E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 113 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION

Vol. 160 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2014 No. 152 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was Lord of life beneath the dome of the Your hope through them to our Nation called to order by the President pro universe, Your home, gather us who and world, providing them, O God, with tempore (Mr. LEAHY). seek Your face to the fold of Your em- Your wisdom to join their plans with f brace, for You are near. Your will. Give them a compassion PRAYER We see Your divine image in the peo- that will compel them to labor for the eradication of injustice. The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- ple around us. Help us to honor You by fered the following prayer: respecting them. Guide our lawmakers We pray in Your merciful Name. Let us pray. to seek great things for others. Radiate Amen.

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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY lican leader, the Senate will resume LEADER consideration of the motion to concur The President pro tempore led the in the House amendment to the Senate Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The majority leader is recognized. amendment to H.R. 3979, postcloture. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the f At noon today, the time will be con- United States of America, and to the Repub- trolled between Senators REID, 1 hour; lic for which it stands, one nation under God, SCHEDULE COBURN, 1 hour; MURKOWSKI, 30 min- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. REID. Mr. President, following utes; INHOFE, 30 minutes, or their des- my remarks and those of the Repub- ignees.

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MARK was buoyed in this difficult ex- DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL economy, and keeps our government operating. perience that he had by his family, his Mr. REID. Mr. President, as I have Talk about a CR for 3 months should friends, and the people of Arkansas indicated, we are going to take up this scare everyone. So we are not there. praying for him. It was quite a spir- important government funding bill We are going to have a bill that funds itual experience for MARK and his fam- today. Senator MIKULSKI, the Chair of this government for the next fiscal ily. This experience deepened his com- the Appropriations Committee, has year. We can be satisfied that we left passion for those who suffer physically, performed an extraordinary service in our priorities better funded and more financially, and emotionally, and he negotiating this bill. And I think it is secure, and our government on a more has translated that into his public fair to give a nod to Senator SHELBY, of sound foundation than when this Con- service. course, who has been involved in this. gress began. In 1998, he was elected attorney gen- They get along extremely well and set eral of the State of Arkansas. In his f a good standard for everyone in the 2002 Senatorial election he bucked the Senate. TRIBUTE TO MARK PRYOR national trend to become the only The bill achieves many of our impor- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I am going Democrat to defeat a Republican in- tant priorities. It gives the Affordable to take just a minute, because time is cumbent. Bucking trends would quick- Care Act the secure financial footing it running out, to talk about a couple of ly become one of his hallmarks here on deserves, gives our military the tools it Senators. Capitol Hill. As a Senator, he has needs to combat ISIS, it addresses the I rise to honor Senator MARK PRYOR shown courage in voting according to rape kit backlog, helping police and of Arkansas upon his departure from his conscience. prosecutors prevent sexual assault, it this institution. I have been in the Sen- Key among his legislative accom- increases funding for students’ loans, ate 28 years, and there has been a plishments have been bills to extend ensures that the President’s Executive Pryor here for 22 of those years. I first tax benefits and improve medical serv- action in protecting families can move worked with MARK’s dad, David Pryor. ices for men and women to make the forward, and it provides funding to David Pryor left this institution be- products that people buy, especially fight the Ebola epidemic. cause he had quite a significant heart children, safe. He has also been a There are lots of other things in it. I attack. What a fine Senator. I have strong advocate for honest and trans- have just hit a few of the highlights said before, and I will say again, he was parent business practices in order to from my perspective. preserve our American tradition of re- There are things in this bill that I the best legislator I ever served with, whether during my experience in the sponsible free enterprise. wouldn’t have included—the Democrats His respect for tradition extends to State legislature of Nevada or here: wouldn’t have included had we written the Senate itself. I say this for a num- David Pryor. He was very, very good. the bill alone. I don’t support the ber of reasons, but once a reporter Six years after David left, MARK weakening of Dodd-Frank and the re- asked him what he would do if he had came. What a good legislator he is. He strictions on the District of Columbia absolute power over Congress. In his is just such a fine person. But it is no and other things, but I didn’t write this characteristic fashion, he responded he surprise to me that he followed in his bill. Senate Democrats didn’t write would instill in his fellow Senators dad’s footsteps. After all, the Pryor this bill alone. It is a compromise. greater respect for each other and for family has worked as public servants in That is what legislation is all about. the world’s greatest deliberative body. Arkansas for five generations. MARK’s The Presiding Officer has been a Gov- That is what MARK PRYOR said. ernor for the State of Maine. He is now great-great-grandfather was a sheriff. While some may have disagreed with MARK’s great-grandfather was a sheriff. a legislator and has been a legislator, MARK, they never ever questioned his and he knows that legislation is the art MARK’s grandfather Edgar was a coun- sincerity, his integrity. I admire his of compromise. Any chief executive ty sheriff also in Arkansas. In fact, just impeccable dedication to his con- who has to work with a legislature, as last year, an Arkansan said to MARK: science. Presidents of the United States do, ‘‘I’m for MARK PRYOR not because of Mark Twain said: does not get everything he wants. Leg- his dad David but because of Edgar.’’ The proper office of a friend is to side with islation is a compromise. And that is That is how deep the Pryor roots run in you when you are in the wrong. Nearly any- what this legislation is. Arkansas. body will side with you when you are in the We are going to consider this legisla- On MARK’s desk is a plaque that right. tion to keep our government open and reads: ‘‘Arkansas Comes First.’’ This With apologies to Mark Twain, if funded, and we are going to do it was a plaque that was on his dad’s desk eternal agreement were the price of today—I hope. There are Senators who and that MARK put on his desk. This friendship, we would all have fewer are unhappy with this legislation, and has been MARK’s mission since he has friends. Friendship can transcend pol- they will have a chance to make their been here—to put Arkansas first. The icy preferences, as MARK’s and mine do. objections heard. I hope we can com- Senate and the entire country have We agree on most everything. There plete work on this bill as soon as we benefited from the influence of the are a few things we don’t agree on po- finish the Defense bill. That depends on Pryors in the United States Senate— litically, but that doesn’t matter. It everyone’s cooperation here. But there David and MARK. doesn’t matter because he is my friend. isn’t a lot of time. The government MARK was born in Fayetteville, grew He is a friend to my wife and me. It funding runs out at 12 o’clock midnight up in Little Rock, and attended the is no secret there are many people—the on Saturday. University of Arkansas as an under- Republican leader and his wife—who When we started this Congress, the graduate and later to law school. While reached out to console me and Landra government was running on autopilot. working as an attorney in private prac- during her terrible accident, and then Since 2011, we have lurched from crisis tice, he began his public service in 1990, when the cancer was ravaging her to crisis, with the country constantly when he ran for a seat in the House of body. But she pulled through that. And under threat of a shutdown or financial Representatives. He was elected and one reason she did, I am convinced, is catastrophe. It is a very bad habit, and served there for 4 years. MARK PRYOR. MARK PRYOR, who almost one the American people are very, very In 1996, MARK was faced with the died from cancer, called my wife tired of, as they should be. fight of his life. He had a situation often—often—texted her often telling This bill is, I repeat, far from perfect. occur near his Achilles tendon on one her: You are going to be OK; don’t be But when we pass it, we will be able to of his legs. They tried physical ther- afraid. So my wife loves MARK PRYOR.

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So you ployees under the shared responsibility re- PRYOR. often see the two South Dakotans—one quirements contained in the Patient Protec- I am really honored to have served a Democrat, the other a Republican— tion and Affordable Care Act. with MARK PRYOR, who is such a gen- debating the finer points of last night’s Pending: uine person, so sincere. He has been an game. Reid motion to concur in the amendment invaluable asset, his service here in the There is a reason I say this. Nancy of the House to the amendment of the Senate Senate. I congratulate MARK on his ex- goes out of her way to build trust to the bill. emplary service here in the Senate. across the aisle, even in unconven- Reid motion to concur in the amendment MARK will always be my friend. tional ways. The folks in my office who of the House to the amendment of the Senate There is a quote that bears directly on work closest with Nancy have nothing to the bill, with Reid amendment No. 3984 (to the amendment of the House to the amend- my feelings about Senator PRYOR: ‘‘A but kind words to say about her. Some ment of the Senate to the bill), to change the good friend is hard to find, hard to lose, call her a personal friend. In fact, the enactment date. and impossible to forget.’’ I will never remarkable woman I nominated to re- Reid amendment No. 3985 (to amendment ever forget MARK PRYOR. He is a place Nancy, Julie Adams, is just such No. 3984), of a perfecting nature. unique, one of a kind, kind, thoughtful, a person. I know Nancy couldn’t be The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- considerate man. happier for Julie, and neither could I. ator from Michigan. f And while Nancy is going to miss the FAREWELL TO THE SENATE Senate, I know she is also looking for- RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, after 36 ward to seeing more of her family. I LEADER years as a Member of the United States know how important Nancy’s parents Senate, this is likely my last oppor- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Re- are to her in particular. We are glad tunity to address its Members as col- publican leader is recognized. Nancy will be able to see more of them, leagues, and to address the people of f even though we are going to miss her. my State as constituents, and to thank TRIBUTE TO NANCY ERICKSON TRIBUTE TO SHEILA DWYER them for placing their trust in me. The Senate is also going to miss Nan- The highest honor any citizen of a Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, this democracy can receive is to be elected morning I would like to wish a fond cy’s deputy. Sheila Dwyer is another to represent his or her fellow Ameri- farewell to a woman we are all going to Democrat my staff can’t speak highly cans to be their fiduciary. miss: Nancy Erickson, the Secretary of enough of. Sheila has had a long run here in the Senate. She has seen it To the Senate staff, including the the Senate. floor staff, the Capitol Police, and It is her birthday today. Nancy is the from a lot of different angles. She has been a page, a scheduler, and now As- those throughout the Capitol complex kind of person you would expect to get who work so hard to keep things here cards from Democrats and Republicans sistant Secretary of the Senate. Along the way, she has worked for members moving, thank you for your service and on a day like this. And it is no secret support for us through the long days why. She is fair, she is honest, she has such as Moynihan, Hollings, and Robb. It is an impressive career. It makes and nights. always had a warm smile on her face. To my staff, thank you for your And that is no small matter, because you understand why, as Leader REID mentioned earlier, Sheila is known strong loyalty to the people of Michi- Nancy has a really tough job. The title gan, to our Nation, and to me. And doesn’t do it justice. Nancy admits she around here as the ‘‘Mayor of Capitol Hill.’’ thank you for believing in public serv- had to Google ‘‘Secretary of the Sen- ice. I am immensely proud of what the TRIBUTE TO ROBERT PAXTON AND MARK TRATOS ate’’ when the position was offered to men and women who have worked on We also can’t forget to wish a fond her. my staff for the last 36 years have farewell to Robert Paxton and Mark Let me tell you a little more about helped to accomplish. what Nancy does. On the one hand, Tratos. My staff back in Michigan has helped there is an administrative element to Robert, Nancy’s chief of staff, is a make communities across our State her position. That is true. We would fellow Kentuckian who has worked in safer and more prosperous. Countless run out of printer paper without her. the Senate for more than a quarter times they have helped individual con- But she is also the keeper of this insti- century. And we understand that Mark, stituents resolve an issue, making a tution. Robert’s No. 2, is expecting his first real difference in thousands of lives. Nancy respects the Senate. In fact, child soon. The Armed Services Committee and she loves the Senate. Her greatest joy So we wish both Robert and Mark all Permanent Subcommittee on Inves- is overseeing preservation of the Sen- the best, just as we offer Sheila well- tigations—PSI—staffs have worked ate’s storied art and history. deserved recognition for a job well tirelessly through long hours and com- I am particularly grateful to her ef- done, just as we bid the fondest of fare- plex issues, sacrificing nights and forts to secure and repair an important wells to Nancy—and a very happy weekends and vacations to help address painting of my personal hero, Henry birthday as well. the pressing issues of our Nation. Clay. I understand it was a painstaking Mr. President, I yield the floor. My personal office staff has been in- process, but it was a credit to the Sen- f strumental in addressing a breath- ate and to our common history as RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME taking range of issues—from preserving America. our American auto industry, to making Here is the point: Nancy may be a The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under our tax system fairer, to protecting our ‘‘Secretary,’’ but only in the way you the previous order, the leadership time irreplaceable Great Lakes, to making would think of John Kerry or is reserved. medicine available to fight addiction, Condoleezza Rice being a ‘‘Secretary.’’ f and much, much more. In other words, Nancy is pretty impor- As to my mentor, my big brother tant. PROTECTING VOLUNTEER FIRE- Sandy, Congress is keeping the better She presides over the Chamber. She FIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY RE- half of ‘‘Team Levin,’’ as I retire to signs the bills we pass. And, impor- SPONDERS ACT OF 2014 Michigan while Sandy remains in Con- tantly to the Senate staff, she signs The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under gress. the checks they receive. So, you see, the previous order, the Senate will re- To Barbara, my wife of 53 years, to Nancy is actually a minor celebrity sume consideration of the message to our three daughters Kate, Laura, and around here on payday. accompany H.R. 3979, which the clerk Erica; to their husbands Howard, Dan- But she is something else entirely on will report. iel, and Rick; and to our six grand- game day. Nancy is one of the biggest The legislative clerk read as follows: children, Bess and Samantha, Mark,

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The answer is: No. My gious fanatics so that those nations dent Washington famously spoke of. family and friends, and those of you can depend more on themselves for Protections for the minority make the with whom I serve, know how much I their own security and less on Amer- Senate more than just a place to slow love the Senate and that I will love my ica’s sons and daughters. things down; those protections make it work until the last day here, and that We have passed a defense authoriza- a place where we work things out. It is I will leave here with unabashed con- tion bill to accomplish these things those protections that force com- fidence in the Senate’s ability to each year for more than half a century promise that is essential to unifying weather storms and to meet the Na- by laying aside partisan differences for and governing our country. Making tion’s needs. the common good. We have never al- progress in the Senate requires solu- I know firsthand the challenges be- lowed disagreements over policy to tions that while they may not provide fore this Senate. I believe one of the interfere with our duty to our troops everyone with everything they want, greatest is the need to meet the funda- and their families, and I am deeply are broadly accepted as in the common mental economic challenge of this era: grateful to the many ranking Repub- interest. When compromise is thwarted the growing gap in our society between lican partners I have been fortunate to by ideological rigidity or by abuse of a fortunate few and the vast majority work with in that endeavor: people the rights that our rules afford us, the of Americans whose fortunes have stag- such as JOHN MCCAIN and John Warner Senate can become paralyzed, unable nated or fallen. and JIM INHOFE. to achieve the lofty task that the While I believe that the economists JOHN MCCAIN, my great friend, who Founders set forth before us. who tell us this inequality is holding has demonstrated extraordinary cour- Polarization is exacerbated by forces back economic growth are right, this age in war and in this Senate, will take outside this Chamber. For instance, we isn’t just about economic data. It is the gavel of the Armed Services Com- seem to make news more often these about our Nation’s heart and soul. This mittee, and my trusted wingman and days by our responses in the corridors growing gulf between a fortunate few friend JACK REED will become ranking outside this Chamber to reporters ques- and a struggling many is a threat to member. At a pivotal moment for the tioning us about the latest breaking the dream that has animated this Na- Senate and for this Nation, the Armed story or rumor than we do by debating tion since its founding, the dream that Services Committee will be in strong or legislating inside this Chamber. The hard work leads to a better life for us hands. viral nature of information and and for our children. I have seen firsthand additional pow- disinformation and the expectation To restore the connection between erful evidence that the Senate can that public officials will be imme- hard work and greater opportunity, I work together to meet the Nation’s diately responsive to every news flash hope the next Congress will act on needs, and that is in the work of the with but a few seconds to think many fronts, strengthening education Permanent Subcommittee on Inves- through the implications or con- and worker training programs, making tigations—PSI—which I have been sequences or pros and cons has led too greater investments in infrastructure privileged to chair for 10 years, work- often to less thoughtful discourse, and and research that foster growth. And as ing with Republican partners—and I that has helped drive rhetorical wedges I have said here many times, it should use the word partners advisedly—such between us. pay for these needed investments by as TOM COBURN, JOHN MCCAIN, and The incoming Senate has an oppor- closing egregious tax loopholes that SUSAN COLLINS. Our subcommittee has tunity to restore a greater measure of serve no economic purpose, but enrich exposed the tax avoidance schemes of bipartisan compromise by revisiting some of the wealthiest among us and some of the most powerful corporations one of the most contentious issues we our most profitable corporations. and wealthiest individuals. We have face, one that we struggled with at the Many foresee a continuation of polar- shined a light on abusive credit card beginning of this Congress; that is, the ization and partisanship in the Senate practices. We have investigated waste- Senate rules. and say it is naive to suggest that the ful and ineffective government pro- I believe the excessive use of the fili- next Congress might come together, grams. We have confronted market ma- buster to obstruct confirmation of break out of gridlock, and accomplish nipulators and exposed conflicts of in- President Obama’s nominees was dam- great things. But I know the Senate terest, mortgage fraud, and reckless aging to the Senate and to the Nation. can do better because I have seen it schemes by some of the most powerful Any President—Democratic or Repub- happen with my own eyes. banks, schemes aided by some of the lican—should have the ability to The Senate has indeed demonstrated, largest accounting and law firms. We choose his or her team. But the Senate even in our own era, that bipartisan- have demonstrated how those activi- majority eliminated obstructions to ship is not extinct. The Senate Armed ties helped bring our economy to its Presidential nominations through the Services Committee has upheld a more knees, destroying jobs, reducing the use of the nuclear option, effectively than 50-year tradition of bipartisan co- value of our homes, and damaging our accomplishing a rules change outside operation to produce an annual Defense neighborhoods. The work of PSI has the rules, a method I could not sup- Authorization Act that advances the helped lead to reforms that have port. In doing so, a precedent was es- security of our Nation. I am grateful to strengthened our financial system and tablished that the majority could effec- the members of the U.S. military and reduced credit card abuses. tively change the rules as it wished by their families for their selfless sense of The power of PSI lies in the in-depth overruling the Chair and the Parlia- duty. But I am also grateful for the work of our staffs, and in the willing- mentarian. That precedent will not way they have inspired us, year after ness to confront powerful and en- serve the country well in the future be- year, to come together across lines of trenched interests. Like the Senate cause it leaves the minority with no party and ideology to support them. Armed Services Committee, PSI is protection, diminishing the unique role They not only protect us, they unite strengthened by a dedication to bipar- of the Senate. us. Congress has come together over tisanship and a respect for the rights of I hope the Senate next year considers the years to make improvements in the Senate minority. We have recog- reversing that precedent while simulta- pay, benefits, and health care for the nized the danger of using investigative neously—and I emphasize simulta- men and women of the military; to re- power for partisan or political pur- neously—amending the rules so as to form the way in which we buy the poses, and we have ensured that our assure the President’s ability to fulfill weapons they use to carry out their great staffs, majority and minority, his or her constitutional duties. Put missions; to adopt policies to protect participate together in every investiga- simply, I believe the Senate should do them from sexual assault; and to pro- tion. the right thing in the right way. It

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LAMAR ALEXANDER, who was part of the Affairs Committee and also on the The year he was elected, ‘‘Grease’’ bipartisan Group of 8 who worked same subcommittee, Oversight of Gov- was the year’s highest grossing movie closely and successfully together on ernment Management, for which I was and ‘‘Staying Alive’’ was music’s big- this issue in 2012, has proposed some- first the minority staff director and gest hit, and you should see Senator thing similar. Such action by the Sen- then the majority staff director. So I LEVIN dance. So Senator LEVIN has ate next year would be a welcome vic- have known and worked with Senator outlasted disco, the Soviet Union, and tory for comity and for compromise, LEVIN for the entire time he has been a all six of the people who challenged and it would I hope represent a step Member of this Chamber. From the him in elections, including an astro- back from a precedent that leads to ef- very start, Senator LEVIN’s diligence as naut. That is because integrity never fective rules changes by simple major- a watchdog for the American people goes out of style. ity. It would be a step toward a better impressed me. Senator LEVIN has never wavered in functioning Senate. Ten years after I left the committee, his devotion to Michigan and to his No leader alone, no single Senator, I returned as Senator Cohen’s suc- country. As we heard today and as we neither party by itself, can determine cessor and sought a seat on the Govern- each know, he has brought that patri- the Senate’s course, but together the mental Affairs Committee precisely be- otism to the Armed Services Com- Members of this body can move the cause, thanks to the example of Sen- mittee. No one has done more to ensure Senate forward and in doing so help ator LEVIN and Senator Cohen, I saw that our men and women in uniform move forward the Nation we all love. I the importance of accountability in are battle-ready, with the supplies and will enjoy reading about the Senate’s government and business practices. As technology they need to be the best progress in the years ahead as Barbara the chairman of the Permanent Sub- military in the world, than Senator and I are sitting on a Lake Michigan committee on Investigations, it was CARL LEVIN, or to make sure they re- beach or showing the world to our my honor to begin my Senate service ceive fair pay and full health benefits. grandchildren. with Senator LEVIN as our ranking CARL LEVIN puts his coalition together I thank the Chair, I thank my dear member, who was a far more experi- year after year to make that happen. friends, the leaders of this body, and I enced Senator than I was at the time. He has never lost faith in govern- see my brother sitting here, and I am So I have seen firsthand how deeply ment’s capacity to be a force for good, not allowed to refer to my family in Senator LEVIN cares about the Senate and we heard that again in his com- the Gallery, so I will not do that. as an institution and its unique place ments today. This was passed down to (Applause, Senators rising.) in our Constitution and in its role in him from his parents, who saw how the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- our system of government. He is a per- New Deal rescued families from des- ator from Maine. son of extraordinary integrity and has perate poverty. TRIBUTES TO CARL LEVIN a sense of purpose that sets a high A young CARL LEVIN admired Presi- Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, during standard for all of us in public service. dent Harry Truman—especially Tru- his 36 years representing Michigan in He works well with Senators across man, the Senator who drove cross- the aisle because he works hard. From the Senate, Senator CARL LEVIN’s char- country, stopping in cities where de- acter and expertise have been described the very first time I saw Senator LEVIN fense contractors were committing in many ways. He has been named by in action back in 1978, I saw the impor- fraud and waste at the expense of tance that he placed on extensive, ex- Time magazine as one of the 10 best America’s wartime economy. haustive preparation for our com- Senators. He has been hailed by our Truman himself would be very proud mittee investigations and hearings. As military as a leader on national secu- to see Senator LEVIN leading the Per- many evasive or ill-prepared witnesses rity. He is recognized by families in manent Subcommittee on Investiga- learned to their chagrin, the eyes be- Michigan and throughout our country tions. As a former civil rights attor- hind those trademark reading glasses as a dedicated champion for economic ney, Senator LEVIN relished the chance focused like a laser because he has al- opportunity and fairness. to cross-examine those he suspected of ways done his homework. But perhaps the best description of dishonesty toward taxpayers and the If Senator LEVIN were to be remem- EVIN American people. It is not literally a Senator L ’s philosophy of public bered for his contributions to just one trial-by-fire, but that committee room service is a word he himself used in an area of policy, it would be our Nation’s interview for the George Mitchell Oral defense. He has been a member of the has definitely become a sweat lodge for History Project at Bowdoin College in Armed Services Committee throughout unscrupulous executives or anyone who Maine. That word is ‘‘fiduciary.’’ his time in the Senate, including 10 has tried to get rich by getting one It is the word that embraces the con- years as both the chairman and the over on average Americans. They sweat cepts of trust and confidence, of ethics ranking member. During our work to- because they know Senator LEVIN has and responsibility. In that interview gether on that committee, I saw his done his homework—boy, has he done Senator LEVIN elaborated on what the mastery of such complex matters as his homework. He digs so deep, he word means to him as a public servant. emerging global threats and advanced knows more about what they are going He said it meant to be accessible and weapons systems. Above all, his focus to say than they do. open, to listen to other points of view, has always been on the men and women David used a slingshot to bring down and to be well informed. Then when it in uniform and their families, from im- Goliath, but CARL LEVIN can topple a is time to decide, to use his best judg- proving their standard of living to bet- tycoon with nothing but a binder full ment and vote for what is best for his ter caring for our wounded warriors. of subpoenaed documents, and we have State and his country, even though it As a fiduciary of the principles that all seen him do it. In 2007 he shined a may not be the popular choice at the are our Nation’s foundation, CARL light on abusive practices of credit time. LEVIN has been a faithful trustee and card companies, leading to laws that ‘‘Fiduciary’’ may indeed be the best truly a Senator’s Senator. I cannot have brought about more transparency. word to describe our colleague Senator imagine this body without him, with- Thanks to Senator CARL LEVIN, your LEVIN; but to me, based upon decades out his wisdom, his integrity, his in- credit card statement contains more of firsthand experience, there is an- sight. So I thank him for his years of disclosures so you know what is going other phrase that also comes to mind. extraordinary service, and I wish him on. He is truly a Senator’s Senator. My all the best in the years to come. Those of us in Michigan also see a colleagues may be surprised to learn Thank you, Mr. President. softer, gentler side. His heart is in De- that I have known Senator LEVIN far The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- troit, where he was born and raised and longer than most of the Members of ator from Michigan. now lives with his wife Barbara. His this Chamber. You see, when he was Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, Sen- soul is nourished by the tranquility he first elected to the Senate in 1978, the ator CARL LEVIN has been my Senator finds in northern Michigan in the

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We have you see evidence of Senator CARL into a false sense of security by excel- amendments in subcommittees that LEVIN’s hard work. He led the way on lent staff. CARL LEVIN is fortunate that are disputed. If you don’t like the re- getting Federal funding for Detroit’s he has excellent staff, but what many sult, you bring it to the full com- International Riverfront, which is of us are tempted to do at times is to mittee, and the full committee meets, spectacular. He worked with me and allow staff to do the arcane and tedious and if it takes 2 full days, it takes 2 others in leading the effort to secure work of checking statutory language. full days; everybody gets to bring up critical funding for the M–1 Rail I have been blessed to have a front- their amendments. project, championing that every step of row seat to watch CARL LEVIN work. Senator LEVIN is always brilliantly the way—a streetcar that will inject From my seat on the Armed Services able to solve differences through proper even more vibrancy to the historic Committee and on the Permanent Sub- wording of the committee’s legislation. Woodward Avenue, which is already at- committee on Investigations, I have As Claire suggested, he has an extraor- tracting scores of entrepreneurs and not only watched his excellent staff, I dinary lawyer’s ability to get the right words and make the bill say what the small businesses. have watched CARL LEVIN. This is a Five years ago I was proud to stand man who understands every nook and committee wants it to say. I think that with Senator LEVIN as we passionately cranny of statutory construction. He is special, and I am pleased to have worked to rescue our American auto- would never be lulled into a false sense been a part of it. The Armed Services Committee au- mobile industry and give them a of security that he understood the bill thorizes one-half of the discretionary chance to grow and move forward, and just because of what he was told. budget of the United States. It impacts I saw his commitment and fiery pas- I will think of CARL LEVIN fondly in the lives of men and women in harm’s sion for making sure we did not let one way: his shoulders slightly way right now. We need to get it right. them down, the men and women who stooped, his hand grasping a piece of It involves a lot of money and a lot of worked so hard in Michigan and across paper, not an electronic device, him responsibility. It is a well-run com- the country. That revival has done so walking quickly toward me with his mittee that sets an example for what much to lift the economy of greater head down, peering over those ubiq- we ought to see more of in the Senate. Detroit and all of Michigan. uitous glasses, saying: CLAIRE, have There is a fairness about his work. Senator LEVIN knows that manufac- you read the language? CLAIRE, have Somehow we have always passed an au- turing is the backbone of our State’s you read the language? Read the lan- thorization bill, and somehow it is al- economy, but he also knows that the guage. Read the language. most always unanimous or very close landscapes, the soil, and the water are He understands the hazards of a mis- to unanimous. There may be one or all part of who we are, including our placed comma. He understands the dan- two issues that maybe should not have Great Lakes. It is in our DNA, and I ger of using an ‘‘and’’ instead of an been tacked on to the bill that causes know it is in his. That is why he has ‘‘or.’’ He understands that the essence someone not to vote for it, but when it pushed for years to help Sleeping Bear of our work is to make sure we craft is over, normally every Member—Re- Dunes be recognized as a national lake- language that lives up to our purpose publican and Democrat—is satisfied shore, and we are seeing the outcome and ideals. with the ability to have their voice of his work as we look at this beautiful CARL LEVIN is a Senator’s Senator. heard and their ideas put into the bill, national resource. He fought for the There are no sharp elbows, no heated if possible. But if you lose in sub- Federal sanctuary at Thunder Bay and rhetoric, and, frankly, there is no star committee and you lose on the floor for the creation of the Keweenaw Na- power on cable TV. No one is dying to and you have had your say in both tional Historic Park. It has been an get CARL in front of a camera because places, it kind of makes you feel like, honor for me to stand with him as he he will say something incendiary or what more can I do? If the rest of the chaired our Great Lakes Task Force, pick a fight, which all of our friends bill is OK, I will try to support it. our bipartisan task force, and fight for are anxious for us to do—if we would These markups take time because we funding for the Great Lakes Restora- only pick a fight. are dealing with a large portion of fed- tion Initiative, which has had a mirac- CARL is methodically doing the eral funding. ulous effect on the quality of fresh- grind-it-out work of legislating. He has Finally, I would like to say how water that is vital for Michigan and the tools of a great Senator: intellect, much I appreciated his wisdom he the Nation. integrity, good manners, and an unsur- shared with us as we dealt with the nu- I could stand here for hours talking passed work ethic. I will always call clear option—the so-called nuclear op- about his accomplishments, the foot- him my most important mentor in the tion that changed the rules of the Sen- prints and handprints and marks he Senate. He has taught me more than I ate. Senator LEVIN, who is a lawyer’s has made on Michigan and, most im- can ever say. I will try desperately to lawyer, said something that was very portantly, the people and communities live up to the ideal he has set for all of profound, and it was reflected again in of Michigan. But, as we heard this us. his remarks today, and that is, if a ma- morning from colleagues and will con- I thank the Presiding Officer. jority can change the rules, there are tinue to hear, they are small in com- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- no rules. If a majority can change the parison to the testament of his char- ator from Alabama. rules of the Senate at a given moment acter, his compassion, his humor, and Mr. SESSIONS. I thank Senator to overcome objections from the mi- the unassailable strength of his convic- MCCASKILL for her comments. We are nority, then there are virtually no mi- tions. talking about a Senator’s Senator, a nority rights—you have a pure Senator LEVIN, you will be missed in man who reads the language of the leg- majoritarian body. I think that is what Michigan and certainly by me and the islation and knows how to legislate. CARL was sharing with us in his bril- Senate. I know you and Barbara and I came here 18 years ago and have liant speech that all of us ought to your daughters and grandchildren, in- served on the Armed Services Com- read. cluding your one grandson—who is mittee that entire time, and my admi- I thank our chairman for the leader- kind of outnumbered—will be grateful ration and respect for CARL LEVIN has ship he has given and for the courtesy to have you so you can show them the grown every year. It has grown because he has shown to me and all our Mem- world from your perspective and show it is deserved. He is a remarkable lead- bers. I wish him great success in his fu- them the continued beauty of Michi- er. He never showboats and always ture endeavors, and I hope he will con- gan. You have given so much, and we wants to do the right thing. He serves tinue to contribute his wisdom to the are grateful. his country first, and he runs a com- body politic.

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I didn’t say a I must tell my colleagues I came Senator from Michigan to hear what whole lot at first because freshmen from the House of Representatives and has been summarized so meaningfully aren’t supposed to, but I watched and I I had the great pleasure to have as one by all of our colleagues, because this is learned and I saw the system the way I of my closest friends in the House of the best of this institution in terms of imagined it probably was 20, 30, 40 Representatives CARL’s brother, Sandy. how it performs. It has been embodied years ago when it did work. I saw the Sandy is an incredibly talented person here in the public service of CARL Senate, and I was thinking, Why can’t who believes in public service, as does LEVIN for 36 years. What we have heard the rest of the Senate work the way his brother CARL, and the two of them from testimonies on both sides of the the Armed Services Committee works? have devoted their family reputation aisle is that because of how he has con- There is one reason. We don’t have to public service and they have given ducted himself as an individual and enough CARL LEVINs. We just don’t so much back. CARL, what you have done for our na- how he has conducted himself as a pub- have enough CARL LEVINs. lic servant and how he has conducted CARL LEVIN is practical, reasonable, tional security, for our national de- himself as a leader in this Senate is an and sensible. It made sense to me what fense, the type of attention you have example of exactly how this institution he would say. paid to make sure this country is as is supposed to function. Just recently I have had difficulties well prepared as it needs to be, you Isn’t it rather symbolic that on the on a piece of legislation that is very have done that in an exemplary way. I last couple of days of the session, the important. CARL spoke to me in terms can tell you what you have done for bill that will be passed is the bill Sen- that my father would have spoken to the people in Michigan, the type of ator LEVIN has ushered through the me, and I understood very well: State Senator you have been. You have been Senate? He never broke tradition. He your opposition, record your opposi- a great U.S. Senator for your State, as made sure the defense authorization tion, and look at the whole situation as well as a great U.S. Senator for the bill was going to be passed by ham- the betterment and the good of the bill, United States. That is not always an mering out the differences with the which is better than basically this easy balance, but you have been able to House and shepherding it through the piece that you oppose. He said I could do it. parliamentary process. And it has hap- explain my opposition. As so many colleagues have said, pened every year because of his ex- CARL LEVIN would say this, too. He when we seek advice, when we need a traordinary leadership. would say: Listen, I can’t tell you what Senator to help us understand some- I will close simply by saying that be- to do. I can’t tell you what to do. Real- thing, we go to CARL LEVIN. Some of cause he is all of the things we have ly, you have to do what you think is my constituents have a hard time be- heard—the consummate gentleman, right, but let me give you some points lieving that we read the bills around the humble public servant, his razor- to think about. He has been an unbe- here. CARL LEVIN reads the bills around sharp mind, and the best lawyer, by the lievable mentor who will give us the here. He has found typographical errors way, in the entire Senate—because he ability to kind of process this whole in some of my legislation. He has found ways to correct us when we didn’t ex- is all of those things, he also is the em- system we are in. press ourselves the way we should bodiment of a Senator because when he Let me say this, CARL. I am sorry gives someone his word, that is it. A that I didn’t have the honor and the op- have. He writes me notes all the time. person does not have to worry any- portunity and the pleasure to serve I thank him for that dedication. As several of our colleagues have more. with you for many more years. I really pointed out, there is no one here who The future Senate should take a les- am. Or I am sorry I didn’t get here soon has a greater love for the traditions— son from the life and the leadership of enough, whatever the case may be. But the best traditions—of the U.S. Senate, CARL LEVIN from Michigan. the Senator from Michigan has left an a Senate that debates and respects I yield the floor. impression on me as to how this place The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- each other. One of the great opportuni- should work. ties I had was to sit in a room with ator from West Virginia. Robert C. Byrd, my predecessor, felt Mr. MANCHIN. Mr. President, I rise LAMAR ALEXANDER and CARL LEVIN and as passionately as you do. There is a others and talk about that, and how we with honor and pleasure to be able to process here and there is a reason for say thank you to my dear friend. I am could restore the best traditions of the the process, which is to make us talk U.S. Senate. the most junior Member, besides the to each other, to make this place work. So, Senator LEVIN, I want you to Presiding Officer, in this body today. There should never be a situation we know, I will always be indebted to serv- When I first came to the Senate, I would get into that is important to the ing in this body with you and learning asked to be on the Armed Services American citizen or this country where from you and recognizing just what one Committee. West Virginia has a proud we can’t work it out and can’t get at person can do to carry out the honor heritage of an awful lot of people—per- least 60 votes. There should never be a and dignity of public service. You real- centage-wise probably more than most time that we cannot get 60 votes. If we ly define public service. For that, I am States—having served in all of the do that, then basically just changing a very grateful, the people of Michigan branches of the military. So that is rule is not going to change the attitude are grateful, and the people of America very near and dear to me, and our Na- and the atmosphere we create. I believe are grateful. Congratulations on your tional Guard is very near and dear to very strongly in that. And I appreciate great service. our State. So there were many reasons the Senator’s fight. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- why I wanted to be on the Armed Serv- In the hills of West Virginia, we have ator from Ohio. ices Committee. a saying: They are good people. You Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, it is no When I got here, it was one of the meet somebody and someone says, surprise to any of us that the first most toxic times of the political arena, They are good people. thing CARL LEVIN did when he spoke if you will. It was not what I expected, CARL, you are good people. Thank today was thank his staff. He thanked to say the least. And seeing the toxic you. them, and then he thanked the police atmosphere that I came into, people The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- force and the groundskeepers and the would say it didn’t used to be this way; ator from Maryland. food service people and the people who it used to work. The process worked. Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, one of too many in this world ignore. That The whole aura of the Senate was the great honors of serving in the U.S. was the first thing he did. there, and we are losing that. That was Senate—and it is a great honor to serve The second thing CARL did in his ad- their excuse for telling me that is why in this body—is the fact that I have dress was to talk about the gulf be- it is not working today, but it used to had the opportunity to serve with CARL tween the fortunate few and the strug- work. LEVIN. I think Senator LEVIN rep- gling many. That has been what I most

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Mr. President, I too you can be here to remind other people this body—has stood up against special want to spend a couple of moments re- what a real statesman is. interests for the most powerful inter- flecting upon my long friendship and I yield the floor. ests in this town more effectively and association with Senator CARL LEVIN The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- more energetically than CARL LEVIN. from Michigan. ator from Vermont. For that, I am grateful, and I know so Much has been said this morning Mr. SANDERS. I want to take a mo- many in this country are grateful as about CARL the person and the Sen- ment to thank CARL LEVIN for his ator. Let me say this: I don’t know of well. friendship. It has been previously noted Thank you, Senator. anyone in this body who has exhibited that CARL is recognized as having per- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- more of an intellectual honesty, a calm haps the greatest intellect in the Sen- ator from Oregon. demeanor, and a sense of fierce loyalty ate. CARL has been, for so many years, Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, when and perseverance. I don’t know who ex- a forceful fighter against waste in the I came here in 2009, we were in the mid- hibits those qualities more than CARL military, and in recent years he has led dle of an enormous meltdown due to LEVIN. the Senate in telling us it is absurd CARL embodies the best of what I high-risk trading inside our major that large multinational corporations think it means to be both a citizen and banks. I wondered whether we as an in- are able to avoid hundreds of billions of a U.S. Senator. Barbara and CARL, stitution were capable of undertaking dollars in taxes by storing their money Ruth and I have enjoyed many meals this challenge of changing the cir- in offshore tax savings. together over the years, having great cumstances around that in order to not He has been a leader on that and for conversations about everything. I want have another 2007, 2008 meltdown that those of us who are concerned about to say to my friend CARL, I hope that would do so much damage to families the needs of our kids and elderly and Michigan and Iowa are not so far apart, across this country. So I put out an infrastructure, all of the terrible prob- and that we can continue to get to- email to everyone that said, Is anyone lems facing this country, this is an gether in the future. interested in taking on this issue for issue we have to focus on. I will say, CARL, right now I hope you the future stability of our financial don’t hold it against me for all of the I think Senator CARL LEVIN has been system? The next day I came to the times the Hawkeyes will beat the Wol- a Senator’s Senator. He has been a floor and Senator LEVIN said, the email verines in the future. Don’t let that be model of what a good Senator should you sent out, I want to talk to you a stumbling block. be, and it is not surprising that people about that. I want to partner in taking I yield the floor. from all political persuasions will come this on. Immediately, he basically said: The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. to the floor to thank him for his serv- ‘‘We will work together. I am not the BROWN). The Senator from Oklahoma. ice. senior Senator who wants to take over Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I will be Senator LEVIN, thank you very much this effort,’’ although I would have very brief because I know we have for your time. been glad for that to happen. There was some other things coming up before I yield the floor. not the ego in it; there was the intel- going on to the NDAA, and I will be The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- lect and the passion and the determina- standing here with my good friend and ator from Arizona. tion to fix a problem. To me, the Sen- brother CARL at that time. I recall Mr. FRANKEN. I want to echo what ate should be about people coming to- when I was first elected to the House of everyone has said. I had the honor of gether to fix problems to make this Na- Representatives—it is hard for me to traveling on a codel with Chairman tion work better. believe that was 28 years ago—and I be- LEVIN to Pakistan, Afghanistan, when I That event is deeply burned into my came good friends with a guy named had been here just a few weeks. So I mind. The result, because of Senator Levin. It was not CARL. It was his was traveling with the chairman of the LEVIN’s efforts, was the Volcker rule brother. There was a real sincere, lov- Armed Services Committee. The re- that said high-risk trading should not able attitude about him. I can remem- spect he got from everyone—from the be done on the banks’ books, propri- ber talking over some of these sitting generals down to the privates, espe- etary trading and high-risk instru- by him during some of the debate on cially in Afghanistan—was remarkable. ments. It will make a significant dif- very partisan things. I thought this CARL fought to increase the ratio of ference in the years to come. guy is really neat. It is the kind of our troops to contractors. When we But what I want to thank my col- thing where you can’t dislike him. took the majority back in 2006, CARL league for is the attitude of coming to- Then I came over here 20 years ago, started doing the kind of oversight of gether to solve the important problems and there is another one. I have two the contracting that had led to a lot of for America, even if that means taking major committees, Environment and waste, fraud, and abuse in Iraq. He has on very powerful special interests. I Public Works and the Senate Armed used PSI in the way it was intended by hope we will see a lot more of that Services Committee. I thought this is Harry Truman. I thank him especially from this Senate in the years to come, remarkable because while on occasion for the work he did on the credit rating but it will be a much bigger challenge we will differ—I am talking about the agencies, Wall Street credit rating without the Senator here. We will miss chairman and me—and I am the rank- agencies. Right now Standard & Poor’s him greatly. ing member of that committee—occa- is being prosecuted by—or sued by the Thank you so much, Senator, for sionally we will come up on an issue DOJ for about $5 billion. Part of what your service to our Nation. where we don’t agree. On two occa- they are using are emails the Perma- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- sions, last year and this year, we had nent Subcommittee on Investigations ator from Tennessee. to go into this process of the ‘‘big obtained, in which basically the credit Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, the four.’’ That is where it gets conten- rating agencies internally were saying Senate at its best has been said to be tious because at that point you have to we better give this a AAA rating; oth- the one authentic piece of genius in the come up with a bill. There was never a erwise, we are going to lose our busi- American political system. CARL LEVIN time that, yes, we have to give in. I ness. That in no small way led to the is the Senate at its best. I thank him don’t know whether he gave in more meltdown we had because all this junk for his courtesy, his decency, his schol- than I gave in. But whatever it was, it was getting AAAs and those were bets arship, and his sense of public service. all had to happen and it did happen and on bets on bets on bets and that is I thank him for his reminder that if we it happened because of CARL more than what led to the meltdown. are going to have the trust of the me. CARL always seems to go to where American people to write rules for Chairman LEVIN and I can both say that kind of top-down fraud or malfea- them, we should follow our own rules. the same thing, and people will hate sance is going. When we talk about—as

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I think that in itself is tunity to help fight for the auto- nent Subcommittee on Investigations— an extraordinary achievement in a workers in Michigan and Ohio and that is, on tax havens on inversions— body that is often driven by partisan around the country make sure that the and I hope to take that up as CARL divisions. I think it is attributable in renaissance of the auto industry is sus- leaves. large measure to CARL LEVIN’s leader- tained. As I am sure has been said by CARL leaves a lot of unfinished busi- ship. many here today, he went out of his ness. Everything that has been said is Everybody had their say. Everybody way to make it not just by bipartisan who CARL is. Everyone should know had their opportunity to put their but nonpartisan. He does his home- that. One thing that has not been said thoughts forward. Everybody had an work. is hamisha. CARL, you are one of the opportunity to get a vote if they felt We share some committee assign- most hamish men I have ever known. that was necessary. Of course, in the ments. We don’t always agree. Some- Thank you. end, the bill came out of the com- times we disagree on fundamental I yield the floor. mittee—I think it was 25 to 1—and that issues. He is always prepared and does The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- is what legislating is supposed to be all his homework and has the best of in- ator from Maine is recognized. about. That is a lesson for us because tentions. That says a lot for him and Mr. KING. I wanted to speak very people felt they got their amendments, the reason he is viewed as such a leader briefly, because as Senator MANCHIN they got their discussion, they got of the Senate. When I got here, I was pointed out, I am the most junior per- their ideas out. Even if they weren’t honored to serve on the Armed Serv- son in the place. successful, at the end, they voted for ices Committee. There we were able to I want to say a couple of things about the bill because they were invested in work together on a number of projects, CARL LEVIN. As has been said here re- the process. That is what I learned including ones that frankly he may not peatedly, CARL is a man of immense in- from this man who I think has been an have normally thought were priorities tellect and character, and I wanted to inspiration for those of us who are but because I was a new Member and explain how that came to be. I thought coming along behind. Again, I am so interested in helping my State and on that would be important to lay on the honored. One of the great joys of my specific projects, he stood up for me. I Record. life has been to serve with you for 2 will not forget that. We have done leg- It came to be because CARL LEVIN years. One of the great sadnesses of my islation together and had the oppor- and his brother spent their boyhood life is it is only 2 years, but I deeply tunity to work together on important summers in the State of Maine. That appreciate what you have done for this projects that have to do with the Great imparts character to anyone who is body and for the United States of Lakes, including Great Lakes restora- lucky enough to have that experience. America. tion, where he has been a nonpartisan Secondly, I want to mention—be- Mr. LEVIN. Thank you. partner. I join my colleagues on both cause it has been mentioned several Mr. KING. Bless you. sides of the aisle and say this is one of times—about the travel. I had the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The sen- those giants of the Senate who will be great good fortune to travel after hav- ior Senator from New York. missed. ing been here about 6 months. CARL Mr. SCHUMER. My good friend from Although I have only been here for 4 and I—as members of the Armed Serv- Iowa is waiting patiently, so I will cur- of his many years of service, I was priv- ices Committee—went to Turkey and tail my remarks. I would like to say to ileged to serve with him. Jordan to try to get some insight into my dear friend CARL—whom we will all I yield the floor. the situation in Syria. My only advice miss—if we had to put a headline on Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I wish to to anyone in this body is if you are what is happening today, it is: ‘‘Mr. In- pay tribute to the senior Senator from ever invited to travel with CARL LEVIN, tegrity Retires from the Senate.’’ Michigan, CARL LEVIN. I have known spend the prior 2 or 3 months in the There is no one in this body on either CARL for many years and am grateful gym. I have never been so exhausted in side of the aisle whose integrity is for his friendship. Throughout his ca- my life, and we would be at 10 p.m., more respected than yours. At these reer, CARL has always put the needs of after all-day meetings and touring of times in America, where people have Michigan and this nation above his refugee sites, and CARL would say: such distrust of government and elect- own. Can’t we have another meeting? Isn’t ed officials, to have somebody who is so Senator LEVIN was born in Detroit in there someone else we can talk to? His widely trusted by his constituency and 1934 and has called Michigan his home absolute passion for information and by the Members of this body who have nearly his entire life. As a young man, data upon which to make decisions is I worked with him closely over the years he left only briefly to attend think exemplary. on both sides of the aisle is a real trib- Swarthmore College and later Harvard The final thing I want to note is—and ute. You are Mr. Integrity. That is one Law School. After passing the Michi- it has been talked about how he is a of many reasons we will miss you. gan Bar, CARL worked for five years in Senator’s Senator, which is certainly Again, I have more to say, but in def- private practice in Detroit before be- true. My observation and in fact my erence to my dear friend from Iowa, ginning his career in public service. He experience this year in the markup of who I see is ready to roll, I will yield first served as General Counsel for the the National Defense Authorization the floor. Michigan Civil Rights Commission Act is the highlight of my experience The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- from 1964 to 1967. CARL then entered in this body. The reason it is, is cause ator from Ohio. elected office, serving on the Detroit it worked like it is supposed to work. Mr. PORTMAN. I will be brief as well City Council from 1969 to 1977. We had 2/2 days of markup. They were and say that I am going to miss my In 1978, Senator LEVIN successfully about 10-hour days, as I recall. There colleague, and I told him that person- ran for a U.S. Senate seat and has were over 200 amendments. Through ally. I want to share a couple of rea- never looked back. He has since won CARL’s leadership, most of those sons. One, as a new Member on the five more elections to become the long- amendments were compromised and other side of the aisle, when I first got est-serving Senator in Michigan his- worked out between the parties and be- here, CARL—whom I had gotten to tory. CARL chaired the Armed Services tween the individuals who were moving know a little bit through his brother, Committee from 2001 to 2003 and again the amendments, but we ended up with who I see is on the floor today, who has from 2007 to the present. Whether it about 20 we couldn’t resolve in that fought many fights with him on the was pushing for higher pay or ensuring way. I was so struck by this. I went squash court, but they remain dear that our veterans received proper med- back and looked at the record of that friends. He came to me and said: You ical treatment, CARL has always made markup. Of the 20 amendments that ought to join the Auto Caucus. I am sure that our soldiers and their fami- were voted on in the committee, not a not a big caucus guy. Most caucuses lies were well taken care of.

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Susannah Cernojevich, Jim Whitmire, Rich- I love the people with whom I work. ard Vickers, Katharine Jones, Jayme high-profile issues, including the Enron Wiebold, Joseph Petrzelka, Eric Jones, Eliza- scandal and abusive credit card prac- This is a deaf sign. ‘‘I-L-Y’’ means ‘‘I beth Messerly, Lauren Scott, Mark Halver- tices. The findings of these investiga- love you.’’ son, Eldon Boes, Tom Buttry, Michele Reilly tions were crucial in helping us draft To the Senators, staff, clerks, Con- Hall, and Richard Bender. Those staffers legislation to prevent future abuses. gressional Research Service, door- serving me in Iowa: Robert Barron, Amy Mr. President, Senator LEVIN has keepers, cloakroom, police, restaurant Beller, Alexander Lynch, Pamela Ringleb, dedicated his life to public service, and employees, and, yes, the pages—and es- John Moreland, Jule Reynolds, Omar his retirement is well deserved. He is pecially to those who labor outside the Padilla, Robert Hamill, Ryan Helling, Kim- an honest man who has served his lights, the cameras, and the news sto- berly Taylor, Tamara Milton, Tom Larkin, ries—who make this Senate function Alison Hart, Jessica Gordon, Suellen Flynn, country well. I wish him, his wife Bar- and Sandi O’Brien. My LHHS Sub Committee bara, and their family the very best. on a daily basis, I thank you. on Appropriations staff: Adrienne Hallett, The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. I particularly thank my wonderful, Kelly Brown, Lisa Bernhardt, Mark Laisch, KING). The Senator from Michigan. dedicated, hard-working staff, both Mike Gentile, Robin Juliano, and Teri Mr. LEVIN. I know that Senator present and past, both personal and Curtin. Lastly my HELP Committee Staff: HARKIN is waiting to speak. Senator committee staff. When I say committee Derek Miller, Lauren McFerran, Molly Click, HARKIN is truly one of the greatest staff, I mean the Appropriations Sub- Abraham White, Jenelle Krishnamoorthy, Senators I have ever served with and committee on Labor, Health and Wade Ackerman, Andi Fristedt, Brian Massa, Colin Goldfinch, Caitlin Boon, Mildred Senator HARKIN is one of the greatest Human Services, Education, and Re- Otero, Aissa Canchola, Amanda Beaumont, people I have ever known. He, Ruth, lated Agencies, which I have been priv- Brit Moller, Leanne Hotek, Libby Masiuk, Barb, and I have spent quality time, ileged to chair or be ranking member Mario Cardona, Liz Weiss, Michael Kreps, which is not always true for many of us of since 1989; also the Committee on Sarah Cupp, Zachary Schechter Steinberg, in the Senate to have that opportunity. Agriculture, on which I have served Kia Hamadanchy, and Lee Perselay. I thank everyone. The words have since 1985 and which I chaired twice for Mr. HARKIN. Most of all, I thank my meant so much to me and my family two farm bills, once in 2001 and 2002 wife, Ruth, the love of my life, my wife today. and the second one in 2007 and 2009; and of 46 years. You have been my constant I am going to join my family now. I the Committee on Health, Education, companion, my soul mate, my strong- know TOM will forgive me for not lis- Labor and Pensions, which I have est supporter, and my most honest tening, but I will be reading what you chaired since the untimely death of critic. You have been my joy in happy say. You, Ruth, Barb, and I will have Senator Ted Kennedy in 2009. times and my solace when things just some more quality time together—per- I first heard PAT LEAHY say this, so I didn’t go right. So I am looking for- haps not as much fun as being in the always attribute it to him: We Sen- ward to more adventures, love, and ex- Senate, but we will make the best of it. ators are just a constitutional impedi- citement with her in the years ahead. I yield the floor. ment to the smooth functioning of To our two beautiful, smart, caring, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- staff. This is truer than most of us and compassionate daughters, Amy and ator from Iowa. would probably like to admit. Jenny, I thank you for always being FAREWELL TO THE SENATE Also in thanking my staff, I don’t there for your dad, for giving me such Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, almost 2 just mean those who work in Wash- wondrous joy in being a part of your years ago I announced I was not going ington. I would never have been re- growing up. I am so proud of both of to seek a sixth term in the Senate. elected four times without the hands- you. That decision and that announcement on, day in, day out constituent service To my son-in-law Steve and to my didn’t seem all that difficult or hard at of my Iowa staff. The casework they grand kids, McQuaid, Daisy, and Luke: that time. After all, 2 years was a long have done in helping people with prob- Look out, because here comes grandpa. time off. Since then, I have been busy lems is every bit as important as any There is so much I want to say, but with hearings, meeting constituents, legislative work done in Washington. I want to be respectful of those who getting legislation through the HELP In 2012 our office marked a real mile- have come to share this moment with Committee, and working on appropria- stone—100,000 constituent service cases me—my staff, here and there, my fam- tions. that we processed since 1985. I cannot ily, friends, and fellow Senators. But now, knowing this will be my count the number of times Iowans have But I want to state as briefly as I can final formal speech on the floor of the personally thanked me for something why I am here, what has propelled me, Senate; knowing that in a few days a my staff has done to help me. and what has been my guiding philos- semitruck is going to pull up to the There is a story out our way that I ophy for all these years. Hart Senate Office Building and load have heard for a long time. It is a little It has to do with that ladder of op- hundreds of boxes of my records of 40 story. If you are driving down a coun- portunity I just mentioned. You see, years—30 in the Senate and 10 in the try road and see a turtle—see that there is nothing wrong in America with House—and haul all of that off to image of a turtle—sitting on a fence being a success. There is nothing wrong Drake University and the Harkin Insti- post, you can be sure of one thing: It with having more money, a nicer home, tute on Public Policy and Civic En- didn’t get there by itself. a nicer car, sending your kids to good gagement in Des Moines, IA; seeing my I can relate to that turtle. I didn’t schools, having nice vacations, and a office at 731 Hart Senate Office Build- get here by myself. My staff helped. I great retirement. That is a big part of ing stripped almost bare and the thank my staff, both past and present, the American dream. shelves cleaned; when I will soon cast who so strongly supported me when I But I believe when you make it to my last vote; when I will no longer be was right and so diplomatically cor- the top, and you make it to the top, engaged in legislative battle; when I rected me when I was wrong and who and you make it to the top, and I make will no longer be summoned by the all labored in a shared commitment to it to the top, one of the primary re- Senate bells; and when I will soon just provide a hand up, a ladder of oppor- sponsibilities of our free government is be No. 1,763 of all of the Senators who tunity to those who had been dealt a to make sure we leave the ladder down have ever served in the Senate—now bad hand in the lottery of life. for others to climb. Now, mind you, I the leaving becomes hard and wrench- Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- said a ladder. I didn’t say an escalator. ing and emotional. That is because I sent to have printed in the RECORD a An escalator is a free ride. Don’t be- love the Senate. I love my work here. list of the names of my staff so they lieve in that. It has been said by a lot of pundits will be forever enshrined in the history If you follow my analogy a little bit that the Senate is broken. No, it is not. of the Senate. more, with a ladder you still have to

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It says: Notice to Re- unions—built the middle class in Amer- health care programs, Head Start, the port for Work on Project, WPA Form ica, and they are a part of the answer best public schools, the best teachers, 402, to Patrick F. Harkin, Cumming, in strengthening and rebuilding our affordable and accessible college, job IA. You are asked to report for work at middle class. training. once on a project as a laborer for $40.30 I believe another part of the answer Sometimes people fall off that lad- per month. There is a signature by a is raising the minimum wage to above der. Sometimes, through no fault of supervisor. It is dated 7/1939, 4 months the poverty line and indexing it for in- their own, they have an illness, they to the day before I was born. flation in the future. have an accident. That is why we have My father was then 53 years old. He a safety net, to catch them—programs had worked most of the time in a coal We need more flex-time laws, espe- like disability insurance, workers’ mine in southern Iowa, was not in the cially for women in our workforce. compensation, and job retraining pro- best of health. There were no jobs—no We need to strengthen Social Secu- grams to get them back up on that lad- jobs. Life looked pretty bleak. Things rity, as in Senator BROWN’s bill—not der once again. looked hopeless. And then my father, cutting, not raising the retirement age, Thirty-five years ago we looked who only had a sixth-grade education— but strengthening Social Security. around America and we saw millions of as he told me later—got a letter from We need a new retirement system for people who, no matter how hard they Franklin Roosevelt. He always thought all workers in America—not another tried, could never climb that ladder of Franklin Roosevelt sent this to him 401(k) but a system in which employers success. No matter how hard they personally. He always said: I got that and employees contribute and which tried, they could never do it. letter from Franklin Roosevelt, and I can only be withdrawn as an annuity These were our fellow Americans, our got a job. for life after one retires. I ask you to brothers and sisters with disabilities. That was important for a lot of rea- look at what the Netherlands has, that So what did government do? We built sons, not only for the money and the type of retirement system. Lack of a them a ramp and we called it the dignity of work, but it gave my father reliable retirement is one of the most Americans with Disabilities Act. hope—hope that tomorrow would be underreported, unexamined crises on Again, we didn’t build a moving better than today and that our family our national horizon, and it is a big walkway, did we? See, with a ramp, would stay together. You see, there part of our growing inequality. people still had to show energy and ini- were five kids and a sixth one on the Finally, we must continue to build tiative to get up. I have often said way—me. It gave him hope that his on the Affordable Care Act. The cost there is not one dime, not one nickel in kids would have a better future. the Americans with Disabilities Act The project he worked on is called and availability of good health care has given to a person with a disability. Lake Ahquabi. My friend Senator in the past widened that inequality gap, and we are now starting to close What we did is we broke down the GRASSLEY knows about Lake Ahquabi. barriers. We opened the doors of acces- It is right south of Des Moines. It is a that element of the inequality. I be- sibility and accommodation, and we State park now, with a lake and recre- lieve we need to add a public option to said to people with disabilities: Now, ation, and people still use it today. the exchange as another choice for peo- go on, follow your dreams, and in the Every Federal judge who is sworn in ple. We must continue support for pre- words of the Army motto, be all you takes an oath to ‘‘do equal right to the vention and public health, moving us can be. poor and to the rich.’’ Let me repeat more and more from sick care to real I can remember standing on the floor that: to ‘‘do equal right to the poor and health care. and leading the charge on the Ameri- to the rich.’’ Can we here in Congress I believe that the second overriding cans with Disabilities Act. Once again, say we do that, that we provide equal issue confronting us is the destruction I felt a lot like that turtle, with a lot right to the poor and the rich alike? of the family of man’s only home—our of people helping. When I think of the Our growing inequality proves we are planet Earth—through the continued Americans with Disabilities Act, I not. Maybe we should be taking that use of fossil fuels. We know what is think of people in the Senate such as oath. happening. The science is irrefutable, Senator Lowell Weicker, Senator Bob There are four overriding issues I the data is clear, and the warning signs Dole, and Senator Ted Kennedy; in the hope this Senate will address in this are flashing in neon bright red: Stop House, Tony Coelho, Steve Bartlett, coming session and in the years ahead: what you are doing with fossil fuels. and STENY HOYER; and in the executive No. 1, as I mentioned, the growing We must shift massively and quickly to branch, at the head of it all, President economic inequality in America. It is renewable energy, a new smart electric George Herbert Walker Bush, Attorney destructive of lives, it slows our grid, retrofitting our buildings for en- General Dick Thornburgh, and Boyden progress as a nation, and it will doom ergy efficiency, and moving rapidly to Gray. On the outside, there are people broad support for representative gov- a hydrogen-based energy cycle. like Ed Roberts, Marca Bristo, Bob ernment. When people at the bottom of The third issue I commend to the Kafka, and the indomitable Justin the economic ladder feel the govern- Senate for further development and Dart. ment is not helping them and, in fact, changes in existing laws is the under- Here the one person who worked his may be stacked against them, they will employment of people with disabilities. heart out to bring it together—it is cease to vote or they will turn to the As you all know, ensuring the equal that staff again I tell you about—is siren song of extreme elements in our rights and opportunities for people Bobby Silverstein. It would have never society. History proves this to be true. with disabilities has been a major part happened without him. I don’t have a cookie-cutter answer of my work in the Senate for the past So I believe government must not be or a solution, but it must include more 30 years. just an observant bystander to life. It fair tax laws and trade laws, more job must be a force for good, for lifting training and retraining, rebuilding our We have made significant strides for- people up, for giving hope to the hope- physical infrastructure, and manufac- ward in changing America to fulfill two less. turing. I believe it must include some of the four goals of the American with I have never had an ‘‘I love me’’ wall things seemingly unrelated, such as Disabilities Act; those two are full par- in the office. What I did have were two quality, free early education for every ticipation and equal opportunity. We items by my door when I walk out to child in America. have done all right on those. The other vote or go to a committee meeting or The answer to closing the inequality two goals—independent living and eco- whatever. One is a drawing of a house gap must include rebuilding labor nomic self-sufficiency—need more de- in which my mother was born and lived unions and collective bargaining. If velopment. in until she was 25 years of age when you traced the line over the last 40 I ask you all in the next Congress to she immigrated to America. That little years of the growing economic inequal- do two things to advance these two

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Several weeks disabilities and provide true inde- especially Senator MURRAY and Sen- ago, here on the floor, he said some pendent living with support services. ator ISAKSON for taking the lead to get very gracious things about me, and I This will save money, and the lives of this bill done, along with Senator ENZI, thank him for that. I especially appre- people with disabilities will be better Senator ALEXANDER, and me. ciated his observation that even and more truly independent. Second, While I am mentioning the HELP though he and I are like night and day we must do more on employment of Committee, let me thank all members when it comes to political views, there people with disabilities in competitive of the HELP Committee for a very pro- is no light between us when it comes to integrated employment. ductive last 2 years, during which we Iowa. We have collaborated on so many We all get the monthly unemploy- passed 24 bills signed into law by the important initiatives for the people of ment figures every month. Last month President. These are important bills Iowa, and I think we made a heck of a unemployment held steady at 5.8 per- dealing with things such as drug track good tag team on behalf of our State. cent officially. My friend Leo Hindery and tracing, compounding drugs, the So, again, I salute and thank my friend has better calculations to show the Workforce Investment Act that I just and colleague of nearly 40 years, CHUCK real rate is probably about twice that mentioned, the Child Care and Devel- GRASSLEY. Carry on, CHUCK. figure. Also, we know the unemploy- opment Block Grant Newborn Screen- The other exception I mentioned is ment rate among African Americans is ing Act, and many more. again my lifelong dear friend, RICK about twice that—11.1 percent. How I would like to publicly again thank NOLAN, who was in the 1974 class who many of us know, though, that the un- Senator LAMAR ALEXANDER for being voluntarily left Congress after three employment rate among adult Ameri- such a great partner in all these ef- terms, returned to the House in 2012, and was recently reelected. cans with disabilities who can work forts. Senator ALEXANDER will be tak- So 40 years later, this Watergate and want to work is over 60 percent? ing the helm of this great committee in baby has grown up, gray. Yes, you heard me right, almost two the next Congress. Senator ALEXANDER I came to the Senate 30 years ago as out of every three Americans with a certainly has the background to lead a proud progressive, determined to get disability who want to work and who this committee, but he also combines things done. As I depart the Senate, I can work cannot find a job. That is a that background with a keen mind and can say in good conscience that I have blot on our national character. a good heart, and I wish him continued remained true to my progressiveness. Thankfully, some enlightened em- success as the new chairman of the I have worked faithfully to leave be- ployers have affirmative action plans HELP Committee. hind a more vibrant Iowa, a more just to hire more people with disabilities. The fourth issue I hope future Sen- and inclusive America, and a stronger Employers are finding many times that ates will take care of concerns the U.N. ladder and ramp of opportunity for the these become their best employees; Convention on the Rights of Persons disadvantaged in our communities. they are more productive, and they are With Disabilities. I don’t think any- You might say that my career in the hardest working, most reliable thing has saddened me more in my 30 Congress is the story of a poor kid from workers. years here in the Senate than the fail- Cumming, IA—population 150—trying I ask you to meet with Greg Wasson, ure of this body to ratify the Conven- his best to pay it forward, saying thank the CEO of Walgreens, and Randy tion on the Rights of Persons With Dis- you for the opportunities I was given Lewis, who was the senior vice presi- abilities, or the CRPD, as it is known. by leaving that ladder and ramp of op- dent there and is now retired. It has been ratified by 150 nations. It is portunity stronger for those who fol- Walgreens has hired many people with modeled after our own Americans with low. disabilities in their distribution cen- Disabilities Act. It has broad and deep If I have accomplished this in any ters, and now Mr. Wasson has set a goal support throughout our country—sup- small way—if any Americans are able of 10 percent of all of their store em- ported by the U.S. Chamber of Com- to lead better lives because of my ployees will be people with disabilities. merce, the Business Roundtable, vet- work, I leave office a satisfied person. This needs to be emulated by busi- erans groups, every disability organiza- So I am retiring from the Senate, but nesses all over America. There are oth- tion, every former living President, I am not retiring from the fight. I will ers making strides in this area. I will every former Republican leader of this never retire from the fight to ensure mention a few: Best Buy, Lowe’s, Home Senate: Senator Dole, Senator Lott, equal opportunity, full participation, Depot, IBM, Marriott. These are some Senator Frist. In November we re- independent living, and economic self- of the other large companies that are ceived a letter from the National Asso- sufficiency for every disabled person in moving forward, hiring people with dis- ciation of Evangelicals supporting it. America. I will never retire from the abilities. We need to learn from them I would also point out that Senator fight to give a hand up and hope to what we, the Federal and, yes, maybe Dole has worked his heart out on this. those who have experienced disadvan- the State government can do to help in If you remember, he was here on the tage and adversity. And I will never re- this area. We also need to implement floor 2 years ago this month, right be- tire from the fight to make this a land of social and economic justice for all policies to help small businesses em- fore we brought it up. I thought we had Americans. ploy more people with disabilities. the votes for it. Under our Constitution I dwell on this perhaps because I feel Let me close with a single word from it takes two-thirds, and we failed by American sign language. I haven’t done enough on this issue of six votes. But Bob Dole has never given On July 13 of 1990, I stood here and employment for people with disabil- up on this—never. gave an entire speech in sign language. ities, and we have to do better. I will Well, I hope the next Senate will It confused Senator Kerry who was sit- say, however, that our HELP Com- take this up and join with the rest of ting in the Chair. He didn’t know what mittee passed this year and President the world in helping to make changes to do. And the recording clerks didn’t Obama signed into law a new reauthor- globally for people with disabilities. know what to do, either. But then I had ization of the old Workforce Invest- I came to Congress—the House—in to give it verbally. Well, I didn’t want ment Act, now named the Workforce 1974 as one of the Watergate babies. to do that today. Investment and Opportunity Act. In But with my retirement and the retire- But there is one sign I want to leave this law there is a new provision I ment in the House of Congressman with you. It says something powerful— worked on with others to get more GEORGE MILLER and Congressman powerful. One of the most beautiful intervention in high school for kids HENRY WAXMAN, we are the last of the signs in American Sign Language. And with disabilities to prepare them for so-called Watergate babies, with two might I teach it to you? the workplace through things such as exceptions. Among all of the Demo- Take your hands and put them to- summer jobs, job coaching, internships. crats elected in that landslide year of gether like this, put your fingers to- However, this is just starting and fund- 1974, there were a few Republicans, and gether, put your hands together like

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:26 Dec 17, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\DEC 2014\S12DE4.REC S12DE4 rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE December 12, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6711 that. You kind of close them, and it complishments. As the saying goes: He and we protected it in the last farm looks like an A when you do that. Now doesn’t just talk the talk, he walks the bill. move it in a circle in front of your walk. Mr. HARKIN. Thank you. body. Senator TOM HARKIN lives and Ms. STABENOW. And he gave new That is it, pages, you have got it. breathes the causes important to him, strength to the farm safety net for all This is the sign for America. and the United States and Americans of our growers. He has been at the fore- Think about it. Think about it. All of have a better quality of life because of front of an energy future that he us interconnected, bound together in a it. talked about today, driven by renew- single circle of inclusion—no one left It will be a new era when the Senate able energy and moving forward to get out. This is the ideal America toward doesn’t see him rising to speak in his us to cleaner sources of energy. That which we must always aspire. characteristic fiery delivery. And it creates jobs, as I know has happened in With that, Mr. President, for the last may not have been so fiery today, but Iowa because of his leadership. So we time, I yield the floor. he did speak with emotion about the thank you. (Applause, Senators rising.) things he believes in. There are so many things—the fresh The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. I am grateful for his friendship and fruit and vegetable program in schools KAINE). The Senator from Iowa. his long service to the people of Iowa where children in low-income schools TRIBUTES TO TOM HARKIN and the Nation. While I will miss him have an opportunity to eat an apple Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, my around the Capitol, I am confident I rather than something out of the vend- colleagues who are waiting to speak to will see him at home in Iowa. Senator ing machine that isn’t good for them, honor Senator HARKIN, I am not going HARKIN is not one to turn off his enthu- the opportunities for children to have to take the amount of time I did on his siasm for important issues, and I feel healthier choices. Senator HARKIN has birthday. I want to tell my colleagues sure—and he has already told us led over and over and over again. I can that what I said on his birthday, on No- today—he will continue his contribu- go over every part of our agriculture vember 19, I probably should have wait- tion to public service wherever and and food policy improvements that ed and said today. whenever the spirit moves him. And we have been made that have been led by But I want to speak about our work- know by his statement today it is al- Senator TOM HARKIN, and we are so ing relationship, and I want Senator ready moving him. He has plans for the grateful. HARKIN to know that I have enjoyed future to continue these crusades. Senator TOM HARKIN has been a per- my working relationship with him, to- With that in mind, I will say so long sonal mentor for me. In the toughest gether working for Iowa. I compliment rather than goodbye. Thank you. times of getting this last farm bill him on the many accomplishments he I yield the floor. done, Senator HARKIN gave me words of has made. I consider him a friend. And The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- advice and wisdom—and many times as he goes back to Iowa, we will main- ator from Michigan. encouragement—and for that I am very tain that friendship, I am sure. Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I grateful, and have learned so much. I would ask my colleagues if they start by saying that as Senator HARKIN would think about looking at what I was so eloquently speaking today, it I secondly want to thank Senator said before on his birthday, because I reminded me of a story of those going HARKIN for being a hero for generations am not going to repeat that here. But by the casket of President Roosevelt. of people with disabilities, including I think we ought to recognize that Sen- A reporter stopped someone and said: people in my own family, who have had doors opened because of what he has ator HARKIN worked hard up to his last Did you know President Roosevelt? day in the United States Senate, be- And he said: No, but he knew me. done. The Americans with Disabilities cause one of his works over the last 25 There are people across this coun- Act revolutionized the possibilities and years was on inhumane labor issues try—people with disabilities, workers, the opportunities for people. And it is around the world, and he traveled to folks trying hard to get up that lad- about opportunity; it is not about giv- Oslo very recently to honor a person der—who want to know there are rungs ing people something for free, but who received the Nobel Peace Prize for on it, or want to be able to stay in the opening doors which they still have to that crusade, as well as all the good middle class, who may not be able to walk through. Senator HARKIN has done that in a way that will be with us work that Senator HARKIN has done on say they know Senator TOM HARKIN it. And probably that person received personally, but he knows them. forever, when we look at building structures and opportunities in work- the award because of Senator HARKIN We are so grateful, and I am person- so long suggesting that the individual ally grateful, for your friendship and places for people who want to work but deserved that attention. your leadership and mentorship. just need a little different kind of op- I am going to be very brief today, I want to speak for a moment as portunity and now have that available. since my prior remarks outlined our Chair of the Agriculture, Nutrition, It was clear when Senator HARKIN friendship and his record in some de- and Forestry Committee, where I had spoke about his family how it shaped tail. It is in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD to follow the tough act of Senator TOM his sensibilities and passions. I remem- for posterity. HARKIN writing the previous two farm ber his speaking about growing up in a Senator HARKIN and I have been a bills. two-bedroom house in Cumming, IA, duo from our home State of Iowa for a He has shaped agriculture and food that he shared with his parents and long period of time. His voice is famil- and nutrition policy in the House and five siblings. That is pretty chal- iar. So is his point of view, so is his Senate for 40 years, having a tremen- lenging. Growing up with his brother work ethic for the people of Iowa. dous impact, more than we can even Frank who was born deaf gave him an He has been a champion for individ- imagine, in terms of not only advo- understanding of the obstacles to those uals with disability, for the elderly, for cating for Iowa farmers—and I knew with disabilities and a commitment early childhood education, nutrition, every day what Iowa needed; that is for came from his heart and soul about and wellness; for conservation, renew- sure—and having both Senator HARKIN making life better—and he has. You able energy, and the environment. We and Senator GRASSLEY on the com- have. could go on and on about his passion mittee gave the one-two punch for I recall also when he talked about his for these causes, and many others. Iowa. But I have to remind all of my father losing his 40-acre farm, and the Senator HARKIN’s legislative accom- colleagues that Senator HARKIN really New Deal giving him a chance to sup- plishments are numerous. He leaves a is the father of modern conservation, of port you and to support your family lasting body of work that improves the protecting our water and our soil and despite the fact that he had a sixth quality of life for people who don’t al- our air, our wildlife habitat, our for- grade education. He had the oppor- ways have a high profile in the Halls of ests. tunity to move ahead and work hard Congress. Senator HARKIN is the father of mod- because somebody out there, who One of Senator HARKIN’s greatest leg- ern conservation. He wrote the con- didn’t know his name, gave him an op- acies is his ability to translate his servation stewardship program that he portunity to do so, which is what is our drive and passion into legislative ac- created in 2002 and expanded on in 2008, job to do.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:26 Dec 17, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\DEC 2014\S12DE4.REC S12DE4 rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S6712 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 12, 2014 I know Senator HARKIN’s crusades to hesitate to express them. Yet during So when they landed there, TOM took protect workers on the job was influ- these 2 years, Senator HARKIN and his a couple staffers and Members, got a enced by witnessing his father struggle leadership style have found a way for map from someone who had told him with black lung disease, looking at him there to be 24 pieces of legislation, about this secret prison, and found it, as a coal miner and what he went signed by the President of the United where there were people being horribly through. States, many of them very significant, abused. TOM took pictures. TOM was I believe Senator HARKIN is the defi- some of which took several years to do, told to turn over the film. TOM didn’t nition of a self-made man. He grew up whether it was the compounding phar- turn over the film. TOM was then told taking advantage of opportunities as macy, which was so important in our that his employment in the Congress well as enduring the challenges and the State, the tragedy of meningitis from depended on him turning over that circumstances of his life, transforming unsterile products; whether it was the film—a 30-year-old staffer at the begin- and using that experience to create track-and-trace legislation or the ning of what most staffers hope is a ca- better opportunities for everyone changes in workforce development that reer. That film showed up in ‘‘Life’’ across the country. gave more discretion to Governors and magazine and had a profound effect, He is a patriot, having served in the the citizens in their communities. His and TOM’s career was over. Navy. He gained his education through style of leadership permitted that to That takes a lot of guts. That takes the GI bill and understands that is an happen and I am grateful to him for courage. That takes the courage of important part of creating opportunity that. I would suggest to the Senate as your convictions, and that is what I and giving back to people who serve for we look forward to a time when the have seen in TOM HARKIN. I learned us and lay their lives on the line for us. Senate might be more functional and about this when Franni and I went more productive that one way to earn I know you are totally committed in with Ruth and TOM on a codel to Viet- the respect of the people of this coun- your heart and soul to education start- nam. I just spoke about CARL LEVIN ing at birth right on through for the try for this body, which is supposed to and talked about a codel with him, and be the one authentic piece of genius of rest of our lives. I talked about this codel with TOM. I the American political system, is to So I want to thank you, finally, for have got to go on more codels, I just look at the way the Health, Education, your leadership on the HELP Com- figured out. Labor, and Pensions Committee has op- mittee, your hard work and your pas- This is what I observed, because this erated over the last 3 years under the sion in health care, your support work- was the Chairman of the HELP Com- leadership of Senator HARKIN. I salute ing with me on mental health care, mittee, and I got to watch that courage him for his service and I thank him for your efforts on education, your efforts that. and that courage of his convictions, as in pensions—which, by the way, are The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- well as what LAMAR talked about, promises we need to keep. All of the ator from Minnesota. working well across party lines. things you have done through the Mr. FRANKEN. I rise to talk about I hold the seat that Paul Wellstone HELP Committee are things that will Senator HARKIN. As the soon-to-be formerly held. I would say that TOM last for a long time to come. Chairman of the HELP Committee, was Paul’s best friend. TOM every once I know in Iowa, thanks to you, there Senator ALEXANDER is right about the in a while talks about his brother and are 8 times more community health HELP Committee, it is an important the experiences behind TOM’s signature centers then there were 25 years ago— committee. Sometimes I say it is not achievement, the Americans with Dis- wow—so somebody can see a doctor and that important unless you care about abilities Act. Paul Wellstone led on they can take their children to a doc- your health, your kids’ health, your mental health and mental health par- tor, which will live on in their lives. parents’ health, your kids’ education ity, and that was because of his broth- I want to thank you for being some- or your education, if you want to work er. And that is the legacy I want to one who knows how to make laws, sometime in your life, and you plan to carry on. I have not had Paul here to somebody who wants to solve prob- retire. Other than that, it is not very be a role model, but I have had TOM lems, who in his heart and soul is pas- important. HARKIN, and it has been a privilege. sionately, lovingly concerned about But I want to talk a little bit about I thank the Senator. our country. I know that you and Ruth TOM HARKIN, not as a Senator but as a The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- and your daughters and your grand- staffer. We have seen today when the ator from Minnesota. children will have many more opportu- Senators give their final speeches, they Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, we nities to enjoy each other’s lives but talk about their staff. TOM came in 1969 are going to continue with the Min- know there are people in this country as a staffer for Neal Smith from Iowa. nesota theme, and I think Senator who are enjoying opportunities because The staffers, as much as we treasure HARKIN knows that our two States, of you, and we salute you. our staffers, they love this work for Minnesota and Iowa, share more than Thank you, Mr. President. their Member and they love working in just a border. We share a lot of people The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- this institution, and they love working with relatives on either side of the bor- ator from Tennessee. in Congress—at that point he was in der. I cannot tell you how many of my Mr. ALEXANDER. Senator HARKIN’s the House. So at this point he is, I be- friends have their roots in Iowa and legacy is he stands as a champion of lieve, 29 or 30 years old. This was dur- how many people in Iowa have their Americans with disabilities. It will be a ing the Vietnam war, and there was kids in Minnesota. long time before there is a greater something called Vietnamization. We also share citizens who have a champion of Americans with disabil- President Nixon asked a congressional strong sense of involvement. We have ities in this body and I salute him for delegation to go to Vietnam to look at some of the highest voter turnouts in that. how Vietnamization was working and the country. We both have notorious I salute him secondly for his leader- what was going on. While TOM HARKIN caucus systems where people like to ship and style of leadership. I had the was there as a staffer, a couple of Con- turn out and make their views known, privilege of the last 2 years as ranking gressmen were told about some condi- and our States have produced politi- member of the HELP Committee. Sen- tions on an island called Con Son cians such as TOM HARKIN and Hubert ator Kennedy used to say that we have where there were prisoners that the Humphrey, who came up through that 30 percent of the jurisdiction of the South Vietnamese Government was tradition and understand that you are Senate, and it seems like it sometimes. abusing very badly. The Congressmen there to represent the people of your If you know our committee, down one requisitioned a plane to go to Con Son, State because when you go home, they row is the murderers’ row of liberals or about 100 miles off the coast of the actually come up to you in grocery progressives who are of the Democratic mainland of Vietnam, and I believe the stores, on the street, call you by your persuasion; and down the other side is supervisor of the group who was there first name, and understand that you a pretty good row of conservatives of to talk about the Vietnam prison sys- are there to represent them. the Republican persuasion—12 on this tem said this was sort of like a Boy We also share farming and we share side, 10 on this side. So we have plenty Scout recreational camp—that is ex- this enormous belief in science. We ac- of differences of opinions and we don’t actly what he said. tually share Norman Borlaug. There is

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He cre- Members, and to a tee, every Repub- this body in part because I got to meet ated the Green Revolution, which has lican brought up—because TOM could TOM HARKIN 20 years ago, I was able to helped so many impoverished people in not be there—TOM’s work on the ABLE follow his lead, and I was able to be in- countries all over the world by reduc- Act. They knew we would not have the spired by him. ing hunger. bill that Senator CASEY worked on I yield the floor. TOM HARKIN has followed in that tra- without TOM Harkin, and, as you know, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- dition. He believes in science, believes this is just the next step for the dis- ator from Ohio. in investing in agriculture research, ability community. It will allow par- Mr. BROWN. TOM HARKIN is my hero. and believes in investing NIH. ents and grandparents and friends and TOM HARKIN has never shied away from The other thing about TOM and me neighbors to set up funds so that if a fight when it comes to workers rights that I knew no other Senator would ad- they are not there when this young not only for Iowa but for workers all dress is our Slovenian heritage. When person grows up, there will be money across the country and workers around TOM leaves—and I see Senator BROWN set aside for them. the world. is here—and with the former Senator TOM Harkin was Paul Wellstone’s He has come to many of us repeat- from Ohio, Senator Voinovich, no best friend in the Senate. Paul would edly and said: Don’t forget what our longer here, I will remain, I think, as say: Politics is about improving peo- obligation is to the community of men the only Slovenian Senator here. I am ple’s lives. That is what TOM has done and women around the world who labor hoping someone will come forward and every day in the Senate. with their hands, who fight challenges tell me they have Slovenian blood. For Thank you, TOM. every day, who are abused in the work- a while 3 percent of the U.S. Senate The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- place, who are abused as children in had roots in Slovenia, which is very in- ator from Connecticut. the workplace, and TOM HARKIN has teresting given how infinitesimal the Mr. MURPHY. Mr. President, in Jan- been the single strongest voice for as population of the country is compared uary of last year, I walked onto the long as I can remember for those work- to the rest of the world. Senate floor for the second time in my ers. TOM loves his Slovenian roots. Like life. The first time that I got to be on TOM comes from a right-to-work TOM, my ancestors came from Slovenia the Senate floor was in 1995 when I was State. It is not always easy to stand up to America to work in the mines. It is an intern for my Senator, Chris Dodd. for labor unions and organized labor. a big part of our lives and what we be- Back then it was a little bit easier for We have a press and media in this lieve in. interns to come here, and he brought country which is consistently anti- One time TOM came to my Minnesota me down to the Senate floor one after- labor. Morning breakfast and saw that every noon. We have a political class in this Thursday I serve potica to my con- I knew what I wanted to do. I had a country at every opportunity that tries stituents, and that is unique to Slove- small handful of people I wanted to to undermine organized labor and un- nians. It is a rolled dough with either meet. I don’t know if I ever told this to dermine the rights of human beings to apples or walnuts in it. My grandma TOM, but I wanted to meet TOM HAR- organize and bargain collectively, and used to make it. She would literally KIN, and I got to do that. Twenty years TOM recognized that is one of most im- borrow card tables and roll the dough ago he was a giant in the Senate. The portant rights that human beings have. throughout her entire kitchen. one point I wish to make is this—I had TOM HARKIN, being from a right-to- I found a number of places on the the chance to serve with TOM on the work State, knows he will face a dif- Iron Range of northern Minnesota, HELP Committee and I have seen his ficult election darn near every 6 years. where my dad grew up, that make this legislative ability and the respect he One of the little-noted historical facts potica, and we bring it in. commands here, but I have only known about TOM HARKIN—and I have not TOM came and tried it and decided him for 2 years. heard anyone else mention—is that that for Christmas he would send a Anyway, the point I want to make is Senator HARKIN has defeated more in- potica to every Member of the Senate that the effect he has had on the legis- cumbent Members of Congress than for Christmas. He called my office and lative process stands as an achieve- any elected official in United States said they don’t make it in Iowa. I said, ment in and of itself. I would argue history, and that is not because of the let me give you the name of a baker on that I am one of tens of thousands of luck of the draw or some lottery in Des the Iron Range. He personally called public servants who decided to go into Moines or Iowa City or Davenport. It is this woman and said: This is TOM Har- this line of work, decided to care about because TOM HARKIN doesn’t shy away kin. I am the Senator from Iowa. I am the kind of things I care about because from his strong beliefs in the rights of calling to order 100 poticas from you, I watched TOM HARKIN on TV growing humanity—organizing and collective one for every Member of the Senate for up. bargaining rights. When you are will- Christmas. And in very gruff Slovenian I came from a family that was non- ing to stand up day after day—not just fashion, she said: I am sorry, it is political. My parents were both reg- in quiet groups in the Democratic Cau- Christmas, and we are booked. We do istered Republicans. There is no ge- cus—on this floor and you are willing not have the poticas to send to Wash- netic reason why I do this other than to stand up in Dubuque and the more ington, DC. Then he said: I don’t know seeing people like TOM fight on behalf conservative parts of southwest Iowa if you know who I am. I chair the Agri- of the disabled and the disenfranchised and argue for labor rights, you are say- culture and Forestry Committee—big and the dispossessed. He gave me the ing to the other side: Bring them on. forestry area—of the Senate. And she idea that there was some worth to Bring on big money, bring on anti- said: I know exactly who you are, but being in this line of work. If you grew labor forces. He expected to have tough we do not have the poticas to send to up after Vietnam, you were taught this elections, and that is why TOM HARKIN Washington. was crooked or not worth being a part is my hero and always will be. So at that moment, he called me. I of, and then there was a handful of peo- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- gave him the names of a number of ple like TOM HARKIN who told you it ator from Oregon. other bakers, he found one, and every was worth being a part of. Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I too Senator got a potica for Christmas. The legacy that Senator HARKIN will rise to share a few comments about my The last thing I will say about TOM have—whether it is the farm bill, the friend TOM HARKIN who has contributed that we share in common—we both rep- Americans with Disabilities Act, or the so much to this fight and to put rungs resent States that believe in helping Workforce and Investment Act, that is on the ladder so ordinary people across people who are the most vulnerable. He all you need to leave this place ful- America have a fair shot to thrive. did that with his support for small filled. But to think there are tens of When I first came out here as an in- farmers with the farm bill, and he did thousands of people who, like me, are tern in 1976, you were already over on

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If they want more information Senate side, and one of them was by thanking you for that, and to say that about the fats, trans fats, the amount Hubert Humphrey. is one of the bonds which has drawn us of sodium in the food—all kinds of in- Hubert Humphrey was well known together as friends right from the formation—they get it. for saying that a society should be start. We are a nation where obesity is a judged by how they treat those in the The Senator from Oregon mentioned huge problem, a huge cost driver in dawn of their lives, children, the twi- your strong effort to raise the min- health care. I thank the Senator for light of their lives, seniors, and those imum wage, which ultimately was not leading the charge on menu labeling, who are in the shadow, the sick and successful. I want to mention a couple which is the reality in our country, and disabled. When I think of that vision, I of issues I have had the privilege of you should feel good about that. I feel see TOM HARKIN. I see TOM HARKIN working on with you that I think have very good about that. fighting for children who are oppres- been very successful. There is a battle It has been a blessing knowing you sively working around the world under that needs to continue to be fought, and serving with you, TOM. There is an unacceptable circumstances. TOM HAR- and I plan to continue to do that, and old saying: Flattery won’t hurt you if KIN carries out the fight for those chil- my hope is that you and others will do you don’t inhale. You are having a lot dren and for children’s health care. it too. of flattery thrown at you here today, I have seen him fight for our seniors, As veterans, I know how important so don’t breathe too deeply and you and just this week he was speaking the GI bill was for me and for you as should be OK. passionately about the obligations we well. I think we got about $250 a month We thank and salute you and your have to honor the retirement strategy on the GI bill, and I was happy to have wife Ruth and your family. In the so people can serve their senior years every dime of it. I moved from Cali- Navy, when people have done a really in dignity. He fights for those who are fornia to the University of Delaware good job, we say words like ‘‘bravo disabled, which we have heard about so when I got out of the Navy, got an zulu,’’ and I say bravo zulu to you. much today. MBA, and I still flew for the Navy and When people are ready to weigh anchor I thank TOM HARKIN for taking his the Reserves, and it was a huge help for and sail off into the sunrise, we say years on this planet and dedicating me. things like ‘‘fair winds and following them to this battle for those in the The folks who get the GI bill today seas,’’ and I say that to you as well. dawn of their life, for those in the twi- come back from Afghanistan and Iraq God bless you. light of their life, and for those in the or wherever, and if they have served for The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- shadows. No one has done a better job. 3 years they get the GI bill, as you ator from Illinois. I also wish to thank TOM for the re- know, and that means they get full tui- Mr. DURBIN. I will speak briefly be- cent battles I have had a chance to be tion. If they go to the University of cause I put a statement in the RECORD, a part of—the fight to end discrimina- Iowa, Delaware State, Iowa State, they but I just want to say, TOM, that next tion in the workplace for our LGBT get free tuition. They get free books, to the State of Illinois, I spend more community, which you shepherded fees, tutoring. In my State they get a time campaigning in your State of through your committee and got to the $1,500-a-month housing allowance. That Iowa than any other State. Obviously floor for the first time in which this is the GI bill today. the Presidential caucus brought me bill has been enforced since 1996, and There are a bunch of colleges around over there, and I have come to know proceeded to pass by a 2-to-1 bipartisan the country that—just as they did your home State of Iowa and to appre- majority because of that firm founda- when my dad came back from World ciate that even though there is an ex- tion laid out in the committee. War II or when my Uncle Ed came back traordinary Iowa-Illinois democratic I wish to thank you for your min- from the Korean war, others have come organization, it is a tough State and imum wage bill and for saying to back from Vietnam and so forth—there there are elections that are hotly con- America: Here is a vision: No one who are scam artists involved with postsec- tested. works full time should live in poverty. ondary training schools, sometimes I recall that when I was running for That is absolutely right. We didn’t win colleges, and they see the GI with that the Senate in 1996, you called into our the battle over minimum wage, but we benefit, and they see it as if it were a headquarters and spoke to my cam- advanced the conversation—you ad- dollar sign on their back, and they paign manager, who said: How is it vanced the conversation. I thank you want to go after the dollar sign and going, Senator HARKIN? for doing so, and for carrying out bat- separate the value from the benefit. And you said: I am besieged. tle after battle, and in so many cases, The Senator from Iowa has worked It was a tough campaign, but you succeeding. And in those cases when on this so hard, trying to make sure— survived it and many others. I think it the circumstances weren’t yet all lined there are plenty of for-profit postsec- is because of two things: No. 1 is your up, you continued the fight, carried the ondary schools and such that do a good dogged determination, and No. 2 is voice so we would find that moment in job, and there are some that don’t. No- your commitment to values that you the future when we could secure a vic- body has been as active in trying to have never given up on. tory for ordinary working people, for make sure that we clean this up as you I think there is an authenticity to those who are disabled, for our chil- have been, my friend, and my friend TOM HARKIN that has saved him in dren, and for our seniors. from Illinois, DICK DURBIN, and I am tough years. People who disagreed with I thank you for your service in the pleased to be the wingman on this. I you respected you because you stood Senate. Well done. promise that Senator DURBIN and I up for what you believed in. Some of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- aren’t going away. The folks who do the ideals you and I believe in may not ator from Delaware. this job right, the for-profits that are be as fashionable politically as they Mr. CARPER. The Senator from Or- doing a good job by veterans and tax- once were. There was once a time when egon has thanked TOM for his service in payers, we salute them; and those who I worked for a man named Paul Doug- the Senate. I wish to thank him for his do not, we are going after them. So I las who called himself in the Senate ‘‘a service before he was in the Senate thank you and your staff for standing good liberal.’’ You don’t hear that word when he and I were kids—well, not ex- up for veterans consistently. much anymore, do you? But the fact is, actly—but when we served in the The other thing I wanted to mention those of us who believe there are mo- United States services. We spent some is that many people are having lunch ments in our Nation’s history and in time in airplanes—not in the same air- right now across the eastern part of the lives of ordinary people where the plane, but roughly at the same time. A our country, maybe getting ready, over American family, through our govern- lot of times people come up to me and in Iowa, to have some lunch. If people ment, needs to step in and help—and thank me for my service in the Navy— go into a chain restaurant where there you have done it. You have done it so

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We disagree about what is right, fighting to make sure every family had school. but I think when we look at the list of peace of mind when it came to food We went to a school, a beautiful accomplishments and the enormously safety—I am not sure that has been school which is partially funded by the hard work that has gone into those ac- mentioned, but the Senator from Iowa U.S. Government. We have bright kids complishments, this man, TOM HARKIN, worked on that, and I thank him for who are in school, and they were so will go down as one of the great Sen- that leadership and inspiration. proud of the assistance we had given ators of our period. them, where they were in school and Finally, let me say I have been happy TOM, thank you so much for all you to team up with you on this issue in- not working in fields. have done. volving for-profit schools. Then we go to Chile. We go to Chile I will tell my colleagues that the and we meet with the President of Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I wish to Senator’s hearings set a standard in Chile, all the dignitaries of Chile. Who recognize a dear friend, Senator TOM terms of asking the right questions and knew this? We go to Chile, and TOM HARKIN. Senator HARKIN will be retir- hard questions of an industry that by HARKIN gets an award from the govern- ing at the end of the month, but his in- and large exploits young people and ment. fluence will be felt long after he leaves their families, sinking these kids deep In the very dark days of the Pinochet this Chamber. I speak for all of my col- in debt at the expense of American tax- government, when the democratically leagues when I say he will be sorely payers and doing it many times with elected President of Chile, Salvador missed. the promise of nothing but a worthless Allende, was overthrown in a violent I consider myself lucky to have diploma when it is all over. coup by Pinochet—with, unfortunately, worked with TOM, and even luckier to I know, because I have tried, that the the assistance of the U.S. Govern- call him a friend. TOM has devoted his industry—the for-profit colleges have ment—and people were rounded up and life to public service. friends in high places in Washington, put into prison camps and tortured and Like any good statesman, TOM is killed, TOM HARKIN goes knocking on DC. I can promise you this: As long as humble about his achievements. Hu- the door to one of the prison camps. He I can do it physically, I will continue mility is a trait so often lacking in ac- to wage this battle in your name and in goes knocking on the door—pretty complished men, but TOM is an excep- crazy, but that is what he did. He was your memory because of all your lead- tion. The allure and glamor of Beltway ership in this area. met with soldiers with guns. But he ex- life never held sway over TOM, and his Thank you for being a friend. Thank posed that particular prison camp and years spent in the Nation’s capital you for being a neighbor. And thank played a role in facilitating the ending have only shown that he is an Iowa you for really standing up for the right of some of the more barbaric actions of man through and through. causes over the course of your public the Pinochet government. service. Those are three trips I made with The only thing that runs deeper than The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- him. That is about all. I am sure he has TOM’s Iowa roots is the corn that grows ator from Vermont. gone on other trips. That is a pretty there. TOM still lives in the very same Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I am good record, internationally. house in the very same town where he going to be brief. The truth is that the Then, back home, in terms of dis- was born—Cumming, IA, population: Senator we are honoring right now, ability issues, I can remember and oth- 383—a far cry from this bustling me- TOM HARKIN, will go down in history as ers can remember that 30, 40, 50 years tropolis. His family still keeps a farm one of the great Senators of this par- ago, families had kids born with dis- in Cumming, and I am sure he looks ticular period in American history. Not abilities, and often those kids were in- forward to spending many peaceful many Senators, if any, have a list of stitutionalized, they were hidden, they days there in his retirement. enormous accomplishments anywhere were an embarrassment to the family. TOM grew up in a family of modest close to what Senator HARKIN has ac- Something bad happened; there was a means. His father was a coal miner and complished. child with a disability—Down syn- his mother a Slovenian immigrant who I would like to tell my colleagues a drome, whatever it may be. Think passed away when TOM was just 10 little story. It turns out that coinci- about the revolution that has taken years old. From an early age, TOM de- dentally, really, I have traveled with place, the mainstreaming of those kids. veloped his signature work ethic by Senator HARKIN to a number of places I know in Vermont and all over this taking various odd jobs on farms, at around the world as part of congres- country, kids with disabilities who are construction sites, and even in a bot- sional delegations. Like most congres- sitting in classrooms right now, loved tling plant. sional delegations, we meet with the and respected by their fellow students, leadership of the country, the Presi- educating their fellow students, mak- TOM’s service to our Nation began dent and so forth. But what was inter- ing them more human, more compas- long before he came to Congress. He at- tended Iowa State University on a esting in traveling with Senator HAR- sionate. I think many of us have been Navy ROTC scholarship and served as KIN is wherever you go, he gets honored to high school graduations where peo- by ordinary people in those countries. ple with disabilities get their diploma an active-duty Navy pilot for 5 years We went to Vietnam a number of and people stand up and applaud those after graduation. Even after his full- years ago. Many people will not re- kids. time military service, he continued to member, but the truth is that one of There has been a transformation of serve as a pilot in the Naval Reserve. the very first people ever to expose the the culture in terms of how we deal TOM is a man who always has and al- terrible prison conditions that the with people with disabilities through ways will put our country first. Even South Vietnam Government had estab- the Americans with Disabilities Act. though he and I often disagreed on matters of policy, I always knew that lished was TOM HARKIN. So we go there That didn’t happen by accident. TOM TOM had the best interests of our Na- and we meet people who had been im- HARKIN wasn’t the only person who did prisoned in tiger cages, and they said: it, but he helped lead the effort here in tion and those of his constituents in mind. Senator HARKIN, thank you very much the U.S. Congress to say that people for exposing those conditions and im- with disabilities are part of the human TOM and I first became good friends proving our lives. community and we are going to treat when I joined him in sponsoring the There was a very emotional response. them with the dignity they deserve. Americans with Disabilities Act in Then I go with him to Ghana, and it Then we have all the other issues 1989. At the time, TOM was a first-term turns out that in Ghana and in coun- that people have talked about. Prob- Senator approaching reelection, and to tries in Africa, TOM HARKIN had been a ably nobody in the Congress has been a support the ADA was politically risky. leader in fighting against child labor. stronger fighter for working people and But true to form, TOM bucked political There were kids 8 or 9 years of age who organized labor than TOM HARKIN. expediency to champion a law that the

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In the lives of these loved demagogue. You live your philosophy. ments which is a record. In spite of the ones, TOM saw how lack of opportuni- So I just want you to know there are pushing for months on the NDAA—I ties for persons with disabilities could a lot of Republicans who love Senator don’t know what the reasons were and make their lives all the more chal- HARKIN just as much as the liberals do. I am not going to point the fingers, but lenging. All right. Thank you. we didn’t get it on the floor—we have My friendship with TOM was forged in We should have started with Senator to do it at the last minute. I want to the battles we fought to move the ADA LEVIN and myself kicking this off. I just say, in my heart I believe—I know through both chambers of Congress. I think we were a little bit late in start- the House wound up most of their busi- will never forget the day the Senate ing, so Senator LEVIN is not here now. ness—but if we don’t pass this bill, passed the bill in 1989. After the vote, He will be here in about 30 minutes. there is no other train leaving this sta- TOM and I left the floor and walked Let me make one comment about tion. There is no other way to do it, be- into the anteroom, where there were Senator LEVIN. I did so this morning. cause in this bill, when people stop and hundreds of persons with disabilities in This person chairing these commit- think about it, there are some things I wheelchairs, on crutches, and with var- tees—and he has been through 16 of the don’t like about the bill. I have to ious other disabilities waiting to re- NDAAs in the past, and no one else can admit that, but there are so many good ceive us. Overcome with emotion, both say that. No other Member has ever things. If we go through December 31, of us broke down and cried. It was a done that. Over his 36 years of service, and this is the reminder we have to moment I will never forget. he has concentrated on his concern for have in our own minds, we have right I am not exaggerating when I say the defense of America. This is inter- now 1,779,343 enlisted personnel who that TOM’s work on this hallmark leg- esting because as the ranking member are in service right now. They will lose islation will have resounding effects on the Senate Armed Services Com- their benefits if we don’t pass this bill. for generations to come. Because of the mittee, he and I have worked together. I am talking about reenlistment bo- ADA, millions of Americans with dis- We even participated in two of the nuses. abilities can now pursue the American events called the Big 4. I asked the chair, do you realize—I Dream. The Chair knows this, but some of think he does but not many people do— just flight pay. There is a huge pilot Throughout his Senate career, TOM my colleagues may not. When it comes has always been there to help those time and the committees are unable to shortage right now because the private who could not help themselves. His pass a bill, then the ranking member sector is hiring them up and we are work has affected the lives of millions. and the chairman of the House and the having a hard time keeping them. We have a flight pay incentive. That incen- Senator HARKIN deserves not only our ranking member and the chairman of recognition, but also our gratitude. I the Senate—the Big 4—get together tive would go way. Does it mean anything? Yes. It is a want to wish him, his wife Ruth, and and they draft a bill. That is what hap- $25,000 incentive, and it lasts for—it their family all the best. pened this year and last year. goes for 10 years each year. But if they The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Last year I was getting panicky be- wake up on January 1 and find out they ator from Oklahoma. cause we didn’t pass that bill until De- don’t have their flight pay incentive, Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I have a cember 26. What would happen if we how many of these existing warriors in parliamentary inquiry. It is my under- didn’t, then it would be a crisis on De- the sky are going to drop out and go to standing that we were to begin at 12 cember 31. So I want to say, Senator work for one of the airlines? I don’t o’clock for 3 hours until the first mo- LEVIN, I have enjoyed—I regret we know. But a lot of them will, I can as- tion on the NDAA, and that would won’t be able to have the same posi- sure you of that. tions because, of course, Senator LEVIN begin now, it looks like, about an hour I think we need to remind people how late; is that correct? is—such as our friend from Iowa—retir- much it costs to train a new one. In- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under ing after this term. stead of a $25,000 bonus to reach the Let me mention the NDAA bill is the the previous order, there will now be 3 standards of the level of an F–22 pilot, most important bill we do every year. hours of debate, with 1 hour each for it costs $17 million. Stop and think I don’t think anyone is ever going to the Senator from Oklahoma, Mr. about the millions and millions of dol- COBURN, and the Senator from Nevada, debate that. We had the 52 consecutive lars that would be lost just from the Mr. REID, and with 30 minutes each for years—and this is going to be the 53rd flight pay. These things are happening. the Senator from Alaska, Ms. MUR- consecutive year we have been able to A lot of good things are in this bill KOWSKI, and the Senator from Okla- pass it. It seems as though each year it and some are controversial. The hous- homa, Mr. INHOFE, or their designees. is always hard to do, because at the ing starts are in this bill—none of the Mr. INHOFE. Thank you, Mr. Presi- last minute there are other people who housing starts. I am talking about dent. Before the Senator from Iowa want to get things in the bill that were military construction for our kids that leaves, let me make one comment. I not there. But we have to keep in are out there. One of the controversial look at him and all of those who are mind, in defense of the big-four ap- areas is in Gitmo. This is one of the saying nice things about the Senator proach to this, we passed this bill. We very few areas where Chairman LEVIN from Iowa—and I am from Iowa, so I passed it out of the Senate Armed and I disagreed with each other. Gitmo can say this. My colleagues need to re- Services Committee on May 23. We is a resource that can’t be replaced. He member that even conservatives can have been wanting to get it on floor would be for closing it. love TOM HARKIN. I think it is impor- since May 23. We are now keeping the restrictions tant for people to understand that. Senator LEVIN and I have come down we have right now and keeping it open I have to say that I have been to I countless times and begged our col- for another year so we can look at it think at least 10 of the airshows, and leagues on the Democratic side and the next year and spend more time on it. spending 90 percent of my time—my Republican side to get their amend- We have the counterterrorism part- wife and his wife, the four of us to- ments down so we could consider their nership funds, and so many of these gether, because we are both pilots—sit- amendments. We had a lot of amend- things are in this bill that I think are ting around and lying about airplanes, ments that did come down. Of the very significant. We are supporting the we got real close to each other. amendments that came down, I am needed Aircraft Modernization Pro- I can say the same thing about my very proud to say that we incorporated gram. You hear a lot about the F–35. good friend Senator SANDERS, and I almost all of them. Forty-seven of The F–22 was terminated by the Presi- have said this on the floor before: The those amendments are a part of this dent and terminated 6 years ago. So

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He ably the ugliest airplane in the sky, tion that we are having out there with has gotten us all to work together, but you ask any of our troops on the shale. The ranchers in Oklahoma tell where almost every year we passed out ground what they want to see coming me the grazing rights issues that are in the Defense authorization almost when they are in danger, it is the A–10. these land packages are good. I hear unanimously—how often does that hap- That is going to continue. There is not some people saying, well, there is pen—and most times unanimously in a going to be one reduction in that. something to do with a women’s com- divided Congress. I know the Armed Services Com- mittee starting or something like that. I wish Senator LEVIN the best, be- mittee next year will look at that Let’s keep in mind, I say to my fel- cause he has been so knowledgeable freshly and maybe make changes. low conservatives, that if MARSHA and so committed to ensuring that our AWACS, the President wanted to take BLACKBURN’s bill that became a part of Nation is safe and committed to our seven of the AWACS planes out, and this bill—now, it shouldn’t have hap- men and women in uniform. that would be 25 percent of the AWACS pened, but nonetheless it did. It is so On a personal note, he has been so re- fleets. That is a great big plane that overriding we pass a bill and not allow spectful to me and someone who I has a circle on the top that goes out something like that to actually kill think has run the committee so very and brings back information to save the bill. well and has served our country with lives. That is there. I would say we are still a nation at such dignity and such dedication. I The authorizing the military con- war right now. We will be back to dis- wish he and his wife Barbara the best struction of family housing projects cuss this further, and I do want to have in the future. that has been started, they would come an opportunity to respond to some of He is someone whom this body will to a stop without this bill. That means the critics of this bill. Keep in mind. miss. Certainly as the chairman of the we would have paid the contractors. This is the last opportunity we have Armed Services Committee, he has There are going to be breach-of-con- before December 31—before January treated everyone on both sides of the tract lawsuits and everything else. when we come back in—and on Decem- aisle with incredible respect and given I will only mention one other thing— ber 31 it would be a crisis. I say to my us opportunities to raise issues that the Russian-made rocket engines. A lot good friends on the left and on the are important to us. I think he is a of people hear about that and they say: right, we have to have the bill. This is model of how we should conduct our- Why in the world, with all the prob- the last bill we can pass. selves. We can disagree with each other lems with Putin, with what is going on I would like to recognize Senator but still find ways in common ground in the Ukraine, around the world—I AYOTTE, the very courageous Senator where we can work together to get just got back from Lithuania, and I who has been a major part of the provi- things done for the American people. also went over to Ukraine. I am seeing sions to this bill, and I will go so far as I come to the floor to discuss the De- things with our allies over there that to say as the most active member of fense authorization and the provisions they would ask the question: Why are the Senate Armed Services Committee. in it that are so important to not only you buying Russian-made rocket en- I yield the floor. my home State of New Hampshire but gines? We are, but those are being fazed The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- to the country and also to address out. We have directed the Secretary of ator from New Hampshire. some of the provisions I want us to Defense to develop a U.S. rocket to re- Ms. AYOTTE. Mr. President, I want keep an eye on as we go forward. With place that rocket. That is going on to thank the senior Senator from Okla- skill and courage, our men and women right now. homa, Mr. INHOFE, for his leadership, in uniform are doing their job. It is es- By the way, I have to say this. I men- along with Senator LEVIN, working sential we do our job as well. In a time tioned Ukraine. I can’t tell you, when hand in hand to get the Defense au- of war, we cannot neglect our constitu- we look and see what is happening over thorization done this year. This is so tional duty to provide for the common there—I had a great experience. I was important. I know all of us would like defense. over there just 3 days before our elec- to have a process where we can have an As a member of the Armed Services tions. It happened to be 3 days after open amendment process here, but I Committee I have been privy to many their elections. In the Ukraine, Presi- know that Senator LEVIN and Senator briefings, as the Presiding Officer has, dent Poroshenko was so proud, and he INHOFE worked very hard. We had this as a member of the committee about sat there and told me: In Ukraine, we ready to go a long time ago. I thank the threats facing our country and the have to get 5 percent of the vote to you for your work and your commit- needs of our men and women in uni- have a seat in Parliament. The Com- ment on this, and I thank you for the form, the concerns we have of ensuring munists, for the first time in 96 years, way you and Senator LEVIN have run our troops are ready and that we are didn’t get 5 percent. So there will not this committee in a respectful bipar- prepared to address potential threats be one Communist in Parliament in tisan manner. to the country. Ukraine. That is incredible. Those are As we look at the importance of the In this bill, my home State of New our friends over there. They are the Defense authorization, making sure Hampshire, we are a State that is very ones we need to keep our defense that we get this done before we go dedicated to serving, just as the Pre- strong, and we directly address that in home, we have to understand with the siding Officer’s State of Virginia is this bill. threats we are facing around the world very dedicated to serving. There are I will only say one thing about the right now, now would not be the time many provisions in this bill that I have lands package. It is the most con- for the first time in over 50-plus years introduced and supported that I am troversial part of this bill because it is not to pass the Defense authorization, proud of that will make a difference to something which has nothing to do given what it means to support for our our national security and to our men with Defense. On the other hand, when men and women in uniform, their read- and women in uniform. we are in negotiations and there are iness, their equipment, the training, I would like to talk about some of some things that should not perhaps the support for their families, military those provisions. In terms of sup- come in, in this forum, and I thought— construction, investment in technology porting our troops and our families, it I even characterized it as outrageous at that they need to keep us safe. is very important that we pass this bill the time that that was made part of So I want to thank Senator INHOFE every year because it authorizes expir- this bill. I have to say this—any for his work on this. I also want to ing benefits for our troops that if we changes in the bill, by the way, are take the opportunity to thank Senator don’t reauthorize, they would expire, going to result in not having a bill, and LEVIN, who is retiring this year, for including dozens of specific special in- all the things I just mentioned would being an incredible chairman of this centive pays for our troops and their

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So Since 2000, collectively as a Congress, than one dozen provisions to enhance when we are contracting in places such we worked hard to correct the pay-and- protections for victims of sexual as- as Afghanistan, we have given them benefit structure for those who wear sault and extends to the Secretary of tools to cut off contracts sooner to the uniform to close what was a 13.5- the VA the authority to provide reha- make sure the contracts aren’t going percent gap between the private sector bilitation and vocational benefits to to the wrong people. and what our men and women in uni- servicemembers with severe illnesses This legislation will extend those au- form were getting. We eliminated out- and injuries. thorities across the Federal Govern- of-pocket housing expenses—that used It also strengthens the Department ment, to USAID, and to the State De- to be 20 percent—and expanded health of Defense’s suicide prevention efforts. partment to ensure that our taxpayer care for retired military personnel over Unfortunately, suicide is happening to dollars don’t go to people who are act- the age of 65. too many of those who have served our ing against our interests. So I appre- But as I look at the provisions of this Nation and is an issue that we are so ciate USAID and the State Department bill, I don’t want us to erode the work concerned about on a bipartisan basis. working with me on this legislation, we have done to recognize our men and The bill also authorizes $6.3 billion and I am very pleased it is included in women in uniform and the positions for needed military construction and these provisions. and the danger they face. In this bill, family housing projects. Included These are a few of the positive exam- generally, the dollar amounts associ- among that authorization are military ples of the importance of this Defense ated with the provisions about which I construction projects at Pease Air Na- authorization bill. There are many am concerned are much smaller than tional Guard Base in New Hampshire to other important provisions in this bill. those involved with the COLA debate prepare for the arrival of the KC–46A, That is why it is important that we get earlier this year. Again, we are back not to mention a very important en- this done today or tomorrow. looking toward our men and women in ergy conservation project at the Ports- There are two areas of issues that I uniform in several areas. mouth Naval Shipyard. The shipyard want to address briefly which I am a These problematic provisions relate has continued to invest in energy con- little concerned about on this bill. As a to the compensation and health bene- servation and to save taxpayer dollars Member of the Senate Armed Services fits for our servicemembers and their while doing so, and I am pleased it is Committee—and I am also married to a families. More specifically, they relate included in this bill. veteran—I plan to vote for this bill be- to the basic allowance for housing or The Defense bill also maintains crit- cause of the positive components. But BAH, TRICARE pharmacy copays, and ical close air support capability in the one of the areas with which I am con- basic pay for our servicemembers. Air Force, which our troops need, in cerned is that we are again looking at BAH is currently designed to cover that it ensures that the Air Force can- compensation and we are looking at 100 percent of servicemembers’ month- not prematurely retire the A–10 air- housing allowances of our men and ly housing costs. The BAH provision in craft in fiscal year 2015. Having traveled to Afghanistan and women in uniform. It reminds me a lit- this NDAA will allow the Secretary of hearing directly from the men on the tle bit—it is not an exact analogy—of Defense to reduce BAH payments so ground, I know how important it is when we had the budget agreement they only cover 99 percent of a service- they have the very best air support to over 1 year ago. There was an adjust- member’s monthly housing costs. keep them safe. ment made to the cost-of-living in- Obviously, that is a small reduction. The bill also authorizes continued creases. It was a cut, really, in the But it is the significance of the reduc- funding for the Virginia Class 10-boat military retirement of some of those tion I am concerned about. We can’t multiyear procurement program, in- who have served our country. keep going down this road, where we cluding two in fiscal year 2015, which is I was someone who came to the floor are trying to choose between military very important because keeping the 10 to reverse this reduction to the cost-of- readiness and making sure our men and boat multi-year production and pro- living increases, which for some of our women in uniform have the compensa- curement program on track—and I men and women in uniform, who had tion they need in terms of compensa- know the President shares this con- served so admirably, would have cost tion and support for their families. cern—will help achieve savings in ex- them up to $80,000 a year in their re- That is why I am concerned about this cess of 15 percent, compared to pur- tirement. We are talking about en- provision. chasing only one per year. It makes listed people who worked so hard, and In terms of pharmacy copays, while cost sense, and we need to continue to it would make such a big difference for the Pentagon’s budget request is im- invest in our attack submarine pro- them. portant to understand, they requested gram. One of the reasons I came in that re- a much greater increase in future years With the help of the skilled workers gard to fight against what was included in copays than this body would ac- at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, in the budget agreement was because cept—than the Armed Services com- these submarines will protect vital there seemed to be a disconnect. mittees would accept. The negotiated shipping lanes and U.S. national secu- That budget agreement made NDAA would still permit a $3 phar- rity interests around the world for dec- changes to civilian retirement but only macy copay increase for non-Active- ades to come. With the administra- prospectively to those who were just Duty TRICARE beneficiaries who fill tion’s discussion of a shift to the Asia- joining the retirement program. When prescriptions outside of military treat- Pacific and the importance of that area it came to making the cuts to the mili- ment facilities. of the world to our economy and our tary retirement and to their cost of liv- Congress has worked hard to close interests, our attack submarine fleet is ing, it was affecting current recipients. the military-civilian pay gap, but this so critical in meeting our needs around So there seemed to be a disconnect. year’s NDAA is once again only set to the world. How could we ask those who have given give our military a 1-percent pay raise These measures, which are included the most—have sacrificed so much to for the second straight year. in this bill, will help ensure that Ports- defend us—to make a sacrifice when we I believe our military servicemem- mouth and Pease will remain valuable were treating other civilian employees bers deserve a higher pay raise. I will national security assets. I am so proud differently. I am pleased Congress re- continue to push for that in the future, of the members of our National Guard, versed that. and I hope it is something we can work everyone who serves at the Portsmouth What came out of that is that we together on because we have to keep up Naval Shipyard, and the incredible need to have a greater understanding with inflation for our men and women workers there who do the maintenance of the unique sacrifices our men and in uniform. It is very important. of our attack submarine fleet. women in uniform make. The sacrifices One of the reasons it is important is The bill also includes provisions of they make are different than that of that they are our greatest treasure. ‘‘never contracting with the enemy’’ other workers—the traveling they do, The reason we have such a wonderful

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As we look morrow, we are going to be dealing college. Others are graduating school at where we are with defense spending, with the $1 trillion omnibus bill, and I saddled forever with these terrible one thing that very much concerns me will explain why I will be firmly voting debts from college or graduate school. is the incoming impact of sequester against that bill. This budget doesn’t address those again in 2016 and 2017. It is my hope But before I do, I think it is impor- problems. It doesn’t address the crisis this body will understand and work to- tant to put the budget in the broader of childcare, and the fact that in gether in addressing sequester for our context of what is happening in Amer- Vermont and around the country it is defense because I see us continuing to ica. We can’t look at a budget in the very hard for working-class families to be in a situation where our military abstract; we have to see it in the con- get quality, affordable childcare. leaders come to us and ask us to take text. The context is that right now But what this budget does do—people from the men and women in a way that most Americans understand the middle don’t know it—roughly 60 percent of is unacceptable because they are wor- class of this country is disappearing. the budget goes to defense spending. It ried about sequester, they are worried Median family income has gone down goes to defense spending. Sixty percent about the readiness of our troops, and by $5,000 since 1999. Today the median of the discretionary budget goes not to they are concerned they won’t be able male worker is making $700 less in in- our kids, not to our elderly, not to stu- to provide the training and equipment flation-adjusted dollars than he made dents, not to working people, not to our troops need to meet and face the 41 years ago. The median female work- the infrastructure, not to all of the threats around the world and to ensure er is making $1,300 less than she made huge unmet needs we face as a country, that our men and women in uniform 7 years ago. Meanwhile, while the mid- but it goes to the military. dle class disappears and we have more never become part of a hollow force. Does anyone here deny we need a The Presiding Officer serves on the people living in poverty than at almost strong military, a strong National Armed Services Committee with me. It any time in modern American history, Guard? I don’t. We do. But sometimes, is my hope as we look at this NDAA the gap between the very rich and ev- in tough times, you have to make that we don’t set a precedent where we erybody else is growing wider. We have tough decisions. And I think spending are continuing to take from our mili- massive wealth inequality in America. $554 billion on the military is too tary, that we continue to look to how One family, the Walton family, owns much. we can work together to address se- more wealth than the bottom 40 per- I would point out, Mr. President, quester in the coming years, because cent of the American people. The top what I am sure you know; that it is there is a big disconnect of where we one-tenth of 1 percent owns more clear—it has been admitted—that the are now. If we impose the sequester in wealth than the bottom 90 percent of military can’t even audit itself. We 2016 and 2017 with the threats we face the American people. Today, unbeliev- don’t even know effectively and appro- around the world, with what our men ably, 95 percent of all new income is priately how the military is spending and women need to address those going to the top 1 percent and cor- its money. They do not even have the threats to keep this country safe, what porate profits are at an all-time high. computer technology to tell us where they deserve in terms of our support, That is the overall reality of what is they are spending. given what we are asking them to do— going on with the American economy they are the very best, and they go out today. And in the midst of that, we What we also know is that cost over- and do it on our behalf every single have the budget. So let’s talk a little runs in the military are extraordinary. day. It is my hope we can work to- about this $1 trillion budget and how it Time after time after time an agree- gether. addresses or doesn’t address the prob- ment is reached about how much a I have addressed these issues in my lems facing our country. weapons system will cost, and it turns additional views to the 2015 Defense au- Are there good things in this budget? out the contractor was just joking be- thorization, and it is my hope we will The answer is: Absolutely. I am chair- cause there is a huge overrun. And then recognize the treasure that is our men man of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs we have fraud. Fraud. Virtually every and women in uniform going forward, Committee, and I want to thank Chair- major military contractor has been in- that we will cut through the partisan man MIKULSKI and others for making volved in fraud resulting in either con- politics, that we will address sequester, sure that our VA gets the kind of budg- victions or settlements with the gov- and that our men and women in uni- et they need. Included in that budget, ernment. form will know that we will continue by the way, is also a provision called So we have folks here who last year to stand by them. advanced appropriations for the VA, were talking about cuts in nutrition This Defense authorization is impor- which will mean that in the event of a programs, education, health care—you tant, but it also prefaces the challenges government shutdown, veterans will name it, programs that are life and we face coming forward in 2016 and still be able to get the disability bene- death for working families—yet when 2017, which I believe we will not be able fits they desperately need. And there it comes to the military, we can spend to fully meet unless we come together are other provisions in there that are $554 billion. I think that is too much. and address sequester. very good. Second of all, when you look at the We do need to get the Defense au- But overall, if you look at the budget global economy and you look at our thorization done today. There are pro- in the context of contemporary Amer- international partners, I find it inter- visions that are very important for our ican society, this is simply not a good esting that every other major country national security. The issues I have ad- budget. Let me pick up three points on Earth provides health care for all of dressed as concerns today I hope we where I have strong disagreements. their people as a right except the aren’t addressing them again next I think the vast majority of the United States; yet in terms of their de- year. I hope we can correct them and American people understand that we fense spending, they are spending a make sure that we are giving the men have huge unmet needs in this country. heck of a lot less than we are. We are and women in uniform a pay raise that I expect in the Chair’s State of Vir- spending now almost—almost—as is better than this year. I hope that to- ginia, in Vermont, and all over this much as the entire rest of the world gether we can continue to work on a country we all know our infrastructure combined. bipartisan basis in the Armed Services is crumbling—our roads, bridges, water So I object in this bill to the signifi- Committee, as Chairman LEVIN has systems, wastewater plants. Our rail cant amount of money being spent on championed, as Senator INHOFE, as the system is falling behind Europe, Japan, the military, and I would have hoped

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There are provisions Lobbyists Help in Drafting Financial ‘‘The huge machinery of Wall Street infor- in this bill, written in secret, which Bills.’’ mation and analysis skews the thinking of allow significant cuts in benefits for Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- Congress,’’ said Jeff Connaughton, who has retirees who are members of multiem- sent to have printed in the RECORD this been both a lobbyist and Congressional staff ployer pension plans. article. member. Lawmakers who supported the industry- Let me quote from a recent Wash- There being no objection, the mate- backed bills said they did so because the ef- ington Post article regarding the rial was ordered to be printed in the fort was in the public interest. Yet some change in this bill: RECORD, as follows: agreed that the relationship with corporate The change would alter 40 years of federal [From the New York Times, May 23, 2013] groups was at times uncomfortable. law and could affect millions of workers, BANK’S LOBBYISTS HELP IN DRAFTING ‘‘I won’t dispute for one second the prob- many of them part of a shrinking corps of FINANCIAL BILLS lems of a system that demands immense amount of fund-raisers by its legislators,’’ middle-income employees in businesses such (By Eric Lipton and Ben Protess) as trucking, construction and supermarkets. said Representative Jim Himes, a third-term WASHINGTON.—Bank lobbyists are not leav- Reuters mentions this: Democrat of Connecticut, who supported the ing it to lawmakers to draft legislation that recent industry-backed bills and leads the The centerpiece is a provision that would softens financial regulations. Instead, the party’s fund-raising effort in the House. A open the door to cutting current bene- lobbyists are helping to write it themselves. member of the Financial Services Com- ficiaries’ benefits, a retirement policy taboo One bill that sailed through the House Fi- mittee and a former banker at Goldman and a potential disaster for retirees on fixed nancial Services Committee this month— Sachs, he is one of the top recipients of Wall incomes. over the objections of the Treasury Depart- Street donations. ‘‘It’s appalling, it’s dis- What does that mean? When you go ment—was essentially Citigroup’s, according gusting, it’s wasteful and it opens the possi- to work for a company, you get wages, to e-mails reviewed by The New York Times. bility of conflicts of interest and corruption. The bill would exempt broad swathes of It’s unfortunately the world we live in.’’ you get benefits, but you also, in some trades from new regulation. cases, get a promise in terms of a pen- The passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, which In a sign of Wall Street’s resurgent influ- took aim at culprits of the financial crisis sion—what you will get when you re- ence in Washington, Citigroup’s rec- like lax mortgage lending and the $700 tril- tire after 20 years, 30 years, 40 years of ommendations were reflected in more than lion derivatives market, ushered in a new work. What this bill does is allow com- 70 lines of the House committee’s 85-line bill. phase of Wall Street lobbying. Over the last panies to renege on that promise. It is Two crucial paragraphs, prepared by three years, bank lobbyists have blitzed the my understanding that, in some cases, Citigroup in conjunction with other Wall regulatory agencies writing rules under Street banks, were copied nearly word for Dodd-Frank, chipping away at some regula- the cuts in pensions could be draco- word. (Lawmakers changed two words to nian. I am talking about a 50-percent tions. make them plural.) But the industry lobbyists also realized cut. The lobbying campaign shows how, three that Congress can play a critical role in the Imagine somebody who has worked years after Congress passed the most com- campaign to mute Dodd-Frank. his or her entire life, expects to retire prehensive overhaul of regulation since the The House Financial Services Committee with a certain level of income, and sud- Depression, Wall Street is finding Wash- has been a natural target. Not only is it con- denly, after 20, 30, 40 years of work, ington a friendlier place. trolled by Republicans, who had opposed wakes up in the morning and finds out The cordial relations now include a grow- Dodd-Frank, but freshmen lawmakers are ing number of Democrats in both the House often appointed to the unusually large com- that promise has been cut in half. Wow. and the Senate, whose support the banks That is awful. That is totally awful. mittee because it is seen as a helpful base need if they want to roll back parts of the from which they can raise campaign funds. I remember back, as the American 2010 financial overhaul, known as Dodd- For Wall Street, the committee is a place people do, that Wall Street—the CEOs Frank. to push back against Dodd-Frank. When of Wall Street—engaged in illegal and This legislative push is a second front, banks and other corporations, for example, reckless behavior, which drove this with Wall Street’s other battle being waged feared that regulators would demand new economy into the worst recession in against regulators who are drafting detailed scrutiny of derivatives trades, they appealed modern history, impacting millions rules allowing them to enforce the law. to the committee. At the time, regulators And as its lobbying campaign steps up, the and millions of people’s lives. And what were completing Dodd-Frank’s overhaul of financial industry has doubled its already derivatives, contracts that allow companies happened to Wall Street? Well, Con- considerable giving to political causes. The to either speculate in the markets or protect gress bailed them out. Congress bailed lawmakers who this month supported the against risk. Derivatives had pushed the in- out the folks on Wall Street whose bills championed by Wall Street received surance giant American International Group criminal action caused the recession. twice as much in contributions from finan- to the brink of collapse in 2008. The question Yet now we have working people who cial institutions compared with those who was whether regulators would exempt cer- have done nothing wrong except work opposed them, according to an analysis of tain in-house derivatives trades between af- their entire lives—10, 20, 30 years—and campaign finance records performed by filiates of big banks. MapLight, a nonprofit group. through no fault of their own, they are As the House committee was drafting a bill In recent weeks, Wall Street groups also that would force regulators to exempt many not getting bailed out. They are going held fund-raisers for lawmakers who co-spon- such trades, corporate lawyers like Michael to see a 50-percent reduction in their sored the bills. At one dinner Wednesday Bopp weighed in with their suggested pensions. night, corporate executives and lobbyists changes, according to e-mails reviewed by That is unacceptable and that paid up to $2,500 to dine in a private room of The Times. At one point, when a House aide opens—it just opens up a future in a Greek restaurant just blocks from the Cap- sent a potential compromise to Mr. Bopp, he terms of pensions which I think is very itol with Representative Sean Patrick Malo- replied with additional tweaks. frightening for the American people. ney, Democrat of New York, a co-sponsor of In an interview, Mr. Bopp explained that the bill championed by Citigroup. So I can’t support that provision as he drafted the proposal at the request of Industry officials acknowledged that they Congressional aides, who expressed broad well. played a role in drafting the legislation, but support for the change. The proposal, he ex- The last point I want to make is get- argued that the practice was common in plained, was a ‘‘compromise’’ that was actu- ting back to Wall Street. In my very Washington. Some of the changes, they say, ally designed to ‘‘limit the scope’’ of the ex- strong opinion, we have reached the have gained wide support, including from emption. stage with Wall Street where the major Ben S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chair- ‘‘Everyone on the Hill wanted this bill, but financial institutions are just too big, man. The changes, they added, were in an ef- they wanted to make sure it wasn’t subject they are just too powerful. Anyone who fort to reach a compromise over the bills, to abuse,’’ said Mr. Bopp, a partner at the not to undermine Dodd-Frank. law firm Gibson, Dunn who was representing thinks that Congress regulates Wall ‘‘We will provide input if we see a bill and a coalition of nonfinancial corporations that Street has got it backwards. The re- it is something we have interest in,’’ said use derivatives to hedge their risk. ality is that Wall Street, with their in- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr., a former lawmaker Ultimately, the committee inserted every credible wealth and lobbying capabili- turned Wall Street lobbyist, who now serves word of Mr. Bopp’s suggestion into a 2012

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Street banks, were copied nearly word for as long as such insured depository institu- And when federal regulators in April re- word. tion is part of a bank holding company, or leased a rule governing such trades, it was In other words, it is not even Mem- savings and loan holding company, that is significantly less demanding than the indus- bers of Congress writing these bills, it supervised by the Federal Reserve and such try had feared, a decision that the industry is Wall Street writing the bills and get- swaps entity affiliate complies with sections partly attributed to pressure stemming from 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act and Capitol Hill. ting them into this legislation. Now what does this legislation do? such other requirements as the Commodity Citigroup and other major banks used a Futures Trading Commission or the Securi- similar approach on another derivatives bill. Well, we suffered the worst economic ties Exchange Commission, as appropriate, Under Dodd-Frank, banks must push some crisis since the 1930s because of the and the Board of Governors of the Federal derivatives trading into separate units that greed, recklessness, and illegal behav- Reserve System, may determine to be nec- are not backed by the government’s insur- ior on Wall Street. What Wall Street essary and appropriate. ance fund. The goal was to isolate this risky did is engage in absolutely reckless (d) ONLY BONA FIDE HEDGING AND TRADI- trading. speculation, and then the chickens TIONAL BANK ACTIVITIES PERMITTED.—The The provision exempted many derivatives came home to roost. People could not prohibition in subsection (a) shall apply to from the requirement, but some Republicans any insured depository institution unless the proposed striking the so-called push out pro- pay back the debts they incurred on insured depository institution limits its vision altogether. After objections were subprime mortgages, and the entire fi- swap or security-based swap activities to: raised about the Republican plan, Citigroup nancial system of the United States of (1) Hedging and other similar risk miti- lobbyists sent around the bank’s own com- America and the world was on the gating activities directly related to the in- promise proposal that simply exempted a verge of collapse. So Congress, a few sured depository institution’s activities. wider array of derivatives. That rec- years ago, passed Dodd-Frank. It didn’t (2) Acting as a swaps entity for swaps or ommendation, put forth in late 2011, was go anywhere near as far as I would go. security-based swaps involving rates or ref- largely part of the bill approved by the I believe we should break up these erence assets that are permissible for invest- House committee on May 7 and is now pend- major financial institutions. I don’t be- ment by a national bank under the para- ing before both the Senate and the House. Citigroup executives said the change they lieve you can control them. I don’t be- graph designated as ‘‘Seventh.’’ of section advocated was good for the financial system, lieve you can regulate them. They reg- 5136 of the Revised Statutes of the United not just the bank. ulate the Congress. But Dodd-Frank States ( 12 U.S.C. 24), other than as described ‘‘This view is shared not just by the indus- took some steps toward that, and there in paragraph (3). try but from leaders such as Federal Reserve was one provision I will quote—section (3) LIMITATION ON CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS.— Chairman Ben Bernanke,’’ said Molly Acting as a swaps entity for credit default 716. swaps, including swaps or security-based Millerwise Meiners, a Citigroup spokes- Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- woman. swaps referencing the credit risk of asset- sent to have printed in the RECORD this Industry executives said that the backed securities as defined in section changes—which were drafted in consultation section I am going to quote from. 3(a)(77) of the Securities Exchange Act of with other major industry banks—will make There being no objection, the mate- 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(77)) (as amended by this the financial system more secure, as the de- rial was ordered to be printed in the Act) shall not be considered a bank permis- rivatives trading that takes place inside the RECORD, as follows: sible activity for purposes of subsection bank is subject to much greater scrutiny. SEC. 716. PROHIBITION AGAINST FEDERAL GOV- (d)(2) unless such swaps or security-based Representative Maxine Waters, the rank- ERNMENT BAILOUTS OF SWAPS EN- swaps are cleared by a derivatives clearing ing Democrat on the Financial Services TITIES. organization (as such term is defined in sec- Committee, was among the few Democrats (a) PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.— tion la of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 opposing the change, echoing the concerns of Notwithstanding any other provision of law U.S.C. la)) or a clearing agency (as such term consumer groups. (including regulations), no Federal assist- is defined in section 3 of the Securities Ex- ‘‘The bill restores the public subsidy to ex- ance may be provided to any swaps entity change Act (15 U.S.C. 78c)) that is registered, otic Wall Street activities,’’ said Marcus with respect to any swap, security-based or exempt from registration, as a derivatives Stanley, the policy director of Americans for swap, or other activity of the swaps entity. clearing organization under the Commodity Financial Reform, a nonprofit group. (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: Exchange Act or as a clearing agency under But most of the Democrats on the com- (1) FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘Fed- the Securities Exchange Act, respectively. eral assistance’’ means the use of any ad- mittee, along with 31 Republicans, came to (e) EXISTING SWAPS AND SECURITY-BASED vances from any Federal Reserve credit fa- the industry’s defense, including the seven SWAPS.—The prohibition in subsection (a) cility or discount window that is not part of freshmen Democrats—most of whom have shall only apply to swaps or security-based a program or facility with broad-based eligi- started to receive donations this year from swaps entered into by an insured depository bility under section 13(3)(A) of the Federal political action committees of Goldman institution after the end of the transition pe- Reserve Act, Federal Deposit Insurance Cor- Sachs, Wells Fargo and other financial insti- riod described in subsection (f). tutions, records show. poration insurance or guarantees for the pur- Six days after the vote, several freshmen pose of— (f) TRANSITION PERIOD.—To the extent an Democrats were in New York to meet with (A) making any loan to, or purchasing any insured depository institution qualifies as a bank executives, a tour organized by Rep- stock, equity interest, or debt obligation of, ‘‘swaps entity’’ and would be subject to the resentative Joe Crowley, who helps lead the any swaps entity; Federal assistance prohibition in subsection House Democrats’ fund-raising committee. (B) purchasing the assets of any swaps en- (a), the appropriate Federal banking agency, The trip was planned before the votes, and tity; after consulting with and considering the was not a fund-raiser, but it gave the law- (C) guaranteeing any loan or debt issuance views of the Commodity Futures Trading makers a chance to meet with Wall Street’s of any swaps entity; or Commission or the Securities Exchange elite. (D) entering into any assistance arrange- Commission, as appropriate, shall permit the In addition to a tour of Goldman’s Lower ment (including tax breaks), loss sharing, or insured depository institution up to 24 Manhattan headquarters, and a meeting with profit sharing with any swaps entity. months to divest the swaps entity or cease Lloyd C. Blankfein, the bank’s chief execu- (2) SWAPS ENTITY.— the activities that require registration as a tive, the lawmakers went to JPMorgan’s (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘swaps entity’’ swaps entity. In establishing the appropriate Park Avenue office. There, they chatted with means any swap dealer, security-based swap transition period to effect such divestiture Jamie Dimon, the bank’s chief, about Dodd- dealer, major swap participant, major secu- or cessation of activities, which may include Frank and immigration reform. rity-based swap participant, that is reg- making the swaps entity an affiliate of the The bank chief also delivered something of istered under— insured depository institution, the appro- a pep talk. (i) the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. priate Federal banking agency shall take America has the widest, deepest and most 1 et seq.); or into account and make written findings re- transparent capital markets in the world,’’ (ii) the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 garding the potential impact of such divesti- he said. ‘‘Washington has been dealt a good U.S.C. 78a et seq.). ture or cessation of activities on the insured hand.’’ (B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘swaps entity’’ depository institution’s (1) mortgage lend- does not include any major swap participant ing, (2) small business lending, (3) job cre- Mr. SANDERS. And let me quote or major security-based swap participant ation, and (4) capital formation versus the from that article: that is an insured depository institution. potential negative impact on insured deposi- In a sign of Wall Street’s resurgent influ- (c) AFFILIATES OF INSURED DEPOSITORY IN- tors and the Deposit Insurance Fund of the ence in Washington, Citigroup’s rec- STITUTIONS.—The prohibition on Federal as- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:26 Dec 17, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\DEC 2014\S12DE4.REC S12DE4 rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S6722 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 12, 2014 appropriate Federal banking agency may and sound manner and mitigate systemic ‘‘SEC. 3B. SECURITIES-RELATED DERIVATIVES. consider such other factors as may be appro- risk. ‘‘(a) Any agreement, contract, or trans- priate. The appropriate Federal banking (k) RULES.—In prescribing rules, the pru- action (or class thereof) that is exempted by agency may place such conditions on the in- dential regulator for a swaps entity shall the Commodity Futures Trading Commis- sured depository institution’s divestiture or consider the following factors: sion. . . ceasing of activities of the swaps entity as it (1) The expertise and managerial strength Mr. SANDERS. This is the title of deems necessary and appropriate. The transi- of the swaps entity, including systems for ef- the provision, 716, that this bill re- tion period under this subsection may be ex- fective oversight. peals: ‘‘Prohibition Against Federal tended by the appropriate Federal banking (2) The financial strength of the swaps en- Government Bailouts of Swaps Enti- agency, after consultation with the Com- tity. ties.’’ modity Futures Trading Commission and the (3) Systems for identifying, measuring and Now to quote from that section: Securities and Exchange Commission, for a controlling risks arising from the swaps en- (A) Prohibition on Federal Assistance— period of up to 1 additional year. tity’s operations. notwithstanding any other provision of law (g) EXCLUDED ENTITIES.—For purposes of (4) Systems for identifying, measuring and (including regulations), no Federal assist- this section, the term ‘‘swaps entity’’ shall controlling the swaps entity’s participation ance may be provided to any swaps entity not include any insured depository institu- in existing markets. with respect to any swap, security-based tion under the Federal Deposit Insurance (5) Systems for controlling the swaps enti- swap, or other activity of the swaps entity. Act or a covered financial company under ty’s participation or entry into in new mar- title II which is in a conservatorship, receiv- kets and products. That is what is being repealed. So ership, or a bridge bank operated by the Fed- (l) AUTHORITY OF THE FINANCIAL STABILITY Wall Street, as a result of the work of eral Deposit Insurance Corporation. OVERSIGHT COUNCIL.—The Financial Sta- Citigroup and the other Wall Street (h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The prohibition in bility Oversight Council may determine subsection (a) shall be effective 2 years fol- companies, can now continue to engage that, when other provisions established by lowing the date on which this Act is effec- in reckless derivatives speculation. this Act are insufficient to effectively miti- tive. And when they make a whole lot of gate systemic risk and protect taxpayers, (i) LIQUIDATION REQUIRED.— money, they get richer. But when they that swaps entities may no longer access (1) IN GENERAL.— Federal assistance with respect to any swap, lose money, because of the repeal of (A) FDIC INSURED INSTITUTIONS.—All swaps security-based swap, or other activity of the this provision, it is the taxpayers of entities that are FDIC insured institutions this country who have to bail them that are put into receivership or declared in- swaps entity. Any such determination by the solvent as a result of swap or security-based Financial Stability Oversight Council of a out. swap activity of the swaps entities shall be prohibition of federal assistance shall be Does anybody—anybody—think that subject to the termination or transfer of made on an institution-by-institution basis, makes any sense at all? That is in this that swap or security-based swap activity in and shall require the vote of not fewer than bill. accordance with applicable law prescribing two-thirds of the members of the Financial So for those reasons and more, I the treatment of those contracts. No tax- Stability Oversight Council, which must in- would hope very much that the Senate clude the vote by the Chairman of the Coun- payer funds shall be used to prevent the re- rejects this agreement and that we re- ceivership of any swap entity resulting from cil, the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the negotiate. No one wants to see the gov- swap or security-based swap activity of the ernment shut down, but we must nego- swaps entity. Chairperson of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Notice and hearing require- tiate an agreement that is much fairer (B) INSTITUTIONS THAT POSE A SYSTEMIC ments for such determinations shall be con- RISK AND ARE SUBJECT TO HEIGHTENED PRU- to the American people and to the sistent with the standards provided in title I. DENTIAL SUPERVISION AS REGULATED UNDER working families of our country. SECTION 113.—All swaps entities that are in- (m) BAN ON PROPRIETARY TRADING IN DE- With that, I yield the floor. stitutions that pose a systemic risk and are RIVATIVES.—An insured depository institu- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- subject to heightened prudential supervision tion shall comply with the prohibition on ator from Oklahoma. as regulated under section 113, that are put proprietary trading in derivatives as re- Mr. COBURN. Mr. President, I in- into receivership or declared insolvent as a quired by section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall quire of the Senator from Wisconsin Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. result of swap or security-based swap activ- how much time she is going to need to ity of the swaps entities shall be subject to SEC. 717. NEW PRODUCT APPROVAL CFTC—SEC PROCESS. take. the termination or transfer of that swap or The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- (a) AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMODITY EX- security-based swap activity in accordance ator from Wisconsin. with applicable law prescribing the treat- CHANGE ACT.—Section 2(a)(1)(C) of the Com- ment of those contracts. No taxpayer funds modity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 2(a)(1)(C)) is Ms. BALDWIN. Senator, less than 10 shall be used to prevent the receivership of amended— minutes. any swap entity resulting from swap or secu- (1) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘This’’ and in- Mr. COBURN. I would prefer she go rity-based swap activity of the swaps entity. serting ‘‘(I) Except as provided in subclause ahead and I will do all mine in con- (C) NON-FDIC INSURED, NON-SYSTEMICALLY (II), this’’; and sequence, if I may. SIGNIFICANT INSTITUTIONS NOT SUBJECT TO (2) by adding at the end of clause (i) the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without HEIGHTENED PRUDENTIAL SUPERVISION AS REG- following: objection, it is so ordered. ULATED UNDER SECTION 113.—No taxpayer re- ‘‘(II) This Act shall apply to and the Com- The Senator from Wisconsin. sources shall be used for the orderly liquida- mission shall have jurisdiction with respect Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. President, I tion of any swaps entities that are non-FDIC to accounts, agreements, and transactions thank the Senator from Oklahoma for insured, non-systemically significant insti- involving, and may permit the listing for trading pursuant to section 5c(c) of, a put, his courtesy, and I am delighted to rise tutions not subject to heightened prudential today to mark the passage of the Fis- supervision as regulated under section 113. call, or other option on 1 or more securities (2) RECOVERY OF FUNDS.—All funds ex- (as defined in section 2(a)(1) of the Securities cal Year 2015 National Defense Author- pended on the termination or transfer of the Act of 1933 or section 3(a)(10) of the Securi- ization Act. This bill is a product of bi- swap or security-based swap activity of the ties Exchange Act of 1934 on the date of en- partisan negotiations between the swaps entity shall be recovered in accord- actment of the Futures Trading Act of 1982), House and Senate Armed Services ance with applicable law from the disposi- including any group or index of such securi- Committees, and I thank Chairman ties, or any interest therein or based on the tion of assets of such swap entity or through LEVIN and Ranking Member INHOFE, value thereof, that is exempted by the Secu- assessments, including on the financial sec- Chairman MCKEON and Ranking Mem- tor as provided under applicable law. rities and Exchange Commission pursuant to ber ADAM SMITH in the House for their (3) NO LOSSES TO TAXPAYERS.—Taxpayers section 36(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange shall bear no losses from the exercise of any Act of 1934 with the condition that the Com- hard work. authority under this title. mission exercise concurrent jurisdiction over This critical bill establishes our na- (j) PROHIBITION ON UNREGULATED COMBINA- such put, call, or other option; provided, tional security policy and supports our TION OF SWAPS ENTITIES AND BANKING.—At no however, that nothing in this paragraph dedicated men and women in uniform time following adoption of the rules in sub- shall be construed to affect the jurisdiction and their families. I am particularly section (k) may a bank or bank holding com- and authority of the Securities and Ex- pleased that the legislation supports pany be permitted to be or become a swap change Commission over such put, call, or Wisconsin manufacturers and workers entity unless it conducts its swap or secu- other option.’’. who build ships and engines and mili- rity-based swap activity in compliance with (b) AMENDMENTS TO THE SECURITIES EX- such minimum standards set by its pruden- CHANGE ACT OF 1934.—The Securities Ex- tary vehicles that help our Nation tial regulator as are reasonably calculated to change Act of 1934 is amended by adding the meet its national security needs. permit the swaps entity to conduct its swap following section after section 3A (15 U.S.C. On the eve of his retirement from the or security-based swap activities in a safe 78c–1): Senate, I want to offer a special thank

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:26 Dec 17, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\DEC 2014\S12DE4.REC S12DE4 rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE December 12, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6723 you to Senator CARL LEVIN for his achieve a visionary future for this in- of the natural habitats including prairie, magnificent work as chairman of the credible property. What was that con- wetlands and oak savanna. Habitat restora- committee on this bill and for working sensus? The consensus was that the tion activities would complement the re- introduction of a bison herd onto the BAAP with me to include a military land property should be comanaged in per- property. The bison program will be vital to transfer in Wisconsin at the site of the petuity as one property for agricul- combating diabetes and other health prob- former Badger Army Ammunition tural, recreational, educational, and lems which are common among the Ho- Plant. I have been working on this conservation purposes. Chunk People. Lastly, the transfer would project since my election to the House The photo to my left shows a stark allow for an increased level of protection and of Representatives 16 years ago, and I contrast to the photo you just saw of preservation of the historical and cultural am extremely grateful to Chairman the Badger Army Ammunition Plant, elements found on the property. as the property has been gradually re- The purpose of acquiring the BAAP parcel LEVIN and his staff for helping me push is, as reflected in the mission statement of this legislation across the finish line. stored over time. Since that time, most the United States Department of the Inte- The extraordinary piece of land I am of the parcels at this site have been rior, Bureau of Indian Affairs ‘‘to enhance talking about consists of some 7,500 transferred—one parcel to the U.S. De- the quality of life, to promote economic op- acres. It is bordered by the rolling partment of Agriculture for dairy for- portunity, and to carry out the responsi- Baraboo Hills, which hosts the largest age research, another to the State of bility to protect and improve the trust as- sets of American Indians, Indian Tribes and flock of upland forest of oak and maple Wisconsin to provide opportunities for low-impact recreation. But one major Alaska Natives.’’ In accord with those objec- and basswood still standing in southern tives and the Indian Self-Determination Act, Wisconsin. It is bounded also by Wis- parcel essential to the community’s vi- acquisition of this property for the benefit of consin’s beautiful Devils Lake State sion at this site has been caught in bu- the Ho-Chunk Nation would provide, pro- Park and a segment of the Ice Age reaucratic disagreement for nearly a mote and enhance the Ho-Chunk Nation pro- Trail, which is part of the National decade. grams for historic and cultural resource pro- Trails System. To its east it is skirted This legislation will finally allow tection, natural resource enhancement, edu- cation, employment and economic develop- by the mighty Wisconsin River that that parcel to be transferred from the Army to the Department of the Inte- ment. The property would be used to flows toward the Mississippi. strengthen and expand these programs that For the better part of the past cen- rior, which will hold the land in trust are supported, in significant part, by con- tury, it has been the site of a bustling for the Ho-Chunk Nation. This transfer tracts between the Nation and the Depart- manufacturing plant, once the largest has been stalled by an interagency dis- ment pursuant to the Self-Determination munitions plant in the world which pute over which Federal agency would Act, and will primarily benefit the Nation’s produced munitions for American have responsibility for future environ- 7,415 enrolled tribal members. troops that they used from World War mental cleanup at the site. The legisla- 1.2 INTRODUCTION II through Vietnam. We can see a his- tive intent of this provision follows the The Badger Army Ammunition Plant occu- pies 7,354 acres in the predominantly rural toric aerial photograph to my left of legislative intent of our environmental superfund laws: The polluter must pay countryside of Sauk County, Wisconsin. The what that property looked like with Badger Plant was constructed in 1942 fol- the Baraboo Bluffs and the Wisconsin for contamination they caused. As to future uses, the Ho-Chunk Na- lowing the United States entry into World River. Before that, the site was home War II. The Plant provided ammunition pro- tion participated in the consensus to 90 landowners who farmed the land, pellant for the duration of the war effort, process that culminated in the Badger and well before that, the land was cher- and was again operative during the Korean Reuse Plan, where they expressed in- ished ground for the Ho-Chunk Nation, and Vietnam Wars. In late 1997 the U.S. terest in holding the lands in trust in Army determined that the BAAP facility whose people grew traditional crops order to preserve native prairie habitat was no longer needed to meet the United and gathered medicinal plants from the and graze bison. Since that time, the States defense needs. land. This land is revered by the Ho- Subsequent efforts to define a future for Ho-Chunk Nation has reaffirmed their Chunk Nation and is connected to their the Badger property have proved challenging interest in receiving this land for prai- ancestral history, with oral history of due to the site’s unusually rich natural and rie restoration—a reuse that reaffirms the land dating back hundreds of years. cultural history, the wide range of potential the vision of the Badger Reuse Com- reuse options, and the complexity of local, In 1997 discussions began on the fu- mittee that all the new holders of these state, national, and tribal interests involved. ture of this land after the Army closed lands—the U.S. Department of Agri- The current scenario would result in the Ho- the plant, declaring it to be surplus to culture, the State of Wisconsin, and Chunk Nation acquiring 1552.71 acres with its needs, and began the process of re- the Ho-Chunk Nation—would manage the remaining acreage being divided mediation of the contaminated soil at amongst several landowners including the the property in coordination with one the site. Some thought it should be WI Dept. of Natural Resources, U.S. Dept. of another, reflecting the site as a whole. Agriculture-Dairy Forage Research Center, sold for commercial development, but In October of this year the tribe up- the local community opposed that op- Bluffview Sanitary District, WI Dept. of dated its land use plan for the parcel in Transportation and the Town of Sumpter. tion, understanding that the land’s this transfer. I ask unanimous consent 1.3 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES unique attributes needed to be pre- to have that document and a technical The resources of BAAP will be managed by served and wishing to see it restored to description of this transfer printed in the Ho-Chunk Nation to promote, preserve, its natural beauty. the RECORD. and enhance its unique natural, scenic, and I always felt that the community— There being no objection, the mate- cultural features. Management activities are and not bureaucrats in Washington— rial was ordered to be printed in the intended to: Protect the aesthetic, cultural, scenic, and should be empowered to make deci- RECORD, as follows: sions about the future of this site. I re- wild qualities as well as the native wildlife garded this as a once-in-a-generation [From Ho-Chunk Nation, Oct. 2014] and plant communities. Special emphasis will be placed on designated federal and and maybe a once-in-a-lifetime oppor- LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR FORMER BADGER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT PARCELS state-listed species, species of special con- tunity for this community. So as a 1.0 MASTER PLAN cern, and other unique biotic features. freshman Member of Congress, I se- Protect, conserve, and maintain all signifi- 1.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY cured a Federal grant to establish a cant cultural sites. The Ho-Chunk Nation (HCN) has requested Provide for and manage the use and enjoy- community consensus process to rec- the transfer of an estimated 1552.71 acres of ommend a reuse plan. This process ment by visitors and maintain a diversity of the Badger Army Ammunition Plant (BAAP) low-impact recreational opportunities for brought every stakeholder to the table. declared as surplus pursuant to 25 U.S.C. people of all abilities. In 2001, after nearly 2 years of hard § 450j(f)(3). This transfer would be for the use Utilize sound natural resource and agri- work, the Badger Reuse Committee and benefit of the Ho-Chunk Nation and culture management practices to improve issued a report supported by all the their people. The BAAP land has very impor- water quality, maintain soil productivity, participating parties—including State tant historic and cultural significance to the and protect wildlife habitat. and Federal and tribal entities—out- Ho-Chunk people, as it lies within their ab- Develop a bison program to support HCN lining agreement on future uses. Some original territory and includes a number of nutritional programs and provide edu- historic and pre-historic sites of significance cational opportunities. said that consensus would be nearly to the tribe. Strive to operate a self-supporting project impossible, but we proved that local The transfer of a portion of the BAAP land through grants, donations, bequests, and pos- stakeholders, working together, could to the Nation would allow for the restoration sibly fee-based recreation that is consistent

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The center would also provide infor- part of ecosystem management. Ho-Chunk Nation. mation and exhibits on the history of Native For every action there is an equal or great- The transfer has been stalled by an inter- Americans and Euro-American habitation of er reaction. The activities of the visitors, agency dispute over the federal government’s the Sauk Prairie, as well as an educational though they may be low-impact, will inevi- responsibility for environmental cleanup at classroom. tably affect the ecosystems of Badger, adja- the site. The legislative intent of this provi- sion follows the legislative intent of our en- 2.0 LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN cent land, and local communities. It will be the Ho-Chunk Nation’s primary responsi- vironmental superfund laws—the polluter 2.1 OVERALL ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT must pay for contamination they caused. bility to balance the repercussions of all ac- Ecosystem is a term that has crept into For many decades, the Department of De- tivities with the health of the ecosystems the nation’s collective vocabulary and is fense operated the Badger Army Ammuni- while contributing to the local economy. commonly used in regard to environmental tion Plant on this property. Among other Education and information are the keys to issues; but what does it really mean, and how things, this legislation makes clear that the the preservation and protection of the Badg- is it relevant to the management of the Army retains responsibility for environ- er property and its resources. In addition to Badger Army Ammunition Plant? Ecosystem mental contamination from Department of providing ecosystem management, the Ho- is derived from ecology, the branch of biol- Defense conduct or activities prior to trans- Chunk Nation will strive to include edu- ogy that studies the relationships between fer and is responsible for taking any nec- cation in all management activities. The living organisms and their environment, and essary remedial actions related to environ- more visitors and the local community un- their dependency upon each other for sur- mental contamination in the future. derstand the dynamics of the ecosystem of vival. When the organisms and the environ- This responsibility for environmental re- which they are a part, the greater their re- ment interact, an ecosystem is formed. The mediation applies to activities of the Depart- spect will be for the many elements com- exploitation or neglect of any organism can ment of Defense, which includes activities prising the system. Providing a deeper un- upset the delicate balance such that the sys- conducted by contractors on behalf of the derstanding of the web of life will be bene- tem is forever changed. Department of Defense. Most of the activi- ficial to the visitors of today, as well as to An ecosystem not only encompasses water, ties conducted on the 1553 acres of land to be the future generations who will be the ulti- land, air and wildlife, it also includes people. transferred to the Ho-Chunk Nation were mate caretakers of the land. Of all the organisms in an ecosystem, Homo performed by independent contractors or sapiens have the most impact and the great- 2.2 LAND MANAGEMENT other contractors for the U.S. Army, the De- est influence in preventing the loss and ex- 2.2.1 MISSION partment of Defense, or both. Section ploitation of other species. The demise of Land Management will ensure protection 3078(c)(2) of H.R. 3979 is intended to ensure species and their habitat is all too often the of the soils, waters, flora, and fauna that that the Secretary of the Army remains re- sponsible for remediating hazardous sub- unfortunate consequence of humans trying comprise the Badger property through sound stances resulting from the activities of the to conquer their environment for the sake of management techniques and consideration of Department of Defense, and that the ‘‘activi- development and economic gain. Natural and the human influence. ties of the Department of Defense’’ includes cultural resources, and the environmental 2.2.2 MANAGEMENT GOALS processes that affect them, are fundamen- activities undertaken by the officers and tally influenced by society and vice versa. Provide resource-based research opportuni- agents employed or contracted by the De- Understanding the complex interrelation- ties for educational purposes. partment of Defense; but nothing in this sec- ships within an ecosystem and a commit- Explore both traditional and innovative tion is intended to diminish or increase the ment to their maintenance are essential in land and water management practices. liability of any third party or otherwise af- Improve and maintain wildlife habitat. ensuring a vital ecosystem—a high quality of fect the liability of any third party as estab- Preserve and protect biological diversity. life, healthy environment, and a productive, lished under any other provision of law. Restore and develop the native ecosystems. While this legislation transfers the land to sustainable economy. The National Park Improve aesthetic views. Interior in trust for the Nation, it also Service states that ‘‘The long-term sustain- Improve and maintain the health of the makes clear that Interior does not take on ability of the environmental, societal, and natural ecosystems, especially where recre- liability or responsibility for certain conduct economic systems on which public lands and ation activities are likely to be most in- or activities that took place on the land be- their surrounding human communities de- tense. fore the transfer. The Department of Inte- pend, requires a collaborative approach that Develop monitoring programs for wildlife, rior’s Indian Affairs budget should not, now integrates scientific knowledge and main- vegetation, and water quality. or in the future, be tapped to remediate envi- tains flexibility in order to make adjust- Control and eradicate invasive species, ronmental contamination on the property ments over time.’’ (Sustainability can be de- such as garlic mustard, buckthorn, reed ca- that was caused by the Department of De- fined as a contract among the people, the nary grass, olives and honeysuckle. fense. Those funds are intended for the ben- land, and future generations which main- Monitor management and visitor impacts efit of all federally recognized Indian tribes. tains and renews resources for the long- on the natural features of the Badger prop- Therefore, this legislation seeks to clarify term.) Therefore, the knowledge and skills of erty and use gathered information to modify that the Department of Defense, not the De- natural resource professionals will be used to management actions when necessary. partment of Interior, is responsible or liable preserve the Badger Army Ammunition for any environmental contamination that Plant as a distinct resource, rather than re- STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD occurred from the activities of the Depart- lying on nostalgia and politics to make man- [Senator Tammy Baldwin, Dec. 11, 2014] ment of Defense prior to the transfer. agement-related decisions. This legislation will quickly transfer the TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF SECTION 3078 OF H.R. The primary goals of ecosystem manage- lands and allow the Ho-Chunk Nation to 3979, THE CARL LEVIN AND HOWARD P. ‘‘BUCK’’ ment are to conserve, restore, and maintain quickly make use of them. This acquisition MCKEON NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION the ecological integrity, productivity, and will be expedited by a number of things, in- ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015 biological diversity of natural landscapes. cluding that the Bureau of Indian Affairs The overriding objective is to ensure the eco- I am offering this statement to clarify the (BIA) is not required to conduct any addi- logical sustainability of the land. The Ho- legislative intent of Section 3078 of H.R. 3979 tional processing before the land is placed in Chunk Nation will adapt an ecosystem man- and to detail the intended use of the land trust. Instead, the acquisition of the land in agement approach that will encompass the which will be transferred as a result of Sec- trust by the Bureau of Indian Affairs is effec- natural environment, society, and econ- tion 3078. tuated by this legislation. The structures on omy—the entire system. This vision is based Earlier this year, when Congress first the property will be transferred to the Ho- on the awareness that the resources pro- began its consideration of the National De- Chunk Nation in fee as soon as the Nation tected within Badger are not isolated from fense Authorization Act for FY 2015, I draft- provides the Secretary of Interior with a the surrounding communities and environ- ed this provision for inclusion as an amend- tribal resolution authorizing the transfer. ment but are inextricably linked to them. ment to S. 2410, the Senate Armed Services I would also like to explain the intended Any upcoming strategies that the Ho-Chunk Committee-reported version of the bill. I use of the land following the transfer. In Nation embarks upon to preserve and protect then successfully worked with numerous 1997, the Army declared they would no longer the property will work towards providing a Congressional committees of jurisdiction to use this site and stakeholders gathered to- balance between human needs and long-term ensure that my amendment—numbered 3393 gether to recommend future uses for the environmental protection. and filed on June 26, 2014—would be consid- property. The Ho-Chunk Nation was one of Ecosystem management will strive to re- ered in scope for an eventual conference multiple stakeholders, including representa- store and sustain the health, productivity, committee between the Senate and House. tives of local governments, the State, the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:26 Dec 17, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\DEC 2014\S12DE4.REC S12DE4 rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE December 12, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6725 federal government, and citizen groups that get recognition at home and expand He said: participated in this process. In 2001, these the National Park Service. I think it is irresponsible for Congress to stakeholders issued their recommendations If we were to happen to just take the create so many new parks, heritage areas in the Badger Reuse Plan, which set forth a couple hours to read this, we would see and expansions of existing units and not pro- vision that the land would be co-managed by right now why expanding the National vide the funding and manpower necessary to three main property owners, and that those Park Service is a disastrous idea. The manage what we now have. property owners would manage them in co- I think the National Park System should ordination that reflects the site as a whole. reason it is a disastrous idea is our parks are falling apart—a $12 billion not be added to or expanded until we can During the reuse process, the Ho-Chunk ex- fund and staff all of our parks and programs. pressed interest in holding lands at the site backlog on our most pristine, greatest To add more units at this time is just not re- in trust in order to preserve native prairie national monuments and parks with sponsible. It is the opposite of good manage- habitat and graze bison, and the Badger which we have set the pace for the rest ment. Reuse Plan recommended they receive the of the world in terms of recognizing land accordingly. Since that time, the Ho- Here is the historian for the Park and valuing such wonderful natural Service telling us as Members of the Chunk Nation has reaffirmed their interest landscape and creation. But we have ig- in receiving the land for prairie restoration. Senate: You are irresponsible in what In October of this year, the tribe updated its nored that because the desire to please you are doing. Land Use Plan for the parcel in this transfer, a parochial benefit at the expense of I know we will blow that off. That further affirming their prairie restoration harming these most precious resources doesn’t mean anything. But this is goals for the site—goals that will be able to cannot be resisted by most of our col- somebody who has had his eye on the turn to actions now that this long-stalled leagues. Park Service for years. transfer is finally resolved. So I find myself on the floor today. I know I won’t win this battle, but I . . . Perhaps what Congress should do is an Ms. BALDWIN. These 1,553 acres rep- analysis of the entire National Park System resent the last major parcel at the won’t quit fighting. We should fight for and start getting rid of marginal units that Badger Army Ammunition Plant site what we have already invested in. We cost many dollars and have few visitors. to leave Army management. The reso- should preserve what we have already That is exactly what this report rec- lution this transfer will bring is long invested in. We are falling behind $250 ommends. But nobody read it, studied million a year. overdue, and I am proud to have played it, considered it, to try to solve the It is ludicrous to say this bill doesn’t a role in defining the community’s vi- problem. And it doesn’t mean we can- cost anything. It costs $320 million a sion and bringing it to a reality. not have new national parks—we can— The action we take this week—hope- year, the ‘‘no cost park program’’ that we are putting out and saying it but we ought to have a plan to take fully later today—will benefit many care of the ones we have now before we generations to come. doesn’t cost anything. I was born in Wyoming. I love Yel- add additional national parks and put Mr. President, I yield the floor. at risk the most fantastic National The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- lowstone. I love the Great Rocky Mountains national forest. I love our Park System in the world. ator from Oklahoma. Here is what the first National Park Mr. COBURN. Mr. President, I first wonderful programs. But the vast ma- jority of the parks we have created in Director stated—the first one—and we congratulate my colleague from Wis- ought to pay attention to him. consin. There is a lot of controversy the last 20 years are nothing but drains on the National Park Service. We have The national park system as now con- over lands packages, and her very stituted should not be allowed to be lowered pleasant example is what isn’t con- the data—this has the data to show that. We are going to do the largest ex- in standard, dignity, and prestige by the in- troversial. clusion of areas which express in less than The reason we have a discussion pansion of national parks since 1978 in the highest terms the particular class or about what is going on is the very this bill, and we don’t have the money kind of exhibit which they represent. mundane—the very things we can get for it. So what will happen as this goes Let me tell you, this is exactly what done have never been brought forward through? And I say to my colleague he is talking about. on the floor without being brought for- Hinchcliff Stadium in Patterson, NJ, from Wisconsin, you are absolutely ward with a very controversial land right—yours should fly through here. It is going to add $100,000 to the Park Sys- project. So I agree with her 100 percent is not a significant cost. You are abso- tem. Does it have historical signifi- that what is happening for her and the lutely right. But fixing the real prob- cance? Yes. Should it be part of the people of Wisconsin and her tribal na- lem is restoring the right to the States Park System? Absolutely not. Does it tion is absolutely appropriate. to the lands that are there, taking it look good for those who sponsored it The question we ought to ask and the out of the hands of the Federal Govern- back home? Yes. Get the attaboys back question that causes all the trouble is, ment, and letting the States make the home. But what damage do you do to Why in the world does the Federal Gov- decisions about what happens to the Yellowstone, Yosemite, Rocky Moun- ernment own 640 million acres of our land within their confines. tain National Park, Grand Mesa, Grand land and have all sorts of rules—of our So it is disappointing to me that Canyon? What pain, what lack of main- land—that say we can’t utilize it in a when great scholarship is done and is tenance, comes across from that? way that is best for our citizens, best recognized, parochialism trumps even I have stated before, I have no prob- for our States, best for our region, best the reading of the information with lem with land swaps and conveyances. for the ecology, and best for preserva- which to make good decisions. And it is I think we ought to make them easy, tion of history? Until Congress solves a blight on the Senate. We don’t have and the best way to make them easy is that problem, we are going to continue to agree with everything in this, but to get the Federal Government out of to have these battles. we can’t deny the facts that are totally them, and return the land that is in What is disappointing to me is we documented in this. We can’t deny the Wisconsin that the Federal Govern- spent 11⁄2 years looking at the National statements of the National Park Serv- ment owns to the people of Wisconsin. Park Service—which nobody in this ice. We can’t deny the people we are ac- They will be the best stewards of that body read. It is quality scholarship. It tually charging to do this—we can’t land. Same thing in Oklahoma, in Colo- is scholarship that the Park Service deny their concerns about what we are rado, in California, in Washington agrees with. It is scholarship that the getting ready to do. State, and Arizona, and in Nevada, historians of the Park Service agree Let me read for a moment what where it has the largest percentage with. It is scholarship that the people Harry Butowski, a historian who re- ownership by the Federal Government. who write about the parks agree with. cently retired from the National Park We have to kowtow to a bunch of bu- So today we have before us a bill that Service, said about this bill. He reaucrats in Washington for the people has 68 separate land items in it, of summed up how Congress is out of in the State of Nevada to do what is in which 40 are totally noncontroversial, touch with National Park Service the best interests in the State of Ne- which could have been run across the needs and priorities when he was ex- vada of the land that is there? That floor 2 years ago, I would tell my col- pressing his opposition to the lands makes no sense. league from Wisconsin, but they were package in the national defense au- I have mentioned the bill is not def- chosen not to because the desire is to thorization bill, of all places. icit neutral—$310 million, including

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As a matter of fact, I found it in- rules—because we are going to do it. [From the National Parks Traveler, Dec. 9, teresting listening to the chairwoman Georgia: $400,000—they have a $100 2014] of the energy committee this past week million backlog. Idaho: $17 million TRAVELER’S VIEW: SENATE SHOULD EITHER when she was excited about this land backlog. Kentucky: $112 million back- FUND NEW PARKS IN DEFENSE BILL, OR package because we are clearing all the log. Maryland: One provision worth $12 STRIP THEM OUT old land pieces of legislation. million, and a $363 million backlog on (By Kurt Repanshek) So we are taking care of the politi- our parks in Maryland. Massachusetts: There are at least 75 million reasons why cians, but are we taking care of the Quarter of a billion dollars in backlog. the U.S. Senate should either fully fund the parks? Are we doing what is in the best Maine: $72 million in backlogs. Mis- national park projects contained within the long-term interest of preserving the defense authorization bill, or strip them out. sissippi: A $26 million provision—a For the National Park Service, already bil- pristine, unique aspects of our country quarter of a billion dollars in backlog lions of dollars in the red with its mainte- as we add ballfields or the old Colt in our battlefield parks in Mississippi. nance and operations budget, and cutting manufacturing facility in Connecticut? Montana: Five provisions—great parks staff in crucial areas such as cultural re- Really, a national park? Does it meet out there—$348.8 million in backlogs. sources, to be asked to add seven new na- the requirements as set out in parks? But we are going to spend this money. tional park units, adjust the boundaries of No, it doesn’t come close to meeting North Carolina: One little small provi- nine units, and redesignate two of those requirements for a national park, but sion—6 million bucks, but a backlog of units, without any new funding, is incredibly it is in there, because it is going to poor legislating by Congress and will not en- a half a billion dollars in our pristine hance, but rather degrade the overall sys- look good to a politician back home. parks. tem. I kind of used the commonsense test. I won’t continue. This is not to judge the worthiness of the The country is broke. We had a $460 bil- I understand the frustration of my prospective units as part of the National lion deficit last year. We are going to colleagues in terms of trying to get Park System, but rather to point out the fis- add a half a billion dollars on to a park land conveyances. We can do them, but cal absurdity in play. Congressional Budget system that has a $12 billion deficit in not if we always hijack them with Office figures show it would cost the Park terms of backlog of repairs of what we something that is of better parochial Service at least $75 million over a five-year already have. Most people with any and political benefit for the Member, period to get these units up and running, and millions more to operate them on an annual semblance of common sense would say and that is why they don’t go through. basis. At the same time, the Park Service’s that is really stupid. It is really de- The land conveyances aren’t hard to maintenance backlog has crept up to $11.3 structive of the whole goal of the Na- get through. We always add them with billion, and some of those needs are critical. tional Park System in the first place. something that is controversial that According to the Park Service, 90 percent The final point I would make is the shouldn’t be there, to the benefit of a of the roads in the system are considered to NDAA. Even though it is a necessary politician. be in ‘‘fair’’ or ‘‘poor’’ condition; ‘‘28 publicly accessible bridges within the parks’ trans- bill, I want it to pass, I want us to have MOTION TO REFER what we need for our military, this bill portation system are ‘‘structurally defi- Mr. President, I send a motion to the cient’’ and in need of rehabilitation or recon- represents the worst of Washington; be- desk. struction;’’ ‘‘approximately 36 percent of all cause what we have added to a must- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. trails throughout the National Park Service pass bill are measures that are very HIRONO). The clerk will report the mo- (6,700 miles out of a total of 18,600) are in a low priority in terms of the long-term tion. ‘‘poor’’ or ‘‘seriously deficient’’ condition’’ priorities of the country and fiscal The assistant bill clerk read as fol- and; ‘‘since 2005, the number of national soundness of the country, but are real- lows: parks in regional air quality non-attainment ly high priorities for the politicians in areas has more than doubled; 128 parks now The Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. COBURN] this body. It is amazing how we can are in non-attainment areas, where air pollu- moves to refer the House message to accom- tion levels regularly exceed the national am- take something as important as the pany H.R. 3979 to the Committee on Armed bient air quality standards.’’ Defense authorization bill—the meas- Services with instructions to report back We like to view the national parks as ure that is going to give our military forthwith with changes to strike title XXX, ‘‘America’s best idea,’’ and members of Con- leaders what they need to make the de- the nondefense related lands portion of the gress certainly like to point to a unit in cisions to defend this country in this bill. their home districts. But if we can’t afford very dangerous world today, and lard it Mr. COBURN. Madam President, I the 401–unit park system we have today, how up with things that don’t need to be will be asking for a vote on this mo- can we possibly justify new units? happening right now—shouldn’t be hap- tion. I am sure it will be tabled, and I There’s no urgent need to add the sites understand that, but I hope the Amer- listed in the defense bill at this time. The pening right now, and can be happening Blackstone River Valley has been part of the in other ways. ican public has gotten a flavor of what park system as a heritage corridor since 1986; The reason I will assuredly lose this we are doing. Valles Caldera National Preserve currently vote is because it has already been Here in the end of December, we are is under the U.S. Forest Service; the bought and paid for, because 35 States trying to get one of the most impor- Coltsville Historic District in Connecticut is have something in title XXX, and most tant pieces of legislation out, which is under the aegis of the Hartford Preservation politicians up here don’t have the cour- the Defense authorization bill. We are District; the proposed Lower East Side Tene- age to vote against their State inter- trying to get the appropriations bill ment National Historic Site is currently a through December 30 of next year, and museum; the Harriet Tubman Underground ests when it harms the national inter- Railroad National Historical Park actually est. It is just not there. what we do is put the politicians’ inter- exists today as a national monument Presi- Alaska: Two provisions, $3 million; ests first. dent Obama designated in 2013; the Atomic backlog on Alaska parks, $121 million. Maybe that is too harsh. Let me take Heritage Foundation currently is preserving Arizona: Two provisions worth $2 mil- that back. Maybe we put the Park sites that would fall into a Manhattan lion; backlog, $592 million in terms of Service’s best interests last, which is Project National Historical Park, and; public their national parks. California: Four even worse. and private efforts currently are at work to provisions that reduce the deficit by I have asked direction from the protect the fossil-rich landscape of Tule $225,000, but a backlog of $1.6 billion at Chair. I have three other areas that I Springs near Las Vegas. Congress would be much wiser, and the Na- Yosemite and other parks throughout need to speak on today. I will hold tional Park Service much better off, if it California. Colorado: A provision worth those or follow the direction of the simply added $100 million to the agency’s $500,000, backlog, a quarter of a billion Chair in terms of bringing forth both budget in an effort to chip away at the main- dollars. Connecticut: One provision, $9 motions and discussions. tenance backlog. While $100 million would

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It is a conveyance of one the motion to reconsider be considered for coming to the floor. Since we last acre of land that is currently held by asked this unanimous consent on the made and laid upon the table. USGS, and it is a conveyance to a I wish to also note that this bill is Taxpayers Right to Know, I have had a school district. Most people around going to pass next year. The President conversation with the administration this country—or certainly on this end and Shaun Donovan, the head of OMB. is going to get it anyway. Either he is of the country—would say: Wow, that When Shaun came to see me in our going to veto it or he is going to make really requires congressional action? committee of jurisdiction over his Shaun Donovan implement it. Why That really requires a vote? That real- nomination, one of the things he as- don’t we get after good government ly requires the President to sign it into sured me is that he would try with all now rather than wait 3 or 4 months? law? The answer is in the affirmative. due haste to move forward on the I yield the floor. We have been processing, as a com- things for transparency for the Federal The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there mittee—on the Energy Committee and Government, one of President Obama’s objection? committees on the House side—public Mr. REID. I object. key projects. He assured me he had the lands bills throughout this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- capability to lead that organization, We have been working on some of these tion is heard. even when things are hard and dif- public lands measures not for months, Mr. COBURN. I reserve the remain- ficult. not for years, but in several instances So I would like to describe for a der of my time and suggest the absence a decade. It has taken a decade to bring minute what the Taxpayers Right to of a quorum. about some of these conveyances and Know is. President Obama, myself, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The these exchanges. clerk will call the roll. JOHN MCCAIN, and TOM CARPER passed I believe it is important to set the The assistant bill clerk proceeded to a bill when President Obama was in the record straight—for those who are sug- call the roll. Senate, which was the Federal Trans- gesting that somehow or other this was Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I parency and Accountability Act. It conjured up in the dark of the night or ask unanimous consent that the order made it so that Americans could start that there has been no process for for the quorum call be rescinded. seeing where their money was spent. these bills—and let colleagues know We have since then passed the DATA The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. about the procedural process that has Act which would be an improvement on led to its inclusion in the NDAA. that, and the third and final step in Ms. MURKOWSKI. Madam President, earlier there was a lot of discussion For the record, I will note that the that is the Taxpayers Right to Know. process included not only the commit- Now what does that mean? That about the NDAA—the Defense author- ization bill—and the very important tees of jurisdiction for the lands bills means the taxpayer has the right to but the committees who crafted the know where their money is being provisions which are contained in that which will provide for our men and NDAA bill, leadership from both sides, spent. The taxpayer has the right to and individual Members who all agreed know what programs are out there. The women who serve us so honorably. I concur with all who have spoken today to cobble together a package that was taxpayer has the right to know what is fair and balanced, bipartisan, bi- working and what isn’t. about the importance and significance cameral, revenue neutral—which is ex- So we hear from the administration of this bill and why we should pass it ceptionally important—and also ad- in a long conversation that this is too and why we should pass it today. hard. You know, we didn’t tell that to An area of controversy that has cer- dresses the need for conservation on our troops in Afghanistan or Iraq, that tainly come up—and my colleague one end and economic development and this is too hard. And their real com- from Oklahoma has pointed it out very jobs and prosperity on the other end. plaint is under the definition of a pro- clearly—is the public lands package With this package of bills, one can see gram. Well, most of us know what a that has been attached to the NDAA. I that compromise come together. program is. We know it when we see it. will speak a little bit about where we It has been noted that these public But the fact is, we will never control are today and why we are dealing with lands bills have nothing to do with de- spending nor will we accentuate what this issue and why it is important that fense authorization, but I will say that is working well until the Taxpayers the Senate and Congress advance these this is not without precedent. Adding Right to Know Act is implemented. public lands provisions for our country. lands to an NDAA bill has been done in What I told the Director of OMB is I had an opportunity to speak in the past. We have seen it in the past there is one agency already totally greater detail yesterday, but I felt it several NDAAs. What we did here was compliant with this. It is called the De- was important to let colleagues know to amend the existing lands package partment of Education. If they can do why we deal with public lands bills tra- within the House-passed NDAA—which it, why can’t everybody else? They ditionally in a package. is hardly out of balance or unusual. know what the definition of a program The Presiding Officer comes from a As I said before, I would much rather is. They figured it out. I see this as an Western State, but Hawaii does not have us move individual bills through excuse not to be transparent with the have large portions of land held by the the floor as we process them, but many American public. This has 38 bipartisan Federal Government. Members have said to me: Well, your cosponsors in the Senate, and it passed In the 12 Western States, which in- small lands transaction is important, the House unanimously. There is only cludes Alaska—93 percent of the Fed- but does it really rise to the level of oc- one objection in the Senate, and that is eral lands that are held by this country cupying floor time? It is tough to win from the OMB. Everybody else recog- are contained in these 12 Western the undivided attention of the Senate nizes this is commonsense, good-gov- States. What does it mean when you on some of these measures. ernment transparency. are a State like Alaska where some 68 Just because this issue doesn’t rise to I recognize the important role the percent of your lands are Federally a level of keen interest in this body majority leader has in terms of rep- held? What does it mean when you are doesn’t mean these issues are not criti- resenting the administration’s views. I a State like Nevada, where our major- cally important for individuals, com- just happen to say he ought to tell ity leader is from, where 85 percent of munities, and States around our coun- them to take a hike this time because your State is held in public lands? It try, and so it is hard to put that to- the American people will benefit great- means that when you want to do a con- gether. But just because it is small or ly, and it really is not that much more veyance, a conveyance doesn’t come more localized or perhaps more paro- work. about just because you are able to get chial—like this one acre of land we are

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The agreement includes pliment the Senator from Alaska and So knowing how valuable and pre- five new national historic parks, and it others who worked so hard to put this cious floor time is around here, we transfers management of two existing complex package together that has worked together. We have been work- Federal areas to the Park Service. All many beneficiaries and also to put it ing together for months—again, in a bi- of the new historical parks have been together in a way where we are not cameral and bipartisan way—to com- formally studied and have been rec- contributing or increasing the size of bine many of the bills that are in the ommended for inclusion in the Na- the Federal or State, that we are pro- package. The result of what we have in tional Park System. They focus on spe- moting economic development in front of us is provisions that will help cific historic sites of national signifi- States such as Arizona. boost natural resources and commu- cance. As the Senator mentioned with re- nity development while we are also ad- Studies have also been done—and my gard to Arizona and what this does, it vancing conservation. We are moving colleague has referenced that—on po- allows land exchange to happen that toward economic development in cer- tential additions to the National Park will allow a copper mine to be devel- tain areas, creating jobs. We have op- System. These study authorizations oped that will ultimately produce, portunities in both Nevada and Arizona have previously passed the House under likely—or can produce—about 25 per- to create thousands of good-paying jobs suspension or gone through the Senate cent of the copper needed for manufac- and will increase our resources and our by unanimous consent. Again, we are turing, for use in this country. That is minerals security. not trying to go through the backdoor. not just an economic development Other aspects of the bill focus on con- The study that has been conducted and issue; that is a national security issue servation. There are additional wilder- the process that has taken place in as well, to make sure we are more inde- ness provisions that are in there, but both the House and Senate is to ensure pendent with regard to our source min- again, as we attempt to achieve that that there is that local support and erals. balance, what we have in front of us is that this is not just something a Mem- In terms of economic development of a good structure. the State, it is huge. We are talking I want to make sure colleagues rec- ber wants to attach his or her name to, about thousands of jobs over the next ognize that when we are discussing the that this has local support, and that in concern my colleague from Oklahoma turn will help us with some of the fund- several decades that will be produced has raised, the concern he has so well ing issues we are going to need to ad- and will continue economic develop- articulated that within our National dress for our park systems. ment for rural communities in Supe- Park System we have a maintenance I wish to conclude my remarks rior, Globe, and Miami, that have had a backlog that is awful—and in many quickly because Senator FLAKE was tough time and that will be good for cases it is overwhelming. To his credit, asked for a few minutes and I would those communities and for the entire he has given keen attention to this like to defer to him. First, the issue State. maintenance backlog we have and has has also come up about existing na- So I commend again those who have pressed us to do more to improve that tional heritage areas. I think it is im- put this together. It is never good to situation. He put together a very con- portant for colleagues to know that we see a big package with so many things siderable report that we are using in do provide for limited extensions for in it; that is what we want to get away the energy committee to help build a existing heritage areas, but there are from, and hopefully we can in the new series of necessary reforms that will be no new heritage areas that are created. Congress. But it has been very difficult required to deal with our issues within I think it is important to recognize to move individual pieces of legislation the National Park Service. Thanks to that when we talk about extensions, it over the past couple of years. So unfor- Senator COBURN’s good work on this is extensions of existing heritage sites. tunately we are often saddled with try- issue, we will be able to see some true So with that, if I may, I wish to yield ing to put together a package and at- reforms. to my colleague from Arizona, Senator taching it to a larger bill, which is the I met yesterday afternoon with Di- FLAKE. We have been working not only case here. But again, kudos to those rector Jarvis in my office, and I made with Senator FLAKE but with Senator who worked so hard to put it together. it clear to him as the head of Park MCCAIN on a provision that will cer- I appreciate the indulgence of this body Service that this is going to be an area tainly not only benefit his State, but it to have a package such as this in the on which we must be focused. Our na- will benefit the United States in terms NDAA bill. I plan to vote for it and I tional parks are a national treasure, of jobs, economic opportunity, and a encourage my colleagues to do the but when we can’t attend to their needs mineral resource; namely, copper, that same. and ensure that they are maintained to is extraordinarily important to us. I yield the floor. the level that, as Americans, we all With that, I turn to Senator FLAKE. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- want, then we are failing on that. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ator from Alaska. He has a very good point when he ator from Arizona. Ms. MURKOWSKI. I thank my col- says we need to be doing something Mr. FLAKE. Madam President, I league from Arizona. As he has pointed about maintenance and backlog. I thank the Senator from Alaska for out, not only is this measure impor- agree. We actually have a couple of yielding, and I wish to thank her also tant to the State of Arizona, but the provisions in this public lands bill that for her hard work on this lands pack- State of Nevada will also gain the ben- will help us with that, and one of them age. These are difficult pieces of legis- efit of being able to access copper re- is the bill Senator COBURN has spon- lation to put together. It is particu- sources in that region as well, bringing sored which will allow for donors to larly living the West, when we have jobs and bringing a resource. have discreet recognition within our States such as Arizona that are about So contained in this package—and parks. So if you want to give a private 87 percent publicly owned by either the again a balanced package—we are talk- donation, there is a way for recogni- Federal Government, State govern- ing about the Federal land conveyances tion. We also have a provision in here ment or tribal governments. To have for economic and community develop- that will allow for minting of a coin, access and to have rural communities ment. We have mentioned the oppor- which again will help with private dol- have access to economic development tunity for mineral production with two lars. Those private pieces are very im- when we are dealing with resources copper mines, one in Arizona, one in portant, but we need to do more, we that are often on these lands, and when Nevada; an opportunity for increased will do more, and my commitment is to land exchanges need to be done, it is timber production in my State. We will help do that. extremely difficult to do that because finally realize the obligation to settle One of the things that I think are im- it is often seen as a parochial interest, the land claims with the Native people portant to recognize with the park pro- and it is difficult to get support from of the southeastern part of the State in

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The third decades-old promise, but it will allow management of fish and wildlife. shows the final product—much dif- for a continuation of timber within In the wilderness bills that we have ferent than what my colleague their region, albeit very, very, very re- in New Mexico and in Nevada, they showed—of their hard work. These pic- duced. have incorporated restating the law— tures were taken earlier this year at an But in order to move to that second this is section 302 of FLPMA—to pro- event where 700 volunteers worked to growth transition the Forest Service is vide assurances that the wilderness clean up Hinchliffe Stadium. always talking about, we have to have designations do not give the Secre- The argument that we are dumping an industry that is just staying alive, taries any new authorities to close this land on the National Park Service and this Sealaska lands provision will Federal lands to hunting, fishing or is simply false. The legislation specifi- help with that. But it was also crafted trapping that they don’t already have. cally prohibits the Park Service from in a way that took into account the So we have put in place protections directly purchasing this land, meaning concerns of the fisheries, the steward- again trying to find the balance be- that the community of Paterson will ship for other lands, placing additional tween the conservation and the devel- continue to be intricately involved in lands in a conservation area—so again opment, providing for access, ensuring the management and preservation of a key balance. that private rights are respected, en- the stadium. The other provisions that relate to suring that our opportunities for use I think these photographs illustrate our Federal lands and our ability to ac- and enjoyment as well as economic ac- the dedication of the residents that cess them I think are important, mak- tivity are preserved; trying to find a Paterson and the surrounding area ing them productive. The provision al- package that is balanced from the bi- have to protecting Hinchliffe Stadium. lows for land management agencies cameral, bipartisan perspective, mak- There is a reason for this dedication. with the needed authority to renew and ing sure we are not imposing costs; Hinchliffe Stadium has the designation process grazing permits and leases. again, a revenue-neutral proposal. I of being one of the few remaining sites This is a measure that my colleague think that is also worth stressing. that hosted the Negro League Baseball. from Wyoming and my colleague from I have seen something out there that In the 1930s and 1940s, Hinchliffe was New Mexico have been working on, and suggests there is an impact on direct the home of the Black Yankees, and in in terms of something that provides spending from title XXX. The fact is it 1933 the stadium hosted what was certainty to America’s ranching com- is revenue neutral over these next 10 called the Colored Championship. In munity, this is so key, this is so impor- years. We do not take anything from 1936, the field was home to the New tant. the Defense authorization perspective York Cubans, a team made up of play- We also worked to expand the suc- within this bill with this lands pack- ers from Cuba, the Dominican Repub- cessful BLM permit streamlining pro- age. That was never the intent. It was lic, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. gram to boost oil and gas production not the design, and it will not impact Some of baseball’s greatest stars, in- from the Federal lands. So it is kind of that. cluding Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, the economic development piece, but With that, I yield the floor and re- and Larry Doby all took the field at the conservation piece I think is equal- serve the remainder of my time. Hinchliffe Stadium. Doby went on to ly important. It does designate wilder- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- become the first African-American ness. It designates approximately ator from New Jersey. player joining the American League, 245,000 acres of wilderness in total. But Mr. MENENDEZ. Madam President, I helping Jackie Robinson break down I think what is important for col- rise in strong support of the lands the color barrier. leagues to recognize is that just about package. I wish to congratulate the Contrary to the negativism and mis- half of those acres are already managed Senator from Alaska as well as the representations we are hearing today, as if it were wilderness. In other words, Senator from Louisiana for their work, Hinchliffe Stadium should be part of they are in wilderness study areas or and particularly in support of adding the Paterson Great Falls National roadless areas. So again we looked at Hinchliffe Stadium to Great Falls Na- Park. I know it, everyone who knows those measures where there was sup- tional Park in Paterson, NJ. It has a about its history knows it, and Amer- port at the local level, at the State special place in the hearts of many ica should know it as well. level, represented by the Members of New Jerseyans, and it has played a I am proud to be a sponsor of the leg- Congress who had worked over the vital role in the story of America’s islation adding Hinchliffe boundaries years to gain the level of support for fight against institutionalized segrega- to the national park. This bill has been these provisions. There is no cram- tion. championed by Congressman PASCRELL down. There is no designation from the Critics of this legislation are using a in the House of Representatives, where executive as to monument status. This mixture of the stadium showing over- it was passed by a House vote earlier is how the process is designed to work. grown shrubs and graffiti on the this year. We also returned 26,000 total wilder- walls—asking, What does a stadium I want to read briefly from a guest ness study areas to multiple use, again such as this have to do with this and columnist editorial Congressman PAS- for greater activity on those lands. should it be in with our national park CRELL wrote with another individual. We protect private property rights in system? He said that Hinchliffe Stadium in all of our special land designations. Unfortunately, the picture being cir- Paterson is one of the last remaining There is no private property that can culated only shows a side of the story stadiums associated with the Negro be condemned or acquisitions through at a different time. What it fails to League Baseball. eminent domain. Private activities show is the dedicated work of the sur- It is where sports and racial history coa- taking place outside of the special land rounding community to clean up lesce. Hinchliffe Stadium is the only Na- designation are not going to be pre- Hinchliffe Stadium. So I brought three tional Historic Landmark in baseball and cluded by such designations, and we photographs that I think illustrate the only one of two professional Negro League venues considered nationally significant. have insured that there are no buffer work being done in Patterson and to zones or protective perimeters that put to rest this notion that the sta- Cal Ripken, 2007 Hall of Famer, when would encroach on personal and public dium is an abandoned place that the he talked about Hinchliffe, said: rights. community doesn’t care about. Not only does it deserve recognition for its I have been asked about the impact The first is a picture of dozens of place in history, but it deserves the oppor- tunity to be restored into a place where to- on hunting and fishing on our public local residents working together to morrow’s youth will be able to walk in the lands, because that is something that clean up the stands, paint the walls, footsteps of yesterday’s legends and experi- particularly those of us in the West and begin the process of restoring this ence the history of this community first- care a great deal about. I have heard vital community center. The second is hand.

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It will was one of Hinchliffe’s greatest cham- This Senate did pass this particular help the local economies of New York pions, and he was proud to count designation earlier this year, so this and Pennsylvania. It is part of the Na- Paterson as his hometown. has already been passed by the Senate. tional Park System’s dedication to Af- The version of the legislation that we In the House, I worked with Congress- rican-American history. I think it is consider today includes amendments man HARRIS and Congressman Moffett very appropriate to at long last be able suggested both by the Parks Service dealing with some of the same issues to get this done. and by House Republicans. That is why that Senator MURKOWSKI mentioned a For those who express frustration, we it passed by voice. few moments ago, and that is to make had this paid for a long time ago, we Some critics cited the previous Na- sure we have the right balance between worked out all the balances a long time tional Park Service study opposing the the lands that are designated as part of ago, and we thought this would be done inclusion of the stadium in the na- the historic park and the landowners’ a long time ago. But today we have a tional park. The study was discredited rights in the community. The balance chance to get it done, and I urge my by 25 distinguished scholars at the that Senator MURKOWSKI said generally colleagues to support the package and time. Since then, the Park Service has in regard to the provisions applies in support the NDAA bill. completed an additional study and des- regard to the Harriet Tubman park. I With that, I yield the floor. ignated the stadium as a national his- thank Congressman HARRIS and Con- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- toric landmark. gressman Moffett for their help. ator from New Mexico. I believe strongly that the story of I also want to acknowledge the work Mr. HEINRICH. Madam President, I our fight against institutionalized seg- of my colleagues—Senator MIKULSKI, rise in strong opposition to the motion regation is a story worth telling. Senator GILLIBRAND, and Senator to refer, which would remove the pub- Critics of this legislation may look SCHUMER—and thank them for their lic lands title from the Defense author- at Hinchliffe Stadium and see a run- help in bringing about this package ization bill. down sports field. Not me. When I look and bringing about the ability today to Like some of my colleagues, I think at Hinchliffe Stadium, I see a field of finally pass the designation of the Har- an appropriate place to start today is dreams, an enduring reminder of how riet Tubman National Historic Park. to thank Chair LANDRIEU and Ranking far we have come since the days of sep- This will be the first woman, the first Member MURKOWSKI for their efforts on arate but equal, when institutional African-American woman to have such the Energy and Natural Resources segregation marginalized the works, a recognition under our National Park Committee. They worked so hard to the dreams, and the achievements of System. This is an appropriate person come up with a package that could ac- African Americans. I see a community for this historic moment. I think most tually move in this divided Congress. coming together decades after people know that Harriet Tubman was The bills in this package have been Hinchliffe first earned a place in the considered the Moses of her people. She the subject of incredibly long debate. canon of American history to preserve was born into slavery in Dorchester Many of them, such as the bill we just the legacy it represents. I urge my col- County, MD, the Eastern Shore of heard about from my colleague in leagues to join me in standing up for Maryland. For the first 30 years of her Maryland, have been under consider- this legacy and supporting the inclu- life, she lived in slavery, and then on ation for years. Almost all the bills in- sion of Hinchliffe Stadium in the Great her own, by herself, she escaped slavery cluded in the public lands package Falls National Park as part of the na- and made her way to liberty in 1849. have received hearings in either the tional lands package. She did this alone. The courage of this Senate Energy and Natural Resources I yield the floor. woman—she didn’t stop there; she then Committee or the House Natural Re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- came back and rescued others slaves sources Committee, and almost all of ator from Maryland. and brought them to freedom through the bills were favorably reported by Mr. CARDIN. Madam President, first, the Underground Railroad, which took these committees. For example, every let me thank Senators LANDRIEU and slaves from slavery to freedom. provision in the lands package relating MURKOWSKI for their work on this leg- I am proud of the historic signifi- to a national park designation or ex- islation. I was listening to Senator cance of the State of Maryland in that pansion and every provision desig- MURKOWSKI go through how this proc- regard, with the birthplace of Harriet nating Federal land as wilderness in ess came together. I also listened to Tubman and where the Underground this package was closely considered by Senator COBURN’s concerns about the Railroad operated. the Energy and Natural Resources process that has been used. The Eastern Shore is on the eastern Committee and cleared the committee Let me share with my colleagues why part of our State. I could take you to with bipartisan support. I strongly support the inclusion of the the western part of the State, Cum- I should note that many of these pro- lands package in the National Defense berland, where you can see the church visions were not only the subject of Authorize Act and encourage my col- in which the slaves on their way to committee hearings in this Congress leagues to support the vote later today. freedom were sheltered before they and markups in this Congress but in I reference specifically the Harriet went through a tunnel to the railroad previous years as well. Tubman National Historic Park. Talk and literally went to Pennsylvania and The public lands title is the product about frustration. This park, although freedom. of lengthy negotiations with the approved through studies and it went This is an incredible opportunity. We House, with both Republican and through all the appropriate ways for have the landscape, we have the prop- Democratic priorities included. Some its designation, was held by one Sen- erty on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Senate provisions were modified to ad- ator on a hold for 31⁄2 years, and that is In Auburn, NY, we have where Har- dress concerns raised by the House of despite the fact that since 2012 there riet Tubman lived the later years of Representatives, and other House pro- was an offset to make sure it did not her life. After escaping and becoming visions were modified to address Sen- cost any additional resources—a re- free, she was a spy for the North, for ate concerns. This package is a com- quirement that I was told I needed to the Union during the Civil War. She promise. There is a lot in it that I love satisfy to remove the hold. then went on to help with women’s suf- but a few things that I absolutely don’t There is a lot of frustration here. I frage. She set up a home for the aged support. There are also things that I appreciate what Senator MURKOWSKI African Americans in New York. A lot had hoped would be in this package did and the history she went through. of those properties still exist today up that will not be in this package. But She is absolutely right. If we tried to in New York and will be part of the that is the nature of compromise and

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But you can count on me tion’s culture and history and allows that full well in the legislation we have to be working with my colleagues to for the smart and responsible develop- been working on, the See Alaska bill, ensure that we have a way forward that ment of our public lands as well. We for almost a decade now. will be more expeditious than we have have a responsibility to future genera- The fishermen have certain interests, seen historically. tions to be good stewards of our shared those who harvest timber have certain I yield the floor and suggest the ab- culture and the natural world. interests, the conservationists have sence of a quorum. Madam President, it will come as no certain interests, the school district The PRESIDING OFFICER. The surprise to you or to many of my col- has certain interests. So how we build clerk will call the roll. leagues that as I travel across New this takes time. But it seems as though The legislative clerk proceeded to Mexico, what I hear time and again the only place we do not get time is call the roll. from people is that they are frustrated here on the Senate floor. We do not Mr. COBURN. Madam President, I with Washington, that Congress can’t have the time allocated to us, nor do— ask unanimous consent that the order get anything done, and that ‘‘com- I would be happy to spend hours and for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without promise’’ sounds like a dirty word to perhaps days discussing issues such as objection, it is so ordered. some of our colleagues. We have an op- we have raised in this public lands bill. portunity to change that today. Let’s Mr. COBURN. Madam President, But I do not think most of my col- later today I will be offering a motion work together and be willing to com- leagues are interested in debating a re- promise in order to get things done for to attempt to undo a precedent set in versionary clause for a parcel of land in 2011 that took away the right of all our constituents and for the American downtown Anchorage that can be sold people. Our constituents across this Senators, a right that was provided by so they can have an opportunity, in Senate rules for Senators to suspend great Nation deserve no less. Anchorage, to build something new I would urge my colleagues’ support the rules in a postcloture environment there. It just does not rise to that level of the package and opposition to the to offer an amendment. of immediacy and concern. It is a very high bar. It requires 67 motion to refer. So, again, we do the best we can to I yield back the remainder of my votes to ever pass an amendment under try to be balanced, to try to put to- time. that. This right allowed the minority The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who gether something that works for all. It or individual Senators to circumvent yields time? is a balancing act. It requires a level of parliamentary obstacles, namely the The Senator from Alaska. finesse. If we were to have put together filling of the tree to receive votes. His- Ms. MURKOWSKI. Madam President, a package that was overly weighted to- tory now shows us that the filling of I understand there is still 5 or 6 min- wards new wilderness or new parks, not the tree has occurred two times more utes remaining of my time. If there are only would my constituents back home under the leadership of Senator REID other colleagues who would care to not support it, I could not support it. than all of the leaders in the past—91 speak on the significance of title XXX We have to work together on bill pack- times. of NDAA, natural resources, and the re- ages of this nature. The question will essentially be, Do lated provisions, I am certainly happy I want to recognize the good work of we want to keep the Reid motion to to yield to them. those on the energy committee who suspend the precedent prohibiting mo- I thank my colleagues who have have worked with us to construct tions to suspend the rules postcloture come to the floor on both sides of the something that is good, balanced and by sustaining that precedent? This is aisle to speak to some of the specifics fair. I will acknowledge my chairman not a nuclear option, does not have that are contained within this bill be- of the energy committee, Senator LAN- anything to do with that. cause I think it helps to understand DRIEU, who has worked with us to find As I thought about bringing this for- why we are at this late point in the that level of balance. ward, I thought about how important it calendar with a package of different I do hope that as we look at a new is for the new minority. I am not going bills focusing in different areas, wheth- Congress, we will be working together to be with you. But it is my valid opin- er it is a small land conveyance, as colleagues to try to figure out a bet- ion, I believe, that you are not going to whether it is the creation of a wilder- ter path for the endgame for these see the limitations on your amend- ness area that has come about through smaller bills. I have been part of way ments that we have seen in the last 6 a great deal of compromise and col- too many lands packages now where we years under the new leadership of the laboration, or whether it is a collabora- have the same debate: Why is it at- Senate. But if we were to see that, this tion that will allow for economic op- tached to this? Why are we doing this is a particularly good way to have the portunity through mineral develop- now? I would like to get us to a place Senate vote on a topic of interest to ment, timber harvest, or grazing oppor- where there was a more certain process the American public. tunities. I think it does speak to the so that Members knew their small con- So when this is offered, voting yes diversity of what we are dealing with, veyance bill, their small study, did not keeps the Reid precedent which says with so many of our public lands and get caught up in end-of-session kind of even postcloture you cannot offer to the reality that they are different all madness, or caught up in things that suspend the rules, even with a 67-vote over. It is very different in Alaska from distract from what it is that delegation margin and have a vote. Voting no will what my friend in New Mexico experi- has been attempting to do for that reverse the Reid precedent. If the ences. The similarity we have is that State, for that part of the country. precedent is overturned by a majority we don’t have the ability to do it on I would ask my colleagues—I have of Senators voting against the ruling of our own; we have to come to the Fed- spoken with many on this side of the the Chair, the rights of all Senators, as eral Government. aisle as well as the Democratic side of written in the Senate rules to suspend What will happen is, whether you are the aisle—let’s be working together to the rules postcloture, would be re- in New Mexico or whether you are in figure out how we can relieve this bot- turned—Democrats, Republicans, all. Alaska or points in between, you have tleneck, because I sincerely want to do If I am successful in overturning this local consensus emerge around an that. But what we have in front of us precedent, I am not planning on fol- issue. They bring it to the State, and today is our opportunity to bring some lowing up with another motion allow- the State works with us at the Federal finality, to bring some conclusion, to ing me to offer an amendment at this level, Members of the House and Mem- bring some resolve to issues that have time. The whole goal is to try to re- bers of the Senate. We continue to been outstanding for a considerable store the Senate. So I have no ulterior work this process. It usually is a very amount of time, as I mentioned, in sev- motive with another amendment if I collaborative process. eral instances almost a full decade. were to win this attempt.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:26 Dec 17, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\DEC 2014\S12DE4.REC S12DE4 rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S6732 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 12, 2014 The distinguishing characteristics of amendments. From that point forward, originally called the Due Process Guar- the Senate are the right to offer it was considered out of order to offer antee Act. Senator FEINSTEIN and I had amendments and the right to debate. postcloture motions to suspend the one objective with the Due Process That is what makes it unique. That is rules, despite such right being explic- Guarantee Act, which was to guarantee what forces consensus. Throughout his itly provided for under Senate rules. the right of the American people that tenure, my colleague, the Senator from In order to overturn this precedent, a while they exist, while they live from Nevada, has aggressively deployed a Senator must offer another postcloture day to day on U.S. soil, they will be tactic to block other Senators from of- motion to suspend the rules for the free from indefinite detention without fering amendments to legislation. This purpose of considering an amendment. trial, without their rights that are pro- tactic is known as filling the tree. It The Presiding Officer most likely tected by our Constitution, without fills all available slots for all amend- will rule that the motion is not in the rights we have come to associate ments with shell legislation, pre- order based on the 2011 precedent. with our habeas corpus guarantees and venting all other Senators from offer- At that point, the Senator offering our other constitutional protections. ing amendments, both of his party and the motion will appeal the ruling of the These are rights that we understand the opposition party. Chair on the basis that a single motion are inseparably connected with liberty He has done this 91 times during his to suspend the rules postcloture is not and they long predated the existence of tenure as the majority leader. From dilatory. The Senator would then ask our Constitution and our Republic. 1985 to 2006, it only occurred 40 times. for the yeas and nays. They were so fundamental, in fact, What this tactic effectively does is If a simple majority of Senators vote that not only were they incorporated shut down every other individual Mem- to overturn the decision of the Chair, into our Constitution—this right to be ber of the Senate from even input into the precedent will be reversed, restor- free from a chance of being locked up legislation and carrying on the respon- ing the right explicitly provided in the by government indefinitely in prison, sibility they were granted by the citi- rules that allows Senators to offer mo- without trial, without counsel and so zens of their State to offer amend- tions to suspend the rules postcloture forth—they were discussed at length at ments to pieces of legislation coming as before. our Constitutional Convention. They through the Senate. This issue is unrelated to the nuclear were discussed at length by members of Starting in 2010, as Senator REID con- option and will have no impact on the our founding generation as they de- tinued to use the filling-of-the-tree ma- outcome of that debate. bated and discussed the merits of our neuver, Senators in both parties re- Senators who support or oppose Constitution. sorted to other procedural options to changing that issue can both support Notably, in Federalist No. 84, James assert their rights as Senators. Under this effort. Madison referred to these rights, and rule V of the Standing Rules of the At the appropriate time, I will be of- he quoted a great luminary of that Senate, the other rules may be sus- fering that motion. I came to the floor time—a luminary who is still a legal pended, including blocking amend- today to put my colleagues on notice of force to this day—Judge William ments by filling the tree. my intent. Blackstone. He quoted a very meaning- From 2010 until October 6, 2011, Sen- I yield the floor, and I suggest the ab- ful excerpt from volume 1 of William ators filed more than 30 notices and the sence of a quorum. Blackstone’s ‘‘Commentaries on the Senate held 15 separate votes to sus- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Laws of England,’’ published in 1765. pend the rules and allow amendments clerk will call the roll. I want to read briefly some of what to be offered during postcloture debate, Mr. LEE. Madam President, I ask he said there that is relevant to this as was the history of the Senate for its unanimous consent that the order for day. He says these rights are very im- entire history. the quorum call be rescinded. portant; they are the right to be free On October 6, the majority leader in- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without from detention, from arbitrary indefi- terpreted Senate rules with a simple objection, it is so ordered. nite detention. He says: majority, ending the right of Senators Mr. LEE. Mr. President, I ask unani- To bereave a man of life, or by violence to to suspend the rules postcloture. He mous consent to temporarily set aside confiscate his estate, without accusation or called up a motion to suspend the rules the pending amendment so that I may trial, would be so gross and notorious an act that had been filed on the previous day call up my amendment, amendment of despotism, as must at once convey the alarm of tyranny throughout the whole by myself. He made a point of order No. 3996, which is at the desk. kingdom. But confinement of the person, by that a single motion to suspend the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there secretly hurrying him to gaol, where his rules was dilatory. A single motion to objection? sufferings are unknown or forgotten; is a less suspend the rules was dilatory under Mr. LEVIN. Reserving the right to public, a less striking, and therefore a more rule XXII. object. dangerous engine of arbitrary government. Never before had the Senate ruled The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- And yet sometimes, when the state is in real that a single motion to suspend the ator from Michigan. danger, even this may be a necessary meas- rules was dilatory. In fact, the Senate Mr. LEVIN. I will not support the ure. But the happiness of our constitution is—— Parliamentarian had previously upheld unanimous consent proposal of Senator the maneuver. As such, the Presiding LEE for several reasons. He may want And here he is referring, of course, to Officer correctly ruled that the to state his motion first before I give the British constitution at the time postcloture amendment was not dila- the reasons for objecting to it, but I —that it is not left to the executive power tory under rule XXII. A single motion will object and, if necessary at this to determine when the danger of the state is so great, as to render this measure expe- to suspend the rules cannot be consid- point, I do object. dient. For the parliament only, or legislative ered a delaying tactic. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- power, whenever it sees proper, can author- Senator REID’s point of order was, tion is heard. ize the crown, by suspending the habeas cor- therefore, not sustained. He then ap- Mr. LEVIN. I have no objection to pus act for a short and limited time, to im- pealed the ruling of the Chair and held the Senator stating his purpose. prison suspected persons without giving any a vote to overturn it by a simple ma- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- reason for so doing. jority of 51 to 48. The Chair’s decision ator from Utah. So in other words, he was referring to was overturned. Every Republican and Mr. LEE. I thank my distinguished something contemplated and built into one Democrat voted against this ap- colleague, the senior Senator from our constitutional structure as well, peal, instead voting to uphold the Pre- Michigan, whose presence we will miss which is that, sure, there may be times siding Officer’s decision which re- and whose leadership we have appre- of invasion, there may be times of na- flected the written rules of the Senate. ciated over the years. tional emergency, of an exigency so This vote established a new prece- Madam President, I have offered this great, so threatening to the safety of dent to interpret the meaning of the amendment today, which is an amend- the people that this kind of action word ‘‘dilatory.’’ Only it did so in the ment that was crafted several years might be warranted. But where that most heavyhanded way, fully intended ago by me and Senator FEINSTEIN. We does happen, it has to happen by an ex- to block the ability of Senators to offer created this as a document that we press declaration by the legislative

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Mr. President, I intend context of Federal Indian law, which is What was true in William Black- to call up H.R. 4329, the Native Amer- applicable here, blood quantum re- stone’s time remains true today. What ican Housing and Self-Determination quirements are not viewed as unconsti- was true during the founding era, re- Reauthorization Act, but I would like tutional racial classifications. Instead, mains true today. What was true at the to say a few words about the bill before they demonstrate connectivity to an time of the drafting and the ratifica- I do. This bill reauthorizes programs indigenous political entity which Con- tion of our other constitutional protec- that support housing for Native Hawai- gress can treat under the Indian com- tions, including those in the Fourth, ians, Alaska Natives, and American In- merce clause. It is why Congress set a Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the dians. blood quantum requirement of 50 per- Constitution, remain true today. That Earlier this week, the senior Senator cent or more for the Hawaiian Homes is that we are a free people, and as a from Montana asked unanimous con- Commission Act, a blood quantum re- free people, we have come to expect sent that the Senate take up and pass quirement of 50 percent or more for the certain rights that we have. By virtue S. 1352, the Native American Housing Indian Reorganization Act, and 25 per- of being Americans—Americans living and Self-Determination Reauthoriza- cent or more for the Alaska Native on U.S. soil—we have the right to be tion Act of 2013. The bill would reau- Claims Settlement Act. Native Hawai- free and to be free from this risk of in- thorize programs that promote and ians, Native Americans, and Alaska definite detention without trial. support affordable housing for Native Natives are indigenous people all, When those very rare circumstances Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native which my colleague Senator LEE ac- might arise, as arose, for example, dur- Hawaiians. My good friend, Mr. LEE, knowledges. ing the Civil War, where they cannot the Senator from Utah, who is on the My colleague might argue that in the be allowed to stand, they may be sus- floor this afternoon, objected to pass- Supreme Court’s decision in Rice v. pended only by an act of Congress ex- ing this important Senate bill, noting Cayetano, the Court held that ‘‘ances- pressly suspending the habeas corpus his objections to the Hawaiian Homes try . . . is a proxy for race.’’ I would re- protections we have come to rely on. Commission Act. spond to my colleague by saying that I For this reason, Senator FEINSTEIN I am here on the floor today to offer was the Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii and I put this bill together. I offer it up an alternative—H.R. 4329. Like the at the time, serving under Ben now as an amendment. I understand Senate bill which was objected to ear- Cayetano, who is named in the Rice v. this motion has already been objected lier this week, this bill is a bipartisan Cayetano suit, and I had the oppor- to, and I state my concerns with the bill. H.R. 4329 reauthorizes the Native tunity to sit in the Supreme Court objection. Hawaiian Housing Block Grant, the while the Rice case was being argued. I thank the Chair. Section 184 Indian Home Loan Guar- That case is broadly, but often incor- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- antee Program, and programs that pro- rectly, cited because it was quite nar- ator from Michigan. vide support for housing funding for row in its applicability. The Supreme Mr. LEVIN. Madam President, the Native American veterans. Court in that case held that a State— reasons that I object to the offering of Let me note here that we know that a State—could not restrict who could the amendment at this time are sev- Native Americans enlist in the mili- vote for members of a quasi-State eral. tary at a higher rate than other seg- agency. In contrast to such State ac- First, the amendment which Senator ments of this country. Of course, the tion, Congress has given wide latitude LEE asks consent to offer is not ger- House bill I am referring to supports and broad deference in dealing with mane to the bill, it is not in order many other good programs and, yes, in- America’s indigenous people. postcloture, and it would amend a stat- cluding the Native Hawaiian Housing So Mr. President, I ask unanimous ute of jurisdiction of the Judiciary Block Grant and the Section 184A Na- consent that the Indian Affairs Com- Committee relative to a subject not ad- tive Hawaiian Home Loan Guarantee mittee be discharged from further con- dressed in this bill. Program. sideration of H.R. 4329 and that the Second, when we included a similar We know the housing need in Indian Senate proceed to its immediate con- country is staggering. Congress knew provision in our bill several years ago, sideration; that the bill be read a third and recognized this fact when it cre- the House objected and insisted the time and passed; and that the motion ated the broader Indian housing pro- provision be dropped. So the inclusion to reconsider be considered made and grams earlier to help address those of this provision would require, at the laid upon the table with no intervening needs and when it reauthorized these least, difficult discussions with the action or debate. House when there is no time for such programs again and again. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Is the House bill perfect? I would say discussions. objection? When I voted for a similar provision no. But I must applaud my good friend, The Senator from Utah. which was offered several years ago, Congressman DON YOUNG of Alaska, my Mr. LEE. Mr. President, reserving the language was somewhat different colleagues, Congresswomen COLLEEN the right to object, I ask unanimous than it is now. HANABUSA and TULSI GABBARD, and of consent that the request be modified The bottom line is there is simply course the bill’s sponsor, Congressman and that the Lee amendment to strike not enough time left before we adjourn STEVE PEARCE, for their work in section 801 of this legislation be agreed to debate even a single amendment, crafting a bill that passed the House by to. and surely not a single amendment of voice vote. There were no Republican The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the this complexity, to vote on it, and to objections. There were no Democratic Senator so modify her request? reconcile the provision, if it were objections. To rely on an old adage, let Ms. HIRONO. I object to the request adopted, with the House of Representa- us not allow perfection to be the enemy for a modification. tives and to pass the bill again in both of the good. And this is a good bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Houses. Should we forget our promises and objection to the original request? And those are the reasons for my ob- responsibilities to our indigenous popu- Mr. LEE. In that case, I object. jection. lation? I freely admit that we have not The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who I suggest the absence of a quorum. always been good stewards of our re- seeks time? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The sponsibilities, and we have not always Ms. HIRONO. Mr. President, I suggest clerk will call the roll. been good friends with Indian Country. the absence of a quorum. The legislative clerk proceeded to But we try, and with this bill we again The PRESIDING OFFICER. The call the roll. are trying. clerk will call the roll.

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I have appre- dered. prevents and responds to sexual assault ciated his wisdom on so many issues Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, I in the military. The Department’s over the years, and I know I am in good want to express my appreciation to most recent report outlines how perva- company when I say to Senator LEVIN Chairman LEVIN and Ranking Member sive and insidious this problem con- that his leadership will be missed in INHOFE for their work on the defense tinues to be. The prevalence of sexual the United States Senate. authorization bill being considered in assault has decreased slightly, and we Passing a defense authorization bill the Senate this week. It is officially ti- see more victims coming forward. But is one of Congress’ most important an- tled the CARL LEVIN and HOWARD P. it remains one of the most complex and nual tasks, and it has been for decades. ‘BUCK’ MCKEON National Defense Au- damaging threats to our armed serv- I have supported some of these bills thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015. It ices today. More than 6 in 10 female throughout my time here and given the couldn’t be more appropriate. service members continue to report number of security concerns facing this This will be the 54th year in a row that they have been retaliated against country—the continued presence of that Congress has passed the Defense for reporting the perpetrators of these ISIL in Iraq and Syria, Russia’s ongo- Authorization. It has never been an criminal acts. ing efforts to destabilize Ukraine, the easy task. Senator LEVIN has had a Congress has instituted many re- Ebola outbreak in West Africa—I hoped great deal to do with that annual labor forms, including Special Victims Coun- to be able to support this bill as well. of love. He has served as the highest sels. This year’s defense bill contains Regrettably, however, I am forced to ranking Democratic member on the several additional policy changes. But vote against this defense bill. committee since January 1997, and he we must continue to hold the Depart- Most Americans may not know this, has served as its Chairman for eleven ment’s leadership accountable for sig- but the United States is still spending of the last 14 years. Every year, he has nificant progress on this issue. as much on defense as it spent at the kept the needs of our service members In addition to these national prior- height of the Cold War. This bill before and their families front and center. ities, the Defense authorization bill in- us today would authorize nearly $600 It isn’t an easy job. The Committee cludes several provisions that will billion in total defense spending—in- provides congressional oversight for strengthen military assets in Illinois. cluding more than $60 billion in war more than half of all domestic discre- Rock Island Arsenal on the border of funding. That really ought to raise tionary spending . . . it analyzes every Illinois and Iowa is a remarkable place. more questions about how that money program line by line . . . and in this For example, at the height of the Iraq is being spent and whether the Amer- case worked with Members of both par- war, the Arsenal was the single largest ican people are getting their money’s ties and both chambers to craft a con- source of Humvee armor kits to protect worth for each dollar they spend on de- sensus product. But the result is that our troops against IED blasts. Its fac- fense. But what I find most concerning our service members who are on the tory is one of the few places in the is that my Senate colleagues and I are front lines will have what they need to country where our military, on short being asked to approve this mammoth protect our national security. notice, can quite literally turn raw bill without being given the oppor- In that spirit, this bill sustains in re- metal into critical equipment for our tunity to vote on any substantive sponsible ways the active duty, Na- troops. amendments. I am sure that if Sen- tional Guard, and reserve forces our The Armed Services Committee has ators were given that chance, we could nation relies on every day. Even in this worked with me each year to ensure consider amendments regarding sexual tough fiscal environment, the bill au- that the Arsenal can compete for work- assault in the military or greater thorizes a 1 percent pay raise for mili- load and partner with the private sec- transparency within the intelligence tary personnel below the general offi- tor. This year’s bill builds on this his- community, for example. cer level. It increases access to mental tory by updating the Civil War-era Ar- One issue in particular that would health care in a number of ways, in- senal Act to ensure that the Army have benefitted from more debate is cluding lifting the limits on inpatient manages arsenals with wartime needs the Guantanamo Bay detention center. mental health services, and requiring in mind. When the Senate Armed Services Com- annual person-to-person mental health The bill also extends the joint pilot mittee passed its version of this de- assessments. Finally, it reauthorizes program in North Chicago at the fense bill in June, it included provi- the family support programs our mili- Lovell Federal Health Care Facility. sions allowing the Department of De- tary families so richly deserve. This is the first national effort to inte- fense to transfer detainees from Guan- The agreement also deals with a grate health care across the Defense tanamo Bay to the United States ‘‘for topic I have cared passionately about Department and the Department of detention, trial and incarceration.’’ My for many years: tobacco. This is a seri- Veterans Affairs. It is the future of position on the Guantanamo Bay de- ous subject. Smoking rates among health care for service members and tention center has long been to shut it service members are 20 percent higher veterans. The Lovell Health Care Fa- down and prosecute as many detainees than the rest of America and the use of cility is working to advance integra- as possible in the federal court sys- chewing tobacco is 450 percent higher. tion of everything from electronic tem—where the United States has a Tobacco-related medical treatment and medical records to pharmacy programs. strong record of winning convictions. I lost work time costs the Pentagon $1.6 Finally, the bill also authorizes $26 felt that the earlier Armed Services billion every. Yet, military stores have million for an Army Reserve Center in Committee language would have made been selling tobacco products at steep Arlington Heights, IL, and $19.5 million progress toward these goals, and I am discounts for years. On paper the dis- for Family Housing at Rock Island, IL. disappointed that the agreement before count is 5 percent. But an independent Chairman LEVIN and Senator INHOFE us today maintains the prohibition on review found discounts as high as 25 have brought to the floor a thoughtful transferring any detainees to the percent because of lax enforcement and and balanced bill for our men and United States to stand trial. ill-defined community comparisons. women in uniform, and I urge members I also want to take a few minutes to So I appreciate that this defense au- to support this compromise. express my deep concerns about the thorization carries a provision similar Mr. WYDEN. Madam President, I lands package included in this defense to one I authored earlier this year in want to take a few minutes today to authorization agreement. This package the Defense Appropriations Sub- speak on the National Defense Author- contains some laudable bills for our committee to end this harmful subsidy. ization Act, the annual policy bill for Nation’s environment like wilderness This is a commonsense reform that will the Department of Defense. Let me and new parks supported by many

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Madam President, necessary provisions to take care of Take the provision that represents today I rise in support of the Fiscal our troops and rejects many of the ad- an unprecedented giveaway of public Year 2015 National Defense Authoriza- ministration’s proposed changes to lands to benefit a foreign corporation. tion Act. compensation and benefits. It will destroy a recreational oasis, dis- First, let me express my sincere The bill wisely rejects the Presi- turb a sacred Indian site, and cast thanks to both Chairman LEVIN and dent’s proposal to authorize a new base aside recreational, environmental, and Ranking Member INHOFE for their hard realignment and closure round in 2015. cultural concerns in favor of big min- work in putting together a bipartisan This is the right way to proceed be- ing and big money. Neither the Senate bill that addresses the needs of our cause the GAO has found that the pre- Energy and Natural Resources Com- military and contains provisions that vious BRAC round never produced the mittee nor the House of Representa- are important to Maine and to our na- amount of savings that were promised tives has approved that provision this tional security. when it was originally sold to Con- Congress, yet it is being jammed into This legislation fully funds both the gress. this defense bill today without debate. vital DDG–1000 and DDG–51 Programs. Finally, I would like to thank the In addition several important pieces These ships must be part of the fleet to chairman and ranking member for in- of legislation with bipartisan support maintain the robust forward presence cluding in the bill a provision I au- were simply left out of this lands pack- our Nation requires. The U.S. Navy thored that reauthorizes the authority age. I am disappointed that this pack- protects trade routes, projects power, for Federal agencies to hire Federal re- age does not include legislation to acts as a stabilizing force, and assists tirees to come back to work part time modernize and increase forest manage- when tragedy strikes. These missions and still retain their annuitant status. ment on the Oregon and California are especially important in the in- This means that individuals with years Grant Lands, better known as the O&C creasingly dangerous and unpredictable of accumulated experience in their jobs Lands, for example. This lands package world in which we live. can help train and transition in their also does not include legislation that When tensions flared in Syria, it was replacement or fill staffing gaps. would resolve long-standing issues re- Navy destroyers that were positioned Let me close on a less optimistic garding water resources in the Klam- off the coast. Following the devasta- note. As we look ahead to next year, ath Basin. tion of Typhoon Haiyan in the Phil- the specter of sequestration looms in- Additionally, I am disappointed that ippines, two U.S. Navy destroyers were creasingly large. DOD has already the lands package does virtually noth- among the first ships to respond. made significant reductions, and unless ing to help rural counties: it fails to This bill also provides the resources we act soon, the effects of these indis- renew the bipartisan Secure Rural necessary to help our allies and part- criminate, senseless cuts will be dev- Schools program that funds critical ners around the globe. When Hamas, a astating to our national security and services in more than 700 counties in designated foreign terrorist organiza- defense industrial base. over forty States. The assistance it tion, launched more than 3,000 rockets Further cuts will compromise the provides to fund the another signifi- into Israel this summer, it was the Iron size, readiness, and technical superi- cant rural aid program known as Pay- Dome missile defense system—devel- ority of our military. I stand ready to ments in Lieu of Taxes is not enough oped with assistance from the United work closely with all of my colleagues to fully fund the program in the ab- States—that saved countless civilian in the next Congress on a sensible solu- sence of Secure Rural Schools funding. lives. tion. These programs are lifelines for cash- I am also pleased that this bill takes Mr. VITTER. Madam President, I strapped rural counties that struggle further steps to address the problem of speak today about an important provi- to fund basic law enforcement, infra- sexual assault in the military, which sion in the defense bill. As you know, structure improvements, and other remains a significant challenge facing the maritime and shipbuilding indus- public services. the Department of Defense. While tries are significant contributors to the Finally, I am extremely disappointed progress has been made, we must re- economy in Louisiana and are impor- that the lands package did not include main focused on our goal of ensuring tant to our national security. In Lou- reauthorization of the Land and Water that the military has a zero tolerance isiana alone, these industries employ Conservation Fund, a program that culture when it comes to sexual as- thousands of hard-working Americans. opens up our Nation’s public lands and sault. I am pleased that the managers of this wilderness areas for recreation and en- I first raised my concern about sex- bill were able to include section 3502, joyment, while providing tremendous ual assaults in the military with Gen dealing with floating drydocks that are economic benefits to rural commu- George Casey in 2004. To say his re- owned or contracted for purchase by el- nities. sponse was disappointing would be an igible United States shipyards or their This lands package is unbalanced. It understatement. I am convinced that if affiliates prior to this bill’s enactment. does not reflect bipartisan com- the military had heeded the concerns I The term ‘‘shipyard’’ in section 3502 promises reached in the committees of raised then, this terrible problem will apply to any facility owned by an jurisdiction. Lastly, in the crucial would have been addressed much soon- eligible company in the United States days, when decisions were being made er, saving many individuals the trau- that constructs or repairs commercial about the public lands bills that did ma, pain, and injustice they endured. or government vessels, including, but not make it into this package, most I am encouraged that as a result of not limited to, facilities that under- Senators were kept in the dark about an amendment I offered to the Senate take alterations, conversions, installa- issues of great importance to their con- version of this bill, DOD is already tak- tions, cleaning, painting, or mainte- stituents. ing formal steps to modify the rules of nance work to such vessels. This provi- So, I return to the notion that Sen- evidence to ensure confidentiality be- sion will clear confusion regarding dry- ators and the people they represent tween the users and the personnel man- docks and will benefit American ship- must be heard on legislation this con- ning its Safe Helpline and HelpRoom builders. I commend the managers for sequential. It is unfortunate that after systems. The bill includes a provision including this provision in the bill. a full Congress of hard work, a number which mandates a study by DOD’s Ju- Mr. TESTER. Madam President, it of good proposals will simply be left on dicial Proceedings Board on how best has come to my attention that a provi- the cutting room floor. to effectuate the rule change. sion of the Northern Cheyenne Lands I want to repeat that this bill before I also support eliminating the so- Act, which was included in the recently us today authorizes more than half of called good soldier defense, which this passed NDAA and public lands package, the discretionary budget for the U.S. bill does. This defense has allowed the contains a ministerial error. Section Government, almost $600 billion in de- general military character of an indi- 3077(c)(1)(A) of the NDAA describes a

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I United States on a path that leads in- contains an error by indicating a map do not. I reiterate what every Member evitably to regime change and nation- with an incorrect title. Section of this body certainly believes, which is building in Syria. Such a course defies 3077(c)(1)(A)(ii) should therefore be read that we can and should take any nec- the lessons of the American-led mili- to reference the ‘‘Northern Cheyenne essary action to prevent a direct threat tary operations of the last twelve Land Act—Coal Tracts’’ map dated to the United States. But I firmly be- years. April 22, 2014, which is the same map lieve that protecting America does not For these reasons I am adamantly correctly referenced in subparagraph require nation building in Syria. opposed to sending American troops (i) of the same section. Yet our military involvement in into Syria to further escalate a ground The committee report for the under- Syria and Iraq continues to grow, war that I do not believe is in the best lying Northern Cheyenne Lands Act though to what end no one is certain. interest of America or the region. bill, S. 2442, will also acknowledge and Because Congress has not had a robust I ask the President and my col- address this error. I hope this drafting public debate about our strategy in the leagues in the Senate to allow us to error does not delay the Department of Middle East, nor made hard decisions give the American people the public de- the Interior’s implementation of these about what our military response bate they deserve, before we find our- provisions, which is of great impor- should be. selves again in an open-ended war in tance to the Northern Cheyenne Tribe We know that ISIS is a threat to the Middle East. in Montana. This conveyance, once Americans in the Middle East as well Mrs. FISCHER. Madam President, I completed, will correct a mistake made as to friendly nations and our allies wish to speak on a provision in the ap- by the United States over a century there. But we have not debated wheth- propriations measure. I am pleased to ago, when the United States failed to er entering another war is in our na- see that this legislation includes a pro- convey this property to the Tribe as tional interest. vision in Division D-Energy and Water originally directed by Congress. One of the reasons this debate has Development and Related Agencies Ap- Mr. MANCHIN. Madam President, I not yet happened is that the President propriations Act of 2015, which address- rise to address American military in- has not submitted to Congress a re- es a concern raised by farmers and volvement in the Syrian civil war and quest for authority to use military ranchers around the country. our strategy for protecting America force against ISIS. Instead, what is Section 111 of the General Provisions and our interests in the region. happening in Syria is basically this: relating to the Corps of Engineers Civil I would first like to say that I am the White House is relying on a decade- Works Program states that: ‘‘None of adamantly opposed to extending au- old congressional authorization that the funds made available by this Act thority to provide funding to train and allows military force against al-Qaeda may be used to require a permit for the arm Syrian rebels. That authority is and is using that as its legal justifica- discharge of dredged or fill material provided in the defense authorization tion for attacking ISIS. Well, the world under the Federal Water Pollution bill that we are considering today. I is changing, and we ought to be adapt- Control Act for the activities identified voted against it in committee, spoke ing our policies with it. in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section against it on the floor in September, My colleague BOB MENENDEZ is push- 404(f)(1) of the Act.’’ and raise my objections to it now. ing forward with an AUMF of his own. In section 404(f)(1) of the Clean Water I do not know where the Syrian This week the Senate Foreign Rela- Act, Congress provided a permitting rebels’ allegiances truly lie or if they tions Committee passed out of com- exemption for certain activities includ- will remain our allies once the Syrian mittee an AUMF that gives the Presi- ing normal farming, forestry, and civil war comes to an end. What I do dent authority to go to war with ISIS, ranching activities, upland soil and know is that once our military begins but which prohibits ground troops. water conservation practices, and the to train and equip Syrian rebels of un- This is a first step, and I look forward construction and maintenance of farm certain provenance, we will have put to debating the AUMF on the floor of or stock ponds or irrigation ditches ourselves on a path that leads inevi- the Senate. and the maintenance of drainage tably to regime change and nation- But we should be debating this mili- ditches. building in Syria. Such a course defies tary authorization in the context of One would think that with this clear the lessons of American-led Middle the President’s Middle East strategy, exemption, our farmers and ranchers Eastern nation-building over the last which we have not yet seen because I could go about their business without twelve years. And I cannot in good con- believe we have a moral duty to have a worrying about whether EPA or the science justify to the people of West full debate before we send any more Corps of Engineers would try to regu- Virginia why we should continue down Americans into harm’s way. late plowing, seeding, and harvesting, this path. Two important things are going on or their farm ponds and ditches. Unfor- Before we commit more of our coun- here. The first is that Congress is mov- tunately, in recent years EPA and the try’s blood and treasure, we should ac- ing closer to give legal authorization Corps of Engineers have been trying to knowledge that after more than a dec- for the President to conduct strikes circumvent the 404(f)(1) permitting ex- ade of war, trillions of taxpayer dollars against ISIS. The second is that the emptions by interpreting the limited spent, and over 7,000 American lives President is also pursuing a scheme to ‘‘recapture’’ provision in section lost in that part of the world, we have arm and train Syrians, which will cer- 404(f)(2) in such an expansive way as to not established the pro-western rep- tainly lead to regime change and na- virtually swallow up the exemptions in resentative democracies that were once tion building. It is therefore critically 404(f)(1). envisioned. But that doesn’t mean we important that the President tells us A farmer’s field is not a water of the can’t protect ourselves. clearly and plainly not just what the U.S. A farm pond is not a water of the While I caution against repeating the objectives of the military mission are— U.S. An irrigation ditch is not a water mistake of Middle Eastern nation- to degrade and destroy ISIS—but how of the U.S. But, there are overzealous building, I reiterate my strongest sup- he plans on doing so without putting us regulators out there who disagree. We port for our military, intelligence, and back into an open-ended war. have seen the Corps try to regulate a law enforcement professionals who are I support, as all my colleagues do, family farm when the farmer tried to today defending Americans at home any action that prevents attacks on change from a ditch irrigation system and abroad from the kind of vile atroc- American property or persons. But be- to a piped irrigation system to improve ities perpetrated by ISIS. These profes- fore we commit more of our Nation’s water efficiency. The Corps argued that sionals demonstrate every day that we blood and treasure to political reform there would be runoff from the work

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Mutually assured destruction our national security, to the well-being the recapture provisions of section meant something. If something hap- of our men and women in uniform, to 404(f)(2) do not apply to normal farm- pened, we could bomb them and they our retirees and their families. If we ing, forestry, and ranching activities, would do the same to us, and it is now fail to enact this bill, the Department upland soil and water conservation all over. That is not the way it is any- of Defense’s statutory authority to pay practices, and the construction and more. combat pay, hardship duty pay, enlist- maintenance of farm or stock ponds or We have forces out there from North ment and reenlistment bonuses, incen- irrigation ditches and the maintenance Korea and Iraq, and all these things are tive pays for critical specialties, as- of drainage ditches. taking place at a time when—and I signment incentive pay, accession and Of course, the greatest abuse of the don’t want to make people angry about retention bonuses for critical special- Clean Water Act is the Obama Admin- what this President has done to the ties, will expire on December 31. We istration’s proposed ‘‘waters of the military, but we have virtually dis- cannot let that happen. United States’’ rule, and this section armed America. Our generals now are After that date, the statutory au- does not alleviate the concerns that facing the possibility of sequestration. thority to provide combat pay to our farmers, small businesses, and local So the most important bill is now even troops in Afghanistan and Iraq will communities have with the proposed more than just most important. It is a lapse. We cannot let that happen. We rule. This section will, however, ensure must-pass bill. It has to pass. If this would lose some of our most highly that the will of Congress to protect doesn’t pass, there is no other time we skilled men and women with special- farmers and ranchers from burdensome can take it up. Should December 31 get ties that we vitally need. We cannot let 404 permitting requirements is carried here, it would be an absolute disaster. that happen. out, and I will continue to do every- We right now have 1,779,343 enlisted Not only would we be shortchanging thing in my power to stop EPA from fi- personnel in the military. If we didn’t our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and ma- nalizing the proposed ‘‘waters of the pass a reauthorization bill, they would rines, we would be denying our mili- United States’’ rule next year. lose their benefits on December 31. I tary services critical authorities they Mr. INHOFE. Madam President, we have talked about the benefit of that. I need to recruit and retain high-quality are getting close to having votes on think everyone understands it, and it servicemembers, and to achieve their amendments and final passage tonight, would be redundant to repeat it. But force-shaping objectives as they draw the most significant vote of the year we can’t have people making career de- down their end strengths. each year. cisions predicated on assumptions that And there is more. If we fail to enact For 52 consecutive years, we have they would have hazard pay, the as- this bill, school districts all over the passed the National Defense Authoriza- sumption if they are pilots that they United States that rely on supple- tion Act. In almost every year there would have pilot pay; that critical mental impact aid to help them edu- has been a last-minute misunder- skills like the SEALs would have bo- cate military children would no longer standing as to how these different pro- nuses, and then all of a sudden on De- receive that money. If we fail to enact visions might affect something that cember 31 we take them away. this bill, the Department of Defense has nothing to do with the defense of We are not going to let that happen. will not be able to begin construction America. We are going to pass this bill today. on important new military construc- In this case, there was—and proce- The concern I have is that any amend- tion projects in the coming year. That durally I have disagreed with it. I have ments on it would cause a problem that would mean our troops don’t get the said several times that a land package I think would be insurmountable. It barracks, the ranges, the hospitals, the was included on the bill. I have felt would have to go back. They would laboratories, and the other support fa- that once we have gone through the have to recall the House and then come cilities they need to support oper- process of what has been referred to as back, and timewise it can’t happen. ational requirements, conduct train- the big four, we have ironed out the So this is the last train leaving town. ing, and to maintain their equipment. differences. There are a lot of things We have to have this for the sake of that I don’t like, but there are more our men and women in uniform. If It would mean that military family things that I do like. I daresay to there is time remaining after the housing will not receive needed up- grades, and that schools to educate the Chairman LEVIN, he is in the same situ- chairman makes his remarks, I will ation. even comment on some specific parts children of our servicemembers will I have to say one more time that this of this bill in terms of how good this not be built or modernized. chairman has been so incredibly fair to bill is and why it is necessary to pass. If we fail to enact this bill, we will everyone. I yield the floor. not enact provisions that strengthen We have to keep in mind that we The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- survivor benefits for disabled children passed this bill. After working on it for ator from Michigan. of servicemembers and retirees. We 4 months, we passed it to the floor Mr. LEVIN. Madam President, I first would not then enact provisions ad- from the Senate Armed Services Com- thank my friend from Oklahoma, my dressing the employment of military mittee on May 23. There are a lot of partner as well in the Armed Services spouses, job placement of veterans. things on here that we had. Of course, Committee. I have enjoyed the pres- That is an issue which the Presiding it went over and the House then passed ence of the Presiding Officer on our Officer knows an awful lot about, be- their bill. They passed their bill actu- committee, and I think she knows how cause she has been so directly involved ally on May 22; we passed it out of well that committee works together, in that and so many other issues. committee on May 23. The problem is, and Senator INHOFE and I guess both We would then not be enacting provi- they were able to pass theirs on the sides—both parties have worked very sions relative to military hazing, mili- floor; we were not. It is something we closely together for our troops. That is tary suicides, post-traumatic stress should have done a long time ago, and what this is all about is pulling to- disorder, and mental health problems I am hoping that we learned a lesson gether for our troops. They inspire us, in the military. from last year to this year, and we are they unify us, they protect us, and the If we do not enact this bill, we would not going to let this happen again. least we owe them is a Defense author- then enact none of the 20 provisions in So we have now before us a bill that ization bill. this bill addressing the scourge of sex- does the necessary things in this most We haven’t missed in 52 years. This ual assault in the military. We will not difficult time. I think most people would be the 53rd straight year that eliminate the good soldier defense would agree there has not been a time there would be a Defense authorization which is eliminated in this bill, as it

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I know we tion to suspend the rules postcloture is sexual assault the right to challenge are just talking about amendments not dilatory, and on those grounds I re- court-martial rulings that violate their right now and we will have a chance to spectfully appeal the decision of the rights and to challenge them in the maybe expand later on, but I think it Chair, and I ask for the yeas and nays. Court of Criminal Appeals. They should needs to be said, and it needs to be said The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a have that right. more than once. sufficient second? If we don’t pass this bill, we would I yield the floor. The hour is here. There is a sufficient second. not be strengthening the VOTE ON MOTION TO REFER The question is, Shall the decision of psychotherapist-patient privilege. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the Chair stand as the judgment of the So this bill includes critical authori- question is on agreeing to the motion Senate? The clerk will call the roll. ties for the Department of Defense. It to refer the House message on H.R. 3979 provides essential support to our men The assistant bill clerk called the to the Committee on Armed Services roll. and women in uniform, military retir- with instructions. The result was announced—yeas 55, ees, and their families. Mr. LEVIN. Madam President, before nays 45, as follows: If either of the motions we are going asking for the yeas and nays, I want to [Rollcall Vote No. 324 Leg.] to be voting on is adopted, this bill thank my friend again, Senator YEAS—55 then will not pass and not become law, INHOFE, for mentioning our staff. John because it would then in one instance Peter has done such good work with all Baldwin Heinrich Pryor Begich Heitkamp Reed be open to amendments, and that could of our staffs. We put the names of our Bennet Hirono Reid be endless because there are so many staffs in the RECORD a day or two ago Blumenthal Johnson (SD) Rockefeller amendments that people would like to and they deserve that and a lot more. Booker Kaine Sanders Boxer King Schatz offer. I have gone into the reasons why I ask for the yeas and nays. Brown Klobuchar we are in a position where that simply The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Schumer Cantwell Landrieu Shaheen Cardin Leahy is not practical or possible. WALSH). Is there a sufficient second? Stabenow Carper Levin We are asking our colleagues to allow There is a sufficient second. Tester Casey Manchin Udall (CO) this bill to come to a final passage The clerk will call the roll. Coons Markey today and become the National Defense The legislative clerk proceeded to Donnelly McCaskill Udall (NM) Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015. call the roll. Durbin Menendez Walsh Warner Again, with thanks to all of our col- The result was announced—yeas 18, Feinstein Merkley Franken Mikulski Warren leagues on the Armed Services Com- nays 82, as follows: Gillibrand Murphy Whitehouse mittee, thanks to my partner Senator [Rollcall Vote No. 323 Leg.] Hagan Murray Wyden INHOFE who has worked so closely, he YEAS—18 Harkin Nelson and his staff, with myself and our staff. Blunt Cruz Paul NAYS—45 I hope this would have an over- Boozman Grassley Rubio Alexander Enzi McConnell whelming vote and that we would not Chambliss Johnson (WI) Scott Ayotte Fischer Moran adopt any motion which would lead Coats Lee Sessions Barrasso Flake Murkowski Coburn McConnell Thune Blunt Graham Paul then to our not adopting this critically Corker Moran Vitter Boozman Grassley Portman needed bill. NAYS—82 Burr Hatch Risch I yield the floor. Chambliss Heller Roberts The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Alexander Graham Murphy Coats Hoeven Rubio Ayotte Hagan Murray Coburn Inhofe Scott ator from Oklahoma. Baldwin Harkin Nelson Cochran Isakson Sessions Mr. INHOFE. Madam President, it is Barrasso Hatch Portman Collins Johanns Shelby just about time for the vote. I want to Begich Heinrich Pryor Corker Johnson (WI) Thune Bennet Heitkamp mention something which hasn’t been Reed Cornyn Kirk Toomey Blumenthal Heller Reid Crapo Lee Vitter mentioned. Booker Hirono Risch Cruz McCain Wicker Boxer Hoeven We have two really great Americans, Roberts Brown Inhofe The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. one serving in the House and one serv- Rockefeller Burr Isakson WALSH). On this vote, the yeas are 55, ing in the Senate. We have been talk- Cantwell Johanns Sanders the nays are 45. ing about Chairman LEVIN and how fair Cardin Johnson (SD) Schatz Schumer The Senate sustains the decision of and open he has been. I think there is Carper Kaine Casey King Shaheen the Chair. not a person of the 100 Members of the Cochran Kirk Shelby The majority leader is recognized. Senate who doesn’t agree with that. Collins Klobuchar Stabenow ORDER OF BUSINESS At the same time, we have BUCK Coons Landrieu Tester Mr. REID. For the information of all Toomey MCKEON over in the House of Rep- Cornyn Leahy Crapo Levin Udall (CO) Members, we have two more votes resentatives. He is the chairman of the Donnelly Manchin Udall (NM) based on the prior order that was en- House committee that CARL LEVIN is Durbin Markey Walsh tered last night. I alert all Members the chair of over here. He also is retir- Enzi McCain Warner Feinstein McCaskill they better not leave here right now ing, and he has served for quite some Warren for the weekend because we have mat- Fischer Menendez Whitehouse time—not as long as Senator LEVIN. Flake Merkley Wicker ters we need to dispose of. I have spo- Franken Against their objections, we have Mikulski Wyden ken to Senator MCCONNELL recently, named this bill the CARL LEVIN-BUCK Gillibrand Murkowski and we are going to try to work some- MCKEON bill, so I want to make sure The motion was rejected. thing out so that we may be able to get everyone recognizes that proper tribute The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- off tomorrow and Sunday. We are going has been made to the long hours and pore. to have to work on Monday morning years and the hard work they have con- The Senator from Oklahoma. unless something comes up in the tributed. MOTION TO SUSPEND RULE XXII meantime. Everybody should just take This guy over here to my left has Mr. COBURN. Mr. President, I move it easy until we get something worked been through 16 of these. He has been to suspend rule XXII for the purposes out; otherwise, the Government will working about 36 years, and I want to of proposing and considering amend- run out of money tomorrow night at say he is deserving of that recognition. ment No. 4098, and I ask for the yeas midnight. We have to complete this I also want to mention two other and nays. omnibus bill prior to that time. people. One is the guy sitting next to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under me to my right, John Bonsell; the pore. Pursuant to the precedent set by the previous order, the motion to con- other is Pete Levine, sitting next to the Senate on October 6, 2011, such a cur with an amendment is withdrawn.

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Is there a leaders or their designees prior to the sufficient second? vote on passage of the bill; further, There is a sufficient second. that the vote on passage be subject to The clerk will call the roll. a 60-vote affirmative threshold. NOMINATION OF DAVID NATHAN The bill clerk called the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- SAPERSTEIN TO BE AMBAS- The result was announced—yeas 89, jority leader. SADOR AT LARGE FOR INTER- nays 11, as follows: Mr. REID. Reserving the right to ob- NATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [Rollcall Vote No. 325 Leg.] ject, we have had bipartisan conversa- YEAS—89 tions about having a more than 1-year Alexander Franken Murkowski extension of the tax extenders, bipar- Ayotte Graham Murphy tisan conversations about moving to a NOMINATION OF AMY JANE Baldwin Grassley Murray 2-year bill or maybe doing what we did HYATT, A CAREER MEMBER OF Barrasso Hagan Nelson in the Senate and passing the extend THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, Begich Harkin Portman CLASS OF MINISTER-COUN- Bennet Hatch Pryor bill. Blumenthal Heinrich Reed So I respect my friend, who is trying SELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EX- Blunt Heitkamp Reid to get us out of here as quickly as pos- TRAORDINARY AND PLENI- Booker Heller Roberts sible, but we have to have a path for- POTENTIARY OF THE UNITED Boozman Hirono Rockefeller Boxer Hoeven STATES OF AMERICA TO THE Rubio ward to make sure we understand what Burr Inhofe Schatz is happening with the extenders. REPUBLIC OF PALAU Cantwell Isakson Schumer Cardin Johanns The Senator mentioned TRIA. We Scott Carper Johnson (SD) also have some problems with that. So Casey Johnson (WI) Sessions I believe we need a path forward on the Chambliss Kaine Shaheen NOMINATION OF ARNOLD A. Shelby omnibus and a way forward on the Coats King CHACON, A CAREER MEMBER OF Coburn Kirk Stabenow nominations before we start dealing Cochran Klobuchar Tester with whether there should be a 2-year THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, Collins Landrieu Thune extension or a 1-year extension and CLASS OF MINISTER-COUN- Coons Leahy Toomey SELOR, TO BE DIRECTOR GEN- Udall (CO) what amendments, if any, we would Corker Levin ERAL OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE Cornyn Manchin Udall (NM) have on TRIA, so I object. Donnelly Markey Vitter The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- Durbin McCain Walsh tion is heard. Enzi McCaskill Warner Mr. MCCONNELL. I would briefly Feinstein McConnell Warren NOMINATION OF VIRGINIA E. Fischer Menendez Whitehouse make the point that we are very close PALMER, A CAREER MEMBER OF Flake Mikulski Wicker to being cleared on this side to finish. THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, NAYS—11 I want everybody to understand that it CLASS OF MINISTER-COUN- is possible to finish tonight. Very Brown Lee Risch SELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EX- Crapo Merkley Sanders shortly, we will be able to announce TRAORDINARY AND PLENI- Cruz Moran Wyden that there are no impediments toward Gillibrand Paul POTENTIARY OF THE UNITED getting to that goal on our side of the STATES OF AMERICA TO THE The motion was agreed to. aisle. REPUBLIC OF MALAWI f I yield the floor. PROVIDING FOR A CORRECTION IN The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- THE ENROLLMENT OF H.R. 3979 jority leader. Mr. REID. We have the omnibus we NOMINATION OF DONALD L. HEF- have to do, we have to do the tax ex- LIN, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE tenders, we have to do TRIA, and we SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have some nominations that we have CLASS OF MINISTER-COUN- TO MAKE A CORRECTION IN THE an obligation to the American people SELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EX- ENROLLMENT OF H.R. 3979 to do, so we are not going to finish to- TRAORDINARY AND PLENI- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. night. I think we could finish the omni- POTENTIARY OF THE UNITED bus tonight, but we are not finishing BALDWIN). Under the previous order, H. STATES OF AMERICA TO THE Con. Res. 121 and H. Con. Res. 123 are tonight. REPUBLIC OF CABO VERDE considered and agreed to en bloc and f the motions to reconsider are consid- ered made and laid upon the table en EXECUTIVE SESSION bloc. NOMINATION OF MICHAEL W. The Republican leader. KEMPNER TO BE A MEMBER OF Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, THE BROADCASTING BOARD OF I wish to take a moment to speak on NOMINATION OF MARK GILBERT GOVERNORS something that I think there is an TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAOR- overwhelming bipartisan desire to DINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY achieve, and that is to finish tonight. OF THE UNITED STATES OF There is no good reason not to. AMERICA TO NEW ZEALAND, NOMINATION OF LEON ARON TO We are working to clear an agree- AND TO SERVE CONCURRENTLY BE A MEMBER OF THE BROAD- ment on our side to process the CR/om- AND WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COM- CASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS PENSATION AS AMBASSADOR nibus, the extenders bill, and TRIA to- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENI- night—tonight the previous order, the Senate will pro- POTENTIARY OF THE UNITED UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST—H.R. 5771. ceed to executive session to consider STATES OF AMERICA TO THE As for right now, I can tell you we the following nominations, which the INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA are prepared to go forward on the ex- clerk will report. tenders bill. Therefore, I ask unani- The assistant legislative clerk read mous consent that at a time to be de- the nominations of Mark Gilbert, of

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Is there a Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Am- America to the Independent State of sufficient second? bassador Extraordinary and Pleni- Samoa; Robert C. Barber, of Massachu- There appears to be a sufficient sec- potentiary of the United States of setts, to be Ambassador Extraordinary ond. America to the Republic of Malawi? and Plenipotentiary of the United The clerk will call the roll. The nomination was confirmed. States of America to the Republic of The assistant legislative clerk called VOTE ON HEFLIN NOMINATION Iceland; David Nathan Saperstein, of the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the District of Columbia, to be Ambas- Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the question is, Will the Senate advise and sador at Large for International Reli- Senator from Alaska (Mr. BEGICH), the consent to the nomination of Donald L. gious Freedom; Amy Jane Hyatt, of Senator from Vermont (Mr. SANDERS), Heflin, of Virginia, a Career Member of California, a Career Member of the and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Senior Foreign Service, Class of Min- UDALL) are necessarily absent. Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador ister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Ex- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of traordinary and Plenipotentiary of the any other Senators in the Chamber de- the United States of America to the United States of America to the Repub- siring to vote? Republic of Cabo Verde? lic of Palau; Arnold A. Chacon, of Vir- The result was announced—yeas 62, The nomination was confirmed. ginia, a Career Member of the Senior nays 35, as follows: VOTE ON KEMPNER NOMINATION Foreign Service, Class of Minister- [Rollcall Vote No. 326 Ex.] The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Counselor, to be Director General of YEAS—62 question is, Will the Senate advise and the Foreign Service; Virginia E. Palm- consent to the nomination of Michael er, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Alexander Hagan Murray Baldwin Harkin Nelson W. Kempner, of New Jersey, to be a Senior Foreign Service, Class of Min- Bennet Heinrich Paul Member of the Broadcasting Board of Blumenthal Heitkamp ister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Ex- Pryor Governors? traordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Blunt Heller Reed Booker Hirono The nomination was confirmed. United States of America to the Repub- Reid Boxer Johnson (SD) Rockefeller VOTE ON ARON NOMINATION lic of Malawi; Donald L. Heflin, of Vir- Brown Kaine Rubio Cantwell King The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ginia, a Career Member of the Senior Schatz Cardin Kirk Foreign Service, Class of Minister- Schumer question is, Will the Senate advise and Carper Klobuchar consent to the nomination of Leon Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraor- Casey Landrieu Scott dinary and Plenipotentiary of the Collins Leahy Shaheen Aron, of Virginia, to be a Member of Stabenow United States of America to the Repub- Coons Levin the Broadcasting Board of Governors? Corker Markey Tester The nomination was confirmed. lic of Cabo Verde; Michael W. Kempner, Cruz McCaskill Udall (NM) of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Donnelly Menendez Walsh The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Broadcasting Board of Governors; and Durbin Merkley Warner the previous order, the motions to re- Leon Aron, of Virginia, to be a Member Feinstein Mikulski Warren consider are considered made and laid Franken Murkowski Whitehouse upon the table, and the President will of the Broadcasting Board of Gov- Gillibrand Murphy Wyden ernors. be immediately notified of the Senate’s NAYS—35 action. VOTE ON GILBERT NOMINATION Ayotte Flake McConnell f The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is Barrasso Graham Moran 2 minutes of debate equally divided Boozman Grassley Portman LEGISLATIVE SESSION prior to a vote on the Gilbert nomina- Burr Hatch Risch Chambliss Hoeven Roberts The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- tion. Coats Inhofe ate will resume legislative session. Mr. REID. Madam President, I yield Sessions Coburn Isakson Shelby The majority leader. back all time on all of these nomina- Cochran Johanns Thune Cornyn Johnson (WI) f tions. Toomey Crapo Lee Vitter The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time Enzi Manchin INSULAR AREAS AND FREELY AS- Wicker is yielded back on all nominations. Fischer McCain SOCIATED STATES ENERGY DE- The question is, Will the Senate ad- NOT VOTING—3 VELOPMENT vise and consent to the nomination of Begich Sanders Udall (CO) Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask Mark Gilbert, of Florida, to be Ambas- The nomination was confirmed. the Chair to lay before the Senate a sador Extraordinary and Pleni- message from the House with respect potentiary of the United States of VOTE ON HYATT NOMINATION to H.R. 83. America to New Zealand, and to serve The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The Presiding Officer laid before the concurrently and without additional question is, Will the Senate advise and Senate the following message from the compensation as Ambassador Extraor- consent to the nomination of Amy House of Representatives: dinary and Plenipotentiary of the Jane Hyatt, of California, a Career Resolved, That the House agree to the United States of America to the Inde- Member of the Senior Foreign Service, amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 83) pendent State of Samoa? Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Am- entitled ‘‘An Act to require the Secretary of The nomination was confirmed. bassador Extraordinary and Pleni- the Interior to assemble a team of technical, VOTE ON BARBER NOMINATION potentiary of the United States of policy, and financial experts to address the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The America to the Republic of Palau? energy needs of the insular areas of the question is, Will the Senate advise and The nomination was confirmed. United States and the Freely Associated consent to the nomination of Robert C. States through the development of energy VOTE ON CHACON NOMINATION action plans aimed at promoting access to Barber, of Massachusetts, to be Ambas- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The affordable, reliable energy, including in- sador Extraordinary and Pleni- question is, Will the Senate advise and creasing use of indigenous clean-energy re- potentiary of the United States of consent to the nomination of Arnold A. sources, and for other purposes,’’ with an America to the Republic of Iceland? Chacon, of Virginia, a Career Member amendment. The nomination was confirmed. of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of MOTION TO CONCUR VOTE ON SAPERSTEIN NOMINATION Minister-Counselor, to be Director Mr. REID. Madam President, I move The PRESIDING OFFICER. The General of the Foreign Service? to concur in the House amendment to question is, Will the Senate advise and The nomination was confirmed. the Senate amendment to H.R. 83.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:26 Dec 17, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\DEC 2014\S12DE4.REC S12DE4 rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE December 12, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6741 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Mr. REID. I ask for the yeas and nays They can’t do the critical work they clerk will report the motion. on that amendment. need to do. It establishes last year’s The bill clerk read as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a priorities rather than trying to estab- The Senator from Nevada [Mr. REID] moves sufficient second? lish the priorities for this year and rep- to concur in the House amendment to the There appears to be a sufficient sec- resents a failure of the Congress. Senate amendment to H.R. 83. ond. CLOTURE MOTION The yeas and nays were ordered. So I start by first thanking and con- Mr. REID. Madam President, there is AMENDMENT NO. 4103 gratulating my colleague from Mary- a cloture motion at the desk. I ask the Mr. REID. Madam President, I have land, Senator MIKULSKI, for her incred- Chair to order it reported. an amendment to the instructions ible leadership through this process, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- which is at the desk. working with Senator SHELBY and ture motion having been presented The PRESIDING OFFICER. The their counterparts in the House of Rep- under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk will report. resentatives. clerk to read the motion. The bill clerk read as follows: This is not easy. We have sharply dif- The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. REID] pro- ferent views in this Congress, and we CLOTURE MOTION poses an amendment numbered 4103 to the instructions of the motion to refer. have seen over and over again gridlock We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- where we are unable to make decisions. The amendment is as follows: ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the I congratulate Senator MIKULSKI for In the amendment, strike ‘‘3 days’’ and in- Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move bringing the negotiations of the omni- to bring to a close debate on the motion to sert ‘‘4 days’’. concur in the House amendment to the Sen- Mr. REID. I ask for the yeas and nays bus to a successful conclusion. When ate amendment to H.R. 83. on that amendment. we look at the work she did in the ap- Harry Reid, Barbara A. Mikulski, Brian The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a propriations part of this Omnibus ap- Schatz, Benjamin L. Cardin, Martin sufficient second? propriations bill, I am very proud, and Heinrich, John E. Walsh, Richard J. There appears to be a sufficient sec- I think we all should be very proud and Durbin, Thomas R. Carper, Patty Mur- ond. very supportive of the work she has ray, Tim Johnson, Angus S. King, Jr., The yeas and nays were ordered. done. Mark R. Warner, Tom Udall, Dianne AMENDMENT NO. 4104 TO AMENDMENT NO. 4103 Feinstein, Bill Nelson, Mark L. Pryor, As I pointed out earlier, if we don’t Tammy Baldwin. Mr. REID. I now have a second-de- pass an Omnibus appropriations bill, gree amendment at the desk. MOTION TO CONCUR WITH AMENDMENT NO. 4100 we are either going to have a govern- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Mr. REID. Madam President, I move ment shutdown or we are going to re- clerk will report. to concur in the House amendment to The bill clerk read as follows: sort to a short-term continuing resolu- the Senate amendment to H.R. 83, with The Senator from Nevada [Mr. REID] pro- tion. In either case, it is very damaging a further amendment. poses an amendment numbered 4104 to to our country and to our economy. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment No. 4103. The Omnibus appropriations bill we clerk will report. The amendment is as follows: have before us allows us to set certain The bill clerk read as follows: In the amendment, strike ‘‘4’’ and insert priorities. I know Senator MIKULSKI The Senator from Nevada [Mr. REID] moves ‘‘5’’. to concur in the House amendment to the has gone through many of those prior- Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent ities. I just wish to outline a few: the Senate amendment to H.R. 83 with an that the mandatory quorum required amendment numbered 4100. fact that we give additional resources under rule XXII be waived. for missing and exploited children; the The amendment is as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without fact that we provide law enforcement At the end, add the following: objection, it is so ordered. This Act shall become effective 1 day after Mr. REID. Madam President, we now with rape kits to help in law enforce- enactment. are waiting for a vote to occur. Under ment against those who have per- Mr. REID. I ask for the yeas and the rules, this will occur 2 days from petrated violence against women; the nays. now, 1 hour after we come into session. fact that we provide an additional $5 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a So I would hope we can work some- billion-plus to fight the Ebola crisis sufficient second? thing out to get this done tonight. Re- globally. This has a direct impact on There appears to be a sufficient sec- member, midnight on Saturday the the world economy, on world health, ond. government is out of money. and directly affects the United States; The yeas and nays were ordered. I hope that cooler heads would pre- the appropriations for our Department AMENDMENT NO. 4101 TO AMENDMENT NO. 4100 vail and we can move forward and get of Defense to be able to combat the ex- Mr. REID. I have an amendment at this done. There is just no sense in our tremist ISIL in its fear that it has in- the desk. waiting around. This bill has been voked not just in that region but glob- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The talked about for days now. It has been ally. clerk will report the amendment. The bill clerk read as follows: very good work to get it where we are. This Omnibus appropriations bill pro- The two managers of this bill, the vides the resources in order to carry The Senator from Nevada [Mr. REID] pro- distinguished Senator from Maryland poses an amendment numbered 4101 to out these important responsibilities of amendment No. 4100. and, of course, the senior Senator from government. The alternative is a con- Alabama, have worked hard to get this The amendment is as follows: tinuing resolution, at best. How do we bill done. I hope we can move forward In the amendment, strike ‘‘1 day’’ and in- fight a war on a continuing resolution? sert ‘‘2 days’’. on this as quickly as possible. There is How do we fight Ebola on a continuing no reason we have to wait until Sunday MOTION TO REFER WITH AMENDMENT NO. 4102 resolution? We will not have the abil- Mr. REID. I have a motion to refer to do this. ity to be able to do it. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the House message with respect to H.R. ator from Maryland. I thank Senator MIKULSKI. She has 83 with instructions. Mr. CARDIN. Madam President, I provided funds in here for our Farm The PRESIDING OFFICER. The just wish to underscore the point that Service Agencies, which is particularly clerk will report. it is urgent we take up this Omnibus important to keep open the 250 threat- The bill clerk read as follows: appropriations bill; that we do this in ened closures of farm services offices. I The Senator from Nevada [Mr. REID] moves mention that because in Maryland to refer the House message on H.R. 83 to the order to have a budget for our country Committee on Appropriations with instruc- and that we don’t threaten another these offices are very important to our tions to report back forthwith with an government shutdown—we know how agricultural community. Maryland amendment numbered 4102. damaging that is to this country; and farmers in their conservation efforts to The amendment is as follows: that we don’t have another continuing help us on the Chesapeake Bay work in At the end, add the following: resolution. conjunction with the service agencies. This Act shall become effective 3 days Another continuing resolution pro- The closing of these agencies would be after enactment. vides uncertainty to our agencies. devastating.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:26 Dec 17, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\DEC 2014\S12DE4.REC S12DE4 rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S6742 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 12, 2014 The omnibus provides a modest pay bills done. It is the right thing to do. impacts that they could possibly have adjustment for our Federal workforce, They fought to preserve the liberties of on policy in this country. our Federal workforce which has been our country, so they should at least On the environmental front, there is asked to do more with less people—less know we are going to live up to the a policy rider that restricts EPA’s au- people, more responsibilities. They are commitments we made to protect our thority to deal with tackle and ammu- on the front lines of public service. veterans. nition as it relates to lead content. Our This omnibus recognizes their service I also appreciate that in this omnibus policy should be based to allow EPA, by giving them a modest adjustment to you have extended the TAA’s benefits based upon best science for how they their pay. that help our workers in transition protect public health. I think that is The transportation program, which is who otherwise would not have jobs due compromised by that rider. critically important for economic to the international trade issues. My There is a rider that could com- growth—I can go over the differences colleague Senator BROWN has been very promise how the agriculture commu- here if we don’t get the omnibus. For instrumental in this. We extend that nity works on our clean water bills. All example, the funds for our transit through fiscal year 2015. stakeholders have to be in together to projects—I know in Maryland there is Military construction. Military con- deal with clean water. We do that with $100 billion here for the Purple Line in struction is critically important. We the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. I Prince George’s County and Mont- have gone through a BRAC process. We think that rider could have some very gomery County. For those who travel have gone through ways in which we negative impact. We have heard a lot of in this region, we know firsthand the have consolidated our military, but we talk about the sage grouse which is a gridlock problems on our roads. The also have to modernize our facilities species that could become endangered. only good thing about being here to- and the military construction budgets The Environmental Protection Agency night is that I don’t have to fight the would come to a standstill if we don’t should be able to do what is right in es- traffic going home to Baltimore. We have a budget in Maryland, and we will tablishing the right conservation ef- need the transit funding, and thank have projects that move forward in forts, but instead there were restric- you, Senator MIKULSKI, for providing Havre de Grace, Annapolis, Indian tions placed on EPA, and I regret that. that. If we have a continuing resolu- Head, Pax River, and Andrews. All of I hope we can work around that. tion, we lose it. The funds for Balti- that is very important. The definition of fill in mining regu- more—lost, if we don’t have the omni- Money has been provided in this om- lations could open up more mountain- bus appropriations bill. nibus to help in regard to the problems top removal for coal mining, the most There are funds for dredging of the of Central America. We saw what hap- obscene way to obtain coal, to blow up Baltimore Harbor. I particularly appre- pened on our borders. I think we all mountains and pollute streams. There ciate the Appropriations Committee agree we want children to be safe. It are better ways. We shouldn’t put these continuing the commitment we made must be a horrible choice for a parent arbitrary restrictions on the Environ- in 2008, the legislation that I authored to put their child on a transit to come mental Protection Agency. for the full funding of the Federal con- to the United States because of what is There is a provision here you have tributions to the WMATA system. happening in their Central American heard a lot of comment on the floor on The funds that are here for our con- country. We begin on this omnibus bill dealing with financial consumer pro- tract air traffic control towers. You to say, hey, let’s try to work for safer tection which would repeal the Dodd- know, not too long ago there was a conditions in Central America which Frank provision where banks had to threat of a shutdown. We were going to will give us more stability in regard to push out some of the derivative trading have to close the contract offices that what is happening on our own borders. into separate accounts so they weren’t worked the air traffic control towers in That makes sense. That is in there. subject to the FDIC, the government our small airports, including in Mary- I also thank Senator MIKULSKI for an insurance program. That provision land. Well, we are protected by the om- initiative I requested that deals with could be used for risky trading and nibus so that will not occur. Go to a Holocaust survivors. For the first time could result in government bailout. continuing resolution, and there is no we have a direct appropriation to help That is bad. Let’s work to make sure such protection. Holocaust survivors. These are individ- that doesn’t happen. Let’s work to- The Appalachian Regional Commis- uals who have a great fear of ending up gether to restore that type of protec- sion gets a bump-up in this appropria- in an institution. You can understand tion in our financial services. tions bill, for good reason. The work why. So access to fundamental services The IMF doesn’t receive funds over they do is critically important to the in the community is particularly im- this omnibus bill. I think that is a mis- rural part of Maryland, the western portant. This omnibus is sensitive to take. I think our responsibilities inter- part. They need that. If you go to a make sure that we provide that. Again, nationally require us to cooperate in continuing resolution and those initia- if we don’t have the omnibus, that ini- that. tives are gone, we don’t get that. tiative is gone. There are provisions in here that We can go on and on and on. There is You are protecting our Pell grant re- interfere with the District of Columbia $1.4 billion of additional money for cipients so they can continue to re- home rule. That won’t be the first time community health centers—commu- ceive their Pell grants at current lev- we have done that, and I regret that. nity health centers. Thank you. In els. All of this is so important in the So it is not unusual to see those provi- Maryland we have used those funds to omnibus if we don’t get it. sions in an appropriations bill. It still expand community health centers, to There are some things in this omni- doesn’t make it right. It is not right. expand prenatal care, increasing infant bus I don’t like at all. As I said earlier, There are some missed opportunities survival in our State. We have used it this is a compromise. I know that we here. I am sorry we are not partici- for community mental health services, have seen the bills come over from the pating in the Green Climate Fund. This we have used it for pediatric dental House of Representatives. We have seen is an international effort to deal with services, and in the omnibus bill we the antienvironmental, antifinancial the realities of climate change. The will be able to continue to make that consumer protection bills. So many United States needs to be a leader. We progress. If we don’t get the omnibus, bills have come over. And we know are missing an opportunity by not par- all bets are off. On a continuing resolu- there were efforts made on numerous of ticipating in the Green Climate Fund. tion we cannot move forward in those these policy riders to the appropria- I regret that this is an omnibus ap- programs. tions to the omnibus bill. Unfortu- propriations bill for all agencies except I would thank you on behalf of the nately, some got on, and I certainly one: Homeland Security. That is veterans of this country. What you understand the political process. I am wrong. Our Homeland Security needs have done requiring advanced funding not naive to understand that we could the protection of a budget, not a con- is that you have protected our veterans win on every issue; but I feel compelled tinuing resolution. We may have very and the benefits that we promised to point out the policy riders that are different views on what we should do them regardless of the problems we on this omnibus bill that I hope we will on immigration policy, but that have had getting our appropriations work together to remove the harmful shouldn’t stop us from allowing those

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It amount is in domestic agencies which traneous issues that made their way was done very openly. We had a chance is also considered the State Depart- into the omnibus appropriations bill. for input, and that is why a lot of what ment. That was a mystery, I think, to Sen- is in this omnibus appropriations bill We need to pass this bill tonight so ator MIKULSKI and others who worked represents the work of each Member of we can show that there is no govern- so hard in negotiating back and forth this body. But we can do this in a more ment shutdown. The funding for the in good faith only to find that the open and transparent way by consid- Government of the United States of Rules Committee in the House of Rep- ering individual appropriation bills on America expires at midnight. We want resentatives added two extraneous pro- the floor of the Senate, reconciling to be sure there is no government shut- visions to an omnibus appropriations those differences at the House, and down, but we also don’t want to be on bill. The process is wrong. They really doing the people’s business and a continuing resolution. A continuing shouldn’t do that. That is an abuse of not just confront ourselves with an- resolution simply says take what you power. They are also, by the way, other omnibus appropriations bill. have done in 2014 and put it on auto- wrong on the policy. I encourage my colleagues to support pilot. One, it is a very serious issue, how to the good work that has been done and If we pass the continuing appropria- deal with multi-employer plans. I have I hope we can approve the omnibus ap- tions, which I hope we do, the govern- been working on pension issues ever propriations bill this evening well in ment will be able to show that we have since I came to the Congress. We have advance of the hour of midnight, which exercised thought and set national pri- a problem with the multi-employer will be here sooner than we think, in orities and worked on this. I hope plans, there is no question about that. order to avoid a government shutdown today we will be able to do our job. But we should have a bill on the floor and let the people of this Nation know The House passed the bill on Thurs- of the Senate and debate that. We we are doing our very best. day night by a vote of 219 to 206. We shouldn’t be passing a bill that could With that, I yield the floor. will now take up that bill. very well have some very stark con- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- It is remarkable in today’s era of sequences on individuals who are cur- ator from Maryland. slam-down politics, that those of us rently retired. That could very easily Ms. MIKULSKI. Madam President, I who have been working on this com- happen under this provision. rise to speak on the consolidated and mittee have been able to set aside our The second, which adds new cat- further continuing appropriations for differences, work across the aisle, and egories of giving in our political sys- fiscal year 2015. work across the dome to find a way to tem to political party conventions and Every year we have a particular re- compromise without capitulation on to the building funds, and to recount, sponsibility that is mandated by the principles. The American people said we don’t need more money in politics Constitution, which is that the Con- they wanted us to do that, and that is in this country and we shouldn’t be gress of the United States shall pass an the job we have done. taking up that bill on an omnibus ap- annual revenue bill to fund the govern- My wonderful colleague from Mary- propriations bill. ment. The power of the purse is vested land, Senator BEN CARDIN, explained a Let me conclude my remarks as I in the Congress. It is not vested in the good part of the bill. We are so close began. To me, this is an easy decision executive branch. Our subcommittee and we think so much alike, we could to make. It is an easy decision because on appropriations is a constitutionally have given each other’s speech. He kind the public does not want to see more mandated committee. The reason for of gave my speech. gridlock in Washington. They know the that is, if one reads the Federalist Pa- I will reiterate what is in this bill. House of Representatives has gone pers, it says that if the leader of a This agreement provides for our na- home. They know that our leaders have country controls the purse, they tend tional security. It ensures readiness for negotiated an omnibus budget for the to be kings. But if the executive branch our troops. It funds training for the next fiscal year, and they are saying at has to share power with the legislative troops, as well as our maintenance fa- long last could we at least get this branch controlling the purse, you have cilities, so that our military assets, done, or are we going to have another checks and balances. such as aircraft carriers and ships, are threatened shutdown? Are we going to Tonight is the night we talk about ready to go and our soldiers receive the put the government on autopilot for a what is in our annual bill. It had been training they need. 3-month period? the hope of myself and my vice chair- Military leaders say readiness is our I think we have a responsibility to man, Senator SHELBY, that we could top priority, and the bill will provide see issues to conclusion, and on the ap- file something here called regular $162.5 billion for readiness. propriation issues that are in this bill, order, where the 12 subcommittees in It also includes important funds for you should be very proud to support Appropriations would have brought up our National Guard and Reserve so our the work of Senator MIKULSKI and the one bill at a time. For a variety of rea- units are ready for the job we ask them entire group behind the negotiations of sons—mostly deep partisan politics— to do, and we have included $200 mil- this omnibus bill, Senator SHELBY and we were not able to bring up 12 indi- lion more for our national. We also in- others. We should support that and rec- vidual bills, and I regret that. cluded a 1-percent pay raise—a 1-per- ognize that what we need to do next As a new party takes over, I hope we cent COLA, cost of living for the De- year—I know my colleague from Mary- listen to the message of the voters— fense Department’s 3 million employ- land has been the champion of this. I end gridlock, end deadlock, end the ees. heard her speak so eloquently in our partisanship that is crippling our coun- We worked very hard on a variety of caucus about this and on the floor of try. One way to correct that is to re- issues, one of which of course has been the Senate, but what we need to do is turn to regular order. I look forward to the way we serve our veterans. One of get a budget done in regular order so continuing to work with both sides of our greatest accomplishments is this the appropriators know what their the aisle to do that. bill is what we do for them. budget limits are and they can work on Tonight we are where we are. We are Veterans service organizations came the individual appropriation bills. We bringing the consolidated bill to the to me and many of the members this can bring them to the floor, we can de- Senate floor which represents the work evening and said: We not only need bate them, have amendment votes, and of 12 subcommittees: Defense, Interior, funding to implement the reforms that then we won’t be as frustrated as we Labor, Education, Health, Foreign Op- were passed by the Congress, but we are tonight, in the eleventh hour deal- erations, the State Department, and also want you to do it for this year and ing with issues for the very first time Homeland Security will be on a con- a year in advance. We said: We don’t do

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We wanted to places in New Mexico for hiking, hunt- For the first time ever, we provide make sure in this America, that if you ing, and fishing. funding for this year and 1 year in ad- invent something, you get to protect We are dedicating a historical Man- vance. It means that no matter what your idea so you can move it into the hattan Project a national park that happens to the government, veterans marketplace. will include Los Alamos, NM, where can count on their disability check, We also funded these regional innova- Americans can learn about and remem- their pension check, a check to help tion centers in manufacturing. We pro- ber our complicated Cold War history. fund the GI bill, and their health care moted 3D manufacturing and made it This bill protects the special and im- will be paid for. We also deal with the local. In many of our States where we portant places, increases tourism, and incredible problem of veterans backlog, lost it, we had major advances. I will creates jobs. We also renewed a BLM and we put in the money to able to do talk more about it, but I see my col- pilot program to improve the permit- that. For the VA backlog process, over league, Senator UDALL, is on the floor. ting process for the oil and gas indus- $2.5 billion, adding another $40 million I will yield the time and allow him to try. This is critical to energy develop- to do that. speak. ment in New Mexico and other Western I have been horrified—in my own I yield the floor. States. home State of Maryland—that the The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. It ensures that BLM has the re- claims backlog at one point took more BLUMENTHAL). The Senator from New sources to do all parts of its job—man- than 125 days. We are doing our reform. Mexico. aging land for conservation, grazing, I also wish to talk about compelling Mr. UDALL of New Mexico. I thank and permitting for oil and gas develop- human needs. We know that one of the Chairwoman MIKULSKI and the Pre- ment. most able Members of the Senate, Sen- siding Officer. I thank my colleague Senator HEIN- ator TOM HARKIN, is retiring. But dur- I will say a few words about Chair- RICH, who serves on the Energy and ing the years he has served, he has woman MIKULSKI. Natural Resources Committee, for never let up in championing the little First of all, I am honored to serve on being a strong partner in getting these guy and the little gal to make sure we the Appropriations Committee. For the measures passed. had access to health care, access to last couple of years I served as the Now the Senate has another impor- education, and truly looking out for chairman of the Subcommittee on Fi- tant duty pending before us—passing our constituents. I am so proud that— nancial Services and General Govern- an appropriations bill to fund the Fed- working with him—we were able to ment, and with her guidance and work, eral Government, including many vital fund the child care development block it has been a truly fulfilling task. programs in my home State of New grant, which passed the Senate over- I thank Senator MIKULSKI for the last Mexico. We have not had regular spend- whelmingly, by adding over $75 million. 2 years since she has taken over and ing bills in recent years, and here we That means they will able to ensure putting us on track in terms of having are at the eleventh hour with an omni- that thousands more children will be a good, solid appropriations process, bus bill at the last minute. able to qualify for daycare, and it will where we make every attempt to get The fact that we have a bill is due, in be safe and affordable. the appropriations bills through the great part, to the leadership of Chair- I wish to talk about college afford- Senate and in place at the beginning of woman MIKULSKI, and I am glad to be ability as well—a great passion of Sen- the budget year. That could make a part of her team on the Appropriations ator HARKIN, myself, and I know many real difference, as she has indicated, Committee. Members of the Senate. We increased for veterans, for jobs, and for all of the The alternative to this bill is a short- the maximum Pell grant by $100, we re- agencies that are funded throughout term CR or a couple of short-term CRs formed the Pell grants to give students government, and particularly in my for the whole year. I think that is an a chance to be able to go to college and State where we have two premier na- unacceptable way to do business, and it get their GED. This has been a tremen- tional laboratories—Los Alamos and would cost jobs and hurt our economy dous problem for many single mothers Sandia National Laboratories. We have in New Mexico. New Mexico’s labs and and they would drop out. three Air Force bases, national parks, bases need certainty in their critical They now know they have to earn, and national monuments. There is so jobs to keep our Nation safe. Commu- and they are ready to learn. But in much that is a part of this appropria- nities in my home State rely on fund- order to be eligible to go to community tions bill that is very important to my ing through the Payments in Lieu of college, they had to have their GED, State. Taxes Program to provide basic serv- and they are now able to do both. It We have a lot of work to do today, ices, such as schools and public safety. also restores the community colleges’ and I will speak for a few minutes on I know Chairwoman MIKULSKI under- efforts to be able to fund scholarships some of the issues that are important stands the PILT Program, has worked from their own endowments. to my State and our country. hard to make sure that PILT is funded I will take a moment to speak about First, I will start out on a positive in this bill, and it is greatly appre- jobs. We need to create jobs in the note. The Senate just recently passed ciated in the rural parts of the West. United States of America, and what we the Defense authorization bill. That Let me say again that continuing did when we focused in on jobs was to bill is critical to our Nation’s security resolutions are disruptive. They are in- fund the infrastructure. Guess what. and for our troops at home and abroad efficient. They lock in place programs We put in money in the Federal check- who deserve our support and respect. that prevent us from evaluating what book for the highway trust fund and In addition, this year it also includes is working and what isn’t and keep us the harbor maintenance fund so our landmark conservation measures to from rooting out wasteful spending. harbors could be dredged, our roads and protect some of the most beloved land- But trying to put this omnibus bill at bridges would be safe, and also included scapes in New Mexico. These are meas- the end of the year is far from ideal. more money for dam safety. ures we have worked on for many There was a time not long ago when In my own home State, we funded the years—since Senator Bingaman was in having to pass an omnibus bill was a Metro and made a big downpayment on office—and they are the result of many sign that work had broken down. the Purple and Red Lines. These are years of dogged hard work by a diverse Today it is the best possible option. I jobs to improve our infrastructure and group of sportsmen, conservationists, am extremely happy to have it. Again, are absolutely crucial. local businesspeople, and others. I credit our chairwoman with fighting I know there are others who wish to With this bill, we are designating hard to get us to this point. It has not speak, and I am going to show that we Columbine Hondo Wilderness, giving been easy. But the American people de- looked at trying to fund jobs and infra- permanent congressional protection to serve better than this broken process.

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This is the the Affordable Care Act, trying to bankers. first step, but our Constitution re- tackle and get into the IRS and dimin- I will continue to do all I can as a quires the full Congress to authorize ish its ability to carry out its respon- member of the Appropriations Com- war. This is a matter that deserves de- sibilities, and on and on. The Senator mittee to get back to the regular order. bate. It should not be taken lightly. from Maryland has worked through We cannot keep getting in just under The last 13 years of conflict in Afghani- these amendments diligently and come the wire. stan and in Iraq illustrate this—why it up with a good product. This is much In that respect, our colleagues in the is so important to be thoughtful and better than struggling through con- House have to stop sending over all of deliberate about war. tinuing resolutions 2, 3 months at a these riders. We had more than 100 rid- I urge my colleagues to stay until time and then coming back again. This ers sent over from the House. As Chair- the work is done and we give the gives certainty to government, gives woman MIKULSKI knows, this isn’t the AUMF consideration by the full Sen- certainty to businesses, and it shows way to legislate on an appropriations ate. This is not easy work, but this is that we are trying to react responsibly bill. We are not supposed to be putting not a normal situation. ISIS is a rap- to the situation that is before us. riders in there. So they sent more than idly growing terrorist group recruiting Again, I applaud Senator MIKULSKI. 100 of these over from the House of young people from the West. It spans It is a real honor to work with her on Representatives. It is disruptive. Sen- two countries, with very expansive am- the Appropriations Committee. ator MIKULSKI took them off and was bitions. I yield the floor. able to work through them and get a We must defeat ISIS, but at the same The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- decent, good final product. I am going time we cannot allow another open- ator from Washington. to continue to do all I can to make ended war. That will yet again strain Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I am sure we get back to the regular order. communities in my State and across delighted to be on the floor this Now I wish to speak about why this the country and put us in a situation evening to take, first of all, a minute bill is important and why it is impor- we cannot pay for. to thank my good friend and mentor tant to pass this omnibus bill. Since July I have received over 1,100 Chairwoman MIKULSKI for her tremen- First of all, this bill is critical to my letters and hundreds of phone calls dous work on the product that is before State of New Mexico. New Mexico has from my constituents. They are clear, us tonight. We want to get something two fine national laboratories—Sandia and I want to be equally clear: Con- done when we come here. In order to and Los Alamos; three Air Force bases; gress should rise to its constitutional get anything done in Congress, we have White Sands testing range; and a num- oversight of the Nation’s war powers. to be willing to compromise. We have ber of other Federal institutions, na- This is a solemn responsibility, one I to fight hard for our principles and tional parks, and national monuments. have taken very seriously throughout what we believe in. But at the end of They are all funded, and when they are my time in Congress. I voted for the the day it is a give-and-take. It is funded on a regular basis at the begin- 2001 authorization for the war in Af- never easy, and no one never ends up ning of a fiscal year, it is a much bet- ghanistan. I voted against the 2002 au- with a bill they have written on their ter situation for everyone. thorization for war in Iraq. own. For PILT funds, which our counties I believe the new AUMF is strong in Chairwoman MIKULSKI deserves so depend on for schools, roads, law en- that it prohibits ground operations ex- much credit for what is in this bill that forcement, and anything they feel is cept in limited circumstances. Those puts our country on a better track. important in their county, they can circumstances, such as rescuing serv- Putting jobs and economic growth first rely on these PILT funds. icemembers or U.S. citizens, are speci- is a principle she always speaks to, and At this point my State is in severe fied in the text of the resolution. It she fought for them in this bill. drought. We have water projects such also repeals the 2002 Iraq AUMF and She fought off so many policies and as the Navajo Gallup project that can’t sets a 3-year timeline for the 2001 riders that were thrown at her. I know keep waiting. There is money in this AUMF, which is currently supporting because I have spoken with her time bill to keep that project going. Com- military engagements around the and time again as she has tried to say: munities can’t just put their needs on world that we never intended when we What can I absolutely draw a line in hold because Congress is broken. Nav- originally passed them. But I would the sand on, and what can I put in here ajo communities in New Mexico still still caution that we must be watchful in order to make sure I am doing what need clean water. In fact, every day we so that this engagement doesn’t vastly is right for my country? It is not easy delay, their situation gets worse. That change in scope without the approval to do that. is true of so many projects that are of Congress or the support from our She fought off many riders that all of funded by the Federal Government. constituents. us on this side of the aisle would have Communities and businesses have to I fought to provide Congress with an found extremely difficult to ever vote plan, and they need certainty. The even stronger role. I proposed an for. She took those out. needs don’t go away. So let’s get this amendment to limit authorization to 1 She maintained the budget levels done. year. I also cosponsored a proposal Chairman RYAN and I agreed on last Finally, I wish to speak a little bit with Senator PAUL to require a new au- year. That was very hard to do. She is about the authorization, of course, thorization with Congress if U.S. forces trying to put together a bill to fund that we just produced out of the For- were to be deployed outside of Iraq and our government across the board, from eign Relations Committee. I urge Con- Syria. We need this authorization to defense, to agriculture, to transpor- gress to address another important pass now, as the conflict has been on- tation, to so many areas that people issue—this issue of the authorization of going for months, but we also must take for granted every day until our force. We need to update the authoriza- continue to be watchful. Costs should government shuts down. Then they re- tion of force for our military in light of not just be charged to a credit card. member how much they rely on our na- our changing involvement in a variety Let’s make sure we have a real con- tional parks or our research and our in- of Middle Eastern conflicts—most no- versation on how the generation that vestment or the protection that is so tably, ISIS. If we leave without doing has decided to go to war will pay for it. important in our Homeland Security this, we are failing the American peo- Again, I urge Congress to honor its bills. She worked hard under very ple, our troops, and shirking our con- responsibility to stay and finish this strict requirements that we all sup- stitutional duty. critical duty. ported in another compromise a year ISIS is a brutal terrorist group, and Just to wrap up, I once again want to ago and maintained that in this bill. it must be stopped. We must continue say to my chairwoman Senator MIKUL- Critically, her work on this bill to work with our allies, including those SKI that she has taken on a very dif- avoids another government shutdown.

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We cannot run this government really is proof of the stateswoman she tation infrastructure in their home by crisis or short-term resolutions. is. I commend her for that. States that helps create jobs and That is an irresponsible autopilot ap- I am especially grateful that she put boosts their regional economy. I know proach and would cut off our ability as so much into this legislation that real- this has been important in my State. I Senators to make decisions about how ly helps our everyday, average, middle- know the demand is very high. We were our government operates. class families who are struggling so not able to have the number we liked, I again want to thank my colleague hard in this country and really lays we did have to reduce it, but it remains and my mentor, the amazing Senator down a strong foundation for long-term in this bill as a very strong investment from Maryland, the chairwoman of this and broad-based economic growth. She in our communities, and I would be committee, BARBARA MIKULSKI, for the did not forget that principle at all in proud to be supporting that in this bill. work she has done and for the drive she what she fought for, and that is embed- On the housing side of our bill, we has. She never lost sight of what her ded within the legislation. maintain the housing assistance for goal is, despite some very difficult ne- There are, of course, provisions in low-income families that is so impor- gotiations, and I want to remind all of this bill that any one of us can pull out tant today that they have the support us that tonight hopefully we will be and oppose, and there are certainly while they get back on their feet. voting on a compromise. some provisions with which I do not To not pass this bill tonight means I know personally that in this coun- agree. I am really disheartened that we put a lot of people who are strug- try what everybody says to me con- the House Republicans put Wall Street gling today at risk in their commu- stantly is: We are tired of the partisan interests ahead of middle-class families nities to not have the home that is so bickering. We want you to compromise. and demanded a provision in this bill. I important to their family’s stability. That is what this is. We want our coun- am very concerned that some of the I am especially proud we are going to try to work again. That is what this provisions could increase health care continue funding the HUD–VASH Pro- bill does. I urge our colleagues to sup- premiums for our families and our gram. It is a program so many Mem- port this legislation. businesses. And I strongly oppose the bers have told me is important to them I yield the floor. policy change that was slipped into the and takes the important steps of ex- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- bill that could lead to a reduction in panding HUD–VASH to Native Ameri- ator from Utah. pensions for many of our retirees. I cans who are at risk of homelessness Mr. LEE. Mr. President, I rise in op- share the concerns of many of us on living on reservations. We increased position to the spending bill before us. this side that that is in this legisla- the number of public housing units I rise in opposition to the cynical sub- tion. This is a compromise piece of legisla- that can be part of the public assist- stance of the legislation. I rise in oppo- tion, and we had to swallow and the ance demonstration that allows public sition to the un-Republican and un- other side had to swallow. Why? It is housing authorities to leverage private democratic process by which a small because at the end of the day, we do capital and to make capital improve- collection of political and economic in- not want to run our country in con- ments to more than 100,000 additional siders crafted it to benefit each other tinuing resolutions, in this economic units of affordable housing. We worked at everyone else’s expense. upturn, in crisis management every 30 hard to make sure this bill continues Finally, I rise in particular opposi- days or 60 days for the next 2 years. to support public housing and eco- tion to the signals that this so-called That is why we had to look to the nomic development projects in commu- CRomnibus sends, the signal it sends to greater good of this bill, and I am very nities across the country through the political insiders on both ends of Penn- pleased with some really significant CDBG Program. I will say that vir- sylvania Avenue in Washington, the pieces of legislation in this bill. tually every Member of the Senate has signal it sends to special interest cro- I worked very hard with my good said we need to maintain the CDBG nies on Wall Street and K street, and friend and colleague on the other side Program on how important it is. There the signal it sends to working families of the aisle, Senator COLLINS, who is are local communities to make deci- struggling on Main Streets across this my partner on the Transportation, sions about the local communities, and country who have been waiting for a Housing and Urban Development Sub- the funding is absolutely critical. This decade for someone in this city to start committee. Senator COLLINS and I isn’t just about spending. Our legisla- putting them first. worked very hard to find a compromise tion contains a number of reforms that Those problems with this bill—each that makes significant investments in are going to improve government and one alone enough to merit opposition— our transportation infrastructure to save taxpayer dollars. Let me repeat do not even speak to its greatest weak- help our commuters and our families that. We are voting to save taxpayer ness, its failure to correct the Presi- and our businesses and our economy. dollars because we approved the proc- dent’s lawless Executive amnesty. I want my colleagues on this side of ess for administering emergency pre- Since last night when it was taken up the aisle to know that the investments paredness grants, and we make sure in the House of Representatives, sup- in this bill that are in Amtrak, in pub- property owners are held accountable if porters of the CRomnibus have couched lic transit, in air traffic control mod- they fail to take care of housing funded their support in the language of com- ernization, and in airport improve- with taxpayer resources. promise: ‘‘This isn’t a perfect bill,’’ ments are very critical for all of our We included a provision that sup- they say. communities. I am going to vote yes ports efforts to improve the coordina- But on the contrary, it is perfect. As for those tonight. The bill makes it tion between domestic violence service a representation of everything wrong possible for the FAA to keep sufficient and housing systems to make sure our with Washington, DC, as an example of numbers of air traffic controllers and domestic violence survivors are getting exactly the kind of unfair, unrepre- inspectors on the job. This is a key the care and support they deserve. I sentative legislating that triggered safety issue that I will be supporting in know much has been made of the provi- successive electoral waves of bipar- this bill. And our bill puts to work new, sions that people don’t like, and I share tisan condemnation in 2006, 2008, 2010, targeted investments to help the De- that angst. and again in 2014—the CRomnibus is partment of Transportation to do ev- But I think it is so important that perfect. erything possible to keep our commu- we, as adults, stand up to the responsi- Members of my party do not have the nities safe as the number of oil ship- bility we have, as the Senate and as luxury of blaming this latest failure on ments by rail continue to increase in Congress, to pass a funding bill the outgoing Senate majority. No. This the country. through the next year that makes sure one is on us.

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For lessness of an out-of-control President. that this week leaves me with nothing too long, Washington has been an ob- Americans looking for that change but optimism about the prospects we stacle, even an opponent, in that fight. will not find it in this bill. Rather, have for real reform and revival in the That fight will remain uphill, but the they will find what the discarded revo- coming years. first time in a long time there is hope. lutionaries of ‘‘Animal Farm’’ found at The miserable process we witnessed There is a real chance that fight may the end of George Orwell’s classic: this week represents the last gasping get a little less steep, and it might get The creatures outside looked from pig to throes of a discredited Washington sta- a little less lonely. Help is on the way. man, and from man to pig, and from pig to tus quo. Ten years ago this bill would I know it is hard to see right now. It man again; but already it was impossible to not have been controversial. Five years is hard to see it in Washington, and it say which was which. ago an easy majority would have been must be even harder to see out in the Americans across our country are purchased with earmarks. This week, country, but change is coming. A new facing a new and unnatural kind of with the full weight of both party’s Congress is on the way, with new ideas squeeze, an opportunity deficit that is leaderships, it barely made it over the and a new renewed reform sense of pur- warping our free enterprise economy finish line. Change comes slowly, as we pose. and our voluntary civil society. This know, and it comes most slowly to Temporary setbacks such as this bill opportunity deficit is not simply the those institutions that make the rules, should not discourage us, and they will result of globalization or technology or but change is coming. The era of pass- not deter us, for the only way to keep free trade. No. It is the result of politi- ing 1,600-page bills, written in secret, winning is to keep fighting. Wash- cians creating a welfare system that via a process that includes lobbyists ington may still be broken, but Amer- traps poor families in poverty—some- but excludes the American people is ica is ready to fix it, no matter how times for generations at a time—and coming to an end. The era of big gov- long it takes and no matter how much locks lower skilled workers out of po- ernment rigging the rules for special Washington resists it. Our opportunity tential jobs, an education system that interests while leaving everyone else to finally begin that work is almost traps poor kids in bad schools and col- behind is coming to an end. A new era here. We just need to know where to lege students into a lifetime of debt, a is coming in which Washington will look for it, for: health care system that locks the poor once again be forced to work for the . . . not by eastern windows only in second-class care and erases what American people instead of the other When daylight comes, comes in the light; few wage gains the middle-class fami- way around. To those Americans who In front the sun climbs slow, how slowly! lies ever see, a tax system that un- have watched with dismay what Con- But westward, look, the land is bright! fairly discourages work, saving, invest- gress did—and did not do—this week, I yield the floor. ment, marriage, and children. who made their voices heard by flood- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Government policy unfairly protects ing both sides of the aisle with phone ator from Vermont. the privileges of those who have al- calls and emails, my message is simple. Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I com- ready climbed the ladder of success, Take heart. It may not look like it mend the distinguished senior Senator while putting that ladder out of the today, but you are winning. America is from Connecticut. I realize when pre- reach of those who have not yet winning. siding he cannot respond. But I just grasped its very bottom rungs. The beltway establishments of both want to say what a pleasure it is, as a On Wall Street, corporate profits parties are exhausted, out of ideas, and fellow New Englander, to serve with continue to soar. In Washington the in- running out of time. Next year a new him in the Senate. Sometimes you feel fluence economy booms and booms on. unified Congress has an opportunity, a like you are on a graveyard shift on a Almost everywhere else, take-home real open opportunity, to reshape the Friday night presiding over the Senate. pay is flat. Jobs remain scarce. Small national debate, to challenge Washing- But I must tell him, after decades here, businesses are struggling to grow, ton’s failing status quo and its failed it is extremely important. To have while new businesses are struggling champion in the Oval Office. someone of his integrity, his ability, even to get off the ground. We can finally begin the hard, over- his competence, and his experience pre- More and more today in America, the due work of rescuing our economy from siding over the Senate should make people who work hard and play by the the grips of government dysfunction every Senator, both Republican and rules are being forced to subsidize po- and political privilege, of rescuing our Democratic, proud. litical and economic elites who don’t. health care system from ObamaCare, of After late night theatrics in the It is not big business or big special in- reviving our education system and House yesterday, I hope the Senate will terests who created this toxic environ- modernizing our transportation sys- soon vote on the fiscal year 2015 omni- ment. All they can do is ask. Only gov- tem, of ending special interest manipu- bus appropriations bill. I support this ernment—big government—can rig the lation of our tax system and reforming comprehensive spending package. system. Only government can carve regulations to level the playing field Chairwoman MIKULSKI has done an out a regulatory exception for certain for small and new businesses, of fixing outstanding job. She has been a giant big banks while intensifying its regu- our broken immigration system. of the appropriations process. She latory squeeze on smaller banks or Next year, just next month, we can should be congratulated for her perse- tweak accounting rules to line the begin to craft a new reform agenda, to verance in getting us to this point. pockets of certain big insurance com- increase access to and opportunity I spoke yesterday about the funds in- panies or create new taxpayer subsidies within America’s middle class, an cluded in the bill for the State Depart- for certain industries and cynically agenda that grows the economy and in- ment and foreign operations. I com- present all of the above as creases take-home pay, an agenda that mended members of my staff, Senator unamendable—take it or leave it, take restores mobility and opportunity to GRAHAM’s staff, and the editorial and it or shut down the government propo- working families and communities printing staff who worked so hard on sitions, as this bill does. while putting political and corporate that. We wonder why the American people elites back to work for everyone else. We included important funding for distrust their government, distrust We can look to our own House of Con- the environment, for AIDS prevention this government. We wonder why the gress to reform the way Congress con- and treatment, for United Nations principled grassroots of both political ducts the people’s business, the way we peacekeeping, and for emergency fund- parties—conservatives and progres- budget and spend the people’s money, ing for Ebola. This bill protects U.S. sives—are up in arms against their so embarrassments such as this security, humanitarian, and economic Washington establishments over this CRomnibus might become relics of the interests around the world.

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Those are a terrible mistake, voted to spend $1 to ance grants at the State and local lev- the people paying the bills. Those are $2 trillion for the war in Iraq that we els. This is a program I have supported the people representing businesses like should never have been involved in. As from my early days in the Senate. I the one my mother and father ran, the a result, we did not have the funds for compliment the Presiding Officer who Leahy Press. our police, health care, national parks, always also voted, in the Judiciary I am also dismayed that this spend- or to fix our decaying bridges and roads Committee, to help victims of crimes. ing package includes another body in America. Like me, he knows from his own past blow to what little remains of cam- I think most Americans think we experience as a prosecutor that we paign finance law. By increasing the should take care of those things. This have money to go after those who amount of money wealthy donors can omnibus spending bill does that. It in- break the law, but we also have to help contribute to political parties, we fur- cludes critical investments in our riv- the people who are the victims of ther roll back long-held campaign fi- ers and lakes, including an increase in crime. nance limitations that protected the funding for one very near and dear to The compromise package invests in voice of every voter at the ballot box— my heart—Lake Champlain. That is housing for veterans and seniors. It not just those who paid to have their done through the EPA’s geographic supports grants to help schools pur- voices heard. program. chase critical equipment for their It is unfortunate that pressure Lake Champlain is a great treasure school lunch programs. It provides groups and special interests prevailed to this country. It is the largest body funding for a new food safety outreach in making this happen. It is also unfor- of fresh water outside of the Great program, helping the Food and Drug tunate that when we had a chance in Lakes. It borders Vermont, New York, Administration work with farmers and this Senate to do something, to restore and Canada in the Province of Quebec. small businesses to understand com- part of what has been called McCain- Some parts of it are hundreds of feet plex new food safety laws. Feingold, after Citizens United, we deep. It is special to me as a The bill protects our Nation’s forests failed by one vote. Every Democrat in Vermonter, and because my wife through a strong investment in the this Senate voted to restore many of Marcelle and I first met on the shores Forest Legacy Program. Coming from the provisions of McCain-Feingold. of Lake Champlain. a State that values its forests I know Every single Republican voted to gut ACK REED, I want to thank Senator J how important this is. The list goes on. McCain-Feingold. It was gutted by a the chairman of the Appropriations So obviously, as I have praised the one-vote margin. Subcommittee on the Interior, Envi- chair of the committee, Senator MI- Finally, while I am pleased this om- ronment, and Related Agencies, for his KULSKI and what she has done, I do in- nibus bill will fund most of our govern- assistance in protecting the funding for tend to support this appropriations ment through fiscal year 2015, I am dis- all of the geographic programs receiv- bill. She knows that I am disappointed appointed that programs and agencies ing funding in this bill—not just Lake with some last-minute negotiations funded through the Department of Champlain but all of them. that forced the inclusion of several Homeland Security will only be funded We fund critical investments that ad- through February 2015. Yet, for dress the heroin crisis. Some may controversial riders. It would have think of rural States as being some been a lot worse if she had not stood months—for nearly 18 months—House kind of an enclave that are immune her ground. They had nothing to do Republican leaders refused to bring to from what happens in the rest of the with funding the operations of the Fed- a vote the bipartisan Senate-passed im- country. Well, those of us who live in eral Government. She knew those pro- migration reform bill. We had hundreds of hours of mark- rural America know differently. The visions forced us into a choice between ups, hearings, and a debate on this heroin crisis has had a devastating im- shutting down the government or en- floor. Two-thirds of Senate Repub- pact on communities in small, rural acting this omnibus bill. States like Vermont. There is no doubt Congress has to do licans and Democrats joined together It does not make any difference if something to address vulnerable pen- to pass the immigration bill that came they are a red State or blue State; they sion plans. We all agree on that. The out of the Senate Judiciary Com- have been hurt. With Senator MIKUL- 11th-hour provision that we were forced mittee. It is political hypocrisy on the SKI’s support, I was pleased to include to accept by the Republicans in the other side when they say: Oh, look funding for anti-heroin task forces, to House of Representatives to reduce what President Obama is doing on im- provide Federal assistance to law en- hard-earned benefits for retirees is migration. We have to stop him. They forcement efforts to investigate and shameful. For decades these retirees had the chance to pass a bill that combat the distribution of heroin. En- have worked hard. They have contrib- would have trumped whatever the suring our local agencies have the tools uted to pension plans. They assumed President might do. They refused to they need is just one portion of our ef- those benefits would be there when even vote on it because they were fort to deal with this crisis. they needed them the most. afraid that it would pass. But it is also unacceptable that Now the game is being changed. I They wanted to talk about it. They Americans face a waiting list when cannot help but wonder how the Repub- wanted to talk about immigration. seeking help to recover from their ad- licans in the House who are responsible They want to talk about what they dictions. This legislation provides cru- for this provision would react if it af- wanted to do, but they never wanted to cial funding to expand treatment serv- fected their pensions? vote one way or the other. We stood up ices for those with heroin dependence. This legislation includes a particu- here in the Senate, Democrats and Re- The omnibus makes important in- larly offensive rider that rolls back an publicans together, and we passed an vestments in our students by providing important provision of the Dodd-Frank immigration bill. They refused to even funding to increase access to a college Act that protects taxpayers from an- vote on it so they could talk about education through the Pell Grant Pro- other Wall Street bailout. what is wrong with immigration. It is gram. It increases funding for the TRIO We know that elections have con- political hypocrisy at its worst. The Program, which helps low-income first- sequences. I worry this is the start of a bill would have passed, and we would generation students get a college edu- pattern we can expect to see over the not be where we are today. cation. They are the future of this next 2 years of protecting the rich on No bill is perfect, especially one of country. Wall Street at the expense of hard- this size. There are certainly provi- The bill provides $30.3 billion for the working Americans on Main Street. sions in here that I wish were not, as I National Institutes of Health—that is a Frankly, like Senator MIKULSKI, I have said. But this bill moves us away

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Senator MIKULSKI and Chairman mines, but to make sure that the chil- That is a lot of powerful people all ROGERS in the House have kept us from dren who have been injured by this from one bank, but they aren’t the a government shutdown. It is easy to ghastly weapon had the means to re- only way that Citigroup exercises criticize, but waiting until next year is cover their limbs and in that way their power. Over the years, the company not an option. This bill provides essen- livelihood. Really, we owe you a debt of has spent millions of dollars on lob- tial funding for this country, for pro- gratitude and it is an honor to serve bying Congress and funding the polit- grams the American people depend on. with you. ical campaigns of its friends in the And I would say from a parochial point Mr. LEAHY. I thank my dear friend House and Senate. of view, it will do a great deal to help from Maryland. Citigroup has also spent millions try- Vermont. Ms. MIKULSKI. I yield to the Sen- ing to influence the political process in Any Senator opposing this bill be- ator from Massachusetts. ways that are far more subtle and hid- cause of the riders it includes should The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. den from public view. Last year, I remember that a continuing resolution BOOKER). The Senator from Massachu- wrote Citigroup and other big banks or omnibus spending bill next year will setts. asking them to disclose the amount of contain many more, and some far Ms. WARREN. I thank the Senator shareholder money they have been di- worse. from Maryland and the senior Senator verting to think tanks to influence Chairwoman MIKULSKI has done a he- of Vermont. They both show extraor- public policy. roic job in getting us to this point. I dinary leadership and we learn from Citigroup’s response to my letter? hope we can do as well next year. them every day. Stonewalling. A year has gone by and I know Senator COCHRAN of Mis- I am back on the floor to talk about Citigroup didn’t even acknowledge re- sissippi, one of the closest friends I a dangerous provision slapped in a ceiving my letter. have had in this body since coming to must-pass spending bill at the last Citigroup has a lot of money. It the Senate, and the incoming Appro- minute solely to benefit Wall Street. spends a lot of money, and it uses that priations Committee chairman, agrees This provision would repeal a rule money to grow and consolidate power— that we should return to the regular called prohibition against Federal Gov- and it pays off. order of debating and passing indi- ernment bailouts of swaps entities. Consider a couple of facts. vidual appropriations bill. Fact 1: During the financial crisis, We will be well off with Senator On Wednesday I came to the floor and talked to the Senate Democrats to when all the support through TARP, COCHRAN and Senator MIKULSKI. These FDIC, and the Fed is added up, Citi re- are the people who know the difference ask them to strip this provision out of the omnibus bill and to protect tax- ceived nearly half a trillion dollars in between rhetoric and reality. They are bank loans. That is half a trillion with legislators. They believe in solving payers. On Thursday I came to the floor to a t. That is almost $140 billion more problems. The American people do too. than the next biggest bank received. They are tired of partisanship, drama, talk to Republicans. Republicans said they don’t like bailouts either, so I Fact 2: During Dodd-Frank, there and the harmful consequences of shut- was an amendment introduced by my ting down the government. asked them to vote the way they talk. colleagues Senator BROWN and Senator Is this bill everything I wanted? No. If they don’t like bailouts, then they Kaufman that would have broken up Is it everything the chairwoman would could take out this provision that puts Citigroup and the other largest banks. like? No. Is it everything that any one taxpayers right back on the hook for That amendment had bipartisan sup- of us would like? No. But it is a lot bet- bailing out big banks. port and it might have passed, but it ter than shutting down the govern- Today I come to the floor to talk ran into powerful opposition from an ment, or leaving it to the next Con- about not Democrats or Republicans, alliance between Wall Streeters on gress. I will support it. but to talk about a third group that I yield the floor. also wields tremendous power in Wash- Wall Street and Wall Streeters who Ms. MIKULSKI. I note the Senator ington—Citigroup. held powerful government jobs. They from Massachusetts wishes to speak In recent years many Wall Street in- teamed up and they blocked the move and I will yield to her. stitutions have exerted extraordinary to break up the banks, and now Citi is But before the Senator from Vermont influence in Washington’s corridors of larger than ever. leaves, first I thank him for his leader- power, but Citigroup has risen above The role that senior officials from ship in chairing the Subcommittee on the others. Its grip over economic pol- the Treasury Department played in the State Department and Foreign Op- icymaking in the executive branch is killing the amendment wasn’t subtle. erations. unprecedented. A senior Treasury official acknowl- What he has done is make sure that Consider just a few examples. Three edged it at the time in a background we continue to be able to conduct pub- of the last four Treasury Secretaries interview with ‘‘New York’’ magazine lic diplomacy, to ensure money for em- under Democratic Presidents have had and said: bassy security. close Citigroup ties. The fourth was of- If we’d been for it, it probably would have There are many here who pound their fered the CEO position at Citigroup but happened. But we weren’t, so it didn’t. chests and call for investigations, but turned it down. That is power. he actually puts money in the Federal The vice chair of the Federal Reserve Democrats don’t like Wall Street checkbook, meets with the State De- system is a Citigroup alum. bailouts. Republicans don’t like Wall partment and the embassy security The Under Secretary for Inter- Street bailouts. The American people people so that if you work for the U.S. national Affairs at Treasury is a are disgusted by Wall Street bailouts. Government, and you are in the embas- Citigroup alum. Yet here we are, 5 years after Dodd- sies, at least you will have the security The U.S. Trade Representative and Frank, with Congress on the verge of you need. the person nominated to be his deputy, ramming through a provision that The other is his work on foreign op- who is currently an assistant secretary would do nothing for the middle class, erations, making sure the poor, dispos- of Treasury, are Citigroup alums. do nothing for community banks, do sessed, and the marginalized of the A recent chairman of the National nothing but raise the risk that tax- world have the assistance of the United Economic Council at the White House payers will have to bail out the biggest States as a partner—whether it is cur- was a Citigroup alum. banks once again. ing malaria, fighting AIDS in Africa, Another recent chairman of the Of- There is a lot of talk lately about fighting Ebola. fice of Management and Budget went how Dodd-Frank isn’t perfect. There is

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You listen to your concerns and not follow Dodd-Frank in the months ahead, then have every right to be upset. You have your lead. let’s open it to get tougher, not to cre- every right to vote no and to argue to And listen to what the Senator from ate more bailout opportunities. If we bring the bill down. Massachusetts said when the shoe was are going to open Dodd-Frank, let’s Do you know what a lot of people on on the other foot, when people on my open it up so that once and for all we our side are tired of? The President side were willing to take it all down be- end too big to fail—and I mean really changing the law whenever he would cause they were mad. I was one of a end it, not just say that we did. Instead like. Taking ObamaCare and changing handful who said no. I would like to re- of passing laws that create new bailout it unilaterally to fit the political needs peal and replace ObamaCare, but I opportunities for too-big-to-fail banks, of the President and his party, by Ex- don’t believe defunding the govern- let’s pass Brown-Kaufman. Let’s pass ecutive action, turning the ObamaCare ment is going to make the President the 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act, a statute upside down. repeal his signature issue, and we don’t bill I have sponsored with JOHN Do you know what people on my side have enough votes to override a veto. MCCAIN, ANGUS KING, and MARIA CANT- are tired of? A President who feels like It takes a long time to say that, and WELL. Let’s pass something, anything, he is more of a King than a President. the people I was responding to were that would help break up these giant Unilaterally reaching out and confer- mad and emotional because they banks. ring legal status on 4 million to 5 mil- thought they were wronged. I under- A century ago, Teddy Roosevelt was lion people without coming to the Con- stood they were mad. I understood they America’s trust buster. He went after gress because he is frustrated. were emotional. But I thought I had a the giant trusts and monopolies in this I have been working on immigration duty beyond just worrying about me. since 2006. I will put my frustration up country. A lot of people talk about how If you follow the lead of the Senator against yours, Mr. President, but de- those trusts deserve to be broken up from Massachusetts and bring this bill mocracy is democracy. You can be because they have too much economic down and do a CR—which is the worst frustrated all you like, but there are power. But Teddy Roosevelt said we possible way to run the government—I rules to play by that keep us all safe. should break them up because they had will tell you what will come your way. So there are people on my side who too much political power. Teddy Roo- It is what came our way. People are want me to bring this bill down be- sevelt said break them up because all not going to believe you are mature cause they have had enough. They have that concentrated power threatens the enough to run the place. Seventy per- had enough of President Obama going very foundations of our democratic cent of the Democrats in the House it on his own, taking the laws that we system. voted against this bill, and three out of pass, ignoring some, rewriting others, Now we are watching as Congress four Republicans voted to get it over and the Executive action is the straw passes yet another provision that was here—a level of maturity and judgment that broke the camel’s back. It is one written by lobbyists for the biggest re- I haven’t seen in my party in quite a cipient of bailout money in the history thing to defer prosecution on people in while. Speaker BOEHNER and your terms of your discretion, it is another of this country, and it is attached to a team: Well done. bill that needs to pass or else the en- thing to reach out to 4 to 5 million peo- To the Democrats, I am sure on tire Federal Government will grind to ple and say: You now have a legal sta- MSNBC and on the liberal version of a halt. Think about that kind of power. tus, without going through the Con- talk radio you are a hero and you will If a financial institution has become so gress. That should scare every Demo- have your moment with that crowd. I big and so powerful that it can hold the crat, Republican, Libertarian, and veg- can promise you this: There are people entire country hostage, that alone is etarian. on our side who are having their mo- reason enough to break them up. So people on my side—and we will ment on other channels. But almost Enough is enough. Enough is enough hear from some of them, saying that one-third of the Democratic Party re- with Wall Street insiders getting key this is an outrage and we should shut sisted that temptation, and I know how position after key position and the the government down and defund all they feel. Some of them will get a pri- kind of cronyism that we have seen in the parts of the government that would mary. I had six primary opponents. I the executive branch. be used to implement this illegal exec- am glad I did not follow the lead of Enough is enough—with Citigroup utive amnesty. I understand where people who were trying to get me to passing eleventh hour deregulatory they are coming from, and I understood shut down the government because I provisions that nobody takes owner- a year ago when people in my party felt I was wronged. That is not the way ship over, but everybody will come to said ObamaCare is bad for the country, to run a country. regret. we need to stop it, and I am willing to Enough is enough. shut the entire government down or at So here is what the Senator said: For Washington already works very well least that part of the government that this rightwing minority, hostage tak- for the billionaires, the big corpora- depends on funding of ObamaCare, be- ing is all they have left—a last gasp for tions, the lawyers, and the lobbyists, cause I am upset with this law. I have those who can not cope with the reali- but what about the families who lost been on the side of listening to this on ties of our democracy. The time has their homes or their jobs or their re- my side and understanding the frustra- come for those legislators who cannot tirement savings the last time Citi bet tions but always rejecting that tempta- cope with the reality of our democracy big on derivatives and lost? What about tion because we do have a country to to get out of the way. the families who are living paycheck to run. Those were good words then, and you paycheck and saw their tax dollars go As much as I am upset about the Ex- should read them now and apply them to bail out Citi only 6 years ago? ecutive action, I am not going to heed to yourself. We were sent to the Senate to fight the call of not passing this bill because What you are offering, there are plen- for those families. And it is time, it is I am mad because within this bill we ty of people on our side who would past time, for Washington to start have money to fight ISIL, and God serve it up too. What you are offering working for them. knows we need to fight them. In this is to take one part of a complicated I yield the floor. bill we have money to contain and bill and try to convince people The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- fight Ebola, and God knows we need to throughout the country that some hor- ator from South Carolina. do that. In this bill we have infrastruc- rible wrong is being done and the rest Mr. GRAHAM. I will be supporting ture improvements that God knows are of us who want to get on with gov- their bill. I will gladly support the bill. long overdue. erning are the problem.

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My good friend MARK PRYOR, a gentleman. will not deny our troops the money who tried to find common ground at a I can promise you, working with they need to fight the war to protect us time when it is hard to find. MARY CARL LEVIN, we both resisted the temp- all. We will not deny those who are LANDRIEU, who is—MARY would drill tation to go down some very dangerous working to contain Ebola and doing he- under the Capitol if she thought it roads on this detainee contentious roic things the money they need to would help American energy independ- issue. All I can tell the men and women protect us all. We will not deny the in- ence. We have good friends on the other in uniform and the people of Michigan frastructure improvements that have side, and I will miss you, and I wish is that you never had a better friend. long been overdue. you well. But I would like very briefly To all of you, Godspeed. I wish you So to my Democratic colleagues, wel- to speak about four. nothing but the best. come to my world. It may seem tempt- I am fortunate enough to go into my SAXBY CHAMBLISS ing to go the road of least resistance, third term. To my colleagues, as we go but you will regret it. It hurt our SAXBY CHAMBLISS and Julianne and into the next Congress, let’s try to do party, and it will hurt yours. If you do the Chambliss family have become my better. I know we can. And if we do, all what is best for the country, over time family. If you are lucky in politics, you boats will rise. it will work out for you. will make a few friends. I have been I yield the floor. To my colleagues on this side, re- very lucky, and I have made lifelong The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- member last year? Did we learn any- friends with the Chambliss family, not ator from Florida. thing? I hope so. I will make a pre- just SAXBY. Mr. NELSON. Mr. President, one of diction. To the voices on my side that SAXBY represents the best in being a the great things about America is that say ‘‘Burn it down, blow it up, start all Senator. He looks the part, and he acts two Senators with different outlooks, over again’’ because they are mad at the part. And I would say to the people from different States, can come to the President Obama’s Executive amnesty of Georgia that he worked very hard on same conclusion, as we have on this and the voices coming from the Demo- your behalf. He protected our country legislation. cratic side, mainly through the Sen- against terrorism. He helped the farm- What the Senator from South Caro- ator from Massachusetts, saying ‘‘Blow er. He did everything he knew how to lina has just said is not only my hope it up because we have done something do to serve the people of Georgia, and and my prayer, but I hope it will be the for Wall Street we shouldn’t have I will miss my friend. hope of the whole of the Senate as we done,’’ I think most of us will put this MIKE JOHANNS embark on the Nation’s business next in context. Most of us will understand MIKE JOHANNS—he introduced me to year. And let’s see if we can get along. there are things in this bill we don’t Bono. I said: Who is Bono? I don’t fol- Let’s see if we can work together in a like, but we do have an overriding duty low that music that much, but I actu- civil way. Let’s see if we can find that to our country to govern. ally did know Bono. elusive consensus that has been so elu- I hope that next year we can do our MIKE introduced me to Africa. He sive in the course of these past very appropriations process in the normal was the Secretary of Agriculture for contentious and highly partisan and course of business, that we don’t find the Bush administration, and he had a highly ideological years. Let’s see if we ourselves in these messes. But all I can passion for the developing world, par- can get it done. say about democracy is that it is ticularly Africa. And through MIKE I There is a lot to be done. I am going messy, it is emotional, it requires give got to know The One Foundation and to have the privilege of serving with and take, it requires some people not the Gates Foundation. Through MIKE the new chairman of the Commerce to follow the hottest person in the and Stephanie I have been to Africa Committee, JOHN THUNE of South Da- room, and there will always be some- many times, and you represent the best kota. I will be the ranking Democrat body running hot. in our country. You are absolutely on that committee. JOHN and I have al- And something else about democ- wonderful people. You will be missed. ready started having personal and pri- racy: As bad as it is, I can’t think of a And my way to repay you is to stay in- vate conversations about working to- better idea. I have seen the other way volved in the developing world. gether and getting things done, and I of doing business in the Mideast and TOM COBURN am looking forward to it. throughout the world. I certainly don’t So in the words of the Senator from To TOM COBURN, when I grow up, I want any part of that. South Carolina—of which he is very want to be like TOM. I don’t see that So tonight, tomorrow, or whenever sincere—I want to echo those words, happening anytime soon, me growing that day comes—and to my Democratic and I am not only sincere, I am very up. TOM COBURN has been at this for 20 colleagues who have put this bill to- determined. Now, we will see if it years. We came in together. He was one gether with my Republican colleagues works, but this we know: The people of of the first people I met in the fresh- on appropriations, I applaud you. I will this country want it to work, and they man class of 1995—the 1994 Contract vote for your effort and for the product want us to work together. They are with America class. He was full of ideas you created, knowing it is not perfect. tired of this nonsense they see. To the people on my side who want us and determination from the first day I So we come here late on a Friday to tear this down because you are mad met him until the very last day he night and we have in front of us our re- at President Obama, that is not the leaves. sponsibility to spend taxpayer money, way to do business. To the people on I cannot tell you, TOM, how proud I hopefully wisely and responsibly. It is the other side who want to have the am to call you my friend. You and one of our chief duties. same result for a different reason, Carolyn have become dear friends, and So the appropriations bill is in front don’t follow their lead. you, my friend, have changed this body of us. I will vote for it. There are a lot for the better. You had an awesome TRIBUTES TO DEPARTING SENATORS of good things in it. Previous speakers Mr. President, I will now speak very staff, and you will be missed, but what have mentioned those things. briefly about my retiring colleagues you contributed to the Senate will last We have to be prepared to take on and then turn it over to the Senator long after I am gone, and we will all be the Nation’s enemies, those whom we from Florida. I promise I will be brief. the better. identify and those whom we don’t iden- Everybody will face retirement, vol- CARL LEVIN tify. They are all lurking out there in untarily or involuntarily. There will be The last person is CARL LEVIN. If I many different ways. a last vote to cast and a last speech to had to describe to somebody from a for- We have to help the health of this make. Only God knows when that day eign country what a good Senator was country by continuing to try to give comes because we are all just one car like, I would pick CARL. CARL under- the appropriate amounts to institu- wreck away from ending our careers. stands the details of the government— tions such as the National Institutes of

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:26 Dec 17, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\DEC 2014\S12DE4.REC S12DE4 rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S6752 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 12, 2014 Health. There was a time a few years ple pay more for health care? Do you Mr. President, I yield the floor, and I ago that they were being cut. That want to score some political points suggest the absence of a quorum. didn’t make sense. The head of NIH, with your base? Do you want to do it The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Dr. Francis Collins, came to us and on the backs of millions of hard-work- clerk will call the roll. said: I have to stop dead in the tracks ing Americans who are already strug- The assistant legislative clerk pro- 700 research grants going out the door gling to make ends meet? Well, the ceeded to call the roll. to universities and hospitals across American people deserve better. If we Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I ask this country, research grants for trying want to change policy, let’s have an unanimous consent that the order for to find cures for diseases. open and honest debate on the issues, the quorum call be rescinded. That doesn’t make sense. So we are not some backroom deals tucked into a The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. NEL- beginning to correct that in this bill, spending bill. SON). Without objection, it is so or- and this bill across the spectrum of But we are down to the moment of dered. government will be able to fund the truth, and it is either this spending Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I wish needs of government. But we have be- bill—which in large part is very good. to give an update. The leadership on fore us what is nothing more than a The alternative is uncertainty and a both sides of the aisle is negotiating blatantly partisan attempt to under- stop-start kind of appropriations proc- the time and method by which we will mine the legislative process and ram ess that will do no one any good. continue to proceed with this bill, the through a number of provisions that It is essential for there to be finan- omnibus spending bill for fiscal year have no business being in there. cial fiscal certainty in the funding of 2015. But what I have been happy about We can hear the note of sadness in the government for the remainder of is that people have actually come to my voice that in the process of making this fiscal year. So I am going to vote the floor to make presentations on the legislative sausage, some odiferous in- for the bill. substance of the bill, both pro and con gredients got in the sausage because As I conclude, I, too, want to say a and sometimes in the same speech. I tucked into this spending bill is a pro- word about the Senators who are retir- think that has been both enlightening vision to once again bail out big banks ing, and I will make this very short. and informative. I thank all of my col- and undo some of the reforms we made I am glad the chairman of the Appro- leagues, including the Presiding Offi- after the financial crisis of 2008. priations Committee is coming back to cer, for coming. Have we forgotten that just 6 years the floor, and I will happily yield to I would like to make a comment ago our economy was on the verge of her very wise stewardship. Having al- about my Subcommittee on Financial collapse? Do we remember when the ready spoken about the extraordinary Services and General Government. This Republican Secretary of the Treasury measures, I would just mention one is a subcommittee that has been got on his knees in front of the con- thing while she is here. I have told this chaired by the very able Senator from gressional leadership and begged them to her privately. New Mexico, Mr. TOM UDALL. He has to pass the Troubled Assets Relief Pro- Today I spoke to former Senator Kay done an outstanding job. gram to try to buoy up the financial Bailey Hutchison of Texas. Kay Bailey Much is being discussed about Dodd- institutions so that the entire country and I had the privilege of being in the Frank and Wall Street bailouts. Are we would not go into a financial death spi- right place at the right time when this throwing our soul into the fires of ral? Have we forgotten the lessons we Nation’s human space program was at greed? I can appreciate the passion and learned from that crisis? Have we for- a crossroads. There was no direction. the concern because I, too, remember, gotten what happens when we allow There was uncertainty and debate in as the Presiding Officer said, that grim banks to make extremely risky bets the administration as to what direc- day when the leadership in the Bush and tell them that if they win they can tion it would take, and the task fell to Administration kept telling us that keep the profits, but if they lose the Senator Hutchison and me to try to fundamentally we are OK, fundamen- U.S. Government will bail them out? give that direction with passage of the tally we are OK. Well, there was noth- In this case, this bill would undo part NASA Authorization Act of 2010. ing fundamental about our American of the financial reforms that say the That act has served as the template values being thrown under the bus, and government isn’t going to cover or sub- for the direction of NASA. It needs to more than that, really we were very sidize the banks’ so-called credit de- be updated with other authorization concerned that the entire economy of fault swaps. This is no way to legislate. bills because that was 4 years ago. Yet the United States America could be at There is also a provision in here that there are Senators in this Senate who risk. would let truckdrivers drive even have prevented us, when there is no Now, I come from a family who are longer hours without having to stop to other objection, from getting unani- Roosevelt Democrats. My dear father rest overnight. Eliminating this rule— mous consent to pass the NASA au- and mother opened a small neighbor- this rule that simply requires truck- thorization update. hood grocery store the year they were drivers to stop for some rest once in a But there is a safety valve, and the married in Baltimore. That year was while—is a direct threat to public safe- safety valve is the Senator from Mary- 1935. It was the height of the depres- ty. It endangers motorists on Amer- land and the Senator from Alabama, as sion, and this young couple—second ica’s highways. they have taken the template of the generation immigrants—opened a busi- What we have seen is that what hap- 2010 NASA authorization bill and ness. Years later when I had the oppor- pens when truckdrivers make a mis- fleshed it out and put flesh on the tunity to have conversations with my take because of the lack of sleep, that bones of the structure each year, in- father about the decisions made, what lack of sleep increases risk. We enacted cluding this bill. he did and why, I said: Dad, why did these rest requirements to protect I will speak at length at another you open a business in the middle of folks, to make traveling on our high- time about our colleagues who are all the depression? We lived in a neighbor- ways just a bit safer. They are common such personal friends of mine who are hood where there were all these work- sense. But this safety provision is re- departing: Senator HAGAN; Senator ing class people, men who—it was at versed in a spending bill, of all places. PRYOR—one of my best friends in the that time primarily men—worked at I intend to raise this issue in the Senate, someone with whom I have met General Motors, worked at Bethlehem commerce committee next year and in private prayer sessions each week Steel, making steel or at least hoping hope to have the support—and I know I we were in session; Senator BEGICH; they would have jobs to make steel. will—of the Senator who is now pre- Senator UDALL; and that mighty fight- The shipyards—we were a blue-collar siding in the Senate. ing force known as LANDRIEU of Lou- manufacturing town, and all those jobs It doesn’t stop there. Look what they isiana as well. were at risk with high unemployment are trying to do to health care. There Some of our other retiring Senators I and the travesty of the Great Depres- is a provision in here that would gut have had the privilege of speaking to at sion. part of the new health care law that the time they gave their farewell So I said: Dad, why did you do it? helps to keep insurance premiums sta- speeches on the floor. I look forward to How could you have the verve to do it? ble. Why would we want to make peo- further comments. He said: I did it because I believed in

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They believed then that market that everybody has been talk- SEC. There was an attempt to make a President believed in them. I went for ing about for several days. So I don’t sure that legislation would have af- it. want the derivative market to go wild. fected the investors by making sure we Well, that wonderful grocery store This is not the wild West. So we made prevented the securities exchange with was open to lots of people in good sure we put money in the Federal the fiduciary standard of care for bro- times and bad. When there were good checkbook so that the Commodity Fu- kers. We also prevented the Treasury times, we were there. When there were tures Trading Commission, the CFTC, from a rider that would have stopped rough times in the community, my fa- would have the money it needs for en- the Treasury from designating certain ther dealt on credit. When my father forcement. The funding level is actu- insurance companies as too big to fail. passed away from the ravages of Alz- ally $35 million more than in fiscal So it was not like we were asleep at the heimer’s, over 700 people came to his year 2014. It is more money than 2014 to switch here. It is not like we were all funeral. They all had a story for my make sure the needed staffing and so- sitting around saying, oh, Wall Street, two great sisters and me. phisticated technologies are in place to our dear friends—these were hard So we are Roosevelt people. We do be- foster open competitive and financially fights. lieve in the public institutions and the sound futures and the swap markets. So, what did we do? This is the Ap- safeguards that were created so many A lot has been said about that swap propriations Committee. We would years ago to protect the little guy and market, right? We are worried about it, have preferred to do an individual bill, the little gal against gouging. too. We are absolutely worried about open a debate. But guess what. It I believe in this bill. By and large and derivatives. We are worried about the wasn’t meant to be. We had to fund it. far from perfect we have continued to exploitation and manipulation of de- We had to deal with all 11 committees do this. rivatives. But you can have section 716, and with Homeland Security on a con- This bill does protect the public and whatever that number is—and I am not tinuing resolution, and we worked, we consumers by focusing on five priority trivializing it; people worked very hard debated, we argued, we fought. We won areas. It protects investors from fraud to create that legislation—but unless some, and we lost some. One we did and manipulation of financial markets. you fund the enforcement agency, what lose. This is the subject of great con- I will elaborate on that. It safeguards does it mean? troversy and debate here. But I want the financial system from abuse and il- Now, for whatever we did or didn’t everybody to know it was one out of legal practices, such as money laun- do, we actually put money in to keep six. It is a big one, but it is one out of dering and deciphering complex Tax these agencies functioning. I am really six. And I want everyone to know we Code provisions so taxpayers can accu- proud of that. I am absolutely proud of added 11 percent more for the Securi- rately file returns. It promotes a fair, that. ties and Exchange Commission to do safe, and robust marketplace by pre- A lot has been said about backroom their job in enforcement. We added 15 venting fraud and enforcing against it deals and secret negotiations: Why percent more to the Commodity Fu- and other unfair business practices. It can’t we do this out in the open? Guess tures Trading Commission to do their works with small business by making what. Every single rider that we job. Every one of those poison pill rid- sure that our agencies that are in faced—98 riders that came over for us ers to shrink the effectiveness of Dodd- charge of enforcing the rules to protect to deal with in our conference report— Frank was voted on in the House and against abuse are funded. all passed the House of Representa- came over, just like the controversial Let’s go to the Securities and Ex- tives. They all passed the House of one on gutting section 716. I will re- change Commission. Without enforce- Representatives. They had mark-ups in peat: That passed the House 292 to 122, ment, you could have every law on the full committee. They had debate on the with 70 Democrats voting for it. That books, you could have every good in- floor. They passed them. doesn’t make it right. That doesn’t tention on the books, you can say that The so-called 716 problem that has make it right, but it is not like we in- we are going to stop it, but unless you everyone concerned—and it has me vented it. It is not like we brought this fund the Securities and Exchange Com- concerned—passed the House of Rep- up in a secret backroom deal. mission and the Commodity Futures resentatives. They supported it by So I want everybody to know, when Trading Commission, and unless you passing it 292 to 122. There was nothing they look at what we did in the finan- also make sure that the now Consumer secret about it when they passed it in cial services, we did what I think my Financial Protection Bureau is pro- the House. Seventy Democrats voted father would have wanted me to do: tected against being defunded, you for it. It was dumped in our lap. It was Make sure that these institutions that don’t have a law. also dumped in our lap with several were created to enforce the law against So what did we do? We actually other riders in that area, but we had a fraud and gouging investors, taking ad- worked on a bipartisan basis. It took a total of 98. So when people say in mid- vantage of the taxpayers—I think we little shove from some of us Demo- dle of the night, every rider that came have done our job by making sure they crats, but both sides of the aisle want over that was so controversial had were funded adequately to do the en- to look out for the little guy. So, guess come over from the House—very few forcement job we asked them to do. what. This legislation that is being so came from the Senate, very few—and Second, out of six riders that would scrutinized needs also to take a look at we had to deal with them. have really limited or handicapped the the fact that it includes $1.5 billion so In the financial services sub- enforcement to protect investors or to that the Securities and Exchange Com- committee alone, where Mr. UDALL was implement other laws such as the Af- mission can actually do its job. This the subcommittee chairman, we had fordable Care Act, we were able to funding level is $150 million more than six of these—six. They were tough. But achieve, I think, some significant vic- it was in fiscal 2014. This will help pro- you know what. We were able to deal tories. tect investors, promote capital forma- with them. There was a whole rider to So, I want the record to show this. tion, and maintain fair, honest, and ef- make the Consumer Financial Protec- Are we a quiet committee? Yes. Did we ficient stocks and securities. We fund- tion Bureau weaker by taking away its work? Oh, yes, we did work. You know ed the Securities and Exchange Com- mandatory funding. We stopped the the secret meetings everybody likes to mission. weakening of the Consumer Financial talk about over the next several days, Then there is the Commodity Fu- Protection Bureau that the wonderful do you know when they occurred? They tures Trading Commission. Farmers Senator from Massachusetts had stood occurred this summer when we were and businesses use the futures market up for. We protected it. We protected trying to get the bill ready to come to

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So while everybody else was hav- It was the sense of hospitality that The Economic Development Adminis- ing a good time eating pumpkin pie, made me think, my gosh, what a won- tration is funded at $250 million, pro- they worked all the way up to Thurs- derful institution. We are not Demo- viding funding for local projects like, day night and were back on the job Fri- crats or Republicans, we are working water infrastructure for new hospitals day so we would not have a govern- together. The Senators were working which support thousands of local work- ment shutdown and so the government together, the spouses were welcoming. ers. Funding for EDA also provides would not be on autopilot. It was not so much a club as it was a grants for projects, such as those If you don’t like what we did and the family. I wish we could get back to through the Trade Adjustment Assist- way we did it, then let me and Senator that. ance for Firms, that promote infra- COCHRAN—for whom I have so much re- Rose died from Alzheimer’s. I spoke structure and innovation, setting our spect—get back to regular order. I need earlier about my father. My father died small businesses up for success. Every everybody who is cranky about this— from Alzheimer’s, so I know what Sen- $1 issued in EDA grants leverages $10 in and I don’t dispute the validity of their ator COCHRAN went through. Even when local investment and creates jobs in concerns because I share them myself, an illness is so ravaging, so cruel, our home States, not in DC. but I have won some, I lost some, but where you hope that death is either an- Commerce Department also promotes I sure fought for them all—and don’t ticipated, or part of your heart even American goods and services around like the process, then why did they hopes for it, when it comes, you just the world, supporting more than 11 stand for this process? I wanted to can’t believe it. million jobs in the U.S. I support Presi- bring up individual bills. The vice I know he is going through his own dent’s pivot to Asia, but I believe that chairman—the gentleman from Ala- grief, but I want him to know that in if we can put guns in Southeast Asia, bama, Senator SHELBY—wanted to his grief. I not only want to express my we can put Commercial Service Offi- bring up individual bills. We were condolences, but I want to express my cers there too to create new markets bringing them up. gratitude to Rose, who made me feel so for American products and create We held 60 hearings in 60 days on welcome and made me feel like the American jobs. So this bill puts more these topics so that we could have reg- Senate was a family. I hope we can get Commercial Service Officers on the ular order and the Senate could con- back and honor her memory and act front lines getting products from sider them one at a time. So for every- more that way. American small businesses into the one who is concerned, I am ready for a Mr. President, as chairwoman of the hands of buyers around the world, in- new process. I have been trying to do Commerce, Justice, Science, CJS, Ap- cluding markets like Asia and Africa this for a couple of years now. Now we propriations Subcommittee to discuss where it’s difficult for new companies will be under Senator COCHRAN’s watch, funding in the 2015 omnibus bill, I am to do business. and I will talk more about the process pleased to have worked with Senator Commerce doesn’t just promote later. SHELBY on this bill. He is a true part- American business, it also protects I know there are other Senators ner. communities. The National Weather waiting to talk, but I would like to say The CJS bill totals $50.1 billion in Service warns Americans to get out of a word to Senator COCHRAN. I have discretionary spending. That is $1.5 bil- the way when hurricanes, tornadoes been informed that his beloved and lion below the 2014 level of $51.5 billion. and other severe storms threaten our dear wife of so many years, Rose, has Our bill focuses on two priorities: jobs communities. Accurate weather infor- passed away. I personally want to ex- and the Economy and keeping commu- mation is important to every mom try- press my condolences, and I want to do nities safe. We used those priorities to ing to get a kid to school, every school it for several reasons: one, just as a guide all our funding decisions, from superintendent trying to decide wheth- Member of the Senate, we should be Federal law enforcement to space ex- er to close school, and every state concerned about one another and what ploration. emergency coordinator trying to de- other Members are going through. The bill provides $8.5 billion for the cide when to deploy snow plows. De- I also wish to express my gratitude Department of Commerce, which is $286 ploy too early and communities waste to Rose herself. When I came to the million more than 2014 level of $8.4 bil- money. Deploy too late and roads and Senate—now many years ago—there lion. The Commerce Department keeps highways become commuting catas- were only two women in the Senate, America open for business—helping trophes. Senator Nancy Kassebaum, a wonderful businesses to keep the jobs they have, However, reliable weather data Republican Senator from Kansas, and and helping entire industries to create doesn’t come from an App. That is why myself. When I came, I was welcomed new jobs. The department works with our CJS bill includes more than $3 bil- in the Senate. As the Democratic business to promote business. Pro- lion for keeping flagship weather sat- woman, I often said although I was by tecting patents, promoting trade, and ellites on-track and on-budget, and myself, I was never alone. I had Sen- providing economic development keeps our weather forecasting offices ator Paul Sarbanes, Senator Ted Ken- projects in every state. fully staffed and ready to make sure it nedy, and Senator Bob Byrd, who The bill includes strong support for gives citizens the weather predictions helped me learn the ropes of the Appro- manufacturing. The National Institute they need. priations Committee that I now chair. of Standards and Technology is funded The Omnibus provides $28 billion for I also had some other special help at $864 million, creating the standards the Justice Department. That is $393 from the women of the Senate—the that drive new technologies and new million more than 2014 level of $27.7 bil- spouses of the Senate. There were only industries and make household prod- lion, and $156 million more than the Senator Nancy and myself in those ucts safer and more reliable. The Omni- President’s request. The Justice De- days, but the spouses of the guys in the bus also includes the ‘‘Revitalize Amer- partment’s mission is to keep America Senate really reached out to me, and ican Manufacturing and Innovation safe from crime and terrorism, to pro- the Southern women were particularly Act’’, which creates public-private tect communities and families, and to gracious to help me learn the ropes— partnerships that revitalize U.S. manu- administer justice fairly. The bill funds even learn about the building and how facturing in areas such as nanotechnol- key law enforcement and prosecution to maneuver here in so many ways. ogy, photonics, microelectronics. agencies including: FBI; Drug Enforce- Senator Howell Heflin’s wife, Mike; The U.S. Patent and Trademark Of- ment Administration; Bureau of Alco- Sam Nunn’s wife, Colleen; and then fice is funded at $3.4 billion in this bill, hol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explo- there was Rose. She was vivacious, which is $434 million more than last sives; U.S. Marshals Service and the charming, fun, and savvy. We often year’s level of $3 billion. This funding U.S. Attorneys.

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This funding directly there about Dodd-Frank and swaps, an Services reported that heroin use rose supports NASA’s high tech workforce issue about an environmental concern. 79 percent nationwide between 2007 and at Goddard Space Flight Center, Wal- There are a few issues that have Mem- 2012. We need to take action now so the lops Flight Facility and other NASA bers—particularly of my caucus—who bill funds several programs that tackle facilities around the country: machin- are very concerned. I have messages the heroin problem. ists grinding precision parts for space- coming in to me in my office from so- That is why the bill funds a new anti- craft exploring the galaxy; computer cial media and email saying: Why on heroin task forces with $7 million of operators compiling data used to make Earth would you support this? My Sen- grants for State and local law enforce- forecasts or understand the big bang; ator, CHRIS COONS from Delaware, why ment to investigate distribution of her- engineers designing rockets that ex- would you support this? oin in an effort to keep these drug deal- pand our reach to other planets; and We are going into the holiday season ers off of our streets. The bill also scientists rewriting the textbooks and and I want us to take a few minutes funds residential drug treatment with inspiring our next generation of explor- and look at what is actually in this $10 million so that when drug offenders ers. package, to unwrap it a little bit and are released from jail, they don’t re- NASA funding also supports NASA’s to better understand why on Earth I lapse. Finally, the bill provides $11 mil- Turbo Contractors who build rockets would stand on this floor and speak in lion for Prescription Drug Monitoring and satellites and design computer sys- favor of this package. You have heard of the hard work of that helps States monitor and prevent tems, providing jobs. our Appropriations Committee Chair. those who ‘‘doctor shop’’, getting real The Omnibus is not just a spending What you don’t know is the tireless time info to police and doctors to pre- bill, it is also a reform bill. Appropri- and determined and dedicated work of vent overdoses and showing where ators are shrewd stewards of federal all of the Appropriations Committee overdoses are occurring so police can funds, getting value for every taxpayer. members and staff who, across 12 dif- see patters and stop drug rings. The CJS Subcommittee puts a pre- I am proud to include $430 million in mium on oversight, inviting Inspectors ferent subcommittees, held more than 60 different hearings to hammer out this Omnibus for Violence Against Genera to testify at every hearing. The provision after provision, department Women Act programs. This is a record CJS bill includes robust funding for IGs after department, and it is difficult funding level for VAWA grants to pre- who help us root out waste, fraud, sometimes to know what that means. vent and prosecute rape, and help abuse, and mismanagement. IGs give Let me put this in some context. women escape their abusers. us good ideas for how to save money in First, in terms of bad avoided and Too many women are being doubly areas like addressing growth in the good invested. In terms of bad avoided, assaulted, first by a predator, then by a prison population and improving man- the version of this that came over from broken system that fails to test DNA agement of the Census. CJS has dealt the House—11 full appropriations bills evidence. A Justice Department inves- with its share of techno-boondogles, out of 12 that had within it all sorts of tigation found 400,000 rape test kits sit- such as 2010 Census handhelds, satellite provisions. We call them riders because ting on shelves and in police lockers. costs, and IT systems that never they are provisions that ride on top of This bill tries to break the back of the worked. To prevent techno-boon- the underlying appropriations bill. backlog by funding proven grants to doggles, the bill includes early warning You have heard about some of these test DNA in crime labs, such as $125 systems when costs begin to escalate, riders that have been defeated and million for programs like Debbie Smith audits of grants and contracts, specific beaten back. It is not one or two or DNA Grants, and $41 million for new IG and GAO oversight of costly items three. They cover all the same areas grants to test rape kit in police stor- like the 2020 Census, weather satellites, where concerns have been raised by age. These new grants will not only the James Webb Space Telescope, the colleagues in my caucus—the environ- test kits but also reform the system so patent backlog, and Crime Victim ment, protections for organized labor rape victims aren’t victimized twice. Fund spending. and labor concerns, protections for the The bill also triples funding for the This Omnibus is a good bill, with bal- safety of our communities related to Crime Victims Fund to $2.36 billion, anced spending. It protects community firearms, protections for the safety and which will go to help victims of violent safety, keeping the thin blue line from soundness and transparency of our fi- crime. This is an increase of $1.5 billion getting thinner and making our weath- nancial system through preserving the over the fiscal year 2014 level of $745 er forecasts better. The bill invests in Dodd-Frank act, preserving a woman’s million. States can help more victims jobs and the economy, generating new right to choose and protecting the im- pay their medical bills and get coun- ideas through research and discoveries plementation of the Affordable Care seling and legal assistance and creating markets for more Amer- Act. The Science portion of the CJS bill ican products throughout the world. Dozens and dozens of riders came supports jobs and the economy by driv- I urge my colleagues to support the over in the bill from the House, which ing innovation. The bill provides $25 omnibus. our committee Chair and her dedicated billion for science agencies: NASA and I yield the floor. staff worked tirelessly to remove from the National Science Foundation. This The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. DON- this bill, and you have heard about funding for innovation, research and NELLY). The Senator from Delaware. some of them in the speech just con- discoveries creates American ideas, Mr. COONS. Mr. President, I rise to cluded by Chair MIKULSKI. American products, and American jobs speak tonight in support of the omni- There was everything from fish and in the private sector. bus appropriations package that Sen- wildlife rules to fiduciary rulemaking, The National Science Foundation is ator MIKULSKI, the Chair of our Appro- from issues around union elections to funded at $7.3 billion in this bill, $172 priations Committee, has spoken at concerns about the strength and abil- million more than the 2014 level. NSF great length about, and that Senator ity of the ATF to keep our community will be able to fund 290 more competi- COCHRAN has also dedicated so much of safe, strengthening and supporting the tive grants in 2015, supporting 4,100 his time and effort and energy to, and CFPB and SEC and their ability to en- more technicians, scientists, and stu- that so many Members of this Chamber force Dodd-Frank or ensuring a wom- dents. NSF research and education pro- have contributed to. There are ques- an’s right to choose. The actions of our grams provide scholarships to the next tions on the minds of my constituents committee Chair ensure that these doz- generation of Cyber warriors, bridge from the home State of Delaware and ens and dozens of bad—from our per- and building engineers, and chemistry questions on the minds of colleagues of spective—riders were removed from the laboratory technicians. STEM edu- mine who have spoken earlier this bill.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:26 Dec 17, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\DEC 2014\S12DE4.REC S12DE4 rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S6756 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 12, 2014 Now we stand here on the verge of This covers things from the TIGER guns away from traffickers and crimi- the end of the authority of the govern- grants program that encourages and nals, to improve interstate background ment to continue to function, and we incentivizes and leverages cutting-edge checks, to train law enforcement for have a package in front of us, and we investments in infrastructure to fund- the responsible carrying out of their have two choices. The choices are sim- ing for Amtrak. For the east coast of public responsibility, to intervene and ple and clear. If we do not pass this om- the United States, Amtrak is such a stop active shooter situations in nibus, we will continue government by vital means of transportation. It also schools or in public facilities, and, last, crisis, government by continuing reso- includes funds for harbor maintenance the sort of resources we need for the lution, government by chip shot down and dredging, which are so vital to our victims of crime. the lane, and we will fund the govern- maritime industries. This is just one of There is $2.3 billion in this omnibus ment for a temporary 3-month exten- dozens of areas we could talk about for helping the victims of violent crime sion, and then this entire package will this evening. and their families to get access to be put back together, not by a Demo- It will put Americans back to work, badly needed services. I could go on, cratic Senate and a Republican House, it will make our country more com- but in the area of law enforcement and but by Republicans on both sides of petitive, and it will give us more re- criminal justice, there are investments this Capitol. We won’t have one or two sources in these areas than we would that matter to me and that matter to or three riders from the perspective of ever get from renegotiating this pack- my hometown as we work together to my caucus to be concerned about, we age from the ground up. fight violent crime. will have dozens and dozens. All of this Second, there was an unfortunate Let me lastly take on two other that has been removed and taken out story about my hometown of Wil- areas. No. 1, I am on the Foreign Rela- of the package by the hard work of our mington in the past week that drew tions Committee. I am concerned that committee Chair and her staff will be real alarms about the murder rate and if we turn away from this package, the right back in the mix. violent crime rate. This is a pressing vital investment in our central ally, If we turn away from enacting this issue in my hometown of Wilmington. Israel, and in the Iron Dome program, package, we will do two things: We will There is real concern because we have which has been shown to keep Israel fail to give the certainty and clarity a record murder rate and a record gun safe, will not be made; and the multi- and predictability to our government violence rate in my town. billion dollar investment in fighting agencies and entities that they will This omnibus package includes finan- the scourge of Ebola in West Africa, at have authorization and funding cial resources that will help commu- this moment when the tide is turning through next September, and we will nities large and small all over this and we have a chance to heal three na- face a package toxic—far more difficult country keep themselves safe with tions and contain this plague, which for us to accept. It will have dozens and these sorts of targeted and wise Fed- otherwise may get out, get loose, and dozens of problems riddled throughout eral investments in State and local law become a global pandemic, will not be it, and frankly, everyone in my caucus, enforcement that we have come to rely made. We need to make these invest- I expect, will vote against it and per- on and that we need. There is some- ments. To not do so now is to put our haps the President will even veto it. thing called the Byrne Justice Assist- children’s future at risk. Imagine if we We cannot let the perfect or the ideal ance grant. When I was a county execu- could go back in time to where HIV/ be the enemy of the good. tive, my county police department re- AIDS was just beginning to spread I will take a few minutes and talk lied on that critical program. There is around the globe and for a modest in- about what there is in this package $2.3 billion, which is $55 million more vestment, with an international effort, that is good because you only heard than last year, for the Byrne Justice we could have contained it to just two speeches tonight that have highlighted Assistance grants and will affect or three countries, instead of the hun- concerns and focused in on the three or States and localities all over the coun- dreds—the thousands of communities four provisions that cause great alarm try. across dozens of countries that have or concern to all of us who are on my Something that I fought hard for on suffered through HIV/AIDS now for side of the aisle. I don’t think there has this floor and I care about—the bullet- nearly 25 years. If we fail to invest in been quite as much exposition as there proof vest program that has saved the turning the tide in the fight against should be about what there is in this lives of law enforcement officers in the Ebola now, we put at risk the future package that I hope to unwrap for you small towns of Delaware and in our public safety of not just a continent, that is actually good. biggest cities. That grant made it pos- but the world. Why would I be standing here, as the sible to fund for state-of-the-art vests We also have to be mindful of what Senator from Delaware, defending this that are correct and appropriate and this omnibus makes possible for our hard-crafted, hard-wrought, hard-won current and save officers’ lives. health and our safety and our future. package if it were not full of things There is a regional information sys- Entities most Americans don’t think that are important for the working tem called RISK that provides current about or haven’t heard of that perform families of Delaware, for our commu- intelligence and data so that law en- basic science research or advanced re- nity and our country, and that didn’t forcement can be more effective re- search, from the National Science advance our core values? gionally. Foundation to the National Institutes Well, I will take a few minutes and There is the implementation of Vio- of Health—institutions that are doing touch on a couple of things that I lence Against Women Act programs— cutting-edge, world-class science and think bear your consideration. all of these are at least sustained or in- developing the cures and the treat- Infrastructure. The bridges, the creased over previous years and make ments for everything from Alzheimer’s roads, the rails, the ports that from the the sort of investments that are vital to cancer—we continue to sustain and very founding of our Nation have been for our communities and their safety. support investment with billions of the work of the Federal Government There is $1.1 billion in this omnibus dollars in these areas in this bill. and that are woefully behind to the package to help the ATF, FBI, and DOJ Again, to walk away from this package point where we are not competitive fight gun violence, and that matters to means to wrap back up and put away globally and where we could put people my hometown. That matters to the the potential for enormous progress. to work right away by infusing more families who wonder whether what we There is $172 million more for basic responsible investment and upgrading are doing here is relevant to them. To science research programs in this bill our infrastructure. turn back from this omnibus and turn over last year. It raises up to $7.3 bil- As far as rebuilding American infra- away from those investments in keep- lion the level of NSF funding. That structure, this package includes $54 bil- ing our community safe, I think is un- may sound abstract and disconnected lion for transportation and housing wise. from our lives at home, but in my programs that communities and States There is more money for criminal en- State of Delaware, that funds edu- such as Delaware care deeply about. It forcement by the ATF to fund straw cation, training, and research at the is $1.8 billion more than what passed in gun purchases and their investigation University of Delaware, Delaware the House package. and their prosecution, to fund keeping State University, and in public schools

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:26 Dec 17, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\DEC 2014\S12DE4.REC S12DE4 rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE December 12, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6757 across our State. At a time when we evening, have contacted me and said, So what do they do? They cobble the need science education and when we Why on Earth would you vote for a bill entire funding of the United States to- need the outcomes, the fruits of our la- with this or this or this provision that gether in one omnibus bill, bring it up bors and research more than ever, I concerns me? It is a fair question. I at the last minute, and say, If you think that is vital funding. hope in these few minutes I have don’t agree to vote it out without get- Last, there is an area that I have spo- helped my people hear that our choice ting any amendments, we will accuse ken about on this floor many times in is not between a perfect bill from the you of shutting the government down. this Congress and that I am passionate perspective of Democrats in the Senate We will accuse you of shutting the gov- about because it is how I came up. I or the country and a terrible bill, but a ernment down. It is all your fault. For spent years in the manufacturing sec- choice between a great bill and no bill some reason, our friends in the media tor. As a young man working in the at all—a choice between returning to seem to think that is true. And if any- private sector for a family manufac- regular order and ending what has been body has the gumption to stand up and turing business, I saw its power to cre- a nearly 4-year pattern of government object to this abusive process, they are ate good, high-wage, high-skill jobs. by crisis, by short-term extension, by shutting the government down. What Manufacturing is an area where most chip shot, and by near default, and in- planet are we on? Don’t we know what of the research and development in this stead respect and honor the very hard really has happened? country that is privately funded is work of the dozen subcommittees of So I have an amendment and I want- done, and manufacturing is an area this great Appropriations Committee, ed to offer it to this bill. It would sim- that many mistakenly think we have and move forward a package that ply say that Congress is going to fund lost our edge in and can never regain. strengthens our country, that honors the United States government; we are But the truth is quite different. Over our veterans, that invests in our fu- going to fund the entire discretionary account in this country, but we are not the last 3 years, we have grown more ture, that lifts manufacturing, that going to provide money to allow the than 750,000 new manufacturing jobs in makes us safer and healthier, and that President of the United States to exe- this economy, and those are great does the job of bringing America into cute an unlawful, illegal amnesty. He jobs—jobs people can raise their fami- the future. That is why I will be voting for this has already established a building lies on, jobs that provide a renewed across the river in Crystal City, and growth back to the middle class. If we package, and that is why I hope all of my colleagues will consider doing the they have ads out to hire 1,000 people, fail to invest in the things that will salaries up to $150,000. And they are make manufacturing grow in this same. Thank you, Mr. President. going to process people who are here country, we miss a vital opportunity. unlawfully, give them a photo ID, a So- There is an entity called the Manu- With that, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- cial Security number, and a work au- facturing Extension Partnership. In ator from Alabama. thorization, and allow them to partici- the scope of all of this, it is a tiny lit- Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I will pate in Social Security and Medicare. tle program. But for the dozens of not be voting for the bill. They will allow them, if their incomes small and medium manufacturers in I am frustrated that we have gone are low—and statistics tell us their in- Delaware that I have visited and that through now 8 years of domination by comes are lower—they are entitled to the Delaware Manufacturing Extension the majority leader in the Senate, de- child tax credits of $1,000 per child and Partnership has helped, it makes an nying votes on even simple amend- they are entitled to the earned income amazing difference. It helps them un- ments as part of the entire funding of tax credit. Combined, according to the derstand how to compete internation- the discretionary accounts of the recent article by David Frum in ‘‘The ally. It helps them with upgrading the United States of America. There is Atlantic’’, that is almost $5,000 if you skills of their workforce. It helps them over $1 trillion in spending, not one are a working person with a family of with deciding what capital equipment amendment, refusing to bring up the four earning up to $40,000 a year—you to buy. bills individually as they should have will be entitled to a direct check. A tax I have stood on manufacturing floors been, refusing to pass the bill by Sep- credit is not a tax deduction. It is a di- from Bridgeville to Lewes, from Dover tember 30 when the fiscal year ends, rect check from the Treasury for an av- to Claymont, and heard stories of com- and appropriations should be done be- erage of nearly $5,000. It is a stunning panies transformed by this powerful in- fore that date to fund the next fiscal situation that should not be happening. vestment of Federal services—a public- year. So I just wanted to have an amend- private partnership that really, genu- So what do we do? Well, they didn’t ment that funds the government, al- inely makes a difference. want to vote because an election was lows the country to go forward, but Lastly, in this provision of the bill, coming up. They didn’t want to vote just say to the President: Mr. Presi- there isn’t just renewed funding for the the previous year when an election was dent, we don’t authorize any funding National Institutes of Standards and coming up, I guess 18 months later, so for this project. It can easily be done. Technology, or NIST—a provision that there is always some excuse. But the It has been done hundreds of times. In includes the Manufacturing Extension fundamental thing that has occurred in fact, that is why Guantanamo prison in Partnership and the Advanced Manu- this Senate is the majority leader, Guantanamo, Cuba, where the terror- facturing Technology Program—there through the device of filling the tree, ists are being held—that is why it has is also renewed opportunity for the places himself in control, places him- not been closed, because Congress has funding and sustainment of manufac- self in a position to block amendments told the President, who wants to close turing hubs, a strategy that our com- to any bill. That is what he has done, it, we are not going to allow you to petitor, Germany, has used very well to a degree that has never before been spend a dime to close that prison. It and very wisely to have doubled their done in the U.S. Senate. has been successful. Because Presidents GDP in manufacturing—a strategy Chairman MIKULSKI says she looks can’t spend money not authorized by that this administration has led on and forward to getting on a better path Congress, not appropriated by Con- that we hope to emulate, and where I next year under Republican leadership, gress. He cannot spend that money. It think the investments made in this bill so we will have a more regular process. is wrong. It is actually a criminal of- are wise and lay the foundation for Maybe the Republicans will allow the fense to spend money. The middle-class job growth and prosperity. minority Democratic Party next time Antideficiency Act says that anyone There are a dozen other areas I could to have rights that have been denied us who pretends to represent the U.S. speak to this evening, where through- for all of these years. This is a fact. Government and spends money not ap- out this bill the investments made People can spin it any way they want propriated by the Congress of the have been cut in some areas that need- to. I have been here for 18 years, and I United States—not authorized by the ed to be reduced and increased in oth- know what is happening. We have de- Congress to be spent—violates a law, ers that are wise for our States and our molished the collegiality in the Sen- because the Congress has the power of communities. ate. It has caused the kind of frustra- the purse. Some from my home State, watching tion and tension that has resulted in We don’t have to fund everything the the speeches on this floor earlier this these failures to pass bills. President asks for. We don’t have to

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We would like shows large numbers of unemployed violates the Constitution; to allow the to see wages rise. We expect the people American construction workers. President to eviscerate and fail to en- in Congress to look after us, not people This large-scale immigration flow, force huge chunks of our immigration who violate our laws. paired with the forces of globalization law and, at the same time, allow him Let me share some further thoughts and automation and robotics, has made to create an entirely new scheme of im- that I believe are important. A lot of it ever more difficult for American migration law. people are ignoring this. They don’t workers to earn a wage that can actu- So the President’s Executive am- want to hear about it. They don’t be- ally support a family. nesty say: I am not going to enforce lieve it. They have taken the view they Consider this report just published in the law with regard to 5 million people. are going to dismiss it. I want my col- The New York Times. And not only that, the law says if a leagues to be aware of this, and I in- Working, in America, is in decline. The person is here unlawfully, they can’t tend to continue to press this issue: share of prime-age men—those 25 to 54 years work; and the law says if a person is a The U.S. Department of Commerce old—who are not working has more than tri- businessperson, they can’t hire some- informs us that ‘‘today’s typical 18- to pled since the late 1960s, to 16 percent. More body who is here unlawfully—I am not recently, since the turn of the century, the 34-year-old earns about $2,000 less per share of women without paying jobs has been going to enforce that, either. In fact, I year, (adjusted for inflation), than rising, too. The United States, which had one am going to go even further. I am their counterpart in 1980.’’ of the highest employment rates among de- going to get an office in Crystal City It is a painful and a sharp decline for veloped nations as recently as 2000, has fall- and I am going to bring in 1,000 people young Americans. en toward the bottom of the list. and we are going to give the people What has happened to the labor mar- Continuing the quote from the New who are here unlawfully, as defined by kets since 1980? Data from the U.S. York Times— the American people through their Census Bureau offers this insight: At the same time, it has become harder for Congress—I am going to give them a From 1930 to 1950, the foreign-born popu- men to find higher-paying jobs. Foreign com- certificate, a photo ID that says they lation of the United States declined from 14.2 petition and technological advances have are here lawfully. And I am going to million to 10.3 million . . . [but] Since 1970, eliminated many of the jobs in which high say despite the fact that a person is the foreign-born population of the United school graduates . . . once could earn $40 an not supposed to work here if they are States has increased rapidly due to large- hour, or more. here unlawfully, I am going to give scale immigration. That is what the New York Times is them the right to work. And, by the Let me just stop here and say Amer- telling us. It is not just a recent devel- way, they are not entitled to Social Se- ica has been generous in this immigra- opment. It is a development of some curity or Medicare, and I am going to tion policy. We have the largest num- years. Since the end of the 1960s—the give that to them, too. By the way, ber of people entering our country on a timeframe identified by the article, when they filed their tax return using lawful immigrant status than any during this period we have seen this de- that Social Security number, if their country in the world by far. cline in employment—the share of the income falls in this range—up to What I want us to do is to understand U.S. population that is foreign born in- $40,000—they can get a tax credit and a that we need to ask ourselves how creased from less than 5 percent to child tax credit. And for people mak- many people the United States can ab- more than 13 percent. As a total num- ing, say—a typical family making sorb without damaging the wages and ber, the size of the foreign-born popu- $40,000 and with 2 children will not owe job prospects of unemployed, under- lation has quadrupled over the last any income tax. employed Americans. four decades. They are not going to owe any in- The U.S. Census Bureau statistics re- Due to current Washington policy, come tax. What they are going to do is port that in 1980, the foreign-born pop- these figures are only going to rise. file their return and wait for their ulation stood at 14.1 million. But from The nonpartisan Congressional Re- $5,000 check from Uncle Sam. At this 1980 through 2013, the immigrant popu- search Service estimates that the for- time I am on the Budget Committee, lation tripled from 14 million to more eign-born population could reach as ranking Republican, and I can tell you: than 41 million. The large increase in high as 58 million within a decade we are going broke. The last thing we the size of the immigrant population is based on recent trends. need to do is put Social Security and the direct product of policies in Wash- Again, let’s be frank and talk hon- Medicare in a worse condition. The last ington, creating both an expanded law- estly. Prime Minister David Cameron thing we need the country to do is for ful system and an expanded unlawful of the United Kingdom recently said it our Treasury Department to be sending system. is not wrong to talk about this. Our out billions of dollars in tax credits to Legal immigration during the 1980s Nation needs to talk about the wages people who have come to the country averaged around 600,000 people a year. of its people, the financial status of its unlawfully. We have to borrow money. But since 1990 through today, it has people, and it is all right and proper to Do we not know? averaged about 1 million annually— ask the question of whether immigra- We borrow money every day in huge meaning the annual rate almost dou- tion can impact that in an adverse amounts to keep this government bled. The sustained large-scale flow of way. afloat, and all this is going to do is add legal immigration—overwhelmingly, I just want to say I am not being more. I am not happy about it. I don’t this group are lower-wage and lower- anti-immigrant. There are many good think the American people are happy skilled—has placed a substantial down- people who want to come be a part of about it. Poll after poll, election after ward pressure on wages. America. I am not denying that. What election—in November people said they I don’t think there is any doubt I am saying is that we are hurting, not were going to come to Washington and about that. Some try to ignore it and helping, those who come to America do better. People who have been talk around it, but I think the facts are when we bring in more people than complicit in this kind of activity are clear. We have right now a very slack there are jobs. We also don’t have jobs not going to be here next year, many of labor market with more jobseekers for those who are American-born. Now them. than jobs. The White House has itself we are bringing in millions more. We I think Congress needs to listen to estimated that there are three unem- need to ask ourselves honestly: Is this the American people. What is wrong ployed Americans today for each one a good policy for the Republic which with what they are telling us? What is job opening. We don’t have a shortage we are supposed to serve? Only an ad- wrong with them saying we want a law- of workers. We have a shortage of jobs. justment in policy, I suggest, will ful system of immigration? We don’t The Economic Policy Institute esti- change this trajectory—just as policy

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I don’t think it is de- doors with billionaire activists and flows are the new immigrants them- fensible for colleagues to say it will open-borders enthusiasts and immigra- selves who want to get a good job that help wages to bring in more people. tion lobbyists. This legislation surges pays a good salary. That’s why the Congressional Budget immigration levels every year. That is By continuing to admit these large office said the Senate immigration bill, his vision. numbers over such a sustained period rejected by the House, would have re- After four decades of record immigra- of time, many immigrants themselves duced wages for the next dozen years. tion, the President’s bill, supported are unable to find jobs. For instance, Professor Borjas estimates a current unanimously by Senate Democrats, less than half of the immigrants who net loss of $402 billion for American stopped in the Republican House, tri- entered California since 2010 are par- workers who compete with foreign pled the issuance of permanent resi- ticipating in the labor force. They are labor. dency cards over 10 years. In the next not finding jobs. There are not enough Mr. President, $402 billion. Further- 10 years, had that bill passed, it would jobs for them. Half the entire number more, as documented for the Center for have tripled the number of people of immigrants who entered California Immigration Studies, relying exclu- given permanent legal status in Amer- since 2010 are not working. In Los An- sively on government data, all net em- ica. geles, where 4 in 10 residents are immi- ployment gains among the working-age The Center For Immigration Studies grants, one-third of those who recently since the year 2000 have gone to immi- explains that this legislation would, in arrived are living in poverty. grant workers—net gains. a mere 6 years from today, increase the We have an obligation to those whom This remarkable trend occurred even percentage of the U.S. population born we lawfully admit not to create a cir- as the number of working-age native- abroad to a level never before reached cumstance where, by admitting con- born Americans increased by nearly 17 in American history. And by 2033 near- tinuing to admit many more, we are di- million. So the 17 million is a dramatic ly one in six residents, under this plan, minishing their job prospects. A sound figure. There is not a decline in native would be foreign-born. This is a dra- immigration policy must serve the workers, as some businesses try to say. matic and historic change in our immi- needs of people who are lawfully here Oh, we have a demographic decline. We gration policy. Unsurprisingly, the and who are native-born. That has to have to deal with it. The figures show nonpartisan Congressional Budget Of- be the primary focus of what we are we are still growing in the working- fice projected that the results of such doing. This discussion has to be had. ages, a nearly 17 million increase in the legislation would be lower wages, high- We can’t ignore this. We can’t make age group since 2000. er unemployment, and reduced per cap- like we can absorb an unlimited num- Here are a few more statistics. There ita GNP. ber of workers; we don’t have jobs for are not temporary trends but pro- All of this begs a simple question: the workers we have. longed trends. Nearly one in four Who is looking out for Americans? Who Immigrants and native-born workers Americans in their prime working is looking out for their interests, fight- are also competing with a large flow of years—25 to 54—is not working. This ing to help them get a better job and temporary guest workers. Temporary includes 10 million American men and better pay, or working to help their guest workers are brought into the 18 million American women. communities climb out of poverty? United States from abroad for the ex- Real, median weekly earnings are Who is looking out for their interests? plicit purpose of taking a job, not on a lower today than in the year 2000. Me- The immigration debate in our Na- path to green card and citizenship. dian family income is down $4,000 since tion’s Capital is always centered, it They come just to work for a limited November of 2007. Our wages and earn- seems to me, on the needs of illegal im- period of time. Each year the United ings for families have declined dra- migrants, foreign workers, or large em- States admits roughly 700,000 guest matically—$4,000 is almost 350 a ployers. Is it not time, after decades of workers. They fill jobs that otherwise month. open immigration, that we focus on might go to people here. Of those So it is in this context that we must what we can do to help Americans? Is 700,000 guest workers, roughly about 10 consider the economic fallout from the not time to focus on how we can grow percent are in agricultural work. A lot President’s unconstitutional Executive their wages and improve their job pros- of people think the guest workers are amnesty. pects? working on a farm somewhere. That is In plain violation of law and the ex- We have seen declining wages and not so. Only about 10 percent are. Nine- press will of the American people, the higher unemployment. Is it not the ty percent take jobs in almost every President has ordered 5 million work sensible and rational thing to just slow industry in America, from good-paying permits to be issued to those illegally down a little bit, allow wages to begin construction jobs to coveted positions here. Those illegal workers will now be to rise some, assimilation to occur at technology firms in Silicon Valley. able to compete for any job in America. more effectively, and help those who The pressures on the middle-class are They can now compete for jobs with are already here today, including for- great. We have a large flow of perma- the power company, the county com- eign immigrants who have come to nent immigration and temporary work- mission, city hall, working at con- America, who are struggling to rise ers. The elimination of many good-pay- struction companies—good-paying jobs into the middle class? Will this not ing jobs at factories and plants due to for which they are not now eligible to help them be more successful, more advances in robotics, the shedding of compete. prosperous, and flourish better in manufacturing jobs due to overseas The President’s order will give illegal America? competition, a sluggish and overregu- immigrants unfettered access to com- The American people have begged lated economy that is growing too slow pete for any job in America. If they are and pleaded for a lawful system of im- to keep pace with the population not hired at city hall because the migration that serves the national in- growth and the high costs of energy, mayor thinks he should not hire some- terest—not special interests. But the health care, income and household one who entered the country illegally, politicians have refused, refused, re- goods. Policymakers in Washington they can file a lawsuit and demand to fused. This summer alone the White need to be reducing the burdens on be hired. They have been given lawful House met 20 times, it was reported, working families, not making their status ordered by the President of the with business executives, amnesty lob- lives more difficult—but that is ex- Unite States, an ID card with a Social byists, and immigration activists to actly what we have been doing. Security number and a worker author- craft their executive orders legalize Professor George Borjas—an top ex- ization. They will be participating in people who are here unlawfully. They pert on these matters who has worked Social Security and Medicare, weak- have been meeting for years with those

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You, watching at home tonight—but to rich, but my parents achieved the the American citizen, were not there. those who have gathered here and are American dream because the American Do you not get a say in these secret still in the gallery watching the Sen- dream is never about how much money meetings? ate, the Senate is debating a budget. It you make. We just had a meeting 2 days ago is a massive budget. It is the largest in The American dream has always been with sheriffs from all over America. the world in terms of any entity—I was about achieving happiness as you de- They said: Do not allow this unlawful about to say any government but of fine it. And while they weren’t rich, amnesty to occur. They weren’t invited any entity on the planet. my parents were able to afford and own to these secret meetings either. As of right now, if that budget is not a home in a safe neighborhood—a So the super-elites in Washington passed I believe by tomorrow night, the neighborhood safe enough that they and on Wall Street dream of a world Federal Government will not have au- would allow us, my sister and me, to without borders, a paradise, I guess, thority to keep operating beyond the walk to school when we lived in Las where little things like law and rules bare minimum. That is what the de- Vegas. and national boundaries are not a prob- bate is about that you are watching. My parents were able to retire with lem. Do not get in the way of their wild We will see what is going to happen dignity. My parents—just a generation chimera, their vision. over the next few hours in terms of ul- removed from poverty and a lack of The only challenge these great global timately getting a vote and what the any formal education—lived to see all citizens face are these pesky people leaders of the respective parties have four of their children go to college and called the voters who cling to the old- agreed on. have a life much better than their own. fashioned idea of a nation as a home But what I wanted to talk about is They fully lived the American dream. and a border as something real and related to the budget but goes much It is the American dream that has worth protecting. These elites, you see, deeper than that; that is, the state of been possible because this Nation was know better. America and the state of our economy. founded on the powerful idea that all If you are worried about your jobs or Last night I had the opportunity to people are created equal and that all wages; if you are concerned that the come here and speak a little bit about people deserve an equal opportunity to pace of immigration into your commu- foreign relations and an international achieve happiness as they define it. That American dream isn’t just a nity is too fast and too large; if you situation we were facing. But I wanted talking point. It defines us as a nation feel as though your needs are not being to speak for a moment because that is and as a people. It makes us different, what the budget is about—it is about considered, well, you are just a nativ- special, and, in my opinion, better than our domestic affairs. I think the budget ist, you see. You are selfish. any other nation that has ever existed. So when an election happens and the is a reflection of that. But today something that troubles us You have heard a lot of different people rebel against this open-borders is that American dream seems to be speeches here tonight—to the extent agenda, there is really one thing for eroding in the minds of way too many you are watching—about different these wise elites to do: They just im- people, and we understand why. There pose their own law. things that are happening in our coun- are people, when they open the news- How Congress answers this challenge try. The Senator from Alabama spoke paper every day and they read—today will shape the future of this Republic. a moment ago about immigration, but is a perfect example. The Dow Jones Will we defend and protect the people in talking about immigration, he closed over 300 points. Wall Street is who sent us here, their laws duly talked about the constraints that are setting record profits. passed, their Constitution, and their upon the middle class. Before that, we They keep reading about how the communities, or do we once again have seen others speak about issues. So economy is rebounding and unemploy- abandon them, give them lip service at the end of the day, as we talk about ment is down, but they don’t feel any but no real action? I pose that question the budget, increasingly the debate is of this. They are working as hard as to the body. through the lens of those factors that they ever have, but their paychecks I suggest there is no purpose to our people are facing in their daily lives haven’t gone up in more than a decade. being here if it is not to serve and pro- throughout this country. In the meantime, everything in life tect and defend the loyal people who I always tell the story of my parents costs more. sent us here on their behalf. because, for me, it puts a different Think about that. You are working It is time for us to get busy. framework to my vision of this coun- hard, making less than ever relative to I am deeply disappointed that the try. My parents were very poor. They how much things cost, and you are majority leader is blocking an amend- grew up in another country. My father frustrated to read that all these other ment that would deal with this matter. lost his mother when he was 9 years people seem to be doing so great. Ev- In the Senate, a Senator from any old. He had to go to work literally the erybody keeps telling you about how State should be able to have an amend- next day. He would work for the next 70 the economy is doing fantastically, and ment that deals with the crises of our years in Havana, Cuba. meanwhile you are being squeezed in time. We are being blocked once again. My mother was one of seven girls your own life. You can’t get a pay It denies accountability. It is wrong. It who remembers that she never went raise, there is nothing you can do is improper. The American people are hungry, but she is pretty sure her par- about it, and everything costs more: tired of it. And those who facilitate ents did so that their children would your rent payment, your health care, this conduct in the future will hear have enough to eat. She was raised by your children’s education. This squeeze that message clearly from the Amer- her father, my grandfather, who was is real and the middle class is feeling ican people. disabled as a young man. He had polio it. I yield the floor, and I suggest the ab- and struggled his whole life to provide We ask ourselves, but why is this sence of a quorum. for his girls. happening? This is not just because of The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. MUR- They came to America in 1956 in a downturn. We had a very serious fi- PHY). The clerk will call the roll. search of a better life. They came here nancial crisis in this country. We had a The legislative clerk proceeded to with nothing more than the dream of a very serious downturn. call the roll. better life and the hope of a better life. But what I describe to you is not just Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, I ask They did not know anyone. They bare- a feature of that, because if this were unanimous consent that the order for ly had any money. They barely had any just a cyclical downturn, it would go the quorum call be rescinded. formal education. They arrived in this up, down, and back up again. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without country in 1956. They never made a lot We have had a very dramatic change objection, it is so ordered. of money here. My father ended up set- in the structure of our economy. Our

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We are going to give them the and the government. They get their worked hard, but our policies do not re- money to buy the product that you help. flect these structural changes. They sell. By the way, if you lose money Do you know who doesn’t? The UPS are very real. selling the products, we are going to truckers, the plumbers, the pipefitters, In the 20th century, practically any- bail you out with taxpayer dollars. the electricians, and the construction body who wanted a job in America That is what big insurance compa- workers. All these elites who are going could find one. There were plenty of nies were able to get out of around begging for more government blue-collar jobs for people such as my ObamaCare. People are required to buy spending, they are going to get their parents and there seemed to be plenty insurance, they get a subsidy to buy way in this bill from this administra- of white-collar jobs for people such as that insurance, and if they lose that tion—and middle-class Americans who their children. But in the 21st century money, they get a bailout with tax- are working as hard as they ever had, many of those jobs are gone. They have payer dollars. That is outrageous, and they get stuck with the tax bill to pay been sent overseas or they have been it is not surprising that the stock for it. replaced because of technology or inno- prices of big insurance companies have We can’t keep doing this. If we keep vation. New jobs have been created, but doubled since ObamaCare passed. doing this, we are going to lose the they require skills that too many of Meanwhile, working Americans are American dream. We are going to lose our people still don’t have. paying more, higher deductibles, high- what makes us different, and we are In the 20th century, ours was a na- er copayments, higher premiums, and going to lose what makes us special. But I believe with all my heart that tional economy. Your clients and your they are getting less coverage. That is if we can turn the page on these poli- competitors were halfway across town, an example of corporatism. cies, not only can we save the Amer- maybe halfway across the country. Despite all this rhetoric that they ican dream but we can have another In the 21st century, we operate in a are fighting on behalf of the middle American century. To do that, there global economy where your customers, class, the past few years have been a are three key things we have to do, and your clients, your investors, your com- bonanza for big business, a bonanza for I wish more of this was reflected in the petitors, and your partners are just as people who can hire the lawyers and bill before us. the lobbyists to navigate the complex- likely to be halfway around the world The first thing we need is we need ities of government. as they are halfway down the street. better jobs. Jobs that don’t just pay So it is very simple. If you can hire That has made a dramatic structural more—and that is important, but jobs an army of lawyers and lobbyists in change to our economy. that provide enough flexibility as well Washington, DC, you get your prior- Last but not least, everything costs so that you do have time if you need to ities and bills like the one that is be- more. In the 20th century a bartender take time off to go take your kids to a and a maid could afford to own a home, fore us today, or others, for that mat- field trip or a doctor’s appointment. own a car, take a vacation once a year ter. But if you are trying to start a Do you know how many Americans with their kids. If my parents tried to business out of the spare bedroom of out there can’t take their kids to a do today what they did in 1956, they your home, if you are a small business- dental appointment because that re- couldn’t. Those jobs just don’t pay person who works 7 days a week, 16 quires them to take 2 hours off of enough and all those things I just de- hours a day just to stay afloat, you work? Do you know how many Ameri- scribed cost so much more money. can’t hire the best law firm in Wash- cans don’t have the flexibility to be We have to respond to these struc- ington, DC, to navigate those regula- able to watch their son or their daugh- tural changes. We have to turn the tions. And you sure can’t afford to hire ter at the Christmas pageant this year page on these old ideas and, quite a lobbying firm to come here to write in school because their job doesn’t have frankly, on the leaders who have those those laws to your advantage. flexibility? old ideas. We cannot continue to con- In fact, I would go farther and say These better jobs that I am talking front 21st century challenges with 20th that big government is a competitive about are jobs that pay more but ulti- century strategies. advantage for big businesses, because mately provide the flexibility so you We need new leaders, and we need they know that the bigger and more have the time to be a better spouse, a new ideas that respond to these deep complicated the rules are, the harder it member of your community, and a bet- structural changes. For 4 straight is for someone new to come along and ter parent—and jobs that won’t dis- years that I have been talking about compete with them for that same busi- appear with the next advancement in this in the Senate, the progress in that ness. technology, jobs that give you an op- regard unfortunately has been slower. We have seen that time and again. I portunity for promotion and upward I didn’t come here today to be overly saw it during my time as a State offi- mobility. These are the kinds of jobs partisan, but I know in 2008 a lot of cial, as the speaker of the State house we need. people thought that our current Presi- in Florida, and I see it in Washington, In order to have those jobs in Amer- dent would be that kind of new leader, DC. ica in the 21st century, we need to be- but that is not what we have gotten. This is corporatism and both parties come globally competitive. We are en- They thought he would be that kind of are guilty of it. gaged in a global competition with the new leader because he talked about That is why it shouldn’t surprise us rest of the world for these jobs. It is being a champion for the middle class. that under the past 6 years of this pres- the economic olympics every single He talked about a modern agenda of idency, 95 percent of the income gains day. hope and change. in this country have gone to the top 1 We can win that competition. We can But that is not what we have re- percent of earners and 93 percent of win it if we had a Tax Code that no ceived. Instead of focusing on working Americans have seen virtually no in- longer made America one of the most families, he focused on things such as come growth in the past 6 years. Yet expensive places in the world to create the liberal dream of government-run we continue to see an effort to push those jobs. We could win it if we re- health care. policies from this administration that formed our regulatory code so that we He focused on radical environmental keeps us on the same course. Here is are no longer such a burdensome place policies instead of focusing on the mid- the course that we are on—radical en- to create those jobs. We could win it if dle class. vironmental groups are going to get we got our national debt under control, Instead of modern ideas, what we got their way, their policies, and their Ex- which scares people from creating was just old-fashioned big government ecutive orders written. Meanwhile, peo- those jobs here because they believe we

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But to be- economy and the quality of life of our not only in energy but in manufac- come a paralegal, she has to go to people. There is a reality here about turing. school. How is she going to go to school this. A growing number of children are You have already seen the benefits of under this current system? born into single-parent homes or are American energy production in the She wakes up at 6 o’clock in the born into broken families. We have to falling price of gasoline at the pump, morning, makes her kids breakfast, help them because we know that, sta- and that has real-world implications. drops them off at school, drives to tistically speaking, children being Being from Florida, we expect that work, works 8 or 9 hours, rushes to the raised in broken families and single- many more people are going to take daycare center or the afterschool pro- parent homes with low incomes will the drive to Disney World this winter gram before it closes, picks them up struggle to succeed. They will not have because getting there is a lot cheaper and brings them home. She is already an equal opportunity unless someone than it was a year ago. Ticket price is tired, but she is not done. She has to does something to help them out. another matter, but getting there is a make them dinner and make sure they We can help. We can help by helping lot cheaper than it was before. This has finish their homework. their parents acquire the skills they real implications. By 11 o’clock she hits that bed and need for better jobs, such as the single The other thing is we can win that she is exhausted. When is she going to mother I talked about earlier, but also competition, but we have to keep our go to school—4 o’clock in the morning? by giving their parents the opportunity edge on innovation. We are the world’s We need to have an education system to send them to the school of their greatest innovators. We can’t lose that that is flexible enough so that she can choice. It is immoral, it is un-Amer- edge. By the way, winning that global acquire the skills to become a para- ican that the only people in this coun- competition requires us to be globally legal while she works full time and she try who cannot choose where their engaged. raises that family, allowing her to children go to school are poor people. We must remain involved in global package learning from online courses It is outrageous. Rich people can send affairs. Strong American leadership on and work experience. their kids to any school they want, and this planet is a factor in allowing the If someone is a receptionist at a law that is their right. The middle class world to have the prosperity and the firm and has worked there for 8 or 9 will move to a better neighborhood or stability it needs for a rising middle years, there are some skills they have struggle to put together just enough class—people who can afford to buy the picked up working there that should money to put their kids into a better things we sell, the products we offer, count for credit hours, instead of forc- school. But if you are poor and the the services we offer. We will benefit ing you to sit through a 2-year program school in your neighborhood is a dan- from that. so the college they are going to can gerous school and you are not learning, But creating more of those jobs is make the money off of them. We need there is nothing you can do. That is not enough. The second thing we have to create programs so that people like outrageous. The answer to that is, well, to do is to make sure people have the her can acquire those skills for 21st improve that school. I agree. But in the skills for those new jobs because these century jobs. 5 years it takes to improve that school, new jobs in the 21st century are going We also need to create alternatives that child has gone from first grade to to require a higher level of skill than to traditional college. It doesn’t mat- sixth grade, and you are never getting ever before. The problem is we have an ter where you acquire the learning. those years back. Every parent in archaic 20th century education model. You should be able to package all of America—especially low-income par- We tell kids in high school that the your learning. Take, for example, ents—deserves the opportunity to put only way you will ever be successful is someone who has worked 10 years, their children in the school of their you all have to get a 4-year degree. served in the military, has extensive choice. There is nothing wrong with getting a experience at volunteering, has taken a There are other ways we can help 4-year degree, but it is wrong to tell number of courses at a community col- families. Primarily that is our respon- children and students in this country lege, and wants to get a degree in sibility as individuals and commu- that is the only way to get ahead when something. We should be able to pack- nities. But we should have a we know in the 21st century there are age all of that lifelong learning, all of promarriage Tax Code, a promarriage going to be millions of quality middle- those sources of learning, into the government program. We shouldn’t skilled, quality-paying jobs that re- equivalent of a degree program. have marriage penalties. We shouldn’t quire more than high school but less Do you know how many Americans tell people ‘‘If you get married your than 4 years of college. out there are sitting on 30 or 40 credit taxes are going to go up’’ or ‘‘If you get We have a system that does nothing, hours from a community college? But married you will lose Medicare, Med- absolutely nothing, about that. We having 30 hours of college credit is the icaid.’’ We have to get rid of those don’t offer nearly enough vocational same as having zero because you don’t things. We have to remove those mar- problems in high school. get any degree certificate for it. So the riage penalties in our Tax Code and in Why have we stigmatized jobs where private sector looks at you and says: our programs. people work with their hands, when we We are glad you went to class, but By the way, we should also protect know that we need airplane mechanics, where is your degree or your associ- our faith communities. They are an im- electricians, plumbers, and pipefitters? ate’s degree? portant part of instilling values be- We need high-tech welders and people I wish we had a more concerted effort cause you can have all the diplomas on who know how to do 21st century weld- in helping people who are halfway the wall you want, but if you don’t ing and machinists for 21st century fac- there to get all the way there by using have the values of hard work and dis- tories and manufacturing. things such as online coursework and cipline and self-control and respect for We can teach these people skills giving them credit for life and work ex- others and respect for the dignity of while they are still in high school so perience. the life of all people, you will struggle they can graduate ready to go to work. We need to think outside the box on to succeed. No one is born with those We also need more apprenticeship pro- these issues because if we don’t em- values; those values have to be taught grams, and that is something we can power people with these skills, they by strong families in a strong home, partner with labor unions so we can won’t be able to take advantage of the and they have to be reinforced by train and retrain Americans in these opportunities of the 21st century. This strong communities. One of the pillars higher skilled jobs. We also need to is what a 21st-century educational sys- of a strong community is our faith help people who have to work full time. tem looks like. community, whatever faith you choose.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:26 Dec 17, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\DEC 2014\S12DE4.REC S12DE4 rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE December 12, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6763 That is why protecting religious lib- to invest in your future. Basically, it is pays $8 or $9 an hour but you need $15 erty is so important. a venture fund in you. Someone will an hour to provide for yourself, I would Last but not least, restoring the come forward and say: We will give you rather come up with government American dream isn’t just about better the money to go to college. In ex- money and make up the difference jobs and better training and better change, you will pay us back 1 or 2 per- through a wage enhancement than give skills; it is also about dealing with the cent of your income for your first 10 you $9 or $10 an hour or the equivalent cost of living. That is why I think in years. of $7 or $8 an hour in a welfare check. the coming year we desperately need a They are investing in you. It is a stu- Because while you are working, you profamily Tax Code. Instead of all dent investment plan. It is not for ev- are gaining experience, and we are also these loopholes that are designed to eryone. It is not a panacea, but it is an helping supplement your paycheck so help big business or the cronies of the alternative to student loans. you can pay your bills. people who serve here in Washington, One of the things that would help, by That condition isn’t forever. It can’t we need a profamily Tax Code. For ex- the way, that would be an alternative become a way of life. But if you have ample, let’s increase the child tax cred- to student loans, is what I mentioned been unemployed for 5 or 6 years and it because it costs money to raise chil- earlier—if you were able to package you show up somewhere to get a job dren in the 21st century and these learning and turn self-directed learning and they ask you what you have been working families are struggling to pro- into the equivalent of a degree. doing for the last 6 years and you say vide for their children. Let’s have a There are other big items contrib- you haven’t been doing anything, your profamily Tax Code like the one Sen- uting to the cost of living. Health care chances of getting that job have just ator LEE of Utah and I have proposed. I don’t need to tell you about. How diminished dramatically. It is not good Let’s increase the child tax credit. many people out there today, particu- for people to be unemployed long term We also have to deal with the cost of larly in the middle class, are starting in terms of their long-term job pros- higher education. It is completely out to find out they have higher pects. That is why I have talked about of control. Do you know who is getting deductibles, higher copayments, higher a wage enhancement program as well. destroyed by that? The middle class. premiums, and are getting less cov- I think if we do all these things I I had the honor of teaching a course erage than they used to have. This is have talked about—make ourselves a at Florida International University. not a myth. It is not a rumor. This is globally competitive economy so the There are many working-class students happening to millions of people. We get jobs are created here, give our people there. And here is their frustration, the calls, and so do you in your office 21st-century skills, help people deal and they are right: Their parents make about all these things. with the cost of living—I think we have too much money for financial aid, but One last point on the cost of living is every reason in the world to be opti- they do not make enough money to be dealing with poverty. Our antipoverty mistic about our future. able to afford the school. So do you programs don’t work. There are anti- I will close by saying that I think know what they do? They take out poverty programs in this Cromnibus—a sometimes we get confused here about loans in the tens of thousands of dol- term, by the way, none of us have ever how we measure the greatness of our lars. used before. I don’t know who makes country or the progress we are making. I know about this firsthand because these things up. But anyway, there are We look to facts and figures, such as when I was sworn into the Senate here antipoverty programs in this bill. Our the unemployment rate, and we look at 4 years ago, I owed over $100,000 in stu- antipoverty programs alleviate pov- the GDP of the country, and these are dent loans. My parents could never af- erty, but they don’t cure it. important figures. We shouldn’t ignore ford to pay for my school. I was blessed Imagine if you broke your arm and them. But let me tell you how I meas- to be able to receive Pell grants and you went to the hospital and they said: ure the progress of this country. other assistance, but I still had to use Here is a lifetime supply of pain kill- I mentioned earlier that my father loans. ers. I am not saying you shouldn’t help was a bartender. At many of the events When we first got married, it was our people with the pain from the broken I have been involved in through public single largest expenditure. I used to arm, but you have to fix that broken service over the years, I give a speech joke with my wife: You didn’t just get arm. somewhere, and there is a bartender married to me; you got married to Sal- Our programs don’t fix poverty. They standing behind a bar in the back of lie Mae. Every month Sallie sent us a do not cure poverty. We need programs the room. Almost every time I see $1,300 or $1,400 bill. that will cure poverty. That is why I that, it reminds me of my father, who There are tens of thousands, hun- believe we need what is called the flex stood for so many years behind a bar. dreds of thousands of young people fund, where we take all of our existing He was happy for the work he had, but across America who are stuck with big antipoverty dollars—I am not saying that is not the life he wanted for us. He loan debt and degrees that don’t lead cut it; I am saying take our existing wanted something more for us. My fa- to jobs. I hope we will tackle that this antipoverty dollars and put them in a ther stood behind that bar all those year, and there are a couple of pro- flex fund and allow States and local years so that one day I could have the posals that I think will help. The first communities to design specific plans chance to stand here on the floor of the is we should make income-based repay- that work in their communities. United States Senate and talk about ment the repayment method for every- I can tell you that in the State of things like the American dream. That one unless you opt out of it. Florida, urban poverty and rural pov- journey from behind that bar to where Second, I think people deserve the erty have different elements to them. I am standing here tonight is the right to know before they take out a A program that might work very well American dream. That is the American loan how much they can expect to in the inner city of Miami doesn’t work dream. make. Before you take out a loan to at all with the rural poverty in South A few years ago someone heard me pay the tuition of the school, that Dade. We should allow States and local give that speech in New York City, and school should be required to tell you: communities to design programs that after I was done speaking the employ- This is how much people who graduate help cure poverty. ees there came up to me and handed me from our school make when they grad- The ultimate cure for poverty is a this name tag. It said ‘‘Rubio, Banquet uate with this degree. So you can de- good job. That means everyone who is Bartender.’’ It was one of the most cide whether it is worth borrowing on these assistance programs should ei- touching gifts I ever got from anyone, $100,000 to be a Greek philosophy major ther be in school acquiring the skills but it was also a reminder that wheth- because the market for Greek philoso- they need for a better job or they er we remain a special nation will be phers is very tight these days. should be working, improving their determined by whether people today Last but not least, I think we need skills through experience. can do what my parents did; by wheth- alternatives to traditional student Let me just say this about that, and er people today can still make that loans. One of the things I have pro- I have talked about one of the aspects journey my father made from behind posed is something called the student of the reforms we want—a wage en- that bar to where I stand today. Can investment plan, which allows people hancement. If the only job you can find the single mother provide her children

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And before the Senate is a bill that There are countries on Earth right now We do have real challenges, but we does nothing—absolutely nothing—to that have monarchies that vest the leg- also have real opportunities. And there stop President Obama’s illegal and un- islative and executive power in one is no time in history that I would rath- constitutional amnesty. That is why I person. er be in than right here, right now. I rise to speak here today. I would note Americans historically believe technology will allow us to col- The President’s Executive amnesty is are not unfamiliar with monarchy. We laborate and reach more people than lawless and unconstitutional. To be fought a bloody revolution to free our- ever before. I believe innovation will clear, the dispute over Executive am- selves from a tyrannical monarch. And solve problems we once thought were nesty is not a dispute between Presi- when our Framers drafted our Con- insurmountable. I believe a rising glob- dent Obama and Republicans in Con- stitution, it was designed, as Thomas al middle class will provide more pros- gress. It is a dispute between President Jefferson put it, to serve as chains to perity to more people everywhere than Obama and the American people. bind the mischief of government. we have ever seen. That is what I be- In this last election President Obama The danger we are facing here right lieve the 21st century can be about. said something that was absolutely now is profound insofar as it concerns I believe you and I live on the eve of correct. He said his policies were on amnesty, and is even greater as it con- another American century. All we have the ballot all across this country. The cerns the checks and balances in our to do now is to reach for it and grab it. President was right. This election was government and the protection of indi- All we have to do now is do what our a referendum on amnesty. vidual liberty. Because a President who I spent roughly 2 months on the road parents did for us—whatever it took to can set aside the law, who can pick and campaigning for Senate candidates all leave for their children a better life choose which law to follow and which over the country, one after the other, and a better future. If we do that, then law to ignore, is no longer a President. in race after race. Front and center we will leave behind for our children That should concern all 100 Senators was: If you elect Republicans, we will what every generation of Americans here. stop President Obama’s amnesty. If President Obama can decide I don’t before us has left behind: the single The American people’s verdict on agree with the immigration laws, so I greatest nation in the history of all that referendum was not ambiguous. will not enforce them, I will unilater- mankind. Over and over again voters in States ally change them—I promise you there With that, Mr. President, I yield the across this country decided not to send is going to come another President— floor. back the incumbent Democrats, but to another President with different policy The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- elect a new Republican. views. And the next time it may not be ator from Texas. I recall 2 years ago when the Pre- Mr. CRUZ. Mr. President, anyone immigration laws that he or she is siding Officer and I were freshmen. changing, it may be tax laws or envi- watching Congress right now would There were nine Democratic freshmen ronmental laws or labor laws. have little reason to think that an his- that year and just three Republicans. I fervently believe we need tax re- toric election occurred only a few Today there are 12 Republican fresh- form, labor reform, and environmental weeks ago. men—12 new Senators, a quarter of the reform, but there is a proper way to do Washington, DC, sadly, continues to Republican conference—elected as the it. The proper way to do it is this body remain deaf to the American people. result of a referendum on amnesty. The debating and making legislative Washington, DC, continues to refuse to people have spoken loudly. Yet, sadly, changes to the laws, not one President listen to the American people. President Obama has reacted to the by dicta setting aside the law. A Presi- Even though millions of voters rose voters in a way that, frankly, is un- dential temper tantrum is not an ac- up just 1 month ago to protest how precedented in American history. ceptable means of discourse. President Obama and the Senate Previous Presidents, particularly sec- One of the characteristics of a mon- Democrats were running Washington, ond-term Presidents, have been repudi- arch is he or she need not compromise. business as usual is continuing inside ated by the voters, and there is a way The President has justified this illegal the marble halls of the Congress. What Presidents typically responded: They amnesty by saying he told Congress is happening here? react with humility. They react ac- what he wanted, and Congress refused Last night we saw chaos in the U.S. knowledging the American people, try- to give it to him. Well, the relationship House of Representatives as they were ing to course correct. Sadly, President in our constitutional Republic between there until late in the night, voting on Obama didn’t do that. the President and the Congress is not a bill that the vast majority of the Instead, he came out angry and defi- the relationship between a parent and Members had never even sat down to ant. He came out and declared to the a child. The President does not get to read. Yet somehow, at the last minute, American people: It doesn’t matter, in demand of Congress: Here is the policy just in the nick of time, with an arm his view, what the American people I want. Either give me what I want, or twisted here and a nudge there, it say. And it doesn’t matter, in his view, I will decree it to be so and ignore the passed the House. Now it is here in the what the Congress, elected by the law. That is the President’s bargaining Senate. American people, says. He is instead position. Before the Senate today is a $1.1 tril- going to unilaterally decree amnesty The President wants to reform immi- lion bill full of Christmas presents for for some 5 million people who are here gration. And let me be clear: We need the lobbyists and special interests here illegally. commonsense immigration reform. I in Washington. I know it is Christmas- We are going to have a vote in time support commonsense immigration re- time, but it is not our job to be playing on this omnibus bill. But critical in form. But the way it works in our con- Santa to K Street. that vote should be a vote on President stitutional system is if you want to This bill is not designed to help Obama’s illegal amnesty. change the laws, you have to work with working Americans. It is designed to We should consider the constitu- the other branches. And that means pay off all the promises made to lobby- tionality of his actions. Every Senator you have to compromise. It means the ists who funded campaigns over the in this body should be put on record President doesn’t get everything he past year. It is designed to make sure whether he or she believes it is con- wants. And this is a President who is that a whole lot of folks can fly home stitutional for a President to dis- barely willing even to talk to Congress, and ensure that more campaign dollars regard—to ignore—Federal immigra- much less to compromise on anything. will be coming in the coming weeks. tion laws, and grant blanket amnesty As Alexander Hamilton explained in Before the Senate is a bill that con- to millions in defiance of both the laws Federalist 69: A monarch decrees, dic- tinues to fund the train wreck that is on the books and the voters. tates, and rules through fiat—which is

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I had an it. that drive up the costs. And they are insurance company CEO on the phone The Congress representing the voice also subject to the crushing impunity with me. I had Senators on the phone of the people who just spoke resound- taxes. and lobbyists on the phone all saying, ingly in an election should use every So what has happened? Insurance look, take care of this provision. I re- constitutional tool available to pre- companies have come to Congress and sponded very reasonably. I said look, vent the President from subverting the said: It is not fair. It is hurting our we could take it up in just a couple of rule of law. business, it is hurting our jobs. It is weeks. In January, with a new Con- When the President usurps the legis- amazing. Get enough lobbyists to- gress, we could take this up, we can de- lative powers and defies the limits of gether, and suddenly you get bipar- bate it, we can consider it. But if we his authority, it becomes all the more tisan agreement. are going to be making exemptions for imperative for Congress to act. And This provision has Republicans and ObamaCare, how about if we not start Congress should use those powers given Democrats together saying we should with the richest and most powerful cor- to it by the Constitution to counter a carve a special exemption for the big porations? How about instead we start lawless executive branch, or this body insurance companies. with working men and women, put There are a lot of things about this will lose its authority. If the President working men and women first because body that they don’t teach in civics will not respect the people, Congress they are the ones paying the biggest class. There are a lot of things in this must. price. Yet I am sorry to tell you this is body that would horrify the typical Second, let me ask a question. Why a great illustration of how Washington junior high or high school student are we here today in a lameduck? Why works. When it couldn’t get hotlined in learning about how government oper- is there a session of Congress the sec- its own bill, what happened? It magi- ates. ond week of December with so many One of them is something called the cally appeared on the omnibus, tacked Members voting who the American peo- hotline. An awful lot of legislation gets on at the last minute because they ple just said they no longer want to be passed on the hotline. That is, someone knew it would go just right through represented by? Why are there so many introduces legislation, sends around an Congress in the dark of night—how Members getting ready to land at email and says, unless you object, this profoundly corrupt. cushy law firms and lobby jobs in in- will be treated as automatically Listen, if you are a Fortune 100 com- dustry and trade associations? All of passed. All sorts of items get done on pany, you should feel thrilled because our colleagues, a whole bunch of them, the hotline without this body ever de- you can marshal armies of lobbyists to we are going to see them again—except bating it, ever considering amend- get special carve-outs for you. But if they will have more expensive suits, ments, ever taking it to the floor. you are a steelworker out of work, if more finely tailored, and come with an Well, this ex-patriot insurance you are a single mom, if you are a His- army of lobbyist aides with them. amendment was hotlined. Senators, panic teenager trying to get her first Both the House and the Senate are both Democrats and Republicans, want job to start climbing the economic lad- filled with people who won’t be here to shoot it through in the lame duck in der and moving towards the American next year. And that is not of accident, the quiet of night. Now listen, I think dream, you know what; you don’t have because these bodies are voting to fund there are some good arguments on its a high-paid lobbyist, and unfortu- a $1 trillion spending bill, and those merits for this ex-patriot bill. It is not nately, this Senate is not listening to Members who were defeated or retiring unreasonable to recognize that you. aren’t accountable to anybody. They ObamaCare is costing jobs, and it is We need to change that. We need to won’t have to answer for this. hurting. But I will tell you the way a change that. Another provision of this But it is even worse. I mention this hotline works is any single Senator can omnibus is a special carve-out for Blue omnibus is a payoff to K Street. That object. So I objected. Let me tell you Cross Blue Shield. Blue Cross Blue is where a lot of these retiring Mem- why. I said listen, this may make Shield is a very fine company. Blue bers are going to go. So what a perfect sense, but we shouldn’t do it with no Cross Blue Shield spent more than $15 way to start your job is to ensure that amendments, no debate, in the dark of million on lobbyists this year. Now it you come with goodies for the rich and the night. We should do this on the is all fine and dandy that Blue Cross powerful. floor of the Senate, with a debate and Blue Shield gets a carve-out. What Look, the American people are dis- with amendments. In particular, I want about working men and women? Under gusted by the way Washington works. to take the opportunity to ask my the Harry Reid Senate, do you know Washington under the Obama adminis- friends and colleagues who are Demo- how many bills we have debated on the tration takes care of the rich and pow- crats, who are supporting this exemp- floor to provide meaningful relief to erful, those who walk the corridors of tion, if you think these provisions of the millions of Americans who have power, and ordinary working men and ObamaCare are so onerous, so dam- lost their jobs, lost their health care, women are left in the dark. aging, are killing so many jobs, why have been forced into part-time work, People who have been hurt the most won’t you provide an exemption for the who face skyrocketing insurance pre- under the Obama economy have been people that live in your State? If it is miums and lost their doctors? Zero, the most vulnerable among us. They right that these are harmful, why dis- not a single one, because working men have been young people, they have criminate against the people living in and women don’t have $15 million to been Hispanics, they have been African your State? I want to take it up on the hire fancy lobbyists. And the corrupt Americans, they have been single floor in a context where you could offer culture of Washington listens to the moms. And yet, I am sorry to say, in amendments to say, listen, it is all fine lobbyists and not the people. this current Senate there are very few to take care of the big insurance com- Let me be clear on this. This is a bi- advocates for the people who are really panies, but how about somebody stand partisan bill. HARRY REID, the Demo- hurting. up for single moms—single moms who cratic Senate, has shut this institution Let me give one example. One of the are in vast numbers being forced into down and has ceased working for work- elements of this bill is the so-called ex- part-time work, forced to work 28, 29 ing Americans. But Republicans share patriate health insurance plan fix that hours a week because in ObamaCare in that sin, share in that embrace of this omnibus exempts from the threshold that kicks in is 30 hours corporate welfare. Enough with the ObamaCare. a week? How about somebody stand up corporate welfare. God bless big com- Now what is this about? Well, Amer- for the average working men and panies that provide jobs. We don’t need ican insurance companies that sell in- women. to be providing corporate welfare. How

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And I very much American people? from productive use. It added three hope that is not the case. Another provision in this bill—an- new wild and scenic river designations, Indeed, I am reminded of Reagan’s fa- other bit of corporate welfare—is three new studies for additional des- mous admonition: Trust but verify. Brand USA, a travel promotion com- ignations. Some of these provisions So I take them at their word, but I pany. That is one of the current major- may have been sound on their own, but would note that a whole lot of citizens ity leader’s pet projects because it there was a reason they weren’t across this country feel a little bit like helps promote casinos in his home brought up on their own. There is a Charlie Brown with Lucy and the foot- State. Last I checked, casinos were reason they weren’t debated on the ball. Where in fight after fight, leader- very profitable endeavors that didn’t floor of the Senate—because they ship in Congress says: We will fight need the taxpayers helping them out, couldn’t withstand the scrutiny. So in- next time. Not this time—no, no, no— didn’t need the Congress serving your stead, the way corrupt Washington the wise thing to do is fight in a hard-earned dollars and handing it out works, they were stuck on to a Defense month, fight in 2 months, fight in 3 to promote casinos. authorization that was deemed must- months—not now. It always seems to Another example is the Overseas Pri- pass, and suddenly the Federal Govern- be when the month or 2 months or 3 vate Investment Corporation. It is also ment takes roughly one-half million months happens, the same statement is reauthorized in this bill. Most people acres of land out of productive use, out made: No, no, no—not January, maybe haven’t heard about it, but let me tell of use by the citizenry. March. No, no, no—not that. How you what it does. Over the past few You know that is disrespectful to the about June? No, no, no. How about Sep- years, OPIC has approved a $20 million men and women in the military. It is a tember? There has been a time when Charlie loan to help luxury cars be built in disservice. We shouldn’t be using the Brown has kicked the football and fall- Eastern Europe. Coincidentally, the Defense authorization as a tool for con- en on his rear end one too many times. man who owns the company is a donor gressional pork. So when our leaders in both Chambers to President Obama and Vice-President I will make an additional point about say as a commitment, we will fight, BIDEN. OPIC has also backed hundreds President Obama’s amnesty. In all and we will stop President Obama’s il- of millions of dollars for solar farms in likelihood, in a matter of hours or a legal amnesty, I take them at their South Africa. It has also helped finance matter of days, the Senate is going to the Ritz Carlton in Istanbul. It has word. But I am confident that the pass this massive pork-filled mess of a American people will hold them to backed $150 million in insurance for bill, a $1 trillion-plus amnesty that is Citibank to open branches in Pakistan, their word. The American people may paying off lobbyists throughout this not be quite so trusting, as am I, be- Jordan, and Egypt. How is it that one land. of the largest banks in the world can- cause they have seen far too many Yet leadership from both parties— Members of Congress say one thing and not get its own insurance? Why should Republican leadership in both the taxpayers take on that risk? They do another. House and Senate have promised this We will learn soon enough if those shouldn’t. bill is designed for Congress to stand Also spread throughout this bill are statements are genuine and sincere. We up to President Obama’s illegal am- will learn in just a few weeks if leader- all kinds of provisions mandating what nesty. They have said repeatedly that kind of vehicles the U.S. Government ship intends to follow through on the in just a few weeks help is on the way. promises they have made over and over may buy for use, limits on how much In just a few weeks Republicans will be again. the car can weigh, rules on how it must the majority in this body and in just a I would note that over the course of be powered, where the corporation is few weeks we will have a new majority this election, Republican Members of based and put together. They all to- leader. the House, Republican Members of the gether work to give U.S. corporations The new majority leader, my friend Senate campaigned all over this coun- that produce expensive electric cars an the senior Senator from Kentucky has try and they said two things repeat- advantage. Instead of saving the tax- said: edly. They said No. 1, if you elect us we payer money, this bill is pushing the If President Obama acts in defiance of the are going to do everything humanly government to purchase Chevy Volts people and imposes his will on the country, possible to stop the train wreck that is and Teslas, instead of other more af- Congress will act. We’re considering a vari- ObamaCare, and they said, No. 2, if you fordable cars. ety of options. But make no mistake. When elect us, if you give us a Republican Yet another problem in the lameduck the newly elected representatives of the majority in the Senate, we will stop was seen in a bill we considered earlier American people take their seats, they will act. President Obama’s illegal action. today, the National Defense Authoriza- All over the country, that is what tion Act. The NDAA had a lot of good I take the soon-to-be majority leader Republican candidates said, and it is provisions in it. I serve on the Armed at his word. the reason they told the American peo- Services Committee. I introduced The Speaker of the House has said: ple to elect a Republican majority. amendments that were accepted and ‘‘Come January, we’ll have a Repub- My admonition to my friends—espe- included in the bill, including one that lican House and a Republican Senate, cially to the newly elected Repub- is near and dear to my heart, a provi- and we’ll be in a stronger position to licans—is very simple: Do what you sion that finally, finally, finally, al- take action.’’ The Speaker went on to said. Simply do what you said. lows the 14 innocent souls who were say that the current plan is ‘‘the most Virtually every Republican on this murdered by Nidal Hassan of Fort Hood practical way to fight the President’s side of the Chamber told the men and to be eligible for the Purple Heart. It action.’’ women in his or her State: If you elect has been far too long that this adminis- Again, I take him at his word. When us, we will stop President Obama’s am- tration has declared that terrorist at- the Republican leaders promise this nesty. tack to be workplace violence. That bill is all designed so that come Janu- We must do what we said because it was a good provision. There are other ary and February—just a few weeks is profoundly unfair. This amnesty is good provisions in that bill. Yet in the from now—we will see both Houses unfair to millions of legal immigrants last minute, a giant chunk of legisla- stand together and make clear that who followed the rules and waited tion got added to the Defense author- when the continuing resolution expires years in line yet see those who came il- ization that had nothing to do with de- for the Department of Homeland Secu- legally being rewarded nonetheless by fense. Instead it was a giant land grab. rity, this body will not appropriate the Obama administration. This Execu- Once again it was bipartisan—Demo- money to DHS to carry out President tive amnesty is profoundly unfair to

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In that case, I object. toric unemployment. stated in Article I, Section 8; and the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- If Congress acquiesces and does not requirement that the President take tion is heard. stand up and assert the prerogative of care that the laws be faithfully exe- f this institution to legislate, to pass cuted, as stated in Article II, Section 3. MORNING BUSINESS laws, and prevent the President from It is incumbent on this body to re- ignoring the laws on the books, then solve those constitutional questions we will have ceded our authority not and to honor and protect the constitu- FOIA IMPROVEMENT ACT just on immigration but across the tional authority of the United States Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, I am field. Congress. deeply disappointed that last night the It is incumbent on all of us to defend The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. WAR- House failed to pass the FOIA Improve- the Constitution, and it is my hope REN). Is the Senator raising the point ment Act. This bipartisan bill was re- that the Senators who take an oath to of order at this time? ported unanimously by the Senate Ju- uphold the Constitution will honor Mr. CRUZ. I am. diciary Committee last month, and it that oath more than party allegiances. The PRESIDING OFFICER. At this was the product of months of hard I will note that in recent weeks no time, a motion to refer is pending bar- work by Senator CORNYN and me. Our fewer than a dozen Democratic Sen- ring other actions on the measure. bill is supported by more than 70 public ators have publicly criticized President Mr. CRUZ. Madam President, I sug- interest groups that advocate for gov- Obama’s illegal Executive amnesty. I gest the absence of a quorum. ernment transparency, and it passed welcome that criticism. It is nice to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The out of the Senate unanimously. I would see that sort of candor coming from clerk will call the roll. think that Members of the House Re- Democratic Senators, but, as my wife The assistant legislative clerk pro- publican leadership, who have spent so is fond of telling me, talk is cheap. If ceeded to call the roll. much time on oversight of the Obama those dozen Democratic Senators who Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask administration, would support the goal criticized President Obama’s Executive unanimous consent that the order for of making government more account- amnesty as illegal and unconstitu- the quorum call be rescinded. able and transparent, but instead of tional mean what they say, then the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without supporting this bill, they have chosen only responsible action is to use our objection, it is so ordered. secrecy over sunlight. legislative authority to stop it. Mr. REID. I appreciate everyone’s pa- The FOIA Improvement Act would I hope my Democratic colleagues will tience. You have all been waiting. codify what the President laid out in put partisan politics aside—even those I ask unanimous consent that at 5 his historic Executive order in 2009 by who may agree with President Obama’s p.m., Monday, December 15, the Senate requiring Federal agencies to adopt a amnesty—and say that the way to proceed to vote on the motion to in- ‘‘presumption of openness’’ when con- change the immigration laws is to voke cloture on the motion to concur sidering the release of government in- work with Congress and compromise. in the House amendment to the Senate formation under FOIA. This bill would You may not get everything you want, amendment to H.R. 83; that if cloture require agencies to find a foreseeable but we have a system of checks and is invoked, there be 30 minutes harm if they want to withhold informa- balances. postcloture debate time remaining on tion from the public. Prioritizing the It is striking—in many ways the sim- the motion to concur. people’s interest in what their govern- plest and best explanation of what the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there ment is doing, our bill will reduce the President has done came from ‘‘Satur- objection? overuse of exemptions to withhold in- day Night Live.’’ The week after the Mr. LEE. Madam President, reserv- formation. Federal agencies have been President’s illegal amnesty, ‘‘Saturday ing the right to object. The American required to apply this standard since Night Live’’ reprised the classic people have grave concerns with the 2009. They also used this same standard ‘‘Schoolhouse Rock—How a Bill Be- President’s decision to take action uni- during President Clinton’s terms in of- comes a Law.’’ They had a giant danc- laterally with regard to Executive am- fice. It was only during President ing, singing bill come out and say: nesty. This is an action that is rather George W. Bush’s term of secrecy that ‘‘First I go to the House, then I go to unprecedented and rather unsupported this standard was rolled back. It ap- the Senate, and if I’m lucky, the Presi- by law, notwithstanding the Presi- pears the House leadership wants to re- dent will sign me and I become a law.’’ dent’s insistence to the contrary. It is turn to that era. It should not matter Then on ‘‘Saturday Night Live,’’ Presi- an issue that is of concern to a great who is in the White House, information dent Obama walked out onto the steps many people. about what their government is doing of the Capitol and pushed the bill down Right now we are being asked to punt belongs to the people. the steps of the Capitol. He pushed the all of our activity until Monday at 5 In a political climate as divided as bill down the steps of the Capitol four p.m. I don’t see any reason to do this. this, I had hoped that we could come separate times, and then out walked an I don’t see any reason why the Senate together in favor of something as fun- Executive order smoking a cigarette, should suspend its operations while the damental to our democracy as the as it so happens, and it simply said: American people are waiting for us to public’s right to know, that govern- ‘‘I’m an Executive order. I pretty much act. I don’t see any reason why we ment transparency and openness would just happen.’’ should wait until Monday at 5 p.m. I not just be the standard applied to the Do you know what? ‘‘Saturday Night certainly don’t see any reason why we Obama administration but what is ap- Live’’ is exactly right. The President is should agree to move forward then and plied to every future administration. ignoring the basic checks and balances not have any assurance that we would The FOIA Improvement Act would of our Constitution and trying instead at least have an opportunity to vote on have done just that. to decree the law. That is unconstitu- an amendment that would impose a f tional, and a portion of this bill that spending limitation on the President’s has been sent over from the House of ability to implement his Executive am- SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO Representatives funds the Department nesty action. ADDRESS CYBER BULLYING of Homeland Security to carry out that I would respectfully request that the Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, I unconstitutional action. majority leader modify his request and want to take a moment to share with Therefore, Madam President, I am that he modify his request to assure us the Senate one successful story coming now offering and raising a constitu- that we would receive a vote on a out of Vermont.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:26 Dec 17, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\DEC 2014\S12DE4.REC S12DE4 rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S6768 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 12, 2014 In this digital age, our children have ing in their guidance counselors’ offices be- ‘‘We do honestly find it extremely trou- the opportunity to communicate, to cause of the things other students wrote bling, and we do think it shows extremely collaborate, and to connect at all times about them on the Internet. poor judgment on the part of the company,’’ An app, short for application, is a com- over their cell phones, tablets, social she said. puter program often used on smartphones A Michigan student’s petition against the media pages and blogs. But with this and mobile devices that can access the Inter- app says Massachusetts-based Ambient Cor- limitless connectivity also comes a re- net. After School, according to the iTunes poration is the developer of After School. sponsibility to make use of these tech- Store, works as a virtual bulletin board for But a company representative said Friday nologies maturely and respectfully. In posting ‘‘funny, anonymous school news for they have nothing to do with the app. Vermont, students and their school confessions and compliments.’’ The iTunes Store says ONE, Inc. holds the community have boldly fought back But Olsen said most of the things being copyright, but that company was unable to posted are harming students’ self-esteem at against cyber bullying. I want to praise be reached for comment. school, so the administration immediately The After School app website says: ‘‘We be- their efforts and call the Senate’s at- sent out a letter to parents and began asking lieve in free speech and the ability for people tention to their achievement. student leaders to speak out against the app. to express themselves. If you find the major- Cyber bullying has become one of the Catherine DiPalma, a senior, said anyone ity of the content too offensive, consider most troubling threats to the safety can download the app for free through using your phone to instead look at cat pic- and security of our children in this iTunes. Students log in using a Facebook ac- tures or browse a less cutting-edge social time of unprecedented digital access. count, confirm the school they attend, and network like Facebook.’’ begin posting anonymously. Olsen pointed to news articles from Michi- Last week, students at Rutland High A cheerleader, DiPalma said she and about School were targeted online, as nega- gan and Minnesota, where he said schools are 25 other students involved in clubs or sports warning parents about the effects of the tive posts on an anonymous school teams went on the school’s video announce- After School app on their children and en- news app were discovered. Together, ments Thursday morning to ask their peers couraging them to remove it from their students and school leaders gathered to to delete the app from their phones and sup- smartphones. address this negativity and to recom- port the kids who had their feelings hurt. ‘‘Apps like this and companies that make mit themselves to building a more ‘‘Nobody wants to walk down the hall and them really should be held accountable,’’ see their friends crying,’’ she said. ‘‘Even if Olsen said. ‘‘The kids set an example for the positive school environment. These you’re not friends with someone, we said students organized a ‘‘Positive Post-It’’ adults (on Thursday). We should do the same ‘stand up.’ ’’ thing and try to fight this.’’ event to change the climate and then Olsen and the student leaders then asked called on one another to delete the ap- kids to respond by writing positive messages f plication. on colorful Post-It notes and sticking them NET NEUTRALITY Rutland High students went further on windows in many of the school’s hall- ways. Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, the still and banded together to issue a pe- Some of the messages on the windows Fri- tition to persuade Apple to take down principle of ‘‘net neutrality’’ to protect day were directed specifically to cheer up an open Internet has found its way into the app so that other students would kids who had been criticized on the app, and not be victimized by anonymous posts. some were compliments for their favorite the public consciousness like few other After the gathering, Rutland High teachers. Others told their peers to ‘‘please regulatory issues that I have seen in School principal Bill Olsen said on go gay for me’’ and ‘‘nice butt.’’ my time in the Senate. Over 3.5 million Monday ‘‘kids left school on that day ‘‘I thought it was awesome,’’ said Logan Americans have submitted comments Boyle, another senior who spoke with the to the Federal Communications Com- feeling very good about how they could group on the morning announcements. help each other overcome such adver- mission, FCC, during its consideration ‘‘I think it’s cool that you can walk down of replacement net neutrality rules sity.’’ Governor Peter Shumlin has also the hall and see all the awesome things peo- touted their accomplishment. ple say rather than all the nasty things peo- this year. The reason for this record- According to the 2013 Youth Risk Be- ple say,’’ she said. setting level of public engagement is havior Surveillance Survey, more than ‘‘A lot of us had the app, and we were just simple: The net neutrality debate is 15 percent of high school students were reading it,’’ she said. ‘‘We told everyone that fundamentally about how we want the just by having the app and reading it, you’re electronically bullied in the past year. Internet to operate. Millions of Ameri- giving power to the people who are saying cans have made their voices heard be- Rutland High School has gained inter- the mean things.’’ national attention, as a wonderful ex- Kate Herling, a RHS guidance counselor cause they want an open and free Inter- ample of how students have acted who advises a student group against cyber net that works for everyone, not sim- bravely to stand up against this trend bullying, said bringing student leaders into ply those with deep pockets. I could and to hold one another accountable their advocacy was effective. not agree more. ‘‘Kids were supporting one another,’’ An Internet that is split into the for a safe school space. Other States Herling said. ‘‘Now we walk down the hall are following this trend as well. In haves and have-nots is unacceptable. and see people smiling because maybe they That is why the FCC should enact clear Michigan, school leaders have also re- found their name.’’ cently spoken out against the use of She said, ‘‘I felt that everyone kind of and enforceable rules to prevent ‘‘paid apps that promote anonymous, nega- came together to really stop this and make prioritization’’ agreements that would tive online behavior. The petition to a positive thing about such a nasty thing allow some content providers to outbid remove the app has been successful, that really happened.’’ smaller competitors to gain fast-lane Olsen said he and Superintendent Mary service to customers online. At the and Apple has since removed it from its Moran have sent out letters to get the online store. same time, the country’s leading state’s Agency of Education and the broadband providers should unequivo- The leadership that these students Vermont Superintendents Association to or- have displayed is admirable, heroic, ganize around the issue. cally commit that they will not engage and an example to others. In recogni- They said they want local schools to gath- in this type of detrimental deal. We tion of their efforts, I ask unanimous er together and pressure the app’s creator to need meaningful pledges from our Na- consent to have an article from The delete the software, and get Apple to take tion’s broadband providers that they down the app from the iTunes Store. As of share the American public’s commit- Rutland Herald printed in the RECORD. Friday, the store labeled the app for ‘‘fre- There being no objection, the mate- ment to an Internet that remains open quent/intense mature/suggestive themes,’’ and equally accessible to all. rial was ordered to be printed in the and for ages 17 and up. RECORD, as follows: Rebecca Holcombe, the state’s secretary of In October, I wrote to the major Internet service providers, ISPs— [From the Rutland Herald, Dec. 6, 2014] education, said Rutland City Public Schools ‘‘is quite rightly going after it.’’ She said the Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Charter, RHS RALLIES AGAINST CONTROVERSIAL APP Agency of Education just received the dis- Verizon, and AT&T—asking them to (By Erin Mansfield) trict’s letter and will address the concern make exactly that commitment. They Students and faculty at Rutland High next week. all maintained that they do not cur- School organized this week against a con- ‘‘There is free speech,’’ Holcombe said. rently plan to engage in paid troversial iPhone app they say is being used ‘‘There’s also bullying, and bullying is not to bully students via their cellphones. protected speech in school. Parents send us prioritization—an assertion I welcome. Principal Bill Olsen said Friday he found their children as a public trust, and one of What they did not do was answer my out about the After School app Wednesday those things is protecting them from bul- call for a firm commitment that they morning, when many students ended up cry- lying and harassment.’’ will never engage in that behavior in

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Such pledges would, however, and pledge to never engage in paid in ‘‘very poor’’ condition, but through send a strong signal to the American prioritization. While they did not do so his work and the support of Governor people that broadband providers share in response to my letters, it is never Shumlin, Brian and his team were able their commitment to an open and too late for them to make that com- to improve that number to 21 percent. equal Internet. It is unfortunate that mitment to the American people. Brian has also remained committed to these companies were unwilling to f supporting Vermont’s rail infrastruc- make that commitment—presumably ture, spending the time necessary to TRIBUTE TO JIM FRANSEN because they know that if fast lanes apply for and win Federal grants. This are allowed in the future, market Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, there necessary funding allowed Vermont to forces may drive them and other ISPs is no shortage of attorneys here in realize the final stages of completing to consider such deals to maximize Washington, DC, but some of the most the Western Rail Corridor project de- profits at the expense of competition talented lawyers work in the Office of signed to connect Rutland to Bur- online. This ‘‘race to the bottom’’ sce- Legislative Counsel here in the Senate. lington, as well as upgrade track to nario is exactly why we need clear Drafting legislation is often a com- complete high speed rail service be- rules in place prohibiting such agree- plicated exercise. It takes years under tween Saint Albans and Montreal. The ments. I appreciate that Comcast went the mentorship and tutelage of others success of these projects could not have further than the other ISPs by express- to grasp the difficult process of draft- happened without Brian’s leadership. ing support for my legislation with ing complicated bills. At the end of Brian and I have tackled many Representative DORIS MATSUI of Cali- this Congress, after nearly 40 years of projects together, always working to fornia, which would require the FCC to service, legislative counsel Jim accomplish big goals for Vermont’s ban paid prioritization agreements so Fransen will retire. His family’s gain transportation and infrastructure that all ISPs are subject to such a rule. will be the Senate’s loss. needs. In August of 2011, Tropical The concern over a pay-to-play Inter- Jim first joined the Office of Legisla- Storm Irene hit the State, wiping out net that advantages the largest cor- tive Counsel in 1975—the same year 500 miles of roadway and forcing 33 porations over smaller players is very Vermonters elected me to the Senate. bridges to close in Vermont’s worst real. I was disappointed that some He served as an assistant counsel and a natural disaster in recent history. Internet service providers in their re- senior counsel, rising to become the fi- Brian helped to bring our rural devas- sponses brushed aside these concerns nance and tax team leader. For the last tation to a national stage by testifying dismissively. It is not ‘‘demagoguery,’’ 15 years, he has served as legislative before the Senate’s Committee on En- as Verizon suggested in its response, counsel. He is the second longest serv- vironment and Public Works and then when small business owners like Cabot ing legislative counsel, and his career led his team to successful rebuilding Orton of the Vermont Country Store has seen many accomplishments. efforts. For this, Vermonters will al- say that they simply want to see an Jim has been one of the key drafters ways be grateful. Internet that continues to treat all of Federal tax legislation since joining About a year ago, Brian approached businesses equally. It is not a ‘‘phan- the office in 1975. He has had a hand in Governor Shumlin with a resignation tasm’’ when independent content cre- drafting such monumental bills as the letter in his pocket. Looking at the ators like actress Ruth Livier acknowl- Tax Reform Acts of 1976 and 1986, the wealth of knowledge and historic im- edge that they would not have been Economic Recovery Act of 1981, the provements in the agency’s work dur- able to start their Web sites if they had American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, ing Brian’s tenure, the Governor pre- to pay for priority access to reach and the American Recovery and Rein- vailed upon him to remain at the helm viewers online or compete against vestment Act of 2009. He helped to until the end of the Governor’s second players who did. These are real con- draft the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 term. Brian accepted the call, finished cerns, shared by millions of Americans. and the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and the year, and is now leaving the Their voices should not be casually and he was a key drafter of the most sweep- Vermont Agency of Transportation as callously dismissed because they can- ing health reform legislation in genera- a well-respected arm of Vermont’s not afford to pay lobbyists to advocate tions, the Affordable Care Act. State government. on their behalf at the FCC. Through Republican and Democratic Marcelle and I join all Vermonters in The FCC is continuing its important administrations, Republican and thanking Brian for his years of service work to craft new open Internet rules. Democratic Senate majorities, Jim has to the State and wish him and his fam- For months, I have been clear that I been a true public servant. I know in ily the very best as they begin a new will not support any rules that do not his retirement, he will enjoy spending chapter of their lives. ban Internet fast lanes. I have spent time with his family: his wife Mar- f much of this year listening to garet, his three daughters and his two Vermonters and others to hear first- grandsons. Wherever his retirement RECOGNIZING MARY POWELL hand about how a pay-to-play world travels may take him, Marcelle and I Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, would harm the Internet ecosystem. wish him the best. Vermont is a national leader in sus- The responses to my letter highlight f tainable energy. Green Mountain one element that unites all of those in- Power, with its CEO and President volved in the net neutrality debate— TRIBUTE TO BRIAN SEARLES Mary Powell at the helm, is the perfect the need for certainty. Broadband pro- Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, one example of the progress our State has viders understandably want to know of Vermont’s most dedicated public made and should serve as an example the rules by which their actions will be employees, Brian Searles, is retiring for the rest of the Nation. governed, and consumers want cer- after 45 years of service to both State Mary was recently named the 2014 tainty that their Internet service will and local government. As a police Power-Gen Woman of the Year. Mary is continue to provide them unfettered chief, city manager, airport director, a leader and trailblazer in the power access to lawful content online. Re- and two tenures as the Vermont sec- industry. She took the reins of Green cently, some broadband providers like retary of transportation, Brian is a Mountain Power, GMP, in 2008 and has AT&T have threatened to stop invest- model of commitment both to his work transformed it into Vermont’s ‘‘energy ing in further innovation and deploy- and to his State. company of the future.’’ Mary is truly ment of broadband in the name of un- For the past 4 years Brian and his committed to the idea that energy can certainty. Of course, they could decide team at the Vermont Agency of Trans- spur socioeconomic change for

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Madam President, I rise Aristotle, urging the graduates to re- Recently, Mary led Green Mountain today to honor the work of my friend member that ‘‘excellence is a habit. Power in becoming the first utility in George M. Marcus, an accomplished . . . For your success in whatever you the world to receive B corporation cer- businessman and philanthropist. pursue, you must take to heart and be tification. B corporations use the Born in Euboea, Greece, George the best you can . . . and don’t forget power of business to solve social and Marcus and his family immigrated to to give back.’’ George Marcus has made environmental problems. Mary wants the San Francisco Bay area in 1945. excellence his habit at home, in his Green Mountain Power to not only be George was raised in California and at- community and in the corporate world. the best utility in the world but the tended college at San Francisco State He has achieved unparalleled success in best for the world. University. After graduating with an nearly every walk of life. Yet he has Mary is among the very few women economics degree in 1965, George began never forgotten to give back. He has who have achieved this level of success working in real estate. Always with an never stopped being the best he can. in the utility industry. I am grateful emphasis on client satisfaction, anal- Today, I, along with the Senate, con- for the work she has done for the State ysis, and evaluation, he founded gratulate him on his well-deserved of Vermont. She is redefining success Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Invest- award from the Greek Orthodox Me- in the energy industry, and I congratu- ment Services in 1971. His business acu- tropolis of San Francisco, but more im- late her on receiving the 2014 Power- men and willingness to innovate have portantly, we thank George Marcus for Gen Woman of the Year Award. spawned a variety of subsidiaries that all he has done for the people of this I ask unanimous consent that the have expanded his company to include nation. Burlington Free Press article ‘‘Mary 35 states. On a personal note, George Marcus Powell Named Woman of the Year’’ George’s successes are not limited to has been my friend for three decades. It recognizing Mary for her achievements the real estate industry. A noted entre- is a friendship I will always cherish. preneur, Mr. Marcus has been called ‘‘a be printed in the RECORD. f There being no objection, the mate- modern day Midas with an uncanny rial was ordered to be printed in the ability to create successful companies’’ REGARDING THE EXCISE TAX LEV- IED ON LIQUEFIED NATURAL RECORD, as follows: by one news outlet. Indeed, his ven- GAS [From the Burlington Free Press, Dec. 10, tures range from SummerHill Homes, a 2014] bay area homebuilder, to a partnership Mr. BENNET. Madam President, I MARY POWELL NAMED WOMAN OF THE YEAR in two enormously popular Greek res- ask unanimous consent to engage in a POWER GENERATION INDUSTRY GROUP CITES taurants: Evvia Estiatorio in Palo Alto colloquy with my colleagues. HER ADVANCEMENTS, OUTREACH and Kokkari Estiatorio in downtown The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The leader of Vermont’s largest utility was San Francisco. objection, it is so ordered. named woman of the year at her industry’s Mr. Marcus’ legacy extends far be- Mr. BENNET. Madam President, I largest trade show this week. yond shareholders and profits into the rise to discuss an amendment regard- Mary Powell, president and CEO of Green heart of his own community. He has ing natural gas that was adopted ear- Mountain Power in Colchester, was named served on the California State Univer- lier this year by the Senate Finance Power-Gen 2014 Woman of the Year. Powell sities Foundation Board of Governors Committee and was included in the was selected because of how she has ad- and the Board of Regents of the Uni- vanced the power generation industry and Senate-passed highway bill. I wish it for her community involvement. versity of California. On the board he were included in one of the year-end Powell received the award at the 2014 worked to preserve the financial viabil- measures this body is passing in the Power-Gen Woman of the Year Awards Din- ity of higher education for residents. next few days. This is a bipartisan pro- ner Monday in Florida as part of Power-Gen He has also supported San Francisco’s posal that passed the Senate over- International, the largest trade show in the de Young Museum since its foundation whelmingly and deserves to be enacted world for the power generation industry. She and established San Francisco State before we conclude this Congress. is scheduled to give the keynote address University’s International Center for The measure—a bill we worked on today during the Women in Power Luncheon. In a statement, Powell called the award an the Arts. with Senator BURR from North Caro- ‘‘incredible honor.’’ Remembering his heritage, George lina—would equalize the tax treatment ‘‘Energy can be transformational in mov- has contributed generously to the of liquefied natural gas, LNG, and die- ing customers and society to a more secure Greek-American community and its in- sel fuel. The federal highway excise tax and environmentally sound future, and we stitutions. In 2008, he was instrumental on both diesel and LNG is set at 24.3 are determined to lead the way,’’ Powell in organizing the National Hellenic So- cents per gallon. However, because said. ‘‘GMP is partnering with customers to ciety to provide resources to promote LNG contains less energy per gallon accelerate the pace of change as Vermont’s energy company of the future.’’ Hellenic ideals. For his numerous serv- than diesel fuel, on an energy equiva- Jennifer Runyon, chairwoman of the ices, he has been awarded the AXION lent basis, LNG effectively pays 170 Women in Power Committee, called Powell a Award, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, percent of the diesel tax rate. The cur- ‘‘trailblazer.’’ the Elios Cultural Achievement Award, rent highway excise tax treatment of ‘‘We hope that our award will inspire the Patriarch Athenagoras I Human- LNG is a disincentive to investment in young women to not only consider careers in ities Award, and the Aristeio Award of new LNG trucks and fueling stations, the power industry, but also show them that the American Hellenic Council of Cali- and should be corrected to encourage dedication and hard work can lead to bril- fornia. liant results,’’ Runyon said in a statement. capital investments and help diversify David Crane, president and CEO of NRG, a This past month George was honored transportation fuel choices. large utility with headquarters in Princeton, by the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of LNG is a transportation fuel used for New Jersey, and Houston, said in a state- San Francisco with the Theofanis large trucks and some marine and rail ment that Powell ‘‘starts with the heretical Economidis Award for his work on be- vessels. The fuel has attracted the at- notion of giving the modern-day energy con- half of the Greek Orthodox Church in tention of fleet operators due to its low sumer what they want—which is affordable, the United States. I congratulate cost at the pump and reduced environ- convenient, clean and storm-resistant en- George on this much-deserved recogni- mental impact. LNG produces signifi- ergy—and then uses her native intelligence, charm and drive to make sure it happens.’’ tion. cantly lower levels of toxic emissions GMP said it is collaborating with NRG to But for all of the awards and acco- than diesel fuel, including lower levels make Vermont a ‘‘leader’’ in sustainable en- lades from the private and public sec- of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide and ergy. Beginning early next year, the partner- tors, George Marcus’ greatest accom- sulfur dioxide. Using LNG instead of

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We really need to find a nizations, foreign aid groups, and con- emitted. way to fix this issue so that we can re- tractors in conflict zones supporting or This amendment would change the alize the economic and environmental protecting U.S. troops and citizens. Ex- highway excise tax and the Inland Wa- benefits of the increased use of domes- patriate workers often travel between terways Financing rate on LNG so that tic natural gas. multiple countries several times with- the tax is imposed on the energy con- Mr. WYDEN. Madam President, I in 1 year or live in foreign countries for tent of a diesel gallon, known as a die- support the amendment from the Sen- prolonged periods of time. These expa- sel gallon equivalent, rather than ators from Colorado and North Caro- triate workers and their families typi- strictly on a per-gallon basis. LNG has lina and I especially want to thank cally require and depend on com- huge potential as a cheaper, cleaner, Senator BENNET for his leadership on prehensive health care services and domestic energy source and we need to this issue. I was proud to help them by other supporting services in multiple ensure our tax system is not putting it including it in the highway legislation countries in the course of one year. at a disadvantage. mentioned by the Senator from Colo- U.S.-issued expatriate plans cover Mr. BURR. Madam President, I rise rado and I regret that the measure is fewer than 500,000 individuals, which as a cosponsor of the amendment from not included in any of the bills we are primarily include Americans working the Senator from Colorado. This considering as we wind down this Con- overseas. amendment would correct a mistake gress. I would like to commit to work- My understanding and intent is that and level the transportation fuel tax ing with my colleagues to find an ap- the Expatriate Health Coverage Clari- playing field by taxing LNG on an en- propriate vehicle for moving this pro- fication Act should make only limited ergy equivalent basis rather than a vol- posal early next year. and technical modifications to the ACA umetric basis. Mr. HATCH. Madam President, I was that apply to U.S. health insurers pro- It would also put this cleaner and a cosponsor of this amendment to the viding health insurance coverage to cheaper source of energy on an even highway bill in the Finance Committee ‘‘qualified expatriates’’ as defined by playing field with diesel fuel. It would and understand the importance of this legislation. These modifications help a new industry get off the ground equalizing the tax rate between LNG are necessary to ensure that U.S. in- and become commercially viable sim- and propane and diesel fuel. Unfortu- surance companies offering expatriate ply by leveling the playing field. nately, we cannot add this amendment health plans can remain competitive in When Congress first established the that I support to this time-sensitive the global marketplace for these plans, transportation fuel tax on LNG, it was legislation. Senator BURR and Senator alongside foreign insurers who are not not yet a fuel that had entered the BENNET, I hope to find an opportunity subject to the same ACA requirements. commercial marketplace. There were to include this important provision re- This legislation should not affect cur- no LNG trucks on the road. There was garding LNG and propane in legislation rent labor or immigration laws or regu- no one to educate us on the technical next year. This inequitable treatment lations. I have worked hand-in-hand or marketing differences of these two of LNG and propane deserves a better with Senators COONS, TOOMEY, RUBIO, fuels. Now that the LNG market is fate than what exists under current HARKIN, WYDEN, ALEXANDER, HATCH, emerging, however, this unfortunate law. I especially want to thank Senator and a bipartisan group of our House drafting error has shown its real world BURR for his tireless efforts on this colleagues to ensure that the Expa- consequences. issue. triate Health Coverage Clarification The current tax system can result in f Act is narrowly written to respect, and thousands of dollars of additional tax leave undisturbed, our existing immi- for those who choose to utilize LNG. SUPPORT OF DIVISION M OF THE gration laws and regulations. For example, if a diesel truck travels CONSOLIDATED AND FURTHER Mr. COONS. Madam President, As 100,000 miles at 5 miles per gallon it CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS Senator CARPER noted, the Expatriate consumes 20,000 gallons of diesel fuel, ACT, 2015, THE EXPATRIATE Health Coverage Clarification Act however, an identical LNG truck would HEALTH COVERAGE CLARIFICA- should not reduce the Affordable Care require 34,000 gallons of LNG to travel TION ACT Act’s health insurance coverage protec- the same distance. Both trucks would Mr. CARPER. Madam President, I tions based on U.S. workers’ immigra- consume the same amount of energy, ask unanimous consent to engage in a tion status, including those employed measured in BTUs, but the current tax colloquy with my colleague, Senator with nonimmigrant work visas. We in- system would result in the LNG truck COONS. tend that the definition of ‘‘qualified paying an additional $3,402 in taxes be- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without expatriate’’ be closely adhered to in cause of the 14,000 more gallons of liq- objection, it is so ordered. the implementation of this legislation uid fuel consumed. Mr. CARPER. Madam President, by the administration, the health in- In addition, although we do not yet along with my colleague Senator surance companies that seek to offer have any marine vessels operating in COONS, I rise today in support of Divi- expatriate health plans, and the em- the U.S. on LNG, this too is an emerg- sion M of the Consolidated and Further ployers who utilize these plans on be- ing market with great potential. High Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, half of their workers who are trans- horsepower manufacturers are still de- the Expatriate Health Coverage Clari- ferred or assigned both within or out- veloping the engines that will be need- fication Act. I would also like to clar- side the United States. ed to power vessels on LNG and we do ify the intent of this bipartisan and It is my expectation that expatriate not yet have a marine fuel sales infra- technical bill, which was necessary to health plan enrollment should remain structure, but some ship owners are clearly explain how the Affordable relatively constant, accounting for the planning ship conversions or new or- Care Act, ACA, should apply to U.S.- normal ebbs and flows of the demand of ders that will allow them to utilize issued expatriate health insurance and supply for expatriate workers. The cleaner and cheaper natural gas fuel. plans and to ensure that U.S. health in- provisions of this bill apply to the two We should not be raising a new obsta- surers who provide expatriate health Federal laws that it seeks to modify— cle for the marine industry by perpet- insurance plans encounter the same the Affordable Care Act and the Health uating this differential tax treatment legal requirements and expectations as Care and Education Reconciliation on marine diesel fuel. Furthermore, foreign expatriate health insurers. Act. It is not Congress’s intent to af- there should be no scoring penalty Expatriate health insurance plans fect other Federal law. As Senator from CBO or Joint Tax when we even- are high-quality and comprehensive CARPER stated, the legislation would tually get around to fixing the tax health insurance plans intended for a not change existing immigration law treatment of LNG versus diesel. globally mobile, highly skilled and or regulations—including those that

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Furthermore, this legislation is ish in any way an employee’s rights not intended to expand the universe of eligi- Doctor’’ he would have provided an ad- under title VII of the Civil Rights Act ble employer-sponsored coverage to which ditional trusted voice that could have or any other antidiscrimination protec- section 4980I applies. communicated with the public and tions or to preempt any relevant State The Department of the Treasury will be helped address their concerns. Instead, law governing employees’ rights. drafting regulations to implement the por- ‘‘America’s Doctor’’ was sitting on the The Expatriate Health Coverage tions of Expatriate Health Coverage Clari- sidelines awaiting a Senate vote on his Clarification Act is a bipartisan, tech- fication Act that fall within its responsi- nomination. nical clarification of health insurance bility. It is important to highlight the defi- nition of ‘‘qualified expatriates’’ who are Like so many of us, Dr. Murthy is the law, intended to place U.S. expatriate ‘‘assigned’’ to work in the United States be- son of immigrant parents. He com- health insurers on equal footing with cause it is the intent of Congress that the pleted his early education in Miami, their foreign counterparts. We look for- Treasury regulation relating to Expatriate FL, and attended college at Harvard ward to the passage of this bill and are Health Coverage Clarification Act, and code University where he received a bach- grateful for the bipartisan coalition section 4980I, in particular be promulgated elor’s degree in biochemical sciences. that has worked so constructively to and implemented in a timely and workable He went on to receive an MD from the find a path forward on this issue. manner. Yale School of Medicine and an MBA in f f Health Care Management from the NOMINATION OF DR. VIVEK Yale School of Management. He com- STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF DIVI- MURTHY pleted his residency in Internal Medi- SION M OF THE CONSOLIDATED cine at Brigham and Woman’s Hospital. AND FURTHER CONTINUING AP- Ms. MIKULSKI. Madam President, I As a physician at Brigham and Wom- PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015, THE urge the Senate to schedule an imme- en’s Hospital, Dr. Murthy has cared for EXPATRIATE HEALTH COVERAGE diate vote on the nomination of Dr. patients with a range of illnesses from CLARIFICATION ACT Vivek Murthy to serve as the next Sur- geon General of the United States. One diabetes and cardiovascular disease to Mr. WYDEN. Madam President, I ask year ago, President Obama nominated cancer and infections. As a researcher, unanimous consent that a statement in Dr. Murthy to serve as our next Sur- he has worked on vaccine development support of Division M of the Consoli- geon General. Ten months ago, Dr. and he has studied the inclusion of dated and Further Continuing Appro- Murthy’s nomination was approved by women and minorities in clinical priations Act, 2015, the Expatriate the Senate Health, Education, Labor, trials. As a teacher at Harvard Medical Health Coverage Clarification Act be and Pensions, HELP, Committee. Since School, he knows what issues face our printed in the RECORD. then, his nomination has stalled. I, next generation of doctors. As a public There being no objection, the mate- along with many of my colleagues, health educator, Dr. Murthy created rial was ordered to be printed in the have written to Senate leadership, re- HIV/AIDS education programs for RECORD, as follows: questing an immediate floor vote. thousands of young people through an f Yet—here we are—still no vote. organization he cofounded. He built a rural community health partnership in STATEMENT OF SENATORS The Surgeon General serves as India to train young women to be WYDEN, HATCH, HARKIN, ALEX- ‘‘America’s Doctor.’’ He ensures Ameri- health care educators and leaders. As ANDER, SESSIONS, CARPER, cans are receiving the very best sci- an organizational leader, Dr. Murthy TOOMEY, COONS, AND RUBIO IN entific information available in order cofounded a national medical organiza- SUPPORT OF DIVISION M OF THE to improve their health and reduce risk tion, Doctors for America, to improve CONSOLIDATED AND FURTHER of injury or illness. The Surgeon Gen- communication between physicians, CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS eral also oversees the U.S. Public patients, and policy makers. Finally, ACT, 2015, THE EXPATRIATE Health Service Commissioned Corps, a as a leader in prevention, he served on HEALTH COVERAGE CLARIFICA- group of 7,000 men and women who are the Advisory Group to the National TION ACT uniformed public health professionals working throughout the federal gov- Prevention Council and helped develop The undersigned submit the following the nation’s first National Prevention Statement for the Record in support of Divi- ernment to protect, promote, and ad- vance our Nation’s health. Finally, the Strategy. I think it is pretty clear that sion M of the Consolidated and Further Con- Dr. Murthy has the background and the tinuing Appropriations Act, 2015, the Expa- Surgeon General is responsible for triate Health Coverage Clarification Act, as chairing the National Prevention boots on the ground expertise to serve amended by Senators Carper, Toomey, Council. as our Nation’s 19th Surgeon General. Coons, and Rubio. The urgent need to have a Surgeon Doubts about his ability to serve as The Expatriate Health Coverage Clarifica- General in place and at-the-ready is Surgeon General are not the problem tion Act is a bipartisan, technical clarifica- never more evident than when we are holding up his nomination. I fear that tion of health insurance law, intended to confronted with a public health crisis, policy matters outside the scope of this place U.S. expatriate health insurers on position are actually to blame. I hope equal footing with their foreign counter- as we are now. Over the past many parts. We look forward to the passage of Di- months, our global community has that my colleagues do not let public vision M and are grateful for the bipartisan struggled to respond to the Ebola epi- policy debates unrelated to the posi- coalition that has worked so constructively demic plaguing West Africa and threat- tion in which he would serve stall his to find a path forward. ening communities nationwide. The nomination any longer. The purpose of this bipartisan and tech- United States has been rightly focused Dr. Murthy’s nomination has re- nical bill is to ensure that U.S. health insur- on dealing with the epidemic at its epi- ceived widespread support from local, ers who provide expatriate health insurance State, and national public health orga- plans encounter the same legal requirements center in West Africa, protecting our and expectations as foreign expatriate health ports of entry, and protecting Amer- nizations including the American insurers. Further, it is important to clarify ica’s public health. Yet, our response Academy of Pediatrics, American Can- that the intent of the language regarding the has been hindered because we do not cer Society, American Diabetes Asso- application of section 4980I of the Internal have a confirmed U.S. Surgeon General ciation, American Heart Association, Revenue Code of 1986 to ‘‘qualified expatri- in place. and American Public Health Associa- ates’’ who are ‘‘assigned’’ to work in the Households across our nation were tion. United States means that, notwithstanding flooded with misinformation and con- It is time to confirm Dr. Murthy as other provisions in the Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act, the excise tax fusion when Ebola was first diagnosed our Nation’s 19th Surgeon General. It continues to apply in the case of highly in the United States. If Dr. Murthy had is time to take ‘‘America’s Doctor’’ off skilled qualified expatriates, as defined by been in place as Surgeon General, he the sidelines and put him into the this legislation, who are newly assigned to would have been responsible for in- game. Thank you.

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As an adult Voting Rights from Selma to Mont- ground Railroad National Historical she took the first name Harriet, and gomery Alabama, and most recently Park on the Eastern Shore of Maryland when she was 25 years-old married the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial and the Harriet Tubman National His- John Tubman. on the National Mall are all important torical Park in Auburn, NY. This is an In her late twenties, Harriet Tubman monuments and places of historical effort that I have worked closely with escaped from slavery in 1849. She fled significance that help tell the story of Senators MIKULSKI, SCHUMER and in the dead of night, navigating the the African-American experience. GILLIBRAND as well as Secretary Clin- maze of tidal streams and wetlands As the National Park Service con- ton, when she represented New York in that, to this day, comprise the Eastern tinues its important work to recognize this body, and mark the culmination of Shore’s landscape. She did so alone, and preserve African-American history the legislative work on this effort demonstrating courage, strength and by providing greater public access and started by my predecessor, Senator fortitude that became her hallmarks. information about the places and peo- Sarbanes when he passed legislation Not satisfied with attaining her own ple that have shaped the African-Amer- commissioning the National Service to freedom, she returned repeatedly for ican experience, there are very few conduct a Special Resource Study on more than 10 years to the places of her units dedicated to the lives of African- Harriet Tubman. We all share a deep enslavement in Dorchester and Caro- American women, and there are no Na- appreciation for how important estab- line counties where, under the most ad- tional Historical Parks commemo- lishing these parks is to preserving the verse conditions, she led away many rating African-American women. legacy of this remarkable historical family members and other slaves to I cannot think of a more fitting hero figure in American History but also to freedom in the Northeastern United than Harriet Tubman to be the first Af- how important these parks will be to States. She helped develop a complex rican-American woman to be memori- the communities where they will be lo- network of safe houses and recruited cated. alized with National Historical Parks abolitionist sympathizers residing that tell both her personal story and In my career, I have spoken on the along secret routes connecting the Senate Floor, at events in Maryland, in her lifelong fight for justice and free- Southern slave states and Northern dom starting with her fight against the meetings with constituents and with Free States. No one knows exactly how my colleagues about Harriet Tubman’s cruel institution of slavery and work of many people she led to freedom or the the Underground Railroad she led to legacy. While I hope each opportunity I number of trips between the North and have taken to discuss the life of this her work in the women’s suffrage South she led, but the legend of her movement. remarkable woman helps raise aware- work was an inspiration to the mul- I am grateful for the support of my ness about her importance to the his- titude of slaves seeking freedom and to colleagues. These parks will hopefully tory of our great nation, my ultimate abolitionists fighting to end slavery. goal has always been to properly com- pave the way for the Park Service to Tubman became known as ‘‘the Moses memorate her life and her work by es- develop more National Historical of her people’’ by African-Americans tablishing the Harriet Tubman Under- Parks commemorating the lives of and white abolitionists alike. Tubman ground Railroad National Historical many other important African-Amer- once proudly told Frederick Douglass Park on the Eastern Shore of Maryland ican women in our history. and, to establish the Harriet Tubman that in all of her journeys she ‘‘never lost a single passenger.’’ She was so ef- The vision for the Tubman National National Historical Park in Auburn, Historical Parks is to preserve the NY. fective that in 1856 there was a $40,000 reward offered for her capture in the places significant to the life of Harriet For the last 7 years I have cham- Tubman and tell her story through in- pioned the legislation that was enacted South. She is the most famous and most important conductor of the net- terpretative activities and continue to today as part of the National Defense discover aspects of her life and the ex- Authorization Act. work of resistance known as the Under- ground Railroad. perience of passage along the Under- I also greatly appreciate the support ground Railroad through archae- this legislation received in the Senate During the Civil War, Tubman served ological research and discovery. Energy and Natural Resources Com- the Union forces as a spy, a scout and mittee and the Senate as a whole. In a nurse. She served in Virginia, Flor- The buildings and structures in both this Congress and the 112 Con- ida, and South Carolina. She is cred- Maryland have mostly disappeared. gress, the Harriet Tubman National ited with leading slaves from those Slaves were forced to live in primitive Historical Parks Act was reported out slave states to freedom during those buildings even though many slaves of committee with bipartisan support years as well. were skilled tradesmen who con- including the support of Chairwoman Following the Civil War, and the structed the substantial homes of their LANDRIEU and Ranking Member MUR- emancipation of all black slaves, Tub- owners. Not surprisingly, few of the KOWSKI. I am incredibly grateful for the man settled in Auburn, NY. There she structures associated with the early work of the Chair and Ranking Mem- was active in the women’s suffrage years of Tubman’s life remain standing ber, and their staffs, to maintain movement, and she also established today. The landscape of the Eastern progress on the bill which has led to its one of the first incorporated African- Shore of Maryland, however, is still passage today. American homes for aged to care for evocative of the time that Tubman The establishment of the Harriet the elderly. In 1903 she bequeathed the lived there. Farm fields and loblolly Tubman Historical Parks has been Tubman Home to the African Meth- pine forests dot the lowland landscape, years in the making and is long over- odist Episcopal Zion Church in Auburn which is also notable for its extensive due. The mission of the National Park where it stands to this day. Harriet network of tidal rivers and wetlands Service has evolved over time from not Tubman died in Auburn in 1913 and she that Tubman, and the people she guid- only preserving natural wonders across is buried in the Fort Hill Cemetery. ed to freedom, under the cover of night. the U.S. for recreational purposes but Fortunately many of the structures In particular, a number of properties also commemorating unique places of and landmarks in New York remain in- including the homestead of Ben Ross, significance to historical events and tact and in relatively good condition. her father, Stewart’s Canal, where he extraordinary Americans that have Only recently has the Park Service worked, the Brodess Farm, where she shaped our nation. begun establishing units dedicated to worked as a slave, and others are with- The woman, who is known to us as the lives of African-Americans. Places in the master plan boundaries of the Harriet Tubman, was born in approxi- like Booker T. Washington National Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.

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Were she alive today, Land Management and the State of Tubman would recognize much of the Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Madam President, I submit this statement for Colorado that has been in place since landscape that she knew intimately as 1989 to manage the 148 miles of the Ar- the RECORD to clarify several provi- she secretly led black men, women and kansas River corridor. This partnership children to freedom. sions in my Browns Canyon national monument and wilderness bill, S. 1794. is known as the Arkansas Headwaters There has never been any doubt that Recreation Area, AHRA, and includes Tubman led an extraordinary life. Her I have asked President Obama to use this bill as the model for a designation Browns Canyon. The intent is that the contributions to American history are Browns Canyon National Monument surpassed by few. Determining the of 22,000 acres of Browns Canyon as a national monument under the Antiq- will have no impact on this partner- most appropriate way to recognize that ship. However, it is also the intent that life and her contributions, however, uities Act because it contains many specific provisions that were developed the Federal agencies will closely con- has been exceedingly difficult. The Na- sult with the State of Colorado on the tional Park Service determined that in careful consultation with the com- munity. development of a comprehensive man- designating a Historical Park that agement plan for the national monu- would include two geographically sepa- I introduced my bill over a year ago after 18 months of working side-by-side ment, and that the State could be a co- rate units would be an appropriate signatory to the plan. The State of Col- tribute to the life of this extraordinary with Chaffee County residents and other stakeholders. I held public listen- orado has interests beyond just the American. The New York unit would AHRA because it will manage the wild- include the tightly clustered Tubman ing sessions, received thousands of written comments, and my staff and I life in the National Monument and has buildings in the town of Auburn. The a stake in maintaining the economic Maryland portion would include large conducted over 50 meetings. The result- ing bill was emblematic of how public viability of associated industries, such sections of landscapes that are evoc- as outdoor recreation and agriculture. ative of Tubman’s time and are histori- lands bills should be done: from the Second, the intent is that the Browns cally relevant. bottom up and based on what the com- Harriet Tubman was a true American munity wants. Canyon National Monument shall not patriot. She was someone for whom lib- Browns Canyon is a unique natural have any impact on the existing water erty and freedom were not just con- resource. Hundreds of thousands of rights of any party. It is also the intent cepts but values she fought tirelessly visitors come to Browns Canyon year that the national monument will not for. She lived those principles and so after year to raft or kayak the can- have any effect on how river flows are selflessly helped others attain freedom. yon’s exciting whitewater rapids or to managed and administered, such as the In doing so, she has earned a Nation’s fish the Gold Medal trout waters of the current Voluntary Flow Management respect and honor. Arkansas River. But there is a lot more Program in place for the Arkansas Harriet Tubman is one of many great to this landscape than just the river. River. Americans that we honor and celebrate The rugged and remote lands to the Finally, as I have stated previously every February during Black History east feature quiet canyons and rock before the National Parks Sub- Month. In schools across the country, formations, outstanding habitat for committee, it is critical that local American History curriculums teach bighorn sheep and elk, and sweeping ranchers maintain flexibility to run our children about Tubman’s courage, views of the Collegiate Peaks and Ar- livestock in the national monument conviction, her fight for freedom and kansas Valley. and transfer their grazing allotments her contributions to the greatness of Protecting Browns Canyon has a to future generations. To address this, our Nation during a contentious time wide base of support, including more I included legislative language that all in U.S. history. Now it is time to add than 200 local businesses and sports- existing laws continue to apply just as to Tubman’s legacy by preserving and men who welcome the area’s Gold they did before the monument was des- commemorating the places evocative Medal trout waters and big game hunt- ignated. Colorado’s farms and ranches of Harriet Tubman’s extraordinary life. ing opportunities. Both the town of are an important part of my State’s Every year, millions of school chil- Buena Vista and the city of Salida economy and identity—and produce dren, as well as millions of adults, visit passed resolutions of support, and a food and fiber for the world. In par- our National Historical Parks gain the majority of the Chaffee County com- ticular, cattlemen and women play a experience and knowledge about our missioners support the proposal with critical role in the economy, culture, Nation’s history that simply cannot be its carefully crafted conditions. The and heritage of the Arkansas River found in history books or on the Inter- Denver Post and local Salida Mountain Valley. Therefore, Browns Canyon Na- net. Our Nation’s strength and char- Mail have editorialized in favor of an tional Monument must support that in- acter comes from the actions of the Executive action. Indeed, I hosted a dustry and educate visitors about its Americans who came before us and the public meeting in Salida last week- role. significant events that shaped our Na- end—attended by senior State and Fed- Browns Canyon National Monument tion. The National Park Service is en- eral officials, including U.S. Senator is an idea whose time has come, and I gaged in the important work of pre- MICHAEL BENNET, U.S. Forest Service am proud to have led this most recent serving the places where American his- Chief Tom Tidwell and Bureau of Land effort in a 20-year campaign to protect tory was made and providing a tangible Management Deputy Director Steve this spectacular and nationally signifi- experience for current and future gen- Ellis—to gauge public support for pro- cant resource. erations to experience and understand. tecting this nationally significant It is one thing to learn about Harriet landmark. The more than 500 attendees f Tubman from a book, and it is yet a at the standing-room-only meeting completely different and fulfilling ex- overwhelmingly endorsed the idea, not- FAREWELL TO THE SENATE perience to explore, see, listen to and ing how a national monument designa- feel the places where she worked as a tion would boost the local economy, Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Madam slave, where she escaped from and support Main Street businesses and President, it is humbling to stand here where she lived out her life as a free help protect Colorado’s special way of to speak one final time with my col- American. life. leagues as a United States Senator. The National Park Service is unique- The intent of my Browns Canyon na- As a lifelong mountain climber, I ly suited to honor and preserve these tional monument bill is to preserve have learned far more from the moun- places of historical significance and I this special place just as it is now—for tains I did not summit, than those I urge my colleagues to join me in pre- us and future generations. Therefore, I did. Every climb, I have found, offers a

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I strongly believe that we do Despite a flawed roll-out, the Na- For the past 18 years, my most re- not inherit the earth from our par- tion’s healthcare law has increased ac- warding challenge has been exercising ents—we borrow it from our children. cess to quality health coverage for the power lent to me by the people of That is why I have championed efforts more than 400,000 Coloradans, helped Colorado to fight on their behalf, first to preserve our public lands and the families lower expenses and plan their in the State House and then in the U.S. special places and natural wonders that future with free contraceptive care, Congress. Throughout my career in define Colorado. Those efforts include and kept costs down for the first time public service—my 6 years in the U.S. creating new wilderness areas around in decades. This is helping to keep fam- Senate being but one chapter—I have James Peak, ensuring that future gen- ilies out of bankruptcy and making always been guided by the rugged inde- erations can experience the beauty of sure that all Americans—not just the pendence, strength and cooperative the Great Sand Dunes and Chimney wealthiest among us—receive the care spirit that defines who we are as Colo- Rock, and turning Rocky Flats—a they and their families deserve. radans and as Westerners. former nuclear weapons facility—into a Thomas Jefferson once said that a That spirit helped me craft solutions wildlife refuge. I will continue working true patriot loves her country not just to long-standing problems in my home hard to protect Brown’s Canyon, which for what it is . . . but for what it can State of Colorado. From my very first I hope to see designated as a national be. I think a country where every fam- week in the U.S. Senate, I worked at monument in the days ahead. ily can rest easy knowing that they resolving the decades-long impasse be- Protecting these special places along will never be left in the cold again tween southern Colorado ranchers and with our clean air and water is just when it comes to accessing health care the U.S. Army, which uses the land part of the larger fight to confront the is a cause worth fighting for, and I surrounding Pin˜ on Canyon to train sol- challenges and opportunities posed by could not be more grateful to those diers for deployment into war zones. climate change. Colorado has long led who have fought alongside me to make After 5 years of listening and lots of the Nation’s pursuit of a balanced, for- that a reality. At the same time, we hard work, we reached a deal that pro- ward-thinking energy strategy. Much must also continue to monitor closely tects the property rights of landowners of the progress Colorado has made its implementation to ensure we iden- while ensuring our troops are prepared came after I fought alongside Repub- tify and correct any unexpected and to defend our Nation. It was a team- lican Speaker of the Colorado House uneven impacts on Coloradans and work-oriented approach that reflected Lola Spradley in 2004 to pass our Americans. Colorado’s best problem-solving tradi- State’s first renewable electricity While protecting Americans from the tions. standard. This was the Nation’s first abuses of an out-of-control healthcare I have said for years that Coloradans democratically-passed renewable en- system is an achievement we should all pull together come hell or high water. ergy policy, and one which has actually celebrate, I have been equally as pas- Little did I know that this saying been strengthened and added to since it sionate about upholding the Bill of would prove itself to be true during my was created. Since then, Colorado’s re- Rights and protecting our freedom and time in the U.S. Senate, from wildfires newable electricity standard has in- right to equality. We still have a ways that left thousands homeless to a bib- creased from its start at 10 percent to to go, but I am proud to have followed lical flood in 2013 that swept over much the 30 percent it is today. It has be- in the footsteps of so many great lead- of the Front Range. Despite the par- come a model for the Nation in how to ers, including many in my own family, tisan Federal Government shutdown of create good-paying clean energy jobs who fought to make sure America lives 2013, we delivered more than $770 mil- while fighting the causes of climate up to the values enshrined in our Con- lion in emergency flood support and change. stitution. marshalled nearly $2.5 billion in addi- I built on this effort in the U.S. Sen- Many of you may recall that my fa- tional Federal assistance so that Colo- ate by successfully pushing to extend ther, Mo, helped to integrate the Uni- rado could rebuild better and stronger the Production Tax Credit for wind en- versity of Arizona, when it was beset than before. This disaster relief work ergy. This has been a years-long, bipar- by racial divisions. My grandfather, includes conservation easements and tisan effort that I am proud to have led Levi, issued a famous court decision watershed protection funds to ward off alongside Senator GRASSLEY from that recognized Native Americans’ con- future floods and a series of next-gen- Iowa. From coming to the floor more stitutionally protected right to vote in eration air tankers to help us fight than two-dozen times to explain the our elections. My uncle Stewart chal- fires for decades to come. This is in ad- importance of wind State-by-State and lenged discrimination in our Nation’s dition to the more immediate support to demand an extension in 2012, to capital when he confronted the Wash- needed to rebuild roads, bridges, and fighting to extend the wind tax credit ington football team to demand they the infrastructure that our commu- again this year, I have never given up allow black athletes to play alongside nities depend on. on Colorado’s thriving wind-energy in- white athletes. It has been these exam- Our uniquely Western perspective dustry and the more than 5,000 jobs it ples among so many others that in- holds that compromise is not capitula- supports across the State. This is the spired me to take action when I felt we tion, and that we are stronger when sort of common-sense, bipartisan pol- were not living up to our constitu- every member of the community has a icy that helps hardworking American tional ideals. seat at the table—not just the privi- families today but is also part of im- That includes leading the successful leged. This is a cause that my family plementing a clean energy future for fight to repeal the military’s discrimi- has championed for generations and it generations to come. natory ‘‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’’ policy is a creed that should continue to drive As a Nation, over the past few years, that had so shamefully kept gay and all Coloradans who answer the call to we have persevered through difficult lesbian Americans from openly serving serve. times to continue building toward a their country in the Armed Forces. It At this point in our politics, Ameri- more perfect union. When our country includes passing landmark hate crimes cans are rightly impatient with the was faced with the possibility of an- prevention legislation and a law to willful, partisan gridlock and dysfunc- other Great Depression, we took deci- make it easier for women to fight wage tion in Washington. Yet, in Colorado, sive action—avoiding financial col- discrimination. we know that by working together we lapse, supporting 6 straight years of job While there is much work left to be have been able to keep our State mov- growth in private industry, and mak- done to protect our constitutional ing forward and do our part to over- ing smart investments in everything rights, I am proud to have led the ef- come Washington silliness for the good from repairing our crumbling roads to fort to reconcile the enormous power of of the Nation. re-invigorating Denver’s historic Union our Nation’s intelligence agencies with But even as we keep our eyes on the Station. That is something to be proud the bedrock principles of our democ- horizon and the work we still have to of. There’s a lot more to be done—but racy. We have proven that the choice

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To all those who have served, leadership in setting the record to serve, we were strong enough as a and to all their loved ones, I offer my straight on the Intelligence Commit- Nation to admit our mistakes and com- deepest thanks and my never ending tee’s investigation of the CIA’s deten- mit to learning from this dark period gratitude. tion and interrogation program. in our Nation’s history. That is why I When I first came to the U.S. Senate, Above all else, SAXBY is a proud hus- led the fight on the Intelligence Com- I told my colleagues that we were not band, father of two, and grandfather of mittee to declassify the findings of our elected to solve Democratic or Repub- six. I know that his lovely wife landmark report on the CIA’s Deten- lican problems, but to find uniquely Julianne and the rest of his family are tion and Interrogation Program, to American solutions to our toughest eager to spend more time together in make sure that future presidents and challenges. Just like mountain climb- the coming years. intelligence community leaders do not ers who are all on the same rope, we Mr. President, SAXBY and the entire violate the principles that make Amer- know that we are all in this together— Chambliss family should know that his ica so exceptional. and that we are only truly successful colleagues, his fellow Georgians, and These are all important accomplish- when we all succeed together. his fellow Americans are truly grateful ments—but I would be remiss if I did The great writer Wallace Stegner for SAXBY’s service and his family’s not acknowledge that true leadership challenged us to build communities to sacrifices. I wish them all the best. is a team sport. I have been fortunate match our scenery. In a narrow sense, TOM COBURN to be surrounded by many people whose that means that we should strive to Madam President, I also pay tribute insights, counsel and contributions make our society as beautiful and to my friend TOM COBURN as he pre- have made me a stronger and more ef- thriving as the natural landscape that pares to leave the Senate. For 10 years, fective advocate for Colorado. In par- surrounds us. But in a broader sense, it TOM has served the people of Oklahoma ticular, I want to point out that former also means that our communities as their junior Senator. He is a man of Colorado U.S. Senator Gary Hart has should bring out the best in us, and principle and fierce determination. He been a key, trusted advisor and a dear that we should never stop building on has shown himself willing time and friend throughout my 18 years of public the uniquely independent yet coopera- again to stand up to special interests service. I want to thank my Chief of tive spirit that makes Colorado great. and to fight for what he believes in. He Staff, Michael Sozan, who has guided That is the spirit that has guided me will be missed. my Senate office with a steady hand throughout my time in public service, Senator COBURN was born in Casper, for the last 6 years . . . and my State and it is the spirit that will continue Wyoming, in 1948 and was raised in Director, Jen Rokala, who I have had to guide me as I find new ways to keep Muskogee, OK. His father Orin was a the pleasure of working with over the Colorado and our country moving for- prominent optician and the founder of past 15 years as we served the people of ward. Coburn Optical Industries. TOM at- Colorado. I also want to thank Joe It has been the greatest privilege of tended college at Oklahoma State Uni- Britton, my Deputy Chief of Staff; my life to be a United States Senator versity, where he graduated with a de- Jake Swanton, my Legislative Direc- from Colorado and I will be forever gree in accounting. From 1970 to 1978 tor; John Fossum, my administrative grateful for having had the challenge he was a manufacturing manager at his director; and Mike Saccone, my Com- and the opportunity to serve our great family’s company. After a bout with munications Director, for ably guiding country. cancer, TOM returned to school to be- me and my office. f come a physician, graduating in 1983 Even before coming to the Senate, I from the University of Oklahoma Med- had the pleasure of working with many TRIBUTES TO DEPARTING ical School. Following his residency, SENATORS dedicated people who put everything on TOM moved back to Muskogee to prac- the line to better serve Colorado. I SAXBY CHAMBLISS tice family medicine and obstetrics. He want to thank Alan Salazar, my former Mr. HATCH. Madam President, I rise has personally delivered more than Chief of Staff, along with Laura Davis, today to honor my good friend Senator 4,000 babies. Lisa Carpenter, Stan Sloss, Doug SAXBY CHAMBLISS on the occasion of Senator COBURN began his career in Young, Cookab Hashemi, and Tara Tru- his retirement. For 20 years, he has public service in 1994, when he was jillo for their guidance, patience, and served his fellow Georgians in Congress elected to the U.S. House of Represent- good humor. I also want to thank two with honor and distinction. He will be atives from Oklahoma. He served in the staffers who have been with me from sorely missed. House for 6 years, then went back to the start: Jennifer Barrett, one of my A preacher’s son, SAXBY was born in Muskogee to resume his medical prac- most trusted advisers, and Carter Elli- Warrenton, NC. He graduated from the tice. Three years later, in 2004, TOM son, my constituent services director. University of Georgia and the Univer- was elected to the U.S. Senate to fill The list of talented and driven people sity of Tennessee College of Law. As a the seat being vacated by retiring Sen- who have worked with me over the lawyer in south Georgia, he built a suc- ator Don Nickles. Here in the Senate years is too long to read but their com- cessful law practice representing the he has served with distinction on a mitment to serving Colorado and our farmers that are the lifeblood of his number of important committees, in- Nation fills me with awe. I will miss state. cluding the Committee on Homeland my team greatly. He put his expertise on farm issues to Security and Government Affairs, of It also has been my honor to serve as good use here in Congress and became which he is the Ranking Member. a member of the Senate Armed Serv- a key player in negotiations for each of Since first arriving in Congress, Sen- ices Committee for the last 6 years— the farm bills considered during his ator COBURN has been a strong pro- and on the House Armed Services Com- tenure. And just 2 years after he was ponent of fiscal restraint. His efforts to mittee before that. During that time, I elected to the Senate, he assumed the fight deficit spending, pork barrel had the privilege of working on behalf chairmanship of the Agriculture, Nu- projects, and earmarks earned him the of the tremendous men and women who trition, and Forestry Committee, the nickname ‘‘Dr. No.’’ I have always defend our Nation. I have witnessed fastest any new Senator has risen to thought this nickname was a com- their great courage, professionalism chair a standing committee since 1947. pliment to TOM. It shows he is willing and commitment in performing dan- SAXBY and I served together for to stand up against powerful interests gerous missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, many years on the Select Committee in defense of his principles, and that he Djibouti and other places around the on Intelligence, where I came to appre- takes seriously the problems of unnec- world. I have been humbled by the in- ciate his wisdom, his sound judgment, essary spending and long-term debt.

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Earlier this year, TOM and I, along served. I wish him, his wife Stephanie, open-minded, and hard-working. He with Senator RICHARD BURR, intro- and their children the best going for- will be missed. duced the Patient CARE Act, a mar- ward. Senator PRYOR comes from a distin- ket-based alternative to Obamacare. JAY ROCKEFELLER guished Arkansas political family. His TOM and I have also worked together to Madam President, in addition I pay father, David Pryor, was Governor of fight waste and corruption at the De- tribute to my friend and colleague JAY and later Senator from Arkansas. partment of Health and Human Serv- ROCKEFELLER, who will soon retire MARK was born in Fayetteville, AR, ices and to reinvigorate the States’ from the Senate. I have known JAY for and attended college at the University roles in meeting transportation, safety, many years. He is a man of principle of Arkansas. He received a law degree and other needs. who has dedicated his life to serving from the University of Arkansas Madam President, Senator COBURN is the citizens of West Virginia. He is a School of Law and then spent several an honorable and steadfast man. He serious legislator and an honorable years in private practice. has served his country well. I wish him, man. I will miss him. In 1991, Senator PRYOR was elected to his wife Carolyn, and their family the Senator ROCKEFELLER is a member of the Arkansas House of Representa- very best. a prominent and distinguished Amer- tives. Eight years later he was elected Attorney General of Arkansas. In 2002, MIKE JOHANNS ican family. He is the great-grandson Madam President, as well I honor my of John D. Rockefeller, the founder of MARK won election to the U.S. Senate from Arkansas, winning the same seat colleague and friend MIKE JOHANNS. Standard Oil. JAY was born in New his father once held. For many years, Senator JOHANNS has York City and attended school at Phil- In the Senate, MARK has distin- worked tirelessly for the people of Ne- lips Exeter Academy and Harvard Col- guished himself through his independ- lege, from which he earned an A.B. braska, first at the local level, then at ence and his willingness to reach the state level as Governor, and most After college JAY worked for the Peace across party lines. Although MARK and Corps and the Department of Far East- recently as senior Senator from Ne- I have not always agreed, I have always ern Affairs. He then went to work for braska. MIKE is a kind and thoughtful known he has acted in what he firmly man, and I have been grateful to serve the Volunteers in Service to America believes are the best interests of his with him these past 6 years. (VISTA) program, during which time State. Senator JOHANNS was born and raised he moved to West Virginia. Senator PRYOR has served on a num- in Osage, IA, where he grew up working Senator ROCKEFELLER began his po- ber of important committees during his on his family’s farm. After high school, litical career in 1966, when he was time in the Senate, including the Ap- he attended Saint Mary’s University of elected to the West Virginia House of propriations Committee, the Homeland Minnesota and Creighton University Delegates. Two years he later became Security and Governmental Affairs School of Law. Following law school the West Virginia Secretary of State. Committee, and the Committee on MIKE clerked on the Nebraska Supreme After a brief stint as President of West Commerce, Science, and Transpor- Court and then practiced law in Lin- Virginia Wesleyan College, JAY re- tation. I have been fortunate to work coln, NE, where he was a founding turned to public service in 1976, when with him on a number of important partner at the firm Nelson, Johanns, he was elected Governor of West Vir- pieces of legislation, on topics ranging Morris, Holdeman, and Titus. ginia. Following two successful terms from medical care to homeland secu- In 1983, Senator JOHANNS was elected as Governor, he won election to the rity to victim restitution. He has been to the Lancaster County Board. Five U.S. Senate in 1984, where he has a strong partner in these efforts, and I years later he won election to the Lin- served ever since. have been grateful to have him as an coln City Council, and then, 3 years Senator ROCKEFELLER has held a ally. after that, became Mayor of Lincoln. number of important positions in the Senator PRYOR is a decent and MIKE followed his success in local poli- Senate, including Chairman of the Sen- thoughtful man. He has served his tics with success in state politics. In ate Select Committee on Intelligence, State honorably. I wish him and his 1998, he won his first term as Governor where I was privileged to serve with family the very best. of Nebraska, and was reelected by a him. This is a crucially important JOHN WALSH landslide 4 years later. committee that deals with some of the Madam President, finally I pay trib- Senator JOHANNS entered national weightiest issues that come before Con- ute to Senator JOHN WALSH. I have politics in 2004 when President George gress. JAY led the committee with known JOHN for only a brief time, but W. Bush asked him to serve as Sec- equanimity and respect. His work I know that he is a good man who has retary of Agriculture. Four years later helped keep our country safe. served his country well. he won election to the U.S. Senate Senator ROCKEFELLER has also been Senator WALSH began his service to from Nebraska, where he has served an active legislator. I was honored to our country long before he came to the with distinction ever since. work with him on the creation of the Senate. He joined the Montana Na- When he retires later this month, State Children’s Health Insurance Pro- tional Guard right after high school- Senator JOHANNS will have spent more gram, or SCHIP, which has made the start of an impressive military ca- than 25 years as a public servant. I health insurance available to millions reer. JOHN served 8 years as an enlisted commend him for his service to the of children. Other issues JAY and I have U.S. Army soldier before he was com- state of Nebraska and to the people of worked on together over the years in- missioned as a Second Lieutenant in this Nation. clude tax reform, stem cell research, 1987. As an officer, he distinguished Although his tenure in the Senate and protecting the American flag. He himself and quickly rose through the was brief, Senator JOHANNS wasted no and I did not always see eye to eye, but ranks. time. His previous experience as Sec- I always knew he did what he thought Senator WALSH led the 163rd Infantry retary of Agriculture proved indispen- was right. Battalion in Iraq, commanding more sable as a member of the Senate Com- Mr. President, I am grateful to have than 700 Army National Guard soldiers mittee on Agriculture. To this com- been able to serve alongside Senator in combat. He later received the Bronze mittee, he brought an expertise on ROCKEFELLER these past 30 years. He’s Star and the Combat Infantryman’s farming issues unrivaled by other a man of deep conviction, and a man badge for his service. In 2008, Governor freshman senators. He also served ac- utterly devoted to the people of his Brian Schweitzer appointed JOHN the tively on the Banking Committee and home state of West Virginia. I wish the Adjutant General of Montana’s Na- was a member of the Senate’s Gang of very best for him, his wife Sharon, and tional Guard. As Adjutant General,

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I am ship and strength, and he always deliv- His insight and his immediate grasp going to keep your number on speed ered. of the essence of so many controversial dial in my office so I’ll have it when Senator WALSH moved from military and complicated issues has made him a one of those days comes along when I service to public office when he became great asset on the committees on need a thoughtful word or two for a de- Montana’s Lieutenant Governor in which he has served. His willingness to bate or a committee session. As the 2013. Governor Steve Bullock appointed get involved and lead on some pretty saying goes facts are tough and power- JOHN to fill former Senator Max Bau- difficult issues has enabled him to ful things and when it comes to those cus’s seat in February 2014, making make a difference that will be remem- issues in which he truly believes so is JOHN the first Iraq War veteran to bered around here for quite a while. TOM COBURN. serve as a Senator. In our deliberations one of TOM’s TIM JOHNSON Though his time here in the Senate great weapons has been his mastery Madam President, it is a tradition was brief, Senator WALSH was an active and understanding of the facts sur- here in the Senate to take a moment member of the Committee on Rules and rounding his positions on the issues we before the end of each session of Con- Administration; the Committee on Ag- have taken up in committee and on the gress to express our appreciation for riculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; and floor. He is an excellent speaker and the service of those Members who will the Committee on Commerce, Science, when he talks we are all very atten- be retiring at the end of the year. It is and Transportation. He always treated tive. The reason why is simple. If you always a difficult time to lose some of me and our other colleagues with the agree with him you want to know what our best and brightest. One fellow Sen- utmost kindness and respect. his views are so you will be able to ator I know we will all miss is TIM Senator WALSH is a good man who strengthen your own arguments on the JOHNSON. has dedicated his life to serving our bill with some of his reflections and TIM has had quite a remarkable ca- country and keeping us safe. I wish recommendations. If you disagree with reer and legacy of service to South Da- him, his wife Janet, and their children him you will still want to hear him kota of which he should be very proud. the very best. speak so you will know what the He came to the Senate to work for the TOM COBURN toughest arguments are you will be people of his State and he did such a Mr. ENZI. Madam President, at the faced with during our deliberations. good job they kept sending him back. close of each session of Congress it is No matter what side you are on, it is It is been a mutual admiration soci- our tradition to take a moment to ex- rare that anyone has ever questioned ety—the people of South Dakota and press our appreciation and say goodbye his facts. They may not like them—but TIM. to those of our colleagues who will be you can not avoid acknowledging TIM followed a proven path of success retiring at the session’s close. It is al- them. for his service in Congress by first serv- ways a bittersweet moment to reflect In addition, as a father, a grand- ing in the South Dakota State Legisla- on the important contributions our father and a physician, TOM has been ture. He had a knack for getting things friends have made as they worked so an outspoken advocate on health and done there that it preceded him to hard to represent their States and our medical issues. During his career he serve in the House as South Dakota’s Nation. has worked to increase the access of at-large Representative. He quickly de- Such an individual is TOM COBURN seniors to the health care services they veloped a reputation in the House as and that is just one of the reasons why need. He has also been active in efforts someone who had an abundance of good we will miss him. TOM always has and to try to control health care costs and ideas. As a freshman he had a list of always will be a strong voice for con- protect the right to life of the unborn. bills he had dropped in that was longer servative values and principles. There He has such a strong kinship with the than any other freshman in the House. are not many who can express their be- delegations of the West because TOM It was clear to everyone that TIM was liefs with the same kind of clarity and has a strong and heartfelt under- the kind of person who knew how to power he brings to the issues the Sen- standing of the challenges of our urban get results. ate takes up for deliberations. communities. I have often said one of TIM and I were part of the same I will always believe that TOM has our great battles here in Washington is freshman class of the Senate. Over the been so successful in his career as a po- to help our colleagues get a deeper un- years I have enjoyed having a chance litical leader and a doctor because he derstanding of the difference in life in to come to know him. He has proved to began his life with one of the greatest the large eastern cities and the smaller be a good friend, a great ally and some- of all advantages—he was born in Wyo- rural communities of the West. It is a one who was willing to work with ming, in Casper. That was not all. He crucial difference that must be under- members on all sides to get things done graduated from Oklahoma State Uni- stood to get a better sense of what is for South Dakota and our Nation. versity with a degree in accounting. As needed to help both our rural and For me, it meant a great deal to have an accountant myself I was not sur- urban communities to grow and pros- a Senator from a neighboring State prised by that. His love of accounting, per. who had an understanding of our agri- his fondness for numbers and details, In the next session I know we will culture industry. As I have often said, and his Wyoming birth all help to ex- miss him, his understanding of our con- urban life is very different from rural plain his power of persuasion. servative values and principles and his life and it was good to have someone to I am kidding about that but one commitment to this generation and the work with whose background made thing that is true about his back- next—and beyond. TOM knows that if those issues and the need for action ground is how his love of numbers and future generations are to have it as clear to him. his understanding of budgets and ac- good as we have we will all have to That is one of the reasons why TIM counting practices has helped him to learn to get along with a little less. has such a strong understanding of one understand the financial problems we Now TOM is closing that great chap- of the key issues of the West—water. currently face as a nation and the im- ter of his life that contains his service For many of us water is something portance of taking action to address in the House and the Senate. It has not that we take for granted. It is easy. them before they get so far out of hand been easy. The House and Senate are You turn on the tap and you can have we will be jeopardizing the future of very different places in which to as much as you want. our children and our grandchildren. work—and make progress but TOM has Unfortunately, for our rural commu- That would have never happened on managed to do it—and he has the re- nities, it is not that easy. Water is a TOM’s watch. Grandfathers are like sults to show for his efforts. precious commodity—down to the last that. With one eye on the bottom line Thank you, TOM, for all you have drop. In fact, just about everyone from and the other on the future of our Na- done to make our Nation a better place the West has heard the old adage, tion, TOM has developed an amazing to live. We are grateful for your serv- ‘‘Whiskey is for drinking, Water is for knack for finding ways to cut waste ice, for your vision for America and fighting!’’

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That is why you will find his leg- the beginnings of the wars in Afghani- When it comes to protecting and islative record of accomplishments stan and Iraq, the operation against championing people with disabilities, filled with his efforts to pass infra- Osama bin Laden and the current con- there is no equal to TOM HARKIN. He structure projects to ensure our water flict against the terrorist group ISIS. helped write the Americans with Dis- supplies would be both reliable and Chairman LEVIN has guided our caucus abilities Act, ADA, of 1990 and the ADA available. through the National Defense Author- Amendments Act of 2008. These bills I could go on about his other accom- ization Act process every year, work- did for people with disabilities what plishments and our work together on ing to ensure members have an oppor- the civil rights acts of the 1950s and agriculture issues but I would be here tunity to include their priority issues 1960s did for African-Americans. He au- for quite a long time and not begin to in the bill. I am grateful for Senator thored the Television Decoder Cir- make a dent in what he has been able LEVIN’s support of my efforts to ensure cuitry Act to create universal closed to achieve during his career. Let me Afghan women and girls remain at the captioning and he expanded services for just say that the work TIM began in the forefront of our Afghanistan policy children with disabilities under the In- State Legislature and continued when through this transition period. One of dividuals with Disabilities in Edu- he came to Congress has helped to Senator LEVIN’s most important leg- cation Act, IDEA. Under the Workforce make South Dakota what it is today. I acies will be his thoughtful and prin- Investment Opportunity Act, he en- think by any standard he has done a cipled opposition to shifting attention hanced employment opportunities for good job and made the people of his away from the fight against al Qaeda young people with disabilities and home State proud. in Afghanistan to Iraq. Our caucus will under the Affordable Care Act he cre- Through the years, TIM has had some miss CARL LEVIN’s steady hand guiding ated the Community First Choice Op- health problems, but he never let them us through these important matters. tion to give states that offer services stop him or slow him down in his work At the helm of the Permanent Sub- to people with disabilities outside of for South Dakota. Sometimes I think committee on Investigations, Senator nursing homes extra federal funding. of him as a warrior—a quiet one—who LEVIN has led the charge against some Senator HARKIN pushed the issue of is blessed with a spirit to work for the of the worst abuse and corruption oc- prevention and the health and wellness people of South Dakota that just can curring in our country. Under Senator of Americans long before those issues not be diminished. LEVIN’s leadership the subcommittee became national themes. Senator HAR- When I think of TIM I will always conducted an eighteen month inves- KIN wrote the prevention title in the think of him as someone who leads the tigation into the causes of the finan- Affordable Care Act and introduced the best way, by example. I have learned a cial crisis that culminated in four first bill that allowed the Food and lot from him over the years and I think hearings in April 2010. The hearings Drug Administration, FDA, to regulate we have made a difference together in brought forth information that helped tobacco. He is also the reason the word our shared commitment to our Na- craft the Wall Street Reform and Con- ‘‘Prevention’’ is included in the Cen- tion’s agriculture industry. We have sumer Protection Act of 2010. He also ters for Disease Control and Preven- worked on a lot of bills together and by led an investigation into abusive and tion’s name. Child labor is another placing both our names on a bill we unfair practices of the credit card in- area where TOM was ahead of the curve. made it a bipartisan effort that I would dustry, which would lead to the Credit The Clinton Administration’s Execu- like to think drew a lot of other Mem- Card Accountability Responsibility and tive Order, ‘‘Prohibition of Acquisition bers to our side to work with us. Disclosure Act, along with investiga- of Products Produced by Forced and In- Thank you, TIM, for your service, not tions into tax shelters, offshore tax ha- dentured Child Labor,’’ was backed by only to South Dakota but to the West vens and Federal contractor tax delin- Senator HARKIN and he helped obtain and to all our Nation. You have a lot to quency, among other issues. In 2012, the adoption and Senate ratification of look back on with the satisfaction that the National Journal wrote that ‘‘the United Nations Convention 182, a trea- comes from having done a job and done Permanent Subcommittee on Inves- ty that called for the elimination of it well. Diana joins in sending our best tigations is one of the few institutions the worst forms of child labor. wishes to you for your hard work and in Congress that’s still working. CARL On a personal note, I want to express determined effort to address the prob- LEVIN is a big reason why.’’ my appreciation to Chairman HARKIN lems and challenges of our Nation. CARL LEVIN’s legacy can be summed and his staff on the HELP Committee Thanks, too, for your friendship. Good up in one word: integrity. His commit- for their help in getting three bills I in- luck on the next chapter of the great ment to our security and our service- troduced this Congress passed into adventure of your life. members is incomparable. We wish him law—the Children’s Hospital GME Sup- CARL LEVIN well as he returns to Michigan and port Reauthorization Act, the Emer- Mr. CASEY. Madam President, I moves on to new challenges and I gency Medical Services for Children wanted to speak today about Senator thank him for his service. Reauthorization Act and the Trau- CARL LEVIN and his years of service to TOM HARKIN matic Brain Injury Reauthorization the Senate and the people of Michigan. Madam President, I also wanted to Act. Without the efforts of Chairman Senator LEVIN has served 36 years and speak about my colleague TOM HARKIN HARKIN and his team, these bills would is Michigan’s longest serving senator. who will be retiring at the end of this not have moved forward. John F. Kennedy once said that Congress. I commend him for his 40 The late Senator Paul Wellstone of ‘‘leadership and learning are indispen- years of service in Congress for the Minnesota, once said that ‘‘Politics is sable to each other.’’ Senator LEVIN’s people of Iowa. not just about power and money time here has been an illustration of Senator Hubert Humphrey once said games, politics can be about the im- that statement, and I have experienced that the moral test of government provement of people’s lives, about less- this firsthand ever since I arrived in should be how it treats those in the ening human suffering in our world and the Senate in 2007 and sought his guid- dawn of life, our children; those in the bringing about more peace and more ance on difficult issues like the war in twilight of life, our older citizens; and justice.’’ TOM HARKIN is a living exam- Iraq. He is one of the best informed and those in the shadows of life, people ple of those words. Our Nation and our knowledgeable members of the Senate. with disabilities, among others. TOM world are better today because of his CARL LEVIN has been a leader for HARKIN’s work in the House and Senate life of service. years on the Senate Armed Services has been a testament to what Senator JAY ROCKEFELLER Committee and the Permanent Sub- Humphrey said. Senator HARKIN has Madam President, as the 113 Congress committee on Investigations. Senator never hesitated to stand up and fight comes to a close, the time has come to

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I thank him for his dec- problems and her proactive approach to the United States Senate. ades of service and wish him well. finding solutions, Congress was able While Senator ROCKEFELLER has ac- MARY LANDRIEU pass a bill preventing thousands of peo- complished many notable things in his Ms. HEITKAMP. Madam President, I ple across the country from being decades of service, you can really sum honor my friend and colleague from forced to pay disastrously high flood up much of what he did for our country Louisiana, Senator MARY LANDRIEU, insurance premiums. in one word—kids. Nelson Mandela who is departing the Senate at the end I have also had the privilege of work- once said ‘‘There can be no keener rev- of this year. Her career in public serv- ing with Senator LANDRIEU on energy elation of a society’s soul than the way ice began 34 years ago when she was issues. There is no better advocate in in which it treats its children.’’ JAY elected to the Louisiana House of Rep- the Senate on energy than Senator ROCKEFELLER worked tirelessly to en- resentatives. During that time and in LANDRIEU. I came here with the intent sure that we never lost sight of our her service in the United States Sen- of learning everything that I could children as we worked on issues large ate, she has proved time and again that from Senator LANDRIEU. My only re- and small. the people of Louisiana could not have gret is that there was no way to fully One key example of his advocacy is asked for a better advocate and fighter take in all of her knowledge in the the Children’s Health Insurance Pro- on their behalf. brief time that I have been here. That gram or CHIP as it is better known. In It is tough to describe someone like is a testament to the incredible work the 1990s, members like JAY ROCKE- Senator LANDRIEU. Senator LANDRIEU that she has done over her career to ad- FELLER came together and created is selfless, dedicated, tenacious, and re- vance a pragmatic energy policy for CHIP to ensure low-income children of silient, but these are just words that, this country, work that I hope to con- working parents had access to health while accurate, fail to truly capture tinue in the years ahead building upon care. When my father was governor of who this woman is and what she stands the energy legacy that Senator LAN- Pennsylvania, he signed into law the for. It is only by looking at Senator DRIEU will leave behind. A word you CHIP program that initially insured LANDRIEU’s significant accomplish- hear often when people describe Sen- over 50,000 children across the state ments that someone can truly begin to ator LANDRIEU is tenacious, and this and served as a model for the national understand the depths of her selfless- was never more apparent than on her program. On a personal level, I thank ness, dedication, and resiliency. During work to advance the Keystone XL Senator ROCKEFELLER for helping to my time in the Senate, I have seen Pipeline. Anyone who watched Senator expand this program to children MARY embody these words like few oth- LANDRIEU work that bill and work be- around the country and I look forward ers in this body. hind the scenes to get the votes knows to working with my colleagues to en- Senator LANDRIEU and I both come that she will fight to the very last sec- sure CHIP remains strong for children from large families. I know the impact ond for what she believes in and that in the years ahead. being one of seven children had on me the word ‘‘can’t’’ doesn’t exist in her In 2009 health care reform was on the growing up and I am sure Senator LAN- vocabulary. Senator LANDRIEU single- agenda again and JAY ROCKEFELLER DRIEU can attest to how big of an im- handedly forced this bill to the Senate played a key role in getting a number pact being one of nine children had on floor and brought us closer than we of important provisions included. He pushed to expand Medicaid and to her. During her time in public service, have been in 6 years to approving this make sure insurance companies actu- Senator LANDRIEU has worked hard to project once and for all. Senator LAN- ally spent the bulk of dollars on health ensure that all children can benefit DRIEU’s pragmatic approach to this care and not administrative costs. He from having a family to call their own. issue and willingness to embrace solu- also worked to ensure that information Senator LANDRIEU has worked exten- tions over politics stands as an exam- provided to consumers buying insur- sively with the Angels in Adoption pro- ple for the rest of the Senate to strive ance on the exchange could be under- gram since its inception, and cochaired for. Senator LANDRIEU always looked out stood by all, and, of course, he led the the Congressional Coalition on Adop- charge to protect CHIP kids and make tion and the Congressional Foster Care for the energy interests of her State, sure they did not end up with the short Caucus. Senator LANDRIEU’s work has while recognizing the need to provide end of the stick. changed the lives of children across and protect her gulf coast commu- Senator ROCKEFELLER’s work extends Louisiana, the country, and around the nities. She has pushed for increased far beyond health care and children. world. Because of her work, there are LNG exports that would bring new jobs Coal miners and their families have countless children who are now able to and significant investment to her had no better friend in the Senate than feel the love and benefits of having a State. She also has been instrumental JAY ROCKEFELLER. He has tirelessly family. in expanding oil exploration and pro- fought and won battles to protect their In 2005, Louisiana was victim of one duction in the Gulf of Mexico, but health, safety and pensions while also of the worst natural disasters to ever while doing so she has made sure that protecting and preserving Black Lung hit this country. Hurricane Katrina her coastal communities receive a big- benefits for workers made sick by devastated New Orleans and Louisiana ger share of the royalties and revenue doing their jobs. His advocacy in this the likes of which this country has to mitigate any impacts from the de- body will be missed. Now it is up to the rarely seen. With one of the country’s velopment. Working for jobs and eco- rest of us to carry the torch. great cities devastated and in ruins, it nomic development and protecting Senator ROCKEFELLER is quoted as was MARY LANDRIEU who took the lead those most impacted by this develop- follows in the Charleston Daily Mail on recovery efforts. It was MARY LAN- ment, that is a pretty good legacy to last year: DRIEU who held FEMA’s feet to the fire leave behind in Louisiana. ‘‘Rockefeller said he knew all the to better serve Louisianans. It was The Landrieu family name comes Kennedys well but liked Bobby best. MARY LANDRIEU who helped direct bil- with a long history of public service in ‘Because he struck me,’ Rockefeller lions of dollars in recovery funds to the Louisiana. The Landrieus, known for said. ‘He had a soul, and there are a lot State. It was because of MARY LAN- their big personalities that are eclipsed of photographs of him in West Virginia DRIEU that the great State of Louisiana only by their accomplishments in of- later when he ran for president sitting has bounced back strong as ever. fice, can rest easy knowing that MARY on a slag heap, looking mournful, look- Senator LANDRIEU’s leadership did has more than lived up to the family ing off into the distance, thinking, not end with the recovery and rebuild- name. The Senate, Louisiana, and the ‘Why does this condition exist, what ing efforts. Following the passage of country, are better off because of the can I do?’ ’’ the Biggert-Waters Flood Reform Act work MARY LANDRIEU has done in the

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I remind my- tremendous work she will accomplish State or Federal level. self that our loss is their gain, as I am outside of this Chamber. I applaud my colleague for his years sure they are excited to have him home MARK PRYOR of tireless commitment in defense of more. I truly enjoyed working along- Madam President, I also wish to his home State, for his service in the side him and look forward to when our honor my colleague, Senator MARK Senate and this Country. I wish the paths cross again. I wish him incredible PRYOR, who will be leaving the Senate very best to him and his family in the happiness and success in the next chap- at the end of this Congress. Senator years to come. ter. PRYOR has been a tireless champion for MARK BEGICH f the people of Arkansas for 12 years in Madam President, finally I pay trib- TRIBUTE TO NANCY ERICKSON this legislative body. However, his ute and recognize the accomplishments commitment and dedication to the of a trusted ally and dear friend, Sen- Mr. THUNE. Madam President, today State of Arkansas is reflected not only ator MARK BEGICH, who will be leaving I recognize Nancy Erickson for her 26 in his work here, but in the public serv- the Senate at the end of the term. years of honorable service to the ice he and his family have given for Mark has been a tenacious and stead- United States Senate. decades. fast advocate for his constituents and Nancy is a native of Brandon, SD, As the son of the former Governor the State of Alaska and a strong mod- and is a graduate of Augustana College and U.S. Senator, Senator MARK PRYOR erate voice during his years in the Sen- and American University, where she grew up in a family which embodied ate. earned her M.A. in public policy. Nancy public service, instilling his interest I have had the honor and privilege to began working for the Senate in 1989, and desire to do the same in his career. work with Senator BEGICH on both the when she accepted a position working After attending the University of Ar- Indian Affairs and Homeland Security for Senator Daschle. In 2005, Nancy kansas and working in the private sec- and Governmental Affairs Committees. began serving as the Democratic rep- tor as an attorney, he turned his sights As someone who represents one of the resentative for the Senate’s Sergeant to public service. While serving as a most rural States in America, he has at Arms. Then in 2007, Nancy became member of the Arkansas House of Rep- an impressive understanding and com- the 32nd person and the 6th woman to resentatives and then as attorney gen- passion for the unique challenges rural serve as Secretary of the Senate. eral for the State of Arkansas, Senator communities face. Nancy has been a constant professional PRYOR honed his understanding of the As a member of the Homeland Secu- in the way she conducts herself and needs of the State and developed strong rity Committee, he played a major role goes about her work. Nancy has played a pivotal role in connections through its institutions in postal reform negotiations. He un- the function of the Senate, and I want which served him well throughout his derstood rural citizens rely most on to extend my thanks and appreciation career. It was here that I first met the Postal Service for critical deliv- to her and wish her continued success Mark. He was serving as attorney gen- eries of prescription medicines, time in the years to come. eral in Arkansas at the same time I sensitive bills, and other important was serving as attorney general in communications. He knew that with- f North Dakota. I was immediately im- out a rural post office, many small, REMEMBERING JOHN KREBS pressed with this young public servant rural communities would cease to Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I ask and grew to understand that he is in- exist. my colleagues to join me in paying telligent and principled in how he ap- During his tenure on the Indian Af- tribute to the life and extraordinary proaches his life and career. In 2003, fairs Committee, he was dedicated to accomplishments of former Congress- Senator PRYOR was elected U.S. Sen- confronting and addressing the un- man John Krebs, who recently passed ator from Arkansas, reclaiming the pleasant truths about the Federal Gov- away at the age of 87 in Fresno, CA. seat his father once held. ernment’s treatment of Native people John was born on December 17, 1926, As a Senator, he served on various in our country. He understood the in Berlin, Germany. After Hitler came committees which allowed him to fight threats facing subsistence rights, na- to power, he escaped with his family to for the priorities of Arkansas, pass leg- tive languages, and rich cultural tradi- Tel Aviv. There, he became a diamond islation and champion initiatives tions, and fought to ensure they were cutter and joined the Haganah, a Jew- which helped this Nation. During his given parity and respect. Senator ish underground organization that sup- tenure on the Armed Services Com- BEGICH also knew far too many Native ported independence from Britain and mittee, Senator PRYOR protected the women today experience violence and the establishment of an independent interests of Arkansas servicemembers sexual assault, particularly in remote Jewish state. and their families. His work on the Ap- areas, and so he fought for the tribal John moved to California in 1946 to propriations and Commerce Commit- provisions in the reauthorization of the attend the University of California at tees created opportunities for growth Violence Against Woman Act— Berkeley and after graduating in 1950, in transportation, rural broadband, en- VAWA—and advanced his Safe Fami- he became a United States citizen in ergy, and agriculture, all critical inter- lies and Villages Act to extend those 1952. Following two years in the U.S. ests for Arkansas. Leading these issues protections to Native women in Alas- Army, John graduated from the Uni- with bipartisan proposals and working ka. He has also been a fighter for versity of California Hastings College closely with his colleagues on marshal- American Indian and Alaska Native of Law and practiced law for three dec- ling these efforts Congress after Con- veterans and worked hard to increase ades. gress, Senator PRYOR earned the re- their access to care at both Indian Throughout his remarkable life, John spect of his colleagues for his quiet de- Health Service and Veteran Affairs fa- Krebs sustained a strong commitment votion and steadfast commitment. cilities. His compassion for indigenous to public service. He worked on numer- MARK is a Senator who promotes issues extended to tribes in the lower ous state and local campaigns and was common sense solutions—solutions 48 States and Native Hawaiians, and I a respected Democratic activist and that seek strong support and address know Native people across the country community leader before his 1970 elec- some of the more important needs of feel they have lost a true champion tion to the Fresno County Board of Su- this Nation’s citizenry. During my with his departure. pervisors, where he was a courageous short time in the Senate, we served to- Anyone who knows Senator BEGICH and eloquent advocate for his constitu- gether on the Homeland Security and knows he is an intellectually curious ents. Governmental Affairs and Small Busi- and energetic person. He always ap- In 1974, he was elected to the U.S. ness Committees. I very much enjoyed proached issues from a solutions-ori- House of Representatives, where he

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Then, continued coverage today, the world is us know when something good might in 1978, Congressman Krebs took on an now witness to Russia’s aggression and happen, and if something bad was com- even greater challenge: fighting for invasion. ing, he would call with a solution be- legislation to transfer Mineral King More recently, VOA has been a crit- fore we knew there was a problem. He’s Valley from the Sequoia National For- ical source of information for the a man you can trust. est to Sequoia National Park, thereby Ukrainian people as Russia continues In a town where political winds blow, blocking plans to build a ski resort to advance its propaganda campaign Bob has won universal praise from both that would have destroyed this pristine across the region, spreading sides of the aisle for years. That’s be- alpine valley in the southern Sierra disinformation and undermining the ef- cause he always answers the phone, if Nevada. Facing significant opposition, forts of Ukraine’s EuroMaidan reform- he knows the answer he gives it, and he this was the toughest fight of his polit- ers. Putin’s control of information is a treats everyone with the same re- ical career—one that may have cost key part of his strategy to rebuild spect—no matter who is in the White him his seat in Congress—but John was post-Soviet Russia through aggression, House or who is in control of Congress. proud of what he accomplished in pre- and he uses disinformation as a tool to As Bob moves into another phase of serving this natural treasure for future complement his transnational military his life, I thank him for his years of generations to enjoy. campaigns and subvert democratic work expanding access to health care Years later, I was honored to intro- growth and development in Ukraine for the least fortunate among us. Hu- duce legislation designating 40,000 and across Eastern Europe. At a time bert Humphrey once said, ‘‘the moral acres of land, including the Mineral when Putin’s propaganda machine is test of government is how that govern- King Valley, as the John Krebs Wilder- working to deny reality and distort ment treats those who are in the dawn ness. President Obama signed it into perceptions, Ukrainians rely heavily on of life, the children; those who are in law in 2009, and that summer some 200 VOA’s credibility and accuracy, and its the twilight of life, the elderly; those friends, family and admirers gathered message of freedom, hope and human who are in the shadows of life; the sick, in Mineral King Valley to dedicate this dignity. the needy and the handicapped.’’ worthy tribute to John’s courage and VOA’s reporters have worked under By that measure, Bob has made our vision. difficult and at times dangerous condi- society and our government a much On Friday, November 14, more than tions. Previous governments have at- better one. Thank you Bob, on behalf 250 of John’s friends and family joined tempted to manipulate the media of myself, my staff, and all those who together at Temple Beth Israel in Fres- through repression and intimidation, will never know who to thank. I wish no to share memories and honor this and journalists were often arrested or you all the best.∑ remarkable man’s amazing legacy. detained. Today, journalists attempt- f John Krebs’s extraordinary life was a ing to report on the conflict in eastern REMEMBERING BOB BENNETT uniquely American story, and he will Ukraine are being harassed, intimi- be truly missed. I extend my deepest dated, and physically attacked, con- Mr. PORTMAN. Madam President, I sympathies to his wife and partner of stantly under threat of Russian thug- wish to talk about a friend, a mentor, 58 years, Hanna, children Daniel and gery. But this has not stopped the a public servant, a husband, father, and Karen, and their families. brave men and women working for son of Ohio, Bob Bennett, who passed f VOA Ukrainian Service. They have away at his home in Cleveland last worked through trying times, but have Saturday. I was sorry to miss the fu- VOICE OF AMERICA UKRAINIAN always maintained the integrity and neral service in Ohio today for Bob be- SERVICE’S 65TH ANNIVERSARY professionalism to which all journalists cause we are still in session, but I did Mr. MCCAIN. Madam President, can aspire. want to pay tribute to him in a lasting today I honor Voice of America’s Over the last 65 years, VOA has deliv- way through the CONGRESSIONAL Ukrainian Service as it celebrates its ered thoughtful, comprehensive, and RECORD. 65th anniversary this week. VOA has honest reporting when the Ukrainian Bob was a lawyer and a CPA, a man distinguished itself among the very people needed it most. I thank all who loved sailing and giving back to best news organizations in the world. members of VOA Ukrainian Service, the people of Ohio through his many For over 65 years, from the dark days past and present, for their tireless ef- charitable works such as his time serv- of Stalin’s rule to the regime of Vladi- forts and congratulate the organization ing on the Board of University Hos- mir Putin, VOA has served as a beacon on its 65th anniversary. Thank you for pitals in Cleveland. He was a legend in of truth for Ukrainian citizens. the work you do in service to the peo- Ohio and a giant of Ohio politics. He Throughout the Cold War, VOA sup- ple of Ukraine and the shared values became chairman of the Ohio Repub- ported the struggle for freedom and we hold dear. Together, and with the lican Party in 1988 and remained ac- gave hope to citizens living under re- information you provide, we can tively involved in politics until his pressive rule in Soviet Ukraine. After achieve the democratic aspirations of death last week. He was one of the the collapse of the Soviet Union, VOA our people and make the world a bet- longest serving State chairs of either was the first to pick up the call of inde- ter, safer place for all citizens. party, was viewed as a true profes- pendence and take advantage of new f sional, and gained the respect of polit- opportunities to speak freely to the ical leaders in both parties. Ukrainian people. TRIBUTE TO ROBERT F. HEIL, JR. He was certainly successful in the The organization’s long history of ∑ Mr. HARKIN. Madam President, I world of politics. When he was first comprehensive reporting and objective, salute an unsung hero in our govern- elected chairman, there were no state- reliable coverage proved ever more im- ment, Mr. Robert F. Heil, Jr. Bob, as he wide Republican office holders in Ohio. portant in November 2013 when dem- is known to his friends, is retiring as He went to work with the passion, the onstrations broke out against then- the budget director at the Health Re- dedication, the commitment that President Yanukovych’s decision not sources Services Administration after would become his trademark. He was a to sign an association agreement with 42 years of service to the Federal Gov- happy warrior, beloved by those in his Europe. Through all of this, VOA pro- ernment. party and respected by his political ri- vided live video streaming and multi- To be honest, I don’t know Bob Heil vals. He had a vision not only for what media reporting from the center of the but I have heard about him and his the Republican Party could become but EuroMaidan demonstrations and was work for years. Bob isn’t the guy who for what it could accomplish for the one of the few news outlets fully cov- stands up and gives speeches, he’s the people of Ohio. ering Russia’s annexation of Crimea. In guy that quietly makes things happen. Within a decade, under his leader- its coverage, the world saw the spirit of Whenever there was a problem with ship, Republicans controlled all three

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He never let his illness hold tionary fighting vehicle, future combat State for their outstanding work both him back, and he never stopped accom- vehicle, Stryker slat armor kit, com- on their farms and in their commu- plishing things for the Ohio GOP. No mon ballistic shield, hull protection nities. This recognition is a reflection one was more responsible for bringing kit, Stryker reactive armor kit, tank of the contribution to agriculture at the 2016 Republican National Conven- urban survivability kit, mine roller the community and State level and its tion to Cleveland than Bob Bennett. kit, commanders remote operation implications for improved farm prac- Like so many times before, he had a vi- weapon system, hull system demon- tices and management. The Reeds are sion, and he made it happen. It will be strator, and Scout vehicle. well-deserving of this honor. his lasting legacy, and I only wish he Outside of work, Keith has been ac- I congratulate Nathan, Kristin, Stan- could be there to see yet another of his tively involved in the Lima commu- ley, Jane-Anne and Katherine on their dreams become reality. nity. He has served on numerous boards outstanding achievements in agri- That is the public story of Bob Ben- including the United Way of Greater culture and ask my fellow colleagues nett’s life, and what a story it is. But Lima, the Ohio State University at to join me in honoring them for this those of us who knew him, who worked Lima, the Ohio Energy & Advanced accomplishment. I wish them contin- with him, who were inspired by him, Manufacturing Center, Allen-Lima ued success in their future endeavors we know that what made Bob Bennett Leadership, and the Allen Economic and look forward to the contributions great goes far beyond what he accom- they will continue to will offer Arkan- Development Group. Keith is also a ∑ plished on the political stage. The member of the Lima Rotary Club and sas farming and agriculture. number of people who he helped with Task Force Lima. f advice, with guidance, or even just a Keith is a supporter of his local Make REMEMBERING MICHAEL DAVID kind word—the number of people who A Wish Foundation and has been in- DAVIS, JR. loved Bob Bennett as a close friend— volved with Operation Christmas Tank, ∑ Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I could fill this Chamber. Family Day at JSMC for Lima employ- ask my colleagues to join me in hon- It has been said that we can measure ees and their families, the West Cen- oring the life of Placer County Sher- a man’s life by the friends he makes, tral Ohio Manufacturing Consortium iff’s Detective Michael David Davis, by the other lives he touches, by the with Rhodes College, and Lima Senior Jr., an experienced detective, dedicated people whose own journey on this High School’s Moonbuggy Project. public servant and beloved husband, fa- Earth is made better because of him. I would like to congratulate Keith on ther, brother, son and grandson who By that measure, the measure that he the many contributions he has made to was tragically killed in the line of duty would have cared about the most, Bob JSMC and to the Lima community. on October 24, 2014. Bennett was a great man, indeed. f Michael Davis, Jr. was born on Octo- He will be missed, but he won’t be ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ber 29, 1971, in Bellflower, CA. After forgotten. spending his childhood in Southern f California, Michael moved to Placer TRIBUTE TO KEITH DETERS RECOGNIZING THE REED FAMILY County to pursue a career in law en- forcement, continuing a family com- ∑ Mr. BOOZMAN. Madam President, I Mr. PORTMAN. Madam President, I mitment to public service. Detective rise today to congratulate the Reed wish to congratulate Keith Deters on Davis’s father, Michael Davis, Sr., was family for earning the distinction of his retirement and to recognize his im- a Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy 2014’s Arkansas Farm Family of the pressive career. who also tragically lost his life in the year. Keith has been with General Dynam- line of duty. Detective Davis’s aunt This honor reflects the dedication of ics for 32 years and has served as plant and uncle both retired from the Placer Nathan and Kristin Reed to farming manager of the Joint Systems Manu- County Sheriff’s Department, and De- and the importance they play in Ar- facturing Center, JSMC, previously tective Davis’s wife, Jessica, and his kansas’s number one industry. Nathan known as the Lima Army Tank Plant, brother, Sergeant Jason Davis, worked for the past 11 years. is a fourth-generation farmer. I know by his side until Michael’s life was so Keith grew up in Ohio and received that he will pass along his passion for senselessly cut short on October 24. his bachelor’s degree in organizational farming to the couple’s young children; Following his graduation from the management from Bluffton College and 2-year-old twins Stanley ‘‘Eldon’’ and Butte College Law Enforcement Acad- earned his MBA from the University of Jane-Anne and 1-year-old Katherine. emy, Detective Davis began his career Findlay. He now resides in Lima with The Reeds farm cotton, corn and soy- in public safety as a Reserve Deputy his wife Donna. They have two sons beans on their Lee County farm where for the Placer County Sheriff’s Depart- and five grandsons they emphasize conservation and sus- ment in 1996. He later joined the Au- During Keith’s tenure as plant man- tainability. Using variable rate tech- burn Police Department as a Patrol- ager at JSMC, the plant addressed a nology for applying fertilizer and irri- man before returning to the Sheriff’s number of service programs, including gation wells and center pivot systems Department in 1999 as a Deputy. In the future combats systems, expedi- run off electric power, they save en- 2005, he was promoted to become a tionary fighting vehicle, ground com- ergy. Nathan is also constantly learn- Homicide Detective in the Crimes bat vehicle, Mk46 Navy turret, Abrams ing about different crops and crop ro- Against Persons Division. SEP, Abrams TUSK armor, MRAP Cou- tating practices by experimenting on At a memorial service on November gar, Abrams heavy assault bridge, joint the farm. 4, Placer County Sheriff Edward Bon- light tactical vehicle prototypes, The Reeds are not only committed to ner recalled that Detective Davis ap- Stryker family of vehicles, Stryker farming and producing safe supplies of proached his job with ‘‘respect, tact, armor upgrade programs, Stryker slat food and fiber to the world, but they and empathy.’’ Others remembered Mi- armor kit, tank urban survivability are also committed to their commu- chael Davis as a quick-witted family kit, Merkava Namer APC, Abrams nity. Nathan serves on numerous man who lived his life to the fullest, Egyptian FMS, Australian Abrams boards and committees. spending time with his loved ones at AIM FMS, KSA Abrams FMS, and the As a long-time friend of the Reed family gatherings, coaching Little Iraq Abrams FMS. family I understand the importance of League, rooting for his beloved San In addition, Keith has been at the farming, agriculture and community Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Dodg- forefront of developing next-generation involvement that Nathan’s father ers, and riding motorcycles with combat vehicle capabilities, and under Stanley and his mother Charlene en- friends.

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As an who loves America’s priceless natural children Ivey and Chayse; mother English major at UCLA, he met his fu- heritage, which he did so much to pre- Deborah; brother Jason; and grand- ture wife, Esther, and became a con- serve and protect.∑ parents Bob and Joan. servation activist—forming a student f We are forever indebted to him for group that kept roads out of Califor- RECOGNIZING LOWCOUNTRY his courage and sacrifice, and he will nia’s wildlands. After graduating in STUDENTS be deeply missed.∑ 1939, he worked as the publicist for an ∑ f Arizona dude ranch and as a tour guide Mr. SCOTT. Madam President, I wish at the Los Angeles Times. When war to commend the hard work and REMEMBERING DANNY P. OLIVER broke out, he joined the Army Air achievement of a team of students and ∑ Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I Corps and became a glider pilot flying their teacher in my State of South ask my colleagues to join me in hon- missions behind enemy lines. In gentler Carolina. oring the life of Sacramento County times, he piloted his own plane and I believe that education, and espe- Sheriff’s Deputy Danny Oliver, an ex- loved taking environmental and polit- cially STEM education, is a key to suc- perienced peace officer, dedicated pub- ical leaders for wild rides into the wild. cess, and I am thrilled to see students lic servant, and beloved son, husband After the war, Martin returned to the across my State and our Nation cre- and father who was tragically killed in Times as a freelance writer, filing sto- ating original research to compete for the line of duty on October 24, 2014. ries and photos from long backpacking the honor of having their experiments Danny Oliver was born on February trips with his wife and young family. performed in space by the Student 9, 1967, and grew up in the Del Paso He later worked at Sunset magazine, Spaceflights Experiments Program. Heights neighborhood of Sacramento. first as travel editor and later as senior This year, this team of Lowcountry Both his father’s career as a firefighter editor. students and teachers collaborated on and his own experiences growing up in In 1952, David Brower, the first exec- an extraordinary experiment design to a high-crime neighborhood helped utive director of the Sierra Club— test the formation of tin whiskers in shape Danny Oliver’s commitment to which had hitherto been a hiking and lead-free solder in space flight. With strengthening his community through outdoors group with little involvement tin whisker formation causing failures public service. After graduating from in public policy—enlisted Litton to in devices ranging from space satellites the Sheriff’s Academy at the top of his help him fight the Bureau of Reclama- to pacemakers, the students chose an class, Danny joined the Sacramento tion’s plan to build two dams at Dino- important and relevant topic for their County Sheriff’s Department in 1999. saur National Monument, and the work. During his 15-year career with the group successfully lobbied Congress to Rachel Lindbergh, a senior at the Department, Deputy Oliver worked in scuttle the plan by 1956. That battle Palmetto Scholars Academy, Gabriel the main jail, patrol, and most re- helped transform the Sierra Club into Voigt, a sophomore at Bishop England cently as a member of the Problem Ori- the powerful national advocacy organi- High School, and Joseph Garvey, a ented Policing, P.O.P., team, working zation we know today, with Litton sup- sophomore at Palmetto Scholars Acad- closely with the community to reduce porting the Club’s activism as a mem- emy, came together with their teacher crime and improve public safety. Dep- ber of the national board from 1964 to facilitator Kelly Voigt and put in a tre- uty Oliver knew that this job came 1972. mendous number of hours to create an with great personal risk. He under- Along with his good friend Brower, excellent research project design. stood it required a unique ability to Litton is widely recognized as one of The team’s experiment will be gain the trust of local leaders and resi- the founders of the modern environ- launched into space as part of the Stu- dents. As Deputy Oliver’s colleagues mental movement. Brower called Mar- dent Spaceflight Experiments Program and family recall so admiringly, he ex- tin his ‘‘environmental conscience’’ be- Mission 6 to the International Space celled at it all—arriving to work an cause he never compromised his prin- Station. hour early, answering every email, and ciples as he led the conservation move- I am very proud of their work, and attending countless community meet- ment to some of its greatest victories. hope that it will serve as an example ings in the neighborhoods he worked so With his eloquent writing, beautiful for all students that if you work hard diligently to protect. photographs, and fiery rhetoric, he in- and follow your passion, there is no Deputy Oliver’s partner in life was spired the efforts to keep dams out of telling where it may lead you.∑ his loving wife of 25 years, Susan Oli- the Grand Canyon, a ski resort out of f ver. While Danny attended the the Sierras’ pristine Mineral King Val- TRIBUTE TO LOREN DUKE Sherriff’s Academy, Susan worked two ley, and logging out of the Giant Se- ABDALLA jobs to support their family so her hus- quoia National Monument. He was in- band could follow his dream. Together strumental in the creation of Redwood ∑ Mr. THUNE. Madam President, today they raised two beautiful daughters, National Park in 1968; 2 years later, I wish to honor the heroic service of Melissa and Jenny. The family enjoyed dissatisfied with the park’s boundaries, Loren Duke Abdalla, a member of the spending time together and traveling, he led the successful fight to protect an Yankton Sioux Tribe and the great making many happy memories before additional 48,000 acres. grandson of the great Chief Running Danny’s life was so senselessly and A longtime oarsman and whitewater Bull. Corporal Abdalla, better known tragically cut short. enthusiast, Litton also started a com- as ‘‘Duke’’, is a brave Marine who On behalf of the people of California, pany in 1971 to take tourists through fought courageously in the Pacific The- whom Deputy Oliver served so bravely, his beloved Grand Canyon in small ater of World War II, earning the Pur- I extend my gratitude and deepest sym- wooden boats. He maintained an active ple Heart. pathies to Susan, Melissa, Jenny, and role in Grand Canyon Dories and at 87 Duke enlisted into the U.S. Marine Danny’s parents, Bill and Jeri Oliver. became the oldest person ever to pilot Corps in October of 1943. After finishing We are forever indebted to him for a boat through the Canyon. his basic training at the age of 18, he his courage and sacrifice, and he will A fierce and determined defender of was sent to the island of New Caledonia be deeply missed.∑ our nation’s wildlands, Martin Litton before being assigned to Pavuvu Island f was a force of nature—and a force for alongside the First Marine Division, the preservation of nature. On behalf of 1st Regiment, 1st Battalion, A Com- REMEMBERING MARTIN LITTON the people of California, who have ben- pany, 1st Platoon. Shortly after his ∑ Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I ask efitted so much from his life work, I training on Pavuvu Island, Duke’s regi- my colleagues to join me in honoring send my deepest gratitude and condo- ment was given orders to invade the Is- the memory of Martin Litton, a leg- lences to his beloved wife, Esther; chil- land of Peleliu on September 15, 1944.

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An act to impose sanctions with hard through the 6-day battle. In the ued expertise and leadership. His com- respect to the Russian Federation, to provide end, Duke was one of only 29 survivors mitment to excellence was a defining additional assistance to Ukraine, and for of his battalion. He received the Purple element of his career, and, even as we other purposes. Heart and was promoted to corporal for mourn his passing, we are grateful for his heroic efforts and leadership at At 1:00 p.m., a message from the his service. House of Representatives, delivered by Peleliu. Over the years, Mr. Knapp estab- Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- After recovering from his numerous lished an outstanding reputation for nounced that the House has passed the injuries, Duke resumed Active Duty programmatic achievements, as well as following bills, in which it requests the and rejoined his brothers in arms in for technical depth, honest and open concurrence of the Senate: the Battle of Okinawa. A Company, 1st communication, and fostering a strong and 3rd platoons were tasked with ad- sense of partnership and collaboration. H.R. 2591. An act to amend certain provi- sions of the FAA Modernization and Reform vancing on enemy positions, and Duke He was the principal associate director was assigned 3rd squad leader of the 1st Act of 2012. for the weapons program at LANL, H.R. 5699. An act to authorize the Sec- platoon. On May 5, 1945, 2nd Squad which plays a crucial role in sup- retary of the Interior to acquire approxi- Leader CPL John Brady was burned by porting our country’s defense, energy, mately 44 acres of land in Martinez, Cali- a phosphorous grenade. Under heavy and environmental needs. He also fornia, and for other purposes. fire, Duke threw CPL Brady over his served as acting director at the Law- H.R. 5803. An act to require the Secretary shoulder and carried him to safety. rence Livermore National Laboratory. of the Interior to assemble a team of tech- Duke then swiftly returned to the nical, policy, and financial experts to address Among his many accomplishments at the energy needs of the insular areas of the frontline and proceeded to engage a se- LANL, Bret Knapp integrated the plan- ries of six enemy machine gun nests. United States and the Freely Associated ning and execution of the stockpile States through the development of energy Duke was the only member of his 12- stewardship program, which is a crit- action plans aimed at promoting access to person team to reach the fourth nest, ical mission for the Nation. He re- affordable, reliable energy, including in- and he continued moving forward and ceived the NNSA Defense Program In- creasing use of indigenous clean-energy re- removed the last two nests by himself. dividual Award for Excellence in 2000 sources, and for other purposes. His actions permitted the First Marine and two NNSA Defense Program Division to safely advance up the ridge. At 5:13 p.m., a message from the Awards for Excellence in 1998 and 1999. House of Representatives, delivered by While many Americans were honored Those are, of course, the public and Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- for their courageous actions that day well-deserved accolades of an exem- nounced that the House has passed the and throughout the campaign, Duke’s plary career. But for those who worked following bills, without amendment: heroic actions have largely gone unrec- closely with Bret Knapp, they recall an ognized. I stand here today and ask inspiring colleague, a good friend, and S. 2338. An act to reauthorize the United that Duke’s selfless and brave actions States Anti-Doping Agency, and for other someone who will be greatly missed. be acknowledged and not soon forgot- purposes. I offer my sincere condolences to Mr. S. 3008. An act to extend temporarily the ten. Duke received an honorable dis- Knapp’s wife Sheryl and their sons, charge from the United States Marine extended period of protection for members of Trevor and Cameron. I hope that, for uniformed services relating to mortgages, Corps on February 28, 1947, ending a all of Bret Knapp’s friends and family, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction, and for military career that undoubtedly your memories of his life will offer a other purposes. factored into American successes in measure of comfort now in your loss.∑ The message further announced that the Pacific Theater. the House agrees to the amendment of Duke is most deserving of recogni- f the Senate to the text of the bill (H.R. tion for his exemplary bravery in the MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE 2952) to require the Secretary of Home- face of great danger and for putting the At 11:16 a.m., a message from the land Security to assess the cybersecu- concerns of others always before his House of Representatives, delivered by own. His selfless acts saved the lives of rity workforce of the Department of Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- Homeland Security and develop a com- his colleagues and helped to secure nounced that the House agrees to the American victory in that great war. prehensive workforce strategy, and for amendment of the Senate to the bill Our Nation will always be grateful for other purposes, with an amendment to (H.R. 2640) to amend the Wild and Sce- Duke’s dedicated service, and as thank- the title. nic Rivers Act to adjust the Crooked ful citizens, we must never take for The message also announced that the River boundary, to provide water cer- granted the courage displayed by he- House agrees to the amendment of the tainty for the City of Prineville, Or- roes like Corporal Loren Duke Senate to the bill (H.R. 4007) to recod- egon, and for other purposes. Abdalla.∑ ify and reauthorize the Chemical Facil- The message also announced that the ity Anti-Terrorism Standards Pro- f House agrees to the amendment of the gram. REMEMBERING BRET KNAPP Senate to the bill (H.R. 3329) to en- The message further announced that ∑ Mr. UDALL of New Mexico. Mr. hance the ability of community finan- pursuant to section 1238(b)(3) of the President, in New Mexico we are very cial institutions to foster economic Floyd D. Spence National Defense Au- proud to be the home of Los Alamos growth and serve their communities, thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (22 National Laboratory. LANL employs boost small businesses, increase indi- U.S.C. 7002), amended by division P of some of the finest scientists and re- vidual savings, and for other purposes. the Consolidated Appropriations Reso- searchers in the world. Each day, these The message further announced that lution, 2003 (22 U.S.C. 6901), the Minor- brilliant public servants go to work the House has passed the following ity Leader reappoints the following and make vital contributions to our bills, without amendment: member on the part of the House of national security and to cutting-edge S. 1353. An act to provide for an ongoing, Representatives to the United States- scientific and innovative advances. voluntary public-private partnership to im- China Economic and Security Review The dedicated men and women of prove cybersecurity, and to strengthen cy- Commission: Mr. Michael Wessel of LANL are a credit to my State and to bersecurity research and development, work- Falls Church, Virginia. force development and education, and public our Nation. It is with regret that I rise awareness and preparedness, and for other The message also announced that today to remember Bret Knapp, a val- purposes. pursuant to section 3(b) of the Public ued member of the LANL team, who S.1474. An act to amend the Violence Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of passed away last month. Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 2001 (42 U.S.C. 15202), the Minority

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An act to amend title 5, United The Secretary of the Senate reported The President pro tempore (Mr. States Code, to change the default invest- that on today, December 12, 2014, she LEAHY) announced that on today, De- ment fund under the Thrift Savings Plan, had presented to the President of the cember 12, 2014, he had signed the fol- and for other purposes. H.R. 4199. An act to name the Department United States the following enrolled lowing enrolled bills, previously signed bills: by the Speaker of the House: of Veterans Affairs medical center in Waco, Texas, as the ‘‘Doris Miller Department of S. 1000. An act to require the Director of S. 1000. An act to require the Director of Veterans Affairs Medical Center’’. the Office of Management and Budget to pre- the Office of Management and Budget to pre- H.R. 4681. An act to authorize appropria- pare a crosscut budget for restoration activi- pare a crosscut budget for restoration activi- tions for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 for intel- ties in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and ties in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and ligence and intelligence-related activities of for other purposes. for other purposes. the United States Government, the Commu- S. 1683. An act to provide for the transfer S. 1683. An act to provide for the transfer nity Management Account, and the Central of naval vessels to certain foreign recipients, of naval vessels to certain foreign recipients, Intelligence Agency Retirement and Dis- and for other purposes. and for other purposes. ability System, and for other purposes. S. 1691. An act to amend title 5, United S. 1691. An act to amend title 5, United H.R. 4926. An act to designate a segment of States Code, to improve the security of the States Code, to improve the security of the Interstate Route 35 in the State of Min- United States border and to provide for re- United States border and to provide for re- forms and rate of pay for border patrol nesota as the ‘‘James L. Oberstar Memorial forms and rate of pay for border patrol agents. Highway’’. agents. S. 2142. An act to impose targeted sanc- S. 2142. An act to impose targeted sanc- H.R. 5705. An act to modify certain provi- tions on persons responsible for violations of tions on persons responsible for violations of sions relating to the Propane Education and human rights of antigovernment protesters human rights of antigovernment protesters Research Council. in Venezuela, to strengthen civil society in in Venezuela, to strengthen civil society in Venezuela, and for other purposes. Venezuela, and for other purposes. At 7:07 p.m., a message from the S. 2270. An act to clarify the application of S. 2270. An act to clarify the application of House of Representatives, delivered by certain leverage and risk-based requirements certain leverage and risk-based requirements Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform nounced that the House has passed the and Consumer Protection Act. and Consumer Protection Act. following joint resolution, in which it S. 2444. An act to authorize appropriations S. 2444. An act to authorize appropriations requests the concurrence of the Senate: for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2015, and for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes. for other purposes. H.J. Res. 131. Joint resolution making fur- S. 2519. An act to codify an existing oper- S. 2519. An act to codify an existing oper- ther continuing appropriations for fiscal ations center for cybersecurity. ations center for cybersecurity. year 2015, and for other purposes. S. 2521. An act to amend chapter 35 of title S. 2521. An act to amend chapter 35 of title The message further announced that 44, United States Code, to provide for reform 44, United States Code, to provide for reform to Federal information security. the House has agreed to the following S. 2651. An act to repeal certain mandates to Federal information security. concurrent resolution, in which it re- S. 2651. An act to repeal certain mandates of the Department of Homeland Security Of- of the Department of Homeland Security Of- quests the concurrence of the Senate: fice of Inspector General. fice of Inspector General. H.Con.Res. 125. Concurrent resolution pro- S. 2759. An act to release the City of St. S. 2759. An act to release the City of St. viding for the sine die adjournment of the Clair, Missouri, from all restrictions, condi- Clair, Missouri, from all restrictions, condi- second session of the One Hundred Thir- tions, and limitations on the use, encum- tions, and limitations on the use, encum- teenth Congress. brance, conveyance, and closure of the St. Clair Regional Airport. brance, conveyance, and closure of the St. ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED Clair Regional Airport. At 7:51 p.m., a message from the f H.R. 1067. An act to make revisions in title 36, United States Code, as necessary to keep House of Representatives, delivered by EXECUTIVE AND OTHER the title current and make technical correc- Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- COMMUNICATIONS tions and improvements. nounced that the Speaker pro tempore The following communications were H.R. 1204. An act to amend title 49, United (Mr. WOLF) has signed the following en- laid before the Senate, together with States Code, to direct the Assistant Sec- rolled bills: accompanying papers, reports, and doc- retary of Homeland Security (Transpor- S. 1353. An act to provide for an ongoing, tation Security Administration) to establish uments, and were referred as indicated: voluntary public-private partnership to im- an Aviation Security Advisory Committee, EC–8156. A communication from the Sec- prove cybersecurity, and to strengthen cy- and for other purposes. retary of Defense, transmitting a report on bersecurity research and development, work- H.R. 1281. An act to amend the Public the approved retirement of Vice Admiral force development and education, and public Health Service Act to reauthorize programs Paul J. Bushong, United States Navy, and awareness and preparedness, and for other under part A of title XI of such Act. his advancement to the grade of vice admiral H.R. 1447. An act to encourage States to re- purposes. on the retired list; to the Committee on port to the Attorney General certain infor- S. 1474. An act to amend the Violence Armed Services. mation regarding the deaths of individuals in Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 EC–8157. A communication from the Direc- the custody of law enforcement agencies, and to repeal a special rule for the State of Alas- tor of the Regulatory Management Division, for other purposes. ka, and for other purposes. Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- H.R. 2719. An act to require the Transpor- H.R. 2640. An act to amend the Wild and ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- tation Security Administration to imple- Scenic Rivers Act to adjust the Crooked titled ‘‘Fluopyram; Pesticide Tolerances’’ ment best practices and improve trans- River boundary, to provide water certainty (FRL No. 9918–99) received in the Office of parency with regard to technology acquisi- for the City of Prineville, Oregon, and for the President of the Senate on December 11, tion programs, and for other purposes. other purposes. 2014; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu- H.R. 2952. An act to require the Secretary H.R. 3096. An act to designate the building trition, and Forestry. of Homeland Security to assess the cyberse- occupied by the Federal Bureau of Investiga- EC–8158. A communication from the Direc- curity workforce of the Department of tion located at 801 Follin Lane, Vienna, Vir- tor of the Regulatory Management Division, Homeland Security and develop a com- ginia, as the ‘‘Michael D. Resnick Terrorist Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- prehensive workforce strategy, and for other Screening Center’’. ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- purposes. H.R. 3329. An act to enhance the ability of titled ‘‘Natamycin; Amendment to an Ex- H.R. 3044. An act to approve the transfer of community financial institutions to foster emption from the Requirement of a Toler- Yellow Creek Port properties in Iuka, Mis- economic growth and serve their commu- ance’’ (FRL No. 9919–35) received in the Of- sissippi. nities, boost small businesses, increase indi- fice of the President of the Senate on Decem- H.R. 3374. An act to provide for the use of vidual savings, and for other purposes. ber 11, 2014; to the Committee on Agri- savings promotion raffle products by finan- H.R. 4771. An act to amend the Controlled culture, Nutrition, and Forestry. cial institutions to encourage savings, and Substances Act to more effectively regulate EC–8159. A communication from the Senior for other purposes. anabolic steroids. Counsel, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, De- H.R. 3468. An act to amend the Federal H.R. 5057. An act to amend the Energy Pol- partment of the Treasury, transmitting, pur- Credit Union Act to extend insurance cov- icy and Conservation Act to permit exemp- suant to law, the report of a rule entitled

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:26 Dec 17, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\DEC 2014\S12DE4.REC S12DE4 rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE December 12, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6787 ‘‘Government Securities Act Regulations: to law, the Department’s Semiannual Report titled ‘‘EPAAR Clause for Work Assign- Large Position Reporting Rules’’ (31 CFR of the Office of the Inspector General for the ments’’ (FRL No. 9920–48–OARM) received in Part 420) received in the Office of the Presi- period from April 1, 2014 through September the Office of the President of the Senate on dent of the Senate on December 11, 2014; to 30, 2014; to the Committee on Homeland Se- December 11, 2014; to the Committee on En- the Committee on Banking, Housing, and curity and Governmental Affairs. vironment and Public Works. Urban Affairs. EC–8170. A communication from the Chief EC–8178. A communication from the Direc- EC–8160. A communication from the Gen- Financial Officer, National Labor Relations tor of the Regulatory Management Division, eral Counsel of the Federal Housing Finance Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, a re- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the port entitled ‘‘Performance and Account- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- report of a rule entitled ‘‘Housing Trust ability Report for Fiscal Year 2014’’; to the titled ‘‘Ethylene Glycol Ethers; Significant Fund’’ (RIN2590–AA73) received in the Office Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- New Use Rule’’ ((RIN2070–AJ52) (FRL No. of the President of the Senate on December ernmental Affairs. 9915–61)) received in the Office of the Presi- 11, 2014; to the Committee on Banking, Hous- EC–8171. A communication from the Direc- dent of the Senate on December 11, 2014; to ing, and Urban Affairs. tor of the Regulatory Management Division, the Committee on Environment and Public EC–8161. A communication from the Chief Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Works. of the Publications and Regulations Branch, ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- EC–8179. A communication from the Acting Internal Revenue Service, Department of the titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Air Director of Sustainable Fisheries, National Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Quality Implementation Plans; Texas; Re- Marine Fisheries Service, Department of report of a rule entitled ‘‘Extension for peal of Lead Emission Rules for Stationary Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, Deadline to Submit Option and Advisory Sources in El Paso and Dallas County’’ (FRL the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Fisheries of the Letter Applications for Pre-approved Defined No. 9920–34–Region 6) received in the Office of Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Benefit Plans’’ (Announcement 2014–41) re- the President of the Senate on December 11, Ocean Perch in the Bering Sea and Aleutian ceived in the Office of the President of the 2014; to the Committee on Environment and Islands Management Area’’ (RIN0648–XD614) Senate on December 11, 2014; to the Com- Public Works. received in the Office of the President of the mittee on Finance. EC–8172. A communication from the Direc- Senate on December 11, 2014; to the Com- EC–8162. A communication from the Chief tor of the Regulatory Management Division, mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- tation. Internal Revenue Service, Department of the ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- EC–8180. A communication from the Acting Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Air Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, De- report of a rule entitled ‘‘Update for Weight- Quality Implementation Plans; Illinois; partment of Commerce, transmitting, pursu- ed Average Interest Rates, Yield Curves, and Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule’’ (FRL No. ant to law, the report of a rule entitled Segment Rates’’ (Notice 2014–78) received in 9920–13–Region 5) received in the Office of the ‘‘Fisheries Off West Coast States; Modifica- the Office of the President of the Senate on President of the Senate on December 11, 2014; tions of the West Coast Commercial and December 11, 2014; to the Committee on Fi- to the Committee on Environment and Pub- Tribal Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions nance. lic Works. No. 10 through No. 23’’ (RIN0648–XD425) re- EC–8163. A communication from the Chief EC–8173. A communication from the Direc- ceived in the Office of the President of the of the Publications and Regulations Branch, tor of the Regulatory Management Division, Senate on December 11, 2014; to the Com- Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- tation. report of a rule entitled ‘‘2014 Cumulative titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Air EC–8181. A communication from the Acting List of Changes in Plan Qualification Re- Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, De- Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; quirements’’ (Notice 2014–77) received in the partment of Commerce, transmitting, pursu- Redesignation Request and Associated Main- Office of the President of the Senate on De- ant to law, the report of a rule entitled tenance Plan for the Baltimore, Maryland cember 11, 2014; to the Committee on Fi- ‘‘Fisheries of the Northeastern United Nonattainment Area for the 1997 Annual nance. States; Atlantic Herring Fishery; 2014 Sub- Fine Particulate Matter Standard’’ (FRL No. EC–8164. A communication from the Gen- Annual Catch Limit (ACL) Harvested for 9920–41–Region 3) received in the Office of the eral Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Cor- Management Area 1A’’ (RIN0648–XD570) re- President of the Senate on December 11, 2014; poration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the ceived in the Office of the President of the to the Committee on Environment and Pub- report of a rule entitled ‘‘Benefits Payable in Senate on December 11, 2014; to the Com- lic Works. Terminated Single-Employer Plans; Interest mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- EC–8174. A communication from the Direc- Assumptions for Paying Benefits’’ (29 CFR tation. Part 4022) received in the Office of the Presi- tor of the Regulatory Management Division, EC–8182. A communication from the Direc- dent of the Senate on December 11, 2014; to Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- tor, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Depart- the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- ment of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant and Pensions. titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Air to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Fish- EC–8165. A communication from the Chair Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; eries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off of the Equal Employment Opportunity Com- Redesignation Request and Associated Main- Alaska; Dusky Rockfish in the Western Reg- mission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the tenance Plan for the Maryland Portion of ulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska’’ Commission’s Semiannual Report of the In- the Martinsburg-Hagerstown, WV–MD Non- (RIN0648–XD630) received in the Office of the spector General and the Semiannual Man- attainment Area for the 1997 Annual Fine President of the Senate on December 11, 2014; agement Report for the period from April 1, Particulate Matter Standard’’ (FRL No. to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 2014 through September 30, 2014; to the Com- 9920–42–Region 3) received in the Office of the and Transportation. mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- President of the Senate on December 11, 2014; EC–8183. A communication from the Direc- mental Affairs. to the Committee on Environment and Pub- tor, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Depart- EC–8166. A communication from the Ad- lic Works. ment of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant ministrator of the Small Business Adminis- EC–8175. A communication from the Direc- to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Snap- tration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the tor of the Regulatory Management Division, per-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic; Semiannual Report from the Office of the In- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- 2014 Recreational Accountability Measure spector General for the period from April 1, ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- and Closure for Gray Triggerfish in the 2014 through September 30, 2014; to the Com- titled ‘‘Revisions to the California State Im- South Atlantic’’ (RIN0648–XD628) received in mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- plementation Plan, Feather River Air Qual- the Office of the President of the Senate on mental Affairs. ity Management District’’ (FRL No. 9919–52– December 11, 2014; to the Committee on Com- EC–8167. A communication from the Board Region 9) received in the Office of the Presi- merce, Science, and Transportation. Members, Railroad Retirement Board, trans- dent of the Senate on December 11, 2014; to EC–8184. A communication from the Dep- mitting, pursuant to law, the Board’s Per- the Committee on Environment and Public uty Assistant Administrator for Regulatory formance and Accountability Report for fis- Works. Programs, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, cal year 2014, including the Office of Inspec- EC–8176. A communication from the Direc- Department of Commerce, transmitting, pur- tor General’s Auditor’s Report; to the Com- tor of the Regulatory Management Division, suant to law, the report of a rule entitled mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- ‘‘Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation mental Affairs. ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries EC–8168. A communication from the Chair- titled ‘‘National Priorities List’’ (FRL No. of the Northeastern United States; North- man of the United States Holocaust Memo- 9920–06–OSWER) received in the Office of the east Groundfish Fishery; Gulf of Maine Had- rial Museum, transmitting, pursuant to law, President of the Senate on December 11, 2014; dock Annual Catch Limit Revision’’ the Museum’s fiscal year 2014 Report on to the Committee on Environment and Pub- (RIN0648–BE45) received in the Office of the Audit and Investigative Activities; to the lic Works. President of the Senate on December 11, 2014; Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- EC–8177. A communication from the Direc- to the Committee on Commerce, Science, ernmental Affairs. tor of the Regulatory Management Division, and Transportation. EC–8169. A communication from the Sec- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- EC–8185. A communication from the Dep- retary of Education, transmitting, pursuant ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- uty Assistant Administrator for Regulatory

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:26 Dec 17, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\DEC 2014\S12DE4.REC S12DE4 rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S6788 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 12, 2014 Programs, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Report to accompany S. 1014, a bill to re- By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Department of Commerce, transmitting, pur- duce sports-related concussions in youth, Mr. ROCKEFELLER): suant to law, the report of a rule entitled and for other purposes (Rept. No. 113–310). S. 3009. A bill to improve end-of-life care; ‘‘Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation Report to accompany S. 2581, a bill to re- to the Committee on Finance. and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries quire the Consumer Product Safety Commis- By Mrs. MCCASKILL: of the Northeastern United States; North- sion to promulgate a rule to require child S. 3010. A bill to improve the enforcement east Groundfish Fishery; Fishing Year 2014; safety packaging for liquid nicotine con- of prohibitions on robocalls, including fraud- Emergency Gulf of Maine Cod Management tainers, and for other purposes (Rept. No. ulent robocalls; to the Committee on Com- Measures’’ (RIN0648–BE56) received in the Of- 113–311). merce, Science, and Transportation. fice of the President of the Senate on Decem- By Ms. MIKULSKI, from the Committee on By Mr. HATCH: ber 11, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, Appropriations: S. 3011. A bill to provide for the establish- Science, and Transportation. Special Report entitled ‘‘Further Revised ment of a process for the review of rules and EC–8186. A communication from the Dep- Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget To- sets of rules, and for other purposes; to the uty Assistant Administrator for Regulatory tals for Fiscal Year 2015’’ (Rept. No. 113–312). Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- Programs, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, By Mr. MENENDEZ, from the Committee ernmental Affairs. Department of Commerce, transmitting, pur- on Foreign Relations: By Mr. MENENDEZ: suant to law, the report of a rule entitled Report to accompany S. 2922, a bill to rein- S. 3012. A bill to improve the enforcement ‘‘Highly Migratory Species; Technical state reporting requirements related to of sanctions against the Government of Amendment to Regulations’’ (RIN0648–BE54) United States-Hong Kong relations (Rept. North Korea, and for other purposes; to the received in the Office of the President of the No. 113–313). Committee on Foreign Relations. Senate on December 11, 2014; to the Com- By Mr. ROCKEFELLER, from the Com- By Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Mr. mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- MCCAIN): tation. tation: S. 3013. A bill to amend the Commodity Ex- EC–8187. A communication from the Dep- Report to accompany S. 2482, a bill to im- change Act to prevent manipulation of phys- uty Assistant Administrator for Regulatory plement the Convention on the Conservation ical commodities prices, and for other pur- Programs, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, and Management of the High Seas Fisheries poses; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu- Department of Commerce, transmitting, pur- Resources in the North Pacific Ocean, as trition, and Forestry. suant to law, the report of a rule entitled adopted at Tokyo on February 24, 2012, and By Ms. AYOTTE (for herself and Mrs. ‘‘Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, for other purposes (Rept. No. 113–314). SHAHEEN): and South Atlantic; Snapper-Grouper Fish- Report to accompany S. 2484, a bill to im- S. 3014. A bill to extend and modify a pilot ery Off the Southern Atlantic States; Regu- plement the Convention on the Conservation program on assisted living services for vet- latory Amendment 14’’ (RIN0648–BD07) re- and Management of the High Seas Fishery erans with traumatic brain injury, and for ceived in the Office of the President of the Resources in the South Pacific Ocean, as other purposes; to the Committee on Vet- Senate on December 11, 2014; to the Com- adopted at Auckland on November 14, 2009, erans’ Affairs. mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- and for other purposes (Rept. No. 113–315). By Mr. PAUL: tation. Report to accompany S. 2485, a bill to im- S. 3015. A bill to establish a rule of con- EC–8188. A communication from the Dep- plement the Amendment to the Convention struction clarifying the limitations on exec- uty Assistant Administrator for Regulatory on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the utive authority to provide certain forms of Programs, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, as adopted at immigration relief; to the Committee on the Department of Commerce, transmitting, pur- Lisbon on September 28, 2007 (Rept. No. 113– Judiciary. suant to law, the report of a rule entitled 316). By Mr. HEINRICH: ‘‘Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone By Mr. TESTER, from the Committee on S. 3016. A bill to amend the Act of July 31, off Alaska; Monitoring and Enforcement; At- Indian Affairs: 1947, to provide for the termination of cer- Sea Scales Requirements’’ (RIN0648–BD90) Report to accompany S. 2442, a bill to di- tain mineral materials contracts; to the received in the Office of the President of the rect the Secretary of the Interior to take Committee on Energy and Natural Re- Senate on December 11, 2014; to the Com- certain land and mineral rights on the res- sources. mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- ervation of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of By Mr. HATCH: tation. Montana and other culturally important S. 3017. A bill to provide a categorical ex- EC–8189. A communication from the Dep- land into trust for the benefit of the North- clusion under the National Environmental uty Assistant Administrator for Regulatory ern Cheyenne Tribe, and for other purposes Policy Act of 1969 to allow the Director of Programs, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, (Rept. No. 113–317). the Bureau of Land Management and the By Mr. ROCKEFELLER, from the Com- Department of Commerce, transmitting, pur- Chief of the Forest Service to remove mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- suant to law, the report of a rule entitled Pinyon-Juniper trees to conserve and restore tation: ‘‘Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone the habitat of the greater sage-grouse; to the Report to accompany S. 2140, a bill to im- Off Alaska; Modifications to Federal Fish- Committee on Environment and Public prove the transition between experimental eries Permits and Federal Processor Per- Works. mits’’ (RIN0648–AX78) received in the Office permits and commercial licenses for com- of the President of the Senate on December mercial reusable launch vehicles (Rept. No. f 11, 2014; to the Committee on Commerce, 113–318). SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND Report to accompany S. 429, a bill to en- Science, and Transportation. SENATE RESOLUTIONS EC–8190. A communication from the Dep- able concrete masonry products manufactur- uty Assistant Administrator for Regulatory ers to establish, finance, and carry out a co- The following concurrent resolutions Programs, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, ordinated program of research, education, and Senate resolutions were read, and Department of Commerce, transmitting, pur- and promotion to improve, maintain, and de- referred (or acted upon), as indicated: velop markets for concrete masonry prod- suant to law, the report of a rule entitled By Mr. UDALL of New Mexico (for ‘‘Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone ucts (Rept. No. 113–319). Report to accompany S. 2022, a bill to es- himself and Mr. MERKLEY): Off Alaska; Amendment 96 to the Gulf of S. Res. 600. A resolution to limit certain Alaska Fishery Management Plan; Manage- tablish scientific standards and protocols across forensic disciplines, and for other pur- uses of the filibuster in the Senate to im- ment of Community Quota Entities’’ prove the legislative process; to the Com- (RIN0648–BD74) received in the Office of the poses (Rept. No. 113–320). Report to accompany S. 2777, a bill to es- mittee on Rules and Administration. President of the Senate on December 11, 2014; By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. to the Committee on Commerce, Science, tablish the Surface Transportation Board as KIRK, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and Mr. and Transportation. an independent establishment, and for other purposes (Rept. No. 113–321). CARDIN): f Report to accompany S. 2799, a bill to ex- S. Res. 601. A resolution recognizing 35 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES tend the authority of satellite carriers to re- years of cooperation in science and tech- transmit certain television broadcast station nology between the United States and the The following reports of committees signals, and for other purposes (Rept. No. People’s Republic of China; to the Com- were submitted: 113–322). mittee on Foreign Relations. By Mrs. BOXER, from the Committee on f f Environment and Public Works, with amend- ments: INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS S. 2055. A bill to allow for the collection of JOINT RESOLUTIONS S. 2500 certain user fees by non-Federal entities (Rept. No. 113–309). The following bills and joint resolu- At the request of Mr. WALSH, the By Mr. ROCKEFELLER, from the Com- tions were introduced, read the first name of the Senator from Kentucky mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- and second times by unanimous con- (Mr. PAUL) was added as a cosponsor of tation: sent, and referred as indicated: S. 2500, a bill to restrict the ability of

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:26 Dec 17, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\DEC 2014\S12DE4.REC S12DE4 rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE December 12, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6789 the Federal Government to undermine ‘‘Other than a motion made during the ‘‘If at any time during a period of extended privacy and encryption technology in first 2 hours of a new legislative day as de- debate no Senator seeks recognition, then commercial products and in NIST com- scribed in paragraph 2 of rule VIII, consider- the Presiding Officer shall inquire as to puter security and encryption stand- ation of a motion to proceed to the consider- whether any Senator seeks recognition. If no ation of any debatable matter, including de- Senator seeks recognition, then the Pre- ards. bate on any debatable motion or appeal in siding Officer shall again put the question as S. 2529 connection therewith, shall be limited to not to bringing debate to a close (and the Major- At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the more than 2 hours, to be equally divided be- ity Leader or his or her designee may post- name of the Senator from California tween, and controlled by, the Majority Lead- pone such vote in accordance with the pre- (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) was added as a co- er and the Minority Leader or their des- ceding paragraph), which shall be decided sponsor of S. 2529, a bill to amend and ignees. This paragraph shall not apply to without further debate or intervening mo- motions considered nondebatable by the Sen- tion. If that question shall be decided in the reauthorize the controlled substance ate pursuant to rule or precedent.’’. affirmative by a majority of Senators voting, monitoring program under section 399O SEC. 2. EXTENDED DEBATE. a quorum being present, then cloture has of the Public Health Service Act. Paragraph 2 of rule XXII of the Standing been invoked and the period of extended de- S. 2581 Rules of the Senate is amended by striking bate has ended. If that question shall be de- At the request of Mr. NELSON, the the second undesignated paragraph and in- cided in the negative by a majority of Sen- name of the Senator from Rhode Island serting the following: ators voting, a quorum being present, then the period of extended debate has ended. (Mr. REED) was added as a cosponsor of ‘‘Is it the sense of the Senate that the de- S. 2581, a bill to require the Consumer bate shall be brought to a close? And if that ‘‘If cloture is invoked, then the measure, question shall be decided in the affirmative motion, other matter pending before the Product Safety Commission to promul- by three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen gate a rule to require child safety Senate, or the unfinished business, in rela- and sworn, except on a measure or motion to tion to which the motion to close debate was packaging for liquid nicotine con- amend the Senate rules, in which case the offered, shall remain the unfinished business tainers, and for other purposes. necessary affirmative vote shall be two- to the exclusion of all other business until S. 2645 thirds of the Senators voting, a quorum disposed of.’’. being present, then cloture has been invoked. At the request of Mr. MARKEY, the ‘‘If that question is on disposition of a bill SEC. 3. POST-CLOTURE DEBATE ON NOMINA- name of the Senator from Michigan or joint resolution, a resolution or concur- TIONS. (Mr. LEVIN) was added as a cosponsor of rent resolution, a substitute amendment for Paragraph 2 of rule XXII of the Standing S. 2645, a bill to provide access to medi- a bill or resolution, a motion with respect to Rules of the Senate is amended by striking cation-assisted therapy, and for other amendments between the Houses, a con- ‘‘After no more than thirty hours of consid- purposes. ference report, or advice and consent to a eration of the measure, motion, or other S. 2839 nomination or treaty, and if such question matter on which cloture has been invoked, shall be decided in the affirmative by a ma- the Senate shall proceed, without any fur- At the request of Mr. WHITEHOUSE, jority of Senators voting, a quorum being ther debate on any question, to vote on’’ in the name of the Senator from Massa- present, but less than three-fifths of the Sen- the fourth undesignated paragraph and in- chusetts (Ms. WARREN) was added as a ators duly chosen and sworn (or less than serting ‘‘After no more than 30 hours of con- cosponsor of S. 2839, a bill to authorize two-thirds of the Senators voting, a quorum sideration of the measure, motion, or other the Attorney General to award grants being present, in the case of a measure or matter on which cloture has been invoked, to address the national epidemics of motion to amend the Senate rules), then it except on the question of advice and consent prescription opioid abuse and heroin shall be in order for the Majority Leader (or to a nomination other than a nomination to use. his or her designee) to initiate a period of ex- a position as Justice of the Supreme Court in tended debate upon the measure, motion, or which case consideration shall be limited to S. 2930 other matter pending before the Senate, or 2 hours, the Senate shall proceed, without At the request of Mr. REED, his name the unfinished business, in relation to which any further debate on any question, to vote was added as a cosponsor of S. 2930, a the motion to close debate was offered, in on’’. bill to direct the Secretary of Defense which case the period of extended debate and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall begin one hour later. SEC. 4. CONFERENCE MOTIONS. to provide for the conduct of an evalua- ‘‘During a period of extended debate, such Rule XXVIII of the Standing Rules of the tion of mental health care and suicide measure, motion, or other matter pending Senate is amended by— before the Senate, or the unfinished busi- prevention programs of the Depart- (1) redesignating paragraphs 1 through 9 as ness, shall be the unfinished business to the paragraphs 2 through 10, respectively; ment of Defense and the Department of exclusion of all other business, except on ac- (2) redesignating any reference to para- Veterans Affairs, to require a pilot pro- tion or motion by the Majority Leader (or graphs 1 through 9 as paragraph 2 through 10, gram on loan repayment for psychia- his or her designee). respectively; and trists who agree to serve in the Vet- ‘‘During a period of extended debate it (3) inserting before paragraph 2, as redesig- erans Health Administration of the De- shall not be in order for a Senator other than nated, the following: the Majority Leader (or his or her designee) partment of Veterans Affairs, and for ‘‘1. A nondivisible motion to disagree to a to raise a question as to the presence of a other purposes. House amendment or insist upon a Senate quorum, except immediately prior to a vote amendment, to request a committee of con- At the request of Mr. MCCAIN, the or when it has been more than forty-eight ference with the House or to agree to a re- name of the Senator from New York hours since a quorum was demonstrated. If quest by the House for a committee of con- (Mr. SCHUMER) was added as a cospon- upon a roll call it shall be ascertained that ference, and to authorize the Presiding Offi- sor of S. 2930, supra. a quorum is not present, then the Senate cer to appoint conferees (or to appoint con- shall adjourn to a time previously decided by f ferees), is in order and consideration of such order of the Senate or, if no such time has a motion, including consideration of any de- SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS been established, then to a time certain de- batable motion or appeal in connection termined by the Majority Leader, after con- therewith, shall be limited to not more than sultation with the Minority Leader. 2 hours.’’. SENATE RESOLUTION 600—TO ‘‘During a period of extended debate a mo- LIMIT CERTAIN USES OF THE tion to adjourn or recess shall not be in SEC. 5. RIGHT TO OFFER AMENDMENTS. FILIBUSTER IN THE SENATE TO order, unless made by the Majority Leader (or his or her designee) or if the absence of a Paragraph 2 of rule XXII of the Standing IMPROVE THE LEGISLATIVE Rules of the Senate is amended by inserting PROCESS quorum has been demonstrated. Notwith- standing paragraph 1 of rule XIX, there shall at the end the following: Mr. UDALL of New Mexico (for him- be no limit to the number of times a Senator ‘‘After debate has concluded under this self and Mr. MERKLEY) submitted the may speak upon any question during a pe- paragraph but prior to final disposition of following resolution; which was re- riod of extended debate. the pending matter, the Majority Leader and ferred to the Committee on Rules and ‘‘If, during the course of extended debate, the Minority Leader may each offer not to Administration: the Presiding Officer puts any question to a exceed 3 amendments identified as leadership vote, the Majority Leader (or his or her des- amendments if they have been timely filed S. RES. 600 ignee) may postpone any such vote, which under this paragraph and are germane to the SECTION 1. MOTIONS TO PROCEED. shall occur at a time determined by the Ma- matter being amended. Debate on a leader- Paragraph 1 of rule XXII of the Standing jority Leader, after consultation with the ship amendment shall be limited to 1 hour Rules of the Senate is amended by inserting Minority Leader, but not later than the time equally divided. A leadership amendment at the end the following new paragraph: at which a quorum is next demonstrated. may not be divided.’’.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:26 Dec 17, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\DEC 2014\S12DE4.REC S12DE4 rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S6790 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 12, 2014 SENATE RESOLUTION 601—RECOG- Ministry of Environmental Protection to Whereas, in 2013, the State of California NIZING 35 YEARS OF COOPERA- support joint environmental research, and to and the Chinese Ministry of Commerce TION IN SCIENCE AND TECH- exchange best practices on environmental signed a Memorandum of Understanding to NOLOGY BETWEEN THE UNITED legislation and enforcement; establish a working group to deepen coopera- (5) exchange of personnel between the Chi- tion in fields such as biological pharma- STATES AND THE PEOPLE’S RE- nese Centers for Disease Control and Preven- ceuticals, information technology, agri- PUBLIC OF CHINA tion and the Centers for Disease Control and culture, and energy; Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Prevention to develop information exchange Whereas the exchange of ideas in science and response mechanisms for influenza KIRK, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and Mr. CARDIN) and technology and shared research con- pandemics; submitted the following resolution; ducted in China and the United States holds (6) collaboration between the Food and the potential to increase United States ex- which was referred to the Committee Drug Administration and food and medical ports of non-sensitive commercial tech- on Foreign Relations: regulators in China to enhance the safety of nologies to China; S. RES. 601 imported food and medical products from Whereas the agreement reached in Novem- China through better information sharing Whereas mutually beneficial cooperation ber 2014 between the United States and the and access to production facilities; and People’s Republic of China to expand the between the Governments of the People’s Re- (7) collaboration between the Centers for public of China and the United States in pro- scope of goods covered by the Information Disease Control and Prevention and Peking Technology Agreement will further deepen moting science and technology has made tre- University Health Center (former Beijing mendous strides since the signing of the trade, investment, and mutual cooperation Medical University) to study child health in science and technology; Agreement Between the Government of the issues and health hazards caused by environ- United States and the Government of the Whereas collaboration in science and tech- mental factors; nology since 1979 has provided both countries People’s Republic of China on Cooperation in Whereas many educational institutions in Science and Technology, done at Washington with the technological foundation to make the United States and China have estab- ambitious pledges to reduce future emissions January 31, 1979, which was the first inter- lished partnerships to further science and governmental agreement since the United of carbon dioxide; and technology research, including— Whereas people-to-people exchanges con- States and the People’s Republic of China es- (1) Northwestern University, based in ducted under the Agreement Between the tablished diplomatic relations in 1979; Evanston, Illinois, which has developed stra- Government of the United States and the Whereas the Governments of the People’s tegic partnerships in China, such as the Government of the People’s Republic of Republic of China and the United States Wanxiang Fellows Program, which allows China on Cooperation in Science and Tech- have become active partners in fostering re- Northwestern students to study emerging nology have fostered mutual understanding search and innovation since the signing of energy challenges and renewable energy in- of both countries and have led to joint re- the Agreement Between the Government of novations in the United States and China; search in science and technology: Now, the United States and the Government of the and therefore, be it People’s Republic of China on Cooperation in (2) University of California, Davis, based in Resolved, That the Senate— Science and Technology in 1979; Davis, California, which has partnered with (1) recognizes the cooperation in science Whereas cooperation in science and tech- China’s Northwest Agricultural and Forestry and technology between the Governments of nology since 1979 has brought numerous ben- University in Shaanxi province to establish the United States and the People’s Republic efits to both countries, including— the Sino-U.S. Joint Research Center for of China since 1979; (1) shared information on issues such as Food Safety to promote international col- (2) emphasizes the importance of open mar- climate variability, seismic activity, and ag- laborative research for food safety in China kets, intellectual property rights, and the ricultural science; and the United States; free exchange of information to the develop- (2) joint publication of scientific and tech- Whereas the University of Illinois at Ur- ment of science and technology; and nological research; and bana-Champaign has signed 97 inter-institu- (3) expresses continued support for the (3) exchange of technical assistance and tional cooperative partnership agreements principles of the Agreement Between the best practices in areas such as food and phar- with various institutions that are Government of the United States and the maceutical safety and environmental clean- headquartered in China in the fields of engi- Government of the People’s Republic of up; neering, food sciences, and transportation, China on Cooperation in Science and Tech- Whereas the continued promotion of including a high-speed rail research partner- nology, done at Washington January 31, 1979, science and technology in both countries ship between the university’s Railway Trans- to which both countries remain committed. holds the potential to advance shared inter- portation and Engineering Center and Chi- ests, as well as the interests of United States na’s oldest and most recognized railway en- f partners and allies in the region and glob- gineering school, Southwest Jiaotong Uni- AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND ally, including in mitigating the effects of versity; PROPOSED climate change, securing the availability of Whereas, on December 5, 2014, China and water, food and energy, and improving public the United States will commemorate the SA 4100. Mr. REID proposed an amendment health, disease prevention, and pandemic re- 30th anniversary, and renew for another ten to the bill H.R. 83, to require the Secretary sponse; years, the CHELBI partnership, which has of the Interior to assemble a team of tech- Whereas the government-to-government created the largest joint venture engineering nical, policy, and financial experts to address relationship conducted under the Agreement consulting firm in China, having undertaken the energy needs of the insular areas of the Between the Government of the United over 600 bridge, road, and other projects the United States and the Freely Associated States and the Government of the People’s designs of which meet World Bank and Asian States through the development of energy Republic of China on Cooperation in Science Development Bank standards, and has made action plans aimed at promoting access to and Technology now consists of some 30 sub- significant progress in engineering knowl- affordable, reliable energy, including in- ordinate agency-to-agency protocols, includ- edge-sharing for road, bridge, and other creasing use of indigenous clean-energy re- ing— project design and construction between the sources, and for other purposes. SA 4101. Mr. REID proposed an amendment (1) cooperation between the Department of United States and China; to amendment SA 4100 proposed by Mr. REID Energy and the Chinese Ministry of Science Whereas several United States Department and Technology to form the Clean Energy to the bill H.R. 83, supra. of Energy national laboratories have estab- SA 4102. Mr. REID proposed an amendment Research Center to explore advances in clean lished partnerships with research institu- to the bill H.R. 83, supra. vehicles, advanced coal technology, and tions in China to advance energy research, SA 4103. Mr. REID proposed an amendment building energy efficiency; including— to amendment SA 4102 proposed by Mr. REID (2) cooperation between the Department of (1) Argonne National Laboratory in to the bill H.R. 83, supra. Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service Lemont, Illinois, which has worked with the SA 4104. Mr. REID proposed an amendment and the Chinese Ministry of Science and China Automotive Technology and Research to amendment SA 4103 proposed by Mr. REID Technology on agricultural biotechnology, Center (CATARC) to promote energy-effi- to the amendment SA 4102 proposed by Mr. natural resource management, food safety, cient vehicle technologies and clean trans- REID to the bill H.R. 83, supra. and similar issues; portation fuels in China since 2003; and SA 4105. Mr. COBURN submitted an (3) cooperation between the National Insti- (2) Lawrence Berkeley National Labora- amendment intended to be proposed by him tutes of Health and the counterparts in tory in Berkeley, California, which has to the bill H.R. 5771, to amend the Internal China, including the Natural Science Foun- formed the China Energy Group to work col- Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expir- dation of China and Chinese Ministry of laboratively with groups in China to under- ing provisions and make technical correc- Science and Technology to conduct basic and stand the dynamics of energy use, improve tions, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of clinical biomedical research; energy efficiency, reduce emissions in China, 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of (4) cooperation between the Environmental strengthen Chinese capabilities in energy ef- ABLE accounts established under State pro- Protection Agency and the counterparts in ficiency, and enhance relationships on en- grams for the care of family members with China, including the Chinese Ministry of ergy efficiency among Chinese, United disabilities, and for other purposes; which Science and Technology and the Chinese States, and international institutions; was ordered to lie on the table.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:26 Dec 17, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\DEC 2014\S12DE4.REC S12DE4 rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE December 12, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6791 SA 4106. Mr. COBURN submitted an amend- assemble a team of technical, policy, ‘‘(e) OTHER DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL ment intended to be proposed by him to the and financial experts to address the en- RULES.—For purposes of this section— bill H.R. 5771, supra; which was ordered to lie ergy needs of the insular areas of the ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—An individual is on the table. United States and the Freely Associ- an eligible individual for a taxable year if SA 4107. Mr. COBURN submitted an during such taxable year the individual is amendment intended to be proposed by him ated States through the development entitled to benefits based on blindness or dis- to the bill H.R. 5771, supra; which was or- of energy action plans aimed at pro- ability under title II or XVI of the Social Se- dered to lie on the table. moting access to affordable, reliable curity Act, and such blindness or disability SA 4108. Mr. COBURN submitted an energy, including increasing use of in- occurred before the date on which the indi- amendment intended to be proposed by him digenous clean-energy resources, and vidual attained age 26. to the bill H.R. 5771, supra; which was or- for other purposes; as follows: ‘‘(2) DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY.—The term dered to lie on the table. ‘designated beneficiary’ in connection with SA 4109. Mr. COBURN submitted an In the amendment, strike ‘‘1 day’’ and in- an ABLE account established under a quali- amendment intended to be proposed by him sert ‘‘2 days’’. fied ABLE program means the eligible indi- to the bill H.R. 5771, supra; which was or- Mr. REID proposed an vidual who established an ABLE account and dered to lie on the table. SA 4102. SA 4110. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment to the bill H.R. 83, to re- is the owner of such account. amendment intended to be proposed by him quire the Secretary of the Interior to ‘‘(3) MEMBER OF FAMILY.—The term ‘mem- to the bill H.R. 5771, supra; which was or- assemble a team of technical, policy, ber of the family’ means, with respect to any dered to lie on the table. and financial experts to address the en- designated beneficiary, an individual who SA 4111. Mr. COBURN submitted an bears a relationship to such beneficiary ergy needs of the insular areas of the which is described in subparagraph section amendment intended to be proposed by him United States and the Freely Associ- to the bill H.R. 5771, supra; which was or- 152(d)(2)(B). For purposes of the preceding dered to lie on the table. ated States through the development sentence, a rule similar to the rule of section SA 4112. Mr. COBURN submitted an of energy action plans aimed at pro- 152(f)(1)(B) shall apply. amendment intended to be proposed by him moting access to affordable, reliable ‘‘(4) QUALIFIED DISABILITY EXPENSES.—The to the bill H.R. 5771, supra; which was or- energy, including increasing use of in- term ‘qualified disability expenses’ means dered to lie on the table. digenous clean-energy resources, and any expenses related to the eligible individ- SA 4113. Mr. COBURN submitted an for other purposes; as follows: ual’s blindness or disability which are made amendment intended to be proposed by him for the benefit of an eligible individual who At the end, add the following: to the bill H.R. 5771, supra; which was or- This Act shall become effective 3 days is the designated beneficiary, including the dered to lie on the table. after enactment. following expenses: education, housing, SA 4114. Mr. COBURN submitted an transportation, employment training and amendment intended to be proposed by him SA 4103. Mr. REID proposed an support, assistive technology and personal to the bill H.R. 5771, supra; which was or- amendment to amendment SA 4102 pro- support services, health, prevention and dered to lie on the table. posed by Mr. REID to the bill H.R. 83, to wellness, financial management and admin- SA 4115. Mr. COBURN submitted an istrative services, legal fees, expenses for amendment intended to be proposed by him require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, oversight and monitoring, funeral and burial to the bill H.R. 5771, supra; which was or- expenses, and other expenses, which are ap- dered to lie on the table. and financial experts to address the en- proved by the Secretary under regulations SA 4116. Mr. COBURN submitted an amend- ergy needs of the insular areas of the and consistent with the purposes of this sec- ment intended to be proposed by him to the United States and the Freely Associ- bill H.R. 5771, supra; which was ordered to lie tion. on the table. ated States through the development ‘‘(5) ABLE ACCOUNT.—The term ‘ABLE ac- SA 4117. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. of energy action plans aimed at pro- count’ means an account established by an KAINE, Mr. CARDIN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. moting access to affordable, reliable eligible individual, owned by such eligible in- COONS, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. MUR- energy, including increasing use of in- dividual, and maintained under a qualified PHY, Mr. MARKEY, and Mrs. BOXER) sub- digenous clean-energy resources, and ABLE program. mitted an amendment intended to be pro- for other purposes; as follows: ‘‘(6) CONTRACTING STATE.—The term ‘con- posed by him to the bill H.R. 83, to require tracting State’ means a State without a In the amendment, strike ‘‘3 days’’ and in- qualified ABLE program which has entered the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a sert ‘‘4 days’’. team of technical, policy, and financial ex- into a contract with a State with a qualified perts to address the energy needs of the insu- SA 4104. Mr. REID proposed an ABLE program to provide residents of the lar areas of the United States and the Freely amendment to amendment SA 4103 pro- contracting State access to a qualified ABLE Associated States through the development program. posed by Mr. REID to the amendment of energy action plans aimed at promoting ‘‘(f) TRANSFER TO STATE.—Subject to any access to affordable, reliable energy, includ- SA 4102 proposed by Mr. REID to the bill H.R. 83, to require the Secretary of outstanding payments due for qualified dis- ing increasing use of indigenous clean-en- ability expenses, upon the death of the des- ergy resources, and for other purposes; which the Interior to assemble a team of ignated beneficiary, all amounts remaining was ordered to lie on the table. technical, policy, and financial experts in the qualified ABLE account not in excess SA 4118. Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. to address the energy needs of the insu- of the amount equal to the total medical as- VITTER, Mr. MARKEY, and Mr. MERKLEY sub- lar areas of the United States and the sistance paid for the designated beneficiary mitted an amendment intended to be pro- Freely Associated States through the after the establishment of the account, net posed by her to the bill H.R. 83, supra; which development of energy action plans of any premiums paid from the account or was ordered to lie on the table. paid by or on behalf of the beneficiary to a f aimed at promoting access to afford- able, reliable energy, including increas- Medicaid Buy-In program under any State TEXT OF AMENDMENTS Medicaid plan established under title XIX of ing use of indigenous clean-energy re- the Social Security Act, shall be distributed SA 4100. Mr. REID proposed an sources, and for other purposes; as fol- to such State upon filing of a claim for pay- amendment to the bill H.R. 83, to re- lows: ment by such State. For purposes of this quire the Secretary of the Interior to In the amendment, strike ‘‘4’’ and insert paragraph, the State shall be a creditor of an assemble a team of technical, policy, ‘‘5’’. ABLE account and not a beneficiary. Sub- and financial experts to address the en- section (c)(3) shall not apply to a distribu- ergy needs of the insular areas of the SA 4105. Mr. COBURN submitted an tion under the preceding sentence. amendment intended to be proposed by United States and the Freely Associ- ‘‘(g) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall ated States through the development him to the bill H.R. 5771, to amend the prescribe such regulations or other guidance of energy action plans aimed at pro- Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend as the Secretary determines necessary or ap- moting access to affordable, reliable certain expiring provisions and make propriate to carry out the purposes of this section, including regulations— energy, including increasing use of in- technical corrections, to amend the In- ternal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide ‘‘(1) to enforce the 1 ABLE account per eli- digenous clean-energy resources, and gible individual limit, for other purposes; as follows: for the tax treatment of ABLE ac- counts established under State pro- ‘‘(2) providing for the information required At the end, add the following: to be presented to open an ABLE account, This Act shall become effective 1 day after grams for the care of family members ‘‘(3) to generally define qualified disability enactment. with disabilities, and for other pur- expenses, poses; which was ordered to lie on the ‘‘(4) to prevent fraud and abuse with re- SA 4101. Mr. REID proposed an table; as follows: spect to amounts claimed as qualified dis- amendment to amendment SA 4100 pro- Beginning on page 135, strike line 11 and ability expenses, posed by Mr. REID to the bill H.R. 83, to all that follows through page 140, line 4 and ‘‘(5) under chapters 11, 12, and 13 of this require the Secretary of the Interior to insert the following: title, and

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Mr. COBURN submitted an ternal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide certain expiring provisions and make amendment intended to be proposed by for the tax treatment of ABLE ac- technical corrections, to amend the In- him to the bill H.R. 5771, to amend the counts established under State pro- ternal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend grams for the care of family members for the tax treatment of ABLE ac- certain expiring provisions and make with disabilities, and for other pur- counts established under State pro- technical corrections, to amend the In- poses; which was ordered to lie on the grams for the care of family members ternal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide table; as follows: with disabilities, and for other pur- for the tax treatment of ABLE ac- poses; which was ordered to lie on the On page 12, strike lines 18 through 25. counts established under State pro- table; as follows: grams for the care of family members SA 4112. Mr. COBURN submitted an Strike section 115. with disabilities, and for other pur- amendment intended to be proposed by poses; which was ordered to lie on the him to the bill H.R. 5771, to amend the SA 4107. Mr. COBURN submitted an table; as follows: amendment intended to be proposed by Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and make On page 10, between lines 19 and 20, insert him to the bill H.R. 5771, to amend the the following: technical corrections, to amend the In- Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend (c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF THE NEW MAR- ternal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide certain expiring provisions and make KET TAX CREDIT ON CERTAIN FACILITIES.— technical corrections, to amend the In- for the tax treatment of ABLE ac- Section 45D is amended by adding at the end ternal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide counts established under State pro- the following new subsection: for the tax treatment of ABLE ac- grams for the care of family members ‘‘(j) PROHIBITION.—Any amounts allocated with disabilities, and for other pur- to a qualified community development enti- counts established under State pro- ty under this section shall not be used to le- grams for the care of family members poses; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: verage funding for the purchase, construc- with disabilities, and for other pur- tion, maintenance, or operation of a fast- poses; which was ordered to lie on the On page 14, strike lines 12 through 20. food restaurant, gas station, flea market, table; as follows: doggy daycare or grooming facility, or brew- SA 4113. Mr. COBURN submitted an ery.’’. On page 12, strike lines 9 through 16. amendment intended to be proposed by SA 4108. Mr. COBURN submitted an him to the bill H.R. 5771, to amend the SA 4116. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 5771, to amend the certain expiring provisions and make him to the bill H.R. 5771, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend technical corrections, to amend the In- Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and make ternal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide certain expiring provisions and make technical corrections, to amend the In- for the tax treatment of ABLE ac- technical corrections, to amend the In- ternal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide counts established under State pro- ternal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE ac- grams for the care of family members for the tax treatment of ABLE ac- counts established under State pro- with disabilities, and for other pur- counts established under State pro- grams for the care of family members poses; which was ordered to lie on the grams for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other pur- table; as follows: with disabilities, and for other pur- poses; which was ordered to lie on the At the appropriate place, insert the fol- poses; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: lowing: table; as follows: Beginning on page 25, strike line 13 SEC. ll. PROHIBITION ON USING TAX-EXEMPT At the appropriate place, insert the fol- through page 26, line 7. STATE AND LOCAL BONDS FOR CER- TAIN FACILITIES. lowing: SEC. ll. DISCLOSURE OF PUBLIC COMPANIES SA 4109. Mr. COBURN submitted an (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 103(b) is amended by adding at the end the following new para- RECEIVING CERTAIN TAX BENEFITS. amendment intended to be proposed by graph: (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section him to the bill H.R. 5771, to amend the ‘‘(4) BOND TO FINANCE CERTAIN FACILITIES.— 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend Any bond to finance a facility primarily used any other provision of law, the Secretary of certain expiring provisions and make for gambling, a private or commercial golf the Treasury, or the Secretary’s delegate, technical corrections, to amend the In- course, a country club, a skybox or other pri- shall provide to administrator of the website ternal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide vate luxury box, or a stadium or arena for established under the Federal Funding Ac- professional sports exhibitions or games.’’. countability and Transparency Act of 2006 for the tax treatment of ABLE ac- (31 U.S.C. 6101 note), for purposes of inclu- counts established under State pro- Mr. COBURN submitted an sion on such website, the information de- grams for the care of family members SA 4114. amendment intended to be proposed by scribed in subsection (b) with respect to any with disabilities, and for other pur- corporation— him to the bill H.R. 5771, to amend the poses; which was ordered to lie on the (1) the stock of which is publicly traded on Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend table; as follows: an established securities market, and certain expiring provisions and make (2) which is allowed an applicable tax ben- Beginning on page 26, strike line 17 technical corrections, to amend the In- through page 27, line 5. efit. ternal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide (b) INFORMATION INCLUDED.—The informa- SA 4110. Mr. COBURN submitted an for the tax treatment of ABLE ac- tion described in this subsection is— amendment intended to be proposed by counts established under State pro- (1) the name of the corporation, (2) the type of applicable tax benefit, and him to the bill H.R. 5771, to amend the grams for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other pur- (3) the amount of the applicable tax ben- Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend efit. certain expiring provisions and make poses; which was ordered to lie on the (c) APPLICABLE TAX BENEFIT.—For pur- technical corrections, to amend the In- table; as follows: poses of this section, the term ‘‘applicable ternal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide On page 10, between lines 19 and 20, insert tax benefit’’ means, with respect to any tax- for the tax treatment of ABLE ac- the following: payer for any taxable year beginning after counts established under State pro- (c) PROHIBITION ON COMBINING THE NEW December 31, 2013, any credit, deduction, or grams for the care of family members MARKET TAX CREDIT WITH OTHER SOURCES OF other benefit allowed to the taxpayer by rea- FEDERAL FUNDING.—Section 45D is amended son of an amendment made by— with disabilities, and for other pur- by adding at the end the following new sub- (1) part II or part III of subtitle A of title poses; which was ordered to lie on the section: I of this Act, table; as follows: ‘‘(j) PROHIBITION.—A qualified community (2) subtitle B of title I of this Act, or On page 11, strike lines 14 through 21. development entity shall not use any equity (3) section 107(b) of this Act.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:26 Dec 17, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00094 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD14\DEC 2014\S12DE4.REC S12DE4 rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE December 12, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6793 SA 4117. Mr. MENENDEZ (for him- (11) The United States Government calls SEC. ll04. DURATION OF THIS AUTHORIZATION. self, Mr. KAINE, Mr. CARDIN, Mrs. SHA- on its allies and partners in the Middle East This authorization for the use of military force shall terminate three years after the HEEN, Mr. COONS, Mr. UDALL of New and North Africa that have not already done so to join and participate in the anti-ISIL date of the enactment of this Act, unless re- Mexico, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. MARKEY, and Coalition. authorized. Mrs. BOXER) submitted an amendment (12) The United States Government has SEC. ll05. REPORTS. intended to be proposed by him to the successfully conducted airstrikes in Iraq, in (a) PERIODIC REPORT.—The President shall bill H.R. 83, to require the Secretary of coordination with Iraqi and Kurdish security report to Congress at least once every 60 the Interior to assemble a team of forces, to prevent humanitarian catas- days on specific actions taken pursuant to technical, policy, and financial experts trophes, protect vulnerable minority popu- this authorization. to address the energy needs of the insu- lations, repel ISIL from areas of strategic (b) COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY.—Not later lar areas of the United States and the importance, and demonstrate support to than 30 days after the date of the enactment Freely Associated States through the communities in western and northern Iraq of this Act, the President shall submit to being terrorized by ISIL. Congress an unclassified report, which may development of energy action plans (13) The United States Government has include a classified annex, on the com- aimed at promoting access to afford- successfully conducted airstrikes in Syria, in prehensive strategy of the United States in able, reliable energy, including increas- coordination with local actors on the ground Iraq and Syria, including all activities au- ing use of indigenous clean-energy re- who demonstrate commitment and capa- thorized by this division. The comprehensive sources, and for other purposes; which bility in countering ISIL, in order to target strategy report shall include— was ordered to lie on the table; as fol- ISIL training camps and munitions facili- (1) The specific political and diplomatic ob- lows: ties, stop sources of ISIL funding, protect jectives of the United States in the region vulnerable minority populations, and target and the methods proposed to achieve them. At the appropriate place, insert the fol- extremist groups intent on attacking the (2) Clearly defined military objectives of lowing: United States and its allies. the United States, including— DIVISION ll—AUTHORIZATION FOR USE (14) United States and Coalition airstrikes (A) a list of the organizations and entities OF MILITARY FORCE AGAINST THE IS- to date have succeeded in halting ISIL’s ad- to be targeted by military operations; LAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND THE LE- vance in Iraq and Syria. (B) the geographic scope of military oper- VANT (15) The President should to the greatest ations; and SEC. ll01. SHORT TITLE. extent possible act in concert or cooperation (C) methods for limiting civilian casual- This division may be cited as the ‘‘Author- with the security forces of other countries in ties. ization for the Use of Military Force against the region to counter the grave threat to re- (3) Actual and proposed contributions from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’’. gional stability and international security coalition partners of the United States, in- SEC. ll02. FINDINGS. posed by ISIL. cluding financing, equipment, training, (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the fol- (16) The anti-ISIL strategy requires effec- troops, and logistics support. lowing findings: tive local security forces in Iraq and Syria, (4) Humanitarian assistance and support (1) The terrorist organization known as the and empowered political leaders committed for displaced civilian populations. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and to leading inclusive, representative govern- (5) Benchmarks for assessing progress to- various other names (in this division referred ments that enable citizens in both countries ward political, diplomatic, and military to as ‘‘ISIL’’) poses a grave threat to the to achieve their legitimate aspirations and goals. people and territorial integrity of Iraq, to live in peace and security. (6) A realistic end goal and exit strategy. Syria, regional stability, and the national (17) President Obama stated on November (7) An estimate of the costs involved and security interests of the United States and 5, 2014, his commitment to working with how any funds made available for activities its allies and partners. Congress to pass an authorization for the use authorized by this division will be fully off- (2) ISIL holds significant territory in Iraq of military force for the anti-ISIL military set through reduced spending, increased rev- and Syria and has stated its intention to campaign. enue, or both. seize more territory and demonstrated the SEC. ll03. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF SEC. ll06. ASSOCIATED PERSONS OR FORCES capability to do so. UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. DEFINED. (3) ISIL leaders have stated that they in- (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The President is au- In this division, the term ‘‘associated per- tend to conduct terrorist attacks inter- thorized, subject to the limitations in sub- sons or forces’’ means individuals and orga- nationally, including against the United section (c), to use the Armed Forces of the nizations fighting for or on behalf of the Is- States, its citizens, and interests. United States as the President determines to lamic State of Iraq and the Levant or a (4) ISIL has committed despicable acts of be necessary and appropriate against the Is- closely-related successor entity, for the pur- violence and mass executions against Mus- lamic State of Iraq and the Levant or associ- poses of action authorized to be taken under lims, regardless of sect, who do not subscribe ated persons or forces as defined in section this division. to ISIL’s depraved, violent, and oppressive ll06. SEC. ll07. APPLICABILITY. ideology. (b) WAR POWERS RESOLUTION REQUIRE- The provisions of this division pertaining (5) ISIL has threatened genocide and com- MENTS.— to the authorization of use of force against mitted vicious acts of violence against reli- (1) SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION.— the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant gious and ethnic minority groups, including Consistent with section 8(a)(1) of the War shall supersede any preceding authorization Iraqi Christians, Yezidi, and Turkmen popu- Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1547(a)(1)), Con- for the use of military force. lations. gress declares that this section is intended SEC. ll08. REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION FOR (6) ISIL has targeted innocent women and to constitute specific statutory authoriza- USE OF MILITARY FORCE AGAINST girls with horrific acts of violence, including tion within the meaning of section 5(b) of the IRAQ. abduction, enslavement, torture, rape, and War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1544(b)), The Authorization for Use of Military forced marriage. within the limits of the authorization estab- Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public (7) ISIL is responsible for the brutal mur- lished under this section. Law 107–243; 116 Stat. 1498; 50 U.S.C. 1541 der of innocent United States citizens, in- (2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER REQUIRE- note) is hereby repealed. cluding James Foley, Steven Sotloff, and MENTS.—Nothing in this division supersedes SEC. ll09. SUNSET OF 2001 AUTHORIZATION Abdul-Rahman Peter Kassig. any requirement of the War Powers Resolu- FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE. (8) It is the policy of the United States to tion (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.). The Authorization for Use of Military work with regional and global allies and (c) LIMITATIONS.—The authority granted in Force (Public Law 107–40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) partners to degrade and defeat ISIL, to cut subsection (a) does not authorize the use of shall terminate on the date that is three off its funding, to stop the flow of foreign the United States Armed Forces for the pur- years after the date of the enactment of this fighters to its ranks, and to support local pose of ground combat operations except as Act, unless reauthorized. communities as they reject ISIL. necessary— (9) The announcement of the anti-ISIL Co- (1) for the protection or rescue of members SA 4118. Ms. WARREN (for herself, alition on September 5, 2014, during the of the United States Armed Forces or United Mr. VITTER, Mr. MARKEY, and Mr. NATO Summit in Wales, stated that ISIL States citizens from imminent danger posed MERKLEY) submitted an amendment in- poses a serious threat and should be coun- by ISIL; or tended to be proposed by her to the bill tered by a broad international coalition. (2) to conduct missions not intended to re- H.R. 83, to require the Secretary of the (10) President Barack Obama articulated sult in ground combat operations by United Interior to assemble a team of tech- five lines of effort in the campaign to States forces, such as— nical, policy, and financial experts to counter ISIL, including supporting regional (A) intelligence collection and sharing; military partners, stopping the flow of for- (B) enabling kinetic strikes; address the energy needs of the insular eign fighters, cutting off ISIL’s access to fi- (C) operational planning; or areas of the United States and the nancing, addressing urgent humanitarian (D) other forms of advice and assistance to Freely Associated States through the needs, and contesting ISIL’s messaging. forces fighting ISIL in Iraq or Syria. development of energy action plans

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