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Vol. 159 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2013 No. 86 House of Representatives The House met at noon and was slur. Despite their best efforts, our Na- statement that the ‘‘R-word’’ is ‘‘not called to order by the Speaker pro tem- tive American brothers’ and sisters’ just a racial slur or a derogatory pore (Mr. BENTIVOLIO). cries have fallen on deaf ears. Such an term,’’ but a painful ‘‘reminder of one f impasse is largely due to the wide- of the most gruesome acts of ethnic spread ignorance regarding the history cleansing ever committed against the DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO of this denigrating term. Mr. Speaker, Penobscot people.’’ The hunting and TEMPORE I would like to share with my col- killing of Penobscot Indians, as stated The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- leagues the painful and violent past as- by Chief Francis, Mr. Speaker, was ‘‘a fore the House the following commu- sociated with the ‘‘R-word.’’ most despicable and disgraceful act of nication from the Speaker: The origin of the ‘‘R-word’’ is com- genocide.’’ WASHINGTON, DC, monly attributed to the historical Mr. Speaker, such disgrace continues June 17, 2013. practice of trading Native American to live on through Washington’s fran- I hereby appoint the Honorable KERRY Indian skins, Mr. Speaker, Native chise’s name. In a recent letter to 10 of BENTIVOLIO to act as Speaker pro tempore on American Indian skins and body parts our colleagues, the National Football this day. as bounties and trophies. For example, League’s Commissioner Roger Goodell JOHN A. BOEHNER, in 1749, the British bounty on the said essentially that the use of the ‘‘R- Speaker of the House of Representatives. Mi’kmaq Nation of what is now Maine word’’ is meant to honor Native Ameri- f and Nova Scotia was a straightforward cans. Baloney. He added, ‘‘For the MORNING-HOUR DEBATE ‘‘10 guineas for every Indian Mi’kmaq team’s millions of fans and customers, taken or killed, to be paid upon pro- the name is a unifying force that The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ducing such savage taken or his scalp.’’ stands for strength, courage, pride, and ant to the order of the House of Janu- Just as devastating was the Phips respect.’’ In other words, Mr. Speaker, ary 3, 2013, the Chair will now recog- Proclamation, issued in 1755 by Spen- the National Football League is telling nize Members from lists submitted by cer Phips, lieutenant governor and everyone—Native Americans in- the majority and minority leaders for commander in chief of the Massachu- cluded—that they cannot be offended morning-hour debate. setts Bay Province, who called for the because the National Football League The Chair will alternate recognition wholesale extermination of the Penob- means no offense. between the parties, with each party scot Indian Nation. The Phips Procla- Mr. Speaker, Mr. Goodell’s casual limited to 1 hour and each Member mation declared the Penobscot to be and dismissive response is indicative of other than the majority and minority ‘‘enemies, rebels, and traitors to his the racist history beyond the Wash- leaders and the minority whip limited Majesty King George, II’’ and required ington franchise’s name. Its founder, to 5 minutes each, but in no event shall those residing in the province to ‘‘em- George Preston Marshall, is identified debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. brace all opportunities of pursuing, by historians as the driving force be- f capturing, killing, and destroying all hind the color barrier that existed for and every of the aforesaid Indians.’’ 12 years in the National Football NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE’S By vote of the General Court of the League, a sad chapter from 1934 to 1945 WASHINGTON FOOTBALL FRAN- Province, white settlers were paid out when African Americans were prohib- CHISE NAME of the public treasury for killing and ited from the league by a ‘‘gentleman’s The SPEAKER pro tempore. The scalping the Penobscot people. The agreement’’ that we’re not allowed to Chair recognizes the gentleman from bounty for a male Penobscot Indian play. Mr. Marshall changed the team’s American Samoa (Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA) above the age of 12 was 50 pounds, and name from the Braves in 1933, and after for 5 minutes. his scalp was worth 40 pounds. The the NFL’s color line was crossed in Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, bounty for a female Penobscot Indian 1946, Marshall’s franchise was the last I rise today to denounce the dispar- of any age and for males under the age team on the field where African Ameri- aging name of the National Football of 12 was 25 pounds, while their scalps cans were allowed to play—and not League’s Washington, D.C., franchise, were worth 20 pounds. Historical ac- until 1962. the Redskins, which I will refer to as counts show that these scalps were I might also add that Mr. Marshall the ‘‘R-word.’’ The Native American called ‘‘Redskins.’’ did not welcome African American community has spent millions of dol- The current chairman and chief of players with open arms. It was then lars over the past two decades to fight the Penobscot Nation, Chief Kirk that Secretary of the Interior, Stewart the racism that is perpetuated by this Francis recently declared in a joint Udall, and Attorney General Robert F.

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VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:33 Jul 12, 2013 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\H17JN3.REC H17JN3 bjneal on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H3658 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2013 Kennedy presented Marshall with an I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the safety of both men and women serving ultimatum: unless Marshall signed an United States of America, and to the Repub- in our Armed Forces. Our brave mili- African American player, the govern- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, tary personnel go well beyond the call ment would revoke his franchise’s 30- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. of duty risking their lives to protect year lease of the use of the stadium f American families and the freedoms we here in the District of Columbia. SECURING THE FUTURE hold dear. It is our obligation to crack Mr. Speaker, today, we find ourselves down on these heinous crimes by fighting the same racist threads that (Ms. FOXX asked and was given per- strengthening the military justice sys- pervaded the Washington franchise for mission to address the House for 1 tem so that we can better protect those more than 50 years. We simply cannot minute.) who protect us. continue to carry on hateful traditions Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, House Re- I am very grateful that last week that mock, belittle, disparage, and dis- publicans have a plan to create jobs, Members from both sides of the aisle grace those of a different race because grow our economy, and secure our fu- joined together in a bipartisan fashion of the color of their skin. As a Nation, ture for all Americans. And we’re going to address this problem by passing the we have come too far to fight for these to do it by expanding opportunity, not National Defense Authorization Act for rights, and I think Native Americans expanding government. Fiscal Year 2014. Sexual Assault Pre- deserve to have a better sense of self- We’re going to hold government ac- vention Caucus leaders MIKE TURNER esteem and dignity. countable to the hardworking tax- and NIKI TSONGAS, with House Armed With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back payers of this country. We’re going to Services Committee Chairman BUCK the balance of my time. rein in runaway Washington spending MCKEON, worked together to make a that’s driving up our national debt. difference. f We’re going to reform our Tax Code to Thankfully, we were successful in in- RECESS make it fair and simpler for all Ameri- cluding 20 additional provisions that cans. We’re going to promote an all-of- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- will address prevention, investigation, the-above, all-American energy strat- ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair prosecution, and punishment of the egy that will create jobs, lower energy declares the House in recess until 2 crime of sexual assault. costs, and strengthen our national se- p.m. In conclusion, God bless our troops, curity. Accordingly (at 12 o’clock and 7 min- and we will never forget September the These are the commonsense solutions utes p.m.), the House stood in recess. 11th in the global war on terrorism. that the American people deserve. It’s f f not fair that Washington Democrats CDKL5 AWARENESS DAY b 1400 keep offering up only more spending and political games. Real solutions to (Mr. WENSTRUP asked and was AFTER RECESS real problems, that’s the House Repub- given permission to address the House The recess having expired, the House lican commitment. for 1 minute.) Mr. WENSTRUP. Madam Speaker, I was called to order by the Speaker at 2 f p.m. stand before you today to tell you THE GET RELIEF FROM ACADEMIC about a rare disorder known as CDKL5. f DEBT ACT OF 2013 Today, June 17, is CDKL5 Awareness PRAYER (Ms. NEGRETE MCLEOD asked and Day. This genetic disorder was discov- The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick was given permission to address the ered by genetic markers in 2004. Those J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: House for 1 minute.) impacted usually suffer from seizures God, our Father, we give You thanks Mrs. NEGRETE MCLEOD. Mr. Speak- and rarely, if ever, walk or talk. for giving us another day. er, upon graduation, many students are My niece, Catie, is one of only 600 Bless the Members of the people’s faced with repayment of student loans, known cases in the world. When Catie House as they return to Washington. in addition to seeking employment in a was born just 5 years ago, only 200 chil- May their energy to address our Na- very tough job market. Over 5.4 million dren had been diagnosed with CDKL5 tion’s issues be renewed following their Americans have at least one past-due disorder. Due to the recent discovery of visits home for the Father’s Day week- student loan account which affects this condition, and its resemblance to end. their credit and our Nation’s economy. Rett Syndrome, epilepsy and autism, Continue to bless all who work in the Last week my colleague, Representa- it’s likely that there are many children who have been undiagnosed or Capitol. May our citizens be mindful of tive JANICE HAHN, and I introduced their generous service to the oper- H.R. 2349, the Get Relief from Aca- misdiagnosed. Families are forced to turn to the ations of government and supportive of demic Debt Act of 2013. The GRAD Act Internet and the community of parents them as they toil in relative anonym- would extend the grace period of 6 because even doctors know relatively ity day in and day out. months to 1 year after graduation belittle about CDKL5. Unfortunately, at We ask that what all those who work fore the onset of repayment of the Fed- this time there’s no cure, only hours of within these hallowed Halls do would eral student loans. therapy, and for many, traveling long be for Your greater honor and glory. By extending the grace period, grad- distances to specialists. Fortunately, Amen. uates have a longer period of oppor- CDKL5 research is taking place. f tunity to find a good-paying job before The children impacted with CDKL5 repayment of these loans begins. I urge THE JOURNAL disorder cannot talk to you about their the House to consider this legislation condition, so the responsibility falls to The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- for the millions of the Nation’s grad- us to raise awareness. ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- uate students who are struggling to My family learns something from ceedings and announces to the House pay back loans. Catie every day. It’s my hope that we his approval thereof. f can continue to learn more for Catie Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- and the other young people impacted nal stands approved. SEXUAL ASSAULT WITHIN OUR MILITARY MUST BE ADDRESSED by CDKL5 disorder. f f (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE asked and was given permission to ad- THE AMERICAN DREAM The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman dress the House for 1 minute and to re- (Mr. YODER asked and was given from Ohio (Mr. WENSTRUP) come for- vise and extend his remarks.) permission to address the House for 1 ward and lead the House in the Pledge Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. minute and to revise and extend his re- of Allegiance. Madam Speaker, sexual assault and marks.) Mr. WENSTRUP led the Pledge of Al- misconduct within our military ranks Mr. YODER. Madam Speaker, I rise legiance as follows: occur far too often, and threaten the today to speak about the American

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Pursu- opportunity is best represented by the The text of the bill is as follows: ant to the rule, the gentleman from millions of small businesses that make Utah (Mr. BISHOP) and the gentleman H.R. 876 from the Northern Mariana Islands our economy grow and put our friends Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- (Mr. SABLAN) each will control 20 min- and neighbors to work. That’s why I’m resentatives of the United States of America in utes. Congress assembled, proud today to speak to recognize Na- The Chair recognizes the gentleman tional Small Business Week. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. from Utah. More than two out of every three new This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Idaho Wil- GENERAL LEAVE jobs created in our country are made derness Water Resources Protection Act’’. Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I possible by small businesses. As we SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF EXISTING WATER DIVER- ask unanimous consent that all Mem- spend this week highlighting the inno- SIONS IN FRANK CHURCH-RIVER OF NO RETURN WILDERNESS AND bers may have 5 legislative days to re- vations and successes of small busi- SELWAY-BITTERROOT WILDERNESS, vise and extend their remarks and to nesses across the country, let us renew IDAHO. include extraneous materials on the (a) AUTHORIZATION FOR CONTINUED USE.— our efforts to help all Americans get bill under consideration. back to work with bipartisan and com- The Secretary of Agriculture shall issue a special use authorization to the owners of a The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there monsense legislation that helps these objection to the request of the gen- small businesses grow and hire new em- water storage, transport, or diversion facility (in this section referred to as a ‘‘facil- tleman from Utah? ployees. ity’’) located on National Forest System There was no objection. Madam Speaker, we must continue to land in the Frank Church-River of No Return Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I work together to harness the full eco- Wilderness and the Selway-Bitterroot Wil- yield myself such time as I may con- nomic drive of the United States econ- derness for the continued operation, mainte- sume. omy, and that drive is led by the men nance, and reconstruction of the facility if This bill was a great bill the first and women in the engine room of each the Secretary determines that— time we passed it, the second time we and every small business across our (1) the facility was in existence on the date passed it, and it is still a great bill, and great Nation. on which the land upon which the facility is located was designated as part of the Na- it’s necessary for the good people of f tional Wilderness Preservation System (in Idaho. this section referred to as ‘‘the date of des- So I would yield such time as he may RECESS ignation’’); consume to the gentleman from Idaho The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. (2) the facility has been in substantially (Mr. SIMPSON). FOXX). Pursuant to clause 12(a) of rule continuous use to deliver water for the bene- Mr. SIMPSON. I thank the gen- I, the Chair declares the House in re- ficial use on the owner’s non-Federal land tleman from Utah for yielding. since the date of designation; cess until approximately 5 p.m. today. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support (3) the owner of the facility holds a valid of H.R. 876, the Idaho Wilderness Water Accordingly (at 2 o’clock and 9 min- water right for use of the water on the own- utes p.m.), the House stood in recess. Resources Protection Act. This bipar- er’s non-Federal land under Idaho State law, tisan, noncontroversial legislation is a f with a priority date that predates the date of designation; and technical fix intended to enable the b 1700 (4) it is not practicable or feasible to relo- Forest Service to authorize and permit cate the facility to land outside of the wil- existing historical water diversions AFTER RECESS derness and continue the beneficial use of within the Idaho wilderness. The recess having expired, the House water on the non-Federal land recognized A few years ago, one of my constitu- was called to order by the Speaker pro under State law. ents came to me for help with a prob- (b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— tempore (Mr. COLLINS of New York) at lem. The Middle Fork Lodge has a (1) REQUIRED TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—In a water diversion within the Frank 5 p.m. special use authorization issued under sub- Church-River of No Return Wilderness f section (a), the Secretary shall— (A) allow use of motorized equipment and Area that existed before the wilderness MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT mechanized transport for operation, mainte- area was established and is protected A message in writing from the Presi- nance, or reconstruction of a facility, if the under statute. The diversion was beginning to leak dent of the United States was commu- Secretary determines that— (i) the use is necessary to allow the facility and was in desperate need of repairs to nicated to the House by Mr. Sherman to continue delivery of water to the non-Fed- ensure that it did not threaten the en- Williams, one of his secretaries. eral land for the beneficial uses recognized vironment and watershed, but it turned f by the water right held under Idaho State out that the Forest Service did not law; and ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER (ii) the use of nonmotorized equipment and have the authority to issue the lodge a PRO TEMPORE nonmechanized transport is impracticable or permit to make the necessary repairs. infeasible; and As we looked into this issue, we dis- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- (B) preclude use of the facility for the stor- covered that the Forest Service lacked ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair age, diversion, or transport of water in ex- this authority throughout both the will postpone further proceedings cess of the water right recognized by the Frank Church-River of No Return Wil- today on motions to suspend the rules State of Idaho on the date of designation. derness, where there are 22 known on which a recorded vote or the yeas (2) DISCRETIONARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— water developments, and the Selway- and nays are ordered, or on which the In a special use authorization issued under Bitterroot Wilderness, where there are subsection (a), the Secretary may— vote incurs objection under clause 6 of three. These diversions are primarily rule XX. (A) require or allow modification or relocation of the facility in the wilderness, as the used to support irrigation and minor Record votes on postponed questions Secretary determines necessary, to reduce hydropower generation for use on non- will be taken later. impacts to wilderness values set forth in sec- Federal lands. While the critical situa- f tion 2 of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131) tion at the Middle Fork Lodge brought if the beneficial use of water on the non-Fed- this issue to my attention, it is obvious IDAHO WILDERNESS WATER eral land is not diminished; and to me that this problem is larger than RESOURCES PROTECTION ACT (B) require that the owner provide a recip- just one diversion. At some point in rocal right of access across the non-Federal Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I property, in which case, the owner shall re- the future, all 25 of these existing di- move to suspend the rules and pass the ceive market value for any right-of-way or versions will need maintenance or re- bill (H.R. 876) to authorize the contin- other interest in real property conveyed to pair work done to ensure their integ- ued use of certain water diversions lo- the United States, and market value may be rity.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:33 Jul 12, 2013 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\H17JN3.REC H17JN3 bjneal on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H3660 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2013 H.R. 876 authorizes the Forest Serv- Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, on ‘‘(G) if the Secretary of the Interior deter- ice to issue special use permits for all that I demand the yeas and nays. mines that the proposed plan submitted qualifying historic water systems in The yeas and nays were ordered. under this paragraph, does not meet the re- these wilderness areas. I believe it is The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- quirements of this paragraph, the Secretary shall— important to get ahead of this problem ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- ‘‘(i) advise the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and to ensure that the Forest Service ceedings on this motion will be post- Fund, Inc. not later than 30 days after re- has the tools necessary to manage poned. ceipt of the proposed plan of the reasons that these lands. f such plan does not meet the requirements; For these reasons, I have introduced and H.R. 876. This legislation, which was VIETNAM VETERANS DONOR AC- ‘‘(ii) allow the Vietnam Veterans Memorial passed by the House during the last KNOWLEDGEMENT ACT OF 2013 Fund, Inc. to submit a revised donor recogni- two Congresses, allows the Forest AMENDMENT tion plan.’’. Service to issue the required special Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- use permits to owners of historic water move to suspend the rules and agree to ant to the rule, the gentleman from systems, and it sets out specific cri- the resolution (H. Res. 264) providing Utah (Mr. BISHOP) and the gentleman teria for doing so. Providing this au- for the concurrence by the House in the from the Northern Mariana Islands thority will ensure that existing water Senate amendment to H.R. 588, with an (Mr. SABLAN) each will control 20 min- diversions can be properly maintained amendment. utes. and repaired when necessary and pre- The Clerk read the title of the resolu- The Chair recognizes the gentleman serves beneficial use for private prop- tion. from Utah. erty owners who hold water rights The text of the resolution is as fol- GENERAL LEAVE under State law. lows: Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I I have deeply appreciated the co- H. RES. 264 ask unanimous consent that all Mem- bers may have 5 legislative days to re- operation of the Forest Service in ad- Resolved, That upon the adoption of this dressing this problem. Not only have resolution the House shall be considered to vise and extend their remarks and to they communicated with me the need have taken from the Speaker’s table the bill, include extraneous material on the bill to find a systemwide solution to this H.R. 588, with the Senate amendment there- under consideration. issue, but at my request, they have to, and to have concurred in the Senate The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there drafted this legislation to ensure that amendment with the following amendment: objection to the request of the gen- it only impacts specific targeted his- In lieu of the matter proposed to be in- tleman from Utah? torical diversions—those with valid serted by the amendment of the Senate to There was no objection. the text of the bill, insert the following: water rights that cannot feasibly be re- Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I located out of the wilderness area. SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. yield myself such time as I may con- H.R. 876 is bipartisan and non- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Vietnam sume. Veterans Donor Acknowledgment Act of There comes a point in time when we controversial. It is intended as a sim- 2013’’. ple, reasonable solution to a problem are always asking the Senate to do SEC. 2. DONOR CONTRIBUTION ACKNOWLEDG- that I think we can all agree should be something, and when they finally get MENTS AT THE VIETNAM VETERANS around to doing something, they decide solved as quickly as possible. I am MEMORIAL VISITOR CENTER. to mess it up by making it question- hopeful that we can move this bill Section 6(b) of Public Law 96–297 (16 U.S.C. able by trying to expand it. This is a through the legislative process without 431 note) is amended— similar case in which we gave them a delay so that the necessary mainte- (1) in paragraph (4) by striking the ‘‘and’’ simple and good bill. They have sent us nance to these diversions may be com- after the semicolon; (2) in paragraph (5)— back something that is questionable pleted before the damage is beyond re- (A) by striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’; and expanded, and we are going to give pair. and I urge my Members to support this it back to them so that they just do it (B) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; right the second time around. legislation. and’’; and With that, I would like to yield such Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield (3) by inserting at the end the following time as he may consume to the sponsor myself such time as I may consume. new paragraph: This legislation provides common- ‘‘(6) notwithstanding section 8905(b)(7) of of the original bill, the gentleman from sense access to maintain water facili- title 40, United States Code— Alaska (Mr. YOUNG). Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. I thank the ties within the Frank Church-River of ‘‘(A) the Secretary of the Interior shall gentleman for yielding. No Return Wilderness Area. These allow the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. to acknowledge donor contributions to Mr. Speaker, over a month ago, the water features were present prior to the visitor center by displaying, inside the House passed the Vietnam Veterans the congressional designation of ‘‘wil- visitor center, an appropriate statement or Donor Acknowledgment Act by a re- derness’’ and are necessary to protect credit acknowledging the contribution; sounding vote of 398–2. Unfortunately, individual water rights in the State. ‘‘(B) donor contribution acknowledgments a couple of weeks ago, the Senate sub- I applaud Chairman SIMPSON for his shall be displayed in a form approved by the stantially changed this bipartisan and legislation, and I support the passage Secretary of the Interior and for a period of noncontroversial piece of legislation. of this bill. time commensurate with the level of the I yield back the balance of my time. contribution and the life of the facility; Instead of only allowing donor recogni- Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, in ‘‘(C) the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund tion at a soon-to-be-built Vietnam Vet- closing, when you have diversions that shall bear all expenses related to the display erans Education Center, the Senate predate a ‘‘wilderness’’ designation, of donor acknowledgments; changed the bill to allow donor rec- ‘‘(D) prior to the display of donor acknowl- you need to give them the ability to ognition, across the entire Mall, on all edgments, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial future commemorative works. While I maintain those diversions. This is a Fund, Inc. shall submit to the Secretary for good bill. approval, its plan for displaying donor ac- am not fundamentally opposed to this I urge my colleagues to vote for it, knowledgments; idea, neither the House nor the Senate and more importantly, I urge the Sen- ‘‘(E) such plan shall include the sample has done any hearings to consider the ate to finally do something and pass it. text and types of the acknowledgments or implications of this issue. In fact, nei- I yield back the balance of my time. credits to be displayed and the form and lo- ther the House nor the Senate has done The SPEAKER pro tempore. The cation of all displays; a markup on this issue to allow Mem- question is on the motion offered by ‘‘(F) the Secretary shall approve the plan, bers to add their input. if the Secretary determines that the plan— the gentleman from Utah (Mr. BISHOP) Mr. Speaker, put simply, this is just ‘‘(i) allows only short, discrete, and unob- a poor legislative process, and the that the House suspend the rules and trusive acknowledgments or credits; pass the bill, H.R. 876. ‘‘(ii) does not permit any advertising slo- American people deserve better. The question was taken. gans or company logos; and Today, we are here to undo what the The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the ‘‘(iii) conforms to applicable National Park Senate has done and to, once again, opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being Service guidelines for indoor donor recogni- send the Senate a bipartisan and non- in the affirmative, the ayes have it. tion; and controversial bill. Today’s resolution

VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:33 Jul 12, 2013 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\H17JN3.REC H17JN3 bjneal on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE June 17, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3661 merely strikes the Senate language Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, Mr. BISHOP of Utah. I reserve the that allows donor recognition across I thank the gentleman from Utah and balance of my time. The Mall and reinserts my original lan- the gentleman from the Northern Mar- Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, I have no guage from H.R. 588. This language has iana Islands for their management of further speakers, and I yield back the been through the full committee proc- this important legislation. I certainly balance of my time. ess and is sound legislative text. want to pay a special tribute to my Mr. BISHOP of Utah. I appreciate the However, not all of the Senate addi- good friend, the gentleman from Alas- comments that were given by the gen- tions are bad. In this bill, we will keep ka (Mr. YOUNG), for his authorship of tleman from Alaska (Mr. YOUNG), the one portion of the Senate’s language, this bill. gentleman from the Northern Mariana which extends the legislative authority Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong Islands (Mr. SABLAN), and I especially to construct the Vietnam Veterans support of this resolution to amend the respect and appreciate the comments Education Center from 2014 until 2018. Senate amendment to H.R. 588, the by the gentleman from American Samoa, who has done so much, and I b 1710 Vietnam Veterans Donor Acknowledge- ment Act of 2013. appreciate all of those. In everything It is unfortunate that we must pro- that we are doing, in fact, their com- vide this extension, though. Our Na- I want to thank my good friend again, Congressman DON YOUNG from ments were right on; that what we are tion’s Vietnam veterans have waited trying to do is ensure that what we do too long for this education center. It is Alaska, for his leadership on this very important issue. He has always been a here is to return to the cliche of the a shame that a long line of political House, which is regular order, which gamesmanship has delayed its con- strong supporter of our military servicemembers and veterans and has been means we go through a legitimate struction. process of trying to look at something instrumental in moving forward to Mr. Speaker, after the Vietnam War, instead of just flying by the seat of our building the Education Center at the many of our Nation’s bravest were wel- pants. comed home not with joyous cheers or Wall that will educate the millions of Therefore, because this was changed words of thanks, but dirty looks and visitors to the Vietnam Veterans Me- significantly in the Senate without snide remarks. morial about its history and purpose. much input at all, we are simply doing Mr. Speaker, last month the House, Let us end these political games. I two things. First of all, we’ll be remov- with overwhelming support, passed call upon my colleagues in the House, ing the provisions effected by the Sen- H.R. 588, the Vietnam Veterans Donor but especially on my colleagues in the ate changes so that the Vietnam Visi- Senate, to quickly pass this resolution Acknowledgement Act of 2013. As we tors Center can move forward under so this education center can finally be all know, H.R. 588 is supported by all this bill without any delay, and it will built. I think we can all agree that this the major veterans’ organizations enhance the ability to raise their pri- legislation and this center are a long throughout the country. Unfortu- vate funds, but also we want to give time coming. nately, during its consideration, the careful and due consideration to the Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield Senate significantly amended the bill, Senate-added provisions. myself such time as I may consume. which has drastically altered the origi- So the text of the Senate language This is a very important issue before nal intent of the bill. Much of the addi- affecting future memorials is being in- us today. The Senate amended H.R. 588 tions to H.R. 588 have not been evalu- troduced today as a standalone bill in to allow any new memorial in D.C. to ated or considered by way of markup, the House. We will have a public hear- acknowledge donors. by either the Senate or the House, ing. We will go through the process, to The original bill passed by the House which is critical in considering any leg- only allowed donor acknowledgement be held very soon on this particular islation. For this reason, my colleague bill, and then further action by the for the Vietnam Memorial Visitor Cen- today offers this resolution to rein- ter. The Senate amendment also pro- committee will follow. Once again, this state the original bipartisan language. is our process to re-ensure regular vided a 4-year extension of the legisla- Mr. Speaker, as a Vietnam veteran tive authority for the Vietnam Memo- order. myself, I strongly believe that my fel- I urge my colleagues to vote for this rial Visitors Center. low soldiers and I have waited long particular resolution, and I yield back The resolution before us today would enough for the construction of this im- narrow the Senate language back to the balance of my time. portant educational center. It will ben- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The apply only to the Vietnam Memorial efit the many tourists that visit our question is on the motion offered by Visitor Center while continuing to pro- Nation’s capital and educate and in- the gentleman from Utah (Mr. BISHOP) vide the visitor center with a 4-year ex- form many of those who question why that the House suspend the rules and tension of their authorization. Mr. Speaker, our preference would be the thousands of names are engraved agree to the resolution, H. Res. 264. The question was taken; and (two- to send a bill to the President to sign on such an extraordinary memorial. Mr. Speaker, it is so beautiful to see thirds being in the affirmative) the today; however, the majority is insist- that our veterans coming from the Gulf rules were suspended and the resolu- ing on amending the Senate legislation tion was agreed to. and sending this bill back to the Sen- War are being praised by the American public, which is great. Unfortunately, A motion to reconsider was laid on ate instead of to the President. While the table. we do not object to a policy of allowing those of us who were part of the Viet- donor acknowledgement, we are con- nam legacy of the war that occurred at f cerned that amending the Senate that time did not have a very sweet Y MOUNTAIN ACCESS amendment will unnecessarily delay welcoming home I can say, Mr. Speak- ENHANCEMENT ACT er, being called ‘‘baby killers’’ and enactment of this legislation. Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I Given this is the only option we have ‘‘warmongers’’ and all of this. To this day I’m still very bitter in terms of the move to suspend the rules and pass the to support the Vietnam Memorial Vis- bill (H.R. 253) to provide for the con- itor Center, we support passage of this treatment of our soldiers and veterans who come from that terrible war that veyance of a small parcel of National bill, and I reserve the balance of my Forest System land in the Uinta- time. our country was involved in. This education center is so critical to Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Mr. BISHOP of Utah. At this time, I Utah to Brigham Young University, reserve the balance of my time as I will educate the American people—to educate America for that matter—so that and for other purposes. be the last speaker. The Clerk read the title of the bill. Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, at this they will understand and better appre- The text of the bill is as follows: ciate the sacrifices and the contribu- time I yield as much time as he may H.R. 253 consume to a Vietnam War veteran, tions that our veterans and those who Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- the distinguished gentleman from wore the armed services uniform made resentatives of the United States of America in American Samoa (Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA). in protection of this country. Congress assembled, (Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA asked and Again, I thank my dear friend, Mr. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. was given permission to revise and ex- YOUNG from Alaska, and I urge my col- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Y Mountain tend his remarks.) leagues to support this bill. Access Enhancement Act’’.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:33 Jul 12, 2013 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\H17JN3.REC H17JN3 bjneal on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H3662 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2013 SEC. 2. LAND CONVEYANCE, UINTA-WASATCH- (Mr. CHAFFETZ), with the under- the residents of the city of Provo, CACHE NATIONAL FOREST, UTAH. standing that he will explain to you Utah, as ‘‘Y Mountain’’ to Brigham (a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—On the request that Y Mountain is not the same thing Young University. of Brigham Young University submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture not later than as Yucca Mountain. Located directly east of the BYU one year after the date of the enactment of Mr. CHAFFETZ. The gentleman from campus, the Y Mountain includes a this Act, the Secretary shall convey, not Utah is very correct, this is very dif- trail that leads 1.2 miles from the later than one year after receiving the re- ferent and not nearly as controversial, mountain’s base up to a large white quest, to Brigham Young University all I assure you. concrete ‘‘Y’’ on the mountain’s hill- right, title, and interest of the United States H.R. 253, the Y Mountain Access En- side, which was built over 100 years in and to the approximately 80-acres of Na- hancement Act, directs the Depart- ago. The ‘‘Y,’’ which is 380 feet high by tional Forest System land in the Uinta- ment of Agriculture to sell 80 acres of 130 feet wide, is even larger than the Wasatch-Cache National Forest in the State of Utah generally depicted as ‘‘Proposed Con- U.S. Forest Service land to Brigham ‘‘Hollywood’’ sign in Hollywood, Cali- veyance Parcel’’ on the map titled ‘‘ ‘Y’ Young University often referred to as fornia, and serves as an insignia for Mountain Access Enhancement Act’’ and BYU. This parcel of land includes the Brigham Young University. dated June 6, 2013. The conveyance shall be block Y on Y Mountain, a major land- As an alumnus of BYU, I, too, have subject to valid existing rights and shall be mark in the Provo area. come to know the ‘‘Y’’ as a symbol of made by quitclaim deed. H.R. 253 requires BYU to pay fair campus pride for the students, the (b) CONSIDERATION.— market value for the land and requires alumni, and members of the greater (1) CONSIDERATION REQUIRED.—As consider- BYU to cover administrative and ap- Provo community. Some of my col- ation for the land conveyed under subsection (a), Brigham Young University shall pay to praisal costs associated with the sale. leagues are probably wondering why the Secretary an amount equal to the fair Proceeds of the land sale would be used did an island boy like me want to go to market value of the land, as determined by to reduce the deficit. a place like Utah? I wanted to experi- an appraisal approved by the Secretary and H.R. 253 guarantees public access to ence what snow was like; and guess conducted in conformity with the Uniform the block Y and the Y Mountain trail what, you can have all the snow you Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acqui- after the sale. BYU has managed this want because I’m going back to the is- sitions and section 206 of the Federal Land parcel of land for 50 years and has al- lands. Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 ways allowed public access. But I will say, Mr. Speaker, the ‘‘Y’’ U.S.C. 1716). is illuminated five times a year, in- (2) DEPOSIT.—The consideration received BYU actually owned the entire trail by the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall be at one point many years ago. H.R. 253 cluding freshman orientation, home- deposited in the general fund of the Treasury would restore ownership to Brigham coming, graduations in April and Au- to reduce the Federal deficit. Young University, but BYU would have gust, as well as ‘‘Y Days,’’ which cele- (c) GUARANTEED PUBLIC ACCESS TO Y MOUN- to pay fair market value for the land. brate BYU’s week of service activities. TAIN TRAIL.—After the conveyance under Currently, one part of the trail is As a nationally recognized symbol of subsection (a), Brigham Young University owned by BYU and the other is owned BYU, the Y Mountain is also a featured represents that it will— by the U.S. Forest Service. Split own- shot in almost every BYU game broad- (1) continue to allow the same reasonable public access to the trailhead and portion of ership of the trail complicates trail cast on national television. the Y Mountain Trail already owned by maintenance and long-term planning, BYU currently manages the U.S. For- Brigham Young University as of the date of which ultimately puts public access at est Service portion of the trail. H.R. the enactment of this Act that Brigham risk. 253, however, proposes that the Federal Young University has historically allowed; Restoring this land to BYU would Government sell Y Mountain at fair and provide long-term certainty by remov- market value to Brigham Young Uni- (2) allow that same reasonable public ac- ing any questions as to who owns the versity. The bill also guarantees that cess to the portion of the Y Mountain Trail land and who is responsible for main- public access to the ‘‘Y’’ and the Y and the ‘‘Y’’ symbol located on the land de- Mountain Trail be maintained fol- scribed in subsection (a). taining the trail. (d) SURVEY AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— Hiking up the Y is a popular pastime lowing the sale. The exact acreage and legal description of in the Provo area, and H.R. 253 ensures Mr. Speaker, it is my strong belief the land to be conveyed under subsection (a) that the trail will be maintained for fu- that permitting BYU to purchase this shall be determined by a survey satisfactory ture hikers. property would result in better mainte- to the Secretary. Brigham Young University nance of the trail and mountain. Given shall pay the reasonable costs of survey, ap- b 1720 the immense source of pride in Y praisal, and any administrative analyses re- This bill was introduced in the 112th Mountain, BYU ownership of the prop- quired by law. Congress as H.R. 4484 and passed the erty would only result in improved The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- House on voice vote. I urge my col- maintenance, cleanliness, safety, and ant to the rule, the gentleman from leagues to vote ‘‘yes’’ on this par- access for the public. The transfer of Utah (Mr. BISHOP) and the gentleman ticular piece of legislation, and I appre- ownership would also allow Brigham from the Northern Mariana Islands ciate the bipartisan support and work Young University to preserve a signifi- (Mr. SABLAN) each will control 20 min- on this piece. cant monument for future generations utes. Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield of students and members of the com- The Chair recognizes the gentleman myself such time as I may consume. munity. from Utah. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 253 provides for I want to especially thank my col- GENERAL LEAVE conveyance of approximately 80 acres league, the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Mr. BISHOP of Utah. I ask unani- of Forest Service lands to Brigham CHAFFETZ), for his sponsorship of the mous consent that all Members may Young University. We do not object to bill, who also happens to be an alum- have 5 legislative days to revise and ex- this legislation. nus of BYU, for introducing this legis- tend their remarks and include extra- At this time, I would like to yield lation, and I do urge my colleagues to neous materials on the bill under con- such time as he may consume to the vote in support of this bill. sideration. gentleman from American Samoa (Mr. Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there FALEOMAVAEGA). reserve the balance of my time. objection to the request of the gen- (Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA asked and Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, I have no tleman from Utah? was given permission to revise and ex- further speakers, and I yield back the There was no objection. tend his remarks.) balance of my time. Mr. BISHOP of Utah. With that, I Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Despite being a yield myself such time as I may con- I rise today in strong support of H.R. graduate of the University of Utah and sume. 253, the Y Mountain Access Enhance- finding myself surrounded by BYU peo- I am very proud of this particular ment Act. This legislation would direct ple here—it makes me terribly uncom- bill, and I am happy to yield as much the U.S. Department of Agriculture to fortable—this is still a good bill. It is a time as he may consume to the author sell approximately 80 acres to the U.S. win-win situation and will provide the of this bill, the gentleman from Utah Forest Service land known for years by experience of those at BYU and the

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The natural resources listed above, on September sources on the island of Rota in the question is on the motion offered by 2005, the National Park Service, Pacific West Northern Marianas to the National the gentleman from Utah (Mr. BISHOP) Region, completed a preliminary resource Park System. that the House suspend the rules and assessment on the island of Rota, Common- The House has already voted to au- pass the bill, H.R. 253, as amended. wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, thorize the suitability and feasibility The question was taken. which determined that the ‘‘establishment of study for Rota on two separate occa- The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the a unit of the national park system sions, but the other body did not follow opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being appear[ed] to be the best way to ensure the long term protection of Rota’s most impor- through, so here we are again. The in the affirmative, the ayes have it. tant cultural resources and its best examples third time may be the charm. Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, on that I of its native limestone forest.’’. Mindful of the previous House votes, demand the yeas and nays. SEC. 2. NPS STUDY OF SITES ON THE ISLAND OF I will not preach to the choir, but I do The yeas and nays were ordered. ROTA, COMMONWEALTH OF THE think that it is worth reminding my The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. colleagues that a Park Service recon- ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of the Interior naissance survey reported in 2005 that ceedings on this motion will be post- shall— Rota contains natural, archaeological, poned. (1) carry out a study regarding the suitability and feasibility of designating pre- and historical features of national sig- f historic, historic, and limestone forest sites nificance. These include precontact vil- on the island of Rota, Commonwealth of the lage sites of the Chamorro people, who ROTA CULTURAL AND NATURAL Northern Mariana Islands, as a unit of the discovered and populated the Mariana RESOURCES STUDY ACT National Park System; and Islands 3,500 years ago. Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I (2) consider management alternatives for I also want to remind my colleagues, move to suspend the rules and pass the the island of Rota, Commonwealth of the because we’re all mindful of cost, that Northern Mariana Islands. bill (H.R. 674) to authorize the Sec- the Congressional Budget Office finds (b) STUDY PROCESS AND COMPLETION.—Ex- retary of the Interior to study the suit- cept as provided by subsection (c) of this sec- the bill will not affect direct spending ability and feasibility of designating tion, section 8(c) of Public Law 91–383 (16 or revenues. prehistoric, historic, and limestone for- U.S.C. 1a–5(c)) shall apply to the conduct and Finally, I want to thank Chairman est sites on Rota, Commonwealth of completion of the study required by this sec- HASTINGS and Ranking Member MAR- the Northern Mariana Islands, as a tion. KEY of the Natural Resources Com- unit of the National Park System. (c) SUBMISSION OF STUDY RESULTS.—Not mittee for their support of H.R. 674. I later than 3 years after the date that funds The Clerk read the title of the bill. also want to thank Chairman BISHOP The text of the bill is as follows: are made available for this section, the Sec- retary shall submit to the Committee on and Ranking Member GRIJALVA of the H.R. 674 Natural Resources of the House of Rep- Subcommittee on Public Lands and En- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives and the Committee on Energy vironmental Regulation for their help resentatives of the United States of America in and Natural Resources of the Senate a report in bringing this measure to the floor Congress assembled, describing the results of the study. today. I urge my colleagues to support SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- passage of H.R. 674. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as ant to the rule, the gentleman from At this time, I yield such time as he the ‘‘Rota Cultural and Natural Resources Utah (Mr. BISHOP) and the gentleman may consume to the gentleman from Study Act’’. from the Northern Mariana Islands American Samoa (Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA). (b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds as follows: (1) The island of Rota was the only major (Mr. SABLAN) each will control 20 min- Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, island in the Mariana Islands to be spared utes. this is getting to be an island occasion the destruction and large scale land use The Chair recognizes the gentleman or something. But at any rate, I do changes brought about by World War II. from Utah. thank the gentleman from Utah and (2) The island of Rota has been described GENERAL LEAVE the gentleman from the Northern Mari- by professional archeologists as having the Mr. BISHOP of Utah. I ask unani- anas for allowing me to comment on most numerous, most intact, and generally this proposed legislation. the most unique prehistoric sites of any of mous consent that all Members may the islands of the Mariana Archipelago. have 5 legislative days to revise and ex- Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support (3) The island of Rota contains remaining tend their remarks, and include extra- of H.R. 674, the Rota Cultural and Nat- examples of what is known as the Latte neous materials on the bill under con- ural Resources Act. Phase of the cultural tradition of the indige- sideration. First, I want to thank the gentleman nous Chamorro people of the Mariana Is- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there from the Commonwealth of the North- lands. Latte stone houses are remnants of objection to the request of the gen- ern Mariana Islands, my dear friend the ancient Chamorro culture. tleman from Utah? Mr. SABLAN, for his authorship of this (4) Four prehistoric sites are listed on the important piece of legislation that will National Register of Historic Places: There was no objection. Monchon Archeological District (also known Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I authorize the Secretary of the Interior locally as Monchon Latte Stone Village), yield myself such time as I may con- to study the suitability and feasibility Taga Latte Stone Quarry, the Dugi Archeo- sume. of designating prehistoric, historic, and logical Site that contains latte stone struc- Mr. Speaker, this bill authorizes a limestone forest sites on Rota, the tures, and the Chugai Pictograph Cave that study for the suitability and feasibility southernmost island of CNMI, as a unit contains examples of ancient Chamorro rock of designating this particular area as of the National Park System. art. Alaguan Bay Ancient Village is another part of a unit of the National Park This legislation is critical to CNMI latte stone prehistoric site that is surrounded by tall-canopy limestone forest. System. I think it is a wise concept in and will enable the preservation of vil- (5) In addition to prehistoric sites, the is- which to go to find out the cultural lage sites of the ancient Chamorro peo- land of Rota boasts historic sites remaining and natural resources that are on this ple and Rota’s native limestone forests from the Japanese period (1914–1945). Several particular area and look forward to its that provide a habitat for locally and of these sites are on the National Register of further designation. federally endangered listed bird spe- Historic Places: Nanyo Kohatsu Kabushiki With that, I reserve the balance of cies, including the Mariana crow and Kaisha Sugar Mill, Japanese Coastal Defense my time. the Rota bridled white-eye birds. Gun, and the Japanese Hospital. Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield Mr. Speaker, this legislation pre- (6) The island of Rota’s natural resources are significant because of the extent and in- myself such time as I may consume. viously passed the House in the last tact condition of its native limestone forest Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. Congress, but, unfortunately, the Sen- that provides habitat for several federally 674, the Rota Cultural and Natural Re- ate did not have time in its agenda to endangered listed species, the Mariana crow, sources Study Act. The bill authorizes address the legislation prior to the end

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Mr. Speaker, I (g) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.—The author- concluded that designating Rota as move to suspend the rules and pass the ity provided under this section shall termi- part of the National Park System ap- bill (H.R. 862) to authorize the convey- nate three years after the date of the enact- peared to be the best way to ensure the ance of two small parcels of land with- ment of this Act. long-term protection of Rota’s pre- in the boundaries of the Coconino Na- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- historic and historic natural and man- tional Forest containing private im- ant to the rule, the gentleman from made habitat structures. provements that were developed based Utah (Mr. BISHOP) and the gentleman Mr. Speaker, again, I commend Mr. upon the reliance of the landowners in from the Northern Mariana Islands SABLAN for his leadership. I urge my an erroneous survey conducted in May (Mr. SABLAN) each will control 20 min- colleagues to support this bill. 1960. utes. I want to also share with my col- The Clerk read the title of the bill. The Chair recognizes the gentleman leagues a little bit of history. The text of the bill is as follows: from Utah. b 1730 H.R. 862 GENERAL LEAVE Twenty miles away from the island Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Mr. BISHOP of Utah. I ask unani- of Rota is the island called Tinian in resentatives of the United States of America in mous consent that all Members may the Northern Mariana Islands. This is Congress assembled, have 5 legislative days to revise and ex- where the Enola Gay was launched and SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO CORRECT tend their remarks and include extra- ERRONEOUS SURVEY, COCONINO neous materials on the bill under con- delivered the two atomic bombs that NATIONAL FOREST, ARIZONA. were dropped in the war in Japan, (a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Sec- sideration. which brought about the closing of retary of Agriculture may convey by quit- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there World War II, especially against Japan. claim deed all right, title, and interest of the objection to the request of the gen- So in terms of historical perspec- United States in and to the two parcels of tleman from Utah? tives, Rota, Tinian, the Northern Mar- land described in subsection (b) to a person There was no objection. iana Islands, I think you’ve made a tre- or legal entity that represents (by power of Mr. BISHOP of Utah. I reserve the attorney) the majority of landowners with mendous contribution for the better- balance of my time. private property adjacent to the two parcels. Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield ment of our country. These parcels are within the boundaries of And, again, I urge my colleagues to myself as much time as I may con- the Coconino National Forest and contain sume. support this legislation. private improvements that were developed Mr. BISHOP of Utah. I reserve the based upon the reliance of the landowners in Mr. Speaker, this bill corrects a sur- balance of my time. an erroneous survey conducted in May 1960. vey error made in the 1960s. The land- Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, before I (b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The two parcels owners will be required to pay $20,000 yield back my time, I’d also like to of land authorized for conveyance under sub- for these two parcels. thank the gentleman from American section (a) consist of approximately 2.67 I want to commend my colleague, Samoa for his support of the bill. And acres described in the Bureau of Land Man- Congresswoman KIRKPATRICK, for her agement’s Survey Plat titled Subdivision leadership on this issue. And at this because he mentioned Tinian, the and Metes and Bounds Surveys in secs. 28 Enola Gay and the Boxcar did fly from time, I yield as much time as she may and 29, T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Gila and Salt River consume to the gentlewoman from Ari- Tinian to bomb Hiroshima and Naga- Meridian, approved February 2, 2010, as fol- saki and ended the war against Japan. lows: zona (Mrs. KIRKPATRICK). Those airplanes, I’d like to also note (1) Lot 2, sec. 28, T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Gila and Mrs. KIRKPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, for the record, originated and took off Salt River Meridian, Coconino County, Ari- imagine waking up one day to learn from Utah before they came to the zona. that your property really isn’t yours. Mariana Islands. So there’s that con- (2) Lot 1, sec. 29, T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Gila and In fact, that’s exactly the situation Salt River Meridian, Coconino County, Ari- that a group of residents in my district nection here. zona. So Mr. BISHOP is actually the one find themselves in. (c) CONSIDERATION.— They didn’t cause the problem. Over who reminded me that while they took (1) AMOUNT OF CONSIDERATION.—As consid- off from Tinian, it was in Utah that eration for the conveyance of the two parcels 40 years ago it was created because of they started the flight to Tinian and under subsection (a), the person or legal en- a land survey that simply got it wrong. eventually flew to Japan. tity that represents (by power of attorney) For years, even decades, they’ve lived Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance the majority of landowners with private on their property, they’ve maintained of my time. property adjacent to the parcels shall pay to it, they’ve invested in it, only to find Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, he the Secretary consideration in the amount of that their property is within the did steal my thunder. They did train $20,000. boundaries of the United States Forest (2) DEPOSIT.—The Secretary shall deposit Service. and start in Wendover, Utah, which the consideration received under this sub- was part of my district until the legis- section in a special account in the fund es- Now, this has been a real economic lature became involved in district lines tablished under Public Law 90–171 (com- hardship for these folks. Today we have in this last session. monly known as the Sisk Act; 16 U.S.C. an opportunity to solve this for them. I urge my colleagues to support this 484a). I thank Congressman GOSAR and his particular piece of legislation and re- (3) USE.—The deposited funds shall be staff for the opportunity to work to- mind them that any costs that would available to the Secretary, without further gether on behalf of the people of Ari- be associated with this study has to be appropriation and until expended, for acqui- zona. Our bill, H.R. 862, has a simple, sition of land in the National Forest System. commonsense conveyance which re- appropriated. We have another chance (d) REVOCATION OF ORDERS.—Any public or- to look at that. I firmly support it. ders withdrawing any of the Federal land turns this land to its rightful owners I yield back the balance of my time. from appropriation or disposal under the and removes this economic hardship The SPEAKER pro tempore. The public land laws are revoked to the extent that has been hanging over them for so question is on the motion offered by necessary to permit conveyance of the Fed- long. the gentleman from Utah (Mr. BISHOP) eral land under subsection (a). We are pleased that the bill has bi- that the House suspend the rules and (e) WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LAND.—Sub- partisan support, that it passed out of pass the bill, H.R. 674. ject to valid existing rights, the Federal land Natural Resources with a unanimous The question was taken; and (two- authorized for conveyance under subsection vote. And I urge my colleagues to join (a) is withdrawn from all forms of entry and thirds being in the affirmative) the appropriation under the public land laws, lo- us today to support H.R. 862, because rules were suspended and the bill was cation, entry, and patent under the mining these people have been living in limbo passed. laws, and operation of the mineral leasing for way too long. A motion to reconsider was laid on and geothermal leasing laws until the date Mr. BISHOP of Utah. At this time, I the table. which the conveyance is completed. yield as much time as he may consume

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(4) As the centennial of the National Park thank my colleague for the time and mistake by surveyors in the 1960s, Service in 2016 approaches, it is an especially her teamwork on this public lands ini- these homeowners are now even willing appropriate time to conduct research and in- tiative. to put up their own money and buy a crease public awareness of the stewardship But I am very frustrated that it even piece of property that they thought role the Buffalo Soldiers played in the early is necessary for us to re-introduce this they always owned. years of the National Parks. legislation. It shouldn’t take years and This is a proud moment, and I sup- (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to an act of Congress to right a wrong. port the bill, Mr. Speaker. authorize a study to determine the most ef- Last year, the House overwhelmingly I yield back the balance of my time. fective ways to increase understanding and public awareness of the critical role that the passed this bill by a vote count of 421– Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, Buffalo Soldiers played in the early years of 1. Unfortunately, it was the victim of this is one situation that is just unbe- the National Parks. partisan gridlock in the United States lievable that the situation exists. It is SEC. 3. STUDY. Senate and was not sent to the Presi- unbelievable that it takes legislation (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the In- dent before the end of the 112th Con- to solve this type of a problem. terior shall conduct a study of alternatives gress. And I want to thank Mr. GOSAR, as for commemorating and interpreting the I see this initiative as unfinished well as Mrs. KIRKPATRICK from Arizona, role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the early years for working together to try and solve of the National Parks. business from the last Congress; and I (b) CONTENTS OF STUDY.—The study shall hope, together, we can get this across this problem that should never have include— the finish line very quickly this year. existed in the first place. (1) a historical assessment, based on exten- H.R. 862 is a commonsense solution It’s a good bill. I urge support. sive research, of the Buffalo Soldiers who to an incomprehensible Federal land I yield back the balance of my time. served in National Parks in the years prior situation in northern Arizona. In 1960, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The to the establishment of the National Park the Federal Government conducted a question is on the motion offered by Service; survey in which several acres of the the gentleman from Utah (Mr. BISHOP) (2) an evaluation of the suitability and fea- that the House suspend the rules and sibility of establishing a national historic United States Forest Service land were trail commemorating the route traveled by misidentified as private property. pass the bill, H.R. 862. the Buffalo Soldiers from their post in the It was not until 2007, when the Fed- The question was taken. Presidio of San Francisco to Sequoia and Yo- eral Government contracted another The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the semite National Parks and to any other Na- private survey, that the mistakes were opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being tional Parks where they may have served; realized, and the residents of the in the affirmative, the ayes have it. (3) the identification of properties that Mountainaire neighborhood were in- Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, on could meet criteria for listing in the Na- formed of these errors. that I demand the yeas and nays. tional Register of Historic Places or criteria Until the 2007 survey, many of these The yeas and nays were ordered. for designation as National Historic Land- marks; residents have maintained these par- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- (4) an evaluation of appropriate ways to cels and developed them as their own enhance historical research, education, infor years and, in some cases, decades. ceedings on this motion will be post- terpretation, and public awareness of the In essence, the Federal Government poned. story of the Buffalo Soldiers’ stewardship seized lands the residents had main- f role in the National Parks, including ways to link the story to the development of Na- tained, developed, and paid taxes on for b 1740 years. tional Parks and the story of African-Amer- Questions associated with the land BUFFALO SOLDIERS IN THE ican military service following the Civil NATIONAL PARKS STUDY ACT War; and ownership have plummeted property (5) any other matters that the Secretary of values in the neighborhood and pre- Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I the Interior deems appropriate for this vented a number of owners from selling move to suspend the rules and pass the study. their homes. On some of those parcels, bill (H.R. 520) to authorize the Sec- (c) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the revised boundary goes practically retary of the Interior to conduct a funds are made available for the study, the through portions of the residents’ study of alternatives for commemo- Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the homes or backyards. rating and interpreting the role of the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee To fix the untenable situation, we re- Buffalo Soldiers in the early years of on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen- introduced H.R. 862. The bill simply au- the National Parks, and for other pur- ate a report containing the study’s findings thorizes the Forest Service to convey poses. and recommendations. all rights, titles, and interests to ap- The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- proximately 2.67 acres of the Coconino The text of the bill is as follows: ant to the rule, the gentleman from National Forest to the homeowners for H.R. 520 Utah (Mr. BISHOP) and the gentleman a small fee, using an estimation proc- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- from the Northern Mariana Islands ess Congress utilized in another land resentatives of the United States of America in (Mr. SABLAN) each will control 20 min- exchange in the same northern Arizona Congress assembled, utes. county from the 109th Congress, Public SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. The Chair recognizes the gentleman Law No. 109–110. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Buffalo Sol- from Utah. diers in the National Parks Study Act’’. The Forest Service does not want to GENERAL LEAVE SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. own these people’s living rooms, and Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, the property owners certainly do not (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: again I ask unanimous consent that all want to share their homes or their (1) In the late 19th century and early 20th Members have 5 legislative days to re- yards with the Forest Service. This bill century, African-American troops who came vise and extend their remarks and in- is a no-brainer, reported out of the to be known as the Buffalo Soldiers served in clude extraneous materials on the bill Natural Resources Committee by unan- many critical roles in the western United under consideration. imous consent. States, including protecting some of the first The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there I encourage my colleagues to vote in National Parks. objection to the request of the gen- favor of this legislation and relieve (2) Based at the Presidio in San Francisco, Buffalo Soldiers were assigned to Sequoia tleman from Utah? some northern Arizonans of this finan- There was no objection. cially burdensome situation. and Yosemite National Parks where they pa- trolled the backcountry, built trails, stopped Mr. BISHOP of Utah. I yield myself Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, when the poaching, and otherwise served in the roles such time as I may consume. House acts this way, it’s some of the later assumed by National Park rangers. This particular bill authorizes the most brightest, proudest moments for (3) The public would benefit from having National Park Service, again, to con- me—that I am a part of this House opportunities to learn more about the Buf- duct a study. The cost of the study

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That summer, with the United States Army, and the Buffalo Because of the color of their skin, the Army responsible for its management, Colonel Soldiers played a key role protecting Buffalo Soldiers were all too often Young was assigned to serve as Acting Su- the park resources that have been en- marginalized instead of respected for perintendent of Sequoia National Parks in joyed by many people today. their service to the Nation, both on California. This bill would simply authorize a and off the battlefield. However, during Colonel Young was then awarded a com- study as to the role that we should do their time protecting the parks, they mission as a Major in the Ninth Ohio Volun- in commemorating the Buffalo Soldiers not only confronted racism and dis- teer Infantry. Later, during the Spanish-Amer- in the National Park system specifi- crimination—they overcame it. They ican War, he commanded a squadron of the cally as it deals with Yosemite Na- became respected neighbors and friends 10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers in Cuba. tional Park. to people living in the park regions, Throughout his military career, Colonel Young I reserve the balance of my time. and they made real inroads towards ra- distinguished himself in service to our nation Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield cial progress that was extraordinary with the Buffalo Soldiers of the 9th and 10th myself as much time as I may con- for their day. Although they were as- Cavalries, and the 25th Infantry, as well as sume, and then I will also yield time to signed to watch over government prop- serving as Professor of Military Science at Wil- the distinguished gentlelady from Cali- erty for only a relatively short time, berforce University, Ohio. fornia. the Buffalo Soldiers helped lay the Today the House will continue to honor the H.R. 520 would direct the Secretary groundwork for some of our greatest legacy and leadership of the Buffalo Soldiers. of the Interior to study ways the Na- wilderness to be preserved forever. Colonel Charles Young stands out as a shin- tional Park Service could commemo- I’m proud that the Buffalo Soldiers ing example of the dedication, service, and rate the role of Buffalo Soldiers. Buf- traveled through my district on their commitment of the Buffalo Soldiers throughout falo Soldiers were African American way to the parks, and I believe this bill United States and world history. troops who served in our first National will help shine a light on the history Mr. Speaker, I am glad to recognize the im- Parks, including Yosemite and Sequoia they made in the great State of Cali- portant historical contributions of Buffalo Sol- National Parks, prior to the establish- fornia and in many places across our diers such as Colonel Young. ment of the National Park Service. great country. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The The legislation, sponsored by Con- All Americans, from all walks of life, question is on the motion offered by gresswoman SPEIER, was ordered favor- will benefit from learning about this the gentleman from Utah (Mr. BISHOP) ably reported by the Natural Resources often-overlooked chapter in our his- that the House suspend the rules and Committee in April. This legislation tory. The Buffalo Soldiers’ story is ul- pass the bill, H.R. 520. has passed the House during the pre- timately about the triumph not just of The question was taken; and (two- vious two Congresses. African American troops over prejudice thirds being in the affirmative) the I commend my colleague, Congress- and injustice, but about the movement rules were suspended and the bill was woman SPEIER, for introducing this of our Nation toward a more tolerant passed. legislation and for her leadership on and courageous society. This is history A motion to reconsider was laid on this issue. We strongly support this that should be more fully incorporated the table. legislation. into our parks system, and I believe it f At this time, I yield as much time as will enhance the parks experience for CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL she may consume to the Congress- millions of visitors for many years to EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO woman from California. come. I thank my colleagues for sup- THE WESTERN BALKANS—MES- Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I thank porting this bill. SAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF my good friend from the Northern Mar- Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, we sup- THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. iana Islands for yielding to me. port the bill. NO. 113–37) Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening in I have no further speakers, and I support of my legislation, the Buffalo yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- Soldiers in the National Parks Study Mr. BISHOP of Utah. I yield back the fore the House the following message Act, which will allow the Department balance of my time. from the President of the United of the Interior to study the role the Mr. TURNER. Mr. Speaker, as we consider States; which was read and, together Buffalo Soldiers played in defending H.R. 520, the Buffalo Soldiers in the National with the accompanying papers, referred our first national parks. This is a key Parks Study Act, I would like to recognize the to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, step in preserving the legacy of the important contributions of Colonel Charles and ordered to be printed: Army’s first African American infantry Young. To the Congress of the United States: and cavalry units and the contribu- As a Member of the House Armed Services Section 202(d) of the National Emer- tions they made to the Nation. Committee and Co-Chair of the House Historic gencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides This bill has passed the House under Preservation Caucus, I have the privilege of for the automatic termination of a na- suspension of the rules twice before, frequently working with our servicemembers tional emergency unless, within 90 once in the 111th Congress and once in as well as a great appreciation for our nation’s days prior to the anniversary date of the 112th Congress. I’m grateful to the historic treasures. Additionally, Colonel its declaration, the President publishes many cosponsors of this legislation, as Young’s home, located in my community in in the Federal Register and transmits to well. Southwest Ohio, was recently designated as a the Congress a notice stating that the Specifically, my bill would evaluate National Historic Monument. emergency is to continue in effect be- the feasibility of a National Historic Colonel Young, the third African-American yond the anniversary date. In accord- Trail along the Buffalo Soldier route to graduate from the United States Military ance with this provision, I have sent to from their historic military post at the Academy at West Point in 1889, was a distin- the Federal Register for publication the San Francisco Presidio to Yosemite guished officer in the U.S. Army. He was a enclosed notice stating that the na- and Sequoia National Parks. The study pioneer of military intelligence techniques, a tional emergency with respect to the would also identify properties that commander of troops in combat in the Span- Western Balkans that was declared in could be listed in the National Register ish-American War and the Mexican expedition Executive Order 13219 of June 26, 2001, of Historic Places or designation as Na- against Pancho Villa. is to remain in effect beyond June 26, tional Historic Landmarks. His first assignment after graduation was 2013. For several years, Buffalo Soldier with the Buffalo Soldiers in the 10th Cavalry in The crisis constituted by the actions regiments traveled 320 miles along this Nebraska, and then with the 9th and 10th of persons engaged in, or assisting,

VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:33 Jul 12, 2013 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\H17JN3.REC H17JN3 bjneal on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE June 17, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3667 sponsoring, or supporting (i) extremist The Clerk read the title of the bill. Murphy (PA) Rooney Takano violence in the Republic of Macedonia Nadler Ros-Lehtinen Terry The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Napolitano Roskam Thompson (CA) and elsewhere in the Western Balkans question is on the motion offered by Neal Ross Thompson (MS) region, or (ii) acts obstructing imple- the gentleman from Utah (Mr. BISHOP) Negrete McLeod Rothfus Thompson (PA) mentation of the Dayton Accords in Neugebauer Roybal-Allard Thornberry that the House suspend the rules and Noem Royce Bosnia or United Nations Security Tiberi pass the bill. Nolan Ruiz Tierney Council Resolution 1244 of June 10, 1999, The vote was taken by electronic de- Nugent Ruppersberger Tipton related to Kosovo, which led to the dec- Nunes Rush Titus vice, and there were—yeas 398, nays 0, Nunnelee Ryan (OH) Tonko laration of a national emergency on not voting 36, as follows: O’Rourke Ryan (WI) Tsongas June 26, 2001, in Executive Order 13219 Olson Salmon Turner [Roll No. 245] Owens Sa´ nchez, Linda and to the amendment of that order in Upton Executive Order 13304 of May 28, 2003, YEAS—398 Palazzo T. Pallone Sanchez, Loretta Valadao to include acts obstructing implemen- Alexander DeLauro Hultgren Pascrell Sanford Van Hollen tation of the Ohrid Framework Agree- Amash DelBene Hurt Paulsen Sarbanes Vargas ment of 2001 in Macedonia, has not Amodei Denham Israel Payne Scalise Veasey Andrews Dent Issa Pearce Schakowsky Vela been resolved. The acts of extremist vi- Bachmann DeSantis Jackson Lee Pelosi Schiff Vela´ zquez olence and obstructionist activity out- Bachus DesJarlais Jeffries Perlmutter Schneider Visclosky lined in Executive Order 13219, as Barber Deutch Jenkins Perry Schock Wagner Barletta Diaz-Balart Johnson (GA) amended, are hostile to U.S. interests Peters (CA) Schrader Walberg Barr Doggett Johnson (OH) Peters (MI) Schwartz Walden and continue to pose an unusual and Barrow (GA) Doyle Johnson, E. B. Peterson Schweikert Walorski extraordinary threat to the national Bass Duckworth Johnson, Sam Petri Scott (VA) Walz security and foreign policy of the Beatty Duffy Jones Pingree (ME) Scott, David Wasserman Becerra Duncan (SC) Joyce Pittenger Sensenbrenner Schultz United States. For this reason, I have Benishek Duncan (TN) Kaptur Pitts Serrano Waters Bentivolio Edwards Keating determined that it is necessary to con- Pocan Sessions Watt Bera (CA) Ellison Kelly (IL) tinue the national emergency declared Poe (TX) Sewell (AL) Waxman Bilirakis Ellmers Kelly (PA) Polis Shea-Porter with respect to the Western Balkans. Bishop (GA) Engel Kennedy Weber (TX) Pompeo Sherman Webster (FL) BARACK OBAMA. Bishop (NY) Enyart Kildee Posey Shimkus THE WHITE HOUSE, June 17, 2013. Bishop (UT) Eshoo Kilmer Welch Price (GA) Shuster Wenstrup Black Esty King (IA) Price (NC) Simpson f Westmoreland Blackburn Farenthold Kingston Quigley Sinema Whitfield Blumenauer Farr Kinzinger (IL) Radel Sires RECESS Williams Bonamici Fattah Kirkpatrick Rahall Slaughter The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Boustany Fincher Kline Rangel Smith (MO) Wilson (FL) Wilson (SC) ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair Brady (PA) Fitzpatrick Kuster Reed Smith (NE) Braley (IA) Fleischmann Labrador Reichert Smith (NJ) Wittman declares the House in recess until ap- Bridenstine Fleming LaMalfa Renacci Smith (TX) Wolf proximately 6:30 p.m. today. Brooks (AL) Flores Lance Ribble Smith (WA) Womack Accordingly (at 5 o’clock and 48 min- Brooks (IN) Forbes Langevin Rice (SC) Southerland Woodall Broun (GA) Fortenberry Lankford utes p.m.), the House stood in recess. Rigell Speier Yarmuth Brown (FL) Foster Larson (CT) Roby Stewart Yoder f Brownley (CA) Foxx Latham Roe (TN) Stivers Yoho Bucshon Frankel (FL) Latta Rogers (AL) Stutzman Young (AK) b 1830 Burgess Franks (AZ) Levin Rokita Swalwell (CA) Young (IN) Bustos Frelinghuysen Lewis AFTER RECESS Butterfield Gabbard Lipinski NOT VOTING—36 Calvert Gallego LoBiondo The recess having expired, the House Aderholt Gutierrez Miller, George Camp Garamendi Loebsack Barton Hunter Mullin Cantor Garcia Lofgren was called to order by the Speaker pro Bonner Jordan Pastor (AZ) Capito Gardner Long tempore (Mr. BROOKS of Alabama) at 6 Brady (TX) Kind Richmond Capps Garrett Lowenthal Buchanan King (NY) Rogers (KY) o’clock and 30 minutes p.m. Capuano Gerlach Lowey Campbell Lamborn Rogers (MI) f Carney Gibson Lucas Ca´ rdenas Larsen (WA) Carson (IN) Gohmert Luetkemeyer Rohrabacher Carter Lee (CA) Runyan ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Cartwright Goodlatte Lujan Grisham Courtney Maloney, Scott, Austin Cassidy Gosar (NM) Dingell Carolyn PRO TEMPORE ´ Stockman Castor (FL) Gowdy Lujan, Ben Ray Fudge Marchant Young (FL) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Castro (TX) Granger (NM) Gibbs Markey ant to clause 8 of rule XX, proceedings Chabot Graves (GA) Lummis Gingrey (GA) McCarthy (NY) Chaffetz Graves (MO) Lynch will resume on motions to suspend the Chu Grayson Maffei b 1855 rules previously postponed. Cicilline Green, Al Maloney, Sean Mr. STIVERS changed his vote from Votes will be taken in the following Clarke Green, Gene Marino Clay Griffin (AR) Massie ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ order: Cleaver Griffith (VA) Matheson So (two-thirds being in the affirma- H.R. 876, by the yeas and nays; Clyburn Grijalva Matsui tive) the rules were suspended and the H.R. 253, by the yeas and nays; Coble Grimm McCarthy (CA) bill was passed. H.R. 862, by the yeas and nays. Coffman Guthrie McCaul Cohen Hahn McClintock The result of the vote was announced The first electronic vote will be con- Cole Hall McCollum as above recorded. ducted as a 15-minute vote. Remaining Collins (GA) Hanabusa McDermott A motion to reconsider was laid on Collins (NY) Hanna McGovern electronic votes will be conducted as 5- the table. minute votes. Conaway Harper McHenry Connolly Harris McIntyre f f Conyers Hartzler McKeon Cook Hastings (FL) McKinley Y MOUNTAIN ACCESS IDAHO WILDERNESS WATER Cooper Hastings (WA) McMorris ENHANCEMENT ACT RESOURCES PROTECTION ACT Costa Heck (NV) Rodgers Cotton Heck (WA) McNerney The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Cramer Hensarling Meadows finished business is the vote on the mo- finished business is the vote on the mo- Crawford Herrera Beutler Meehan Crenshaw Higgins Meeks tion to suspend the rules and pass the tion to suspend the rules and pass the Crowley Himes Meng bill (H.R. 253) to provide for the con- bill (H.R. 876) to authorize the contin- Cuellar Hinojosa Messer veyance of a small parcel of National ued use of certain water diversions lo- Culberson Holding Mica Forest System land in the Uinta- Cummings Holt Michaud cated on National System land in the Daines Honda Miller (FL) Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Frank Church-River of No Return Wil- Davis (CA) Horsford Miller (MI) Utah to Brigham Young University, derness and the Selway-Bitterroot Wil- Davis, Danny Hoyer Miller, Gary and for other purposes, as amended. derness in the State of Idaho, and for Davis, Rodney Hudson Moore The Clerk read the title of the bill. DeFazio Huelskamp Moran other purposes, on which the yeas and DeGette Huffman Mulvaney The SPEAKER pro tempore. The nays were ordered. Delaney Huizenga (MI) Murphy (FL) question is on the motion offered by

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Pearce Sanchez, Loretta Tsongas [Roll No. 246] The Clerk read the title of the bill. Pelosi Sanford Turner The SPEAKER pro tempore. The YEAS—397 Perlmutter Sarbanes Upton Perry Scalise Valadao question is on the motion offered by Alexander DeSantis Johnson (GA) Peters (CA) Schakowsky Van Hollen the gentleman from Utah (Mr. BISHOP) Amodei DesJarlais Johnson (OH) Peters (MI) Schiff Vargas that the House suspend the rules and Andrews Deutch Johnson, E. B. Peterson Schneider Veasey Bachmann Diaz-Balart Johnson, Sam Petri Schock Vela pass the bill. Bachus Doggett Jones Pingree (ME) Schrader Vela´ zquez This is a 5-minute vote. Barber Doyle Joyce Pittenger Schwartz Visclosky The vote was taken by electronic de- Barletta Duckworth Kaptur Pitts Schweikert Wagner Barr Duffy Keating Pocan Scott (VA) Walberg vice, and there were—yeas 395, nays 1, Barrow (GA) Duncan (SC) Kelly (IL) Poe (TX) Scott, David Walden not voting 38, as follows: Bass Duncan (TN) Kelly (PA) Polis Sensenbrenner Walorski [Roll No. 247] Beatty Edwards Kennedy Pompeo Serrano Walz Becerra Ellison Kildee Posey Sessions Wasserman YEAS—395 Benishek Ellmers Kilmer Price (GA) Sewell (AL) Schultz Alexander Cummings Hastings (FL) Bentivolio Engel King (IA) Price (NC) Shea-Porter Waters Amodei Daines Hastings (WA) Bera (CA) Enyart Kingston Quigley Sherman Watt Andrews Davis (CA) Heck (NV) Bilirakis Eshoo Kinzinger (IL) Radel Shimkus Waxman Bachmann Davis, Danny Heck (WA) Bishop (GA) Esty Kirkpatrick Rahall Shuster Weber (TX) Bachus Davis, Rodney Hensarling Bishop (NY) Farenthold Kline Rangel Simpson Webster (FL) Barber DeFazio Herrera Beutler Bishop (UT) Farr Kuster Reed Sinema Welch Barletta DeGette Higgins Black Fattah Labrador Reichert Sires Wenstrup Barr Delaney Himes Blackburn Fincher LaMalfa Renacci Slaughter Westmoreland Barrow (GA) DeLauro Hinojosa Blumenauer Fitzpatrick Lance Ribble Smith (MO) Whitfield Bass DelBene Holding Bonamici Fleischmann Langevin Rice (SC) Smith (NE) Williams Beatty Denham Holt Boustany Fleming Lankford Rigell Smith (NJ) Wilson (FL) Becerra Dent Honda Brady (PA) Flores Larson (CT) Roby Smith (TX) Wilson (SC) Benishek DeSantis Horsford Braley (IA) Forbes Latham Roe (TN) Smith (WA) Wittman Bentivolio DesJarlais Hoyer Bridenstine Fortenberry Latta Rogers (AL) Southerland Wolf Bera (CA) Deutch Hudson Brooks (AL) Foster Levin Rokita Speier Womack Bilirakis Diaz-Balart Huelskamp Brooks (IN) Foxx Lewis Rooney Stewart Woodall Bishop (GA) Doggett Huffman Broun (GA) Frankel (FL) Lipinski Ros-Lehtinen Stivers Yarmuth Bishop (NY) Doyle Huizenga (MI) Brown (FL) Franks (AZ) LoBiondo Roskam Stutzman Yoder Bishop (UT) Duckworth Hultgren Brownley (CA) Frelinghuysen Loebsack Ross Swalwell (CA) Yoho Black Duffy Hurt Bucshon Gabbard Lofgren Rothfus Takano Young (AK) Blackburn Duncan (SC) Israel Burgess Gallego Long Roybal-Allard Terry Young (IN) Blumenauer Duncan (TN) Issa Bustos Garamendi Lowenthal Bonamici Edwards Jackson Lee Butterfield Garcia Lowey NAYS—1 Boustany Ellison Jeffries Calvert Gardner Lucas Amash Brady (PA) Ellmers Jenkins Camp Garrett Luetkemeyer Braley (IA) Engel Johnson (GA) Cantor Gerlach Lujan Grisham NOT VOTING—36 Bridenstine Enyart Johnson (OH) Capito Gibson (NM) Aderholt Gutierrez Miller, George Brooks (AL) Eshoo Johnson, E. B. Capps Gohmert Luja´ n, Ben Ray Barton Hunter Brooks (IN) Esty Johnson, Sam Capuano Goodlatte (NM) Mullin Bonner Jordan Broun (GA) Farenthold Jones Carney Gosar Lummis Pastor (AZ) Brady (TX) Kind Brown (FL) Farr Joyce Carson (IN) Gowdy Lynch Richmond Buchanan King (NY) Brownley (CA) Fattah Kaptur Cartwright Granger Maffei Rogers (KY) Campbell Lamborn Bucshon Fincher Keating Cassidy Graves (GA) Maloney, Sean Rogers (MI) Ca´ rdenas Larsen (WA) Burgess Fitzpatrick Kelly (IL) Castor (FL) Graves (MO) Marino Rohrabacher Carter Lee (CA) Bustos Fleischmann Kelly (PA) Castro (TX) Grayson Massie Runyan Courtney Maloney, Butterfield Fleming Kennedy Chabot Green, Al Matheson Scott, Austin Dingell Carolyn Calvert Flores Kildee Chaffetz Green, Gene Matsui Stockman Fudge Marchant Camp Forbes Kilmer Chu Griffin (AR) McCarthy (CA) Young (FL) Gibbs Markey Cantor Fortenberry King (IA) Cicilline Griffith (VA) McCaul Gingrey (GA) McCarthy (NY) Capito Foster Kingston Clarke Grijalva McClintock Capps Foxx Kinzinger (IL) Clay Grimm McCollum b 1902 Capuano Frankel (FL) Kirkpatrick Cleaver Guthrie McDermott Carney Franks (AZ) Kline Clyburn Hahn McGovern So (two-thirds being in the affirma- Carson (IN) Frelinghuysen Kuster Coble Hall McHenry tive) the rules were suspended and the Cartwright Gabbard Labrador Coffman Hanabusa McIntyre Cassidy Gallego LaMalfa Cohen Hanna bill, as amended, was passed. McKeon Castor (FL) Garamendi Lance Cole Harper McKinley The result of the vote was announced Castro (TX) Garcia Langevin Collins (GA) Harris McMorris as above recorded. Chabot Gardner Lankford Collins (NY) Hartzler Rodgers Chaffetz Garrett Larson (CT) Conaway Hastings (FL) The title was amended so as to read: McNerney Chu Gerlach Latham Connolly Hastings (WA) ‘‘A bill to provide for the conveyance of Meadows Cicilline Gibson Latta Conyers Heck (NV) Meehan approximately 80 acres of National Clarke Gohmert Levin Cook Heck (WA) Meeks Forest System land in the Uinta- Clay Goodlatte Lewis Cooper Hensarling Meng Cleaver Gosar Lipinski Costa Herrera Beutler Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Messer Clyburn Gowdy LoBiondo Cotton Higgins Mica Utah to Brigham Young University, Coble Granger Loebsack Cramer Himes Michaud and for other purposes.’’. Coffman Graves (GA) Lofgren Crawford Hinojosa Miller (FL) Cohen Graves (MO) Long Crenshaw Holding A motion to reconsider was laid on Miller (MI) Cole Grayson Lowenthal Crowley Holt the table. Miller, Gary Collins (GA) Green, Al Lowey Cuellar Honda Moore f Collins (NY) Green, Gene Lucas Culberson Horsford Moran Conaway Griffin (AR) Luetkemeyer Cummings Hoyer Mulvaney CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO COR- Connolly Griffith (VA) Lujan Grisham Daines Hudson Murphy (FL) Conyers Grijalva (NM) Davis (CA) Huelskamp RECT ERRONEOUS SURVEY, Murphy (PA) Cook Grimm Luja´ n, Ben Ray Davis, Danny Huffman COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST, Nadler Cooper Guthrie (NM) Davis, Rodney Huizenga (MI) Napolitano ARIZONA Costa Hahn Lummis DeFazio Hultgren Neal Cramer Hall Lynch DeGette Hurt The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Negrete McLeod Crawford Hanabusa Maffei Delaney Israel Neugebauer finished business is the vote on the mo- Crenshaw Hanna Maloney, Sean DeLauro Issa Noem tion to suspend the rules and pass the Crowley Harper Marino DelBene Jackson Lee Nolan Cuellar Harris Massie Denham Jeffries bill (H.R. 862) to authorize the convey- Nugent Culberson Hartzler Matheson Dent Jenkins Nunes ance of two small parcels of land with-

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This is money that they raised by McGovern Radel Stivers PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION using current and former administra- McHenry Rahall Stutzman tion officials to unethically, if not ille- McIntyre Rangel Swalwell (CA) OF H.R. 1797, PAIN-CAPABLE UN- McKeon Reed Takano BORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT gally, strong-arm donations from McKinley Reichert Terry Ms. FOXX, from the Committee on health care companies that are regu- McMorris Renacci Thompson (CA) lated by the Department of Health and Rodgers Ribble Thompson (MS) Rules, submitted a privileged report (Rept. No. 113–114) on the resolution (H. Human Services. McNerney Rice (SC) Thompson (PA) The administration put together a Meadows Rigell Thornberry Res. 266) providing for consideration of Meehan Roby Tiberi the bill (H.R. 1947) to provide for the law that hurts families and now they Meeks Roe (TN) Tierney reform and continuation of agricul- have to spend tens of millions of dol- Meng Rogers (AL) Tipton tural and other programs of the De- lars telling people that ‘‘hey, it ain’t so Messer Rokita Titus bad.’’ Mica Rooney Tonko partment of Agriculture through fiscal Michaud Ros-Lehtinen Tsongas year 2018, and for other purposes; and Mr. Speaker, this is a travesty. It Miller (FL) Roskam Turner providing for consideration of the bill should be stopped. Miller (MI) Ross Upton f Miller, Gary Rothfus Valadao (H.R. 1797) to amend title 18, United Moore Roybal-Allard Van Hollen States Code, to protect pain-capable CLIMATE CHANGE Moran Royce Vargas unborn children in the District of Co- (Mr. WAXMAN asked and was given Mulvaney Ruiz Veasey lumbia, and for other purposes, which permission to address the House for 1 Murphy (FL) Ruppersberger Vela was referred to the House Calendar and Murphy (PA) Rush Vela´ zquez minute and to revise and extend his re- ordered to be printed. Nadler Ryan (OH) Visclosky marks.) Napolitano Ryan (WI) Wagner f Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, this last Neal Salmon Walberg Negrete McLeod Sa´ nchez, Linda Walden REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER week, the International Energy Agency Neugebauer T. Walorski AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 1797 came out with a very important report Noem Sanchez, Loretta Walz about climate change. They said that if Nolan Sanford Wasserman Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, we don’t act soon, we are going to see Nugent Sarbanes Schultz I ask unanimous consent that my name extreme weather events—droughts, Nunes Scalise Waters be removed as a cosponsor of H.R. 1797, hurricanes, all sorts of flooding, real Nunnelee Schakowsky Watt the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protec- O’Rourke Schiff Waxman serious problems for our children and Olson Schneider Weber (TX) tion Act. our grandchildren. But the important Owens Schock Webster (FL) The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. thing in this report is if we do act now, Palazzo Schrader Welch DESANTIS). Is there objection to the re- we can avert some of those horrible Pallone Schwartz Wenstrup quest of the gentleman from Georgia? consequences that will face our chil- Pascrell Schweikert Westmoreland There was no objection. Paulsen Scott (VA) Whitfield dren, and especially our grandchildren. Payne Sensenbrenner Williams f I want to urge the Congress to take Pearce Serrano Wilson (FL) REPORT ON H.R. 2397, DEPART- this report seriously and let us start Pelosi Sessions Wilson (SC) acting to protect future generations Perlmutter Sewell (AL) Wittman MENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIA- Perry Shea-Porter Wolf TIONS ACT, 2014 and this planet. We only have one at- Peters (CA) Sherman Womack mosphere we share with everyone else. Peters (MI) Shimkus Woodall Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, from the Com- Let’s not pollute it so that the carbon Peterson Shuster Yarmuth mittee on Appropriations, submitted a emissions and greenhouse gases con- Petri Simpson Yoder privileged report (Rept. No. 113–113) on Pingree (ME) Sinema Yoho tinue to heat the planet and cause cli- Pittenger Sires Young (AK) the bill (H.R. 2397) making appropria- mate problems that we’re already wit- Pitts Slaughter Young (IN) tions for the Department of Defense for nessing today. Let’s move. It will help Pocan Smith (MO) the fiscal year ending September 30, our economy, as well as our environ- Poe (TX) Smith (NE) 2014, and for other purposes, which was ment. referred to the Union Calendar and or- NAYS—1 f dered to be printed. Amash The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ABUNDANT, CLEAN, AND AFFORDABLE NATURAL GAS NOT VOTING—38 ant to clause 1, rule XXI, all points of order are reserved on the bill. (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania Aderholt Gingrey (GA) McCarthy (NY) Barton Gutierrez Miller, George f asked and was given permission to ad- Bonner Hunter Mullin dress the House for 1 minute and to re- Brady (TX) Jordan Pastor (AZ) ENROLL AMERICA vise and extend his remarks.) Buchanan Kind Richmond (Mr. BURGESS asked and was given Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Campbell King (NY) Rogers (KY) Ca´ rdenas Lamborn Rogers (MI) permission to address the House for 1 Mr. Speaker, America is blessed with Carter Larsen (WA) Rohrabacher minute and to revise and extend his re- abundant, clean, and affordable natural Cotton Lee (CA) Runyan marks.) gas. As the amount of known natural Courtney Maloney, Scott, Austin Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, today, gas reserves continually increases, we Dingell Carolyn Scott, David the White House’s permanent campaign are also blessed with the technology to Fudge Marchant Stockman Gibbs Markey Young (FL) machine released a television ad pro- be environmentally responsible when moting the Affordable Care Act and, accessing this resource. unfortunately, it aims to completely In my home State of Pennsylvania, 1911 b mislead the public. The ad claims that the discovery and extraction of the So (two-thirds being in the affirma- Americans are seeing better coverage Marcellus shale has been transforming. tive) the rules were suspended and the and lower costs because of the Afford- During the difficult years of an econ- bill was passed. able Care Act. That is pure fantasy. omy in recession, unemployment num- The fact is that premiums have been bers in the Keystone State have re- The result of the vote was announced ratcheting upward across the country. mained well below the national rates. as above recorded. On average, rates in Ohio will go up to We can attribute a substantial portion A motion to reconsider was laid on almost $200 a month because of this of this prosperity to development re- the table. law. It’s the same story state by state. lated to this plentiful natural resource. These rising costs clearly have the ad- A study by the Allegheny Institute ministration worried that people are for Public Policy is a recent testament

VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:33 Jul 12, 2013 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\H17JN3.REC H17JN3 bjneal on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H3670 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2013 to this fact. The report shows that I know my colleagues on the other nomic growth and job creation. This rents and royalties reported on Penn- side will say we should just add all 11 needs to be fixed. sylvania income tax returns from 2006 million, but I think that’s the wrong Congress should have more control to 2010 have increased 61 percent state- thing to do. Let’s repeal ObamaCare. over a growing bureaucracy by requir- wide and 119 percent in counties with f ing that elected representatives sign Marcellus shale activity. off on those new rules and regulations SMALL BUSINESS WEEK Mr. Speaker, we must continue to re- that would have a major economic im- sponsibly develop this resource so that (Mr. SWALWELL of California asked pact. Cutting red tape will help lower we ensure it offers future generations and was given permission to address one more hurdle that is impeding op- the same and greater economic oppor- the House for 1 minute and to revise portunity for new jobs, job growers and tunities. and extend his remarks.) creators, and entrepreneurs like Glo- f Mr. SWALWELL of California. This ria. week marks the 50th annual National b 1920 Small Business Week, where we recog- f A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO CHOOSE nize the importance of the entre- FEDERAL PROBATION SYSTEM (Mr. BARBER asked and was given preneurs and small business owners AFFECTED BY SEQUESTER permission to address the House for 1 who work hard to fulfill the promise of (Mr. MAFFEI asked and was given minute.) the American Dream. permission to address the House for 1 Mr. BARBER. I rise tonight as the fa- I saw this firsthand as a Dublin plan- minute and to revise and extend his re- ther of two strong and accomplished ning commissioner and, later, as a city marks.) women and as the grandfather of three council member, which is that, when Mr. MAFFEI. On March 14, Lori grandchildren in order to speak against small businesses get off the ground and Bresnahan, a school librarian who lived H.R. 1797, which will come before the succeed, the entire community around in my district, and a 10-year-old child House tomorrow, in which we will be them benefits and our economy grows. were attacked in a shopping center asked yet again to put government in In fact, more than one half of all Amer- parking lot. charge of a woman’s private medical icans either own or work for a small The attacker was facing Federal decisions. business, and they account for about child pornography charges and was out We must protect the right of every two out of every three new jobs created on bail and ordered to wear an elec- woman to make her health care deci- every year. tronic monitoring bracelet. He disabled This Saturday, I went from store- sions with her doctor without inter- the bracelet, stabbed Ms. Bresnahan to front to storefront in downtown Hay- ference by politicians in Washington. death and sexually assaulted the young ward to speak to local small business Only she can decide what is best for her girl. owners in my congressional district. To and her family. This is an issue of per- It was later found that he had tam- help address the problems that I heard sonal liberty. The Supreme Court ruled pered with the bracelet 47 times, and about—not having enough capital to more than half a century ago that each time, the Federal probation office start up or not having enough business- Americans had the right to make their in Syracuse did not respond. I wrote to to-business transactions or foot traf- own choices about reproductive health. the administrative office of the United fic—I introduced the Main Street Re- Yet, once again, we will debate a new States Courts, asking them to inves- vival Act. My bill will allow certain piece of legislation to limit the rights tigate this gross negligence. This is small businesses to elect to defer pay- of women. their response: ing Federal payroll taxes in the first I will oppose H.R. 1797 tomorrow, and The Director says, ‘‘Nothing can ex- year of operation in order to help offset I strongly urge my colleagues on both cuse the deficiencies in the supervision their costs. sides of the aisle to do the same—to of this case,’’ but he also says, ‘‘Re- Small businesses form the backbone stand up for women and to oppose the duced resources due to the sequester is of our communities—opening new latest attempt to intrude into their harming the efforts to keep it from storefronts, training American workers most personal health care decisions. happening again.’’ He continued, ‘‘We and selling goods in our neighborhoods. f are bracing for even larger reductions It’s through supporting them that we next year.’’ OBAMACARE AND AMNESTY expand economic opportunity and help An innocent woman was stabbed to (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given make the American Dream a reality. death, an innocent child was sexually permission to address the House for 1 f assaulted, and the answer from the minute.) CUTTING RED TAPE FOR U.S. courts is that their ability to keep it Mr. FLEMING. Mr. Speaker, what do SMALL BUSINESSES from happening again is limited be- you get when you add the Senate’s am- cause their funding was cut. This is un- nesty immigration bill to ObamaCare? (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given acceptable. To Lori Bresnahan and More people losing their jobs. permission to address the House for 1 ObamaCare mandates that employers minute and to revise and extend his re- that young girl, we owe a full inves- with 50 or more full-time employees marks.) tigation, not excuses. provide government-approved health Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, re- Mr. Speaker, we owe them the guar- insurance or pay a penalty. Many busi- cently, I held a telephone town hall antee that this cannot happen again. nesses with around 50 employees al- meeting with 7,000 of my constituents, We owe them an end to the sequester ready say they’ll cut some full-timers and a good part of our conversation cuts, which are affecting our Federal to part-time positions to avoid this centered on our economy’s anemic eco- probation system. penalty. nomic job growth and lackluster job ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE But that’s not all. creation. One woman with whom I UNITED STATES COURTS, The Senate immigration bill would spoke, whose name was Gloria, is a Washington, DC, June 14, 2013. Hon. DAN MAFFEI, give legal status to about 11 million small business owner in Chanhassen. U.S. House of Representatives, people who have come here illegally, She expressed her deep frustration with Washington, DC 20515. and employers could hire any of those the growing weight of new regulations DEAR REPRESENTATIVE MAFFEI: I write in 11 million without counting them to- on her business and on small busi- response to your letters to the Judicial Con- ward the ObamaCare mandate. So em- nesses. ference of the United States and to me as Di- ployers who are trying to make ends Mr. Speaker, Americans are burdened rector of the Administrative Office of the meet and balance a budget are being with $2 trillion nearly every year of U.S. Courts (AO). We share your grave con- told by their government that they can new regulations—with the number only cern with the crimes attributed to David Renz, a defendant under pretrial supervision save money by unloading full-time, increasing. Since 2008, 156 new major and electronic monitoring by the federal pro- hardworking American citizens and by regulations have been instituted, add- bation office in Syracuse, New York. replacing them with immigrants who ing about $90 billion in regulatory While nothing can diminish the severity of are here on a provisional status. costs to the economy and stifling eco- crimes attributed to David Renz or excuse

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The vast majority of the 200,000 defend- GITMO UNIVERSITY ON THE ants and offenders supervised every year re- CARIBBEAN AND THE NSA main arrest-free and comply with the condi- (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was tions imposed by their supervising court. In (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House given permission to address the House instances where they are returned to prison, for 1 minute.) it is most often for technical violations (such for 1 minute.) Ms. JACKSON LEE. I am very as refusing to participate in treatment or as- Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, sociating with a known felon) rather than ‘‘English as a second language,’’ pleased today to say that Members for new crimes. Such success does not come ‘‘Pashto to English,’’ ‘‘Arabic to have joined me in introducing H. Res. easily when dealing with high-risk defend- English,’’ ‘‘art,’’ ‘‘life skills,’’ ‘‘com- 268, which is observing the historical ants and offenders, and reflects the hard puters,’’ ‘‘personal health and significance of Juneteenth Independ- work of many dedicated employees of the Ju- ence Day, which is going to be this diciary. wellness,’’ ‘‘finance and business’’— sounds like courses at a swanky New Wednesday, June 19. Probation officers carry out their duties England university, but these are just I hope that all of those across Amer- pursuant to statutes enacted by Congress ica will understand the meaning of and policies approved by the Judicial Con- a few classes offered at Gitmo Univer- sity on the Caribbean. Juneteenth, which is to express a cele- ference. The AO is responsible for, among bration for the freeing of the slaves, other things, investigating the work of pro- That’s not all. bation and pretrial services offices and ad- These terrorists get training in re- which did not come to the south- vising courts about Judicial Conference poli- sume writing and interviewing. Are western States, like Texas, until al- cies and best practices. As you know, the AO they going someplace? And what do most 2 years later. That was 1865 after initiated an investigation into the handling they put on that resume—‘‘professional 1863. of the Renz case shortly after learning of his bomb maker’’? Mr. Speaker, I want to quickly rearrest. On April 9, 2013, a report based on change the topic and indicate that I be- that investigation—which included a number If they get bored with classes, they can meander over to the ‘‘detainee li- lieve it’s important to get an under- of findings that you cited in your letters— standing of the individual who has al- was submitted to the chief judge of the brary’’ with its 17,000 books, video Northern District of New York, who directly games and CDs. legedly been providing the leaks from supervises the probation office in that dis- More still. the NSA. I have been restrained as to trict. The chief judge has the authority to Terrorists have access to the fancy, call him anything until the laws deter- take personnel action and make other new taxpayer-funded $750,000 soccer mine who he is, but I do believe that changes. We also re-submitted to the chief field—play volleyball, basketball, table we are now tipping the scales of fair- judge an earlier ‘‘program review’’ report, ness when more and more is coming describing the work of the probation office in tennis, and even foosball. Lastly, they get cultural religious training—ironic out in a foreign country, and I do be- 2010. In the interest of transparency and pub- lieve something has to be done. lic awareness, the court posted the report on since the radicals kill in the name of their website. religion. I will be introducing legislation on the reduction of private-intel utiliza- We reported to the chief judge that the Mr. Speaker, why does the govern- tion, an explanation of FISA Court probation office failed to make desired ment spend millions to train and enter- changes following the 2010 program review tain those who kill Americans? opinions and strengthening the FISA but, in consultation with the chief judge and However, this is just another day for Court because I believe that it is ex- the AO, the probation office has made sub- the 166 terrorist trainers, financiers tremely important in strengthening stantial changes in response to our findings and Osama bin Laden bodyguards at the public trust and in strengthening and recommendations in the 2013 report. the rights of the American people. We Those changes have included dismissing and Gitmo University on the Caribbean. And that’s just the way it is. have to do it, and we have to be able to demoting certain probation office personnel, find this gentleman quickly so that the reorganizing the office’s location monitoring f unit, retraining staff, and inviting in a tech- intelligence that will protect Ameri- nical assistance team from the AO for con- NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT cans will be done. sultation and training. In addition, the pro- (Mr. VALADAO asked and was given f bation office indicated that it will cooperate permission to address the House for 1 fully with cyclical reinvestigations to be b 1930 conducted (as funding permits) by the AO. minute.) Mr. VALADAO. Mr. Speaker, earlier ENTANGLING ALLIANCES Nonetheless, the AO is in the process of re- examining policy for and reviewing the oper- this month, the national unemploy- (Mr. GOHMERT asked and was given ations of probation and pretrial services of- ment report was released for this past permission to address the House for 1 fices with respect to location monitoring. We May. minute.) appreciate your offer to introduce supportive While some Americans were able to Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I real- legislation. At this time, the Judicial Con- find low-paying jobs, I remain ex- ize that there are many in schools that ference does not have legislative rec- tremely disappointed with this slug- are not taught as much history as they ommendations related to the location moni- gish economic recovery. For example, should now because they’re teaching to toring program. After we complete our pol- parts of my district in the Central Val- this ridiculous test, but it is important icy review, we may seek assistance from Congress. Of note, we will need to work with- ley are still suffering from 30 percent we learn from history. in available funding. Funding for salaries unemployment. This is simply unac- Right now in Syria, we have rebels and operations in the probation and pretrial ceptable. that are backed by al Qaeda. And this services system has been reduced 14 percent The economic downturn, caused by administration, and even some in this this fiscal year, and resources for location burdensome regulatory policies at the building, want to rush to the aid of the monitoring, mental health and substance State and Federal levels, cannot con- al Qaeda-backed rebels, while there are abuse treatment have been cut 20 percent. tinue. Our communities should be others that say, well, maybe we’d be We are bracing for even larger reductions growing, our businesses should be ex- better off if Assad stayed in power. It’s next year, and the vacancy rate in probation and pretrial services offices now stands at 25 panding, and our families should be a lose-lose situation for the United percent. Your continued support of our ap- able to provide better lives for their States, and when that’s the case, it’s propriation request is much appreciated. children. This can be done by allowing time to stay out. The AO remains committed to public safe- safe oil and natural gas exploration Maybe early on, before al Qaeda got ty, and we appreciate your interest in our and by providing a clean, reliable water so powerful, it would have been time to federal probation and pretrial services func- supply for Central Valley farmers, farm do something; but when it is a national tions. If we may be of additional assistance, workers and their communities. security risk, when we get involved in

VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:33 Jul 12, 2013 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\H17JN3.REC H17JN3 bjneal on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H3672 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2013 an entangling situation like that, it’s The voice of the American people is More than $14,000 every year, that’s time to look back. marginalized when this so-called what the average American family What caused World War I? Entan- fourth state of government, our Fed- loses out on because of Federal regula- gling alliances. eral agencies, fail to follow the wishes tions either in taxes or lower wages be- Does entangling alliances involving of their elected representatives or cause their employers are carrying Russia and so many other countries in make policy in the absence of direction that burden. Syria ring bells? by Congress. And the American people How do we even get all these regula- It’s time the bells rang and we stayed are paying the price of this regulatory tions, more than 6,000 regulations just out. maze created by this unelected govern- this year? It happens when the execu- f ment. tive branch goes around Congress to REGULATORY REFORM AND For example, the Heritage Founda- create their own policies. Some people REGULATORY RELIEF tion has found that annual regulatory call this ‘‘legislation through regula- costs increased by more than $23.5 bil- tion.’’ I call it the ‘‘dysfunctional gov- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under lion during President Obama’s fourth ernment tax.’’ It’s the $40 a day every the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- year in office. The total cost of regula- American has to pay because the exec- uary 3, 2013, the gentleman from Geor- tions during the President’s first term utive branch won’t go through Con- gia (Mr. COLLINS) is recognized for 60 were nearly $70 billion, a level un- gress. It won’t work with those of us minutes as the designee of the major- matched by any previous administra- who are here tonight because we were ity leader. tion. sent here by the people. GENERAL LEAVE It’s time to unshackle America from In more places in my district, you Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. I ask unan- the stranglehold these regulations have could take your spouse out for a nice imous consent that all Members may on our economy. dinner for $40. A person could fill up have 5 legislative days within which to I again want to thank Mr. COLLINS their gas tank and a minivan for about revise and extend their remarks and in- and Mr. YOHO for leading efforts among $40, or you could take your children to clude extraneous materials on the sub- the freshman Republicans to eliminate a matinee movie on the weekends for ject of my Special Order. and streamline burdensome Federal $40. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there regulations. I look forward to working When I’m at home in my district, I objection to the request of the gen- with them and all Members of the hear from people who own their own tleman from Georgia? House to help create jobs by allowing business and from people who just care There was no objection. America’s businesses to grow and inno- about their work, about how Federal Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- vate by reining in the unelected bu- regulations are making it harder to er, I rise in another of a series of Re- reaucracy standing in their way. make ends meet. We’re going to talk publican freshman class Special Or- Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. I thank the about a few of these regulations to- ders, this time to focus on our Nation’s gentleman from Indiana. night, but let me tell you about a few need for regulatory reform and regu- I think you bring up a great point, stories from north central Florida. latory relief. and that’s the issue of an unelected bu- There’s a lumber company in my dis- As an American and a parent, I value reaucracy that is forcing sometimes trict that has to aim lower. By that I the role of responsible regulations. businesses who just want to create, mean versus aiming higher to expand Many regulations were designed with want to expand, and want to do those their business. This is because of the personal safety in mind, and these reg- things. I appreciate your interest in burden of the Affordable Care Act. It’s ulations make our workforce stronger. this, and we are going to continue this too great to bear. They would love All too often, however, the Federal fight because this matters to real peo- nothing more than to hire more people, Government designs regulations that ple. This matters to Main Street. And more workers, or buy that extra piece are often unnecessary and achieve lit- when we matter to Main Street, then of equipment, but there’s no telling tle or no benefit at a very high cost. people understand what we’re trying to what the compliance cost of the ACA These regulations directly impact the do up here, and I think they then begin will be. hardworking men and women of north- to have confidence that Washington Not only that, these poor folks are east Georgia and across the Nation. has their best interest at heart. subject to the rules and perhaps fines Over the next hour, my colleagues and Mr. MESSER. I would just add, some- based on the discretion or interpreta- I will discuss the growing problem of times I think this comes from both tion of whatever inspector happens regulation and why our Nation’s econ- sides. In other words, there are times upon them that day. There is no cer- omy so desperately needs regulatory when laws passed by Congress are in- tainty. And I think that’s one of the relief. tentionally vague so that the bureauc- biggest roles that we have to do is cre- I am pleased to yield 5 minutes to the racy steps in and leaders are able to ate certainty in the environment of the president of our freshman class, my say, Hey, blame it on those regulators. workplace so that businesses can go dear friend and a tireless worker on I think we have a responsibility to forward and expand their businesses. this issue as well, the gentleman from make sure that we’re making laws spe- To create a stable economy, we need a Indiana (Mr. MESSER). cific enough and simple enough to be stable environment for businesses to Mr. MESSER. I want to thank my understood by the American people. work in. The overregulation we’ve seen good friend from Georgia (Mr. COLLINS) Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. I agree in recent years creates neither. for recognizing me and for leading this with that, and I thank the gentleman Yet another example comes from a Republican freshman class Special from Indiana. I appreciate his work on watermelon grower in my district and Order on the need for regulatory re- this. an interpretation of a rule from the form. It’s now my pleasure to introduce Food Safety Modernization Act, com- I also want to commend him and the someone who not only has come to monly called FSMA. This rule says gentleman from Florida (Mr. YOHO) for Congress fired up about the issues that that the use of water bottles cannot be their initiative in creating the Fresh- are going on, but has become my co- used by workers in the field when they man Regulatory Reform Working chair on this regulatory working group are picking the melons. I don’t know if Group, of which I am pleased to be a and bringing forth, I believe, a fresh words can describe just how hot and member. humid it gets in Florida during this A recent editorial written by George perspective from Florida. time of year, but it gets pretty darn Washington University Professor Jona- It is now my pleasure to yield to the OHO hot. Not allowing water in the fields is than Turley declared that: gentleman from Florida (Mr. Y ). Mr. YOHO. I thank my good friend tantamount to cruel and unusual pun- Our carefully constructed system of checks from Georgia for yielding, and I appre- and balances is being negated by the rise of ishment. a fourth branch, an administrative state of ciate the comments. Even more ridiculous are the posters sprawling departments and agencies that I’d like to title this talk, ‘‘Burden- that have to be placed on site that talk govern with increasing autonomy and de- some Regulations: The Dysfunctional about the risk of heat stroke. What creasing transparency. Government Tax.’’ you see here is a poster that’s put up

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That’s the anger we feel that don’t make any sense, and it he’s for the reduction of government and we hear from our constituents causes confusion in the workplace. red tape that places an unnecessary when they just don’t understand what’s going on here, and we need to continue b 1940 burden on government people. Again and again, he has extolled the virtues that. I appreciate those words. Another example that comes from of transparency and bipartisanship in It’s now my pleasure to yield to the Florida has to do with the poultry re- an effort to put people back to work; gentleman from Kentucky to provide cycling program. This act was amended but if we look at his track record, this an insight into what we’re seeing right in 1997 to include new definitions; poul- has simply turned out to be yet an- now of a regulatory environment gone try products that have been below 26 other string of broken promises and a amuck in a lot of ways. degrees Fahrenheit may not be labeled failure of leadership. Mr. BARR. I appreciate the oppor- as ‘‘fresh.’’ Such labeled product is con- In his first term alone, President tunity to participate in this Special sidered ‘‘misbranded.’’ A company I Obama has finalized 130 major rules, a Order this evening. This is a very im- know had a USDA inspection and iden- shocking 160 percent increase over the portant topic, and I applaud Mr. COL- tified poultry labeled as ‘‘fresh,’’ and previous term under President George LINS and Mr. YOHO for forming the they said the product was frozen below W. Bush. This alarming growth in gov- Freshman Working Group on Regu- 26 degrees Fahrenheit. Due to the rule, ernment is an assault on our free en- latory Reform. Regulatory reform is the product was detained. Keep in mind terprise system and on our individual desperately needed in this country to that, as a veterinarian, this poses no liberties. Either the President is not get our economy back on track. safety risk to the average consumer, to We have seen persistent high unem- interested in keeping the America’s any consumer. After 4 months of en- ployment in our country for the last 5 people’s trust, or he simply does not gaging the agency with time and years. We got another bad jobs report money spent on litigation, the USDA have a handle on his own Federal agen- just last week: 7.6 percent is the unem- changed the rule to allow poultry fro- cies. Given recent events, either of ployment rate. But even more alarm- zen below 26 Fahrenheit to be labeled these could very well be true. ing than our persistent high unemploy- The truth, however, Mr. Speaker, is as fresh as long as they sold the prod- ment rate is the fact that we have that cost from new regulatory burdens uct to end users like hospitals and res- underemployment in this country. on Americans increased by nearly $70 taurants. Precisely. This is the busi- Only 58 percent of the American people billion during President Obama’s first ness that this company was selling who are eligible for employment who their product to all along. term in office, which is based on his are of working-age population are actu- The bottom line is that it wound up own agency’s estimates. It is very pos- ally employed. Only 58 percent. costing them 4 months of lost revenue, sible that the real costs far exceed this Yes, we have a high unemployment and the rule cost this business $681,000. number. With major regulations in rate. Yes, it has been persistently over And they had absolutely no way to re- Dodd-Frank and ObamaCare still yet to 7.5 percent for the last 5 years. But coup their losses. be implemented, these burdens on even more troubling is the fact that These things have to change because small businesses and the American peo- only 58 percent of working-age people they wind up stifling the entrepreneur. ple will only skyrocket. in this country are employed. That is 5 What we have is a regulatory agency Dodd-Frank alone required govern- percent below the average employment that starts out to make the public ment bureaucrats to write nearly 400 rate for working-age people prior to safer, whether on the job or on the new rules, and yet 3 years later we the recession, and that number has highways or the foods we eat. And it’s have barely completed a third of them. been static for the last 5 years. So the a good thing. But what happens is they Most of the laws’ provisions have little question we have to ask ourselves is often overstep their authority, and or no connection to the financial crisis why is this happening; why are the often it is the interpretation of that that prompted their creation in the American people not getting back to rule by the inspector that gets the mis- first place. As a member of the Finan- work. interpretation. And the end result is cial Services Committee, I have wit- Well, one of the primary impedi- the owner gets fined and sometimes nessed firsthand how arbitrary and ir- ments to economic recovery, to job has to shut down until the situation relevant these rules can be, and how growth, and job creation is the ava- gets resolved. they cost the American people jobs and lanche of new rules, regulations, and Yes, we want safer workplaces, safer their hard-earned savings. red tape coming out of Washington, all highways, and cleaner air and water; We can and must do more to hold of which impose huge costs on busi- but we shouldn’t impede the very peo- these agencies accountable and stop nesses and create a destructive envi- ple trying to create jobs. Our govern- this governance by fiat and the bypass- ronment of uncertainty in the private ment agencies should be a facilitator ing of Congress—we the people. This is sector. And it affects virtually every to our businesses, not a debilitator to why we must have the REINS Act, sector of our economy. It affects the these businesses. After all, with the which I am proud to cosponsor. This health care sector with ObamaCare and lack of the extra regulations up to this legislation would rein in the Federal the reams of regulations coming out of point in our history, I think it has agencies and would require Congress to HHS. It affects the financial services worked pretty good, and we shouldn’t approve every new major rule proposed industry with Dodd-Frank and all of overstep that boundary, and we need to by the executive branch having an an- the rulemakings. You know, Dodd- have commonsense regulations. nual economic impact of $100 million Frank authorizes over 400 new rules Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. I appre- or more. It would allow Congress to re- and regulations. A little more than ciate the gentleman from Florida’s gain our constitutional authority by half of those have been issued. Accord- comments. It is amazing some of the limiting the size and scope of the rule- ing to certain estimates, compliance things we’re hearing and the examples, making powers of government bureau- with those regulations equals about 24 simply by putting it out there. I want crats who were not elected. million hours annually in man-hours to to extend an invitation to our fresh- Mr. Speaker, the American people comply with the Dodd-Frank rules and man class and others who may want to are fed up with this Big Government regulations. To put that in perspective, join us in this regulatory working agenda. It’s time to hold this adminis- 20 million man-hours was what was re- group. Contact our offices; we would tration accountable for the gross over- quired to build the Panama Canal. This love to hear your input as we go for- reach of their power, whether it’s regu- is literally an avalanche of rules and ward. lation from the EPA or regulations im- regulations crushing our financial in- It is now my pleasure to welcome and plementing Dodd-Frank or ObamaCare. stitutions and impeding access to cred- I yield to the gentlewoman from Mis- Enough is enough. The American peo- it for entrepreneurs and small busi- souri (Mrs. WAGNER). ple are tired of this government over- nesses. It’s affecting the energy sector

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In in the Code of Federal Regulations hit You know, when you talk about regu- most countries that conduct mining an all-time high of 174,000 pages in 2012. lations, this is not some arcane issue. activities, about 2 years is the average That’s an increase of more than 21 per- These are the rules we live by, just like length of time for a regulator to review cent during the last decade. the legislation that emerges out of this an application for mining. In the In 2012, the cost of Federal rules ex- body. It impacts our jobs, our economic United States today, it takes 7 years ceeded $1.8 trillion, roughly equal to growth, the level of personal income for EPA regulators just to review and the gross domestic product of Canada, that Americans enjoy. It impacts the approve a surface mining permit. which is about $1.81 trillion, and India, number of long-term unemployed we $1.82 trillion. b 1950 have in this country, and right now The regulatory burden cost each U.S. we’re at a historic low. It impacts So this backlog and this overregula- household approximately $14,768, mean- these things and so many others. tion of mining activities is resulting in ing that red tape is now the second massive layoffs. Mining in central Ap- largest item in the typical family People have too many hassles, too palachia is at its lowest production budget after housing. many burdens, too many anxieties, and level since 1965. We’ve lost 4,000 coal And in 2012, 4,062 Federal regulations regulations are a big part of the reason mining jobs in just the last couple of were at various stages of implementa- why. There are direct costs of regula- years in eastern Kentucky as a result tion. The government completed work tions that come out of the alphabet of the EPA’s overzealous overregula- on 1,172, an increase of 16 percent over soup agencies that populate Wash- tion of the coal industry. the 1,010 that the Feds imposed in 2011, ington, D.C. Yes, it’s driving utility rates higher. which was a 40 percent increase over There are compliance costs that our Yes, it is certainly bad in terms of low- the 722 in 2010. small businesses, in particular, must cost electricity for our manufacturers And another measure of the regu- contend with. There’s a great deal of and small businesses and our seniors on latory burden, the pages in the Federal uncertainty associated with the regula- fixed income, but it’s also costing jobs. Register. By that measure, the Obama tions being developed in the buildings And it’s having a negative impact on administration did not break the all- around Washington, D.C.; and regula- all of those people whose paychecks time record of 81,405 pages it set in tions lead to an increase in the costs of take care of their families. 2010. But the 78,961 pages it churned out our goods and services produced, thus We talked about the impact on in 2012 mean that the President has making us less competitive economi- health care. I had an administrator of posted three of the four greatest paper- cally vis-a-vis our international com- a local small hospital in central Ken- work years on record. petitors. Regulations reduce, often- tucky tell me that it used to be that Mr. Speaker, this avalanche of red times, the productivity of our workers, they took care of patients. Today they tape is strangling American economic which drives down their wages, which take care of paper. recovery. It is an offense to the Con- hurts our competitiveness once again. A small banker, community banker stitution of the United States, and it So what’s the solution to this? in eastern Kentucky told me that it lacks all common sense. For the sake Well, we here in Congress, especially used to be, in the community banking of the U.S. Constitution, for the sake folks on this side of the aisle—al- business, that they would provide loans of economic recovery, for the sake of though, I have to say, this doesn’t have and make a business decision based on common sense, and for the sake of the to be a partisan issue, and, histori- the creditworthiness of the borrower, American people who are suffering in cally, it has not always been. I think whether it was a farmer or a small one of the worst economic downturns that’s a good thing. But we on this side business owner or an entrepreneur. since the Great Depression, we need to of the aisle have been trying to allevi- Today, this banker says that the gov- rein in burdensome regulations. ate the pain that many businesses and ernment makes that decision for them Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. I appre- Americans feel by the costliest regula- because of the avalanche of new rules ciate the gentleman from Kentucky. tions coming out of Washington, D.C. I and regulations. He brings a good point. I think it would think that is proper, and I think we There’s another important dimension behoove all of us—we hear often on this should continue to do so. to this in addition to impeding eco- floor we need to talk about jobs, we But I also believe it’s time for us to nomic recovery, and that’s our Con- need to talk about job creation; and consider a comprehensive approach to stitution. For the last 80 years, the what we’re finding right here is the improving the entire regulatory proc- growth of the administrative state has very thing that is coming out of this ess, and so that’s why I have intro- been a huge detractor from the original bureaucracy, and this red tape is job- duced, in this 113th Congress, the meaning of our Constitution. It has killing. And I think this is something REINS Act. been offensive to the separation of pow- we could find common ground on. I ers doctrine. And one need only look to think it’s a little bit of an agenda issue Now, what the REINS Act does is it article I, section 1 of the U.S. Constitu- here, though. establishes a $100 million threshold. tion, which simply reads: When you come to Congress, you This is the threshold established his- All legislative powers herein granted shall look for those who’ve stood the fight torically by our Office of Management be vested in a Congress of the United States, before you, and I am pleased tonight to and Budget for a so-called major regu- which shall consist of a Senate and House of yield some time to the gentleman from lation. And every major regulation, Representatives. Indiana (Mr. YOUNG), sponsor of the after it goes through the public hearing Mr. Speaker, the word ‘‘all’’ should REINS Act, who has fought this fight process, under the REINS Act, it has to be recognized as granting the Congress before we got here. And I am pleased to go before Congress for an up-or-down exclusive legislative power. And yet, welcome him as an honorary freshman vote before it can become the law of for the last 80 years, as the administra- tonight, as part of the sophomore class, the land. tive state has grown in Washington, because you’ve led the way, and I ap- This would improve immeasurably the Congress has delegated its law- preciate that, and I am happy to yield the quality of regulations that come making powers to unaccountable, time to you tonight. out of Washington, D.C. It would slow unelected bureaucrats in the executive Mr. YOUNG of Indiana. I thank so down the regulatory process, to be branch. And so what we need to do in much the gentleman from Georgia for sure. But let’s remember, our Founding Congress is we need to rehabilitate his hard work on this issue, working Fathers devised a system where they what’s known as the nondelegation with our colleague, Mr. YOHO of Flor- wanted people in Washington to delib- doctrine, the idea that Congress ida, and organizing this freshman ini- erate before we acted. This would lead shouldn’t delegate away its lawmaking tiative designed to tackle overly bur- to more deliberation, wiser judgment.

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It’s always easy to follow in the foot- earlier in his comments, he has small You know, of course it would allow steps of those who fought the fight be- businesses in his district that are hav- us to tame some of the executive agen- fore us, and I appreciate what you’ve ing to shoot lower rather than shoot cies that have gone rogue from time to done and what others have done. We’re higher. Small businesses may have to time, that pass unwise regulations. But going to continue that fight, because reevaluate how and when they do busi- I think, more importantly, it would this matters to Americans, and that’s ness, and that is unfortunate. Small allow those who elect us to bodies like what we’ve got to continue on. So I businesses have no confidence in their this to hold us accountable for the thank you for being here tonight. government to give them pro-growth things that cause pain to them, those It is now with great pleasure, another policy. imperial regulations that are promul- freshman who has come from just Excessive regulation harms not only gated from a distant Capitol, which our north of me in North Carolina, who has individual small businesses but our Founding Fathers were so upset about passionately fought for his constitu- country’s growth as a whole. The when this Nation was founded. ents but also sees this from a different Small Business Office of Advocacy has perspective, at this time, I want to reported that Federal rulemaking has b 2000 yield to the gentleman from North imposed a cumulative burden of $1.75 To the issue of congressional ac- Carolina (Mr. HOLDING). trillion on our economy. Earlier this countability, too many vague laws are Mr. HOLDING. Mr. Speaker, I thank year in the Judiciary Committee, on made in this body—Dodd-Frank, the the gentleman from Georgia for the op- which I serve, we heard testimony Affordable Care Act. I could go on and portunity to discuss this administra- that, in the past 4 years alone, the cu- on. We pass and we kick the can down tion’s excessive regulation. mulative cost burden has increased by the road, as is often heard, on sticky We know the harmful effect that $520 billion. issues, politically sensitive issues that overregulation has had on the econ- Mr. Speaker, I’m not only concerned politicians don’t want to deal with be- omy. And since taking office, President about the negative effect of regulations cause we know ultimately there will be Obama and his administration have on our overall economy, but also the regulators to fill in the gaps of our continuously burdened the American administration’s abuse of power. Presi- vague laws. people with an exceptional number of dent Obama has been encouraged by Well, the REINS Act would prevent regulations, harming businesses and regulatory advocates to circumvent that. It would incentivize Members of the economy. regular order and impose his climate Congress to take on the hard issues in Mr. Speaker, small businesses in this change agenda through regulations, the beginning because they’d know country are essential to our economic and he made it clear in his State of the that in the end those issues are going stability. Small businesses encourage Union speech earlier this year his in- to come back and have to be resolved innovation and hard work. It’s the tent to do so. in this body. American Dream to have a unique idea I’m also concerned with the fact that When I go home and meet with small and build something from scratch—and the administration has repeatedly business people and individual con- that, Mr. Speaker, is exactly what missed its required deadline for releas- stituents and they speak to me about small businesses do. ing a Unified Agenda of Federal Regu- specific regulations that are causing Mr. Speaker, small businesses have latory and Deregulatory Actions twice them pain, oftentimes, the best I can created 64 percent of net new jobs over a year. This agenda lays out each gov- do and my colleagues can do is say, the past 15 years and employed just ernmental agency’s proposed regula- Listen, we’ll try and repeal that par- over half of all private sector employ- tion and annual regulatory plan, and ticular regulation by preventing it ees. In this stalled economy, small businesses need to know this informa- from being implemented at the agency businesses are already struggling to be tion so they can anticipate how forth- and by impacting the funding of that successful, and we need to take some of coming regulations will affect them. agency. These are very difficult things the current regulatory weight off their And this administration needs to have to do, and it’s so incredibly difficult to shoulders. more accountability and more trans- identify all the bad regulations that Recently, back home, I spent the parency about the harmful effects of are out there. But under the REINS week going around to different cham- these abundant—may I say, excessive— Act, that would no longer be an accept- bers of commerce in my district. I went regulations. able excuse to my constituents. to Wake Forest. I went to Fuquay- Mr. Speaker, in my district in North Unelected bureaucrats, in the end, Varina. I went to Apex. I went to Nash- Carolina, many of the towns rely on would not be accountable; Members of ville and Rocky Mount and met with small businesses. That’s all that’s Congress would. And that is the intent, several hundred small business owners there is small businesses. And whether in the end, of the REINS Act. and folks who work in small busi- it’s a local restaurant owned by the Now, I believe in regulations, smart nesses. Of course, I have the constant same family for generations or an ac- regulations, and this bill is about im- complaint of overregulation. I started counting firm or a clothing store or the proving the regulatory process so that asking the question. I said, Has the town doctor, regulations are a major here in the United States of America government done anything that you concern for them. We should be doing this remains a vibrant place to live know of in the last 5 years which would what we can do to encourage small with a growing economy. Our rules make your life as a small business per- businesses, not to deter them with must be balanced against economic son better? I got no positive responses, strenuous and excessive regulations. concerns. The American people must Mr. Speaker. That’s stunning. Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. I thank the have a voice about what those rules New regulations are complicated, and gentleman from North Carolina. will be, and Congress cannot skirt re- compliance is time consuming and ex- What we’re dealing with here is deal- sponsibility to legislate. pensive; and sometimes, job creators ing with jobs. And I think what you Again, I’d like to close here by aren’t informed of new regulations in a shared in your time back in the dis- thanking those who led this effort—Mr. timely manner, giving them little time trict is small businesses, as we’ve seen, COLLINS, in particular, for leading the to prepare to comply with them. Busi- small business persons comprise 44 per- floor conversation this evening. He’s ness owners and their employees are cent of the total U.S. private payroll shown some great leadership as a fresh- now facing a time of uncertainty due and create more than half of the non- man. He’s working very hard. I know to regulations. They’re not confident farm jobs in the gross domestic product he came here, as did other Members, in government policy coming out of here.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:33 Jul 12, 2013 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\H17JN3.REC H17JN3 bjneal on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H3676 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2013 We’ve got to look at this. This is I wrote to all the businesses in north- Democrat perspective, a Republican something that I think we can all come east Georgia and asked them to tell me perspective, how we can best lead is by together, as the gentleman from Indi- how regulations are impacting their understanding and giving people infor- ana stated just a few moments ago, ability to grow and create jobs. Here mation on why this matters to them. this could be a bipartisan issue as we are some of the responses that we re- I’m just going to spend a few minutes look to jobs and things we can bring to ceived back: here tonight talking about that. It is the floor. I know in talking to you and Due to the new regulations that require troubling in a time where families are your passion about this, we came up businesses to issue 1099s to virtually every- struggling to make ends meet, Amer- here to try and help. We came up here one that we write a check to, we have to be ican families are paying almost $15,000 to bring the voices of those who could more selective when we consider a new hire. per year in hidden regulatory taxes. not be up here on a given day to help I no longer have the opportunity to give un- They are paying $14,678 in hidden regu- employed folks a shot at a job to see how them in their businesses and work latory taxes. You want to know how they are going to do. We have to make them that affects you. That’s going on and hard. full regular employees right out of the chute I appreciate you so much for sharing so we just don’t look at hiring as many peo- you want to know how we’re causing your experiences in North Carolina. ple, we look at other employees to work people to spend and we’re also at the Really, what we’re doing is fighting more hours. same time saying we want to create hard against these regulations so that Another of my constituents said that new jobs, we want to create new oppor- we can see more jobs created. ‘‘the biggest issue we face from the tunities. Mr. HOLDING. As my friend from Federal Government is the EPA’s lack Well, here’s what happens. Instead of Georgia knows, numbers don’t lie; and of approval of products in a timely paying a hidden regulatory tax, Amer- ican families could, one, buy a new car. when we’re spending $1.75 trillion a manner, and their removal of excel- A 2013 Ford Fiesta, $13,200; a 2013 Chev- year complying with regulations, lent, safe products from the market al- rolet Sonic, $14,185. We hear it all the that’s a lot of money. together.’’ Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. It is that. Unfortunately, regulatory burdens time how manufacturing creates jobs I appreciate the gentleman for being created by the EPA are an all too com- on all levels, starting from the manu- here tonight. I think this is something mon story. A business owner in north- facturing, from the parts and the deal- that we all see. In fact, in the 2011 east Georgia wrote to me: ers and the auto parts that come into speech, President Barack Obama stated this, how they all work together. Currently the EPA is requiring off-road Well, instead of paying these regu- that ‘‘rules have gotten out of bal- diesel engines to meet new tiers, or levels, of ance,’’ and the result is ‘‘a chilling ef- exhaust emission standards. These new latory costs, why don’t we get them to fect on growth and jobs.’’ I believe the standards are changing every 1 to 2 years. buy a new car? I mean, I think that’s President is correct about that. The The final (we hope) regulations will be in what the American people would like. I rules have become so skewed that our place in 2015. think that’s what our auto dealers Nation’s regulatory system is at war The result of the dramatic and frequent would like. That’s what the others in with America’s businesses. changes in regulations is the complete rede- the chain of automotive supply would sign of our products, which would allow us to like. But, instead, they’re trapped and In fact, he went ahead and even, in retool and move manufacturing to the U.S., an executive order, stated that: they’re bound. cannot happen cost effectively until 2015. At Another constituent writes: The last barriers we’re trying to remove that time, we hope to move manufacturing are outdated and unnecessary regulations. of our products to Georgia. Most of the rules and regulations that are I’ve ordered a government-wide review, and I say hope to, because the rapid rise in reg- preventing our business from growing are a if there are rules on the books that are need- ulations under the current administration result of ObamaCare. Many of the provisions lessly stifling job creation and economic may cause us to not move production at all. in this legislation are counterproductive to growth, we will fix them. We are all for protecting the environment the growth of a medical practice. I’ll tell you what. I will agree with and being good corporate citizens. However, I want to go back to what it means to the President on this. And I want to the new regulations are burdensome, costly the person sitting around the table to- say this is something we can move for- and add no value to the productivity of the night who may have just somehow product or the marketplace. ward with, and it’s something that has turned over here and said, what are I couldn’t have said that better my- an effect, because right now these bur- they talking about in our nation’s Cap- self. Regulations should be expedient dens are killing American industry and itol? What we’re talking about is your and unambiguous, minimizing the un- American jobs. pocketbook. What we’re talking about When businesses are more con- certainty facing industries and busi- is regulations that can help you spend cerned—right now, 40 percent is what nesses. This is how the government can money the way you want to, spend I’ve seen in the latest survey from Mor- facilitate, and no longer debilitate, money for your family’s future, spend gan Stanley, said 40 percent of compa- economic growth. money that revives our economy and I appreciate the comments from my nies say policy uncertainty in Wash- strengthens us as a nation. colleagues tonight. It is clear that the ington is preventing them from putting This is what we’re talking about. You need for regulatory relief is greater investments and job creation to work. can send their child to college. One now than ever. As we’ve heard tonight, This is something we’ve got to be a year of tuition and fees at the Univer- for the first time in history, the esti- part of fixing because it matters, and it sity of Georgia is $10,262. One year of mated cost of regulations is more than matters for jobs. tuition and fees at the University of Industries such as manufacturing and half the Federal budget itself. Let me Florida is $6,150. Instead, they’re technology are fighting to compete in a just stop right there. For the first time trapped paying almost $15,000 in hidden global market, but they first must sur- in history, the estimated cost of regu- regulatory tax that comes through vive the regulatory beast that is stran- lations is more than half the Federal every year. gling innovation and growth. budget itself. We all know the need for some rules And we wonder why we’re struggling for everyone to abide by. Make the reg- b 2010 with jobs right now. We wonder why ulations where they’re simple to under- Congress should be encouraging inno- our businesses are struggling with stand and inexpensive to comply with. vation to make it easier for businesses what they’re going to do and how One of the problems I also see in to bring new products or processes to they’re going to manage. I’m a firm be- Washington sometimes is we come to the market. Outdated regulations liever, and it’s been spoken of here to- the floor and we talk about problems, should be cleared off the books—espe- night, there’s many times we come to but we never provide an answer. We cially those created by unelected bu- this House floor and we talk about never provide an answer on what can reaucrats. things in ambiguous terms. We talk actually be done. As my colleagues and Let’s go back to the basics of regu- about the big picture. We talk about I have demonstrated, we are committed latory overhaul and restore a common- the process. People hear those con- to providing regulatory relief to busi- sense approach to regulations that en- versations, they hear these words, but nesses and families. courage innovation and allow job cre- they’re not really sure how it affects There are several key pieces of legis- ators to thrive. them. I’m a firm believer, both from a lation that are first and important

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This legislation ensures the had asked for time and I’m going to at convicted of murdering before they had EPA cannot continue to enter into this time yield to the gentleman from passed through the birth canal only a closed-door agreements with environ- Arizona, my friend, Mr. FRANKS. few moments earlier, it would have all mental groups without transparency Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. Mr. Speak- been perfectly legal in many States, in and public participation. It does not af- er, I just want to thank the distin- this the land of the free and the home fect the ability to bring suits. It just guished gentleman from Georgia for of the brave. makes them clearer. Many of the cost- yielding this time. One of the great Mr. Speaker, more than 325 late-term ly rules and regulations that have im- hopes that I see that portends for a unborn babies were torturously killed pacted businesses and industries across better future for America is to see men without anesthesia in America just the Nation have resulted from these like DOUG COLLINS join this group and yesterday. Many of them—so many of backroom consent decrees. It’s time we this Congress. them cried and screamed as they died. bring transparency and public partici- Mr. Speaker, it seems like we are But because it was amniotic fluid going pation back into the rulemaking proc- never quite so eloquent as when we are over the vocal cords instead of air, we ess. decrying the crimes of a past genera- couldn’t hear them. What else can we do? H.R. 367: re- tion, while we oftentimes remain as All of them had at least four things quire congressional approval for all staggering blind as some of our most in common. First, they were just little major rules. We end the sue and settle intellectually sightless predecessors babies who had done nothing wrong to EPA settlements—that’s the one I just when it comes to facing and rejecting anyone on Earth. And each one of them mentioned, H.R. 1493. We can require atrocities in our own time. Whether it died a nameless, lonely, and agonizing Federal agencies to choose the lowest- was slavery, or the many human geno- death. And each one of their mothers cost rulemaking alternative, H.R. 2122. cides across history, the patterns were was callously abandoned to deal with There are things that we can do. I be- the same. the emotional results that will inevi- lieve the American public is looking to tably follow. And all the gifts that this place. They’re looking to their b 2020 these children might have brought to Capitol for real solutions. They’re Mr. Speaker, innocent human beings, humanity, Mr. Speaker, are lost for- looking to their Capitol for hope. children of God all, were systemati- ever. They’re looking for relief. cally dehumanized and then subjected So if there is one thing we must not Every day, men and women get up to the most horrifying inhumanity. All miss about this unspeakably evil epi- and they wake their children up as I the while, human society as a whole at sode, it is that Kermit Gosnell is not did this morning and they go to work first hardened their hearts and turned an anomaly; he is the face of this mur- and they go to make a better life. away. Many of those are small business own- But, Mr. Speaker, truth and time derous Fortune 500 enterprise of killing ers wanting to add jobs, wanting to add travel on the same road; and though it helpless unborn children in the United to their businesses, but these regula- was often agonizingly slow, the truth States of America. With all of the dis- tions are killing that possibility right of these tragic inhumanities in our tortions and the bait-and-switch tac- now. I believe when you look at what past began to dawn on the people of tics opponents have hurdled at the we’ve talked about here and my col- reason and goodwill. Their hearts first, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection leagues have talked about here on the and then their minds, began to change. Act leading up to this historic floor de- floor, and I appreciate all of them Mr. Speaker, I have often asked my- bate, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child being here, we bring to light what is self, what was it—what was it that Protection Act is very truly and sim- really happening, and that is that regu- changed their minds? What changed ply a deeply sincere effort to protect lations are not adding anything except the minds of those who had previously both mothers and their pain-capable government jobs. It’s time we get back embraced an almost invincible igno- unborn babies entering their sixth out and add jobs on Main Street, and rance to hide from themselves the hor- month of gestation from heartless when we add jobs on Main Street, ev- ror of what was happening to their in- monsters like Kermit Gosnell. erybody is impacted. nocent fellow human beings? I so wish Given the cataclysmic implications, I want to thank my colleagues for I knew that answer, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, for any society who turns joining me tonight and highlighting Because you see, today, such a co- a blind eye to atrocities truly forced why American families and businesses nundrum looms before humanity again, upon the most innocent and helpless of so desperately need regulatory relief. the most glaring recent example of its members, would it be too much to Our freshmen are going to continue to which are the gut-wrenching revela- hope for that Members of this body and do this, highlighting the real work that tions surrounding the trial and convic- Americans in general might research we believe matters to families and tion in Philadelphia of Dr. Kermit this issue and learn the truth of it for matters to Americans. Because when Gosnell. In the words of the grand jury themselves? we’re up here, we’re up here doing your report: Because you see, Mr. Speaker, the work. The thing that you sent us here Gosnell had a simple solution for unwanted real question in the debate before us is to do was to work for you, and that’s babies: he killed them. He didn’t call it that. not whether these unborn children en- what we’re going to continue to do and He called it ‘‘ensuring fetal demise.’’ The tering their sixth month of gestation the freshman class are going to con- way he ensured fetal demise was by sticking are capable of feeling pain. The real tinue to do just that. open scissors in the back of the baby’s neck question is: Are we? As we have mentioned tonight, not and cutting the spinal cord. He called it If our society is to survive with our only are we talking about overregula- ‘‘snipping.’’ Over the years, there were hun- humanity intact, our human compas- dreds of ‘‘snippings.’’ sion toward our fellow human beings tion, we’re going to be talking about When authorities entered the clinic of Dr. many things in the weeks to come, and Gosnell, they found a torture chamber for must first survive. Fifty million chil- we’re just letting the people know that little babies that I do not have the words or dren—50 million dead children are we are here because we believe we can the stomach to adequately describe. Suffice enough. That is why it is so important make a difference along with both sides it to say, Dr. Gosnell ran a systematic prac- for people to see for themselves the hu- of the aisle. Let’s come together and tice in his late-term abortion clinic to cut manity of these little victims and the see what we can do to make sure that the spines of those babies who had survived inhumanity of what is being done to not only regulations but other things his attempt to abort them. them. Ashley Baldwin, one of Dr. Gosnell’s em- Now, maybe it won’t change every- get done so this government helps the ployees, said she saw babies breathing, and businesses in our communities get she described one as 2 feet long that no one’s mind, but it has changed so many back to work. That’s what I want to be longer had eyes or a mouth, but, in her minds; and most of these changed about, and I’m glad that we were here words, was making this ‘‘screeching’’ sound, minds share a common thread. They tonight to do that. and it ‘‘sounded like a little alien.’’ were confronted with the brutal reality

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The area became known Mr. Speaker. But I am convinced of one economic difficulty that they con- as ‘‘Black Wall Street,’’ and it was thing: that it is the same spark in the fronted. home to several prominent Black businessmen who created jobs and provided human soul that has turned the tide of b 2030 blood and tragedy and hatred and inhu- a safe haven for African Americans manity throughout human history. So we will be presenting ideas related who were banned from other sections of And whatever else it is, Mr. Speaker, it to entrepreneurship for small busi- the town. is mankind’s only hope. nesses throughout America generally We well know that Madam C.J. Walk- Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- and in the context of entrepreneurship er revolutionized black hair care and er, I yield back the balance of my time. and innovation in the African Amer- that she was America’s first Black fe- ican community. male millionaire. However, she also f We are going to begin today with the used her financial power to contribute CBC HOUR: SMALL BUSINESS distinguished gentleman from Newark, to anti-lynching campaigns and other WEEK New Jersey, our good friend, Rep- efforts to equalize rights for Blacks in The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. resentative DONALD PAYNE, who is a America. HOLDING). Under the Speaker’s an- distinguished member of the Small These are a few of the countless ex- nounced policy of January 3, 2013, the Business Committee. Prior to arriving amples of Black entrepreneurs who, gentleman from New York (Mr. in Congress, he worked hard on these through their businesses and their phil- issues, and he has been a leader since JEFFRIES) is recognized for 60 minutes anthropic efforts, have empowered the as the designee of the minority leader. being sworn in as a Member of the Black community. These efforts, as House of Representatives. It is my GENERAL LEAVE well as their relevance, continue today. honor and my privilege to yield to Rep- It is estimated that by the year 2015 Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, I ask resentative PAYNE. Black buying power will be $1.1 tril- unanimous consent that all Members Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I want to lion. In this economy where the Black may have 5 legislative days in which to thank my colleagues for anchoring to- unemployment rate is double that of revise and extend their remarks and in- night’s CBC Special Order on entrepre- the Whites and where the income and clude any extraneous materials into neurship in the Black community. wealth gap persistently intersects with the RECORD on the subject of this Spe- Since 1963, the President of the the race gap, Black entrepreneurship is cial Order. United States has issued a proclama- more important than ever in helping The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there tion designating a week in which the the community at large. More than 60 objection to the request of the gen- country applauds the critical contribu- cents out of every dollar spent at local tleman from New York? tions of America’s entrepreneurs and businesses is recirculated into the local There was no objection. small business owners. Annually, we Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, it is my economy. So local Black-owned busi- recognize the fact that, though they nesses are a true asset to the commu- honor and my privilege once again to are called ‘‘small businesses,’’ there is stand here on behalf of the Congres- nity. nothing small about the impact they As a member of the Committee on sional Black Caucus to help anchor have on the Nation’s economy. Last Small Business, I have worked to this Special Order along with my good year, small businesses created nearly strengthen the SBA’s lending programs friend, the distinguished gentleman 700,000 jobs, accounting for 40 percent and have increased access to capital for from the Silver State, Representative of employment gains across companies all populations but especially for mi- STEVEN HORSFORD, where for the next of all sizes nationwide. So it is fair to norities and women. I will also be in- 60 minutes, members of the Congres- say that small businesses are truly the troducing two key pieces of legislation sional Black Caucus have an oppor- backbone of our economy and that en- to assist small businesses as well. Rec- tunity to speak directly to the Amer- trepreneurship is still a primary path- ognizing the Nation’s energy boom and ican people about an issue of great sig- way to realizing the American Dream. green energy potential, this legislation nificance as we kick off Small Business This is particularly true in the Black will ensure that ‘‘green’’ small busi- Week in America and commemorate community. The heart of entrepreneur- nesses have the resources to grow their the 50th anniversary. ship is opportunity, and, historically, businesses and hire more workers, es- Entrepreneurship innovation, the ca- Black entrepreneurship has meant op- pecially in low-income communities. pacity of Americans who have an idea portunities for equality, equity and a This effort will help Black businesses and want to translate that idea into a vehicle out of poverty. Throughout the and other marginalized populations re- business initiative in urban America, years, Black entrepreneurs have har- main competitive in the small business in rural America, in suburban America, nessed economic power to strengthen arena. is something that we here in the Con- the Black community, create jobs and Small businesses and entrepreneur- gress should not simply celebrate, as develop a voice to advocate for the ship fuel the engine for economic we will do this week, but figure out well-being of Blacks in America. growth and opportunity. For the Black ways to make sure that we can facili- After the Civil War, though employ- community, that means lower unem- tate those entrepreneurial ideas in the ment prospects were slim for former ployment, higher college attendance most robust manner possible and help enslaved men, Isaac Myers organized and completion, and strong outcomes those entrepreneurs from all over the 1,000 black ship caulkers who had lost for the present and the future. Con- country translate their ideas and their their jobs in Baltimore. He created a sequently, there is no time to waste in dreams into small business reality. union, bought a shipyard and won a getting our small businesses up and It goes without saying that small government contract to provide em- running. I will continue to be an out- businesses are the heart and soul of the ployment for these men. spoken advocate in empowering entre- American economy. A significant num- In 1903, Maggie Lena Walker pooled preneurs to take risks, to pursue their ber of people all throughout the coun- her community’s money to charter the dreams and to continue being an inte- try are employed in small businesses St. Luke Penny Savings Bank. This gral part of growing this Nation’s econ- on Main Street and throughout inner- bank was for the community, by the omy. city commercial corridors and in the community, and it provided a safe and Mr. Speaker, before I take my seat, I far reaches of rural America. Many of courteous place to conduct business would just like to talk a minute about these small businesses we, of course, away from the racism and harsh treat- my entrepreneurial experiences back in know were also hit extremely hard in ment often encountered in White- the mid-seventies, when my uncle, Wil- the aftermath of the collapse of the owned businesses. liam Payne, a former assemblyman for

VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:33 Jul 12, 2013 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\H17JN3.REC H17JN3 bjneal on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE June 17, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3679 the State of New Jersey, created a Mrs. BEATTY. I thank my colleague, those who live right in the neighbor- business in 1969 that manufactured Congressman JEFFRIES. hood or have had some financial or computer forms—the old printed sheets I rise this evening to discuss a very workforce development challenges. that we used to use that had the holes important topic to me, a topic that is This is why we are here today and down the side. I’m sure some of us re- important to me, to my district and to why it is so important in minority member that who are old enough. We this Nation: why entrepreneurship communities for the Small Business were the only African American firm in matters to Black America. Administration to continue to develop the Nation in Newark, New Jersey, This week, we celebrate National programs which help minority small that manufactured computer forms, Small Business Week, which gives us a business owners break through the and the challenges that my uncle faced chance to collectively recognize small many barriers that prevent them from in business were great. businesses and the impact they have entering into the business community. He would have to pay for his raw ma- and have had on our local communities But more can be done and more should terials ahead of time and was not given and the Nation. Tonight you will hear be done to help support minority busi- the normal net 30 days or 60 days in a lot about African Americans who nesses because in addition to the many order to manufacture the product and started from humble means; African economic benefits they provide, small sell it. He had to come with a certified Americans who had great ideas and de- businesses also foster innovation, en- check, and there was no other reason cided that they wanted to open a beau- trepreneurship, and creativity. than the color of his skin. So I under- ty shop, a barbershop, maybe a bakery As a member of the Financial Serv- stand what it is to have your back or like my husband’s family, a family ices Committee, I was pleased to learn against the wall in terms of trying to restaurant. We’ll hear the stories about that tucked within that broad package make it in this Nation. But he per- how they became millionaires and bil- of financial industry reforms contained severed, and we were in business for 20 lionaires. in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform years. I am very proud of that legacy We’ve heard about Madam C.J. Walk- and the Consumer Protection Act law that he left behind. He was hiring peo- er who started with a small idea and is a provision that mandates that each ple with handicaps back in those days. became the first African American fe- covered governmental agency establish Our forklift driver was actually hear- male millionaire. Then we all know an office of minority and women inclu- ing impaired—deaf—but he worked. He about the young lady in the State next sion. The Office of Minority and Women was a great worker, and he did not let to mine that grew up and wanted to be Inclusion directors must develop and that get in the way of his being a use- a radio announcer, and probably 50 implement standards and procedures to ful person in society and earning his some years ago she had no idea that ensure to the maximum extent possible way. We also in the seventies were she’d be one of America’s billionaires. ahead of the curve in terms of hiring the fair and inclusion utilization of mi- And that’s Oprah Winfrey. So today is norities, women and minority-and young men who were coming back from so important to us not only as mem- prison, far before ‘‘reentry’’ was the women-owned businesses in all busi- bers of the Congressional Black Cau- ness activities of all levels in the agen- word of the day. cus, but it’s important to us as a Na- I am very proud of that legacy and cies, including procurement, insurance, tion that we recognize those who spur and all other types of contracts. heritage there in Newark, New Jersey, the economy. with Urban Data Systems, and that is So what I’ve decided to do is to host So often we think that it is large in- a roundtable discussion with small and why I feel so strongly about continuing dustrial operations that make up the to support small businesses throughout minority women-owned businesses businesses in this wonderful country. through the leadership of our ranking this Nation. But if you thought about where half of Mr. JEFFRIES. I thank the distin- member on Financial Services, Con- this Nation works, they work in small gresswoman MAXINE WATERS. I’m also guished gentleman from New Jersey for businesses, they own small businesses. so eloquently laying out the history of so pleased that so many organizations You see, small business in America like Black Enterprise recently entrepreneurship in America through has been the stabling force in the econ- the lens of the Black community, and partnered with Nationwide Insurance omy. Entrepreneurs are the backbone to hold its 2013 entrepreneurs con- also for detailing his own personal ex- of creativity and production. Small periences in Newark, New Jersey, expe- ference right in my district in Colum- business is what stimulates economic bus, Ohio, this past May. This con- riences that, I think, were replicated in growth. With over 60 percent of all pri- many inner cities all across the coun- ference provided a great platform for vate sector nonfarm jobs coming from African American entrepreneurs to try in the face of urban decay and small businesses, it is a proven fact abandonment that took place in the share ideas, to be able to network, and that small businesses are critical to 1960s and in the 1970s. It was those Afri- to grow their businesses among some the United States’ economy. 1,200 participants. We also honored Af- can Americans who remained behind in Minority-owned businesses are also inner city after inner city after inner rican American entrepreneurs who own very important to the economy. The some of the best small businesses in city in America with an entrepre- strong growth in owner income and de- neurial idea of providing a service that the country. crease in the amount of companies otherwise may not have been available. I think it’s also important for us to going bankrupt is a great sign. Self- We want to make sure that we create know, as in my home State and many employment figures are also growing in opportunities for all Americans to be other States, small business owners this Nation. can take advantage of SBA programs. able to grow their businesses and As a matter of fact, in the last year transform their ideas into reality. In my district, too, the Ohio Mini-Loan alone, small businesses created nearly Guarantee program provides guaran- b 2040 700,000 jobs, accounting for 40 percent tees or fixed assets for small businesses I look forward, and all the members of employment gains across companies for projects of $100,000 or less. Also, of the CBC look forward, to working of all sizes. You see, I know firsthand there is a mini-direct loan program, with Representative PAYNE in his ca- the value of being a small business which provides direct loans for busi- pacity on the Small Business Com- owner because for the past 20 years, I nesses that are going to locate in Ohio mittee with the leadership that he has have been a small business owner. My or that want to expand their business demonstrated. husband is a small business owner, and to demonstrate that they can create We’ve now been joined by another we have been able to employ a diverse new ideas and new jobs for Ohioans. distinguished member of the freshman group of employees right in Columbus, It is very clear to me that small busi- class who also has experience from a Ohio, providing our employees with nesses will continue to grow and they personal perspective as a successful stable wages and the opportunity for will grow our economy at a proven small business owner and entrepreneur. professional development. rate. While effective programs exist So it’s my honor right now to yield the For minority communities, small today to help minority-owned small floor to the distinguished gentlelady businesses are often the primary eco- businesses, I believe we can continue to from Ohio, Representative JOYCE nomic drivers by employing those who do more. I believe that’s why my col- BEATTY. are seniors, those who are unemployed, leagues are here today, allowing us the

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If you have a question or The second issue is equal opportunity I thank you so very much for allow- you have an idea, if you have a perspec- to bid on and win contracts both in the ing me the opportunity to come and tive that you want heard, this is your private sphere but, most importantly talk about small businesses and more opportunity because it’s not just about in our role, the Federal contracting op- importantly to talk about small busi- us coming here, but it is about us lis- portunities. When I look at the amount nesses that are owned by women and tening to what it is our constituents of money that is being spent by these that are owned by African Americans, want us to bring to the floor. Federal agencies and to know that because we’re making a difference. As my colleagues have already said, there are not the types of efforts to Mr. JEFFRIES. I thank the distin- small businesses are the backbone of really provide outreach or support to guished gentlelady from Ohio. She cer- our economy. The CBC has fought and our minority- and women-owned and tainly eloquently illustrated the point continues to fight to strengthen pro- veteran-owned businesses is something that small business and entrepreneur- grams that create economic oppor- that the Congressional Black Caucus ship are as American as baseball and tunity and foster entrepreneurship. believes has to be a priority. apple pie. And for women and minor- Over the last year, small businesses in And third is the need to ensure com- ity-owned businesses to thrive is for our country have created 700,000 jobs, pliance with minority participation in America to thrive, as has been pointed accounting for 40 percent of employ- Federal contracting. This is an area, to out by speaker after speaker. ment gains, across companies of all my good friend from New York, I hope So many of the jobs that Americans sizes. More than half of all Americans that we will be able to work on. I know hold to this day are as a result of the either own or work for a small busi- the ranking member over Small Busi- employment that small businesses pro- ness. ness, this is a priority of hers as well, vide. So as we figure out how we can So when we talk about increasing ac- and I want to see what we can do to continue to recover from the Great Re- cess to capital, enhancing business hold accountable every agency to do cession of 2008, it’s critically important partnerships, and providing important their part to ensure that there’s ample for us to make sure that we can guar- technical assistance, the CBC is talk- participation from all communities. antee the best possible opportunity for ing about the small businesses who are You know, in April I held my first small businesses to succeed and for en- the engines of our economy. And we small business forum with my con- trepreneurial ideas to flourish. That is have solutions, and they are solutions stituents that focused on creating why we’ve taken to the floor today, that we hope our colleagues on the good-paying jobs through Federal con- and it’s my honor and my privilege to other side of the aisle will work with tracting opportunities. We held an- now yield to another distinguished us to pass because they are the right other one recently on access to capital. member of the freshman class, my co- solutions for America—solutions like It was the Small Business Administra- anchor for the CBC Special Order, the Representative RUSH’s expanding option which was there that talked about gentleman from the Silver State, Rep- portunities for Main Street. So much the fact that they deliver millions of resentative STEVEN HORSFORD. focus is always on Wall Street, but we dollars of loans, contracts, counseling want to bring the issues of Main Street sessions, and other forms of assistance b 2050 and small businesses to this body. to small businesses. Well, we sought to Mr. HORSFORD. Good evening. Whether it is Representative RICH- replicate that type of support in our Let me first thank my good friend, MOND’s Microenterprise and Youth En- district with our small business own- the gentleman from the Empire State, trepreneurship Development Act, mak- ers. We had representatives from var- my coanchor, Mr. JEFFRIES. It has been ing sure we are helping new businesses ious agencies attend, and they mapped a pleasure now, for the first six months and young entrepreneurs have the re- out strategies for local businesses who of our term in this 113th Congress, to sources they need to start and grow are looking to grow and add more work with you to bring these issues to their business, or whether it is Rep- workers. We had representatives from the floor each week on behalf of the resentative CLARKE’s Expanding Oppor- agencies, including the Department of Congressional Black Caucus. I really tunities for Small Businesses Act, the Defense, the General Services Adminis- have appreciated your friendship, your CBC is working on solutions. And these tration, the Department of Energy, the perspective, and your intelligence on so are the types of real policies that are Department of Veterans Affairs, the many issues, and I look forward to con- before this body, and we would urge Environmental Protection Agency, and tinuing to work with you. our colleagues on both sides of the the Small Business Administration, as And to my other colleagues, the dy- aisle to work with us to make these well as our Governor’s Office of Eco- namic freshman class, it is so great to bills law. These bills, if enacted, would nomic Development. have colleagues who work together, greatly enhance the small business The forum provided a great oppor- who have like mindedness to represent landscape for minority entrepreneurs. tunity to discuss our plan to create our communities and to do it in a way You know, I had an opportunity re- jobs in our local community. Over 60 that addresses the needs of all people. cently to visit the American History local small business owners attended The gentlewoman from Ohio (Mrs. Museum. When you’re there and you the event, along with representatives BEATTY) has so many experiences from reflect on our history as a Nation and from Federal agencies. Other business the private sector, to her role working you see the important contributions owners helped local residents and as- as an administrator in the university, that African Americans have made to piring entrepreneurs figure out how to Ohio State University. It has been the establishment and growth of our position themselves to compete for great to get to know her, as well as my great Nation, whether it be in politics Federal contracts and grants. Those good friend and colleague, the gen- or government, civil rights or social grants create jobs in our local commu- tleman from New Jersey (Mr. PAYNE). justice, and, yes, entrepreneurship, it’s nity, and job creation and economic These are individuals who have great African Americans who have helped growth is what we should be about as perspective and experience and whose build our country, and it is African we talk about celebrating National voice on these issues are incredibly im- American businesses that need to be Small Business Owners Week. portant. I’m just pleased to be among part of our plan for economic growth. What was most rewarding, to my such a dynamic group that is trying to Three issues that I hear most from friend from New York, was a panel of make a difference here in this 113th my constituents, small business owners young entrepreneurs. We had young Congress. that I believe have to be at the center people who are still in high school who So today, we are here to bring atten- of our discussion as we celebrate the have a business plan for how they can tion and focus to celebrating the 50th 50th anniversary of Small Business create everything from backpacks to anniversary of National Small Business Week, is, number one, access to cap- marketing to social marketing oppor- Week. It is fitting that tonight’s Spe- ital, whether it be on the need for lines tunities. These are young people with cial Order hour will focus on how small of credit to help with the day-to-day ideas, with passion, with vision; but we

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Let me finish my remarks at this level, the State government level, or Ironically enough, Mr. Speaker, this point by talking about the need for down at the municipal or county gov- week is the 50th commemoration of Na- business-to-business partnerships and ernmental level. tional Small Business Week. It ap- making sure that we have these face- And, lastly, as my good friend, Rep- pears, though, that the Republican-led to-face meetings with those who know resentative HORSFORD, pointed out, House is totally tone deaf to the mil- the ins and outs of securing grants, we’ve got to make sure that we provide lions of Americans still unable to find those who know how to go about con- access to technical assistance to deal gainful employment, that not one of tracting, and also the need for access with the compliance issues that busi- the bills before the House this week to capital and how to secure the loans nesses do confront. That doesn’t mean supports job creation, real job creation, that small businesses need to grow that all of these issues are overly bur- nor do they rescind the harmful effects their business. densome or unnecessary. But we want of the sequester, which, by almost b 2100 to make sure that small businesses do every measure, has been clearly detri- have the capacity to operate within the mental to our Nation’s economy and is We want to encourage those who are regulatory framework that is applica- tantamount, it is tantamount to neg- listening, or following us on ble and reasonable and that the elected ligence. #CBCtalks, to attend one of the Small officials in whatever the particular ju- In my capacity as a member of the Business Administration’s match- risdiction have deemed necessary for Small Business Committee, I’ve making events during Small Business the proper functioning of a small busi- worked with my colleagues to promote Week—there are several. There’s one in ness. all small businesses, especially minor- Seattle, there’s one in Dallas, St. So I thank the distinguished gen- ity, women, and veteran-owned small Louis, Pittsburgh, and even here in the tleman from Nevada for raising those businesses in my district and across Nation’s Capital in Washington, D.C.— very compelling points. the Nation as they try to navigate and to reach out to resources like We’ve now been joined by a very im- these self-imposed and manufactured Black Enterprise. portant leader on the issue of small uncertain economic times. They have a very successful Young business and entrepreneurship, who Entrepreneurs Conference that they I am a strong supporter of the comes from the great State of New SCORE Program, which provides tech- hold annually that helps young people York, the great borough and county of learn about the opportunities of start- nical assistance necessary for small Kings and Brooklyn, where we have businesses in underserved communities ing their small business and what it many entrepreneurs. And she’s helped means to develop a plan to do mar- to just get off the ground. I also work many businesses over time. She is on with the SBA and the SBA’s Office of keting, to have all of their plans in the Small Business Committee. place so that their business, once Advocacy to ensure that all the firms She’s my neighbor, so I wanted to that qualify for SBA contracting and launched, is successful. make sure I gave her the appropriately And, finally, I want to encourage capital access programs are provided generous introduction. It’s an honor to an equal opportunity for participation. people to reach out and join the U.S. yield the floor to the distinguished Mr. Speaker, I have the honor and Black Chamber of Commerce and their gentlelady from New York, Congress- privilege of representing Brooklyn’s local urban and Black chambers of woman YVETTE CLARKE. commerce because these are opportuni- Ms. CLARKE. Let me thank you, Mr. Ninth Congressional District. My con- ties where they can connect to re- Speaker. And I’d like to thank my col- stituency includes an extremely large small business community with com- sources, get the support that they league, Mr. HORSFORD of Nevada, and need, and help to grow their businesses. my colleague and neighbor from merce corridors lined from block to So I yield back to the gentleman Brooklyn, New York, the Honorable block with small mom-and-pop businesses and storefronts. from New York at this time and thank Congressman HAKEEM JEFFRIES, for him and the other Members for this yielding their time and for their tre- This unique community provides the spotlight on Small Business Week. mendous leadership, week in and week foundation of not only the economic Mr. JEFFRIES. I want to thank my out, in providing a view into the Con- but the unique social fabric of Brook- good friend, Representative HORSFORD, gressional Black Caucus perspective on lyn. We must build on this foundation who’s made several important points. the issues of the day. in Brooklyn, New York, and across our And if I could just highlight a few in Mr. Speaker, it has been nearly 5 great Nation. particular, we hear a lot of talk here in years since our Nation experienced the Every day that the House majority Washington, D.C., about the evils of worst financial calamity since the focuses the people’s time on issues that regulation. That talk is generally put Great Depression. However, as our divide us is another day that our small forth in very generalized terms, with- economy continues to recover, unem- businesses are treated as a subordinate out being able to point to specific regu- ployment remains stubbornly high, sit- concern. It is another day that our Na- lations that actually are impeding the ting at 7.5 percent nationally, with un- tion’s job-seekers spend time searching growth and opportunities of small busi- employment at 13.2 percent and 9 per- in vain, looking for the proverbial nesses, but is certainly something that cent, respectively, for African Ameri- ‘‘needle in the haystack,’’ and another we hear a lot about, the evils of regula- cans and Latino Americans. day that our Nation will have to wait tion. As a member of the House Small for the engine that powers our econ- But the reality is if you really want Business Committee, I know the chal- omy to be firing on all cylinders. to deal with some of the problems that lenges facing our Nation’s minority- Mr. Speaker, as our Nation cele- are confronting small businesses in owned small businesses and entre- brates National Small Business Week, I America, I think Representative preneurs, from access to capital, a look forward to a genuine debate that HORSFORD has laid it out in pretty problem for minority-owned and dis- addresses the totality of our Nation’s compelling ways. advantaged small businesses in the small business communities, and not One, we need to ensure that our best of economic times, or a lack of ac- cherry-picking the low-hanging fruit. small businesses have access to capital cess to knowledge and information of I’d like to thank the Congressional in order to be able to grow their busi- the available options to assist them. Black Caucus, which, like myself, nesses, allow them to flourish and ex- I understand that we must—that we treats every week as Small Business pand, build upon the ideas that exist. must work increasingly and unceas- Week, for focusing on this crucially Two, we’ve got to make sure that we ingly to ensure that, even as the media important issue and for having me this give these small businesses access to focuses on the booming stock market, evening.

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Thank you, Congressman JEFFRIES Service because I will tell you, Mr. gration debate, we acknowledge that again for the combined leadership of JEFFRIES, if you poll any of your small oftentimes in the Black community yourself, Mr. HORSFORD from Nevada, businesses, any of those S corporations much of our entrepreneurial spirit is and, of course, my dear, dear friend, or any of those mom-and-pops or any of found in those entrepreneurs who have Congressman DON PAYNE, Congress- those individuals who have businesses come to the United States and find a woman YVETTE CLARKE, and I know in their name, I can assure you that niche market where they can provide that the gentlelady from Ohio was also there is a difficult situation with IRS goods, services, and products to people contributing this evening, and I cer- audits. They seem to find small busi- from their homes of origin and, by ex- tainly thank her for her leadership. nesses, and they seem to find minority tension, to the rest of the Nation. I am very pleased to be able to stand businesses. And so I think, as a Con- I had the distinct honor and privilege here and honor a group that I, frankly, gress, we want fairness. We certainly of meeting a gentleman who immi- believe are the anchor of the economy want the IRS, that has a lot of hard- grated to the United States from the for the United States of America, and working workers—we have just found island nation of Jamaica. One of the that is small businesses. We look at the out that they targeted liberal groups great delicacies, and they’ve actually landscape of American history. We did as well as others. We want them to find become nationally renowned, it’s not start with multinationals and a sort of the right space to be able to called the beef patty. This gentleman’s international corporations. We really allow our small businesses to not suf- name is none other than Lowell Haw- started with mom-and-pop businesses, focate but to grow and to work with thorne, and he started with a small whether it is, in fact, when we were them in what we call offer in com- storefront in the Bronx, New York, and told in the historical concept to go promise. So I think we need to fix the has now grown that storefront into a West young man and woman, and those IRS. franchise opportunity that has made from the 13 Colonies originally as they Certainly, we need to fix the whole him, his family, and all those who have moved from the east coast to explore issue of credit scoring, allowing small engaged very wealthy individuals, cre- the West as far as California. In those businesses to access, if you will, the ated job opportunities for hundreds of pioneering towns, you had to have right kind of credit. If they can get people and has provided one of the small businesses. credit, then they can grow. I would most delicious delicacies that one can Then, of course, if we speak about imagine that if this whole place was ever taste. the history of our community, first filled up with small businesses and I Lowell Hawthorne is truly an entre- coming to this Nation as slaves and asked them, the colleagues that are in preneur who has availed himself of then developing artisan skills in the this room, it was all filled up with small business support from the SBA spirit of Booker T. Washington, being small businesses, asked them to raise and has been able to grow his business. carpenters, painters, and bricklayers. their hand about access to credit or This is a success story that can be If you will look at the history of the this whole issue of credit scoring—and modeled and patterned after. We need South, many of the African Americans, we in the Federal Government can do to make sure that those entrepreneurs this was their business, along with fu- better. We can do better with a fixed who have ideas that are innovative and neral homes and along with res- tax system that respects the growth of that are creative get the support they taurants. small businesses to allow them to grow need to continue to build this great I remember the aunt of my husband. their business and give them the kind country of ours. It was one of our special treats to be of tax incentives that would be helpful. I’d like to thank my colleague for an- able to go down to Aunt Frances’ loca- Let me also say, as I bring my re- choring this CBC Special Order. tion in Alabama. Her store was near marks to a close, and I want to say to Mr. JEFFRIES. I thank the distin- Alabama State, and it was the place to Congresswoman CLARKE, who is al- guished gentlelady from New York for go. It was also a little hotel, and there ready on the floor—she knows now that her very thoughtful and insightful re- was no doubt that Aunt Frances could I’m going to have to cite some of my marks, and I certainly thank her for cook, but she turned it into a business. businesses that have come and made pointing out that immigrants from the And the students knew that that was a great opportunities for workers. But great State of New York and, in fact, place that was a comfort to them, that let me just say that we need to be able immigrants who have come across the good meals could be gotten for reason- to—how should I say it?—encourage, world to States all across the United able prices. Those were small busi- encourage all these government agen- States are hardworking, family-ori- nesses in the African American com- cies. ented, entrepreneurial, and innovative munity. Do you know how much the General individuals who have helped to revive Frankly, I believe that we have not Services Administration buys and how and rejuvenate communities all across done well by them. We have not done much they build? All of these agencies, this great land. It’s something that we well by minority businesses overall, by every single bill that comes through in this Chamber need to recognize as women-owned businesses. Yes, there here, we should work with our Repub- we celebrate and commemorate Small are some moments of success that I lican colleagues, who believe in small Business Week and prepare to move will recount in just a moment, but in businesses, to be able to add amend- forward hopefully with some form of terms of the Federal Government real- ments that deal with the outreach to comprehensive immigration reform ly putting elbow grease to the idea of minority, women, and small busi- that we recognize the contributions outreach to minority businesses, they nesses. That’s what we’re missing. that immigrants have made in the can do better. Yes, we have the Small They’re intimidated by doing business small business context. Business Administration and there are with the Federal Government. We’ve been joined by another cham- many instances of outreach, but let me The General Service Administration pion of small businesses here in the share with you how we could do better. is one of the worst offenders. They Congress who has got a very distin- First of all, we can eliminate the se- spend money on building buildings. guished record on a wide variety of questration. We can put on the floor They spend money on buying buildings, issues. She has been a thoughtful, elo- H.R. 900, which is legislation that and their MWBD record is horrific. And quent, and passionate voice as it re- many of us have signed, led by JOHN what they say is they don’t have a pro- lates to entrepreneurship in America, CONYERS. I’m an original cosponsor vision that incentivizes them, or and specifically within the black com- among many others. Eliminate the se- there’s no provision in their structure munity. It is my honor and privilege questration. It is killing us. Frankly, it that causes them to move forward on now to yield the floor to the distin- is killing small businesses. It is killing MWBD. guished gentlelady from the great Lone the opportunities for small businesses We’ve got to do something about Star State of Texas, Representative in terms of small businesses who do a that. Maybe we can collectively do it SHEILA JACKSON LEE. small amount of business with the Fed- as a Congressional Black Caucus to be

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I want to portant policy prescriptions for what last 4 years folks were complaining thank the Democrats and Republicans we in the Congress can do to help ad- about the absence of regular order. for being supportive. I look forward to vance the agenda on behalf of small If you want to do something about working with them again in the agri- businesses all across this country, and small businesses, what we should do in culture bill. certainly in the women- and minority- America is figure out how we in the But finally what I would say is that owned business context. Congress can come together, find com- I am grateful that we are highlighting I also want to note, I am thankful mon ground and create some economic small businesses today, and I hope that that Representative CLARKE mentioned certainty so these entrepreneurs can I’ve listed a few items that we will hear one of the important immigrant busi- move forward. from small businesses about, that we nesses that began in the Bronx, New I don’t know if my good friend has can hear your voices tell us how we can York, but has spread all across the help you better, either with the IRS, any parting comments, but let me just country, the Golden Crust Caribbean say that we in the CBC are committed with sequestration, with the outreach Bakery and Grill, as well as I thank in the Small Business Administration to continuing to stand up for entrepre- the distinguished gentlewoman from neurship in America, for opportunity, or working with the General Services Texas for highlighting some of the im- Administration so that you have more for the fruitful pursuit of the American portant businesses that have sprouted Dream through innovation, and we ex- opportunity to participate as a small up in Houston, Texas. Those are just a business. tend an olive branch to Members of the few examples of what entrepreneurs in other side of the aisle on this issue and Now let me cite a few of my busi- the black immigrant community, in nesses, as I go to my seat, in Texas. I on all other issues so we can finally the African American community, find a way to come together and move want to celebrate Frenchy’s, the have done all across the land. All we’re Creuzot family, that has been in the this economy forward in a way that saying is we want to make sure that we should benefit all Americans. chicken frying business for 50 years provide these businessmen and -women With that, I yield back the balance of plus. Yes, I have a great excitement the same opportunities that others my time. that they have taken that business and throughout time in America have had, they are in the marketing business of because if we do, they will be able to Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. making food products that they are translate their entrepreneurial spirit, Mr. Speaker, as we celebrate American small selling to grocery stores. They’ve their innovative ideas, their vision, businesses during the 50th Annual National grown from being that place where the into reality that will make economic Small Business Week, it is important that we students from Texas Southern Univer- sense for their communities and lead to recognize minority entrepreneurs and their sity would go and the rest of us would the hiring of American citizens and contributions to local economies all across the go by expanding. They have kept peo- others who need the employment op- country. Small businesses serve as the back- ple hired for 50 years. Their father has portunity that these small businesses bone of America’s economy, and minority- gone on to glory, their mother is still will continue to generate. owned enterprises have played a critical role alive, but the children have kept it Just a few observations in closing. in our Nation’s economic development, gener- alive. I want to salute them because it One of the things that was mentioned ating an estimated $1 trillion in annual rev- is a business of the family. They came earlier today on the floor was the fact enue as of 2011. from Louisiana, made their way over in that many small businesses confront In Texas, there are more than 365,000 mi- this direction. an uncertain economic environment. nority-owned firms, employing more than I want to salute Kase Lawal and And as a result of this uncertainty, 690,000 individuals. Small businesses account CAMAC as one of the only standing en- they are unable to move forward in any for the majority of the employers in the State ergy companies owned by an African concrete fashion because they don’t of Texas, and create a substantial number of American in the United States, along know when the next crisis will hit our local new jobs. Small businesses bring dy- with Osyka, owned by Michael Harness, economy: Are we going to default on namic ideas, and generate innovative services and a pipeline company, Milton Car- our debt? Are we going to fall over the and products, to the marketplace which are roll, who’s had Precision Instruments fiscal cliff? How long are we going to be necessary for economic prosperity. for a number of years that was in the dealing with sequestration? Mr. Speaker, as we honor small businesses oil drilling business. I want to salute I would suggest to my good friends this week, let us all reaffirm our commitment them. on the other side of the aisle that if we to expand economic opportunities for aspiring I want to salute Cool Runnings, my really want to help out small busi- business owners all across the country. These first visit to them, a Jamaican res- nesses and entrepreneurs, we’ve got to enterprises are a key component to a strong taurant. They have taken their busi- figure out a way to come together and economy and a flourishing middle class. ness and grown it—in Houston, Texas find common ground as it relates to by the way. To be able to have a res- moving our economy forward, because f taurant and a takeout business is as long as we’re in this period of uncer- great. I want to salute the Houston tainty, it will be difficult for small ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Black Expo, because they are having businesses and for entrepreneurs to PRO TEMPORE their big event on June 21 and busi- take any step forward as it relates to nesses all over Houston will be bene- growing their businesses and allowing The SPEAKER pro tempore. With re- fiting from Mr. Love’s great effort in them to be more prosperous. spect to a unanimous-consent request the Houston Black Expo. Now there is a vehicle for us to try entered earlier today, the Chair would Finally, I want to conclude by saying and find common ground. For 4 years, clarify that, under clause 7 of rule XII, that small businesses are in fact the my good friends on the other side of a request to remove the name of a co- backbone of America. I know that the aisle were complaining about the sponsor cannot be entertained after the there will be a great opportunity for us fact that we were not in regular order, final committee authorized to consider to expand on that. that the Senate failed to pass a budget. the measure reports it to the House or Let me close by thanking you, Mr. Well, this year a budget resolution was is discharged from its consideration. JEFFRIES and Mr. HORSFORD, thank you passed in the House of Representatives. H.R. 1797 is currently on the Union so very much for highlighting what is A budget resolution was passed in the Calendar and any request to remove a truly the infrastructure of jobs in Senate. Two very different visions for cosponsor at this point may not be en- America, small businesses and minor- where we should go as a country. But tertained.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:33 Jul 12, 2013 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\H17JN3.REC H17JN3 bjneal on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H3684 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 17, 2013 JOBS tell me that the best way to spur job proposed Federal regulations is making The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under creation and economic growth is to re- long-term planning for businesses and the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- duce government regulations, cut taxes growth virtually impossible. An inabil- uary 3, 2013, the Chair recognizes the and simplify the Tax Code, and reduce ity to plan is having a paralyzing effect gentleman from Illinois (Mr. the size of government by cutting on local investment and hiring. According to the National Federation HULTGREN) for 30 minutes. spending. Having a full-time, stable job and of Independent Business, in only the GENERAL LEAVE last 3 months there have been 6,669 reg- Mr. HULTGREN. Thank you, Mr. going to work every day is necessary ulatory changes posted or notices post- Speaker. just to meet the challenges of daily lived on the Federal regulatory Web site. Before I begin, I ask unanimous con- ing. Americans’ pocketbooks are pum- That’s an average of 74 regulations per sent that all Members may have 5 leg- meled every day. Take gas prices, for day. Let me repeat that: NFIB’s own islative days in which to revise and ex- instance. The nationwide average price study says in only the last 3 months tend their remarks and include extra- for a gallon of gas has jumped by more there have been 6,669 regulatory neous materials on the topic of my than $1 in the last 4 years from $2.58 a changes posted or notices posted on the Special Order. gallon in June of 2009 to $3.64 a gallon Federal regulatory Web site, an aver- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there in June of this year. age of 74 regulations every single day. objection to the request of the gen- The price of gas in Illinois right now is averaging $4.08 a gallon. That’s 15 This regulatory morass forces small tleman from Illinois? businesses to hold onto any extra rev- There was no objection. cents per gallon higher than this time enue they may have for fear of new Mr. HULTGREN. Mr. Speaker, as I last year. In the Chicago area and in compliance costs. This means fore- begin, I do want to wish and hope that my district, prices are even higher. The going opportunities to invest or hire you and others of our colleagues had a average price for a gallon of regular new workers. Some businesses are very happy Father’s Day yesterday. It gas is a ridiculous $4.28. This is just one example of how everyday life is be- forced to close altogether. is one of the most important things for A recent poll of the National Associa- fathers, and mothers, to be able to pro- coming less and less affordable for ordinary Americans. tion of Manufacturers and the National vide for their families. Federation of Independent Business Mr. Speaker, this evening I would Creating good, full-time jobs must be our priority. But small business owners found that 62 percent of small business like to talk about what for many owners and manufacturers say the Americans is probably the most press- in my district tell me that in the current ‘‘business averse’’ climate, this is United States’ own regulations, rules, ing, or maybe depressing, issue our and taxes impact their businesses more country is facing right now: jobs, un- difficult, if not impossible, for them to do. negatively than foreign competition. employment and the need to create So our own regulations, according to a more jobs. But while we as a Nation Jeff, the president of a small industrial pump manufacturing company, is majority of business owners, are more face challenges, the roadmap to pros- harmful to them or more threatening perity is clear. The question is, will we not hiring. He would like to, but he says he can’t. He says that ‘‘business to them than foreign competition. act on the recommendations of those Small businesses are the engine of owners have to be optimistic that the who create the jobs, that drive our na- our Nation’s economy. They create business environment will be suitable tional economy, America’s small busi- about two-thirds of new jobs in the for business growth.’’ He goes on to nesses and entrepreneurs? United States. They employ more than say, however, ‘‘The unfriendly business As I speak, the unemployment rate half of the private sector workforce. climate coming from Washington and in the United States stands at 7.6 per- We need to unleash their potential. cent. According to the American En- the huge deficit spending reduces opti- So what can be done? Well, we must terprise Institute, just 64.4 percent of mism that the business climate will require regulatory authorities to re- working age men are employed, the continue to improve or even remain view their regulations for usefulness lowest level by far since the Great De- stable.’’ Jeff also says, ‘‘Government and relevance and amend them as nec- pression, and an astounding 5 percent- regulations and high taxation create essary to get rid of them if they are ob- age points lower than at the beginning uncertainty—and government regula- solete. of the current downturn. A staggering tion and inflationary policies are driv- I have introduced legislation to do 4.4 million workers have been out of ing up the cost of hiring. The primary just that. H.R. 309, the Regulatory Sun- work for 27 weeks or longer. resource of business needs is employ- set and Review Act, requires Federal ees.’’ agencies to regularly review regula- b 2130 Then there’s Tom, the president of a tions on their books and establish a In Illinois, my home State, the un- raw materials distribution company in process to sunset those that are dupli- employment rate is even higher—at 9.3 my district, who says ‘‘the biggest cative, conflicting, or no longer nec- percent. The unemployment rate in my thing holding me back from hiring is essary. home State has been at or above 8.6 uncertainty of the future business cli- Small businesses need a seat at the percent since April of 2009; 611,000 peo- mate.’’ Tom said, ‘‘We have already table at the earliest stages of crafting ple are currently out of work in Illi- seen health care cost increases of near- regulations. Too often, regulators gen- nois. ly 20 percent year over year in early erating rules have little or no contact According to the Bureau of Labor 2013, which was on top of the 12 percent with the businesses affected by those and Statistics, of the 26.3 million part- increase in 2012.’’ Tom also stated, ‘‘We regulations they implement and, thus, time workers, 7.8 million are working pay for 75 percent of the cost of health little knowledge of the impact on jobs. part time for economic reasons, mean- care for our employees. The parts of Regulators need to assess the long- ing the job market wasn’t robust health care legislation yet to be imple- term costs and benefits of regula- enough to support full-time positions mented will probably penalize us even tions—including how they will affect or they could only find part-time work. more for doing the right thing. We do job loss and job creation—using the Jobs, unemployment, job growth—all not understand how health care legisla- best available tools and adopt only of these are issues on the minds of tion will impact our business.’’ those regulations whose benefits clear- Americans because, directly or indi- The recommendations of the small ly outweigh the costs. rectly, all Americans are affected by businesses that create the jobs in this The regulatory process requires them. When I meet with small busi- country—the ‘‘engines of the econ- transparency and accountability. Shar- nesses and employers around my dis- omy’’—are critical to increasing em- ing publicly the reasons why certain trict, I ask them, what would it take ployment and spurring growth in our public input was not incorporated and for you to create just one more job? I national economy. disclosing the data, methods, and mod- would love for them to create 10 more Reducing the regulatory burden on els underlying Federal regulatory deci- jobs or 20 more jobs or 50 more jobs; small businesses is one critical factor sionmaking are also important steps to but I ask them, what would it take for toward inducing them to hire more restoring trust to the Federal regu- you to create just one more job? They workers. The burdensome nature of latory process.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:33 Jul 12, 2013 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\H17JN3.REC H17JN3 bjneal on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE June 17, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3685 Reducing red tape is critical, but cut- tant in order to keep Main Street busi- also promote confidence and create ting taxes and implementing meaning- nesses operating for future generations certainty within our Nation’s private ful tax reform that incentivizes busi- and for preserving their ability to cre- sector businesses so they can take pro- nesses to hire is also key to invig- ate jobs as we try to grow this econ- ductive steps towards hiring workers orating job growth. When taxes are omy; and growing their businesses. lower, businesses invest their resources We should cut taxes to spur invest- According to the small businesses I and hire more workers, which is ex- ment and hiring. Lower tax rates lower meet in my district, there are more actly what we want. When taxes are the cost of capital and increase the re- things we can do to spur job creation in lower, taxpaying citizens are able to wards for the risks that businesses this country. We can open up American keep more of their own money, money take in hiring new workers. I support markets overseas. New markets mean a to spend as they see fit, to save, or to increasing the small business expens- greater demand for American-made invest. ing limit so businesses can imme- goods. The businesses that manufac- Congress must consider the impact diately recover their costs and invest ture these products will hire workers tax policy is having on small busi- in their businesses and hire new work- to meet the demand. nesses’ ability to succeed when small ers; businesses are a primary source of job We must simplify the Tax Code. It is In that regard, I have voted in favor creation in the United States and the too complicated when 9 out of 10 small of free trade agreements with countries engines of economic growth. businesses must hire someone to pre- such as Colombia and Panama and Small businesses—those with less pare their own taxes. Making the Tax South Korea. I have also supported per- than 500 employees—represent 99.7 per- Code easier to understand and follow manent normal trade relations with cent of all employers, and employ al- and not placing new reporting burdens Russia in order that American manu- most half of the private sector labor on small businesses will help them facturers can receive the benefits of force—55 million workers. In Illinois, focus on growing their businesses and open markets as a result of Russia’s again my home State, small businesses creating jobs. joining the WTO. We also must elimi- represent 98.3 percent of all employers In addition to reducing regulatory nate the bureaucracy that hinders the and provide jobs to 2.4 million workers, burdens and cutting taxes, eliminating development of American products. Bu- about half of the private labor force. wasteful spending and reducing the size reaucracy should not stand in the way So when it comes to economic and of government is key to job growth: of American innovation and bringing tax policy, we need to listen to Main Current trends have government products to market. Street small businesses and mom-and- spending continuing to hover at 22 per- I am a cosponsor of the Protect pop shops that create the jobs in this cent of gross domestic product for the Small Business Jobs Act. This legisla- country. This is what they are saying next 10 years; tion would provide small businesses when it comes to taxes and spending: Continued spending adds to the $16.6 with a limited grace period to correct Ninety-one percent of small busi- trillion debt, and that, in turn, drives regulatory violations, and if the viola- nesses find that the Tax Code is com- up interest costs to pay for borrowing; tion is corrected in a timely manner, it plicated enough to hire their own tax The CBO estimates that interest paid allows for the waiver of any sanctions preparer. on the national debt as a percentage of against the small business. This will Eighty-five percent think Congress the overall budget will more than dou- help business owners like Tom, who, in should revise the Tax Code. ble from the current 6.2 percent of the referring to one Federal regulatory au- Eighty-one percent think govern- budget to 14.1 percent, consuming an thority with which he was dealing, ment should cut spending before ever ever larger share of Federal resources. said, ‘‘Rather than working with indus- considering tax increases. Clearly, we do need to cut spending try to fix alleged issues, it is imposing Seventy-eight percent want to close relative to the overall Federal budget. significant fines right off the bat with- tax loopholes. Cutting spending reduces the amount out giving companies the opportunity And 71 percent agree that tax reform of money government takes from the to first fix the concerns.’’ Government should include lowering the tax burden private economy. Cutting spending and should be a facilitator, not an obstacle, on small businesses. reducing the size of government rel- to new product development and job Thus, to enable small businesses to ative to the private sector keeps more creation. create jobs and improve the employ- money in the private sector where it Mr. Speaker, the pathway to a grow- ment climate in this country, tax rates can be put to productive use, such as in ing economy and putting people back must be low. hiring and creating jobs. Cutting to work is clear. The small business job High tax rates are a problem for wasteful spending and balancing our creators in my district and around the small businesses because they siphon national budget will also absolutely country have spoken: they want to get off revenue owners need to reinvest for help job growth. rid of burdensome and unnecessary red growth and to create jobs. It’s simple: the Federal Government tape; they want lower taxes and a sim- should not spend more than it takes in b 2140 pler Tax Code that lends to certainty if we want to create an environment and encourages growth and invest- So what needs to be done? conducive to job creation. I have advo- ment; and they want the Federal Gov- The implementation of comprehen- cated for and have supported the budg- ernment to exercise fiscal discipline sive tax reform that makes the Tax et my House colleagues passed this and to serve as a facilitator for Amer- Code fairer, less burdensome, and more spring that balances the budget in 10 ican innovation, product development, comprehensible for the folks who pay years by cutting spending and fixing and marketing. taxes and the small businesses that in- our broken Tax Code so that it is fairer vest in hiring; and simpler for everyone. I also sup- Mr. Speaker, we can help American The permanent repeal of the estate, port and have worked hard to pass a small businesses get Americans back to or death, tax, which I have long advo- balanced budget amendment to the work. America is the land of oppor- cated is critical for small businesses Constitution. tunity where, with a mixture of aspira- and maintaining a healthy jobs cli- Requiring the Federal Government to tion and diligence, anyone can achieve mate. Many small businesses are fam- live within its means and balance one’s dreams. Let’s redouble our efforts ily owned. The death tax is a major im- spending with the money it takes in, and renew our commitment to our fel- pediment for such businesses to keep just as families in Illinois and across low citizens to help them build a bright operating in a down economy once the America have to do, will instill fiscal future for themselves, their children, owner retires or dies. Protecting small discipline required to get our economy and for this Nation. businesses from the death tax is impor- moving in the right direction. This will I yield back the balance of my time.

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Commission, transmitting the Commission’s final rule — Quality Verification For Plate- f Type Uranium-Aluminum Fuel Elements For f Use In Research and Test Reactors Regu- ADJOURNMENT latory Guide 2.3 received June 4, 2013, pursu- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON Mr. HULTGREN. Mr. Speaker, I ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS move that the House do now adjourn. on Energy and Commerce. 1883. A letter from the Acting Assistant The motion was agreed to; accord- Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department committees were delivered to the Clerk ingly (at 9 o’clock and 46 minutes of State, transmitting a report on Inter- for printing and reference to the proper p.m.), under its previous order, the national Religious Freedom for 2012; to the House adjourned until tomorrow, Tues- Committee on Foreign Affairs. calendar, as follows: day, June 18, 2013, at 10 a.m. for morn- 1884. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- Mr. HASTINGS of Washington: Committee ing-hour debate. fice of Personnel Management, transmitting on Natural Resources. H.R. 85. A bill to cre- the Office’s final rule — Prevailing Rate Sys- ate the Office of Chief Financial Officer of f tems; Redefinition of the Minneapolis-St. the Government of the Virgin Islands, and Paul, MN, and Southwestern Wisconsin Ap- EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, for other purposes (Rept. 113–110). Referred propriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage to the Committee of the Whole House on the ETC. Areas (RIN: 3206-AM75) received June 6, 2013, state of the Union. pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive mittee on Oversight and Government Re- Mr. HASTINGS of Washington: Committee communications were taken from the form. on Natural Resources. H.R. 1169. A bill to di- Speaker’s table and referred as follows: 1885. A letter from the Principal Deputy rect the Secretary of the Interior to transfer 1876. A letter from the Director, Program Assistant Attorney General, Department of to the Secretary of the Navy certain Federal Development and Regulatory Analysis, Justice, transmitting the Department’s re- land in Churchill County, Nevada; with an Rural Development Utilities Programs, De- port on the activities of the Community Re- amendment (Rept. 113–111). Referred to the partment of Agriculture, transmitting the lations Service (CRS) for Fiscal Year 2012, Committee of the Whole House on the state Department’s final rule — Community Con- pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2000g-3; to the Com- of the Union. nect Broadband Grant Program (RIN: 0572- mittee on the Judiciary. Mr. HASTINGS of Washington: Committee AC30) received June 4, 2013, pursuant to 5 1886. A letter from the Chairman, Surface on Natural Resources. H.R. 1300. A bill to U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ag- Transportation Board, Department of Trans- amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to riculture. portation, transmitting the Department’s reauthorize the volunteer programs and com- 1877. A letter from the Assistant Secretary final rule — Assessment of Mediation and munity partnerships for the benefit of na- for Special Education and Rehabilitative Arbitration Procedures [Docket No.: EP 699] tional wildlife refuges, and for other pur- Services, Department of Education, trans- received June 5, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. poses; with an amendment (Rept. 113–112). mitting the Department’s final rule — Final 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- Referred to the Committee of the Whole tation and Infrastructure. priority. Technical Assistance to Improve House on the state of the Union. 1887. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publi- State Data Capacity--National Technical As- cations and Regulation, Internal Revenue Mr. YOUNG of Florida: Committee on Ap- sistance Center to Improve State Capacity to Service, transmitting the Service’s final rule propriations. H.R. 2397. A bill making appro- Accurately Collect and Report IDEA Data — Wilson v. Commissioner, 705 F.3d 980 (9th priations for the Department of Defense for [CDFA Number: 84.373Y.] received June 6, Cir. 213), aff’g T.C. Memo. 2010-134, pursuant the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on for other purposes (Rept. 113–113). Referred Committee on Education and the Workforce. Ways and Means. to the Committee of the Whole House on the 1878. A letter from the Assistant General 1888. A letter from the Assistant Director, state of the Union. Counsel for Regulatory Services, Depart- Legal Processing Division, Internal Revenue Ms. FOXX: Committee on Rules. House ment of Education, transmitting the Depart- Service, transmitting the Service’s final rule Resolution 266. Resolution providing for con- ment’s final rule — Final Priority; Technical — Revenue Procedure: United States and sideration of the bill (H.R. 1947) to provide Assistance To Improve State Data Capacity- Area Median Gross Income Figures [Rev. for the reform and continuation of agricul- National Technical Assistance Center To Im- Proc. 2013-27] received June 6, 2013, pursuant tural and other programs of the Department prove State Capacity To Accurately Collect to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on of Agriculture through fiscal year 2018, and and Report IDEA Data [CFDA Number: Ways and Means. for other purposes; and providing for consid- 84.373Y] received June 5, 2013, pursuant to 5 1889. A letter from the Assistant Director, eration of the bill (H.R. 1797) to amend title U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Edu- Legal Processing Division, Internal Revenue 18, United States Code, to protect pain-capa- cation and the Workforce. Service, transmitting the Service’s final rule ble unborn children in the District of Colum- 1879. A letter from the Director of Congres- — Empowerment Zone Designation Exten- bia, and for other purposes (Rept. 113–114). sional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commis- sion [Notice: 2013-38] received June 6, 2013, Referred to the House Calendar. sion, transmitting the Commission’s final pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- rule — Implementation of Regulatory Guide mittee on Ways and Means. Mr. HASTINGS of Washington: Committee 1.221 on Design-Basis Hurricane and Hurri- 1890. A letter from the Assistant Director, on Natural Resources. H.R. 1080. A bill to cane Missiles [NRC-2012-0247] received June Legal Processing Division, Internal Revenue amend the Sikes Act to promote the use of 4, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to Service, transmitting the Service’s final rule cooperative agreements under such Act for the Committee on Energy and Commerce. — Credit for Renewable Electricity Produc- land management related to Department of 1880. A letter from the Director, Office of tion, Refined Coal Production, and Indian Defense readiness activities and to amend Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Coal Production, and Publication of Infla- title 10, United States Code, to facilitate Commission, transmitting the Commission’s tion Adjustment Factors and Reference interagency cooperation in conservation pro- final rule — Models for Plant-Specific Adop- Process for Calendar Year 2013 [Notice 2013- grams to avoid or reduce adverse impacts on tion of Technical Specifications Task Force 33] received June 6, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. military readiness activities, with an amend- Traveler TSTF-426, Revision 5, ‘‘Revise or 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and ment (Rept. 113–115 Pt. 1). Ordered to be Add Actions to Preclude Entry into LCO Means. printed. 3.0.3-RITSTF Initiatives 6B & 6C’’, Using the 1891. A letter from the Chief, Publications Consolidated Line Item Improvement Proc- and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue f ess [Project No.: 753; NRC-2013-0007] received Service, transmitting the Service’s final rule June 5, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); — Update of Weighted Average Interest to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Rates, Yield Curves, and Segment Rates [No- PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 1881. A letter from the Director, Office of tice 2013-37] received June 12, 2013, pursuant Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Under clause 2 of rule XII, public Commission, transmitting the Commission’s Ways and Means. bills and resolutions of the following final rule — Updated Aging Management Cri- 1892. A letter from the Chief, Publications titles were introduced and severally re- teria for Reactor Vessel Internal Compo- and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue ferred, as follows:

VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:33 Jul 12, 2013 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\H17JN3.REC H17JN3 bjneal on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE June 17, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3687 By Mr. FATTAH: By Mrs. CAPPS (for herself, Mr. H. Res. 267. A resolution congratulating H.R. 2393. A bill to direct the Secretary of HANNA, Mr. DEFAZIO, and Mr. FARR): the University of Washington Huskies’ Men’s the Treasury to develop and present to Con- H.R. 2400. A bill to amend the Organic Crew Team for winning the 2013 Intercolle- gress a legislative proposal to establish a Foods Production Act of 1990 to require rec- giate Rowing Association National Cham- consumption tax; to the Committee on Ways ordkeeping and authorize investigations and pionship; to the Committee on Education and Means. enforcement actions for violations of such and the Workforce. By Mr. GARRETT (for himself, Mr. Act, and for other purposes; to the Com- By Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. SOUTHERLAND, mittee on Agriculture. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. Mr. PEARCE, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. By Mr. COTTON: BUTTERFIELD, Mr. HASTINGS of Flor- KING of Iowa, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michi- H.R. 2401. A bill to authorize the Secretary ida, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. LORETTA gan, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. LAMALFA, of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Inte- SANCHEZ of California, Ms. ROYBAL- Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. FRANKS of Ari- rior to enter into cooperative agreements ALLARD, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. zona, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. POSEY, Mr. with State foresters authorizing State for- BROWN of Florida, Mr. CARSON of In- GOHMERT, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. esters to provide certain forest, rangeland, diana, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. O’ROURKE, MULLIN, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. BROUN of and watershed restoration and protection Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. Georgia, and Mr. JONES): services; to the Committee on Natural Re- HINOJOSA, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. H.R. 2394. A bill to allow a State to opt out sources, and in addition to the Committee on WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. KENNEDY, of K-12 education grant programs and the re- Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently Mr. LEWIS, Ms. BASS, Ms. SEWELL of quirements of those programs, to amend the determined by the Speaker, in each case for Alabama, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. BISHOP of Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a consideration of such provisions as fall with- Georgia, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. WATERS, credit to taxpayers in such a State, and for in the jurisdiction of the committee con- Mr. COHEN, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. other purposes; to the Committee on Ways cerned. RANGEL, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. and Means, and in addition to the Committee By Mr. DUFFY: on Education and the Workforce, for a period H.R. 2402. A bill to replace the Director of CUMMINGS, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, to be subsequently determined by the Speak- the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protec- Mr. POE of Texas, Ms. PELOSI, Ms. er, in each case for consideration of such pro- tion with a five person Commission; to the LEE of California, Ms. CLARKE, Ms. visions as fall within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Financial Services. NORTON, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. MEEKS, and committee concerned. By Mr. GINGREY of Georgia: Mr. HORSFORD): By Mr. HASTINGS of Washington: H.R. 2403. A bill to amend the National H. Res. 268. A resolution observing the his- H.R. 2395. A bill to provide for donor con- Voter Registration Act of 1993 to permit a torical significance of Juneteenth Independ- tribution acknowledgments to be displayed State to require an applicant for voter reg- ence Day; to the Committee on Oversight at projects authorized under the Commemo- istration in the State who uses the Federal and Government Reform. rative Works Act, and for other purposes; to mail voter registration application form de- f the Committee on Natural Resources. veloped by the Election Assistance Commis- By Mr. MCDERMOTT: sion under such Act to provide additional in- H.R. 2396. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- MEMORIALS formation as a condition of the State’s ac- enue Code of 1986 to establish the Coal Miti- Under clause 3 of rule XII, memorials gation Trust Fund funded by the imposition ceptance of the form; to the Committee on of a tax on the extraction of coal, and for House Administration. were presented and referred as follows: other purposes; to the Committee on Ways By Mr. PAULSEN (for himself, Ms. 53. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of and Means, and in addition to the Committee MCCOLLUM, and Mr. MCGOVERN): the House of Representatives of the Com- H.R. 2404. A bill to amend the Food and Nu- on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a monwealth of Massachusetts, relative to a trition Act of 2008 to permit providers of eli- period to be subsequently determined by the House Resolution recognizing the 65th Infan- Speaker, in each case for consideration of gible food purchasing and delivery services try Regiment known as the Borinqueneers; such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- to be approved as retail food stores that ac- to the Committee on Financial Services. tion of the committee concerned. cept and redeem supplemental nutrition as- 54. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of By Mr. BISHOP of Utah (for himself, sistance benefits; to the Committee on Agri- the State of Indiana, relative to House Con- culture. Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. SMITH of Texas, current Resolution No. 51 urging the Presi- By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: Mr. KING of New York, Mr. CARTER, dent and the Congress to repeal the excise H.R. 2405. A bill to amend chapter 44 of tax on medical devices; to the Committee on Mr. LABRADOR, Mr. HASTINGS of title 18, United States Code, to clarify the Washington, and Mr. MCCAUL: Ways and Means. H.R. 2398. A bill to prohibit the Secretaries circumstances under which the enhanced 55. Also, a memorial of the House of Rep- of the Interior and Agriculture from taking penalty provisions for subsequent convic- resentatives of the State of Indiana, relative action on Federal lands that impede border tions apply; to the Committee on the Judici- to House Concurrent Resolution No. 51 urg- security on such lands, and for other pur- ary. ing the President and the Congress to repeal poses; to the Committee on Natural Re- By Mr. BISHOP of Utah (for himself the excise tax on medical devices; to the sources, and in addition to the Committees and Mr. HASTINGS of Washington): Committee on Ways and Means. on Agriculture, and Homeland Security, for H. Res. 264. A resolution providing for the a period to be subsequently determined by concurrence by the House in the Senate f the Speaker, in each case for consideration amendment to H.R. 588, with an amendment; considered and agreed to. PRIVATE BILLS AND of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- ´ tion of the committee concerned. By Mr. CARDENAS (for himself, Mr. RESOLUTIONS TIPTON, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. DANNY K. By Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. Under clause 3 of rule XII, AMASH, Mr. NADLER, Mr. MULVANEY, DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. COFFMAN, Ms. Mr. RANGEL introduced a bill (H.R. 2406) Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. BROUN of Geor- SHEA-PORTER, Mr. OWENS, Mr. HINO- for the relief of Daniel Wachira; which was gia, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. JOSA, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Ms. CHU, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. HIMES, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KILMER, Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia, Ms. DELBENE, f Mr. JONES, Mr. ENYART, Mr. MASSIE, VEASEY, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mrs. Ms. GABBARD, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. BUSTOS, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY GRIJALVA, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. HOLT, Mr. STATEMENT RADEL, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. SALMON, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. SAN- KIND, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of FORD, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. O’ROURKE, COLLINS of New York, Mr. HASTINGS the Rules of the House of Representa- of Florida, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. POLIS, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. WELCH, tives, the following statements are sub- Ms. SINEMA, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. and Ms. LOFGREN): mitted regarding the specific powers H.R. 2399. A bill to prevent the mass collec- COURTNEY, Mr. BARBER, Mr. TAKANO, tion of records of innocent Americans under Ms. TITUS, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. LUETKE- granted to Congress in the Constitu- section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Sur- MEYER, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARKE, tion to enact the accompanying bill or veillance Act of 1978, as amended by section and Ms. BONAMICI): joint resolution. 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, and to provide H. Res. 265. A resolution honoring the en- By Mr. FATTAH: for greater accountability and transparency trepreneurial spirit of small business con- H.R. 2393. in the implementation of the USA PATRIOT cerns in the United States during National Congress has the power to enact this legis- Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveil- Small Business Week, which begins on June lation pursuant to the following: lance Act of 1978; to the Committee on the 17, 2013; to the Committee on Small Busi- The Congress shall have Power to lay and Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee ness. collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a pe- By Mr. MCDERMOTT (for himself, Mr. to pay the Debts and provide for the common riod to be subsequently determined by the LARSEN of Washington, Mr. SMITH of Defence and general Welfare of the United Speaker, in each case for consideration of Washington, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. KIL- States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- MER, Mr. HECK of Washington, and shall be uniform throughout the United tion of the committee concerned. Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER): States.

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By Mr. GARRETT: strued as to Prejudice any Claims of the H.R. 904: Mr. PETRI and Mr. WESTMORELAND H.R. 2394. United States, or of any particular State.’’ H.R. 924: Mrs. BEATTY. Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. DUFFY: H.R. 925: Mr. GRIMM. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2402. H.R. 938: Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. TERRY, Mr. The Tenth Amendment to the Constitu- Congress has the power to enact this legis- STUTZMAN, Ms. CLARKE, and Mr. ALEXANDER. tion: ‘‘The powers not delegated to the lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1009: Mr. MCINTYRE. United States by the Constitution, nor pro- Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 (related to H.R. 1101: Mr. ANDREWS. hibited by it to the States, are reserved to the general welfare of the United States); H.R. 1146: Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. the States respectively, or to the people.’’ and H.R. 1150: Mr. MARKEY, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. By Mr. HASTINGS of Washington: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (related to the RUSH, and Mr. MCGOVERN. H.R. 2395. power to regulate interstate commerce). H.R. 1151: Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. MILLER of Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. GINGREY of Georgia: Florida, and Ms. WILSON of Florida. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2403. H.R. 1250: Mr. RAHALL. Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1309: Mr. THOMPSON of California. The Congress shall have Power to dispose lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1319: Mr. VELA. of and make all needful Rules and Regula- Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 of the Con- H.R. 1389: Mr. KEATING. tions respecting the Territory or other Prop- stitution states that ‘‘The Times, Places and H.R. 1395: Mrs. CAPPS. erty belonging to the United States; and Manner of holding Elections for Senators H.R. 1416: Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. nothing in this Constitution shall be so con- and Representatives shall be prescribed in H.R. 1421: Mr. BERA of California. strued as to Prejudice any Claims of the each State by the Legislature thereof; but H.R. 1427: Mr. PAYNE. United States, or of any particular State. the Congress may at any time by Law make H.R. 1437: Mr. TIERNEY. By Mr. MCDERMOTT: or alter such Regulations, except as to the H.R. 1450: Mr. GRAYSON. H.R. 2396. Places of choosing Senators.’’ H.R. 1466: Mr. CONYERS, Mr. MEEKS, and Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. PAULSEN: Mr. TIERNEY. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2404. H.R. 1507: Mr. RUPPERSBERGER and Mr. HIG- Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Congress has the power to enact this legis- GINS. United States Constitution lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1508: Mr. MCGOVERN. By Mr. YOUNG of Florida: Article 1 Section 8 H.R. 1518: Mr. LEVIN. H.R. 2397. By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: H.R. 1528: Mr. POCAN. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2405. H.R. 1563: Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan and lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Mr. MICA. The principal constitutional authority for lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1619: Mr. ISRAEL. this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of ar- Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Con- H.R. 1620: Mr. GRIJALVA. ticle I of the Constitution of the United stitution. H.R. 1717: Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. COHEN, and States (the appropriation power), which Mr. RANGEL: Mr. RADEL. states: ‘‘No Money shall be drawn from the H.R. 2406. H.R. 1731: Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropria- Congress has the power to enact this legis- KEATING, Mr. LANCE, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. tions made by Law . . . .’’ In addition, clause lation pursuant to the following: LOWENTHAL, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution Congress has the power to enact this legis- GARAMENDI, Mrs. LOWEY, and Ms. SINEMA. (the spending power) provides: ‘‘The Con- lation pursuant to the following: Section 8 of H.R. 1763: Mr. BERA of California and Mr. gress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Article I of the Constitution. KEATING. Debts and provide for the common Defence H.R. 1771: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. and general Welfare of the United States f MICA, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. DEUTCH, and Mr. . . . .’’ Together, these specific constitu- PETERSON. tional provisions establish the congressional ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H.R. 1825: Mr. FLEISCHMANN and Mr. SHU- power of the purse, granting Congress the Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors STER. authority to appropriate funds, to determine were added to public bills and resolu- H.R. 1830: Mr. DUFFY and Mr. NOLAN. their purpose, amount, and period of avail- tions as follows: H.R. 1843: Ms. HAHN. ability, and to set forth terms and conditions H.R. 1845: Mr. LOWENTHAL. governing their use. H.R. 5: Mr. SALMON. H.R. 1851: Ms. WILSON of Florida. By Mr. BISHOP of Utah: H.R. 127: Mr. COLE, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. CUL- H.R. 1852: Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. H.R. 2398. BERSON, Mr. COTTON, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. WELCH, and Mr. LONG. Congress has the power to enact this legis- WEBER of Texas, Mr. HALL, Mr. LAMALFA, H.R. 1871: Mr. MESSER. lation pursuant to the following: Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. KING of H.R. 1874: Mr. ROKITA. The constitutional authority of Congress Iowa, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkan- H.R. 1877: Mr. PETRI and Mr. PASCRELL. to enact this legislation is provided by Arti- sas, and Mr. STUTZMAN. H.R. 1896: Mr. BUCHANAN. cle IV, section 3, clause 2 (relating to the H.R. 164: Mr. ISRAEL. H.R. 1918: Mr. MAFFEI. power of Congress to dispose of and make all H.R. 279: Mr. KLINE. H.R. 1920: Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. needful rules and regulations respecting the H.R. 309: Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RAHALL, and Mr. AN- territory or other property belonging to the GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. POSEY, and Mr. DREWS. United States), and Clause 1 of Article 1, YOUNG of Indiana. H.R. 1933: Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Section 8, which grants Congress the author- H.R. 310: Ms. BROWNLEY of California. H.R. 1971: Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. ity to provide for the common defense and H.R. 351: Ms. SINEMA. H.R. 1995: Mr. CONNOLLY. general welfare of the United States, and H.R. 411: Ms. HAHN. H.R. 2009: Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Clause 18 of Article 1 Section 8, which allows H.R. 455: Mr. CONNOLLY and Mrs. CAROLYN H.R. 2016: Mr. COLE. the authority to make laws deemed nec- B. MALONEY of New York. H.R. 2019: Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana and Mr. essary and proper. H.R. 475: Mr. RANGEL. SCHOCK. By Mr. CONYERS: H.R. 523: Mr. HIGGINS. H.R. 2022: Mrs. WAGNER. H.R. 2399. H.R. 533: Mr. PEARCE. H.R. 2032: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 685: Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. BARLETTA, and H.R. 2033: Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of lation pursuant to the following: Mr. PASCRELL. exas and Ms. CLARKE. Article I, Section 8, clauses 1, 3, and 18 of H.R. 693: Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. LEE of Cali- H.R. 2053: Mr. RAHALL and Mr. GUTHRIE. the Constitution of the United States. fornia, and Mr. TIBERI. H.R. 2089: Mr. SALMON. By Mrs. CAPPS: H.R. 702: Mr. POCAN, Mr. STIVERS, and Mr. H.R. 2094: Mr. CASSIDY. H.R. 2400. HASTINGS of Florida. H.R. 2122: Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas and Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 713: Mr. JOYCE, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. BARR. lation pursuant to the following: WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. H.R. 2123: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 SWALWELL of California, and Mr. DENT. H.R. 2150: Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. By Mr. COTTON: H.R. 721: Ms. DELBENE. COSTA, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. POCAN, and Mr. H.R. 2401. H.R. 725: Ms. HAHN. O’ROUKE. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 741: Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. HASTINGS of H.R. 2160: Mr. PAYNE and Ms. WILSON of lation pursuant to the following: Florida, Mr. JONES, and Mr. POCAN. Florida. Article 4, section 3, clause 2 H.R. 755: Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. LAB- H.R. 2182: Mr. O’ROURKE. ‘‘The Congress shall have power to dispose RADOR, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. DENT, Mr. GOOD- H.R. 2194: Mr. LATHAM. of and make all needful Rules and Regula- LATTE, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. YAR- H.R. 2239: Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. tions respecting the territory or other prop- MUTH, and Mr. BERA of California. H.R. 2252: Mr. HIMES, Mr. ANDREWS, and erty belonging to the United States; and H.R. 830: Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. PIERLUISI. nothing in this Constitution shall be so con- H.R. 838: Ms. WILSON of Florida. H.R. 2273: Mr. LEVIN.

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H.R. 2288: Mrs. CAPPS. H. Res. 35: Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, H. Res. 36: Mr. YODER. H.R. 2300: Mr. SALMON and Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. CALVERT, Mr. PERRY, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. H. Res. 97: Mr. NOLAN. H.R. 2310: Mr. KEATING, Ms. BORDALLO, and DAINES, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. POSEY, Mr. H. Res. 109: Mr. PITTS and Ms. LOFGREN. CRAMER, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. FORBES, Mr. Mr. ENYART. H. Res. 112: Mr. GALLEGO, Mrs. LOWEY, and YODER, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. H.R. 2319: Mr. KIRKPATRICK. Ms. WILSON of Florida. HULTGREN, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. H. Res. 211: Mr. BLUMENAUER. H.R. 2329: Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas. ROONEY, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. H.R. 2375: Mr. POSEY, MS. ROS-LEHTINEN, SIMPSON, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. SMITH of New H. Res. 213: Mr. HECK of Washington. Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. ROONEY, and Mr. Jersey, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mrs. H. Res. 220: Mr. MCNERNEY and Mr. BARLETTA. ELLMERS, Mr. HECK of Nevada, and Mr. HUFFMAN. H. Con. Res. 24: Mr. HURT. KINZINGER of Illinois. H. Res. 248: Ms. JACKSON LEE.

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Vol. 159 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2013 No. 86 Senate The Senate met at 2 p.m. and was At 5 p.m. the Senate will be in execu- differences—differences between our called to order by the President pro tive session to consider a couple nomi- budgets as well as our priorities. But tempore (Mr. LEAHY). nations for United States district Senate Republicans have objected to a judges. One is for Pennsylvania and one conference time and time again. PRAYER is for New Mexico. At 5:30 p.m. there Today, I read in the Hill newspaper The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- will be at least one rollcall vote on the called Politico that the House Repub- fered the following prayer: confirmation of the nominations. The licans are more than happy for their Let us pray. Restrepo and Gonzales nominations are Senate colleagues to obstruct and O Omnipotent Sovereign God, be- the two nominations we have. Restrepo delay. They know a budget conference neath whose all-seeing eye our mortal is from Pennsylvania and Gonzales is would only put the spotlight on divi- lives are passed, may all our deeds and from New Mexico. sions within the House Republican cau- purposes today bring honor to You. Following those votes, the Senate cus. Here is what the article said: Lord, save us from pride and arrogance, will resume consideration of the immi- and help us to be quick to see the needs Going to conference to match the House gration bill. and Senate-passed budgets—or making any of those less fortunate than ourselves f movement on the budget right now—could and promote goodwill and fellowship open up a schism in the [Republican] caucus among all people. BUDGET CONFERENCE on spending that for months leadership has Today, bless our lawmakers. Let Mr. REID. Mr. President, it has been managed to keep mostly at bay. their motives be transparent and their 86 days since the Senate passed its So what they are saying is the Re- word be their bond. May they be gen- budget. We have been through this on publican leadership over here is pro- erous in their judgment of others, loyal several occasions. We have had Repub- tecting the House. The House Repub- in their friendships, and magnanimous lican Senators come and criticize the lican leadership understands they can- to their opponents. not agree on anything—nothing. There- Sovereign God, let every knee be Republican leadership here for not let- bent before You and every tongue con- ting us go to conference. They talked fore, objecting to this is the right thing fess that You are Lord. about their wanting regular order so to do because they will never get out in We pray in Your great Name. Amen. we could move forward in dealing with the open as to how crazy their budget the financial crisis facing this country, priorities are. f but they have ignored us. But as Senate Republicans cover for PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE We are proud of the budget we their dysfunctional House colleagues, The President pro tempore led the passed. It was hard, but it reflects our the country inches closer to another Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: priorities: protecting middle-class fam- crisis: a default on the Nation’s bills. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the ilies and growing the economy. Even Reasonable Republicans are just as United States of America, and to the Repub- though that is the case, we are still concerned as I am about this last man- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, willing to work out a compromise with ufactured crisis—a crisis that would indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. our Republican counterparts. undercut the economic progress of the f We are not going to get everything last 4 years. Those reasonable Repub- RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME we want. That is what conferences are licans have come to the floor repeat- all about. They have been going on in edly to call on Republican leaders to The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under this country for more than two cen- stop blocking bipartisan budget nego- the previous order, leadership time is turies. But we believe our sound fiscal tiations. I hope those reasonable Re- reserved. policy would stand out as being so publicans prevail. I hope Republican f much better than what they have done leaders in the House and in the Senate RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY in the House. We could do this through will stop bowing to tea party extrem- LEADER the regular order of the budget process. ists and listen to the more reasonable The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Unfortunately, Democrats and Repub- Members of their caucus. majority leader is recognized. licans are not going to find common I repeat, Republican Senators have ground if we never start negotiating. arrived here on the floor on more than f As I said, for 86 days Republican lead- one occasion and criticized our not SCHEDULE ers have objected to a conference with being able to go to conference. So if Mr. REID. Mr. President, following the House of Representatives. In con- past is prologue, using the full faith leader remarks the Senate will be in ference, Democrats and Republicans and credit of the U.S. Government as a morning business until 5 p.m. today. could work together to work out our political hostage will not only be bad

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I know we do not expect IMMIGRATION REFORM Blanca. The bipartisan legislation be- that many here on the floor, but I Mr. REID. Mr. President, for 16 years, fore the Senate is the opportunity they know the leader has set aside time for Blanca Gamez thought she was an av- have been waiting for. This bill offers a us, and I know his commitment to get erage American girl. But when she pathway to earned citizenship that be- this filed and fulfilled, and I joined him turned 16, one by one her friends gins by going to the back of the line, on that. I think the time is right. We learned to drive. Her parents sat her paying penalties and fines, working, either do it now or we are never going down and explained an important truth paying taxes, staying out of trouble, to do it. she did not know at the time: She learning English, getting right with So I thank the leader again. could not get her driver’s license be- the law. f cause she is an undocumented immi- The measure will be good for na- MANDATORY MINIMUM grant. tional security, it will be great for the SENTENCES Blanca’s parents brought her from economy, and it will be good for mil- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, there are Mexico to the United States when she lions of immigrant families. two matters I want to talk about. Be- was 7 months old. Because they came The bill is not perfect, but it takes fore I speak about the immigration, I without proper paperwork, she was important steps to reform our broken want to speak about the Supreme missing something really important. legal immigration system and Court ruling today in Alleyne v. the Blanca’s parents told her: ‘‘You need strengthen border security. United States, that facts underlying nine numbers.’’ That refers to a Social I know many of my colleagues have mandatory minimum sentences must Security number, which she did not ideas about how to improve this bill. I have. A Social Security number—those be proved to a jury beyond a reasonable hope we will be able to process addi- doubt. nine numbers—opens doors to Amer- tional amendments soon so we can give ican citizens, which American citizens I continue to believe our criminal these ideas the debate they deserve justice system’s reliance on mandatory take for granted. here in the Senate and, after that, of I had an opportunity to visit with minimum sentences is a mistake. course, the votes they deserve. In March, Senator PAUL and I intro- Blanca when I was in Las Vegas re- We have five amendments pending. duced the Justice Safety Valve Act of cently. She is a young woman with ev- We could vote on four of them right 2013, to give Federal judges greater erything going for her. She is smart, away. I also think it would be fair to flexibility in sentencing in cases where she is driven, and she loves this coun- add the Heller amendment. That would a mandatory minimum is not only un- try with a passion that is truly mov- mean three Republican amendments necessary but often counterproductive. ing. In fact, she does not remember the and two Democratic amendments. Mandatory minimum sentences im- country she was born in, Mexico. She My colleagues should be aware, un- prison some people, particularly non- was 7 months old when she came here. less we begin voting on amendments violent offenders, for far longer than is To her home means Nevada. That is soon, we will need to work through the just or beneficial. our State song: ‘‘Home Means Nevada.’’ weekend in order to finish the bill be- Looking at it just from a fiscal point And home certainly means Nevada to fore July 4. of view, as a result of mandatory mini- this young woman. Recognizing that this is a Nation mums the Federal prison population Unfortunately, without a Social Se- founded by immigrants, I hope Sen- has exploded in recent years. This has curity number—those nine numbers— ators will consider every amendment placed enormous strain on the Justice Blanca faced challenges her American- to this bill with compassion. Like gen- Department’s budget. That means less born peers simply did not. erations before them, Blanca’s parents money for Federal law enforcement, But all that changed a year ago this and millions of other undocumented less aid to State and local law enforce- week when President Obama signed a immigrants came here seeking a better ment, less funding for crime prevention directive suspending deportation of up- life. The famous author C.S. Lewis programs that make us safer, plus less standing young people such as Blanca said: money for prisoner reentry programs. who were brought to this country as You are never too old . . . to dream a new Sentencing reform has worked at the children. As a result, she now has her dream. State level. The Justice Safety Valve nine numbers. Act is an important step toward the It is time for Congress to help 11 mil- Almost 300,000 DREAMers—undocu- sentencing reform our Federal system lion dreamers—young and old—get mented immigrants who came to this desperately needs. I applaud the Su- right with the law and unlock their po- country as children—have already preme Court decision today in Alleyne. taken advantage of this opportunity. tential. I have long felt that when legislative Thanks to President Obama’s coura- f bodies pass mandatory minimums, it is geous action, Blanca and hundreds of MORNING BUSINESS a feel-good response to crime, but it thousands of upstanding young men does no good. and women like her can rest easier Mr. REID. Would the Chair announce Judges need discretion. Every case knowing they are no longer in danger the business of the day, please. that comes before a judge is different. of being deported. They can now drive, The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. MUR- Now, do judges always get it right out they can work, and they can get the PHY). Under the previous order, the of the tens of thousands of cases that nine numbers that unlock a successful Senate will be in a period of morning come before them? No. Of course not. future—I repeat: a Social Security business until 5 o’clock p.m., with Sen- Sometimes they might not, but they number. ators permitted to speak therein for up are far more often right than wrong. Blanca’s future—and the future of to 10 minutes each. They are always more right than a leg- 800,000 young DREAMers—will remain The Senator from Vermont. islative one-size-fits-all approach. Man- uncertain until Congress passes com- f datory minimum laws are one size fits monsense immigration reform. Presi- all. Anybody who has spent time in the dent Obama’s directive is only a tem- COMMENDING THE MAJORITY criminal justice system either as a de- porary solution. LEADER fense counsel or as a prosecutor or as a The Republican majority in the Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, as al- judge knows that one size does not fit House of Representatives has taken ways, I commend the distinguished ma- all. We should get rid of all of our man- aim at the DREAMers, voting recently jority leader for his words on immigra- datory minimums, have real standards

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In this context, the not live up to our American values and continue yet another week debating S. rules imply that over the first 10 years we do not make this a safer country. 744, the bipartisan immigration bill, I of the benchmark immigration reform Last week, Senator HATCH filed several hope we can start making some the federal deficit would be reduced by amendments to deny or delay protec- progress on this vital legislation. The a cumulative amount of $2.7 trillion.’’ tions for the millions of people who American people know what some of us Also, the Judiciary Committee re- apply for registered provisional immi- have to realize: our immigration sys- ceived powerful testimony from Grover grant status. I will oppose all of those tem is broken; it has to be fixed. If we Norquist. He was asked repeatedly by amendments. They are not fair. They are going to have an effective solution those who oppose this bill whether le- deter people from coming forward to to this complex problem, we cannot galizing immigrants would lead to a register. That makes us all less safe. focus simply and effectively on one drain on our safety net. His response It is a cruel irony when my friends on border or any single aspect of our im- was that just the opposite would occur. the other side of the aisle talk about migration system. We have to address He testified that ‘‘immigrants come at border security, the high cost of imple- all parts of our immigration system. the beginning of their working lives, menting their proposed measures is al- Of course, we all agree we have to se- which means they will have years to ways absent from the discussion. But cure our borders, but we must also re- pay taxes and contribute to the econ- when we are talking about programs duce the incentives people have to omy before being eligible for entitle- that help children who live near the come here illegally or to overstay their ments.’’ Furthermore, Mr. Norquist poverty line, well, then suddenly fiscal visas. It means we have to implement testified that ‘‘Some argue that the fis- concerns are paramount. E-Verify so employers stop hiring cal burden of America’s entitlement So if we are talking about a specific those who are not authorized to work programs make more immigration cost type of fencing, or a new expensive exit here. We also have to eliminate the ex- prohibitive. That is a false choice. That program, our concern is supposed to tensive backlogs that tear so many our entitlement systems are broken is trump any hesitancy about govern- families apart. ment spending. Spend whatever it We have to respond to the needs of not an argument for less immigration; takes. Spend whatever it takes, and at American farmers and technology com- it is an argument to fix our entitle- the same time dramatically increase panies and investors who create jobs in ment systems.’’ It is not every day that I agree with this country. We also need to remem- the boon that their proposals give to these very conservative commentators ber that our history and the future of the government contracting firms that the Nation is based on immigrants and advocates, but I was happy to in- make money off of them. However, if we are talking about pro- when we are considering the legaliza- vite them to testify before the com- grams literally to feed the hungry or tion process provided in this bill. mittee and commend their analysis to Almost 4 weeks ago the Judiciary Members who are concerned about the provide vaccinations to children, vac- Committee voted to report this immi- approximate ‘cost’ of reforming our cinations which make us all healthier gration reform bill with a strong bipar- broken immigration system. All the because of the disease it stops, then we tisan vote of 13 to 5. I understand the valid testimony—all the valid testi- hear lectures as to how we cannot af- Congressional Budget Office’s task is a mony we received says that fixing the ford those programs in the current fis- difficult one, with complex, com- broken immigration system adds to cal environment. Maybe some of these prehensive measures such as this. We our bottom line in a beneficial way. contractors with their lobbyists ought expected their score today. I hope they One of the hallmarks of this country to be covering those programs. Maybe are able to get the official score early is how we have historically treated we will hear more need for them. tomorrow so we can move forward and those who have sought shelter and ref- I would say from a moral point of complete consideration of this bill. As uge on our shores. America protects view, as an indication of how great a we closed out each title during our ex- the most vulnerable among us. This in- country we are, we ought to be saying: tended mark ups, we forwarded the cludes survivors of domestic violence Hungry children, children who can be text to the CBO, so they have had the and human trafficking, as well as preg- saved from childhood illnesses, it is in border security title and the non-immi- nant women and children. I am proud our moral core as a Nation, the most grant visa title for well over a month. to report that there are strong protec- wealthy, powerful Nation on Earth to I look forward to reviewing their anal- tions in this bill for the treatment of help them. The bill we are considering ysis when we receive it. children caught in the broken immi- prohibits immigrants in registered pro- In addition to the CBO score we are gration enforcement system. visional immigrant status from access- awaiting, we should also credit the ex- In the Judiciary Committee we added ing Federal means-tested public benefit tensive testimony the Judiciary Com- to those protections for domestic vio- programs throughout their time in pro- mittee received from former CBO Di- lence and human trafficking victims. visional status. rector Douglas Holtz-Eakin. He testi- But the Judiciary Committee also con- In addition, as a result of the Per- fied that immigration reform ‘‘will in- sidered and rejected, as it should, sev- sonal Responsibility and Work Oppor- crease the productivity growth in the eral amendments that sought to take tunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, even U.S. economy, the fundamental build- away protections in our safety net pro- qualified legal permanent resident im- ing block of higher standards of living, grams for immigrants who need them. migrants must wait an additional 5 and generate larger economic growth I know some may want to punish the 11 years after they are legalized to re- numbers than we have seen in recent million undocumented people currently ceive any safety net protections. We years.’’ living here in the shadows. The bill have already put all kinds of barriers Specifically, he estimated reform of specifically contains a steep financial up here. this nature would increase growth so penalty for that purpose. The undocu- So including the 5-year bar, most im- that ‘‘the overall growth rate and real mented also need to go to the back of migrants who are working their way GDP would rise from 3 percent to 3.9 the line and take classes to learn through the path to legalization will percent, on average annually, over the English, but even these tough steps are have to wait anywhere from 13 to 15 first 10 years. The upshot of GDP after not enough for those who oppose this years before having any access to safe- 10 years would be higher—a difference bipartisan bill. ty net programs. Given the penalties of $64,700 per capita versus $62,900 per While some may want to look like and the fines they have to pay, it is capita. This higher per capita income they are being even tougher on the un- wrong to further deny these low-in- of $1,700 after 10 years is a core benefit documented population, we all need to come families protection that some of immigration reform.’’ consider how further punitive measures may desperately need.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 00:42 Jun 18, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G17JN6.005 S17JNPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S4500 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 17, 2013 We have seen amendments that try using an Individual Taxpayer Identi- Benefits paid out each year roughly match to designate an immigrant a ‘‘public fication Number. This overreach would payroll tax revenues collected, at least until charge’’ and thus deportable simply be- have harmed numerous U.S. citizen the program goes into annual deficit in a few cause the individual’s child received children and their families. Fortu- more years, and the so-called trust fund only contains IOUs that the government owes health or nutrition benefits. If a child nately, this unduly harsh amendment itself. Those IOUs don’t help. The Social Se- is an American citizen, would we really was rejected by the Committee as well. curity Administration estimates that the want that child’s parents deported sim- I would strongly oppose any amend- present discounted value of the 75-year ply because the child needed food ment to deny hard-working families shortfall of promised benefits beyond the stamps while the parent was in provi- from participating in these tax credits taxes expected to be collected is $8.6 trillion. sional status? when they are paying payroll taxes. We The crux of the problem is that the ratio of We should protect the children of im- know that these credits are vital to workers to retirees is falling fast. While migrants and their families. In 2009, working families and we have a moral there were 16 workers for every retiree in President Obama signed the Children’s 1950, the ratio now stands at a little under 3 obligation not to harm children in our to 1 and within 20 years when the baby Health Insurance Reauthorization Act communities and their families by de- boomers are age 65 or older the ratio will fall (CHIPRA). Under Senator ROCKE- nying their families these credits. to about 2.5 to 1. FELLER’s strong leadership, CHIPRA We give huge tax benefits and loop- Immigrants help ease this demographic included a provision which allowed holes to millionaires. Yet a hard-work- problem in three ways. First, most come states the option to waive the five-year ing family, should they not be entitled here between the ages of 18 and 35, near the bar to the Children’s Health Insurance to these tiny benefits? They are start of their working years. Second, few Program (CHIP) and Medicaid for law- come with elderly parents (only about 2.5% dwarfed by what we give to million- of immigrants are over age 65 when they ar- fully residing immigrant children and aires. Let’s start paying attention to rive), and the seniors who do come aren’t eli- pregnant women. Today, 25 states offer the people who need our help. gible for Social Security because they have this safety net for children and 20 Some who oppose comprehensive im- no U.S. work history. Third, immigrants states offer it to pregnant women. My migration reform have raised the false tend to have more children than do native- own state of Vermont offers this pro- alarm this immigration bill would born Americans and their offspring will also tection to both pregnant women and drain the Social Security trust fund pay into the system. children. I commend my friend, Chair- and bankrupt our Medicare system. These facts are confirmed in the latest report of the Social Security trustees released man ROCKEFELLER, for allowing states Nothing could be further from the last week. They conclude that the program’s the option to immediately provide truth. The Wall Street Journal and long-term funding shortfall ‘‘decreases with CHIP and Medicaid for immigrant chil- Commentary are two publications that an increase in net immigration because im- dren and pregnant women. almost never agree with my positions. migration occurs at relatively young ages, Like so many harsh amendments In fact, the opposite is true. In an edi- thereby increasing the numbers of covered that have been filed with respect to the torial dated June 2, 2013, entitled, ‘‘A workers earlier than the numbers of bene- safety net, I have seen similarly harm- $4.6 Trillion Opportunity,’’ the Wall ficiaries.’’ ful amendments on the issue of the How big a bonus are we talking about? Street Journal states unequivocally Enormous. We asked Stephen Goss, Social earned income tax credit, the EITC, or that ‘‘Immigration reform will improve Security’s chief actuary, to estimate the the child tax credit, CTC, which were Social Security’s finances’’—not take value of the 1.08 million net new legal and il- designed to help hard-working families away from it, but will improve it. In legal immigrants that currently come to the pay their taxes. fact, it notes that U.S. each year. He calculates that over 25 The earned income tax credit is The Senate bill raises immigration quotas years the trust fund is enriched in today’s available only to families who are by about 500,000 a year over the next decade dollars by $500 billion and the surplus from working and paying payroll taxes, not (to reduce backlogs) and by about 150,000 a immigration mushrooms to $4 trillion over some kind of giveaway. They have to year after that. Thus the net effect of the 75 years. be working and paying taxes. EITC is a immigration bill on the long-range Social ‘‘The numbers get much larger for longer Security trust fund ‘‘actuarial balance will periods,’’ Mr. Goss explains, ‘‘because that is core part of the Tax Code like any when the additional children born to the im- other tax credit that adjusts Federal be positive,’’ Mr. Goss recently wrote in a letter to Senator MARCO RUBIO. These higher migrants really help.’’ tax liability, based on family cir- post-reform levels of immigration would The Senate bill raises immigration quotas cumstances. It is not, and it has never mean an extra $600 billion into the trust fund by about 500,000 a year over the next decade been, considered a ‘‘public benefit.’’ to about $4.6 trillion over 75 years. (to reduce backlogs) and by about 150,000 a year after that. Thus the net effect of the But some amendments have been filed It is true that ‘‘Immigration won’t seeking to deny the EITC for all reg- immigration bill on the long-range Social solve all of Social Security’s financial Security trust fund ‘‘actuarial balance will istered immigrants for eternity, even problems.’’ However, it said ‘‘immi- be positive,’’ Mr. Goss recently wrote in a after they have obtained legal status. grants unquestionably narrow the letter to Senator Marco Rubio. These higher One of these amendments was offered funding gap. More generous immigra- post-reform levels of immigration would during the committee process, and was tion is a wise step toward solving the mean an extra $600 billion into the trust fund rejected. to about $4.6 trillion over 75 years. entitlement crisis in Washington.’’ The reason is that most immigrant work- Similarly, the Child Tax Credit was I ask unanimous consent to have the enacted in 1998 for the benefit of U.S. ers pay into the program for 20 to 40 years editorial printed in the RECORD. citizens or U.S. resident alien children before they collect any benefits, and they There being no objection, the mate- don’t have parents who collect benefits while under the age of 17. In practice, it first rial was ordered to be printed in the they pay in. Once the immigrants retire and requires that an individual work and RECORD, as follows: collect benefits, their children are making pay her taxes. If the person meets this [From the Wall Street Journal, June 2, 2013] tax payments roughly covering the pay- basic requirement, undocumented or ments to their parents. A $4.6 TRILLION OPPORTUNITY otherwise, the Child Tax Credit may be All of this offsets the cost of legalizing cur- claimed for the benefit of the U.S. cit- IMMIGRATION REFORM WILL IMPROVE SOCIAL rently illegal immigrants. Illegal workers SECURITY’S FINANCES izen or U.S. resident alien child. Un- are especially beneficial to Social Security The Senate immigration bill has ignited a because millions pay into the system—for documented immigrants who use an In- debate over the fiscal costs of reform, with example, by using fake Social Security num- dividual Taxpayer Identification Num- some conservatives claiming costs far exceed bers when they apply for a job. But since ber are able to benefit from the Child the benefits. We think that’s wrong, and one they are illegal, they don’t qualify for bene- Tax Credit since they work and pay place to look for evidence is the costliest of fits when they get old. Legalizing their sta- taxes. However, there are numerous all federal programs, Social Security. As tus means they will qualify for future bene- workers who are lawfully present that some 75 million baby boomers prepare to re- fits based on their work from now on, but the also use Individual Taxpayer Identi- tire, immigrants will be crucial to keeping fiscal impact of the Senate bill is still posi- fication Numbers to pay taxes. During the federal pension program afloat. tive, says Mr. Goss. As too few Americans understand, Social The relative skills and earnings of immi- the Committee markup, one senator Security is not a pre-funded retirement sys- grants and their children also matter a great proposed an amendment that would tem and there is no ‘‘lock box’’ with money deal in measuring their financial contribu- have denied the Child Tax Credit to set aside for each worker’s retirement. It options. More skilled immigrants have higher low-wage workers who pay their taxes erates as a pay-as-you-go system. earnings, so they pay more in payroll taxes.

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It also increases green Province of Quebec, speaking French. other Governor’s race—this time in cards for foreigners who graduate from She was born here. Her family contrib- 1978. Doug’s view was that I had lost, American schools in science and engineering, uted to the economy of Vermont, and among other things, because I wasn’t a thus raising the education and skills of new our whole region, with the jobs they very interesting candidate, that I cam- immigrants. This means the future fiscal im- created. They raised three wonderful paigned in a blue suit and talked to Re- migration windfall is likely to exceed $4.6 publicans and to rotary clubs. So the trillion. children at the same time. Immigration won’t solve all of Social Se- We are a nation of immigrants. Let’s talk was about what would be authen- curity’s financial problems. The program fight to maintain our tradition of pro- tic, what did I really like to do. still needs reform in its benefit formula and tecting the vulnerable. Let’s allow the To make a long story short, I ended to allow private accounts. But immigrants American dream to be a reality for all up walking 1,000 miles across Ten- unquestionably narrow the funding gap. those who are in this country because nessee over 6 months in a red-and- More generous immigration is a wise step to- they want to be in this country. black plaid shirt, followed by a group ward solving the entitlement crisis in Wash- of four University of Tennessee band ington. Time is not now divided from one side to the other, is it? members in a flatbed truck. And sev- Mr. LEAHY. Likewise, an article eral times a day we would get up on dated June 6, 2013 in Commentary de- The PRESIDING OFFICER. It is not. Mr. LEAHY. I yield the floor, and I the truck and play in Alexander’s bunks the myth that immigration washboard band. Doug put all that on would bankrupt the Medicare trust suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The television, and I won the election. fund. The title of the article is notable: Now, to some, that would seem like ‘‘Message to Congress: Immigrants Pay clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to an ultimate political gimmick, but if More Than Their ‘Fair Share’ of Medi- you think about it, the idea of the care.’’ According to the article, ‘‘it call the roll. Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I walk across Tennessee was a good deal turns out that closing the borders more authentic than the photo-ops and would deplete Medicare’s trust fund.’’ ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. the press releases and the 5-second In fact, ‘‘over a seven-year period, im- sound bites that are often what we end migrants paid in $115.2 billion more The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. up with in politics today. But let me than they took out. Meanwhile, native- just say it this way: I would have never born Americans drained $28.1 billion f been elected Governor if it hadn’t been from Medicare. In other words, immi- TRIBUTE TO DOUG BAILEY for Doug Bailey. grants are keeping Medicare afloat. Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I He also did something else I had And it’s non-citizen immigrants who come to the floor to talk about Doug never seen anybody else do—no other make the biggest contribution. On av- Bailey. Doug Bailey died last week at political consultant. He actually wrote erage, each one subsidizes Medicare by age 79. The New York Times reported a plan and we actually followed it dur- $466 annually.’’ It concludes that on Tuesday that Doug Bailey helped ing the campaign. ‘‘Scare-mongering about the cost of define the role of political consultant The important thing for me to say immigration has become a staple of po- today is that political consulting was in the 1960s and 1970s and that he litical debate . . . But our findings in- not the end of Doug Bailey’s help. He founded the Hotline. He was much dicate that economic fairness, not just came to Nashville once a week during more than that to me and to countless morality, argues for immigrants’ my first term as Governor not so much others for whom he was an example of rights to care.’’ to talk about politics, but to talk how to live a public life. The goal in this bill is to encourage about how to be a better Governor, I am aware that when offering a eu- undocumented immigrants to come out which was his idea of how to be a polit- logy it is good form to speak more of of the shadows so we can bring them ical success. Our conversations were the deceased than of oneself, but that into our legal system and then do what usually not about how to follow, but is hard to do with Doug because he all Vermonters tell me, what Ameri- how to lead, and how to deal with the cared so much about everyone he met cans everywhere tell me: Play by the political implications, for example, of and everyone he worked with. I first same rules. I mean, that is a sense of wanting to have three big road pro- fairness we should agree to. If we cre- met Doug Bailey in Washington, DC, in grams and do it on a pay-as-you-go ate a reason for people not to come out the spring of 1977. I was here for a few basis so we could attract the auto in- and register, this is going to defeat the months working with Howard Baker, dustry to our State without running up purpose of this whole bill. It makes all the former Senator from Tennessee, debt and persuade all the Republican of this work: the hearings, the hours who had just been elected to be the Re- Members to vote for three gas tax in- and days and weeks of markups and publican leader of this body. He asked creases, which every single one of them consideration, makes it for naught. me to come work for him. I think part did. Amendments that seek to further pe- of that was to console me, to let me Doug’s advice was that a good tactic nalize the undocumented would just lick my wounds for having lost the was to do the right thing because it encourage them to stay in the shadows. Governor’s race a couple years earlier would confuse your opponents; they These steps are not going to make us in Tennessee. There wasn’t much pros- wouldn’t understand what you were up safer and they are not going to spur pect for a political future for me then to. our economy. because the Nashville Tennessean had His advice about recruiting people to One of the many reasons we need im- written that there wouldn’t be a Re- work in the cabinet, for example, was migration reform is to ensure there is publican Governor in Tennessee for an- not to just invite someone who might not a permanent underclass in this Na- other 50 years. take the job, but to make a list of the tion. As part of this effort, we need to So I was here in Washington, and four or five best persons to do the job continue the vital safety net programs while I was here I became energized by and then ask the best one. He said: You that protect children, pregnant women, the Republican Senators. It looked to might be surprised—that person might and other vulnerable populations. me as though Jimmy Carter was al- be waiting for an opportunity to serve Too often immigrants have been un- ready in trouble, and my friend Wyatt the public. That was some of the best fairly blamed and demonized as a drain Stewart introduced me to Doug Bailey. advice I ever got because some of the on our resources. Facts prove the oppo- The reason I thought it was an impor- best persons were waiting for the right site. tant meeting was because at that time opportunity for public service. We are a nation of immigrants. As I he and his partner John Deardourff All this sounds hopelessly naive, es- have said many times before, my ma- represented 7 of the 12 Republican Gov- pecially today, in a time when there is

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I would wake long time since I regularly checked Hotline’s first year, potential subscribers up every day literally thinking about with him before I made a political asked three main questions: ‘‘You’re going almost nothing else other than how I move, but when I did, I always felt as to do what?’’ ‘‘You want me to pay you how could help our State move ahead. though the next step was a surer step much?’’ And ‘‘What’s a fax?’’ I called Doug Bailey throughout the and a step more likely to be in a direc- The Hotline’s 500 or so paying sub- last 30 or 35 years whenever I needed tion that served a larger purpose other scribers—among them politicians, pundits, political operatives and Congressional staff good advice. I called him when the than my own political existence. Democrats swore me in early to re- members—received an exhaustive aggrega- I have never known a person who tion of information at 11:30 each morning, in- move a corrupt Governor who was sell- cared more about each person he met cluding news about state and local election ing pardons for cash in Tennessee, and in every issue he tackled. So I wanted campaigns and grass-roots trends like tax re- he gave me a few words I used to speak to come to the floor today and express volts, term-limit drives and environmental to the public on that day. this tribute to a public life well lived, initiatives. One of the best pieces of advice he and to offer my condolences to his wife It also offered a roundup of political jokes gave me was when the first President from the previous night’s talk-show mono- Pat, his children Kate and Edward, his logues. Before ‘‘The Daily Show,’’ The Hot- Bush called me while I was the Univer- brothers and his grandson. sity of Tennessee president. I knew line was one of the most prodigious pur- I ask unanimous consent to have veyors of political humor in the country. President Bush was going to ask me to printed in the RECORD following my re- ‘‘That’s part of political communication be the new Education Secretary, and I marks the New York Times story these days,’’ Mr. Bailey said, presciently, in had about 2 hours to think about it. about Doug Bailey’s death and Judy a 1991 interview with The Washington Post. Doug said: Ask these two questions. Woodruff’s blog about his passing. It ‘‘As a practical matter, if you want to know One, Mr. President, may I come up where the people are, their views come from has lots of comments from other peo- with a plan, subject to your approval? television, and more from programs that ple, and I have not seen a blog in a long Two, may I go and recruit a team, sub- don’t try to influence them directly, such as time where all the comments are posi- ject to your approval? Well, that may the late-night monologues.’’ tive. Usually that is not the case. The Hotline, which was bought by The Na- not seem like much, but after I was an- There being no objection, the mate- tional Journal in 1996 and is part of its Web nounced by the President, I walked rial was ordered to be printed in the site, became a training ground for political into the White House personnel office, reporters, including Chuck Todd of NBC and RECORD, as follows: and they tried to tell me whom to hire. Norah O’Donnell of CBS. Its currency has I said: I don’t have to do that. I already [From the New York Times, June 13, 2013] been somewhat devalued in the past decade have the President’s assurance that I DOUG BAILEY, G.O.P. POLITICAL CONSULTANT, by free political sites like Politico and Talk- can recruit a team subject to his ap- DIES AT 79 ing Points Memo, whose creators acknowl- (By Paul Vitello) edge The Hotline in their lineage. proval. So I was able to recruit David Douglas Lansford Bailey was born on Oct. Doug Bailey, who helped define the expand- Kearns, former head of Xerox, and 5, 1933, in Cleveland to Walter and Marion ing role of political consultants in the 1960s Diane Ravitch and others who never Bailey. His father ran a manufacturing com- and ’70s and later founded The Hotline, a di- would have ended up in President pany. After receiving a bachelor’s degree gest of political news, distributed by fax, from Colgate University, Mr. Bailey received Bush’s administration, and he was de- that became an indispensable tool of the po- his master’s and doctorate degrees from the lighted with them. litical trade in the pre-Web 1980s and ’90s, Doug always had a project. Some Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at died on Monday at his home in Arlington, Tufts. were zany. Some were downright bril- Va. He was 79. Besides his daughter, Mr. Bailey is sur- liant. One of the most recent was to Mr. Bailey, who had health problems in re- vived by his wife, Patricia, a commissioner try to persuade someone to run for cent years, was working at home on several of the Federal Trade Commission from 1979 President on an Independent ticket on- projects when he died, apparently in his to 1988; his son, Ed; a brother, David; and a line. He didn’t succeed at that. He was sleep, said his daughter, Kate Bailey. grandson. starting another project when I saw His consulting firm, Bailey Deardourff & In 1999, again with Mr. Craver, Mr. Bailey Associates, which he started in 1967 with a him last at a dinner at the end of Janu- founded the Freedom Channel, which offers fellow political hand, John Deardourff, politically oriented video online on demand. ary in Washington this year. worked mainly for moderate Republican can- In 2006, Mr. Bailey joined with the Demo- Ironically, Doug Bailey was an expert didates like Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of cratic political consultants Hamilton Jordan in the technology, TV ads, and the Hot- New York, Mayor John V. Lindsay of New and Gerald Rafshoon in founding a political line, which have contributed to today’s York and Senator Charles H. Percy of Illi- reform organization, Unity08. It suspended polarization in politics. But he with- nois. At one point in the late 1970s, the firm its activities in 2008 after a failed effort to drew from politics after a while and had 11 of the country’s 19 Republican gov- draft Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New from political consulting because he ernors as clients. York to run for president. didn’t like what politics had become. Its work on behalf of President Gerald R. ‘‘The two-party system has worked well for Ford’s campaign in 1976 against Jimmy Car- 200 years and can continue to do so,’’ Mr. He thought more elected officials need- ter, then a former Georgia governor, was Bailey said at the time, ‘‘but only when elec- ed to understand that there is a dif- widely credited with helping to narrow Mr. tions are fought over the middle. Our goal is ference between campaigning and gov- Ford’s deficit of much as 20 points in the to jolt the two parties into recognizing this, erning and that differences should be polls—most of it attributed to his pardon of by drawing them into a fight over the middle resolved in the middle rather than en- President Richard M. Nixon for his role in rather than allowing them to keep maxi- trenched in the fringes or on the ex- Watergate—to 2 points by Election Day. mizing the appeal to their bases at the ex- tremes. The firm made some commercials fea- tremes.’’ In a tribute, Judy Woodruff wrote turing ordinary Americans questioning Mr. Asked in another interview about politics about perhaps Doug’s greatest passion Carter’s lack of national experience, and oth- today, Mr. Bailey said, ‘‘Candidates listen too much to consultants because they’re and his greatest legacy: inspiring ers focused on Mr. Ford’s likability and long government service, all to the tune of a cam- driven by winning and money.’’ youngsters such as Chuck Todd and paign song, ‘‘I’m Feeling Good About Amer- This article has been revised to reflect the Norah O’Donnell—whom he paid al- ica.’’ following correction: most nothing to work at the Hotline— ‘‘We said to ourselves, what the country Correction: June 17, 2013 to care about and be involved in Amer- knows about Gerald Ford is that he pardoned An earlier version of this obituary omitted ica’s political system. I am sure Chuck Nixon,’’ Mr. Bailey told The New York one survivor and erroneously included two brothers among the survivors. Of Mr. Bai- and Norah would tell you that Doug Times. ‘‘Let’s tell them more, let’s give them a view of Jerry Ford the man that’s up- ley’s three brothers, only one, David, sur- considered it even more important and vives him; Robert and Richard are deceased. an even nobler calling to actually serve beat.’’ Mr. Deardourff died in 2004 at 71. [From the Rundown, June 13, 2013] in government, and that he spent most Mr. Bailey, who had grown dismayed by of his life teaching and helping those the polarization of national campaigns in the REMEMBERING DOUG BAILEY who were willing to do it. 1980s, started The Hotline in 1987 partly as an (By Judy Woodruff) I would never have been elected Gov- experiment in bipartisanship, he said. With It doesn’t happen often. But every once in ernor without Doug Bailey’s help. More the Democratic strategist Roger Craver as a while, you meet a person who carries the

VerDate Mar 15 2010 00:42 Jun 18, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G17JN6.009 S17JNPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with SENATE June 17, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4503 human equivalent of sunshine around with Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask ard. We fell five votes short of defeat- them. It’s the guy or girl who always seems unanimous consent that the quorum ing the filibuster. to be smiling—if not outright, then just be- call be rescinded. I watched those students file out of neath the surface. And not in a goofy way, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without those doors, and then I left the floor of but rather as if they love life and what they’re doing and have decided not to let the objection, it is so ordered. the Chamber. I walked downstairs to gremlins throw them off course. My friend f meet with them. There was not a dry eye in the room. They had just watched Doug Bailey, who died this week at the age THE DREAM ACT of 79, was like that. I never had a conversa- their dreams disappear right here on tion with him, over the course of more than Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, last Sat- the floor of the Senate—five votes thirty years, when he didn’t have a piece of urday was the first anniversary of a short. good news to share. He was one of the most very historic day. On June 15, 2012, The House, in which the Presiding upbeat people I’ve ever known. President Barack Obama announced he What may surprise you is that he spent his Officer was serving, had already passed life in politics. Given the partisanship and would grant temporary legal status to the DREAM Act under the leadership negativity that define today’s political immigrant students who arrived in the of Speaker NANCY PELOSI, Howard Ber- arena, it’s hard to imagine. But Doug got his United States as children. This status, man, ZOE LOFGREN, and especially my start when things were different, when can- known as deferred action for children colleague from Illinois, LUIS GUTIER- didates could be moderate Republicans (as arrivals, or DACA, allows these young REZ. The House had risen to that chal- most of those he supported were), or conserv- people to live and work legally in lenge. We had our chance and fell short ative Democrats, and still get elected to of- America on a temporary basis without fice. This was back in the 1960s and ’70s when by five votes. Republicans such as New York Gov. Nelson fear of deportation. After that Republican filibuster of Rockefeller, and Sens. Charles Percy of Illi- June 15, 2012, is a day I will never for- the DREAM Act, President Obama de- nois, Howard Baker of Tennessee and Rich- get. It was personal. It was 12 years ago cided he needed to take charge. He es- ard Lugar of Indiana were running for elec- that I introduced legislation known as tablished the deferred action for child- tion and re-election. Doug Bailey worked for the DREAM Act. This bill gives immi- hood arrivals to give those DREAMers all of them, and for President Gerald Ford in grant students who grew up in this and the thousands like them across the his re-election campaign of 1976. country a chance to earn their citizen- Tennessee Republican Sen. Lamar Alex- country a chance to come out of the ander, whose gubernatorial campaign Bailey ship. I have worked hard to pass this shadows and be part of America. worked on in that era, told the National bill for 12 years. During that time it What has happened since then? In the Journal in an interview this week, ‘‘He cared has been my honor to meet hundreds of last year more than 539,000 have ap- about every person he met and every issue he the young people who would be eligible plied for DACA. So far about 365,000 ap- tackled.’’ for the DREAM Act. plications have been granted; 140,000 President Ford’s close loss to challenger I don’t know when it started, but we applications are still being considered. Jimmy Carter was hard on Doug, but what started calling them, and they called caused him to leave campaign work alto- I am proud to say my home State of Il- gether, he later told friends, was the nega- themselves, the DREAMers. They were linois has the third most DACA appli- tive tone politics started to take on in the brought to the United States as chil- cants, more than 28,000, and the third 1980s. He went on to create the Hotline, a dren. They grew up in this country, and most DACA recipients, approximately pioneering daily newsletter on campaigns they have overcome some amazing ob- 23,000 young people. It wasn’t too sur- and candidates, and later to launch a succes- stacles. They are tomorrow’s doctors, prising because shortly after the Presi- sion of projects aimed at bringing the two engineers, teachers, and soldiers. They dent announced his program, Congress- parties together, searching for the increas- are young people who will make Amer- ingly elusive common ground between the man LUIS GUTIERREZ and I held a gath- far left and the far right. ica a better country. But for most of ering at the Navy Pier, which is kind of But what I remember best about Doug Bai- their young lives they have been a seminal site in downtown Chicago. ley was his passion for getting young people trapped in a legal limbo, fearing that We invited those who wanted to turned on to politics. He refused to accept they could be deported away from their apply for this deferred action. We the idea that entire generations of Ameri- families, away from their homes, away thought: What are we going to do if 400 cans would grow up and be repelled by the from the only country they have ever or 500 people show up? Then we were thought of a life in public service. When I called home with just a knock on the first talked to him in 2005 about a rough plan worried no one would show up. We for a documentary project, traveling around door. Yet they have developed amazing didn’t know what to expect. Well, we the United States and profiling the group lives with great potential. knew the night before what was com- that has come to be known as ‘‘millennials,’’ Incidentally, we have already in- ing. The line started forming at mid- no one was more enthusiastic than Doug. vested in them. They were educated in night. At midnight these families stood He put me in touch with the surprisingly America. They have a great potential there—mom, dad, and their son or large national network of young people he to make this country even better for daughter—waiting for a chance for that knew—all leaders, many then still in college; at the same time, he urged me not to forget the future generations. It just doesn’t son or daughter to apply for this deci- to talk to young people who were not in make any sense to walk away from the sion by President Obama of deferred school. In 2007, when the project was over, talents they can bring to us. action. after two documentaries and other reports In 2010, Senator Richard Lugar of In- Many times the parents were undocu- had been aired or published, he urged me to diana and I joined together across the mented themselves and even risked de- do a sequel. Since then, and as recently as aisle to ask the Obama administration portation by showing up. But the this spring, he’s had one idea after another to grant deferred action to DREAMers. thought of saving a child in their fam- about how to engage young people in public President Obama wanted to give Con- life. In the hundreds of tweets that popped ily and giving that child a chance was up after word spread of his death, there were gress a chance to act before using his enough for them to take the risk. scores from young folks he mentored. Executive power, and he said: I know I Well, it turned out over 12,000 people Doug was not only really smart; he was have the authority, but let’s see if you showed up. We were overwhelmed. We wise. He believed politics was meant to help can pass the DREAM Act. couldn’t even come close to processing people and to make this a better country, We brought it to the floor of the Sen- the applications that were involved. We and he thought political people should work ate. I remember that day. If I am not knew then this was an idea whose time together to make that happen. He never gave mistaken, it was a Saturday, and that up on the idea. We honor his legacy by not had come. giving up either. Doug Bailey is survived by gallery was filled. It was filled with It is especially important to note the his wife Pat, their children Ed and Kate, and young people in caps and gowns who 1-year anniversary of President a grandchild. were watching the debate on the floor Obama’s announcement as we consider Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I of the Senate on the DREAM Act. We what is going on on the floor of the yield the floor and I suggest the ab- needed 60 votes because we faced a Re- Senate this week. We are debating sence of a quorum. publican filibuster. We have always comprehensive immigration reform. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The faced a Republican filibuster. The reality is that DACA is over- clerk will call the roll. Fifty-five Senators voted for it, whelmingly popular with the American The legislative clerk proceeded to which by most standards is a sufficient people. The American people—I have call the roll. majority, but not by the Senate stand- always trusted—have in their heart of

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Since he received DACA, thing wrong, violated any law, over- facing a language they couldn’t speak, Pierre was awarded one of only 10 Har- stayed a visa, whatever the cir- they would very quietly wait until my vard Presidential Public Service Fel- cumstances, it wasn’t the child, it was meeting was over and come out of the lowships so he can expand this organi- the parent. They understand the basic darkness by my car as I was leaving zation. element of justice not just in America and say, Senator, I am one of those This is Carlos Martinez. Carlos and but in life, and it is this: You don’t kids who would be helped by the his brother were brought to the United hold a child responsible for the wrong- DREAM Act. They didn’t want anyone States when he was only 9 years old. He doing of a parent. Most Americans un- to see them for fear of being deported. graduated with honors with a bachelor derstood that and want to give these But over time they came to realize of science degree in computer engineer- young people a chance. that standing up, with the courage to ing from the University of Arizona. On election day last year, Hispanic tell their stories, they risked deporta- Carlos received job offers from Intel, Americans voted overwhelmingly in tion but they put a face on this issue. IBM, and many high-tech companies, favor of President Barack Obama. It wasn’t some politician giving a but he couldn’t work because he was There were many Republican Members speech, it was a real life, and that is undocumented. So he went on to get a of Congress, including my good friend what they did. As they came forward to master’s degree in software systems Senator JOHN MCCAIN of Arizona, who tell their stories with their courage, I engineering at the University of Ari- heard that message loudly and clearly, came to the floor of the Senate. zona. After receiving DACA, Carlos is and that—in no small part—is why we I wish to take a moment now to finally able to work in America as an are considering comprehensive immi- thank a man who is sitting to my engineer. This Wednesday he will start gration reform today. Within this bill right, Joe Zogby. Joe has been a staffer a new job with IBM, a company that is the DREAM Act, and not just the on this issue from the beginning, and first tried to hire him 6 years ago when DREAM Act, but the strongest version when it passes I know he will celebrate he was undocumented. Out of more of the DREAM Act that has ever been just as I do, understanding, as I do, the than 10,000 applicants who applied to written. lives that will be impacted by this de- IBM, Carlos Martinez was 1 of only 75 It is also important to note what cision if the DREAM Act becomes the people they hired. happened to the DREAMers in the last law of the land. This is Nelson and Jhon Magdaleno. year. These young Americans were fi- These DREAMers are an amazing They came to the State of Georgia nally able to work legally in America group. The stories I told on the floor from Venezuela when Nelson was 11 and have already stepped forward to included DREAMers who grew up in 17 and Jhon was 9. Nelson and Jhon went contribute their talents. The Center for different States, from Arizona and to Georgia Tech University, one of the American Progress and the bipartisan Texas in the Southwest, Missouri and most selective engineering schools in Partnership for a New American Econ- Ohio in the Midwest, and North Caro- America. Nelson graduated with an omy has concluded that giving legal lina and Georgia in the Southeast. honors degree in computer engineering status to DREAMers will add $329 bil- These talented young people came to and Jhon is currently an honor student lion to America’s economy and create America from all over the world—19 majoring in chemical and biomolecular 1.4 million new jobs by 2030. The eco- different countries represented—and engineering. After receiving deferred nomic benefit of legalizing 11 million from every continent except Antarc- action, Jhon is working at a bio- undocumented could be even greater. tica. Yet all of them share something medical engineering lab at Georgia According to the study by the Center in common: America is their home. Tech researching glaucoma. He re- for American Progress, if comprehen- They are only asking for a chance to cently secured an internship with East- sive immigration reform becomes law, give back to their home. man Chemical Company. Nelson is now undocumented immigrants will in- Today I wish to spend a minute or working at Texas Instruments, one of crease their earnings by 15 percent over two to update the Senate on what has America’s top high-tech companies. 5 years, leading to $832 billion in eco- happened to some of these DREAMers Ola Kaso was brought to the United nomic growth and $109 billion in in- since they received DACA—this de- States from Albania at the age of 5. creased tax revenues—money that will ferred status—last year. What a superstar. Valedictorian of her be paid by the currently undocumented Angelica Hernandez was brought to high school class, she is now a pre-med immigrants who will become legally America when she was 9 years old. Two student in the honors program at the part of America in the next 10 years. It years ago, Angelica graduated from Ar- University of Michigan. Her dream is will also create an estimated 120,000 izona State University as the out- to become a surgical oncologist. Can jobs every single year—a growth en- standing senior in the mechanical engi- we use more of those? You bet. In 2011, gine. It always has been a growth en- neering department with a 4.1 GPA. I invited Ola to testify at a hearing on gine in America. This Nation of immi- Angelica just finished her first year of the DREAM Act. She was the first un- grants, when it builds on the strength graduate school at Stanford University documented immigrant to openly tes- and commitment of newcomers, is a where she is working on a master’s de- tify before the Senate. It took amazing stronger and better Nation and con- gree in civil and environmental engi- courage for this young woman. After tinues to lead the world. How could we neering with a focus on energy. Her receiving deferred action this spring, have forgotten that lesson of history? dream is to dedicate her career to de- Ola interned in the office of my col- Conservative economist Douglas veloping renewable energy. After re- league and friend Senator CARL LEVIN. Holtz-Eakin recently concluded immi- ceiving DACA, because of the Presi- This is someone those following the gration reform would actually reduce dent’s Executive order, this summer debate may recognize: Tolu Olubumni Federal deficits by $2.7 trillion, add a Angelica will work at Enphase Energy, was brought to the United States from full percentage point to our economic a solar energy startup company. Nigeria when she was a child. In 2002, growth, and raise GDP per capita by This is Pierre Berastain. Pierre and Tolu graduated with a degree in chem- approximately $1,700. his sister were brought to the United ical engineering from Washington and I started several years ago coming to States from Peru in 1998 when they Lee University in Virginia. For 10 the floor of the Senate to not just were children. Pierre didn’t speak a years—10 years after graduating from speak about the DREAM Act but to word of English when he arrived in college—Tolu couldn’t work as an engi- tell the stories of DREAMers. It was Texas, but he went on to receive a neer. She spent her time working to something I came to do because I fi- bachelor’s degree with honors from pass the DREAM Act. Since receiving nally witnessed their courage and real- Harvard University. He is currently the deferred action, Tolu is working as

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I make America stronger. But if they pass that background asked him about those DREAMers. He It was so disappointing last week check, they have to pay a substantial said they came into the Oval Office and when the Republicans in the House of fine, pay their taxes, and then learn met with him, and he said there were Representatives passed an amendment English and be monitored during the tears in everyone’s eyes as they real- to cut off funding for this program. course of 10 years—10 years—in proba- ized the opportunity these young peo- That is right. All of these young people tionary status. During that period, ple might finally get if we pass com- who have received a chance—the first they can work legally in America— prehensive immigration reform. chance ever to be part of America’s fu- they won’t be deported—and they can This is Erika Andiola. Erika was ture—would have the program shut travel without fear of being stopped at brought to our country from Mexico down by a vote last week in the House the border. Then, at the end of 10 years, when she was 11 years old. She grad- of Representatives. Supporters of this if they have met all of the standards, uated with honors from Arizona State amendment want to deport these all of the scrutiny, if they have paid with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. young people. They make no bones the fines and paid their taxes, they will Erika was the founder and president of about it. They believe they should have a chance for a 3- to 5-year path to the Arizona DREAM Act Coalition, an leave. Their belief is that if these citizenship. It is a long process. For immigration group advocating for the DREAMers are forced out of the coun- many of them, it will be a great sac- passage of the bill. She received DACA try and deported to some other coun- rifice, but they have offered great sac- and has since been working in Con- try, we will be a stronger Nation be- rifices with their lives already. gress. She is the district outreach di- cause of that. What are they thinking, On the other side, we have agreed rector for one of the Arizona delega- to lose people such as Carlos Martinez with our Republican colleagues to do tion’s newest members, Representative and Tolu Olubumni? These young peo- even more in our power to make sure KRYSTEN SINEMA. ple can make a positive difference for our border with Mexico is as strong as Now I want my colleagues to meet America. It is shameless, absolutely humanly possible and to make certain Carlos and Rafael Robles. Carlos and shameless, to play with the lives of our immigration system is changed so Rafael were brought to the United these young people. These are people we don’t face this debate every 5, 10, or States as children. They grew up in who need a chance. They don’t need to 25 years. suburban Chicago in my home State of be the victims of some political gam- I think it is a good bill. There are Illinois. They were both honor students bit. It would be bad for America’s fu- parts of it I am very proud of, some at Palatine High School and Harper ture if they leave. We couldn’t possibly parts of it I do not like at all, but that Community College. Carlos is now at- be stronger if Angelica Hernandez is the nature of a compromise, that is tending the University of Chicago ma- could not continue to work on future how you get something done. joring in education. With DACA, Carlos renewable sources of energy and Ola I look around this institution, and I can pursue his dream to become a Kaso could no longer be the researcher realize how important this issue is, but teacher and he will have the oppor- in cancer she wants to be. I also realize how important this issue tunity to student-teach in a suburban The answer is clear: We need to pass is to the Senate. If I asked the people high school in the Chicagoland area. comprehensive immigration reform on of America, what do you think about Rafael is at the University of Illinois in a bipartisan basis right here in the Congress these days, I think I would Chicago where he is majoring in archi- Senate. We have waited way too long. know the answer. Somebody said our tecture. After receiving DACA, he is For over 25 years this broken immigra- approval rating just broke double dig- working at Studio Gang Architects, an tion system has not done these people its again. We are up to 10 percent of the award-winning architectural firm in justice nor has it done America justice. American people who think we might the great city of Chicago. During the next 2 weeks the Senate be worth having. That must include a This is Jose Magana. Jose was will conclude one of its most historic lot of our relatives and close friends brought to the United States from debates on comprehensive immigration that we made it up to 10 percent. Mexico at the age of 2. He graduated reform. It has been over 4 months that We better prove something on the valedictorian of his high school. He is I have been actively involved in this floor of the Senate over the next 2 the first member of his family to at- Gang of 8—four Democrats and four Re- weeks. We better prove that we can tend college. In 2008, he graduated publican Senators. We have had over 30 work together, Democrats and Repub- summa cum laude from Arizona State sitdown meetings, face to face. Many of licans; that we will not break down and University with a major in business them went smoothly, as did the discus- fall apart over one issue or the other; management. He went on to graduate sion of the DREAM Act; some of them that we will keep our focus on getting from Baylor University Law School. not so smoothly. We disagreed, and this job done. After receiving DACA, Jose began some of the disagreements were pretty Then we need to turn to our col- working with the Mexican American vocal. At the end of the day, though, leagues and friends in the U.S. House of Legal Defense Fund, a leading civil we realized we had a larger responsi- Representatives and tell them they rights organization. This week, Jose bility that went beyond any single dif- face the same historic responsibility will be sworn in as a member of the bar ference of opinion we might have. We we faced. I have heard a lot of specula- which he was unable to do before Presi- reached a bipartisan agreement. Now tion about what might happen in the dent Obama’s Executive order 1 year the question is, can the Senate hold House. Let’s just focus on the Senate ago. that agreement together, on the floor for the next 2 weeks. Let’s do our part To hear the stories of these amazing of the Senate, when the amendment and do our job and let the American young people is to realize the benefits process begins, and next week when we people witness this process as it should immigration has always meant for face a vote. be. If we are successful at the end of America. Imagine what will happen The values and principles that under- next week and pass this legislation, when 11 million undocumented immi- lie this agreement are fundamental and then let the American people speak up grants have the opportunity to come critical. They include a path to citizen- to the Members of the House of Rep- out of the shadows and be part of ship not only for these young people resentatives. Let them hear from their America. Like these DREAMers, they but for many of their parents. They districts and the people they represent will be able to contribute even more to have to come out of the shadows, up to what they feel about the importance of this country they worked so hard to 11 million of them, and identify them- this issue when it comes to immigra- come to and worked so hard to stay in selves to a government they have tion reform. I am confident, as I said

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Her mom otherwise with in-depth economic re- created a front group that is on the ad- brought her to the Port of Baltimore, search. vertisement—they are called Ameri- put her on a train, and they linked up There is a long list of other promises. cans for a Conservative Direction, that with my grandfather in East Saint The reason I raise this is because these purports to be reflective of conserv- Louis, IL. Upstairs in my office is my were promises that we are going to im- ative thinking in America. mother’s naturalization certificate. It prove the working conditions of Ameri- I think that is a bit odd. It is odd is proudly displayed because I want cans, we are going to shift to a merit- right now that Senator RUBIO, who is people to know who I am and where I based system. That is not correct. still talking to the American people on came from. It is my story, it is my There are other promises. I made a those ads and to my constituents in family’s story, but it is America’s speech and so have others that have Alabama, is saying all of this on the ad story that the son of an immigrant can clearly demonstrated that the triggers when he has already said the bill is be standing on the floor of the Senate in the bill do not work. The triggers flawed and he cannot vote for it in its representing the great State of Illinois are supposed to say: You do not get current circumstance. I think that ad- legal status or you do not get green and speaking to the next generation of vertisement ought to be pulled. card status until these law enforce- immigrants to America and the dif- Worse, virtually everything in the ment issues are fixed, until the ille- ference they can make. ad, especially in the voiceover—not gality is fixed. The triggers are ineffec- This is our opportunity. We know Senator RUBIO—but the voiceover is tive. That has been documented. It America will be a stronger and better false. It is not an accurate description really is not disputable, in my opinion. nation when we do it. of the legislation, what it does, how it All the Secretary of Homeland Secu- Thank you, Mr. President. will work. It is just not. If it was, I rity has to do is to submit a plan that I yield the floor and suggest the ab- would be intrigued by this legislation she says will work. It does not require sence of a quorum. and would be interested in thinking it any fencing or any other actions spe- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The should set sort forth a framework that cifically. And she gets to determine clerk will call the roll. most Americans agree would be a basis whether it is working. If it does not The assistant legislative clerk pro- for immigration reform. meet the standards according to the ceeded to call the roll. So conservatives should be careful, Secretary, then a border commission is Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask no matter how sincere, in being part of established, but the border commission unanimous consent that the order for promoting legislation that we do not has no power. It can only issue a re- the quorum call be rescinded. fully understand or will not do what it port, and it dissolves in 30 days. So The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. claims it will do. A commitment to KING). Without objection, it is so or- these promises that we have a very tough plan that is guaranteed through truth is a conservative value. I like all dered. of the Gang of 8 members personally. I Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, last a series of triggers are not so. Today I will talk about the DACA have worked with them for a number of week I gave remarks on the floor that program and how that has undermined years. I truly admire Senator RUBIO. pointed out that promises made that law enforcement. Surely we can agree He is a fantastic new Member of the the immigration bill before us was a that congressional legislation is more body. I understand the goals they ar- significant move toward merit-based than salesmanship, it is more than ticulate and would support most of immigration and away from chain im- puffing, it is more than promises. Sure- those goals. So it is no pleasure for me migration—I dealt with that subject. I ly it represents a bill and a bill that to raise these uncomfortable points. am not aware that any of my com- must be read. But at this very minute, Mark ments have fundamentally been dis- The words of legislation are not a Zuckerberg and his supporters are run- puted. mere vision designed to touch our ning these ads promoting legislation as The fact is that 30 million people will hearts. It is not something that the doing something I do not believe it be given legal status as an immigrant sponsors can come in and say: We be- does. I think we should be working on on a pathway to citizenship over the lieve the American people are correct. that. I know we have had a number of next 10 years—that 30 million is three They want A, B, C, and D. We have a our colleagues, another one of my good times the current legal flow of 1 mil- bill that does it. And then nobody friends this weekend pronounced a po- lion a year, which would be 10 million reads the bill to determine whether it litical doctrine of the death spiral of a year. It would triple the number of does it. So that is what I have been try- the Republican Party. I have to tell people put on a path to permanent ing to do. you, we have a lot of people who make legal residence and citizenship. Only 2.5 Congress and the good American peo- political prognostications. But the million of those would be admitted ple do want to solve our immigration truth is who knows what political under this new, small, actually weak, problems—problems that our politi- issues will dominate in 2016 or 2020 or merit-based section of the bill. This is cians and government leaders have 2030. nowhere close to the truly effective messed up for 30 years. The American Mr. President, is there a time agree- and popular merit-based immigration people have pleaded with Congress to ment? system which Canada adopted a dec- fix this system for 30 years. Congress The PRESIDING OFFICER. Each ade—maybe more—ago and which is has failed to do so. They continue to Senator has 10 minutes to speak. being followed and adopted in other de- promise to do so but do not. Now, that Mr. SESSIONS. Thank you. I did not veloped countries around the world. is a fact. realize that. How much time is remain- Evidence has also been introduced But legislative language is the real ing? that nonimmigrant guest workers— thing. Legislation is not a vision. Leg- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- that is, those who come not for immi- islation has power—power to fix our ator has 1 minute. gration, to be a citizen and be perma- broken system or power to allow the Mr. SESSIONS. I thank the Chair. nent, but come to work for a period of lawlessness to continue. Thus, it is leg- The best politics, in my view, is to do time and return home—that group of islation, not spin, that we will be vot- the right thing for the right reason and workers will double under the legisla- ing on. A promise made by a gang is of to be able to explain what one is doing tion that is before us over current law. no value if the bill language does not cogently and honestly to the American All of this is at a time of persistently produce the results they promise. So people, and then the people will decide. high unemployment and when virtually that is the rub. That is the problem we If they do not like your decisions over all serious academics, economic ex- face. a period of time you are out. So be it.

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But it is not right to poll a cannot understand that. They cannot Let me tell you what happened on large and complex issue to find out understand how Senators and House that one weekend in one city, New what people want and then propose leg- Members can look them in the eye, can York, NY. That weekend 25 people were islation that you say fulfills their de- hear the story of their grief and do shot over the course of 48 hours. Six sires, when the legislation does not ful- nothing. people were killed over one single fill those desires. They certainly cannot understand it weekend in New York City. It started That is not the right thing to do, to after, almost to the day of the 6-month with Ivan Martinez, 21 years old, who promote good policy in America. As a anniversary, another mass shooting oc- was approached at about 3:25 a.m. on matter of fact, polls show the Amer- curred, this time on the other side of Friday night by a 20-year-old gunman ican people want enforcement before the country. We almost know the story and a woman in the Bronx. The gun- amnesty by a 4-to-1 margin. Polls also before we hear it: Mass shooting; four man shot Martinez once in the head. show a clear majority actually favor a dead; others wounded. In Newtown, we Then he ran off with the woman. lower legal flow or the same amount of did not even have to pick up the paper Over the course of the weekend, 12 legal flow into our country from immi- to know it was going to be an assault people were shot in Brooklyn, 8 people gration. weapon; it was going to be high-capac- were shot in the Bronx, 4 in Queens. It The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ity magazines, once again. went like this on Sunday night: At ator’s time has expired. Every story is a little bit different. 12:10 a.m., a 21-year-old man was shot Mr. SESSIONS. They do not favor So this one was an assault weapon that in the leg; at 2:36 a.m., a 22-year-old the huge increase of legal flow that is was partially handmade. This time man was shot three times on East New called for in this bill. Maybe later I there was a lot of ammunition that York Avenue in Brooklyn; about an will be able to talk about some of the may not have been used. But it is a hour later at 3:30, a 20-year-old man difficulties of enforcement under cur- story that gets repeated over and over: was shot in the leg at Bedford Park in rent law. Lots of people dead, assault weapon the Bronx; at 4:12 a.m. that morning, a I yield the floor. used, high-capacity magazines. 35-year-old man brought himself to Ja- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- So for those people who say we can- maica Hospital with a gunshot wound; ator from Connecticut. not do anything about it, we can. We at 11:40 a.m., a 15-year-old was shot in f can. Because we can keep these dan- the leg and the back—at 11:40 a.m., gerous, military-style weapons in the middle of the day on Sunday, a 15-year- GUN VIOLENCE hands of law enforcement and people old shot in the leg and the back. At Mr. MURPHY. Mr. President, I appre- who are hired and trained to shoot about 3:25, a gunman opened fire at the ciate the great work my colleagues, these weapons for a living. We can say corner of Bedford and Lenox at Pros- Senator DURBIN, Senator SCHUMER, that 8, 10, 15 rounds is enough, that you pect-Lefferts Gardens. Senator RUBIO, and others, have done do not need 30 rounds in a magazine, The carnage in one weekend barely on the immigration bill. I am going to you do not need 100 rounds. made news across this country. Most be pleased this week to support their We can do something about our men- people would not know it if I did not work. But I came to the floor, as I have tal health system, try to reach out and come down to the Senate floor and tell most weeks since being sworn in, to give some help to people who are strug- this story. That is what we have come talk about the issue that has domi- gling, but we do not. That is what is so to accept in this country. This rep- nated discussions in my State over the hard for the families of Newtown to un- resents a dramatic drop in gun violence past 6 months; that is, the issue of gun derstand. What is additionally hard for in New York City. So far we have had violence. them to understand is this number. 440 shootings in New York City. That is Last week we commemorated the 6- Since those 28 people were killed in a 23-percent reduction from last year. month anniversary of the deadly shoot- Newtown on December 14, 5,033 people This has been a good year in New York ing in Sandy Hook, CT, in which 20 6- have died at the hands of gun violence City, and 440 people have been shot. and 7-year-olds, first graders, were across this country. This chart is a We do nothing about it. We cannot gunned down, and 6 of their teachers, couple of days old, so we can take down even bring ourselves to say criminals including as well the gunman and his the 33 and add a handful more. should not have guns, that gun traf- mother. A lot of families came down I hope people here have gotten to un- ficking, done out of the back of vans on here last week to continue to lobby derstand the stories of people such as the side streets of the Bronx and both the House and the Senate. Jack Pinto and Dylan Hockley, Grace Brooklyn and Queens should be a The look on their face is a com- McDonnell. I hope people here have crime. We cannot even do that on the plicated look. It is clearly first and come to know the stories of the 20 lit- floor of the Senate. foremost the look of incalculable grief tle boys and girls whom we will never That weekend, maybe the most trag- as these families still try to figure out know their greatness because they ic shooting was one that didn’t end up how to live the first summer of their were cut down in their youth. in a death, and that was the shooting life without their loved one, whether it But I wish to tell some other stories, of a little girl named Tayloni Mazyck. be a first grader who would have been about the common, everyday, almost Three men opened fire in a wild epi- heading into second grade or a mother routine gun violence that for some rea- sode that weekend in Brooklyn. People or a teacher or a brother or sister. son we have decided to live with in this said it sounded as though it was the 4th But there is also, in combination country. So I am coming down here of July, so many gunshots were going with this grief, this look of shock, this every week to tell another handful of off in this neighborhood. It was likely look of shock that frankly gets worse stories about victims. Today, instead gang activity, but the consequence of every time they come down here as of telling detailed stories about spe- the shooting wasn’t a gang member, it they try to understand how this place cific victims, I wish to talk about one was a little 11-year-old girl who was could stand by and do nothing, abso- weekend in New York City. struck through her neck. The bullet lutely nothing, in the wake of the hor- About 2 weeks ago, the weekend of lodged in her spine. Although Tayloni ror that Newtown, CT, has seen. May 31 to June 2 was kind of the first lived, she will never walk again. At least we have taken a vote on the truly warm outdoor weekend we had in Listen, I grieve every single morning Senate floor. Very much like the de- the Northeast. The police, in places and every single night for the 20 little scription that Senator DURBIN gave such as New York City and Bridgeport girls and boys who died in Newtown, earlier of his attempt several years ago and Hartford, have come to dread that CT. If that is what has prompted us to

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People are erence to the DREAM Act that he has Council, the union representing the getting shot in the middle of broad worked hard on. It does present, for the 12,000 USCIS adjudication officers who daylight on a Sunday afternoon. We most part, some of the most sympa- were supposed to adjudicate these mat- can do something about it. We don’t thetic claims for some sort of legaliza- ters, issued a press release reporting ‘‘a have the power to eliminate gun vio- tion in the country. The reason Con- 99.5 percent approval rating for all ille- lence, we can’t make bad people stop gress rejected his legislation is because gal alien applications for legal status doing bad things, but we can pass com- it overreached, in my opinion, which is filed under the Obama administration’s monsense laws such as background not necessarily to say that it would new deferred action for childhood ar- checks to check if criminals are get- have passed had it been more narrowly rivals, DACA, policies.’’ ting guns or people with serious, dan- drafted. He reported a 99.5-percent approval. gerous mental illness. We can increase It did not pass, but the President of He attributed the exceptionally high the resources of social workers and the United States did it anyway. The approval rate to policies implemented psychologists to try to reach some of President of the United States just did by the Department of Homeland Secu- these kids to try to teach them other it anyway. He issued a directive to rity leadership that essentially made it ways of dealing with their anger than Federal law enforcement officers: impossible to make any real effort to going in and reaching for a gun. We can Don’t enforce this law, this law, and eliminate fraud or identify dangerous lock up anybody who takes a bunch of this law. Instead, do it as we tell you criminal aliens. guns from a gun show, throws them to. He goes on to say: into a sack and sells them to criminals That comes from the President to the DHS and USCIS leadership have inten- on the streets of New York, Bridgeport, Secretary of Homeland Security, to tionally established an application process Los Angeles, or Chicago. John Morton, and all the supervisors for DACA applicants that bypasses tradi- We are not helpless. We have power down to the officers. tional in-person investigatory interviews in this place to do something about the Officers are up in arms about this. with trained USCIS adjudications officers. mass shootings in Newtown, the mass The ICE officers who enforce these laws These practices were put in place to stop proper screening and enforcement. shootings in Santa Monica, and the have voted no confidence in Mr. John 5,033 people who have died across this Morton. Today Mr. Morton announced He is saying the new policies that country since December 14, in the 6 his resignation after quite a long time eliminate the interviews ‘‘were put in months since. It is not too late. We being the center of this controversy. place to stop proper screening and en- have a chance to come back to this ICE officers said they had no con- forcement, and guarantee that applica- floor after immigration, perhaps after fidence in him. He basically spent his tions will be rubber-stamped for ap- the summer, let cooler heads prevail time promoting amnesty, meeting with proval, a practice that virtually guar- and allow this body to do something special-interest groups, not helping antees widespread fraud and places about the scourge of gun violence that them do their job, and directing them public safety at risk.’’ so far this place has had no answer for. not to do what the law plainly required That is a pretty gutsy thing to say It causes the families of Newtown and them to do. It put them in an unten- for a person who works in the Depart- the families of these victims to leave able position of having to follow their ment of Homeland Security about his this place shaking their heads. boss’s political direction and violate supervisors. I am sure he gave great I yield the floor, and I suggest the ab- their oath to follow the law. thought to that. sence of a quorum. Indeed, and amazingly, the law en- This press statement goes on to say: The PRESIDING OFFICER. The forcement officers filed a lawsuit The attitude of USCIS management— clerk will call the roll. These are the political appointees. Mr. SESSIONS. I ask unanimous con- against Secretary Napolitano and Mr. is not that the agency serves the American sent that the order for the quorum call Morton. They are claiming they are public or the laws of the United States, or be rescinded. being forced to violate the law. public safety and national security, but in- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The judge has allowed this case to go stead that the agency serves illegal aliens objection, it is so ordered. forward, and it is being reviewed. It is and the attorneys which represent them. in court right now. I never heard, as a While we believe in treating all people with f federal prosecutor of nearly 15 years, of respect, we are concerned that this agency IMMIGRATION REFORM such a thing where the officers are tasked with such a vital security mission is suing their supervisors who won’t let too greatly influenced by special interest Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ear- groups—to the point that it no longer prop- lier reported on some points in speech- them follow plain law. This is the prob- erly performs its mission. es I had made about some of the prom- lem we are dealing with. That is a strong statement. It should ises from the Gang of 8 concerning the Over a year ago, as Senator DURBIN be something we listen to as we evalu- legislation they have offered and why mentioned earlier, the Obama adminis- ate whether we need to give more dis- they are not fulfilled in their bill; for tration implemented a backdoor am- cretion to these supervisors when we example, the triggers, and the merit- nesty for an estimated 1.7 million, a pass a new bill. based movement they claim is signifi- Pew estimate, illegal immigrants Mr. Palinkas sent a letter to Con- cant in their legislation. I believe both through a program called the Deferred gress on June 5 of this year, a few of those are inaccurate. Action for Childhood Arrivals, the weeks ago, reiterating his concerns in Today I wanted to point out how gov- DACA Program. It covers aliens who light of S. 744. ernment officials are refusing to en- entered the country illegally when He wrote and said this bill ‘‘would force our current law and the unease they were under the age of 16 and not lead to the rubber-stamping of millions that causes all of us. This bill does not older than 31 as of June 15, 2012. of applications for both amnesty and fix that problem but gives even more Congress dealt with legislation to future admissions, putting the public power and discretion to the political that effect and rejected it. It did not safety and the taxpayer at risk.’’ appointees to waive, moderate, and get pass it. According to the published De- He further stated: around the enforcement requirements partment of Homeland Security guide- of this new bill. These are the require- lines, each DACA applicant is required In addition to the impossible time constraints imposed on each and every adjudi- ments of enforcement that our bill’s to submit biographic and biometric in- cator to complete our assigned workloads, sponsors say are important and must formation along with other informa- we are currently lacking the manpower, happen, but the bill does not require it tion to prove they are eligible for the training, and office space to accomplish our to happen in many different places. program. mission and achieve what our jobs demand.

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The documents re- It also requires the Secretary to col- Gang of 8 than the issue of identifying veal the administration has abandoned lect biometric, biographic, and other people who may be a threat to public official background check procedures data the Secretary deems appropriate safety—criminals who may have war- in order to keep up with the hundreds for use in conducting ‘‘national secu- rants out for them and who may have of thousands of amnesty applications rity and enforcement clearances,’’ been arrested or served time for felo- under the program. which is left undefined. nies. We need to know that. They are not supposed to be given status if they For example, according to a Sep- Knowing the administration is so de- have been convicted of a felony. tember 17, 2012, e-mail from Associate termined to accelerate these other Regional Director for Operations Gary This is despite what we learned from clearances, we can assume they would the 1986 amnesty. The failure to con- Garman, field offices could expect the not be following strictly any of the law benefits center to conduct just ‘‘lean & duct adequate background checks in as it would be passed. This is why our 1986 and vet for national security light’’ background checks with only law enforcement officers are concerned random samples of modified cases threats enabled both criminals and ter- about the bill. This is what is causing rorists to be legalized. A 2009 report by being sent to the field for verification. them angst. It goes on to say about the inad- the Homeland Security Institute, pre- If the administration does not cur- pared at the request of the USCIS Om- equacy of the applications submitted rently do even minimum interviews for amnesty under the ‘‘lean & light’’ budsman in anticipation of immigra- under the DACA Program they are not tion reform concluded: system, St. Paul Field Director Sharon going to do it in the future when we Cooley e-mailed staffers in October of The potential volume of new cases gen- have 11 million people being cleared. erated by immigration reform legislation last year with the following observa- These clearances should include checks could overwhelm USCIS capabilities and cation: against Federal and State law enforce- pacities. As you are already aware the [applica- ment databases, both biometric and I think that is true. The report also tions] will not be as complete and interview biographic, including the Department warned: ready as we are used to seeing. This is a temporary situation—I just can’t tell you when of Homeland Security and FBI data- It is important to recognize that every in- things will revert back to the way things bases, the consolidated watch list, and eligible illegal immigrant who comes across used to be. ‘‘lookout,’’ and the biometric immigra- the border during the preparation and implementation phases of any new legalization That is the kind of situation we are tion databases. They are there to identify people who may be in violation of program intending to apply for legal status in today. Then, on November 9, 2012, entails yet another possible fraudulent appli- last November, the entire agency was the law, have warrants out for their ar- cation for a limited number of adjudicators directed to halt all background checks. rest for murder, drug dealing, or rob- to weed out. It is unknown how long USCIS stopped bery, and are on a terrorist watch list. In other words, we are going to have conducting background checks, but ap- That is why we have these systems. people coming right now—the immi- parently they did. They may still be I offered an amendment during the gration flow has picked up dramati- approving applications without back- Judiciary Committee markup that cally—once they hear amnesty is afoot. ground checks. would have mandated those checks as If we don’t have any ability to do the We must conduct background checks well as allowed for electronic filing of kind of fundamental checking here, ev- to protect against public safety and na- applications so that information could erybody will be successful and fraudu- tional security threats. We can say be easily checked against the law en- lent applications will be cleared in that we want to move people out of the forcement electronic data bases. It large numbers. shadows, but if we don’t complete the would have required in-person inter- The bill does not require the Sec- necessary background checks, those views where national security or public retary to interview a single amnesty who are criminals or terrorists would safety concerns arise, not interviewing applicant, including those who might be out of the shadows, and hiding in everybody—although we really prob- pose a national security risk. Even the broad daylight with the absolute pro- ably should interview everybody. But 2007 comprehensive immigration re- tection of legal immigration status. We my amendment just said for those form bill mandated in-person inter- should not transform them from the where national security or public safe- views, with terrorism concerns being shadows to legal status without some ty concerns arise. one of the reasons. The 1986 amnesty sort of serious analysis of who they Under this legislation, the Secretary required face-to-face interviews, but no are, as the USCIS adjudicators and ICE doesn’t have to interview a single am- routine interviews are being conducted officers tell us. nesty applicant. But my amendment under the President’s DACA Program— If nobody is checking, nobody is was rejected. This is a quote from the his amnesty for those who came here digging into it, then this will become a bill’s lead sponsor, Senator SCHUMER, as teenagers—and there is no reason to common thing. They will just submit when talking about requiring such expect there will be anything done in some false documentation, nobody will safeguards being unacceptable because this program either, which is 22 times look at it, and they are home free. they would ‘‘slow things down dramati- larger. That is not the way we should be doing cally. It will be impossible—it could Interviews are very important. Not this. It is the kind of sliding, slipping take a year, 18 months, 2 years before interviewing applicants for admission away from real enforcement that has this would be effectuated. We hope that to the country facilitated the 9/11 hi- helped put us in the fix we are in most folks could get in[to] within 6 jackers, hundreds of terrorists who today. months.’’ have entered the country since the This is troubling because the bill of So I would say this is the plan: We 1990s, and most recently was a contrib- the Gang of 8 gives Secretary Napoli- say we have an effective background uting factor to the Boston Marathon tano the discretion to determine the check system for all those who are terrorist attack. The 9/11 Commission specifics of the amnesty application going to be applying to be put on a concluded that: process for the entire 11 million people guaranteed path to citizenship. We say There were opportunities to stop both who will be given legal status in the to the American people we have a sys- World Trade Center pilots in secondary country, including the responsibility or tem, while failing to require any of interviews at the border. That did not hap- that in any effective way. pen. We also know that not having a fifth the discretion to determine the specific man on the Pennsylvania flight mattered as information required of the applicant; Mr. President, I don’t know, do we well. Al-Kahtani’s turn-around at Orlando the form of the application, paper or have a time limit on these remarks? I International Airport after an extensive sec- electronic—and electronic ought to be see some of my colleagues here. ondary interview meant there were only four

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This one secondary interview prompted by two astute lates their sworn oath to not disclose be put in the right context. border inspectors in Orlando determined how classified information and then leaks As a side note, let me just simply many hijackers the passengers had to fight national security documents that com- say, Mr. President, that it is ironic on Flight 93. promise our intelligence operations that a lot of American private compa- Press reports indicate that Boston and harm our country’s ability to pre- nies seem to have more information bomber Tamarlan Tsarneav was vent future terrorist attacks should about us than the government does. watchlisted, but because of a ‘‘down- neither be called a hero nor a whistle- They may have a phone number, but grade’’ on the watchlist, he was not blower. What Snowden has done bor- many of the private companies know placed in a secondary interview when ders on treason, and I believe he should what we like to eat, where we shop, he returned from six months in Russia be prosecuted to the fullest extent of what we like to wear, what movies we in 2011. If Tsarneav had been inter- the law. order, where we like to vacation, and viewed, and even slightly questioned Mr. President, it is no secret we have we are flooded with marketing at- about where he had been and why, a serious trust deficit in this country tempts to use the information they knowing he was already watchlisted, with the Federal Government. I under- have collected against us. then he could well have been further stand the concerns and the fears of my But that is not what the NSA is interviewed by the FBI’s Joint Ter- constituents and the American people doing under these programs and the rorism Task Force. Because the bill relative to some of the things that programs in question. These programs does not require basic checks, the bill have occurred here that lead them to are in place solely for the purpose of will continue to allow terrorists and question their trust in their elected of- detecting communications between criminals to exploit weaknesses in our ficials or in their government. terrorists who are operating outside of immigration system and use it to gain There has been a series of scandals our country but communicating with legal status. over the past several months, including operatives potentially within the Indeed, the bill specifically permits but not limited to the IRS targeting United States. the Secretary to streamline applica- conservative groups, the actions of At- The intelligence community neither tions for adjustment of status of those torney General Eric Holder, and the has the time nor the inclination nor who were recipients of the administra- ever-changing responses from this ad- the authority to track people’s Inter- tion’s DACA initiative. In fact, in the ministration regarding the attacks on net activity or pry into their private Justice Department’s brief recently Americans in Benghazi. We still don’t lives. Even if someone is suspected, by filed in Crane v. Napolitano, in which have the full story, and the narrative the way, of a phone call match with a ICE agents have sued DHS leadership keeps bouncing around with change foreign terrorist and someone residing over policies that they believe require after change after change. So I under- or living in America and suspected of them to violate the law and their oath, stand this distrust the American peo- having a link to terrorism, the govern- the Obama administration made clear ple have about anything that comes ment can go no further than the court that it believes it ‘‘inherently’’ has al- out of Washington, DC. to get an order to investigate any most unbridled discretion in the mat- A lot of this is being fueled by other information or material about ter of immigration enforcement. It mischaracterizations and misrepresen- them. And let’s not forget why these even argued that the federal court has tations in the media, grabbing onto programs are there in the first place. no jurisdiction to review or question whatever is said in the Guardian. Of Following the tragic attacks on Sep- DHS’s decisions. The court disagreed. course, the Guardian says, and people tember 11, 2001, America realized it This bill surrenders to the executive hear: This is what is happening to your needed to greatly improve our intel- branch’s overreach. In fact, many pro- country. This is what is happening ligence efforts and communications visions inexplicably weaken the law with your government. They are vio- among our agencies—we were facing a with regard to future illegal immigra- lating your civil rights and violating different kind of war. This wasn’t two tion and we are going to talk more your privacy. But none of us stand for States lining up against each other. about that as this debate continues. If that, nor will we stand for that. But in This wasn’t addressing wars from the this bill is going to secure the border their rush to be the first to break the past. This was a whole new way that and end illegal immigration ‘‘once and news of the NSA or other classified enemies were attacking Americans on for all’’ as its sponsors say it will, programs, to break it first online or on our homeland. We needed to modernize these provision that weaken law en- the air, the media has fueled this dis- our approach, and we needed to con- forcement must be removed. trust of the American people by mis- nect the dots before a terrorist attack The American people rightly expect representing the facts. occurred again at the level of 9/11 or their government to enforce the laws Contrary to what some news reports others. enacted by Congress and keep its prom- and other sources have said, let me say In fact, had these programs been ises. But given this administration’s this for the record: The government is available to NSA before that Sep- refusal to enforce the laws currently on not and cannot indiscriminately listen tember date, I believe we could have the books, the American people have in on any Americans’ phone calls. It is identified some or all of the hijackers. no reason to believe that the loopholes, not targeting the e-mails of innocent When one of the September 11 hijack- waivers and discretion granted to the Americans. It is not indiscriminately ers called a contact in Yemen from San administration will not be used, as collecting the content of their con- Diego, we could have identified them they are being used now, to reduce en- versations. And it is not tracking the through this program. We could have forcement and public safety. location of innocent Americans prevented the terrorists from boarding The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- through cell towers or their cell those planes and blowing up the World ator’s time has expired. phones. Trade Center, striking the Pentagon, Mr. SESSIONS. I thank the Chair. There are civil liberties and privacy crashing into a field in Pennsylvania, I yield the floor. protections built into this program and killing thousands of Americans. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- that are now being released in great de- These programs connect the dots and ator from Indiana. tail, and it is important the American have successfully thwarted dozens of f people understand those and know terrorist attacks. They are some of the what they are. We have to understand most effective tools available to pro- NSA SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS this careful balancing act between protect our country from terrorist organi- Mr. COATS. Mr. President, I come to tecting classified methods and sources zations like al-Qaida. the floor today to discuss recent na- to the detriment of losing that infor- That is why I find it so troubling and, tional security leaks by a former NSA mation, losing lives, identifying frankly, irresponsible for the media contractor by the name of Edward sources, and compromising programs, and others to distort the nature of

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In the end, these programs rely on lative assistant for Senator Jeff Binga- ney for New Mexico since April 2010. the trust of the American people. And man. His elevation to lead that office fol- with that trust lacking today, I am He began his career as a Federal lowed more than a decade of service asking my fellow Members of Congress, prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Of- there as an assistant U.S. attorney. I as well as the media, to fact-check first fice for the District of New Mexico in would like to highlight at least one of before mischaracterizing programs 1999, prosecuting a wide range of Fed- his many accomplishments that I find that save lives. eral offenses, including narcotics and particularly important. I believe we can—and we must—pro- violent crime cases. He holds the rank I think Ken’s efforts as U.S. attorney tect both security and liberty when it of major as a judge advocate in the demonstrate not only his character and comes to counterterrorism efforts, and U.S. Army Reserve, which he joined in his intellect but the dedication that he I believe these programs do just that. September 2001. He has provided crit- has to serving his home State and Mr. President, I yield the floor. ical legal assistance to hundreds of ac- making it a better place for all our f tive and retired soldiers and spouses, residents. both here and overseas. In 2008 he was Much of New Mexico is Indian Coun- CONCLUSION OF MORNING called to Active Duty as a part of Oper- try for which the U.S. attorney has the BUSINESS ation Enduring Freedom, where he was responsibility to prosecute criminal ac- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under stationed at Fort Bragg and served as a tivity. Ken has taken the initiative to the previous order, morning business is senior trial counsel. reorganize and focus the U.S. attor- closed. Mr. Gonzales has been an exemplary ney’s resources to more effectively U.S. attorney for the District of New combat the higher-than-average rates f Mexico. He oversees a broad array of of violent crime, sexual assault, and EXECUTIVE SESSION criminal and civil cases. sexual abuse that have plagued Indian f I would also like to note that he has Country. made Indian Country a priority in the This includes creating the first In- NOMINATION OF LUIS FELIPE U.S. Attorney’s Office, making a real dian Country Crime Section within any RESTREPO TO BE UNITED difference in prosecuting cases of vio- U.S. Attorney Office. This section in- STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR lence against native women and chil- cludes a team of lawyers responsible THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF dren. for pursuing felony offenses on tribal PENNSYLVANIA Not surprisingly, his advice and lands. The office is also collaborating f counsel are highly valued. He serves on with tribal prosecutors to investigate NOMINATION OF KENNETH JOHN the Attorney General’s Advisory Com- and prosecute domestic violence in GONZALES TO BE UNITED mittees on Native American Issues, on more than 20 pueblos and tribes located STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR the Southwest Border and Immigration throughout the State of New Mexico. THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO Issues, on the Environmental and Nat- This is just one example of Ken’s ural Resources Working Group, and is a work, but throughout his career Ken The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under member of the Tenth Circuit Advisory has shown a dedication to serving the the previous order, the Senate will pro- Council. people of New Mexico. It is the sum of ceed to executive session to consider He is also a member of the New Mex- all his efforts and accomplishments the following nominations, which the ico Hispanic Bar Association. If con- that make me believe he will make an clerk will report. firmed, he will join only 58 other His- outstanding addition to the Federal The legislative clerk read the nomi- panic active district court judges—less bench, and I am pleased that today we nations of Luis Felipe Restrepo, of than 10 percent of the country’s 677 dis- are at the final step toward getting Pennsylvania, to be United States Dis- trict court judgeships. him here. trict Judge for the Eastern District of Mr. Gonzales is esteemed for his di- The process for getting to the Fed- Pennsylvania and verse experience, for his even tempera- eral bench is a long road to travel. The Kenneth John Gonzales, of New Mex- ment, and for his integrity. From a Judiciary Committee’s leadership from ico, to be United States District Judge young man dreaming of going to col- both sides of the aisle takes seriously for the District of New Mexico. lege, to his life in public service, his its responsibility to ensure that every The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under story is one of great determination and nominee is fit to serve. I want to say a the previous order, there will be 30 commitment. He has shown a reverence special thanks to Senator LEAHY and minutes of debate equally divided and for and dedication to the law through- Senator GRASSLEY for working to- controlled in the usual form. out his career. gether and with Senator UDALL and The Senator from New Mexico. I urge his confirmation. I know Ken myself to get Ken through this process. Mr. UDALL of New Mexico. Mr. Gonzales will serve New Mexico well on As the vetting process surely showed, President, I am pleased to rise today to the Federal bench. Ken has the knowledge, temperament, strongly support the confirmation of Mr. President, I yield the floor. and integrity to serve on the Federal Kenneth Gonzales for U.S. district The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- bench. I have no doubt that he will dis- judge for the District of New Mexico. ator from New Mexico. tinguish himself there, as he has Mr. Gonzales is an exceptional nomi- Mr. HEINRICH. Mr. President, I throughout his entire legal career. nee with an impressive range of legal would like to take a few minutes to I strongly support his nomination, experience and expertise. He was also speak about the nomination of and I urge all of my colleagues to do unanimously confirmed by the Senate Kenneth Gonzales to be a Federal dis- the same. as the U.S. attorney for the District of trict judge for the District of New Mex- Mr. President, I yield the floor. New Mexico in 2010. But he is more ico. ∑ Mr. TOOMEY. Mr. President, I wish than just his resume, remarkable as it Ken, as he is known back home to to offer my full support for the nomi- is. He is also an inspiring American many of us, is truly a standout nomination of Judge Luis Felipe Restrepo story. nee. I wish I could take credit for his to serve as U.S. District Judge for the Mr. Gonzales grew up in the Pojoaque nomination, but that credit belongs to Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Valley in the northern part of our our former U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman Before I begin, I wish to take this op- State. He was the first in his family to and to our senior Senator TOM UDALL. portunity to thank Chairman LEAHY graduate from college. With the help of But I want to thank both of them for and Senator GRASSLEY for helping fa- scholarships and grants, he received his putting forward such a great candidate cilitate Judge Restrepo’s confirmation

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He went on to Fisk Uni- ators who are complaining that he was candidates. Over the past 21⁄2 years, we versity to get a degree in religion and not sending up nominees now say he is have worked together to identify and philosophy and volunteered for sit-ins sending up too many. My friends on the recommend eight candidates, seven of in Nashville to break the first sit-in on other side of the aisle are saying: You whom have been confirmed. The people lunch counters in the history of that are not sending up enough, but you are of Pennsylvania value this bipartisan city. sending up too many. I think maybe spirit and I am pleased our joint efforts This year marks the 50th anniversary the American people see the fallacy of have led to today’s consideration of of what is called the Big Six in civil that argument. Judge Restrepo. rights. As I am sure the Presiding Offi- Having been unfairly criticized in Judge Restrepo currently serves as a cer will remember, it was 50 years ago connection with the nomination of Federal magistrate judge for the U.S. this August that Martin Luther King Judge Srinivasan, with some Senate District Court for the Eastern District led a march in Washington and gave Republicans saying: Why didn’t you get of Pennsylvania. A native of Columbia, his great speech, ‘‘I Have a Dream’’ at him up here earlier for a vote, even he was raised in Northern Virginia and the Lincoln Memorial. There were six though Republicans had asked us to received his citizenship in 1993. A grad- great civil rights leaders then. There is delay him, I have learned from that uate of the University of Pennsylvania, only one left, and that is JOHN ROBERT that when cooperating and delaying at he went on to earn his J.D. from LEWIS. He is my friend, he is my com- their request, I am going to get criti- Tulane School of Law. patriot, and our lives have paralleled cized for delaying, so going forward I Judge Restrepo brings a strong each other all the way through. will be making every effort to schedule record as an attorney in both the pub- JOHN introduced me when I was first prompt hearings for these impressive lic and private sector, which helps ex- elected to the U.S. House of Represent- nominees, each of whom received the plain why he merited a unanimous atives, and I was honored for that in- highest possible rating of ‘‘well quali- ‘‘Well Qualified’’ rating from the troduction. This year I joined JOHN on fied’’ from the nonpartisan ABA Stand- American Bar Association. After work- the 50th anniversary of the crossing of ing Committee on the Federal Judici- ing as a public defender, he then prac- the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, ary. We have three people with the ticed law at the law firm of Krasner & AL, the historic march, the bloody highest possible rating. Restrepo, focusing on criminal defense march on Bloody Sunday, which turned The last time we had someone for the and civil rights litigation. After 13 around the Voting Rights Act, saw to DC Circuit, even though Republicans years in the private sector, Judge it that every American got equal ac- kept saying: Let’s delay, keep delay- Restrepo was selected to be a Federal cess to vote, and changed the history of ing—and I did so at their request—and magistrate judge and has served the our country. they criticized me for delaying, here we public in this capacity for 7 years. It is an honor and a privilege for me are and we are going forward with Aside from his legal duties, Judge to honor JOHN today on this 50th anni- them. Restrepo has devoted significant time versary of the crossing of the Edmund Frankly, I voted for a lot of Presi- to his community. In addition to his Pettus Bridge and honor a career that dent Bush’s nominees. In fact, I would involvement with the Make-A-Wish has been dedicated to liberty and free- say I voted for 97 or 98 percent of all Foundation, he established the Police/ dom for all Americans. Republican nominees over 38 years. I Barrio project, which focuses on im- JOHN recently suffered the loss of his voted for more Republican judicial proving the relationship between the beautiful wife Lillian. She is survived nominees than any Republican pres- Police Department and Latino Commu- by their son John Miles Lewis. JOHN is ently in the Senate. There is no Repub- nity in Philadelphia. a great leader to this day on the floor lican in the Senate who has voted for I am very confident that Judge of the House, a great leader for the more Republican nominees of Repub- Restrepo’s judicial experience, legal State of Georgia, and one with whom I lican Presidents, nominees for judge- acumen, and dedication to public serv- am pleased to serve as Senator. ships, than I have. So I do not need a ice will serve him well should he be History has many heroes, as we all lecture about holding things up. confirmed for the Federal bench. I am know—their pictures and their carv- I have consulted with the ranking pleased to support this highly qualified ings are all over this Capitol. But none Republican on the committee and in- nominee and I urge my colleagues to is greater than one who has sacrificed formed him that I plan to notice the vote for his confirmation.∑ their life for the rights of others and first hearing for July 10. That gives Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I for everyone to enjoy the same rights plenty of time for everybody to read all suggest the absence of a quorum. that everyone else in America has. the nominee’s materials. We will be on The PRESIDING OFFICER. The JOHN LEWIS is such a person. I am hon- vacation for the Fourth of July week; clerk will call the roll. ored to recognize him with this resolu- they can read it during vacation. That Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, I ask tion. will be 36 days since the nominations unanimous consent that the order for Mr. President, I yield for the distin- and on a slightly slower timeline than the quorum call be rescinded. guished Senator from Vermont. we followed for the more recent con- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- firmation of the nominee to the Eighth objection, it is so ordered. ator from Vermont. Circuit. I am delighted to include the Mr. ISAKSON. I ask permission to Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, on the nomination of Patricia Millett of Vir- speak for 3 minutes as if in morning question of nominations, I attended ginia, who should have broad bipar- business. President Obama’s announcement of tisan support, in our July 10 confirma- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the nomination to the DC Circuit a tion hearing. objection, it is so ordered. couple of weeks ago. I have heard some It is disappointing that the same Re- CONGRESSMAN JOHN ROBERT LEWIS of my colleagues on the Republican publican Senators who said during the Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, I rise side being very critical of the Presi- George W. Bush administration that proudly today to speak to a resolution dent for not sending nominations for the DC Circuit should have 11 filled that I have submitted in the Senate judicial vacancies to the Senate, even judgeships and who voted to confirm commending JOHN ROBERT LEWIS, Con- though when he has, some of them President Bush’s nominees for the 9th, gressman, from the city of Atlanta, have held them up for 6 months to a 10th and 11th seats, now that there is a civil rights leader in the 1960s and year before they then vote overwhelm- Democratic President of the United 1950s, and my personal friend. ingly for the person. They hold him up States in the White House, they say no,

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Yes, cancies with nominees from their home The Washington Post’s ‘‘Fact Check- lower than the D.C. Circuit. I do not re- states, over opposition from their own er’’ blog has also looked at the argu- call seeing any bills from Senate Re- Republican Senate caucus, are ready to ments about the D.C. Circuit’s caseload publicans to eliminate the Oklahoma tow their party’s line when it comes to that Senate Republicans are using to and Iowa judgeships. the D.C. Circuit. justify their attempt to eliminate This falls into a pattern that we have Following President Obama’s reelec- three seats on that court, and has seen from Senate Republicans over the tion, Senate Republicans are even pro- judged them worthy of two past 20 years. While they had no prob- posing to eliminate those D.C. Circuit ‘‘Pinocchios,’’ meaning: ‘‘Significant lem adding a twelfth seat to the D.C. judgeships legislatively. Their claims omissions and/or exaggerations. Some Circuit in 1984, and voting for Presi- of concern about the caseloads of the factual error may be involved but not dent Reagan’s and President George Second and Eleventh Circuits but not necessarily. A politician can create a H.W. Bush’s nominees for that seat, the most overburdened Ninth Circuit false, misleading impression by playing they suddenly ‘‘realized’’ in 1995, when are difficult to reconcile with their with words and using legalistic lan- a Democrat served as President, that votes for President Bush’s D.C. Circuit guage that means little to ordinary the Court did not need that judge. nominees. As one scholar at the non- people.’’ Judge Merrick Garland was finally con- partisan Brookings Institution has Senate Republicans should know that firmed in 1997 after President Clinton said, this ‘‘fooled no one who was pay- their argument about the D.C. Circuit’s was reelected but Senate Republicans ing attention.’’ caseload is misleading. While they would not act on his final two nomi- I cannot help but wonder where Sen- claim expertise in the matter because nees to the D.C. Circuit. ate Republicans’ concern about the of a hearing they held in 1995, the fact In 2002, during the George W. Bush caseload of the Second Circuit was is that their current claims fly in the administration, the D.C. Circuit’s case- when they needlessly delayed the con- face of the actual testimony from that load had dropped to its lowest level in firmation of Gerard Lynch for three hearing. They are fond of citing the the last 20 years. During that Repub- months; when they needlessly delayed testimony of Judge Laurence Silber- lican administration, Senate Repub- the confirmation of Raymond Lohier man, a Reagan appointee, that he felt licans had no problem voting to con- for seven months; when they needlessly the 12th seat was not necessary. What firm President Bush’s nominees to the delayed the confirmation of Susan Car- Senate Republicans do not mention is ninth, tenth and eleventh seats. These ney for five months; when they un- that Judge Silberman believed that 11 are the same seats they wish to elimi- fairly stalled the nomination of Judge judgeships was the proper number on nate now that Barack Obama is Presi- Robert Chatigny and then needlessly that Circuit, and that the notion that dent, even though the Court’s current delayed the confirmation of the next the D.C. Circuit should have only nine caseload is consistent with the average Connecticut nominee, Chris Droney, judges was ‘‘quite farfetched.’’ Judge over the past 10 years. Even on its own for four months; or when they need- Silberman also said that ‘‘the unique terms, it is apparent that this argu- lessly delayed the confirmation of nature of the D.C. Circuit’s caseload’’ ment has nothing to do with caseload, Denny Chin for four months and forced means that it is not directly com- and everything to do with who is Presi- the Majority Leader to file cloture to parable to the other circuit courts. dent. When Senate Republicans get se- get a confirmation vote. Even though their own witness contra- rious about ensuring our Federal I wonder where their concern about dicted them, 18 years later Senate Re- courts are adequately staffed, I am the caseload of the Eleventh Circuit publicans continue to make their par- more than happy to work with them on was when they needlessly delayed the tisan argument. In addition, we elimi- a long-overdue judgeship bill. But this confirmation of Beverly Martin for nated that twelfth seat years ago. selective concern about the D.C. Cir- four months, or when they needlessly In its April 5, 2013 letter, the Judicial cuit, and the fact that in 2008 the mi- delayed the confirmation of Adalberto Conference of the United States, nority blocked a Judiciary Committee Jordan for four months and forced a chaired by Chief Justice John Roberts, hearing on ‘‘The Growing Need for Fed- cloture vote before his confirmation. I sent us recommendations ‘‘based on eral Judgeships,’’ does not reflect such am prepared to help alleviate concern our current caseload needs.’’ They did seriousness. about the caseload of the Eleventh Cir- not recommend stripping judgeships I urge those Republicans who say cuit by scheduling a hearing on the from the D.C. Circuit but stated that first that the President is not moving nomination of Jill Pryor, a ‘‘well quali- they should continue at 11. Three are fast enough and then, when he does fied’’ nominee from Georgia to the currently vacant. According to the Ad- move, say he is moving too fast, to re- Court, if her home State Senators ministrative Office of U.S. Courts, the consider their approach, work with the would return their blue slips indicating caseload per active judge for the D.C. President, and let’s have fair hearings that they do not object to her nomina- Circuit has actually increased by 46 on these three nominees and go for- tion going forward. percent since 2005, when the Senate ward with them. If we do, I am con- The American people are not fooled. confirmed President Bush’s nominee to fident we will agree that they are well- Senate Republicans are now playing by fill the eleventh seat on the D.C. Cir- qualified judicial nominees. a different set of rules. Politifact has cuit. When the Senate confirmed RESTREPO AND GONZALES NOMINATIONS looked at their argument that Presi- Thomas Griffith—President Bush’s Last week the Senate failed to com- dent Obama is trying to ‘‘pack’’ the nominee to the eleventh seat—in 2005, plete action on one of the three nomi- D.C. Circuit, and rated it ‘‘false.’’ It the confirmation resulted in there nations pending for vacancies in the goes on to note that the Republican being approximately 121 pending cases Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Even bill to eliminate D.C. Circuit judge- per active D.C. Circuit judge. Accord- though Senate Democrats had expe- ships ‘‘comes closer to the kind of ing to the most recent data, there are dited three of President Bush’s nomi- structural meddling typical of court currently 177 pending cases for each ac- nees to that court, confirming them all packing than does Obama’s approach.’’ tive judge on the D.C. Circuit, 46 per- by voice vote just 1 day after they had In the last 30 years, Republican presi- cent higher. been reported by the Judiciary Com- dents have appointed 15 of the last 19 Further, concerns about low case- mittee, Senate Republicans refused to judges named to the D.C. Circuit. Now loads did not bother Senate Repub- do the same for President Obama’s that these three vacancies exist during licans voting this past February to nominees. They refused even though all a Democratic presidency, Senate Re- confirm a Tenth Circuit nominee from three had the bipartisan support of publicans are trying to use legislation Oklahoma, giving that Court the low- their home State Senators and the

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The non- ing the facts on judicial nominations. delay, the Senate will finally vote on partisan Congressional Research Serv- Today, we will confirm two more nomi- the nomination of Judge Luis ice has noted that it will require 31 nees. I would note that we confirmed Restrepo, more than 100 days after he more district and circuit confirmations two judges just 4 days ago. was voted out of the Judiciary Com- this year to match President Bush’s 5- After today, the Senate will have mittee unanimously. When the Senate year total. Even with the confirma- confirmed 197 lower court nominees; we is finally allowed to act, we will con- tions finally concluded during the first have defeated two. That is 197–2. That firm a judge to fill a 4-year vacancy. 6 months of this year, Senate Repub- is an outstanding record. That is a suc- The Eastern District of Pennsylvania licans have still not allowed President cess rate of 99 percent. is a court that needs judges. Even with Obama to match the record of Presi- And we have been doing that at a fast today’s vote, it will remain nearly 20 dent Bush’s first term. Even with an pace. During the last Congress we con- percent vacant. The Senate should be extra 6 months, we are still 10 confirmed more judges than any Congress taking swift action to fill these kinds firmations behind where we were at the since the 103rd Congress, which was of vacancies, not delaying for no good end of 2004. 1993–94. reason. This obstruction does a dis- Luis Restrepo has served as a U.S. This year, the beginning of President service to the people of Pennsylvania, Magistrate Judge in the Eastern Dis- Obama’s second term, we have already and to all Americans who depend on trict of Pennsylvania since 2006. Prior confirmed more judges than were con- our Federal courts for justice. to his appointment to the Federal firmed in the entire first year of Presi- I regret that I must correct the bench, he was a founding partner of dent Bush’s second term. Let me em- RECORD, again. The recent assertion by Krasner & Restrepo, a firm that fo- phasize that again—We have already Senate Republicans that 99 percent of cused on civil rights and criminal de- confirmed more nominees this year President Obama’s nominees have been fense work. He has also worked as an than we did during the entirety of 2005, confirmed is not accurate. President adjunct professor at Temple Univer- the first year of President Bush’s sec- Obama has nominated 237 individuals sity, Beasley School of Law and the ond term. to be circuit or district judges, and 195 University of Pennsylvania Law After today, only five article III have been allowed to be confirmed by School. Before co-founding his own law judges remain on the Executive Cal- the Senate. That is 82 percent, not 99 firm, Judge Restrepo was an Assistant endar—three district nominees and two percent. By way of comparison, at the Federal Defender for the Eastern Dis- Circuit nominees. Two of those were reported out last same point in President Bush’s second trict of Pennsylvania, an Assistant De- week, two more about a month ago, term, June 17 of his fifth year in office, fender for the Defender Association of and one has been on the calendar for President Bush had nominated four Philadelphia, and a Law Clerk for the about two months. Yet, somehow Sen- fewer people, but had seen 215 of them ACLU’s National Prison Project. The ate Democrats cite this as evidence of confirmed, which is 20 more confirma- nonpartisan ABA Standing Committee obstructionism. tions. The truth is that 92 percent of on the Federal Judiciary has unani- Compare that to the calendar of June President Bush’s judicial nominees had mously rated Judge Restrepo ‘‘well 2004, when 30 judicial nominations were been confirmed at the same point, 10 qualified.’’ He is supported by both his on the Calendar—10 Circuit and 20 Dis- percentage points more than have been home State Senators, Senator CASEY trict. In fact, four of those were from allowed President Obama. That is an and Senator TOOMEY. Pennsylvania, as is one of our nomi- apples to apples comparison, and it Kenneth Gonzales has been the nees today. I don’t recall any Senate demonstrates the undeniable fact that United States Attorney for the District Democrats complaining about how the Senate has confirmed a lower num- of New Mexico since 2010. He served as many nominations were piling up on ber and lower percentage of President an Assistant U.S. Attorney in that of- the calendar, nor do I remember prot- Obama’s nominees than President fice for the previous 11 years. Prior to estations from my colleagues on the Bush’s nominees at the same time in working with the U.S. Attorney’s Of- other side that judicial nominees were their presidencies. fice, Kenneth Gonzales spent 3 years as moving too slowly. I noted at the end of last year, while a Legislative Assistant to former Sen- Last week, when we confirmed two Senate Republicans were insisting on ator Jeff Bingaman and 2 years as law Pennsylvania judges, there were state- delaying confirmations of 15 judicial clerk to the Honorable Joseph F. Baca ments made on the floor that we were nominees that could and should have of the New Mexico Supreme Court. He treating President Obama’s nominees taken place then, that we would not also serves in the United States Army very different than those of President likely be allowed to complete work on Reserve as a Judge Advocate General. Bush. But look at the record. As I said, them until May. That was precisely the Kenneth Gonzales has the support of there were four Pennsylvania nominees Republican plan. So when Senate Re- his home State Senators, Senator TOM on the calendar in June of 2004. publicans now seek to claim credit for UDALL and Senator MARTIN HEINRICH, Gene Pratter was nominated in No- their confirmations in President and was reported unanimously from vember 2003, had a hearing in the fol- Obama’s second term, they are inflat- the Judiciary Committee 2 months ago. lowing January, was reported in ing the confirmation statistics. The I want the Senate to make real March, and was confirmed in June. truth is that only nine confirmations progress on filling judicial vacancies so Lawrence Stengel was nominated in have taken place this year that are not that the American people have access November 2003, had a hearing the fol- attributable to those nominations Sen- to justice. In President Bush’s first lowing February, was reported in ate Republicans held over from last term, half of his consensus district March, and was confirmed in June. year and that could and should have nominees waited 18 days or fewer for a Juan Sanchez was nominated in No- taken place last year. To return to the vote, so we know the Senate is capable vember, had a hearing the following baseball analogy, if a baseball player of swift action on nominations. There February, was reported in March, and goes 0-for-9, and then gets a hit, we do is no reason consensus nominees like was confirmed in June. not say he is an all-star because he is Judge Restrepo and Kenneth Gonzales Those milestones are nearly identical batting 1.000 in his last at bat. We rec- should have to wait 2 or 3 months for a to our Pennsylvania nominee today ognize that he is just 1-for-10, and not vote. The only reason for these delays who was nominated last November. a very good hitter. Nor would a fair is because of Republican refusal to Just like the ones I mentioned, he had calculation of hits or home runs allow allow votes. These nominees deserve a hearing the following February, was a player to credit those that occurred better, and the American people de- reported in March, and now will be con- in one game or season to the next be- serve better. firmed in June.

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His primary responsibility was crimi- civil cases: conducting evidentiary Remember, now there are only five nal prosecution including large-scale hearings, ruling on non-dispositive mo- article III judicial nominees remaining drug trafficking cases with various tions, and making reports and rec- after today’s vote. Yet, as I mentioned, Federal agencies and a small number of ommendations regarding dispositive in June 2004 there were 30 nominations violent crime cases originating in the motions. pending on the calendar. Some of those Mescalero Apache Reservation. In 2006 The American Bar Association’s nominees had been reported out more Mr. Gonzales transferred to the Albu- Standing Committee on the Federal than a year earlier and most were querque Violent Crime Section where Judiciary gave him a ‘‘Well Qualified’’ pending for months. And some of them he prosecuted violent crime occurring rating. never got an up or down vote. on Indian Reservations as well as sev- I yield the floor, and I suggest the ab- The bottom line is that the Senate is eral bank robbery and firearms-related sence of a quorum. processing the President’s nominees cases that originated in the Albu- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The exceptionally fairly. President Obama querque area. In 2009 he transferred to clerk will call the roll. certainly is being treated more fairly the Narcotics section as a designated The assistant bill clerk proceeded to in the beginning of his second term attorney for the Department of Justice call the roll. than Senate Democrats treated Presi- Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask dent Bush in 2005. It is not clear to me Task Force where his work was pri- unanimous consent that the order for how allowing more votes so far this marily long-term and complex nar- the quorum call be rescinded. year than President Bush got in an en- cotics trafficking investigations and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tire year amounts to ‘‘unprecedented prosecutions. In 2010 he became the objection, it is so ordered. delays and obstruction.’’ Yet, that is United States Attorney for the District Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask the complaint we here over and over of New Mexico. that any time remaining be yielded from the other side. Since 2001 Mr. Gonzales has served as back. Last week it was stated that with a Reserve officer with the United The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without this President, ‘‘Republicans have States Army Judge Advocate General’s objection, it is so ordered. never let vacancies get below 72.’’ Corps. In November 2008 he was mobi- All time is yielded back. After today’s votes there will be 77 lized to active duty and stationed at The question is, Will the Senate ad- vacancies in the federal judiciary. But Fort Bragg, NC with the 18th Airborne vise and consent to the nomination of 52 of those spots are without a nomi- Corps where he conducted legal re- Luis Felipe Restrepo, of Pennsylvania, nee. How is it the fault of the Repub- views, official responses to Freedom of to be United States District Judge for licans that the President has not sent Information Act requests, Army Regu- the Eastern District of Pennsylvania? 52 nominees to the Committee? Obvi- lation 15–6 investigations, and property The nomination was confirmed. ously, common sense ought to tell you accountability investigations. Cur- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The that we can’t act on nominees who are rently he fulfills his annual Reserve re- President will be immediately notified not presented to the Senate. quirement as an Adjunct Professor of of the Senate’s action. Just one example will illustrate this. Criminal Law at the JAG Legal Center The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Last week the Chairman of the Judici- & School in Charlottesville, VA. the previous order, the question is, Will ary Committee singled out the vacan- The American Bar Association’s the Senate advise and consent to the cies on the Eastern District of Pennsyl- Standing Committee on the Federal nomination of Kenneth John Gonzales, vania. We are confirming the third Judiciary gave him a ‘‘Qualified’’ rat- of New Mexico, to be United States judge to that Court, after the two last ing. District Judge for the District of New week. Four vacancies remain, but there Luis Felipe Restrepo is nominated to Mexico? are no nominees pending in the Senate be United States District Court Judge Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I request for the Eastern District of Pennsyl- for the Eastern District of Pennsyl- the yeas and nays. vania. vania. Judge Restrepo received his B.A. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a It was also stated that the seat we from the University of Pennsylvania in sufficient second? are filling today has been vacant for 1989, and his J.D. from Tulane Univer- There appears to be a sufficient sec- over 4 years, as if Republicans were to sity Law School in 1986. Upon gradua- ond. blame for that. The fact is, this seat tion, he clerked at the ACLU Prison The clerk will call the roll. went vacant on June 8, 2009. President Project in Washington, DC. From 1987 The assistant bill clerk called the Obama was the President then. He to 1990, he was an assistant defender roll. waited over 3 years and 5 months be- with the Defender Association of Phila- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. fore making a nomination on Novem- delphia where he represented criminal BALDWIN). Are there any other Sen- ber 27, 2012. Why did the President defendants in State and Federal court. ators in the Chamber desiring to vote? make the people of Pennsylvania wait In 1990, he became an assistant federal Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the so long? That wasn’t the fault of this defender for the Federal Community Senator from Iowa (Mr. HARKIN) and side of the aisle. Yet now we are ac- Defender for the Eastern District of the Senator from Maryland (Ms. MI- cused of obstruction. Pennsylvania, appearing at the trial KULSKI) are necessarily absent. So I just wanted to set the record and appellate level. Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators straight—again—before we vote on Judge Restrepo was in private prac- are necessarily absent: the Senator these nominees. I expect they will both tice with one partner from 1993–2006. from Oklahoma (Mr. COBURN), the Sen- be confirmed and I congratulate them There, he focused primarily on crimi- ator from Mississippi (Mr. COCHRAN), on their confirmations. And as I said at nal defense, including some death pen- the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. ENZI), the beginning, I’m going to vote to sup- alty cases. He defended clients on re- the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. port these nominees. tainer and as a court-appointed coun- INHOFE), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Kenneth John Gonzales is nominated sel. While in private practice the ma- MURKOWSKI), the Senator from Ala- to be United States District Court jority of Judge Restrepo’s civil cases bama (Mr. SHELBY), the Senator from Judge for the District of New Mexico. consisted of Section 1983 actions alleg- Pennsylvania (Mr. TOOMEY), the Sen- Upon graduation from the University ing police abuse and mistreatment. ator from Louisiana (Mr. VITTER), and of New Mexico School of Law in 1994, Other civil matters included represen- the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Mr. Gonzales clerked for Chief Justice tation in workplace accident, medical WICKER).

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What CDC the average American’s life expectancy Barrasso Gillibrand Murray has done is build a strong national pub- over the last many decades, increasing Baucus Graham Nelson lic health and disease detection net- Begich Grassley Paul the average American’s life expectancy Bennet Hagan Portman work for working with State and local by 25 years—25 years, a quarter of a Blumenthal Hatch Pryor agencies, private partners, universities, century longer because of our invest- Blunt Heinrich Reed and communities to stop disease and ment in public health. Boozman Heitkamp Reid Boxer Heller stop outbreaks. Risch The CDC’s reach and responsibility, Brown Hirono By way of example, CDC led a multi- Roberts as intimated by Senator ISAKSON, is Burr Hoeven Rockefeller State response to last year’s fungal Cantwell Isakson not limited by our country’s borders. Rubio meningitis outbreak that resulted in Cardin Johanns Due to globalization it matters a great Carper Johnson (SD) Sanders 745 infections and 58 deaths in 20 deal how other countries respond to Casey Johnson (WI) Schatz States. CDC identified and contained Schumer health threats. The CDC plays an es- Chambliss Kaine dangerous foodborne pathogen out- Chiesa King Scott sential role in helping its international Coats Kirk Sessions breaks, such as hepatitis A found in partners react to these threats. Shaheen Collins Klobuchar frozen berry blend; salmonella found in The CDC is the gold standard, the Coons Landrieu Stabenow the poultry industry; and E. coli found Tester global leader in disease prevention and Corker Leahy in frozen food products. Cornyn Lee Thune public health preparedness. Other na- CDC puts science into action every Cowan Levin Udall (CO) tions follow our lead. Yet the CDC’s Crapo Manchin Udall (NM) day to protect the American people, leadership is not guaranteed. Even Cruz McCain Warner using breakthroughs such as microbial with its topnotch facilities and world- Donnelly McCaskill Warren genomics to find outbreaks sooner, Durbin McConnell Whitehouse class staff, the CDC faces challenges to stop them earlier, and prevent them Feinstein Menendez Wyden this continued leadership. The CDC’s better in environmental hazards, bio- NOT VOTING—11 base budget authority is at its lowest security threats, and national disaster. level in a decade. Coburn Inhofe Toomey CDC provided direct support within Cochran Mikulski Vitter The fiscal year 2013 budget is about hours of Superstorm Sandy to the dev- Enzi Murkowski Wicker $600 million below its fiscal year 2012 Harkin Shelby astated northeast last year. We need to level. This reduction undercuts the be able to be ready for this year’s hur- The nomination was confirmed. health security of all Americans, even ricane system as it deals with other The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under those who never once think of the ex- the previous order, the motions to republic threats. The CDC provides crucial informa- istence of the Centers for Disease Con- consider are considered made and laid trol. The reduction in the CDC budget upon the table. The President will be tion on the status of health risks to the American people. With data it helps de- has harmful, immediate, and long-term immediately notified of the Senate’s consequences across the United States action. termine the best options for preventing illness and reducing medical costs. At a and around the world. This reduction f time when the U.S. Government is not affects the ability of our State and local health departments to provide on- LEGISLATIVE SESSION looked upon with a lot of favor by the American people, I think it is very in- the-ground services. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- teresting to note that a recent Gallup As my friend from Georgia explained ate will resume legislative session. poll identified the CDC as the most during his discussion of the deadly f trusted Federal Government agency fungal meningitis outbreak, funding the CDC is critical to the foundation of MORNING BUSINESS with the American people. I think that is something to which we owe a tip of our public health. When we invest in Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask the hat. CDC, we invest in the health of fami- unanimous consent the Senate proceed Mr. BROWN. I thank Senator ISAK- lies in Lorain, OH, and Cuyahoga Falls, to a period of morning business from SON. I am so appreciative of the work OH. When we invest in CDC, we support now until 6:40 p.m. to allow a colloquy the Senator has done with the Centers programs such as the Epidemiology between Senator BROWN and Senator for Disease Control in his home State Laboratory Capacity Program which ISAKSON. of Georgia. There is no Federal agency addresses infectious disease threats. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without that is quite like the CDC in this coun- When we invest in the CDC, we en- objection, it is so ordered. try or across the world. sure that our State and local health de- Mr. REID. When that time is up, I Our Nation’s fiscal health cannot be partments on the frontlines are able to ask unanimous consent to be recog- strengthened at the expense of our Na- detect the first signs of outbreak. nized. tion’s public health. In the 21st century Without this critical funding, we leave The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without it is easy to overlook this country’s ourselves vulnerable to the initial objection, it is so ordered. public health safety net. Too often we spread of health threats, such as fungal The Senator from Georgia. take for granted that our children are meningitis and emerging new diseases Mr. ISAKSON. I ask unanimous con- not being crippled by polio or dying such as the MERS coronavirus and the sent to be recognized along with Sen- from whooping cough because we have novel H7N9 avian flu virus, which we ator BROWN of Ohio for up to 15 min- immunizations. We take for granted read about. Unfortunately, public utes and to engage in a colloquy. that we have stronger teeth and less health departments across the Nation The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tooth decay because of water fluorida- have already lost thousands of jobs and objection, it is so ordered. tion in many of our communities. We will lose more if our support of CDC f take for granted that few people in this continues to dwindle. country now die of infectious diseases Before turning it back over to Sen- THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE such as cholera and tuberculosis be- ator ISAKSON, I would like to emphasize CONTROL cause we have made the kind of re- a point he made. The CDC responds to Mr. ISAKSON. Madam President, I markable progress we have in sanita- long-term health threats as well as to am proud to stand here today as a resi- tion, in hygiene, antibiotics, and dis- urgent immediate health dangers. dent of Georgia and its capital city At- ease surveillance. We take these ad- These threats don’t make the head- lanta, which is the home of the Centers vancements for granted because for lines. So much of CDC’s work you for Disease Control and Prevention in over six decades the CDC has been never hear about, you never read about

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How does the Senator see CDC’s One of the reasons CDC is in Atlanta many international organizations and unique role in tracking and attempting and that is such a good location is they global partners to ensure that our to prevent the spread of these threats can be anywhere in the world in a mat- country takes the lead in stopping before they reach our shores, before we ter of a day by the Hartsfield Inter- these threats. in American hospitals such as Grady national Airport. I have had the pleasure of seeing Memorial or at MedCentral of Ohio Not a day goes by but somewhere CDC’s dedicated, expert staff working might be victims of that? around the world a country or a com- in Africa, in Atlanta, in communities Mr. ISAKSON. Well, the Senator munity calls and says: We need help. such as Medina County, OH, and all makes a great point because CDC is We have a problem. We don’t know over the world, working to keep these kind of the crucible where all the part- what it is, but it has to be identified. countries and our communities ners in health care in the country come CDC scientists and doctors are put on healthier, safer, and helping to keep all together. You might remember when the planes to fly around the world to Americans safe as well. we were here on 9/11/01, shortly after diagnose, identify, and provide the cure Mr. ISAKSON. Would the Senator the attack on the Trade Center in New so the disease does not become an out- from Ohio yield for a moment? York. Then the anthrax letters started break that takes thousands of lives. Mr. BROWN. I yield to the Senator. to be mailed to Capitol Hill. It was Mr. BROWN. I wish to close with a Mr. ISAKSON. I ran a company for 20 CDC that within days tracked down the personal story about polio. My brother, years, and a healthy workforce that anthrax and helped us develop the de- born in 1947—there are three of us, was ready, willing, and able to go to fenses so we didn’t have a problem with three boys. My brother is the oldest, work every single day made a big dif- the anthrax infection. We got the Cipro my brother Bob. When he was in about ference. distributed to those who were exposed the first, second, or maybe the third A lot of times when we think of CDC, to keep them from succumbing to that grade, my father, who was a local fam- we think of outbreaks in Africa, we disease. That is the kind of timely ef- ily physician in Mansfield, was asked think of ebola, and we think of sal- fort we need for an agency like the by—if not the CDC, some national monella. In fact, it is also an advocate CDC to be able to quickly respond. health organization to give polio vac- for wellness, better health habits, and Public health security is a compo- cines in Mansfield, OH. There were doc- health care for Americans. Does the nent of our national security, as is evi- tors in other communities who were Senator think that is important for the denced by the anthrax case. With the asked to do that. They chose my father productivity of the American people potential threat of engineered biologi- in part because he was a good doctor. and the American worker? cal weapons, CDC remains vigilant and They also chose him because he had Mr. BROWN. I thank the Senator ready to act with experts and counter- son, he had a child who was in second from Georgia. I think that is exactly measures to protect the American peo- or third or fourth grade at the time. the point. While perhaps those who ple. With emerging diseases such as People were afraid. They weren’t sure know CDC—obviously in the State of MERS and H7N9, CDC has sent CDC about injecting that vaccine into their Georgia people know it more inti- teams around the globe to investigate arm because a lot of families thought mately than in my State. They more their origin, develop and ship labora- that actually could cause polio. There likely think of CDC doing something in tory diagnostic kits to the affected was always that fear. Scientists didn’t Africa or Asia, not so much what it areas, and save lives day in and day out believe that, but an awful lot of people means locally. We know that our hos- around the world. did. pitals, for instance, are sometimes ha- Mr. BROWN. If the Senator would There was a picture on the front page vens for high health care costs and un- yield for a moment, MERS was identi- of the Mansfield News Journal in the necessary illnesses due to infections fied recently, and CDC scientists devel- 1950s of my brother getting a polio vac- acquired in the hospital and antibiotic- oped and shipped a diagnostic kit to be cine. I believe his was Salk. Sabin resistant superbugs such as CRE—a used in the field. To talk about one— came later with the cube. He got the family of germs with high levels of re- when I talk to people about public Salk vaccine, administered by my dad. sistance to antibiotics. I wonder if my health and certainly the importance of CDC or one of the other public health friend is familiar with CDC’s work in NIH but especially the focus on public groups—I apologize, I don’t know these areas and if he would expand on health by CDC, we talk about polio and which—made sure that happened all that. what CDC did to address and not quite over the country so people could be Mr. ISAKSON. I appreciate the focus yet wipe out but in our country cer- more reassured. That was really the be- on that. My friend from Ohio is exactly tainly wipe out—and in most of the ginning, with Salk and then Sabin, of correct. Antimicrobial resistance is a rest of the world—the polio virus. Give the eradication of polio in this coun- serious threat to our Nation’s health. us a little bit of history on how impor- try. Many bacteria become resistant to tant that was and what we learned It is hard to think back—the Pre- multiple classes of antibiotics. from that, if you would, Senator ISAK- siding Officer is not old enough—Sen- I might add a personal note at this SON. ator ISAKSON and I can remember with point. Three years ago I developed a Mr. ISAKSON. When I grew up in the our parents the fear, until the end of MRSA infection in a hospital in At- fifties, I remember taking the sugar the 1950s, of parents that their child lanta and almost lost my life to an an- cube, the anti-polio vaccine, the Jonas would go swimming and might come tibiotic-resistant disease and infection. Salk vaccine, for the first time ever. back, as Franklin Roosevelt did, with a I know how important it is to have a Polio has been a dread disease that has case of polio. Whatever the causes, that research facility such as the CDC that affected the American people and peo- virus spreading scared so many people. can constantly stay one step ahead of ple around the world for many years, In these days of hyper-partisanship the evolution of defenses these mi- but now it is almost totally eradicated. consuming Washington, I appreciate crobes bring up themselves. Why? Because of a worldwide effort by the work of Senator ISAKSON, working As a recent example, a recent out- many organizations—not the least of together with CDC because this is far break of drug-resistant CRE where one which is the CDC—to see to it that the and above, far and away more impor- in two patients affected with bacteria inoculations are made available. In tant than any kinds of political dif- unfortunately passed away—CDC must fact, polio now only resides in three ferences that we might have. have resources to quickly track and countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and I will let Senator ISAKSON close. stop outbreaks and give health care Nigeria. We are close to closing the Mr. ISAKSON. I appreciate very providers timely information. Without door and having a polio-free world, just much the Senator’s focus on CDC. I that, there is the risk of contagion. as we are getting closer and closer to think it is ironic that we close talking Mr. BROWN. That is certainly right. eradicating measles, which now pri- about Franklin Delano Roosevelt be- It seems there are new emerging and marily still has an outbreak in Nigeria. cause in the 1940s, as our President, he

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That is the type of evo- terial support to Osama bin Laden and Stopping radicalism and protecting lution we want to see in health care his fledgling al-Qaida movement. our allies is of vital importance; how- not just for our country but for the Through state-sponsored terrorism in ever, we come to the ultimate ques- world. Afghanistan, al-Qaida thrived and per- tion, one that has not been adequately CDC is the best investment of Amer- petrated attacks on the USS Cole and answered: Will this hasty march to in- ican tax dollars we could possibly the World Trade Center on 9/11. The tervene in another Middle East conflict make. I support it wholeheartedly, and aftermath has been more than a decade achieve these goals or will it ulti- I thank Senator BROWN for his partici- of war, with tragic loss of American mately harm the interests of the pation in the colloquy today. lives and treasure. United States, leading to yet another I yield back the remainder of my This is history to learn from, not re- bloody, costly, overseas conflict and, time and suggest the absence of a peat, and yet many who advocated for ironically, worsening the terrorist quorum. previously disastrous Middle East threat? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The interventions are leading the charge to We should listen to the lessons of his- clerk will call the roll. arm groups we know little about and to tory. After over a decade of war over- The legislative clerk proceeded to declare war through air strikes on an- seas, now is not the time to arm an un- call the roll. other Middle Eastern country. organized, unfamiliar, and unpredict- Mr. UDALL of New Mexico. I ask What little we do know about the able group of rebels. Now is not the unanimous consent that the order for Syrian rebels is extremely disturbing. time to rush headlong into another the quorum call be rescinded. The opposition is fractured. Some are Middle Eastern civil war. The winds of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without sympathetic to the enemies of the war are blowing yet again, and we objection, it is so ordered. United States and our allies, including should be ever vigilant before we ven- Mr. UDALL of New Mexico. I ask to Israel and Turkey. There are reliable ture into another storm. speak as in morning business. reports that some of the rebels even in- Madam President, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without clude Iraqi Sunni insurgents—the same f objection, it is so ordered. groups who killed many U.S. troops UNANIMOUS CONSENT f and still target the current Iraqi Army and Government. AGREEMENT—S. 744 SYRIA We know American law currently Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask Mr. UDALL of New Mexico. Madam considers some of the rebel elements to unanimous consent that when the Sen- President, like many others, I am deep- be terrorist groups. The United States ate resumes consideration of S. 744, ly disturbed by the current situation in has designated one of the key opposi- which is the immigration bill, on Tues- Syria, the appalling atrocities, the tion factions, the Nursa Front, as a ter- day, June 18, the time until 12:30 p.m. tragic loss of life, the reported use of rorist organization for being an al- and the time from 2:15 to 3 p.m. be chemical weapons. This deserves the Qaida-affiliated group. equally divided between the two lead- clear condemnation of the inter- The Syrian opposition is very unor- ers or their designees for debate on the national community. ganized. They lack a chain of com- pending amendments listed below in I am also concerned by the push for mand, they are subject to deadly in- the following order: Thune No. 1197, intervention in this war, by the rush to fighting, and if they are able to defeat Landrieu No. 1222, Vitter No. 1228, and judgment for the United States to yet Asad, they may turn on each other or Tester No. 1198; that there be no sec- again become entangled in a civil war. worse the United States or our allies. ond-degree amendments in order prior The President has decided to send arms Simply put, once we have introduced to the votes; that all the amendments to the rebels to fight the government arms, neither we nor their fighters be subject to a 60-affirmative-vote of the Bashar al-Asad. The full scope of may be able to guarantee control over threshold; that there be 2 minutes this intervention is not yet clear, but them. Such weapons could end up in equally divided between the votes; and this path is dangerous and unneces- the hands of groups and people who do that all after the first vote be 10- sary. not represent our interests, possibly in- minute votes. The Asad regime is cruel and corrupt. cluding terrorists who target the Madam President, I have spoken with We can all agree on that point. Many of United States, our allies, such as Israel my friend, the ranking member of the the groups fighting against him do not and Turkey, and the Iraqi Army and Judiciary Committee, the senior Sen- share our values and could be worse. Government—an Iraq that we spent bil- ator from Iowa, because I wanted to They may pose long-term risks to us lions of dollars and thousands of Amer- add the Heller amendment; however, I and our allies. Asad’s enemies may ican lives to establish. understand the Republicans want to very well be America’s enemies. The Given this reality, those who are pick their own amendments. They do fact is that we do not know. A number pushing for military intervention not want me picking them. I under- of experts, including our military should answer three basic questions: stand that, so I haven’t included that brass, have sounded alarms warning Can arms be reasonably accounted for one in the consent request. that the options to intervene in Syria and kept out of the hands of terrorists The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there range from bad to worse and could and extremist groups? Can they assure objection? prove damaging to America’s strategic us those arms will not become a threat Without objection, it is so ordered. interests. By flooding Syria with weap- to our regional allies and friends, in- f ons, we risk arming those who ulti- cluding Israel, Turkey, and the Govern- mately may seek to do us harm. ment of Iraq? And if the answer to the BORDER SECURITY, ECONOMIC OP- We have been down this road before. two previous questions is no, can they PORTUNITY, AND IMMIGRATION Recent history tells a cautionary tale. then explain why transferring our MODERNIZATION ACT In the 1980s the United States sup- weapons to the rebels, whose members The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under ported a rebel insurgency to repel the may themselves be affiliated with ter- the previous order, the Senate will re- Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. rorist and extremist groups, is a sen- sume consideration of S. 744, which the Back then as now, many Members of sible option for the American people? clerk will report. Congress pushed for arming these What national interest does this serve? The legislative clerk read as follows: rebels. The United States supplied I do not believe those questions have A bill (S. 744) to provide for comprehensive weapons, intelligence, and training, been answered. I think the majority of immigration reform and for other purposes.

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Thune amendment No. 1197, to require the The questions I asked were genuine Please provide a list of ‘‘other than Ca- completion of the 350 miles of reinforced, and related to the implementation of nadians’’ who have crossed the north- double-layered fencing described in section the bill if it were to be signed into law. ern border illegally in the last 10 years, 102(b)(1)(A) of the Illegal Immigration Re- form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of I asked questions of the Secretary be- including their country of origin. 1996 before registered provisional immigrant cause she will be responsible for car- Question No. 5. Section 1102 of S. 744 status may be granted and to require the rying out Congress’s intentions. I requires the Secretary to increase the completion of 700 miles of such fencing be- wanted to know about costs and feasi- number of CBP officers by 3,500; how- fore the status of registered provisional im- bility, and I asked for data and spe- ever, it does not specify how many of migrants may be adjusted to permanent resi- cifics. So I am concerned I have yet to those agents will be used to secure the dent status. receive responses. physical border versus customs en- Landrieu amendment No. 1222, to apply the Keeping information from Congress forcement and other mission require- amendments made by the Child Citizenship ments. How do you envision this sec- Act of 2000 retroactively to all individuals and the American people is not helpful adopted by a citizen of the United States in to ensuring we have the best product tion being implemented and how would an international adoption and to repeal the coming out of the Senate. Since this the Department make decisions with pre-adoption parental visitation requirement bill is right now before the Senate, it is regard to determining how many for automatic citizenship and to amend sec- important for Members of this body to agents are hired to secure the physical tion 320 of the Immigration and Nationality have the answers to the questions I am borders? Act relating to automatic citizenship for going to describe that I submitted to Talking about border security, that children born outside of the United States her. seems to me to be a legitimate ques- who have a United States citizen parent. tion that ought to have been answered Tester amendment No. 1198, to modify the I will take this opportunity to discuss some of the questions I asked of by the Secretary a long time before we Border Oversight Task Force to include trib- even started debate on this bill but al government officials. Secretary Napolitano, although not all Vitter amendment No. 1228, to prohibit the of them. Right now I will focus on nine surely before we get done with it. temporary grant of legal status to, or adjust- questions I asked about border security The sixth question: Section 1104 pro- ment to citizenship status of, any individual because border security is an issue be- vides funding for only the Tucson sec- who is unlawfully present in the United fore the Senate as part of this 1,175- tor of the southwest border region. States until the Secretary of Homeland Se- page bill. I may discuss other questions Does the administration support only curity certifies that the US–VISIT System (a resources to this sector? Are there later in the week. biometric border check-in and check-out sys- other sectors that should be included? tem first required by Congress in 1996) has Question No. 1 to Secretary Napoli- tano: You have emphasized that appre- If so, please provide details. been fully implemented at every land, sea, Seventh question: Section 1105 re- hensions at the border are down and in and airport of entry and Congress passes a lates solely to the State of Arizona. joint resolution, under fast track procedures, doing so praised the administration’s Should this provision be expanded to stating that such integrated entry and exit record on border security; however, data system has been sufficiently imple- all of the southwest border States? Customs and Border Protection has Question No. 8: Section 1107 provides mented. just released numbers showing that ap- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- for a grant program in which individ- prehensions increased 13 percent over uals who reside or work in the border ator from Iowa. the last year. Does the fact that border Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, region and are ‘‘at greater risk of bor- apprehensions are up mean that the der violence due to the lack of cellular at every confirmation hearing of every border is becoming less secure? service’’ can apply to purchase phones Cabinet position, and probably a lot of That was question No. 1 to Secretary with access to 911 and equipped with other positions as well, a Cabinet Napolitano. GPS. Does the administration believe nominee is invariable asked a question Obviously, is the border more secure the Southwest border region is safe and similar to this: Will you come when or isn’t the border more secure? That secure, rendering this grant program you are called to a committee meeting was the whole basis of the debate over unnecessary? for a hearing, and will you answer in- the last week in this body. Question No. 9, and my last question quiries made by members of the com- Question No. 2 to Secretary Napoli- I will discuss tonight, does the admin- mittee to certain questions you might tano: The bill only calls for estab- istration have any views on section be asked? Invariably—and I don’t know lishing an entry-exit system for air and 1111 on the use of force, including the an exception to this—we get the an- seaports before implementing the path requirement that the Department col- swer that, yes, they will respond to our to citizenship. Aside from cost, what laborate with the Assistant Attorney communiques. impediments are there to instituting General for the Civil Rights Division of Well, I come to the Senate today to the system at land ports? the Department of Justice? ask why Secretary Napolitano of the Question No. 3: The bill requires your Those are the nine questions that I Department of Homeland Security department to establish a strategy to think are very pertinent to just the hasn’t answered inquiries we have identify where fencing should be depart of the bill we spent the last week made that ought to have been answered ployed along the southern border. Dur- debating and we are going to spend a by now. And the answers ought to have ing the hearing, you indicated the ad- few more days debating. Is the border been made by now because we are deal- ministration believes that sufficient secure? That is very basic to every- ing with the legislation to which the fencing is in place and that you would thing else that goes on in this piece of questions refer. prefer not to increase fencing along the legislation. On April 23, the Judiciary Committee southern border. So my question: Do As I said, the questions I have asked held a hearing to discuss immigration you anticipate that your study will the Secretary are meant to ensure that reform and the bill presented by the call for any additional physical fenc- we pass the best bill possible. We ought Gang of 8. Secretary Napolitano was ing? to know how she will carry out the bill the only witness. The hearing lasted 2 Now that seems to me to be a pretty if it is signed into law. I hope she will hours and 20 minutes, and most mem- important question at this time when provide answers to these and the other bers were able to ask her 5 to 10 min- border security is very basic to wheth- questions I submitted on April 24. utes’ worth of questions. We also sub- er there will be any legalization. We I yield the floor. mitted questions for the record, which have not received an answer yet. Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, on means we submitted questions to her Question No. 4: During the hearing June 12 and 13, 2013, I filed two amend- in writing for her to answer. Com- we discussed the fact that the northern ments, Nos. 1258 and 1282, to S. 744, the mittee members were given just 24 border was not part of the trigger and Border Security, Economic Oppor- hours to turn around those questions did not need to be secured before green tunity, and Immigration Moderniza- to present to her. But it has been over cards are distributed. You said the tion Act. The name of Senator HIRONO

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Bruce helped bring proceed to a period of morning busi- today I wish to recognize and honor the town of Cornish, NH as it celebrates Tom Hamilton’s and David Voetmann’s ness, with Senators permitted to speak the 250th anniversary of its founding. vision to fruition, chairing Quest’s for up to 10 minutes each. Established in 1763 and incorporated board of trustees until his tragic death The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without in 1765 by Colonial Gov. Benning Went- in 2007. That same year, Quest started objection, it is so ordered. worth, Cornish was named for Sir Sam- its first production run of the KODIAK f uel Cornish, a distinguished vice-admi- airplane. REMEMBERING FRANK R. ral of the Royal Navy. The KODIAK airplane is a rugged LAUTENBERG This area, located in Sullivan Coun- short takeoff and landing, STOL, tur- ty, was once known as Mast Camp be- boprop aircraft that requires only 1,000 Mr. CASEY. Madam President. I am cause it was the shipping point for the feet of runway, making it ideally suit- honored to join my fellow Senators as tall masts floated down the river by ed for the demanding nature of global we remember our friend and colleague the English for use by the Royal Navy. humanitarian work. The KODIAK is Senator Frank Lautenberg. A dedi- Forestry and agriculture continue to currently in use around the world. cated public servant, Frank proudly be important components of Cornish’s While principally marketed for human- represented New Jersey almost con- economy and lifestyle. itarian missions, purchasers of the KO- tinuously from 1982 until his death. Cornish is known as a summer resort DIAK include the U.S. Park Service, Long before reaching the Senate, for artists and writers. In 1885, sculptor foreign governments, and private citi- Frank Lautenberg had proven himself Augustus Saint-Gaudens sought a sum- zens. a patriot. Following his high school mer studio away from the heat of New Despite the impact the global reces- graduation, Frank enlisted in the York City and found himself in Cor- sion has had on the airplane industry, Army and served his country in Europe nish. Maxfield Parrish and other art- Quest Aircraft has persevered and exas a member of the Army Signal Corps ists soon followed Saint-Gaudens, panded their company in recent years. during the Second World War. A mem- transforming the area into a popular Quest Aircraft has expanded from a ber of the ‘‘Greatest Generation’’ and artists’ colony. In 1964, Saint-Gaudens’ staff of 14 in 2001 to currently employ- the last World War II veteran to serve home and studio were named a na- ing nearly 200 people. Shortly after the in the Senate, Frank was a true public tional historic site. Famous authors first year of business, Quest Aircraft servant. Winston Churchill and J.D. Salinger moved into its 27,000-square-foot facil- Motivated by the desire to give back wrote at homes in Cornish. ity at the Sandpoint, ID, Municipal to the country that provided him with Cornish is home to four covered Airport. By May 2007, the KODIAK reso much, Frank’s work in the Senate bridges, all of which are on the Na- ceived FAA type certification and improved the lives of all Americans tional Register of Historic Places. The began global deliveries that year. and left a lasting impact on our Na- Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge built Keeping in line with the mission put tion. Through his legislative efforts, in 1866 is the longest two-span covered forward by the founders of Quest Air- Senator Lautenberg helped to safe- bridge in the world. The Cornish-Wind- craft, approximately every 10th plane guard our Nation’s transportation in- sor Covered Bridge has been designated produced is subsidized by the profits frastructure, increase access to quality a National Civil Engineering Land- the company brings in. This aircraft is healthcare, and ensure that the brave mark by the American Society of Civil then donated to a participating not- men and women who serve our country Engineers and still carries daily auto- for-profit humanitarian organization. today will have access to the same ben- mobile traffic. This is testament to the good that can efits and opportunities that Frank fre- Whether it is the Cornish Fair or a be spread from a success story such as quently credited with his success. summer concert at Saint-Gaudens Na- this, and serves as an inspiration to Frank’s strong moral character often tional Historic Site, Cornish has con- many who wish to find the successful made him a leader on some of the most tributed so much to the rich heritage intersection of humanitarian work and pressing issues of the day, and his ef- of New Hampshire during its first 250 financial success. forts will undoubtedly leave a lasting years. I am pleased to join the citizens Small businesses like Quest Aircraft legacy. Having cast more than 9,000 across New Hampshire in celebrating are on the cutting edge of technology votes on the floor—more than any pre- this special milestone for the people of and innovation. These businesses are vious Senator from New Jersey—Frank Cornish, whose accomplishments, love often at the forefront of played an influential role in shaping of country, and spirit of independence groundbreaking advances that provide important policies, directing funding, have enriched our State.∑ much-needed solutions to the market- and helping people in need. f place. Small businesses are the eco- On a personal note, I will always re- RECOGNIZING QUEST AIRCRAFT nomic engines of our economy and crit- call what a privilege it was to travel to ical to the national economic recovery. ∑ Israel and Turkey with Frank in 2009 as Mr. RISCH. Madam President, a cor- I have faith in the many small busi- part of a Congressional delegation. I nerstone of the American dream has al- nesses that spring up in Idaho and admired his strong support of Israel ways been the belief that those individ- around the United States today, and and he will certainly be remembered as uals with a good idea and a strong success stories such as Quest Aircraft a tireless friend and advocate. work ethic can become successful. In should serve as inspiration for the fu- In closing, I am reminded of a these tough economic times, it is in- ture generation of innovators and en- quotation from President Kennedy. spiring to hear the stories of small trepreneurs.∑ Senator Frank Lautenberg truly was businesses that have risen above the ‘‘someone who looks ahead and not be- challenges they have faced and are f hind, someone who welcomes new ideas making their dreams come true. That without rigid reactions, someone who is why during National Small Business MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT cares about the welfare of the people— Week, I rise today to honor Quest Air- Messages from the President of the their health, their housing, their craft located in Sandpoint, ID United States were communicated to schools, their jobs, their civil rights Quest Aircraft was founded in 2001 by the Senate by Mr. Williams, one of his and their civil liberties.’’ We will miss Tom Hamilton and David Voetmann. secretaries.

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A bill to prohibit and deter the theft At the request of Mr. BEGICH, the (The messages received today are of metal, and for other purposes. name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. printed at the end of the Senate pro- f SCHATZ) was added as a cosponsor of S. ceedings.) 272, a bill to promote research, moni- INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND toring, and observation of the Arctic JOINT RESOLUTIONS f and for other purposes. The following bills and joint resolu- S. 313 tions were introduced, read the first REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION At the request of Mr. CASEY, the and second times by unanimous con- name of the Senator from Massachu- OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY sent, and referred as indicated: THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DE- setts (Ms. WARREN) was added as a co- By Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. KING, CLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER sponsor of S. 313, a bill to amend the Ms. STABENOW, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to pro- 13219 OF JUNE 26, 2001, WITH RE- GRASSLEY, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. ENZI, SPECT TO THE WESTERN BAL- vide for the tax treatment of ABLE ac- and Mrs. GILLIBRAND): counts established under State pro- KANS—PM 13 S. 1171. A bill to amend the Controlled Sub- stances Act to allow a veterinarian to trans- grams for the care of family members The PRESIDING OFFICER laid be- port and dispense controlled substances in with disabilities, and for other pur- fore the Senate the following message the usual course of veterinary practice out- poses. from the President of the United side of the registered location; to the Com- S. 315 States, together with an accompanying mittee on the Judiciary. At the request of Ms. KLOBUCHAR, the report; which was referred to the Com- f name of the Senator from Michigan mittee on Banking, Housing, and (Ms. STABENOW) was added as a cospon- Urban Affairs: SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND SENATE RESOLUTIONS sor of S. 315, a bill to reauthorize and To the Congress of the United States: extend the Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Section 202(d) of the National Emer- The following concurrent resolutions Dystrophy Community Assistance, Re- gencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides and Senate resolutions were read, and search, and Education Amendments of for the automatic termination of a na- referred (or acted upon), as indicated: 2008. tional emergency unless, within 90 By Mr. BLUNT: S. 337 S. Res. 172. A resolution designating the days prior to the anniversary date of At the request of Ms. STABENOW, the first Wednesday in September 2013 as ‘‘Na- its declaration, the President publishes tional Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness name of the Senator from Delaware in the Federal Register and transmits to Day’’ and raising awareness and under- (Mr. COONS) was added as a cosponsor the Congress a notice stating that the standing of polycystic kidney disease; to the of S. 337, a bill to provide an incentive emergency is to continue in effect be- Committee on the Judiciary. for businesses to bring jobs back to yond the anniversary date. In accord- f America. ance with this provision, I have sent to S. 395 ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS the Federal Register for publication the At the request of Mr. BENNET, his enclosed notice stating that the na- S. 109 name was added as a cosponsor of S. tional emergency with respect to the At the request of Mr. HELLER, his 395, a bill to amend the Animal Welfare Western Balkans that was declared in name was added as a cosponsor of S. Act to provide further protection for Executive Order 13219 of June 26, 2001, 109, a bill to preserve open competition puppies. is to remain in effect beyond June 26, and Federal Government neutrality to- S. 463 2013. wards the labor relations of Federal At the request of Mr. PRYOR, the The crisis constituted by the actions Government contractors on Federal name of the Senator from Montana of persons engaged in, or assisting, and federally funded construction (Mr. BAUCUS) was added as a cosponsor sponsoring, or supporting (i) extremist projects. of S. 463, a bill to amend the Farm Se- violence in the Republic of Macedonia S. 153 curity and Rural Investment Act of and elsewhere in the Western Balkans At the request of Mr. BEGICH, the 2002 to modify the definition of the region, or (ii) acts obstructing imple- name of the Senator from North Da- term ‘‘biobased product’’. mentation of the Dayton Accords in kota (Ms. HEITKAMP) was added as a co- S. 511 Bosnia or United Nations Security sponsor of S. 153, a bill to amend sec- At the request of Ms. LANDRIEU, the Council Resolution 1244 of June 10, 1999, tion 520J of the Public Health Service name of the Senator from Massachu- related to Kosovo, which led to the dec- Act to authorize grants for mental setts (Mr. COWAN) was added as a co- laration of a national emergency on health first aid training programs. sponsor of S. 511, a bill to amend the June 26, 2001, in Executive Order 13219 S 170 Small Business Investment Act of 1958 and to the amendment of that order in . to enhance the Small Business Invest- Executive Order 13304 of May 28, 2003, At the request of Mr. FLAKE, his ment Company Program, and for other to include acts obstructing implemen- name was added as a cosponsor of S. purposes. tation of the Ohrid Framework Agree- 170, a bill to recognize the heritage of ment of 2001 in Macedonia, has not recreational fishing, hunting, and rec- S. 520 been resolved. The acts of extremist vi- reational shooting on Federal public At the request of Mr. BEGICH, the olence and obstructionist activity out- land and ensure continued opportuni- name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. lined in Executive Order 13219, as ties for those activities. SCHATZ) was added as a cosponsor of S. amended, are hostile to U.S. interests S. 234 520, a bill to strengthen Federal con- and continue to pose an unusual and At the request of Mr. REID, the name sumer protection and product extraordinary threat to the national of the Senator from Massachusetts traceability with respect to commer- security and foreign policy of the (Ms. WARREN) was added as a cosponsor cially marketed seafood, and for other United States. For this reason, I have of S. 234, a bill to amend title 10, purposes. determined that it is necessary to con- United States Code, to permit certain S. 596 tinue the national emergency declared retired members of the uniformed serv- At the request of Mr. THUNE, the with respect to the Western Balkans. ices who have a service-connected dis- name of the Senator from Massachu- BARACK OBAMA. ability to receive both disability com- setts (Ms. WARREN) was added as a co- THE WHITE HOUSE, June 17, 2013. pensation from the Department of Vet- sponsor of S. 596, a bill to establish

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At the request of Mr. TESTER, the S. 810 S. 918 name of the Senator from South Da- At the request of Mr. DONNELLY, the At the request of Mr. COONS, the kota (Mr. JOHNSON) was added as a co- name of the Senator from Mississippi name of the Senator from New York sponsor of S. 602, a bill to amend the (Mr. WICKER) was added as a cosponsor (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) was added as a co- Public Health Service Act to provide of S. 810, a bill to require a pilot pro- sponsor of S. 918, a bill to award grants for the participation of physical thera- gram on an online computerized assess- in order to establish longitudinal per- pists in the National Health Service ment to enhance detection of behaviors sonal college readiness and savings on- Corps Loan Repayment Program, and indicating a risk of suicide and other line platforms for low-income students. for other purposes. mental health conditions in members S. 967 S. 718 of the Armed Forces, and for other pur- At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the poses. the name of the Senator from Oregon name of the Senator from Pennsyl- S. 815 (Mr. WYDEN) was added as a cosponsor vania (Mr. CASEY) was added as a co- At the request of Mr. MERKLEY, the of S. 967, a bill to amend title 10, sponsor of S. 718, a bill to create jobs in name of the Senator from Delaware United States Code, to modify various the United States by increasing United (Mr. CARPER) was added as a cosponsor authorities relating to procedures for States exports to Africa by at least 200 of S. 815, a bill to prohibit the employ- courts-martial under the Uniform Code percent in real dollar value within 10 ment discrimination on the basis of of Military Justice, and for other pur- years, and for other purposes. sexual orientation or gender identity. poses. S. 723 S. 824 S. 971 At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the the name of the Senator from Vermont name of the Senator from California names of the Senator from North Caro- (Mr. LEAHY) was added as a cosponsor (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) was added as a co- lina (Mrs. HAGAN) and the Senator of S. 723, a bill to require the Commis- sponsor of S. 824, a bill to amend the from Mississippi (Mr. COCHRAN) were sioner of Social Security to revise the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to re- added as cosponsors of S. 971, a bill to medical and evaluation criteria for de- quire shareholder authorization before amend the Federal Water Pollution termining disability in a person diag- a public company may make certain Control Act to exempt the conduct of nosed with Huntington’s Disease and to political expenditures, and for other silvicultural activities from national waive the 24-month waiting period for purposes. pollutant discharge elimination system Medicare eligibility for individuals dis- S. 842 permitting requirements. abled by Huntington’s Disease. At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the S. 1046 S. 731 name of the Senator from Missouri At the request of Mr. SCHATZ, the At the request of Mr. MANCHIN, the (Mrs. MCCASKILL) was added as a co- name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. name of the Senator from Montana sponsor of S. 842, a bill to amend title WYDEN) was added as a cosponsor of S. (Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor XVIII of the Social Security Act to 1046, a bill to clarify certain provisions of S. 731, a bill to require the Board of provide for an extension of the Medi- of the Native American Veterans’ Me- Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys- care-dependent hospital (MDH) pro- morial Establishment Act of 1994. tem, the Federal Deposit Insurance gram and the increased payments S. 1068 Corporation, and the Office of the under the Medicare low-volume hos- At the request of Mr. BEGICH, the Comptroller of the Currency to conduct pital program. name of the Senator from Connecticut an empirical impact study on proposed S. 909 (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) was added as a co- rules relating to the International At the request of Mr. REED, the name sponsor of S. 1068, a bill to reauthorize Basel III agreement on general risk- of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. and amend the National Oceanic and based capital requirements, as they SCHATZ) was added as a cosponsor of S. Atmospheric Administration Commis- apply to community banks. 909, a bill to amend the Federal Direct sioned Officer Corps Act of 2002, and for S. 769 Loan Program under the Higher Edu- other purposes. At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the cation Act of 1965 to provide for stu- S. 1072 name of the Senator from Connecticut dent loan affordability, and for other At the request of Ms. KLOBUCHAR, the (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) was added as a co- purposes. name of the Senator from Oklahoma sponsor of S. 769, a bill to designate as S. 913 (Mr. INHOFE) was added as a cosponsor wilderness certain Federal portions of At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the of S. 1072, a bill to ensure that the Fed- the red rock canyons of the Colorado name of the Senator from New York eral Aviation Administration advances Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in (Mr. SCHUMER) was added as a cospon- the safety of small airplanes and the the State of Utah for the benefit of sor of S. 913, a bill to amend the Na- continued development of the general present and future generations of peo- tional Oilheat Research Alliance Act of aviation industry, and for other pur- ple in the United States. 2000 to reauthorize and improve that poses. S. 772 Act, and for other purposes. S. 1086 At the request of Mr. NELSON, the S. 916 At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. At the request of Mr. KAINE, the her name was added as a cosponsor of HELLER) was added as a cosponsor of S. name of the Senator from New York S. 1086, a bill to reauthorize and im- 772, a bill to amend the Federal Food, (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) was added as a co- prove the Child Care and Development Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the sponsor of S. 916, a bill to authorize the Block Grant Act of 1990, and for other Food and Drug Administration’s juris- acquisition and protection of nation- purposes. diction over certain tobacco products, ally significant battlefields and associ- S. 1088 and to protect jobs and small busi- ated sites of the Revolutionary War At the request of Mr. FRANKEN, the nesses involved in the sale, manufac- and the War of 1812 under the American name of the Senator from Delaware turing and distribution of traditional Battlefield Protection Program. (Mr. CARPER) was added as a cosponsor and premium cigars. S. 917 of S. 1088, a bill to end discrimination S. 789 At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the based on actual or perceived sexual ori- At the request of Mr. BAUCUS, the names of the Senator from Pennsyl- entation or gender identity in public name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. vania (Mr. CASEY) and the Senator schools, and for other purposes.

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This leg- sponsor of S. 1104, a bill to measure the At the request of Mr. JOHANNS, his islation comes in response to a Drug progress of recovery and development name was added as a cosponsor of Enforcement Administration, DEA, in- efforts in Haiti following the earth- amendment No. 1225 intended to be pro- terpretation of the Controlled Sub- quake of January 12, 2010, and for other posed to S. 744, a bill to provide for stances Act, which requires veterinar- purposes. comprehensive immigration reform ians to treat animals with controlled S. 1117 and for other purposes. substances at the location in which At the request of Ms. STABENOW, the AMENDMENT NO. 1237 they are registered. This interpretation names of the Senator from Vermont At the request of Mr. MERKLEY, the of the law is very burdensome to both (Mr. SANDERS) and the Senator from name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. farmers and veterinarians, and it shows Minnesota (Mr. FRANKEN) were added WYDEN) was added as a cosponsor of a lack of common sense by the DEA. In as cosponsors of S. 1117, a bill to pre- amendment No. 1237 intended to be pro- many cases a sick animal such as a pare disconnected youth for a competi- posed to S. 744, a bill to provide for horse, cow or pig cannot be transported tive future. comprehensive immigration reform to the veterinarian’s office, and has to S. 1123 and for other purposes. be treated on the farm or even in the At the request of Mr. CARPER, the AMENDMENT NO. 1242 pasture. When a larger animal is ill and name of the Senator from South Da- At the request of Mr. UDALL of New needs treatment it has been common kota (Mr. THUNE) was added as a co- Mexico, the name of the Senator from practice for the veterinarian to make a sponsor of S. 1123, a bill to amend titles New York (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) was added house call to treat the affected animal. XVIII and XIX of the Social Security as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1242 The ability for veterinarians to make Act to curb waste, fraud, and abuse in intended to be proposed to S. 744, a bill house calls is a key component in the the Medicare and Medicaid programs. to provide for comprehensive immigra- ability to effectively treat livestock S. CON. RES. 15 tion reform and for other purposes. animals. At the request of Ms. CANTWELL, her AMENDMENT NO. 1258 I am very concerned about the prob- name was added as a cosponsor of S. At the request of Mrs. BOXER, the Con. Res. 15, a concurrent resolution lems we face in the diversion of con- name of the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. trolled substances especially powerful expressing the sense of Congress that HIRONO) was added as a cosponsor of the Chained Consumer Price Index narcotics. However, efforts to control amendment No. 1258 intended to be pro- the diversion of controlled substances should not be used to calculate cost-of- posed to S. 744, a bill to provide for living adjustments for Social Security need to take into account the needs of comprehensive immigration reform legitimate patients whether human or or veterans benefits, or to increase the and for other purposes. tax burden on low- and middle-income livestock. Forcing a farmer to load a AMENDMENT NO. 1278 taxpayers. sick animal into a trailer for a trip to At the request of Mr. BLUMENTHAL, S. RES. 157 the veterinarian’s office is not a prac- the name of the Senator from Wash- tical solution to ward off the diversion At the request of Ms. KLOBUCHAR, the ington (Mrs. MURRAY) was added as a name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. of controlled substances. Rules gov- cosponsor of amendment No. 1278 in- erning the use and transportation of ROBERTS) was added as a cosponsor of tended to be proposed to S. 744, a bill to S. Res. 157, a resolution expressing the controlled substances must be prac- provide for comprehensive immigration tical and not overly burdensome. In the sense of the Senate that telephone reform and for other purposes. service must be improved in rural areas case of veterinary medicine the Veteri- AMENDMENT NO. 1282 of the United States and that no entity nary Medicine Mobility Act of 2013 may unreasonably discriminate against At the request of Mrs. BOXER, the strikes the right balance. telephone users in those areas. name of the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. HIRONO) was added as a cosponsor of This legislation allows a veterinarian AMENDMENT NO. 1197 amendment No. 1282 intended to be pro- to transport a controlled substance ‘‘in At the request of Mr. THUNE, the posed to S. 744, a bill to provide for the usual course of veterinary medicine name of the Senator from Oklahoma comprehensive immigration reform practice at a site other than the reg- (Mr. INHOFE) was added as a cosponsor and for other purposes. istrants registered principal place of of amendment No. 1197 proposed to S. AMENDMENT NO. 1286 business or professional practice.’’ The 744, a bill to provide for comprehensive bill also requires the veterinarian to At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the immigration reform and for other pur- only dispense controlled substances in poses. name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. PORTMAN) was added as a cosponsor of a State where they are licensed to AMENDMENT NO. 1198 amendment No. 1286 intended to be pro- practice veterinary medicine, which At the request of Mr. TESTER, the posed to S. 744, a bill to provide for will help to eliminate the transpor- name of the Senator from New Mexico comprehensive immigration reform tation of controlled substances across (Mr. HEINRICH) was added as a cospon- and for other purposes. State lines. I have heard from numer- sor of amendment No. 1198 proposed to ous veterinarians and other stake- f S. 744, a bill to provide for comprehen- holders that this bill is needed in order sive immigration reform and for other STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED to provide certainty that our veteri- purposes. BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS narians will be able to use the nec- AMENDMENT NO. 1199 By Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. essary tools available to them without At the request of Mrs. BOXER, the KING, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. COCH- interference from the DEA. Overly bur- name of the Senator from Washington RAN, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. BAR- densome regulations can have a detri- (Mrs. MURRAY) was added as a cospon- RASSO, Mr. ENZI, and Mrs. mental impact on businesses in this sor of amendment No. 1199 intended to GILLIBRAND): country. This is an instance of the Fed- be proposed to S. 744, a bill to provide S. 1171. A bill to amend the Con- eral Government not using common for comprehensive immigration reform trolled Substances Act to allow a vet- sense, and causing unnecessary prob- and for other purposes. erinarian to transport and dispense lems for the people responsible for AMENDMENT NO. 1209 controlled substances in the usual maintaining the health of our Nation’s At the request of Mr. JOHANNS, his course of veterinary practice outside of livestock herds. I urge my colleagues name was added as a cosponsor of the registered location; to the Com- to join us in supporting this common- amendment No. 1209 intended to be pro- mittee on the Judiciary. sense bill.

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DISEASE AWARENESS DAY’’ AND (1) designates the first Wednesday in Sep- SA 1303. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an RAISING AWARENESS AND UN- tember 2013 as ‘‘National Polycystic Kidney amendment intended to be proposed by him DERSTANDING OF POLYCYSTIC Disease Awareness Day’’; to the bill S. 744, supra; which was ordered to KIDNEY DISEASE (2) supports the goals and ideals of Na- lie on the table. tional Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness SA 1304. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an Mr. BLUNT submitted the following Day to raise public awareness and under- amendment intended to be proposed by him resolution; which was referred to the standing of polycystic kidney disease; to the bill S. 744, supra; which was ordered to Committee on the Judiciary: (3) recognizes the need for additional re- lie on the table. SA 1305. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an S. RES. 172 search to find a cure for polycystic kidney amendment intended to be proposed by him disease; and Whereas National Polycystic Kidney Dis- to the bill S. 744, supra; which was ordered to (4) encourages all people in the United ease Awareness Day will raise public aware- lie on the table. ness and understanding of polycystic kidney States and interested groups to support Na- SA 1306. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an disease, one of the most prevalent, life- tional Polycystic Kidney Awareness Day amendment intended to be proposed by him threatening genetic kidney diseases; through appropriate ceremonies and activi- to the bill S. 744, supra; which was ordered to Whereas National Polycystic Kidney Dis- ties to promote public awareness of poly- lie on the table. ease Awareness Day will also foster under- cystic kidney disease and to foster under- SA 1307. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an standing of the impact polycystic kidney dis- standing of the impact of the disease on pa- amendment intended to be proposed by him ease has on patients and their families; tients and their families. to the bill S. 744, supra; which was ordered to Whereas polycystic kidney disease is a pro- f lie on the table. SA 1308. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amend- gressive, genetic disorder of the kidneys that AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND causes damage to the kidneys and the car- ment intended to be proposed by him to the diovascular, endocrine, hepatic, and gastro- PROPOSED bill S. 744, supra; which was ordered to lie on intestinal organ systems; SA 1287. Mr. COATS submitted an amend- the table. Whereas polycystic kidney disease has a ment intended to be proposed by him to the SA 1309. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amend- devastating impact on the health and fi- bill S. 744, to provide for comprehensive im- ment intended to be proposed by him to the nances of people of all ages, and equally af- migration reform and for other purposes; bill S. 744, supra; which was ordered to lie on fects people of all races, genders, nationali- which was ordered to lie on the table. the table. SA 1310. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amend- ties, geographic locations, and income levels; SA 1288. Mr. COATS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the Whereas, of the people diagnosed with ment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 744, supra; which was ordered to lie on polycystic kidney disease, approximately 10 bill S. 744, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. percent have no family history of the dis- the table. SA 1311. Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. ease, with the disease developing as a spon- SA 1289. Mr. GRASSLEY (for Mr. VITTER) GRASSLEY, Mr. MANCHIN, and Mr. SESSIONS) submitted an amendment intended to be pro- taneous (or new) mutation; submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. GRASSLEY to the bill S. 744, Whereas there is no treatment or cure for posed by him to the bill S. 744, supra; which supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. polycystic kidney disease, which is one of was ordered to lie on the table. SA 1290. Mr. GRASSLEY (for Mr. VITTER) the 4 leading causes of kidney failure in the SA 1312. Mr. SANDERS (for himself and submitted an amendment intended to be pro- United States; Ms. STABENOW) submitted an amendment in- posed by Mr. GRASSLEY to the bill S. 744, Whereas the vast majority of patients with tended to be proposed by him to the bill S. supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. polycystic kidney disease reach kidney fail- 744, supra; which was ordered to lie on the ure at an average age of 53, causing a severe SA 1291. Mr. GRASSLEY (for Mr. VITTER) submitted an amendment intended to be pro- table. strain on dialysis and kidney transplan- SA 1313. Mr. SANDERS submitted an posed by Mr. GRASSLEY to the bill S. 744, tation resources and on the delivery of amendment intended to be proposed by him supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. health care in the United States as the larg- to the bill S. 744, supra; which was ordered to est segment of the population of the United SA 1292. Mr. GRASSLEY (for Mr. VITTER) submitted an amendment intended to be pro- lie on the table. States, the ‘‘baby boomers’’, continues to SA 1314. Mr. PAUL submitted an amend- posed by Mr. GRASSLEY to the bill S. 744, age; ment intended to be proposed by him to the supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. Whereas polycystic kidney disease instills bill S. 744, supra; which was ordered to lie on SA 1293. Mr. BEGICH submitted an amend- in patients fear of an unknown future with a the table. ment intended to be proposed by him to the life-threatening genetic disease and appre- SA 1315. Mr. KING (for Mr. GRASSLEY) pro- bill S. 744, supra; which was ordered to lie on hension over possible discrimination, includ- posed an amendment to the bill S. 330, to the table. ing the risk of losing their health and life in- amend the Public Health Service Act to es- SA 1294. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amend- surance, their jobs, and their chances for tablish safeguards and standards of quality ment intended to be proposed by him to the promotion; for research and transplantation of organs bill S. 744, supra; which was ordered to lie on Whereas countless friends, loved ones, infected with human immunodeficiency the table. spouses, and caregivers must shoulder the SA 1295. Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. virus (HIV). physical, emotional, and financial burdens VITTER) submitted an amendment intended f that polycystic kidney disease causes; to be proposed by him to the bill S. 744, TEXT OF AMENDMENTS Whereas the severity of the symptoms of supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. polycystic kidney disease and the limited SA 1296. Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Mr. SA 1287. Mr. COATS submitted an public awareness of the disease cause many KIRK) submitted an amendment intended to amendment intended to be proposed by patients to live in denial and forego regular be proposed by him to the bill S. 744, supra; him to the bill S. 744, to provide for visits to their physicians or avoid following which was ordered to lie on the table. good health management, which would help comprehensive immigration reform SA 1297. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. and for other purposes; which was or- avoid more severe complications when kid- COATS, and Ms. LANDRIEU) submitted an ney failure occurs; amendment intended to be proposed by her dered to lie on the table; as follows: Whereas people who have chronic, life- to the bill S. 744, supra; which was ordered to On page 855, strike line 24 and all that fol- threatening diseases like polycystic kidney lie on the table. lows through page 856, line 9, and insert the disease have a predisposition to depression SA 1298. Mr. PRYOR (for himself and Mr. following: and its resultant consequences of 7 times the JOHANNS) submitted an amendment intended (1) PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS FOR REG- national average because of their anxiety to be proposed by him to the bill S. 744, ISTERED PROVISIONAL IMMIGRANT STATUS.— over pain, suffering, and premature death; supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. (A) IN GENERAL.—Not earlier than the date and SA 1299. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and on which the Secretary submits a certifi- Whereas the PKD Foundation and its more Mr. KIRK) submitted an amendment intended cation to Congress stating that the Depart- than 60 volunteer chapters around the to be proposed by him to the bill S. 744, ment has maintained effective control of United States are dedicated to conducting supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. high-risk border sectors along the Southern research to find treatments and a cure for SA 1300. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an border for a period of not less than 6 months, polycystic kidney disease, fostering public amendment intended to be proposed by him the Secretary may commence processing ap- awareness and understanding of the disease, to the bill S. 744, supra; which was ordered to plications for registered provisional immi- educating patients and their families about lie on the table. grant status pursuant to section 245B of the

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Mr. BEGICH submitted an by section 2101 of this Act. title 18, United States Code, committed by amendment intended to be proposed by (B) HIGH-RISK BORDER SECTOR DEFINED.—In an alien who is unlawfully present in the him to the bill S. 744, to provide for this paragraph, the term ‘‘high-risk border United States.’’. comprehensive immigration reform sector’’ means a border sector in which more (b) DEPORTABLE OFFENSE.—Paragraph (2) of than 30,000 individuals were apprehended by section 237(a) of the Immigration and Na- and for other purposes; which was or- the Department during the most recent fis- tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)), as amended dered to lie on the table; as follows: cal year. by sections 3701 and 3702, is further amended On page 1829, between lines 20 and 21, insert by adding at the end the following: the following: SA 1288. Mr. COATS submitted an ‘‘(I) VOTING OFFENSES.—Any alien who is ‘‘(C) SET ASIDE.— amendment intended to be proposed by unlawfully present in the United States and ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Of the registered posi- him to the bill S. 744, to provide for who knowingly commits a violation of sections authorized under each of clauses (i), comprehensive immigration reform tion 611 of title 18, United States Code.’’. (ii), and (iii), 5,000 shall be set aside for W nonimmigrants who will be employed in and for other purposes; which was or- SA 1291. Mr. GRASSLEY (for Mr. areas of Alaska designated by the Alaska De- dered to lie on the table; as follows: VITTER) submitted an amendment in- partment of Labor and Workforce Develop- On page 1583, line 19, before ‘‘to conduct’’ tended to be proposed by Mr. GRASSLEY ment in an occupation in the seafood proc- insert ‘‘, in addition to for-profit entities,’’. to the bill S. 744, to provide for com- essing industry that has been designated by prehensive immigration reform and for the Commissioner as a shortage occupation. SA 1289. Mr. GRASSLEY (for Mr. ‘‘(ii) RELEASE OF VISAS.—Any visas set other purposes; which was ordered to VITTER) submitted an amendment in- aside in a program year pursuant to clause lie on the table; as follows: tended to be proposed by Mr. GRASSLEY (i) that are not issued by July 1st of such to the bill S. 744, to provide for com- At the appropriate place, insert the fol- year, shall be made available for W non- lowing: prehensive immigration reform and for immigrants not described in clause (i). SEC. lll. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL other purposes; which was ordered to FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF SEC- SA 1294. Mr. CARDIN submitted an lie on the table; as follows: TION 642(A) OF THE ILLEGAL IMMI- amendment intended to be proposed by At the appropriate place, insert the fol- GRATION REFORM AND IMMIGRANT RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF 1996. him to the bill S. 744, to provide for lowing: No funds made available under part Q of comprehensive immigration reform SEC. ll. ELIGIBILITY FOR CHILD TAX CREDIT. title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and and for other purposes; which was or- (a) REQUIRED SUBMISSION OF TAXPAYER Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et dered to lie on the table; as follows: IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS.— seq.) or under section 241(i) of the Immigra- On page 969, beginning on line 15, strike (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (e) of section tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)) ‘‘employment’’ and insert ‘‘employment, 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is may be used in contravention of section community service, or education’’. amended by striking ‘‘under this section to a 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and On page 969, line 24, strike ‘‘EMPLOYMENT taxpayer’’ and all that follows and inserting Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 OR EDUCATION’’ and inserting ‘‘EMPLOYMENT, ‘‘under this section to any taxpayer unless— U.S.C. 1373(a)). EDUCATION, OR COMMUNITY SERVICE’’. ‘‘(1) such taxpayer includes the taxpayer’s On page 970, line 7, insert ‘‘or engaged in valid identification number (as defined in SA 1292. Mr. GRASSLEY (for Mr. community service’’ after ‘‘regularly em- section 6428(h)(2)) on the return of tax for the VITTER) submitted an amendment in- ployed’’. taxable year, and tended to be proposed by Mr. GRASSLEY On page 986, line 3, insert ‘‘or engaged in ‘‘(2) with respect to any qualifying child, community service’’ after ‘‘regularly em- the taxpayer includes the name and taxpayer to the bill S. 744, to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for ployed’’. identification number of such qualifying On page 987, beginning on line 6, strike child on such return of tax.’’. other purposes; which was ordered to ‘‘employment or education’’ and insert ‘‘em- (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment lie on the table; as follows: ployment, education, or community serv- made by this subsection shall apply to tax- On page 1300, between lines 11 and 12, insert ice’’. able years beginning after the date of the en- the following: On page 987, line 11, strike ‘‘employment or actment of this Act. CHAPTER 5—BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP education,’’ and insert ‘‘employment, edu- (b) REPORT BY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX cation, or community service,’’. SEC. 2561. SHORT TITLE. ADMINISTRATION.—Not later than 90 days On page 987, between lines 18 and 19 insert This chapter may be cited as the ‘‘Birth- after the end of the first fiscal year following the following: right Citizenship Act of 2013’’. the date of the enactment of this Act, the ‘‘(V) records of a faith-based or nonprofit Treasury Inspector General for Tax Adminis- SEC. 2562. CITIZENSHIP AT BIRTH FOR CERTAIN organization recognized as such, pursuant to PERSONS BORN IN THE UNITED tration shall submit a report to the relevant STATES. section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code committees of Congress that includes the (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 301 (8 U.S.C. 1401) 16 of 1986;’’. total amount of credits allowed under sec- is amended— tion 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 SA 1295. Mr. CRUZ (for himself and (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before for the preceding fiscal year to individuals ‘‘The following’’; Mr. VITTER) submitted an amendment who— (2) by redesignating subsections (a) intended to be proposed by him to the (1) were unlawfully present in the United through (h) as paragraphs (1) through (8), re- bill S. 744, to provide for comprehen- States; or spectively, and indenting such paragraphs, sive immigration reform and for other (2) were not citizens or lawful permanent as redesignated, an additional 2 ems to the purposes; which was ordered to lie on residents of the United States and filed a tax right; and return without a valid identification number the table; as follows: (3) by adding at the end the following: On page 1626, between lines 12 and 13, insert for the taxpayer or the qualifying child. ‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—Acknowledging the right the following: of birthright citizenship established by sec- SA 1290. Mr. GRASSLEY (for Mr. tion 1 of the 14th Amendment to the Con- Subtitle ll—PROTECTING VOTER INTEGRITY VITTER) submitted an amendment institution of the United States, a person born SEC. 3901. STATES PERMITTED TO REQUIRE tended to be proposed by Mr. GRASSLEY in the United States shall be considered ‘sub- PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP FOR VOTER to the bill S. 744, to provide for com- ject to the jurisdiction’ of the United States REGISTRATION. Section 6 of the National Voter Registra- prehensive immigration reform and for for purposes of subsection (a)(1) only if the person is born in the United States and at tion Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-4) is amend- other purposes; which was ordered to ed by adding at the end the following new lie on the table; as follows: least 1 of the person’s parents is— ‘‘(1) a citizen or national of the United subsection: ‘‘(e) PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP.—Nothing in At the end of subtitle G of title III, add the States; subsection (a) shall be construed to preempt following: ‘‘(2) an alien lawfully admitted for perma- any State law requiring evidence of citizen- SEC. 3722. UNLAWFUL VOTING. nent residence in the United States whose ship in order to complete any requirement to (a) AGGRAVATED FELONY.—Paragraph (43) residence is in the United States; or register to vote in elections for Federal of- of section 101(a) of the Immigration and Na- ‘‘(3) an alien performing active service in fice.’’. tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) is amended— the armed forces (as defined in section 101 of (1) in subparagraph (T), by striking ‘‘and’’ title 10, United States Code).’’. SA 1296. Mr. SCHATZ (for himself at the end; (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made (2) in subparagraph (U), by striking the pe- by subsection (a)(3) may not be construed to and Mr. KIRK) submitted an amend- riod at the end and inserting a semicolon and affect the citizenship or nationality status of ment intended to be proposed by him ‘‘and’’; and any person born before the date of the enact- to the bill S. 744, to provide for com- (3) by adding at the end the following: ment of this Act. prehensive immigration reform and for

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(2) SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH HAGUE mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- (a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year CONVENTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply mental Affairs of the Senate; and after the date of the enactment of this Act, unless, on the date on which the underlying (B) the Committee on Appropriations, the the Comptroller General of the United States adoption, custody, or guardianship decree Committee on Armed Services, and the Com- shall submit to Congress a report on visa was issued by the child’s sending country, mittee on Homeland Security of the House of processing at United States embassies and that country’s adoption procedures substan- Representatives. consulates that— tially complied with the requirements of the (1) assesses the efforts of the Department Convention. SA 1299. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself of State to expand its visa processing capac- and Mr. KIRK) submitted an amend- ity in the People’s Republic of China and SA 1298. Mr. PRYOR (for himself and Brazil; ment intended to be proposed by him Mr. JOHANNS) submitted an amendment to the bill S. 744, to provide for com- (2) provides recommendations, if war- intended to be proposed by him to the ranted, for improving the effectiveness of prehensive immigration reform and for bill S. 744, to provide for comprehen- those efforts; other purposes; which was ordered to sive immigration reform and for other (3) identifies the challenges to meeting lie on the table; as follows: staffing requirements with respect to visa purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: Strike section 3701 and insert the fol- processing at United States embassies and lowing: consulates, including staffing shortages and At the end of section 1102, add the fol- foreign language proficiency requirements; lowing: SEC. 3701. CRIMINAL GANGS. (4) discusses how those challenges affect (e) RECRUITMENT OF FORMER MEMBERS OF (a) DEFINITION OF CRIMINAL GANG.—Section the ability of the Department of State to THE ARMED FORCES AND MEMBERS OF RE- 101(a) (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) is amended by insert- carry out visa operations; SERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.— ing after paragraph (51) the following: (5) describes what actions the Department (1) REQUIREMENT FOR PROGRAM.—The Sec- ‘‘(52)(A) The term ‘criminal gang’ means an of State has taken to address those chal- retary, in conjunction with the Secretary of ongoing group, club, organization, or asso- lenges; and Defense, shall establish a program to ac- ciation of 5 or more persons— (6) provides recommendations, if war- tively recruit members of the reserve compo- ‘‘(i) that has as 1 of its primary purposes ranted, for improving the efforts of the De- nents of the Armed Forces and former mem- the commission of 1 or more of the criminal partment of State to meet staffing require- bers of the Armed Forces, including the re- offenses described in subparagraph (B); and ments at United States embassies and con- serve components, to serve in United States ‘‘(ii) the members of which engage, or have sulates. Customs and Border Protection and United engaged within the past 5 years, in a con- (b) SUBSEQUENT REPORT.—Not later than 2 States Immigration and Customs Enforce- tinuing series of offenses described in sub- years after submitting the report required by ment. paragraph (B). subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall (2) RECRUITMENT INCENTIVES.— ‘‘(B) The offenses described in this subpara- submit to Congress a report assessing the (A) STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENTS FOR UNITED graph are the following, whether in violation progress made by the Department of State STATES BORDER PATROL AGENTS WITH A THREE- of Federal or State law or in violation of the with respect to the matters included in the YEAR COMMITMENT.—Section 5379(b) of title 5, law of a foreign country: report required by subsection (a) since the United States Code, is amended by adding at ‘‘(i) A felony drug offense (as defined in submission of that report. the end the following new paragraph: section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act ‘‘(4) In the case of an employee who is oth- (21 U.S.C. 802)). SA 1297. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for her- erwise eligible for benefits under this section ‘‘(ii) A felony offense involving firearms or self, Mr. COATS, and Ms. LANDRIEU) sub- and who is serving as a full-time active-duty explosives or in violation of section 931 of mitted an amendment intended to be United States border patrol agent within the title 18, United States Code (relating to pur- proposed by her to the bill S. 744, to Department of Homeland Security— chase, ownership, or possession of body ‘‘(A) paragraph (2)(A) shall be applied by armor by violent felons). provide for comprehensive immigration substituting ‘$20,000’ for ‘$10,000’; and ‘‘(iii) An offense under section 274 (relating reform and for other purposes; which ‘‘(B) paragraph (2)(B) shall be applied by to bringing in and harboring certain aliens), was ordered to lie on the table; as fol- substituting ‘$80,000’ for ‘$60,000’.’’. section 277 (relating to aiding or assisting lows: (B) RECRUITMENT AND RELOCATION BONUSES certain aliens to enter the United States), or On page 1226, line 3, strike ‘‘Section’’ and AND RETENTION ALLOWANCES FOR PERSONNEL section 278 (relating to importation of alien insert the following: OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECU- for immoral purpose). (a) IN GENERAL.—Section RITY.—The Secretary of Homeland Security ‘‘(iv) A felony crime of violence (as defined On page 1226, after line 25, add the fol- shall ensure that the authority to pay rein section 16 of title 18, United States Code). lowing: cruitment and relocation bonuses under sec- ‘‘(v) A crime involving obstruction of jus- (b) EFFECT OF ADOPTION DOCUMENTATION.— tion 5753 of title 5, United States Code, the tice, tampering with or retaliating against a (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of all immi- authority to pay retention bonuses under witness, victim, or informant, or burglary gration laws of the United States, the Direc- section 5754 of such title, and any other simi- ‘‘(vi) Any conduct punishable under sector of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration lar authorities available under any other tions 1028 and 1029 of title 18, United States Services, the Secretary of State, and all provision of law, rule, or regulation, are ex- Code (relating to fraud and related activity other Federal agencies shall accept adoption ercised to the fullest extent allowable in in connection with identification documents documentation presented on behalf of a child order to encourage service in the Depart- or access devices), sections 1581 through 1594 as evidence that the child satisfies the re- ment of Homeland Security. of such title (relating to peonage, slavery quirements set forth in section 101(b)(1)(E) of (3) REPORT ON RECRUITMENT INCENTIVES.— and trafficking in persons), section 1952 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days such title (relating to interstate and foreign U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)(E)), regardless of whether after the date of the enactment of this Act, travel or transportation in aid of racket- the child has been in the legal custody of, the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense eering enterprises), section 1956 of such and has resided with, the adopting parent or shall jointly submit to the appropriate com- title(relating to the laundering of monetary parents for 2 years, if the documentation in- mittees of Congress a report including an as- instruments), section 1957 of such title (re- cludes— sessment of the desirability and feasibility lating to engaging in monetary transactions (A) a Hague Adoption Certificate, certi- of offering incentives to members of the rein property derived from specified unlawful fying that the adoption of the child was serve components of the Armed Forces and activity), or sections 2312 through 2315 of granted in compliance with the Convention, former members of the Armed Forces, in- such title(relating to interstate transpor- affixed to an adoption decree issued by the cluding the reserve components, for the pur- tation of stolen motor vehicles or stolen Central Authority (as such term is used in pose of encouraging such members to serve property). the Convention on Protection of Children in United States Customs and Border Protec- ‘‘(vii) Conspiracy to commit an offense de- and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry tion and Immigration and Customs Enforce- scribed in specified in clauses (i) through Adoption, done at the Hague on May 29, 1993) ment. (vi).’’. of the child’s sending country to the adop- (B) CONTENT.—The report required by sub- (b) INADMISSIBILITY.—Section 212(a)(2) (8 tive parents,; or paragraph (A) shall include— U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended by inserting (B) a Hague Custody Declaration, certi- (i) a description of various monetary and after subparagraph (I) the following: fying that the custody of the child was non-monetary incentives considered for pur- ‘‘(J) ALIENS IN CRIMINAL GANGS.—Any alien granted in compliance with the Convention, poses of the report; and is inadmissible who—

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:23 Jun 18, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A17JN6.013 S17JNPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with SENATE June 17, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4527 ‘‘(i) is a member of a criminal gang unless ‘‘(B) eludes examination or inspection by subsequently enters, attempts to enter, the alien can demonstrate by clear and con- an immigration officer, or a customs or agri- crosses the border to, attempts to cross the vincing evidence that the alien did not know, culture inspection at a port of entry; or border to, or is at any time found in the and should not reasonably have known, that ‘‘(C) attempts to enter or obtains entry to United States, shall be fined under title 18, the organization was a criminal gang; and the United States by means of a knowingly United States Code, imprisoned not more ‘‘(ii) is determined by an immigration false or misleading representation or the than 2 years, or both. judge to be a danger to the community.’’. concealment of a material fact. ‘‘(b) REENTRY OF CRIMINAL OFFENDERS.— (c) GROUNDS FOR DEPORTATION.—Section ‘‘(2) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—Any alien who Notwithstanding the penalty provided in 237(a)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is amended by violates any provision under paragraph (1)— subsection (a), if an alien described in that adding at the end the following: ‘‘(A) shall, for the first violation, be fined subsection— ‘‘(G) ALIENS IN CRIMINAL GANGS.—Any alien under title 18, United States Code, impris- ‘‘(1) was convicted for 3 or more mis- is removable who— oned not more than 12 months, or both; demeanors before such removal or departure, ‘‘(i) is a member of a criminal gang unless ‘‘(B) shall, for a second or subsequent vio- the alien shall be fined under title 18, United the alien can demonstrate by clear and con- lation, or following an order of voluntary de- States Code, imprisoned not more than 10 vincing evidence that the alien did not know, parture, be fined under such title, impris- years, or both; and should not reasonably have known, that oned not more than 3 years, or both; ‘‘(2) was convicted for an aggravated felony the organization was a criminal gang; and ‘‘(C) if the violation occurred after the before such removal or departure, the alien ‘‘(ii) is determined by an immigration alien had been convicted of 3 or more mis- shall be fined under such title, imprisoned judge to be a danger to the community.’’. demeanors or of a felony, shall be fined not more than 20 years, or both; (d) GROUND OF INELIGIBILITY FOR REG- under such title, imprisoned not more than ‘‘(3) was convicted for a felony before such ISTERED PROVISIONAL IMMIGRANT STATUS.— 10 years, or both; and removal or departure for which the alien was An alien who is 18 years of age or older is in- ‘‘(D) if the violation occurred after the sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not eligible for registered provisional immigrant alien had been convicted of a felony for less than 60 months, the alien shall be fined status if the Secretary determines that the which the alien was sentenced to a term of under such title, imprisoned not more than alien— imprisonment, shall be fined under such 20 years, or both; (1) is a member of a criminal gang (as de- title, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or ‘‘(4) was convicted for 3 felonies before fined in section 101(a)(52) of the Immigration both. such removal or departure, the alien shall be and Nationality Act, as amended by sub- ‘‘(3) PRIOR CONVICTIONS.—The prior convic- fined under such title, imprisoned not more section (a)) unless the alien can demonstrate tions described in subparagraphs (C) and (D) than 20 years, or both, unless the Attorney by clear and convincing evidence that the of paragraph (2) are elements of the offenses General expressly consents to the entry or alien did not know, and should not reason- described in that paragraph and the pen- reentry, as the case may be, of the alien; or ably have known, that the organization was alties in such subparagraphs shall apply only ‘‘(5) was convicted, before such removal or a criminal gang; and in cases in which the conviction or convic- departure, for murder, rape, kidnapping, or a (2) has been determined by the Secretary tions that form the basis for the additional felony offense described in chapter 77 (relat- to be a danger to the community. penalty are— ing to peonage and slavery) or 113B (relating ‘‘(A) alleged in the indictment or informa- to terrorism) of such title, the alien shall be SA 1300. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted tion; and fined under such title, imprisoned not more an amendment intended to be proposed ‘‘(B) proven beyond a reasonable doubt at than 20 years, or both. by him to the bill S. 744, to provide for trial or admitted by the defendant under ‘‘(c) REENTRY AFTER REPEATED REMOVAL.— comprehensive immigration reform oath as part of a plea agreement. Any alien who has been denied admission, and for other purposes; which was or- ‘‘(b) IMPROPER TIME OR PLACE; CIVIL PEN- excluded, or deported and thereafter enters, attempts to enter, crosses the border to, at- dered to lie on the table; as follows: ALTIES.—Any alien who is apprehended while knowingly entering, attempting to enter, or tempts to cross the border to, or is at any At the appropriate place, insert the fol- crossing or attempting to cross the border to time found in the United States, shall be lowing: the United States at a time or place other fined under title 18, United States Code, im- SEC. ll. IDENTITY THEFT. than as designated by immigration officers prisoned not more than 10 years, or both, un- (a) FRAUD.—Section 1028 of title 18, United shall be subject to a civil penalty, in addi- less the Attorney General expressly consents States Code, is amended— tion to any criminal or other civil penalties to the entry or reentry, as the case may be, (1) in subsection (a)(7), by striking ‘‘of an- that may be imposed under any other provi- of the alien. ‘‘(d) PROOF OF PRIOR CONVICTIONS.—The other person’’ and inserting ‘‘that is not his sion of law, in an amount equal to— prior convictions described in subsection (b) or her own’’; and ‘‘(1) not less than $250 or more than $5,000 are elements of the offenses described in that (2) in subsection (b)(3)— for each such entry, crossing, attempted subsection, and the penalties in such sub- (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or’’ entry, or attempted crossing; or section shall apply only in cases in which the at the end; ‘‘(2) twice the amount specified in para- conviction or convictions that form the basis (B) in subparagraph (C), by adding ‘‘or’’ at graph (1) if the alien had previously been for the additional penalty are— the end; and subject to a civil penalty under this sub- ‘‘(1) alleged in the indictment or informa- (C) by adding at the end the following: section. ‘‘(D) to facilitate or assist in harboring or tion; and ‘‘(c) FRAUDULENT MARRIAGE.—An indi- ‘‘(2) proven beyond a reasonable doubt at hiring unauthorized workers in violation of vidual who knowingly enters into a marriage trial or admitted by the defendant under section 274, 274A, or 274C of the Immigration for the purpose of evading any provision of oath as part of a plea agreement. and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324, 1324a, the immigration laws shall be imprisoned for ‘‘(e) AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES.—It shall be an 1324c);’’. not more than 5 years, fined not more than (b) AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT.—Section affirmative defense to a violation of this sec- $250,000, or both. 1028A(a) of such title is amended by striking tion that— ‘‘(d) COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES.—Any indi- ‘‘(1) prior to the alleged violation, the alien ‘‘of another person’’ both places it appears vidual who knowingly establishes a commer- had sought and received the express consent and inserting ‘‘that is not his or her own’’. cial enterprise for the purpose of evading any of the Secretary of Homeland Security to re- provision of the immigration laws shall be SA 1301. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted apply for admission into the United States; imprisoned for not more than 5 years, fined or an amendment intended to be proposed in accordance with title 18, United States ‘‘(2) at the time of the prior exclusion, de- by him to the bill S. 744, to provide for Code, or both.’’. portation, removal, or denial of admission comprehensive immigration reform (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of alleged in the violation, the alien had not and for other purposes; which was or- contents is amended by striking the item re- yet reached 18 years of age and had not been lating to section 275 and inserting the fol- dered to lie on the table; as follows: convicted of a crime or adjudicated a delin- lowing: Strike sections 3704 through 3707 and insert quent minor by a court of the United States, the following: ‘‘Sec. 275. Illegal entry.’’. or a court of a state or territory, for conduct SEC. 3704. ILLEGAL ENTRY. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments that would constitute a felony if committed (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 275 (8 U.S.C. 1325) made by this section shall take effect 1 year by an adult. is amended to read as follows: after the date of the enactment of this Act. ‘‘(f) LIMITATION ON COLLATERAL ATTACK ON ‘‘SEC. 275. ILLEGAL ENTRY. SEC. 3705. REENTRY OF REMOVED ALIEN. UNDERLYING DEPORTATION ORDER.—In a ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— Section 276 (8 U.S.C. 1326) is amended to criminal proceeding under this section, an ‘‘(1) CRIMINAL OFFENSES.—An alien shall be read as follows: alien may not challenge the validity of the subject to the penalties set forth in para- ‘‘SEC. 276. REENTRY OF REMOVED ALIEN. deportation order described in subsection (a) graph (2) if the alien— ‘‘(a) REENTRY AFTER REMOVAL.—Any alien or subsection (c) unless the alien dem- ‘‘(A) enters, attempts to enter, or crosses who has been denied admission, excluded, de- onstrates that— the border into the United States at any ported, or removed, or who has departed the ‘‘(1) the alien exhausted any administra- time or place other than as designated by United States while an order of exclusion, tive remedies that may have been available the Secretary of Homeland Security; deportation, or removal is outstanding, and to seek relief against the order;

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COMPLETION OF TERM OF IMPRISONMENT.—Any ‘‘(a) IN GENERA.—Subject to subsection (b), ISUSE OF A PASSPORT.—Section 1544 of alien removed pursuant to section 241(a)(4) any person who knowingly— (c) M title 18, United States Code, is amended to who enters, attempts to enter, crosses the ‘‘(1) and without lawful authority pro- read as follows: border to, attempts to cross the border to, or duces, issues, or transfers a passport; is at any time found in, the United States ‘‘(2) forges, counterfeits, alters, or falsely ‘‘§ 1544. Misuse of a passport shall be incarcerated for the remainder of makes a passport; ‘‘Any person who knowingly— the sentence of imprisonment which was ‘‘(3) secures, possesses, uses, receives, buys, ‘‘(1) uses or attempts to use any passport pending at the time of deportation without sells, or distributes a passport, knowing the issued or designed for the use of another; any reduction for parole or supervised re- passport to be forged, counterfeited, altered, ‘‘(2) uses or attempts to use any passport lease. Such alien shall be subject to such falsely made, stolen, procured by fraud, or in violation of the conditions and restric- other penalties relating to the reentry of re- produced or issued without lawful authority; tions specified in the passport or any rules or moved aliens as may be available under this or regulations prescribed pursuant to the laws section or any other provision of law. ‘‘(4) completes, mails, prepares, presents, regulating the issuance of passports; or signs, or submits an application for a United ‘‘(3) secures, possesses, uses, receives, buys, ‘‘(h) LIMITATION.—It is not aiding and abet- States passport, knowing the application to ting a violation of this section for an indi- sells, or distributes any passport knowing contain any materially false statement or vidual to provide an alien with emergency the passport to be forged, counterfeited, al- representation, medical care and food or to transport the tered, falsely made, procured by fraud, or shall be fined under this title, imprisoned alien to a location where such medical care produced or issued without lawful authority, not more than 20 years, or both. or food can be provided without compensa- shall be fined under this title, imprisoned ‘‘(b) USE IN A TERRORISM OFFENSE.—Any tion or the expectation of compensation. not more than 25 years (if the offense was person who commits an offense described in committed to facilitate an act of inter- ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: subsection (a) to facilitate an act of international terrorism (as defined in section 2331 ‘‘(1) FELONY.—The term ‘felony’ means any national terrorism (as defined in section of this title)), 20 years (if the offense was criminal offense punishable by a term of im- 2331) shall be fined under this title, impris- committed to facilitate a drug trafficking prisonment of more than 1 year under the oned not more than 25 years, or both. crime (as defined in section 929(a) of this laws of the United States, any State, or a ‘‘(c) PASSPORT MATERIALS.—Any person title)) or 15 years (in the case of any other foreign government. who knowingly and without lawful authority offense), or both.’’. ‘‘(2) MISDEMEANOR.—The term ‘mis- produces, buys, sells, possesses, or uses any (d) SCHEMES TO PROVIDE FRAUDULENT IMMI- demeanor’ means any criminal offense pun- official material (or counterfeit of any offi- GRATION SERVICES.—Section 1545 of title 18, ishable by a term of imprisonment of not cial material) to make a passport, including United States Code, is amended to read as more than 1 year under the applicable laws any distinctive paper, seal, hologram, image, follows: text, symbol, stamp, engraving, or plate, of the United States, any State, or a foreign ‘‘§ 1545. Schemes to provide fraudulent immi- shall be fined under this title, imprisoned government. gration services ‘‘(3) REMOVAL.—The term ‘removal’ in- not more than 20 years, or both.’’. ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any person who know- cludes any denial of admission, exclusion, (b) FALSE STATEMENT IN AN APPLICATION ingly executes a scheme or artifice, in con- deportation, or removal, or any agreement FOR A PASSPORTS.—Section 1542 of title 18, by which an alien stipulates or agrees to ex- United States Code, is amended to read as nection with any matter that is authorized clusion, deportation, or removal. follows: by or arises under any Federal immigration law or any matter the offender claims or rep- ‘‘(4) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means a ‘‘§ 1542. False statement in an application for State of the United States, the District of resents is authorized by or arises under any a passport Federal immigration law, to— Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any person who— or possession of the United States.’’. ‘‘(1) defraud any person; or ‘‘(1) knowingly makes any false statement ‘‘(2) obtain or receive money or anything SEC. 3706. PENALTIES RELATED TO REMOVAL. or representation in an application for a else of value from any person by means of United States passport, or mails, prepares, (a) PENALTIES RELATING TO VESSELS AND false or fraudulent pretenses, representa- presents, or signs an application for a United tions, or promises, AIRCRAFT.—Section 243(c) (8 U.S.C. 1253(c)) is States passport knowing the application to amended— shall be fined under this title, imprisoned contain any false statement or representa- not more than 10 years, or both. (1) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each tion and with intent to induce or secure the place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Sec- ‘‘(b) MISREPRESENTATION.—Any person who issuance of a passport under the authority of knowingly and falsely represents that such retary of Homeland Security’’; and the United States, either for the person’s (2) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place person is an attorney or an accredited rep- own use or the use of another, contrary to resentative (as that term is defined in sec- such term appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary the laws regulating the issuance of passports of Homeland Security’’; and tion 1292.1 of title 8, Code of Federal Regula- or the rules prescribed pursuant to such tions (or any successor regulation)) in any (3) in paragraph (1)— laws; or (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking matter arising under any Federal immigra- ‘‘(2) knowingly uses or attempts to use, or tion law shall be fined under this title, im- ‘‘$2,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000’’; furnishes to another for use, any passport (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking prisoned not more than 15 years, or both.’’. the issuance of which was secured in any way (e) IMMIGRATION AND VISA FRAUD.—Section ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000’’; and by reason of any false statement, 1546 of title 18, United States Code, is amend- (C) by inserting at the end the following: shall be fined under this title, imprisoned ed by amending the section heading to read ‘‘(D) EXCEPTION.—A person, acting without not more than 25 years (if the offense was as follows: compensation or the expectation of com- committed to facilitate an act of inter- ‘‘§ 1546. Immigration and visa fraud’’. pensation, is not subject to penalties under national terrorism (as defined in section 2331 (f) ALTERNATIVE IMPRISONMENT MAXIMUM this paragraph if the person is— of this title)), 20 years (if the offense was FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES.—Section 1547 of title ‘‘(i) providing, or attempting to provide, an committed to facilitate a drug trafficking 18, United States Code, is amended— alien with emergency medical care or food or crime (as defined in section 929(a) of this (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), water; or title)), or 15 years (in the case of any other by striking ‘‘(other than an offense under ‘‘(ii) transporting the alien to a location offense), or both. section 1545)’’; where such medical care, food, or water can ‘‘(b) VENUE.— (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘15’’ and be provided without compensation or the ex- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An offense under sub- pectation of compensation.’’. section (a) may be prosecuted in any dis- inserting ‘‘20’’; and (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘20’’ and (b) DISCONTINUATION OF VISAS TO NATION- trict— inserting ‘‘25’’. ALS OF COUNTRIES DENYING OR DELAYING AC- ‘‘(A) in which the false statement or rep- (g) AUTHORIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVI- CEPTING ALIEN.—Section 243(d) (8 U.S.C. resentation was made or the application for 1253(d)) is amended— a United States passport was prepared or TIES.—Chapter 75 of title 18, United States (1) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each signed; or Code, is amended by adding after section 1547 place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Sec- ‘‘(B) in which or to which the application the following: retary of Homeland Security’’; and was mailed or presented. ‘‘§ 1548. Authorized law enforcement activi- (2) by striking ‘‘notifies the Secretary’’ ‘‘(2) OFFENSES OUTSIDE THE UNITED ties and inserting ‘‘notifies the Secretary of STATES.—An offense under subsection (a) in- ‘‘Nothing in this chapter may be construed State’’. volving an application prepared and adju- to prohibit—

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States; or (d) STUDY AND REPORT.— At the appropriate place, insert the following: ‘‘(2) any activity authorized under title V (1) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 United States shall conduct a study of— SEC. lll. VIRGIN ISLANDS VISA WAIVER PRO- GRAM. (Public Law 91–452; 84 Stat. 933).’’. (A) the workload at the Executive Office (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 212(l) of the Im- (h) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The for Immigration Review of the Department migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. table of sections for chapter 75 of title 18, of Justice (referred to in this paragraph as 1182(l)) is amended— the ‘‘EOIR’’) during the 1-year period begin- United States Code, is amended to read as (1) by amending the subsection heading to follows: ning on the date of the enactment of this read as follows: ‘‘GUAM, NORTHERN MARIANA Act; ‘‘Sec. ISLANDS, AND VIRGIN ISLANDS VISA WAIVER (B) the change in the workload at the ‘‘1541. Trafficking in passports. PROGRAMS.—’’; and EOIR from the 1-year period ending on the ‘‘1542. False statement in an application for (2) by adding at the end the following: date of the enactment of this Act to the pe- a passport. ‘‘(7) VIRGIN ISLANDS VISA WAIVER PRO- riod described in subparagraph (A); ‘‘1543. Forgery or false use of a passport. GRAM.— (C) the potential impact of this Act on the ‘‘1544. Misuse of a passport. ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The requirement of sub- workload at the EOIR during the 15-year pe- ‘‘1545. Schemes to provide fraudulent immi- section (a)(7)(B)(i) may be waived by the Sec- gration services. riod beginning on the date of the enactment retary of Homeland Security, in the case of ‘‘1546. Immigration and visa fraud. of this Act; and an alien who is a national of a country de- ‘‘1547. Alternative imprisonment maximum (D) the number of judges, attorneys, and scribed in subparagraph (B) and who is ap- for certain offenses. support staff needed at the EOIR to cost-ef- plying for admission as a nonimmigrant vis- ‘‘1548. Authorized law enforcement activi- fectively manage the workload described in itor for business or pleasure and solely for ties.’’. subparagraph (A). entry into and stay in the United States Vir- (2) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months gin Islands for a period not to exceed 30 days, SA 1302. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted after the date of the enactment of this Act, if the Secretary of Homeland Security, after an amendment intended to be proposed the Comptroller General shall submit a re- consultation with the Secretary of the Inte- by him to the bill S. 744, to provide for port to the Committee on the Judiciary of rior, the Secretary of State, the Governor of comprehensive immigration reform the Senate and the Committee on the Judici- the United States Virgin Islands, determines and for other purposes; which was or- ary of the House of Representatives that that such a waiver does not represent a contains the results of the study conducted threat to the welfare, safety, or security of dered to lie on the table; as follows: under paragraph (1), including any staffing On page 1572, beginning on line 23, strike the United States or its territories and com- recommendations. monwealths. ‘‘abandonment, provided the alien served at (e) OUNTRIES.—A country described in least 1 year imprisonment for the crime, or ‘‘(B) C this subparagraph is a country that— provided the alien was convicted of offenses SA 1305. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted ‘‘(i) is a member or an associate member of constituting more than 1 such crime, not an amendment intended to be proposed the Caribbean Community (CARICOM); and arising out of a single scheme of criminal by him to the bill S. 744, to provide for ‘‘(ii) is listed in the regulations described misconduct,’’ and insert ‘‘abandonment’’. comprehensive immigration reform On page 1574, lines 9 and 10, strike ‘‘con- in subparagraph (D). and for other purposes; which was or- ‘‘(C) ALIEN WAIVER OF RIGHTS.—An alien stitutes criminal contempt of’’ and insert dered to lie on the table; as follows: ‘‘violates’’. may not be provided a waiver under this On page 1498, line 3, strike ‘‘a 3-judge panel paragraph unless the alien has waived any SA 1303. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted of’’. right— an amendment intended to be proposed On page 1498, beginning on line 14, strike ‘‘(i) to review or appeal under this Act an ‘‘a written opinion.’’ and all that follows immigration officer’s determination as to by him to the bill S. 744, to provide for through ‘‘discretion.’’ on line 21, and insert the admissibility of the alien at the port of comprehensive immigration reform ‘‘an opinion.’’. entry into the United States Virgin Islands; and for other purposes; which was or- or dered to lie on the table; as follows: SA 1306. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted ‘‘(ii) to contest, other than on the basis of Strike section 3717, relating to procedures an amendment intended to be proposed an application for withholding of removal for bond hearings and filing of notices to ap- by him to the bill S. 744, to provide for under section 241(b)(3) of this Act or under pear. comprehensive immigration reform the Convention Against Torture, or an appli- and for other purposes; which was or- cation for asylum if permitted under section SA 1304. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted dered to lie on the table; as follows: 208, any action for removal of the alien. ‘‘(D) REGULATIONS.—All necessary regula- an amendment intended to be proposed Beginning on page 1491, strike line 11 and by him to the bill S. 744, to provide for tions to implement this paragraph shall be all that follows through ‘‘(d)’’ on page 1494, promulgated by the Secretary of Homeland comprehensive immigration reform line 18, and insert the following: Security, in consultation with the Secretary (a) APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL FOR UNACCOM- and for other purposes; which was or- of the Interior and the Secretary of State, on PANIED ALIEN CHILDREN AND ALIENS WITH A dered to lie on the table; as follows: or before the date that is 1 year after the SERIOUS MENTAL DISABILITY.—Section 292 (8 date of enactment of the Virgin Islands Visa Beginning on page 1490, strike line 8 and U.S.C. 1362) is amended by adding at the end Waiver Act of 2013. The promulgation of such all that follows through ‘‘(d)’’ on page 1491, the following: ‘‘The Attorney General may regulations shall be considered a foreign af- line 4, and insert the following: appoint counsel to represent an alien in a re- (a) IMMIGRATION COURT JUDGES.—The At- fairs function for purposes of section 553(a) of moval proceeding who has been determined torney General may increase the total num- title 5, United States Code. At a minimum, by the Secretary to be an unaccompanied ber of immigration judges to adjudicate cur- such regulations should include, but not nec- alien child or is incompetent to represent rent pending cases and process future cases, essarily be limited to— himself or herself due to a serious mental in a cost-effective manner, to the extent that ‘‘(i) a listing of all member or associate disability such that the appointment of such increase is consistent with the findings member countries of the Caribbean Commu- counsel is necessary to help ensure fair reso- in the report prepared by the Comptroller nity (CARICOM) whose nationals may ob- lution and efficient adjudication of the pro- General of the United States pursuant to tain, on a country by country basis, the ceedings.’’. subsection (d). (b) waiver provided by this paragraph, except (b) NECESSARY SUPPORT STAFF FOR IMMI- that such regulations shall not provide for a GRATION COURT JUDGES.—The Attorney Gen- SA 1307. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted listing of any country if the Secretary of eral may address the shortage of support an amendment intended to be proposed Homeland Security determines that such staff for immigration judges by ensuring by him to the bill S. 744, to provide for country’s inclusion on such list would rep- that each immigration judge has the assist- resent a threat to the welfare, safety, or se- ance of the necessary support staff to the ex- comprehensive immigration reform curity of the United States or its territories tent recommended in the report prepared by and for other purposes; which was or- and commonwealths; and the Comptroller General of the United States dered to lie on the table; as follows: ‘‘(ii) any bonding requirements for nation- pursuant to subsection (d). Beginning on page 1494, strike line 23 and als of some or all of those countries who may (c) ANNUAL INCREASES IN BOARD OF IMMI- all that follows through page 1496, line 25. present an increased risk of overstays or GRATION APPEALS PERSONNEL.—The Attorney other potential problems, if different from General may increase the number of Board of SA 1308. Mr. WYDEN submitted an such requirements otherwise provided by law Immigration Appeals staff attorneys and amendment intended to be proposed by for nonimmigrant visitors.

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‘‘(E) FACTORS.—In determining whether to ATIVE INDUSTRIES.—Section 101(a)(15)(P) (8 the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 grant or continue providing the waiver under U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(P)) is amended— U.S.C. 2832(c)(1)(B)). this paragraph to nationals of any country, (1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the (2) LOCAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT AREA.— the Secretary of Homeland Security, in con- end; The term ‘‘local workforce investment area’’ sultation with the Secretary of the Interior (2) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause means such area designated under section 116 and the Secretary of State, shall consider all (v); of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 factors that the Secretary deems relevant, (3) by inserting after clause (iii) the fol- U.S.C. 2831). including electronic travel authorizations, lowing: (3) LOCAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD.— procedures for reporting lost and stolen pass- ‘‘(iv) performs work that requires the at- The term ‘‘local workforce investment ports, repatriation of aliens, rates of refusal tainment of specialized or unique skills board’’ means such board established under for nonimmigrant visitor visas, overstays, within the arts or creative industries to be section 117 of the Workforce Investment Act exit systems, and information exchange. performed solely for an American firm or of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2832). ‘‘(F) SUSPENSION.—The Secretary of Home- corporation engaged in whole or in part in (4) LOW-INCOME YOUTH.—The term ‘‘low-in- land Security shall monitor the admission of the development of foreign trade and com- come youth’’ means an individual who— nonimmigrant visitors to the United States merce of the United States, which shall in- (A) is not younger than 16 but is younger Virgin Islands under this paragraph. If the clude the production or distribution of the than 25; Secretary determines that such admissions arts for international display or distribution, (B) meets the definition of a low-income have resulted in an unacceptable number of including motion pictures or television pro- individual provided in section 101(25) of the visitors from a country remaining unlaw- ductions; or’’; and Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. fully in the United States Virgin Islands, un- (4) in clause (v) (as so redesignated) by 2801(25)), except that States and local work- lawfully obtaining entry to other parts of striking ‘‘or (iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(iii), or force investment areas, subject to approval the United States, or seeking withholding of (iv)’’. in the applicable State plans and local plans, removal or asylum, or that visitors from a (d) EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION FOR may increase the income level specified in country pose a risk to law enforcement or se- SPOUSES.—Section 214(e)(6) (42 U.S.C. subparagraph (B)(i) of such section to an curity interests of the United States Virgin 1184(e)(6)) is amended by inserting amount not in excess of 200 percent of the Islands or of the United States (including the ‘‘101(a)(15)(O), or 101(a)(15)(P)’’ after poverty line for purposes of determining eli- interest in the enforcement of the immigra- ‘‘101(a)(15)(E),’’. gibility for participation in activities under tion laws of the United States), the Sec- section 5103; and retary shall suspend the admission of nation- SA 1310. Mr. WYDEN submitted an (C) is in one or more of the categories spec- als of such country under this paragraph. amendment intended to be proposed by ified in section 101(13)(C) of the Workforce The Secretary of Homeland Security may in him to the bill S. 744, to provide for Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801(13)(C)). the Secretary’s discretion suspend the comprehensive immigration reform (5) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘‘poverty United States Virgin Islands visa waiver pro- and for other purposes; which was or- line’’ means a poverty line as defined in sec- gram at any time, on a country-by-country tion 673 of the Community Services Block basis, for other good cause. dered to lie on the table; as follows: Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902), applicable to a ‘‘(G) ADDITION OF COUNTRIES.—The Gov- On page 1207, line 24, insert after ‘‘equiva- family of the size involved. ernor of the United States Virgin Islands lent’’ the following: ‘‘, or who are required to (6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each may request the Secretary of the Interior submit health-care worker certificates pur- of the several States of the United States, and the Secretary of Homeland Security to suant to section 212(a)(5)(C) or certified and the District of Columbia. add a particular country to the list of coun- statements pursuant to section 212(r),’’. SEC. 5102. ESTABLISHMENT OF YOUTH JOBS tries whose nationals may obtain the waiver On page 1824, between lines 14 and 15, insert FUND. provided by this paragraph, and the Sec- the following: (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established retary of Homeland Security may grant such ‘‘(iii) CERTIFIED HEALTH-CARE WORKERS.— in the Treasury of the United States an ac- request after consultation with the Sec- An occupation for which an alien is required count that shall be known as the Youth Jobs retary of the Interior and the Secretary of to have a health-care worker certificate pur- Fund (referred to in this title as ‘‘the State, and may promulgate regulations with suant to section 212(a)(5)(C) or certified Fund’’). respect to the inclusion of that country and statement pursuant to section 212(r) may not (b) DEPOSITS INTO THE FUND.—Out of any any special requirements the Secretary of be an eligible occupation. amounts in the Treasury not otherwise ap- Homeland Security, in the Secretary’s sole propriated, there is appropriated discretion, may impose prior to allowing na- SA 1311. Mr. BROWN (for himself, $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2014, which shall tionals of that country to obtain the waiver Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. MANCHIN, and Mr. be paid to the Fund, to be used by the Sec- provided by this paragraph.’’. SESSIONS) submitted an amendment in- retary of Labor to carry out this title. (c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— tended to be proposed by him to the amounts deposited into the Fund under sub- (1) DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS.—Sec- bill S. 744, to provide for comprehen- tion 212(a)(7)(iii) of the Immigration and Na- section (b), the Secretary of Labor shall allo- sive immigration reform and for other cate $1,500,000,000 to provide summer and tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(7)(iii)) is purposes; which was ordered to lie on amended to read as follows: year-round employment opportunities to the table; as follows: low-income youth in accordance with section ‘‘(iii) SPECIAL VISA WAIVER PROGRAMS.—For a provision authorizing waiver of clause (i) On page 1679, strike lines 12 through 17 and 5103 . (d) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—The amounts in the case of visitors to Guam, the Com- insert the following: appropriated under this title shall be avail- monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, ‘‘(iii) has offered the job to any United able for obligation by the Secretary of Labor or the United States Virgin Islands, see sub- States worker who applies and is equally or until December 31, 2014, and shall be avail- section (l).’’. better qualified for the job for which the able for expenditure by grantees (including (2) ADMISSION OF NONIMMIGRANTS.—Section nonimmigrant or nonimmigrants is or are subgrantees) until September 30, 2015. 214(a)(1) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(a)(1)) is sought.’’. amended by inserting before the final sen- SEC. 5103. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT AND YEAR- SA 1312. Mr. SANDERS (for himself ROUND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNI- tence the following: ‘‘No alien admitted to TIES FOR LOW-INCOME YOUTH. and Ms. STABENOW) submitted an the United States Virgin Islands without a (a) IN GENERAL.—From the funds available visa pursuant to section 212(l)(7) may be au- amendment intended to be proposed by under section 5102(c), the Secretary of Labor thorized to enter or stay in the United him to the bill S. 744, to provide for shall make an allotment under subsection (c) States other than in United States Virgin Is- comprehensive immigration reform to each State that has a modification to a lands or to remain in the United States Vir- and for other purposes; which was or- State plan approved under section 112 of the gin Islands for a period exceeding 30 days dered to lie on the table; as follows: Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. from date of admission to the United States 2822) (referred to in this section as a ‘‘State Virgin Islands.’’. On page 1920, after line 13, add the following: plan modification’’) (or other State request for funds specified in guidance under sub- SA 1309. Mr. WYDEN submitted an TITLE V—JOBS FOR YOUTH section (b)) approved under subsection (d) amendment intended to be proposed by SEC. 5101. DEFINITIONS. and recipient under section 166(c) of the him to the bill S. 744, to provide for In this title: Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. comprehensive immigration reform (1) CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIAL.—The term 2911(c)) (referred to in this section as a ‘‘Na- and for other purposes; which was or- ‘‘chief elected official’’ means the chief tive American grantee’’) that meets the reelected executive officer of a unit of local dered to lie on the table; as follows: quirements of this section, for the purpose of government in a local workforce investment providing summer employment and year- On page 1740, between lines 14 and 15, insert area or in the case in which such an area in- round employment opportunities to low-in- the following: cludes more than one unit of general govern- come youth. (c) ARTISTS PERFORMING SPECIALIZED OR ment, the individuals designated under an (b) GUIDANCE AND APPLICATION OF REQUIRE- UNIQUE SKILLS IN SUPPORT OF AMERICAN CRE- agreement described in section 117(c)(1)(B) of MENTS.—

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(1) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 20 days after that, in relation to family size, does not ex- under subsection (c) within 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec- ceed the higher of— such approval. retary of Labor shall issue guidance regard- (A) the poverty line; or (3) MODIFICATIONS TO STATE PLAN OR RE- ing the implementation of this section. (B) 70 percent of the lower living standard QUEST.—The Governor may submit further (2) PROCEDURES.—Such guidance shall, con- income level. modifications to a State plan modification sistent with this section, include procedures (d) STATE PLAN MODIFICATION.— or other State request for funds specified for— (1) IN GENERAL.—For a State to be eligible under subsection (b), consistent with the re- (A) the submission and approval of State to receive an allotment of funds under sub- quirements of this section. plan modifications, for such other forms of section (c), the Governor of the State shall (e) WITHIN-STATE ALLOCATION AND ADMINIS- requests for funds by the State as may be submit to the Secretary of Labor a State TRATION.— identified in such guidance, for modifica- plan modification, or other State request for (1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds allotted to tions to local plans approved under section funds specified in guidance under subsection the State under subsection (c), the Gov- 118 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (b), in such form and containing such infor- ernor— (29 U.S.C. 2833) (referred to individually in mation as the Secretary may require. At a (A) may reserve not more than 5 percent of this section as a ‘‘local plan modification’’), minimum, such State plan modification or the funds for administration and technical or for such other forms of requests for funds request shall include— assistance; and by local workforce investment areas as may (A) a description of the strategies and ac- (B) shall allocate the remainder of the be identified in such guidance, that promote tivities to be carried out to provide summer funds among local workforce investment the expeditious and effective implementa- employment opportunities and year-round areas within the State in accordance with tion of the activities authorized under this employment opportunities, including link- clauses (i) through (iii) of subsection section; and ages to training and educational activities, (c)(2)(B), except that for purposes of such al- (B) the allotment and allocation of funds, consistent with subsection (f); location references to a State in subsection including reallotment and reallocation of (B) a description of the requirements the (c)(2)(B) shall be deemed to be references to such funds, that promote such implementa- State will apply relating to the eligibility of a local workforce investment area and ref- tion. low-income youth, consistent with section erences to all States shall be deemed to be 5101(4), for summer employment opportuni- references to all local workforce investment (3) REQUIREMENTS.—Except as otherwise provided in the guidance described in para- ties and year-round employment opportuni- areas in the State involved. OCAL PLAN.— graph (1) and in this section and other provi- ties, which requirements may include cri- (2) L (A) SUBMISSION.—In order to receive an al- sions of this title, the funds provided for ac- teria to target assistance to particular categories of such low-income youth, such as location under paragraph (1)(B), the local tivities under this section shall be adminis- youth with disabilities, consistent with sub- workforce investment board, in partnership tered in accordance with the provisions of section (f); with the chief elected official for the local subtitles B and E of title I of the Workforce (C) a description of the performance out- workforce investment area involved, shall Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2811 et seq., comes to be achieved by the State through submit to the Governor a local plan modi- 2911 et seq.) relating to youth activities. the activities carried out under this section fication, or such other request for funds by (c) STATE ALLOTMENTS.— and the processes the State will use to track local workforce investment areas as may be (1) IN GENERAL.—Using the funds described performance, consistent with guidance pro- specified in guidance under subsection (b), in subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor vided by the Secretary of Labor regarding not later than 30 days after the submission shall allot to each State the total of the such outcomes and processes and with sec- by the State of the State plan modification amounts assigned to the State under sub- tion 5104(b); or other State request for funds specified in paragraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2). (D) a description of the timelines for im- guidance under subsection (b), describing the (2) ASSIGNMENTS TO STATES.— plementation of the strategies and activities strategies and activities to be carried out (A) MINIMUM AMOUNTS.—Using funds de- described in subparagraph (A), and the num- under this section. scribed in subsection (a), the Secretary of ber of low-income youth expected to be (B) APPROVAL.—The Governor shall ap- Labor shall assign to each State an amount placed in summer employment opportuni- prove the local plan modification or other equal to 1⁄2 of 1 percent of such funds. ties, and year-round employment opportuni- local request for funds submitted under sub- (B) FORMULA AMOUNTS.—The Secretary of ties, respectively, by quarter; paragraph (A) within 30 days after submis- Labor shall assign the remainder of the (E) assurances that the State will report sion, unless the Governor determines that funds described in subsection (a) among the such information, relating to fiscal, perform- the plan or request is inconsistent with re- States by assigning— ance, and other matters, as the Secretary quirements of this section. If the Governor (i) 331⁄3 percent on the basis of the relative may require and as the Secretary determines has not made a determination within that number of individuals in the civilian labor is necessary to effectively monitor the ac- 30-day period, the plan shall be considered to force who are not younger than 16 but young- tivities carried out under this section; be approved. If the plan or request is dis- er than 25 in each State, compared to the (F) assurances that the State will ensure approved, the Governor may provide a rea- total number of individuals in the civilian compliance with the requirements, restric- sonable period of time in which the plan or labor force who are not younger than 16 but tions, labor standards, and other provisions request may be amended and resubmitted for younger than 25 in all States; described in section 5104(a); and approval. If the plan or request is approved, (ii) 331⁄3 percent on the basis of the relative (G) if a local board and chief elected offi- the Governor shall allocate funds to the number of unemployed individuals in each cial in the State will provide employment local workforce investment area within 30 State, compared to the total number of un- opportunities with the link to training and days after such approval. employed individuals in all States; and educational activities described in sub- (3) REALLOCATION.—If a local workforce in- (iii) 331⁄3 on the basis of the relative num- section (f)(2)(B), a description of how the vestment board and chief elected official do ber of disadvantaged young adults and youth training and educational activities will lead not submit a local plan modification (or in each State, compared to the total number to the industry-recognized credential in- other local request for funds specified in of disadvantaged young adults and youth in volved. guidance under subsection (b)) by the date all States. (2) SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL OF STATE specified in paragraph (2), or the Governor (3) REALLOTMENT.—If the Governor of a PLAN MODIFICATION OR REQUEST.— disapproves a local plan, the amount the State does not submit a State plan modifica- (A) SUBMISSION.—The Governor shall sub- local workforce investment area would have tion or other State request for funds speci- mit the State plan modification or other been eligible to receive pursuant to the for- fied in guidance under subsection (b) by the State request for funds specified in guidance mula under paragraph (1)(B) shall be allo- date specified in subsection (d)(2)(A), or a under subsection (b) to the Secretary of cated to local workforce investment areas State does not receive approval of such State Labor not later than 30 days after the that receive approval of their local plan plan modification or request, the amount the issuance of such guidance. modifications or local requests for funds State would have been eligible to receive (B) APPROVAL.—The Secretary of Labor under paragraph (2). Each such local work- pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be allocated shall approve the State plan modification or force investment area shall receive a share to States that receive approval of State plan request submitted under subparagraph (A) of the total amount available for realloca- modifications or requests specified in the within 30 days after submission, unless the tion under this paragraph, in accordance guidance. Each such State shall receive a Secretary determines that the plan or re- with the area’s share of the total amount al- share of the total amount available for real- quest is inconsistent with the requirements located under paragraph (1)(B) to such local lotment under this paragraph, in accordance of this section. If the Secretary has not made workforce investment areas. with the State’s share of the total amount a determination within that 30-day period, (f) USE OF FUNDS.— allotted under paragraph (1) to such State. the plan or request shall be considered to be (1) IN GENERAL.—The funds made available (4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of para- approved. If the plan or request is dis- under this section shall be used— graph (2), the term ‘‘disadvantaged young approved, the Secretary may provide a rea- (A) to provide summer employment oppor- adult or youth’’ means an individual who is sonable period of time in which the plan or tunities for low-income youth, with direct not younger than 16 but is younger than 25 request may be amended and resubmitted for linkages to academic and occupational who received an income, or is a member of a approval. If the plan or request is approved, learning, and may be used to provide sup- family that received a total family income, the Secretary shall allot funds to the State portive services, such as transportation or

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TIONAL.—Funds provided under this title At the appropriate place, insert the fol- (2) PROGRAM PRIORITIES.—In administering shall only be used for activities that are in lowing: the funds under this section, the local board addition to activities that would otherwise SEC. lll. REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE LEGAL and chief elected official shall give priority be available in the State or local workforce VOTING. to— investment area in the absence of such (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be (A) identifying employment opportunities funds. cited as the ‘‘Secure the Vote Act of 2013’’. (b) RESTRICTIONS.— that are— (d) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec- (1) AFFIDAVIT REQUIRED.—Any individual in (i) in emerging or in-demand occupations retary of Labor may establish such addi- registered provisional immigrant status, in the local workforce investment area; or tional requirements as the Secretary deter- blue card status, asylum status, refugee sta- (ii) in the public or nonprofit sector and mines may be necessary to ensure fiscal in- tus, legal permanent resident status, or any meet community needs; and tegrity, effective monitoring, and the appro- other permanent or temporary visa status (B) linking participants in year-round em- priate and prompt implementation of the ac- who intends to remain in the United States ployment opportunities to training and edu- tivities under this title. in such status for longer than 6 months shall cational activities that will provide such (e) REPORT OF INFORMATION AND EVALUA- submit to the Secretary, during the period participants an industry-recognized certifi- TIONS TO CONGRESS AND THE PUBLIC.—The specified by the Secretary, a signed affidavit cate or credential (referred to in this title as Secretary of Labor shall provide to the ap- that states that the alien— an ‘‘industry-recognized credential’’). propriate committees of Congress and make (A) has not cast a ballot in any Federal (3) ADMINISTRATION.—Not more than 5 per- available to the public the information re- election in the United States; and cent of the funds allocated to a local work- ported pursuant to subsection (b). (B) will not register to vote, or cast a bal- force investment area under this section SEC. 5105. VISA SURCHARGE. lot, in any Federal election in the United may be used for the costs of administration (a) COLLECTION.— States while in such status. of this section. (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), (2) PENALTY.—If an alien described in para- (4) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY.—For ac- and in addition to any fees otherwise im- graph (1) fails to timely submit the affidavit tivities funded under this section, in lieu of posed for such visas, the Secretary shall col- described in paragraph (1) or violates any meeting the requirements described in sec- lect a surcharge of $10 from an employer that term of such affidavit— tion 136 of the Workforce Investment Act of submits an application for— (A) the Secretary shall immediately— 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2871), States and local work- (A) an employment-based visa under para- (i) revoke the legal status of such alien; force investment areas shall provide such re- graph (3), (4), (5), or (6) of section 203(b) of and ports as the Secretary of Labor may require the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 (ii) deport the alien to the country from regarding the performance outcomes de- U.S.C. 1153(b)); and which he or she originated; and scribed in section 5104(b)(5). (B) a nonimmigrant visa under subpara- (B) the alien will be permanently ineligible SEC. 5104. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. graph (C), (H)(i)(b), (H)(i)(c), (H)(ii)(a), (H)(ii)(B), (O), (P), (R), or (W) of section for United States citizenship. (a) LABOR STANDARDS AND PROTECTIONS.— 101(a)(15) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)). (3) BARS TO LEGAL STATUS.—Any individual Activities provided with funds made avail- (2) EXPIRATION.—The Secretary shall sus- in registered provisional immigrant status, able under this title shall be subject to the pend the collection of the surcharge author- blue card status, asylum status, refugee sta- requirements and restrictions, including the ized under paragraph (1) on the date on tus, legal permanent resident status, or any labor standards, described in section 181 of which the Secretary has collected a cumu- other permanent or temporary visa status the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 lative total of $1,500,000,000 under this sub- who illegally registers to vote or who votes U.S.C. 2931) and the nondiscrimination provi- section. in any Federal election after receiving such sions of section 188 of such Act (29 U.S.C. (b) DEPOSIT.—All of the amounts collected status or visa— 2938), in addition to other applicable Federal under subsection (a)(1) shall be deposited in (A) shall not be eligible to apply for perma- laws. the general fund of the Treasury. nent residence or citizenship; and (b) REPORTING.—The Secretary of Labor (B) if such individual has already been may require the reporting of information re- SA 1313. Mr. SANDERS submitted an granted permanent residence, shall lose such lating to fiscal, performance and other mat- amendment intended to be proposed by status and be subject to deportation pursu- ters that the Secretary determines is nec- ant to section 237(a)(6) of the Immigration essary to effectively monitor the activities him to the bill S. 744, to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(6)). carried out with funds provided under this (c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF title. At a minimum, recipients of grants (in- and for other purposes; which was or- HOMELAND SECURITY.— cluding recipients of subgrants) under this dered to lie on the table; as follows: (1) ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION.—In deter- title shall provide information relating to— On page 1743, strike lines 1 through 4, and mining whether an individual described in (1) the number of individuals participating insert the following: subsection (a)(1) is eligible for legal status, in activities with funds provided under this SEC. 44081. J VISA ELIGIBILITY. including naturalization, under the Immi- title and the number of such individuals who (a) SPEAKERS OF CERTAIN FOREIGN LAN- gration and Nationality Act, the Secretary have completed such participation; GUAGES.—Section 101(a)(15)(J) (8 U.S.C. shall verify that the alien has not registered (2) the expenditures of funds provided 1101(a)(15)(J)) is amended to read as follows: to vote, or cast a ballot, in a Federal elec- under this title; On page 1744, between lines 16 and 17, insert tion in the United States. (3) the number of jobs created pursuant to the following: (2) VERIFICATION OF CITIZENSHIP.—The Sec- the activities carried out under this title; (c) REFORM OF SUMMER WORK TRAVEL PRO- retary shall provide the election director of (4) the demographic characteristics of indi- GRAM.— each State, and such local election officials viduals participating in activities under this (1) PROHIBITION ON EMPLOYMENT.—Notwith- as may be designated by such State direc- title; and standing any other provision of law or regu- tors, with access to relevant databases con- (5) the performance outcomes for individ- lation, including section 62.32 of title 22, taining information about aliens who have uals participating in activities under this Code of Federal Regulations, the Secretary been granted registered provisional immi- title, including— of State may not implement the Summer grant status, asylum, refugee status, blue (A) for low-income youth participating in Work Travel program described in such sec- card status, and any other permanent or summer employment activities under section 62.32 in a manner that permits an alien temporary visa status authorized under this tion 5103, performance on indicators con- who is admitted under section 101(a)(15)(J) of Act or the Immigration and Nationality Act, sisting of— the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 for the sole purpose of verifying the citizen- (i) work readiness skill attainment using U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J)), as amended by sub- ship status of registered voters and all indian employer validated checklist; section (a), as part of a cultural exchange to viduals applying to register to vote. (ii) placement in or return to secondary or be employed in the United States. (3) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall postsecondary education or training, or (2) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of State submit an annual report to Congress that entry into unsubsidized employment; and shall issue regulations that modify the Sum- identifies all jurisdictions in the United (B) for low-income youth participating in mer Work Travel program so that such pro- States that have registered individuals who year-round employment activities under sec- gram— are not United States citizens to vote in a tion 5103, performance on indicators con- (A) permits cultural exchanges as de- Federal election. sisting of— scribed in such section 62.32; and (d) RESPONSIBILITIES OF STATES.— (i) placement in or return to postsecondary (B) does not permit participants to be em- (1) PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP.—Notwith- education; ployed in the United States. standing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42

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Mr. President, I ask mune deficiency syndrome’’ and inserting ‘‘in- proof of citizenship; unanimous consent that the Com- cluding arranging for testing with respect to (B) may not accept an affirmation of citi- mittee on Small Business and Entre- identifying organs that are infected with human zenship as adequate proof of citizenship for preneurship be authorized to meet dur- immunodeficiency virus (HIV)’’. (3) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section voter registration purposes; and ing the session of the Senate on June (C) may require identification information 371(b)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 from all such voter registration applicants. 17, 2013, at 5:30 p.m. in the Mansfield U.S.C. 273(b)(1)) is amended by— (2) COOPERATION WITH DEPARTMENT OF Room, S–207 of the Capitol. (A) striking subparagraph (E); HOMELAND SECURITY.—All States and local The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without (B) redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) governments shall provide the Department objection, it is so ordered. as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; (C) striking ‘‘(H) has a director’’ and inserting with the registration and voting history of f any alien seeking registered provisional sta- ‘‘(G) has a director’’; and HIV ORGAN POLICY EQUITY ACT (D) in subparagraph (H)— tus, naturalization, or any other immigra- (i) in clause (i) (V), by striking ‘‘paragraph tion benefit, upon the request of the Sec- Mr. KING. Madam President, I ask (2)(G)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)(G)’’; and retary. unanimous consent that the Senate (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ (3) CONSEQUENCE OF NONCOMPLIANCE.— proceed to the immediate consider- and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’. (A) FIRST YEAR.—If any State is not in ation of Calendar No. 75, S. 330. (b) PUBLICATION OF RESEARCH GUIDELINES.— compliance with the proof of citizenship re- Part H of title III of the Public Health Service quirements set forth in paragraph (1) on or The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Act (42 U.S.C. 273 et seq.) is amended by insert- before the date that is 1 year after the date clerk will report the bill by title. ing after section 377D the following: of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary The legislative clerk read as follows: ‘‘SEC. 377E. CRITERIA, STANDARDS, AND REGULA- of Transportation shall reduce the appor- A bill (S. 330) to amend the Public Health TIONS WITH RESPECT TO ORGANS tionment calculated under section 104(c) of Service Act to establish safeguards and INFECTED WITH HIV. title 23, United States Code, for that State standards for research and transplantation ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years for the following fiscal year by 10 percent. of organs infected with human immuno- after the date of the enactment of the HIV (B) SUBSEQUENT YEARS.—For each subse- deficiency virus (HIV). Organ Policy Equity Act, the Secretary shall de- quent year in which any State is not in com- velop and publish criteria for the conduct of re- pliance with the proof of citizenship require- There being no objection, the Senate search relating to transplantation of organs ments set forth in paragraph (1), the Sec- proceeded to consider the bill (S. 330) from donors infected with human immuno- retary of Transportation shall reduce the ap- to amend the Public Health Service deficiency virus (in this section referred to as portionment calculated under section 104(c) Act to establish safeguards and stand- ‘HIV’) into individuals who are infected with of title 23, United States Code, for that State ards of quality for research and trans- HIV before receiving such organ. for the following fiscal year by an additional plantation of organs infected with ‘‘(b) CORRESPONDING CHANGES TO STANDARDS 10 percent. human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), AND REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO RESEARCH.— Not later than 2 years after the date of the en- which had been reported from the Com- SA 1315. Mr. KING (for Mr. GRASS- actment of the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act, to mittee on Health, Education, Labor, LEY) proposed an amendment to the the extent determined by the Secretary to be and Pensions, with an amendment to bill S. 330, to amend the Public Health necessary to allow the conduct of research in strike all after the enacting clause and Service Act to establish safeguards and accordance with the criteria developed under insert in lieu thereof the following: subsection (a)— standards of quality for research and ‘‘(1) the Organ Procurement and Transplan- transplantation of organs infected with SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘HIV Organ Pol- tation Network shall revise the standards of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); icy Equity Act’’. quality adopted under section 372(b)(2)(E); and as follows: ‘‘(2) the Secretary shall revise section 121.6 of SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any Strike section 3 and insert the following: SERVICE ACT. successor regulations). SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO TITLE 18 (a) STANDARDS OF QUALITY FOR THE ACQUISI- ‘‘(c) REVISION OF STANDARDS AND REGULA- OF THE UNITED STATES CODE. TION AND TRANSPORTATION OF DONATED OR- TIONS GENERALLY.—Not later than 4 years after Section 1122(a) of title 18, United States GANS.— the date of the enactment of the HIV Organ Pol- Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or in accord- (1) ORGAN PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPLAN- icy Equity Act, and annually thereafter, the ance with all applicable guidelines and regu- TATION NETWORK.—Section 372(b) of the Public Secretary, shall— lations made by the Secretary of Health and Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274(b)) is amend- ‘‘(1) review the results of scientific research in Human Services under section 377E of the ed— conjunction with the Organ Procurement and Public Health Service Act’’ after ‘‘research (A) in paragraph (2)(E), by striking ‘‘, includ- Transplantation Network to determine whether or testing’’. ing standards for preventing the acquisition of the results warrant revision of the standards of organs that are infected with the etiologic agent quality adopted under section 372(b)(2)(E) with f for acquired immune deficiency syndrome’’; and respect to donated organs infected with HIV (B) by adding at the end the following: and with respect to the safety of transplanting NOTICES OF HEARINGS ‘‘(3) CLARIFICATION.—In adopting and using an organ with a particular strain of HIV into a COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND standards of quality under paragraph (2)(E), recipient with a different strain of HIV; ENTREPRENEURSHIP the Organ Procurement and Transplantation ‘‘(2) if the Secretary determines under para- Network may adopt and use such standards graph (1) that such results warrant revision of Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I with respect to organs infected with human im- would like to announce that the Com- the standards of quality adopted under section munodeficiency virus (in this paragraph re- 372(b)(2)(E) with respect to donated organs in- mittee on Small Business and Entre- ferred to as ‘HIV’), provided that any such fected with HIV and with respect to trans- preneurship will meet on June 17, 2013, standards ensure that organs infected with HIV planting an organ with a particular strain of at 5:30 p.m. in the Mansfield Room of may be transplanted only into individuals HIV into a recipient with a different strain of the Capitol (S–207) to hold a markup on who— HIV, direct the Organ Procurement and Trans- Committee legislation. ‘‘(A) are infected with HIV before receiving plantation Network to revise such standards, such organ; and consistent with section 372 and in a way that COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND ‘‘(B)(i) are participating in clinical research ensures the changes will not reduce the safety ENTREPRENEURSHIP approved by an institutional review board under of organ transplantation; and Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I the criteria, standards, and regulations de- ‘‘(3) in conjunction with any revision of such would like to announce that the Com- scribed in subsections (a) and (b) of section standards under paragraph (2), revise section mittee on Small Business and Entre- 377E; or 121.6 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or preneurship will meet on Thursday, ‘‘(ii) if the Secretary has determined under any successor regulations).’’. June 20, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room 428A section 377E(c) that participation in such clin- SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO TITLE 18 Russell Senate Office building to hold a ical research, as a requirement for such trans- OF THE UNITED STATES CODE. plants, is no longer warranted, are receiving a roundtable entitled ‘‘Sequestration: Section 1122 of title 18, United States Code, is transplant under the standards and regulations amended by adding at the end the following: Small Business Contractors Weath- under section 377E(c).’’. ‘‘(d) EXCEPTION.—An organ donation does not ering the Storm in a Climate of Fiscal (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section violate this section if the donation is in accord- Uncertainty.’’ 371(b)(3)(C) of the Public Health Service Act (42 ance with all applicable criteria and regulations

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CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO TITLE 18 for testing with respect to identifying organs OF THE UNITED STATES CODE. which is at the desk, be agreed to; the that are infected with human immuno- Section 1122(a) of title 18, United States substitute, as amended, be agreed to; deficiency virus (HIV)’’. Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or in accord- the bill, as amended, be read a third (3) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section ance with all applicable guidelines and regu- time and passed; and the motions to re- 371(b)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 lations made by the Secretary of Health and consider be made and laid upon the U.S.C. 273(b)(1)) is amended by— Human Services under section 377E of the table, with no intervening action or de- (A) striking subparagraph (E); Public Health Service Act’’ after ‘‘research bate. (B) redesignating subparagraphs (F) and or testing’’. The amendment (No. 1315) was agreed (G) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; f to, as follows: (C) striking ‘‘(H) has a director’’ and in- AMENDMENT NO. 1315 serting ‘‘(G) has a director’’; and APPOINTMENT Strike section 3 and insert the following: (D) in subparagraph (H)— The PRESIDING OFFICER. The SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO TITLE 18 (i) in clause (i) (V), by striking ‘‘paragraph Chair, on behalf of the majority leader, OF THE UNITED STATES CODE. (2)(G)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)(G)’’; and Section 1122(a) of title 18, United States (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘paragraph pursuant to Public Law 111–5, appoints Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or in accord- (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’. the following individual to the Health ance with all applicable guidelines and regu- (b) PUBLICATION OF RESEARCH GUIDE- Information Technology Policy Com- lations made by the Secretary of Health and LINES.—Part H of title III of the Public mittee: Dr. Aury Nagy of Nevada, vice Human Services under section 377E of the Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 273 et seq.) is Dr. Frank Nemec of Nevada. Public Health Service Act’’ after ‘‘research amended by inserting after section 377D the or testing’’. following: f The committee amendment, as ‘‘SEC. 377E. CRITERIA, STANDARDS, AND REGULA- TIONS WITH RESPECT TO ORGANS ORDERS FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 18, amended, was agreed to. INFECTED WITH HIV. 2013 The bill was ordered to be engrossed ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years for a third reading, was read the third after the date of the enactment of the HIV Mr. KING. Madam President, I ask time, and passed, as follows: Organ Policy Equity Act, the Secretary shall unanimous consent that when the Sen- S. 330 develop and publish criteria for the conduct ate completes its business today, it ad- of research relating to transplantation of or- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- journ until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 18, gans from donors infected with human im- resentatives of the United States of America in 2013; that following the prayer and munodeficiency virus (in this section re- Congress assembled, pledge, the morning hour be deemed ferred to as ‘HIV’) into individuals who are SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. infected with HIV before receiving such expired, the Journal of proceedings be This Act may be cited as the ‘‘HIV Organ organ. approved to date, the time for the two Policy Equity Act’’. ‘‘(b) CORRESPONDING CHANGES TO STAND- leaders be reserved for their use later SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH ARDS AND REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO RE- in the day; that following any leader SERVICE ACT. SEARCH.—Not later than 2 years after the remarks, the Senate be in a period of (a) STANDARDS OF QUALITY FOR THE ACQUI- date of the enactment of the HIV Organ Pol- morning business for 1 hour, with Sen- SITION AND TRANSPORTATION OF DONATED OR- icy Equity Act, to the extent determined by ators permitted to speak therein for up GANS.— the Secretary to be necessary to allow the (1) ORGAN PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPLAN- conduct of research in accordance with the to 10 minutes each, with the time TATION NETWORK.—Section 372(b) of the Pub- criteria developed under subsection (a)— equally divided and controlled between lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274(b)) is ‘‘(1) the Organ Procurement and Trans- the two leaders or their designees, with amended— plantation Network shall revise the stand- the Republicans controlling the first (A) in paragraph (2)(E), by striking ‘‘, in- ards of quality adopted under section half and the majority controlling the cluding standards for preventing the acquisi- 372(b)(2)(E); and final half; that following morning busi- tion of organs that are infected with the ‘‘(2) the Secretary shall revise section 121.6 ness, the Senate resume consideration etiologic agent for acquired immune defi- of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or of S. 744, the comprehensive immigra- ciency syndrome’’; and any successor regulations). (B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(c) REVISION OF STANDARDS AND REGULA- tion reform bill, under the previous ‘‘(3) CLARIFICATION.—In adopting and using TIONS GENERALLY.—Not later than 4 years order; and finally that the Senate re- standards of quality under paragraph (2)(E), after the date of the enactment of the HIV cess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Organ Policy Equity Act, and annually allow for the weekly caucus meetings. Network may adopt and use such standards thereafter, the Secretary, shall— The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without with respect to organs infected with human ‘‘(1) review the results of scientific re- objection, it is so ordered. immunodeficiency virus (in this paragraph search in conjunction with the Organ Pro- referred to as ‘HIV’), provided that any such curement and Transplantation Network to f standards ensure that organs infected with determine whether the results warrant revi- HIV may be transplanted only into individ- sion of the standards of quality adopted PROGRAM uals who— under section 372(b)(2)(E) with respect to do- ‘‘(A) are infected with HIV before receiving nated organs infected with HIV and with re- Mr. KING. There will be up to four such organ; and spect to the safety of transplanting an organ rollcall votes at 3 p.m. in relation to ‘‘(B)(i) are participating in clinical re- with a particular strain of HIV into a recipi- the amendments to the immigration search approved by an institutional review ent with a different strain of HIV; bill tomorrow. board under the criteria, standards, and reg- ‘‘(2) if the Secretary determines under ulations described in subsections (a) and (b) paragraph (1) that such results warrant revi- f of section 377E; or sion of the standards of quality adopted ‘‘(ii) if the Secretary has determined under under section 372(b)(2)(E) with respect to do- ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 10 A.M. section 377E(c) that participation in such nated organs infected with HIV and with re- TOMORROW clinical research, as a requirement for such spect to transplanting an organ with a par- Mr. KING. If there is no further busi- transplants, is no longer warranted, are re- ticular strain of HIV into a recipient with a ness to come before the Senate, I ask ceiving a transplant under the standards and different strain of HIV, direct the Organ Pro- unanimous consent that it adjourn regulations under section 377E(c).’’. curement and Transplantation Network to (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section revise such standards, consistent with sec- under the previous order. 371(b)(3)(C) of the Public Health Service Act tion 372 and in a way that ensures the There being no objection, the Senate, (42 U.S.C. 273(b)(3)(C); relating to organ pro- changes will not reduce the safety of organ at 7:15 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, curement organizations) is amended by transplantation; and June 18, 2013, at 10 a.m.

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HONORING THE KOREAN AMER- Township 5 to Berlin, and then to Fairhaven, and for military construction, to prescribe ICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES ON this community would later be incorporated on military personnel strengths for such fiscal THE OCCASION OF THEIR 41ST June 14, 1813, as the town of St. Albans and year, and for other purposes: ANNUAL BENEFIT GALA it became the 199th town in the District of Mr. CONYERS. Madam Chair, I rise to dis- Maine. cuss my amendment, number 104, to H.R. This weekend, the people of St. Albans will 1960, the ‘‘National Defense Authorization Act HON. BRADLEY S. SCHNEIDER for Fiscal Year 2014.’’ I would like to thank OF ILLINOIS celebrate the bicentennial of their town filled with the same local spirit and sense of com- Chairman MCKEON and Ranking Member IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mon purpose that filled those first residents SMITH for accepting this amendment in en bloc Friday, June 14, 2013 who first petitioned to have their community amendment number five. Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today recognized. The residents of St. Albans em- This technical amendment would improve to honor the Korean American Community body the values of the hardworking people of Section 1036 of the underlying bill, which re- Services (KACS) for more than 40 years of Maine and can take great pride in the rich her- quires the President to provide information to commitment to helping Korean Americans in itage they have created over the past 200 Congress as to which organizations it believes the greater Chicagoland area. years. are affiliates or adherents of Al-Qaeda, the On the eve of their 41st Annual Benefit It is an honor and a privilege to represent reasoning justifying such designation, and Gala, it is fitting to pay tribute to an organiza- the people of St. Albans in Congress, and I whether each group constitutes an associated tion dedicated to fostering open, vibrant com- am pleased to have this opportunity to help force that is engaged in hostilities against the munities. Through a vast array of services, the town celebrate its 200th anniversary. United States or its coalition partners. My KACS has helped thousands of Korean Ameri- Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratu- amendment addresses the latter part of this cans become active members of their commu- lating the people of St. Albans and wishing assessment dealing with so-called ‘‘associated nities. them well on this joyous occasion. forces’’ affiliated with Al-Qaeda or the Taliban. KACS has been able to benefit its more f The 2001 Authorization for the Use of Mili- than 7,000 annual clients in many ways, with tary Force passed shortly after the 9/11 at- H.R. 1919 THE SAFEGUARDING programs in early education, public health, tacks has been interpreted by the last two Ad- AMERICA’S PHARMACEUTICALS legal services, computer skills, the arts and ministrations as authorizing war between the ACT OF 2013 much more. United States and Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and As the needs of their clients have evolved co-belligerent ‘‘associated forces.’’ Although over the years, so too have their methods. HON. RUSH HOLT we clearly know who Al-Qaeda or the Taliban Information technology and public health OF NEW JERSEY are, it is unclear which organizations the Exec- programs have grown in demand and there- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES utive Branch is referring to when referencing fore grown in scope over recent years. As Friday, June 14, 2013 ‘‘associated forces.’’ This absence of trans- more and more of our economy depends on parency as to the government’s application of Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of technological savvy and broad education, this legal concept allows for the possibility that H.R. 1919, the Safeguarding America’s Phar- KACS has expanded computer courses and the United States could rely on the AUMF as maceuticals Act of 2013. Currently, there ex- grown their Early Childhood Center into a na- a broad, nearly limitless source of authority for ists a patchwork of state regulations that pro- tional leader. military operations, including drone strikes, vide for uneven detection of contaminated The KACS Community Technology Center against groups that have little to no connection drugs and falsified medicines. Recognizing serves more than 1,000 immigrants and low– to the September 11 attacks in places like this, the Institutes of Medicine (IOM) rec- income individuals, and the broad reach of Mali, Somalia, or even Syria. ommend in a February 2013 report that ‘‘Con- these programs is equaled only by their high It is my understanding that Section 1036 of gress should authorize and fund the U.S. quality. These services are only a snapshot of the bill attempts to address this ambiguity by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to estab- the total offered for toddlers through seniors. attempting to discern the Administration’s lish a mandatory track-and trace system.’’ The KACS helps mold strong, active, engaged thinking about which groups it considers en- Safeguarding America’s Pharmaceuticals Act members of the community, and we are lucky gaged in hostilities against our country. Unfor- of 2013 makes important progress in providing to enjoy their services in the Tenth District. tunately, it is unclear if Section 1036 is asking for a national standard of tracing medicines f for information about ‘‘associated forces’’ for electronically through the supply chain. We the purposes of interpreting the 2001 AUMF or HONORING THE TOWN OF ST. should be doing all that we can to ensure the simply seeking information about groups that ALBANS, MAINE security and authenticity of all medicines in the affiliate with Al-Qaeda or the Taliban in a dif- United States. The enhanced drug distribution ferent context. This distinction is critically im- HON. MICHAEL H. MICHAUD security required by this legislation provides portant, because the United States is only manufacturers with important protections technically at war with ‘‘associated forces’’ OF MAINE against counterfeit drugs as well as increases IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES covered by the 2001 AUMF and not with patient safety for American consumers. groups that have some other affiliation with Al- Friday, June 14, 2013 f Qaeda or the Taliban. Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA- My amendment eliminates this ambiguity by congratulate the people of the town of St. Al- TION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 explicitly requiring the President to provide in- bans, Maine, as they celebrate their commu- formation about organizations it considers to nity’s bicentennial. SPEECH OF be ‘‘associated forces’’ for the purposes of in- Like many of Maine’s early settlements, the terpreting this war authorization. In doing so, it Town of St. Albans began as part of Massa- HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. should help the Congress understand the chusetts and has been in existence longer OF MICHIGAN scope of this outdated law, which has been in- than the State of Maine itself. In 1794, the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES terpreted by the Executive Branch and the land first known as Township No. 5—located Thursday, June 13, 2013 courts in an overbroad manner, and ensure that it is not being used to justify uses of force in the 4th range of townships, north of the The House in Committee of the Whole Waldo patent in the county of Somerset—was House on the state of the Union had under unauthorized by and inconsistent with Con- surveyed and in 1799, it was purchased by consideration the bill (H.R. 1960) to authorize gress, the Constitution, and international law. the renowned Boston doctor, John Warren. appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for mili- Again, I thank my colleagues for supporting While its name changed several times from tary activities of the Department of Defense my amendment.

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During that eral workers, he cannot understand why he is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES trip, we also met with the Egyptian staffers unable to do his job and is being asked to Thursday, June 13, 2013 who were facing charges. They were in a pre- take an additional personal, financial hit be- The House in Committee of the Whole carious position, and their situation has only cause of the sequester. House on the state of the Union had under worsened with the June 4th verdict. Mr. Leoń is being asked to take 13 furlough consideration the bill (H.R. 1960) to authorize We cannot in good conscience ignore the days, because of the arbitrary and harsh im- appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for mili- results of the recent trial, which comes on the pacts of the across-the-board sequester cuts. tary activities of the Department of Defense heels of a draft law that further restricts That’s about a $4,000—11% pay cut. We and for military construction, to prescribe NGOs, fails to meet Egypt’s international com- need people like Heriberto Leoń at EPA, and military personnel strengths for such fiscal mitments with respect to freedom of associa- I worry how we will be able to attract and re- year, and for other purposes: tion, and lends credence to the opinion that tain dedicated Federal workers when they are Mr. CONNOLLY. Madam Chair, I am there is an ongoing war against civil society in faced with furloughs and budget cuts that pre- pleased to offer this simple bipartisan amend- Egypt. vent them from fulfilling their mission and im- ment with Reps. WOLF and SCHNEIDER to ex- U.S. law with regard to this issue is clear in pose serious financial hardships on them. pand an existing report required by Section the restrictions placed on the $1.3 billion in I hope that my colleagues will take the time 1242 of the bill. The amendment clarifies that military aid for Egypt: to read Mr. Leoń’s full letter and that, after the report ought to include information on how Prior to the obligation of funds appro- doing so, you will join me in supporting H.R. the Egyptian military is supporting the rights of priated by this Act under the heading ‘For- 900, the Cancel the Sequester Act. Our con- eign Military Financing Program,’ the Sec- individuals involved in civil society and demo- stituents are counting on us to act now. cratic promotion efforts through non-govern- retary of State shall certify to the Commit- tees on Appropriations that the Government LETTER FROM HERIBERTO LEO´ N mental organizations or NG0s. of Egypt is supporting the transition to ci- Re Furlough Imposed on U.S. Environmental This a timely issue, given the guilty verdict vilian government including holding free and Protection Agency Employees. rendered by an Egyptian court June 4th fair elections; implementing policies to pro- DEAR REPRESENTATIVE SCHAKOWSKY: It is against 43 NGO workers—including 17 Ameri- tect freedom of expression, association, and with much frustration and heartbreak that I cans—because of their involvement with pro- religion, and due process of law. write to you this letter to urge you to con- democracy groups. The guilty verdict renews With the current state of affairs in Egypt, tinue efforts to end the sequester and its im- concerns about Egypt’s commitment to demo- any such certification that Egypt is, in fact, impact on working class public employees such cratic principles. In fact, I am circulating a bi- plementing policies to guarantee the pillars of as myself. partisan letter with my Virginia colleague, Rep. a free society would be met with skepticism. Today is my second furlough day since the sequester began earlier this year. Because WOLF, urging Egyptian President Morsi to im- That is why news reports of Sec. Kerry’s re- I’m not at work today, I am unable to attend mediately reconsider this action and permit the cent action to waive the restrictions on that to Americans struggling with the impact of NGOs to continue their important.work. So far, military aid are of particular concern. It is not soil, water and air pollution in their commu- more than 50 Members of Congress have too late to include these important NGO nities. As a community involvement coordi- signed our bipartisan letter, including Rep. issues in a larger discussion about releasing nator in EPA’s Region 5 office, I translate to SCHNEIDER, who also cosponsored this (or withholding) other tranches of money to Spanish EPA information for Chicago neigh- amendment. Egypt. borhoods like Pilsen and Little Village and The United States supports the aspirations Our amendment would further support the help explain to residents in Wedron, IL how transition to democracy by requiring the Pen- the Superfund Law and the Clean Drinking of the Egyptian people to become a free and Water Act each will help the EPA address fair society, in which all NG0s—regardless of tagon report on how Egyptian military activities the benzene contamination in their well their nation of origin—are allowed to operate contribute to an atmosphere where pro-de- water. I have similar assignments with com- freely. I hope that Egyptian officials will come mocracy NGOs can operate freely. I encour- munities facing contaminated sites through- to this same realization and return property age my colleagues to support the Connolly/ out the Great Lakes states of Ohio, Michi- confiscated from the NGOs 18 months ago, Wolf/Schneider amendment and to sign the re- gan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Min- remove their staff from the no-fly list, and per- lated letter to President Morsi of Egypt. nesota. My workload is sufficient to keep me busy many hours beyond my regular work mit them to continue their work supporting a f hours, which many times I am happy to offer fair and open election process and helping to CANCEL THE SEQUESTER: LET because I love to contribute to citizens who improve the lives of all Egyptians. HERIBERTO LEO´ N DO HIS JOB are victims of industrial pollution. Instead If the U.S. government and the American I’m asked to not show up to work so that my people are to have any confidence that the salary can be used to save money for a made- Egyptian government is undertaking a genuine HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY up fiscal crisis. transition to a democratic state, under civilian OF ILLINOIS According to EPA’s announcement earlier control, where the freedoms of assembly, as- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES this year I have a total of 13 furlough days sociation, religion, and expression are guaran- Friday, June 14, 2013 between April and September, the end of the fiscal year. That means a pay-cut of nearly teed and the rule of law is upheld, then we Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to $4000, or 11% of my salary between now and must see a swift and satisfactory resolution to tell my colleagues about one of my constitu- September. That amount is almost what I this case. ents, Heriberto Leoń, who wrote recently to will need in August to pay the second in- As my colleagues will recall, this ordeal explain the real-life consequences of the se- stallment of my Cook County real estate tax began a year and a half ago, when Egyptian quester, for him and for our country. bill! Shall I sell my house and move out of forces raided both American and non-Amer- Mr. Leoń is not asking Congress for much— Cook County or Illinois altogether? ican NGO offices. During the raids, Egyptian Congresswoman Schakowsky, I gladly took he simply wants to be able to do his job as an a pay cut of 20K to come to work for the fed- forces seized records, computers, other elec- EPA community involvement coordinator, help- eral government in 2010 as I understood that tronic equipment, and hard currency. At every ing to improve access to clean air and clean I would be able to progress through the fed- turn Egyptian authorities assured the NGOs water for communities in the Chicagoland eral employment step and grade system. and U.S. authorities that the situation would area. However, that same year a now three-year- be appropriately resolved, only to renege on My constituent spends his day providing in- old pay freeze was imposed on government their word. For example, three days after the formation to communities that are dealing with workers. raids, U.S. NGOs were waiting for the return well water contamination from benzene. He is I have had many employers in my work- life from institutions of higher learning such of their confiscated property as promised by working to address the environmental and as Loyola University Chicago to private con- Field Marshal Tantawi while simultaneously, health consequences of pollution, effects that tractors for the Chicago Housing Authority. another Egyptian official—Fayza Abou Naga, are particularly harmful to children and older Never have I experienced the utter disregard the government minister in charge of coordi- Americans. He obviously enjoys his work and and insulting treatment I feel from my em- nating foreign aid—was holding a press con- he is making a real contribution. ployer, the Government of the United States

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The Tashjians immi- used wisely to ensure that our men and sonable. But it has happened anyway. grated to the United States to escape the Ar- women in uniform are getting timely and prop- I am happy that Air Traffic workers and menian Genocide. They settled in Madera, er care. A January 2012 GAO report high- other co-workers throughout the federal gov- California, and ran a small family business, lighted the need to coordinate TBI and psy- ernment have by now been exempted from ‘‘Simon Cleaners.’’ After Charlotte graduated chological health activities within the Depart- furloughs. It pains me terribly that no simi- from Madera High School, she decided to stay ment. lar consideration is expressed for those of us who are charged with caring for the environ- close to home and work for her parents. In the National Defense Authorization for FY mental, economic, health, housing and other Charlotte’s faith in God and her religion 2013, Congress mandated that the Secretary equally important concerns of the American were extremely important to her. For over 50 of Defense submit a plan to Congress that people. years she was a part of the Fidelis Society, would improve coordination and integration of Finally, I would like to thank your staff and served as a choir member at the First Ar- the programs that address traumatic brain infor listening to me and submit this letter for menian Presbyterian Church in Fresno, Cali- jury and psychological health of members of your consideration. fornia for almost 70 years. Charlotte was sing- the Armed Forces. Specifically, this report Sincerely, ing in the choir when she saw the love of her HERIBERTO LEO´ N. would require the identification of gaps in serv- life, Isaac, for the very first time. Isaac and ices and treatments, a plan for addressing any f Charlotte got married, and raised three be- gaps or redundancies and identifying an offi- HONORING COL. SCOTT W. GORDON loved sons: James, Edward, and Richard. cial to lead the implementation of any For Armenians, family is everything, and changes. This report is due in July of this HON. TIM RYAN Charlotte loved her family dearly. She leaves year, and my amendment underscores the im- OF OHIO behind her sons and daughter-in-laws: Heath- portance of this mandated report, and strongly IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES er, Kris, and Nancy; her grandchildren: David, urges the Secretary to deliver it to Congress Michael, Janelle, Stephanie, Steven, John, Friday, June 14, 2013 within the appropriate timeframe. Kirsten, and Danielle; and her brother Ed and My second amendment addresses the con- Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise today her sister-in-law, Wilma. tinuing issue of identification of traumatic brain to honor the career of an exemplary public Mr. Speaker, it is with great respect that I injuries. Although the Department of Defense servant, Col. Scott W. Gordon. After over thirty ask my colleagues in the House of Represent- has made a strong commitment to identifying, years of service, Col. Gordon is retiring at the atives to pay tribute to the life of Charlotte and treating those men and women who have end of August from the United States Army. Tashjian Aaron. Charlotte will undoubtedly be suffered a traumatic brain injury while serving Col. Gordon was born in Utica, NY and missed many, and she will always be in the our Nation, there are still problems with grew up in Youngstown, OH. He earned his hearts of those who love her deeply. screening our troops. undergraduate degree in Zoology from Miami f In June 2010, a memorandum issued by the University in Oxford, OH in 1973 and went on Department of Defense made a 50- meter dis- to earn his masters in entomology from The PERSONAL EXPLANATION tance from an explosion the criterion to iden- Ohio State University in 1976. He was award- tify, refer, and treat members for potential ed a Ph.D. in Microbiology from Colorado HON. GWEN MOORE traumatic brain injury in theater. However, the State University in Fort Collins, CO in 1993. OF WISCONSIN Department of Defense has yet to address Col. Gordon joined the military in 1984 after IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES being employed as a medical entomologist by those service members who may have been the Vector-borne Disease Unit of the Ohio De- Friday, June 14, 2013 exposed to a blast prior to that time. Many of these soldiers remain on active duty and we partment of Health. Throughout Col. Gordon’s Ms. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today re- must ensure they are tested and treated. My thirty years of service to his country, he garding one missed vote on June 12, 2013. worked in several distinguished capacities Had I been present for rollcall 217, On Mo- amendment mandates a report on how the within the United States Army. Col. Gordon’s tion to Recommit with Instructions for the Secretary of Defense will identify, refer, and work and dedication is exhibited through the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act, I would have treat possible traumatic brain injuries with re- numerous awards and decorations he has ac- voted ‘‘aye.’’ spect to members of the Armed Forces who served in Operation Enduring Freedom or Op- crued throughout his three decades of service. f Since joining the military, Col. Gordon has eration Iraqi Freedom prior to June 2010. This remained active in entomological research as NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA- is a vitally important report for ensuring the a member of numerous professional organiza- TION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 health of our troops. I ask that my colleagues tions including the American Society of Trop- support these amendments for those service SPEECH OF ical Medicine and Hygiene, The American members who are struggling with invisible Mosquito Control Association, and the Ento- HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR. wounds. mological Society of America. Col. Gordon has OF NEW JERSEY f authored or co-authored over 20 publications IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA- in peer-reviewed journals. Thursday, June 13, 2013 TION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 I want to extend my warmest and sincere thanks to Col. Scott W. Gordon for his many The House in Committee of the Whole SPEECH OF years of service to his country. His long and House on the state of the Union had under illustrious military career will not be forgotten consideration the bill (H.R. 1960) to authorize HON. DANA ROHRABACHER appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for mili- and I would like to wish him congratulations tary activities of the Department of Defense OF CALIFORNIA and all the best in his well-deserved retire- and for military construction, to prescribe IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment. military personnel strengths for such fiscal Thursday, June 13, 2013 f year, and for other purposes: The House in Committee of the Whole HONORING THE LIFE OF Mr. PASCRELL. Madam Chair, it has been House on the state of the Union had under CHARLOTTE TASHJIAN AARON over 10 years since the start of the wars in consideration the bill (H.R. 1960) to authorize Iraq and Afghanistan and I fear we are still not appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for mili- HON. JIM COSTA properly addressing traumatic brain injury, also tary activities of the Department of Defense known as ‘‘the signature injury of the war.’’ I and for military construction, to prescribe OF CALIFORNIA would like to thank Chairman MCKEON and military personnel strengths for such fiscal IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ranking Member SMITH for their commitment year, and for other purposes: Friday, June 14, 2013 to this issue in recent authorizations. I would Mr. ROHRABACHER. Madam Chair, in- Mr. COSTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to also like to thank Mr. THOMPSON for his co- cluded in this en bloc package is an amend- pay tribute to the life of Charlotte Tashjian sponsorship of my first amendment. ment I offered that relates to Pakistan. It adds,

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:59 Jun 18, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A14JN8.027 E17JNPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E886 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 17, 2013 as a condition of aid to Pakistan, that Force Academy Preparatory School in 2013; CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL Islamabad must not use the funding we pro- Cortland Shonell Tolbert, from McKinney, FOR RABBI ARTHUR SCHNEIER vide to its security forces for purposes of do- graduate of Allen High School in 2012 and the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School mestic repression of ethnic and religious mi- in 2013; and Russell Howard Williams, from HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY nority groups as it has in the past. McKinney, graduate of McKinney Boyd High OF NEW YORK The State Department’s 2012 Country Re- School. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES port on Human Rights in Pakistan states, ‘‘The UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY Friday, June 14, 2013 most serious human rights problems were John-Charles Cheng Arion, from Plano, extrajudicial and targeted killings, forced dis- graduate of Coram Deo Academy; Kim Anh Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. appearances, and torture, which affected thou- Do, from Murphy, graduate of Plano East Mr. Speaker, together with my bipartisan col- sands of citizens in nearly all parts of the Senior High School; Phillip Thomas leagues Reps. CHARLIE RANGEL, ELIOT ENGEL, country.’’ Members of the Pakistani military as Metcalfe, from Plano, graduate of Plano East BRIAN HIGGINS, NITA LOWEY, JERROLD NADLER, Senior High School; and Victor Vinh Truong, well as police are involved in these lethal and MICHAEL GRIMM, I am introducing a bill to from Garland, graduate of Garland High abuses of human rights. School. award a Congressional Gold Medal to Rabbi Repression of minority groups is systemic. Arthur Schneier, in recognition of his pio- UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY Human rights organizations have reported that Aaron Michael Anderson, from Frisco, neering role in promoting religious freedom many Sindhi and Baloch nationalists were graduate of Frisco High School in 2012 and and human rights throughout the world for among those missing. Non-Sunni religious the U.S. Military Academy’s Preparatory over half a century. practitioners, Christians, Ahmadis, and Shia School in 2013; Nicholas Martin Bergstein, Born in Vienna, Austria, in 1930, Rabbi Muslims, are attacked with impunity. from Parker, graduate of Plano East Senior Schneier lived under Nazi occupation in Buda- There are already four conditions in the core High School; Kaleb Samuel Fields, from pest during World War II and came to the bill and my amendment simply adds a fifth re- Plano, graduate of Trinity Christian Acad- United States in 1947. He has been the Spir- quirement to prevent the misuse of our aid. emy; Frank Yilong Lin, from Plano, grad- itual Leader of the Park East Synagogue in Thank you, Madam Chair, for accepting my uate of Centennial High School; Anthony Park, from Plano, graduate of Plano Senior New York City since 1962. amendment. High School; Matthew Daniel Salazar, from A Holocaust survivor, and the Founder and f Plano, graduate of Plano Senior High President of the Appeal of Conscience Foun- School; Blair Dillon Swanner, from Frisco, dation, Rabbi Schneier has devoted his life to SALUTING SERVICE ACADEMY graduate of Centennial High School; and overcoming the forces of hatred and intoler- STUDENTS Samantha Lee Todd, from Plano, graduate of ance. Plano Senior High School. He has been a pioneer in bringing together HON. SAM JOHNSON UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY religious leaders to address ethnic or religious OF TEXAS Ha-Young Daniel Rhee, from Plano, grad- conflicts. For example, in Bosnia in 1997, he IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES uate of Plano East Senior High School. convened government and religious leaders to f Friday, June 14, 2013 promote healing and conciliation between Or- IN HONOR OF THE WHAYNE SUP- thodox, Muslim and Jewish communities. In Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the Balkans, the Caucasus and Central Asia I rise today to honor an extraordinary group of PLY COMPANY’S 100 YEAR ANNI- VERSARY he worked with the Orthodox Patriarch and the 21 students who have been chosen as the fu- Turkish Government to hold the Peace and ture leaders of our Armed Forces by the pres- Tolerance Conference in 1994 and address tigious United States service academies. HON. ANDY BARR religious and ethnic tensions in that area. In OF KENTUCKY These brave young men and women will com- the former Yugoslavia, he mobilized religious IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mit the next four years to diligently study and leaders to halt the bloodshed of the early 90’s, rigorously train to become our Nation’s de- Friday, June 14, 2013 holding the Religious Summit on the Former fenders and protectors. I am proud to see Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Yugoslavia and the Conflict Resolution Con- such a fine group of young adults earnestly honor the Whayne Supply Company in Lex- ference to build support and consensus pursue a world-class education and a lifetime ington, Kentucky, and to congratulate them on among religious leaders of different faiths. of service. I have no doubt they will represent their 100 Year Anniversary. Since the early 1980s, he has led delegations the Third District of Texas well. Whayne Supply Company, headquartered in of religious leaders to China to open a dia- As we keep them and their families in our Louisville, was founded by Roy C. Whayne, logue on religious freedom. prayers, may we never forget the commitment Sr. in 1913. He was the only employee during I hope my colleagues will join us in honoring they are making now and will make in the fu- the company’s infancy, and sold items such as this distinguished pioneer of religious freedom ture to preserve the freedoms we all hold light engines, pumps, and bicycles. Twelve with a Congressional Gold Medal. dear. These students are the cream of the years later, he began what would become a f crop. They embody the best of their genera- very long-term relationship with Caterpillar, tion, a generation full of courage, honor, and and today the company employs over 1,300 HONORING THE SERVICE OF integrity; a generation with a deep sense of people, operating 15 facilities in 12 cities in HURST COUNCILMAN CHARLES duty to uphold America’s belief in democracy, Kentucky and Indiana. SWEARENGEN liberty, and justice for all. Whayne Supply Company is well-known for Young men and women, I salute each one its equipment sales, rental and service offer- HON. KENNY MARCHANT of you for your dedication to this great country ings throughout Kentucky, but is also contrib- OF TEXAS and thank you from the bottom of my heart. utes to our Commonwealth in other ways. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES God bless you and God Bless America. Whayne Supply has installed and services The name and hometown of each appointee power stations and generators at medical cen- Friday, June 14, 2013 follows: ters to ensure that power is supplied to the Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, I am proud THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SERVICE hospital during power outages, and provides to recognize Charles Swearengen for his 30 ACADEMY BOUND STUDENTS—CLASS OF 2017 the same service to broadcasting stations so years of service as the councilman for Place UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY that these radio stations can continue to oper- 1 of the City of Hurst, Texas. Bryan Lawrence Driskell, from McKinney, ate during power outages. Whayne Supply Charles has spent nearly a half-century of graduate of McKinney Boyd High School; also supplies and services hybrid school his life serving Hurst. Prior to taking the oath Hunter Logan Hill, from Richardson, grad- buses throughout the state. of office as a councilman in 1983, Charles uate of Jesuit College Preparatory School; Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join served 18 years on the Hurst Parks and Benjamin Darrell Legband, from Dallas, me in congratulating the Whayne Supply Com- Recreation Board in which he spent 13 of graduate of Trinity Christian Academy; pany on 100 years of successful business. I those years as the chairman. Zachary David Missimo, from Dallas, graduate of Prestonwood Christian Academy; would also like to extend my personal appre- Throughout his years of service to the City Chandler Avery Myers, from Garland, grad- ciation to the Whayne Supply Company and of Hurst, Charles has been a pivotal influence uate of Naaman Forest High School; Darrius all of its employees for all that they have done in the development of recreational projects in Anthonye Parker, from Allen, graduate of and continue to do for our community our the the city. Under his guidance, the city has Allen High School in 2012 and the U.S. Air Commonwealth. opened two aquatics centers, renovated a

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Some We do live in a dangerous world, where one receptors, and do not have an excess of of these civic organizations included North threats are not always easily identifiable, and the ‘‘HER2’’ protein on their cell membrane of Central Texas Council of Governments, our enemies are not bound by borders. The tumor cells. This makes commonly used test Tarrant County Crime Prevention Resource recent Boston terrorist attack reminds us of and methods to detect breast cancer not as Center Board of Directors, Hurst-Euless-Bed- how fragile our nation’s security could be with- effective. ford Chamber of Commerce Board of Direc- out a well trained and equipped military. This is a serious illness that effects between tors, National Management Association, City The definition of war has changed and with 10–17 percent of female breast cancer pa- of Hurst Finance and Investment Committee, it our understanding about what is needed to tients and this condition is more likely to cause City of Hurst Crime Control District Board of combat a unique type of enemy that fights death than the most common form of breast Directors, City of Hurst Community Services under no flag or for any nation. cancer. Seventy percent of women with meta- Development Corporation Board of Directors, U.S. Special Operations Command, a vital static triple negative breast cancer do not live Resource Conservation Council and Stop Ille- part of our military, provides much of the spe- more than five years after being diagnosed. gal Dumping Committee, Public Safety and cial skills needed to defend our nation today. Jackson Lee Amendment #1 will help to Crime Prevention Committee of the National This legislation continues to build on previous save lives. TNBC disproportionately impacts League of Cities, and Fort Worth Water and efforts to support their important work. younger women, African American women, Wastewater Advisory Committee for the City I am still deeply concerned about the Presi- Hispanic/Latina women, and women with a of Hurst. dent’s authority, as stipulated by the 2001 Au- ‘‘BRCA1’’ genetic mutation, which is prevalent Charles is married to Gwendolyn, and to- thorization for the Use of Military Force, in Jewish women. TNBC usually affects gether they have two children and four grand- AUMF, to indefinitely detain individuals appre- women under 50 years of age and makes up children. He and his wife have been attending hended in the United States—including citi- more than 30 percent of all breast cancer di- the First United Methodist Church of Hurst zens of the United States—without due proc- agnoses in African American. Black women since 1959 where he once served as the ess and with little independent review or over- are far more susceptible to this dangerous chairman of church’s Mission Central Pro- sight. As a senior member of the House Judi- subtype than white or Hispanic women gram. ciary Committee, I am committed to making Jackson Lee Amendment that #2 directs the Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the 24th Congres- sure that the Constitution and its protections Department of Defense to post information on sional District of Texas, I ask all my distin- are enforced. The purpose to defend this na- sexual assault prevention and response re- guished colleagues to join me in thanking tion is not just on the grounds of this Capitol, sources online for ease of access by men and Charles Swearengen for his 30 years of public but also the foundation that supports the prin- women in the armed services. service as a councilman for the City of Hurst. ciples of liberty, freedom and democratic val- There is no greater crime that an individual ues. can commit than the crime of sexual molesta- f The bill includes several provisions that rec- tion and sexual assault. The perpetrators of NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA- ognize the strain of more than a decade of these crimes rob victims of their dignity and TION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 war has placed on our troops and the equip- sense of wellbeing. Victimization is not easily ment, technology, and tools that they use. It relieved by treating the immediate physical in- SPEECH OF supports a 1.8 percent pay raise. I had wanted juries that may result, but can last for years. a 2 percent raise for our troops. Moreover, victims of sexual assault are pro- HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE This Congress must communicate its whole- foundly affected for the rest of their lives often OF TEXAS hearted support for the security of the nation with PTSD or other medical conditions. As IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES by addressing mindless cuts created by se- elected officials, we have an obligation to con- Wednesday, June 12, 2013 questration, the $174.6 billion in operation and demn this violence, work for stronger enforce- The House in Committee of the Whole maintenance funding the bill provides will help ment of laws and provide adequate funding for House on the state of the Union had under mend some of the damage that has been programs to assist individuals who may have consideration the bill (H.R. 1960) to authorize done to overused equipment and neglected fa- experienced such abuse. appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for mili- cilities. It also strengthens our ability to con- In 2012, we know that victims of sexual vio- tary activities of the Department of Defense front cyber threats, and provides important au- lence or abuse among civilians are routinely and for military construction, to prescribe thorities to protect vital information. The bill under reported. The Defense Department re- military personnel strengths for such fiscal also continues to lay the foundation for ena- port states that of the 26,000 estimated vic- year, and for other purposes: bling competition in military space launch. tims only 3,374 crimes were reported and just Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chair, I rise to I am also pleased that so much has oc- 302 of the 2,558 incidents pursued by victims speak on House consideration of the National curred to improve the bill during its consider- were prosecuted. Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year ation on the House Floor, including the adop- Jackson Lee Amendment #2 will make sure 2014. tion of seven amendments that I offered. Com- that information is available and easily acces- I thank Chairman MCKEON, Ranking Mem- bined, these amendments will help our military sible to military personnel for the purpose of ber SMITH and the Rules Committee, and the families have access to mental health coun- raising awareness, promoting education and Armed Services Committee for their work on seling when needed and that contracting op- the long term goal of influencing organizational the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis- portunities with the Department of Defense are culture around the issue of sexual violence. cal Year 2014. extended to women and minority owned busi- Many in the military are just learning that The National Defense Authorization Act’s nesses. In addition, the bill has been improved there is a huge difference between sex and purpose is to address the threats our nation to include provisions that are critically impor- sexual violence. Jackson Lee Amendment #3 must deal with not just today, but into the fu- tant to women, including provisions to prevent would educate both victims, potential victims, ture. This makes our work vital to our national and respond to sexual assault and research to witnesses or victimizers that these are acts of interest and it should reflect our strong com- combat Triple Negative Breast Cancer. violence and should be treated as such. It mitment to ensure that the men and women of The bill amended on the House floor now may also help influence thinking among mili- our Armed Services receive the benefits and also contains provisions that will help secure tary leaders on the nature of these crimes and support that they deserve for their faithful our borders and make the defense logistics promote changes in policy to aggressively pro- service. management system more efficient. vide support to victims and judicial remedies This is the 52nd consecutive National De- Let me discuss briefly the amendments I of- to prosecute and punish criminal behavior. fense Authorization Act, which speaks to the fered that were adopted by the House and in- Jackson Lee Amendment #4 expresses the long-term commitment of the Congress and cluded in the final version of the bill. sense of the Congress that the Secretary of successive Administrations to provide for Na- Jackson Lee Amendment #1 directs the Defense should develop a plan to ensure a tional Defense. This bill encompasses a num- DoD and NIH to collaborate be to combat Tri- sustainable flow of qualified mental health ber of initiatives designed to confront sexual ple Negative Breast Cancer. The amendment counselors to meet the long-term needs of

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Mr. Apseloff in Houston; more than 13,000 are veterans I also request that my colleagues support transitioned to civilian service in 1985 and from the Iraq and Afghanistan. For the brave another amendment that I joined in sponsoring since then he has held a series of positions of men and women who have been wounded in along with the leadership of the House Com- increasing responsibility within human intel- combat, help is on the way. mittee on Homeland Security which would ligence and collection operations. Although some of a soldier’s wounds are in- allow the transfer of technology from DoD to Mr. Apseloff will be retiring from the De- visible to the naked eye they are still wounds state and local law enforcement. Before the fense Intelligence Agency as the Vice Presi- that should be properly treated. One of the creation of DHS a program was created to fa- dent for Information Management and Deputy best ways to increase access to treatment is cilitate this type of equipment transfer and this CIO; he also serves as the Deputy Chief of a to increase the number of medical facilities amendment adds the Secretary of Homeland Global Information Technology organization of and mental health professionals who are avail- Security in a consultative role in the equip- over 3,000 people and $1 billion that provides able to serve the needs of men and women ment transfer process. This amendment also IT support to 20,000 customers worldwide. In currently serving and those who have become gives applicants seek DoD equipment for use addition, Mr. Apseloff serves on various senior veterans. in border security preference in this statute. interagency boards and forums. Despite leav- Jackson Lee Amendment #5 will improve This will facilitate expedited transfer of equip- ing for civilian service in 1985, Mr. Apseloff the efficiency of the management system and ment that Federal, state and local first re- continued to serve in the U.S. Navy Reserve how the Department of Defense inventory will sponders can use to strengthen our border se- until his retirement in 2003 with the rank of support modernization that uses technology to curity efforts. captain. His many reserve assignments in- tag and track items purchased to increase I do have grave concerns about some fea- cluded: Operations Officer, Executive Officer transparency to the agency on what it has and tures of the National Defense Authorization and Commanding Officer. His longtime service where it is located. This change could mean Act for Fiscal Year 2014. For example this bill in the U.S. Navy is yet another testament to tens of millions in savings if implemented DoD assumes adoption of the House Budget Reso- his long career of service to his country. wide by reducing labor cost for tracking and lution framework, which would hurt our econ- Mr. Apseloff’s exemplary work ethic has moving equipment, but more important prevent omy and require draconian cuts to middle- been recognized by the many awards and dis- repurchasing of items that agency already class priorities. This is a serious concern for tinctions he has received in his 32 years with owns, but may not be able to locate. me because of how it would impact my con- the Defense Intelligence Agency. He has re- The private sector has leaped forward in stituents in the 18th Congressional District. ceived the Presidential Rank Award of Distin- using inventory tracking technology and proto- The Administration has communicated that it guished Executive, the Presidential Rank cols to monitor large and small products from would veto this bill in its current for and I hope Award of Meritorious Executive, the DIA Direc- the time they leave manufacturing facilities that the conference process will resolve the tor’s Award for Exceptional Civilian Service, until they are sold at retail or wholesale stores. issues that are the most troubling like the and the Defense Intelligence Director’s Award. The DoD is one of the largest customers for treatment of the Guantanamo detainees. This I want to extend my warm and sincere products in the nation and should have the issue is a mark against everything the United thanks to Roy Apseloff for his life’s devotion to benefit of the best knowledge and technology States stands for and it is damaging our rep- serving his country. His long and illustrious ca- available to more efficiently manage its inven- utation and credibility around the world. reer with the United States Navy and The De- tory. The detentions should end and people prop- fense Intelligence Agency will not be forgotten. The most advanced warehouse inventory erly processed to other facilities or tried in I would like to wish him congratulations on all management systems are fully automated and courts of law to address charges or crimes he has accomplished and all the best in his biometrically controlled to track items and cre- against the United States. My hope is that this well-deserved retirement. ate records of people who make request to provision will be dropped from the bill as the f transport items from storage to use. These legislative process goes forward. REMEMBERING WILLIAM E. systems make sure that persons seeking to We must continue to direct our efforts as a THRASH move items have the authority to do so and body to ensure that our troops remain the best that the requests create records that can be equipped and prepared military force in the HON. PHIL GINGREY tracked as well as track the items moved. world. They are not just soldiers they are sons OF GEORGIA These fully automated warehouses have no and daughters, husbands and wives, brothers IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES staff, but rely upon technology that is designed and sisters—they are some of the people we to store and retrieve items in the most cost ef- represent as members of Congress. Support Friday, June 14, 2013 fective and efficient manner possible. of them is a sacred obligation of Congress Mr. GINGREY of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I Jackson Lee Amendment #5 will extend both to those who are at risk on battlefields rise today to celebrate the life of Kennesaw economic opportunity to small businesses by and serving as the guard against threats City Councilman William E. ‘‘Bill’’ Thrash, and requiring DoD to small business concerns around the world, but they are also those who thank him for his service to country and com- owned and controlled by women and minori- have returned home from war. munity. ties before conversion of certain functions to I thank Chairman MCKEON and Ranking After a long battle with cancer, Bill passed contractor performance would aid the econ- Member SMITH for their work on this bill. away on May 22. omy. Federal contracting can be an important f A native of Texas, Thrash grew up in Okla- revenue source for businesses of any size. In homa before serving in the U.S. Army during fiscal year 2011, federal agencies obligated a HONORING ROY APSELOFF Vietnam, and the Colorado National Guard. total of around $537 billion in government con- After his service, he attended nursing school tracts to businesses. However, federal agen- HON. TIM RYAN and was an EMT/paramedic in his early career cies’ goal for contracting with women and mi- OF OHIO before moving into the security management nority owned businesses is five percent. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES business. The Department of Defense is a major con- In 1992, Thrash moved to Kennesaw and sumer of products and services that range Friday, June 14, 2013 began looking to ways that he could serve the from office products to military specific equip- Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise today community. He served on the Kennesaw De- ment. The wide ranges of business opportuni- to honor the career of an exemplary public velopment Authority, the Downtown Develop- ties provide ample reasons to engage women servant, Roy Apseloff. After 32 years of serv- ment Authority, the Recreation and Culture and minority owned businesses as contractors ice, Mr. Apseloff will be retiring from the De- Commission, and the Historic Preservation or subcontractors. fense Intelligence Agency. Commission before his election to city council In addition to the Jackson Lee Amendments Mr. Apseloff is a native of Kent, Ohio and in 2001. At the time of his passing, he was offered to this bill, I joined my Colleagues on earned his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology serving his third term after being re-elected in the Committee on Homeland Security in sup- from Cornell University. He continued his edu- 2010, and being named Mayor Pro-Tem in porting an amendment to promote collabora- cation earning a Master of Arts in International 2011.

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Beyond this west Cobb Area Council of the Chamber of plies are suitable for distribution, and that ade- defense relationship, the United States has Commerce and the Kennesaw Business Asso- quate arrangements have been made for dis- strong economic ties with Taiwan. In 2010 ciation. tribution. total U.S. trade with Taiwan was $61.9 billion, His colleagues and friends will always re- This legislative idea was brought to my at- making it the 9th largest U.S. trading partner. member Thrash as someone who loved public tention by veterans in my congressional dis- I encourage my colleagues to vote for this service and was particularly passionate about trict, specifically AVET Project in Brevard bipartisan amendment directing the President creating programs for young people to thrive County. I especially commend Garren and Kim to sell 66 F–16 C/D aircraft to Taiwan. in the community. He is credited as being the Cone and the members of AVET for their f driving force behind an after-school rec- service to our Nation and their support for our HONORING SAL CASTRO reational program for at-risk teens, and for the soldiers. Again, thanks to everyone involved development of Cantrell Park. for helping to advance this common sense Mr. Speaker, I extend my deepest condo- Amendment. HON. LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD lences to William E. Thrash’s wife Suzie, his f OF CALIFORNIA daughter Mandy, and sons Robbie and Billy IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA- during these most difficult of times. It saddens Friday, June 14, 2013 TION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 me to know that the world is missing an hon- Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, Sal orable and dedicated man, but I am humbled SPEECH OF Castro (October 25, 1933–April 15, 2013) was to know that he is now in a better place. HON. GERALD E. CONNOLLY a Mexican-American educator and activist. He f was most well-known for his role in the stu- OF VIRGINIA dent walkouts at East Los Angeles high NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES schools in 1968. With Sal’s assistance and TION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 Thursday, June 13, 2013 guidance, the students protested against un- equal conditions in the Los Angeles Unified SPEECH OF The House in Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union had under School District schools. HON. BILL POSEY consideration the bill (H.R. 1960) to authorize Long after he retired from teaching, Sal con- OF FLORIDA appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for mili- tinued his lectures that shared his experiences tary activities of the Department of Defense IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and the importance of education, particularly and for military construction, to prescribe in Mexican American communities. After a Thursday, June 13, 2013 military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes: seven month battle with cancer, Sal Castro The House in Committee of the Whole passed away in his sleep on April 15, 2013. House on the state of the Union had under Mr. CONNOLLY. Madam Chair, I am A funeral mass was celebrated for Sal at consideration the bill (H.R. 1960) to authorize pleased to offer this bipartisan amendment on the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for mili- behalf of my fellow co-chairs of the Congres- Los Angeles on April 25, 2013. In tribute to tary activities of the Department of Defense sional Taiwan Caucus: Reps. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. Castro’s life efforts, I would like to submit and for military construction, to prescribe CARTER, and SIRES. We also have two other military personnel strengths for such fiscal into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD the eulogy notable cosponsors: Rep. GINGREY, the former year, and for other purposes: honoring him which was delivered by Mario T. co-chair of the Caucus, and Rep. GRANGER. Garcia, Professor of Chicano Studies and His- Mr. POSEY. Mr. Chair, I’m pleased to rise Our amendment would affirm the United tory at the University of California, Santa Bar- today in support of my bipartisan bill, the De- States’ longstanding economic and defensive bara. ployed Troops Support Act, which has been partnership with Taiwan, which dates back to accepted as an Amendment to H.R. 1960, the EULOGY FOR: SAL CASTRO the 1940s. Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal This amendment reflects the same language Los Angeles, CA, April 25, 2013 Year 2014. adopted by voice vote in the House during I would like to thank House Armed Services About fifteen years ago, I invited Sal Cas- consideration of the FY13 National Defense tro to speak to my Chicano History class at Committee Chairman MCKEON and Ranking Authorization Act. In the 112th Congress, 181 UC Santa Barbara. My students and I were Member SMITH for their support in helping this Members of the House of Representatives enthralled with the power of his voice, the important Amendment to move forward. I sent a letter to the Administration citing the humanity that he projected, and that won- would also like to thank the cosponsors of ‘‘critical’’ need for the United States ‘‘to sell derful humor. I knew then that I had to H.R. 1756, the Deployed Troops Support Act the government of Taiwan all the F–16 C/D write his story. That story testifies to Sal’s for their support: FREDERICA WILSON of Florida, [aircraft] it requires.’’ The letter urged the Ad- place in history and it is an honored place. DENNIS ROSS of Florida, LOUIS GOHMERT of ministration to ‘‘move quickly’’ on this matter Very few of us have the opportunity to make history that affects others’ lives. Sal Texas, WILLIAM ENYART of Illinois, CHRIS- and cited the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979 Castro did that. He did that by first of all TOPHER GIBSON of New York, KERRY (TRA) as the statutory basis for such a sale. dedicating his career to being a teacher. BENTIVOLIO of Mississippi, DONNA The Administration’s announcement to sell There is nothing Sal would not do for his CHRISTENSEN of the U.S. Virgin Islands, LARRY only a retrofit package for Taiwan’s older fight- students. He did this for four decades and BUCSHON of Indiana, and DEREK KILMER of er jets disappointed Taiwan’s supporters. After touched the lives of countless young people. Washington. all, U.S. policy with regard to the defensive ca- Sal made history by the inspirational and Mr. Chairman, when our soldiers are de- pabilities of Taiwan is clearly outlined in the courageous leadership that he provided his ployed to defend our Nation, many patriotic kids as he called them in the 1968 Blowouts TRA, which states it is the policy of the U.S. or walkouts in the East Los Angeles schools Americans show their support for our brave ‘‘to provide Taiwan with arms of a defensive the largest high school student strike in men and women in uniform by putting together character.’’ American history. I do not believe that the care packages. This Amendment simply al- Moreover, three joint communique´s between Blowouts would have occurred without Sal’s lows the Department of Defense to transport, the U.S. and the People’s Republic of China leadership. He put his career and perhaps on a space available basis, goods supplied by (PRC), and the ‘‘Six Assurances’’ to Taipei of- even his life on the line for the students in nonprofit organizations to members of the fered by President Reagan, add additional this movement. He didn’t do it because he Armed Services who are deployed overseas. context to the U.S.-Taiwan relationship. The personally wanted publicity or rewards. He This Amendment gives veterans’ nonprofits defensive weapons provision in the TRA has did it because of the injustices of an educational system that for decades had denied and other private charitable organizations that been an irritant in the relationship with Beijing, Mexican American students a quality edu- support our troops the same consideration that but this provision is necessary for Taiwan’s cation and an opportunity to go to college. organizations are already given for trans- defense. Sal Castro took on the entire educational es- porting humanitarian goods to foreign nation- It should be no surprise that advocates for tablishment because they did not care about als overseas. In this Amendment, we extend Taipei’s defensive needs continue to push for his kids.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:59 Jun 18, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14JN8.009 E17JNPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E890 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 17, 2013 He knew that real change does not come teacher’’ and he added in concluding his Mr. Speaker, service women and men who from on top from the elite but from the bot- story and he is saying this to us today: survive sexual violence should not have to tom, from the people. In 1968 it was senior ‘‘Que Dios les Bendiga y que La Virgen choose between their careers and justice. and junior high school students who through Morena les proteja’’ They should not be afraid to report crimes per- Sal came to recognize that they were not the f problem nor were their parents the problem petrated against them, and they should not for their lack of educational achievement. SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE face intimidation when seeking treatment and Sal helped open their eyes that it was the MILITARY other services. I strongly believe we need to schools, too many teachers, too many prin- take action now to fundamentally change the cipals, and too many members of the board way sexual assault is handled in the military of education who were the problem. Sal HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY OF ILLINOIS by passing legislation to prevent and punish taught them that there was no ‘‘Mexican sexual assault and rape. problem’’ but instead a racist problem as it IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f affected the schools and the Mexican Amer- Friday, June 14, 2013 ican community. Because of Sal, the stu- IN CELEBRATION OF JUNETEENTH dents—the Blowout generation as Sal called Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise them—empowered themselves. They were today in strong support of efforts to fight sex- IN MACON, GEORGIA not going to accept anything now but a good ual assault in the military. Sexual assault and education so that they could advance as far rape are violent and horrific crimes, and they HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR. as their personal talents would take them. must be treated as serious offense, not—as OF GEORGIA Sal knew he had achieved this change in con- Senator SAXBY CHAMBLISS of Georgia has sug- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sciousness as he saw hundreds of students gested—as a byproduct of ‘‘hormones.’’ walk out of Lincoln High School and Roo- Friday, June 14, 2013 According to Pentagon estimates, last year, sevelt High School and Garfield High School Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise and Wilson High School, and Belmont High over 70 service women and men were sexu- School and other high schools in other parts ally assaulted every single day. The Depart- today to salute a longstanding tradition in of Los Angeles. He knew that it would never ment of Defense estimates that 26,000 sexual Macon, Georgia, the 21st Annual Juneteenth be the same and he was right. With tears in assaults occurred last year, an increase from Freedom Festival. Georgia Juneteenth Week his eyes and pride in his very being many the estimated 19,300 assaults in 2010. Yet spans from June 8, 2013 to June 15, 2013, years later he said of that day in 1968: only a fraction of those crimes are referred to culminating in the Juneteenth Freedom Fes- ‘‘As the bell rang, out they went, out into courts martial. tival on Saturday, June 15, 2013 from noon to the streets. With their heads held high, with sundown at Historic Tattnall Square Park in dignity. It was beautiful to be a Chicano that We face an epidemic of sexual assault in day.’’ the military. Because of a culture of intimida- Macon, Georgia. In that first week of March, 1968 with thou- tion and retaliation against victims, coupled On June 19, 1865 in Galveston, Texas, two sands of high school students on strike, the with the low rate of prosecution and punish- years after President Abraham Lincoln issued students, the college students who helped, ment, the vast majority of these crimes go un- the Emancipation Proclamation, Union Troops the brown berets who provided defense, and reported. In some instances, the victim seeks seized control of the area and declared all Sal made history. They brought the edu- help but opts not to file a formal complaint. slaves free. Since then, Juneteenth has been cational establishment to its knees. They nationally and internationally observed as showed what Chicano power meant. The men and women of the armed services Various reforms followed but they were risk their lives to defend our country. Our mili- Emancipation Day and the end of slavery in never enough and still not enough even tary is built on the values of trust, discipline, the United States for those who did not re- today. But Sal and the students showed that and respect. ceive the news that the Emancipation Procla- week that major social change can only hap- Despite growing discussion and awareness mation was signed by President Lincoln on pen when the people themselves realize that of the fact that sexual assault has become en- January 1, 1863 until June, 1865. only they can make the changes that will trenched in our military culture, we’ve seen Whether it is a day, week, or month-long improve their lives. This was the lesson of limited progress toward a solution. That’s why celebration, Juneteenth brings people of all the Blowouts and the lessons of the Chicano walks of life together for remembrance of a movement. It was the lesson that Sal as a I am proud to support provisions in the Na- teacher taught that generation and con- tional Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that dark period in our Nation’s history, to rejoice tinues to teach us today and in the future. make progress toward combating military sex- at how far we have come as a society, and to Sal Castro was first and foremost a teacher ual assault. As currently written, the NDAA reflect upon how far we have yet to go. but as a teacher he made history not only strips commanders of their ability to dismiss For the past 21 years, Torchlight Academy, through the Blowouts but by year after year court martial convictions for serious offenders, Inc. and Kwanzaa Cultural Access Center producing students who would dedicate their and it prohibits commanders from reducing have partnered to organize the Juneteenth lives in whatever profession they pursued to celebrations in Macon, Georgia. The go out and fulfill the legacy of his blowout guilty findings for serious offenses. The NDAA kids—to change the world. Sal never rested requires that servicemembers found guilty of Juneteenth Freedom Festival has been one of on his laurels. There were still too many rape or sexual assault be punitively dis- the most innovative, vibrant and enjoyable dis- kids that he needed to reach and which he charged from the military. plays of Afro-centric art, talent and culture in did not only in his classes but through his Among other provisions, the Defense Au- Middle Georgia. With agricultural education unselfish work in inspiring new generations thorization bill we’re considering today also exhibits; live jazz, soul and hip hop music; of future Chicano/Latino leaders by his Chi- lays out the rights of victims. It allows them to modern and African dance; delicious food; live cano Youth Leadership Conference. apply for a permanent change of station or history exhibits; children’s games; and story- Sal Castro is a giant in Chicano history and also needs to be recognized as a giant in unit transfer, ensuring they are not forced to telling, this partnership has fostered the spirit American history. He showed us that real continue to serve next to their assaulter. of community that is so deeply anchored in education is different from schooling. However, I believe we need to go further. I our ancestral roots. Schooling produces students who accept the am a cosponsor of Congresswoman JACKIE Macon’s oldest continuous African-American status quo and never ask ‘‘why?’’ Education SPEIER’s legislation H.R. 1593, the Sexual As- community-based festival, the Juneteenth produces students who not only ask ‘‘why’’ sault Training Oversight and Prevention celebrations and annual Freedom Festival but act on their question. (STOP) Act. The STOP Act would take the re- unite Middle Georgians to honor the struggle, I personally will miss a colleague, a fellow porting, oversight, investigation and victim sacrifice and success of our ancestors. teacher, and a dear friend. I will miss him coming to my classes as he did for many care of sexual assaults out of the hands of the This year’s local Juneteenth festivities in- years never asking for compensation but al- military’s normal chain of command and place cluded a ‘‘Salute to Freedom’’ 5k Run/Walk for ways with the same passion wanting to share jurisdiction in the newly-created, autonomous Health and Peace, the Pleasant Hill Neighbor- his story with students. I often joked that if Sexual Assault Oversight and Response Of- hood Reunion, Heritage Discovery Walk, Sal couldn’t show up I could give Sal’s talk fice comprised of civilian and military experts. Macon Black Heritage Tours, and the Real because I had heard it so often. And now I In addition to the STOP Act, Congress- Talk Hip Hop Summit of Youth Awareness and will give that talk by myself but I also re- woman SPEIER has introduced an amend- Responsibility. dedicate myself today to his mission in life ment—which I am proud to cosponsor—to the Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join and will teach others about Sal Castro and his place in history. Defense Authorization bill taking the decision- me in saluting Mr. George A. Fadil Muham- The last question I asked Sal is how do you making of whether to prosecute out of the mad, Torchlight Academy, Inc., Kwanzaa Cul- wish to be remembered. He simply said: ‘‘I chain of command and give discretion to tural Access Center, the residents of Macon, want my tombstone to read—Sal Castro a trained prosecutors. Georgia and the surrounding communities as

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f Unfortunately, an amendment offered by Thursday, June 13, 2013 RECOGNIZING DIEGO ARENCO´ N ON Representative STEVE KING of Iowa was FATHER’S DAY added to the bill on the floor; it is a poison pill The House in Committee of the Whole for any member who cares about advancing House on the state of the Union had under comprehensive immigration reform. The King consideration the bill (H.R. 1960) to authorize HON. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for mili- amendment terminates specific Obama Ad- OF NEW MEXICO tary activities of the Department of Defense IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ministration policies on immigration, including and for military construction, to prescribe deferred action for childhood arrivals, sup- Friday, June 14, 2013 military personnel strengths for such fiscal porting prosecutor discretion for victims of year, and for other purposes: Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New crimes, and prioritizing the deportation of vio- Mr. O’ROURKE. Mr. Chair, the Federal Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with a heavy lent criminals. The King amendment was Government is facing some of the most com- heart. Father’s Day is a time for families to adopted in a highly partisan vote of 224–201, plex challenges in our Nation’s history and come together, a time to honor the role of fa- with 221 Republicans voting for this anti-immi- dealing with serious budget constraints. In thers in our lives, and a time to count our grant measure. order to do more with less, it is critical that we blessings. But for many Americans, this Sun- Specifically, the King amendment would have a first class Federal workforce. The gov- day will be the first Father’s Day where they mean that young people, who were brought ernment must make the proper investments in won’t be able to hug their dad tight. And for here as children by their parents and grew up its employees and take the steps necessary to fathers who have lost a child in the past year, in America, will face deportation from the recruit, retain, and develop its talent. this will be the first Father’s Day where they country they consider their own. It means vic- The media often focuses on what goes can’t look into their son’s or daughter’s eyes tims of domestic abuse and human trafficking wrong in government, but today I want to take and tell them how much joy they bring them could face deportation for reporting their abus- a moment to recognize the important work of every day. ers. This Father’s Day, I would like to honor one the more than 800,000 Department of Defense of my constituents, Diego Arencoń, who has Prioritizing public safety is only common of Defense (DoD) civil servants who provide sadly lost both his father and his son in the sense. Immigration officials should be focused essential services to help keep our country past year. A dedicated public servant, Diego is on deporting dangerous individuals, not work- safe. DoD civilians are partners in our national a member of the Albuquerque Fire Depart- ing families or victims of domestic violence defense and integral to the success of DoD ment and is President of the Albuquerque and human trafficking. Denying law enforce- military operations. Area Fire Fighters, IAFF Local 244. He has ment officials the ability to use their discretion I represent Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas and selflessly risked his life to keep the residents is not only a foolish and ineffective method of to echo the words of Former Secretary of De- of Albuquerque safe. He is an effective advo- directing our resources, but inhumane. fense Leon Panetta when he visited the instal- cate for his fellow firefighters, an accom- I strongly support the Obama Administration lation, ‘‘let me be clear—Fort Bliss is the pre- plished jazz drummer, and I’m proud to be policies that the King amendment eliminates. mier post in America.’’ The critical role this counted among those who call Diego a friend. As a co-sponsor of the DREAM Act in the post plays in our national defense is supported Diego and his continued commitment to his 111th and 112th Congress, I am appalled that by more than 11,000 full-time civilian employ- wife, Lupe, and to his surviving children, House Republicans would support eliminating ees. We live in a world where the threats to Santiago, Loliana and Diego, is an inspiration this policy and forcing these young people to our freedoms are diverse and we must ensure to all who know him. live with the fear of being deported. Dreamers that our civilian workforce is up to the task of In early January of this year, Diego’s father, want and deserve the chance to earn Amer- protecting the American people. To succeed in Jose ‘‘Pelete’’ Arencoń, passed away. A ican citizenship so they can fully contribute to carrying out the complex tasks of the Depart- prominent gypsy flamenco singer, Jose was the country they have always viewed as their ment, Congress must enable all these employ- known for his compelling voice. He began own. ees to excel in their jobs. We must com- singing as a child, and became a professional The King amendment will have a chilling ef- pensate them commensurate with their re- singer as a teenager. Born in Spain, he fect on the movement for comprehensive im- sponsibilities; provide them with a quality of moved to Albuquerque with his wife in 1975, migration reform. The Senate is making real work life that fosters long-term growth; and bringing the traditional roots of flamenco to the progress in negotiations, but this anti-immi- work to ensure that labor-management rela- Duke City. grant amendment suggests that House Re- tionships remain strong. Diego’s son, Nikolas Ventura-Arencoń, was publicans have no interest in the real reform This year Congress debated multiple only 14 when he tragically passed away the needed to fix our broken immigration system. amendments to the National Defense Author- day before Thanksgiving last year. Even at his ization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 that aimed to young age, Nikolas had ambitions to serve his f weaken the civilian workforce at DoD. These community and his country just like his father. amendments would greatly expand the A–76 Nikolas was a member of the Los Alamos OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL process and direct the Department to contract High School ROTC and had dreams of attend- DEBT out any function not considered to be ‘‘inher- ing the New Mexico Military Institute to be- ently governmental’’—regardless of policy, come a Marine. He also wanted to follow in risk, or cost to DoD. The Congress outlawed his father’s footsteps by becoming a firefighter. HON. MIKE COFFMAN the use of the A–76 process during the Bush Within their ranks, New Mexico firefighters say OF COLORADO Administration after the finding by DoD Inspec- Nikolas Ventura-Arencoń was ‘‘one of us.’’ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tor General that it was biased against federal f Friday, June 14, 2013 employees, and by the Government Account- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE- ability Office that the costs of associated with Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, on January CURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT the process often exceeded estimated sav- 20, 2009, the day President Obama took of- OF 2013 H.R. 2217 ings. Additionally, in testimony before the Sen- fice, the national debt was ate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, $10,626,877,048,913.08. DoD Comptroller Robert Hale acknowledged HON. BETTY McCOLLUM Today, it is $16,738,708,293,971.53. We’ve that contractors are twice as expensive as ci- OF MINNESOTA added $6,111,831,245,058.45 to our debt in 4 vilian employees stating that ‘‘if you’re going to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and a half years. This is $6 trillion in debt our have a job over a long period of time . . . it’s Friday, June 14, 2013 nation, our economy, and our children could probably cheaper to have a civilian govern- Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I rise in have avoided with a balanced budget amendment employee to do it.’’ For these reasons, I strong opposition to the Department of Home- ment. voted against these amendments.

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As the Nation’s largest employer, I believe Representative KING that prohibits the use of Welty Center for Educational Policy and Lead- that the federal government has a responsi- funds in the bill from being used to implement ership. In addition, Marc is retiring to spend bility to lead by example to be a model em- the so called ‘‘Morton Memos.’’ These memos much needed time with his wife, his three chil- ployer. This is especially true for the Depart- were written by ICE Director Morton and pro- dren, and his four grandchildren. ment of Defense. Since being elected to Con- vide a plan to deploy ICE resources to the Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me gress, I have met and worked with many civil- most cost effective priorities and provide guid- in recognizing the distinguished educational ian employees at DoD and am inspired by ance to ensure that limited resources are fo- leadership of Mr. Marc Johnson. The work he their dedication. Our military and country are cused on criminals and other individuals who has done for the Sanger Unified School Dis- stronger because of them, and I will continue pose a genuine threat to national security or trict will have a lasting impact on our children to support efforts that strengthen our federal public safety. I am disappointed that the in Fresno County and in the entire State of workforce. House chose to again include this provision California. f and it is for that reason that I will oppose this f bill. THE HOMELAND SECURITY RECOGNIZING FALLEN OWEGO f APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF FY2014 FIREFIGHTER CAPTAIN MATT RECOGNIZING THE PUBLIC PORCARI HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN SERVICE OF MARC JOHNSON OF MARYLAND HON. TOM REED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. JIM COSTA OF NEW YORK Friday, June 14, 2013 OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in op- Friday, June 14, 2013 Friday, June 14, 2013 position to H.R. 2217, the FY14 Homeland Se- Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec- curity Appropriations bill. I appreciate the bi- Mr. COSTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ognize fallen Owego Firefighter Captain Matt partisan effort put into crafting H.R. 2217 and recognize Marcus Johnson as he prepares to Porcari. Captain Porcari belonged to the commend the members of the Appropriations retire from his position as Superintendent of Owego Fire Department for 18 years before Committee for encouraging a collaborative and the Sanger Unified School District. Marc will his tragic death while actively responding to a open process. It’s unfortunate that at the last be leaving after more than 35 years in public mutual aid fire call in Newark Valley, New minute an anti-immigration amendment offered education in the Central Valley. York. He was 34 years old and leaves behind by Representative STEVE KING of Iowa upset As Superintendent of Sanger Unified, Marc a wife Christina, two children and three step- the delicate bipartisan balance established in transformed some of California’s lowest per- children. the bill. forming schools into some of our best. The Captain Porcari was a dedicated volunteer Recent events emphasize the importance of education reforms that he spearheaded are in the department who began his service at ensuring the availability of the resources our now considered a model for schools across age 16, serving as a mentor and friend to country needs to address national emer- the country. Marc’s dedication and commit- newer members. His caring nature extended gencies. The tornadoes in Oklahoma, the ment to improving education standards in the beyond the Owego community, demonstrated bombings at the Boston Marathon, forest fires Central Valley have been nationally recog- by his assistance to the Long Beach Fire Sta- in California and Colorado are just a few ex- nized including by the American Association of tion following Hurricane Sandy and by his ef- amples of why funding for homeland security Student Administrators who named him the forts to organize a trip to pay tribute to the fall- should always be considered a national pri- 2011 National Superintendent of the Year. en firefighters in Webster, New York. In addi- ority. This bill provides resources to address A California native, Marc lives in the small tion, Captain Porcari led the Croton Hose these and other critical needs by directing community of Reedley, where at age four he Company #3 in the Central New York Hose funding to protect the country’s transportation moved with his parents and where his wife of Racing Championships and was a member of infrastructure and cybernetworks, and equally 37 years, Penni, taught at Thomas Law Reed the youngest team to win a CNY Champion- important, to our first responders who help to Elementary, before retiring last year. He is a ship in 1995. protect our communities and who play a vital graduate of Reedley Community College, Cali- Captain Porcari’s legacy was honored this role in helping keep the nation safe and se- fornia State University, Fresno and Fresno Pa- June at the Owego Fallen Firefighters Memo- cure. In total, the bill appropriates $38.9 billion cific University, where he received his Masters rial Golf Tournament, which was held in honor for the Department in FY 2014 for these and in Education. Marc began his career in edu- of Captain Porcari and other fallen Owego fire- other critical national priorities. cation at American Union Elementary, where fighters. The monies raised at the tournament While I support the level of funding set for he taught for 16 years and later served as the will support scholarships for Owego Free Homeland Security in this bill, I strongly op- district’s superintendent and principal. In 1999, Academy’s graduating seniors pursuing ca- pose the funding levels set in the Republican Marc was named the Assistant Superintendent reers as first responders. Additional monies budget plan for other key priorities. For exam- of Human Resources for the Sanger Unified will go to the development and maintenance of ple, the Republican budget recklessly cuts the School District, before assuming the role of an Owego Fire Department training facility. category of funding for our kids’ education and Superintendent of the district in the fall of Today we honor Matt Porcari’s sacrifice. Let medical research by 20 percent below the se- 2003. us remember every day the price paid by true quester level. Consequently, I strongly support When Marc took over as Superintendent, heroes such as Matt. the President’s position that the funding levels Sanger Unified was struggling. A year into his f for Homeland Security must ultimately be con- tenure, the district was designated for program sidered in the context of an overall agreement improvement by the State of California. Under INTRODUCTION OF THE YOUTH on the budget. Unfortunately, our Republican Marc’s leadership and guidance, Sanger Uni- JOBS ACT colleagues in the House and Senate continue fied implemented education reforms including to refuse to convene a conference to negotiate adopting the professional learning community HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. a budget agreement. model focused on student learning, high qual- OF MICHIGAN Additionally, I share the President’s concern ity instruction, and teacher collaboration. With- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES about the bill’s failure to fund the request for in two years Sanger Unified exited program the Department of Homeland Security head- improvement status and its schools have since Friday, June 14, 2013 quarters consolidation project, which will only gone on to win many accolades and awards. Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to delay the project further; the bill’s failure to Recently, Sanger Unified became only the introduce the Youth Jobs Act. fully fund the request for new Customs and second school district in the country to have We are facing a jobs crisis in this country, Borders Protection officers; and the bill’s con- every one of its middle schools named to the and even our youth are not exempt from its ef- tinued funding of the unnecessary 287 (g) pro- Department of Education’s prestigious fects. Five years after the Great Recession hit, gram when the Secure Communities program ‘‘Schools to Watch’’ list. 27 million workers are either unemployed or is a more efficient and cost-effective alter- Although Marc is retiring as Superintendent underemployed—roughly one out of every six native. of Sanger Unified, he will continue the fight to U.S. workers. This is completely unacceptable. In that same vein, this year I again opposed improve education standards in the Central Even worse though, is the impact this crisis the anti-immigration amendment offered by Valley as the interim co-director of the John D. is leaving on the next generation of workers.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:59 Jun 18, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A14JN8.046 E17JNPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS June 17, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E893 America’s young adults and teens are cur- Each state that would like to participate Last Saturday our state lost one of the finest rently facing unemployment rates of 16 and 24 in this program would have to submit a plan public officials it has ever seen, as Dean percent respectfully. The ramifications of these to DOL that must include: passed away at the age of 79. Strategies and activities to provide sum- Senator Dean was born in the town of young Americans not being able to find work mer employment opportunities and year- are troubling and far reaching. round employment opportunities for low-in- Rockmart, which he called home throughout We must do everything we can to make come youth, including links to educational his entire life. After graduating from Rockmart sure young Americans have the jobs they activities; High School in 1952, he attended Shorter Col- need to pay for higher education and to learn Identifying employment opportunities in lege and then joined the U.S. Army. There- skills that will prepare them for careers and emerging or in-demand occupations; after, he answered the call to public service. professions. If we do not create employment Identifying employment opportunities in Before his election to the Georgia Senate in opportunities for all young Americans, we in- the public or nonprofit sector that meet 1974, Dean served for a total of 16 years on hibit the ability and opportunity for them to community needs; and the Rockwall City Council and in the Georgia An estimate of the number of youth ex- move up the economic ladder, and to improve pected to be placed in employment opportu- House of Representatives. their conditions. nities. During his tenure in the State Legislature, For this reason, I am introducing the ‘‘Youth Under this legislation, DOL would also he was named ‘‘Man of the Year for Civic Af- Jobs Act’’ with Senator BERNIE SANDERS of award $1.5 billion in competitive grants to fairs’’ and ‘‘Senator of the Year.’’ In addition to Vermont. local areas to provide work-based training to his responsibilities as a Senator, he was ac- This Act directs the U.S. Department of low-income youth and disadvantaged young tive in community organizations such as Pied- Labor to provide $1.5 billion in grants for adults. mont Avenue Baptist Church of Rockmart; states to provide summer and year-round em- Through this bill, DOL will award grant Rockmart-Aragon Little League; Rockmart, ployment opportunities for low-income youth. applications to local areas that have the Cedartown, and Cartersville Chambers of States could then use these funds to identify ability to: Implement effective strategies and activi- Commerce; Polk and Bartow County Farm Bu- employment opportunities in emerging occupa- ties to provide unemployed, low-income reaus; the Masons, Shriners, and Odd Fel- tions and in the public and nonprofit sector to youth and disadvantaged young adults with lows; the Northwest Council for Boy Scouts; meet their community’s needs. the skills needed for employment; Cedartown, Haralson, and Bartow County His- An additional $1.5 billion would be distrib- Provide opportunities for on-the-job train- torical societies; and mental disability pro- uted through competitive grants to states and ing, and registered apprenticeship programs; grams. local communities to provide on-the-job train- Provide connections to immediate work I had the pleasure of working with Senator ing and apprenticeship programs for low-in- opportunities; paid internships; enrollment Dean on many occasions during my own time in community colleges; or basic education come youth and disadvantaged young adults. in the Georgia Senate, and came to know him The grant recipients would be strongly encour- and training for low-income young adults; and as a very hardworking and effective advocate. aged to develop partnerships with employers, Develop partnerships with employers and Nathan was a role model for all public officials: community colleges, community organizations employer associations, community colleges, he truly loved the people of his district and and join labor-management committees. and other postsecondary education institu- Georgia, and worked tirelessly to represent his At minimum, every state would receive $15 tions; community-based organizations; joint constituents to the best of his ability. million to implement summer and year round labor-management committees; and work-re- Mr. Speaker, I extend my deepest condo- job opportunities and training programs, with lated intermediaries. lences to Senator Dean’s wife Ann; his two the remainder being targeted to areas of par- All states would receive a minimum of $15 sons and daughters-in-law, Aland and Durand ticularly high youth unemployment and pov- million to implement summer and year round job opportunities and job-training pro- Dean and Scot and Keri Dean; his grand- erty. grams under this bill. children Seven, Ana Scott, and Mason; his Ensuring there are adequate jobs for every The remainder of the funding would be tar- brother, four sisters; and his many nieces, American should be Congress’ number one geted to areas of high youth unemployment nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews focus. I encourage my colleagues to support and poverty. during these most difficult of times. Although this measure to put America’s youth to work. f we are now without this honorable man, hus- FACT SHEET ON REP. CONYERS’ YOUTH JOBS band, and citizen, we can take comfort in PERSONAL EXPLANATION ACT knowing that he made Georgia a better place At a time when the youth unemployment to live. rate is over 16 percent, and the teen unem- HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR. ployment rate is over 24 percent, we have got f OF NEW JERSEY to do everything we can to make sure that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CENTRALIA SENTINEL young Americans have the jobs they need to SESQUICENTENNIAL pay for a college education and to move up Friday, June 14, 2013 the economic ladder. The Youth Jobs Act that will be intro- Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I want to HON. JOHN SHIMKUS duced in the Senate by Sen. Sanders will prostate for the record that yesterday, June 13th, OF ILLINOIS vide $3 billion in immediate funding to em- I was not recorded on one rollcall vote. I IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ploy hundreds of thousands of low-income would like to state for the record that I would Friday, June 14, 2013 youth and economically disadvantaged have voted ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall Vote number 221: young adults in summer and year round jobs; On Agreeing to the Resolution on H. Res. Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to and to provide young Americans with the job 260—Providing for further consideration of the acknowledge the sesquicentennial of the training and skills they need for the jobs of bill (H.R. 1960) to authorize appropriations for Centralia Sentinel. For 150 years, the news- the future. paper has chronicled events large and small in This legislation is modeled on the youth fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the jobs and training programs included in Presi- Department of Defense and for military con- and around the southern Illinois town of dent Obama’s American Jobs Act. struction, to prescribe military personnel Centralia. It holds a special place in my heart, The Youth Jobs Act would build on the strengths for such fiscal year, and for other as the hometown paper of my namesake and success of the American Recovery and Rein- purposes. grandfather, John Shimkus. His clothing store vestment Act which created over 374,000 f advertised for years in the Sentinel. summer job opportunities during 2009 and History tells us that the regional term ‘‘Little 2010 to young Americans through $1.2 billion REMEMBERING GEORGIA STATE Egypt’’ arose from the poor harvest of the for the Youth Jobs Workforce Investment SENATOR NATHAN DEAN 1830s. Citizens of the North had to travel Act program. Under the Youth Jobs Act, the U.S. De- south to buy grain, reminiscent of the Biblical partment of Labor (DOL) would provide $1.5 HON. PHIL GINGREY story of Joseph being brought ‘‘down to billion in grants to states to: OF GEORGIA Egypt.’’ A visitor walking into the reception Provide summer and year round employ- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES area of the Sentinel is greeted with hiero- ment opportunities for low-income youth, glyphics on the wall, evoking images of an with direct links to academic and occupa- Friday, June 14, 2013 Egyptian tomb. However, those who have tional learning; and Provide important services such as trans- Mr. GINGREY of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I worked there know that the Sentinel is any- portation or child care, necessary to enable rise today to celebrate the life of State Senator thing but tomb-like, frequently noting the family young Americans to participate in job oppor- Nathan Dean, and thank him for his dedicated atmosphere, something long promoted by the tunities. service to Georgia and his community. newspaper’s leadership.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:59 Jun 18, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A14JN8.050 E17JNPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E894 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 17, 2013 I would like to congratulate owner Judith preserving Macedonian heritage, tradition, and field and making a real difference in his com- Joy, Publisher and co-owner John Perrine, As- spiritual beliefs. Their constant dedication and munity. He is fully deserving of this recogni- sociate Publisher Thomas Joy, General Man- commitment is worthy of the highest com- tion, and I offer him my thanks and congratu- ager Dan Nichols, Senior Editor LuAnn mendation. lations. Droege, Lifestyles Editor Michelle Pennington, f f Sports Editor Mike McManus, Office Manager HONORING THE ACHIEVEMENT OF Julie Copple, Circulation Director Ray Albert, RECOGNIZING THE HOWARD COUN- ADAM LEEMANS Prepress Supervisor Terri Kelly, Mailroom TY LIBRARY SYSTEM FOR BEING Manager Cindy Estes, Pressroom Manager NAMED LIBRARY OF THE YEAR Mike Bell, and all associated with the Sentinel AND MR. MATTHEW WINNER OF HON. CHERI BUSTOS now and over the last 15 decades. COLUMBIA, MARYLAND, FOR OF ILLINOIS Mr. Speaker, I salute the Centralia Sentinel BEING HONORED BY THE PRESI- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and offer my best wishes for the next 150 DENT AS ONE OF TWELVE MU- Friday, June 14, 2013 years. SEUM AND LIBRARY ‘‘CHAM- PIONS OF CHANGE’’ Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to f congratulate Adam Leemans of Port Byron, Il- CONGRATULATING SAINTS PETER linois on his recent achievement as valedic- HON. JOHN P. SARBANES torian of his class at the United States Military AND PAUL MACEDONIAN ORTHO- OF MARYLAND DOX CATHEDRAL ON ITS 50TH Academy at West Point. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Adam completed his course of study at ANNIVERSARY Friday, June 14, 2013 West Point with an emphasis on mechanical engineering and earned a 4.2 grade-point av- HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY Mr. SARBANES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today erage. He also attained nine post-graduate OF INDIANA to recognize the Howard County Library Sys- honors for both academic and athletic excel- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tem for being named Library of the Year, and lence. In addition to his classroom success, Mr. Matthew Winner of Columbia, Maryland, Friday, June 14, 2013 Adam was the captain of the West Point for being honored by the President as one of triathlon team for two years. Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, it is with twelve museum and library ‘‘Champions of After graduation, Adam will spend one great pleasure and admiration that I congratu- Change.’’ month working at the Rock Island Arsenal, fol- late Saints Peter and Paul Macedonian Ortho- Each year, one of the 21,000 public and lowed by one year working towards a master’s dox Cathedral as its congregation and church academic libraries in the United States, Can- degree in the United Kingdom. Following the leaders join together in celebration of its 50th ada and Mexico is awarded this prestigious completion of his studies he will report to Fort Anniversary. The congregation, along with honor. The winning library is one that ‘‘most Leonard Wood for training and will eventually Parish Priest, Very Reverend Tome Stamatov, profoundly demonstrates creativity, leadership take over command of his own unit. and the Church Executive Board, including and innovation in developing signature events Mr. Speaker, I want to applaud Adam for his President Thomas Traycoff, Vice President and initiatives, particularly those that can be momentous achievement. His parents, Bonnie Alex Kutanovski, Vice President Dejan emulated by others.’’ I extend my congratula- and David, along with his community should Ristevski, Treasurer Naumce Pejoski, Finan- tions to CEO and President, Valerie Gross, be extremely proud of this fine young man, cial Secretary Stojan Trajkovski, Secretary and to her remarkable team of educators and and I wish him luck with his future endeavors. Dimce Alekovski, and Diocese Delegate Nick support staff at the Howard County libraries. It f Nochevich, will be celebrating with a weekend is the first library system in the entire mid-At- of events from July 12 to July 14, 2013 at the lantic region to receive this award. IN RECOGNITION OF THE PASSAGE cathedral in Crown Point, Indiana. My parents always stressed the value of li- OF THE TBI TREATMENT ACT Saints Peter and Paul Macedonian Ortho- braries as a tool for learning and enrichment. AMENDMENT dox Cathedral was consecrated on July 14, Now, as a parent myself, I have tried to do the 1963 in Gary, Indiana, when a group of immi- same with my children. In this regard, the HON. PETE SESSIONS grants from Macedonia came together with the Howard County Library System and its patrons OF TEXAS goal of preserving Macedonian culture and re- truly set an example for communities and fam- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ligious tradition. Saints Peter and Paul is ilies throughout our country. It is comprised of Friday, June 14, 2013 known throughout the United States and Can- six branches that serve over 280,000 resi- Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, thousands of ada as the first official Macedonian church dents. Remarkably, 90 percent of those resi- our brave servicemen and women are return- built in North America. The founders pro- dents have and use library cards. The library ing from combat with severe cases of Trau- claimed the mission of their new church before system has the highest borrowing rate per matic Brain Injury (TBI) and Post-Traumatic the Indiana Secretary of State in Indianapolis, capita in the United States, with over 7 million Stress Disorder (PTSD), resulting in an inabil- Indiana: ‘‘The purpose of this parish is to items checked out annually. The library is at ity to hold a job, properly care for their fami- preach the word of God and take spiritual care the center of the educational, cultural and so- lies, or in some cases, to overcome suicidal of its members; to spread goodness, justice, cial network of Howard County. tendencies. As a nation, we have the respon- brotherly love, and respect among its mem- The success of the Howard County Library sibility for their care and recovery. bers.’’ System is a testament to the dedicated staff Currently, private healthcare providers The cathedral in Gary flourished for many and administrators of the library system, but across the United States are helping brain in- years, and the congregation continued to also the commitment of the people of Howard jury patients with new and innovative treat- grow. Due to an increase in membership, a County to the value of education and lifelong ments, some of which have not yet been new cathedral and cultural center were built in learning. Congratulations to the Howard Coun- made available in Department of Defense Crown Point, Indiana, in 1989, and are still in ty Public Library System, a 21st-century library (DoD) treatment facilities. In an effort to fix this existence today. The members and leaders of system worthy of this distinguished honor. delinquency, I introduced H.R. 2344, the TBI Saints Peter and Paul Macedonian Orthodox I would also like to congratulate Howard Treatment Act, in the House of Representa- Cathedral played a major role in the establish- County resident and public school teacher and tives. ment of additional churches throughout the librarian, Matthew Winner of Columbia, Mary- The TBI Treatment Act would establish a 5- United States and in Canada. Their determina- land, for being honored by the President as year ‘‘pay-for-performance’’ pilot program, not tion, focus, and commitment laid the founda- one of twelve museum and library ‘‘Cham- to exceed $10 million per year, which would tion for other Macedonian churches to come to pions of Change.’’ Winner is the co-author of help expedite some of the new and life. the forthcoming book, Teaching Math with the groundbreaking treatments to our nations’ ac- Mr. Speaker, I ask that you and my other Wii, the ‘‘Busy Librarian’’ blog, and he was re- tive duty soldiers suffering from TBI and distinguished colleagues join me in honoring cently named a 2013 Library Journal ‘‘Mover & PTSD. Healthcare providers would be able to and congratulating Saints Peter and Paul Mac- Shaker’’ in the category of Tech Leaders. treat active-duty soldiers at no cost to the pa- edonian Orthodox Cathedral on its 50th Anni- Through his innovative thinking and dedication tient. The healthcare provider would be reim- versary. Throughout many hardships and to captivating the attention and potential of our bursed by the DoD for providing the treat- trials, the congregation and leaders of Saints students through gaming and other popular ments, but only if the treatment is proven suc- Peter and Paul have dedicated themselves to technologies, Mr. Winner is a leader in his cessful based on independent pre- and post-

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Lastly, treatments must be approved OF TENNESSEE not only in the workplace, but in life as well. by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mark’s reputation for being dependable, fair, and loyal propelled Mark to become a foreman the Secretary of Defense, and by an institu- Monday, June 17, 2013 tional review board operating in accordance for Bechtel before joining the Local 3 staff as a Business Agent in 2000. Mark was pro- with regulations issued by the Secretary of Mrs. BLACK. Mr. Speaker, for more than one hundred years Rotary International has moted to District Representative for Napa and Health and Human Services. made it their mission to provide service to oth- Solano Counties in 2006 and has dedicated In light of House consideration this week of ers, promote integrity, and advance world un- his time to improving working conditions H.R. 1960, The National Defense Authoriza- derstanding, goodwill, and peace. Today, it is throughout organized labor. tion Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2014, I my honor to recognize one of Rotary’s distin- Mr. Speaker, we are truly honored to pay was proud to offer the TBI Treatment Act as guished club presidents, Mr. Clark Boyd from tribute to our friend and dedicated public serv- an amendment to the NDAA along with my Lebanon, Tennessee. ant Mark Burton. We ask our colleagues to friend and colleague from California, Con- A graduate of East Tennessee State Univer- join with us in thanking Mr. Burton for his long gressman Mike Thompson. I am pleased to sity, Clark served his country for more than a and dedicated service to the citizens of Solano report that last night; the House of Represent- decade in the Army National Guard and U.S. and Napa counties and wishing him continued atives approved by voice vote the TBI Treat- Army Reserve. Today, Clark makes good on success in all his future endeavors along with ment Act amendment. This is a great victory the promise to be a ‘‘good neighbor’’ to the a happy retirement. for those suffering from TBI and PTSD and is customers entrusted to his care as a State f Farm Insurance agent in Lebanon, where he an important step towards ensuring that our HONORING THE RETIREMENT OF also serves as chairman of the Wilson County nation’s soldiers receive the care and treat- DR. JIM TEDFORD ments they have earned and deserve. I hope Republican Party and president of his local that my colleagues in the Senate will also in- Habitat for Humanity. Under Clark’s leadership, the Rotary Club of HON. LOIS CAPPS clude the TBI Treatment Act when they con- OF CALIFORNIA sider defense authorization legislation. Lebanon generously donated $6,000 to local and international non–profits, gave $8,000 to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the noble work of Rotary International and Monday, June 17, 2013 f joined members of the local Kiwanis club to Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to COMBATING SEXUAL ASSAULT IN create a Lebanon youth baseball league. Addi- honor the retirement of Dr. Jim Tedford from THE MILITARY tionally, the club was awarded the prestigious San Luis Obispo, CA, who is a beloved pedia- ‘‘STAR Club Award’’ and ‘‘Globe Club Award.’’ trician in the community. Apart from his service to Rotary, Clark Dr. Jim Tedford has resided in San Luis HON. ALLYSON Y. SCHWARTZ evinces his devout Christian faith as chairman Obispo County for over 30 years. He grad- of the men’s ministry at Immanuel Baptist uated from UCLA Medical School in 1969 OF PENNSYLVANIA Church, where he also serves as a deacon where he completed his residency at the Chil- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and Sunday school teacher. Most importantly, dren’s Hospital of Los Angeles. He then Clark is the loving husband to his wife of elev- worked as a pediatrician at the Fairchild Air Friday, June 14, 2013 en years, Jana, and a proud father to his two Force Base in Spokane, Washington, before children: Wilson and Blair. opening his private practice in San Luis Ms. SCHWARTZ. Mr. Speaker, for the past While Clark’s tenure as president of Rotary year, my office has worked with a young fe- Obispo in 1975. Club of Lebanon will end this year, his passion Beyond his medical practice, Dr. Tedford male soldier who was raped while serving her for investing in the lives of others and serving has a strong history of community engage- country. Active US Army, she says that when his community will not. I congratulate Clark on ment. He has participated in several prominent she reported the crime, she was threatened an exceptional year as president of Rotary medical organizations including: the SLO and harassed. Club of Lebanon and honor him for his self- County Medical Society, California Medical As- The military’s solution was to direct her as- less example of service to others. sociation, Sierra Cascade Trauma Society, sailant to stay away from her, which he ig- f California Chapter 2 of the American Academy nored. HONORING THE RETIREMENT OF of Pediatrics, and the SLO Medical Founda- This woman acted bravely by reporting the MARK BURTON tion. Moreover, the First 5 of San Luis Obispo assault—only about 10 percent of victims do— County has recognized him as a ‘‘Champion of Health’’ for his dedicated service. and the military failed her. HON. JOHN GARAMENDI On a personal note, Jim has always ex- She is now AWOL: lost, afraid, without pay, OF CALIFORNIA tended a gracious hand when working to- without prospects—and without her justice. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gether on issues of importance to our commu- Her situation is far too common. And it’s unac- Monday, June 17, 2013 nity. I am pleased to honor Dr. Tedford as we ceptable. recognize his contributions to pediatric medi- Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today cine and wish him nothing but continued suc- This year’s National Defense Authorization to honor Mark Burton, who has served North- cess in his retirement. includes important reforms. It strips com- ern California labor, specifically, Napa and So- manders of their authority to change or dis- lano Counties, since 1978. I ask all my col- f miss convictions and it expands legal assist- leagues to join me in recognizing the many IN RECOGNITION OF JUNE AS NA- ance to victims. outstanding achievements of Mark during his TIONAL SCOLIOSIS AWARENESS The military must fully implement these lifetime. MONTH changes and do all it can to ensure that its Mark Burton has touched the lives of many culture no longer tolerates sexual violence. with dedication and grace. Evidenced since HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING his early childhood; Mark’s driven and com- The military must prosecute sexual abuse of- OF MASSACHUSETTS passionate nature laid the foundation for a leg- fenders and ensure victims have protection IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES acy of inspiration to all who know him. and support and the assurance of justice that Mark was born in Richmond, California, on Monday, June 17, 2013 all victims deserve. June 11, 1957; and Mark graduated from Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to End this shame on America and ensure that Pinole Valley High School in 1976, where he recognize June as National Scoliosis Aware- women ‘‘can be all they can be’’ in the U.S. met the love of his life, Becky, who Mark later ness Month, and to reaffirm our commitment military, without discrimination, harassment or married and raised their two sons, Andrew to fighting a potentially debilitating medical fear of sexual assault. and Adam, with. condition that afflicts over 7 million Americans.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:59 Jun 18, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K14JN8.015 E17JNPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E896 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 17, 2013 National Scoliosis Awareness Month brings TRIBUTE TO HEDGESVILLE HIGH forts to raise awareness among our commu- together all members of the scoliosis commu- SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM nities about the impact of this disease. nity, including physicians, patients, families, f and businesspeople to raise awareness about HON. SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVER- this condition. Diagnosing scoliosis is a simple OF WEST VIRGINIA SARY OF THE SBA’S NATIONAL procedure that takes less than 30 seconds, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SMALL BUSINESS WEEK and early detection allows physicians to monitor the condition and, if necessary, begin Monday, June 17, 2013 treatment before serious complications—in- Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to HON. PATRICK MURPHY cluding chronic back pain and impacted heart recognize the 2013 Hedgesville High School OF FLORIDA and lung function—even begin. Raising aware- baseball team. The Eagles defeated Cabell IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ness is therefore crucial to the fight against Midland High School 4–2 to win the West Vir- Monday, June 17, 2013 scoliosis. ginia Class AAA State Baseball Championship Mr. MURPHY of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise Between two and three percent of the Amer- on Saturday, June 1, 2013. today to recognize the small businesses ican population suffers from scoliosis, and the Hedgesville High School is located in a rural across our nation on the 50th anniversary of number of family and friends who are im- part of Berkeley County, West Virginia, which National Small Business Week. Small busi- pacted by this condition numbers many mil- is part of the district I represent. The school nesses are the backbone of our country— lions more. While serious complications of has claimed many state titles over the years, making up 50 percent of American jobs—and scoliosis are largely preventable, affordable but one always seemed to slip away. The Ea- are essential to our economic recovery. It is care and public awareness are necessary in gles earned their first trip to the West Virginia our job as Members of Congress to provide order to maximize the effectiveness of treat- State Tournament since 1974 by defeating support from Washington to small businesses ment. National Scoliosis Awareness Month Hampshire High School 4–3 in the regional by reducing unnecessary regulations and im- promotes a positive public awareness mes- final. They moved on to face Parkersburg proving access to credit and small business sage that elevates the visibility of scoliosis and South in the Class AAA semifinal game and assistance programs. empowers those individuals whose lives have defeated that team 6–3. This launched the Ea- As a former small businessman, I am proud to serve on the House Small Business Com- been touched by this condition. It is a time for gles into the title game for the first time in mittee and to use my prior experience to pro- us to recommit ourselves to reducing its im- school history. mote the interests of this vital sector of our pact in the future. The Eagles found themselves trailing Cabell Midland at the beginning of the game, but economy. There is so much work to be done Mr. Speaker, please join me in recognizing soon rallied to a 4–2 lead and never looked to help small businesses prosper. That is why June as National Scoliosis Awareness Month, back. The Eagles brought home the first base- I support legislation to create a stable busi- and in thanking organizations such as the Na- ball championship in Hedgesville High School ness environment by passing a budget that re- tional Scoliosis Foundation and the Scoliosis history. duces the deficit, simplifying the tax code for Research Society, as well as their many sup- Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the State of West all Americans, and continuing to support es- porters, for making it all possible. Virginia, I would like to congratulate the 2013 sential small business assistance programs. Hedgesville High School Eagle baseball team To that end, the first bill I introduced was the f on their state championship. They have made Partnering with American Manufacturers for their hometown extremely proud. Efficiency and Competitiveness Act to foster A TRIBUTE TO ARTHUR PILACHAI more efficient manufacturing capabilities in f small businesses, to promote competitiveness, HONORING JANELLE BEDEL and to create jobs. Having seen firsthand the HON. TOM LATHAM havoc hurricanes can cause for small businesses, I also recently introduced the Small OF IOWA HON. LUKE MESSER Business Disaster Reform Act to help small OF INDIANA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES business owners recover more quickly in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES wake of natural disasters. Monday, June 17, 2013 Monday, June 17, 2013 Since coming to Congress, I have met with Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Mr. MESSER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to several small business groups, and recently recognize and congratulate Arthur Pilachai of honor and recognize the powerful voice of hosted a small business roundtable in my dis- Boy Scout Troop 249 in Council Bluffs, Iowa Janelle Bedel of Rushville, Indiana. trict. I also have met staff from Small Business for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. Janelle Bedel was diagnosed with Pleural Development Centers (SBDCs) and SCORE, Mesothelioma on May 1st of 2007. Since her and I will continue to push for full funding for The Eagle Scout rank is the highest ad- both of these organizations that play a crucial vancement rank in scouting. Only about five diagnosis, and throughout her treatments, Janelle has been a tireless and strong mes- role in supporting small business growth. I ask percent of Boy Scouts earn the Eagle Scout my colleagues to recognize the significance of senger for mesothelioma and asbestos aware- Award. The award is a performance-based these organizations and the importance of pre- ness. Mesothelioma is a cancer most com- achievement with high standards that have venting proposed cuts to SBDCs in the budg- monly caused by exposure to asbestos fibers. been well-maintained for more than a century. et. We must also immediately consider legisla- In recognition for Janelle’s advocacy efforts tion that creates jobs and those that help pro- To earn the Eagle Scout rank, a Boy Scout in the community, the City of Rushville des- is obligated to pass specific tests that are or- vide America’s small businesses with new in- ignated June 6th, 2013 as Janelle Bedel centives to grow and hire. ganized by requirements and merit badges, as ‘‘Wonder Woman’’ Day. The city will also em- well as completing an Eagle Project to benefit This week represents half a century of rec- brace Janelle’s message on the urgent need ognition of the importance of small businesses the community. The work ethic Arthur has for additional asbestos awareness by recog- shown in his Eagle Project and every other and I am proud to join in commemorating Na- nizing September 26th as Mesothelioma tional Small Business Week and thanking project leading up to his Eagle Scout rank Awareness Day, which will coincide with the speaks volumes of his commitment to serving small businesses across the nation for the im- National Mesothelioma Awareness Day. portant work they do. They create jobs and a cause greater than himself and assisting his In addition, the Asbestos Disease Aware- community. stimulate the economy, all in the face of tre- ness Organization is joining in the recognition mendous personal risk. I urge my colleagues Mr. Speaker, the example set by this young for Janelle’s online and community awareness to stand with me in support of small busi- man and his supportive family demonstrates efforts by awarding her with the organization’s nesses and in creating an economic climate the rewards of hard work, dedication and per- Alan Reinstein Award, which is the highest where they can thrive. severance. I am honored to represent Arthur honor ADAO presents. The ADAO works to Mr. Speaker, on the 50th Anniversary of and his family in the United States Congress. eliminate asbestos disease through national Small Business Week, it is clear that Con- I know that all of my colleagues in the House education and advocacy efforts. gress still has much more work to do to help will join me in congratulating him on obtaining I ask the 6th Congressional District and en- small businesses, but by working together we the Eagle Scout ranking, and I wish him con- tire State of Indiana to join me in keeping can better support the backbone of our econ- tinued success in his future education and ca- Janelle and her family in our thoughts and omy to create jobs and continue on the path reer. prayers and in celebration of her continued ef- to economic recovery.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:59 Jun 18, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN8.004 E17JNPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS June 17, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E897 SNAP CUTS IN THE FARM BILL is also a time to also celebrate the positive ber of Commerce, Past Vice-Chair of the contributions of African Americans nationally Board of Directors of the United Way of HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. and locally, and to promote a cultural connec- Stanislaus County, Past member of the Board OF MICHIGAN tion of the observance as an opportunity to of Directors of the California Hospice and Pal- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES build strong communities through access to liative Care Association (CHAPCA), Past Chair health services and education resources. of the Tri Valley Credit Union, and graduate of Monday, June 17, 2013 For over two decades the Solano County the 1990 Modesto Chamber of Commerce Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I am deeply African Family Reunion Celebration Com- Leadership Modesto. Most recently, Harold concerned about the $20 billion cut over the mittee has served the community with its net- has been a Supervisory Committee Member of next decade to the Supplemental Nutrition As- work of volunteers serving as the African the Community Trust Credit Union. sistance Program, formerly known as the Food American Family Reunion Committee, AAFRC. Harold has received many acknowledg- Stamp Program, included in the reauthoriza- The AAFRC has partnered with local non- ments for his volunteer work, which include re- tion of the Farm bill and supported by some of profit and for-profit health care organizations ceiving the Hughson Business Man of the my colleagues on the House Committee on to provide free health services to community. Year award in 2008, J.C. Penney Golden Rule Agriculture. SNAP is the cornerstone of our The Juneteenth celebration also emphasizes Award in 1995 and the United Way Presi- nation’s nutrition assistance safety net and education as the key to a successful future dent’s Award in 1994. touches the lives of over one in seven Ameri- and includes participation by local educational Harold and his wife, Kathy of 42 years have cans. To highlight the importance of this crit- institutions and after school programs that three grown sons, and with their wives, five ical safety net, last week I participated in a seek to increase the number of African Amer- grandchildren. The Peterson family lives in one day SNAP Challenge by limiting my total ican students enrolling in college. Modesto, California. They enjoy playing golf daily food budget to $4.50—the equivalent of Mr. Speaker, on this occasion it is my dis- and travelling in their motor home to visit fam- the daily benefits received by individuals living tinct pleasure to recognize the Juneteenth ily and friends. Harold is a decorated veteran in Michigan. Celebration in Vallejo, California on the 25th of the Vietnam War and holds a Bachelors If these cuts are enacted into law, nearly 2 anniversary of their momentous event. I join Degree from the University of San Francisco million low-income Americans will lose benefits our colleagues in celebrating the African in Organizational Behavior. and 210,000 children from low-income families American Community of Solano County’s rich Mr. Speaker, please join me in honoring and will lose free school meals, which may be their history and wishing them a successful 25th commending Harold A. Peterson III after nu- only meal of the day. My colleagues claim that year with many more to come. merous years of selfless service to the better- cuts are needed to reduce the federal debt. f ment of our community. However, every major deficit reduction pack- f aged signed into law over the last thirty years HONORING HAROLD A. PETERSON has always been negotiated according to the III HONORING LEHMAN COLLEGE principle of not increasing poverty or inequal- ity. HON. JEFF DENHAM HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL Moreover, families are already facing cuts to OF CALIFORNIA OF NEW YORK SNAP benefits. Under current law, the tem- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES porary boost in benefits provided in April of Monday, June 17, 2013 Monday, June 17, 2013 2009 by the American Recovery and Reinvest- ment Act are scheduled to end on November Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I am a graduate 1. This expiration of enhanced benefits will acknowledge and honor Mr. Harold A. Peter- of Lehman College and I am proud of that. I cause a family of three to experience a $20– son III, President/Chief Executive Officer of have a Bachelors degree and a Masters de- $25 month deduction in benefits, which Community Hospice, Inc. who is retiring after gree and the education I received at Lehman amounts to a cut of $1.40 per person per 18 years of outstanding service to the Central College has served me well. I am proud of my meal. This reduction, coupled with the draco- Valley. Bronx roots and have had the honor of rep- nian $20 billion cut proposed in the Farm Bill, Community Hospice, Inc. is a non-profit, resenting the Bronx for many years, first in the is simply cruel. standalone Medicare Certified hospice New York State Assembly and now in the U.S. In 2007, 26.3 million Americans participated headquartered in Modesto, with a branch of- House of Representatives. I was a member of in SNAP nationally. In 2012, more than 46.2 fice in Stockton, and a 16 bed inpatient facility; the first graduating class of Lehman College in million people received benefits—doubling of the Alexander Cohen Hospice House is lo- 1969 and in 1994 I was honored to give the the number of participants in 2007. This is a cated in Hughson, California. Community Hos- commencement speech to the school’s 25th testament to the fact that when people strug- pice provided compassionate care to over graduating class. gle to put food on their tables during an eco- 1800 patients last year and 260 patients on a The first office for which I ever ran was the nomic downturn, SNAP is able to respond to daily basis. Beyond medical and nursing care; Student Government at Lehman and the skills meet their needs. SNAP is our nation’s most the organization provides bereavement sup- I honed there and as president of my fraternity important anti-hunger program and we must port to those in the community who have lost laid a strong foundation for me as in my life protect it for the future sake of vulnerable chil- a loved one. Additionally, Community Hospice in public service. dren and families. I encourage my colleagues operates six Hope Chest Thrift Stores, a logis- For four generations, Lehman College, and to stand up for low-income Americans and tics and recycling center, a durable medical its predecessor, the Bronx branch of Hunter fight for this vital safety net. equipment division, and the Community Hos- College, have given students a first-rate liberal f pice Foundation, which raises additional funds arts education in preparing them for careers in to support the hospice mission. teaching, business, social work, the health HONORING JUNETEENTH, Prior to coming to Community Hospice, Mr. sciences and other areas. The school’s more VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA Peterson worked for 23 years in a Fortune than 360 full-time faculty members represent a 500 food manufacturing company. Harold has broad spectrum of scholarship in over 30 HON. MIKE THOMPSON held positions from front line supervision to fields and includes seven Distinguished Pro- OF CALIFORNIA Senior Vice President of Distribution; a posi- fessors, the highest rank attainable within City IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion he had held the last seven years. University of New York. In addition to a busy work schedule, Harold Lehman’s more than 63,000 alumni are Monday, June 17, 2013 has a history of active involvement in the com- making important contributions to industry and Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, munity. Following is a partial list of his partici- organizations both professionally and within I rise today to recognize the Vallejo pation: 17 year member of Modesto Rotary, their communities here, and across the nation Juneteenth Celebration. Past Chair of the Stanislaus County Economic and the world. On Saturday, June 15, 2013, the Solano Development Company, Past Chair of the Lehman has more than 90 graduate and un- County African Family Celebration Committee Stanislaus County Private Industry Council, dergraduate programs for the more than marks the City of Vallejo’s 25th anniversary of Past Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of 12,000 students who enjoy some of the finest the Juneteenth Celebration. Juneteenth is the the Second Harvest Food Bank of Stanislaus academic and athletic facilities available. national observance of African American free- and San Joaquin Counties, Past member of These include state-of-the-art labs in biology, dom from slavery in June of 1865. Juneteenth the Board of Directors for the Hughson Cham- geographic information science, and new

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:59 Jun 18, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A17JN8.003 E17JNPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E898 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 17, 2013 media, and a world-class sports and recre- designation, the Interior Department noted the souri and also served in Korea. After returning ation center on a 37-acre, tree-lined campus, significance of the building as ‘‘an exceptional from his tour of duty, Mr. Kimbrough attended which houses splendid examples of both work of modern architecture and one of the the University of West Florida. A born teacher, Gothic and contemporary architecture. best examples of the work of Myron Gold- he used his degree to educate students in Lehman College was established on July 1, smith, a general partner in the firm Skidmore, math and science and also served as a coach 1968, as a senior college with its own faculty, Owings & Merrill, and a highly respected ar- to further nurture and inspire the students of curriculum, and administration. The College chitect, architectural theorist, writer and educa- northwest Florida. took over the campus that, since 1931, had tor.’’ Many students and teachers whose lives In the application for the National Historic served as the Bronx branch of Hunter College were touched by Mr. Kimbrough mourn the and is named after Herbert H. Lehman, the Landmark designation, it was noted that ‘‘The loss of a man of devotion and unwavering four-time governor of New York who later be- Republic was a model for many of the ideas compassion. Perhaps the greatest mark he left came a U.S. Senator. that shaped Columbus’ downtown over the was his persistent service to his fellow man; On the undergraduate level, Lehman’s Gen- next several years . . . Forty years after it when it came to repairing things, there was eral Education Curriculum provides a broad was completed, it remains a simple, simulta- never a problem he could not solve. His con- appreciation of the liberal arts and sciences in neously strong and elegant representation of tributions and service to our community along developing student abilities of both public and the Modern style.’’ with his selfless and dedicated service to our personal concern. Columbus enjoys a rich history of significant great Nation will forever be remembered. Dr. Ricardo R. Fernandez was named presi- works of architecture. The Republic joins six dent of Lehman in 1990 and I have been other instances of contemporary architecture Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the United States proud to work with him during his tenure. He designated as National Historic Landmarks, in- Congress, I am privileged to honor the exem- has expanded the College’s commitment both cluding the First Christian Church, the North plary life of Mr. John D. Kimbrough. My wife to educational excellence and to access to Christian Church, the First Baptist Church, the Vicki and I offer our prayers and sincerest higher education for the economically dis- McDowell Adult Education Center, the Miller condolences to his wife, Addie; son, JJ; advantaged and he encouraged the develop- House, and the former Irwin Union Bank and daughter-in-law, Kendra; grandson, Lucas; ment of new majors and degree programs. Trust building. With only 2,500 historic land- and all of his family and friends. He will be Under his leadership Lehman extended its marks in the country, Columbus is notable for truly missed. educational partnerships into the international its unique concentration of nationally important arena, and has become a major resource for landmarks. f the economic, cultural, and educational devel- I ask the 6th Congressional District to join opment of the Bronx. me in congratulating the leadership, busi- CELEBRATING THE CAREER OF As a graduate of Lehman College I am nesses, and citizens of the city of Columbus EDWARD V. ROCHFORD proud to acknowledge its contributions to the for their visionary leadership in architectural betterment of its students and its community. design and dedication to keeping these na- It is truly a treasure of educational develop- tional landmarks living monuments to a shared HON. LEONARD LANCE ment and innovation. When I needed a quality history and prosperous future. OF NEW JERSEY education at a rate that my family could afford, f Lehman was there for me. Today its mission IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES remains the same and I am proud that Leh- PERSONAL EXPLANATION Monday, June 17, 2013 man has been a part of my life. f HON. GWEN MOORE Mr. LANCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to OF WISCONSIN OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL honor Morris County Sheriff Edward V. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DEBT Rochford for being awarded the 2013 Distin- Monday, June 17, 2013 guished Citizen Award by the Boy Scouts of America and the Patriots Path Council. After Ms. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, I am recorded HON. MIKE COFFMAN twenty-seven years of distinguished public as voting ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote No. 231, an OF COLORADO service this recognition is well earned. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES amendment by Congresswoman MCCOLLUM to the FY 2014 Defense Authorization bill to pro- Sheriff Rochford is the top law enforcement Monday, June 17, 2013 hibit funds from being used for certain profes- official in Morris County, New Jersey, re- Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, on January sional sports sponsorships. This was inad- garded as one of the safest counties in the 20, 2009, the day President Obama took of- vertent. I intended to vote ‘‘no.’’ country. He oversees the operation of the fice, the national debt was On rollcall No. 231, I intended to vote ‘‘no.’’ Morris County Correctional Facility which has $10,626,877,048,913.08. McCollum Amendment to H.R. 1960. been lauded as one of the ‘‘cleanest, quietest, Today, it is $16,738,697,370,019.81. We’ve f most well run’’ correctional facilities according added $6,111,820,312,106.73 to our debt in 4 to the American Correctional Association. His and a half years. This is $6 trillion in debt our HONORING THE LIFE AND SERVICE office received the Triple Crown Award from nation, our economy, and our children could OF JOHN D. KIMBROUGH the National Sheriffs’ Association for being a have avoided with a balanced budget amend- fully accredited agency—becoming one of only ment. HON. JEFF MILLER thirty-four to earn this national distinction. f OF FLORIDA Sheriff Rochford’s community service in- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HONORING THE REPUBLIC cludes President and Executive Director of the Monday, June 17, 2013 Sheriffs’ Association of New Jersey and mem- HON. LUKE MESSER Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise ber of the advisory board of the Dean and today to recognize the life and service of John Betty Gallo Prostate Cancer Center at the OF INDIANA Cancer Institute of New Jersey. Sheriff IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES D. Kimbrough, who passed away on June 12, 2013. During his distinguished career in edu- Rochford’s continued involvement in fund- Monday, June 17, 2013 cation and his military service, John raising to help minimize medical costs to fami- Mr. MESSER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Kimbrough served as a mentor and an inspira- lies of children suffering from cancer recently recognize the newest addition to the Hoosier tion to countless individuals throughout the earned him a commendation from the Amer- roster of designated National Historic Land- Gulf Coast. The loss of this great man is felt ican Cancer Society. He was also the recipient mark sites, The Republic building in Colum- across the entire northwest Florida community. of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the bus, Indiana. Mr. Kimbrough was born February 17, 1945 New Jersey State Troopers Coalition in 2012. The Republic building, which houses the in Chumuckla, Florida. In a true testament to Sheriff Rochford is an outstanding public city’s local newspaper The Republic, was des- his love of country, Mr. Kimbrough chose to servant who has continually demonstrated ignated as the City of Columbus’ seventh Na- serve in the United States Army. While serv- leadership. I congratulate him on his achieve- tional Historic Landmark on October 16, 2012 ing, Mr. Kimbrough was part of the Reinforce- ments and on his award as 2013 Distin- by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. In the ment Control Group based in St. Louis, Mis- guished Citizen of the Boy Scouts of America.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Social Services Consortium, and the Board of Betty Ann showed leadership in the class- Monday, June 17, 2013 Directors for Napa County Council for Eco- room and her dedication led her to become Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I nomic Opportunity. the first Certified Reading Recovery teacher in would like to ask for the House’s attention Terry has dedicated her life to providing the Hopewell Valley School System. Her nota- today to recognize Mr. Robert Houston, who services and support to her Napa community, ble service and accomplishments led to her will be retiring from BAE Systems after 35 especially to children and the disadvantaged. recognition as Teacher of the Year in Hope- years of service. Terry has always looked for ways to help oth- well Elementary School in 1994. Since that Robert began his career in 1977 with FMC ers and even her retirement party, which recognition she has been a role model to Corporation as a manufacturing analyst. Since should be her moment in the sun, is at young educators. Betty Ann also introduced then, Robert has traveled the United States VOICES, so she can use her event as a fund- Hank, the Reading Therapy Dog, to the dis- and globe—from Iowa to South Carolina to raiser for this great organization. trict, an idea acclaimed by students and par- Iraq. He first held positions like welder, shop Mr. Speaker, Terry Longoria has a long and ents that encouraged young, shy students to floor supervisor and operations and human re- distinguished career of service to others. It is be engaged. sources manager. After much hard work, he therefore appropriate that we acknowledge her In addition to her distinguished work as an rose into line management roles. Prior to his today and wish her well in her retirement. educator, Betty Ann has also demonstrated current position, Mr. Houston served as the f great commitment to her community through vice president and general manager for the her involvement in the Healthy Communities HONORING THE INDIANA FEVER legacy Steel Products and Readiness & Program and her time as a volunteer profes- Sustainment businesses. During this time, he sional development instructor. also acted as the Anniston site executive. HON. LUKE MESSER Betty Ann serves as an outstanding role In addition to working for BAE, Robert has OF INDIANA model who has continually shown her dedica- been extremely involved in his community. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion to her community through her students. I Robert served as the first African American Monday, June 17, 2013 congratulate her on a long and distinguished career and congratulate her on her retirement. president of the Aiken Rotary Club and the Mr. MESSER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to f first African American chairman of the Calhoun honor the accomplishments of the Indiana County Chamber of Commerce. Robert also Fever, my home-state WNBA team. THE ‘‘LIMITING INTERNET AND dedicated time to working with Anniston The Indiana Fever won the 2012 WNBA BLANKET ELECTRONIC REVIEW schools on STEM programs and reading initia- championship over the Minnesota Lynx, the OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND tives. first in the history of the franchise. This Fever EMAIL (LIBERT–E) ACT’’ After his retirement, Robert plans to spend team embodied the best of Hoosier basketball time with his family, including his grandson, with a toughness and team effort that won HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. Cameron. He also plans to vacation with his fans over across the State. I was thrilled to OF MICHIGAN wife of 35 years. join the team on June 14th as President IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, please join Mr. Houston’s fam- Obama welcomed the newest champions in Monday, June 17, 2013 ily, his colleagues and myself in both thanking professional basketball to the White House. Robert Houston for his dedication to the com- Led on the court by Finals MVP Tamika Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, in light of the munity and wishing him the best of luck in all Catchings and All-Star and Purdue University recent public revelations about the National of his future pursuits. graduate Katie Douglas, the Fever won in Security Agency’s extensive surveillance pro- f postseason play with a strong defense and a grams, today we are introducing bipartisan legislation that will curtail the excesses of HONORING MS. TERRY LONGORIA never say quit mentality that helped them overcome adversity. These players overcame these programs and protect our privacy rights. significant injuries and came together as a The ‘‘Limiting Internet and Blanket Electronic HON. MIKE THOMPSON team to win the title after a regular season Review of Telecommunications and Email OF CALIFORNIA record of 22–12. Credit for this outstanding (LIBERT-E) Act’’ contains commonsense pro- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES leadership goes to Head Coach Lin Dunn, a posals to strengthen our civil liberties and hold Monday, June 17, 2013 great ambassador of the game. our government accountable. Owner Herb Simon, President Jim Morris, Specifically, the LIBERT–E Act provides for Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, Chief Operating Officer Rick Fuson, and Presi- the following legislative changes: I rise today to honor Terry Longoria of Napa The legislation reforms access to certain dent and General Manager of Fever Basket- County, California on the occasion of her re- business records for foreign intelligence and ball Kelly Krauskopf deserve special recogni- tirement. international terrorism investigations. Section 2 tion for their leadership of this franchise from In 2002, Ms. Longoria concluded twenty- of the LIBERT–E Act changes Section 215 of expansion team to WNBA Champions. We are seven years of hard work and service to her the USA PATRIOT Act in order to prevent the lucky to have these leaders, coaches, and community as Director of Napa County’s De- mass collection of business records that are players so highly invested in our community. partment of Health and Human Services. In I join the entire 6th district and Hoosiers not material to an authorized foreign intel- that capacity she led 350 and employees across the State in congratulating the Indiana ligence investigation, an international terrorism managed a $45 million annual budget, ensur- Fever for a fantastic and thrilling 2012 cham- investigation, or clandestine intelligence activi- ing smooth operations within the agency. pionship season. Fever fans statewide are ties. Ms. Longoria also served as a founding Currently, in order to obtain a Section 215 looking forward to what this talented team will Board Member of Napa Valley Coalition of Pri- court order, the government need only show achieve this season. vate Non-Profit Agencies, the founding Com- that the records are ‘‘relevant’’ to such an in- missioner from Napa in the Partnership Health f vestigation. Recent reports suggest that the Plan of California, and the founding Commis- CELEBRATING THE CAREER OF government’s view of the ‘‘relevance’’ standard sioner from Napa in the Children and Families BETTY ANN BENTON includes records of every telephone call on a First Commission, working hard to promote given network. Section 2 of the LIBERT–E Act wellness in the Napa Valley and deliver impor- HON. LEONARD LANCE would also require that the government show tant services to our community. OF NEW JERSEY that the relevance of these records to the in- Since her departure from Health and Human vestigation is based on ‘‘specific and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Services, Terry has worked with the Napa articulable’’ facts, that the records are material County Office of Education, NCOE, as the Di- Monday, June 17, 2013 to the investigation, and that the records ‘‘per- rector of Safe Schools Healthy Students Mr. LANCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to cel- tain only to individuals under such investiga- where she oversaw comprehensive projects ebrate the work of Mrs. Betty Ann Benton of tion.’’ In addition, the section removes a list of

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In any granting of press privileges, of Law Enforcement, Maritime Security, and to challenge an accompanying gag order, and DHS is prohibited from distinguishing between Defense Operations Policy at Coast Guard ensures notice and due process for any such media businesses with established track Headquarters in Washington DC. We all owe challenger. records and citizen publishing vehicles or him a debt of gratitude for his commitment to The LIBERT–E Act also requires additional blogs with partisan, noncommercial, or advo- service and to our country. disclosures to Congress and the public in Sec- cacy missions. DHS shall under no cir- A native of Seattle, WA, Captain Milne grad- tion 3 of the legislation. This section provides cumstances engage in prior restraint and shall uated from Coast Guard Recruit Basic Train- for greater accountability and transparency in respect the precedential value of New York ing in 1975. His first assignment was as a the implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act Times Co. v. United States (1971). No citizen Search and Rescue communications and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. exercising first amendment rights shall be pro- watchstander at Coast Guard Station Umpqua This section amends existing reporting re- hibited from publishing information by the use River in Winchester Bay, OR. During this as- quirements contained in Section 601 of the of funds appropriated in this bill. signment, he not only earned the distinguished Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 It is the intent of Congress that a search SURFMAN designation, but was quickly pro- (50 U.S.C. 1871) by requiring the Attorney under the Fourth Amendment is neither rea- moted to Boatswain’s Mate First Class in the General to make available to all Members of sonable nor constitutional if, as the Supreme Coast Guard and assumed the duties as Ex- Congress the information currently provided to Court noted in Katz v. United States, (1) a ecutive Petty Officer of the Station. Continuing the House and Senate intelligence and judici- person expects privacy in the thing searched his rapid promotion through the ranks, CAPT ary committees. It also requires that the Attor- and (2) society believes that expectation is Milne was commissioned as an Ensign after ney General make unclassified summaries of reasonable. Considering the advances in elec- completing Officer Candidate School in 1986. each ‘‘significant’’ decision, order, or opinion of tronic storage and retrieval technology, as well As an officer, Captain Milne served on six the FISA Court available to the public within as the general trail of electronic residue left by Coast Guard cutters including serving as the 180 days of their submission to Congress. any citizen using email, search engines, most commanding officer of the cutters Cape Further, this section requires the Inspectors forms of banking and commerce, VoIP, or use Corwin, Redwood and Juniper. He also served General of the Department of Justice and the of the internet or mobile phones, it is the intent in numerous shore-based leadership positions Intelligence Community to report on the impact of Congress that the Department of Homeland including Coast Guard Liaison to the United that acquisition of foreign intelligence has had Security, all of its officials, and all contractors States House of Representatives, and com- on the privacy of persons located in the United and subcontractors working on its behalf or manding officer of one of the Coast Guard’s States. operating under inherently governmental func- largest training commands in Yorktown, Vir- Lastly, the fourth section of the LIBERT–E tions should go beyond the so-called ‘‘third ginia. In addition to completing some of the Act requires that each assessment or review party doctrine’’ in protecting fourth amendment most challenging and demanding assignments required under Title VII of FISA be submitted rights. Any examination without a person’s in the Coast Guard, Captain Milne also earned in unclassified form, with an unclassified index consent to the Government (not a private a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, if necessary. party) of search engine records, e-mail, inter- an MBA and a Masters Degree in National Se- I urge my colleagues to support this bipar- net records, phone records, or information pro- curity and Strategic Studies. tisan measure, which protects our privacy and duced in the course of ordinary business is Captain Milne is finishing his distinguished increases transparency in the government’s considered a search of that person’s ‘‘papers career as the Director of Law Enforcement, use of these authorities. and effects.’’ The Department of Homeland Maritime Security, and Defense Operations f Security, all of its officials, and all contractors Policy. In this assignment, as well as his pre- and subcontractors working on its behalf or vious position as the Program Director for H.R. 2217 operating under inherently governmental func- Maritime Counter-Terrorism, Captain Milne tions are prohibited from using appropriated oversaw the development of Coast Guard HON. ALAN GRAYSON funds to engage in such searches. strategic and operational policy vital to our Na- OF FLORIDA It is not the intent of Congress that every tion’s maritime safety and security. In addition, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES form of surveillance that is technically feasible he was a key leader in the development and management of the Coast Guard’s Deployable Monday, June 17, 2013 should be performed. Nor is it the intent of Congress that every form of surveillance that Specialized Forces. His foresight, experience Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise to ex- is somehow arguably within court precedent or and judgment ensured these highly special- tend my earlier remarks describing the intent some strained interpretation of a relevant stat- ized forces were not only ready to deploy in of Congress with regard to H. AMDT. 124 to ute should be performed. On the contrary, response to national security threats, but were H.R. 2217, the Department of Homeland Se- statutory authority for surveillance is to be also prepared to protect the environment and curity Appropriations Act, 2014. My amend- construed narrowly, because all forms of gov- provide humanitarian assistance to those in ment reads as follows: ‘‘None of the funds ernment surveillance implicate and potentially need. Most recently, CAPT Milne led the made available by this Act may be used in impair or even destroy our privacy rights. It is Coast Guard’s response to the tragic terrorist contravention of the First, Second, or Fourth never the intention of Congress that security bombings at the Boston Marathon, ensuring Amendments to the Constitution of the United concerns override constitutional rights—on the the Port of Boston was well-protected during States.’’ contrary, we take an oath of office to defend the vulnerable days following the attack. The Department of Homeland Security, all those rights. The Fourth Amendment makes it A highly decorated officer, Captain Milne’s of its officials, and all contractors and sub- clear, not only by its wording but by its very awards include the Legion of Merit, three Meri- contractors working on its behalf or operating existence, that the right to privacy is a funda- torious Service Medals, five Coast Guard under inherently governmental functions shall mental part of the American experience. We Commendation Medals, the Department of respect anonymous speech. No funds shall be cannot protect our liberty by snuffing it out— Transportation 9/11 Medal for his service in used to attempt the unmasking of anonymous we cannot destroy our village in order to save New York City in the aftermath of the Sep- speakers, unless two conditions are met. One, it. tember 11, 2001 attacks, and several other there must be probable cause that an anony- personal and unit awards. mous speaker is engaged in criminal activities HONORING CAPTAIN WILLIAM J. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of my constituents and two, a warrant from a court with jurisdic- MILNE and a grateful Nation, I ask all my distin- tion over domestic matters must be issued. guished colleagues to join me in recognizing Warrants from the FISA court do not serve HON. ROBERT J. WITTMAN the extraordinary career of Captain William J. this purpose, as those courts have jurisdiction OF VIRGINIA Milne. There are few opportunities for us to over foreign and not domestic matters. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES recognize the accomplishments of those who It is the intent of Congress that the Depart- selflessly dedicate their lives to the service of ment of Homeland Security, all of its officials, Monday, June 17, 2013 our country, and I cannot thank Captain Milne, and all contractors and subcontractors working Mr. WITTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to his wife Martina, their two children, Dean and on its behalf or operating under inherently recognize a true leader for his extraordinary Lacey, and their eight grandchildren, with

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VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:59 Jun 18, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17JN8.007 E17JNPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E902 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 17, 2013 SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS protecting seniors from fraud and con- economy, focusing on reauthorizing the Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, fusion. ‘‘Workforce Investment Act’’. SD–366 SD–430 agreed to by the Senate of February 4, 2:30 p.m. Committee on Homeland Security and 1977, calls for establishment of a sys- Committee on Commerce, Science, and Governmental Affairs tem for a computerized schedule of all Transportation Subcommittee on the Efficiency and Effec- meetings and hearings of Senate com- Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, tiveness of Federal Programs and the mittees, subcommittees, joint commit- Safety, and Security Federal Workforce tees, and committees of conference. To hold hearings to examine airline in- To hold joint hearings to examine the This title requires all such committees dustry consolidation. workforce of the United States Intel- to notify the Office of the Senate Daily SR–253 ligence Community and the role of pri- Digest—designated by the Rules Com- Committee on the Judiciary vate contractors. mittee—of the time, place and purpose To hold hearings to examine the nomina- SD–342 Select Committee on Intelligence of the meetings, when scheduled and tions of Todd M. Hughes, of the Dis- trict of Columbia, to be United States To hold closed hearings to examine cer- any cancellations or changes in the Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, tain intelligence matters. meetings as they occur. Colin Stirling Bruce, to be United SH–219 As an additional procedure along States District Judge for the Central with the computerization of this infor- District of Illinois, Sara Lee Ellis, and JUNE 24 mation, the Office of the Senate Daily Andrea R. Wood, both to be a United 3 p.m. Digest will prepare this information for States District Judge for the Northern Committee on Homeland Security and printing in the Extensions of Remarks District of Illinois, and Madeline Governmental Affairs section of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Hughes Haikala, to be United States To hold hearings to examine curbing on Monday and Wednesday of each District Judge for the Northern Dis- drug abuse in Medicare. week. trict of Alabama. SD–342 Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, SD–226 5:30 p.m. June 18, 2013 may be found in the Daily Committee on Homeland Security and Digest of today’s record. JUNE 20 Governmental Affairs 9:30 a.m. Business meeting to consider the nominations of Howard A. Shelanski, of MEETINGS SCHEDULED Committee on Energy and Natural Re- sources Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of JUNE 19 To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Office of Information and Regu- latory Affairs, Office of Management 9:30 a.m. water resource issues in the Klamath and Budget, and Daniel M. Tangherlini, Committee on Appropriations River Basin. of the District of Columbia, to be Ad- Subcommittee on Department of Defense SD–366 ministrator of General Services. To hold hearings to examine proposed 10 a.m. S–216 budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for Committee on the Judiciary Joint Strike Fighter. Business meeting to consider S. 162, to JUNE 25 SD–192 reauthorize and improve the Mentally 10 a.m. Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Re- 10 a.m. Committee on Commerce, Science, and duction Act of 2004. Committee on Energy and Natural Re- Transportation SD–226 sources To hold hearings to examine next steps Committee on Small Business and Entre- To hold an oversight hearing to examine in improving passenger and freight rail preneurship the challenges and opportunities for safety. To hold hearings to examine sequestra- improving forest management on Fed- SR–253 tion, focusing on small business con- eral lands. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, tractors. SD–366 and Pensions SR–428A Subcommittee on Primary Health and 10:30 a.m. JUNE 27 Aging Committee on Appropriations 10:30 a.m. To hold hearings to examine reducing Business meeting to markup proposed Committee on Homeland Security and senior poverty and hunger, focusing on budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for Governmental Affairs the role of the ‘‘Older Americans Act’’. Military Construction and Veterans Af- Subcommittee on Financial and Con- SD–430 fairs, and Related Agencies, and Agri- tracting Oversight Committee on the Judiciary cultural, Rural Development, Food and To hold hearings to examine contract To hold an oversight hearing to examine Drug Administration, and Related management by the Department of En- the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Agencies. ergy. SD–106 SD–106 SD–342 2 p.m. 2:15 p.m. Committee on Foreign Relations Committee on Foreign Relations POSTPONEMENTS To hold hearings to examine the nomina- To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Geoffrey R. Pyatt, of Cali- tion of Daniel R. Russel, of New York, fornia, to be Ambassador to Ukraine, to be Assistant Secretary of State for JUNE 19 and Tulinabo Salama Mushingi, of Vir- East Asian and Pacific Affairs. 10 a.m. ginia, to be Ambassador to Burkina SD–419 Committee on Homeland Security and Faso, both of the Department of State. 2:30 p.m. Governmental Affairs SD–419 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, To hold hearings to examine extreme Special Committee on Aging and Pensions weather events, focusing on the costs To hold hearings to examine paperless To hold hearings to examine developing a of not being prepared. Social Security payments, focusing on skilled workforce for a competitive SD–342

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Appointment: Additional Cosponsors: Pages S4521–23 Health Information Technology Policy Com- Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: mittee: The Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, Pages S4523–24 pursuant to Public Law 111–5, appointed the fol- Additional Statements: Page S4520 lowing individual to the Health Information Tech- nology Policy Committee: Dr. Aury Nagy of Ne- Amendments Submitted: Pages S4524–33 vada, vice Dr. Frank Nemec of Nevada. Page S4534 Notices of Hearings/Meetings: Page S4533 Message from the President: Senate received the Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S4533 following message from the President of the United Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. States: (Total—150) Page S4516 Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the national emergency that was Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and ad- originally declared in Executive Order 13219 of June journed at 7:15 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 26, 2001, with respect to the Western Balkans; June 18, 2013. (For Senate’s program, see the re- which was referred to the Committee on Banking, marks of the Acting Majority Leader in today’s Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM–13) Page S4521 Record on page S4534.) Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations: Committee Meetings Luis Felipe Restrepo, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District (Committees not listed did not meet) of Pennsylvania. Pages S4511–15 By a unanimous vote of 89 yeas (Vote No. EX. BUSINESS MEETING 150), Kenneth John Gonzales, of New Mexico, to be Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Com- United States District Judge for the District of New mittee ordered favorably reported the following busi- Mexico. Pages S4511–16 ness items: Nominations Received: Senate received the fol- S. 511, to amend the Small Business Investment lowing nominations: Act of 1958 to enhance the Small Business Invest- Liliana Ayalde, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to ment Company Program, with amendments; the Federative Republic of Brazil. S. 289, to extend the low-interest refinancing pro- James Costos, of California, to be Ambassador to visions under the Local Development Business Loan Spain. Program of the Small Business Administration, with John B. Emerson, of California, to be Ambassador amendments; to the Federal Republic of Germany. S. 537, to require the Small Business Administra- John Rufus Gifford, of Massachusetts, to be Am- tion to make information relating to lenders making bassador to Denmark. covered loans publicly available, with amendments; Kenneth Francis Hackett, of Maryland, to be Am- and bassador to the Holy See. S. 415, to clarify the collateral requirement for Patricia Marie Haslach, of Oregon, to be Ambas- certain loans under section 7(d) of the Small Busi- sador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethi- ness Act, to address assistance to out-of-State small opia. business concerns, with amendments. h House of Representatives Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows: Chamber Action H.R. 85, to create the Office of Chief Financial Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 12 pub- Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands, and lic bills, H.R. 2393–2396, 2398–2405; 1 private for other purposes (H. Rept. 113–110); bills, H.R. 2406; and 5 resolutions, H. Res. H.R. 1169, to direct the Secretary of the Interior 265–268, were introduced. Pages H3686–87 to transfer to the Secretary of the Navy certain Fed- Additional Cosponsors: Pages H3688–89 eral land in Churchill County, Nevada, with an amendment (H. Rept. 113–111);

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Rept. terior to study the suitability and feasibility of des- 113–113); and ignating prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest H. Res. 266, providing for consideration of the sites on Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mar- bill (H.R. 1947) to provide for the reform and con- iana Islands, as a unit of the National Park System; tinuation of agricultural and other programs of the Pages H3663–64 Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes; and providing for consider- Authorizing the conveyance of two small parcels ation of the bill (H.R. 1797) to amend title 18, of land within the boundaries of the Coconino Na- United States Code, to protect pain-capable unborn tional Forest: H.R. 862, to authorize the conveyance children in the District of Columbia, and for other of two small parcels of land within the boundaries purposes (H. Rept. 113–114); and of the Coconino National Forest containing private H.R. 1080, to amend the Sikes Act to promote improvements that were developed based upon the the use of cooperative agreements under such Act for reliance of the landowners in an erroneous survey land management related to Department of Defense conducted in May 1960, by a 2⁄3 yea-and-nay vote readiness activities and to amend title 10, United of 395 yeas with 1 voting ‘‘nay’’, Roll No. 247; and States Code, to facilitate interagency cooperation in Pages H3664–65, H3668–69 conservation programs to avoid or reduce adverse im- Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study pacts on military readiness activities, with an amend- Act: H.R. 520, to authorize the Secretary of the In- ment (H. Rept. 113–115, Pt. 1). Page H3686 terior to conduct a study of alternatives for com- Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he memorating and interpreting the role of the Buffalo appointed Representative Bentivolio to act as Speak- Soldiers in the early years of the National Parks. er pro tempore for today. Page H3657 Pages H3665–66 Recess: The House recessed at 12:07 p.m. and re- Recess: The House recessed at 5:48 p.m. and recon- convened at 2 p.m. Page H3658 vened at 6:30 p.m. Page H3667 Recess: The House recessed at 2:09 p.m. and recon- Presidential Message: Read a message from the vened at 5 p.m. Page H3659 President wherein he notified Congress that the national emergency declared with respect to the West- Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules ern Balkans is to continue in effect beyond June 26, and pass the following measures: 2013—referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Idaho Wilderness Water Resources Protection and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 113–37). Act: H.R. 876, to authorize the continued use of Pages H3666–67 certain water diversions located on National Forest Quorum Calls—Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes de- System land in the Frank Church-River of No Re- veloped during the proceedings of today and appear turn Wilderness and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilder- 2 on pages H3667, H3667–68, and H3668–69. There ness in the State of Idaho, by a ⁄3 yea-and-nay vote were no quorum calls. of 398 yeas with none voting ‘‘nay’’, Roll No. 245; Pages H3659–60, H3667 Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 9:46 p.m. Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 588, with an amendment: H. Res. 264, to provide for the concur- Committee Meetings rence by the House in the Senate amendment to FEDERAL AGRICULTURE REFORM AND H.R. 588, with an amendment; Pages H3660–61 RISK MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2013; AND Y Mountain Access Enhancement Act: H.R. 253, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PAIN-CAPABLE amended, to provide for the conveyance of a small UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT parcel of National Forest System land in the Uinta- Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah to Brigham H.R. 1947, the ‘‘Federal Agriculture Reform and Young University, by a 2⁄3 yea-and-nay vote of 397 Risk Management Act of 2013’’; and H.R. 1797, yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 246; Pages H3661–63, H3667–68 the ‘‘District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn

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The rule provides that no further the President’s proposed budget request for fiscal year consideration of the bill shall be in order except pur- 2014 for education, 10:30 a.m., SD–608. suant to a subsequent order of the House. Addition- Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to ally, the rule provides a closed rule for H.R. 1797. hold hearings to examine the nomination of Thomas The rule provides one hour of debate equally divided Edgar Wheeler, of the District of Columbia, to be a and controlled by the chair and ranking minority Member of the Federal Communications Commission, member of the Committee on the Judiciary. The rule 2:30 p.m., SR–253. waives all points of order against consideration of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business bill. The rule provides that an amendment in the na- meeting to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., ture of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules SD–366. Committee print 113–15 shall be considered as Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be consid- health care costs, 10 a.m., SD–215. ered as read. The rule waives all points of order Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African against provisions in the bill, as amended. The rule Affairs, to hold hearings to examine prospects for democratic reform and economic recovery in Zimbabwe, 10 provides one motion to recommit with or without a.m., SD–419. instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Global Lucas and Representatives Peterson, Goodlatte, and Narcotics Affairs, to hold hearings to examine security Nadler. cooperation in Mexico, focusing on the next steps in the United States-Mexico security relationship, 2:30 p.m., SD–419. Joint Meetings Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: No joint committee meetings were held. to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Daniel M. Tangherlini, of the District of Columbia, to be Adminis- f trator of General Services, 10:30 a.m., SD–342. NEW PUBLIC LAWS Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH–219. (For last listing of Public Laws, see DAILY DIGEST, p. D508) S. 622, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and House Cosmetic Act to reauthorize user fee programs relat- Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy ing to new animal drugs and generic new animal and Water Development, markup on Energy and Water drugs. Signed on June 13, 2013. (Public Law Development Appropriations Bill, Fiscal Year 2014, 113–14) 10:30 a.m., 2362–B Rayburn. Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee f on Workforce Protections, hearing entitled ‘‘Promoting COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY, the Accuracy and Accountability of the Davis-Bacon JUNE 18, 2013 Act’’, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn. Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ‘‘Con- tinuing Concerns Over BioWatch and the Surveillance of Senate Bioterrorism’’, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn. Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agri- Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra- ‘‘U.S. Energy Abundance: Regulatory, Market, and Legal tion, and Related Agencies, business meeting to mark up Barriers to Export’’, 10:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. proposed legislation making appropriations for fiscal year Full Committee, markup on H.R. 2218, the ‘‘Coal Re- 2014 for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and siduals Reuse and Management Act of 2013’’; H.R. 2226, Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, 10 a.m., the ‘‘Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Pro- SD–192. tection Act of 2013’’; H.R. 2279 the ‘‘Reducing Exces- Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans sive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013’’; and H.R. 2318, Affairs, and Related Agencies, business meeting to mark the ‘‘Federal Facility Accountability Act’’, 4 p.m., 2123 up proposed legislation making appropriations for fiscal Rayburn. year 2014 for Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Finan- and Related Agencies, 10 a.m., SD–124. cial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled

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Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the Mid- Senate Chamber dle East and North Africa, hearing entitled ‘‘Elections in On Tuesday, at approximately 11 a.m., Senate will Iran: The Regime Cementing its Control’’, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn. continue consideration of S. 744, Border Security, Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Bor- Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Moderniza- der and Maritime Security, hearing entitled ‘‘Threat, Risk tion Act, with votes on or in relation to Thune and Vulnerability: The Future of the TWIC Program’’, Amendment No. 1197; Landrieu Amendment No. 10 a.m., 311 Cannon. 1222; Vitter Amendment No. 1228; and Tester Committee on the Judiciary: Full Committee, markup on Amendment No. 1198 at 3 p.m. H.R. 2278, the ‘‘Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement During the balance of the week, Senate may con- Act’’, 10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn. sider any cleared legislative and executive business. Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation, hearing entitled Senate Committees ‘‘Citizen and Agency Perspectives on the Federal Land (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Recreation Enhancement Act’’, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth. Committee on Appropriations: June 18, Subcommittee on Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Admin- hearing entitled ‘‘Update from tribal leaders and tribal istration, and Related Agencies, business meeting to mark telecommunications providers on the implementation of up proposed legislation making appropriations for fiscal the Federal Communications Commission’s rule on the year 2014 for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Universal Service Fund’’, 11 a.m., 1334 Longworth. Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, 10 a.m., Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full Com- SD–192. mittee, hearing entitled ‘‘Reinventing Government’’, 9 June 18, Subcommittee on Military Construction and a.m., 2154 Rayburn. Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, business meeting Committee on Rules: Full Committee, hearing on H.R. to mark up proposed legislation making appropriations 1947, the ‘‘Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Manage- for fiscal year 2014 for Military Construction and Vet- ment Act of 2013’’ (amendment consideration), 2 p.m., erans Affairs, and Related Agencies, 10 a.m., SD–124. H–313 Capitol. June 19, Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Full Com- hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for mittee, business meeting, to consider amendment to fiscal year 2014 for Joint Strike Fighter, 9:30 a.m., Committee Rules, approval of amended Majority Sub- SD–192. committee Roster and approval of amended Minority June 20, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up Subcommittee Roster, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn. proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for Mili- Full Committee, hearing entitled ‘‘Department of En- tary Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related ergy Science & Technology Priorities’’, 10:15 a.m., 2318 Agencies, and Agricultural, Rural Development, Food Rayburn. and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, 10:30 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Sub- a.m., SD–106. committee on Highways and Transit, hearing entitled Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June ‘‘The Impacts of DOT’s Commercial Driver Hours of 18, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Com- Service Regulations’’, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. munity Development, to hold hearings to examine long Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: Subcommittee on Dis- term sustainability for reverse mortgages, focusing on the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage’s (HECM) impact on ability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing entitled the mutual mortgage insurance fund, 10 a.m., SD–538. ‘‘Why Are Veterans Waiting Years on Appeal?: A Re- Committee on the Budget: June 18, To hold hearings to view of the Post-Decision Process for Appealed Veterans’ examine the President’s proposed budget request for fiscal Disability Benefits Claims’’, 2:30 p.m., 334 Cannon. year 2014 for education, 10:30 a.m., SD–608. Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June Human Resources, hearing entitled ‘‘Reviewing How To- 18, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of day’s Fragmented Welfare System Fails to Lift Up Poor Thomas Edgar Wheeler, of the District of Columbia, to Families’’, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth. be a Member of the Federal Communications Commis- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Full sion, 2:30 p.m., SR–253. Committee, hearing entitled ‘‘How Disclosed NSA Pro- June 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine grams Protect Americans, and Why Disclosure Aids Our next steps in improving passenger and freight rail safety, Adversaries’’, 10 a.m., HVC–210. 10 a.m., SR–253. June 19, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, to hold hearings to examine airline industry consolidation, 2:30 p.m., SR–253.

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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 18, fender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004, 10 business meeting to consider pending calendar business, a.m., SD–226. 10 a.m., SD–366. Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: June June 20, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing 20, to hold hearings to examine sequestration, focusing to examine water resource issues in the Klamath River on small business contractors, 10 a.m., SR–428A. Basin, 9:30 a.m., SD–366. Select Committee on Intelligence: June 18, to hold closed Committee on Finance: June 18, to hold hearings to ex- hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 amine health care costs, 10 a.m., SD–215. p.m., SH–219. Committee on Foreign Relations: June 18, Subcommittee June 20, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to on African Affairs, to hold hearings to examine prospects examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH–219. for democratic reform and economic recovery in Special Committee on Aging: June 19, to hold hearings to Zimbabwe, 10 a.m., SD–419. examine paperless Social Security payments, focusing on June 18, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and protecting seniors from fraud and confusion, 2 p.m., Global Narcotics Affairs, to hold hearings to examine se- SD–366. curity cooperation in Mexico, focusing on the next steps in the United States-Mexico security relationship, 2:30 House Committees p.m., SD–419. Committee on Appropriations, June 19, Subcommittee on June 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and the nominations of Geoffrey R. Pyatt, of California, to be Related Agencies, markup on Transportation, Housing Ambassador to Ukraine, and Tulinabo Salama Mushingi, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appro- of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso, both of priations Bill Fiscal Year 2014, 11 a.m., 2358–A Ray- the Department of State, 2 p.m., SD–419. burn. June 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Committee on the Budget, June 19, Full Committee, the nomination of Daniel R. Russel, of New York, to be markup of H.R. 1871, the ‘‘Baseline Reform Act of Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Af- 2013’’; and H.R. 1874, the ‘‘Pro-Growth Budgeting Act fairs, 2:15 p.m., SD–419. of 2013’’, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June Committee on Education and the Workforce, June 19, Full 19, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, to hold Committee, markup on H.R. 5, the ‘‘Student Success hearings to examine reducing senior poverty and hunger, Act’’, 9 a.m., 2175 Rayburn. focusing on the role of the ‘‘Older Americans Act’’, 10 Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 19, Full Com- a.m., SD–430. mittee, markup on H.R. 2218, the ‘‘Coal Residuals Reuse June 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine and Management Act of 2013’’; H.R. 2226, the ‘‘Federal developing a skilled workforce for a competitive economy, and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act of focusing on reauthorizing the ‘‘Workforce Investment 2013’’; H.R. 2279, the ‘‘Reducing Excessive Deadline Act’’, 2:30 p.m., SD–430. Obligations Act of 2013’’; and H.R. 2318, the ‘‘Federal Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Facility Accountability Act’’, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. June 18, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of June 20, Subcommittee on Energy and Power; and Daniel M. Tangherlini, of the District of Columbia, to be Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, Administrator of General Services, 10:30 a.m., SD–342. hearing entitled ‘‘U.S. Energy Abundance: Manufacturing June 20, Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Competitiveness and America’s Energy Advantage’’, 10 Oversight, with the Subcommittee on the Efficiency and a.m., 2123 Rayburn. Effectiveness of Federal Programs and the Federal Work- Committee on Financial Services, June 19, Full Com- force, to hold joint hearings to examine the workforce of mittee, markup on H.R. 1564, the ‘‘Audit Integrity and the United States Intelligence Community and the role of Job Protection Act’’; H.R. 1105, the ‘‘Small Business private contractors, 2:30 p.m., SD–342. Capital Access and Job Preservation Act’’; H.R. 1135, the Committee on the Judiciary: June 19, to hold an oversight ‘‘Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act’’; and H.R. hearing to examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2374, the ‘‘Retail Investor Protection Act’’, 10 a.m., 10 a.m., SD–106. 2128 Rayburn. June 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 19, Subcommittee on the nominations of Todd M. Hughes, of the District of the Western Hemisphere, hearing entitled ‘‘Regional Se- Columbia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fed- curity Cooperation: An Examination of the Central Amer- eral Circuit, Colin Stirling Bruce, to be United States ican Regional Security Initiative and the Caribbean Basin District Judge for the Central District of Illinois, Sara Lee Security Initiative’’, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn. Ellis, and Andrea R. Wood, both to be a United States June 20, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, and Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, Madeline Hughes Haikala, to be United States District hearing entitled ‘‘Ethiopia After Meles: The Future of Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 2:30 p.m., Democracy and Human Rights’’, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn. SD–226. Committee on the Judiciary, June 19, Full Committee, June 20, Full Committee, business meeting to consider markup on H.R. 1773, the ‘‘Agricultural Guestworker S. 162, to reauthorize and improve the Mentally Ill Of- Act’’, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.

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Committee on Natural Resources, June 20, Subcommittee Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, June 19, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs, hearing on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on H.R. 1490, entitled ‘‘Why Does the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service the ‘‘Veterans’ Privacy Act’’; H.R. 1792, the ‘‘Infectious Want to Expand the Boundaries of the Chickasaw and Disease Reporting Act’’; and H.R. 1804, the ‘‘Foreign Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuges in Tennessee Travel Accountability Act’’, 1:30 p.m., 334 Cannon. and at What Cost?’’, 9:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth. June 20, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 19, hearing entitled ‘‘The Value of Education for Veterans at Subcommittee on Government Operations hearing enti- Public, Private and For-Profit Colleges and Universities’’, tled ‘‘Federal Government Approaches to Issuing Bio- 10 a.m., 334 Cannon. metrics IDs: Part II’’, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn. Committee on Ways and Means, June 19, Subcommittee Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, June 19, Sub- on Social Security, hearing on encouraging work through committee on Space, hearing entitled ‘‘NASA Authoriza- tion Act of 2013’’, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn. the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 10 a.m., Committee on Small Business, June 19, Full Committee, B–318 Rayburn. hearing entitled ‘‘Made in the USA: Stories of American June 20, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the Manufacturers’’, 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn. 2013 Medicare Trustee Report, 9:30 a.m., 1100 Long- June 20, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and worth. Trade, hearing entitled ‘‘The New Domestic Energy Para- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 20, digm: Potential Benefits for Small Businesses and the Full Committee, hearing entitled ‘‘Ongoing Intelligence Economy’’, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn. Activities’’, 9 a.m., HVC–304. This is a closed hearing.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 18 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 18

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Tuesday: After the transaction of any Program for Tuesday: Consideration of H.R. 1797— morning business (not to extend beyond one hour), Senate Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (Subject to a will continue consideration of S. 744, Border Security, Rule). Begin consideration of H.R. 1947—Federal Agri- Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization culture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (Sub- Act, with votes on or in relation to Thune Amendment ject to a Rule). No. 1197; Landrieu Amendment No. 1222; Vitter Amendment No. 1228; and Tester Amendment No. 1198 at 3 p.m. (Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. for their respective party conferences.)

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Holt, Rush, N.J., E883 Pascrell, Bill, Jr., N.J., E885, E893 Jackson Lee, Sheila, Tex., E887 Posey, Bill, Fla., E889 Barr, Andy, Ky., E886 Johnson, Sam, Tex., E886 Reed, Tom, N.Y., E892 Bishop, Sanford D., Jr., Ga., E890 Keating, William R., Mass., E895 Rogers, Mike, Ala., E899 Black, Diane, Tenn., E895 Lance, Leonard, N.J., E898, E899 Rohrabacher, Dana, Calif., E885 Bustos, Cheri, Ill., E894 Latham, Tom, Iowa, E896 Roybal-Allard, Lucille, Calif., E889 Capito, Shelley Moore, W.Va., E896 Lujan Grisham, Michelle, N.M., E891 Ryan, Tim, Ohio, E885, E888 Capps, Lois, Calif., E895 McCollum, Betty, Minn., E891 Sarbanes, John P., Md., E894 Coffman, Mike, Colo., E891, E898 McDermott, Jim, Wash., E901 Schakowsky, Janice D., Ill., E884, E890 Connolly, Gerald E., Va., E884, E889 Maloney, Carolyn B., N.Y., E886 Schneider, Bradley S., Ill., E883 Conyers, John, Jr., Mich., E883, E892, E897, E899 Marchant, Kenny, Tex., E886 Schwartz, Allyson Y., Pa., E895 Costa, Jim, Calif., E885, E892 Messer, Luke, Ind., E896, E898, E899 Sessions, Pete, Tex., E894 Denham, Jeff, Calif., E897 Michaud, Michael H., Me., E883 Shimkus, John, Ill., E893 Engel, Eliot L., N.Y., E897 Miller, Jeff, Fla., E898 Thompson, Mike, Calif., E897, E899 Garamendi, John, Calif., E895 Moore, Gwen, Wisc., E885, E898 Van Hollen, Chris, Md., E892 Gingrey, Phil, Ga., E888, E893 Murphy, Patrick, Fla., E896 Visclosky, Peter J., Ind., E894 Grayson, Alan, Fla., E900 Beto O’Rourke, Tex., E891 Wittman, Robert J., Va., E900

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