S844 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE February 24, 2021 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The to help, and these are people who des- the world and had a chance to see men question is on agreeing to the motion. perately need affordable energy, and and women in uniform and thank them The motion was agreed to. they don’t have it. for their services, as we have done, and f Democrats close to the administra- gone to battlefields, as we have had tion have reported that what the ad- family members who have served in the EXECUTIVE SESSION ministration and President Biden are military and defended this country and trying to do is to ‘‘isolate’’ the Chinese our freedoms. And it has been a pleas- EXECUTIVE CALENDAR Communist Party. ure to be able to do that with you and The Biden administration thinks share that with your family because of Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I that by refusing to make these loans to our united heritage of fighting or our move to proceed to executive session to folks around the world, that the Chi- family history of fighting for the coun- consider Calendar No. 13. nese Communist Party will be shamed try. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The for using fossil fuels for energy and will So a good example of what I am talk- question is on agreeing to the motion. ing about is Kosovo. I have been there The motion was agreed to. shame the Communist Party of China on three separate occasions specifically The PRESIDING OFFICER. The for loans that they make to countries to visit members of our troops—the clerk will report the nomination. to develop coal-fired powerplants, nat- The senior assistant legislative clerk ural gas plants, and other projects that men and women in uniform, people read the nomination of Cecilia Elena use fossil fuel. from Wyoming who are serving in Kosovo. I have been there three sepa- Rouse, of New Jersey, to be Chairman Let me tell you, the Chinese Com- rate times. I was there in 2019, was of the Council of Economic Advisers. munist Party will not be shamed. China has a totalitarian regime; China there previously for Thanksgiving, was CLOTURE MOTION puts Uighurs in concentration camps. there on Easter Sunday one time to be Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I with the troops. send a cloture motion to the desk. So I am not sure what makes President Biden and his administration think Well, Kosovo is one of the poorest na- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- tions in Europe, but it has vast energy ture motion having been presented that the Chinese Communist Party will be ashamed of using an affordable reli- resources. Despite being physically under rule XXII, the Chair directs the smaller than the State of Connecticut, clerk to read the motion. able source of energy—coal. In reality, President Biden, by this Kosovo has the fifth largest reserves of The senior assistant legislative clerk coal in the world: small geography, read as follows: Executive order, is giving China a gift. President Biden is giving China an- massive resources of coal. CLOTURE MOTION other advantage on the world stage and So the World Bank has cut off We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- Kosovo’s funding for a new state-of- ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the putting ourselves at a disadvantage, if you think about it. the-art coal-fired powerplant. They Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby have old coal-fired powerplants. They move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- If the United States and those that we fund through the World Bank refuse are burning coal right now. nation of Executive Calendar No. 13, Cecilia I have talked to the leaders of the Elena Rouse, of New Jersey, to be Chairman to provide loans to those countries to country, and they say: We need to of the Council of Economic Advisers. build the powerplants that they need, build a new coal-fired powerplant. We Charles E. Schumer, Sherrod Brown, that is going to leave a vacuum. They need to borrow the money to do it. Tina Smith, Tammy Baldwin, Thomas are going to need to use the resources R. Carper, Sheldon Whitehouse, Pat- Well, the World Bank has said it is rick J. Leahy, Brian Schatz, Chris- that they have—if they have plenty of only going to support new energy topher A. Coons, Jack Reed, Michael F. coal or natural gas—and the Chinese projects from renewable sources. So Bennet, Debbie Stabenow, Chris Van Communist Party is going to come in this is what Kosovo’s Minister of Eco- Hollen, Ron Wyden, Martin Heinrich, and make the loan. nomic Development is saying. He said: Bernard Sanders, Edward J. Markey, China already funds 7 out of 10 new ‘‘In a poor country [like] Kosovo . Cory A. Booker. coal plants around the world, and we don’t have the luxury . .’’—the Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous con- thanks to President Biden’s misguided luxury of focusing only on renewable sent that the mandatory quorum call effort, that is likely soon going to be sources when they don’t have that for the cloture motion be waived. close to 10 out of 10. much access to renewable energy. The The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Just like President Biden’s other en- wind doesn’t blow that much; in terms objection, it is so ordered. ergy orders, this new policy will make of sunny days, not at all during the The Senator from Wyoming. China stronger. It will make America winter, and they have this incredible Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I weaker. China will have more influ- resource of coal. ask unanimous consent that I be al- ence, and the United States will have Well, the Minister of Economic De- lowed to conclude my remarks before less. velopment is absolutely correct—be- recessing. Now, this order is not going to hurt cause I have been there in the spring; I The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without China at all. The people whom it will have been there in the winter; I have objection, it is so ordered. hurt are those who look to the United been there different times throughout BIDEN ADMINISTRATION States for help and for friendship. It is the year. Developing countries cannot Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I going to especially hurt the 840 million afford the elitist environmental agen- come to the floor today, as I have done people around the world who don’t das of Presidents who become climate twice before over the past month, to have access to electricity today. elitists, especially those being put in sound the alarm about the new admin- Developing countries desperately charge of those issues, former Sec- istration’s attacks on American en- need the electricity. They need it to be retary of State John Kerry. ergy. Yet there is still more to talk affordable. They need it to be reliable. Let me repeat myself so—I want to about. So if you help developing countries in just make this absolutely clear: We, President Biden has continued this terms of helping them get a stable sup- the United States, have peacekeeping assault on American energy as well as ply of energy, it is one of the best troops in the country of Kosovo. We the American economy. Now he is tak- things we can do to help people around have them right there in Kosovo. And ing that attack further. He is taking the world in their fight against pov- we, the United States, are driving the the attack on energy around the world erty. Government of Kosovo into the clutch- as well as attacking the needs for en- Many parts of the world, countries es of the Communist Chinese Party be- ergy of a number of our allies around with abundant energy resources, just cause of a holier-than-thou attitude of the world. President Biden signed an need our help and turn to us for our the climate alarmists in the White Executive order to cut off all loans for help so they can use the resources that House. coal, oil, and gas projects in some of they have. So we pay to put our troops on the the poorest nations in the world. And let me give you a good example, ground, and then we say: Go to China if Now, some of these nations are our Madam President, because you and I you need help providing power to your friends that we work with and we try have traveled to various places around country. VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:32 Feb 25, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G24FE6.022 S24FEPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with SENATE February 24, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S845 People need affordable, reliable en- Chamber wishing to vote or change his ticularly with the censuring that is ergy. Traditional energy projects are or her vote? going on. Consumers must be mindful still the most affordable, still the most The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 67, about their digital footprint. Anything reliable. nays 32, as follows: typed into a search engine is effec- If we really care about the people in [Rollcall Vote No. 65 Ex.] tively a digital diary, saved in the developing countries, then we ought to YEAS—67 cloud for some rainy day. Consumers help them turn on the lights. So I urge Baldwin Hassan Portman must be mindful about what is posted, the Biden administration to reverse Bennet Heinrich Reed what is downloaded, what is shared, course, to rethink this, to look at all Blumenthal Hickenlooper Risch and what is liked on social media plat- the implications of the decisions they Booker Hirono Romney forms.