Atlanta, GA, June 21, 2017. AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE She was president and CEO of the Hon. KAREN L. HAAS, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, Greater Fulton County Georgia Cham- Clerk, House of Representatives, I ask unanimous consent that the gen- ber of Commerce, Deputy Chief of Staff Washington, DC. tlewoman from Georgia, the Honorable to then-Governor and now Secretary of DEAR MS. HAAS: This is to advise you that the unofficial results of the Special Election Karen C. Handel, be permitted to the Agriculture Sonny Perdue, chairman of held on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, for Represent- oath of office today. the Fulton County Board of Commis- ative in Congress from the Sixth Congres- Her certificate of election has not ar- sioners, and Secretary of State of Geor- sional District of Georgia, show that Karen rived, but there is no contest and no gia.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:57 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A26JN7.010 H26JNPT1 H5166 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 26, 2017 The Georgia delegation is Democrats WELCOMING THE HONORABLE gressman LEWIS said, we are family. and Republicans, but we are a family. RALPH NORMAN TO THE HOUSE With the shooting of STEVE SCALISE, We are trying to do our very best to OF REPRESENTATIVES we know that we are all Americans. serve the people in our district, in our The SPEAKER. Without objection, We have got such an opportunity, State, and to work on behalf of the the gentleman from South Carolina and I look forward to playing a part in people of this great Nation. (Mr. CLYBURN) is recognized for 1 working with Members to move this I welcome KAREN and her husband, minute. country forward. Steve. There was no objection. f If you should need my help, please Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, it is my feel free to call on me. privilege, as dean of the South Carolina ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER I wish her well, and I look forward to delegation, to introduce to this Cham- The SPEAKER. Under clause 5(d) of serving with her. ber Representative RALPH NORMAN. rule XX, the Chair announces to the Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman Mr. NORMAN is from Rock Hill in House that, in light of the administra- from Georgia (Mr. GRAVES), my friend York County, South Carolina. He is a tion of the oath to the gentlewoman and brother. real estate developer, a graduate of from Georgia and the gentleman from Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Speak- Presbyterian College, and previously South Carolina, the whole number of er, it is my joy today to be able to in- served in the South Carolina Legisla- the House is 434. ture. He and his wife, Elaine Rice Nor- troduce the newest voice of the Georgia f delegation, Congresswoman KAREN man, have four children: Warren III, HANDEL. Caroline, Anne, and Mary Catherine. ACTIVE DUTY VOLUNTARY ACQUI- I have known KAREN for many years. Last Tuesday, June 20, Mr. NORMAN SITION OF NECESSARY CREDEN- She is a self-made woman with a very won the special election in South Caro- TIALS FOR EMPLOYMENT ACT humble start, but a successful story. lina’s Fifth District to fill the vacancy The SPEAKER. Without objection, 5- She and her husband, Steve, have a created when former Congressman minute voting will continue. track record of service that is above Mick Mulvaney became Director of the There was no objection. none other. She has fought hard for the Office of Management and Budget. The SPEAKER. The unfinished busi- Now it is my pleasure to yield to the things that she believes in, much like ness is the vote on the motion to sus- gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. us: balanced budgets, better jobs, and pend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. WILSON), representing the Second Con- defending innocent lives. I know she 2258) to require that certain standards gressional District, for further intro- will bring those same qualities that for commercial driver’s licenses appli- duction. have made her such a great servant and cable to former members of the armed Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. leader here to Congress today. services or reserves also apply to cur- Speaker, it is a great honor tonight to Now, if I know anything about rent members of the armed services or be here with Congressman CLYBURN on KAREN, she is going to hit the ground reserves, as amended, on which the a very extraordinary evening. To me, it running. So get ready. yeas and nays were ordered. I am also glad to be able to join with is a dream come true. Eleven days ago, I had the oppor- The Clerk read the title of the bill. Congressman LEWIS and to share with tunity—my wife, Roxanne, and I—to The SPEAKER. The question is on you that KAREN is making history to- the motion offered by the gentleman night as being the first Republican campaign across the Fifth Congres- sional District by bus. As we traveled from Missouri (Mr. GRAVES) that the Congresswoman to serve in either the House suspend the rules and pass the the district with RALPH and Elaine House or the Senate from the State of bill, as amended. NORMAN, I found out that his business Georgia. This is a proud moment for This is a 5-minute vote. our State. background gives him the basis to understand how to create jobs. I saw his The vote was taken by electronic de- So, KAREN, you are an inspiration. affection for our veterans and his un- vice, and there were—yeas 409, nays 0, You are an inspiration to all the young derstanding of the importance of a not voting 24, as follows: women throughout Georgia and strong national defense. In particular, [Roll No. 324] throughout the country, including my with Shaw Air Force Base in the dis- YEAS—409 two daughters. trict, he understands a strong national Abraham Brown (MD) Cooper I am pleased to welcome and to intro- defense. Adams Brownley (CA) Correa duce to you Georgia’s newest voice, a It was so inspiring, also, to be with Aderholt Buck Costa fighter for the State of Georgia, Con- Aguilar Budd Costello (PA) their four grown children who are each Allen Burgess Courtney gresswoman KAREN HANDEL. successful. And he has a real interest Amash Bustos Cramer Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, to be successful because he has 15 Amodei Byrne Crawford I yield to the gentlewoman from Geor- Arrington Calvert Crist grandchildren. What an achievement. Babin Capuano Crowley gia (Mrs. HANDEL). Members understand this is really im- Bacon Carbajal Cuellar Mrs. HANDEL. Mr. Speaker, Con- portant. Banks (IN) Ca´ rdenas Culberson gressman LEWIS, Congressman GRAVES, For the past 7 years, I am really Barletta Carson (IN) Curbelo (FL) the entire Georgia delegation, to all of Barr Carter (GA) Davidson grateful that he has been a floor leader Barraga´ n Carter (TX) Davis (CA) you, my new colleagues and soon-to-be for Governor Nikki Haley, now our Barton Cartwright Davis, Danny very good friends, and to my family Ambassador to the United Nations, Bass Castor (FL) Davis, Rodney and friends in the gallery, I thank you. Beatty Castro (TX) DeFazio where he has been a floor leader for Bera Chabot DeGette Now, I am not sure you have heard limited government and expanded free- Bergman Chaffetz Delaney enough about this particular race. No, dom. Biggs Cheney DeLauro you really have. I am going to be very It is with great honor I introduce to Bilirakis Chu, Judy DelBene brief. Bishop (GA) Cicilline Demings you Congressman RALPH NORMAN. Bishop (MI) Clark (MA) Denham This is an extraordinary honor and Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I yield Bishop (UT) Clarke (NY) Dent the greatest privilege that I think I to the gentleman from South Carolina Black Clay DeSantis have ever had. I look forward to serv- Blackburn Cleaver DeSaulnier (Mr. NORMAN). Blum Clyburn DesJarlais ing the people of the Sixth District, to Mr. NORMAN. Mr. Speaker, members Blumenauer Coffman Deutch serving the people of Georgia, and to of my South Carolina Congressional Blunt Rochester Cohen Diaz-Balart being a good coworker and friend to delegation, it is an honor to be here. Bonamici Cole Dingell each and every one of you. Bost Collins (GA) Doggett Let me have my family and friends Boyle, Brendan Collins (NY) Donovan Thank you for this opportunity. stand. It is South Carolina’s Brady F. Comer Doyle, Michael Thank you for welcoming me so gra- Bunch. You all stand up there. Brady (PA) Comstock F. ciously. God bless you, God bless the It is a tremendous honor to serve Brady (TX) Conaway Duffy Brat Connolly Duncan (SC) great State of Georgia, and God bless with such an esteemed group. I think it Bridenstine Conyers Duncan (TN) the great United States of America. is a special time in history. As Con- Brooks (IN) Cook Dunn

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:41 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K26JN7.024 H26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5167 Ellison LaHood Richmond Yarmuth Yoho Young (IA) Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, as Emmer LaMalfa Roby Yoder Young (AK) Zeldin many families were making their way Engel Lamborn Roe (TN) Eshoo Lance Rogers (AL) NOT VOTING—24 home or picking up children from ei- Espaillat Langevin Rogers (KY) Beyer Kinzinger Pingree ther school or some daycare that they Estes (KS) Larsen (WA) Rokita Brooks (AL) Labrador Rohrabacher had to be in, the CBO report came out Esty (CT) Larson (CT) Rooney, Francis Buchanan Long Ruiz on the unfortunate representation of Evans Latta Rooney, Thomas Bucshon Lucas Rush Farenthold Lawrence J. Butterfield Marchant Scalise healthcare from the United States Sen- Faso Lawson (FL) Ros-Lehtinen Cummings Meng Turner ate. I think the most striking comment Ferguson Lee Rosen Gutie´rrez Napolitano Vela´ zquez to be made is that, by 2026, with this Fitzpatrick Levin Roskam Hudson Neal Walz Fleischmann Lewis (GA) Ross healthcare bill of sorts, 49 million Flores Lewis (MN) Rothfus b 1913 Americans will lose their insurance. Fortenberry Lieu, Ted Rouzer So (two-thirds being in the affirma- To add to the insult of those working Foster Lipinski Roybal-Allard families picking up children and trying Foxx LoBiondo tive) the rules were suspended and the Royce (CA) to make ends meet with the dinners Frankel (FL) Loebsack Ruppersberger bill, as amended, was passed. Franks (AZ) Lofgren Russell The result of the vote was announced that they will be preparing, hoping Frelinghuysen Loudermilk Rutherford as above recorded. that the Federal Government would Fudge Love Ryan (OH) Gabbard Lowenthal A motion to reconsider was laid on take care of them, the President of the Sa´ nchez United States indicated that he hopes Gaetz Lowey Sanford the table. Gallagher Luetkemeyer that the Affordable Care Act that now Sarbanes f Gallego Lujan Grisham, Schakowsky has helped insure millions of Ameri- Garamendi M. Schiff ´ REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER cans would crash and burn, crash and Garrett Lujan, Ben Ray Schneider Gianforte Lynch Schrader AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 60 burn because he has strangled the sub- Gibbs MacArthur Schweikert Mr. ESTES of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I sidies. He has made sure that the insur- Gohmert Maloney, Scott (VA) ance companies do not have stability, Gonzalez (TX) Carolyn B. ask unanimous consent that my name Scott, Austin and he has decreased the amount of Goodlatte Maloney, Sean Scott, David be removed as a cosponsor of H.R. 60. Gosar Marino Sensenbrenner The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. people who can get the expanded Med- Gottheimer Marshall icaid. Serrano FITZPATRICK). Is there objection to the Gowdy Massie Sessions I am sad when the President of the Granger Mast request of the gentleman from Kansas? Sewell (AL) United States who should be the chief Graves (GA) Matsui Shea-Porter There was no objection. Graves (LA) McCarthy comforter, the person who takes care Sherman f Graves (MO) McCaul Shimkus of Americans, takes great glee that 49 Green, Al McClintock Shuster million people will be thrown off of in- Green, Gene McCollum WELCOMING PRESIDENT MOON Simpson surance, without insurance by 2026 Griffith McEachin Sinema (Mr. ROYCE of California asked and Grijalva McGovern under TrumpCare in the House and Sires was given permission to address the Grothman McHenry Slaughter TrumpCare in the Senate. McKinley House for 1 minute.) Guthrie Smith (MO) Democrats know how to fix this. I Hanabusa McMorris Mr. ROYCE of California. Mr. Speak- Smith (NE) would hope that the Republicans and Handel Rodgers Smith (NJ) er, I rise to welcome President Moon of Harper McNerney the President of the United States get Smith (TX) South Korea to the United States of Harris McSally Smith (WA) off the special interests and stand with Hartzler Meadows America as he makes his inaugural Smucker the American people. Hastings Meehan visit here later this week. President Soto Save our healthcare. Stop taking Heck Meeks Speier Moon’s trip comes at a critical time for Hensarling Messer Stefanik away our healthcare. Herrera Beutler Mitchell America’s strategic relationship with Stewart f Hice, Jody B. Moolenaar Stivers South Korea, and I look forward to Higgins (LA) Mooney (WV) Suozzi welcoming him to Capitol Hill. REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER Higgins (NY) Moore Swalwell (CA) Hill Moulton The friendship between our two na- AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 60 Takano Himes Mullin Taylor tions, which was forged during the Ko- Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. Speaker, I ask Holding Murphy (FL) Tenney rean war, has withstood the test of Hollingsworth Murphy (PA) unanimous consent that my name be Thompson (CA) Hoyer Nadler time and so many challenges. The peo- removed as a cosponsor of H.R. 60. Thompson (MS) Huffman Newhouse ple of South Korea have persevered in Thompson (PA) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Huizenga Noem Thornberry the face of incredible adversity and Hultgren Nolan objection to the request of the gen- Tiberi succeeded in building a modern, pros- Hunter Norcross tleman from Louisiana? Tipton Hurd Norman perous nation. There was no objection. Titus Issa Nunes Today, we stand together in defense Jackson Lee O’Halleran Tonko f Torres of democracy, freedom, and prosperity. Jayapal O’Rourke CELEBRATING CAMILLUS HOUSE Jeffries Olson Trott And the strength of our friendship is Jenkins (KS) Palazzo Tsongas now more important than ever as we (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was Jenkins (WV) Pallone Upton face growing challenges in the Asia-Pa- Valadao given permission to address the House Johnson (GA) Palmer cific region. Johnson (LA) Panetta Vargas for 1 minute and to revise and extend Johnson (OH) Pascrell Veasey As the President begins his visit, her remarks.) Johnson, E. B. Paulsen Vela let’s also recognize the contributions of Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, it Visclosky Johnson, Sam Payne Korean Americans to the relationship is an honor to recognize the Camillus Jones Pearce Wagner Jordan Pelosi Walberg between our two countries. The close House, an organization in my home Joyce (OH) Perlmutter Walden bond that many Korean Americans city of Miami that works tirelessly on Kaptur Perry Walker have for South Korea, the country of behalf of the homeless and those in Katko Peters Walorski their heritage, creates a strong sense of Keating Peterson Walters, Mimi need in south Florida. Kelly (IL) Pittenger Wasserman community that extends across the Pa- Since its creation in 1960, the Kelly (MS) Pocan Schultz cific Ocean. This is the keystone in the Camillus House has operated with the Kelly (PA) Poe (TX) Waters, Maxine bridge of our alliance. belief that every person is precious and Kennedy Poliquin Watson Coleman Khanna Polis Weber (TX) Mr. Speaker, I welcome President deserving of love, respect, and a chance Kihuen Posey Webster (FL) Moon, and I look forward to our meet- to live a dignified life. Kildee Price (NC) Welch ing. Camillus has grown into an indispen- Kilmer Quigley Wenstrup Kind Raskin Westerman f sable lifeline for the most vulnerable in King (IA) Ratcliffe Williams our community. Camillus provides King (NY) Reed Wilson (FL) CBO SCORE housing options, free meals, drug treat- Knight Reichert Wilson (SC) (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was ment, and a full range of medical treat- Krishnamoorthi Renacci Wittman Kuster (NH) Rice (NY) Womack given permission to address the House ment to the homeless and those with Kustoff (TN) Rice (SC) Woodall for 1 minute.) disabilities.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:41 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A26JN7.011 H26JNPT1 H5168 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 26, 2017 For these individuals, the staff and Today, I would like to thank Presi- ing. She endured 2 years of brutal the volunteers at Camillus House serve dent Natasha Thompson and the in- chemotherapy, 44 straight days in the as a family, giving them the hope and credible volunteers who have worked hospital after her diagnosis, 18 spinal support that they need in their dif- tirelessly in their mission to build and taps, and fever after fever with her de- ficult transition to a new self-sus- sustain hunger-free communities. Your pleted immune system. taining life. work has had a profound impact on Michelle won her battle for life with Mr. Speaker, I thank Camillus’ staff ending hunger in our community. family, faith, and art. As part of the and volunteers for their devotion to Thank you again for your dedicated children’s art project at MDA Cancer the desperate and voiceless in our service to the families of the southern Center, she designed Christmas orna- midst. tier. ments that sold like ‘‘hotcakes.’’ I encourage everyone in south Flor- f Recovered, she graduated last month ida to visit camillus.org or to call 305– from St. Agnes Academy in Houston, CBO SCORE 374–1065 to learn how you can empower Texas. In 2 months, she will enroll at this organization to continue serving (Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked the University of Texas at Austin. those in need in our community. and was given permission to address Look out world, Michelle Collins is f the House for 1 minute and to revise dancing again on center stage. and extend his remarks.) f CELEBRATING GROWING BONDS OF Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN INDIA Speaker, the Congressional Budget Of- WELCOMING PRESIDENT MOON AND UNITED STATES fice has come out with their score—or, (Mr. ENGEL asked and was given (Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI asked and as we call it, cost—that was released permission to address the House for 1 was given permission to address the today that further confirms the actions minute and to revise and extend his re- House for 1 minute and to revise and taken by the Senate Republicans are marks.) extend his remarks.) just as mean as the House Republicans. Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I join Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speak- Protections for millions of Ameri- Chairman ROYCE and all of my col- er, Prime Minister Modi’s visit this cans with preexisting conditions will leagues in welcoming President Moon week serves as an occasion to celebrate be undermined; hardworking families of the Republic of Korea as he travels the growing bonds of friendship be- will be expected to pay more for less to Washington this week. tween India and the United States. coverage; and $772 billion will be cut Across 135 years of diplomatic ties, India is a key partner for the United from Medicaid, a safety net for mil- the United States and the Republic of States and Asia. Both our economic lions of seniors in nursing homes, preg- Korea have forged a strong and and strategic posture in the region are nant women, children, and people with unshakable relationship. Our countries strengthened by investing in the bilat- disabilities. have sacrificed together in war—from eral relationship between the world’s The Senate Republicans can change the Korean war to Vietnam, to the Per- two largest democracies. the name of the bill, but, as we now sian Gulf, to Afghanistan—and we have India and the United States have know, it is not fundamentally dif- prospered together in peace. pledged to collaborate on energy secu- ferent. Our alliance, enshrined in the Mutual rity, combating climate change, and I hope this score raises a red flag for Defense Treaty of 1953, has been a pil- growing the green economy—opportu- Republicans in both the House and the lar of stability and security for both of nities that will create jobs in both Senate. I urge that they reconsider in our countries. That alliance is espe- countries. trying to cram their TrumpCare bill cially important in light of the grave This visit is an opportunity to cele- through the Senate. threat just 35 miles from Seoul: the brate the work our countries have ac- Years ago Senator Dirksen said: ‘‘A dangerous regime controlled by dic- complished and all that we can do to- billion here, a billion there, and pretty tator Kim Jung-un in North Korea. gether in the future. I am happy that soon we are talking about real money.’’ America grieves with the Warmbier we are continuing to build on this Mr. Speaker, a million here, a mil- family over the tragic death of their nearly 70-year-old partnership and are lion there, and pretty soon the Senate young son, Otto. His unjust detention, laying the groundwork for an even Republicans will be talking about de- abuse, and death haunts all of us. We stronger relationship in the decades to nying coverage for 22 million people; 15 must do all we can to secure the safe come. million will lose coverage next year return of the three Americans still de- f alone. tained in North Korea. How on Earth is this a debate? This CONGRATULATING FOOD BANK OF I trust that President Moon’s visit is not healthcare. It is a tax cut for the SOUTHERN TIER, 2017’S FOOD will deepen an understanding between wealthiest of Americans at the cost of BANK OF THE YEAR Washington and Seoul in these trying low-income and middle class families. times so that we may face this chal- (Ms. TENNEY asked and was given Twenty-two million people will lose lenge as we have others: in lockstep, permission to address the House for 1 healthcare. side by side. minute and to revise and extend her re- f marks.) f LOOK OUT WORLD; MICHELLE COL- Ms. TENNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise b 1930 today to congratulate the Food Bank LINS IS DANCING AGAIN ON CEN- of the Southern Tier in Broome County TER STAGE CONGRATULATING OUTSTANDING and Tioga County for being 2017’s Food (Mr. OLSON asked and was given per- MUSIC PROGRAMS IN MINNESOTA Bank of the Year, nationally. Out of mission to address the House for 1 (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given 200 locations across the country, the minute and to revise and extend his re- permission to address the House for 1 Food Bank of the Southern Tier was marks.) minute and to revise and extend his re- ranked number one. Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, in the sum- marks.) Last year, our food bank distributed mer of 2008, at the home of Ricky and Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise more than 9 million meals throughout Victoria Collins, I met the most inspi- tonight to congratulate Chaska Middle the southern tier. Over 40 percent of rational woman in Texas history: First School West, the Minnetonka School those meals were given to children and Lady Laura Bush. Five years later, I District, the Osseo Area School Dis- 14 percent to seniors. learned there was one more woman trict, and Salem Lutheran School in Through their work with mobile food who is more inspirational: Michelle Loretto on being named best commu- pantries and the BackPack Program, Collins, the daughter of Ricky and Vic- nities for music education by the Na- the food bank has increased access to toria. tional Association of Music Merchants healthy food for all, distributing 2.2 In 2013, Michelle learned that she had Foundation. They have all been recog- million pounds of fresh produce to acute childhood leukemia. Her dreams nized for outstanding commitment to southern tier families. of being a professional dancer were fad- their music programs.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:41 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K26JN7.029 H26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5169 Research has proven that music is mark legislation continues to be a crimes of that regime, and I express my vital to a student’s education. Music vital component to peace and security hope for the reunification of Korea. education benefits language develop- in the Asia-Pacific region. We express our firm commitment to ment, spatial-temporal skills, and can Once again, I look forward to wel- the ongoing friendship with South lead to a higher IQ and increased test coming President Moon Jae-in to the Korea, rooted in our shared values of scores. Music also brings students to- United States, and I look forward to freedom and democracy. gether and gives them incentives to continuing our partnership with the f practice and strive for more self-im- Republic of Korea. FREE DR. AFRIDI FROM provement. f PAKISTANI PRISON Mr. Speaker, I would like to con- REJECT SENATE HEALTHCARE gratulate the administrators, the (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was BILL teachers, instructors, the parents, and given permission to address the House the students in these schools and dis- (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of for 1 minute and to revise and extend tricts for their impressive dedication New York asked and was given permis- his remarks.) to music education. They put a lot of sion to address the House for 1 minute.) Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the time and effort into their music pro- Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New day that Osama bin Laden, the world’s grams, and all that hard work is really York. Mr. Speaker, another Republican number one terrorist, met his maker paying off. healthcare bill that the nonpartisan, was a great day in the war on terror. f bipartisan Congressional Budget Office But finding America’s most wanted tells us will rip away healthcare from terrorist hiding in Pakistan was no WELCOMING PRESIDENT MOON 22 million Americans, raise pre- easy feat. (Mr. SCHNEIDER asked and was miums—especially on older Ameri- Pakistani Dr. Afridi worked with our given permission to address the House cans—and cut Medicaid by roughly $800 CIA to help determine and confirm for 1 minute and to revise and extend billion. Osama’s hiding place in Pakistan by his remarks.) The Senate Republican’s plan is espe- using DNA evidence. But after Osama Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, I rise cially cruel for New York City. Not bin Laden was killed, Pakistan threw today to join my colleagues in wel- only will millions lose coverage, but Dr. Afridi in jail. coming President Moon Jae-in of the sharp Medicaid cuts will cost hospitals Why? Republic of Korea on the occasion of over $5 billion, and fewer seniors will Because he helped the United States his visit to Washington this week. This be able to afford nursing homes and find Osama bin Laden. visit is an important opportunity to home care providers. Pakistan claims to be United States’ further the strong bonds of cooperation But the bill saves its worst for number one counterterrorism ally, yet and friendship between our two coun- women. It cuts Federal funding for a they hypocritically hold this hero in a tries. year for Planned Parenthood clinics Pakistani prison. Pakistan is no friend As North Korea continues to threat that provide essential healthcare to of the United States. They are on the our allies and pursue its destabilizing millions of American women. It allows wrong side on the war on terror. Paki- missile program, including tests of States to easily waive guaranteed cov- stan hid Osama bin Laden from the intercontinental ballistic missiles, this erage for benefits like maternity. In world. meeting comes at a pivotal time. The short, women will have to pay more for Dr. Afridi deserves a medal for aiding United States and the Republic of essential healthcare because we are the elimination of Osama bin Laden, Korea must continue to stand together women, and women will have less ac- not life in prison. Pakistan should free to contain this threat and ensure the cess to healthcare because we are him, and it is time to declare Pakistan security and safety of this strategi- women. a state sponsor of terrorism. cally important region. Mr. Speaker, I urge the Senate to re- And that is just the way it is. Earlier I sent a letter urging Speaker ject this cruel and merciless bill. f RYAN to invite President Moon Jae-in f WEALTH CARE OVER HEALTHCARE to speak before a joint meeting of Con- WELCOMING PRESIDENT MOON AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF CARIB- gress so all Members can hear firsthand BEAN AMERICANS his perspective of these shared chal- (Mr. MACARTHUR asked and was lenges. If not possible during this brief given permission to address the House The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under visit, I hope he will address this body for 1 minute and to revise and extend the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- in the future. his remarks.) uary 3, 2017, the gentlewoman from the Once again, I extend my heartfelt Mr. MACARTHUR. Mr. Speaker, the Virgin Islands (Ms. PLASKETT) is recog- welcome to President Moon Jae-in, and friendship between the United States nized for 60 minutes as the designee of I express my commitment to fur- and the Republic of Korea is based not the minority leader. thering the vital economic, security, only on shared, strategic, and eco- Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Speaker, at this and cultural relationships between our nomic interests, but also on shared val- time I rise to take this Special Order two countries. ues. We share a commitment to democ- hour on behalf of the Congressional f racy and to political, religious, and Black Caucus. economic liberty. It is a joy to wel- It is with great honor that I rise as WELCOMING PRESIDENT MOON come President Moon Jae-in to Wash- coanchor for the next 60 minutes. We JAE-IN TO AMERICA ington, D.C. I congratulate him on his have a chance to speak directly to the (Mr. COFFMAN asked and was given election, and I wish him a successful American people on the issues of great permission to address the House for 1 summit. importance to the Congressional Black minute and to revise and extend his re- But, for me, the relationship with Caucus, Congress, and the constituents marks.) South Korea is also deeply personal. we represent, as well as all Americans. Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise My wife and I adopted two of our three This evening, myself and coanchor today in welcoming President Moon children, David and Isabella, from MARC VEASEY will discuss two topics: Jae-in of the Republic of Korea to the Korea. I am deeply grateful to the peo- wealth care over healthcare and the United States of America. ple of South Korea for my children and contributions of Caribbean Americans. Next week will mark his first official for giving me the family that I love so On the matter of healthcare, Senate visit to Washington, D.C., since he as- much. Republicans have finally released their sumed the Presidency of his country. But not every family on the Korean draft version of the House-passed This represents a continuation of the Peninsula is so fortunate. We remem- American Health Care Act, and it is friendship between our two nations. ber those who live under the oppression clear why they kept it behind closed This October will mark the 64th anni- of the North Korean regime that has no doors all this time. The bill is worse versary of the mutual defense treaty regard for the dignity of human per- than the one that was passed in the between our two countries. This land- sons. We condemn the horrifying House, with deeper cuts to Medicaid

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:41 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K26JN7.031 H26JNPT1 H5170 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 26, 2017 and a ban on Planned Parenthood fund- Affordable Care Act, which boosted the Instead of supporting smart public ing for 1 year. African-American insured rate from 79 health initiatives, Republicans in the Just like the bill that passed the percent to 88 percent, the Senate Re- higher Chamber would rather repeal House, this proposal will likely strip publican’s healthcare plan will deci- the ACA as another opportunity to de- coverage for millions of Americans and mate the progress that we have made monize one of the country’s leading re- do nothing to address affordability. in the African-American community productive health organizations, and This bill is just as mean and heartless under the ACA. that is Planned Parenthood that I as the one the Republicans jammed Millions of Americans are at risks of talked about earlier. through the House. losing their insurance, as the gentle- We need to be doing everything that As bad as it already was, Senate Re- woman pointed out earlier when she we can to make sure that Americans publicans have made TrumpCare even said that it is not just people in the Af- everywhere can lead a healthier life, more devastating to Americans on rican-American community or the mi- but the Senate’s cruel and heartless Medicaid, and those include veterans, nority community that are on Med- bill will cause unnecessary suffering. middle class seniors with long-term icaid. The Affordable Care Act has been a care needs, vulnerable children, and It is something that affects all Amer- lifeline for many in the Black commu- pregnant women. No, it is not just mi- icans and something that should be nity, and a full repeal will snatch that nority Black people who are on Med- concerning to everyone, particularly safety net out from under our commu- icaid. when we talk about this opioid addic- nity. The Black community has a lot TrumpCare’s Medicaid cuts will have tion that I know many people in many to lose under the Republican an especially severe impact in rural of these Republican areas, these con- healthcare plan, and we will not take America, shutting rural hospitals, an servative areas of the country, are hop- an assault on healthcare lying down. important source of good-paying jobs. ing that they will be able to use Med- We have got to fight this thing. We TrumpCare fundamentally means high- icaid to be able to deal with that par- need to fight for every grandmother er health costs, millions of hard- ticular issue effectively. Because of out there. We need to fight for every working Americans losing healthcare this Senate Republican healthcare bill, aunt out there, every mother out there, coverage, gutting key protections, a they are going to be locked out. They all of our loved ones out there who may crushing age tax, and stealing from are going to be trying to figure out be forced to make the choice between Medicare. how they are going to get themselves whether or not they are going to have Republicans shut the American peo- from under that addiction with abso- healthcare or whether or not they are ple out of writing TrumpCare. And if lutely no help from Medicaid. It is going to be able to pay for groceries; TrumpCare passes, the American peo- going to be a very sad day for them. and that is just not right. ple will be shut out of affordable Many of these losses will come as We need to fight for all the single healthcare, too. Now, after crafting States are forced to phase out Medicaid dads out there who are trying to make this monstrosity in secret, the GOP over the coming years. That will hurt ends meet, the single moms out there wants to rush it to the floor before the the African-American population in who are trying to make ends meet, be- particular. American people see the damage it will cause we know that, if you take away Medicaid expansion under the ACA do, abandoning any pretense of respect Medicaid expansion, it is going to force helped 15 million of the nearly 40 mil- individuals like that to have to make for the democratic process. lion African Americans in the U.S. gain Democrats in Congress and across some really tough choices. healthcare insurance, and many of the country will continue to fight with We need to make sure that we are those were for the first time—many of all our strength to protect seniors and doing everything we can to make sure those were for the very first time. hardworking families from In addition to stripping our most vul- that we have access to quality TrumpCare’s assault on their nerable of healthcare, Senate Repub- healthcare, and that it is not reserved healthcare. licans want to defund Planned Parent- for a few of the wealthy in our country. June, as we know, is Caribbean hood and block lifesaving preventive And when you look at the Republican American Heritage Month, and we will care for hundreds of thousands of bill, Representative PLASKETT, that is later hear from Members of Congress women in the district that I represent exactly what it does. related to that. and nationwide. This is a vehicle that will deliver tax At this time, I yield to the gen- Let me tell you something about breaks to the very rich and will leave tleman from Fort Worth, Texas (Mr. Planned Parenthood. Oftentimes, when individuals like we have been talking VEASEY), my co-chair, an advocate for we start talking about Planned Parent- about in the Black community, and not his constituents and for all Americans. hood, Representative PLASKETT, the just in the African-American commu- He sits on the Armed Services Com- issue revolves around abortion. But let nities, but in all communities out mittee and is here to discuss the effect me tell you something: you cannot there that are out there working hard, that this bill will have not only on his have a serious discussion in this coun- suffering, in a situation where they constituents, but to the people that we try. You absolutely cannot have a seri- need Medicaid and they need insurance, care deeply about. ous discussion about social service pro- it is going to leave them locked out. Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, I thank grams, about Medicaid, and trying to It is going to be a sad day in America Representative PLASKETT for yielding. reduce those programs unless you have when people who thought that they I really do appreciate the gentlewoman a serious discussion about family were going to get insurance for the heading up tonight and coanchoring planning. first time, or people who had insurance and talking about the contributions of for the first time, they were going to Caribbean Americans, and also talking b 1945 get those wellness checkups, they were about this health-scare bill that is Family planning is something that meeting with their family care physi- going on right now, because it seems to people don’t want to talk about. Maybe cian on a regular basis, and they have be what everybody is talking about. in some circles, particularly Repub- that stolen from them because of this Of course, the CBO score came out lican circles, it is a very taboo subject, monstrous plan. today: 22 million Americans will lose but it is something that needs to be Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Speaker, I their insurance, many of them that discussed more often and we don’t talk thank the gentleman for those words. were able to get insurance for the first about enough. We don’t talk about it We were discussing the Medicaid ex- time under the ACA. So that should be enough with our kids, with our fami- pansion and the fact that it is going to very frightening and concerning to us. lies. disappear after 2023. The Senate is supposed to vote on When you do something like defund The other thing that is going to be this bill, Mr. Speaker, that will have a Planned Parenthood, it is going to removed from this bill is the Preven- health-scare effect on so many millions make that situation even worse. It is tion and Public Health Fund which of Americans. It is going to be much going to make people even more needy presently has billions of dollars that less affordable and it is going to be a and more in a situation to where they are supportive to the CDC. What is this lower-quality healthcare. Unlike the cannot be self-dependent. money used for?

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:41 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K26JN7.033 H26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5171 This money is used for preventative arithmetic. If you give massive tax There were children, there were pas- block grants that go to all places, like cuts to the wealthiest Americans and tors, there were doctors, there were my district, the Virgin Islands, that corporations, as TrumpCare is pro- good people there, but there was the deal with chronic conditions such as posing, you will have less money to blind, there was the deaf community, heart disease and hypertension, provide help those who actually need money to there were people in wheelchairs, and maternal and child care, support public afford insurance. they cried. And one of them said: laboratories and research, and main- Less money means fewer people cov- Please don’t take my Medicaid tain vital statistics. Those moneys ered by Medicaid, fewer people receiv- healthcare away; and please allow me would be gone if this bill passes. ing subsidies to help them buy their in- to continue to live independently, be- Mr. Speaker, I yield to Mr. SCOTT, surance, and policies that cover a cause I have at least the healthcare. my esteemed colleague from Richmond smaller portion of the costs. Of course, the Senate did not listen. and Hampton Roads in Virginia, who is According to the CBO, TrumpCare The President today said that he hopes the ranking member of the Education will have a severe impact on rural that the Affordable Care Act will crash and the Workforce Committee, to talk America, threatening the services cov- and burn. And we know that polls are about the issues and how he sees this is ered by rural hospitals which, in many showing that they increasingly think important, not only to his constitu- areas, are the biggest employers in the their healthcare will get worse. But ents, but to America as well. area. polls are showing that 51 percent of I thank the gentleman for being here CBO also points out that the hardest Americans believe and support the Af- this evening and giving us his hit will be those with preexisting con- fordable Care Act. ditions, low-income Americans, and thoughts. I want to spend the remaining mo- seniors. But even those making Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, ments of my life here on the floor—not $100,000, around $100,000, will also be I thank the gentlewoman, and I have to my life, but my time on the floor. I point out that, after redistricting last hurt. Mr. Speaker, why is the Senate even hope to the Lord that it is not the re- year, I no longer represent the Rich- considering this bill? Who benefits? maining time of my life, but I am so mond area. Maybe it is just those wealthy Ameri- overwhelmed by this bill, I know that Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Speaker, it is cans who will get a huge tax cut as some people will lose their lives. their loss. people lose their insurance. So I am going to include in the Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. And I cer- Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Speaker, I RECORD an article entitled ‘‘Center for tainly miss my friends from Richmond. thank the gentleman so much for those American Progress Coverage Losses Ms. PLASKETT. I know the gen- thoughts and reflections that we Under the Senate Health Care Bill tleman is still working for them should have about this bill. Could Result in 18,100 to 27,700 Addi- though. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentle- tional Deaths in 2026.’’ Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. I certainly woman from Houston, Texas (Ms. JACK- [From the Center for American Progress, am. SON LEE). She has been an advocate for June 22, 2017] Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the gentle- Americans, has spoken, and done so COVERAGE LOSSES UNDER THE SENATE woman for yielding, and want to point eloquently, related to her work on the HEALTH CARE BILL COULD RESULT IN 18,100 out that, as we discuss healthcare, we Judiciary Committee, as well as Home- TO 27,700 ADDITIONAL DEATHS IN 2026 have to notice that the Republicans are land Security, and I am eager to hear (By Ann Crawford-Roberts) using a very flawed reasoning to try to what the gentlewoman has to say One Republican member of Congress, de- sell TrumpCare to the American pub- about healthcare. And as well, of fending the GOP health care plan—the Amer- lic. course, as a fellow Caribbean Amer- ican Health Care Act (AHCA)—suggested They say: ‘‘We have a bill, and if you ican, I would wish her and her family a that concerns that the loss of health care don’t like the status quo, therefore, Happy Caribbean American Heritage coverage leads to death are overblown. How- you have to support the bill.’’ ever, the scientific literature on the effects Month, which was, of course, offered by of insurance coverage on mortality shows And if you ask: ‘‘Well, what’s in the our colleague, BARBARA LEE, in 2005. bill?’’ They say: ‘‘Well, you have to do that the coverage losses from the AHCA Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I would result in tens of thousands of deaths. something.’’ thank the gentlewoman who represents The secret Senate bill was finally released ‘‘What’s in your bill?’’ the U.S. Virgin Islands for her constant today, and it is broadly similar to what ‘‘I don’t like the Affordable Care leadership and consistently allowing us passed in the House: It ends Medicaid expan- Act.’’ to come to the floor to speak to our sion and makes further deep cuts to the pro- ‘‘What’s in your bill?’’ colleagues and, hopefully, the Amer- gram; eliminates the individual mandate; ‘‘The present law is called ican people on important topics. and reduces funding that helps low-income ObamaCare.’’ I can’t think of a topic more impor- Americans afford health coverage. The Con- There is no discussion about what the tant than this one that really rep- gressional Budget Office (CBO) has not yet bill actually does or whether or not it released its score of the Senate bill, although resents, when I say this one, the ques- it is expected to do so early next week. improves the status quo and how the tion of healthcare for Americans. The CBO, however, has released a score of bill will affect American families every Might I say that the healthcare the House’s version of the AHCA, which is day. statement or framework was issued largely similar to the Senate bill. The score But we do know something, based on about 12 noon on Thursday. As you well projected that, by 2026, 23 million more the CBO report, and that is that know, we worked through Friday, and I Americans would be uninsured under the TrumpCare is significantly worse than left about 12 noon, landed in Houston, House bill compared to the Affordable Care the current policy on every level. and went directly to the Legacy Com- Act (ACA). They complain about costs. Costs munity Health clinic on Lyons Avenue Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, will go up under this bill. And the only in Fifth Ward, Texas. That was a feder- this is what we are confronting. These way anybody saves money on pre- ally qualified health clinic that was are not numbers that anyone would miums is because the policies won’t able to be constructed in the neighbor- print just to create hysteria. These are cover as much of the costs. That is be- hood of Barbara Jordan and Mickey Le- truthful numbers. cause they will cover a lower percent- land by the Affordable Care Act and to Now, let me answer the question. The age of the costs, and they will cover bring healthcare to senior citizens liv- critics keep saying that we are crum- fewer benefits. ing across the street access, easy ac- bling. I said to you the President said: This was confirmed today by the cess to healthcare. crash and burn. That is not the case, CBO, which said that 22 million fewer There was 40, 50, 60, 70 people who that insurers appear to be fleeing the people will have health and coverage came. We walked down the street to Affordable Care Act’s health insurance under this plan; and the policies that ask that this President and the Sen- exchanges or State-based, online mar- people buy will cover a lot less than ators leave our healthcare alone. But ketplaces where people can buy indi- they cover now. more importantly, the disabled com- vidual health insurance. Mr. Speaker, at some point, we have munity came. I want to personally The fact that one-third of counties to recognize fundamental principles of thank them. are projected to have just one insurer

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:57 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K26JN7.034 H26JNPT1 H5172 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 26, 2017 on their ObamaCare exchanges this vate insurance on the Obamacare exchanges Obamacare. House Republicans successfully year has been a popular talking point or, in most cases, for Medicaid. They fall in sued the Obama administration in 2014 to among Republicans, including Presi- an insurance no-man’s land, the ‘‘coverage stop the payments, and the Trump adminis- dent Trump, trying to gain or gin up gap.’’ tration could simply drop the appeal. In that People earning between 100 and 138 percent case, insurers participating in Obamacare support to replace the Affordable Care of the poverty level in those Medicaid-rejec- would be on the hook for billions of dollars Act. tion states, however, do qualify for subsidies in medical expenses. (The House health-care The stat was echoed in a recent edi- to buy insurance on the Obamacare ex- bill would eliminate the payments as well.) torial by Tom Price. Though some in- changes. Many of them enrolled in As Cori Uccello, senior health fellow at the surers are still deciding whether to Obamacare, and they make up about 40 per- American Academy of Actuaries, put it to participate in ObamaCare exchange, cent of the Obamacare enrollment popu- NBC News, ‘‘Insurers need to know if they the complaint about lackluster insurer lation in the non-expansion states, compared are going to get paid.’’ to 6 percent in the expansion states. What’s more, some insurers are skeptical participation is valid. The catch is, poor people tend to be sicker that the Trump administration will enforce In recent weeks alone, Aetna pulled than rich people are. And having so many Obamacare’s individual mandate, so they are out, leaving its participation in poor, sick people in their Obamacare mar- raising their rates as a precaution. ObamaCare limited. But the real issue ketplaces might have made it more expen- And of course, with the Senate currently is that we have been strangling these sive for insurers to operate in the non-expan- debating its own version of the Obamacare insurance companies. sion states. repeal bill, the entire future of Obamacare is They leave out that the insurers In Alabama, for instance, Blue Cross Blue uncertain. Indeed, ‘‘uncertainty’’ comes up a Shield is the only insurer participating in might be less likely to exit if more lot in stories about insurers leaving the exchange in 2017, and it’s spending $1.20 Obamacare. States had expanded Medicaid under for every $1 it collects in premiums—an At this rate, Republicans might live to see ObamaCare. unsustainable ratio, as insurance writer and the Obamacare ‘‘death spiral’’ they have Mr. Speaker, I include this article in analyst Louise Norris points out. long been prophesying. But insurance mar- the RECORD, ‘‘Why So Many Insurers So, then, what happened in states that did kets don’t just collapse on their own. Deci- Are Leaving ObamaCare.’’ expand Medicaid but nonetheless have very sions by states, Congress, and the Trump ad- fragile insurance markets? Iowa, for exam- ministration can—and have—given them a [From The Atlantic, May 11, 2017] ple, expanded Medicaid, but it has had so hefty nudge. WHY SO MANY INSURERS ARE LEAVING many insurers pull out of its exchange that Ms. JACKSON LEE. And the answer, OBAMACARE there might be no Obamacare plans on offer this year. In Iowa and several other Med- of course, is a litany of ways that the HOW REJECTING MEDICAID AND OTHER GOVERN- Republicans have extinguished the MENT DECISIONS HAVE HURT INSURANCE MAR- icaid-expansion states, a different very essence of it. KETS Obamacare-related choice might have contributed to the high cost of insuring their But I just want to close by bringing One of the most common reasons critics of Obamacare enrollees. to the attention of my colleagues Ryan Obamacare say the law is ‘‘collapsing’’ is Before Obamacare, insurers could reject that insurers appear to be fleeing the Afford- Smith. He has a mental health general- customers they thought would be too sick ized anxiety disorder. He has got a able Care Act’s health-insurance exchanges, and too expensive. After Obamacare was or the state-based, online marketplaces passed, about 35 states continued to allow beautiful picture with, it looks like, where people can buy individual health-in- the sale of non-Obamacare-compliant plans. his mom and him. And it says: Without surance policies. (The states that didn’t allow this tended to the ACA, I would not have been able to The fact that one-third of counties are pro- be more liberal—New York, Vermont, and move and find a new job. jected to have just one insurer on their the like.) Therefore, the people on these so- He has generalized anxiety disorder. Obamacare exchanges this year has been a called ‘‘grandmothered’’ plans were likely to He is a young man with a job who popular talking point among Republicans— be healthier than average, since they had to worked for the Michigan House of Rep- including President Trump—trying to gin up pass the healthiness test that insurers were support for their replacement bill, the Amer- resentatives, and he was diagnosed in formerly allowed to use to screen their cus- 2013. Because of the Affordable Care ican Health Care Act. tomers. These plans can also raise peoples’ The stat was echoed in a recent editorial rates as they get sick—something that’s not Act, he keeps his job. by Health and Human Services Secretary allowed under Obamacare. Many healthy Then we have, how TrumpCare will Tom Price, in which he portrayed Obamacare people in the grandmother states were, in a kill me before cystic fibrosis. I am 34 as a house that’s on fire and ‘‘many of our sense, kept out of the Obamacare market- years old. If I was a Canadian, there fellow Americans are trapped inside.’’ places, only joining Obamacare if and when would be a good chance I would live for Though some insurers are still deciding they get sick. Thus, the grandmothered whether to participate in the Obamacare ex- 17 more years, but, in the Americas of plans might have made the Obamacare pool Donald Trump and PAUL RYAN, that is changes, the complaint about lackluster in- sicker in those states. surer participation is valid. In recent weeks According to a 2016 KFF analysis, states not going to happen. alone, Aetna pulled out of Virginia’s that both did not expand Medicaid and al- At 2, I was diagnosed with cystic fi- Obamacare exchange, leaving its participa- lowed the grandmothered plans had an aver- brosis. And this individual indicates: I tion in Obamacare this year limited to just age ‘‘risk score’’ that was 8 percent higher got married. I hope one day to have four states. Medica, the last insurer remain- than those that that did expand Medicaid children. But without the Affordable ing in most of Iowa, threatened to stop sell- and did not allow the grandmothered plans. Care Act, they too may lose their lives. ing individual plans. And after Humana The Kaiser researchers caution that there ObamaCare saved my life. What now? pulled out of Tennessee in February, leaving could be other hidden demographic factors at 40,000 people with no insurance option, This was a gentleman, lying in bed play, but write that the study ‘‘does suggest with my dog, recovering from the most BlueCross BlueShield reluctantly stepped in that state policy decisions may have had a on Tuesday, but only if certain conditions noticeable effect on risk pools.’’ recent surgery, when the news alert are met. According to a Kaiser Family Foun- Karen Pollitz, a KFF senior fellow, gave an went off on my iPhone after midnight. dation analysis, 31 percent of counties will example of how this worked in Iowa, via Breaking news: the Senate has just have just one insurer this year, up from just email: taken a major step toward repealing 7 percent last year. In Iowa, most of the Wellmark (BCBS) the Affordable Care Act. Fear, that is There is one thing Republicans usually market share continues to be in non-compli- what I and millions of Americans felt. leave out of their indictment of Obamacare, ant plans (the grandmothered/grandfathered This is a breast cancer survivor, and though: Insurers might have been less likely pre-ACA plans), so Wellmark cherry picks its to exit if more states had expanded Medicaid own market share. Over three years, news re- she is worried about being able to sur- under Obamacare. ports show Wellmark lost $90 million on ACA vive. The Affordable Care Act was written with compliant plans, with one enrollee account- So there are many stories like this, the idea that states would expand Medicaid, ing for $18 million in claims for one year and there are stories of the disabled the insurance program for the poor, to cover alone. So for 2018 Wellmark will not only and senior citizens who may be thrown people earning up to 138 percent of the fed- leave the marketplace, it will stop offering out of nursing homes and children who eral poverty level, or $16,400 for a single all ACA compliant plans, keeping in force are very sick who may, because of a adult. But a 2012 Supreme Court case made just their pre-ACA policies. preexisting disease, not have insur- that expansion optional, and so far 19 states Today, of course, insurers have even more have rejected the expansion. People earning to worry about, like whether the Trump ad- ance. below 100 percent of the federal poverty ministration will continue to make pay- I am glad to be with you on the floor, level, or about $12,000 annually, in those ments called cost-sharing reductions to de- and I think I will end by saying, my states aren’t eligible for subsidies to buy pri- fray medical costs for low-income people on commitment is to see that this never

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Let us sit down to the negoti- The President promised to a plan to provide 10,278,005 individuals in the state who now ating table together, and let us save health insurance for everybody. have private health insurance that covers pre- lives. But that promise has not been kept. ventive services without any co-pays, coinsur- Mr. Speaker, I rise to join my colleague in The legislation unveiled by House and Sen- ance, or deductibles stand to lose this avenue strong opposition to the issue of repealing, re- ate Republicans would kick millions of Ameri- of access to affordable healthcare if the Re- vising, and replacing the Affordable Care Act cans off their health coverage and force mil- publican Congress eliminates ACA provisions presented by the Republicans. lions to pay more for less. requiring health insurers to cover important Tonight, after seven years of claiming to This plan is a prescription for misery and preventive services without cost-sharing. have a workable replacement for the Afford- spells disaster for hard-working families strug- Women in the state who can now purchase able Care Act, the Senate, just as House Re- gling to make ends meet in the face of spi- insurance for the same price as men are at publicans before them, showed their hand; raling health care costs. risk of being charged more for insurance if the and it is empty. The Affordable Care Act was always about Republican Congress eliminates the ACA’s Senate Republicans have finally released real people who have real lives that are im- ban on gender rating in the individual and their draft version of the House-passed Amer- pacted by not having access to affordable and small group markets. Before the ACA, women ican Health Care Act and it is clear why they accessible health insurance. paid up to 56% more than men for their health kept it behind closed doors all this time. Those caught up in the Opioid addiction rely insurance. Today, the Congressional Budget Office and on Medicaid for healthcare treatment for with- Roughly 4,536,000 individuals in the state the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation drawal special medical care centers. who have pre-existing health conditions are at (JCT) completed their estimate of the direct The Senate and House Republican bills risk of having their coverage rescinded, being spending and revenue effects of the Better would eliminate Medicaid coverage for tens of denied coverage, or being charged signifi- Care Reconciliation Act of 2017, which is the thousands of Opioid addicts who are seeking cantly more for coverage if the Republican Senate amendment in the nature of a sub- help. Congress eliminates the ACA’s ban on pre-ex- stitute to H.R. 1628. The Affordable Care Act has established The Senate bill would increase the number healthcare as a right and not just something isting conditions. of people who are uninsured by 22 million in that the privileged can afford. 346,750 seniors who have saved an aver- 2026 relative to the number under current law, This repeal charade must end. age of $1,057 each as a result of closing the slightly fewer than the increase in the number Republicans have had seven years to show Medicare prescription drug ‘‘donut hole’’ gap in of uninsured estimated for the House-passed they have a better way to cover millions of coverage stand to lose this critical help going legislation. Americans but we have learned at last that forward. By 2026, an estimated 49 million people they have none. 1,746,043 seniors who have received free would be uninsured, compared with 28 million Republicans will be held accountable for preventive care services thanks to ACA provi- who would lack insurance that year under cur- whatever happens to our health care system sions requiring coverage of annual wellness rent law. under their watch, especially the destabilizing visits and eliminating cost-sharing for many Senate Trumpcare is yet another plan that uncertainty their efforts have already engen- recommended preventive services covered by promotes Wealth Care—if you are billionaire dered. Medicare Part B, such as cancer screenings, or a millionaire you will become wealthier. With America finally on the move thanks to are at risk of losing access to these services If you are part of the middle class or the the expansion of coverage through the Afford- if congressional Republicans go forward with working poor your economic you will become able Care Act, the Republican plan to repeal their plan to repeal the ACA. less well-off due to higher health insurance and replace the ACA threatens to turn the National Statistics 2013–2016 cost or out of pocket health care expenses. clock back by making America sick again. There were over 41 million uninsured per- Earlier today, they were making changes to Statistics Texas sons in the United States in 2013, and by address the growing chorus of objections to Should the Republicans be successful in re- 2015 that number had declined to a little over their ill-conceived attempt to end Obamacare pealing the Affordable Care Act people living 28 million because of the tremendous success for more than 20 million Americans in the State of Texas will be harmed: of the Affordable Care Act. The change they proposed could be de- 1,874,000 individuals in the state who have In March 2016, HHS reported that due to scribed as a post-script that people should try gained coverage since the ACA was imple- the Affordable Care Act, 20 million Americans to keep health insurance coverage while they mented could lose their coverage if the ACA have gained health care coverage. strip away the assistance that makes health is entirely or partially repealed. In 2016, Medicaid’s share of total U.S. insurance a right that is affordable and acces- 1,092,650 individuals stand to lose their health care spending amounted to 17 percent. sible to all Americans. coverage if the Republican Congress disman- The program is funded by both federal and The reality of keeping health insurance tles the exchanges. state government. In 2016, there were 72.2 under the Republican proposal would be near- 913,177 individuals who received financial million people enrolled in Medicaid. ly impossible for the very sick who are receiv- assistance to purchase health insurance in Since 2012 the number of people receiving ing coverage under Medicaid. 2016, received an average of $271 per per- healthcare through Medicaid grow by 24.6 mil- The added difficulty for the chronically ill is son, would be at risk of having coverage be- lion. that their preexisting condition may mean come unaffordable if the Republican Congress The number of children enrolled in Medicaid higher premiums that the Republican plan will eliminates the premium tax credits. coverage is 43%. not help them cover through subsidies or the 1,107,000 individuals in the state could have As more families were able to purchase removal of prohibitions that insurance compa- insurance if the State of Texas would accept health care insurance through exchanges the nies cannot discriminate against them. the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion. number of children receiving health insurance If you or your loved one depends on Med- These individuals will not be able to gain cov- through Medicaid decreased from 50% in icaid you will be worse off because the insur- erage if the Republican Congress eliminates 2011 to 43% in 2016 because their families’ ance market may allow you to purchase insur- the Medicaid expansion. health plan provided them with coverage. ance, but there is no subsidies to help you 508,000 kids who have gained coverage The 2016 HHS report said that 6.1 million purchase plans, and no control over how high since the ACA was implemented are also at uninsured young adults ages 19 to 25 have a premium might become. risk of having their coverage rolled back. gained health insurance coverage because

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There are so many Carib- panics dropped by more than 50 percent (from b 2000 bean Americans throughout our coun- 22.4 to 10 percent); corresponding to about 3 try who have contributed so much to million adults gaining coverage. Ms. PLASKETT. I thank the gentle- the fabric of our society, and so I am The uninsured rate among Hispanics woman so much for that information, really proud to be with her tonight. dropped by more than 25 percent (from 41.8 for much of the testimonies that you And thank you for signing H. Con. to 30.5 percent), corresponding to about 4 mil- have given for the record. Res. 71 because that was during the lion Hispanic adults gaining coverage. GENERAL LEAVE days of the bipartisanship spirit. If a The greatest demographic that benefited Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Speaker, I ask BARBARA LEE and a George Bush could from the Affordable Care Act were White non- unanimous consent that all Members work together, then that says some- Hispanics whose uninsurance rate declined by may have 5 legislative days to revise thing. more than 50 percent (from 14.3 to 7.0 per- and extend their remarks and include Ms. PLASKETT. It says a lot for cent), corresponding to about 8.9 million any extraneous material on the subject what we can accomplish. adults gaining coverage. of this Special Order. Ms. LEE. What we can accomplish, History of Universal Healthcare in the United The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. but also about the brilliance and the States GAETZ). Is there objection to the re- importance of the Caribbean-American In 1949, Harry Truman became the first sit- quest of the gentlewoman from the Vir- community. gin Islands? ting President to propose universal healthcare Let me just mention Dr. Claire Nel- There was no objection. for all Americans as part of the ‘‘Fair Deal.’’ son, who is the founder and president On March 23, 2010, with the stroke of Presi- Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Speaker, at this time, it gives me great pleasure to of the Institute of Caribbean Studies, dent Obama’s pen, the American people re- because, for over a decade, just in yield to Congresswoman BARBARA LEE, ceived this part of the ‘‘Fair Deal.’’ terms of history, we worked closely to- The Affordable Care Act has been affirmed who not only represents California in the area of Berkeley as well as Oak- gether to recognize the many indi- to be law by every means provided by our na- vidual contributions of Caribbean tion’s constitution: On March 21, 2010, it land, but is also someone who is a real progressive fighter for the American Americans and to make Caribbean passed the House and was sent to the Presi- American Heritage Month a reality. So dent. people, cares passionately about healthcare. I must today salute her for her tremen- On March 23, 2010, President Obama dous leadership. signed the Affordable Care Act into law. But on this evening when we are also Our Nation has been so fortunate to On June 28, 2012, the United States Su- talking about Caribbean American Her- benefit from countless individuals of preme Court in National Federation of Inde- itage Month, I have to tell you that, in Caribbean descent, including my per- pendent Businesses v. Sebelius ruled that it June of 2005, the House unanimously sonal mentor and friend, the late Hon- was constitutional. adopted H. Con. Res. 71, which was orable Shirley Chisholm, whose district During the 2012 Presidential Election the Af- sponsored and ushered through by Con- now is so ably represented by our col- fordable Care Act was a central issue. Presi- gresswoman BARBARA LEE with other league of Jamaican descent, Congress- dent Obama was soundly reelected with 51.1 Members, which was recognizing the woman YVETTE CLARKE. percent of the vote and 62% of the Electoral significance of Caribbean people and votes (332–206). their descendants in the history and Now, Shirley Chisholm was a woman In 2014, the Affordable Care Act provisions culture of the United States. On Feb- of Bajan and Guyanese descent who banned insurance companies from: ruary 14, 2006, the resolution similarly never forgot her roots in the Carib- Discriminating against anyone with a pre-ex- passed the Senate, culminating a 2- bean. She was the first African-Amer- isting condition. year bipartisan, bicameral effort that ican woman elected to Congress, the Charging higher rates based on gender or was issued by President George Bush first woman and the first African health status. on June 6, 2006. American to run for President. She was Enforcing lifetime dollar limits. Since the declaration, the White truly a trailblazer, and she convinced Enforcing annual dollar limits on health ben- House has issued annual proclamations me that I needed to actually register to efits. recognizing June as Caribbean Amer- vote. The Affordable Care Act means: ican Heritage Month, and it gives those Throughout her career, Shirley was Over 19 million Americans now have health of us of Caribbean-American heritage an advocate and a fighter. She fought insurance. great honor and a real opportunity to for working families, the poor, and our 105 million Americans have no life time lim- extol and let other Americans know most vulnerable: children and seniors. its on health insurance about the contributions, the issues She believed that everyone should have Nearly 134 million people with pre-existing that are important to us. the basics: food, housing, a decent job, conditions have coverage. I thank Congresswoman LEE for good wages, and healthcare—again, re- 6.6 million young-adults up to age 26 can bringing that forward and for ushering gardless of their background. And let stay on their parents’ health insurance plans. that through. It is really, I feel, quite me tell you, I know that she would 5 million Seniors in the ‘donut hole’ have often that we get subsumed, that the have been appalled by this Senate saved billions on their prescription drugs. experiences of Caribbean Americans health bill. 3.2 million Seniors have access to free an- often get glossed over, and I want to Mr. Speaker, I am disappointed, and, nual wellness visits under Medicare, and thank her for affording us the oppor- to be quite honest, I am terrified about 360,000 Small Businesses are using the tunity to have this month to be able to the Republican’s heartless bill to rip Health Care Tax Credit to help them provide talk among ourselves and among other healthcare away from 22 million Amer- health insurance to their workers. Americans about the things that we icans. Now, next year, 15 million Amer- [Statistics on Texas and the Affordable Care have done. icans will lose their healthcare, and be- Act] I yield to the gentlewoman from lieve you me, these are not just Demo- 1.7 million Texas have health insurance be- California to discuss healthcare as well crats, these are not only African Amer- cause of the Affordable Care Act. as Caribbean American Heritage icans, but these are also Republicans 7 million Texans no longer have lifetime lim- Month. and people who voted for Trump. its on their healthcare insurance. Ms. LEE. I want to thank Congress- The bill, currently—this bill—was 300,731 young adults can remain on their woman PLASKETT for hosting this Spe- hatched by 13 male Republicans in parents’ health insurance until age 26. cial Order and for her kind words, but back rooms and basements. They hid it

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And we will find that after they would lose on the merits. lands so very, very much for yielding we end the entitlement to Medicaid, we According to the Congressional Budg- to me. will have disabled people and children et Office today, the Senate’s bill would I rise today to speak with you, Mr. and people who need skilled nursing strip healthcare from 22 million Ameri- Speaker, because we have gotten so care fighting with each other because cans, devastate women’s health, and many complaints about the messaging they will have to win the lottery in weaken protections for those living that Democrats have around this bill, order to be able to access the crumbs with preexisting conditions, with dis- and I just want to keep the main thing that fall from the master’s table of the abilities. It will increase premiums and the main thing, and I just want to talk States in which they live. reduce benefits, and it would also make to you, Mr. Speaker, very directly. Mr. Speaker, this bill will have an Americans pay more for less. It would We talked a lot about the 22 million, impact on you. It is not just poor peo- end Medicaid as we know it, including 23 million people who will lose their ple. It is everybody. And I would urge long-term care for our seniors. healthcare if we were to repeal and re- the gentlewoman from the Virgin Is- What is more, it will harm American place so-called ObamaCare. But this lands, for us to be mindful of the fact families and really will present an en- goes deeper than that. that all Americans, every American re- vironment now where it is a matter of This undermines the Medicaid pro- lies on decent, good healthcare. This is life and death for so many who don’t gram, a program that will be 52 years the largest healthcare program in our even need to worry about not having old on July 30, if it survives. This takes country that is about to be dismantled, healthcare. They should have away the eligibility, changes eligibility and I would urge caution and tell ev- healthcare because, otherwise, many standards; and right now, Mr. Speaker, eryone, especially you, Mr. Speaker, to people who are going to be denied there are 70 million people who rely beware. under this bill can lose their lives. upon Medicaid. Let me tell you, Mr. Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Speaker, may I And for what? Why are we doing this, Speaker, tomorrow it could be you. inquire as to how much time I have re- or why are they doing this? It is to pay The average age of a Member of the maining. for tax cuts for billionaires and for mil- House of Representatives is 57. The av- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- lionaires and for CEOs. erage age of a Senator is 61. So, I mean, tlewoman from the Virgin Islands has Mr. Speaker, over the last few Mr. Speaker, you are one stroke away, 25 minutes remaining. months, like all of us, I received thou- one heart attack away from becoming Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Speaker, it is sands of letters from constituents in disabled. And after they wipe out your with enormous, not just gratitude, but the East Bay who are terrified of losing IRA and your pension and your Social their healthcare. I have heard from great pride, actually, to yield to some- Security so they can care for you, long- one who, to me, is one of my big sisters people like Melissa, a mother in Oak- term care, or allow you to stay home, land, whose son Sam was born pre- here, who is the champion in the you, too, Mr. Speaker, could end up re- mature with several preexisting condi- House, the foundation for those of us lying on Medicaid to have a decent tions. within the Caribbean Caucus who are Her son received healthcare under end-of-life experience or to be able to Caribbean Americans here in the Con- the Affordable Care Act. Under the stay in your home. gress. She represents probably one of You are one kidney failure away, one Senate healthcare bill, children like the largest Caribbean constituencies in car accident away. Even though you Sam will be locked out of the care that the United States, that being part of they desperately need. They are terri- make $179,000 a year, you don’t have Brooklyn, New York, which I tell ev- fied. The bill would force American enough money, Mr. Speaker, were you erybody is the largest Caribbean island families like Melissa’s to choose be- to have a disabled child that would in the world. need extensive care. You would depend tween groceries and healthcare. b 2015 Mr. Speaker, this bill is cruel and, on the Medicaid program. yes, it is mean. It is a massive tax cut You know, so many people don’t care Congresswoman YVETTE CLARKE is a for billionaires at the expense of fami- about what is going on here because great member on the Committee on lies and our most vulnerable. they think it couldn’t happen to them, Energy and Commerce. She is one of Now, during the campaign, President that those 70 million people who rely the co-chairs of the Congressional Car- Trump asked the question: What does on Medicaid is someone other than ibbean Caucus, and she is a passionate the Black community have to lose? them. But, no, Mr. Speaker, it is you. progressive advocate for healthcare Well, for starters, Mr. President, I hope And even if you don’t, God willing, and for all care for Americans and for you hear us tonight, it is healthcare, have a stroke or a heart attack, you those who have been forgotten. given the number of African Ameri- are someone who is going to suffer I am so glad and so grateful for the cans, which Congressman VEASEY laid from the cost shifting so that, when 22 gentlewoman’s continued efforts to out, who, for the first time, now have million people lose their healthcare, raise the level of awareness on issues healthcare. your premiums are going to go up. related to the Caribbean Basin, of Car- In all my years in Congress, I have Your deductibles are going to go up. ibbean Americans here in the United never seen such a morally bankrupt And God forbid that you have arthritis States, and the African diaspora as a bill. And make no mistake, it is a mat- or some other preexisting condition, whole, that we are not a monolithic ter of life and death, and the American because under this bill you will be left group, that we have a richness and a people deserve better. at the tender mercies of our insurance variety within even Americans who are Finally, let me just say this bill is companies where they can charge five of Caribbean descent here in America. not a healthcare bill. It is a tax cut bill times as much for someone who has And that needs to be celebrated and for millionaires and billionaires and is aged or has a preexisting condition. discussed, and the achievements and known as TrumpCare. I don’t know Hospitals in your nice suburban rural how we all, as a mosaic, make America how it got that title because it is more area may find themselves being shut great by being part of different cul- like—and what I call it—‘‘Trump Don’t down because they don’t get Medicaid tures. Care’’ legislation, and it must be re- payments, and community health cen- Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentle- jected. ters—not just Planned Parenthood, Mr. woman from New York (Ms. CLARKE) Ms. PLASKETT. I thank the gentle- Speaker, that you are ideologically op- this evening to discuss healthcare and woman for that information and for posed to, but those community health Caribbean American Heritage Month. her passionate words. centers that serve rural communities. Ms. CLARKE of New York. Mr. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentle- And how cruel could a bill be where Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman woman from Wisconsin (Ms. MOORE), 50 percent of the children born in this from the United States Virgin Islands who is an advocate for people through- country rely on Medicaid? How cruel (Ms. PLASKETT) for yielding to me. out this country, not just Wisconsin, could a bill be when 7 million people Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay trib- and who is a poet along with being a with disabilities, represented, you ute to my Caribbean-American sisters great Congresswoman. know, by those folks who were tossed and brothers across this country. For

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When you look at the level for us to conduct our lives in the tem. Former Attorney General Eric of investment that China is making in United States of America. To see emer- Holder, whose family came from Bar- the Caribbean region right now, it gency rooms, if they remain open, bados, served honorably as the first should give us all pause in the United filled with those who are uninsured in Black Attorney General. General Colin States as we are concerned about the this day and age is not worthy of who Powell, whose own parents immigrated expansion of their influence into the we are as a nation. from Jamaica, became our Nation’s Western Hemisphere. So I stand with my colleagues to say first Black chairman of the Joint So, Mr. Speaker, as I speak with that we will fight until the last person Chiefs of Staff and the first Black Sec- pride today, I want to mention the standing to bring dignity to our Na- retary of State. name Susan Rice, former Ambassador tion—to all people—but we fight, in Constance Baker Motley, whose par- to the U.N., another proud Caribbean particular, as a Congressional Black ents were from Nevis, drafted the com- American; and Patrick Ewing, for- Caucus for those who have been most plaint in the landmark case of Brown merly of the New York Nicks, another victimized and are the most vulnerable v. Board of Education before serving as proud Caribbean American. The list amongst us, and those are the people of our Nation’s first Black female Federal goes on and on. We have deeply bene- the African-American communities judge. fited from their contributions to our here in the United States. Shirley Chisholm, my predecessor life, enriching society here in the Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentle- and role model, served in Congress for United States of America. woman from the Virgin Islands (Ms. seven terms and became the first Black I would be remiss if I left the floor PLASKETT) for yielding. woman to seek a major party’s nomi- this evening without adding my voice Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Speaker, I find nation for President. Her family was to that of my colleagues of the Con- it very interesting for myself that we from modern-day Guyana and Bar- gressional Black Caucus in condemning have Congresswoman YVETTE CLARKE bados. this horrible healthcare bill that has and the next Member to come up is Who can forget the unmatched con- been put forth in the United States also from New York. Both of them have tributions of such notable performers Senate. It is a companion to the hor- been Representatives of districts that I as Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, rible bill that was put forth by United have lived in and that my family lives Sammy Davis, Jr., and even Beyonce? States House of Representatives. in. They represent what I think of Let me add Rihanna. I could go on. I am a Christian and I practice my when I think of my parents who live But by any measure, Caribbean faith regularly. There is something now in Congressman MEEKS’ district, Americans have enriched the United said in the Bible about wickedness in and my mother who was partly raised States beyond their numbers. They high places. I have to speak to the in Congresswoman CLARKE’s district. have made the United States better, wickedness within this bill that we, as My parents represent most Caribbean stronger, and more vibrant while serv- a civil society, would remove the abil- Americans who come to this country— ing as a credit to the Caribbean region ity for people to just have human dig- people who come here with not much, and the United States of America. nity, to have life, to be able to see who are willing to work hard, who be- I, myself, am the proud daughter of their doctors, to be able to make sure lieve that the sacrifice toward edu- Jamaican immigrants. My mother, Dr. that their children are well taken care cation and support of their families Una Clarke, served as the first Carib- of, that their parents can live out their and helping others to come and find bean-born female member of the New days in dignity and in as best health as good, stable jobs and create middle York City Council. In fact, she was the possible is really a blot on this Nation. class is what America is about. first foreign-born female to serve in We have been through generations of We have contributed so much, and we the New York City Council. challenges. We have reached a point can talk about so many of the Carib- For those reasons, I am proud to rep- where, in this Nation, we have made a bean Americans who have done amaz- resent one of the largest Caribbean di- lot of progress in really doing our best ing things in this country. But it is aspora communities in the Nation and for our neighbors as we would do for those individuals who we do not talk to serve as one of the co-chairs of the ourselves. This is totally a step back. about—our parents, our families—who Congressional Caribbean Caucus. Our children are going to ask us come to this country, who provided the However, unfortunately, the Carib- where we were when this vicious bill stability for others. It is why we are so bean region stands at a crossroads was proposed that Americans would be concerned about the temporary protec- today. Many of the nations face high stripped of the ability to access tive status of Haitians—the 50,000 Hai- energy prices, environmental degrada- healthcare in the United States of tians who are hardworking Haitians in tion, public health challenges, and eco- America in the 21st century. this country, who are being sent back, nomic challenges imposed by the cor- I stand shoulder to shoulder with my who are now here working hard and respondent banking crisis. Haiti, in colleagues in the Congressional Black sending so much money back that is particular, has been beset by numerous Caucus to say that we stood on the the backbone of the economy of Haiti, challenges over the past few years floor of the House and we fought. We who we cannot let go back because through no fault of its own. fought for human dignity. We fought to that country will collapse with them, I believe that the United States must make sure that this would not be some- leaving this country, and being good not be silent in the face of those chal- thing that would not rest on the mind citizens—as much as they can be citi- lenges. The Caribbean region is known and the conscious of our colleagues, zens—yearning for the American favorably as the third border of the that they would reflect on how they Dream. United States. Instead, it should aid would feel if this bill were to impact Mr. Speaker, Mr. MEEKS represents our Caribbean neighbors to help ensure them personally. Queens, which is one of the backbones a vibrant future in the region. I find it really ironic that in many of of Caribbean Americans. He is my par- Indeed, the State Department’s re- the districts that this healthcare bill ents’ Congressman. The gentleman has cent report to Congress on the U.S.- would impact, our colleagues are basi- been so good to the people that he rep- Caribbean strategic partnership cally stripping away the well-being of resents as well as all the American peo- marked a step in the right direction. their own constituents—people who ple. The gentleman sits on the Com- However, we must continue making voted and sent them here. It is truly mittee on Financial Services. He also

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:43 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K26JN7.040 H26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5177 sits as a member on the Foreign Affairs system of the haves versus the have- erage capped, and, after a certain Committee, where he advocates and nots. It should not be where we have a amount of payout, they had to come speaks for those individuals who can- reverse Robin Hood syndrome where out of their pockets, which were not not speak for themselves. you are taking from the poor to give to deep, and just hang in there with their Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman the rich. No, that is not the Nation families and suffer and go bankrupt. from New York (Mr. MEEKS). that we want this country to be. In So what we are talking about now is Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I thank fact, people fled from a king who was saving the lives of individuals. Representative PLASKETT for leading wealthy and didn’t care about the poor. I want to thank my friend and sister this Special Order on behalf of the Con- So here we are now as a nation, when from the Virgin Islands for leading this gressional Black Caucus. the most important thing to anybody for the Congressional Black Caucus, be- It is extremely important that we is health, because if you don’t have cause the camera of history is rolling first thank our Caribbean brothers and health, you don’t have anything. I and it is recording, and it will record sisters, as my sister YVETTE CLARKE so don’t care whether you are Black or her and the members of the Congres- eloquently stated, the history of so White, whether you come from the sional Black Caucus standing on the many individuals that have made sub- East or the West or the North or the right side of history. stantial contributions to make this a South—health. The one thing that we Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Speaker, may I more perfect union, who, but for their have in common, everyone, is that we inquire as to how much time I have labor and hard work, we would not be are human beings. And one thing that left. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- the country that we are. we know for sure, humans’ bodies, at tlewoman from the Virgin Islands has But also as Representative PLASKETT times, break down. 21⁄2 minutes remaining. has indicated, when I think about the So, yes, if you are young and healthy, Ms. PLASKETT. I yield to the gen- average, everyday person who came and, yes, if you are wealthy, then tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. across to America from the Caribbean maybe this bill that they are looking EVANS), and I will close out after that. Islands—the schoolteachers, the at on the Senate side is for you. But if Mr. EVANS. Mr. Speaker, Repub- plumbers, the lawyers, the doctors, the you are young and healthy today, be- licans have said they want a healthcare sanitation workers, and the individuals lieve me, tomorrow you won’t be young system that cuts costs and covers more that come even just to cut grass—when if you are lucky. Americans, yet their bill does no such you think about the contributions, And believe me, the human body gets thing. what they have committed is those in- sick. And when that happens, the ques- Last week, Republican leadership in dividuals have raised children who be- tion is: Will you have the ability to ac- the Senate unveiled their draft come Members of Congress, like cess the healthcare that you need to healthcare bill. Their bill makes ex- STACEY PLASKETT and YVETTE CLARKE, keep you healthy? treme cuts to the Federal Medicaid who continued that tradition of mak- Well, under this bill, based upon the program and doubles down on the ing this a much better place to live for American Medical Association, hos- President’s vow to repeal the Afford- all Americans, a shining example of pitals, AARP, you can go to almost any able Care Act. what this great Nation is when it is so health provider, they will tell you that, The nonpartisan CBO came out and inclusive. no. 22 million Americans, as the CBO said that 22 million Americans stand to YVETTE CLARKE talked about Alex- score showed, would lose their access lose health coverage. Their bill does ander Hamilton and the contributions to healthcare, and many of those are in nothing but further harms the commu- that were made from the very begin- the middle, the middle class. They talk nities and threatens the livelihood of ning. But when you look at that and about healthcare. We are not just talk- neighborhoods nationwide. when you think of who we are and the ing about healthcare; we are talking The healthcare debate in our country hemisphere that we share—you see, the about adequate health coverage so that should be about increasing funding, Caribbean Islands are the same hemi- when you are sick, you can go to a doc- promoting prevention, protecting and sphere, and we have to make sure that tor and receive the care that you need enhancing the quality of life for each we are together in lockstep. We can and know that you are covered, be- and every person in Philadelphia, the never forget that, when America cause my Republican colleagues have Commonwealth, and our Nation. catches a cold, many individuals in the forgotten where we were before the Af- What do we have to lose? We have a Caribbean now get pneumonia. fordable Care Act. lot to lose. We are talking about the So as a result of understanding the You see, before the Affordable Care lives of 22 million Americans who stand contributions that they have made in Act, more Americans were going bank- to lose their healthcare. The numbers this country, and continue to make, we rupt in trying to stay alive, for do not lie. These are our veterans, our are really one on the same continent healthcare. These are middle class, seniors, our students, and our children. and we are only as strong as we are hardworking, everyday individuals who We cannot turn a blind eye. The live- together. thought they had coverage. But when lihood of our neighborhoods depends on they were sick, they went to the doc- b 2030 our commitment to stop this disas- tor, then they found out that what trous bill from becoming law. There is And so we would have to stop and they thought they were covered for, a lot at stake, and our neighbors have think of our brothers and sisters from they were not, and so they had to take too much to lose if we turn a blind eye. the Caribbean and those who are still out loans and re-mortgage and refi- We have heard from all of our col- living there as just places that we go nance their homes, give up everything leagues tonight that clearly this is visit for tourism and vacation. Yes, we that they had to try to stay healthy going in the wrong direction. And we, want to make sure that we do visit and alive. We don’t want to go back members of the Congressional Black there to strengthen those economies, there. Caucus, stand together to fight this but we want to also make sure that, as Before the Affordable Care Act, we horrible bill. a government, as a people, we are also were not talking about making sure One last thing I want to say to my doing the appropriate investments that those individuals with preexisting colleague on Caribbean Americans. there in their infrastructure, because it diseases were covered. June is Caribbean American Heritage only helps us here in the United States If you listen to my Republican col- Month, and I think the most of my col- of America. leagues, they will tell you that the Af- league. I have learned a lot from We are only as strong as we can be fordable Care Act is the worst thing in watching her in action. She has that together. E pluribus unum, from many the world. But before the Affordable spirit and that drive as a Caribbean one, that is what this Nation is sup- Care Act, we weren’t talking about American. She has helped shape and posed to be, and I think that we have children being able to stay on their strengthen the fabric of our commu- come a long way to accomplish it, parents’ health insurance until they nities. which brings me to the second phase of were 27 years old. I thank the congresswoman publicly what I want to talk about this evening, Yes, indeed, before the Affordable for all that she has done as a great Car- because this is not supposed to be a Care Act, many seniors saw their cov- ibbean American in this body.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:43 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K26JN7.041 H26JNPT1 H5178 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 26, 2017 Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Speaker, I yield and domestic; that I will bear true ard Definitions [EPA-R04-OAR-2016-0504; back the balance of my time. faith and allegiance to the same; FRL-9964-09-Region 4] received June 23, 2017, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. that I take this obligation freely, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law without any mental reservation or 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- Mr. Speaker, I rise in celebration of Caribbean mittee on Energy and Commerce. American Heritage Month. In June 2005, the purpose of evasion; and that I will 1802. A letter from the Director, Regu- House of Representatives adopted H. Con. well and faithfully discharge the latory Management Division, Environmental Res. 71, recognizing the significance of the duties of the office on which I am Protection Agency, transmitting the Depart- Caribbean people. In February 2006, the reso- about to enter. So help me God.’’ ment’s final rule — Fees for Water Infra- lution passed in the Senate, and was signed has been subscribed to in person and structure Project Applications under WIFIA by President George W. Bush in June 2006. filed in duplicate with the Clerk of the [EPA-HQ-OW-2016-0568; FRL-9964-19-OW] Since the declaration, the United States has (RIN: 2040-AF64) received June 23, 2017, pur- House of Representatives by the fol- suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- celebrated June as Caribbean American herit- lowing Members of the 115th Congress, 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee age month every June, this year marks the pursuant to the provisions of 2 U.S.C. on Transportation and Infrastructure. twelfth anniversary. Approximately 3 million 25: f people in America can trace their ancestry to KAREN C. HANDEL, Sixth District of the Caribbean. Georgia. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON Historically, African-Caribbean migration to RALPH NORMAN, Fifth District of PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS the United States can be traced back to the South Carolina. Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of 17th century during British colonial slavery. f committees were delivered to the Clerk While enslaved Africans imported from the for printing and reference to the proper Caribbean decreased after revolts in the EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. calendar, as follows: 1700s, Caribbean immigration grew in the Mr. SHUSTER: Committee on Transpor- mid-1800s. After World War II, Caribbean im- Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive tation and Infrastructure. H.R. 1684. A bill to migration boomed during periods of economic communications were taken from the direct the Administrator of the Federal growth. Between 1960 and 2009, the number Speaker’s table and referred as follows: Emergency Management Agency to provide of Caribbean immigrants grew from 190,000 to 1796. A letter from the Assistant Director technical assistance to common interest 2 million. for Legislative Affairs, Consumer Financial communities regarding eligibility for dis- Caribbean Americans have contributed the Protection Bureau, transmitting the Bu- aster assistance, and for other purposes; with fabric of our society, bringing a unique and vi- reau’s Semi-Annual Report to Congress, pur- an amendment (Rept. 115–193). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the brant culture to mesh with that of America’s. suant to Sec. 1016 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act state of the Union. Just to name a few, Colin Powell, Eric Holder, of 2010; to the Committee on Financial Serv- Mr. SHUSTER: Committee on Transpor- Cicely Tyson, and Lenny Kravitz are all Carib- ices. tation and Infrastructure. H.R. 2518. A bill to bean Americans. 1797. A letter from the Director, Regu- authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard I urge my fellow members of Congress to latory Management Division, Environmental for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and for other commemorate this month as National Carib- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 115–194). bean American Heritage Month. cy’s direct final rule — Air Plan Approval; Referred to the Committee of the Whole Georgia: Permit Exemptions and Definitions House on the state of the Union. f [EPA-R04-OAR-2007-0113; FRL-9964-06-Region f LEAVE OF ABSENCE 4] received June 23, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS By unanimous consent, leave of ab- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Under clause 2 of rule XII, public sence was granted to: Commerce. bills and resolutions of the following Mr. LUCAS (at the request of Mr. 1798. A letter from the Director, Regu- latory Management Division, Environmental titles were introduced and severally re- MCCARTHY) for today on account of a ferred, as follows: medical procedure. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation By Mr. SHIMKUS: Mrs. NAPOLITANO (at the request of of Implementation Plans; New Mexico; Albu- H.R. 3053. A bill to amend the Nuclear Ms. PELOSI) for today through June 29 querque/Bernalillo County; New Source Re- Waste Policy Act of 1982, and for other pur- on account of spouse health situation view (NSR) Preconstruction Permitting Pro- poses; to the Committee on Energy and Com- in California. gram [EPA-R06-OAR-2013-0615; FRL-9963-41- merce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Armed Services, for f Region 6] received June 23, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. a period to be subsequently determined by ADJOURNMENT 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on En- the Speaker, in each case for consideration ergy and Commerce. of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Speaker, I move 1799. A letter from the Director, Regu- tion of the committee concerned. that the House do now adjourn. latory Management Division, Environmental By Mr. ROE of Tennessee (for himself The motion was agreed to; accord- Protection Agency, transmitting the Depart- and Mr. CORREA): ingly (at 8 o’clock and 39 minutes ment’s direct final rule — Approval and Pro- H.R. 3054. A bill to provide an amnesty pe- p.m.), under its previous order, the mulgation of Air Quality Implementation riod during which veterans and their family House adjourned until tomorrow, Tues- Plans; Texas; Redesignation of the Collin members can register certain firearms in the day, June 27, 2017, at 10 a.m. for morn- County Area to Attainment the 2008 Lead National Firearms Registration and Transfer ing-hour debate. Standard [EPA-R06-OAR-2009-0750 9963-47-Re- Record, and for other purposes; to the Com- gion 6] received June 23, 2017, pursuant to 5 mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to f U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. the Committees on Ways and Means, and 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on En- Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subse- OATH OF OFFICE MEMBERS, RESI- ergy and Commerce. quently determined by the Speaker, in each DENT COMMISSIONER, AND DEL- 1800. A letter from the Director, Regu- case for consideration of such provisions as EGATES latory Management Division, Environmental fall within the jurisdiction of the committee The oath of office required by the Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- concerned. cy’s final rule and correction notice — Ap- By Mr. FERGUSON (for himself and sixth article of the Constitution of the proval of Missouri’s Air Quality Implementa- Mr. CARTER of Georgia): United States, and as provided by section Plans; Reporting Emission Data, Emis- H.R. 3055. A bill to amend the National tion 2 of the act of May 13, 1884 (23 sion Fees and Process Information [EPA-R07- Labor Relations Act to prohibit the preemp- Stat. 22), to be administered to Mem- OAR-2015-0790; FRL-9964-04-Region 7] re- tion of State identity theft laws; to the Com- bers, Resident Commissioner, and Dele- ceived June 23, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. mittee on Education and the Workforce. gates of the House of Representatives, 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 By Mr. FERGUSON (for himself and the text of which is carried in 5 U.S.C. Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Mr. CARTER of Georgia): 3331: Commerce. H.R. 3056. A bill to amend the National 1801. A letter from the Director, Regu- Labor Relations Act to prohibit the preemp- ‘‘I, AB, do solemnly swear (or af- latory Management Division, Environmental tion of State stalking laws; to the Com- firm) that I will support and defend Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- mittee on Education and the Workforce. the Constitution of the United cy’s direct final rule — Air Plan Approval; By Mr. BEYER (for himself, Mr. States against all enemies, foreign GA and SC: Changes to Ambient Air Stand- RASKIN, and Mr. KHANNA):

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:41 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K26JN7.042 H26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5179 H.R. 3057. A bill to establish the use of H.R. 3063. A bill to amend the Chesapeake cilities and activities and expressing support ranked choice voting in elections for Rep- Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to reauthorize the for the designation of the month of July as resentatives in Congress, to require each Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails ‘‘Park and Recreation Month’’; to the Com- State with more than one Representative to Network; to the Committee on Natural Re- mittee on Natural Resources. establish multi-member Congressional dis- sources. By Mr. GROTHMAN (for himself, Mr. tricts, to require States to conduct Congres- By Mr. CICILLINE (for himself, Mrs. BABIN, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. GRAVES of sional redistricting through independent CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Georgia, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. YOHO, Mr. commissions, and for other purposes; to the Mr. KEATING, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. JOHNSON of Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition MCGOVERN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. Louisiana, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. ALLEN, to the Committee on House Administration, MCNERNEY, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. RICE for a period to be subsequently determined GALLEGO, Mr. SCHNEIDER, and Mr. of South Carolina, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. by the Speaker, in each case for consider- SCOTT of Virginia): GAETZ, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. KING of ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- H. Con. Res. 66. Concurrent resolution ex- Iowa, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. PERRY, Mr. risdiction of the committee concerned. pressing support for the designation of June FASO, Mr. DUNN, Ms. JENKINS of Kan- By Mr. CLAY (for himself and Mrs. 21 as National ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Day sas, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. ROSS, and Mr. WAGNER): to promote children’s health and gun safety; SIMPSON): H.R. 3058. A bill to redesignate the Jeffer- to the Committee on Oversight and Govern- H. Res. 407. A resolution condemning the son National Expansion Memorial in the ment Reform. persecution of Christians around the world; State of Missouri as the ‘‘Gateway Arch Na- By Ms. DELBENE (for herself, Mr. to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. ´ tional Park’’; to the Committee on Natural GUTIERREZ, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for MOULTON, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Resources. himself, Ms. MATSUI, and Mr. COLE): By Mr. CLYBURN (for himself, Mrs. Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. H. Res. 408. A resolution commemorating WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. THOMPSON of CROWLEY, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. NORTON, the 50th anniversary of the Smithsonian Mississippi, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. GRI- Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. MEEKS, Folklife Festival; to the Committee on Over- JALVA, Mr. EVANS, Ms. LEE, Mr. Mr. BEYER, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. FOSTER, sight and Government Reform. SERRANO, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, Ms. SCHA- Mr. LYNCH, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. By Ms. NORTON: KOWSKY, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. BISHOP LOEBSACK, Mrs. DAVIS of California, H. Res. 409. A resolution recognizing and of Georgia, Ms. MOORE, Mr. CLAY, Ms. Ms. SPEIER, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. commending Lunchtime Music on the Mall NORTON, Ms. CLARKE of New York, BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, and its performers and partners for benefit- Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. WILSON of Flor- Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- ting the District of Columbia and regional ida, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. vania, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. SEAN residents as well as visitors to the Nation’s RICHMOND, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, and PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. capital; to the Committee on Natural Re- Ms. ADAMS): CONNOLLY, Mr. POCAN, Ms. MATSUI, sources. H.R. 3059. A bill to provide funding for Fed- Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. LEE, Mrs. erally Qualified Health Centers, the National NAPOLITANO, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. f Health Service Corps, Teaching Health Cen- SINEMA, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY ters, and the Nurse Practitioner Residency PETERS, Mr. HIMES, Ms. BROWNLEY of STATEMENT Training program; to the Committee on En- California, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. YAR- ergy and Commerce. MUTH, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. SCHRADER, Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of By Ms. MOORE (for herself, Mr. CLY- Mr. HECK, Mr. SCHIFF, Mrs. DINGELL, the Rules of the House of Representa- BURN, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. tives, the following statements are sub- Texas, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. SEWELL KIND, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. CUMMINGS, mitted regarding the specific powers of Alabama, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. SWALWELL of Cali- granted to Congress in the Constitu- Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. fornia, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. tion to enact the accompanying bill or JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. RICHMOND, MCEACHIN, Ms. HANABUSA, Ms. TITUS, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mr. HIGGINS of New joint resolution. Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CUM- York, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. WELCH, By Mr. SHIMKUS: MINGS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. NORTON, Mr. RUSH, Ms. CLARK of Massachu- H.R. 3053. Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. setts, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- TAKANO, Mr. EVANS, Ms. JAYAPAL, CARBAJAL, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JUDY lation pursuant to the following: Mr. RASKIN, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, CHU of California, Mr. WALZ, Mr. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United Mr. HASTINGS, and Mrs. WATSON RASKIN, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. States Constitution. COLEMAN): DEGETTE, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. TAKANO, By Mr. ROE of Tennessee: H.R. 3060. A bill to require that States and Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. MENG, H.R. 3054. localities receiving grants under the Edward Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, Mrs. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, lation pursuant to the following: Program require law enforcement officers to Ms. PINGREE, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. POLIS, The Constitution of the United States Ar- undergo training on and thereafter employ Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. LARSON of ticle I, Section 8 and Amendment II de-escalation techniques to assist in reduc- Connecticut, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. By Mr. FERGUSON: ing the need for the use of force by such offi- MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New H.R. 3055. cers, and for other purposes; to the Com- Mexico, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Congress has the power to enact this legis- mittee on the Judiciary. Mr. KILMER, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. REED (for himself and Ms. MCGOVERN, Ms. ESTY of Connecticut, Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, To make all SA´ NCHEZ): Ms. SA´ NCHEZ, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. CASTOR laws which shall be necessary and proper for H.R. 3061. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- of Florida, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. SHEA- carrying into execution the foregoing pow- enue Code of 1986 to allow employers a credit PORTER, Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. BUSTOS, ers, and all other powers vested by this Con- against income tax for employees who par- Mr. COHEN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. stitution in the government of the United ticipate in qualified apprenticeship pro- BEATTY, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. States, or in any Department or Officer grams; to the Committee on Ways and DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. thereof. Means. MOORE, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. By Mr. FERGUSON: By Mr. RUSSELL: KEATING, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. NOR- H.R. 3056. H.R. 3062. A bill to require the Adminis- CROSS, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- trator of the Federal Aviation Administra- LARSEN of Washington, Mr. TED LIEU lation pursuant to the following: tion to consider the aircraft registry office of California, Mr. SIRES, Ms. LOF- Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, To make all in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as excepted GREN, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N of New laws which shall be necessary and proper for during a Government shutdown or emer- Mexico, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mrs. LOWEY, carrying into execution the foregoing pow- gency (as it provides excepted services) to Ms. BONAMICI, Miss RICE of New ers, and all other powers vested by this Con- ensure that it remains open during any Gov- York, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. COURTNEY, stitution in the government of the United ernment shutdown or emergency; to the Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. CLARKE of New States, or in any Department or Officer Committee on Transportation and Infra- York, and Mrs. TORRES): thereof. structure. H. Res. 405. A resolution expressing support By Mr. BEYER: By Mr. SARBANES (for himself, Mr. for the designation of June 26 as ‘‘LGBT H.R. 3057. WITTMAN, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Equality Day’’; to the Committee on the Ju- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. CONNOLLY, diciary. lation pursuant to the following: Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. HOYER, Mr. RUP- By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania This bill is enacted pursuant to the power PERSBERGER, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. (for himself and Ms. TSONGAS): granted to Congress under Article I of the RASKIN, Mr. TAYLOR, Mrs. COMSTOCK, H. Res. 406. A resolution recognizing the United States Constitution and its subse- and Mr. BEYER): importance of public park and recreation fa- quent amendments.

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By Mr. CLAY: H.R. 1057: Mr. BARLETTA. H.R. 2428: Mr. MOULTON. H.R. 3058. H.R. 1059: Mr. JEFFRIES. H.R. 2435: Mr. NADLER. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1090: Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH. H.R. 2472: Mr. RASKIN. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1094: Mr. JEFFRIES and Mr. TAKANO. H.R. 2478: Mr. LARSEN of Washington. Article I, Section 8 H.R. 1116: Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, H.R. 2482: Mr. FASO and Mr. BARLETTA. By Mr. CLYBURN: Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California, Mr. WEB- H.R. 2499: Mr. SMITH of Washington. H.R. 3059. STER of Florida, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. H.R. 2501: Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER. Congress has the power to enact this legis- DESJARLAIS, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, H.R. 2519: Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California. lation pursuant to the following: Mr. MESSER, and Mr. TURNER. H.R. 2544: Mr. KHANNA and Mr. BOST. Article I Section 8 of the US Constitution H.R. 1120: Mr. SUOZZI. H.R. 2550: Mr. SWALWELL of California. By Ms. MOORE: H.R. 1146: Mr. TAKANO and Mr. MCGOVERN. H.R. 2556: Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia and H.R. 3060. H.R. 1148: Ms. DEGETTE and Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. ROKITA. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1155: Mr. KENNEDY. H.R. 2584: Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1164: Mr. LANCE. NEWHOUSE, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, and Mr. Article I Section 8 of the Constittution of H.R. 1171: Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N of New Mex- SOTO. the United States of America ico and Mr. FORTENBERRY. H.R. 2587: Mr. KILMER. By Mr. REED: H.R. 1173: Mr. KIND. H.R. 2589: Mr. ROSS. H.R. 2598: Mr. THOMPSON of California. H.R. 3061. H.R. 1222: Mr. MOULTON. H.R. 2651: Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. ROSS, and Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1245: Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of lation pursuant to the following: New Mexico. CARTER of Georgia. H.R. 2658: Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the H.R. 1269: Mr. DENHAM, Mr. THOMPSON of MCCAUL, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, and Mr. United States Constitution and Amendment California, and Mr. BERA. COFFMAN. XVI of the United States Constitution H.R. 1276: Mr. MOULTON. H.R. 2659: Mr. GARAMENDI. By Mr. RUSSELL: H.R. 1291: Mrs. DEMINGS. H.R. 2664: Mrs. WALORSKI, Ms. MOORE, and H.R. 3062. H.R. 1316: Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia. Mr. HASTINGS. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1359: Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania. H.R. 2690: Mr. VEASEY. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1384: Mr. KELLY of Mississippi. H.R. 2695: Ms. MENG, Mr. BROWN of Mary- Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 H.R. 1405: Mr. NADLER. land, and Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ. By Mr. SARBANES: H.R. 1421: Mr. KIND and Ms. CLARKE of New H.R. 2696: Mr. BROWN of Maryland and Ms. H.R. 3063. York. VELA´ ZQUEZ. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1441: Mr. BACON. H.R. 2703: Mr. TAKANO. H.R. 1444: Mr. RUSSELL. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2740: Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. BLUM, Mr. H.R. 1447: Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, New York and Ms. MCCOLLUM. tion under the General Welfare Clause. Ms. HANABUSA and Ms. DELAURO. H.R. 1456: Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. ESTES of Kan- f H.R. 2790: Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Penn- sas, Ms. TITUS, and Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. sylvania, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H.R. 1491: Mr. NUNES. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. RASKIN, H.R. 1494: Ms. MENG, Mr. OLSON, Mr. YOUNG Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors and Mr. MCGOVERN. of Iowa, Ms. SA´ NCHEZ, Mr. BUDD, Mr. ZELDIN, were added to public bills and resolu- H.R. 2809: Mr. LAMBORN. EATTY HOMPSON Mrs. B , and Mr. T of Cali- H.R. 2838: Mr. RYAN of Ohio. tions, as follows: fornia. ´ H.R. 2862: Mr. COFFMAN and Mr. ROYCE of H.R. 66: Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mex- H.R. 1552: Mr. LABRADOR and Mr. ROKITA. ico. California. H.R. 1575: Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER. H.R. 2870: Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. MOOLENAAR, H.R. 123: Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas. H.R. 1606: Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. and Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia. H.R. 233: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY and Mr. WESTERMAN, and Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. H.R. 2875: Mr. ZELDIN. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. H.R. 1626: Mr. DONOVAN. H.R. 2879: Mr. ROKITA. H.R. 281: Ms. TENNEY. H.R. 1629: Mr. BLUMENAUER. H.R. 2902: Mr. LANGEVIN. H.R. 289: Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. H.R. 1666: Mr. DEFAZIO. H.R. 2909: Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. WEBSTER of H.R. 344: Mr. FASO. H.R, 1731: Mrs. RADEWAGEN. Florida, and Mr. BACON. H.R. 358; Mr. HARPER and Mr. LUETKE- H.R. 1733: Mr. SENSENBRENNER and Mr. H.R. 2913: Mr. HECK, Ms. SLAUGHTER, and MEYER. ROSKAM. Mr. LANGEVIN. H.R. 367: Mr. MULLIN. H.R. 1734: Mr. CICILLINE and Mrs. DEMINGS. H.R. 2918: Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. ROSS, Mr. H.R. 449: Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER. H.R. 1757: Mr. BLUMENAUER. MEADOWS, Mr. COLE, and Mr. KELLY of Mis- H.R. 468: Ms. SLAUGHTER and Ms. ESHOO. H:R. 1759: Mr. DONOVAN. sissippi. H.R. 490: Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. H.R. 1777: Mr. PITTENGER. H.R. 2919: Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania and MARCHANT, Mr. BARLETTA, and Mr. WALBERG. H.R. 1828: Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. RUSSELL. H.R. 525: Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. H.R. 1841: Ms. JAYAPAL and Mr. BEYER. H.R. 2944: Mr. RICHMOND. LUNT OCHESTER H.R. 664: Ms. B R . H.R. 1847: Mr. ESTES of Kansas. H.R. 2946: Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. HIGGINS of ARRAGA´ N H.R. 669: Ms. B . H.R. 1861: Mr. DONOVAN. Louisiana, Mr. ABRAHAM, and Mr. GAETZ. H.R. 685: Mr. CROWLEY. H.R. 1864: Mr. ROE of Tennessee. H.R. 2968: Mr. KILMER. H.R. 721: Ms. ADAMS, Mr. COMER, Mr. H.R. 1899: Mr. CICILLINE. H.R. 3003: Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia, GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, H.R. 1905: Mr. RASKIN. Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. YOUNG of Iowa, Mr. and Ms. GRANGER. H.R. 1928: Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. ZELDIN, and Mr. BARLETTA. H.R. 731: Mr. MCNERNEY. WOMACK, and Ms. PINGREE. H.R. 3004: Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. JENKINS of H.R. 747: Mr. LUETKEMEYER and Mr. FLO- H.R. 1953: Mr. KENNEDY. West Virginia, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. SMITH of RES. H.R. 1955: Mr. CRAMER. Texas, Mr. BACON, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. H.R. 750: Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. SERRANO, and H.R. 2013: Mr. O’HALLERAN. ZELDIN Mr. LAMBORN, and Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. CUMMINGS. H.R. 2054: Mr. SCHWEIKERT. H.R. 3026: Mr. KILMER. H.R. 754: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY and Mr. H.R. 2059: Mr. JEFFRIES. H.R. 3033: Mr. TAYLOR. GARAMENDI. H.R. 2061: Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. H.J. Res. 6: Mr. ROKITA. H.R. 807: Mr. TAKANO and Mr. CARBAJAL. H.R. 2149: Mr. SESSIONS. H.J. Res. 31: Mr. COHEN. H.R. 816: Mr. MCNERNEY. H.R. 2225: Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania. H. Con. Res. 8: Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, H.R. 828: Ms. SLAUGHTER. H.R. 2240: Mr. COSTA. Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. KUSTER of New Hamp- H.R. 846: Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. GONZALEZ of H.R. 2273: Mr. BLUM. shire, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. THOMPSON of Cali- Texas, and Mr. BRADY of Texas. H.R. 2315: Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. fornia, Mr. AGUILAR, Mrs. BUSTOS, Ms. CLARK H.R. 873: Mr. SERRANO, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. GOH- of Massachusetts, and Mr. DESAULNIER. BISHOP of Michigan, Mr. MAST, Mr. WILSON of MERT, and Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania. H. Con. Res. 47: Mr. JEFFRIES. South Carolina, and Mr. GARRETT. H.R. 2345: Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mrs. H. Con. Res. 63: Ms. ESTY of Connecticut, H.R. 909: Mr. REED. BEATTY, Mr. KILMER, Mr. THOMPSON of Mis- Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. BONAMICI, and Ms. HR. 927: Mr. KILMER. sissippi, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. DELAURO. H.R. 930: Mr. PEARCE, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. ROSEN, Mr. ROKITA, and Mr. RUTHERFORD. H. Con. Res. 64: Ms. NORTON, Ms. MAST, Mr. VALADAO, and Mr. DUNN. H.R. 2358: Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mrs. COMSTOCK, H.R. 947: Mr. CONYERS. New Mexico. Ms. KELLY of Illinois, and Mr. DONOVAN. H.R. 986: Ms. FOXX. H.R. 2366: Ms. KAPTUR. H. Con. Res, 65: Ms. KUSTER of New Hamp- H.R. 995: Mr. ROYCE of California. H.R. 2379: Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of shire and Mr. CICILLINE. H.R. 997: Mr. WOMACK. New Mexico. H. Res. 185: Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. SHERMAN, H.R. 1017: Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. H.R. 2394: Mr. MEEHAN. Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. WEBER of Texas, and Mr. MOORE, and Ms. JAYAPAL. H.R. 2404: Ms. JACKSON LEE. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:43 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A26JN7.020 H26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5181 H. Res. 218: Mr. ZELDIN. CONGRESSIONAL EARMARKS, LIM- OFFERED BY MR. GOODLATTE H. Res. 257: Mr. KEATING and Mr. RASKIN. ITED TAX BENEFITS, OR LIM- The provisions that warranted a referral to ITED TARIFF BENEFITS the Committee on Judiciary in H.R. 3004 do H. Res, 274: Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. ZELDIN, not contain any congressional earmarks, and Mrs. WAGNER. Under clause 9 of rule XXI, lists or limited tax benefits, or limited tariff bene- H. Res. 279: Mr. DUFFY. statements on congressional earmarks, fits as defined in clause 9 of rule XXI. H. Res, 286: Mr. JEFFRIES. limited tax benefits, or limited tariff f benefits were submitted as follows: H. Res. 307: Mr. BRAT. DELETIONS OF SPONSORS FROM H. Res. 317: Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of OFFERED BY MR. GOODLATTE PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Texas and Mr. ZELDIN. The provisions that warranted a referral to Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors H. Res. 351: Mr. FASO. the Committee on Judiciary in H.R. 3003 do were deleted from public bills and reso- H. Res. 359: Mrs. LOWEY. not contain any congressional earmarks, lutions, as follows: limited tax benefits, or limited tariff bene- H.R. 60: Mr. ABRAHAM and Mr. ESTES of fits as defined in clause 9 of rule XXI. Kansas.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:43 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A26JN7.017 H26JNPT1 E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 115 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION

Vol. 163 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2017 No. 109 Senate The Senate met at 4 p.m. and was They told Americans that it would among other things, eliminating taxes called to order by the President pro lower their premiums, but ObamaCare on the middle class, by giving Ameri- tempore (Mr. HATCH). has increased premiums by an average cans more power to control and reduce f of 105 percent in the vast majority of their medical costs and out-of-pocket States on the Federal exchange since expenses, and by giving States signifi- PRAYER 2013. Unless we act, we can expect simi- The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- lar trends for years to come. cant new tools to drive down pre- fered the following prayer: They told Americans that it would miums. Let us pray. expand choice in the healthcare mar- Better Care will free Americans from Eternal God, sovereign of nations, ketplace, but ObamaCare has left onerous mandates under ObamaCare by answer our lawmakers even before they Americans in 70 percent of U.S. coun- repealing the employer mandate that call, and hear them even before they ties with little to no options for insur- reduces hours and take-home pay for speak. Give them the wisdom today to ance this year. Unless we act, we can too many workers and by repealing the commune with You. May this fellow- expect things to get worse. ship bring them Your gifts of knowl- They told Americans that it would individual mandate that forces Ameri- edge, judgment, and wisdom for these allow them to keep their doctors, their cans to buy unaffordable ObamaCare turbulent times. plans, and their ability to make the insurance, freeing them to make the Lord, help them to yield their minds, smartest healthcare decisions for their best healthcare decisions for their fam- hearts, and wills to the flow of Your families. Instead, ObamaCare forced ilies on what types of plans they want Divine intelligence, using Your might millions off the plans they liked and and can afford. forced millions into plans they either to solve problems in our Nation and Better Care will help stabilize insur- world. Give them the power to handle did not want or could not afford. Un- ance markets that are collapsing under the pressures of legislative labor as less we act, more Americans will be they find fuel from a fresh flow of Your left trapped, forced by ObamaCare to ObamaCare by first implementing sta- strength. May they think clearly, serve buy insurance but left without the bilization policies and then carefully creatively, and endure consistently. means to actually do so. transitioning away from ObamaCare We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen. This is the ObamaCare status quo as completely so that more families are millions of Americans have come to f not harmed by its collapsing markets. know it. It is unacceptable. It is PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE unsustainable. The American people As one major insurer observed just The President pro tempore led the need better care, which is exactly what today, this bill ‘‘will markedly improve Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: we are working to bring them. the stability of the individual market I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Through dozens of meetings and and moderate premium increases.’’ United States of America, and to the Repub- through conversations with every That is from a major insurer today. Member of our conference, we have had lic for which it stands, one nation under God, We should keep working so that we indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the opportunity to discuss many dif- can move forward with robust floor de- f ferent ideas and approaches for bringing relief from ObamaCare. Ultimately, bate and an open amendment process RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY we found there were a number of areas here on the Senate floor. I would en- LEADER in which we all agreed when it comes courage all 100 Senators to participate The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. to what the critical issues we need to because the American people need bet- ERNST). The majority leader is recog- address are and how we can do that. ter care right now, and this legislation nized. Those solutions are what make up the includes the necessary tools to provide f draft legislation that was released last it. week and that we will continue work- BETTER CARE RECONCILIATION ing to consider now. f BILL Better Care will preserve access to Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, care for patients with preexisting con- 7 years ago, the Democrats forced an ditions, strengthen Medicaid, and allow RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME unfair healthcare system on our coun- children to remain on their parents’ in- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under try that they called the Affordable surance through the age of 26. Care Act. It turned out to be anything Better Care will lower costs from the previous order, the leadership time but that. where they are under ObamaCare by, is reserved.

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A26JN6.000 S26JNPT1 S3744 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 26, 2017 EXECUTIVE SESSION can give people who make over $1 mil- regulatory improvements, such as giving lion a $57,000 tax cut, on average. Medicaid Directors a seat at the table in the The bill would slash tax credits, development of regulations that impact how EXECUTIVE CALENDAR which help families afford health insur- the program is run, and the pathway to per- manency for certain waiver programs. How- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under ance, in order to give a nearly $1 tril- ever, no amount of administrative or regu- the previous order, the Senate will pro- lion tax cut to the wealthiest Ameri- latory flexibility can compensate for the fed- ceed to executive session to resume cans. eral spending reductions that would occur as consideration of the following nomina- The bill would also punish any Amer- a result of this bill. tion, which the clerk will report. icans who experience a gap in coverage, Changes in the federal responsibility for fi- The senior assistant legislative clerk locking them out of health insurance nancing the program must be accompanied read the nomination of Kristine L. for 6 months. Every year, tens of mil- by clearly articulated statutory changes to Medicaid to enable states to operate effec- Svinicki, of Virginia, to be a Member lions of Americans have a gap in coverage through no fault of their own. tively under a cap. The Senate bill does not of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission accomplish that. It would be a transfer of for the term of five years expiring June Some lose their jobs, and others have risk, responsibility, and cost to the states of 30, 2022. temporary financial problems. It is in- historic proportions. Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, humane to say to those Americans: While NAMD does not have consensus on I suggest the absence of a quorum. You now have to wait an additional 6 the mandatory conversion of Medicaid fi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The months without insurance. nancing to a per capita cap or block grant, clerk will call the roll. Imagine someone who is struggling the per capita cap growth rates for Medicaid in the Senate bill are insufficient and un- The senior assistant legislative clerk with cancer, and he has a lapse in coverage. The 6-month wait this Repub- workable. proceeded to call the roll. Medicaid—or other forms of comprehen- Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I lican penalty imposes could well be- sive, accessible and affordable health cov- ask unanimous consent that the order come a death sentence. erage—in coordination with public health for the quorum call be rescinded. That is why Republicans are ashamed and law enforcement entities, is the most The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without of this bill—it carries a staggering comprehensive and effective way address the objection, it is so ordered. human cost. You do not have to take opioid epidemic in this country. Earmarking funding for grants for the exclusive purpose RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER my word for it; the bipartisan National Association of Medicaid Directors of treating addiction, in the absence of pre- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The came out today in opposition to the ventative medical and behavioral health cov- Democratic leader is recognized. erage, is likely to be ineffective in solving bill, saying it would ‘‘divert critical re- the problem and would divert critical re- HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION sources away from what we know is Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, sources away from what we know is working working today,’’ particularly for opioid today. this week, the eyes of the American treatment. Medicaid Directors recommend prioritizing people should be and are on the Senate. Madam President, I ask unanimous the stabilization of marketplace coverage. The Republican majority endeavors to consent that their statement be print- Medicaid reform should be undertaken when pass a massive remake of our Nation’s ed in the RECORD. it can be accomplished thoughtfully and de- healthcare system with the votes of There being no objection, the mate- liberately. only one party and the ideas of only rial was ordered to be printed in the Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, one wing of one party in just 4 short RECORD, as follows: the nonpartisan American Medical As- days. [From the National Association of Medicaid sociation—a conservative organiza- The Republican majority kept their Directors, June 26, 2017] tion—came out today in opposition to healthcare bill shrouded in darkness CONSENSUS STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL the bill, saying it ‘‘will expose low and for as long as possible, only dragging it ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAID DIRECTORS middle income patients to higher costs into the light last Thursday morning (NAMD) BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON THE BET- and greater difficulty in affording after it was forced to because there was TER CARE RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2017 care.’’ so much outcry over the secrecy. That WASHINGTON, DC.—The following state- I ask unanimous consent that their was only a week before it was set for a ment represents the unanimous views of the letter be printed in the RECORD. vote. There are still no hearings and no National Association of Medicaid Directors There being no objection, the mate- opportunity for a robust discussion of (NAMD) Board of Directors. NAMD is a bi- rial was ordered to be printed in the partisan, nonprofit, professional organiza- amendments. Just a few hours ago, RECORD, as follows: they released a revised version, which, tion representing leaders of state Medicaid agencies across the country. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, at the moment, is what we will appar- Medicaid is a successful, efficient, and Chicago, IL, June 26, 2017. ently consider on the floor. cost-effective federal-state partnership. It Hon. MITCH MCCONNELL, There is a reason my Republican col- has a record of innovation and improvement Majority Leader, U.S. Senate, leagues labored in secret. There is a of outcomes for the nation’s most vulnerable Washington, DC. reason they forsook the committee citizens. Hon. CHARLES SCHUMER, process and regular order and open de- Medicaid plays a prominent role in the pro- Minority Leader, U.S. Senate, bate. There is a reason they want to vision of long-term services and supports for Washington, DC. the nation’s elderly and disabled popu- DEAR MAJORITY LEADER MCCONNELL AND jam this bill through in just 1 week. lations, as well as behavioral health services, LEADER SCHUMER: On behalf of the physician They are ashamed of their bill. Now including comprehensive and effective treat- and medical student members of the Amer- that we have seen it, we finally know ment for individuals struggling with opioid ican Medical Association (AMA), I am writ- why. dependency. ing to express our opposition to the discus- The Republican healthcare bill—this Medicaid is complex and therefore de- sion draft of the ‘‘Better Care Reconciliation new TrumpCare—unwinds the mands thoughtful and deliberate discussion Act’’ released on June 22, 2017. Medicine has healthcare protections and programs about how to improve it. long operated under the precept of Primum that are designed to help the Ameri- Medicaid Directors have long advocated for non nocere, or ‘‘first, do no harm.’’ The draft meaningful reform of the program. States legislation violates that standard on many cans who need it the most in order to continue to innovate with the tools they levels. give a tax break to the Americans who have, but federal changes are necessary to In our January 3, 2017 letter to you, and in need it the least. improve effectiveness and efficiency of the subsequent communications, we have con- The bill would gut Medicaid, making program. However, these changes must be sistently urged that the Senate, in devel- it harder for families with a loved one made thoughtfully and deliberately to en- oping proposals to replace portions of the in a nursing home or for families with sure the continued provision of quality, cost- current law, pay special attention to ensure a disabled child to afford his care, so effective care. that individuals currently covered do not that they can give a massive tax cut to Medicaid Directors have asked for, and are lose access to affordable, quality health in- appreciative of, improved working relation- surance coverage. In addition, we have advo- the wealthy. ships with HHS and are working hard to cated for the sufficient funding of Medicaid This bill would defund Planned Par- streamline and improve the administration and other safety net programs and urged enthood, making it harder for millions of the program. The Senate bill does for- steps to promote stability in the individual of women to obtain care, so that they malize several critical administrative and market.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:00 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G26JN6.002 S26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3745 Though we await additional analysis of the He continued: ‘‘The goal of women of good conscience. I would ask proposal, it seems highly likely that a com- healthcare reform should be to lower that they think with their conscience bination of smaller subsidies resulting from costs here in Nevada, and I’m not con- before they vote on the motion to pro- lower benchmarks and the increased likelihood of waivers of important protections fident—not confident—it will achieve ceed on Wednesday. such as required benefits, actuarial value that goal.’’ Any bill that does this much harm to standards, and out of pocket spending limits Republican Senator SUSAN COLLINS the American people ought to receive a will expose low and middle income patients said about the bill: ‘‘I’m very con- ‘‘no’’ vote. to higher costs and greater difficulty in af- cerned about the cost of insurance for RUSSIA SANCTIONS fording care. older people with serious chronic ill- Finally, Madam President, I have a The AMA is particularly concerned with nesses, and the impact of the Medicaid word on Russia sanctions. President proposals to convert the Medicaid program into a system that limits the federal obliga- cuts on our state governments, the Trump has spent the last few days fir- tion to care for needy patients to a predeter- most vulnerable people in our society, ing off tweets that point fingers at mined formula based on per-capita-caps. At and health care providers such as our President Obama’s handling of Russia’s the recently concluded Annual Meeting of rural hospitals and nursing homes.’’ interference in our election. It is good the AMA House of Delegates, representatives Even my friend the junior Republican that the President has finally acknowl- of more than 190 state and national specialty Senator from Texas said that under edged—albeit implicitly—that Russia medical associations spoke strongly in oppo- this bill, ‘‘premiums would continue to interfered in our election, something sition to such proposals. Per-capita-caps fail rise.’’ that the intelligence community has to take into account unanticipated costs of My Republican friends are right to new medical innovations or the fiscal impact long agreed upon. of public health epidemics, such as the crisis have these concerns. The bill will not Let me give the President some of opioid abuse currently ravaging our na- lower costs for working families. It will heartfelt advice. Mr. President, you tion. The Senate proposal to artificially leave the most vulnerable Americans have to stop the name-calling, finger- limit the growth of Medicaid expenditures out in the cold, devastate rural areas, pointing, and deflection when it comes below even the rate of medical inflation and set us even further back in com- to something as serious as Russia’s threatens to limit states’ ability to address bating the opioid epidemic. meddling in our democracy. This is the health care needs of their most vulner- This week, the Senate will witness a able citizens. It would be a serious mistake very, very serious stuff. to lock into place another arbitrary and political exercise in that the majority Whatever President Trump thinks of unsustainable formula that will be ex- leader will attempt to coerce the votes President Obama’s actions during the tremely difficult and costly to fix. of these Senators and any other hold- election is moot. Mr. Trump is now We are also concerned with other provi- outs by adjusting the dials on the legis- President, not Barack Obama, and the sions of the legislation beyond those directly lation a bit. There will be buyouts and Russian threat is still there. If Presi- affecting insurance coverage. The Affordable bailouts and small tweaks that will be dent Trump is concerned by Russian Care Act’s Prevention and Public Health hailed as ‘‘fixes’’ by the other side. Fund was, according to the Department of interference in our election, he can Health and Human Services, established to The truth is that the Republicans step up to the plate and try to stop it. ‘‘provide expanded and sustained national in- cannot excise the rotten core at the Blaming Obama is not going to solve vestments in prevention and public health, center of their healthcare bill. No mat- the problem, even though that blame to improve health outcomes, and to enhance ter what tweaks they add, no matter may be wrongly placed. health care quality.’’ These activities are how the bill changes around the edges, The best thing President Trump can key to controlling health care costs and the it is fundamentally flawed at the cen- do is to support the Russia sanctions elimination of support for them runs counter ter. No matter what last-minute bill the Senate passed 2 weeks ago by to the goal of improving the health care sys- amendments are offered, this bill will tem. We also continue to oppose Congres- an overwhelming, bipartisan, 98-to-2 sionally-mandated restrictions on where force millions of Americans to spend vote—a bill that is currently lan- lower income women (and men) may receive more of their paychecks on healthcare guishing at the clerk’s desk in the otherwise covered health care services—in in order to receive fewer benefits sim- House, at what appears to be, at least, this case the prohibition on individuals using ply so that the wealthiest Americans the request of the White House. their Medicaid coverage at clinics operated can pay less in taxes. That is why our It would be unconscionable—uncon- by Planned Parenthood. These provisions Republican colleagues are ashamed of scionable—to let sanctions stay where violate longstanding AMA policy on pa- this bill and are rushing it through in they are or, worse, to weaken them, tients’ freedom to choose their providers and 4 short days. physicians’ freedom to practice in the set- when Russia has interfered with the ting of their choice. Before we vote on the motion to pro- wellsprings of our democracy and, if We do appreciate the inclusion of several ceed, I would ask my Republican not punished, will likely do so again. provisions designed to bring short term sta- friends to do one simple thing: Reflect If President Trump doesn’t support bility to the individual market, including on how this bill would impact your the bill and tries to block it or water it the extension of cost sharing reductions pay- constituents. We are all sent here to down, Americans are going to be ask- ments. We urge, however, that these provi- serve the people of our States—to do ing: What is his motivation? What is sions serve as the basis of Senate efforts to right by them, to ease their burdens improve the ACA and ensure that quality, af- the reason President Trump is afraid to fordable health insurance coverage is within where possible and make sure our laws sanction Russia after they interfered in reach of all Americans. reflect a country that gives everyone our elections? The American people are We sincerely hope that the Senate will an equal opportunity to succeed. The going to ask a lot of questions. take this opportunity to change the course first rule of medicine is ‘‘do no harm.’’ I would advise the President to stop of the current debate and work to fix prob- So it should be with government. So it casting blame and step up to protect lems with the current system. We believe should be with this healthcare bill. the vital interests of this country, to that Congress should be working to increase But this bill will harm the middle- get tough on Russia, get serious about the number of Americans with access to class family with a parent in a nursing quality, affordable health insurance instead safeguarding our elections, and tell of pursuing policies that have the opposite home. It will harm the father whose Speaker RYAN to pass our Russia sanc- effect, and we renew our commitment to son is struggling with opioid addiction tions bill so that President Trump can work with you in that endeavor. and who is having trouble finding the sign it. Sincerely, money to put him through treatment. Otherwise, President Trump is going James L. Madara, MD. It will harm the child born with a pre- to be in an even deeper hole with the Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, existing condition, who may hit the public on the matter of Russia. even several Republican Senators are lifetime cap on healthcare coverage be- Thank you, Madam President. expressing concerns. fore he or she even enters kinder- I yield the floor. Republican Senator HELLER said: garten. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ‘‘The bill doesn’t protect the most vul- As the American Medical Association ator from Vermont. nerable Nevadans—the elderly, Nevad- said today, this bill violates the ‘‘do no Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, I ans struggling with mental health harm’’ standard on many levels. I be- thank the distinguished Democratic issues, substance abuse, and people lieve my friends and colleagues on the leader for his comments. I ascribe to with disabilities.’’ other side of the aisle are men and them.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:00 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A26JN6.002 S26JNPT1 S3746 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 26, 2017 TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CUBA POLICY American citizens are the ones who dom, not trample on it. The example Madam President, on June 16, in a will be hurt by this change in policy. we set for Cuba is by trampling on the campaign-style speech glorifying the Instead, the President decided to toss a rights of our own people. failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in political favor to a tiny minority of the How well did restricting travel by 1961, President Trump spoke of freedom President’s supporters in Miami. Americans to Cuba work from 1961 and democracy for the Cuban people. Now, the President’s party has long until 2014, when President Obama re- Those are goals every one of us in claimed to be a party devoted to indi- laxed those Cold War restrictions, dec- this body shares, not only for the peo- vidual freedom, as we all should be. ades after the Russians had abandoned ple of Cuba but for people everywhere. But let me give my colleagues a few ex- the island and Cuba no longer posed But the hypocrisy of the President’s re- amples of what his policy means for any threat to us? It failed miserably. marks in Miami, where he announced the freedom of individual Americans. At the same time, it treated the Cuban his decision to roll back engagement First, remember that Americans can and American people as pawns in a po- between the United States of America travel freely to any of the other coun- litical game. and Cuba, was glaring, if not sur- tries I have mentioned, despite the re- Throughout those many years, the prising. pressive policies of their governments. Castro government had a ready excuse This is a President who has praised, Americans can travel to Saudi Arabia, for its own failings and repressive poli- feted, and offered aid and weapons to the Philippines, Turkey, and Egypt, as cies. They could blame it on the United some of the world’s most brutal des- well as to Iran, Vietnam, and China. States, and for many years, the Cuban pots. A President who, when he was in We can go to any of those countries people believed it because we, with our Saudi Arabia, never uttered the words without restriction. embargo, wouldn’t let Americans trav- ‘‘freedom’’ or ‘‘democracy’’ or ‘‘wom- Of course, Americans can travel free- el to Cuba or do business there. But en’s rights.’’ In fact, he said he did not ly to Russia, Cuba’s former patron. I with the possible exception of the believe in lecturing other governments would note that Russia is now invest- Pope, I don’t think any foreigner has about such things. Freedom House ing heavily in Cuba’s transport sector been received as warmly or engendered ranks Saudi Arabia as less free than and, taking advantage of the fact that as much hope for the future as Presi- Cuba. we are turning our back on Cuba, they dent Obama did when he and First This is a President who welcomed at are seeking a military base there. And Lady Michelle Obama visited Havana. the White House President Erdogan, Americans can travel freely to the dic- It was amazing to watch the reaction who has imprisoned tens of thousands tatorship of Venezuela, Cuba’s source of the people in Cuba. of teachers, journalists, and civil serv- of cheap oil. In fact, Americans can President Trump claims President ants as he dismantles the institutions travel freely to any country they want, Obama got a bad deal when our flag of secular democracy in Turkey. went up at the U.S. Embassy a little President Trump praised Philippine provided that country will let them in, no matter how undemocratic, no mat- less than 2 years ago, after more than President Duterte, who brags of com- half a century. But President Trump mitting murder and who defends a pol- ter how tyrannical, no matter how repressive. Apparently, President Trump has yet to say what the deal he be- icy of summarily executing, without lieves he could obtain would look like. any legal process, thousands of sus- could care less about that. But not to Cuba, whose people have far more in His so-called deal could be described in pected petty drug users. one word, ‘‘capitulation,’’ which hasn’t common with us than those of any of President Trump says he admires worked for over 50 years. the other countries I named. President Putin, and he acts like a The White House decries the decrepit No, President Trump says you can go soulmate to President El-Sisi, both of Cuban military’s role in the economy, to Iran, you can go to Vietnam, you whom show no reluctance to order the as if it poses a threat to us or is some- can go to Russia, you can go to Tur- imprisonment and, in Russia, even the how an aberration. They should look at key, and you can go to Saudi Arabia. assassination, of critics of their auto- the role of Egypt’s military and Rus- You can go anywhere you want, but cratic rule. sia’s and Indonesia’s and Pakistan’s. Despite all of this—praising these ty- you can only go to Cuba under condi- They have their hands in all kinds of rants around the world—President tions that the White House and bureau- business and real estate ventures. Trump has decided to make a point of crats in the Treasury Department, who They point out the number of people going after tiny Cuba, whose govern- have never been to Cuba, permit. arrested in Cuba has increased. I have ment, for all its faults, doesn’t hold a Rather than make your own decision condemned the arrests of peaceful pro- candle to these other autocracies. about where to take your family for a testers. These arrests are wrong, but If the hypocrisy were not enough, it vacation or to experience a foreign cul- they are also wrong in the countries gets a whole lot worse, because in ture, the White House will make that whose repressive governments the doing so he is trampling on the rights decision for you. President has praised, some of which of Americans—of the Presiding Officer, You must be a part of an organized he regards as close allies of the United of me, and of everybody else in this group, and the purpose of your trip States. country. must fit within 1 of 12 licensing cat- Now, like Americans, the Cuban peo- I wonder how many, if any, Members egories determined by bureaucrats at ple know that fundamental change will of Congress have read the details of the the Treasury Department. I suspect not happen quickly and that the revo- President’s announcement in Miami, they have never been to Cuba. lutionaries who overthrew one dictator other than the couple of Cuban-Amer- You must have a designated chap- only to be replaced by another will ican Members of Congress—neither one erone to verify that, Heaven forbid, hold on to power while they can. But of whom has ever set foot in Cuba— you do not stray from the program sub- they also know that their time is end- even though it is only a few miles off mitted to and approved—you hope—by ing, that Cuba is changing, and that our coast. They publicly took credit for the Treasury Department, whose em- the American people can support them writing the new White House policy. ployees and bureaucrats you have best by engaging with them. Now, that, in and of itself, speaks never met. If your application is inter- Secretary of State Tillerson says the volumes about the administration’s so- minably delayed or denied—for what- administration is ‘‘motivated by the called policy review. That turned out ever reason—you are out of luck. There conviction that the more we engage to be largely a sham. Apparently, every is no appeal. with other nations on issues of security Federal agency recommended con- Now, that is how the White House and prosperity, the more we will have tinuing down the path of engagement says that Cuba will become a democ- opportunities to shape the human begun by President Obama, as did the racy. By curtailing the freedom of rights conditions in those nations.’’ U.S. business community and the rap- Americans to travel and spend their Apparently, this administration should idly growing number of private Cuban hard earned money there. By behaving have added: ‘‘except for Cuba.’’ entrepreneurs who are benefiting from the way we would expect of a com- On May 25, Senator FLAKE and I, U.S. engagement. munist dictatorship—not of the world’s along with 53 Democratic and Repub- It is especially ironic that those oldest democracy, where the govern- lican cosponsors, introduced the Free- hard-working Cubans and private ment’s job is to protect individual freedom for Americans to Travel to Cuba

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G26JN6.006 S26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3747 Act. It is, frankly, absurd that such correct. This bill will not lower costs, Americans, including children, seniors, legislation is even necessary to restore and it will not improve our healthcare and people with disabilities. In fact, the American people’s freedom to trav- system. Instead, it will remove health across the country, and in my home el that the Federal Government should insurance coverage for millions of State of Rhode Island, about half of all never have taken away. Americans. Indeed, the CBO has just Medicaid funding is spent on nursing Fifty-five Senators of both parties released their estimate that 22 million home care. Over 60 percent of nursing are on record in support of doing away Americans will lose their health insur- home residents access care through with the restrictions in law that even ance coverage. It will increase costs for Medicaid. If you think nursing home President Obama could not fix; and, everyone and decimate State budgets, care will be protected, you are in for a frankly, if there is a vote on this bill, creating a ripple effect throughout our rude awakening because the math just it will pass overwhelmingly. I hope the economy. doesn’t work. It will be impossible to majority leader will strike a blow for The bill my colleagues worked in se- cut Federal funding for State Medicaid democracy and actually let us have cret to craft is, in a sense, a sham. It programs by hundreds of billions of that vote so we can show the Cuban will not lower costs, and it will not im- dollars and not impact the most sig- people what real democracy looks like prove our healthcare system, as they nificant Medicaid expenditures, which when people are allowed to vote. insist. Instead, it will remove health are nursing homes. We support freedom not only for the insurance coverage for millions of I would also like to talk about the people of Cuba, we support it for the Americans—22 million, according to role Medicaid plays in emergencies like American people because we reject the the CBO—increase costs for everyone, a recession or public health crisis. We idea that any government should deny as I said, and decimate State budgets. know all too well how an economic its citizens the right to travel freely, In fact, their bill essentially is a huge downturn impacts communities. With least of all our own government. We ac- tax cut for the wealthiest 2 percent of job loss, comes loss of health insur- Americans at the expense of everyone tually believe Secretary Tillerson’s ance, pensions, and other benefits. The else. tax base shrinks, and State budgets rhetoric. We believe that restoring the If you need any further proof of the punitive policy of the past is little suffer. Medicaid, as currently struc- real driver of this bill, one of its big- tured, is able to adapt to this. As the more than a misguided act of venge- gest giveaways is a retroactive tax ance rooted in a half-century-old fam- need increases, the program grows to break on investment income for people cover everyone who is eligible, includ- ily feud that will do nothing to bring making at least a quarter of a million ing those who have just lost jobs. This freedom to Cuba. dollars. Dozens of leading economists, Who do we see now coming to Cuba saves families from having to choose including six Nobel laureates, have whether to take their kids to the doc- to build a railroad? The Russians. Who criticized this plan as, in their words, a do we see as we turn our back on Cuba tor or put food on the table. ‘‘giant step in the wrong direction’’ Under the Senate TrumpCare bill, planning to invest there? The Chinese. that prioritizes tax breaks averaging States will be hamstrung by arbitrary Let’s not repeat the mistake we made $200,000 annually per household in the caps and limits on Medicaid. In fact, for 50 years. top 0.1 percent of Americans over the States will be unable to expand cov- The Cuban people and the American well-being of working families. In fact, erage during a recession to those in people want closer relations. Every sin- President Trump himself will get an es- need, and they will likely have to make gle poll shows that. I wish President timated $2 million tax break each year cuts across the board, from healthcare Trump would listen to the American from the giveaways in this bill. Let’s and education to transportation infra- people rather than to a tiny minority call this bill what it is: a massive give- structure, to make up for the lost tax who want to turn back the clock. away to the wealthiest Americans. revenues. This is not strictly going to If we really care about freedom in Meanwhile, the rest of the country—all be an issue of healthcare policy in Cuba, we should flood Cuba with Amer- of our constituents—will be the ones States. The cuts are so dramatic that ican visitors and make it possible for paying the price for these tax breaks after they have taken all they can from American farmers and American com- for those well-off. So much for the other healthcare programs, they will panies to compete there as they would President’s claim that he would end a inevitably go to education funding— in any other country. rigged system. the biggest expense most States have— If we really care about freedom, our Now, how do Republicans pay for and then to transportation and then to government should stop playing Big these tax breaks? For starters, they are public safety. Even then, I don’t think Brother with the lives of Americans. It proposing to end the Medicaid expan- they can keep up with these cuts. doesn’t work. It has never worked. sion under the Affordable Care Act, Like most of the country, Rhode Is- Frankly, it is wrong. which is providing health insurance to land was hard hit by the recession. It I yield the floor. nearly 15 million Americans, but then took many years for the economy to The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. they go even further by effectively even begin to turn around in the right MORAN). The Senator from Rhode Is- block-granting Medicaid, cutting hun- direction. It seemed my colleagues are land. dreds of billions of dollars from the forgetting how Medicaid has been a HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION program over the next decade. These critical safety net through tough eco- Mr. REED. Mr. President, I come to are not reforms designed to lower nomic times. the Senate floor, once again, to urge costs. This is a cut, pure and simple, I am also concerned that my col- my colleagues to work in a bipartisan, which will sharply curtail and elimi- leagues are not aware of the impact transparent fashion to improve our nate needed healthcare services to Medicaid has on our Nation’s veterans. healthcare system and help bring down many across this country. In fact, the The uninsured rate among veterans has costs. Center on Budget Policies and Prior- dropped by 40 percent since implemen- Over the weekend, members of the ities published data that shows a stark tation of the Affordable Care Act. Na- American Medical Association—the contrast of who gains and who loses tionwide, nearly 1 in 10 veterans is cov- Nation’s largest organization of doc- under this bill. The 400 households in ered by Medicaid, including approxi- tors—had a chance to finally read the the country with the highest incomes mately 8,000 veterans in my home proposed Republican bill and found it will get tax breaks totaling $33 billion State of Rhode Island. The cuts to violates their ‘‘do no harm’’ principle. because of the Senate TrumpCare bill. Medicaid that have been proposed by According to a letter they wrote to As a result, over 725,000 Americans will my Republican colleagues put the care Leaders MCCONNELL and SCHUMER, lose Medicaid coverage in just four of our veterans at risk. We have all ‘‘Medicine has long operated under the States to equate to that $33 billion: promised to provide the best care pos- precept of Primum non nocere, or, Alaska, Arkansas, Nevada, and West sible to our brave men and women ‘first do no harm.’ The draft legislation Virginia. That doesn’t even scratch the when they leave the service, but the violates that standard on many lev- surface as to who will lose access to Senate TrumpCare bill would do the els.’’ care in the remaining 46 States. opposite. That is the conclusion of the Amer- Medicaid has played a critical role in That is not the only way this bill ican Medical Association, and they are ensuring access to care for millions of would damage veterans’ care. Many

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G26JN6.007 S26JNPT1 S3748 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 26, 2017 veterans seek help for mental health Act coverage, she knew that was one sure against that catastrophic care by going outside of the VA sys- worry that could be taken off of her healthcare problem like Megan’s of $8 tem. TrumpCare puts mental health mind. She had enough to worry about million, to reinsure the insurance com- and substance abuse treatment at risk as a mother, what she should be doing pany. Do you know what that would do by saying insurance companies no in such a situation, and of course she in the State of Florida, if we passed longer need to cover these services. For wanted to give all of her attention to this as a fix to the ACA? It would lower the over 15,000 veterans in Rhode Island her daughter. the premiums in the ACA in Florida 13 who access mental and behavioral The cancer went into remission after percent. That is reinsurance. healthcare outside of the VA, they the transplant; however, after leaving It is not unlike what we have done would be out of luck. For all the bipar- the hospital, 63 days later, the cancer for hurricanes. A catastrophic hurri- tisan work in this Chamber to increase came back. This time, they went to MD cane could cost so much more than the veterans’ access to these services, it Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. I insurance company has assets for, and would all be for naught if Senate Re- asked the mom why she wanted to do therefore they buy insurance from a publicans pass their TrumpCare bill. that. She said: ‘‘When your child is company like Lloyd’s of London or These are just some of the things Re- dying, there’s nothing that you won’t other reinsurance companies. They buy publicans are sacrificing in the name of do.’’ I think all of us as parents can insurance in case of a catastrophe—the tax breaks for the wealthy. It is, frank- identify with that, but we are so very insurance company does that. If an in- ly, unconscionable. More importantly, fortunate that we haven’t had to go surance company did not have to pay this will not be lost on the American through it. out this $8 million because it had in- people. I have heard from thousands of Maybe, as we get ready to vote on sured against that kind of catastrophic my constituents since the beginning of this healthcare bill, on the Republican loss, everybody else’s premiums are this year, and if Senate Republicans alternative—which, by the way, just going to come down. Otherwise, they press forward with this legislation, I came out of CBO today—the Congres- have to make premiums actuarially think we will all hear from many more sional Budget Office—and they said sound, and they have to raise them in of these constituents for many years to that if the Senate bill were enacted, 22 order to take care of the cases that are come. million people would lose health insur- prohibitively expensive. TrumpCare is fundamentally flawed ance coverage. Remember, that is not All of this sounds down in the weeds, and cannot be fixed. We would welcome too much different from what CBO said but the bottom line is this: If we want the opportunity to work across the when the House bill was passed a cou- to fix the ACA, we can fix it, but we aisle on improvements to the Afford- ple of months ago, the bill to which can’t do it one party against the other. able Care Act, like those to lower there has been such a negative reac- We have to have the will to come to- costs, especially prescription drug tion. CBO said that 23 million people in gether in a bipartisan agreement to fix costs, any time. this country would lose their coverage it. Of course, if the mom of this girl had I, once again, urge my colleagues to as a result of the House bill. We just been faced with this without insurance drop their efforts and to work with us got the score from CBO minutes ago. coverage, she would be bankrupt. She to instead make improvements to the Twenty-two million people. Is that the wouldn’t have been able to even afford ACA. direction we want to be going in? the first transplant, much less the 2 I yield the floor. Megan is still going through treat- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ment, and the cancer was only in re- years of extra life her daughter had ator from Florida. mission for 32 days before it came back while fighting for her life. Anybody who goes through something like Mr. NELSON. Mr. President, last again. Megan received multiple blood Elaine and her daughter Megan did week, I spoke with a very brave moth- transfusions. Remember, this is a sin- er. She had endured what not one of us knows that every second counts. gle mom trying to keep her daughter, a That is what this healthcare debate ever wants to have to endure while she schoolteacher in her twenties, alive. is about—giving people peace of mind, watched her child go through cancer, This time, all of the blood transfusions giving them that financial security, over and over and over again. That started to take another toll on Megan. that certainty, putting people’s health mother is Elaine Geller from my State She became so weak. When trying to ahead of other things, such as company of Florida. I want to show you her walk, she faltered, she fell, she hit her profits. You can do it all and solve daughter. This is her daughter Megan. head, and at age 28, she passed away. everybody’s problem, including the in- Let’s get to the bottom line of this She was working as a kindergarten surance company’s, which obviously is teacher when she was diagnosed with discussion, other than that our hearts in business to make a profit. You can leukemia in 2013 at the age of 26. At go out to all the Megans all across do it. the time Megan was admitted to the America. The bottom line is, that Elaine said her daughter would be hospital, her blood count was four. She whole treatment over 2 years cost $8 proud to know that we are telling that had pneumonia, and she had water on million. There was not a cap on the story today. It matters. It matters to her heart. total amount of money that could be her, albeit deceased. It certainly mat- She ultimately checked into one of paid under the existing law, the Afford- ters to her mom. It matters to their the very good cancer centers at the able Care Act. An insurance company Senator. It matters to a lot of other University of Miami, and she stayed cannot put a cap on the amount of your people. there for 7 months. She went through medical bills that can be reimbursed. The ACA, the existing law—the one the regimen of chemo. She spent Suppose before the ACA that cap was there was such a fractious fight over 5 months in the hospital, receiving mul- $50,000. This single mom could not even to 7 years ago—is working. Here is a tiple rounds of chemo, biopsies, and have come up with money for the ini- good example. Then we see that the various other treatments. Eventually, tial transplant, which looked as though aim of our friends on that side of the Megan’s doctor told her she had to it worked and did work for several aisle is—they want to repeal it. They have a transplant, which required a months. In fact, $8 million over time— don’t want anything that has the taint $150,000 upfront payment. I think you 2 years—how in the world could any of ObamaCare, and so they concoct see where I am going with this story. one of us afford that? something in the House. You see what Very few families would be able to af- A lot of people say: Well, the ACA kind of greeting that has gotten in the ford a 150-grand payment, especially a isn’t doing it. Well, why don’t we all country. I think it was in the upper single mother. get together in a bipartisan way and teens—a poll that showed it was viewed I heard this story last week from fix it? And one of the fixes would be, favorably. In other words, it is viewed Megan’s mother. She said that thanks because certain healthcare problems, very unfavorably. to the Affordable Care Act, she didn’t like Megan’s, cause the insurance com- In order for the Senate majority have to write a check for the trans- pany to pay out a lot of money—do you leader to come up with something that plant. In fact, she didn’t have that know what we can do about it? We can he can repeal ObamaCare with, in the money. Because that transplant was create a reinsurance fund, which is a dead of night, in secret—even the Re- provided for under the Affordable Care bill that I had filed, and it is to rein- publican Senators didn’t know what it

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G26JN6.008 S26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3749 was until they hatched it in the public that. Who gets Medicaid? Millions of scribed a moment ago, which would last Friday. This bill is just as bad as people in this country do. It is not only lower healthcare premiums by 13 per- the House bill. the poor. It is not only the disabled. It cent. That bill would stabilize the They will claim, in trying to stand is 65 to 70 percent of all seniors in nurs- ACA’s insurance marketplace through up this bill—by the way, it is going to ing homes who are on Medicaid, and it the creation of a permanent reinsur- wither, the more it is examined in the is also some children’s programs. Let ance fund. I have seen the policies glare of the spotlight. They claim that me just give you one example. I went work, as I described, with catastrophic it maintains the ACA’s protections for to the neonatal unit at Shands Hos- hurricane insurance. There is nothing those with preexisting conditions. Can pital in Jacksonville, a hospital affili- magic about my idea. It is just an obvi- anybody really say that with a straight ated with the University of Florida, ous fix to the existing law, and ideas face? It leaves it up to the States. but in Jacksonville. The doctors and like that can bubble forth in a bipar- Before I came to Washington and the nurses were showing me how miracles tisan way to make the existing law Senate service, I was the elected insur- occur for premature babies; they keep that we have sustainable. ance commissioner, State treasurer of them alive. What we ought to be doing is trying Florida. It was my job to regulate the Then what they wanted to show me to look for ways to help people like insurance companies—all kinds of in- was—with the opioid epidemic, which that single mom Elaine and her daugh- surance companies, including health has hit my State just like all the other ter Megan. We should be working to- insurance companies. I can tell you States, they wanted me to see and un- gether to make the ACA work better. that I have seen some insurance com- derstand that when a pregnant mom is We shouldn’t be plotting behind closed panies use asthma as a preexisting con- addicted to opioids, she passes that on doors in the dead of night with a secret dition, and therefore that was the rea- in her womb to her unborn child. When document—a secret document that we son they would not allow the person born, that baby is opioid-dependent. now know will make it worse. who needed insurance to be covered. The doctors showed me the character- I yield the floor. They said: If you have a preexisting istics—that high, shrill cry, the con- I suggest the absence of a quorum. condition, we are not going to insure stant scratching, the awkward move- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The you. I have even seen insurance compa- ments. Do you know what they use to clerk will call the roll. nies use as an excuse a rash as a pre- wean those little babies off opioids The legislative clerk proceeded to existing condition, and that means over the course of a month? They use call the roll. they are not going to insure you. Under Mr. CARPER. Mr. President, I ask the existing law, the ACA, they can’t doses of morphine. Do you want to devastate Medicaid? unanimous consent that the order for do that. You are going to have the se- Do you want to take over $800 billion the quorum call be rescinded. curity of knowing you are going to over 10 years out of Medicaid? What The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without have coverage. objection, it is so ordered. Do you know something else you are about those single moms? The only Mr. CARPER. Mr. President, it is going to have the security of knowing? healthcare they get is Medicaid. And good to see you this afternoon. You are not going to deal with some of what about those babies I just de- I rise in support of the nomination of those insurance companies that I regu- scribed, who are also on Medicaid? If Kristine Svinicki to hold a third term lated. Of your premium dollar for you start capping the amount of money as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory health insurance, they would spend 40 that goes to the States on a Federal- Commission, known as the NRC. Many percent of that dollar not on your State program for healthcare—Med- Senators heard from our chairman on healthcare, but they would take 40 icaid—you are going to throw a lot of the Environment and Public Works cents of that premium dollar that you people off any kind of healthcare, in- Committee in support of this nominee paid and that was going to executive cluding senior citizens in nursing last week, just prior to our cloture salaries. It was going to administrative homes. vote. I want to add my voice in support expenses. It was going to plush trips. A Medicaid block grant, or a cap, of her nomination as well. Don’t tell me that is not a true story. would end the healthcare guarantee for Since joining the Environment and I saw it over and over in the 1990s as millions of children, people with dis- Public Works Committee, I have the elected insurance commissioner of abilities, pregnant women, and seniors worked closely with my colleagues to Florida. on long-term care. There are 37 million You know what the existing law children in this country who rely on strengthen what we call the ‘‘culture of says? It says that of every premium Medicaid for care. The seniors, the safety’’ within the U.S. nuclear energy dollar you pay, 80 cents of that pre- poor, the disabled, the children—they industry. In part, due to our collective mium dollar has to go into healthcare. are all vulnerable to the cuts that efforts and the NRC leadership and the It can’t be commissions. It can’t be ex- would occur. Commission’s dedicated staff, the NRC ecutive salaries. It can’t be the execu- If that is not enough to vote against continues to be the world’s gold stand- tive jets for the corporate executives. this bill that is coming to the floor this ard for nuclear regulatory agencies. Eighty cents of that premium dollar week, the Senate bill actually imposes However, as I say time and again, that has to go into healthcare so you get an age tax for older Americans, allow- does not mean we can become compla- what you pay for in that premium dol- ing insurance companies to charge cent when it comes to nuclear safety lar. At some point there is going to be older Americans up to five times more and our NRC oversight responsibilities, an attempt to undo that. If you start for coverage than a young person. You a perspective that I am certain is leaving things up to the States, watch say: Well, older people have more ill- shared by every Member of this body. out. nesses and ailments; older people ought Ensuring that the Nuclear Regu- When Megan was in the ICU, she had to cost more. If that is your argument, latory Commission continues to have a respiratory failure that cost thou- well, that is true. experienced and dedicated leadership is sands of dollars more, and thanks to The age rating in the existing law, one of the most important things that the ACA, her insurance carrier covered the ACA, is three to one. This changes our committee, the Committee on En- it. But under the Republican bill that it to five to one, and five to one means vironment and Public Works, and the has been now released, States could let one thing: higher premiums for senior Senate can do to maintain a high level their insurance companies pocket more citizens—I am talking about all insur- of safety and excellence in our Nation’s of those premium dollars to pay for ance policies—until they reach that nuclear facilities. those things I just shared, which I had magic age of 65 and can be on Medicare. I am quite impressed with our NRC seen back in the decade of the 1990s as Do you want an age tax on older Amer- Commissioners, and I am encouraged the insurance commissioner. Well, we icans as a result of this bill? I don’t with their ability to work coopera- shouldn’t be padding their pockets. The think so. But that is what is in there. tively with each other. Each Commis- premium dollar for health insurance Fixing our Nation’s healthcare sys- sioner, including our current chair, ought to go to healthcare. tem shouldn’t be a partisan issue. That Kristine Svinicki—let me say her name The Senate bill cuts billions in Med- is why I have joined—bipartisan—with again: Svinicki. People have a hard icaid. We haven’t even talked about colleagues to introduce a bill that I de- time saying her name. It is Svinicki.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G26JN6.009 S26JNPT1 S3750 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 26, 2017 She brings a unique set of skills to the idential nominee, Donald Trump, who NOT VOTING—3 table—something that has served the said he favored healthcare legislation Flake Isakson Strange Commission and our country well. that would actually cover everybody The nomination was confirmed. I continue to have ongoing discus- and get better results for less money. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- sions with our friend, the chairman of That is not a bad goal for us to shoot jority leader. the committee, Senator JOHN BAR- for. What I have laid out here just very Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I RASSO, about the strong interest I and briefly is this: Figure out what needs ask unanimous consent that the mo- our minority members of the com- to be fixed in the Affordable Care Act tion to reconsider with respect to the mittee have with ensuring parity, as and fix it, figure out what needs to be Svinicki nomination be considered the Senate looks to confirm other preserved and preserve it, and do it not made and laid upon the table and the nominees to the NRC. This is in order just as Democrats or Republicans, but President be immediately notified of to ensure that we have a balance of do it together. I think if we would do the Senate’s action. Democratic and Republican members that, in the words of Mark Twain, we The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there on the Commission for years to come. would confound our enemies and amaze objection? It continues to be a priority for me and our friends. Without objection, it is so ordered. our Democratic colleagues. I suggest the absence of a quorum. f At this time, I support moving Chair- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The man Svinicki through the confirmation clerk will call the roll. LEGISLATIVE SESSION process. I do so out of respect for her The legislative clerk proceeded to long service to the NRC and for the call the roll. need to ensure certainty and predict- MORNING BUSINESS Mr. MANCHIN. Mr. President, I ask ability within the NRC and its leader- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I unanimous consent that the order for ship. I hope my colleagues will join me ask unanimous consent that the Sen- the quorum call be rescinded. in supporting her nomination. ate be in a period of morning business Mr. President, as to this particular The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without for debate only and with Senators per- nominee, not everybody on the com- objection, it is so ordered. mitted to speak therein. mittee or probably in the Senate will All time has expired. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without support the nomination of Kristine The question is, Will the Senate ad- objection, it is so ordered. Svinicki. They could have held her up. vise and consent to the Svinicki nomi- The Senator from Hawaii. No one has, and she has moved through nation? f our committee expeditiously. She, in Mr. MANCHIN. I ask for the yeas and HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION my view, should have moved through nays. expeditiously and will be coming before The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Ms. HIRONO. Mr. President, we are us for an up-or-down vote in a few min- sufficient second? all one diagnosis away from having a utes. There appears to be a sufficient sec- serious illness. Lots of us believe that HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION ond. getting a serious illness is something that happens to other people. I was one Mr. President, I want to suggest, as The clerk will call the roll. of them. we approach our business later this Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators week with respect to healthcare legis- My moment of reckoning came 2 are necessarily absent: the Senator months ago. During a routine physical, lation, that maybe the way we have from Arizona (Mr. FLAKE), the Senator handled this nomination might be a lit- my doctor told me I have kidney can- from Georgia (Mr. ISAKSON), and the cer. It is a moment everyone dreads. tle bit of a model for the way we can Senator from Alabama (Mr. STRANGE). actually work together. Thankfully, I had health insurance. I The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. We need to. People in this country was able to sit down with my doctors LANKFORD). Are there any other Sen- say to me all the time and people in and decide how I would fight my can- ators in the Chamber desiring to vote? my State say to me all the time: Just cer, not how I would pay for treatment. work together. Get something done. The result was announced—yeas 88, No one should have to worry about I know the Presiding Officer and the nays 9, as follows: whether they can afford the healthcare Senator from West Virginia, who has [Rollcall Vote No. 154 Ex.] that one day might save their life. just entered the Chamber, want to YEAS—88 Healthcare is personal, and it is a work that way, too, and so do I. What Alexander Fischer Paul right, not a privilege reserved only for I think we ought to be doing on Baldwin Franken Perdue those who can afford it. It is why we healthcare in this body is to look at Barrasso Gardner Peters are fighting so hard against Bennet Graham Portman TrumpCare. the ACA and study it up and down. God Blumenthal Grassley Reed Thirteen of our male colleagues spent knows we had enough hearings, Blunt Hassan Risch roundtables, opportunities to debate it, Boozman Hatch Roberts weeks sequestered away, literally plot- vote for it, and amend it—over 80, I Brown Heinrich Rounds ting how to deny millions of people in Burr Heitkamp Rubio think, or maybe over 400 amendments, Cantwell Hirono our country the healthcare they de- Sasse all told, and 80-some days of working Capito Hoeven serve. They spent these weeks figuring Cardin Inhofe Schatz out how to squeeze as much as they on it in 2009. Schumer Rather than have legislation that Carper Johnson could out of the poorest, sickest, and Casey Kaine Scott just Democrats or just Republicans Cassidy Kennedy Shaheen oldest members of our society so they vote to put on the table and to try to Cochran King Shelby could give the richest people in our push through here on Thursday, my Collins Klobuchar Stabenow country a huge tax cut. This is not a Coons Lankford Sullivan hope is that we will hit the pause but- Corker Leahy Tester healthcare bill. This is a tax cut for the ton. My hope is that we will hit the Cornyn Lee Thune rich bill. pause button, and we will focus—Demo- Cotton Manchin Tillis Last week, the majority whip looked crats and Republicans—on trying to Crapo McCain Toomey the American people in the eye from Cruz McCaskill figure out what in the Affordable Care Udall his desk and accused us of denouncing Daines McConnell Van Hollen Act needs to be fixed and fix it, and fig- Donnelly Menendez Warner TrumpCare before we had a chance to ure out what needs to be maintained Duckworth Moran Whitehouse read it. Well, read it we did, and it is as Durbin Murkowski Wicker and preserved and preserve it. That is Enzi Murphy bad as we thought. Wyden what I think we should do. Ernst Murray The Congressional Budget Office is Young Lo and behold, if we were to do those Feinstein Nelson estimating that 22 million people will things, I think we would end up with a NAYS—9 lose their insurance under TrumpCare. better healthcare system with better Its draconian cuts to Medicaid would Booker Harris Merkley healthcare coverage and maybe actu- Cortez Masto Heller Sanders have a devastating impact on our sen- ally make true of the word of the Pres- Gillibrand Markey Warren iors—our kupuna, as we refer to them

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G26JN6.012 S26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3751 in Hawaii—who depend on the program and not a privilege, for every Amer- families. That is obscene. That is cer- for long-term nursing care. It imposes ican. tainly not better care. an age tax on people 50 to 64 that al- Tomorrow, I am going in for surgery It is hard for me to imagine that a lows insurance companies to charge to remove the lesion I have on my rib, single Member of this body would vote them five times more for insurance. It but I am going to be back as quickly as to proceed to this bill, but here we are. fulfills the Republican Party’s cher- I can to keep up the fight against this Until we get agreement that we are not ished goal of defunding Planned Par- mean, ugly bill. The stakes are too going to proceed, we have to continue enthood. It undermines protections for high to stay silent. We need everyone to carry on this fight. Americans living with serious and in this fight because we are all in it to- We know that 15 million people, CBO chronic diseases who could face the re- gether. estimates, will lose healthcare in the imposition of yearly and lifetime caps Millions of people across the country next 12 months. That is even worse on their care. are mobilizing against TrumpCare be- than the House bill. Last week, I came For millions of people in our country, cause healthcare is personal. I am en- to this floor to call the Senate draft TrumpCare is not some abstract pro- couraged that so many people have mean and meaner. The House bill was posal that has no relevance to their been calling all of us and making their mean. The Senate’s is meaner. Now we lives. Last week, Senator MURRAY, voices heard. The majority leader and have the CBO estimate that says, yes, Senator VAN HOLLEN, and I joined Donald Trump can try to jam this bill it is worse. One million more people three advocates—Ian, Marques, and down our throats, but we aren’t going would lose healthcare in a short period Jill—who told us their stories about to let them succeed, and we are going of time. how TrumpCare would impact them. to hold them accountable. Furthermore, the rate at which Ian grew up in Fond du Lac, WI. Dur- The fight continues. standard Medicaid is compressed—Med- ing his sophomore year in high school, I yield the floor. icaid, as it existed before ObamaCare, Ian discovered he had bone cancer after The PRESIDING OFFICER. The that rate has increased to further di- suffering an injury playing football. He Democratic leader. minish healthcare, having nothing to has been cancer-free for 6 years and is f do with ObamaCare, just to add to the now pursuing a career in medical re- cruelty of this bill. So millions lose, search, in large part, because of his ex- WISHING THE SENATOR FROM but we deliver billions of dollars to the perience in fighting this cancer. Al- HAWAII WELL richest Americans. though Ian has been cancer-free for Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I just In my home State of Oregon, just the some time now, he is very concerned want to salute, on behalf of all of us in elimination of the expansion of Med- about what TrumpCare could mean for the Senate, our great, great Senator icaid, the Oregon health plan—just him if his disease comes back. He has a from Hawaii. Her courage, her that would eliminate 400,000 Orego- preexisting condition. strength, her conviction to help people nians off healthcare. Marques lives in Richmond, VA. He who need help is just inspiring—that is Imagine those individuals holding was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis the only word I could think of, ‘‘inspir- hands, 400,000 Oregonians, stretching when he was only 27 years old. He has ing’’—to every one of us. from the Pacific Ocean to the State of three young daughters and faces a life- We love you, MAZIE. We wish you Idaho. Anyone who has driven across time of extensive treatment for his dis- well, and we can’t wait for you to come Oregon would realize it is 400 miles ease. Because of the Affordable Care back and rejoin the fight doubly invig- across Oregon. If you are driving it, it Act and the guarantee of coverage it orated. is 7 hours of driving. For 7 hours, at 50 affords every American, Marques did I yield the floor. miles an hour, 60 miles an hour, you what he never thought he would be The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- are passing a stream of people who able to do with MS, he started his own ator from Oregon. would lose their healthcare just from business. Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I ex- the elimination of the expansion of Jill is from Hillard, OH. Her daughter tend to my colleague from Hawaii Medicaid. Alison was born with cystic fibrosis. every blessing for her successful health My colleagues across the aisle have Alison endured a lot at a very young treatment. I know the thoughts and crafted this so as to put it beyond the age. When she was only 7, Alison had prayers of every Member of the Senate next Presidential election, beyond the part of her lung removed because of the are with her tomorrow and beyond as 2018 election and beyond the 2020 elec- damage her disease caused. Because she she undertakes that healing path. tion. Why? They are so terrified of the has health insurance, which makes f impact of this on the election they de- paying for expensive CF drugs more af- cided to postpone it until after 2018 and fordable, Alison is a happy teenager HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION 2020, as if that makes it acceptable to planning eagerly for her future. Jill Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I ap- rip healthcare from millions of people. made clear what would happen if preciate the comments of the Senator That type of cynical, cynical act, pure- TrumpCare passes: Alison’s CF medica- from Hawaii tonight. They are cer- ly political, is not going to be viewed tion would become prohibitively expen- tainly very relevant to the issue of well by the American public. sive. Under TrumpCare, Jill would have healthcare here in America because If you are so ashamed of this bill, if to make decisions about which drugs each of us hopes that if a loved one someone is so ashamed that they want she could afford for Alison, not which gets ill, they will have the peace of to postpone the effects beyond the next would work best to fight her disease. mind that they know they will be able Presidential election 31⁄2 years from Annual or lifetime limits on to get the healthcare they need and now, then maybe you should be so healthcare coverage will mean con- they will not go bankrupt in the proc- ashamed as not to vote to move to the stant worry about paying for the life- ess. Yet here we are tonight debating a bill here in the short term. saving care that Ian, Marques, Jill, and bill titled ‘‘Better Care Act.’’ One of our colleagues across the aisle their families need—not starting a Better Care, has ever there been a noted today: I can’t imagine—not quite business, not living like a normal teen- bill in the history of the United States the exact word-for-word, but it is close. ager or young adult with dreams for of America so more perversely named I can’t imagine that anyone in America the future. They will spend practically than this Better Care Act which strips would have a chance to review this bill every waking moment just worrying care from 22 million Americans? and truly understand it in time to pro- about how they are going to pay for the I was very struck by one equation of ceed to it this week, including myself. care they need to live. this bill; that is, that it provides to the Well, that is certainly true. Has TrumpCare would be a disaster for richest 400 Americans $33 billion over a there ever been a case where a bill pro- the American people, and we are going 10-year period. That is enough to pay foundly affecting so many has not had to fight against it tooth and nail, but I for healthcare under Medicaid for the benefit of committee deliberation also want to be clear about what we 700,000 individuals—700,000 individuals. here in the Senate? Are we a legislative are fighting for. We are fighting for It rips the healthcare away from them body or are we a dictatorship where ev- universal healthcare that is a right, to give $33 billion to the richest 400 erything is done behind closed doors

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We are prepared to take cerned about what the bill would mean. and time to go home to consult our those folks, many of them in wheel- This did not mean that they didn’t constituents and find out how they chairs—like Deborah, unable to walk— want to see changes to the Affordable feel. and throw them into the street and Care Act. They do. They see the issues If one is so terrified of this bill that say: too bad. with premiums in our State. That is you are afraid of your constituents, The President called the House bill why our Republican legislature worked then you shouldn’t vote to proceed to mean and indicated he wanted a bill with our Democratic Governor to pass the bill. If one is so terrified you don’t with more heart. This is not a bill with a bill for reinsurance, to try to use want to consult the experts, you more heart. We should not move to something to leverage the risk for the shouldn’t proceed to this bill. If you proceed to this bill. people in the exchange. We could do are so terrified that the reaction from The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- something similar on the Federal level, the public will be so strong that it will ator from Minnesota. and we should, but that is not what put you in an awkward spot, then you Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I this bill is about. shouldn’t proceed to this bill—because thank my colleague from Oregon for The head of another hospital in my you have the responsibility to consult his words. State said: ‘‘They are shortening up I rise today to give voice to the con- with your folks back home, a responsi- the money, but they’re not giving us cerns I am hearing from so many peo- bility to consult with healthcare ex- the ability to manage the care.’’ ple in my State and across the country perts, to understand every nuance of A Minnesota seniors organization about this repeal bill. said that this bill ‘‘feels like we’re this bill. First, I want to recognize my col- One of those facts is going to have a pulling the rug out from underneath league from Hawaii, Senator HIRONO, families and seniors.’’ That is why devastating impact on those who would who spoke earlier tonight about her AARP strongly opposes the bill as well. go to nursing homes. Folks who are personal battle with kidney cancer, as According to the CBO report that we under Medicaid and in a nursing home she is an example to all of us of deter- got today, this bill would cause 22 mil- have given up their entire income and mination and grit when the going gets lion people to lose their coverage over assets before they can get Medicaid tough. She not only is going to the hos- the next 10 years—22 million people. On support. pital for surgery tomorrow—which Friday, my Republican colleague Sen- I was in Klamath Falls the weekend isn’t an easy surgery—but she decided ator HELLER said that he ‘‘cannot sup- before this last weekend, went to a she wanted to spend the night before port a piece of legislation that takes nursing home, and they said: Senator, she went into the hospital here because insurance away from tens of millions of almost 100 percent of the folks here on she is so passionate about this issue. long-term care are paid for by Med- I know she is going to fight this dis- Americans.’’ I agree. icaid. I thought they were going to say ease and win and come out stronger I hope our Republican colleagues will 60 percent or two-thirds, because that than ever. I have been so moved by how come to the negotiating table in a bi- is the national statistic. No, in rural she has taken on her personal fight partisan way. I hope this administra- Oregon, in Klamath Falls, almost 100 against cancer at the same time that tion will not sabotage the bill that we percent. she has kept this fight going in the have now and will work with States Then we had the CEO of the Oregon Senate. She is doing it not just for her- like mine that want a waiver to be able Health Association reach out and ad- self or for her State but for people all to do the kind of cost sharing and the dress this issue of how it is going to af- over the country. reinsurance that I just described. Dur- fect seniors. Here are his exact words: As Senator HIRONO has said, her expe- ing that time, we can work together to I was on a call early today looking at some rience shows how quickly a routine actually make healthcare in America projections of how hard Oregon and Med- visit to the doctor can turn into a seri- better and more affordable. icaid-funded long-term care service would be ous diagnosis—a diagnosis that be- We need to think about the real and hit. If this bill passes, it literally could force comes a preexisting condition. devastating impacts on people’s lives the closure of the majority of nursing facili- Everyone who faces a serious illness, that this piece of legislation would ties in Oregon by 2025. no matter who they are, should be able have because that is what this debate One thing I can’t get out of my mind. to focus all of their energy on getting is about. It is not about all of us going At another nursing home I went to is a better, not on how they are going to back and forth and citing facts and fig- woman named Deborah. I explained I pay their medical bills. Unfortunately, ures. In the end, it is about how this was coming by to talk to people be- the bill we are considering doesn’t will affect people. cause I wanted to understand better allow everyone to do that. It is about the lives of people like the the impact of this bill on long-term As the nonpartisan Congressional mom in Minnesota who has a child care. Budget Office noted earlier today, this with Down syndrome. She told me how She said: Senator, I am paid for by bill could mean the return of annual or she has seen Medicaid help parents of Medicaid. If Medicaid disappears, I am lifetime limits on what insurance kids with disabilities avoid bankruptcy on the street, and that is a problem be- would cover for people with expensive and how it helps school districts pay cause I can’t walk. conditions like cancer or Alzheimer’s, for the therapy children like hers need. That is exactly what Deborah said. and some key healthcare benefits She said that this bill is ‘‘unconscion- And, of course, it is a problem, not might be excluded from insurance cov- able’’—that is her word—because of only because she can’t walk but be- erage altogether. what it would do to adults and kids cause she needs extensive care, which It is no surprise that the Minnesota who have disabilities. is why she is in long-term care to begin Hospital Association has said that this We have more than half a million with. proposal ‘‘creates a lot of chaos.’’ children in Minnesota who rely on The anxiety was palpable among the I was just at Northfield Hospital this Medicaid and the Children’s Health In- nursing home residents, among the weekend. It is a college town, but it is surance Program. This includes kids long-term care residents, because they in the middle of a very rural part of like the students of a retired teacher have no backup plan, because they had our State, with a lot of farms sur- from Northwestern Minnesota, right to spend down their assets before they rounding it. In fact, they call the town across from the North Dakota border. qualified for Medicare. Don’t think of ‘‘Cows, Colleges, and Contentment.’’ In The teacher wrote in, saying that the this just as ripping healthcare away that town and in that hospital, there bill is ‘‘cruel and mean,’’ especially for from millions of working families, mil- wasn’t a lot of contentment during my the families of special needs students. lions of struggling families, millions of visit. A lot of us have talked about how the children, but also from our seniors who The CEO of the hospital told me that President called the House bill mean are in long-term care, who need exten- he was worried that this bill could and how we hoped to avoid a bill like

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G26JN6.015 S26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3753 this in the Senate. In fact, this last will hurt seniors and rural hospitals He is worried that under this bill, his weekend, he did admit that he had along with children, people with dis- costs—which are already high—would called the House bill mean after he had abilities, and people suffering from skyrocket. celebrated its passage. That is behind opioid addiction. I am the first to say that we need to us. We actually have a strong bipartisan fix the individual market. In fact, I The President is the one who is group working on the opioid addiction started out by talking about the fact known for speaking his mind and problem. Four of us—two Democrats, that we have done some work in our speaking directly. He didn’t need a poll two Republicans—were the chief au- State, and I would like to bring that or a focus group or an accountant to thors of the bill that passed last year, out nationally. This bill is not the way look at the House bill. He just called it which set the framework for the Na- to do it because—as the CBO said ear- what it was—mean. tion. We then put billions of dollars lier today—it would actually cut as- In Minnesota, people don’t mince into treatment last year, and we sistance and increase deductibles for words either, and that is why that shouldn’t blow it up now by passing a many people on the individual market. teacher told me exactly what the im- bill that, because of the Medicaid cuts, Based on CBO’s projections, the Joint pact of this Senate bill would be. In would—in my State, one-third of the Economic Committee estimates that fact, today the Congressional Budget people who get opioid addiction treat- average premiums in Minnesota would Office—the nonpartisan Congressional ment get it from Medicaid. Actually, it go up substantially next year, even Budget Office—confirmed it earlier would be moving ourselves backward. more than they have gone up already. today with its estimate that millions I know my colleagues Senator COL- People across the country are mak- of people, 22 million people, would lose LINS and Senator MURKOWSKI have ex- ing their voices heard about these their Medicaid coverage because of the pressed real concerns about these kinds types of problems. According to the bill. of Medicaid cuts in their States of Kaiser Family Foundation poll that Our debate today is about the lives of Maine and Alaska, which also have big came out just last week, only 30 per- people like the retiree with Parkin- rural populations. cent of Americans had a favorable view son’s in Minneapolis, who told me she In my State, Medicaid covers one- of the House bill, and these concerns go is ‘‘scared and worried.’’ She is not just fifth of our total rural population, across party lines. Only about half of worried about the cuts to Medicaid but about 20 percent of our rural popu- Republicans—56 percent—supported the also about depleting the Medicare trust lation. These cuts could cause the rural House bill. fund to pay for tax cuts for the very hospitals that serve this population to I know this bill has some differences wealthy. As she told me, the future of close. This doesn’t just threaten from the House version, but as Speaker these vital programs that so many healthcare coverage; it threatens the RYAN said last week, the two are very Americans depend on is on the line. entire local economy. That is a big deal similar. I hope that hearing from This healthcare bill is also about the for rural hospitals, which often have Americans on both sides of the aisle people who are worried about taking operating margins of less than 1 per- prompts my colleagues to start work- care of their baby boomer parents at cent. These rural hospitals are on the ing together to make our system better the same time that they are caring for frontlines of the opioid epidemic that in a bipartisan way. their children. One woman told me is hitting communities across the Here are some ideas. I would love to about her mom, who died 2 years ago at country. include, if we worked on a bipartisan 95 after suffering from dementia for In my State, deaths from prescrip- basis together, not only the work that more than 20 years. She had worked tion drugs now claim more lives than needs to be done on the individual mar- her whole life, but as she got older, she homicides. They claim more lives than ket, but on the exchanges, on the rates, couldn’t afford the nursing care she car crashes. While there is more work and for small businesses. But I would needed so much. Luckily, she was able to do to combat the epidemic, I want to also like to work on prescription drugs. to rely on Medicaid to pay for it. recognize our progress. Yes, we passed I have a bill that would harness the ne- More than half—54 percent—of nurs- the blueprint bill, which I just men- gotiating power of 41 million seniors on ing facility residents in Minnesota rely tioned, with the help of Senators Medicare to bring drug prices down. We on Medicaid. I think when this House PORTMAN, WHITEHOUSE, and Ayotte. have a number of Senators on the bill. bill first came out, people thought, Unfortunately, we are moving our- Right now, Medicare is absolutely well, Medicaid—what does that have to selves backward. banned from negotiating with 41 mil- do with my life? Then they started Medicaid expansion has helped 1.3 lion seniors. That is just wrong. Our talking to their parents, their grand- million people receive treatment for seniors should be able to use their mar- parents or they started talking to their mental and substance abuse across the ket power to negotiate. neighbors, and that is when they real- country. I know this bill’s cuts to these I would also love to see more com- ized, whoa, over 50 percent of people important services for people strug- petition in this market. There are sev- who go into assisted living and nursing gling with addiction have real concerns eral ways we can do it. One is by bring- homes end up relying on Medicaid. in States like West Virginia and States ing in less expensive drugs from other This woman’s daughter told me she is like Ohio. countries when we have drug shortages worried that this bill’s cuts would put The problems with this bill, of now in this country. Senator COLLINS those vital services for seniors at risk course, go beyond Medicaid cuts, as a and I worked on this, and the bill for so many other parents and their mom from Belgrade, MN, told me when passed this Senate and got signed into kids. And even for older people who she wrote about her daughter who died law. Now the Secretary of Human Serv- don’t use Medicare or Medicaid, this way too young from cancer. She asked ices can actually bring in drugs that bill could put health coverage out of me to oppose this bill in honor of her are safe from other countries when we reach. That is because it has an age tax daughter and the thousands of other have a drug shortage. We refined some for seniors, allowing older people to be children diagnosed with cancer each of the language where the rules already charged five times as much as younger year. She is worried that the waivers in allowed the Secretary to do that. They people for insurance. As AARP has this legislation would undercut protec- could do the same thing right now, but said, that is just not right. tions for people with preexisting condi- we can make it even more clear if this These are the concerns I have heard tions, threatening to make health in- Congress got behind it. from seniors and their families in Min- surance unaffordable for families like Senator MCCAIN and I have a bill to nesota. They are shared by people hers who have children or children bring in less expensive drugs from Can- across the country, especially by peo- with cancer. ada, which is very similar to the Amer- ple in our rural areas, where they tend One man from Minneapolis told me ican market. We have a provision in to have a little older population. One that what this does is ‘‘downright the bill so they would be safe. Many reason for that is because the Senate scary.’’ Those were his words. He is people in my State are doing this now. bill, actually more than the House bill scared because he is self-employed. He We once had bus rides of seniors going when it comes to Medicaid, makes even has a preexisting condition, and he gets up there to get less expensive drugs. deeper cuts over the long term that his insurance on the individual market. We could do it with other countries, as

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G26JN6.017 S26JNPT1 S3754 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 26, 2017 well, as long as they were certified as tainly, on an issue as complex as who are going to lose the coverage— safe. For one of the ways you could do healthcare, we just can’t be playing in people with cancer, people with Alz- it, Senator LEE and I have a bill that our separate ballparks. This is the time heimer’s, people who need opioid addic- looks at this. Again, this a bipartisan to come together. We have changes tion treatment, people with diabetes— bill. If you have less competition in the that we must make to the Affordable they will have their healthcare cov- market and you have less competitors, Care Act. I said that the day it erage slashed so that 400 billionaires that would trigger the ability to bring passed—that it was a beginning and not can get a tax break, which they don’t in more drugs. You could do it based on an end. need and they don’t deserve. That is at the price. If it goes up high and the I always thought it was unfortunate the heart of this Republican healthcare Secretary or someone else that we that it was more of a Democratic bill bill. It is what it is all about. This leg- could put in that place finds that it is than it was a bipartisan bill. So we islation is of the rich, by the rich, and not because of input costs, you could have an opportunity now to fix that, to for the rich. allow this competition to come in from make fixes to the bill, and to work to- It is a ‘‘wealth care’’ bill for the other countries. It would be a trigger. gether. But this bill is not the answer— upper 1 percent in our country, and it I would bet you right now that if you this bill that we were not allowed to says to everyone else: Your healthcare did that, it would create incentives on take part in, where the doors were is going to suffer in order to take care American drug companies not to jack closed, not only to Democratic Sen- of that 1 percent with their tax breaks. up the prices like they have been ators but to Americans themselves. It is a more than $500 billion tax break doing. So I hope, as we go forward, that our to corporations and individuals making The top 10 selling drugs in America colleagues on the other side will work $200,000 or more. It is no wonder that have gone up over 100 percent. Things with us on a truly bipartisan bill that President Trump has kept his tax re- like insulin are up three times. Things would make some of the changes we turns secret, because he knew he was like naloxone, which we rely on for need to bring down healthcare costs, about to get a massive tax break overdoses from opiates, have gone up instead of moving forward with this through this legislation from slashing astronomically. It feels like when bill. healthcare for people with cancer, dia- these drug companies get a monopoly I yield the floor. betes, Alzheimer’s, heart disease, and in their lap, they go for it. That is The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- substance use disorders. This selfish what is happening. ator from Massachusetts. Senate Republican legislation will in- A second way to bring in competition Mr. MARKEY. Mr. President, I would crease premiums and out-of-pocket is by encouraging more generics. Sen- like to thank my friend and colleague costs, while decreasing the quality of ator GRASSLEY and I have a bill to stop Senator HIRONO for her words and her health insurance coverage for most something called ‘‘pay for delay.’’ This willingness to share how this bill could Americans. is unbelievable to me, when I describe impact the millions of Americans with This bill would result in many Amer- this to people—that big pharma- preexisting conditions. I, along with icans—especially those over the age of ceutical companies are actually paying everyone else in this Chamber, wish 50—paying thousands more in pre- generic companies to keep their prod- her the best and a speedy recovery so miums for skimpier health plans. It ucts off the market. The nonpartisan she can continue to fight for the people will put insurance companies back in Congressional Budget Office has found of Hawaii and the people of the United charge of our healthcare by allowing that this would save something like $3 States. them to waive coverage of the essential billion over a number of years if we After weeks of secret meetings, Sen- health benefits like emergency care, passed our bill. That is for the govern- ate Republicans released their prescription drugs, maternity care, or ment and taxpayers, but you could healthcare legislation last week. In mental health treatment. save an equal amount of money for many ways, it is even worse than ex- That means that someone with a pre- consumers who are paying for this in pected. It is no wonder that the Senate existing condition, like a cancer sur- premiums. How could you ever explain Republicans kept this legislative mal- vivor or a child with asthma, might that pharmaceuticals are actually pay- practice hidden behind closed doors. have insurance but not actually be cov- ing generics to keep their products off For working families and the elderly, ered for the treatment they need, be- the market? That is a vote I would like for the disabled and for those suffering cause under this bill, the anxiety of this Senate to take. I would like to from opioid addiction, this legislation suffering from an illness or the con- challenge anyone to explain why they is a death sentence. This bill takes a stant fear of relapse will once again be would vote against that. machete to Medicaid. It abandons peo- exacerbated by financial insecurity. We also have another bill called the ple with preexisting conditions. It pun- Yet some of the most damaging pro- CREATES Act, with Senators GRASS- ishes Grandma and Grandpa, who live visions of this legislation are the bru- LEY, LEAHY, LEE, and me, which makes in a nursing home, and 25,000 seniors in tal cuts to Medicaid, which already it easier to get generics to market by Massachusetts’ nursing homes who are serves more than 70 million Americans, sampling and other things. on Medicaid. including, very importantly, two-thirds These are just a few of the examples It causes the single greatest rollback of all seniors in nursing homes in of bills that I think would be very good of civil rights for people with disabil- America, who are on Medicaid. Let me if we would consider them, but so far, ities in a generation, by taking away say that again: Two-thirds of all sen- we have done nothing. We banned sen- the funding for those with disabilities. iors in America are on Medicaid. Half iors from negotiating. There is nothing It creates an age tax for those over the of all seniors over the age of 85 have in the House or the Senate repeal bills age of 50. It shreds a critical healthcare Alzheimer’s, and 15 million baby that does anything about these pharma program for the disabled, working fam- boomers are going to have Alzheimer’s. issues. Again, that is one reason alone ilies, and children just to bestow bil- They are going to need some help. Peo- to be concerned about these bills. lions in tax breaks for the wealthiest ple have a hard time paying $60,000, I was at that baseball game a few in our country. $80,000, $100,000 a year for a nursing weeks ago and saw firsthand that in- This is an amazing number. The rich- home bed. What are the Republicans credible bipartisan spirit, and at the est 400 billionaires in the United States planning on doing over the next 15 women’s softball game, as well. At the will get a tax break of more than $33 years? Slashing that funding in Med- men’s baseball game, the players billion, which is roughly equivalent to icaid for seniors in our country who played together, and, at the end of the the cuts from ending Medicaid expan- will need that help just to stay in a game, when one team won—the Demo- sion in four States. That is more than nursing home, or else they are going to cratic team—they took their trophy 700,000 people in just those four States have to go home to their families who and they gave it to the Republican who could be kicked off of their health will be responsible for providing the team, and they asked them to put it in insurance coverage to benefit just 400 care for them. Representative SCALISE’s office. That billionaires in America who do not The Senate Republicans doubled is what we need to see more of—not have to worry about their healthcare down and opted for even steeper cuts in just two teams but one team. Cer- or their family’s welfare. But for those their bill than in the House version. In

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:00 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G26JN6.018 S26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3755 3 years, the Senate bill will start the healthcare benefits for those who need would provide a $231 billion tax break process of kicking millions off of their them to give tax breaks to those who to the top 2 percent and hundreds of Medicaid coverage by ending Medicaid do not need them. That is the Repub- billions more in tax breaks to the big expansion in States around the coun- lican plan. drug companies and insurance compa- try. It will mean 22 million Americans The Republican leadership is trying nies that are ripping off the American are kicked off of coverage. to catch a political unicorn with this people every day. Then, as if that wasn’t enough, start- bill—to make moderate Republicans At a time when the middle class of ing in 2025, the plan will institute even happy while satisfying the most con- this country continues to shrink and more drastic Medicaid cuts that every servative elements of the Republican when families all across America are year become a deeper cut than the year Party. But there is no treatment for struggling to make ends meet, to put before, and it will literally mean death TrumpCare. It is dangerous for food on the table, to pay their rent, to by a billion cuts for millions of Ameri- healthcare, and there is no reviving save a few bucks for retirement, we cans who will lose their healthcare cov- Medicaid if this bill passes. cannot take from working-class fami- erage, especially those suffering from This Republican proposal has never lies and we cannot take from the sick substance use disorders. Medicaid cov- been about policy. It isn’t about cov- and the elderly and the children in ers about one-third of Americans with ering more people or decreasing costs order to give even more to the very an opioid use disorder and pays for of healthcare or making it more pa- wealthiest people in this country—peo- nearly half of the medication-assisted tient-centered. The Republican pro- ple who are at this moment doing phe- treatments in Massachusetts. Taking posal has always been about slashing nomenally well. away this treatment would be a death healthcare for ordinary Americans to Mr. President, this, in fact, is a bar- sentence for thousands of Americans. give a massive tax break to the baric and immoral piece of legislation. A vision without funding is a halluci- wealthy in our country. That is the Re- But let’s be very clear. It is not just nation. The Republicans are saying: We publican policy agenda, not patient- BERNIE SANDERS who opposes this bill. will find the will to take care of these centered care, because this will hand It is not just every Member in the people with opioid treatments. Well, back over the power to insurance com- Democratic caucus who opposes this you can’t will your way to dealing with panies in our country, not to patients. bill. It is not just that the over- an opioid crisis. It is a disease. You If Republicans were really concerned whelming majority of the American need funding. You need treatment. And about reducing the deficit, then every people oppose this legislation. Accord- right now, there are millions of Ameri- single dollar in this bill would go to re- ing to a recent NBC/Wall Street Jour- cans who don’t have the treatment ducing the deficit—the crocodile tears nal poll, only 16 percent of the Amer- they need. Medicaid is the way in which they shed about the deficit. No, ican people thought this bill was a which it will be provided, but the Re- ladies and gentlemen, they are shoving good idea. This bill is opposed by vir- publicans are just going to slash it, and this money straight to the biggest tually every major healthcare organi- the consequences are going to be cata- number of billionaire beneficiaries zation in this country—the people on strophic. than any tax bill in our country’s his- the frontlines, the people who today, Now, here is what the Republicans tory. They are, in fact, the party of the yesterday, and tomorrow are dealing are saying: To make up for the cuts to wealthy. They are the party trying to with healthcare issues, dealing with Medicaid, the Senate Republican make sure that those who are in charge the sick, working in hospitals, working healthcare legislation creates an opioid of funding the Republican Party now in community health centers. Almost fund of $2 billion for 2018. Compare that receive their pay back in the form of without exception, every major to the $91 billion in funding for opioid tax cuts at the expense of the healthcare organization in this country use disorder treatment that would be healthcare of the ordinary people in opposes this bill. provided by the Affordable Care Act our country. That is selfish, that is un- Maybe my Republican friends might over the next 10 years. A $2 billion conscionable, and that is why the want to get beyond the politics, get be- opioid fund is pocket change for a cri- Democrats are going to fight this every yond Republicans and Democrats, and sis that took 2,000 lives just last year step of the way this week in order to ask the people who really know about in Massachusetts and 33,000 lives across protect healthcare for every American. healthcare in America and ask your- the country. And if people were dying Mr. President, I yield the floor. self, how does it happen that virtually from opioid addiction at the rate they The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- every major healthcare organization in are dying in Massachusetts, that would ator from Vermont. this country opposes this legislation? be a 100,000 people a year—two Vietnam Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, to- The AARP opposes this legislation— wars a year dying from opioid addic- day’s Congressional Budget Office anal- the largest senior group in America, tion. They are going to slash the fund- ysis of the Trump-McConnell which knows what high premiums for ing for treatment for these families. It healthcare bill gives us 22 million rea- healthcare will do to their member- will be a death sentence for these indi- sons why this legislation should not ship. The American Hospital Associa- viduals if they do not have access to see the light of day. What CBO tells us tion knows a little bit about hospitals the funding. in truth is that this bill really has and what will happen to rural hospitals So the formula of this bill is simple: nothing to do with healthcare; rather, if this legislation is passed. The Amer- First, increase the cost of care, so it is an enormous transfer of wealth ican Medical Association is a conserv- working families pay more. Second, de- from the sick, the elderly, the children, ative organization. This is the doctors crease the quality of care for seniors the disabled, and the poor into the organization all over this country. This and the sick. Finally, hand over the pockets of the wealthiest people in this is not any progressive radical group; hundreds of billions of dollars in tax country. these are our doctors, the doctors we breaks to the wealthiest people in our According to CBO—and that report go to. They oppose this legislation be- country—billions in tax breaks to peo- came out just a few hours ago—this bill cause they know what will happen if ple who don’t need them, who don’t de- would throw 22 million Americans off there are massive cuts to Medicaid, if serve them, paid for by people who of health insurance, cut Medicaid by 22 million people are thrown off of can’t afford it. It is healthcare heart- over $770 billion, defund Planned Par- health insurance. The American Acad- lessness. enthood, and substantially increase emy of Family Physicians knows what To add insult to injury, it will dev- premiums for older Americans. Under this legislation will mean to the chil- astate the budgets of already strapped this bill, a 64-year-old with an income dren of our country. The American States, which may be forced to raise of $56,000 could see his or her premiums Psychiatric Association, the Federa- taxes or cut other benefits, such as increase from $4,400 under current law tion of American Hospitals, the Catho- education or housing assistance, to to $16,000—an increase of nearly 850 lic Health Association, the American make up for the billions of dollars percent. How are older workers in this Lung Association, the Cystic Fibrosis States will lose because of this bill. country going to deal with an 850-per- Foundation, the March of Dimes, the It is cruel. It is inhumane. It is im- cent increase in their premiums? National MS Society, the American moral. It is just plain wrong to cut Meanwhile, the Trump-McConnell bill Nurses Association—every one of these

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G26JN6.020 S26JNPT1 S3756 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 26, 2017 organizations opposes the Republican School entitled: ‘‘The Relationship of The IOM committee also reviewed evidence legislation; not BERNIE SANDERS but Health Insurance and Mortality: Is on the effects of health insurance in specific every major healthcare organization Lack of Insurance Deadly?’’ That is the circumstances and medical conditions. It says do not go forward with this disas- title of the article appearing today. concluded that uninsured patients, even when acutely ill or seriously injured, cannot trous bill. According to a summary of this arti- always obtain needed care and that coverage This is what the AARP, the largest cle, ‘‘Insurance decreases the odds of improves the uptake of essential preventive senior group in America, said recently: dying among adults by at least 3 per- services and chronic disease management. This new Senate bill was crafted in secrecy cent and as much as 29 percent and The report found that uninsured patients behind closed doors without a single hearing ‘being uninsured substantially raises with cancer presented with more advanced or open debate—and it shows. The Senate the risk of dying.’ ’’ disease and experienced worse outcomes, in- bill would hit millions of Americans with The coauthor of this article, Dr. cluding mortality; that uninsured patients higher costs and result in less coverage for David Himmelstein, commented: with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, end- them. stage renal disease, HIV infection, and men- AARP is adamantly opposed to the Age According to the CBO, the Senate Repub- tal illness (the five other conditions re- Tax, which would allow insurance companies licans’ plan would strip coverage from 22 viewed in depth) had worse outcomes than to charge older Americans five times more million Americans. The best estimate based did insured patients; and that uninsured infor coverage than every one else while reduc- on scientific studies is that about 29,000 patients received less and worse-quality care ing tax credits that help make insurance Americans would die each year as a result. and had higher mortality both during their more affordable. I know no Republican wants to see hospital stays and after discharge. I ask all of my Republican friends to anybody die—none of us do—but that is At the time of the IOM report, only one think for a moment about the implica- the reality we are dealing with, and adequately controlled observational study tions of this bill and what it will mean had examined the effect of coverage on all- you cannot ignore it. If somebody has cause mortality. In this review, we summa- to your constituents when they lose cancer, if somebody has heart disease rize key evidence on this issue (Table 1), fo- the healthcare they currently have. and you take away their health insur- cusing on studies that have appeared since Put yourself in their place. Today you ance, I don’t need studies from Harvard the IOM report and other previous reviews. have health insurance, but tomorrow, University to tell me and to tell you Although not reviewed in detail here, more next year, you might not. What does what you know to be the case. This is recent studies generally support the earlier that mean? Think about it. the United States of America, and we reviews’ conclusions that insurance coverage What does it mean if you are an indi- can do better than that. improves mortality in several specific conditions (such as trauma and breast cancer), vidual today—and, sadly, there are too Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- many of them. If you are a person augments the use of recommended care, and sent that the article that appeared improves several measures of health status. today suffering with cancer and you today in the ‘‘Annals of Internal Medi- METHODS are fighting for your life—maybe you cine’’ be printed in the RECORD. are on radiation treatment. Maybe you We searched PubMed and Google Scholar There being no objection, the mate- on May 19, 2017, for English-language articles are on chemotherapy. You are scared rial was ordered to be printed in the by using the following terms: ‘‘[(uninsured) to death. You don’t have a lot of RECORD, as follows: or (health insurance) or (un-insurance) or money. You have cancer. You are [From Annals of Internal Medicine, June 27, (insurance)] and [(mortality) or (life expect- struggling. And now you are reading in 2017] ancy) or (death rates)].’’ After identifying relevant articles, we searched their bibliog- the papers that this Republican bill THE RELATIONSHIP OF HEALTH INSURANCE AND raphies and used Google Scholar’s ‘‘cited by’’ may take your health insurance away MORTALITY: IS LACK OF INSURANCE DEADLY? feature to identify additional relevant arti- from you? How do you think they feel? (By Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH, and I suspect scared to death. It is the cles. We limited our scope to articles report- David U. Himmelstein, MD) ing data on the United States, quasi-experi- same with people who have heart dis- (About 28 million Americans are currently mental studies of insurance expansions in ease, who have asthma, who have dia- uninsured, and millions more could lose cov- other wealthy nations, and recent cross-na- betes or any other life-threatening ill- erage under policy reforms proposed in Con- tional studies. We contacted the authors of 4 ness. What happens to those millions of gress. At the same time, a growing number studies to clarify their published reports on people when they cannot afford to go of policy leaders have called for going be- mortality outcomes. to the doctor when they are sick, can- yond the Affordable Care Act to a single- We excluded most observational studies not afford to buy the medicine they payer national health insurance system that that compared uninsured persons with those would cover every American. These policy insured by Medicaid, Medicare, or the De- desperately need? debates lend particular salience to studies Mr. President, I know this is a sen- partment of Veterans Affairs because pre- evaluating the health effects of insurance existing disability or illness can make an in- sitive issue, but I am going to raise it, coverage. In 2002, an Institute of Medicine re- dividual eligible for these programs. Hence, and that is that the horrible and un- view concluded that lack of insurance in- relative to those who are uninsured, publicly speakable truth is that if this legisla- creases mortality, but several relevant stud- insured Americans have, on average, worse tion were to pass, and I am going to do ies have appeared since that time. This arti- baseline health, thereby confounding com- everything I can to see that it doesn’t, cle summarizes current evidence concerning parisons. Conversely, comparisons of the un- but if it were to pass, many thousands the relationship of insurance and mortality. insured to persons with private insurance of our fellow Americans every single The evidence strengthens confidence in the (which is often obtained through employ- Institute of Medicine’s conclusion that year will die, and many more will suf- ment) may be confounded by a ‘‘healthy health insurance saves lives: The odds of worker’’ effect: that is, that persons may fer and become much sicker than they dying among the insured relative to the un- lose coverage because they are ill and cannot should. That is not, again, BERNIE insured is 0.71 to 0.97.) maintain employment. Nonetheless, most SANDERS talking; that is exactly what This article was published at Annals.org on analysts of the relationship between a number of studies have shown. Study 27 June 2017. uninsurance and mortality have viewed the after study, including one from the At present, about 28 million Americans are privately insured as the best available com- American Journal of Public Health to uninsured. Repeal of the Affordable Care Act parator, with statistical controls for employ- the New England Journal of Medicine, would probably increase this number, while ment, income, health status, and other po- enactment of proposed single-payer legisla- tential confounders. to the Harvard School of Public Health tion would reduce it. The public spotlight on Finally, we focus primarily on nonelderly have told us. Again, this is not BERNIE how policy changes affect the number of un- adults because most studies have been lim- SANDERS engaging in a rhetorical de- insured reflects a widespread assumption ited to this group, and this group is likely to bate; this is what scientists and doc- that insurance improves health. experience large gains or losses of coverage tors who have studied the issue are A landmark 2002 Institute of Medicine from health reforms. Since the advent of telling us. (IOM) report on the effects of insurance cov- Medicare in 1966, almost all elderly Ameri- In fact, just this afternoon, a few erage on the health status of nonelderly cans have been covered, precluding studies of hours ago, the Annals of Internal Medi- adults buttressed this assumption. The IOM uninsured seniors. Although Medicare’s im- cine, a prestigious medical journal, committee responsible for the report found plementation may not have accelerated the consistent evidence from 130 (mostly obser- secular decline in seniors’ mortality, the rel- published an article from researchers vational) studies that ‘‘the uninsured have evance of this experience, which predates at the City University of New York poorer health and shortened lives’’ and that many modern-day therapies, is unclear. School of Urban Public Health at Hun- gaining coverage would decrease their all- Children have also been excluded from ter College and Harvard Medical cause mortality. most recent analyses of the relationship of

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:00 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G26JN6.021 S26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3757 insurance to mortality. Deaths in this popu- 25%; to adjust for this, the OHIE researchers ures on each individual, which would reduce lation beyond the neonatal period are so rare multiplied outcome differences by about 4. the variance of estimates. that studies would need to evaluate a huge At 1 year of follow-up, the death rate In sum, the OHIE yields a (nonsignificant) number of uninsured children to reach firm among lottery losers was 0.8%, and the win- point estimate that Medicaid coverage re- conclusions, and high coverage rates make ners’ death rate was 0.032% lower, a ‘‘dose- duced mortality by 0.13 percentage points, assembling such a cohort difficult. The few adjusted’’ difference of 0.13 percentage points equivalent to a (nonsignificant) odds ratio of studies addressing the effect of insurance on annually. This difference was not statis- 0.84. child survival have found that coverage low- tically significant, an unsurprising finding Two older RCTs are also relevant to the ef- ers mortality and few policy leaders contest given the OHIE’s low power to detect mor- fect of insurance and access to care on mor- the importance of covering children. tality effects because of the cohort’s low tality, although neither directly compared mortality rate, the low dose of insurance, insured and uninsured persons. In the RAND RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED TRIALS and the short follow-up. Health Insurance Experiment, random as- Only one well-conducted randomized, con- The findings on other health measures, ob- signment to full (first-dollar) coverage re- trolled trial (RCT)—the Oregon Health Insur- tained from in-person interviews and brief duced diastolic blood pressure by an average ance Experiment (OHIE)—has assessed the examinations on a subsample of 12,229 indi- of 0.8 mm Hg (P < 0.05) relative to persons effect of uninsurance on health outcomes. In viduals in the Portland area, help inform the randomly assigned to plans that required 2008, the state of Oregon opened a limited mortality results. Most physical health cost sharing, an effect size similar to the number of Medicaid slots to poor, able-bod- measures were similar among lottery win- blood pressure findings in the OHIE. Unlike ied, uninsured adults aged 19 to 64 years. The ners and losers in the subsample. However, the OHIE, the RAND Health Insurance Ex- state held a lottery among persons on a Med- winners had better self-rated health, were periment obtained baseline blood pressure icaid waiting list, with winners allowed to more likely to have diabetes diagnosed and readings, allowing researchers to determine apply for a slot. The OHIE researchers took treated with medication, and were much less that for participants with hypertension at advantage of this natural experiment to as- likely to screen positive for depression. Med- baseline, full coverage reduced diastolic sess the effect of winning the lottery on the icaid coverage was associated with a non- blood pressure by 1.9 mm Hg, mostly because 74,922 lottery participants. significant decrease of 0.52 (95% CI, 2.97 to of better hypertension detection; the effect Many lottery winners did not enroll in ¥1.93) mm Hg in systolic blood pressure and was larger among low-income (3.5 mm Hg) Medicaid, and 14.1% of lottery losers ob- 0.81 (95% CI, 2.65 to ¥1.04) mm Hg in diastolic than high-income (1.1 mm Hg) participants. tained Medicaid through other routes (some blood pressure. In addition to the low dose of The Hypertension Detection and Follow-up also got private coverage). Hence, the dif- insurance, these wide CIs reflect the lack of Program also suggests that removing finan- ference in the ‘‘dose’’ of Medicaid coverage baseline blood pressure data; this precludes cial barriers to primary care in populations was modest, an absolute difference of about analyses that take advantage of paired meas- with high rates of uninsurance may reduce TABLE 1.—SUMMARY OF STUDIES ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INSURANCE COVERAGE AND ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY

Estimated Mortality Effect of Cov- Study, Year (Reference) Participants Information on Baseline Health erage vs. Uninsured Comments

RCTs Oregon Health Insurance Experiment, 2013, 2011, 2012 ...... 74,922 nondisabled adults on wait- Retrospective survey of a sub- OR, 0.84 (NS) ...... Study was underpowered because of crossovers ing list for Medicaid. sample; no baseline blood pres- between insured and uninsured groups, low sure or other measurements. mortality rate, short follow-up. Coverage was associated with nonsignificantly lower (0.91 mm Hg) average diastolic blood pressure Quasi-experimental studies, population-based Sommers et al., 2012, 2017 ...... Nonelderly adults in states expand- None at individual level; compared RR of death expansion/nonexpansion Study examined Medicaid expansions that pre- ing Medicaid (Arizona, New York, trends in death rates in expan- states, 0.939 (P = 0.001). ceded the ACA’s expansions Maine) and comparison states. sion with those in neighboring states. Sommers et al., 2014 ...... Nonelderly adults in Massachusetts None at individual level; compared RR for death in Massachusetts The 2006 reform expanded Medicaid and imple- and comparison counties. trends in death rates in Massa- counties/matched counties, 0.971 mented subsidized coverage for low-income per- chusetts with those in matched (P = 0.003). sons control counties. Hanratty, 1996 ...... Newborns in Canadian provinces ex- None at individual level; compared RR for death, 0.95 or 0.96 (P < Estimates varied slightly depending on how time panding coverage at different infant mortality trends pre- vs. 0.05 for both). trends were modeled times. postreform. Quasi-experimental studies, clinic cohorts Lurie et al., 1984, 1986 ...... 186 clinic patients terminated from Clinic-based data ...... OR at 1 y, 02.3 (NS) ...... Large effect probably reflects very high baseline Medicaid vs. 109 who remained risk. Among terminated patients with hyper- eligible. tension, average diastolic blood pressure increased 10 mm Hg at 6 mo vs. decrease of 5 mm Hg among controls (P = 0.003) Fihn and Wicher, 1988 ...... 157 patients terminated from out- Clinic-based data ...... OR not calculable from published Marked deterioration in blood pressure control patient VA care vs. 74 controls. data; per authors, ‘‘at least 6% among terminated patients of terminated patients died’’. Quasi-experimental studies using longitudinal data from the Several cohorts followed for varying Repeated questionnaires linked to Conflicting results; some found Studies compared mortality before age 65 y and Health and Retirement Study. time periods from age ‡51 y. Medicare records and National lower deaths among insured, and relative changes in death rates after acquisition Death Index; no examination or others were null. of Medicare eligibility. Different analytic strate- laboratory data. gies yielded different conclusions Population-based cohort follow-up studies. Sorlie et al., 1994 ...... CPS respondents 1982-1985 ...... None other than being employed ..... HR for employed white women, 0.83 No data on smoking, health status or other non- (NS); HR for employed white men, demographic predictors of mortality at baseline 0.77 (P = 0.05). Franks et el, 1993 ...... NHANES respondents 1971–1975 .... Surveys, physical examinations, and HR, 0.8 (P = 0.05) ...... Controls for baseline health status included physi- lab test results. cian-assessed morbidity Kronic, 2009 ...... NHIS respondents 1986–2000 ...... Questionnaires only ...... HR, 0.91 (P < 0.05; without control Control for self-rated health may bias findings be- for self-rated health) and 0.97 cause this variable is probably confounded by (NS; including self-rated health). coverage Wilper et al 2009 ...... NHANES respondents 1988–1994 .... Surveys and physician-rated health HR, 0.71 (P < 0.05) ...... Controls for baseline health status included physi- after a physical examination. cian-assessed health status

mortality. That population-based RCT car- domly assigned people who were receiving tional Death Index, allowing researchers to ried out in the 1970s screened almost all resi- Social Security disability income and were compare the mortality rates over several dents of 14 communities, with oversampling in the waiting period for Medicare coverage years of respondents with and without cov- of predominantly black and poor locations. to receive immediate or delayed coverage. erage at the time of the initial survey. One Persons with hypertension were randomly Unfortunately, randomization apparently weakness of these studies is their lack of in- assigned to free stepped care in special clin- failed, with many more patients with cancer formation about the subsequent acquisition ics or referral to usual care. Although the assigned to the immediate coverage than to or loss of coverage, which many people cycle clinics’ staff treated only hypertension-re- the control group, precluding reliable inter- into and out of over time. This dilutes cov- lated problems, they provided informal ad- pretation of the mortality results. Interest- erage differences and may lead to underesti- vice and ‘‘friendly referrals’’ for other med- ingly, persons receiving immediate coverage mation of the effects of insurance coverage. ical issues. Strikingly, all-cause mortality had rapid and significant improvements in Sorlie and colleagues analyzed mortality was reduced by 17% in the intervention most measures of self-reported health. among respondents to the 1982–1985 Current group, with similar reductions in deaths due Population Survey, with follow-up through MORTALITY FOLLOW-UP OF POPULATION-BASED to cardiovascular and noncardiovascular 1987. In analyses limited to employed per- HEALTH SURVEYS conditions. sons, the relative risk for death associated Finally, a flawed RCT carried out by the Several routinely collected federal surveys with being uninsured was 1.3 for white men Social Security Administration starting in that include information about health insur- and 1.2 for white women (neither overall fig- 2006 bears brief mention. That study ran- ance coverage have been linked to the Na- ures nor those for minorities were reported).

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PROVINCIAL COVERAGE EXPANSIONS dence from the HRS suggests that being un- Kronick used data from the 1986–2000 Na- insured is associated with some increase in In two similar studies, Sommers and col- tional Health Interview Surveys, with mor- mortality. leagues compared mortality trends in states tality follow-up through 2002. The mortality Some studies using other data sources sug- hazard ratio for uninsured versus insured in- that expanded coverage to low-income residents (before implementation of the Afford- gest that death rates drop at age 65 years, dividuals was 1.10 (95% CI, 1.03 to 1.19) after coincident with the acquisition of Medicare adjustment for demographic variables, able Care Act) with trends in similar states without coverage expansions. eligibility, whereas others do not. smoking, and body mass index. The hazard Finally, several studies have assessed the ratio fell to 1.03 (95% CI, 0.95 to 1.12) after ad- Their analysis of Medicaid expansions in Maine, New York, and Arizona during the relationship between insurance coverage and ditional adjustment for baseline health, de- hypertension control, a likely mediator of fined by using self-reported disability and early 2000s found that adult mortality rates fell faster in those states than in neigh- any relationship between coverage and all- self-rated health. Although the self-rated cause mortality. Lurie and colleagues fol- health scale is known to be a valid predictor boring ones (a relative reduction of 6.1%, or 19.6 deaths per 100,000), coincident with a de- lowed a cohort of 186 patients who lost Med- of mortality, it may introduce inaccuracies icaid coverage because of a statewide policy in comparisons of uninsured versus insured cline in the uninsurance rate of 3.2 percentage points. Mortality reductions were largest change and a control group of 109 patients persons. Recent data indicate that gaining who remained eligible. Among those who lost coverage improves self-rated health, before among nonwhites, adults age 35 to 64 years, and poorer counties. Sommers and col- coverage, 5 died within 6 months (compared improvements in objective measures of phys- with none in the control group; P = .16), and ical health are detectable (or plausible). This leagues’ subsequent reanalysis using data that allowed better matching to control the average diastolic blood pressure of those suggests that uninsurance may cause people with hypertension increased by 10 mm Hg to underrate their health, perhaps because of counties yielded a slightly lower estimate of the mortality effect. As the authors note, (compared with a 5–mm Hg decrease in con- anxiety or the inability to gain reassurance trols; P= 0.003). At 1 year, 7 patients who had about minor symptoms. Analyses, such as the large mortality effect from a relatively modest coverage expansion may reflect the lost Medicaid and 1 control had died; blood Kronick’s, that rely on self-rated health for pressure differences were slightly less risk adjustment therefore may inadvertently fact that Medicaid enrollment often occurred ‘‘at the point of care for patients with acute marked than seen at 6 months. A similar compare relatively sick insured persons to study of patients terminated from Veterans relatively healthy uninsured persons, obscur- illnesses,’’ leading to the selective enrollment of those most likely to benefit from Affairs outpatient care because of a budget ing outcome differences caused by coverage. shortfall found marked deterioration in hy- Studies that include more objective meas- coverage. A study of the effect of Massachusetts’ 2006 pertension control among the terminated pa- ures of baseline health should be less subject tients relative to controls who maintained to any such bias. coverage expansion compared mortality trends in Massachusetts counties with those access. These clinic-based findings accord MORTALITY FOLLOW-UP OF POPULATION-BASED in propensity score-matched counties in with cross-sectional population-based anal- HEALTH EXAMINATION SURVEYS other states. Mortality decreased by 2.9% in yses of data from NHANES, which have Two studies have analyzed the effect of Massachusetts relative to the comparison found worse blood pressure control among uninsurance on mortality using data from counties, a difference of 8.2 deaths per 100,000 uninsured than insured patients with hyper- the National Health and Nutrition Examina- adults, with larger declines in poorer coun- tension. tion Survey (NHANES), which obtains data ties and those with lower coverage rates be- EVIDENCE FROM OTHER NATIONS AND FROM from physical examination and laboratory fore the expansion. CROSS-NATIONAL STUDIES tests among participants. Franks and colleagues analyzed the 1971– OTHER QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES The United States lags behind most other 1975 NHANES, with mortality follow-up Several researchers have used data from wealthy nations in life expectancy and is the through 1987. They compared mortality of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS)—a only one with substantial numbers of unin- uninsured and privately insured adults older longitudinal study that has followed cohorts sured residents. Although many factors con- than age 25 years, adjusted for demographic enrolled at age 51 years or older—to assess found cross-national comparisons, a recent characteristics, self-rated health, smoking, the effect of insurance coverage on mor- study suggests that worse access to good- obesity, leisure time exercise, and alcohol tality. The HRS periodically surveys re- quality health care contributes to our na- consumption. In addition, their models con- spondents and their families and has been tion’s higher mortality from medically pre- trolled for evidence of morbidity determined linked to Medicare and National Death Index ventable causes (so-called amenable mor- by laboratory testing and medical examina- data. tality). Similarly, a recent review of studies tions performed by NHANES staff. By 1987, McWilliams and colleagues found signifi- from many nations concluded that ‘‘broader 9.6% of the insured and 18.4% of the unin- cantly higher mortality rates among unin- health coverage generally leads to better ac- sured had died. After adjustment for baseline sured compared with insured HRS respond- cess to necessary care and improved popu- characteristics and health status, the hazard ents, even after propensity score adjustment lation health’’. ratio for uninsurance was 1.25 (95% CI, 1.00 to for multiple predictors of insurance cov- Quasi-experimental studies assessing 1.55). erage. Baker and colleagues found that re- newly implemented universal coverage in Wilper and colleagues’ study (which we co- spondents who were uninsured (compared wealthy nations have reached similar con- authored) used data from the 1988–1994 with those who had private insurance) had clusions. For instance, Taiwan’s rollout of a NHANES, with mortality follow-up through higher long-term but not short-term mor- single-payer system in 1995 was associated 2000. The study assessed mortality among tality. After adjustment for multiple base- with an accelerated decline in amenable uninsured and privately insured persons age line characteristics, including instrumental mortality, particularly in townships where 17 to 64 years, controlling for demographic variables associated with coverage (such as a coverage gains were larger. In Canada, a characteristics, smoking, alcohol consump- spouse’s union membership), Hadley and study exploiting the different dates on which tion, body mass index, leisure time activity, Waidmann found a strong positive associa- provinces implemented universal coverage self-rated health, and physician-rated health tion between insurance coverage and sur- estimated that coverage expansion reduced after the NHANES physician completed the vival before age 65 years. Black and col- infant mortality by about 5% (P < 0.03). medical examination. The study also in- leagues suggested, on the basis of a ‘‘battery Finally, a recent study of cystic fibrosis cluded sensitivity analyses adjusting for the of causal inference methods,’’ that others cohorts also suggests that coverage improves number of hospitalizations and physician overestimated the survival benefits of insur- mortality. Such patients live, on average, 10 visits within the past year, limitations in ance and that uninsured HRS respondents years longer in Canada than in the United work or activities, job or housework changes had only slightly higher (adjusted) mortality States. Among U.S. patients, those without due to health problems, and number of self- than those with private coverage. Finally, known coverage have the shortest survival; reported chronic diseases, which yielded re- studies have reached conflicting conclusions among the privately insured, life expectancy sults similar to those of the main model. In as to whether the health of previously unin- is similar to that among patients in Canada. TABLE 2.—WHY THE CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP OF HEALTH INSURANCE TO MORTALITY IS HARD TO STUDY

Deaths, especially from causes amenable to medical treatment, are rare among nonelderly adults, who account for most of the uninsured. Because insurance might prevent death by slowing the decline in health over several years, short-term studies may underestimate its effects. Many people cycle in and out of insurance diluting differences between groups. Randomly assigning participants to no coverage is unethical in most circumstances. Observational studies must address reverse causality. Illness sometimes causes people to acquire public insurance by qualifying them for Medicaid, Medicare, or Department of Veterans Affairs disability coverage. Conversely, illness may cause job loss and resultant loss of private coverage. In cohort studies, adequate control for baseline health status is difficult, particularly in uninsured patients, whose lack of access lowers self-rated health and also causes less awareness of important risk factors, such as hypertension or hyperlipidemia.

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DISCUSSION Study have found that coverage in the near- I also talked to a community health The evidence accumulated since the publi- elderly slowed health decline and decreased center which, under the Affordable cation of the IOM’s report in 2002 supports mortality. Care Act, was actually able to expand and strengthens its conclusion that health Two difference-in-difference studies in the United States and 1 in Canada compared in a community. They literally cut in insurance reduces mortality. Several newer half the uninsured, and they are deliv- observational and quasi-experimental stud- mortality trends in matched locations with ies have found that uninsurance shortens and without coverage expansions. All 3 found ering great adult dental access to thou- survival, and a few with null results used large reductions in mortality associated sands of people in a county that didn’t confounded or questionable adjustments for with increased coverage. have good access to dental care. They baseline health. The results of the only re- A mounting body of evidence indicates are making great progress. cent RCT, although far from definitive, are that lack of health insurance decreases sur- I talked to a veteran who served our vival, and it seems unlikely that definitive consistent with the positive findings from country, who literally got out and is cohort and quasi-experimental analyses. randomized, controlled trials can be done. Hence, policy debate must rely on the best now going to school but without the Several factors complicate efforts to deter- help of Medicaid would not have been mine whether uninsurance increases mor- evidence from observational and quasi-exper- tality (Table 2). Randomly assigning people imental studies. able to cover her healthcare expenses. to uninsurance is usually unethical, and Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, this I met a woman on the street who told quasi-experimental analyses rest on unverifi- issue is really not just about me her husband had lost his job. She able assumptions. Deaths are rare and mor- healthcare. This is a profound moral never thought they would be on Med- tality effects may be delayed, mandating debate defining who we are as a people icaid, but when he lost his job, they large studies with long follow-up. Many peo- today and whom we want to be as a went on Medicaid, and they depended ple cycle into and out of coverage, diluting people in the future. on that to provide healthcare for them- the effects of insurance. And statistical ad- A great nation is not simply one selves and their children. justments for baseline health usually rely on I met a gentleman who also said he, participants’ self-reports, which may be in- judged by how many millionaires and fluenced by coverage. Hence, such adjust- billionaires we have and by how many too, lost his job, and after that came ments may under- or overadjust for dif- tax breaks we can give to billionaires. down with a serious, life-threatening ferences between insured and uninsured per- A great nation is judged by how we illness, and it was only Medicaid that sons. treat the weakest and the most vulner- saved him. Inferences about mechanisms through able amongst us—those people who So what do we know today that is which insurance affects mortality are sub- don’t have fundraising dinners, those different than last Friday? We now ject to even greater uncertainty. In some cir- people who don’t contribute hundreds have some CBO numbers. We know the cumstances, coverage might raise mortality numbers. We know the numbers: that by increasing access to dangerous drugs of thousands of dollars into the polit- (such as oral opioids) or procedures (such as ical process. A great nation is judged 22 more million Americans, as a result morcellation hysterectomy). On the other by how we treat the children, the elder- of this bill, if it is passed, would be un- hand, coverage clearly reduces mortality in ly, the sick, the poor, the people who insured; 15 million of them on Med- several serious conditions, although few are have disabilities. This is what a great icaid; and $772 billion in Medicaid cuts. common enough to have a detectable effect nation is. This legislation is not wor- We know we thought it was heartless. on population-level mortality. The exception thy of a great nation. This legislation Now we see the numbers that say cut- is hypertension, which is prevalent among must be defeated. ting that many people off of Medicaid the uninsured and seems a likely contributor is, in my opinion, as my colleagues to their higher death rates. Although uncon- I yield the floor. trolled hyperlipidemia is also more common The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- have also said, not something we among the uninsured, the OHIE—the only ator from Washington. should be pursuing as a nation. It RCT performed in the statin era—found no Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I leaves us to ask about not just the im- effect of coverage on cholesterol levels. come to the floor to join my col- pact of this on individuals, as I just Finally, our focus on mortality should not leagues. We can see there are numerous mentioned—because I believe there is a obscure other well-established benefits of colleagues on this side of the aisle who much better way to go with innova- health insurance: improved self-rated health, are speaking, just as my colleague tion—but what it also does for the indi- financial protection, and reduced likelihood from Vermont just did with great pas- of depression. Insurance is the gateway to vidual market. A lot of this debate medical care, whose aim is not just saving sion or my colleague from Massachu- started because people thought the in- lives but also relieving human suffering. setts did with great passion and as I dividual market hadn’t seen some of Overall, the case for coverage is strong. am sure my colleague from Minnesota the benefits of the employer-sponsored Even skeptics who suggest that insurance will. We have all been home for the system. Well, why not talk about the doesn’t improve outcomes seem to vote dif- weekend talking to our constituents. individual market? ferently with their feet. As one prominent We are all back here now with the CBO If 7 percent of the way people access economist recently asked, ‘‘How many of the news, and we are here because we are health insurance, the individual mar- people who write such things . . . choose to just not bother getting their healthcare?’’ very concerned about the next steps ket, was having a problem, why not the Senate might take in this talk about ideas to improve the indi- KEY SUMMARY POINTS In several specific conditions, the unin- healthcare debate. vidual market? Instead, we have a bill sured have worse survival, and the lack of When I was at home, I heard some from the House and the Senate that coverage is associated with lower use of rec- unbelievably positive stories about beats up on the Medicaid population as ommended preventive services. healthcare. I was at a hospital in our if they are the culprit. If you want to The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment, State, Virginia Mason, which has been improve Medicaid and delivery services the only available randomized, controlled one of the leaders in reducing and help decrease costs, let’s do that. trial that has assessed the health effects of healthcare costs by utilizing new effi- There are so many innovative ideas, insurance, suggests that insurance may ciencies. They have improved the re- but just cutting people off Medicaid to cause a clinically important decrease in mortality, but wide Cls preclude firm conclu- turn time of getting lab results to pa- solve the individual market problem sions. tients by 85 percent; they have in- doesn’t even make sense to me. The 2 National Health and Nutrition Ex- creased productivity in some areas by We now have, as of last Friday, too, amination Study analyses that include phy- 90 percent; they have reduced liability the Center on Budget Policy and Prior- sicians’ assessments of baseline health show insurance premiums by 76 percent. ities’ assessment, talking about how substantial mortality improvements associ- They have innovated. They have inno- this would raise individual premiums ated with coverage. A cohort study that used vated. They have innovated. They in the individual market. They gave only self-reported baseline health measures talked about the direction healthcare some examples. For example, in West for risk adjustment found a nonsignificant coverage effect. should go, and not once did they men- Virginia and Nevada, a 60-year-old with Most, but not all, analyses of data from tion cutting or capping Medicaid as a an income of $36,000 would pay respec- the longitudinal Health and Retirement solution. tively, $5,000 and $4,000 more than what

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Because he knows Democratic Governors talking about stetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), Amer- what his individual organization par- this. They sent us a letter saying the ican Diabetes Association, American Federa- ticipants need in a healthcare delivery first thing we should do is focus on im- tion of State. Country and Municipal Em- system. Everybody knows—everybody proving our Nation’s private health in- ployees (AFSCME), American Federation of knows the people of America are living surance system. Where did the Gov- Teachers (AFT), American Health Care Asso- longer and as they age they need more ciation (AHCA), American Heart Association ernors ask that you come and beat up healthcare. To our colleagues who (AHA), American Hospital Association want to reduce those costs, we are on Medicaid? They didn’t say that. (AHA), American Lung Association, Amer- They didn’t say: Please beat up on ican Muslim Health Professionals, American ready to come and talk about how we Medicaid, have a big party covering Nurses Association (ANA), American Osteo- are going to reduce those costs. people on Medicaid as a partner with us pathic Association, American Psychiatric I have talked about how I authored a for 65 years and then leave us stuck Association (APA). community-based ‘‘rebalancing’’ pro- with the bill. They didn’t say that. American Psychological Association, gram—the kind of rebalancing that They say: American Public Health Association helped our State save more than $2 bil- (APHA), Association of American Medical Medicaid provisions included in this bill lion. If we did that in every State, we Colleges (AAMC), Big Cities Health Coali- would be saving billions of dollars, but are problematic. Instead, we recommend tion, Bread for the World, California Public Congress address factors we can all agree Interest Research Group (CPIRG), Catholic the notion that we are going to proceed need fixing. Health Association (CHA), Cato Institute, in the next 24 hours or so on a motion, That is a pretty clear message, I be- Center for American Progress, Center on after we have a CBO report that says lieve, from Republican Governors who Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), Center this would have a devastating impact are saying this is not the way to fix for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), Center on millions of people with Medicaid, is healthcare. for Reproductive Rights, Children’s Hospital not the right way to go. Also, last week, a nonpartisan study Association (CHA), The Chronic Illness & Taking this out on the poor people of Disability Partnership, Coalition on Human America who need Medicaid will make by the George Washington University Needs (CHN), Commission on Social Action found that the House-passed bill would of Reform Judaism, Community Catalyst, it worse for us as well. It will raise our have a huge economic impact on our Consumers Union, Cystic Fibrosis Founda- rates, return the costs to where they country. States’ economies would tion, Ecumenical Poverty Initiative. were, and not help us solve this prob- shrink by $93 billion, compared to what Environmental Organizations, Families lem for the future. I hope our col- they would be without the bill. Busi- USA, Federation of American Hospitals leagues will understand that so many ness output would be cut $148 billion. (FAH), First Focus, Friends Committee on people are raising so many concerns National Legislation, Hispanic Federation, about this. Yes, it is about economics, The study notes that the bill, combined Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Indivisible, with normal economic cycles ‘‘could Leadership Conference on Civil and Human but there are also personal stories of contribute to a period of economic and Rights, Lutheran Services in America, Medi- people, such as our colleague from Ha- medical hardship in the U.S.’’ care Rights Center, MomsRising, waii who said: You never know. You That report also talks about job loss MoveOn.org, NARAL Pro Choice America, never know when an individual situa- throughout the country, saying that National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of tion is going to affect you, and you individual states would see more than the Good Shepherd, National Alliance on want to make sure there is healthcare $1 billion in lost gross State product, Mental Illness (NAMI), National Breast Can- to help you get through that crisis. cer Coalition, National Center for Lesbian Thank you. I yield the floor. just because of the number of people Rights, National Center for Transgender who wouldn’t be covered, the number Equality, National Committee to Preserve The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- of healthcare providers who would no Social Security & Medicare (NCPSSM). ator from Minnesota. longer be there, the loss of healthcare National Council on Aging (NCOA), Na- Mr. FRANKEN. Thank you, Mr. infrastructure and then the impact on tional Council for Behavioral Health, Na- President. the healthcare system overall for un- tional Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), I rise to talk about the effort to re- compensated care. These are costs we Planned Parenthood, Presbyterian Church peal and replace the Affordable Care can’t afford. (U.S.A.), Service Employees International Act. Before I begin, I thank Senator Union (SEIU), Trust for America’s Health HIRONO for sharing her story and for As my colleague Senator SANDERS (TFAH), National Multiple Sclerosis Society, mentioned, there are all these National Organization for Rare Disorders, leading us all here in the discussion to- healthcare organizations that have National Partnership for Women and Fami- night. now come out saying they don’t sup- lies, National Physicians Alliance, NET- I thank the Presiding Officer who has port this Senate-drafted bill. The Acad- WORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, Pa- been listening, and I appreciate that. I emy of Family Physicians knows about cific Institute for Community Organization really do. caring for the Medicaid population. (PICO) National Network, Physicians for Re- In recent days, we have finally got- They are seeing so many patients, and productive Health, Society of St. Vincent ten to see the plan that 13 Republican DePaul, Tennessee Justice Center, The Arc, they know what this challenge is. The Senators have been working on in se- Third Way, United Church of Christ Justice cret and behind closed doors. I really American Psychological Association & Witness Ministries, U.S. Conference of doesn’t support this bill. Other Catholic Bishops, U.S. Public Interest Re- thought the Senate bill would be bet- healthcare associations, such as the search Group (US PIRG), Young Invincibles. ter. I thought it would be better than Catholic Health Association, do not Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I the House version that was passed. support this bill. I have a long list. hope my colleagues understand that Even Senator BURR said of the House Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- there are those here who are very will- bill that it was ‘‘dead on arrival’’ in sent to have printed in the RECORD the ing to talk about how we can improve the Senate, but, unfortunately, the list of healthcare-related organizations our healthcare system, but we are not Senate plan is just as bad. and others that don’t support this leg- going to make poor Americans the The nonpartisan Congressional Budg- islation. scapegoat of our healthcare challenges. et Office announced just today that, There being no objection, the mate- A gentleman named Joe Baker, presi- under the Senate plan, 22 million more rial was ordered to be printed in the dent of the Medicare Rights Center, I Americans would be uninsured. That RECORD, as follows: think, said it best. He said: has consequences. Perhaps worst of ORGANIZATIONS OPPOSED TO SENATE HEALTH You or someone you love is going to need all—and partly because this causes the CARE BILL Medicaid. You may not need the nursing reduction in the number of Americans Alliance for Retired Persons, America’s Es- home care . . . but you may rely on commu- who would be covered—the bill ends sential Hospitals, American Academy of nity-based services, like home care, that will the Medicaid expansion and cuts the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G26JN6.023 S26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3761 funding for the Medicaid Program by Sheri, Brandon’s mom, said: ‘‘If we tends mortality. This is real stuff. nearly $800 billion—a program that has didn’t have Medicaid, Brandon prob- What we are doing is really serious. been a vital part of our social fabric ably wouldn’t be here’’—meaning at I strongly urge my Republican col- since 1965. our forum—‘‘and he wouldn’t be doing leagues to talk with their constituents This bill—and I do not like to say as well as he’s doing.’’ about the bill that was drafted. Again, this—is mean. The President said that Brandon similarly noted: it was behind closed doors, and many of of the House bill. I do not like to char- Kids with special needs are referred to as my Republican colleagues did not see it acterize something that way, but it is ‘‘special needs,’’ and I like to think I’m pret- until last week. I urge them to talk to mean and would have far-reaching ef- ty special. I also like to think our needs are their constituents about the con- fects for millions of Americans across also special depending on the kind of care we sequences this bill would have for sen- the country. need and that’s what Medicaid provides. iors, for children, and parents who have This past weekend, I hosted a I really believe that all of us here to- Medicaid coverage. healthcare forum in Burnsville, MN. It night must do all we can to protect Talk to the people who would see is a suburb that is south of Min- these kids and protect their families their healthcare costs rise. Talk to the neapolis, of the Twin Cities. It was on and everyone who relies on Medicaid, families who may lose their health in- the importance of Medicaid and how and I sincerely believe that means we surance. People are afraid. the Republican plan’s devastating cuts have to defeat this bill. I am a cochair of the World Health would affect Minnesotans. Over 230 peo- My colleague Senator HIRONO stated Caucus. I go all around my State. I ple showed up to share their stories last week: ‘‘We are all one diagnosis talk to roundtables at rural hospitals about how Medicaid changed their away from a serious illness.’’ That is and nursing homes. These are the parts lives, and it was very moving. the case. Do you know what else? We of my State that voted for Donald I think it is really important to tell are also just one accident away from a Trump. During the campaign, Donald this in terms of people, not in terms of life-changing injury. Trump said that he would not cut Med- numbers, although the numbers are Another Minnesotan, Deborah, icaid. These are people who are scared, pretty stark. Brandon and his mom shared her story with my office. She whose elderly parents stay home be- spoke, Brandon and Sheri. They are described for me a car crash and the cause Medicaid pays for their home both from Burnsville. subsequent traumatic brain injury that Brandon was born 15 weeks pre- healthcare, and they are afraid because she survived in 2012. that will go away. Both she and her mature. He weighed just 1 pound 131⁄2 ounces. He was so small that his par- She explained: husband work—this was a woman in ents’ wedding rings could slide on his It was just another day. I was on my way Herman, MN—and they do not know arm. He was also born with cerebral to work. I lost control of my SUV after slid- what they will do. ing on a patch of ice and slammed into a con- Please, listen to your constituents. palsy and hydrocephalus, which is a crete median. condition that causes fluid to collect in You need to do the right thing and vote Brandon’s brain, which results in brain Her whole life changed at that mo- no on this bill for their sake—for the damage. ment. She had to relearn basic tasks— sake of your constituents. Brandon, who is now 17, got up with reading, walking, talking, and eating— I yield the floor. a walker at the event. He told me that but all of it was possible because of the f he was taken immediately to the Mayo home- and community-based services ARMS SALES NOTIFICATION Clinic in Rochester. He was born in the she was able to receive through Med- Twin Cities, but Mayo said that his icaid. Mr. CORKER. Mr. President, section case was too complicated to handle, so She said: 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act they sent him back to the Twin Cities, Without the services funded by Medicaid, requires that Congress receive prior no- to Gillette, which is a children’s hos- my goal of returning to paid employment tification of certain proposed arms pital. It is a great children’s hospital, a would be impossible. I honestly worry that sales as defined by that statute. Upon great hospital. Within 24 hours of his proposed changes to the Medicaid program such notification, the Congress has 30 could significantly diminish my overall calendar days during which the sale birth, the hospital told Brandon’s par- health outcomes and even leave me facing ents that his costs were already over $1 long-term homelessness. may be reviewed. The provision stipu- million—a terrifying addendum to lates that, in the Senate, the notifica- As my colleagues and people at home what must have been a harrowing, tion of proposed sales shall be sent to who are watching this debate well harrowing experience. the chairman of the Senate Foreign know, this week could prove to be an Over the years, Brandon has needed Relations Committee. extremely consequential week in the 38 surgeries—surgery to reduce the In keeping with the committee’s in- history of this country. The decisions fluid in his brain. He has a shunt. He tention to see that relevant informa- we make—the 100 of us—over the next has had surgeries to straighten out his tion is available to the full Senate, I few days could literally mean life or legs. He has had eye surgeries and ask unanimous consent to have printed death for many Americans. Lives are more. He has also needed extensive in the RECORD the notifications which on the line. physical therapy, occupational ther- have been received. If the cover letter Tomorrow, I will give a speech that apy, speech therapy, and across his references a classified annex, then such is more about the data, and we have lifetime, he has needed other interven- annex is available to all Senators in heard about some of that, but there is tions to help him do basic tasks, like the office of the Foreign Relations a study in the New England Journal of eat and now walk. He could not turn Committee, room SD–423. Medicine that came out this week that over. He could not do the things that There being no objection, the mate- reads that Medicaid—having the insur- babies do, that we parents and grand- rial was ordered to be printed in the ance—improves people’s lives and parents relish in every day. RECORD, as follows: But guess what. He is thriving. In that—this is not precise—for every 300 to 800 who will lose healthcare, who DEFENSE SECURITY fact, he just passed his first college COOPERATION AGENCY, course at Dakota County Technical would lose Medicaid, there will be a Arlington, VA. College. He proudly told me and the premature death. Hon. BOB CORKER, rest of us that he received an A-minus, This is a study that is going to be Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations, and he hopes someday to get a job at summarized in the New Yorker, in an U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. Gillette, the Gillette Children’s Spe- article by Atul Gawande, that the ef- DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Pursuant to the re- cialty Healthcare, which is the very fect of having insurance is not about porting requirements of Section 36(b)(1) of place that provided him with the dramatic emergencies. This is espe- the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, cially about things like diabetes and we are forwarding herewith Transmittal No. unique and high-quality care that he 17–12, concerning the Air Force’s proposed has needed over the years. All of this heart illness and cancer—the day-to- Letter(s) of Offer and Acceptance to the Gov- has been possible because Brandon and day. It is about having access. Because ernment of Australia for defense articles and his family were able to get health in- you have insurance for care, it im- services estimated to cost $1.3 billion. After surance through Medicaid. proves the health of people, and it ex- this letter is delivered to your office, we plan

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G26JN6.025 S26JNPT1 S3762 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 26, 2017 to issue a news release to notify the public of *As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms incoming missiles and jamming infrared- this proposed sale. Export Control Act. seeker equipped missiles with aimed bursts Sincerely, POLICY JUSTIFICATION of laser energy. The LAIRCM system consists of multiple Infrared Missile Warning J.W. RIXEY, Australia–Gulfstream–G550 Aircraft with System (IRMWS) Sensors, Guardian Laser Vice Admiral, USN, Director. Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance. Recon- TRANSMITTAL NO. 17–12 Turret Assembly (GLTA), LAIRCM System naissance, and Electronic Warfare Processor Replacement (LSPR), Control In- Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of (AISREW) Mission Systems dicator Unit Replacement (CIUR), and a clas- Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the The Government of Australia requested sified High Capacity Card (HCC), and User Arms Export Control Act, as amended the possible sale of up to five (5) Gulfstream Data Memory (UDM) card. The HCC is loaded (i) Prospective Purchaser: Government of G–550 aircraft modified to integrate Airborne into the CIUR prior to flight. When the clas- Australia. Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, sified HCC is not in use, it is removed from (ii) Total Estimated Value: and Electronic Warfare (AISREW) mission the CIUR and placed in onboard secure stor- Major Defense Equipment* $0.04 billion. systems, Global Positioning System (GPS) age. LAIRCM Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) Other $1.26 billion. capability, secure communications, aircraft hardware is classified SECRET when the Total $1.30 billion. defensive systems; spares, including whole HCC is inserted into the CIUR. LAIRCM sys- (iii) Description and Quantity or Quan- life costs of airborne and ground segments; tem software, including Operational Flight tities of Articles or Services under Consider- aircraft modification and integration; Program is classified SECRET. Technical ation for Purchase: data and documentation to be provided are The Government of Australia requested ground systems for data processing and crew UNCLASSIFIED. the sale of up to five (5) Gulfstream G–550 training; ground support equipment; publications and technical data; U.S. Government The set of IRMWS Sensor units are mount- aircraft modified to integrate Airborne In- ed on the aircraft exterior to provide telligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and contractor engineering, technical and logistics support services; flight test and cer- omnidirectional protection. The IRMWS and Electronic Warfare (AISREW) mission Sensor warns of threat missile approach by systems, Global Positioning System (GPS) tification; and other related elements of logistical and program support. The total es- detecting radiation associated with the rock- capability, secure communications, aircraft et motor. The IRMWS is a small, light- defensive systems, and whole life costs of timated program cost is $1.3 billion. This sale will contribute to the foreign pol- weight, passive, electro-optic, threat warn- airborne and ground segments. icy and national security of the United ing device used to detect surface-to-air mis- This proposed sale includes up to five (5) siles fired at helicopters and low-flying AN/AAQ–24 (V)N Large Aircraft Infrared States by helping to improve the security of a major contributor to political stability, se- fixed-wing aircraft and automatically pro- Countermeasures (LAIRCM) systems, and ad- vides countermeasures, as well as audio and ditional sub-component spares. Each prime curity, and economic development in the Western Pacific. Australia is an important visual warning messages to the aircrew. The LAIRCM system will consist of: one (1) basic system consists of multiple IRMWS Guardian Laser Terminal Assemblies Major non-NATO Ally and partner that contributes significantly to peacekeeping and Sensor units, one (1) GLTA, LSPR and CIUR. (GLTA), five (5) Infrared Missile Warning The set of IRMWS units (each A–330 MRTT Sensors, (IRMWS), one (1) LAIRCM System humanitarian operations around the world. It is vital to the U.S. national interest to as- has five (5)) mounted on the aircraft exterior Processor Replacements (LSPR) MDE items, to provide omni-directional protection. one (1) LAIRCM System Processor Replace- sist our ally in developing and maintaining a strong and ready self-defense capability. Hardware is UNCLASSIFIED. Software is ments (LSPR), one (1) Control Indicator Unit SECRET. Technical data and documentation Replacement (CIUR), one (1) Smart Card As- The proposed sale supports and com- plements the ongoing efforts of Australia to to be provided are UNCLASSIFIED. sembly (SCA), one (1) High Capacity Card 3. Multifunctional Information Distribu- modernize its Electronic Warfare capability (HCC), and one (1) User Data Memory (UDM) tion System-Joint Tactical Radio System and increases interoperability between the card. Also included are: MX–20 HD Electro- (MIDS JTRS) is an advanced Link–16 com- U.S. Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Optical and Infrared systems, Osprey 50 mand, control, communications, and intel- Force (RAAF). Australia will have no dif- AESA Radars, AISREW equipment, secure ligence (C3I) system incorporating high-ca- ficulty absorbing this equipment into its communications equipment, and Identifica- pacity, jam-resistant, digital communication armed forces. tion Friend or Foe (IFF) Systems. These sys- links for exchange of near real-time tactical The proposed sale of this equipment does tems will be installed on up to five (5) G–550 information, including both data and voice, not alter the basic military balance in the aircraft. among air, ground, and sea elements. The region. Major Defense Equipment (MDR): MIDS JTRS terminal hardware, publica- The prime contractors will be L3 of Green- Eight (8) GLTA AN/AAQ–24 (V)N (5 in- tions, performance specifications, oper- ville, TX. There are no known offset agree- stalled and 3 spares). ational capability, parameters, ments proposed in connection with this po- Twenty-nine (29) IRMWS (25 installed and 4 vulnerabilities to countermeasures, and soft- tential sale. spares). ware documentation are classified CON- Implementation of this proposed sale may Six (6) LSPR AN/AAQ–24 (V)N (5 installed FIDENTIAL. The classified information to require the assignment of up to six (6) U.S. and 1 spare). be provided consists of that which is nec- contractor representatives to Australia. Six (6) Embedded/GPS/INS (EGI) with GPS essary for the operation, maintenance, and There will be no adverse impact on U.S. de- Security Devices, Airborne (5 installed and1 repair (through intermediate level) of the fense readiness as a result of this proposed spare). data link terminal, installed systems, and sale. Seven (7) Multifunctional Information Dis- related software. tribution Systems—Joint Tactical Radio TRANSMITTAL NO, 17–12 4. The AN/ALE–47 Countermeasure Dis- System (MIDS JTRS) (5 installed and 2 Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of penser Set (CMDS) provides an integrated spares). Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the threat-adaptive, computer controlled capa- Non-MDE includes: Also included in this Arms Export Control Act bility for dispensing chaff, flares, and active sale are up to five (5) G–550 Aircraft, CIURs, Annex Item No. vii radio frequency expendables. The AN/ALE–47 SCAs, HCCs and UDM cards, AN/ALE–47 system enhances aircraft survivability in so- Countermeasure Dispenser Sets (CMDS), (vii) Sensitivity of Technology: phisticated threat environments. MX–20HD Electro-Optical and Infra-Red sys- 1. This sale will involve the release of sen- The threats countered by the CMDS in- tems, Osprey 50 AESA Radars, AISREW ISR sitive technology to Australia. Sensitive clude radar-directed anti-aircraft artillery equipment, Secure Communications equip- and/or classified (up to SECRET) elements of (AAA), radar command-guided missiles, ment, Identification Friend or Foe Systems, the proposed sale include the AN/AAQ–24 radar homing guided missiles, and infrared aircraft modification and integration, (V)N Large Aircraft Infrared Counter- (IR) guided missiles. The system is inter- ground systems for data processing and crew measures (LAIRCM) systems, Embedded/ nally mounted and may be operated as a training, ground support equipment, publica- GPS/INS (EGI) with security devices, Air- stand-alone system or may be integrated tions and technical data, U.S. Government borne, Multifunctional Information Distribu- with other on-board Electronic Warfare (EW) and contractor engineering, technical and lo- tion Systems—Joint Tactical Radio System and avionics systems. The AN/ALE–47 uses gistics support services, flight test and cer- (MIDS JTRS), AN/ALE–47 Countermeasure threat data received over the aircraft inter- tification, and other related elements of Dispenser Set (CMDS), MX–20HD Electro-Op- faces to assess the threat situation and de- logistical and program support. tical and Infra-Red systems, Osprey 50 AESA termine a response. Expendable routines tai- (iv) Military Department: Air Force (QCS). Radars, and Airborne Intelligence, Surveil- lored to the immediate aircraft and threat (v) Prior Related Cases if any: AT–D–SAA lance, Reconnaissance and Electronic environment may be dispensed using one of & AT–D–GCA. (AISREW) mission system. four operational modes. Hardware is UN- (vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc. Paid, Of- 2. The AN/AAQ–24 (V)N LAIRCM is a self- CLASSIFIED. Software is SECRET. Tech- fered, or Agreed to be Paid: None. contained, directed energy countermeasures nical data and documentation to be provided (vii) Sensitivity of Technology Contained system designed to protect aircraft from in- is UNCLASSIFIED. in the Defense Article or Defense Services frared (IR)-guided surface-to-air missiles. 5. The Embedded GPS–INS (EGI) LN–200 is Proposed to be Sold: See Annex Attached. The system features digital technology and a sensor that combines GPS and inertial sen- (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: micro-miniature solid state electronics. The sor inputs to provide accurate location infor- June 23, 2017. system operates in all conditions, detecting mation for navigation and targeting. The

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EGI LN–200 is UNCLASSIFIED. The GPS TRANSMITTAL NO. 17–33 cally requests offsets. Any offset agreement crypto-variable keys needed for the highest Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of will be defined in negotiations between the GPS accuracy are classified up to SECRET. Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the purchaser and the contractor. 6. Wescam MX–20HD is a gyro-stabilized, Arms Export Control Act, as amended Implementation of this proposed sale will not require the assignment of any additional multi-spectral, multi-field of view Electro- (i) Prospective Purchaser: The Government U.S. Government personnel or contractor Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) system. The systems of India. representatives to India. provide surveillance laser illumination and (ii) Total Estimated Value: There will be no adverse impact on S. de- laser designation through use of an exter- Major Defense Equipment* $285.0 million. fense readiness as a result of this proposed nally mounted turret sensor unit and inter- Other $ 81.2 million. sale. nally mounted master control. Sensor video Total $366.2 million. imagery is displayed in the aircraft real time (iii) Description and Quantity or Quan- TRANSMITTAL NO. 17–33 and may be recorded for subsequent ground tities of Articles or Services under Consider- Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of analysis. Hardware is UNCLASSIFIED. ation for Purchase: Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the Technical data and documentation to be pro- Major Defense Equipment (MDE): Arms Export Control Act vided is UNCLASSIFIED. One (1) C–17 Transport Aircraft. Annex Item No. vii Four (4) Engines, Turbofan F–117–PW–100. (vii) Sensitivity of Technology 7. The Osprey family of surveillance radars Non-MDE includes: Also included in the provides second generation Active Electroni- 1. The Boeing C–17A Globemaster III mili- proposed sale are one (1) AN/AAR–47 Missile tary airlift aircraft is the most flexible cargo cally Scanned Array (AFSA) surveillance ca- Warning System, one (1) AN/ALE–47 Coun- pability as the primary sensor on airborne aircraft to enter the U.S. Air Force fleet. termeasures Dispensing System (CMDS), one The C–17 is capable of strategic delivery of assets. The Osprey radars are at a high tech- (1) AN/APX–119 Identification Friend or Foe nology readiness level and are in production up to 170,900 pounds of personnel and/or (Lit) Transponder, precision navigation equipment to main operating bases or for- for fixed and rotary wing applications. This equipment, spare and repair parts, mainte- Osprey configuration employs a side-looking ward operating locations. The aircraft is also nance, support and test equipment, publica- capable short field landings with a full cargo radar. Osprey radars provide a genuine tions and technical documentation, war- multi-domain capability, with high perform- load. The aircraft can perform tactical air- ranty, quality assurance, ferry support, U.S. lift and airdrop missions as well as transport ance sea surveillance, notably against ‘‘dif- Government and contractor engineering, lo- ficult targets, land surveillance with wide litters and ambulatory patients during gistics and technical support services, and aeromedical evacuation when required. A swath, very high resolution ground mapping other related elements of logistics and pro- small and low speed ground target indica- fully integrated electronic cockpit and ad- gram support. vanced cargo delivery system allow a crew of tion, high performance air to air surveil- (iv) Military Department: Air Force (X7–D– lance, tracking and intercept. three: pilot, co-pilot, and loadmaster, to op- SAE). erate the aircraft on any type of mission. 8. The AISREW mission system provides (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: IN–D–SAC— 2. The AN/AAR–47 is a small, lightweight, near-real-time information to tactical $4.12B, 29 Jun 2011. passive, electro-optic, threat warning device forces, combatant commanders and national- (vi) Sales Commission, Fee. etc., Paid, Of- used to detect surface-to-air missiles fired at level authorities across the spectrum of con- fered, or Agreed to be Paid: None. helicopters and low-flying fixed-wing air- flict. The mission system can forward gath- (vii) Sensitivity of Technology Contained craft and automatically provide counter- ered information in a variety of formats via in the Defense Article or Defense Services measures, as well as audio and visual-sector secured communications systems. Most Proposed to be Sold: See Attached Annex. warning messages to the aircrew. The basic (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: hardware used in this AISREW system is ge- system consists of multiple Optical Sensor June 26, 2017. neric and commercially available. However, Converter (OSC) units, a Computer Processor *As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms if any of the specialized hardware or publica- (CP) and a Control Indicator (CI). The set of Export Control Act. tions are lost, the information could provide OSC units, which normally consists of four, insight into many critical U.S. capabilities. POLICY JUSTIFICATION is mounted on the aircraft exterior to pro- Information gained could be used to develop Government of India—C–17 Transport Air- vide omni-directional protection. The OSC countermeasures as well as offensive and de- craft detects the rocket plume of missiles and fensive counter-tactics. The Government of India has requested the sends appropriate signals to the CP for proc- 9. If a technologically advanced adversary possible sale of one (1) C–17 transport air- essing. The CP analyzes the data from each were to obtain knowledge of the specific craft with four (4) Turbofan F–117–PW–100 en- OSC and automatically deploys the appro- hardware and software elements, the infor- gines. The sale would also include one (1) AN/ priate countermeasures, The CP also con- mation could be used to develop counter- AAR–47 Missile Warning System, one (1) AN/ tains comprehensive Built-in-Test (BIT) cir- measures or equivalent system which might ALE–47 Countermeasures Dispensing System cuitry. The CI displays the incoming direc- reduce system effectiveness or be used in the (CMDS), one (1) AN/APX–119 Identification tion of the threat, so that the pilot can take development of a system with similar or ad- Friend or Foe (IFF) Transponder, precision appropriate action. Hardware is UNCLASSI- vanced capabilities. navigation equipment, spare and repair FIED. Software is SECRET. Technical data 10. A determination has been made that parts, maintenance, support and test equip- and documentation to be provided are UN- Australia can provide substantially the same ment, publications and technical documenta- CLASSIFIED. degree of protection for the sensitive tech- tion, warranty, Quality Assurance, ferry sup- 3. The AN/ALE–47 Countermeasures Dis- nology being released as the U.S. Govern- port, U.S. Government and contractor engi- pensing System (CMDS) is an integrated, ment. This sale is necessary in furtherance neering, logistics and technical support serv- threat-adaptive, software-programmable dis- of the U.S. foreign policy and national secu- ices, and other related elements of logistics pensing system capable of dispensing chaff, rity objectives outlined in the Policy Jus- and program support. The estimated cost is flares, and active radio frequency tification. $366.2 million. expendables. The threats countered by the This proposed sale will contribute to the CMDS include radar-directed antiaircraft ar- 11. All defense articles and services listed foreign policy and national security of the tillery (AAA), radar command-guided mis- in this transmittal have been authorized for United States by helping to strengthen the siles, radar homing guided missiles, and in- release and export to Australia, U.S.-India relationship and to improve the frared (IR) guided missiles. The system is in- DEFENSE SECURITY security of an important partner which has ternally mounted and may be operated as a COOPERATION AGENCY, been, and continues to be, an important standalone system or may be integrated with Arlington, VA. force for economic progress and stability in other on-board electronic warfare and avi- Hon. BOB CORKER, South Asia. onics systems. The AN/ALE–47 uses threat Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations, The proposed sale will improve India’s ca- data received over the aircraft interfaces to U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. pability to meet current and future strategic assess the threat situation and to determine DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Pursuant to the re- airlift requirements. India lies in a region a response. Expendable decoys tailored to porting requirements of Section 36(b)(1) of prone to natural disasters and will use the the immediate aircraft and threat environ- the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, additional capability for Humanitarian As- ment may be dispensed using one of four we are forwarding herewith Transmittal No. sistance and Disaster Relief (HA/DR). In ad- operational modes. The hardware, technical 17–33, concerning the Air Force’s proposed dition, through this purchase India will be data, and documentation to be provide are Letter(s) of Offer and Acceptance to the Gov- able to provide more rapid strategic combat UNCLASSIFIED. ernment of India for defense articles and airlift capabilities for its armed forces. India 4. The AN/APX–119 Identification Friend or services estimated to cost $366.2 million. currently operates C–17 aircraft and will Foe (IFF) Digital Transponder is an identi- After this letter is delivered to your office, have no difficulty absorbing this aircraft fication system designed for command and we plan to issue a news release to notify the into its armed forces. control. It enables military and civilian air public of this proposed sale. The proposed sale will not alter the basic traffic control interrogation systems to Sincerely, military balance in the region. identify aircraft. The hardware, technical J. W. RIXEY, The principal contractor will be the Boeing data, and documentation to be provided are Vice Admiral, USN, Director. Company, Chicago, IL. The purchaser typi- UNCLASSIFIED.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A26JN6.029 S26JNPT1 S3764 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 26, 2017 5. If a technologically advanced adversary stronger as a result. Under Debbie’s MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT were to obtain knowledge of the specific leadership, Polytech School District Messages from the President of the hardware and software elements, the infor- also expanded the number of English mation could be used to develop counter- United States were communicated to language learners in Delaware. the Senate by Ms. Ridgway, one of his measures or equivalent systems which might Beginning her career in Maryland, reduce weapon system effectiveness or be secretaries. used in the development of a system with Debbie has always been an advocate for similar or advanced capabilities. students, teachers, and the local com- f 6. A determination has been made that the munity. She was committed to ensur- Government of India can provide substan- ing that each student—no matter their EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED tially the same degree of protection for the age—was equipped with the tools and In executive session the Presiding Of- sensitive technology being released as the skills necessary to go out into the ficer laid before the Senate messages U.S. Government. This proposed sale is nec- world and take advantage of each op- from the President of the United essary to the furtherance of the U.S, foreign portunity that came their way. policy and national security objectives out- We cannot simply attribute Debbie’s States submitting sundry nominations lined in the Policy Justification. long service in Delaware’s school sys- which were referred to the appropriate 7. All defense articles and services listed in tems to her hard work and advocacy, committees. this transmittal are authorized for release (The messages received today are and export to the Government of India. but also to her genuine passion for seeing each student and program partici- printed at the end of the Senate pro- f pant excel. Her forward-thinking abil- ceedings.) ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ity and insight into the value of incor- f porating all district resources has undoubtedly laid the foundation for help- MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE TRIBUTE TO DR. DEBORAH ZYCH ing all students succeed. ∑ Mr. COONS. Mr. President, I wish to Debbie’s work has been nothing short At 4:03 p.m., a message from the honor the remarkable service of the of incredible, and I am sincerely grate- House of Representatives, delivered by Polytech School District super- ful for all that she has done on behalf Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, intendent, Dr. Deborah Zych, and to of the students and families across our announced that the House has passed recognize her commitment and service State. It is my privilege to offer my the following bills, in which it requests to the district. Throughout her career, sincerest congratulations on a job well the concurrence of the Senate: Debbie has been an outstanding leader done and wish her much success in her H.R. 1654. An act to authorize the Sec- and innovative thinker, serving in future endeavors at the University of retary of the Interior to coordinate Federal many positions throughout Delaware’s Delaware where she will continue to and State permitting processes related to the construction of new surface water stor- school districts. Her hard work, perse- serve Delaware in the UD Professional Development Center for Educators.∑ age projects on lands under the jurisdiction verance, and dedication will truly be of the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec- missed by students, parents, and Dela- f retary of Agriculture and to designate the wareans up and down our State. REMEMBERING DAVID COLEMAN, Bureau of Reclamation as the lead agency Since 2011, Debbie has played an ac- JR. for permit processing, and for other pur- tive and integral role within the Dela- poses. ∑ ware Department of Education, the Mr. YOUNG. Mr. President, the great H.R. 2353. An act to reauthorize the Carl D. New Castle County School District, State of Indiana is proud of and ever Perkins Career and Technical Education Act thankful to those who defended our Na- of 2006. and the Polytech School District, serv- H.R. 2842. An act to provide for the conduct ing as a teacher, administrator, direction’s freedom, especially through military service. Today I wish to recog- of demonstration projects to test the effec- tor of curriculum, assistant super- nize the service and life of a member of tiveness of subsidized employment for TANF intendent, and superintendent. recipients. the Greatest Generation, David Cole- Throughout her time in Polytech man, Jr., a veteran of World War II. ENROLLED BILL SIGNED School District, Debbie has been a Mr. Coleman, born June 12, 1924, The President pro tempore (Mr. major leader, instrumental in guiding served in both the U.S. Army and the HATCH) announced that on today, June POLYTECH through facility enhance- U.S. Air Force from 1943 to 1946 and 26, 2017, he has signed the following en- ments, the expansion of educational then again from 1953 to 1960. During his rolled bill, which was previously signed opportunities for students, as well as a military career, he earned the National by the Speaker of the House: marked growth in student certifi- Defense Service Medal, the Good Con- H.R. 1238. An act to amend the Homeland cations. She also played a significant duct Medal, the World War II Victory Security Act of 2002 to make the Assistant role in establishing a more visible link Medal, and the EAME Theater Ribbon. Secretary of Homeland Security for Health between Polytech’s highly recognized As a veteran myself, I am proud to Affairs responsible for coordinating the ef- high school and adult education pro- know of fellow Hoosier veterans such forts of the Department of Homeland Secu- rity related to food, agriculture, and veteri- grams. I join the many Delawareans as Mr. Coleman. Mr. Coleman called In- who have had the opportunity to work nary defense against terrorism, and for other diana home for 60 years, 56 of them purposes. alongside Debbie, and we are truly with his beloved wife, the late Dorothy grateful for all she has done to improve Coleman, by his side. Like many Hoo- f the lives of Delaware’s youth and siers, Mr. Coleman enjoyed America’s adults. favorite pastime, baseball, and was an MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE In addition to ensuring that Kent avid fan of the Indianapolis Indians. RECEIVED DURING ADJOURNMENT County students got quality edu- Mr. Coleman also had a strong Hoosier cations, I got to know Debbie through ENROLLED BILL SIGNED work ethic, working at both Bryant Under the order of the Senate of Jan- a lot of the work she and her staff did Heating & Cooling and Goodyear Tire uary 3, 2017, the Secretary of the Sen- with manufacturers in Delaware and Company until retirement. ate, on June 23, 2017, during the ad- with their impressive apprenticeship Mr. Coleman loved his family, his programs they ran. She came down to God, and his country, and for these journment of the Senate, received a a Democratic Steering and Outreach things, he will be remembered. Mr. message from the House of Representa- Committee meeting we hosted on Coleman passed away on June 18, 2017, tives announcing that the Speaker had workforce training, and last year, she just a few days after his 93rd birthday. signed the following enrolled bill: hosted an event I helped organize on My thoughts and prayers go out to the H.R. 1238. An act to amend the Homeland National Manufacturing Day. Debbie family he left behind, including his Security Act of 2002 to make the Assistant and her staff recognized that what Secretary of Homeland Security for Health children, grandchildren, and great- Affairs responsible for coordinating the ef- manufacturers in Delaware needed was grandchildren. They should know that forts of the Department of Homeland Secu- for the training to be done on the shop Mr. Coleman was an exemplary patriot, rity related to food, agriculture, and veteri- floor rather than in the school, and and I am proud to call him a fellow nary defense against terrorism, and for other they have made dozens of companies Hoosier.∑ purposes.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:00 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A26JN6.032 S26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3765 MEASURES REFERRED Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails years, and for other purposes; to the Com- Network; to the Committee on Environment mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- The following bills were read the first and Public Works. tation. and the second times by unanimous By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. KING, f consent, and referred as indicated: and Mr. ROUNDS): H.R. 1654. An act to authorize the Sec- S. 1431. A bill to provide liability protec- SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND retary of the Interior to coordinate Federal tion for volunteer pilots who fly for the pub- SENATE RESOLUTIONS and State permitting processes related to lic benefit, and for other purposes; to the The following concurrent resolutions the construction of new surface water stor- Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. and Senate resolutions were read, and age projects on lands under the jurisdiction referred (or acted upon), as indicated: of the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec- MORAN): retary of Agriculture and to designate the S. 1432. A bill to prevent the Federal Avia- By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. BEN- Bureau of Reclamation as the lead agency tion Administration’s Aircraft Registry Of- NET, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOKER, for permit processing, and for other pur- fice from closing during a Government shut- Mr. BROWN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. poses; to the Committee on Energy and Nat- down; to the Committee on Commerce, CARDIN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. Science, and Transportation. ural Resources. COONS, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. DUR- By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Ms. MUR- H.R. 2353. An act to reauthorize the Carl D. BIN, Mr. FRANKEN, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. KOWSKI, and Ms. CANTWELL): Perkins Career and Technical Education Act HASSAN, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. HEITKAMP, S. 1433. A bill to approve the 2010 Compact of 2006; to the Committee on Health, Edu- Ms. HIRONO, Mr. KAINE, Ms. KLO- Review Agreement with Palau, and for other BUCHAR, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. cation, Labor, and Pensions. purposes; to the Committee on Energy and H.R. 2842. An act to provide for the conduct MENENDEZ, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. MUR- Natural Resources. PHY, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. NELSON, Mr. of demonstration projects to test the effec- By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and tiveness of subsidized employment for TANF PETERS, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. VAN HOL- Mr. COTTON): recipients; to the Committee on Finance. LEN, Ms. WARREN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, S. 1434. A bill to enhance the military Mr. WYDEN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. FEIN- f childcare programs and activities of the De- STEIN, Mr. SANDERS, and Mr. WAR- partment of Defense, and for other purposes; REPORTS OF COMMITTEES NER): to the Committee on Armed Services. S. Res. 202. A resolution expressing support The following reports of committees By Mr. COTTON: for the designation of June 26, 2017, as were submitted: S. 1435. A bill to provide an amnesty period ‘‘LGBT Equality Day’’; to the Committee on during which veterans and their family the Judiciary. By Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee members can register certain firearms in the on Energy and Natural Resources, with an By Ms. HEITKAMP (for herself, Mr. National Firearm Registration and Transfer HELLER, Mr. TESTER, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. amendment in the nature of a substitute and Record, and for other purposes; to the Com- BALDWIN, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. BROWN, an amendment to the title: mittee on the Judiciary. Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. KEN- S. 713. A bill to establish the Mountains to By Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Mr. NEDY, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. Sound Greenway National Heritage Area in CARDIN): LEAHY, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. the State of Washington (Rept. No. 115–118). S. 1436. A bill to conserve fish and aquatic BLUMENTHAL, Mr. DAINES, Ms. STABE- By Mr. JOHNSON, from the Committee on communities in the United States through NOW, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. Homeland Security and Governmental Af- partnerships that foster fish habitat con- COLLINS, Mr. DONNELLY, Mr. DURBIN, fairs, without amendment: servation, improve the quality of life for the Mr. NELSON, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. CASEY, S. 459. A bill to designate the area between people of the United States, enhance fish and Mr. PETERS, Mr. WARNER, Ms. HAS- the intersections of Wisconsin Avenue, wildlife-dependent recreation, and for other SAN, Mr. COONS, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Northwest and Davis Street, Northwest and purposes; to the Committee on Environment Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest and Edmunds and Public Works. Mr. BENNET, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. Street, Northwest in Washington, District of By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. FRANKEN, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN): S. Res. 203. A resolution designating the Columbia, as ‘‘Boris Nemtsov Plaza’’, and for BLUMENTHAL, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. KLO- month of June 2017, as ‘‘National Post-Trau- other purposes (Rept. No. 115–119). BUCHAR, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. COONS, Mr. matic Stress Awareness Month’’ and June 27, VAN HOLLEN, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. BROWN, f 2017, as ‘‘National Post-Traumatic Stress Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND Awareness Day’’; to the Committee on the and Mr. SANDERS): Judiciary. JOINT RESOLUTIONS S. 1437. A bill to modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for individ- f The following bills and joint resolu- uals with disabilities, protect the ability of ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS tions were introduced, read the first individuals to exercise the right to vote in and second times by unanimous con- elections for Federal office, and for other S. 16 sent, and referred as indicated: purposes; to the Committee on Rules and Ad- At the request of Mr. PAUL, the name By Mrs. ERNST (for herself, Mr. RUBIO, ministration. of the Senator from Florida (Mr. and Mr. PERDUE): By Mr. BLUNT (for himself and Mrs. RUBIO) was added as a cosponsor of S. S. 1427. A bill to provide States with the MCCASKILL): 16, a bill to require a full audit of the S. 1438. A bill to redesignate the Jefferson option of applying for and receiving tem- National Expansion Memorial in the State of Board of Governors of the Federal Re- porary waivers for the States to experiment Missouri as the ‘‘Gateway Arch National serve System and the Federal reserve with new approaches that integrate Federal Park’’; to the Committee on Energy and Nat- banks by the Comptroller General of programs in order to provide more coordi- ural Resources. the United States, and for other pur- nated and holistic solutions to families in By Ms. WARREN: poses. need, and for other purposes; to the Com- S. 1439. A bill to require the Secretary of S. 445 mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- Defense to include gambling disorder in At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the mental Affairs. health assessments for members of the By Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. Armed Forces and related research efforts of names of the Senator from Arkansas PETERS, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. the Department of Defense; to the Com- (Mr. BOOZMAN) and the Senator from DUCKWORTH, and Mrs. SHAHEEN): mittee on Armed Services. New Mexico (Mr. HEINRICH) were added S. 1428. A bill to amend section 21 of the By Ms. WARREN: as cosponsors of S. 445, a bill to amend Small Business Act to require cyber certifi- S. 1440. A bill to ensure the safety of work- title XVIII of the Social Security Act cation for small business development center ers of contractors that serve and supply the to ensure more timely access to home counselors, and for other purposes; to the Armed Forces and the accountable use of Committee on Small Business and Entrepre- health services for Medicare bene- taxpayer dollars; to the Committee on ficiaries under the Medicare program. neurship. Armed Services. By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mrs. By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Ms. S. 480 CAPITO): WARREN, and Ms. HARRIS): At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the S. 1429. A bill to amend the Federal Water S. 1441. A bill to provide funding for Feder- name of the Senator from Massachu- Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the ally Qualified Health Centers, the National setts (Mr. MARKEY) was added as a co- Chesapeake Bay Program; to the Committee Health Service Corps, Teaching Health Cen- sponsor of S. 480, a bill to reauthorize on Environment and Public Works. ters, and the Nurse Practitioner Residency the Multinational Species Conserva- By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. CAR- Training program; to the Committee on tion Funds Semipostal Stamp. PER, Mr. WARNER, Mr. COONS, Mr. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. KAINE, and Mr. VAN HOLLEN): By Mr. SULLIVAN: S. 540 S. 1430. A bill to amend the Chesapeake S. 1442. A bill to establish United States At the request of Mr. THUNE, the Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to reauthorize the policy for the Arctic region for the next 10 name of the Senator from Vermont

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A26JN6.018 S26JNPT1 S3766 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 26, 2017 (Mr. LEAHY) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1238, a bill to amend the Internal sponsor of S. 1393, a bill to streamline of S. 540, a bill to limit the authority of Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and the process by which active duty mili- States to tax certain income of em- make permanent the exclusion for ben- tary, reservists, and veterans receive ployees for employment duties per- efits provided to volunteer firefighters commercial driver’s licenses. formed in other States. and emergency medical responders. S. 1414 S. 654 S. 1286 At the request of Mr. WICKER, the At the request of Mr. TOOMEY, the At the request of Ms. KLOBUCHAR, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. name of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. BALDWIN) was added as a cospon- PORTMAN) was added as a cosponsor of (Mr. FRANKEN) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1414, a bill to state the policy S. 654, a bill to revise section 48 of title sor of S. 1286, a bill to lift the trade of the United States on the minimum 18, United States Code, and for other embargo on Cuba. number of available battle force ships. purposes. S. 1311 S.J. RES. 5 S. 720 At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the names of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. names of the Senator from Michigan name of the Senator from Delaware CORTEZ MASTO) and the Senator from (Mr. PETERS) and the Senator from Ha- (Mr. COONS) was added as a cosponsor North Carolina (Mr. TILLIS) were added waii (Mr. SCHATZ) were added as co- of S. 720, a bill to amend the Export as cosponsors of S. 1311, a bill to pro- sponsors of S.J. Res. 5, a joint resolu- Administration Act of 1979 to include vide assistance in abolishing human tion removing the deadline for the rati- in the prohibitions on boycotts against trafficking in the United States. fication of the equal rights amend- allies of the United States boycotts S. 1312 ment. fostered by international governmental At the request of Mr. GRASSLEY, the S.J. RES. 6 organizations against Israel and to di- names of the Senator from Vermont At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the rect the Export-Import Bank of the (Mr. LEAHY) and the Senator from name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. United States to oppose boycotts Delaware (Mr. COONS) were added as co- SCHATZ) was added as a cosponsor of against Israel, and for other purposes. sponsors of S. 1312, a bill to prioritize S.J. Res. 6, a joint resolution proposing S. 765 the fight against human trafficking in an amendment to the Constitution of At the request of Mr. PERDUE, the the United States. the United States relative to equal name of the Senator from Vermont S. 1330 rights for men and women. (Mr. LEAHY) was added as a cosponsor At the request of Mr. ROUNDS, the S.J. RES. 16 of S. 765, a bill to amend title 18, name of the Senator from Massachu- At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the United States Code, to provide for pen- setts (Ms. WARREN) was added as a co- name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. alties for the sale of any Purple Heart sponsor of S. 1330, a bill to amend title DONNELLY) was added as a cosponsor of awarded to a member of the Armed 38, United States Code, to authorize a S.J. Res. 16, a joint resolution approv- Forces. dependent to transfer entitlement to ing the discontinuation of the process S. 816 Post-9/11 Education Assistance in cases for consideration and automatic imple- At the request of Mr. CASEY, the in which the dependent received the mentation of the annual proposal of name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. transfer of such entitlement to assist- the Independent Medicare Advisory MERKLEY) was added as a cosponsor of ance from an individual who subse- Board under section 1899A of the Social S. 816, a bill to amend the Internal quently died, and for other purposes. Security Act. Revenue Code of 1986 to allow rollovers S. 1350 S. CON. RES. 12 from 529 programs to ABLE accounts. At the request of Mr. ALEXANDER, the At the request of Mr. GRASSLEY, the S. 822 name of the Senator from South Caro- name of the Senator from Vermont At the request of Mr. INHOFE, the lina (Mr. GRAHAM) was added as a co- (Mr. LEAHY) was added as a cosponsor name of the Senator from Rhode Island sponsor of S. 1350, a bill to amend the of S. Con. Res. 12, a concurrent resolu- (Mr. WHITEHOUSE) was added as a co- National Labor Relations Act with re- tion expressing the sense of Congress sponsor of S. 822, a bill to amend the spect to the timing of elections and that those who served in the bays, har- Comprehensive Environmental Re- pre-election hearings and the identi- bors, and territorial seas of the Repub- sponse, Compensation, and Liability fication of pre-election issues, and to lic of Vietnam during the period begin- Act of 1980 to modify provisions relat- require that lists of employees eligible ning on January 9, 1962, and ending on ing to grants, and for other purposes. to vote in organizing elections be pro- May 7, 1975, should be presumed to S. 1109 vided to the National Labor Relations have served in the Republic of Vietnam At the request of Mr. MERKLEY, the Board. for all purposes under the Agent Or- name of the Senator from Minnesota S. 1354 ange Act of 1991. (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) was added as a co- At the request of Mr. CARPER, the f sponsor of S. 1109, a bill to amend title names of the Senator from Delaware SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS VIII of the Public Health Service Act (Mr. COONS) and the Senator from to extend advanced education nursing North Dakota (Ms. HEITKAMP) were grants to support clinical nurse spe- added as cosponsors of S. 1354, a bill to SENATE RESOLUTION 202—EX- cialist programs, and for other pur- establish an Individual Market Rein- PRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE poses. surance fund to provide funding for DESIGNATION OF JUNE 26, 2017, S. 1146 State individual market stabilization AS ‘‘LGBT EQUALITY DAY’’ reinsurance programs. At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. BEN- name of the Senator from Virginia (Mr. S. 1361 NET, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. KAINE) was added as a cosponsor of S. At the request of Mr. CRAPO, the BROWN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. 1146, a bill to enhance the ability of the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. CARPER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. COONS, Ms. Office of the National Ombudsman to GRASSLEY) was added as a cosponsor of CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. assist small businesses in meeting reg- S. 1361, a bill to amend title XVIII of FRANKEN, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. ulatory requirements and develop out- the Social Security Act to allow physi- HEINRICH, Ms. HEITKAMP, Ms. HIRONO, reach initiatives to promote awareness cian assistants, nurse practitioners, Mr. KAINE, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LEAHY, of the services the Office of the Na- and clinical nurse specialists to super- Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. tional Ombudsman provides, and for vise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pul- MERKLEY, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MURRAY, other purposes. monary rehabilitation programs. Mr. NELSON, Mr. PETERS, Mrs. SHA- S. 1238 S. 1393 HEEN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. WARREN, At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. SCHU- name of the Senator from Delaware name of the Senator from South Da- MER, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SANDERS, and (Mr. COONS) was added as a cosponsor kota (Mr. THUNE) was added as a co- Mr. WARNER) submitted the following

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A26JN6.020 S26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3767 resolution; which was referred to the SENATE RESOLUTION 203—DESIG- stress and the symptoms of post-traumatic Committee on the Judiciary: NATING THE MONTH OF JUNE stress, but many challenges remain; Whereas increased understanding of post- S. RES. 202 2017, AS ‘‘NATIONAL POST-TRAU- MATIC STRESS AWARENESS traumatic stress can help eliminate the stig- Whereas the United States recognizes that ma attached to the issue; all people should be treated equally; MONTH’’ AND JUNE 27, 2017, AS Whereas additional efforts are needed to Whereas Members of the 115th Congress ‘‘NATIONAL POST-TRAUMATIC find further ways to eliminate the stigma as- support the rights and freedoms of individ- STRESS AWARENESS DAY’’ sociated with post-traumatic stress, includ- uals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and ing— Ms. HEITKAMP (for herself, Mr. transgender (in this preamble referred to as (1) an examination of how post-traumatic HELLER, Mr. TESTER, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. ‘‘LGBT’’); stress is discussed in the United States; and Whereas, on June 26, 2003, the Supreme BALDWIN, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. BROWN, (2) a recognition that post-traumatic stress Court of the United States ruled in Lawrence Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. KEN- is a common injury that is treatable and re- v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558, that States could no NEDY, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. pairable; longer criminalize the private conduct in LEAHY, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Whereas post-traumatic stress can result which same-sex couples engage; Mr. DAINES, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. CRAPO, Whereas, on June 26, 2013, the Supreme from any number of stressors other than Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. DON- Court of the United States ruled in United combat, including rape, sexual assault, bat- States v. Windsor, 133 S. Ct. 2675, that sec- NELLY, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. NELSON, Mr. tery, torture, confinement, child abuse, car tion 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (Public MARKEY, Mr. CASEY, Mr. PETERS, Mr. accidents, train wrecks, plane crashes, bomb- Law 104–199; 110 Stat. 2419) was unconstitu- WARNER, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. COONS, Ms. ings, or natural disasters, and affects ap- tional and the Federal Government could no CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. BENNET, Mr. proximately 8,000,000 adults in the United longer restrict married same-sex couples CARDIN, Mr. FRANKEN, and Mrs. FEIN- States annually; Whereas the diagnosis now known as PTSD from receiving Federal benefits and protec- STEIN) submitted the following resolutions; was first defined by the American Psy- tion; which was referred to the Com- chiatric Association in 1980 to commonly and Whereas, on June 26, 2015, the Supreme mittee on the Judiciary: Court of the United States ruled in more accurately understand and treat vet- Obergefell v. Hodges, 135 S. Ct. 2584, that S. RES. 203 erans who had endured severe traumatic combat stress; same-sex couples have a constitutional right Whereas the brave men and women of the Whereas combat stress had previously been to marry and States could no longer dis- Armed Forces, who proudly serve the United viewed as a mental illness and the word ‘‘discriminate against same-sex couples when States, risk their lives to protect the free- order’’ carries a stigma that perpetuates this recognizing or licensing a marriage; dom of the people of the United States and misconception; and Whereas decisions handed down by the Su- deserve the investment of every possible re- Whereas the designation of a National preme Court of the United States on June 26 source to ensure their lasting physical, men- Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month and in 2003, 2013, and 2015 ended marriage dis- tal, and emotional well-being; a National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness crimination and the criminalization of same- Whereas more than 2,000,000 members of Day will raise public awareness about issues sex private intimate conduct under the law; the Armed Forces have deployed overseas related to post-traumatic stress, reduce the Whereas LGBT people and their allies have since the events of September 11, 2001, and associated stigma, and help ensure that worked together for more than 60 years to have served in places such as Afghanistan those individuals suffering from the invisible make progress toward achieving full equal- and Iraq; wounds of war receive proper treatment: ity for all people in the United States, re- Whereas the Armed Forces have sustained Now, therefore, be it gardless of sexual orientation or gender iden- a historically high operational tempo since tity; September 11, 2001, with many members of Resolved, That the Senate— Whereas LGBT people in the United States the Armed Forces deploying overseas mul- (1) designates June 2017, as ‘‘National Post- continue to face many barriers that cannot tiple times, placing those members at high Traumatic Stress Awareness Month’’ and be solved through courtroom litigation risk of experiencing combat stress; June 27, 2017, as ‘‘National Post-Traumatic alone; Whereas, when left untreated, exposure to Stress Awareness Day’’; Whereas transgender people and LGBT peo- traumatic combat stress can lead to post- (2) supports the efforts of the Secretary of ple of color are disproportionately and traumatic stress, sometimes referred to as Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of De- uniquely burdened by such barriers, includ- post-traumatic stress disorder (in this pre- fense, as well as the entire medical commu- ing violence, discrimination, poverty, and amble referred to as ‘‘PTSD’’) or post-trau- nity, to educate members of the Armed societal isolation; matic stress injury; Forces, veterans, the families of members of Whereas, although victories at the Su- Whereas men and women of the Armed the Armed Forces and veterans, and the pub- preme Court of the United States have af- Forces and veterans who served before Sep- lic about the causes, symptoms, and treat- firmed the dignity and equality of millions tember 11, 2001, remain at risk for post-trau- ment of post-traumatic stress; of same-sex couples, statutory reforms are matic stress; (3) welcomes the efforts of the National needed to ensure that LGBT people in the Whereas the Secretary of Veterans Affairs Center for PTSD of the Department of Vet- United States are free from discrimination reports that about 11-20 percent of veterans erans Affairs and local Vet Centers (as de- and have equal access to the American who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom or fined in section 1712A(h) of title 38, United dream; and Operation Enduring Freedom have PTSD in States Code) to provide assistance to vet- Whereas June 26, 2017, would be an appro- a given year, about 12 percent of Gulf War erans who are suffering from the effects of priate date to designate as ‘‘LGBT Equality veterans have PTSD in a given year, and post-traumatic stress; Day’’: Now, therefore, be it about 30 percent of Vietnam veterans have (4) encourages commanders of the Armed Resolved, That the Senate— had PTSD in their lifetime; Forces to support appropriate treatment of (1) supports equal rights and protections Whereas many combat stress injuries re- men and women of the Armed Forces who for all people, regardless of actual or per- main unreported, undiagnosed, and un- suffer from post-traumatic stress; and ceived sexual orientation or gender identity; treated due to a lack of awareness about (5) respectfully requests that the Secretary (2) supports the designation of June 26, post-traumatic stress and the persistent of the Senate transmit a copy of this resolu- 2017, as ‘‘LGBT Equality Day’’; stigma associated with mental health condition to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and (3) encourages the celebration of ‘‘LGBT tions; the Secretary of Defense. Equality Day’’ to— Whereas exposure to military trauma can (A) commemorate the significance of deci- lead to post-traumatic stress; f sions handed down by the Supreme Court of Whereas post-traumatic stress signifi- the United States on June 26 in 2003, 2013, cantly increases the risk of anxiety, depres- and 2015; and sion, suicide, homelessness, and drug- and al- PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR (B) continue educating all people about the cohol-related disorders and deaths, espe- Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I ask forms of discrimination, harassment, and in- cially if left untreated; unanimous consent that Christopher tolerance that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and Whereas public perceptions of post-trau- transgender people continue to face; and matic stress or other mental health condi- Friese, a congressional fellow on my (4) acknowledges the need for further legis- tions create unique challenges for veterans staff, be granted floor privileges for the lation to ensure that people in the United seeking employment; duration of the debate on the Better States are free from all forms of discrimina- Whereas the Department of Defense and Care Reconciliation Act. tion on the basis of actual or perceived sex- the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ual orientation or gender identity, including as the larger medical community, both pri- objection, it is so ordered. in employment, housing, public accommoda- vate and public, have made significant ad- tions, education, Federal funding, credit, and vances in the identification, prevention, di- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- jury service. agnosis, and treatment of post-traumatic ator from North Carolina.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A26JN6.023 S26JNPT1 S3768 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 26, 2017 ORDERS FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 27, and receive less as a result. A 64-year- The people I have heard from have 2017 old making almost $57,000 will go from prescriptions to fill, appointments to Mr. TILLIS. Mr. President, I ask paying $6,800 under the Affordable Care make, lives to live, but they have come unanimous consent that when the Sen- Act to $20,500 under the proposal before to these hearings on very short notice ate completes its business today, it ad- this body. This jump in cost is abso- in Hartford and in New Haven, literally journ until 2 p.m., Tuesday, June 27; lutely staggering. filling rooms so that there was stand- further, that following the prayer and It will destroy the financial well- ing room only. pledge, the morning hour be deemed being of middle-class Americans who I challenge my colleagues to hold the expired, the Journal of proceedings be also, when they need nursing home same kinds of hearings, to delay this approved to date, and the time for the care, after they have exhausted their vote so that they can go home at the two leaders be reserved for their use savings, will be thrown to the wolves. I end of this week and hold hearings in later in the day; finally, that following visited one such facility just last Fri- their State and listen to their constitu- leader remarks, the Senate be in a pe- day, where two-thirds of its 60 beds will ents about what they have to say and riod of morning business for debate be unaffordable when those middle- what the consequences will be. Nearly 1 in 10 veterans has Medicaid only, with Senators permitted to speak class families find their savings will no coverage, meaning that a staggering therein. longer cover it. These facts are the reason for the Re- 1.75 million veterans, including 18,000 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without publican chaos. One of our former col- veterans in Connecticut, would be im- objection, it is so ordered. leagues, my mentor, Senator Daniel pacted by these reckless cuts. Let me f Patrick Moynihan, famously said: ‘‘Ev- repeat that number for all of us who re- ORDER FOR ADJOURNMENT erybody is entitled to his own opinion, joiced in the recent Accountability and but not to his own facts.’’ The adminis- Whistleblowers Act. Some 1.75 million Mr. TILLIS. Mr. President, if there is tration’s statement that the CBO is not veterans—18,000 of them in Con- no further business to come before the to be blindly trusted—nobody has to necticut—will be harmed by this reck- Senate, I ask unanimous consent that trust the CBO blindly. Those facts are less and needless insult and injury. it stand adjourned under the previous driven by reality. Their report speaks Put simply, this bill would make it order, following the remarks of our truth to power and to the American hard for veterans with mental health Democratic colleagues. people, and the American people get it. disorders like post-traumatic stress The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without None of us can look our constituents disorder to get care. Nearly a quarter objection, it is so ordered. in the eye, look ourselves in the mir- of all veterans receive care for mental The Senator from Connecticut. ror, look inside ourselves, in our health disorders outside the VA sys- f hearts, and justify a vote for this bill. tem, meaning they rely on protections The American people are angry, many that guarantee their access to afford- HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION of them because we are even consid- able care. Under this proposal, those Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, I ering it. It is not an anger that is kind protections would be severely threat- am proud to be on the floor today, of a shrug of the shoulders; it is a deep, ened, and the veterans who need that proud to stand with my colleagues, and vocal, vehement, vitriolic anger. I have care would see that care at risk. I hope that at the end of this week, I seen it and heard it at those hearings, Here we are talking about a choice will be proud of all of my colleagues where I listened to people coming for- program that enables veterans to seek when we vote to defeat this measure, ward and talking about this bill, recog- care outside the VA system, privately, or at least to delay it, because we owe nizing it for what it is. It is not a and we are endangering care for mil- the American people the right to be healthcare bill; it is a massive tax cut lions of Americans—veterans—who heard. for the wealthy. need and seek it by using Medicaid. Our responsibility as elected rep- Just Friday afternoon, one of the If my colleagues listen to their con- resentatives is at the very least to lis- folks who attended the hearing came to stituents, they will hear from many of ten. I have been listening over the last the microphone and said: Don’t call it the people who have come to my town- week but really over the last year to a healthcare bill; it is a wealth care halls, like Christine Girassi. Christine constituents of mine in the State of bill. In fact, she is absolutely right. has two beautiful 4-year-old twins Connecticut and over the last week at This bill cuts hundreds of millions of named McKenzie and Cameron. two emergency field hearings that I dollars in taxes for the richest so that McKenzie was born with Prader-Willi conducted because no hearings were they will do better, but it also cuts $800 syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that held by the Senate and no markups and billion in Medicaid spending and in- her mom described as ‘‘including low no votes in committee. What we saw vestment to provide for that kind of muscle tone, seizures, temperature in- here in Washington was complete se- tax cut. It is not a healthcare bill; it is stability, sleep apnea, infertility, OCD, crecy, a bill produced behind closed a wealth care bill. And for most Ameri- intellectual disabilities, and develop- doors, only seeing the light of day for cans, it is a catastrophic, cruel, and mental delay.’’ the first time last Thursday. costly insult to their intelligence, their In the first few weeks of her life, Our Republican colleagues have gone health, and our American values. It is McKenzie was in the hospital for 57 from total secrecy to total chaos. The a sham and a charade, making possible days, accounting for $2 million in reason for the chaos is the facts that those cuts for the rich—tax cuts for costs. Their family was spending $30,000 were most dramatically revealed them—at the expense of our most vul- a year to help their daughter thrive. So today—just hours ago—when the Con- nerable citizens. And it has been the when Christine learned that her daugh- gressional Budget Office told us, not result of a profoundly undemocratic ter had received a waiver to become a surprisingly, that 22 million Americans process—secrecy and speed. Medicaid beneficiary, she was over- would be thrown to the wolves as a re- Despite the best efforts of our Repub- joyed. sult of this measure—thrown to the lican colleagues to keep Americans in Christine told me: wolves of no healthcare coverage—and the dark about what this proposal When we received McKenzie’s diagnosis, we eventually 49 million Americans would would do, I have seen growing aware- were told that she wouldn’t do a lot of be without healthcare insurance by ness, again, not only at these hearings things, and at only 4 years old she’s already 2026. but as I walk through the airport, as I defying the odds. I have no doubt in my mind that if we are able to continue down our cur- Next year alone, 15 million more peo- march in parades—twice over this rent path of the proper therapies and doc- ple will be uninsured under the Repub- weekend—as I attend public gath- tors, McKenzie will be able to have her fruit- lican plan, TrumpCare 2.0. Low-income erings. Whether it is Boys State, spon- ful life. I am terrified if the rug comes out Americans would be unable to afford sored by the American Legion for 16- beneath her that she will become just an- any plan at all, and anybody who does and 17-year-olds, or nursing facilities other statistic. would be paying higher costs for fewer for elderly citizens, there is a growing Another statistic? There are enough services of lesser quality. Americans awareness that this bill is bad—pro- statistics in that CBO report. We will will pay a higher share of their income foundly bad—for the American people. hear a plethora of statistics on the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:00 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G26JN6.026 S26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3769 floor, but a picture is worth a thousand ability to care about our neighbor, to Insurance companies currently are words and many more than a thousand fight for what is right, and to listen to not allowed to deduct the bonuses they statistics, and no one—no one should the people who represent here in the pay to their CEOs. Now you are going be consigned to being a statistic. Senate. to allow insurance companies to deduct This family is one of the many faces First, do no harm. That is what the the bonuses they pay to CEOs, and and pictures and stories of Medicaid. ethos of the medical profession is. It while tens of millions of Americans They deserve to be heard. If we gut this ought to be our mantra as well. It will lose access to affordable care, mil- program, if we strip away the impor- ought to be what my colleagues, if lionaires in America will get an aver- tant services it provides, we know all nothing else, heed as we reach this de- age annual tax break of $50,000 a year, too well what will happen to McKenzie cision to listen to people who sent us every year. and her family as statistics. Like her here and hear their stories. Listen to So make no mistake. You can call mother said, Medicaid has been the the anxieties and fears and value of this a healthcare bill, but it has noth- path to success for them, and that rug America. They will tell you all you ing to do with healthcare and every- will be pulled from that family, from need to know about this bill. Kent told thing to do with wealth care and trans- beneath McKenzie. me. As he said, the cost will be stag- ferring wealth from more struggling At the hearing on Friday in New gering—not just in financial terms but vulnerable Americans to the very Haven, I heard from Kent O’Brien, who in human terms. wealthy. If this were about healthcare, why is told me about the eight prescription This bill—written behind closed it that we have all received in our of- medications he takes—four for psy- doors, away from the light of day, fices long lists from patient advocacy chiatric reasons and four for medical away from the realities of medical care organizations that are dead-set against reasons. in the United States of America, away this legislation? These are organiza- Of course, mental health parity has from the voices and faces I have tions that have been dedicated to try- been one of the crusades of my life. brought to the floor today, and which I ing to improve healthcare for people When I was State attorney general, I will continue to bring to the floor—ig- and patients in our country: the Amer- worked with Senator Ted Kennedy and nores the most important thing we can do this week. As Kent said, don’t hurt ican Cancer Society, the American Di- Congressman Patrick Kennedy to help abetes Association, the American the American people. As the doctors advocate for that bill. As a Senator, I Heart Association, the American Lung tell us: First, do no harm. advocated for the regulations that were Association, National Alliance on Men- necessary for its enforcement, and we I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. tal Illness, National Breast Cancer Co- finally got it done. alition, and National Multiple Scle- TILLIS). The Senator from Maryland. I want to quote what Kent said di- rosis Society. The list goes on and on rectly. He told me: Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. President, I wish to start by thanking my colleague from organizations that have dedicated Hi, everybody, how are you today? I’m themselves to advancing patient going to keep this brief, because I know the from the State of Connecticut for bringing those powerful testimonies to health. senators are on a very strict time constraint On the other side, I haven’t seen a the floor of the Senate. It is really im- and I respect that. So I’m just going to talk single—not one—patient advocacy very quickly about my prescription medica- portant that all of us—all 100 of us— group that has come out to support tions; there are eight of them. Four of them spend time back home in our States this so-called healthcare bill. How can are for psychiatric reasons and four are med- listening to people who are telling us that be? If this is good for the health of ical. And if I lose my Medicare and Medicaid, those kinds of stories. I will be unable to pay for them obviously, our fellow citizens, why is it we have a I have received over 2,500 calls in my which in turn I will end up in the hospital. long list of organizations dedicated to office just since Thursday, all of them that cause against it and not one for Kent went on: strongly opposed to this so-called Now, for the Republicans who are seeing it? healthcare proposal. How about healthcare providers, the this in Washington, can you please listen to Some things improve with time. me carefully? folks who help provide the care to our Some things improve with age, like red constituents? They are all dead-set I am speaking to an empty Chamber. wine. Some things get stinkier and Let nobody make any mistake that Re- against it: the nurses, the doctors, the smellier the longer they sit out there, hospitals, the people who have that publicans are hanging on Kent’s words like rotten things. That is the case as I speak now, but every one of them network of care. with the series of Republican so-called I was just out on the Eastern Shore should go to the RECORD. Every one of healthcare bills, TrumpCare 1, of Maryland, a rural part of our State. them should be listening in their of- TrumpCare 2.0, and now, TrumpCare The National Rural Health Association fices. Every one of them should go to 3.0. They are all rotten to the core, and is opposed to this bill. They know the the RECORD. the more they sit out there, the people they serve are going to be badly Kent goes on: stinkier they get, and the American hurt, and, by the way, it is also going If I lose that medication, I will end up in people know it. to hurt the economies in those parts of the hospital, and it’s going to cost the state If you had any doubts, take a look at our State, especially the rural parts of and the federal government much more the most recent Congressional Budget the States, because those hospitals de- money than it would be to simply let me go Office report we got today. There is a to the pharmacy and pick up my medication. pend heavily on many of the people pretty clear pattern between all of who get help through the Affordable If there were ever a message that these Congressional Budget Office re- Care Act, whether through the ex- Washington should hear, it is from ports and the first bill we saw and the changes or through expanded Medicaid. Kent O’Brien, who closed by simply second bill and now on this latest As those patients come in the door and saying: version. no longer can pay for their care, those So I’m just going to close up with that, and Here is the pattern. Tens of millions hospitals said they may have to close don’t hurt the American people. Help them! of Americans will lose access to afford- down operations and lay people off. It If you met Kent, you would wonder able healthcare in the United States of is a double whammy—bad for patients how he was capable of that eloquence. America in order to provide tax breaks and bad for those who provide the care He is an ordinary American, someone for powerful special interests and rich- to our patients. who looks like all the rest of us. He has er Americans. That is the pattern. In That is why AARP has been all out said to this body what it means to this most recent report, we are told by against this, because they know that hear: ‘‘Don’t hurt the American peo- the nonpartisan professionals at the for Americans between the ages of 50 ple.’’ He couldn’t be more right. This Congressional Budget Office that 22 and 64, before you get on Medicare, this proposal would cost our Nation so million of our fellow Americans are is a total disaster. As they have said, much, not just financially—Kent had it going to lose access to affordable there is an age tax. If you are older, right—but morally. It will lead to a healthcare. For what? To give powerful you are going to pay a whole lot more weakening of what makes our country special interests and wealthy Ameri- under this Republican bill than you strong and great in the first place: our cans a tax break. pay today.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G26JN6.028 S26JNPT1 S3770 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 26, 2017 Many people are just realizing now as our Republican colleagues talk about powerful special interests and million- they follow this debate that two out of premiums. Now, you have to translate aires. three Americans who are in nursing a little bit here because this is in the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- homes today are supported by Medicaid budgetese of the Congressional Budget ator from Hawaii. payments. So millions of our fellow Office. What they say on page 9 is this: Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, you Americans who now get their care in Some people enrolled in nongroup in- might think that for the last 7 years, nursing homes, where Medicaid is pro- surance—in other words, in the indi- the major complaint people had about viding support for two out of three, are vidual market, the people who are cur- the Affordable Care Act was that it going to be put at risk and made vul- rently in the Affordable Care Act ex- hurt rich people, because they seem to nerable because of this legislation. changes—would experience substantial be the only people who stand to gain Remember, Donald Trump said he increases in what they would spend on with this Republican Senate healthcare wasn’t going to cut Medicaid. This cuts healthcare even though benchmark plan. They get a giant tax break. The it by over $750 billion. Make no mis- premiums would decline on average in rest of America, on the other hand, is take, on this issue, this Senate bill is a 2020 and years later. in trouble. lot meaner than the House bill. We all So the translation is that in some With TrumpCare, healthcare will know that President Trump out in the cases the premium—that sticker cost more, and 22 million people are Rose Garden celebrated the passage of price—may go down, but you are going going to lose their healthcare alto- the House bill. But behind closed doors, to end up paying a whole lot more gether. Some healthcare bill. To put what did he call it? Mean. This Senate when it comes to your deductible and this in perspective, imagine if everyone bill, as time goes on, will cut Medicaid your copays. lost their healthcare in Hawaii, Maine, far more deeply than the House bill. As It goes on to say that because Nevada, Alaska, West Virginia, Ohio, Idaho, and Wyoming. That is what we look at this Congressional Budget nongroup insurance—in other words, TrumpCare does. That is 22 million Office report, it talks about how you the individual market—would pay for a Americans. It also devastates one of get to the end of year 8 and 9 and 10, smaller average share of benefits under the best healthcare programs this and you go beyond that. You are going this legislation, most people pur- chasing it would have higher out-of- country has. to have very deep cuts, much more With this bill, Medicaid is going to pocket spending on healthcare than painful, much meaner than in the Sen- lose nearly $800 billion. If your only under current law. It goes on and on. ate bill. worry is that your investment income We have heard a lot about pre- In other words, keep your eye on the ball, America, because when someone gets taxed at 3.8 percent every year, existing conditions. The reality is that you can breathe a sigh of relief. Let me tells you your premiums are going to the Senate bill is very devious in this drill down on that because one of the go down, watch what happens to all regard. It is a great sleight of hand. On most egregious tax breaks in this bill— your other healthcare costs. The Con- the one hand, it creates the impression and this is mostly a tax cut bill and gressional Budget Office, the non- that if you have preexisting conditions, not a healthcare bill—is the following: partisan analysts, are telling you they you are going to be all right. But what If you are making $200,000 as an indi- are going up. it pretends to give with one hand, it vidual or $250,000 as a couple, capital This brings me to my final point. I takes away with the other. It makes gains income is currently taxed at 3.8 said at the beginning that some things those Americans as vulnerable as they percent. If you are making $200,000 as get better with time and some things were before the passage of the Afford- an individual or $250,000 as a couple and get stinkier and smellier. We know able Care Act. you have capital gains, not regular in- that the more the American people get I am not talking about those who are come, it is taxed at 3.8 percent. This a look at this latest Senate Republican directly benefiting, like those on ex- bill zeros that tax out. This bill zeros proposal—TrumpCare 3.0—the less they panded Medicaid or those in the ex- that tax out. On top of that, it is retro- are going to like it. The more they see changes. I am talking about those who active. Think about the absurdity. are benefiting from the patient protec- it, the more they will hate it. Just like Here we are. I am looking at the Sen- tions in the Affordable Care Act. something that is rotten gets stinkier ator from Pennsylvania and how much I just got a note the other day from with time, this will get worse and he has advocated for children and espe- Mark in my State of Maryland saying: worse with time. That is why it is so cially for children with disabilities. I My son was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease important that we not try to jam this am looking at the Senator from Con- in 2008, at age 18. He was repeatedly denied through the Senate. necticut and the work he has done for insurance and was only able to cover part of I understand the Republican leader. people with chronic diseases and men- the cost of care through the Maryland high- He knows this is rotten to its core, and tal health challenges and the resources risk pool. Obamacare made it possible for he knows the more it sits out there, we need for that. And in the middle of him to be insured and care for this lifelong the more people are going to see what disease. a supposedly oriented toward it is all about and the more they are healthcare piece of legislation, we are It was ObamaCare that ‘‘will literally going to hate it. giving a retroactive capital gains tax save his life.’’ We have many stories Let’s have a full debate, and let’s cut to people who make over $250,000 a like this one from others who were de- make sure all of us go back to our year in combined income. It is absurd. nied access to care because of pre- States over the Fourth of July—to the It is not a healthcare bill. existing conditions before the Afford- parades, the barbecues, and the pic- If you have a loved one in a nursing able Care Act. nics—and look our constituents in the home, if you are pregnant or thinking There is another major sleight of eye and tell them that we are going to of having a baby, if your kid has a dis- hand in this Senate Republican pro- take healthcare away from tens of mil- ability that requires costly care, if you posal, and that relates to premiums. I lions of Americans, that we are going work two jobs but your employer have been listening. We have been to open up the discrimination once doesn’t provide health insurance, then hearing a lot from our Republican Sen- again to preexisting conditions. We are this bill does not take care of you. In- ate colleagues about how this is going going to increase their overall stead of less taxes, you get less care, to bring down the price of premiums. healthcare costs, even though we tell and you are going to pay more for it. We all know that what Americans care them we are going to be reducing them. This is what happens when legisla- about is what they are having to put Let’s look them in the eye and tell tors don’t have committee hearings or out in total for their healthcare. There them what this bill is all about rather they refuse to meet with patients, doc- are premiums. How much is the deduct- than trying to push it through in 24 or tors, nurses, advocates, their own con- ible? Great, I got a lower premium, but 48 hours or later this week. stituents. There have been so few town- my deductible is now $10,000. There are Our constituents deserve to know the halls about healthcare. There have copays. facts, and we need to make sure we been so few real Senate debates about Here is the dirty little secret if you vote to protect the interests of the healthcare. dig into the Congressional Budget Of- United States of America, not just pro- I have seen every single Democratic fice report, after listening to many of vide another round of tax breaks to Member of the Senate come here and

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G26JN6.033 S26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3771 talk about this piece of legislation. I public education, we had LAMAR ALEX- on the exchanges that doesn’t have all have seen every single Republican ANDER and PATTY MURRAY come to- the bells and whistles the existing Member of the Senate talk about legis- gether. Heck, in the last Congress, we plans do. But you get that we want sta- lation that they are proud of. I have had JIM INHOFE and Barbara Boxer do a bility in the exchanges. We want some seen very few people on the Republican bill together. It is possible for us to do certainty in the markets going for- side of the aisle come down and talk a bipartisan piece of legislation. ward. about this bill because they know it is The decision was made to go with There is an important conversation not a good piece of legislation. reconciliation, and that is backfiring to be had here. Our hope is that, with At this point, we are not even debat- because the problem with not involving this CBO score, maybe it will be the ing healthcare policy. It is not a ques- Democrats is that there are Democrats straw that breaks the camel’s back, tion of what is the best way to get peo- across the country. The problem with that will cause our Republican col- ple to sign up for insurance or how we not involving experts is that you end leagues to give up this nonsensical ap- can lower premiums and deductibles or up with a product you can’t defend. proach to healthcare reform and work how we can improve the delivery sys- What we really need to do is take a with us. tem; it is a question of how many peo- breath, take the Fourth of July week- I am going to repeat some of the ple are going to lose their healthcare end, and reconvene as a Congress—not ground that has already been covered so that insurance company CEOs can as Democrats and Republicans but as here in the next few minutes, but I continue to make millions of dollars a Americans who understand that our want to go over some of the highlights year. That is literally what is in this healthcare system is not perfect, that of this CBO report. bill. Those are the conversations we it is in need of improvement, but this Senator SCHATZ previewed this, but are having—nothing related to reform- bill doesn’t get it done. it is hard to get your head wrapped ing the healthcare system or getting I yield the floor. around what it means for 22 million people more coverage for less but, rath- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- people to lose insurance. er, tax cuts for people who are involved ator from Connecticut. This is an old chart from the CBO in the healthcare industry. Mr. MURPHY. Mr. President, I want score on the House bill that held that How many grandparents are going to to pick up where my colleague from under their approach, 23 million people get kicked out of nursing homes? It is Hawaii left off. There is a wonderful would lose insurance. I X’d that out. not a rhetorical question. My wife’s analogy that President Obama used We now have 22 million people who grandmother was in a nursing home 2 after the 2016 election. As you could would lose insurance under the Senate months ago. It was a beautiful facility. imagine, Democrats were pretty de- approach. That is the entire combined They took great care of her. They had jected the day after, and President population of Alaska, Delaware, Ha- three beds, three nursing home beds. I Obama put it pretty simply. He said: waii, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Montana, think the normal reimbursement is Listen, just remember, these elections Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, about $9,000 a month. They took won- are intramural scrimmages. We put on New Mexico, North Dakota, West Vir- derful care of my wife’s grandmother. temporary pinnies, Republicans and ginia, and South Dakota. All that hap- They won’t exist. That nursing home Democrats, but in the end, we all be- pened between the House Bill and the and all the nursing homes like it won’t long to the same team. We are all Senate bill is that the people of Rhode exist if there is an $800 billion cut to Americans. Island got saved. I X’d out Rhode Is- Medicaid. This is not a theoretical con- Elections and legislative fights are land because Rhode Island has about 1 versation. This isn’t even a partisan temporary skirmishes before we recog- million people. About 1 million more conversation. Everybody has nursing nize and realize our greater identity, people will have insurance under the home beds in all of their home States. which is that we have this com- Senate bill, but that is humanitarian Everybody at least ought to know monality. Clearly, that is not what the catastrophe. That is a big deal, to have some middle-class people who rely on American people see here. They think that many people lose insurance. Medicaid for nursing homes. our primary identity is our partisan I know that is not what you set out CBO gave us the answer today. Too identity, and there is a lot of days in to do. I know the Republicans didn’t many people are going to be locked out which we give them fodder for that beset out to do this, in part because I lis- of the healthcare system if this bill lief. tened to Senator CORNYN come down goes forward, and all for giant tax cuts. It really is amazing, when it comes and complain on the Senate floor re- Look, our healthcare system is not down to it, that when you think about lentlessly that the Affordable Care Act perfect. Changes need to be made, but the healthcare system, we do have the still left a whole bunch of people with- this bill is just not it. It has no clear same goals in mind. There are actually out insurance. In fact, he sent out a guiding principle other than slashing lots of other issues on which we don’t tweet today highlighting that the CBO Medicaid to pay for tax cuts. We have have the same goal. Republicans want does confirm that if current law con- to start over. to go left, and we want to go right. Re- tinues, there will still be a lot of people I am looking at the Presiding Officer, publicans want to go right, and we without insurance. He left out the fact who was a speaker of the house in want to go left. On healthcare, we ac- that the CBO says that under the Re- North Carolina and understands how to tually all want to get to the same publican bill, 22 million more people do a bill on a bipartisan basis. I am place: More people have access to will lose insurance, but that is a whole thinking of the numerous Republicans health insurance, the cost of that in- lot of people. who are capable of working on a bipar- surance is less than it is today, and the By the way, in the first year, CBO tisan bill that can get 60 votes. quality of the care people get is better. says 15 million people will lose insur- By the way, the politics would It is funny because underneath that, it ance. Fifteen million people is the en- change because if we worked on a bill is just mechanics. It is not actually tire population of 13 States. That hap- that could get 60 votes, we would be in ideology. It is a decision as to which pens next year. Emergency rooms in a wonderful position—the Senate is set lever you press and which you don’t. this country cannot in 12 months ab- up to encourage us to work together— I get that a lot of my Republican col- sorb 15 million people losing insurance. because if we abide by that 60-vote leagues don’t think we are sincere For all the folks who say that the threshold and we come up with a bill when we say: If you put this mon- ACA is in a death spiral, CBO says you together, we would own the American strosity of a bill aside, we will work are wrong. Very flatly, CBO says that healthcare system together. We don’t with you to do something better. But it if existing law remains, even without get to play this blame game about is sincere. We don’t want to blow up any improvements, the number of peo- what is happening with premiums or Medicaid. We are not with you on that. ple without insurance effectively re- what is happening with coverage num- We don’t want to pass along big tax mains static. Yes, at the end, if you bers. We actually, on the level, collabo- breaks, only going to the very wealthy. make no improvements, you will go rate. But we get that you want some more from 26 million people not having in- When you think about a bill or an flexibility for States. We get that you surance to 28 million people not having issue that used to be as partisan as want maybe an additional plan offered insurance.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G26JN6.034 S26JNPT1 S3772 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 26, 2017 CBO says—I had to change this be- ObamaCare.’’ That is about as perfect While that would be a secondary ben- cause it used to be 51 million under the an encapsulation of the Republican po- efit to the actual good that would come House bill. CBO now says 49 million sitioning on this bill as I can imagine, from a bipartisan piece of legislation people will lose insurance if you actu- because if you did know what it did—if that actually addresses the issues in ally pass the bill the Senate is going to my Republican colleagues did get deep the underlying healthcare system, it consider this week. The death spiral into the CBO report, it doesn’t solve a would be a pretty remarkable good happens if we pass the Republican single problem in the American that is possible because we have the healthcare proposal. That is not a healthcare system. There are big prob- same goals in mind. We both want the death spiral; that is stability. It is not lems, such as 26 million people still same things. It is just, in the end, put- an optimal result, 28 million people not don’t have insurance. This bill makes ting aside this bill that makes all of having insurance, but it is far pref- it worse. those problems worse and, instead, sit- erable to 49 million people not having People are paying too much for in- ting down together and deciding which insurance. I understand that Repub- surance, especially those folks who are levers we want to push to make things licans will quibble with CBO and say making middle incomes who are just better. that maybe they didn’t get it exactly outside of qualifying for the Medicaid I yield the floor. right. Even if they were 50 percent subsidies. This bill makes it worse. Al- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- wrong, that is still over 10 million peo- most every problem is made worse by ator from Pennsylvania. ple losing insurance. By the way, just this piece of legislation. I guess that is Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I rise, as for good measure, CBO was right in sort of what a lot of Americans won- well, to talk tonight about the issue of healthcare. I thank my colleague from their estimates of the percentage of der—if our Republican colleagues do Connecticut for looking down the road Americans who would have insurance know what is in this bill. ‘‘I am not to when, maybe, we can actually work under the Affordable Care Act. Inside sure what it does. I just know that it’s together on this issue. We are in con- of their estimate—the details worked better than ObamaCare.’’ flict this week, and that is not a place out differently—but they said that by This solves one problem for Repub- licans. It is a political problem. Repub- any of us want to be. 2016, 89 percent of Americans would We are in conflict because of the ele- licans have said for the last 8 years have health insurance, up from 83 per- ments of this bill. I will make two that they are going to repeal the Af- cent prior to the passage of the Afford- basic points in my remarks tonight, fordable Care Act. My Republican able Care Act. Guess how many people one about Medicaid and then one point friends promised it in every corner of have health insurance today: 89 percent about another provision in the bill that this country, at every opportunity they of Americans, 89 to 90 percent of Amer- I think is particularly insulting. icans. had, and this does solve that political A lot of our discussions start with We all agree that premiums should problem. If you pass this bill, you can policy and data, and that is important. go down. If we are going to pass some- successfully claim that you have re- That is obviously part of the debate thing, the result should be that pre- pealed the Affordable Care Act, but about the bill and what is in it and miums go down. Here is what CBO that is the only problem it solves. It what impact it will have on programs says: Premiums go up and not by a lit- makes almost every other problem in and people over a long period of time, tle bit. They go up by 20 percent in the this system worse. but part of this debate, of course, is first year. Admittedly, I am painting a The number of people without insur- about the people we represent. I know partial picture here. That is 2018. After ance goes up. Premiums, especially for the Presiding Officer understands this, that, CBO says for certain populations the poor, the vulnerable, go up. There and I am heartened that he is paying in this country, premiums will go is nothing in this bill that addresses attention to our arguments because down, but it is largely for the young, the cost of healthcare, of drugs, of de- sometimes—I have done it myself— the healthy, and the wealthy. vices, of procedures. There is nothing when you preside, sometimes you are CBO says that you will have massive in this bill that talks about the quality doing something else. So we are grate- premium increases for older Ameri- of healthcare. Every problem—vir- ful for his attention. cans. For lower income Americans who tually every problem in the healthcare I have talked on this floor a couple of are in that age bracket of 50 to 64, pre- system gets worse. times over the last couple of weeks— mium increases will go up by at least I will just end by reiterating the offer even months—and I will not repeat the two times, up to four times. that Senator SCHATZ made. I think you stories because they have been told a CBO also says that if you are lower have a lot of people of very good will number of times, but Rowan Simpson income, you are not going to buy insur- who want to work with Republicans is a young man whom I recently just ance because you can’t afford it. It and are sincere about it. I will be part met. His mom had sent me a letter. doesn’t even matter what your pre- of whatever group gets put together if Rowan is on the autism spectrum, and miums are because they will be so this bill falls apart this week. his mom is very worried about his fu- high, you can’t afford them. Premiums I held an emergency hearing in New ture because of the potential impact on go up for everybody off the bat—and Haven, CT, on Monday, just to try to Medicaid and the benefits he is getting for lots of vulnerable people after that. explain to people what was in the Re- today from Medicaid. So who gets hurt? Everybody, except publican Senate proposal and to get I just referred the other day—I guess for the folks who are getting tax cuts. people’s feedback. It was hard to sit it was Thursday on the floor—to a let- If you are an insurance company, a through. It was 21⁄2 hours of some really ter from a dad about his son Anthony, drug company, or you are super rich— scared folks. who has a number of challenges, one of maybe that is an unfair term—people I will be honest with the Presiding them being that he is on the autism making $200,000 or more a year get tax Officer. Most of the people who came spectrum. I have another letter, as cuts, but most of the tax cuts go to the had disabled kids. Most of the people well, which I will not go through to- super rich. People making over $1 mil- who came had disabled kids who were night, but it is from a mom in North- lion a year will do fine. If you are an on or relied on Medicaid, and they were eastern Pennsylvania, who wrote to me insurance company, a drug company, just scared to death about what was about two of her children—principally, or you are very wealthy, you get a going to happen to their children. But her son who has Type 1 diabetes and great deal out of this piece of legisla- they also talked about the problems what the loss of Medicaid coverage will tion, but pretty much everybody else that still exist in the healthcare sys- mean for that child, who, in this case, gets very badly hurt. tem—the fact that drugs are too expen- is just 4 years old. Today, one of our Republican col- sive. Many of them pay too much for Everyone in this Chamber in both leagues said this to a reporter—I won’t healthcare. They wanted those prob- parties has stories like this to tell— give you a name. One of our Republican lems solved, and they wanted us to stories about people who are, because Senate colleagues, when he was asked work with Republicans on it. of a disability, totally dependent upon about the Republican healthcare pro- Senator SCHATZ was right. If we did Medicaid. That is not unique to one posal, said: ‘‘I am not sure what it it together, we would own it together. State, and, of course, it is not unique does. I just know it’s better than It would stop being a political football. to one party.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G26JN6.035 S26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3773 One of the more egregious and objec- they have been writing and going to Sack, Glynnis Arnold, Ruth Lawson, tionable parts of this 140-plus page bill meetings and making phone calls and Michelle LeMenager, Iris Valanti, Danielle is the impact it will have on Med- engaging in such a robust way, all Callahan, Frederick Ward, Martha Haines, icaid—the Medicaid expansion, which these weeks and months. Audrey Marsh, Lynn Campbell, Kristen Cochran, Judith Brennan, Michael McCabe. many people now know represents Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- Joshua Miner, Jaime Bassman, Rachel probably on the order of 11 million peo- sent that this list of almost 600 names Murphy, Elena Knickman, Nelson Vecchione, ple who got healthcare coverage since from Pennsylvanians be printed in the Daniel Laurison, Karen Osilka, Roger 2010 and got that coverage because RECORD. Knisely, Theresa Baraldi, Holly Best, Thom- Medicaid was expanded. But the bill There being no objection, the mate- as Baraldi, Patricia Walsh, Michelle Herr, also speaks to the Medicaid Program rial was ordered to be printed in the Karen Heenan, James Paul Johnson, Alex- itself by the so-called per capita cap, RECORD, as follows: ander Kimball, Sigal Ben, Leah Durand, In- capping the dollars the Federal Gov- grid Gustafsson, Mary Jo Maggio. Ashley De Padua, Carol Ribner, Lisa Ken Hardis, Lisa DeAngelis, Mary Jo Har- ernment would provide in the future Brown, Adam Huard, Julie Strauss, Amy ris, Alice Ung, Lance Flowers, Deborsh with regard to the Federal-State part- Reynolds, Dianne Spatafore, Pamela Nolan, Hoelper, Joel Cardis, Georgine Dongillig, nership on Medicaid. These are big Karin Fox, Claire Witzleben, Wendy Albert- Renee Donahey, Anna Payne, Hallie stakes when it comes to a program son, Laura Rose, John Mack Jr., Elizabeth Kushner, Linda Cortese, Mark Vecchione, that has been with us for 50 years. Failor, Lisa Bargielski, Peg Welch, Jason Natalie Garner, Rachel Marx, Janet Cavallo, As everyone knows, Medicaid is prin- Carnahan, Robert Perry, Morgan Adrianne Gunter, Heather Turnage, Kenneth Vinokurovi, Melissa Byrne. Reisman, Flora McGettigan. cipally about individuals with disabil- Patricia DeWald, Kristin Kondrlik, Mi- ities, and that is obviously those chil- Tricia Connell, Nicole Conley, GiGi chael Crane, Diane Smith-Hoban, Diane Malinchak, Ellen Toplin, Eileen Brumbaugh, dren I mentioned. It is about folks who Sayre, Benjamin Andrew, Janice Diehl, Rob- Theodore Fallon, Elizabeth Dooley, Stacy need some help getting into a nursing ert Bahn, John Bair, Angela McClain, David Klein, Deena Thornton, Barbara Stephan, home, senior citizens. Of course, it is Cassiday, Dara Bortman, Judi Reiss, Nich- Cheryl Dungee, Louisa Alexander, Brett about kids from low-income families olas Marritz, Amber Blaylock, Tina Krasnov, Mary Gallant, Kathy Gardian, who have no other healthcare, absent Nightlinger, Lisa Bradshaw, Kimber Irene Lin, Colleen Dunn, Liane Norman, Medicaid. In our State, there happen to Schladweiler, Michael Dwyer, Vashti Bandy. Susan Yerk, Ann Telford. Christine Russell, Mary Farrington, Ralph Leslie Elder, Sheri Utain, Christine Hoo- be 1.1 million kids on Medicaid who are Mcdermott, Anna Cunningham, Linette from low-income families. The dis- per, Teri Vanore, Paula Baxter, Mordecai- Schreiber, Barbara Powell, Shelley Francies, Marl Mac Low, Nicolette Byer, Donna Vito, ability number in both children and Joyce Fentross, Shannon Bearman, Jocie Michele Forbes, Rebecca Kane, Katherine adults is, by one estimate, more than Dye, Ina Martin, Mary-jo Tucker, Bracken Fein, Sue Meyers, Deb Yohman, Sherri 722,000 people. These are big stakes, Babula, David Mosenkis, Martha Franklin, Suppa, Jim Greipp, Jeffrey Bussmann, Ra- even if it is just involving one of those Nathaniel Missildine, Kristin Nielsen, Maria chel Smith, Eileen Reed, Louise Beer, Mary individuals or hundreds or thousands. Duca, Erica Bartlett, Irina Pogrebivsky. Reichart. Stephanie Romano, David Hincher, Diane Tesia Barone, Nicole Gilchrist, Richard But as I will refer to later, some of the Holland, Tracy Krider, Michelle Nutini, numbers are, of course, a lot higher Greenstein, Amy Levengood, Judith Max, Anne Martin, Tracey Miles, Alexis Lieber- James Walton, Mary Widing, En B, Mary Jo than that. So those stories and those man, Dorothy Posh, Thomas Hennessey, Harris, E. E. Zachai, Tammy Harkness, Tim- pleas for help from those families obvi- Cynthia Mould, Jennifer Kunkle, Ann othy McCormick, J Pensiero, Betty Fisher, ously do not just inform us, but they Calamia, Jennifer Zoga, Barbara Turk, Ray- Cindy Shannon, Elisabeth Whyte, Carmela inspire us to keep working, to keep mond Hopkins, Carol Proud, Alex Hesten, Daniels, Amy Felton, Judith Gold, Jack fighting. I will be fighting against this Kimberly Jones, Richard Pavonarius. Guida. bill as long as it takes. Robert Huff, Klvdiya Vasylenko, Mike Sarah Gaffen, Linda Bullock, Pamela It is likely that we will have a vote Kass, Bernadette Flinchbaugh, Jo Johnson, Woldow, Katherine Kurtz, Lisa Harrison, Es- Carolyn L. Johnson, Abby Godfrey, Mark this week. I am assuming we will, so ther Wyss-Flamm, Catherine Roundy, Jim Herr, Jeri Sebastian, Lisa Hartjen, Anne Barlow, James Schreiber, Dave Carlton, An- we have only hours and a few days to Smith, Melissa Nurczynski, Christine drew Famiglietti, Maria Catrambone Rosen, fight and point out what we believe to Crooke, Ellen Garbuny, Harry Richards, Breanna Jay, Bethany Altieri, Alicia Olivant be the defects. One of the things that is Ruth Hetrick, Carolyn Rahe, Stephanie Fisher, Chris Braak, Jessica Atchison, Eliza- significant about this debate is that we Moats, Sally McAfee, Abigail Gertner. beth Dennis, Elizabeth Cates, Elizabeth have had people not just writing those Stacey Smith, Davinica Nemtzow, TC Reilly. stories and telling us their story but DeAngelis, Shelley Schwartz, Lisa Keppeler, James Berry, Marita Scheibe, Sheila also telling us and giving us ideas Katie B, Joseph Willard, Maryam Deloffre, Thomas, Randy Sarner, Alyson Kathie Brown, Ellen Catanese, Cynthia about how to conduct the debate and D’Alessandro, Suann Snavelt, Chantal Donahue, Porter Hedge, Gretchen Bond, McKelton, Theresa Glennon, Josie Byzek, how to fight and how to oppose it. Mary Dallas, Fae Ehsan, Kathy Goldberg, Marlene Katz, Deborah Grill, John Moffa, I have in my hand—I will describe it Jennifer Jarret, Dan Potter, David Anne Coles, Liane Norman, Chanda Law- first before I offer a consent request. I Dutkowski, Rich DeAngelis. rence, Norma Kline, Colleen Kessler, Maria have in my hand several pages that list Patricia Kay, Sharon Doros, Stephanie Catrambone Rosen, Laurence Coles, Kate almost 600 names from people in Penn- Doyle, Lynn Loomis, Elizabeth Adams, Wallis. sylvania who have written to me over Kathryn Petz, Agatha Andrews, Alex Carol Harris-Shapiro, Briana Latta, the last number of weeks and months, Lombardi, Erin Gautsche, Marie Turnbull, Melanie B, Charlotte Ridge, Nathan Carol Sinclair, Robert Turnbull, Elisa actually. What they are urging me to Krisanda, Meredith Sonnen, Margaret Wal- Bermudez, Marie Vincent, Florian Schwarz, ter, Hallam Carrie, Leslie Richards, Jenny do is to pursue a legislative strategy to Daniel Pencoske, Ina Shea, Beth Collins, Anne Horst-Martz, Karen Roberson, Richard protect their healthcare. Why are they Meenakshi Bewtra, Jillian Bosmann. Vanore, Susan Devenny, Rhana Cassidy, doing that? It is not because they have Mari Greipp, Michael DiEva, Andrea Ep- Maria Golden, Kathy O’Brien, Vanessa nothing else to do. They are worried. stein, Fredrica Friedman, Starla Crandall, Baker, Robert Brucicman, Sarah Smith, These people are really worried. They Stanley G., Cindy Fogarty, Ron Ashworth, Yuliya Benina. are worried about those kids like Trudy Watt,Kristen King, Kathleen Sheehan, John Ascenzi, Melanie Cichy, Paul Gott- Rowan and Anthony, whom I just men- Ryan Brown, Kevin Collins, Kelly Collister, lieb, Shannon Browne, Jen Britton, Erin Ambry Ward, Joseph Melchiorre, Catherine Dunke, Debi Seltzer, Anna Edling, Brianna tioned, and a 4-year-old with Type 1 di- Abrams, Michael Bourg, Ed Gragert, Hien Wronko, Francis Palombaro, Katie Morrison, abetes or a whole long list of other dis- Lu. Jennifer Hombach, Jessica Lennick, Ellen abilities a lot of kids have. They are Jo Johnson, Cody McFarland, Maggie Toplin, Charlene Kurland, Joanne Mahoney, worried about their parents, who may Deptola, Sandra Blair, Zoe Soslow, Yoko Sherry Greenawalt, Abigail Hyde, Sara not be able to get the long-term care Takahashi, Anna Drallios, William Sierschula, Amy Leddy. they need if Medicaid is capped and cut Dingfelder, Shawna Knipper, Cheryl Brandt, Emmy S, Renee Broxk, Kimberly Winnick, and decimated. They are worried about Larissa Mogano, Linda Bishop, Lital Levy, Melissa Reed, Lisa Jaremka, Karen Shelly- their friends and their families. They Laurie Pollack, Judith Navratil, Natalie Genther, Melissa Welshko-Williams, Naomi Duvall, Richard Owens, Elaine Giarusso, Pliskow, Joan Susski, Rachael Pinsley, are, in a word, as worried as anyone David Thomas, Leslie Collier. Lindsay Friedman, Shari Johnson, Melanie has ever been about the healthcare of Nicole Seefeldt, Jonathan Lipman, Ellen B, Keith Adams, Lynn Martin, Anastasia those they love and the healthcare of Gallagher, MaryAnn Black, David Hughes, Frandsen, Brooke Petry, Tamara Davis, Mar- those they care about. That is why Michael Niemeyer, Pegene Watts, Kelly tha Posnet, Phoebe Wood.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:00 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G26JN6.037 S26JNPT1 S3774 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 26, 2017 Lindee Fitting, Isabelle Mahoney, Tamar icaid. There are some other issues, ob- though it has a lot of data on it, it is Granor, Nancy Berman, Karen Jensen, Katie viously, addressed on the exchanges rather simple. Here is what it says at Haurer, Beth Collins, Catherine Budd, Mir- and the fundamentals of healthcare. the top. First of all, this isn’t my iam Phillips, Christine Bradley, Michelle But it is mostly about Medicaid and chart; it is the Center on Budget and Gorski, Chris Gorski, Sophie Taylor, Cath- erine Borges, Mary Alice Clevenger, Nick tax cuts, unfortunately; and that is Policy Priorities’ chart. You can go to Ingram, Brenda Scholtz, Melissa Miller, particularly objectionable to me that cbpp.org to see it. Jeanne Burd, Nad Rosenbe. you have a small group of very wealthy This is based upon the House bill, but Joanna Kempner, Maria Boyd, David Shen, people who are going to make out in I just told you that the Medicaid en- Sara Sobel, Jessica White, Jennifer Pen- ways we can’t even imagine, like a big rollment number is 1 million higher— nington, Margot Keith, Catherine Sunnen, bonanza for the superrich. or that the number losing Medicaid is 1 Naida Reed, Ashley Morgan, Beth Brindle, Now, let me just talk about the Med- million higher under the Senate bill, Amy Friedlander, Millicent Wilson, Richard icaid part of it first, and then I will and the tax cuts that are in the Senate Baron, Max Ray-Riek, Ruth Cary, Sandy Heisey, Sharon Furlong, Laura Tilger, Don- refer to a chart. I am holding in my bill are almost identical. You can just key Dover. hand the Congressional Budget Office go down and count them. The House Lynn Jones, Kaytee Ray-Riek, Janice report from today, which came out. It, and Senate bill are virtually identical Test, Mary Terp, Faith Cotter, Sarah Camp- of course, is a document produced by on tax cuts. bell-Szymanski, Frank Wallace, Judie the Congressional Budget Office as well Here is what the headline is: Tax cuts Howrylak, Minna Ltumey, Erin Hetrick, as the Joint Committee on Taxation so for the top 400 roughly equal to Federal Melinda Kohn, Jenny Stephens, Susan Gam- it is a joint effort. spending cuts from ending Medicaid ex- bler, Olivia Landis, Terry Hirst-Hermans, On the CBO—so-called CBO Congres- pansion. Jill Hall, Roseanne Mulherin, Susan Miller, sional Budget Office report, recently— Julie Platt, Lori Spangler. Now, remember, I said before that Hiro McNulty, Greg Carey, Amanda a couple weeks ago now—on page 17 of Medicaid expansion is one problem I Fogarty, Sissy Gault, Mona Callahan, Meryl that document, there was an assess- see. The per capita cap is another. This Mintzer Puller, John Hoetzel, Stacey ment made of the number of people chart just deals with one of the Med- Kallem, Thomas Paquette, Karen Clark, who would lose Medicaid as a result of icaid problems—Medicaid expansion— Paige Wolf, Patricia Scanlon, Ellen Reese, the House bill, and that number was 14 so ending Medicaid expansion in Ne- Rosalind Bloom, Gary Stein, Eric Berue, million Americans would lose Medicaid vada, West Virginia, Arkansas, and Jenn Hrehocik, Tamara Myers, Mara Kaplan, over the decade up until 2026. Alaska, just four States, right? Alaska, Amanda Cranney. Well, unfortunately, as of 4 p.m. or Deborah Miller, Debra Nathans, Paul they project, will lose $2 billion worth Stockhausen, Johanna Hollway, Leah Hol- something this afternoon—I guess of Medicaid over the decade, Arkansas stein, Susan Robbins, Roger Latham, Alison about 4 p.m., 4:30—we got the Congres- would lose $7 billion, West Virginia Yazer, Melissa Marshall, Mary Lynn sional Budget Office assessment of the would lose $12 billion, and Nevada Colabrese, Harry Mclaughlin, Samantha Senate bill, the Senate bill that was would lose $12 billion. That adds up to Payne, Elizabeth Hawkins, Julie Krug, Lisa unveiled last week. Not on page 17 of $33 billion Federal Medicaid cuts from Heinz, Shoshana Kaplan, Corrine Richter, this report but actually on page 16, ending Medicaid expansion. So $33 bil- Lee Baer, Eve Glazier, JoEllen Bitzer. here is what the Congressional Budget lion dollars just for States. By the way, Judith Cardamone, Hilary Schenker, Faye Office and the Joint Committee on Clawson, Caren Leonard, Carol Feldhaus, Ju- these are not really high-population dith Moyer, Sharyn Feldman, Jessica Taxation says about enrollment in States. There is no California, New Martucci, Mike Kutik, Marylou Streznewski, Medicaid. I am quoting from the bot- York, Texas or big States like that. So Ann Baker, Abby Martucci, Dennis Cusin, tom of page 16: $33 billion lost in Medicaid in just Marie Norman, Debra Brokenshire, Martha Enrollment in Medicaid would be lower those four States. Cornell, Maria Swarts, Sherell Chambers, throughout the coming decade, with 15 mil- What does this orange bar graph Suzan Hirsch, Alison Wojtkowiak. lion fewer Medicaid enrollees by 2026 than Patricia Carbone, Marcella Glass, Ben- projected under current law in CBO’s March show? The same number, $33 billion tax jamin Mills, Peg Welch, Rita Shah, Marcia 2016 baseline. cut for the 400 highest income house- Gever, Karen Phoenix, Tabitha Felton, Caro- Then, they refer to a figure in the re- holds in the country. It is the same lyn Stillwell, Katherine Parys, Roxanne port. number. So 400 households get a tax O’Toole, Harold Love, Nicole Jaffe, Steven So the House bill CBO assessment cut of $33 billion, not in some other bill Weitzman, Meredith Brown, Lauren Lewis, says 14 million will lose Medicaid cov- down the road, not in some other year, Sarah Wheeler, Maria Lauro, Jason not in a budget bill or a tax bill. They Magidson Lorette Lefebvre. erage. The Senate bill, analyzed by Denise Marcolina, Eric Krewson, Joseph CBO, which is supposed to be a more get this massive tax cut in what is Bosh, Joan Stein, Kami Schaal, Melissa moderate bill, a better bill in the eyes called a healthcare bill. At the same Nerino, Dorothy McFadden, Heather of some Republican Members of the time, it is equivalent to the total Med- muntean, Donna Devonish, Gloria Rohlfs, House and the Senate, that was sup- icaid lost in just four States. Terry McIntyre, Kaitlin Marks-Dubbs, Fred- posed to be better, but here is what we It gets worse if you add more States. erick Page, Douglas Graham, Sarah McKay, know now: 15 million people will lose Guess what. If you add up about 30 Zack Greenstein, Janice Nathan, Michel Medicaid. That alone should cause any States in a different chart, it is about Wilcox, L Roulston, Laura Wukovitz. the same as all the tax cuts together, Andrew Wilson, Amy Moulton, Christina Senator to be very concerned about the VanSant, Donna Bullard, Nancy Entwisle, impact of this legislation. That alone but here we are just talking about four Tessa Lamont-Siegel, Ben Cocchiaro, should, I hope, require some people to States and 400 families. Yasmeen Ali Khan, Rachel Amdur, Amalia use an old expression: Examine your I hope I am not offending anyone if Shaltiel, Sara Stetler, Bruce McDowell, Pat conscience about what will happen if they are in those top 400 households Hanahoe-Dosch, Mara Rockliff, Tristan you vote for this legislation. who are making either billions or, by English, Ryan Bross, Lynn Rubenson, Eliza- Let’s say someone says: Do you know one estimate, the average might be $300 beth Cheney, Regina Vicoli, Vicki Hewitt. what? I can put that into context, and million. I know it has been difficult to Kelli Servello, Charles Ang, Kierstyn make ends meet. You have been strug- Piotrowski Zolfo, Leah Bailis, Tom Peter- I think actually that will not happen sen, Pamela Magidson, Kathleen Morrison, or I have another explanation or what- gling and trying to pay the mortgage Genevieve Coutroubis, Susan Rubinstein, ever justification or rationale you use and the light bill when you are one of Ruth Ann Davidson, Frances Winsor, Janis for voting for a bill that will result in the top 400 richest households in the Rainer, Margaret Grubbs, Anna Kuhnreich, 15 million people losing Medicaid cov- country. Melissa Melan, Wendy Forman, Kristina erage. People are very vulnerable. Let’s But this chart, when you juxtapose Witter, Joan Kwortnik. just say you can analyze that a dif- this chart—and especially the orange Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I will ferent way and come to a different con- part, the tax cut for 400 families, the make two final points about Medicaid clusion. We will see how people deal giveaway to families who don’t need it. and then juxtapose Medicaid with an- with that number this week when they Frankly, they don’t even want this tax other part of the bill. If you look at the go home and when they have to talk cut. I haven’t found one person who bill—it is about 140, I guess, 142 pages— about this legislation over time. came up to me in the last couple of more than 60 pages deal with Medicaid. Here is where it gets a lot worse. This years and said: You know what, I wish So this is principally a bill about Med- is a chart that is rather simple. Even my taxes didn’t go up. I wish those

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A26JN6.015 S26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3775 taxes didn’t go up while you were try- Ms. WARREN. Mr. President, we country count on Medicaid to help pay ing to help people on Medicaid. Not a have just gotten the latest numbers on the medical bills. About 6 out of 10 single person said that. the Senate Republicans’ reckless plan children with complex medical needs— Most people who will get this tax cut to take away health insurance from children who need breathing tubes, spe- would rather that we make sure we millions of American families, take it cial therapies, and multiple surgeries, 6 take care of those children I mentioned away from sick, little kids, take it out of 10 of those children count on with the disability or those families away from seniors in nursing homes. Medicaid to help pay their medical who need the protection of Medicaid. These numbers are worse than anyone bills. Nearly two out of three seniors in When you put this chart next to the expected. nursing homes count on Medicaid to policy and those 60-plus pages of the After weeks of secret work behind help pay their bills, and one out of decimation of Medicaid, there are a lot closed doors, the Republicans came up every three people dealing with addic- of words we could use that we are not with a plan that will take away health tion counts on Medicaid to help pay for allowed to use on this floor, but one of insurance from 22 million people and treatment. the words we should use is ‘‘obscene.’’ slash the Medicaid Program by nearly Who uses Medicaid? America uses That is an obscenity. When you match $800 billion, all in exchange for shov- Medicaid—children, the elderly, hard- these cuts for 400 families next to the eling hundreds of billions of dollars of working families, people with disabil- cuts to Medicaid, that is obscene, ob- tax cuts to the richest families in this ities, and people struggling with addic- noxious, and bad policy. country. tion. At any given moment in this If there was ever a reason to take You know, with results like these, country, one in every five Americans is this 142-page bill and throw it in the Senate Republicans should not still be counting on Medicaid to help pay the trash, throw it in a garbage pail as fast trying to figure out the best way to bills. What are these people supposed as we can, it would be this chart be- ram this bill through the Senate. They to do when the Medicaid expansion cause that is not what the American should just throw it in the trash. goes away, when this bill’s additional people are asking for. They actually We don’t have a lot of time left, and massive Medicaid cuts go into effect? think some people in the Senate are ac- I know it is easy to tune out these de- What are they supposed to do? What tually working on a healthcare bill. bates and to assume these are all just are their families supposed to do? That is what they believe. A lot of peo- a bunch of partisan games. So if you Dig in on one issue around this. Dig ple don’t know about this yet, but they aren’t inclined to take my word for it, in on opioid abuse. This is a problem are going to know. They are going to don’t, and don’t take the Republicans’ that is growing around the country. know by the end of the week, at least, word for it either. Take a look at what Last year we lost 2,000 people in Massa- if not sooner, that the 400 richest the experts are saying about the Re- chusetts alone. I hear from parents households in the country are getting publican bill because since this brutal who have lost children, from brothers that much money—$33 billion. Maybe bill was finally revealed on Thursday, and sisters who have watched a loved in the Senate bill it is only $32 billion it has been denounced by nonpartisan one disappear. I hear from people who or $31 billion, so we will stand cor- doctors groups, health policy experts, are desperate because their child or sis- rected if it goes down, but that is real- and patient organizations. The Amer- ter or brother can’t get into a treat- ly an abomination. That is an insult to ican Medical Association says the bill ment facility. I hear from dedicated the American people. People should be violates the fundamental principle of doctors, nurses, and counselors who ashamed this is part of that bill. medicine: ‘‘First, do no harm.’’ The need more resources so they can ex- I get it. We can have a debate about Children’s Hospital Association says it pand treatment programs. Now the Re- Medicaid. I get that, but when you are is ‘‘a major step backward for children publicans propose a bill that is like taking Medicaid dollars and transfer- and their health.’’ The National Coun- throwing gasoline on a bonfire. One in ring to wealthy people, no one should cil for Behavioral Health says, ‘‘In- three people struggling with an addic- support that kind of a policy, but that stead of ‘repeal and replace,’ it is tion are counting on Medicaid, and the is what we have. That is what we are ‘wreck and wreak havoc.’’’ Republicans plan to cut nearly $1 tril- up against. Lynn Nicholas, the head of the Mas- lion from the program. I do not under- If there was ever a reason to fight to sachusetts Health and Hospital Asso- stand. I cannot understand how the Re- the ends of the Earth against a piece of ciation, has actually come up with a publicans could turn their backs on lit- legislation, it is this. We are going to pretty simple test for the Republican erally millions of people who need help. continue to fight this. We are going to plan: ‘‘I challenge any Republican Sen- The cuts to Medicaid are terrible, but continue to point out this basic in- ator to name one thing in this bill that there is more. The Republican bill also equity, this insult for the rest of this will make healthcare in the U.S. better slashes the tax credits that people use week. for patients or healthcare professionals to help pay for insurance. The budget We hope folks on both sides of the who care for them.’’ nerds at the Congressional Budget Of- aisle will not only be listening, but we Think about that. She says use that fice say that ‘‘most people’’ would hope our Republican friends will take as the test, one thing. That is a pretty ‘‘have higher out of pocket spending on another look at this bill and under- low bar—one thing. Yet the Repub- healthcare than under current law.’’ stand how objectionable this is to so licans can’t pass that test. They can’t Think about that. Under the Repub- many American families. All of that name one thing in this bill that will lican plan, healthcare costs will go up worry I talked about before is made improve healthcare in America. That is for most people, and even if someone worse, is aggravated by this kind of re- because this bill is not supposed to im- can manage, somehow, to afford cov- sult when it comes to tax cuts. prove healthcare in America. It is not erage under the Republican bill, the We can do all that as a great nation. a healthcare bill. It is a tax cut for the Republicans are willing to let insur- We can make sure wealthy folks who rich, paid for by gutting healthcare for ance companies drop expensive benefits need a break once in a while—they millions of working Americans. that the companies just don’t want to have gotten a lot of them in the last 25 Doctors, patients, parents, families, cover, including—are you ready?— years—that they can get a fair tax experts, they are terrified by this bill opioid treatment. If this bill passes, it code. We could also make sure kids because they have read it, and they will devastate our ability to fight with disabilities, seniors, and kids in have concluded that nearly every line opioid overdoses. This isn’t a hypo- rural areas and big cities and small in this bill would make life worse for thetical. This isn’t speculation. Before towns can get the healthcare they need young people and for old people and for the Affordable Care Act became law, from Medicaid. We are a great country. families across this country. one-third of individual market health We can do that. We can have a growing I want to focus on just one major plans didn’t cover substance use dis- economy and still support a critically part tonight, the part that rips away order services, and about one in five important program like Medicaid. the Medicaid Program. Let’s do some plans didn’t cover mental health serv- I yield the floor. basic Medicaid facts. Who uses Med- ices. The insurance companies don’t The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- icaid? Thirty million kids. That is want to cover these services, but the ator from Massachusetts. about 4 out of every 10 kids in this ACA made coverage mandatory. That

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G26JN6.040 S26JNPT1 S3776 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 26, 2017 meant that no one in this country had hold them on the phone as long as pos- we have seen in this country since to wonder when they showed up at a sible just as a way of denying their World War II. I know it is inconvenient clinic whether or not their insurance claim. Most people in America are too to believe that or to say that. I know would help them out, but the Repub- busy trying to move their family that in corners of the internet where lican bill opens the door to dropping ahead, trying to get by, to stay on the false news really does dominate, people those requirements. Millions more peo- phone all day with an insurance com- don’t believe it, but it is true. I am the ple could be left out in the cold at a pany. While we were at that, we said: It first to say there are not enough good time when they most need help. This is is not fair to deny people insurance in jobs, and I am the first to say there are cruel. Our country is already strug- the richest country in the world be- not enough high-paying jobs, but com- gling with a treatment gap, and far too cause they have preexisting conditions. pared to the record we inherited, it was many patients facing addiction can’t It is not fair that it is a business plan a success, all while we had the Afford- get the care they need. The last thing in America to have lifetime caps on able Care Act being implemented, all we should be doing is kicking millions people in the richest country in the while we were extending coverage to of these patients off of the coverage world who might hit those lifetime millions of people in America—many of they already have. caps because they get cancer. It is not them children who didn’t have ade- Now, let’s face it. The Republicans fair that in America, the richest coun- quate coverage before we passed the Af- realized this, and they have a plan on try in the world, some seniors have to fordable Care Act. this issue. They know that what they cut their medicines in half every It has been called every name in the book, just like President Obama was are doing is indefensible. So they have month just to get through the month called every name in the book, and a plan. They propose to throw $2 billion and to pay their bills. These were some they linked those two things— into a special fund for opioid treatment of the issues that we were trying to ad- healthcare reform, the Affordable Care and say: Problem solved. This is polit- dress when we passed the Affordable Act, and ObamaCare. That became its ical spin at its worst. Care Act. For every dollar the Republicans pro- Mr. President, I am from a Western name. Every single attack under the sun pose to put into opioid treatment, they State, like you. I was out all those was levied on that. Why? Because peo- are taking out more than $100 from months in Colorado, having town hall ple really believed it was destroying Medicaid, the rock on which our ability after town hall, not just in Democratic the healthcare system? Maybe some to provide opioid addiction treatment parts of the State but in Republican people did. Because they believed that is built. Why? Why treat our brothers parts of the State, trying to explain it was destroying businesses? Maybe and sisters, our children, our elderly what it was we were trying to do—both some people did. I suspect there was a parents so shamefully? Why? So that to give people better coverage, more much more simple reason, and that was Republicans can produce a giant tax predictable coverage, and less costly to try to win elections. cut for a handful of millionaires and coverage and also to try to do some- By the way, while we are on the sub- billionaires. That is it. Our friends, our thing to bring down healthcare costs in ject, no matter whether you support families, and our kids can struggle on this country. We succeeded at some of the Affordable Care Act—and I support their own. They can die on their own so those things. We didn’t succeed at oth- some things about it; there are other that Republicans can cut taxes for the ers of those things. It was a legitimate parts of it that have been disappointing richest people in this country. attempt at trying to deliver something to me—I think it is fundamentally im- What the Republicans propose is for the American people that people all portant for people to understand that morally wrong. It is not too late to do over the industrialized world don’t the Affordable Care Act is not our the right thing. It is not too late to re- have to live with. healthcare system. It is part of our verse course. It is not too late to junk Only in this country do people have healthcare system. The regulations this bill and start over. I hope the Sen- to make choices about feeding their that it has placed on insurance pro- ate Republicans have the courage to do family and taking care of their kids at viders so that people with preexisting exactly that. the doctor. Only in this country do sen- conditions couldn’t be denied insurance I yield the floor. iors have to make choices about cut- is part of our system. The fact that it The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. ting those pills in half. Only in this tried to create accountable care orga- ROUNDS). The Senator from Colorado. country do people have to make nizations so people got better primary Mr. BENNET. Thank you, Mr. Presi- choices about paying their rent and care so we would reduce the amount of dent. taking care of their kids. It doesn’t hospital readmissions from something I appreciate very much the com- happen in the rest of the industrialized like 18 percent or 19 percent, which ments from my colleague from Massa- world. Before I hear it from the other wasted billions of dollars in this coun- chusetts and my colleague from Penn- side tonight, let me say: Our results try, down to 2 percent or 3 percent, sylvania. are getting worse, not better. For pop- that is healthcare. I notice my colleagues from the other ulations across this country, longevity But there is a lot of healthcare that side of the aisle are not here tonight to is actually getting shorter, not longer. has nothing to do with ObamaCare or defend this piece of legislation. It This is a difficult, complex, but urgent that has something to do with it but it doesn’t surprise me, given what is in question for our country. was not the creation of ObamaCare. this legislation and given what we have That is what we were trying to do There is Medicare and Medicaid. There heard over the last week. with the Affordable Care Act. Some of are doctors. There are nurses. There The Senator from Massachusetts was it succeeded and some of it didn’t. I are patients. There are drug compa- explaining what it was we were trying will talk more about that in a minute. nies. That is our healthcare system, to do when we passed the Affordable For 8 years Republicans ran for elec- and our healthcare system is a mess. It Care Act, now years ago. Part of what tion after election after election on is a mess. It is a mess. We tried to take we were trying to do was to extend cov- ObamaCare: ObamaCare is socialism; this thing and improve it when we erage to a lot of Americans that didn’t ObamaCare is a Bolshevik plot to take passed the Affordable Care Act. Some have it. In my State of Colorado that over the United States; ObamaCare is of it worked; some of it didn’t work. meant over 600,000 Coloradans who destroying jobs—just at a time when Some people would argue we went too didn’t have it before the Affordable we were coming out of the worst reces- far. Some people would say we didn’t Care Act was passed. Another thing we sion since the Great Depression. We go enough. were trying to do was to say to insur- saw uneven job growth in this country But I can state this. I have been ance companies that it is not OK to but undeniable job growth over the en- doing those town halls again in Colo- have as your business practice that you tire period of time they were saying rado, and what I know is that people take month after month after month of ObamaCare was destroying the country feel defeated not by ObamaCare but by premiums from people and then when and destroying our economy. the American healthcare system—by they call on the phone and say: My kid The recession was at the end of the our healthcare system, which is less was sick; my kid got struck by light- last administration. The Obama admin- predictable and less affordable than in ning; my kid had an accident, to then istration saw the largest job increases many countries around the world.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G26JN6.042 S26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3777 Now President Trump knew this. He People in my State are deeply dissat- these terrible things that ObamaCare is a smart politician. I never thought isfied with our healthcare system. I say had done. Your first order of business he was going to win. I never thought he that as somebody who voted for the Af- was to repeal ObamaCare. How dare was going to win on a campaign that fordable Care Act. I have said it before. you not have a vote? on so many dimensions was out of step People have tried to make a political I am glad they said that because peo- with conventional American political issue out of it. They write ads about it: ple should keep their promises. thought, and I was wrong. He won. I Look, Bennet said the healthcare sys- I have believed for a long time that don’t think he represents a traditional tem is not perfect. people want consistency out of their Republican view, and that may be one I will go further than that. It is a politicians, that they will put up with reason he won. In no sense do I think of crying shame that people in this coun- inconsistency if you say to them that Donald Trump as a conservative. I try have to spend their lives wrestling the facts are different than I thought think of him as quite radical in his pro- with insurance companies, lying they were and that is why I changed posals. I think of him as a reactionary awake, wondering whether their kids my view. Yet, in these times of fake force on a political system that the are going to be able to get primary news, of the media having the chal- American people, for whatever reason— care or dental care or cancer care if lenges it has, and the rest of the things some of them are probably good rea- they get sick. That keeps families up that ail our system, consistency is not sons—were losing their patience with. every night in my State, not so much something that a lot of politicians pay You cannot deny that the guy, some- the people who are on Medicare but a attention to. I think they think that is how, in the far reaches of Trump lot of other people. because voters do not pay attention to Tower, had his finger on the pulse of So Candidate Trump saw this unease it, but, in this case, they did. They what was going on in some parts of this in the American people, this concern said: You said you would repeal country. I don’t know if it was because that the American people had with our ObamaCare. You did not just say it he was a reality TV star or what it healthcare system, which I share, and once. You said it year, after year, after was, but one of those things was in his campaign—in his very populist year, after year. Finally, they then healthcare. He understood the Amer- campaign for President—he promised passed a bill in the House. Not a single ican people’s dissatisfaction with our to provide ‘‘such great healthcare at a Democrat voted for it. healthcare system, just as these 7 tiny fraction of the cost.’’ Those We learned from that process, which years and 8 years of Republican cam- knuckleheads in Washington do not took place before the Congressional paigns have understood it. Majority know what they are doing. I am going Budget Office had even scored the Leader MCCONNELL made it clear when to deliver you ‘‘such great healthcare bill—imagine that. There were all of we were passing the bill: You own it. at a tiny fraction of the cost.’’ That these people who criticized the Afford- You own it. He said in a book later was his promise to the American peo- able Care Act, and proponents were that it was very important to him that ple. That is what he said he was going rushing the bill through. As I said, I the American people were able to de- to deliver. think there were 200 Republican marcate between the Democrats’ re- He differentiated himself from other amendments adopted. It was a bill that sponsibility for the healthcare system Republicans by saying: ‘‘I will never held almost countless committee hear- as it was and the Republicans’ willing- cut Medicare.’’ ‘‘I will never cut Med- ings in the Senate Finance Committee ness to take no responsibility for it. icaid.’’ He said: Those other Repub- and the Senate HELP Committee. It Even though we had hundreds of licans say they will. I am not going to was a bill that consumed 25 days of leg- hours of hearings that lasted more than a year and even though we had— do that, but I am going to supply bet- islative process on this floor, a modern they are not countless—well over 100 ter healthcare than you are getting record in terms of time. In fact, we had Republican amendments that were now at a tiny fraction of the cost. He all of that process, and I will come made in committee and on the floor said: ‘‘Everybody is going to be taken back to this. Here is what Senator MCCONNELL that were incorporated in the legisla- care of much better than they’re taken said about that. After all of that proc- tion, in the end, not a single Repub- care of now’’ with no cuts to Medicare ess, he said on this floor, I think, that lican voted for the bill. and no cuts to Medicaid. Maybe that was a principled reason, We had our election, and people voted Americans were ‘‘tired of giant bills not just a political reason, because for this nominee who made not just negotiated in secret and then rammed maybe there are some people who have these promises but many other prom- through on a party-line vote in the the view in the Republican Party that ises about what he was going to do for middle of the night.’’ Oh, that bill was the Federal Government should not our economy based on, I think, largely, negotiated completely in public, pain- have any increased involvement in a complete fiction about what is actu- fully in public. I used to go home, and their healthcare system. In fact, I have ally going on in our country—for that people in my townhalls literally had heard some people say the Federal Gov- matter, in the world—with respect to copies of the bill. Do you remember the ernment should play no role in the our economy. So he won. He did not chant: ‘‘Read the bill. Read the bill’’? healthcare system. Yet whatever the just win—the Senate is Republican, That is because everybody had the bill. reason, not a single Republican voted and the House of Representatives is Re- On the House side, it is important for for ObamaCare. publican. people to understand that they passed The rest of the history writes itself, Now, after running elections for 8 the bill without even getting a score which is that every premium increase years to get rid of that scourge on from what is called the Congressional in America, whether it was related to America, that stain on America, that Budget Office. The head of the Congres- ObamaCare or not, becomes part of legislation that has destroyed our sional Budget Office is appointed by ObamaCare. Every drug that gets in- economy and destroyed our healthcare Republicans when the Republicans are creased in price becomes ObamaCare, system, they wrote a bill. It took them in the majority, not by the Democrats. and for everybody who loses his insur- a long time, really, to get it through It did not even get a score. We had a ance, that is ObamaCare when what is the House of Representatives, which score on the Affordable Care Act before happening is really far more complex was shocking, because they had 8 years we passed the bill. We had a score that than that. to figure out what was wrong with the every single American could see about There are very legitimate critiques current system and how to address the what it would cost and what money it of ObamaCare, but it is not the same current system. They tried it once, and would spend, what money it would thing as our entire healthcare system. they could not even bring it to a vote save, how many people would be added I think it is important to make that in the House. They could not even to the insurance rolls. We had that. point because, whether we are consid- bring it to a vote. They did not have the decency to do ering the Republicans’ proposed bill to- Then, understandably, the people that in the House. night or someone else’s proposed bill who sent those Republicans to office in They should have because—guess tonight, we would have to understand the House said: What are you talking what happened—when the score came it was not going to fix the whole prob- about? You said you were going to re- out, it said that 24 million people lem all at once. peal ObamaCare. You told us all of would lose their health insurance after

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:51 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G26JN6.043 S26JNPT1 S3778 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 26, 2017 a candidate for President said that you hall meeting and said the key to suc- ings for the privilege of being in a nurs- are going to have ‘‘such great cess here is in cutting those taxes. Just ing home paid for by Medicaid. There is healthcare at a tiny fraction of the to be clear, I should mention that $82.5 not a townhall I have where there cost.’’ ‘‘Everybody is going to be taken million is over a 10-year period. It is aren’t sons and daughters or grandsons care of much better than they’re taken about $8.25 million a year. and granddaughters of people who are care of now,’’ unless you are one of As Senator CASEY, from Pennsyl- in nursing homes paid for by Medicaid those 24 million and, I would argue, vania, noted, that $33 billion adds up to after they had to spend their whole life many of the rest as well. I will come to be the equivalent of what it would cost savings down to be there. What a ter- that. to pay for the Medicaid of 772,000 peo- rible system it is that a family has to So they passed that bill, a terrible ple who live in just four States—the be near bankruptcy before we say: We bill. I think that bill has the lowest ap- entire Medicaid population of four will give you a helping hand. It is a ter- proval rating among the American peo- States. rible system, but it is what they have. ple of any piece of legislation that has But what they would consume in And they can’t work. They are in a existed in the time I have been in the healthcare to try to support them- nursing home. They are in long-term Senate. It is still not as low as the ap- selves and their family is not $8.5 mil- care. proval rating of this place, which used lion a year; it is not $85 million over 10 Then there are a whole bunch of peo- to be 9 percent, but it is low because years; it is, on average, $4,500 a year on ple in my State and in other States— people know it does not really address healthcare. That is the first part of and this may be the greatest insult of their healthcare problems. It is not a this bill—a massive tax cut that is not all—who are working at one job or healthcare bill. going to benefit anybody in my State sometimes at two jobs, and in the rich- Then the President found out what who earns below $200,000. est country in the world, they are was in the Congressional Budget Of- The second element of this bill is a working and are getting paid and are fice’s score, and he had some Repub- massive cut to Medicaid, which is one not getting paid enough to be off the of the fundamental safety net pro- lican Senators over to the White House Medicaid rolls. They are working, and grams in this country. The cut, wheth- and said: I hope you will not pass a bill they are still on public assistance. And er you look at the House cut or the like that. That is a mean bill. we are cutting a quarter of the Med- Senate cut, is massive. It is about a That is not my description. That is icaid Program because people need to quarter of the program. It is about $840 President Trump’s description of the go to work. House bill. That is a mean bill. billion. And in the Senate bill, the cuts I am not making this stuff up. I He said: I want a bill with a little are even deeper than they were in the asked Secretary Price, who is the Sec- House bill. I wonder what the President more love in it than that bill out of the retary of HHS, Health and Human would say about that. The House bill Senate. Services—he is in charge of the was mean. I bet he would say the Sen- He has to be disappointed tonight be- healthcare for this administration—I ate bill is cruel because it perpetuates cause the Congressional Budget Of- said: Mr. Secretary, let me take you fice’s score came back and said that those cuts. I have heard the rhetoric from politi- through the faces of the people in my under the Senate’s version of the bill— State who are on Medicaid. And not the less mean bill—only 22 million peo- cians in Washington about why it is so important to cut Medicaid. They need only did they confirm that that is who ple will lose their health insurance and is on Medicaid in my State, he said that far from having better insurance to cut Medicaid so they can pay for the tax cuts for people who are so wealthy, that is the way it looks all over the at a lower price, half of the country— most of them probably don’t even need country. literally half the country—is going to to mess around with insurance to pay What an insult to justify a massive pay thousands more in out-of-pocket for their healthcare or their doctors. tax cut for the richest Americans by expenses because of what has become Now they are going to have another taking away poor people’s healthcare; known as TrumpCare. $8.5 billion a year. Now they are going by saying they are not working for it, There are three principal parts to the to have another $85 million over 10 when they are children, when they are bill in the Senate and in the bill that years if they want to spend it not on in nursing homes, when they are work- has passed the House. There are some insurance but on whatever else they ing one and sometimes two jobs in the differences, but I would say they are want to spend it. richest country on the world. differences without a distinction. They So on the one hand, they had to find So that is the second part of this are immaterial distinctions. There are the money to pay for this tax cut. They healthcare plan—tax cuts for wealthy three major components to these so- found it from some of the poorest people and cutting Medicaid for poor called healthcare bills. Americans there are. How do they jus- people. And in the middle of that is the The first is a massive tax cut for the tify that? They justify it by painting a only thing that could fairly be de- wealthiest people in America. If you picture that says that there are Med- scribed as a healthcare plan; it is just are making $200,000 or less in Colorado icaid recipients all over America who a terrible plan. or in any State in the country, you will are receiving Medicaid but not work- Senator PAUL from Kentucky—one of not get a penny from this tax cut—not ing, and therefore we should cut the the more principled people in this a penny. As my colleague from Penn- program because if we cut the program, Chamber—said it very well when he sylvania said, if you are one of the top they will know they have to get a job called it, not politely, ‘‘ObamaCare 400 taxpayers in America, together, in order to buy health insurance, and lite.’’ He is absolutely right. If you you are going to get $33 billion in tax they won’t be on the Federal Medicaid hate ObamaCare, you are really going cuts. That is an average tax cut for Program. They say to go to work, and to hate ObamaCare lite. It is the same each of those 400 Americans of $82.5 that is why we can cut this program. structure, which amazes me because all million. There is not a person in Colo- Keep people out of that hammock they of the people who said we should repeal rado at any one of my townhalls who are lying in instead of working for ObamaCare are now preserving the has said to me: MICHAEL, the key to their healthcare. very basic structure of how the pro- doing a better job with our healthcare What an insult to the almost 50 per- gram worked, but the problem with it and the key to fixing ObamaCare—and cent of Medicaid beneficiaries in Colo- is that they have cut the subsidies. I am talking about the critics of rado who are poor children. Are they They have turned them into tax credits ObamaCare. There is not a one who has supposed to go to work, or can they go and cut the value of the subsidies. If said to repeal those taxes on the top 1 to school? And while we are at it, you think insurance is expensive now percent of taxpayers in America at a maybe we should think about giving in the individual market, wait until time when our income inequality has them better schools so they can actu- you meet ObamaCare lite, in the words not been greater than in 1928 and at a ally compete in this economy. But are of RAND PAUL. time when we are collecting in revenue we really going to take away their So those are the three components of only 18 percent of our gross domestic healthcare? the bill. And it is not surprising to me product and spending 21 percent. Not a Then there are a whole bunch of peo- that for those reasons, Senator MCCON- single person has stood up in a town- ple who have spent down their life sav- NELL has written this bill in secret. It

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I wants us to act on the bill this Thurs- say to me: MICHAEL, look, why are you hope, in particular, people who feel the day so he can go home before July 4th requiring me to buy something where last bill we considered on this floor and say to the American people: We did there is not enough competition, so the didn’t get the process it deserved—peo- it. We kept our promise. We repealed premium is high and the deductible is ple who quite rightly wanted to make ObamaCare. We may have written a ridiculous. So it is of no use to my fam- sure Members of the Senate and the terrible piece of legislation that has ily, and you are requiring me to buy House had actually read the bill, people nothing to do with improving your something that is useless to me. We who wanted to know what it was like healthcare, but we repealed should have more competition to drive to live in a country where your health ObamaCare. And he is hoping the down price. insurance is uncertain from month to American people won’t notice. I say: You are 100 percent correct. month, where you have to decide be- Let me tell you something. The And if we had a functioning Congress tween paying the rent, buying the food American people are noticing. There is that wanted to take a bipartisan ap- or being on health insurance; people a reason why the House bill has the proach to fixing that problem, we could who are dealing with and whose fami- worst approval rating of any piece of fix it, and there are probably 15 or 20 lies are dealing with the effects of this legislation in modern American his- other things along those lines. But the terrible opioid crisis that wasn’t even tory. The American people are not stu- Republican healthcare bill—so-called really a gleam in our eye when we pid. healthcare bill—does none of that. It passed the Affordable Care Act. I was in Frisco, CO, not that long does none of that. I especially say to people living in ago, which is a place that everybody So to the extent that you don’t like rural America how sorry I am that peo- should visit from all over the country. ObamaCare because you feel as though ple aren’t paying attention to your There is tremendous skiing, and there your premiums are going up and you needs; that your hospitals may be cut is tremendous hiking, wonderful peo- are not getting enough for it, as op- because of an ill-considered piece of ple. And before I had the townhall posed to the millions of people who legislation which has nothing to do meeting, I went and visited a have gotten insurance as a result of it, with delivering healthcare in rural Col- healthcare center there that they are some for the first time—to the extent orado or rural America. justifiably proud of. It turns no one you are worried about that, the House We can do so much better than this, away. It gives phenomenal primary bill makes it worse and the Senate bill but to get to a place, unfortunately, care. It gives phenomenal dental care. makes it worse. where Democrats and Republicans have They have to figure out every week There is a projection in the CBO re- the opportunity to work together, the how to get through, but they always port that says that at a certain point first order of business has to be to de- figure out how to get through so that in time, your premiums might come feat the bill on the floor. I hope people people in Frisco and in the surrounding down under the Republican bill, but know this is the week when it is crit- area have healthcare. the reason for that is because you will ical to call and let your voices be This is not a poor community by be buying lousy insurance. It is not be- heard, let people know you expect American standards. It is a resort com- cause Donald Trump, as he said to the something better than what we are get- munity, but there are people who live country, has provided such great ting, and that Americans ought to have there year-round. I asked the people healthcare at a tiny fraction of the a healthcare system that is affordable, who run the clinic: Who are the payers cost. That is not the reason. It is be- that is predictable, and that actually for healthcare in your clinic? Who are cause they provided terrible healthcare creates stability instead of instability they? What pays for healthcare here? at a fraction of the cost. That is not a for their families. And she said: Well, MICHAEL, the Med- benefit to anybody. If an insurance Mr. President, I yield the floor. icaid is 33 percent. That shocked me company can put you on lifetime caps, I suggest the absence of a quorum. because if you are in rural Colorado, of course they are going to charge you The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the Medicaid number is usually a lot less. clerk will call the roll. higher than that because people don’t I am all for working together in a bi- The legislative clerk proceeded to have access to a lot of resources, and partisan way to address the issues in call the roll. we all know they don’t have access to our healthcare system that, frankly, go Mr. BENNET. Mr. President, I ask a robust insurance market. Thirty- far beyond the Affordable Care Act to unanimous consent that the order for three percent was Medicaid, 53 percent make sure people in America don’t the quorum call be rescinded. was uncompensated care, and the rest have to continue to make the choices The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without was private insurance companies that people all over the world don’t have to objection, it is so ordered. pay for the insurance. That shocked make about having to stay in a job f they hate because they have to keep me. ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 2 P.M. the insurance or being able to quit a I said: Fifty-three percent is uncom- TOMORROW pensated care, people with no insur- job and do something else because they ance? How can that be? know the insurance will be there. No- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under She said: These are people in our body else has to make those decisions. the previous order, the Senate stands community who make too much money And nobody else in the world goes adjourned until 2 p.m. tomorrow. to be eligible for Medicaid, but they bankrupt because of healthcare, but Thereupon, the Senate, at 9:55 p.m., can’t afford private insurance. that is still a problem in America. adjourned until Tuesday, June 27, 2017, They are working full time; that is I think fundamentally the problem at 2 p.m. not the problem. They are not even—as we have here tonight is proponents of f I described before in a case where this legislation didn’t set out to fix our NOMINATIONS somebody is paying them too little, so healthcare system; they set out to re- they are eligible for Medicaid; their peal ObamaCare or the cartoon of Executive nominations received by problem is that they are being paid too ObamaCare they have been running on the Senate: much, and they are not eligible for for the last 8 years. That is what they DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Medicaid as a result, but they can’t af- set out to do. Along the way, they ob- MARK H. BUZBY, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, VICE PAUL NA- ford private insurance. I think that is scured it all so they could have the op- THAN JAENICHEN, SR. an indictment of the Affordable Care portunity to cut taxes on the wealthi- DEPARTMENT OF STATE Act that I accept as somebody who est Americans—which, for some reason, MARIA E. BREWER, OF INDIANA, A CAREER MEMBER OF voted for it. The idea that we would re- is an obsession with some people THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER–

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To be vice admiral KELLEY ECKELS CURRIE, OF GEORGIA, TO BE REP- DEEPTHI V. BYREDDY RESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON REAR ADM. DEWOLFE H. MILLER III DIANE L. EVANS THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NA- JOHN M. FEJES IN THE MARINE CORPS TIONS, WITH THE RANK OF AMBASSADOR. IN THE ARMY UNITED NATIONS THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS TO THE GRADE THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT KELLEY ECKELS CURRIE, OF GEORGIA, TO BE AN AL- INDICATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPOR- TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TERNATE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF TANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: AMERICA TO THE SESSIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SECTION 601: OF THE UNITED NATIONS, DURING HER TENURE OF To be colonel SERVICE AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES To be lieutenant general JOSEPH M. O’CALLAGHAN, JR. OF AMERICA ON THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OF MAJ. GEN. DANIEL J. O’DONOHUE THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT THE UNITED NATIONS. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT AS PERMANENT PROFESSOR AT THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO THE GRADE OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL IN THE MILITARY ACADEMY IN THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 4333(B) AND 4336(A): ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON IV, OF NEW YORK, TO BE AM- UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS WHILE ASSIGNED TO A BASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER To be colonel THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE UNITED KING- TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: DOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND. To be lieutenant general BRET P. VAN POPPEL JAMIE MCCOURT, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE AMBASSADOR THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR REGULAR AP- EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE MAJ. GEN. MICHAEL A. ROCCO POINTMENT IN THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE KINGDOM OF BEL- THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT STATES ARMY MEDICAL CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., GIUM. TO THE GRADE OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL IN THE SECTIONS 531 AND 3064: CARL C. RISCH, OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO BE AN ASSIST- UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS WHILE ASSIGNED TO A To be major ANT SECRETARY OF STATE (CONSULAR AFFAIRS), VICE POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER MICHELE THOREN BOND. TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: ALIYA I. WILSON NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD To be lieutenant general IN THE NAVY KYLE FORTSON, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE LT. GEN. MARK A. BRILAKIS THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD FOR A TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TERM EXPIRING JULY 1, 2019, VICE NICHOLAS CHRIS- IN THE AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: TOPHER GEALE, TERM EXPIRED. THE FOLLOWING NAMED AIR NATIONAL GUARD OFFI- To be captain EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT CER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN MICHAEL RIGAS, OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO BE DEPUTY THE REGULAR AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SEC- LINDA C. SEYMOUR DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGE- TION 531: THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT MENT, VICE CHRISTINE M. GRIFFIN. TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY To be major UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE MICHAEL J. SILVERMAN To be commander CHRISTOPHER A. WRAY, OF GEORGIA, TO BE DIRECTOR THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOR A TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR CHAD J. TRUBILLA TERM OF TEN YEARS, VICE JAMES B. COMEY, JR. FORCE AND AS PERMANENT PROFESSOR AT THE UNITED DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., f SECTIONS 9333(B) AND 9336(A): THOMAS G. BOWMAN, OF FLORIDA, TO BE DEPUTY SEC- RETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, VICE SLOAN D. GIBSON. To be colonel CONFIRMATION JAMES BYRNE, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE GENERAL COUN- MAIYA D. ANDERSON SEL, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, VICE LEIGH Executive nomination confirmed by A. BRADLEY, RESIGNED. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE REGULAR AIR FORCE the Senate, Monday, June 26, 2017: IN THE NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 531: NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT To be major IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED KRISTINE L. SVINICKI, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE A MEMBER WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND KIMBERLY M. KITTLESON OF THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FOR THE RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: KEVIN C. PETERSON TERM OF FIVE YEARS EXPIRING JUNE 30, 2022.

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RECOGNIZING THE 2017 GRAD- PASSING OF WALKER A. WILLIAMS RECOGNIZING THE RETIREMENT UATING CLASS OF THE DODIE OF KENT COUNTY ADMINIS- LONDEN EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC TRATOR/CONTROLLER DARYL SERVICE SERIES HON. KAREN BASS DELABBIO

OF CALIFORNIA HON. DAVID SCHWEIKERT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. BILL HUIZENGA OF ARIZONA OF MICHIGAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Monday, June 26, 2017 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Monday, June 26, 2017 Ms. BASS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to Monday, June 26, 2017 Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise honor the life and memory of Walker Alex- today in recognition of the graduating class of ander Williams. Born in East Orange, New Mr. HUIZENGA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to the 2017 Dodie Londen Excellence in Public Jersey in 1940, Walker lifted his eyes well be- congratulate a longtime public servant, Daryl Service Series. Brandy Wells, Cindy Casaus, yond our shores and developed an inter- Delabbio, on the occasion of his retirement. Debbie Vandenboom, Farhana Ahmed, Jeni national reputation as a businessman and an Daryl has served as Kent County Adminis- White, Kristen Desmangles, Lauren Pem- advocate for the African and Caribbean dias- trator/Controller since 1998. Prior to his time berton, Lisa Godzich, Dr. Shadow Asgari, pora communities. His passion for economic with Kent County, he spent 11 years as Rock- Simone Hall, ViciLee Jacobs, and Yvonne empowerment led him to create Alternative ford city manager. In all, Daryl has dedicated Cahill have all distinguished themselves as Marketing Access, Leadership Global (formerly four decades to the people of Kent County impactful leaders in our community. Leadership Africa USA) and NiQuan Energy and the greater Grand Rapids area. f as platforms for development. Walker leaves As Administrator/Controller, Daryl oversaw behind a legacy of uplifting others and pro- Kent County’s daily activities, acted as its HONORING THE FIRST RESPOND- moting the advancement of under-represented ERS OF THE JUNE 14, 2017 chief financial officer and headed project man- groups, especially those of African and African agement. Under his leadership, Kent County SHOOTING AT EUGENE SIMPSON American descent. PARK maintained a balanced budget and saw the Walker also recognized the importance of development of Millennium Park and the training people to fill leadership roles and de- DeVos Place Convention Center. Most impor- HON. DONALD S. BEYER, JR. veloping talent to serve in African political and tantly, he has led the county in a non-partisan, OF VIRGINIA economic contexts. He had a vision for devel- fair, and fiscally responsible manner. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES oping countries in which their diverse commu- I ask my colleagues to join me in cele- Monday, June 26, 2017 nities and nations overall could reach their full brating the career of Administrator/Controller potential. His distinguished career included Daryl Delabbio for his service to Kent County. Mr. BEYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to testifying in Congress on ‘‘The Future of En- commend the City of Alexandria’s First Re- ergy in Africa’’ where he urged this body to f sponders on the scene of the shooting at Eu- support and encourage partnerships to im- gene Simpson Memorial Park in my district in prove Africa’s access to energy. He also pro- WELCOME PRESIDENT MOON JAE- Alexandria, Virginia. vided vital leadership around the initial pas- IN On Wednesday, June 14, 2017 around 7:00 sage of the African Growth and Opportunity a.m., an individual at Eugene Simpson Sta- Act (AGOA), arranging several Congressional dium Park in Alexandria, Virginia fired shots at briefings for African Ambassadors, key mem- HON. MIKE KELLY Members of Congress who were practicing for bers of Congress, and Administration officials OF PENNSYLVANIA the annual Congressional Baseball Game. The on AGOA and its potential effect on infrastruc- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES shooting wounded United States Representa- ture, energy, agriculture, health, nutrition, and tive Steve Scalise, Capitol Police Officers security. Monday, June 26, 2017 David Bailey and Crystal Griner, Congres- sional staffer Zack Barth, and former Congres- During his long career as a businessman, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, it sional staffer Matt Mika. advocate, and philanthropist, Walker remained is with great honor and pleasure that we wel- The timely response of Alexandria’s First committed to mentoring and empowering come President Moon Jae-in of the Republic Responders most certainly saved lives. Alex- young people and professionals, and he al- of Korea to our nation’s Capital on his first offi- andria Police Officers Nicole Battaglia, Alex- ways aimed to make those who worked with cial overseas visit. The United States shares a ander Jensen and Kevin Jobe arrived within him feel valued. He worked with more than special relationship with the Republic of Korea minutes of the 911 call. Officer Battaglia came 100 non-governmental organizations over thir- forged during the Korean War and solidified by under fire upon arriving at the scene and im- ty-plus years, and he facilitated scholarship the greater global struggle for freedom in the mediately engaged the shooter. In the opinion and educational opportunities in Africa and the 20th century. The U.S.-Korea alliance is the of Alexandria Police Chief Mike Brown, Officer Caribbean through the Education Africa Presi- cornerstone of U.S. leadership in the Asia-Pa- Battaglia’s actions diverted the shooter’s atten- dential and Premier Education Awards, Nelson cific region. It is a special alliance built upon tion, allowing the other responding officers to Mandela Presidential Medallions, and the Wal- the sacrifice of brave individuals who stood neutralize the shooter. Medical care provided ter Sisulu Scholarship and Training Fund. He strong against the adversaries of liberty and at the scene by members of the Alexandria encouraged Africans and Americans alike to freedom. Fire Department, including paramedics Fiona envision and achieve personal power and a Mr. Speaker, as the co-chairman of the Apple and Richard Krimmer, ensured this more prosperous future. Walker believed that Congressional Caucus on Korea, I am proud senseless act of violence did not become a a better Africa and Caribbean meant a better to welcome President Moon Jae-in today. Our casualty event. United States of America. alliance will surely be tested, but our faith and I am honored to commend these valiant in- Walker is remembered by his partner, chil- determination will never falter or waiver. I dividuals for their selfless service; I thank dren, and grandchildren as a humble and thank him for his commitment to our common them not only for their impact on the victims dedicated man. I would like to celebrate a life values, and I look forward to the work we will of this senseless act of violence, but for their of service while I offer condolences to those do together to strengthen the alliance even daily positive impact in my district. he has left behind. more in the future.

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:55 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K26JN8.001 E26JNPT1 E898 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 26, 2017 IN RECOGNITION OF MARCIA The Republic of Korea and the United and many weekend Scouting programs GREENBERGER FOR HER CA- States have been not only allies, but close throughout the spring, fall, and winter. For REER WITH THE NATIONAL WOM- friends, for nearly 70 years. This alliance and the general public, camp facilities are avail- EN’S LAW CENTER able for day, evening, or weekend use for spe- friendship was solidified in our 1953 Mutual cial events, dinners, or training seminars. Defense Treaty with the Republic of Korea, In addition to our Saturday open house, we HON. DEBBIE DINGELL and it is this commitment which binds us to- will be hosting other Camp Miakonda cele- OF MICHIGAN gether today as we confront the threat posed brations over the next few months. On Tues- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES by a nuclear and ever bellicose North Korea. day, the actual 100th birthday of Camp Mr. Speaker, I look forward to continuing my Miakonda, we will feature an all-day open Monday, June 26, 2017 work with my Korean friends as we work to house. On Oct. 5, we will host a ‘‘Special Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to make the peninsula, and broader region, safe Evening under the Crescent Moon,’’ a gala recognize Ms. Marcia Greenberger, cofounder dinner to benefit Camp Miakonda’s long- and prosperous for all people dedicated to the term operations. and attorney with the National Women’s Law rule of law and a democratic way of life. I wish I hope you will bring a friend and join us in Center. Ms. Greenberger has been a steadfast President Moon a safe and productive visit to our celebrations this year. This is your advocate for women and families during her the United States. camp. The Camp Miakonda adventure starts career with the NWLC. f here. Ms. Greenberger began her career with the ED CALDWELL law firm Caplin and Drysdale, after which she CAMP MIAKONDA HAS CREATED (Scout Executive, Erie Shores Council). founded the Women’s Right Project of the 100 YEARS OF MEMORIES f Center for Law and Social Policy, where she RECOGNIZING ELLA MAY WINGER, served as the organization’s Director. In 1981, HON. MARCY KAPTUR THE RECIPIENT OF THE UAW she cofounded the National Women’s Law OF OHIO LOCAL 865 WOMEN OF EXCEL- Center with Nancy Campbell, which built on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LENCE AWARD the success of her previous efforts. The NWLC provides legal aid and advocates for Monday, June 26, 2017 legislative initiatives to protect the rights of Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in HON. CHERI BUSTOS women and promote fair treatment of women recognition of the 100th birthday of beautiful OF ILLINOIS and girls. The Center has been a key driver of and legendary Camp Miakonda. Camp IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES advances in women’s rights, having won vic- Miakonda is located in Toledo, Ohio, and is a Monday, June 26, 2017 tories in passing landmark legislation like the bedrock for many Boy Scouts. I would like to Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Civil include in the RECORD the words of its execu- Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Rights Act of 1991, which codified protections tive, Ed Caldwell: honor Ella May Winger, an outstanding union against discrimination on the basis of sex, reli- On Saturday, the Erie Shores Council of woman who is being recognized by the UAW gion and national origin. Collectively, these the Boy Scouts of America will begin a year- Local 865 Women of Excellence Award. have resulted in strong protections for wom- long celebration of the 100th birthday of When I think of trailblazing women in our en’s rights. Camp Miakonda, an important community community, Ella May is at the top of my list. As cofounder of the NWLC, Ms. asset that deserves a grand celebration. As a pillar in our community, she has tirelessly Greenberger has played a critical role in the The festivities will commence with a hall- worked to better the lives of union workers mark event for the entire community to growth and success of the organization. Her and served as a role model in our community. enjoy time at camp. Please join us to learn She spent her career at John Deere Harvester legal expertise and deep understanding of about the many Scouts who have camped at women’s rights issues has helped the NWLC Miakonda over the decades and how our Works where she helped start the first UAW win victories for women and children at the practices and equipment have changed. Women’s committee in Region 4. After being federal, state and local level. Ms. Greenberger Special ceremonies include the ribbon-cut- retired for more than 30 years, she continues has been widely recognized for her out- ting and grand opening of our new Wildlife to work every day at empowering her union standing contributions as a women’s rights Nature Center. Parking will be available at brothers and sisters. legal advocate. She has been inducted in the nearby schools with shuttle service from 9 Mr. Speaker, once again I would like to a.m. to 5 p.m. This event is free and open to National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca honor Ella May Winger for her commitment to the public. fighting for hardworking families and for all Falls, NY and has also received the Woman I am proud to serve as the Scout executive Lawyer of the Year Award by the D.C. Wom- and chief executive officer of the Erie Shores that she has done to strengthen our commu- en’s Bar Association. Her career and efforts Council. Like many other people in our com- nity. I congratulate her on the upcoming rec- have established the NWLC as one of the na- munity, I am a product of the Boy Scout ognition she deserves. tion’s foremost advocacy groups, and it is my leadership program. I am, and always will be, f hope that the organization will continue to an Eagle Scout. HONORING MARCIA D. build on her legacy of excellence in the com- I was taught the Boy Scout salute, and Scout handshake, the Scout motto (‘‘Be pre- GREENBERGER, CO-FOUNDER OF ing years. pared’’), and the Scout slogan (‘‘Do a good THE NATIONAL WOMEN’S LAW Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me turn daily’’). I memorized the Boy Scout CENTER in honoring Ms. Marcia Greenberger for her Law (‘‘A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, advocacy with the NWLC. Ms. Greenberger’s friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, legal career has led to increased legal protec- thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent’’) and the HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO tions for the rights of women and children. Boy Scout Oath (with its pledge to ‘‘keep OF CONNECTICUT f myself physically strong, mentally awake, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and morally straight’’). WELCOMING PRESIDENT MOON Camp Miakonda, known as the ‘‘land of the Monday, June 26, 2017 JAE-IN OF THE REPUBLIC OF crescent moon,’’ is more than America’s Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, it is my great KOREA ON THE OCCASION OF HIS sixth-oldest Boy Scout camp and the oldest pleasure to rise today and join the many gath- FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE in the state of Ohio. It is a community asset. From the first Scouts who camped at the ered this evening to pay tribute to an out- UNITED STATES 160-acre De Vilbiss Scout Reservation in 1917, standing leader in the women’s rights move- to the many Scouts who travel from across ment and my good friend, Marcia D. HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS the country each year to enjoy the camp’s Greenberger, as she steps down as co-presi- OF FLORIDA nationally recognized programs and facili- dent of the National Women’s Law Center. ties, Camp Miakonda has inspired tens of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Marcia has dedicated a lifetime to moving thousands of young men in its first 100 years. the agenda of women’s rights forward and has Monday, June 26, 2017 We are excited to serve the youth, and create left an indelible mark on our nation. In 1972, a lifetime of memories for the next 100 years. Mr. HASTINGS. Mr. Speaker, as a proud Today, Camp Miakonda is a multiuse facil- at a time when the United States looked very member of the Korea Caucus, I am honored ity, serving both the Boy Scouts and the different for women and women’s issues were to rIse today to welcome President Moon Jae- community at large. For Scouts, the adven- still considered ‘‘fringe issues,’’ Marcia, along In of the Republic of Korea on his first official ture starts at Camp Miakonda with Club with the incomparable Nancy Duff Campbell, visit to the United States. Scout Day Camp during the summer months founded the National Women’s Law Center,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:55 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A26JN8.001 E26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E899 an organization that has become an invaluable HONORING KARRIN TAYLOR vent more people from becoming ensnared by resource in the fight for women’s rights across ROBSON’S APPOINTMENT TO THE human trafficking. Over the past decade, Pola- the country. The NWLC is responsible for ARIZONA STATE BOARD OF RE- ris has expanded their operations and today marking critical advances to improve the lives GENTS has evolved into one of the most preeminent of women for more than 40 years, ensuring global leaders in the fight against human traf- that the health and civil rights of women are HON. PAUL A. GOSAR ficking. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me kept at the forefront of public policy debate OF ARIZONA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in commending Polaris for their vigorous dedi- and lawmaking. Simply put, the strides we cation and unwavering commitment to bring have made would not have been possible Monday, June 26, 2017 awareness to the suffering and horrors that without the tireless advocacy of the National Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Speaker, today I would like confront the countless victims of human traf- Women’s Law Center. to recognize Ms. Karrin Taylor Robson, of Ari- ficking. I truly appreciate all their work and In virtually every single battle for women’s zona. Karrin is an invaluable member of the thank them for promoting awareness about rights that we have fought over the last four state community, and has contributed to its this important issue through hosting numerous decades, Marcia has led the fight to break economic development in unfathomable ways. events, including Saturday’s 5K, which not down the economic, health, and social barriers I want to first commend her on her service to only united our community, but helped us all the state, and her accomplishments with Ari- gain a greater understanding of the realities of facing women and girls. The impact of their zona Strategies. Most importantly, however, I human trafficking. I also want to express my work resonates across the country—it is felt in want to congratulate her on her new position sincere gratitude to all those who participated every state where the National Women’s Law on the Arizona State Board of Regents. I am in Saturday’s 5K in a collaborative and laud- Center has advanced opportunities and im- confident she will excel in this position, unable effort to combat the scourge of human proved the lives of women and girls. The New doubtedly championing our students. trafficking and provide assistance to its all too York Times said Marcia ‘‘guided the battles of Karrin currently serves diligently as the often unnoticed victims. I wish Polaris all the the women’s rights movement’’ and they were Founder and President of Arizona Strategies, best as they continue their valiant crusade to right. She was the first full-time women’s rights an Arizona based land use and real estate de- eradicate human trafficking in the United legal advocate in Washington and her legacy velopment company. Here she has grown the States and worldwide. includes the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter business with integrity and professionalism. f These qualities will serve her, the Board of Fair Pay Act, the Pregnancy Discrimination SIXTEENTH DISTRICT LAW Act, and critical protection against sexual har- Regents, and our students well. As a prominent business contributor to our state Karrin ENFORCEMENT AWARDS assment on the job. has served on numerous government and Marcia’s leadership and contributions are re- community organizations, leaving each one HON. VERN BUCHANAN flected in the myriad of honors, accolades and better than she found it. Governor Ducey OF FLORIDA commendations she has received and the nu- could not have filled this seat with a better IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES merous boards on which she has served candidate. Monday, June 26, 2017 throughout her career. She received a Presi- Karrin’s extraordinary career serves as an dential appointment to the National Skill example for the students she has now been Mr. BUCHANAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to law enforcement men and Standards Board, and currently serves as a appointed to serve. I look forward to watching women who have provided distinctive service member of the Executive Committee of the her drive Arizona’s university system to new heights. I sincerely appreciate the opportunity to the people of Florida’s 16th Congressional Leadership Conference on Civil and Human to recognize her today. District. Rights. Marcia was named by Working f Law enforcement is a demanding profession Woman Magazine as one of the 25 heroines that requires sacrifice, courage and a dedica- whose activities over 25 years have helped HONORING THE FREEDOM tion to serve others. Every day, brave men women in the workplace, by Washingtonian HAPPENS NOW 5K and women put themselves in harm’s way to Magazine as one of Washington, D.C.’s most enforce the laws of our society and protect powerful women, and by Legal Times as a HON. BARBARA COMSTOCK public safety. They deserve our gratitude and ‘‘Top Lawyer’’ and one of its ‘‘30 Champions.’’ OF VIRGINIA respect. Marcia has been inducted into the National IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Six years ago, I established the 16th District Women’s Hall of Fame, was the recipient of Congressional Law Enforcement Awards, Monday, June 26, 2017 CLEA, to give special recognition to law en- the American Bar Association Section of Civil Mrs. COMSTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I am hon- forcement officers, departments, or units for Rights and Social Justice’s 2016 Civil Rights ored to recognize Polaris for hosting the Free- exceptional achievement. Hero Award, the Trustees’ Council of Penn dom Happens Now 5K on Saturday June 24, This year, I have presented the CLEA to the Women ‘‘Beacon’’ Leadership Award, the 2017. This important event accentuate the following winners chosen by an independent American Bar Association Margaret Brent plight of the voiceless victims of human traf- panel comprised of current and retired law en- Award, and the National Association of ficking in an effort to both raise awareness on forcement personnel representing a cross-sec- Women Lawyers’ Arabella Babb Mansfield their behalf and eventually eliminate this mod- tion of the district’s law enforcement commu- Award just to name a few. ern day slavery. nity: Polaris was founded in 2002 by two seniors I consider myself fortunate to have had so Officer Jason Nuttall of the Bradenton Police at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Is- Department will receive the Dedication and many opportunities to work with and learn land, Derek Ellerman and Katherine Chon, Professionalism Award. from Marcia and I am honored to call her my who were inspired to take action after learning Captain John Walsh, Captain Debra Kaspar, friend. Her unwavering commitment and per- about the horrifying account of six Korean Lieutenant Jon Varley, Community Affairs Di- sonal passion will always serve as an inspira- women who were coerced into working at a rector Kaitlyn Perez, Deputy Phillip Mockler, tion, not only to myself but for countless oth- brothel just a few blocks away from Brown Detective Tim Speth and Investigator Lynn ers. While her stepping down as co-president University. This enlightened Ellerman and Thomson of the Sarasota County Sheriff’s will is bittersweet, I have no doubt that Marcia will Chon as to how Ubiquitous human trafficking receive the Dedication and Professionalism continue to find ways to make a difference. really is and compelled them to take imme- Award. diate action. They established Polaris, whose Trailblazer, advocate, mentor, and friend— Detective Richard Wilson of the Palmetto name derives from the North Star, which guid- Police Department will receive the Dedication for all of her good work and invaluable con- ed slaves toward freedom along the Under- and Professionalism Award. tributions, I am pleased to rise today to extend ground Railroad. Since its inception, Polaris Officer Alan Bores of the Holmes Beach Po- my deepest thanks and appreciation to Marcia has remained firmly devoted to ending all lice Department will receive the Dedication D. Greenberger. I thank her for all she has forms of human trafficking and has always put and Professionalism Award. done for women in this country. I wish her all an emphasis on directly supporting trafficking Detective Justin Warren of the Manatee the best for health, happiness, and success in victims. Polaris has helped numerous victims County Sheriff’s Office will receive the Dedica- everything that comes next. escape from exploitation and worked to pre- tion and Professionalisrn Award.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:55 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A26JN8.005 E26JNPT1 E900 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 26, 2017 Sergeant Robert Armstrong of the Sarasota Sergeant Tester was born on February 3, CONGRATULATING THE REPUBLIC Police Department will receive the Dedication 1933 in Butler, Tennessee to the late Roscoe OF KAZAKHSTAN FOR HOSTING and Professionalism Award. and Roxie Tester and lived most of his life in EXPO 2017 AND ON THE 20TH AN- Deputy Kevin Smetana of the Hillsborough Rittman, Ohio. Following his service to the NIVERSARY OF KAZAKHSTAN’S County Sheriff’s Office will receive the Dedica- country, he was employed as a tool and die CAPITAL CITY, ASTANA tion and Professionalism Award. maker at the former Packaging Corporation of Master Sergeant George Taunton of The America, retiring after 40 years of service. He HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS Florida Highway Patrol will receive the Career was also an active member of his community, OF FLORIDA Service Award. serving in the Doylestown American Legion IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Deputy Angel Buxeda and Deputy Grant post No. 407 and the Doylestown Lions Club. Monday, June 26, 2017 Steube of the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Tester was an avid farmer and gar- along with Troopers Caleb Kerr and Trooper dener, but above all else, he enjoyed spend- Mr. HASTINGS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Brett Fitzpatrick of the Florida Highway Patrol ing time with his family and friends. congratulate the Republic of Kazakhstan on will receive the Preservation of Life Award. hosting the much anticipated EXPO 2017, and Sergeant Patrick Roberts of the Florida Mr. Speaker, it is my honor to recognize a to congratulate them on the 20th anniversary Highway Patrol will receive the Above and Be- life so fully lived. William Dwight Tester, Sr. in- of the founding of the capital city Astana, yond the Call of Duty Award. stilled the values of service, hard work and in- where the Expo is being held. Pastor Patrick Miller of the Bethlehem Bap- tegrity into his children, grandchildren, employ- The theme for EXPO 2017 is ‘‘Future En- tist Church, Pastor Vincent Smith, Doctor Har- ees, and mentees; values that we should all ergy,’’ which is particularly fitting for riet Moore of the Trinity Youth and Family strive to uphold in our daily lives. I ask my col- Kazakhstan as the country has become a Services, Geoffry Gilot and AI-Muta Hawks leagues in the House to join me in paying trib- leader in renewable energy in Central Asia. with the Boys and Girls Club of Sarasota will ute to a valued soldier and citizen, Sergeant Kazakhstan’s efforts with the United Nations receive the Associate Service Award. William Dwight Tester, Sr. Framework Convention on Climate Change in The Manatee County Special Investigations the 1990’s, as well as their ratification of the Division will receive the Unit Citation Award. f more recent Kyoto Protocol extension, clearly The members of this unit are: Major William exhibit their commitment to reducing green- Jordan, Captain Todd Shear, Lieutenant An- PERSONAL EXPLANATION house gas emissions and slowing global thony Carr, Division Secretary Toni Burton, warming. Domestically, Kazakhstan continues Administrative Assistant Cindy Hoffman, Ser- to construct hydropower plants, providing jobs geant Jason Powell, Detective James Parrish, HON. JOSEPH CROWLEY to local communities while meeting the in- Detective Kim Zink, Detective Greg Dunlap, OF NEW YORK creasing demands for energy in Eurasia. Addi- Detective Mike Diaz, Bruce Benjamin (Crime tionally, the Kyzylorda and Aral regions have Stoppers), Amber Hoffman (Manager), Erica IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES been proposed for the installation of solar Chenard (UCR Coordinator), Criminal Analyst Monday, June 26, 2017 power plants and solar stills in rivers to better Ashley Eannarino, Criminal Analyst Elicia provide clean drinking water to those areas in Main, Intel Analyst Don Brown, Criminal Ana- Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, on June 23, need of this life sustaining resource. Finally, lyst John Ferrito, Intel Analyst Elizabeth Thom- 2017, I voted Yes during Roll Call 321 on the Kazakhstan has provided robust funding for as, Sergeant Evelio Perez, Detective Joseph Davidson of Ohio Amendment No. 5 to H.R. research dedicated to the advancement of Petta, Detective Justin Warren, Detective 2842; I intended to vote No. wind energy efficiency. Derek Pollock, Detective Eric Davis, Detective I would like to also note the great work of Ray Richter, Detective Patrick Thames, Detec- f our Kazakh friends in building Astana into one tive Scott Williamson, Sergeant Gary Combee, of the most industrialized cities in Central Asia Detective William Freel, Detective Maria HONORING TEJ MAAN, YUBA CITY over the past 20 years. This diligent work has Gillum, Detective Bryce Wilhelm, Detective CITY COUNCIL resulted in Astana exhibiting remarkable Jonathan Kruse, Sergeant Steve Barron, De- growth in investment, industrial output, and tective Randall Walker, Detective Brian Beck, small business development since its designa- Detective Shayne Rousseau, Detective Jer- HON. JOHN GARAMENDI tion as capital in 1997. In addition, Astana’s emy Martin, Detective Robert Brigham, Ser- education and healthcare systems serve as a OF CALIFORNIA geant Isaac Redmond, Detective Rafael model for the programs of fellow recovering Ortegon, Detective Christopher Gallagher, De- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES post-Soviet nations. tective Joel Taylor, Detective David Bocchino, Mr. Speaker, I look forward to continuing to Detective Lourdes Santiago, Detective Aaron Monday, June 26, 2017 pursue a strong U.S.-Kazakh relationship as Bowling, Sergeant Brian Quiles and Detective Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today we work together to bring peace and security Wendy Zarvis. to honor Tej Maan, an upstanding citizen and to Central Asia, and as we work together to f Councilmember in my district. decrease greenhouse gas emissions and invest in renewable energy. HONORING THE LIFE OF WILLIAM Mr. Maan has been the Director of Environ- f DWIGHT TESTER, SR. mental Health in Yuba County since 1998, where he has created vital safeguards to pro- PAYING TRIBUTE TO PRINCIPAL HON. JAMES B. RENACCI tect the environmental health and wellbeing of JOHN WILLIAMS ON THE OCCA- OF OHIO the Yuba County community. SION OF HIS RETIREMENT FROM CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Additionally, Mr. Maan is a member of the Monday, June 26, 2017 Punjabi American Heritage Society, the Cali- fornia Conference of Directors of Environ- HON. SUSAN W. BROOKS Mr. RENACCI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to mental Health, and the Yuba City Chamber of OF INDIANA pay tribute to the life of Sergeant William Commerce. He is the host of a local television IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Dwight Tester, Sr., father of Joyce Kraemer show called ‘‘Punjabi Waves,’’ which features and William Dwight Tester, Jr., brother of Monday, June 26, 2017 discussions and in-depth interviews on current Venora Hatley, grandfather of Lt. Commander Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I Dustin Kraemer, Brandon Kraemer, and Brian events and issues in the Punjabi community. rise today to honor Principal John Williams on Kraemer, great-grandfather of Max Kraemer, Mr. Maan is also the founder of the first the occasion of his retirement. For the past uncle of William C. Hatley, and husband of the Sikh School in the United States, which is lo- forty years, Principal Williams devoted his life late Josephine Tester. Sergeant Tester dedicated in Yuba City, California. Tej’s love for to providing an exceptional educational experi- cated his life to serving his community and our America and selfless dedication to his commu- ence to students. In his 14 years at Carmel nation, serving in the Korean War as a mem- nity have made him a well-respected and High School, there has been tremendous ber of the 37th Infantry Division and later in treasured member of the Yuba City region. I growth and continued improvement under the Ohio National Guard’s Company B 137th offer my utmost appreciation and gratitude for Principal Williams’ guidance. The people of In- Tank Battalion. Tej Maan’s many contributions to society. diana’s Fifth Congressional District are forever

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:55 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A26JN8.008 E26JNPT1 June 26, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E901 grateful for Principal Williams’ commitment to for his many years of service to the commu- on earning the 2017 State Championship. educating the next generation of Indiana stu- nity of Ann Arbor as an entrepreneur and Their work ethic and commitment to excel- dents to be knowledgeable, passionate, and mentor. Mr. Campbell was one of the first Afri- lence sets the standard for all others to follow. active members of their community. can-American businessmen in the area and f As a lifelong Hoosier, born and raised in has made significant contributions to the Evansville, Indiana, Williams began his own growth and development of the Ann Arbor PERSONAL EXPLANATION education by attending Harrison High School. community. Williams never intended to pursue a career in Mr. Campbell moved to Ann Arbor in 1965 HON. BILLY LONG education. However, during college, after and has played an important role in the com- OF MISSOURI working with his high school wrestling coach, munity through his business and philanthropic IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES he realized his passion for developing young initiatives. In 1970, he started a full-service Monday, June 26, 2017 minds. He changed his major and after grad- auto detail shop, Ann Arbor Auto-Glo, which Mr. LONG. Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday, uation was hired to his first teaching position initially provided auto repair services to city June 21, 2017, Thursday, June 22, 2017, and at Harrison High School. He taught social residents. Over the years, Mr. Campbell and Friday, June 23, 2017, I was unable to vote on studies and coached young athletes. After a his business partner, James Vann Jr., ex- any legislative measures due to having sur- number of years teaching, Williams decided to panded their business to include car sales and gery on my foot. Had I been present, I would pursue his administrator’s license, which led to commercial real estate development. The two have voted the following: a position as assistant principal at Harrison remained business partners for over 30 years Roll Call No. 311, On motion to table the High School where he served the community until their retirement in 2007, and their busi- for seven years. When the principal of Har- appeal of the ruling of the chair, I would have nesses provided important services and jobs rison High School retired, Williams was tapped voted yes; to Ann Arbor residents. In addition to man- for the role and led the school as the principal Roll Call No. 312, On ordering the previous aging his auto detailing business, Mr. Camp- for three years. Then came the opportunity to question providing for consideration of H.R. bell was involved in the arts community, sup- move to Carmel High School. 1873, the Electricity and Reliability and Forest Principal Williams arrived at Carmel in 2003. porting local musicians and also working to Protection Act; and H.R. 1654, the Water Sup- During his time at Carmel High School, the help finance several plays in the area. Collec- ply Permitting Coordination Act, I would have student population grew from just under 4,000 tively, these efforts have helped create robust voted yes; to more than 5,000. Principal Williams was in- business and cultural scenes in the Ann Arbor Roll Call No. 313, On adoption of the com- fluential in quadrupling the number of students area. bined rule providing for consideration of H.R. taking AP courses, more than doubling the Mr. Campbell’s work with his businesses, as 1873, the Electricity and Reliability and Forest number of dual credit courses offered and in- well as his involvement with music and theatre Protection Act; and H.R. 1654, the Water Sup- troducing the International Baccalaureate pro- productions, has played a key role in the de- ply Permitting Coordination Act, I would have gram to the school in 2006. In addition to the velopment of Ann Arbor. In addition to his voted yes; increasingly high caliber academics, extra- work, Mr. Campbell also contributes to the Roll Call No. 314, On agreeing to the curricular activities such as sports and the arts community through his involvement with the amendment of Mr. CARBAJAL of California No. have thrived as well, providing an excellent Ann Arbor Boxing Club, where he serves as a 1 to H.R. 1873, the Electricity Reliability and well-rounded education to students. Carmel mentor to area youth. In this capacity, Mr. Forest Protection Act, I would have voted no; High School’s excellence did not go unrecog- Campbell works to train club members while Roll Call No. 315, On passage of H.R. nized. Under his tenure, Carmel High School teaching them the principles of discipline and 1873, the Electricity Reliability and Forest Pro- accumulated among too many championships mental toughness. This work helps inspire fu- tection Act, I would have voted yes; to name, including, sixty-seven athletic state ture youth and provide them with guidance Roll Call No. 316, On ordering the previous championships, consistently finished in the top and mentorship. Mr. Campbell’s involvement question providing for consideration of H.R. ten of the Bands of America competition and in working with area youth underscores his 2842, the Accelerating Individuals into the graduated hundreds of National Merit and Na- commitment to the Ann Arbor community. Workforce Act, I would have voted yes; tional Achievement Scholars. Principal Wil- Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me Roll Call No. 317, On adoption of the rule liams’ sincere interest in the education and in wishing Mr. Clarence Campbell for his life- providing for consideration of H.R. 2842, the well-being of his 5,000 students can be seen time of service to Ann Arbor and its residents. Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce through his accomplishments as well as his His work in the business and community has Act, I would have voted yes; morning ritual of shaking hands and giving impacted countless lives. Roll Call No. 318, On agreeing to the high-fives in the hallways. f amendment of Mr. LOWENTHAL of California Principal Williams has made a remarkable No. 2 to H.R. 1654, the Water Supply Permit- impression on the lives of his students, faculty, HONORING THE CENTRAL YORK HIGH SCHOOL BOYS ting Coordination Act, I would have voted no; and the Carmel community, He has truly left a Roll Call No. 319, On passage of H.R. legacy of success at Carmel High School that VOLLEYBALL TEAM 1654, the Water Supply Permitting Coordina- will be built upon for decades to come. On be- tion Act, I would have voted yes; half of Indiana’s Fifth Congressional District, HON. SCOTT PERRY Roll Call No. 320, On agreeing to the I’d like to congratulate Principal Williams on OF PENNSYLVANIA amendment of Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI of Illinois his extraordinary career and extend a huge IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES No. 4 to H.R. 2842, the Accelerating Individ- thank you for all the wonderful contributions uals into the Workforce Act, I would have he has made to our Hoosier community. While Monday, June 26, 2017 I know Principal Williams will be missed, I voted yes; Mr. PERRY. Mr. Speaker, today I proudly Roll Call No. 321, On agreeing to the wish the very best to him and his wife Paula, honor my constituents, the Central York High his son Jared, his two daughters Katie Niles amendment of Mr. DAVIDSON of Ohio No. 5 to School Boys Volleyball Team, on earning the H.R. 2842, the Accelerating Individuals into and Jessica Dedmond, his stepchildren Bran- Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Associa- don Gregory, Andrea Gregory, their spouses, the Workforce Act, I would have voted yes; tion (PIAA) Class AAA championship. These and Roll Call No. 322, On passage of H.R. and grandchildren as he enjoys a well-de- young men have brought home our seventh served retirement. 2842, the Accelerating Individuals into the PIAA State Championship. Workforce Act, I would have voted yes. f The State Championship capped a phe- f IN RECOGNITION OF CLARENCE nomenal year for the Panthers, which included CAMPBELL’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO a York-Adams League title, District 3 AAA HONORING BETHEL COMMUNITY THE ANN ARBOR COMMUNITY crown and state gold medal. STOREHOUSE The Panthers team has an army of loyal supporters. I extend my congratulations to HON. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM HON. DEBBIE DINGELL head coach, Todd Goodling, and the school OF MICHIGAN OF NEW MEXICO officials, family and friends that supported our IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES young men on this incredible journey. On be- Monday, June 26, 2017 half of Pennsylvania’s Fourth Congressional Monday, June 26, 2017 Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to District, I commend and congratulate the Cen- Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New recognize the birthday of Clarence Campbell tral York High School Boys Volleyball Team Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:55 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A26JN8.013 E26JNPT1 E902 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 26, 2017 the 30th anniversary of the Bethel Community tiatives and litigation protecting women’s Women’s Law Center, the legal advocacy or- Storehouse in Moriarty, New Mexico. Serving rights, particularly on issues affecting low-in- ganization they co-founded and co-directed— the impoverished and the homeless, the Beth- come women and their families. Her expertise pioneering progress for women and girls at a el Community Storehouse has been a gen- on women’s law and public policy issues moment of landmark new legal and legislative erous contributor to the Greater Estancia Val- knows no equal and her focus on issues af- victories for women’s rights. ley and East Mountain area. fecting low-income women brought their sto- Under Marcia and Duffy’s leadership, the In 1987, a bus dliver noticed students that ries into the public eye where they belonged. NWLC grew into one of America’s most formi- were not dressed properly for the weather; She was behind successful litigation protecting dable and effective organizations for advanc- she quickly began providing food and clothes benefits for unemployed mothers, the right to ing women’s rights and opportunities. to some of the children on her route. Eventu- child support, and the expansion of the rights Guided by their leadership, the NWLC will ally, there were so many people who needed of military women facing myriad issues from continue to honor their founders through stra- help that she reached out to a local church. sexual harassment to the ability to serve in tegic, effective and groundbreaking advocacy Shortly afterward, the Bethel United Methodist combat. for a new generation of women and girls. Be- Church Missions Outreach established the Duffy’s leadership and vision have been rec- yond the Center, the many female, and male, Bethel Community Storehouse. In 1991, the ognized with a myriad of awards and acco- advocates who have been mentored and sup- storehouse was incorporated as a non-profit lades over the course of her career. She was ported by Marcia and Duffy over the years entity and moved into its own building. named by Working Woman magazine as one continue to carry forward their vision. The Bethel Community Storehouse has of the top 25 heroines whose actions over the Marcia’s induction to the national Women’s been a place of reassurance for struggling last 25 years have advanced Women in the Hall of Fame at Seneca Falls, NY in 2015 was families and now employs 10 staff members. workplace, a Woman of Genius by Trinity a fitting honor for an extraordinary person who In 2016, the storehouse helped nearly 8,000 Washington University, and the 2010 Woman has earned a place in the pantheon of cham- families. It served approximately 440,824 Lawyer of the Year by the District of Columbia pions for America’s women. Duffy has been meals and clothed 1,387 families. By the end Women’s Bar Association. She received a rightly honored with a Lifetime Achievement of 2016, volunteers logged 18,600 hours, and Lifetime Achievement Award from the U.S. Award from the U.S. Department of Health 143 community partners helped the Bethel Department of Health and Human Services for and Human Services for her ‘‘efforts on behalf Community Storehouse. Each year, Bethel her ‘‘efforts on behalf of America’s children,’’ of America’s children.’’ These awards are just provides families in need with food, clothing, and was appointed by Congress to the U.S. two of the many recognitions they have re- school supplies, and much more. Commission on Child and Family Welfare, to ceived for their leadership. We look forward to many more years of study and make recommendations on a range It has been my honor to work with Marcia service to the community from the Bethel of issues. She was the sole North American and Duffy for three decades and witness first Community Storehouse. This storehouse has representative to the 2009 United Nations hand their dedication and commitment. On be- been a lifeline to a community in need and Conference on the Implications for Women of half of their many friends in Congress, I com- showcases true New Mexican compassion. I the Global Financial Crisis and in 2010 was mend Marcia D. Greenberger and Nancy Duff am confident that the Bethel Community appointed by the Secretary of Defense to the Campbell for lifetimes of transformational serv- Storehouse will continue giving hope to the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in ice for the women of this country and wish surrounding community for years to come. the Services. These are just a sample of the them well in all their future endeavors. f recognitions she has received—the legacy she f leaves is extraordinary. HONORING NANCY DUFF CAMP- I consider myself fortunate to have had so THAT SPECIAL FORCE INSIDE: IN BELL, CO-FOUNDER OF THE NA- many opportunities to work with and learn HONOR OF JARED BULLOCK’S TIONAL WOMEN’S LAW CENTER from Duffy and I am honored to call her my COURAGE friend. Her unwavering commitment and per- HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO sonal passion will always serve as an inspira- HON. JOHN SHIMKUS OF CONNECTICUT tion, not only to myself but for countless oth- OF ILLINOIS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ers. While her stepping down as co-president IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES is bittersweet, I have no doubt that Duffy will Monday, June 26, 2017 Monday, June 26, 2017 continue to find ways to make a difference. Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, it is with great Trailblazer, advocate, mentor, and friend— Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in pleasure that I rise today to join the many who for all of her good work and invaluable con- honor of one of Illinois finest, SFC Jared Bul- have gathered in paying tribute to an out- tributions, I am pleased to rise today to extend lock of 3rd Battalion 7th Special Forces Group standing leader in the women’s movement and my deepest thanks and appreciation to Nancy United States Army who grew up in Metropo- my good friend, Nancy Duff Campbell as she Duff Campbell. I thank her for all she has lis. After the 9/11 attacks, Jared and his twin steps down as co-president of the National done for women in this country. I wish her all brother Kyle enlisted in the Army to help pro- Women’s Law Center. the best for health, happiness, and success in tect our Nation. After serving two tours in Iraq, Duffy, as she is affectionately known, has everything that comes next. SFC Bullock later became a member of the dedicated a lifetime to moving the agenda of f 7th Special Forces Group. He was then al- women’s rights forward and has left an indel- most mortally wounded in Afghanistan in an ible mark on our nation. In 1972, at a time CELEBRATING THE RETIREMENT IED blast on November 13, 2013. The blast when the United States looked very different OF MARCIA D. GREENBERGER killed his friend Staff Sgt. Richard Vazquez for women and women’s issues were still con- AND NANCY DUFF CAMPBELL and took Jared’s arm and leg. It would take 30 sidered ‘‘fringe issues,’’ Duffy, along with the surgeries in order to bring Jared back to incomparable Marcia Greenberger, founded HON. NANCY PELOSI where he is today. Jared has said, ‘‘he knew the National Women’s Law Center, an organi- OF CALIFORNIA his life was not over and took the challenge to zation that has become an invaluable resource IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES push on even harder.’’ He has developed spe- in the fight for women’s rights across the Monday, June 26, 2017 cial training techniques which have advanced country. The NWLC is responsible for marking the ability for all others with similar injuries to critical advances to improve the lives of Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to gain strength and rebuild their lives. He is a women for more than 40 years, ensuring that honor the bold and visionary leadership of fitness and exercise fanatic, pushing the limits the health and civil rights of women are kept Marcia D. Greenberger and Nancy Duff Camp- of his body to gain strength and good health. at the forefront of public policy debate and bell, co-founders and co-presidents of the Na- He is the proud father of a son Aidan, and is lawmaking. Simply put, the strides we have tional Women’s Law Center (NWLC). Excep- supported by his lovely wife Jesica who is a made would not have been possible without tional lawyers, shrewd strategists, and formi- nurse who adds new meaning to stand by the tireless advocacy of the National Women’s dable coalition-builders, they retire after five your man. I include in the RECORD this poem Law Center. decades on the frontlines of virtually every penned in his honor by Albert Caswell. A recognized expert on women’s law and major advance for women and girls in this na- All in the footsteps of our lives public policy issues for over forty-five years, tion. All in the paths that we so stride Duffy has been a driving force in the develop- One of Marcia and Duffy’s greatest legacies Which comes from so very deep down inside ment and implementation of key legislative ini- is the persistent leadership of the National To reach our final destination, to arrive

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As someone who has visited the LMA-member Fairview To help us win all those wars with courage Monday, June 26, 2017 fine Sale Barn and learned how to be auctioneer Will we give up or steadfastly go onward to Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to from Mr. Curless during a ‘‘Cheri on Shift,’’ I rebuild our lives? recognize Ms. Nancy Campbell for her work can undoubtedly speak to his passion and tal- Will we harness that great force from deep with the National Women’s Law Center. As ent. down inside? founder and co-president of the organization, Mr. Speaker, I want to again formally con- Or live in pity and cry? Ms. Campbell has been an effective advocate gratulate Mr. Curless on his title as the World As on each new day a part of us begins to die for women throughout her career. Livestock Auctioneer Champion. I am proud to When that magnificent force so decides Ms. Campbell began her career as a law have Mr. Curless represent our strong agricul- So hold’s the key to help us make our strides To from out of the ashes to begin to rise professor with appointments at the George- tural community on the world’s stage. To new beginnings, town University Law Center and Catholic Uni- f versity’s School of Law in Washington, DC. To new heights realized BICENTENNIAL OF Just when all our hopes and dreams so seem She also served as an attorney with the Cen- to be compromised ter on Social Welfare Policy and Law, where MCCONNELSVILLE, OHIO All in these the darkest days of our lives she cofounded the National Women’s Law But, comes that Special Force from deep Center with Marcia Greenberger in 1981 as an HON. STEVE STIVERS down inside outgrowth of their work with the institution. The OF OHIO The kind of force which helps us go off to NWLC provides legal assistance for women IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES war and develops legislative initiatives to promote And give up all we love and adore Monday, June 26, 2017 fair treatment for women and girls in the With the kind of light that helps us put it all Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on on the line United States. The center has been at the behalf of the people of Ohio’s 15th Congres- That even makes the angels up in heaven cry forefront of driving action to address these sional District to recognize the bicentennial of And makes us heaven bound when we die issues, and its advocacy has let to real im- McConnelsville, Ohio. Since the earliest set- Indeed it takes a special heart provements in protections for women, includ- tlers first made their homes in the village of Who will don a uniform ing stronger enforcement of Title IX, the fed- Old Town, along the Muskingum River, and so patriotically march onward to do eral law prohibiting discrimination on the basis their part McConnelsville has been the hub of Morgan of sex. County and serves as a reminder of much of But, for the greater good all in their hearts As cofounder of the NWLC, Ms. Campbell As did you Jared thou art our nation’s early history. has played a pivotal role in shaping the orga- As early as 1817, many recognized the ad- And oh what a striking figure in uniform nization and advancing priorities for women. you’d so cast vantages of the area, including the town’s Like all of our great American Heroes into She was a participant in a successful Su- namesake, Roger McConnel. One of the com- the future and from out of the past preme Court case that expanded AFDC eligi- munity’s earliest residents, he saw its potential Who went off to war and did not ask bility to include two-parent families with unem- and gifted four lots to the fledgling town. A And then that fateful day ployed mothers, and has strengthened the tribute to his memory and the strength of this When, they took your strong arm and leg rights of military women who have faced sex- community, the town’s Court House still away ual harassment and discrimination in the work- stands resolute on two of those lots. And your brother Ssgt Vazquez’s life, place. As a result of these accomplishments, Fueled by Mr. McConnel’s gift and its stra- for whom you still weep for this day Ms. Campbell has received numerous acco- While, lying so close to death tegic location on the riverfront, the area grew lades, including a Lifetime Achievement Award rapidly in its earliest years—five churches, fif- Would you fall or would you crest? from the U.S. Department of Health and As it looked as if you had none left teen stores, two newspaper offices, and four As when you chose to fight your new fight, Human Services and the District of Columbia factories had sprung up by 1846. all in your quest Bar’s William J. Brennan Award in recognition Today, it remains the county seat of Morgan As we stood back in awe. of her outstanding legal career serving the County, and a wonderful place to work, live, and watched what your heart of courage public. She has been a tireless advocate for and raise a family. I am grateful for the leader- could so etched women and families, and it is my hope that ship of Mayor John Finley, the Members of the As this Special Force deep down inside of the NWLC continues to build on her legacy of Village Council, and all of the neighbors and you would bless excellence as she moves on from her current friends who have maintained McConnelsville’s As your heart and soul began to flex position with the organization. strong connection to tradition and history. Even Arnold, such dynamic gains could not Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me I am honored to represent this village, expect! in honoring Ms. Nancy Campbell for her ca- As always, where the core values of our nation are exem- reer with the National Women’s Law Center. To be the best plified. This is a place where community, faith, No limits Ms. Campbell’s efforts have led to significant and freedom are celebrated not just in rec- No limits, improvements in legal protections for women. ognition of the 200th anniversary of its found- From you Jared is what we’ve all come to f ing, but each and every day. expect f As we watched your magnificent heart so RECOGNIZING MR. BRIAN flex CURLESS, FOR BEING NAMED SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT MOON What will we do in the darkest days of our THE 54TH ANNUAL WORLD LIVE- JAE-IN U.S. VISIT lives? STOCK AUCTIONEER CHAMPION When, all around us such heartache lies When, all the hope seems to die HON. MIMI WALTERS HON. CHERI BUSTOS OF CALIFORNIA All in war’s aftermath which lies OF ILLINOIS Will we find the strength to climb IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Letting that Special Force in hearts help us IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Monday, June 26, 2017 to find Monday, June 26, 2017 The strength and courage and faith to all re- Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California. Mr. mind Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the That there is no mountain high enough, congratulate Brian Curless of Pittsfield, Illinois, South Korean President’s upcoming trip to the No sorrow deep enough for being named the 54th annual World Live- United States. This marks the first official visit No valley steep enough stock Auctioneer Champion by the Livestock to the United States by President Moon Jae- Which can defeat that Special Force Inside. Marketing Association. in since his election on May 9, 2017.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:55 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A26JN8.020 E26JNPT1 E904 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 26, 2017 The United States and the Republic of section of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Re- Korea share a close friendship based on on Monday and Wednesday of each sources System units in Delaware, an shared values of freedom and democracy. Our week. original bill entitled, ‘‘Diesel Emis- Nations’ cooperation has enriched our cul- Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, sions Reduction Act of 2017’’, General tures, grown our economies, and strengthened June 27, 2017 may be found in the Daily Services Administration resolutions, and the nominations of Annie Caputo, our security against mutual threats. Digest of today’s RECORD. of Virginia, and David Wright, of South Mr. Speaker, I extend my warmest welcome MEETINGS SCHEDULED Carolina, each to be a Member of the to President Moon Jae-in and hope that his Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and June 28 visit is productive and serves to strengthen the Susan Parker Bodine, of Maryland, to important partnership between our Nations. be an Assistant Administrator of the Time to be announced f Environmental Protection Agency. Committee on Foreign Relations SD–406 WELCOME TO SOUTH KOREAN Business meeting to consider the nomi- Committee on Foreign Relations nation of Mark Andrew Green, of Wis- PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN To receive a closed briefing on North consin, to be Administrator of the Korea, focusing on recent develop- United States Agency for International ments. HON. GERALD E. CONNOLLY Development, and routine lists in the OF VIRGINIA Foreign Service. SVC–217 Committee on Homeland Security and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES S–216 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Governmental Affairs Monday, June 26, 2017 Business meeting to consider S. 1024, to To hold hearings to examine the nomina- Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Speaker, thank you amend title 38, United States Code, to tions of Claire M. Grady, of Pennsyl- (Kam sa ham ne da). reform the rights and processes relat- vania, to be Under Secretary for Man- I rise today as a co-chair of the Congres- ing to appeals of decisions regarding agement, Department of Homeland Se- curity, and Henry Kerner, of Cali- sional Caucus on Korea and member of the claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Vet- fornia, to be Special Counsel, Office of House Foreign Affairs Committee to extend to erans Affairs. Special Counsel. President Moon Jae-In, the President of the TBA SD–342 Republic of Korea, a warm welcome from the Select Committee on Intelligence House of Representatives on the occasion of 7 a.m. To hold hearings to examine Russian his first visit to the United States. Committee on Armed Services intervention in European elections. The U.S. and R.O.K. share an alliance Closed business meeting to markup the SH–216 forged in blood. Yesterday, June 25 marked proposed National Defense Authoriza- 67 years since the outbreak of conflict on the tion Act for fiscal year 2018. 2:30 p.m. Korean Peninsula. SR–222 Committee on Appropriations Out of the ashes of the Korean War Subcommittee on Energy and Water Devel- 8:30 a.m. emerged a partnership that endures to this opment day, and it is one of the true success stories Select Committee on Intelligence To hold hearings to examine proposed To hold hearings to examine the nomina- of U.S. collaboration in the Asia-Pacific. budget estimates and justification for tion of David James Glawe, of Iowa, to fiscal year 2018 for the Army Corps of The R.O.K. is an economic juggernaut with be Under Secretary for Intelligence and Engineers and the Department of the a vibrant democracy, and the U.S. considers it Analysis, Department of Homeland Se- Interior Bureau of Reclamation. the lynchpin of U.S. foreign policy in the re- curity. SD–138 gion. SH–216 During his visit, I think he will be glad to find June 29 that Korean-Americans are as engaged as 9:30 a.m. ever in community activism and civic leader- Committee on the Judiciary 7 a.m. To hold hearings to examine the nomina- ship, and that Korean pop-culture, food, and Committee on Armed Services entertainment are further enriching American tions of Timothy J. Kelly, and Trevor N. McFadden, of Virginia, both to be a Closed business meeting to markup the culture. United States District Judge for the proposed National Defense Authoriza- Alliances are often defined by economic ties District of Columbia, and Jeffrey tion Act for fiscal year 2018. or military ties, but the U.S.-R.O.K. alliance Bossert Clark, of Virginia, and Beth SR–222 runs even deeper . . . Ann Williams, of New Jersey, both to We have family ties, and I and my fellow be an Assistant Attorney General, De- 9 a.m. members of the Congressional Caucus on partment of Justice. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Korea are proud to contribute to that bond. SD–226 Transportation I wish President Moon well and look forward Business meeting to consider S. 1405, to 10 a.m. to a successful trip and working with him amend title 49, United States Code, to going forward. Committee on Commerce, Science, and authorize appropriations for the Fed- Transportation eral Aviation Administration, S. 875, to f To hold hearings to examine the nomina- require the Comptroller General of the SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS tions of Steven Gill Bradbury, of Vir- United States to conduct a study and ginia, to be General Counsel of the De- submit a report on filing requirements Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, partment of Transportation, and Eliza- under the Universal Service Fund pro- agreed to by the Senate of February 4, beth Erin Walsh, of the District of Co- grams, S. 1426, to amend the Ted Ste- 1977, calls for establishment of a sys- lumbia, to be Assistant Secretary of vens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act tem for a computerized schedule of all Commerce and Director General of the to expand the purposes of the corpora- meetings and hearings of Senate com- United States and Foreign Commercial Service. tion, to designate the United States mittees, subcommittees, joint commit- Center for Safe Sport, S. 1393, to tees, and committees of conference. SR–253 Committee on Environment and Public streamline the process by which active This title requires all such committees Works duty military, reservists, and veterans to notify the Office of the Senate Daily Business meeting to consider S. 822, to receive commercial driver’s licenses, Digest—designated by the Rules Com- amend the Comprehensive Environ- and the nominations of David P. mittee—of the time, place and purpose mental Response, Compensation, and Pekoske, of Maryland, to be an Assist- of the meetings, when scheduled and Liability Act of 1980 to modify provi- ant Secretary of Homeland Security, any cancellations or changes in the sions relating to grants, S. 1359, to Robert L. Sumwalt III, of South Caro- meetings as they occur. amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act lina, to be a Member of the National As an additional procedure along to authorize appropriations for the Transportation Safety Board, and John F. Kennedy Center for the Per- Derek Kan, of California, to be Under with the computerization of this infor- forming Arts, S. 810, to facilitate con- mation, the Office of the Senate Daily Secretary of Transportation for Policy. struction of a bridge on certain prop- SD–106 Digest will prepare this information for erty in Christian County, Missouri, S. printing in the Extensions of Remarks 1395, to revise the boundaries of certain

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:55 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\M26JN8.000 E26JNPT1 Monday, June 26, 2017 Daily Digest Senate Robert Wood Johnson IV, of New York, to be Chamber Action Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Brit- Routine Proceedings, pages S3743–S3780 ain and Northern Ireland. Measures Introduced: Sixteen bills and two resolu- Jamie McCourt, of California, to be Ambassador tions were introduced, as follows: S. 1427–1442, and to the Kingdom of Belgium. S. Res. 202–203. Page S3765 Carl C. Risch, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Measures Reported: Secretary of State (Consular Affairs). S. 713, to establish the Mountains to Sound Kyle Fortson, of the District of Columbia, to be Greenway National Heritage Area in the State of a Member of the National Mediation Board for a Washington, with an amendment in the nature of a term expiring July 1, 2019. substitute. (S. Rept. No. 115–118) Michael Rigas, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy S. 459, to designate the area between the intersec- Director of the Office of Personnel Management. tions of Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest and Davis Christopher A. Wray, of Georgia, to be Director Street, Northwest and Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a term of and Edmunds Street, Northwest in Washington, ten years. District of Columbia, as ‘‘Boris Nemtsov Plaza’’. (S. Thomas G. Bowman, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Rept. No. 115–119) Page S3765 James Byrne, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the fol- Department of Veterans Affairs. lowing nomination: 3 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of gen- By 88 yeas to 9 nays (Vote No. EX. 154), Kris- eral. tine L. Svinicki, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of five Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy. Pages S3744–50, S3780 years expiring June 30, 2022. Pages S3779–80 Nominations Received: Senate received the fol- Messages from the House: Page S3764 lowing nominations: Mark H. Buzby, of Virginia, to be Administrator Measures Referred: Page S3765 of the Maritime Administration. Additional Cosponsors: Pages S3765–66 Maria E. Brewer, of Indiana, to be Ambassador to Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: the Republic of Sierra Leone. Pages S3766–67 John P. Desrocher, of New York, to be Ambas- sador to the People’s Democratic Republic of Alge- Additional Statements: Page S3764 ria. Privileges of the Floor: Page S3767 Kelley Eckels Currie, of Georgia, to be Represent- Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. ative of the United States of America on the Eco- (Total—154) Page S3750 nomic and Social Council of the United Nations, Adjournment: Senate convened at 4 p.m. and ad- with the rank of Ambassador. journed at 9:55 p.m., until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June Kelley Eckels Currie, of Georgia, to be an Alter- 27, 2017. (For Senate’s program, see the remarks of nate Representative of the United States of America the Acting Majority Leader in today’s Record on to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the page S3768.) United Nations, during her tenure of service as Rep- resentative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

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the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Committee Meetings fiscal year 2018. (Committees not listed did not meet) AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE SeaPower met in closed session and approved for full Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Stra- committee consideration those provisions which fall tegic Forces met in closed session and approved for within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee of the full committee consideration those provisions which proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fis- fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee of cal year 2018. h House of Representatives ed, to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emer- Chamber Action gency Management Agency to provide technical as- Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 11 pub- sistance to common interest communities regarding lic bills, H.R. 3053–3063; and 6 resolutions, H. eligibility for disaster assistance; Pages H5144–46 Con. Res. 66; and H. Res. 405–409 were intro- Active Duty Voluntary Acquisition of Necessary duced. Pages H5178–79 Credentials for Employment Act: H.R. 2258, Additional Cosponsors: Pages H5180–81 amended, to require that certain standards for com- Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows: mercial driver’s licenses applicable to former mem- H.R. 1684, to direct the Administrator of the bers of the armed services or reserves also apply to Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide current members of the armed services or reserves, technical assistance to common interest communities by a 2⁄3 yea-and-nay vote of 409 yeas with none vot- regarding eligibility for disaster assistance, and for ing ‘‘nay’’, Roll No. 324; and other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. Pages H5146–47, H5166–67 115–193); and Coast Guard Improvement and Reform Act of H.R. 2518, to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and for 2017: H.R. 1726, to amend title 14, United States other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. Code, to improve the organization of such title and to incorporate certain transfers and modifications 115–194). Page H5178 into such title. Pages H5147–64 Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Mitchell to act as Speaker Recess: The House recessed at 5:39 p.m. and recon- Page H5164 pro tempore for today. Page H5141 vened at 6:30 p.m. Recess: The House recessed at 12:05 p.m. and re- Oath of Office—Sixth Congressional District of convened at 2 p.m. Page H5142 Georgia: Representative-elect Karen Handel presented herself in the well of the House and was ad- Recess: The House recessed at 2:09 p.m. and recon- ministered the Oath of Office by the Speaker. Ear- vened at 5 p.m. Page H5143 lier, the Clerk of the House transmitted a scanned Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules copy of a letter received from the Honorable Nathan and pass the following measures: Deal, Governor of the State of Georgia, indicating Veterans Expanded Trucking Opportunities Act that, according to the preliminary results of the Spe- of 2017: H.R. 2547, amended, to expand the De- cial Election held June 20, 2017, the Honorable partment of Veterans Affairs medical professionals Karen Handel was elected Representative to Con- who may qualify to perform physical examinations gress for the Sixth Congressional District, State of on eligible veterans and issue medical certificates re- Georgia. Page H5165 quired for operation of a commercial motor vehicle, Oath of Office—Fifth Congressional District of by a 2⁄3 yea-and-nay vote of 409 yeas with none vot- South Carolina: Representative-elect Ralph Norman ing ‘‘nay’’, Roll No. 323; Pages H5143–44, H5164–65 presented himself in the well of the House and was Disaster Assistance Support for Communities administered the Oath of Office by the Speaker. Ear- and Homeowners Act of 2017: H.R. 1684, amend- lier, the Clerk of the House transmitted a scanned

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Page H5165 markup those provisions which fall under the subcommit- Whole Number of the House: The Speaker an- tee’s jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Au- nounced to the House that, in light of the adminis- thorization Act for fiscal year 2018, 6:30 a.m., SR–232A. tration of the oath to the gentlewoman from Georgia Subcommittee on Personnel, closed business meeting to and the gentleman from South Carolina, the whole markup those provisions which fall under the subcommit- number of the House is 434. Page H5166 tee’s jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Au- thorization Act for fiscal year 2018, 7 a.m., SR–232A. Quorum Calls—Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes de- Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, veloped during the proceedings of today and appear closed business meeting to markup those provisions on pages H5164–65 and H5166–67. There were no which fall under the subcommittee’s jurisdiction of the quorum calls. proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and ad- year 2018, 7:30 a.m., SR–232A. journed at 8:39 p.m. Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, closed business meeting to markup those provisions which fall under the subcommittee’s jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Committee Meetings Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018, 8 a.m., SR–232A. MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE Full Committee, closed business meeting to markup the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fis- Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on De- cal year 2018, 8:15 a.m., SR–222. fense, markup on Defense Appropriations Bill, FY Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Sub- 2018. Defense Appropriations Bill, FY 2018 was committee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast forwarded to the full committee, without amend- Guard, to hold hearings to examine marine sanctuaries, ment. This hearing was closed. focusing on fisheries, access, the environment, and maritime heritage, 9:30 a.m., SR–253. Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine Joint Meetings the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments No joint committee meetings were held. Act, focusing on reauthorizing America’s vital national f security authority and protecting privacy and civil liberties, 9:30 a.m., SD–226. NEW PUBLIC LAWS (For last listing of Public Laws, see DAILY DIGEST, p. D665) House S. 1094, to amend title 38, United States Code, Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, hearing enti- to improve the accountability of employees of the tled ‘‘Clearing the Next Crisis: Resilience, Recovery and Department of Veterans Affairs. Signed on June 23, Resolution of Derivative Clearinghouses’’, 10 a.m., 1300 2017. (Public Law 115–41) Longworth. Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, f Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, budget hearing on the United Nations and International Organiza- COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY, tions, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn. JUNE 27, 2017 Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ‘‘Self-Driving Vehicle Legislation’’, 10 a.m., 2123 Senate Rayburn. Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Depart- Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital ment of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, Markets, Securities, and Investment, hearing entitled to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates ‘‘U.S. Equity Market Structure Part I: A Review of the and justification for fiscal year 2018 for the Environ- Evolution of Today’s Equity Market Structure and How mental Protection Agency, 9:30 a.m., SD–124. We Got Here’’, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn. Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Gov- Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Ter- ernment, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget rorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade; and Subcommittee estimates and justification for fiscal year 2018 for the Se- on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, joint hearing curity Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures entitled ‘‘Allies Under Attack: The Terrorist Threat to Trading Commission, 10 a.m., SD–138. Europe’’, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.

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Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, cusing on perspectives on the past and future direction Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, hear- for the 2018 Farm Bill, 9:30 a.m., SH–216. ing on H.R. 2851, the ‘‘Stop the Importation and Traf- Committee on Appropriations: June 27, Subcommittee on ficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017’’, 11 a.m., Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related 2141 Rayburn. Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, to con- estimates and justification for fiscal year 2018 for the En- tinue markup on H.R. 218, the ‘‘King Cove Road Land vironmental Protection Agency, 9:30 a.m., SD–124. Exchange Act’’; H.R. 289, the ‘‘Guides and Outfitters June 27, Subcommittee on Financial Services and Gen- Act’’; H.R. 597, the ‘‘Lytton Rancheria Homelands Act eral Government, to hold hearings to examine proposed of 2017’’; H.R. 954, to remove the use restrictions on budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2018 for certain land transferred to Rockingham County, Virginia, the Security Exchange Commission and the Commodity and for other purposes; H.R. 1107, the ‘‘Pershing County Futures Trading Commission, 10 a.m., SD–138. Economic Development and Conservation Act’’; H.R. June 27, Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, 1306, the ‘‘Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act’’; H.R. Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 1397, to authorize, direct, facilitate, and expedite the Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget transfer of administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal estimates and justification for fiscal year 2018 for the De- land, and for other purposes; H.R. 1399, the ‘‘American partment of Labor, 10:30 a.m., SD–192. Soda Ash Competitiveness Act’’; H.R. 1404, the ‘‘Pascua June 28, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Develop- Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance Act’’; H.R. 1541, to au- ment, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget esti- thorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain mates and justification for fiscal year 2018 for the Army property related to the Fort Scott National Historic Site Corps of Engineers and the Department of the Interior in Fort Scott, Kansas, and for other purposes; H.R. 1719, Bureau of Reclamation, 2:30 p.m., SD–138. the ‘‘John Muir National Historic Site Expansion Act’’; June 29, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, H.R. 1731, the ‘‘RECLAIM Act of 2017’’; H.R. 1913, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine pro- the ‘‘Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conserva- posed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year tion Act’’; H.R. 1927, the ‘‘African American Civil 2018 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administra- Rights Network Act of 2017’’; H.R. 2053, the ‘‘Mining tion, 10 a.m., SD–192. School Enhancement Act’’; H.R. 2156, the ‘‘Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial Act’’; H.R. 2370, the June 29, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold ‘‘Escambia County Land Conveyance Act’’; H.R. 2425, hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and jus- the ‘‘Public Lands Telecommunications Act’’; H.R. 2936, tification for fiscal year 2018 for the Senate Sergeant at the ‘‘Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017’’; H.R. 2937, Arms and the Capitol Police; to be immediately followed the ‘‘Community Reclamation Partnerships Act’’; H.R. by a closed session in SVC–217, following the open ses- 2939, the ‘‘Water Rights Protection Act of 2017’’; and sion, 10:15 a.m., SD–124. S. 249, to provide that the pueblo of Santa Clara may Committee on Armed Services: June 27, Subcommittee on lease for 99 years certain restricted land, and for other Emerging Threats and Capabilities, closed business meet- purposes, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth. ing to markup those provisions which fall under the sub- Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. committee’s jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense 3003, the ‘‘No Sanctuary for Criminals Act’’; and H.R. Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018, 6:30 a.m., 3004, ‘‘Kate’s Law’’, 3 p.m., H–313 Capitol. SR–232A. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Full Com- June 27, Subcommittee on Personnel, closed business mittee, markup on H.R. 2997, the ‘‘21st Century AIRR meeting to markup those provisions which fall under the Act’’, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. subcommittee’s jurisdiction of the proposed National De- Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee fense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018, 7 a.m., on Department of Defense Intelligence and Overhead Ar- SR–232A. chitecture, budget hearing, 10 a.m., HVC–304. This June 27, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management hearing will be closed. Support, closed business meeting to markup those provisions which fall under the subcommittee’s jurisdiction of f the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fis- CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD cal year 2018, 7:30 a.m., SR–232A. June 27, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, closed busi- Week of June 27 through June 30, 2017 ness meeting to markup those provisions which fall under Senate Chamber the subcommittee’s jurisdiction of the proposed National During the balance of the week, Senate may con- Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018, 8 a.m., SR–232A. sider any cleared legislative and executive business. June 27, Full Committee, closed business meeting to Senate Committees markup the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018, 8:15 a.m., SR–222. (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) June 28, Full Committee, closed business meeting to Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: June 29, markup the proposed National Defense Authorization Act to hold hearings to examine conservation and forestry, fo- for fiscal year 2018, 7 a.m., SR–222.

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June 29, Full Committee, closed business meeting to in the Foreign Service, Time to be announced, S–216, markup the proposed National Defense Authorization Act Capitol. for fiscal year 2018, 7 a.m., SR–222. June 28, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing June 30, Full Committee, closed business meeting to on North Korea, focusing on recent developments, 10 continue to markup the proposed National Defense Au- a.m., SVC–217. thorization Act for fiscal year 2018, 7 a.m., SR–222. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June June 28, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 29, to hold hearings to examine principles of housing fi- Claire M. Grady, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary nance reform, 10 a.m., SD–538. for Management, Department of Homeland Security, and Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June Henry Kerner, of California, to be Special Counsel, Office 27, Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and of Special Counsel, 10 a.m., SD–342. Coast Guard, to hold hearings to examine marine sanc- Committee on the Judiciary: June 27, to hold hearings to tuaries, focusing on fisheries, access, the environment, and examine the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act maritime heritage, 9:30 a.m., SR–253. Amendments Act, focusing on reauthorizing America’s June 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine vital national security authority and protecting privacy the nominations of Steven Gill Bradbury, of Virginia, to and civil liberties, 9:30 a.m., SD–226. be General Counsel of the Department of Transportation, June 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine and Elizabeth Erin Walsh, of the District of Columbia, the nominations of Timothy J. Kelly, and Trevor N. to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director Gen- McFadden, of Virginia, both to be a United States Dis- eral of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, trict Judge for the District of Columbia, and Jeffrey 10 a.m., SR–253. Bossert Clark, of Virginia, and Beth Ann Williams, of June 29, Full Committee, business meeting to consider New Jersey, both to be an Assistant Attorney General, S. 1405, to amend title 49, United States Code, to au- Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., SD–226. thorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Adminis- June 29, Full Committee, business meeting to consider tration, S. 875, to require the Comptroller General of the S. 1312, to prioritize the fight against human trafficking United States to conduct a study and submit a report on in the United States, S. 1311, to provide assistance in filing requirements under the Universal Service Fund pro- abolishing human trafficking in the United States, and the nominations of Stephen Elliott Boyd, of Alabama, to grams, S. 1426, to amend the Ted Stevens Olympic and be an Assistant Attorney General, John Kenneth Bush, of Amateur Sports Act to expand the purposes of the cor- Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth poration, to designate the United States Center for Safe Circuit, Kevin Christopher Newsom, of Alabama, to be Sport, S. 1393, to streamline the process by which active United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, and duty military, reservists, and veterans receive commercial Damien Michael Schiff, of California, to be a Judge of the driver’s licenses, and the nominations of David P. United States Court of Federal Claims, 10 a.m., SD–226. Pekoske, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: June 28, business meet- Homeland Security, Robert L. Sumwalt III, of South ing to consider S. 1024, to amend title 38, United States Carolina, to be a Member of the National Transportation Code, to reform the rights and processes relating to ap- Safety Board, and Derek Kan, of California, to be Under peals of decisions regarding claims for benefits under the Secretary of Transportation for Policy, 9 a.m., SD–106. laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 28, Time to be announced, Room to be announced. business meeting to consider S. 822, to amend the Com- Select Committee on Intelligence: June 28, to hold hearings prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and to examine the nomination of David James Glawe, of Liability Act of 1980 to modify provisions relating to Iowa, to be Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, grants, S. 1359, to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Department of Homeland Security, 8:30 a.m., SH–216. Act to authorize appropriations for the John F. Kennedy June 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Center for the Performing Arts, S. 810, to facilitate con- Russian intervention in European elections, 10 a.m., struction of a bridge on certain property in Christian SH–216. County, Missouri, S. 1395, to revise the boundaries of June 29, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System examine certain intelligence matters, 10 a.m., SH–219. units in Delaware, an original bill entitled, ‘‘Diesel Emis- sions Reduction Act of 2017’’, General Services Adminis- House Committees tration resolutions, and the nominations of Annie Caputo, Committee on Appropriations, June 28, Subcommittee on of Virginia, and David Wright, of South Carolina, each Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Admin- to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, istration, and Related Agencies, markup on Agriculture, and Susan Parker Bodine, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2018, 10 a.m., 10 a.m., SD–406. 2362–A Rayburn. Committee on Foreign Relations: June 28, business meet- June 28, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Develop- ing to consider the nomination of Mark Andrew Green, ment, and Related Agencies, markup on Energy and of Wisconsin, to be Administrator of the United States Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropria- Agency for International Development, and routine lists tions Bill, FY 2018, 11 a.m., 2362–B Rayburn.

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June 29, Full Committee, markup on Legislative and H.R. 2646, the ‘‘United States-Jordan Defense Co- Branch Appropriations Bill, FY 2018, 10:30 a.m., 2359 operation Extension Act’’, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn. Rayburn. Committee on the Judiciary, June 28, Full Committee, June 29, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, markup on H.R. 2826, the ‘‘Refugee Program Integrity and Related Agencies, markup on Commerce, Justice, Restoration Act of 2017’’; H.R. 1096, the ‘‘Judgment Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY Fund Transparency Act of 2017’’; and H.R. 2480, the 2018, 2 p.m., H–140 Capitol. ‘‘Empowering Law Enforcement to Fight Sex Trafficking June 29, Subcommittee on Financial Services and Gen- Demand Act’’, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn. eral Government, markup on Financial Services and Gen- June 29, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Com- eral Government Appropriations Bill, FY 2018, 3 p.m., mercial and Antitrust Law, hearing entitled ‘‘Recent 2358–A, Rayburn. Trends in International Antitrust Enforcement’’, 10 a.m., Committee on Armed Services, June 28, Full Committee, 2141 Rayburn. markup on H.R. 2810, the ‘‘National Defense Authoriza- Committee on Natural Resources, June 28, Subcommittee tion Act for Fiscal Year 2018’’, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn. on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ‘‘Exam- Committee on Education and the Workforce, June 28, Sub- ining Policy Impacts of Excessive Litigation Against the committee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Sec- Department of the Interior’’, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth. ondary Education, hearing entitled ‘‘Exploring Opportu- June 29, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Re- nities to Strengthen Education Research While Protecting sources, hearing entitled ‘‘Examining Access to Oil and Student Privacy’’, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn. Gas Development on Federal Lands’’, 10 a.m., 1324 Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 28, Full Com- Longworth. mittee, markup on H.R. 3043, the ‘‘Hydropower Policy Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 28, Modernization Act of 2017’’; H.R. 2786, to amend the Full Committee, hearing entitled ‘‘Criminal Justice Re- Federal Power Act with respect to the criteria and process form and Efforts to Reduce Recidivism’’, 1 p.m., 2154 to qualify a qualifying conduit hydropower facility; H.R. Rayburn. 3050, the ‘‘Enhancing State Energy Security Planning Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, June 28, Sub- and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2017’’; H.R. 2883, committee on Energy; and Subcommittee on Research the ‘‘Promoting Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure Act’’; and Technology, hearing entitled ‘‘Material Science: H.R. 2910, the ‘‘Promoting Interagency Coordination for Building the Future’’, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn. Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act’’; H.R. 3017, the June 29, Subcommittee on Space, hearing entitled ‘‘In- ‘‘Brownfields Enhancement Economic Redevelopment and Space Propulsion: Strategic Choices and Options’’, 10 Reauthorization Act of 2017’’; H.R. 3053, the ‘‘Nuclear a.m., 2318 Rayburn. Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017’’; and H.R. 806, Committee on Small Business, June 29, Subcommittee on the ‘‘Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2017’’, 10 Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access, hearing enti- a.m., 2123 Rayburn. tled ‘‘A Review of SBA’s 504/CDC Loan Program’’, 10 Committee on Financial Services, June 28, Subcommittee a.m., 2360 Rayburn. on Monetary Policy and Trade, hearing entitled ‘‘The Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, June 29, Subcommittee Federal Reserve’s Impact on Main Street, Retirees, and on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on H.R. 2006, Savings’’, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn. the ‘‘VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act’’; June 28, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and H.R. 2749, the ‘‘Protecting Business Opportunities for Consumer Credit, hearing entitled ‘‘Examining the BSA/ Veterans Act of 2017; H.R. 2781, the ‘‘Ensuring Veteran AML Regulatory Compliance Regime’’, 2 p.m., 2128 Enterprise Participation in Strategic Sourcing Act’’; and Rayburn. legislation to improve the hiring, training, and efficiency Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 28, Full Committee, of acquisition personnel and organizations of the Depart- hearing entitled ‘‘Advancing U.S. Interests at the United ment of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes, 10 a.m., Nations’’, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn. 334 Cannon. June 29, Subcommittee on Middle East and North Af- June 29, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, rica, markup on H. Res. 185, to call on the Government hearing on H.R. 282, the ‘‘Military Residency Choice of Iran to fulfill repeated promises of assistance in the Act’’; H.R. 1690, the ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs case of Robert Levinson, the longest held United States Bonus Transparency Act’’; H.R. 2631, the ‘‘Justice for civilian in our Nation’s history; H. Res. 218, to recognize Servicemembers Act of 2017’’; H.R. 2772, the ‘‘SEA the importance of the United States-Israel economic rela- Act’’; legislation to amend title 38, United States Code, tionship and encouraging new areas of cooperation; H. to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish Res. 274, to condemn the Government of Iran’s state- assistance for adaptations of residences of veterans in reha- sponsored persecution of its Baha’i minority and its con- bilitation programs under chapter 31 of such title, and tinued violation of the International Covenants on for other purposes; and legislation to amend title 38, Human Rights; H. Res. 317, to call for the unconditional United States Code, to permit appraisers approved by the release of United States citizens and legal permanent resi- Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make appraisals for pur- dent aliens being held for political purposes by the Gov- poses of chapter 37 of such title based on inspections per- ernment of Iran; H. Res. 359, to urge the European formed by third parties, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon. Union to designate Hizballah in its entirety as a terrorist Committee on Ways and Means, June 29, Subcommittee organization and increase pressure on it and its members; on Social Security; and Subcommittee on Oversight, joint

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hearing entitled ‘‘Complexities and Challenges of Social Overhead Architecture, budget hearing, 10 a.m., Security Coverage and Payroll Tax Compliance for State HVC–304. This hearing will be closed. and Local Governments’’, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth. June 29, Full Committee, hearing entitled ‘‘Ongoing Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 28, Sub- Intelligence Activities’’, 9 a.m., HVC–304. This hearing committee on Department of Defense Intelligence and will be closed.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2 p.m., Tuesday, June 27 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 27

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Tuesday: Senate will be in a period of Program for Tuesday: Consideration of H.R. 1215— morning business. Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 (Subject to a Rule).

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Crowley, Joseph, N.Y., E900 Long, Billy, Mo., E901 DeLauro, Rosa L., Conn., E898, E902 Lujan Grisham, Michelle, N.M., E901 Bass, Karen, Calif., E897 Dingell, Debbie, Mich., E898, E901, E903 Pelosi, Nancy, Calif., E902 Beyer, Donald S., Jr., Va., E897 Garamendi, John, Calif., E900 Perry, Scott, Pa., E901 Brooks, Susan W., Ind., E900 Gosar, Paul, Ariz., E899 Renacci, James B., Ohio, E900 Buchanan, Vern, Fla., E899 Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E898, E900 Schweikert, David, Ariz., E897 Bustos, Cheri, Ill., E898, E903 Huizenga, Bill, Mich., E897 Shimkus, John, Ill., E902 Comstock, Barbara, Va., E899 Kaptur, Marcy, Ohio, E898 Stivers, Steve, Ohio, E903 Connolly, Gerald E., Va., E904 Kelly, Mike, Pa., E897 Walters, Mimi, Calif., E903

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